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New Dick’s Pioneers Perfect-Fit Running Shoes 4th National Retailer In 2 Years Opens At Southside Mall By LIBBY CUDMORE
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he ribbon was cut on Dick’s Sporting Goods at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and shoppers going through the new store’s entrance at Southside Mall found a surprise. The Oneonta outlet, it turned out, is the first of the 506 stores nationwide to offer a “Gait Analysis” to help runners
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he League of Women Voters, Oneonta Chapter, is hosting two Candidates’ Debates prior to the Tuesday, Nov. 6, election, at SUNY ’s Morris Conference Center, as follows: • On Wednesday, Oct. 17, incumbent Bill Magee (D) and Levi Spires (R), candidates in the 121st Assembly District, 7-8:15 p.m.; incumbent Jim Seward (R) and challenger Howard Leib (D), 51st state Senate District, 8:20-9:30 p.m. • On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Chris Gibson and Julian Schreibman, 19th Congressional District, 7-8:30 p.m. CHALLENGE ENDED: Marty Patton reports all litigation involving the Cooperstown All-Star Village has been resolved, and he and wife Brenda are the sole owners of the West Oneonta youth baseball camp.
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Look ma, no hands! Kara Kavenaugh, Oneonta, loads a song onto the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s Player Piano during the “Piano Marathon” on First Friday, Oct. 5.
pick the exactly right shoe. “What a lot of people don’t realize is that everyone runs differently,” said Jessica Muesler, a Brooks Running Shoes representative in town from Pittsburgh for the opening. “This is a way to recommend the correct shoes.” With free T-shirt give-a-ways and sweepstakes to win shoes, treadmills and backpacks, getting there early on the Please See DICK’S, A2
Cutting the ribbon on the new Dick’s Friday, Oct. 5, are, from left, Mall Manager Luisa Montanti, Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood, Dick’s Community Marketing Director Dan LaBreck, Store Manager Daryl Cooper.
OHS Leads Steroids Fight By LIBBY CUDMORE
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all-of-Famer Ryne Sandberg stopped by OHS Friday, Oct. 5, to serve as a living example of BASE, the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s new antisteroids initiative. “It’s one of the perks of being a Hall-of-Famer,” Sandberg said. “To be able to come out here and send a message about what helped be successful on and off the field – it’s a thrill.” Announced Aug. 10, BASE – “Be a Superior Example” – is a collaboration of the Hall and the Texas-based Taylor Hooton Foundation, found by the parents of a highschool athlete whose sudden death in 2003 was laid to steroids use. Thursday, Oct. 4, Sandberg, who Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA had a long career with the Chicago Cubs, was in Cooperstown to Hall-of-Famer Ryne Sandberg rolls out the National Baseball Hall of Fame anti-steroids BASE Please See BASE, A3 program to an OHS assembly Friday, Oct. 5, and at Richfield Springs Central that morning.
COUNTY BACKS I-88 ROUTE
Protests Arise From Residents At Manor
CAREER FAIR: Springbrook will brief job seekers on opportunities with By LIBBY CUDMORE the county’s third-largest employer at a career fair planned 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, laire Cardinale didn’t Oct. 16, at 5588 State Highexpect to find herself way 7, Oneonta (former St. in Otsego Manor at Mary’s School). age 57, but when she did, the last thing she expected HOPS, ANYONE? GO- was to have to fight for the EDC (the Greater Oneonta right to stay there. Economic Development “I have my mind, I had Council) is looking for land- my business, I was a hairowners interested in growing dresser,” she said. “I ran the hops commercially. E-mail salon at Fox Nursing Home. albert@colassoc.com or call I paid taxes, and Otsego Al Colone at 435-2174.
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County is bailing on us. I’m not a very political person, I was never involved with anything like this, but Cardinale the more I thought about it, the more I got upset. “ Claire, along with several other residents, met with Please See PETITION, A2
FERC Adds Hearing, This One In Oneonta By JIM KEVLIN
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n the heels of the county Board of Representatives voting 9-4-1 in favor of running the Constitution Pipeline along I-88, FERC announced it is adding another
“scoping hearing” on the project. Three such hearings were convened in September, in Schoharie, Afton and New Milford, Pa., but that was before support began coalescing around “Alternate M,” the Otsego County route.
This one has been scheduled for 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Atrium at Foothills Performing Arts Center. FERC’s natural gas spokesman was out of the office this week, but Chris Stockton of Williams, the Please See FERC, A3
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Phil Mellors, Schenevus, of Eastman & Associates, works on the drive-through at the new Community Bank in what will be called Community Bank Plaza, next to Neptune Diner on Southside Oneonta. The bank branch is due to open by month’s end.
rika Jaye Sandford and Orrin Michael Barnhart were united in marriage on Saturday, June 23, at the First United Methodist Church, Oneonta. The double-ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Phil Young. A specially recorded musical prologue was provided by the groom’s cousin, Matthias Wesner. Organist was John C. Jurgensen, minister of music. The bride’s attendants were friends Elizabeth WilJim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA lis, maid of honor, and Catherine Scorzafava and Yodit Tewelde, bridesmaids. Best man was Paul J. Barnhart, the groom’s brother. Groomsmen were friends Frank Capristo, III and Adam Fischer, and in signing petitions may stopped by the Manor’s lob- the groom’s cousin Joshua by, and Cardinale is looking Schlafer The couple’s friends for other sites to have petiAshley Wisse and Jacklyn tions placed as well. Wheel-chair bound, she’s Holmes were readers for considering leading protests the service. Photography was by San Diego wedding outside the County Office Building in Cooperstown to photographer Shelly Anhelp dramatize the residents’ derson, friend of the bride. Bouquets, boutonnieres and future plight. flower arrangements for the Already the drive is day were of mixed garden getting some response, flowers grown and designed with Seward offering to especially for the couple as do what he might. “As a a gift from family friend, county resident, I’ve had Wendy Miller-Willis. both family and friends at Otsego Manor,� he said. “It’s certainly a facility that every resident can be proud of, and I stand ready to work DICK’S/From A1 with the board to maintain official Day One had its that quality facility.� He plans to verify that Ot- advantages. “I have to sego County is receiving the work later and I needed sweatpants,� said Melinda maximum allowable Medicaid and Medicare benefits VanDerWorker of East Merfrom the state. “I wish I had edith, who carried two pairs of grey workout pants to a magic want I could wave the dressing room. “I can to come up with the multimillion dollars it takes every never find them long enough year to run,� he added. “But anywhere else.� “It’s a great addition it’s not that easy.� to our community,� said Culbert said, “Every state Oneonta Town Supervisor and county has a responBob Wood. “It’s another sibility to take care of the national retailer attracted to elderly – we spend money Oneonta and that will attract on jails, we provide them other retailers.� with healthcare, a police ofLuisa Montanti, Southside ficer or sheriff to take them Mall manager, expressed to the hospital and stay with amazement at how quickly them. Don’t the residents the store came together. of this county deserve better “Last time I was in here, it treatment? was a dirt floor!� she said.
Some Who Sold Homes To Get Homes May Find They Have Nowhere To Go PETITION/From A1 Maureen Culbert, a Life Enrichment volunteer whose mother resided in Otsego Manor until her death in 2009, to draft a letter sent to state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Governor Cuomo, pleading for their intervention to stop the privatization of Otsego Manor. “They’re afraid,� Maureen said. “This is their home, and they don’t want to lose it. They see what’s happening at Countryside� – the former Delaware County nursing home in Delhi – “and they’re frightened that they’ll be put out.� Cardinale’s first stay at Otsego Manor was for rehab, but when she returned home she found that her home health aide had been cut from 60 hours a week to 23. “New York State wouldn’t put up the money,� she said. “It was more costeffective to have me here.� After a series of accidents that made it clear she couldn’t live on her own, she signed a waiver to put a lien on her home, and moved back to Otsego Manor. “Now they want people to go back to home care,� she said. “And I have no home. They took my house and now they’re selling my home to other buyer. The county is making money off my home.� “It’s clean here,� said Claire. “We’re well taken care of, the food is good— we’re not eating caviar, but it’s a nice home.� Claire has a small, private room, where she keeps her parrots, a TV and photos of her family. “I’m Italian,� she said. “My family was raised close. My mother, sisters, nieces and nephews
all come out to visit me – to move someone, to take them away from their family, you might as well kill that person.� For Maureen, one of the greatest unknowns in the potential sale is cuts in care. “In order for (a private entity) to make a profit, they have to cut personnel and equipment,� she said. “All those things negatively affect care. They’d be moving from a social model to a hospital model, where no one talks to or interacts with the patients. They don’t really pay attention.� With those cuts come changes in quality of life for the employees, many of whom she fears will be cut in order to keep costs down. “If they privatize, they’ll have to renegotiate the contracts of the lowerpaid positions—the aides, the universal workers. Will they end up below the poverty line? Will they be eligible for foods stamps and free lunches, and what will that cost the county?� “Those workers live here, they spend money here – if we have an organization from outside the county, they’ll take their profits outside the county.� In addition to the letters to Cuomo and Seward, Claire has taken a similar petition around to residents, employees and visitors, this one to be sent to the county legislature. “Thirteen board members made this decision,� she said. “They’re well now, but someday they’ll be old – don’t they want somewhere to go?� As of Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 9, 13 pages were filled with signatures – more than 300. Anyone interested
Mr. & Mrs. Orrin Michael Barnhart A dinner reception for 150 relatives and friends was held at The Barn at Hog’s Hollow Farm in Burlington Flats. The bride is the daughter of Dennis R. Sandford and Marty Van Lenten Becker of Oneonta. A graduate of Oneonta High School, she earned a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The groom is the son of Paul E. and Joann Barnhart, Town of Maryland, and the grandson of Rosalie Barnhart of Unadilla. A graduate of Schenevus Central School, he earned a B.Sc. in geography at SUNY Oneonta and a master’s in elementary education at Lesley University. Erika and Orrin live in Beverly, Mass.
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“And they’re two weeks ahead of schedule – they were scheduled to open Oct. 15� “This store is special because it’s close to home,� said Dan LaBreck, director of community marketing. “We started in Binghamton, and we’ve been very well received by this community. This is our 35th in New York.� Back at “Gait Analysis,� runners were hopping on a treadmill and running for a minute while Muesler was recording their strides on video and examining the tape to determine which type of shoe would work best for each “foot strike.� Runners can test out the
shoe on a small track and take note of the local fun runs and races on the Community Event. “We just wish we’d known about the Pit Run this weekend,� said store manager Daryl Cooper. “We would have been down there.� The store also offers a Golf Simulator to try out clubs, and an archery range for people to try out bows. “In the two days since we opened, the Outdoor Lodge section has been our most popular market,� said LaBreck. “Tree stands have been flying out the door.� Though not authorized to do so yet, Dick’s will eventually be able to sell hunting licenses.
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FERC Sets 4th ‘Scoping Hearing’ So Oneonta Can Be Heard FERC/From A1 Houston-based pipeline company, said, “I think they want to give people who may be potentially affected an opportunity to be part of the proceedings.” Word of the new hearing came days after the county Board of Representatives, at its monthly meeting Oct. 3, passed a resolution supporting the pipeline after hearing three hours of public comment, much of it negative. When 200 people showed up, the meeting was moved from the board’s chambers into the main courtroom at the nearby county courthouse to accommodate the crowd. The motion, as amended by its sponsor, county Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, anticipates “new labor income in the region, new annual sales-tax and bed-tax
IF YOU GO: Fourth FERC ‘scoping hearing,’ 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, Foothills’ Atrium. revenue, as well as an estimated $3 million in property and school tax relief.” Some speakers – Oneonta businessman Tom Armao, a cofounder of the Citizens Voices pro-business group, and Christine Amos, Bank of Cooperstown vice president, among them – supported that view. Others, including Sustainable Otsego moderator Adrian Kuzminski, Fly Creek, and Otesgo 2000 President Nicole Dillingham, saw “Alternate M” as opening the region to fracking. And Kuzminski and others said
Hall-Of-Famer Pioneers BASE Here BASE/From A1 announce the establishment of an online BASE Registry that allows individuals to pledge to live according to principles of fitness, nutrition, character and fair play. When those individuals visit the Hall, they can see their names on the registry, along with the games heroes like Sandberg. “Of all the players in baseball, only 207 have earned a plaque on the wall,” he said. “That’s one percent of all players.” The next day, the program went into the schools, with Richfield Springs Central in the morning and OHS in the afternoon being the first in the nation to host Sandberg. “When you work in Harmony with all four of these bases, you are a superior example every day,” Sandberg told an assembly in the OHS gym. “Each lesson independently is important, but together, they make for a Hall of Fame life.” Sandberg, a nine-time Golden Gloves recipient and 2005 Hall of Fame inductee,
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they’re willing to take the issue to the ballot box. “Linda,” said Colleen Blacklock, who lives Oneonta’s Ward 5, which Rowinski represents, “I’m sure you have good intentions, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions ... Pipeline equals drilling, period.” Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, seconded Rowinski’s motion. The weighted voting resulted in 3,621 ayes vs. 1,920 nayes. Pauline Koren, R-Milford, who said she supported the resolution, was absent, so her 626 points weren’t counted. Voting aye were county Reps. Clark, Frazier, McCarty, Lindberg, Powers and Schwerd, all Republicans, and Democrats Rowinski and Stuligross. Voting nay were Democrats Kosmer, Koutnik,
Murphy, Rosenthal and Rothenberger. Meanwhile, the Cooperstown Village Board at its Monday, Oct. 22, meeting will consider a resolution opposing the Constitution. “We feel that this pipeline is another example of greedy corporations privatizing the profits and socializing the risks,” said Trustee James Dean, who chairs the village Environmental Conservation Committee. The resolution – Dean’s committee passed it unanimously Tuesday, Oct. 2 – was distributed to the Village Board at a special meeting Friday, Oct. 5, but no action was taken. Mayor Jeff Katz anticipates it will pass. “I thought the resolution was very well written,” Katz said. “My feeling is the board will
support it.” While Cooperstown may zag, other communities were zigging. The Worcester Town Board – the “Alternate M” would pass through the town – has likewise passed a supporting resolution. Town Board member Dave Parker said three property owners would be affected; two are agreeable; the third is in conversations with Williams, the Houston-based pipeline company, to move the route out of a cornfield to run along the property line. A pro-pipeline resolution is also being considered in the neighboring Town of Maryland. The Town of Unadilla, also on the route, has opened conversations with the Leatherstocking Gas Co., to get natural gas if the Constitution comes through, Parker said.
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Eli Townsend is branch manager at the Delaware National Bank office, which has a dominant spot in the front corner in the Shops at Ford & Main, a mini-mall in the former Resnick’s furniture store across from City Hall. (Incidentally, Townsend won the Pit Run 5K event Sunday, Oct. 7.) Peter Clark, of Peter Clark Student Rentals, bought the former Resnick’s last year, installing apartments upstairs. Now, the Shops at Ford & Main he installed on the first floor are all spoken for. His manager, Liz Rose, said many new businesses were looking for such compact space.
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What Do You Think About Constitution Pipeline’s I-88 Route? Kuzminski: ‘Alternate M’ Opens Door To Fracking In State
Miller: Pipeline Not Fracking, Beneficial Editor’s Note: Here is Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller’s memo to county Board of Representatives chair Kathy Clark supporting “Alternate M,” the Constitution Pipeline route that would run along I-88.
Editor’s Note: Here are Sustainable Otsego Moderator Adrian Kuzminski’s remarks to the county Board of Representatives Wednesday, Oct. 3, before the board voted 9-4-1 to support the I-88 option for the Constitution Pipeline.
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tsego County is considering a resolution to support the proposed Constitution gas pipeline without any serious examination of the fuller implications of this project. As when we first heard of fracking, now we hear again of windfall financial benefits without any discussion of the costs involved, including negative impacts on property values and communities which might offset these benefits. The New York Times reported this past weekend that second-home sales in the shale gas region have plummeted out of fear of this industry. How many people want homes near wells and pipelines. Had the county considered this?
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Sustainable Otsego Moderator Kuzminski delivers remarks to the county board Wednesday, Oct. 3. County Board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, moderates.
It is naive to try to separate the pipeline from fracking. They are two sides of the same coin. An open pipeline is an invitation to frack if possible. What other harms are being
overlooked? Who is calculating the greenhouse gas methane emissions from the pipeline, its compressor stations, and so on? When Robert Harlem says that Please See CON, A8
ral gas by entities in our region are unrelated to whether hydrofracking should ever be allowed in Otsego County. Like all of Upstate New York, our local economy suffers from a declining private-sector economy. Virtually every government entity in the county confronts deficits as
favor the pipeline project along the Route 88 corridor. Pipelines cross New York State and much of our country. Indeed, the one along the Thruway is closer to the pristine Finger Lakes than that proposed along I-88 is to Lake Otsego. Safety records are such that related conHOMETOWN ONEONTA cerns should have no bearing on the proj- Oneonta Mayor Miller in his City Hall ect’s approval. Simi- corner office at Main and South Main. larly, I see the pipeline a result of stagnant revenue in the as being completely unrelated to face of rising costs. the decision on hydrofracking. The pipeline project will create Gas transmission through the short-term and long-term jobs, county and the possibility of rePlease See PRO, A8 sulting access to lower-cost natu-
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST PROJECT? Send your opinions to info@allotsego.com by 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 CAROL KIEHN KIRKEY OTHER VOICES
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Eminent Domain Doesn’t Make Landowners Whole To the Editor: No doubt, you have received much response to your editorial of Sept. 27. I will not add my two cents on the wisdom of your positions, but here are a few corrections of the facts: • Because of eminent domain, landowners will receive only a small fraction of the free-market value for their easement agreement and insufficient protection in the agreement itself. In Pennsylvania, where landowners have both gathering lines and transmission lines, they received two to three times the fee for the smaller and less dangerous gathering lines because eminent domain is not granted for gathering lines. • “Open access” is a legal term that refers to the requirement as a federally permitted utility, that an interstate transmission pipeline must accept gas from any party provided there is excess transmission capacity, the gas meet
minimum quality standards, and the party can pay the fees. Originally Williams was clear on this point on its website, constitutionpipeline.com. But now it misstates the facts – possibly to increase support for the pipeline. When I asked Williams spokesman Chris Stockton about this at the Franklin “open house,” he equivocated. The question of getting gas out of the pipeline is more complex. As a utility, Williams does not own the gas it transports. While it will install a tap for a fee, someone would have to reach an agreement with Cabot or Southwest Energy to buy their gas – assuming all is not sold already. Also, this someone would have to pay a lot to build a distribution network from the tap to the users. • Assuming that such a distribution network is built, the price of the infrastructure would have to be paid Please See LETTER, A9
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Oneonta’s Carol Kirkey tells the county Board at its Oct. 3 meeting how Otsego Manor has helped her husband Terry. Listening county reps, from left, are Rich Murphy, John Kosmer (partially hidden), Kay Stuligross, Beth Rosenthal, Don Lindberg, Linda Rowinski (partially hidden), Ed Frazier and Keith McCarty. Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
For Kirkeys, Otsego Manor Has Been A Blessing Editor’s Note: Carol Kiehn Kirkey of Oneonta read this statement during the public comment section of the county Board meeting Wednesday, Oct. 3.
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y husband, Terry, has been a resident at Otsego Manor for the last four and a half years. He suffers from young onset Alzheimer’s disease and was diagnosed at age 52. As you are all aware, the numbers of younger people afflicted with this degenerative and fatal disease in this county and across the nation is rapidly growing. Before moving to The Manor, Terry spent two months at Countryside Care Center in Delhi. He received competent, loving care there, but we were delighted when our wait for a bed at The Manor ended. Not only did it mean an easier ride for my daily visits, but The Manor was/is a state-of-the-art facility whose mission promised to nurture and care for Terry both physically and emotionally. Staff have succeeded in carrying out that mission and Terry and I are blessed and proud to be part of that family. Terry was denied admittance to every skilled nursing facility (all privately operated) close to our home in Oneonta. He was young, strong, ambulatory and his decline would most likely bring difficult behaviors they chose not to handle. The Manor accepted Terry and staff have worked diligently to manage his care – no simple task given the com-
Cooperstown’s Rena Lull, whose mother, also Rena, is 92 and lives in The Manor, issues a plea for the facility’s preservation. Behind her is Tanya Shalor, Opportunities for Otsego Head Start coordinator.
plexities of his disease. True to the mission set forth almost 200 years ago in the days of the county poorhouse, The Manor has cared for Terry and me – we have a quality of life I never thought possible. And now it is for sale. It’s hard to understand why it can’t be saved from privatization. I have been in touch with all of you and thank you for your thoughtful responses. I have taken your advice and have spent time becoming better informed about the
issues surrounding profitable operation of this remarkable facility. I don’t pretend to know enough to “save the day.” But I have learned that there are possibilities yet to be explored. If we are committed to keeping The Manor in county ownership, there is a daunting task before us. It will take strong, rational, conciliatory leadership from the county Board of Representatives, CSEA, and Manor administration to make difficult choices and to craft creative solutions to achieve this goal. It troubles me to hear from Manor officials that CSEA won’t budge, to hear firsthand that an administrator at The Manor is “done with this” and to learn that the county Board of Representatives passed a resolution to sell The Manor, a resolution that was not on the agenda for that meeting. Taxpayers in this county deserve better and many are willing to help. As you deal with this issue, please be mindful of the needs and wishes of county residents including those who currently reside at The Manor. I have already communicated my concerns about the future of the dementia unit, Serenity Place, which is the only unit of its kind in Otsego County. Communication is key as we proceed. Manor residents especially deserve the courtesy of regular updates in the days and months ahead – the insecurity of not knowing what will become of their home is a heavy burden to bear. Thank you for your attention.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
John Hartigan, brakeman for conductor Carter of train 28, was killed at 11:30 last night near the Fonda Avenue crossing. Hartigan, an unmarried man of 33, came from Binghamton on Train 28, and was making up the train for its return when he went between the engine and car to make a coupling. In some way he missed his calculation, and was caught at the chest between the deadwoods and crushed so badly that he never spoke after his initial cry of anguish. The coupling was made and Hartigan was so firmly held between the engine and car that it took several minutes to release him. He was dead when taken out. Hartigan lived in Binghamton. He has two brothers who are brakemen in the employ of the Delaware and Hudson Company. October 1887
100 Years Ago
Activity is everywhere apparent in Company G of this city and it is expected that orders will be issued for resuming the company drills. The enlistment of several recruits affords the company considerable satisfaction and all indications point to a prosperous and successful new year. Following the first drill, arrangements will be completed with reference to the intended trip to the inauguration ceremonies at Washington in March. Pullman tourist sleepers have been engaged. The only point regarding which the company has not yet been assured is whether or not the railroad will furnish a kitchen car. In addition to its regular work the company is contemplating the formation of an indoor baseball league and a call will probably be issued shortly for a meeting of those interested in such a proposition. It is the desire of those back of the movement to organize four teams and have two games each week throughout the winter thus permitting each team to play one game per week. October 1912
80 Years Ago
On the basis of his utterances on his long campaign swing around the continent which ended with his return to Albany, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt may be fairly regarded as the most promising nominee that either major party has put forward for the presidency in the present century. The trip, indeed, has been one long series of promises. The candidate has promised to solve every vexatious social or economic problem that burdens his countrymen, easily and effortlessly. But he has failed, in virtually every instance, to give more than a vague hint as to what his solution of a given problem might be. And he has failed to explain why he has not undertaken the solution of more of
40 Years Ago
30 Years Ago
The Planned Parenthood Association of Delaware and Otsego Counties is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 1982. Two clinics were opened in 1972 to assist local people in family planning education and medical services. The clinics were opened through the efforts of Norma Lee Havens of Oneonta and a group of hardworking, committed people from both counties. Fox hospital was the site of the Otsego County office for three years and the other clinic was opened in Delaware Valley Hospital in Walton. The first year 800 people were served. The Oneonta Center moved to Market Street and a clinic was added in Stamford. More than 3,000 people were served last year. October 1982
20 Years Ago
With violent behavior appearing more frequently among college students, volunteers with the Alternatives to Violence Project are approaching high schools in an attempt to stop the problem before it starts. “It would be ever so October 1972 nice to start when people are young,” said Kate Ryan, a facilitator from Delhi. She and Rose Marie Sheehan will be these problems while governor of New York. explaining what their workshops can do for students at the “Problems of a Theatre Manager” was the subject of next Delaware Academy school board meeting on Monan interesting address by Harry F. Rose, manager of the day, October 19. “We want to incorporate the workshop in Oneonta Theatre, at the meeting of the Business Women’s some form,” Ryan said. “We want to open people’s eyes.” Club at the club rooms over the Oneonta Theatre last In the past two years, Ryan has led two-day workshops for evening. Mr. Rose corrected the impression that a theatre Delaware Academy’s student senate members and teachers. manager has little to do other than come down and open the Through the program, students realize that violence is not theatre. He mentioned that 16 and more hours a day are the limited to physical abuse. usual practice. The speaker said that the theatre manager October 1992 has little choice in the selection of films. He stated that often the theatre must contract for its pictures a year ahead, whether or not it likes the films. Mr. Rose told how employFormer President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace ees of the theatre preview the pictures and that their reactions form the basis for cutting any portion of the films that Prize on Friday for his “untiring effort” to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts and to advance democmight be objectionable to Oneonta audiences. October 1932 racy and human rights. The Norwegian Nobel Committee contrasted Carter’s success in finding peace between Egypt and Israel through diplomacy with President Bush’s vow to A 24-year-old record was surpassed Saturday as Oneonta oust Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, by force if necessary. Hartwick College will host a lecture titled “Man, Chimps voters trooped to the polls in unprecedented numbers to and War” at 8 p.m. Monday in Yager Hall. R. Brian Ferregister for voting in the coming presidential election. By guson of Rutgers University, founder and director of the the close of the registration period on Saturday, a total of Working Group on Political Violence, War and Peace at 6,652 voters had registered. The previous high number in the Center for Global Change and Governance at Rutgers Oneonta’s electoral history was 1928 when the Smith verUniversity, will present the lecture. sus Hoover contest brought 6,400 voters to register. A total October 2002 of 1,501 voters signed the register on Saturday, the last day. October 1952
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George Mitchell, right, expresses thanks to Sid Parisian and other Pit Run organizers for dedicating the 16th Pit Run to his longtime associate Dr. Jim Elting, who died in August.
Garrett Seeley, right, and Jordan Forbes, both 7, crossed the finish line at the kids’ Fun Run pretty much simultaneously.
REMEMBERING 19TH ANNUAL RICKY ‘PIT’ PARISIAN MEMORIAL RUN
Dad Ryan Brooks, who always mans the Brooks BBQ grills at the Pit Run, wasn’t too delighted to have his youngest associate, Carter Ryan Brooks, 20 months, helping him out for the first time.
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Amanda Lopiccolo lopes toward the starting line at the 19th annual Ricky “Pit” Parisian Run on Oneonta’s Main Street viaduct at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 7. Her warmup must have worked: Lopiccolo, who won the female category in 2010 and came in second in 2011, won first place in the 10K event once again, finishing in 37:51, 10th overall. Her husband, Matt, SUNY Oneonta track coach, finished eighth in 37:25. Cooperstown’s Josh Edmonds, who finished the 10K in 31:57, receives the first-place plaque in ceremonies that ended Pit Run activities in Neahwa Park.
The SUNY Oneonta girls track team wait for their Brooks BBQ after running as a unit. From left are Lyteshia Price, Shamari Brodhead, Caitlin Cariseo, Emily Manchester, Sarah Longto, Bryan Loomis, Kelly Mulligan, Alyshia Crawford, Grace Schilling, Kristen Pappalardo, Kaitlyn Ponesse.
Andrew Morell, 12, Oneonta, was all smiles after besting his dad, David, for the first time. The dad-son combination have run together for several years now. In right photo, John Frisch, the popular Oneonta DJ, poses with Kathy Smith, West Oneonta, his fiancé, after completing the run.
Runners Michelle Rossi, left, and Taylor Microni, both of Oneonta, scrutinize the 5K results.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
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OHS’ Alumni of the Year – City Historian Mark Simonson – expresses thanks for the honor at ceremonies in Belden Auditorium. Simonson has written 1,200 newspaper columns on local history since assuming his city post in 1998.
Old friends and tennis partners Jim “Pete” Putnam, ‘57, and Mike Syron ‘59, share a moment on stage during their induction into the OHS Athletic Hall of Fame. Putnam earned seven varsity letters, won All-Star status in tennis and basketball, and teamed with Bill Whitaker in 1956 and 1957 to win back-to-back state championships in tennis doubles. Syron lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track, and was a member of OHS’ record-setting track relay team.
ACHIEVEMENT ACCLAIMED OHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INDUCTS 2012 WALL OF DISTINCTION, SPORTS HALL HONOREES
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The 1996-97 OHS Lady Yellowjackets’ basketball team motto – ‘It’s not me, it’s not you, it’s us” – was as true then as Saturday, Oct. 6, when the entire team was inducted into the OHS Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming & Alumni Weekend. Honorees, from left, included Coach Tom Moriarty, Kelly Soso, Laura Raner, Krissy Zeh, Marci Riddell, Kimberly Palmeter, Stacy Knapp, Tiffany Hurley Carr, Kim McMullen Duncan and Kristin Forgiano Quinn. The girls brought home OHS first state championship – the Class B title, compiling a 26-1 record.
Legendary Hartwick College basketball coach Nick Lambros congratulates Joe Campbell Jr., ’75, whose name was placed on OHS’ Wall of Distinction during the ceremony. Campbell, Ph.D., an electrical engineer, created the technology that’s the basis for the cell phone while working for the National Security Agency. He and dad Joe Sr., “The Voice of Oneonta” for many years, are the first father-son combination on The Wall. The elder Campbell was inducted last year.
Wall of Distinction honoree William Atchinson, ‘74, addresses the honors convocation. Hartwick valedictorian who holds a Wharton MBA, his Growth Ventures firm launched five new products that earned $100 million each, and he is four-time winner of the Edison New Product of the Year Award. “When you go to OHS, you go as a family,” he said.
Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Weir, ‘59, recalls the Yellowjacket football team he played on outweighed that year’s New York Giants. He earned nine varsity letters in football, wrestling and track, and set the school’s shot-put record. The 1959 OHS Athlete of the Year won a scholarship to Syracuse.
FROM SCIENCE TO SPORTS, OHS ALUMNI HONOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THEIR SCHOOLMATES
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ere are this year’s honorees at the 2012 OHS Alumni Association Induction Ceremony Saturday, Oct. 6, at the school’s Belden Auditorium. ►Wall of Distinction • James T. Catella, ‘41, namesake of Catella Park
• Diane Schrull Sepler, ’57, International Gold Key Award winner for Professional Interior Design • Michael A. Mongillo, ’67, founder, director and consulting Scientist, Geo-Imaging Services, New Zealand • William K. Atchinson, ’74, four-time winner, Edison New Product of the Year Award
• Joseph P. Campbell, Jr., ’75, National Security Agency, 1979-2001 ►Athletic Hall Inductees: • Jim “Pete” Putnam, ‘57, teamed with Bill Whitaker to win consecutive state tennis championships. • Mike Syron, ‘49, Member of record-setting OHS relay track team
• Dennis Weir, ‘59, set OHS shot-put record • John Minarcin, ‘74, played for the Minnesota Twins • 1996-97 Girls Basketball Team, first OHS state championship team. Catella, Sepler, Mongillo and Mirarcin were unable to attend the induction ceremony.
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Miller: Pipeline Not Fracking, Beneficial
Kuzminski: ‘Alternate M’ Opens Door To Fracking In State CON/From A4 natural gas is cleaner than other fossil fuels, he’s ignoring peer-reviewed research which concludes just the opposite. For the county to proceed without any systematic evaluation of the cons as well as the pros of this pipeline is highly irresponsible. The county appears to be responding to the interests of one group of constituents while ignoring the rest of us. Gas has been available in Oneonta for decades, but where’s the boom? As shown by the FERC hearings held elsewhere, concerns about harms from the pipeline, like all aspects of shale gas production, run wide and deep. Concerns about shale gas production have
been reflected in the numerous surveys, petitions, polls and other well-documented responses collected in town after town in Otsego County in support of moratoria and bans on this kind of industrial development. Seven towns have banned fracking. The sentiment of most Otsego County voters seems clear: the gas industry is not welcome here. The county Board of Representatives risks the wrath of these voters if it supports the gas industry by passing this resolution under these circumstances. What the county should do is call upon FERC to extend its deadline for public comment and to schedule a public hearing in Otsego County.
PRO/From A4 facilitate economic growth, provide important revenue to county government and provide the opportunity for residents to benefit from lower cost energy. 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. Further, I believe it would be financially imprudent for the county board not to approve the pipeline, given the amount of tax revenue that would be forgone.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-9
LETTERS
‘Alternate M’ Unlikely, Writer Says, For A Lot Of Reasons LETTER/From A4 by increasing the price of the gas, making it less of a bargain – especially for homeowners. • Williams is strongly against Alternate Route M. It was clear about this at the first Franklin meeting, the one that preceded the open house. (My guess that its preferred route is cheaper to build and easier to get all the easements and permits.) Ultimately, the choice of the route is up to the five FERC commissioners. In the past, they have chosen an alternate route, but it is very rare – a
FERC rep at the open house could remember only one. I have not been able to get a handle on what goes into their decisions. Clearly the relationship between FERC and utility companies is not always adversarial. • While pipeline technology has improved, we are still at the mercy of the subcontractors who have the incentive to cut corners. Inspection of the Millennium Pipeline, only a few years old, found three leaks. The leak that triggered PHMSA ordering this inspection was due to a piece of pipe, which failed visual inspection, later
being added to the pipeline anyway – waste not, want not. It takes only a spark to turn a small leak into a conflagration hundreds of feet in all directions. • While building the Constitution is not dependent on drilling gas wells in New York, unquestionably the pipeline would become the locus of future drilling, should it ever become profitable here. The drilling in northern Pennsylvania counties of Tioga, Bradford and Susquehanna is concentrated along the Tennessee #300 Pipeline there, and the applications for permits by Chesa-
peake and Talisman for horizontal shale wells in New York are along the Millennium Pipeline. Of course, existing maps of isopacs, depths and thermal maturity make it unlikely that drilling would begin in most of Otsego County. Probably by coincidence, the best chances to profit from drilling is southernmost Otsego, just where the pipeline would run. BRIAN BROCK Franklin
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BritishMania Friday, February 8–7:30 PM The Otesaga Resort Hotel To usher in Winter Carnival 2013, BritishMania invites you to take a trip back to the experience of seeing the Beatles, from the live early years at The Cavern Club in Liverpool to the hard-to-reproduce “studio years” of Sgt. Pepper! Using authentic period gear and costumes, BritishMania is a truly authentic Beatles Tribute Band and Concert Series can’t wait. Yeah, yeah, yeah!
www.cooperstownconcertseries.org Tickets: 547-1812, or at Ellsworth and Sill, Church & Scott Pharmacy, or the Fly Creek General Store. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door. Ticket prices are $20 for adults, $15 for Senior Citizens, $5 for students, and children 12 and under, free when accompanied by a paid adult. Cooperstown Concert Series programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. The Concert Series is a member of the ArtsOtsego Alliance. OCAA is supported by Otsego County Occupancy Tax Revenues and SEFCU. The Cooperstown Concert Series thanks Senator James Seward for his support with legislative initiative funding. Other support profided by the Cooperstown Event Services, Don Olin Reality and the Otesaga Resort Hotel.
The Sweetback Sisters Saturday, November 3–7:30 PM Brewery Ommegang The Sweetback Sisters, combine family-style harmonies that recall the best of country music (Everly Brothers and The Judds), as well as spirited rockabilly energy. Self-described as a “renegade retro band that mixes up country, swing and honky tonk,” The Sweetback Sisters will make you think The 1950s married The B-52s.
Steel Wheels Saturday, March 9–7:30 PM The Otesaga Resort Hotel A true Americana band, blending blues, bluegrass, old time sing-alongs, and foot-stompin’ fiddle tunes, all infused with passion and an authentic backwoods feel. The Steel Wheels are guaranteed to close out the Concert Series season in memorable style.
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MLS#85388 – Rustic and roomy home on a private acre in Oneonta school district w/easy access to Cooperstown, Oneonta, & I-88. The 4 BR, 2 bath, custom design features an open flr plan, cathedral ceilings, 2 fireplaces, 3 levels of living space including a full finished basement, and lrg workshop. Pond, 4 storage sheds, & more. $149,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068
MLS#84179 – 4 residential buildings: single-family home w/in-law apartment, 3-bay lrg workshop, remodeled single-wide, and a newer double-wide. Small pond. 199 acres +/-. Much equipment included in sale. Call Frank 607-435-1389 for Details
MLS#82720 – This 3 BR home is situated on a nice corner lot in a great location. Close to school and shopping. With some TLC would make a great starter home. Owner needs to find suitable housing. $85,000 Call Linda Wheeler @ (607) 434-2125 MLS#86317 – Perfect country retreat for vacation or year-round living. 3 BR, 2 bath charmer on 34 acres with swimming pond. $269,000 Call Michelle @ (518) 469-5603 MLS#86271 – Oneonta 2-family home with 2 beds up & 2 beds down. Residential neighborhood, short distance to Boys & Girls Club. Short sale and Bank must approve offer. $92,300 Call Frank 607-435-1389
MLS#85244 – Charming 4 BR farmhouse set on an oversized lot. Hardwood flrs, enclosed side sunporch, lots of storage space, and spacious rooms w/high ceilings. Needs some TLC. $59,900 Call Tom Platt @ (607) 435-2068
MLS#86367 – Charming late 1800s farmhouse and three barns on 79 acres overlooking the Otsdawa Valley! 2 ponds, pastures, fields, and a hen house! $299,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ (607) 434-1061
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MLS#84430 – Back on the market–Some of the last vacant lots available on Gifford Hill Rd! All kinds of possiblities! Only minutes to Oneonta and Cooperstown. Enough road frontage for 10 bldg. lots if subdivided. All offers considered. $214,999 Call Linda Wheeler @ (607) 434-2125
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MLS#84272 – Richfield Springs village home. 5 BRs, country kitchen, pellet stove, newer roof, windows and carpet. Only $110,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 1-603-247-0506
MLS#80516 – 2 move-in condition mobile homes on nearly 14 acres. The 4 BR home features 2 additions w/open flr plan. Both homes have newer roofs and nice decks. A newer oversized 2-car garage. $89,900 Call Tom Platt @ (607) 435-2068
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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
MLS#85578 – Location, seclusion and views make this solid contemporary build ideal for working living & playing in the Cooperstown area. Within minutes of the Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bring offers! $245,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633
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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ADORABLE, AFFORDABLE! Period farmhouse on 1.39 acres with barn, garage and small pond is just minutes from Canadarago Lake/ public boat launch. This well-priced home is an easy commute to Cooperstown, Albany and Utica. It could be a great summer rental or home-based commercial property. Hurry, make your appointment today! MLS # 84379, MLS# 84384 $99,500
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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. Cooperstown school district. All within minutes of the village. Cherry Valley Village
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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
TasTefully renovaTed! 4 Br, 2 bath home w/ beautiful fp & hardwood flrs throughout. Covered porch, fenced in yard w/garage. This home has been well maintained & is located close to schools & borders Wilber park. Come take a look!! $165,000 #84596
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Spacious West Oneonta two family would be a great little investment or owner occupied home with income. Separate utilities. Good tenants and rental history. Downstairs 2 bedroom has hardwood floors, large eat in kitchen and 2 enclosed porches. Upstairs has hardwood floors and updated kitchen. $89,900. mlS#86497
Exclusively offered at $260,000 The convenience of living in the village with all of the advantages of country living. The only neighbors you’ll see are the deer and wildlife. Privacy with a valley view. A short two block walk to the fine restaurants, shops and library in the village of Cherry Valley. This low maintenance home offers 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room with fireplace, formal dining room, kitchen and laundry room, roofed front porch, side stone patio plus an attached two car garage. Much more to see when you visit this move-in ready home.
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Renovated CountRy FaRmhouse
Wonderful renovated farmhouse with a new addition on 2.46 acres just minutes from the village of Cooperstown, Bassett Hospital and the Cooperstown schools. Hardwood floors throughout. The living room has a fireplace, built-in bookcases and deep window seats. The new kitchen has an open floor plan with exquisite artisan woodwork cabinets, a dining area, fabulous lighting and French doors that lead to a flagstone terrace. There is a den and a full bath on the first floor as well and an inviting front porch. Upstairs is the new master bedroom, two additional bedrooms, a large laundry room/dressing room, plenty of closets and a full bath. There are stone walls, raised bed gardens, plenty of perennials and Invisible Fence has been installed surrounding the home. There is also a barn with a one bedroom apartment with a porch for sitting or grilling with a view of the pasture, new 2009. The lower level of the barn could have stalls and the paddock is fenced. There is a separate shed for bikes and kayaks. The Cooperstown school bus stops at the stone steps. This home is inviting, light, tastefully renovated and in move-in condition. Offered Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $349,000.00
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