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or Al Keck, one memory of World War II predominates: “I remember standing at Grace Church

nursery school in Brooklyn with my teacher, Ms. Hanon – she was very pretty, looked like Loretta Young, but prettier – and I asked her why all the other kids’ daddies had come home when mine didn’t.

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As a Navy chef on the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in his 20s, he was part of a 1,000-person kitchen crew that served meals, 24-7, to 5,000 sailors. After 30 days at sea, a supply ship would pull alongside, fire a Please See CHEF, A7

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Lillien Tillapaugh and Andrew Kenyon are all smiles when he popped the question after performing with his a cappella group, Red Line, Saturday, Feb. 8, before a crowd of 240, at The Otesaga/FULL STORY, A2

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he former driveway of the Inn At Cooperstown is now Fenimore Lane, the village’s newest thoroughfare.

In a public contest, both the CCS Student Council and Village Historian Hugh MacDougall suggested the name. No street has memorialized the famed local author of “Last of the Mohicans.”

The driveway’s ownership was the subject of a lawsuit that went all the way to the state Court of Appeals, the state’s highest, before it was found to be a village street.

Rock And Roll HoF Stars May Join Our Hall’s 75th

By JIM KEVLIN

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o official is confirming anything right now, but chatter is sweeping Baseball Town that Bruce Springsteen may be playing a role in the Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary celebration this summer.

The talk centers around the weekend of Aug. 1-3, when the Boston Pops is scheduled to perform Saturday, the 2nd, in Springsteen the field next to the Clark Sports Center where former Yankees manager Joe Torre, Atlanta pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, and others will be inducted the Sunday, July 27, before what may be a record crowd.

Bernie Williams, the former 16-year Yankee who now has a jazz combo and was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2009, is the only celebrity in a line-up that was promised when the Boston Pops appearance was anPlease See 75TH, A6

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THEY’RE TOPS: The digital magazine, New York States of Mind, has identified The Fenimore Art Museum as one of the “10 Best New York Museums Outside Of NYC.”

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Beth Heinrich of Cherry Valley demonstrates her break-dancing moves at the Cooperstown Winter Carnival’s Kid Disco Saturday, Feb. 8, at the fire hall. In top photo, Greg Frevele, foreground, and, from left, Bill Senif, Rick Hulse and Scott Kurtiss man the griddle at the Lions’ Club pancake breakfast at the vets’ club/MORE PHOTOS, A3

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At Concert, A Proposal For Surprised Lilly Tillapaugh

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he audience at the sold-out Redline show on Saturday, Feb. 8, got a once-in-a-lifetime

performance when chorus member Andrew Kenyon used one of the group’s songs to propose to his girlfriend, Lilly Tillapaugh.

At the show’s finale, Kenyon took to the mic to announce the group would be premiering a new song,

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“Always And Forever,” dedicating it to “a very special lady.”

At the end of the song, Kenyon called Lilly on stage and proposed.

According to her father, Martin Tillapaugh, “There wasn’t a dry eye in the house” when Kenyon got down on one knee and opened the ring box. Of course, she said yes.

When it was announced

that Redline would be playing at the Cooperstown Concert Series, Kenyon called Lilly’s father to ask for his blessing, which he gave happily. “He said he was planning to propose in the spring, so no one was expecting this,” said Tillapaugh.

The two met while singing in an a cappella group at Bentley University. They live and work in Boston.

SCOTT HAYFORD PROMOTED TO COLONEL

Scott Hayford, a 1986 Cooperstown Central School graduate, is promoted to full colonel in the Air Force. Colonel Hayford graduated from West Point in 1993, and joined the Air Force at that time. At the ceremony, Hayford’s wife Jessica, right, was promoted to Navy commander. The colonel’s son, Ryan, and dad Earle, of Cooperstown, pin the insignia of rank on his shoulders.

BASS HONORED: Eryn Bass, a management major from Fly Creek, is on the Dean’s List at Roger Williams University for the fall semester.

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Claire is the daughter of Charles and Karen Jones of Savannah, Ga., and is a graduate of Savannah’s Calvary Day School and Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va. David is the son Mr. & of Michael and Susan Pikarsky of Cooperstown. He is a graduate of Cooperstown Central School and Liberty University.

The maid of honor was Erika Fifelski, best friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Kristen Redding, Maggie Griffin, Julie Jones, Kiersten Pikarsky, Ashley James, Jamilynn Lesh, Kari Ellington and Anna Fitzgerald.

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CHILLY – BUT FUN County Treasurer Dan Crowell, foreground, won the adult event in the Winter Carnival Sled Races Sunday morning, Feb. 9, in Lake Front Park. The three other adult contestants were, front to back, Bill Weldon, Caroline Geertjens and George Hovis.

Brothers Tim Griffin, left, and Tanner were partners in Natural Bird Feeders, at CCS’ TREP$ Marketplace Sunday, Feb. 9, held in conjunction with the Winter Carnival. Dozens of young entrepreneurs peddled their wares in Bursey Gym. Near the starting line of the Bob Smullens 5K/10K run Sunday, Feb. 9, Cooperstown’s Josh Edmonds was leading the pack as he rounded River and Main. Ten kilometers later, he was still in the lead, winning the race in 32:54.

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Michelle Gage, center, accepts the $500 medallion check awarded by The Freeman’s Journal on behalf of herself and hubby Mike. Because she was working, she couldn’t attend the 2 p.m.

Winter Carnival closing ceremony, so the committee gave her the check on the job. Committee members are, from left, Lora Newell, co-chairs Teresa Leveille and Sarah Lewandowski, and John Saphier. The Gages found the medallion in the wee hours of Sunday morning at Three Mile Point Park under the green ramp that leads to the observation deck.

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here is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stage coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position and be bruised in a new place.”

Washington Irving

Get Ready, Otsego County, To Be Under National Microscope

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ep. Chris Gibson has tested Irving’s theory. Gibson, whose closely cropped graying hair announces his Army pedigree, believes he should be in the Guinness Book of Records for having moved so swiftly – in 10 months – from membership in America’s most admired to its least admired institution. On March 1, 2010, he ended a 24year military career and on Nov. 2 was elected to Congress. This fall, he will participate in perhaps the year’s most interesting congressional contest.

Americans have sorted themselves out politically, so approximately 390 of the 435 House contests will be boring.

Just 16 Republicans – Gibson is one – represent districts Barack Obama carried in 2012, only nine Democrats represent districts Mitt Romney carried, and perhaps fewer than 45 contests nationwide will be competitive. One will be in the 8,000 square miles of New York’s rural 19th District, which runs along the Hudson River from about 60 miles north of The Bronx to the Vermont border.

Gibson, 49, was raised in Kinderhook, a few hundred yards from the home of Martin Van Buren, a Jacksonian Democrat whom Gibson, a Reagan Republican, considers a kindred spirit. Gibson enlisted the day after he turned 17, but he graduated from Ichabod Crane High School – the Hudson Valley also gave the nation Washington Irving – and Siena College,

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Sean Eldridge, left, chats with county Rep. Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, at a Democratic County Committee meeting in Cooperstown. Chris Gibson, above, at CANO’s Chili Bowl in Oneonta with wife Mary Jo, shakes hands with Autumn Cafe’s Tim Johnson.

served in the Gulf War, Kosovo and Iraq, rose to the rank of colonel with the 82nd Airborne, along the way earning four Bronze Stars and a Cornell Ph.D., and taught political science at West Point.

He entered politics when the Tea Party impulse was waxing, and he agrees with its adherents about limited government but favors compromise to get there.

“The Constitution,” he notes with a colonel’s crispness, “was a compromise.” And, he adds, Patrick Henry, a Tea Party pinup, opposed ratification of it.

But Gibson thinks “MVB” – he refers to Van Buren as if he were

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Wood: Town Can Produce Own Water More Cheaply

To the Editor: I would like to respond to the editoHanford Mills Museum Ice rial in last week’s edition concerning Harvest attracted a near-rethe City of Oneonta being glad to share cord 1,009 attendees. And their water to encourage development. the winter carnival itself In the right circumstances and locarebounded; More than 150 tions it is definitely possible that City people warmed up Saturday water will be able to encourage develnight at the Tonya Harding opment. The editorial unfortunately Chicken Wing Contest. contains several inaccuracies regarding There’s a vitality we’ve the Town of Oneonta and these must simply failed to recognize. be corrected.

Let’s think ahead to JanuFirst and the easiest to correct is that ary 2015. Let’s plan. The the town does not have to sell water to Otsego and Cooperstown Davenport for the project to succeed. I chambers, our political lead- have not heard that before. I have spoers, our privatized tourist ken in the past to Supervisor Valente bureau, individual business- of Davenport and am aware that he is people, let’s collaborate. interested. If and when we have water For years we’ve talked available we will offer it to him. I fail about elevating Otsego to see how that could be detrimental County to a Winter Wonder- to the town. I firmly believe that more land. It’s long past time. In retail and restaurants will only attract 2015, let’s do it. more customers and improve business

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aradoxically, the Cooperstown Winter Carnival signals the end of winter. The days are longer, the quality of light more intense. Phones start ringing in local business, and thoughts turn toward the huge 75th anniversary Hall of Fame Induction.

The closing of Oneonta’s Neptune Diner on Dec. 28 heralded a particularly gloomy month. But, when you think about it, there were several success stories.

Foothill’s sixth annual Bridal Expo attracted more than 80 brides, with attendant family and friends, a record on the first gloomy weekend of the year. The

Hughes, 30, who bought the New Republic magazine – founded 100 years ago this year as a voice of progressivism – with a portion of the fortune he made as co-founder of Facebook. Eldridge, who wants to bring his own progressivism to Congress by beating Gibson, grew up in Ohio, graduated from Brown University, attended but did not graduate from Columbia Law School, founded a venture capital firm and went looking for a receptive congressional district outside New York City. The first one where he and his husband bought a residence turned out to be politically problematic, so they kept

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a neighborhood chum – deserves to be a Tea Party favorite because he was Andrew Jackson’s sidekick in slaying the Bank of the United States, which they considered an instrument for people who practiced the vice nowadays called crony capitalism.

Gibson, who looks forward to teaching and coaching, has pledged to serve no more than four terms representing a district that Obama, like George W. Bush, carried twice – in 2012, by six points. Sean Eldridge hopes to give Gibson an early start on his next career.

Eldridge, 27, is married to Chris

that residence and bought another (supplementing their Manhattan apartment) in the 19th District.

It was said (by John Randolph) that Van Buren “rowed to his object with muffled oars.” Muted, stealthy politics is, however, not the current style. Eldridge’s investment firm is located in the district, and last summer the New York Times reported that the firm had made at least $800,000 in loans to local businesses.

Progressives, being situational ethicists regarding the phenomenon of money in politics, are selectively indignant about the rich throwing around the weight of their wallets. But when progressives say there is “too much money in politics,” etc., conservatives should remain relaxed. Everyone, including Eldridge, should have the right to do what he or she wants with his or her money. Besides, Eldridge will use his money to disseminate his political speech, which conservatives should be confident will do Gibson much more good than harm.

As David Winchell, a 60-yearold owner of a roadside pizza and BBQ restaurant, told the Times, “This area is becoming too citified.

I would fear that this gentleman coming in would be too relaxed in his views.” The Times noted, “He added, with a disapproving tone: ‘Progressive is the word.’ ”

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To say that the town’s creation of a water district will ensure the demise of the Greater Oneonta area is absurd. The Greater Oneonta area continues to expand, albeit modSupervisor estly with projects like Bob Wood the Hillside Commons in the city, and the town will have a minimum of six new businesses this summer and the major reconstruction of one of our existing businesses. That is on top of the new commerce that arrived last year.

The most egregious error is the dollar amount for the water project.

The difference is not between $1.6 million if the city provides the water and $9 million if the town does. The $1.6 million only gets city water to the Southside from the city well. To build

our own water plant will cost $1.19 million, a savings of over $400,000 dollars. The town must still build the distribution system for the district at a cost of approximately $7.8 million regardless of where the water is sourced.

The city did agree to sell the town water at cost, as opposed to the 150 percent it currently charges town residents. They presented the town with a very detailed look at all of the costs they incur in producing water. That cost was estimated (by the city) to be $2.43/1000 gallon provided the town used 500,000 gallons per day. Currently it is estimated the district would use 157,000 gallons per day. At that usage level the cost per 1,000 would be higher. The town well could produce it for $1.17/1,000 gallons based on today’s consumption. When we build up to use the 500,000 gallons per day our cost would drop to $0.60/1000 Please See BOB WOOD, A6

Stammel: Collaboration Good, But Not In Every Situation To the Editor: While I truly agree with the sentiment behind your editorial on Southside water in the last edition, I take issue with the numbers you cited and the unsupported conclusions you drew.

Inter-municipal cooperation and increased efficiency are laudable goals and I believe they can often save taxpayers money and encourage economic development and investment.

Unfortunately, this is not one of those cases and the proposal presented by the City of Oneonta was simply not in the interests of our taxpaying property owners in the town.

From the (very) preliminary numbers that I have seen, property owners in the district will find significant savings both at the capital investment stage and through water supply costs if the town plan is used.

The capital costs proposed by the city were about 35 percenjt higher than

those of the town plan. The water usage fees for the City’s plan were over twice as expensive (108 percent more) than fees for the town plan.

I also believe that it’s unwise to plan all of the anticipated development for the town and city around a single well or aquifer. This approach will surely limit development and the town and city will undoubtedly reach their capacity sooner than they would if multiple sources are used.

Additionally, the Fortin Park location would allow for possible infrastructure expansion to the East End of the town, Emmons, and possibly County Route 47 and Hemlock Road (a location that the proposed Town Comprehensive Master Plan suggests could be a site of future industrial/ commercial development.)

I think focusing on just the big box/Southside commercial district is shortsighted and will limit develop-

ment. But more importantly, it would be more costly to our taxpayers with the same or less benefit.

I want to respectfully urge you to speak with Bob Wood or someone else with full knowledge of the status of the proposals so that information could be included in your features. It would be irresponsible to sway the passions of the residents based upon incomplete or erroneous facts and presumptions.

After all, the public will be asked to vote on this matter and they should be well informed.

We all want the same thing: a thriving and growing Oneonta. I believe in the idea of “One Oneonta” (in an economic sense) and I think the success of Otsego County relies heavily on the success of our town and city. We need to get this right and I hope you will continue to help us achieve that goal.

ANDREW D. STAMMEL Oneonta Town Board Member

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200 YEARS AGO

Advertisement – 40 Dollars Reward! Strayed or stolen from the Horse Shed of Mr. Cook, innkeeper, in the Town of Hartwick, in the night of the 8th, inst. a Span of Black Mares, harnessed together; both natural trotters; one of them rather small, about 16 years old, heavy with foal, with a white spot on each shoulder, made by working in hames, and has a wen-gall on each hind leg – the other is about 12 years old, has a remarkable large head, is about 16 hands high, of lofty carriage. The harness was plain, with the common Dutch collars. Whoever will return said property, with the thief (if stolen) or give information where they may be found, shall receive the above reward, or $20 for the mares and harness. Ira Day. Burlington, Otsego County, February 11, 1814.

February 12, 1814

175 YEARS AGO

Divorces – The present session has witnessed an instance in which an application for a divorce in a case not provided for by our Statutes, has been favorably entertained by our legislature.

This reminds us of an opinion we have long entertained, that the provisions of our current laws on the subject of divorces are too narrow, and might, with proper precautions, be beneficially extended. As they now stand, a divorce can be obtained on no other ground than the infidelity of one of the parties. But do reason and experience teach us that this is the correct rule? We think not. Are there not cases in which the reasons both of individual right and general expediency equally favor the dissolution of a tie, which is no longer observed by one party, and has become a bane and curse, instead of a blessing and comfort, to the other?

February 18, 1839

150 YEARS AGO

Local – Real Estate: Mr. N.H. Lake has purchased of the Prentiss estate the building in which he does business, and in which, for about 40 years this paper has been published.

Mr. Andrew Shaw, Jr., has purchased the building adjoining us on the east, of the Stowell estate, to be occupied by him as a hop store. Mr. S. will become a resident of the village in the spring.

Mr. D.A. Avery has purchased the lot opposite the mansion of Mr. Sill, on which he will erect a residence next season.

Cards and circulars are printed on our new Yan-

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is on the job, a Works Progress Administration project, and plans are being made to add from ten to twenty-one later in the week, according to Harry A. LaDuke, the foreman. The men will be taken from local relief rolls. The demolition of the old grandstand at the county fairgrounds has been completed and the steel has been transported to Doubleday Field for use in the new grandstand being erected there which will seat 700 people. Working from plans drawn by W. Carter Burnett, local engineer, the force has completed the laying of the concrete foundation of the new stand and cutting and erection of the steel will start the middle of the week.

February 15, 1939

50 YEARS AGO

Wendell Tripp has joined the staff of the New York State Historical Association as editorial associate. He came here from Geneva where he has been a member of the history department staff at Hobart College. A graduate of Drew University with a Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, Mr. Tripp is currently a candidate for a doctor of philosophy degree at Columbia University. A major in American History, which he has taught for a number of years, he is a specialist in the history of New York. At Fenimore February 11, 1914 House, Tripp will serve as managing editor of the kee Card Press at the rate of 10,000 a day. Call in New York State Historical Association’s quarterly “New York History,” and will set up a program and see it work.

February 12, 1864 of historical research and publications.

February 12, 1964

125 YEARS AGO

Local – In these days when there is so much reading matter offered in books and newspapers at a very low cost, there is greater need of discrimination in the selection of what shall be read, and especially on the part of young people. Much of it is trash, and not a little of it positively hurtful. There is enough that is entertaining, instructive and amusing, to meet all proper demands.

The Miss Doubleday house on Pioneer Street has been sold to Charles R. Hartson; consideration, $4,500. It is the intention of Mr. Hartson to put the building in first rate condition for a dwelling, in the rear of which will be the bottling establishment.

February 15, 1889

75 YEARS AGO

The work of erecting seating facilities at Doubleday Field for the coming summer got underway in earnest this week. A force of 34 men

25 YEARS AGO

Reagan-era policies that have shifted housing assistance responsibilities from federal agencies to the states have led to changes in the local real property market. “It’s getting to the point where young home buyers, unless they have money behind them, are getting closed out of the market,” said Don Olin of Don Olin Realty in Cooperstown. Olin’s firm has served fewer younger clients in recent years because the lowest average price for a home in the Cooperstown School District is $75,000.

February 15, 1989

10 YEARS AGO

The New York State Senate has confirmed Bassett Healthcare President and CEO Dr. William F. Streck as a member of the state’s Public Health Council. “The Public Health Council is the main oversight body for public health policy

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Smithy, Art Association Eye Merger Community Asked, Help Explore Entities’ Future COOPERSTOWN

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wo community meetings have been scheduled for March to determine whether two venerable village institutions – the Smithy Pioneer Gallery and the Cooperstown Art Association – should merge.

The Smithy’s executive director, Danielle Newell, recently resigned to become NYSHA’s director of education, and this prompted the merger discussion, according to a press released from both organization.

“This is an idea which is being cautiously and thoughtfully explored – both organizations are simply dipping their minds into these waters,” said the release, issued by Henry S.F. Weil, Smith board chair, and Cheryl Wright, CAA board chair. They pointed out the organizations are only two blocks apart, and both display the work of regional artists and offer a variety of art classes.

All community members are welcome at the focus groups, which are planned at 7 p.m. on two Mondays, March 14 and 21, at the CAA’s Big Red Annex Art School at 5 Railroad Ave. Parking is available across the street in the Delaware Otsego Corp. parking lot.

Written comments may be submitted to Donald Raddatz, c/o The Smithy Center for the Arts, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

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Project Expense Did Not Make Sense

Speculation About Springsteen Rampant

six weeks.” who would play against the Wounded 75TH/From A1 Part of what’s circulating is that the Warriors,” the travelling team of nounced last summer. on Southside Drive have BOB WOOD/From A4 Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in Clevedisabled veterans that raises money for LGH19 Productions principal, Logallons. What benefit would perfectly good well water injured vets. But again, there were no ren Harriet, the Los Angeles agent who land will be helping out the baseball today, but many do not have is bringing the Boston Pops here and there be to having a higher hall in the celebration. There are close particulars on the names. good quality or quantity. bond cost and paying four ties, since the rock hall president, Springsteen has an interest in lining up the related talent, would not The substantially higher times the rate for the water Greg Harris, spent a few years at the baseball, Katz said, and is friendly say Springsteen will join the celebracost of city water would be itself?

Cooperstown hall after graduating with Hall of Famer Paul Molitor, who tion, but he wouldn’t say he won’t. more likely to deter them Finally, the editorial he met while playing a concert at the “There’s just nothing to announce right from the Cooperstown Graduate Profrom hooking up. states that residents would University of Michigan when the now,” he said Monday, Feb. 10. How- gram in Museum Studies.

The Town of Oneonta did ever, an announcement may be forthhave to pay $600-$800 year “I think it’s going to be so excitfuture pro baseball star was an underits due diligence in examin- coming in a week or two, he added. to replace perfectly good ing,” said Mayor Jeff Katz, who has grad there. Molitor, who is among the well water. At this time that ing the city proposal. We heard the Springsteen talk. At its last most active inductees in Hall of Fame “The rumors of Springsteen comhad no problem with sharing ing to town, at this point, are simply number is unknown. The meeting, the Village Board approved affairs, “is a huge Springsteen fan,” the a resource like water with town has been very diligent plans for a “celebrity softball game” in mayor added. rumors – only hope and excitement,” the city. The numbers on in doing all that we can to Doubleday Field the night before the Right now, according to Springssaid Jeff Idelson, Hall of Fame presithis project simply did not ensure residents of the dispops concert. teen’s official site, the “Born to Run” dent. Since “talent” is starting to line trict get the most reasonable make sense. The Otsego “The proposed game would include singing legend is touring Australia. up bookings for next summer right County IDA was given a cost available. We have The site has bookings through May 18, now, Idelson said, he doesn’t anticipate a team of celebrities, which may presentation on this before worked diligently to submit include athletes, musicians and actors at the Mohegan Sun Casino. an announcement for the “next four to a hardship application to the they agreed to become our cofounding agency. The state Environmental Facilities Corp. to get better finan- numbers were vetted by engineers and in this case it cial support from the state was just not the best option and federal governments. & Archives Service, in the In 1945, while searching trying to cross the Dutch We hope to have numbers to for residents of the potential KECK/From A1 for an altarpiece, Lieutenborder, also with a recovHis father, Sheldon Keck, public eye again due to district. take to the public sometime the George Clooney film, ant and a fellow Monument ered altarpiece. “He didn’t We all want to see Greater had been drafted into the this summer, when we have “Monuments Men,” now Man, Capt. Walter Huchtell me that story until an estimate of what the cost Oneonta thrive and prosper, Army and sent to Europe in being shown at Southside thausen found themselves 1993,” said Keck. “He had July 1943, just after Al was but we need to ensure it is to residents will be. As of Cinema. driving on the Autobahn, Alzheimer’s, but he rememdone with fiscal responsibil- born, and wouldn’t return today I can state that the “Hitler had stolen all straight down the line bebered that day clearly. He until 1946. After V-E Day, target number is half or less ity to minimize costs to the these paintings, and my tween German and Ameriwas still shaken by it, even May 8, 1945, Lieutenant of the $600-$800 the article taxpayer. father’s job was to find and can troops.

A German bullet then.”

Keck still had a mission BOB WOOD suggested. return them,” said Keck, hit and killed Huchthausen, Back home, Keck’s Oneonta Town Supervisor — he’d been assigned to Yes, some residents who is Cooperstown vilsparing Keck, who managed mother, Caroline, also an art the Monuments, Fine Arts lage assessor. “I assume to dive out of the car and conservator, took over for that the Nazis thought when into a foxhole on the Ameri- her husband at the Brooklyn the Third Reich took over, can side. “He had to wait Museum, at half his salthey would start their own until nightfall to retrieve his ary. Sheldon Keck used museums.” friend’s body,” said Keck’s their shared love of art to The film, starring Clooson. “He knew Walter’s par- send coded messages home ney, John Goodman, Bill ents; they came to visit him when letters were heavily Murray, Matt Damon and after the war ended.” censored. “He would cite Cate Blanchett, is based Huchthausen was one museums and paintings to on the book by Robert of only two of the Monulet her know where he was,” M. Edsel.

And while the ments Men killed in the line said Keck. “It was their John J. Mitchell, Realtor characters in the movie of duty; the first, Ronald own personal hieroglyphResidential • Commercial • Land • Farm are fictional, their mission Balfour, died in 1941 while ics.” was known as “the greatest Over 35 years of local experience! treasure hunt in history.” In CRosswoRd all, the Monuments Men reMLS #92120 Offered at $175,000 covered thousands of pieces, Just south of Garrattsville, this well-built including Michelangelo’s older home with many updates is situated “Madonna of Bruges” and on approximately 7½ beautiful acres with Jan van Eyck’s “Ghent a stream. 4 BRs, 2 baths, LR, DR, family Altarpiece.”

Sheldon, a 1932 Harvard room, kitchen with extra storage room graduate with a degree in and a summer kitchen. Deck, porch, fine arts, was qualified for plenty of outside storage, outbuilding. the assignment: before the war, he was conservator at the Brooklyn Museum.

“They’d find them in salt mines,” said Keck. “They were really well documented and taken care of, but my Call John Mitchell at 607-435-4093 father would work to return salespeople and JohnMitchbroker@gmail.com brokers resources them. There may even still welcome www.cooperstownrealty.net more of them out there.”

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1822 Cape with Craftsman Addition — Charming early cape w/ Craftsman addition bordering Red Creek just minutes from the village of Cooperstown. Home features parlor w/Vermont Casting wood stove, pine floors and door leading to side deck. Arts and crafts kitchen w/tiled antique island and seating, oak cabinets, skylight, tiled backsplash, tiled floor and countertops. Original stairs lead to wide pine floored bedroom w/skylights. Additional storage in the eaves and ¾ bath on main floor.

The addition includes MBR w/¾ bath and another bedroom and full bath.

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For Lease! Great central location close to downtown with great parking.

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Office space available at beautiful historic Railroad Avenue in Cooperstown.

Off-street parking available! Call Tim at 607-435-9859.

2000 SQ FT COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT. Located in Cooperstown on Railroad Avenue. Wide open floor plan with phone, high speed internet and power connections spread throughout the space. Electric, Heat and Garbage are included in the asking price of $1800 per month. Offered by John Mitchell Real Estate. Contact Michael Swatling (607) 264-3954.

HOMES FOR RENT 3 bedroom, 2 bath, laundry, off street parking, Coop School Dist.

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3 bedroom, 2 bath, laundry, excellent condition, garage, Cooperstown Village, available immediately, no pets, no smoking. $1200, one month security. Robert Lee, Benson Agency Real Estate, 607 434 5177 4 bedroom, 2 bath, laundry, excellent condition, garage, no smoking, pets ok with deposit. $1200, one month security. 10 minutes to Cooperstown.

Robert Lee, Benson Agency Real Estate, 607 434 5177 Cooperstown Village Home. Wonderfully Updated & Fully Furnished. Two Bedrooms, Two Baths, Large Center Island Kitchen,and Dining Area Living Room with Fireplace, Fenced in Yard Overlooking 5th Green At Leatherstocking Golf Course and Otsego Lake. This home is easy walking distance to Bassett, and Main Street..

Available Oct. 1. $1,700.00 per month, Plus Utilities. Annual Lease Available, References Required 1 Months Security,& Realtor Fee ~No Smoking No Pets~ Call or Text Laura Coleman, John Mitchell Real Estate , 607-437-4881 HOUSE FOR RENT VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN. Large 4 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath with new kitchen, hardwood floors, nice 2nd level deck and good size back yard. Close to all amenities. $1800 per month including all utilities.

Tenant is responsible for phone and internet only. Offered by John Mitchell Real Estate. Contact Michael Swatling (607) 264-3954 Rental ad Cooperstown just south of the village 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath single story home garage, nice yard $850.00 plus utilities No smoking no pets...Dave LaDuke John Mitchell Real Estate 547 8551

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CHEF/From A1 line to the larger ship, and Perillo and his shipmates would spend 24 hours filling the JFK’s hold.

As executive chef at Las Vegas’ Caesar’s Palace for seven years during the go-go early years of this century, he administered 17 restaurants under three corporate owners and nine presidents. “What I loved about it, it was always changing,” he said of his fast-paced duties.

As director of restaurants at Peddler’s Village in Bucks County, Pa., where he met Jim Miles, The Otesaga’s vice president/general manager, he oversaw a range of eateries. Peddler’s Village has 11, from the original Cock ‘n Bull, with its chicken pot pies, to the House of Coffee, a coffee shop and micro-roaster. He also took the opportunity to range the rural neighborhood in search of local produce to add unique elements to his menus.

“It’s a lot more work.

You have to be able to adapt your menu as seasons change,” said Perillo, who succeeded Chef Michael Gregory, arriving Monday, Jan. 27, a day where temperatures dropped to 8 degrees. “But it’s worth the effort.”

While he’s still getting his sea legs at the 105-year-old institution on Otsego Lake, identifying local produce for The Otesaga’s patrons is one innovation Perillo hopes to pursue. He dropped by the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market the other Saturday and was particularly impressed by the cheese from Ilyssa Berg and Javier Flores’ Painted Goat Farm in Garrattsville.

The Otesaga’s new chef – one of four siblings – spent his boyhood between Hawaii’s “big island” and Greenwood Lake, Orange County, as his dad, in the Coast Guard, was assigned back and forth. It was there – at Frank’s Pizzeria’s two outlets, in Greenwood Lake and The Bronx – that he entered the business that would be his vocation.

That vocation was forged at home, where “what are we going to have?” was a common refrain. On his Italian side, he remembers his grandmother’s lasagna with tiny meatballs; from his Scottish side – that grandmother’s maiden name was Muir – soups, stews.

reopened Beverly Hills Hotel the following year.

When Waldron left for Caesar’s Palace in the mid’90s, Jim Perillo obtained his first executive chef position at the exclusive Governors Club in Chapel Hill, N.C. When Waldron summoned him again the following year, he headed west again as Caesar’s Palace The Freeman’s Journal executive sous chef. When his mentor was promoted The Otesaga’s new chef, Jim Perillo, left, to vice president/food & with VP/General Manbeverage, Perillo succeeded ager Jim Miles, who him as executive chef. recruited him from While he was in Beverly Pennsylvania.

Hills, he had met his future wife, Kim; he proposed He graduated from in Santa Barbara, and the Monroe-Woodbury Central two were married near School, and by 1981 was Doylestown, Pa., where her on the high seas, where fueling thousands of sailors family was located.

Kim had twins in her involved a 24-hour forward family, and the couple soon galley, three-meals a day; had a set of girls, MacKan officers’ mess, a chiefs’ enzie and Megan, now 14, mess, a bakery. Perillo followed four years later learned the power of food:

by Jon and Andrew, now Instead of throwing his 10. The couple was uneasy wash in the community about raising children in Vehamper, he’d take it down gas’ wide-open atmosphere. to the laundry, along with a dozen fresh doughnuts, and “I knew I wanted to raise the kids on the East Coast” receive top service. and, after a year-long stint Back home by 1984, he received his first experience at Philadelphia Park, the new casino and horse-racin what was then fine dining venue that followed ing in the kitchen of Frank Moane’s Duck Cedar Inn in Pennsylvania’s acceptance of casino gambling, he emTuxedo Park, where duck a l’orange and peach melba were staples. “Every place you work, you learn something,” he recalled, sitting in his windowed second-floor office that allows him to survey the goings-on below.

“So much more is available now.”

Among other things, he learned the soft side of the business. “Those were the days of the pot-and-panthrowing chef,” he said.

“You will never be a chef if you can’t handle the pressures of being a line cook.”

Eager for a next step in 1988, he joined the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan, but the wee-hours commute through the Port Authority terminal on Eighth Avenue was daunting. His parents had retired to Arizona, so he packed a U-Haul, hitched his car on the back, and off he went.

There, at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, he arrived at the big time (and also learned to cook such Southwest specialties as cactus.)

The executive chef, Gary Waldron, was soon his mentor, and he was promoted to sous chef, the second in command. He followed Waldron to Miami’s Doral in 1994, then to the newly

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Cooperstown One-Bedroom Apartments for rent. Tenants wanted for large apt., 1 bedroom. Kitchen, full bath, off-street parking. $575.00 plus utilities; smaller apt. $525.00. No smoking; pets can be discussed. Info, (845) 674-0438.

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Peddler’s Village to The Otesaga’s top position a year ago October. “The beauty, the history” drew the new chef here. (Point of information: He’s a lifelong Mets fan.)

In Bucks County, Jim Perillo also developed two large gardens of his own, growing pole beans, tomatoes and similar natural delicacies. A hint: Beet fans, you’re in for a treat.

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braced his Peddler’s Village responsibilities, which had grown over a half-century from a farm to a 70-store, 70-room inn and dining destination.

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MLS#92555 – Custom-designed country home has 3 BRs, 2 full baths on over 8 acres. Open floorplan, formal DR, kitchen w/island and plenty of cabinets.

Master BR w/large dressing suite, garden tub, double sinks, plenty of closet space. Back deck. $124,900 Call Donna Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#92492 - Priced well below market value! 148 acres of Delaware County/Catskills land. Surveyed, engineered, and DEP-approved. Breathtaking mountain views! Excellent road frontage. Mostly wooded with gentle level terrain.

Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)

MLS#91778 – Gorgeous 1840 home on 30 acres 70 additional acres available. Excellent horse facilities: 3 paddocks, run-in sheds, wash bay, heated workshop.

Flagstone patio. 15 minutes to Cooperstown.

Over $450,000 in capital improvements since 2002! $599,900 Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) MLS#91749 – Rustic cabin in Fly Creek sits on 1.25 acres w/stream, wooded property line. Large woodstove in LR, 2-car garage w/plenty of storage.

Snowmobile trail across the street.

Close to Cooperstown and Oneonta. $69,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

MLS#92185 – 3 BR, 1 bath renovated home in Burlington Flats offers radiant floor heat, updated kitchen, new sheetrock, vinyl siding, new windows.

Wood floors, nice sized 1st floor BR. Upstairs 2 BRs, nice hall area for office. Large double lot w/invisible fence. $95,000 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell) New Listing! MLS#91373 – Beautiful property in the Glimmerglass Historic District. 3BRs, 2½ baths, separate artist’s studio, 3-story barn. Walk to Bassett and Clarks Sports Center.

Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell) MLS#84856 – Great place to build your country home in the Fly Creek Valley. Close to Cooperstown, Otsego Lake, Oneonta and I-88. Level lot, great views, walk to trout fishing. Lots of wildlife and spaces to roam. $85,900 Call Linda B. Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)

MLS#84430 – Some of the last vacant lots available on Gifford Hill Road! Includes 4 other parcels, and road frontage for 10 bldg lots if subdivided. Close to Oneonta and Cooperstown. All offers considered. $199,900 Call Linda B. Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)

MLS#87446 – Established restaurant in Cooperstown on State Hwy 28 is close to Dreams Park. 3 dining rooms, one can be private banquet room w/dance floor. Can accommodate large receptions, graduations, etc.

Parking for 60 cars, can accommodate over 300 people. *Owner financing available* $850,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

MLS# 84325 – Outrageous Oneonta investment opportunity! Spacious, open plan 3-unit rental home with rare original detail throughout.

Current COC and separate utilities.

Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)

MLS#89409 – Move-in ready village home has 2+ car garage, heated basement, small garage for your workshop. Roof, boiler, and many appliances under 10 years old. New septic and leach field. $119,000 Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#91135 – 7.9 acres and great views of Canadarago Lake! Interior is repainted, new carpets.

2-stall garage, outbuilding, finished basement w/family room and workshop. Move-in condition. $149,900 Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#91958 – Retired dairy farm w/over 145 acres on the market for the 1st time in over 40 yrs! Pastures, views, ponds, electric, well and septic. On a dead end street across from over 1,100 acres of State land. $345,000 Call James Vrooman @ (603) 247-0506 (cell)

MLS#92207 - Success and money are awaiting you in this established restaurant. Great possibilities, great condition, busy highway location, fantastic building! $295,000 Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

MLS#91030 – Move-in condition 4 BR, 2 bath home on 7 acres in Fly Creek. Large LR w/wood floors, family room w/pocket doors. Entry w/woodstove leads to DR and kitchen. Spacious master w/private entry to balcony. All BRs have nice-sized closets. Perennials, covered porches, fire pit, room to roam. Additional land w/large barn and creek available. $299,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#86798 – Villa Isidoro Restaurant, Bar and B&B in Richfield Springs. Start your new business today! $575,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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MLS#92754 - Custom-built 2,000+ sq ft home w/panoramic views. Kitchen w/custom cabinets and appliances will make it a pleasure to cook. Large bath w/Jacuzzi. Virtual tour available. $265,000 Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

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SpaciouS and Bright! This home features an open floorplan with cathedral ceilings, 3 BRs w/ double closets, and 3 baths. Master suite takes up the entire second floor w/private balcony, full bath, laundry, walk-in closet and loft overlooking LR and DR. DR has hardwood flooring, open to kitchen and LR. Kitchen has tile floor and backsplash, new appliances. Family room, bath, plenty of storage in basement. Wrap-around deck, attached garage.

Convenient to shopping, downtown and schools. $195,000 MLS#92742

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(7732) Superbly kept 3-BR expanded Cape. Center-hall layout w/hardwood flooring, 6-panel doors, gracious LR w/ fireplace, formal DR. Custom kitchen w/eating area, large windows and skylights. Patio, deck, finished basement, garage, large private yard.

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Fly Creek home on 2+ aCres

(7765) Perfect for an owner-occupied investment. This 5 BR, 5 bath historic home in the heart of Cooperstown features remodeled kitchens, new hardwood floors, knotty pine built-ins, hand-painted murals. Large sunroom leads to a spacious deck surrounded by perennial gardens.

All utilities are separate. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$279,000

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(7622) Well maintained, secluded 4 BR, 2+ bath Dutch Colonial has bay window w/great valley view. Accents include fireplace w/woodstove, den and family room, finished walk-out basement, home office, oak and pine floors. 2-car garage, large view deck. Cooperstown Schools.

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New listing…late 19th-century home is centrally located in the village of Cooperstown. This “painted lady” has an exquisite exterior color scheme. It has been completely renovated w/2 tiled baths, 4 BRs, spacious LR and DR, and den. Plantation shutters on the windows throughout the home. The floorplan allows a BR on the first floor if needed. All mechanicals are up-to-date and include a state-of-the art Roth oil tank. The back enclosed porch, semiprivate front porch and backyard provide wonderful outdoor space; flagstone walkways and detached barn garage complete the picture. This is a very special home in move-in condition and ready for you to visit. Call to make an appointment to meet with one of the agents to discuss this opportunity.

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Sitting on a ridge overlooking the valley to the west, is this nicely restored 4 BR, 2 bath colonial. Home sits on 44 acres on a quiet country road. Property includes main house, separate guest cottage, 4-bay garage and barn. The barn is in very good condition w/ new electric and water, and many paddocks.

The entire property is fenced with high tensile fence and has 5 separate paddock areas connected by gates. Many possibilities for this great property, located just a short drive from Cooperstown. $525,000 MLS#92570