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Volume 205, No. 2

COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

The Met IS US! Movie’s ‘PROMISED LAND’

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Homer Osterhoudt, retired Cooperstown postman (he walked 12 miles a day) and attendee at 73 Hall of Fame Inductions, is turning 95. His family (including daughter-inlaw Priscilla) has invited the community to a birthday party 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20, at the First Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall, 19 Elm.

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t was a chilling moment for many watching Matt Damon’s “Promised Land” in the Southside Mall Cinema the other night. Oneonta’s David Rockwell was among those who felt it when another character turns to Damon and says, “Good luck in New York.” “We would like to continue living in New York,” said Rockwell exiting the move, which opened Friday, Jan. 4 and charted at #10 over the weekend. “If it’s still safe.”

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he National Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual announcement of this year’s inductees was planned Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, and it appeared likely Steroids Stars would continue to be excluded. Sportswriters have been debating whether Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens should be admitted, but AP and New York Times’ canvasses of BBWAA writers showed support in the 40 percentile, much less than the required 75 percent/ CHECK www.allotsego.com

TOURNEY FINALS: Due to snowstorms over the winter break, the Dick White Boys’ Holiday Basketball Tournament finals and consolation games have been rescheduled for Saturday, Jan. 19, at Bursey Gym. YOUTH TRYOUTS: Grades 4-12 singers are invited to audition for Glimmerglass Festival’s “Little Drummer Girl Passion.” Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 24-26, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richfield Springs. Check www. glimmerglass.org

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A rapt Foothills audience watches “Les Troyens,” above, including locals Deborah Voight and Dwayne Croft.

‘Troyens’ Highlights County Opera Links

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Fly Creek’s Lena Guyot, Franklin’s Peter Bevilacqua and Davenport’s Barbara Loeffler discuss the movie.

Damon, as Steve Butler, represents a fictional $9 billion natural-gas company Global. His job: to get Please See MOVIE, A7

To Power Three Mile Point, Village Goes Back To Nature

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ooperstown’s oldest park – Three Mile Point, bought from Judge Cooper’s descendants in 1899 – has gotten a 21st-century update. After losing the right of way for the park’s electrical service, the Village Board authorized a photovoltaic system to power the caretaker’s building, the park’s lights and the fans in the state-of-the-art Clivus Please See PARK, A7

he Metropolitan Opera’s production of Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” – the $1.3 million gate was a record for MetLive’s 800 simulcasts – turned out to be a showcase of Otsego County’s commitment to the art. Please See OPERA, A7

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In Museum Studies, CGP Rocks, Alum’s Appointment Proves By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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UNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski has been known to call the Cooperstown Graduation Program in Museum Studies “the jewel in the crown.”

Everyone’s Proud In Greg Harris, But Other Grads, Too Last month’s appointment of CGP grad Gregory S. Harris as president/ CEO of the high-profile Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was a dramatic example of his alma mater’s prominence. But Harris, also an alumnus of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

& Museum, isn’t the only one. Of the 865 living CGP graduates, 207 are directors, CEO or managers of the nation’s museums and cultural organizations, and another 91 are curators, according to Alumni Coordinator Catherine Raddatz. “It’s a tough job market, but our

students are still getting jobs,” said Gretchen Sorin, the director and distinguished professor of the program, which is allied with the New York State Historical Association and housed in recently rebuilt quarters overlooking Otsego Lake just north of The Fenimore Art Museum. “We’re just so proud of all of them,” added Raddatz. Please See CGP, A3

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Harris’ Elevation At Rock Hall Of Fame Dramatizes CGP’s Accomplishment

CGP/From A1 Take Peter Kenny, Class of ’85. Right out of school, he was hired by New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Today, he is the Met’s Ruth Bigelow Wriston curator of American Decorative Arts and administrator of the American Wing, and he writes and lectures extensively on colonial and federal furniture and craftsmen. His latest exhibition is “Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York.� After six months at the Met, ending last May, it is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The catalogue he prepared won NYSHA’s 2013 Henry Allen Moe Prize. “I want to keep the flame and interest alive for future collectors,� he said. Kenny was also “deeply involved� in the American Wing’s 10-year, three-phase renovation of 26 galleries, completed last January. A Ph.D. in art history

“At the time, the program was very innovative,� she said, and it’s stood the test of time. “In the 1970s, near the Bicentennial, museum programs started at several colleges, but most of them colThe selection of Greg Harris, CGP’93, as president/CEO lapsed. We’re one of of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dramatized his alma the few remaining, mater’s contribution to the museum-management field. and I still think it’s Other standouts are, from left, Peter Kenny, ’85, at The Met; Jane Shadel Spillman, ’65, at the Corning Museum the best.� The affiliation with of Glass, and Cara Bramson, ’10, at The Visual Arts CenThe Fenimore adds ter of New Jersey. to the CGP’s luster. used to be the entryway seum of Glass. “We’re one of only to museum careers, but She was in the CGP class two other programs, out CGP helped redefine the of 15, graduating in 1965. of hundreds, that have our qualifications. “Now in the She had done an internship campus at the museum,� museum world, people are with the Corning Museum, said Sorin. “If they want to more concerned with how was hired immediately after hang paintings, they hang museums function,� said graduation and has stayed paintings. If they want to Kenny. “I was a bit ahead there ever since. The many work on public programof my colleagues in that exhibits she curated inming, they can do that. respect. Learning museum cluded “Glass from World’s These are real experiences, ethics and proper proceeFairs,� “The Queen’s and that’s the most impordure allowed me to jump in Collection: Danish Royal tant part.� and be useful in a place like Glass� and “Dining at the “The program is so the Met.� White House.� comprehensive,� said Take Jane Shadel SpillShe also authored several Jacob Barry, ‘12, corporate, man, curator of American books on glass furnishing foundation and government Glass at the Corning Muand manufacturing. relations coordinator at

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the Museum of Science in Boston. “I didn’t have to choose a specific track, which helped me speak the language of the museum when I’m talking to exhibit coordinators or funders. It broadened my understanding of how the parts of museum fit together.� Spillman agreed. “I loved history, but I knew I didn’t want to teach, so I was glad to discover museum work. I get to handle ‘old things’ and do research, both of which I love.� Cara Bramson, ‘10, recently promoted to interim director of programs at The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit, says it was the program’s “group work� that helped her rise to the top of her field. “It’s incredibly important for my work,� she said. “We work together constantly, and everyone has their own personality and their own way of working – Cooperstown taught me patience!� Other notable alumni

include Christian Overland, ‘93, executive VP of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. Robert Kret, ‘87, is the director of the Georgia O’Keefe museum in Santa Fe. Betsey Kornhauser, ‘74, is also a curator at The Met. Peggy Parsons created The National Gallery of Art’s film department and was honored for her efforts with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the D.C. Independent Film Festival in 2004. “The program gave me a sense of values about preservation of the past,� she said. “It determined the course of my life.� While many CGP grads took jobs across the country, several graduates, including Al Bullard at Red Hill Antiques in Milford, Erik Strohl, senior director of exhibitions and collections at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and Kathryn Boardman of First Frost Traditions in Cherry Valley, stayed close to home.

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tor and executive director in the marketing, planning and public relations. He served on boards of Otsego Stamp County Chamber and the American Heart Association, and is active in the American College of Healthcare Executives and American Hospital Association. Jim Watkinson of RBC Wealth Management, left, presents a $5,000 check to Otsego Land Trust President Harry Levine, right, and Land Trust Field Representative Connie Tedesco for the initial cleanup of Deowongo Island in Canadarago Lake. The money will become part of the local match for a $25,000 from the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Foundation to acquire and improve properties along Oaks Creek.

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Gibson May Just Be ‘The Happy Warrior’ The County Needs

e was painted as a Tea Party adherent during the recently completed campaign, even though he stressed how he ranked high in the Washington Post’s bi-partisanship index. Talk is cheap, sure. But U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, has been walking the talk since he was reelected Tuesday, Nov. 7, to represent all of Otsego County for the first time. (He absorbed U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna’s portion in the 2011 redistricting.) First, with the fiscal cliff looming, Gibson, who a year before had signed conservative Grover Norquist’s pledge never to raise taxes, took off the straightjacket: He was quoted as saying his focus is on economic growth, which presumably will require investments of various types (even taxes). Second, he was among the 85 Republicans who joined 172 Democrats to approved the essential, albeit imperfect, legislation on New Year’s Day that averted the fiscal cliff. His campaign rhetoric said bipartisan, and his actions are proving the rhetoric true.

• In his first Otsego County appearance since his Thursday, Jan. 3, swearing in – it was Monday, Jan. 7, at the Otsego County Chamber’s annual State of the State breakfast, this year in SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Conference Center – Gibson continued to impress as someone who will pursue sensible, consensus solutions. His checklist of priorities covered a range of interests, from the very macro – reform of the “national security establishment,” to make it more supple in response to threats – to the locally focused – raising public knowledge about Lyme Disease (growing around here) and promoting better treatment. He discussed the damage to household finances averted by the fiscal-threat deal: With the average household income in the 19th District at $50,000, the expiration of the Bush Era tax cuts would have cost an average of $2,500. A 55 percent tax on estates over $1 million, also averted, would have made it prohibitive for our capital-intensive farms to be

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“If we don’t come together, we’re going to get the status quo – and that’s not acceptable,” the county’s new congressman, Chris Gibson, told the Otsego County Chamber’s State Of The State forum. Others are, from left, Assemblymen Bill Magee and Pete Lopez, and state Sen. Jim Seward.

passed from one generation to the next, he said. And that a 39 percent rate on dividends and capital gains would have hit the wealthy, but also many of our local retirees who depend on investments to support more modest lifestyles. • He revisited the CooperLatourette legislation that won only 38 votes when it was introduced last year

– however, 17 of those votes were Democratic and 17 Republican, so it was considered a valiant if Quixotic effort at bipartisanship. The C-L plan is loosely based on Simpson-Bowles. The advantage of both is they take a 10-year look at budget issues. Certainly, the deficit wasn’t achieved overnight; it makes sense to pay it down over time. It doesn’t address the is-

sue of income inequality, 30 years in the making, which was dramatized by the Occupy Wall Street movement and must be addressed. But, absent the revenue piece, C-L adopts a framework – cost-savings, adjustments to make pay-ins and payouts more progressive – that will probably be part of any solution. That’s sensible. By embracing it, Gibson is meeting a campaign pledge to be sensible. • In listening to Gibson the other morning, the other quality that comes to forefront is that of “Happy Warrior.” Sure, the economy’s not great, he said, “but there’s a lot to be encouraged about.” For one thing, the trade deficit we lashed ourselves about for years may, this year, become a trade surplus. There’s $3 trillion on the sidelines, he continued, and if Congress can only assure stability, that money should come back into play. He repeated his commitment to growth after decades of shrinking population Upstate, and the rest of the delegation that appeared

with him – state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Assemblymen Bill Magee, D-Nelson, and Republicans Pete Lopez of Schoharie and Cliff Crouch of Bainbridge – chimed in. He repeated his pledge to expand broadband throughout the district, and Seward promised “an exciting announcement soon” on that topic. • For years, these chamber breakfasts (sometimes, lunches) were doom-andgloom affairs. But after six years of real economic doom-and-gloom, aren’t we sick of it? Besides, don’t we sense the economy getting back in gear? It was encouraging to hear, not necessarily good news, but hope for better news. And ideas to get there. And an attentive congressman can’t hurt. Since the election, Gibson had already visited the county – at least one, to confer with Oneonta business and community leaders. After the breakfast, he and Seward departed for tours of Ioxus, Custom Electronics and Corning – and attendees went forth with some cheer.

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Faustian plan conceived in hell, and will surely collapse. That’s a prediction that I really mean. Governor Cuomo, on his way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, has to push through some liberal-looking reforms, one of which is a hike in the minimum wage. He will certainly get his way on this long overdue reform, but I predict that the Old Democrats in the minority in the Senate will NOT go along with the proposal that the New Collaborationist Democrats (IDC) come up with. Sen. Liz Kruge, D-Manhattan, will be heard to say, “We need a real hike in the minimum wage. This is disgusting.” She’ll be joined on the barricades by Sen. Mike Gianaris, D-Astoria. I predict that the same thing will happen on campaign finance reform. The Old or “true” Democrats will be confronted by a watered-down bill, unlike the existing plan in New York City. It will be likened to the new, really weak Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE. The proposed bill will still give the Republicans

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t’s time for my fearless New Year’s predictions. Here are the rules: Some of these will be based on things that I want to have happen. Others will be conjured up to put a hex on things that I don’t want to see happen, while still others are things that I believe actually will happen. It will be up to you to figure out which is which. I predict that there will be utter chaos in the state Senate, where the renegade turncoat appeasers known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) under Sen. Jeff Klein, D-Bronx, have made peace with the Republicans under Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre. Together, these five so-called Democrats, which include Malcolm Smith, D-Hollis, one of the men against whom the original IDC was rebelling, have come up with a Rube Goldberg plan that sees Skelos and Klein each serving as Senate president every two weeks. It’s a •F

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time when he says he didn’t write it he will be telling the truth. Speaker Sheldon Silver will be unanimously extolled by his conference and will be crowned “Speaker for Life.” Thomas DiNapoli, the superb New York State Comptroller, will be approached by the Cuomo people who will want him to know that they are now in full support of his work. He will receive an apology for their past aggression. He will accept the apology but keep a watchful eye on the second floor.

The self-contained but brilliant Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will prepare to run for governor when Cuomo goes. Eliot Spitzer will run for and win a major political office. His mea culpa will be accepted by the people of New York State who treasure his brilliance. Alan Chartock is president of WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, Albany, at 99.3 FM in Oneonta, or 97.3 in Cooperstown. His email is alan@wamc.org

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and the governor a way to collect a lot of money and will not equalize things for those with little or no money. The governor will finally come out with his fracking plan. There will be no question that the antifracking movie starring Matt Damon will be a game changer, but the governor will allow “limited fracking.” His campaign coffers will swell with gas and oil money. I predict that when the end comes for the Vichy-type arrangement between Klein and Skelos, Klein will be made chairman of the Finance Committee. The top two spots in the new Democratic majority will be denied to him. A new book will come out about Andrew Cuomo. It will extol the governor but the reviews will be very poor. The book will be replete with quotes from unidentified sources. About the same time, a new novel of political intrigue will appear which will have more New York State readers than “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It will not be written by Joe Klein, and this

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As People Age, Retire, Who Will Pick Up The Bills?

s 2012 came to a close, members of Citizen Voices put together a series of articles about our community. Those articles were intended to provide insight into where we are in terms of our fiscal circumstance and to make a case for the need for economic and population growth. Even after providing valid information, there is still resistance to the need for economic growth within our community. According to an annual report released the other day by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, many local governments have nearly exhausted their resources in an effort to avoid severe fiscal stress. “For the

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh of 10 position papers that Citizen Voices, the business group headed by Oneonta businessmen Bob Harlem and Tom Armao, has prepared for publication. We welcome these articles, and welcome any ensuing debate. To participate, e-mail Letters to the Editor to jimk@allotsego.com past five years, the financial trends in our municipalities and school districts have become of heightened concern,” said DiNapoli. “Years of decreasing, stagnant or slow economic growth have led local governments to cut vital services and tap their rainy day funds to balance budgets, a practice that is not sustainable in the long term,” he said. DiNapoli’s report noted that the growing disparity between revenues and

expenditures is increasing. From 2006 through 2011, total local government expenditures grew by 17.4 percent (an average growth of 3.3 percent per year). Meanwhile, revenues only grew by 15 percent (an annual average of 2.8 percent per year). More specifically, county expenditures jumped 17.2 percent, while revenues climbed 13.4 percent. Total city expenditures (excluding New York City) increased 8.4 percent during this time

frame, but revenues only increased 6.4 percent. And town expenditures grew 12.9 percent, but revenues increased only 7.1 percent. We’re hoping that this article will help connect the dots and thus provide a more clear picture of where we are and what must be done to prepare now for what is, and will continue, facing us. Otsego County, with an area of about 1,100 square miles, had a population of about 50,200 in 1860. By the mid-1900s, our population hovered around 50,000. In 1990, the population was 60,517. It increased slightly between 2000 and 2005 and then showed a Please See BILLS, A6

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Charleston – On Monday last, twelve British seamen were taken from on board the prison ship in this harbor and conducted to jail as hostages to abide the fate of those six men taken from the crew of the privateer Sarah Ann, Capt. Moon of Baltimore, (carried into Nassau sometime since) and sent to Jamaica to be tried for their lives as British subjects; although five of them were stated by Acpt. Moon to be American born, and the other one a naturalized citizen. Let this practice be continued and there will soon be an end to taking and hanging American citizens by the British. January 9, 1813

150 YEARS AGO

The Abolition Proclamation – The President has finally issued a Proclamation (not a military Order, as Commander-in-Chief) proclaiming the freedom of the slaves in certain States over which he does not exercise any present authority, either civil or military! He says this is done as “a war measure for the suppression of the rebellion.� How it is going to affect anything, he does not tell us. Perhaps he could enlighten the people by telling them “a little story!� He also says “the military and naval authority will recognize and maintain the freedom of the slaves. How? Our soldiers are fighting to maintain the Union – and not to maintain slavery, or to put down slavery. The President of the U.S., as such, has no right or constitutional authority to liberate a single slave. January 9, 1863

125 YEARS AGO

The valuable remedies prepared and advertised by Dr. M.A. Bassett, in this paper, and used so extensively and effectively for a few years past in our own country are recognized for their worth in other lands, as is attested by an order received last week from Tokio, eastern capital of Japan, formerly known as Yedo, a city of about 700,000, where in 1871 the entire power of the empire was centered. Not a week occurs that we do not see recorded in some exchange paper evidence of the injurious effects of cigarette smoking. But what is the use of copying such statements? – Just as many will be smoked. They are doing more home today to young lads 12 to 18 years of age than is all the liquor drank by them. January 13, 1888

175 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO

January 8, 1838

The new parcels post system which went into effect New Year’s Day was welcomed in Cooperstown despite the fact that it was a holiday and most of the stores were closed. The thirteen packages received at the local post office were far beyond the anticipation of Postmaster Wedderspoon. On the second day 49 packages were taken in. The first package taken in at 8:05 a.m. New Year’s morning by postal clerk Gerald D. Ellsworth, was sent by Mrs. John Ledwith and was addressed to Mr. and Mrs. George Conkling, 71 East Street, Rondout, N.Y. It was general merchandise. Other articles sent out have included butter, dressed fowls, and sausage. A party residing at Fergusonville mailed to a party at Schenevus a nice new, juicy and highly perfumed skunk skin. Postmaster Esmay put it on ice in the cellar. January 8, 1913

75 YEARS AGO

Lake Otsego at Cooperstown was chosen as the site for the ninth annual intercollegiate and interscholastic outboard racing championship regatta Saturday at the annual motorboat show meeting of the Eastern Intercollegiate Outboard Association at the Lexington in New York City. The event is scheduled for June 25-26. The racing, as usual, will be sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association and the National Outboard Racing Commission. The first intercollegiate regatta was held in 1930 at Lake Skaneateles under the auspices of the Colgate University Outing Club. January 12, 1938

50 YEARS AGO

Lynn E. Green, Jr., a senior at Cooperstown Central

School, was one of three high school seniors who won recognition in Youth Leadership last Wednesday when they were named to awards by a judging team of the Oneonta Elks. Lynn, the top award winner, will receive a $50 savings bond as his prize. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Green of Cooperstown, RD 3. The second-place winner was Miss Judith Ellen Vandenbord of Delaware Academy and Central School at Delhi. Her award is a $25 savings bond. Third prize was given to Miss Marilyn Elizabeth Chase of Oneonta Senior High School. She won $10 in savings stamps. January 9, 1963

25 YEARS AGO

On January 16 at 8 p.m. The Sportsman’s Tavern will be “where it is at� when the “Fabulous 60s Dance� comes to town. Advance tickets are on sale at Moon Dreams and will be available at the door. Music will be orchestrated by D.J. Ronnie the W. (a close friend of Murray the K.) with a special appearance by the Ronnettes Revue. All proceeds will benefit the Kid City playground project. If you remember Psychedelia, Motown, the British invasion, surfing music, car crash songs, go-go-girls and flower power, the Fabulous 60s Dance is the place to be. Why not dust off your paisley and polka dots, your varsity letter sweater, your tie-dye tee shirts, your Jackie Kennedy pill box hats, your granny glasses and join the fun. Groove to the tunes while you do the Jerk, Mashed Potato, the Twist, the Swim, the Frug, and the Boogaloo. January 13, 1988

10 YEARS AGO

The recent announcement by National Baseball Hall of Fame officials that the annual Hall of Fame Game will be held more than a month before induction ceremonies has many locals wondering how village traditions will adjust to a two-weekend summer tourist season. The major league exhibition scheduled for June 16 will pit the Philadelphia Phillies against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are scheduled for July 27. The change in the date is due to difficulties in securing two teams able to fit a Cooperstown game into a hectic major league schedule. Hall of Fame officials said that there was no alternative but to schedule the two events on different weekends. July 10, 2003

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in 2011 – this compares to 22,575 for the state as a whole. Unemployment has risen from 4.5 percent in 2006 to about 8 percent today. Neither of these indicators encourages optimism. So there we have it. Fewer people with lower incomes and relatively low property values are being asked to pay for an increasing tax burden. As a result, people are leaving and that places an even greater tax burden on those that remain. As a result, the schools and city, towns and county governments are facing budget shortfalls. To remain within tax caps and political reality they have begun to cut programs, defer repair and maintenance and close schools – the beginning of a fiscal death spiral. Does the future look brighter? According to Census information, the population of Central New York is expected to decline 9.2 percent from 2006 to 2030. The population age 65 and older is expected in increase by 36 percent. As the size of households continues to decline and young people continue to leave the area in search of jobs, the burden of caring for the elderly will increasingly fall upon the public sector and not-for-profits. The isolation of the elderly in villages and outlying areas, increased infirmity, increased dependence on provision of nutritional

meals and homecare and transportation will translate into more budget conflicts. It is the citizens of the county who will be expected to pay for the care for the elderly in the form of tax increases and it is the citizens of the county who fund the not-for-profits via donations. If people continue to leave, those remaining will not only have to cover the cost of existing services but also for the increasing health care costs for the elderly. Is it becoming easier to connect the dots? Either we grow our economy and population base or we perish. That is economic reality. There is, however, a solution that has not yet been explored. In many cases their income comes from retirement plans or investments. Those investments generally consist of a mix of individual stocks and mutual funds and the mutual funds often have a mix of stocks – including stocks in energy companies. The holders of those stocks expect them to perform well and be profitable. If it’s OK to own energy companies, why is it not OK to have them located here? Now that we’re beginning to connect the dots, support for doing what it takes to grow our economy and population base will broaden and thus the picture created when the dots are connected will be brighter. We can, we must, do this together.

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‘Les Troyens’ Premiere Highlights County Opera Ties OPERA/From A1 The Saturday, Jan. 5, production from The Met in New York City: • Was directed by Francesca Zambello, who is also artistic & general director of The Glimmerglass Festival on Otsego Lake. • Starred Dwayne Croft, the Cooperstown native who got his start while a CCS student and Glimmerglass Opera was just getting started in the school’s Sterling Auditorium. • Also starred Deborah Voigt, the international mega-star who played the lead role in Glimmerglass’ 2011 “Annie Get Your Gun” and has starred in other of the summer productions. • Was viewed lived and in High Definition by 65 opera fans at Foothills Performing Arts Center. This is Foothills’ first season as a designated MetLive HD simulcast venue. Beyond that, local fans at the Oneonta venue cut through the local ties to opera’s larger meaning. “His performance was great,” said Julia Clay, Oneonta, of Croft’s performance in “The Trojan Women.” (He was Professor Hill in Glimmerglass’ “Music Man” last summer.) “But obviously, we haven’t learned anything

about war.” “Les Troyens” – its five acts ran almost six hours – is based on the story of the Trojan horse. Croft’s Coroebus was a young prince betrothed to Voigt’s prophetic Cassandra. Coroebus is a baritone. “I sang with Dwayne back when he was a tenor!” said John Willis. The two were in Orpheus Theater’s “Ahmal and the Night Visitors” and “Caberet,” and Glimmerglass’ “Mighty Casey” and “La Boehme.” During two intermissions, the MetLive production included interviews with the cast and scenes from backstage, including the set builders and costume designers. “I love all the backstage stuff,” said Jean Manley, Oneonta. “It’s such a great opportunity to see opera – it’s one thing to listen to it on the radio, but to see it!” The local opera fans spent the afternoon in the black box theater, where tables and couches were arranged for comfortable seating during the long show. Sandwiches, drinks and other snacks were for sale, so no one had to go as hungry as the war-ravaged Greeks. “We get a lot of compliments about the comfortable setting of the black

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MOVIE/From A1 leases signed in a small Pennsylvania town. He runs into opposition from an environmental advocate and a high school science teacher, who try to turn the town against Damon’s character. “I think it’s a really brave role for him,” said Donna Syman, Cooperstown. “The story wasn’t that far-fetched,” said veterinarian Julie Huntsman, the Otsego Town Board member. “As an animal lover, the pictures of the dead cows moved me to tears.” Concerned Citizens of Oneonta and other anti-fracking groups met to support the film throughout the weekend. Some, like Barbara Loeffler, Davenport, arrived at the theater with posters and signs plastered all over her truck. “I’m the Paul Revere of my block,” she said. Huntsman and Loeffler were among local moviegoers who were also interviewed by New York Times’

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said Michelle Gardner, Oneonta. “It’s an important issue for our area.” “I didn’t think we were going to get it here,” said Pat Jacobs, a member of the Concerned Citizens group. “I just hope it reaches folks who are not on board – they’re preaching to the choir when we go see it!” “It expressed what was unsaid by these gas companies,” said John Nolan, Hartwick. “The companies put gag orders on people when they have contaminated wells. No one can talk about it.” “It was about the money,” said Lisa Langellotti of Milford. “They didn’t sugar-coat it.” But the film was not without its critics. “I thought it was good, not pedantic or preachy, but they didn’t mention the pipeline,” said Lena Guyot, Fly Creek. “The thing that struck me was how Matt Damon’s character experiences the treachery of the industry – it doesn’t have anyone’s interest at heart.”

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Priced to Sell! Lovely 3 BR, 2 bath Cooperstown Village home features LR with skylights and first floor BR both accessing private patio. Located on a dead-end street close to schools, hospital, Clark Sports Center, and. Priced to sell at $249,900 MLS#86999

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Historic Hotel Pratt & Motel in the heart of downtown Cooperstown. Turnkey operation w/off street parking & owner financing is available. MLS #87380

Private Cape Cod on 20 wooded acres only minutes from Glimmerglass Opera. Home features 2 BRs upstairs, 1 BR on main level, 2½ baths, DR leading to deck, spacious LR, large modern kitchen, tiled entrance, finished basement, new 3-car garage. Otsego Lake access w/boat slips, swimming and more. Price reduced to $239,000 MLS#81512

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Totally Updated Victorian Exclusively offered at $449,000

Three-story Family Home Exclusively offered at $549,000

Village Federal with Lake Views Exclusively offered at $359,000

Perfect Location Exclusively offered at $239,000

Central to Everything Exclusively offered at $269,000

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Canadarago Lake on 8.6 aCreS

(7655) This exquisite 5 BR/2 bath 1880 Greek Revival features shared 250' lake frontage w/docks, custom kitchen open to sunroom leading to deck, LR w/gas fireplace, large den/studio, newer windows and roof, 2-car attached garage, plus remodeled 4 BR/2 bath private cottage. Richfield Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $539,000

CooperStown ViLLage CirCa 1850

(7302) Enjoy easy entertaining and quiet family life in this spectacular 4 BR/2+ bath home with panoramic lake views on 1.8 acres. Two-story foyer, LR w/fireplace and vaulted ceiling, walnut-paneled den w/fireplace, master suite, eat-in kitchen w/pantry, formal DR, hardwood flooring, tiled baths, finished basement, large porch, deck, and in-ground pool. Lake privileges. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $675,000

(7110) Historic 4 BR/3+ bath Greek Revival home with gracious LR, family room with fireplace, built-in bookcases,hardwood flooring, main-level master bedroom, eat-in kitchen w/cherry cabinets, and 2-car garage. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $259,000

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

Main Street CooperStown

FLy Creek hoMe on 2+ aCreS

(7622) Secluded, well-maintained Dutch Colonial with a great valley view. 4 BRs, 2+ baths, fireplace w/woodstove, den, family room, finished walk-out basement, home office, oak and pine flooring, 2-car garage, and large deck. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $329,000

(6447) Business block on Main Street. Four 2 BR apartments. 2 commercial spaces—2,500 sq ft total commercial space. New windows, new hot water furnace. Storage space in cellar. Well kept stone and brick building. Good income producer. Hubbell’s Exclusive $525,000

46 aCreS

(7601) Mostly wooded with 2 building sites, underground electric and phone, 170' drilled well. 1374' road frontage with good access, sub-dividable. Hubbell’s Exclusive $125,000

Country ranCh on 1.5 aCreS

(7046) Enticing home sited on 1.5 acres features knotty pine eat-in kitchen, 3 BRs, LR with hardwood flooring, convenient breezeway, garage with overhead storage. Near Dreams Park, this is a happy haven for a discerning buyer! Milford Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive $109,000

For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie – Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King – Associate Broker – 547-5332 Don Olin – Associate Broker – 547-8782 Eric Hill – Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois – Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue – Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz – Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie -Sales Associate -547-4141 Carol Hall - Sales Associate -544-4144

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