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Volume 5, No. 10
City of The Hills
& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch
Redistricting WITH HONOR Plan Bridges Oyaron Hill Except For Sliver In Ward 4, Student Majority Evaporates
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By JIM KEVLIN
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OPEN ON HOLIDAY: Seven other national retailers join Wal-Mart this year in staying open on Thanksgiving Day, but none of them have Otsego County outlets. HELPING HANDS: Luisa Montanti and the Southside Mall joined in the Hurricane Sandy relief drive organized by the Oneonta High School, donating cash, food, blankets and more. HOLIDAY TRAIN: The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train of Lights, featuring Tracey Brown & The Claytones, chugs into Oneonta at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, stopping at the James Georgeson crossing.
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Lady Yellowjackets Come Home...
Dressed in the Derailing Darlings black and purple, Peyton Sisson, 3, of Oneonta, appeared to be prepping for a future career at the Friday, Nov. 16, rollerderby contest. With her is mom Kelly/MORE
tsego Manor advocate Maureen Culbert released figures a few days ago showing that more Manor residents – 36 – are from Oneonta than any other community. That was followed by Cooperstown (33), Milford (10), Cherry Valley (9), Otego (7), Hartwick and Unadilla (6), Worcester (5), Edmeston and Schenevus (4), Maryland and Morris (3) and Mount Vision, New Berlin and Portlandville (2). One each came from , Burlington Flats, Fly Creek, Franklin, Laurens, New Lisbon, Roseboom, Schuyler Lake and Springfield Center. From out of county, 23.
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Nicole Harmer leaps for joy when the Lady Yellowjackets score the first goal in the final against Greece at the 10:53 mark of the first half Sunday, Nov. 18, at SUNY Cortland.
Soccer Team In First State Final Since ’04 “It’s an honor,” said By LIBBY CUDMORE Dani Nicosia, reflecting a few days later on ine minutes. the girls’ soccer team’s They’d gone first state finals showall the way to ing since 2004. the state finals, but “Our goal at the nine minutes was all start of the season it took for the OHS was to get to that last Lady Yellowjackets’ game, to be one of hearts to break when the last two teams in the Greece Odyssey Coach Jerry Mackey consoles the state,” said Dani. overtook Oneonta’s 1-0 his tearful team. “And we were.” lead Sunday, Nov. 18, at The Yellowjackets SUNY Cortland. Greece edged a 3-1 win took home a 1-0 win against Cold Spring in overtime. Harbor at Saturday’s semi-final after Dani “The girls played their hearts out,” said scored what fan (and county Judge) Brian Athletic Director Joe Hughes. “They were Burns termed an “unbelievable” goal. “It nine minutes away from being champs.” was a textbook example of teamwork and Broken-hearted, but philosophical. Please See SOCCER, A3
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Crowell Budget Saves Manor For Year But Treasurer Urges Caution: As Is, Nursing Home Not Sustainable By JIM KEVLIN
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hike to 1.97 percent, under the state-mandated 2 percent cap. Nonetheless, Crowell said, his budget – it eliminates eight vacant county positions, about $500,000, and delays maintenance and vehicle replacements Please See CROWELL, A7
ow fleeting is glory? If Hartwick College students were planning to seize control of Ward 5 – an unlikely scenario, granted – they’re out of luck. Just a few days ago, the proposed City of Oneonta Redistricting Plan gave Hartwick students 64.9 percent of the Ward 5 votes. Then a last-minute “Option F” surfaced, slashing that student body’s representation to a mere 35.4 percent. “The bottom line is that it maintains the integrity of the old Fifth Ward and recognizes the common interest they have in the Hartwick Hill,” Mayor Miller said of the
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Common Council didn’t act on redistricting when it met Tuesday, Nov. 20, but members and Police Chief Dennis Nayor, above, engaged in a lively debate on leaving two police positions vacant in 2013/DETAILS, A9
option that now seems likely to win Common Council’s approval. Ward 4, which includes Please See MAPPING, A9
Matt Hill looks ruefully around his Murdock Avenue home. A vagrant cigarette sparked the blaze. Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
If You Smoke, Be Cautious, Says Burned Home’s Owner By LIBBY CUDMORE Matt Hill has a warning to all smokers out there. “You have to be careful,” he said. “I never thought it would happen to me.” Oneonta Fire Department investigator determined the fire at Hill’s 10 Murdock Ave. home Tuesday, Nov. 13, was likely caused by a cigarette left in an ashtray next to the couch.
“I went over to Daddy Al’s to get a sub,” Hill said, pointing to a half-melted plastic bag on the lawn, still containing the sub, some mustard and a few other groceries. When he came back, the house was in flames. “I threw off my jacket. I just started running around the lawn like a crazy person.” Dave Macintire, who lives across the street, called 911 Please See FIRE, A8
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2012
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BRING A TOY, GET A TASTE
DERAILING DARLINGS DISH UP PRE-THANKSGIVING WIN
Sales associate Shana Bushey and Events Coordinator Erin Nordenhold the Toys for Tots donation box at Bear Pond Winery, Milford Center. Donations of new and unwrapped toys can now be dropped off at the winery through Dec. 15. With your donation, you receive a free tasting of up to six wines.
Derailing Darlings Jo D Stroya, SlamTrak, ChronHic and Honey Badger take on Albany All-Stars’ Sin & Tonic, Double Shellix and Slamchop. Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
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Future Derby Girl Olivia Sperry gets tips from SlamTrak.
“Slammer” Jo D Stroya spins to signal the end of a sequence during the Friday, Nov. 16, season opener Gory Gobbler Roller Derby Bout, where Oneonta’s Derailing Darlings bested the Albany All-Stars, 183-144, in front of a cheering crowd at Interskate 88 on Southside.
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14 OHS Musicians Play All-State Festival Largest Contingent From Area Schools
In Final, Lady Yellowjackets Scored First Only To Be Foiled In Overtime
SOCCER/From A1 her individual talent,” said Burns, father of junior Meg Burns. “It looked like it should have been on ESPN’s top plays of the By HUNTER REED week – it just took your breath away.” Fresh off that win, the early 300 high Lady Yellowjackets were school students primed. They had a 1-0 lead showed off their at halftime over the Odysmusic performance skills sey with a goal by Taryn over the weekend at the More. “One of our girls had Area All-State Festival at gotten a foul,” said Coach SUNY Oneonta. Jerry Mackey. “The girls A standing room-only scrambled after the loose audience of about 700 atball, but Taryn was able to tended the festival’s final punch it in.” concert Saturday, Nov. 17, “It was an amazing feelat the college’s Hunt Union ing,” said Dani. “It put Ballroom, according to more fuel in our tank.” Students from OHS and CCS joined students festival organizers. The lead held through the from 45 high schools in the Area-All State The festival, sponsored second half, until Leopard Concert on Saturday, Nov. 17. by the state School Music Rachael Walsh, with less Association, drew student the Area All-State Festival Smith, Jennifer Stanton, and than nine minutes to go, tied musicians and music teachwere: Chase Thomas. the score. “They had some ers from 47 high schools in • For Concert Band, • For Women’s Choir: good mid-fielders,” Mackey Otsego, Delaware, Chenan- David DePauw, Courtney Madison Beckemeyer, said. “They put pressure on go, Madison and Schoharie Hays, Tyler Horne, Jerry Li, Avalon McCaslin-Doyle, us.” counties. Maddy Rafter, Sara Horne, Hannah Harby, Abby Kahl, In the first overtime, This year, Oneonta High Abby Miller, Emily Weite, Chloe Munson, and Hunter Leopard Liz Dohr scored a School boasted the largest Eliza Puritz, Lauren Wallen, Reed. goal with 1:30 left on the number of students – 14 and Emily Armstrong. In addition, OHS stuclock. “At that point, we – accepted into vocal groups • For Mixed Choir: dents Cameron Hazard and had 10 minutes left,” Mackin the area’s five-county Adam Coe, Patsie EarleLauren Wallen will particiey said. “We took chances, NYSSMA zone, accordRichardson, Aaron Earlepate in the larger All-State we pushed up, but that left ing to OHS Choir Director Richardson, Cameron HazConference in Rochester. gaps in the back.” Megan Dyer. ard, Natasha Kashi, Gavin Leopard Jessica Marlowe OHS students selected for
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girls’ soccer showing in eight years. “It was sad, but it was a good moment to see that we’ve gotten that far as a team,” said Shelby Cleveland. “We’ve gotten better every year.” The girls returned home to a fire truck parade and a reception at the high school, and by the time they returned, they were back to smiles. “When they got off Brian Horey/HOMETOWN ONEONTA that bus in Oneonta, with all Even with a protectheir parents, former teamtive plastic face mask, mates, JV players, that’s Mariah Ruff excelled. when it hit home how much took advantage of those they’d accomplished,” said gaps and landed a goal, Burns. bringing the final score to “We weren’t expecting 3-0. that,” said Dani. “It was “I think we did everything nice to see everyone come that we could,” said Meg out and support us even Burns, outside defense. though we lost.” Mackey knew his girls And Mackey couldn’t be were disappointed by the prouder of his team. “They loss. “When that whistle represented Oneonta rehit, there were lots of tears, ally well and they handled lots of rawness,” Mackey themselves with class,” he said. “With nine seniors, it said. “They enjoyed the hits you like a ton of bricks moment and they’ll treasure – there are no more games.” the memories.” The Yellowjackets made “We’re still proud of it to the quarterfinals last them,” Hughes added. year, losing in a tight 1-0 “They’re a great group of game against defending girls and played a great state champion Bronxville. season.” This was the school’s best
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2012
EDITORIAL
This Thanksgiving Day And Beyond, Savor Every Moment
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s a community, we come to Thanksgiving 2012 with particularly heavy hearts. Since Aug. 12, when Dr. Jim Elting, the Oneonta orthopedist who was physician, friend and community leader countywide for almost four decades, passed away, it’s been one hammer blow after another. In the past few days alone, Oneonta has mourned the death of Guiseppa Avanzato, 90, matriarch of the well-known Oneonta clan, who was killed when the Jeep driven by an off-duty Peekskill police officer jumped the Route 17 median and ran head-on into the car she was riding in. And that same Sunday, Nov. 19, while friends were at Mrs. Avanzato’s calling hours at Grummons Funeral
Home, friends of Dr. Chris Kjolhede, director of Bassett Healthcare’s in-school clinics, gathered at Cooperstown’s Templeton Hall to reflect on the life of his daughter, Annalise, 24, who died the Wednesday before after a back-country skiing accident near Lake Tahoe. • In September, word was received that Cooperstown’s Constance Laymon, 46, in a wheelchair since age 14, when she fell off a cliff at an under-age keg party in the hills around Cherry Valley and damaged her spinal cord, had died on the 21st in Albany. Her physical challenge had spurred her to become one of the Capitol Region’s foremost advocates for the disabled. The next month, the community learned that Robert
This image is from Blacklight Film’s Louie Schwartzberg’s “Gratitude,” which Laurie Zimniewicz, the Oneonta consultant, shared with her many friends over the pre-Thanksgiving weekend. Go to www.youtube.com and type “gratitude” in the search line, or follow the link from www.allotsego.com
Tirrell, 25, son of another Bassett physician, Dr. Paul Tirrell, and a promising Stanford graduate in biochemistry and computational biology, had died on Oct. 10 in Los Altos Hills, Calif. Perhaps the most shock-
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Without Economic Growth, There Is No Sustainability Editor’s Note: Citizen Voices, the business group headed by Oneonta businessmen Bob Harlem and Tom Armao, is preparing a series of articles to be published over the next several weeks addressing challenges to the local economy. The first appears below. We welcome these articles, and welcome any ensuing debate. To participate, e-mail Letters to the Editor to jimk@allotsego.com
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ver the coming weeks there will be a series of articles about subjects that pertain to our community. The articles will be written by local folks who, for the most part, grew up here. They and their children attended our schools and churches, worked to support their families, invested in the community and care deeply about the area. The first article deals with the impending county budget. That budget, in and of itself, speaks to the question of sustainability. When looking at revenue compared to expenses, one must conclude that the situation is not sustainable. To understand how we got where we are, it might be useful to look at some basic information. Of late there seems to be a “movement” afoot to restrict economic growth. At first blush that might be interpreted to mean that we love the area and want to protect it by keeping things as they are. That’s a laudable goal, but do the numbers work? What is meant by that? If we continue to lose
population and business what will it take to keep what we have? Let’s use roads as an example. They require maintenance and that is expensive. In fact, due to annual cost-of-living increases, the cost of just maintaining our current system of roads goes up each year. If we have fewer people and businesses contributing to the tax base, the taxes imposed on those remaining people and businesses must, just to maintain status quo, go up. If we do that year after year, it doesn’t take long for those people and businesses to leave. Those that remain face an even more painful tax burden and reduced services. The alternative, unless new economic growth is encouraged, is to cut services to live within our budget. Doing that is often painful, as evidenced by Otsego Manor’s current $5.5 million operating deficit and the proposals, including privatization, to correct that. The people faced with that decision care and don’t take lightly their responsiPlease See CITIZENS, A7
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ing of all these tragedies – but every one was a jolt – came the morning of a draining Election Night, when Wendy and Willis Brown were found dead in their 41 Main St. home in Franklin in what police
have determined was a murder-suicide. Wendy’s sister and brother-in-law, Erna and Tom Morgan, are well-known for their civic undertakings in Oneonta and Cooperstown – from Hartwick College and the Catskill Symphony Orchestra to The Farmers’ Museum and The Friends of Bassett – and Wendy was her sister’s collaborator in most everything. • And so to Thanksgiving. In her remarks to the Oneonta Rotary Club after the death of the Browns, the Rev. Judith Thistle, Fox Hospital’s director of chaplains, was quoted saying, “We need answers to help us accept what has happened. In this circumstance, you will never get the answers you need.”
Certainly true. But if we knew all, how actionable would much of that information be? There’s much to ponder, but few assurances. We can reflect on Dr. Elting’s life well-lived – and fully enjoyed – and aspire to the same. We can draw our children more closely to us, recognizing how fragile life is in the face of youthful fearlessness. And yet, we must accept our own inevitable mortality and that of our loved ones, abrupt or expected, too soon or beyond the full Biblical span. As we gather with our families, remember that all we can know is the moment – we can’t change the past or predict the future – and this Thanksgiving Day, more than ever, savor the pleasures that are fleetingly ours.
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621, the year the Wampanoags and Puritans signed a peace treaty that led to 50 years of amity, also brought the first bountiful harvest to the Plymouth Colony, celebrated that fall at a banquet where colonists hosted the Native Americans. Here are the two surviving first-hand accounts of the First Thanksgiving, by William Bradford, the first governor, and by Edward Winslow, who would become the third governor.
Massasoit and the Puritans agree to a treaty in 1621 that resulted in 50 years of peace between the Wampanoags and Plymouth Colony.
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William Bradford in ‘Of Plimoth Plantation’
hey begane now to gather in ye small harvest they had, and to fitte up their houses and dwellings against winter, being all well recovered in health & strenght, and had all things in good plenty; for as some were thus imployed in affairs abroad, others were excersised in fishing, aboute codd, & bass, & other fish, of which yey tooke good store, of which every family
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had their portion. All ye somer ther was no want. And now begane to come in store of foule, as winter approached, of which this place did abound when they came first (but afterward de-
creased by degrees). And besids water foule, ther was great store of wild Turkies, of which they tooke many, besids venison, &c. Besids, they had about a peck a meale a weeke to a person, or now since harvest, Indean corn to yt proportion. Which made many afterwards write so largly of their plenty hear to their freinds in England, which were not fained, but true reports.”
Edward Winslow in ‘Mourt’s Relation ‘
ur harvest being gotten in, our governour sent foure men on fowling, that so we might after a speciall manner rejoyce together, after we had gathered the fruits of our labours ; they foure in one day killed as much fowle, as with a little helpe beside, served the Company almost a weeke, at which time amongst other
Recreations, we exercised our Armes, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and amongst the rest their greatest king Massasoyt, with some ninetie men, whom
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for three dayes we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five Deere, which they brought to the Plantation and bestowed on our Governour, and upon the Captaine and others. And although it be not always so plentifull, as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so farre from want, that we often wish you partakers of our
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
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will be picked up at the schools on Wednesday, December 13. The canned goods are included in food baskets made up for distribution before Christmas. November 1972
Yesterday afternoon, a passerby the residence of W.D. Bissell on Main Street, would at a glance have noted that something unusual was going on. The front porch of Mr. Bissell’s residence was fairly covered with baskets and large, carefully wrapped packages, and every few moments a wagon would be driven briskly up, one or more of the packages placed in it, and away it would dash again at a lively speed. Investigation revealed that the women of Oneonta – members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and others – were engaged in the most commendable work of supplying worthy families of the town with Thanksgiving dinners. It had somehow leaked out that it was their intention to do this, and soon they were fairly deluged with contributions from many quarters. One generous person sent six dollars in cash, another sent chickens, another turkeys, another groceries, and so on, until it became apparent that there was to be enough to supply the demand, and the work of arranging and sending out was begun in earnest. Every package or basket was supplied with vegetables in profusion and either a chicken or turkey or fine roast. November 1887
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Administrators at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital this week will begin studying suggestions dealing with a projected $2 million deficit in the hospital’s 1983 budget. Earlier this month, hospital officials announced that they may be forced to cut 50 employees from the facility’s staff to cope with the shortfall. However, they were quick to add that, whenever possible, the cuts would be made through attrition, and by not filling vacancies. The hospital currently employs about 650 people. The budget problem stems from a state decision, made in October, to place a ceiling on Medicare and Medicaid cost increases. Under the new limits hospitals would be allowed to increase medical costs covered by the two programs by 16 percent above 1981 prices for the years 1983 and 1984. Payments from Medicare and Medicaid make up roughly 70 percent of the hospital’s annual budget. November 1982
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SHARE (Self-Help & Resource Exchange) is a food
From the indications of last night indoor baseball in the city will be a great success during the winter months. The gallery was crowded with fans who kept up a constant cheering for their favorites, and as the ninth inning closed with victory for Company G when Finley walloped the ball with a mighty stroke for the winning run, bedlam broke loose with the score 23-22. An analysis of the two teams would show that the high school team is the better fielding organization, while their heavier opponents are better with the stick. The high school has in Downing by far the best pitcher displayed, though Company G may develop a man who will prove as good. Downing pitched the entire nine innings and only walked four men. For Company G, Orr passed one, Bond gave a free ticket to four, and Westcott issued ten free passes to the initial sack. November 1912
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A total of 140 children received their initial triple vaccine shots for protection against diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough, at the first city clinic of this season held at the health center in the Oneonta high school. In charge of the clinic was Dr. Reade S. Sisson. He was aided by Mrs. Gertrude Cornell, Mrs. Ruth Rabeler, Mrs. James Nesbitt, Mrs. Carrie Lockwood, Mrs. Gilbert Driggs, and Miss Grace Miller.
November 1932 cooperative that allows anyone regardless of income, to Pvt. Henry L. Hulbert of 12 Walling Blvd. has arrived at Fort Dix, N.J. and has been assigned to the 9th Infantry Division for eight weeks of basic training. Private Hulbert is the son of Burton Hulbert. Before entering the service he attended Oneonta high school, St. Lawrence University and Columbia Law School. November 1952
40 Years Ago
Today is National Kettle Day, marking the beginning of The Salvation Army’s Christmas Appeal to give a happy Christmas to needy families. Kettles will be located in front of Bresee’s in downtown Oneonta, FBC in the west end, at Jamesway, and possibly the Pyramid Mall in the East End. Bell ringers will be out Wednesday through Saturday, December 23. The Rotary Club will be manning a kettle at Bresee’s on Saturday, December 9 and the Kiwanis Club will man it on Saturday, December 16. The Christmas letter appeal will be sent out in Oneonta on December 1. One hundred and twenty dolls have been purchased by the Army for distribution to needy children at Christmas. These dolls are dressed by local individuals and groups in the community. Canned goods are donated through the school system. That project was kicked off by Bugbee School at its annual Thanksgiving Program this past Tuesday. Canned goods
buy $35 worth of food for $14 and two hours of community service each month. SHARE, started in 1983 by an American businessman, is now found in 22 states. SHARE arrived in Otsego County about six months ago. This past Saturday, a whopping 29,205 pounds of food was handed out to area families according to Marie Lusins, coordinator of SHAREOtsego. The food varies every month but always includes meat, fruit, vegetables and a staple such as potatoes or pasta, Lusins said. November 1992
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The meal for the Otsego County Senior Meals Program for Monday, November 25, will be: German sausage, sauerkraut and mustard; German potato salad; carrots; orange juice; hot dog roll, tapioca pudding. For Tuesday, November 26: Sliced turkey with gravy; bread stuffing; winter squash; tomato juice; rye bread; pumpkin pie. For Wednesday, November 27: Roast beef with gravy; mashed potatoes; red cabbage; pumpernickel bread; white cake with whipped topping. Thursday, November 28: Closed for Thanksgiving Day. Friday, November 29: Spaghetti and meatballs with sauce; Parmesan cheese; salad; warm garlic bread; chocolate chip cookie. Reservations must be made one day in advance. November 2002
Winter Concert Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 7:30 pm—First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. Reception afterwards. Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 4:00 pm—St. Mary’s Church, 39 Walnut Street, Oneonta
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Crowell Budget Saves Manor For Year CROWELL/From A1 – shouldn’t set anyone’s mind at ease about the county nursing home’s future. In an interview, he said he’s afraid taxpayers will look at the budget and say, “We’ve still got The Manor. Taxes are only going up 1.97 percent. I don’t need anything from the county. Everything’s OK.� That would be a mistake, Crowell said: The sense of urgency about The Manor’s future must kept alive, because the increase in county support – from $3.3 million
this year to $5.5 million next – can’t be maintained. In July, when Crowell made his first budget presentation to the board, “we were looking at some positive factors. We’d more or less emerged from the hardest aspects of the downturn.� He still expects sales-tax revenues to be at 2007, pre-Great Recession levels by year’s end. He knew pension costs would increase 20 percent, about $1 million, but didn’t expect “a significant restructuring of Medicaid
reimbursements� until 2014. “The bad news is that it’s happening in 2013.� When department heads submitted budgets in September, however, “we had a $6 million budget gap.� Working with the county board’s Administration Committee, three positions were eliminated in the highway department, one in the Office for Aging and a health department position. The Manor restructured duties to eliminate the equivalent of one position. A half-time assistant public
Economic Sustainability Important, Too CITIZENS/From A4 bility. However, due to the area’s stagnant economy, they are faced with choices and unfortunately they’re not choices about how to grow services. It is not our elected officials alone who are responsible for this unfortunate situation. Those of us who have discouraged new business share the responsibility. It’s not a matter of taking sides. Rather, it’s a matter of being willing to look beyond one’s own needs or views and encourage what will be good for the entire community. The area stopped growing when its main private enterprise, the railroad, stopped growing. The colleges and hospitals have kept the area from economic collapse, but they don’t add to the property tax base or pay sales tax.
If our area is going to go beyond just struggling to maintain status quo, we must encourage economic growth – and it must be real. Tourism can be a component of that growth as can organic farming, but they cannot and will not be able to carry the full weight of what is needed to reverse our downward spiral. Think about the magnitude of new revenue needed to get the quality of education back to its former glory where we graduated 95 percent of our students and dominated in extracurricular activities – including, but not limited to sports. Declining enrollment often results in an increase in the cost per student, a curtailment in things like advanced placement courses and extra-curricular activities. Count on your fingers the number of families whose
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children have been able to remain in the area and use a calculator to keep track of those who had to leave to find work. Is that what we want for our community? Some topics for future articles might include Constitution Pipeline and the potential economic benefits from lower energy costs, home rule and the potential for unintended consequences, road use regulations, tourism, organic farming and finding leaders who don’t look for a parade to get in front of but rather have a vision that causes the parade to form behind them. In those articles we will talk about specific examples of how to bring about change and/or what that change might mean. We hope you will find them of value and invite suggestions for topics.
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buyer for The Manor. In the end, he sees no alternative to sale, he said. Private enterprise can “agilely� adjust to changing market conditions, where the county, governed by CSEA contracts, must negotiate any adjustments, a time-consuming process. He sees no help from Albany or D.C. “New York State’s Medicaid expenditure per person is almost double the national average. Everyone else was clustered around the average. They’re going to reform it, but they aren’t going to reform it in a direction that’s going to help The Manor,� he said
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2-3: Author Jack Singer (“Justice at 40 Below�) tells tales, slide-show of dog mushing in Alaska. Studio North, South Main. Free 2-3:30: Christmas carols around fire at American Hotel, plus recital of “enhanced� version of The Sharon Springs Christmas Chicken Story 3:30-4:30: Learn Victorian-era group dances. Period finery welcome. Free 4-6: Classical guitarist Harry George Pelligrin performs, New York House. Wine, cheese, $10 at door. (Encore at 7)
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letters spelling out her name on the wall. They’re still there.” While most of his possessions were in ruins, a few things survived. In looking for the deed to the house, he found his only photograph of his best friend’s daughter, Kayla, who died when she was 18. He keeps it in the breast pocket of his coat. He also managed to
save a few photo albums of his three children, none of whom were home when the fire broke out. Mikala, who lives with her mother in Orange County, keeps calling to ask if “her” tree is okay. “There’s a big old maple in the back,” he said. “In the spring, I’m going to dig up a seedling so she can plant her own tree.”
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Lynch, Hennessy Challenge Mayor On Police Vacancies outine arrests for robberies, drug possession and college students fighting are one thing. But Police Chief Dennis Nayor did that two better seeking to convince Common Council Tuesday, Nov. 20, that two police positions in his department should not be left vacant. He told of the recent apprehension of a Native American, complete with headdress, who, doing a war dance in the middle of Main Street, was blocking traffic. Then he told of a separate public-drunkeness arrest of a man who had ridden his horse along Route 7 from Schenevus to Oneonta. “A police chief in Cortland asked, ‘How do we do it?’” Nayor reported during a discussion of the proposed 2013 city budget. “I told him, ‘We bust our butts.’ We’ve made an art out of doing more with less, but there comes a time when you can’t do any more.” Mayor Miller, who sent the proposed budget to Common Council members Tuesday, Nov. 13, for their review, pointed out that the current staffing level – 28 officers – is the same as 2011, and five more officers than were on staff in August. “This issue is, when we spend 32 percent on police, it’s hard to deal with the issue of the optimized police force.” Council Member Mike Lynch countered: “The piece that’s missing is impact. We’ve had more conversations about the cleaning services at the armory than we have about these vacan-
cies. It’s irresponsible.” Tensions ran high at the meeting even though no vote was on the table. One woman stomped out halfway through, muttering, “I want to scream and cry.” The budget goes to public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 27, and must be voted on by council by the following Tuesday, Dec. 4. Council Member Maureen Hennessy pointed out that interviews are already under way, with the implication of a hire, for one officer, who came highly recommended by Chief Nayor. “I will fight to have this one position filled,” she said. “We never would have gone through the interview process if we’d known we weren’t going to hire him.” Miller replied that permission had been given to interview, not to offer a position. “It’s asinine to start the process without a plan to complete it,” retorted Lynch. Miller’s argument is that keeping these positions unfilled will cause layoffs further down the line. “If you think this is a tough decision, it will be tougher when there are names and faces to people you have to lay off.” In a memo to his Common Council colleagues, Lynch said maintaining the current staffing would only add $150,000 to the budget, increasing the deficit in Miller’s proposed from $457,000 to $607,800. “It’s not like we need these two positions to be cut to balance anything this year,” he said. “This is the cost of safety,” Nayor said. “If you want to lose weight, you can cut off an arm – but you’re going to need that arm.”
REMAPPING/From A1 part of SUNY Oneonta, now has a student majority, but only a slight one: 50.5 percent. And given college students’ disinterest to date in local politics – only 36 are registered to vote locally – a student coup is unlikely. Overall, Option F lowers the divergence of population between the wards to 3 percent. Currently, Ward 1 (the East End) had 16.7 percent fewer residents, and thus had more clout per vote; Ward 8 (the north side of the downtown) has 18.4 percent more, and thus less clout per vote. Council Member Chip Holmes, Ward 8, who raised the alarum on the Redistricting Commission’s first recommended plan, said his main concern was the damage it did to the intact nature of the West End, and that’s been remedied. “I was a little frustrated,” he said, “but it worked out very well in my mind.” Ward 5 Council Member Madolyn Palmer, who was being redistricted out of her ward and said she’d been “swamped” with calls from constituents concerned about the redrawn lines, will continue to reside in the now-redrawn district. “Every council member is still in the ward they previously represented,” said the mayor. The new Ward 5 also reconnects the Sunset Terrace neighborhood on the north side of Hartwick Hill with Lewis, Pearl and other streets that head up the south side of the hill from Chestnut Street. Those neighborhoods had found common cause in concern over the college’s possible development of the hill during the recent revision of the city’s Comprehensive Master Plan, Miller said. The stated goal of redistricting – the new City Charter, approved last November,
required the first remapping since 1976 – was to bring the wards into line with court rulings, and Miller and Holmes expressed confidence that’s been accomplished. “The wards need to be of approximately the same size,” said Miller. “They should recognized historic neighborhoods within the city. They should recognize special communities of interest, i.e., the students. “Why leave it alone? I respond to that: Why change it?” Guided by consultant Josh Simons of SUNY New Paltz’ Center for Research, Regional Education & Outreach, the commission had been meeting over the summer. It had briefly discussed dropping from eight wards to six, or eliminating wards altogether. In the end, commissioners decided to preserve the eight-ward configuration, which can be approved by a simple Common Council vote; the other options would have required another charter revision and a vote of the full electorate. After Holmes and Palmer challenged the initial plan at the Nov. 6 Common Council meeting, Miller said, Holmes and consultant Simons conferred and came up with Option F, which was then reviewed and endorsed by the commission. There’s a possibility this could be the city’s last redistricting, said Holmes, pointing to the possible jointure of the city and town, which is being advocated by Mayor Miller. “I think Oneonta is going to look a lot different in nine years (after Census 2020),” said Holmes. “It’s just a matter of finances, where the city and town are going to be able work together in some form.” In the town, the supervisor and town board members are elected at large.
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MLS#85578 – Location, seclusion and views make this solid comtemporary ideal for working, living, and playing. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bring Offers! $245,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633ls.
MLS#85820 - Very nice country home w/3 BRs, 2 baths and 2-car garage, just minutes to the village, and a few miles from both Otsego and Canadarago Lakes. $139,000 Call Kathy @ 607-267-2683
MLS#86265 - Great location! High traffic and great visibility on Main St in Oneonta. 3000 sq ft bldg, numerous rooms, office space, bathrms, clean full basement, parking for 20+ cars, handicapped accessible, very well maintained. $235,000 Call Brad @ 607-434-9234 All offers considered! MLS#84719 - Fully furnished cottage on Canadarago Lake just 65 ft to the shoreline w/50’ ROW. Gorgeous views from the front porch and sunroom. Only $1,000 total taxes. $89,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512
New Listing! MLS#86403 - This beautiful 4 BR home sits on over 90 secluded acres and offers hardwood floors, country kitchen, grand DR opening to formal LR and den w/woodstove. Upstairs 4 BR and remodeled bath. $239,900 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026
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MLS#86907 - Come take a look at this solid home on 15 acres. It has been updated with wonderful additions. Call or text Sharon @ 607-267-2681
MLS#86474 - Charming 4 BR, 2½ bath, Cooperstown village home w/updated kitchen, granite countertops, newer appliances, large private yard and garage. $234,900 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026
MLS#84020 - Large Colonial w/4 BR, 3½ baths, master suite w/walk-in closet and large bath w/separate shower and soaking tub. Eat-in kitchen w/double pantry closets, wood floors on 1st floor, and a full finished basement w/full bath and outside entrance to ground level. $270,000 Call Chris @ 607-376-1201
MLS#84136 – Minutes from downtown Oneonta, this 3 BR, 2 bath ranch has full basement and 2-car garage on a quiet dead-end street w/lots of new. Master BR suite is an efficiency apt but could easily be converted back. $129,900 Call Tom @ 607-435-2068 MLS#86980 - 4 BR apt over a 1000 sq ft commercial office space or storefront. This home features hardwood floors, high ceilings, built-in cupboards and shelves, wood window shutters, and more. Walk-up attic, 2-car attached garage, and 4 bay detached garage. $189,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068
MLS#84000 - Westford log home on 5 acres with many updates and a large 4-car garage…secluded and close to 801 acres of State land! $186,900 Call Brad @ 607-434-9234
MLS#86186 - Stunning Victorian on a ½ acre w/5-6 BRs, 1 ½ baths, 1st flr laundry, study, attic, htd front porch and sunroom, workshop, family room, LR, DR, and eat-in kitchen. Foyer w/original staircase and stained glass. Newer roof, septic and HWH. Garage, gazebo, and barn. $164,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683
MLS#86056 - 3 BR, 2 bath ranch w/attached garage, on 11 acres w/apple orchard, and creek. Wood-burning fireplace, master BR suite, spacious rooms, deck, and finishable dry basement w/high ceilings. Close to Oneonta, Cooperstown, and Norwich. $169,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068
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Now is the time to purchase this rental property while the interest rates are still at an all time low. House is leased at $1000 per month, with the lease ending June of 2013. Would make an excellent student rental and could easily rent for $2000 per semester per student or more so plan ahead for the 2013-2014 school year.Great location within walking distance to Hartwick or SUNY. Current COC. $69,900.MLS#82899
oneontarealty.com FAMILY HOME - In park like setting w/stream & 2 ponds great for outdoor activity. Newly constructed 2 car garage, ideal for a shop or extra storage. Minutes from Cooperstown. $324,900 MLS #85867 PRIME LOCATION – This Main St historic building currently has retail space on 1st flr w/ 2 other flrs that could be finished into apts. Amazing opportunity for development. Rear access from alley for ease of deliveries. $450,000 MLS #86988
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(7623) Custom, spotless 3 BR/3 BA Dutch Colonial enriched by valley views on 9.58 acres. Light and airy with finished basement and formal LR and DR. 2 Rumford fireplaces, large kitchen w/eating area and keeping room. Gracious 4-season rm w/pellet stove leading to patio, large deck, and hot tub. Hand-hewn beams, period hardware, wide pine floors throughout. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $479,900
(7497) Well-kept 4-BR residence near hospital, sports center, and schools. One-owner home features 1¾ baths, formal DR, built-in bookcases, cheery brick fireplace, eat-in kitchen, playroom, oak floors, newer furnace. Garage, useful workshop, partially finished basement, enclosed porch. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $299,00
Mini FarM on 14+ acres
(7551) Rewarding 1850s country vintage eyebrow-Colonial with valley views. This 3 BR home features formal DR, back porch, beamed ceilings, hardwood floors. Horse barn w/4 box stalls, riding rink, hi-tensile fence. A fix-up! CV-S Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $134,000
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(7407) Choice building site with excellent lake views and w/ lake access and beach are directly in front of property. Level lot, easy to build on. Hubbell’s Exclusive $295,000
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A lovingly maintained country home with attached guest quarters. The rear of the property borders Red Creek and is only minutes from Cooperstown. Large living room and a formal dining room most of the wide plank original floors have been refinished. Call today for your private showing of this wonderful home. $130,000 Listing #85379 Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881
Location, Location, Location! ExcLusivELy by Don oLin REaLty at a nEw PRicE: $269,900.
This Cooperstown Village home is in move-in condition. Built in 1965, offering 4 + bedrooms, 2 full baths, formal living room, dining room, updated kitchen with tile floor and stainless front appliances, pantry, library/TV room. There is full basement and an attached two car garage with auto open. Location is perfect! Leave your car at home and walk to the schools, the grocery store, Bassett Hospital and the Clark Sports facility. Hardwood floors throughout. With some updating this property will be perfect for family and easy living in a comfortable atmosphere. Call to make an appointment to visit this immaculate, owner ready, property. Situated a corner lot facing Lake Street overlooking the golf course. The house has had updating with new stainless steel appliances, soapstone counters, newly painted kitchen cupboards and a gas kitchen range; mechanicals have also been updated. Ease of access from the attached large garage. Mudroom entry from garage. The house has good natural light in all rooms. There are two wood-burning fireplaces – one in the living room and one in the dining room. Two baths have been totally redone – full and three quarter. Private backyard with patio. Perfect location within walking distance of the golf course, the Otesaga Hotel and all village locations. Convenient one floor living with a big house feel! Ready for immediate occupancy. Call today to visit this charming village home. For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donlinrealty.com
Private 100 acres
(7104) Incredible valley views on a private road. Trails throughout, fantastic hunting, small pond. Adjacent to County forest. Old farmhouse needs work. Solar powered 35x10 getaway, open floorplan,1 BR. Possible owner financing. 8 miles from Cooperstown. Hubbell’s Exclusive $189,000
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(7625) Everything as you like it in this 3 BR/2 bath home, with formal DR, French doors, hardwood floors, 3-car garage, den, office, original millwork. Large front porch, playhouse, barn, and 14x20 studio/guest house was a country store. Edmeston School. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $135,000
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MLS#84581 - Motivated sellers will entertain all offers. This home boasts 5 BRs and 4 baths. Stone fireplace, surround sound, 2 garages . $250,000 Call or text Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681
MLS#85025 - Motivated sellers will consider all offers! Come take a look at this great Cape Cod set on 2.62 acres. Call or text Sharon @ 607-267-2681
MLS#86251 - Ranch home a mile from town with 4 BRs, open floorplan, garage, nice backyard…many updates! $139,000 Call Brad @ 607-434-9234
MLS#85252 - Private setting for country living. Rustic log cabin features a spacious open floorplan and wrap-around deck, pool, walk-out basement. Additional land available. Priced right at $147,500 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633
enGaGinG FarMhouse on 25 acres (7434) This 6 BR/2 bath residence is set in a quaint hamlet on 25 acres. Spacious layout includes country eat-in kitchen, den, original millwork, woodstove, 2 new furnaces, replacement windows, plank floors, wrap-around front porch, large 2-story barn, pole barn, plus a completely remodeled 1 BR cottage. Richfield Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $199,900
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