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Eventually, Unity Will Help Greater Oneonta By JIM KEVLIN Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
Oneonta City Council member Bob Brzozowski joins other Elks Saturday, June 14, in an observance of Flag Day that culminated an open house to mark the 100th anniversary of the Oneonta Lodge at 84 Chestnut St./OTHER PHOTO, A3
OHS Pool Supporters Plan Rally
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t wouldn’t be cheaper right now, but the town and city of Oneonta should eventually form a “single entity” to provide municipal water in “the most cost-efficient and cost-
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hoc citizens group – former interim school superintendent David Rowley, former DEC commissioner Mike Zagata of Davenport and Roger France, a former state Health Department engineer – who took it upon themselves to delve into the much debated matter.
The resulting report, written by France, has been provided to Mayor Dick Miller and Town Supervisor Bob Wood. Both Rowley and Zagata are active in Citizen Voices, the pro-business group. France is a neighbor of Please See WATER, A6
HOLY thumbs up, BATMAN! Tim Doebler revs up his very own Batmobile in his secret lair, somewhere near Mount Vision. He showed his niftiy wheels Sunday, June 15, at the Reminiscers’ Car Show in Neahwa Park.
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upporters of a $400,000 fundraising drive to renovate the OHS swimming pool are planning a rally poolside at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, to generate enthusiasm for the effort. One goal of the drive is a collaboration so Oneonta Family Y programs – its team is now training in Sidney – can used the upgraded facility as well. School district residents will vote noon-9 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, on establishing an account for donations. ART, FLOWERS: Art In Bloom Show - The Oneonta Federated Garden Club’s Art In Bloom Show, where bouquets are paired with art works, is 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 20, at CANO, 11 Ford Ave. Also Saturday the 21st, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. HOPS HOW-TO: Wouldbe hop growers are invited to the 2014 Hops Field Day 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the state Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. Info at (315) 684-3001 ext. 108, or via ans74@cornell.edu. NEW BUSES: A dedication of the OPT’s new energy efficient buses was planned at 8:40 a.m. Thursday, June 19, at the Transportation Center, Clinton Plaza.
Latter-Day Bruce Wayne Lives Dream By LIBBY CUDMORE
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he Batcave’s location is one of Batman’s most closely guarded secrets – but it may be closer than the Joker or the Penguin might think. Hidden in the misty hills of Mount Vision, in a non-descript garage just off 205, is the Batmobile – or rather, a near-perfect replica of the car from the 1966 TV show starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader.
“When I used to watch the show as a kid, I always wanted to see the car,” said owner Tim Doebler. “But they never A Batmoshowed it that much.” bile, to its He started fixhubcaps. ing up cars in high school, souping up his 1969 Camaro and restoring his father’s antique pickup truck. “I always thought it would be cool to have that BatmoPlease See BATMOBILE, A7
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Newest IDA Staffer’s Focus: Making Microbusiness Work By LIBBY CUDMORE
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o help Otsego County businesses succeed, all you have to do is ask what they need. That’s the theory Dawn Rivers, the new office manager and director of the county IDA’s Susquehanna
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Regional Center for Jobs, is operating under. “It’s going to be important, going forward, to listen to people,” she said. “We will be much more successful in helping our economy thrive if we listen to what people want from their businesses rather than applying a Please See IDA, A7
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Soda Jerks Profiled in National Trade Magazine
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he Soda Jerks Diner at Action Lube were the focus of the article “Service With a Side of Fries” in the June 2014 issue of National Oil & Lube News, a trade magazine for the fast oil change industry. The diner, one of Oneonta’s few remaining, opened in 2012, was part of a lifelong dream Linda and Ernest Burgher’s. The couple has owned owned Action Lube since 1997, and Linda’s parents owned the West End Diner into the 1970s. Their daughter, Heather Mann, a cook and a baker (MANNmade Cakes), was also interviewed for the article. “My mother has always been a food Twin sister Jean Salva, left, and Susan Plantz, the House sisters, had Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA person by nature,” said Mann in the article. “She It’s scenes like this, of Linda Bur- just married into cars.” a reunion over Memorial Day Weekend. In right photo, Susan is on gher serving up delicious Soda Founded in 1986, National Oil & Lube News is the left. Jerks food, that inspired an aroldest publication in the fast-oil change industry. ticle in National Lube & Oil News
BRIGHT LIGHT: Katelynn Bright, Otego, a junior majoring in psychology, is on Hofstra University’s Dean’s List for the spring semester.
House Twins Reunited For Memorial Day Visit
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usan Plantz of Oneonta recently returned from a Memorial Day Weekend visit with her sister, Jean Salva of North Brunswick, N.J., the
first in several years. The twins, both OHS graduates, were daughters of the late Dr. Leroy S. House and Alice Ford House. The twins had an older brother,
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Connor Voulo of Fly Creek, is 10 years old and received his 1st degree Junior Black Belt on May 9th at Rome Free Academy. He is a 5th grader at Cooperstown Elementary School and has been studying for the last 5 years with 6th degree Black Belt, Sensei Thomas Arcuri of Bailey’s Karate School in Herkimer. Karate fosters self-discipline, encourages physical activity, non-violent conflict resolution skills, and increases self esteem. This is an AMAZING achievement for someone so young!
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Leroy S. Jr., and older sister, Alice (House) Nader. After a year at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., Susan rejoined her sister at Elmira College. Susan graduated with a degree in political science and sociology; Jean with a degree in business. After college, Jean joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in New Jersey, where she worked for 10 years before working for several oncologist’s offices. Susan joined the county Department of Social Services in Oneonta, first in foster care, then in child protection. She ended her careers as a probation officer. Jean and her husband, Raymond Salva, has a son, Ray Jr. Susan has three children, David of Niantic, Conn., Elizabeth, who lives outside Washington, D.C., and Carol of Presque Isle, Maine.
Sarah Manchester Achieves Edward Jones Designation
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arah Manchester, an investment professional at Edward Jones in Oneonta, has achieved the professional designation of Accredited Asset Management Specialist®. Manchester successfully completed the Accredited Asset Management Specialist, or AAMS®, Professional Education Program from the Denver-based College for Financial Planning. This advanced training offers investment professionals the hands-on information needed to provide comprehensive financial services. Study topics include understanding the asset management process to understanding asset allocation and strategies. Those who complete the program, pass a final exam and sign a code of ethics and disclosure form earn the AAMS® designation.
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5 HONOREES: Five Oneontans are on the Dean’s List at Hudson Valley Community College for the spring semester: Rima Avasatthi, Edward Dower, Michael Gilmore, Keshia Robinson and Sierra Sangetti.
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ONEONTANS ON GO, ON FOOT, FANCY CARS, MOTORBIKES
Rick Mariotti, Oneonta, polishes up the 327 Chevy engine inside his 1965 Stingray at the Reminiscers Father’s Day Car Show on Sunday, June 15 in Neahwa Park.
Hal Legg, SUNY Oneonta director of communications, soldiers down East Lake Road during a half-marathon associated with “Race the Lake,” Otsego County’s first marathon, organized by the Clark Sports Center as part of the Baseball Hall of FAme’s 75th anniversary celebration. Running with him are Jacqueline Scanion and Dan Butler.
Luna Vega, Oneonta, shows off her freshly caught fish to her younger sister, Samara at the Oneonta Youth Fishing Derby Sunday, June 15, in Neahwa Park.
Ian Manchester, along with his mother, Sarah, a broker at Edward Jones, Oneonta, cheers on the runners from the rest station they were manning on East Lake Road.
The Oneonta Elks Club celebrated its 100th anniversary Saturday, June 14 with an open house and a Flag Day celebration. Here, past Exalted Rulers stand with the newly elected Barbara Ann Heegan, who will hold the position for one year. The others are, from left, Chuck Scorzafava, (1999-2000) who holds a picture of the Oneonta Lodges’ first Exalted Ruler, Howard Fluhrer (1914-1916); Heegan, Bob Pondolfino, Jr. (1990-91) and Debra Crampton (2006-07, 2007-08)
Valerie and Emerson Horth, Oneonta, prepare to lead bikers at the third annual Jason’s Run motorcycle ride on Saturday, June 14. The ride and pancake breakfast help raise motorcycle safety awareness in memory of Jason Vagliardo, who died in 2008 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
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EDITORIALS
Abner Doubleday Story Is True. And It’s Ours
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uring Stalin’s show trials – old-line Bolsheviks were brought to the dock in Moscow in 1937-38, accused of treason – a wide-eyed reporter for a Western news agency asked a hardened oldtimer, A.T. Cholerton of the London-based Daily Telegraph: Are the accusations true? As the story goes, Cholerton replied: Yes. Everything is true, except the facts. Why does this bring the Abner Doubleday story to mind on this 75th anniversary of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s first induction? Turn Cholerton’s phrasing around: Except for the facts of the Doubleday story, everything is true. It’s been said, if Cooperstown didn’t exist – and by extension, Abner Doubleday – baseball would have had to invent it. And so it is. • A quick recap is in order. It was the Mills Commis-
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sion, formed to determine the origins of baseball, that announced on Dec. 30, 1907, that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in 1839 in the Phinney pasture, now the site of Doubleday Field. The commission ruled Doubleday “had invented the word ‘baseball,’ designed the diamond, indicated fielders’ positions, and written the rules,” the Wikipedia entry relates. Then it goes on: “No written records in the decade between 1839 and 1849 have ever
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County Needs Bed-Tax Income, But Localities Can Benefit, Too To the Editor: I read, with great interest, the statement written by Mayor Jeff Katz, Mayor Dick Miller and Supervisor Bob Wood regarding their support of an increase in the bed tax from 4 to 6 percent – with the additional rev-
resources. However, as stated in the letter, the municipalities in Otsego County have also experienced and will continue to experience fiscal constraints. A bed tax increase would impose no added burden to the residents of Otsego County while it would provide a revenue enhancement that would not harm tourism. I applaud Mayors Katz and Miller and Supervisor Wood for their leadership on this issue and urge the County Board Oneonta’s Courtyard By to begin the process Marriott is the county’s that is necessary to newest bed-tax generator. make it a reality. This is a well-conenue directed to the numerceived and reasonable ous county municipalities. I suggestion from three fully support their position. elected officials whose Because of the financial municipalities generate the strain that the county has overwhelming majority of faced, it is unrealistic to salesand bed-tax revenues expect a redistribution of the so beneficial to the county. revenues from the current 4 Additionally, this propercent bed tax. The county posal is consistent with is faced with a multitude and complementary to the of infrastructure issues that renewed momentum in the they have been forced to area of economic developpostpone for a number of years. County Highway Su- ment. We must not miss this perintendent Ron Tiderencel opportunity to work together and his staff should be com- for the benefit of everyone in Otsego County. mended for what they have DAVE ROWLEY accomplished with minimal Oneonta
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been found to corroborate these claims, nor could Doubleday be interviewed (he died in 1893).” The commission based its findings on the recollections of Abner Graves of Denver, Colo., who spent four years in Cooperstown around 1839. A few years later, Graves shot his wife and spent his final years in an insane asylum. How interesting is that? Still, Abner Doubleday certainly played baseball as a young man. And, as any veteran of sandlot baseball knows, there’s always a dominant young personality who makes up the rules as the game goes along. Given his later career, rising to general in the Civil War and beyond, he was certainly a leader among his young peers. A memory comes to mind of annual marathon wiffle ball games. The rule was, when players could no longer see the ball, the game was over. If his team
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was behind, one dominant personality, let’s call him George, would call out, “I can see it, I can see it,” well past dusk, until his team gained the advantage or mothers would call their boys to late suppers from the back stoop. Abner was certainly a George, issuing rulings as games ensued on corner lots. Arguably, Abner Doubleday didn’t NOT invent baseball; rather, hundreds and thousands of Abner Doubledays, together, across the nation, invented baseball as we know it today. • These days, you often hear the term, “Abner Doubleday Myth,” and it’s meant dismissively. But it’s wrong to equate “myth” with “untruth.” Myths – creation myths, for instance, that are found in every society on earth – are indicators of a deeper truth about the societies from which they emerge.
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So it is with the Abner Doubleday story. The “facts” were always in doubt, so it’s interesting that they were embraced, held to fast, for generations. It’s only been in the last quartercentury that the literalists gained the upper hand. Lovers of baseball, let’s take the story back. It’s time to understand the deeper truth in the Doubleday story. And, happily, no community has greater access to people who understand the meaning of “folklore,” if you will, than Cooperstown. The Cooperstown Graduate Program and The Farmers’ Museum, certainly, have access to resources to explain why baseball’s creation myth is as powerful as any. There’s a profound thesis there, or symposium, or study. As powerful as any, and it’s Otsego County’s. Let’s not run away from it, as we’ve been doing. Let’s understand the Doubleday story and cel-
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ebrate it once again. • Another story. When the son was a boy, he and his dad would toss around a baseball every evening, back and forth, tens of thousands of times, until the light grew dim and, yes, George, it indeed was too dark to see it. The boy grew into a teen and, as boys do, he sought an independence far beyond his father. And then, the other afternoon, on cleaning the back porch together, they ran across a bucket and, inside, were two gloves and a baseball (plus a couple of ice-fishing tip-ups.) A toss and a catch. A toss and a catch. And soon the two were back in the oldtime rhythm. The memories flowed, of chilly spring evenings in the backyard, of the throw and the slap, as the red sky turned grey and evening descended. Yes, Abner Doubleday lives indeed.
HRIVES Hall Chairman Jane Forbes Clark addresses a standingroom-only crowd of invited guests and fans in the Hall of Plaques on Thursday, June 12, the 75th anniversary of the Hall’s first Induction ceremony.
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editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of remarks by Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark on the 75th anniversary of the Hall of Fame, founded by her grandfather, Stephen C. Clark. t was 75 years ago today that this museum officially opened its doors after our first Induction ceremony. Covered nationally by three networks, there were 15,000 people here for the ceremony, as the first four classes of electees were formally inducted that day. Of those first 26 Hall of Fame members, 12 were living and were right here, in Cooperstown, that day. And now, 75 years later, I stand in front of an institution that has grown from a “one-room museum” to an iconic site that has made an indelible mark on this region and all of baseball. I am very proud of my grandfather, Stephen C. Clark. He was born in Cooperstown, was the visionary for the creation of the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum – the very first sports hall of fame in the world – and its first president. Many of the museum’s first collections of baseball artifacts
This portrait of Stephen C. Clark hangs in the entryway to the Hall of Plaques, the centerpiece of the institution he founded.
were donated by him to the museum, including the iconic Abner Doubleday baseball. And the museum’s collections have continued to grow – bats, balls, gloves, uniforms, trophies. Three million library items – recorded media, photographs, clip files, our collections and archives are incredibly substantial. We are base-
ball’s version of the Smithsonian and Library of Congress, all in one. This museum began as a one-room gallery of plaques and mementos. Is is now a state of the art, 50,000square-foot internationally renowned history museum. As baseball has unfolded, the Hall of Fame has been with it every step of the way, to document it and use it as a lens to show how America has grown up through the decades. From 26 electees in 1939, there are today 306 Hall of Fame members: • 211 Major League players • 28 executives • 22 managers • 10 umpires • and 35 Negro League Legends, including the only female Hall of Fame member, Effa Manley. Only 1 percent of those who have ever played the game have a plaque in this room ... only 1 percent of 18,000 Major League players. Earning election to the Hall of Fame is difficult, and has been done differently by each one. But there are four things that tie them together in history: • excellence over a career • a strong sense of character • integrity • and sportsmanship in respecting the game on the field.
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
Silver Creek, which winds its way through the eastern center of the village, got on the rampage early Monday morning after a heavy downpour of rain, and did considerable damage. The bridge across Center Street had a portion of its foundation wall washed away and was damaged $150. At the Walnut Street bridge, owing to obstructions caused by flood debris, great damage would have been done but for the timely arrival of men who removed the obstructions. At Front Street, where the bed of the stream has become nearly filled with gravel, the creek overflowed its banks and washed away to sidewalk. Further down the street water flowed into the cellar of Matt O’Rourke and saturated with water up to 50 barrels of flour. June 1889
60 Years Ago
areas. “The city will be putting up new signs warning not to park on the grass,” he said. Parking spaces for 75 cars have been built near the ball field and more will be available near the pavilion. June 1974
30 Years Ago
Marcella Drago, a first grade teacher at the Center Street School, has been named “Teacher of the Year” in the Oneonta School District. Mrs. Drago already had been declared “Teacher of the Year” by one of her first grade students. Geoffrey Hahn had made a blue ribbon for her to wear earlier in the week. After receiving the district’s official recognition, Mrs. Drago held up the child-made ribbon with equal pride. One of the student nominations submitted in support of Mrs. Drago read: “She is very patient and didn’t get mad easily. She has us write a lot of stories and she corrected them for us. We later made them into books.” A parent wrote: “Mrs. Drago never seems to be too busy to listen to a child, or to spend extra time helping a child master a difficult problem. Her patience is exemplary.” Mrs. Drago has been at the Center Street School for 12 years. She is the wife of high school athletic director Tony Drago, who retires this year. June 1984
100 Years Ago
The annual Flag Day outing of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held on Saturday, the event being a luncheon served by the chapter at the camp of Mrs. J. Olney Rowe at Goodyear Lake. The day and the scene were alike ideal and the 36 ladies who participated declared it one of the most delightful and enjoyable events of the organization. Those attending were all conveyed to the camp in motor cars and the luncheon was served at 1 o’clock. The camp was gaily decorated with flags, displayed conspicuously in every room and about the porch, the table also bearing small ones, giving the scene a very patriotic appearance. Later, a business session was held at which committees were named for the various activities of the year, and other matters discussed. The afternoon was passed in various amusements not the least of which were motorboat rides about the lake in the Rowe and Van Wie launch. The air was delightful and the view from the spacious porch of the camp house fairly enticing and the ladies seemed not too weary gazing upon it. June 1914
80 Years Ago
Russell Brothers Three-Ring Circus played to crowds of over 4,000 at its two performances here yesterday. General remarks were voiced of the excellence of the program which surpasses anything ever before given excepting the largest companies. It is Russell Brothers’ first visit through the East, but they have already demonstrated that a motorized circus can provide a program that fully satisfies in both quality and quantity of entertainment. With the crack of dawn small groups began gathering at the show grounds to see the circus city take form, and as the motor caravan continued to arrive, the ever-changing crowd assumed sizeable
June 1954 proportions. The pony herd, including many young ones only a few weeks old, drew more than their share of attention. The climax of the program was that of Bob Fisher’s Fearless Flyers. Fisher himself brings the act to a close with a double somersault from the trapeze to the hands of a fellow trapeze artist while completely blindfolded, and a return, catching his own trapeze. June 1934
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20 Years Ago
The draft version of Oneonta’s comprehensive plan envisions a city 10 years in the future with a strong Main Street, better cooperation with the surrounding town and an improved infrastructure. A comprehensive plan, which is used as basis for a municipality’s planning, zoning and development rules, was first established in the City of Oneonta in 1965. It was updated last in 1974. Among other concerns, the report cites declining enrollment at the colleges and the possibility that many converted student apartments could go vacant, presenting the potential for urban blight. June 1994
10 Years Ago
Despite warnings to the contrary, children have begun to play on the newly installed equipment in Neahwa Park. “I don’t see why the playground can’t be opened in 30 days,” said Superintendent of Streets and Parks James Catella. His only real worry is the grass. The land has been graded and three softball fields have been plotted and capped with backstops. A new basketball court has been built near the old pavilion. But the most unusual piece in the 10 acres of new park land is a sprawling play gym near the center of the park which has already attracted the attention of scores of children who play on the grounds daily. Catella is particularly concerned about car parking on freshly seeded
R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Louisville, Kentucky, recently voiced concern about women in the U.S. Armed Forces. “Christian moral teaching holds that military service is for men, not women,” he asserts. “The inclusion of women in combat military units is a challenge to the moral character of the American people. The presence of women in combat forces degrades humanity, putting women in the line of fire, while sending all the wrong messages about family, gender and moral honor.” June 2004
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“Some people thought this was simply a refusal to cooperate with the city. Certainly, there are reasons to think that’s the case,� said Rowley. “In this case, when you really look at it, it’s is probably the right move initially.� However, the report
states, “future economic development� may change that equation: “Management and operation of all community water service in the Greater Oneonta area by a single entity would provide many advantages due to the economy of scale and elimination of artificial
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geographic and political boundaries. “Water service could be provided in the most efficient and cost effective manner,� it continues, “and the best available water sources could be utilized and protected.� While there are “significant political and public hurdles� to collaboration, state regulations encourage it and financial incentives are available such arrange-
ments. “All local government officials should consider unified management of water systems a long Rowley term goal,� the report concludes. Looking ahead, a large, single water district for Greater Oneonta could share sizeable costs more widely.
Rowley pointed out that his neighborhood, West Oneonta, which has a sizeable, relatively compact population has neither municipal water or sewerage, and the cost of doing so is almost prohibitive. Likewise, he said, the Price Chopper Plaza and large stores on the East End of the city have their own water systems, but eventually may need to be replaced.
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Mount Vision’s Doebner Is Driving His Dream – A Batmobile
Tim Doebler of Mount Vision checks in from the Reminscers’ Car Show in Neahwa Park – on his Batphone.
BATMOBILE/From A1 bile, but I didn’t think it was possible” he said. In 2007, he took to the Internet to see if he could make his childhood dream come true, and found Mark Racop at Fiberglass Freaks, the only officially licensed dealer of replica 1966 Batmobile parts. But to start the project, he needed the right kind of car to build off of. “I needed a chassis with a 122-foot wheel base,” he said. “There are only a few that would fit that kind of body.” He found a 1976 Lincoln Continental four-door at an estate sale in Little Falls. “With a car that old, you have to just hope the frame is in good shape,” he said. “This one was, and it was almost too nice a car to destroy.” The fiberglass body went on in three stages, with reinforced steel underneath to support the weight. A propane tank in the trunk allows him to rev up the “jet engine”
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When Tim cruises down local highways in his Batmobile, the most common response from other motorists is a thumb’s up.
in the back, and the brakes are hooked into LED lights on three chrome pipes for a futuristic vibe.
“That’s just something I threw in there,” he said. But it’s not just the outside of
the car that has the classic superhero look – inside, the ride is complete with the Bat-Phone, the Bat Emergency Turn Lever and the Bat-Scope, which serves as the rearview camera. And in March, after seven years of building, he took the Batmobile out for the first spin on 205. “I was nervous,” he said. “But when I got out there, I had cars pulling over to let me pass so they could look at the whole thing, people getting out to take photos, big packs of motorcycle guys giving me thumbs up. The best is when you drive past a family and the kid’s in the back pointing and grinning. Everybody thinks it’s cool.” He even has the costume to complete the whole look. “One of these nights I’ll get dressed up and go driving!” he said. “There’s a new hero in town!” Evildoers, beware indeed.
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a long career publishing a micro-enterprise journal. In wanting to research more into small businesses, she concentrated her studies on anthropology more than economics. “Economics don’t explain micro-businesses,” she said. A micro-business, she said, is one with fewer than five employees. Though the U.S. Small Business Administration defines a “small business” as less than 500 workers, in an area such as Otsego, such a business might have less than 100 employees. Her paper, “Behavioral Responses to Tax Incentives Among Small Business Taxpayers” won Best Paper at Eastern Economic Association conference in Boston in March. “The judges said my anthropology background added texture to the paper,” she said. “It was about asking the subjects ‘why?’ instead of just applying theory.” Micro-businesses don’t often subscribe to economic theory, she said, and are more often an expression of the business owner. “They are usually run by how people define themselves,” she said. “The decisions they make for their businesses are based on where they feel they fit in the community and the kind of life they want to lead.” She cited an example of a pet photographer she interviewed for her paper. “She loved what she did and was happy to make a living doing it. She wasn’t interested in growing her business too big because then she’d have to stop doing what she loved and run the organization.” But to grow a good economy, she said, the county needs a mix of micro, small and large businesses. “And the IDA wants to give them all the support they need,” she said.
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MLS#90624 $495,000 amazing opportunity! Buy now for investment on this rapidly expanding prime location on Southside. Call Linda B. Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell) or Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
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Spacious 3 BR, 2 full bath ranch on nearly 2 acres in a sought-after residential neighborhood w/lovely mountain views. Spacious LR w/gas fireplace and decorative windows is open to a light-filled family room. French doors from family room lead to a nice south-facing deck w/custom railings. Kitchen is open to DR. It is a cook’s delight w/Corian counters, loads of cupboard space and upgraded stainless appliances. Master BR affords all the luxuries w/walk-in closet and attached full bath. 2 more BRs in a separate wing w/another full bath. Laundry/utility room is conveniently located off kitchen between the 2-car garage. Basement is huge w/high ceilings and could very easily be finished for even more living space. Come look and prepare to fall in love!
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