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Manor Buyers’ Varied Ratings Stirring Debate Company With Lower Ranking Offers $3.5M More For Facility By RICHARD WHITBY
IDA Focuses On ‘Single Contact’ Mathes Is Hired Here To Fast-Track Ec-Dev
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Oneonta potter Joanne Lentner of Oneonta crafts glass beads at CANO’s Carriage House Art Studio for bowls to be sold at the art group’s 10th annual Chili Bowl, noon-4 p.m. Feb. 2, Super Bowl Sunday/OTHER PHOTO, B8
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elson Mandela’s life will also be celebrated at annual Martin Luther King Day recognitions at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St. The program is sponsored by the Oneonta branch of the NAACP and the city Commission on Community Relations & Human Rights. The community is invited to the tributes, music, and refreshments/RELATED
he local development corporation formed to sell off Otsego Manor is facing a difficult choice between two finalists. Does it take $15 million for the home from Long Island-based VestraCare, a company that operates nursing homes in Kingston and Johnson City, or $18.5 million from Focus Ventures, which is based in Rockland County and operates a Utica nursing home? On the surface, it looks like a nobrainer, with Focus’s extra $3.5 million sealing the deal. But below the surface, the companies have different track records. Care at VestraCare’s facilities is highly rated by federal and state agencies, while Please See MANOR, A7
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Sandy Mathes as the “single point of contact” and Elizabeth Horvath as his chief operating officer at the IDA comprise the county’s new “economic development team.”
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t the Thursday, Nov. 14 “Seward Summit,” Dick Sheehy, one of the nation’s foremost consultants on finding sites for companies seeking to expand, told attendees Otsego County economic development would go nowhere without a “single point of contact.” What’s happened since
must have been some sort of record. Eight weeks later to the day, plus one, Friday, Jan. 10, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Sharon Oberriter, chairman of the county Industrial Development Agency board, announced the hiring of Sandy Mathes, the former Green County economic developer, as the “single point of contact” Sheehy Please See IDA, A4
‘GRILLED CHEESE FOR A GOOD CAUSE’
During Ripken/Gwynn Year, City Had Parking, Food, Entertainment For Fans By LIBBY CUDMORE
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neonta has plenty to offer baseball fans on Induction WeekIDOL BOUND: SUNY end, July 25-28, by way of Oneonta 2010 graduate Kari dining, lodging and enterCrimmins, a theater arts ma- tainment. But the city also jor who starred in 10 college has a way to alleviate one of shows, was due to compete the biggest at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. stressors of 15, in the two-night premiere the packed of “American Idol XIII.”/ weekend FULL STORY, B2 – easy parking. SALUTE MSO: All “In downtown stakeholders 2007, are invited to Main Street during the Cal Ripken Jr.” Oneonta’s annual meeting at – and Tony Gwynn – “in7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, duction, OPT was running at the B-Side Ballroom in buses back and forth to Clinton Plaza. Door prizes, Cooperstown and it played a light refreshments. huge part in alleviating parking stress,” said Deb Taylor, JUMP TIME: The Chinese then-director of the county auction to benefit the 19th Tourism Office, (now direcannual Goodyear Lake Polar tor of privatized version). Bear Jump begins at 12:30 “It worked out beautifully, p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, in the and we’re hoping to offer Milford Central School gym. that again this year. When (The jump itself is Saturday, people park in Oneonta, they Feb. 15, this year.) To docome back to Oneonta.” nate items to the auction, call Brenda Waters at 286-7101. STORY, A2
By JIM KEVLIN
A repeat Ripken-Gwynn experience is no longer theoretical: On Wednesday, Jan. 8, it was announced that two pitchers for the Atlanta Braves, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine (the latter also Please See HALL, A6
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• Wednesday, Jan. 15: Former Burlington, Vt., city planner Bruce Seifer lectures on “Sustainable Communities: Creating A Durable Local Economy” at 7 p.m. in the county courthouse. • Thursday, Jan. 16: The Town of Oneonta Comprehensive Master Plan Committee hosts a public hearing on the draft plan at 7 p.m. at town hall in West Oneonta. • Friday, Jan 17: Antifrackers Lou Allstadt and Chip Northrup outline findings that there’s insufficient gas here for fracking, at 7 p.m. at Foothills.
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Tim Masterjohn of Oneonta’s Red Caboose, left, and Alex & Ika’s Alex Webster are experimenting with grilled cheese sandwiches in advance of Otsego 2000’s Sunday, Jan. 19, fundraiser at Brewery Ommegang.
‘Ultimate Comfort Food’ Becomes A Savory Success For Otsego 2000 By LIBBY CUDMORE
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grilled cheese sandwich wasn’t originally on the menu at Oneonta’s Red Caboose restaurant, but, as the old saying goes, the customer is always right. “SUNY professor Starr Hobb came in here when we were first opened, and she was joking that she wanted a grilled
cheese sandwich,” said owner Tim Masterjohn. “So we made an open-face grilled cheese on a baguette, and it started taking off.” His expertise with bread and cheese earned him a place at Otsego 2000’s third annual “Grilled Cheese for a Good Cause” anti-fracking fundraiser Sunday, Jan. 19, at Brewery Ommegang in the Town of Middlefield. “This isn’t the classic Please See CHEESE, A6
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neonta nawent on to partive Mara ticipate in the NCAA Primmer Division III Tournawas named women’s ment on the campus soccer head coach of William Smith at Wells College College in Geneva. in Aurora, Cayuga Primmer also County, on Monday, served as a graduate Jan. 13. assistant women’s Most recently, she soccer coach at Primmer was SUNY Oneonta Southern Connecticut women’s soccer and laState University in the 2009crosse coach. 10 season. Last fall, Primmer’s Red And she played profesDragons claimed the SUsionally in South Western NYAC Championship in Germany within the Womwomen’s soccer following en’s Bundesliga for 1.FC a 13-5-3 overall record and Saarbrucken, SV Dirmingen and SV Furpach. The OHS grad is a 2008 ON DEAN’S LIST: graduate of NCAA DiviElisabeth Emhof, a freshsion I St. Bonaventure. She man Theatre Arts major from Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA played semi-pro women’s Edmeston, is on the Dean’s Trevor Finney, Oneonta, David Green, Gilbertsville and Flo Loomis, Oneonta, soccer for the Adirondack List at Bob Jones University Lynx, and was on the Black- glaze and decorate bowls for the CANO Chili Bowl at The Carriage House for the fall semester. Art Studio on Friday, Jan. 10. Painters were treated to pizza and snacks for watch Soccer Club locally.
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their creative endeavors, and a second decorating event is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24. The Chili Bowl, which features chilis from local restaurants and a judging by the Oneonta Fire Department, is CANOs biggest fundraiser, scheduled for noon-4 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb 2.
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Mathes Brings Proven Track Record In Economic Development
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ll of us have ideas, some of them pretty good. The difference between most of us and professionals with years of experience is they have knowledge – and, yes, contacts. Oneonta City Manager Mike Long, who had spent 40 years in municipal management in New York State when he arrived at City Hall in September 2012, proved it. One significant case in point – there have been several, but this is the most dramatic – is a collaboration with Housing Visions of Syracuse, which in November announced plans for $15 million worth of housing – 20 for families, 40 for senior citizens – in the Silver Creek and Clinton/Center street neighborhoods. Housing Visions’ approach is to assume ownership of dilapidated properties and, through renovations or new construction, put them back on the tax rolls.
All of us may have had a similar idea. But Long had the experience and contacts to make such ideas realities: He had collaborated with the Housing Visions in Auburn and Poughkeepsie. Slam dunk. • Such years of experience, knowledge and contacts were also evident in an introductory interview with Sandy Mathes, who Friday, Jan. 10, was appointed to be the “single point of contact” for economic development in Otsego County, heading the county Industrial Development Agency’s effort. Mathes knows exactly where to look first: at a distribution center for one of our vacant I-88 interchanges; then, at tech companies and manufacturers needing water and waste-water treatment – few communities have both, and the City of Oneonta has a surplus. He’s intrigued by the possibilities for the former D&H yards.
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Sandy Mathes, right, like Mike Long, brings deep experience to the task.
And he sees opportunities in our artisanal food and beverage producers. And this is just the beginning. Long knows what to do, and has achieved exceptional results in a year and a half. Mathes did outstanding economic development in Greene County, and it can be expected he will do likewise here. • It is encouraging that the IDA board, after prudently weigh-
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tions report to the county board’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Going forward, it may make sense to fold those positions into the new structure, perhaps by shifting the county budget allocation to the IDA. A house divided doesn’t work, as Lincoln reminded us. But that may be for another day. • However, this is fairly straightforward compared to how far the county economic-development, political and business communities have come since that day in December 2011 when the thenfledgling Citizen Voices and state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, had a tough and clear-eyed discussion on halting and turning around the half-century slide in the county’s economy. We’re at the river. We can see the promised land on the other side. Let’s plunge in.
IDA Announces Mathes, Horvath Will Lead Economic Development
IDA/From A1 recommended. Sheehy’s other must-do: Prepare shovel-ready sites. And Mathes, in an interview following the press conference in IDA offices in Oneonta’s Old City Hall, said he will have a “detailed plan” before the IDA board in 60-90 days. Already, he sees three or four promising sectors to pursue. One, locate a www.empirestatewire.com distribution center at one of the county’s undeveloped LETTERS I-88 exits. Two, look for technology or manufacturing entities that need “significant water or waste water.” The City of Oneonta, he said, is using only 50 percent of its waterplant capacity, and a similar fraction of its waste-water treatment capacity. Every To the Editor: Care, with two facilities, Hudson Valley commuThank you, Maureen Cul- has a five-year track record nity, he said, is at capacity bert, for the reminder that in of 4-5 stars. These reports on waste-water plants and the beginning of a search for are available on the internet. operating under “consent a buyer of Otsego Manor, “it Experience counts. agreements.” was all about the care.” It’s time to stop beating Three, he plans to seek Only one of the origithe Otsego County commu- out local companies looknal bidders included in its nity over the head about the ing to expand. That will proposal a provision for money. The local developbe part of a determination medical services – a Vestrament corporation needs to to put himself in the local Care/Bassett Healthcare revisit the facts from all picture: “I want to hear as affiliation. There has been points of view – resident many opinions as I can on no mention of how Focus healthcare, staffing, manwhat economic developVentures proposes to management experience, buyer ment should be in Otsego age medical services. financial stability among County.” CMS inspections are other concerns. Will it be In addition to hiring intensive. With about two Venture or Care? Mathes, the Jan. 9 press years at its Utica facility, MERRILYN O’CONNELL conference announced Focus has one star. VestraCooperstown that Elizabeth Horvath of Cooperstown, a former management consultant for LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WELCOME Fortune 500 companies, has joined the IDA as chief
ing and vigorously debating the expenses and opportunities of the Mathes initiative, voted unanimously – all of ’em – Thursday, Jan. 9, to offer him a contract. The new concept required an investment – $120,000 a year for Mathes, plus $60,000 for a chief operating officer, Elizabeth Horvath of Cooperstown, a Harvard grad with 11 years as a corporate consultant. Long cost $120,000 too. This is simply is price of doing business. We’re in the game. Some of the initial reorganization remains to be completed. Doug Gulotty, interim IDA executive director, who lobbied hard against the new arrangement, is working under a contract that expires Feb. 1, so that situation should resolve itself. The county still has two employees in the IDA office, an economic developer and an economic specialist. As of now, these posi-
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Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller, right, congratulates Sandy Mathes, the former Greene County economic developer, on his appointment as “single point of contact” for economic development in Otsego County. At left is Kathy Clark, R-Otego, chair of the county Board of Representatives.
operating officer. The double hire represents a significant increase in investment in economic development. Mathes, who is on a contract, will be paid $120,000 a year; Horvath, $60,000. The former county economic developer, Carolyn Lewis, who resigned in August, was paid $48,000. However, with a benefits package costing 75 percent of salary, it has been noted that Lewis’ cost was actually $84,000. Mathes and Horvath work for the IDA, which will pay their salaries from cash reserves and project fees, avoiding the county’s
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benefit costs. The IDA has been paying Doug Gulotty, the former Wilber Bank president, as been interim director at a rate equivalent to Mathes’, but Gulotty’s contract expires Feb. 1. The county continues to contribute to the office’s upkeep and has Zondra Hart, Lewis’ assistant, on the payroll, as well as an administrative assistant. “While we have different roles,” said Mathes, “we have to work as one.” Despite vigorous internal debate on the IDA board about shifting from a reactive to pro-active role, the vote to offer a contract to Mathes, taken Thursday, Jan. 9, was unanimous. And the press conference the
next day had a celebratory tone. Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller called Mathes’ hiring “a dream come true.” County Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, hailed an era of “retention, expansion, recruitment.” Closing the door on the debate, Oberriter declared “the IDA is now stepping up to the plate.” As the press conference neared the end, she turned to Seward: “There was only one person who could pull the major players together – and it was you.” Said Seward in conclusion: “We are united and focused on our goal: new jobs for our county. And not just jobs, new careers.”
► SANDY MATHES
‘Single Point of Contact’ For Economic Development Otsego County IDA • Former Greene County economic developer for nine years, building Greene Business & Tech Park and Kalkberg Commerce Park. • Most recently, principal, Mathes Public Affairs. Previously, on staff of state Sen. Charles Cook, R-Delhi. Served nine years on Green County Board of Legislators. • Coxsackie native. SUNY Oswego grad. Wife Rene; three children ■
► ELIZABETH HORVATH Chief Operating Officer Otsego County IDA
• Formerly, operated Redpoint Builders with husband. For 11 years, consultant with Corporate Executive Board, Washington D.C. and New York City, advising Fortune 500 companies. • Cooperstown resident. Harvard graduate; master’s in English literature from University of Sidney. Husband Tim; two children
IDA Chair Sharon Oberriter, right, shares a laugh with Senator Seward and Elizabeth Horvath, Cooperstown, the IDA’s new COO, during the lighthearted press conference Friday, Jan. 10, at Oneonta’s Old City Hall.
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125 Years Ago
The Salvation Army headquarters are now on the third floor of the Yagel block. The assembly room is seated with two rows of pews and chairs with a row of benches ranged along the side. The fourth side, next to Main Street, is occupied with a platform for the use of the speakers and singers. The room is heated with a stove, and although there are gas fixtures, is lighted with kerosene lamps. It would be a bad place to get out of in case of an alarm of fire. The exercises are commenced with prayer and singing. Tambourines are used with which to beat time and there are several expert players in the Oneonta branch. The audience Monday evening was well dressed and attentive. Evidently, many were there out of curiosity but there were others – the regular attendants of the meetings. An inquiry meeting was in progress when the reporter entered. One after another would arise and relate his or her experience in leading a Christian life, and after each speaker, a few verses of some stirring hymn would be sung with tambourine accompaniment, the audience joining in the chorus and marking time with their feet. The leader of the meeting, in calling for speakers to relate their experience, would say: “Is there another?� or “Just a word for Jesus?� or “Come, there are more Christians here tonight.� People frequent these meetings who are never seen inside a church. Of course, many church-goers and members also attend. Doubtless, this is the secret of their success – the democratic quality of their meetings. January 1889
20 Years Ago
Eve at 10 Birch Street. Judge Van Woert scanned photographs of the injuries – the first photos used in court since the photo lab was instituted. Bockus was also sentenced to a year in the Otsego County Jail but Judge Van Woert suspended that part of the sentence. January 1954
40 Years Ago
Members of the Oneonta High School boys’ gymnastics team are: Mark Wilcox, Bob Rowley, Bruce Reynolds, Tim Hawkins, Dave Cannistra, Fred Ploutz, Pat Hart, Dave Kelsey, Tim Clapp, Bob Clapp, Len Stimpson, Mark Friery, Bob Speranzi, Roy Sandt, Doug Marr, Tim Kearney, Mark Sandt, Larry Fink, Pat Couden, Dennis Kearney, Andy Eddins, Steve Johnson, and Bill Renwick. The coach is Jerry Kaiser; student managers are Eric Rude and Leroy House. January 1974
30 Years Ago
The parent aide program of the Otsego County Council on Child Abuse and Neglect provides caring, dependable, non-judgmental friends to parents who either have or are in danger of abusing their children. Their purpose is to keep the family unit together as an alternative to placing children in foster care. The parent aides work in coordination with the Child Protective Services Unit of the Department of Social Services. “No one wants to abuse or neglect their children,� said Diana Hulbert, parent aide coordinator for the last three years. “We all let life overwhelm us, sometimes. Some of us have a support system – family or friends – to whom we can go. Some people have no one to whom they can turn. That is where a parent aide can help.� January 1984
100 Years Ago
Messrs. C.S. Higgins and Lynn Clark have leased the second floor of the Baker building on Windsor Avenue and will convert the same into a first class roller skating rink which will be opened to the public within ten days or two weeks. On the opening night souvenirs of various sorts will be distributed among all patrons and each skater will be presented with a fancy hat. New floors are being laid in the room, and with the steel ceilings with which the room is already equipped and an abundance of electric lights, it will make a most attractive place for the enjoyment of this popular pastime. The hall is wide and roomy and outside entrances will be constructed to meet the last requirement of the state fire marshal. New skates of the ball bearing variety have been ordered and the entire equipment of the rink will be up-to-date. January 1914
January 1994 cents; 2 pounds confectionary sugar, 15 cents; 4 cans baked beans, 25 cents; Fresh coffee, 21 cents lb.; 3 bottles olives, 29 cents; 2 large cans peaches, 29 cents; 2 cans raspberries, 35 cents, 2 dozen juicy oranges, 49 cents; 1 dozen grapefruit, 49 cents; 10 lbs. apples, 49 cents; 7 lbs. turnips, 25 cents; 2 pounds butter, 47 cents. January 1934
Prices at Terpening’s Grocery & Market – Phone 1250 – Free Deliveries: Fresh killed chickens, 23 cents lb.; 2 lbs. liver, 25 cents; Homemade veal loaf, 25 cents lb.; Beef roast, 10 cents and 18 cents lb.; Veal chops, 15 cents lb.; Breast of veal, 8 cents lb.; 2 cans peas or succotash, 29
Oneonta’s new police photographic laboratory made its debut in City Court yesterday as Judge John L. Van Woert fined Earl Bockus $100 when Bockus changed his plea to guilty to a charge of third degree assault. Bockus had been accused of grievous injury to his wife Helen on New Year’s
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“Rubber Soulâ€? will appear at the Country Rock CafĂŠ on State Highway 23 starting tonight. The group was organized last with the intent of becoming a Beatles cover band. However, after being asked several times to expand its repertoire and to play some summer parties, the group decided to venture into other musical genres. Rubber Soul’s song list includes covers from oldies, classic rock, current rock, blues, soul, country and the Beatles. The four singing core members of the group are Marc Spaziani of Oneonta on bass, John Ellis of Albany on lead guitar, Harry Bedford of Walton on drums and Ed Gates of Oneonta on keyboards. The Snark and Bandersnatch Players will open the 2004 season with George Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Manâ€? over the weekend on Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Telecenter building on Main Street. The cast of this antiheroic comedy about war includes Sandee Fleisher, David Hutchison, Norma Hutman, Stephen Markuson, L. Jean Palmer Moloney and Gary E. Stevens. January 2004
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It’s ‘Deja Ripken’ All Over Again HALL/From A1 pitched for the Mets), and Frank Thomas, who played for Oakland, Toronto and the White Sox, will be inducted on Sunday, July 25. Plus, there’s famed Yankee manager Joe Torre. “In my view, there’s no precedent: Torre is not a regular manager,” said Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz, a baseball author and fan. “He’s the face of the Yankee team. The Torre piece, I think, is a wild card, worth 40,000-50,000 people. That’s my guess.” Plus, on Induction Weekend Saturday, famed broadcaster (and ex-Major Leaguer) Joe Garagiola will receive the Buck O’Neill Award, and Roger Kahn, New Yorker writer who published the best-selling “Boys of Summer,” is in line for the J. Taylor Spink Award. “Everybody who’s in is incredibly vast in their popularity,” said the mayor. By day on Induction Weekend, July 2528, thousands of baseball fans from across the country flock to Cooperstown to visit the Hall, get autographs and watch the induction.
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When trash started piling up during the packed Ripken/Gwynn weekend, Cooperstown’s then-mayor Carol Waller grabbed a broom and got to work.
But by night, those same people need to eat, sleep and maybe catch an Outlaws game or a movie. And that’s where Oneonta comes in. “Cooperstown can’t handle that many people,” said former Otsego
County Chamber CEO Rob Robinson. “It spills over into Oneonta – every hotel, bed and breakfast, every restaurant was packed that weekend.” According to general manager Paul Lawrence, Courtyard by Marriott has been sold out since Nov. 2013. “The calls started right after last year’s Induction Weekend,” he said. “People figured that Maddox and Glavine would be getting in, so they made reservations well before last week’s announcement.” Lawrence had just arrived in Oneonta as the manager of the Holiday Inn/Southside during the Ripken weekend. “I was new to the area and it was great to see the draw that we had,” he said. “We were very successful that weekend.” Said Taylor, “2007 was huge for Otsego County. Sales and occupancy taxes brought thousands and thousands of dollars into the county.” Plentiful dining options are one of the strongest draws to Oneonta. “We have great places to eat,” said Taylor. “Cooperstown can
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The huge 2007 Induction day crowd filled the field to the east of the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown.
get overwhelming, there are long lines, but in Oneonta, our restaurants are a great way to attract that audience.” After eating, Robinson says, people are looking for evening entertainment. “When these people come up, they have their day planned,” he said. “But when they get back or if there’s bad weather, they may want to find something else to do – go to a movie, go catch a baseball game, go to a concert.”
The tourism board is in the planning stages of figuring out ways to let Cooperstown tourists know about what Oneonta has to offer. “We have to market it to the right people,” said Robinson. “You can’t have a concert and not tell anybody.” Regardless, Taylor is already looking forward to an exciting induction weekend. “A great induction, coupled with the 75th Anniversary,” she said. “I know we’ll have a great summer.”
‘Ultimate Comfort Food’ Becomes A Savory Success For Otsego 2000
CHEESE/From A1 Wonderbread-and-American-cheese-slice,” he said. “Grilled cheese is fun, and John J. Mitchell, Realtor it’s easy to get creative.” Residential • Commercial • Land • Farm Otsego 2000 organizers asked the chefs to use Over 35 years of local experience! Heidelberg bread and local cheese, to reduce the carbon footprint. “Having to use local ingredients forces that creativity,” said Masterjohn. “It lets each chef put their own spin on something we’ve been making our whole lives.” The Freeman’s Journal Alex Webster A closeup of Tim MasLand Listing #91003 – he runs both Alex & Land Listing #91001 Land Listing #91002 terjohn’s sandwich: $40,000 $80,000 $40,000 Ika, Cooperstown, and Yummy! New Lisbon New Lisbon New Lisban Cantina de Salsa, Cherry Perfect timing for hunting season! All properties close to State-owned Land Webster, a third year vetValley – will be using aged Just minutes away from Oneonta, these properties are perfect for hunting! eran of the event, invented cheddar from Spurbeck’s, They have hill and mountain views as well... his entry while cooking the Cooperstown family Perfect for building your dream home or camp. up something else. “I’ve grocery, on his sandwich. Call John Mitchell at 607-435-4093 been experimenting with salespeople and “They have really good JohnMitchbroker@gmail.com brokers resources hand-ground curry blends, cheddar and they age it www.cooperstownrealty.net welcome doing weird and wonderful themselves,” he said. things,” he said. “A few weeks ago, I made a roast butternut squash bisque John Mitchell Real Estate with a 15 spice curry blend, 216 Main Street, Cooperstown • 607-547-8551 • 607-547-1029 (fax) www.johnmitchellrealestate.com • info@johnmitchellrealestate.com and I thought it would be really good in a grilled ASHLEY CONNOR Dave LaDuke, cheese – with a touch of Broker R E A LT Y sweetness, hence the apple607-435-2405 29 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY cherry compote.” Mike Winslow, His grilled cheeses from 607-547-4045 Broker the past two years had Patricia Ashley – Licensed Real Estate Broker/Owner 607-435-0183 proved so popular that Alex Laura Coleman and Ika now offers six dif607-437-4881 ferent grilled cheese sandChris Vuolo wiches on their menu. 607-376-1201
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He toasts his sandwiches on a repurposed tortilla press from Cantina de Salsa. “We were making our own tortillas, but it was too much work,” he said. Good cheese is a must, but the real secret, says Webster, is good butter. “You need at least 82 percent butterfat,” he said. “We get ours from Europe – American butter is only 72 percent butterfat. There’s less water, so it’s richer.” Melted butter is brushed on the bread – he uses Heidelberg at Alex & Ika – before the cheese is piled on and slid onto the press. “And don’t be cheap with the salt and pepper,” he added. At the Red Caboose, the staff is still narrowing down entries. “We’re trying to decide between a grilled chili and chevre or an aged cheddar with chipotle relish,” said Masterjohn. “Everyone got involved, and we’ll have that same kind of energy at the event.” Last year’s event sold out, so two seatings, one at 6 p.m. and one at 7 p.m., will be offered. “Grilled cheese is the ultimate comfort food,” said Masterjohn. “It can be done a million different ways, and people are always excited about it.”
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istrict Attorney John B. Muehl Tuesday, Jan. 14, presented the case of Barry Renert, 62, suspected with provoking the gunshot Monday, Dec. 23, at the Seventh Inning Stretch baseball shop, to a grand jury. Muehl said he is scheduled to present the grand jury’s findings Thursday, Jan. 16, to county Judge John Lambert. Until that point, he said he is prohibited from discussing what charges may be pending against Renert.
Renert is being held in Otsego County jail on a burglary charge. Previously, the D.A. said he intended to seek more serious charges against the former Seventh Inning Stretch manager. According to police reports at the time, Renert is suspected of confronting the store owner, Vincent Carfagno, Jr., on the morning of the incident, and Carfagno shot at him, alleging in selfdefense. The village was in lockdown through much of the day as a result. Renert was arrested in Richmond, Va., that evening getting on a bus.
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MANOR/From A1 the Focus Rehabilitation & Care Center in Utica was found by state inspectors to have three times more deficiencies than the average New York nursing home from December 2009 to November 2013, according to rating reports posted on medicare.gov. It also had a rate of complaints per 100 beds that was four times the state average during the same time span. However, Focus didn’t take over the 120-bed Utica home until November 2011 and, according to some observers, including county Rep. Kay Stuligross, DOneonta, who is on the local development corporation board, it has made considerable progress in eliminating the home’s problems, further complicating any effort to rate the two finalists. With the closing of Countryside Care Center in Delhi in late 2012, the potential pitfalls of privatization are fresh in many minds. Delaware County operated the 199-bed, assisted-living center until 2006, when it turned over operations, although not the property, to Leatherstocking Health Care LLC, a partnership of three employees of the Folts Home in Herkimer. The county also financed the project. In The Manor’s
case, Stuligross said, the intent is to sell the facility outright. Under Leatherstocking, the home was cited for numerous deficiencies by state inspectors and experienced considerable staff turnover. As its population shrank, so did its federal reimbursements, leading to financial losses and litigation by unpaid vendors. The upshot was its closing in October 2012 and the relocation of its 100 remaining clients to other facilities throughout the region. Focus’s Utica home currently rates one star, or “much below average” overall, according to state reports available on medicare. gov. In two of three areas listed in the report, “health inspection” and “staffing,” it receives a much-belowaverage rating, and it’s rated above average on “quality measures.” And while inspectors found numerous deficiencies, none of them rose above “potential for more than minimal harm,” the second least dangerous in a four-step severity scale. In a health inspection report on Jan. 24, 2013, about 14 months after Focus took over, inspectors found, among other deficiencies: • The home failed to ensure that at least three
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employees had no legal histories of abuse or neglect; failed to report and investigate complaints about mistreatment. • It failed to “store, cook and serve food in a safe and clean way.” Inspectors found moldy vegetables in a walk-in cooler and observed numerous unclean surfaces in the kitchen, among other unsanitary practices. • On Jan. 22, 2013, multiple soiled pots and pans were observed in the pot wash room with “a strong odor of spoiled food.” The inspectors also found unclean floor surfaces soiled with food in the pot wash room. Joseph Zupnick, chief executive officer of Focus, said Tuesday, Jan. 14, that the company now conformed with all requirements for vetting personnel. He blamed the moldy vegetables on a vendor that has since been replaced. The reports describe most of the problems as corrected by March. Zupnick and spokesman Kirk Dorn emphasized cumulative nature of the state and federal reports, saying that they included deficiencies observed under the home’s previous ownership. Vestracare’s Golden Hill Health Care Center in Kingston, on the other hand, received a “much above average” rating – the highest possible – for approximately the same time period. However, the company didn’t take over the facility until December 2012. VestraCare’s other facility, Susquehanna Nursing & Rehab Center in Johnson City, is rated “above average,” although it, too, has had food preparation deficiencies. None of its problems were identified as serious. The 174-bed Otsego Manor, itself, is rated at one star, or much below average. According to Stuligross, “there’s no question” that conditions have improved at the Utica home under Focus. “It was way below one star,” she said. “The state was about to close it down.” The local development corporation’s seven-member board is expected to choose one of the finalists at its Monday, Jan. 27, meeting. Stuligross indicated that she is leaning toward choosing Focus, but is keeping an open mind. Another board member, Bill Dornburgh, Cooperstown, whose wife is a Manor resident, favors the VestraCare bid. Citing last January’s report on Focus, Dornburgh pointed out that “all of those violations were within a year and three months of their ownership.” “They’ve got to take responsibility for that,” he added.
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MLS#91311 - This intriguing1828 stone farmhouse needs some renovation, but think how beautiful it will look when restored back to its glory days! This house is being sold as is. $44,999 Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#91030 - Move-in condition 4 BR, 2 bath home on 7 acres in the hamlet of Fly Creek. Large LR w/wood floors, family room w/pocket doors. Entry w/woodstove leads to DR and kitchen. Spacious master BR w/private entry to balcony. All BRs have nice-sized closets. Perennials, covered porches, fire pit. Additional land w/large barn and creek available. $329,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#87273 - 3 BR, 3 bath charming Greek Revival is professionally renovated w/modern amenities. 3 acres w/pond. Energy-efficient and luxurious. $325,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603
MLS#91269 - Country home has 3 BRs, 2 baths, formal LR and DR on 21 acres. 3-season sunroom overlooking an English water garden, family room, spaciousBRs, private office. Pool, large koi pond, large barn. New bath w/jetted tub, replacement windows and new doors. Newly renovated family room in basement. Convenient to Sharon Springs and Cobleskill. Easy commute to Oneonta, Cooperstown, Albany. $279,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
MLS#92460 – This amazing move-in condition Victorian still has its original feel and beauty. French doors, fireplace, and beautiful staircase. $119,000 Call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#90345 - Great location close to I-88. Turn-ofthe-century classic farmette offers hardwood floors, woodstove, and the craftsmanship of yesteryear. Large outbuilding was once a wood-working shop. $142,500 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#85578 – Perfectly situated on over 26 acres this solid contemporary home is within minutes of Cooperstown Village and Otsego Lake. It’s ideal for working, living and playing! Hot tub on the deck. $182,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#89516 - Well maintained home between Oneonta and Cooperstown has 4 BRs and 2 baths including large master suite. Nice LR, kitchen w/center isle, family room w/wood-burning fireplace, D.R. w/sliding doors that open to back deck. Stream, storage building, 1-car detached garage. $159,000 Call Linda B. Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)
MLS#84856 - Here is a wonderful place to build your country home in the Fly Creek Valley. Just minutes to Cooperstown and Otsego Lake, easy access to Oneonta and I-88. Level lot, great views and walk to trout fishing. Lots of wildlife and spaces to roam. $85,900 Call Linda B. Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)
MLS#91517 - Queen Anne Victorian in Cooperstown is tastefully renovated. 5 BRs, 4 baths, foyer, grand staircase, formal parlor, and library. Eat-in kitchen w/butler’s pantry, laundry area. Large master BR w/fireplace, bath w/Jacuzzi, radiant floor heat. Full basement, wrap-around deck, carriage barn w/storage area and 2 BR, 1 bath apt. above. $797,000 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell) or Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
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MLS#84923 - Renovated 3BR, 2½ bath farmhouse on 3.2 acres. Country kitchen w/SS appliances, LR and formal DR w/fireplaces, large master suite. Fencing, run-in shed and barn for horses or livestock $250,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603
MLS#90828 - Charming home on Irish Hill features 3 BRs, 2 baths, newer appliances, finished room in basement, newer windows, vinyl siding, large deck. New shed, off-street parking, and walking distance to Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools. $209,900 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#90732 - Charming, move-in ready home has new appliances, great yard, 1½ car garage, outbuilding, decks and close to amenities. Priced to sell. $168,500 Call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#91389 – Turn-key B&B/restaurant w/outdoor dining area and antique store. Property is being sold w/all restaurant furniture, fixtures, equipment; B&B w/all furniture (a few exceptions); antique store inventory is negotiable. Building is in excellent shape w/sprinkler system, elevator, handicap ramps, firerated egress, fire alarm system, and handicap bath. Plenty of room for expansion. Motivated sellers. $419,000 Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607- 267-3232 (cell)
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MLS#92496 – Turn-key bar & grill in Davenport features all new kitchen equipment, newer roof, new siding and electric. This is a must see. It is not the old bar on the corner anymore. $365,000 Call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
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This centrally located village home has been tastefully renovated and maintained. Roof, plumbing, wiring, heat system w/added central air conditioning have all been redone. The kitchen, w/room for family dining, has cherry cabinets, granite countertops, tiled floor and stainless steel appliances. There is a conveniently located laundry/pantry and a rear mudroom with a tiled ¾ bath off of it. LR, sitting room and DR on 1st floor are bright and airy and have been recently painted. Refinished pine floors down and carpeted floors up. 4 BRs and a renovated tiled bath on the 2nd floor. Covered front and rear porches. The current price is below the assessment making it a great home buy. You’ll build family memories in this village home!
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The house has a large living room with fireplace, DR and large kitchen. Off of the kitchen is a glass enclosed sun porch with doors to the large backyard. 4 BRs with 2 on the 1st floor and 2 on the 2nd. Large open area on the 2nd floor provides space for a variety of activities. There is a bath on each floor. The 1-car garage is oversized and allows for safe and easy access in all types of weather. No more shoveling out the car before you have to leave! A quick walk to the elementary school and the Sports Center. Bassett Healthcare and grocery stores are within walking distance, several blocks away. This house is in totally convenient location. Call for an appointment to visit and be the second owner of this Cooperstown Village Home!
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(7623) Custom 3 BR, 3 bath Dutch Colonial w/valley views on 9.58 acres. Formal LR and DR, 2 fireplaces, large kitchen w/eating area and keeping room, 4-season room w/pellet stove, patio, deck, hot tub. Hand-hewn beams, period hardware, wide pine floors. One owner. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$399,000
Cooperstown Village Classic Exclusively offered at $279,000
This spacious 4+ BR home has it all— acreage, privacy and views! Features include large LR w/fireplace open to DR and kitchen. DR has french door leading to deck/balcony. First floor has 2 BRs, 2 baths. Lower level features family/rec room, 2 more BRs, 1 bath plus another room for den, office or another BR. With this floorplan, the home could easily be made into a 2-family or Dreams Park rental. Upper 4-car garage is well insulated, has heat, water and large windows. Lower garage is 1-car plus room. All of this for $259,900 MLS#92551
IN MEMORIAM
FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 2014
Ruth Levis, 93; Long Employed By Gordon B. Roberts Agency ONEONTA – Marguerite Ruth (Allen) Levis, 93, who as a widowed single mom raised five children while a longtime employee of the Gordon B. Roberts Agency, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at the Folts Homes in Herkimer, where she had lived for the last three years. Ruth, as she was known by her family and friends, was born on Feb. 5, 1920, in Scranton, Pa., and was raised in Binghamton. She was the daughter of Wells P. Allen and Marguerite B. Allen. She married Maynard T. Levis in 1945 and they settled in Oneonta, where
she lived for more 60 years. She was an active member of Elm Park Methodist Church and a member Ruth Levis of the United Methodist Women. After retiring in 1988, she was active as a volunteer at Fox Hospital and Elm Park Church. Ruth was a devoted wife and mother, for many years as a single parent following the death of her husband in 1967.
Survivors include her children and their spouses, Sharon Murray of Ilion, Brian A. Levis and his wife Pat, of Oneonta, Thomas W. Levis and his wife Elaine, of Worcester, Mass., Robert T. Levis and his wife Amy, of Kingston, and Kathy S. Crandall and her husband Jack, of Melbourne, Fla. Also, 11 grandchildren, Erica, Nicole, Joe, Amy, Jennifer, Brittany, Holly, Kelsey, Kirstie, Jason and Jenny; five great grandchildren, Emma Ruth, Liam, Murray, Quinn and Callan; a nephew, Gary, and a niece, Callie. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased
by her only sibling, Wells P. Allen, Jr., 82, in 2004. A funeral was held Saturday, Jan. 11, with the Rev. Olu Harding, pastor of the Elm Park Methodist Church, officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St, Oneonta, NY 13820 or to the Alzheimer’s Association of America, Leatherstocking Region, The Meadows Suite 2, 140 Cty Hwy 33W, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Arrangements are entrusted to the Bookhout Funeral Home.
Arthur LaRue Allen, 93; WII Navy Veteran Worked for IBM ONEONTA – Arthur LaRue Allen, 93, a World War II veteran who retired to Oneonta in 1994, passed away on Monday Dec. 23, 2013, at Fox Hospital. He was born Sept. 5, 1920, in Caton, Steuben County, the son of Marion and Anna (Wheeler) Allen. He married Mary Jean Allen on Oct. 11, 1941; she predeceased him on July 28, 1993. In 1996, he married Mary Jane (Hendee) Crandall. A Navy veteran of World War II, LaRue served aboard the USS Essex, an aircraft carrier that earned 13 battle stars in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Returning home, he operated a machine shop in the Elmira area with his father. In 1956, he joined IBM in Poughkeepsie, later moving to the Federal Systems
Division in Owego. He held several management positions during his 25-year career, and retired in 1981 as a project manager. In addition to his wife, Mary Jane Allen, currently residing at the Plains, he is survived by a daughter, Valerie K. Allen of Oneonta, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. LaRue is also survived by his sonsin-law, Les Grummons of Oneonta, and Gary Reardon of Valois; his step daughters,
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A funeral mass is planned at 10:15 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at St. Mary’s Church, with the Rev. David Mickiewicz, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Emmons. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.
Marvin Julius Taub, 74; SUNY Professor Taught In Vietnam
ONEONTA at SUNY Oneonta. – Marvin Julius He remained a profesTaub, 74, a former sor there until 1999, SUNY Oneonta where he ran the child professor, passed development lab and away following an taught Child Develaccident on Dec. opment. His second 30, 2013. son, Jonathan, was Marvin was born born during this time. in Binghamton in Marvin came out Marvin Taub 1939, the second of retirement to teach child of Marvin and Mary at an international school Taub. He attended Kiski in Vietnam from 2007 to Preparatory School, and 2009, with his friend, Zanna graduated from Dickinson McKay. College in 1961, with a Marvin is survived by two Bachelor of Arts in History. sons, David of Oak Park, Marvin married Patricia Ill., and Jonathan of Santa First in 1964. Monica, Calif.; two grandMarvin went on to earn children, Jane and Max; a master’s degree from and three siblings, Phyllis George Washington Univer- Albritton, Cyndy Friedland sity and a Ph.D. from the and Arnold Taub; along University of Maryland. with numerous nieces and In 1972, Marvin, Patricia nephews. and their young son, David, A memorial service will moved to Oneonta after be held at Pine Lake in the Marvin received a position early spring.
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