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Volume 6, No. 18

City of The Hills

By JIM KEVLIN

The Bank of Cooperstown closed the deal Monday, Jan. 20, on two lots a that will be home to the 5-

year-old institution’s first branch.Announcing the news a couple of

hours later, Bank President Scott White said work – in the form of asbestos remediation on two buildings that will be razed – had already begun.

All approvals – from the state Department of Financial Services and FDIC, as well as zoning and planning

approvals from City Hall (“It was very nice that that went quickly”) – are in hand, he said.

In the weeks ahead, 34 and 36 Main street, homes across from River Street that had been broken into apartments and shops, will be demolished. White said he hopes to cut the ribbon on the new building by mid-July.

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By LIBBY CUDMORE

When Oneonta Little League President Bill Erario went into Town Square Me-dia for a radiothon at 8 a.m. Monday

morning, Jan. 20, he was feeling devastated from the arson and vandalism that had destroyed the third-base dugout and left vulgar graffiti all over the concession stand.

But by 10 a.m., Erario couldn’t stop smiling. “In two hours, we raised over $10,077, and more is still coming in,” he said. “The horror of Sat-urday night has been replaced by joy for all the good the community has done.”

At 7:20 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, City Police Lt.

Douglas Brenner got a report of a fire at the Doc Knapp Little League field. By the time police and fire crews arrived, the dugout was complete-ly engulfed. “We believe it was intentional,” he said. “There’s no ignition source, no electricity,

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Bank of Coopers-

town Presi-dent Scott

White holds up an art-

ist’s render-ing of the Oneonta branch,

designed to echo the

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oneontans♥little leagueVandalism At Doc Knapp Field Spurs Outpouring Of Support

Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTALittle League President Bill Erario exam-ines a charred softball pulled from the wreckage.

REMEMBERING THE KINGCuomo Fundsneahwa park’snew entranceSurprise State Grant First StepIn Implementing Master Plan

With cooperation from the parents, the OPD announced Tuesday, Jan. 21, it has identified three suspects under age 16

in the vandalisms. The investigation is ongoing, police said. For continuing updates, check

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By LIBBY CUDMORE

Keeping with the ever-improving looks of downtown Oneonta, the James Georgeson Avenue entrance to

Neahwa Park is due for its own facelift. “When people come

from downtown to a ballgame in Damaschke Field, we want to give them a professional image in a welcoming community,” said City Manager Mike Long.

In recent days, Gov. Andrew Cuomo an-nounced $227,692 for that purpose, part of $67

million distributed statewide for bicycle, pedestrian and multi-use paths.

Long, along with Jeff House, Housing Re-habilitation specialist, applied for a grant

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Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAPreston Withington, Oneonta, works at NOT toppling his tower dur-ing the opening day at The OWL’s Nest Chil-dren Museum Saturday, Jan. 18, in the former Palace Cigar/MORE PHO-TOS, A7

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Otsego County’s Republican senator expressed general

agreement with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pro-posed state budget, unveiled Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the state Capitol.

In particular, Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, agreed the surplus should be re-turned as property-tax relief and business tax cuts, and supported creation of a com-mission to review how the Common Core curriculum is being implemented.

He also shared optimism that the budget will again be delivered on time.

DEAN RECRUITED: Susan Turell, SUNY Oneon-ta’s new dean of the School of Social Science, joins the city Commission on Com-munity Relations & Human Rights when it meets Feb. 4.

GIBSON ENDORSED: The Otsego County Repub-lican Committee, meeting Saturday, Jan. 18, in Milford, endorsed Congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, for reelection this fall.

YOU CAN APPLY: City Hall reminds seniors they have until March 1 to apply for STAR exemptions on property taxes. For details, call the hotline before the end of January at (518) 457-2016.

Seward In SyncWith GovernorOn Budget Plan

Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTADrummer Sadiq Abdushahid, above, leads the crowd in an African chant at the double-com-memoration of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela Sunday, Jan. 19, at First United Method-ist Church. At left, Reginald Brunson delivers King’s “I Have A Dream” speech; in front row are Mayor Miller, Assistant AG Roberto Barbosa. The Oneonta chapter, NAACP, sponsored the event.

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Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAThe newly privatized Destination Marketing Corp. for Otsego County board met for the first time Friday, Jan. 27, at The Otesaga. Surrounding Otesaga General Manager Jim Miles, who chairs the new entity, are, from left, Executive Director Deb Taylor, Board Member Bob Holt, Best Western; Vice President Bill Michaels, Fly Creek Cider Mill; Secretary Carol Blazina, Foothills Performing Arts Center; Treasurer Ken Meifert, National Baseball Hall of Fame, and Board Member Pat Szarpa, Cooperstown Chamber. Other board members are Barbara Ann Heegan, Otsego Chamber, and Paul Lawrence, Courtyard by Marriott. County Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, will appoint a final member to represent the county. The board replaces the county Tourism Office.

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The club has asked Tony Mon-gillo, “The Picasso of Oneonta’s Sixth Ward,” to display some of his railroad-themed artwork.

Bruno Scavo, banquet committee chair, emphasized the important link between Joe & Mary’s Restaurant and Sixth Ward life. “If the walls

of this restaurant could talk!” he declared. Other committee members are Tom Speranzi, Jr. and Al Colone.

Again, the banquet will feature such Joe & Mary favorites as sliced beef and ham with gravies, and Pol-ish-style “pigs in the blanket.”

$30 per person includes dinner, dessert, beer and wine, tax and tip, catered by Jeremy Saunders’ XOF Catering.

The 88 tickets go on sale Monday, Feb. 3, and will be sold first come, first serve.

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Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTASteve Kent reads a letter from Oneonta Town Board Member Andrew Stammel, who could not be present, expressing support for the proposed town Comprehensive Master Plan, which went before a public hearing Thurs-day, Jan. 16. Seated behind him are mem-bers of the planning committee, from left, chairman Bob Harlem, Maria McMullen, Carol Blazina, Bob Wood and Virginia Lee.

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1. Contest open to children 12 and under.

2. Prizes awarded to the top three in each of the fol-lowing age groups: 0-3, 4-7 and 8-12.

3. One entry allowed per person.

4. All entries must be submitted by noon on Sunday, Feb. 9. Winners will be announced at the Carnival Closer at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10 at Cooperstown Back Alley Grille.

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3. WHEN:Clues about the location will be published by the Freeman’s Journal for three weeks prior to Winter Carnival.a. When the medallion is found, the finder must immediately return it to the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Commitee, by calling 315-272-5023b. The winner will be required to execute and return a CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY and GENERAL RELEASE FORM within 14 days of notification. If winner is under the age of 18, the Certificate must be signed by his or her parent or guardian. Non-compliance may result in disqualification.c. If medallion is not found by the Carnival Closer at the end of the Winter Carnival, the prize money will be donated to a local charity (decided by Winter Carnival Committee)

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1. WHERE:Medallion will only be hidden on Village Public Property.a. Medallion will NOT be hidden on private property.b. Medallion will NOT be hidden on Doubleday Field.c. Medallion will NOT be hidden in any construction sites.**No Village property will be dug up or destroyed during the Medallion Hunt.

2. WHO:Anyone can participate in the Medallion Hunt, EXCEPT:a. Immediate family members of the Winter Carnival Committee are INELIGIBLE to win the Medallion Hunt prize.b. All constants under the age of 18 must have permission of a parent or guardian to participate in the hunt.c. All contestants agree that the Freeman’s Journal and the Cooperstown Winter Carni-val Committee, their advertisers and agents, and the Village of Cooperstown and town of Otsego will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by contestants of any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting in whole, of in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in this contests.

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HOMETOWN ONEONTAAmy Marron, Mount Upton, helps her daughter, Mackenzie Marron, 5, add top-pings to their frozen yogurt at sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yo-gurt’s grand opening in Southside Mall.

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The place was packed.It was Friday, Jan.

17, and sweetFrog Frozen Premium Yogurt had seven “VIPs” with 10 guests each in their new outlet in the parking lot of Southside Mall.

As an opening promotion, the Richmond, Va.-based company did a Facebook-based promotion, picking seven local people who had “friended” them there, according to store manager Hannah Bowen.

Each of the seven were then invited to bring 10 friends to the opening. Thus the excited crowd, which was also served pizza and entertained by sweetFrog mascots.

Four Oneonta students were named to the Hartwick College

Dean’s List for the Fall 2013 term.

• Aaron Griffing, ‘14, son of David and Rebecca Griff-ing, majoring in biology

• Sawyer Macdonald, ‘15, son of Duncan and Laurel Macdonald, majoring in business administration and economics.

•Emily Weite, ‘17, daugh-ter of Daniel and Lisa Weite, majoring in music education.

• Katherine Seeley, ‘14, majoring in nursing.

4 Oneontans WinHartwick Honors

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HOMETOWN ViewsFRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2014

EDITORIAL

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Fracking is dead in Otsego County. Long live anti-fracking!

That was the mixed message that came out of the debate-changing “Shale Gas Potential in New York: Limited Production Doesn’t Preclude Possible Nega-tive Impacts,” Friday, Jan. 17, at Foothills.

The fracking-is-dead part was completely convincing.

• Chip Northrup, the Dallas oil-man who has a summer place in Cooperstown, contrasted “DEC” with “reality” in his Power Point. The state predicted 42,126 wells and 53,969 jobs; it now looks like fracking could, at best, produce 1,409 wells and 3,100 jobs, most-ly just west of Binghamton. “If you use the wrong premise – as DEC did – that’s how you come up with the wrong numbers,” Northrup said.

• Brian Brock, Franklin, a geologist, showed how formations underneath Otsego and Delaware counties won’t yield significant natural gas.

• Retired engineer Jerry Acton, from Berkshire, Tioga County, showed how extensive data on drilling in Pennsylvania indicates the farther away from the “sweet spot” in Northeast Pennsylvania, the less gas. He further tied it to the depth and width of the Marcel-

lus formation. He then overlay the data on New York State, showing how only that strip along the Pennsylvania border promises

to yield profitable levels of natural gas.

• Lou Allstadt, Cooperstown, the retired Mobil executive

president, administered the coup de grace, detailing how every company, from the majors to now-bankrupt Gastem, pulled out

of New York’s Marcellus field generally, and Otsego County in particular. “There isn’t much gas in New York that’s worth chas-ing,” he said.

Just as some of the folks who sat through the 2½-hour presenta-tion must have been feeling relief to be able to close the door on fears of fracking, Allstadt incon-gruously declared, “We really need a statewide ban.” The crowd broke into applause.

Even with fracking limited to Pennsylvania, impacts are still possible here, Allstadt continued. Inhaling dust from sand and silica stockpiles. Fracking “brine” used to control dust on Upstate roads. Disposal wells. Leaking pipes.

The Foothills presentation, debuted at Cornell on Oct. 30, will be rolled out again Tuesday, March 4, before the state Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee, with the idea of moving a statewide fracking ban forward.

If folks have the time and mo-tivation to pursue this, fine. But if there’s no Dodo in New York State, why ban Dodos? If there’s insufficient gas to frack, why ban fracking? (Certainly, regulations should be put in place to protect Upstate from brine and other negative impacts.)

Let’s refocus our energies.

As it happened, two days before, Bruce Seifer, Burlington, Vt.’s long-

time economic developer, offered plentiful outlets for anyone with excess energies in a similarly well-attended lecture in venerable Courtroom #1 in the Cooperstown courthouse, “Sustainable Commu-nities: Creating a Durable Local Economy.”

Entering Burlington’s City Hall four decades ago when now-U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders was the so-cialist mayor, Seifer was involved in strategic planning on how to improve the lives of “working people, the elderly and the poor.”

Curiously, that resulted in a better city for everyone. Today, Burlington’s median household income, $43,000, is 22 percent

higher than the City of Oneonta’s $36,000.

A sustainable city included some regulation: For instance, when multi-unit housing changes hands, new owners have a year to implement energy efficiencies. Seifer said that’s saved city dwell-ers $20 million over the years.

What was interesting, though, is that much of “sustainable” devel-opment is very similar to regular development: It’s people coming together to identify and imple-ment good ideas. City Hall had a muscular rotating loan fund. And job training to meet new employ-ers’ needs was embraced.

The “Sanderistas” also deter-mined to create a complete com-munity, walkable, with a range of housing, jobs and amenities for

all incomes. When the downtown supermarket moved away, City Hall commissioned a market sur-vey – essential to any undertaking, Seifer said – that resulted in a co-op that grew into the full-service

City Market, the largest entity of its kinds in the country.

Redeveloping the former rail-yards on the waterfront – the view across Lake Champlain includes 72 Adirondack peaks – created housing for hundreds. A nearby pot-holed industrial area was redeveloped.

Create synergies, and things happen. At the 1997 South End Art Hop, which brings tens of thousands to the city, then-Mayor Peter Clavelle, Sanders’ succes-sor, ran into Mark Bonfligi; they met and hit it off, and City Hall helped Bonfligi develop Dealer.com, which does websites for auto dealers nationally, grow to employ many hundreds.

These ideas and many more are contained in Seifer’s new book,

“Sustainable Communities”; order it through The Green Toad. The City of Oneonta is showing some of this same suppleness; only Bur-lington is decades ahead.

•What was impressive is that

both these gatherings – in the courthouse on Wednesday and Foothills on Friday – drew more than 150 people on snowy nights to contemplate issues of commu-nity betterment. That’s commu-nity muscle. People care.

It’s great news that fracking can’t happen here. Kudos to All-stadt, Northrup, Acton and Brock. But Burlington can happen here.

Let’s cash in the No-Frack-ing Dividend, and refocus those energies on creating a better local world.

Allstadt, Northrup Dampen Urgency Of Anti-Fracking...

...So Let’s Invest ‘No-Fracking Dividend’ In Wider Good

Bruce Seifer tells a nearly filled Courtroom #1 how Bur-lington, Vt., became “one of the most viable cities in the U.S.”

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalPreparing to field questions in Foothills’ main theater after their presentation exploring fracking’s limits in New York State are, from right, Lou Allstadt, Chip Northrup, Jerry Ac-ton and Brian Brock. Emceeing at left is Tony Ingraffea, the Cornell engineering professor who has been arguing that leakage makes methane a worse greenhouse gas than smoke from coal.

LETTERS

Reasoning Species Must Be Able To Do BetterTo the Editor:

Over population is one of the greatest problems humanity will have to face. The scale of justice is just that, “ on scale.” Weights being place on the right are: Life is the greatest gift from our father and mother who art on earth. All that we are is from their gift. To ensure that life procreates the sexual drive instilled in our DNA is powerful. Humans are not alone. All species

have been given the need to procreate.

We must learn from other species in order to know our place. Weights be-ing placed on the left are: When any species over pro-creates there is an eventual backlash. This backlash comes in many forms, the most resounding is food supply.

The next backlash is liv-ing space. Another is the destruction of the environ-

ment. When exceeding the limits of sustainability, the quality of life erodes.

Example are everywhere: Over grazing producing deserts. Over fishing destroying fishing stocks. Over harvesting resulting in the destruction of our rain forests.

One country that has taken unprecedented action is China. I applaud their purpose, perhaps not so much their method. The U.S. Congress has respond-ed with unkind statements. I will be clear as can possible be stated, “If you are standing on lands your ancestors stole from other peoples because there was an overpopulating of your ancestral homeland, what right do you have to tell China what to do?”

To rely on war and dis-ease to curb overpopulation is totally unacceptable for a reasoning species. We must take responsible, knowl-edgeable, and assertive action to maintain a state of prolonged sustainability.

GERRY WELCHCooperstown

ALBANY

I am thinking of trying to FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) Gov.

Andrew Cuomo’s third-grade report card to see if his teacher wrote, “Andrew needs to learn how to play well with others.”

Don’t get me wrong. If Cuomo the Younger wants you to like him, you will. In the occasional conversations I’ve had with him, that has been the case. Why, then, does he seem to be having so much trouble getting along with the other con-stitutional officers in New York?

It seems unlikely that they would pick fights with him – they know better than that. Rather, it would appear the strong-willed Cuomo is the one picking the fights. If you listen to the scuttlebutt, he and Speaker Shelly Silver don’t get along, he and the excellent Attorney General Eric Schneiderman don’t get along and he and the first-

rate State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli don’t get along.

I often say that Freud was right – our character is set permanently very early in life. If Andrew Cuomo didn’t want to share his toys with others when he was a kid, it is likely that in adulthood he might not play nicely with the speaker, the comptroller and the attorney general.

Take the case of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. The Albany insiders seem to believe that the two guys don’t get along. We don’t

know what that’s all about. Maybe Andrew is looking over his shoulder at the AG who has the very job that he once had.

With some regularity, the attorney general eventually gets to be governor, as in the case of both Eliot Spitzer and Cuomo. Schneider-man recently scored a very impressive victory against JPMorgan Chase and got them to pony up $613 million to settle the litiga-tion. We are told that in the agreement, Schneiderman would get to decide where the money was to be spent.

Cuomo didn’t like that, of course, and said that the money should go to the state’s general fund. The New York Times quoted a Schneiderman flack as say-ing, “We’ll stack Attorney General Schneiderman’s track record against any of his predecessors’ any day.” Cuomo has suggested that Schneiderman wears eye-liner. Talk about the play-

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Why Can’t Governor Play Nice?

Why isn’t Andrew get-ting along with Eric, Tom or Shelly?

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Compiled by Tom HeiTz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2014

HOMETOWN History10 Years ago

January 2004

125 Years agoThe Huntington estate has been divided into 13

building lots. Fronting on Chestnut street are 5 lots. No. 1 is 150 x 45 feet. Numbers 2, 3 and 4 are 115 x 33 feet, and number 5, corner of Chestnut and Church, is 115 on Church and 45 on Chestnut. Front-ing on Church street are three lots, numbers 6, 7 and 8, 36 x 172 feet. Fronting on High Street are five lots, numbers 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. Number 9, corner of Church and High, is 105 feet on Church and 33 feet front on High. The others are 105 x 30 feet. The phosphate factory is accumulating “raw mate-rial.” The bodies of several dead horses and other quadrupeds decorate the side hill at the rear of the buildings. “After life’s fitful fever, they will grind well.” The new bridge was thrown open to travel about 4 p.m., Tuesday, the 22nd of January. The foot tracks on each side of the bridge were not completed but it was ready for the accommodation of teams. The bridge, though not a “thing of beauty,” is evidently a solid, substantial structure and will be a powerful auxiliary in drawing our Delaware County friends to visit the coming city.

January 1889

100 Years agoraymond green, a recluse known as “green the Her-

mit,” a man about 80 years of age, was found dead in his cabin Wednesday by Clark green, a nephew who lives upon the farm on the west side of otego Creek between West oneonta and Laurens. Mr. green had fallen upon his stove and burned his face and hands quite badly, but when found he was lying on the floor. Death was found due to heart trouble. about 25 years ago, it then being supposed that he had more money than he has been credited with in recent years, his hut was visited by three masked men one night and an effort was made to obtain some of his money. He insisted that he had no money either in his possession or hidden about the place. The visitors proceeded to bind and gag him and when he persisted in his declaration that he had no money they applied hot irons to his feet and otherwise maltreated him, but to no purpose. They found 11 cents in his pockets which they carried off. No trace of the offend-ers was ever found. at the time of his death Mr. green had about $29.

January 1914

80 Years agoHabitual drunkards were not included in the list of per-

sons who are to be sterilized by edict of the Hitler govern-ment in germany. But, in stuttgart, where it is said the citizens usually drink light wine and beer, enough individu-als have been resorting to stronger liquors that the city authorities have committed seven “habitual drunkards” to “suitable institutions” for indefinite periods and have issued warnings that heavy drinking is bad for “race hygiene and national economy” and must be drastically reduced. The police there are reported as preparing a list of heavy drink-ers who are soon to be arrested and confined indefinitely in concentration camps.

January 1934

60 Years agoemphasis will be on merriment saturday night as city

organizations and volunteer performers tackle the serious business of fighting infantile paralysis. Group and indi-vidual talent will be combined in a variety show slated for 8 p.m. saturday in the state Teachers College auditorium under the direction of Dale Patton, STC coordinator of field services. Two additional cases of polio were recently report-ed in otsego County. John Black, Bugbee school principal will be master of ceremonies. Music will be furnished by the oneonta High school band directed by Carmen Caizza. The Peter Bennett trio and the Kiwanis Hillbilly Band will also participate. sTC students will present an exhibition of modern dancing under the direction of Mrs. Janet Bresee and the oneonta High school baton twirlers, coached by

Miss Frances Byard, will give an exhibition of their dexterity.

January 1954

40 Years agoThe oneonta school Board last night hired Francis

X. Doherty of Troy as the district’s first personnel di-rector. In addition to handling all personnel matters, Dr. Doherty will be the district’s chief negotiator in contract discussions. His hiring eliminates the need for outside negotiators. Last year the school district paid about $10,000 for outside negotiating help. Doherty’s exact salary has yet to be determined but is expected to about $22,000 annually. Dr. Doherty is currently serving as a consultant for the New York State Office of Educational Performance Review Board, frequently referred to as the “education inspector general.” Doherty has an undergraduate degree in finance from Siena College and a doctor of education degree in administration from the Univer-sity of Florida.

January 1974

30 Years agoJanet occhino can add the January student of the

month award to a long list of achievements at oneonta High school. Last year Janet was picked to represent her junior class at a four-week intensive governmental study seminar at Cazenovia College. The previous summer she was sent by her church on an International Teen Mission to Ireland. There, Miss occhino spent six weeks near Dublin with a group of students who worked to renovate a church mission headquarters facility. Miss occhino is a member of the Na-tional Honor society, the Thespians, and the French Club. she earned the respect of the teacher who nominated her for the student of the month award for her “old-fashioned virtues.”

January 1984

20 Years agosubduing Mara, an alternative rock band with a strong

following among high school and college crowds in its hometown of oneonta will soon embark on a 34-city concert tour. The band will be in pre-tour mode tonight at the autumn Café in an all-ages non-alcoholic concert with guest Culta Fatima. Next Thursday, subduing Mara will go with an 18-and-over show at the silver Bullet in oneonta. The shows and the tour coincide with the band’s release of “Din” the band’s album issued on cassette in November and due out today on compact disc. In 1990, subduing Mara released a tape titled “Well.”

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Let there be no mistake, this is war. The field general appointed by Cuomo is Ben Lawsky, his superintendent of financial services. He seems to be the front man managing Cuomo’s in-ternecine wars with Sch-neiderman and Comptroller DiNapoli.

DiNapoli, the diminutive but excellent state comptrol-ler, is aware that Cuomo has Lawsky looking into how the governor can gain control over the state’s huge pen-sion fund. Cuomo knows that with the power to invest money in certain places comes a lot of clout.

To be fair, he says that the way things are now, Comp-troller DiNapoli is the single decider but we are told that Cuomo wants to set up a board that, presumably, he would appoint. You’d have to be from Naivesville not to understand that such a board would be listening very care-fully to Cuomo.

There is a reason why the state comptroller is given

so much power in the State Constitution. That is to en-sure a system of checks and balances among the state-wide elected officers. From what I can see, DiNapoli is getting a lot of input from the professionals he employs to do just that.

Finally, there is Shelly Silver, perhaps the canniest politician in New York State. He’s playing it cool and be-ing very positive about Cuo-mo although we all know that there are deep divisions between the two men, like in the area of financing educa-tion. The arrest of Silver’s friend William Rapfogel, who is married to Shelly’s chief of staff, has presented some political problems for the Speaker. A lot of people are waiting to see develop-ments in that case. My bet is that Shelly goes untouched but I sure wouldn’t want to be fighting with Andrew Cuomo.

Alan Chartock is president of Northeast Public Radio,

which broadcast in the Oneonta area at 99.3 FM.

SUPPORT/From A1 so someone had to have set the fire.”

Further investigation re-vealed crass graffiti, swasti-kas and explicit illustrations. Similar scrawls appeared on the Swart-Wilcox House – Oneonta’s oldest surviving building – the Riverside El-ementary school playground and a private vehicle parked nearby. “It makes all of us angry,” said Brenner.

“It’s just horrible,” said Angela Eardley, owner of the Oneonta Stallions foot-ball team, who practice on the Booster Club fields just next door to Doc Knapp. “How dare people damage what we’re trying to build for our community?”

Three juveniles were ar-rested on Tuesday, Jan. 21, utilizing tips from the public and cooperation from the parents.

Cold weather prevented the black spray paint from drying completely, so by the time board member Joan Kollgaard arrived at 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, city crews had already cleaned it off. “I don’t enjoy cold weather, but this time, I was glad for it,” she said.

And with that anger came an outpouring of support. Munson’s Hardware and Home Depot both donated materials to rebuild the dugout and to build a dugout on the minor league fields, a project that had been on Erario’s “to-do” list.

In total, over 130 dona-tions came in during the two-hour broadcast, with more still coming in over the station’s website. “Our goal was to make Oneonta Little League stronger than it was,” said George Wells, Townsquare Media’s mar-keting manager.

And although the radio-thon was originally planned to be a “donations for dedi-cations” broadcast, the stu-dio was soon flooded with Little League players and

alumni all taking to the air to share their memories of the game. “So many people heard us on their morning drive and stopped in to say what Doc Knapp field meant to them,” said Erario. “That shows how embedded little league is in this community. It shows how much people care.”

Eardley and the Stallions will be hosting a Pizza Hut fundraiser 5-8 p.m on Thurs-day, Feb. 6, to continue to raise money for the repairs. “You can get a great pizza and hang out with the Stal-lions,” she said. “We might even do door prizes.”

Erario plans to start rebuilding when the weather warms up, and, hopefully, in time for the start of the season on Saturday, April 26. Oneonta High School’s 2012 state champions base-ball team, now in college, has pledged to come back and help build, as have the school’s varsity and junior baseball teams. “We have more people than we know what to do with!” he said.

“We’ll turn this nega-tive into a positive,” said Eardley. “This is what we do – we rally for our com-munity.”

BANK/From A1 Oneonta’s Eastman Con-

struction won the contract to erect the new structure, designed by Studio 109 Designs, an affiliate of PW Campbell Engineers of Pittsburgh, which special-izes in such projects.

“The architectural idea is to pay homage to Oneonta’s railroad history,” said White. The roof overhangs, windows and the clocktow-er echo depots of yesteryear.

The clock will be illumi-nate “24-7” as a community service, he said.

In addition to Eastman, the bank is seeking to use as many Oneonta vendors as possible on the new structure, the bank president said.

To start, three new employees are anticipated: a branch manager/new accounts officer, a new

accounts officer/teller, and a teller. White said he and Vice President Chris Amos will split each day between Cooperstown headquarters and the branch.

“It’s a natural expansion for the bank,” said White, who has been the venture’s top executive since the beginning. We have clients there and we wanted to be

able to serve them – and I think there’s an opportunity for us to grow there.”

Mike Briggs, president/CEO of USNY Bank, the local bank’s parent com-pany, said the branch is a “natural extension,” and called it “a testament to the hard work that Scott White and his bank team have done.”

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Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTASteve Erario holds up a charred base, part of the equipment destroyed in the fire at Doc Knapp Field.

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PARK/From A1from the state Department of Transportation to put in side-walks, bike paths, curbing and signage on the entrance in hopes of attracting more people to the park. “It’s as important an entrance to the park as the River Street side,” said House. “But right now, there’s no pedes-trian access, no sidewalk, and it’s a little ugly.”

In June 2013, the LA Group in Syracuse was hired to make a master plan for Neahwa and Catella parks that included a dog park, a gazebo, a splash park and new trees. “The Neahwa and Catella entrance was floated as a high priority,” said Long.

“Pedestrians are walking in the street,” said House. “We want to make sidewalks that can double as bike

paths, that are wide enough for wheelchairs and families with strollers.”

Additionally, the lack of proper curbing causes prob-lems in the park’s entrance. “Right now, the truck en-trance to the fueling station is wide open,” said House. “Trucks go in haphazardly, and when they come out, it brings them right where people are walking.”

They applied for the grant in August, and received word Monday, Jan. 20, that they were part of the $67 million dollars of funding statewide. “It’s a good proj-ect,” said Long. “I think we kept costs reasonable.”

The grant program, aimed at improving pedestrian and bicycle access as well as improving public trans-portation, awarded Oneonta 80 percent of the estimated

$284,615 project total, as part of the ongoing parks master plan. “The city bud-get, under the capital plan, has set aside the remain-ing $56,923 needed for the project,” said Long. “The money has already been al-located.”

While no date has been set yet for the start of the project, House hopes to begin taking bids by early summer and start the im-provements by fall. “It’s about the quality of life,” said Long. “We want this to be a community visitors want to do business in or come live in.”

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After four years of dipping into a $1.7 million budget sur-

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Then came the final surprise, according to Town Supervisor David Butler: The town’s annual $55,000 contribution to the state pen-sion fund was doubled this

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said the second-term su-pervisor. “We don’t have a surplus to work with.”

So when town property owners opened their tax bills in recent days, they found a surprise: a 36 percent tax increase.

The news brought two dozen residents to the town board’s monthly meeting Monday, Jan. 13, but there’s nothing that can be done:

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An indication of trouble to come arrived last Septem-ber in the state Comptrol-ler’s Office’s periodic audit, which documented how the surplus had been used up.

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HUBBELL’S REAL ESTATE

Cherry Valley Value & PriCe! (7790) Budget-loving, 3BR/2+BA Victorian Farmhouse built in 2006.

Some of the special features are Master BR w/tiled bath and walk-in closet,

Kitchen w/tiled floor and granite counter top. Formal DR w/access to

large deck, LR w/gas fireplace, Den or Office space. Second floor

laundry room. Over-sized garage.Hubbell’s Exclusive—$164,900

(7765) The perfect home for an owner occupied investment. This 5BR/5BA historic home in the heart of Cooperstown. Inviting features include remodeled

kitchens, new hardwood floors, knotty pine built-ins, hand painted murals. Large sunroom which leads to a spacious

deck surrounded by perennial gardens. All utilities are separate. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$299,000

Village Charm in a DuPlex

newer Family home(7440) Fascinating 3BR/2+BA 2004. Enticing home offering large yard,

large view deck, Gracious LR w/ gas fireplace. large family/rec room. master BR w/tiled bath and

walk-in closet. Custom kitchen w/stainless steel appliances, DR,

easy-care cement board siding, 3-car garage. 3 zone hot water heat.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$289,900

PRICED TO SELL...Affordable home close to Valleyview elementary school, playground, parks, hospital and downtown. This home features 3 bedrooms and 2 full bath’s, Hardwood floors in the living room and hardwood in the office area. Hardwood under carpet in dining room with a window seat. There is a full bath on the first floor as well as upstairs. NEW roof and NEWER furnace. Enjoy the privacy of a fenced yard and back deck for entertaining or just relax on a nice summer evening. The fenced back yard has beautiful landscaping with perennial flower gardens.

Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner

Cricket Keto, Licensed Assoc. Broker

Peter D. Clark, Consultant

Paula George, Licensed Real Estate Agent

$99,900 MLS#92640

HOMETOWN ONEONTA B-7FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2014 IN MEMORIAM

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821

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Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

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Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar,

we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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James Joseph Sampson, 99; SUNY Professor Excelled On Dance Floor, Golf CourseONEONTA – James Jo-

seph Sampson, 99, a SUNY professor who taught teach-ers in Indonesia and Brazil, passed away Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at Fox Hospital.

He was born June 19, 1914, in Everett, Mass., the son of the late John F. and Bertha M. (Randall) Samp-son.

Jim and his wife Nancy met at a dance at Bridge-water State. Part of Jim’s charm was his polish on the dance floor, and he and Nancy danced every other dance together for the rest of the night. On Aug. 13, 1942, Jim and Nancy mar-ried in Wollaston, Mass., and danced together through 68 wonderful years of mar-riage until Nancy’s death on Nov. 14, 2010.

Jim served as a Staff Sergeant in the United State Army Air Corps, where he taught celes-tial naviga-tion during World War

II.In 1938, Jim received his

Bachelor of Science degree from the State Teachers College at Salem, Mass.. He received his Masters of Education degree from State Teachers College in 1946 and his received his PhD from Teachers College at Columbia University.

In 1951, Jim and Nancy moved with their family to Oneonta, where Jim became

a member of the Educa-tion Department at SUNY Oneonta, where he helped developed the Catskill Area School Study Council and the Saturday Seminars program.

In March 1958, Jim and Nancy took the bold step of moving their family to Indo-nesia for two years to work for the Ford Foundation and the Indonesian govern-ment on improving teacher education. In 1966 another opportunity arose for the family to live in Brazil for 5 1/2 years while Jim took an assignment with the U.S. Agency for International Development.

In June 1982, Jim retired from SUNY as Chairman of the Education Department. Following his retirement, he

worked with Nancy in her business, Oneonta Travel Agency.

Jim was a member of the Oneonta Country Club for more than 50 years and was named an honorary lifetime member. He played play-ing in the member-guest tournament for 25 years and continued to golf until the age of 94.

Jim is survived by his four children, Susan Liv-ingston of Otego and her husband Royce, also of Otego, Dawn (John) Knut-son of Schenectady, Jimmy (James) A. (Madeline) Sampson of Fairmont, WV, and Letty (Ronald) Shaw of Oneonta; 10 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, his sister-in-law, Helen (Adams) Hatch; as well as

several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a

grandson, James Joseph (JJ) Sampson II, brother Walter Sampson and sister, Frances Sampson Mortimer.

A service will be held at

10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Mark Montfort officiating.

Arrangements are entrust-ed to the Bookhout Funeral Home.

James Sampson

Alice Tobey Morell, 75; Maternity Nurse Delivered Many Oneonta BabiesONEONTA – Alice Tobey

Morell, 75, a maternity nurse who helped deliver many children through the 1960s, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 at the Fox Nursing Home.

She was born August 20, 1938 in Norwich, the daugh-ter of John and Mary Tobey of Afton. Alice married Robert Morell in 1960, and the two had a son, David.

She was a graduate of the Hartwick College Nursing Program in 1960, earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and receiving her Registered Nurse (RN) license. She taught parent classes for many years, and delivered many children throughout the 1960’s.

Alice is survived by her son and his wife, David and Susan Morell, Oneonta; three grandchildren, her

twin sister and husband Irene and Ron Zablocki, Afton; her older sister Ann Tobey of Aurora, two nieces and two great nieces.

She was predeceased by

her parents and her husband.A service was held Sat-

urday, Jan. 18 at the First United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Walton-Leavitt officiating.

Burial will be in the spring at the Glenwood Cemetery in Afton.

Arrangements are entrust-ed to the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.