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COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber /KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD Volume 204, No. 2 Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, January 12, 2012 RICHFIELD SPRINGS • CHERRY VALLEY • HARTWICK • FLY CREEK • MILFORD • SPRINGFIELD • MIDDLEFIELD Cꝏפown’s Newspaפr F O U N D E D I N 1 8 0 8 B Y J U D G E W I L L I A M C O O P E R For 202 Yea Newsstand Price $1 FOOTHILLS’ JAN. 15 WEDDING SHOW LAUNCHES SEASON W eddings G alore SEE B1-5 COOPERSTOWN L auren Groff, author of the New York Times bestseller “The Mon- sters of Templeton,” will launch her second novel, “Arcadia,” in her hometown. The daughter of Gerald and Jeannine Groff, she will be giving a reading and book- signing at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Templeton Hall. “Arcadia” follows Bit Stone, the first child to be born in the late 1960s on an Upstate commune called Arcadia, from childhood through the year 2018. FRACKING BLOC: Newly elected county Rep. Pauline Korem, R-5, joined forces with anti-fracking Democrats on a resolution that passed the county board Wednesday, Jan. 4, support- ing Senator Seward’s Home Rule bill strengthening local controls on gas drilling. QUILT CALL: One-day registration for the Fenimore Quilt Show 2012 is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at 22 Main. Exhibitors limited to two items each. The show will be Feb. 11-26 at the Cooperstown Art Association galleries. Info at 547-2709 or www.cooperstownart.com 2 Facing Charges Play CCS Basketball Chief Nicols To Retire STATE BOARD ISSUES RULING CCS Super- intendent Hebert and school board chair Scalici dis- cuss haz- ing/bullying at a recent meeting. The Freeman’s Journal Rowinski Shatters Deadlock County Board Picks First Woman Chair, Otego’s Kathy Clark Knee Hurt In Training 3 Years Ago By BRUCE MARKUSEN COOPERSTOWN T he Midwest will be well repre- sented at this year’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Coming on the heels of Ron Santo’s election by the Golden Era committee in December, the Hall of Fame announced Monday, Jan. 2, that longtime Cincinnati Reds star Barry Larkin has been elected to the Cooperstown shrine. Larkin will join Santo, a Chicago Cubs icon and a legend throughout the Midwest, in forming the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2012. Santo was elected posthu- mously on December 5, almost exactly one year after his passing. Larkin, who was widely regarded as the best shortstop of the 1990s, received 86.4 percent of the vote from the Base- Please See LARKIN, A9 Cincinnati Star Larkin Joins Santo For Midwest Induction HoF 2012 CLASS IN PLACE By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN S oft-spoken county Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, spoke, and the course of the Otsego County Board of Represen- tatives was changed. Two Republican war hors- es who had been battling to become county board chair – Don Lindberg of Worces- ter, and Jim Powers of South New Berlin – were suddenly sidelined. And Kathy Clark, entering her third term as Republican county rep from Otego and Laurens, had been given the prize. “We were stunned. Kathy Clark was stunned,” said county Rep. Kay Stulig- ross, one of Rowinski’s Democratic colleagues from Oneonta. “Nobody knew it was coming.” In an interview a couple of days later at Oneonta Abstract Corp. – Rowinski is the company’s president – the reluctant revolution- ary said Democrats on the county board and Lindberg Please See BOARD, A6 By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN T wo of the varsity football players facing hazing/bully- ing charges in Otsego Town Court later this month nonetheless took to the hardwood for the first time this season Monday, Jan. 9, as members of the CCS Redskins varsity basketball team. The two seniors, Jeff Flynn and Derek Liner, are among five students who will answer charges Monday, Jan. 30, that they “tea- bagged” at least one member of the varsity football team in September, according to affidavits filed by two boys, one of them the Please See CCS, A9 We’ll help you keep your NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION! Great Food. Great Prices Great Place. 5438 State Highway 28 Cooperstown • 282-4031 www.boccaosteria.com By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN D iana Nicols, village police chief since 2005, has received word from the state Retire- ment Board that she must retire within two weeks, ending a ca- reer that be- gan 17 years ago with an impulsive response to a Oneonta Po- lice Depart- ment help-wanted ad. The letter, dated Dec. 23, only arrived Friday, Jan. 6, and declared Nicols, who spent 11 years on the Cooperstown force, “is per- manently incapacitated for the performance of police duties” and eligible for a pension. It has been 3 1/2 years and two operations since she twisted her knee dur- ing a self-defense training session and Nicols, who had anticipated a decision in the summer of 2010, reports re- ceiving the letter with some surprise and emotion. She’d recently been put in touch with a knee surgeon associated with the New Please See NICOLS, A6 Chief Nicols Lauren Groff To Inaugurate ‘Arcadia’ Here Milo V. Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame At the Tuesday, Jan. 10, press conference to answer questions on his election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Barry Larkin poses with HoF Chairman Jane Forbes Clark and President Jeff Idelson. Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Kurt Rotzler and Geor- gina McKay exchange a kiss after being declared man and wife in the first wedding at the Plains at Par- ish Homestead Friday, Jan. 6. (Details, B1)

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COOPERSTOWNAND AROUND

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD

Volume 204, No. 2 Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, January 12, 2012

RICHFIELD SPRINGS • CHERRY VALLEY • HARTWICK • FLY CREEK • MILFORD • SPRINGFIELD • MIDDLEFIELD

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Weddings GaloreSEE B1-5

COOPERSTOWN

Lauren Groff, author of the New York Times bestseller “The Mon-

sters of Templeton,” will launch her second novel, “Arcadia,” in her hometown.The daughter of Gerald and Jeannine Groff, she will be giving a reading and book-signing at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Templeton Hall.“Arcadia” follows Bit Stone, the first child to be born in the late 1960s on an Upstate commune called Arcadia, from childhood through the year 2018.

FRACKING BLOC: Newly elected county Rep. Pauline Korem, R-5, joined forces with anti-fracking Democrats on a resolution that passed the county board Wednesday, Jan. 4, support-ing Senator Seward’s Home Rule bill strengthening local controls on gas drilling.

QUILT CALL: One-day registration for the Fenimore Quilt Show 2012 is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at 22 Main. Exhibitors limited to two items each. The show will be Feb. 11-26 at the Cooperstown Art Association galleries. Info at 547-2709 or www.cooperstownart.com

2 Facing Charges Play CCS Basketball

Chief Nicols To RetireSTATE BOARD ISSUES RULING

CCS Super-intendent Hebert and school board chair Scalici dis-cuss haz-ing/bullying at a recent meeting.

The Freeman’s Journal

RowinskiShattersDeadlockCounty Board PicksFirst Woman Chair,Otego’s Kathy Clark

Knee HurtIn Training3 Years Ago

By BRUCE MARKUSEN

COOPERSTOWN

The Midwest will be well repre-sented at this year’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Coming on the heels of Ron Santo’s election by the Golden Era committee in December, the Hall of Fame announced Monday, Jan. 2, that longtime Cincinnati

Reds star Barry Larkin has been elected to the Cooperstown shrine.

Larkin will join Santo, a Chicago Cubs icon and a legend throughout the Midwest, in forming the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2012. Santo was elected posthu-mously on December 5, almost exactly one year after his passing.

Larkin, who was widely regarded as the best shortstop of the 1990s, received 86.4 percent of the vote from the Base-

Please See LARKIN, A9

Cincinnati Star Larkin JoinsSanto For Midwest Induction

HoF 2012 CLASS IN PLACE

By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

Soft-spoken county Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, spoke,

and the course of the Otsego County Board of Represen-tatives was changed.

Two Republican war hors-es who had been battling to become county board chair – Don Lindberg of Worces-ter, and Jim Powers of South New Berlin – were suddenly sidelined. And Kathy Clark, entering her third term as Republican county rep from Otego and Laurens, had been given the prize.

“We were stunned. Kathy Clark was stunned,” said county Rep. Kay Stulig-ross, one of Rowinski’s Democratic colleagues from Oneonta. “Nobody knew it was coming.”

In an interview a couple of days later at Oneonta Abstract Corp. – Rowinski is the company’s president – the reluctant revolution-ary said Democrats on the county board and Lindberg

Please See BOARD, A6

By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

Two of the varsity football players facing hazing/bully-ing charges in Otsego Town

Court later this month nonetheless took to the hardwood for the first time this season Monday, Jan. 9,

as members of the CCS Redskins varsity basketball team.

The two seniors, Jeff Flynn and Derek Liner, are among five students who will answer charges Monday, Jan. 30, that they “tea-bagged” at least one member of the varsity football team in September, according to affidavits filed by two boys, one of them the

Please See CCS, A9

We’ll help you keep your

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION!Great Food.

Great PricesGreat Place.5438 State Highway 28 Cooperstown • 282-4031

www.boccaosteria.com

By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

Diana Nicols, village police chief since 2005, has received

word from the state Retire-ment Board that she must retire within two weeks, ending a ca-reer that be-gan 17 years ago with an impulsive response to a Oneonta Po-lice Depart-ment help-wanted ad.

The letter, dated Dec. 23, only arrived Friday, Jan. 6, and declared Nicols, who spent 11 years on the Cooperstown force, “is per-manently incapacitated for the performance of police duties” and eligible for a pension.

It has been 3 1/2 years and two operations since she twisted her knee dur-ing a self-defense training session and Nicols, who had anticipated a decision in the summer of 2010, reports re-ceiving the letter with some surprise and emotion.

She’d recently been put in touch with a knee surgeon associated with the New

Please See NICOLS, A6

Chief Nicols

Lauren GroffTo Inaugurate‘Arcadia’ Here

Milo V. Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of FameAt the Tuesday, Jan. 10, press conference to answer questions on his election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Barry Larkin poses with HoF Chairman Jane Forbes Clark and President Jeff Idelson.

Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAKurt Rotzler and Geor-gina McKay exchange a kiss after being declared man and wife in the first wedding at the Plains at Par-ish Homestead Friday, Jan. 6. (Details, B1)

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A-2 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

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Limited Seating. Come Early To Reserve Your Seat! Tickets only available at the door. Adults (19+): $10.00Students (5-18): $5.00 • Children (4 & under): Free. Cash or check only.

Choir Festivalin The Otesaga Hotel’s Main Dining RoomSaturday, January 28th • 7:30PM

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LOCALS

The inaugural class of students accepted to the Columbia-Bassett Medical School Program, Class of 2014, returned Thursday, Jan. 5, to Bassett Hospital to begin their final two and a half years of clini-cal training. The 10 students spent the last 18 months completing basic science instruction at Columbia College of Physicians & Sur-geons in New York City. The students will live in Cooperstown as they complete their medical school training. The distinctive longitu-dinal program offered by Bassett allows the students to follow their own panel of patients across many experiences and manage the care of individual patients from diagnosis to cure. Pictured, from left, are Dr. Walter Franck, Columbia’s senior associate dean at Bassett, An-drew Gomez, Krista Suojanen, Dae Woong Lee, Mark Harris, Haley Masterson, Freda Ready, Blake Alberts, Monika Laszkowska, Kather-ine Schwartz, Cooperstown native Allan Guiney, and Dr. Henry Weil, Columbia’s assistant dean for education at Bassett.

The Hartwick Senior Citizens Exercise Class holds a farewell party for Harriett Hotaling, who moved to Davenport. From left are Gladys Weeks, Caroline Stalter, Diana Marlette, Natalie Fisher, Mrs. Hotaling, Frances Wayman, Jo Pylinski, Sharon Field, Angie Scheisler and Jean Finch. The hour-long class, to combat osteoporosis and improve balance, is held twice weekly at the Hartwick Community Center. For information, call 547-8735.

FIRST BASSETT CLASS ON SITE

HARTWICK EXERCISE CLASS BIDS FRIEND FAREWELL

HONOR ROLL: Hans Kjolhede, a sixth-form stu-dent at Kent School in Con-necticut, was named to the honor roll for the fall term of 2011-2012. He is the son of Dr. Chris Kjolhede of Fly Creek and Dr. Anne Gadom-ski of Cooperstown.

We were saddened to hear the loss of a lovely lady,

Dorothy Gardner, last week. Dot, a former resident of the Thanksgiving Home, was a joy to know and we will miss her. Art class with Fred, Bill and Ireland was not the same after she moved.

•The holidays find the

Home bustling with activity. Residents and staff worked together to decorate for the season. Frank Miller and Gary Wadsworth hung countless lights on the out-door trees for the communi-ty to enjoy. Jane Patrick and Pat DeBaun worked with Jaclyn MacDonald to create a gingerbread house with all the trimmings!

We thank the follow-ing groups that came to the Home to help us celebrate the season: The Fire depart-ment Santa and his help-ers, The Sweet Adelines, Harmonia, Small Town Big Band, Ah Coopella, The Cub Scouts and Brownies, and local children caroling. Everyone was terrific!

We also thank Santa and Mrs. Claus who attended our Resident and Staff Dinner. We had a delicious meal together and then celebrated the December birthdays – Ralph Veenema and Peg Hage. The kitchen staff – Kathy, Darcey, Chrissy, Susie, and Mary did a ter-rific job through the entire holidays keeping us all plump with the delicious meals.

On Dec. 12, the board of directors hosted a beauti-ful Christmas Party for the residents, their families, and invited guests. The residents look forward to this event all year long.

•The Home “adopted” two

families this year to bring some Christmas cheer to locals. Mary Butler, Darcey Schilling, Sheila Jones, and Dee Bouck went out shop-ping with the residents and staff donations and bought wonderful presents. On Dec. 13, we all gathered in the Activity Room to wrap up all the treasures for the families. The CCS Angel Network organizes all the donations to the needy fami-lies. They do a terrific job and the entire community is grateful.

•We celebrated New Year’s

Eve with an international flavor. Bagpipes and drums were played by Rick Morley and Bill Lewis respectively, to represent Scotland and we all enjoyed the music, in-cluding Auld Lang Syne. We sampled delicious shrimp, Scottish shortbread, and chocolates, while we learned about New Year’s Eve cus-toms around the world. We read fortunes from fortune cookies to see what was in store for us in the New Year. Then we gave thanks for our Home, family and friends.

– The Home Reporter

Holidays At The HomeTHANKSGIVINGHOME NOTES

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A-3THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JANUARY 12-13, 2012

Spring2012Non Credit Courses

Continuing Education Office135 Netzer Administration BuildingFor more information or to register,

call (607)436-2548 or visitwww.continuinged.oneonta.edu/noncredit

Sponsored By: CONTINUING EDUCATIONand HUNT COLLEGE UNION

Thursdays: February 9, 16, 23; March 1: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

THE JOYS OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING I:Mondays: February 6, 13, 20, 27: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

THE JOYS OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING II:Mondays: March 5, 12, 26; April 2: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

THE JOYS OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING III:Mondays: April 9, 16, 23, 30: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

THE JOYS OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING IV (Sidney Memorial Lib.):Mondays: April 2, 9, 16, 23: 10:00am-12:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

SPRING BOW MAKING:Tuesday: February 21: 6:00-9:00 pmFee: $15.00 Max: 10 students

SPRING WREATH MAKING:Tuesday: March 27: 6:00-9:00 pm Fee: $15.00 Max: 10 students

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (Cooperstown Graduate program facility):Saturday: May 5: 2:00-5:00 pmFee: $30.00 Max: 12 students

HOLIDAY CUPCAKE DECORATING:Thursday: February 9: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $25.00 Max: 20 students

WRITINGMEMOIR II : Writing the Story of You II(Cont. from Fall 2011 Memoir I):

Thursdays: February 2, 9, 16, 23: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 20 students

MEMOIR I: Writing the Story of You IThursdays: March 8, 15, 22, 29; April 5, 12, 19: 6:00-7:30Fee: $70.00 Max: 20 students

WRITING FOR THE INTERNET:Sunday: April 8: 7:00-9:00Fee: $30.00 Max: 20 students

TRADITIONAL EASTERN MEDICINEACUPRESSURE & TUI NA (MASSAGE):

Thursdays: March 1, 8, 15: 6:00-7:00 pmFee: $50.00 Max: 15 students

QI GONG (EXERCISE):Thursdays: March 29; April 5, 12: 6:00-7:00 pmFee: $50.00 Max: 20 students

LIFE-SAVING SKILLSCPR/AED CERTIFICATION COURSE: This is a 4-hour course of-fered on the following dates:

January 30; February 16; March 13; April 17, 30; May 3Each of the above courses are held from 6:00-10:00 pmSaturday: March 3: 10:00-2:00 pmSaturday: April 14: 2:00-6:00 pm

*NOTE* Certification is not guaranteed; must pass exams Fee: SUNY Students: $25.00; NON-SUNY Students: $35.00Max: 8 students

DEFENSIVE DRIVING: This is a 6-hour course offered:February 13&15; March 12&14; April 16&18; May 7&9; June 11&13: 6:00-9:00 pm

*NOTE* Must attend both nightsFee: SUNY Students: $25.00; NON-SUNY Students: $35.00

DANCE/FITNESS

ARGENTINE TANGO II:Wednesdays: February 8, 15, 22, 29: 6:30– 8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 20

SALSA:Wednesdays: March 7, 14, 28; April 4: 6:30– 8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 20

WEST COAST SWING:Wednesdays: April 18, 25; May 2, 9: 6:30-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 20

ZUMBA I:Tuesdays: February 7, 14, 21, 28; March 6, 13: 5:30-6:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 18

ZUMBA II:Tuesdays: March 27; April 3, 10, 17, 24; May 1: 5:30-6:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 18

SPRING INTO FITNESS I:Mondays: February 6, 13, 20, 27; March 5, 12: 5:30-6:30 pmFee: $40.00 Max: 20

SPRING INTO FITNESS II:Mondays: March 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23; May 7: 5:30-6:30 pmFee: $40.00 Max: 20

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIESBEE KEEPING:

Tuesday: February 7: 6:00-9:00 pmFee: $25.00 Max: 20 students

KAYAKING:Tuesday/Wednesday: March 6, 7: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 8 students

FLYING STARTS (PRE-FLIGHT COURSE):Thursdays: February 2- May 3 (no class 3/22): 6:00-9:00 pmFee: $150.00 Max: 20 students

COOPERSTOWN COURSES*NOTE* All of the following courses will be held at the SUNY Oneonta Cooperstown Graduate program facility in Cooperstown KNOW YOUR TECHNOLOGY:

Wednesday: February 29: 6:00-8:30 pmFee: $30.00 Max:18 students

INTRODUCTION TO CARTOONING:Thursday: March 29: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $40.00

INTRODUCTION TO WINE: Appreciation and TastingsThursday: April 19: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max:24 students

FROM ANCIENT VINES TO MODERN WINES: History of GrapesThursday: April 26: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $30.00

A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN: Food and Wine PairingsThursday: May 3: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max:24 students

SUNYONEONTA

ARTS/CRAFTS/BAKINGPAINTING WITH PASTELS:

Thursdays: February 9, 16, 23; March 1: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

THE JOYS OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING I:Mondays: February 6, 13, 20, 27: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

THE JOYS OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING II:Mondays: March 5, 12, 26; April 2: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

THE JOYS OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING III:Mondays: April 9, 16, 23, 30: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

THE JOYS OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING IV (Sidney Memorial Lib.):Mondays: April 2, 9, 16, 23: 10:00am-12:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 10 students

SPRING BOW MAKING:Tuesday: February 21: 6:00-9:00 pmFee: $15.00 Max: 10 students

SPRING WREATH MAKING:Tuesday: March 27: 6:00-9:00 pm Fee: $15.00 Max: 10 students

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (Cooperstown Graduate program facility):Saturday: May 5: 2:00-5:00 pmFee: $30.00 Max: 12 students

HOLIDAY CUPCAKE DECORATING:Thursday: February 9: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $25.00 Max: 20 students

WRITINGMEMOIR II : Writing the Story of You II(Cont. from Fall 2011 Memoir I):

Thursdays: February 2, 9, 16, 23: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 20 students

MEMOIR I: Writing the Story of You IThursdays: March 8, 15, 22, 29; April 5, 12, 19: 6:00-7:30Fee: $70.00 Max: 20 students

WRITING FOR THE INTERNET:Sunday: April 8: 7:00-9:00Fee: $30.00 Max: 20 students

TRADITIONAL EASTERN MEDICINEACUPRESSURE & TUI NA (MASSAGE):

Thursdays: March 1, 8, 15: 6:00-7:00 pmFee: $50.00 Max: 15 students

QI GONG (EXERCISE):Thursdays: March 29; April 5, 12: 6:00-7:00 pmFee: $50.00 Max: 20 students

LIFE-SAVING SKILLSCPR/AED CERTIFICATION COURSE: This is a 4-hour course offered on the following dates:

January 30; February 16; March 13; April 17, 30; May 3Each of the above courses are held from 6:00-10:00 pmSaturday: March 3: 10:00-2:00 pmSaturday: April 14: 2:00-6:00 pm

*NOTE* Certification is not guaranteed; must pass exams Fee: SUNY Students: $25.00; NON-SUNY Students: $35.00Max: 8 students

DEFENSIVE DRIVING: This is a 6-hour course offered:February 13&15; March 12&14; April 16&18; May 7&9; June 11&13: 6:00-9:00 pm

*NOTE* Must attend both nightsFee: SUNY Students: $25.00; NON-SUNY Students: $35.00

DANCE/FITNESSVINYASA FLOW YOGA I WITH VALERIE:

Wednesdays: February 8, 15, 22, 29; March 7, 14, 28: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $50.00 Max: 20

VINYASA FLOW YOGA II WITH VALERIE:Wednesdays: April 4, 18, 25; May 2, 9, 16, 23: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $50.00 Max: 20

ARGENTINE TANGO II:Wednesdays: February 8, 15, 22, 29: 6:30– 8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 20

SALSA:Wednesdays: March 7, 14, 28; April 4: 6:30– 8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 20

WEST COAST SWING:Wednesdays: April 18, 25; May 2, 9: 6:30-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 20

ZUMBA I:Tuesdays: February 7, 14, 21, 28; March 6, 13: 5:30-6:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 18

ZUMBA II:Tuesdays: March 27; April 3, 10, 17, 24; May 1: 5:30-6:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 18

SPRING INTO FITNESS I:Mondays: February 6, 13, 20, 27; March 5, 12: 5:30-6:30 pmFee: $40.00 Max: 20

SPRING INTO FITNESS II:Mondays: March 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23; May 7: 5:30-6:30 pmFee: $40.00 Max: 20

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIESBEE KEEPING:

Tuesday: February 7: 6:00-9:00 pmFee: $25.00 Max: 20 students

KAYAKING:Tuesday/Wednesday: March 6, 7: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $45.00 Max: 8 students

FLYING STARTS (PRE-FLIGHT COURSE):Thursdays: February 2- May 3 (no class 3/22): 6:00-9:00 pmFee: $150.00 Max: 20 students

COOPERSTOWN COURSES*NOTE* All of the following courses will be held at the SUNY Oneonta Cooperstown Graduate program facility in Cooperstown

KNOW YOUR TECHNOLOGY:Wednesday: February 29: 6:00-8:30 pmFee: $30.00 Max:18 students

INTRODUCTION TO CARTOONING:Thursday: March 29: 6:00-8:00 pmFee: $40.00

INTRODUCTION TO WINE: Appreciation and TastingsThursday: April 19: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max:24 students

FROM ANCIENT VINES TO MODERN WINES: History of GrapesThursday: April 26: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $30.00

A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN: Food and Wine PairingsThursday: May 3: 6:00-7:30 pmFee: $45.00 Max:24 students

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PRO & CON

During “privilege of the floor” at my first county

Board of Representatives meeting Wednesday, Jan. 4, open to anyone wishing to speak, I witnessed a food fight over considering a resolution supporting Sena-tor Seward’s Home Rule clarification bill.

The pro-gassers offered up red herring and baloney. The anti frackers offered up organic home grown food, yogurt and beer.

The red herring was the claim of “unintended conse-quences” in other commerce areas, when the bill actually applies solely to mineral extraction. The baloney was that passing it would send the message New York State is “closed to business.”

Chip Northrup, a Texas oil man who summers here countered: “All of the major O&G producing states, notably Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado, are Home Rule states.” Clearly those states are “open for business.”

Anti-frackers offered organic food as a growth industry dependent on clean water. They also offered the job expansions of Chobani and Ommegang, dependent on clean water for beer and uncontaminated grazing fields to provide milk for yogurt.

Pro-gassers do not under-

stand that the gas industry is like the T-Rex in Jurassic Park. It eats everything. It eats the good guys. It eats the bad guys. Pro-gassers will not be spared. The gas industry won’t deal with them. Gas companies want leases for next to nothing and simply want enough leased acreage to compul-sory integrate the adjoining acreage without paying any sign-on bonuses.

Simply put, the gas indus-try lies, cheats and steals.

It lies like it did in the Traverse City, Mich., area, where it promised sign-on bonuses per acre to those willing to lease, then walked away after drilling a dry hole without paying a cent.

It cheats as a successful class action lawsuit in Vir-ginia demonstrated, where they shorted lease holders the full amount of gas royal-ties they were due.

It steals as it does in five-year leases signed with landholders that actually have clauses that allow it to keep the mineral rights forever.

Clarification of Home Rule will help communities preserve our state constitu-tional rights of municipal self government. Without protections, the gas industry just keeps coming at us with their annual 100+ million dollar PR and lobbying budgets.

They Lie, Cheat, Steal

At a meeting in Hart-ford last year, a lady stood up and told us

she was shocked – shocked – that 19 wells in Quebec were leaking methane. One leaked as much as two and a half cubic feet of gas per day. Quebec, she said, is-sued a moratorium.

A back-of-the-envelope calculation put total emis-sions at about $7 worth of gas a day. Pretty shabby reason to shut down an in-dustry, considering … Cows belch and otherwise emit an average of 300 liters of gas a day. With about 11,000 cows on farms in Otsego

County, Otsego‘s dairy herd emits over 75 times the gas leaking from those Quebec wells. And we’re not even talking the manure pile. What do we do? Cull the herd?

Methane vents from our bathrooms and methane seeps from our tap water. Stephen Penningroth of the Community Science Institute of Ithaca, speaking at a County Water Quality Coordinating Committee meeting last fall, said his or-ganization found 50 percent of the water wells tested in our area proved positive for methane.

Admittedly only a small sample of wells (87), but Chesapeake Oil and Gas (CHP) has extensively tested in Pennsylvania. Last year CHP pre-tested more than 2,000 water wells and found over 25 percent had methane in the water, all venting to the atmosphere. More recent testing, with 16,000 samples taken, finds that one in three samples fail one or more of the EPA standards for clean water.

However, all this is chump change when you consider the methane bub-bling up from decayed material at the bottoms of lakes and wetlands or seep-ing from forest beds. One side effect of climate change is the permafrost melt in the vast tundra areas sur-

rounding the Arctic Circle. Just south of the tundra is a ring of taiga, a swath of swampy coniferous forest. As the permafrost melts, methane is released. The combined release of meth-ane by these two sources is galactic, an estimated 50 gigatons. That’s 50 fol-lowed by nine zeros, folks – 50,000,000,000 tons

When it comes to energy, there’s no free lunch.

Coal provides 45 percent of our electricity – but you have to lop off mountaintops in West Virginia or plow 50-foot trenches in Wyoming to extract the stuff. Nuclear, the source of 20 percent of our supply, has huge up-front costs and, well, think Fukushima.

Likewise hydro (7 per-cent). It’s costly to construct and not without human and ecological damages. Oil powers only 1 percent of our electricity, but almost all of our transportation. Until shale, we’ve searched for oil in ever-more difficult environments and politically unstable areas of the world with obvious environmental consequences.

Wind provides 2 percent of our electricity but it isn’t problem free. The 400-foot wind turbines need to be built, maintained and rebuilt at the end of their useful lives. It would take 600 of

Please See PRO, A6

RICHARD DOWNEY • President, Unatego Area Landowners Association JOHN KOSMER • County Rep, District 8

Natural Gas Is Everywhere. Why Fear It?

All modern nations recog-nize the responsibility to build and maintain roads,

and the resulting benefit. In Otsego County, we seem to have forgotten ours.

Lately, there have been com-plaints out of Edmeston that truck traffic in and out of the Chobani plant in South Edmeston is caus-ing wear and tear on local roads. Frankly, the 600 jobs that Chobani has created – and more to come – are a benefit to the economy (and tax coffers) that more than outweigh the cost.

Rather than worry about roads being driven on – that’s what they’re there for – local, county and state government should be ensuring Chobani – as with any thriving business – has all the public infrastructure it needs to continue thriving.

So it should go with regulations the Otsego County Board of Rep-resentatives passed Dec. 21, which will allow the county to send the bill to specific businesses whose truck traffic leads to deteriorating of county roads.

The aim is anti-fracking, but the regulations are too broad brush. If communities don’t want fracking, apply Home Rule authority and zone it out.

While the county board’s intent isn’t to burden existing busi-nesses, the regulations could well be applied to the next Chobani, to a new logging operation or milk route, to an expanding beer-brew-ing industry, to traffic in and out of a new resort or tourist attrac-tion, you name it.

The regulations put Otsego County at a competitive disad-vantage vis a vis our neighboring counties – for instance, Chobani is in Chenango County, just across

Unadilla Creek; why would it expand on the Otsego side? The regs should be rescinded.

•One benefit of the controversy

surrounding the regulations – more than 100 businesspeople met twice with state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, in recent weeks to voice concerns about “unintended consequences” of fracking – is the senator’s resulting plan for an economic-development “summit.”

Great idea; details a few so far, but a plan is being developed.

Assuming the summit will be convened, it has to be more than a feel-good exercise – or, worse, a feel-bad exercise, where ev-erybody goes home mad. There should be a deliverable, an out-come, an action plan – the simpler

the better.Some possibilities:• The Cuomo Administration

is committed to funneling eco-nomic-development money to localities through the 10 regional commissions. So it makes sense for Otsego County to develop an economic-development strategy that aligns with that of its Mo-hawk Valley Regional Economic Development Commission.

If SUNY-IT’s nanotechnology and the former Griffiss AFB’s cyber-security initiatives are the crown jewels, what can we do – via training or spinoff manufac-turing, or a technology-focused community college (U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., introduced a Community College Innovation Act in recent days that

would provided millions to estab-lish two-year schools; why not in Hartwick or Milford?) – to plug into that effort?

• SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski told the county’s Albany delegation at the Otsego County Chamber’s State of the State luncheon Jan. 2 that the college wants to get an incubator going. Great idea. In music industry or fashion, per-haps. Skills and creativity abound in those majors, but the students have been graduating and going elsewhere.

• Something as simple as identi-fying the Upstate county with the most effective economic-develop-ment office – Seward spokesman Jeff Bishop says Herkimer and Greene are most effective in the 51st District – and modeling our county office after it in funding, outreach, staffing, etc. would be a first step that would continue ac-cruing benefits in the years ahead.

There are professionals out there who do economic-develop-ments summits. Maybe we don’t need to reinvent the wheel.

•One of Seward’s greatest at-

tributes is diplomacy, which can seem a lot like elusiveness. So his bluntness at the second meet-ing with the businesspeople was both unusual and healthy: Otsego County is the economic-develop-ment laggard among Herkimer, Greene and the other six counties in his district, he declared.

And, he said, he doesn’t intend to retreat from the Home Rule doctrine – that as much decision-making as possible should occur at the local level. (That said, despite his seniority, he wouldn’t guaran-tee his S5830 bill affirming Home Rule will become law.)

So fracking may very well be determined town by town. Regardless, as an economic-de-velopment strategy, fracking is a non-starter. It’s a get-rich-quick scheme, where huge gas compa-nies and a few local landowners get wealthy and the rest of us are left to clean up the mess. Frack-ing hasn’t yet been proved safe; until it is, we would risk poison-ing our families for an tempo-rary boon. Do we have so little appreciation for our considerable community strengths and assets?

That said, we CAN benefit from fracking elsewhere.

There are $60,000 jobs for the asking in Bradford County, Pa. Why not duplicate the Bradford County Progress Authority’s two-week training program for would-be drill workers and run a bus, or two, or three daily from Oneonta to the drilling fields? Give local folks a chance to get those pay-checks, which they’ll then spend here.

And why shouldn’t our truck and tractor dealers, our contrac-tors, our construction companies and our gravel pits serve north-eastern Pennsylvania’s drilling enterprises? There’s money to be made only 90 minutes away. Can that market be developed for us? Our nation sends economic-de-velopment missions to China and Cuba. Let’s send a county mis-sion to Towanda.

Bad ideas can sometimes spur better ones, and that could be what’s happening in Otsego County. If the road regulations are a mistake, they have led to a conversation that’s needed and promising.

What’s been lacking is leader-ship, and it looks like Senator Seward is about to provide it.

The Freeman’s JournalState Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, signs in Jan. 2 at the second of two meetings with more than 100 businesspeo-ple at the Carriage House on Southside Oneonta in the past month. Behind him is Duncan Davie, his chief of staff. At right, Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller chats with businessman Tom Armao, one of the organizers.

Seward Has Stature To Provide Economic-Development Leadership

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BOUND VOLUMESCompiled by Tom HeiTz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

75 YEARS AGO

January 13, 1937

200 YEARS AGOAdvertisement – Kine Pock – The subscriber has just

received from the “Medical Institution of New York,” the genuine vaccine matter, and will be happy to wait on any who may wish inoculations in their families. He also has a complete set of Dentifrice Instruments for filing, scraping, removing defects, and placing teeth. Theodore Pomeroy.

January 11, 1812

The News Boy’s Poetic Offering – To the patrons of The Freeman’s Journal – “The past is nothing; and, at last, the future can be but the past.” Thus sung the Bard; but sung, in sooth, with more of poetry than truth. Since these two noth-ings, all must see, compose the sum – eternity! More truly had the poet thought and sung, to call the present nought; for while we pause to think upon this seeming something, lo! ‘tis gone. The past! The future! In their scope lie all we know, and all we hope. Our cares and fears, our grief and glee, all we have been, or e’er shall be. What we have done, or what intended, are in their magic circle blended; and life is nothing in duration, save mem’ry and anticipation.

January 9, 1837

150 YEARS AGOIt is well known that a year ago the village of Cooper-

stown suffered to the extent of perhaps $20,000 on ac-count of the prevalence of small pox – which was first con-tracted by one of our citizens in New York City. It nearly destroyed one trade for the entire winter; and put the county and the village to a large expense. To the mild type of the disease and the active precautions taken by the authorities may be attributed the fact that but few deaths occurred. It is to be hoped that the legislative members from this county will do what they can to aid the passage of some law which will place the sanitary affairs of our great seaport town (New York City) in better hands and under an improved system.

January 10, 1862

125 YEARS AGOIn his annual report to the legislature, the Hon. A.S.

Draper, State Superintendent of Public Instruction states: The educational work in this state has had a wonder-ful growth and development. In 1850, we were spending $1,600,000 annually in the support of our public school system. During the last year we expended $14 million. It occurs to me that it would not be a bad idea to spend a few thousand dollars once in a while in determining how to spend the vast sum to the best possible advantage. Is our education as practicable as it might be? Do we reach all the children we ought? In our ardor over the high schools, which nine-tenths of our children never reach, have we not

neglected the low schools? Is there not too much French and German and Latin and Greek, and too little spelling, and writing, and mental arithmetic, and English grammar being taught? Are not our courses of study too complex? Is not the examination business being overdone? Are we not cramming with facts, which will soon be forgotten, in order to pass examinations, rather than instilling principles which will endure? Are we not giving up moral training more than we ought, because of the danger of trenching upon sectari-anism? Are we doing what we might in the way of physi-cal culture? Is it not time to forbid the diversion of library moneys from their legitimate uses?

January 15, 1887

100 YEARS AGOMiss Grace Scott Bowen was the hostess at an after-

noon tea last Thursday at her Lake Street home, which she opened for the holidays. A great number of her friends enjoyed her hospitality. Mrs. W. Festus Morgan presided at

the tea table, while Mrs. Ralph Birdsall poured the cof-fee. Miss Bowen returned to Haverford, Pennsylvania on Monday for a few weeks stay. On February 21st she expects to go abroad with the family of Arthur Ryerson, summer residents of Cooperstown.

January 10, 1912

50 YEARS AGOLocal News – Marine Pvt. Gerald F. Allison, son of

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Allison of Fly Creek, has completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. Drill, bayonet training, physical conditioning, parades and ceremonies and other military subjects are covered during the intensive training. The new Marines will next report to Camp LeJeune, N.C. for combat infantry training.

Dr. Charles A. Ashley, associate pathologist at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, has taken the oath of office as Otsego County Coroner in brief ceremonies at the Otsego County Clerk’s office in Cooperstown. The oath was ad-ministered by County Clerk Robert M. Atwell. Ashley was appointed Coroner last summer and elected to a full term on November 7 last.

January 10, 1962

25 YEARS AGOCoach Tom Cannistra’s Cooperstown Lady Redskins

upped their league record with a 58-30 rout over the Mt. Markham Mustangs. CCS is ranked 12th among Class C girls’ teams in the state with an 8-0 record overall and a 5-0 record in the league. Mt. Markham defended CCS star Dawn Berry early in the game allowing point guard Karen Finn and sophomore Laurie Fassett room to shoot. Fassett scored 15 of the Redskins’ 33 first half points. Despite the double-teaming, Berry ended the game with 17 points and 12 rebounds.

January 14, 1987

10 YEARS AGODave Bertram is averaging an impressive 37 points per

game through five games and Scott Murdock is consistently putting up 15 points to lead “The Boys” to the top of the fast break basketball league at the Clark Sports Center. The Boys hold a one-game advantage over Church & Scott who are paced by Dave Bliss (20 points per game) and Brad Feik (16 points per game). Doshea Gordon’s 24-point game average leads the third place “Today” team. Sean Kelley and Brent Seaman lead the offense for Dari Crème. Ottman Funeral Home is propelled by Drew Lusk and Brian Lusk. Wax Hermann’s 18 points per game leads the CSI team.

January 11, 2002

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PRO/From A4these turbines, one every half mile from New York City to Albany on both sides of the Hudson, to power one third of New York City when (that’s WHEN!) the wind blows. A nice addi-tion to the energy mix but not THE ANSWER. Solar generates less than 1 percent of our electrical output. The problem: large scale storage technologies. The solution: generations away.

Which leaves us gas, the source of 25 percent of our electrical output. Not with-out problems but 30 percent cleaner than oil and 50 per-cent cleaner than coal.

No matter. No matter that the DEC will have spent four years of study on the safety of shale produc-tion before the first well is drilled. The nightmare scenario promoted by a co-alition of renewable purists, solar speculators, anti-cor-porate automatons, and a Land’s End gentry, enabled by a press adverse unwill-ing to do anything more than armchair research, has thoroughly scared a lot of people. If you had to pitch

the movie, it’s Mad Max meets the “The Road.” And like a movie, it’s not real.

Real is doing honest risk/reward analysis, meet-ing the challenges, and preparing for opportunity, something long missing for our young in Otsego County. Our school population has dropped 18 percent in the last decade. Why? The bread winners of young families can‘t make a decent liv-ing here. B&Bs and hobby farms are not a formula for growth. Gas development, done safely, is.

Gas development is coming to New York, folks. Our nation isn’t going to be walking around in the dark, freezing. Our state and nation needs energy. We need it from ALL sources, preferably local. So when we’re warm and toasty in our brightly lit homes, some may worry about $7 worth of gas leaking from those wells in Quebec. If that worry comes to mind, perish the thought.

Think cows. Think lakes and forests. Think tundra. And get real.

Natural Gas Found Everywhere

To the Editor:The Cooperstown Vil-

lage Library and the Otsego County Chapter of NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, have embarked on a joint project whose goal is to provide more information about Mental Health and Mental Illness to members of the community.

This is part of the national mission of NAMI whose mission is to provide sup-port, advocacy and educa-tion to families and individ-uals whose lives are effected by mental illness.

This project is based on the fact that all books in all the libraries in the Four County Library System are registered at a central web site so that they can be ac-cessed by anyone who has an on-line computer. Books, tapes or CDs can be found by author, subject or title.

For those people who are not computer literate or who do not have a computer, re-trieving information can be difficult, hence this special project.

The NAMI project has involved downloading virtu-ally all entries in the Four County Library System in the broad areas of Mental Health and Mental Illness. Categories include sections on depression, schizophre-

nia, anxiety disorders and other subjects.

At the outset of the proj-ect, two volumes have been placed in the Cooperstown library. Volume 1 contains the downloads of a variety of topics including psychiat-ric disorders such as schizo-phrenia, eating disorders and many others. Volume 2 contains only material on the broad subject of depression.

All of the material has been printed out and placed in large folders that can be easily scanned visually, a process that is not possible using just the computer-web site approach.

If the person who is searching finds a book, CD or other item, and wishes to procure it, the librarian can retrieve that item.

The longterm goal of the project is to develop a collection of mental health educational material suitable for communities the size of the Four County area. With time, Internet and other resources, such as web sites, will be added to the project. books and other contribu-tions will be reviewed for acceptance.

DAVID KENTDirector

Village LibraryCHARLES HUDSON, M.D.

NAMI Otsego County

BOARD/From A1had reprised the Faustian bargain from six years ago.

Even though the GOP won a majority in the Nov. 7 elections, the Democrats, as a bloc, planned to vote for and with Lindberg at the county board’s reorganiza-tional meeting Wednesday, Jan 4. That would have elevated him to chairman, with Democrats garner-ing choice appointments to board committees.

With misgivings, Ro-winski had planned to go along with her caucus, but Tuesday evening, 12 hours before the reorganization, she changed her mind.

“I just didn’t think it was being done for the right rea-sons,” she said. “I thought there was too much antago-nism. I just didn’t like what was happening.”

Wednesday morning, she called county Rep. Rich Murphy, D-Oneonta, leader of the caucus, and “told him I wouldn’t be support-ing Don or Jim. That’s all I said, because I didn’t know anything more at that point.”

The board convened at 10 a.m. in the bright, north-facing board room on the second floor of the county Office Building on upper Main Street, Cooperstown. Stuligross was named tem-porary chair, and she called for nominations from the floor.

Keith McCarty, R- Springfield, nominated Pow-ers. Ed Frazier, the new Republican from Unadilla, seconded. The vote pro-ceeded along party lines, but Lindberg voted nay, block-ing a majority for Powers.

Cathy Rothenberger, D-Oneonta, then nominated Murphy. Gary Koutnik, the new Democrat from Oneon-ta, seconded. Matters pro-ceeded on party lines, with Democrats lacking votes to

have their will. Lindberg voted with the nays.

Then, Murphy nominated Lindberg. John Kosmer, the new Democrat from Fly Creek, seconded, but Row-inski voted with the Repub-licans, denying the Worces-ter Republican the chair.

Such a deadlock was un-precedented in recent county board history.

At that point, the three spoke calling for collabora-tion to various degrees. The vote was retaken, and it was exactly the same.

“When they each gave their speech and nothing happened,” said Rowinski, “it occurred to me that noth-ing was going to happen.”

At that point, Murphy – he had already tried to take the board into execu-tive session to iron out the matter – called for a recess. But before his motion was seconded, Rowinski spoke, asking if she could make a nomination.

“I gave Kathy a question-ing look,” Rowinski said lat-er. Clark responded with a slight, surprised nod that the

nominator took for assent.“I nominate Kathy

Clark,” Rowinski declared. Powers seconded. Clark spoke a few words, saying she would seek to see issues resolved on the merits work-ing across the aisle.

The vote followed, again along party lines, but Rowinski, who represents District 13 and thus is at the end of the roll, voted yes. And Stuligross, District 14, also assented, saying “I knew it was going to pass. I wasn’t going to vote against her just for the sake of vot-ing against her. We have to work together.”

Kathy Clark was elected the first woman to lead the county board – also, the first with a master’s in public administration. She plans to use the title “chair.”

What happened was a sur-prise to her, Clark said; she and Rowinski had no prior conversation.

“I don’t always agree with her,” Rowinski said, “but I believe she can be fair.”

NICOLS/From A1York Giants and was hopeful a new technique would fix her injury and allow her to fully participate in her vocation once again. That still could happen, but it would be a lengthy process.

In an interview, Nicols said she is unsure what the future will bring. She looks forward to spending more time with her three young children – the el-dest, Tess, is only 9 – and does intend to keep teaching at the Otsego County Law Enforcement Academy, where she was the scheduled keynoter at the Saturday, Jan. 14, commencement.

According to the letter, the Village Board is required to remove her from the payroll within 30 days of Dec. 23, or Sunday, Jan. 22. State law will ele-vate Police Sgt. Mark Fassett, a former Syracuse police officer and retired MP,

to temporary chief, and village trustees will have to decide how to proceed from there.

Mayor Joe Booan said he had not seen the letter, but when he receives a copy will call a special Village Board meeting to decide how to proceed. Judging from past discussions in open board sessions, he said the trustees may want to adjust the job description to ensure “patrol shifts” are part of the chief’s responsibilities in the small department.

Nicols, daughter of former Cooper-stown police chief Hank Nicols, ma-jored in human ecology at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, and received her masters in criminal justice from SUNY Albany after join-ing village police in 2000.

Originally, her father tried to dis-courage her career choice, saying, “It’s

not what you think. It’s not like ‘One Adam 12,’” that police drama from the 1960s. The elder Nicols described policing as 80 percent social work, 19 percent paperwork, and one percent “sheer terror,” the daughter said.

In fact, her first week out of the academy in January 1995 – she gradu-ated from the Mohawk Valley Police Academy, first in her class – she found herself and her partner up against a “barricaded gunman” in Oneonta, an incident that resulted in a six-hour standoff.

“Oneonta was a different style,” she said, “much more active, great for a young person.”

But as she matured and after she married Mark DiStefano, a colleague on the Oneonta force, she found the ambience of the Cooperstown depart-ment much more to her liking.

Diana Nicols To Step Down As Police Chief

Democrat Breaks With Party, Backs Republican Clark As Chair

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This charming home offers approximately 1,700 square feet of living space, sits nicely off the street, and has a very usable yard space. Entering through the enclosed sunporch, the living room offers a fireplace

as well as a dining area. The pleasant family room is 18x12. Kitchen offers wood cupboards and faces the very pretty back yard which is nicely planted with perennial beds. There are two bedrooms and a full bath on this floor, as well as a formal entryway with hall space and lots of closets and cubbies.

Upstairs is a very inviting under the eves bedroom, a hallway sitting area, walk-in storage closet with shelves and a three-quarter bath. The blacktopped driveway leads to a two-car garage. The full

basement has lots of storage areas as well as housing the laundry. This home is being sold “as is” and is priced accordingly. Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $229,000.

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Curb Appeal....Location, Location, Location, and Move-in Condition describe this pretty, Cape style home, located less than three miles from the village. This

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and two bedrooms on the second level. The kitchen, with breakfast bar, has pretty cherry cabinets and a door to the deck overlooking a manicured yard.

The spacious living room has a handsome wood burning fireplace and a door opening to an an enclosed breezeway with flagstone floor. A formal dining

room and full bath complete the first level. Upstairs you will find the two additional bedrooms with a shared full bath. Additional features include oak floors throughout, an attached single car garage with room for storage, a full basement with washer/dryer hook-up and a wonderful yard for the children

to play. This Lamb Realty Exclusive is listed for $335,000. Call to schedule your appointment to take a look at this most charming property. Listing # C-0195.

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CCS/From A1alleged victim.

CCS school board presi-dent Tony Scalici said, while he had not been briefed on the matter, the school’s hands are tied as a result of the settlement that came out of a “superintendent’s hear-ing” held Friday, Dec. 2, at Milford BOCES.

While Scalici and the school superintendent, C.J. Hebert, have declined to talk about particulars of that hearing, parents of four stu-dents who originally com-plained of being subjected to hazing/bullying said the parties had agreed to a 30-day suspension for one or more varsity players.

If so, the suspensions would have expired in time for this week’s 71-28 defeat of visiting Hamilton Central at Bursey gym, where Flynn scored four baskets and Lin-er one. The pair had been listed on the roster at the 30th Dick White Holiday Basketball Tournament Dec. 27-28, but had not played or sat on the bench.

Asked about why the two boys facing hazing/bullying allegations are on a varsity team, Hebert said, “Just because an individual is charged with something, I’m sure you know that doesn’t necessarily mean that individual is guilty,” add-ing, “How many times are you going to drag students’ names through the mud because you have an oppor-tunity to do so?”

He even objected to being asked the question, say-ing: “This seems to me that this is a pointed attack on a group of our students. We had an incident. I’ve spoken to you a number of times, and I have given you all the information that is avail-able, and yet you continue to make any tentative connec-tion you can, no matter how obscure the situation.”

Scalici and Hebert were asked what steps have been taken to ensure that varsity basketball players will not be subjected the hazing/bul-lying – “a matter of extreme concern” – first revealed by High School Principal Mike Cring and Athletic Director Jay Baldo in a September letter to football parents.

“Keep in mind there are limits to what a school can do to a student,” Scalici said. “There are things we have to do. There are things that we can’t do. You can’t do what a parent can do; you can’t do what a court would do. We are prohibited from imposing punishments that are outside what we are permitted.”

Both he and Hebert said CCS has been guided by state and federal regulations in the disciplinary process, and also have cooperated with law-enforcement au-

thorities.Since the hazing/bully-

ing allegations surfaced, the school board has begun re-viewing the coaches’ hand-book, but Hebert said that is in process and no changes have yet been made. When the concerned first surfaced, coaches had been required to watch a video on hazing/bullying.

While declining to speci-fying any further specific steps, he said, “We have certainly spoken with our winter coaches, and they are fully cognizant of our expectations.”

Asked if varsity basket-ball parents can be guar-anteed their children are safe, Scalici said, “We can guarantee there’s going to be correct supervision. There are coaching parameters that are going to be tightened up. But in terms of what students do one to another, I can’t guarantee anyone of that.”

The Cring-Baldo letter resulted from four students coming forward, according to parents, but one withdrew before the superintendent’s hearing, and a second withdrew near the end of an investigation by county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s deputies.

In the end, Devlin himself declined to bring charges, but forwarded the final two victims’ affidavits to Otsego Town Court, where retiring Town Justices Jim Wolff and Dora Cooke summoned five students to answer charges of harassment, second degree, at the end of the month.

The affidavits allege a 16-year-old was held down by football players while one rubbed his testicles in the victim’s face, an exercise termed “tea-bagging.” It was also alleged one of the attackers attempted to stick a finger in the boy’s rectum.

The Cring-Baldo letter also reported unspecified hazing/bullying had oc-curred “this past season, as well as in prior years.”

Scalici said he is con-cerned that the school board appear callous, when it is simply limited by education law.

“The fact that the kids are back playing again” might cause people to question, “where is the education in all this?” said Scalici. “Well, some of the educa-tion is it’s enormously em-barrassing. These kids are humiliated. You don’t think they don’t know they were out of line?

“Kids aren’t irredeemable at 16 or 17,” he said.

Varsity Basketball Coach Dave Bertram said, “I’m not to comment.” Asked if it’s his decision who plays on his team, he said, “I’m not going to comment.”

Accused Of Hazing/Bullying,Football Players On Hardwood

LARKIN/From A1ball Writers’ Association of America, well above the 75 percent minimum needed for election. He was named on 495 of a possible 573 ballots.

His vote total reflected a 24.3 percent gain from the 2011 ballot, the largest jump in one year to win election since 1948, when Herb Pen-nock received 77.7 percent of the vote after achieving 53.4 percent support in 1947.

Former Detroit Tigers ace Jack Morris finished sec-ond in this year’s balloting, receiving 66 percent of the vote. Morris will have two more chances to be consid-ered by the Baseball Writers before his ballot eligibility expires.

Rounding out the top of the ballot, Houston Astros slugger Jeff Bagwell came in at 56 percent, a major improvement over his first

year on the ballot, when he received only 41 percent. “Bagwell is getting within hailing distance,” said Bob Costas of the MLB Net-work and NBC. “If you’re a Bagwell supporter, I’d be heartened by that.”

Currently an analyst with ESPN, Larkin will enter the Hall in his third year of eligibility. The 47-year-old Larkin is an excellent choice; he hit with power (198 home runs in 19 seasons), stole bases pro-ficiently (a success rate of 83 percent), and played an excellent shortstop (win-ning three Gold Gloves). Not flinching under pres-sure, he batted .353 in the 1990 World Series, helping the Reds to their first world championship since the “Big Red Machine.”

Known as a strong leader and phenomenally athletic player, Larkin was the first shortstop in major league

Larkin, Santos Bound For HoF

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plan lends itself to one floor living with 1 bedroom and a full bath on the 1st floor. Enjoy warmer weather in your private yard, complete with perennial gardens and large deck. The huge 2 car+ garage has a large attached workshop and extra space for storage. Take a look today and be in by Spring! $119,900. MLS#82734

So you’re having friends over for dinner next month and youwant to be sure you serve the correct wines throughout yourmeal. Reserve your spot today at The Otesaga’s JanuarySommelier Wine Tasting on Friday, January 27th at 5:00PM.Learn everything you ever wanted to know about pairingwine with food. Otesaga Sommelier and Beverage ManagerChad Douglass will teach you how to enhance your turkey,ham, pork, fish, pasta and more with all the right wines.$25.00 includes the one-hour wine tasting with paired smallplate samplings. Of course you must be at least 21 years oldto participate.

EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTEDTO KNOW ABOUT PAIRING WINESWITH FOOD BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK!January Sommelier Wine Tasting • Friday, January 27th

Uncorks at 5:00PM • Templeton Lounge

Only $25.00(including tax & service charge)

Reservations are required! For more informationand to make reservations, please contact LoriPatryn at (607) 544-2524 or (800) 348-6222.

PLEASE… STAY FOR DINNER!After our Wine Tasting, we hope you’ll enjoy dinner at our adjacent Hawkeye Grill.

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THE OTESAGA RESORT HOTEL

60 LAKE STREET, COOPERSTOWN, NY • OTESAGA.COM