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Hartwick College’s Rebecca Bierhoff plays with Cammie, a future seeingeye dog, as Breelle Matthews looks on.

The girls are senior nursing students.

Hartwick College RNs-In-Training Ready K9s For Seeing-Eye Careers

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tudy, eat, work, play.

For Cammie and nine others, it’s a dog’s life at Hartwick College – literally.

Cammie, a black lab, is a trainee in Hartwick’s Guid-

IF YOU GO: 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 20, Hartwick’s Dewar Union, get photo taking with seeing-eye puppies at Howl-o-Ween fundraiser. ing Eyes for the Blind program, training with puppy raiser and club president,

senior Rebecca Bierhoff.

It’s a 1½-year program that teaches the pups basic commands, such as “sit” and “stay,” as well as more advanced commands, such as “come close.” “That’s really helpful for a blind person,” explained Bierhoff Please See SIGHT/A9

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Oneonta Job Corps supervisor Clifford Greenwood directs students Johnathan Hill and Javon Daniels in renovations of the Oneonta Municipal Airport terminal, the first since its completion in 1966/ MORE PHOTOS, STORY, B1

Keator Says No To Debate With Crowell

2nd ‘Seward Summit’ Focus: Nanotechnology, Action Steps CAPTURING THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT!

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d Keator, the Republican county treasurer candidate, said Monday, Oct. 28, he does not intend to debate incumbent Dan Crowell, the Democrat, before Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Keator said, while Crowell has been in special-ops training at Fort Bragg, he has been in the county campaigning; just because his opponent returned home nine days before the vote doesn’t mean he must change plans.

PIPE ORDERED: The Constitution Pipeline Co. has placed a $20 million order for pipe from DuraBond Pipe Co. of Export, Pa., for 33 miles of the 124-mile pipeline that will pass through the DelawareOtsego area. Lately, Alternate M, the route along I-88, has been revived.

LOCAL VEGGIES: Oneonta’s is one of four SUNY campuses that will be getting more locally grown vegetables in its cafeterias via a $99,000 USDA grant to the American Farmland Trust, the Wall Street Journal reports.

LOCAL GHOSTS: The episode of “Ghost Hunters” filmed at Hyde Hall in March, premiers at 9 p.m. on Halloween Eve, Wednesday, Oct. 30, on Syfy Channel.

By JIM KEVLIN

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t the first “Seward Summit” in May 2012 at The Otesaga, political and business leaders realized Otsego County was Nowheresville when it came to economic development.

Much soul-searching, tentative first steps and early successes have followed.

Now, the second “Seward Summit” – state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced it will be 7 a.m.-noon Thursday, Nov. 14, at Foothills – aims to produce an “action agenda.” Invitations were mailed out in the past few days.

“The first summit rallied the troops, Please See SUMMIT, A8

4 CANDIDATES, 2 OPENINGS ON ONEONTA TOWN BOARD

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Vamping for the camera as they waited to compete in Southside Mall’s Malloween competition Sunday, Oct. 27, are, from left, Oneontans Ariell Bound, Mackenzie Stevens, Abby Dent and Avery Piefer, all 12. In the front are Karen Piefer, 7, and William Dent, 11/MORE HALLOWEEN FUN, SEE B1, B4

3rd Otsego County College Planned

BRETT HOLLERAN (R)

PATRICIA JACOB (D)

ANDREW STAMMEL (D)

FRED VOLPE (R)

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Pathfinder Village, Utica College Collaborate On 2-Year Program At Edmeston

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UNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, make room.

The county’s third institution of higher learning, Otsego Acad-

emy, a two-year collaboration with Utica College, is due to open at Path-

finder Village in fall 2014.

The goal is to provide Pathfinder’s Down Syndrome students with “the best tools to go out and find a job,” CEO Paul Landers said in an interview.

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Year Near-Complete, Otsego Chamber Chairman Brian Hutzley Joins Colgate

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rian Hutzley, Otsego County Chamber board chairman, has joined Colgate University as vice president/finance and administration, effective Dec. 2.

Hutzley, former vice president/business & finance at SUNY Delhi, is currently SUNY vice chancellor for shared services and regional economic development.

Previously, he was SUNY CFO, overseeing the $12 billion budget for the 64campus system.

At SUNY headquarters,

on the SUNY Chancellor’s Leadership Advisory Committee and the Information Technology Transformation, Resource Allocation, and Budget Task Force.

“Brian brings a valuable and very comprehensive set of skills and experiences to Colgate,” said Colgate HOMETOWN ONEONTA President Jeffrey Herbst, in announcing the appointBrian Hutzley, Otsego County Chamber chairment. “We are extremely man, with chamber CEO fortunate to have Brian join Barbara Ann Heegan. us.”

Before working in higher he designed and impleeducation, Hutzley was mented a strategic planning funding process, and served director of finance and strat-

PASTOR MEL HONORED FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE Claude Baldwin, left, surprises Pastor Mel Farmer with a money tree during services celebrating Pastor Mel’s 40 years with River Street Baptist church on Sunday, Oct. 27.

egy for Mead in Sidney, and held management positions at Amphenol Aerospace, AT&T, and NCR. For his part, Hutzley said he was “honored” to be joining Colgate, which he called an “extraordinary institution.”

In addition to the chamber, he has served on boards of the Sidney Community Foundation, the Boy Scouts of America Otschodela Council and the Leadership Institute of Delaware County.

He received a B.A. from Michigan State and an MBA

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at Syracuse. He plans to relocate from Gilbertsville to Hamilton.

Hutzley term as chair of the chamber board ends Dec. 31. He is scheduled to be succeeded by Scott Davis, County Club Automotive.

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Philosopher Orgeron Wins Hubbard Prize From SUNY Oneonta

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r. Jean-Paul Orgeron, lecturer in SUNY Oneonta’s Philosophy Department, has won the college’s Esther Hubbard Whitaker Award.

The Whitaker Award recognizes a faculty member in the School of Fine Arts and Humanities who is approachable, positive, dedicated, available outside of class, and challenging to students.

Orgeron The $500 prize is to be used for professional development.

Orgeron earned a Ph.D. from Tulane University.

His areas of interest are cognitive science and the philosophy of mind.

The award memorializes Esther Hubbard Whitaker, a long-time educator in the Music Department, and an organizer and director of many singing groups on campus.

BACK ON FIELD: Dani Nicosia, a freshman from Oneonta, is a midfielder for the Herkimer County Community College Generals women’s soccer team. The former OHS soccer standout is majoring in business

Terry Bunn 30 years Cooperstown School Bus Driver/Mechanic and 12 years Head Bus Driver

• Lifelong Town Resident

Bryan knows our roads

Billy Hribar

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He managed our road repair from the 2006 flood

33 years Town of Otsego Highway Employee

Additional Endorsements Include: Orlo Burch Julie Huntsman Meg Kiernan Ellen White Weir We’ve never seen a Democratic ditch or a Republican pot-hole. That’s why party labels don’t matter much when it comes to the job of Highway Superintendent.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Hartwick Art Prof Stephanie Rozene Now Showing Works Across Nation

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orks by artist and ceramicist Stephanie Rozene, the Hartwick College assistant professor of art, are being shown this fall at exhibits in Peterborough, Ont., Ann Arbor, Mich., and Kansas City, Mo. • A one-woman show, “Held Hostage: The Corrosive Use of Money in Politics,” in open through Nov. 11 at the The Evans Contemporary Gallery in Peterborough, Ont. The exhibit uses patterns from the China services of Louis XVI to Catherine the Great “to communicate meaning and create a discussion that reflects on our own contemporary language and political sphere.” She was assisted by Hartwick students Alexandra Forst ‘13, Elliot Henry ‘13, and Erica Cantwell ’14.

• “Three Courses,” at the Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, Mich., which opens in December, features two of Rozene’s luncheon sets that sit on the diner’s lap.

One will be added to the permanent collection.

• The Ferrin Contemporary includes Rozene in Stephanie its “Ceramic Rozene Top 14,” consisting of 20 artists under and 20 artists over the age of 40 working in ceramics, chosen from a field of 475. It opens Nov. 1 at the Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, Mo. • She is also participating in the one-week SOFA Chicago – for Sculpture Objects, Functional Art + Design Fair – which runs through Nov. 1.

Rozene, who heads ceramics instruction at Hartwick, received her BFA in ceramics and printmaking at Alfred and MFA in ceramics and craft history from NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) in Halifax.

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We failed to support local towns’ Constitutional Home Rule movement to ban fracking.

We signed a MOSA contract forcing us to pay more for producing less garbage.

We complained about unfunded mandates - which erode local control - but we failed to push back hard enough to reduce them.

Relying on a generic model for economic “growth,” while ignoring our unique resources, we failed to create new jobs.

We did not insist on our right that Albany properly fund the Manor, resulting in a threat to quality healthcare.

We failed to develop any comprehensive plan, unlike Madison, Onondaga & Tompkins counties.

LET’S STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS.

LET’S PLAN WISELY FOR THE FUTURE.

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GUEST EDITORIAL

Vote No: Gambling’s Painful Costs Far Outweigh Revenues Editor’s Note: Nelson Acquilano of Penfield is the Finger Lakes representative on the Council on Addictions of New York State.

LEAF’s Julie Dostal of Oneonta is current CANYS president. We concur: Vote no on Proposal One on the Nov. 5 ballot that would authorize seven more casinos in Upstate New York.

sion in domestic violence.

The National Council on Problem Gambling reports that one in five pathological gamblers attempts suicide.

The ultimate cost in broken families and disintegrated communities from gambling never even comes close to justifying it as a means to raise revenue. For every dollar that gambling contributes in taxes, it usually costs taxpayers over $3 for increases in the welfare system, mental health system and the criminal justice system.

In fact, the National Gambling Impact Study in their definitive study, recommended a moratorium on the expansion of gambling.

But no one is listening and gambling is exploding across America.

Let’s not feed Albany’s Gambling Fever. Remember, “First, do no harm.”

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ambling is a toxic and predatory industry that preys upon the most vulnerable of our citizens.

A state study found that there are 660,000 problem gamblers in New York, and up to 20 percent of youth either have – or are at-risk of developing – a gambling problem. The state Research Institute on Addictions reported that problem gambling is considerably more common than alcohol

gamblers are divorce, bankruptcy caught up in an adand mental illness. diction every bit as But by then it’s powerful as drug too late. Once legaladdiction. With the ized, communities further legalization cannot reverse the of gambling, tens trend and control of thousands of ote on town, the increase in the our families will county gambling or negacandidates further suffer from tive consequences. the throes of gam- 6 a.m.-9 p.m.

Compulsive Tuesday, Nov. 5. gambling leads to bling addiction.

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dependence.

A recent study by Stephen Q. Shafer, MD, MA, MPH, further reported that with the addition of up to seven new casinos, New York may experience an additional 82,000 pathological gamblers and an additional 202,000 new problem gam-

blers in the state!

According to Shafer, “The quantifiable socioeconomic costs related to (only) new gambling addicts and problem gamblers are eightfold more than the tax revenues raised from the new casinos.”

Again, 5-7 percent of

LETTERS

Where Is This Leading?

Anti-Fracking Today Leads To Sustainability Tomorrow To the Editor: The editor of this paper tells his readers that the battle against fracking “has been won,” and that it’s time to move on to other things.

We know, however, that that’s far from the case. The shadow of fracking continues to hang over Otsego County, and indeed the country as a whole.

There is no decision on fracking by New York State, and the crucial Home Rule cases have yet to be resolved by the courts. The industry may yet evolve technologies which, if not safer, may allow them to explore our local shale resources profitably. The gas industry continues to expand its infrastructure. And the volatile price of natural gas may again skyrocket, also making our shale more attractive to the industry.

Most ominous of all, fracking for gas and oil are not going away nationally or globally. Fracking has become the key to perpetuating our dependence on fossil fuels, perhaps the last hope in many minds for propping up a shaky economy.

Tragically, the problems associated with fracking and natural gas production have also demonstrated that we have reached a point where the harms and costs, glossed over by industry hype, now outweigh the benefits.

The fracking challenge

poses a far deeper problem than simply avoiding an undesirable situation and moving on. It has brought us to a fateful crossroads. It has taught us that business as usual based on a fossil-fuel way of life is something we can no longer afford. The struggle in this year’s local election is largely between those who recognize that fact, and those who do not.

This is why Sustainable Otsego and the candidates it supports have moved beyond simply trying to stop fracking and natural gas production to looking for sustainable forms of local economic development which do not trash our air, land, and water, and which build slowly but steadily on our local resources. They understand that we have to change how we live and do business, even if it will be a difficult and incremental process.

If you care about the deeper issues confronting our communities, I urge you to vote for the Sustainable candidates for the county Board of Representatives on Nov. 5: Beth Rosenthal, John Kosmer, Gary Koutnik, Stu Anderson, Dan Buttermann, Ed Lentz and Teresa Winchester. If you prefer business as usual, vote for their opponents.

ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Moderator Sustainable Otsego

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‘Status Quo’ Undesirable Basis For Casting Vote To the Editor: The editorial in your last edition was disturbing if for no other reasons than because it was based on fantasy and lacked the balance and fact finding a reader would hope to expect in a local newspaper.

Mr. Kevlin’s endorsements, based on mathematical whimsy, advocated for the “status quo,” hardly an admirable goal. Citing weighted voting as the focus of the election instead of the character and initiative of individual candidates seems self serving and an attempt to construct a government only he sees as serving the needs of Otsego County residents. Fortunately, voters will almost unanimously tell you that they vote for the person not the party.

The changes that Mr.

Kevlin admires, that has created what he calls “a bipartisan coalition,…cheerful, energetic and problem solving” is certainly not the result of majority leadership. Those changes began with the minority party showing reason, initiative and the desire for collaboration.

It resulted in a government with balanced committees, a minority vice chair and a drive to plan well into the future dealing with the majority party created issues of The Manor, MOSA and a failure to be financially responsible.

Because Mr. Kevlin fears a Democratic majority, he arbitrarily manipulates the weighted voting numbers to conclude that Buttermann should be denied a seat as the Town of Oneonta’s

county representative. Favoring Quackenbush, whom he admires as “likeable and approachable,” hardly seems like qualities that ensure the representation the town has come to rely.

His recommendation is more puzzling since it was not based on candidate interviews or written responses to his questions.

When given the opportunity to answer questions in a public forum, it was clear that Dan Buttermann had a remarkable grasp of the current issues.

He was well prepared, poised and thoughtful, traits that, historically, Town of Oneonta voters respect.

Additionally, he has sought out and met with Citizen Voices , Sustainable Otsego, GO-EDC and completed an aggressive door-to door

campaign. Now, there’s a “bipartisan coalition.”

Mr. Kevlin seeks a “desirable status quo.” Such parity is not what voters hope to achieve when they vote.

They look for the person who has shown the initiative, hard work and drive to represent them.

As Mr. Kevlin himself says, “the Otsego County Board of Representatives is on the right track.” In this, we can agree. If you have supported me during the past six years, I urge you to vote for Dan Buttermann, county representative, Town of Oneonta, as my successor, to ensure that we continue working within a framework of collaboration and initiative.

RICH MURPHY County Representative Town of Oneonta

Per Representative Murphy’s Inputs, We Revisit Endorsement Arithmetic

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ounty Rep. Rich Murphy’s letter caused us to revisit our arithmetic on what it would take to maintain the bipartisan majority on the county Board of Representatives.

If, as last week’s editorial recommended, voters reelect Republican county board Chair Kathy Clark in District #3 and Democrat Beth Rosenthal in District #7, and elect Republican Janet Hurley Quackenbush in District #4 and Democrat Ed Lentz in District #5, the other contested races still matter.

If Democrat LETTER FROM John Kosmer is reTHE EDITOR elected in District #8 and Democrat Amy Hornburg-Heilveil replaces Democrat Cathy Rothenberger in District #12, Republican Jim Powers still has to hang on to his District #2 seat to maintain the sensible and centrist coalition we endorsed last week.

Thus, we say, reelect Powers, Clark, Rosenthal and Kosmer, and elect Hurley Quackenbush, Lentz and Hornburg-Heilveil.

This is made particularly compli-

As Treasurer, Crowell Shines To the Editor: Within a few months of taking office in January 2010, Otsego County Treasurer Dan Crowell implemented improved financial practices and policies for County government.

As a result of Dan’s leadership initiatives, county Representatives, department heads and the general public developed a better understanding of how effective fiscal planning and informed budgeting can help our taxpayers and promote financial stability.

As government becomes increasingly complex, it is more important than ever that the county treasurer has the knowledge and experience to delve into details while also comprehending major economic trends. Dan Crowell has demonstrated

effective management of Otsego County’s finances, using his private sector business experience to stabilize county finances despite a difficult economic climate.

When called to serve his country, Dan made sure that Otsego County residents remained in good financial hands during his absence. The patriotism that Dan Crowell exhibited by accepting his call to duty translated to protecting Otsego County residents as well.

Otsego County deserves a treasurer with expertise, intelligence, compassion, and commitment to our county and our country. On Nov. 5, vote for Dan Crowell for county treasurer.

KIM MULLER Former mayor City of Oneonta

cated by the county board’s weighted voting system, but addressing that is for another day.

The important thing for Otsego County is to preserve the level-headed coalition of Republican Clark, in combination with Democratic county reps Linda Rowinski and Kay Stuligross, at least for another two years.

Too much of a shift to either the Republicans or the Democrats would again submerge county government into the partisan bickering that was so unhelpful before the Clark-RowinskiStuligross troika emerged.

Independent Bassett Means Local Jobs To the Editor: Richard Miller’s response to my letter represents the conventional wisdom about Bassett: That it will get taken over, as it took over Fox in Miller’s City of Oneonta (which may get taken over by the Town of Oneonta).

And that that would be OK – if health care and performance are acceptable. Meaning the new CEO would just find a takeover partner, cut themselves a role with the survivor, and declare victory as the easy solution.

My point was that a good new CEO could keep

Bassett independent, as Dr. Streck has, and continue to improve performance/ profitability, etc. Any secondrate CEO could get Bassett taken over. And that’s exactly what a second rate CEO would do.

The choice of the new CEO lies with the Bassett board. Pick the right one, and a lot of people in Cooperstown get to keep their jobs. Pick the wrong one and a lot of people, including the Bassett board, lose their jobs. Their fate is in their hands.

JAMES L. NORTHRUP Cooperstown

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History

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

125 Years Ago

Attention Laboring Men: The recent strike on the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley railroad was due to a reduction of wages paid the Italian laborers employed from $1.25 to $1.00 per day. On the street railway recently built in Oneonta, mainly through the efforts of Hon. David Wilber, wages were $1.50 a day and home labor was employed – something of a contrast in methods. Laboring men here will appreciate the difference and being aware that the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley management, now as two years ago, are opposing the election of Mr. Wilber, regardless of politics, will see to it, we have no doubt, that such opposition results, as heretofore, to Mr. Wilber’s advantage.

November 1888

60 Years Ago

30 Years Ago

Religious leaders said Tuesday they were “near despair” over Governor Mario Cuomo’s leadership and his consideration of an executive order to ban discrimination against homosexuals in state government. The clergymen believe that if Cuomo issues a gay rights executive order, it will give government sanction to homosexuality. They warned in a telegram to Cuomo that they would “begin to work in earnest to arouse our constituencies concerning you and your policies, which we believe are inimical to the best interest of New Yorkers.” “You are lending the moral legitimacy of your office to something that is off the wall,” the Rev. William Smith, dean of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Seminary in Yonkers, told Cuomo at a meeting with the Governor and about 20 clergymen last week.

November 1983

100 Years Ago

City attorney Owen C. Becker was the speaker before the Fortnightly Club at a meeting at the residence of Supt.

George J. Dann on Watkins Avenue at which nearly 30 members were in attendance. His subject was “Some Tendencies of the Times.” The speaker declared his belief that conditions are growing better in politics, referring to the time when legislatures were bought and sold and corruption was winked at everywhere. Although the progress has been slow, we have lived to see reforms in our election laws, from a condition when floaters were bid for at the polls to a condition when comparatively little money is used for the purpose of influencing the voters. The last 25 years have seen rapid progress and advancement in the cause of labor.

Laws have been enacted protecting women and children in industry; providing safety appliances and sanitation in working places, providing compensation for industrial accidents, providing a minimum wage scale, and recently providing for the arbitration of differences between employers and employees.

November 1913

80 Years Ago

One-fifth of all children in New York State under the age of 16 years are in families receiving public relief. This is brought out in a report released by the State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. Individuals over 16 years of age whose families, or who themselves, are on relief rolls comprise one-twelfth of all people over the age of 16 years in the state. The collection of these figures was for the purpose of computing the amount of cod-liver oil necessary to carry relief children through the winter. The state administration advocates that local relief officials provide a pint of cod liver oil each month for each child under three years of age, and for each undernourished child. The state likewise advocates the extensive use of milk in relief families. A quart of milk a day is considered the proper mini-

ham, Massachusetts. “The 69th Amendment’s repertoire stretches from ballads to the Jitterbug, to 50s medleys and the music of the 60s. All four young men grew up together as students at St. Mary’s School and Oneonta High School.

November 1973

20 Years Ago

Esther Effenbein, who began her work at SUCO in 1950 as a costume researcher, received the Esther Hubbard Whitaker Award, in recognition of her her outstanding November 1953 service to the college in the performing arts. Effenbein has designed costumes for more than 1909 productions at the mum amount for each child under six years and between 10 college and for the Glimmerglass Opera Company. She and 16 years. Other children are supposed to receive a pint continues to serve as a visiting assistant professor in the of milk a day and expectant and nursing mothers ordinarily Speech Communication and Theatre Department. She also receive a quart a day. developed a program at Bassett Hospital using stage makeNovember 1933 up in occupational therapy for patients.

November 1993 Four Oneonta natives who are making a name for themselves in music circles throughout the northeast will begin a two-week engagement at the Oasis Motor Inn this week.

A study says the number of foreign students attendIt’s the first local stand for the quartet known as “The 69th ing U.S. colleges increased by less than one percent in Amendment” although the four members have performed 2002-2003 – the lowest growth rate in seven years. It’s as individuals in Oneonta on many occasions before. The just the latest piece of evidence that international students group is composed of Ed Michelson, 24, on piano; Brian are shying away from the United States because of tough Kreger, 28, on drums; and brothers Ray Cameron, 26, and immigration rules. The Institute of International Education Dave Cameron, 25, who play lead guitar and bass. Since (IIE) said tightened visa procedures enacted after the 2001 forming their band in 1971, the quartet has toured New terrorist attacks, which have delayed the entry of many England. They were once hired for a two-day stand at The foreigners into the U.S., contributed to the low growth rate.

Berkshire Motor Inn in Great Barrington, Massachusetts In each of the previous two academic years, foreign student and ended up spending four months there as the featured enrollment has increased by 6.4 percent. U.S. schools want band. They have also played the Penthouse Lounge at the foreign students both for the revenue they bring in, about Colonial Hilton in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Living $12 billion annually, and for their research contributions.

Room in Boston, Bounty Tavern at the New Sheraton BanNovember 2003 gor in Bangor, Maine and the Chateau DeVille in Framing-

40 Years Ago

10 Years Ago

4Tuesday November 5 • Polls Open 6 am - 9 pm q CITIZENS VOICES Citizens Voices, a group of Oneonta area business people, supports and encourages pragmatic solutions to the challenges facing Otsego County. With a responsible approach, we believe our county can be open to business and industry and protect the beauty of the area and our natural resources at the same time.

We can only achieve positive results with elected officials who demonstrate dynamic leadership and independent thinking.

Citizens Voices endorses the following: County Treasurer: Dan Crowell County Representatives: Edwin Frazier,Jr. – District 1 James Powers – District 2 Kathy Clark – District 3 Janet Hurley Quackenbush – District 4 Donald Lindberg – District 6, Beth Rosenthal – District 7 Rick Hulse, Jr. – District 8 Craig Gelbsman – District 12 Linda Rowinski – District 13 Katherine Stuligross – District 14 Town of Oneonta Councilman: Brett Holleran and Fred Volpe Mayor of Oneonta: Richard Miller Citizens Voices Interview Committee, Robert Harlem, Dave Rowley, Tom Armao, Richard Harlem, Mitchell Lynch, Phil Wright, Chris Amos and Jamie Reynolds

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 1, 2013

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Bryan Pernat Most Qualified For Otsego Town Roads Job To the Editor: I serve on the Otsego Town Board, chair the highway committee, and endorse Bryan Pernat for highway superintendent.

Bryan is the only one of the three candidates who actually knows what it’s like to have the job: after working parttime for the highway department for five years, he was unanimously appointed by the town board to step in as superintendent when Spike Boyd retired.

He did a great job leading his crew and getting roads repaired after the record flooding of 2006: quite a challenge for a young man supervising employees many years his senior. Having the respect and confidence of the crew, the town board and retiring Superintendent Boyd says a lot.

Bryan is no stranger to hard work or arising at 4 a.m. As a lifelong town resident, he knows our roads very well. He can drive a plow truck and fill in there if needed. A lifetime

around heavy equipment has given him the know how to diagnose problems as they arise. Furthermore, his experience as a school bus driver and in emergency services strengthens his firm commitment to keeping the roads safe and passable at all times.

Bryan is the kind of person you call when your car is in a ditch or your tractor is stuck in the mud, confident that help is on the way, fast. I know this from personal experience. He wouldn’t ask anyone to do something that he would not be willing to do himself: He leads from the front, and instills trust and respect.

I wholeheartedly support him in this race based on his direct work experience in this job, effective leadership, and genial personality.

The other candidates are qualified, but Bryan is the best choice here.

Vote Bryan Pernat on the Safe Highways line on November 5. Thank you.

JULIE HUNTSMAN Fly Creek

Janet Quackenbush’s Plain Talk, Down-To-Earth Style Is Needed To the Editor: Once in a while a politician comes along who doesn’t fit the typical mold.

One who connects with people, acts without regard for political self-interest, and who simply tries to serve constituents best.

That’s Janet Quackenbush. Janet, now a town board member and long active in Oneonta, is well liked for her plain talk and down to earth approach to

complex issues. The fact that so many people signed a petition urging her to run for the county board just shows she’s the candidate of the people, not the political bosses.

We need Janet on the county board, and people from all walks of life can be very comfortable voting for Janet Hurley Quackenbush for the county board.

RAY MANNION Oneonta

Winchester For Wellbeing Of All To the Editor: I wish to express my support for Teresa Winchester for Otsego County Board in the upcoming election.

I have known Teresa for over 10 years, during which time she served as executive director of the Otsego County Conservation Association, and I have also worked with her on a project looking into the feasibility of launching a sustainability center in Gilbertsville.

During my association with Teresa, I have been very impressed with her steadfast ethical stance on every single issue. If there

is one person in this county who will never cave in to big corporate interests, it is Teresa. She will always place the citizens first, looking out for their health and wellbeing.

In addition to her ethics, Teresa is also extremely knowledgeable about how to properly manage the farming and natural resources that we have come to treasure in our community.

I urge people to vote for Teresa Winchester for Otsego County Board.

VALERIE HAYNES Gilbertsville

Laura Malloy Is What Laurens Needs To the Editor: Laura Malloy is an honest, hard-working advocate for Laurens.

Over the last two years, I have had the chance to see Laura Malloy work hard for her community. She plowed through complicated legal documents, attended workshops on local economic development, worked hard with committee members on the comprehensive plan, and made proposals to perk up the look of the town. She was always super-prepared to tackle tough issues at the town board meetings.

Recently, when I accompanied her to meet area constituents, I noted that she shares citizens’ concerns

about basic utility weaknesses, including lack of cell-phone service and frequent electrical outages. She pledged to continue working to preserve local property values, develop locally inspired and environmentally sound business, and preserve the rural character of the area.

She wants to keep Laurens safe, healthy, and beautiful. In this stance, she joins the majority of Laurens’ residents who want their elected officials to keep Laurens – its people and its environment – safe and beautiful.

KATHERINE O’DONNELL Oneonta

What Does That Say About Collaborating?

To the Editor: Does anyone remember driving past Stuart Anderson’s property in Otego and seeing the drawn image of Governor Cuomo with horns on his head?

Do you really want someone like that to represent us as our county rep?

If he initiated the demonstration of Governor Cuomo, the top member of his party supporting his

candidacy, how well can he be expected to work in cooperation with fellow board members who disagree with him on an issue?

Re-elect Kathy Clark: “A proven leader for challenging times.”

Kathy Clark is responsible, trustworthy, stable, honest and willing to work with all issues and concerns.

IRMA BELLE SHELDON Otego

Many Reservists Also Serve Communities In Other Ways To the Editor: In reading this newspaper’s recent coverage of the coming election, the question of how stability would be provided should I be deployed for military service was raised. I think this is a valid question, and a compelling answer can be found in the solid service Russ Bachman has provided as acting treasurer when I was called to active duty. We have worked hard to establish a model for stability and implemented it, offering the best possible response for this question in the affirmative: we have and we will maintain stability.

I do want voters to understand that there is a distinct possibility that I could again be called to active duty, most likely for three to six months over the next four years. I hope you will also consider what we have accomplished over the last four years,

take into account the proven stability we have established should I be called to active duty, and the role Guard/Reserve service plays in strengthening our democracy.

On that last note, while I concur the case for stability needed to be made, statements by my opponent that my service in the Army Reserve means that I could only be a “part-time” treasurer are less substantive. Our community is blessed with people who serve in the Reserve as well as serve as police officers, teachers, small business people, doctors, nurses, elected officials and a wealth of other professions.

I am proud to call them brothers and sisters, express my gratitude to those who have the courage and capacity to employ them and emphatically counter my opponent’s comments to emphasize that Reserve and Guard

members are full contributors at work and in this community.

I have been honored to serve as Otsego County treasurer and have greatly enjoyed working in partnership with this exceptional community.

These have been some of the most challenging times for local government in a generation. But we have succeeded on all fronts. The next four years hold the prospect of a fiscal environment that will allow us to build on that success and I am excited and eager to help shape how we emerge from one of the most challenging periods in a generation to ensure prosperity for future generations of Otsego County.

I am grateful for the opportunity you gave me to serve you these last four years and I would be deeply grateful for your vote again on Nov. 5.

DAN CROWELL County Treasurer

Beth Rosenthal’s Priority: What She Can Do For Voters To the Editor: Growing up, I heard a lot of talk about politics in my household and in my school.

Young people were encouraged to share opinions on current events, which helped us learn about the democratic process and think about our role as citizens.

Politics did not polarize communities; it was part of everyday life. While we all were aware of the Democratic or Republican platforms, the overarching agenda was for the good of the nation and its people.

America remained united in common causes despite

specific differences in how our goals should be accomplished.

Politics of late, whether on national or local levels, has often produced candidates who have self-interest at heart. There are so many agendas that people often tire of even hearing about the political process, let alone get involved. We see programs enacted – only to be retracted when the next party wins. Who does not win in these circumstances are the people.

Beth Rosenthal is a different political leader in these frustrating times. She has

In Conflict, Stammel Still Friendly To the Editor: Local elections are important, and I’m writing to encourage you to vote for Andrew Stammel for Oneonta Town Board on Nov. 5. I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with Mr. Stammel professionally during the past couple of years.

Andrew is a life-long area resident and attorney with his law practice in the City of Oneonta. We frequently work together on real estate matters and I’ve observed that Mr. Stammel is hard working and dedicated to his clients.

He can often be found working on a file in his office on a Saturday or Sunday and is quick to respond to my emails and calls. I believe that he will have the same dedication to the people of the Town of Oneonta.

Andrew has worked hard over the summer and fall to speak with as many residents as possible. He wants to learn about their concerns and ideas so he can represent their voices on the board. Mr. Stammel

has opened his office every Tuesday evening in September and October for an open house to speak with constituents and has personally knocked on a majority of the doors in town.

Even when Andrew encounters conflict and challenges, as attorneys often do, he maintains his positive and friendly demeanor.

Compromise is important, and he knows how to negotiate and disagree without being disagreeable. I believe that Mr. Stammel will put the people of the town before party, personal interest, or special interests. He is not running as an activist candidate and will be a practical and centrist problem solver, able to work across party lines.

Andrew will work hard to represent the people’s views on fracking, merger, development, taxes, and the other issues important to them. If Andrew Stammel is elected he will work hard to move Oneonta into a prosperous future.

LINDA ROWINSKI Oneonta

diLorenzo Can Settle Disputes To the Editor: The citizens of the Town of Otsego have a great opportunity to elect Mark diLorenzo as their superintendent of highways. Aside from his vast experience in technical day-to-day maintenance of highways, Mark is especially good at working with people to help solve problems and settle disputes with decency and good will.

I know this from experience.

As a 60-year resident of this area, I’ve at times had to call our many different road

superintendents over problems. Usually the issues have been resolved, but too often no one would answer my call or I would receive a rude, dismissive response.

From my experience with Mark through the years, I know that he will treat your concerns respectfully and with due diligence. Mark is a person of character, integrity and decency. Please vote for Mark diLorenzo on Nov. 5. You won’t regret it.

SUE ANN JENKINS Cooperstown

served as our county representative for District #7 for the past two years, during which time she has listened carefully to us and has made our concerns her concerns.

Her priority is about what she can do for us. Instead of playing party politics, Beth has demonstrated herself to be a reasonable, considerate and moderate voice of the people.

As our representative, Beth has initiated several programs that will benefit our communities for years to come. Her plans for preserving water quality, increasing sustainability plans and expanding broadband services throughout the county are but a few

essentials that demonstrate she strives to help us all. I believe it is important at this time to let her finish the job for which she was elected.

More time is needed for her to work with business leaders to complete these important tasks. Keep Beth Rosenthal as our county representative so that we avoid the political seesaw effect that so disrupts programs that can work for us and our future generations.

It is important that we vote on Nov. 5, and vote for continuity and progress that Beth Rosenthal will bring to our communities.

TAMARA SABA Cherry Valley

diLorenzo Has USAF Experience To the Editor: Hello, my name is Mark diLorenzo and I’m a candidate for the Town of Otsego highway superintendent.

I am the Democrat on the ballot, and I’ve also passed an independent petition.

This job calls for experience and training, and I have that training and experience. I also have the time to commit. I am a USAF veteran and served in a civil engineering squadron. We did roadway design, construction and maintenance, and I know how to do this job properly. I also served in special operations, and I am a team player.

I’ve named my independent party Cooperative Otsego because we are in this together, and we need to cooperate. I have spoken with neighboring highway supers, and they too are looking forward to improved cooperation between departments. Our county DPW is on board, as are several town board members. I have been attending town board meetings, and read many old meeting minutes. Improved

cooperation is never a bad thing.

I’ve walked many miles of our roads and looked closely at the drainage system. It is our most pressing problem. Much of the road damage done this past June was due to system failures in the same areas that failed and were repaired in 2006.

Improper installs and inadequate maintenance have a substantially negative impact on performance, as we saw again last June. Let’s move forward, not backward.

I’ve spoken with hundreds of residents and they too are concerned about spending good money on the same problems, again and again.

They appreciate my experience and my willingness to grab a shovel and help do the hard work to make this system function effectively.

It often doesn’t take more time or money to do a job right the first time, and it usually saves longterm.

Please call with questions or comments: 282-0066 Mark diLORENZO Cooperstown

Lentz: Corporate Experience, Local Ties To the Editor: I am writing to endorse Ed Lentz as the next District #5 representative on the Otsego County Board.

Ed will bring experience obtained as an executive in the corporate world and as a patent attorney, but also as a farmer and family man to this position.

He knows local politics through his experience with the town board in New Lisbon and work as a leader in

the Otsego County Democratic Committee.

Like me, he has chosen this beautiful county as his home and he cares deeply about this land, his fellow citizens, their prosperity and the common good.

He will bring great skills, ideas, energy and integrity to the job of representing the people of District #5.

MATTHEW MARVEL, MD Milford

Democrats Have It Right: Vote ‘Row A’ On Election Day To the Editor: On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, we will be casting our votes for our Otsego County treasurer and our Otsego County representatives. I support all of our Democratic team candidates for these important positions.

We live in interesting and changing times. We need intelligent, creative people, sharing a unified vision and working together, to guide Otsego County forward to a bright and prosperous future. We are very fortunate

to have these qualified people on our Democratic slate of candidates.

Our Democratic team includes Dan Crowell for treasurer. Dan is our existing and very bright and able Otsego County Treasurer who is serving the county very well while also serving our country in the Army Reserves as needed.

For Otsego County representatives, our Democratic team includes: Beth Rosenthal, Teresa Winchester, Kay Stuligross, Linda Rowinski, Amy

Hornburg-Heilveil, John Kosmer, Ed Lentz, Stuart Anderson, Gary Koutnik and Dan Buttermann.

Your votes for the Democratic candidates are votes for open, commonsense government that is by and for the people. Vote for your own future. Vote for the Democratic team. Vote Row A on Tuesday Nov. 5.

JAMES R. DEAN Cooperstown Executive Board member, County Democratic Committee

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCT. 31- NOV. 1, 2013

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LETTERS

County’s ‘Miraculous’ Transformation Simply Acceptance Of Status Quo To the Editor: A miracle swept over Otsego County in the past few weeks, and in the heat of campaigning, I somehow missed it. According to this newspaper’s editors, all is now good in the county – the Manor and MOSA have been resolved, economic development is on track, peace and love have broken out at the county board, and the fracking demon has been vanquished. Alice has emerged from the rabbit hole and the bizarre world of the Mad Hatter and the Red Queen is forgotten … We should all go back to business as usual, the status quo.

Overlooked in the editors’ blissful reverie are a few key points.

The root cause of much of county government’s dysfunction would remain intact under the editors’ status quo plan. The county would continue to lurch along with NO comprehensive plan to guide long-term thinking.

Most of the towns in the county have managed to agree on plans;

some are even revising their plans to reflect new views and opportunities. The county’s lack of planning is not a matter of happenstance – having no plan IS the plan for preserving the status quo.

The voters are kept occupied with a steady diet of “coping with problems” news stories from Cooperstown, not realizing that our county board should have better things to do than decide whether or not to hire another cook at the jail.

Otsego County taxpayers deserve more from their government. They deserve professional, efficient, responsive management; they deserve a county board that does not confuse fixing a road washout with effective governance. The status quo with the current majority is not providing what the taxpayers are paying for.

Privatization of tourism promotion and economic development is not a victory for taxpayers – it is

Nepotism Observation Deflects From diLorenzo Qualifications To the Editor: I disappointed but not surprised to see that I had been misquoted and was out of context in last week’s paper. I am used to that with your newspaper.

However, I was sincerely offended by your suggestion that Mark diLorenzo’s candidacy was somehow a “touch of nepotism.” That showed how little you know about me, my family or this community.

Electing a highway superintendent is not a political issue. Potholes don’t know politics. I believe that the superintendent of highways should be chosen based on qualifications and not a political endorsement or as a favor to anyone.

I would take it a step further. I believe that candidates should be carefully vetted, interviewed and qualified. If you took the time to do any of that you would discover that Mark diLorenzo is clearly the most qualified candidate for the Town of Otsego highway superintendent.

As a veteran of the Air Force, Mark is the only candidate with military experience and training in roadway design and drainage systems. Mark would avoid some of the serious construction problems the town encountered after the flood of 2006.

Mark has experience as a supervisor of people and can restore a team spirit to the highway crew. Mark has experience as a communicator and can return to an atmosphere of respect with the members of the Town Board.

When it comes time to decide whom to vote for on election day, don’t decide on politics or on the endorsements of others. Decide for yourself. Consider the experience, the skill set and the time commitment.

If you do, and actually consider the facts, you will support Mark diLorenzo for Town of Otsego highway superintendent.

HENRY J. NICOLS Cooperstown

an admission by the current majority that they have no idea what to do, other than turn the money over to their political allies (whose number one priority is preservation of the status quo.)

Given the board members’ workload of “busy work,” it’s understandable that new ideas are in short supply……but turning over taxpayer dollars to private groups seems an extreme alternative. Couldn’t the board have hired professionals, with a proven track record, who can be replaced if they fail to produce the desired results … Oh, I guess you’d need a plan if you intend to specify “desired results.”

The editors trumpet, “The battle against fracking has been won.”

The IOGA, the Joint Landowners Coalition, the state Court of Appeals, the DEC, the Governor, and Dick Downey all disagree. Gas drilling will not really go away until alternative energy develop-

To The Editor: In the upcoming election, voters of the Town of Otsego and Otsego County are faced with several important choices that will have a great impact on our everyday lives as residents and taxpayers. I am asking that all of you join me in supporting the following candidates for election on Nov. 5.

John Schallert’s career in the construction industry, with specific knowledge of road maintenance and bridge construction, is invaluable to our town. As a superintendent of Interstate road and bridge projects his knowledge of projects, costs, materials and machinery is invaluable for our town. As a past two-term councilman, he is fully knowledgeable of the town budget and highway department. He will put our taxpayer money to its best and most efficient use while keeping

our roads clear and in good repair.

Mr. Pernat claims to have experience, but a detailed review of town minutes will reflect a tenuous 10month term as highway superintendent coupled with part-time snow plowing for the town. The supervisor at a board meeting thanked Pete, a highway employee, for doing the paper work for FEMA, or the town would have lost a lot of money from the flood. As for the recently resided Democrat, his hop-scotch resume does not serve the interests of our town.

Rick Hulse has the right kind of private-sector experience we need on our county board. His plan of implementing a countywide government functional process map will aid the legislators in making better-informed decisions that are more aligned with the county plan. As a seasoned busi-

nessman with experience worldwide, he can offer unique and creative solutions to overcome our county budget deficit create jobs and make government more efficient.

Ed Keator for county treasurer: Ed has experience in our county Treasurer’s Office and, specifically, with the county budget. He is the current treasurer of the Village of Cooperstown and during this very confusing time in our county Treasurer’s Office, Ed is committed to serving a full four-year term to give our taxpayers the stability they deserve.

We are fortunate that these three candidates have chosen this critical time to serve our town and county. On Nov. 5, please vote for John Schallert, Rick Hulse and Ed Keator.

SHEILA ROSS Fly Creek

Stammel: Most Voters Look Malloy Out Of Step With Laurens the Editor: represent our town board For Commonsense Solutions ToLaura Malloy has already and citizens.

Holleran Is Dedicated, Motivated

what Upstate winters do to roads and his experience puts him in the unique position to incorporate best practices from other small communities around the state who are dealing with the same problems we have in Otsego County – limited taxpayer dollars, unfriendly weather, and increased traffic during the summer.

Our loss in having Mark as a neighbor in Middlefield is your gain in the Town of Otsego. Vote for Mark diLorenzo for Highway Superintendent – you and the taxpayers in the Town of Otsego will be glad you did!

HEIDI PARKHURST Middlefield

some new committee chairmen in place, thereby making discussion possible on a wide range of previously verboten topics.

A Democratic majority will shift the focus of the county board away from micro-managing the county’s day-to-day activities, allowing the board to concentrate instead on long term planning and sustainable development.

A Democratic majority on the board will bring a new philosophy of governance to Otsego County with a vision for our future that prepares us for the challenges of the 21st century.

Please vote for a new majority on Nov. 5, not just more of the same. Don’t allow the buggywhip makers of the entrenched status quo to hold the rest of us back.

STUART ANDERSON Otego (Anderson is a candidate for the county Board of Representatives, District #3, Laurens/Otego)

Schallert, Hulse, Keator The Right Men At The Right Time

To the Editor: I am a life-long area resident and am running for Oneonta Town Board to ensure that we have a vibrant growing community for our kids.

My experience as a local attorney and business owner and SUNY Oneonta administrator qualify me to represent residents and build To the Editor: from OHS and residing here on the town’s momentum.

I would like to show my permanently with his wife Last week, this paper ansupport for candidate, Brett of 10 years and his children. nounced the endorsements Holleran, for the Oneonta He takes the initiative to of Citizen Voices, but failed Town Council. inform himself of issues to adequately elaborate on Brett is a dedicated, and events going on in our that process. CV endorsed motivated and determined community. He has the two politicians in our race individual. As a local busibackground, wisdom and without having interviewed ness owner and educator, he vision to take our town in a all four candidates. I made has the knowledge and abil- forward and safe direction. several attempts to schedule ity to lead. As a father and Brett has a courteous, an interview with the orgahusband, he is supportive, friendly and respectful nizers but my final phone understanding and fair. demeanor and is a very call was not returned.

Brett’s experience for our approachable. He is a role Although I disagree with community entails serving model and an individual to some of CV’s past posion the town Planning Com- admire. He will make fair tions, especially regarding mission, the Comprehensive and just decisions that will fracking, CV has good Planning Committee and the be well thought out and in economic ideas to offer. I Parks & Recreation Comthe best interest of our town. hope to speak with them in mittee. He is also the owner On Nov. 5, please vote the future about my plans and operator of Deer Haven for Brett Holleran, an outfor continued growth and Campground & Cabins in standing citizen, parent and prosperity. the town. friend.

Fred Volpe and Brett Brett has spent his entire DOMENICA HOLLERAN Holleran showed poor judglife in Oneonta, graduating Town of Oneonta ment in their town Planning Board vote this year against Candidate diLorenzo Helpful, Cheerful the moratorium, home rule To the Editor: I am writing in support of Mark diLorenzo for highway superintendent for the Town of Otsego.

Mark and his family were my neighbors for a number of years and I learned quickly that he is the kind of neighbor to help his fellow citizens willingly and cheerfully.

What we need in our elected officials are people with a passion to help their fellow citizens, a passion to do a good job, and a passion to spend public dollars in a responsible and effective way. That is Mark diLorenzo.

Mark knows firsthand

ment and climate change efforts make the Marcellus gas totally uneconomical to extract, a goal that is still decades in the future.

Until then, vigilant protection of our environment is fully warranted, and this election is no time to drop our guard and ignore candidates’ views on fracking.

The Sustainable Otsego candidates, who the editors summarily dismiss as single-topic obsessives, do in fact support a platform planked with many issues unrelated to gas drilling – the editors’ accusation reveals a clear decision to indulge their handlers’ fantasies rather than maintain an allegiance to truthful reporting.

According to the editors, the transition two years ago to a more Democratic board led directly to the Pax Otsego that the editors now extol – so it is reasonable to ask, “If a few Democrats created such positive change, might not a few MORE bring about even more good changes?”

A Democratic majority will put

and the will of residents. In addition to threatening our quality of life, infrastructure and safety, their pro-fracking vote damages our economy by discouraging residents and businesses from investing.

As a businessman, I know that business hates uncertainty. Unfortunately the moratorium expires next spring and this issue cannot be settled until further action is taken. Seventy percent of residents don’t want fracking here; it’s time to end this debate, represent the majority and move on.

Too often this debate is dominated by the shrillest voices on each side. I was relieved that, among the thousands of residents I visited, most people fall in the sensible middle. We want our representatives to work together for commonsense solutions and to represent our views.

I will be honest and open with residents and work hard to represent them while building Oneonta’s economy and protecting our quality of life.

ANDREW STAMMEL Candidate for Oneonta Town Board

Parents Proud Of Daughter Accomplishments Editor’s Note: Here is an open letter from Marvin and Diane Rosenthal to their daughter, Beth Rosenthal, Otsego County representative, District #7.

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e are incredibly proud of you. We have watched you throughout the years do all the good you could with ethics, integrity and honesty, having to make hard choices for the greater community.

You continue serving your county with your input and suggestions and the finalizing of the new ESTS (Emergency Telecommunications System) With your ability to change people’s lives through your heartfelt service, you focus on sustainable development for the future generations. We wish we had the opportunity to vote for you.

MARVIN & DIANE ROSENTHAL Goleta, Calif.

proven she is a bad choice for Laurens Town Board #1: Town of Laurens board members voted yes and passed the Resolution opposing the (anti-gun) NY SAFE Act. Laura Malloy voted No. #2: Laura Malloy made a statement at a town board meeting, “I am here for one reason. That is to get a ban to stop natural-gas drilling.”

Do we really need someone that is so self focused and ill informed to make critical decisions affecting our rights and lives? #3: A Resolution to Protect Property Rights was brought before the town board. Laura Malloy argued, changed and fought against it. It was never passed.

Laura Malloy is not only self focused, but lacks the knowledge, expertise and consideration needed to

Her agenda is sustainable, which means the taking and control of our rights.

We do not need that kind of leadership.

We need councilmen that are willing to work together for the good of all of us.

Re-elect George Decker, town councilman. He is a life-long resident of Laurens.

He has served on the town board for the past five years and has proven his dedication to serving the public.

Elect Edwin Winslow, town councilman. He has served 26 years at Gilbert Lake State Park and retired as park manager. He is well qualified for working together and solving town issues.

HILDA HOLBROOK Laurens

Stop Spread Of Gambling Disease VOTE NO/From A4 acknowledges that the expansion of gambling will increase the number of New Yorkers with pathological or problem gambling. In doing so, the state acknowledges that there are a number of “expendable” New Yorkers.

New York needs money.

Some will have to be sacrificed; some families, some communities, some businesses. After all, gambling is simply a form of entertainment. People “should” be responsible, right?

That would be a good argument, if the data weren’t so clear that casinos are like a contagion in the water.

In cancer “hot spots” the instances of cancer goes up due to some kind of exposure in the environment. The people who get cancer are not at fault.

The contagion triggers the

disease. The same goes with gambling. Pathological gambling (or gambling addiction) is a disease.

Whenever casino gambling is introduced into the environment of those vulnerable to the disease, the rate of the disease increases.

I return to my original statement. Know what you’re voting for. Do we really want our state to be the “house” where New Yorkers have to lose money in order to increase revenue? Is it okay for a referendum to use non-neutral language designed to sway the outcome of the vote?

Those are questions for each of us to answer. Regardless of your own answer, I wish you much wisdom as you walk into the voting booth and much peace as you walk out.

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2nd ‘Seward Summit’ Nov. 14 At Foothills SUMMIT/From A1 generated tangible success stories and refocused everyone’s attention to our true needs,” said Seward.

“Now it is time to take the next step.”

To accomplish that, the senator is bringing in two headliners: • Robert E. Geer, Ph.D., acting president of SUNY Institute of Technology, near Utica, which this month announced a $1.5 billion investment that will create 1,500 nanotechnology jobs in the next few years. The question he’ll answer: How can Otsego County, part of the Utica-based Mohawk Valley Economic Development Region, share in those benefits?

• Richard J. Sheehy, director of advanced planning and site selection for CH2M Hill IDC, an international, Colorado-based economicdevelopment consultancy with offices in Syracuse and New York City. His question: What are Otsego County’s most attractive sites for development, and how can commerce and industry be attracted, kept and grown here?

In his announcement, Seward also mentions START-UP NY, Governor Cuomo’s new program to encourage SUNY campuses to spin off tax-free entrepre-

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The senator welcomes 250 attendees at the first “Seward Summit” in 2012.

neurial ventures, as Ioxus and SUNY Oneonta are now discussing.

START-UP NY, the senator said, “can be a winning economic growth tool, but businesses and schools must work together to maximize its potential. Schools must understand needs of our employers, especially those involved in the growing nano-technology field, in order to produce knowledgeable, prospective workers.”

Panels are planning through the morning on such topics as “What is the most effective county ED structure and overall approach for successful

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SUNYIT Interim President Robert E. Geer, who will keynote economic development?” the second “Seward Summit,” MVREDC director Ken was appointed Sept. 1 to Tompkins will moderate. replace Bjong And “Importance of a re- Wolf Yeigh.

Geer, who gional strategy: Where does holds a Ph.D. Otsego County belong?”

Brian McMahon, executive in condensed matter physics director of the state Economic Development Corp., from the University of Minwill moderate. nesota, was Geer’s topic is “The VP/academic ‘New’ New York: Leveraffairs at the aging SUNY for transforSUNY College of Nanoscale mational economic impact Science & Engineering in Albany. in the Mohawk Valley.”

His mission at SUNYIT: to Sheehy’s is: “A Look into the Future: Otsego County guide the development of the Computer Chip CommercialSites, Existing Businesses & ED Assets/Resources. A ization Center or “Quad-C.”

Back of the Napkin Reaction.”

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He will assess the county’s strengths and challenges, and suggest an “action agenda.”

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Bierhoff. “I got a call asking if I wanted to adopt her back, and I drove down to get her the next day.”

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And for fellow students who miss their own dogs, having a puppy around campus helps relax them too. “Everyone wants to play with her,” she said.

“They’re excited to see her around campus.”

The club hosts seminars on how to properly greet a guide dog – for instance, when Cammie is wearing her blue vest, she’s “working,” and Bierhoff asks people to ask if they can pet her before reaching out a hand. “But I try not to say no,” she said. “It’s a good experience for them to meet different kinds of people.”

It’s an immensely successful program, with dogs graduating and going on to rewarding careers. “We just had our first dog graduate from the Healing Autism program,” said Amy Blechman, liaison for the program. “We’ve had some of them go into the bomb sniffing program too. It’s all about helping them succeed.”

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And when a dog can’t go to class – or the trainer needs a break, they can go to a certified “puppy sitter” like Breelle Matthews, who takes all the care classes but doesn’t have a dog of her own. “We’re both nursing majors, but obviously, dogs can’t go to clinicals or labs,” she said. “I can help reinforce the dog’s skills, teach her to be around someone new. I don’t have time to raise a dog, but I get to volunteer with a program I love.”

“We can’t just leave our dog with anyone,” said Bierhoff.

But it wouldn’t be college without finals at the end. The dogs go on to their In-For-Training (IFT) test, where the dog has nine minutes to show all they’ve learned. The pooches that pass go on to more intense training, either to become a Guide Dog, a Therapy Dog or to bomb- and drugsniffing training. It’s an emotional day for the raiser, who has to say goodbye to the puppy they spent eighteen months with.

Bierhoff developed such a strong bond with her first dog, Megan, that after she passed her IFT test and went on for further training, she wasn’t able to bond with her new trainer. “She didn’t have the confidence,” said

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New Listing! MLS#91609 - 3 BR, 3½ bath home on 78+/- acres. Great room, family room, gas fireplace, ceramic tile floors, granite kitchen w/SS appliances.

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MLS#89644 - Charm and character in this 5 BR country home in Jefferson. Newer roof on 6 acres w/large barn, outbuilding and new 2-car garage w/radiant heat.

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New Listing! MLS#91827 - This perfect starter home is in Oneonta’s desirable west end near Greater Plains school. Many updates: roof, siding, heating, leach field, windows, electrical, insulation, and newer appliances. This 3 BR home is move-in condition. $93,000 Call William Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)

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MLS#87273 - 3 BR, 3 bath charming historic Greek Revival professionally renovated w/modern amenities. 3 acres w/pond. Energy-efficient. $325,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)

MLS#90906 - 3 - 4 BRs, 3 baths, 4+/- acres, 2-car garage, paved driveway! Wood-burning fireplace, sunroom w/skylights and pellet stove, 1st flr laundry, central air, covered stone patio and deck. Finished basement, large fenced yard and back from road. $189,900 Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell) MLS#90930 - Completely renovated, 4 BR, 2 bath home w/new roof, vinyl siding, windows, appliances, flooring, walls, vaulted ceiling. New rear deck overlooking a full acre, bordering Charlotte Valley creek. Attached garage, covered front porch. Seller has purchased home warranty to cover defects or system failure of all mechanicals. $129,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

MLS#90534 - Inside completely gutted. New floors and some walls studded out. Blank canvas to finish for investment property. $47,500 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)

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New Listing! MLS#91370 - This home features 2 BRs, 2 baths, newer windows, newer 1-car garage all on 1 floor. Cooperstown School System. This great starter home is a must see. $249,000. Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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