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Volume 4, No. 36

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123rd SUNY ONEONTA COMMENCEMENT

OH, HAPPY DAY!

IBM exec Janet Perna addresses grads.

Seward Primary Possible

By JIM KEVLIN

Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Mark Davidson, a surgeon who worked with Dr. Ken Stalter of Oneonta, who died in January, heads for a second-place finish at the first Rat Snake Triathlon held Saturday, May 19, at Gilbert Lake State Park in the late physician’s honor.

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English major Colleen Clune, Oneonta, blows kisses to wellwishers on receiving her degree.

University Police Chief Barton Silverman receives a Chancellor’s Award and mantle from college President Nancy Kleniewski and Provost Maria Thompson.

3-Year Grads Earn Degrees At Hartwick

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welve students, the first class to complete Hartwick College’s novel three-year degree program, will be graduating at this year’s commencement at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 26, on Elmore Field.

The intensive program, which allows undergrads to save 25 percent on their college bills, was hailed nationally when it was announced four years ago.

Biotechnology executive Kathy Ordoñez, Class of 1972, is commencement speaker.

CROSS CULTURE: A French-based tour and travel agency, Horizons du Monde, is seeking to place 12 French high school students, accompanied by Audrey Moreau, who teaches English in France, July 3-30, in Otsego County. Details, contact Teresa Winchester at 783.2064 or percyluna465@yahoo. com.

OUT OF GAS: Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has declared natural gas a “disaster” due to dropping prices and sold his shares in Chesapeake Energy, which had leases locally.

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or the first time since his first state Senate race in 1986, Milford Republican Jim Seward may be facing a GOP primary due to a disagreement over the Home Rule doctrine.

“We’re just very frustrated with Home Rule,” said James Blake, a businessman living in the Town of Maryland since 2004. “It’s not really Home Rule; it’s a preemption bill he (Seward) put in allowing people to ban natural gas.”

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James Blake, right, attended state Sen. Jim Seward’s Economic Development Summit March 9 at The Otesaga.

Blake and a neighbor, Jeannie Bridger, asked for the county Republican Please See GOP, A8

Democrat Opens HQ In County Valerie Jacoby of Afton sported the proud and relieved smile of a graduate’s parent – her daughter is Sabrina Niewiadomski – in the packed stands at the Dewar Arena. At right is husband John/MORE PHOTOS, A6-7

Getting To Know Chamber Members New Executive Heegan’s Top Priority

By JIM KEVLIN

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s Plains at Parish Homestead marketing manager for three years, Barbara Ann Heegan has had to guide people through one of life’s most sensitive transitions: leaving homes they have lived in for decades for a retirement community.

“They really have to be sure it’s the right fit,” said Heegan, who prior to that had been director of volunteers – more than 200 volunteers – for Bassett Healthcare.

As Otsego County Chamber executive director – her appointment was announced Thursday, May 17 – she perceives her role similarly, as she seeks to attract members to the chamber and businesses to the community.

Tyner, Schreibman Vie In June Primary

By LIBBY CUDMORE Serge Corbin is due back in the county.

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’ve been the underdog five times,” said Joel Tyner, a fivetime Dutchess County legislator, who is running against Julian Schriberman in the June 26 Democratic primary for the 19th Congressional District. “And I’ve come out on top all five of them.”

In November, the winner of that will face off against U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican who spent May 10-11 in the Cooperstown Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Barbara Ann Heegan is applauded by area.

“We need a firecracker Chamber President Roxanna Hurlin every town,” Tyner said. burt, right, and board member Caro“It’s all about the buzz.” lyn Lewis.

In Worcester, his cam“The chamber is a people business,” said paign firecracker is Diane Heegan, who has learned something about Please See TYNER, A11 Please See HEEGAN, A3

Winningest Racer Back For Regatta

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fter a seven-year hiatus, Serge Corbin, the unchallenged king of the General Clinton Regatta returns to Otsego County on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, to again claim his title.

“I can’t just do it for fun,” said the 28-time winner and native of St. Boniface, Que., who will race down the Susquehanna from Cooperstown, past Oneonta, to Bainbridge in the 50th Please See RACE, A10

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Getting To Know Chamber Members New Executive Heegan’s Top Priority

Oneonta Historian and UU member Bob Brzozowski, right, shows off the stained glass window in the Grandmother’s Loft at the Unitarian Universalist Church to Mary and Duane McMorris of Otego at the open house Sunday, May 20.

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Heegan, 33, was raised in Elmont, Nassau County, but was introduced to the DelawareOtsego area during childhood summers. Her family – dad James, mom Florence and an older brother, Douglas – would camp at Glimmerglass State Park while visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A particular treat was stopping at Roundup Ranch in Downsville, where young Barbara Ann first rode horseback.

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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012

EDITORIAL

It’s Time To Act On Hard Issues, So Community Can Move On

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he writer of this editorial, on purpose, has never seen it – there’s a lesson in that – but a “Hall of Shame” Web site, launched by Anthony Pacherille’s uncle, Dave, has been roiling the Village of Cooperstown for months now.

From second-hand reports, the site has been identifying heroes and villains in the nephew’s tragic story: Anthony, barely 16 when the incident happened, is serving an 11-year term for shooting and wounding a classmate, Wesley Lippitt, in a Good Friday 2010 incident that began on the National Baseball Hall of Fame grounds.

The Web site has been a provocation, locking in positions at a time when reconciliation should be the order of the day. Dave Pacherille should take it down, with the encouragement of Anthony’s parents, Tony and Kathy.

From a First Amendment perspective, the creator of the site certainly has the right, short of libel, to say what he will, unhelpful as that may be. But the rest of us also have the option of not visiting it, and it’s an option that should be widely embraced.

Here’s the lesson: If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it fall?

Apologies to Bishop Berkeley, but if nobody hears it, whether it fell or not is irrelevant. Stay away.

• One of the advantages of toiling in the newspaper business is you get to meet and talk with everybody, on all sides.

In this case, some com-

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Two years ago Good Friday, Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. was the first ranking officer to arrive at the scene of the shooting, the spinoffs of which are still being felt.

munity members have sought to demonize the Pacherilles; regrettably, due to intense antipathy from some quarters, Anthony’s parents have moved out of town. In reality, these people are the innocent victims of a tragic episode who – as any parent can imagine – are still reeling from the undeserved blow.

Likewise, some people who feel a deep and natural sympathy for Anthony have painted Craig and Tracey Lippitt as hard-hearted and unbending. That’s also misguided; the Lippitts, who have a well-earned reputation for community service, have likewise been grappling with a terrifying occurrence similarly undeserved.

At a recent rally in Cooperstown’s Lakefront Park, the Rev. Thomas Pullybank of Fly Creek and other friends of the Lippitts reportedly spoke about the importance of peace and kindness. That’s a start but, as Pullybank knows, an end

of the rancor can only be achieved by acceptance and forgiveness.

If somehow Pullybank and the Pacherilles’ pastor, Father John P. Rosson, could bring the two sets of parents together in mutual sympathy, understanding and reconciliation, that would be a wonderful first step in a badly needed healing process.

• After two years, it’s time to move the unhappy episode into the background, learning what might be learned and acting on it.

District Attorney John D. Muehl was right in applying the standard practice of adjournment in contemplation of dismissal in the case of six boys accused of hazing a younger boy on the CCS football team. None of the boys had prior records, Muehl said, and this is the standard resolution. No one wants to see any more young people dealt with harshly.

But some work remains

to be done.

Paradoxically, a charge was brought against Anthony’s father because he went down to observe the peace rally and found himself in the vicinity of the Lippitt boy, as proscribed by a restraining order. That case has been sent on to state Supreme Court in Broome County, since both Cooperstown village justices have recused themselves from any involvement. As it’s time to let the charges against the six boys lapse, it’s likewise time to end the persecution of a grieving father.

The role of CCS footballteam hazing in Anthony Pacherille’s case may become clearer as the appeal of his conviction goes forward. His lawyer is seeking to have the teen retried as a minor, since he was only six days past 15 when the shooting occurred.

The severity of Anthony’s treatment is underscored almost daily in the national news, where many charged

with more serious crimes are punished less. In the latest, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin was released on bail within days; the local 16-year-old, by contrast, never got bail.

Like the six boys in the hazing case, Anthony had no record, a fact that no doubt will be considered in the appeal.

• With football practice for the fall season a little more than two months away, the final piece of unfinished business is what CCS will do – as much as humanly possible, it can be hoped – to eliminate the risk that hazing will reoccur.

It’s said “The Tunnel,” the hallway where the teabagging and probing of younger players by older ones occurred, will be off-limits to all teams, a good first action step. The Character Development Committee formed after the hazing reports surfaced will soon be making recommendations, but experts say education, by itself, is insufficient to keep hazing at bay. Hazing is cultural, not logical; but methods – tried and true as nearby as Cornell University – have been developed to remove it, stem and root.

Some of these methods – building camaraderie in a positive way – are already underway, although unheralded as a part of the solution. For example, Doug Geertjens, the retired Cooperstown Elementary principal, spent a recent weekend at SUNY Cortland at a gathering of local Rotary Exchange students, who together toiled at planting 100 trees.

The CCS jazz band took a 22-hour ride to New Orleans over spring break, where the young musicians, in addition to marching in the French Quarter Parade, helped plant gardens in Katrina-damaged neighborhoods. Such positive – and fun – exercises in teambuilding reveal hazing as the shallow exercise it is, but these inspiring experiences need to be expanded to the student body at large.

• That veteran CCS board members Tony Scalici and David Borgstrom, while reelected, ran so far behind newcomer Marcy Birch in the May 15 school board elections suggests some of the public finds the school board’s response to date inadequate. But every election is a new day. Going forward, Scalici and Borgstrom can step up.

To help close the door, to achieve the community reconciliation everyone wants, the new school board that takes office on July 11 should focus immediately and intensely on developing a detailed, credible strategy to ensure hazing doesn’t happen again, and share the complete set of action steps with the public. It will only have three weeks before football season starts.

Who doesn’t want to see an end to the Pacherille case and the hazing scandal?

No doubt everyone in the Cooperstown community wants to turn the page, but with steps to ensure that six months from now, or a year, or two years, America’s Most Perfect Village doesn’t find itself in the same sorrowful place its been since Good Friday 2010.

JANET PERNA OTHER VOICES

You Can Believe Dr. Seuss: Success ‘98 And ¾ Percent Guaranteed’ Editor’s Note: Janet Perna,’70, the highestranking female executive at IBM Software Group on retiring in 2006, addressed SUNY Oneonta graduates Saturday, May 19.

teaching. The first couple of years were challenging and energizing, but by the fourth year, I lost the original pizzazz that I had felt.

That’s when I went to California and applied to IBM yet again and was hired as a programmer. And this was where I found my passion. Every day was an opportunity to learn something new. It didn’t matter that I was working 70 hours a week – sometimes all through the night – I was part of creating an entirely new industry that would change the world. It’s hard to define passion, but you will know it when you find it. It will be energizing and exciting. It won’t be work; it will be something you feel in your heart.

Second, be resilient.

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n the few minutes that we have, I thought I would share three takeaways that have guided me through my life and career.

First, find your passion.

When I would hear this, my eyes would glaze over and I’d think, “What does that mean? And how do I find it?” When I left Oneonta with a degree in math, I wanted to work for IBM. They weren’t hiring at that time and after being rejected three times, I was lucky enough to get a job teaching math. I enjoyed the few years that I spent

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you will try many different things. There will be bumps along the road. I guarantee that there will be times when you don’t like your job, your boss, your personal situation. There will be times when you feel like a failure.

I can remember a time early in my career with IBM when I was managing my first software project. It was an important project and we were late finishing it. It was a very stressful time for me, and I felt like my career was over. When we finally completed it, I was asked to meet with the top executive of my business unit. I can’t tell you how intimidating it was walking into his office.

He asked me what I had learned from this experience, and I proceeded to tell him what I would do differently the next time.

His message to me was that he would rather have

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Janet Perna encourages fellow SUNY grads.

someone work for him who had failed and was able to pick themselves up and prove they could learn and

move forward, than someone who had never failed. It made me realize that I didn’t have to be perfect, and what was more important, was the ability to learn, improve, and move on.

Third, nurture your relationships.

When you find your passion, it’s sometimes easy to let it consume you at the expense of ignoring the people who are important to you. At the end of the day, it’s the people in our lives who make a difference – those whose successes you’ve celebrated and those who you’ve supported along the way. There were times in my career when I didn’t pay enough attention to the people who were important to me. I now know how important it is to maintain balance in life and to feed and nurture all of one’s relationships.

Over the last few years,

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some of you on campus. I’ve been impressed with your academic excellence, and I applaud you for your dedication and commitment to community service. ... In closing, I’d like to quote that great philosopher, Dr. Seuss, from his book, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go.” “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own.

And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go.

On and on you will hike.

And I know you’ll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.

“And will you succeed?

“Yes, you will, indeed!

“98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.”

All the best to all of you, and congratulations!

LETTER

To Confirm Record: Miss Bowen Taught At Knox School To the Editor: This letter is in response to Victor Salvatore Jr.’s comment in the May 3-4 issue on the Titanic tragedy story questioning Miss Grace Scott Bowen’s connection to the Knox School in Cooperstown.

Since it is commonly thought that Miss Bowen was a teacher at the Knox

School, I checked sources at the New York State Historical Association’s Library to determine such a connection.

According to her obituary in the May 9, 1945, issue of The Freeman’s Journal, “Miss Bowen was principal of the St. Christina School of the Susan Cooper Foundation from 1922 to 1924 and for nearly 15 years headed the

Latin department of the Knox School for Girls.”

Cooperstown directories available at the NYSHA Library show listings from 1928 to 1936 “Grace Scott Bowen, instructor, Knox School.”

WAYNE WRIGHT Head Librarian NYSHA Library

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WELCOME • E-MAIL THEM TO info@allotsego.com

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History

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

100 Years Ago

All arrangements have been completed for the big event of next Monday and Tuesday evenings at the Oneonta Theatre, when the City Club of Oneonta, assisted by other first-class talent and under the direction of Mr. Dolan, will give a grand Minstrel entertainment. Manager Dolan has had 15 years of experience in the work and his firm conviction is that the Oneonta Minstrel show will be by all odds the finest in his long string of successes.

He brings with him a full complement of costumes, electrical effects and stage settings, and something far beyond the ordinary is confidently predicted. The program will be a varied one and there will be some novel features introducing well- known local characters in new roles, and an evening of mirth and amusement is assured all. The grand parade to take place each noon at 12 o’clock is in charge of M.G. Keenan, who will select his assistants and will give something in the line of novelty as street parades go. Upon the program are many well-known citizens prominent in business circles, and the best male voices in the city will contribute to the solo numbers, while there will be mirth producers numberless with original sketches and pantomime numbers. End men of ability as joke artists have consented to appear.

May 1912

80 Years Ago

The attitude of the Methodist Episcopal Church toward divorce was liberalized tonight when the general conference sanctioned as grounds for dissolution “vicious conditions which through mental or physical cruelty or physical peril� invalidate the marriage vow. The change from adultery as the sole grounds, only the second change in almost a century and a half, was approved in the face of weak opposition.

The dissenters had urged the conference to follow other denominations in adopting more stringent regulations and “to go back to the New Testament� for guidance on divorce. G. Bormley Oxnam, president of DePauw University, replied to the dissenters with the statement that “the church was deluding itself if it believed regulations would hinder divorces.� “Legislation won’t prevent divorce,� he said. “Education will.� The conference also deleted from the burial service the phrase “ashes to ashes, dust to dust,� and from the marriage service the phrase “with my worldly goods I thee endow,� and from the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper the word “wine� in every instance except the prayer of consecration.

May 1932

125 Years Ago

the landfill site, the Town ordinance would make it illegal for trash collectors in the city to deposit paper trash at the landfill. Members of the “Garbage Committee� as they call themselves say that 50 percent of the material coming into the landfill is recyclable. Eliminating paper from the landfill will extend the life of the site. The committee believes that charitable groups will become local recyclers of paper trash that cannot be deposited in the landfill and will use the opportunity to raise funds by turning it over to larger paper recyclers for a profit.

May 1972

30 Years Ago

After nearly five hours of debate, the New York State Senate gave final legislative approval Thursday to a pair of proposals to clean up or curb the disposal of throwaway containers. The Senate, by a vote of 34-22, passed the soMay 1887 called “Bottle Bill,� a measure first conceived in 1972 to require a nickel deposit on every beverage can and bottle sold in the state. At the same time, the Republican-controlled house voted 39-17 to approve a “total litter control� proposal backed by segments of the beverage industry and One of the largest non-dinner gatherings in Elkdom took organized labor. It would put a nickel tax on every case of place Wednesday when the first monthly meeting was held beverages and earmark the money for organized litter cleanin the new Oneonta Elks Club building on Chestnut Street. up and recycling programs.

Ronald Bree, chairman of the parade committee, said that May 1982 14 fire companies and 10 bands had indicated they would participate in the parade which will form at 6:30 p.m. next Wednesday. The formation will be on Walnut Street with Author Sindiwe Magona was the featured speaker at the parade winding down Walnut to Maple, down Maple to Hartwick College commencement ceremonies on SunMain, on down Main to Chestnut and stopping in front of day. As a native of South Africa, Magona has experienced the new building, where a band concert will be held at 7:30 firsthand the racial discrimination of Apartheid. Although p.m. The parade starts at 7 p.m. Oneonta’s mayor, Roger she now lives in the U.S., the struggle to overcome racial G. Hughes will officially open the building to the public at prejudice is still a part of her daily life. She points out that 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, beginning a week of Elk festivities while racism here is not condoned by law, it is also true that dedicated to the building described as “the most beautiful “you cannot legislate against people’s prejudices.� on the eastern seaboard.�

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Economy and ecology were the reasons cited by a Town of Oneonta study committee in support of a proposed ordinance that would require the separation of paper from other garbage. Questions about the ordinance were aired at a Tuesday night meeting at the Town Hall. The ordinance would require that all newspapers, magazines and all like paper materials be separated from other trash. The same ordinance would prohibit collectors from delivering trash with paper to the town’s landfill site. Because the City of Oneonta and the Town of Oneonta are partners in

According to government sources, tobacco companies are spending more than ever on advertising and promotion, despite court-imposed restrictions. Increasingly they are using in-store promotions – paying store owners for prime shelf space and offering giveaways – to sell their products, a Federal Trade Commission report found. The industry spent $9.5 billion on advertising and promotions in 2000, the last year for which figures were available. The total was 16 percent higher than the previous year.

May 2002

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Oneonta’s Gabrielle Argo and other graduates who donated to the Class of 2012 alumni fund stand and are recognized during the ceremonies.

“We’re not dancing,” SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski remarked as the diminutive administrative sought to drape a Chancellor’s Award mantle on the shoulders of Joseph Pignator, assistant professor of music. Other Chancellor Award winners were Earth Science professor Jerome Blechman, English associate professor Daniel Payne, and University Police Chief Barton Ingersoll.

Cindy Falk, professor at SUNY’s Cooperstown Graduate Program in History Museum Studies, flashes her characteristic grin from the professors’ pews at SUNY Oneonta’s 123rd commencement exercises Saturday, May 19, in Dewar Arena on the Oneonta campus. She is also on the Cooperstown Village Board.

College Council members on the rostrum include, David W. Brenner, right, former Oneonta mayor and county board chair, and Joe Bernier, president, Otsego County IDA. Behind them, at right, is Carol Blazina, the campus’ retired VP/ administration.

Jason Leo Curley, right, Hartwick College music professor, pinch hit at the SUNY ceremonies. With him are Lauren Wallen, Oneonta, and Kyle Finch, Manlius.

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Juniors Maya AponteWhaley, left, and Sarah Sprague, both Oneontans, attended the graduation to cheer on senior pals and contemplate their commencement to come.

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The committee rebuffed the request, however, voting 68-2 to endorse Seward for a 13th term. County Clerk Kathy Sinnot Gardner made the nomination, which was seconded by county Rep. Jim Power, R-Butternuts, and others.

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He announced his candidacy Saturday, May 16, at the annual gathering of local Tea Party activists at Chuck Pinkey’s River Valley New Holland dealership in Otego, and said he received general support. He also attended the meeting of Citizens Voices, the pro-business group, the subsequent Tuesday.

Blake is also associated with Marie Lusins, the

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“People will say, you’re the fracking guy,” said the candidate. “No, I’m for any safe energy that will get us off OPEC. Wind isn’t ready. Solar isn’t ready.

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Reached at the state Capitol after the interview with Blake, Seward spokesman Jeff Bishop said of his

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Regardless of whether the challenger gets on the primary ballot, Seward’s “always out on the campaign trail, whether he has a challenger or he doesn’t have a challenger. He’s always had strong support, and I think he will again this time,” said Bishop.

County GOP chair Sheila Ross, Fly Creek, who presided at the committee meeting, said, “I don’t know Mr. Blake. That was the first time I had any contact with him. He was not prepared.

He wasn’t aware of what was involved. I was not impressed with Mr. Blake.”

Ross was skeptical about where the challenge might go. “If he sticks with it, if he passes the petitions and if the petitions are OK, it would force a primary,” she said.

For his part, Blake said he served on the GOP rules committee in Newt Gingrich’s former Georgia Congressional District, and was surprised when he questioned the local county committee that it was unclear on the regulations it was supposed to adhere to.

“I wasn’t allowed to speak,” he added.

Tony Casale of Cooperstown, the retired assembly-

man from Herkimer who is currently executive director of the state Republican Committee, said, “I don’t know who this challenger is. I’ve never heard of the person. But I don’t disparage anyone’s right to run for office.”

But, he said, “In this particular instance, I’m going to support Jim Seward.

He’s been my friend and colleague for many years.

He represents the area very well.”

The news of Blake’s candidacy was likewise a surprise to Democrats.

The Cooperstown Democratic chair, Richie Abbate, who is also on the county Democratic Party’s executive committee, said the county committee will probably try to field a candidate against Seward this year, “but he’s a tough opponent.

He’s very popular. I’m surprised he has a Republican challenger.”

Home Rule is an issue where the senator has found himself caught in the middle. Traditionally a conservative doctrine to keep as much power at the local level as possible, Seward championed the idea that Otsego County towns, if they chose, could use the concept to ban hydrofracking within their borders.

When the Town of

Middlefield, which adopted an anti-fracking moratorium, was sued by natural-gas interests and faced significant legal defense bills, the senator introduced a bill in Albany that would affirm Home Rule, strengthening the towns’ cases.

However, that bill has languished. At its most recent meeting, Citizens Voices claimed credit for getting the bill bottled up in committee in Albany.

Since the Middlefield ban and a similar one in the Town of Dryden have been affirmed in state Supreme Court, Bishop said Home Rule is “the law of the land” and, thus, the bill has less urgency.

Blake, however, called the Seward bill “the most horrible proposed legislation I’ve seen in my lifetime.”

In the interview, Blake said he was raised in northern Florida, attended college in Rome, Ga., and went into the insurance business, where he achieved some success. He later partnered with a brother-in-law in exporting Manila-stock paper to markets worldwide.

He moved to Rochester in 2001, where he participated in an Internet venture, and discovered Otsego County while driving through the area. He, his wife and five children moved in 2004.

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His training has paid off to make him one of the foremost canoe racers in the world, winning the Triple Crown at age 16. He first competed in the 70-mile General Clinton – part of the Triple Crown – with his brother Claude in 1968.

“Claude was really good, and I was trying to follow him,” he said. “He showed me what to do. He knew the course before I knew the course.”

Claude retired at age 38 and Corbin has been through several partners since. This year, his partner in the regatta is 31 year old Steve Corlew. “He saw me when he was really young, racing the Michigan Marathon, a 16-hour race.” Years later, the two met again, and Corbin asked him to join him.

Though Claude – who he often refers to as his hero – will not be there to cheer him on, Corbin still intends to defend his 29th General Clinton title. Both will also be inducted into the first class of General Clinton Hall of Fame on Saturday, May 26.

For Corbin, the General Clinton poses its own sets of challenges. “It has a lot of shallow water – when the current is low, it’s a lot of resistance, it adds another hour to the time. You have to work a lot harder to make the boat go.”

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Democratic Hopeful Expresses Ties With Occupy Oneonta tyner/From A11 said as she assembled purple ‘We are the 99%’ lawn signs. And in Oneonta, Leon and Ester Kalmus donated the space for Tyner to set up his local campaign headquarters Thursday, May 17, Tyner was the firecracker himself in Oneonta, as he opened his campaign headquarters at 418 Chestnut St. “I spoke with Occupy Oneonta and it struck a chord,” said Tyner. “Why are we in this position? Because some folks did not take a strong, principled stand. People want someone like me.

I speak truth to the power.”

In addition to Occupy Oneonta,

Tyner worked with Occupy Poughkeepsie and, on May Day, spent the day with Occupy Wall Street.

Among Tyner’s biggest platforms is standing up to the hydrofracking industry. “We need to have safe, clean drinking water,” he said. “The Duke University study showed that wells within one mile of a fracking site have a 1,800 percent chance of methane contamination.”

Instead of fracking, Tyner sees the economic future in green energy.

“German has less sunlight than we do and they use solar power,” he said, echoing the petition he recently launched, which now has 1,100 sig-

natures. “We could power New York with solar panels on one percent of state-owned land. And you can create 10 times as many jobs with recycling and composing as you can with hydrofracking.”

He even had words about the recent closing of Center Street School. “I can’t believe we’re closing schools.

It’s atrocious. We’ve lost 30,000 teachers in three years.”

He even promises that, if elected, he will try and get “The Fightin’ 19th” featured on The Colbert Report’s “Better Know A District” segment, which highlights the various congressional districts throughout the country.

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MLS#79283 - 4183+/-SQFT MULTI-USE COMM. BLDG IN COOPERSTOWN! 1st flr has 2000+/-SqFt w/2 retail spaces.

Main space w/historic oak paneled walls, leaded glass windows & doors & is accessible from Main St. or parking lot w/3 entrances which includes a private courtyard. 2nd flr w/professional design & 3rd flr w/2 bedrm apt & sliding door to deck. $429,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683

new LIStInG - MLS#84245 - Lrg restored farmhouse on over 112 beautiful & level acres in the Town of Springfield & only 10 minutes from Cooperstown. This home features 4 lrg bedrms, 1 full & 2 half baths, 1st flr master bedrm, wide pine wood flrs, (sum cut nail) lrg living rm, formal dining rm, & oversized kitchen w/breakfast nook. Also a lrg accessory apartment w/seperate entrance, 3 bedrms,1 full bath, kitchen, dining, and living rms w/french doors leading to private deck. 2 lrg barns, workshop, chicken coop & 2 ponds. Home can be sold w/less property for lower price. $399,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

new LIStInG - MLS#84299 – Updated 4 bed 2.5 bath

MLS#82273 - REDUCED! Beautiful views of the valley below and adjacent ponds with abundant wildlife. Very close to Oneonta with well and septic on property. $24,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633 Town Of Oneonta!

If sitting on the back lawn enjoying peace and quiet while only minutes from town sounds good to you, then this 4 bedroom home on Oneonta’s Southside is the home for you. You’ll find almost 1700 square feet of living space with updated kitchen, nicely sized bedrooms, den with pellet stove and hardwood floors throughout. Put your own touches on this great property and make it a real gem. Priced to sell quickly at $119,900. MLS#84346

home w/3 levels of living space & an open flr plan. Newer kitchen w/cherry cabinets, Silestone countertops & stainless steel appliances. Bathrms have been tastefully updated w/tile & topof-the-line fixtures & amenities. Mature landscaping & views are beautiful! Call David for more information @ (607) 435-4800.

MLS#84020 - Lrg colonial on a quiet country road just on the edge of the village in Fly Creek. 4 bedrm, 3 1/2 bath home features a master suite w/walk in closet & lrg bath w/seperate shower & soaking tub.Center hall grand foyer w/vaulted ceiling & a palladium window. Extra lrg windows throughout & lrg spacious rms. Lrg modern eat in kitchen w/double pantry closets,wood flrs on 1st flr, & a full finished basement w/full bath & outside entrance that exits to ground level. Use as a playrm, mancave or maybe an apartment for a Dreams Park rental or your in-laws. A short walk to the general store, post office,or the Fly Creek Cider Mill. $297,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

MLS#81538 - Unadilla - PICTURE POSTCARD FARMHOUSE! 4BD, 1.5BA; on nearly 3 ACRES! Great workshop/garage. Convenient to Oneonta or Sidney. $129,900 Call Jim @ 607-287-9539

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PRICE REDUCED!! 5-unit, 13-bedroom investment property has been recently renovated, separate utilities, laundry room, hard-wired smoke system, off-street parking. $409,995 #82943 Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Lic. Assoc.Broker John Mitchell, Lic. Assoc. Broker Stephen Baker,Lic. Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant

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otsego lake-View Contempo

(7302) Enjoy both easy entertaining and quiet family life in this spectacular 4BR/2+BA home with panoramic lake views on 1.80 acres. This gracious residence highlights Two-story foyer, gracious living room w/fireplace & vaulted ceiling, Walnut panelled Den w/fireplace, Master Suite, Eat-in Kitchen w/ Pantry, formal dining room. large view porch, deck, in-ground pool, hardwood flooring, tiled baths. Finished basement.

Also lake privileges. This elegant home will captivate you.

Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $675,000

CONNOR

“Grinnloch” – This delightful Otsego Lake cottage overlooks the lake and has its own private 25+feet of frontage as well as a deck area and dock.

Renovated by the current owners, this charming camp offers a screened in front porch, perfect for lake watching, large living/dining room with a most unusual carved mantle piece surrounding the fireplace, an up-to-date kitchen with new appliances, full bath with stack washer and dryer, plus three bedrooms. A new septic system will be installed in the spring. Everything here has been redone, walls, wainscotting, wiring, kitchen, bath, etc. Easy steps with platform areas access the cottage from the road. Parking along road.

Currently being used as a summer rental property, reservations and income will transfer with ownership. The owners have reserved two weeks for the 2012 season for their personal use.

Most furnishings will remain. offered exclusively by Ashley-Connor realty $399,000.

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(7589) Partake of the delights in this superbly-kept 3-bedroom home. The many extras include formal dining room, hardwood flooring, Modern kitchen.

Garage, rocking-chair front porch. Near shops, lake, and golf course. Will capture your fancy!

Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $299,000

MLS#84083 - 1997 built 3 bedrm, 2.5 bath home on 2.67+/-acres.

3 levels of living space w/open flr plan & outside deck & balconies.

Main flr features vaulted ceiling, kitchen, dining & living rm, 2 bedrms & full bath. 2nd flr master suite w/full bath & balcony.

Lower lever is open. 2 car detached garage w/workshop area & plenty of storage space. Just minutes from Cooperstown in Fly Creek $229,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683.

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MLS#80194 - BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME on 6 scenic acres on hilltop overlooking Canadarago Lake. Fabulous views. $120,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

MLS#81281 – Western side of Otsego Lake, Contemporary MLS#82291-The beauty of Fly Creek Valley! Exceptional Eyebrow Colonial, w/a Style Cedar Built 7200+/-SqFt home w/5 bedrms, 4 full baths & a 3 Car Garage. Soaring walls of glass, 2 ½ stories contemporary style addition, 6.45+/- level acres w/both a pond & stream, & your high. 1000+SqFt of gleaming wood flr, full length fireplace own bridge! 4bedrms, 3 baths, open kitchen w/island, dining rm w/pocket doors to living rm w/wood fireplace, family rm & sun rm addition. Sliding door to back & spacious wrap around decking. Chef’s dream kitchen, deck. 2 Car Garage. Cooperstown Schools. $329,000. w/culinary island, granite countertops & stainless Jenn Air Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683 appliances. 24’x15’ family rm, 24’x18’ home theater/media rm & a 28’x16’ game rm!! 24’x21’ master suite w/a 14’x11’ bath w/Jacuzzi tub, shower & double sinks, a 12’x12’ closet w/laundry & secluded balcony. Mostly wooded 21.50+/-acres. $895,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683

new LIStInG - MLS#84325 – Well maintained center-city 3

family home! Owner occupied? Investment property? The choice is yours!

Includes lots of rm to spread out & original details not often found in rental units – beautiful wood moldings, high ceilings, & a staircase that is reminiscent of days gone by. Current COC & separate utilities make this a great find! Call David for more information @ (607) 435-4800

MLS#83080 - LAKESIDE LIVING WITHOUT THE TAXES. 3.5 acres of building lot with beautiful views of Canadarago Lake. Private lake access and dock shared with immediate neighbors. $79,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown (directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee)

Cooperstown Village Home (7504) A delightful discovery near Clark Sports Center, shops, & schools. Make a great move to this spotless, tastefully remodeled 3BR/2+BA home. Ideal features include walk-up attic suite, oak flooring and ceramic tile baths. Secluded den, newer windows, newer kitchen with oak cabinets and cork flooring. Formal dining room. Nice private yard, Newer siding, Deck, Front porch. Reflecting pride of place! Hubbell’s Exclusive. $299,900

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Contemporary Cape on 3.9 aCres

(7590) Just 4 miles from Cooperstown on 3+ acres.

Features 2-3 bedrooms, Living room with gas fireplace, 3 season sun room, new composition deck, attached 1 1/2 car garage. Circular drive, central air, new generator. A well built home. Cooperstown Schools. $198,500.

(7535) Everyone applauds this nicely-kept 5BR/3+BA Contempo on a pastoral site on 3.90 acres. Appealing Cape highlighting spacious living room, family room, wide plank and hardwood flooring. Formal dining room, Eat-in Kitchen w/oak cabinets, 1 Acre built-in bookcases and finished basement. Woodstove, active solar.

Energy efficient. Two-car garage, large view deck, back porch. (6989) Pierstown area just minutes from Cooperstown. Nice building lot good area. Possible owner finance. Good access Stocked pond, hot tub, 2 story barn. No comfort overlooked! on main road. Country views. Cooperstown Schools.

Cooperstown School. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $525,000 Hubbell’s Exclusive $49,000

Cooperstown Village ViCtorian

(7500) This restored home is located on a quiet family-friendly street walking distance to school and hospital. Pristine-clean residence features three bedrooms, nursery, 2 baths, upscale kitchen w/maple cabinets and corian tops, Pantry, office space, Woodstove, beautiful sun room, and separate large finished workshop/garage, a storybook garden shed, wide plank flooring, patio, and mature landscaping round out this desirable offering.

Anticipate the best! Hubbell’s Exclusive. $319,000

Investment Opportunity Priced to Sell!

Both apartments feature 2 bedrooms, eat in kitchens, living rooms and baths.

Sunny downstairs apartment has back yard door access to sun deck and large fenced in backyard. Ample parking & walking distance to downtown & Bassett Hospital, with a great rental history. Price Reduced $149,500.00.

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