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Volume 4, No. 34
REORGANIZATION 5 YEARS IN MAKING
City of The Hills
With 5-Dean Structure, SUNY Looks To Future By JIM KEVLIN
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Alex Cason, Jordan Bell and Quyen Tran ready the camera for a shot of the exterior of Transitions Boutique Tuesday, Sept. 3, the first of 21 days of filming a feature film, “The Automatic Hate,” in the city.
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neonta’s Avanzato brothers, Tony and Vinne, will be honored as Hartwick College’s 2013 Citizens of the Year at a Saturday, Oct. 26, reception at the college’s Foreman Gallery. For years, the restaurateurs operated the popular Italian Kitchen, before shifting their energies to the landmark Stella Luna.
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hen SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski first arrived on campus five years ago, she found the 70 majors and 70 minors lumped together under two deans. “We have a dean of stuff,” one campus wag told her, “and we have a dean of other stuff.” There had been three deans, she related in an interview the other day. One had retired, and President his responsibilities had Kleniewski simply been divided among the other two. Clearly, something had to be done. “The problem was trying to figure out how to fix it,” said Kleniewski, who on July 1 passed her fifth anniversary in her corner office in the Netzer AdministraPlease See DEANS, A6
NATURAL & MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Dr. Venkat Sharma Dr. Susan Turell
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Dr. David Yen
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First ‘Common Read’ Built Around ‘Flight’ Public Invited Read Novel, Hear Novelist
WILL YOU SERVE? The Oneonta City School District is seeking nominees to replace Rosalie Higgins, who resigned from the school board effective Sept. 14, for a term that runs through next June 30. Provide letters of interest to District Clerk Eileen Lishansky at 31 Center St. by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. The appointment will be made Wednesday, Sept. 25. 2, 2, 2 FESTS IN ONE: The City of the Hills Art Festival and the Grand & Glorious Tag Sale both will be on Saturday, Sept. 14, this year: The first in the Dietz Street parking lot, the second on Main Street.
Fog Doesn’t Ground Oneonta Balloonist
By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Mike Ranieri Happened On Hobby, Now Travels Globe In Pursuit Of His Passion By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski announced the reorganization of the college into five “schools” to 500 employees at the Opening Breakfast Friday, Aug. 30, in the Hunt Union Ballroom and introduced the five academics who will lead each. Drs. Sharma, Turell and Yen are considered “founding deans” of their colleges; Drs. Lee and Thomas have accepted interim leadership roles as searches continue for two new “founding deans.”
Oneonta balloonist Mike Ranieri prepares for takeoff Sunday, Sept. 1, during the Susquehanna Balloon Fest.
ZOGBY DUE: Famed national pollster John Zogby will deliver Hartwick College’s Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16 at the Anderson Center for the Arts. Public welcome.
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ometimes Mike Ranieri lands his balloon in a field, other times in a parking lot. Once, he touched down in a rice
paddy. “I was flying the ‘I Love NY’ balloon in Japan three weeks after 9/11,” he said. “The rice paddies are below sea level and drained, so you’re looking out at the ocean, then down at these rice paddies. It’s crazy.”
Ranieri, an real-estate agent with the Benson Agency, brought his balloon out to the Susquehanna Balloon Fest over Labor Day weekend, and although the fog refused to lift, he still inflated his rainbow-striped Aerostar Sunday, Sept. 1, and gave short, tethered rides to kids gathering to see the 7:30 a.m. lift off. “You have to be able to see where you’re going,” said Ranieri. “You don’t want to get stuck in the fog. Better to be down here wishing you were up there than the other way around.” Please See BALLOON, A3
ead all about it. All 1,240 SUNY Oneonta are. All of us may. Sherman Alexie – National Book Award winner, Native American author, screenwriter and poet – is coming to SUNY HOMETOWN ONEONTA Oneonta at 7:30 p.m. “Flight” is availTuesday, Sept. 10, in the able at the Green Toad, where owner college’s Dewar Arena. His visit – and his nov- Michelle Barry reel, “Flight” – are part of views a copy. the college’s first “common read.” “At orientation, (the freshmen) picked up their ID card and their copy of the book,” said Theresa Russo, Human Ecology professor. “We Please See NOVEL, A7
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At Fest, Fog Doesn’t Ground Oneonta Balloonist BALLOON, From A1 Before taking off, he explained, the sky must be free of clouds and the pilot must have a mile of visibility. Sunday morning dawned cold and damp, and when Ranieri got up that morning, he couldn’t see Franklin Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Mountain, a sure sign that On the Sunday morning of the Susquehanna Balhe was staying grounded for loon Fest, Mike Ranieri inflates his balloon in the day. Neahwa Park for a post-dawn ascension. Fifteen years ago, Ranieri
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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012
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Cooperstown, Remove P&D Machines. And Oneonta, Beware
o a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. It’s an ironic formulation, of course: Not every problem is a nail; the hammer has limited use. That might help understand what’s gone wrong with embracing pay-and-display (P&D) parking machines. The Village of Cooperstown has done so with perhaps devastating effect; it’s too soon to tell. But even the City of Oneonta’s toe-in-the-water approach seems to be headed for failure. Accompanying this editorial are three photos, taken Friday, Aug. 30, on the three floors of Oneonta’s downtown parking deck. The sunny top deck was half full. The Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA cool covered middle deck was three-quarters full. In the bottom At 10:15 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, the top two floors of Oneonta’s municipal parking deck, at left, were well populated with parked cars. In the bottom deck, at right, where there is a deck, where a P&D machine was pay-and-display machine, only one car was parked. installed a few months ago, was one car. to your car, put it in the windBatter’s Up, the former TJ’s, only – that may have been the uninThat was even the case durshield, then go into the bank or the two locals were observed on Main tended, if inevitable, consequence. ing Foothills’ Sunday, Aug. 18, coffee shop. It complicates simple Street over 45 minutes, (the time • reception where the main theater Wendell Tripp, the former tasks; you’ll avoid it if you can. it took to savor a tuna melt, an exwas named in honor of Gene Betmayor (and NYSHA executive Rod Torrence, Stagecoach cellent one). One, coincidentally, tiol and his family: The Foothills Coffee proprietor, observed a few was Torrence, out for his noontime director) had it right: Demand parking lot was full; on-street for parking space in downtown months ago after returning from walk; the other was former TJ’s spaces were all taken, and nobody Niagara-on-the-Lake, often held Cooperstown is simply greater proprietor Ted Hargrove, going parked in the deck’s bottom level. than supply. (The Baseball Hall up as a model for Cooperstown: back and forth to the CVS for a The conclusion, separate from of Fame may be the only major That Canadian village, famed for few grocery essentials. Cooperstown’s heated debate, is attraction in the nation that does its Shakespeare Festival, is tourist Was the goal of the Village clear: Pay-and-display machines not have any parking dedicated friendly, but residents have abanBoard to make downtown a tourdrive people away. to visitors.) Until the supply is doned it. Strip malls have popped ist-only preserve? Certainly not. • increased – it’s time to revisit the up on the periphery to serve the And yet, in combination with That’s logical, when you think locals, who have no use for the traffic tie-ups caused by roadwork parking-deck idea – the challenge about it. Instead of running into will continue. tchotchkes downtown. at the village’s south end and the bank or picking up a quick cup The other answer is to reduce That was evident the other expanded offerings in Hartwick of coffee, you must find a space, demand, and that seems to be hapSaturday in downtown CooperSeminary – word is a new strip find the nearest P&D machine, stown. From the front window of mall is being planned there as well pening in undesirable ways. At hope it works, buy a ticket, return LETTERS
Work On Regulatory Solutions To Natural Gas Issues To the Editor: Let’s remember that Letters to the Editor should reflect something of community concern, not an individual’s opinions of another. Larry Bennett of the Brewery Ommegang’s in his of Aug. 16 did little to advance a meaningful discussion. What’s at stake here is the health and vibrancy of our region. Safe development of natural gas will give us jobs and will allow landowners to realize the value of their investment without compromising the community’s environment, wellbeing and values.
If there are proven negative impacts, they have to be considered along with the potential benefits and mitigated and regulated. Instead of diminishing the seriousness of the discussion, we need to take ownership of our own energy footprint. We need to fess up to our own relationships with natural gas and its products. Let us work on regulatory solutions. Natural gas is important. President Obama has advocated for natural gas development as a way to loosen the ties from unstable foreign govern-
dors from the Farmers’ Market and other friends of the market provided the meats, cheeses, produce, breads and other great, local ingredients. Templeton Hall’s Lucy Townsend created an amazing array of small plate dishes to fill four food and beverage stations. It started with a cheese and charcuterie table with a selection of artisanal cheeses, cured meats, breads, savory pastries, and condiments. I probably
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ments while using an American-made product. Switching to natural gas has already significantly reduced CO2 and sulfur emissions in Pennsylvania. This according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the transition to natural gas (among other solutions) “represented between $14 and $37 billion of annual public health benefit.” It is time for dialogue. UNI BLAKE Schenevus
Central NY Horn Of Plenty, Otsego 2000 Fundraiser Proves To the Editor: Friday, Aug. 23, I had the honor of being a guest expert for Cooperstown Farmers’ Market’s Local Foods Local Spirits Cocktail Party. Guest expert was really a pretty cushy job, since my role was to eat, drink and encourage discussion about the value of local foods and the businesses that make them – which is one of my favorite topics anyway. I also got a cool apron with the image of one of the great food paintings from local artist Kathy Minnig. The event was fantastic. Both the food and the beers, wines and liquors that went with them were amazing – all from within 50 miles of Cooperstown. The event was held at Templeton Hall. The ven-
the August Village Board meeting, it was noted that, due to lack of parking, rents in downtown apartments are depressed. And that Bassett Hospital is moving non-patient services away from the village. (Trustee Cindy Falk, Streets & Buildings chair, said that’s not due to lack of parking, but you have to wonder.) • Cooperstown may already have done itself considerable damage – let’s hope Savor NY’s closing isn’t the first of many. In Oneonta, where a limited experiment is underway, it’s not too late to adjust. Given that the city’s downtown is rebounding nicely, and the $8 million Bresee’s redevelopment as stores, offices and housing is due for completion this fall, it’s not the time to do anything that will drive people away, as P&D machines, we’ve learned, do. There in a need in Oneonta is for long-term parking – three or four days, if people go away for a long weekend. So set aside a dozen spaces in the bottom deck (next to the Trailways terminal) for that purpose; the sole P&D machine would work for that limited purpose. The problem’s a thumb tack, not a nail. In Cooperstown, the trustees should remove the P&D machines and rethink the whole issue. Since revenues have covered the cost of the machines, no harm done. The nail wasn’t the problem; the hammer isn’t the solution.
could have spent the whole evening there, mixing and matching among them and the selection of beers and wines at the table for pairing. KyMar Farm Distillery was also pouring its Maple Jack liqueur, which works very well with sharp cheese. The next station was focused on vegetables, from a greens salad to veggie spreads to a chilled cucumber soup. The presentation and freshness of these local seasonal creations was fantastic and were again accompanied by a selection of wines and beers, tending toward crisp white wines and lighter brews. The next table was a cluster of meat dishes spanning the back wall. Local fish, beef, duck and venison were all on display in beautiful and tasty bite sized dishes. The duck with bacon jelly was brilliant. The meat dishes paired nicely with the dry red wines and heartier beers on the table. Last on the food tour was the dessert station. Options ranged from simple and sweet melon to a peach basil tart that was my wife’s favorite thing (which is impressive since it didn’t involve chocolate). Tiny
waffles with maple cream were another tasty morsel. New York definitely does sweet wines well, so there was a range of dessert-like beverages. I had never had Magpie Farms Mead before. It was a standout and something I should be drinking more often. At the bar were local gin and vodka as well. The entire event was a testament to how much great food and drink is available in our region. All proceeds from the event are going into sustaining and improving the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. Lyn Weir did an amazing job organizing this event and I can’t wait to participate in the 2nd Annual Local Foods and Local Spirits Cocktail Party next summer. By the way, if you are interested in local foods, you might want to check out the Locavore Dinner from Mohawk Valley EDGE on September 10th at RCIL in Utica. It is sure to be another fantastic local food experience. DEVIN S. MORGAN Cooperstown Morgan, an intellectual property attorney, writes about the craft food and beverage industry at www. eatdrinklaw.com/blog.
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Heaven’s Back Door, featuring Carol Mandigo, Peter Blue, middle, and Danny Birnbaum perform in Muller Plaza at a recent Fabulous Friday, one of many events that celebrate what center city has to offer.
Downtown Oneonta Offers So, So Much To Celebrate
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he Village of Cooperstown’s celebrated troubles this summer – a rocky launch to paid parking, an invasion of Deadheads for the Furthur concert, a Hall of Fame Induction with no living inductees, not to mention rain, rain, rain – prompted five local institutions to collaborate with the sister newspapers, Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, in sponsoring a “Celebrate Cooperstown” page that appeared on Page A5 for five weeks. The idea was to give the embattled merchants there an attaboy. What was surprising to many was, when you list them all, how many shops and restaurants call Cooperstown home – 84, not counting law offices, insurance agencies and the like. The positive response got us thinking: Why not “Celebrate Oneonta,” too, where stores and restaurants are popping up every time you turn around, more than 100. And we keep adding more to the list. Five local institutions
– Community Bank, Main Street Oneonta, Realty USA, Southside Mall (GM Luisa Montanti recognizes the importance of a critical mass, the more the merrier) and attorney Fred Xlander’s law firm – quickly signed on. There seemed no better time to do this then now, when 6,000 SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College students are back in town, a quarter of them for the first time – that’s some 1,500 new customers that need to get to know us. And so we did: Check out Page A5 this week and for the next four editions. In perusing the list, you’re bound to be reminded of a place or two you may not have frequented in a while. Go ahead, reconnect. Given the vitality of the Oneonta scene, there are bound to be new businesses before the five weeks are out. (Stay tuned for Nina’s, being opened by David Delker and Karen MaerzBeers in the former Mama Nina’s.) The point is, enjoy! We’ll see you there.
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125 Years Ago
Mr. C.P. Huntington and family came to Oneonta on Saturday and remained until Tuesday morning, making their headquarters at the Windsor. Mr. Huntington devoted his time while here to visiting among relatives and with old time friends. He made a pretty thorough inspection of the village and expressed surprise at its growth and development. Mr. Huntington bears his sixtyeight years remarkably well, and a more vigorous, well-preserved man of that age it would be hard to find. Mr. A.M. Huntington, stepson of C.P. Huntington, who has been visiting in Oneonta, is a fine specimen of physical manhood. He stands six feet five inches, and although weighing 250 pounds, has not an ounce of superfluous flesh. His weight has been in excess of three hundred pounds. He is but 19 years of age and is said to be a very bright young man. September 1888
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100 Years Ago
H.P. Weidman, original publisher of “The Fan,” has made arrangements to install a mechanical scoreboard at Neahwah Park, during the World Series of baseball games this fall and the proposition has already been enthusiastically received by baseball lovers in the city who cannot get away for the games. By this mechanical board every play in the game is shown on the chart diamond, just as it occurs in the actual contest. The ball is seen to leave the pitcher’s hand, its progress to the plate is watched, and the final disposition of the batter is also watched. There will be special wires strung to the ground and a competent operator will be in charge of the instrument, so that any lover of the game can have the opportunity to watch the games at a mere nominal cost. The grand stand has been leased from the Oneonta Athletic Association. September 1913
September 1953
80 Years Ago
Registrations to date at Oneonta High School number 828, including 262 freshmen, 221 sophomores, 193 juniors, 147 seniors and five post graduates. With 54 more students having indicated their intention of registering the total enrollment at the opening of school on Wednesday will be at least 882. High school boys who are now employed with the Civilian Conservation Corps and who plan to return to school this fall should do so at the beginning of the term. Any such student may receive his honorable discharge from the corps by presenting a statement signed by school Principal H.G. VanDeusen explaining that he wishes to return to school. September 1933
40 Years Ago
Dr. Charles Hunt – He was a giant in the education world, a man who won national acclaim for his visionary concepts in teacher education. He was a college president at what has now become the State College in Oneonta. But, Dr. Charles Hunt was not an ivory tower type. He was a man, not only interested, but concerned with this community. It was through his foresight that the land was available so that when its time had come, SUCO was able to expand readily without tearing down many homes and removing them from the tax rolls. Since his concern was so sincere, no position was too humble for him to accept if he thought he could better the quality of life of his fellow citizens. He was elected to the Oneonta Board of Education. How many college presidents would take such a position? Always interested in the city’s civic and cultural affairs, Dr. Hunt had a good grasp on the pulse of the community. He frequently appeared at Common Council meetings. Beginning in his late 80s and until his death at 92, Dr. Hunt still found time to champion the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts. September 1973
30 Years Ago
Leo Wickoff began working for the Delaware & Hudson Railway on January 27, 1942. Wickoff’s memory of the D&H yard is one of a bustling, busy place, with as many as 25 switch engines working during a single 24-hour work day. Wickoff considered himself to be lucky. “Some of the men went as long as 20 years before getting a regular job,” he said. “I was pretty fortunate. I had a couple of different ones before I put my 20 years in.” His first regular job was on the midnight shift. “I spent extra board time picking up work tips from the other trainmen,” he recalled. Before joining
the railroad, Wickoff worked at Spaulding’s Bakery in Oneonta, doing a variety of odd jobs such as wrapping bread, greasing pans, and sweeping up the floors. Every week, Wickoff applied for work at the railroad and was finally hired in January 1942. September 1983
20 Years Ago
The United States ranks 40th in literacy in the world and 12th in per capita income, according to New York State Regent Carl Hayden. “For the first time in U.S. history, students today will not enjoy the same level of life their teachers now enjoy. The Regents Action Plan of 1984 called for more “rigor” in the schools. The plan perpetuated the myth that more “seat time” meant reaching better outcomes. However, educators found there wasn’t enough time in the day for programs. “We need to have new ideas, new visions,” Hayden said. September 1993
10 Years Ago
A 25-year-old Oneonta man was recovering at A.O. Fox hospital Wednesday after being stabbed by a mental patient on Tuesday afternoon, Oneonta police reported. Tim Mullinnex, a groundskeeper at the State University College at Oneonta was stabbed in the back apparently without motive outside his 19 Watkins Avenue apartment at about 4 p.m. Mullinnex was transported to the hospital where a Cutco brand kitchen knife with a six-inch blade was removed from his upper back. A woman residing in the same apartment building was arrested Tuesday afternoon. When placed in the rear of the police cruiser she kicked out the back window. She was taken to Fox’s psychiatric crisis center. Mullinnex was stabbed while installing speakers in his car and he called 911. September 2003
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SUNY Oneonta Reorganizes Under 5 Deans DEANS/From A1 tion Building’s third floor. Turning an aircraft carrier around takes 3-4 miles. With 1,200 employees and 6,000 students, SUNY Oneonta qualifies as an aca-
demic aircraft carrier. The captain got to work and a reorganization that took fully half a decade and will be celebrated Friday, Sept. 6, at a reception in the Hunt Union’s Waterfront
Cafe, with the welcoming of five new deans, the centerpiece of the new system. The five were introduced to college employees Friday, Aug. 30, at the traditional Opening Breakfast in a
packed Hunt Union Ballroom: • Dr. Venkat Sharma, founding dean, School of Natural & Mathematical Sciences. A Ph.D. from the University of Madras in India, he was most recently dean at the University of West Alabama’s College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics. • Dr. Susan Turell, founding dean, School of Social Science. With a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Houston, she was associate provost at Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Academic Achievement. • Dr. David Yen, founding dean, School of Business & Economics. With a Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Nebraska/Lincoln, he was professor of business and director of the China Business Program at Miami University of Ohio. • Dr. Richard Lee, interim dean, School of Education & Human Ecology. With a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Rutgers, he is associate professor of English and a recent Faculty Senate
member. • Dr. Wade Thomas, interim dean, School of Arts & Humanities. With a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Nebraska, he is associate dean and professor of economics. Kleniewski said she expects to have “founding deans” recruited for the latter two departments by spring. In 2008, the president’s first initiative was a broadbased strategic plan, but she turned to the restructuring in 2009, hiring a consultant, Robert Martin, then provost, now president of Framingham (Mass.) State University, and forming an Organizational Structure Task Force. By the time the task force reported back in 2010 – “smaller, more cohesive schools will create a sense of community,” Kleniewski said – Maria Thompson, a Tennessee State University vice president, had joined the local college as provost, a key player in the new structure. One of Kleniewski’s big challenges was building a consensus for change among the 1,200 employees. “Employees want the best thing for the institution,” she said. “But they don’t all
agree on what that is.” College presidents often stumble in two related areas: One, “they act too fast.” Or, two, they are “paralyzed by disagreement,” she said. That didn’t happen here: “There was a lot of discussion, a lot of consultation. Then you have to pull the trigger – and act.” An intensive search, with Thompson leading the effort, happened during the first half of this year. There were five telephone interviews with promising applicants for four jobs, 20 in all; then, three campus visits for four jobs, 12 in all. Sharma, Turell and Yen were offered positions and accepted. But the Arts & Humanities choice accepted the offer, signed the contract, then backed out at the last minute, disappointing administrators here and restarting the search. The goal of all of this is to better prepare SUNY Oneonta students for their post-graduate careers and lives. “How can we prepare out students better?” she asked. “And there’s a related question: How are we using our resources? Can we use them better to prepare our students better?”
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it in a variety of ways, like a big book group.” “It’s my students’ favorite every time I teach it,” said Susan Bernardin, Women’s Studies chair. “It’s raw, compelling, funny and it illustrates a lot of meaningful issues.” With Cooperstown’s “Redskins” nickname controversy, Alexie’s visit is especially timely. “It had a national resonance,” said Bernardin. “I was at a conference on Native educators and people were congratulating me on the change, even though I had nothing to do with it.” Alexie’s visit also carries forward last September’s
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PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION OF NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION, LLC AND NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY AND PUBLIC NEED FOR THE EDIC TO FRASER TRANSMISSION LINE AND NEW SCOTLAND TO LEEDS TO PLEASANT VALLEY TRANSMISSION LINE In accordance with Article VII of the New York State Public Service Law, NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION, LLC and NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (together “NAT�) is providing notice that on or about October 1, 2013 it will file an application with the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC� or “Commission�) for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for two 345kV overhead transmission line segments. The segments will work together to relieve congestion on the New York power grid and provide other benefits that are being proposed in response to the Governor’s Energy Highway Blueprint initiative. NAT will be filing initial application materials as described in Appendix A of the Commission’s April 22, 2013 Order in Docket 12-T-0502. The two transmission line segments are the Edic to Fraser Transmission Line and the New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley Transmission Line, together known as the “Project�. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Edic to Fraser Transmission Line will involve the construction of the approximately 80 mile, 345kV Edic to Fraser overhead transmission line in the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield, Schuyler, Frankfort, Litchfield, Columbia, Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, New Lisbon, Laurens, City of Oneonta, and Towns of Otego, Franklin, Delhi and Hamden; construction of a new series compensation station, which will occupy approximately 10 acres adjacent to the new Edic to Fraser transmission line along the route; and modification of the existing Edic and Fraser Substations in the Towns of Marcy and Delhi to accept the new transmission line. The series compensation station site will include an approximately 4-acre fenced site that includes a control house, circuit breakers, switches and communication equipment, with the remainder of the site reserved for access roads and site drainage. The New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley Transmission Line will involve the construction of the 65 mile, 345kV New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley overhead transmission line in the Towns of New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Village of Athens, and Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Hyde Park; and modification of the existing New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley Substations in the Towns of New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley to accept the new transmission line. The existing footprints of the Edic, Fraser, New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley Substations are not expected to change. Construction, operation and maintenance activities will require NAT to acquire property rights along the Project right-of-way for the proposed transmission lines. The Project is planned to be built utilizing steel monopole structures. Other structure types may be utilized to reduce visual impacts of the Project. The Project is subject to Article VII of the New York State Public Service Law, and NAT must receive a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need from the Public Service Commission before constructing the Project.
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Heegan, Otsego Chamber Awarded Top 2013 Laurels From NY Business Council ALBANY
services to bring value and awareness to the quality of ith a memberlife we have to offer here.� ship growth of The award was an28 percent, the nounced Friday, Sept. 13, Otsego County Chamber and will be presented at of Commerce has won The The Business Council’s anBusiness Council of New nual meeting on Thursday, York State’s “Chamber of Sept. 26, at The Sagamore the Year� Award. on Lake George. “Under the leadSince Heegan ership of Executive was appointed a Director Barbara year ago, Otsego Ann Heegan, the chamber memberOtsego County ship has added Chamber of Com115 new members, merce has thrived, reaching 520 total. showing that hard The chamber was work, commitment cited for creating to membership, and “an atmosphere Heegan strong leadership which attracts incan grow an orgavestments; builds a nization,� said Business positive, forward-thinking Council President/CEO business community and Heather C. Briccetti. partners with government “We are honored to regroups, individuals and ceive this prestigious award institutions.� as an organization working Briccetti also cited the hard on the behalf of our chamber’s internship promembers and the busigram with SUNY Oneonta, ness community of Otsego a workforce-development County,� said Heegan. partnership with Broome “We are dedicated in bring- Community College, and ing growth in our member- the chamber’s seminars and ship by creating member membership programs. to member programs and
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Ron, Marti Jex Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage Ronald Jex, Lockport and Marti Huntress, Vineland, N.J., were married on Sept. 15, 1963, at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, Vineland, at left.
PROPOSED ROUTE During the course of the Article VII proceedings, alternate routes not included in NAT’s application or affected by the proposed primary routes may be offered without further notice by publication. In addition, the Public Service Commission may, without further notice by publication, approve a route for any of the circuits that traverse municipalities not presently affected by the proposed primary routes. The proposed route for Edic to Fraser will parallel the south side of NYSEG’s existing Edic to New Scotland 345kV transmission line for the first 7.2 miles after exiting the Edic Substation through the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield and Schuyler at which point the route traverses generally north to south for approximately 6.3 miles through the Town of Frankfort where it connects to the existing Edic to Fraser 345kV transmission line corridor. The remaining 66.5 miles of Edic to Fraser will be built adjacent to the existing corridor in the Towns of Frankfort, Litchfield, Columbia, Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, New Lisbon, Laurens, City of Oneonta, and Towns of Otego, Franklin, Delhi and Hamden to the Fraser Substation in the Town of Delhi. The proposed route for New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley begins at the New Scotland Substation in the Town of New Scotland and parallels the existing New Scotland to Alps 345kV transmission line for the first 0.7 miles to the east side of the CSX RR ROW, then turns south adjacent to the RR ROW for approximately 1.3 miles and traverses 0.62 miles to the southwest to join the New Scotland to Leeds 115kV transmission line corridor. After joining this corridor, the route parallels the existing line 11 miles through the Towns of New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans and New Baltimore. The route continues on a new corridor for approximately 2.1 miles roughly 0.35 miles east of the existing lines before rejoining the existing corridor in the Town of New Baltimore at which point the route parallels the existing New Scotland to Leeds 115kV line for the remaining 10 miles through the Town of Coxsackie into the west side of the Leeds Substation in the Town of Athens. The route exits the east side of the Leeds Substation and parallels the existing Leeds to Pleasant Valley circuits for the 40 mile route through the Town of Athens, Village of Athens, Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Hyde Park. The lines will be built on new rights-of-way that will generally be 160 feet wide. The precise proposed routes are described in Sections 2 and 3 of NAT’s Phase A Application filing and will be posted on NAT’s website at www.nat-ny.com beginning October 1. ACCESS TO ARTICLE VII FILING Once NAT’s application is filed with the Public Service Commission, copies of the application will be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the following libraries: Utica 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ (FOFTFF 4USFFU 6UJDB /: t 5IF 'SBOL + #BTMPF -JCSBSZ /PSUI .BJO 4USFFU )FSLJNFS /: t 7JMMBHF -JCSBSZ PG $PPQFSTUPXO .BJO 4USFFU $PPQFSTUPXO /: t $BOOPO 'SFF -JCSBSZ &MN 4USFFU %FMIJ /: t "MCBOZ 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ 8BTIJOHUPO "WFOVF "MCBOZ /: t $BUTLJMM 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ 'SBOLMJO 4USFFU $BUTLJMM /: t )VETPO "SFB -JCSBSZ 4UBUF 4USFFU )VETPO /: t "ESJBODF .FNPSJBM -JCSBSZ Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. In addition, copies of NAT’s application also will be available for public inspection at the Department of Public Service Offices in Albany (Office of Central Files, 14th Floor, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223) and will be posted on the Public Service Commission’s website (www.dps.ny.gov). This notice and a copy of NAT’s application filed with the Public Service Commission will be served upon the chief executive officers of Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Delaware, Albany, Greene, Columbia and Dutchess Counties and the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield, Columbia, Frankfort, Litchfield, Schuyler, Burlington, Exeter, Laurens, New Lisbon, City of Oneonta, Towns of Otego, Richfield, Franklin, Delhi, Hamden, New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Village of Athens, and Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, the municipalities traversed by the proposed routes. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE For information or assistance concerning the NAT’s application, interested persons may contact the following: Hon. Kathleen H. Burgess | Secretary to the Commission, New York State Public Service Commission | 3 Empire State Plaza | Albany, NY 12223-1350 | Phone: 518.474.6530 | Fax: 518.486.6081 | E-mail: secretary@dps.ny.gov NAT Contact: Lawrence Willick | Phone: (636) 532-2200
Now celebrating 50 years of marriage, the couple has lived in Cooperstown for 41 years and have two daughters and five grandchildren.
HAPPENIN’
OTSEGO
Sunday, September 29 (contd.)
FESTIVAL -- 12-6 p.m. “14th Annual Jewish Music & Cultural Festival,� features the Guy Mendilow Ensemble. Jewish Community Center of Syracuse, 5655 Thompson Road, Dewwit. Info, (313) 682-8489, (315) 446-7810.
Monday September 30
MEETING -- 7 p.m. Abner Doubleday Civil War Round Table discusses the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. New members welcome. Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, State Highway 28, Milford. Info, jtgralinski@gmail.com.
Wednesday October 2
AL-ANON -- 7:30 p.m. Group meeting every Wednesday. Otsego Manor, Phoenix Mills Crossroad, near Rte. 28, Cooperstown.
Friday, October 4
RUMMAGE SALE -- 10 a.m.4 p.m. Rummage and bake sale. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, Kathy Jagels, (607) 547-9075. BAG SALE -- 9 a.m.-Noon. Rummage sale with Christmas bazaar. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4286.
QUILTS -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. “The Quilter’s Bee,� more than 150 of the finest examples of quilt making. Donation of $5. 12 Marion Ave Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 783-2780, albud@citink.net. TRIBUTE BAND -- 8 p.m, The Jerry Garcia Project. The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, tickets, www. oneontatheatre.com CONTRADANCE – 8-11 p.m. Otsego Dance Society continues its schedule. Hilton Baxter calls; music by Uncle Joe & the Rosebud Ramblers Suggested donation: $8 adults; $4 students, teens; free 12 & Under. Presbyterian Church, corner Pioneer and Church streets, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 9658232, www.otsegodancesociety. blogspot.com
Saturday October 5
OKTOBERFEST -- OCCA program exhibits, food, vendors, polka music. Joseph L. Popp Jr. Butterfly Conservatory, 5802 NY 7, Oneonta. Info, Travis Sauerwald, (607) 282-4087. RUMMAGE SALE -- 9-11 a.m. Bag Sale. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, Kathy Jagels, (607) 547-9075. RUMMAGE SALE -- 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rummage sale with Christmas baazar. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4286. QUILT BEE--10 a.m.-5 p.m. Donation of $5. 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 7832780, albud@citink.net.