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nd the first class of Otsego County’s “20 Under 40,” chosen Tuesday, Feb. 10, by an independent panel of six judges, are: ► Chad Angellotti, Oneonta, regional manager, Otsego County Mental Health ► Brent Baysinger, owner, Canoe & Kayak Rentals and Sales, PortA manager does what a manager must, Cooperstown Postmaster Mary Powers demonstrated Monday, Feb. 9, cleaning off the steps at 40 Main St. during the 10-inch snow storm.

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Bassett CEO’s Topic: ‘Health, Bassett, You’

15-Year Principal Had ‘Best Teachers, Students And Staff’

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assett Healthcare System President/ CEO, Dr. Vance Brown will speak on the topic, “Population Health, Bassett And You” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at 22 Main, sponsored by the Friends of the Village Library.

This will Dr. Brown be his first public address since becoming acquainted with the challenges of his new job.

CUT GAS TAX! State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has posted an online petition seeking support for cutting the state gasoline tax. Access the petition at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

LOVING LIFE: Congressman Chris Gibson’s wife, Mary Jo, is a keynote speaker at the “Love The Life You Live” conference noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the SUNY Oneonta Hunt Union Ballroom. Details in the Happen’ Otsego calendar.

landville. ► Dan Buttermann, Oneonta, casualty supervisor, New York Central Mutual, Edmeston ► Dan Crowell, Fly Creek, Otsego County treasurer ► Jessica Guenther, Oneonta, Internet & marketing specialist, Five Star Subaru ► Stacie Haynes, Cooperstown,

CROP program manager, ONC BOCES, Milford ► Danielle Henrici, Cooperstown, NYSHA, director of education ► Dana Leonard, Cooperstown, co-owner, Origins Café ► Kristen Leonard, Cooperstown, co-owner, Origins Café ► Harold “Bud” Lippitt, Cooperstown, teacher and coach,

Cooperstown Central School ► Sarah Manchester, Oneonta, financial adviser, Edward Jones, ► Heather Mann, Oneonta, owner, Mann Made Cakes and Soda Jerks ► Andrew Marietta, Cooperstown, New York Council of Nonprofits, Oneonta ► Shannon McHugh, Oneonta, Lil’ Please See HONOREES, A7

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– and many But this year, Ms. Gorman came. will be waving goodbye for “People the last time. “It will be bitwere really tersweet,” she said Tuesday, excited,” Feb. 10, in an interview. said Carni“But I’m ready.” val CommitMs. Gorman, CCS tee co-chair elementary principal for Marissa 15 years, will retire from a Davidson.

35-year career in education Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal “We had rethat spanned three states and Youngsters race down Main Street toward a pile of assorted candy during cord entries “Willy Wona stint in Germany. “This ka’s” Peter the Oompa Loompa Run Saturday, Feb. 7, during the Cooperstown Winter in all our is the longest I’ve worked Ostrum was Carnival on the theme, “Cooperstown & The Chocolate Factory.” (Oompa food conhere for the anywhere in my whole life,” Loompas were the mythical workers in Wonka’s chocolate factory.) tests, and Winter Carshe said. “And this is the the cabanival. best staff I’ve ever worked ret at The with.”

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By JIM KEVLIN One of the first of the also as an “Air Force brat” festivities was a screening of at a Butzbach AFB near “Willy Wonka & the ChocoCOOPERSTOWN Munich, Germany. Grown, late Factory,” where Dr. she returned in 1979 to teach Peter Ostrum, who played t was the third and final clue that at the Butzbach American the good-hearted Charlie clinched it for Brittany LeSavoy-Smith Elementary School.

Bucket, in a rare appearand Merritt Schifano, who found the And she took advantage ance. “I’m asked to partici2015 Cooperstown Winter Carnival Medalof the posting. “I traveled pate in many events,” said lion early Thursday, Feb. 5, along the nature all over Europe, so I have Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal Ostrum, now a veterinarian walk behind the Clark Sports Center, and much more knowledge of in Lowell, near Utica. “And Brittany LeSavoy, right, and Merritt Please See GORMAN, A6 claimed the $500 prize.

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Bassett Employees ‘Go Red’ For Women’s Heart Health Kimberly Thalheimer, supervisor network radiology scheduling; Dara Hotaling, women’s imaging RN navigator and Scott Bonderoff, vice president of patient services and ancillary support all wore their red for the Go Red for Women program, held at Bassett’s Clark auditorium.

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olie Gagnon and Steven Serafen, both members of the CCS Concert Choir, have been accepted into The Thurston Dox Apprentice Program sponsored by the Catskill Choral Society.

The students will receive free voice lessons with a local voice instructor.

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hey take care of you, but on Friday, Feb. 6, the employees of Bassett were encouraged to “Go Red” and make sure they were taking care of their own health.

The Go Red for Women program, now in it’s 11th year, coincides with the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day and Go Red for Women campaign – all part

of an effort that began over a decade ago to raise awareness of heart disease in women.

“When we established this annual event 11 years ago, I wanted our employees to be aware of the impact of heart disease on women,” said CEO Bertine McKenna.

“The event is part of the organization’s overall wellness efforts to encourage staff to do all they can to be as healthy as possible.”

The program, titled “Kicking off Your Heart Health” was in the Clark Auditorium.

ON DEAN’S LIST: Vanessa Dykstra, Richfield Springs, is on the Siena College President’s List for the fall semester.

CARSON HONORED: Nicholas L. Carson, Cherry Valley, a senior in technology education is on the Dean’s List at SUNY Oswego for the fall semester.

Old habits are hard to break: former Cooperstown Baptist Church Pastor Douglas Deer. left, drove over from his Cortland retirement home with wife Susan for the Soup ’R Chili luncheon on Friday, Feb. 6, which they’ve attended for years now.

Here, Deer confers with the Rev. Bob Turner, his interim successor.

2 NEW MASTERS: SUNY New Paltz conferred master of science degrees in December on two Cooperstown residents: Mary Doherty, with a concentration in music therapy, and Amanda Chase, with a concentration on Second Language Education.

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Caleb Edmonds, 22, right, came in first in the Smullens 5.6K run Sunday, Feb. 8, besting older brother Josh, 27, left, who’s dominated local runs in recent years. At center is up-and-coming sister Heidi, 15, who was fifth.

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Sage Williams, New Hartford, is more intrigued by the loud music than in dance lessons from Ariya Smith, Cooperstown.

Cooperstown’s Willis Monie shows off Sophie, dressed as an Oompa Loompa Wonka Bar, a creation of Willis’ wife Dina Sams.

WINTER WOWS!

Kendall Lifgren with Candy the Chihuahua, top, and Mira MillerO’Conner, enjoy the kissing event at the Susquehanna Animal Shelter Dog Show Saturday the 7th on Main Street during the 48th annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival on the theme, “Cooperstown & the Chocolate Factory.”

Cooperstown’s Michael Henrici channeled the candyman Wonka himself as he strolled around to carnival events.

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Husband and wife team Doug and Cheryl Zamelis, Springfield Center, put final touches of their entry to the Prince Pondicherry Snow Sculpture Contest: Kingfisher Tower.

Lots Of Folks Report Lots Of Fun At Winter Carnival CARNIVAL/From A1 are chosen. This is one of the events I’m more than happy to participate in.”

He showed clips in the Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater and shared some behind the scenes secrets on the special effects in the “Fizzy Lifting Drinks” scene – a leather harness and piano wire – as well as fond memories of co-stars Jack Albertson and Gene Wilder.

“I was such a rookie, but Jack took me under his wing,” he told Bruce Markusen, the Hall’s educational adviser, who lead the discussion before an almost full house. “He and Gene were my mentors. They were very kind,

very gentle.”

And over at CCS Cabaret, held this year in The Otesaga ballroom, fans were sitting on the window sills. “It was very impressive this year,” said Nancy Tarr, whose children Henry and Naomi Wager, performed. “There were a lot more elementary school performers than there have been in past years.”

Among the bigger successes were the food and drink competitions, which featured the best numbers in recent carnival history.

“Eleven bars and restaurants participated in the cocktail contest,” said Davidson. “That’s the most we’ve ever had.”

Bocca Osteria won with the

“Everlasting Gobstopper” cocktail, which came customizable in green, white, purple or red. And this year, participants could vote for their favorites on Facebook, a move Davidson said may be the way of the future.

“Everyone has a smartphone, so an online survey may be easier,” she said. “We just have to figure out a way so that everyone can only vote once.”

The chicken wing contest featured six restaurants vying for the best wings, with Cooley’s emerging as the winner. “We’ve realized we’re going to have to move it to a larger location,” she said.

“It always sells out.”

The lip-synch also made a

triumphant return, and Davidson said it will have to be moved to a larger location in the future.

“We weren’t sure how many people would show up, but it was packed.”

And although Main Street was closed off, Davidson doesn’t think it was necessary to have it closed off as long as it was. “We’d need more interest from vendors to make it work,” she said. “But about 75 kids attended the Oompa-Loompa Run, so we’re hoping to do that every year. It won’t always be candy at the finish line, but we’ll find a way to tie it in with the theme.”

And with two years until the 50th anniversary of the carnival,

the committee is already beginning to plan how to celebrate.

“We’re thinking about inviting back past committee members,” said Davidson. “It’s always been a celebration for the people of Cooperstown.”

He presented two clips from the film; the first, the scene where he and Albertson steal “Fizzy Lifting Drinks” and float dangerously close to a ceiling fan. “The number one question I always get is, ‘How did you fly’?” he said.

“We were each in a leather girdle, with piano wire on each side of our hips, and there were people lifting us up from the rafters. It was easier on me than it was on Jack!”

Perspectives

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

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Historical Societies Beloved, But Oneonta’s Is Raising The Bar

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artwick professor Harry Bradshaw Matthews’ talk on the Underground Railroad in Otsego County, sponsored by the Friends of the Village Library, packed ‘em in, 70 people in all, Sunday, Nov. 16, in the Cooperstown Village Board meeting room.

The decades-old Fly Creek Area Historical Society – current president, dynamo Sherlee Rathbone – is ever-more flourishing in the former Grange Hall there.

The Richfield Springs Historical Association & Museum, under energetic leadership of Marge Walters, is putting on intriguing exhibits (recently, of Civil War quilts) and lectures (recently, on Roxalana Druse, the last woman hanged in New York State, from nearby Town of Warren), as well as preserving artifacts, witnesses to local history, if you will.

In Middlefield, Cherry Valley, Otego, Unadilla, local historical societies are flourishing. And the Otsego County Historical Society – Anna Buell and Dominick Reisen are among the driving forces – has started meeting monthly in Hartwick’s Kinney Library.

This is a lot of positive ferment, and why not: By helping us understand our local communities – landmarks, institutions, longtime families, big events – local history puts us in the picture, making us comfortable with the otherwise mystifying world around us.

None of these entities is in competition with the estimable New York State Historical Association,

ment so far has been in infrastructure – necessary to all that follows, but not particularly sexy: reinforcing the buildings to handle any heavy exhibition items and all crowds, stabilizing the façade and installing an elevator shaft (the elevator itself is due in the next few weeks.) This has all been done under the guidance of Crawford & Stearns, the Syracuse-based historical architects, to ensure everything is first rate.

The final $350,000 needed to make the full vision reality remains to be raised, but when local-history fans learn what’s happening, they step up. A case in point happened a few weeks ago.

The GOHS’ very able – and dedicated – executive director, Bob Brzozowski, was giving one such local-history fan a tour of the second floor. Several of the rooms will be home to the society’s thousands of artifacts that bear witIan Austin/The Freeman’s Journal ness to an energetic history Wayne Wright, director of the NYSHA Library and – “Milfordville” grew from a crossroads village to a Greater Oneonta Historical Society vice presithriving Oneonta in just a dent, examines a plaster frieze that hung over the door of the former Oneonta High School, now few years after the Albany demolished, on Academy Street. Photos in the & Susquehanna repair shops GOHS archives show the frieze in place, as well were located there in the as Classical statuary around the school’s “well.” early 1870s.

While Yankee farmers which has two world-class – the GOHS – is, by far, the dominated in the county’s museums to manage and a most flourishing such asuplands, Oneonta attracted statewide mandate. Quite sociation at this time. It has eastern Europeans, Irish, the opposite: the NYSHA invested $750,000 to date Italians and Lebanese, and Library is a huge resource in the Bissell Block, the – With FDR’s election for our local historians. first brick building (former – shifted from Republican Ask NYSHA Library DiLaskaris candy store), in a to Democratic in 1932. The rector Wayne Wright. He vision that includes exhibit Normal School, now SUNY knows – he’s vice president space on the first floor, a Oneonta, celebrating its of the Greater Oneonta His- research center and reading 125th year, and Hartwick torical Society. room on the second, and a • spacious gathering place – it College, moving to Oyaron Hill from Hartwick SemiAs befits the county’s was once a ballroom – on nary in 1928, added a whole largest community, the the third. new dimension to an everGreater Oneonta society Much of the invest-

richer mix.

When the second floor is complete, acid-free wrapping and boxes, and temperature and humidity controls will preserve the thousands of mementos to that local history, stored for now – but largely inaccessible – in a secure offsite location until the work is done. A centerpiece will be the Sally Mullins Reading & Research Center in the bright front room in the front corner.

Tour complete, the visiting local-history fan, on the spot, donated $40,000 toward the remaining $350,000 and inspired Bob to collaborate with our Hometown Oneonta newspaper on “Bringing Home Oneonta History,” a drive to match the gift with another $40,000 by midApril. While not completing all the particulars of the second-floor plan, that sum will allow the archives to be returned to the History Center, where it should be.

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• A visit to the secret spot where the archive is being stored was a marvel. A collections’ intern, Whitney Birkett (now also a curator at Hartwick’s Yager Museum), is recording tens of thousands of items via the Past Perfect computer program, assisted by GOHS board members Fiona Dejardin, who chairs the collections committee, and Shelly Wallace. And further rigor is being added to focusing the collection and recording the donors.

It’s a very exciting time, and a very worthy undertaking. It goes without saying that “Bringing Home Oneonta History” deserves everyone’s support, from people living in the “City of the Hills,” to those working there, and those whose families prospered there in times past (and will in times to come). Check the box on this page that outlines options for donors – and act!

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he GOHS is seeking to raise $40,000 by April 15 – matching an anonymous donor’s $40,000 – so its collection of thousands of items that bring Oneonta history to life may be brought back to the History Center, 183 Main St., where they will be more accessible to the history-loving public.

To “Bring Oneonta History Home,” there are several ways to donate: • Send checks to GOHS, Box 814, Oneonta, NY, 13820. Make checks payable to GOHS, with “Bring Oneonta History Home” in the memo line.

• By credit card, at the History Center, via PayPal on www.oneontahistory.org, or on Facebook, accessible through the website.

• Through stock donations, through the GOHS account at Wells Fargo, 433-0333.

Call GOHS Executive Director Bob Brzozowski at 4320960 if you have any questions or are interested in naming rights to parts of the 183 Main St. facility.

LETTERS

Oneonta The Has Foundation. New Mayor Needs To Build On It To the Editor: Hometown Oneonta has earned a reputation for providing in-depth coverage of important local events – providing readers with information on, not only what is happening, but also on relevant details about the people who are making things happen.

Consistent with this, I appreciate your recent article covering my candidacy for mayor of Oneonta.

Along with the biographical information provided in your article, it is important that my vision for the

future of Oneonta be shared with your readers.

I have decided to run for mayor because I believe we are at a point in time where real opportunities exist for us to build an Gary Herzig even better and even stronger Oneonta.

Much hard work has been done to lay a foundation. We have a new charter, a new zoning code, and a

new comprehensive housing plan.

We have identified Market Street and the former railyards as potential sites for economic development.

New York State is now investing in Upstate New York and we need to be at the table with smart plans that work for Oneonta.

With experienced leadership and a community-wide effort, we can seize these opportunities. We can develop more quality jobs. We can revitalize neighborhoods.

We can balance our budget without spending our reserves.

We are at an important juncture.

Through 30 years of organizational leadership, I have tackled issues by bringing people together. During 10 years of involvement on our city boards, commissions and task forces, I have developed an understanding of both the challenges and opportunities we are facing.

We all know that Oneonta is a special place. I believe that, together, we can make it an even better place.

GARY HERZIG Oneonta

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To the Editor: Many of us moved here from other places because we found this area of Upstate New York so beautiful, natural, safe and nourishing to our minds and senses that we were willing to embark on a new place to put down our roots.

Because we came to love this area, we sometimes remind ourselves of the obligations of love: to guard what we love from potential dangers so that it will be there for us now and in the future with the beauty, peace and security we loved about it. Now, however, we find ourselves faced with threats to the security of those values.

A private corporation, whose record, documented by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, reveals numerous violations of environmental laws forbidding erosion and contamination of creeks, seeks to construct a pipeline for gas through our Upstate area which may cause accidental explosions, clear-cut great forests, contaminate streams, destroying the habitat of the fish and birds that live there, and reduce property values of appropriated land-and even more important, of course, incur leakage of methane into the atmosphere that will further threaten global

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climate stability.

Now, however, because we have been granted an extension until Feb. 27 to write to our DEC (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation), we can exercise our democratic right to express our opinions to prevent the very probable harm to our own surrounding counties, just as we prevented the harm that would have been caused by horizontal drilling, by writing Stephen Tomasik, DEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233.

Let’s leave our environment in the state in which we found it when we moved here or grew up here. Because we love it.

HILDA WILCOX Cooperstown

Broadband, But At What Cost?

To the Editor: At first, on hearing this it seems like a great idea…but when I stop and think about how will be executed . They talk of accessibility not affordability for us.

Let me see if I got this right: They wanted to put in broadband for Otsego County so everyone is connected.

So there will be federal grants, “seed money” for corporations … which we pay for … there will also be state grants to help … which we pay for…then the corporations will charge us by our usage for this service … which we have to pay for … and then there will be state and county taxes on what we use … we will have to pay..

Essentially this means that the broadband providers will make lots of money off us, many times over. How come the corporations get so much help to find a way to get our money?

No wonder everything cost so much and taxes are not getting us what we really need … government is giving money to corporations so they will be able to charge us for their services.

Great deal if you are in the corporate structure…the rest of us. Oh well we are nothing but glorified slaves to corporations. I guess that is what is called capitalism and democracy at work.

R. SCOTT DUNCAN Hartwick Forest

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EYE ON THE WEATHER

Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

NOTICE – A meeting of the citizens of the County of Otsego, who are opposed to the law entitled “An Act to Authorize the Raising of Troops for the Defence of this State,” passed at the late, extra session of the Legislature, is requested at the Court House in Cooperstown, on Monday next, at 1 o’clock P.M. for the purpose of taking the same into consideration, and adopting measures for its repeal.

February 9, 1815

175 YEARS AGO

Washington Correspondence – The 26th U.S. Congress – 1st Session: The House has finally cleared away the fog of Abolitionists. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, concluded his speech on Saturday, and it was an able one, against “agitation,” and submitted an amendment to the pending resolution of Mr. Thompson, to the effect that no petition on the subject of Slavery in the District of Columbia, the Territories where it now exists, or in the States, should be received, or any action whatever had thereon. When he sat down, at least twenty members sprang to their feet, ready charged with a speech, and Mr. Vanderpool succeeded in obtaining the floor. He remarked that upwards of a fortnight had been spent in a most unprofitable and exciting discussion of a matter deeply affecting one portion of the Union, and unless the debate was cut short by a summary step, there was good reason to believe that the entire session would be absorbed in the same way. He felt that we were forgetful of our duties to the country in continuing a debate which was only widening the breach already made between the North and the South, and might finally break asunder our bond of Union. Under such circumstances Mr. Vanderpool felt called upon to demand the Previous Question. The demand was sustained and the question taken thereon, and it passed, ayes 114, noes, 108. So, it is solemnly determined that petitions on the subject of Abolitionism shall not be received. (John H. Prentiss, congressman from Cooperstown and publisher/ owner of The Freeman’s Journal) February 10, 1840

150 YEARS AGO

Lectures – By request of the Lecture Committee Rev. Mr. Balch consented to deliver two lectures, both on Syria.

What he saw in that interesting country – so attractive to all travelers, and especially to the Bible student – Mr. B. has the ability to describe in a manner well calculated to please and instruct a promiscuous audience. He is an easy, off-hand speaker, with superior descriptive powers, by turns eloquent and amusing, whose lectures would perhaps be improved by the use of notes; for those who speak from memory are apt to “make no note of time,” and to detain an audience too long. Mr. B. spoke a full two hours – yet to such good effect, that doubtless most in his audience were well pleased to listen to the close.

February 10, 1865

125 YEARS AGO

Editorial: It is remarkable that labor reformers have taken no action toward prohibiting the competition in wages that comes from the “contract” immigration that is increasing to such a vast extent from Poland, Russia, Bohemia, Hungary, Austria, and other parts of Europe. These people, mostly peasants, are induced to leave their homes through the agents of foreign steamship lines running to the port of New York. They contribute nothing to the financial advantage of the country. When they arrive here they colonize among themselves, maintaining their language, and doing business, mainly by “padrones” and interpreters.

The Chinese are prohibited from admission into the country because of the difficulties of their language, customs, and the cheapness of their labor.

February 14, 1890

100 YEARS AGO

Floyd Boorn and Mrs. Frank Willsey of Fly Creek are now away on their second elopement, he leaving his wife and children, and taking with him, besides Mrs. Willsey, her son Theron, aged 5 years. They performed the same stunt last October, going to Scranton and other places in Pennsylvania. After several weeks they returned and were forgiven. On January 28, Mr. and Mrs. Willsey came to

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Cooperstown to do some trading and while he was in a barber shop getting shaved she boarded the trolley car with the boy and was met at Index by Boorn. It is believed that the return, after the previous elopement, was in order that the woman might get possession of her son, whom she forgot to take along on the first trip.

February 10, 1915

75 YEARS AGO

Favored by ideal weather conditions the 19th annual mid-Winter Carnival of the Knox School for girls proved a delightful event. The ice pageant on Friday night depicting the Legend of the Snow Queen was notable for spectacular pageantry and the exhibition of figure skating by stars who have won championships in three lands. The guest skaters were Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Hellmund. Mrs. Hellmund is the former Miss Eleanor Berger, a Knox School alumnus.

February 14, 1940

25 YEARS AGO

Fire destroyed Frank Kukenberger’s sawmill on Beaver Meadow Road last Saturday in a matter of minutes. “The fire departments responded really fast,” Kukenberger said, “but the mill was a lost cause before they got here.”

Kukenberger has operated the mill since the early 1960s, but the business has been especially vigorous for the last 12 years. The loss entailed about $20,000 in structure and equipment and was not insured.

February 14, 1990

10 YEARS AGO

Cooperstown Ghost Tours will be featured Saturday and Sunday afternoons as part of the 39th Cooperstown Winter Carnival. Tours will depart from Pioneer Park at 2 p.m. each day, providing carnival participants with an opportunity to learn more about the village’s history of ghostly sightings and haunted houses. Stops will be made at Christ Church cemetery and Pomeroy Place. The Tours will be led by Bruce Markusen, author of the novel “Haunted House of the Vampire.” Admission is $8 per person.

February 10, 2005

JANUARY 2015 Highest Temperature...................................................49°F (Jan.4) Lowest Temperature................................................-14°F (Jan. 14) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................25.9°F Average Minimum Temperature.............................................5.2°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................15.6°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................1.89″ Most Precipitation in One Day....................................70” (Jan. 30) Thunderstorms...........................................................0 (0 for 2015) Snow.............................................................18.9” (18.9” for 2015) .............................................................43.6” for winter of 2014-15 Most Snow in One Day...............................................3.1” (Jan. 26) YTD Precipitation.....................................................................1.89” Number of Days at or below 0°F.............................9 (9 for 2015 ) .....................................................................9 for winter of 2014-15 Number of Days at or below 32°F.......................30 (30 for 2014) Comments: COLD in January...it usually is, you don’t need me to tell you that, but it was consistently very cold, (frigid a lot of the time), all month! The “outcomes” for January 2014 and 2015 are quite similar, but the weather patterns were totally different! Both months were drastically colder than average: January 2015 was 5.7 degrees below normal while January 2014 was 5.2 degrees colder than average. January 2014 resembled the rollercoaster ride of the stock market over the last few months, up and down and up and down! January 2015 was cold, steadily cold. January 2014 saw seven days climb into the mid and upper 40s and one into the mid 50s, while January 2015 had only two days in the 40s and only two others had daily maximum temperatures above freezing. Nighttime temperatures plummeted below zero 10 times in January 2014; this year we got lucky, only nine! Precipitation, which DAVID is rainfall and the water content of snow, for last month was 0.65 inches below normal, but MATTICE yet we had 18.9 inches of snow, which is 1.0 inch above the norm! Cold and dry air was hunkered over our region for sure. On average we see 39.5 inches of snow in November-January; for that period this winter we have received 43.6 inches, just 4.1 inches above normal. At least the snow for the most part has been light and easy to lift, thanks to the cold temperatures. Ol’ Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow, so we should see an early spring. I wouldn’t bet on it. The National Weather Service is calling for below normal temperatures for the next 90 days, with normal precipitation. I’ll let you know in April who was right, the furry little critter or the scientists at NWS. Winter time is a beautiful time of year to get outside and have fun. Take a walk or a hike, do some sledding with the kids, maybe a little cross-country or downhill skiing or even slip on some ice skates, no pun intended. On, Saturday, Feb. 21, stop by and watch the Polar Bear Jump at Goodyear Lake. It’s a wonderful event and it’s heartwarming to see what the fine folks involved do for others! If you can’t be there in person, please sponsor a “jumper” or make a donation. The sun is higher in the sky, and when it makes an appearance it feels warmer than it did back at Christmas time. It’s lighter both earlier and later each day, so hang in there, we’re going to make it, spring is just around the corner, (ok, somewhere nearby)!

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Principal Gorman’s Goal: Humanize Job GORMAN/From A1 geography and history from living there,” she said. “I integrated that into my lessons when I got back to The States.”

When she returned in 1981, she taught in San Antonio, Texas, and then in Green Cove Springs, Fla., where she was an assistant principal at the middle school. She got her degree in Leadership and Supervision from the University of North Florida in 1990.

But in 2000, she saw the posting for the principal position at Cooperstown Elementary and applied. “I always knew I wanted to get back to the Northeast,” she

tions. “We had such wonderful systems and events in place” – the school-wide goodbye at the end of the year was a favorite. “I just joined in.”

One goal was to make her office a place where pupils felt welcome. “It’s excitThe Freman’s Journal ing to see them come into Principal Gorman and some of her many fans. school every morning with smiles on their faces and said. “I had family here” their tennis shoes blink– her mother, Janet Goring,” she said. “They stop man, who passed away last and tell me about the books year, and Nancy Iversen, the they’re reading or what acformer county rep from the tivities they’re excited about Town of Otsego – “and it’s that day.” where I felt most at home.”

But a principal also has to Ms. Gorman settled in be a disciplinarian, and Ms. very quickly and “emGorman makes sure those braced” the school’s tradikids feel welcome too, even

when they’re misbehaving.

“They need to know that when they come into my office that I’m not only here to guide their behavior, but to give them a voice,” she said.

“In many cases,” she said, “once we get past the discipline piece, I can help them succeed in the classroom as well. Sometimes, they just need a place to take a breath and put their behavior into perspective.”

Over more than three decades in the field, she’s witnessed many changes first-hand. “I’ve watched the pendulum swing from the top-down model, where the principal manages the school, to where the staff and the teachers have a say in decisions,” she said.

“The goal is to give them autonomy to do what they do best.”

Technology and the focus on standardized testing have also changed, she said, but it’s important to focus on what really matters in the classroom: “Kids are way more important than a test score.”

In her retirement, Gorman plans to divide her time between northern Maine and

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“Next to the river.”

There aren’t too many places in the village near the Susquehanna River, Brittany said the two reasoned.

As they entered the trail, they began to check trees

St. Augustine, Fla. “I have friends all over the country and all over Europe. Lots of people to visit!”

And though the search for her replacement is just beginning, she already knows her successor will work out fine. “Whoever is going to replace me is walking into a building with the best teachers, students and staff,” she said. “They’ll be one lucky principal.”

as they went. Approaching the river, they saw a hole drilled in a tree and, inside, was a woven item made to look like a chocolate bar – this year’s carnival theme was “Cooperstown and the Chocolate Factory.”

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On the way out, they met heading toward the trail and told him, “We’ve found it.”

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Judges Winnow 61 Worthy Nominees To 20 Who Will Be Honored At Feb. 26 Reception HONOREES/From A1 Ladybug Day Care, teacher ► Hannah Morgan, Oneonta, sustainability coordinator, SUNY Oneonta ► JonathAn Philby, Oneonta, adaptive phys-ed teacher, Springbrook ► Megan Scrivener, Oneonta, internship coordinator, SUNY Oneonta

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► CorinNe Smith, Cooperstown, nurse practitioner, Bassett Hospital ► Zoë van der Meulen, vice president/marketing, Unalam, Unadilla ► Chad Welch, finance and Internet manager, Smith Ford, Cooperstown.

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Seth Haight, COO, Springbrook; Chris Kuhn, director, Oneonta Job Corps; Luisa Montanti, Southside Mall manager and president of the Foothills Performing Arts Center; Val Paige, director, Clark Sports Center, and attorney Martin Tillapaugh, Cooperstown.

The program, a collaboration of the Otsego and Cooperstown chambers of commerce, and the Hometown Oneonta & Freeman’s Journal, was announced in Jan. 8-9 editions.

By the deadline of midnight, Friday, Feb. 6, nominations had been submitted for 61 people, ranging from business executives and entrepreneurs to professionals.

“The partners are just delighted by the response,” said Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of the Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal. “This is a demographic that’s too often taken for granted – young strivers with young families juggling multiple responsibilities. Yet, this sector must be strong for the Otsego County of the future to be strong.”

The honorees will be featured on special pages in next week’s paper, and will be recognized more formally at a reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at Springbrook’s new Oneonta campus. $12.50 per person.

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Attorney Martin Tillapaugh, Cooperstown, makes a point during “20 Under 40” judging Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta.

Clockwise from him are the other judges, Chris Kuhn, Luisa Montanti, Seth Haight, Ben Guenther and Val Paige.

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3 BR, 2 baths, den, modern kitchen, laundry, DR, breakfast room, 1 car garage. Excellent Location. $1400. per month plus utilities, snow & garbage removal, lawn care. Lease.

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Village Studio Apartment available. Walking distrance to Hospital. Ideal for one or two persons. Heat, electric, snow removal and lawn care included. Cooking facilites. Long or short term. $700 a month Robert K. Lee Benson Agency 607-434-5177 3ClassFeb20 Cooperstown Apt. for rent.

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OneOnta • 75 Market Street 607-433-1020 COOperStOwn • State Hwy 28 607-547-5933

MLS#97317 $139,900 Historic Milford Village Home! Close to park, schools, transportation. 3 BRs, 1 bath, stained glass windows, built-ins, hardwood floors, many updates.

Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#93096 $234,999 Over 60k of Improvements! Owner taking a loss!

He says make an offer! Private 8.27 acres w/stream. 4-car garage, all new electrical. Too many updates to list!

Call Donna A Anderson for details @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#96658 $279,900 Move-in condition, log-sided, 3-BR, 2-bath home is just outside of Oneonta. LR w/cathedral ceilings and woodstove opens to front deck. Spacious kitchen.

Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#96795 $184,999 Location and Style! 3-BR, 2 bath Colonial w/ fireplace is newly landscaped. Open yard, covered deck. Close to shopping, schools, hospital, restaurants.

Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#97482 $68,500 Built in 1799 as the Stanley School, this home is totally renovated. Taxes under $1,000. An ideal starter or getaway home. Cherry Valley Schools.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#90336 $74,900 Great Price! Lots of Space! Arts & Craft Mission-style home has 4 BRs, new windows, doors, furnace, hot wtr. Selling below full assessed value. Sidney Schools.

Call Anthony Aragoni @ 607-434-2111 (cell)

MLS#94579 $59,000 Cherry Valley Hunter’s Paradise! 28 acres along County Highway 32. Wooded, great views. Great for building.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#97217 $47,900 4,600 Sq Ft Warehouse ½ is insulated and heated.

Tractor trailer entrance, commercially zoned, 3-sided access. 8,000 sq ft parking. Close to Routes 28 and 20.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#91066 $199,999 Excellent Value! Originally $399,999…now $199,999! 6 BRs, 3 baths, over 2,500 sq ft. 3 miles the Village of Cooperstown, a fantastic Dream Park rental.

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MLS#97561 $99,500 1873 Classic Walk to everything! Sunroom, 4 BRs, DR, eat-in kitchen, family room, large backyard, garage.

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MLS#97869 $84,500 More Than $25,000 in Improvements! Darling 2 BR gingerbread cottage priced below original purchase price is ready to move in now!

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MLS#97327 $99,000 Money Making Potentialor Owner Occupied.

Updates include new roof and vinyl replacement windows. Don’t miss out!

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MLS#98276 $181,000 Sidney – Meticulously maintained 4-BR, 2½ bath home w/2-car garage. Beautifully landscaped. Family room w/gas stove, den, LR, DR, kitchen, master BR. Call or text Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#97672 $29,900 Exceptional Value! Highly desirable location!

Babbling brook and 10 wooded acres just a short drive from the NYS Thruway. Priced to sell immediately.

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MLS#97599 $134,000 Too many upgrades! Modern 3-BR, 2 bath farmhouse on nearly an acre w/new roof, floors and paint.

Call Adam Karns at 607-244-9633 cell Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/745530 MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#97997 $149,000 Great Opportunity! Storefront and 3 apartments Spacious 4 BR, 2and bathsingle-family house is closehouse to I-88.inLarge plus efficiency, back. backyard, small shed. Make your Call Adamworkshop/garage, Karns 607-244-9633 appointment today. Priced to go this week!

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MLS#98270 $149,000 Remodeled restaurant w/hardwood floors, great ambiance. Bar and kitchen w/newly tiled walls and floors. 2 walk-in coolers. 4 rental units for income.

Call or text Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#97986 $90,000 Cute and cozy! 3-BR, 1-bath home in Burlington Flats.

Renovated home w/radiant floor heat, updated kitchen. Wood floors throughout. Double lot.

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MLS#95638 $164,000 Otego – 3-family home on a 2.17-acre village lot. Has a country feel. Nice views! Live in one as the current owners do, or rent all 3 units. Off-street parking.

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MLS#98104 $99,900 Nicely situated 3-BR, 3-bath home on over 2 acres.

Open layout, spacious master BR w/walk-in closet, 2 LRs w/wood-burning fireplaces. Kitchen w/island.

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MLS#97606 $119,000 Look no further! Quaint 3 BR, 1½ bath home in Oneonta’s east end. Fenced yard, spacious deck.

Cooperstown Village home. Seller pays closing costs (up Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 to $3,000tour: w/acceptable offer).

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MOTIVATED SELLER!!! 4-5 BR and 2 BA ranch home. Bright kitchen, DR, built-ins and fireplace in enormous LR. Office/5th BR with built in desk and shelving. Screened-in porch, shed, landscaped yard, outdoor fireplace and patio in private backyard. Oversized 2-car attached garage. Walking distance to parks, SUNY & High School. NEW Roof and NEW Hot Water Heater. $169,900 MLS#98098

circa 1892, lovingly restored by the current owners to its former glory!

Proven location is close to Foothills Performing Arts Center, Clarion Hotel and Main Street, Oneonta. The building is ideally equipped for retail, medical/professional or service business opportunities—even a 3-store mini-mall which offers separate heating. Bring your own food establishment ideas as well: all contents and equipment are negotiable. This location provides exciting opportunities!

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OWNER SAYS SELL!! – Just Outside the Village – Farmhouse with additions: 19x14 kitchen with vaulted beamed ceiling, center island, exposed beams, double pantry cupboards and a breakfast nook overlooking the back yard. 2,949+- sq.ft. living space .78 acre flat lawn space. Large living room with beamed ceiling, den with fireplace, dining room with woodstove, mudroom, laundry, and a full bath on the main floor. Attached 23x24 area, currently 3 rooms, would make a great space for additional family room and/or an in-law apartment. Upstairs: 4 bedrooms, 3 half-baths, Large hallway space with storage and a master suite with tiled tub, standing shower, walk-in closet, and private balcony. Front and back staircases. Front porch, rear deck. Garage and storage space.

Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty NOW $160,000 or $200,000 with the adjacent one and one-half acre lot.

Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com Contact us at info@ashleyconnorrealty.com FOR APPOiNTmENT: Patti Ashley, Broker, 607-437-1149 • Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 607-547-5304 • Robert Schneider, Associate Broker, 607-282-2814 • Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 607-547-8288 • Chris Patterson, Sales Agent, 518-774-8175

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