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ayor Jeff Katz plans to seek a second term in the March village elections, he confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 3. “I’m definitely in,” said Katz, “if everyone will have me.” The two other Village Jeff Katz Board members up for reelection, Deputy Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Trustee Lou Allstadt, said they also intend to run again. Katz and Tillapaugh are Democrats, but Allstadt said he intends to run as an indepenPlease See RACES, A6
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A MESSIAH YEAR: The Voices of Cooperstown will present Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Christ Church, Cooperstown. Tickets, $18.00 ($10 for students), available at Augur’s.
Ec-Dev Consensus Being Sought At Marathon IDA Dec. 5 Meeting By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA
THAT’S JAN. 17: Lou Allstadt and Chip Northrup’s presentation on how there is too little gas for fracking locally will be Jan. 17 at Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, not Dec. 17. Details forthcoming. GOING PRIVATE: Tops Friendly Markets, the threestate supermarket group with a store in Cooperstown Commons, Dec. 1 closed on its sale to a group of senior managers, including President/CEO Frank Curci.
Mayor To Run Again Allstadt, Tillapaugh Also Eye 2nd Terms
Resident Patrick McBrearty, Fly Creek, tells CCS Superintendent C.J. Herbert the $6.6 million bond issue to be voted on Wednesday, Dec. 11, shouldn’t have been scheduled during the Christmas season.
Public Input Mixed About $6.6M Bond
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trip to Glimmerglass State Park and a car ride to New York City was all the inspiration Dr. Anouk van der Riet needed to write her children’s book, “Milan & Jack: An
Autism Friendship Story.” “We go to the beach a lot, and everything that happens to Milan in the story has happened to Sebastian,” she said. “We were driving to New York one day, and I just started writing the story on the back of a supermarket receipt.” Van der Riet, who practices at the Please See BOOK, A6
“long day” of “face-to-face conversations” may determine by week’s end how economic development will happen in Otsego County, according to IDA InHOMETOWN ONEONTA terim Director Doug Gulotty, left, and Gulotty. Seward shared the Thursday, Dec. 5, podium at a press the IDA board, meet- conference last year. ing in the Old City Hall, will consider two candidates for the position of county economic development director, he said. The discussions may affirm Gulotty’s conception of the director as a “facilitator,” or it may result in a strong executive who can be Please See EC-DEV, A6
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director of the Iroquois Indian Museum, Howe’s Cave, Schoharie County, effective Jan. 1. She will be concentrating on audience development,
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Sunday, December 8 · 10 am to 5 pm You can drop off non-perishable food items at Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center’s Atrium entrance. A volunteer will accept your donation right at your car. Donations will be taken to local food banks. Please help Foothills help our neighbors!
Directed by Donna I. Decker, Ballet by Irine Fokine Friday, December 20, 7 pm Saturday, December 21, 1 and 7 pm Goodrich Theater, State University College at Oneonta
$18 general, $15 students/seniors, $25 Preferred Tickets available: Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta The Eighth Note Music Store, Oneonta Augur’s Corner Bookstore, Cooperstown Rachel’s Framing and Fine Art, Delhi Tickets also available through Decker School of Ballet /FBC 607-432-6290 or deckerschool of ballet.org FBC accepts MasterCard and Visa Cameo appearances by members of the Susquehanna SCPA
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fundraising and promotion, according to the museum trustees’ announcement. In addition to archaeology and history exhibits, the museum claims “the world’s most comprehensive collection of modern Iroquois art work.” The current exhibit, “Stand- Maria Vann ing in Two Worlds: Iroquois in 2014,” explores Iroquois interaction with contemporary issues, such as fracking, the economy and gaming. Since graduation from SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies, Vann has been NYSHA’s education programs manager, becoming familiar with Iroquois and Native American artists and performers through involvement in The Fenimore Art Museum’s Thaw Collection. She is currently an adjunct faculty member in SUNY Oneonta’s History Department. She lives in Fly Creek with her husband and three children. 2 NEW ROTARIANS
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More than 35 former CCS soccer players, from the early 1980s through the Class of 2014, competed in the 22nd annual Legends of Cooperstown soccer match – Youth vs. Experience – on Thanksgiving Day, the birthday of Legends originator Coach Frank Miosek. On the snow-covered field in frigid temperatures, Experience won 3-2, with Nick Laskovski, Ben Savoie, and Chad Welch scoring for Experience and Matt Frevele and Isaac Huntsman scoring for Youth. Matt Schuermann was named Most Legendary CCS alum, and players made donations to the Cooperstown Soccer Club. Front row, left to right: Matt Spencer, Mike Moakler, Jimmy Donnelly, Greg Broderson, Isaac Huntsman, Jake Chase, Matt Gulotta, Rachel Kuch, Matt Frevele, Wesley Lippitt, Karl Dykstra Second row: Michael Rowley, Kyle Tallman, David Zoltick, Edmond Donnelly, Ryan Miosek, Coach Frank Miosek, Bob Bauer, Ed Bauer, Carolyn Clarvoe Jaskolka, Third Row: Park Summers, David Pearlman, Christopher Grady, Nick Laskovski, Will Dykstra, John Rowley, Ben Savoie, Liam Dolan, Liam Hennegan. Back Row: Matthew Washburn, Andrew Deichman, Justin Bennett, Justin Deichman, Tim Hayes, Chad Welch, Ian Porto, Dan Crowell, Matt Schuermann, John Hage, Josh Weeks, Russell Clarvoe.
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The First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown commissioned its Honduras Mission Team during the 10 a.m. service Sunday Dec. 1. The 11 team members from the Cooperstown area and three from Niccolls Memorial Presbyterian Church, Old Forge, will leave Jan. 4 to install an ozone water purification system in Las Delicias in rural Honduras. Diane Kenworthy, Alison Weber and Joanne Strike will conduct a community hygiene education class. Another part of the team will work in a remote community called El Pilon (the stick) to build latrines, provide medical services and do hygiene education. Pictured are, front row from left, Joanne Strike, Samantha Fanion, Sue Joes and Diane Kenworthy; second row, from left, are Holly Fanion, Roger Pratt, Brett Leonard, and Ken Strike.
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he second “Seward Summit” Thursday, Nov. 14, identified the two necessary elements for successful economic development. One, “shovel ready” sites; and two, a strong, experienced executive who can reach out to his or her peers; i.e., a player. Simple. Accept that, and Otsego County can get on “the list” of locales companies consider when seeking to expand. Don’t, and we can resign ourselves to the status quo, limited opportunity and a me-
dian family income ($45,334) that, according to the U.S. Census, is 20 percent below the state’s ($56,951). The wake-up call in Oneonta was, despite all the affection, the closing of Center Street School in 2012. In Cooperstown, it’s manifest in 300 vacant houses each winter, and by a CCS enrollment in the 900 range. Countywide, it’s in collapsing barns and abandoned houses. • Most everybody who attended state Sen.
Jim Seward’s second “Economic Development Summit,” Thursday, Nov. 14, at Foothills, got the message. Seward did. He now envisions an “umbrella” economic-development agency for Otsego County. It would be led by that strong executive (single point of contact), with participation by the IDA (financing), the county (access to grants), the county Economic Development Corp. (private investment), the chambers (business buy-in) and City Hall (leadership).
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Is Paid Parking Worth It? out to around $190,000, less a few expenses, a tidy sum to be sure. But how does that compare to the potential revenues that exist within the village already? There are about 1,000 homes in Cooperstown, which would equate to $190 per year in tax increase per homeowner if distributed equally, but this also does not have to occur and would hurt many families who are on fixed income or are just scraping by as it is. There are, however, some residents who could absorb an increase without much impact. Cooperstown began with a land purchase in 1785 of 10,000 acres. Today, Miss Jane Clark owns that same amount of land within and around the village, never mind the myriad businesses she and the Clark Foundation own and operate in and around Cooperstown. Let it never be said that the Clark family has taken more than they have given: There is no doubt about the generosity and commitment to the region by the Clark family and foundation. However, by owning the great majority of land in the village through the foundation, Cooperstown ends up with very little tax revenue from property. I am by no means suggesting that Cooperstown saddle all its fiscal responsibilities on the back of Miss Clark; there are many others who have considerable sums to contribute to the well being of the village. I am suggesting, though, that Cooperstown address its financial problems with monies from the top of its hierarchy instead of trying to balance its books on the already burdened backs of its poorest residents. MARK RUDY R
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To the Editor: Paid parking is a regressive tax that disproportionately affects the least fortunate in society. The idea itself is regressive to a burgeoning economy as it is a vehicle by which monies are collected from the masses in order to protect the most wealthy people from having to pay more in taxes. From my understanding of the budget woes of Cooperstown, which admittedly is limited, much of the economic strife is borne of increases in pension payouts to public employees and from road construction and repairs. To use the services of public employees and public works for decades only to turn around and charge those blue-collar workers a tax of sorts in order to pay for their own benefits is not only unfair but also acting in bad faith. There are many residents of Cooperstown who spend half of the year unemployed because of the seasonal nature of the economy in the town. Many of these and other residents are at or below the poverty line, and paying an extra $25 a season or $5 a day is a real burden for them. These are also the people working in the card shops and restaurants, parking their cars out front as they cannot necessarily afford to live close to Main Street. My position is to remove the meters altogether. Not only will this increase the revenues for stores on Main Street, but it is also more in line with the nature of the village. It seems rather contradictory that the village resists having a Pizza Hut, but parking meters up and down Main Street are just fine. The revenues created by the permits and meters come
A powerful combination. The mission: Prepare shovel-ready sites, then go out and fill them from growth-sector industries (nano, value-added food and beverage, etc.) Simple. Compelling. • Whether to do that will be debated during the IDA meeting Thursday, Dec. 5, in Oneonta’s Old City Hall. But the debate is over. We’ve learned what to do. The only option is to do it.
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‘Well, I Have An Appointment And Here I Am’ Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from “Picture This: Memories and Images of Frank Rollins,” Kristine J. Rhoback’s 2005 thesis for the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Well, February ’57, I got a notice of this opening in vocal music in Cooperstown. So I applied and I set up an appointment with Nick Sterling, the then-principal and eventual superintendent, and so on. So Monday night the 17th of February, I got in my 1957 Chevrolet station wagon and came over to Cooperstown. Snowing to beat the cars. I came over the down the West Lake Road into Cooperstown. I couldn’t see the lake and I was probably about 6 feet from being in the lake on the wrong side of the road. Anyway, I arrived at the
I heard footsteps coming up the steps and this man says, “That you, Rollins?” Yep. “Well, I didn’t expect to see you.” I said, well, I have an appointment and here I am. So then I went back to Cobleskill. And eventually he called and said, “I’d like to offer you this job.” Well, that’s nice, I said, we have to discuss the hours that I have past my master’s degree “Well, we can take care of that with no problem.” So I took the job and arrived in Cooperstown in September 1957. And I taught for 17 years and in the meantime had built up my business as a piano technician. I tuned pianos and did photography. I retired in ’74 and I stayed right here because I had bought a home and here I am.” Obituary appears on B-7
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old school which was where the apartments are now. The floorboards creaked in the building. You couldn’t steal up on somebody and have them not know it, because they could hear you coming, don’t you know. Well,
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If the people of the United States have a ruling passion, it is the love of money. In the days of the Revolution and for a few succeeding years, patriotism – a love of country and a love of liberty – were their predominant characteristics. But freedom achieved, gave scope and impetus to enterprise, which, under favorable auspices, brought first comfort, then plenty, and lastly superfluity. (Ed. Note: These are the beginning lines of an editorial from the pen of John H. Prentiss, publisher of The Freeman’s Journal, who at the time was a U.S. Congressman from this district) December 3, 1838
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The ceremonies attending the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg commenced this morning by a grand military and civic display, under command of Major General Couch. The line of march was taken up at 10 o’clock, and the procession marched through the principal streets to the cemetery, where the military formed in line and saluted the President. At a quarter past 11 the head of the procession arrived at the main stand. The President and members of the cabinet, together with the chief military and civic dignitaries took positions on the stand. So quiet were the people that every word uttered by the orator of the day must have been heard by them all notwithstanding the immensity of the concourse. The President then delivered the dedicatory speech: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation…” November 27, 1863 In Our Town – Mrs. Jasper A. Schrom has adopted a new dog which she has named Welcome. Not that she will ever believe that any dog could quite equal Fred, who a few months ago passed on to “dog heaven.” But it was in memory of Fred that she took her new charge. It is a beautiful Shepherd that has been roaming the streets apparently lost for several days past, and we are sure it has found a good home and a kind mistress. Legal
Legal notice NOTICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT VOTE COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF OTSEGO, COUNTY OF OTSEGO, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Cooperstown Central School District, Otsego County, State of New York, will be held in the Junior-Senior High School Room 304 in said District on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at which time said vote will be held between the hours of 11:00 AM and 8:00 PM, prevailing time, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following item: Proposition No. 1 -District-Wide Capital Improvements Project NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that such Proposition No. 1 shall appear on the ballot labels to be inserted in the voting machines used for voting on such Proposition in substantially the following abbreviated form: Proposition No. 1 -District-Wide Capital Improvements Project □ YES □ NO Shall the following resolution be adopted,
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to wit: RESOLVED, that (a) the Board of Education (the “Board”) of the Cooperstown Central School District (the “District”) is hereby authorized to undertake a District-wide capital improvements project (the “Project”) consisting of (a) various renovations and improvements at the Junior-Senior High School; (b) various renovations and improvements at the Elementary School, and (c) various renovations and improvements at the Bus Garage, to implement various health, safety, accessibility and code compliance measures and various other measures included and described in (but not to be limited by) the Project Plan referred to in the public notice of the vote on this Proposition, and to expend therefor an amount not to exceed $6,609,000; (b) a tax is hereby voted in an amount not to exceed $6,609,000 to finance the cost of the Project, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by the Board; (c) in anticipation of such tax, obligations of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $6,609,000, and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on such obligations as the same shall become due and payable; and (d) New York State Building Aid funds (including
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Monday next is the day fixed upon for the meeting of Congress. So soon as that assembly shall have convened, we hope to see prompt and efficient measures adopted, in pursuance of which the War can be vigorously prosecuted, and its objects the sooner attained. Let our rulers but do their duty and they will be seconded in their exertions by the great mass of population which they represent. The question involved is neither more nor less than this: Shall we maintain our national independence, or not? December 4, 1813
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Only on rare occasions do top-flight government officials open and directly criticize the government and policies of another power. Thus, when President Roosevelt recently spoke of the Jewish persecutions in Germany as being horrible and almost unbelievable, he was doing the unusual and the daring. The immediate response was a bitter campaign of vilification against this country in the inspired Nazi press. The response here was about 100 percent favorable to Mr. Roosevelt’s stands. December 7, 1938
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Contributions towards the $6,000 cost of a control dam which will regulate the level of Canadarago Lake are lagging, a spokesman for the Canadarago Lake Improvement Association said this week in an appeal for financial support. Work on the regulatory dam began last Wednesday with the arrival of pile-driving equipment. Some labor has been volunteered and the pile-driving machine has been rented on a pay-as-you-use basis, but the steel and concrete needed are being purchased, Eliott M. Helfand, association treasurer said. December 4, 1963
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Since the Cooperstown Fire Department started an equipment fund contributions by area residents have helped to purchase many items for mutual protection and safety, including first aid materials, foam ejectors, lighting plants, air compressors, Survivair units, protective clothing, a rural fire numbering system, a portable pond, a generator, radio equipment, Hurst jaws of life, power megaphone, fire police flashlights, paging units for department chiefs, 50 page units for members, and other apparatus. This past year the contributed funds have helped purchase OSHA bunker pants and boots, new lightweight fire hose, pager batteries, flashlights and four Haline fire extinguishers. December 7, 1988
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Susan and Jeff O’Handley are the proud owners of a refugee barred owl. The bird was found starving in North Carolina and came to its new home in Hartwick recently to become part of the Wildlife Learning Company team. Three other birds – a turkey vulture, a great horned owl, and a red-tailed hawk – also made the journey north. Wildlife Learning Company, Inc., is a full-service environmental education company. The O’Handleys bring the birds as well as a wide array of other animals to classrooms throughout the region for hands-on learning experiences. December 5, 2003 Legal
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Mayor Katz, Lessons From Autistic Son Inspires Mother To Write Children’s Book they understand.” A1 Trustees Plan BOOK/From van der Riet illustrated the book herself, using Bassett Women’s Health clinic under her maiden very simple drawings. “When I read Sebastian a Lambers, is married to Dr. Peter van der To Run Again name, story and a character is feeling something, I will Riet. They have three children, Caroline, 6, RACES/From A1 dent, although he welcomes the support of both parties. While Republican candidates have yet to surface, GOP County Chair Vince Casale said he is already lining up candidates and plans to announce the slate after the first of the year. Katz, Tillapaugh and Allstadt said they enjoy working with the rest of the Village Board, and feel it comprises a strong group of trustees. “In many ways, I’m very lucky to have been able to be mayor over the board we have, which has been willing to tackle substantive issues,” said Katz, speaking from Amsterdam, where he was attending a briefing of the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council. He said that exemplifies how his administration has tried to reach out “to talk about Cooperstown to people who have a lot of decisionmaking power. They’re interested in Cooperstown.” Among the results have been a MVREDC grant for the village’s half-million Main Street sidewalk renovation, planned for next summer. In the latest round of CFAs (the state’s consolidated funding applications), the village is seeking a $75,000 grant to market Doubleday Field, and a sum – this is Tillapaugh’s project – to build a bicycle path to Fairy Spring Park and replace a retaining wall there. In addition to the grants, Katz said initiating paid parking was “a great leap forward,” and also completing the long-awaited Gateway project, and the reconstruction of Walnut Street and Chesnut near the village line. While the Furthur concert was intended to boost business for downtown merchants during a year with no Hall of Fame inductees, the mayor said the drugs and lawlessness it brought would have caused him to think twice. Tillapaugh said she is particularly energized by the parks projects, which also include seeking a grant to upgrade the village docks at Lakefront Park. For his part, Allstadt said he is intrigued by an assignment from Katz: To “benchmark” where Cooperstown is compared to villages statewide.
Benjamin, 9, and their oldest, Sebastian, 11, is autistic. “Intellectually, he’s intact, but he has a very difficult time communicating,” she said. “It’s hard for him to live in our world.” In the book, Milan, an autistic boy, causes scenes while at the beach with his brother Oliver – he dips his sandy fingers in another child’s glass, and he wrecks Jack’s sandcastle. When Jack asks Oliver why Milan behaves that way, he explains that he has autism. Jack doesn’t understand until he dreams that he goes to a strange planet where he can’t speak the language. When the other children get mad at him, he finally realizes how Milan feels, and invites him to play the next day. “Little kids are very empathetic when they
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know their friend needs help,” said the author. “When I explain to them that autism is like living in a country where you don’t speak the language,
Amity Sought On ‘Shovel-Ready Sites,’ Strong Exec EC-DEV/Fro A1 a single point of contact, as espoused by the experts at the Nov. 14 “Seward Summit” on economic development. For his part, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, said the “leadership structure to carry out the plan is still being refined,” but he expects the outcome will be “a winning game plan that will lead to future economic success.” The meetings will begin
at 7:30 a.m. and extend into the afternoon. At some point during the morning, the IDA board will have “face to face conversations” with others interested in the outcomes – representatives of county government, City Hall and the like. While Gulotty espoused an incremental approach, building on the structure left when Carolyn Lewis resigned from the director job, he said, “Clearly, the community is calling for a more
outgoing approach than an introverted approach.” The plan Gulotty will present to the IDA board calls for the hiring of an “economic-development director” – Lewis’ title – who will then will hire an “economic-development specialist” at some point in 2014, and the two will work toward the goals identified at the Summit: “Shovel ready sites” and a strong executive to implement economic development.
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draw it for him like this,” she said. “A smiling face, a frown, that is how you teach emotion to kids with autism.” And rather than wait for a traditional publisher, Van der Riet published through CreateSpace, making her book available on www.amazon.com, as well as locally at Artists on Main and Augur’s Books. “I just wanted to get it out there,” she said. “I did a reading at the school, and the kids were really receptive.” She’ll be doing another reading at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Village Library of Cooperstown. All proceeds from the book will be donated to autism charities. “I want to do my part,” she said. “As a parent, it’s about doing my part to raise awareness.”
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Brand New Listing — This completely renovated 3 BR in delightful move-in condition. Offering 2100+- square feet of living space, this home offers LR with charming built-ins, new eat-in kitchen with lots of cupboards and granite countertops, powder room, mudroom/laundry, and newly added family room off the kitchen with fireplace, wood floors. Entry hall with open staircase to the upper level. On 2nd floor are 2 nicely appointed BR, bath with clawfoot tub & shower as well as newly done master suite including walk-in closet and lovely bath with tub, shower and double sinks. Lots of closets. Walk-up Attic and newly done front porch with stone steps. Located just a block from downtown and the hospital, this home is in the perfect village location. Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $439,000.
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Home Of The Week Just south of Garrattsville, this well-built older home with many updates is situated on approximately 7½ beautiful acres with a stream. 4 BRs, 2 baths, LR, DR, family room, kitchen with extra storage room and a summer kitchen. Deck, porch, plenty of outside storage, outbuilding.
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MLS#90116 - Country 4 BR, 2 bath home in Garrattsville. Spacious LR, kitchen w/plenty of cabinet space, and breakfast bar. Freshly painted inside and out, new metal roof. Covered front porch, large side deck, large workshop/studio w/ ½ bath. Pole barn w/run-in, chicken shed., access to river frontage. $149,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#90817 - Country estate w/4 BRs, 4½ baths, foyer w/mahogany staircase, formal LR w/fireplace and large kitchen w/center island. Master BR w/fireplace and bath w/jacuzzi, walk-in closet. Library w/mahogany shelves, full-sized indoor swimming pool w/private sauna, bath. Barn w/2-3 horse stalls, paddock fenced w/wood and electric. Also a 2 BR, 1 bath caretaker/guest house w/workshop beneath. Regulation-size tennis court and pond. $895,000 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#92006 - Circa 1900 Victorian in Delaware County w/5 BRs, 1 bath, and just under 2,100 sq ft. 5 miles to the city of Oneonta. $45,000 Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)
MLS#91066 - Charming farmhouse just 3 miles from Cooperstown w/6+ BRs, 3 full baths, eat-in kitchen w/double-sided fireplace, maple floors and butcherblock countertops. Great room w/2 sets of French doors (1 leads out to deck), formal DR. $274,999 Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell) MLS#90109 – 2-family home on the river! New wood/ coal/oil furnace, newer water heater, electric service, and roof. Barn w/new metal roof, 65’ river frontage w/floating dock. Tenant apt w/updated bath, fresh paint, washer and dryer, new appliances. Minutes to Oneonta and Cooperstown $146,750 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#84273 - Well maintained, freshly painted home is walking distance to downtown shopping. 4 BRs, DR, LR, kitchen, 2 full baths, den and sunporch. Laminated wood flooring, some carpeting. Once was a 2-family and could easily be renovated back. $159,500 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)
MLS#89932 - 2 BR, 1 bath quaint cottage! Country living, new roof, new kitchen! $69,900 Call Gabriella Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)
MLS#87366 - 3 BR, 1 bath 19th-century farmhouse w/some renovations. 18 acres of meadows and rolling hills w/trout stream and pond. Close to Baseball Hall of Fame and Otsego Lake. Cooperstown Schools. Large rooms, woodshed, detached garage w/auto servicing pit, well maintained barn w/lrg horse enclosure. $142,500 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#90828 – Well maintained, Village home on Irish Hill, features 3 BRs, 2 baths, tile floors, newer appliances, large finished room in basement, newer windows, vinyl siding, deck. New shed, off-street parking, close to town. Cooperstown Schools. $209,900 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#87446 - Established restaurant on St Hwy 28, close to Cooperstown Village and Dreams Park. 3 DRs, one can be private banquet room w/dance floor. Can accommodate over 300 people. Approx. 5,000 sq ft w/parking for 60 cars. Owner financing available! $850,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506
MLS#87450 - Main St. in Cooperstown near Baseball Hall of Fame, Doubleday Field, shops, restaurants and county buildings. 2 rentable (currently occupied) apts and storefront. Unfinished space on 3rd floor. New heating system, oil tank and majority of windows. $225,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506
MLS#84923 - Renovated 3BR, 2½ bath farmhouse on 3.2 acres. Country kitchen w/SS appliances, LR and formal DR w/fireplaces, large master suite. Fencing, run-in shed and barn for horses or livestock $250,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603
MLS#84430 - Some of the last vacant lots available on Gifford Hill Road! Parcel includes 4 other parcels to be sold together. Close to Oneonta and Cooperstown. Enough road frontage for 10 building lots if subdivided. All offers considered. $199,900 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)
MLS#91924 - Beautiful views from this 3 BR, 2 bath, 1,248 sq ft doublewide on 1.76 acres in Roseboom. Newer replacement windows, carpets in good shape, newer kitchen cabinets w/tiled countertops. $54,900 Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)
MLS#91996 - Energy-efficient 3 BR, 1½ bath Greek Revival on 31 acres w/pond and views. Country kitchen w/breakfast room, formal LR and DR, family room. Solar electricity, 3-zone heating oil or coal, replacement windows, new well, vinyl siding, wood trim. Spacious rooms w/original details, 9-ft ceilings hardwood floors. Can be purchased w/less acreage. $250,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
MLS#90345 - Great location close to I-88. Turn-ofthe-century classic farmette offers hardwood floors, woodstove, and the craftsmanship of yesteryear. Large outbuilding was once a wood-working shop. $147,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#85578 – Perfectly situated on over 26 acres this solid contemporary home is within minutes of Cooperstown Village. Hot tub, deck. Property also includes 200’ additional road frontage and well on County Rte 33. Poured concrete foundation could be finished for additional living space. $189,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#86051 - Panoramic views and privacy with this custom 3 BR, 3 bath, energy-efficient new home. Offered w/10 acres but more acreage available. $295,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
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(7696) Endearing 4-BR Colonial on 4.7 acres on a quiet country lane. Formal DR, den w/fireplace, newer windows, oak flooring, newer kitchen, 2-car garage, covered front porch. Here is a special home just 2 miles from the hospital and sports center! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive–$275,000
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(7797) Pierstown area home on 3+ acres features beamed cathedral ceiling in LR w/fireplace, formal DR, 4 BRs, 3 baths, guest suite. Wood-paneled den w/floor-to-ceiling windows, master suite, large custom kitchen w/island, wide-plank floors, radiant heat, AC, separate office/studio, pro-landscaping. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive–$740,000
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A circular driveway leads you to this unique property. Once a church, it has been remodeled to create an open living area on the first level. There is a full bath on this floor. The kitchen and dining area overlook the family area with a third floor loft bedroom and bath. Hardwood floors, propane heat. This home is a great buy twenty minutes from Cooperstown. Call to visit this unusual and imaginative home. Ready for immediate occupancy! Exclusively offered by Don Olin Realty at $189,000
(7440) 3 BR, 2+ bath home features valley views on 2+ acres. LR w/gas fireplace, DR, large family/rec room, master BR w/walk-in closet, custom kitchen w/SS appliances. Large yard, large deck, cement-board siding, 3-car garage, hot-water heat. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive–$289,900
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Custom-built in 1990, this 3-BR, 2-bath home provides low-maintenance living at an affordable price. Unique first-floor cathedral ceiling and very spacious LR and DRs provide lots of room for everyone, and the hallway slider gives the master suite that private touch. Master bath includes glass corner shower and tile floor. Lower-level family room, 2 BRs and bath gives you more living space and even would make a great in-law apartment with its own walk-out. Upstairs, the large DR has a slider to a generous deck and views of your large, level lot. 2-car attached garage is separately zoned for its own heat. Hurry to schedule your showing. $179,900 MLS#92191
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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL B-7
Frank Rollins, 96; Retired CCS Teacher, Photographer Was Fixture Of Local Life
COOPERSTOWN – Franklyn H. Rollins, 96, retired CCS music teacher equally well-known for his excellence in photography, “reached the end of the road” on Monday evening, Dec. 2, 2013. He died at Otsego Manor, but lived at The Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home, where he’d moved from his Linden Avenue home. Born in Syracuse on Nov. 13, 1917, Frank was a son of Karl B. and Goldie (Holt) Rollins. One of his fondest possessions was a photo, taken when he was one year old, of five generations of his family, including a greatgrandfather who served in the Civil War. In 1931, when he was in sixth grade, Frank, his mother, and his two younger brothers, Eugene (“Doc”) and Tom, moved to Earlville to be near maternal relatives. Frank started informal musical groups before the school hired its first band director, who lived in the Rollins’ home. Two other band directors also boarded with the Rollinses. Frank attended Potsdam Normal School’s Crane School of Music; majoring in percussion, he graduated in 1941. In 1947, he received
a master’s from Columbia Teachers College, having studied there three summers. For the next 33 Frank W. years, he Rollins taught band and choir at Oakfield, Cobleskill and Cooperstown schools, retiring from CCS in 1974. He moved to Cooperstown in September 1957 to accept a vocal teaching position, first renting on Pine Boulevard before buying his first, and only, house on Linden Avenue. Here, his interest in photography flowered. He’d learned the trade from Cliff Van Dervort, a professional photographer in Cobleskill, but his interest dated back to age 10 in Syracuse, when he redeemed a grocery-store punch card for a roll of film and a camera. His next camera was his mother’s boxed Brownie, that Kodak classic. When Cooperstown High School moved to the new school building in February 1969, he conducted the pit orchestra in the first production, “Oklahoma!” He went on to conduct for five more
musicals, including “Guys and Dolls” and “South Pacific.” For a time, he photographed dress rehearsals as well and productions of the fledgling Glimmerglass Opera Theatre, where several of his subjects went on to professional careers. Through his business, Rollins Photos - he adopted Dervort’s motto, “a complete photographic service” – Frank stayed connected to the school even in retirement, taking almost all the sports-team photos and many senior pictures. For nine years in the 1960s, he got the job of photographing the AT&T Data Communications training classes at The Otesaga. The school closed in 1969. For 25 years, Frank photographed Bassett Hospital’s candy stripers. He was also official photographer for the Cooperstown Art Association and former Gallery 53 Artworks. “In addition to being an amazing photographer and artist in his own right, he
did wonderful copy work of many people’s family photographs, to preserve them and enhance them,” said Sydney Waller, Gallery 53 proprietor. He also documented the village’s architecture. “He had finger on pulse of the community,” she continued. “He was always there, documenting the whole range of arts and cultural and social happenings in this community, for decades.” He also worked with other local photographers, including Lady Ostapeck and Leila Durkin. Much of his work is in NYSHA’s collection. He was preceded in death by brothers Doc in 1985, and Thomas in 2011. Survivors include a sisterin-law, Kathleen Rollins of Longview, Wash., and several nieces and nephews. At Frank’s request there will be no calling hours or funeral. He will be laid to rest next spring in the family burial plot in Earlville Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.
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