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he shift that punched out at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Otsego Manor worked for the County of Otsego. The shift that punched in works for Focus Ventures, a private operator of nursing homes, based in Airmont, Rockland County, that now owns the county nursing home. The deal was supposed to be done last week, but County Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who oversaw the sale, said the complicated transaction took longer than expected. Kurt Apthorpe remains Manor director.
Forums May Build ‘Single Point Of Contact’ IDA, County, Chambers Discuss New Collaboration By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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hree forums for small-business owners – in a month or so – are being planned, with a goal of achieving what’s been an elusive “single point of Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
contact” for economic development in Otsego County. “We want to outreach to people in the trenches,” Bob Hanft, county Industrial Development Agency chair, told the county board’s Intergovernmental (IGA) Committee – its responsibilities include economic development – at a meeting Please See FORUMS, B4
Charter Input Parsed Kids Back, Phony IDs Surfacing
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he Chinese website www. reallygoodfakes.com could never be accused of false advertising. “They make fake IDs that fool the scanners at bars,” said Lt. Douglas Brenner, Oneonta Police Department. “They’ve even got the holograms.” Since college began, Brenner and the OPD have collected over 50 fake IDs from underage drinkers, the majority of them HOMETOWN ONEONTA SUNY Oneonta students, the ZEPHYR BACK: Zephyr Lieutenant Brenner exam- majority of them Teachout, who beat Goverines the cache. female. “Word nor Cuomo in Otsego and 29 got around campus and they must other Upstate counties in the September Democratic party, have ordered them all at once,” he said. “But would you give your will sign copies of her book, Please See FAKE IDS, B5 “Corruption in America,” at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at the Green Toad Bookstore. OFF TO NICARAGUA: To support a short-term mission trip to Nicaragua, Main Street Baptist Church is planning a paintball fundraiser 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Adrenaline Zone, 134 Forest Way, Otego. $20-30, depending on package.
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IDA board chair Bob Hanft at the IGA committee. At right is IDA COO Elizabeth Horvath and, left, county Planning Director Karen Sullivan.
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Aiden Murphy, right, and his brother Jax Milan, both of Oneonta, play with a firefirefighter’s helmet from Steve Miller of the West Oneonta Fire Department. “It’s really heavy!” said Aiden. Firefighters from several departments were in the Home Depot parking lot Saturday, Oct. 11, teaching youngsters about fire safety. October is Fire Safety Month.
Foothills’ new board president, Louisa Momtanti, is joined by new board member, Joe Yelich, left, and John Ryland.
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here were many issues raised, but two predominated at a tense Common Council meeting Monday, Oct. 13. One, that watering down city-manager credentials from a master’s in public administration (MPA) to a bachelor’s, was an attempt to circumvent the new City Charter, which residents adopted by a 1,128-348 vote in Council memNovember 2011. ber Rissberger Two, that by was a lonely bypassing former voice. City Manager Mike Long – the city’s first – and going directly to department heads, Council members were undercutting the charter’s support of professional management. Long’s successor, Marty Murphy, had been sworn in earlier in the evening, and sat at the mayor’s left hand through the 90-minute session, answering questions and offering advice when he was consulted. The special meeting had been called for the sole purpose of assessing the 20Please See CHARTER, B5
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overnor Cuomo was expected to announce Wednesday or Thursday, Oct. 15 or 16, who will benefit from the latest round of CFA economic-development grants. The city is hoping for funds for an ag hub at Chestnut and Market, and to revive the D&H yards. For updates, check WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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Organizers of “Swab To Save Lives,” Russell Lowe, Greg Katz and Marc Martinez show off a promotional Q-Tip they created to promote their event Friday, Oct. 10, in SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. The trio were encouraging people to have their bone marrow tested in the event they can be a match in an emergency. At right, senior Tom Frank and junior Matthew Roberts “Swab To Save Lives.”
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UNY Oneonta is planning a memorial ceremony for Dr. Carey W. Brush, a former administrator and author of “In Honor and Good Faith” (1965), a history of the college up to that time. Age 93, Dr. Brush passed away on Dec. 29, 2013, in Vancouver, Wash. The ceremony will be at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, in the Milne Library’s Alden Room. All are welcome. Brush, who retired in 1989, first came to Oneonta State Teachers College in the spring of 1951 to teach a single semester on a full time basis. He returned several times to teach summer courses, then joined the Social Science Department in 1958.
Brush’s “In Honor and Good Faith” (1965) is considered an authoritative history of the institution.
He rose to professor and acting Social Science
chair, and served as the first director of Liberal Studies (1963), vice president for Academic Affairs (1970) and acting president during the 1987-88 academic year as Dr. Alan Donovan was being recruited. “It was under Dr. Brush’s watch that SUNY Oneonta experienced it greatest period of growth,” said Dr. Vince Foti, retired SUNY Oneonta dean, “and with his unmatched distinctive administrative direction, the College moved forward to new academic heights. “Many who served with Dr. Brush, not only respected and admired him, but attribute SUNY Oneonta’s academic standing today to his hard work and foresight,” Foti said.
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he Oneonta and Cooperstown chapters of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) will make the grave of one of the few “Real Daughters” at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, in Cherry Valley Cemetery. Anna Clark Morse (18131898) was the daughter of Revolutionary War soldier Jerome Clark (1756-1850). ing brat ar Cele 4th ye4 2 1 our 990-20 1
from Connecticut. He served at Bunker Hill, the siege of Boston, the Battle of White Plains, and was wounded on privateer Nancy. He also helped to demolish the statue of George III on Bowling Green in New York City. After his first wife died, he moved to Cooperstown where he eventually remarried in 1809 and they had a
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daughter, Anna. She grew up in the Cooperstown and Cherry Valley area, married Oliver Andrew Morse of Cherry Valley in 1839, and had three children. Anna was 77 years in 1890 when the DAR was formed. She joined, making her a “Real Daughter,” as her father had actually been a Revolutionary War soldier. Since the war had been fought over 100 years before the DAR was formed, this was a rather rare situation. Anna was an active member of the Cherry Valley DAR (which has since disbanded) until her death in 1898 at the age of 85. She was chapter Regent and even traveled to Washington, DC to attend the DAR convention the year before her death. She is buried in the Cherry Valley Cemetery along with her family. The day’s events are open to the public. The price of the luncheon and tour is $20, to benefit the Cherry Valley Historical Association for their building fund. BU HONOREES: Three students from Oneonta, Joyce B Mbiziwo-Tiapo, Michael R. Montanti and Rachel R. Nader, are on the Dean’s List at SUNY Binghamton for the spring semester. GO, CONRADE! Scott Conrade of Laurens, a sophomore, in on the Mansfield University sprint football team this season.
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WEEKEND UNDER THE FOLIAGE Sweater weather is here and Richard Aikens, left, Oneonta, is ready to keep Oneonta warm! Here, Clara Stewart, Delhi, and Mirriam Hathaway, Oneonta look over the warm wares at the Southside Mall Craft Show on Saturday, Oct. 11.
And they’re off! Amy Yacobucci is out in front of the Cupola 5K race on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Clark Sports Center Cupola winner Mike Hamilton, Oneonta, pledges before the start of the race. He finished the 5K with a time of 16:56:05
Katrina Van Zandt, Oneonta, had her table of bottle lights for sale at Southside.
Can’t have Cider Fest without apples, and here, Cider Mill volunteers Charlie Michaels and Jim Brophy, both of Fly Creek, use paring machines from the early 1900’s ...and then the apples are sliced by Henry Michaels, Cooperstown, who hands a freshly-cut fruit to Anna and Joe Robinson of North Carolina. Lines wrapped around the Fly Creek Cider Mill SaturdaySunday, Oct. 11-12.
Bill Coleman of Cooperstown, left, examines a 1924 Ford tractor belonging to Fred Zimmerman, Davenport Center (who was delighted to tell visitor’s about it’s local history on the Miller Farm in Wells Bridge) at the Farmers’ Museum Tractorfest.
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Fingers Crossed. Forums May Achieve ‘Single Point Of Contact’
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tsego County has never done economic development – and never will, county Treasurer Dan Crowell told the 2014 Otsego Leadership class when it convened last April at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Economic development requires risk-taking, Crowell said, and the county Board of Representatives simply has been unwilling to risk taxpayer money. He couldn’t imagine the reps ever will. That’s prudent; they shouldn’t. So what’s had been called the county Economic Development Office, Crowell continued, was instead a grant-seeking entity, passing through funds mostly to eligible existing businesses. The “single point of contact” concept that came out of last November’s “Seward Summit” was an exciting alternative to a concept that, per Crowell, could never work. Regrettably, both the county Board of Representatives and Otsego County Chamber declined to follow through. • That’s why a meeting of the minds last Thursday, Oct. 9, was such a relief, and important for achieving a viable economic future for Otsego County: i.e., our neighbors and their families who live off the local economy, not just pensioners from elsewhere. It broke the deadlock. Last Thursday, representatives of the county, of the chambers of commerce and of the IDA (the quasi-pri-
not taxes. It identified two prospective sites for shovelready status (in Oneonta and Richfield Springs). The piece that proved elusive was the “single point of contact.” Now, with the chambers and the county IGA Committee aboard, it looks like that’s going to happen, too. Unity makes sense: Out of the single office and shared resources at 189 Main, the traditional IDA handles projects of $1 million and up; the county component does small-business loans and programs, Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA and community developIDA board Chair Bob Hanft, left, outlines a proposal to the county board’s Intergovernmental Affairs ment; and the chambers, Committee to bring the IDA, county board and chambers of commerce together in a “single point tapping their members, proof contact” for economic development. Others are, from left, IDA COO Elizabeth Horvath, IDA Presivide guidance and support. dent Sandy Mathes, county Rep. Beth Rosenthal, D-Roseboom, Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, and Craig We’ve learned what to Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, committee clerk Jenna Utter, and county Rep. Rick Hulse, R-Otsego. Also do. We know what to do. present were county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, IGA chair Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, We’re more than half-way county Planning Director Karen Sullivan and Otsego Chamber President/CEO Barbara Ann Heegan. there. Now we’re going to vate county Industrial Desuppliers). It may be loans Crowell’s formulation – will where. do it. (private or public). never go anywhere. • velopment Agency) agreed Much credit for the posiOnce what will help Balking at a $250,000 If ye know these things, on a program to, despite a tive turn of events is due small-businesses thrive IDA funding request a few happy are ye who do them. few bumps in the road this to Gelbsman and Hulse, is specified, the IDA will months ago, the IGA comThat’s not us talking, that’s year, make “single point of for coming around. To put together the pieces mittee (not to be confused The Good Book (John contact” business recruitIDA chair Bob Hanft, who and make an appropriate with the IDA) pulled out of 13:17), divinely inspired. ment a reality. was supremely convincproposal to the county’s the “single point of contact” Dick Sheehy, one of the In the next few weeks ing at last week’s meeting. Intergovermental Affairs concept that came out of the nation’s foremost busi– time is of the essence, To state Sen. Jim Seward, Committee (IGA), for vetsecond “Seward Summit” ness recruiters, told the because the county board R-Milford, for continuing ting before approval by the last November at Foothills. last “Seward Summit” two is putting together its 2015 to nudge things in the right full county board. First, it reduced the things are necessary for suc- direction. To Barbara Ann budget – the three entities County Reps. Craig county Economic Develop- cessful economic developwill convene three “forums” Heegan, Otsego Chamber Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, ment Office to a part-time ment: One, “shovel ready for chamber members, president, for bringing her and Rick Hulse, R-Otsego, receptionist answering the sites.” Two, a “single point 500 members to the table. mostly small-business characterized this approach phone in the large, empty of contact” – if a company owners, who will be led (IDA COO Elizabeth Horformer county ec-dev office comes calling, it knows through a structured discus- as “crawl, walk, run.” But vath said the Cooperstown in Oneonta’s City Hall. THE number to call. sion to determine what help, Gelbsman made the goal Chamber is participating, plain: “We want a one-stop Then, a few weeks ago, the The IDA embraced the specifically, they need and too.) shop.” IGA committee rechristened Sheehy prescription. It hired want. Stay tuned for parTo a lot of other people • the county planning office Sandy Mathes, the former ticulars, coming soon. – you know who you are, What Gelbsman and the Department of Planning, Greene County economic What they need may and thank you – who, in a Hulse are doing is sensiSolid Waste & (oh, yes, by developer, one of the state’s county that has less jobs be advice (on grants or bly backing away from an the way) Economic Develbest. It committed $3 state programs). It may be today than a quarter century alternative that was going opment. million of its own money referrals (to accountants or ago, are keeping the torch nowhere and – given Dan That wasn’t going any– private funds, from fees, lawyers, to contractors or of hope alive.
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Institutional Zone Recognizes A Cooperstown Reality: Bassett Hospital Exists To the Editor: A special zoning district for Bassett Medical Center is long overdue. The village zoning law lays out parameters for land use in the village. To an outsider like me (I moved to Cooperstown in 2006), the current law contains a glaring oversight. It fails to grant Bassett Hospital the unequivocal right to provide medical services within the village. By necessity, the hospital uses numerous properties in Cooperstown. These are located in at least four zoning districts, two residential (R-1A & R-2), a “Coordinated Development Dis-
trict” (Fernleigh Apartments), and the commercial district. Whenever Bassett seeks to use one of its properties for anything other than a single-family dwelling, it must ask the Village Board for permission. This is ludicrous in light of the fact that Bassett has been a valued “citizen” of Cooperstown for over 90 years. It was providing medical services on Atwell Road decades before the first zoning law took effect. The proposed institutional zone finally addresses this oversight and recognizes reality. The borders of the institutional zone have been drawn to surround the core medical center campus. Within
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sion of convenient, off-street parking for both patients and visitors. The assurance of convenient parking improves Bassett’s appeal to patients driving long distances from all over Central New York to Cooperstown for treatment. These patients generate the income that the hospital needs to offer a full range of healthcare services in Cooperstown. It would be impossible otherwise. Improved on-site parking might also ease traffic congestion on neighboring residential streets. And finally, the institutional zone supports Bassett in its ongoing efforts to contain overhead Please See BLABEY, A7
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health care services in Central New York. In general, hospitals that train medical professionals provide superior patient care. Bassett is a “teaching hospital” associated with Columbia University’s medical school, ranked eighth best in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The proposed zoning law endorses, without reservation, Bassett’s use of property in the institutional zone for educational purposes. Young doctors trained in Cooperstown are more likely to stay in our area, providing high quality medical care for years to come. This is certainly in our interest. The law facilitates the expan-
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the proposed zone are 26 properties; all but one are Bassett’s. The zone’s boundaries are defined almost entirely (90 percent) by village streets and the Susquehanna River. A special institutional zone makes logical sense. The current zoning law carves out areas in the village where businesses are encouraged to engage in commerce. The question arises: Why does the law consider Bassett, a non-profit institution and the largest employer in Otsego County, unworthy of similar treatment? Secondly, the proposed institutional zone supports Bassett’s plans to improve the delivery of
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here appears to be some confusion or a willingness to misrepresent the positions and purpose of Citizen Voices (CV), and we offer the following points of clarification. The mission of Citizen Voices is “to support a pro-growth economic environment which will provide job opportunities for present and future generations. To be pro-business, create opportunities bringing us all together to find common ground with all, to make the region a welcoming and vibrant community that is open to business and industry while balancing the beauty of the area and preserving
our natural resources.” To set the record straight, CV has not taken a position on hydraulic fracturing and we consistently have stated we have no intention of doing so until the state issues its decision. Harlem If the state issues a positive determination, we will fully review the state’s decision to see if the issues we have previously identified are addressed, after which a position will be taken. Citizen Voices has taken the following positions: • CV came out against the proposed
home-rule legislation, not because we don’t favor home rule but because all the legislation would have done would be to add another layer of bureaucracy upon the local communities. If home rule would have supplanted Albany’s influence, then we would have been supporters. • CV came out against the Slottje moratoriums that were offered in many communities because, in their entirety, they included much overreach and potential for litigation, which has in fact occurred in communities where they were adopted. • CV registered concerns for the road-use agreements that were offered because the benchmarking wasn’t clear or readily available for referPlease See HARLEM, A7
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125 Years Ago
The Local News – Oneonta brakemen have a special interest in the meeting of the brotherhood of brakemen, held at St. Paul, Minnesota, this week. The society was organized here in 1884 and its first annual meeting was held in this village. Though many of its first members are no longer brakemen, having attained to higher positions in the railroad world, it is pleasant for them to see the continued prosperity of the organization then founded. The most important convention ever held by the brotherhood of locomotive engineers was opened in Denver, October 16th and its sessions are expected to last three weeks. It will take action on the preliminary agreement that has been made for a federation of all the organizations of railroad employees in the country. It is probable that Chief Arthur will be reelected to office by the brotherhood. October 1889
100 Years Ago
One of the largest and most enjoyable social functions in years in this city was the reception given Friday night by Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Bresee and Mr. and Mrs. Lynn H. Bresee in the handsome new block just completed on Wall Street for the Oneonta Department Store annex, at which about 500 guests were present. Surprise and amazement were expressed on the faces of all the guests as they entered the spacious building which is 44 by 166 feet, both floors last evening resembling to a marked degree a large ball room of a metropolitan hotel in appointments, and it proved a most admirable place for such an event, with ample floor space for the dancers. The two floors are each one large room and finished in white with steel ceilings and hard white walls with maple floors, all of which combined with innumerable electric lights and the tasty arrangement of autumn foliage. Wolcott’s 10-piece orchestra commenced the music and guests were served a delicious collation by Caterer Claude S. Becker. October 1914
80 Years Ago
The Fox Memorial Hospital of Oneonta has been designated as one of 2,480 institutions of the country meeting the requirements for approval by the American College of Surgeons. Some 3,538 hospitals of 25 beds and over in the U.S. and Canada were included in the survey. Among the requirements that must be met are the maintenance of an organized medical staff of ethical, competent physicians;
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30 Years Ago
October 1974 complete medical records; adequate X-Ray and laboratory facilities; and a thorough review and analysis of the clinical work of the hospital each month so as to carefully checkup the results of the professional activities within the hospital, and to analyze and seek to improve them. In the past year, the survey shows a death rate below last year and the average period of hospitalization has been shortened. October 1934
60 Years Ago
Oneonta school principals agree – in principle – with Sidney’s new school board policy of spanking the child rather than sparing the rod. Miss Edna M. Tripp, Oneonta Junior High principal said, “It’s something that should be used with discretion, but it’s something that speaks as nothing else speaks some times. Some youngsters you can reason with. Some have to be shown. One thing bringing this question up is crowded conditions. We have so many more children that we don’t have time to sit down and reason with them.” Mrs. G. Ross Patrick, River Street principal said: “An arm around the shoulders is better than a hand on the pants. I believe in being firm and kind – give them a round-sound talking to and discuss the case with parents. I truly believe that if it ever becomes necessary for corporal punishment that should become the case.” Erle Smith, Center Street principal: “We do it if necessary, but we get permission from the parents as a rule. It’s safest that way. Last year, maybe I spanked four youngsters. It hurt me more than it did them.” Gertrude Eldred, East End: “As a last resort. As a rule, we don’t believe in it. But, if the situation demands it, that’s what will be done.” Charles Belden,
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Oneonta High School: I don’t believe in corporal punishment for high school students.” October 1954 Halfway through its October fund drive, the United Way of Greater Oneonta has collected $30,000, roughly onequarter of its $125,000 goal. “That’s not too bad,” said Earl Simmons, a co-chair of this year’s drive. Simmons noted that last year’s successful $110,000 campaign had also garnered $30,000 by mid-October. Last year’s $110,000 campaign achieved its goal in late January 1984. The increase in this year’s goal results from the addition of two new agencies – OURS Associates and the Otsego County Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, making a total of 11 organizations participating in the fund. The United Way funds will also support the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the Project 85 Counseling Center, the Family Service Association, the Fox Hospital Cancer Support Program, Literacy Volunteers, the Salvation Army, the Young Adult Ministry, and the Y.M.C.A. October 1984
20 Years Ago
New York has become the first state to require that its pool of prospective jurors include people drawn from welfare and unemployment rolls. The plan aims to ensure greater diversity on state court juries. “It sends a strong signal to minorities that they are part of the jury system and tries to dispel the belief that these groups are being excluded from the jury process,” says Colleen McMahon, chair of the NYS Jury Project. The controversial plan is set to go into effect in a few months. October 1994
10 Years Ago
Activities at the First Presbyterian Church at 296 Main Street will begin with Sunday school classes at 9:30 a.m. The topic of discussion for the adult class will be “Questions of Faith: Why Worship?” Worship will follow at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Pat Raube-Wilson, interim minister for the church will lead the service and preach a sermon titled “A Slap in the Face.” The service will include music from the choir under the direction of Cindy Donaldson and accompanied by organist Tim Lutner. October 2004
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Historic Town Like Cooperstown Needs Locally Focused Museum To the Editor: As the community digests the finding of the recent Design Charrette, we hope that part of the wish list that evolves will include something that Fly Creek, Cherry Valley, Milford, Richfield Springs, Sharon Springs , Springfield Center, Harpursfield and Middlefield all have that Cooperstown doesn’t have – a museum! Not a baseball museum or a state Historical Museum, treasures to be sure – we have those, but a Cooperstown museum! We were inspired to suggest this after an old friend and customer at the “Grove” stopped by
and brought two scrapbooks that she wanted to share with us. They were fantastic, filled with stories, clippings, pictures compiled over decades from her years at their Five Mile camp. She was a librarian and has put these scrapbooks together with love and care. She wanted us to take out some pictures of the “Grove” but we felt they should stay totally together. But then the question was, where would they end up? Where could they be shared by the entire community? At the present time, nowhere. That got us thinking where will future generations read the old
columns written by Hugh MacDougall. Jim Atwell (I did not say “old” Jim Atwell) , the He-She We-She’s, Hawthorne Hill, Rita Ferrandino, Mary Pangborn, The Badger, and of course – What did MK say she heard AL and JL telling about BC at the ST on Saturday? These columns have to be saved along with pictures that span our 200-plus years and, more importantly, DISPLAYED – year round! Thank you, NYSHA, for your periodic photography (don’t miss the current one). There are probably thousands of pictures and artifacts in the archives at NYSHA waiting to see the day
Greater Oneonta, Collaborate On Regional Water To the Editor: I’m glad to see the ongoing debate over the proposed Southside Water idea. Sharing differences of opinions is a healthy thing. I picked up on the two pro-project letters in your newspapers submitted by Oneonta Town Board members Patricia Jacob and Andrew Stammel. Please indulge me to make a couple of observations to the positions taken, those of Mrs. Jacob surrounding water safety and Mr. Stammel’s stance on infrastructure development. Jacob made broad arguments that the new $8.8 million system was needed to address deficient water-quality standards, citing severe contamination issues since 1999. I would hope those sub-standard conditions were mitigated as they occurred and reported, and that water out there is no longer polluted and currently safe to drink. Right, Mrs. Jacob? I suspect the Southside sewer system, added after those early citations, had something to do with improving Southside water quality. That sewer extension runs from the Holiday Inn on Route 23 and extends along the Southside to a pump station near the Home Depot, where it crosses the Susquehanna River to be linked into the city’s main sewer trunk line that traverses the city’s Sixth Ward and ultimately finds its way to the city’s wastewater
treatment plant off I-88’s Exit 13. I mention this because it demonstrates the best in collaborative, inter-municipal problem solving. Mrs. Jacob, the town should be deploying the same inter-municipal model in expanding water services to the Southside. A combined town/city initiative would be in a much stronger position to attract even more state and federal funding for the Southside water idea. As that singular vocal city resident opposed to the town’s “go it alone” Southside water idea, I can assure you, Mr. Stammel, that I’m not alone. In fact, I’ve spoken to many town residents who share my view that there’s a better way and have even gone so far as to call the current plan a “stupid idea.” And on the “right kind of jobs” statement, as a town board member who represents a town where the median household income is at least 15K below state and national averages, you should be out front in advocacy for creating those “right kinds of jobs” for Oneonta. You must have also noticed the ever-increasing
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Gibson’s Flag-Waving Unconvincing To the Editor: I am a veteran and I love my country, but waving the flag does not do it for me. There are many reasons to vote for a congressional candidate. That he has lived here a long time, that he served in the military and is a good old boy are not good reasons. Our incumbent 19th District congressman is running a negative campaign that is mean-spirited, disrespectful, misleading and xenophobic. The incumbent has a very poor record on environmental issues, voting to support the environment only one out of every three times. He marches lock step with his party caucus in opposing the president at every turn and has helped to waste
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time, money and energy by supporting the government shutdown and the lawsuit against the President. The incumbent is an ineffectual “good old boy” in the pocket of corporate interests who promises more Washington divisiveness and has even signed the Koch pledge to vote against climate-change legislation. I will be supporting Sean Eldridge for Congress. He has fresh ideas about jobs and the economy. Sean is independent and will not accept corporate PAC contributions. He will not be in the pocket of big donors. Sean is in favor of protecting the environment and
supports renewable energy. He supports local farmers and raising the minimum wage to $10 and has promised to protect and not to cut Medicare and Social Security. To me the choice is simple. We can support the dysfunctional divisive Congress owned by corporate interests that we currently have, or we can vote to change it all. I will be voting for Sean Eldridge for Congress. I hope that you will join me. Sean Eldridge can bring about real change and hope to our congressional district. HENRY J. NICOLS Cooperstown
Rte 80 Property Owners & Concerned Citizens Meeting Welcome 5pm, Meeting 6-8pm
Topics of discussion will include: Alternatives to Rock Piles Engineer’s Proposals • County’s Soil Pinning • What’s Possible The Grange is heated Please come - and tell your neighbors! Friends of Otsego Lake and Route 80 For NEWS, email friendsofotsegolakeandroute80@gmail.com
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niversary of Winter Carnival – just two years away! All those old Winter Carnival movie reels are stored somewhere, no doubt with the tow rope from Mount Otsego! Let’s give our history the light of day! Maybe this would be an ideal place for Director Gretchen Sorin and adjunct Professor Katie B to drop some of their eager new students into the deep end of the “ Cooperstown Museum Pool”! JIM & POLLY RENCKENS Owners Hickory Grove Inn, 1971-86 (now recently air conditioned!)
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Nebraska Merging Into Cooperstown? Iowa/Nebraska Note! Thought I was reading our Omaha World Herald newspaper instead of The Freeman’s Journal as you made note of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Elan’s Lisa Nagle visiting, while your other article, “CGP 50-Year Gift To Community,” made note of Sarah DaCorta from Omaha. Lightning struck twice!
deterioration in the town’s neighborhoods and the empty store fronts even on the Southside. Mr. Stammel, we live in Appalachia. In your town’s own Zogby survey, over 70 percent of respondents wanted to see more economic development and it’s only those “right kinds of jobs” that can turn things around and save the Oneontas. So if your water petition succeeds in November, carry on and good luck! If it fails, don’t lose heart: The decision may open-up new opportunities to plan and develop a better project, refashioned from a smart inter-municipal regional water arrangement in combination with the City. ALBERT COLONE Oneonta
of light. And how many other scrapbook and memorabilia, some no doubt dating back to the 1800s, are sitting in closets waiting to be shared by locals and visitors alike? So as the village begins its next visioning, let’s put some thought into starting a museum drive – how about the old Smith Ford/Fritch Museum building, the Augur building or one of our older homes? It would be a fitting tribute to our rich and diverse past. And a great way to engage CGP on their 50th anniversary and kick off one of Cooperstown’s most cherished traditions – the 50th an-
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Middlefield MLS#95599 $220,000 Move-in condition ranch, pole barn for an indoor arena, 2 sheds and an older, smaller barn. Only residence on a little-used dirt road surrounded by fields, woods, streams. Adjacent 200 acres may be available.
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Institutional Zone Gives Bassett Basis To Plan Future In Cooperstown BLABEY/From A4 expenses, thus slowing the overall growth rate in health care costs. As consumers of health care, we should all support this. The proposal provides Bassett flexibility to either add to, or reconfigure, its current facilities, leading to improved energy efficiency, func-
tionality and employee productivity. What about the impact on neighbors? The institutional zone imposes the same setback restriction from village streets as exists in the village’s R-2 and R-3 residential districts, i.e., new construction may be no closer than
20 feet from any village street. It binds realistic building height limits to the same height-to-front yard setback ratio that exists in residential districts. In laymen’s terms, the higher the building, the further removed from the street it must be. Furthermore, the creation of
Democrats, Republicans, Independents Work For Town Of Oneonta’s Benefit To the Editor: I would like to thank the members of my community for their overwhelming support in the recent primary election. I have worked hard for many years before my appointment to the Oneonta Town Board to help make our environmental protections a reality. I passed the petition for, and helped work towards, the moratorium, as the townspeople realized that no benefit is worth the destruction of our precious land and water. After my appointment to the board, I had the honor to join in the unanimous vote for the ban on hydraulic fracturing and its related dangers. I have stood for what I believe is right, what the residents of this town have shown they want, and I will
continue to do so. As town residents themselves, this board is overwhelmingly supportive of a healthy business community, vital to the continued prosperity of this area. As do my fellow board members, I heartily support the Southside water district as an example of intelligent, well-planned growth and will continue to work with the community in this regard. I feel concern for the water quality of the Southside residents and businesses, and hope they will carefully consider the facts and make an informed decision. The current board members bring with them a wonderful variety of life experiences and work together collaboratively to get work done for the town.
Democrat, Republican, independent, we all deeply feel the responsibility to fulfill with integrity the obligations of this office. I am honored to be part of the thoughtful conversations that take place during our working groups and meetings that enable us to be effective board members. I am truly enjoying getting work done for the town, and knowing the concerns of the residents as I meet them going door to door. For me, it’s not about politics, it is about getting work done! I will always strive to do what is best for this community that I love, and would ask for the privilege to continue to do so. PATRICIA RIDDELL KENT Oneonta Town Board Member
the zone will not exempt Bassett properties from oversight by the Historical Preservation & Architectural Review Board and from compliance with all public safety and environmental protection laws and regulations. The trustees should approve this change in the law. The future
prosperity of our village and the academic excellence of our public schools depend upon the reliable, year-around contribution to the entire community that Bassett Hospital makes. RICHARD BLABEY Cooperstown
Citizen Voices Supports Measures That Will Create Better Economy HARLEM/From A4 ence. There are existing measures in place that would require a developer to ensure that roads be maintained in the current state without placing further burdens on business and hindering our local competitiveness. • CV was one of the first to recommend the Constitution Pipe line be located in the I-88 right-of-way (Alternate Route M). CV also encouraged that there be “tapsâ€? at every community ensuring the availability of cleaner, cheaper energy which would lower our local energy cost for everyone in the region. • CV has been very supportive of the IDA and Sandy Mathes for the purposes of increasing goodpaying jobs and growing the tax base. • CV has met with Jeffery Fenster, executive director of the state Workers Compensation Board, along with Senator Seward and Assemblyman Magee for the purpose of offering recommendations on meaningful comp reform. • CV endorsed candidates from both sides of the aisle who, in our opinion, have shown leadership and a willingness to be more than one-issue candidates. • CV has engaged conversation with the education community to seek out ways to enhance and ensure that our education community will remain viable through these challenging times. • CV has been active in seeking ways to get a water district on the Southside of Oneonta. A regional water district would be ideal but that is not feasible at this time. The current option the Town of Oneonta is offering using a well at Fortin Park is the most cost effective option and CV supports this
project. • CV supported the Hillside Commons project. This project not only delivered housing to SUNY Oneonta that they previously had requested, it did so without using taxpayer money while increasing the tax base and providing additional benefits to the community. • CV is working with CORE seeking ways to satisfy the education needs of business. • CV supported GO/EDC in its Hops Initiative which has been one of the catalysts for the renewed interest in the regional growing of hops and barley. • CV supports the redevelopment of the rail yards which offers the largest potential for increasing the City’s tax base. • CV supports the efforts to have the PONY Farm Industrial Park shovel ready and the IDA plan to locate a new industrial park/parks. • CV is in favor of the increasing the Bed Tax rather than increasing property taxes. • CV has consistently encouraged the county to increase support for Economic Development as a necessary part of their long range plan. • CV supported and lobbied (unsuccessfully) for the extension of city water and sewer to Price Chopper, which would have met the needs of current and future businesses along this corridor. If successful this would have been a public/ private venture which would have saved Brooks BBQ the expense of having to build its own proprietary sewer treatment facility. The extension of public water and sewer would have improved public health and preserved the environment.
• CV in concert with GO EDC has sponsored Meet and Greets for professionals (young and older) helping them become aware of the benefits and beauty of our area. The above list is by no means complete, but it does help portray the diversity of CV interests while underscoring the consistent methodology of our engagement and support. The members of the Citizen Voices Steering Committee are people who are willing to put community ahead of self. They are involved or have been involved in schools boards, chamber boards, IDA boards, Hospice, Foothills Performing Arts Center, The Pit Run, Pathfinder Village, Springbrook, college boards, many not-for-profits boards, Boy and Girl Scouts, Little League, boys and girls clubs, soccer clubs, churches, etc. They have invested their lives in making the community they call home a better place. They are not one-issue individuals. Their purpose is to enable those who come after us to have the same opportunities that we were afforded. Unfortunately this can sometimes come at a cost to those who wish to support the broad-based efforts of Citizen Voices. Deliberate attacks and misrepresentations come from those individuals who wish not to discuss solutions but would rather try to discredit and bully those individuals who do not share their beliefs or views. We welcome dialogue and hope the above provides further clarity on CV and our global desire to remake our area the attractive and cost effective place it had been for previous generations.
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MLS#95989 9-year-old home is priced below cost to build. 3 BR, 3 bath Colonial is close to Oneonta. Must sell now! Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
MLS#96570 $239,900 Pristine Lakefront Home! Furnished home has 4 BRs, 2 baths. Completely renovated! Great rental! Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)
MLS#94077 $150,000 Excellent value for this 3 BR, 1 bath ranch in pristine condition. Call fast for this one! Call Carol A. Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
MLS#96862 $89,900 3-BR, 2-bath home w/2-car detached garage on 1 acre. Wrap-around porch, 2 decks, great views. Close to SUNY Delhi and downtown! Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#95402 $119,000 10 Minutes from Cooperstown! This solid Victorian Spacious 4 BR, 2 bath house is close to I-88.Single-family Large has antique charm w/modern upgrades. backyard, workshop/garage, smallPriced shed.to Make w/apartment or 2 separate units. sell.your appointment today.607-244-9633 Priced to go this week! Call Adam Karns@ (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
MLS#96105 $85,950 3-BR Davenport home w/fenced yard. Great home w/ upgrades. Large 2-car garage, open floorplan. Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)
MLS#94793 Operating mobile home park, all sites owned by present owner. Take advantage of this investment opportunity! Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#93004 $299,000 50+ acre horse farm w/large barn in Morris! 3-BR, 2-bath ranch, riding arenas, fenced pastures. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual tour: www.morrishorsefarm.com
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MLS#97004 $169,000 Charming Hobby Farm! Exceptional renovated 3-BR, 2-bath home on 6.72 acres w/fenced pastures, barn, 2-car garage w/workshop, small cabin w/FP, 2 ponds. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#96781 $129,900 Secluded hunting retreat on 30+ acres. 3 BRs, 2 full baths, double-wide home is high and dry. Master BR suite w/walk-in closet, eat-in kitchen, wrap-around deck. Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
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MLS#96823 $89,900 3 BRs, 2 full baths, double-wide home w/oversized 1-car garage, just outside Milford. 3rd BR is hair salon but it’s easily converted back to a BR. Great room w/FP. Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
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$149,900 MLS#95064 Price Reduced! Set up your private showing today! Well maintained home in the west end of Oneonta has all of the big ticket items done: newer roof, windows, furnace, AC. 4 BRs, 2 baths, family room w/beautiful wood-burning fireplace, skylight, view of backyard. Large kitchen, formal DR and spacious LR. Nice front porch, 2-story/ 2-car garage, paved driveway and dry basement. $154,900 MLS#96256
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