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ve Van de Wal, regional president, Excellus BlueCross/ Blue Shield, delivered a sobering view of health reform to community and business leaders gathered in the Foothills Atrium Tuesday, Aug. 7.

Uncertainty about the Presidential election means no action is being taken on health reform until after Nov. 6, since how it is implemented depends on whether Democrats or Republicans win, she said.

The briefing was organized by Fox Hospital and the Otsego County Chamber.

STUDENTS DUE: New students arrive at SUNY Oneonta on Sunday, Aug. 19, and at Hartwick College Thursday, Aug. 30. Classes begin Aug. 22 and Sept. 4 respectively.

MAIN STREET WALK: The Greater Oneonta Historical Society is planning “Main Street: Past, Present and Future,” a walking tour through the downtown.

Gather at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the History Center.

OCTAGON UPGRADE: Renovations are nearing completion at the city’s historic octagon house at Grand Avenue and South Market.

Oneonta Town Councilman Bill Mirabito asks the planning board to be more flexible toward Cooperstown All-Star Village whose president, Marty Patton, is seated in the background.

Miller. “And that’s all I’m looking for.”

The source of Patton’s frustration was a thunderstorm Thursday, Aug. 2, which prevented teams at the Route 205 venue from playing the National Championship Game that culminates the week until

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ooperstown All-Star Village’s owner Marty Patton was so frustrated, he asked the City of Oneonta if it could annex his youth-baseball camp, moving it out of the town.

“The city feels, when it comes to the way we want to operate, we will be able to operate like every other business,” said Patton after a meeting with Mayor Dick

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“She is Queen of the USA Triathlon!” her mother Jeannine Groff, declared.

Though 10 seconds shy of a bronze medal and placing fourth overall at the Olympic Women’s Triathlon on Saturday, Aug. 4, Sarah beat reigning world champion Helen Jenkins of Great Britain by 19 seconds and crossed the line before fellow Team USA member Gwen Jorgenson, who, derailed by a flat tire, finished 38 of 55.

“It was crazy,” said fan Chad Welch, who watched the race at 4 a.m. on CNBC in his Cooperstown home. “It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in sports. I was so amazed that someone from here was competing on the world stage.”

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GOP, Democratic Foes Both Survive Ballot Challenges

As this image from zimbio.com shows, Otsego Olympian Sarah Groff was in the top-four pack with a kilometer to go in the Women’s Triathlon event Saturday, Aug. 4, at the London Olympics. Switzerland’s Nicola Spirig took gold, Sweden’s Lisa Norden silver, and Australia’s Erin Debsham bronze.

espite his challenges to opponents petitions, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will face a Republican primary Sept. 13 and a Democratic opponent in the Nov. 6 general election.

In recent days, Republican challenger James Blake of Schenevus and Democratic candidate Howard Leib of Ithaca both survived challenges to their petitions.

The candidates needed 1,000 signatures to get on the ballot.

Blake had 1,380. The state Board of Elections’ staff Monday, Aug. 6, invalidated 299, leaving 1,081 valid.

Leib had 1,030. Seward challenged 80-90 directly in state Supreme Court in Albany, but a decision handed down Monday allowed Leib to remain on the ballot.

The challenges were based on a number of reasons, including illegibility, crossing party lines, incorrect address.

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PARADE OF POMERANIANS Oneonta’s Atkinson siblings led a Parade of Pomeranians across the east end Dunkin Donuts’ parking lot on a recent afternoon.

The cute canines are, from left, Khyna, Chico and Khymo.

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Face-painting by Jen Stanton at Theresa’s Emporium recreated the William Tell legend for Winnie Shepardson, whose arm was painted with a bow and arrow, and Mikah Velton, with an apple painted on his forehead. The Oneonta youngsters reenacted the story during this month’s Fabulous First Friday on Aug. 3.

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Eliot Stanton of Oneonta, who had her face decorated up like a dog, paints her own picture at a children’s art booth in downtown Oneonta.

Ian Austin/Hometown Oneonta Illanna Merriam and Kendall Brake, both of Oneonta, work at making a pot on a Carriage House Art Studio’s potters wheel at their Main Street booth during the annual Festival of the Arts on Saturday, Aug. 4.

he Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad has been shut down since June on the advice of the Federal Railroad Administration, which raised safety concerns about the Milford-Cooperstown line.

But repairs are under way, and Oneonta’s Bruce Hodges, president, Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society, anticipates the trains will be running again by the end of the month. “We’re continuing repairs and making good progress,� he said. “It was a lot of little things, and luckily, we’ve had a lot of volunteers.�

Last year’s rainstorms washed out part of the track a mile and a half north of Milford, setting the regularly scheduled maintenance behind schedule. “This year we’re playing major catch-up,� he said. “We constantly have to work on the track – it’s a never-ending project.�

Several railroad ties need replacing, and many of the joint bars have come loose. “The right thing to do is to fix this now,� Hodges said. “Obviously, safety is our utmost priority.� “Ominously enough, we suspended operations on Friday, July 13,� he added.

All the work is being done by volunteers, and Hodges schedules “work parties� where volunteers can come out and help every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. “Don’t you know it would have to be

during the hottest part of the year,� he said. “We knew we could get the job done quicker if we just shut the train down and got out there,� he added. “Everything we have scheduled from Labor Day forward will be normal.�

The track will be fixed between the Milford depot on East Main Street and Cooperstown Dreams Park, which gives the trains enough space to continue running their special event operations. “And if we can get it done further, we’ll go further,� he said.

Donations have been coming in, including $2,000 from a recent benefit concert by Folding Sky, which they held on a train parked at the station. “It was a good group of hardcore supporters,� he said. “We all had a good time.�

A $38,000 grant from New York State is also helping, and many of the materials needed were already on hand.

Missing out on much of the summer tourist season has cost the train over $15,000 in revenue, and the train operates solely on membership dues, donations and ticket sales. “It’s a big hit,� Hodges said. “It’s a real loss.�

Since 1999, the train has carried an average of 15,000 passengers a year and plans to be back in time for a few Train Robberies, Fall Foliage tours, and the annual Halloween and Christmas trains. “We have a lot of families who say it wouldn’t be Christmas without our train,� Hodges said. “It’s a tradition we’re proud to maintain.�

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Glimmerglass Fest, Foothills Show How Collaboration Is Done “Two hands clap and there is a sound. What is the sound of one hand?”

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hen Iron String Press, The Freeman’s Journal parent company, launched Hometown Oneonta almost four years ago, creating a single news and advertising market, affinities between Cooperstown and Oneonta quickly emerged.

When a photographer showed up at Hyde Hall’s Mother’s Day celebration the following May, the first photo snapped turned out to be a Girl Scout troop from Oneonta. At Oneonta World of Learning’s subsequent New Year’s Eve celebration in a vacant store in Clinton Plaza, every other youngster turned out to be from Cooperstown.

The two communities were suddenly more aware of each other, and each was enjoying what the

other had to offer.

• Since then, many such affinities have emerged, but none more dramatic than the announcement in recent days that Cooperstown’s operatic Glimmerglass Festival and Oneonta’s bright new $8 million Foothills Performing Arts Center are collaborating to keep opera alive year ‘round in Otsego County.

Founded in the 1970s, the Glimmerglass Festival has gained a national reputation that, over the years, has drawn opera buffs, some of whom now live year ‘round in the Otsego Lake region.

And a corps of local opera enthusiasts has formed, too, evident in the very active Opera Guild.

Separately, the Metropolitan Opera Company has now added Foothills to its list of Met Live venues, where operas are si-

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mulcast live in High Definition mode from New York City to the acclaim of audiences throughout the country – and the world. It’s the next best thing to being there; (and parking is free in Oneonta’s parking deck.)

Glimmerglass Opera’s season is July and August. Met Live’s season is October to May. A perfect match.

Coincidentally, Glimmerglass’ Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello, an international headliner, will be producing “The Trojans” at The Met over the winter. It will be simulcast at Foothills, and Glimmerglass is fully aboard in maximizing that synergy. More to follow.

(As an aside, the equipment that allows the Met Live broadcasts can also be used for other purposes: Simulcasts of “Prairie Home Companion,” for instance, or live

performances from the National Theater in Washington, D.C., or prize fights, or even the Superbowl. It opens up an whole new world of entertainment.)

• Glimmerglass and Foothills are demonstrating two hands clapping, and it’s a model many can follow.

Take Brewery Ommegang and Foothills. Last weekend’s “Belgium Comes To Cooperstown” beer festival attracted 3,000 revellers to the fields at the Town of Middlefield brewery. In the winter, would a similar Ommegang-organized event work in the Foothills atrium?

Take the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The season winds down Labor Day Weekend, just as 6,000 students return to Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta for the fall, winter and spring seasons.

Could a college-student membership and related promotions keep the turnstiles turning during the

slow months?

The past few Decembers and Januaries, downtown Cooperstown has all but closed down.

Does it have to be if an untapped market is just 22 miles away?

Can the Cooperstown Chamber organize the village’s merchants to promote themselves jointly in the city to the south?

Likewise, can Oneonta benefit from the Cooperstown brand?

Marty Patton’s Cooperstown All-Star Village in West Oneonta proves it can be done. With more voices being heard in the City of the Hills calling for tourism promotion, might Oneonta christen itself “The Gateway to Cooperstown,” drawing visitors to its hotels (including a soon-to-open Marriott) and restaurants (two new ones, the Red Caboose and Jimmy T’s, are about to open) en route to baseball’s mecca?

You get the point. Lots of two hands clapping together will create a great applause.

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ou cannot have available programs. democracy without Taken together, the chalgood information. lenges presented by siloed How are any of us expected programs often discourage to vote intelligently if we low-income families from don’t know what is going taking full advantage of supon? ports that could help them Andrew Cuomo cammove out of poverty. paigned for office on a Community Action Agenespite pressure platform of transparency cies (CAAs), like Opporto cut programs in government.

As attorney across the board, the tunities for Otsego, are one general, he employed Blair way to overcome the chalPresident’s budget included Horner to create something lenges of multiple, divided substantial funding for called “Project Sunlight.” services. policies and initiatives that For 25 years, Horner was CAAs are part of a $16 support economic secu(and still is) one of the most billion national network that rity through education and respected men in Albany. employment. While this was is leveraging resources to He was a good government welcome news to those of us move people out of poverty lobbyist who kept legislawho advocate for vulnerable and tear down the silos that tors’ feet to the fire. families, these programs are divide social services by He was always Mr. Integproviding a common access most effective when famirity, so when Cuomo hired point. lies are able to effectively him, those of us with some To understand how this access them. lingering doubts took notice. works for an individual, The reality is that, even Horner was responsible for like a man of character. than to show your cards to did a lot. when the programs are well- take the example of a head setting up a data base that Now we are starting to your opponents in the politiAt the conclusion of their of household who came funded, low-income people was supposed to tell all. see some other troubling cal game.

The problem is terms, the attorneys genlooking for help paying a trying to access benefits However, after a relasigns from the man who was that politics can be brutal. eral customarily do what utility bill. In addition to have trouble navigating tively brief amount of time, going to lead the most trans- If your opponents sense Cuomo’s predecessor, Eliot assistance with this specific myriad service providers, parent gubernatorial admin- your vulnerabilities, you can Spitzer, did – send thouproblem, she was directed to Horner resigned from the eligibility requirements, Cuomo administration, sug- istration in history. It turns be sure they will use them sands of pages of documents job training through a comand funding streams. gesting that he had accomout that Cuomo is comagainst you. to the state archives. Cuomo munity college. Later, she In these difficult ecoplished what he set out to mitted to secrecy.

Several The current assumption didn’t. was placed by the Worknomic times, it is critical do.

A man of conviction, he news items have appeared is that Cuomo the Younger When two ace investigaforce Improvement Board in to coordinate services and now works for the American in the New York Times and wants to do what Papa tive reporters from the Ala job that could support her collaborate with the comCancer Society and appears the Albany Times Union couldn’t – run for president. bany Times Union went to family. munity if we want to move suggesting that Cuomo is Let’s face it; if you had the archives to look around, While moving people out weekly on public radio. low-income Americans I did my best to get Horn- dedicated to anything but his office you might do the they found a memo having of poverty may be too big a towards self-sufficiency. er to tell me why he left so transparency. same thing that he’s doto do with something called job for one organization, a One significant problem early in the Cuomo time line We all know that it’s ing.

When he was attorney “Troopergate.” It partnership of organizations low-income people face is but he stuck to his story.

I easier to operate in secrecy general of the state, Cuomo Please See CHARTOCK, A7 the way programs are siloed dedicated to a comprehensive approach can make between various agencies. real progress. This happens ISSUE & DEBATE: TO FRACK OR NOT TO FRACK? This prevents individuals when single-purposed orgaaccessing a single program nizations partner with local from applying for another program offered by a differ- CAAs to address the core issues facing families living ent agency simply because they may not know they are in poverty. roubling rumors continue to AP coverage from his fatally flawed, incomplete and By changing the mindset eligible. swirl that Governor Cuomo New England all the inadequate Revised Draft SGEIS. from one of competition to In addition, duplicative could soon make a final decision way to California It has been three years since I began administrative requirements one of coordination, service regarding shale gas fracturing in New and as far away as my efforts to prevent shale gas frackproviders can make strides and inefficiencies discourYork State. There is no way for us to Australia (Thank you, ing from despoiling my home state. toward the common goal of age families from particiknow what might be looming, but our Mary Esch and MiI am so grateful for the thousands ending poverty. pating in the full range of efforts are nevertheless kicking into chael Gormley); local of activists who have done so much high gear. It might be now or never.

TV and NPR radio unrelenting, unstinting and incredibly I am pleased to let you know that coverage throughout generous hard work with that goal in Walter Hang activists gained important national and the Southern Tier and mind. international media attention today coverage via CBS News, The Wall There is still not a single fracked

& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch (Friday, Aug. 3) by writing to GoverStreet Journal, CNBC, Business Week shale gas well in New York, but we nor Cuomo’s top 1,000 campaign con- and Huffington Post. have a very long way to go and will Jim Kevlin Editor &Publisher tributors. We respectfully asked them I implore you to call and e-mail face many more challenges. Stay foto oppose the Southern Tier Fracturing Governor Cuomo today!!! This is cused and fired up. Keep at it. No final Tara Barnwell M.J. Kevlin Demonstration Project reported on super important. Get on it. Don’t stop SGEIS, no shale gas fracking.

Advertising Director Business Manager 6/13/12 by The New York Times. I till you drop. Oppose a Fracking Demguarantee that this effort generated onstration Project in the Southern Tier This is an excerpt of an e-letter to Amanda Hoepker Jamie Smith, Stephanie Valentine Office Manager Sales Associates intense consternation. or anywhere else in New York. fracking opponents from Walter Hang, We received impressive coverage Say no to the Governor’s irresponsiIthaca, president of Toxic Targeting, Libby Cudmore, Adrian Adamo Ian Austin Scott Buchanan in Binghamton, Ithaca and Elmira ble and fundamentally Unfair fracking an environmental database company Reporters Photographer Graphic Artist newspapers (Thank you, Steve Reilly); Plan. Request that Cuomo withdraw that tracks more than 5,000 toxic sites.

Editor’s Note: This is reprinted from the Opportunities for Otsego August newsletter, obtained from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunities, the national anti-poverty group.

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125 Years Ago

The ball game at the fair grounds on Saturday between the Oneonta and Laurens clubs ended in a row. Members of the Oneonta club objected to the rulings of umpire Pixley, and protested so vehemently that the Laurens boys, justly enough, refused to play any longer. It would appear that the Oneonta ball nine is neglectful in extending to visiting clubs the courtesy to which visitors should be entitled. We regret to say we frequently note complaints of unfair treatment from outside ball clubs while here, and unless more forbearing treatment is extended it would not be surprising if it should prove difficult to induce clubs from neighboring towns to come to Oneonta at all. We trust that in baseball matters, as in everything else, Oneonta may win the reputation of being fair even to generosity.

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100 Years Ago

With Prairie Lillie’s and Nebraska Bill’s Historical Wild West exhibition this season and which is billed to appear in Oneonta Friday, August 9, are a number of famous Indian chiefs – among whom will be found Bear Wolf, Spike Head, Big Little Horse, Thunder Cloud, Yellow Feather, and others.

They are accompanied by their squaws and papooses. They are willing at all times to converse with visitors to the show and a talk with them is exceptionally entertaining and interesting. They appear to take a special delight in talking to the little folks.

Mssrs. J.O. and O.B. Rowe and Fred N. Van Wie, recently purchased a desirable site at Southworth Point on the west shore of Goodyear Lake and are building a modern and attractive camp house thereon. Saturday the Rowes and Van Wie placed on the lake a handsome new motor boat 25 feet long, purchased of the Fay & Bowen Engine Co. of Geneva. It is equipped with a two-cylinder gasoline engine of 10-horse power and is finely equipped with automobile top and other improvements. The boat has been named Romona.

August 1912

60 Years Ago

accountable for much of the violence, took steps to check the political passions of his followers. Herr Hitler issued most stringent orders that discipline must be maintained.

Complete statistics on the casualties are not available but it is certain that the dead include 50 Communists, 18 members of the Republican Reichsbanner organization, 27 Nazis, one member of the Steel Helmet war veterans’ organization, five policemen and 39 innocent bystanders, including four women.

August 1932

40 Years Ago

A spirited debate on the future of one of Delaware County’s most famous landmarks highlighted Wednesday’s meeting of the County Board of Supervisors. Kenneth Kelso, owner of the “Old Mill� at East Meredith has offered to sell the property to the county for $100,000. Included in the proposed sale would be the mill, the old Davenport Center Railroad building and a right-of-way along the track of the railroad.

Historical societies have urged the county to buy and rehabilitate the mill and open it as a tourist attraction.

Representative Van Valkenburgh noted that federal aid could be given to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of rehaAugust 1952 bilitating an old structure and asked “Why can’t the Chamber of Commerce buy it? I can’t see why the taxpayers should have to put up $100,000 for this kind of project.�

The Delaware Chamber of Commerce has From Berlin – The German government been among the leaders of those supporting tonight invoked extraordinary powers, the mill’s purchase by the county. Supportincluding the death penalty, in an effort to ers of the plan have said that the mill could put a stop to outbursts of political violence which have resulted in the killing of at least turn into a tourist attraction as popular as the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown.

140 persons and serious injuries to more August 1972 than 1,000 since June 1. With the approval of President Paul von Hindenburg, three emergency decrees were issued by Chancellor Franz von Papen. One extended the Cean Brick, dressed in jeans, suspendpolitical truce to September 1; another set ers and straw hat, spent an hour Tuesday up heavy penalties, including a sentence of teaching kids in Worcester the art of hobo death for acts of terrorism; and the third incooking as part of Otsego County Cooperastituted special “speed� courts to deal sumtive Extension’s “Munch Bunch� summer marily with offenders. Meanwhile, Adolf program. What’s hobo cooking? “It’s kinda Hitler, whose Nazi storm troopers are held lazy, summertime make-it-easy-on-your-

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On Sunday, scenes from “A Piece of the Action,� a motion picture produced by Bovina filmmaker J. Christian Ingvordsen, were filmed in downtown Oneonta in front of City Hall and on the corner of Main and Dietz streets. Whitney Wileman, location manager for the film company, said those sections of Oneonta were chosen for the film because they looked the way they might have 60 years ago. “Everything changes so quickly and this block of Dietz Street between Wall and Main looks like it’s still in the 1930s,� he said. “The biggest problem is Subway (the Subway Sandwiches and Salads shop). We might have to put fabric in front of that sign.�

August 1992

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A temporary ban on the importation of deer into New York will be extended so state officials have more time to develop a long-term plan aimed at preventing the spread of a fatal disease now afflicting wildlife in other parts of the country. The ban, which also applies to moose and elk, is needed to keep chronic wasting disease from spreading throughout wild herds here and also necessary to protect New York’s growing venison industry which produces $1.3 million worth of venison annually.

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He will succeed John D. Irvin, who has known Miles through their involvement in the American Hotel & Lodging Association.

The two men will work together on the transition through the rest of the season, which ends Thanksgiving weekend.

In making the announcement, Miles Jane Forbes Clark, The Leatherstocking Corp.’s president, expressed delight at Miles’ selection.

“He comes to Cooperstown with a solid record of achievement at major resort properties,” she said.

“His professionalism, leadership abilities, and lifelong commitment to the hospitality and tourism industry make him a perfect fit for The Otesaga and Cooper Inn.” Miles joins the 103-year-old Otesaga following a 40-year career in hospitality and resort management.

Most recently, he has served as

chief executive officer of Peddler’s Village in the New Hope area of Bucks County, Pa., which features 70 specialty shops and the luxury 70-room Golden Plough Inn. Previously, as Hershey Resorts vice president for 13 years, he was executive-in-charge of the 650-room historic hotel as well as the 650-room Hershey Lodge & Convention Center, 10 restaurants and the 63-hole Hershey Golf Collection.

Before that, he spent 23 years in a variety of roles with Colonial Williamsburg Hotel Properties Inc., including eight as executive vice president.

He received a bachelor of science in hotel administration from the University of New Hampshire, and completed The Executive Program at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.

He and his wife Karen will reside in Cooperstown.

The Irvin Era Coming To End At Resort Hotel

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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hen Margaret Thatcher arrived at Alabama’s Grand Hotel, John D. Irvin, who is retiring as The Otesaga’s general manager at the end of this season, greeted her at the door and escorted her to her room.

Briefed in advance that the retired British PM would be interested, he described historic and hydrologic aspects of Mobile Bay, which spread out to the horizon beyond her veranda.

He pointed out the wellstocked hospitality center and made sure the formidable world leader had everything she wanted.

The 6-foot-4, imposing Irvin must have made an impression, for as he turned to leave, Thatcher said, “John, sit down. Let’s talk.”

And for 45 minutes he was regaled with tales of Thatcher’s transformative tenure on the world stage, of key decisions made during the Falklands War, of how she reformed the British economy, of her and Ronald

Reagan’s affinity on tax policy – she and Nancy Reagan had chatted by phone just that morning.

“It was an amazing experience,” said Irvin, sitting in his high-ceilinged office in the 103-year-old resort hotel on Otsego Lake, where he is completing the last decade a 40-plus year career managing some of the best of the best resort hotels in the nation.

Meeting celebrities is the glamorous part – other highlights include two opportunities to meet George H.W. Bush, at The Grand before he was president and at The Otesaga since.

But it has been Irvin’s steady oversight and attention to detail that The Otesaga’s thousands of guests have to thank for memorable stays and dining experiences since his arrival in 2002 after 20 years with the Marriott group and previous experience at historic hotels.

Much of what’s happened, said Irvin, is an extension of initiatives begun by his predecessor, Frank Maloney, in particular opening up the grand hotel to the local community – more

The Irvins and Margaret Thatcher when the former British PM stayed at The Grand in Alabama, where John Irvin was general manager.

than ever, it’s a mainstay of Cooperstown and Otsego County’s social life and business scene.

Likewise, renovations ongoing under proprietor Jane Forbes Clark’s 20-year tenure continued apace: modernizing all 135 rooms, redoing the main diningroom and ballroom, adding those stone staircases leading from the veranda to the lakeside lawn, and rebuilding the stone wall lining the

driveway after it began to bow.

Then, there was the routine repainting which had the six-story (from lower floor to attic), 135-room structure cloaked in plastic for a year after OSHA discovered the paint being scraped was lead-based.

“There must have been 30 coats of paint” on the century-old structure, Irvin recalled, shaking his head.

He extended the season’s end from the beginning of November to Thanksgiving, which has become “our busiest holiday weekend.

We pretty much sell out and” – important to Irvin – “it has become a real family event.” Last year, one couple hosted 41 family members – 24 grandchildren included – for the holiday.

It was such a success, the family has already made reservations for this year.

If, as the saying goes, everyone’s a hero in a rising market, the hospitality veteran experienced that for the first half of his tenure.

“We were clipping along, increasing profits every year. We were on Cloud Nine,” he said. “Then, all of a sudden, the bottom fell

out. 2008 was just a terrible year.”

That’s when Irvin’s experience really paid off.

He and his director of sales and marketing, Bob Faller, focused on developing the conference business – among other things, if a group can guarantee 60 rooms, The Otesaga will open up during the winter months, and it’s typically hosting a half-dozen such gatherings now.

He conferred with Katie Sanford, the reservation manager, expanding lodging options beyond the traditional American Plan – one week, meals included.

Today, a room-and-breakfast option has opened the resort to Dreams Park families, and there are a dozen staying there at any one time over the summer.

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To the degree Irvin gets to enjoy that, it will be as a consultant to the hospitality industry, taking on assignments as they interest him.

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Parents were furious, Patton said, telling him, “We came all the way from California. We spent over $10,000. And you’re telling us the game is cancelled because of the weather. Are you serious?”

When All-Star Village opened in 2003, the town Planning Board prohibited games after 10 p.m. Later, at Patton’s request, that was pushed back to 11 p.m.

Since cancelling championship games is so rare -- this is only the second time -Patton believes they should be permitted.

“We try to work with the town,” he said, “and it’s just been difficult to operate a business competitively with Dreams Park, even though we’ve mitigated the concerns regarding lighting and noise.”

He pointed out that AllStar Village has evolved into a $20 million busi-

ness that provides summer jobs for 230 local youths, and thus should get some consideration. It recently donated $4,000 to the West Oneonta Fire Department.

Patton tried to take his concerns to the town Planning Board meeting Monday, Aug. 6, but was told that, since he hadn’t given the board sufficient notice, any action would have to be delayed until the next meeting, Monday, Aug. 20.

However, his appearance did spark lively discussion, with Kellie Place, Planning Board chair, telling Patton, “We want to protect the residents. That’s why we have zoning laws. Without zoning, you could have a dump next to your house, a WalMart in your back yard.”

Town Board member Bill Mirabito spoke in defense of Patton. “In New York, the economy is terrible,” he said. “There are communities that would love to have Marty’s organization. Let’s start trying to work with him and if there’s a way we

can help him, we should bend over backwards.”

“I don’t feel we have neighbors who are going to be disrupted,” said Patton, who estimated the closest house is 300 yards away.

“We don’t exceed ambient noise. We mitigated the full environmental standards process and got a negative declaration.”

He continued, “I’m not looking to play games late at night. What I’m looking to do is to give my customers what they’ve come here for.”

The morning after the storm, Patton had sought out Mayor Miller, who had expressed sympathy. “His operation is of tremendous economic benefit to the area,” the mayor said later. “But from what little I know, I don’t believe (annexation by the city) is possible.”

Four baseball diamonds built in a circle is one of the characteristic features of Cooperstown All-Star Village, developed nine years ago on the former Cathedral Pines property on Route 205, West Oneonta.

First, All-Star Village is not “contiguous” to the city, separated by perhaps a halfmile from the city-town line on West End Avenue. All the property owners in between would have to agree to an annexation and, even then, any such action would have to be approved by the state Legislature.

Miller and his Town of Oneonta counterpart, Supervisor Bob Wood, agreed

that, even if a merger of the two communities now being studied happened, it’s unclear if the regulations of the consolidated community would be of any more help to Patton.

“I can’t speak to the substance of whatever his issues are with the town,” said Miller. “He might have that same issue with the city.” Wood said, with a few exceptions, regulations

within the city tend to be more rigorous than in the town.

But, Miller concluded, “It’s another example of the importance of working together on building the economy, something we don’t do in any kind of purposeful way today. We are one community with two governments because those lines were drawn a long time ago.

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Ross estimates that the four elections this year will put the county Board of Elections $50,000-60,000 over budget.

“There will be a primary,” she said. “It will be very costly to the community, but that’s the process.”

The challenges weren’t personally pursued by Seward, but by committeemen on his behalf.

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“The conditions for the bike portion of the race were treacherous,” said her mother. “We, her family, were both excited and apprehensive at the start of the race.”

Though a faulty alarm clock made CCS crosscountry coach Jessie Ravage miss the first half of her former star’s race, she turned on the TV just in time to see Sarah in the last sprint. “When I tuned in, she was in sixth and there was a pretty sizeable gap,” she said. “She started to pull up into the top three for awhile, but they dropped her in the sprint.”

Oneonta’s Connie Herzig, Sarah’s CCS elementary phys-education teacher and track coach, not only watched the race live, but taped it and watched it a second time.

Watching her former athlete, Ravage fondly recalled the first time she met Sarah.

“I saw her running with the soccer team,” she said, “I don’t do a lot of recruiting, but when I saw her run by, I

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Ravage only had Sarah for one season before the girl transferred to the Deerfield Academy to finish high school, but the coach knew right away she had a winner.

“She was a hard worker,” Ravage said. “Coaching a kid who wanted to work hard is really fun and rewarding.”

The women’s triathlon was one of the most challenging and most watched Olympic events, with all the thrills, chills and spills the thousands of spectators who lined the course could hope for. During the bike portion of the race, Sarah had to make a split-second decision – crash her own bike on the wet curves, or run over Poland’s Maria Czesnik, who had taken a spill just moments before.

She bunny-hopped over the Czesnik’s torso and kept going, describing the feat as “epic.”

“We saw part of the footage of the Polish triathlete crashing,” her mom said.

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When Poland’s Maria Czesnik crashed right in front of her, Sarah Groff was able to bunny-hop over the competitor’s torso and keep on peddling, as indicated in this image from a video.

kept going down. They kept showing their road rash.”

But for the girl who set a still-unbroken record for swimming nine miles across Otsego Lake in just over three hours, the 10K run was what did her in. She stayed in the tight pack, pulling up right next to gold winner Nicola Spririg, of Switzerland at one point, before Spririg, Lisa Nordon of Sweden, and Erin Den-

sham of Australia pushed ahead in the last loop to take the medals.

“It was heartbreaking,” lamented Herzig. “She didn’t have the kick. It was very emotional for me because watching her, I could see her as a 15 year old. I could see her determination.”

“I felt bad when she didn’t win the medal,” Welsh said. “But I was still super proud of her.”

Ravage said the flat running course was not to Sarah’s advantage. “Sarah’s strength is her strength, her power to keep going,” she said. A flat course favors fast runners and short sprints to get ahead of the pack, and Ravage described Sarah’s running as “stiff.”

“I still see some of her old form now,” she said.

“She carries her arms kind of high, a little on the stiff side. It comes from her

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Sarah placed seventh in the Olympic trials on that same course, two places behind Jorgensen. Jenkins won the first place spot in the qualifying race.

But the Olympics won’t end Sarah’s season. On Aug. 26, she returns to Switzerland to compete in the Lausanne World Championship Series and will finish the year with two more races in New Zealand and Switzerland. She plans to compete for a spot in the USA team in the 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

“While riding the underground, we chatted with a mom and her two young daughters. The mom noted our shirts and told us how much she admired Sarah’s efforts especially on the run,” Jeannine said. “It is nice to note that people around the world were touched by her performance.”

“She ran a good race,” said Ravage. “She’s a nice representative of the USA.” “I’m proud to have known her,” added Herzig.

“She inspired me, and I hope she speaks to a whole generation of people.”

WHAT AN AMAZING RACE, SARAH! Congrats! You made Cooperstown & Team USA proud!

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4914 St. Hwy 28, CooperStown (607) 547-5933 75 Market Street, oneonta (607) 433-1020

new LIStInG - MLS#85578 - Location, seclusion & beautiful views makes this solid comtemporary ideal for working living & playing in the Cooperstown area. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake & the Baseball Hall of Fame. $259,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633

MLS#81221 - Beautifully maintained 3 bed 2 bath home in beautiful Fly Creek. Full finished walk out lower level, oversized garage with work shop and walk up loft for crafts or hobbies all on almost 2 acres with a stream out back. $199,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

new LIStInG - MLS#85747 - 3 bedrm, 2 bath home w/2000+/- Sqft was once the local school house! Original features, i.e. blackboards, lights, drinking fountain, 12’ ceiling & maple flring. 2+ car garage, just minutes to Cooperstown. Priced to sell! $159,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683 !

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new LIStInG - MLS#85283 - Prime hunting land w/ cleared front area for building your house or cabin. With 900’ deeded gravel driveway, bring in your electric & cable or keep it natural & enjoy the wildlife, great place for deer & turkey. $38,900 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

new LIStInG - MLS#85252 - Private setting for

quality country living. This rustic log cabin features a spacious open floor plan & ¾ wrap around deck, pool, walk-out basement.

Priced right at $149,900 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#81815 - 1825 County Highway 6, Bovina, NY: ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES in beautiful Bovina! 3-bed, 2-bath farmhouse & historic 3500 sq. ft, 2 story storefront building - all on over 8 acres in a charming hamlet of Delaware County. $229,900 Call David at (607) 435-4800 for more information.

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MLS#83178 - 53-55 Main St., Sidney. Amazing investment!

Over $150k of updates & renovations. Income potential galore!

Make your appointment today! $89,900 Call David at (607) 435-4800 for more information.

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MLS#84360 - 1467 State Highway 165, Cherry Valley - Professionally landscaped country home on 5 acres includes a 1 acre pond. 3-4 bedrms & 2 ½ baths.

New addition includes 600 ft master or family rm + 2 car garage. Original details throughout. $310,000 Call Michelle Curran @ (518) 469-5603

MLS#82720 - Location! 3br, close to school, shopping. Situated on a nice corner lot and with some TLC would make a great starter home. Owner needs to find suitable housing. Come take a look! $90,000 Call Linda @ (607) 434-2125

MLS#84923 - 257 Stannard Hill Road, Cherry Valley - Renovated 3 br, 2 ½ bath farmhouse on 3.2 acres. Country kitchen w/stainless appliances, formal dining rm, 2 firplaces. Fencing, run-in shed & barn for horses or livestock. $275,000 Call Michelle @ (518) 469-5603

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MLS#85221 – Nice 4 br 1 bath home in Oneonta’s desirable west end, in a quiet neighborhood within walking distance to Greater Plains school.

Oversized 3-4 car garage w/heat & storage space. Beautiful refinished wood flrs, & many updates. $139,900 Call Bill Vagliardo @ (607) 287-8568

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MLS#83328 - PRICE REDUCED! Tons of natural sunlight & only a short walk to both colleges. Porch, deck & sunrm provide ample outdoor space. 3 BR, 2 full baths, living rm, dining rm, kitchen, original hardwood flrs. Brand new roof (6 mos.), new front door, new skylight & new carpet. $132,000 Call Linda @ (607) 434-2125

Immaculate ranch home in this adult community has loads to offer. Spacious light filled rooms, arched doorways lead into the dining area and master bedroom with attached master bath. Kitchen is spacious complete with a center island and lots of cupboard space. Enjoy spending your evenings out on the fully covered porch. Oversized 1 car attached garage adds convenience as well as extra storage space.

Home is situated on an attractive landscaped lot. Affordably Priced at $119,900.

Unique greek revival awaiting restoration, original woodwork, pine floors, 4 BRs, 2 baths, 6 acres, dairy barn, pole barn, more!! $135,000 #85337

Great repair shop with concrete floor, insulated & heated office space, 3 overhead doors, good village location. $139,000 #84986

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(7623) Custom, spotless 3BR/3BA Pierstown countryside Dutch Colonial enriched by valley views on 9.58 acres. Admirably light and airy, with finished basement and formal Living and dining rooms. 2 Rumford fireplaces. Large working Kitchen w/ eating area and comfy keeping room. Gracious Four season room w/pellet stove leading to Patio, large deck, and hot tub. Hand hewn beams and period hardware, wide pine flooring throughout. Handsomelystyled Colonial ambiance! One-owner. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive. $479,900

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(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, built-in bookcases and finished basement. Woodstove, active solar. Energy efficient. Two-car garage, large view deck, back porch.

Stocked pond, hot tub, 2 story barn. No comfort overlooked! Cooperstown School.

Hubbell’s Exclusive. $525,000

MLS#83995 - Richfield Springs 2 family with rental income. 2-single BR apts.

Capability to convert back to 1 family. Only $84,400 Call Jim Vrooman @ 1-603-247-0506

This wonderful country home is ready for the next generation to move in.

Lovingly maintained by the original owner, this energy efficient home is ready for the next phase of its life. A full walk out basement with a wood stove could be converted to more living space. Expansive lawns, gardens, woods on both sides and a year round stream that borders the property make this an ideal place to raise your family. Priced at: $179,000. MLS# 85654.

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MLS#83832 - Charming unspoiled circa 1865 colonial located in Historic Cherry Valley village. This large 6 bedroom 2 bath home featuring original antique light fixtures, claw foot bath tub,and period woodwork with crown moldings. Come take a look at this home from yesteryear in all its glory. $195,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

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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#84424 - 147 John Deere Rd, Roseboom - Historic 1835 home w/ 3bedrms & 3 baths. Great hobby farm includes 2-stall horse barn, 2 paddocks, workshop, hops barn, & summer guest cottage.

Pond & stream. On both sides of road for privacy. $260,000 Call Michelle Curran @ (518) 469-5603

MLS#83311 – Fly Creek rustic cabin on 1.25 acres, large newer garage only $80,000.

Call Jim Vrooman @ 1-603-247-0506

MLS#83984 – Fly Creek “Lady’s” Farm house/studio on 4.2 acres large barn, Cooperstown Schools. $89,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 1-603-247-0506

MLS#84525- 2 bedroom 1 bath Quaint Cottage! Country Living! New Roof, New Kitchen $80,000 Call Gabriella Vasta for showing (607) 267-1792

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(7477) 4BR/2BA Vintage Victorian with big benefits.

This intriguing residence highlights Gracious living room w/fireplace, hardwood flooring and bay windows. Formal dining room, den, walk-up attic. Custom blinds, Eat-in Kitchen w/granite counter top & work island. Large porch, Carriage barn. Here’s a nugget offering top value. CV-S Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive. $129,000

Cooperstown Otsego Lake Lot (7185) Lake View vistas! Last of the lake lots in the otsego lake-View Contempo Village. 100’ of lake privileges directly in front. Beautiful (7302) Enjoy both easy entertaining and quiet family life in this spectacular 4BR/2+BA home with panoramic beach and dock area. Village water & sewer hook-ups. lake views on 1.80 acres. This gracious residence Good road access. Once in a lifetime opportunity to build highlights Two-story foyer, gracious living room the house of your dreams. Hubbell’s Exclusive $225,000 w/fireplace & vaulted ceiling, Walnut paneled Den w/ fireplace, Master Suite, Eat-in Kitchen w/Pantry, formal 1 Acre dining room. large view porch, deck, in-ground pool, (6989) Pierstown area just minutes from Cooperstown. hardwood flooring, tiled baths. Finished basement. Also Nice building lot good area. Possible owner finance. lake privileges. This elegant home will captivate you.

Good access on main road. Country views. Cooperstown Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $675,000 Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive $49,000

VillagE VictORian

Exclusively offered at the new price: $489,000 This centrally located village home has been tastefully renovated and maintained to create a “new” home look and feel. Roof, plumbing, wiring, heat system with added central air conditioning have all been redone. The kitchen, with room for family dining, has cherry cabinets, granite countertops, tiled floor and stainless steel appliances.

There is a conveniently located laundry/pantry and a rear mudroom with a tiled ¾ bath off of it. Living room, sitting room and dining room on the first floor are bright and airy and have been recently painted. Refinished pine floors down and carpeted floors up. Four bedrooms and a renovated tiled full bath on the second floor. An added bonus is the attic finished with tongue and groove pine walls and ceiling and wall to wall carpeting. There is a delightfully landscaped fenced yard with slate patio and a lower lawn for play, gardening and exploring.

Covered front and rear porches.

A very inviting and charming home in a great family location.

You’ll build family memories in this village home!

For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donlinrealty.com For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie – Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King – Associate Broker – 547-5332 Don Olin – Associate Broker – 547-8782 Eric Hill – Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois – Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue – Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz – Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie -Sales Associate -547-4141 Carol Hall - Sales Associate -544-4144

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