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When he isn’t teaching Near East history and theology at Hartwick College, Bryan Babcock and wife Betsy, this month’s “Farmers of the Future,” are applying experience in international business to organic farming/SEE B1

Season Debuts, Hawkeyes Play Outlaws Team

The Wounded Warriors, right, and Otsego police and firefighters’ team, left, stand at attention for the national anthem at the start of the Sunday, May 27, game in Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field. In the foreground are, from left, vets Alan Christman, Gulf War; George Tucker Jr., Korea; Bill Bose, WWII, and Bill Haase, Vietnam. Col. Paul Russo, a Bassett physician, sings the anthem/

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ook ahead a week, as the Cooperstown Hawkeyes will host the Oneonta Outlaws at 5 p.m. Friday, June 8, in the first game of a budding crosscounty rivalry. Both teams are in the Perfect Game League this year, and will play each other 13 times. Mayors Katz and Miller have offered a Mayor’s Cup to the team with the best record. BARN TALK: Cynthia G. Falk, CGP assistant professor and a new village trustee, was scheduled to give a lecture on her new book, “Barns of New York: Rural Architecture of the Empire State,” from Cornell University Press, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, at The Farmers’ Museum. PRIMARY DAY: There will be a Republican primary for U.S. senator and Democratic primary for the 19th Congressional District representative noon-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 26. SEASON HERE: Teams are arriving this weekend at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

From the steps to Cooperstown’s Council Rock Park, the winningest participant in the 50-year history of the General Clinton Regatta, Serge Corbin, right, and fellow canoeist, Steve Corlew, watch one of the Memorial Day races cut through Otsego Lake toward the mouth of the Susquehanna. In the background are the Sleeping Lion, a view made internationally famous by James Fenimore Cooper’s novels, and Kingfisher Tower/SEE A7

Grad Liz Kelly hugs her mom, Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich, after receiving her degree Saturday, May 26, at the college’s 81st Commencement/SEE A3

Trustees Ban Pesticides On Village Land Grass Strips, Donated Plants Exempted

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efore a packed house, the Village Board Tuesday, May 29, unanimously approved a policy – not a law – banning pesticide use on village-owned land, a decision that will mostly affect Doubleday Field. “It’s definitely the right decision,” said Nicole Dillingham,

Otsego 2000 president. “Additional work needs to be done, but it’s a huge step in the right direction and we’re grateful to the board of trustees.” The resolution was brought forth by Trustee James Dean and the trustees’ Environmental Conservation Committee on May 1. On May 16, Sam Wilcox, director of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society,

addressed a letter to the board in support of the resolution. “I feel very, very happy,” Wilcox said with a smile. “It’s a big step, recognizing the problem of rampant pesticide use.” “Village property” is defined as property owned and maintained by the village. Grass strips between the roads and the sidewalks in front of private property are excluded,

as are flowers, shrubs or bushes donated to the village. Though only Doubleday Field is the only village property that uses pesticides to control weeds under the grandstand, not on the diamond itself. Trustee Frank Capozza said the village has received a $7,000 grant from Cornell Cooperative Extension to study how to best maintain the field without pesticides. Currently, groundskeeper Joe Please See PESTICIDES, A6

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LOCALS CLARK, LEATHERSTOCKING HONOR 12 FOR SERVICE

Erica Collier & Rudy Callejas Zamora

Twelve Leatherstocking Corp. and Clark Foundation employees were recognized for their years of service Tuesday, May 15, at The Otesaga, including Warren Brigham, James Chase and Val Paige for 35 years. Seated, from left, are Andrew Clegg (10 years), JoEllen Middleton (15), Eve Cripps (20), Paige, Timothy Steele (25). Standing, from left, are honoree’s husband Joe Middleton, Clark Foundation Executive Director Douglas Bauer, Leatherstocking Vice President David Sanford, foundation Director of Horticulture Michael Bouton, Dale Schneegas (25), Gregory Harra (25), Rudy Burkhart (20), Chase, Leatherstocking and Clark Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark, Clark Scholarships Director Peter Severud and Clark Sports Center Director Dion Wade. Brigham and Charlie Anna (10 years) were absent.

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College. Erica has taught in Charlottesville, Va., and Cooperstown, and is currently teaching Spanish in Menands. The groom-to-be is the son of Luis Callejas Guamuch and Martina Zamora Mateo of San Lucas de Sacatepequez, Guatemala. Rudy was a marathon runner for Escuela Oficial Urbana Mixta Principal. He is currently self-employed as a mason and landscaper. A summer wedding is planned in San Lucas, Guatemala

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EMORABLE TIMES • SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2011 A-3

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 30-31, 2012

Dr. Mark R. Davis, chairman of Hartwick’s Education Department, smiles at the applause on receiving the Margaret Bunn Teaching Award.

Drum Major Gates Murchie and the Broome County Bagpipe & Drum Corps lead the way.

Faculty Chair Reid Golden places a hood on Taylor Goble’s shoulders, signifying his graduation.

309 Depart Hartwick’s Oyaron Hill Clara Tanner, Schenevus, was one of the most popular folks there: She distributed bottled water to steamy attendees.

Sophomores Danielle Dillard, Chelsea Ziegler and Marel Andrews take a break from the ceremony.

Xavier Clair, Class of 1914, poses with older brother Alex. The two have six other siblings, including brother Nicholas, who graduated in the Class of 2012.

Alicia Fish, director of alumni relations, presents a bell, symbolic of the bell rung at Hartwick Seminary going back to 1797, to each of the 309 graduates during the college’s 2012 commencement Saturday, May 26, under the tent on Oyaron Hill. The commencement speaker was Kathy Ordonez, president of Celera.

Rebecca Flynn, along with her 308 fellow graduates, heartily rings a bell provided to each of the seniors, a memento of their years in Oneonta.

President Drugovich comforts her teary daughter, Liz Kelly, who received her diploma from her mother on graduating in the Class of 2012.

Bob Hanft of Cooperstown, a Hartwick trustee (and former chairman) processes into the ceremony.

Layla Butterman, 4 months, attended her first graduation, along with mom Ana.

Giada Ratchford enjoys a bit of freedom before grandmother Leah Elwood, a coordinator in the Office of Advising, retrieved her from the runway to make way for the bagpipe band.

Grad Sarah Briggs of Wayland was all smiles – she begins work shortly at Bassett Hospital’s ICU. Mom Mary, dad Jim and boyfriend Michael Converse smile with her.

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FA. When an editorial starts out with an acronym, most readers immediately turn the page. But stick with this for just three more paragraphs. CFA stands for “comprehensive funding application” – please, just a little longer – which is how New York State is distributing $1 billion in economic-development money annually that used to be channeled through dozens of programs and agencies. If you are a businessperson or elected official or volunteer with a great project but no money, focus: A seminar that will instruct you how to fill out a CFA is planned 3-5 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. To RSVP, go to http://regionalcouncils. ny.gov and type “suny oneonta” in the search bar in the upper right. OK, that’s the end. End of the mandatory part. The crossword is on Page B7. (We’re headed there, too) •

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It would be nice to tell you this is important. It may be. But we won’t know for a few months. It depends how successful Otsego County is in extracting significant funding from the Mohawk Valley Economic Development Commission – Governor Cuomo created 10 such EDCs (drat, another acronym) statewide – for significant local projects. Well-crafted CFAs (see above) are important to that. To recap (skip ahead if you like): Last fall, when $1 billion in state money was first distributed through CFAs, private enterprise in Otsego County only received $140,000. That was for an expansion of Brewery Ommegang. A lot’s happened since. Citizens Voices, 115 businesspeople concerned about “unintended consequences” of the anti-fracking movement that might impact local enterprises, challenged state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, at a breakfast last December to do something about economic

tions. There should be no excuses for not following them. Let me state what I think President Lincoln told us. In sum he said: • Those in whom we entrust the or 146 years since the first Deco- responsibility of government, seeing the need to protect our country’s funration Day in 1866, in speeches damental liberties, send and editorials, peosome of our fellow ple have been tapped to citizens off to war for say something profound, the benefit of those left memorable, inspiring and behind. perhaps new about what • Those of us left we do on Memorial Day. behind, and who enjoy Always we come those liberties, have the together physically and responsibility of workin our thoughts to honor ing just as hard in the those who served, have true luxury of safety to brought home physical protect them. and emotional scars, or • It is the ultimate who have paid the ultidishonor of those who mate sacrifice by giving serve and sacrifice to their lives for our country. not do so. Unfortunately, the we • Spending a few is a small group. Most The Freeman’s Journal hours a year at cerenjoy a holiday like any Oneonta Mayor Dick emonies like this is not other holiday with little Miller, a Vietnam vetthought of its meaning. eran, delivers Memorial enough. • Every day we must At Memorial Day and Day remarks in Neahwa work to preserve and at Veterans Day, we rePark. enhance for all Amerimember, those of us here cans the fundamental liberties stated will follow General Logan’s orders. in our bill of rights upon which our We have heard the inspiring words country was founded. of President Lincoln. The first part of • Only through doing that do we his Gettysburg Address was specific to properly honor those who served, were the Civil War and the terrible battle on scarred or perished for us. the grounds in southern Pennsylvania • As we conclude our remembrance where he made his speech. today, let us recognize the work we The last two paragraphs apply to must do, recommit ourselves to it and all wars and what we should be doing get on with it. today and every day to honor those God bless the men and women who who served and particularly those who gave us that chance. made the ultimate sacrifices. Thank you. I like clear messages, and instruc•F

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have changed with it. But the valor, dignity and courage of the men and women in uniform remains the same. From Valley Forge to Desert Storm, from San Juan Hill to Operation Enduring Freedom, the fighting spirit of the American soldier permeates the history of our nation. The founders of the United States understood that our military would be the rampart from which America would guard its freedom. George Washington once stated, “By keeping up in peace a wellregulated and disciplined militia, we shall take the fairest and best method to preserve for a long time to come the

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Gulf War vet Alan Christman addressed Cooperstown’s Memorial Day observance.

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have come to believe that the true and the only reason for Memorial Day is for the men and women of this great nation of ours who have given it all on the battlefield ... Memorial Day is not about the living. It has to be about the men and women who have died on the battlefields both known and unknown who have given us the rights and freedoms that we so enjoy today. At this very moment, halfway around the world in some of the most desolate places you could ever imagine, Americans are fighting and dying in the name of freedom. There are still some who think we should have done nothing after 9/11 and many are very vocally opposed to any military action. But herein lies the beauty of America: You can disagree peaceably if you so choose. Our Constitution guarantees those freedoms of expression and assembly. But it is important to remember who fought for and gave you these rights. For more than 230 years, our military has provided a bastion against our enemies. In that time our world has changed and our armed forces

happiness, dignity and our independence.” The prophecy of those words has been fulfilled time and time again. The cost of that vision has been tremendous, for the periods of peace our country has enjoyed are few. The longest time of complete tranquility for our armed forces was the 23 years between WWI and WWII. Since the Revolutionary War, more than 42 million men and women have served in America’s military. More than 1,314,000 of those dauntless, selfless warriors have died in the various conflicts that gave birth to and have sustained our great nation. But why are we so willing to fight and, if need be, to die? The answer to that question is as simple and yet as complex as the soul of America itself. We fight because we believe. We believe NOT that war is good but sometimes that it is necessary. ...The words of the philosopher John Stuart Mills say it best. “War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling of an individual who thinks nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free.”

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Streck. In short, good things are happening. No check in hand, yet, but good trending. • Sure, it seems complicated. The CFAs are due in July. They will be reviewed by the Mohawk Valley EDC, compared to regional priorities identified last year, and sent on to a couple of additional state reviews before the lucky projects are announced in the fall. But government consists of bureaucracies and bureaucracies are, well, bureaucratic. So let’s learn the rules. And if money comes for say, an acoustical shell for Foothills’ stage, or new sidewalks, benches and lighting for Cooperstown’s Main Street, or – just sayin’ – feeder systems to provide cheaper natural gas to all the major communities along the proposed Constitution pipeline, we may eventually be convinced the process works. Meanwhile, register for that CFA seminar Thursday, June 14, at SUNY Oneonta.

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Editor’s Note: Here are Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller’s remarks at the Memorial Day gathering in Neahwa Park.

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development locally. He returned the following month, called economic-development efforts in Otsego County “woefully inadequate” compared to the other 10 counties in his 51st District, and announced he planned an Economic Development Summit, which drew 200 people and packed The Otesaga’s ballroom on March 8. The gathering identified three economicdevelopment goals – broadband access, entrepreneurism or business development, and targeting companies that might want to locate plants or offices here. Committees were formed to pursue these topics – the targeting one met Tuesday, May 29, and the two others are to meet in the next few days. Seward also created a leadership council, which includes the college presidents, the mayors of Oneonta and Cooperstown, and economic-development officials. And he’s planning a gathering of eagles – the top local business leaders, from the managers of Covidien and Amphenol to Bassett’s Bill

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Pacherille Case Not Closed Until Anthony Comes Home To the Editor: I find that I must respond to last week’s editorial, “It’s Time to Act on Hard Issues, So Community Can Move On.” Move on? With the inappropriate photo accompanying the editorial? For me, as I turned the page to the editorial, I saw the photo and I felt a blow. For me, it brought back all the horrible memories of that sad, sad day. That day – when my daughter, Kathy, called me saying Anthony shot someone and himself – and my first thought being someone tried to break in his house and he defended himself and then shot himself accidentally. That day – walking into the ER and seeing Anthony covered with blood with a bullet in his forehead. That day – when I held Anthony’s one hand and he, with his other, held a suction tube to extract the blood from his throat so he could breathe and I saw the tears streaming down his face. To then read on to have it stated that Craig and Tracy Lippitt are not hard-hearted and unbending gave me

another blow. As for the Pacherilles and Lippitts being brought together – in my opinion, isn’t it a little too late? Is it not known that Tony and Kathy tried to reach out to the Lippitts and their minister? Is it not known that Tony called the Lippitts only to have Craig Lippitt say, “Don’t ever call this house again?” Is it not known that Tony and Kathy went to a session of the “Circle of Caring “ meeting, only to be told they could not speak of the tragedy and having Craig Lippitt storm out of the meeting? Is it not known that Tracy Lippitt hung up the telephone on Tony’s 80year-old mother as his mother pleaded with her for mercy? I see words in the editorial such as “kindness,”, “peace,” “acceptance” and “forgiveness.” I saw Craig Lippitt carrying a sign with the prominent word “forgiveness” (among others). How hypocritical. Kindness and forgiveness for who? Certainly none was shown for An-

thony. For me, I sympathize with the Lippitts, trying to put myself in their place. They have undergone a traumatic experience, who only they can explain. But to say they are not hard-hearted and unbending is, in my opinion, not a truth. For me, the editorial is correct in stating Anthony’s treatment is underscored almost daily by others with less serious crimes receiving less punishment than Anthony. For me, of course Anthony did a very bad thing. But he is a good person who did a very bad thing. He is not a criminal and does not deserve what he is getting. If only the Lippitts had shown some of what was on that sign that Craig Lippitt carried, I think the outcome would have been better for all. For me, the door on the Pacherille case will never be closed for our family until Anthony is home. MARY-ANN ANGELO Cooperstown

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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

Financial matters – Congress has made appropriations for the support of government for the year 1812, passed February 26, 1812, for $1,264,412.54. Congress has passed a bill appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the relief of the sufferers by the late earthquake at Venezuela. The president is empowered to purchase provisions to that amount and cause them to be exported to Carraccas. The Treasury Department statement of the probable application during the year 1812 of the annual appropriation of $8,000,000 for the public debt, distinguishing the sums payable for the interest on the Louisiana debt, and for the interest and reimbursement of the domestic debt. May 30, 1812

175 YEARS AGO

There is a class of men in whose power it is, by their position in society, and by virtue of the influence which their offices gives them, to do much for the cause of general education. I allude to my reverend and respected brethren of the clergy. If it be true that intelligence is favorable to the interests of morality and religion – if, to make men steadfastly and eminently virtuous, and rationally, as well as fervently devout, we must enlighten their understanding – that knowledge enlarges the mind, and opens it wide to the reception of truth – that intellectual culture, and intellectual enjoyments, are a powerful security against the seductive influence of error and of vice – that the best affections of the heart, no less than the highest powers of intellect, are refined and strengthened, and improved by a broader, and more elevated, and more accurate view of the being, in all his complicated relations – to God, to his fellow men, to himself, to his country, to society, to his family and his friends, to the external world around him, and to that untried state of existence, which awaits him hereafter. June 5, 1837

150 YEARS AGO

The Burnt District – Through the patient and industrious efforts of a few gentlemen who have devoted time and money, and assumed responsibilities in carrying out the project, the plan for widening Main Street to the Court House has been perfected, and nearly the entire amount needed to carry it out is pledged. These gentlemen, whether directly interested in the improvements or not, deserve the thanks of this community for the successful prosecution of their labors – a result which adds vastly to the beauty of the village and confers upon it permanent benefits. On the

25 YEARS AGO

The event marked the opening of the Fenimore under the proprietorship of Garrett J. Benson of Albany, who has renovated the hotel in a genuine manner and is giving the public the best service possible. During the dinner, which was of fine quality and served in a most satisfactory manner by Mr. Benson’s corps of colored waiters, music was furnished by Bronner’s Orchestra and many popular songs and parodies that were printed upon the menu were sung. June 5, 1912

75 YEARS AGO

Motorists who come to Cooperstown on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week to take advantage of the Great Dollar Day Sale being held by the Merchants’ Association of the Chamber of Commerce will find a special advantage here that few places possess and which means much to every visitor who comes in an automobile. This is June 2, 1982 in the provision that has been made by this village in the form of free parking space for unlimited periods. Drive anywhere today for any special event and the problem of where south side of Main Street, it is probable all the vacant lots to leave your car is a serious one. In Cooperstown, parking but one, eleven in number, will be built upon the present in the streets, with certain mild restrictions as to location, season, and of those buildings only two will be of wood. May 30, 1862 is free and unlimited, while the village has provided excellent parking space under ideal conditions at the entrance to Doubleday Field, the exact center of the shopping district. June 2, 1937 At 20 minutes past twelve o’clock last night (Wednesday), the large barn of Mr. E.F. Beadle, located between Pine Street and Nelson Avenue, was discovered to be on Five organizations in Otsego County netted profits totalfire. The fleet-footed firemen were soon on their way to the ing $9,132 from bingo games during the six-month period scene accompanied by scores of citizens. The contents of ending March 31. The three top organizations and their the building being of such inflammable material, the fire profits were Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s Church, had gained rapidly in its devouring course before a stream Oneonta, $4,340; Fraternal Order of Eagles, Oneonta, was playing on it. The building contained a fine gray car$3,980, and Susquehanna Tribe, No. 575, Improved Order riage, horse, carriages, sleighs, harness, robes, hay, grain, etc., all of which were consumed. Mr. Herman Farmer, who of Red Men, Cooperstown, $464. The number of players during the six-month period for the five organizations is an employee of Mr. Beadle, and lives near the barn, was totaled 10,214, who paid in $44,201 to play, and received scorched about the head in trying to rescue the horse from $32,531 in prizes. the flames. This was an excellent illustration of the lack June 6, 1962 of sufficient hydrants for the use of the firemen. The water used at this fire had to be conducted from the Court House grounds, exhausting all the hose carried on two carriages – over 1,200 feet. Bill Rigby, Leatherstocking Railway Historical SociJune 3, 1887 ety director of restoration projects presented designs for a temporary train depot in an empty lot at 53 Walnut Street. The society operates an excursion train out of a restored The banquet given by the Cooperstown Board of Trade in train station in Milford and offers round-trip tours north to Cooperstown along the scenic Susquehanna River valley. the Fenimore Hotel last Tuesday evening was pronounced May 31, 2002 a great success by the nearly 200 who were in attendance.

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Monet Arrives, Iroquois Culture Celebrated At Fenimore Art Museum

Walt Ashley, above, of Cooperstown, examines Monet’s “Bridge at Dolceacqua,” the first work by a major French Impressionist to be displayed at The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. It provides a point of reference to “American Impressionism: Paintings of Light and Life,” which opened Saturday, May 26, for the season. At right, Walter John of the Haudenosaunee Singers & Dancers performs the smoke dance under the main tent during The Fenimore Art Museum’s Iroquois Cultural Festival Saturday, May 26, next to the museum’s recreated 17th century Seneca village. Watching at left are Jessica Gilmartin, Jennifer Walsh, Isabel Clements and Debbie Clements, all of Cooperstown. Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Pesticides Banned On Village’s Land PESTICIDES/From A1 Harris is testing Burn-Out 2, which uses clove oil and meets the committee’s recommendation that only products approved by the Organic Materials Review Institute be used. And, of course, there’s also the old-fashioned method. “Joe Harris tears up those dandelions by hand,” Capozza said. The ChildSafe Playing Field Law, which bans pesticides on parks and playing fields primarily used by children, is in effect in New York State. Clark Sport Center recently announced their own ban on pesticides on their playing fields, and Dean congratulated them on this decision in his resolution.

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Start Reconciliation By Acts Of Kindness Toward Father Rosson To the Editor: You are to be applauded for your balanced and thoughtful May 24 editorial, “It’s Time To Act On Hard Issues, So Community Can Move On.” While the community strives to move on, I would like to offer a reflection that some might carry with them as they seek the desired reconciliation. There is no question that the Lippitt and Pacherille families have been irrevocably affected by what transpired on Good Friday 2010 and in the ensuing two years. However, the damage caused has not been limited to them. Your editorial mentions Father John P. Rosson, pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Church of Cooperstown. From the very day the incident occurred – Good Friday, the most

“My preferred scenario is that by the end of the summer, we find a replacement for pesticides,” said Mayor Jeff Katz. “And if that turns out not to be the case, we need to replace this with something more specific.” “This is not a law,” he reiterated. “It’s a policy. But it could become a law.” The next step, Dean said, is to encourage private property owners to stop using pesticides on their own lands. But those who came out in support of the ban were celebrating. “As a small village in a historic place, we can take a stand,” said To the Editor: Dillingham. “We only make Not really sure who this place more special by “James Blake” is. A new doing so.” one on me. But what he doesn’t know about Home Rule is a lot. Fact is that Home Rule – a town’s use of its land ordinances – applies in 9a.m. - 6p.m. every state in the United States, except where the gas Davenport companies have bought off the state government: case Center in point, Pennsylvania. It certainly applies in every state where the

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Uni, a former consultant to Gastem, a Canadian penny stock company that breezed through here a year or so ago prospecting for shale gas, and now a writer for Energy In Depth, a fracking PR group. Frankly, the belated and apparently bumbling appearance of Mr. Blake is a testimony to Jim Seward’s standing with his constituents. Senator Seward’s staunch support of Home Rule would get him elected

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1,000 Honor Wounded Warriors At Doubleday Tom Carlo, a Marine and member of the Wounded Warriors Softball Team, belts one into the outfield at Doubleday Field Sunday, May 27, during a game with local police and firefighters. Scott Monington is catcher. Some 1,000 fans packed the historic grandstand and spread out into the bleachers. The Wounded Warriors, soldiers who suffered amputations during service to their country, had been scheduled to play in Binghamton on Memorial Day. But learning they would be so close to Cooperstown, determined they would play there too. Carlo, who lives in Harrisburg, Pa., lost his right leg below the knee.

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As the Broome County Bagpipe & Drum Corps performed patriotic tunes in the outfield, the team of firefighters and police removed their caps in respect. From left are Glen Falk, Jeremy Preston, William Henn, Jay Szwejka, Cooperstown Fire Chief Jim Tallman and Jim Cox. Congressman Scott Gibson, R-Kinderhook, who is running to represent all of Otsego County, and Dr. Paul Russo of Cooperstown, who served in Afghanistan, chats with Wounded Warrior Matias Ferreira in the dugout before the game. A Marine, Ferreira is from Atlanta.

CYB Coach John Lohan brought some of his players and their pals to watch the game from the Doubleday grandstand. From left are Dominic Abbate, Brendan Lohan, Jesse Furnari, Richie Abbate and Noel Greenblatt.

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Rod and Miranda Robinson, a father-daughter team from Otego, embark at Cooperstown’s Lakefront Park on Memorial Day for the 50th annual General Clinton Canoe Regatta down the Susquehanna. Andy Triebold and Steve Lajoie claimed the $5,000 top prize, besting perennial winner Serge Corbin, who came in second.

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Alan Christman, left, and Dan Naughton place a memorial wreath on the stone at the top of Pine Boulevard in memory of the fallen.

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Rich Balcom, Mike Boyson and Mark Rowley fire the salute to fallen soldiers during Cooperstown’s Memorial Day observances Monday, May 28, at the Soldiers & Sailors Monument at Main Street and Pine Boulevard. At right, Martha Sherwood covers her ears.

Spry veteran Bruno Talevi still fits in his original Navy uniform from decades ago.

Cooperstown Again Observes Its Memorial Day Traditions Two ladies with family ties to The Freeman’s Journal had a chance to chat after the ceremony. The father of Nancy Carpenter Dunn, left, and father-inlaw of Eileen Littell were both onetime owners and editors of Cooperstown’s 204-year-old newspaper.

Past American Legion Post Commander Doug Walker, center, emceed the ceremony at the Soldiers & Sailors Monument. At left is veteran Bill Haase; at right, Mayor Jeff Katz.

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Four SeaSon Lake Home excLuSiveLy oFFered at $795,000 Year round living waits for you in this Otsego Lake house with private beach and 62’ of direct lake frontage. Stunning views from both balconies. Set well away from the main road with room to park 5 cars. Quiet neighborhood with other year round neighbors. The living area is open and bright, cathedral ceilings outfitted with 3 ceiling fans and 4 remotely controlled skylights. Lake views from all rooms. Telephone and television are wired in all rooms. New retaining wall in the parking area. Large detached two story garage for parking and storage. Green play space above the garage. Greenhouse near the beach frontage. Front lawn leads right to the beach at the lake’s edge. New boat hoist and dock. This property was built for minimum maintenance and maximum enjoyment for 12 months of the year!

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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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