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40-Year Tradition Alive At Benson 2 Partners Seek To Extend Tradition Of Oneonta’s Oldest Realty Agency
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Oneonta artist Bunny Joseph surveys the offerings of the 2012 Central New York Watercolor Society Annual Juried Show, “Those Who Can!” – works by Otsego County teachers. In the back are her two offerings, “Study In Blue” and “Red Pillows.”/MORE PHOTOS, A3
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he Dick’s Sporting Goods will cut the ribbon on its Southside Mall store at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3. Town Supervisor Bob Wood will help cut the ribbon. Noon-2 p.m. SunStarks day, Oct. 5, former New York Knicks player John Starks will make an in-store appearance. There will also be extended hours throughout the weekend. STEMMING STEROIDS:
Hall-of-Famer Ryne Sandberg will be at Oneonta High School 1-2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, to brief students on the Hall’s new anti-steroids BASE (Be A Superior Example) program. The day before, he will announced a anti-steroids registry. MEL FOR TANYA: Due to illness, Tanya Tucker has rescheduled her December concert at Foothills to next Aug. 17. C&W great Mel Tillis has stepped in, and will perform Dec. 21 in the local venue Check www.foothillspac.org for details.
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very so often, Becky Thomas and Betsy Shultis will get someone coming into the Benson Agency with a different idea about the meaning of real estate. “This building was a fraIF YOU GO: To register for the ban- ternity in the early ‘70s,” said quet, call 432-4500 Becky. “I have a picture of them all in their short shorts on or e-mail shelly@ otsegocountycham- the roof.” “There were 35 guys living ber.com here,” Betsy added. “I once took a guy up to the third floor because he was convinced that his class ring was still on the ledge.” The building used to also be a rectory when St. Mary’s Catholic Church was across the street (where the Hess Station is now) and occasionally, couples who got married there will stop by for a tour. Betsy, who joined the agency in 1986, and Becky, who joined in 1994, bought the Benson Agency from Rosalee Benson in 2001. “We wanted to keep the good reputation Rosalee built – and take it further,” said Please See BENSON, A7
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Becky Thomas, left, and Betsy Shultis’ Benson Agency is lodged in one of Oneonta’s landmark mansions, on Grand Avenue.
Green Earth’s Become Horn Of Plenty Under Dean, Emily Roberts, Store Evolved Into Community Center By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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hen Dean and Emily Roberts bought the Green Earth in 2008, their now-renown produce section was a little lacking. “It was a hard table with a bunch of bananas,” said Emily. “It was the sorriest looking thing – we have pictures, we laugh about it now.” The progress made since then is now being recognized: The Green Earth will received the 2012 Otsego County Chamber/ Excellus Breakthrough Award Thursday, Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Oct. 11, at the chamber’s annual Small Dean and Emily Roberts, assisted by their son Business Banquet at The Otesaga. Michael Shaughnessy, have greatly expanded the Please See ROBERTS, A7 Green Earth’s offerings since 2008.
PAST CHAMBER/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS HONOREES
Gruver Zweifel & Scott, LLP (2011) • Hometown Oneonta/The Freeman’s Journal (2010) • James Jordan Associates, Architects (2009) • The Shipping Room (2008) • ISD (2007) • Eastman Associates (2006) H.W. Naylor Co. (2005) • Gordon B. Roberts Agency (2004) • Cooperstown Bat Co. (2003) Ultimate Broadcasting (2002) • Sport Tech (2001) • Fly Creek Cider Mill (2000)
PAST CHAMBER/Excellus BREAKTHROUGH AWARD HONOREES
Cleinman Performance Partners (2011) • Green Toad Bookstore (2010) • Ioxus (2009) • Cooperstown Cookie Co. (2008) • GrafiQa Creative Services (now Vibrant Creative) (2007) • T.S. Pink Corp. (2006)
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s this newspaper went to press Tuesday evening, Oct. 2, it appeared a sizeable majority of the Otsego County Board of Representatives would support a resolution endorsing “Alternate M,” the TALLY ON Constitution Pipeline CONSTITUTION route along I-88. PIPELINE However, county AYES Rep. John Kosmer, Clark D-Otego, said he Frazier expected “10 to 600” McCarty Koren pipeline opponents to attend the county Lindberg Powers board’s monthly Rowinski meeting on Oct. 3, when the resolution Schwerd was due to be acted Stuligross NAYS on. The impact of Kosmer such input, if it materialized, could not be Murphy Rosenthal predicted. Rothenberger Questioned over UNDECIDED the past few days, nine of the 14 county Koutnik reps said they supDETAILS of port the pro-AlterWednesday, nate-M resolution, Oct. 3, board which was drafted at meeting, althe request of Linda lotsego.com Rowinski, D-Oneonta, with the support of the board chair, Kathy Clark, R-Otego. However, Pauline Koren, R-Milford, who said she supports the resolution – “economically, we need to do something for the county” – was Please See PIPELINE, A6
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Haddow Appointed Director, USC Oneonta
eborah Haddow, Wells Bridge, has been named director of the Oneonta Campus of USC The Business College. She succeeds Jeff Held, who has been appointed USC’s director of veteran support service, responsible for recruiting vets to all three USC campuses, here, in Utica and in Canastota. Haddow has served as interim director at the Oneonta Campus, and as director of the 17 Elm St. facility’s Learning Center, as well as an instructor. She joined USC in 1998, after a Ian Austin/Hometown Oneonta
Oneonta’s Janet Sutta works on relaxation techniques for body and voice with Abigail Bengson, Moira Smiley and April Guthrie( partially obscured) from L.A. who were at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Saturday. Also in attendance are, right to left: Oneontas’ Marcia Huntington, Laura Marvel (obscured) and Leah Bridgers. TheAnnual Sixth Annual The Fourth Greater Oneonta Greater Oneonta historical society Historical Society Not-Just-Antiques benefit auction of goods and services
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his time, Tamiko Williams will be at the front of the stage instead of behind the curtain. Williams, last heard as the bluesy, carnivorous plant Audrey II in Orpheus’ Theater’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors,� returns to the stage to open for Foothills “Fall in Love with Motown� concert, featuring Sonny Turner of the Platters, at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at
Foothills. “This came out of nowhere,� she said. “I was Motormouth Maybelle in Williams ‘Hairspray’ and Jason Curley was in the audience looking for local talent.� Williams will be singing “Love Train,� “The Way You Do the Things You
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I have lived in Otsego County for the past 24 years. We recently moved into the Village of Cooperstown, after living in the Fly Creek valley for 16 years. I’m a Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Specialist in Bassett Healthcare’s Research Institute. My community involvement includes Cooperstown Lion’s Club, Board of Directors of the Leatherstocking Education on Alcoholism/Addictions, Foundation, Inc. (LEAF), Board of the Cooperstown Youth Recreational Soccer Program, and coaching a variety of youth sports. As your representative on the Otsego Town Board, I will explore opportunities for shared services; provide a voice from the Village of Cooperstown on the Otsego Town Board; protect the quality and safety of our roads and seek a strong road use ordinance; and maintain the town’s beauty, environmental integrity, and rural character. For more information, contact me at trhohensee@gmail.com or (607) 547-5078, or go to ManyVoicesOneVillage.com
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Do,� “Higher & Higher,� and a medley of Donna Summer songs. Growing up in Queens, Williams always sang in church choirs. “I tried out for all the Christmas plays – you can’t get turned down in church.� Williams moved here to attend SUNY Oneonta, graduating in 2002. She works at the Head Start office on the SUNY campus.
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is a past member of the state College Learning Skills Association and the state Financial Aid Administrators, and served on the Otsego County 4H Program Development Committee. On the side, she has an interest in dog training, and was obedience instructor, newsletter editor and corresponding secretary for the Dog Gone Club, Sidney. Held, a Unadilla resident, is a 20year Army veteran. He has a BS from the University of Maryland and MA from the University of Phoenix.
‘Little Shop’ Standout To Open ‘Motown’ At Foothills
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career that included a period in real estate and teaching at Unatego Central School and in Westchester County. She is also the former Wells Bridge postmaster. A USC graduate in business management/data processing, she also holds at B.A. from the University of Maine. She was enrolled in the master’s program in anthropology at SUNY Binghamton, and received a master’s of art, social policy, from Empire State College. She is CompTIA A+ certified. On the professional front, Haddow
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Cathy LaFontaine, left, who is stepping aside as membership director, League of Women Voters, Oneonta chapter, shared a cake in her honor with Annette Lindell, who was celebrating her birthday, during the chapter’s Fall Membership Dinner Thursday, Sept. 20, at Elm Park Methodist Church. Featured speakers were Jim Kevlin, editor/ publisher, Hometown Oneonta, and Mitchell Lynch, publisher, the Daily Star.
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Oneonta’s Tom Rowe pauses to ponder the mural, “Garden,” left, by CCS Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA retiree James Hallahan at “Those Who Can! Art of Otsego County Art Teachers Past & Present,” which opened Friday, Sept. 28, at the Cooperstown Above, Jim Catella checks Donna Art Association. Rowe’s wife, Karen, is Oneonta City Schools’ curriculum Behrendt’s winning ball at the 2012 director. The exhibit runs through Oct. 26. Priscilla Thompson Golf Ball Drop Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club field, to benefit the Family Services Association. At left, Priscilla Thompson shows the bucket of golf balls she then dropped out of a lift (provided by Eastman & Associates). Behrendt’s ball landed nearest the hole.
McKay Awarded Faculty Honor, Will Speak on ‘The Necessary Other’
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r. Zanna McKay of SUNY Oneonta’s Elementary Education & Reading Department is the 2012 winner of the Ashok Kumar Malhotra Seva Faculty Award. Dr. McKay will deliver her address, “The Necessary Other,” at 7 p.m., Thursday,
Oct. 4, in the Morris Conference Center. The public is welcome at the lecture and the dessert reception beforehand. In 30 years as an educator, McKay has taught at the elementary, middle school and college levels, and lived in Wyoming, Africa, New
York and Vietnam. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming. The Ashok Kumar Malhotra Seva Faculty Award, founded in 2008, recognizes a SUNY Oneonta faculty member who exemplifies the ideals of compassionate service.
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SUNY Oneonta Has Mindset To Continue Elevating Community
t was a surprise when SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Economic & Community Development suddenly disappeared. “The center will cease operation tomorrow,” Hal Legg, the college’s director of communications, abruptly announced Wednesday, Sept. 26. Thinking it about it, though, there would probably be a benefit in sun-setting every economic-development program every few years, public and/or private, (and probably more than just economic-development programs, too.) Success in economic development – this space has spent a lot of time on the issue in recent months, given how the five-year Great Recession has dramatized the decades-long stagnation of our local commonweal – depends on keeping a fresh outlook. Would anyone have dreamed 10 years ago that Otsego County would be the Greek-yogurt-making capital of the world? Yet it is. Would anyone have guessed even two years ago that Southside Mall would attract four national retailers in the current economic climate? Yet, with Dick’s Sporting Good opening this weekend, it has. Through savvy marketing, The Fenimore and Farmers’ museums and The Otesaga
This image appears on the website of US News & World Report, which this year ranked SUNY Oneonta 47th in its Regional University/North category. Among SUNY campuses, only Geneseo (10) and New Paltz (32) outranked it.
this summer again advanced over past years. There’s success around us. But are our community dreams big enough? • Over its 22 years of existence, The Center for Economic & Community Development, through hard experience, had learned what couldn’t be done, but had it lost sight of what might be done? It could marshal data – on the Oneonta town-city merger, for instance – but couldn’t bring it to a conclusion: Ought we or oughtn’t we? It could make a case on how Foothills wouldn’t succeed, but not how it might (and is). It was time for a fresh start. That leaves the question, how can SUNY Oneonta best contribute to
the general welfare of its host county? First, of course, with its $100 million budget, the college is a tremendous engine of the local economy, rivaled only by Bassett Healthcare. Apply the 2.5 multiplier: That means $250 million – a quarter of a billion dollars – passes from wallet to local wallet annually because of SUNY. Second, SUNY Oneonta’s graduates are a continual source of brainpower and leadership in our communities. Andrew Marietta comes to mind: The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce president, a CGP graduate, completed six years on the board the other night, five years that saw a retooling and repositioning of that important organization. SUNY grads Tim and
Nancy Johnson’s Autumn Cafe is a 30-year Oneonta mainstay; it’s unique, in the true meaning of the word, proving every day how important individual creativity is in a cookie-cutter world. Of course, there are hundreds of examples. Third, Legg’s press release cites the hiring of Megan Ackley as internship coordinator, aimed at making hundreds of hours of youthful energy, brains and growing expertise available to local businesses. Call her at 436-3500. Fourth, the STEM Leadership Council is seeking to create a growing stream of local science, technology, engineering and math pupils from elementary school through college, critical to the growth of Ioxus and other local high-tech initiatives, current and future. SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski got that ball, and many others, rolling. • Much is being done, and much might be. When you visit places like Bethlehem, Pa., home to Moravian and Lehigh, or Burlington, Vt., home to UVM, you see how thriving downtowns would convince students to enroll there over, say, Temple on Philadelphia’s crime-ridden north Broad Street (although it is improving.) Oneonta’s downtown is
fun and funky – and the Bresee’s redo will help – but it is a bit dog-eared. It’s not what it might be if, say, SUNY invested more on Main Street. The 200-bed on-campus townhomes that stirred neighbors’ concern last year have been stymied by the state’s financial situation; bonds simply aren’t being issued. It’s an opportunity to adjust. When things ease up, why not shift that money into renovating once-stately downtown buildings for student housing? Upgrading downtown would upgrade downtown, but it would also make SUNY Oneonta more enticing to the ever-brighter student body it is building here. And while many graduates stay, most go. While 150 music-industry students graduate annually, there isn’t a single music studio in Oneonta to keep them here. While SUNY fashion grad Nichole Bainer has set the standard for entrepreneurship, she’s done it pretty much on her own. The Center for Economic & Community Development had backed away from any idea of an incubator in favor of a “virtual incubator.” But life is analog; brainy musicindustry and fashion grads would energize each other in one physical space – in the block above Key Bank, say. Try it; it’ll work.
• It goes without saying that SUNY, by definition, is a big bureaucracy, slowmoving, hard to change. So it’s encouraging that a tough decision that didn’t have to be made – eliminating the Center for Economic & Community Development – was made. Kleniewski – her annual community breakfast is Friday, Oct. 5, and she always has something interesting to say – is by all accounts the ultimate in considerate and sensitive bosses. But the wheels of cerebration are turning, constantly turning. She’s focused laser-like on the care of students and student achievement, as she should be, and that means not everything that is will be. • While SUNY Oneonta can do much alone, it can’t escape Oneonta or, to a greater degree, Otsego County, home to the exceptional Biological Field Station and Graduate Program in Museum Studies, both in Cooperstown. Under Kleniewski’s leadership, SUNY Oneonta will get better regardless, but it can only achieve a full flowering if its community fully flowers as well. Yes, it is and has been a good partnership, which gives confidence to believe it will only get better.
LETTERS
EW CITY MANAGER MAKING THE ROUNDS
Needing Eminent Domain, Pipeline Painful To Many To the Editor: I would like to respond to the editorial printed in the Sept. 28 edition which describes the Constitution Pipeline as “a gift,” citing a short-term infusion of monies and jobs, savings in the use of natural gas for those who want it and have access, and a continuing income from taxes. I live on Prosser Hollow Road in Davenport, the “Alternate M” route for that pipeline, the “gift.” The pipeline will clear cut my property, causing the loss of topsoil, wildlife (some species possibly endangered) and their habitat. Water runoff will overflow to my neighbors below. Lastly, it will take from us our renewable source of income needed to support my family and charity work. My family and I will be devastated. In return, we will get a one-time pittance that will never cover the loss. We will not be entitled to a tax abatement. Nor will we be allowed to restore the property to its pre-pipeline natural condition.
I equate the pipeline to a cancer. Monies can be made in caring for a cancer patient, including but not limited to doctors’ fees, home health aides, products and medications needed. Those doctors and aides will all need to have places of business. Those places will add to the tax base. Having these offices etc. nearby may also result in a savings to those who may use them. But ask the person who has the cancer what kind of gift it is. Cancer destroys lives and the lives of entire families. It drains their pockets. It takes away from them the ability to continue to participate in the community as they had before. This is what the pipeline will do to us. The pipeline like a tumor can never be guaranteed 100 percent safe. The destruction AL COLONE & BILL SHUE is far worse in the case of OTHER VIEWS an accident then the original damage. The communities’ people and resources will be called upon to respond to any accident. Are you here is a solid plan prepared for that? afoot with great Please See LETTER, A4 potential that will have an immediate positive impact on the economy of Otsego County, in particular the city and town of Oneonta. The plan will also put more money into the & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch pockets of the people in the ’round basis in the Greater southern portion of Otsego Jim Kevlin Oneonta Area. Editor &Publisher County and provide more All of this appeals to sales tax to Otsego County primarily out-of-market Tara Barnwell M.J. Kevlin over the long run. What is active sport enthusiasts, Advertising Director Business Manager this plan? luring them to the Oneonta The plan essentially takes area to take part in this year Amanda Hoepker Stephanie Valentine, Rocco Pesce a page from a highly sucOffice Manager Sales Associates ‘round series of high quality cessful local summer basesports events and in turn, Libby Cudmore Ian Austin Kathleen Peters ball camp model, shapes it drive economic activity in Reporters Photographer Graphic Artist to include the widest array the area; with a particularly of both team and individhigh impact on the area’s MEMBER OF New York Press Association • The Otsego County Chamber ual sports events, and then hospitality industry, and Published weekly by Iron String Press, Inc. programs them on a year21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326
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Monday, Oct. 1, Mike Long’s first day on the job, Oneonta’s first-ever city manager began touring the departments to become acquainted with the particulars of city government. Here, he confers with, from left, 40-year fire department dispatcher Al Lutz, Fire Chief Pat Pidgeon and Assistant Fire Chief Shane Mattice on his first stop of the day. Ian Austin/hometown oneonta
Sports Plan Seeks To Increase Bed-Tax Revenues to increase the overall per capita income of Otsego County. The plan – called Oneonta Sports Tourism 2013 – is a product of the Greater Oneonta Economic Development Council (GO-EDC) and has been in the works since last October. It was presented initially as a onepage profile, basically to serve as an example of what local business leaders might do to introduce new and creative economic development ideas to GO-EDC. It did that and it also produced a high level of interest in its own right among those taking part in GOEDC. The point was made that Oneonta has an incredi-
ble inventory of high-quality sport facilities and venues (both outdoor and indoor), many not being fully utilized. And that without new capital investment in facility development, with improved coordination and purpose, the plan could be quickly implemented in a cost-effective way. As we began our research, adding new information to the plan, it became crystal clear, the Greater Oneonta area had the potential of emerging as Central New York’s most important travel destination; with expanded sport travel being a key component. And with that, Greater Please See PLAN, A6
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
Mrs. A.B. Ford has died under peculiar circumstances. On Friday she visited the grounds while the Deposit Fair was in progress, one of the attractions being the balloon ascension. Mrs. Ford watched the balloon as it shot toward the sky, and when the aerialist suddenly dropped from the basket onto the trapeze below, she uttered an exclamation and dropped to the ground unconscious, in which condition she remained until death intervened. A post mortem showed that a blood vessel at the base of the brain had been ruptured. A party of anarchists undertook to hold a meeting at Union Hills, New Jersey, last Sunday, under a call which denounced all lawfully constituted authorities as a “rabble of thieves and murderers.” It was very properly decided by the mayor of the village that no such lawless assemblage should be suffered. When the hour for the meeting came, the patriots therefore were confronted at the entrance of the hall with a cordon of police. A fierce contest followed in which authorities triumphed, notwithstanding the knives and revolvers of the mob. No anarchist meeting will be advertised at Union Hill again. Would that local governments everywhere were equally enlightened and determined. October 1887
100 Years Ago
Kenneth L. Nash, who since his graduation from Brown University, at Providence, R.I. last June, has been a member of the Cleveland American League ball team, is calling upon Oneonta friends. Mr. Nash played in several league games since his arrival in Cleveland, but of late has been suffering from a sprained knee and he has been given a leave of absence for the rest of the season, although required to report at the opening of the season next spring, when the team begins the spring practice in Florida. He will teach in a preparatory school in Providence this winter. Mr. Nash has played
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entire year. Dr. Willis P. Porter, principal of Bugbee School and chairman of the committee will preside. Following her address, Mrs. Roosevelt will be the “guest of honor” in Morris Hall, to which the official representatives and presidents, and their husbands and wives of the 54 organizations affiliated with the Council are invited. October 1952
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There is too much noise in the city of Oneonta according to Alderman Helen Baldo. She wants the city’s 18-month-old noise ordinance enforced, even if it means the city will have to purchase equipment to measure noise levels. Mrs. Baldo asked city attorney Harold Vrooman if the ordinance is enforceable. “Yes,” he replied, if the city buys a decibel meter. Although fraternities and sororities were not singled out openly, they were obviously the target of much of the discussion. “When there are noisy houses or parties next door, people shouldn’t have to put up with this,” Mayor James Lettis said. Mrs. Baldo believes there are some obviously noisy situations where October 1932 the police could act on their own initiative. Meanwhile, she wants the city to look into the purchase of a decibel meter. in Oneonta two summers and has many October 1972 friends who are pleased to greet him. October 1912
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60 Years Ago
Oscar the Grouch usually hangs out in trash cans along television’s Sesame Street. But this week, he has joined ranks with the Oneonta Fire Department as a fire safety instructor. “If you catch fire, you gotta stop, drop and roll,” Oscar tells elementary school students. Oscar’s appearance in the Oneonta elementary schools is part of National Fire Prevention Week. “The kids think it’s great,” said Captain Francis Russo, who coordinates the program. “They get involved and everyone learns how to stop, drop and roll. Groups of students meet with Oscar in a school cafeteria or gymnasium to sing songs and witness demonstrations of what they should do if they or their home
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, United States delegate to the United Nations and widow of the WWII president will be the speaker at a public meeting at 8 p.m. tonight in the auditorium of the Oneonta State Teachers College. Mrs. Roosevelt announced yesterday that her topic will be “Human Relations as It Affects the Community.” Her address, which also will be broadcast direct from the STC auditorium over WDOS, is open to the general public. Mrs. Roosevelt’s talk is under the sponsorship of the Oneonta Brotherhood Council, organized during National Brotherhood Week last year to carry out the purposes of that organization throughout the
catches fire. The children practice the stop, drop and roll technique on floor mats and are tested toward the end of the program. October 1982
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Ten panelists at a SUCO symposium on “hate speech” debated the possibility whether attempts by college administrators to limit speech amounted to the imposition of standards of “political correctness.” Panelist Dineesh D’Souza, author of the book “Illiberal Education,” said that even if there were no codes regulating speech, there were certain opinions that, if raised, could bring a “chill” from students, faculty and administration because they did not embrace the standards of cultural diversity contained in the doctrine of political correctness. “If you stood up in a women’s studies class and denounced Roe versus Wade and said that abortion on demand was unnecessary, your view would not be merely wrong,” he said. “You would be viewed as an enemy of women’s rights.” Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, answered that dealing with such criticism is the price one pays for exercising the right of free speech. “One has to learn to say things that are unpopular and deal with the pressure,” she said. October 1992
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Eminent Domain An Issue LETTER/From A4 Each and every one of you needs to think hard. Is the one year or so of activity and the tax money the local government will receive really going to make that much of a difference in your life? Will it make enough of a difference so that you and generations after you can look up at the scar that will cross your beautiful mountains of which you were once so proud and say it was all worth it? You will have to look at that open wound which veers off of I-88 and up into your precious hills knowing that if restoration would
PIPELINE/From A1 away on vacation. Her abbe allowed, that you would sence at Wednesday’s meetnever live long enough to ing means her vote would be see it happen. But undercounted as a nay. stand the company running Four of the 13 representathe pipeline will not allow tives interviewed opposed restoration, ever. You and the resolution. Only one, the generations to follow Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, will have to live with it. said he had not made up his So go outside, look at mind. your incomparable hillside Under the county board’s and remember all the wildweighted voting system, the life and people that make eight ayes would amount this such a special place to to 3,621 votes of a total live and enjoy. Then think 6,167 in favor of the resoluof me. Know that I am only tion. The four nays would one of many stories, and that amount to 1,635 against, we fight the “gift” not just but Koren’s absence would for us, but for everyone. bring that to 2,261. If KoutCHRISTINE ECKERSON nik votes nay, his 285 would Davenport bring the total to 2,546, still too few to carry the day if
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the eight ayes hold firm. Meanwhile, the Otsego County Chamber’s Business Action Committee Thursday, Sept. 27, voted to support “Alternate M,” chamber Executive Director Barbara Ann Heegan reports. Tuesday, Oct. 2, the day before the county board meeting, Citizens Voices, the pro-business group that has been meeting monthly at the Carriage House on Southside, endorsed “Alternate M.” And later that day, Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller sent a memo to Clark and the city’s county board delegation: “Given the lack of legitimate risks and separation of pipeline approval
from the hydrofracking issue, I see no basis for the county not approving this project.” Rowinski’s Solid Waste & Environmental Committee approved the resolution, 3-1, when it met Wednesday, Sept. 26, with Kosmer voting nay. However, she said the committee, receiving input from the county Natural Gas Advisory Committee (it voted 5-4 against the resolution) on the 25th, had recast the resolution in more general language. The nayes on NGAC said the specific numbers in the original resolution had been provided by Williams, the Houston-based pipeline company. Rowinski said
numbers had resulted from research by the county Planning Department, but bowed to the NGAC advice nonetheless. In interviews, the ayes all said that, whatever their views on fracking, the Constitution Pipeline, which would carry natural gas from the source in northeastern Pennsylvania to connect with the Tennessee and Iroquois pipelines in Schoharie County, is a separate issue. “I can understand objections to the hydrofracking; I’m not sure those are the same objections to the pipeline,” said Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, whose view was Please See PIPELINE, A8
Sports Offers One Avenue To Economic Development PLAN/From A4 Oneonta was seen as the only community that could immediately be called upon to grow travel and tourism to Otsego County, resulting in increased attraction sales countywide, as well more sales and lodging tax receipts. We have always had the deep belief that “as goes Oneonta economically and culturally, so goes the entire area.” Oneonta Sports’ Tourism seizes on that fact! Several locally based sport organizers have already signed on to be part of this new initiative and have welcomed the addition of an Oneonta based sports’ commission to facilitate the plan and to assist them in expanding their existing
sports events. The new commission, which we’re now calling the Greater Oneonta Sports Boosters, would work with these local groups and out of area sport promoters providing supportive services to include the recruitment of regionally significant events, along with out of market team and individual participants; central event marketing; publishing and promoting an annual Oneonta sports calendar of events, and more. So, how do we get this important new economic development initiative off the ground? Well, we calculated that year one operations, seen primarily as a year of organization, would
cost $84,000. We also realized that there is only one viable source for financially seeding the program and for sustaining it for a 3-5-year period: Otsego County’s lodging tax receipts. The new sports commission, according to the Sports’ Tourism plan, is being proposed as a division of Otsego County Tourism to maximize program effectiveness, to guarantee an expanded program inventory within county tourism’s existing schedules and promotional themes. It makes perfect sense! This commission blends the private sector with the public sector, with true emphasis on private enterprise. It’s a balanced plan that
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promotes inter-municipal collaboration and inter-business cooperation where it uses public sector monies via bed tax to strengthen the ability of private businesses to make money, well beyond what they are currently making. We’ve asked city and town of Oneonta governments to endorse the plan through formal resolution to encourage Otsego County government to approve 2013 bed tax funding for the program. The ball, as they say, is in their court. Al Colone is former president of the National Soccer Hall of Fame; Bill Shue is a former Oneonta alderman. They founded GO-EDC.
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she joked. Dean, meanwhile, worked in his father’s die-casting and silk-screening factory in New York City through the ‘50s and ’60s. In 1974, he brought the business to Schenevus and started making die-cast dollhouse kits as Green Leaf Dollhouses. “We were the largest dollhouse manufacturers in the world,” he said. In 1996, he sold the business to his children, Lisa and Dean Jr., who still run it today. However, he maintained an interest in the field, founding the Dollhouse Hall of Fame near Cooperstown in 2008 and operating it for a few years.
On taking over the Green Earth, the Robertses first rearranged and expanded produce, chips, coffee and bulk selections, and changed the direction of the shelves from horizontal to vertical. “I wanted it to be long,” Emily said. In addition, they expanded their bulk section to utilize gravity-fed bulk bins. “A lot of people don’t like the idea of other people coughing in their bulk bins,” she said of the traditional bins. They also recently added solar panels, cutting their summer electricity bill by half. Organic beer and hard
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agency has grown from eight agents to 20; many remain from the original agency. “Brad Morley worked here back in the 70s,” said Betsy. “He ran his own business for awhile, then came back to us later.” “I feel good that these people come here and work for us,” said Becky. “Our sales people get comfortable and stay.” To get a real estate license, a potential broker must first be sponsored by a broker. “I think these people recognize that we’re an integral part of the community,” said Becky. “They wanted to be part of our reputation.” Becky and Betsy consider themselves “hands-on” agents. “One or both of us are in the office every day,” said Becky. And because they’ve grown to more agents, Becky explained, they’ve become more visible, which allows
them to pledge more community support. In addition to Family Services, they both support and sit on boards of the Catskill Symphony, Hospice and the Boys and Girls Club. “We support the community in a lot of ways,” said Becky. “This was always something we wanted to do.” The award came as a surprise to the pair, who were on their way out the door when Barbara Ann Heegan dropped by. “We had no idea we were getting the award,” said Becky. “We were on our way to a Family Services meeting (they both sit on the board)—” “And they caught us completely off guard!” Betsy finished. Rosealee, who lives in Florida, came by to visit over the summer to see how the agency has thrived. “We want to keep the Benson name going for a long time,” said Betsy. “We’re here to stay.”
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that’s kind of strange” Emily added, referring to the mineral-enhanced bottled water that is, indeed, black. “And I’m surprised how much castor oil we sell. People use it as a moisturizer, as a laxative, for back and stomach aches.” And although they’re receiving the Breakout Award, Emily and Dean feel like they’ve been part of the community for longer than that. “It feels like we’ve been here forever,” Emily said.
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County Reps Offer Range Of Views On Pipeline PIPELINE/From A8 Here are other comments: • Said Kosmer, “There’s only one of two choices. Either they call for a vote, or someone looks over their shoulder and think it’s a good idea to withdraw the resolution ... They will not be able to back away from that vote.â€? • Koutnik said “hydrocarbons are not the way to goâ€? and the resolution may have no impact on FERC, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which will decide on the pipeline route. • Said Lindberg, “I support it because it’s going to bring revenue into the county.â€? In particular, he continued, it is likely his hometown of Worcester, being on I-88, would be able to get natural gas for homes and businesses if the Constitution goes through. • Said McCarty, who lives on Route 20 in East Spring-
field, near the Tennessee pipeline, “I kind of hope it passes. I have a pipeline. It’s only a mile and a half from where I live. My son is on Wilson Hill; it’s only about 500 feet away. I wouldn’t even think that it’s there.â€? • Murphy said he planned to make a motion asking the resolution be withdrawn: “Absent more information, I cannot support it,â€? he said.
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MLS#85932 – 1898 farmhouse in Schuyler Lake. Open flr plan w/lrg eat-in kitchen, LR w/gas fireplace, & den all w/wood-beam ceilings. Updated master bath. Detached garage w/loft & storage shed. Lrg front porch & rear patio. $115,000 Call Rod & Barb 315-520-6512
MLS #85182 – Village Victorian Beauty A totally renovated home with off-street parking. Would make a GREAT rental! $159,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ (607) 434-1061
MLS#84745 – Gorgeous Gilbertsville village home. Renovation in progress. Parking in barn. Many original features! $199,900 Call Lynn Lesperence @ (607) 434-1061
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MLS#86466 – Wonderful lakefront home in pristine condition! This is a turn-key 4 BR, 2 bath home located right on the lake. Completely renovated and sold fully furnished. Currently used as a summer baseball rental, owner occupied the rest of the year. $264,900 Call Bill Vagliardo @ (607) 287-8568
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MLS#85556 – Totally furnished creek-side bungalow off Canadarago Lake. 2 lrg maintenance-free Trex decks. Completely landscaped w/NO LAWNS TO MOW. Florida-style living w/boat mooring directly in front of home. 2 BR, 1 bath. Hyder Creek navigable to Canadarago Lake. $149,500 Call Rod and Barb 315-520-6512
MLS#85743 – Stately home on quiet street in Richfield Springs. Circa 1880, 5 BR, 2 bath renovated home w/wrap around porch, sunrm w/fireplace, & authentic carriage barn. Lrg lot w/well maintained lawns & gardens. PRICED TO SELL. $179,000 Call Rod and Barb 315-520-6512
MLS#83632 – Classic seasonal camp…furnished. Knotty pine walls, fieldstone fireplace, lg covered porch overlooking Canadarago Lake with 15’ right-of-way. $149,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512
MLS#85252 – Private setting for country living. Rustic log cabin features a spacious open flr plan and wrap-around deck, pool, walk-out basement. Additional land available. Priced right at $147,500 Call Adam Karns (607) 244-9633
MLS#84612 – Location, seclusion & views! Close to Oneonta & Delhi, convenient to schools, hospitals & shopping. Secluded move-in condition home on 10.8 acres. $229,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633
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MLS#85578 – Reduced! Location, seclusion and beautiful views! Makes this solid comtemporary build ideal for working living & playing in the Cooperstown area. Within minutes of the Dreams Park, Otsego Lake & the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bring offers! $245,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633
MLS#84423 – Secluded gem offers 4 BRs, 2 baths, family rm w/woodstove, laundry, bath, kitchen w/pantry & glassed-in breakfast rm, dining rm & formal living rm w/wood burning fireplace. 4-car garage, 2 barns & 2-stall horse barn. $249,900 Call Lynn Bass @ (607) 437-2174
MLS#85185 – Richfield Springs, Villa Isadora Restaurant, Bar and B&B on Rt. 20. Start your new business today! $725,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ (603) 247-0506
MLS#84923 – Cherry Valley renovated 3 BR, 2 ½ bath farmhouse on 3.2 acres. Country kitchen w/stainless steel appliances, formal DR, 2 fireplaces. Fencing, run-in shed and barn for horses or livestock. $250,000 Call Michelle @ (518) 469-5603
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MLS#85315 – CENTENNIAL FARM MANOR in Gilbertsville. 12 BR 1900s home on 20 acres would make a great B & B! $975,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ (607) 434-1061
Very nice home on 2.26 acres offers privacy, huge wrap deck, 1-car garage, more!! All you need to do is move in and start enjoying!! $259,000 #86428
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This warm, inviting 4 bedroom home isin a great location across from elementary school, with cherry kitchencabinetsand a sunporch. The large backyard isfenced and there isan oversizedonecargarage for added convenience. Callus todayto view this NEWlisting. $149,000.MLS#86481
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(7122) A real tempter w/ 50’ of private lake frontage with sweeping views. You will love the charm of this unusual, 2-bedroom Cottage. Ideal features include bright & open layout, woodstove, and storage shed. Some new windows, knotty pine paneling, gas heat. Large lake view deck. New septic. Parking for 3-4 cars. Well-maintained. Priced lower than assessment. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $195,000
(7032) Refresh your spirit in this nearly-new 3-bedroom Cottage-style with a scenic lake views. Ideal accents include loft, natural woodwork and open floorplan. Deck, balcony. Lake rights with dock. Enjoy the move-up magic of this lovely lake get-a-way. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $269,000
(7185) Lake View vistas! Last of the lake lots in the Village. 100’ of lake privileges directly in front. Beautiful beach and dock area. Village water & sewer hook-ups. Good road access. Once in a lifetime opportunity to build the house of your dreams. Hubbell’s Exclusive $225,000
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Newer, efficient, well maintained 3 bedroom country home located midway between Oneonta and Cooperstown. Newer roof, windows, laminate flooring and partially finished 2+ car attached garage. Full, heated walk-out basement. Level, black topped driveway. Beautiful views of woods and wildlife. Take advantage of low interest rates NOW! $124,500. MLS#86533
Exclusively offered at $139,000 Recently renovated and updated, this 3 bedroom home is ready for immediate occupancy. It is located on a quiet country road, 2 ½ miles from the center of the village. New front deck for sitting and enjoying the sounds of summer! Large side and rear yard. Newly redone full bath; ½ bath on the first floor. Living room, dining room and den on the first floor. New appliances. Buy now and take advantage of low interest rates while they last. Call for an appointment to see this move-in ready home. With the current low interest rates, qualified buyers can buy this home and pay less rent than on a 1 bedroom apartment!
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Exclusively offered at $199,500 A great location close to Cooperstown. This 3 bedroom, 2 full bath home is ready to move into. Direct TV/ Internet is Clarity Connect. Quiet neighborhood with similar well kept homes. One floor living, easy to live in, low maintenance home. The back and side yards are perfect for children and pets to safely enjoy. Room outside for 4 seasons of fun! Full basement could be finished into more space if desired. Large garage provides ease of entry plus additional storage. Kitchen/dining area has sliders to a private rear deck overlooking the backyard. All within minutes of the village.
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(7525) Exhilarating 3BR/2BA lakefront Ranch with wide-span views with 200’ of private lake frontage. This gracious residence boasts cathedral beamed ceilings, a 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. $699,000
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COOpeRstOwn viLLage COmfORt (7589) Partake of the delights in this superbly-kept 3-bedroom home. The many extras include formal dining room, hardwood flooring, Modern kitchen. Garage, rocking-chair front porch. Near shops, lake, and golf course. Will capture your fancy! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $299,000
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MLS#84360 – Professionally landscaped home on 5 acres with a 1-acre pond. 3-4 BRs & 2 ½ baths. New addition includes 600-ft master BR or family rm and 2-car garage. $269,000 Call Michelle Curran @ (518) 469-5603
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MLS#84424 – Historic 1835 home in Roseboom w/3 BRs and 3 baths. Great hobby farm includes 2-stall horse barn, 2 paddocks, workshop, hops barn, and summer guest cottage. Pond & stream. $260,000 Call Michelle Curran @ (518) 469-5603
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MLS#86121 – Completely restored farmhouse on 103 acres in Springfield. 3,200 sq ft home w/4 BR, 3 bath, wide-plank flrs, 2 Rumford fireplaces, chef’s kitchen & lrg veranda. 2-story barn w/box stalls. Lake rights to Otsego Lake. $799,500 CALL ROD & BARB 315-520-6512
NEW LISTING -MLS#86547 – Once a schoolhouse this home has had several renovations including a new kitchen. Home has 3 BRs, 2 baths & a lrg great rm. 2 lrg porches, 1 w/a hot tub. Attached 2-car garage. Close to Milford & Cooperstown. $155,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ (603) 247-0506
OtsegO Lake-view COntempO (7302) Enjoy both easy entertaining and quiet family life in this spectacular 4BR/2+BA home with panoramic lake views on 1.80 acres. This gracious residence highlights Two-story foyer, gracious living room w/fireplace & vaulted ceiling, Walnut paneled Den w/fireplace, Master Suite, Eat-in Kitchen w/Pantry, formal dining room. large view porch, deck, in-ground pool, hardwood flooring, tiled baths. Finished basement. Also lake privileges. This elegant home will captivate you. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $675,000
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