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nd the first class of Otsego County’s “20 Under 40,” chosen Tuesday, Feb. 10, by an independent panel of six judges, are: ► Chad Angellotti, Oneonta, regional manager, Otsego County Mental Health ► Brent Baysinger, owner, Canoe & Kayak Rentals and Sales, Port-

landville. ► Dan Buttermann, Oneonta, casualty supervisor, New York Central Mutual, Edmeston ► Dan Crowell, Fly Creek, Otsego County treasurer ► Jessica Guenther, Oneonta, Internet & marketing specialist, Five Star Subaru ► Stacie Haynes, Cooperstown,

CROP program manager, ONC BOCES, Milford ► Danielle Henrici, Cooperstown, NYSHA, director of education ► Dana Leonard, Cooperstown, co-owner, Origins Café ► Kristen Leonard, Cooperstown, co-owner, Origins Café ► Harold “Bud” Lippitt, Cooperstown, teacher and coach,

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Oneonta’s Hannah Harby, a SUNY freshman, models one of the latest prom fashions at the fourth annual Proma-Palooza at the Southside Mall on Sunday, Feb. 8.

ALIVE FOR DADDIES, DAUGHTERS

Russ Southard Won’t Run For Mayor In Fall

Girls certainly wanted to have fun Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Oneonta Family Y’s annual DaddyDaughter Dance at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom.

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uss Southard, who Common Council named interim mayor afrer Dick Miller’s Oct. 25 passing, said he has decided he will not run for the position in the November elections.

When Democrat Gary Herzig announced he would run for the top job at City Hall, Southard, a Republican, said he wasn’t sure what he would do.

Now, Southard said he’s decided to seek to continue as Council member from the Sixth Ward.

OH-FEST HEADLINER: Panic! At The Disco, a popemo band, is the lead act for this year’s SUNY-Hartwick student celebration Saturday, April 25, at a venue to be determined.

A STAR TURN: Oneonta heartthrod Cuyle Carvin is starring in a new web series, “Revelations,” available on youtube.com. Access the first episode on WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

LOVING LIFE: Congressman Chris Gibson’s wife, Mary Jo, is one of keynote speakers at the “Love The Life You Live” conference noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the SUNY Oneonta Hunt Union Ballroom.

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Cooperstown Central School ► Sarah Manchester, Oneonta, financial adviser, Edward Jones, ► Heather Mann, Oneonta, owner, Mann Made Cakes and Soda Jerks ► Andrew Marietta, Cooperstown, New York Council of Nonprofits, Oneonta ► Shannon McHugh, Oneonta, Lil’ Please See HONOREES, A7

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From Luxury To Shelter Informs Writer’s Stories April Ford’s ‘Poor Children’ Due Out In March

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or April Ford, editor of Digital Americana magazine, the stories in her upcoming story collection, “The Poor Children,” aren’t simply imaginary.

They were drawn from her life.

“I went from having private horseback riding lessons to living in a group home with violent offenders,” she said. “And I wanted to be friends with all of them.”

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‘Rack Cards’ Open Doors For Neediest

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hen someone comes into the St. Mary’s Food Pantry Director Janice Hinkley noticed, it was rarely just food they needed.

“They often have other issues,” she said. “They may be struggling with addiction. They may have trouble finding housing. They may not have insurance but need medical care.”

But where, Hinkley wondered, was she supposed to send them?

It was this question that inspired her, along with Rev. Cynthia Walton-Leavitt, pastor, First United Presbyterian “Red Door” Church, and a Hunger Coalition board member, to create the first “Rack Card Exchange” for services in Otsego County.

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‘Lost Oneonta’ Exhibit Stirs Memory Of City Landmarks Long Forgotten

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he buildings are long gone, but the memories remain.

“There used to be a coffeehouse in the basement of Old Main,” said Loraine Tyler, a former Greater Oneonta Historical Society officer. “John Denver was here for a week in the spring of 1968, and he played down there every night – you’d go in and

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ranklin native Sam Ohman will bring his signature smokybrined Berskshire pork chops and braised short ribs over homemade pasta down the mountain to Oneonta as the new chef at the Red Caboose Restaurant.

“I want to cook food I love for the community I love,” Ohman said.

A self-trained chef, Ohman traveled widely to experience other culture’s

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aitlyn Davey of Hamden has joined the West Kortright Center as marketing director, succeeding Lisbeth Firmin, who retires at the end of February to return to painting fulltime.

Caitlyn grew up in Delaware and Otsego counties and is active in the arts community as a metalsmith/ jeweler. She holds a BFA from Massachusetts College

cuisines, and most recently, worked under Executive Chef Zak Pellacio at Fish & Game in Ohman Hudson.

In addition to his signature meals, Ohman will debut several new dishes on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14.

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SUNY’s Malhotra, Drake Bring Goats, Water To Indian Villages

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6 days, 24 dairy goats, hundreds of students and a water filtration plant made Dr. Ashok Malhotra and Linda Drake’s trip to India a success.

Malhotra, a SUNY Oneonta distinguished teaching professor, and Drake, executive director of the college’s Center for Social Responsibility, spent nearly a month visiting the six schools built by the Ninash Foundation, which has educated more than 1,200 female and minority children.

At the Indo-International Culture School in Mahapura, they met with 200 children and a dozen teachers to West Kortright Center inaugurate two new classrooms and two sets of toilets. They also met of Art & De- with the local legislative assembly to sign and is a encourage them to build a road to the graduate of school. the LeaderAt the READS school in Dunlod, ship Otsego they observed progress on the playClass of grounds, garden, a rainwater pond and 2015. She a “smart” classroom with Internet acserves on cess. They also visited families in the the Oneonta village and offered help, through the World of Ninash Foundation, to install modernDavey Learning style toilets in their home.

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Linda Drake, executive director of the Center for Social Responsibility at SUNY Oneonta, stands among the goats Oneonta middle school students bought for villagers in Kuran, India.

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But their proudest moment came when they met with two graduates of the school, who had just completed engineering degrees.

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Once dinner is done, celebrants at the Oneonta Family Y’s annual Daddy-Daughter Valentine’s Dance went back to the dance floor at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union. Here Miguel Leon-Gomez and daughter Eva Leon dance to “The Macarena” by Los del Rio.

Tommy Espersen, Oneonta, poses with his daughter Alyssa while on the dance floor.

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As Usual, Oneonta Family Y’s Daddy-Daughter Dance A Big Hit With Celebrants

Jamie Reynolds, Oneonta City school board president, and daughter Elizabeth were returnees.

Kaleb Valk with daughter Lily Flynn left, prepare to join the dancing.

Brian Goodspeed rests his head on his daughter’s as the two dance to “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle.

Tim Gargash, Oneonta, made his daughter Skylar’s yellow dress and his yellow tie to match. Behind them are Shawn Beckerink and daughter Eliza, Oneonta.

Mike Blair waltzes with his daughter, Leila.

He may be a jeweler by trade, but Reuben Wilde only had one gem that night – his daughter, Natalie.

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EDITORIAL

Historical Societies Beloved, But Oneonta’s Is Raising The Bar

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artwick professor Harry Bradshaw Matthews’ talk on the Underground Railroad in Otsego County, sponsored by the Friends of the Village Library, packed ‘em in, 70 people in all, Sunday, Nov. 16, in the Cooperstown Village Board meeting room.

The decades-old Fly Creek Area Historical Society – current president, dynamo Sherlee Rathbone – is ever-more flourishing in the former Grange Hall there.

The Richfield Springs Historical Association & Museum, under energetic leadership of Marge Walters, is putting on intriguing exhibits (recently, of Civil War quilts) and lectures (recently, on Roxalana Druse, the last woman hanged in New York State, from nearby Town of Warren), as well as preserving artifacts, witnesses to local history, if you will.

In Middlefield, Cherry Valley, Otego, Unadilla, local historical societies are flourishing. And the Otsego County Historical Society – Anna Buell and Dominick Reisen are among the driving forces – has started meeting monthly in Hartwick’s Kinney Library.

This is a lot of positive ferment, and why not: By helping us understand our local communities – landmarks, institutions, longtime families, big events – local history puts us in the picture, making us comfortable with the otherwise mystifying world around us.

None of these entities is in competition with the estimable New York State Historical Association,

ment so far has been in infrastructure – necessary to all that follows, but not particularly sexy: reinforcing the buildings to handle any heavy exhibition items and all crowds, stabilizing the façade and installing an elevator shaft (the elevator itself is due in the next few weeks.) This has all been done under the guidance of Crawford & Stearns, the Syracuse-based historical architects, to ensure everything is first rate.

The final $350,000 needed to make the full vision reality remains to be raised, but when local-history fans learn what’s happening, they step up. A case in point happened a few weeks ago.

The GOHS’ very able – and dedicated – executive director, Bob Brzozowski, was giving one such local-history fan a tour of the second floor. Several of the rooms will be home to the society’s thousands of artifacts that bear witness to an energetic history Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Wayne Wright, director of the NYSHA Library and – “Milfordville” grew from a crossroads village to a Greater Oneonta Historical Society vice presithriving Oneonta in just a dent, examines a plaster frieze that hung over the door of the former Oneonta High School, now few years after the Albany & Susquehanna repair shops demolished, on Academy Street. Photos in the GOHS archives show the frieze in place, as well were located there in the as Classical statuary around the school’s “well.” early 1870s.

While Yankee farmers which has two world-class – the GOHS – is, by far, the dominated in the county’s museums to manage and a most flourishing such asuplands, Oneonta attracted statewide mandate. Quite sociation at this time. It has eastern Europeans, Irish, the opposite: the NYSHA invested $750,000 to date Italians and Lebanese, and Library is a huge resource in the Bissell Block, the – With FDR’s election for our local historians. first brick building (former – shifted from Republican Ask NYSHA Library DiLaskaris candy store), in a to Democratic in 1932. The rector Wayne Wright. He vision that includes exhibit Normal School, now SUNY knows – he’s vice president space on the first floor, a Oneonta, celebrating its of the Greater Oneonta His- research center and reading 125th year, and Hartwick torical Society. room on the second, and a • spacious gathering place – it College, moving to Oyaron Hill from Hartwick SemiAs befits the county’s was once a ballroom – on nary in 1928, added a whole largest community, the the third. new dimension to an everGreater Oneonta society Much of the invest-

richer mix.

When the second floor is complete, acid-free wrapping and boxes, and temperature and humidity controls will preserve the thousands of mementos to that local history, stored for now – but largely inaccessible – in a secure offsite location until the work is done. A centerpiece will be the Sally Mullins Reading & Research Center in the bright front room in the front corner.

Tour complete, the visiting local-history fan, on the spot, donated $40,000 toward the remaining $350,000 and inspired Bob to collaborate with our Hometown Oneonta newspaper on “Bringing Home Oneonta History,” a drive to match the gift with another $40,000 by midApril. While not completing all the particulars of the second-floor plan, that sum will allow the archives to be returned to the History Center, where it should be.

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• A visit to the secret spot where the archive is being stored was a marvel. A collections’ intern, Whitney Birkett (now also a curator at Hartwick’s Yager Museum), is recording tens of thousands of items via the Past Perfect computer program, assisted by GOHS board members Fiona Dejardin, who chairs the collections committee, and Shelly Wallace. And further rigor is being added to focusing the collection and recording the donors.

It’s a very exciting time, and a very worthy undertaking. It goes without saying that “Bringing Home Oneonta History” deserves everyone’s support, from people living in the “City of the Hills,” to those working there, and those whose families prospered there in times past (and will in times to come). Check the box on this page that outlines options for donors – and act!

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he GOHS is seeking to raise $40,000 by April 15 – matching an anonymous donor’s $40,000 – so its collection of thousands of items that bring Oneonta history to life may be brought back to the History Center, 183 Main St., where they will be more accessible to the history-loving public.

To “Bring Oneonta History Home,” there are several ways to donate: • Send checks to GOHS, Box 814, Oneonta, NY, 13820. Make checks payable to GOHS, with “Bring Oneonta History Home” in the memo line.

• By credit card, at the History Center, via PayPal on www.oneontahistory.org, or on Facebook, accessible through the website.

• Through stock donations, through the GOHS account at Wells Fargo, 433-0333.

Call GOHS Executive Director Bob Brzozowski at 4320960 if you have any questions or are interested in naming rights to parts of the 183 Main St. facility.

LETTERS

Oneonta The Has Foundation. New Mayor Needs To Build On It To the Editor: Hometown Oneonta has earned a reputation for providing in-depth coverage of important local events – providing readers with information on, not only what is happening, but also on relevant details about the people who are making things happen.

Consistent with this, I appreciate your recent article covering my candidacy for mayor of Oneonta.

Along with the biographical information provided in your article, it is important that my vision for the

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I have decided to run for mayor because I believe we are at a point in time where real opportunities exist for us to build an Gary Herzig even better and even stronger Oneonta.

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new comprehensive housing plan.

We have identified Market Street and the former railyards as potential sites for economic development.

New York State is now investing in Upstate New York and we need to be at the table with smart plans that work for Oneonta.

With experienced leadership and a community-wide effort, we can seize these opportunities. We can develop more quality jobs. We can revitalize neighborhoods.

We can balance our budget without spending our reserves.

We are at an important juncture.

Through 30 years of organizational leadership, I have tackled issues by bringing people together. During 10 years of involvement on our city boards, commissions and task forces, I have developed an understanding of both the challenges and opportunities we are facing.

We all know that Oneonta is a special place. I believe that, together, we can make it an even better place.

GARY HERZIG Oneonta

Keep Our Region Beautiful, Natural, Safe To the Editor: Many of us moved here from other places because we found this area of Upstate New York so beautiful, natural, safe and nourishing to our minds and senses that we were willing to embark on a new place to put down our roots.

Because we came to love this area, we sometimes remind ourselves of the obligations of love: to guard what we love from potential dangers so that it will be there for us now and in the future with the beauty, peace and security we loved about it. Now, however, we find ourselves faced with threats to the security of those values.

A private corporation, whose record, documented by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, reveals numerous violations of environmental laws forbidding erosion and contamination of creeks, seeks to construct a pipeline for gas through our Upstate area which may cause accidental explosions, clear-cut great forests, contaminate streams, destroying the habitat of the fish and birds that live there, and reduce property values of appropriated land-and even more important, of course, incur leakage of methane into the atmosphere that will further threaten global

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climate stability.

Now, however, because we have been granted an extension until Feb. 27 to write to our DEC (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation), we can exercise our democratic right to express our opinions to prevent the very probable harm to our own surrounding counties, just as we prevented the harm that would have been caused by horizontal drilling, by writing Stephen Tomasik, DEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233.

Let’s leave our environment in the state in which we found it when we moved here or grew up here. Because we love it.

HILDA WILCOX Cooperstown

Broadband, But At What Cost?

To the Editor: At first, on hearing this it seems like a great idea…but when I stop and think about how will be executed . They talk of accessibility not affordability for us.

Let me see if I got this right: They wanted to put in broadband for Otsego County so everyone is connected.

So there will be federal grants, “seed money” for corporations … which we pay for … there will also be state grants to help … which we pay for…then the corporations will charge us by our usage for this service … which we have to pay for … and then there will be state and county taxes on what we use … we will have to pay..

Essentially this means that the broadband providers will make lots of money off us, many times over. How come the corporations get so much help to find a way to get our money?

No wonder everything cost so much and taxes are not getting us what we really need … government is giving money to corporations so they will be able to charge us for their services.

Great deal if you are in the corporate structure…the rest of us. Oh well we are nothing but glorified slaves to corporations. I guess that is what is called capitalism and democracy at work.

R. SCOTT DUNCAN Hartwick Forest

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History

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

125 Years Ago

Oneonta’s Public Schools – Those whose recollections of school life go back thirty or forty years to the oldfashioned district school will find themselves in a new world when they step inside a well-organized graded school, such as the Oneonta Union or that at the East End. Having just spent some hours in each of these schools my mind is filled with comparisons between the old and the new in school management and instruction. The first and most striking contrast relates to discipline.

There must have been a wonderful toning down and refining of the manners of young Americans in recent times.

He is certainly a very different creature from what he was when the old men of today were boys. Then, the schoolmaster and the whip were inseparable.

Now the whip has pretty nearly disappeared from the halls of learning. And the boys themselves, when out of doors, are vastly more refined, and gentle in their manners. As to those innocent little boy fights, I think they did good in their way. They developed muscle, warmed up the blood and made a fellow brave and plucky for the moral part of the battle of life. Alas for the good old school-ground tussle, the occasional bloody nose, and the sound walloping the master administered to both parties in the presence of the whole school, big girls included. The modern school is a model of order and discipline. Such it is at least in Oneonta.

February 1890

100 Years Ago

The Honorable George L. Bockes delivered a scholarly address before the Political Study Club upon the New York State Constitution and the Constitutional Convention. He recited the history of that great instrument, showing its gradual development without radical change from the Charter suggested by the Duke of York and passed by the New York Colony legislature of 1683, and stated that the New York Constitution was eventually patterned after by all the other states.

Mr. Bockes argued that most constitutional questions can be answered easily by applying the following

postulates: We cannot afford to allow any scheme to weaken our representative plan. We cannot allow our plan of checks and balances between separate coordinate departments of government to be weakened. And, we must uphold our theory that government is a natural growth, rather than an invention. He argued that these postulates are not accepted in practice by those who favor the direct primary and short ballot, appointment of judges, proportional representation, initiative, referendum and recall, woman suffrage, or government by commission.

February 1915

80 Years Ago

Milk consumption habits of the population of upstate New York will be surveyed by 18 colleges and normal schools to broaden the base of knowledge upon which the state is striving to increase consumption of fresh milk.

Oneonta Normal is among those which will assist. Harold D. Leslie, director of the Bureau of Milk Publicity, has announced that the survey will be the most extensive ever made of the consumption of milk and dairy products.

A similar survey of milk consumption in New York City and its metropolitan area is planned. The milk consumption of 41,000 upstate families and a like or larger number in New York City is planned to begin this week and continue to mid-March. The colleges and schools have assigned about 150 students to the task of interviewing the families in more than 20 upstate cities.

The information will be gathered on questionnaires with 19 questions to determine how much milk each member of a family consumes, why milk is or is not consumed, and the source of supply.

February 1935

60 Years Ago

Men and women from the conservative wing of the Republican Party will assemble tomorrow in Chicago in a loop hotel to listen to a day-long relay of speakers. The speaking team includes Senators Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, George W. Malone of Nevada, Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois and Gov. J. Bracken Lee of

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Nevada. The theme is “What must the Republican Party do in 1955 to preserve the Republic and itself?”

Thomas McNiece, a researcher for the Reece Committee of the House in its investigation of tax exempt foundations, will talk on that subject. Senator Malone will discuss Communists in Latin America. Senator Dirksen will outline the Republican role in the new Democrat-dominated Congress. Governor Lee will present his views on the United Nations in relations to this country. Senator McCarthy is billed to talk about the Administration’s policy toward Communists in the Far East.

February 1955

40 Years Ago

Preliminary plans for the rehabilitation of the Water Street side of Main Street buildings were unveiled at a special meeting of the Urban Renewal Agency last night. The plans call for the replacement of nearly all of the fire escapes on Water Street and sandblasting of the rear facades of the buildings.

The project carries a tentative price tag of $93,000 that does not include sandblasting and other improvements. Most of the merchants present at the session favored the project. Three merchants, Charles Holdorf, George Lambros and Warren Klauber, all longtime opponents of urban renewal, were not present.

Also discussed was a plan to create a first floor walkway along Water Street, which could provide a rear access to the Main Street stores.

February 1975

30 Years Ago

Animal lovers sometimes step across the line separating kindness from cruelty. Psychologists studying the phenomena say that animal cruelty offenders are often lonely, and feel a need to prove their own worthiness as human beings. It remains hard to explain why certain people, often with the best of intentions, acquire numerous animals which are otherwise unwanted, diseased or abandoned, and then fail to care properly for them, eventually winding up in court to face cruelty charges.

February 1985

EYE ON THE WEATHER Editor’s Note: David Mattice, National Weather Service observer in the Oneonta area for the past 30 years, is providing monthly and annual summaries of local weather as a public service.

JANUARY 2015 Highest Temperature...................................................49°F (Jan.4) Lowest Temperature................................................-14°F (Jan. 14) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................25.9°F Average Minimum Temperature.............................................5.2°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................15.6°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................1.89″ Most Precipitation in One Day....................................70” (Jan. 30) Thunderstorms...........................................................0 (0 for 2015) Snow.............................................................18.9” (18.9” for 2015) .............................................................43.6” for winter of 2014-15 Most Snow in One Day...............................................3.1” (Jan. 26) YTD Precipitation.....................................................................1.89” Number of Days at or below 0°F.............................9 (9 for 2015 ) .....................................................................9 for winter of 2014-15 Number of Days at or below 32°F.......................30 (30 for 2014) Comments: COLD in January...it usually is, you don’t need me to tell you that, but it was consistently very cold, (frigid a lot of the time), all month! The “outcomes” for January 2014 and 2015 are quite similar, but the weather patterns were totally different! Both months were drastically colder than average: January 2015 was 5.7 degrees below normal while January 2014 was 5.2 degrees colder than average. January 2014 resembled the rollercoaster ride of the stock market over the last few months, up and down and up and down! January 2015 was cold, steadily cold. January 2014 saw seven days climb into the mid and upper 40s and one into the mid 50s, while January 2015 had only two days in the 40s and only two others had daily maximum temperatures above freezing. Nighttime temperatures plummeted below zero 10 times in January 2014; this year we got lucky, only nine! Precipitation, which DAVID is rainfall and the water content of snow, for last month was 0.65 inches below normal, but MATTICE yet we had 18.9 inches of snow, which is 1.0 inch above the norm! Cold and dry air was hunkered over our region for sure. On average we see 39.5 inches of snow in November-January; for that period this winter we have received 43.6 inches, just 4.1 inches above normal. At least the snow for the most part has been light and easy to lift, thanks to the cold temperatures. Ol’ Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow, so we should see an early spring. I wouldn’t bet on it. The National Weather Service is calling for below normal temperatures for the next 90 days, with normal precipitation. I’ll let you know in April who was right, the furry little critter or the scientists at NWS. Winter time is a beautiful time of year to get outside and have fun. Take a walk or a hike, do some sledding with the kids, maybe a little cross-country or downhill skiing or even slip on some ice skates, no pun intended. On, Saturday, Feb. 21, stop by and watch the Polar Bear Jump at Goodyear Lake. It’s a wonderful event and it’s heartwarming to see what the fine folks involved do for others! If you can’t be there in person, please sponsor a “jumper” or make a donation. The sun is higher in the sky, and when it makes an appearance it feels warmer than it did back at Christmas time. It’s lighter both earlier and later each day, so hang in there, we’re going to make it, spring is just around the corner, (ok, somewhere nearby)!

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Author Goes From No Books To 2 STORIES/From A1 After her parents divorced, April’s family “fell apart” and she began hanging with a rough crowd.

“My parents couldn’t handle me,” she said. “My friends smoked pot, so my dad brought the police to my house.”

But before the time spent in the group home inspired her writing, it inspired her study. “When I got out at 18, I wanted to get as far away as possible,” she said.

“I went to college because I wanted to be a cop, but after one semester, I knew I didn’t have that in me. They were all too gun-happy.”

She studied social work next – correctional intervention – but found it corrupt.

“I knew I wanted to work with kids, but I hadn’t figured out how,” she said.

Third, she studied creative writing, and there she found her magic. “I volunteered to work with kids in group homes and detention centers,” she said. “I was teaching these teenage prostitutes

to create newsletters.

They were spastic, violent little things, but sharp and smart. They wanted to do April Ford things, they wanted to impress you.”

In 2005, she wrote “in a weekend” what would become the first story in the collection, “A Marmalade Cat for Jenny.” “It was just binge writing,” she said. “I felt like I’d written it on the cellular level.”

The second, “Isabella’s Haunting,” was written in the fall, and she continued writing short stories for the next 10 years. “Themes started to emerge,” she said.

“With each one I wrote, I gained confidence.”

“The Poor Children” are in a lawless, amoral world of abusive and neglectful adults. “It’s not ‘all grownups are bad,’ but it shows what kids do in situations caused by that neglect.”

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With Exhibit, ‘Lost Oneonta’ Is Found Once Again

LOST/From A1 Center, 182 Main. “We went about creating this exhibit in kind of an unusual way,” said Executive Director Bob Brzozowski. “Normally, we organize a specific group to research an exhibit, but in this one, different individuals took on different topics.”

The exhibit was inspired by books such as Nathan Silver’s “Lost New York.” “We quickly figured out that we needed to focus,” said Brzozowski.

“There are a lot of buildings that are no longer here. There used to be mansions all up and down Main Street, but we decided to focus on a half-dozen commercial buildings, rather than private homes.”

In addition to Old Main, photos and stories from the Academy and East Street Schools, the D&H roundhouse, the Stanton Opera House, Broad Street and McDonald’s Tavern will be on display until April 25.

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With Rack Card Swap, Samaritans Connect NEEDY/From A1 with the Hunger Coalition, and then with the Community Health Center, I realized we were often talking about the same clients.”

“We serve 250-350 families a month at the St. Mary’s Food Pantry,” said Hinkley.

“I don’t have to tell anyone here that there is a great need for services in this community.”

A “Rack Card” commonly refers to a brochure one might find detailing tourist destinations, but here, they listed the services offered by the 20 organizations that set up tables in the St. Mary’s Parish Hall on Thursday, Feb. 5

“Three of my schools are on display here,” said Wayne Wright, GOHS vice president and NYSHA library director.

“I went to East Street, Academy and Old Main.”

The East Street School had only four classrooms, he recalled, and they had to be partitioned off for other classes. “The fifth- and sixth-grade classes were held in an old store,” he said. “There was no lunchroom; all the kids went home for lunch.”

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“I never get an opportunity to talk with other professionals,” said Patricia Leonard, executive director of the Family Services Association, who made a new rack card just for the event.

“It’s a chance to learn from each other.”

Mental health services, literacy volunteers, adult education and social services were just some of the services that participated in the event, meeting and greeting other service providers in order to exchange information. “It’s a great way to network,” said Hinkley. “The more people know what’s out there, the better referrals we can get.”

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It features a sunny, large kitchen which leads to a rear deck— great for entertaining. Master BR and bath downstairs, for retirees. Bonus 24' x 48' barn for storage or animals.

Conveniently located walking distance to Springfield Landing and your deeded lake rights. Minutes to the Village of Cooperstown and Bassett Hospital.

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OTSEGO.homes The current family has resided in this home for 54 years! This well maintained home is conveniently situated in a friendly neighborhood w/easy access to all village locations. The house sits away from the street allowing good views while affording privacy. Basement has family room and game room. Large backyard is perfect for all outdoor activities. Deck has retractable awning. Detached garage has room for 2 cars and extra storage as well. Call us to visit this gracious family home!

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Judges Winnow 61 Worthy Nominees To 20 Who Will Be Honored At Feb. 26 Reception HONOREES/From A1 Ladybug Day Care, teacher ► Hannah Morgan, Oneonta, sustainability coordinator, SUNY Oneonta ► JonathAn Philby, Oneonta, adaptive phys-ed teacher, Springbrook ► Megan Scrivener, Oneonta, internship coordinator, SUNY Oneonta

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► CorinNe Smith, Cooperstown, nurse practitioner, Bassett Hospital ► Zoë van der Meulen, vice president/marketing, Unalam, Unadilla ► Chad Welch, finance and Internet manager, Smith Ford, Cooperstown.

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Seth Haight, COO, Springbrook; Chris Kuhn, director, Oneonta Job Corps; Luisa Montanti, Southside Mall manager and president of the Foothills Performing Arts Center; Val Paige, director, Clark Sports Center, and attorney Martin Tillapaugh, Cooperstown.

The program, a collaboration of the Otsego and Cooperstown chambers of commerce, and the Hometown Oneonta & Freeman’s Journal, was announced in Jan. 8-9 editions.

By the deadline of midnight, Friday, Feb. 6, nominations had been submitted for 61 people, ranging from business executives and entrepreneurs to professionals.

“The partners are just delighted by the response,” said Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of the Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal. “This is a demographic that’s too often taken for granted – young strivers with young families juggling multiple responsibilities. Yet, this sector must be strong for the Otsego County of the future to be strong.”

The honorees will be featured on special pages in next week’s paper, and will be recognized more formally at a reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at Springbrook’s new Oneonta campus. $12.50 per person.

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Attorney Martin Tillapaugh, Cooperstown, makes a point during “20 Under 40” judging Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta.

Clockwise from him are the other judges, Chris Kuhn, Luisa Montanti, Seth Haight, Ben Guenther and Val Paige.

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Office Space for Rent Cooperstown Commons, starting as low as $500/mo.

300 sf to 1000 sf available. kris@glenwoodco.com or call 919-280-0070 8ClassApr4

Two bedroom, two bath, LR, DR, one car garage, W&D hook-up, Rt. 31, furnished, $850 per. mo plus utilities, plowing, lawn care & garbage removal. No pets. Regerences required . Call Patti at (607) 547-4045.

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Oneonta 2 Bdrm, 1 1/2 bath townhouse for rent. Furnished or unfurnished. No Pets.

References and credit check required. $950 month + security. Call Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC at 607-432-4391.

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Cooperstown 2 bedroom, first floor, edge of village $950.00 with heat and electric included. Lease. No pets. Dave LaDuke, John Mitchell Real Estate, (607) 547-8551.

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Available now. Call AshleyConnor Realty 607-547-4045 TFN For Rent, Center Village Home.

3 BR, 2 baths, den, modern kitchen, laundry, DR, breakfast room, 1 car garage. Excellent Location. $1400. per month plus utilities, snow & garbage removal, lawn care. Lease.

References required. One dog ok. No cats allowed. Call Ashley-Connor Realty 607547-4045 TFN

Village Studio Apartment available. Walking distrance to Hospital. Ideal for one or two persons. Heat, electric, snow removal and lawn care included. Cooking facilites. Long or short term. $700 a month Robert K. Lee Benson Agency 607-434-5177 3ClassFeb20 Cooperstown Apt. for rent.

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OneOnta • 75 Market Street 607-433-1020 COOperStOwn • State Hwy 28 607-547-5933

MLS#97317 $139,900 Historic Milford Village Home! Close to park, schools, transportation. 3 BRs, 1 bath, stained glass windows, built-ins, hardwood floors, many updates.

Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#93096 $234,999 Over 60k of Improvements! Owner taking a loss!

He says make an offer! Private 8.27 acres w/stream. 4-car garage, all new electrical. Too many updates to list!

Call Donna A Anderson for details @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#96658 $279,900 Move-in condition, log-sided, 3-BR, 2-bath home is just outside of Oneonta. LR w/cathedral ceilings and woodstove opens to front deck. Spacious kitchen.

Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#96795 $184,999 Location and Style! 3-BR, 2 bath Colonial w/ fireplace is newly landscaped. Open yard, covered deck. Close to shopping, schools, hospital, restaurants.

Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#97482 $68,500 Built in 1799 as the Stanley School, this home is totally renovated. Taxes under $1,000. An ideal starter or getaway home. Cherry Valley Schools.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#90336 $74,900 Great Price! Lots of Space! Arts & Craft Mission-style home has 4 BRs, new windows, doors, furnace, hot wtr. Selling below full assessed value. Sidney Schools.

Call Anthony Aragoni @ 607-434-2111 (cell)

MLS#94579 $59,000 Cherry Valley Hunter’s Paradise! 28 acres along County Highway 32. Wooded, great views. Great for building.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#97217 $47,900 4,600 Sq Ft Warehouse ½ is insulated and heated.

Tractor trailer entrance, commercially zoned, 3-sided access. 8,000 sq ft parking. Close to Routes 28 and 20.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#91066 $199,999 Excellent Value! Originally $399,999…now $199,999! 6 BRs, 3 baths, over 2,500 sq ft. 3 miles the Village of Cooperstown, a fantastic Dream Park rental.

Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#97561 $99,500 1873 Classic Walk to everything! Sunroom, 4 BRs, DR, eat-in kitchen, family room, large backyard, garage.

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MLS#97869 $84,500 More Than $25,000 in Improvements! Darling 2 BR gingerbread cottage priced below original purchase price is ready to move in now!

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MLS#97327 $99,000 Money Making Potentialor Owner Occupied.

Updates include new roof and vinyl replacement windows. Don’t miss out!

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MLS#98276 $181,000 Sidney – Meticulously maintained 4-BR, 2½ bath home w/2-car garage. Beautifully landscaped. Family room w/gas stove, den, LR, DR, kitchen, master BR. Call or text Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#97672 $29,900 Exceptional Value! Highly desirable location!

Babbling brook and 10 wooded acres just a short drive from the NYS Thruway. Priced to sell immediately.

Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)

MLS#97599 $134,000 Too many upgrades! Modern 3-BR, 2 bath farmhouse on nearly an acre w/new roof, floors and paint.

Call Adam Karns at 607-244-9633 cell Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/745530 MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#97997 $149,000 Great Opportunity! Storefront and 3 apartments Spacious 4 BR, 2and bathsingle-family house is closehouse to I-88.inLarge plus efficiency, back. backyard, small shed. Make your Call Adamworkshop/garage, Karns 607-244-9633 appointment today. Priced to go this week!

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MLS#98270 $149,000 Remodeled restaurant w/hardwood floors, great ambiance. Bar and kitchen w/newly tiled walls and floors. 2 walk-in coolers. 4 rental units for income.

Call or text Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#97986 $90,000 Cute and cozy! 3-BR, 1-bath home in Burlington Flats.

Renovated home w/radiant floor heat, updated kitchen. Wood floors throughout. Double lot.

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MLS#98291 $224,296 Money Maker! 3-unit in South Kortright. Recently renovated! All units w/appliances, Direct TV. New roof.

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MLS#95638 $164,000 Otego – 3-family home on a 2.17-acre village lot. Has a country feel. Nice views! Live in one as the current owners do, or rent all 3 units. Off-street parking.

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MLS#98104 $99,900 Nicely situated 3-BR, 3-bath home on over 2 acres.

Open layout, spacious master BR w/walk-in closet, 2 LRs w/wood-burning fireplaces. Kitchen w/island.

Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#97606 $119,000 Look no further! Quaint 3 BR, 1½ bath home in Oneonta’s east end. Fenced yard, spacious deck.

Cooperstown Village home. Seller pays closing costs (up Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 to $3,000tour: w/acceptable offer).

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Unique opportunity to purchase this historic former rail station,

MOTIVATED SELLER!!! 4-5 BR and 2 BA ranch home. Bright kitchen, DR, built-ins and fireplace in enormous LR. Office/5th BR with built in desk and shelving. Screened-in porch, shed, landscaped yard, outdoor fireplace and patio in private backyard. Oversized 2-car attached garage. Walking distance to parks, SUNY & High School. NEW Roof and NEW Hot Water Heater. $169,900 MLS#98098

circa 1892, lovingly restored by the current owners to its former glory!

Proven location is close to Foothills Performing Arts Center, Clarion Hotel and Main Street, Oneonta. The building is ideally equipped for retail, medical/professional or service business opportunities—even a 3-store mini-mall which offers separate heating. Bring your own food establishment ideas as well: all contents and equipment are negotiable. This location provides exciting opportunities!

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OWNER SAYS SELL!! – Just Outside the Village – Farmhouse with additions: 19x14 kitchen with vaulted beamed ceiling, center island, exposed beams, double pantry cupboards and a breakfast nook overlooking the back yard. 2,949+- sq.ft. living space .78 acre flat lawn space. Large living room with beamed ceiling, den with fireplace, dining room with woodstove, mudroom, laundry, and a full bath on the main floor. Attached 23x24 area, currently 3 rooms, would make a great space for additional family room and/or an in-law apartment. Upstairs: 4 bedrooms, 3 half-baths, Large hallway space with storage and a master suite with tiled tub, standing shower, walk-in closet, and private balcony. Front and back staircases. Front porch, rear deck. Garage and storage space.

Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty NOW $160,000 or $200,000 with the adjacent one and one-half acre lot.

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