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Volume 204, No. 37

COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

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Thousands of tiny American flags appeared again in Cooperstown in recent days, a tribute by Cathy Raddatz to her brother, George Morell, who died in the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.

Republicans Will Primary On Sept. 13

olls will be open noon-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, for a Republican primary between state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and challenger James Blake of Schenevus. In the 101st Assembly District, which includes the Otsego County towns of Springfield, Middlefield, Westford and Maryland, voters will chose between Republicans Brian Maher and Claudia Tenney. WOODLAND TALES: Christina M. Parise, Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies’ student, is looking for people who remember the Woodland Museum to participate in an oral history project. Call her at (412) 818-1376, or e-mail paricm68@suny.oneonta. edu. NURSE TRAINING: The Clark Foundation has awarded Hartwick College $250,000 to buy “the next generation of distance education and simulation equipment” for the college’s Department of Nursing, to help address an ongoing shortage of nurses.

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Cuomo: There’s No Rush To Release Fracking Regs With Suits Likely, What’s The Rush? He Says On Radio

BLESSING of the WATERS

By JIM KEVLIN

or a man who aides say requires two reaction times from his staff – now and right now – Governor Cuomo’s remark during an interview with an Albany radio station may have seemed mystifying. It had been generCuomo ally anticipated the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) would issue regulations covering fracking in late summer, certainly around Labor Day. That didn’t happen, and the governor told WGDJ, Capital District’s Talk Radio, on Monday, Sept. 10, that there is no deadline: “When it’s done, and when they’re prepared – that’s when we’ll announce the decision. “And, remember, the announcing Please See CUOMO, A8

he Rev. Craig Schwalenberg, right, Unitarian Universalist Society, Oneonta, blesses the waters of Otsego Lake Thursday, Sept. 6, as part of an anti-fracking demonstration by Central New York clergy. Fifty-two clerics signed a letter to Governor Cuomo stating, “We believe it is a moral obligation for all of us to work together toward addressing human needs while building a sustainable future that is respectful of the earth and the well-being of future generations.”

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The Revs. Mark Montfort, Oneonta, and Douglas Deer, Cooperstown, lead off the line of prayers.

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Right To Declare ‘Save Tony’ Stands But Question Leads Planning Board To Full Revision Of Village’s Sign Law By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

omplaints about “Save Anthony” signs on lawns here launched a two-year Planning Board review of the village’s sign law. Ironically, chairman Charles Hill and his board discovered

IF YOU GO: A village Planning Board public information meeting on the revised sign law is 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 22 Main. there was little they could do. The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment to mean “a person has a right to place signs on their lawn,” said Hill.

The exercise launched by the “Save Anthony” complaints, however, has led to proposed revisions that will expand the law from 17 to 28 pages, defining types of sizes, dimensions, hanging methods and much more. But Hill predicted the outcome, lengthier and as detailed as it is, is actually more user friendly and will be welcome by residents Please See SIGNS, A9

County Seeks Only Quality Purchaser For Otsego Manor By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

indful of public concern, Otsego County is exploring the sale of its Otsego Manor nursing home to the best, not necessarily the highest bidder, according to county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who chairs the committee in charge of the nursing home. “We will sell it to someone with the financial viability to continue it,” Stuligross said in an interview a day after the county board’s 12-1 vote to begin seeking a buyer. “If we sell it, we are not obligated to accept any of the bids Please See MANOR, A8

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By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

hen Brenda Jaeger saw the call was from the Clark Sport Center, she assumed she would be asked to volunteer for the Adventure courses, or maybe do some part-time work. When Val Paige told her she’d won the Fetterman Award, named for Patrick C. Fetterman, longtime associate director of the A.C.C. Gymnasium, “I was in shock,” she said.

positive experience” and who “shows good sportsmanship, patience and a sense of humor.” The CCS physical education instructor and coach retired at the end of the 2011-12 school year after 23 years at the local school. In addition to teaching gym classes, she coached field hockey, volleyball and track. A graduate of SUNY Cortland, Jaeger taught at Germantown for 9 years before transferring to Cooperstown. For her, it was all about the teaching. “I like seeing kids learn new

things, kids who, in the beginning said, ‘I hate this,’ and, at the end, are really enjoying themselves.” She broadened the curriculum beyond basketball, soccer, softball and tennis, including fencing – “They learn really quick that it’s not like Zorro”– fly fishing and snowboarding. “I bought a snowboard for $25 at a garage sale,” she said. “The kids would borrow it and go down local hills.” Part of her curriculum also included an independent study of winter sports. The class would spend part of the period in the library

doing research on a particular sport, then try the sport on their own time. “Kids went up to Utica to go curling, winter camped in their own backyard, went ice fishing. One girl made a video of herself ice skating and another girl played the piano in the background.” And it made an impact. “Two of my kids took up snowboarding,” she said. “Another girl got her whole family into cross-country skiing, she loved it so much.” In retirement, Jaeger is using the time to try out some of her own new

sports. “I went ice climbing with (1997-98 Fetterman winner) Jerry Townsend,” she said. “It’s so scary; you’re walking on ice and you’re not sure if you’re going to slip.” But she wouldn’t mind getting another phone call from the Clark Sports Center – the one asking her to work on the Adventure programs. The Fetterman Award Ceremony will be held on Monday, Sept. 17, where Jaeger will receive a plaque, and her name will be engraved on a plate and added to the trophy on display at the Clark Sports Center.

Aussie Exchange Student is Rising Star at CCS By LIBBY CUDMORE

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otary Exchange encourages its foreign exchange students to get involved with their host school, serve their host community and play sports. But who would expect a 17-year-old from Tatura in Victoria, Australia, to arrive and become a star in a game he’d never played before. “I knew I could run cross-country or play soccer back home,” said Noah Sims. “Playing football was a once-off opportunity.” Though football games were hard to find on Australian TV, when he could find one, he would watch the whole game. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to try,” he said. “Aussie Rules football is much different – there’s no throwing the ball, it’s kicking and punching the ball, called a hand-throw. There’s no pads, but it’s full contact, jumping on people. It’s a completely different concept.” Though only two games and a scrimmage into the

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City Manager Heralds New Era Of Can-Do-Ism, Professionalism

n 1988, it surfaced that Sotheby’s had agreed to auction off the Tiffany windows at Auburn’s Willard Memorial Chapel, the only intact installation from the famed stained-glass maker. Horrors! Mike Long, then senior planner in the Cayuga County Planning Department, (now Oneonta’s first city manager,) and a group of like-minded folks approached the church’s owner, who agreed to give the community a chance to save the treasure: If the group could come up with a $75,000 downpayment, he would hold the property for 8-9 months while the $½ million purchase price was raised. Long approached his local banker, “Bob, I need $75,000 by the end of the week.” Banker Bob replied, “I can’t give it to you, but I can lend it to you.” Long quickly lined up co-signers and hatched the deal (which led to a chilly evening at home when wife Diane learned the family finances were partly on the hook.) In short order, the group obtained a $285,000 grant through the state Environmental Quality Bond Act (with the rest to be raised through fundraising and a mortgage.) But there was a hitch: The Willard was appraised for $1.8 million, and the bond act required the state pay full value. No matter. The owner was quickly convinced to make a $1.3 million charitable donation, and

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Mike Long addresses Oneonta’s Common Council after his appointment as city manager. Seated are Council member Marolyn O. Palmer, left, and Bonnie Molinari, deputy city clerk.

ended up with a very nice tax deduction for years to come. Today, Willard Chapel is flourishing as tourist destination, wedding venue, concert hall, lecture hall and office complex. • Entrepreneurism is not a quality exclusive to small-business people. It is a way of thinking, of can-do-ism, of get-it-done-ism, of noodling through issues on the merits to achieve solutions. In reviewing Michael H. Long’s

resume and interviewing him about his 32-year career to date, entrepreneurism aplenty is in evidence. The Tiffany windows are just one example. It was fascinating to hear how the City of Auburn partnered with McQuay International, a pioneer in geothermal heating, to drive 35 wells, each 400-feet deep, into the parking lot between city hall and the firehouse. The system heated both buildings at great savings, and Long then helped put together a pilot project between McQuay and the State of New York to initiate such projects elsewhere. When he arrives in Otsego County in the next few weeks, ask him about tapping methane from Auburn’s landfill to heat the sewage-treatment plant and dry the sludge, or about that city’s two hydro projects, or about recent collaborations between the city and town of Poughkeepsie, or what we might learn here about the 32 major projects underway in that Hudson Valley city where he’s been city administrator since 2008. In reading this, you can’t help but think about all the things that need doing in Greater Oneonta that The Long Way of thought and action might achieve. • The City of Oneonta, however, isn’t just only stakeholder in Mike Long’s anticipated and wished-for success. Except for a too-soonabandoned village-administrator

setup in Cooperstown 20 years ago now, local government is an amateur enterprise in Otsego County. This is not a victim-less lapse, evident in the nine-year effort, only now coming to conclusion, to build The Gateway, a tourist launching pad at Cooperstown’s south end. If we learn anything from that federal-state-local debacle, it’s that America’s Most Perfect Village, with trustees moving in and out every year and just the village clerk trying to handle ever-more-complicated day-to-day administration, was simply unable to oversee a multi-million, multiyear, multi-leveled Gateway grant. It’s been a fiasco. The result, $3 million later, is the permanent loss of the village’s Little League diamond, a halfmillion cost to local taxpayers that could better have been used elsewhere, and one ugly expanse of blacktop; it remains to be seen how fully it will be used. Mike Long’s success should finally convince the Village of Cooperstown to see the light and join the 21st century. In short, to professionalize. • Likewise at the Otsego County Office Building at the other end of Main Street from Cooperstown’s Village Hall. There, a constantly changing scene of similarly parttime county captains are trying to steer a $110 million frigate past the shoals. It’s dicey, and impos-

sible to do well. David W. Brenner, the retired SUNY Oneonta dean, and former Oneonta mayor and county board chair, studied the matter six years ago and concluded a county administrator is essential. However, he said, the board at the time was so riven with antagonisms it was unlikely any administrator, no matter how experienced or adept, could succeed. Lately, board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, elected in January by a coalition of Republicans and Democrats, is moving the county board into a new era of calm and cooperation, evident in the 12-1 bipartisan vote to seek a buyer for Otsego Manor. The merits of that decision are debatable, but it showed the board as a whole can come together on a difficult issue. In that sense, bravo. Maybe it’s time, Dave. • City of Oneonta voters are ready for professional government, approving a new City Charter last November, 1,128-to 348, that enabled Mike Long’s hiring. His success, obviously, is important to the City of the Hills, but, at best, his example will lead Otsego County as a whole into a new era of professionalism, and of can-doism and get-it-done-ism. Let’s get on with it, from West End Avenue to Emmons, sure, but, looking down the road, from Unadilla to Roseboom as well.

LETTERS ANTOINETTE KUZMINSKI OTHER VOICES

Vote For Seward, Who Advocates For Business To the Editor: As a small business owner in Herkimer County, I know the struggles that employers face every day trying to keep our doors open, meet a payroll, pay the bills, and compete in a quickly changing environment. Thankfully, we have an advocate for small businesses in this area – state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford. I have had the opportunity to work with Senator Seward, and his efforts to improve our business climate are unrelenting. He sponsored legislation this year to repeal state taxes on manufacturing and to reform workers’ compensation. He’s advocated business tax relief and won the first property tax relief

for businesses ever – the property tax cap. As chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, he wrote a law repealing the gross receipts tax on energy bills – a major help to manufacturers – and authored the original “Power for Jobs” program. Please don’t just take my word for it. Two major business organizations, Unshackle Upstate and the Business Council, have awarded Senator Seward their highest marks for his pro-business, pro-jobs record. Check their websites. Senator Seward offers us a solid, pro-jobs record, not a promise. I urge Republicans to vote for Senator Seward in the Republican primary on Thursday, Sept. 13. STEVEN NAEGELE President, CTM Corp. Frankfort

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Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Judge Cooper is in The Fenimore Art Museum

Making Your Home Energy-Efficient May Be In Reach

he historic architecture of this area is an important community asset. Yet our older housing stock is also the principle obstacle to energy efficiency, worse than the transportation and industrial sectors combined. If you suspect your home is energy inefficient, and you want to do something about it, you probably have two questions: Where to start? and How to pay for it? A helpful model for considering energy projects is the “Pyramid of Conservation”. At the bottom of the pyramid are low-cost or no-cost interventions which give the “biggest bang for the buck.” The “cost” refers not just IF YOU GO: to the dollar “How To Get Paid cost, but also To Retrofit Your to a composHome,” panel ite of total endiscussion led by ergy resources Dr. Antoinette required, or Kuzminski, 2 p.m. “environmenSunday, Sept. 23, tal cost.” An Village Library of example of Cooperstown, 22 this would Main St. be a programmable thermostat, which would automatically adjust your home’s temperature to your current needs. The “Pyramid of Conservation” can be explored in depth at http:// www.mnpower.com/powerofone/one_ home/index.htm. As you climb up the pyramid toward new lighting, sealing of air bypasses, and purchasing of Energy Star appliances, the savings to investment ratio falls. Although we are often tempted to believe that a sustainable future lies in glamorous items such as replacement windows, in reality the mundane details of energy conservation have far more promise for the foreseeable future. An indispensable tool in answering the question of where to start is the home energy audit. This is an in-depth professional analysis of your home’s strengths and weaknesses, with prioritized recommendations, cost estimates, and information about financial assistance.

PYRAMID OF CONSERVATION

The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) offers these audits. For most Otsego County residents, this would be free, or at minimal cost. To apply for an audit, go to www.nyserda.ny.gov/ Residential or call NYSERDA’s residential energy services division at 518-862-1090, Ext. 3450. Through this program, rebates and incentives are available, especially for items at the bottom of the Pyramid. They range from 10-50 percent cash back for weatherization or high efficiency measures, depending upon the income of the occupant or the owner, whichever is lower. The On-Bill Recovery Loan is an innovative financing tool. Loans are made by NYSERDA at a 2.99 percent interest rate, and repaid on your utility bill. Your annual payment is calculated to not exceed the anticipated amount you should save on energy costs, with no processing fees. Although your loan repayment is added to your electric bill, your net energy costs should remain unchanged, as your other utility bills should go down. Your investment is thus “cost neutral”. For more information look

under Energy Finance Solutions on the NYSERDA website. Even if your home is not an historic gem, you may also qualify for the state Historic Homeowner Tax Credit Program. If your home is at least 50 years old and is located in one of the many historic districts in the county, (Cooperstown, Cherry Valley, Roseboom, Middlefield, Milford, Fly Creek and the Glimmerglass Historic District) it is probably a contributing building to the district and therefore qualifies you for the tax credit. This program offers state income tax credits of 20 percent for qualified expenditures including almost any energy upgrade. If your income tax bill is less than the credit, you receive a cash rebate. This program ends in 2014. Look at http://www.nysparks.com/shpo/taxcredit-programs/ or call 518-237-8643 Ext. 3252. Together, New York’s historic preservation tax credits and the NYSERDA incentives can amount to significant savings. Antoinette Kuzminski is Sustainable Otsego executive director.

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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

On Saturday, last, toward sunset, the sound of drum and fife, announced something martial. Soon, a regiment of volunteer militia commanded by Lieut. Col. Farrington, from the county of Delaware, appeared, preceded by an escort from this village of about 30 citizens, on horseback and a number of infantry. The regiments pitched their beautiful tents near to and eastwardly of the Court-house, which exhibited a spectacle, novel and interesting to a great part of the villagers. They remained in their encampment until Monday morning when the general was played – the tents struck, and they marched for Utica, from whence they will probably proceed to Sacket’s Harbor. The detached Militia, under command of Lt. Col. Stranahan, marched to their Rondezvous, in Litchfield on Monday last. They are expected to recommence their march from that place to the westward next Tuesday. September 12, 1812

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100 YEARS AGO

While engaged in demolishing the old building adjoining the Alfred Corning Clark gymnasium to make space for the new National Baseball Museum building, Matthew T. Harvey and his force came across some very interesting old tile and brick which undoubtedly were made somewhere in Otsego County when the building was built. Frank P. Whiting, the architect in charge of the construction of the new museum said it is the first instance that has come to his notice in this locality where a double brick has been built into a wall and preserved in such perfect condition. The old building in which they were found was one of the oldest business structures in the village, having been erected in all probability by Judge William Cooper. September 15, 1937

50 YEARS AGO

The Scriven Foundation of New York has purchased of The Freeman’s Journal Company the vacant plot at the northwest corner of Main and Pioneer Streets, and will turn it over to the Village of Cooperstown for development as a park site until such time as it can be sold as business development property. The village has agreed that it will not sell the property without the prior written approval of the Scriven Foundation, and if such approval is granted, the net proceeds of the sale will be paid over to the Foundation. The site measures approximately 82 by 75 feet. September 12, 1962

175 YEARS AGO

With this number commences the thirtieth volume of this paper. The manner in which it has been sustained thorough the hard pitched onsets of the opponents of sound democratic principles, is an indication of no doubtful cast, that the course which it has pursued and the doctrines it has maintained, have thus far found a cordial sympathy in the views and feelings of the people. The support thus given him by the public constitutes an item of encouragement, which is fully appreciated by the Editor, in the midst of the exertion necessary to enable him to meet the reasonable anticipations of the public. On his part we wish the two thousand patrons of the Journal, health, happiness and prosperity; and them, with the country, triumphant success in the practical development of the plain and enduring principles of Democracy. William Lusk Crandal, Editor Pro Tem. September 11, 1837

150 YEARS AGO

Summary of the News – Mr. Timothy Herkimer, whose arrest we noticed last week, was conveyed to Fort Lafayette on Saturday last. This was unexpected to him and his friends, as it was supposed he would have a hearing before some commissioner appointed by the Secretary of War. Ladies Rally! On Friday of this week at 2 p.m., all ladies willing to aid their country by working for the sick and wounded soldiers – of whom there are now many thousand – are urgently requested to meet at the Presbyterian Session Room in this village. There will be sewing machines present to aid in the work – and there will be work for all who come. Let the room be crowded. The work is needed now. September 12, 1862

September 11, 1912

125 YEARS AGO

Milford – A regular cyclone passed just southwest of this village, Wednesday, about 2 p.m., sweeping everything in its path. Two storms seemed to meet – one coming from the northeast, the other from the south, and when they came together it formed such a whirlwind or cyclone as has never been seen in this section. It was about one-fourth of a mile wide. It first unroofed several buildings on the “Crouch,” a place owned by David Wilber; then it took an easterly direction, taking the roof from Menzo Wilcox’s barn, and ruining apple trees in great numbers. It next took W.L. Baker’s hop kiln from its foundation. A kiln of hops was in process of drying, and the kiln barely escaped being burned. Three hop boxes were taken right out of the yard, and no trace of them has yet been found. A water pail which was in the yard at the time was carried over the hill and found in another yard nearly a half mile away. September 16, 1887

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10 YEARS AGO

Otsego County Director of Public Health Kathryn Abernethy cautioned residents to be aware of Lyme disease. “We do have Lyme disease-carrying ticks in the area,” she said. Lately, health officials have noticed an increase in family pets suffering from Lyme disease. “We’ve had quite a few,” said Dr. Michael Powers, a veterinarian at the Cooperstown Veterinary Clinic. “Probably in the range of 20 or more dogs in the last year,” he added. According to the NYS Department of Health, more than 23,000 cases of Lyme disease have been reported in the state since 1986. September 13, 2002

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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

LETTERS

In 20 Years Since ‘Black List,’ All Americans Have Lost Many Rights To the Editor: Cornel West’s generalized talk re the state college “Black List” did not address our most glaring civic crisis. The most important? Legal rights – The loss of legal due process under both U.S. political parties in extreme. To repeat: the loss under BOTH political parties is extreme. Since the invasion of students’ privacy 20 years ago – nothing but a grotesque form of racial profiling and misuse of police authority

– the accused under the misnamed “Patriot Act” have lost: 1) The right to effective legal representation 2) The cogent and precise framing of criminal charges 3) The right to a “speedy” trial 4) Punishments fitting crimes All were guaranteed under the Bill of Rights – which is now as dated as an old Montgomery Ward catalogue. I wondered 20 years ago about the reliability of the complaint: an

elderly, possibly myopic person, in the middle of the night in a strange dark room, claimed an attacker (or was it “intruder”?) was a “black male.” The stereotype existed; therefore the report must have been “accurate” and would fit a “black state college male.” Why? It was a stark case of profiling – or fitting a scant description for a racial and social “roundup” of state, not private, college students. Why didn’t the state college flunky insist on a war-

rant, that is, one warrant? Instead he released names and addresses of every black male student – all conveniently filed under “race.” Any talk about civic abuses that does not address evaporating legal rights in the U.S. is evasive. The police raid of state dormitories and private rooms 20 years ago was without due cause. The very same forms of action may now be undertaken in the name of “national security,” and our pussycat national leaders of both parties

New York Eases Voter Registration, But Not Enough To the Editor: The League of Women Voters of the Oneonta area is a non-partisan political organization whose purpose is to encourage the informed and active participation of citizens in government. We were very pleased that so many local voters made their voices heard on the important local issues being decided in Oneonta’s May School Board election. However, New York State’s low voter-participation rate remains an ongoing concern. New York ranks 48th in the nation in voter registration, trailed only by Texas and Mississippi. Registering to vote at the same time as applying for a driver’s license has facilitated registration for many New Yorkers, though this has not helped non-drivers. But now, based on recent decisions made in Albany, people with a valid driver’s

license or state-issued identification card will be able to register to vote online via the DMV’s website. Voters can also update their registration on the NYS Board of Elections site. These options definitely signal progress, and they make New York the 14th state to offer any type of online voter registration. Still, more can be done. In New York, one must register at least 25 days prior to an election, and changing one’s party affiliation can take up to a year. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia offer “no excuse” early voting – voters in these states do not need to provide a reason for voting before Election Day. New York is among the states that only offers this convenient option to voters as an absentee ballot, based on a registered voter’s written claim that they are

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The Cooperstown Rotary Club’s exchange students have arrived for the 2012-13 school year: Isaac Gomez, Mexico, Shivani Dedhia, India, Supitchaya Disthaphongpkakdee, Thailand, and Peter Kulacs, Hungary. They join Noah Sims, who arrived in Cooperstown from Australia in January to begin his exchange year.

ONOR OUR ERITAGE BUSINESSES

1943

Stringer’s Body Shop THE PEOPLE WHO CARE

Auto Body Repair & Painting

155 River st., oneonta, ny 13820 (607) 432-4982

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness

1951

established in

The Family Restaurant for Over 60 Years Largest Indoor charcoal Pit “generations” gift shop & Ice cream shop I-88 exit 16, Rt. 7 oneonta • 607-432-1782 or 800-498-2445 www.brooksbbq.com

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1960

Barney & Sons Well Drilling, Inc.

SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION • COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL • FARM • GEOTHERMAL

607-432-8009

www.barneyandsondrilling.com

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1966

george mclain taxes oneonta 432-8858

unable to vote in person on Election Day. League members agree that the voting process must be secure, accurate, recountable, accessible and transparent. We will continue to monitor and promote various registration and voting options which will encourage greater participation in the democratic process. The deadline for registration for this fall’s General Election is Oct. 12 and if you have moved since you last voted, you may need to re-register. The Board of Elections and DMV websites are linked on our League’s website, www. lwvoneonta.org, and further voting information including a list of polling places can also be found there. Register, then get out and vote! KAREN GEASEY League of Women Voters Oneonta

vote to grossly violate legal precedents. Mr. West’s appearance was also generally clueless and clawless pussycat performance. He did not address the crisis of our abridged legal rights. His rhetorical leaps at the drapes, though, were energetic. ROBERT MOYNIHAN Cooperstown (Bob Moynihan is a retired SUNY Oneonta professor)

Bainbridge 967-8858

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1945 Skinner & Damulis Now You’re Thinkin’ Smart 3144 US Highway 20 • Richfield Springs 315-858-1350 • 888-895-1947 www.skinnerauto.com

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness

established in

1951 SCAVO’S BODY SHOP

expert collision Repair - 100% guaranteed Direct Repair service for most insurance companies Paint Matching Specialists • I-Car/ASE Certified Technicians ONE OF THE LARGEST BODY SHOPS IN THE AREA

86 West Broadway, oneonta, n.y. (607) 432-6212

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1964

Honda, Yamaha & Kawasaki 6453 St. Hwy. 28, Fly Creek, NY 13337

www.bennettmotorsales.com (607) 547-9332

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1967

established in

1950

“no longer jUSt a Stop along tHe way, it iS a deStination!”

7632 US Hwy 20 CHerry valley (607) 264-3987 • www.tHetepee.biz

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1958

The Smith Family of dealerships, circa 1930’s, remain among Otsego County’s Oldest continuously operating dealers President’s Award Winning Sales & Service Rt. 28 South • Cooperstown, NY • (607) 547-2543

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1966

8 Carbon Street, Oneonta (0ff Main & River Street.) • 432-1105 Open Mon-Wed 8-6, Thurs. & Fri 8-8, Sat 9-5, Sun 10-3

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1968

tHe futuRe of pRIntIng...todAy! peRsonAl • BusIness • specIAl occAsIons • pRomotIonAl Items

607.432.5259 • 330 pony farm Road, oneonta

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51 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 432-1193

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-7

Oneonta Appoints First City Manager Ever By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA

ommon Council name Michael H. Long as Oneonta’s first city manager Friday, Sept. 7. He has been Poughkeepsie’s city administrator since 2008. Born in Rochester, Long was 4 when his father, in land acquisition with the state Department of Transportation, was promoted

to a position in Poughkeepsie and moved the family there. The son won a mechanicaldrawing prize at Poughkeepsie High School, which prompted him to seek a two-year Mike Long architectural degree at Dutchess County Community College while working for a landscaping firm on the side.

After a short stint at the University of Buffalo – a guitar player, he met vocalist Diane at the Newman Center – he was admitted to the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, allowing him to combine his interest in architecture and landscape. He graduated, married, and the newlyweds headed off to Greece, where he had obtained a Fulbright Scholarship to assist in developing a management plan for that country’s first national park, the Parnassus. Back in The States, the couple

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learned Diane’s occupational-therapy degree was more in demand. She soon obtained a job at United Cerebral Palsy in Auburn and he followed her, joining the Cayuga County Planning Department in September 1980. The couple has four grown children. At work, Long moved steadily up the ladder, over 28 years rising to Auburn’s interim city manager. Along the way, he became a registered landscape architect and earned two masters, in landscape architecture, focusing on historic preservation, from the ESF, his alma mater, and in public administration from Syracuse University’s

ONOR OUR ERITAGE BUSINESSES

ing • Bathliners • Sunrooms 219 River St., Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 432-8326; (800) 252-2140 www.thepowellcompany.com

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1976

Gary Jennings insurance

all lines of insurance • 36 years experience

ESTABLISHED IN

1973 COUNTRY CLUB IMPORTS

55 oneIDA st. oneontA, ny 607-432-2800 • 800-388-3632

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1980 ace glass co.

auto commercial & residential glass, table tops, plexiglass

4773 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: (607) 547-9319 Fax: (607) 547-4414

best of the best 2011 & 2012 locally owned • Joe briguglio, owner (607) 432-3588 •124 oneida street, oneonta, ny 13820

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness

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established in

1986 rent-a-wreck 48 oneIDa street, oneonta, ny 13820 (across from country cluB ImPorts)

celeBratIng our 26tH annIversary 1986 - 2012 Pick-up and Delivery service

otsego county HerItage BusIness established in

1989

The Home Plate

T.J.’s Place

124 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 607-547-4040 • OPEN 7 DAYS

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

1992

HAGGERTY

HARDWARE

Come celebrate Haggerty Hardware’s 20th Anniversary and 20% off Pink Bucket Sale (see store for details)–Saturday September 22

5390 state Hwy 28 cooperstown, ny 13326 www.haggertyace.com • 607-547-2166

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in

2004

buddys-coins.com

Buy - Sell - Trade - Appraisals - US & Canadian

George W. Beams

6514 St. Hwy 7, Maryland, NY 12116

(607) 432-6686

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. (His thesis: “Reorganization of Governmental Services for Maximum Utilization Between Cayuga County and the City of Auburn.”) He was active in the American Planning Association, lectured on historic preservation at Cornell, was featured on Bob Villa’s “Restore America” program, hosted First Lady Hillary Clinton at the Harriet Tubman House and was written up in the Christian Science Monitor (35 “major development projects” were underway in Poughkeepsie during his Great Recession-era tenure there.)

gbeams@stny.rr.com

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness

established in

1986 Staffin’S auto repair

1975

P.O. Box 191, Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-2255 www.glimmerglass.org

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness EstablishEd in

1980

lamont Engineers Engineers • Planners • Facility Operations

548 Main St. Box 610 • Cobleskill, NY 518-234-4028 • www.lamontengineers.com

otSego CouNtY HeRItAge BuSINeSS ESTABLISHED IN

1987

Basset Healthcare Network

At Home Care

LocaLLy owned & OPERATED Betty & Mike Staffin 6170 STaTe Hwy 28, FLy cReeK, n.y.

CELEBRATING OUR 25TH YEAR! Caring for the residents of Otsego, Chenango, Delaware & Herkimer Counties Central Ofﬁce 297 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820 www.bassett.org/athomecare (800) 783-0613

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OTSEGO COUNTY HERITAGE BUSINESS

(607) 547-8997

established in

1990

The BieriTz Agency 23rd Anniversary Serving Otsego County 209 Main st., cooperstown (607) 547-2951 • www.bieritzinsurance.com

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness EstablishEd in

1994 precision

collision, inc. Route 23, 5 Miles East of Wal-Mart PO Box 523, West Davenport, NY (607) 278-6115

OtsEgO cOuNtY HERItAgE BusINEss established in

2007

Senior living at itS beSt independent • assisted living • Memory Care & respite

163 Heritage Circle oneonta • www.plainsatparish.com • (607) 267-4013

otSego County Heritage buSineSS

EstablishEd in

2010

EstablishEd in

160 Main street, oneonta ny (607) 431-9044 www.thatcajunplace.com

Melissa Manikas 29 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown 547 - AUTO (2886) www.melissamanikas.com

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness

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2010

OtsEgO cOunty hEritagE businEss

established in

1991

4 Market street • oneonta, ny 13820 607-432-6600 • www.greenearthoneonta.com M-F 8-8 • saturday 8-6 • sunday 11-4

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness EstablishEd in

1997

Brewery Ommegang 656 Cty. Hwy. 33 • Cooperstown 607-544-1800 OtsEgO cOunty hEritagE businEss

established in

2008

HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch

607-547-6103 • www.Allotsego.com 21 Railroad Ave. cooperstown

otsego county HeRItAge BusIness

A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Stuligross: County Will Strive To Find Best Buyer For Manor

MANOR/From A1 that come in. “We want someone who has a history of success, someone who can provide excellent nursing home care. And we will research any prospective buyer. We will do the research necessary to make the right decision.” In three hour-long executive sessions before the Wednesday, Sept. 5, vote, the county Board of Representatives added three qualifications that seek to

allay public concerns that Otsego Manor will simply be cut loose. In the resolution Stuligross adopted, the words “highest bidder” were changed to “highest responsible bidder,” and “a history of excellent resident care (and) financial viability” was added, Stuligross said.

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The following language was also added: “Whereas, Otsego County is mindful of the impact of this decision on the residents of Otsego Manor, employees and relatives, and wishes to take into consideration the effect of this decision on all involved, and wishes to follow an open and deliberative process…” Still, the conclusion is blunt, concluding “this real property is no longer necessary for public use and (the

county board) authorizes its sale.” The discussion that led to the decision to sell Otsego Manor began June 19, when County Treasurer Dan Crowell told the county reps he projected the local contribution to the 74-patient nursing home might rise from $3.2 million this year to as much as $6 million in 2016. Stuligross said her committee “will do the research necessary to make the right

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decision” on Otsego Manor’s future, and it began the process at a meeting Monday, Sept. 10, at the manor. Among other things, language in the bid documents was crafted so as not to exclude Bassett Healthcare, although it is not known if Bassett would be interested. Even though the county reps are seeking to retreat from the financial obligation, they realize the county is “under-bedded,” Stuligross said, asserting, “We need a nursing home facility in Otsego County. No one can turn around and sell it;

they would have to provide for the residents.” In voting when it did – only Keith McCarty, RSpringfield, voted nay – the county board was looking ahead, she continued. The transfer of the certificate of need – authority from the state Department of Health to operate the home – takes 12 to 18 months, and no one is sure what the reimbursement picture will be at that point. Many counties are trying to sell their nursing homes, she said: “We can’t wait until the last buyer is gone.”

Cuomo: No Fracking Decision Likely For ‘Long, Long Time’

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CUOMO/From A1 of the decision is not going to be the conclusion,” he continued, according to a Gannett News Service report. “I promise you, there will be lawsuits, whatever the decision is. “So the day right after the decision, there will be another press conference that says, now we’re going to step two, which is a series of legal challenges and political challenges, and we’re going to try to get federal legislation and state legislation. “It’s going to be an ongoing situation for a long, long time,” he said. Because of the shifting deadline – originally, the DEC’s draft Supplement Environmental Impact Statement on fracking was expected in the summer of 2012 – Dick Downey of the Unatego Landowners Association said of the news,

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“I don’t even try to prognosticate any more.” The decisions upholding town bans on fracking – Middlefield’s and Dryden’s – will be going to the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, perhaps as soon as October, and Downey said the governor’s “probably going to wait for adjudication.” Sustainable Otsego’s Adrian Kuzminski wasn’t available by deadline. In what was interpreted as trial balloon, the New York Times, quoting “a senior official” in the DEC, reported on June 13 that regulations would limit fracking to a pilot project in five counties along the Pennsylvania border. The report also said national historic districts like the Glimmerglass and critical watersheds like New York City’s would be off limits.

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION....TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR SALE with 384 feet of direct road frontage on the heavily traveled State Highyway 28, the Gateway between Cooperstown and Oneonta. These buildings have a combined gross area of 8,388 square feet. The pole building provides 5,600 sq. ft. and the one story masonry structure provides 2,788 sq. ft. This two buiding complex, currently housing Rees Marine, offers versatility, with the pole building supporting an open service area, with front central office suite, a retail salesroom, a side bay, storage rooms, lunch room and bathroom. The second structure, currently leased, provides a reception area, three private offices, a conference room, a break room, storage rooms, bathrooms and utility area. Systems and structures have been well maintained and are in excellent condition. Commercial amenities are too many to describe fully. For additional information and/or an appointment to take a look, contact LAMB REALTY at 607-547-8145 or email us at realestate@lambrealty.net .......This LAMB REALTY EXCLUSIVE is being offered for $450,000. This complex has been professionally appraised and is priced to sell. Don’t lose out on this excellent opportunity. Listing # CM-022

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216 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 • Tel: 607-547-8551/Fax: 607-547-1029 www.johnmitchellrealestate.com • info@johnmitchellrealestate.com

Secluded building lot ready to build. Situated on a quiet country road with 300 feet of road frontage. Currently being surveyed, REA electric, country views, bounded by Mature Hardwoods. Cooperstown Schools. Located on Perkins Road near Christain Hill Road 5 miles from Cooperstown. MLS#86017 $39,900

cooperStown ViLLage circa 1850

(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. Two-car garage, picket fencing. It’s distinctive & delightful! Hubbell’s Exclusive. $289,000

The Terrace Motel. A Cooperstown destination since 1964, The Terrace Motel offers 15 Lakeview guest rooms with private baths, cable TV and air conditioning. The manicured grounds consist of 7.5 mostly clear acres with spectacular Lake Otsego views. There is a 20 x 40’ in-ground swimming pool as well as 185’ of Otsego lakefront with a private dock and sun deck. The motel is in excellent condition and has been continuously updated by its thoughtful owners. All related furnishings and equipment are included, so this presents a true “turn-key” opportunity for someone. Located just 3.5 miles from Cooperstown Village and 5 miles from Glimmerglass Opera. The summer season is very busy in Cooperstown and this property enjoys steady occupancy from June through September with a longer season possible. A LAMB REALTY Exclusive: Priced to sell for $825,000. Listing # CM-021

ROBERT SchnEIDER Sales Associate 607-547-1887 547-1884

31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown (directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee)

(7451) Cherish this superbly-kept 3BR/2BA home on a serene street near schools. Fine features include rocking-chair front porch, hardwood flooring and Jotel woodstove. Main-level master bedroom, modern kitchen. Garage, enclosed patio retreat. (7525) Exhilarating 3BR/2BA lakefront Ranch with Come home to an air of comfort and welcome. wide-span views with 200’ of private lake frontage. Cooperstown Schools. This gracious residence boasts cathedral beamed Hubbell’s Exclusive. $257,500 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

VILLAGE APARTMENT COMPLEX in move-in condition. Built in the 1800’s, this four unit apartment complex, formerly the Beasley School for Boys, was completely renovated in 2009 including new roof, clapboard siding, new insulation (2006) , updated plumbing, electrical and heating. The boiler was replaced ten years ago. Providing over 5,600 sq.ft. of living space, there are three 3 bedroom apartments and one 2 bedroom apartment. The two bedroom apartment is situated on one level while the remaining three apartments have two levels. Special features include nicely appointed eat-in kitchens, separate dining rooms, living rooms with fireplaces and two baths per apartment. Each apartment has a laundry area within, fitted with washer and dryer. There is a detached four bay parking garage providing parking and storage space for each unit. This exceptional rental property is currently fully rented and the complex has an excellent rental history. This LAMB REALTY EXCLUSIVE is being offered below its assessed value at $499,000. Call Lamb Realty at 607-547-8145 to arrange an appointment. Listing # V-115

BARBARA LAMB Associate Broker 607-547-9445 547-8145

Registered Mortgage Broker Matt Schuermann NYS Banking Dept. Loans arranged by a 3rd party lender.

Surveyed building lot in the Cooperstown School District. Perk test, septic design for 3-bedroom house completed, electric on property, good southern exposure for a passive-solar home. Property borders Oaks Creek and has a large pond. Close to the hamlet of Fly Creek which has a nice small business district including a general store, post office, two restaurants, antique shops and cider mill. MLS#82818 $49,000 Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881

29 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, NY

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607-547-4045

Patricia Ashley – Licensed Real Estate Broker/Owner

JuSt outSide the VillAge This sprawling farmhouse has had a couple of additions including a dynamite 19x14 kitchen addition with vaulted beamed ceiling, center island, exposed beams, double pantry cupboards and a breakfast nook which overlooks the back yard. Located in Bowerstown, this circa 1900 home offers some 2,949+square feet of living space. In addition to the kitchen, the main floor offers a large living room with beamed ceiling, den with fireplace, dining room with woodstove, mudroom, laundry, and a full bath on the main floor. In addition there is an attached 23x24 area, currently three rooms, which has been used for a home occupation and would make a great space for additional family living and/or an in-law apartment. Upstairs are four bedrooms, three half-baths, a large hallway space with storage and a master suite with tiled tub, standing shower, walk-in closet and private balcony. Front and back staircases. Front porch, rear deck. Garage and storage space. There is a .78 acre flat lawn space with mature pine trees, flowering bushes, berry bushes, blueberries, large garden space, and perennials. In need of some updating, this spacious home is in a very convenient location and has been priced to sell! offered exclusively by Ashley-Connor realty NoW $199,000. Available for rent with a one year lease at $1100. per month plus utilities. Please call for details. Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com • Contact us at info@ashleyconnorrealty.com

For APPoiNtmeNt: Patti Ashley, Broker, 544-1077 • Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 547-5304 •

Nancy Angerer, Sales Agent, 435-3387 Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 547-8288 • Amy Stack, Licensed Sales Agent, 435-0125

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Great food and a hilarious political satire performance! TICKETS Full Fundraiser: $65 (includes two different shows & food tasting)

4pm - 5:15pm Food Tasting provided by: Alfresco’s Italian Bistro • Autumn Cafe • Bella Michaels • Bistro on Main • Brooks House of Bar-B-Q • The Carriage House • Cross Roads Cafe & Coffee House - Delhi • The Depot • Fiesta Mexican Grill • Golden Guernsey’s Ice Cream • Green Earth • Laura’s Chocolates & Cakes • Latte Lounge •

2nd Performance only (at 8pm) : $40

MANNmade Cakes • Prime 289 • The Red Caboose • Rufﬁno’s Restaurant • Patty Cakes • Pie in the Sky • Sabatini’s Little Italy • Simply Thai • Soda Jerks • Sunrise Catering • Sodexho • The Plains at the Homestead • and more! Wait Staff Volunteers : Oneonta’s Roller

This performance is made possible through the

Derby Women, “The Derailing Darlings”

5:30pm Capitol Steps 1st Show

generous donations of

The A. Lindsay & Olive B. O’Connor Foundation

(for Fundraiser Ticket Holders only)

8pm Capitol Steps 2nd Show

with additional support from 189 Main Street

Purchase your tickets at www.foothillspac.com, call (607)431-2080, or visit the Foothills Box Ofﬁce at 34 Market Street in Oneonta.

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The Freeman’s Journal

Planning Board chair Charles Hill reviews the master sign plan Mike Manno prepared for the renovated former Agway at Railroad and Glen avenues.

Village Sign-Law Revision Ready SIGNS/From A1 and businesspeople alike. This is because “we tried to put as much as we could in exempt signs,” said Hill in an interview. Exempt signs are just that: As long as they meet the guidelines, they can be erected. “You don’t need a permit, you don’t need approval, you don’t need to submit a fee,” he said. So, for instance, if businesses want to hang a flag, or put up an “open” or “closed” plaque, the revised law will tell you exactly how to do so; you only need to go before the Planning Board if you want to do something different. Copies of the law were to be available beginning Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the village clerk’s office at 22 Main, in advance of a “public information session” at the Planning Board’s regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 18. An “information session,” in contrast to a public hearing, allows back-andforth discussion between the board and residents. The Planning Board could then revise the proposal if it wished, and submit it for adoption to the Village Board, which would set a formal public hearing before taking action. In preparing the revisions, the Planning Board – in

addition to Hill, it included Richard Blabey, Sally Graumlich, Fin Jensen, and Sally Eldred, who recently resigned – studied 30 different sign laws, as nearby as Skaneateles and as far away as the Carolinas. On “Save Anthony” lawn signs that caused the original complaint, the board found it could not control the message, but it could control size, placement on the lot, the number (one per message) and other factors, as long as rules are applied consistently. “If it’s a personal issue for you, and you feel it’s important for you to express your point of view – that he has to be saved – that would be appropriate” under the new law, Hill said. The idea is to install the lawn sign “at the beginning of the event” and take it down at the end. That’s fairly simple with a tag sale, said Hill, but more problematic with, say, the fracking issue, which will go forward in some guises for years or decades. “I don’t know any other way we could do it and still abide by Supreme Court decisions,” according to the chairman who, in summation, said, “We are very proud of what we’ve done. It was not an easy task.”

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