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Bank of Cooperstown President Scott White makes a point in tourism break-out session. At left is mayor-to-be Jeff Katz; at right, HOF Controller Fran Al-thiser. In front are HOF’s Ken Meifert, county Tourism Director Deb Taylor, and The Smithy’s Danielle Newell.
County Board Chair Kathy Clark, left, arrives with Michelle Eastman, CFO of Eastman Associates, Oneonta.
MCS Superintendent Peter Livshin speaks in the education breakout session. From left are CCS Superin-tendent C.J. Hebert, SUNY President Kleniewski and her senior aide Col-leen Brannan.
Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalSUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski takes her seat in the second row of the Seward Summit in the brimming Otesaga ballroom. Behind her are, from left, Steve Harris, Royal Chrysler principal, and Oneonta Town Board members Scott Gravelin, Bill Mirabito and Bob Wood, supervisor.
It can be done, says Linda Dickerson Hartsock.
Seward welcomes attendees.
DevelopmentMaster PlanMight Result
Everybody Hazes, District Attorney Muehl DeclaresD.A. Office Doesn’t Represent Victim, Prosecutors Make Clear
KeynoterEnergizesGathering
By JIM KEVLIN
COOPERSTOWN
A steering committee that includes the two college presi-
dents and top economic-development and elected leaders has formed to decide how to encour-age jobs and more vigor-ous com-merce and industry in
Otsego County.The committee emerged
from a morning of bullish discussion at state Sen. Jim Seward’s Economic Devel-opment Summit Thursday,
Please See SUMMIT, A8
By JIM KEVLIN
HARTWICK
District Attorney John D. Muehl is send-ing an assistant to
prosecute a case he doesn’t believe exists – or, more likely, to negotiate it away.
“This case has been blown out of proportion from the beginning,” said
Muehl. “Every football team in the United States is doing similar things.”
The prosecutor was com-menting Monday, March 12, on hazing-related harass-
ment charges against five CCS football players – Jeff Flynn, Derek Liner, Mitch-ell Bouton, Boone Rose and Ethan Telfer, all seniors. Flynn and Liner are now on
the CCS varsity basketball team that plays in the state finals this weekend.
A teammate who brought the charges alleges that the five were involved in wres-tling him to the ground
Please See MUEHL, A11
The Freeman’s JournalMatt Foster shows off a Mack Truck souvenir ashtray, one of hun-dreds of retro items available at his Man Cave Artifacts, 134 Main St., Richfield Springs, which opens Sunday, March 18. Stop by 11 a.m.-3 p.m. for coffee and dough-nuts.
By JIM KEVLIN
COOPERSTOWN
‘Grow Cortland” was trying to pro-mote economic
development in that county, but there was a problem.
A 14-acre problem. A pile of garbage at Cortland’s city line that was seven stories tall.
The not-so-subliminal message, Linda Dick-erson Hartsock told 200+ business enthusiasts at state Sen. Jim Seward’s Econo-
Please See KEYNOTE, A10
CCS BudgetTo Eliminate4.5 PositionsCOOPERSTOWN
A public forum was planned for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March
14, on the proposed 2012-13 CCS budget, which would raise taxes by 2 percent despite reducing the total budget by $200,000 to $16.7 million.
The budget eliminated 4.5 full-time equivalent posi-tions, two in the business office and 2.5 technology teachers. Field hockey is also eliminated.
TWIN BENEFIT: A corn beef and cabbage dinner/dance to benefit Logan and Arlynn Bachorik, 2-month-old twins, begins at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Hartwick American Legion.
SEW A QUILT: The Springfield Historical So-ciety is looking for volun-teers to hand-stitch squares as taught in the Wardwell Sisters’ Sewing School for a quilt that will be auctioned off to benefit the 100th anni-versary of the town’s Fourth of July Parade. To partici-pate, call 264-8190.
OTSEGO COUNTY CHAMBER CELEBRATESSpringbrook, Oneonta Mayor Miller Honored/See B1-5
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PerspectivesA-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL
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Editor’s Note: Here are state Sen. Jim Seward’s remarks at the Economic Development Summit he organized Thursday, March 8, at The Otesaga. More than 200 businesspeople and officials attended.
State government does not, nor should it, create jobs. But deci-sions made by state government
greatly impact the business climate as to whether or not investments are made here to create economic devel-
opment and jobs.New York State is
taking great strides and economic im-
provements are being realized.In Albany – a new-found synergy
exists between the governor and the legislature.
We have been able to work together – to cut state spending, hold the line on taxes, and offer new incentives to generate private sector job growth .
These accomplishments are geared toward improving our overall eco-nomic climate.
However, some portions of our state are rebounding quicker and higher.
Otsego County needs to adjust in order to compete and experience a similar, upward trajectory.
Case in point – one of the most significant statewide economic devel-opment efforts announced last year was a $785 million fund to be spread out across the state through regional economic development councils.
The idea was simple – put the ball in your court.
Allow local experts to promote what is best about their own county and region and secure funding for the best and brightest projects.
Well, when the Regional Economic Development Council funding was an-nounced I was extremely disappointed.
From the $785 million pool – $60.2 million was awarded to the Mohawk Valley region, which included Otsego County.
Of that, only $3.6 million was ear-marked for Otsego County.
Now – if you subtract awards that went to public institutions like Otsego Rural Housing, the City of Oneonta, Milford Central School and Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES, you are left with only one grant earmarked for the private sector – $140,000 for the expansion of Brewery Ommegang.
So…$785 million in economic
development awards handed out across the state, and only $140,000 for Otsego County’s private sector.
Simply put…. not good enough.I’m not being critical of anyone
involved in the process. For whatever reason, Otsego County had no overall plan or strategy and only a limited number of initiatives and proposals were advanced under the expedited timetable.
The good news is I know we can do better.
If you compare Otsego County’s assets with other upstate counties, we match up extremely well.
• Health care – Bassett Healthcare, Fox Hospital, Springbrook.
• Higher education – Hartwick Col-lege, SUNY Oneonta and our out-standing public schools.
• Internationally known tourist des-tinations – the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Glimmerglass Opera, The Farmers Museum just to name a few.
• A diverse base of small- and me-dium-sized businesses.
• Major infrastructure – Interstate 88, our industrial park that is ready for expansion.
These are just a few quick examples of what Otsego County has to offer.
We are renowned for the arts, our parks and outdoor attractions are spectacular, we have deep agricultural roots and a growing agri-business sector.
Most importantly – we have you.You are here because you want
Otsego County to succeed.You want to see growth that enhanc-
es our area.You want to see new opportunities.
A good job, a chance for a career for our residents right here. And you want to be part of making it happen.
This economic-development summit is going to focus on one issue – jobs – and what we can do together, finding consensus and common ground, to create more regardless of our views on any one issue.
It is designed to start the conversa-tion and establish priorities so that going forward we can maximize our many assets and build on the many opportunities we have.
I also want any of you who have projects, plans or initiatives in the works to be fully informed as to how to access support and assistance.
Today marks a fresh start.Working together to explore
definitive strategies to ensure Otsego County’s economic future.
I am extremely pleased with the turnout and encouraged by the thoughtful discussions and tremendous ideas generated.
Along with the breakout sessions, I truly believe the informal conversa-tions and networking that has taken place will prove extremely productive.
Now we need to move forward. I sincerely appreciate everyone’s
efforts today, but don’t think for a minute that your work is finished.
We did not arrive at the point over-night of needing this summit and we cannot reach our goals in one morn-ing.
You will be asked for more, so keep
your cell phones on.An advisory panel will now get to
work and their task, while great, is fairly straightforward.
Refine the ideas placed on the table today.
Develop a comprehensive, cohesive strategy.
Identify priority projects.And take action on the game plan to
maximize our assets and build oppor-tunities in Otsego County.
CLOSING REMARKS
OPENINGREMARKS
Senator Seward’s Economic Development Summit at The Otesaga was a thrilling
event: More than 200 business-people and community leaders spent a lively morning talking about and debating our county’s future.
What now? One, let’s learn how to fill out
CFAs.CFA stands for “comprehen-
sive funding application,” the document that must be filled out to gain access to the $1 billion pot of money Governor Cuomo is distributing through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic De-velopment Commission and nine similar entities statewide.
Senator Seward pointed out that only one private company in Otsego County – Brewery Om-megang, $140,000 to expand – re-ceived any of the money. “Simply put, that’s not good enough,” the senator told the gathering, and
who can disagree?A second round of CFA applica-
tions is coming up in the second quarter of this year, and county Economic Developer Carolyn Lewis said in a follow-up inter-view that training sessions will be planned to advise businesspeople seeking financing how to improve their chances.
Such training sessions did occur in Schoharie County before last fall’s first CFA round, and that county received funding to run sewer lines between the Cobleskill water treatment plant and Howe Caverns, which is undergoing a multi-million-dollar upgrade.
•Two is much more exciting,
and also more complicated and long-term – creation of a county Economic Development Master Plan that defines our community aspirations and helps guide us there.
An Economic Development
Steering Committee was an-nounced at the summit’s end that will seek to identify Otsego County’s strengths, its opportuni-ties and goals, and strategies to achieve them, and that’s a good first step.
The steering committee is a high-level group, including the two college presidents, leaders of our economic-development enti-ties, the mayors of Oneonta and Cooperstown, county board chair Kathy Clark, and other key indi-viduals, leaders all. (For complete list, see Page A8)
Separately, the Mohawk Val-ley REDC process has identified a nanotechnology cluster around SUNY/IT, north of Utica, as a pri-ority for expansion. What can we do in Otsego County to train local people to qualify for those high-paying jobs? What opportunities are there for local plants to supply parts or specialty products for the nanotechnology industry?
The plan might similarly iden-tify opportunities for specialty agricultural products, or ways to extend tourism year ‘round, or home-office opportunities through the Internet.
Lewis said the idea is to con-vene the group with the next two weeks to begin considering how to go forward. For now, the plan is to draw on available resources – conceivably, Lewis’ staff and people from SUNY Oneonta’s Community & Economic Devel-opment Center.
Fulton and Montgomery coun-ties, working together, completed a two-county Economic Develop-ment Master Plan last August, and it’s a nice job. Google the pdf.
•It this can indeed be done
internally, fine. But if the task turns out to be too daunting, there are professionals who do this sort of thing – no doubt the Mohawk Valley REDC would have a list of
such consultants. A key part of the process is to
ensure public participation at the outset, which maximizes support when the master plan is complete. Let’s not spin our wheels. Let’s marshall the resources we need to get it done right.
The keynote speaker at the Seward Summit, economic devel-oper Linda Dickerson Hartsock of Syracuse University, remarked, “It’s the process” – meeting, talking, looking ahead together at community goals – “that brings you together.”
And no doubt that’s true. But the coming together is just the first step.
The 200+ people in The Ote-saga Ballroom the other day will be looking for results, for measur-able results – more jobs, higher incomes, rising property values. There’s an opportunity here that’s too good to miss. Let’s do our best to make sure we do it right.
Economic Development Master Plan Critical – Let’s Do It Right
Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalBacklit by the projector screen, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Mil-ford, greets Irene Baker, aide to Governor Cuomo, who briefed the Thursday, March 8, Economic Development Summit at The Otesaga on tackling CFAs, the comprehensive funding applications neces-sary to access state funding.
HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE OUR ASSETS?
•
To the Editor:Your March 8-9 editorial
misses the point. Like any forum for dialogue, Sustain-able Otsego has the right to set its own ground rules. In our case, they promote the discussion of substantive issues but place ad homi-num or personal attacks out of bounds. We have found the latter to be divisive, distracting and counterpro-ductive.
Occasionally someone runs afoul of the rules. No one has been unsubscribed unless they have persisted in disregarding them. The email which you chose to publish was but one of a sequence of inappropriate postings – and not the most provocative – which contin-ued even after an agreement had been reached through a professional mediator.
The Freeman’s Journal
did not scruple to contact us on this matter, but rushed to judgment without having all the facts.
None of this has any-thing to do with freedom of speech. Anyone who wishes to engage in public discourse involving per-sonal attacks is free to do so under conditions in which they take responsibility; but they are not free to insist that they must be accommo-dated anywhere they please. Whether such language is or is not welcome at The Free-man’s Journal, for instance, remains the prerogative of the editor.
The Sustainable Otsego list provides lively discus-sion of sustainability and gas fracking issues. In-deed, social networks like it significantly promote freedom of speech. Anyone wishing to subscribe to the Sustainable Otsego listserv is welcome to do so. They can contact me directly at: [email protected]
ADRIAN KUZMINSKIModerator
Sustainable Otsego
Let Discussion GroupsDecide On Own Rules
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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5
BOUND VOLUMESCompiled by Tom HeiTz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
75 YEARS AGO
March 16, 1937
200 YEARS AGOThe bill for arming the militia of the
United States has passed to a third read-ing in the House of Representatives. We understand that some contracts were made last week in this village for provisions for the new army. Among the articles wanted, one item is said to be one hundred barrels of flour, per week, to be delivered in Albany, from the first day of April, from which we infer that about two thousand men are to be stationed in that city, in order to be ready to move to the northward whenever occasion shall require.
March 14, 1812
175 YEARS AGOExcerpts of a letter written by Jabez D.
Hammond and dated March 13, 1837: “I believe it is now admitted by all intelligent men that our Common School system does not “work as well” as its benevolent found-ers anticipated. It seems also to be admit-ted that its failure, so far as it has failed, is owing to the incapacity or unfitness of teachers. It is true, a small sum of money has been appropriated by the Regents of the University for the educating of Com-mon School teachers, and the Governor and State Superintendent have very justly com-mended the measure as one means which will probably tend to the improvement of the common schools. The most sanguine, I presume, do not expect that more than one or two hundred young men will be annually educated as Common School teachers by the academies which may be designated for that purpose; and I believe it is not expected that these young men, after they acquire their education, will spend more than two or three years in school teaching. Can we be sure that they will do even that?”
March 20, 1837
150 YEARS AGOPresident Lincoln concludes his message
to Congress with the following proposition to purchase the property rights of slaves from their owners as a means of ending the Civil War: “In the mere financial or pecuni-ary view, any member of Congress with the census table and the Treasury reports before him, can readily see for himself how very soon the current expenditures of the war would purchase at a fair valuation all the slaves in any named State. If resistance continues, the war must also continue, and it is impossible to foresee all the incidents which may attend, and all the ruin which may follow it. The proposition now made, though an offer only, I hope it may be esteemed no offence to ask whether the pecuniary consideration tendered would not be of more value to the States and private persons concerned, than are the institutions and property in it, in the present aspect of affairs.”
March 14, 1862
125 YEARS AGOPersonal: When Mr. Henry Randall of
Fly Creek went to the barn last Sunday morning last to feed his horse (a little black pony), no horse was to be found. He looked all around and no tracks were found where the horse had left the barn. On close inves-tigation he found the horse had ascended a flight of stairs and was enjoying a feast on the hay mow. Whiskey again got the better of John Con-lin on Sunday last, just after his discharge from thirty days imprisonment for drunken-ness, and he considered himself equal to the Sheriff and a deputy, biting one and striking another – but a look into the barrel of the Sheriff’s revolver brought him to terms. The next day, Justice Leonard fined him $10 and sent him to the Albany penitentiary for six months. John said that he had got his whiskey from an old supply he had on hand before he went to jail. He is a rough cus-tomer, and rum makes him crazy.
March 19, 1887
100 YEARS AGOAt Tuesday’s village election Linus M.
Barnum, Democrat, was elected president by a majority of 43, defeating Albert S. Potts, Republican, 296 to 253. Barnum ran upon his record. Cooperstown must have substantially constructed and well-kept streets, and realizing this, the policy for several years has been toward permanent improvement. The old wooden sidewalks have been entirely replaced by cement, which, being constructed at the expense of the village, have been made uniform. Atten-tion is now being given to the construction of permanent macadam streets, instead of filling in with dirt.
March 13, 1912
50 YEARS AGOThe Treadway Otesaga hotel is planning a
gala Irish An-Tostal Festival, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, according to Innkeeper Nor-ris E. Allen. A special Irish dinner will be served in the Glimmerglass Room, featuring Dublin Bay prawns, Aran acallop soup, filet of sole, Bantry Bay, Cratloe chicken in skil-let, filet of beef Red Hugh, Carrageen souf-flé, and, of course, Irish coffee. Mr. Allen’s recipe for Irish coffee consists of “Cream, rich as an Irish brogue; strong as a friendly hand; sugar, sweet as the tongue of a rogue; and whiskey, smooth as the wit of the land. It is also planned to have an Irish colleen or two in evidence during the festive occasion. The above fare will be served between 6 and 9 p.m. after which there will be dancing in the Templeton Lounge until 1 a.m.
March 14, 1962
25 YEARS AGOPat Spencer is a woman possessed by the
benign passion of doll making. “As soon as I took classes I was hooked…immediately, and I loved it! Why didn’t I find out about this when I was in my twenties? It combines everything…the sculpture, the painting and the creativeness. I mean you can put all these things together, and it ends up a fine art.”
March 18, 1987
10 YEARS AGOAfter 103 years of providing Cooper-
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Contact: Debi Hunsberger
To the Editor:If the year were 1812
instead of 2012, by law I would not be allowed to vote. When this country was founded, in most states, only white men with prop-erty were permitted to vote (freed African Americans could vote in four states). White working men, almost all women, and all other people of color were denied the vote.
Today all citizens of the United States have the right to vote and cannot be denied this right based on birth, race or sex. Some might take the right to vote for granted, but for those of us who have descended from those who struggled and fought to be allowed to vote this is not the case.
While our Constitution grants us the right to vote, for me it is also a privilege. Every time I vote I am reminded of those who can’t and I say a silent prayer of thanks to the women of the 19th and 20th centuries who worked so diligently for women’s rights.
In small communities like ours, voting connects us to our fellow citizens. Voting day in Roseboom is special
as it also gives us a chance to visit with neighbors and catch up on the local news as we wait for our turn to enter the voting booth.
We moved to Roseboom in the summer of 2002 and voted here for the first time the following November. At the time we moved, we thought having a Cherry Valley address meant we lived in Cherry Valley. But on Election Day, we dis-covered that our town barn was not a satellite voting booth for Cherry Valley – as I thought – but the polling place for the town of Rose-boom. We went from being “Chervillians” to “Boom-ers” in the blink of an eye and we still chuckle over our mistake to this day.
Our own Jim Kevlin made a good point in a re-cent editorial. He said that the village of Cooperstown will succeed if Jeff Katz and the village trustees succeed. I urge you to vote on March 20 to not only exercise your right to vote but to also show your support for the candidates and your desire to have Cooperstown suc-ceed.
BETH ROSENTHALRoseboom
To the Editor:The fracking issue seems to consist
of two extremes. Those in favor think the opposition is a group of environ-mental zealots unwilling to accept change of any type, whereas those opposed are not willing to accept profit taking at someone else’s expense. Ob-viously the issue is far more complex, but this is the heart of the issue.
Both sides are in favor of the intel-ligent use of natural resources. Engi-neers are capable of designing recov-ery techniques that have an extremely high percentage of success without compromising the environment, and in a perfect world that would be accept-able.
As a Ph.D. geologist with four decades of experience with the Otsego County geologic setting, I think I have uncommon insight that would help ev-eryone understand what we face. Just as every patient who enters a doctor’s office has his/her own set of circum-stances and needs help that is specific to their problem, every geologic set-ting is also unique.
Each setting (rocks types, natural fracture system, 3-D orientation of the rock layers, occurrence of aquifers) requires engineering to address the conditions through which gases and
fluids will migrate. To seal off the setting from the hazards of fracking requires careful engineering specific to that setting.
“One size fits all” doesn’t work any better than “one remedy cures all ill-ness.”
The situation is made even less perfect by what may be called “profit margin,” which allows for cutting cor-ners and eliminating fail-safe measures in the name of greater profits. The industry has developed a reputation for maximizing return, thus resulting in loss of citizen trust by those who favor an uncontaminated environment, be it offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico or fracking in Northeastern Pennsyl-vania.
Landowners hear this – when you sign a lease to permit gas drilling, you also reduce the future value of your land. No one wants to buy land that has the potential for contamination. Think about it – sure we have a culture that sees land as a means of making a living – its called farming. Earning from your land is part of life for you. But, this isn’t about crops and grazing cows. It’s about reducing the value of your land – forever!
One last thing about the geology – as we all know lending banks require
a radon test prior to approving a mort-gage. Why? You know why – they don’t want to end up owning property with an inherent health hazard – cancer caused by radon.
Radon hot spots in central NYS are well documented. The gas “leaks” out of rocks that are 5,000 feet below your back yard and mine. It travels upward through natural fracture systems in the rocks because moving up is the direc-tion of least resistance. All gases and liquids do this – it’s a known fact, not an interpretation.
So, if radon can migrate upward through 5,000 feet of rock, so can fracking fluids. Deep fracking doesn’t make it safe. The environmental con-cern for aquifer contamination is just as site specific as a doctor’s patient.
My concern is that aquifers that feed single-family dwellings and those that serve entire communities are at risk. Look at the lease map for Otsego County and you will find leased land that is directly above primary and prin-ciple aquifers along the valley floor.
You are all entitled to your opinion. Accurate information adds validity to your opinion – be informed.
P. JAY FLEISHER, Ph.D.Town of Milford
If Radon Can Migrate, So Can Fracking Fluids
We Didn’t Always HaveRight To Vote, So Use It
To the Editor:In your stimulating edito-
rial of Feb. 9, you suggest that the Republican decision to offer no candidates in the coming village election is “a pretty good strategy” if their purpose is “to delegitimize a Jeff Katz Administration from the outset.”
You clearly state this with tongue in cheek, for it is obvious that the Republi-cans had no strategy. After winning the race for mayor and for several trustee seats in 2010, the victorious administration acted like the Stephen Leacock character who leaped on his horse and
galloped madly off in all directions: Their tenure has been marked by resigna-tions, nebulous committee activity and acrimonious conflict. Accomplishments do not come to mind.
What does come to mind is the fact that in the 2010 mayoral election the Repub-lican leadership, including the party chair and two for-mer Republican mayors, did not support the Republican nominee. They supported Jeff Katz.
They did so because he is obviously intelligent and creative and cares a great deal about the well-being
of this village and all its residents. His approach to paid parking, as just one of several examples, helped village finances, and he was later praised by some who originally opposed the idea. His stand on other issues was logical and realistic and based on village needs.
I found it interesting that in retirement he could have lived anywhere but was drawn to Cooperstown, in part, because of the baseball connection. As the editorial notes, he is the author of several works on baseball, including the monograph, “The Kansas City A’s &
the Wrong Half of the Yankees.” He does make clear that his concern for the village, of course, goes far beyond baseball and is influenced by his participa-tion in village life and the many friends that he and his wife and children have made in the village through the years.
The Republicans who supported Jeff in the 2010 mayoral election were real-ists. They knew that village politics are based on the needs of this particular vil-lage, not on some vague and shifting national philoso-phy. This was the firm but unpublicized view of the most effective Cooperstown mayors of either party: Carol Waller, Gerry Clark, Jim Woolson, Harold Hollis.
And this is still true. Your editorial expresses the obvious truth that if Jeff Katz’s Administration succeeds, we all succeed. It would therefore make sense and make a good public point if all voters turned out on March 20 to express support for Jeff Katz and his administration.
WENDELL TRIPPCooperstown
If Jeff Katz Succeeds As Mayor, Indeed Do We All
To the Editor:It was gratifying to read
your editorial comment in last week’s newspaper con-cerning the public censure of activist Chip Northrup across area list-servs. In my mind’s eye I had created an image of a man (Northrup) with head and hands re-strained in wooden stocks somewhere along Main Street in Cooperstown. He was being publicly flogged by a character that resem-bled The Great and Power-ful Oz. But, alas, I lack the artistic skill to commit this image to paper.
Northrup’s recent public chastisement and removal from two very important Otsego County list-servs certainly cast a pall on the celebratory mood that immediately followed the announcement of the court rulings in the matters of Middlefield and Dryden. Paine and Adams would have most assuredly suf-fered the same fate at the hands of the moderators of
Sustainable Otsego and the Otsego Coalition (CAUD) list-serves.
As the electronic “flog-ging” continued across these list-servs, I became even more distressed. This online exchange was, in my opin-ion, the most flagrant viola-tion of the rules of etiquette that the list-serv moderators continually stress. This very public chastisement and censure should have taken place offline.
I immediately wrote to Northrup, as did so many others in our movement, to let him know of our support and admiration for his par-ticipation in our never-end-ing fight against fracking.
His postings and com-ments were, as a member of our local advocacy group had said, the sole bright spot in an otherwise dreary dearth of anti-frack list-serve com-munications. My advice to Northrup was to Pay No At-tention to That Man Behind the Curtain!
Bless you and your staff for your commitment to quality reporting and for bringing to light such critical rights issues as these.
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SUMMIT/From A1March 8, in The Otesaga’s ballroom, attended by more than 200 businesspeople, politicians and officials.
“New York State is taking great strides, and economic improvements are being realized,” Seward said in his introductory remarks. “...However, some portions of our state are rebounding quicker and higher. Otsego County needs to adjust in order to compete and experience a similar upward trajectory.”
He pointed out that of $785 million available statewide – $60.2 mil-lion in the Mohawk Val-ley Regional Economic Development Commission – only $3.6 million came to Otsego County, and a mere $140,000 was awarded to the private sector, for Brew-ery Ommegang’s expansion.
“Simply put, not good enough,” said the sena-tor with uncharacteristic bluntness. “...For whatever reason, Otsego County had no overall plan or strategy and only a limited number of initiatives and proposals were advanced.
“The good news is, I know we can do better,” he said.
The committee will con-vene for the first time in the next two weeks, according to Carolyn Lewis, the coun-ty’s economic developer.
Job One will be seminars to instruct people seeking fi-nancing in preparing CFAs, the “comprehensive fund-ing application” required to access the Mohawk Valley REDC money.
Two will be development of a county economic-devel-opment plan that identifies local strengths and oppor-tunities, and helps align business, school districts and governments to take advantage of them.
The idea will be to identify “common themes throughout the sector groups” to pursue, said Lewis. One that emerged from the Summit discus-sions was the need for broadband access.
At 7:30 a.m., The Otesa-ga’s parking lot was already half-full. Inside, the vener-able hotel buzzed uncharac-teristically for a Thursday morning in March.
It was a veritable Otsego County Who’s Who, an
unusual mix of leadership from Oneonta, Cooperstown and beyond.
There was Bob Harlem, the Oneonta Block president whose summoning of 115 businesspeople to meet with Seward in December started the process that led to the summit. And Tom Armao, co-owner of Country Club Automotive and Harlem’s collaborator.
There were all the key bankers, Community’s Joe Sutaris, NBT’s Jamie Reynolds, Bank of Cooper-stown’s Scott White, Key’s Jim Empie.
There was SUNY Oneon-ta President Nancy Kle-niewski in the third row, and Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich.
Other major institutions were represented in people like Bassett Healthcare President/CEO Bill Streck and Fox’s John Remillard. And from would-be (or will-be) major institutions, like Huemac Garcia from Foothills.
The “Big Two” in county brewing, Ommegang’s Si-mon Thorpe and Butternuts’ Chuck Williamson, were chatting by the ballroom’s entrance. There was CCS Supt. of Schools C.J. Hebert in the breakout session, sit-ting with his Milford Central counterpart, Peter Livshin.
They were there from long-time economic main-stays, like Dave Wightman of Wightman Lumber, and recent entrepreneurs like Brent Holleran, a teacher who with wife, Domenica, developed Deer Haven Campground on a high hill-top at Oneonta’s West End to serve Cooperstown All Star Village.
And heavy-hitting retirees with plenty left to offer, like Lou Allstadt of Cooper-stown, the former Mobil ex-ecutive vice president, and Bob Hanft, Town of Otsego, retired investment manager and past president of the Hartwick College board.
And county board chair Kathy Clark. And Mayor Miller and Mayor-to-be Katz. Most of Oneonta’s Common Council. Much of the county Board of Repre-sentatives. And this is just a sampling.
After Seward’s remarks, Irene Baker, representing Governor Cuomo, outlined the CFA process. Then
Linda Hartsock, former Cortland County economic developer, now with Syra-cuse University, gave a rousing keynoter.
Doug Gulotty, one of the organizers and Otsego County Development Corp. president, took the podium and divided the gathering into five breakout groups, moderated by himself, Lewis, Lewis’ aide Zon-dra Hart, Tim Hayes from SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Community & Economic Development and Mayor Miller.
“We didn’t lose because the CFAs were too hard,” said Gulloty, picking up on Seward’s theme. “We lost because other people had better ideas. How does that feel?”
When the gathering re-convened, Gulotty outlined the steering committee’s formation and plans to re-convene the group to further tap the county’s ideas and aspirations.
“We’re not worried about picking winners,” said Gulotty. “We’re interested in creating opportunities.”
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Here is the Otsego County Economic Development Steering Committee that emerged from state Sen. Jim Seward’s Economic Development Summit:
• Kathy Clark, chair, Otsego County Board of Repre-sentatives
• Nancy Kleniewski, president, SUNY Oneonta• Margaret Drugovich, president, Hartwick College• Bill Streck, president/CEO, Bassett Healthcare• Joe Sutaris, regional executive, Community Banks• Seth Haight, COO, Springbrook• Dick Miller, mayor, City of Oneonta• Jeff Katz, mayor-to-be, Village of Cooperstown• Doug Gulotty, chairman, Otsego County Develop-
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Ken Tompkins, director, Mohawk Valley Re-gional Economic Devel-opment Commission, is introduced. From left are Lou Allstadt, Cooperstown, county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, and Ron Feldstein, Otego, former county board vice chair.
KEYNOTE/From A1mic Development Sum-mit, was: “Welcome to our home. This is what we think of ourselves.”
So “Grow Cortland’s” first project was to get rid of that pile of garbage.
Doing so “said some-thing,” said Hartsock, now an economic-development expert at Syracuse Univer-sity, “and it mobilized the community.”
Summit participants may have been seeing dots in front of their eyes after a detailed explication by Irene Baker, an aide to Governor Cuomo, of how to fill out a CFA – the “comprehensive funding application” needed to gain access to state eco-nomic development money.
But Hartsock quickly dusted those dots away with an upbeat talk – a primer, if you will – by someone who’s walked the eco-nomic-development walk, from the Hudson Valley to Tioughnioga River Valley and points in between.
First, she said, define your region. It’s probably not a city or a county. It’s an economic unit defined by employers, institutions, traffic patterns and the like. Identify “priority sectors” or “clusters.” In Otsego County’s case, those may include health, education, tourism, breweries.
This process must be industry led, and requires academic participation, she told a gathering that included presidents of both colleges and representatives of every local business sec-
tor. “Work with companies embedded and invested in the community,” she said.
Second, develop a goal. In Cortland, it was, “We want to be one of the best small towns in America.” And strategies. In Cortland, it involved attracting and retaining people. “It’s talent that creates community,” she said.
Then, initiatives. The garbage pile was the first, and it was concrete. It was dramatic. When it was removed, nobody could say, what has “Grow Cortland” done?
There was a manufactur-ing piece. There was an “innovation” agenda. There was downtown redevelop-ment focused on bringing Boomers and Empty Nest-ers back into center city.
“This is not rocket sci-ence,” Hartsock said. “This is a repeatable process.”
The biggest opportunity for Upstate communities comes from the 130,000 college students studying here every year, who then graduate and go to Philadel-phia and San Francisco.
“Did they go for work? Of did they go for quality of life?” she asked. “We want to go to communities
that are investing in them-selves.”
Hartsock continued, “Up-state communities are aging out.” That’s the bad news. The good news is, “90 per-cent of growth is going to come from ideas we haven’t even conceived yet.” And the problem solvers are on our local campuses: “I have never seen such a genera-tion of entrepreneurs” as exists today.
A big part of making economic development happen is “risk capital. You have to find sources of risk capital within your own
communities.” She asked if any “angel capital” would be available in Otsego County and, yes, a couple of attendees raised their hands in assent.
Even with all these pieces in place, there’s no magic wand.
“Success is a 20-year plan; it’s not a two-year plan,” she counseled. Still fresh thinking is it’s own reward, as is the Hartsock Process. “It’s the process that brings you together,” she said, and that opens the door to everything else.
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ALBANY – Frances (Rossi) D’Ambrosio, 84, of Albany, retired teacher and mother of NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2012, in Boston.
Frances was born on Sept. 15, 1927, in Elmira. She was the second of three children of the late Zaira (Cesari) and Nicholas Rossi.
She married Nicholas D’Ambrosio and they had
four children together. She received her master’s degree in education and worked in the Elmira school dis-trict for over 30 years
before retiring. She was a parishioner of St. Anthony Church in Elmira for over
60 years.In addition to son Paul
and his wife Anna, survivors include children Nicholas D’Ambrosio, Jr., and his wife, Mary; Mary Zielinski and her husband Tom, and Carolyn D’Ambrosio of Do-ver, Mass., and her husband Eliot Katz.
Also, grandchildren Mike D’Ambrosio, John D’Ambrosio, Ju-lia D’Ambrosio, Grace
D’Ambrosio, Sophia Katz, Amelia Katz and Evan Katz. Also, sister Anna Millikien and her husband, Jim, of Portland, Maine, and nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hos-pital, Tribute # 5061121, PO Box 1000, Dept. 143, Memphis, TN 38148.
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(contd.)CARNIVAL -- 11 a.m. - 3
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G.I.R.L.S -- Noon. “In their Shoes.” Learn about interac-tions and making choices. Open to women and girls of all ages. Free. Space is limited, registra-tion recommended. Richfield Springs Community Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. Info: (315) 858-3200.
SUGARING -- 1-4 p.m. The Bartlett Brothers take par-ticipants on a hiking tour of their family sugar bush operations. Info, (607) 547-2366.
AUTHOR – 5 p.m. Lauren Groff, Cooperstown native and bestselling author of “The Mon-sters of Templeton,” will read from her latest novel “Arcadia.” Discussion and signing to follow. Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8877.
BOOKS TO WATCH – 6:30 p.m., “The Painted Veil” (2006). Film/novel coupling discussion in “Books We love to Watch” film series. Free, all welcome, regis-tration required. The Smithy, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info, book and film lists, to register, visit Smithypioneer.org, (607) 547-8671.
STARGAZING -- 7 p.m. Watch the sunset turn to a star-laced sky. Learn the Greek alphabet and how to use a star map. Free. Springfield Community Center,
1527 Cty. Hwy 31, Cooperstown. Info, (607)547-8662, friendsof-glimmerglass.com.
CELTIC MUSIC – 8 p.m. Andy Cooney’s
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CONCERT -- 8 p.m. The Fly Creek Philharmonic “Money Mat-ters.” Tickets at Augers and Fly Creek General Store. Fly Creek United Methodist Church, Fly Creek.
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SUGARING – 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; pancake breakfast 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sugaring Off Sundays, through March. Historic and contemporary sugaring demon-strations, maple-related family activities, pancake breakfast, and Empire State Carousel. No reservations required. $8 ages 13 and up; $4 7-12, 6 and under free. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 NY Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org, (607) 547-1450.
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ONEONTA – Henry L Hulbert, lawyer, civic leader and a founder of Astrocom Electronics, died March 10, 2012, just after celebrating his 84th birthday.
Mr. Hulbert was a gradu-ate of St. Lawrence Uni-versity and Columbia Law School. He served in the Army during the Korean War and began his career as a law clerk for state Su-preme Court Judge Joseph P. Molinari, Sr.
He practiced law for over 50 years with the local firm of Farrington, Hulbert, Mo-linari & Haus.
He was a founder and trustee of The Greenwood School in Brattleboro, Vt., and also served as assistant
to the SUNY Oneonta president.
He was a trustee at Hartwick College, and at the 2010 commence-ment was
awarded the college’s President’s
Medal for Extraordinary Exemplary Loyalty.
As chairman of the Hun-tington Memorial Library board, he helped raise $1 million for capital projects. He was a founding member of the SUNY Oneonta Foun-dation board. He chaired Fox Hospital’s board, and
was also on the board of the Oneonta Boys and Girls Club.
He was also managing trustee of several philan-thropic foundations that benefited Oneonta and other local communities.
Survivors include his wife, Maureen, three sons, Bill Hulbert of Laurens, Thomas Hulbert of Bar Harbor, Maine, and Thomas Wolek of Miami, Fla.; four daughters, Katharine Haas of Red Hook, Anne Wolek of Alexandria, Va.; Sue-Anne DeBergh of Leesburg, Va. and Sally Dunleavy of Leesburg, Va, as well as 16 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, sister-in-law Mary Wilsbach Hulbert
of Hilton Head, S.C., and cousin Lowell Mott and his wife, Joanne Mott. He is predeceased by his brother, J Burton Hulbert.
A memorial service was planned at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 15, at the Foreman Gallery in Anderson Hall, Hartwick College.
In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be sent to Fox Hospital, 1 Norton Ave., Oneonta; Bassett Hospital, 1 Atwell Drive, Cooperstown, NY 13326, or Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820.
Arrangements are en-trusted to Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.
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MUEHL/From A1and forcing him to submit to “teabagging,” an exercise that involved one of the as-sailants rubbing his testicles across the victim’s face.
Two other football players had brought similar com-plaints to the CCS adminis-tration in November, but one soon stepped back and the second did so after a “super-intendent’s hearing” in early December that led to 30-day suspensions for at least two of the five, according to parents of the complainants.
The case regard-ing the third victim had been scheduled for April 11 but, with little fanfare, had been moved up three weeks to 5:15 p.m. Monday, March 19, to avoid “a circus-like atmosphere,” according to Assistant Dis-trict Attorney J.R. Parshall. “It makes it difficult to resolve these cases,” he said.
The final complainant’s father said Parshall had told him not to alert the press that the hearing had been moved up, but the assistant D.A. denied that, saying, “I’m not afraid of anyone showing up.”
The session is a “con-ference” before Hartwick Town Justice Maria Folts, but it could then go into open court, Parshall said. The cases could be pleaded out or the charges dropped. Two of the boys have yet to enter pleas, but that could be waived, the prosecutor added.
Each of the five accused will be represented by their own lawyers: Flynn by Gar Gozigian, Liner by Monica Carrascoso, Bouton by Ryan Miosek, Rose by Les Sittler, Telfer by William Sche-baum.
The victim will be repre-sented by Parshall alone, but the assistant D.A. went to pains to emphasize he’s not the victim’s lawyer.
“We don’t have any personal interest in this,” he said. “We have to handle the case as justice demands. Our role in the District
Attorney’s Office is to advo-cate for the people.”
He continued, “if an al-leged victim says, ‘I want to see the case adjudicated to the fullest extent,’ the D.A.’s office may not agree with that. Our role is to represent the State of New York. Our
role is not just to seek a conviction.”
When the haz-ing allegations first surfaced, CCS administrators had called in the county Sheriff’s Department and Muehl’s office. Instead of bringing charges themselves, county Sheriff Rich-ard J. Devlin Jr. and Muehl forwarded the
victim’s affidavit and that of a witness to Otsego Town Court; retiring Town Justice Jim Wolff then issued sum-mons to the five to respond to harassment charges.
Muehl agreed with Parshall’s assessment of the situation. “We don’t rep-resent him,” he said, refer-ring to the victim. “We do represent the State of New York.”
He added, “We’ve got bigger fish to fry than this.” Drug cases and assaults, for instance.
Two of the boys facing charges, Flynn and Liner, have been allowed by the CCS administration to play varsity basketball, despite the pending charges.
When asked about Parshall denying telling the complainant’s father to keep quiet about the upcoming conference, the complainant’s father said, “These guys are afraid of something. I’m not afraid of anyone.”
He said of the boys facing charges, “These guys went over the line because they know they can get away with it.” Hazing at CCS will only end when athletes who participate in hazing know “they aren’t going to tolerate them anymore.”
“These guys showed no remorse, no apologies – nothing,” he said. “And they’re still trying to weasel out of it.”
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ONEONTA
Oneonta-based Cen-tral New York Radio Group has been
sold to Townsquare Media, which General Manager George Wells describes as “one of the fastest-growing marketing-media-enter-tainment companies in the U.S.”
The deal was closed at the beginning of March, ending a seven-year owner-ship by Double O Radio of Charleston, S.C.
Formerly Regent Com-munication, Townsquare, based in Greenwich, Conn., has assembled more than 200 stations nationwide. It is the third largest radio group in the country, Wells said.
In addition to WZOZ and two other Oneonta stations, CNY Radio brings three stations in Norwich and five in Delaware County, 11 stations in all into the new arrangement.
The original combination was put together by Jim Johnson, who went on to a political career on the coun-ty Board of Representatives. He is now operating radio stations around Syracuse.
Wells, who remains as general manager, said
Oneontans can expect bene-fits from the affiliation with Townsquare, which also owns stations in Albany, Buffalo and Utica.
“There are resources we will be able to share,” he said.
The first example was Thursday, March 15, when James Wesley appeared at the Oneonta Theatre through his affiliation with Townsquare, which had or-ganized a tour for the coun-try crooner through markets where it has affiliates.
The Townsquare stations will also cross-promote appearances in each other’s markets, said the GM.
Through Townsquare, CNY Radio will also be offering web-site develop-ment services, and Wells is in the process of expanding his staff on lower Chestnut Street to launch this new line of business.
Wells was also heartened that the new owners will en-courage the local stations to continue their public service commitment, such as the sock hops and the Oneonta Idol competition.
Last year’s flood-relief fund drive in the wake of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee raised $60,000 in eight hours, and eventually raised $100,000 for stricken residents in Delaware, Schoharie and Otsego counties.
The ownership change comes as Wells, an Ox-ford native, is entering his fourth decade in the radio business, having gone on the air with WSLB and WPAC in Ogdensburg in 1981. WZOZ had the same ownership at the time, Wire-less Works Inc., and Wells joined the Oneonta station in 1989.
Growing Townsquare Media Buys Central NY Radio GroupGeorge
Wells contin-ues as
CNY Radio
general manager
under the new owner-
ship.
Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal
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MLS#82252 - YEAR ROUND CANADARAGO LAKEFRONT COMPOUND. Two structures with 2 stall garages and over
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MLS#81615 - This SUPER SOLID 5 TO 6 bedrm CENTER CITY VINTAGE VICTORIAN makes a fabulous single family home.
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MLS#82273 - Beautiful views of the valley below and adjacent ponds with abundant wildlife. Very close to Oneonta with well
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MLS#82724 - COUNTRY ESTATE, w/4 bedrm, 4 ½ ba. Gorgeous foyer w/mahogany staircase leading to 2nd flr. Downstairs a lrg formal living rm w/a fireplace & a lrg kitchen w/center island. Upstairs a master bedrm w/fireplace & a lovely bath w/jacuzzi
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3000 square feet of remodeled space in a private enclave adjacent to Cooperstown’s famous Doubleday Field. This large open space is suitable for any number of business endeavors, retail,
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