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As World Warms, So Does Lake Despite Chilly Winter, Ice In, Out Is Normal, Field Station Data Say By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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ou may have thought the just-completed The Freeman’s Journal winter was cold, A Cooperstown Fire cold, cold. Department flag and But data tracked by Bill bronze medallion/flag Harman’s SUNY Biologiholder are available cal Field Station on Otsego to the families of fireLake show the fighters who have passed away. Call Dave ice-in, ice-out LaDuke at 435-2405, dates were or John Mitchell Real “normal,” part Estate at 547-8551. of local trend that supports Badgley In-Law the scientific consensus of Pulitzer-Winner warmFor NSA Report Harman global ing. “It was a COOPERSTOWN long cold winter,” said Harman in an interview. “But raig Timberg, sonit wasn’t as cold or as warm in-law of Ed and as it often gets.” Asked if Joan Badgley of the data is a local manifestaCooperstown, was on the tion of climate change, the team that won the Pulitzer BFS director replied, “yes, Prize in Public Service for the Washington Post’s cover- exactly. “ Harman issued updates of age of Edward Snowden’s a chart that tracks ice cover leaks of National Security since 1850, between a maxiAgency data. The prizes mum of 131 days and were announced in midPlease See ICE, A3 April. Timberg, who is married to the Badgley’s daughter Ruey and has summered in the Cooperstown area for years, is currently the Post’s national technology reporter.
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The latest plans for 22 Main’s renovation include replacing the noncompliant elevator, left; adding handicapped access and new steps to the CAA’s main gallery, center (that’s CAA’s Janet Erway); and a folding partition to add flexibility to the second-floor ballroom, right.
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INTO VILLAGE: Otsego Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell has moved into the village from Fly Creek with husband Jim. CLEAN SLATE: For the first time in its 130year history, The Inn at Cooperstown has replaced its slate roof. Fred Dennis, Syracuse, did the job. BIKE TO WORK: The sixth annual Bike to Work Day is Wednesday, May 21, sponsored by ORCA, the Otsego Regional Cycling Advocates. Details at occainfo.org
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CCS Focus: Be The Best, Just In Case By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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ith Schenevus, Milford, Laurens, Edmeston, Morris Trustee Lou Allstadt examines plans for “a secand other Otsego County ond entrance; not a rear entrance,” a key eleschool districts graduating ment in the latest plan for 22 Main’s renovation. only a few dozen seniors this year, the Cooperstown Central School District is getting ready. If other districts decide you won’t just find By LIBBY CUDMORE to close their high schools, symphonies played in Cooperstown’s has to be concert halls. available to accommodate COOPERSTOWN You’ll find singers them, said CCS board in Hartford, Conn., member Theresa Russo at a ype “Ode to Joy” and Ukraine, inside League of Women Voters’ into the search engine an IKEA store and on the Please See BEST, A6 of youtube.com and streets of Hong Kong, in
rustee Lou Allstadt and a Syracuse architectural firm have found the key – the key to the successful renovation of 22 Main, the Neo-Classical Village Hall, into a modern, multi-functional community center. “The key element to making all this work,” said Allstadt, reporting what he’s been telling village employees and representatives of the Village Library and Cooperstown Art Association, “is a new entrance on Fair Street.” You know, the dim, The landmark’s bluestone damp walkway that front steps were replaced this opens into the un- month. welcoming police department lobby. In recent days, Allstadt, who was a founder of The Friends of 22 Main Street before he joined the Village Board (he now chairs the Buildings Committee), has been sharing plans developed by Holmes-King-Kallquist with the building’s tenants. That entrance – “a nice glass wall, so you don’t feel Please See 22 MAIN, A7
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IF YOU GO: Beethoven’s “Ninth” film, performance, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, CCS Sterling Auditorium. small chamber ensembles
and groups of thousands. And in each one, the reaction is always the same. People pause and smile. Cell phones and cameras come out to record the moment. Please See ODE, A3
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Greenberg, Zhang, Sandler, Lyons Lead CCS Class Of ’14
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mily Celia Greenberg (GPA 98.5), Jonathan Zhang (95.36), Madeleine (Maddy) Sandler (97) and Lucas Payson Lyons (96.01) have been named top scholars in Cooperstown Central School’s Class of 2014. Emily, daughter of Jonathan and Julia Greenberg, will be attending Columbia University, with a long-term goal of founding her own high school inspired by the Montessori Method. Emily attended Brookwood School from age 3 through fifth grade before transferring to CCS. For the past two years, she has been a
student at Stamduring her summers. ford University’s Lucas, son of Bill and OHS, focusing Karen Lyons of South on literary analyNew Berlin, plans to atsis and earning tend Utah State Univeran Outstanding sity in the fall, majoring Student Award. in chemistry with an Jonathan, son eye toward becoming of Yan Y. Zhao, a doctor. As a senior, CCS’ Class of’14 top scholars are, from left, plans to become Emily Greenberg, Jonathan Zhang, Maddy Lucas has been enrolled a physician. He Sandler and Lucas Lyons. in Bassett’s New Visions is fluent in ChiHealth Care. He will attend Oberlin College after a nese, his native tongue, and Japareceive a Clark Scholarship. He year off in Barcelona, where nese, having recently spent a year is a varsity football player, an she will live with a family and in Japan. He enjoys Kendo, Judo all-star and scholar athlete. He learn Spanish. She participated and badminton. He works in his dances with Perkins School of in many clubs and community family-owned business. He is a the Arts in Norwich, where his activities, and earned numerClark Scholarship recipient. performances have won many ous awards, including a Clark Maddy, daughter of Monica titles and awards. Scholarship. Maddy is a competiBrané and Bennett Sandler, will tive sailor and sailing instructor
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‘Normal’ Ice Out After Polar Winter Offers Clues ICE/From A1 minimum of 30 days, except for the winters of 2001-02 and 2011-12, when the lake didn’t freeze at all “for the only time in recorded history, “ he wrote. “The annual maximum duration of ice cover, between 125-131 days, occurred four times, in the 1870s.” A regression line across the chart shows a steady decline in the number of days per year the lake is frozen from the start of the record-keeping until today. The angle of the line inclines sharply from 1960 on. That local data correlate with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ice-cover findings in the seven most-studied lakes in the nation. In addition to Otsego, they include Detroit Lake in Minnesota, Shell, Mendota and Monona lakes in Wisconsin, Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay, the Mirror Lake (Lake Placid) and Lake George in New York. The EPA study, issued in 2012, concluded the seven lakes are frozen for less of the year; they are freezing later and thawing earlier, and that the findings affirm other studies of lakes and rivers in the Northern Hemisphere. This year on Otsego Lake, when single-digit temperatures throughout January and February drove up heating bills – there were 10 days below zero in the first month and 7 in the second, according to Oneonta weather watcher David Mattice – the lake was
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he said. The uneven flow is already eliminating fresh water clams that filter impurities from water and are a food supply for other animals. There are ways to limit the impact of dramatic weather – putting larger culverts under roads, for instance. He noted that culverts leading to Willow Creek, which runs through Oneonta, actually get smaller as they approach the Susquehanna. With more downpours, that may have to be turned around.
Film Director To Discuss ‘Following The Ninth’ ODE/From A1 It is this spirit that inspired Kerry Candeale’s film, “Following the Ninth: In The Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony,” which tracks the impact of Beethoven’s most revered composition throughout the world. “The message of the Ninth is all people must be free,” said producer Greg Mitchell, a writer for The Nation and Huffington Post, and a former editor of Crawdaddy magazines. “The key word is freedom – brothers and sisters together, fighting oppression. It’s not just for entertainment.” In Chile, it was used to
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Vote ‘Aye.’ Dependable Library Funding Opens Up Opportunities
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f we zag when the world zigs, it usually means rough sailing ahead for the zagger. And so it is with library funding in New York State. The state Regents are partial to libraries with a dedicated, dependable funding stream and, when grants are in the offing, rewards them. Think about it; it makes perfect sense. If a library is subject to the vagaries of a frequently changing Cooperstown Village Board or Hartwick Town Board – just to pick a name or two out of a hat – how can a library plan? And, therefore, how much confidence can the Regents have in sending money – OK, let’s say it – our way. • That’s why the question that will be on the Tuesday, May 20, Cooperstown Central School ballot deserves the support of everyone who sees libraries – the Village Library of Cooperstown and Kinney Memorial in Hartwick, in particular – as doorways to knowledge, to-
seems a formula for trouble at some point. But Waterville Library Director Jeff Reynolds – his father, Mace Reynolds, the retired Bendix (now Amphenol) president, lives in Cooperstown, so the son is very familiar with the local scene – reports otherwise: Waterville is a school district library, Oriskany Falls’ Clark Memorial has an independent charter. Both budgets are approved on the same annual schooldistrict ballot, and it’s Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal worked fine for years. Martha Sharer checks out Andy Timmerman’s Regardless of structure, selection at the Village Library of Cooperstown. there will be issues, as there are in any human endeavor. day and – adapting as access vote or not, are authorized People of good will can to knowledge adapts – into to vote – would be able to simply work them out as the foreseeable future. control future increases, they arise. The ballot question, if which would have to be • approved, would authorize placed on the ballot. Be all this as it may be, the CCS board “to level and • voting “aye” on the balcollect an annual tax, year Right now, library lot will allow the greater after year,” and divide the funding depends on the Cooperstown community resulting $180,452 between respective village and town – remember, we are a greatthe two libraries. This boards. As an example of er Cooperstown community year, $115,452 would go to what to guard against, the – to embrace an opportunity. the Cooperstown library, Village Board, in anAs reported on the front $65,000 to Hartwick’s. ticipation of an “aye” vote, page in this issue, Village That would be a guaranteed simply removed the library Trustee Lou Allstadt, the “floor,” but CCS residents line item from its 2014-15 former Mobil executive vice – all residents, registered to budget – if the ballot quespresident, was a founder tion fails, the $45,000 the of The Friends of 22 Main Village Library needs for before he was elected and, the second half of the year ONEONTA, COOP SCHOOL ELECTIONS 5/20 as chair of the village’s doesn’t exist. If it came to Buildings Committee, chool elections and budget votes are Tuesday, May that, you might expect the continues to put together an 20, in both the Oneonta City and Cooperstown CenVillage Board to step up tral school districts. Also, CCS residents will decide exciting plan for 22 Main, and add the allocation, but whether to assume funding for the Village of Cooperstown the landmark Village Hall Cooperstown Mayor Jeff and Town of Hartwick libraries. Katz is playing chicken with and home to the library and In Oneonta, polls will be open noon-9 p.m. at Foothills; Cooperstown Art Associathe Middlefield and Otsego in Cooperstown, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at the middle/high school. tion. town boards – he feels they In Oneonta, six candidates are running for three school In his new role, Allstadt is should contribute more than board openings: Karen Brown, Amy Burnsworth, Dan Butbarred from Friends’ fundthey do to library operations terman, Darren Gaisford, George F. Palladino and Evelina raising, but Lang Keith, the – so who knows? Richardson. retired judge, has replaced In Cooperstown, four are running for two openings: Tim Further, the funding struchim and it’s likely, when the Hayes, David Petri, Theresa Russo and Jean Schifano. ture – one ballot question For links to candidate questionnaires and budget detime comes, that significant for two library budgets, tails, visit independently developed by private money can be raised WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM boards with different goals – toward the $2 million price
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he Village Library of Cooperstown board is not alone in believing neighboring communities it serves aren’t paying their freight or, perhaps, fees. Particularly under its former director, Marie Bruni, the City of Oneonta’s Huntington Memorial Library for years has been nudging the Oneonta Town Board to contribute more to operations. Bruni’s recent successor, Tina Winstead, has enough challenges to keep her occupied in her first year, but the Town Board did raise its 2014 contribution a bit – $42,000, up from $40,000 last year. The Huntington’s budget is $666,000, more than five times Cooperstown’s $115,000, and it benefits from a healthy endowment – thank you, Henry Huntington – that contributes $158,000 to the annual budget. Still, the city contributes 61 percent of the budget; the town, 6 percent. Winstead is diplomatic: “They (town board members) recognize the town that uses the library isn’t paying as much as city residents are. They recognize that.” But money’s tight, even in the flush Town of Oneonta: “They are making hard decisions every day,” she sympathized. Still, if the Cooperstown Central School ballot question passes May 20, looking for a dependable allocation through the Oneonta City School District (which includes the town) may be something to think about. tag. As Reynolds reported, the state Dormitory Authority issues $4 million in bonds annually. And $400,000 of that is allocated to the Four County Library System – Otsego is one of the four, according to the system’s executive director, Steve Bachman. In recent years, the system has given out as much as $200,000 to any one facility. It has to be matched locally, which is where the Friends come in, but $400,000 would go a long way toward covering the library’s piece of the Allstadt plan. Listen to Bachman: “If
you have stable funding, it allows you to plan for the future.” The Regents like that; Bachman likes that. Happy days. Vote “yes” on the May 20 ballot question. And if you support it, be sure to vote: Remember, a tie vote defeated the CCS capital project Dec. 8. There will be issues, but let’s see them worked out at the table in a new conference room in a 21st-century community center that contains activities as varied as the community, an arts hub, municipal offices and, yes, an ever-evolving entry point to knowledge, the Village Library of Cooperstown.
LETTERS
Theresa Russo’s Commitment, Integrity Earn Her Reelection
To the Editor: Whenever people with a mental-health illness take their own life or that of someone else, we ask: Couldn’t anyone have seen that coming? Why wasn’t help made available? This is especially true if the person is of school age. Most people suffering with mental illness do not harm themselves or others, yet, if help is not available, they do lead lives of quiet desperation where their full potential is not realized. Their mental illness impacts their loved ones, their friends and associates, their co-workers and the community at large. All too often help is not available, or too costly. Schools rarely have the resources to deal effectively with the children they
To the Editor: What do school board members need to serve their communities? Integrity, commitment and a willingness to learn how to best fulfill their role. Theresa Russo understands how important these qualities are and those who have worked with her know that she has them. Additionally, her professional background as a professor at SUNY Oneonta is an attribute that not only keeps her aware of best practices and trends in education but also provides a valuable knowledge base of child development that not all school board members bring to the table. Theresa speaks her mind honestly and takes her job seriously. She’s smart and she’s energetic. It’s not always easy serving on a school board and when someone like Theresa, who now has six years of experience under her belt, is eager to lend us her time and talents, it is a good move to accept it. Please join me in voting for Theresa Russo on May 20. ROSEMARY CRAIG Cooperstown
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ones to appointments and stay with them? How supportive can they be if their loved ones need hospitalization and are that far away? How does it affect the daily routine of the family left behind? Mental illness can be of short duration or can be chronic in nature. We do know that people suffering from it can be helped through counseling and medication and sometimes need immediate hospitalization. What will be our community’s response in recognizing and addressing the void that will be created with the closure at Bassett. Hopefully, doing nothing will not be the answer. KAREN MIHAN Cooperstown
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realize need help. Often the hospital is the only place where help can be found and it is often used when a crisis is truly looming. With the closing of the crisis center and psychiatric ward at Bassett, those who suffer from mental illness have even fewer options for finding help. The nearest facilities will be at Albany, Binghamton or Syracuse. Any of these choices will mean a onehour commute or more. With the price of gas over $3.70 a gallon, this will be a burden on many. With a two-hour round trip commute, another barrier to accessing health care will be in place. How many people can afford to take a half day off of work to drive their loved
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To the Editor: This letter serves as my full and enthusiastic endorsement of Dan Buttermann for a seat on the Oneonta City School Board of Education. Dan and his wife Anna moved to Oneonta in 2011 from Dallas, recognizing that Oneonta is a great place to raise a family. His two children have been attending the Bugbee School, where he has been active with other parents in developing enrichment programming that benefits our local children as well as the Bugbee Center’s. Dan’s 4-year-old daughter will be entering kindergarten in the Oneonta schools this fall and he is looking forward to continuing this positive activism in our school district. Dan holds a B.A. in Music Performance, an MBA in Strategy & Entrepreneurship and presently works for New York Central Mutual in Edmeston as a claims
supervisor. Dan and I believe his business background and knowledge will benefit our school district when developing the yearly budget and deciding on the direction of educational programming. He strongly feels that the amount we pay in school taxes should directly reflect the educational benefits the students are receiving. While Dan likes the concept of a Common Core to ensure children are taught similarly throughout the country, he agrees with teachers that they need to have flexibility in their classrooms and be allowed to adapt the modules to best meet the needs of their individual students. Please join me in electing Dan Buttermann to our school district’s Board of Education on May 20. DAVE RISSBERGER Third Ward Council Member City of Oneonta
Make Sure Cooperstown Library Has Sufficient Funding For Future To the Editor: I have always loved our village library, but until I moved in next door, I had no idea that so many people take advantage of it every day. I love standing at my kitchen window, watching children and adults go in and out of the building. With children’s programs winter and summer, political discussion groups, lectures, craft groups and Internet access, in addition to books, CDs and DVDs, our library is a community treasure. All over the country, libraries are closing due to lack of funding. Do not let that happen to us! Please, everyone, go to CCS on May 20 and vote “yes” on the library funding plan. MELINDA HARDIN Cooperstown
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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Steam boat traveling has increased beyond all calculation on the Hudson since its introduction by Fulton and Livingston. There are now plying on the north river no less than five boats, four of which perform a passage from New York to Albany, and the other to Poughkeepsie and back again once in each week, several of which have carried upwards of two hundred passengers at a trip. Of the Armistice, nothing farther having appeared within these last few days, we begin to doubt, and shall not expect its completion, if its confirmation is not soon obtained and promulgated. The injury to public enterprise as well as private speculation created by the present state of suspense requires that speedy and certain accounts be obtained of so important an event as the cessation of hostilities and revival of the coasting trade. May 18, 1814
175 YEARS AGO
Items – Honeymoon – Though this word is in common use, its derivation is little known, as nothing respecting it is found in the dictionaries or encyclopedias. Its origin is from a custom of the Teutons, an ancient people of Germany, who drank mead or metheglin, a beverage made with honey, for thirty days after every wedding. The great coal vein at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, for two miles is on fire. It is too elevated to turn a stream into it, and great destruction is anticipated. We are sorry to learn that the fine steamer Highlander, belonging to Newburg, and plying regularly between that place and New York, bursted her boiler in going up on Saturday night last, and killed two or three persons. She was running with the Swallow, Rochester and Osceola, all swift boats bound to Albany. May 13, 1839
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Important War News – The very day upon which our last paper was printed, the powerful armies of Grant and Lee met in dreadful conflict and once more the bloodstained hills and valleys of Virginia echoed and re-echoed the sound of booming cannon, the rattling of musketry, the clash of arms, the groans of the wounded and the dying. For several weeks Gen. Grant had been concentrating his forces and perfecting his arrangements; and, as soon as ready, he “moved upon the enemy’s works.” The accounts at hand, up to the hour of writing this article are meager and mostly unofficial. The last mail may bring something more satisfactory and definite. The battles of Thursday and Friday were
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was realized from this source by the government; 586,117 pounds of ink were required for printing such an output, and the paper used came from 1,500 spruce trees ground to pulp. These trees were cut on the mountains of North Carolina. May 13, 1914
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The Cooperstown Centennial nine opened its season here Sunday afternoon with a bang, providing some 250 spectators with a fourteen-inning thriller against the Utica Outlaws and winning in the last of the fourteenth when, with the score knotted at 4-all, and a man on base, Les Bursey poled a homer into the right field bleachers in true Horatio Alger style. Bursey had been out of baseball for the past two seasons and had not the remotest idea of coming back in this year, until after putting his high school team through spring practice. Les took a few swipes at the ball himself contested with an obstinate courage not excelled in all the while the kids looked on and found his batting eye keener history of the war. The losses of both sides were heavy and than ever. That put the idea in his head and there he was May 14, 2004 Sunday afternoon patrolling center field and banging away prisoners were captured by both armies. Gen. Grant brought at the ball. May 17, 1939 up his reserves on the second day, when Lee was forced back after desperate fighting. That night Lee retreated and Grant started in pursuit Saturday morning. The skill of Gen Grant and the courage of our brave soldiers lead us to hope A trial away from Cooperstown was ordered Monday in that the army of the rebels may be defeated and Richmond a $625,000 lawsuit brought by a Cooperstown housewife captured. who contends she was libeled in the paperback novel “The May 13, 1864 Sex Cure.” The book, authored by Mrs. Isabel Moore under the pen name of Elain Dorian, reportedly has Cooperstown as its setting. Supreme Court Justice Robert O. Brink found Medical Advice: “The best promoter of good health is the that a fair and impartial trial might not be held in Otsego County because “truthfully or not” the book allegedly cultivation of a cheerful and hopeful spirit, which does not exposes the private mores of local citizens. The trial will be tolerate either fretting over the ordinary ills of life or worheld in Cortland, New York. rying about possible troubles ahead. Add proper exercise, May 20, 1964 sufficient sleep, moderate but nutritious diet of well-cooked food, with a daily task of useful, mental or physical work, and there is little more to suggest.” May 17, 1889 The Bop Till You Drop Spring Fever Dance Party will kick off at 8 p.m. on May 20 in the banquet room of the Sportsman’s Tavern in Fly Creek. The Rubber Band Band Something of the prosperity of a country and the standard featuring lead guitarist Jack DuPont will play music that ranges from reggae to rock to rhythm and blues. The dance of its intelligence may be gained by the necessary issuance party is a Gallery 53 Artworks benefit sponsored by the of its postage stamps. Through the efforts of 600 men and women employed for this purpose by the bureau of engrav- Bold Dragoon, Northern Eagle, Oneonta Grocery Co. the ing and printing, 40,000,000 stamps are each day manufac- Sportsman’s Tavern, Stewarts and Video-Deo. May 17, 1989 tured, counted and put up in packages ready for shipment to the 60,000 post-offices throughout the United States. During the last fiscal year a total value of $185,504,550.20
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or the first time since it was hung in 1939, Babe Ruth’s plaque is leaving the Baseball Hall of Fame for an on-field pregame ceremony in Yankee Stadium Tuesday, May 13, to raise interest in “Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend,” which opens in June at 25 Main. It will then be on view at the stadium through the eighth inning of the Yankees-Mets game. Wednesday the 14th, the plaque will be on view at Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall to promote the state’s “Path Though History” tourism promotion, and will be back in Cooperstown Thursday, May 14.
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CCS Upgrading Offerings In Case Nearby School Districts Can’t Keep High Schools BEST/From A1 candidate forum Monday, May 12, in Sterling Auditorium. School districts will want to keep their elementary schools operating locally as long as they can, but CCS needs to raise its standards and programming to make it the attractive choice to districts seeking high-school options, she said. Board candidate Tim Hayes, CCS ‘94, picked up on her comments, saying “declining enrollment is the most important issue we have to face.” He pointed out that, in addition to tourism’s attractions, Bassett Hospital employees drive 45 minutes to work here, then take a shuttle from the parking lot. Might they want to move closer? The comments were prompted by a question from resident Richmond Hulse, Pioneer Street, who asked what can be done about costs rising as enrollments drop. Russo, Hayes and incumbent Jean Schifano, who are running for reelection Tuesday, May 20, appeared at the forum. The fourth candidate, David Petri, was sick and unable to, said moderator Maureen Murray. Asked if Russo’s comments reflected school board policy, Superintendent of Schools C.J. Hebert said, “as resources become tighter, options become more limited. We certainly want to be in a position where we can maintain our level of programming and offer it to others as well.” While many school districts statewide have resisted the new Common Core curriculum, Hebert has embraced it, last year bringing in an administrator from the Rochester area, Lynn Strang, as executive principal to drive its implementation. Last week, the school was able to report that CCS tied for first with a fraction of the state’s schools in its
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Citizen Richmond Hulse, right, asks how CCS’ cycle of lower enrollment and higher budgets can be stemmed. Seated on the stage at the League of Women Voters’ forum are, from left, school board candidates Tim Hayes, Theresa Russo and Jean Schifano, and moderator Maureen Murray.
students’ Regents exam results in geometry and physics. There may have been only one other instance of
that happening, a few years ago in a foreign language, Strang said. Hebert said Cooperstown
High School would be able to absorb as many as 100 students from another district, although as many as
200 would be a challenge. When the polls open on the 20th from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., school residents will
also vote on the $17.8 million spending plan for 201415, a $500,000 increase over this year. The tax levy would rise 1.72 percent. Hulse also asked about applying $930,000 from the surplus to next year’s budget. Hebert, in an interview, said the school’s financial advisers concluded the district has paid off sufficient debt to make that much of the surplus superfluous. The budget also reflects the elimination of one teaching position in the elementary school, the result of leaving a position vacant after a retirement. Also, money is being saved by the Schenevus Central School District contracting with CCS to absorb its business office, effective July 1. Business Manager Amy Kukenberger and her staff with oversee the finances of both districts, a move made possible by adopting the same computer bookkeeping systems.
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Plans Being Readied To Fully Utilize Cooperstown’s Landmark Village Hall 22 MAIN/From A1 closed in,” Allstadt said on a recent tour of the building – would enclose the open space there now, from the existing door to the western
end of the CAA gallery (and former squash court.) An elevator would be installed in the interior corner, against the wall of the Village Treasurer’s Office,
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allowing access – handicapped and otherwise – to the lower basement, the main floor and the secondfloor ballroom. The open fire escape against that same wall would be replaced with an enclosed, fire-code compliant one, multiplying the maximum people allowed in the now-limited third-floor ballroom. “What this does: It allows you to have a second entrance,” said Allstadt. “Not a rear entrance – a second entrance.” Already, village offices, now in the partially submerged lower floor, can be reconfigured. Space used by the village court, which recently moved to Fly Creek, and a janitorial storage room, may soon be turned into small conference rooms. Space in what’s now the treasurer’s office, where staff has been reduced from three to one, can be reallocated. But it is the main floor, housing the library and CAA gallery, and the second floor, home to the ballroom, the assessor’s office and CAA storage space, where the Allstadt/HKK plan sees the greatest opportunity. Walk up the bluestone steps from Main Street, in the main door and turn to the right. That room, now home to the library’s circulation desk, a nest of computers, bookcases and a few easy chairs, would be opened up into an airy, spacious reading room. Turn to the left, and the back wall of the children’s library would be removed, creating a larger high-ceilinged room. The library director’s office, in the back
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This second-floor two-room suite, now used by the CAA for storage and studio space, could be adjusted so it could accommodate a catering station, allowing weddings and social gatherings in the adjacent ballroom, Allstadt said during a tour of the building.
corner, would be expanded to accommodate computer banks. A more compact director’s office would be to the right. The elevator would be next to that. In the back, where the CAA is now, the steps leading into the former squash court, now the main gallery, would be reconfigured to include an unobtrusive handicapped access. An emergency exit in the southwest corner would open into, yes, the new entryway. On the second floor, the elevator would open into a new entryway to the ballroom. Inside that large space, a sliding partition would run along the northsouth ceiling beam, allowing the east side to be used for conferences and events while another gathering is underway in the ballroom, where folding chairs, a sound system and a screen would enable varied activities. Few know it, but there’s a sizeable two-room suite in the southeast corner now used by the CAA. Space
can be recaptured there to allow CAA uses to continue, but make room for a catering station for gatherings in the reconfigured ballroom. In effect, the plan – the elevator, enclosed fire escape, adjustable ballroom and catering station – will create not just community space, but a potential source of revenue for village government, from weddings, business meetings and conferences. Allstadt estimates full implementation will cost in the area of $2 million, but not all would be done at once. (“The big money” – about $1 million – “is in the entryway,” Allstadt said.) In the 2014-15 village budget, $60,000 is in the village budget for porch decking, chimney repointing, roof and radiator repair and steam-pipe insulation. A $3,000 donation paid for the new front steps. Trustee Cindy Falk, who obtained two grants to cover 60 percent of the $2 million sidewalk project
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now underway, has been recruited to seek grants for this project. The newest round of state CFA funding has just opened up, with a June 16 deadline, and she said money for handicapped access – conceivably, the elevator and CAA steps – may be available. The state Preservation League and National Trust for Historic Preservation have provided money for planning, but there’s none for bricks and mortar, she said. The Village Board planned to meet Wednesday, May 14, and Mayor Katz said an initial discussion of possible funding was to occur then. He called the plans for 22 Main “both exciting and daunting,” and said he hopes to present the final plans to the public when HKK Architects complete their work. “First we go for the biggest grants that we can,” said Allstadt. “After that, we see how much we need to fill in.” The Friends of 22 Main formed a half-dozen years ago, intending to launch a capital campaign to redo the landmark, which was donated to the village in 1898 by Robert Sterling Clark in honor of his mother, Elizabeth Scriven Clark, to be used as a library, museum and YMCA. When it became evident the national economic downturn would linger, the fund drive was delayed, but could now be revived. When Allstadt joined the Village Board, Lang Keith, the retired judge, took over the Friends’ leadership. Gib Vincent, the historic preservationist, and Amanda May, former Bassett fundraiser, are also involved.
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(7732) Superbly kept 3-BR expanded Cape Cod w/center-hall layout, hardwood flooring, 6-panel doors, LR w/fireplace, formal DR, kitchen w/cherry cabinets, large windows, skylights. Patio, deck, finished basement, garage, large private yard. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$385,000
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New Purchases and refinances • Debt Consolidation Free Pre-Qualification • Fast Approvals • Low Rates Registered Mortgage Broker Matt Schuermann NYS Banking Dept. Loans arranged by a 3rd party lender. 31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown (directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee)
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Custom-built in 2006, this home features the best of lakeside living. Wrap-around, maintenance-free deck and screened gazebo are perfect for outdoor living. First level is an open concept. LR/DR/kitchen has doors that open to deck. Master BR suite w/walk-in closets and powder room on this level. Laundry w/new appliances. Porcelain tile in baths, laundry and enclosed walkway to the attached 2-car garage. Views of the lake from 3 BRs. Library w/doors to private patio. Central A/C, radiant heat (propane). Year-round home has .074 acres, and separately deeded lot has .038 acres w/130' of lake frontage. Both parcels are included in sale. Sitting deck overlooking the lake and newly built stairs that lead down to the water. A dock is in place for your boat. Make this your opportunity for lake living by calling today for an appointment to see this home!
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For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Real Estate Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue, Associate Real Estate Broker – 293-8874 Madeline Sansevere, Real Estate Salesperson – 435-4311 Cathy Raddatz, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-4141 Michael Welch, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8502
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