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County Will Go It Alone ‘Single Point Of Contact’ Concept On Hold For Now

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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Not even the rain could keep Rebecca Gomez and DJ Potter, Oneonta, from enjoying some treats at the City of the Hills Arts Festival on Saturday, Sept.

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ayor Miller has scheduled a special Common Council meeting at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 14, to begin discussions of the 22 recommendations put forth by the Charter Revision Commission.

“It’s important for Martin to provide input,” he said, said Miller, referring to the new city manager, Marty Murphy, whose start date is Oct. 6.

The discussion of the charter will be the only agenda item; there will be an opportunity for public input.

CLEAN ENERGY: A panel of experts on applying solar energy to existing structures is planned at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Carriage House, Southside Oneonta, sponsored

by Citizen Voices. Public welcome.

HEAR YE! Council member David Rissberger is hosting a meeting for Third Ward residents to discuss neighborhood safety, the city manager search, OH! Fest and more at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 at City Hall..

NEW SIGN: The Oneonta Family Y will ask the city Zoning & Housing Board of Appeals Monday, Sept. 22, for permission to replace its front sign.

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or the time being, anyhow, the County of Otsego doesn’t intend to participate in the “single point of contact” economicdevelopment strategy.

The county Planning Department has been renamed the Planning & Economic Development Department, and will Stuligross continue handling the small-business programs that the former county Economic DevelopIan Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA ment Office did under CaroGeorge Siatos retorts to Council member Chip Holmes, who ordered him out of Council Chambers lyn Lewis, who resigned last after he declared more muggings would have to happen before City Hall quells rowdy students.

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“I’m being told I have to woke up to find my hanging flower al Development Agency) “is

By LIBBY CUDMORE keep my lawn furniture chained to my baskets smashed in the street. This is doing the big grants,” said porch, that I can’t have flower pots the worst it’s ever been. It’s out of county Rep. Kay Stuligross, he room was packed. The mood because they’ll get smashed or stolen hand.”

D-Oneonta, who had been was tense.

– this is the city I moved into?”

“Metaphorically, maybe we need a interim chair of the Intergov“I resent being held hostage “My porch furniture was stolen,” few more muggings, maybe of the ernmental Affairs Commitby these students,” said Lisa Yelich, added Kim Baskin, Cedar Street. “I Please See COUNCIL, A6 Please See EC-DEV, A3

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Son Loves James Brown, Tells All At Green Toad, Daryl Tells How He Intends Book To Counteract Movie

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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ust a few weeks before James Brown died, he had a message for his son, Daryl: “I know you’re going to write a book about me. But could you wait until I’m gone?”

Daryl was at the Green Toad on Saturday, Sept. 13 to promote that book, “My Father The Godfather.”

The book, which came out earlier this summer, coincided with the release of the James Brown film biography, “Get on Up.” “I knew Hollywood was going to write some stupid stuff, so I wanted to write this,” he said.

And, like his father, he knew how to command an audience. Downtown shoppers unaware of his signing stopped in their tracks as he spoke, drifting into the front Please See DAD, SON, A7

Standout Coach Don Axtell Wore #14 Since High School

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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hen Don Axtell stopped by exMajor Leaguer Jim Konstanty’s Main Street sporting goods store, he didn’t just pick up equipment – he got the advice that would seal his place as one of SUNY Oneonta’s top coaches.

The former Phillies MVP pitcher passed along SUNY Oneonta photo a few tips to Axtell, who Don Axtell with his retired had just arrived in town #14, which adorns Red to take a job coaching the Dragon field.

Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA SUNY Oneonta Red DragDaryl Brown, son of music legend ons baseball, basketball and soccer teams. “He told me that James Brown, signs a copy of his if I wanted to have a winning season, I had to have good book “My Father The Godfather” to Please See TOP COACH, A7 Oneonta’s Kelly Senhouse.

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NBT Appoints Emily Boss Assistant VP

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mily Boss, manager of NBT Bank’s Southside and Oneida Street branches, has been promoted to assistant vice president.

In her position, Boss has responsibility for branch sales, customer service and operations at both locations.

Since joining NBT in 2004, she has held positions of increasing responsibility leading up to her 2010 promotion to branch manager of the East End Office. In 2012, she was appointed branch manager of the Southside Office. In March 2014, she accepted the responsibility of also managing the Oneida Street location.

State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, presents a state Legislative Resolution to SUNY Oneonta Director of Athletics Tracey Ranieri in honor of her selection as an Under Armour Division III Athletic Director of the Year. From left are Vice President for Student Development Steve Perry, Ranieri’s husband David, the honoree, Seward and college President Nancy Kleniewski. Ranieri was one of 28 national winners and one of four in Division III selected forCOB_Central the honor. was Monday, Sept.

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ORTIZ AT OSWEGO: Francie Ortiz of Oneonta transfer to SUNY Oswego this fall, where she intends to major in music.

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A resident of Morris, Boss grew up in Oneonta and has atEmily tended both Hartwick College Boss and Albright College in Reading, Pa. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Salvation Army and as treasurer for the Oneonta Kiwanis Club. She is a member of the 2014 class of Leadership Otsego.

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Common Council member David Rissberger, center, was elected vice chair of the county Democratic Committee Tuesday, Sept. 16, in a meeting in the county Board of Representatives’ chambers in Cooperstown. Other new officers included, from left, committee secretary Mike Henrici; county chair Richard Abbate (he was elected to a second term), Danielle Henrici, state committeeperson, and Nicole Camarata, District 1 leader, Town of Oneonta.

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Fans of Frank Eckmair, the nationally known printmaker of Otsego County scenes, pose around the artist’s wife, Leigh, at the opening of “Oneonta Collects Frank Eckmair� at SUNY Oneonta’s Martin-Mullen Gallery Thursday, Sept. 11. From left are Tim Sheesly, gallery director, and collectors who loaned prints to the exhibit, Richard and Kathleen McVinney, Molly Swain, and the Eckmairs’ daughter Kelley and her husband, Gary Smith. Ron Haus also contributed works to the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 3. A panel is planned at 4 p.m. Oct. 2 to discuss Eckmair’s opus. Grace Ohls, Gilbertsville, a friend of Mrs. Eckmair, snaps the scene at left.

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Stuligross was interviewed as she passed the chairmanship back to county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who had been absent from county board deliberations since July.

Schwerd attended the Friday, Sept. 12, IGA meeting and resumed the chair.

The county representative attended the second Seward Summit on economic development last November at Foothills and heard Dick Sheehy, one of the nation’s foremost industrial recruiters, say all successful ec-dev efforts have a “single point of contact� for businesses seeking to relocate.

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In the spring, the IDA had been negotiating to absorb the county’s ec-dev responsibilities, but talks broke down over how much the county had been spending on its Economic Development Office, and how much should be contributed to the IDA. Stuligross said two new IGA committee members, county Reps. Rick Hulse, R-Otsego, and Craig Gelbsman, ROneonta, elected last November, were going through a “learning period� and were reluctant to offload the ecdev responsibilities immediately.

At IDA meetings since, authority President Sandy Mathes has expressed disappointment at the turn of events, but said that efforts will instead be focused on numerous other initiatives being pursued, including two commerce park projects, the revival of Oneonta’s D&H yards and an agricultural hub to market local farm products in the New York metropolitan area. The next round of state economicdevelopment grants, to be announced in mid-October, will determine what goes first.

Over the summer, the IGA committee contracted with a consulting firm, Thoma Associates, to explore delinquent loans dating back to 2011 received through the Economic Development Office. Since, Stuligross said, county Treasurer Dan Crowell had assumed responsibility for collecting the loans and she is confident the process is moving forward.

Now, she said, the IGA committee plans to issue an RFP, a request for proposals, to find a consultant to administer the county programs – microenterprise grants, revolving loans and Main Street initiatives – next year. “The optimum outcome in terms of the business committee is easy access, assistance in applications, and efficient administration of the loans,� said Stuligross, and she expressed confidence the new P&ED office can. “In a sense, this isn’t a bad thing to happen,� said the county rep. “We’ve learned a lot. We’re not finished.�

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EDITORIAL

Facts, Level-Headed Tactics Way To Lessen Student Rowdiness

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uring the debate over Hillside Commons last year, one landlord was talking about how, as the academic credentials of SUNY Oneonta students rose – they are still rising – the damage to his apartments declined.

Of course, it makes sense.

The more students who are more focused on their studies, the less interest they have in Beer Pong and the like.

While there is always elevated concern about mischief in college towns like Oneonta when students return – disorderly conduct, noise, public urination and, in the wee hours when the bars empty out, in particular, fights – there’s no comprehensive magic-wand solution immediately at hand.

The news that a SUNY Oneonta student is in critical condition after striking his head on the pavement during an early hours altercation Sunday the 13th underscores how serious the issue can be.

• Coincidentally, NPR broadcast a chilling piece on campus drinking on the 8th, reporting 80 percent

of college students drink and half of them binge drink. Dr. Sharon Levy, director of teen substance abuse at Boston Children’s Hospital, says, “Everybody’s drinking to get drunk. Kids tell me this is how they socialize with friends.”

When students enter college at 18, “the part of their brain in charge of seeking reward and stimulation is in full gear,” the report continued. “But here’s the tricky part: The part of the brain that could put the brakes on impulsive behavior is still immature and not fully functioning.”

While, locally, we’re concerned, as we should be, about the impact of student misbehavior on the

quality of life, students should be more concerned than we are: A half million under the influence are injured every year, and 1,800 die, NPR reported.

To a degree, college extends adolescence: Heavy drinking is more of a problem among college students than their peers in the working world. That speaks to the whole idea of a year of mandatory community service after high school. Somewhat more mature incoming freshmen would be more focused, better prepared to take advantage of what a college education has to offer and to avoid the pitfalls.

But that’s not a solution we can implement here today.

• The point of our local situation is not to panic. The world isn’t coming to an end because 7,500 students are back in town, as they have returned for 125 years at SUNY and 85 at Hartwick.

The Miller Administration has been pursuing sensible solutions for some time now: For instance, opening the lines of communication between the OPD, univer-

sity police and Hartwick security (where Tom Kelly became director of campus security after a distinguished career in the state police).

These people are pros.

In 2012, OPD raided three bars identified as magnets for underage drinkers, then closed them down.

Regrettably, this pushed underage drinkers into “house parties” in residential neighborhoods, the current focus of much police activity.

Push in here, it comes out there.

In a conversation the other day, the mayor pointed out that the weekend of Sept. 6-7, when mischief spiked, was Pledge Weekend. “But who knew,” he said. Part of the solution, he said, may be understanding the campuses’ social calendars and tapping the college forces to help the OPD during the hot spots.

This is the kind of level-headed problem analysis we’ve come to expect from Mayor Miller, an approach that lends itself to a problem that can be eased now, but only solved longterm.

A good first step. always, is to get the facts. Numbers were provided at the stormy Tuesday, Sept.

16, Common Council meeting and the impression is they are up. If so, how much? Let’s nail down the extent of any spike before we declare a crisis.

Emotions may be raw right now, but emotions aren’t going to solve anything. The public’s had a say.

Now, it might make sense to put together a representative panel to explore the challenge and come up with practical, proven steps.

You can be sure that Oneonta is not unique, that what may be happening here is happening elsewhere. And someone may even have figured out an amelioration.

• Regardless, let’s not forget that Oneonta, on balance, is a better, more prosperous place because of our colleges, and the brainy professionals and ever more motivated students they bring here, not to mention the payroll.

The colleges – faculty, students, staff – are our friends.

Let’s treat rowdiness for what it is, a negative piece in a happier whole. When you think about it, isn’t that what so much of life is like?

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n Saturday night, Sept. 13, I accompanied Sgt. Branden Collison of the Oneonta Police Department on his patrol of the city. I was with him from 10 p.m. to 3:30 a.m.

I asked to ride along because I have been paying close attention to the recent expressions of concern about the behavior of college students in the city. Knowing the many efforts we already pursue on the Hartwick campus toward alcohol education, and current on- and offcampus community standards, I was looking for inspiration on what more I could do, as Hartwick’s president, to address the apparent rising tension between the full-time citizens of our community and our community of Dr. Drugovich students.

I have been trained in ethnographic research techniques. I went along as an observer. This is what I saw.

I saw competent, compassionate policing.

I witnessed well-trained officers intervening in situations that went from the benign (a flat tire with no response from AAA) to the life threatening (a probable head injury as the result of an assault). I saw them respond promptly to numerous complaints about noise, and act expertly to disperse noisy gatherings with the cooperation of those they dispersed. I saw them stand by in protection of an underage, inebriated citizen

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As night descends on downtown Oneonta, mischief can happen.

(not a student at one of our colleges) until friends came to her assistance. I saw them identify a known criminal (not a student) while driving down Main Street and arrest this person for an armed robbery for which he was sought. I saw them arrest two possible assailants. I saw them cite someone for public urination or defecation. I saw them cruise along streets known for “problems” without finding any large parties. I witnessed expertise, coordination, firmness, professionalism, compassion, and caring.

Yes, I was prepared to be impressed – and I was.

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I saw young people frequenting Oneonta’s city bars and eateries. I witnessed young people (some were likely college students, some were most likely not) moving down and through our city streets. They congregated outside of the many bars that were open, and queued up at counters and food stands around the back alleys and plazas between Main and Market Streets.

Oneonta was open for business, and the wheels of commerce were turning.

I saw young people talking with adults who were certainly not students, adults who remained on the streets throughout the

night. These young people were laughing, they were dancing, they were eating, and they were joking, slapping one another on the back. A few were arguing, a few were crying; they were talking and walking and singing with a guitarist (not a student) who regularly perches on Main Street in the wee hours of the morning. Many waved at the police (a real wave). I saw no overt signs of disrespect toward the police. I heard expressions of gratitude for assistance offered.

It is important to note that I estimate that I saw only several hundred young people moving around the streets in my five hours with Sergeant Collison; just a small fraction of the over 7,500 students enrolled at Hartwick and the state university.

I saw an escalation in the seriousness of issues addressed as the night extended into the early morning. The later the night, the more the alcohol and the hour took their toll. More young people were finding their way back to where they live, sometimes (though not always) visibly hampered by their inebriation. The seriousness of interventions related to alcohol increased as the morning developed. More people expressed anger, more people were sick, more people were in the wrong place at the wrong time, more people went to the hospital to be cared for. This did not surprise me; I have seen it all before. Many times I have told students: If it is past midnight and you are standing in a room with a drink in your hand, don’t expect good things to happen.

Now, this is what I think, based upon what I saw.

I think that the young people I saw last night were like any I have seen anywhere.

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LETTERS

A Century of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love And Fidelity To the Editor: Saturday, Sept. 6, the Oneonta Elks Lodge #1312 had an evening celebrating a Century of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love, and Fidelity. Our centennial – one of the most exciting times in the history of our lodge – provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tell the Elks’ story, share what we have done over 100 years and reveal our plans for the future. A special “thank you” to the community, Oneonta Mayor Richard Miller, Jr. and to the Elk members for attending the dinner and making it a memorable evening.

Today, Oneonta Lodge #1312 is 430-members strong and growing, with programs that give back to the community. The cumulative value of our local lodge’s contributions in terms of cash, donated items, hours of services and miles driven exceed

veterans, the benevolent and protective order of Elks will never forget them.

A highlight of our history was receiving, through the assistance of then-officers Maria Kelso and Debra Crampton, the state grant from state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford. This grant has helped us in numerous ways to enhance the structural integrity of this building that serves as a location for community events such as Red Cross blood drives, Wednesday night dinners open to the public, Thanksgiving dinners and fundraisers for school events and sporting teams.

Therefore, it was my honor – in this our 100th year – to present a community service award to Senator Seward for his dedication to community and for modeling principles of the Elks.

In Elkdom, BARBARA ANN HEEGAN Exalted Ruler

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State Sen. Jim Seward, RMilford, shares a laugh with Barbara Ann Heegan, exhalted ruler, Oneonta Elks Lodge #1312, Saturday, Sept. 6, prior to the 100th anniversary banquet. At left is the senator’s wife, Cindy.

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History

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

100 Years Ago

Formal notice was given to the world today by President Wilson that the United States at this time cannot pass judgment upon or take any part in controversies between the warring European nations over alleged violations of the rules of civilian warfare and humanity. He said settlement of these questions would have to wait until the end of the war, which he prayed might be very soon. A resume of the findings of the Belgian Commission of Inquiry into alleged atrocities committed by German troops has been presented to President Wilson. German cavalry occupying the Village of Linsmeau were attacked by some Belgian troops and two gendarmes. A German officer was killed by the Belgian soldiers during the fight and was buried. None of the civilians had taken part in the fight; nevertheless, the village was invaded at dusk on August 10, by a strong force of German cavalry, artillery, and machine guns. In spite of the formal assurances given by the Burgomaster that none of the civilians had taken part in the fight, two farms and six outlying homes were destroyed by gun fire and reduced to ashes. All the male population was then compelled to come forward and hand over what arms they possessed.

No recently discharged firearms were found. The invaders divided these peasants into three groups. Those in one group were bound and 11 of them placed in a ditch, where they were afterwards found dead, their skulls fractured by the butts of rifles.

September 1914

80 Years Ago

Edmund P. Stapleton of 7 Division Street, D. & H. trainman, was in a critical condition in the Albany City hospital late last night as the result of an accident in which both legs were cut off about halfway to the knees. The accident occurred about 10:25 Saturday night when he slipped and fell from the top of a car on a 93-car northbound freight train on the hill near Esperance. He was said to have fallen between two cars near the front of the train. He was able to roll to the side of the track after two wheels had passed over him, severing both feet. As the caboose went by he shouted for help and Conductor Samuel Estes of Oneonta pulled the emergency lever, applying the airbrakes. The train stopped within a distance of 500 feet, and crew members ran to his assistance. A call to Central Bridge brought an ambulance and two doctors. The two engineers on the train were Anthony Farone and Flurrie A. Judd.

September 1934

60 Years Ago

Oneonta Children’s Theater Guild announced yesterday that arrangements have been completed for the 1954-55

125 Years Ago

the house would be able to work in stores and other places in the community. The residents would be supervised by house parents. The Upstate Home’s facilities at Milford care for retarded youth. However, the NYS Department of Mental Hygiene insists that retarded persons over the age of 18 should be housed in separate facilities.

September 1974

30 Years Ago

When classes resumed earlier this month in the Oneonta City School District more than 8 percent of last year’s seventh grade class were back in seventh grade for another try. That percentage, about double the average, has local educators wondering why so many students are tripped every year by the seventh grade hurdle. At the end of last school year, 17 out of the 197 seventh grade students failed to gain the green light for the eighth grade. According to Dr. John Lutz, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, the 17 students share a number of traits, including poor basic reading and mathematics skills, social immaturity, and a poor attendance record. The retained students were absent from school an average of 18 days and tardy an average of eight times during the school year.

September 1984

20 Years Ago

From classic literature to basic canoeing, Oneonta’s September 1889 Center for Continuing Adult Learning has something to offer just about everyone. An affiliate of The Elderhostel season of Audubon Screen Tours, bringing three of North America’s best known wildlife photographers and lecturers Institute Network in association with Hartwick College and the State University College at Oneonta, the center plans to Oneonta. Dr. Arthur A. Allen of Cornell University will to offer a wide range of courses in this its second year. A lead off the series with his film “Hunting with a Micronew series of lectures on national issues will start Tuesday. phone and Color Camera.� He will present the film at the The courses are not linked to academic degrees or college State University Teachers’ College auditorium at 7 p.m. on credits.

November 14. Other leading naturalists who will appear September 1994 in Oneonta include Tom and Arlene Hadley with their film “Into the North Woods� scheduled for January 12, and Telford H. Work, with his film, “Arctic to the Topics� on April 28.

September 1954

40 Years Ago

The Upstate Home for Children is in the process of purchasing the Wesley House at the corner of Ford and Dietz Streets. The house, which is owned by the Methodist church, currently serves as the residence and offices of the Rev. J. Edwin (Ned) Lintern, Methodist Chaplain for Oneonta State and Hartwick College. It will be converted into a hostel for retarded adults, according to Dr. H. Glen Martin, president of the Upstate Home board of directors.

Dr. Martin said eight or nine retarded adults would live in the house, “in a family type atmosphere.� The residents of

10 Years Ago

A center for people recovering from addictions to drugs and alcohol will be established in Oneonta, said Elizabeth Currier, executive director of the LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, Currier said, “We need a place where people in recovery can gather – not a professional organization, but somewhere where peers can gather. Currier, herself a recovering alcoholic, was a guest speaker at the board meeting. She introduced former New York State Assemblyman Peter Dokuchitz of Oneonta, who also has battled the disease. Both said that alcoholism strikes far more people than the public perceives.

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I have worked and lived within higher education communities for much of my professional career.

Colleges are filled with young people who have dreams and hopes for their future. They will be nurses and business professionals and scientists and musicians and historians and doctors. I see them on our playing fields and stages and award platforms. I join them for lunch and host them for dinner.

They are responsible, pleasant people with whom anyone would be pleased to spend time.

I have never met a student who wanted to be arrested. Students who go to college and only “party” do not make it through Hartwick, or through any of the colleges I have been associated with. Let’s accept the truth that maturation is a process. Young people are not always mature enough or experienced enough to make the best choices – whether or not they are enrolled in college. We all know COUNCIL/From A1 politicians!” said George Siatos, Gardner Place.

That provoked Council member Chip Holmes: “Sit down!” he told Siatos. “You are out of line!”

The occasion was the regular Common Council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Mayor Miller, himself a former Hartwick College president, had invited a conversation between residents, students and college officials after

adults whose judgment and choices we question – for as truly amazing as some college students are, the likelihood that all 18-21 year olds will have impeccable judgment is zero.

I think the citizens of Oneonta have the right to expect a secure community. All people, including college students, should be held responsible when they break the law, or when they act in ways that are inconsistent with community values. I have owned a property in a college town and awoken on Sunday mornings to noise on the street and red plastic cups on my front yard. I have been frustrated and sometimes disgusted and angered by the behavior of drunken people (behavior not restricted to college students). I don’t condone any of these actions. Many Hartwick employees live within the community close to the College campus. We share the desire to live in a secure and pleasant environment. Our students don’t get a “pass” on their responsibilities to be good citizens just because they are inebriated or immature. Those who act irresponsibly must be held

concerns about OH! Fest and student behaviors were voiced at the last council meeting.

“The events of the last few weekends have caused us to expand this conversation,” he told the gathering. “Our two concerns are the residents, who live here and pay taxes, and concerns for the students who are engaging in these high-risk behaviors.

“The worst nightmare for the colleges would be a tragedy that we might have had some

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accountable for their actions – that is what communities must do to preserve their character and quality.

That is how people learn about the contours of community values.

I think recent statements that lay the blame for our disappointments only at the feet of college students, or on the doorstep of the colleges themselves, have missed their target by a wide margin. The suggestion that the colleges may not be taking the issue of community and personal safety “seriously” is incomprehensible. I think that the basic question is this: Can we have it both ways? Can we have bars and eateries downtown that prosper from the economic stimulus our students provide until 2 or 3 a.m., and maintain a secure community? Can we welcome college students who support our way of life (by providing a reason for many of us to be here at all) and help them to become the citizens who might one day choose to live in the house next door, assuring the true security of our community by contributing to it?

I think that the answer is yes, we

opportunity to intervene on beforehand.”

Sitting in the crowd, SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski looked concerned as resident after resident stood to tell of students urinating and vomiting on their lawns, of vandalism and destruction, of house parties and fights, like the one in the early hours of Sunday morning, Sept. 14, that left one student in critical condition.

Since both colleges returned, Assistant Fire Chief Jim Maloney reported an uptick in calls to the campus.

“We had 44 EMS calls and four fire calls to SUNY, two EMS calls and nine fire calls to Hartwick,” said Maloney.

“We’ve had 24 EMS calls off campus.”

Police Chief Dennis Nayor agreed that there had been a larger volume of calls than normal in the weeks since students returned.

“Mrs. Baskin hit the nail on the head,” said Council member Mike Lynch. “Something is going on that’s different this year. It’s a behavior problem, and we have to figure it out.

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I have supported, and will continue to support, all of our many efforts on the Hartwick campus to educate students about responsible behavior.

All of our students are required to participate in the AlcoholEdu education program and we provide stateof-the-art education programs around the effects of alcohol. We provide social programming on campus as an alternative to migration downtown. We provide counseling, and, as necessary, sanction those students who break the law or violate campus policies and community expectations.

Hartwick does as much or more than most of the campuses I have worked on to educate its students about the

City. We don’t call the cops if someone’s playing their stereo loud at 10 p.m. When we ring your bell, you know it’s a problem.”

Said Kleniewski, “The college takes this behavior very seriously. When students are arrested, they go through a campus judicial process, and they don’t get arrested again – it’s a deterrent.”

The college also offers alcohol education to incoming freshman, provides counseling to students struggling with alcohol or drug dependencies, and offers on-campus alternatives to going out the bars, she said.

Meg Nowak, Hartwick College vice president for student affairs, said, “At the beginning of the semester, freshmen meet with Hartwick staff, police and a public defender to discuss their rights and responsibilities as residents and how to be good community members.

“We hold our students accountable for their actions when we’re notified of them.”

One of the biggest concerns facing the council is the rise of house parties since closing three bars in 2012 pushed students into neighborhoods.

“Social media is making this worse,” said Council member Bob Brzozowski. “With greater surveillance of the bars, they’ve moved to the houses and there’s less control. I don’t know we solve this problem.”

“I don’t know how to solve it tonight,” said Lynch. “But we have to be careful going

negative effects of drugs and alcohol, and their responsibility to the greater community. My colleagues and I do all that we can to assure that Hartwick students understand and respect the idea that a community, by its very nature, requires responsible action on everyone’s part. Hartwick will continue to be a good partner in holding its students accountable for their actions on our campus and within the City of Oneonta. We will do what we must do to protect the welfare of our students, to the fullest extent of our abilities and resources.

What role will the business owners, city government, and citizens of the city take in this collaboration? Each sector of our community will have to answer in its own way – I am in no better position to dictate their contributions than they are to dictate those of the College. I believe that if we work together in a productive and respectful manner we can make Oneonta a model college community where we can all enjoy the benefits that come with having young, bright, and hopeful people among us.

forward.”

Even after Miller closed the public comment period, conversations continued in the hall. The meeting continued as scheduled, although to a less crowded room.

And after everyone else had left, one last student stood up.

“My name is Manny Alban

and I’m a senior at SUNY Oneonta,” he said. “I want to apologize on behalf of my 12,000 fellow students. But we are not guests here – we are just as much residents as you are, and we want to increase the communications between us. We’re not all bad.”

“You represent your constituents well,” said Miller.

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Axtell played baseball at Waverly High School, as well as winning accolades in track & field and basketball. He played basketball at Duke for a year before being drafted into the Army, and when he returned from the Korean War, finished his physical education major at Ithaca College, graduating in 1960.

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Of nine children, Daryl was the only to share the stage with his dad. “We were sitting in the house, just jamming, and he let me play his old Vox guitar. And then he says, ‘You’re gonna be my third guitar player’. Normally, I play drums, but if he asked me to play flute, I would have.”

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In 2001, he was inducted into the Oneonta athletics Hall of Fame, and in 2002, into the Waverly High School Hall of Fame.

“My kids played with respect,” he said. “We didn’t use bad language, there was no smoking or drinking during the season, they kept their hair cut above their ears. They said it helped them become better people.”

Among his star players were Roger Weaver, who pitched in the 1980 season with the Detroit Tigers and Steve

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And athletics carry on in his family. His son, John, played baseball in his freshman year at Cortland. “I used to tease him that I left one weak spot when I helped him with his hitting,” he said. “Just in case my team ever had to play against him!”

Axtell retired in 1995, but he can still be found on the sidelines, watching his grandchildren play soccer and basketball. “They keep me busy!” he said.

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

Owner Says Sell!—Just outside Bowerstown, this sprawling farmhouse has had a couple of additions including a kitchen w/vaulted beamed ceiling, island, double pantry and breakfast nook overlooking the backyard. Circa 1900 home offers some 2,949+/- sq ft. Large LR w/beamed ceiling, den w/ fireplace, DR w/woodstove, mudroom, laundry, and full bath all on the main floor. Attached 3-room home office is great space for additional family living and/or an in-law apartment. Upstairs are 4 BRs, 3 ½-baths, large hallway w/storage and master suite w/walk-in closet and private balcony. Front and back staircases, front porch, rear deck, garage and storage space. There is a .78 acre flat lawn space w/mature pine trees, flowering and berry bushes, large garden, perennials. In need of some updating and TLC, this spacious home is in a very convenient location and has been priced to sell!

Offered Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty— NOW $160,000 or $200,000 with the adjacent 1.5-acre lot

Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com Contact us at info@ashleyconnorrealty.com For APPoiNtmeNt: Patricia Bensen-Ashley, Broker, 607-437-1149

Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 607-547-5304 • Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 607-547-8288 Christopher Patterson, Sales Agent, 518-774-8175

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