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From Marian Anderson To Duo Parnas For 85 Years, Concert Association Has Been Luring Top Talent

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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The LEAF Art & Poetry Contest Friday, April 26, at CANO took a new twist this year, as attendees – like Jessica Stoutenburg, husband Adam and daughter Makenna Ventuleth – placed their fingerprints and signed their names in the guest book.

he Oneonta Concert Association was THE place to be to see up-and-coming musical

“My Aunt Ester was part of the OCA,” said Molly Swain. “She called my mother and told her, ‘You’ve got to see this pianist, he’s going to go so far!’ And that pianist was Andre Watts!”

Watts, who started playing profes-

sionally at age 10, went on to play with Leonard Bernstein and, in his prime, performed in 150 concerts and recitals a season. “It was one of the biggest cultural things we had in town,” said Swain.

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Protesters Target All Pipelines

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Ava Eichler, whose dad Graig was honored at opening ceremonies, rides in the lead car of opening day parade with field namesake Doc Knapp.

Seamus Catella leads Up Country Photo onto the field during team introductions.

PANERA COMING: The national sandwich chain is opening an outlet in the Southside Mall parking lot, Mall Manager Luisa Montanti told DJ Chuck D’Imperio during an appearance on his show last week.

HELPING HANDS: Fifty Teams of SUNY Oneonta students – 600 in all – will go “Into the Streets,” beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 4, to participate in community-betterment projects.

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Pickets Hope To Show No Gas Conduits Safe

‘Regulations’ Biggest Worry For Business ore Otsego County Chamber members – 88 percent – indicated “regulations and mandates” have an impact on their businesses.

Health insurance for employees – 87.5 percent – ranked almost as high, followed by taxes (83 percent) and education quality (81 percent).

All other factors were cited as priorities by less than 80 percent of respondents.

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as pipeline accidents in Oklahoma and West Virginia are prompting Stop the Pipeline to protest a routine safety meeting, even though organizers say it has nothing to do with the disputed Constitution Pipeline proposed locally.

“We’ve held this meeting in Oneonta for several years now,” said Steve Roberts, a representative for Paradigm Liaison Services, its organizer. “It’s about the safety of existing pipelines.”

But Stop’s Carole Marner said, “There have been so many accidents, and we don’t believe the pipeline is safe or necessary.” She issued a call earlier this week on the Sustainable Otsego listserve summoning anti-fracking activitist to pick the meeting, planned at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at Foothills.

Inside, Paradigm will be conducting a pipeline safety training session for local officials, contractors and emergency personnel Please See PROTEST, A7

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Emcee John Frisch leads a representative of each team in the Little League oath during the Oneonta Little League opening day ceremonies at Doc Knapp Field Saturday, April 27, following a parade down River Street/MORE PHOTOS, A2

TAKING PLUNGE: Jamie Waters, organizer of the Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump, is running for county representative in the Milford district.

Artist’s Life Work Escapes Blaze

JUNIOR SENATOR: Yelmi Chung from Oneonta High School joined two other students in “shadowing” state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, for a day last month at the state Capitol.

lifetime of creativity was almost lost.

But 150 paintings in Oneonta artist Bunny Joseph’s studio are safe after a fire broke out on the second floor of the Watkins Avenue home where she and husband Howard live.

“We were out to breakfast,” said the artist.

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“The students next door saw the smoke and made sure we weren’t inside, then called the fire department.”

Five apparatuses and 26 personnel were on the scene for 17 minutes, quickly getting the fire under control and contained to the upstairs bedroom. “I was really concerned, because the studio is right next to the bedroom,” she said.

Chief Patrick Pidgeon declared the fire acciPlease See ARTIST, A3

ONEONTA TO GAIN CLOUT AT COUNTY

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neonta will gain clout on the county Board of Representatives in weightedvoting revisions that were to be approved at the Wednesday, May 1, meeting.

The revisions, which follow the 2010 Census, show all city representatives, plus Rich Murphy, D-Town of Oneonta, gaining clout, and all others losing.

The biggest gainer (34 votes of a total 6,227) is Gary Koutnik, who represents Wards 1-2. His proportional clout on the county board rises 12 percent.

HOMETOWN ONEONTA HAS LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION IN OTSEGO COUNTY 2010 WINNER OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD As part of the Iroquois Cultural Festival, the Fenimore Art Museum in partnership with The Iroquois Indian Museum present

Joanne Shenandoah Grammy Award Winner and 13-Time Native American Music Award Winner

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HOMETOWN People

GOHS Honors Tony Mongillo, D&H’s Historian

THE BOYS OF SPRING

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After the Greater Oneonta Historical Association presented him with the 2013 Albert E. Morris Award, Tony Mongillo, foreground, who will turn 90 in January, regales attendees on Sunday, April 28 with stories of the D&H heyday. Listening, from left, are GOHS Executive Director Bob Brzozowski, Tony’s younger sister Hope, Joe Campbell, Jim Loudon, Fred Lewis, Julie Lewis, Mary Kelley, Janice Downie, Roland and Janet Washburne, Dagmar Potter, Doug Davidson and Donald Potter.

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As last year’s champs, the Elks team had the honor of leading the Oneonta Little League parade down River Street to Doc Knapp Field Saturday, April 27. Bearing the banner are, from left, Karri Lawrence, Dayne Bissell-Smith, Chris Laing and Lucas Burrows. Jody Zintel is this year’s manager.

The Leatherstocking Pipe Band met the players at Park Street to escort them to the field.

Bill Erario, left, this year’s Little League president, congratulates Graig Eichler. This year’s season was dedicated to Eichler, a past president who is stepping aside. With Eichler is daughter Ava.

Asian Works of Art, English Ceramics, Glassware, Silver & Accessories Howard Hand Part IV & the Charles Goodwin Collection Thursday, May 9, 2013 @ 4:30 pm Hesse Galleries, 350 Main St., Otego, NY visit www.hessegalleries.com for order of sale or go to AuctionZip.com auctioneer #2029

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HOMETOWN PEOPLE

Bob Block Joins Hometown Oneonta, Journal As Director Of New Business Development

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ob Block, an executive with 30 years experience in the media business, has joined Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal as director of new business development.

“We’re delighted to have Bob on the team,” said Tara Barnwell, advertising director. “The demand for our newspapers’ reach just keeps growing, and Bob’s expertise and energy will allow us to provide a whole new level of quality and service – and new ideas to help us help our customers’ businesses flourish.”

He rounds out a team

that includes advertising consultants Thom Rhodes and Susan Straub.

A New York City Bob Block native, Bob holds degrees from Emerson College and the University of London. He is working on his MBA in organizational leadership.

He went on to leadership positions with publications in Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C., notably CIO, Knowledge Management and Smart CEO

magazines. He consulted for the Boston Globe and the Washington Post.

In addition to his knowledge of print, he brings specific experience in Internet innovation, which he will focus on the further development of www.allotsego. com.

The father of two grown daughters – Hayley, 28, an international economist with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Suzanne, 25, a senior associate with The Bateman Group in San Francisco – Bob, seeking a lifestyle change, recently chose to make the central Catskills his home.

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Fire breather Brian Goll blows a fire ball during Cosmic Karma Fire’s performance at OH-Fest 8 on Saturday, April 27, in downtown Oneonta.

Home Damaged, But Paintings Spared ARTIST/From A1 dental and electrical in nature. “It went out very quickly,” he said.

A small secondary fire started in the wall, prompting a return to the scene.

“They had that spray-foam insulation and an ember must have smoldered in there,” explained Pidgeon.

“It burned a small hole in the baseboard.”

The fire charred the bedroom, but the rest of the three-bedroom house, including the painting studio, is safe. Her studio housed over 150 of her watercolor landscapes, figures and still lifes, which have been featured at UCCCA, The Cooperstown Art Association and B. Sharp Studio Gallery.

“All my paintings are safe,” she said. “The studio is filled with dust and smoke, but the rest of the house is all right. Now I just have to get in there and arrange things — there’s a Club Name Girl, Boy Of The Year

tarps to cover the downstairs furniture. The water, however, got in the walls and on the wires, so before they can return, considerable work on the wires must be done.

“The electricians got right in there the day after,” she said. “Now we just have to have patience.”

The couple is staying with their son, David, while inspectors make sure the home is safe for them to return to. “We’re not homeless,” she said. “We’ll get back HOMETOWN ONEONTA file photo as soon as the inspection is complete. We have three Fire damaged Bunny other bedrooms to choose Joseph’s home, but from.” spared her studio.

“I’m glad we weren’t in lot of work to do.” the house,” she added. “I There was also some think it would have been water damage, although the worse for us if we had been fire department laid down there.”

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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013

EDITORIAL

County Board Consensus: Sell Manor. But Accountability Remains

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hile diversity can get muddied in the PC debate, there are practical benefits to diversity.

That was apparent at the Otsego County Board of Representatives’ last informational meeting on Otsego Manor Saturday, April 6, at Oneonta High School.

Looking around the tiers of desks in the Large Group Instruction Room, the diversity of the county board was evident to all.

Yes, there were Republicans and Democrats, but also men and women, youngish and oldish, working people and retirees, professionals, entrepreneurs, homemakers, a range.

And, yet, all of them, with the exception of county Rep. Keith McCarty, R-East Springfield, have accepted, by 13-1 vote, the necessity of privatizing Otsego Manor.

That this diverse group of people, many of whom began with an ardent desire to save our very fine county nursing home, changed their minds in the face of evidence, can give us confidence in the final decision.

• Yes, it’s time for the county to move ahead on selling Otsego Manor to a private entity, and it is about to expedite the process by creating an LDC (a local development corporation) to speed the sale and minimize the chance of challenges.

The county board held a public hearing Monday, April 29, for input on the LDC, and much of it was

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County representatives listening to interim County Treasurer Russ Bachmann at the April 6 informational meeting at OHS on Otsego Manor included, from left, Rich Murphy, retired BOCES speech therapist; Gary Koutnik, retired director of special ed, Oneonta City Schools; Pauline Koren, former owner, K&B Crafts; Kathy Clark, retired SUNY Oneonta food-service administrator; Ed Frazier, building contractor; Beth Rosenthal, who works via Internet for an agency in San Francisco that books business travel for executives; and Don Lindberg, an investor in rental properties. Also present were Kay Stuligross, community activist (who raised five sons); Linda Rowinski, proprietor, Oneonta Abstract Co., and John Kosmer, magazine editor and energy-efficiency entrepreneur.

heartrending. The board delayed action until Wednesday, May 1, but – absent compelling arguments to the contrary – it planned to act at its 10 a.m. meeting at The Meadows. That may have happened by the time you read this.

All things being equal, all of us certainly would want to save The Manor. But changes in Medicaid reimbursements and the arrival of Obamacare, both well beyond local control, make the sale inevitable.

(For links to help explain why this is so, please visit www.allotsego.com. The link to the U.S. News & World Report rankings, shows private owners, forprofit and non-profit, can achieve the highest quality

results. That’s heartening.)

• The LDC route is one of three.

The two other routes – through a local law or through a process outlined in the state’s County Law 215 that governs disposal of county property – create a Catch-22, according to county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who chairs the board’s Manor Committee.

Both would allow sales to “the highest responsible bidder,” but there’s the rub. If the bidder with the highest-quality track record is chosen, court challenges have required counties to go with the highest bidder. If the highest bidder is chosen, challenges on quality have stymied sales.

The LDC is a separate, semi-private entity – although Stuligross and, probably, county Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, will serve on it – thus allowing the county to avoid the costly court challenges.

(The other night, CSEA said it plans to sue over the LDC anyhow, so this consideration may be moot.)

Since most of the counties in New York State – facing the same forces affecting Otsego Manor – are trying to sell their nursing homes, and there are a limited number of buyers, there’s benefit in getting ahead of the crowd, Stuligross said.

There’s also a political dimension, she continued.

The diverse county board has come to a consensus.

But if, due to retirements and challenges, several new reps are elected in November, the excruciating debate could go back to square one.

In place, the LDC option allows the consensus to move forward regardless.

• There are counter-arguments.

County Rep. John Kosmer, D-Fly Creek, said state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has called LDCs a “shadow government” because they are cushioned from the electorate. Plus, three court cases are challenging LDCs, and if they are abolished The Manor’s sale would likewise be in limbo.

Perhaps. But LDCs aren’t strangers to Otsego County. The county Eco-

nomic Development Office’s main vehicles are the county Economic Development Corp. and the Industrial Development Agency; they are LDCs, and have been operating, unchallenged, for decades.

• Another convincing argument for action now on Otsego Manor is, with its deficit projected to grow from $3 million to $5 million to $8 million, no progress can be made anywhere else until this matter is resolved.

Many things demand attention, but foremost among them is economic development. There are promising initiatives around us – Chobani in South Edmeston, Covidien in Hobart, Custom Electronics and Ioxus in Oneonta – but none has yet pulled us out of stagnation.

In interviews on their selection as this newspaper’s Citizens of the Year, county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, and county reps Stuligross and Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, all identified economic development as a pressing need. It’s time to implement. We can’t afford Otsego Manor now, nor can we resolve future crises if we’re broke.

• There’s been a lot of talk about LDCs being a way to off-load responsibility, but if privatization fails, the public will make this county board accountable. There’s no way around that, and that’s as it should be.

But hard-earned consensus means it’s time to act.

FROM THE RECORD ALAN CHARTOCK other voices

‘At Signal, 4 Savages Sprang From Cover of the Driftwood’ Editor’s Note: Hawkeye, CCS athletic teams’ new mascot, is depicted in James Fenimore Cooper’s “Last of the Mohicans” as cool, tough, fearless and strong.

This excerpt describes a fight with four Hurons.

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t that moment the woods were filled with another burst of cries, and at the signal four savages sprang from the cover of the driftwood. Heyward felt a burning desire to rush forward to meet them, so intense was the delirious anxiety of the moment; but he was restrained by the deliberate examples of the scout and Uncas.

When their foes, who had leaped over the black rocks that divided them, with long bounds, uttering the wildest yells, were within a few rods, the rifle of Hawkeye

slowly rose among the shrubs, and poured out its fatal contents. The foremost Indian bounded like a stricken deer, and fell headlong among the clefts of the island.

“Now, Uncas”! cried the scout, drawing his long knife, while his quick eyes began to flash with ardor, “take the last of the screeching imps; of the other two we are certain”!

He was obeyed; and but two enemies remained to be overcome. Heyward had given one of his pistols to Hawkeye, and together they rushed down a little declivity toward their foes; they discharged their weapons at the same instant, and equally without success.

“I knew it! and I said it”! muttered the scout, whirling the despised little implement over the falls with

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Fracking Keeps Cuomo Up Nights ALBANY

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Launitz’ Hawkeye in Cooperstown’s Lakewood Cemetery.

bitter disdain. “Come on, ye bloody minded hell-hounds! ye meet a man without a cross”!

The words were barely uttered, when he encountered a savage of gigantic stature, of the fiercest mien.

At the same moment, Duncan found himself engaged with the other, in a similar contest of hand to hand.

With ready skill, Hawkeye and his antagonist each grasped that uplifted arm of the other which held the dangerous knife. For near a minute they stood looking one another in the eye, and gradually exerting the power of their muscles for the mastery.

At length, the toughened sinews of the white man prevailed over the less practiced limbs of the native.

The arm of the latter slowly gave way before the increasing force of the scout, who, suddenly wresting his armed hand from the grasp of the foe, drove the sharp weapon through his naked bosom to the heart.

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he contest between the frackers and the anti-frackers has shifted into high gear. I suspect Governor Cuomo had no idea of the impact the fracking issue would have in New York. In fact, it has become a signature issue for New York liberals.

Cuomo has done much to bring left-leaning moderates into his camp after starting out as a pro-business, almost-Blue-Dog Democrat. I suspect both his pollsters and his own political instinct warned him that if he wanted to go further in electoral politics and perhaps take up residence in the White House, he would have to do better with liberals.

That’s how you get nominated for President when you’re a Democrat. He’s trying hard to satisfy that group.

His clarion call for gay marriage was a huge plank in his attempt to solidify liberal support. People like what he has done on gay marriage and gun control, to name just two of his achievements, but I suspect he knows that his Q (likability) rating is not where they’d like it to be. Voters may

respect his achievements but that doesn’t mean they like him in the same way they love Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

Don’t make any mistake about it – the guy can be very charming, but he misses that political je ne sais quoi, an essential part of what made people follow FDR or JFK or even Bill Clinton to hell and back, even when they made some very big mistakes. Cuomo’s problem is that people see him as a political professional who acts not out of principle but out of political expediency.

That’s where hydrofracking comes in. In the beginning, Cuomo obviously saw this attempt to coax gas out of the ground as a big win for him. It would show people that he could deal with the energy problems of the United States for years in the future. It would be a great talking point for a future Presidential campaign. After all, even Barack Obama is for fracking.

In addition, Cuomo knew full well that Upstate was crucial political territory for him. He knows that it was a killer for his father and he is obviously determined to learn from that. By saying yes to fracking, Please See CHARTOCK, A6

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History

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

125 Years Ago

100 Years Ago

C.M. French announces his readiness to receive visitors and patrons at his portrait and art studios, rooms Nos. 12 and 13, Ford Block, opposite the post office. In addition to his portrait work, Mr. French will open a school for the study of industrial and fine art in room 13, which will be fitted up with the necessary studies, antique casts, etc., for a thorough course of study in drawing and painting. Mr. French has been a student of the art students’ league of New York and a pupil in painting of Mr. George H. Smillie, A.M.A. He will be assisted by Miss Anna M. Case, who has been a student of the league and is a young lady having the necessary faculty of imparting her knowledge to others.

May 1888

The contract was awarded by the Defense Supply Agency’s Defense Electronics Supply Center at Dayton, Ohio. The contract calls for 13,021 microphone headsets.

May 1973

30 Years Ago

Workmen will enter the Ford Block on Oneonta’s Main Street to begin transforming the three buildings into a retail and office complex under the city’s urban renewal program.

The site has been vacant for the past seven years. Donna Haynie, a spokesman for Citizens Developers of Oneonta, the private developer which owns the buildings, said a clean-up of the Ford Block interior will start immediately.

The general contractor for the $1.1 million project will be the Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corp. of Utica. The clean-up crew will remove old partitions, plumbing fixtures, and debris from a leaky roof for the time being. So far, inspections of the Ford Block indicate that its structural frame is sound and should not require major repairs. Vacant since 1976, the Ford Block, 180 to 186 Main Street, was once slated for demolition to make way for mall projects planned by a series of potential developers.

May 1983

80 Years Ago

As Colgate’s football squad hustles through fast practice sessions this spring and Coach Andy Kerr and his assistants mold the 1933 edition of the Red Raiders, a tall, lithe athlete as graceful as a toe dancer, but powerful and wellmuscled, leads the first team into action. This is Winston D. Anderson, of 61 Center Street, Oneonta, who is Captain and left end on the eleven that next fall will go to the football wars to continue the winning tradition of the unbeaten, untied, and unscored-upon team of last fall. ”Winnie” Anderson is one of the best athletes to play on Colgate teams in recent years. He is a good basketball player, working at either center or guard, and he might be on the baseball team, too, if he were not playing spring football. Football, however, is his game. Only one end in the history of Colgate football has been superior. That is Johnny Orsi, present end coach, who was picked on the All-America teams in 1931.

In Anderson, Colgate may have another All-America end, and, in fact, Anderson was picked on several “All Elevens” last fall. At six feet tall and weighing 180 pounds, “Winnie” is an ideal type for an end on offense or defense.

May 1933

20 Years Ago May 1913 Colone, Walter Grill, James Norris and Mark Ray. May 1953

40 Years Ago

Ten men have been meeting Thursday nights for the past few weeks to learn, practice and perfect their gourmet cooking skills. The meeting place has been the Home Economics foods laboratory at SUCO. This pilot course was offered by the Home Economics Department in conjunction with the College Union. Also involved in the program were Phi-Upsilon Omicron members, who served as teachers and assistants. Miss Eileen Bonner, a foods teacher at SUCO acted as supervisor. On the agenda for preparation were fruits and vegetables, desserts, and casseroles. The prevalence of the sweet tooth was evident when the overall favorite desserts, pies, cakes, and ice cream were made. The culmination of the class was a turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

A $649,096 government contract for electronic supplies has been awarded to Astrocom Electronics of Colliersville.

60 Years Ago

Seven juniors and 14 seniors were inducted yesterday into the Oneonta High School chapter of the National Honor Society. New members of the society, selected by vote of the student body and faculty, on the basis of scholarship, leadership, character and service are: Seniors – Judy Beckley, Anne Cleaveland, Ann House, Mary O’Connor, Dorothy Anne Ray, Susan Rosenheim, Nancy Swift, Joseph Perger, Peter Gregory, William Holtz, Robert W. Moore, Carl Myrus, Bruce Shove, and Leslie Stewart. Juniors – Jean Christman, Emily Curtis, Dorothy Kerper, Louis

Designer

The Oneonta Common Council chambers at city hall were filled with a standing-room-only crowd Tuesday night as the Council reviewed two sorority house special permits.

The Council passed the special use permit for Phi Delta Chi sorority at 61 Elm Street after a lengthy discussion between neighbors and sorority members of some of the historical problems the area has had with the sorority house’s occupants. The Council tabled the special use permit application of Sigma Gamma Phi sorority at 27 Cedar Street pending submission of a formal alcohol policy, fire safety procedures, and an engineer’s review of the structure’s condition.

May 1993

10 Years Ago

The nation’s unemployment rate swelled to 6 percent in April, returning to an eight-year high as employers slashed payrolls even deeper. The ailing economy has lost half a million jobs in the past three months. Employers are handing out pink slips, not job offers, and that’s not likely to change soon. “For those who are out of work, finding a job is getting tougher,” said David Rosenberg, chief economist at Merrill Lynch. April’s 48,000 job losses marked the third consecutive month, which never occurs outside of recessions, he said.

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Will Fracking Drive Liberal Voters Away From Cuomo Next Year?

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HAWKEYE/From A4 In the meantime, Heyward had been pressed in a more deadly struggle. His slight sword was snapped in the first encounter. As he was destitute of any other means of defense, his safety now depended entirely on bodily strength and resolution. Though deficient in neither of these qualities, he had met an enemy every way his equal.

Happily, he soon succeeded in disarming his adversary, whose knife fell on the rock at their feet; and from this moment it became a fierce struggle who should cast the other over the dizzy height into a neighboring cavern of the falls. Every successive struggle brought them nearer to the verge, where Duncan perceived the final and conquering effort must be made. Each of the combatants threw all his energies into that effort, and the result was, that both tottered on the brink of the precipice. Heyward felt the grasp of the other at his throat, and saw the grim smile the savage gave, under the revengeful hope that he

hurried his enemy to a fate similar to his own, as he felt his body slowly yielding to a resistless power, and the young man experienced the passing agony of such a moment in all its horrors.

At that instant of extreme danger, a dark hand and glancing knife appeared before him; the Indian released his hold, as the blood flowed freely from around the severed tendons of the wrist; and while Duncan was drawn backward by the saving hand of Uncas, his charmed eyes still were riveted on the fierce and disappointed countenance of his foe, who fell sullenly and disappointed down the irrecoverable precipice.

“To cover! to cover”! cried Hawkeye, who just then had dispatched the enemy; “to cover, for your lives! the work is but half ended”!

The young Mohican gave a shout of triumph, and followed by Duncan, he glided up the acclivity they had descended to the combat, and sought the friendly shelter of the rocks and shrubs.

Upstate business development which is, according to almost everyone, a disaster area, especially when compared to New York City.

The Governor simply doesn’t know what to do.

His big problem is that the fracking opposition won’t go away. A recent favorable report by the state health commissioner should have helped the Cuomo profracking disposition, but it didn’t. The opposition seems to believe that the health commissioner is acting on Cuomo’s orders and based on the kind of control Cuomo has over his commissioners, they may have a point.

The very effective anti-

sands of telephone calls and e-mail messages has not abated. If you are a governor and hundreds of thousands of people write you, you don’t like it. If you are this governor, you really don’t like it.

Some in the Cuomo camp believe that the constant anti-fracking protests are an isolated phenomenon.

They point to the polls that are very close on the issue.

Nevertheless, it is clear that those opposed to fracking take their task very seriously. In fact, there is more than a little chance that this group will either not vote for Cuomo in the next election or vote for a third party candidate.

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Offered Co-Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $529,900 Brand New Listing –Tucked into Frog Hollow, this completely renovated 3 BR turn-of-the-century home is in delightful move-in condition with all amenities top notch. Home offers LR w/built-ins, new eat-in kitchen w/lots of cupboards and granite countertops, powder room, mudroom/laundry, and family room w/fireplace, wood floors, open staircase to the upper level. On the second floor are 2 BRs, full bath w/clawfoot tub and shower, master suite including walk-in closet and lovely bath with tub, shower and double sinks.

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Charming Greek Revival home with many original features. Wide pine floors, high ceilings, cherry staircase. Large formal rooms on the first floor, front and back stairs. Country kitchen with mudroom. 10 miles from Cooperstown and very close to Glimmerglass Opera. This home would be wonderful for the historic home/antiques enthusiast. A great full-time residence or weekend retreat close to all the Leatherstocking region has to offer. Many updates including new roof, insulation and heating system. Large level lot with lilac and apple trees, pretty country views.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-7

Concert Association Gave Oneonta Early Look At Great Talents 85th/From A1 The Oneonta Concert Association is closing out its 85th season with Ron Carter’s Golden Striker Trio.

Carter, a two-time Grammy winning bassist who performed with the Miles Davis Quintet, B.B. King and Lena Horne, on Friday, May 17 at Foothills.

On Friday, April 26, the OCA celebrated the anniversary with a gala and display at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, showcasing 85 seasons of programs and sheet music. “One of the hopeful outcomes of this display is that people can come forward with programs we don’t have,” said Marge Merzig.

Formerly the Community Concert Association, the group was formed in 1929 by Ethyl Mills, the organist at the First Presbyterian Church.

The first concert, baritone Lawrence

Tibbett – he went on to have a long career with the Metropolitan Opera – was in the former junior high school on Academy Street.

In the late 1950s, the OCA broke a color barrier even the Daughters of the American Revolution had avoided: Barred from performing in D.C.’s Constitution Hall in 1939 (Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to sing at the Lincoln Memorial instead), Marian Anderson, the famed black contralto, sang at Oneonta’s Armory, “the only place in town that could hold as many people as they expected,” said Olga Zona Irwin. “Norman Roper had to escort her down the aisle, there were so many people. She was my idol; it was such a thrill that she came to Oneonta.”

But dealing with famous musicians always has its own quirks.

“My husband, John Mazarak, got involved in 1959,” said MaryAnn Mazarak. “Before the concert, this star asked if I would wear HER mink coat so it wouldn’t get stolen.

Well, I wasn’t about to give up MY Bresee fur, that I’d saved my own money for, to wear her coat.”

The coat was not stolen, but at a post-concert party, the host brought Mazarak the singer’s coat by mistake. “He quickly went back downstairs and got me mine,” she said, laughing. “I don’t know what she thought would happen to her mink in our little town.”

Another time, cellist Leonard Rose was performing on the high school stage when all of the sudden, the movie screen began to come down on him. “He stopped, moved his chair forward and continued with the program,” said Paul

Scheele. “We had a lot of laughs about it at the party later on.”

And when Scheele began booking, he had to make a desperate, last-minute change to the program.

“Jamie and Ruth Laredo were scheduled to play, but we got a call from Columbia Artists saying ‘They don’t wish to play together.’ Turns out, they had gotten divorced, and Samuel Sanders had to replace Ruth.”

Jamie Laredo later married a student of his, and appeared with the series twice more.

And, 85 seasons later, the OCA continues its mission to bring bright new talent to the Oneonta stage.

This season, Duo Parnas, the granddaughters of cellist Leonard Parnas, who performed with OCA in the 1940s, gave their first Oneonta concert.

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Representatives from One-Call will explain the “Call 811 Before You Dig” program, which requires excavators to get a “dig ticket” from the gas companies and mark where existing pipelines are.

In addition, representatives from Columbia Gas Transmission, the parent company of the Millennium Pipeline, and Enterprise Products Co. will be on hand to introduce themselves as local operators.

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open to the public, protesters were being encouraged to bring signs, banners and posters to make their voices heard. “They wouldn’t be having these ‘routine safety meetings’ if there weren’t pipelines coming in,” said Marner.

“The last time there was such a safety meeting, two of our people infiltrated,” she continued. “They reported EMS personnel were alarmed by what they’d have to deal with in the event of such a catastrophe.

It’s not something they can handle – to put a pipeline through towns with only EMS services is criminal.”

On April 11, two workers died of injuries from a flash fire that broke out at a pipeline gas compressor station in Tyler County, Texas. “It just keeps getting worse and worse,” she said.

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MLS#85601 - Peace and quiet on a ½-acre lot w/lots of wildlife. Manufactured home has newer windows, new metal roof, 2 BRs, 2 baths, kitchen, DR, LR, and garage. $49,900 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 MLS#87472 - Totally rebuilt Canadarago Lake home has spectacular views from every room. Modern kitchen w/upgrades. Direct access to dock from family room deck.

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MLS#87457 - 3 BR, 2 bath home on 4.25 acres w/large garage and partially finished basement. Peaceful setting w/large deck, perennial gardens, and beautiful pond.

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MLS#84218 - 6-yr-old mint-condition ranch on over ½ acre on a quiet residential street in Richfield Springs. 3 BRs, 2 baths and open kitchen/LR floorplan. Ready to move into. $154,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512

MLS#88048 – Charming Colonial w/wide pine, maple and cherry floors throughout. LR w/fireplace, DR w/original cupboards and French doors to 40-ft covered porch, kitchen w/cherry cabinets. Downstairs 2 BR and 2 baths. Upstairs 4 BR and 3 baths. Master BR w/dressing room and private bath. Detached 2-car garage, pond, horse barn w/3 box stalls. Cooperstown School District. $369,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 or Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026

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IC CED R P DU RE MLS#87273 - 3 BR, 3 bath charming historic 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#85578 - Location, seclusion and beautiful views make this contemporary home ideal. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. Property is sub-dividable, w/over 200’ of additional road frontage. $229,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

New listing! MLS#88665 - 5 BR, 3 bath ranch w/detached 3-bay garage. Open floorplan, large kitchen w/island, several replacement windows and doors, updated master BR suite. New exterior lighting, freshly painted interior.

Family room, laundry room and 3 BRs in basement. $279,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068

MLS#84136 - 3 BR, 2 bath ranch has full basement and over-sized 2-car garage. Lots of new: windows, appliances, furnace, wtr htr, water filtration system. Hardwood floors, spacious kitchen, and sun/family room. Master BR suite is an efficiency apt and the rent is paying the mortgage! $129,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068

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Located in Fly Creek but close to Cooperstown & Oneonta. $70,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506

New listing! MLS#88787 - Cozy Canadarago Lake view home w/major renovations. Detached garage w/circular drive and yard. Situated next to the public boat launch. $120,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506

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99 Main Street, Oneonta Cute cottage w/views of lake from front deck! This 2 BR home has been completely renovated with NEW kitchen, bath, flooring, well, hot water heater, roof, windows and siding. Lake access for fishing, swimming, canoeing or just floating. A year-round home, or summer getaway.

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