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Panhandling On Rise, Passersby, Police Report. But Do Handouts Help The Needy? By LIBBY CUDMORE & IAN AUSTIN
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t’s becoming a familiar refrain in downtown Oneonta. “Can you spare a dollar?” “A hustle is a hustle,” said Bobbi Jo Warden-Utter. “I am out here every day. I collect Social Security and I get $822 a month for the two of us.
It’s hard around here. You pay a lot or you are on the street. I have lived the street.” Bobbi Jo was panhandling in Muller Plaza with her husband, Robert, who added, “If you have to beg for it, then you do. You have to do whatever you need to get by.” But panhandling is a rising concern Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA to acting Oneonta Police Chief Doug Bobbi Jo and Robert Utter say Please See PANHANDLING, A7 they can’t make ends meet.
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Connor Parker, Mount Vision, lept from the sidelines to run with his mother as she crossed the finish line of the SADD run Sunday, April 2, at OHS.
SUNY Oneonta President Due To Retire In ’18
‘Anonymous Mailings’ Won’t Revive Oneonta
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n an e-mail to the campus community Tuesday, April 4, SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski announced she plans to retire in July 2018, at the end of the Kleniewski next academic year. In her e-mail, the college’s seventh president praised the institution, faculty and staff, but “most of all, I have enjoyed many opportunities to meet students, and see them grow and thrive here.” OUT OF RACE: Democrat Zephyr Teachout, who lost to U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19th, for an open seat last Nov. 8, is telling supporters she won’t challenge Faso again in 2018.
Mostly, He’s Reassuring On City Initiative By LIBBY CUDMORE
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n his second State of the City address, Mayor Gary Herzig sought to reassure anyone who has concerns about the $14 million “Authentic Oneonta” downtown revival effort now underway. But there are limits, he said sternly at one point. “I will tell you one thing that does not work,” he said to a standing-roomonly crowd at the Common Council meeting Tuesday, April 4. “And that is anonymous mailings with blatantly false information designed to promote the sender’s personal self-interest.” He was referring to a Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA mailing sent out two weeks Speaking to a packed Common Council chamber, Mayor Herzig was reassuring, but also direct, in Please See SPEECH, A6
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NEGLECT CHARGED: Deputies charged a Waterloo woman, Kerstin Marland, addressing challenges associated with a $14 million downtown revitalization effort. 22, with animal neglect Saturday, April 1, after finding two dead cats, two emaciated ones and six untended rabbits in a Milford The new By JIM KEVLIN college house. The animals were presileft without food or water, dent rriving EXCERPTS from Nader By LIBBY CUDMORE deputies said. was inaugural speech, A4 on Long inauguIsland, SHELTER HELPER: rated by usic – this time, when John S. Nader The Susquehanna Animal SUNY opera – will once would tell people he was the new president at trustees’ Shelter’s thrift store will again ring out SUNY Farmingdale, they would reply: “Oh, chair celebrate the grand opening from Oyaron Hill. that’s across the street from Adventureland,” a Carl of its “boutique corner” at “Three years ago, some popular fun park since 1962. McCall. 10 a.m. Saturday, April 8, of my students at BinghamPlease See NADER, A2 SUNY Farmingdale photo in Hartwick Seminary.
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PASTOR BONEBRAKE RETIRING AT MAIN ST. BAPTIST
Palm Sunday Welcomes Holy Week
Community Gathering for Palm Blessing Sunday, April 9, 10:30 a.m. • 31 Elm St., Cooperstown Participating Clergy: The Rev. Thomas LeBeau, The Rev. Joseph Perdue, The Rev. Betsy Jay, The Rev. Elsie Rhodes, and Father John P. Rosson. Village Congregations: St. Mary’s Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Chuch, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, Christ Church, Episcopal and First Baptist Church Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
After 22 years of preaching at the Main Street Baptist Church, Rev. Gary Bonebrake, pictured here with his wife of 50 years, Barb, will give his last sermon on Sunday, April 30. After completing his seminary training in Chicago, his first church was in Wells Bridge, moving to Buffalo after four years to teach, then to Germany. The couple returned to Oneonta in 1995, when he was called to Main Street Baptist. The Bonebrakes plan to stay in Oneonta. “We love Oneonta and we are grateful to be here,” said the pastor. “I am looking for other ways that I will be able to serve to Lord in the future.”
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NADER/From A1 When he departs years hence, “I want everybody to say: ‘Adventureland? Oh, that’s across the street from SUNY Farmingdale’,” said Nader with a laugh. In the nine months between taking office and his installation Friday, March 31, by SUNY trustees’ chairman Carl McCall, the former gubernatorial candidate, Nader’s already focused on his prime strategy: Making the 9,300-student campus – already SUNY’s largest tech school – even more desirable to attendees. One of his first actions was to begin a shuttle service between the campus (near the Suffolk-Nassau county line) and the nearest Long Island Railroad station. “In the first semester, 10,000 students used it,” said the executive, whose mayoral duties in Otsego County’s only city included oversight of Oneonta Public Transit. In meetings with the Student Government Association, he was asked to expand library hours – and that’s happening this spring in the week leading up to finals. Nader is aiming to make those expanded hours permanent next fall.
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Another student concern is a perennial one everywhere: Better and more varied food, and he’s working on that, too. One surprise in his first months at Farmingdale was “the number of students who work to pay for ‘our’ education – more than 70 percent among four-year students,” so they want to get their money’s worth. That’s prompted the Nader Administration to look at ways to enhance on-campus offerings, in and out of the classroom, to make them more accessible to all students. Nader said he is also seeking to elevate the image of the 380-acre campus – founded in 1912, it is the oldest public college on Long Island – in the community at large, and saw Inauguration Week as one way to do that, inviting such VIPs as Utica-based John Zogby, the renowned pollster, to campus. A tree-planting ceremony of a Swamp White Oak – it will grow 70- to 75-feet tall – and the annual Alumni Award were among the activities leadup up to the inauguration, which was also attended by such political figures at state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig. Nader’s father, legendary 1960s Oneonta mayor Sam Nader, watched the ceremony on live video from his River Street home. A final surprise: How much’s he’s enjoyed living on Long Island. “The two things most complained about are the enormously expensive cost of housing and the traffic,” said Nader. “Because I have a residence on campus, I don’t have to deal with either!”
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Palm Sunday - April 9 10 am and 5 pm -Worship Maundy Thursday - April 13 6.30 pm - Worship Good Friday - April 14 12:10 pm - Meditation with Word and Music Easter Sunday – April 16 8:30 am - “Sunrise” Service 9 am - Easter Brunch 10 am - Resurrection Service with Communion
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Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord April 9, 2017 Join us for Easter Sunday as we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. May you find the answers you’ve been looking for!
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Holy Thursday, 13 April 2017 Good Friday, 14 April 2017
8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer 1:00 pm-3:00 pm—Individual Confessions 4:00 pm—Celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Death 7:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize
Holy Saturday, 15 April 2017
8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer and Blessing of Easter Foods
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, 15 April 2017
Noon – Good Friday Worship
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Herzig: Confound Naysayers, Work Together For Brighter Future Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s second State of the City speech, delivered Tuesday, April 4, to Common Council.
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n the day I took office, 18 months ago, I stated that I believed that local government can be a force for good. We have assembled a team of professionals that is making that a reality. We now have a leadership team that any organization – for profit, not-for-profit, or government – would be proud and fortunate to have. City government must address a broad mosaic of needs and we are doing so through teamwork and effective leadership. Our employees, our department heads, the volunteers on our boards and commissions,
and our Common Council are all pulling in the same direction and are focused on both the current and the future needs of the people of this City. Let me specifically commend our Council – eight individuals who are here for the right reasons and are driven, solely, by the desire to do good for the people of this city. Our economy continues to be primarily studentbased. We greatly value our students and the business which they create. Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA But only a limited few are Leadership, professionalism, partnerships and benefitting. For more of an engaged citizenry will lead Oneonta into us to access good jobs and the future, Mayor Gary Herzig declared. business opportunities, it is the growing small agribusiimperative that we diversify throughout the Mohawk Valley Region and by the ness that surrounds us, and our economy. leadership in Albany. We to provide much needed Our Downtown Revitalintegrated affordable and ization Initiative is designed will work to revitalize our beautiful Main Street, to market-rate housing for to do just that, and it has attract visitors as the hub for Oneonta’s families. This is been praised enthusiastically
HAIL TO THE CHIEF! Education Never More Valuable, Nader Says At Inaugural Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from former Oneonta Mayor John S. Nader’s Friday, March 31, address as he was inaugurated at the ninth president of SUNY Farmingdale.
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s the President of the University of Michigan Mark Schlissel noted in his own inaugural remarks, talent and motivation are widely distributed, but opportunity is not. Every college or university should seek to address that disparity. Let’s be clear: the region, the nation and Long Island have never been in greater need of thoughtful citizens and people prepared to bring skills, knowledge and the ability to continuously learn to our society. To engage, not retreat; to build bridges instead of walls is the essence of higher education. Think about our awesome task: We are asked to prepare students for immediate employment leading to successful careers while imparting the ability to think critically in order to maintain, or improve Please See NADER, A5
a once-in-a-generation opportunity and, therefore, we must get this right. The unusual DRI planning process has left unanswered questions for some. It is important to recognize that our city planning process has not yet begun. A process that will include complete site plan reviews and impact studies conducted publicly by the city Planning Commission. We will also embark on an indepth Housing Study and an update to our City Comprehensive Plan. Both initiatives will be community-based and built upon input from those who live and work here. These initiatives will be essential in reaching decisions regarding any and all future development in both our downtown and throughout the city.
And for those who fear that future development might detract from our historic architecture, I can assure you that will not be the case. I have made a commitment to the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s Bob Brzozowski and the design committee of Destination Oneonta that they will serve on architectural review boards, looking at both actual plans and design guidelines. Nothing will be built that does not complement our unique and historic downtown. The end result will be something of which we can be proud and will help to diversify and to build upon our economy – creating jobs and opportunities for our future. As we move through the process, there will be Please See HERZIG, A6
FOR THE RECORD
Critical Issues Remain As State Budget Stalls Editor’s Note: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, issued this statement after the state Legislature was unable to pass a budget by the April 1 deadline.
and $2.5 billion for clean water infrastructure. Now, I will continue to work to enact a final state budget that controls spending, supports our public schools, helps families afford the high cost of or the past six college, eases costs years at this on our small busitime, I have nesses, and expands updated you on the ridesharing Upstate. finer points of our When it comes to new, on-time state “Raise the Age” I budget. This year want to strike a balis a bit different. Seward ance and make sure A number of unyouthful offenders resolved but critical issues are given a second chance, are still being negotiated. but I will not sacrifice So today we passed a public safety or allow viotemporary budget extenlent criminals to walk free. sion which keeps state The temporary budget government operating and covers state expenses ensures essential services through May 31 but I am will be there for you. working to reach a final There is some good agreement soon so that our news in the budget extenschool districts can have sion - a significant boost in a level of certainty going pay for direct care workers into public budget votes.
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If Commissioners Don’t Serve Public, Public May Abolish Oneonta Fire District To the Editor: Thank you for reminding residents of the Town of Oneonta to attend the rescheduled April 11 public
hearing at 6 p.m. at the Elm Park Methodist Church at 401 Chestnut Street. 85 percent of Town of Oneonta residents are satisfied with
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the round-the-clock professional fire protection provided by the City of Oneonta fire department, yet the town fire commissioners continue to pursue an ill-advised plan to establish a new volunteer department. This expensive and inefficient proposition will not save town taxpayers in the long run and will devastate
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so it is essential that we express our opinions to them in whatever way we can. There is a sense with many residents that the commissioners have so far pursued this plan against the wishes of the town and the question I most frequently hear is, “What can be done if the fire district establishes Please See STAMMEL, A5
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hearing date. If that’s the case, your voice can still be heard. You may send written comments directly to the fire commissioners or you may send your comments with a friend who may read them into the record and/or submit them. Remember, these fire commissioners are duty-bound to represent the people of the fire district,
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Lori Patryn Made Otesaga Even More Special
e were sorry to learn of the death of Lori Patryn Smith. While we did not know Lori well, for many years now we have appreciated her courtesy, care and concern whenever we had the opportunity to dine at The Otesaga. We first encountered Lori when she was a waitress. Throughout the years, she worked her way up to the position of maître d’hôtel. Yet, no matter her position, her sunny disposition, and obvious concern for those dining at the hotel, never changed. During her long illness, we missed seeing her every time we went to the
hotel to eat. And that is something that will not stop. We extend our sympathy to her family and friends. • We must say we were disheartened CATHERINE to discover that LAKE our street, upper ELLSWORTH Pioneer, which was supposed to have been resurfaced last year but wasn’t, does not appear on the village’s list of street work for this year.
When it became obvious last year that the work was not going to happen, we asked the powers that be why that was. We were told that the way in which the village has been resurfacing streets does not hold up well on streets where there is parking. Foolishly, as a result of that conversation we thought upper Pioneer Street would make the cut in 2017. But alas, that does not seem to be the case even though the mayor notes that he is determined to fix this village. We have to wonder if the mayor knows when the last time Upper PioPlease See COLUMN, A5
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History
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
150 Years Ago
The Public Library – Every village should have a building reserved for a public library. In it should be placed and arranged all printed matter, whatever can in any way be obtained. The local Congressman will doubtless cheerfully send numbers of valuable documents, and care should be taken to preserve files of newspapers, especially of those published in the country. In this library, any curiosities, Indian remains or relics, or anything connected with, or illustrating the local history, geology, botany, or social condition of the neighborhood may be appropriate. April, 1867
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Chinese Exclusion – The House of Representatives on Monday, by vote of 179 to 42, passed the Chinese Exclusion bill. The bill practically excludes all Chinese, except the Minister and his suite, and abrogates existing treaties with the Chinese Empire. So sweeping is the law, indeed, that a Minister to this country from China, who had returned home after his term of office had expired, will not be allowed to come back here and see the friends who had shared his hospitality. We believe in excluding Chinese who compete with our laborers. However, we believe that the most populous nation on earth, where there are immense American interests, will not allow itself to be treated so shabbily without adopting a retaliatory policy that will probe unpleasant to say the least to the United States. Already it is reported an immense petition has gone to the Celestial Kingdom from this country asking the Emperor to exclude all Americans from China. April 1892
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The German-American – There is every reason why (in view of many disturbing instances of the past two years which could be cited) the government of the United States should keep a watchful eye upon un-naturalized Germans and on their descendants in the first generations. It is a duty which the country owes to itself, and it would be recreant to the trust imposed on it should it do less. At the same time, it should not be assumed that because a man or his father was born in Germany he is not therefore a good American. The Westliche Post of St. Louis says that there can be no doubt over the standing of American citizens of German extraction. “With our blood they have helped to up-build and up-hold the nation.” The Colorado Herald of Denver states: “Should the command at last be issued to follow drum and bugle in defense of our country, in that hour American citizens of
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COLUMN/From A4 neer Street was resurfaced. And while we knew it was quite a while ago, we were not exactly certain of the date until we came across the following which appeared in “Where Nature Smiles” on April 10, 1991: “In closing, one certain sign of spring is the annual ritual during which certain village streets are torn up in anticipation of being resurfaced. This year Pioneer Street is one of those chosen to be fixed and we know that it did need to be because the rough surface we have now, that is torn up is in many places, is smoother than the street was before work began!” Obviously the street was in sad shape in 1991. And we can but hope this time around that it does not disintegrate completely before it once again makes the ever-anticipated street work list. • Of course, while doing research in “The History of Cooperstown” by Hollis, et al on a completely different topic, we came across a rather interesting item regarding street work. The following information appeared in the Dec. 26, 1916, edition of The Freeman’s Journal: “The Board of Trustees formally voted to accept the offer of Mr. And Mrs. William T. Hyde to donate the sum of $10,000 toward the cost of paving and improvement of Main Street, under certain conditions relating to the manner in which the project should be carried out. This included the removal of wires and poles, erection of boulevard lights, planting of shade trees, etc.”
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And while we suppose this might be another way to approach getting one’s street done, we suspect it would take much more than $10,000 to make such a deal with the village today. Thus, we think, from our point of view, it is probably not in the cards. • In closing, we would like to share an item we came across that was included in ‘Where Nature Smiles” in the Feb. 27, 1991, edition of The Freeman’s Journal. The following thoughts about the village, taken from a publication celebrating the Otsego County Centennial in 1891, point out: “Intelligent and refined as the people are, every effort should be made for improvement. No village exists but what there is some opportunity for improvement and advancement, either morally, or intellectually. “Beautiful as the village is, lovely as the lake may be and grand as the mountains that look down upon our valley home may seem, we cannot expect to prosper if discord, strife and contention should enter within it. Let the citizens act in unison and harmony, and the impression imprinted upon the minds of our visitors will be to the advantage of all.” PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607547-8124 or by e-mail at cellsworth1@stny.rr.com. Or, for more thoughts about the comings and goings of Cooperstown, visit the website, cooperstowntoday.com.
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10 Years Ago
Word was received last night from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey that another Hungarian refugee couple is due to arrive by bus at 8:11 a.m. today in Sidney. According to J. Arthur Belcher, Sidney Community Council president, an apartment is ready for the newcomers – Mr. and Mrs. Kurja Bela – in the Sherwood Heights section. That’s where the Malodesczky and Nadasi families, previous refugee arrivals, are now housed. Mr. Bela will be employed as a mechanic by Hotaling Sales and Service. April 1957
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Two women, long active in civic affairs in Oneonta have been named to city commissions by Mayor James Lettis. Nancy Cole has been appointed to the Capital Budget and Planning Commission, while Leonide Guenette has been reappointed to the Housing Authority. Mrs. Cole, who is confined to a wheelchair, has, the, been an advocate for rights for the handicapped. One of her major complaints has been that she can’t get to the second floor of City Hall April 2007 to attend meetings. She has to be carried up. Mrs. Cole is a member of the League of Women Voters. Mrs. Guenette is German birth would not be found wanting.” April 1917 a charter member of the Housing Authority and was active in the movement to build Nader Towers. Members of the Commission and Authority serve without pay. April 1977 The world’s insistence on adhering to what he termed the “stage coach philosophy” of economic nationalism was blamed by Francis B. Sayre, Assistant Secretary of State for About a week ago, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) its asserted failure to have learned a lesson from the Great announced it official stance on gay marriages. It does not War. Sayre declared the problem of peace could be solved approve. It also does not want practicing homosexuals as only by “frankly recognizing the facts of present-day life.” elders or deacons. Although not all of the votes are in, the In an address at a dinner of the League of Nations Associamajority of the regional governing bodies, or presbytertion, Sayre said: “Post-war efforts toward economic recovies, have agreed to what is called Amendment B, which ery, based upon policies of increasing economic nationalstates that people ordained “must live in fidelity within ism, never can bring recovery, for they ignore the facts the covenant of a marriage of a man and a woman, or in of modern industrial existence and rest upon an outlived chastity in singleness. Protestant churches generally have philosophy. By shutting nations off from foreign markets some leeway in how strictly the tenets of a common rule upon which their economic existence depends, these polibook are enforced. But, it’s likely that many Presbyterians, cies effectively block the only real solution possible. Their among the 2.7 million members of the denomination, welinevitable tendency is to drive desperate rulers toward the come the stand the church has taken. Other Presbyterians suicidal course of imperialism and conquest – the way of believe that their church has taken a giant step backwards 1914.” “Today,” he declared, “the standards of living, if and have vowed to work for a repeal of Amendment B. (Ed. not the very lives of entire populations are dependent upon Note: Amendment B was eventually reversed. Currently a steady flow of raw materials and foodstuffs at prices unP.C.U.S.A. churches ordain teaching elders (pastors), ruling enhanced by prohibitive economic barriers, and also upon elders (lay leaders), and deacons regardless of their birth a steady sale of their own surplus production in foreign sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. markets for a remunerative return.” April 1997 April 1937
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New President: Education More Valuable Than Ever NADER/From A4 society’s institutions. And, by the way, we are often asked to do so with an appreciably lower share of public sector support than we had on the day I entered academia as a new faculty member in 1982. Many of you have the seen a sign in diners and retail establishments that reads in descending order: good, cheap, fast – pick any two. We chuckle because we know it’s true. Given current expectations, however, there could well be a sign at the entrances of our colleges that says: access, affordability, instruction, service, research, civic engagement and career placement – check all of the above. And with these expectations, we live in an age when colleges are continuously questioned and asked to justify their costs, their programs, and their results. Is college worth it? Why does college cost so much? These questions and concerns are fair. Very fair.
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sustain an interest in public affairs and public institutions that I undoubtedly inherited from my father, (legendary Oneonta Mayor Sam Nader). For him, government and politics are not to be disdained or disparaged. On the contrary. These are ways to do good things for other people. Sam Nader He is the embodiment of that still inspiring notion that the highest office in an open society is that of the active and engaged citizen. His views seem old fashioned to some, and brand new to others. He taught us to have an abiding respect for public institutions of all types, institutions that are open to all people. – From son John’s inaugural speech After all, we ask students and families to make one of their single largest investments in anticipation of results that may not be fully realized for years. We do so in a time where instantaneous results are often the expectation. The value of our work, our institutional priorities, and even some of our curricula are being questioned. The calls for containing costs, or narrowing curricu-
la, or reducing times to degree will not soon subside. It is true that we should always look to be better, more reflective and more nimble without sacrificing our fundamental roles in an open society and dynamic economy. To envision a better future for our students and to make meaningful investments in their success is the very essence of being Powered by Optimism.
If we cannot clearly articulate this and convey the value of what we do and why we do it, then we do not deserve the public support we seek. We should address these questions head on and say directly that nothing of enduring value will come from narrowed minds in a cynical age. ...Now, is college worth it? Is it a good investment? Have we fulfilled our role as servant? The data are emphatic. There has never been a time when the returns to a college degree were better. Last year annual earnings for college graduates were 70 percent higher than they were for non-graduates. In 1980, that difference was only 20 percent. In 1965 it was less than 10 percent. Perhaps more important, those fortunate enough to earn a college degree typically enjoy healthier and longer lives, and are far more civically and philanthropically engaged.
If Board Of Fire Commissioners Doesn’t Serve Public, Abolish It STAMMEL/From A4 the volunteer department against the wishes of the people?” My hope is that the commissioners will hear the opinions of the town and put the brakes on this proposal. But if that does not occur, there are other remedies. Mr. Kevlin, in a previous editorial, suggested that a full slate of new candidates may be run to challenge the incumbent commissioners. While elections are usually the means to hold elected officials accountable, that remedy is not ideal in this situation. After their disputed election of December 2015, several of the commissioners claimed multi-year tenures, up to five years. The full slate will not be up for re-election this year and the incumbents could potentially complete the establishment of the volunteer department before the expiration of
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their terms. In my view, this leaves one potential remedy if the commissioners move forward with a plan against the will of the people. In that case, the residents of the fire district may initiate a formal petition for the dissolution of the Town Fire District, pursuant to Article 17A of the General Municipal Law. If enough signatures are gathered, it will force a public referendum. If the referendum passes, the Fire District will be required to prepare and approve a dissolution plan. A dissolution plan would not be difficult, as the duty of providing fire protection would merely shift back to the Oneonta Town Board, which would then be responsible for adopting the annual contact with the city fire department. Charging the town board with providing fire protection would have
several benefits. It would provide for greater accountability, as attendance at monthly town board meetings exceeds those of the fire district. Additionally, approximately 1,200-1,500 residents vote in the bi-annual town elections versus the approximately 10-50 people who have voted in the little-known December fire district elections. Finally, dissolution of the fire district would eliminate an unnecessary extra layer of government that costs taxpayers thousands of dollars every year for its administration. It could reasonably be argued that dissolution of the fire district is the most prudent action regardless of how the upcoming public hearing turns out. ANDREW D. STAMMEL County Representative Town of Oneonta
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Herzig Decries Negativity, Says, Let’s Work Together HERZIG/From A4 much opportunity for public dialogue and input. The more voices at the table the better the outcome, and all will be invited. And let’s not forget that progress is built upon compromise. No one person, one sector, or one group of persons will, nor should, get everything they want. I will tell you, however, one thing that does not work – and that is anonymous mailings with blatantly false information designed to promote the sender’s personal self-interest. Simply put, that is not the way we strive to work together in the City of Oneonta. And finally, to develop a significant number of good-
paying jobs, we will continue to partner with Otsego Now in the development of the Oneonta Rail Yard. Last week, I met with Peter Fontana, director of Industrial Development for the Norfolk Southern Railroad. I was delighted to hear his enthusiasm for the project. He cited our location and topography as an ideal opportunity and was confident that he could refer businesses to this site once developed. In closing, let me say that we do have our challenges. Our student-based economy is too limited and narrowly focused for enough of us to have good paying jobs; housing options are very limited; our
infrastructure needs upgrading; and our taxes are too high. Solving these problems will not be easy. It will take strong and experienced leadership, a professional team, an ability to build and sustain partnerships, and just as importantly – a citi-
‘Anonymous Mailings’ Won’t Review Oneonta SPEECH/From A1 by a group calling itself “Main Street 1st,” which featured poorly Photoshopped renderings of the Westcott Lot and the Food & Beverage Innovation District proposed for the corner of Market and Chestnut streets. “Most people would agree that’s not how we get things done,” he said. But Herzig also stated in his address that he understands the $14 million, state-funded Downtown Revitalization (DRI) process now underway left concerns and questions for downtown merchants, residents and building owners. “The DRI process wasn’t like any other project,” he said. “We don’t normally do planning before we have actual projects, so of course there are a lot of unanswered questions.” In an earlier interview, Herzig said he had met with Seth Clark and Rick Weinberg, who operate student-rental companies and have been vocal critics of the DRI plans, particularly the proposed housing component. “We want to work together on common goals,” said Herzig. “It was a very good dialogue, and for the most part, we want the same things.” “Gary was kind enough to meet with me a couple of times,” Clark said in an interview. “We were never against the $10 million. We just want to tweak some of the ideas, but we have to concentrate on rebuilding what we already have, particularly the upstairs on Main Street.” Of the total, $4 million in DRI funding is targeted to upgrade existing Main Street buildings. “We’re providing direct assistance for the development of upper floors, facades and signage, while also providing indirect support through directory signs, walkways, gate improvements and marketing,” Herzig told packed Common Council chambers. And he announced a second housing study, as well as an update to the city’s comprehensive plan. Stantec, the consultant selected to lead the community in the first phase of the DRI, “did a housing study as part of the DRI planning process, but many of us felt that it wasn’t accessible,” he said. “We want to do one that involves more public input and participation.” He has invited Clark and Weinberg to serve on the housing task force, aimed at closely examining the city’s housing needs. “I share the sentiments with student landlords,” he said. “No one is looking for more student housing, but we aren’t looking for less. We want a mix.” He also stressed that a Main Street solely designed to cater to students doesn’t better the lives of the citizens. “We love our students, but in a studentbased economy, there are only a limited number of people who can benefit from that,” he said. “For more of us to access good jobs and business opportunities, it is imperative that we diversify our economy, and the DRI is designed to do just that.” He spoke of meeting with Peter Fontana, Norfolk Southern Railroad’s director of industrial development, on revival of the Oneonta Rail Yards. “I was delighted to hear his enthusiasm for the project,” he said. “He cited our location and topography as an ideal
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health issues, a lack of affordable housing – sometimes all of it together. It’s a vicious cycle, and once you get in, it can be hard to get out.” In Utter’s case, it’s illness. “I have epilepsy,” he said, “so I have a hard time working, and I have been trying to get disability for years. I was also in the military, and they let me in despite my condition, but I haven’t been able to get any help from the V.A.” “We’re seeing more homeless individuals come through our doors than we have in the past,” said Lynn Glueckert, Catholic Charities’ executive director. “We have a transient population, people who get stuck here, and there isn’t a lot of low-income housing. The drug epidemic hasn’t helped any of those issues either, and it’s hard to find a good job.” Glueckert agrees simply giving panhandlers money solves nothing. “If you feel comfortable, you can ask them about their circumstances,” she said. “If they’re hungry, you can buy them some food, rather than just giving them money.” The challenge isn’t just downtown. Two years ago, Luisa Montanti, Southside Mall manager, saw a couple panhandling out in front of the mall and rather than just banning them from the property, she helped get them into a treatment program.
“A lot of them don’t know where to start,” she said. “If more people in our community would just lend a helping hand, we would have a better community.” But Oneonta is not lacking in helping hands, or not helping handouts. Catholic Charities also hosts the Caring Connections program, a clearing house where an individual can be personally directed to the services they need. “If they need housing, transportation services, they can come in and we will pick up the phone to help them get those services.” Oneonta also offers a hot meal seven days a week, with the Lord’s Table Monday through Friday, Saturday’s Bread on Saturday and the Salvation Army on Sunday, as well as food pantries at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and St. James Episcopal Church. “The Department of Social Services has a 24-hour hotline you can call as well,” she said. “Now that there aren’t payphones downtown, some people may not have the means to make that call when they’re in need.” But for some, panhandling feels like their only choice. “We use our resources to our advantage,” said Warden-Utter. “It’s hard to get money, but I can get it. I can get it as long as I do not debase myself. I ask for what I need. You need money to eat, to live. It’s a demon we all have.”
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op aboard the Easter Bunny Express with the Easter Bunny and friends Saturday and Sunday, April 8 and 9 (also April 15 and 16) at 1 p.m. departing on the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad. Free goodies and refreshments for everyone, tickets $20 adults, $19 seniors, $17 children age 3-12, departing Milford Train Depot. PALM SUNDAY: Welcome Holy Week 10:30 a.m., Sunday, April 9 with community gathering for Palm Blessing at 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. Participating congregations include St. Mary’s Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, Christ Episcopal, and First Baptist Church and clergy The Rev. Thomas LeBeau, The Rev. Joseph Perdue, The Rev. Betsy Jay, The Rev. Elsie Rhodes, The Rev. Dane Boston and Father John P. Rosson. BOWL-A-THON: Talent to spare? Show ‘em how you roll in the Arc Otsego’s third annual Bowl-a-Thon fundraiser with teams of four, door prizes and a 50/50 raffle. $25 at the door, Sunday, April 9, 1-4 p.m. at Holiday Lanes, 5198 State Hwy. 23, Oneonta. Info, registration at www.arcotsego. org/events/bowling.html FASHION SHOW: The Cooperstown Fashion Show returns this Friday, April 7, 7-9 p.m..with original student fashion designs and models, in the Sterling Auditorium, 39 Linden Ave. Adult admission, $5; $2 students. CLASS PLAY: Oneonta High School Blue & Gold Guild performs the popular Disney “High School Musical” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8 in the Belden Auditorium (130 East St.) to benefit the Family Service Association school supply drive. Tickets $5 senior citizens and students, $10 adults. ART RECEPTION: It’s through the lens Friday April 7, 5-8 p.m. at CANO’s opening reception for photography of Kate Shannon’s “Within the Happy Crowd” and Bret Dalton’s “Icelandic Images,” at the Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.
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On Final Weekend, Father, Son Played Together At Oneonta Concert SITAR/From B1 training with his father until he was 5, his earliest memories are of his father’s music in the family home in Oneonta. “I was always soothed to sleep by his playing,” he said. “My mother ran his record label, Atma Lotus Music, and would leave the speaker turned up a little while she was duplicating his recordings.” But even before the son was born, it seemed, music was his destiny. While his mother Tracy was pregnant with Arjun, they went to see Ravi Shankar – George Harrison’s sitar teacher also taught Roop – at Carnegie Hall. “I was accompanying Roop on the tamboura” – a four-string lute that accompanies the sitar – “at a lot of his shows,” said Tracy. “Ravi’s accompanist hadn’t shown up for the sound check, so he asked me to accompany him. I got to
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play on the Carnegie Hall stage, holding the gourd of the tamboura against my belly so Arjun could feel the vibrations. I knew right then that, one day, he would perform at Carnegie Hall.” Ravi Shankar even named Arjun. “It is tradition that the grandfather name the son, but Roop’s father was dead. So Ravi told him, ‘As
a teacher, I am like your father’ and he named Arjun.” And though he hasn’t yet played at Carnegie Hall, Arjun has played at concert halls around the world, including a Prague Castle, Pattee Arena, the Fillmore, Fox Theater, the New School, and the United Nations in Geneva, several of which were performances
alongside his father. Arjun first picked up a sitar at age 5. “I was sitting on Papa’s lap while he played, and he asked if I wanted to learn,” the son said. “By some coincidence, that week a student of his had dropped off a child-sized sitar he was no longer using. It was a beautiful serendipity.” He studied with his father until he was 15, when he was “handed off” to Roop’s other teacher, Ali Akbar Khan. “He is a Mozart figure of North Indian classical music,” he said. “Papa took me to him and said, ‘My student, my son, is yours.’ He took me apart musically and put me back together again, and in many ways, I am still learning from him.” In addition to his education, as a wedding present Arjan’s parents gave him a sitar they had received from Shankar. “He said, ‘I will let you use this,’” said Arjun, “I don’t know any other
musicians who would gift their best instrument to their child.” He used the sitar for 15 years, and last year had it refurbished to give back to his father. “He never got a chance to play it,” he lamented. Arjun continued his studies in California, getting his degree in psychology at Dominican University, while his father stayed in Oneonta and performed. In September 2015, they reunited to play their first show together in 15 years at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pa. And at his final concert, Roop, was wheeled onto the stage at SUNY Oneonta’s Goodrich Theater with an oxygen tank, and helped to his seat. “He started playing the piece we had planned to end with,” said Arjun. “But now, as an adult, I didn’t have that terror I felt as a little boy at that first con-
cert. I was able to feel the moment and just play. My mother and my sister Uma had planned to sing along, so they chimed in. We managed to get through almost the whole repertoire before I could tell he was getting tired.” And his father had one last surprise in store. “As I was thanking everyone at the end of the show, he said, ‘I want to play more,’ and just went into this spur-ofthe-moment piece, right from his imagination,” said Arjun. “He was feeling what he wanted in that moment, so I just stepped back and let him do his thing. He let his spirit go free.”
Rotary Expands One-Day Spring Flling To ‘Special Event Weekend’ FLING/From B1 with the village-wide Cooperstown Yard Sale at homes throughout the village. Spring Fling opens in Doubleday Field at 10 a.m., with music throughout the day, a silent auction, craft vendors, food and tastings from the Cooperstown Beverage Trail. “Our little elves have been busy making baskets for the auction,” said Howarth. “There’s really something for everybody.” The Saturday is also the Otsego Land Trust’s grand reopening at Brookwood Point after substantial work, including the razing of the
Cook mansion. Designated as a “Special Event Weekend” by the Village Board, Main Street merchants will be allowed to set up tables on the sidewalk. “We really wanted to celebrate spring in Cooperstown,” said Katz. “We want this event to be as village-wide as possible.” On Sunday, a live auction will be held at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. “It’s all fine items,” said Katz. “Art, furniture, home decorations, even some experiences, like a cocktail party or having a chef come to your home and cook a
meal.” And on Sunday night, everyone will be invited back down for dinner in the Doubleday Field parking lot. “We’re going to have baked potatoes, hot dogs and hamburgers, and brownies,” said Howarth. “But for each of those, there’s a topping bar, so you get to load them up however you want. We think it’s going to be a real crowd-pleaser. We’re going to feed everybody.” The night closes with an ecumenical prayer service in Lakefront Park, led by two pastors, Rev. Elsie Rhodes of First Presbyterian Church and Rev. Tom LeBeau of
Cooperstown United Methodist. “They’re really pulling the church community together for this event,” said Katz. “We love the idea of having as many denominations there as we can.” The event has its roots in the Rotary Yard Sale, which started in 2007. “We used to have a big fundraiser sale in what’s now the Cooperstown Distillery,” said Howarth. “In 2013, we went to the village and asked if we could block off Railroad Avenue to traffic to make it a real street fair, with food vendors, artists and tables for local nonprofits.”
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Paul W. Shelton, 94, Inventor; Fought In 32 WWII Battles On USS Lexington ONEONTA – Paul Wilson Shelton, 93, a World War II veteran who served on the USS Lexington aircraft carrier during 32 battles in the Pacific Theater, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Fox Hospital. He was born May 18, 1923, in Warwick, Tenn., the son of the late Henry and Clarence (Cherry) Amos. Paul was raised in Woodville, Mississippi and graduated from Woodville High School. He enlisted in the Navy just before Pearl Harbor Day and, assigned to the USS Lexington, was also involved in the development of radar. While on leave in Boston, Paul met Jean Allen and
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