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1st Murder Charge Filed In 8 Years No Slaying Since ’05 – Until Now, With Middlefield Case

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ichael Buck’s charge of second-degree murder for the shooting death of his

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Oneonta’s Priscilla Thompson dumps numbered $5 golf balls from a lift provided by Eastman Associates at the Sixth Ward Playground Saturday, Sept. 21, a fundraiser for the Family Service Association.

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father, Joseph Buck, early Saturday morning, Sept. 21, in the Town of Middlefield is the first murder charge in Otsego County in eight years, said District Attorney John Muehl.

“I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come,” lamented Muehl. “We’ve had some violent crimes, but we

haven’t had a homicide in awhile.”

Muehl was the prosecutor in the December 2006 murder trial of Francis Ricca, who was accused of stabbing Jason Walker to death at an alcohol-soaked party at Oneonta’s 97 Chestnut St. in December 2005.

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PANERA OPENS: The national chain, Panera Bread, opened an outlet Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Southside Mall.

Sweet Frog, frozen yogurt, is due to open next door soon.

TB TOURS: Tour of the former Homer Folks TB Hospital are 1-4 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 29, sponsored by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. $8 ($5 for members). Meet in the atrium of the main building, (now Oneonta Job Corps).

ARTS GRANTS: 2014 NYSCA grants up to $5,000 are available for Otsego County cultural initiatives (as well as Broome and Chenango’s). Details, call Chenango Arts Council, 3362787.

$3.2M Over 3 Months Hartwick College’s ‘It’s Personal’ Drive Gaining Momentum

$250,000 Buys Modern Lights For Downtown tanding in Muller Plaza at dusk Friday, Sept. 20, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced a $250,000 grant to pay for 146 high-tech LED streetlights in the downtown.

City Engineer Jim Hawver then threw a switch, and the first of the ornate lights flashed on.

Drogen Electric Supply won the bid to provide the fixtures, and A. Treffeisen & Son to install them, so the money will remain in the community, Seward said.

A bullet pierced Michael Buck’s lip, police said, during a gunfight that led to the death of his father, Joseph.

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On the Sunday, Sept. 22, bus tour commemorating the 130th founding of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, rail historian Jim Loudon recounted the heroic episode.

And, As 130th Anniversary Celebrated, Tony Mongillo Solves Modern Mystery

closed the roundhouse, I was still working in the switching yard checking cars,” the D&H ifteen years after the D&H retiree declared. “There was a roundhouse – the largest lot of stuff in the smokestack, in the world — and I thought, what closed, Oneontans the heck? So I lit were stunned to see it – and it caught! smoke coming up No one knew the 160-foot smokewhere it came stack. It remained a from, but it was mystery, until Sunme!” day afternoon, Sept.

Mongillo was 22, that is. just one of dozens Then, on a packed of people on hand bus tour of the city’s to honor eight men railroad heritage in who gathered in honor of the 130th the red caboose anniversary of the — now on display founding of the James A. Stem Jr., in Neahwa Park Brotherhood of Rail- national legislative — on Sept. 23, road Trainmen, Tony director, United 1883, to form the Mongillo confessed. Transportation Please See Union, was in the “When they RAIL, B5

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ooking back four months, Hartwick College’s $32 million “It’s Personal” fundraising campaign was well launched, Jim Broschart, vice president of college advancement, can say with some satisfaction.

Broschart “People caught me on the way out,” he said, recounting the reaction to the “Blue Tie Affair” of Friday, May 10, where, under a tent set up to maximize hilltop Hartwick’s long views, President Margaret Drugovich Please See HARTWICK, A3

Eldridge’s Bid Shines National Spotlight Here Democrat Has Fortune To Spend

By JIM KEVLIN

Passing the freight depot that he once supervised, Tony Mongillo told the bus tour it was he who lit a flame in the roundhouse smokestack years ago, mystifying the city.

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“Sean was full of energy,” said county Democratic Chair Richard Abbate, Please See ELDRIDGE, B5

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In the ‘Family Room’ of the gallery at 97 Main St., Michael Stolzer works at organizing pieces of his artwork in preparation for the Oct. 4 opening.

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artwork has been featured in galleries and in private collections all over the world, but with a 6-9 p.m. opening reception Friday, Oct. 4, his work will be available to Oneontans.

Stolzer will host an opening of his gallery, Michael Stolzer Fine Arts, at 97 Main St., the old VFW building, during Oneonta’s final First Friday event. “In New York City, I made a living from a small gallery, showing my own work,” he said.

He’s been living in Oneonta for the last 10 years, and the opportunity presented itself to once again open his own space to show artwork.

“I’ve been wanting to open a gallery, to add to our community.”

His work was most recently seen at the Smithy Gallery in Cooperstown. “It’s just going to be my work for now,” Stolzer said. “But I’m sure it’s going to evolve over time.”

The gallery, which will feature painting, photogra-

nudes, is the first private gallery in downtown Oneonta since Volcano Editions. “It’s a difficult business,” he said.

A graduate of the National Design Academy and the Brooklyn College, he has shown work at the Knitting Factory, the Brooklyn Museum, Louis Stern Fine Arts in Los Angeles, CA and the Museo del Fuerte de San Felipe in Mexico.

He worked with pop artist Keith Haring, introducing him to bronze casting and helping him with what would be his final series. In 1990, after Haring’s death he oversaw the completion of several pieces left by the late sculptor.

In 1988, he was commissioned by Yoko Ono in producing bronze works for several exhibitions. He also produced a sculpted portrait of her husband, John Lennon, and both recreated and interpreted several of his drawings in bronze.

“There’s a need everywhere,” he said. “Art is a fundamental aspect of life.”

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Written with Radu Cristea, who was raised in Romania under the Ceausescu regime, “Faces of Freedom, Lives of Courage” tells first-hand accounts of students, citizens and others who survived imprisonments, beatings, tortures and the extermination camps, through interviews and stories.

The book is published by Tate Publishing and available through their website, www.tatepublishing.com and amazon.com.

With an MBA from Syracuse, Sears has received Hartwick’s Bunn Award For Excellence in Teaching.

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Middlefield Slaying First In 8 Years Since Stabbing At Chestnut Street Party

A deputy patrols the Buck home at 163 Indian Run Road, Town of Middlefield, the Monday after the shooting.

SLAYING/From A1 Ricca cited self-defense, claiming Walker attacked him with a 40-ounce bottle of Labatt Blue, and was acquitted of all charges by an eight-woman, four-man jury after just five hours of deliberations.

Now came 1:42 a.m. on the 21st, when county sheriff’s deputies responded to a call from Michael’s aunt, who lived two houses

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down from the crime scene, about a prowler on her property. During the call, she identified the prowler as her nephew, Michael Buck.

When deputies arrived, they found Joseph Buck, 64, a Worcester Central School retired teacher, dead of multiple gunshot wounds inside his home at 163 Indian Run Road. Michael, who was divorced and worked at Covidien, was transported to Bassett Hospital, where he was treated for two wounds from a single gunshot; one to his face, the other to his hand.

He was arraigned on charges of murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree and criminal use of a firearm on Sunday, Sept. 22 and is currently being held without bail at the Otsego County Correctional Facility.

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HARTWICK/From A1 announced the campaign.

“We want to do something,” they told Broschart.

Within three weeks, the college had received $300,000 in new commitments to add to the $19.2 million Drugovich announced had already been raised. By the time Broschart was interviewed on progress the other day, $3.4 million in new contributions had been committed.

“We’ve had 15 major commitments,” he said.

It’s been a year of fund drives in the City of the Hills.

On Wednesday, Feb. 6, Fox Hospital announced it was seeking $1.3 million to add to an $8.7 million state grant to renovate all the hospital’s double rooms into single rooms. By mid-summer, that goal had largely been met, thanks to a $200,000 donation from the hospital auxiliary and a grant from state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford.

On Monday, April 15, SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski announced “Possibilities Full Of Promise,” aimed at raising $12.5 million by the college’s 125th anniversary in 2014. By mid-September, $7.6 million had been raised, 60.8 percent of the goal.

Hartwick’s “It’s Personal”

campaign, with its $32 million target, was the most ambitious of all, but Broschart was in no way deterred.

“Our message resonates,” he said. “It’s about the students.”

Beginning in the next several days, the college’s fundraising team is going on the road, to Boston, New York, Albany, Washington, D.C., wherever alumni are in force. “Now,” Broschart said, “we will talk openly about the campaign.”

Drugovich will lead the charge through the 40+ events. “Our alumni, parents and friends want to hear from the president,” the vice president said.

Carol Ann Hamilton Coughlin of Greenwich, Conn., Class of ’86, is chairing the campaign, but the committee is wellrepresented locally. Brian Wright, retired Wilber Bank president, is honorary chair.

Arnie Drogen, the Oneonta businessman, is vice chair.

And Bob Hanft of Pierstown, an alumnus and former chair of the trustees, is on the committee.

Key professionals, in addition to Broschart, are Eric Shoen, executive director, individual giving; Patricia Dopazo, director of planned philanthropy, and Alicia Fish, senior director of alumni & donor relations.

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Hometown Oneonta Turns 5 With 1,403 Advertisers, 30,000 Readers

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n pages A6-7 of this edition, you will see the names of 1,403 Otsego County businesses that get it.

To these 1,403 partners of ours, thank you all. Thank you VERY much. (And, to everyone else, jump in, the water’s great.)

These businesses – rather, the savvy businesspeople who run them – have gotten the message of Hometown Oneonta, which is celebrating five years of serving our business community.

We take complete responsibility that not everyone gets it yet: We haven’t explained, clearly and simply enough, what we’re doing.

Today, we rededicate ourselves to that mission.

When we tell our story, people act, and their enterprises prosper.

• The message: Every household, every week.

Hometown Oneonta, a fullservice, complimentary newspaper focused tightly on the City of the Hills, is sent through the U.S. mails every week to every household in the Oneonta (13820) and West Oneonta (13861) zip codes. (Also, you can pick it up at Brooks, Hannaford, the Neptune and many high-traffic venues around the city.)

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City official Joe Bernier, left, and Jeff House examine one result of their efforts.

Kevin More and Taryn.

Lilly Cleaveland, 2 1/2, watches her dad, Todd, who works for Eastman Associates, help take the front off Bresee’s.

Megan Tannenbaum points out the action to boyfriend Lou Velandia.

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Michelle Rossi, 10, of Girl Scout Troop 214, Oneonta, was an iPod Touch in the Santa Claus Parade through downtown Oneonta Saturday, Nov. 21.

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Anita Briggs/HOMETOWN ONEONTA This darling daughter and her dad were among the 210 partygoers at the seventh annual Father-Daughter Velentine’s Ball held Saturday, Feb. 7, at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Ballroom. Despite best efforts, we couldn’t identify them, but the picture was too delightful to resist. If you recognize them, call Laura Cox at 547-6103.

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DECORATE: The Oneonta Garden Club is holding its annual Holiday Bazaar/ Greens Sale 9-2 Friday, Dec. 4, at St. James Episcopal Church.

STORM-READY: SUNY Oneonta has received official certification as a "StormReady University" from the National Weather Service, the second college in New York to receive the designation.

CHAMBER PARTY: The Otsego County Chamber invites all small businesses to the 6th Annual Small Business Holiday Party Friday, Dec. 11, at the Holiday Inn Southside.

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Theodoros Basdekis, and Danielle.

Sean Hall dances with daughter Dominique and Angela Brindley.

Mark Quackenbush with daughters Drue and Bryn.

AWARDED: Catskill Area Hospice won the 2009 Alzheimer's Association of Northeastern New York's Community Advocate Award, to be presented at the Association Annual Winter Awards Reception Dec. 3 in Albany.

OPERATION WARM: Tuesday, Nov. 24, the Oneonta Rotary planned to donate over 60 brand new winter coats to students at Riverside Elementary.

Anita Briggs/HOMETOWN ONEONTA WHERE’S WALDO? Don’t you get that feeling as 1,000 runners head down Main Street at the start of the 15th Ricky “Pit” Parisian Run?

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Hannah Reynolds, left, and Gabriella Basdekis, dance with Hannah’s dad Jamie.

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Oneonta’s Aaron Shaver was among the dozen of the curious who lined Main Street between Chestnut and Dietz Sunday, Nov. 22, to watch an Eastman Associates’ crew remove the 1959 aluminum storefront from the former Bresee’s Department Store.

Eastman Associates Puts On Best Show In Oneonta

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t was the beginning of a $9 million plan crafted to spur the rebirth of Oneonta’s downtown, but you wouldn’t call it a modest beginning.

Eastman Associates’ nine-man crew attacked the aluminum front of the former Bresee’s Department Store at 6 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, with blowtorches, two aerial lifts, a forklift, a crane, a couple of dumpsters and a truck to move them around.

A little over nine hours

later, Bresee’s corbelllaced turn-of-the-20th-century brick front once again had been revealed to the world for the first time in a half-century.

“I thought we could do it in eight,” said Rick Eastman, who founded the company in 1981, along

Eastman Associates’ Rick Eastman was at the scene, working the crane and directing the crew.

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HOMETOWN ONEONTA IS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER IN OTSEGO COUNTY

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Hometown Oneonta has chronicled events ranging from 2008 City Centennial, left, to the Family Y’s Daddy-Daughter Dance, center, to the rebirth of the Bresee’s Department Store building.

circulation equal to 150 percent of the households in Cooperstown, its home community.

Together, it’s the whole thing: 100 percent of Oneonta, Otsego County’s largest community; 150 percent of Cooperstown, the county’s second-largest community.

• Globally, media proliferation has been terrific – educational, connecting cultures, perhaps even helpful to our Democracy.

But it has also fragmented markets into tiny slivers. No one is sure how many URLs exist, but one recent estimate put it at one trillion.

No one radio station or TV channel serves all. And daily newspapers continue a 30-year decline, circulating nationally in 40 percent of households.

Prosperity is money moving from hand to hand to hand, so this splintering has presented a chal-

lenge, particularly for the local businesses and non-profits that attract 85 percent of customers from within five miles.

How do businesspeople get customers in the door?

• Enter Hometown Oneonta.

In addition to total circulation, the newspaper’s content was guided by the findings of the Readership Institute, an arm of Northwestern University.

Happily for us, Readership Institute findings parallel our inclination to write about people doing fun things, about accomplishment, about problem solving rather than problem definition. So people look forward to Friday’s mail; the positive feedback is constant.

Hometown Oneonta, paired with The Freeman’s Journal, reaches 12,000 households (and 30,000 people) weekly. The combination has gotten splendid results for advertisers in our county’s commercial center and its county seat.

That businesses flourish is great. Equally heartening is the community dimension: Where Oneonta and Cooperstown people often shopped, dined and sought entertainment near home, how often these days do you run across friends at activities everywhere?

• The success of Hometown Oneonta at age 5 – among other things, it has ensured the future of its smaller sister, age 205 – is, as you can imagine, most heartening to those of us who strive weekly to serve the needs of customer and our community.

To the degree we’ve been able to elevate prosperity and community life, we are honored. And, friends, with your advice and guidance, we look forward to continuing to do so for years to come.

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Assessor Sought To Perform With Fairness, Compassion, And Retires With Gratitude To the Editor: I have always based my Having served as city decisions in the best interassessor for the City of est of our city and commuOneonta for the last 27 nity; never used the process years, I’ve been to punish or reward, planning to retire and had the character for some time. My and courage to do decision to “call it what in my heart was a day” was not an the right thing to do. easy one, because I I’d like to believe truly enjoyed my job that I have built and and I already miss it kept a reputation of terribly. NevertheMario R. friendly openness, less, I believe that it integrity, and profesArevalo is time to fade away sionalism in the from public life and spend Office of City Assessor. more time with my family; As everything in life, especially my three wontime goes on and eventually derful grandchildren. comes to an end. The sun I had the privilege to goes down, the tide rework under four amazingly cedes, and the music stops. capable mayors; but my But for every joy that deepest appreciation rests passes, something beautiful on Mayor David Brenner, remains – and that’s all of who was always a true you, the wonderful people mentor and genuine friend. of Oneonta who I had the I am leaving a challengpleasure to meet and assist. ing career behind; and I Although one never forgets think that I gave it a good the respected colleagues run. I have tried to be as and the true friends, I trust fair, considerate and, at that I can see some of you times, compassionate of every so often; and I can the taxpayer. Conversely, only hope that I can see I believe that the taxpayer some of you again. has returned that fairness, God bless you all. consideration and compasMARIO R. AREVALO sion back to me tenfold.

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Downey Responds: Fracking Would Create Jobs

To the Editor: Mary Anne Whalen of Cooperstown employs the usual unattributable anti-drilling spritz in her Sept. 1920 Letter to the Editor, “Fracking = Prosperity Equation Just Doesn’t Add Up.” Fortunately, the spritz has lost its mojo as data pours in from increased HVHF activity across the country. But not New York.

In spite of drilling, she tells us, both New York and Pennsylvania have equal unemployment rates.

Wrong comparison, Ms Whalen, with the wrong economic indicators. Try parallel counties along the border and broaden the indicators to include bank assets, new businesses and increased charitable giving. All have spiked in Pennsylvania.

She foresees jobs lost in agricul-

ture and tourism. What is she talking about? Otsego County’s dairy herd has shrunk from 34,000 in the late ’80s to about 11,000 of late. What jobs are there to lose? Ask most farmers. They tell you they need gas development to stay in business.

As for a decline in tourism, where is Ms Whalen’s supporting data? Thousands of gas wells have been drilled in the Finger Lakes region. Have they ruined tourism? Poisoned the grapes?

Tainted the artisanal cheese? Once a well is completed, all that’s left is a “Christmas tree” well head and a holding tank. Neither tourist nor native even notice it’s there.

Ms Whalen warns of a toll on infrastructure. In 2011, Chesapeake O&G had spent $92 million on road improvement in Pennsylvania, employing

16 contractors and 22 crews. Since then they’ve spent more. Call any town highway department in Bradford County. Ask about the roads. It’s that simple.

Displacement of people from lowcost housing? Shouldn’t be a problem with looming overhang of vacancies in downtown Oneonta and hundreds of houses on the market throughout the county.

Decline in real estate values? Not true. I suggest Ms Whalen look at the sharp rise in property values in Bradford County since gas development started. Again, phone calls to brokers or bank officers should suffice. Or – a randomly pick a town in Otsego County and one in Bradford County, tour those towns, and compare the Please See LETTER, C1

COUNTY BOARD CAMPAIGN

Except In Election Season, Ec-Dev Too Long Ignored To the Editor: Revelations in your Sept.

12-13 editions regarding the county Industrial Development Agency (IDA) were hardly news to anyone who’s been paying attention. The IDA board chair’s own words make it perfectly clear that the agency’s function is one of entrenchment for existing business interests.

Now, after years of following such a narrow policy and on the eve of an election season, there’s a sudden, nearly miraculous, renewed interest in the IDA: Who are they, what do they do, where does the money come from, where does it go, how many of IDA loans get paid back, who fails to pay back – oops, sorry, wrong questions. (This new discussion is only supposed to be forward-looking!) What really is the IDA’s function, and what should it be?

This blossoming interest in what the IDA could and should be provides a convenient platform for the county Board chair and her

majority colleagues to present a dialogue on economic development to the voters. She says new ways of achieving economic development need to be fully explored and pursued, although without rushing to a decision – indeed, there has been no rush to tinker with the IDA over the past several years, despite the fact that the IDA loan portfolio’s performance demonstrates a need for some serious improvement.

Even with a dismal jobs

situation and historically low interest rates, there’s been no rush to invest in economic development. According to the state Comptroller’s online database, annual spending on economic-development activities in Otsego County declined by nearly $1 million between 2008 and 2012, a cut of more than 50 percent.

Of course, cutting spending (and dipping into the county’s capital reserves) have allowed the current majority to placate their

Ed Lentz Voted For High Fuel Bid To the Editor: The editorial in the Aug. 22, 2013, issue of your newspaper describes county board candidate Ed Lentz as “a brainy guy.” I strongly disagree with that description.

In 2012, Ed Lentz and his buddies on the New Lisbon Town Board voted for a higher fuel bid. One is a Cooperstown school teacher.

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bon N.Y. (Some language not appropriate for ladies and children.)

If you live in the towns of Hartwick, Milford or New Lisbon, please don’t forget this on election day.

And District 8 voters, don’t forget John Kosmer wanted to raise the county sales tax. Don’t let Otsego County go down the toilet in higher taxes.

JOSEPH GREGORY Mount Vision

“cut my taxes” constituents, but the real costs of these concessions, in withered reserves and missed opportunities, should not be ignored. They have chosen to sacrifice long-term investments and wise fiscal strategy on the altar of short-term political gain.

The fruits of those poor decisions are now becoming clear: after all these years in the majority, what have Ms. Clark and her colleagues got to show for their efforts and our taxes? Why did this revelatory article make no mention of a record of successes in our county’s economic development?

Should these legislators be allowed to run on a new raft of promises and speculation?

It’s time for the voters get down to business, look at the record, ask those “wrong questions” and install a new majority on the Otsego County Board of Representatives.

STUART ANDERSON County Board candidate District #3, Otego

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20 Years Ago

The fair of the Oneonta Union Agricultural Society, which closed on Saturday, was the most successful in the history of the society. Not only were the receipts larger, but the exhibit in almost every particular was ahead of former years. The balloon ascension attracted a great deal of interest. The aeronaut was a woman – Miss Viola. This, however, is simply her professional name, as she is the wife of Professor Price, who managed the ascension. The air was chilly and a wind was blowing when all was in readiness for the balloon to go up, and Miss Viola trembled violently as she stepped forward to take her seat on the parachute bar. She clearly did not want to go up, but her husband urged her to do so, and finally she consented, saying she wanted him near her to give her courage. An iron snap, attached by a rope to the bar, was fastened to a hook in a belt around her waist, and at a signal the balloon was allowed to go. It ascended rapidly some 1,500 or 2,000 feet, when the parachute drop was made. The parachute came like a shot for what appeared to be within 200 or 300 feet before it filled and so great was the momentum it had then attained that it came to the ground much more rapidly than was intended. It was an exciting spectacle, and there was much solicitude among the spectators as to the safety of the daring woman. She landed at the side of the railroad track near the ice house, not more than 30 rods from where she left the ground. Miss Viola struck the ground heavily, and did not move. A gentleman, who was nearby, thought she was surely dead. He went to her assistance, and in a few moments she was enabled to get up and was escorted to the Central Hotel, where it was discovered that she was but slightly bruised. She was about the streets that evening.

September 1888

100 Years Ago

New York State public health statistics reported for the month of July, 1913 among the state’s population is estimated at 9,592,258: Deaths in July were 11,246 as against 11,497 in July 1912. Of measles there were 3,662 cases reported; 1,262 of diphtheria; 641 of scarlet fever; and 72 of small pox. There were 84 deaths from measles, 42 from scarlet fever, 114 from diphtheria and croup, and one from small pox. Of births during the month there were 19,280, and the males exceeded the females by nearly 700.

September 1913

year’s gubernatorial campaign),” she said, “in order to wipe out the hideous threat of Communism and to help President Eisenhower.”

September 1953

40 Years Ago

80 Years Ago

Several women have filed applications to take the Oneonta Police patrolman’s examination that is scheduled for October 13th according to Floyd Stark, chairman of the Civil Service Commission.

The word patrolman did not discourage these women, but the height and weight requirements did.

The requirements are the same for both men and women – a police officer must stand at least 5’7” tall and weigh not less than 150 pounds. So far only one female applicant has met the physical standards and September 1993 she will take the exam.

September 1973

Camp No. 6 of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Davenport will be moved to McClure the latter part of October.

The McClure Camp is four miles west of Deposit. Gypsy moth work will occupy the foresters during their stay there.

Plans for the construction of barracks at Camp 30 in Gilbert Lake State Park have been received. It is expected that the contract will be let, rather than employing the members of the company in the work. Gilbert Lake Camp is one of the few in this section which will remain during the winter. The barracks is planned to house the men during the winter and replace the tents now in use. Orders have been received at Camp 30 from the recreation officer of the district for the establishment of schools during the winter. The orders specify that whatever subject necessary for the aid of the men will be taught. Contracts are now being made with local educators to secure authority to have local teachers give instruction. Of the 160 men at Camp 30, about 130 have indicated their desire to re-enroll.

September 1933

60 Years Ago

Republican women were told yesterday that “a vote for a Democrat would please the Communists.” In fact, “Russia has sent out the word.” That’s what Mrs. Walter (Hannah Lee) Stokes, vice chair of the Otsego County GOP, said at the annual meeting of Otsego’s Republican Women’s Club, held at the Oneonta Country Club. Some 200 Republican women attended. “We must vote the straight ticket (in next

30 Years Ago

Wilber National Bank has installed a new automated teller machine service, known as “Banking Center/24” at its main office at 245 Main Street, Oneonta. The 24-hour convenience aspect is cited as the main reason for offering the new service, since it operates on a never-close principle.

This means customers will no longer be locked into the framework of traditional banking hours. They will have access to their money and banking services 24-hours a day, including Sundays and holidays.

September 1983

10 Years Ago

Close to a third of unmarried American women in their 40s through 60s who date are going out with younger men, according to a survey of the dating habits and sex lives of mid-life singles. The survey, which sampled 1,407 men and 2,094 women aged 40 to 69 will be released in the new edition of AARP, the magazine, the flagship publication for the nation’s biggest advocacy group for Americans over 50.

Forty-two percent of the men in the study and 24 percent of the women had never been married. Concerning older women looking for partners, AARP editor Steve Slon said, “There seems to be no stigma now for dating men a few years younger. “Twenty years ago, women didn’t have the jobs. Today they have the jobs, they have money, and they call the shots.”

September 2003

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2013

A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

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

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MLS#89765 - Motivated sellers! Over an acre and nearly 300’ of frontage on Goodyear Lake. 3 BR, 1 bath cottage with an open floorplan that is perfect for entertaining! $169,900 Call or text David Brower @ 607-435-4800 (cell)

MLS#87273 - 3 BR, 3 bath charming historic Greek Revival professionally renovated w/modern amenities.

3 acres w/pond. Energy-efficient and luxurious. $325,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)

MLS#90624 - An amazing opportunity for future investment on this prime location in the busy Southside corridor. This quickly growing area is full of opportunity. $500,000 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)

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MLS#91011 – NEW PRICE! Extremely well maintained home is a rental within walking distance to Dreams Park! $299,999 Call Bradley Vohs @ 607-434-9234 (cell) or Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

MLS#89496 - Riverfront! 2 for the price of 1! Situated on over 11 acres, these 2 nicely maintained seasonal camps each have 2 BRs, full baths, and screened porches. Vinyl siding, newer roofs and a beautiful serene setting. $155,000 Call or text David Brower @ 607-435-4800 (cell)

MLS#89409 - Perfect starter home. 2 BR, 1 bath well maintained home on beautiful treed lot on quiet residential Richfield Springs street. Move-in condition. $119,000 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell) MLS#91030 - Move-in condition 4 BR, 2 bath home on 7 acres in Fly Creek. Large LR w/wood floors, family room w/pocket doors, entry room w/woodstove leads to DR and kitchen. Large landing w/built-in shelves.

Spacious master w/private balcony. All BRs have nice sized closets. Perennials, covered porches, firepit and room to roam. Additional land w/large barn and creek available. $329,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#89408 - Well maintained year-round 3 BR, 2 bath home w/DR, furnished LR and family room, and enclosed porch overlooking the lake. Knotty pine, woodstove-heated bungalow on the lake w/48’ of private lakefront. Paved driveway, attached garage, reasonable taxes. $199,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#89932- 2 BR, 1 bath quaint cottage! Country living!

New roof, new kitchen. $69,900 Call Gabriella Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)

MLS#90665 - Beautiful views from this 3 BR, 2 bath, 1,248 sq ft double-wide on 1.76 acres in Roseboom. Newer windows, carpets in good shape, newer kitchen cabinets. $54,900 Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#90713 – Beautiful country setting close to Stamford and Oneonta. Owner financing available. With a little elbow grease make this house a home. $59,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)

MLS#89912 – 104 acres w/panoramic views of Cherry Valley, the Mohawk Valley and the Adirondack mountains. This property has it all: fields for livestock or crops, woods for hunting and recreation, and excellent building sites.

Easy commute to Albany or Cooperstown. $249,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)

MLS#89098 – Otsego Lake property w/107’ of lake front set on 1.23 acres. 4400 +/- sq ft of living space.

Beautiful home and location! $850,000 Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell) MLS#77192 – 33 level acres on Millstone Road. $62,000 Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)

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MLS#89527 - Well maintained stately home on 1.25 acres w/mature trees. 5 BRs, 2 baths, sun porches, attic, dry basement, new roof and detached 2-stall garage. Includes 63’ of private lakefront w/ T-shaped dock on Canadarago Lake. $324,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#90345 – Classic farmette w/outbuildings is just off I-88. Large outbuilding was once a wood-working shop. Inside features hardwood floors, woodstove and the craftsmanship of yesteryear. $149,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)

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For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Associate Broker – 547-5332 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 Michael Welch, Sales Associate – 547-8502

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(7395) Exceptional 5 BR/3+ bath countryside home on a serene street.

Family room, den, large LR, spacious layout, 2 fireplaces. Pleasant center entry, oak flooring, breakfast nook, formal DR w/ fireplace. Large deck, barn. 4 miles from Cooperstown.

Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$399,000

135 Acres for Your Private Paradise!

Hike, hunt, 4-wheel or just enjoy nature on this mostly wooded land with plenty of space to build your dream home or weekend getaway.

Take a short drive to Canadarago Lake or Cooperstown for even more fun opportunities. $235,000 MLS#90599 607-431-2540 • www.prufoxproperties.com

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Only 1 family has owned this centrally located village Cape Cod style home since it was built in 1949. The house has a large LR with fireplace, DR and large kitchen. Off of the kitchen is a glass enclosed sun porch with doors to the large backyard. 4 BRs with 2 on the 1st floor and 2 on the 2nd. A large open area on the 2nd floor provides space for variety of activities. There is a bath on each floor. The basement is partially finished and could be developed into more usable home space. The 1 car garage is oversized and allows for safe and easy access in all types of weather. A quick walk to the elementary school and the Sports Center. Bassett Healthcare and grocery stores are within walking distance, several blocks away. Call for an appointment to visit and be the 2nd owner of this Cooperstown Village Home!

Exclusively offered at $ 279,000 For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com

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(7408) Be sure to see this engaging 4 BR/2 bath residence near the sports center and school. Very welcoming with formal DR, hardwood flooring, private den, pantry, laundry room. Hot water heat, 2-car garage, new roof. See this lovely place featuring comforts galore.

Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$245,000

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(7696) Endearing 4-BR Colonial on 4.7 acres on a quiet country lane. Formal DR, den w/fireplace, newer windows, oak flooring. Newer kitchen w/Corian countertop, 2-car garage, covered front porch. Here is a special home just 2 miles from hospital and sports center! Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$275,000

MLS#89316 - Move-in ready 4 BR, 2 bath Cape on 8+ acres in the Cooperstown School District. Open floorplan w/kitchen, full bath, 2 BRs on 1st floor. Upstairs, master BR w/skylight, full bath and 4th BR. Family room, office, laundry, wrap-around deck, pool, jacuzzi, 2-car garage. $224,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

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Great piece of land to build your cabin or home. 5.14 acres, 100% wooded with some marketable timber. The ideal place for a home with privacy or build a summer/winter getaway. $14,000 MLS#91417

MLS#91269 - County home w/3 BRs, 2 baths, formal LR and DR on 21 acres. Family room, spacious BRs, private office, 3-season sunroom overlooking an English water garden.

Pool w/deck, large koi pond and large barn. New bath w/jetted tub, replacement windows, new doors, renovated family room in basement. Convenient to Sharon Springs, Cobleskill, Oneonta, Cooperstown and Albany. $279,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)

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Gorgeous Otego Home! $129,900

Call Steve Colwell at 607-435-6542 Meticulously maintained home with 3-4 bedrooms, large 2-car attached garage with workshop and a large, private backyard. Hardwood floors, all Madison vinyl replacement windows and vinyl siding. Otego village home close to Oneonta with easy access to I-88!

Exit Team Advantage Realty 5366 Main Street, Oneonta 607-433-8326 • www.exitta.com

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New Price! Spacious city of Oneonta 4 BR home is close to park, school and college. Property has been well maintained and updated. Front porch w/swing, classic landscaping, garden w/fountain and brick pavers. Spacious entry, hardwood floors, natural woodwork, custom kitchen. Convenient first-floor laundry! Recent updates include newer roof, windows, and siding. Detached 2½-car garage w/100A sub-panel service and plenty of room for your gardening/hobby projects. $134,900 − MLS#90044

LETTERS

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2013

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL C-1

Downey Insists: Fracking Does Create Jobs Elsewhere LETTER/From A4 number of “For Sale� signs.

A simple experiment. Want to guess the results?

Not enough evidence?

Look at Otsego County’s recent tax delinquency sale – 57 properties auctioned at disappointing prices. Bradford County’s September tax sale – two properties.

Ms Whalen frets about fugitive methane emissions and climate change.

Natural-sourced methane emissions from the Arctic tundra and the equatorial wetlands dwarf (DWARF!) fugitive emissions from gas production. According to the EPA, cow flatulence and O&G methane emissions are roughly equivalent. After eliminating fossil fuels, what next? Cull the herd?

Also missed in her litany of woe is the fact that CO2 emissions in the US have retreated to 20-year lows due to the switch from coal to gas in power generation.

This trend should ease Ms Whalen’s moral qualms as greedy landowners seek to profit from their own property.

And the economic benefits? Recent research from IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates shows gas development: • supports 2.1 million American jobs • generates 75 billion in federal and state taxes • adds 283 billion to the Gross Domestic Product • boosts national perhousehold income by more than $1,200.

In addition, last year the Manhattan Institute found “the income of residents in the 28 New York counties above the Marcellus shale has the potential to expand by 15 percent or more over the next four years if the moratorium is lifted.� You can Google both for the full studies.

As the facts pour in,

Doubleday Field, National Treasure, Not In Top Shape It Deserves To Be To Cooperstown Community Leaders: Cooperstown is one of our National Treasuresbecause of baseball and the Hall of Fame. I have had the pleasure of playing baseball at Doubleday Field over the past 10 years.

This year, Doubleday Field was not up to the standard set in the past years. The outfield was filled with cigarette butts and the infield was not what it used to be. This field was always in superior shape to play on. It was sad to see that the field has not been taken care of as in the past.

I would hope that the community could come together to help preserve your National Treasure.

JOHN IHRIG Senior Baseball Player San Diego, Calif.

the antis arguments morph more and more towards the theoretical. The world is going to end in a methane maelstrom unless we switch to renewables now. Well, (spoiler alert!) – it’s not going to happen. Not now.

Extrapolating the data from the IPCC, wind, solar, tidal, and biomass provide one

half of one percent of the world’s current total energy needs. It’s going to be a long time before renewables build to scale.

Until that nirvana, there’s gas. And let’s keep our cows, also.

DICK DOWNEY Otego Unatego Landowners

& 179 River Street Oneonta, NY Primary Care 432-8477

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invigorate, Heal, Feel better Swedish ¡ Deep Tissue Thai Stretching ¡ Hot Stone Roller On-site Chair

All Creatures Great and Small Mass St. Francis Sunday, Oct. 6 Blessing of the Animals Service

Sunday October 6th, 1 P.M.

In The Great Hall Enter From Elm Street

All are welcome! Bring your dogs (on a leash) and other pets in their carriers for this special service.

Saint James Episcopal Church 305 Main Street • Oneonta, NY 13820 • 607-432-1458 www.st-james-oneonta.org

Dr. Kathleen Evans, DDS is pleased to welcome Dr. Leah Carpenter, DMD to her dental practice!

The primary care team at UHS Oneonta is pleased to welcome Jennifer Wiley, MD, starting October 21. Dr. Wiley joins Stanley Fox, DO, Andrea Hoag, DO, and Kelly Butler, FNP, in providing comprehensive care to families in the Oneonta area.

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All providers are welcoming new patients!

Southside Mall presents the

2013 Health and Wellness EXPO October 19

If you have a business, organization or helpful information that will benefit members of our community regarding health and wellness, give us a call at 607-432-5478 or email us at pdresser@shopsouthsidemall.com

Classes starting: Sept. 30th

Please call or email us for an appointment.

We always welcome new patients, and offer same day emergency care!

607.547.1291 kathleenevansdds@gmail.com or leahcarpenterdmd@gmail.com

-Vinyasa Yoga – Mon. 5:15-6:30 pm -Dancercize & Bar– Tues. 12 - 1 pm -Pilates/Sculpt – Thurs. 12 - 1 pm -Lyrical Jazz – Thurs. 6:45 pm - 8 pm -Yoga + Sculpt @ The Plains Tues. 4 pm

Starting October 11:

-Ballroom/Latin/Swing – Friday 7 to 8:15 pm Have fun! Lose Weight! Tone Muscles!

Increase Strength & Stamina!

Dance & Exercise Specialist

Stanley & Wade Dance Studio

please, and let’s highlight one or two businesses per each edition!

Further, your full page may bring in some nice advertising dollars, but let’s not forget the other business owners.

TOM DAHULICK Omaha, Neb.

Jennifer Wiley, MD

CALLING ALL HEALTH & WELLNESS VENDORS & BUSINESSES

Wendy Wade

To the Editor: Kudos to your newspaper for highlighting New York Pizzeria in your Sept. 12-13 editions.

At one time this newspaper used to highlight businesses. But if it was due to cost, ownership change, whatever, you got away from it. Get back to it,

UHS Primary Care Oneonta welcomes

Body Mind Spirit

Healing Massage Therapy

Kudos! Highlight More Businesses

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Fall special

First month + uniform only $25 Self defense Fitness Confidence Flexibility Oneonta Taekwon-Do 607-431-8810 • Oneontatkd.com

Help our youth get to the National Catholic Youth Conference!

The Knights of Columbus will offer a delicious dinner Roast pork, potato, vegetable, dessert and more!

Saturday, September 28 ¡ 5 to 8 pm St. Mary’s Parish Center Adults: $10 ¡ Children ages 4-12: $5

Walnut and Elm Street, Oneonta ¡ 607-432-3920

The area’s only luxury day spa Thrifty Tuesdays – 9 am to 5 pm

50% off your second spa treatment Waxing Wednesdays – 9 am to 5 pm

50% off second area of waxing

Therapeutic Thursdays – 11 am to 7 pm

FREE body add-on with 1-hr massage Facial Fridays – 9 am to 5 pm

FREE brow waxing with any facial Savoury Saturdays – We’re here 9 am to 4 pm Free skin cleanser for all new clients while supplies last!

297 Main Street, Oneonta • 607-267-4944 Cannot be combined with any other offer, special, coupon, or discount.

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PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION OF NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION, LLC AND NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY AND PUBLIC NEED FOR THE EDIC TO FRASER TRANSMISSION LINE AND NEW SCOTLAND TO LEEDS TO PLEASANT VALLEY TRANSMISSION LINE In accordance with Article VII of the New York State Public Service Law, NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION, LLC and NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (together “NAT�) is providing notice that on or about October 1, 2013 it will file an application with the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC� or “Commission�) for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for two 345kV overhead transmission line segments. The segments will work together to relieve congestion on the New York power grid and provide other benefits that are being proposed in response to the Governor’s Energy Highway Blueprint initiative. NAT will be filing initial application materials as described in Appendix A of the Commission’s April 22, 2013 Order in Docket 12-T-0502. The two transmission line segments are the Edic to Fraser Transmission Line and the New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley Transmission Line, together known as the “Project�.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Edic to Fraser Transmission Line will involve the construction of the approximately 80 mile, 345kV Edic to Fraser overhead transmission line in the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield, Schuyler, Frankfort, Litchfield, Columbia, Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, New Lisbon, Laurens, City of Oneonta, and Towns of Otego, Franklin, Delhi and Hamden; construction of a new series compensation station, which will occupy approximately 10 acres adjacent to the new Edic to Fraser transmission line along the route; and modification of the existing Edic and Fraser Substations in the Towns of Marcy and Delhi to accept the new transmission line. The series compensation station site will include an approximately 4-acre fenced site that includes a control house, circuit breakers, switches and communication equipment, with the remainder of the site reserved for access roads and site drainage.

The New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley Transmission Line will involve the construction of the 65 mile, 345kV New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley overhead transmission line in the Towns of New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Village of Athens, and Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Hyde Park; and modification of the existing New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley Substations in the Towns of New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley to accept the new transmission line.

The existing footprints of the Edic, Fraser, New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley Substations are not expected to change. Construction, operation and maintenance activities will require NAT to acquire property rights along the Project right-of-way for the proposed transmission lines. The Project is planned to be built utilizing steel monopole structures. Other structure types may be utilized to reduce visual impacts of the Project. The Project is subject to Article VII of the New York State Public Service Law, and NAT must receive a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need from the Public Service Commission before constructing the Project.

PROPOSED ROUTE During the course of the Article VII proceedings, alternate routes not included in NAT’s application or affected by the proposed primary routes may be offered without further notice by publication. In addition, the Public Service Commission may, without further notice by publication, approve a route for any of the circuits that traverse municipalities not presently affected by the proposed primary routes.

The proposed route for Edic to Fraser will parallel the south side of NYSEG’s existing Edic to New Scotland 345kV transmission line for the first 7.2 miles after exiting the Edic Substation through the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield and Schuyler at which point the route traverses generally north to south for approximately 6.3 miles through the Town of Frankfort where it connects to the existing Edic to Fraser 345kV transmission line corridor. The remaining 66.5 miles of Edic to Fraser will be built adjacent to the existing corridor in the Towns of Frankfort, Litchfield, Columbia, Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, New Lisbon, Laurens, City of Oneonta, and Towns of Otego, Franklin, Delhi and Hamden to the Fraser Substation in the Town of Delhi.

The proposed route for New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley begins at the New Scotland Substation in the Town of New Scotland and parallels the existing New Scotland to Alps 345kV transmission line for the first 0.7 miles to the east side of the CSX RR ROW, then turns south adjacent to the RR ROW for approximately 1.3 miles and traverses 0.62 miles to the southwest to join the New Scotland to Leeds 115kV transmission line corridor. After joining this corridor, the route parallels the existing line 11 miles through the Towns of New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans and New Baltimore. The route continues on a new corridor for approximately 2.1 miles roughly 0.35 miles east of the existing lines before rejoining the existing corridor in the Town of New Baltimore at which point the route parallels the existing New Scotland to Leeds 115kV line for the remaining 10 miles through the Town of Coxsackie into the west side of the Leeds Substation in the Town of Athens. The route exits the east side of the Leeds Substation and parallels the existing Leeds to Pleasant Valley circuits for the 40 mile route through the Town of Athens, Village of Athens, Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Hyde Park.

The lines will be built on new rights-of-way that will generally be 160 feet wide. The precise proposed routes are described in Sections 2 and 3 of NAT’s Phase A Application filing and will be posted on NAT’s website at www.nat-ny.com beginning October 1.

ACCESS TO ARTICLE VII FILING Once NAT’s application is filed with the Public Service Commission, copies of the application will be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the following libraries: Utica 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ (FOFTFF 4USFFU 6UJDB /: t 5IF 'SBOL + #BTMPF -JCSBSZ /PSUI .BJO 4USFFU )FSLJNFS /: t 7JMMBHF -JCSBSZ PG $PPQFSTUPXO .BJO 4USFFU $PPQFSTUPXO /: t $BOOPO 'SFF -JCSBSZ &MN 4USFFU %FMIJ /: t "MCBOZ 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ 8BTIJOHUPO "WFOVF "MCBOZ /: t $BUTLJMM 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ 'SBOLMJO 4USFFU $BUTLJMM /: t )VETPO "SFB -JCSBSZ 4UBUF 4USFFU )VETPO /: t "ESJBODF .FNPSJBM -JCSBSZ Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.

In addition, copies of NAT’s application also will be available for public inspection at the Department of Public Service Offices in Albany (Office of Central Files, 14th Floor, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223) and will be posted on the Public Service Commission’s website (www.dps.ny.gov). This notice and a copy of NAT’s application filed with the Public Service Commission will be served upon the chief executive officers of Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Delaware, Albany, Greene, Columbia and Dutchess Counties and the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield, Columbia, Frankfort, Litchfield, Schuyler, Burlington, Exeter, Laurens, New Lisbon, City of Oneonta, Towns of Otego, Richfield, Franklin, Delhi, Hamden, New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Village of Athens, and Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, the municipalities traversed by the proposed routes.

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE For information or assistance concerning the NAT’s application, interested persons may contact the following: Hon. Kathleen H. Burgess | Secretary to the Commission, New York State Public Service Commission | 3 Empire State Plaza | Albany, NY 12223-1350 | Phone: 518.474.6530 | Fax: 518.486.6081 | E-mail: secretary@dps.ny.gov NAT Contact: Lawrence Willick | Phone: (636) 532-2200

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2013

LEGALS Legal notice Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be conducted by the Otsego County Office for the Aging on October 18, 2013 at 12:30 PM at the Senior Dining Center located in the Elm Park U.M. Church, 401 Chestnut Street, Oneonta, NY. This hearing seeks input from community members in preparation for submittal of the Annual Implementation Plan of the current Four-Year Plan for programs and services funded by the Older Americans Act, the New York State Community Services for the Elderly, Congregate Services Initiative, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Long Term Care Ombudsman and Expanded Inhome Services for the Elderly Programs.

An abstract of the information to be included in the hearing, as well as, tentative year 2014 Budget information will be available for public inspection and comment at the Oneonta office of the Office for the Aging, 403 Chestnut Street, Oneonta, NY and the Cooperstown office of the Office for the Aging, The Meadows Office Comjplex -- Suite 5, 140 Co. Hwy. 33W, Cooperstown, NY, on and after October 8, 2013.

By the Otsego County for the Aging, Frances A. Wright, Director 1LegalSept27 Legal notice Notice of formation of Park Avenue Rentals, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on September 6, 2013.

The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: Park Avenue Rentals, LLC, 154 Henry Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. The purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful act of activity.

6LegalOct 31 Legal notice INNOVATIVE DEMO SOLUTIONS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/5/13. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 13 Railroad St., Otego, NY 13825, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalOct3 Legal notice Notice of Forma-

tion of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: Property Recovery Consultants LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY on 8/21/2013) Office Location: Otsego County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC. upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 29 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 . Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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process against it may be served.

The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 190 Lakeshore Dr., South, Maryland NY 12116.

5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law.

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NAME: HAWKSVIEW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/30/13. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Manuel Teixeira & Teresa Teixeira, 7 Sands Lane, Port Jefferson, New York 11777. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Erna Acres LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 8/5/13. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 154 Ditch Rd., S. New Berlin, NY 13843. Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalOct3 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Jillian’s Dance Arts, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/15/2013. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

6LegalOct3 Legal notice HYBK HILL, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 08/14/2013. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY design Agent of LLC upon whom Process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Trosset Group Attorneys, P.O. Box 28, Cooperstown, New York 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

6LegalOct3 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC�) is Synergetic Solutions, LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is August 2, 2013.

3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Otsego.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom

Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Legal notice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: JOHNS TOWN, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/24/2013 Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to P.O. Box 1032, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6 LegaSept26 Legal notice Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending for an on premise liquor license (year round) has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant establisment under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 4874 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York.

Hickey Golf, Inc., d/b/a Kelli Jean’s Steakhouse 4874 State Highway 28 Cooperstown, NY 13326 2LegalSept26 Legal notice Notice is hereby given that a license, number 2192949 for Restaurant Wine license, has been applied for by the *undersigned to sell beer & wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 211 Main Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 for on-premises consumption. *Tokyo of Japan LLC