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Volume 205, No. 38

Dave Bliss Wins Fetterman Award

Dave Bliss poses with Clark Sports Center Director Val Paige after she announced he’s won the Fetterman Prize.

For 20th Year, Clark Sport Center Recognizes Adults Who Help Youths COOPERSTOWN

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Wilma Dodge, Nora Cooke, Marcia Ubner, Gail Olin, Sharon Chambers and Evelyn Keating, all of Fly Creek hold a green quilt–and many more behind them–at the “Covered Pews” quilt show on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Fly Creek Methodist Church.

CSEA Sues To Prevent Manor Sale

he CSEA has sued the County of Otsego to block the sale of Otsego Manor. Court papers were filed with the county clerk Aug. 29, and the case was assigned to state Supreme Court Judge Kevin Dowd. Only the cover sheet signaling the action is on file. The full documentation will be reviewed by Dowd before it becomes part of the public record. ARTIST HONORED: The art of Susan Fenimore Cooper Weil, the Cooper descendant who passed away in April, will be celebrated in “Rural Hours,” an exhibit of her watercolors that opens Saturday, Sept. 21, at The Fenimore Art Museum. PACKS A JOLT: Gimme! Coffee of New York City has created a coffee blend named “Fractivist.” SOIL TESTED: To get a jump on next year’s season, gardeners may have soil samples tested at local libraries, Monday, Sept. 23, through Oct. 6. $3 per test, organized by Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners.

ing daughters were horseback riding in the 1970s, the Bliss brothers would show up periodically with their dad’s haywagon.

Bale after heavy bale, the teen-age boys would hoist hay for the Morris girls’ horses into his barn’s loft. Please See BLISS, A6

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Surprise Brings Crowell Back To Treasurer Race Bachman Off Ballot, Democrats Concede; GOP Backing Keator By JIM KEVLIN

HISTORY COMES ALIVE The Cooperstown Graduate Program’s Emily Hoffman demonstrates how to winnow rye, separating the grain from the chaff, one of many activities over the weekend at The Farmers’ Museum’s Harvest Festival.

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n the latest twist in a year of twists, county Treasurer Dan Crowell, headed for career in Army special ops, is suddenly running for a second term. Tuesday, Sept. 17, the county Democratic Committee accepted that the petitions of Russ Bachman, who has been filling in while Crowell has been in training at Fort Bragg, would probably be thrown out. That leaves Crowell, who had decided in August not to Crowell run again, too late to have his name removed, in “Row A” at the top of the Nov. 5 ballot. Please See TREASURER, A6

Travel Writers Asking About ‘Eco-Tourism’

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Farmers’ Museum Gate Up, But Fenimore’s Skyrockets

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hen British travel writer Catherine Mack was visiting from England this month, she didn’t want to see the Baseball Hall of Fame – she wanted to spend all her travel time in Otsego County’s great outdoors. Deb Taylor, county tourism director, took her on a picnic at Brookwood Point and a motorboat ride to Deowongo Island in Canadarago Lake. “Thank goodness we didn’t kayak,” Taylor said. “Or we’d still Please See TOURISM, A7

O CGP’s Araya Henry shows Abi Jaros, New Hartford, how to dig potatoes the old-fashioned way.

rganizers were delighted to see a 5 percent increase at The Farmers’ Cooperstown’s Museum’s Harvest Festival, but it’s part of a larger NYSHA Caitlin Birmingham makes a new friend. success story this summer. Overall, The Farmers’ has experienced a 3 percent rise in visitors, according to NYSHA spokesman Todd Kenyon. But buoyed by “The Hudson River School: Nature and the American Vision” and “The Wyeths: A Family LegPlease See VISITORS, A7

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

EDITORIAL

PROSPECTS FOR PROSPERITY OTSEGO, INC., BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CANDIDATES APLENTY FOR ‘TEAM OTSEGO’: Prospects to lead economic development as members of the Prosperity Otsego, Inc., board include, from left, SUNY Oneonta VP Paul Adamo, retired Mobil Executive VP Lou Allstadt, Country Club Motors partner Tom Armao, Otsego Chamber Executive Director Barbara Ann Heegan; Milford Superintendent of Schools Peter Livshin, Ioxus President/CEO Mark McGough, Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller, Custom Electronics President/CEO Mike Pentaris, County Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, Ommegang President/CEO Simon Thorpe, Chobani founder and proprietor Hamdi Ulukaya, Bank of Cooperstown President Scott White, Otego ... and there are many more.

Attention, Proven Achievers, Risk Takers, True Believers

t’s been suggested that last week’s editorial on economic development may have analyzed the problem, but didn’t point the way to a solution. So here is a suggested work scope, prepared from no specific expertise, but from listening to informed discussion and debate over the past five months. • First, we gotta believe. Otsego County’s economicdevelopment efforts have been lackluster because, at base, those leading the charge don’t believe prosperity can happen in New York State. Suggestion: All people involved in economic development – the IDA, OCDC, the chambers, the county board, Citizen Voices – should get in a car, van or bus and go to Greene County, about 40 minutes east of Cobleskill. There, you will see the Greene Business & Tech Park and the Kalkberg Commerce Park, which together host a dozen entities – factories, distribution centers, office buildings – that we’d love to have here. Last year (before redistricting), state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, cited Greene County’s ec-dev effort as the best in his 10-county district.

Greene’s IDA executive director, René VanSchaack, who is now working on a third park, Fountain Flats, said he’d welcome calls from Otsego County and would be happy to share his experience. Call him at (518) 731-5500. When you see, you will believe. • Second, a pro-active economicdevelopment entity must be created in Otsego County. The only live prospect right now is Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller’s “Oneonta, Inc.” Expand its vision to include the whole county; “Prosperity Otsego, Inc.,” if you will. There’s no downside to counting everyone in. As a matter of reality, only Oneonta has the municipal water and sewerage to accommodate a major employer right now. The Otsego IDA is not interested in playing that pro-active role, but it can, should and appears willing to contribute to such an entity. Doug Gulotty, the IDA interim director, said the OCDC (the related development corporation) likewise does not want to be pro-active, but it would contribute to someone else’s effort. In short, the IDA, OCDC, the county and – if there is a defined undertaking with a strategy and goals – Senator Seward can come up with or simply repurpose suf-

ficient money to get started. And let’s get started now. • Third, this new entity’s board must be gung-ho. Only proven achievers who are true believers and risk-takers – all qualities are essential – need apply. Given the experience of the past few weeks, that would rule out IDA and OCDC members. They’ve said they’re simply not interested. OK. We get it. But let’s brainstorm for prospects. How about Simon Thorpe, Ommegang’s hard-driving president. Mike Pentaris, who grew Graham Labs into Covidien, then revived Custom Electronics and spun off Ioxus; when Pentaris is around, good things seem to happen. Or Mark McGough, Ioxus president/CEO Pentaris brought in. How about a couple of eminent retirees. In Cooperstown, there’s Mace Reynolds, former Bendix president/CEO (who got his start in Sidney). And Lou Allstadt, retired Mobil executive vice president. What contacts these men must have. Hamdi Ulukaya, help us! The college presidents are too busy. But what about SUNY Oneonta’s Paul Adamo, the most successful development director in the state system. Or from education, Milford Central’s Peter

Livshin, who opened the school’s doors to CORE (Career Opportunities in Rural Education). From the chamber, Barbara Ann Heegan, who has been lobbying hard for a seat at the table (and whose Otsego Chamber was just named the Business Council’s “Chamber of the Year”). From the banks, what about Scott White of Otego, president of the Bank of Cooperstown, which is growing countywide. Or the scrappy Tom Armao, who gets things done, representing the Citizen Voices. There’s some question if elected officials can serve on such a board but, if so, Mayor Miller and county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who have been driving the discussion, should be in the mix. (Or board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, if she prefers.) • Fourth, Sandy Mathes, the former Greene IDA exec who has been generously sharing his expertise locally, should be brought aboard in an advisory role to show us how to do it right. He’s walked the walk successfully and knows what to do. Let listen and do it. OK, so now we have the structure, the money, the gung-ho board and the executive savvy. Fifth, fast-track IDA’s plans to upgrade the Pony Farm Industrial

Park, making it truly constructionready ASAP. Sixth, approach our major employers – Amphenol, Covidien, Ioxus, Custom Electronics, most of all, Chobani! – find out what their expansion plans are over the next few years and accommodate them. Seventh, understand national trends and plug into them. Famed pollster-to-presidents John Zogby, at Hartwick College the other night, said nanotechnology – New York State is the national leader – and biotech are going to be the big growth industries. How can we accommodate them? Plus we have an Interstate with eight exits, six largely vacant. You should see the CVS distribution center that just opened off Route 17 near Elmira. We could have had it. • This is not to say the IDA, OCDC and county Economic Development Office have been doing nothing. They’re doing a lot – Springbrook, Ioxus so far, Bresee’s, the Brooks’ BBQ expansion, and more – just not enough. Given the $7 million gap as the county board begins preparing its 2014 budget, there’s some urgency here. Let’s not be also-rans. Tomorrow, let’s be the beacon that counties like Greene and Saratoga are today.

LETTERS

The Next Issue: Trucking Natural Gas To the Editor: Fracking has given Mr. Kuzminski his 15 minutes of fame. Trucking natural gas to Cooperstown will get this boy up in the air. Mr. Kosmer, who got elected on fracking, will help lead the disdain for natural gas. Mr. Kosmer said, “It’s a deadend. Try solar energy.” You cannot live in Otsego County: There is not enough sun to turn on a lightbulb. We haven’t heard the last of this, as they will need a new scare tactic to run their candidates on. Natural gas in Cooperstown will save hundreds of thousands of dollars for area businesses.

You can expect to hear that road damage from all these trucks and the potential for the pipeline to be exploding all over our streets will be their next campaign. I hope that these fracking guys don’t make a campaign out of natural gas coming to Cooperstown. But I will tell you one thing: Naturalgas drillers, for all of their fracking, would have done so much more for our area than natural-gas truckers will ever do, this is a fact. The people lose, the antis don’t know what they lost and the sad part is they really don’t care. TED HARGROVE Cooperstown FOU

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Fracking = Prosperity Equation Just Doesn’t Add Up To the Editor: A recent letter from Marie Lusins emphasized new jobs and “growth” as a favorable consequence of gas drilling in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, however, is the 40th state in job-creation comparisons, and it is not for lack of gas wells. The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania is identical to that in New York (7.5 percent), and unemployment in New York has diminished nearly three times faster over the past year than in Pennsylvania – without fracking. Job creation for any given gas well is a transient phenomenon. Historically, the average life of a gas well is less than eight years, after which what is left are not jobs but irrecoverable pollution and destructive environmental changes. That is a pretty poor “anchor.” In any case, job creation is not the sole measure of economic benefit. Ignored in Lusins’ advocacy are jobs and income lost to agriculture and tourism; the toll on

infrastructure, for which the drilling companies assume no responsibility; the displacement of local persons from affordable lost-cost housing as workers from other states move in; the toll in necessarily increased state-supported services, the increase in crime and the decline in real-estate values as home owners seek housing free from the environmental costs and hazards of fracking. Realtors now ask their clients to affirm that the property they are selling has no gas lease on it. Water resources are stressed by the enormous consumption required by the fracking process. Wildlife habitat is fragmented. Negative health benefits are only beginning to be recognized and economically quantified: The impact of gas emissions on child health is currently the subject of study by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The occupational fatality rate for gas and oil drilling workers is eight times the

average the other jobs, according to the EPA. The health impact from toxic spills and gas emissions is still unquantified. Accidents related to blowouts and fires, spills from tanks holding toxic waste materials, contamination of soil and water from leaking pipes and air pollution from escaped emissions are all well-documented (and under-reported). Methane is emitted not only from wells but from compressor stations and transmission pipes. In Boston, a recent analysis of methane emissions from city pipelines has found concentrations of up to 15 times the normal background values. The economic costs of promoting an energy source that contributes to anthropogenic global warming (which, whether climatechange deniers admit it or not, is factually indisputable) are so vast as to be beyond measurement, and methane is four times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2. Over extended

Soon, Fox Patients Get ‘My Chart’ Too

To the Editor: The MyChart (soon to be renamed MyBassett Health Connection) patient portal is tied to your medical record information that is supplied by Bassett employed physicians and all Bassett clinics and hospitals with the exception of A.O. Fox John has also kept me very much in the Hospital because Fox Hospiloop on county matters that affect our viltal currently uses a different lage. electronic medical record He understands fully the crucial role Cooperstown plays in the present and future (EMR) system. We will be offering a success of Otsego County and works topatient portal to the Fox wards representing our concerns fully. John Kosmer has proven that he deserves EMR soon and future plans our vote to continue on as our county repre- include migrating Fox to Bassett’s central system. sentative. SCOTT BONDEROFF JEFF KATZ VP, Patient Services Mayor, Village of Cooperstown Bassett Hospital

Kosmer Always Steps Up To Help Cooperstown To the Editor: During John Kosmer’s term as county representative for District 8, he has been a strong advocate for the Village of Cooperstown. When I attended the county Administration committee meeting to make the case that a portion of bed tax money that the county collects (and Cooperstown produces) be directed towards helping the Village pay for our upcoming Main Street renovation project, John was there in support of our cause.

time periods, it has far greater potential for a greenhouse warming effect than does CO2. Meanwhile in the West, methane is flared off as an unwanted by-product of oil drilling. What sort of sense does it make to flare it off in one part of the Country and violate the environment to obtain it in another part? There is a moral dimension to be considered here: The ultimate value of short-term profits – whatever they may or may not be - weighed against the longterm consequences which other people, and the planet they live on, will have to endure. As the gas company ads say: think about it. MARY ANNE WHALEN Cooperstown

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 2013

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

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

200 YEARS AGO

Bank Meeting – At a meeting of a number of Freeholders from the several towns of the county of Otsego, at the Court House, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for the incorporation of a bank in said county, Resolved, That David Little be Chairman, and John Russel, Secretary; Resolved that a Petition be presented to the Legislature at their next session for the incorporation of a Bank in the county of Otsego; Resolved that two persons be appointed in each town to circulate the aforesaid Petition. (Ed. Note: Appointed from the Town of Otsego: Peter Goodsell and Henry Phinney) September 18, 1813

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150 YEARS AGO

Decisions Respecting the Military Draft – It has been decided that under the thirteenth Section of the Enrollment Act, a party drafted, and wishing to furnish a substitute, or pay commutation, must do so on or before the day fixed for his appearance. The privilege expires with that day. If he fails to report, and is arrested as a deserter, he has a right to go before the Board of Enrollment and prove that he is not liable to do military duty. If held to be liable, he cannot escape personal service. Also, under such circumstances, he is subject to be proceeded against as a deserter. September 18, 1863

125 YEARS AGO

Local Briefs – The outdoor concerts given on Main Street this week by the celebrated Tenth Regiment Band of Albany, in attendance at the County Fair, were greatly enjoyed by the hundreds of ladies and gentlemen who had the pleasure of listening to them. White robins in this section of the country are rare birds, but three of them have been shot this summer in the Town of Middlefield. Rensselaer Brown and B.S. Pitts each have one mounted. These birds are as purely white as are white doves. September 21, 1888

100 YEARS AGO

The Otesaga Hotel closed Monday after the morning meal. Manager Paul L. Pinkerton and his assistants are at work this week winding up the affairs of the season of 1913, and putting things in shape for the winter. Manager Pinkerton believes that resorts of the class of the Otesaga have suffered during the last few years by the introduction of the automobile, in that people who formerly came to stay several weeks are now given more to touring, stopping overnight wherever night overtakes them; lingering a

50 YEARS AGO

The village’s Board of Zoning Appeals Monday night unanimously disapproved an application submitted by the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital for permission to convert into a parking lot a vacant site east of Bassett Hall on Beaver Street. The action followed a public meeting earlier that evening. Dr. James Bordley III, Bassett Hospital Director, appealed for a favorable ruling on the application. A number of persons spoke briefly in opposition. Voting against the application were former Mayors Alva C. Welch and Ross J. Young, Planning Commission Chair Frederick L. Rath, Jr., and Harry N. Shepherd, four of the five members of the Zoning Board of Appeals. September 18, 1963

25 YEARS AGO

Approval by village trustees last week to pay a Rochester consultant $13,600 to submit studies on a village parking garage is an endorsement of years of planning and evaluation according to trustee Pamela Washburn. The project was approved in spite of predictions by Mayor Harold Hollis that a parking garage could cost more than $2 million. “All of that you can’t know until you have the plan. I think that’s why the trustees went September 17, 1838 ahead with having this possibility looked at and evaluated,” Washburn responded. little longer, perhaps in a place like the Otesaga, but not in September 21, 1988 sufficient numbers to compensate for the loss of the steady season’s business. This condition will be overcome in time as the automobile becomes less of a toy. The Otesaga has A strong, healthy and vibrant red-tailed hawk was had a very excellent season compared with most of the released into the wild on Wednesday, September 17, one well-known resorts. month after being rescued by a concerned high school September 17, 1913 student. Tom Krietsch, a tenth-grader at Richfield Springs Central School noticed the bird on the afternoon of August 15th as he was driving by the Little Lake access point with Application for a WPA Project for the improvement of his friend Alan Stokes. “When I saw it, it flew up into the Doubleday Field was authorized at the regular meeting of air, and then collapsed to the ground. I knew something the Village Board of Trustees held Monday evening. Mayor was wrong and that I should do something.” Krietsch Theodore R. Lettis executed the necessary papers. The apwas able to secure the hawk by covering its head with his plication provides both for the work incident to the enlarge- shirt. “Once I put the shirt over its head, it seemed like it ment of the field through the purchase of additional propfell asleep.” Krietsch and Stokes drove the bird to Exeter erty made possible through the generosity of Mr. Stephen Veterinary Clinic. The Clinic passed the female hawk onto C. Clark, and the erection of a new grandstand according to Bonnie Folnsbee of Adirondack Foothills Wildlife Care at plans recently approved by the Board. Work will be comPoland, New York. As Folnsbee was preparing to x-ray the menced upon the enlargement project by the village force bird, it coughed up a chunk of animal bone that had lodged at once, without awaiting the approval of the project by the in its throat. The hawk was released by Folsbee where it WPA. The total cost of the project will be about $23,000 of was found. “It is very important to release rehabilitated which the village will pay about $6,000 to $8,000 with the hawks where they are found because they are very territostate and federal governments paying the balance. rial,” explained Folnsbee, who, along with her husband September 21, 1938 Wesley, nursed the bird back to health. September 19, 2003

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With Bachman Out, Crowell To Campaign For Second Term TREASURER/From A1 In a rerun of the 2009 race, Ed Keator, West Oneonta, now Cooperstown village treasurer, will be vying with Crowell. Keator, who lost by a half-dozen votes, is running on an independent line, but with the county Republican Committee’s support. As it is, Crowell seemed resigned to accept his fate. “If elected,” said Crowell, a Middlefield resident, “I would serve to the extent my obligation allowed and,

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exactly as is currently taking place, I would ensure there is seamless and capable leadership” – a reference to Bachman – “if and when other duties arise.” The initial GOP response

suggests a lively campaign to come. “I understand he was going to go back in the military,” said Bill Mirabito, county Republican Committee vice chair. “How’s he going to do two jobs? ... The treasurer’s job is a fulltime job, particularly given the financial situation. A parttime job isn’t fair to the taxpayers.” Richard Abbate, Cooperstown, county Democratic chair, said his party’s petition drive for Bachman was disadvantaged because

petitions had already been circulated for Crowell. Due to “technicalities,” however, he had accepted the petitions would be thrown out the day before state Supreme Court Judge Robert C. Mulvey, Ithaca, was scheduled to rule. Sheila Ross, Fly Creek, the county GOP chair, said of the petitions, “I’ve never seen such a sloppy mess in my life.” When they were brought before the county Board of Elections, she, as GOP elections commission-

er, voted to throw them out. Republicans had initially But the Democratic comwithheld their support from missioner, Henry Nicols, Keator, and tried to talk voted to keep them. Bachman into running on To break the deadlock, theJournal, GOP line. 20130921, Freemans 2x6 Diane Koffer, a Editions: GOP stalBut Mirabito said, “We Section: wart, brought suit against endorsed him (Keator) and Run Date:9/20 Bachman and the Board of we support him. We helped Elections. get him on the ballot by Now, Ross said, she organizing a petition drive.” anticipates that if Crowell “We will move forward,” wins, he will appoint Bachsaid Abbate. “Dan Crowell man as his deputy, then step is at the top of our ticket. aside and allow that deputy We still have a choice. I’m to assume interim status excited about Dan Crowell again. continuing as our treasurer.” The Democrats said the

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Coach Bliss, right, counsels his CCS girls softball team during a tense moment at the sectional finals in June against Sandy Creek at Lemoyne College in Syracuse.

had just announced Bliss is this year’s recipient of the Fetterman Award, which the center is presenting for the 20th time. “This town is full of people who work with kids – and are glad to do so,” Paige said, noting that, as usual, this year’s honoree was first among many con-

tenders. Bliss will be honored at Monday, Sept. 23, luncheon at The Otesaga. The award is a particular honor for Bliss, who is also a realtor at Hubbell’s and has served as Town of Middlefield supervisor for 22 years, because so many of the coaches from his scholastic sports career have

received it, too – Don Howard (1998-99), Dick White (2000) and Ted Kantorowski (1995) among them. It’s one thing for youthsports coaches to be active while their kids are involved, Paige said. But Dave and wife Kim’s three children are grown: Rachel, CCS ‘85, works at New York Central Mutual; Eric, CCS ‘98, is with Barnes & Noble, and Ethan, CCS ‘95, is at SUNY Oswego. (Following in their his footsteps, Rachel and Ethan won CCS’ coveted Bursey Prize, as their dad did before them.) While he enjoys coaching, he hasn’t foregone tne joys of actually playing. When the Clark men’s winter league starts up in a few weeks, Bliss will be there on the hardwood. He’s played on teams that have brought back gold medals more than once from the Empire State Senior Games. The winning habit is hard to break.

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Fenimore Gate Up 25 Percent This Summer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ethical Travelerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? Catherine Mack, as seen on her travel blog.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Eco-Tourismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Movement Brings Travel Writers TOURISM/From A1 be out there getting blown around!â&#x20AC;? Mack writes for the Ethical Traveler. She was here to write about â&#x20AC;&#x153;naturalâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;responsibleâ&#x20AC;? travel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about slowing down and enjoying your surroundings,â&#x20AC;? said Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about driving through Cooperstown, spending a few hours in the Hall of Fame and then leaving.â&#x20AC;? Eco-tourism is an upand-coming tourist market, bolstered by baby boomers and the European market. Swimming at Glimmerglass or Gilbert Lake, canoeing down the Susquehanna or biking Oneonta or the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new trails are all part of Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision for an eco-tourist paradise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a product you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just buy in New York City,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter of getting it out there and promoting it.â&#x20AC;? Travel writers are always knocking on Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s door, but this is new. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ecotourism is all about enjoying our outdoor recreation activities,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have four state parks and a plethora of forests, lakes and rivers.â&#x20AC;? And Taylor doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just see eco-tourism as a summer adventure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have oodles of rustic forest perfect for snowshoeing and cross-

country skiing.â&#x20AC;? As the summer tourist season winds down, Taylor is putting her energy into updating the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outdoorsâ&#x20AC;? section of her website and working with hotels to put together cyclist-friendly tourist packages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to be more bike-friendly,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They should invest in things like interior storage, racks and a bike wash. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good packaging.â&#x20AC;? In addition to hotels, Taylor is working with the Otsego County Conservation

Association, the Land Trust and Otsego 2000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have huge roles in preserving this land and giving it to us as a product we can package,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Land Trust has made so much available to the public, like cleaning up Brookwood Point.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way of keeping visitors here longer, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can go to a museum, but you can also go out on a kayak,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really makes for a memorable vacation.â&#x20AC;?

VISITORS/From A1 acy,â&#x20AC;? which featured a tour and talk by Andrew Wyethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s granddaughter Victoria, visitation at The Fenimore Art Museum was up 25 percent, Kenyon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to keep it fresh in peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minds all the time,â&#x20AC;? he said of the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to keep it exciting.â&#x20AC;? A rainy, â&#x20AC;&#x153;miserableâ&#x20AC;? June depressed Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Museum numbers, but sunny July and August allowed visitation to catch up and move

ahead 3 percent over 2012, Kenyon said. The Harvest Festival on Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 1415, drew 3,400 visitors, one of the largest in the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and a 5 percent increase from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a beautiful weekend,â&#x20AC;? said Kenyon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big factor. Last year was pretty wet.â&#x20AC;? New at the festival this year was a cookbook signing of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Foraging & Feastingâ&#x20AC;? by Dina Falconi, and Festival Tent, which fea-

tured crafts, sack races and live music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a hub where people could gather,â&#x20AC;? explained Kenyon. In addition to Otsego County, the museum targeted advertising to Utica and Albany. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people were coming from out of the area,â&#x20AC;? he said. By changing up the offerings every year, Kenyon explained, it invites people make a tradition of the festivals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always great,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Families keep coming back every year.â&#x20AC;?

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MLS#89316 - Move-in ready 4 BR, 2 bath Cape on 8+ acres in Cooperstown School District. Open floorplan w/kitchen, full bath, 2 BRs on 1st floor. Upstairs, master BR w/skylight, full bath and 4th BR. Family room, office, laundry, wrap-around deck, pool, jacuzzi, 2-car garage. $224,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#90578 - Queen Ann Victorian on an oversized lot. Original hand-crafted woodwork, spacious rooms w/10 ft ceilings, hardwood floors, 6 fireplaces, 4 pocket doors w/beveled glass, master suite w/huge walk-in closet and sitting room. Spacious walk-up attic. 2-car detached garage and balconies overlooking the spacious yard. $195,000 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

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MLS#86980 - 4 BR apt over a 1,000 sq ft commercial space. Home features hardwood floors, spacious rooms w/high ceilngs, wood window shutters, Wood-Mode kitchen, custom-built staircases, lots of storage space. Walk-up attic, 2-car attached garage, 4-bay detached garage. $175,000 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068

MLS#89527 - Well maintained stately home on 1.25 acres w/mature trees. 5 BRs, 2 baths, sun porches, attic, dry basement, new roof and detached 2-stall garage. Includes 63’ of private lakefront w/ T-shaped dock on Canadarago Lake. $324,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#91049 - 171+ acres w/2 stocked ponds, ATV trails and 8-person heated tree stand. 3 BR ranch w/wrap-around deck, great room w/vaulted ceiling. Open floorplan, new appliances, new roof, semi-finished basement w/4th BR, pool room, bar. Central AC, security system, 2-car, 2-story carriage barn w/back porch. $699,500 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

MLS#83636 - Custom-built home offers 3 BRs, 3 baths and 3 floors. Open floorplan w/loft and cathedral ceilings. Gourmet kitchen w/tile floor, SS appliances and granite countertop. Master BR suite includes bath w/double sinks. $299,000 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

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(7790) This 3 BR/2+ bath Victorian farmhouse on a quiet street is in excellent condition. Features include master BR w/walk-in closet, kitchen w/granite countertop, formal DR, LR w/gas fireplace, den/office. Second floor laundry, over-sized garage, large deck, oak flooring. CV-S Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$174,900

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This 2-family apartment house in a fantastic location has been renovated and used as a baseball camp rental with a full booking every season! Total income $34,000 for 12 weeks! $240,000 MLS#90130

Victorian three story home is centrally located, in the Cooperstown village, on tree lined street. House set back from the street w/ large front and rear yard. There are lovely ash, cherry and pine wood floors throughout house. Large wrap around porch perfect for dining, entertaining or relaxing. Double parlor features built in bookcases and pocket doors. The bright and spacious kitchen was completely renovated in the 90’s with cherry cabinets and a ceramic tiled floor. 2nd floor has four spacious BRs with 3 full baths; a 3rd floor with 2 BRs and a bath with a view of Lake Otsego. All mechanics have been updated and the property has been well maintained. Since 1993 the property has operated as a very successful B&B. Large detached barn provides ample storage space. Exclusively offered at the New Price $ 499,000 For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Associate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois, Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue, Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz, Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie, Sales Associate – 547-4141 Carol Hall, Sales Associate – 544-4144 Michael Welch, Sales Associate – 547-8502

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(7791) Historic 2+ BR, 1½ bath, cottage-style home w/open floorplan, pine flooring and custom kitchen w/walk-in pantry. Balcony overlooks serene yard w/deck. Gas-fired woodstove. Newer furnace, roof, septic, newly painted exterior. Here is everything you want! CV-S Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$125,000

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180 degree views from this beautiful home on 31 acres. Has 4 BR, 2 baths, sunroom w/ woodstove, indoor BBQ grill in downstairs kitchen, 12 X 10 wine cellar and wood burning fireplace. Upstairs has additional kitchen with loft, LR, fireplace, spacious deck off the front. Property has a 1/2 acre pond with open fields and woods. Gazebo, stone patio all with a view. 2 story garage or workshop with office, heat, electric. $399,000 MLS #91160

MLS#84325 – Well maintained center-city Oneonta 3-family home. Owner-occupied? Investment property? The choice is yours! Lots of upgrades! Current COC and separate utilities make this a great find. $219,900 Call or text David @ 607-435-4800 (cell)

Best Buy! This West End Oneonta Home is priced to sell and has lots to offer. Large enclosed front porch, spacious LR open to DR, ½ bath, den w/closet space could be another BR, large kitchen w/another room attached−perfect for eat-in area or first-floor laundry. Second floor has large master BR w/built-ins, sitting room/office/exercise space, 2 BRs and full bath. House sits on a very deep lot w/1-car garage and storage shed. $119,900 − MLS#91185

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INNOVATIVE DEMO SOLUTIONS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/5/13. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 13 Railroad St., Otego, NY 13825, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalOct3 Legal notice

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PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION OF NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION, LLC AND NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY AND PUBLIC NEED FOR THE EDIC TO FRASER TRANSMISSION LINE AND NEW SCOTLAND TO LEEDS TO PLEASANT VALLEY TRANSMISSION LINE In accordance with Article VII of the New York State Public Service Law, NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION, LLC and NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (together â&#x20AC;&#x153;NATâ&#x20AC;?) is providing notice that on or about October 1, 2013 it will file an application with the New York State Public Service Commission (â&#x20AC;&#x153;PSCâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Commissionâ&#x20AC;?) for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for two 345kV overhead transmission line segments. The segments will work together to relieve congestion on the New York power grid and provide other benefits that are being proposed in response to the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Energy Highway Blueprint initiative. NAT will be filing initial application materials as described in Appendix A of the Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s April 22, 2013 Order in Docket 12-T-0502. The two transmission line segments are the Edic to Fraser Transmission Line and the New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley Transmission Line, together known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Projectâ&#x20AC;?. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Edic to Fraser Transmission Line will involve the construction of the approximately 80 mile, 345kV Edic to Fraser overhead transmission line in the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield, Schuyler, Frankfort, Litchfield, Columbia, Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, New Lisbon, Laurens, City of Oneonta, and Towns of Otego, Franklin, Delhi and Hamden; construction of a new series compensation station, which will occupy approximately 10 acres adjacent to the new Edic to Fraser transmission line along the route; and modification of the existing Edic and Fraser Substations in the Towns of Marcy and Delhi to accept the new transmission line. The series compensation station site will include an approximately 4-acre fenced site that includes a control house, circuit breakers, switches and communication equipment, with the remainder of the site reserved for access roads and site drainage. The New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley Transmission Line will involve the construction of the 65 mile, 345kV New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley overhead transmission line in the Towns of New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Village of Athens, and Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Hyde Park; and modification of the existing New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley Substations in the Towns of New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley to accept the new transmission line. The existing footprints of the Edic, Fraser, New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley Substations are not expected to change. Construction, operation and maintenance activities will require NAT to acquire property rights along the Project right-of-way for the proposed transmission lines. The Project is planned to be built utilizing steel monopole structures. Other structure types may be utilized to reduce visual impacts of the Project. The Project is subject to Article VII of the New York State Public Service Law, and NAT must receive a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need from the Public Service Commission before constructing the Project.

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services to bring value and awareness to the quality of ith a memberlife we have to offer here.â&#x20AC;? ship growth of The award was an28 percent, the nounced Friday, Sept. 13, Otsego County Chamber and will be presented at of Commerce has won The The Business Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anBusiness Council of New nual meeting on Thursday, York Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chamber of Sept. 26, at The Sagamore the Yearâ&#x20AC;? Award. on Lake George. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the leadSince Heegan ership of Executive was appointed a Director Barbara year ago, Otsego Ann Heegan, the chamber memberOtsego County ship has added Chamber of Com115 new members, merce has thrived, reaching 520 total. showing that hard The chamber was work, commitment cited for creating to membership, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;an atmosphere Heegan strong leadership which attracts incan grow an orgavestments; builds a nization,â&#x20AC;? said Business positive, forward-thinking Council President/CEO business community and Heather C. Briccetti. partners with government â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are honored to regroups, individuals and ceive this prestigious award institutions.â&#x20AC;? as an organization working Briccetti also cited the hard on the behalf of our chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internship promembers and the busigram with SUNY Oneonta, ness community of Otsego a workforce-development County,â&#x20AC;? said Heegan. partnership with Broome â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are dedicated in bring- Community College, and ing growth in our member- the chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seminars and ship by creating member membership programs. to member programs and

Ron, Marti Jex Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage Ronald Jex, Lockport and Marti Huntress, Vineland, N.J., were married on Sept. 15, 1963, at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, Vineland, at left.

PROPOSED ROUTE During the course of the Article VII proceedings, alternate routes not included in NATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application or affected by the proposed primary routes may be offered without further notice by publication. In addition, the Public Service Commission may, without further notice by publication, approve a route for any of the circuits that traverse municipalities not presently affected by the proposed primary routes. The proposed route for Edic to Fraser will parallel the south side of NYSEGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing Edic to New Scotland 345kV transmission line for the first 7.2 miles after exiting the Edic Substation through the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield and Schuyler at which point the route traverses generally north to south for approximately 6.3 miles through the Town of Frankfort where it connects to the existing Edic to Fraser 345kV transmission line corridor. The remaining 66.5 miles of Edic to Fraser will be built adjacent to the existing corridor in the Towns of Frankfort, Litchfield, Columbia, Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, New Lisbon, Laurens, City of Oneonta, and Towns of Otego, Franklin, Delhi and Hamden to the Fraser Substation in the Town of Delhi. The proposed route for New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley begins at the New Scotland Substation in the Town of New Scotland and parallels the existing New Scotland to Alps 345kV transmission line for the first 0.7 miles to the east side of the CSX RR ROW, then turns south adjacent to the RR ROW for approximately 1.3 miles and traverses 0.62 miles to the southwest to join the New Scotland to Leeds 115kV transmission line corridor. After joining this corridor, the route parallels the existing line 11 miles through the Towns of New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans and New Baltimore. The route continues on a new corridor for approximately 2.1 miles roughly 0.35 miles east of the existing lines before rejoining the existing corridor in the Town of New Baltimore at which point the route parallels the existing New Scotland to Leeds 115kV line for the remaining 10 miles through the Town of Coxsackie into the west side of the Leeds Substation in the Town of Athens. The route exits the east side of the Leeds Substation and parallels the existing Leeds to Pleasant Valley circuits for the 40 mile route through the Town of Athens, Village of Athens, Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Hyde Park. The lines will be built on new rights-of-way that will generally be 160 feet wide. The precise proposed routes are described in Sections 2 and 3 of NATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Phase A Application filing and will be posted on NATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.nat-ny.com beginning October 1. ACCESS TO ARTICLE VII FILING Once NATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application is filed with the Public Service Commission, copies of the application will be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the following libraries: Utica 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ (FOFTFF 4USFFU 6UJDB /: t 5IF 'SBOL + #BTMPF -JCSBSZ /PSUI .BJO 4USFFU )FSLJNFS /: t 7JMMBHF -JCSBSZ PG $PPQFSTUPXO .BJO 4USFFU $PPQFSTUPXO /: t $BOOPO 'SFF -JCSBSZ &MN 4USFFU %FMIJ /: t "MCBOZ 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ 8BTIJOHUPO "WFOVF "MCBOZ /: t $BUTLJMM 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ 'SBOLMJO 4USFFU $BUTLJMM /: t )VETPO "SFB -JCSBSZ 4UBUF 4USFFU )VETPO /: t "ESJBODF .FNPSJBM -JCSBSZ Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. In addition, copies of NATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application also will be available for public inspection at the Department of Public Service Offices in Albany (Office of Central Files, 14th Floor, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223) and will be posted on the Public Service Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website (www.dps.ny.gov). This notice and a copy of NATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application filed with the Public Service Commission will be served upon the chief executive officers of Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Delaware, Albany, Greene, Columbia and Dutchess Counties and the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield, Columbia, Frankfort, Litchfield, Schuyler, Burlington, Exeter, Laurens, New Lisbon, City of Oneonta, Towns of Otego, Richfield, Franklin, Delhi, Hamden, New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Village of Athens, and Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, the municipalities traversed by the proposed routes. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE For information or assistance concerning the NATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application, interested persons may contact the following: Hon. Kathleen H. Burgess | Secretary to the Commission, New York State Public Service Commission | 3 Empire State Plaza | Albany, NY 12223-1350 | Phone: 518.474.6530 | Fax: 518.486.6081 | E-mail: secretary@dps.ny.gov NAT Contact: Lawrence Willick | Phone: (636) 532-2200

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FESTIVAL -- 12-6 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;14th Annual Jewish Music & Cultural Festival,â&#x20AC;? features the Guy Mendilow Ensemble. Jewish Community Center of Syracuse, 5655 Thompson Road, Dewwit. Info, (313) 682-8489, (315) 446-7810.

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MEETING -- 7 p.m. Abner Doubleday Civil War Round Table discusses the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. New members welcome. Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, State Highway 28, Milford. Info, jtgralinski@gmail.com.

Wednesday October 2

AL-ANON -- 7:30 p.m. Group meeting every Wednesday. Otsego Manor, Phoenix Mills Crossroad, near Rte. 28, Cooperstown.

Friday, October 4

RUMMAGE SALE -- 10 a.m.4 p.m. Rummage and bake sale. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, Kathy Jagels, (607) 547-9075. BAG SALE -- 9 a.m.-Noon. Rummage sale with Christmas bazaar. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4286.

QUILTS -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Quilterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bee,â&#x20AC;? more than 150 of the finest examples of quilt making. Donation of $5. 12 Marion Ave Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 783-2780, albud@citink.net. TRIBUTE BAND -- 8 p.m, The Jerry Garcia Project. The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, tickets, www. oneontatheatre.com CONTRADANCE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8-11 p.m. Otsego Dance Society continues its schedule. Hilton Baxter calls; music by Uncle Joe & the Rosebud Ramblers Suggested donation: $8 adults; $4 students, teens; free 12 & Under. Presbyterian Church, corner Pioneer and Church streets, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 9658232, www.otsegodancesociety. blogspot.com

Saturday October 5

OKTOBERFEST -- OCCA program exhibits, food, vendors, polka music. Joseph L. Popp Jr. Butterfly Conservatory, 5802 NY 7, Oneonta. Info, Travis Sauerwald, (607) 282-4087. RUMMAGE SALE -- 9-11 a.m. Bag Sale. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, Kathy Jagels, (607) 547-9075. RUMMAGE SALE -- 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rummage sale with Christmas baazar. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4286. QUILT BEE--10 a.m.-5 p.m. Donation of $5. 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 7832780, albud@citink.net.