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Carol Blazina To Lead Foothills Board

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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ithin moments of her election as president of the Foothills Performing Arts Center board of

Retired SUNY VP Succeeds Mayor

directors, Carol Blazina was brimming with ideas. “We’re working on building our children’s programming,” she said.

“It’s important that we

listen to the needs of the community and give them what they want.”

Blazina, retired SUNY Oneonta vice president for community relations,

has served on the board since 2010, including the marketing & communication, fundraising and programming committees.

“We want to satisfy a mosaic of needs for this Please See VOTE, A3 Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Carol Blazina hopes to intensify programming for children at Foothills.

GOAL: Gold STANDARD OF PATIENT CARE

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Trombone at the ready, Katie Orrell waits to perform with Hartwick College’s jazz band prior to Branford Marsalis Sunday, April 7, at Foothills Performing Arts Center.

Tax-Abatement Plan Placed In Council Hands

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ommon Council has been asked to determine the cost of serving the 325-student Hilltop Towers and propose a PILOT – payment in lieu of taxes – to cover those costs.

The Otsego County Industrial Development Agency made the recommendation at its April 4, meeting.

On hearing the news, Mayor Dick Miller asked Common Council to be prepared to make a decision May 16. “In some respects this changes nothing, other than requiring us to be more proactive,” Miller wrote.

The city’s Planning Commission was to discuss Hilltop Towers at its Wednesday, April 10, meeting. Details, WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM TAKE IT BACK: The annual “Take Back the Night” March starts at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 11, from SUNY Oneonta’s Milne Library to Muller Plaza for a candlelight vigil.

UMPS VS. CANCER: Oneonta’s Schohanna Baseball/Softball Umpire Board’s umps will donate part of their game fees to the American Cancer Society during “Umpires Striking Out Cancer” Week, May 6-11. Other local umps who want to participate, call Mark Lamb at 432-0482.

Fox Volunteers Pledge $200,000 To Campaign Puppeteer’s Dream Comes True W

By LIBBY CUDMORE

hen you buy flowers from the gift shop for a sick friend or a paperback off the

book cart to read in the waiting room, you’re helping the Auxiliary of Fox Hospital contribute to “The Gold Standard.” Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA The Auxiliary President Jane Borachok and Auxiliary has pledged Director of Volunteers Joanne $200,000 Burdick are leading toward Fox’s “Gold the charge.

Standard of Patient Care,” the $1.5 million fund drive announced Wednesday, Feb. 6.

That, in combination with an $8.7 million state HEAL grant, will fund a $10 million renovation transform all rooms Please See DONATION, A7

The ship’s mariners (controlled by Trevor Callaghan and Irene Szarek, Tyler Haupt), and the Queen (by Danielle Weaver) rehearse the opening scene of “The Tempest, “ which runs through Saturday, April 13, at Hartwick College’s Slade Theater.

Oneonta’s John Ryan Applies His Art To Enliven Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest’

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lege that has ideas for ‘The Tempest,’” said the puppeteer who ohn Ryan was has made Oneonta anticipating the his home for the past culmination of decade. “I’ve always a lifelong dream when wanted to do this the curtain went up – ‘The Tempest’ and Wednesday, April 10, ‘A Midsummer Night’s on Shakespeare’s “The Dream’ are made for Tempest” at Hartwick puppets.”

College’s Slade TheRyan, Hartwick’s James Canal ater. spring semester Artist “I have a sketch pad and Sarah Walsh Please See John Ryan tests out the operate a Great dating back to colPUPPETS, A7 nervous jester Trinculo.

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Local Chapter Breaks Planned Parenthood Tie

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But its Title X funding is assured for at least the next 2½ years – and well Please See MARCUS, B4

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The annual benefit will be themed “Motown Comes to O’Town” and will feature a silent auction, “Big Chuck” D’Imperio as emcee and live performances by Blues Maneuver, D.J. Wooden, Wendy Slicer and Tamiko Williams.

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Charlotte McCane, an Oneonta High School senior, has received the Trailblazer in the Young Leader & Community Service category.

The awards are presented annual by the City of Oneonta’s Community Relations & Human Rights Commission, which will honor Sarah and Charlotte at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, at a reception at City Hall.

HONORS ABOUND: The 4-H FIRST Robotics Team was invited to be a part of the celebration of Cornell University’s 150th anniversary of becoming a Land Grant College. Three mentors, five teens and the robot attended a legislative reception Tuesday, April 9, at the state Education Building in Albany.

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Carol Blazina Elected President Of Foothills Board Of Directors VOTE/From A1 community and region.”

During her 1966-2010 SUNY Oneonta career – she began as a phys-ed professor – Blazina was the 2001 recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service. After her retirement, Gov. David Paterson appointed her to the College Council.

Her community-relations duties included bringing performers to

the college. “She helped negotiate to bring Willie Nelson and Tony Bennett,” said Huemac Garcia, Foothills executive director.

“Since she’s retired from SUNY, she has the time to be available to us.”

A highlight of her contributions to date to Foothills include the arts center’s first annual fundraiser in October 2012, the Foothills Food Festival that featured The Capitol Steps comedy troupe and

tastings from local restaurants.

The event sold out.

Blazina was also instrumental in updating the Foothills Website, its mission statement and the strategic plan. “The arts are so important for the humanity of our culture,” she said. “We want to promote arts in every aspect for every age group.”

In addition to her work at Foothills, the Long Island native brings a wealth of outside

experience. “She has tremendous experience in the community and in the performing arts industry,” said Garcia.

The children’s programming committee has just begun discussing plans, but “all options” including workshops and shows – and the grants to pay for them – are being considered.

“I’m honored to be elected,” she said. “Dick Miller did a fabulous job in his term as president.”

Mayor Miller, who assumed the presidency two years ago during a period of challenge, will continue on the board as vice president, a title also held by Arnie Drogen, a long-time board member.

“I look forward to the progress of Foothills,” said Blazina. “It brings good things to this community, and we’ve got all kinds of things just getting underway.”

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If Successful, Hilltop Commons Can Help City Back From Brink

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et’s get serious.

It’s time for Oneontans to reclaim neighborhoods lost to blighted student housing and prevent that blight’s spread.

Spend a couple of hours walking the blocks between Clinton (the south end of the Hartwick campus) and Church, and Center and Chestnut. You will see condemned house after condemned house. You will see some blocks that are rotting – they have tipped.

You will see others that are headed that way – they are nearing the tipping point.

Spend the time, see for yourself.

The good news is that most neighborhoods are merely pockmarked. A blighted home here,

a condemned home there among homes that are still generally welltended and pleasing.

And, granted, some of the student housing is maintained, although never as well as the bestmaintained properties.

You will conclude all our city’s downtown neighborhoods are at risk, but you will also see it’s not too late, if we act now, to turn things around in a positive way – not immediately, but over time.

• In this context, Newman Development Corp.’s proposed 325student Hilltop Commons, tucked away at the north end of Wood Ridge Apartments at the north end of Blodgett Drive, presents an op-

portunity for the city at large.

There are fewer than a handful of homes on Blodgett itself, although there are substantially more to the northeast. The goal isn’t to save one neighborhood by sacrificing another, but if the highrise is well managed – Newman’s record suggests it will be – it would ease pressure in center city and perhaps redefine the way we think about appropriate student housing that is also communityfriendly.

But sleepwalking through a growing mess – as an inspection of the Clinton/lower West/Church section dramatically emphasizes – is no answer at all.

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Mayor Miller’s Tuesday, April 2, memo to Common Council was a wake-up call in other ways.

It was shocking to learn Newman’s prospective $15 million investment would be the largest private-development in the city in a quarter century. It was distressing to learn total valuation has been stagnant for a decade.

These trends have to worry anyone concerned about the City of the Hills’ future. Sustainability, sustainability, sustainability is all we hear about these days. Our city’s dilemma, friends – stagnant revenues and dropping population as costs inevitably rise – is indeed unsustainable.

Happily, City Hall with a Syra-

cuse consulting group, Housing Visions, is planning to buy blighted properties, renovate them, and return them to the tax rolls. But a never-ending game of catchup isn’t plausible.

There are other reasons to support Hilltop Commons – SUNY Oneonta’s need to compete with other SUNY campuses for top students is large among them.

But it’s time to shift the discussion. From no, no, never, to putting the controls and provisions in place to minimize any negative impacts from Hilltop Commons and maximize the benefits, from new and needed infrastructure to new tax revenues (and, heavens, perhaps even tax cuts.)

ISSUE & DEBATE Limit Minuses, Embrace Highrise Pluses Editor’s Note: This statement was released by the Citizen Voices steering committee: Robert Harlem, Jamie Reynolds, Tom Armao, Chris Amos, Steve Harris, Mike Zagata, Rob Robinson, Richard Harlem, Rebecca Lloyd, William Mirabito, Wayne Hymers and Steve Lutz.

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he Blodgett Drive Housing Project, proposed by Newman Development Corp., is the latest issue with regards to Economic Opportunity being presented to the Oneonta area.

As is always the case, when confronted with something new, there are pros and cons. Our charge is to

weigh the pros and cons then make a decision as to whether this project will benefit the area.

This is not a challenge that has been taken lightly, especially when one considers the mission of Citizen Voices: “To support a progrowth economic environment which will provide job opportunities for the present and future generations. To be pro-business, create opportunities bringing us all together to find common ground with all to make the region a welcoming and vibrant community that is open to business and industry while balancing the beauty of the area and preserving our natural resources.”

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The Newman Project is something that has never before been attempted by a private-sector developer in our area, but has been done in other college communities. The public/private model has been used successfully in other Upstate cities, including Binghamton and Ithaca. When the project was first introduced the following questions were asked: 1) Is it necessary?

2) Who will it benefit?

3) What will it cost and who will pay for it?

4) What are the community’s obligation and what are the potential impacts? And, lastly, 5) How will the community benefit?

Once CV was made aware of this project, we set out to meet with the parties that would be impacted: the developer, the landlords, SUNY Oneonta and the city.

The first question we tried to get answered was the need for the project.

The developer had done a marketing study which he felt justified the project.

The landlords felt that there was not a need and that in fact that there was an overabundance of housing. They challenged the developer’s study and stated they would be less concerned with the project if there was a stated Please See PLUSES, A6

PILOT Will Drain Dollars From City

By JAY KEITH

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or the past 27 years, I have visited Oneonta three to four times per year, often with my family, to spend time with old and dear friends. Over that period I have come to consider Oneonta my second home.

I have always loved the unique and quirky mix of businesses your downtown area offers, like the Autumn Café and (in recent years) the Green Toad Bookstore, as well as established icons like Brooks and the Center Street Deli.

Moreover, I have always admired the Center City residential area because of the mix between student rental properties and established middle and high-income homeowners, creating unique and eclectic neighborhoods.

Clearly, the charm of your city for both college students and residents lies in the vibrant diversity of businesses and people living and working in your downtown and Center City areas.

What makes Oneonta a great place to visit and live seems to be threatened, however, by the Newman Group, which proposes a 325-bed student housing project on Blodgett Drive.

If you have listened to your neighbors involved in Save

Oneonta, you already know many of the facts, probably better than I do.

The most important of these facts, however, is that Newman will not be paying property taxes for the first 10 years if they are approved for a PILOT program. Instead, you the citizens of Oneonta and Otsego County will be paying their taxes for them during that time.

Consider this: Just the one building currently in the works (and there are more to come if this one takes off) is projected to take about $3 million in student rental revenues and shift them to Newman.

Perhaps, if you are not in the student rental business, you don’t particularly care.

But most of that $3 million is spent right in Oneonta, on things like building maintenance, marketing, staff pay and building renovations.

And at the end of the day, where do these landlords and their employees shop and eat? If they own or rent property themselves, who are they paying for their own housing? What banks hold their mortgages? Where do they buy their business and personal vehicles? Who does their snowplowing? Cuts their hair? Where do they go to the doctor? What schools do their kids attend?

Now if that money goes to Newman, consider the fact that the company employs its own private contractors for construction and maintenance from outside Oneonta; it is managed from a corporate office in a distant city, and its managers and overseers will truck in building and maintenance supplies.

Yes, they will employ a handful of locals for the initial construction and for menial tasks such as building and grounds cleanup, but most of their management, maintenance staff and security personnel will be supplied through the company itself from outside by non-residents who either commute or consult on an as-needed basis.

In short, Oneonta will see much less of that $3 million spent in the community, and, even more importantly, the people who will reap the benefits of this project have NO investment in Oneonta whatsoever. They don’t live here, they don’t send their kids to school here and, probably two years ago, they couldn’t have found Oneonta on a map.

Many of you may be thinking that getting some of the students out of Center City and back near their campus would be a great thing for the community: Please See MINUSES, A6

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But national Planned Parenthood isn’t accepting secession without a fight: March 29, it authorized its Ithaca-based chapter, Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, to add South Central New York’s counties to its franchise area.

Marcus is concerned that supporters of the local entity – Oneonta’s Karen Elting is the local co-chair, and it continues to be supported by Bassett Healthcare and Fox Hospital – will be misled by fundraising and other efforts by the new competitor from Ithaca.

According to Marcus, in 2010 Planned Parenthood’s national organization advised all its 88 chapters they must perform abortions in at least one clinic, a sticking point locally. For years, the Otsego/Delaware/Chenango/Broome chapter referred termination procedures to Southern Tier Women’s Services in Binghamton, and wished to continue to do so. “We’ve never had one of our patients say they had trouble getting a termination,� Marcus said. “Why should we duplicate services that are well provided and take the risk that if we performed a few hundred abortions in our clinic, we would force that clinic to

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But the Southern Finger Lakes put in an application to expand services into the area, and the application was approved by Juanita Francis, chair of the affiliate development and accreditation committee, announced in the March 29 letter. “They claim they know the area so well, but they misspelled Chenango and Delaware,� said Marcus.

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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

Under the rules and regulations of the Board of Health, “every privy vault and cesspool shall be cleaned and contents thereof removed at least once in each year, and on or before the first of May,” etc. It is hoped that citizens will appreciate the importance of complying with the requirement and govern themselves accordingly. The farther the contents of these receptacles of filth can be removed from the human habitation the better. No doubt we as a community suffer from the burial of filth near our residences.

If it be so that any who live not very near neighbors think they can safely bury the contents of their vaults, I would urge them not to bury it within 1,000 feet of a house, well, or spring of water. Above all, do not bury it deep; cover slightly with soil, just sufficient to absorb the odor. The gravel or sand underneath the soil possesses no power or property of absorbing anything; it is a sanitary point of view, simply a conductor of air and water; hence the danger of deep burial of decaying and putrid matter. O.W. Peck, M.D., Health Officer.

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bicycling and the Central New York Fair. Beams is secretary of the Upper Susquehanna Historical Society and one of his hobbies besides trout fishing and photography is collecting historical data.

April 1953

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100 Years Ago

The directors of the Fox Memorial Hospital have purchased one of the finest X-ray machines in the country.

The machine is known as the Solace Interruption X-ray machine, and is exactly the same type and size that is used in the Roosevelt Presbyterian New York Post Graduate, and in short, all the leading metropolitan hospitals. The cost was $1,500. The machine arrived early last week and was installed on Thursday and Friday under the direction of Dr. H.F. Waite of New York, who is a member of the Waite & Bartlett company of New York who are exclusive manufacturers of electric medical and surgical appliances and devices, and are conceded to be foremost among the manufacturers of such goods in the country, if not in the world.

It is an 8-kilowatt machine with a voltage of 150,000. It has other currents for treatment of eczema, neuralgia, muscular rheumatism, and for reducing arterial tension. During the first two days many interesting radiographs were taken.

April 1913

80 Years Ago

Pursuant to action of Congress in amending the Volstead Act, legal beer returned to Otsego County Friday morning of last week. Federal permits at five dollars each are all that a vendor requires outside the City of Oneonta in order to sell the 3.2 percent brew. With the modification of the Volstead Act and failure of the state government to establish a control plan, the Oneonta Common Council at an

April 1933 adjourned meeting Thursday evening unanimously passed a local ordinance providing for a regulation of wholesale and retail dealers, including restaurants and clubs. It provides that all vendors must procure a license in addition to the one required from the federal government. The city licenses will cost $50. Sale of beer is prohibited between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m. and during the hours of elections; to minors under the age of 18 years, directly or indirectly; within 500 feet of a school or church excepting in restaurants, stores, and certain other business places.

April 1933

60 Years Ago

Charles J. Beams recalls his early days of life in Oneonta – When Charles J. Beams came to Oneonta in 1886 there were no pavements, parks or ward schools. A wooden building on Academy Street housed all grades and the high school, and Main Street was called “Wooden Row.” There was no Main Street viaduct. Horses and buggies took their chances with trains at grade level. The Delaware & Hudson Railroad was resplendent with modern hand brakes, link and pin couplings, and sunflower stacks. For amusement and recreation there were roller skating rinks, fireman’s tournaments, home talent melodramas of Civil War times,

This is National Library Week and if you haven’t visited Huntington Memorial Library recently, we advise you to do so. We think that you will be amazed at what you see and hear. We believe that no city the size of Oneonta in the entire country can match the facilities at Huntington and the services which it renders.

This summer, Oneontans may see a few gasoline stations close and others curtail their hours because of a lack of gasoline for customers. And the price of gasoline will probably go up. The amount of gasoline available has decreased, while demand is up about seven percent. Several factors have caused the shortage. For one, no new oil refineries have been built in the past five or six years because of pollution regulations. A shortage of oil to refine is another factor. National figures show so far this year that refineries are a billion gallons behind schedule. By mid-summer, the U.S. will be 125 million barrels behind as each barrel of oil yields 42 gallons of gasoline.

April 1973

30 Years Ago

George Wolfgang Forrell, the Carver Distinguished Professor of Religion at the University of Iowa, will speak Monday at 8 p.m. in the theater of the Anderson Center for the Arts at Hartwick College, Oneonta. He will be the first speaker in the annual Christian-Scholar Lecturer Program sponsored by the Staley Foundation. Forrell’s lecture is titled “The Ethical Crisis in Secular Higher Education.” The lecture is free and open to the public.

April 1983

10 Years Ago

President Bush, eager to avoid the political mistakes of his father, is making an aggressive push to boost the sluggish economy. Bush plans a Rose Garden speech on the economy and tax cuts today. With Congress adjourned for the two-week Easter recess, Bush is sending 25 Cabinet officials and deputies across the country to promote his economic recovery plan, which relies heavily on tax cuts. The proposal is under fire from lawmakers, including some Republicans, who think it would reduce revenues too deeply and plunge the country into damaging deficits.

April 2003

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Lowering Tax Rate = Prosperity To the Editor: The recent letter blaming Bush, Reagan, The Tea Party, and maybe even The Wizard Of Oz for our economic problems exacerbated by under-taxing the rich can be attributed to too much New York Times exposure along with the TV remote locked onto CNN and a copy of the writings of John Maynard Keynes as a bedside reader.

Reviewing the history of the marginal tax rates since the end World War II will reveal the error of that writer’s analysis of taxing the rich. Under both Republican and Democratic administrations, lowering the tax rate has always stimulated real economic growth and activity.

I am really not sure of what was meant by “national debt bonds,” unless that was an oblique reference to the arcane and nefarious actions of the Fed, Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac under a variety of political pressures.

As to the laundry list of remedies provided in the letter, one need only relocate to Spain, Greece or Italy to reap the benefits of such taxation.

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To the Editor: As to Bob Joyce’s Letter to the Editor, I’m sure the tax code must be changed in places, but rates over 40 percent? What would be the incentive to start or run a business and create jobs. I think reading Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” and maybe taking Economics 101 should be required for everyone, especially our government leaders.

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Joan S. Morris, 80; Child Advocate Founded Bugbee School MASSENA – Joan S. Morris, 80, the founding director of SUNY Oneonta’s Bugbee Child Care Center, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013, at the St. Regis Nursing Home in Massena, where she had lived since August 2012.

Joan was born Nov. 26, 1932, in Buffalo, the daughter of the late Alfred P. and Edith (Bradley) Skillicorn.

She graduated from Hornell High School and achieved a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Cornell University.

On Jan. 30, 1955, she married Rodney S. Morris, who predeceased her on April 21, 2010.

Joan was an advocate for children through her work as the director of the Chenango County Head Start Program and later as the founding director at Bugbee. Locally, she is remembered as a true pioneer, providing inspiration to the staff as the center opened and developed. Prior to her retirement, Joan worked for New York State, advising and promoting state operated child care centers.

Since her marriage in 1955, she was a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where she and her husband were active with missionaries in Kenya and East Africa from 1955 until 1968.

Joan is survived by her two children and their spouses, Kathleen and Ross Howitt of Massena and David and Kelly Morris of Maryland. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Joel, Cory and Erin Howitt, Kyle, Tyler, Mekenzi and Elias Morris; her sister and brother-in-law, Edith Ann

and Michael Miglore of Chicago, Ill.; and nieces and nephews.

There will be no calling hours. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting, Poplar Ridge.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting, 1868 Poplar Ridge, Poplar Ridge, NY 13139.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Donaldson Funeral Home, Massena.

Robert D. VanZandt, 80; Sergeant Returned To Serve As Public Loan Officer ONEONTA – Robert D. VanZandt, 80, a lifelong Oneonta resident who worked for the D&H, died on April 3, 2013, from medical complications at Kindred Hospital in WilkesBarre, Pa. Robert was born on Feb. 2, 1933, the son of Emory and Lena VanZandt.

Robert graduated from Oneonta High School in 1950 and attended Champlain College in Plattsburg for business and finance before returning to Oneonta.

He began a career with the Delaware and Hudson Railroad as a dispatcher until he entered the Air Force in January 1953. By the end of his military duty in 1958, Robert rose to the rank of Sergeant. Robert became a loan officer and manager for public loans of

both Oneonta and Norwich He later worked for Royal Chrysler Dodge in Oneonta as the finance manager until his retirement.

Robert remained active in local events through the VFW, Elks Club and the American Legion, where he was a past commander.

He was an avid skier in his younger days and an enthusiastic golfer up until his death.

Robert is also survived by his grandchildren, Ryan and Lisa Reed, Randi Lee Reed, Adrienne Hester, and Kaitlin Lutzen; his greatgrandchildren, Brandon and Tyler Reed; his brother, Douglas VanZandt and wife, Janet of Ashburn, Va.; his niece, Serena VanZandt; his nephews, Karl, Doug, and Kurt VanZandt; many greatnieces and nephews; and

son-in-law, Joe Pondolfino.

He was preceded in death by his grandson, Aaron Reed.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, April 12, at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, 14 Grand St., Oneonta,

A funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 13, at the funeral home. He will be laid to rest in the Glenwood Cemetery at a later date.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.

Leola M. Kruh, 90; Active Leader With 4H, Girl Scouts ONEONTA – Leola M. Kruh, 90, who was active with many Oneonta civic organizations, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2012.

Leola was born July 14, 1922, in Masonville.

She was a homemaker and seamstress and dedicated a lot of her life to various organizations, including 4-H Club, Girl Scouts, was president and chaplain of Oneonta American Legion Post 259 and a member of DAV, VFW, Rosary Society and the Young at Heart Club of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Oneonta.

She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Letitia and Richard Goulette of Endwell, and their

children, Richard, Robert and Karen Zielewicz; and her great-grandchildren, Michael Goulette and Aaron Zielewicz; and a daughter and son-in-law, Justina and Jorge ObregonLopez of Endwell and their children, Alex and Jordan; and one great-grandchild, Quinn Obregon-Lopez.

Also several great-nieces, great-nephews and cousins.

Leola was predeceased by her husband, Michael E. Kruh; and her son, Michael D. Kruh.

Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

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The college has refused to weigh in on the discussion either pro or con, although it had proposed a similar townhouse project on campus last year that didn’t go forward because the state froze funding.

The college stated a need for the project in its February 2011 release. It stated that since Higgins Hall, the newest dorm, was built, “the college’s FTE count – a rough number of students enrolled - has grown by 300.”

It continued: “SUNY Oneonta’s facility master plan ... indicates a market for additional student housing consistent with the modest increase in enrollment – the addition of 250-300 students-projected over the next decade.”

The release concluded that a recent feasibility study and market analysis indicated demand for “nearly 500 additional beds on campus, apartment/townhouse style independent living with privacy and cooking facilities and housing proximate to campus with access to campus amenities and services.”

Based on this information from the 2011 release, and the fact that the college actually planned a townhouse project, it would appear that there is certainly a need for this type of housing. The fact that this will be done with private-sector money rather than public-sector money is a benefit to the community as it will add to the tax base.

The college is the clear beneficiary from this project. It will have a modern facility to recruit with, yet not have any of the respon-

sibilities that accompany the housing of students.

The school district will see an increase in its tax base, which will benefit the community while not adding any corresponding enrollment to the district.

The developers benefit if they have done the proper planning and operate a professional operation; but they also stand to lose if they don’t perform to the standards expected.

Some landlords may actually benefit too as they will adjust to the market and may be able to offer a higher-level style of housing at a premium price in better locations.

The city may actually see a decline in the number of residences devoted to student housing in the center city. However, there appears to be an attempt by the city to repopulate the center city with owner-occupied housing and this may prove to be the catalyst necessary to make this happen and thereby increase the overall tax base. They reportedly have a plan in the works to facilitate the transition.

The existing landlords stand to lose if they are unable to adjust to the standards a segment of the student population expects and is willing to pay for.

The cost of the project will be the responsibility of the developer, who will pay for the cost incurred by the city for infrastructure and engineering either through direct reimbursement or fees.

This brings us to the PILOT, or payment in lieu of taxes, for a prescribed period. How the PILOT is structured needs to be addressed very carefully and

with great care to ensure that any plan that is provided is also available to future developers and is fair to those who are currently operating within the city without the benefit of a PILOT. The Industrial Development Agency, IDA, will negotiate any PILOT. A PILOT was provided to the Bresee’s Project which was linked to downtown revitalization. This type of pilot should be reserved for projects located within this sector or that will somehow aid in addressing the needs of the city.

The community needs to be open-minded and seek ways to present a positive, fair, analytical approach to potential economic-development opportunities as they present themselves.

We cannot just come out and say “no” to each and every opportunity. We need to see if there is some middle ground where all can agree. Change will occur and it can either be positive or negative.

If we always find reason to not let something go forward, then eventually we will wither and die. This area has a history of rejecting change.

This project is permitted within the zoning of the city. The SEQR requirements for this project will likely improve the runoff situation that has occurred along Blodgett as well.

In summary, CV supports the project as there is a clear need by the college and it will add to the tax base.

We recommend that all the concerned parties work together to ensure that this project will take place while mitigating the concerns of the community.

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But consider this. Students will continue to come “downtown” on weekend nights, but if more of them live up the hill, more of them will do so in cars, and some of the remainder will walk noisily through Center City, mostly between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. every Friday and Saturday night. That probably won’t make your streets any quieter or safer.

Moreover, while the bar businesses in Oneonta probably won’t be affected by the Newman project, think of the effect of 325 fewer people buying groceries and eating restaurant meals in town every week, because Newman residents will have meal plans. Further, students living in Newman will be less inclined to shop on Main Street, because they will spend much less of their total time in town.

Many in Oneonta, including, rather surprisingly, the editorial staff of The Daily Star, seem to believe that the Newman project will force local landlords to “up their games” to compete with a better product, and drive the “slum lords” out of business. But consider that the per-bedroom rents on the Newman property will be in the $800-permonth range.

That represents the highest end of the market in student rental property downtown; these are the responsible landlords who have been developing and improving local properties for decades in your community. They are NOT “slumlords” or “absentee landlords.” The Star ran a full-page article profiling one such Oneonta business

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I think the responsible landlords at the upper end of the market would welcome fair competition from Newman, but many cannot afford to “up their games” to compete if they have to pay Newman’s property taxes in addition to their own for the first 10 years.

Is that “fair competition” or “free enterprise”? Should the government subsidize an out-of-town corporate giant on the backs of local businesses and local people?

And don’t forget that the “slumlord” category of landlords is not the same species of business owner as those in the high end of the market. “Absentee landlords” and “slumlords” charge substantially less per month than Newman for a much less attractive product; they actually stand to benefit from the Newman project, because Newman will drive the high end of the local rental market out of business, leaving cheaper (and shoddier) alternatives in town. I think you can agree that such a scenario will drive property values sharply down in Center City.

Finally, I think you need to understand that Newman’s 325-bedroom complex is only the beginning. If this complex is built, there are plans for at least seven others waiting in the wings. I understand that many acres of property near the SUNY Oneonta campus have recently been rezoned for high-density housing.

Shannon Stockdale

I’m sure the local zoning board has all the details, were anyone to check. Each new development will suck money out of your local economy at the same rate as Newman threatens to do.

I always thought of Oneonta as the Ithaca of Otsego County; but if this scenario plays out, in a few short years the boarded up houses, empty storefronts and high unemployment rate will make your charming city more reminiscent of Detroit than Ithaca.

The bottom line is this: Newman doesn’t care what the ramifications of this project are to you. That’s your job! It seems to me that almost every property owner, business owner and worker in Oneonta, not just landlords, stand to be hurt by this development.

If you see it that way, too, please contact your local leaders, as well as those who represent you at the state and federal levels, such as State Senator James Seward, State Assembly member William Magee, Representative Christopher Gibson and U.S. Sens.

Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.

Attend meetings, write letters and make phone calls! Newman threatens to become the largest absentee landlord in Oneonta history, and your tax dollars will be paying for it. Tell the people you elected to put a stop to it before it puts all of you out of business!

Keith is a professor at Monroe Community College near Rochester.

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Just Outside the Village—Sprawling farmhouse has a few additions including a 19x14 kitchen w/vaulted ceiling, island, exposed beams, double pantry, and breakfast nook. Circa 1900 home also offers large LR w/beamed ceiling, den w/fireplace, DR w/woodstove, mudroom, laundry, and full bath on the main floor. There is an attached 23x24 area, currently 3 rooms, which offers additional living space. Upstairs are 4 BRs, 3 half-baths, master suite with tiled tub, standing shower, walk-in closet and private balcony. Front porch, rear deck, garage and storage space. In need of some updating, this spacious home has been priced to sell!

Offered Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty Now $199,000 Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com • Contact us at info@ashleyconnorrealty.com For APPoiNtmeNt: Patti Ashley, Broker, 544-1077 • Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 547-5304 • Nancy Angerer, Sales Agent, 435-3387 Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 547-8288 • Amy Stack, Sales Agent, 435-0125 • Chris Patterson, Sales Agent, 518-774-8175

Home of the Week Consisting of two 2-level, 3 BR apts; one 1-level, 3 BR apt; and two 2 BR apts. Building was renovated in 2006 to include new kitchens, baths, furnaces, water heaters, appliances, and roof. Utilities are separate for each unit. 3 BR apts have eat-in kitchens w/islands, large LRs and full bath. Ceramic tile, new carpeting and Pergo flooring throughout. On-site laundry in common access basement for additional income. Newer steel fire escape and hard-wired fire alarm system for reliable safety. Plenty of on-site and on-street tenant parking. Has Certificate of Compliance. $366,900 MLS #87780 locally owned & operated oneontarealty.com single & multi-family homes, commercial office 441.7312 • fax 432.7580 • 99 Main St Oneonta property & land

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Puppeteer Fulfills Dream With ‘Tempest’ Auxiliary’s $200,000 Latest Gift Of Many PUPPETS/From A1 in Residence, has been involved with theater since he was 11, even taking improv lessons from a fellow Upper Darby, Pa., high school theater alum, Emmy award-winning writer and actress Tina Fey. “I stepped onto the stage at age 11 and never really stepped off,” he said.

While trying to decide where to go to college, he turned on the TV and saw a documentary on New York City’s Henson Festival.

“It wasn’t just children’s theater, it was legitimate entertainment for grownups,” he said.

He went back to his

room, looked around and decided he would build a puppet and, with a block eraser, a few wires and a pen cap, he created a small bird. “I realized this was a way I could tie all the things I was interested in – sculpture, storytelling and theater – together.”

Ryan studied at the Art Institute of Boston and has worked with the Catskill Puppet Theater. Most recently, he was inside the bowels of the villainous Audrey II in Orpheus’ production of “Little Shop of Horrors.” “Every puppeteer dreams of playing Audrey II,” he said.

He even spent time in

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India, backpacking with a group of performers in the Shiba Sham Shows in India.

“They were backpackers who did independent theater,” he said. “Jugglers, mask work – I was lead puppeteer.”

And he hasn’t forgotten that first bird. Ariel, the sprite of “The Tempest,” appears in several bird forms, including a heron and owl.

“The Tempest” will be presented using a modified Bunkrau, a Japanese puppetry using three performers on stage, dressed in black, with the puppet.

As the Artist in Residents, he oversaw 14 students and taught them how to make, paint and move the puppets. The cast itself is 25 students. “It’s great seeing ideas that don’t come from me coming to life on stage,” he said. “I can’t imagine a better cast.”

DONATION/From A1 into singles to maximize recovery and prevent the spread of disease. “We’ve raised $700,000 of the $1.5 million dollar goal,” said Dr. Alan Donovan, chair of the Fox Foundation. “This is a five year campaign – we’ll be working on this for more than a few months down the road.”

In the past 25 years, the Auxiliary has raised $1.2 million for the hospital, said Joanne Burdick, Fox director of volunteers, but the $200,000 pledge – $40,000 a year for the next five years – is its biggest to date.

“We strongly support the concept of the single occupancy private fund,” said Burdick.

The Auxiliary raises $60,000-70,000 a year through the gift shops, book carts and the annual craft show, as well as special

shopping events featuring uniforms, chocolates, handbags, linens and shoes.

“We’ve got Man in the Moon Herbs coming up on April 11,” said Burdick.

“People are really drawn to these sales; they come from quite a distance.”

In March alone, the sales, gift shop, vending machines and book cart brought in $11,950.00.

Though the main fiveyear fundraising focus is the Gold Standard project, the Auxiliary is still committed to smaller projects as well. “We’re starting a no-sew blanket group for the nursing home, newborns and hospital residents,” said Jane Borachok, Auxiliary president. “The volunteers can get together, have coffee and make these blankets – they’re fleece and they just knot together.”

Though they’re starting

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with just hospital volunteers, Borachok says she hopes that they see enough interest to open it up to the community.

The Auxiliary also funds two employee appreciation events – an afternoon of brownie sundaes and a Thanksgiving pie for everyone who works at the hospital.

Volunteers also help purchase equipment when departments make requests.

“This is the Cadillac of wheelchairs,” said Burdick, pushing the new wheelchair in the endoscopy wing. “It’s bigger, it has space for an oxygen tank and elevating leg rests.

In medical imaging, the Auxiliary helped purchase a blanket warmer. In 2012, they donated $35,000 to a kitchen renovation.

“We’re dedicated to this,” said Borachok.

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MLS#85578 – Location, seclusion and views make this solid contemporary build ideal. Cooperstown area, close to Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. $229,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#88323 - Charming Craftsman Cape has 3 BRs, 2 wood-burning fireplaces, window seat, leaded glass windows, lots of built-in cabinets, hardwood floors, kitchen w/Jenn-Air appliances, deck, and carriage barn. $149,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068

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MLS#84020 - Fly Creek colonial features 4 BRs, 3 ½ baths, master suite w/walk-in closet and large bath, eat-in kitchen w/double pantry closets, wood floors on first floor, and full finished basement w/bath and outside entrance. $270,000 Call Chris @ 607-376-1201

MLS#86278 - Commercial Lease in Cooperstown: 2 floors, and outdoor courtyard with Main Street and Doubleday Court access. Endless possibilities.

Call Kathy Fistrowicz for details @ 607-267-2683 New listing! MLS#88511 - Well maintained 3 BR home on 1.58 acres bordering stream. Spacious kitchen leads to partially covered deck. First floor BR, full bath, laundry, and 4-season sunroom. Home has large rooms, 2-car/2-story carriage barn, and paved driveway. $139,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683

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MLS#87103 - 3 BR, 1½ bath, 2-story home. 7 miles to Cooperstown, Cooperstown schools. $69,000 Call Frank @ 607-435-1389

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This is the original 1880 Fly Creek 3-room schoolhouse with the original school bell on the roof.

The building has been carefully renovated and converted into a home with a studio apartment.

The high-ceiling LR is open to the kitchen and dining area.

There are 3 BRs and bath on the second floor; studio apt w/full bath on main floor; and family room, bath/laundry and guest BR on lower level. An attached 2car garage and a workshop/barn complete this unique property. exclusively offered by Don Olin Realty at $749,000 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 For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie – Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King – Associate Broker – 547-5332 Don Olin – Associate Broker – 547-8782 Eric Hill – Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois – Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue – Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz – Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie -Sales Associate -547-4141 Carol Hall - Sales Associate -544-4144

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