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6,000 Due At Furthur ‘Deadheads’ Expected By Thursday The 11th, Peaking Concert Day

200 YEARS

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

ACCOMPLISHMENTS & MEMORIES

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Ethan Newman of the Gilbertsville Dairy Club brushes off a contender during The Farmers’ Museum Junior Livestock Show, where young animal tenders showed their skills Sunday-Tuesday, July 7-9. For results, see

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t’s unlikely the 30,000 “Deadheads” anticipated by some for the Sunday, July 14, Furthur concert will materialize, organizers are now saying. “We’ve done the show many many times,” said Stu Green of Magic City Productions, the concert’s The Freeman’s Journal promoter. A young tourist “They’re old examines tieguys now. it’s dye shirts that a very mellow appeared at The crowd.” Stables. He said rumors that Doubleday Field was sold out to its 12,000 fan capacity are wrong: With six days to go, only 6,000 tickets had been sold, although there will be walk-ins Please See FURTHUR, A7

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case of mistaken identity set off a tense, 2½-hour search for a missing specialneeds boy Monday, July 8. Mutume Waddimba, 7, a non-verbal, boarded the 10:15 a.m. Birnie Bus his brother, Titus, was scheduled to ride to the Utica Cerebral Palsy site. His mother, Prisca, found him missing at 10:27 a.m., and village police, deputies, troopers, K9s and a helicopter from Albany scoured the neighborhood. At 1 p.m., police received a call the boy was in Utica and, with his dad, Dr. Anthony Waddimba, retrieved the lad safely from UCP. AUDUBON INVOLVED:

Concerned about threats to birds, the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society has retained Earthjustice, a public-interest environmental law firm, to represent it in FERC’s review of the 122mile Constitution Pipeline. CIVIL RIGHT SUIT: Tony

Pacherille filed a civil rights suit against county Judge Brian Burns Wednesday, July 3, in U.S District Court.

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Congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, in top photo, presents a Congressional proclamation honoring the Cooperstown Fire Department on its 200th birthday to Fire Chief Jim Tallman, while Mayor Jeff Katz looks on after the Saturday, July 6, parade. Two days before, at Springfield’s Fourth of July parade, Ted Lamb, the longest serving member of the Cooperstown Fire Department who passed away April 26, wasn’t driving the department’s antique pumper. But his memory lived on in the form of son David, right, who drove in his stead, and his granddaughter Daeltun, this year’s fire department princess. Seated at left is Stretch Redding.

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oug Gulotty, former Wilber Bank president/CEO, is about to be named to a six-month position to create a public-private entity to replace Otsego County’s Economic Development Office. The county IDA (the industrial development agency) is planning to make that appointment when it meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, July 11, at old city hall on Oneonta’s Main Street. The initiative – Gulotty will be named interim IDA director – was agreed at a Wednesday, July 3, meeting of IDA members and the county board’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Ten county reps attended. After the Thursday meeting, for particulars of the Gulotty appointment, go to

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► Cooperstown Attorney Lynn Green collapsed and died Monday, July 8, on Leatherstocking Golf Course/B7 ► Word was received that painter/sculptor Honey Kassoy, affiliated with Cooperstown for 40 years, passed away at her home in The Bronx/B8

Economic Development = Fracking, Says SO-Backed Candidate Kosmer Pro-Sustainability Group Endorses 5 For County Board Positions By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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hen his colleagues say “economic development,” they really mean fracking, county Rep. John Kosmer said Tuesday, July 9, at Sustainable Otsego’s press conference to

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endorse five candidates for the county board. “We aren’t going to let them de-link themselves from fracking,” said the first-term Fly Creek Democrat. When asked to what degree the county Board of Representatives is pro-fracking, Kosmer named six of the 14 incumbents he believes fall into that category, all Republicans: board Please See ENDORSE, A7

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The Cooperstown 12U All-Star Team got to compete earlier this summer at Cooperstown All-Star Village in West Oneonta. Players included Erik Deysenroth, Jack Lambert, Noah Lifgren, Kyle Santello, Jordan Carpenter, Jack Odell, Jesse Furnari, Ben Tafuro, Brendon Lohan, Nick Santoro, Ryan Lansing and Ryan Palmatier. Head Coach was John Lambert; assistant coaches, Doug Lifgren, John Santello, Roger Lansing, John Odell and Neil Palmatier

TOP SCHOLARS: Jeffrey Branigan and Adelbert Cleaveland, both of Cooperstown, are on the Mohawk Valley Community College President’s List for the spring semester. They are majoring in science/physics and psychology respectively. ON DEAN’S LIST: Molly Myers of Fly Creek, Class of 2014, is on Wells College’s Dean’s List for the spring semester. A CCS graduate, she is the daughter of Meg Kiernan. CLARKE HONORED: Chemistry major Mariah Clarke, Cooperstown, is on Clarkson University’s President’s List for the spring semester. ON DEAN’S LIST: Sean Sansevere, a theater major from Cooperstown, is on SUNY Potsdam’s Dean’s List for the spring semester.

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EDITORIAL

Support Doug Gulotty In Charting Economic Development Future

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t’s a damning fact: There are parallel track – to build a consenroughly the same number of sus behind the new approach. jobs in Otsego County as 20 Parallel, because one won’t years ago. All economic develop- work without the other. Buildment efforts have simply maining a common understanding and tained the status quo. That’s a general support of what needs to compelling argument for be done will be essential to trying a new approach, the success of that successor and momentum is buildentity. ing behind that conclu• sion. That we’re on the verge On Wednesday, July 3, of a game-changer didn’t the directors of the Otsego just happen. It goes back to County IDA, the industhe December 2011 mano trial development agency, a mano between the newly sat down with 10 memCitizen Voices and Gulotty formed bers of the county Board state Sen. Jim Seward, Rof Representatives. Not Milford. It continued with at the outset, but in the 70 minutes the “Seward Summit,” a broadof discussion that followed, it was ranging and widely participatory clear that a consensus is forming discussion in March 2012 at The around the idea of a public-private Otesaga. entity to take over the functions of It picked up new vigor with the the county’s Economic Developannouncement that the county’s ment Office. well-regarded economic developOn Thursday morning, July er, Carolyn Lewis, would be step11, the first official step – a big ping down in August. If Lewis, one – toward making that happen under the current model, was will occur with the IDA’s planned unable – despite successes that appointment of Doug Gulotty, the include the Bresee Department former Wilber Bank president, to a Store redevelopment in downtown six-month term as IDA executive. Oneonta – to reach a new plateau, His role will be two-fold. One then nobody can, it’s been widely – the lesser of the two – will be to argued in recent weeks. ensure the IDA submits 21 stateSeveral local visits by Sandy required reports by the end of the Mathes, who built two commerce year. Two – Priority One – will be parks and attracted 1,000 jobs to craft what the successor entity in 10 years as Greene County’s to the Economic Development economic developer, provided a Office will look like, and – on a roadmap of the way forward. He

the broad-gauged chambers have too much else to do. Wrinkle Two: Mayor Dick Miller’s determination to make the new entity Oneonta-centric – after all, that is his franchise – has generated some fussing. But it’s academic. This has to be countywide – maybe even Otsego- AND Delaware-county wide – to fully take advantage of the resources at hand. But the reality is that the city, the only municipality with sufficient public water and sewerage, will see the lion’s share of benefit over the first several years. Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal Wrinkle Three: There’s concern Bob Hanft, an IDA board member, voices support for a that the new entity, through its “two-stage rocket,” Doug Gulotty’s hiring as IDA executive IDA arm, will approve PILOTs for six months to administer current programs and pave – payments in lieu of taxes. But the way for a public-private economic development entity. PILOTs are simply part of playFlanking him are IDA members Sharon Oberriter, chair, and ing the game. Besides, IDA chair Jeff Haggerty. At right is Otsego Chamber Executive Barbara Ann Heegan; behind her is Cooperstown Chamber exec Sharon Oberriter explained at the meeting on the 3rd that host Pat Szarpa. communities are asked for pre-apespouses Saratoga County’s very for further plantings. proval on all PILOTs. And from successful public-private model, Simple. Logical. Do-able. the outset, PILOTs create more which can act quickly and deci• taxes than were received before, sively when opportunities arise. As with any complex initiative, while making expensive economic “Nimble” is a word that’s been there’s not immediate unanimity. development viable. uttered frequently lately. Wrinkle One: Chamber of All this can be noodled through. In this model, success breeds commerce executives, Oneonta’s The immediate challenge falls success. The idea is to attract Barbara Ann Heegan and Cooperon Doug Gulotty’s shoulders, to job-creating businesses, and to stown’s Pat Szarpa, have argued generate the vision and the conuse fees generated in finding sites the chambers should play the lead sensus, and – in just six months and arranging funding to pursue role. Certainly, the chambers need – to put together a state-of-the-art, further job-creating enterprises. to be fully consulted, keep their 21st century economic-developNewman Development’s stumembers fully in the loop and pro- ment program, and to do it right. dent-housing project near SUNY vide businesspeople’s input. But It’s a huge challenge. Let’s all get Oneonta alone will generate economic development requires behind him to ensure its success. $250,000 in such fees, seed money specific expertise and single focus;

LETTERS:

To Solve Parking Debate, Put Main Street Out To Pasture

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What is to be done in the name of equal, nondiscriminatory treatment of all concerned? Each of the solutions offered to date by thoughtful and concerned commentators suffers by the requirement that one segment or the other of the public concedes its position – from abolition of paid parking to retention, as is, or with some modifications. Each solution thus carries with it a discriminatory result against someone. To avoid discriminating against anyone or against all equally, the following solution is proposed. First, Main Street from Pine Boulevard to River Street should be permanently closed to all vehicular traffic, the roadway should be removed, and grass planted in its stead. The only movement on the new grass promenade would be foot traffic by locals, merchants and tourists alike. Exceptions would be for events such as the Memorial Day Parade, excluding, of course, motorized fire appa-

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To the Editor: It seems that the institution of paid parking on Main Street has caused such a hullabaloo because various segments of the public each feels discriminated against. So-called “locals,” which seems to encompass both tax-paying village residents and non-residents from outlying areas, are aggrieved because they now have to pay for what they previously got for free. Tourists are said to be aggrieved, not necessarily because of having to pay, but because they are befuddled by the difficulty in getting the ticket machines to operate properly. Merchants seem to feel that paid parking discriminates against them because, at bottom, they do not wish to appear to favor the custom of tourists in summer months over locals, both of whom they covet and need. To avoid that appearance, they have resorted to litigation against the village and its elected representatives.

James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR Otsego County • Town of Cherry Valley • Town of Middlefield Cooperstown Central School District Subscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $48 a year. All other areas, $65 a year. First Class Subscription, $130 a year. Published Thursdays by Iron String Press, Inc. 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080. E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com Contents © Iron String Press, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at USPS Cooperstown 40 Main St., Cooperstown NY 13326-9598 USPS Permit Number 018-449 Postmaster Send Address Changes To: Box 890, Cooperstown NY 13326

ratus and other vehicles, and the annual caravan of Hall of Fame members from The Otesaga to the Hall of Fame – in horse-drawn carriages, not limousines and vans as has been the case up to now. Removing the street pavement would have the ancillary benefit of reducing that section of the village roadways from the maintenance and repair budget. To the extent the grass needed cutting, the village need not hire additional personnel. Rather, it could allow sheep farmers to pasture their animals along the street when needed – at no cost to the village. Second, the need for parking by locals and tourists who want to visit Main Street needs to be addressed. The framework for the solution is already in place. During Induc-

tion Weekend and concert dates, village residents are able to purchase permits to park cars on their property – for pay! The village could expand this program and make the permits – and the fee charged – applicable to the period covered currently by the $25 parking pass that can be purchased for use on Main Street now as an alternative to purchasing a ticket from the parking machines each time one wishes to park on Main Street. If we all think about this for awhile, I am confident that with goodwill on everyone’s part, we can implement this fair and equitable solution to the general satisfaction of most, if not all, of those who benefit from contact with bucolic Cooperstown. JOHN A. RUDY Cooperstown

Dreams Park Changed Nature Of Downtown To the Editor: I owned a business on Main Street, Homescapes, for many years. My store depended on day trippers; people coming to the opera, the museums and the beauty of this small town. Several of my customers were local people, mainly secondhome people and a few year rounders. My store became a destination because people could travel several hours and visit many small boutiques and restaurants, and would still have time to visit the museums, etc. Many of my customers came from the Hall of Fame. Things changed in the

‘90s with the Internet and mall popularity, but nothing like the chaos caused by the Dreams Park. My store no longer was a destination, because Cooperstown wasn’t so much a place to see beauty and history, as, a place for kids, families, and baseball. From the Dreams Park they came to the Hall in droves, and my customers were simply driven out. The restaurants might have gained, but the boutique shops failed. Diversity was gone, and what many of us predicted came true. Babe beat out James, but mostly, a very astute busiPlease See LETTER, A6

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Fred Lemister Exemplifies ‘Service Above Self’ Editor’s Note: Fred Lemister, retired county emergency services coordinator, received the Christopher J. Warrell Community Service Award at Cooperstown Rotary’s annual dinner. Rotarian Gary Kuch read this citation.

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or the past 34 years, Fred has responded to over 8,000 emergency calls as an EMT. (And maybe more. There were times when this information was not kept as accurately. ) This breaks down to approximately 242 calls a year or five calls a week. This average doesn’t tell the full story. In the 1980s, calls averaged 200 per year and now we average over 800 calls per year as recorded most recently. Many of these calls can be an hour or more in length. Most of these calls are in the middle of the night, in less than ideal weather conditions where roads haven’t yet been

IN APPRECIATION is the longest serving active member of the Cooperstown Fire Department and Emergency Squad. He has also served for four years as second and first assistant chief and for two years as fire chief (while still responding to EMS calls). For the past 20 or so years, Fred has been the county’s emergency services coordinator and EMT The Freeman’s Journal instructor. He has been recFred Lemister receives ognized by New York State Cooperstown Rotary’s as Instructor of the Year Warrell Award at the and last year was honored club’s annual meeting Wednesday, June 26, in by the Otsego County EMS the Glimmerglass Festi- Council as Instructor of the Year for 2012. val pavilion. For 30 years, Fred saved plowed. The EMT is often innumerable lives and never working in a wrecked car asked for any recognition. trying to stabilize a patient He is modest to a fault and while the rescue crew cuts has strong opinions regardthe car open. ing EMS services (and I Many volunteers leave believe he has earned the the service after several right to voice his opinyears because of the time ions). For many of those constraints and stress. Then 30 years, Fred owned and there is Fred Lemister. Fred operated three Main Street,

Cooperstown, businesses; currently he operates Rudy’s Liquor Store. On a personal note, I have known Fred for many years. I served as his fire chief in the late ’90s and I have returned back to active service as a fireman/driver for the emergency squads. Watching Fred work his skills with a patient – be it a young child or an elderly person – all were treated with an unwavering compassion and respect. More often than not, the patient didn’t know who the person was who was treating them. This was fine with Fred. He did his best each and every call. I have the greatest respect and admiration for Fred. He continues to teach young and old with the same passion and intensity he had many years ago. When the siren goes off at 3 in the morning, it is good to know that there will be Fred Lemister, pulling himself out of bed, to respond one more time. He is the epitome of “Service Above Self.”

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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

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

175 YEARS AGO

In the wake of several steam boat tragedies and injuries or death occasioned by other means involving steamdriven machines, the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to prepare and hand a report to Congress on the first day of the next Session, containing all the information that can be obtained as to the use of steam engines in the United States, and the accidents and loss of life or property which has attended their use July 9, 1838

125 YEARS AGO

Mrs. Luther I. Burditt departed this life on Sunday last, after a long illness and gradually failing strength. For nearly half a century she had been a resident of this village, leading a quiet and useful life, efficiently and cheerfully discharging the duties of wife, mother and kindly-hearted neighbor. For about 45 years she had been a member of the Presbyterian congregation. Mrs. Burditt was the daughter of the late Caleb Clark, and was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut, April 28, 1807, and married in 1830. Surviving her are the husband, one son and two daughters. Though she had passed her allotted four score years, these deeply feel the loss which her death inflicts upon them. July 13, 1888

100 YEARS AGO

The largest catch of fish ever taken from Otsego Lake so far as the memory of the oldest inhabitant goes was hauled out on the Fourth of July at about noon by Ed Farquharson

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and Jack Hibbard, near the old stone quarry on the east side of the lake. The haul numbered 430 Otsego bass by actual count. Later the same men got a haul of 231 in the same place, and still later Fred House pulled in 197 in a single haul. A barrel and two boxes of Otsego bass were shipped by express to Oneonta Saturday morning. At about 10 o’clock Sunday morning, Theodore House and his father hauled in at one dip 714 Otsego bass and just before that Jock Holcomb, on the same ground, hauled in 446. The number of Otsego bass caught this year is greater than ever before. The lake has been protected by law for several years against the hauling of seine. July 9, 1913

75 YEARS AGO

The village Board of Trustees has received a generous gift of $1,955 from Mr. Stephen C. Clark to be expended in payment for the properties needed to enlarge Doubleday Field. Aware that the playing space afforded by the present field was so short as seriously to handicap the playing of baseball games of the importance assured by the Centennial, the trustees have set about securing options upon the property which a survey indicated would be required to enlarge the field to adequate proportions. Mr. Clark’s gift relieves the village of having to raise the funds through a bond issue or an increase in taxes. July 13, 1938

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Cooperstown Theatre Festival 30th Anniversary Summer Season 2013 Danielle Newell, Artistic Director

The Heidi Chronicles July 19-20 at 8 pm • July 21 at 3 pm Community Play Festival August 9-10 at 8 pm American Renaissance Theater Company performs Summer Works 2013 August 16 at 8 pm • August 17 at 3 and 8 pm August 18 at 3 pm Flowers for Algernon August 23-24 at 8 pm • August 25 at 3 pm • • •

Village of Cooperstown the Board approved plans for the oiling of the following streets – River, Elm, Upper Spring, Upper Grove, Irish Hill, Hill and Rock and the upper road at Lakeland Shores. The lower road at Lakeland Shores will receive a coating of dust oil. The cost of the above project is estimated at between $2,000 and $2,500. July 10, 1963

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Seventy boys, ages 8 to 14, participated in the basketball camp held last week at the Alfred Corning Clark Gymnasium. The camp was directed by CCS Boys’ Basketball Coach Dick White and ACC Gym Floor Director Fred Kern. Scott Whiteman was named “Best in Camp” Free Throw Shooter. Thomas Flynn was named “Mr. Hustle.” Justin Smith was “Best Defense.” Jim Kennedy was “Best Rebounder.” July 1988

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By a unanimous vote the Cooperstown Central School Board of Education has elected Keith Additon president for 2003-2004. Mark Rathbun will serve as the board’s vice-president. The board welcomed newly elected member Jean Schifano who replaced Brian Clancy after he retired following nine years of service. Rosemary Craig, recently re-elected, begins her second term on the board. Darlene Bennett will serve as Clerk of the board. July 11, 2003

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Hordes Pushed Boutiques Out LETTER/From A4 nessman took a good idea, and made lots of money. Wish we’d thought of that! I was discouraged that so many people were using our village streets, water, etc., and were not contributing. I know we have many properties off the tax rolls, and many of these make us a special place. So, the way I see it, paid parking is a way for Cooperstown to take back the town from those who drive our roads, drink our water, use our parks and breath our fine air. I know most people don’t like change, and the locals who are refusing to buy a $25 parking permit might be some of them. I think time will tell, but many will see that as a small payment towards helping with the financial mess we could find ourselves in. I think the tourists are used to paying as they go, and that the locals will come back to the shops that are still trying to make it in this small, small town. I don’t think the sales are down just because of paid parking. I think the hordes have kept people from shopping in the boutique stores and, unfortunately, our town’s reputation has changed. Parking has always been an issue, and this probably isn’t the end of controversy. ELLEN WHITE WEIR 111 Christian Hill Road Cooperstown

one asked who his parents were; no one asked his station in life; no one asked anything other than, “What can we do to help?” This unbridled outpouring of concern, caring, and community cooperation was again proof positive to me that Cooperstown really cares; that this little village can go all out for even the tiniest among us and I am proud to be a member of this great community. I was so glad to learn that the happiest of outcomes occurred; the little boy was safety found and reunited with his mother. CAROL BATEMAN WALLER Proprietor, Mohican Flowers Former Cooperstown Mayor

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‘Development’ Means Drilling, Kosmer States ENDORSED/From A1 chair Kathy Clark, Otego; Ed Frazier, Unadilla; Don Lindberg, Worcester; Keith McCarty, East Springfield; Jim Powers, Butternuts, and Betty Anne Schwerd, Edmeston. While much of the commentary turned to fracking by the time the press conference was done, the original idea was to unveil Sustainable Otsego’s 10-point platform and to endorse: • Incumbents Beth Rosenthal, Roseboom, District 7; Kosmer, District 8, and Gary Koutnik, Oneonta, District 11. • Newcomers Stu Anderson, Otego, District 3, who is challenging Clark, and Dan Butterman, Town of Oneonta, District 4, who is running against Republican Janet Hurley Quackenbush for the seat being vacated by

All Hoping For The Best With Furthur FURTHUR/From A1 – how many depends on factors like the weather, Green said. Tickets may obtained at the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and online through Ticketmaster and Libby Cudmore/The Freeman’s Journal Frontgate, he said. From left are endorsees Butterman, Rosenthal, Shortly after the Furthur Kosmer, Koutnik and Anderson. appearance was announced Democrat Rich Murphy. The two newcomers who in April – the band includes Sustainable Otsego Mod- have received Democratic Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, erator Adrian Kuzminski, backing said they welcome two original members of who convened the affair, the Sustainable Otsego label the Grateful Dead – Mayor said third-party labels give because they agree with the Jeff Katz convened a planRepublican voters who anti-fracking stance. ning meeting that included would never vote for a Butterman, who was Cooperstown Chamber Democrat and vice versa a raised in Arizona and moved executive Pat Szarpa, third way to express their here two years ago when his DPW Superintendent Brian preferences, and thus can wife accepted a teaching po- Clancy and Police Chief be helpful to candidates sition at Hartwick College, Mike Covert. seeking to put together a said fracking is “a shortterm Since, Covert said, he majority. boon for a few people, a has been meeting weekly to The platform itself longterm bust for everyone coordinate the law-enforcedoesn’t include the word else.” ment response. “fracking,” although it Anderson, who is from He said he expects calls for the preservation Chautauqua County, said Deadheads to begin arriving of “Otsego County’s pure 6,000 gas wells have been in the village Thursday the water, our most important drilled there in two decades 11th, with crowds peakasset, for residents, busiand the benefit amounted to ing Sunday, the day of the nesses and agriculture.” “a big, fat zero.”

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concert. “My biggest concern, I guess, is keeping the crowd controlled,” said the chief, “not doing anything illegal outside these areas – or anywhere, really.” Village police will have about a dozen officers on duty, on foot patrol, bike patrol and in cruisers. They will be assisted by a halfdozen sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers. Plus, state police will schedule routine patrols in the Cooperstown vicinity, so they can be called upon if needed. Village officers will be inside Doubleday Field during the concert and in the parking lot outside. Elm Street, at the rear of Doubleday, will be closed off, but worshippers will be allow in for Sunday services. Through the state police, the village chief obtained some insight into

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other communities that have hosted Furthur: “Some had no problems whatsoever. Some had arrests for trespass, open containers, the usual drug arrests.” Covert’s team has agreed to keep “Shakedown Street” – vendors who sell memorabilia at Furthur/Deadhead events – will be confined to the Chestnut Street parking lot behind the chamber building. Also, camping in the village will be discouraged, although revellers may sleep in their cars overnight in the blue, green and red lots, where Porta Potties will be set up. As it happens, Village Trustee Bruce Maxson attended a Furthur concert a couple of years ago at Gelston Castle in Herkimer County. “Everyone was basically pretty well behaved,” he said. “I think it’s going to be a fun time.”

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Lynn E. Green Jr., 68; Cooperstown Attorney Dies Suddenly CHRISTIAN HILL – Lynn E. Green Jr, 68, the Cooperstown attorney, died Monday, July 8, of a heart attack, suffered on the 16th green at Leatherstocking Golf Course. He was born on May 15, 1945, in Oneonta, and was raised in Hartwick. Graduating from Cooperstown High School, he attended Colgate University and Syracuse University Law School. After four years practicing law in Watertown, he returned pursue his profession in his native county. He worked with Van Horne, Fuery

and Gozigian, then with Scott Greene as Greene & Green, then with Jack Gibbons as Green & Gibbons. Currently, he was practicing with his son Will as Green & Green. He served at Hartwick town attorney for years. The Green family will receive friends at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home 4-7 p.m. Friday, July 11. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Cooperstown United Methodist Church, with the Rev. William H. Delia, pastor, and the Rev. Betsy Jay, Bassett Hospital chap-

lain, officiating. Interment will follow in the Green family plot in Hartwick Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cooperstown Foundation for Excellence in Education, c/o Cooperstown Central School, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown, NY 13326 or the Cooperstown Alumni Association scholarship fund, P.O. Box 1122, Cooperstown, NY 13326. The full obituary was incomplete at deadline, but may be viewed at: WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

Robert G. Bailey, 91; Carpenter, Cabinet Maker In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Robert G. Bailey, 91, whose carpentry and cabinet work can be found throughout Cooperstown, passed away Thursday night, July 4, 2013, at Otsego Manor. Born June 28, 1922, in Sidney, Maine, he was the son of F. Glenn and Effie (Cummings) Bailey. After high school, he attended carpentry school in Maine. On Oct. 27, 1942, Bob joined the Army and served during World War II with the 389th Infantry Regiment. He received an honorable discharge on Jan. 14, 1946. Moving to Cooperstown, he married Thelma Doolittle Jarvis on May 31, 1957, at the First Presbyterian Church. In addition to carpentry, he operated a backhoe business. He was a 62-year member of Otsego Lodge No. 138, Free & Accepted Masons, and a long-time and cur-

rently honorary member of Hartwick Fire Department Co. No. 2 in Hartwick Seminary. Bob is survived by three daughters, Carol Ann Poitras and her husband, Alfred, of Manchester, Maine, Ginny Elliott and her husband, Don, of Milford, and Linda Carson and Don Brooks of Ilion; four grandchildren; a cousin, niece and nephew,

and an aunt and best friend, Marge Gallup. He was predeceased by his wife Thelma, who died Aug. 13, 2007, and his sister Rebecca Rand. A memorial service was held Wednesday, July 10, at Otsego Manor, with the Rev. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial with military honors

was in the Hartwick Seminary Cemetery. Memorial donations may be sent to Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care or to the Otsego Manor Activities Fund for the benefit of the Country Meadows Neighborhood. Arrangements were with the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

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MLS#84743 – Close to the city, this raised ranch offers privacy, 3BRs, 2 baths, kitchen, DR, family room, LR. Rooms are bright and sunny. Home is very well maintained. $139,000 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#89967 - Well maintained, 3 BR ranch w/2-car attached garage and new 3-car detached garage, set on over 2 acres. Light and bright kitchen, open floorplan, bluestone fireplace, red oak floors and newly remodeled baths. 4-season sunroom, wrap-around decks. $223,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

MLS#89079 - Beautiful views from this 3 BR, 2 bath, double-wide on 1.76 acres in Roseboom. Replacement windows, carpets in good shape. Newer kitchen cabinets. $59,900 Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)

MLS#89246 - Professionally restored post-and-beam, 3 BR, 2½ bath home on 16.11 acres w/breathtaking views. Beamed ceilings and pine floors in great room, country kitchen, studio, family room, library/den. Workshop, pole barn w/ 2 horse stalls, stocked pond, orchard, and woods. $399,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)

MLS#88772 – Pierstown w/views of Otsego Lake. Secluded 40+/- acres surrounded by state land. Contemporary home w/4 BRs, 3½ baths, gourmet kitchen, dual fireplace, 1st floor BR w/private entrance and full bath, master w/private office, Jacuzzi, fireplace and balcony. Finished basement, attached garage and detached garage. Sun porch, deck, and waterfall. Cooperstown Schools. $699,000 Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#89799 - 3 BR, 1 bath home features newer appliances, eat-in kitchen, replacement windows, newer roof, hardwood floors, custom closets. Freshly painted outside, screened porch. $124,900 Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)

MLS#84136 – Country living close to Oneonta. Clean 3 BR, 2 bath ranch w/finishable, dry basement and 2-car garage. Lots of new: windows, appliances, furnace, water heater, water filtration system. Master BR suite is an efficiency apartment but could be converted back. $127,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

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MLS#87779 - 3 BR home w/wood floors, kitchen, breakfast bar, DR and LR w/open floorplan, family room w/gas fireplace. Recent improvements include roof, siding and windows. Garage, storage shed. Cooperstown schools. $179,000 Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

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99 Main Street, Oneonta office 607.441.7312 One of a Kind! Looking for privacy? Maybe a second home in the country? Secluded on 5 acres, this home is only 10 minutes to I-88 and shopping, w/snowmobile and ATV trails nearby. Open floorplan, kitchen island, high ceilings, wood floors. Master BR is upstairs w/private bath. Full basement is dry and could very easily be finished for more living space, or add a BR on the first floor. Call today. $119,000 MLS #87356

MLS#89540 - Otsego Lake home w/private lake frontage. 2 BRs, eat-in kitchen, upper deck, LR w/woodstove. 1st level w/small kitchen, full bath and 2 sets of sliding doors to lower deck. Guest studio apartment over garage w/butternut floors, ¾ bath, and propane heat. $595,000 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

fax 607.432.7580 www.oneontarealty.com Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Lic. Assoc. Broker John Mitchell, Lic. Assoc. Broker Stephen Baker, Lic. Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant

Middlefield $398,700 MLS#90034

Wonderful modern cape is just minutes from Cooperstown, from the terracotta tiles to the Vermont slate floors–nothing has been spared. Chef’s kitchen w/stainless steel appliances and slate countertops makes this a home to envy. Located on a dead-end cul-de-sac with deeded Otsego lake rights, this home provides both privacy and space.

John Mitchell Real Estate

216 Main Street, Cooperstown • 607-547-8551 • 607-547-1029 (fax) www.johnmitchellrealestate.com • info@johnmitchellrealestate.com Dave LaDuke, broker 607-435-2405 Mike Winslow, broker 607-435-0183 Mike Swatling 607-547-8551

Joe Valette 607-437-5745 Laura Coleman 607-437-4881 John LaDuke 607-267-8617

The Perfect House Inside and Out !

HUBBELL’S REAL ESTATE 607-547-5740•607-547-6000 (fax) 157 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326

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Cooperstown Comfort

(7589) Partake of the delights in this superbly kept 3 BR home. Many extras include formal DR, hardwood floors, modern kitchen, garage, rocking chair front porch. Near shops, lake, and golf course. It will capture your fancy! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$285,000

Vince Foti

Custom, spotless 3 BR/3 bath Dutch Colonial enriched by valley views on 9.58 acres. Light and airy, formal LR and DR, 2 fireplaces, large kitchen w/eating area and keeping room, 4-season room w/pellet stove leading to patio, large deck, and hot tub. Hand-hewn beams, period hardware, wide pine floors. Handsomely styled Colonial ambiance! One owner. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$439,000

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(7518) Bring your dreams to this 3 BR/2 bath ranch on 2.60 acres w/views of the hills. Open floorplan, formal DR, wood floors, main-level master BR. Newer furnace, basement, gas fireplace, 2-car garage. Decks, and elegant gardens. Near State Park on Otsego Lake. CV-S Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$185,000

New Family Wanted!

Much loved, architecturally distinctive 3-4 BR, 2 bath Oneonta home is located in a great neighborhood near Wilber Park,FoxHospitalanddowntown.Lovely hardwood floors and a sun-drenched LR with fireplace. This well maintained, move-in ready home sparkles and is available for immediate occupancy.

$148,500 MLS#90029 607-431-2540 • www.prufoxproperties.com

Picture yourself living in this great 3 BR, 2 bath ranch. Large LR w/built-ins, formal dining area w/slider to deck, kitchen w/newer countertops and laminate floor. Three BRs and full bath also on 1st floor. Lower level features huge family room w/bar and woodstove, full bath, laundry area, plenty of storage space. Huge corner treelined lot, fenced in-ground pool, camper/pool house and shed. Large park-like yard, oversized attached, 2-car garage and blacktop drive.

$159,900 MLS#87625

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