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Too Tiny To Live, But Not Forgotten

Mary Laden holds a tiny bonnet created by Holy Sews.

Oneonta Women Sew Layettes, Knit Bonnets To Properly Bury Preemies By LIBBY CUDMORE

eflecting on the work she does for the Holy Sews ministry, Helen Reilly

tears up. “When I think about how what I’m making is the only outfit this little baby will ever wear, I still cry,” said Helen. “You have to not think about it,” said Madeline Bagnardi,

another parishioner at St. Mary’s Catholic Church who participates in the effort with Reilly. Oneonta’s Holy Sews provides hospitals and funeral homes Please See SEWS, A3

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Sid Parisian shows off this year’s prize – a custom-painted Harley Davidson Switchback – in the annual Law Enforcement Benefit Ride Raffle outside of Brooks BBQ. The 17th annual ride, which benefits the Ricky J. Parisian Scholarship Fund, leaves at 11 a.m. sharp Saturday, Aug. 2, from the state police barracks on Oneida Street.

SUNY Prepares For Fitzelle Hall Ribbon-Cutting

ith some excitement, SUNY Oneonta is planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Aug. 25, on Fitzelle Hall, which it is calling a “centerpiece” of the campus. After two years of $28.5 million in renovations, Fitzelle is the “largest, most technologically advanced and greenest academic building.” It will house the Division of Education and departments of Mathematics, Philosophy, Africana & Latino Studies and Psychology. BASEBALL ORIGINS: With baseball on everyone’s minds right now, Tom Heitz, former Hall of Fame librarian, will deliver a talk, “Prehistoric Baseball,” 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, at the Swart-Wilcox House. FAIR SONGS: The City of the Hills Sweet Adelines, including two of their quartets, will be singing at 5:30 Friday, Aug. 1, in the Grange Hall at the Otego County Fair, underway through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Morris.

Ten corporate jets are visible in this photo, which Dennis Finn took from the air. In all, 28 jets and two planes used the Oneonta airport on Hall of Fame Weekend.

Baseball’s Heroes Fly Into Oneonta Airport By LIBBY CUDMORE

f you saw Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan or contender Don Mattingly at the 75th Induction Weekend in Cooperstown, you can thank Dennis Finn and the Oneonta Municipal Airport. Over the weekend, 28 corporate jets, plus two private planes, landed and took off, said Finn, city Airport Commission chairman. “This is our busiest time of the year,” he said, and this Induction Weekend was the second busiest, after the Ripken/Gwynn event in 2007. The jets began arriving on Thursday, June 24. Some dropped off their visitors; others, like the New York Yankees’ Falcon 900 – the biggest plane on the tarmac – parked for the weekend. “We had to buy a special bar to tow it,” said Finn. “A scratch would cost us a quarter million!” Springer’s, the Oneonta Kubota dealer, provided a tractor to help tow the aircraft. “When Please See AIRPORT, A7

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Against a backdrop of corporate jets, city Airport Commission chair Dennis Finn says usage for the Hall of Fame’s 75th Induction proves the facility’s utility.

Induction Business ‘Inundates’ Oneonta, With More To Come By LIBBY CUDMORE

he Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary weekend didn’t just stay confined to the streets of Cooperstown.

“It had a very positive impact on our local merchants,” said Barbara Ann Heegan, executive director, Otsego County Chamber. “The restaurants were filled, the mall was very filled.” “We were super busy,” said Red

Caboose owner Tim Masterjohn, who also serves as the board president of the newly formed Destination Oneonta. “When you have that many people coming into an area, it’s inevitable that hotels and restaurants will be packed.”

The induction of former Yankee manager Joe Torre, a local favorite, plus Atlanta Braves pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, and manager Bobby Cox, and White Sox Frank Thomas and Please See BUSINESS, A7

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atrick Jeffries, the son of Diane M. Georgeson of Oneonta, was inducted into the Bates Scholar-Athlete Society on his May 25 graduation from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. A 2010 OHS graduate, Patrick, a history major, graduated cum laude. The Scholar-Athlete Society honors graduating seniors who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 and have participated in a varsity sport for three years.

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andy and Tom Jackson planned to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 1, 2014. They were married at St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church in West Albany. Most of their married life was spent in Walton dairy farming on south side river road. They and their children Willie, Jennifer, Sam, and Jacqueline are most noted for growing and marketing “Jackson’s Sweet Corn” Retirement in the last 12 years have been spent moving to Oneonta, enjoying their 7 grandchildren, travelling, hiking and cycling in the Southwest.

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Members of the Holy Sews’ new chapter in Oneonta are, from left, Alex Irwin, Catherine McAdams, Vicky Rossi, Mary Laden, Helen Reilly and Mageline Bagnardi.

With Tears, Dedication, Holy Sews Clothe Preemies For Their Journeys

SEWS/From A1 with layettes for preemies and stillborn babies to wear at their burial. It is one of only two New York State chapters of a ministry based at Our Lady of Souls Church in Little Rock, Ark. The ministry was started in Arkansas in 2008, where a young mother, Regina Binz, lost her baby Ryan at 17 weeks. “He was so small, even the preemie baby clothes didn’t fit,” said Mary Laden, who started the Oneonta chapter in March. “They had to bury him in a men’s handkerchief,” she said. “These babies have to be buried in anything the parents can find to bury them in – sometimes it’s just a towel.” Locally, she said, “I know a family who went out and bought a doll. They buried their baby in the doll clothes, but even those were too big.” Each layette contains a tiny tunic, a hooded wrap, a knitted cap, a receiving blanket, a teddy bear and a prayer card. “It gives these babies dignity” said Helen. “It shows that they are valued, by their parents and by God.” The tunic the Holy Souls craft is only 7 inches long and ties in the back. The hat fits a golf ball, and the fleece blanket is just barely a square foot, trimmed with lace or organza. “We make

Holy Sews Bagnardi, left, and Laden prepare a box for shipping.

them in a variety of colors; pink or lavender for girls, blue for boys, white or yellow for gender neutral,” said

women, including Vicky Rossi, knit and crochet the hats and blankets. All the materials are donated or purchased with donations. This month, 27 layettes were finished and blessed by Father David Mickiewicz, St. Mary’s pastor, and Father Scott VanDerveer, the parish vicar, then shipped out to hospitals and funeral homes. “It gives comfort to grieving parents that have lost a tiny infant,” said Laden.

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EDITORIAL

Induction ’14 Shows How Much Tourism Can Help Economy

he gods may have cried the Monday after Hall of Fame Induction Weekend 2014, when 0.4 inches of rain fell on fair Cooperstown during the noon hour alone. But they smiled the day before, when it mattered. The thunderbolts, lightning and a downpour at 7 a.m. eased into a few morning showers. By 1:30 p.m., when 48,000 fans had gathered in the field on the east side of the Clark Sports Center for the 75th anniversary Induction, the intermittent clouds, in-and-out sunlight and a light breeze made HOMETOWN ONEONTA it as perfect an Upstate afternoon as any. The Hall of Fame’s Shirley Tyler helps • guide a visitor to his destination: InThere’s further good news. After a six-year dry spell, a combination duction 2014. Rickey Henderson, Roberto Alomar, Jim of a poor national economy and a drought Rice and the rest (Ron Santo’s widow Vicki of stars from baseball’s now ending – finattesting to his accomplishments as diabegers crossed – Steroids Era, the successful 2014 weekend is a portent of good things to tes sapped his vitality, was unforgettable) – three or four of the next five Inductions come. could be banner ones. In 2015, the Bleacher Report is predict• ing, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and A good Hall of Fame Weekend was Craig Biggio will be inductees, and there a matter of economic life or death for are big names – Ken Griffey, Jr., Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, Mike Piazza, Chip- years around here, but that’s been superseded, the baseball merchants will tell per Jones among them – leading up to the you, by Cooperstown Dreams Park and expected Derek Jeter coronation in 2019. Cooperstown All-Star Village. In effect, after six iffy years – not to Still, a banner Induction is a gift of huge take anything away from Goose Gossage,

economic proportions. The Hall estimates every Induction Weekend fan has a $500 impact on the regional economy, Destination Otsego’s Deb Taylor said. Multiplied by 48,000 fans, that comes to $24 million, in one day a tenth of SUNY Oneonta’s vast annual contribution. We say regional economic impact, since hotels as far away at Albany, Binghamton and Utica reported bookings this year. Still, most of the impact is in Cooperstown and Otsego County. If, as in recent years, it’s hit and miss, that’s feast, famine, fright. If, in fact, a healthy injection of dollars is more or less dependable, that consistency can make everyone breathe a bit more easily. Even when the more balanced economy being sought by the Otsego County IDA is achieved, $24 million is $24 million, good news to all. • It’s not all about money, of course. The main lesson of Hall of Fame Weekend is one of achievement, and players Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and Frank Thomas, and managers Bobby Cox, Frank LaRussa and – the local favorite – Joe Torre, were magnificent exemplars. Torre told the tale of his three firings – from the Mets, Braves and Cardinals,

each more discouraging. But he persevered. (“You’re not dead, are you?” wife Ali admonished him after the third.) Perseverance resulted in his almost miraculous decade (1996-2007) with the Yankees, when the team won 10 division titles, six pennants and four World Series. Inspiring stuff. Also, the event’s fun, with 56 MLB stars in town, parades, hoopla and food. Still, Induction Weekend’s success is important to our economically challenged (for now) Upstate region, and it’s great to have the Hall of Fame back in that game. • The sun shines, then it rains. The day after the Induction, neighbors asked the Cooperstown Village Board to ban all tourist buses from the “village core.” If people want to visit, they can take a trolley from the periphery. So much for the tourism boom. The next day, some wag suggested an antidote: No one who doesn’t like tourists should live in Cooperstown. That’s the other extreme. Is a happy medium too much to ask for? (That said, the tour buses can and should avoid too-narrow River and Lake by taking Estli Avenue out of the village. That’s the likely solution.)

LETTERS

Big Enviro No David; Small Landowners No Goliaths To the Editor: In The Freeman’s Journal July 3 lead article, “Fracking Foes Rejoice As Court Upholds Ban,” with a subheadline, “Lesson: Davids Can Beat Goliaths,” editor Jim Kevlin gets some things right, other things not so right. The antis lawyered their way to victory, overcoming the clear intent of a law that separated home rule from oil and gas operations in exchange for direct local tax revenue. That was the deal – revenues from oil and gas operations went straight to local governments without getting sucked dry in Albany. The deal held for 30 years without complaint. The lawyering included the nifty trick of changing the meaning of the word “all” so it didn’t mean “all” and equating gravel mining to oil and gas drilling. It worked. Towns now have the right to ban oil and gas drilling. However, courtroom observation and a close reading of the decisions indicate that the real credit should be given to the combination of street activism, press bias and money from the interlocking network of environmental organizations, foundations and funded

academics that demonized fracking. That bias bled through. Several judges openly recited the anti narrative in their questions. It was always a subtext in their decisions. Each trial was something like the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland – Verdict first! Trial latter! Even before they swept through the doors in their black robes, their minds were made up. OK, the courts have decided. The law is changed and the fracking foes are rejoicing, as reported. The part of the headline that put burrs in my shorts was the implication that the antis are brave Davids against mighty Goliaths. The only Goliath attached to the Middlefield/Dryden case, Anshutz Exploration Corp., took giant steps out of New York three years ago. Money never sleeps. When Anschutz perceived an indefinite moratorium and a questionable legal outcome, it moved its money elsewhere. Any place but New York. All that was left to continue the case were landowners and creditors of a small, bankrupt gas company. Hardly Goliaths. Money never sleeps on the anti side either. The money men who made

huge financial bets on renewable energy are hedged with direct and indirect subsidies, tax breaks, consumer rebates and usage mandates. (That’s YOUR money, by the way, those of you who pay taxes.) These crony capitalists have a lot to lose if they have to compete with abundant, cheap, domestic natural gas. To protect their money they must demonize fracking. They do this through foundations that support their aims (Schmidt family, Packard, Park, Rockefeller family, William Penn Foundation, New York Community Trust) and a serpentine labyrinth of smaller money outlets (Sierra Club, NRDC, Sustainable Markets, Environment America, EarthJustice, et al) who in turn fund other outlets. Trace that original contribution and that’s where you’ll find your Goliath. The anti-fracking crowd as Davids – gimme a break! EarthJustice has a glassed-in, spotlighted billboard in the concourse of Newark Airport. Dairy farmer Jennifer Huntington doesn’t. RICHARD DOWNEY Otego Unatego Area Landowners Association

Promoting Pipeline A Mile Away Is Conflict Of Interest To the Editor: The puff piece you published about Mr. Zagata, in which you attempt, at great length, to show us what a great guy he really is, omits a crucial FACT. Mr. Zagata has been using his dubious credentials as a former commissioner of the Department of Environmen-

tal Conservation to promote his pro-fracking agenda but, until a couple of months ago, he failed to disclose anything about his long career as a gas company executive or that he was forced to resign from the DEC for ethics violations. He has only owned up to this now, after several letters

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from myself and others were published in The Daily Star. Worst of all: He has tried to hide the fact that for five years, just prior to his short stint at the DEC, he was vice president of Transco Energy, the interstate gas pipeline company, now owned by Williams, that is trying to get federal approval for the proposed Constitution Pipeline, which would run about a mile from his 40-acre property in Davenport, and which would provide the necessary infrastructure for gas fracking in our rural area. This is a blatant conflict

of interest. And not the first time either. Mr. Zagata has been warned about this kind of behavior before. In 2004, the DEC’s general counsel took the extraordinary step of issuing a public “reminder” to him “of the lifetime ban on lobbying New York on issues an individual was involved in as part of their state job.” Apparently he still hasn’t gotten the message. And neither have you. If you want to pick a poster boy to promote fracking, Mr. Zagata is the wrong choice. BOB ROSEN Meredith

Good Paying Jobs The Test For Water Project, All Else To the Editor: I enjoyed reading Dan Buttermann’s response to my earlier letter in your newspapers, where I expressed serious doubts about the Town of Oneonta’s Southside water idea. His letter was certainly well crafted, but it didn’t specifically address my four questions and concerns, mostly on the allied jobs to be created, the economic

impact surrounding the proposed project and the town’s past experience in being able to handle such a massive, $8.8 million capital project. If it’s not all about good paying jobs, then what is it all about? With the Oneonta area median household income well below state and national averages, with rampant widespread poverty Please See LETTER, A6

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Governor Cuomo was last in Otsego County May 22, when he narrowly missed appearing with President Obama at the Baseball Hall of Fame. At right is his companion, Sandra Lee; Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz is behind him; Utica newspaper reporter Lizzie Cooper, Cooperstown, is at left.

Ending Ethic Probe, Cuomo Attracts Federal Prosecutor ALBANY

he biggest story of the year in state politics is what happened to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Moreland Act Commission, which was supposed to look into corruption in state government. When Cuomo established the commission he said it would be independent and would follow the leads no matter where they led. He said that the commission, made up of outstanding members, including several district attorneys, would be free to investigate anyone including the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general and the comptroller. I have written and said many times that Andrew Cuomo is a strategic genius. He’s obviously much smarter than I am. New York has seldom seen such a hard-driving, toughminded, consumed-by-politics politician. So, when he established the investigating group which was clearly going to go after some of the most corrupt members of the Legislature, I scratched my unworthy head and wondered what the heck he was doing. If, in fact, he was going after the connection between money and politics,

ead The New York Times’ extensive investigation of Cuomo’s dismantling of the Moreland Commission at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

he had to know that there would be consequences since he had a well-oiled machine that collected tons of money for the man who, most of us believe, has presidential ambitions. Clearly he wanted to win his upcoming gubernatorial election as big as his father Mario had in his second term. To put it mildly, the amount of money that Cuomo has raised for that reelection is obscene. The list of big donors goes on and on. We all know that people give immense amounts of money to politicians because they want something back. It has always been that way. It would be naïve to assume that this isn’t the case with Cuomo, who says he wants to revise the campaign laws to make them fairer. To make sure that his commission was controllable, Cuomo established it with an executive leader who the Cuomo people trusted. The commissioners truly believed that they would not be hampered Please See CUOMO, A6

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History

Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

125 Years Ago

The materials used to construct the Normal School are described as follows: The materials of which the walls are composed are limestone, brownstone, hard red brick, pressed brick and common brick. The foundation throughout is of Cobleskill limestone of the best quality obtainable. The front and sidewalls are faced with pressed brick, the rear wall with extra hard red brick; and the interior walls are of a good quality of common brick. The corners, copings, and lintels are of brownstone from the Long Meadow quarries in Connecticut, and the ornamental work throughout is of terra cotta. The roofs are of slate and the basement is floored with concrete. The steps are of hard Oxford bluestone, chosen as best adapted to withstand our trying atmospheric conditions as well as the constant wear of many feet. The woodwork of the interior is entirely of oak, maple and spruce. Oak is used for the doors and casings of the lower stories, maple for the floors throughout, and spruce for the ceilings. The third story is finished entirely in spruce. The oak wood is of the finest quality obtainable, of forest growth, and takes a rich and durable finish. Much of it was cut in our sister Town of Davenport. Durability has been the consideration in the whole of the work and the result is a building whose simplicity in itself is the most appropriate ornament for a structure of this character. August 1889

100 Years Ago

visited the menagerie, parks, the railroad station, a restaurant, and other places of interest. On their return, the boys and girls used these experiences as a basis for writing and telling stories, making charts, and writing their own reading books. Music, pottery-making, weaving yarn from cotton, gathering roots for dyes, and making cotton cloth into ceremonial costumes are other phases of the training of the Indian children. Old Indians come to the school from time to time to teach traditional songs and dances. August 1934

60 Years Ago

Lawrence “Butch” Gennarino, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gennarino, 29 Grand Street, returned home unexpectedly late yesterday. Gennarino was one of the more than 200 seamen critically injured on May 26 when an explosion occurred aboard the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Bennington 75 miles off the coast of New England, killing 90 of his shipmates. Following the explosion Gennarino was placed on the critical list. With his family at his bedside at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Newport, R.I. Gennarino was given a 50-50 chance to live due to severe burns. Last night Gennarino “just walked into the house.” He graduated from Oneonta High School in 1952 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in November of that year. August 1954

40 Years Ago

80 Years Ago

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Television Tonight: The Waltons – “The Cradle” Olivia Walton, mother of seven, appears to be in the family way again. Taking a door-to-door job to ease the Walton financial bind, mother Olivia falters. After having battled polio last season on the series, Michael Learned’s Olivia and the rest of the cast have the necessary histrionics down pat. 8 p.m. (Channels 5, 10 & 12). The Mac Davis Show – The entertainment is up a notch or two from the previous outing. Helen Reddy helps, singing “Love Song to Jeffrey,” and “You and Me against the World.” Reddy joins the host for “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me.” Thanks to Dick Shawn and Jimmy “Good Times” Walker and Fred Smoot, the comedy segments work better this week as the trio horses around with Mac Davis in bits about jail, cafeterias, baseball and amusement parks. 8 p.m. (Channels 2, 3, 6 & 40) August 1974

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Miss Rhoda Tubbs, a graduate of the Oneonta State Normal School is doing a fine piece of educational work among the Indians of Nambe Pueblo, north of Sante Fe, New Mexico. Miss Tubbs, who graduated about 10 years ago, has devoted much of her teaching career to government service among the Indians. She started the first school at Nambe Pueblo, using part of the living quarters provided for her by the government. Twenty-one Indian children, ranging in age from six to sixteen, comprised the first class.

August 1914 One of Miss Tubbs’ greatest difficulties was the stimulation of interest in reading. This was due to the fact that the Indians with whom she worked had no written language, and there were no books printed in English dealing with life from an Indian point of view. An excursion to Albuquerque was arranged for children and parents. On this trip they

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After Cuomo Curtails Ethics Probe U.S. Attorney On Governor’s Case CUOMO/From A4 in their efforts, but then it turned out that Cuomo’s top aide, Larry Schwartz, a takeno-prisoners kind of tough guy, told the commission that they had been issuing subpoenas to some of the most connected and wrong people. So the subpoenas were called back. Naturally someone called Ken Lovett of the New York Daily News, one of the best journalists in Albany, who ran with the story. Then the die was cast. The New York Times started an investigation which ended with specifics as only The New York Times can do it. It was a brilliant piece of journalism and it sent shock waves around the state. When the news broke, Cuomo suggested that since he had established the Moreland Commission, it was his to do with as he wished. His problem, of course, is that is not what he said when he established the commission. The big question is whether the whole thing is a fleeting story that made the headlines for a day or two. After all Cuomo is swamping his Republican opponent, Rob Astorino, in the polls by an over 35-percent margin. Not only that, it is unclear whether any laws were broken. It may be embarrassing for Cuomo, but most people don’t follow state politics other than cynically believing “they’re all a bunch of crooks.” Few people know who Astorino

48,000 Fans Reminder Of ‘Happy Days’ Editor’s Note: The 48,000 fans attending the Hall of Fame’s 75th Induction Sunday, July 27, had commentators referring to “Happy Days Are Here Again,” FDR’s theme song as he sought to revive Depression-battered American’s spirits. Here are the lyrics from the 1929 Ager-Yellen song.

appy days are here again, the skies above are clear again let us sing a song of cheer again Happy days are here again. • Altogether shout it now There’s no one who can doubt it now so let’s tell the world about it now Happy days are here again • Your cares and troubles are gone They’re be no more from now on Happy days are here again, the skies above are clear again let us sing a song of cheer again Happy days are here again. • So long sad time, so long bad time we are rid of you at last Howdy gay times, cloudy gray times you are now a thing of the past Happy days are here again, the skies above are clear again let us sing a song of cheer again Happy days are here again.

is and the bombshell story may turn out to be no more than the couple of days of attention that the story got. However, and it is a big however, there is an elephant in the room named Preet Bharara, the principled United States Attorney, who made no secret of his unhappiness at the way the Moreland Act Commission was disbanded in the middle of its work. He grabbed all the commission’s files and a lot of people are waiting to see where his investigation leads. If Bharara, who made his political bones working for Chuck Schumer, starts to indict people, or finds wrongdoing, it will make this a whole lot more than a two-day story. Alan Chartock, president of Northeast Public Radio, WAMC Albany, may be reached at alan@wamc.org

Measure Governments’ Investment In Good Jobs Created LETTER/From A4 in the area, with population declines and school student enrollment dropping to class “C” levels (114 senior graduates this year at OHS) and likely 90 percent of those graduates will go off to college never to return to our area to find a career, then there’s the slew of empty storefronts all over the place, which already exist and extensive neighborhood deterioration; then sir, if it isn’t about jobs, then what is it? Is the Southside water project the “silver bullet” which is going to address these immediate and striking deficiencies? I hardly think so. Also, I believe every capital project that involves public funding should be tied to the number and payroll level of jobs to be created. That’s what the state believes, which has become the foundational position of the state’s 10 economic

development councils and the “Start-Up NY” program; and that’s what’s happening all around the state and needs to happen here, too. Jobs; good paying jobs. Additionally, I believe that every capital project, whether public or private, should be endorsed and integrated into the master plans of two or more adjoining municipalities. It would encourage continuity of vision and strengthen inter-municipal collaboration, promoting more effective use of taxpayer support. Right now, I’d rather see a community-wide effort to secure $8.8 million to assign to the IDA specifically to advance Oneonta-based, job-intensive capital projects! Jobs!! Good paying jobs!

Specifically, what was that last multi-million dollar capital project the town led on? Mr. Buttermann stated the town “has previously undertaken similar sized projects;” but didn’t mention any. I’m not talking about planning and zoning approvals, rather I’m talking about where the town actually initiated a project, put-up some Town taxpayer funding behind it and then drove that project to a successful conclusion. I still can’t remember anything close to $8.8 million level. If the town had truly been the visionary force for the public good, championing projects to have positively impacted the Southside and the town, public water, sewer, utilities services and

a four-lane Route 23 would already be in place. We thrive on being reactionary. It’s not too late for Supervisor Wood and the Town Board to be begin talks with city officials about jointly creating a comprehensive regional water system that would bring top quality water and perhaps sewer to all businesses and residences within a 15-mile radius of the community. And if it were driven by the creation and sustainability of good paying jobs, all kinds of capital funds would follow. I plan to call Mr. Buttermann to try and arrange a meeting with him to discuss our respective beliefs towards making Oneonta a better place to live! ALBERT COLONE Oneonta

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IOOF – Rebekah Lodge, Cherry Valley—This property in recent time served as the IOOF-Rebekah Lodge, and formerly was a fine family home owned by the Seeleys and Livingstones, among others. Post-and-beam construction with stone foundation. Large entry hall, library with period arches and fireplace mantle, sewing room with fireplace, banquet room, sitting room, galley kitchen, period cooking hearth with beehive oven, period moldings, six-panel doors, 12/12 windows, and attached carriage house. The upstairs features dressing room, large meeting hall, and two large attic spaces. A great opportunity for an historical restoration. Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $115,000

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Home of the Week Stunning OtSegO Lake Ranch (7525) Exhilarating 3 BR, 2 bath lakefront ranch w/widespan views and 238’ of private lake frontage. This gracious residence boasts cathedral beamed ceilings, large lake-view deck, large family room. 2 fireplaces. Airy and bright floorplan, new carpeting, kitchen w/eating bar, sauna, 2-car garage. Impressive easy access lakefront and beautiful features. Cooperstown Schools. hubbell’s exclusive—$619,000

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 31-AUGUST 1, 2014

City Business Leaders See Opportunity Oneonta Airport Proves Its Worth If Cooperstown Inductions Stay Strong AIRPORT/From A1 Saturday-Sunday night, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their mechanics came in to

BUSINESS/From A1 manager Tony LaRussa brought an estimated 48,000 people into the county, the third-largest crowd in Hall of Fame history. Only the seven-member 1999 class (50,000) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; George Brett, Orlando Cepeda, Nestor Chylak, Nolan Ryan, Frank Selee, Joe Williams and Robin Yount â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Ripken/ Gwynn in 2007 drew better (75,000). And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only going to get better, or at least stay as good. Next year, Randy Johnson will be on the ballot, and in 2019, Derek Jeter could bring record numbers of fans to the streets of Cooperstown â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Oneonta. Multiple MLB stars will become eligible

in the years in between. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are sharing that they want to come back,â&#x20AC;? said Heegan. The Clarion, Courtyard by Marriott and Holiday Inn were completely booked almost a year ago, but still the calls came in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The week of, people were calling the chamber, trying to see if we could refer them to a hotel room,â&#x20AC;? said Heegan. The sunny weather helped. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone I know was just inundated with customers,â&#x20AC;? said Masterjohn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone was out walking around, and traffic was definitely noticeable.â&#x20AC;? And, seeing that Oneonta still has so much more to offer, many of those visitors have decided to stay for a

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little while longer to enjoy the start of the Otsego County Fair on Tuesday, July 29. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they heard we had the fair in town, some people extended their stay,â&#x20AC;? Heegan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a positive to have those two events back-to-back.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of what Destination Oneonta hopes to do in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Induction weekend took the cake,â&#x20AC;? said Masterjohn, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but our mission is to bring people back even when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an induction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether to go shopping, visit a brewery or a winery, or just take a day trip. We need to highlight ourselves and show what a great town this is.â&#x20AC;?

the pilots see that, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It instills confidence in the owners.â&#x20AC;? While many of the Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guests, including Inductee Joe Torre, arrive through Albany or other airports, the Oneonta landing strip offers private jet owners the most convenience, Finn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the closest paved runway to Cooperstown,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to drive an hour and a half from Albany or Rome. They want to come in here.â&#x20AC;? Last month, Finn began the task of calling team owners and pilots to line up arrival and departure times. Some of the planes parked overnight or for a few days.

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were here at midnight, still parking planes,â&#x20AC;? said Finn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know the importance of planning, and the success we have comes from that.â&#x20AC;? NetJets, Warren Buffettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private jet company, is a different story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They pop in whenever they want, even if the apron is closed,â&#x20AC;? said Finn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They know the runway is open, so they just drop off their passengers.â&#x20AC;? At midnight, Sunday, July 27, a NetJet flew in, but when the pilot tried to ready for takeoff, the engines wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t restart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to park the plane,â&#x20AC;? said Finn.

fix it.â&#x20AC;? After a near-death experience in 2010, the Oneonta airport is undergoing renovations, via Oneonta Job Corps, adding a conference room, new bathrooms and a redesigned lounge to the terminal. The airport is also in talks with the FAA to extend the 4,200-foot runway to 5,000 feet to accommodate larger jets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could get even more in here if we had that longer runway,â&#x20AC;? said Finn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can see how essential this airport is.â&#x20AC;?

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MLS#95520 $235,000 67 acres, never been logged. Updated farmhouse features 4-5 BRs, 1 ½ baths, original wide plank floors. Call Carol A. Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

Beautifully constructed in 2008, this 2-family home has magnificent views and a total of 8 BRs and 4½ baths. The main part of the home has 5 BRs and 2½ baths including master BR and full bath. Bright DR and LR w/double-sided gas fireplace, plenty of storage. Sliding glass doors off the back lead to deck. Basement apartment is open w/large rooms, 3 BRs and 2 full baths, radiant heat, laundry room. A gated, paved, private driveway w/2-car attached garage and pavilion make this home complete. $299,900 MLS #94741

$169,900 MLS#93380 Nicely updated and ready for new owners! Spacious split-level located on nearly an acre in the Town of Oneonta. Large light-filled LR w/new paint and carpet is open to kitchen/dining area. Kitchen has new countertops, laminate flooring. BRs and baths are freshly painted and new carpet in BRs as well. Lower level features newly carpeted and painted family room, laundry/utility room. Brand new over-sized deck for your outside relaxation and entertaining. Home sits on a nice lot w/mountain views in a great location. Just a hop, skip and a jump to I-88. Call for your showing today.

Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Licensed Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant Paula George, Licensed Real Estate Agent

HUBBELL’S REAL ESTATE

Family HomE in a GrEat location!

607-547-5740•607-547-6000 (fax) 157 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326

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CharaCter and prestige

Exclusively offered at the new price $499,000

Cooperstown ClassiC

(7732) Superbly kept 3 BR expanded Cape Cod has center-hall layout with hardwood floors, 6-panel doors, gracious LR w/ fireplace, formal DR. Custom kitchen w/eating area, large windows and skylights. Patio, deck, finished basement, garage, large yard. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$385,000

Jon

Hansen

otsego lake sanCtuary

(7861) Completely remodeled 3 BR, 3+ bath contempo w/ great views on 6+ acres. Spacious LR w/fireplace, formal DR, study/library, rec/game room, home theater, cherry floors, finished attic. Custom kitchen w/eating bar, granite countertops. Master BR suite w/steam shower. New deck, screened porch, new sauna. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$749,000

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(7895) This appealing 3 BR, 3 bath contemporary home sits on a full acre. Features include large LR w/fireplace, formal DR, den, 3-season room, oak flooring, main-level master BR, 2-car garage, large lake-view deck, lake rights. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$374,000

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New Purchases and refinances • Debt Consolidation Free Pre-Qualification • Fast Approvals • Low Rates Registered Mortgage Broker Matt Schuermann NYS Banking Dept. Loans arranged by a 3rd party lender. 31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown (directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee)

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Centrally located in the heart of the village, this wonderful family home was built around 1812. Large fenced backyard, large deck, mudroom addition w/woodstove, lots of windows overlooking private backyard. Full walk-up attic, studio to rear of detached 1-car garage. Side porch leading to mudroom was rebuilt. All new energy-efficient windows, wood floors throughout. Interior of the home was recently repainted, floors done, tile added. 2BRs w/private baths and 2 BRs share an updated bath w/soaking tub. Laundry room on second floor. Great house in a great location! It is in move-in condition.

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For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Real Estate Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue, Associate Real Estate Broker – 293-8874 Madeline Sansevere, Real Estate Salesperson – 435-4311 Cathy Raddatz, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-4141 Michael Welch, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8502

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