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Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAAll eyes were on Jeffrey Smetana, vice president, Newman Development Group, Binghamton, as he briefed a packed city Planning Commission meeting Wednesday, Jan. 16, in City Hall on a 320-student state-of-the-art housing project on Blodgett Drive, overlooking the SUNY Oneonta athletic fields. The project, which supplanted townhomes the college was planning to build, would add an estimated $15 million to the tax rolls. The next day, reporter Libby Cudmore and photographer Ian Austin toured Twin River Commons, Binghamton, the model for the local project/FOR THEIR REPORT, SEE B1

D.C. TO HERE: U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson will head-line the Catskill Regional Teacher Center’s ninth an-nual Legislative Forum on educational issues 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at Bugbee School Auditorium, State Street. Public wel-come.

FOOD, SHELTER: The United Way has received $21,300 in supplementary funds for emergency food and shelter, $14,475 for Otsego County and $6,818 for Delaware. To apply, con-tact 432-8006 or [email protected]. Applications due by Feb. 8.

VENDORS SOUGHT: The Oneonta Farmers’ Mar-ket is accepting applications from prospective vendors (within 50 miles) selling produce, cheese, specialty foods and hand-made crafts. Application forms at www.oneontafarmersmarket.com

‘Friends’ aim to Keeponeonta theatre aliveBy LIBBY CUDMORE

When Patrick LaDuke needs materials for

Dr. Annacleta Chiweshe’s “Wearable Art” fashion class at SUNY Oneonta, he can usually be found at Bruce Hall Home Center

in Cooperstown.“The plumbing sec-

tion has the best stuff,” he said, gesturing to his “Xenomorph” dress, com-plete with an elongated glowing, L-light head-dress. The tattered black silk piece was inspired by H.R. Geiger’s “Alien” in

Please See ART, B8

Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAPatrick LaDuke’s “wearable art” is on display at SUNY.

‘Wearable Art’ Sturdy Stuff

By JIM KEVLIN

In the wee hours of Sunday morning, Jan. 27, Oneonta Theatre

proprietor Tom Cormier was working alongside a skeleton crew, sweep-

ing and cleaning up after Floodwood Bluegrass Jamboree’s concert the night before.

That afternoon, Patrice Macaluso, president of the Friends of the Oneonta Theatre (FOTOT), an-

Please See FOTOT, A7

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By JIM KEVLIN

Hearing he had received the blessing of the Otsego County Demo-

cratic Executive Committee to run on that ballot line, Mayor Miller has made it public: He’s running again.

As an inde-pendent who ran on the “Collaborate for Oneonta” ticket – he then won the Democratic primary – in 2009, Miller said in his Friday, Jan. 25, announcement he would again also welcome the endorsement of city Re-publicans.

“Together we have proven that the City of Oneonta can make significant progress on many fronts in difficult times,” the mayor said. “If elected again in November this year I look forward to collaborating with the same groups, in the same spirit, for another four

Please See MILLER, A7

SUNY Oneonta stu-dent Katherine Wansor, who plays Josephine, the lead female role, rehearses for the weekend’s performance of “H.M.S. Pinafore,” which features Omri Schein, ’02, who went from Oneonta to star-dom as a character ac-tor/DETAILS, B1

Deputy Mayor Mike Lynch, radio ex-ecutive George Wells

and OFD Capt. Tim Malo-ney will be vying for votes as part of the Catskill Sym-phony Orchestra’s annual Cabaret Conductor Contest at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 3 in the SUNY Oneonta Alumni Field House.

The event is the CSO’s major fundraiser/DETAILS, B2

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Preservation architect Randy Craw-ford briefs the MSO an-nual meeting on what can be done for downtown Oneonta.

By LIBBY CUDMORE

Sometimes, all it takes is a coat of paint and an awning to remake a downtown.

Boarded-up windows re-paned with glass. Striped awnings arched out over clean sidewalks. Apartments built where empty

swimming pools once languished. Randy Crawford, architect and preserva-

tion planner with Crawford & Stearns, Syra-cuse, showed slide after slide, building after building that his company has renovated to a packed house Tuesday, Jan. 29, at MSO’s an-nual meeting at the Elks.

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WINS SCHOLARSHIP: Jonathan A. Bramsen of Oneonta, a senior majoring in electrical engineering at Clarkson University, re-ceived the Wallace H. Coul-ter Endowed Scholarship during the 2012-13 academic year.

EARNS $1,000: Dimi-trios Voultepsis, Oneonta, has received a $1,000 scholarship from SUNY Oneonta’s chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society, for the 2012-13 academic year.

ON DEAN’S LIST: Cait-lyn Syman, a professional writing major from Oneonta, has been named to Champ-lain College’s Dean’s List for the fall semester.

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Stefanie Rocknak, Hartwick College associate professor

of philosophy and director of the Cognitive Science Program, has been selected to teach a course on animat-ing facial expressions in wood at the Peters Valley Craft Center in the summer of 2013.

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Fox Hospital ERT Shauna Murphy, and RNs Michael Gilmore and Erika Thetford cuddle up with “Luke” and “Logan” bears, among 60 teddy bears donated by Kay Jewelers, South-side Mall, to emergency departments at Fox, Bassett Hospital, Tri-Town Regional Hospital in Sidney, O’Connor Hospital in Delhi and Little Falls Hospital.

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Alisia J. Kantor and Eric W. Pierce of Cooperstown were

united in marriage in a dou-ble-ring ceremony on Sat-urday, Dec. 1, 2012, at St.

Mary’s Episcopal Church in Springfield Center.

The bride is the daughter of Daniel and Lynne Shanks of Oneonta. The groom is the son of Robert and Mer-rie Pierce of West Oneonta.

The matron of honor was Kimberly Morris, friend of the bride. The maid of honor was Aryanna Kantor, daugh-ter of the bride.

The best man was Robert Pierce, father of the groom. The groomsman was Logan Kantor, son of the bride.

Father Kyle Grennen of St Mary’s officiated at the candlelight service.

Eric is the captain of the Cooperstown Emergency Medical Services. The couple live in Cooperstown.

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the “Clarks Sharks” swim team raised nearly $2,000 for Opportunities for Otsego during their annual holiday swim-a-thon on Dec. 21 at the Clarks Sport Center.

Ranging from 8 to 18, the Sharks took pledges from friends and family to donate to OFO’s homeless shelter during it’s busiest time of the year.

“Your amazing team ef-fort is an inspiration to all of us,” said Gary Herzig, OFO’s chief operations offi-cer. “Thank you very much.”

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Oneonta writer and photographer James McCue has published “Into the Woods,” a collection of nearly 200 photographs of Otsego County forests. Many of the photographs feature unusual tree growths “remi-niscent of Tolkien’s Mirkwood Forest in Middle Earth.”

HOMETOWN PeopleCOUNTY FORESTS FEATUREDOneonta Kids Make The Most of The Cold

Bundled up against the single-digit temperatures, Oneonta’s Grahm Strolin sits at his hole in the ice, middle and his Grandfather Paul Tourtellotte, right and Bob Wikoff of Lau-rens. Over 70 people braved Saturday’s chill for the DEC’s free ice fishing day at Crumhorn Mountain Boy Scout Camp.

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EDITORIAL


LETTERs

To the Editor:I must take issue with

your editorial of Jan. 24, as you can imagine my surprise when I read that I was con-sidering not endorsing cer-tain candidates for the 2013 election. I have never been asked nor stated my position in this matter and can’t help but wonder who spoke these words and ideas for me.

I hold your paper in high

regard and as such expect the highest of journalist stan-dards from your newspapers. I respectfully request that the next time you write about my views – on any subject – you ask me about them directly rather than relying on hearsay.

BETH ROSENTHALRoseboom

County RepresentativeDistrict 7

Ask Me What I Think

Underfunding DEC SlowsUpstate Business, Tourism

To the Editor:What is the relationship

between Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget and your desire to protect New York’s environment? And the eco-nomic potential of tourism to Upstate? And the value you get back from your hunting or fishing license? And his claim that New York is once again business friendly?

Each of those things is im-pacted by his proposal to cut $58 million from the DEC’s budget. And it doesn’t stop there. You see there are un-intended consequences from banning firearms.

It is a little known fact that New York’s “Conser-vation Fund” – the money that funds the state’s fish and wildlife management and protection programs – consists of money from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses and money that comes from a federal excise tax on firearms and ammuni-

tion and on fishing tackle. That excise tax is col-

lected at the point of manu-facture and then doled out, under a program known as “federal aid,” by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to the states based upon their population and number of licensed sportsmen and women.

New York has received hundreds of millions of dollars since the program’s inception in the 1930s and most of that money comes from firearms and am-munition that isn’t used for hunting but rather for recreational shooting. Right now there is about $30 mil-lion of federal aid money in the Conservation Fund that the Budget Office won’t al-low the DEC to spend. It is being set aside to create the appearance that the deficit is less than it actually is and doing that violates the rules.

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An item from 125 years ago in last week’s Home-

town History column in our Hometown Oneonta newspaper – its counter-part, Bound Volumes, is published in The Freeman’s Journal – included language that was, frankly, upsetting.

That several readers called to object underscores the power of language to wound, even across more than a century.

These columns are compiled with the opposite intent: Not to hurt feel-ings, but to raise sensitivity and, thereby, to discourage groundless slurs that are still too commonly heard today.

•Yes, words from 1888

still have power. And that’s news we can use today.

Coincidental to the Hometown History citation, the Cooperstown Central school board announced it is revisiting its sports teams’ nickname, “Redskins,” with the goal of replacing it, per-haps as soon as March.

“Recently,” school board chair David Borgstrom

said in remarks to the CCS Student Council, “several students came forward to relate specific conversations with people unfamiliar with our school when the issue of the school mascot nickname came up. They felt uncom-fortable about the issue.

“I am convinced the time has come to make a change,” he continued. “We cannot continue on a path of recognizing the impor-tance of diversity education and cultural sensitivity and continue to be called the ‘Redskins’.”

Borgstrom asked the Stu-dent Council to discuss the matter with fellow students and to propose a new nick-name. He invited public input at the school board’s next meeting, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, in the high school cafeteria.

We take it a step further. Generations of CCS grads and the community at large have a stake in a moniker that reflects well on the community, that elevates it, if you will. The school board, reachable at [email protected], no

doubt would welcome any and all prudent suggestions, in addition to the Student Council’s counsel.

The school board recog-nizes that it has the author-ity and responsibility to make the final choice, Borg-strom said. And so it does.

•The matter at hand – with

both the Hometown History

item and the CCS nickname – is to not extend stereo-types, particularly hurtful ones. The ferment on “Red-skins” dates back to 1960s’ efforts to promote cross-cultural understanding. The Stanford Indians became the Stanford Cardinals. Closer to home, the Colgate Red Raiders became the Colgate Maroons.

In all this, there is no unanimity of opinion and, it seems, no current data.

According to poll re-sults in Sports Illustrated in 2002: “Although most Native American activists and tribal leaders consider Indian team names and mascots offensive, neither Native Americans in general nor a cross section of U.S. sports fans agree. According to the article, There is a near total disconnect between Indian activists and the Na-tive American population on this issue.”

A 2004 poll by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center found 91 percent of Native Americans found the name “Redskins” accept-able. But, lately, www.uni-

watch.com – it’s a site that dissects particulars of sports uniforms – polled visitors (unscientifically) and found names like “Braves” and “Indians” are more accept-able than “Redskins.”

Lacking unanimity, and given some hurt feelings, there’s no reason to slavish-ly stick with the status quo. (How has “The Fighting Irish” avoided this?)

•It’s unclear how long

Cooperstown athletes have been “Redskins.” There is some thinking that the name was picked in honor of “Red” Bursey, legendary coach and athletic director from 1920 to 1981. But Cooperstown Village His-torian Hugh MacDougall doubts that.

A veteran of the 2001 wars over the name, Mac-Dougall observes sensibly that, since “Redskins” is offensive to some, “there seems to be no particular reason for using it to refer to a team.” Pick an animal, he suggested; that won’t offend anyone. (Attention: Yellow-jackets is taken.)

That’s really the point. Why choose a rallying point that isn’t universally em-braced? The CCS teams, in the pre-Title-XI days, were “Bursey’s Men.” We wouldn’t call the girls basketball team “Bursey’s Men.” Things change, and there no sin in adapting.

•In this space, we can only

make suggestions to our (lo-cal) world at large. Inside Iron String Press, we can act. And we will in such matters as the 1888 item that appeared last week.

Let’s stipulate that ethnic and racial slurs are part of our history – of everyone’s history – but let’s save our firepower for current manifestations. Let’s start with this: The “Redskins” moniker is passe; let it fade away.

Better still, let’s replace it with something inspiration-al. We would suggest to the CCS Student Council: What are the student body’s high-est aspirations? Determine that, and pick a mascot that captures them and rallies all of us behind it.

The CCs logo is based on “The Indian Hunter” statue in Lakefront Park, the replica of a statue in Central Park based on a Plains In-dian, like none around here, according to Village Historian Hugh MacDougall.

Language Is Powerful. Let’s Use It, Not To Offend, But To Inspire

Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAClaudine stafford, Morris, who turned 100 years old on 12/12/12, was among 30 nursing-home residents pro-testing Friday, Oct. 26, against Otsego Manor’s possible closure.

JOHN KOsMEROTHER VOICES

Editor’s Note: County Represen-tative Kosmer is a member of The Otsego Manor Committee.

Privatizing Otsego Manor may not be the only path to saving it.

This document represents my per-sonal approach to an alternative path laid out here as a framework. It is the intersection where our caring meets our wallets. It is not easy, inexpensive or completely fleshed out. But the county Board of Representatives has declared it is open to hearing out any solution, so here is one where correct sequencing is critical.

That sequencing is conditional. If, and only if, something happens in one phase do we move to the next phase. If one phase fails to happen, the framework dies on the vine and we continue exploring privatization that is currently in progress. The timetable for this framework is driven by the close of the 2013 state legislative ses-sion in June.

•First, a CSEA contract must be re-

negotiated to bring personnel costs in line with other facilities in the region which is the driver of regional Medic-aid reimbursement standards.

The contract must be renegotiated within 30 days after the county Nego-tiations Committee notifies the CSEA. Otsego County needs a minimum of $1.6 million to $3.8 million in con-sensus reductions. We would pro-vide about $1.6 million in additional revenue through an Otsego County voter supported .25-percent sales tax increase from 8 to 8.25 percent. It would leave us with the traditional $3.2 million subsidy the county has provided since 2006. Those actions will preserve county ownership of The Manor to assure quality care at our crown jewel healthcare facility that cost $33 million to build.

•If, and only if, a CSEA contract is

renegotiated, public support must be gauged.

Unfortunately, in New York State there is no mechanism to place the question on election ballots. Using secure online polling technology software on the “Saving The Manor” section of the Otsego County website, we should post the final version of this framework proposal and a version of the choice:

YES, (in accordance with the numbers outlined above.)

NO. I support privatizing The

Manor to preserve it as an elder care facility with Otsego County annually providing the approximate and vary-ing $1.6 million in legacy costs over the next 10 years.

A phone number may also be used to call in your answer, as well as snail mail. “Yes” and “No” respondents taking the poll should provide their name, address and either Otsego County District or County Represen-tative. The poll lasts 31 days. If, and only if, clear public support is demon-strated by this poll, do we then turn to the CSEA.

•If, and only if, public support is

demonstrated, do we next turn to Albany. No sales-tax increase bill has been able to be introduced in Albany in the last five years, according to the state Association of Counties. It would take an introduction of that bill by state Sen. Jim Seward and Assemblyman Bill Magee to show Albany there is support from both our residents and the CSEA to keep The Manor by increasing the sales tax .25 percent. Turning to our state represen-tatives on March 3 would give them until the end of the 2013 session in June to get the bills through Albany.

If approved, sales-tax revenue is in-creased about $1.6 million. That high amount of increased sales-tax revenue

is due, in large part, to our robust tourism, retail complex in Southside Oneonta that draws from a 40-mile ra-dius and our two college populations. Those sectors have also helped keep Otsego County’s unemployment rate down to 7.2 percent this year.

In 2012, we are looking at about a $3.3 million Manor deficit, projected to go to about $5.6 million in 2013. In 2013, assuming a minimum savings of about $1.6 million with consensus reductions, we go down to a $4 mil-lion deficit. Adding about $1.6 million in revenue with a .25-percent sales tax, we go down to about a $2.4 mil-lion deficit.

We would be paying legacy costs of about $2 million a year anyway for about five years, then diminishing over time, even if we sold the Manor. So a subsidy of about $2.4 million instead of a $2 million legacy cost is doable.

And this can be done while staying under the 2 percent cap and maintain-ing the 16.7 percent Otsego County preferred general fund reserve, rather than reducing it to the state Comptrol-ler’s approved 15 percent. Unfortu-nately, in 2013 we actually only see about half of that sales tax increase (about $800,000) because the increase will only go into effect after it is passed in Albany. So the first year, the subsidy cost increases to about $3.2 million or about $1.2 million more than the estimated legacy costs.

•Of course this conversation is much

more complex and intertwined. There is a temporary rise in Manor fringe/re-tirement costs that will diminish as we move through time.

There is the change in eldercare coming that will assist people to stay in their homes and change eldercare facilities like The Manor into basi-cally intensive-care facilities.

There is the longer-term Town of Oneonta’s initiative to bring munici-pal water to Southside Oneonta that will facilitate documented demand for more commercial and retail space. That water project will build out our commercial and retail complex there increasing commerce, creating more jobs and increasing our sales tax rev-enue further. But no concept is born full blown and nothing worthwhile is ever easy. Beginning to go down this path depends on political will which, in turn, should reflect the will of the people expressed in approval in a poll and the media attention and conversa-tion it generates.

A Path To Save The Manor

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125 Years agoThe Local News – The directors of the Delaware &

Hudson Company had a gorgeous car made for their own use, at a cost of $25,000. It was heated by a new system, which was intended to supersede the pres-ent method. The car stood saturday forenoon near the green Island shops and William Burt of albany was in charge. He raked up the fire to get a higher temperature in the car, when an explosion occurred, entirely wreck-ing the car and inflicting probably fatal injuries on Burt, who was conveyed to the hospital. It is believed that the explosion was due to the freezing of a pipe connected with the heater drum. February 1888

100 Years agoMuch rainy weather has been encountered by the

force of engineers, who under J.a. small as fore-man, have been engaged in making a survey for the proposed improved highway from Morris to oneonta, connecting with the present oneonta-otego highway at the Junction corner at oneonta Plains. The route, it is understood, follows the stage route with few departures from the present highway. The distance covered by the survey is 12.7 miles which is understood to cover the distance in the village of Morris to connect with the Morris-gilbertsville roads. The road will be expensive to construct, the drainage of the road being a costly feature. It is also not located in proximity to a railroad which will increase the cost of the construction.

February 1913

80 Years agoProfessor Lewis H. Whitehead told members of the

oneonta rotary Club that this country is today in a much better position to enjoy normally prosperous times than at any time in its history. Mr. Whitehead is head of the statisti-cal and advisory service of Benjamin Baker and company of syracuse. Mr. Whitehead said he had no intention of charting the future of business or investment fields, but would briefly discuss the question of when national prosperity could return, depending on what is meant by prosperity. “If you have in mind the years 1926 to 1929, I would say they may be expected only after a great war. If you mean the days from 1923 to 1926, I would say they should return about 1945. I am not a chronic pessimist, but I am conservative and I feel we must have prosperity throughout the world and new international contacts. It takes a long while for a nation to get back on its feet after dissipating its resources for a period of 10 years. I use a chart of security prices dating to 1833. It is noticeable that the period of recovery from a period of

depression is longer than the period of decline. In May of this year our current depression will be four years old, and on past experiences the period of recovery would be from seven to eight years. I feel it may be 10 to 12 years before business again reaches levels of 1923 to 1926.”

February 1933

60 Years agooneonta’s housing situation is still critical ten years after

the war boom began. The demand for rental units is still high and the supply low. Yesterday, President Dwight D. eisenhower forecast the end of federal rent controls except in acute defense areas. at about the time the President was speaking, the City of oneonta was posting a “not-for-rent” sign on an old house it plans to raze for an addition to the municipal parking lot. Posting of the sign was necessitated by a large number of callers who wished to rent the unoc-cupied half of the two-family house at 38-40 Dietz street. Good apartments are scarce, but you can find less desirable ones. It is no trick to find a three-room apartment suitable for two persons, but if you want two bedrooms, you’ll run into difficulty. The rent control law is responsible for much of the shortage. one landlord with four apartments of six rooms each was getting $19 a month per unit. He spent

$6,000 to $7,000 to cut up the house into eight apartments. His rentals per unit now run from $33 to $58 a month. some six and seven-room apart-

ments are still frozen under $20 because landlords can’t get the capital to convert them into “arm chair” units.

February 1953

30 Years agoDr. John g. New, who died unexpectedly this

week at age 56, made strong and lasting contribu-tions to the well-being of not only the oneonta area, but also the entire state. He was the father of environmental awareness in our area. More than any other single individual, Dr. New helped make the people of otsego and Delaware counties aware of how their actions, or inactions, affect the envi-ronment. He wasn’t afraid to champion unpopular causes, nor was he afraid to stand alone in the forefront of an issue. He had string opinions and little inclination for compromise or delay. He drew opposition but even his most vigorous opponents respected his dedication and his seemingly endless capacity for work and research. His name came to be synonymous, locally, with concern for the environment.

February 1983 20 Years ago

Local gays and lesbians heralded the New York state Assembly’s passage of a gay rights bill as a major step for-ward, but said many hurdles remain. “I was in the assembly gallery when it passed and it was really an exhilarating experience,” said Cathryn James, a founding member of oneonta’s Lesbian & gay Concerns Network. adopted by a 90 to 50 vote, the bill bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, housing, public accom-modations and education. To become law, it must also pass the republican-controlled senate. religious organizations are exempt and marital laws are unaffected.

February 1993

10 Years agoarea weather records list the month of January 2002 as

the third warmest on record while January 2003 will likely go down in the books as one of the five coldest Januarys in the past 30 years according to the National Weather service in Binghamton. The average temperature for this January is 15.5 degrees Fahrenheit. only Januarys in 1977, 1981, 1982 and 1994 were colder.

February 2003

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of serving as your DEC commissioner under Gov. Pataki, the DEC had about 4,000 employees or FTEs (full-time equivalents) whose job it was to protect the quality of our environ-ment. They did this by helping people and business comply with the myriad laws and regulations and by managing our state’s renew-able and non-renewable natural resources.

Since I left in 1997, the number of FTEs has dwindled from 4,000 to about 2,900 under demo-cratic administrations. During that same period the number of laws and regulations the agency is expected to administer has increased. That means that fewer people are expected to provide the same level of environmental protection while being asked to take on ever increasing responsibil-ity. Simply put, that math doesn’t work.

There are fewer DEC staffers available to process the permits necessary for business either to expand or start or for people to build a home or install a dock. How can we expect to at-tract new business when we can’t service the business we have? Those opposed to “manufacturing” in the area offer tourism as an alterna-tive. Who’s watching the

“tourism store”? Part of Upstate’s tourism

is based upon its quality fishing and hunting opportu-nities. In order to maintain or improve those opportuni-ties we must rely upon the DEC wildlife and fisheries biologists to maintain qual-ity wildlife habitat for all wildlife, both hunted and non-hunted, and to keep our fish hatcheries operating at full capacity. That simply isn’t happening and will continue to decline if the proposed budget passes.

The proposed budget af-fords a unique opportunity for all of us (sportsmen and women, other conservation-ists, environmentalists and business) interested in New York’s environment and the things that rely upon it be-ing healthy to join together as a united front and exert political pressure on the Governor and Legislature to not only restore the $58 mil-lion to DEC’s budget but to restore the agency’s former capability and to allow the DEC to spend what it needs from the Conservation Fund (non-taxpayer dollars).

Teddy Roosevelt once said: “Conservation makes for strange bedfellows”. Let’s prove him right and join forces on behalf of our environment and the wild-life that depend upon it for survival.

MICHAEL D. ZAGATAWest Davenport

Editor’s Note: Patricia Jacobs is writing on behalf of the Concerned Citizens of Oneonta, formed to “en-courage healthy and sustainable busi-ness practices in our community.”

Concerned Citizens of Oneonta agree that an open and hon-est dialogue is essential to the

healthy growth of our community, but attempting to portray concerned fami-lies as a radical anti-business faction is inflammatory and not productive to this discussion.

Residents who have lived here long-term, raising their children and grand-children here, have supported and continue to support a healthy business community.

Contrary to the economic “down-ward spiral” that “Citizen Voices” has portrayed in its position papers, this area has seen a surge of responsible new business activity over the last sev-eral years, despite a nationwide/global recession.

From the many new restaurants and the rapid expansion of Southside Mall, to the start up of Ioxus, Chobani, Brewery Ommegang and the Foothills Performing Arts Center, our communi-ty has become a magnet for surround-ing consumers.

Local gas-drilling proponents with businesses potentially connected to the gas industry (for example, the manufacture of cement which would be required for gas well casings and those companies standing to make large profits from the sale of natural

gas) have, by the nature of that poten-tial monetary connection, a significant conflict of interest which affects their ability to be objective.

Far from creating an anti-manufac-turing climate, new businesses like those mentioned above have been welcomed into this area. Springbrook, Bassett and Fox Hospital, and the col-leges are major employers. Students and tourists contribute significantly to our local economy.

Industrialization by the gas industry would jeopardize these established businesses. Studies, such as those by Cornell University, have shown nega-tive impacts to tourism. These find-ings suggested that while gas workers might fill up hotels, drilling will de-grade visitors’ experiences in the long run and tourists don’t return because the area is no longer attractive.

Data from states that have been host to horizontal hydrofracking for years reveals a troubling scenario. This data makes it increasingly clear that the gas industry actually damages a region’s long-term financial wellbeing.

Drilling is a deterrent to outside investment, decreases economic diver-sification (which is critically important to long-term economic strength) and increases the cost of doing business for other industries. Property values are decimated. Rents can as much as dou-ble as demand for temporary housing for transient workers increases, only to be followed by soaring vacancy rates when their work is done and the gas companies move on.

Also well documented in states where high-volume hydrofracking has been permitted is the negative impact on the local economy of imported workers and transient employees. This population adversely affects the local hospitals (uninsured transient work-ers) and increases demand on school systems, fire departments and other emergency responders, including new equipment and training to deal with HAZMAT issues that were previously non-existent in the area.

“Citizens Voices” raises concern about the effect of road-use laws. Road use laws are sensible and common-place, implemented to protect the local taxpayers from large bills for damages to our roads created by out-of-state industrial activity. These laws have been carefully formulated to protect the rights of our local heavy industry as we continue to encourage local business growth. To suggest otherwise is untrue.

Clean water, air and sustainable lo-cal businesses, which employ our com-munity members long term, are vital to our continued well being. Introducing industrialization in the form of destruc-tive short term employment would only serve to undermine our com-munity and deter new businesses. Is it ever right that the health and property values of an entire community be com-promised for business opportunities and jobs for a few? We will continue to stand together and speak out in the finest American tradition of defending our way of life.

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FOTOT/From A1ounced the heroic phase of Corm-ier’s undertaking may be coming to an end.

FOTOT’s goal is to reestab-lish The Oneonta – Cormier has operated it since July 31, 2010, on an entrepreneurial model – as the kind of not-for-profit that runs other historic theaters, like Proctor’s in Schenectady and the Stanley in Utica.

To accomplish that, FOTOT is developing a business plan that seeks to marshall the community’s “wisdom, work and wealth,” said

Macaluso, who is chairman of SUNY Oneonta’s Department of Theatre.

Through her FOTOT role, Macaluso has become active in the League of Historic American Theatres, and learned that 50 per-cent of those institutions’ income is from ticket sales, the other 50 percent from grants and donations. Some institutions are 60-40, some 40-60.

That “unearned income” is what’s been missing from the pri-vately run Oneonta. “Tom did not have that,” she told a gathering of

60 enthusiasts in the 600-seat for-mer vaudeville house, “and that’s where we can help him out.”

FOTOT plans expand its board of directors, begin fundraising, look to hire an executive director and a theater manager, and seek volunteers and interns to round out the staffing, much as Foothills Performing Art Center has been doing down the street.

After the formal presentation, attendees were invited onto the stage, where they gathered to brainstorm around tables labelled “music,” “hospitality,” “fundrais-

ing” and other tasks that must be undertaken.

Cormier, who had announced he was closing the theater Dec. 31, said he decided to continue be-cause, “I see some hope – people are doing things to get involved and make a difference.”

Blonde on Blonde will be performing Saturday, Feb. 23, and concerts are scheduled every weekend in March, he said. He continues to cater to a younger demographic, but not exclusively, he said.

Through hands-on manage-

ment, Cormier – he also operates a Dish Network franchise, installs high-end home security systems, and receives rents from apart-ments and shops at the front of the theater building – said he’s done “far better” than Macaluso’s 50-50 formula.

Still, “this is a very ticket-price conscious area,” he said. “This is not a wealthy area,” and winners are offset by some losers. “The larger, bigger acts are quite risky, and it’s hit or miss,” he said.

MILLER/From A1years.”

The Democratic execu-tive committee announced after its Thursday, Jan. 24, meeting at Long Island Style Pizza, West Oneonta, that it had “acceded” to Miller’s request for an endorsement. However, under protest from the committee vice chair, county Rep. John Kosmer, Fly Creek, who is allied with Sustainable Otsego, county chair Rich-ard Abbate, Cooperstown, amended the release. He said the executive commit-tee only “recommended” a Miller endorsement to the full county committee.

However, Kosmer said he will oppose that, too: When the county committee meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the county courthouse, he will ask the full committee endorse no one, for at least a couple of months. He said a court decision on town fracking bans and Albany’s decision on whether to al-low fracking in New York State could cause the issue of natural-gas drilling “to explode with energy, and another candidate could pop out and change everything. It’s very volatile.”

Miller, who took office on Jan. 1, 2010, had recently

retired as Hartwick College president, and had been credited with bringing that institution back from the financial brink. Previously, he had been the SUNY sys-tem’s chief operating officer and senior vice president.

A Rochester native, Middlebury College gradu-ate and Vietnam veteran, his early career was with Case Hoyt, a national printing firm, where he rose to presi-dent/CEO. After the com-pany was sold, he joined the University of Rochester as senior counsel to the presi-dent before joining SUNY.

For his part, Miller point-ed out that, in his first term, the city banned fracking, submitted an amicus brief supporting Middlefield’s fracking ban, and approved and is implementing the recommendations of the Oneonta Sustainability Task Force. “I’ve consistently stated that I’m opposed to fracking at this point,” said the mayor. “And I say ‘this point’ because who knows what’s going to happen with changes in technology?”

Kosmer said Sustainable Otsego’s opposition is based on Miller’s support for the Constitution Pipeline’s “Alternate M,” which would have routed the pipeline

carrying gas fracked in Pennsylvania along I-88 through Otsego County, generating $3-5 million a year in county, municipal and school property taxes. He said Miller showed “a lack of understanding on the greater level of what the pipeline means” and demon-strated “ a significant gap in the kind of county we want Otsego to be.”

Former Oneonta mayor John Nader, an executive committee member who attended the West Oneonta session, said, “I expect Dick to run on the Democratic line and I expect him to be elected, handily, based on his record.”

Despite his position on the pipeline, Miller “has taken steps toward sustain-ability in the city that other areas ought to envy,” Nader said.

For his part, Miller covered a range of issues in his “great presentation” – Abbate’s words – to the executive committee. He talked about his five-year budget projections, police- and fire-department reforms, the hiring of the first city manager, and the avoidance of layoffs at City Hall, or even pay and benefit reduc-tions.

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Crawford has already been involved with a series of historic renovations in Oneonta, including the Swart-Wilcox House, the Red Door Church and Wilber Mansion. “These are such important things to support locally,” he said. “Work with your anchors.”

It isn’t an easy task, Crawford warns, but it can be done with a long-term play. “It’s not an overnight issue,” he said. “It’s a con-stant vigilance.”

Funding and tax credits help, he said. Also, “You need to show property own-

ers what can be done.”And so he did.In Potsdam, 90 percent

of the buildings in a historic postcard are still standing, despite many being gut-ted by fires in the 1980s. The village acquired the buildings to prevent them from being torn down or cheaply renovated and hired Crawford & Stearns to help preserve them.

One building, built in the 1960s, had a second floor added to help it fit into the streetscape.

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In Potsdam, many of the buildings are unrecognizable between the “before” and “after” photos. Plywood storefronts were torn down and replaced with windows. “You’re bringing the store to the people – you can see out, they can see in.”

“This is what downtown is about,” said Long. “It’s a place where people get their goods and services. It’s a hub of activity.”

In one Watertown build-ing, one of the most difficult challenges was getting out the smell of the previous tenants, who manufactured urinal deodorant blocks in the back room.

Low-income tax credits can help finance these proj-ects, and many of the build-ings Crawford and Stearns oversaw became apartments for low-income residents. “Just because people are low income doesn’t mean they’re low quality,” he said. “The elderly and student populations don’t have a lot of money.”

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WEST ONEONTA – Wayne Georgia, 71, who with wife Charlotte raised seven daughters locally, died peacefully at home Thurs-day, Jan. 24, 2013, sur-rounded by his family.

He was born April 7, 1941 in Oneonta, the son of Carson and E. Pauline (Wo-erhle) Georgia. He gradu-ated in 1959 from Oneonta High School and in 1969 from SUNY Oneonta.

He married Charlotte Hol-brook in 1969 in Oneonta.

Wayne worked at the former Jerry’s Restaurant on Dietz Street in 1963-67, then became an engineer on the D&H Railroad, where he worked until 1982. In 1975, while at the D&H, he also joined the state Emer-gency Management Office (SEMO), retiring at deputy director in 1996.

He was a member of the Oneonta Elks Club and the NRA, and a founding member of the city’s Young Democrats. A member of

the OHS and SUNY tennis teams while in school, he went on to instruct young play-ers in the game.

He en-joyed hunt-ing, fishing,

golfing, attending his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren’s sporting events and spending winters in Florida during his retire-ment. His faithful lab, Opal, was always at his side.

In addition to his wife, survivors include daughters Tracie Jones of Oneonta and her husband George; Carrie Chickerell of Birmingham, Ala., Shelly Rosen of Wash-ington D.C. and her husband David; Tammy Southard of Oneonta and her husband Russell; Darci Merwin of Davenport and her husband Kent; Christina Zuill, also of Davenport, and her husband

Randall, and Michelle Catan and her husband Paul.

Also, 18 grandchildren: Jasin, Heather, Michael and David Jones; Ryan and Colin Rosen; Reisa, Bran-don and Tyler Southard; Stephen Georgia; Katharine and Luke Merwin; Ed-ward and Rachel Zuill, and Danika, Christopher, Reilly and Mackenzie Catan; four great-grandsons with the fifth expected next month.

He was predeceased by his brother, Carson. He is survived by sister Lenore Foster of Otego and her hus-band, Les, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

The funeral was Monday, Jan. 28, at the Lewis, Hur-ley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, with the Rev. David A. Rockwell, retired, offici-ating. Interment will be at the Oneonta Plains Cem-etery at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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ONEONTA–Charles H. Parliman, 64, a talented woodworker remembered for romantic gestures to-wards his wife, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Fox Hospital.

Charlie was born on April 22, 1948, in Sidney, the son of the late Fredrick and Lo-retta (Monder) Parliman.

On June 10, 1989, Charlie married Karyl Buzie in Portlandville, and celebrated 23 years of marriage, always marking their anniversary with a beautiful bouquet of roses for Karyl.

He had a great love of country music, his favorites were legends like George Jones and Hank Williams. He was a talented wood worker, especially crafting items like tables and stands. He also liked working in his garden and taking long walks around the park.

Charlie is survived by his wife, Karyl Parliman of Oneonta; his daughter, Jo-

anna Parliman of Oneonta; his son, Michael Parliman of Nashville, Tenn.; and his grandson, Wyatt Roe.

He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Jean Buzie of Hartwick; his sisters-in-law, Donna Parliman of Port Crane, Cheryl Edwards of Springfield Center, Karen Buzie of Oneonta, and Carla Westcott of East Meredith; his brother-in-law, George Buzie of Otego; and many nieces, nephews and cous-ins.

Charlie was predeceased by his sister, Joan Parliman; his brothers, Fred “Sonny” Parliman and Richard Parli-man; and his brother-in-law, Jeff Westcott.

The funeral was planned at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Bookhout Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mel Farmer, officiating.

Interment will be in the spring in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, do-

nations may be made to the Susquehanna SPCA, 4841 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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ART/From A1the eponymous film.

LaDuke, a junior, opened his “A Space for Fashion” exhibit in the Human Ecol-ogy building to a generous crowd on Friday, Jan. 25.

Many of the gowns on the man-nequins aren’t ex-actly fit for the office or a week-end outing – glass, aluminum and bam-boo fabric imported from the UK – but

he is using fashion as a means of exploring art.

“These are not practical,” he said. “I think art and fashion are separate entities, and I like exploring new materials.”

One aluminum dress came complete with an eye-covering helmet. Another skirt and top were made of clear plastic, and a few were made of wood. “She asked for material that was uncon-ventional,” he said.

The secret to his unique designs, he said, is to avoid pre-requisites. “She’d ask for hemming, I’d slash and tatter my cloth,” he said. “I don’t like the idea of things being done for the sake of being done.”

He also doesn’t sketch his designs beforehand. “It doesn’t make sense if you haven’t worked with mate-rial before,” he said. “I let

the material dictate what I do with it.”

LaDuke even bled for his craft. “I hand-cranked the rivets,” he said, pointing to a dress closed with inch-long spikes. “I put a lot of muscle into this,” he said. “When I scissored the metal, my hands got all bloodied and blistered.”

LaDuke is in the process of applying to the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, and sees 3D

printing as the wave of fashion’s future. “Eventu-ally you’re just going to be able to print off clothes you see online,” he said. “And you’ll be able to pirate fashion.”

Despite his aversion to following directions, Dr. Chiweshe is impressed with her student’s display. “He’s done a wonderful job,” she said. “You see pieces like this on the runway, in muse-ums, in galleries.”

Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.lifeLaDuke’s “Frame’s Edge” dress is made of alumi-num, rivets and a zipper. Unlike his earlier de-signs, he used a rivet punch instead of hand-awl-ing the closures on the metal, a task he said had a tendency to cause injury.

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One of LaDuke’s creations include this spiked hel-met.

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