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COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, July 12, 2012

Siren Used To Summon All To Scenes Of Blaze

By ADRIAN ADAMO COOPERSTOWN

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that alerted him to emergencies.

“We used the codes. ‘Five’ was for out of town, ‘four’ and ‘one’ meant Main and another street ... I can’t remember all of them now.”

Dave Laduke may not remember, but he still has an easy reference.

The controversy about the Please See SIREN, A7

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Fourth of July fireworks in Lakefront Park, courtesy of the Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department, outline the Indian Hunter and his dog/MORE PHOTOS, A3

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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he conference room at Lake George’s Sagamore Resort was Dr. Streck filled on the morning of Thursday, June 28, with people intensely interested in the pending U.S. Supreme Court decision on so-called Obamacare.

The 40 board members of the Healthcare Association of New York State – all top leaders of the state’s hospitals, including Bassett Healthcare Please See STRECK, A7

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Santina Nicolette, Cherry Valley, leads Beefaroni back to her stay after a scrubbing to prepare her for competition in The Farmers’ Museum Junior Livestock Show, underway Sunday-Tuesday, July 8-10, at Iroquois Farm south of Cooperstown on Route 33.

Young showpeople and their cows, goats, sheep and pigs from around Central New York competed.

Richfield Springs Tiffany Windows Need Touching Up

BOOK-SIGNING: Jim Atwell will be signing copies of his latest book, “Wobbling Home,” and also “From Fly Creek” 2-4 p.m.

Saturday, July 14, at The Farmers’ Museum store.

MUSIC CAMP: CCS’ third annual Summer Jazz Program is July 23-27, and its Summer Band Camp is July 30-Aug. 3. For details or to register, call Tim Iversen at 435-7291.

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CELEBRATE: Don’t miss the Otsego Lakes Festival Saturday, July 14, in Lakefront Park.

Dave Laduke dug out fire-signal cards that were staples of Cooperstown homes for decades.

Hospitals OF LIVESTOCK Welcome Decision

Canoeing Trio Back From Trip To Chesapeake hree pals from CCS, Jacob Miller, Ben Breiten and Desi Gialanella, arrived in Chesapeake Bay at 9:30 p.m. Monday, July 9, after a two-week canoe trip down the Susquehanna that began Tuesday, June 26, at Cooperstown’s Council Rock.

The boys expected the trip would take two weeks, and it did: exactly 14 days.

Ben’s dad Tom, of Fly Creek, picked them up and brought them home.

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A Phoebe Trush of Georgetown, near Cazenovia, shows off her Scottish Highlander, one of the more unusual breeds at the show. Isn’t that Dan Rosen, the former Springfield Town Board member, in the background?

The Humphreville brothers, Luke, 2, and Logan, 4, of Poland, are entranced by the goats.

single Tiffany stained-glass window can be worth a fortune.

St. John’s Episcopal Church here, the Carpenter Gothic structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has nine, and they glow.

“There’s nothing finer in the county,” said Father John Bartle, St. John’s rector, who is looking for ways to ensure the 120-year-old creations can be enjoyed for 120 years to come and beyond.

In the 1960s, protective plastic covPlease See WINDOWS, A7

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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012

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Lydia Williams and Megan Kern, Fly Creek, play frisbee as they pass the time until the Independence Day fireworks display Saturday, July 7, at Lakefront Park.

Ali Baker and Teagan Mackey of Oneonta, Mya Murdock of Hartwick, and Maggie Schuermann of Cooperstown captured the championship trophies for the 11-12 year old division of the 17th Annual Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament July 6-8th in Norwich. The Macker tournament, which hosted 427 teams, seeks to maintain the purity and integrity of the driveway basketball game.

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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012

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EDITORIAL

Shop The O! Mall, Downtown Collaboration Offer Benefits To All

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ega-retailers need to grow for their stock prices to continuing rising. So it’s inevitable that TJ Maxx, Dick’s Sporting Goods and – now – Petco are finally getting around to Oneonta. They’ve maxed out – maxxed out? – in metropolitan and larger media markets.

There’s no sentiment, no love of Oneonta and Otsego County, per se. It’s all done by the numbers, by the number of potential shoppers in a 15-mile radius, by the demographics – age, gender, income level, etc.

(Thirty years ago, former Binghamton mayor Juanita Crabb DID personally appeal to Al Boscov, the Reading, Pa.-based department-store wizard, to put in that downtown store, but that’s so rare it’s the exception that proves the rule.)

Once they open a store on Southside, though, the mega marketers are surprised to find the real numbers are significantly higher than the projections. For Southside draws, not from 15 miles or from 30, but from an astonishing 40-mile radius.

When you think about it, it makes perfect sense.

From Richfield Springs to Bainbridge and beyond, from Cobleskill, from

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Delhi, Walton and even Andes, driving to Oneonta is six of one, half a dozen of the other, a nicer drive, and less aggravation than battling the traffic and crowds at Albany’s Crossgates or Utica’s Sangertown Square or Binghamton’s Oakdale Mall.

Oneonta’s the one-ta.

“Shop The O!” • For a quarter century, beginning in the 1970s, the Pyramid Corp. strived mightily to site a covered mega-mall in Williston, Vt., 15-20 miles outside the City of Burlington. That would have been a disaster for what continues to be a delightful downtown in Vermont’s largest city.

Shoppers would have had to make a choice – downtown or Williston. The sites were in competition.

Vermonters fought back, primarily through the state’s anti-sprawl Act 250, the regional-planning vehicle that sought to force-feed commerce into community

centers as less wasteful and more efficient. (And this was well before the sustainable cry went up everywhere.)

Things are much more laissez faire in New York State, and regional planning much less tooth-full.

Regardless, you can throw a rock – please don’t do that – from downtown Oneonta and hit Southside, (and vice versa – please don’t do that either). Shoppers don’t have to make a choice.

They can shop downtown AND Southside on one convenient trip. And, particularly if they’ve driven 40 to get to Oneonta, they probably want to.

• Southside Mall’s engaging general manager, Luisa Montanti, is a born-andraised Oneontan who is impatient with all this citytown talk. (Incidentally, her name is actually “Luiga,” with a “g,” the female version of “Luigi,” but after years of being misunderstood and having her name misspelled, she bowed to the inevitable.)

She “gets it.” To her, Oneonta is one community.

(And, in truth, except for the political classes, few distinguish between the two, as will become ever clearer as study of forming a New

Let Greater Oneonta Chamber Lead, But Not Absorb, Others

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eparately, Mayor Miller approached the Otsego County Chamber, suggesting it change its name back to the Greater Oneonta Chamber of Commerce and refocus on the economic betterment – retail, light-industrial and commercial – of the New City that’s coming. This is part of the same piece.

After 20 years, can we accept that the county-chamber idea may not make sense?

The split revealed by fracking emphasizes that. Let’s move on. Merger isn’t essential for us to do together what we can do better together, and separately what we can do better separately.

City of Greater Oneonta continues to go forward.)

People live “in Oneonta,” not the city or town. They cross the municipal boundary unthinkingly to go to school, to shop, to worship, to be entertained, and to visit friends and kin.

Montanti began her retail career downtown at the Alpine Shop. She then worked for JC Penney for years, then ran her own store in one of the strip malls before assuming her current responsibilities last year. So she looks at the challenge of creating an ever-more-thriving retail magnet from every side.

So it was great news to hear that she and Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller have

Main Street Oneonta was created because the Otsego Chamber was no longer performing nuts-and-bolts downtown-promotion functions. The county’s economic developer, Carolyn Lewis, has assumed functions – the Bresee rehab and National Main Street Center membership come to mind – that would burnish a Greater Oneonta chamber’s reputation and raise its value to the community.

A Greater Oneonta chamber, as host to a Delaware-Otsego Council of Chambers of Commerce (rather than the threat local chambers perceived it to be today) would actually increase its regional influence.

been meeting and discussing how downtown and Southside Mall can collaborate for the benefit of both.

A first resulting step is a flyer – now being developed

by Montanti, county Tourism Director Deb Taylor and Julia Goff, MSO (Main Street Oneonta) coordinator – that will promote Shopping the O – the whole O, not O-town or O-city. A second step will be signage, directing shoppers back and forth. A third step should certainly be a variety of regional promotions.

(Happily, Miller and Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz have also been in conversations, and you can see how similar collaborations would benefit Otsego

County’s largest community and its iconic community.

In the summers, Oneonta’s offerings can help enrich the experience of Cooperstown tourists and Dreams Park families; in the winters, Cooperstown’s museums, shops and restaurant can enrich the lives of Oneonta’s 6,000 college students.)

The Montanti-Miller collaboration suggests a twopart way of thinking. One, just because something is doesn’t mean it’s the best option; brush out the cobwebs. Two, in all pursuits, let’s think about what we can better do alone, and what we can better do together, then proceed accordingly.

LETTERS

Please, Trustees, Give Me Back My Lost Afternoons To the Editor: Things have been going rather smoothly for me in recent months; that is, until a couple of weeks ago. No, my health is OK, thank you – it’s something else (although I wasn’t sure at first).

Surprisingly, when I share my symptoms with other Cooperstonians, I get the same reaction: a pensive pause followed with, “You’re right! I’ve had it too and never realized it!”

At first, I was just somewhat confused; no, disoriented, kind of like jetlagged, only different. A few lunch appointments missed and my afternoons seemed to get shorter – suddenly it would be 3 o’clock and my day had suddenly vanished into thin air.

Something was very wrong, but I didn’t know what. Then came an epiph-

any – like a light switch. I was in a nearby town when a familiar sound solved everything: the noon fire whistle!

That’s right, little did I know that Cooperstown’s erstwhile noon whistle had been unwittingly organizing my life into two very important parts: morning and afternoon.

Without the whistle, mornings just inexorably encroach upon valuable afternoon hours – hours that seem forever last. (Now that I think about it, it should have been obvious: the noon whistle was an afternoon wake-up call that startled me every time.)

So, I have a simple request. “I just want my afternoon back – every bit of it!” Will the good doctor on our Village Board please administer the antidote?

JOAN M. WHITE

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Boys Learn Lesson From Tragedy: Help Others

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am a mother of a 12year-old who is playing on a baseball team, the Nebraska Diamond Dawgs, the week of July 13-20 at Cooperstown Dream Park.

This is a special group of young boys who have played baseball together, most of them, since they were 7-years-old.

One year ago in February, one of the boys on the team, Skye, lost his mom, Tracy, to breast cancer. She was 36 years old. Another boy on the team, Butch, lost his mom eight years ago to colon cancer. After Tracy died, the boys rallied around her son Skye and his family to help them through the grieving process.

One of the things the boys decided to do was to “play for PINK.” They donned special pink jerseys and Cooperstown Native Daughter MORE LETTERS, A5,6 wore them wherever they played. These jerseys were Kansas City Royals’ star Alex Gordon poses with the Play In PINK team not like all other jerseys. that raised enough for the trip to Cooperstown Dreams Park, plus $65,000 Instead of having their last name on the jersey, the boys for the American Cancer Society. decided they would put a Cooperstown’s Newspaper For 204 Years until the Cooperstown tourhelp them in their endeavor can Cancer Society with a word on the back of their nament.

She really wanted to raise money for their check for nearly $65,000.

jersey that signified the to see them play ball there.

Cooperstown trip and for The Nebraska Diamond

James C. Kevlin Mary Joan Kevlin fight against cancer to them.

Unfortunately, that was breast cancer research.

Dawgs accomplished their

Editor & Publisher Associate Publisher Words like fearless, cure, not possible. Now she Alex Gordon’s mom is goals for giving money to inspire, attitude, and battle.

Tara Barnwell Amanda Hoepker probably has the best seat a breast cancer survivor. the ACS and they will soon They wore the jerseys Advertising Director Office Manager in the house, right next to Together, the Diamond be playing in Cooperstown to raise money for breast Butch’s mom, cheering on Dawgs and Alex Gordon – another dream accomJamie Smith, Stephanie Valentine Tom Heitz cancer research, as Tracy the boys as they play their raised $140,000.

To raise plished through hard work,

Sales Associates Consultant was a Hero for Hope for the way to Cooperstown. All of the money a Playing for dedication, loyalty and team American Cancer Society, Libby Cudmore, Adrian Adamo Ian Austin Scott Buchanan their games for the past two PINK Casino night was support. and they also wore them to Reporters Photographer Graphics seasons have been in loving held. Eight other major These boys know what it raise awareness around the memory of Tracy and Nikki. league players and coaches takes to win on the ballfield, OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR ball park.

One particular homewere also in attendance at but they also now, know Otsego County • Town of Cherry Valley • Town of Middlefield Wow, did they make a Cooperstown Central School District town Major League hero the event. even more about what it SPLASH! Many stood up, took notice of what the The monies were split takes to lead a winning life Subscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $45 a year. All other areas, $60 a year. took notice and the boys First Class Subscription, $120 a year. “boys in PINK” were doing: between the Dawgs’ Coo– love, compassion, team really made a difference.

Alex Gordon, left fielder perstown Dream Fund and work, respect and commuPublished Thursdays by Iron String Press, Inc. One of the last requests that and Gold Glove winner for 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 The American Cancer Soci- nity service.

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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012

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

registered. The director has two young people assisting him this season – Miss Catherine Foland and Walter Eggleston. Miss Foland is taking full charge of the girls’ program while on the grounds and will assist with the swimming on girls’ day.

At its regular luncheon on Tuesday, the Cooperstown Rotary club voted unanimously to recommend that the board of directors arrange for weekly luncheons of the club hereafter at the Cooper Inn. July 14, 1937

200 YEARS AGO

Advertisement – Ran Away from the subscriber on the 25th of June, a servant boy by the name of Stephen Scudder, aged 18 years, the sixth day of April last; it is expected he will enlist into the United States Army at Otsego. I forbid all persons harboring or trusting him on my account; any person apprehending him, and returning him back to me, shall have one cent reward and no charges paid. Henry Cable, Maryland.

July 11, 1812

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175 YEARS AGO

The arrangements for celebrating the 61st anniversary of our National Independence in this place were fully carried out on the 4th instant. The day was ushered in by the firing of cannon and ringing of bells, and 11 o’clock a.m., a procession was formed and escorted by the military to the Baptist Church, where the exercises were opened by a fervent prayer from Elder Raymond, and continued by the reading of the Declaration of Independence by J.H. Prentiss, the delivery of an Oration by S.S. Bowne, and the benediction by the Rev. Mr. Whiston. A large auditory gave the strongest evidences of their gratification at the manner and matter of the exercises; and we do but justice to Mr. Bowne, when we say that the matter of his oration was well arranged, the composition neat and forcible, and its delivery graceful. The dinner prepared by Mr. Butts was got up in excellent style, and displayed all the good things which a sincere desire to please is sure to afford. On no occasion have we ever sat down to so good an entertainment in this county.

July 10, 1837

150 YEARS AGO

Volunteers are needed to reinforce our brave army in the field. How shall they be obtained fast enough, and in sufficient numbers? The Government offers liberal pay; but the inducement is not sufficient in this crisis. Men are needed now, and they must be had, or the rebellion becomes a success. Otsego County should furnish 400 of the 50,000 men New York is called upon to raise. To do this properly, she should donate $50 to each volunteer as an additional inducement to enlist, or to assist in taking care of his family. Why should not the country, as well as the cities, aid in this manner? Let the Supervisors of Otsego County meet immediately, and vote to raise $20,000 by loan to aid in this movement. The amount might be paid in four years, and none of us feel the poorer. Shall it be done?

July 11, 1862

125 YEARS AGO

Local – Masher vanquished. Were the narrow escape of a specimen of that human biped called a “masher� from deserved public chastisement at the hands of one of our stalwarts

Paul A. Donnelly of Holyoke, Massachusetts assumed his new duties last week as an administrative assistant at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital. He will handle the major portions of the hospital’s public relations program. Mr. Donnelly is a native of Holyoke. He attended Holyoke Junior College for two years before transferring to the University of New Hampshire where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1960. He graduated from the Cornell University graduate school of Business and Public Administration last month. While at Holyoke J.C. Donnelly was vice-president of his class and an outfielder on the school’s baseball team.

July 11, 1962

25 YEARS AGO

Bassett Hospital has announced that local pitching ace Holly Aprile of Afton, N.Y. has agreed to join their softball team for the benefit game against the WGY All-Stars, scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.

Proceeds from the exhibition game will go to Friends of the July 10, 1912 Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in their efforts to establish the Bassett Birthing Center. Miss Aprile recently completed her generally known here, it might serve to save young ladies in junior season at Afton high school and led her team to the New Cooperstown from further annoyance of a certain kind. That is York State Class D championship with an undefeated record. a foreign imposition of ill manners not to be tolerated here by Miss Aprile has thrown 23 career no-hitters and is generally ac“plain country people.� knowledged to be among the top softball pitchers ever to have About forty of the friends of Samuel S. Bowne gathered at his performed in New York State. home last Tuesday, to celebrate with Mr. and Mrs. Bowne their July 15, 1987 fifth wedding anniversary.

Miss Kate S. Hamlin, who proposes to give a series of morning talks on English Language and Literature, is the teacher of A red fox was found to have rabies after several village reading and literature in the Troy Female Seminary and has the residents reported being attacked and bitten last week. On July highest credentials. The place is the Presbyterian Chapel; open2, Patricia Thorpe of Estli Avenue reported being attacked by ing talk, Friday, 10:30 a.m. Tickets for a course of five talks a possibly rabid fox. An hour later, Laura Kilty reported that a -- $2. fox was attempting to enter her house. Cooperstown police ofJuly 15, 1887 ficer Joe Kenney responded and encountered the animal outside Kilty’s home along Estli Avenue. Kenney fired five shots at the fox, striking it three times before it ran off. Half-an-hour later The Cooperstown Playgrounds opened last week for the Judi Tripp of Lakeview Drive reported being bitten by a fox. thirteenth season under the direction of Lester G. Bursey. In July 12, 2002 the two days of activities of activities, over 100 children have

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LETTERS

Rural Atmosphere Our Most Valuable Asset

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To the Editor: I genuinely enjoy Hometown Oneonta – I find the articles to be generally of interest and well-balanced.

In your most recent edition, however, was an article regarding the move to make the Oneonta Municipal Airport into a county municipal facility.

The arguments in favor were two-fold: first, that a more active airport would be conducive to economic growth in the county, and, secondly, that since we are “a tourist destination second only to New York City in New York State� (paraphrase), an airport would support that industry as well. These are both strange statements to my mind.

In the 20+ years of the

Oneonta Airport, the notion that it is “good for business� has not been enough to sustain interest or investment.

There is so little air traffic in Oneonta, in fact, that the mayor has all but shut down the airport in recent months because the City of Oneonta does not want to foot the bill for personnel.

Prior to that, the air traffic has consisted almost entirely of small private jets on several busy (Hall of Fame) weekends in the summer, the odd corporate flight, and private flying lessons here and there.

The statement that Otsego County has more tourists than anywhere in the state except New York City is preposterous. Ever heard of Niagara Falls, Lake George

or the Hamptons? Also, tourists do not fly into Cooperstown, they drive. How does an airport help them with that?

At some point, we have to figure out that what we like about this place is not that every inch of it is paved over and exploited, but that it retains a rural atmosphere.

This, in my opinion, is our most valuable asset.

SUSAN MOSS Oneonta

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NY Hospitals, Bassett Included, Relieved Court Decision Keeps Original Plan Intact STRECK/From A1 President/CEO Bill Streck – were convened for their annual meeting. The audience included another 150 interested parties. And already that morning, the gathering had received electrifying news: Dan Sisto, HASNY’s longtime president, announced he would be retiring in the next year.

But even that wasn’t enough to distract the attendees. For shortly after 10 a.m., the Supreme Court was expected to announce whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would stand, fall or go forward with perhaps crippling adjustments.

At 10:06 a.m. a buzz of dismay rippled across the room.

CNN (and Fox, simultaneously) had just announced the court had declared Obamacare unconstitutional.

Then someone stood up: “This may seem unbelievable, but we are getting conflicting news reports.” Minutes of consternation followed until, at 10:15, CNN reversed itself and reported the individual mandate had been upheld. The room breathed a collective sigh of relief.

“Relief is a favorable emotion,” Streck said in an interview a few days later. “Relief is more than delight.” If the Affordable Care Act had been overturned, “it’s hard to know what would be going on right now.”

The health industry, he pointed out, was a player in the development of the original bill.

It had surrendered $155 billion in savings – the impact on Bassett was $86 million – during negotiations that led up to Congress approving the bill and the president signing it into law in March 2010. In exchange, the industry expects to make up that loss when 33 million uninsured Americans receive coverage.

“Had it been overturned,” said Streck, “the $155 billion never would have been returned, and the Medicaid reimbursement” – the source of new funding to cover newly insured patients – “wouldn’t have been forthcoming.” The future, said the executive who oversees Bassett Hospital, Fox Hospital and hospitals and providers in a nine-county region, “would have been fraught with uncertainty.”

So “the health industry, in aggregate, considers this good news,” he said.

As it is, there is uncertainty enough. The $155 billion in savings kick in next year, but the increased Medicaid reimbursements don’t begin until the following year, 2014. Further, Streck said, “the Affordable Care Act was a law to increase coverage; it was not a law to decrease costs. It’s really a law to increase coverage – and then see what happens.” It’s an “interesting social experiment” with uncertain outcomes; “the

effective use of resources is going to dominate everything.”

Since most of the Affordable Care Act’s provisions – insurance pools, for instance, and adjustments to coverage Americans already have – won’t go into effect for two years, the affirmed act will be little felt by patients for the time being, said Streck.

“They will see the benefits in the investments to far,” in particular, the enhanced EMR – electronic medical record.

Within a year, he said, patients will have access to their electronic records for the first time.

Bassett had been in the running to become an ACO, an Accountable Care Organization with a regional franchise. The idea was that ACOs would provide “metrics” – measurements that would allow the federal government to track the quality of care; however, HASNY hospitals stepped back on concluding the additional regulations would create a burden not offset by the benefits.

As for Bassett, Fox and the affiliated hospitals and services, Streck said the biggest challenge will be in processing a wide range of new insurance options once the “pools” are created. But that is “less disruptive than having to deal with people who don’t have insurance,” as is the case now, since the Bassett hospitals and clinics don’t turn away anyone in need of treatment.

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On March 27, 1964, I received the letter from the Foundation informing me that I would be the recipient of one of its scholarships. Yes, I remember the date, because of the long-lasting impact that scholarship had on my family and me.

I was a senior at (then) Cherry Valley Central School. We had a small family farm from which we realized a very modest income, and my parents were facing some extremely anxious times worrying about how they were going to be able to afford the upcoming costs of my college education.

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That scholarship payment that went to the university bursar each year meant that we actually would be able to afford the costs of my undergraduate years, and together with the money I earned during the summers after my parents sold the farm, I was able to graduate debt-free.

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A Lamb Realty exclusive: $399,000. Listing # V-111 PRICE REDUCTION....Owner Motivated This 4,500 square foot center hall colonial home was built in 1988 in the middle of an 83 acre parcel, at the property’s highest point (1800 ft elevation), and overlooks the entire twelve mile length of Otsego Lake. While providing a total sense of privacy, this lovely residence is located less than 6 miles from the center of the historic village of Cooperstown, New York. The setting is approached by a mile-long private road and driveway that winds through forest and open fields, emerging at the top to a private world of woods, fields, and breathtaking views of the lake and distant hills. The current owner has created walking/running trails through the fields and woods overlooking the lake.

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St. John’s Strives To Protect 9 Tiffany Windows Siren Summoned All WINDOWS/From A1 ers were put on the outside of all the stained-glass windows, (there are others, in addition to the Tiffanys.)

A couple of years ago, however, a representative of Willet Hauser, the Philadelphia-based stained-glass studio, stopped by to examine the windows and discovered that dampness between the plastic and the windows was causing deterioration of the lead that holds the For $20, you pieces of glass in can help preplace. serve winHe submitted dows. a full report to Father Bartle that estimated complete repairs at more than $100,000. However, four lancet windows behind the altar most needed work, and that bill would be slightly under $15,000.

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Father John Bartle points out the “drapery glass” effect particularly prized in Tiffany windows.

Parishioner Alan Lincourt – you may remember him from two years ago, when he created a working miniature version of the town clock – came up with an idea: He has created coffee cups illustrated with images of the windows.

They’re for sale for $20 each. Call the church at (315) 858-1121, or stop by 98 Main St. Meanwhile, Father Bartle has applied for one local grant, to no avail,

and is exploring whether grants are available for National Register properties.

The windows were donated to the church by Thomas Redfield Proctor, proprietor of the very successful Spring House – at Main and Lake, where Spring Park is today – during this village’s heyday as a resort community in the second half of the 19th century.

Proctor went on to build the Hotel Utica, and to become a benefactor of the Munson-Proctor-Williams Museum in that city.

Tiffany windows, associated with the Art Noveau movement, emerged from the Brooklyn studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany, son of the founder of Tiffany & Co. jewelers.

Father Bartle is most impressed by the “drapery glass” effect, where clothing on the stained-glass figures looks almost real. “You get a real sense of depth,” said the priest, touching Mary’s robe in a depiction of the Annunciation.

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SIREN/From A1 Village Board’s decision to silence the “toxic” noon whistle prompted him to dig out the cards that used to be common in every Cooperstown household.

One, “courtesy of Pugliese Shoe Store, 147 Main St.” – Metro Fashion is there now – shows that four blasts, then one, meant the fire was at Main and Nelson.

Three and one was Susquehanna and Elm; seven, Eagle and Beaver; “2-2” was Bassett Hospital.

Forty-three years ago, when Lemister signed up, that was the system. “It was helpful to firefighters,” he said, “in that we knew which end of town it was at right away.”

As time went on, however, the signal system became more of a hindrance than a help. “It became confusing to the layperson,” said Lemister. “Everyone knew the five long blasts meant that it was out of town, so they would stay in their houses. But as for the other signals, they didn’t necessarily know each code for each street.”

Additionally, having the firefighters hear the codes and immediately rushing to the location actually slowed the dousing of fires.

“We had firefighters going directly to the scene, and nobody was going to get the trucks. They’d show up and go, ‘Look at this house burning, it would sure be nice if we had some water!’

That was the primary reason it was dropped.”

After getting rid of the fire alarm signal system in the 1970s, the city adopted a new system – a simple long blast of the alarm that community members recognize today.

“We rely principally on the audible alarm,” said Lemister, who explained

that a long blast of the alarm meant there was need for firefighters and EMS workers, while a short blast meant just the need of EMS workers.

In addition to the alarm, firefighters are equipped with pagers to give them more information about the emergency. The pagers are used to relay more detailed information to the firefighters, such as the location and nature of the emergency at hand.

“Not everything we respond to is a house fire. It could be a garbage can on fire, a tree down across a street, or somebody burned some toast,” said Lemister, the latter being an increasingly common occurrence.

“Particularly with the home alarms now – they get tripped, and away we go!”

However, with the use of pagers in place, many in town wonder if the loud alarm is still a necessity.

“People ask ‘Why do you need an alarm at all?’ and it’s because we’re not wedded to the pagers, they’re not glued to our hips,” said Lemister. “I could be outside mowing the lawn, and I don’t even hear my pager, or in church where I turn it off.”

“The pager serves as an excellent backup,” Lemister explained. “It works in harmony with the alarm. If you don’t hear one, you hear the other. We need every opportunity to alert as many people as possible. You don’t need many people to miss the alert to find yourself terribly shorthanded.”

Village trustees voted 4-3 at their June 25 meeting to halt the noon whistle, although Trustee Walter Franck, who made the motion, said he would consider a less obtrusive option if one were proposed.

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MLS#85182 - Village Victorian completely renovated home located central to everything! Energy efficient w/NEW insulation, furnace, hot water heater, & windows. NEW appliances, hickory cabinetry & granite tile countertops. Lots of closet space! New side porch overlooking back yard. New roof, new 200 amp. svc. & new wiring throughout. Would make a GREAT rental! Off street parking. Possible owner financing. $159,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ (607) 434-1061 MLS#84363 – 123 Pavilion Avenue - One of a kind historic Victorian Italianate limestone mansion on 11 acres. 7-BR, formal dining rm, lrg living rm, family rm, library & servants wing (could be 4 more bedrms, 9 fireplaces.

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TERRIFIC INVESTMENT With a reduced price, this exceptional property consists of a 2000 sq. ft. Victorian home plus a completely renovated and fully furnished Carriage House with another 1800 sq. ft.

The Victorian has 3 large bedrooms, 5 baths plus a private suite with bath. The Carriage House has a large living room, fully outfitted kitchen with adjacent dining area. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, laundry, central air plus a large back yard are just some of the pluses w/ the Carriage House. This property is set up perfectly for a full investment property or a residence in one and income in the 2nd home. Just 10 miles north of Cooperstown, it is near Glimmerglass Opera, Glimmerglass State Park and brings with it swimming and boating privileges at Springfield Public Landing. A one of a kind listing. All deposits for unfulfilled weeks of lodging will be conveyed at closing to new owner. 2011 season income was approximately $30,000 for Dreams Park season. Listing # 84071. Listing Price: $199,000 Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Rob Lee 434-5177; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881

Think suMMer 2012! oTsego Lake CoTTage Co-exCLusiveLY offereD aT The neW priCe: $269,000 This is a perfect three season cottage!

New construction in 2004; it is all up to code.

Open floor plan with two bedrooms on the first level.

Doors lead out to a large deck. Large second story loft with private deck. 1.5 baths. This cottage overlooking Otsego Lake will be sold with all the contents. Be ready for a beautiful fall on the lake! four season Lake hoMe exCLusiveLY offereD aT $675,000 Year round living waits for you in this Otsego Lake house with private beach and 62’ of direct lake frontage. Stunning views from both balconies.

Set well away from the main road with room to park 5 cars. Quiet neighborhood with other year round neighbors. The living area is open and bright, cathedral ceilings outfitted with 3 ceiling fans and 4 remotely controlled skylights. Lake views from all rooms. Telephone and television are wired in all rooms. New retaining wall in the parking area. Large detached two story garage for parking and storage. Green play space above the garage. Greenhouse near the beach frontage. Front lawn leads right to the beach at the lake’s edge.

New boat hoist and dock. This property was built for minimum maintenance and maximum enjoyment for 12 months of the year!

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for reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don olin realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donlinrealty.com For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie – Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King – Associate Broker – 547-5332 Don Olin – Associate Broker – 547-8782 Eric Hill – Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois – Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue – Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz – Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie -Sales Associate -547-4141 Carol Hall - Sales Associate -544-4144

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