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Volume 204, No. 34

COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

The Freeman’s Journal

Mark Simonson demonstrates printing on a Washington Press – it printed The Freeman’s Journal in the 19th century – during The Farmers’ Museum Letterpress Printing Weekend, Aug. 18-19.

ZUCCHINI FEVER: The Cooperstown Farmers Market’s annual Zany Zucchini Festival’s weigh-in is 9 a.m.1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. $20 gift certificates for junior, senior growers; also, largest and smallest. Sample zucchini-based recipes. PRIZE PORK: The Otsego Lake Trust placed the winning bid for the prize pig at the county fair’s 4H auction, and will serve the 273-pounder, raised by Jack Vunk, 9, Edmeston, at its “Keep It Local” Labor Day Weekend Picnic at Brookwood Point. Advance tickets $15; at door $25. Reservations at 547-2366 or marcie@otsegolandtrust.org. JERRY’S HERE: Local segments of the Labor Day Weekend’s Muscular Dystrophy “Show of Strength” Telethon will be broadcast 7:30-8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, with a concluding local segment at 11 p.m. on Time Warner Cable channels 23 and 27, and UHF 15. ART SPACE: There’s still exhibition space for Cooperstown Art Association’s annual Fine Arts on the Lawn Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 1-2, at 22 Main. Artists, call 547-9777.

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Extra-Long Flatbed (Barely) Squeezes Through A big rig carrying an electrical generator to Riker’s Island wandered into Cooperstown Monday, Aug. 20, blocking the GlenChestnut intersection for 42 minutes, then the LakeChestnut for 45. Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

Gawkers, Kibitzer Have Heyday In Village

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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ommuters here may get occasionally held up a few minutes by a slow-moving tractor or a herd of cattle, but

Monday, Aug. 20, a three-platform tractor-trailer stalled traffic for almost an hour at one intersection in the village, then another hour at a second. The tie-up prompted the most rubbernecking and chatter of any

traffic incident since the engine being moved from the Delaware Otsego Railroad parking lot got stuck on Main Street in front Mohican Flowers two years ago. At just after 4 p.m., a WLX Heavy Haul rig out of Topeka,

Kansas, hauling a 60-ton freight parcel from Solar Turbines in San Diego, Calif., to Riker’s Island in New York City, was unable to correctly maneuver the turn from Glen Avenue onto Chestnut. “It wasn’t so much stuck as that the wheels have to be controlled remotely without Please See SNARL, A8

CBS: Fracking’s A Go

Lawsuits Inevitable, Opponents Here Say By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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t was a single sentence in a longer report on fracking on Sunday’s CBS Evening News. “CBS News has learned that New York is close to making a decision about

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fracking and is expected to roll out guidelines after Labor Day,” intoned anchorman Jeff Glor. Fracking foes greeted that sentence with consternation, but with determine to fight any such decision in the courts. Cooperstown’s Lou Allstadt, the retired Mobil VP, Please See FRACKING, A7

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Judge Blocks Turbines Richfield Considers Wind, Gas Moratorium By JIM KEVLIN RICHFIELD SPRINGS

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But, since acting Supreme Court Judge Donald F. Cerio’s decision would allow the developer, Ridgeline Energy, to reapply, the wind farm opponents immediately began urging town action to stop further movement. The 34 opponents who brought the suit learned of Please See WIND, A6

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Tyler Houk, 5, Cherry Valley, clambers among the dozens of tractors to climb on and explore during Roseboom Antique Power Days Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 18-19/MORE PHOTOS, A2

arol Panzarino of Silver Linings Hafling Farm has seen her miniature therapy horses work miracles. “I took Javie to the nursing home and into the room of this man who had been in a coma for four months,” she said. “Javie nuzzled him, and the man’s hand started to move. He stroked Javie’s face, and he opened his eyes and smiled. The nurses just went crazy.” Each horse has a specialty – Blue helps people who feel “broken,” Fancy gravitates towards people who can’t speak and Javie, the leader, helps people in pain. “Needless to say, I’m always cryPlease See HORSE, A7

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012

LOCALS 2 Babies From Hartwick Bring Home Blue Ribbons

TRACTORS HAUL FAMILIES, FUN AT POWER DAYS Dominic Centonze of Roseboom, right, rides a 1937 KTA Tractor down the midway of the Roseboom Power Days Tractor Show on Saturday, Aug. 18. Driving the tractor is Adam Lampkin of Amsterdam.

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90TH BIRTHDAY: Two Thanksgiving Home residents, Ralph Veenema and Alberta Bowes, celebrated their 90th birthdays in July.

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Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Miller Celebrate 60th Anniversary RICHFIELD SPRINGS

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harles T. and Catherine Miller, of Richfield Springs and Hawthorne, N.J., will celebrate their 60th anniversary Friday, Aug. 24. Both natives of Paterson, N.J., Mr. Miller and Catherine A. Peragallo were married on Aug. 24, 1952, at the North Jersey Country Club in Wayne, N.J. From a musical family – Cathie’s mother was a concert pianist and her father founded a pipe-organ The third class of medical students in Bassett Hospital’s collaboration with company – she was a concert pianist herself until age 16. the Columbia-Bassett Medical School Program spent Aug. 6-10 in Cooperstown, getting to know the Bassett campus and the community they will After her marriage, she return to in January 2014. Front row, from left, are James Watts, Wilson joined the Wycoff (N.J.) Sui, Kathryn Williams, Anna Zuckerman, David Droullard, Maeve O’Neil. Garden Club, served as Back row, from left, are Dr. Henry Weil, assistant dean; Samuel Porter, Laura president and became adept DiCola, Joanna Tu, Nicholas Feinberg, and Dr. Walter Franck, senior associin dried flower arrangeate dean. ments, winning the CreativCOOPERSTOWN COFFEE AT GOODYEAR LAKE FEST ity Award at the New Jersey State Flower Show. Jill Daniels, who When an article on her owns Cooperstown award appeared in Family Coffee with her Circle magazine, it caught husband John, readthe eye of Rusty Young, ies the newest cup of coffee for Steve White House chief flower Garlic, Milford, while designer. He contacted her, daughter Emily peers and she designed flower arover the counter. rangements for First FamiCooperstown Coflies from the Carters through fee was one of the George H.W. and Barbara vendors on hand at Bush. the Goodyear Lake Her husband, raised in Festival on Saturday, Paramus, N.J., received a Aug. 18. bachelor’s in business administration from Pace ColIan Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Miller, then and now

lege. Drafted into the Army during the Korean War, his accounting skills caused him to be assigned to the Army Audit Agency in 1951-53. He then joined ColgatePalmolive Co. in accounting, but soon moved to advertising, holding a number of executive positions, including director of sports telecasts and director of network TV and broadcasting operations. In 1972, he was involved in the founding of the Dinah Shore Colgate Winners Circle, the first LPGA tournament. He retired as a director of the company in 1986, then had a 16-year career as associate director of the Greater Paterson Chamber of Commerce, editing the monthly newspaper and directing Leadership Paterson, retiring at age 75.

In 1972, the Millers bought a weekend home in the Town of Richfield, while their daughters, Mary and Catherine, were still young. Mrs. Miller, who presents programs on dried flower arranging all along the East Coast (and annually hosts the Richfield Springs Garden Club), developed an extensive flower garden there. One daughter, Mary Egan, is a French and Spanish language teacher in Downingtown, Pa. The other, Catherine Merchant Jones of Ridgewood, N.J., is an advertising executive with the Universal McCann agency. The Millers have one grandchildren, Tavia Merchant, who recently graduated from Boston University, where she majored in voice.

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GUEST EDITORIAL

From South Edmeston, Chobani Becomes ‘International Sensation’ Editor’s Note: Here are state Sen. Jim Seward’s remarks at Governor Cuomo’s Yogurt Summit Aug. 14 in Albany, celebrating what Chobani hath wrought, in buying an abandoned cheese plant in South Edmeston six years ago and growing it into a 1,100-worker operation.

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hank you to Governor Cuomo and the entire Cuomo Administration for convening this summit. This is a historic event, the first yogurt summit in New York State and it signifies how important this industry is to the state and our future. I appreciate the opportunity to represent Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and our entire conference at this crucial event, drawing attention to New York’s number one industry, agriculture, and the rapidly emerging yogurt manufacturing industry in our state. Farming and all of the related agribusinesses are absolutely vital to our economy and our way of life in New York State and I am particularly encouraged by the recent explosion of yogurt making in New York and particularly, Greek yogurt. This relatively new product has brought ever-increasing business to the backbone of our state’s agriculture industry

State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, on the dias with Governor Cuomo at the Yogurt Summit Aug. 14 in Albany.

– dairy farming. I have been particularly fortunate to partner with the number one Greek yogurt maker in the country – Chobani, located in my district. This innovative leader has blossomed, from a small business in Chenango County, to an international sensation. And with that growth, job opportunities for so many and the very positive ripple effect economically in a region that is desperate for jobs and positive

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economic news. Chobani is now joined by many other yogurt makers dotting our New York landscape. We must seize the momentum and cultivate this growing industry and build on the natural synergy between our dairy industry and other aspects of agriculture and yogurt production. The best thing about Greek yogurt is that it takes a lot of milk to produce – Chobani uses approximately 4 million pounds of milk a day. Our cows are working

overtime – and they need some help. We need to do everything we can at the state level to make it easier for OUR farmers to expand and meet this newfound demand. New York produced yogurt should be made with local, New York milk. By cutting government red tape and working with our farmers we can ensure that they share in the success of the popular yogurt trend. That’s good for New York agri-

culture, that’s good for our yogurt manufacturers, and it’s good for all New Yorkers. Yogurt is a healthy choice for consumers and it sure is healthy for our New York economy. For too many years in the past, we have seen the news stories – farms going out of business and livestock being sold at auction. With the leadership of the Cuomo Administration, partnering with those of us in the legislature and the private sector, represented here at the table today, those reports can be a thing of the past – replaced with success stories – farms expanding, prospering, offering future generations a successful business and a successful future. The seeds have been planted and it is now up to those of us in state government to work with our farmers and others in the private sector to nurture the budding yogurt industry for the benefit of all. So again, I want to thank Governor Cuomo for his esteemed leadership in this important endeavor, I want to thank all of you for participating, and speaking on behalf of the senate, we look forward to working with all of you for a successful and healthy future for farming, agribusiness, yogurt makers, and all New Yorkers.

ISSUE & DEBATE: TO FRACK OR NOT TO FRACK?

Extend Moratorium, Fire DEC Fracking Chief

Competitive rowing was one of Dr. Elting’s lifelong pursuits, dating back to his years at Yale.

Editor’s Note: Family members and friends filled Hartwick College’s Lambros Arena Saturday afternoon, Aug. 18, to mourn the passing of Dr. Jim Elting, orthopedic surgeon and chairman of the Hartwick College Board of Trustees. Among the elegies, his daughter Kimberly and son William read this poem, which they had discovered, handwritten, in one of his office files.

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Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to Governor Cuomo Aug. 8. The 11 signers included Lou Allstadt, Cooperstown, the retired Mobil executive vice president, and Larry Bennett, Brewery Ommegang’s public relations manager.

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ear Governor Cuomo, We – the undersigned scientists, medical professionals, elected officials, business persons, and economists – protest the exclusion of qualified, independent experts from the decision-making process to permit or prohibit unconventional development of natural gas from shale formations in New York State. Letters we have sent to your office and to the Department of Environmental Conservation have received no replies. Requests for meetings with you have received no response. The failure to engage us in substantive discussions contradicts your repeated statement that science, facts, and information will form the basis of your decision. While our voices have been ignored, the Department of Environmental Conservation has rolled out the red carpet to representatives of the gas industry and engaged them in reciprocal conversation. Gas industry representatives have enjoyed meetings with highlevel officials, sneak peaks at the draft environmental impact statement, and sameday responses to emailed requests, as revealed by the recent Environmental Working Group report based on FOIL documents. As the Albany Times Union reports this week that you are now moving actively to release the revised draft regulations and open parts of New York State to unconventional shale gas extraction via hydrau-

lic fracturing, we write to express our complete loss of faith in the DEC. This agency has not only colluded with the gas industry in crafting regulations, its preparations to date are wholly inadequate to oversee the roll-out of an industry and practice as inherently dangerous, secretive, and accident-prone as spatially intensive, high-volume fracking. Furthermore, we call for the resignation of Bradley Field, the chief of the DEC’s Division of Mineral Resources. Mr. Field is directly

responsible for the scientific integrity of the document on which your decision will rest. As a signatory to a petition that denies the demonstrable harm of climate change, Mr. Field has shown himself wholly unqualified for his position. Governor Cuomo, the “science, facts, and information” that will inform your decision to allow or disallow unconventional shale gas development in New York State is being supplied by a climate change contrarian who works within an agency whose senior

DEC: Fracking Review Under Way Editor’s Note: The DEC provided this response to the open letter.

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he final SGEIS is being completed under the direction of Commissioner Martens and involves all of DEC’s divisions made up of engineers, biologists and scientists. Our review of high-volume hydraulic fracturing is continuing and no decisions have been made. DEC is carefully reviewing and considering all 80,000 comments received during the public comment period. These comments will inform the program developed by DEC. If Mr. Field did sign such a petition, it was in a personal capacity and had no bearings on his professional duties. In fact, the draft SGEIS contains robust measures to strictly limit emissions.

officials openly collude with the gas industry and ignore the concerns of independent experts. You are being badly served. We believe that “safe” development of shale gas is not possible at this time using existing technologies. Were the DEC objective and inclusive of evidence and facts, it would come to the same conclusion. The best science shows that the moratorium on 2 unconventional development of natural gas from shale formations in New York State should be indefinitely extended. The process as we know it is simply too unpredictable and dangerous to be allowed to go forward in our state. By extending the moratorium, you have an opportunity to develop a sustainable energy policy in New York State, become an environmental champion, put yourself in harmony with public opinion, and demonstrate that you are making a sciencebased decision. You cannot claim to be listening to science while ignoring what independent scientists have to say. It’s time to do the right thing.

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

200 YEARS AGO

Reprinted from the London Courier – “America knows not that the vigor of the British Empire increases with the necessity of exerting it – that our elasticity rises with the pressure upon us – that difficulties only make us more firm and undaunted – that dangers only give us the additional means of overcoming them. It is in such a state of affairs, in such a great crisis, that a nation like Great Britain becomes greater. We are now the only bulwark of liberty in the world – placed, a little spot, a speck almost on the ocean, between the old and new world, we are contending with both; with one arm we are beating the armies of the master of the continent of Europe (Napoleon Bonaparte), and with the other we shall smite his Prefect on the Continent of America.” August 22, 1812

150 YEARS AGO

Up to the time of the President’s recent proclamations calling for six hundred thousand more troops, the loyal people of the North had carried on this war with few personal sacrifices. A surplus population had furnished most of the soldiers previously called for, and most of those who gave money, gave it from their abundance. Individuals had suffered losses, but inconvenience even, had been felt by few. Among the loyalists of the Border States there has been great suffering from rebel armies and guerrilla bands. They, of all others, demand that the war shall be made a short one – for they know what Civil War really means. August 22, 1862

125 YEARS AGO

Village Police Court – The following arrests have been made the past week, all being arraigned before Justice Cook – Three tramps, Thomas Trembling, Jerry Trembling, and Geo, Carole, Saturday on the Fair Grounds. Sixty days in the Albany Penitentiary, under the tramp act. Jas. Simons and Mary Simons arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct on Saturday. The former was given 30 days in jail; the latter was discharged. August Bennett, a tramp, arrested and discharged – a sickly man and apparently orderly, he was given his freedom. August 26, 1887

100 YEARS AGO

Postmaster General Hitchcock has taken drastic steps to try to put an end to flirtations by mail. He has issued a new postal regulation to Postmaster Wedderspoon and all other

175 YEARS AGO

required for registering the vote and making it possible to take care of the election in the smaller number of polling places. District five at the Pierstown Grange and district seven at the Elwood Store have been eliminated. There will be four districts in the village of Cooperstown and one at the Fly Creek Grange Hall in Fly Creek which becomes district five. August 25, 1937

50 YEARS AGO

Negotiations for the transfer of a 600-acre tract of the George Hyde Clarke estate at the northern end of Otsego Lake to the State of New York are in the final phase according to Howard G. Stowell, general manager of the Central New York Parks Commission. The tract will eventually be incorporated into the state’s park system. The state expects August 21, 1837 to take title to the property within about six weeks. The tract includes 8,500 feet of frontage on the Otsego Lake shoreline running from the Hyde Bay Camp for Boys on the postmasters giving them authority to require all persons to southeast shore west to a point where the estate adjoins the furnish in writing their names, addresses and statements lakeshore property of Mrs. Arthur O. Choate, at the foot of of their reasons for wishing to be served at the general Mount Washington. delivery window instead of at a street address. The regulaAugust 22, 1962 tion was made in response to demands from all parts of the country that the use of the general delivery service for clandestine purposes be stopped or controlled. Washington, D.C. ministers and members of their congregations have While the Masi-Soule condominium development been particularly active in behalf of the new regulation. remains in legal limbo, questions about the suitability of Postmasters in nearly every large city have reported comthe Glen Garage site for a 41-unit, multi-storied project are plaints from ministers. The regulation is aimed principally emerging. Opponents question the wisdom of building on a at minors who for one reason or another wish to obtain mail site where the substrata is largely comprised of shale rock. at the general delivery windows instead of having it delivThe geologic conditions at the site have yet to be addressed ered at their homes. Under the regulation, minors may be by the trustees or the developers. “Shale is the lesser of the required to give the names and addresses of their parents, favorable rocks on steep slopes,” said Dr. P. Jay Fleisher, so that the parents may be notified that they are receiving a geologist and SUCO professor. Fleisher noted that many mail at the general delivery window. It is admitted that this developers have only a profit motive, and that scientific regulation would work a hardship on many young ladies questions go either ignored or unanswered. and young men. August 26, 1987 August 21, 1912

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The Otsego County Department of Health has received confirmation of West Nile virus infection in a total of four crows in the county within the last five days. According to Public Health Director Kathryn Abernethy, the first crow was found dead in the Town of Butternuts. Infected crows were also found in the Town of Otsego on State Hwy. 28, the Town of Otego, and at the SUNY Oneonta campus. August 23, 2002

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012

A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL LETTERS

Why Doesn’t Science Convince Our Officials? To the Editor: My family lives in Norwich and Oxford, two of the communities in Chenango County rumored to be used as testing grounds for hydrofracking if Governor Cuomo allows the oil and gas industry into our Empire State. My mom has COPDChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. With only half the lung capacity, she will suffer even more from the air pollution from the natural gas extraction method. I also have a niece starting college in Broome County this year. She would be driving on the same roads as the convoys of fracking trucks hauling millions of gallon of fresh or brine water and chemicals. It is humiliating to keep begging and pleading with our elected officials such as

Senator Tom Libious, after the science, data and earthquakes prove hydrofracking is NOT a viable energy source for our towns, state or nation. Especially, now that the courts have awarded families in Pennsylvania $1.6 million for contaminated drinking wells, with more lawsuits to follow. Is this the future of New York State? To the Empire state’s elected officials, how do you ease into flowback waste and contamination of air, soil and water? You have enough hard evidence concerning fracking to ban it. If you sell out New York State to the oil and gas industry it will never be forgiven or forgotten when loved ones are involved. TAMMY REISS Unadilla

Wind Turbine Opponents Win In Court, But Ask Town For Stronger Safeguards

‘Growing Community� Sows Seeds To the Editor: This past week saw a flurry of “speed gardening� activity as Growing Community members took on its first garden raisings ever. A Garden Raising, like an old-fashioned barn raising, brings many hands and much camaraderie to what can otherwise be a daunting task. On Friday, Aug. 17, Growing Community members Rebecca Weil, Kristen Griger, and Sarah White joined homeowner Susan White in reclaiming a former garden by weeding, amending the soil, planting fall vegetables and building natural trellises. On Sunday, in a true community-wide effort, Growing Community and several volunteers from the Cooperstown Food Pantry and the Methodist Church brought the Rev. Sundar Samuel’s vision of a Food Pantry Kitchen Garden to life! In just three short hours, a sunny field on Beaver Meadow Road, generously donated by Tim and Tamara Iverson, was transformed into a 16- by 20-foot four-square garden, complete with stone paths, raised beds, seedlings, and seeds ready to sprout. A huge thanks to all those who came out on such a gorgeous Sunday to help us shift rocks, weed, shape

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Protect Richfield’s Carol Frigault expresses support for the moratorium. In the foreground is attorney Douglas Zamelis, Manlius, the Cooperstown native who is representing wind-turbine opponents.

beds, shift rocks, turn soil, plant, water and fence (after shifting more rocks): thank you, Ellen St. John, Rev. Sander and Deb Samuel, Rena Lull, Pat Grillo, Brent and Mary Leonard of Carefree Gardens, Holly Fanion, Samantha Fanion, Sarah White, Olivia White, Kristen Griger, Rebecca Weil, Ellen Pope and Dick DeRosa. Thanks to these hard workers, Food Pantry clients will soon be able to enjoy fall crops of carrots, turnips, kale, lettuces, beets, leeks, scallions, and possibly even tomatoes! Volunteers will be in charge of tending the garden (watering and weeding). If you have time and would like to help, please contact the Food Pantry or Rev. Samuel to sign up! So, what’s the catch? All Growing Community asks in return is that individual Garden Raising recipients help to “pay it forwardâ€? by volunteering with Growing Community on a future Garden Raising to continue the positive momentum. Want to join our efforts? Come to our monthly Growing Community Gatherings at Origins CafĂŠ, 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month – the next one is Tuesday, Aug. 28! ELLEN POPE Growing Community Steering Committee

WIND/From A1 Cerio’s decision Monday, Aug. 20, and that evening some appeared before the Richfield Town Board, urging the adoption of a moratorium on power-related developments -- wind, natural gas, pipelines and anything else -- as soon as possible. “We need to act swiftly and diligently,� resident Paul Palumbo told the board, “as until we have the proper laws in place, we are literally exposing our town to the wrath of the Public Service Commission via Article X.� The reference to Article X pertains to the state Legislature’s June revival of the provision in state law that empowers Albany alone to site power-related infrastructure. At first, the Town Board decided to delay action until its September meeting to study the matter, but at the urging of audience members, Supervisor Fran Enjem made a motion to set a hearing on the moratorium for next month’s meeting, fast-tracking action. Town Board member William Seamon seconded Enjem’s motion. However, both of the other Town Board members present, Bonnie Domion and Mary Margaret Snyder, abstained and the motion failed. In his decision on an Article 78 challenge brought by people associated with Protect Richfield, Judge Cerio,

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who sits in Wampsville, the Madison County seat, ruled the town Planning Board had failed to follow the state Freedom of Information Act in its actions on Monticello Hills. So he annulled both the special-use permit issued last November and the “negative declaration� finding required by the state Environmental Quality Review Act. He ordered the Planning Board to undergo training by Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, on how to properly follow the FoI Act. If the Planning Board then follows the properly procedure in reapproving the project, he would reconsider his decision, Cerio wrote. Attorney Douglas Zamelis, Manlius, who represented the 34, said, “We’re happy the permit has been annulled, and we’re hoping now the town will go into a moratorium to cover all forms of industrial use, so we can do the best for our citizens for health and safety and property values.� Owen Grant, the Monticello Hills project manager, said, “We are pleased that the court affirmed the substance of the Planning Board’s review and decision. “We are committed to the project which will offer economic, environmental and public health benefits.�

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Milford Woman Seeks To Rescue Miniature Horse HORSE/From A1 ing,� said Carol. “They just touch me so deeply. They’re my little miracle workers.� Now she’s got the chance to perform a miracle for another miniature horse. “A woman in Pennsylvania had a baby miniature horse, named Angel, born with crooked legs,� she said. “Her legs are so bent that eventually, she’ll walk on her knees. She’ll be in so much pain that we’ll have to euthanize her. Cornell said they can fix her, but it will cost thousands of dollars.� Angel was only 15 inches long at birth, when the average is 20 inches. Her front legs bend out, and as she gains more weight, the bends will deepen. That’s when Pastor MaryEllen Moore of the Milford United Methodist Church stepped in to help. “She wants to start a “Mini-Ministry� of miniature horses,� said Carol. “She said, “I’m taking over from here.� Pastor Moore will raise funds during a dedicated church service on Sept. 9 with a bake sale and quilt raffle, while Carol is also seeking donations from the community for Angel’s surgery. “One woman handed me an envelope with a hundred dollar bill in it,� she said. “It was the last thing her sister gave her, and she’d told her to do something special with it—she wanted to put it on Angel.� On Sept. 10, visitors are invited to the farm to meet Angel. “It’s hard asking for money without having the horse,� she said. “Wouldn’t you donate just a little more if you could meet her?� “We’re helping Angel get her wings,�

CBS anchor Jeff Glor, right, shook up the fracking debate by reporting on Sunday night’s broadcast that the Cuomo Administration will allow some fracking and issue longawaited new regulations after Labor Day.

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she added. “She’ll be the horse of the community. She’s really bringing people together.� In addition to Angel’s work with the ministry, she’ll also be helping one of Carol’s other horses, Blue. Blue is blind, and Carol sees Angel as a “little sister� to help guide her around. “I want her to be Blue’s eyes,� she said. On Sept. 11, Carol will take Angel to Cornell for her operation. “She’ll come back with screws and bolts, but she’ll be straight,� she said. “No matter what they do to her legs, she’ll always walk funny— maybe that’s how she’ll reach people.� “It’s bringing the community together,� she said. “All for a little horse!�

Fracking Foes Resigned, Ready If DEC Issues New Regulations FRACKING/From A1 said he expects such a decision “sooner or later� from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. But, he said, it would be in contravention of the DEC’s own regulations that require health-impact and a cumulative-impact statements on fracking, both of which have yet to be done. “It’s hard to see how they can comply with the law and do that� – issue guidelines for fracking at this time, said Allstadt. “I suspect there

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Bishop said the senator has “no knowledge of any forthcoming regulation. They (DEC) are continuing their process.� Sustainable Otsego’s Adrian Kuzminski, Fly Creek, observed Governor Cuomo “has sent up a number of trial balloons,� and this may just be another one. The first such was a June 13 article in the New York Times, where “a senior official� in the DEC said Cuomo was considering a pilot project in Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Steuben and Tioga counties, where the Marcellus shale is thickest, and only in towns that want it. The report said National Historic Districts like the Glimmerglass one and New York City’s and other significant watersheds would be specifically off limits. It’s been generally reported that the DEC was expected to issue its supplementary generic Environmental Impact Study this summer, updating a 1992 document to take into account the new hydrofracking technology developed since then. “The jury’s out on what the governor is going to do,� Kuzminski continued. “But he’s going to have a minirevolution on his hands. “The opposition is so wide and so deep it’s becoming very difficult for him to proceed. Which is not to say that he won’t.� Meanwhile, the decision, pending or not, was generating discussion elsewhere. “This is a time for federal action to protect not only New York State, but also the whole U.S. from any future fracking activity,� said Scott Noren, Progressive Independent candidate for U.S. Senate who is challenging Democrat Kristen Gillibrand. Josh Fox, producer of the “Gasland� movie, and Sandra Steingraber, Ithaca College Ph.D., issued an “urgent letter� urging fracking foes to contact the governor’s office, and to attend a “Don’t Frack New York� rally in Monday, Aug. 27, in Albany. Meanwhile, a Siena College poll released Aug. 20 showed New Yorkers split 39-38 on fracking, with a 3.8-point margin of error.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012

A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

9 District Governors Reune At Cooperstown Rotary

Big Rig Driven Through Village, But Just Barely SNARL/From A1 hitting any telephone poles,” Chief Mike Covert explained. Cooperstown fire and police were called to the scene to direct the truck while bystanders took pictures and traffic slowed to a halt. “Nothing was moving on Chestnut, so I parked my car and walked up to Glen Avenue,” said Ed Landers, owner of the White House Inn B&B. “I felt bad for everybody, especially the driver. But when he finally freed himself, he was laughing.” The truck, described as 70- and 100-feet long, was finally able to clear the corner after 42 minutes and continue down Chestnut, only to have the same problem turning left on Lake Street. “The box on the back was swaying back and forth,” said neighbor Tim Fuery, who witnessed the scene. A second truck, turning down Chestnut, had to be directed to back out onto Main, further obstructing traffic between 5 and 5:15 p.m. After another 45 minutes, the truck made the turn and continued up Route 80. No further incidents were reported. Though no telephone poles or cars were damaged,

the trailer took down tree limbs on Glen Avenue. “I don’t understand why they’d come through the village without calling us first,” said Mike Covert. State troopers from the Sidney barracks escorted the truck between Kirkwood and Cherry Valley before handing it off the G Troop out of Albany. According to state police Sgt. Joseph Hummel, a representative from the state Department of Transportation drives and approves the route before any oversized vehicle is allowed to pass through. “Guess they didn’t think there would be an obstruction,” he said. “Apparently, someone missed a couple of signs.” However, DOT spokesman David Hamburg, Binghamton, denied any slip-up at that end. “The escort company for the oversize load is responsible for scouting the route they’re proposing to take – they have to make sure it can safely accommodate the oversized load,” he said. Glen and Chestnut are State Highway 28, but Hamburg insisted they are outside DOT jurisdiction. As of press time, calls to both WLX and Solar Turbines were not returned.

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Toddsville: 2 family (up & down) house in good condition, separate utilities, 5 minutes to Cooperstown and 5 minutes to Fly Creek. Cooperstown Schools. Income of $905/month.($430 & $475) Oversized, surveyed lot (.58 ac).First floor: 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, eat-in kitchen, living room, front porch. 2nd Floor: 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, eat-in kitchen, living room. Easily converted back to one family. Off street parking for each apartment. $99,000 MLS# 82817 Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Rob Lee 434-5177; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881

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A rare gathering of Rotary district governors occurred Tuesday, Aug. 21, when eight former governors joined the current governor, Dale Flinn of the Ithaca club, at the weekly meeting of the Cooperstown club at The Otesaga. From left are Lana Rouff, Binghamton; Sam Koury, Oneonta; Dave Reynolds, Sidney; Bill Cadwallader, Cortland; Orville Wright, Owego; Bob Ross, Cortland; Jim High, Cooperstown; Flinn, and Peter Brellochs, Ithaca.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012

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children, organized by Schoharie Arts Longterm (SALT), formed to help flood-ravaged localities recover from Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The state National Guard

Counterdrug Task Force will also be on hand, setting up a rope course and climbing wall, as well as providing drug-prevention information. Admission is free and all

are welcome. A kick-off press conference is planned at 3 p.m., where elected officials will review the challenges of the past year and talk about continuing support going forward. SALT’s mission is to provide interfaith and inter-agency resources,

advocacy, healing, support, and recovery assistance to those affected by disaster. Formed after Hurricane Irene Tropical Storm Lee, it is a coalition made up of government, social, educational, and faith agencies as well as business and community organizations.

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CANADARAGO LAKE. Well maintained 3 bd, 2 bath home w/sunrm, ensuite bath w/jacuzzi, living rm/dining rm combo & cheery breakfast nook. New roof & skylights in 2011. Pet fence & dock included. $179,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (607) 315-520-6512

MLS#85134 - County Route 35 & Cummings Rd, Masonville, NY - This is your opportunity to own an entire LAKE in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York! Divide it up, develop it, create a family compound, or keep it just as quiet & peaceful as it currently is! Don’t hesitate. This is sure to move quickly! $369,900 Call David Brower for more details (607) 435-4800

MLS#84923 - 257 Stannard Hill Rd, Cherry Valley NY - Renovated 3 MLS#83334 – Morris, NY - 2007 home w/3 bedrms, 3 bathrms, 8.99 acres & POND to BR, 2 ½ bath farmhouse on 3.2 acres. Country kitchen w/stainless enjoy. (2 of those acres are cleared). Like new condition. EVERYTHING IS ONLY 5 YEARS appliances, formal dining rm, 2 firplaces. Fencing, run-in shed & barn OLD. Garage w/built in shelves & workbench island that is on wheels. $149,000 Call or Text Sharon Teator @ (607) 267-2681 for horses or livestock. $250,000 Call Michelle @ (518) 469-5603

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new LIStInG - MLS#85750 - Lrg center hall colonial w/3200 sq.ft.

MLS#84612 – Location, seclusion & views! Close proximity to Oneonta & Delhi makes this secluded location convienent to schools, hospitals & shopping. Yet secluded within its own 10.8 acres enveloping it into ones own private world. Make this move in condition house your home. $229,900 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633

MLS#84727 - Stamford, NY - 3 bedrm 2 bath LOG HOME w/LOFT area waiting for the next family. Plenty of rm for the kids or to walk the 2+ acres of woods. 2 car GARAGE that you can drive straight through & exit the other side. This home has had MANY UPDATES. Wonderful views. $169,900 Call or Text Sharon Teator @ (607) 267-2681

MLS#84749 - Jefferson, NY - MOVE IN READY, STONEWALLS, BABBLING BROOK W/BRIDGE, AWESOME YARD. 2 bedrm, low maintenance home HOME 5 minutes to West Winfield. Quiet lrg corner lot w/mature w/family rm & workshop. Cedar ceiling in liv rm, woodstove, ceiling fans, w/a trees & pasoral surroundings. 2 bds, 2 baths on .6 acres. Lrg floating island. STATE LAND 4 MILES down the road. unfinished walkout basement w/fireplace. Excellent starter home $119,500 Call or Text Sharon Teator @ (607) 267-2681 or retiree home. $89,900 Call Rod & Barb @ (607) 315-520-6512

new LIStInG - MLS#85476 - WELL MAINTAINED RANCH STYLE

of living space , 4-5 bedrms & 3 full baths on over 10 private acres in the Cooperstown school district. Lrg unfinished 3rd flr bonus rm. Insulated walk out basement w/radiant heat. Custom ceilings, & 2 sided fireplace between formal dining rm & eat-in kitchen w/cooking island, pantry, & sliding doors leading to rear deck. Wood flrs, lrg insulated windows, 3 nice size bedrms, hallway bath, & lrg master suite w/lrg walk in closet & bath. On demand hot water heater, back up generator,& new John Deere all terrain lawn tractor w/bagger is included in the sale. $349,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

new LIStInG - MLS#85963 - PRIME POTENTIAL BASEBALL CAMP RENTAL

INVESTMENT PROPERTY or a nice family home w/4 bedrms & in Cooperstown school district. While renovations are under way (NEW FURNACE, WINDOWS, SUNRM W/RADIANT HEAT, etc), this house still needs work. Structurally sound & set on almost 4 acres w/a LRG POND & detached oversized 2 car garage. $79,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

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Meticulous Inside and Out! This 3 bedroom East Street charmer has much to offer. Spacious,light filled rooms with hardwood floors and a gorgeous sunken family room addition off living room offering beamed vaulted ceilings and brick wood burning fireplace. Slider off family room leads to a screen room overlooking deep tree lined back lot. Seller has meticulously maintained the property so exterior paint, roof, retaining wall, water heater and chimney were all done in the last 2 to 3 years. Great location within walking distance to SUNY & Middle/High School. $179,000. MLS#85960 Overlooking Oneonta Country Club! Whether or not golf is your passion you will fall head over heels in love with this spacious 4 bedroom home. First floor features an open living area with gas fireplace and wall to wall windows overlooking the Country Club. The perfect set up for entertaining with it’s spacious open rooms and wet bar in the lower level that also looks out onto the golf course. The grounds are nicely landscaped, featuring a lovely stone patio off the back of the house plus a nice sized storage shed for the lawn mower, grill and outside furniture. This is a one of a kind location so hurry to schedule your showing appointment. $219,900. MLS#85965

PRICED TO SELL!! This home needs some TLC with the potential to be a great house. Nice big yard, enclosed porch, large rooms with a paved driveway. Close to school and park. $69,900 #85625

SUPER WEST END home in great condition!! Extra-large back yard, nice front porch, 2-car garage. 2 BRS, office, walk-up attic easily finished into 2 more BRs. $129,000 #85858 Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Lic. Assoc.Broker John Mitchell, Lic. Assoc. Broker Stephen Baker,Lic. Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant

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MLS#84787 - Otsego Lake home w/stunning views. 3 level home w/gourmet kitchen, cherry flrs, a Wolf french cook top stove, granite countertops, custom made cabinets & center island. Kitchen opens to living & dining rm area w/fieldstone fireplace & vaulted catherdral ceilings. Master bedrm offers a heavenly bed & lrg masterbath w/pebbled corner shower. Upstairs, 2 bedrms & a full bath. The lower level opens to a lrg game rm w/full bar. Private furnished boathouse w/over 100 ft of lake access. $1,400,000 Call Kristi Ough @ (607) 434-3026

(7110) Historic 4BR/3+BA Greek Revival home replete with French doors to gracious living room, family room with fireplace and built-in bookcases. Hardwood flooring, main-level master bedroom, Eat-in Kitchen w/ cherry cabinets & bay window. Twocar garage, picket fencing. It’s distinctive & delightful! Hubbell’s Exclusive. $289,000 Cooperstown Otsego Lake Lot (7185) Lake View vistas! Last of the lake lots in the Village. 100’ of lake privileges directly in front. Beautiful beach and dock area. Village water & sewer hook-ups. Good road access. Once in a lifetime opportunity to build the house of your dreams. Hubbell’s Exclusive $225,000 1 Acre (6989) Pierstown area just minutes from Cooperstown. Nice building lot good area. Possible owner finance. Good access on main road. Country views. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive $49,000

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PROUDLY OFFERING SUNSET FARM 80-ACRE COOPERSTOWN ESTATE Tucked away down a private lane is Sunset Farm, a nearly perfect 80-acre private compound with a newer, spectacular 3200 sq ft home built by one of upstate NY’s premier craftsmen, a 2 story shop/barn and horse barn and paddocks. Spanning the pristine Fly Creek valley with horse and hiking trails, meadows woods, ponds and steam- this is a one-of –a kind property! $875,000 MLS# 84156

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Otsego Lake Cottage Co-exclusively offered at the new price: $269,000 This is a perfect three season cottage! New construction in 2004; it is all up to code. Open floor plan with two bedrooms on the first level. Doors lead out to a large deck. Large second story loft with private deck. 1.5 baths. This cottage overlooking Otsego Lake will be sold with all the contents. Be ready for a beautiful fall on the lake! Four Season Lake Home Exclusively offered at $649,000 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! Owner will pay closing costs for the transaction!

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FLy cReek hOme On 2+ acReS (7622) Get ready to snap up this secluded 4BR/2+BA Dutch Colonial attuned to bay window with great valley view. Ideal accents include Fireplace w/woodstove, den and family room, finished walk-out basement, circular drive, home office, oak and pine flooring. Two-car garage, large view deck. A celebrity-style home! Well-maintained only 3 1/2 miles from C’town. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $329,000

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MLS#85275 - 3 - 4 bedrm, 2 full bath FARMHOUSE w/2 LRG BARNS set on oversized 1 acre lot. Completely renovated, w/LOTS OF NEW: all NEW plumbing, replacement windows, metal roof on house & BARN, exterior paint, ceilings are real wood (not sheetrock), NEW Buderas furnace & oil tank, kitchen w/lots of Kings Craftsman cabinetry, hardwood flrs throughout, all-season enclosed sun porch, fireplace w/pellet stove insert, clean & dry HEATED basement w/workshop, radon mitigation system, & more. Featured on the National Historic Registry. $195,000 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

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(7525) Exhilarating 3BR/2BA lakefront Ranch with wide-span views with 200’ of private lake frontage. This gracious residence boasts cathedral beamed ceilings, a large lake-view deck, large family room. 2 fireplaces. Airy and bright floorplan, new carpeting. Kitchen w/ Eating bar, Sauna, 2 car garage. Impressive easy access lakefront and beautiful features. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $699,000

MLS#85035 - 4 bedrm, 2 bath COLONIAL w/attached garage set on a corner village lot w/a fenced-in covered patio & IN-GROUND POOL. Featuring hardwood flrs throughout, sunrm, lrg rms w/high ceilings, lrg family/rec rm w/stone woodburning FIREPLACE & sliding glass doors leading to covered patio & pool. LOTS OF NEW: NEW furnace & water heater, NEWer ROOF, SEPTIC SYSTEM (including a new leach field), updated kitchen w/NEW APPLIANCES & COUNTERTOPS, & NEWer vinyl siding. $169,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

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(7623) Custom, spotless 3BR/3BA Pierstown countryside Dutch Colonial enriched by valley views on 9.58 acres. Admirably light and airy, with finished basement and formal Living and dining rooms. 2 Rumford fireplaces. Large working Kitchen w/ eating area and comfy keeping room. Gracious Four season room w/pellet stove leading to Patio, large deck, and hot tub. Hand hewn beams and period hardware, wide pine flooring throughout. Handsomely-styled Colonial ambiance! One-owner. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $479,900

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(7122) A real tempter w/ 50’ of private lake frontage with sweeping views. You will love the charm of this unusual, 2-bedroom Cottage. Ideal features include bright & open layout, woodstove, and storage shed. Some new windows, knotty pine paneling, gas heat. Large lake view deck. New septic. Parking for 3-4 cars. Well-maintained. Priced lower than assessment. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $195,000

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