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Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTASUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski takes her seat in the second row of the Seward Summit in the brimming Otesaga ballroom. Behind her are, from left, Steve Harris, Royal Chrysler principal, and Oneonta Town Board members Scott Gravelin, Bill Mirabito and Bob Wood, supervisor.

Seward welcomes attendees.

DevelopmentMaster PlanMight Result

By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

A steering committee that includes the two college presidents

and top economic-development and elected leaders has formed to decide how to encour-age jobs and more vigorous commerce and industry

in Otsego County.The committee emerged

from a morning of bullish discussion at state Sen. Jim Seward’s Economic Devel-opment Summit Thursday,

Please See SUMMIT, A8

Oneonta Block’s Bob Harlem makes a point in a breakout session. At left is Rick Eastman of Eastman & Asso-ciates.

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Town BoardOKs FrackingMoratorium

Hartwick College President Marga-ret Drugovich scans the room during a breakout session. At left is Town Board member Scott Gravelin; at right, OFO’s Dan Maskin and Bob Hanft, former chair of Hartwick’s trustees.

Brett Holleran, teacher and Deer Ha-ven Campground developer, speaks at the tourism breakout. At left is Jim Tomaino’s Main Street Oneonta presi-dent.

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COOPERSTOWN

‘Grow Cortland” was trying to pro-mote economic

development in that county, but there was a problem.

A 14-acre problem. A garbage pile at Cortland’s city line that was seven stories tall.

The not-so-subliminal message, Linda Dicker-son Hartsock told 200+ business enthusiasts at state Sen. Jim Seward’s Econo-Please See KEYNOTE, A-10

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By LIBBY CUDMORE

Otsego County’s first high-school robotics team and its robot,

42-03, came back from com-

petition in Rochester over the weekend with the Rookie All-Star Award and a chance to compete in St. Louis, Mo., next month.

“This is a terrific honor,” said team volunteer Paul

Agoglia, a retired technology teacher. “I’m so proud of our students.”

“We were the tiniest team with the tiniest robot,” said Celeste Brown Thomas, team

Please See ROBOTS, A3

Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTANewborn Kason Miller, in Laura Erbe’s arms, was the youngest OHS fan at the Lady Yel-lowjackets-South Jeff game Saturday, March 10, at Binghamton. Mom Stephanie Miller is in the background. (For a tribute to the Jackets, see A9)

WEST ONEONTA

At a packed and rancorous meeting, the Oneonta Town

Board, 3-2, approved a 12-month moratorium on frack-ing Tuesday, March 13.

Supervisor Bob Wood was joined by Town Board mem-bers Janet Hurley-Quacken-bush and David Jones for the majority. Scott Gravelin and Bill Mirabito voted nay.

Mirabito had been cleared of any conflict of interest by a legal opinion received the day before.

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ROBOTS/From A1mom for Robokronos: Titans of Technology. “But even larger teams with fancier robots were cheering us on.”

The 12-member 4-H FIRST team – FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology” – was also the first of its kind from Otsego County. And it was one of 41 teams in the Finger Lakes Regional Robotics Competition at RIT Thurs-day-Saturday, March 8-10. Internationally, there are 2,000 such teams.

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Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTALucas Smith of Hartwick College, a member of Alpha Phi Omega, restocks St. James Episcopal Church’s newly rebuilt food pantry, replacing a building destroyed by fire last year.

St. James’ Food Pantry Rises From Last Year’s FireBy LIBBY CUDMORE

‘Somehow or another, we’ll be feeding people

by Monday,” said the Rev. Kenneth Hunter, rector, the St. James Episcopal Church, as he stood among boxes of canned soup and boxed pas-ta dinners Saturday, March 10. “But we’ve always been open.”

Though St. James’ food pantry was destroyed in an electrical fire last Septem-ber, the feeding ministry had remained active inside the church. The newly rebuilt pantry has new floors, ceil-ings and wiring, and even a silver lining. “It’s much more open,” Hunter said. “There used to be a wall and a desk, but now we have more room for shelves.”

The shelves were donated by Borders Express, Subur-ban Propane crews volun-teered their time to move the heavy shelving units into the new space.

Volunteers from the St. James Parish, the commu-nity and SUNY Oneonta’s

Alpha Phi Omega fraternity stocked shelves, cleaned freezers and made a pasta lunch for the hungry volun-teers. “APO is a community service frat,” said pledging member Jesse Marrone. “Instead of hazing people, we volunteer.”

“We lost count of how many people showed up,” said Joyce Mason, director of the feeding ministry.

Fueled by coffee and donuts, the volunteers car-ried boxes, filled freezers

and stacked the new shelves. Piles of frozen meat, do-nated by Hannaford, were piled on tables as volunteers cleaned out the fridges. “It’s like trying to impro-vise D-Day,” said Hunter. “We’re blessed with far more volunteers than we expected.”

Mason has seen a

doubling of community members who are “food insecure,” coming into the pantry in search of a meal over the last year. “Hunger in this town is so high,” she said. “There aren’t enough jobs, and the ones that do exist are mediocre and don’t have any benefits.”

The Lord’s Table serves a hot meal to at least 40 people a day, according to Mason, and she estimates that there are at least 25 homeless people in the area. “We need homeless shel-ters – too many homes are bought up and turned into overpriced college housing. The students are very well taken care of, but the fami-lies in this town aren’t.”

Those in need of food and toiletry items are given one of two lists and, as a new feature, allowed to browse and select what they’d like from the categories on the list, like a grocery store.

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EDITORIAL

LETTERS

Editor’s Note: Here are state Sen. Jim Seward’s remarks at the Economic Development Summit he organized Thursday, March 8, at The Otesaga. More than 200 businesspeople and officials attended.

State government does not, nor should it, create jobs. But deci-sions made by state government

greatly impact the business climate as to whether or not investments are made here to create economic devel-opment and jobs.

New York State is taking great strides and economic improvements are being realized.

In Albany – a new-found synergy exists between the governor and the legislature.

We have been able to work together – to cut state spending, hold the line on taxes, and offer new incentives to

generate private sector job growth .

These accom-plishments are

geared toward improving our overall economic climate.

However, some portions of our state are rebounding quicker and higher.

Otsego County needs to adjust in order to compete and experience a similar, upward trajectory.

Case in point – one of the most significant statewide economic devel-opment efforts announced last year was a $785 million fund to be spread out across the state through regional economic development councils.

The idea was simple – put the ball in your court.

Allow local experts to promote what is best about their own county and region and secure funding for the best and brightest projects.

Well, when the Regional Economic Development Council funding was an-nounced I was extremely disappointed.

From the $785 million pool – $60.2 million was awarded to the Mohawk Valley region, which included Otsego County.

Of that, only $3.6 million was ear-marked for Otsego County.

Now – if you subtract awards that went to public institutions like Otsego Rural Housing, the City of Oneonta, Milford Central School and Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES, you are left with only one grant earmarked for the private sector – $140,000 for the expansion of Brewery Ommegang.

So…$785 million in economic development awards handed out across the state, and only $140,000 for Otsego County’s private sector.

Simply put….not good enough.I’m not being critical of anyone

involved in the process. For whatever reason, Otsego County had no overall plan or strategy and only a limited number of initiatives and proposals were advanced under the expedited timetable.

The good news is I know we can do better.

If you compare Otsego County’s assets with other upstate counties, we match up extremely well.

• Health care – Bassett Healthcare, Fox Hospital, Springbrook.

• Higher education – Hartwick Col-lege, SUNY Oneonta and our out-standing public schools.

• Internationally known tourist des-tinations – the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Glimmerglass Opera, The Farmers Museum just to name a few.

• A diverse base of small- and me-dium-sized businesses.

• Major infrastructure – Interstate 88, our industrial park that is ready for expansion.

These are just a few quick examples of what Otsego County has to offer.

We are renowned for the arts, our parks and outdoor attractions are spectacular, we have deep agricultural roots and a growing agri-business sector.

Most importantly – we have you.You are here because you want

Otsego County to succeed.You want to see growth that enhanc-

es our area.You want to see new opportunities.

A good job, a chance for a career for our residents right here. And you want to be part of making it happen.

This economic-development summit is going to focus on one issue – jobs – and what we can do together, finding consensus and common ground, to create more regardless of our views on any one issue.

It is designed to start the conversa-tion and establish priorities so that going forward we can maximize our many assets and build on the many opportunities we have.

I also want any of you who have projects, plans or initiatives in the works to be fully informed as to how to access support and assistance.

Today marks a fresh start.Working together to explore

definitive strategies to ensure Otsego County’s economic future.

I am extremely pleased with the turnout and encouraged by the thoughtful discussions and tremendous ideas generated.

Along with the breakout sessions, I truly believe the informal conversa-tions and networking that has taken place will prove extremely productive.

Now we need to move forward. I sincerely appreciate everyone’s

efforts today, but don’t think for a minute that your work is finished.

We did not arrive at the point over-night of needing this summit and we cannot reach our goals in one morn-ing.

You will be asked for more, so keep

your cell phones on.An advisory panel will now get to

work and their task, while great, is fairly straight forward.

Refine the ideas placed on the table today.

Develop a comprehensive, cohesive strategy.

Identify priority projects.And take action on the game plan to

maximize our assets and build oppor-tunities in Otsego County.

CLOSING REMARKS

Senator Seward’s Economic Development Summit at The Otesaga was a thrilling

event: More than 200 business-people and community leaders spent a lively morning to talking about and debating our county’s future.

What now? One, let’s learn how to fill out

CFAs.CFA stands for “comprehen-

sive funding application,” the document that must be filled out to gain access to the $1 billion pot of money Governor Cuomo is distributing through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic De-velopment Commission and nine similar entities statewide.

Senator Seward pointed out that only one private company in Otsego County – Brewery Om-megang, $140,000 to expand – re-ceived any of the money. “Simply put, that’s not good enough,” the senator told the gathering, and

who can disagree?A second round of CFA applica-

tions is coming up in the second quarter of this year, and county Economic Developer Carolyn Lewis said in a follow-up inter-view that training sessions will be planned to advise businesspeople seeking financing how to improve their chances.

Such training sessions did occur in Schoharie County before last fall’s first CFA round, and that county received funding to run sewer lines between the Cobleskill water treatment plant and Howe Caverns, which is undergoing a multi-million-dollar upgrade.

•Two is much more exciting,

and also more complicated and long-term – creation of a county Economic Development Master Plan that defines our community aspirations and helps guide us there.

An Economic Development

Steering Committee was an-nounced at the summit’s end that will seek to identify Otsego County’s strengths, its opportuni-ties and goals, and strategies to achieve them, and that’s a good first step.

The steering committee is a high-level group, including the two college presidents, leaders of our economic-development enti-ties, the mayors of Oneonta and Cooperstown, county board chair Kathy Clark, and other key indi-viduals, leaders all. (For complete list, see Page A8)

Separately, the Mohawk Val-ley REDC process has identified a nanotechnology cluster around SUNY/IT, north of Utica, as a pri-ority for expansion. What can we do in Otsego County to train local people to qualify for those high-paying jobs? What opportunities are there for local plants to supply parts or specialty products for the nanotechnology industry?

The plan might similarly iden-tify opportunities for specialty agricultural products, or ways to extend tourism year ‘round, or home-office opportunities through the Internet.

Lewis said the idea is to con-vene the group with the next two weeks to begin considering how to go forward. For now, the plan is to draw on available resources – conceivably, Lewis’ staff and people from SUNY Oneonta’s Community & Economic Devel-opment Center.

Fulton and Montgomery coun-ties, working together, completed a two-county Economic Develop-ment Master Plan last August, and it’s a nice job. Google the pdf.

•It this can indeed be done

internally, fine. But if the task turns out to be too daunting, there are professionals who do this sort of thing – no doubt the Mohawk Valley REDC would have a list of

such consultants. A key part of the process is to

ensure public participation at the outset, which maximizes support when the master plan is complete. Let’s not spin our wheels. Let’s marshall the resources we need to get it done right.

The keynote speaker at the Seward Summit, economic devel-oper Linda Dickerson Hartsock of Syracuse University, remarked, “It’s the process” – meeting, talking, looking ahead together at community goals – “that brings you together.”

And no doubt that’s true. But the coming together is just the first step.

The 200+ people in The Ote-saga Ballroom the other day will be looking for results, for measur-able results – more jobs, higher incomes, rising property values. There’s an opportunity here that’s too good to miss. Let’s do our best to make sure we do it right.

Economic Development Master Plan Critical – Let’s Do It Right

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalBacklit by the projector screen, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Mil-ford, greets Irene Baker, aide to Governor Cuomo, who briefed the Thursday, March 8, Economic Development Summit at The Otesaga on tackling CFAs, the comprehensive funding applications neces-sary to access state funding.

HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE OUR ASSETS?

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To the Editor:Your March 8-9 editorial

misses the point. Like any forum for dialogue, Sustain-able Otsego has the right to set its own ground rules. In our case, they promote the discussion of substantive issues but place ad homi-num or personal attacks out of bounds. We have found the latter to be divisive, distracting and counterpro-ductive.

Occasionally someone runs afoul of the rules. No one has been unsubscribed unless they have persisted in disregarding them. The email which you chose to publish was but one of a sequence of inappropriate postings – and not the most provocative – which contin-ued even after an agreement had been reached through a professional mediator.

The Freeman’s Journal did not scruple to contact us on this matter, but rushed to judgment without having all the facts.

None of this has any-

thing to do with freedom of speech. Anyone who wishes to engage in public discourse involving per-sonal attacks is free to do so under conditions in which they take responsibility; but they are not free to insist that they must be accommo-dated anywhere they please. Whether such language is or is not welcome at The Free-man’s Journal, for instance, remains the prerogative of the editor.

The Sustainable Otsego list provides lively discus-sion of sustainability and gas fracking issues. In-deed, social networks like it significantly promote freedom of speech. Anyone wishing to subscribe to the Sustainable Otsego listserv is welcome to do so. They can contact me directly at: adrian@oecblue.com

ADRIAN KUZMINSKIModerator

Sustainable Otsego

Let Discussion GroupsDecide On Own Rules

More Letters, A6

To the Editor:Thank you for your ongoing coverage of the fracking

issues in the Town of Oneonta. For future reference, I would like to clarify something mentioned in your article of March 2, “Conflict Decision Stymied.”

The Concerned Citizens of Oneonta group was not involved in sending letters questioning Bill Mirabito’s possible conflicts of interest. Concerned Citizens has been involved only with the petition drive to ban frack-ing.

The letters asking for an ethics inquiry were submit-ted by a variety of citizens acting independently.

PETER EXTONOneonta

‘Citizens’ Didn’t Raise Mirabito ConflictConcerning Town Fracking Moratorium

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WELCOME • E-MAIL THEM TO info@allotsego.com

OPENINGREMARKS

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012 HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-5

HOMETOWN HistoryCompiled by Tom HeiTz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

20 Years ago

March 1992

125 Years agoengineer Dwight B. Cornell was severely

injured near Carlville, between richmond-ville and Cobleskill, on Monday about noon. Hearing something snap beneath his engine, he blew brakes and shut off steam, and then stood upon the step and attempted to look under the engine. While in this posi-tion he was struck by a fence running close to the track at a cattle guard and thrown heavily to the ground. after the train had stopped a search was made for him, and he was found unconscious at the side of the track, severely cut and bruised about the head and face. He was taken to Cobleskill and by evening train brought to his home in this village where he will be confined for some time.

March 1887

100 Years agoLocal News – J.F. Thompson, esq. Has

placed an order for a Chalmers “36,” a five-passenger car, of the Crist agency at Cooperstown.; and Hon. Charles smith has purchased a Cole touring car of Dewar & Diefendorf, the local agents. Congressman Fairchild was home from Washington, D.C., over sunday. His son sherman, who two weeks ago accompanied Mrs. Fairchild to Washington, was oper-ated on last week for inflamed tonsils, from which he had been suffering for some time. He is making a good recovery and later will go south, probably to Pinehurst, North Carolina, for a few weeks’ recuperation. sarel Hudson of south side, who is in ill health and confined to his home much of the time, has the distinction of having listened to the famous Lincoln-Douglass debate at Bloomington, Illinois, 54 years ago. an-other resident of this county, who heard the famous discussion at Bloomington, is edmund Hathaway, a well-known citizen of otsdawa, who at that time was a resident of Illinois and a prominent anti-slavery advocate.

March 1912

80 Years agoa foul shot by Leach in an extra period of

play enabled oneonta high school to defeat Norwich high Friday on the academy street school floor by a score of 19 to 18. Nor-wich defeated the Yellow and White there in the first round of play, 22-20. Taking the lead last night in the first few minutes of the game, the Chenango County quintet threatened to duplicate its feat. after trailing 6-2 in the initial quarter, oneonta spurted to take a 12-11 lead at half time. although oneonta outscored the visitors 6-2 in the third quarter, the play of both teams was ragged. The last quarter featured some of the wildest basketball played on the school

floor this season. With the game apparently lost, Norwich rallied to tie the game up 18-all. Leach’s foul shot was the only point scored in the extra period.

March 1932

60 Years agoThe enterprise aluminum Co. of Mas-

sillon, ohio, announced yesterday that it will expand its facilities by constructing an additional plant here in Oneonta. The firm is one of the largest manufacturers of alu-minum cookware. among its products are “Drip-o-Lators, which, in the popular mind, has become a synonym for all varieties of utensils that make drip coffee. The com-pany was formed in 1914. The incumbent president and general manager of the firm, richard F. Krause, has been associated with the company since 1915. He was elected president in 1930. At present, the company has approximately 10,000 accounts, serving retail and department stores, hardware deal-ers and house-to-house canvassers through-out the United states and Canada.

March 1952

40 Years agoDisillusion was the word that expressed

the feelings of many of the 200 sUCo students who traveled to albany on Tuesday to lobby for a roll back of tuition increases. The group from oneonta state was part of a statewide coalition that sent representatives to albany to contact as many of their state legislators as possible to inform them of their feelings about the tuition hike. Many of the students reporting back said they had been unable to speak with their assembly-men or senators because of prior engage-ments and appointments. Briefings by staff members frustrated many of the novice student lobbyists. senator Warren anderson met with students and told them they “were getting, at taxpayers’ expense, the biggest break of any group in the state.” anderson also felt that the tuition increase of $150 did not really make much difference consider-ing the deal students received, and this they

should appreciate, he added. March 1972

30 Years agoa lack of state and local regulations

is making the theft of silver and gold a lucrative crime. “Today, right in oneonta, we have a big problem with burglar-ies involving precious metals,” oneonta detective Keith Puffer said. Puffer tells of a Binghamton precious metals dealer who buys the metals with no questions asked, then ships them to New Jersey. Despite his suspicions that much of the metal is stolen from oneonta homes, Puffer says he can’t prosecute the dealer and can’t identify the thieves. “There’s absolutely no regula-tion of these people,” he said. “They don’t have to keep records. They don’t have to be inspected by any inspector. I can’t go in and inspect the records of these people.” Because of the absence or records, Puffer said stolen gold and silver can be liqui-dated within hours. also, by not recording their purchases, dealers probably pay no tax on them. Puffer advocates adoption of a Precious Metal Law now before the state legislature.

March 1982

10 Years agoNew York state Breeding Bird atlas Proj-

ect Coordinator Kim Corwin Hunsinger will speak at the next meeting of the Delaware-otsego audubon society on March 15 at the elm Park Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. Hunsinger, a graduate of Hartwick College, will discuss the progress of this five-year ef-fort to document breeding birds across New York state. Her topics will cover a history of bird atlases across New York state, the goals of the current effort, how birders can participate, and results from the first two years of surveys. Birders already partici-pating are encouraged to bring stories of their adventures in bird “atlasing” and any questions.

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Contact: Debi Hunsberger

To the Editor:If the year were 1812

instead of 2012, by law I would not be allowed to vote. When this country was founded, in most states, only white men with prop-erty were permitted to vote (freed African Americans could vote in four states). White working men, almost all women, and all other people of color were denied the vote.

Today all citizens of the United States have the right to vote and cannot be denied this right based on birth, race or sex. Some might take the right to vote for granted, but for those of us who have descended from those who struggled and fought to be allowed to vote this is not the case.

While our Constitution grants us the right to vote, for me it is also a privilege. Every time I vote I am reminded of those who can’t and I say a silent prayer of thanks to the women of the 19th and 20th centuries who worked so diligently for women’s rights.

In small communities like ours, voting connects us to our fellow citizens. Voting day in Roseboom is special

as it also gives us a chance to visit with neighbors and catch up on the local news as we wait for our turn to enter the voting booth.

We moved to Roseboom in the summer of 2002 and voted here for the first time the following November. At the time we moved, we thought having a Cherry Valley address meant we lived in Cherry Valley. But on Election Day, we dis-covered that our town barn was not a satellite voting booth for Cherry Valley – as I thought – but the polling place for the town of Rose-boom. We went from being “Chervillians” to “Boom-ers” in the blink of an eye and we still chuckle over our mistake to this day.

Our own Jim Kevlin made a good point in a re-cent editorial. He said that the village of Cooperstown will succeed if Jeff Katz and the village trustees succeed. I urge you to vote on March 20 to not only exercise your right to vote but to also show your support for the candidates and your desire to have Cooperstown suc-ceed.

BETH ROSENTHALRoseboom

To the Editor:The fracking issue seems to consist

of two extremes. Those in favor think the opposition is a group of environ-mental zealots unwilling to accept change of any type, whereas those opposed are not willing to accept profit taking at someone else’s expense. Ob-viously the issue is far more complex, but this is the heart of the issue.

Both sides are in favor of the intel-ligent use of natural resources. Engi-neers are capable of designing recov-ery techniques that have an extremely high percentage of success without compromising the environment, and in a perfect world that would be accept-able.

As a Ph.D. geologist with four decades of experience with the Otsego County geologic setting, I think I have uncommon insight that would help ev-eryone understand what we face. Just as every patient who enters a doctor’s office has his/her own set of circum-stances and needs help that is specific to their problem, every geologic set-ting is also unique.

Each setting (rocks types, natural fracture system, 3-D orientation of the rock layers, occurrence of aquifers) requires engineering to address the conditions through which gases and

fluids will migrate. To seal off the setting from the hazards of fracking requires careful engineering specific to that setting.

“One size fits all” doesn’t work any better than “one remedy cures all ill-ness.”

The situation is made even less perfect by what may be called “profit margin,” which allows for cutting cor-ners and eliminating fail-safe measures in the name of greater profits. The industry has developed a reputation for maximizing return, thus resulting in loss of citizen trust by those who favor an uncontaminated environment, be it offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico or fracking in Northeastern Pennsyl-vania.

Landowners hear this – when you sign a lease to permit gas drilling, you also reduce the future value of your land. No one wants to buy land that has the potential for contamination. Think about it – sure we have a culture that sees land as a means of making a living – its called farming. Earning from your land is part of life for you. But, this isn’t about crops and grazing cows. It’s about reducing the value of your land – forever!

One last thing about the geology – as we all know lending banks require

a radon test prior to approving a mort-gage. Why? You know why – they don’t want to end up owning property with an inherent health hazard – cancer caused by radon.

Radon hot spots in central NYS are well documented. The gas “leaks” out of rocks that are 5,000 feet below your back yard and mine. It travels upward through natural fracture systems in the rocks because moving up is the direc-tion of least resistance. All gases and liquids do this – it’s a known fact, not an interpretation.

So, if radon can migrate upward through 5,000 feet of rock, so can fracking fluids. Deep fracking doesn’t make it safe. The environmental con-cern for aquifer contamination is just as site specific as a doctor’s patient.

My concern is that aquifers that feed single-family dwellings and those that serve entire communities are at risk. Look at the lease map for Otsego County and you will find leased land that is directly above primary and prin-ciple aquifers along the valley floor.

You are all entitled to your opinion. Accurate information adds validity to your opinion – be informed.

P. JAY FLEISHER, Ph.D.Town of Milford

If Radon Can Migrate, So Can Fracking Fluids

We Didn’t Always HaveRight To Vote, So Use It

To the Editor:In your stimulating edito-

rial of Feb. 9, you suggest that the Republican decision to offer no candidates in the coming village election is “a pretty good strategy” if their purpose is “to delegitimize a Jeff Katz Administration from the outset.”

You clearly state this with tongue in cheek, for it is obvious that the Republi-cans had no strategy. After winning the race for mayor and for several trustee seats in 2010, the victorious administration acted like the Stephen Leacock character who leaped on his horse and

galloped madly off in all directions: Their tenure has been marked by resigna-tions, nebulous committee activity and acrimonious conflict. Accomplishments do not come to mind.

What does come to mind is the fact that in the 2010 mayoral election the Repub-lican leadership, including the party chair and two for-mer Republican mayors, did not support the Republican nominee. They supported Jeff Katz.

They did so because he is obviously intelligent and creative and cares a great deal about the well-being

of this village and all its residents. His approach to paid parking, as just one of several examples, helped village finances, and he was later praised by some who originally opposed the idea. His stand on other issues was logical and realistic and based on village needs.

I found it interesting that in retirement he could have lived anywhere but was drawn to Cooperstown, in part, because of the baseball connection. As the editorial notes, he is the author of several works on baseball, including the monograph, “The Kansas City A’s &

the Wrong Half of the Yankees.” He does make clear that his concern for the village, of course, goes far beyond baseball and is influenced by his participa-tion in village life and the many friends that he and his wife and children have made in the village through the years.

The Republicans who supported Jeff in the 2010 mayoral election were real-ists. They knew that village politics are based on the needs of this particular vil-lage, not on some vague and shifting national philoso-phy. This was the firm but unpublicized view of the most effective Cooperstown mayors of either party: Carol Waller, Gerry Clark, Jim Woolson, Harold Hollis.

And this is still true. Your editorial expresses the obvious truth that if Jeff Katz’s Administration succeeds, we all succeed. It would therefore make sense and make a good public point if all voters turned out on March 20 to express support for Jeff Katz and his administration.

WENDELL TRIPPCooperstown

If Jeff Katz Succeeds As Mayor, Indeed Do We All

To the Editor:It was gratifying to read

your editorial comment in last week’s newspaper con-cerning the public censure of activist Chip Northrup across area list-servs. In my mind’s eye I had created an image of a man (Northrup) with head and hands re-strained in wooden stocks somewhere along Main Street in Cooperstown. He was being publicly flogged by a character that resem-bled The Great and Power-ful Oz. But, alas, I lack the artistic skill to commit this image to paper.

Northrup’s recent public chastisement and removal from two very important Otsego County list-servs certainly cast a pall on the celebratory mood that immediately followed the announcement of the court rulings in the matters of Middlefield and Dryden. Paine and Adams would have most assuredly suf-fered the same fate at the hands of the moderators of

Sustainable Otsego and the Otsego Coalition (CAUD) list-serves.

As the electronic “flog-ging” continued across these list-servs, I became even more distressed. This online exchange was, in my opin-ion, the most flagrant viola-tion of the rules of etiquette that the list-serv moderators continually stress. This very public chastisement and censure should have taken place offline.

I immediately wrote to Northrup, as did so many others in our movement, to let him know of our support and admiration for his par-ticipation in our never-end-ing fight against fracking.

His postings and com-ments were, as a member of our local advocacy group had said, the sole bright spot in an otherwise dreary dearth of anti-frack list-serve com-munications. My advice to Northrup was to Pay No At-tention to That Man Behind the Curtain!

Bless you and your staff for your commitment to quality reporting and for bringing to light such critical rights issues as these.

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“New York State is taking great strides, and economic improvements are being realized,” Seward said in his introductory remarks. “...However, some portions of our state are rebounding quicker and higher. Otsego County needs to adjust in order to compete and experience a similar upward trajectory.”

He pointed out that of $785 million available statewide – $60.2 mil-lion in the Mohawk Val-ley Regional Economic Development Commission – only $3.6 million came to Otsego County, and a mere $140,000 was awarded to the private sector, for Brew-ery Ommegang’s expansion.

“Simply put, not good enough,” said the sena-tor with uncharacteristic bluntness. “...For whatever reason, Otsego County had no overall plan or strategy and only a limited number of initiatives and proposals were advanced.

“The good news is, I know we can do better,” he said.

The committee will con-vene for the first time in the next two weeks, according to Carolyn Lewis, the coun-ty’s economic developer.

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Two will be development of a county economic-devel-opment plan that identifies local strengths and oppor-tunities, and helps align business, school districts and governments to take advantage of them.

The idea will be to identify “common themes throughout the sector groups” to pursue, said Lewis. One that emerged from the Summit discus-sions was the need for broadband access.

At 7:30 a.m., The Otesa-ga’s parking lot was already half-full. Inside, the vener-able hotel buzzed uncharac-teristically for a Thursday morning in March.

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There was Bob Harlem, the Oneonta Block president whose summoning of 115 businesspeople to meet with Seward in December started the process that led to the summit. And Tom Armao, co-owner of Country Club Automotive and Harlem’s collaborator.

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There was SUNY Oneon-ta President Nancy Kle-niewski in the third row, and Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich.

Other major institutions were represented in people like Bassett Healthcare President/CEO Bill Streck and Fox’s John Remillard. And from would-be (or will-be) major institutions, like Huemac Garcia from Foothills.

The “Big Two” in county brewing, Ommegang’s Si-mon Thorpe and Butternuts’ Chuck Williamson, were chatting by the ballroom’s entrance. There was CCS Supt. of Schools C.J. Hebert in the breakout session, sit-ting with his Milford Central counterpart, Peter Livshin.

They were there from long-time economic main-stays, like Dave Wightman of Wightman Lumber, and recent entrepreneurs like Brent Holleran, a teacher who with wife, Domenica, developed Deer Haven Campground on a high hill-top at Oneonta’s West End to serve Cooperstown All Star Village.

And heavy-hitting retirees with plenty left to offer, like Lou Allstadt of Cooper-stown, the former Mobil ex-ecutive vice president, and Bob Hanft, Town of Otsego, retired investment manager and past president of the Hartwick College board.

And county board chair Kathy Clark. And Mayor Miller and Mayor-to-be Katz. Most of Oneonta’s Common Council. Much of the county Board of Repre-sentatives. And this is just a sampling.

After Seward’s remarks, Irene Baker, representing Governor Cuomo, outlined the CFA process. Then

Linda Hartsock, former Cortland County economic developer, now with Syra-cuse University, gave a rousing keynoter.

Doug Gulotty, one of the organizers and Otsego County Development Corp. president, took the podium and divided the gathering into five breakout groups, moderated by himself, Lewis, Lewis’ aide Zon-dra Hart, Tim Hayes from SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Community & Economic Development and Mayor Miller.

“We didn’t lose because the CFAs were too hard,” said Gulloty, picking up on Seward’s theme. “We lost because other people had better ideas. How does that feel?”

When the gathering re-convened, Gulotty outlined the steering committee’s formation and plans to re-convene the group to further tap the county’s ideas and aspirations.

“We’re not worried about picking winners,” said Gulotty. “We’re interested in creating opportunities.”

The cross-county

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Here is the Otsego County Economic Development Steering Committee that emerged from state Sen. Jim Seward’s Economic Development Summit:

• Kathy Clark, chair, Otsego County Board of Repre-sentatives

• Nancy Kleniewski, president, SUNY Oneonta• Margaret Drugovich, president, Hartwick College• Bill Streck, president/CEO, Bassett Healthcare• Joe Sutaris, regional executive, Community Banks• Seth Haight, COO, Springbrook• Dick Miller, mayor, City of Oneonta• Jeff Katz, mayor-to-be, Village of Cooperstown• Doug Gulotty, chairman, Otsego County Develop-

ment Corp.• Joe Bernier, president, Otsego County Industrial

Development Agency• Len Marsh, COO, Medical Coaches, IDA vice chair.

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KEYNOTE/From A1mic Development Sum-mit, was: “Welcome to our home. This is what we think of ourselves.”

So “Grow Cortland’s” first project was to get rid of that pile of garbage.

Doing so “said some-thing,” said Hartsock, now an economic-development expert at Syracuse Univer-sity, “and it mobilized the community.”

Summit participants may have been seeing dots in front of their eyes after a detailed explication by Irene Baker, an aide to Governor Cuomo, of how to fill out a CFA – the “comprehensive funding application” needed to gain access to state eco-nomic development money.

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First, she said, define your region. It’s probably not a city or a county. It’s an economic unit defined by employers, institutions, traffic patterns and the like. Identify “priority sectors” or “clusters.” In Otsego County’s case, those may include health, education, tourism, breweries.

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Second, develop a goal. In Cortland, it was, “We want to be one of the best small towns in America.” And strategies. In Cortland, it involved attracting and retaining people. “It’s talent that creates community,” she said.

Then, initiatives. The garbage pile was the first, and it was concrete. It was dramatic. When it was removed, nobody could say, what has “Grow Cortland” done?

There was a manufactur-ing piece. There was an “innovation” agenda. There was downtown redevelop-ment focused on bringing Boomers and Empty Nest-ers back into center city.

“This is not rocket sci-ence,” Hartsock said. “This is a repeatable process.”

The biggest opportunity for Upstate communities comes from the 130,000 college students studying here every year, who then graduate and go to Philadel-phia and San Francisco.

“Did they go for work? Of did they go for quality of life?” she asked. “We want to go to communities

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Hartsock continued, “Up-state communities are aging out.” That’s the bad news. The good news is, “90 per-cent of growth is going to come from ideas we haven’t even conceived yet.” And the problem solvers are on our local campuses: “I have never seen such a genera-tion of entrepreneurs” as exists today.

A big part of making economic development happen is “risk capital. You have to find sources of risk capital within your own

communities.” She asked if any “angel capital” would be available in Otsego County and, yes, a couple of attendees raised their hands in assent.

Even with all these pieces in place, there’s no magic wand.

“Success is a 20-year plan; it’s not a two-year plan,” she counseled. Still fresh thinking is it’s own reward, as is the Hartsock Process. “It’s the process that brings you together,” she said, and that opens the door to everything else.

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ONEONTA – Harvey O. Archer, 100, of Oneonta, passed away on Wednes-day, March 7, 2012, at the Norwich Rehabilitation and Nursing Home.

He was born in Hamden on June 18, 1911, the son of the late John and LaEtta (Gavett) Archer.

On Jan. 17, 1943, he mar-ried his wife Ada in Susque-hanna, Pa. They were mar-ried for 50 years until her passing on March 8, 1993.

For 32 years, Harvey worked as an inspector at Bendix Aviation in Sidney, where he was involved in the Gemini and Apollo projects.

As an avid outdoors-man, he loved hunting and fishing, gardening, and just being out in nature. He also enjoyed reading, traveling, and exploring the genealogy of his family.

Harvey is survived by his children, Olon T. (Mad-eline) Archer of Oneonta, Robert W. (Debra) Archer of Maryland, and Cheryl A. (Thomas) Molineux of Clifton Park; his stepchil-dren, William Hall Sr. of Elizabeth Manor Nursing Home, Binghamton, How-ard (Gloria) Hall of Unadil-

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grandchildren; many, many great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his wife Ada, he was predeceased by his brothers, Robert W. Ar-cher and Clayton T. Archer Sr.; his sisters, Mabel Bliss and Delilah McCullion; and his stepson, Norris “Red” (Alberta) Hall.

A funeral service was held Friday, March 9, at the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta, with the Rev. Cyn-thia Walton, officiating.

Interment will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family, in the River-side Cemetery, Bloomville.

Memorial donations may be made in Harvey’s name to the Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneon-ta, NY 13820.

Arrangements are entrust-ed to the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.

ONEONTA – Henry L Hulbert, lawyer, civic leader and a founder of Astrocom Electronics, died March 10, 2012, just after celebrating his 84th birthday.

Mr. Hulbert was a gradu-ate of St. Lawrence Uni-versity and Columbia Law School. He served in the Army during the Korean War and began his career as a law clerk for state Su-preme Court Judge Joseph P. Molinari, Sr.

He practiced law for over 50 years with the local firm of Farrington, Hulbert, Mo-linari & Haus.

He was a founder and trustee of The Greenwood School in Brattleboro, Vt., and also served as assistant

to the SUNY Oneonta president.

He was a trustee at Hartwick College, and at the 2010 commence-ment was awarded the college’s President’s

Medal for Extraordinary Exemplary Loyalty.

As chairman of the Hun-tington Memorial Library board, he helped raise $1 million for capital projects. He was a founding member of the SUNY Oneonta Foun-dation board. He chaired Fox Hospital’s board, and

was also on the board of the Oneonta Boys and Girls Club.

He was also managing trustee of several philan-thropic foundations that benefited Oneonta and other local communities.

Survivors include his wife, Maureen, three sons, Bill Hulbert of Laurens, Thomas Hulbert of Bar Harbor, Maine, and Thomas Wolek of Miami, Fla.; four daughters, Katharine Haas of Red Hook, Anne Wolek of Alexandria, Va.; Sue-Anne DeBergh of Leesburg, Va. and Sally Dunleavy of Leesburg, Va, as well as 16 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, sister-in-law Mary Wilsbach Hulbert

of Hilton Head, S.C., and cousin Lowell Mott and his wife, Joanne Mott. He is predeceased by his brother, J Burton Hulbert.

A memorial service was planned at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 15, at the Foreman Gallery in Anderson Hall, Hartwick College.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be sent to Fox Hospital, 1 Norton Ave., Oneonta; Bassett Hospital, 1 Atwell Drive, Cooperstown, NY 13326, or Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820.

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ONEONTA – Dominic P. Dewan, 92, of Oneonta, a World War II D-Day veteran, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012, at Bassett Hospital.

He was born April 22, 1919 in Berwick, Pa., the son of the late Emedio and Angelina (DeRazio) “DeIo-annon” Dewan. He married Louise Shaver on April 10, 1971. She died on Feb. 9, 2009.

Dominic was an Army veteran, participating in the first wave of opera-tions during the invasion of Normandy. He received the Bronze Star, the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross and other honors.

He spent 30 years as a carman on the D&H.

Dominic was a member of St. Mary’s Church, and love gardening, landscaping and puttering in his yard.

Survivors include his daughter, Donna K. Dewan and her husband, Greg Baldinger, of Milford; step-daughters Donna Baniewicz and her husband, Frank, of Liverpool, and Barbara Robbins and her husband, Tom, of Dade City, Fla.; step-sons David Sweet of Owego and Daniel Dana of Wells Bridge, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren as well as

several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by brother Carmen, sister MaryAnn and his step-grandson Mi-chael Baniewicz.

A funeral service was Tuesday March 13, at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bernard Ampong of-ficiating. Burial followed in Mount Calvary Cemetery,

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In addition to WZOZ and two other Oneonta stations, CNY Radio brings three

stations in Norwich and five in Delaware County, 11 stations in all into the new arrangement.

Wells, who remains as general manager, said Oneontans can expect ben-efits from the affiliation with Townsquare, which also owns stations in Albany, Buffalo and Utica.

“There are resources we will be able to share,” he said.

The first example was Thursday, March 15, when James Wesley appeared at the Oneonta Theatre through his affiliation with Town-square, which had orga-nized a tour for the country

crooner through markets where it has affiliates.

The Townsquare stations will also cross-promote appearances in each other’s markets, said the GM.

Through Townsquare, CNY Radio will also be offering web-site develop-ment services, and Wells is in the process of expanding his staff on lower Chestnut Street to launch this new line of business.

Wells was also heartened that the new owners will en-courage the local stations to continue their public service commitment, such as the sock hops and the Oneonta Idol competition.

Last year’s flood-relief fund drive in the wake of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee raised $60,000 in eight hours, and eventually raised $100,000 for stricken residents in Delaware, Schoharie and Otsego counties.

The ownership change comes as Wells, an Oxford native, is entering his fourth decade in the radio business, having gone on the air with WSLB and WPAC in Og-densburg in 1981. WZOZ had the same ownership at the time, Wireless Works Inc., and Wells joined the Oneonta station in 1989.

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Townsquare Stations Will Collaborate In Bringing Concerts To Oneonta

Muehl

Everybody Hazes, D.A. Muehl Declares As Court Date Nears

D.A. Office Doesn’t Represent Victim, Prosecutors Make Clear

By JIM KEVLIN

HARTWICK

District Attorney John D. Muehl is send-ing an assistant to

prosecute a case he doesn’t believe exists – or, more likely, to negotiate it away.

“This case has been blown out of proportion from the beginning,” said Muehl. “Every football team in the United States is doing

similar things.”

The prosecutor was com-menting Monday, March 12, on haz-ing-related harassment charges against five CCS football players – Jeff Flynn, Derek Liner, Mitchell Bouton, Boone Rose and Ethan Telfer, all seniors. Flynn and Liner are now on the CCS varsity basketball team that plays in the state finals this weekend.

A teammate who brought the charges alleges that the five were involved in wrestling him to the ground and forcing him to submit to “teabagging,” an exercise that involved one of the as-sailants rubbing his testicles across the victim’s face.

Two other football players had brought similar com-plaints to the CCS adminis-tration in November, but one soon stepped back and the second did so after a “super-intendent’s hearing” in early December that led to 30-day suspensions for at least two of the five, according to par-ents of the complainants.

The case regarding the third victim had been scheduled for April 11 but, with little fanfare, had been moved up three weeks to 5:15 p.m. Monday, March 19, to avoid “a circus-like atmosphere,” according to Assistant District Attorney J.R. Parshall. “It makes it difficult to resolve these cases,” he said.

The final complainant’s father said Parshall had told him not to alert the press that the hearing had been moved up, but the assistant D.A. denied that, saying, “I’m not afraid of anyone showing up.”

The session is a “con-ference” before Hartwick Town Justice Maria Folts, but it could then go into open court, Parshall said. The cases could be pleaded out or the charges dropped. Two of the boys have yet to enter pleas, but that could be waived, he added.

Each of the five accused will be represented by their own lawyers: Flynn by Gar

Gozigian, Liner by Monica Carrascoso, Bouton by Ryan Miosek, Rose by Les Sittler, Telfer by William Sche-baum.

The victim will be repre-sented by Parshall alone, but the assistant D.A. went to pains to emphasize he’s not the victim’s lawyer.

“We don’t have any personal interest in this,” he said. “We have to handle the case as justice demands. Our role in the District Attorney’s Office is to advo-cate for the people.”

He continued, “if an al-leged victim says, ‘I want to see the case adjudicated to the fullest extent,’ the D.A.’s office may not agree with that. Our role is to represent the State of New York. Our role is not just to seek a conviction.”

When the hazing allega-tions first surfaced, CCS administrators had called in the county Sheriff’s Department and Muehl’s office. Instead of bringing charges themselves, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. and Muehl forwarded the victim’s affidavit and that of a witness to Otsego Town Court; retiring Town Justice Jim Wolff then issued sum-mons to the five to respond to harassment charges.

Muehl agreed with Parshall’s assessment. “We don’t represent him,” he said, referring to the victim. “We do represent the State of New York.”

He added, “We’ve got bigger fish to fry than this.” Drug cases and assaults, for instance.

Two of the boys facing charges, Flynn and Liner, have been allowed by the CCS administration to play varsity basketball, despite the pending charges.

When asked about Par-shall denying telling the complainant’s father to keep quiet about the upcoming conference, the complain-ant’s father said, “These guys are afraid of some-thing. I’m not afraid.”

He said of the boys facing charges, “These guys went over the line because they know they can get away with it.” Hazing at CCS will only end when athletes who participate in hazing know “they aren’t going to tolerate them anymore.”

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