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SUNY Oneonta is planning a 20th-an-niversary commemo-

ration of the “Black List” Tuesday, Sept. 4.

Gretchen Sorin, direc-tor, Cooperstown Graduate School in Museum Studies, and Arthur Dauria, commu-nication arts professor, will co-chair the committee.

“The Black List” refers to public outrage after the college shared information on black and Latino students with state police on Sept. 4, 1992, during a criminal investigation, and drew na-tional criticism.

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Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTALEAF Inc. organizers expected 15 people at a fetal alco-hol syndrome seminar – 150 showed up.

Wood Skepticalas mayor SeeksStudy of merger

Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTASUNY Oneonta grad and now internationally known chef Joe Poon puts on the finishing touches on a four-tiered watermelon centerpiece at 30th anniversary banquet of the SUNY Oneonta Foundation Fri-day, March 30, at Mor-ris Conference Center. (Details, A3)

By LIBBY CUDMORE

Carol Mandigo, Prevention Specialist at LEAF Inc., wasn’t expecting more than 15 or so people to show at Margo

Singer’s presentation on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

So over 150 people showing up suggests at least concern about FASD, and perhaps the dis-order itself, is on the rise.

“I wanted to invite doctors and nurses from the hospitals, but we didn’t have room,” Man-

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By JIM KEVLIN

WEST ONEONTA

The City of Oneonta’s mayor plans to ask the Oneonta Town Board

Tuesday, April 10, to form a blue-ribbon panel to study merging the two municipali-ties.

But a warm welcome may not await him.

“I think Dick is very well intentioned, but he’s not aware of the resistance from

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Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAOneonta Foundation President Jeffrey Strauss, left, chats with former presidents at the “Year of the Dragon” dinner, from left, Ken Kellerhouse, Tom Hughson and Bill Pietraface – at the “Year of the Dragon” dinner.

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At 30th Year, sUNY Oneonta Foundation Nears $40 Million In scholarshipsBy LIBBY CUDMORe

The sUNY Oneonta Foundation raised $30 million in scholar-

ships on its 25th anniver-sary, but that was only the beginning.

“As of right now, we’re at $38 million and on target for $40,” foundation Presi-dent Jeffrey strauss, ‘71, announced at a celebratory 30th anniversary “Year of the Dragon” Dinner Friday, March 30, at Morris Confer-ence Center,

the foundation, which

started with 60 scholar-ships in 1995, gave over a thousand scholarships worth $2.25 million in the 2011-12 school year.

And strauss, who went from Oneonta to a suc-cessful Wall street career, announced yet another one at the event: a 30th anniver-sary scholarship for students who wish to study abroad.

the dinner itself featured Cold Longevity Healthy sesame Buckwheat noodles with peanut sauce, Happy Family Wok Pot with roast pork, bay scallops and vegetables, Four seasons

fried rice with pork, shrimp and egg in lobster roe, and, of course, almond fortune cookies.

the delicacies were pre-pared by chef Joe Poon,’78, now internationally known for his “Asian Fusion” cuisine.

“Joe is one of the col-lege’s biggest success sto-ries,” said Michael sullivan, the manager of stewardship & Communication in the Division of College Ad-vancement.

“since he graduated in 1978, he’s been trying to pay that back. He’s catered

five of our foundation din-ners, and he’s one of the college’s best ambassadors.”

each guest also took home a bottle of special edition sUNY Oneonta Red Dragon sauce from Brooks BBQ, which also funds a foundation scholarship.

“Many of the graduates who come from out of town know Brooks as one of the area icons,” sullivan said. “Our graduates always want a taste of it when they’re here.”

every anniversary dinner raises enough for yet an-other scholarship, he said.

SUNY Grad Joe Poon Genius Of ‘Asian Fusion’ GenreHard Work took Oneonta UndergradInto Celebrity Career In Philadelphia

By LIBBY CUDMORe

Hard work matters, re-nowned “Asian Fu-sion” chef Joe Boon,

Class of 1978, was telling sUNY Oneonta culinary stu-dents gathered around him the other night.

“You don’t need to be a genius,” said Poon as he carved a rose pattern into a watermelon half. “You work hard. When I come here, I didn’t know english. I learned ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.’ I learned ‘Boo-gie Woogie.’ And I worked hard.”

It paid off. He is now a master chef

in Philadelphia, catering pri-vate events, teaching private cooking classes and giving culinary “Wok ‘n’ Walk” tours of that city’s China-town. He is the author of the “Life is short ... Cooking is Fun!” cookbook, featur-ing two dozen of his favorite Asian Fusion recipes. He has also been featured on

Food Network, the tonight show and ellen Degeneres.

A Hong Kong native and graduate of the local dietary and nutrition program, Poon was one of only handful of Asian students at the school.

His roommate, tom Chan, was also from Hong Kong, and the two of them formed a bond that would carry them from graduation to to-day: Chan was on hand Fri-day, March 30, at the Morris Conference Center to help Poon create his “Year of the Dragon” feast for the sUNY Oneonta Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Dinner.

“I help when he does charity work,” said Chan. “I keep myself busy.”

the culinary students watched in quiet awe as Poon anchored thin skewers into the carved watermelon, building a spindly tower centerpiece decorated with birds carved from strawber-ries. When a student asked him how high he could build it, he gestured to the ceiling.

He carved a potato rose in just under one minute, citing the secret: Use potatoes that are just starting to go soft. He sculpted a pig out of a lemon, which he presented to an excited student.

“He cares about his students,” said Michael sul-livan, manager of steward-ship & Communication in sUNY Oneonta’s Division of College Advancement.

And he had plenty of advice to dole out to the awe-struck future chefs. For instance, “when you work alone, clean at the same time.”

And, most importantly, enjoy your work. “If you laugh too much, you’re happy,” he said. And he grinned.

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LETTER

The Broccoli StandardIn ‘Obamacare’ Debate

To the Editor:Hearing Supreme Court

decibels of oral argument re “Obamacare” does little to advance reason or legality.

First, there is the inten-tional confusion of items for sale and payments for services. One of the justices pretends that a fee for general health care is similar to the forced purchase of broccoli; another introduced the anal-ogy of forcing ev-erybody to buy cell phones. Between these justices, there is a high sum of years spent in educa-tion, apparently voided.

Politics, however, trumps reason. The justices must have heard that analogy is not proof – and is little more in reasoned argument than a distraction. So – should a concerned citizen un-load carts of broccoli and used cellphones before the High Court? Is that, in our debauched time, a kind of proof?

Justice Louis Brandeis in 1936 enunciated the principles of bringing cases before the Supreme Court, especially those similar to the present controversy.

His statements should be chiseled on the steps of the building, given the appar-ent low state of judicial literacy in past four to five decisions. A brief summary of Brandeis (source: “The Annals of America,” v. 15,

pp. 350-1):• The Court will not

“formulate a rule of con-stitutional law broader that is required by the precise facts...”

• (It) will not pass upon a constitutional question ... if there is also present some

other ground upon which the case may be disposed of.

• (It) will not pass upon the validity of a statute upon complaint of one who fails to show that he is

injured by its operation.• When the validity of an

act of the Congress is drawn in question, and even if a se-rious doubt of constitution-ality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court will first ascertain whether a construction of the statute is fairly possible by which the question may be avoided.

This decision with its “Ashwander Rules” by Brandeis protected the right of the federal government to develop the Tennessee Val-ley Authority. It ensured the future financial benefit of the adjoining states, though not the enlightenment of their currently reaction-ary representatives or even some members of the court itself.

ROBERT MOYNIHANMiddlefield

(Bob Moynihan is a retired SUNY Oneonta

English professor)

EDITORIAL

As the second anniversary of the Good Friday shooting in Cooperstown’s Cooper

Park arrives, let’s acknowledge it: Anthony Pacherille was hazed when he was a football player.

The hate-crime dimension di-verted the debate, but hazing was the original sin.

So when hazing at Cooperstown Central School surfaced again the following year, it was not an anomaly, it was part of a piece.

Some parents, distraught by the reportage and debate – it is painful to read, just as it is painful to write about, just as it is pain-ful to contemplate – will tell you Cooperstown Central School is a wonderful place. (The same can be said for Oneonta High School and many of our local schools.)

Still, other CCS parents have experienced a dark side, and that prevents them from viewing the good that others, their children so far untouched, recognize and celebrate.

The good news this Easter is that the hazing is part of a larger picture that contains much that is positive.

But until the hazing taint is erased, Cooperstown Central School – for all its AP courses, scholarship and achievement – is

not a good place for everyone’s children to be. We now know that, for some, it’s been a dangerous place.

•That Anthony

Pacherille was hazed explains a lot about what’s

followed, and why two years later so little community reconciliation has occurred in Cooperstown.

In the last frank statement from CCS, High School Principal Mike Cring and Athletic Director Jay Baldo reported last November that “acts of hazing have occurred between players during this past season as well as in prior years.”

To everyone’s surprise at the time, school board President Tony Scalici responded that “liability” had to be the school board’s prime concern. Not the safety of the kids, but liability.

Of course. If hazing by, at best, insufficiently supervised football players caused Anthony Pacherille to snap, there’s liability there.

If the victim, Wes Lippitt, was wounded that Good Friday after-noon because a bone-deep tradi-tion of hazing at CCS pushed a mentally unstable teen to despera-

tion and suicide, there’s liability there.

That hazing wasn’t addressed at that point and surfaced a year later opens new horizons of liability.

Of course Scalici was concerned about liability. It makes sense.

•Now two years have passed.The good news is that all the

publicity about hazing, and the humiliation, if not punishment, undergone by the accused – who, at base, are boys like many who would be swept along the wrong course absent sufficient guidance and supervision – may turn out to be the best inoculation against fur-ther hazing at CCS, at least until the effects wear off.

Let’s hope so – for the safety of the kids – although it’s too late to undo the harm done to perhaps hundreds of young men over who knows how many years.

Even now, it’s not too late for Cooperstown’s community leaders to face up to an ugly underly-ing reality – as many community members have, to their dismay – and put an effective cleans-ing regimen in place to end this scourge once and for all.

Bassett Healthcare, of course, with its network of in-school clinics, including one at CCS,

would be an effective initiator of profound change. Bassett has the expertise, credibility and indepen-dence to craft and lead a plan of reform for CCS.

The CCS Character-Develop-ment Committee – CCS’ sole public initiative to date – is well-meaning, but its focus is too narrow, and it is now controlled by a school board and superinten-dent, and includes staff members, who may not benefit from a total understanding and revelation of what went on.

• One Cooperstown grand dame

was rushed to Bassett last year when symptoms suggested a stroke. A thin, thin brain tumor was discovered and, within hours, she was being operated on by the second-foremost expert on that particular malady.

The foremost expert was her surgeon’s professor, and he moni-

tored the operation via TV from Duke.

Astonishing. Impressive. And right here in our rural Otesgo County.

Facing up to hazing is not brain surgery. It requires only hon-esty, firmness and determination, simple virtues. Many communi-ties with many fewer resources and advantages than Cooperstown have done so.

The liability aspect will play out, and there’s probably little CCS can do about that now. This much is for sure: Ignoring the original sin will help neither liabil-ity nor anything else.

After two years, the Cooper-stown community isn’t where it should be. Anthony Pacherille was hazed, as were many young men. Resolve the tough issues that must be faced to that once again so much that is good can enjoyed.

A matter of extreme concern has recently been brought to the attention of the Cooperstown Central School District administration and football coaching staff. Through inter-

views with players, information has been revealed that confirms acts of hazing have occurred between players during this past season, as well as in prior years

CCS High School Principal Mike Cring & Athletic Director Jay BaldoLetter To CCS Football Parents • Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011

Pacherille

2 Good Fridays After Shooting, Fundamental Questions Remain

ISSUE & DEBATE

Protect State’s History, Culture, And Let Localities To Do Same

The state’s prime historic and cultural resources would have to include Hyde Hall, Town of Springfield, the National Historic Landmark on Otsego Lake sandwiched between the Marcellus and Utica shale beds.

Editor’s Note: This is the Preservation League of New York State’s statement released Friday, March 30, on naming the Marcellus and Utica shale regions, including the Glimmerglass Historic District, on its “Seven to Save” list.

The Preservation League has a nearly 40-year history of

protecting New York’s diverse and rich heritage of historic buildings, commu-nities and cultural land-scapes. As the statewide advocate for New York’s historic resources, we have become increasingly concerned about the poten-tial negative impacts that high-volume natural-gas hydraulic fracturing (hydro-fracking) could have on the numerous historic buildings, communities and landscapes in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions of New York State.

In our estimation, and based upon impacts docu-mented in other states where hydrofracking is underway, we believe that the creation and servicing of numerous well pads, the expected in-creased truck traffic, and the development of industrial infrastructure such as pipe-lines, compressor stations, and road widening could represent significant threats to historic structures and to communities in the region that derive their character and economy from heritage-based resources.

The League, like many other concerned New Yorkers, provided exten-sive comments on the state Department of Environmen-tal Conservation’s (“DEC”) revised draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Im-pact Statement (“rdSGEIS”) regarding hydrofracking in

New York State. Following careful analysis of the rdS-GEIS, it is our contention that DEC’s current envi-ronmental study includes serious flaws and omissions relating to the impact of high-volume natural-gas hydrofracking, drilling and related operations upon his-toric and cultural resources, which in our opinion will put these resources at seri-ous risk of damage, dimin-ishment, and possible loss.

Based on our longstand-ing commitment to the pro-tection of New York State’s historic buildings, commu-nities, and cultural land-scapes, and our assessment that the DEC’s rdSGEIS is inadequate in its recogni-tion and protection of these resources, it is the League’s position that:

• The DEC’s rdSGEIS must be updated to ac-knowledge the true number and value of New York’s historic resources in the Marcellus and Utica shale gas regions, and must

recognize the applicability of federal and state historic preservation laws to hydro-fracking permit reviews. In particular, the DEC should acknowledge that every hydrofracking permit application will be subject to Section 14.09 review as required by state Historic Preservation Law. The state DEC should also recognize the applicability of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act to certain permits.

• Unless and until the shortcomings in the DEC’s rdSGEIS are addressed to adequately identify and protect New York’s his-toric resources, New York’s de-facto moratorium on horizontal high-volume natural-gas hydrofracking should continue.

• New York’s municipali-ties that have invested their scant resources to imple-ment land-use regulations to protect their historic and cultural resources should be able to ban or restrict

industrial mining operations like hydrofracking as they see fit within the framework of any broader statewide policies. Therefore, the League supports recent state Supreme Court rulings that clarify the ability of lo-cal municipalities to enact land-use regulations that would prohibit or curtail oil, gas and solution mining in order to protect unique local resources. In addition, we support the passage of pending legislation before the state Senate and Assem-bly that would affirm this “Home Rule” capability in statute.

Visit the Preservation League’s website for a copy of our January 2012 rdSGEIS comments to the DEC.

For more information on the Preservation League and this position paper, please contact Daniel Mackay, director of public policy, at dmackay@preservenys.org or (518) 462-5658.

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HOMETOWN HistoryCompiled by Tom HeiTz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

100 Years ago125 Years agoDoyle & smith have this week moved their cigar manu-

factory to the new Westcott building, where they will have one of the finest factories in the state. They occupy four floors of the large building, which have been arranged with special regard for the demands of their extensive business, giving them a capacity for the employment of 150 hands. The main business office and private office, fitted up, are on the second floor, where also is the shipping room; on the third floor is the work room, while the two fourth floors are devoted to stock preparing and drying, and to stripping. The factory will be equipped with every modern convenience and is just such a place as the energetic, popular young men composing the firm need in which to care for their business.

April 1887

80 Years agoIt is just as impossible to tear down Gibraltar with tack

hammers as it is to tear down the Bible with human criti-cism,” Dr. Leon Tucker told a capacity audience at a mass meeting held in the West Oneonta Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon. Delegations from Mt. Upton, Morris and Mt. Vision attended the meeting. The speaker took as his theme “The Humanly Unmakeable, Unshakeable and Unbreakable Book.” Stating that the Bible could not be of human origin because it “condemns all and condones none, it accuses all and condones none,” he went on to describe attempts made to discredit the book by many persons in intellectual circles. as one instance of this he told of a convicted murderer who refused to accept a Bible offered to him saying that he had lost all faith in the book when a boy, a school teacher having ridiculed it and told him no one read it anymore. Dr. Tucker stated that in spite of such attacks, the Bible could not be discredited or eliminated, but was a book of indis-pensable worth. Musical selections included the singing of several choruses by the Tucker party, accompaniments being played by Dr. Tucker on the banjo, Wilmos Chesy on the violin, Ralph Powell on the trumpet, and Miss Helen Miller on the piano.

April 1932

60 Years agoMrs. Ida E. Niles, 390 Main Street, mother of police at-

torney Francis A. Niles, was admitted to Fox Hospital for observation yesterday after suffering cuts and bruises of her head and legs in a collision at Center Street and Ford Avenue with a State Police car driven by trooper Blake Muthig of the Oneonta substation. Trooper Muthig was en route to a station assigned to him in a widespread road block ordered set up by State Police headquarters on receipt

of an alarm from Chenango County Sheriff Frank J. Machio at Norwich that a prisoner had made an escape from the county jail there. Both cars were being driven west with Mrs. Niles in the lead. The trooper had his siren blow-ing and his red light flashing, and was attempting to pass when Mrs. Niles made a left turn into Ford Avenue. Skid marks on the left side of the road made by the trooper car measured 151 feet. Mrs. Niles’ car was struck in the right rear and hurled against the curb. Both cars had to be towed away. The escaped prisoner, Elwin J. McMyne, was recap-tured after he disappeared from a doctor’s office in Norwich where Chenango undersheriff John A. Halpin had escorted him for an examination. McMyne was taken into custody in a barber shop across town 75 minutes after the escape.

April 1952

40 Years agoPsychologists say both boys and girls in our society

need a strong male image. I’d like to know – what is a real man? Definitions differ sharply. Teeny-boppers think a

man is any male who turns them on. It’s the sex thing. The great American tradition pegs man at the level of physical prowess – the football hero, the heavyweight champion, the muscle man (never mind that sometimes the muscles are in his head). It’s the body beautiful that counts. And, he’d bet-ter be tall. The advertising industry has done its best topromote the manly image as a guy who wears this, drinks that, sports a certain brand of shorts, uses a special after-shave lotion and smokes the longest cigarette.

April 1972 30 YEARS AGO

In the event of nuclear war, Oneonta and Otsego County could get very crowded. “If a nuclear holocaust were to come, we’d probably become a host area,” John Fink, Ot-sego County deputy disaster coordinator, said. “People from target areas or bigger cities would be moved here.” Under a $4.1 billion, seven-year civil defense plan announced by the White House last week, surviving a nuclear attack de-pends on moving people from the cities to rural areas. The administration plan predicts that 80 percent of the popula-tion would survive a Soviet attack, if officials had a week’s notice. A group of Oneonta residents will present Republi-can Congressman George Wortley with a petition signed by more than 2,200 people calling for a nuclear weapon freeze.

April 1982

20 Years agoState University College at Oneonta student and Sigma

Nu fraternity member Michael Liardi was charged with pe-tit larceny and harassment after stealing a pledge book from a Hartwick College sorority member Friday night. During the encounter which occurred about 11 p.m. on Church Street, Liardi was kicked and punched by about 10 Phi Sigma Phi sorority members. A pledge book is a log kept by prospective sorority members. After Liardi’s first attempt to take a book from Heather Smith was foiled, he grabbed a book from the hands of Lorraine Way and ran off. He was arrested, charged and released on his own recognizance Monday.

April 1992

10 Years agoAn Oneonta Middle School student was suspended

Friday after school officials found the student in possession of marijuana. The unidentified student was given an out-of-school suspension after a police search turned up a small amount of marijuana, Superintendent James C. Piscitelli said. No arrest was made. The search was conducted at the request of middle school principal Martha Forgiano.

April 2002

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The Wednesday, March 28, program, part of Alco-hol Awareness Month, was designed for agencies like ARC, county Social Services and Head Start. It gave an overview of what Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are, how they affect children and how they can be treated and prevented. LEAF hopes to offer similar education programs to the public in the future.

With babies born ad-dicted to drugs on the rise in Otsego County, it’s likely the number of women who drink while they’re pregnant is ris-ing, too, Mandigo said.

“It’s really under-diag-nosed,” she continued. “A lot of doctors don’t feel com-fortable asking a mother if she drank during pregnancy and most of them won’t volunteer that information. Too often it’s misdiagnosed as autism, ADHD or other behavioral disorders.”

As many as 10 percent of women of child-bear-ing age are known to drink while they’re pregnant, and binge drinking among young women is on the rise. Even “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi admitted to binge drinking in the early month of her pregnancy

“A lot of these girls don’t even know they’re preg-nant,” said Mandigo. “When the fetus is the size of a raisin, it doesn’t have a liver or kidneys to process the al-cohol. You can imagine the BAC of that fetus. It’s going to cause damage.”

“Babies who are born addicted to crack or drugs can recover,” she said. “But FASD is permanent.”

MERGER/From A1the general public,” Town Supervisor Bob Wood said of Mayor Miller. “It’s not as much the Town Board he needs to sway as it is public opinion. The Town Board is elected by people from the town, and we’re here to represent them.”

Asked if Miller has much support among the town’s four councilmembers, Wood said, “unless he has gener-ated a ton of support that we don’t know about, probably not much.”

Mayor Miller has advo-cated exploring a town-city

merger since he ran for office in 2009, pointing out that a City of Greater Oneonta could “preempt” sales tax revenues that now go directly to the county.

While the city recoups 12 percent of the county’s sales tax revenues, the town -- de-spite generating 26 percent of those revenues -- only re-coups 1.76 percent, despite hosting all the Southside “Big Box” retailers, Holiday Inn Southside, and other tax generators.

Last month, Miller revealed another card to Common Council during a

Saturday morning retreat: He had obtained an opin-ion from the state Attorney General’s Office that a City of Greater Oneonta could have two taxing districts, al-lowing the more rural areas, which receive no services, to perhaps pay no property taxes at all.

Regardless, Miller said in an interview in recent days, he is not asking the town to consider merger. At this point, he is simply asking the Town Board to appoint five members to a 10-per-son panel to study whether merging makes sense.

“The thing that most people are missing,” he said, “is that all I’m asking the

Town Board to do is appoint some people to engage in a series of discussions over a short period of time to make sure the facts are known and agreed upon, and can then be the basis by both the city and the town to determine if they should go forward.”

Such a group was rec-ommended in 1996 when a panel, chaired by Barry Warren, then director of SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Economic & Community Development, first reported on the potential benefits of merger. No such panel was every formed.

While much of the town may be satisfied with the level of services now, the

mayor continued, as South-side and other areas contin-ue to develop, the growing community will begin ask-ing for municipal services that can best be provided by a combine municipality.

However, Wood said he hasn’t yet received pres-sure from townspeople to provide more services. In part, he continued, that may be because town property taxes have been steady for a decade, and actually have declined a bit.

“If you were an elected official in the town, you would realize how vehement people are against this in the town,” said Wood.

The meeting is at 7:30.

Mayor Seeks Merger StudyFetal SyndromeGrowing Issue,Crowd Suggests

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Legal battles were joined on two Ot-sego County energy fronts – wind and natural gas – in recent days:

• On behalf of Protect Richfield, attorney Douglas Zamelis, Manlius, arguing before state Supreme Judge Donald Cerio Friday, March 30, in Wampsville, presented 16 points why the permit issued to Ridgeline Energy for the five-turbine Monticello Hills Wind Farm should be thrown out.

• Cooperstown Holstein Corp., also on March 30, filed a notice of appeal of Ce-rio Feb. 25 decision upholding a Town of Middlefield ban on hydrofracking. The case is expected to go before the state Court of Appeals in Albany.

Local advocates of anti-wind and anti-fracking organizations both expressed op-timism their points of view will eventually win the day.

County Wind Farm Permit, Fracking Ban Appealed

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Helen Gloria Holstead Wood, 88, RN with Cadet Corps

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TREADWELL – Elsie Davidson, 99, remembered as “an active farmer’s wife,” passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Countryside Care Center in Delhi.

Ms. Davidson was born on Feb. 20, 1913, in Swe-den, the daughter of the late Axel and Alma (Karlson) Swenson. She married Lawrence James David-

son on June 30, 1940. He predeceased her on August 23, 1989.

She was a graduate of Oneonta Normal School. a teacher at the A.L. Kellogg Central School in Treadwell.

She served as a choir director and taught vacation Bible school at Treadwell Methodist Church.

She is survived by her children, Joan Crunden

(Doug Wilmont) of Caledo-nia, NY and John Davidson and (Carol Sabatini) of Delhi; her nephew George Thompson (Barb) of Frank-lin; her grandchildren, Jac-queline Goodnough (Erich), Jim Crunden (Sidra), Chris Crunden (Gabi) and Jennifer Mitchell (Hugh); her great grandchildren, Emily Mitch-ell, Claire Crunden, Alicia and Katie Najor and several

nieces and nephews.She was predeceased by

her parents, her husband, her sister, Elizabeth Hern-strom and her brothers, Carl and Fred Swenson.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to the Treadwell United Methodist Church and the Treadwell Fire Department.

Arrangements are en-trusted to the Kenneth L.

Elsie Davidson, 99; Born in Sweden, Earned SUNY Teaching Degree

OBITUARIES

ONEONTA – Helen Gloria Holstead Wood, 88, a former pianist for the Gertrude School of Ballet & Tap, passed away Sun-day, April 1, 2012, at Fox Hospital.

She was born on Crum-horn Mountain on Nov. 15, 1923, to the late Helmer and Anna (Grant) Holstead.

She attended school in Angelica for eight years, where she played violin in the school orchestra and was a member of the chorus. She was the valedictorian of her eighth-grade graduation class.

In 1938, the family moved to Oneonta, where

Helen played in the OHS orchestra, graduating in 1941. She went on to Russell Sage College of Nursing, receiving her RN in 1946

as a registered nurse of the Cadet Corps.

On June 4, 1949, she mar-ried Richard D. “Woody” Wood in the Lutheran Church of the Atonement, where she later taught Sun-day School and was a mem-ber of the Martha Circle.

Mrs. Wood was employed

at Cornell Hospital, Fox Hospital, Homer Folks Hospital and the Oneonta Nursing Home. After her retirement, she volunteered at Fox Hospital.

She was a member of the Senior Citizens Bowling League. A lover of animals, Helen always had pet cat.

She is survived by two daughters, Bonnie Wood of Oneonta and Patricia (Wood) Snyder and her hus-band, John, of Otego; three grandchildren, Matthew, Caitlin and Todd Snyder; two sisters-in-law, Doro-thy Wood of Cooperstown and Muriel Dix of Sidney; as well as several cousins,

nieces and nephews.In addition to her hus-

band, who died on Jan. 6, 2005, she was predeceased by three brothers, Roland, Henry and Herbert Hol-stead; and one sister, Vera Holstead.

Calling hours were 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at the Bookhout Funeral Home, with funeral services at 11 a.m. Thursday, also at the funeral home, with the Rev. Paul Messner, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Atonement, officiat-ing. Burial was to follow in Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the SSPCA.

ONEONTA – Iwo Jima veteran, newspaperman and business executive Louis R. Centorani, 88, of Friends-ville, Pa., died following a brief illness Feb. 26, 2012, at Wilson Hospital, Friends-ville, Pa., with family by his side.

He is survived by three sons, a daughter, two broth-ers, and several grandchil-dren.

After graduating from high school, he served in the Marines in 1942-25 during World War II. He earned the Purple Heart after being shot in the right shoulder on Iwo.

He graduated from Syra-cuse University in 1951 with a degree in English, then worked as a reporter for the

Poughkeepsie New Yorker, where he met his late wife, Isabella, and as a reporter and editor for the New-burgh-Beacon News.

In 1959, he was public relations director for New York State’s “Year of His-tory.” The following year he became the PR director at Harpur College, now Bing-hamton University.

He was state Senate Ma-jority Leader Warren Ander-son’s campaign manager in the 1960s. He became vice president for Hyde Printing, then president in 1966.He retired to Tucson, Ariz., in 1994, before health problems forced him back to Binghamton in 2005.

Louis Centorani, 88; Vet, Newspaperman

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MLS#81458 - Fantastic location for Schools, Parks and Downtown. This cozy three bedroom features new paint and hard wood floors. Easy to maintain Priced right at $124,900

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MLS#81221 - Beautifully maintained 3 bed 2 bath home in beautiful Fly Creek. Full finished walk out lower level, oversized garage with

work shop and walk up loft for crafts or hobbies all on almost 2 acres with a stream out back. $219,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

MLS#82536 - Impeccable home w/sprawling flr plan & 100 feet of deeded lake rights. Located in a grove on the Northeast side of lake Otsego, 1 mile from Glimmerglass State Park & close to

Cooperstown Village. Cooperstown Schools. *Bonus* w/the sale of this beautiful home is a 15’ Fiberglass Boston Whaler

w/a 50 H.P 4 stroke engine only used on lake Otesgo. $425,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ (603) 247-0506

MLS#83415 - 154 ACRE UPSTATE NY FARM, w/ABILITY TO BE CERTIFIED ORGANIC! 4Bedrm, 1 ½ bath 1850’s farmhouse

loaded w/country charm. Covered wrap around porch & back patio. Outbuildings include 40’x180’ BARN w/30 tie stalls & 40’x80’ Heavy Equipment sized Heated WORKSHOP; 40’x80’

Steel BARN w/concrete flr. Farm supports all types of livestock & 100+acres tillable. Extensive privacy fence, landscaping & lovely lighting surrounds the heated inground pool & western

themed courtyard. Bordered by NYS listed trout stream & graced w/landscaping, towering evergreens & a 52’x25’ ornamental fish pond. 20 Miles north of Cooperstown between Herkimer, Albany

& Utica. $435,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683

MLS#82894 - 3 bedrm, 1 ½ bath home close to Cooperstown & Dreams Park. New baseboard heat, thermal windows, wood flrs

& new paint. Lrg deck overlooks the very private big back yard w/small stream. Lrg garage w/plenty of room for 2 cars & additional

storage space. $175,000 Call Lynn Bass @ (607) 437-2174

MLS#82252 - YEAR ROUND CANADARAGO LAKEFRONT COMPOUND. Two structures with 2 stall garages and over 300’ of shoreline. Total of 7 bdrms, 4 ba. Priced below assessed value.

$235,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

MLS#83479 - LOCATION, LOCATION. Well kept ranch home w/2bed, 2bath, hardwood flrs & full basement. Across from Basset Health Clinic & within walking distance of Richfield

Springs. Lrg attached garage w/attic storage & very lrg detached garage for boat storage, workshop etc. Beautiful

treed lot. $102,500 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

MLS#80194 - BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME on 6 scenic acres on hilltop overlooking Canadarago Lake. Fabulous views. $120,000

Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

MLS#82273 - Beautiful views of the valley below and adjacent ponds with abundant wildlife. Very close to Oneonta with well and septic on property. $24,500 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#82653 - In the country, 3 bedroom , 1 bath home on 1.36 acres. 1yr new appliances. Range, Refrigerator, Dishwasher,

Microwave, Washer/Dryer. New paint, new carpet. Top this off with a new septic system. Can be all yours for only $58,000 Call

Frank 607-435-1389

MLS#81873 - INCOME PROPERTY. Stately 4 unit home situated on 3+ acres of beautiful grounds on US Hwy 20 in the town of Warren, an easy commute to Cooperstown & the Mohawk Valley. Currently

produces over $20,000 income per year. Includes 900 sq ft workshop w/200 amp service. Endless opportunities. $215,000

Call Rod & Barb 315-520-6512

MLS#83291 - AFFORDABLE YEAR ROUND HOME on Canadarago Lake with 50’ frontage and 36’ dock. Over 1/4 level acres of lawns with

unobstructed views. Lrg garage, 3 bdrm, sunrm & lakeside patio. Very well maintained. $174,500 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

new LiStinG - MLS#83568 - Handyman special. Could be the perfect little Colonial. All on 4 acres in a quaint little town. Only 18

miles to Cooperstown. $55,000 Call Bobbie @ (518) 265-0645

MLS#82197 - Beautiful country setting for relaxed living. Owner fianacing available, close to Stamford and near Oneonta.

Reduced $74,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#83080 - LAKESIDE LIVING WITHOUT THE TAXES. 3.5 acre lot with Canadarago Lake views and privileges. Private access

& dock for you and neighbors. $79,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

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New to the market Cooperstown central Village 3 unit property on 1.1 acres bordering the river. Building in very good

condition throughout. Excellent income, new roof and furnace, apartments in good condition. Constantly rented. Walk to everything. Excellent investment property or live in one

and rent 2 units to pay mortgage. MLS # 83700. $279,000.

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TASTEFULLY RENOVATED 5-BR home, separate apt. for in-laws or rentals, beautiful kitchen w/center island, 4 baths. Currently used as Dreams Park rental. $210,000 #83028

NICE TWO-FAMILY HOME could be owner occupied or buy as an investment. Newer roof and furnaces. Separate utilities. Close to hospital, downtown, parks and school. $119,900 #83618

Executive Contemporary Home!

Stunning light filled rooms. Master bedroom suite with new

bath (steam shower) Radiant heat. 2 woodstoves. Newly finished

lower level with family room, guest room/office, travertine-tiled including

full bath. 4.86 private acres with pond, woods, quiet location. Oneonta

Schools, minutes to center city, close to colleges.

$325,000 MLS# 83576

This charming 1886 Victorian three story home is centrally located, in the Cooperstown village, on a tree lined

street. Convenient to the Leatherstock-ing golf course, the Otesaga

Hotel and all village locations. The house is set back from the street with

a large front and rear yard. There are lovely ash, cherry and pine wood floors throughout the house. The large

wrap around porch is perfect for dining, entertaining or for relaxing.

A 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. There is also a breakfast room. The second floor has four spacious

bedrooms with three full baths; a third floor with two bedrooms and a bath

with a view of Lake Otsego. Many charming original details are integrated into the house to create a feeling of welcome and comfort. All the mechanics have

been updated and the property has been well maintained. Since 1993 the property has operated as a very successful B&B. A large detached barn provides

ample storage space. A family home…B& B… the possibilities are endless!

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Selective Home Improvements Pay OffBefore you put a “For Sale” sign in your yard, look at your home with the critical eye of buyer. It could help you get a

better selling price and a faster sale.The key to making your home more marketable is to put your buyer’s hat on and take an inspection tour inside and out. If it has been a while since you bought or sold a home, a Real Estate agent can remind

you how buyers look at homes. They can point out what could cause the buyers to look elsewhere. Selective improvements to eliminate those problems can make your home more attractive to buyers and give you the edge over the competition.This processing of “merchandising” your home before you

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