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While Father John Rosson advises, Paul Lakata of Barney’s Signs, Johnstown, installs the new sign at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Church Tuesday, Oct. 8.

The sign picks up the motif of the church’s central stained glass window.

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tate Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, plans to cut the ribbon on the new Cooperstown Distillery at 5 p.m. Friday at the 11 Railroad Ave. site.

Proprietor Gene Marra said the operation, selling gin, vodka and bourbon, will then be open 11-6 daily through Thanksgiving.

APPEAL ACCEPTED: The state Court of Appeals has agreed to hear Anthony Pacherille’s appeal, according to his father, Tony. This is rare in a criminal case. At issue is whether Anthony, arrested in a Cooperstown shooting when he was barely 16, should have been tried as an adult.

SIDEWALK DETAILS: Village trustees and project engineer Jon McManus have planned an informational session on the Main Street sidewalk project at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Otsego County Courthouse.

REROOFING ALERT: The main entrance to Village Hall and the library is closed temporarily as the building is reroofed. Use Fair Street entrance; elevator available.

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s their peers were getting dressed – perhaps in their CCS Hawkeyes shirts – to go to

school Monday morning, Oct. 7, Emily Greenberg and Catherine Borgstrom were getting

ready to go on live TV. The two appeared on Washington DC’s Fox5 affiliate ahead of the Oneida Indian Nation’s 11 a.m. panel at a “Change the Mascot” rally at the Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, where the NFL fall meeting Please See TRIBE, A6 Fox5’ Allison Seymour interviews Emily

Greenberg, left, Catherine Borgstrom in D.C.

Brookwood Fundraising Goal Is Met

THE POWER OF A BOOK

Sam Goodyear pauses at Oneonta’s Green Toad Bookstore Thursday, Oct. 3, after giving away the 1,400th copy of Bryce Courtenay’s “The Power of One.” The 1989 novel changed Sam’s life, and he’s still spreading its message.

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t happens to anyone who knows Sam Goodyear.

Sooner or later, he’ll provide you with a copy of Bryce Courtenay’s “The Power of One,” a

harrowing 1989 novel of a bullied boy who overcomes much and, running into his tormentor as an adult, extracts exquisite vengeance.

Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Green Toad Bookstore in Oneonta, he bought a 1,400th copy – he always buys retail, never from amazon.com – and presented it to Chava Granett, a customer there.

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Village Surgeon Back From Afghanistan Stint

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or the past nine months, Bassett Hospital’s vascular surgeon Shelby Cooper has been living “M*A*S*H.” Cooper has been with the reserves for three years, but this is

the first time he’s been called out to serve. Then it happened: “The Navy Reserves sends you cryptic orders to tell you where you’re going,” he said.

So on July 20, 2012, the physician, who is also a lieutenant commander, found himself en route to a NATO military base at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.

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Lt. Cmdr. (and vascular surgeon) Shelby Cooper is home from deployment in Afghanistan.

rookwood Point is securely in public hands.

The Otsego Land Trust announced Monday, Oct. 7, that the local match has been raised to free up a $250,000 federal and state scenic byway grant to improve public Harry Levine access at the 22-acre announces lakeside property. goal reached.

In making the announcement, Land Trust board chair Harry Levine said, “We hope that we can demonstrate that continuing financial support from the community is warranted.”

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he county Board of Representatives has unanimously approved a plan that would privatize tourism promotion.

A three-year contract -- now being developed in detail -- would measure the success of privatization by whether the amount of bed-tax money generated in the county rises.

Two leaders of the new approach, The Otesaga’s Jim Miles and the Hall of Fame’s Ken Meifert, answered questions at the board’s monthly meeting Wednesday, Oct. 2.

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NOVEL/From A1 This all began almost a quarter-century ago in Manhattan. One day, Sam was perusing the shelves at Canterbury Books, Lexington and 73rd, when he noticed the spine of recently published “The Power of One” – “the lettering was very beautiful” – on a shelf.

On the cover was a picture of a railroad depot. The sign read, “Barberton, South Africa,” and memories came back in a rush. In the early ‘70s, Sam taught at the Waterford Kamhlaba School in Swaziland. His students included the children of Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and other leaders in the fight against Apartheid.

“I started reading the first page,” he said. “And I have never stopped reading the book. I was so engrossed, I couldn’t believe it.”

He immediately wrote Bruce Courtenay in Australia, and the novelist wrote a six-page letter back. A friendship developed. Sam eventually visited Australia, and spent a week with Courtenay and his wife, who found him a job there.

Sam eventually returned to the States, but the two men remained friends until the writer died last November.

(He wrote Sam a final letter: “My ‘use by’ date is fast approaching.”)

“The Power of One” and its grueling episodes – at the low point, protagonist PK’s bully forces him to eat feces from his pet chicken, then kills the bird – communicated to Sam that every human being faces daunting challenges, and every human being is strong enough to overcome them.

And then there are the happy happenstances that everyone experiences unexpectedly. Sam defines

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the heights and depths by the same phrase, “The Power of One.” Sam calls it “a fable” and a “comCourtenay ing of age story.” As he read it, “I felt I was discovering myself, getting a confirmation about my beliefs. I became very optimistic about myself.”

To some, it might seem Sam has had a charmed life.

The son of diplomat Jack Goodyear, he was born at Bassett Hospital while his father was assigned to Dakar, the Senegalese capital.

He was raised in Tangier and Geneva, learning Spanish and German. He only learned English at Springfield Elementary School while his dad, assigned to Washington, D.C., was looking for a family home in the Capital.

At age 14, he was sent to St. Mark’s in Massachusetts – PK went to boarding school at 6 – then Yale.

After a stint in Vietnam, he found himself on a ship heading from Southampton to Cape Town at the height of Apartheid. Aboard ship, however, Sam encountered a fellow teacher, Dick Eyeington and his wife Enid, and they became fast friends.

After Sam left Waterford Kamhlaba, the Eyeingtons – he would become principal there – moved to Somaliland to found a school. In October 2003, Sam turned on the TV news to learn his friends had been murdered by an al Queda cell.

The culprits were arrested, put on trial, and when they were about to be sentenced to death the Eyeingtons’ children, Louise and Mark, in a reflection of their parents’ humanity, “pleaded for clemency, and it was granted, Sam said.

“Now, that’s the power of one,” said Sam, shaking his head. “That’s the power of one.”

After Swaziland, Sam, then studying to be a concert pianist in Paris, married a Frenchwoman. When the marriage failed, he returned in 1981 to the U.S. and Cooperstown, where he acted in the Leatherstocking Theater Company and became well known locally.

He is currently living in Green, Chenango County, and working at WSKG, the public radio station in Binghamton.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-3 ART ASSOCIATION OPENS NEW ‘BIG RED ANNEX’

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Ken Meifert, center, was elected president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Monday, Oct. 7, at the annual meeting at Brewery Ommegang. He is vice president/sponsorship & development at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. From left are new board members Jim Ferrari (attorney) and Naomi Grigoli (manager, Main Street branch, Community Bank); new vice president Danielle Newell (executive director, Smithy Art Center); Meifert; treasurer Donna Shipman (vice president, NBT Bank, Cooperstown office); secretary Will Green (attorney); new board member Chance Nichols (treasurer, Ommegang Brewery), and chamber Executive Director Pat Szarpa.

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illage Hall has defined “the problem” as revenue. Thus, the Village of Cooperstown needs paid parking to cover basic needs; foremost, street repair. But a look at state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s “Open Book New York” website suggests management, not revenue, is the issue.

Using DiNapoli’s data, we compared three Central New York villages: Cooperstown, Clinton and Cazenovia.

As the chart accompanying this editorial Mike points out, the villages are similar. Each hosts major institutions. And yet Cooperstown’s expenses are double and triple those of the other two.

When you look into the breakouts, Cooperstown’s “Employee Benefits” – medical insurance, retirement, Social Security and Worker’s Comp costs – are way out of line.

Wow. Cooperstown is spending 27 times more on “Culture and Recreation” than Clinton, and 2 ½ times lakeside Cazenovia. Most of this is a huge expenditure on parks; however, while Cooperstown is spending $107,000 on its library, the other two villages are spending nothing, presumably following the state Regents’ recommendation to reorganize regionally to share costs

among all users.

Tale of Three Villages In “General Government,” Cooperstown’s personnel costs

Cazenovia Clinton Cooperstown are relatively huge. “Employee Benefits” and “Transportation” Population (2010) 2,835 1,942 1,852 (the trolleys) are likewise way out Square Miles 1.6 0.6 1.8 of whack. Only “Public Safety” – surprisingly, Employee Benefits $334,927 $256,884 $769,357 perhaps – is somewhat in Culture & $137,836 $12,245 $333,781 line: Cooperstown and Recreation Cazenovia spend about the same, although ClinGeneral $256,842 $146,809 $711,280 ton spends less than half Government as much. $776,855 $380,598 $1,691,439 In a conversation, May- Transportation or Katz pointed out that Property Taxes $938,083 $544,154 $1,703,744 revenues are greater, too, and that’s true. But the Long Source: www.openbookny.com Graphic: Kathleen Peters/The Freeman’s Journal real shocker is property taxes: Cooperstown residents pay CDBG grants in August, far better of housing stock, begin reviving than any surrounding counties. whole neighborhoods – and generalmost twice as much as Cazenoating additional property taxes. via’s and more than three times as Many of these projects had sat on the shelf for years, but Long was With downtown and parks masmuch as Clinton’s. able to retool them for success. ter plans in preparation, the City • City Hall was limping into a of the Hills can anticipate only While putting together this mafive-year transition to LED street- good things in the months and terial, an anniversary arrived: As years ahead. of Oct. 1, the able and experienced lights. Long showed how, with the energy savings, it made sense The other night, when deMike Long passed his first annito shift immediately. (Then state partment-head budget requests versary as Oneonta city manager, Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who showed a $2 million funding gap, and what a year it’s been.

Long and Mayor Miller were unHillside Commons, the 250-stu- has an inclination to support sucdeterred: They both immediately dent housing highrise near SUNY cess, got a $250,000 grant to pay for the whole project.) knew where they would close the Oneonta, is under construction, Most intriguing is a developgap. No line-by-line penciling the largest private project in the ing alliance with Housing Visions there. city in decades. A PILOT imof Syracuse: City Hall will buy • mediately brings money into city decrepit buildings, many the result Clearly, when you look at coffers. of hard use as student housing; DiNapoli’s numbers, the Village Long prepared applications Visions renovates them, then sells of Cooperstown finds itself in a – not just for the city, but for the them back into the private mardark place.

Town of Oneonta and county ket. This will halt the degradation There are a lot of reasons, – that brought in $1.9 million in

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LETTERS/ELECTIONS 2013

Hulse Has Business Experience To the Editor: I am writing this letter to encourage you to vote for Rick Hulse Jr., who is running for County Representative for District 8.

Rick is the perfect candidate for this position, as he is fair minded, knows how to listen and is knowledgeable on all the issues facing the county.

Rick is a kind honest and dependable man. Rick is a family man and is very

involved in this community.

Rick and his wife Christine have a son in the Cooperstown school district.

As a family, along with everyone else, they are experiencing the many changes in our county. With Rick’s business background he will be an asset to the county board. So please vote Rick Hulse on Election Day you won’t be sorry.

DIANE KOFFER Cooperstown

Kosmer Votes With Integrity To the Editor: John Kosmer is a rather unusual elected official in that he actually listens to his constituents and then acts on their input - guided by his own good judgement. While he has been on the losing side of a few votes during his first term as county representative, that does not mean that he was actually wrong on the issues at hand. While not a member of the country club set, he is a member of the

Farmers’ Market set, a man of the people, who listens to the people and represents the people.

We could use more people like Kosmer as elected officials. His integrity is beyond reproach, he acts on his convictions - including building a landmark solar home - and he was a successful editor of a national magazine. We’re fortunate to have him as our representative.

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including hubris. The story is told how, when then-Mayor Harold Hollis had a chance to negotiate a better sales-tax deal in the early 1990s, he was dismissive. “Higher property taxes keep the riff-raff out,” he was reported saying. So here we are.

Happily, person for person, Cooperstown has probably never had a more able Village Board.

Each trustee – everyone, really – should spend some time on DiNapoli’s site; it’s a wake-up call. It’s a terrific diagnostic tool for any concerned citizen and official alike.

What’s needed is not on-street paid parking and the relative pittance it generates compared to a $5 million budget. What’s needed is an independent and objective clean-sheet review. The numbers suggest the time for basic, structural changes is long overdue.

Going forward, Mike Long’s first year shows professional management is essential going forward.

As noted, the Village Board is a powerhouse right now, but trustees Lou Allstadt and Ellen Tillapaugh are up for reelection in March, as well as Mayor Katz.

The picture could quickly change, as it has in every election in the past half-decade.

Village Hall has lost its way.

City Hall has found its way. The way forward is clear. Cooperstown’s not on it. But it can be.

It’s time to get started.

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If He Needs Help Now, Can Keator Do A Bigger Job? To the Editor: No sooner had I finished reading your editorial, “It’s Up To Keator To Show He Can Fill Crowell’s Shoes” (Oct. 3, Page A-4), then I came upon an advertisement in the same edition (page B-4) by the Village of Cooperstown seeking applications for a part-time deputy village treasurer.

As you note, Mr. Keator currently is the village treasurer. Presumably, he needs help to perform his duties as treasurer of our small village. The obvious question raised by this development is whether it shows that Mr. Keator does not have the capacity to step up to fill Dan Crowell’s shoes and perform the much larger du- To the Editor: I am writing in support of Bill Glockler, ties required of the treasurer who is running for county representative for of the county.

JOHN A. RUDY District 7 (Middlefield and Cherry Valley).

While I am not a resident of that part Cooperstown of Otsego County, I recognize that Bill’s qualifications and potential would benefit the community at large.

Bill has been a leader in civic and charitable activities in the area for many years.

He is a long-time resident of the area and knows both the problems and opportunities

Work Ethic, Character Qualifies Glockler For Job that face us.

Bill has been forthright and direct in stating his views on the issues that confront the county.

His background, work ethic, and character demonstrate a solid qualification for public service.

I urge the citizens of District 7 to examine Bill’s record and views – and to vote for him on Nov. 5. Thank you.

JIM HOWARTH Cooperstown

Pat Ryan, Running Again In Hartwick, Says: Planning Needed To the Editor: I am running, again, for Hartwick town supervisor because it is of the utmost importance that we the people come together and speak with “one voice” to identify and plan for our town’s future.

I believe I can provide the strong and effective governmental leadership we desperately need. Once elected, it is my responsibility to serve the needs and hopes of all our citizens.

As the fastest-growing town in the county, our town needs to move forward planning for our future. By doing so, we will protect and provide for our children, grandchildren and many generations to come.

Planning is the most important matter facing our town in the next

several years, and we must do it right.

Commercial and residential growth is imminent and there must be a logical and common sense approach to land use regulations.

The 21st century tools put in place during my previous two terms are ready for us to do what is required.

Now is the time to go about the business of good government for all the people of our beautiful Town of Hartwick.

Once elected, I will devote myself to serving the needs and hopes of all of our citizens and maintain town budgets that will be affordable to all citizens based on what the current and future tax revenues provide.

From 2008 to 2011, we were able to establish the following:

• A computerized budget and finance program that gives the town board upto-date reports of income and expenses • Changes to the town insurance provider which saved thousands in yearly premiums.

• Adopt a Comprehensive Plan that serves as a guidance document and is an important tool that requires Town officials, as well as others, to utilize this Plan to guide decisions about future development and growth within the Town.

• An Employee Handbook which provides for fair and equitable policies based on Federal and State labor laws as well as NYS Civil Service law.

• A town website where all board minutes, budgets and other important Please See LETTER, A6

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

200 YEARS AGO

The employment of Indians in our army seems already to have produced a salutary effect. British officers, dreading recrimination for their cruelties, seem now willing to put a stop to the indiscriminate butchery of prisoners by their savage allies; and a general order has been published from the British headquarters, fixing a premium upon every prisoner, instead of his scalp, which the Indians may bring in.

October 9, 1813

100 YEARS AGO

what he has left of the mementos of his days of glory on the diamond with Detroit and the Philadelphia, Athletics. There is a sweater, jacket, shirt, pants and stockings, and a pair of shoes and sliding pads he used for many years. The Cobb items are being displayed for the present in a case with other immortals of the game.

October 12, 1938

50 YEARS AGO

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of a residence in Cooperstown by the Clark family, although the first member of the family to live here was not a Clark, but a Jordan. Jordan Cottage, still standing on the northwest corner of Main and Chestnut Street, was the home of Ambrose L. Jordan, a native of Columbia County, who arrived in Cooperstown to practice law in 1813. Mr. Jordan practiced law here until 1820. During Jordan’s time in Cooperstown, his eldest daughter Caroline was born and received her early education. Caroline later married Edward Clark, her father’s law partner and the couple purchased the Apple Hill property on River Street in 1856, now known as Fernleigh.

October 9, 1963

175 YEARS AGO

Peace Convention in Boston – One of the most extraordinary conventions ever held in this country assembled in Boston the latter part of last month. The avowed object was to promote peace. A constitution and a declaration of sentiments were drafted by a committee consisting of men and women. They deny the lawfulness of any human government and denounce all its forms as unauthorized usurpations of man over his fellow. They aim not to reform but to overthrow civil government and reconstruct society in all its relations and intercourse. They declare it inconsistent with a profession of Christianity to sue, or imprison, or coerce any offender by physical or legal or legal compulsion; and the members of this new society can neither do military duty, nor pay military fines; neither take an oath of allegiance to any human government, nor act themselves as legislators, judges, or jurors, nor assist as voters in appointing others to these or any civil offices.

October 8, 1838

150 YEARS AGO

Local – Pleasant Valley Wine Co. – The Agent of this company, located at Hammondsport, Steuben County, was here a few days ago with specimens of grapes, wines, and brandies. Some of our dealers have given orders. Mssrs.

Beadle and Babcock are to have the grapes on sale soon.

They are of choice varieties. Communications can be addressed to J.A. Ball, Secretary.

Effects of Intemperance – On Tuesday last an elderly lady by the name of Condon, a resident of Springfield, was killed while on her return home, about two miles north of this village. It is stated she was in a wagon with her husband and two or three other men, all more or less under the influence of liquor.

October 9, 1863

125 YEARS AGO

As the result of numerous inquiries among businessmen in Wall Street and elsewhere, a reporter of the New York Times reaches the conclusion that businessmen are, as a

25 YEARS AGO

October 8, 1913 rule, less bibulous than were their predecessors a quarter of a century ago, and that it has ceased to be good form for a man to rush off to a saloon and close each transaction with a drink. The character of the drink has also changed, and wine and beer and even ginger ale, and other non-alcoholic drinks have now largely taken the place of spirits among those who adhere to old customs. Some of the above remarks in the Times article are applicable to this village.

There is very little of that vice seen among our residents in these days.

October 12, 1888

75 YEARS AGO

A valuable addition was made last week to the collection of mementos at the National Baseball Museum came from Tyrus R. Cobb, first of the immortals to be elected to a place in the Hall of Fame. Mr. Cobb writes from his home at Menlo Park, California, that the gift includes the best of

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“Without a doubt, this has been the fastest five years of my life,” Suzanne “Polly” Renckens said. “There’s a lot to be said for ‘time flies when you’re having fun.’” This summer Renckens marked five years as the director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce. Since moving to the Cooperstown area with her husband James, 30 years ago, Renckens has been the owner of the Hickory Grove Inn on State Route 80 and of Country Memories in Springfield Center. She also served as director of Otsego 2000 before taking the reins of the chamber in 1998. The Renckens are parents of three children – Shannon, Patrick and Elizabeth.

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U.S. astronaut and shuttle commander Robert “Hoot” Gibson, 42, will take a piece of Cooperstown, a baseball inside a cube, on board the Atlantis spacecraft when NASA’s next flight is launched in November. Gibson, who was born here, spent his early years in Fly Creek, but moved away in 1948. Astronauts have been taking small packages, known as “personal preference kits” into space with them which contain small objects such as medallions. Upon return, they are not allowed to sell the items. Generally, the items are presented to public officials, museums, or kept by the astronaut and family members.

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CCS Decision On ‘Redskin’ Name Energizes National Drive Against Stereotypes TRIBE/From A1 was also under way.

“It was huge,” said Borgstrom.

“It was a lot to learn, a lot to take in.”

The Oneida tribe, a sponsor of the NFL, hoped to pressure the Washington Redskins into changing their name. “This generation gave us new hope,” said Ray Halbritter, the tribe’s president, in his opening remarks. “These students courageously voted to stop using that name.”

Along with Halbritter,

Greenberg and Borgstrom were joined by D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton; Betty McCollum, Minnesota congresswoman and co-chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus; Ken Grover, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian; Dr. Michael Friedman, whose work includes research on discrimination and children, and Dr. David Borgstrom, Catherine’s father and president of the CCS board.

“The room was so packed,” said

Greenberg. “There were a lot of people from the Oneida community.”

Greenberg was inspired to take up the fight while at Phillips Exeter Academy summer school, where she became friendly with two students from a Navajo reservation in Arizona. “When they asked me what our mascot was, I had to look them in the eye and tell them it was the Redskins,” she said. “It was upsetting for them, and it was upsetting for me.”

President Obama even came

out in favor of changing the name, telling the Associated Press, “I don’t know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real legitimate concerns that people have over these things,” he said in an interview on Friday, Oct. 4.

“I’ve always known what a nickname can do, but Dr. Friedman talked about studies that show these nicknames can cause lower self-esteem,” said Borgstrom.

“Even people who say, ‘this doesn’t offend me,’ were affected

when they saw it -- this face that’s supposed to represent their culture on someone’s team jersey.”

And it seems that their message was heard. Adolpho Birch, the NFL’s senior vice president for labor policy and government affairs, agreed to sit down with Halbritter at the league’s offices in late November.

“I was really touched,” said Borgstrom. “People just kept coming up to us and saying ‘Thank you’.”

LETTERS

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Having Held Job, Driven Roads As Bus Driver, Says He’s Qualified For Position

To the Editor: I would like to introduce myself as the qualified candidate for the Town of Otsego highway superintendent.

I was raised on the family farm in Fly Creek Valley, where I still live and work.

I have gained other experience by driving a school bus for the Cooperstown School District, answering calls for the Otsego County Office of Emergency Services and, most importantly, working for the Town of Otsego Highway Department as a Pat Kelly/National Baseball Hall of Fame crew member for four years Eleven National Baseball Hall of Fame employees were honored in September for longevity at a lunand then being appointed by cheon hosted by HoF Board Chairman Jane Forbes Clark and President Jeff Idelson. Front row, from the Town Board as highway left, are Mike Fink, manager, exhibits and special projects, 20 years; Freddy Berowski, library associ- superintendent after the ate, 10 years; Karen Head, receptionist, 10 years, and Katie Morris, membership associate, 10 years. long-serving superintendent Second row, from left, are Miss Clark; Tina Zayat, fulfillment and shipping associate, 10 years, and left for another position.

Idelson. Third row, from left, are Director of Human Resources Patti Gulotta; John Horne, library asI have the experience and sociate, 15 years; Dan Bennett, library associate, 25 years, and Tom Shieber, senior curator, 15 years. qualifications to operate all Back row, from left, are VP/Communications & Education Brad Horn, VP/Exhibitions & Collections of the highway equipment. I Erik Strohl and VP/Retail Merchandising & Licensing Sean Gahagan.

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enjoyed my year as highway superintendent, where I worked with the best crew a town could have.

I look forward to managing a new crew that will keep our roads clear of snow and safe for our school buses and emergency vehicles.

I will look at the trouble spots that flood every year and find long term solutions.

Because of my early morning bus driving experience I am sensitive to the condition of our roads.

I will not be running on a major party line but will instead run as an independent under the “Safe Highways” party. I would appreciate your vote on Election Day and look forward to serving the Town of Otsego.

BRYAN PERNAT Fly Creek

It’s Time For Town Of Hartwick To Start Planning Its Future LETTER/From A4 information are to be posted.

• A Clean Sweep Program allowing citizens to take pride in their town by cleaning up the roadsides and their properties.

• The collecting of scrap metal which is sold to pay for all of the costs of the Clean Sweep Program • A Recycling Center at no additional cost to the taxpayers.

• Volunteer Citizen Advisory Committees to help with conservation, clean up and beautification.

• Acquired Accidental Death and Health insurance for our Volunteer Firemen.

Future plans: Evaluate current administrative staff to assure that the budget and finance duties are being performed by a

qualified accountant and in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) as required by statute.

• Maintain current town services as required by statute for infrastructure, buildings, health, safety and welfare for the people.

• Use 21st century tools to run an effective and efficient government.

• Appoint a new Citizens Advisory Committee to

assist the Town Board in identifying short and long term goals.

• Complete an assessment for needs in the areas of infrastructure, roads, health and safety programs according to the Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2010.

• Maintain open government and keep citizens informed of Board actions through website postings, press releases or informative mailings on a regular basis.

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I encourage Hartwick Residents to call me if they have any questions or concerns about me or my time in office. As in all aspects of life sometimes thing are said about candidates that aren’t entirely true, I can be reached at 607-293-8033, or you may email me at psr527@yahoo.com.

Please vote for me on Election Day, Nov. 5.

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Last year’s Pit Run winner, Josh Edmonds, Cooperstown, nears the finish line. He came in 4th place in the 10K with a time of 32.48

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Sid Parisian welcomes everyone to the 20th annual Pit Run. Haile Mengesha, New York City, above, crossed the finish line in first place with a new 10K record of 29:53. Meseret Basa, also of New York City, was the first female across the line, 36:36, and Nate Lull, Gilbertsville, won the 5K, with Randy Kabasiak, Avrill Park as the first State Trooper across the line, and Dan Snyder, Endicott was the first in the other Law Enforcement Team Jake out of Otego is the family DeForest, made category, at 45:05. up of Ed, Steve and Loan Ann COB 74182 Commercial Ad Marie.

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SURGEON/From A1 His first surgery was performed on a one-yearold girl whose brother had brought home an old Russian land mine that detonated while she was nearby.

“She was a mess, but she pulled through,” he said.

Most of the surgeries he performed were on similar wounds, either from shrapnel in improvised explosion devices (IEDs) or gunshot wounds. He treated both Afghans and soldiers alike, sharing the base with troops from Singapore, Slovakia and Australia, and estimated that he performed between 30-40 surgeries during his nine month tenure.

By January 2013, however, things had slowed down. “The Army changed the rules so we couldn’t take care of Afghans,” he said.

“They were trying to create an environment where they had to take care of their own people.”

To pass the time, he

would often shop at the Sunday bazaars held weekly at the base, where locals would come and sell their wares. “I bought rugs to send home to my wife,” the artist Ashley Cooper. “She finally called and said, ‘We have enough rugs, stop sending rugs home’!”

Indeed, two of those rugs, as well as a macramé mirror, decorate his office at Bassett.

He also brought back jewelry and a camel hide coat. “My wife says when it gets wet, it smells like a wet camel,” he said with a laugh. “I didn’t even see any camels while I was there – just jackals and big bugs.”

But it wasn’t all shopping excursions and chatting with locals. Cooper had to wear body armor for his protection, and carry a gun “everywhere but in surgery.” Rocket attacks by the Taliban were frequent, but they rarely landed anywhere

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He does, however, plan to get involved with similar, short-term tenures. “These opportunities are hard to get,” he said. “But Bassett was amazingly supportive.”

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And though he enjoyed the experience, Cooper says he’s planning to list himself as inactive. “It’s a good

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Charles Dennis DeCarr Jr., 80; Air Force Veteran Was American Legion Member SCHUYLER LAKE – Charles Dennis DeCarr Jr., 80, a retired Air Force TSgt. and veteran of the Korean War, died Saturday, Sept. 28 2013.

Born Dec. 26, 1932, in Richfield Springs, Charlie was a son of Charles Dennis DeCarr and Louise (Monroe) DeCarr. He first lived in Toddsville where he attended school until the family moved to Schuyler Lake.

He attended grade school there until going to Richfield Springs Central School.

On Aug. 27, 1951, Charlie enlisted in the Air Force and began what would become a 19-year career in the armed forces. He served in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and, as a radar technician, was part of the 13th Communications Construction Squadron. He was stationed in many places throughout the world, including Germany, Italy and Iceland. Toward the end of his Air Force career, he was stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska and received his Honorable Discharge at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, having attained the rank of Technical Sergeant.

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Always a devoted veteran, he was a life member of the Clark F. Simmons American Legion Post No. 579 in Cooperstown.

Charlie is survived by his four children, Cheryl, Cindy, Charles and Randy; as well as his brother, Chester DeCarr and his wife, Jane Temple. He is further survived by nieces and nephews, including Chet DeCarr and Regina, Cheryl and Jim Foote, Cindy Paramore and family, Cathleen DeCarr and Christopher DeCarr.

He was predeceased by his companion, Lera A. Russell, who died Feb. 1, 2010; and by his son, David DeCarr, who died in 2008.

Military Honors for TSgt. DeCarr were held on Saturday, Oct. 5 in the Schuyler Lake Cemetery, with Military Honors accorded by the United States Air Force Base Honor Guard from the Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia and by members of the Clark F. Simmons American Legion Post No. 579 in Cooperstown.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, Cooperstown.

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MLS#90435 - Charming home, move-in ready, on a corner lot in Cherry Valley. Home features 3 BRs, 1 full bath, mature landscaping, detached garage and shed. Priced to sell. $160,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

MLS#90737 - Beautifully maintained home features 3 BRs, 1 bath, hardwood floors. New energy-efficient wood-burning fireplace insert. Easy commute to Oneonta , Norwich, Chobani. $74,777 Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#89316 - 4 BR, 2 bath, move-in ready Cape on 8+ acres in Cooperstown School District. Open floorplan has kitchen w/slate floors, full bath, 2 BRs on 1st floor. Master BR w/skylight, full bath, family room, office, laundry.

Wrap-around deck, pool, 2-car garage and invisible fence. $224,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#89657 - Great building lot w/frontage on Goodyear Lake in Milford. Motivated sellers. Owner financing possible. $75,000 Call or text David @ 607-435-4800 (cell)

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MLS#84136 - Close to Oneonta, this 3 BR, 2 bath ranch features full basement, 2-car garage, newer windows, appliances, furnace, water filtration system and water heater.

Hardwood floors, spacious kitchen, sun/family room. Master BR ste is efficiency apt and rent is paying the mortgage! $127,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068

MLS#87446 - Established restaurant in Cooperstown on St Hwy 28. 3 DRs, one can be used as banquet room w/dance floor. Approx. 5,000 sq ft w/parking for 60 cars, can accommodate over 300 people. Owner financing available. $850,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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MLS#90817 - Country estate w/4 BRs, 4½ baths, foyer w/mahogany staircase, formal LR w/fireplace and kitchen w/island. Master BR w/fireplace, bath, walk-in closet.

Library, full-sized indoor swimming pool, sauna, bath and changing area. Barn w/2-3 horse stalls, storage, fenced paddock. Also a 2-BR, 1-bath caretaker/guest house w/workshop beneath. Regulation tennis court, pond. $895,000 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#87366 – 19th-century farmhouse w/18 acres of meadows and hills, trout stream, pond. Close to Baseball Hall of Fame and Otsego Lake. Cooperstown Schools.

Large rooms, woodshed, detached garage, barn w/horse enclosure, stanchions, tack room. Outdoor horse paddock. $142,500 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell)

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MLS#90725 - 2 BR Cape Cod in the village features newer roof, vinyl siding, new windows, hardwood floors, fireplace w/gas insert, new appliances, walk-in cedar closet, lots of storage, french doors, and more. $69,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

MLS#90665 - Beautiful views from this 3 BR, 2 bath, doublewide on 1.76 acres in Roseboom. Newer windows, newer kitchen cabinets, carpets in good shape. $54,900 Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)

MLS#86798 – Villa Isidoro Bed and Breakfast, Inn and Ristorante on Rte 20 in Richfield Springs. Start your new business today! $695,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#90345 – Classic farmette w/outbuildings is just off I-88. Large outbuilding was once a wood-working shop. Inside features hardwood floors, woodstove and the craftsmanship of yesteryear. $149,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)

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MLS#87451 - Country home w/open concept. Many improvements: windows, siding, heating system, coal stove, insulation. Cooperstown school district. Motivated seller. $110,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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MLS#91076 - Lots of original charm and character in this 4 BR farmhouse w/attached garage, several well-maintained outbuildings, and well manicured, nearly 2 acre lot. Super solid structurally, move-in condition, and affordably priced. $129,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

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MLS#85578 – Solid contemporary on over 26 acres in the Cooperstown area. Hot tub on the deck. Property includes over 200’ additional road frontage and well on Cty Rte 33. $189,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell)

MLS#91517 - Renovated Queen Anne Victorian in the heart of Cooperstown. 5 BRs, 4 baths, foyer w/grand staircase, formal parlor, library w/½ bath, eat-in kitchen w/pantry and laundry area. Large master BR w/fireplace, bath w/radiant floor heat. Full basement, wrap-around deck, carriage barn w/parking for 3 cars, storage area, and 2 BR, 1 bath apt above. Walking distance to downtown and lake. $979,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#90109 – 2-family home w/new wood/coal/oil furnace.

Newer water heater, electric service, roof. Barn w/new metal roof, 65’ river frontage, floating dock. Tenant apt w/ updated bath, fresh paint, washer/dryer, new appliances. $146,750 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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MLS#87450 - Prime location in downtown Cooperstown just a short stroll to National Baseball Hall of Fame, Doubleday Field, county buildings, shops and restaurants. 2 currently occupied apts plus storefront. Unfinished space on 3rd floor.

New heating system, oil tank and majority of windows. $225,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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Just at the edge of the downtown Cooperstown, you will find this very nice home in a 35-house development. House offers 3 BRs plus master, 1¾ baths, formal LR w/fireplace, formal DR, galley kitchen w/skylights, family room, master suite w/bath, walk-in closet and private deck. The lower floor has a second family/entertainment room and storage. Large, heated 2-car attached garage provides easy, safe access. There is a membership in the association-owned lakefront parcel that offers swimming, boat dock and picnic area all within walking distance.

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Completely remodeled home w/tile floors. Open floorplan w/3 BRs downstairs and 2 baths. Master BR w/private bath, double closets. Upstairs has 2 BR apt w/open floorplan. Bonus room w/½ bath. Granite entry w/large yard and huge 2-story barn. Great for business w/exposure to St. Hwy 23, zoned commercial, garage or rent it out. House sits on an acre of land with large yard and flower garden. 10 minutes to Oneonta and Interstate 88. Don’t miss this opportunity to work at home and have an apartment help with paying your mortgage. $199,900 MLS#91433

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Cherry Valley Gem

(7791) Historic 2+ BR cottage-style home features open floorplan, pine flooring, custom kitchen w/walk-in pantry, 1½ baths, BR w/balcony, deck, gas-fired woodstove. Newer furnace and roof, new septic, newly painted exterior. Here is everything you want! CV-S Schools.

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(7525) 3 BR/2 bath ranch w/widespan views and 238′ of private lake frontage. This gracious residence boasts open floorplan, cathedral beamed ceilings, large deck, large family room, 2 fireplaces. new carpeting. Kitchen w/eating bar, sauna, 2-car garage. Impressive easy access lakefront and beautiful features. Cooperstown Schools.

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(7395) Exceptional 5 BR/3+ bath countryside home has spacious layout w/family room, den, large LR, 2 fireplaces, center entry, oak flooring, ceramic tile baths, breakfast nook, formal DR w/fireplace. Large deck, barn. 4 miles from Cooperstown.

Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive–$399,000

Quiet upper Union Street w/wooded trails into Wilber Park. Immaculate 4 BR, 3½ bath home is tastefully renovated. 1st floor features formal LR and DR, family room, kitchen w/stainless appliances, guest/music room w/full bath.

French doors allow light to flow! Second floor has central office area, BR, full bath, and master BR w/½ bath and walk-in closet. Third floor w/2 BRs, full bath, walk-in closet and storage room. Beautiful hardwood floors and classic Arts & Crafts style trim. In the back, double glass sliding doors open to covered porch w/cathedral ceiling, skylights and outdoor curtains. Fenced backyard w/ surrounding gardens, side bluestone patio. All mechanics are updated.

$249,000 MLS#91306