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The busiest woman in the village these days is Leighanne Deming, Owego, a supervisor with Vaccaro Construction, Binghamton, assigned to direct traffic at Chestnut, Elm and Delaware, away from the Walnut Street reconstruction.

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he village’s first “cash mob” is planned at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Tin Bin Alley, 114 Main St. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce, participants will descend on the store, spend $20 apiece, then gather to socialize.

TITANIC MENU: A six-course dinner from The Titanic’s menu is planned at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Origins Cafe, 555 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown, to benefit Living Waters, the First Presbyterian Church’s mission project. $40 per person.

TOP QUALITY: 23 Bassett Healthcare Network primary care centers have been recognized as Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the best rating.

10TH YEAR: To help Marc and Sherrie Kingsley celebrate 10 years owning The Inn at Cooperstown, a Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours is planned 5-6:30 p.m.

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Volume 205, No. 18

COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

For 205 Years

FORMER MAYOR WALLER LEADS CHARGE

Village Merchants Unite Vs. Economic Doldrums

By JIM KEVLIN

Cooperstown Biker Joining Cancer Fight

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ohican Flowers has been in business for decades – Carol Waller’s father, Charles, ran it before her. So when someone who had been in the village a while told her, “I IF YOU GO: didn’t know Merchants there was a flo- meeting, 8 a.m. rist here,” that (continential was the final breakfast, 7:30) straw.

Wednesday, “I’m feeling, May 15, Temas a merchant, pleton Hall, to that we need discuss downto network town issues. more,” Waller said, “to know each other’s products. If someone comes in and says, ‘We need a pair of socks,’ we know where to send them.”

That feeling led to action: The former mayor has now convened Please See MERCHANTS, A7

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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eventy days, 4,000 miles and a goal of $7,600 is Evan King’s way of combining his dream of cycling across the country with his desire to help fight cancer.

“When I was younger, my aunt was diagnosed with cancer,” he said. “She’s now cancer free, but I had the realization that it’s difficult to find Evan King someone whose life hasn’t been affected by cancer.”

The Towson University junior, son of Frank and Debra King of Cooperstown, will spend the summer biking from Baltimore to San Diego for “4K for Cancer,” a program of the Ulman Cancer Center to connect young people affected by cancer. “They provide scholarships, rides to treatment and navigates patients through cancer and chemotherapy,” said King.

The group started in 2001, and in 2012, 88 riders biking from Baltimore to San Francisco raised $480,000. This year, the group added four new rides Please See CANCER, A7

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Cooperstown’s Delaney Holohan, left, carries her friend Emma Grover, while Abby Makofske and Catherine Owens carry Anna Lambert, right, in the Cooperstown Youth Baseball opening day parade Saturday, April 27, in Hartwick hamlet.

Savannah Kirkby, Cooperstown, celebrates the CYB opening with a cartwheel.

Emily Dibble, Hartwick, sings the National Anthem as mom Michelle, CYB president, looks on.

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76-room, four-story Hampton Inn is under consideration in Hartwick Seminary, across Route 28 from the Holiday Inn Express.

With double beds and rollaways, 5-6 patrons per room could be accommodated.

A site had earlier been approved in front of the Holiday Inn, but this site, north of Maple Ridge Shopping Plaza, is new.

The application to the Town of Hartwick Planning Board is from Praven Patel, who is associated with Erfan Khan, who also owns the Holiday Inn and the new Courtyard by Marriott in Oneonta.

With Albany Regulators In Retreat, Historians Take Action On Markers

Robin Phillips paints one of six historic markers in the Town of Hartwick.

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riving around Otsego County, you may have noticed the sorry state of many of our state historic markers, the yellow highlights worn away, rust showing through the blue undercoating.

So is it any surprise that while Robin Phil-

lips was painting the “Seminary Church” one in front of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on Route 28 here, many drivers have slowed down, rolled down their windows and called out encouragement?

“My mother” – Peggy MacGregor, who worked at the NYSHA library and passed Please See MARKERS, A3

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Dad Robert J. Hickey, left, past proprietor of the Hamburger Hall of Fame, passed the restaurateur torch Friday evening, April 26, to son Robert F. Hickey, right, who opened Kelli Jean’s Steakhouse (after his wife) in Hartwick Seminary this weekend. In the center is chef Mario Doreste, a former chef at The Otesaga and the American Hotel in Sharon Springs.

rin Sullivan, the daughter of Barbara and John Sullivan and a senior at Hamilton College, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to teach Sullivan English in Russia after she graduates in May. A Russian studies major, she spent the spring 2012 semester studying at Bard-Smolny College in St. Petersburg. Sullivan is a Dean’s List student and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in February.

At Hamilton, Sullivan completed Methods of Teaching English to non-native speakers, a tutor training course. During three semesters as a volunteer ESOL tutor at the Refugee Center in Utica, she taught adult refugees from countries including Burma, Bosnia and Ukraine from elementary to advanced levels.

Upon her return, she will pursue a master’s in teaching English to non-natives.

2 INTERNS: Stefanie Cornnell and Mallory Eckert, both of Edmeston and students at SUNY Oswego, took part in internships this semester through the college’s Experience-Based Education program.

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wedin

Jennifer Anne Heroux, Eric Wedin Married At Plymouth, Vt., Resort

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ennifer Anne Heroux married Eric Wedin Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at the Hawk Mountain Inn & Resort in Plymouth, Vt. Jennifer is the daughter of Maureen and Roger Heroux of Cooperstown. Eric is the son of Linda and the late Ernest Wedin of West Rutland, Vt. The matron of honor was Jessica Conklin Pappis of Washington Township, N.J. The bride was also attended by her sisters Amanda Lookadoo of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Chantelle Heroux of Tahoe City, Calif.; and her friend, Emily Bridge of Mendon, Vt. The best man was the brother of the bridegroom, Michael Wedin. The ushers were Carl Wedin of Rutland, also brother of the groom;

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and Matthew and Justin Wedin, both of Rutland.

Connor and Ava Wedin, nephew and niece of the groom, were ring bearer and flower girl respectfully.

The bride wore a pale ivory strapless satin gown with a ruched bodice, a corset back, and a chapel train. Jen carried a bouquet of multi-colored zinnias.

Jennifer graduated from Cooperstown Central School, Green Mountain College with a bachelor of science degree, and Vermont Technical College as a registered nurse with an associates degree in nursing.

Mrs. Wedin is employed at CHCRR Pediatrics in Rutland.

Eric graduated from West Rutland High School and is employed at General Electric in Rutland.

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Bob Block Joins Journal, Hometown Oneonta As Director Of New Business Development

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ob Block, an executive with 30 years experience in the media business, has joined The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta as director of new business development.

“We’re delighted to have Bob on the team,” said Tara Barnwell, advertising director. “The demand for our newspapers’ reach just keeps growing, and Bob’s expertise and energy will allow us to provide a whole new level of quality and service – and new ideas to help us help our customers’ businesses flourish.”

He rounds out a team

that includes advertising consultants Thom Rhodes and Susan Straub.

A New York City Bob Block native, Bob holds degrees from Emerson College and the University of London. He is working on his MBA in organizational leadership.

He went on to leadership positions with publications in Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C., notably CIO, Knowledge Management and Smart CEO

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In addition to his knowledge of print, he brings specific experience in Internet innovation, which he will focus on the further development of www.allotsego. com.

The father of two grown daughters – Hayley, 28, an international economist with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Suzanne, 25, a senior associate with The Bateman Group in San Francisco – Bob, seeking a lifestyle change, recently chose to make the central Catskills his home.

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And they’re off on the first ever Cider Run 5K, Saturday, April 27, at the Fly Creek Cider Mill, to benefit the United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties. In the front are, from left: Kellye Wyckoff, Westford, Meggy Dibble, New Berlin, Bryan Hart, Dolgeville, Tom Hohensee, Cooperstown, Brianna Lamphore, Dolgeville, Phuang Mokay, Delhi and Leah Elwood, Maryland.

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Markers Given Coats Of Paint MARKERS/From A1 away two years ago – “always taught me to respect history,” said Phillips, pausing from her labors the other afternoon. “So this is also a homage to my mother.”

It is also part of a project of the Hartwick Historical Society, spearheaded by Gloria Waro, to repair all the state historic markers in the town, Phillips said.

There are six in all.

One – it recognized Marcus Wells, who wrote a famous hymn, “Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide,” is missing – Phillips said. It was knocked over by a snowplow and has since disappeared.

According to Phillips, sprucing up the markers is easier than you might think.

They are under the purview of the State Museum but, due to budget cuts, the Albany overseers have all but given up ever getting around to repairing all the markers, or even regulating the work.

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Phillips simply took a wire brush and ground off the old paint and rust underneath, a fairly simple job due to the deterioration. Then she applied the blue paint, waited a couple of days for it to dry, then highlighted the lettering with the yellow.

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Perspectives

THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013

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County Board Consensus: Sell Manor. But Accountability Remains

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hile diversity can get muddied in the PC debate, there are practical benefits to diversity.

That was apparent at the Otsego County Board of Representatives’ last informational meeting on Otsego Manor Saturday, April 6, at Oneonta High School.

Looking around the tiers of desks in the Large Group Instruction Room, the diversity of the county board was evident to all.

Yes, there were Republicans and Democrats, but also men and women, youngish and oldish, working people and retirees, professionals, entrepreneurs, homemakers, a range.

And, yet, all of them, with the exception of county Rep. Keith McCarty, R-East Springfield, have accepted, by 13-1 vote, the necessity of privatizing Otsego Manor.

That this diverse group of people, many of whom began with an ardent desire to save our very fine county nursing home, changed their minds in the face of evidence, can give us confidence in the final decision.

• Yes, it’s time for the county to move ahead on selling Otsego Manor to a private entity, and it is about to expedite the process by creating an LDC (a local development corporation) to speed the sale and minimize the chance of challenges.

The county board held a public hearing Monday, April 29, for input on the LDC, and much of it was

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County representatives listening to interim County Treasurer Russ Bachmann at the April 6 informational meeting at OHS on Otsego Manor included, from left, Rich Murphy, retired BOCES speech therapist; Gary Koutnik, retired director of special ed, Oneonta City Schools; Pauline Koren, former owner, K&B Crafts; Kathy Clark, retired SUNY Oneonta food-service administrator; Ed Frazier, building contractor; Beth Rosenthal, who works via Internet for an agency in San Francisco that books business travel for executives; and Don Lindberg, an investor in rental properties. Also present were Kay Stuligross, community activist (who raised five sons); Linda Rowinski, proprietor, Oneonta Abstract Co., and John Kosmer, magazine editor and energy-efficiency entrepreneur.

heartrending. The board delayed action until Wednesday, May 1, but – absent compelling arguments to the contrary – it planned to act at its 10 a.m. meeting at The Meadows. That may have happened by the time you read this.

All things being equal, all of us certainly would want to save The Manor. But changes in Medicaid reimbursements and the arrival of Obamacare, both well beyond local control, make the sale inevitable.

(For links to help explain why this is so, please visit www.allotsego.com. The link to the U.S. News & World Report rankings, shows private owners, forprofit and non-profit, can achieve the highest quality

results. That’s heartening.)

• The LDC route is one of three.

The two other routes – through a local law or through a process outlined in the state’s County Law 215 that governs disposal of county property – create a Catch-22, according to county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who chairs the board’s Manor Committee.

Both would allow sales to “the highest responsible bidder,” but there’s the rub. If the bidder with the highest-quality track record is chosen, court challenges have required counties to go with the highest bidder. If the highest bidder is chosen, challenges on quality have stymied sales.

The LDC is a separate, semi-private entity – although Stuligross and, probably, county Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, will serve on it – thus allowing the county to avoid the costly court challenges.

(The other night, CSEA said it plans to sue over the LDC anyhow, so this consideration may be moot.)

Since most of the counties in New York State – facing the same forces affecting Otsego Manor – are trying to sell their nursing homes, and there are a limited number of buyers, there’s benefit in getting ahead of the crowd, Stuligross said.

There’s also a political dimension, she continued.

The diverse county board has come to a consensus.

But if, due to retirements and challenges, several new reps are elected in November, the excruciating debate could go back to square one.

In place, the LDC option allows the consensus to move forward regardless.

• There are counter-arguments.

County Rep. John Kosmer, D-Fly Creek, said state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has called LDCs a “shadow government” because they are cushioned from the electorate. Plus, three court cases are challenging LDCs, and if they are abolished The Manor’s sale would likewise be in limbo.

Perhaps. But LDCs aren’t strangers to Otsego County. The county Eco-

nomic Development Office’s main vehicles are the county Economic Development Corp. and the Industrial Development Agency; they are LDCs, and have been operating, unchallenged, for decades.

• Another convincing argument for action now on Otsego Manor is, with its deficit projected to grow from $3 million to $5 million to $8 million, no progress can be made anywhere else until this matter is resolved.

Many things demand attention, but foremost among them is economic development. There are promising initiatives around us – Chobani in South Edmeston, Covidien in Hobart, Custom Electronics and Ioxus in Oneonta – but none has yet pulled us out of stagnation.

In interviews on their selection as this newspaper’s Citizens of the Year, county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, and county reps Stuligross and Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, all identified economic development as a pressing need. It’s time to implement. We can’t afford Otsego Manor now, nor can we resolve future crises if we’re broke.

• There’s been a lot of talk about LDCs being a way to off-load responsibility, but if privatization fails, the public will make this county board accountable. There’s no way around that, and that’s as it should be.

But hard-earned consensus means it’s time to act.

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‘At Signal, 4 Savages Sprang From Cover of the Driftwood’ Editor’s Note: Hawkeye, CCS athletic teams’ new mascot, is depicted in James Fenimore Cooper’s “Last of the Mohicans” as cool, tough, fearless and strong.

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When their foes, who had leaped over the black rocks that divided them, with long bounds, uttering the wildest yells, were within a few rods, the rifle of Hawkeye slowly rose among the shrubs, and poured out its fatal contents. The foremost Indian bounded like a stricken deer, and fell headlong among the clefts of the island.

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the scout, drawing his long knife, while his quick eyes began to flash with ardor, “take the last of the screeching imps; of the other two we are certain”!

He was obeyed; and but two enemies remained to be overcome. Heyward had given one of his pistols to Hawkeye, and together they rushed down a little declivity toward their foes; they discharged their weapons at the same instant, and equally without success.

“I knew it! and I said it”! muttered the scout, whirling the despised little implement over the falls with bitter disdain. “Come on, ye bloody minded hell-hounds! ye meet a man without a cross”!

The words were barely uttered, when he encountered a savage of gigantic stature, of the fiercest mien. At the same moment, Duncan found himself engaged with the other, in a similar contest of hand to hand. With ready skill, Hawkeye and his antagonist each grasped that uplifted arm of the other Please See HAWKEYE, A6

he contest between the frackers and the anti-frackers has shifted into high gear. I suspect Governor Cuomo had no idea of the impact the fracking issue would have in New York. In fact, it has become a signature issue for New York liberals.

Cuomo has done much to bring left-leaning moderates into his camp after starting out as a pro-business, almost-Blue-Dog Democrat. I suspect both his pollsters and his own political instinct warned him that if he wanted to go further in electoral politics and perhaps take up residence in the White House, he would have to do better with liberals.

That’s how you get nominated for President when you’re a Democrat. He’s trying hard to satisfy that group.

His clarion call for gay marriage was a huge plank in his attempt to solidify liberal support. People like what he has done on gay marriage and gun control, to name just two of his achievements, but I suspect

he knows that his Q (likability) rating is not where they’d like it to be. Voters may respect his achievements but that doesn’t mean they like him in the same way they love Barack Obama or Hilary Clinton.

Don’t make any mistake about it – the guy can be very charming, but he misses that political je ne sais quoi, an essential part of what made people follow FDR or JFK or even Bill Clinton to hell and back, even when they made some very big mistakes. Cuomo’s problem is that people see him as a political professional who acts not out of principle but out of political expediency.

That’s where hydrofracking comes in. In the beginning, Cuomo obviously saw this attempt to coax gas out of the ground as a big win for him. It would show people that he could deal with the energy problems of the United States for years in the future. It would be a great talking point for a future Presidential campaign. After all, even Barack Obama is for fracking.

In addition, Cuomo knew full well that Please See CHARTOCK, A6

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Several very large bets have been made in this city (Albany), on the result of the ensuing election – The following was offered and taken up on Tuesday last – 1,000 dollars was given to receive one dollar for each vote over 4,000, which Gen. Van Rensselaer should obtain more than Gov. Tompkins, for the office of Governor of this state. (Ed. Note: The wager came to nothing as Daniel D. Tompkins won the election. Tompkins served as Governor of New York from April 1807 through February 1817, winning reelection in 1810, 1813 and 1816; he resigned the office to become Vice-President of the United States as the running mate of President James Monroe and was re-elected with Monroe in 1820) May 1, 1813

175 YEARS AGO

The General Bank Law in New York – We regard the passage of this law as the most important act of the late session of our Legislature. We speak of the principle, not the details of the present bill, or of its immediate practical benefits. It puts an end to the corrupting system of granting special charters, places the trade of banking where that in silks and cotton is – open to the competition of all whose taste, skill, enterprise, or ability, incline them to pursue it.

April 30, 1838

150 YEARS AGO

Local – A meeting of the citizens of Cooperstown is called at Bowne Hall on Saturday evening of this week, at 7 o’clock, to consider the practicability of constructing a branch railroad to intersect the Albany and Susquehanna. A general attendance of all who feel an interest in this important subject is invited.

The midnight hour of Tuesday last gave out the sharp alarm of “Fire!” – and the neat dwelling owned by David Wicks of Hartwick and occupied by the Rev. J.T. Wright, situated a little south of the Seminary, was burned, together with the barn attached. The loss was about $1,400; insured for $900. The fire is supposed to have taken from an imperfectly secured or defective stove pipe. Rev. Mr. Wright lost his library, family clothing, some articles of furniture, and a quantity of wood. No insurance.

May 1, 1863

125 YEARS AGO

No government in the world has ever shown such liberality in pensioning its wounded and sick soldiers as has the

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ing at his home at No. 96 Western Avenue, Albany. His last illness extended over a period of several months. Mr. Cooper was the great grandson of Judge William Cooper, founder of the village of Cooperstown, and grandson of James Fenimore Cooper, author of the Leatherstocking Tales and many other novels and books. The deceased was considered an authority on early Americana. He was also the greatest authority on the history of Cooperstown and one of its most public spirited and progressive as well as best beloved citizens.

May 4, 1938

May 2, 2003 government of the United States – and to this policy there has been no opposition north or south. But there is a growing disposition in Congress – on the eve of another Presidential election – to vastly overdo the pensioning business, and it is high time that sensible and independent men and newspapers of all parties demanded a halt. The war closed 23 years ago, and yet the pension list continues to grow.

Congress has just voted upwards of $80,000,000 to pay pensions during the ensuing fiscal year – and a Democratic Congress, “full of Rebel Brigadiers,” be it remembered!

Every week it has private pension bills under consideration – the worthless character of many of which has been exposed by the Pension Department. The taxpayers understand that no money can be taken from the Federal Treasury that does not come out of their pockets through some form of taxation.

May 4, 1888

100 YEARS AGO

The teams of the Sunset League representing five of the Cooperstown churches, have been making rapid progress since the opening game on Tuesday last, and are putting up some great ball. Games are held every afternoon excepting on Mondays and Saturdays after 6 o’clock at the athletic grounds in good playing condition. In the first contest last Tuesday the Christ church team triumphed over the Universalists by a score of 10 to 1 in five innings. Lutes and Reisman were the battery for the Universalists; Bundy and G.D. Ellsworth for the Episcopals.

May 7, 1913

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Cooperstown mourns today the loss of a distinguished and patriotic citizen, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq., whose death in his seventy-ninth year, occurred Tuesday morn-

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Cooperstown’s State Police Sub-station at the corner of Main Street and Pine Boulevard, will be closed in the near future and a new office for state police personnel opened in the basement of the village library building. A system will be inaugurated which will give the public instantaneous access to the substation 24 hours a day. Cooperstown area residents will place their calls to the State Police through a local number as at present, but “tie-line” equipment will instantaneously route the calls, free of charge, to the Oneonta substation which is manned 24 hours a day. Twenty-four hour radio-equipped patrols of the Cooperstown area will be maintained by troopers working three eight-hour shifts daily. Space in the library building will be provided to the state without charge.

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John Denver will be among the headline performers at a music and craft festival to be held at the Beaver Valley campground in Hartwick, July 22-24, according to event sponsors. The announcement came at a wine and cheese party for 100 invited guests in a recreational hall at the campground on Saturday. Other performers scheduled to appear include Robert Klein and the groups Sha Na Na, The Association, Del Shannon and The Box Tops. William Trolio, a spokesman for Beaver Valley Productions, sponsors of the event, said he expects nearly 25,000 people to attend the extravaganza. The campground is located two miles east of Hartwick Seminary on 300 acres of rolling hills, woods and water recently acquired by Hank Nicols and his wife Joan.

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‘At Signal, 4 Savages Sprang health commissioner is actthose opposed to fracking group will either not vote From Cover of the Driftwood’ CHARTOCK/From A4 HAWKEYE/From A4 which held the dangerous knife. For near a minute they stood looking one another in the eye, and gradually exerting the power of their muscles for the mastery.

At length, the toughened sinews of the white man prevailed over the less practiced limbs of the native.

The arm of the latter slowly gave way before the increasing force of the scout, who, suddenly wresting his armed hand from the grasp of the foe, drove the sharp weapon through his naked bosom to the heart.

In the meantime, Heyward had been pressed in a more deadly struggle. His slight sword was snapped in the first encounter. As he was destitute of any other means of defense, his safety now depended entirely on bodily strength and resolution. Though deficient in neither of these qualities, he had met an enemy every way his equal.

Happily, he soon succeeded in disarming his adversary, whose knife fell on the rock at their feet; and from this moment it became a fierce struggle who should cast the other over the dizzy height into a neighboring cavern of the falls. Every successive struggle brought them nearer to the verge, where Duncan perceived the final and conquering

effort must be made. Each of the combatants threw all his energies into that effort, and the result was, that both tottered on the brink of the precipice. Heyward felt the grasp of the other at his throat, and saw the grim smile the savage gave, under the revengeful hope that he hurried his enemy to a fate similar to his own, as he felt his body slowly yielding to a resistless power, and the young man experienced the passing agony of such a moment in all its horrors.

At that instant of extreme danger, a dark hand and glancing knife appeared before him; the Indian released his hold, as the blood flowed freely from around the severed tendons of the wrist; and while Duncan was drawn backward by the saving hand of Uncas, his charmed eyes still were riveted on the fierce and disappointed countenance of his foe, who fell sullenly and disappointed down the irrecoverable precipice.

“To cover! to cover”! cried Hawkeye, who just then had dispatched the enemy; “to cover, for your lives! the work is but half ended”!

The young Mohican gave a shout of triumph, and followed by Duncan, he glided up the acclivity they had descended to the combat, and sought the friendly shelter of the rocks and shrubs.

Upstate was crucial political territory for him. He knows that it was a killer for his father and he is obviously determined to learn from that. By saying yes to fracking, Cuomo also argues for Upstate business development which is, according to almost everyone, is a disaster area, especially when compared to New York City.

The Governor simply doesn’t know what to do.

His big problem is that the fracking opposition won’t go away. A recent favorable report by the state health commissioner should have helped the Cuomo profracking disposition, but it didn’t. The opposition seems to believe that the

ing on Cuomo’s orders and based on the kind of control Cuomo has over his commissioners, they may have a point.

The very effective antifracking citizen lobby that can turn out tens of thousands of telephone calls and e-mail messages has not abated. If you are a governor and hundreds of thousands of people write you, you don’t like it. If you are this governor, you really don’t like it.

Some in the Cuomo camp believe that the constant anti-fracking protests are an isolated phenomenon.

They point to the polls that are very close on the issue.

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Former Mayor Waller Seeks To Rally Downtown Merchants

MERCHANTS, From A1 two meetings of merchants, from Tin Bin Alley’s Ian Porto and attorney Will Green, to realtors Dave LaDuke and Patti Ashley, to start the conversation going. Savor NY’s Brenda Berstler has been out of town, but Waller has kept her in the loop.

Friday, April 26, talk became action. Mohican Flowers hosted “Downton on Main.” Carol in an evening gown and husband Bill in a tux welcomed ladies in Victorian era hats and their escorts, who sampled hors d’oeuvres from Lucy Townsend and Brian Wrubleski’s catering concerns, nibbled on Marge Landers fancy cakes and sipped tastings from Cooperstown Wine & Spirits.

The get-together had a purpose:

The 120 people who attended donated a minimum of $10, raising $1,600 by evening’s end for the Cooperstown Food Pantry.

But there was a larger purpose: Coming together for a common cause.

“Merchants have been able to realize what they’re feeling, that they’re acting alone,” said Pat Szarpa, Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce executive director, who attended the Downton event.

“How can we pull together for the benefit of everyone?”

Waller, Szarpa, Sharon Oberriter of Obie’s Specialty Foods and others have now organized the first general meeting for merchants – Chamber members and nonmembers alike – at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, at Templeton Hall

(preceded by continental breakfast at 7:30).

Szarpa will distribute a summer calendar of events and update the gathering on the Chamber’s “Local First” campaign.

Trustee Cindy Falk, chair of the village’s Economic Sustainability Committee, will update the gathering on this summer’s Main Street reconstruction, and distribute information on state and federal tax credits in historic districts.

And the county’s economic developer, Carolyn Lewis, will brief merchants on grants she’s seeking for Main Street planning efforts.

“People can come to the village, Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal and they leave,” said Waller. “We have to give them reasons to stay. Mohican Flowers’ Carol and Bill Waller greet Village Trustee Lou Allstadt, right, at “Downton On Main,” which attracted We have to reach out and make 120 people and raised $1,600 for the food pantry. them feel welcome.”

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They’ll stay in churches, YMCAs or in the homes of volunteers. “There are people who sponsor us and agree to stay, use their showers or fix us a hot meal.”

The money raised does not go to food or lodging for the riders, and a water van rides ahead and asks local restaurants to donate food.

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King, a film major, will also be chronicling the journey with a Go Pro camera mounted to his helmet.

When he arrives in San Diego, he’ll celebrate the end of his journey with his fellow riders, then drive the water van back to Baltimore.

“We do this ride in support of those who can’t,” he said.

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MLS#85601 - Peace and quiet on a ½-acre lot w/lots of wildlife. Manufactured home has newer windows, new metal roof, 2 BRs, 2 baths, kitchen, DR, LR, and garage. $49,900 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 MLS#87472 - Totally rebuilt Canadarago Lake home has spectacular views from every room. Modern kitchen w/upgrades. Direct access to dock from family room deck.

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MLS#88048 – Charming Colonial w/wide pine, maple and cherry floors throughout. LR w/fireplace, DR w/original cupboards and French doors to 40-ft covered porch, kitchen w/cherry cabinets. Downstairs 2 BR and 2 baths. Upstairs 4 BR and 3 baths. Master BR w/dressing room and private bath. Detached 2-car garage, pond, horse barn w/3 box stalls. Cooperstown School District. $369,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 or Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026

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MLS#85578 - Location, seclusion and beautiful views make this contemporary home ideal. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. Property is sub-dividable, w/over 200’ of additional road frontage. $229,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

New listing! MLS#88665 - 5 BR, 3 bath ranch w/detached 3-bay garage. Open floorplan, large kitchen w/island, several replacement windows and doors, updated master BR suite. New exterior lighting, freshly painted interior.

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MLS#84136 - 3 BR, 2 bath ranch has full basement and over-sized 2-car garage. Lots of new: windows, appliances, furnace, wtr htr, water filtration system. Hardwood floors, spacious kitchen, and sun/family room. Master BR suite is an efficiency apt and the rent is paying the mortgage! $129,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068

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New listing! MLS#88787 - Cozy Canadarago Lake view home w/major renovations. Detached garage w/circular drive and yard. Situated next to the public boat launch. $120,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506

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