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Summit To LinkCounty’s Assets,Growth SectorsSeward Summit Set For March 8

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By JIM KEVLIN

Fish where the fish are.That advice is guid-

ing planning for state Sen. Jim Seward’s “econom-ic development summit” for Otsego County, now sched-uled for Thursday, March 8, at a location that would be convenient to both Oneonta and Cooperstown.

“The summit will pinpoint Otsego County’s strengths, of which there are many, and weaknesses, and help move us forward as we look to be part of the state’s over-all economic resurgence,”

Seward, R-Milford, said in an-nouncing the summit.

The county’s economic developer, Carolyn

Lewis, said Step One is to match those strengths with “transforma-tive” economic-development initiatives in the region, state and nation – the cyber-secu-rity industry burgeoning at the former Griffiss Air Force Base, for instance, or the

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COOPERSTOWN

The big news came in the mail the other day, announcing a million-euro “Cooperstown Nightmares

Park” and its slogan, “It’s So Scary!”

According to the press release, a consortium of Swedish businessmen, led by a former soccer star and retired Electrolux executive” will break ground in April on 22 acres in the Town of Middlefield, across the Susquehanna

from Cooperstown Dreams Park, with a grand opening on the Fourth of July.

“It should be quite exciting,” said Todd Petersson, purported chair “of the closely held Stockholm Associates.”

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Ian Austin/The Freeman’s JournalBrenda Waters, Good-year Lake Polar Jump co-organizer (with hus-band Jamie), says hi to the event’s mascot dur-ing a benefit Chinese auction Sunday, Jan. 29, at Milford Central School. (Details, B1)

By JIM KEVLIN

ONEONTA

Young voices will again be heard in the

halls of St. Mary’s.Springbrook an-

nounced Monday, Jan. 30, that it is acquiring the former paro-chial school on Route 7 at

Oneonta’s east end for $2.4 million and consolidating numerous satellite opera-

tions in one place.Patricia Kennedy,

Springbrook executive director, who made the announcement at the former school library, called the acquisition “saving space while saving money.”

Facilities around OneontaPlease See EXPAND, A8

WORD AWAITED: Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh said word is still being awaited on negotia-tions between the village’s insurance carrier and retired Police Chief Diana Nicols on a settlement to her federal lawsuit against her former employer.

ON TV: The Food Net-work program “Unwrapped” featured Pati Grady’s Coo-perstown Cookie Company on Saturday, Jan. 28.

LOCAL PLAYER: Kyle Liner, former CCS baseball standout, now a sophomore at Binghamton University, will play will the Coo-perstown Hawkeyes this summer, club owner Tom Hickey announced.

FEWER DISTRICTS: The county Board of Elec-tions has reduced the number of election districts from 57 to 50. The Village of Cooperstown is now one election district, and districts have been consolidated in the towns of Maryland, Milford, Morris, Otsego, Springfield, Unadilla and Worcester. Worcester will have one less polling place.

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BOOAN WON’T RUN

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalNot yet aware the Republicans wouldn’t nominate a mayoral candidate, Jeff Katz accepts applause on winning the Democratic nod to run for the village’s top office. At left his is wife Karen.

Republicans Failed To Field Any Slate

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s JournalIn the chambers at 22 Main where he has presided for two years, Mayor Joe Booan announced he’s not running again.

By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

In a turn of events that surprised most every-one, Jeff Katz today is the likely next mayor of the Village of Cooperstown.

Minutes after Democrats caucusing in the fire hall on Chestnut Street Tuesday, Jan. 31, had again nominated Katz for the village’s top job, word arrived that incumbent Mayor Joe Booan had told Republicans caucusing at 22 Main that he will not seek a second term.

What’s more, word arrived that the local GOP committee had failed to nominate anyone for the two trustee vacancies either, so Democrats Jim Dean and Cindy Falk learned, also to their surprise, that they are likely to be unchallenged for three-year Village Board positions.

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Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalDiane Mustico, left, of Worcester, submits two entries Saturday, Jan. 28, that will appear in the Fenimore Quilt Club 2012 Show, Feb. 11-26 at the Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. One was a Bollypop Lasagna design; the other birdhouse. Recording the entries is Gail Rogers, right, of Cooperstown.

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Otsego Town Justices Jim Wolff and Dora Cooke agreed to don their robes one more time on Thursday, Dec. 28, the last day of court ses-sion before their retire-ment. Com-bined, they had served 26 years on the bench. Wolff took of-fice in 1986, performing a wedding at 12:01 a.m. on his first day in office. Cooke was his court clerk until eight years ago, when the other town justice retired, creating a vacancy.

26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE LEAVES OTSEGO BENCH

INTERN AT DISNEY: Carly K. Busse, daughter of Richard and Kathryn Busse, Cooperstown, and a sopho-more communications major at St. John Fisher College, is spending the spring semester as an intern at Disney World in Lake Buena, Vista, Fla. She is also on the Dean’s List for the fall.

3 HONORED: Three Cooperstown students are on the SUNY Potsdam Dean’s List for the fall semester: Mariah Clarke, chemistry; Marie DiLorenzo, visual arts, and Teanna Smith, childhood/early child ed.

COOPERSTOWN

Sydney L. Waller, Cooperstown arts consultant and inde-

pendent curator, will be one of two jurors for the annual juried exhibition “Made in NY 2012” at the Schwein-furth Art Center, Auburn. The show will be on view March 31-May 20.

Waller’s fellow juror, Richard Kegler, is the founder of P22 foundry in Buffalo. Sydney Waller is the founder of Gallery 53 Artworks, a lively commu-nity arts space that brought

art, film, per-formances and work-shops to the commu-nity from the mid-1980s through the 1990s. Its popular programs included the

annual fine-arts-look-at-baseball show that catapult-ed Waller into the national pastime as “first lady of baseball art” (per Spitball magazine) She served as guest curator for the Smith-

sonian’s internationally traveling exhibition, Dia-monds are Forever: Artists and Writers on Baseball.

Waller is currently de-veloping a new arts busi-ness that will include a web-based gallery and the important Lavern Kelley collection, for which she is the custodian/curator.

At the end of 2011 Waller stepped down from an eight-year term at the helm of an international artist residency program based in Utica to pursue her new enterprises fulltime.

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COOPERSTOWN

The CCS Character Education Commit-tee, meeting for the

second time Tuesday, Jan. 31, rejected two of the three anti-bullying programs pre-sented and will focus their continuing research on the Anti-Defamation League’s “World of Difference” program.

“I liked the adaptability of the program. You can pick and choose programs for the elementary school, the middle school, the high school,” said Tom Franck, a Cooperstown High School junior newly named to the committee, which was formed after hazing al-legations led to charges against five varsity football players. The five – two of which continue to play on the varsity basketball team – are scheduled to appear in Hartwick Town Court at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7.

The ADL program is

workshop-based and offers training for both students and teachers. It’s peer-driv-en, encouraging students to step in and stop bullying by informing the harassers why it is wrong. “We need to put in an effective practice of bystander intervention,” said Katherine Gannon, chair of the subcommittee that recommended the ADL option.

Three programs, Olweus,

PBIS and World of Differ-ence were researched by subcommittees since the committee’s first meeting the week before Christmas. A fourth committee was asked to look into the initia-tives already in place.

According to Gannon, the elementary school had the largest number of programs in place. Each year they introduced a “wholistic,” school-wide theme designed

in a way that, as Gannon described, “everyone can fit into.” The staff develop-ment included programs on bullying, harassment, cyber-bullying and educational differences, and the school was active in service proj-ects, such as food drives.

By contrast, the middle and high schools had no formal values programs. Teachers could individually

determine values programs, such as lessons on harass-ment, peer relations, charity and ethics, but she acknowl-edged that these were mostly found in the English, history and social studies classes. “It’s more difficult to incorporate values into a math class,” she said.

One of the suggestions from the committee was that students wear nametags. “When people are wearing nametags or are in front of a camera, they’re less likely to act in ways that violate codes of conduct,” said Gannon. The same rule applied, she added, when students know cameras are in place.

With the current initia-tives outlined, the three groups were then asked to present their findings on the individual programs the school is considering imple-menting to fill in the gaps.

The World Of Difference program, sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, was the clear winner in the research.

Committee member Mary

Bonderoff, Cooperstown, director of SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Multi-Cultural Experiences, reported that the Olweus program “lacks critical thinking skills,” and fails to meet expectations in terms of cost effectiveness.

The Olweus committee contacted another school that had implemented the program, and found that a “major incident” had taken place despite the program being in place.

The PBIS committee reported having a hard time getting in touch with the program representative. However, their findings showed that the program included a trainer who would come in and assess the school’s specific needs. “It isn’t a ‘values-type’ program,” Deb Miller said. “It’s a behavior-modifica-tion based checklist.”

The committee agreed to bring in a representative from the ADL to discuss the program further, but is keep-ing open to any additional options.

CCS Anti-Hazing Effort Pursues OptionThat Emphasizes ‘Bystander Intervention’

5 HAZING CASES DUE IN COURT

CCS junior Tom Franck has been named to the Character Education Committee.

Subcommittee chair Katherine Gannon fa-vored encouraging “by-stander intervention.”

Committee member Mary Bonderoff said one option failed to pre-vent a “major incident.”

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Proposed Senate District 51PROPOSED SENATE DISTRICT 51

Map From LATFOR.comSenator Seward’s 51st District would still snake east along Chenango County’s northern border to connect him with Republicans in Cortland County. But the 51st would remain an Otsego-centric dis-trict, and that’s what matters.

There are two ways to look at redistricting. (Three, actually, but

we’ll get to that later.)One is the ideal. For

decades, Congress directed that Congressional districts be “compact and contigu-ous” to the degree possible, and that is considered opti-mum by good government advocates.

Two is the practical. “Gerrymandering” – when the party in control twists or stretches districts to favor their incumbent – has a bad name, but the word is ap-plied pejoratively mostly by representatives burned in the process, like Assemblyman Pete Lopez is doing since the LATFOR maps were released in recent days.

LATFOR is New York State’s Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reappor-tionment, which has been appointed by the Assembly (Democratic) and state Sen-ate (Republican, mostly) since 1978 “to research and study the techniques and methodologies” involved in redistricting.

The first round of maps that resulted out of the 2010 Census were approved by the Democratic Assembly and Republican Senate in recent days and sent to Governor Cuomo, who immediately declared them “unacceptable. I think any-one who looks at the maps will see the political machi-nations. You don’t have to look hard.”

Cuomo is expected to veto the maps, then negoti-ate with the state Legislature to come up with a version more to his satisfaction. But time is running short for a complete redo.

•One, ideal. Two, practi-

cal. Here’s a third way of looking at it: parochial.

That might be the best way for places like Otsego County to look at redistrict-ing. From the parochial perspective, we didn’t do badly.

It’s hard not to see evi-dence of gerrymandering in state Sen. Jim Seward’s 51st District. Now and in the proposed map, the district includes all of Otsego Coun-

ty, then a thin row of towns along northern Chenango County connecting us to all of Cortland County and half of Tompkins.

The 51st looks like a barbell, with a couple of chunks added to the north and east.

From a parochial stand-point, that’s fine. It’s an Ot-

sego-centric district, which is what we locals should want. We have a local boy, Oneonta born, Milford bred, in the state Senate, who – he wouldn’t say this in Her-kimer or Greene – has his natal place front of mind in Albany’s deliberations and negotiations.

“Breathes there a man...”

It’s only natural that he would.

In the maps, the county’s west side remains in Assem-blyman Bill Magee’s 111th District, and that’s good too. Magee, a Democrat and chairman of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, and Seward are steadfast allies. Although he resides in Nelson, Madison County – a negative – Magee has stature in the Democratic Assembly, Seward in the Republican Senate, and the two have collaborated effectively for the county’s benefit.

•Under the proposed

maps, Montgomery County Assemblyman Marc But-ler, who represents Cherry Valley, has been moved out of the county. Schoharie County’s Lopez, who dis-trict snakes around to rep-resent Unadilla, Butternuts, Otego and Morris, would be given the whole east end of the county – C-V, Rose-boom, Decatur, Worcester, Maryland and Westford.

At first blush, Lopez called foul – his new district

would snake up to Utica, where he must run against another incumbent Republi-can, Claudia Tenney of New Hartford, to win the nomina-tion to continue in his job.

On second blush, there’s potentially good news for Otsego County. Lopez is well-spoken, energetic, am-bitious – and, judging from that photo the other week from the Friends of Bassett New Year’s Eve gala at The Otesaga, he can dance. He would be an excellent repre-sentative for our county, and Republicans in the know believe he can beat Tenney.

We say: Pete, go for it. Seward, Magee and Lo-pez would be a powerful combination to press local interests in Albany.

Everyone – the politicos and Common Cause, too – favor a “commonality of interest” as the basis for districts, and the Seward, Magee and Lopez combina-tion would certainly pass that test.

Anyhow, the maps aren’t final, and perhaps Tenney’s Utica-based district can be nudged elsewhere.

Redistricting Plan Saves Otsego-Centric 51st, And That’s Good

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Editor’s Note: Students believe deter-mined adult intervention is necessary to halt hazing, according to “High School Hazing Initiation Rites in American High Schools: A National Survey,” published in 2000 by two Alfred University professors, Nadine C. Hoover and Norman Pollard. For the full report, Google “alfred university hazing.”

Most students believe that adults needed to intervene to stop it.

Students rated strong disciplin-ary measures for known hazing incidents (61 percent) and police investigation and prosecution of hazing cases (50 percent) as the best prevention strategies.

In addition, students felt that positive bonding (43 percent), educational activities (37 percent), and challenging activities (30 percent) would help to prevent hazing.

...Asked for “other” pre-vention strategies, students responded:

• Only drastic changes in culture can prevent it:

Over a quarter referred to hazing as an integral part of tradition and culture and therefore extremely difficult to prevent. Students said it would take a “breakdown of tradition” to stop it.

One student said there is “no way (to prevent hazing) without drastically chang-ing our culture.” (27 percent)

• Commitment to civility, community, and equality:

School officials must say it’s not accept-able and stress equality, self-respect and respect for others.

There need to be good role models, parenting and early learning, with support and rewards for good behavior and those students who speak out against hazing.

Students need to improve their self-es-teem, grow up, learn to be mature, talk about it with other students, and put peer pressure out against it.

Several students made statements such as: “The people who do it have to want to stop. Otherwise it will continue.” “Only those involved can change these things.” And, “Make kids understand that they do have a choice, that it’s okay to refuse to go along with it.” (25 percent).

• Increased awareness: Students suggested more information on

hazing, including the harm it can cause, be provided through classes.

They also mentioned making students aware of previous hazing accidents, “some-thing similar to the mock car crashes they do for drunk driving.” As one student put it, “Tell the gory stories – they hit the heart harder!!”

Many of these students said parents need to be informed about all initiations, as well as school policy on hazing issues. Parents should be asked to help prevent it.

One student noted that written, signed agreements don’t help. “They have to be real.”

A few students noted the dangers of publicizing incidents, suggesting, “the less people that know, the less will think it’s cool,” and, “Don’t make a big deal about it over TV.” (10 percent).

• Intentionally de-signed activities:

Students suggested mentally challenging activities; more programs for teens; things to do around town; positive extracurricular activities,

and spiritual or church involvement (10 percent).

• Strict rules with enforcement: Students recommended expulsion, jail

time, or generally “harsh punishment.” Others suggested making illegal; ter-

minating the group if it is caught hazing; adopting a zero-tolerance policy; removing students from a group if they are hazing others; implementing alcohol/drug testing for some groups; rewarding students for “turning in” those who haze; implement-ing strict rules to belong to a club or social group; having schools adopt a safe-school act; increasing adult supervision; and “mak-ing people look stupid for hazing.” (10 percent).

• Don’t prevent it:These students thought it is the student’s

choice: “I don’t think it’s wrong as long as the person is willing and it’s out of good intentions.” Students suggested making haz-ing an option and supervising it.

Others said, “There’s nothing wrong with it; it’s fun.” One student said, “It was done to us, now it’s their turn.” (8 percent).

• One student said, “Less encouragement for sexual hazing.

HOW DO WE STOP

?To the Editor:

I wish to applaud editor Jim Kevlin’s courageous comments about bullying in sports programs, as well as his suggestion that there should be less emphasis on sports in our schools. The excellent education we seek for our children should, of course, include a robust physical education program, but not at the expense of other things they need to know about.

Presently, virtually all the land around the high school which would be suitable for teaching students about growing food is instead devoted to sports practice fields. Additionally, a large fraction of the district’s budget is spent on sports programs, yet not a penny on horticultural education.

What is wrong with this picture? Don’t we want our children to know where

their food is coming from, and, if necessary, to know how to grow some of it for themselves? Wouldn’t a couple of unheated green-houses adjacent to the high school science rooms be an ideal location for learn-ing about biology, botany, chemistry and earth sci-ence?

Also known as “hoop-houses,” these can be constructed with minimal expense, and require little maintenance. What better instruction in self-sufficien-cy might there be than to grow your own salad greens in the winter in this climate?

Undoubtedly there are some citizens who will vehemently object to a redirection of funds and energy away from the sports programs. However, judg-ing from the community’s outpouring of physical and financial support for Kid

Garden (at the elementary school), there is also a large group of people eager for their children to learn about sustainable horticultural practices.

It is to be hoped that the school administration and school board might careful-ly reconsider their priorities on this subject.

ANTOINETTE KUZMINSKI, MD

Fly CreekCo-founder of Kid Garden

To the Editor:On Dec. 31, former Coo-

perstown mayor Jim Wool-son was laid to rest. He was a man of good intent who served his village and its resi-dents.

Jim was a strong opinion-ated man, who you need not agree with to find respect for. He often displayed his passion deal-ing with community issues, which was fueled and ema-nated from the endless depth of the love that embodied Jim. My empathy goes out to those who never knew this of the man.

Can I ask a simple ques-tion? How is it that our present day village leader-ship has little understanding of the stewardship that has been asked of them? Does village leadership hold re-spect regarding the mayoral position?

When an individual passes away and has served the Village of Cooperstown as its mayor, display some community respect and pay great honor, please!

THOMAS LIEBERFly Creek

Are Schools Teaching The Right Things?

Village ShouldHonor ThoseWho Served

JimWoolson

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

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

10 YEARS AGO

February 1, 2002

200 YEARS AGOIt seems to be a settled point that our Navy must be aug-

mented. What kind of ships are best adapted to our purpose is a question on which there are different opinions. Some are for a proportion of men of war; others for frigates and smaller vessels only. There are strong reasons in favor of small swift sailing vessels. They should be the most ef-fectual in offensive operations. It is the true policy of war to attack the weak point of the enemy, where we have not sufficient force to drive him from his strong ground. The commerce of the enemy should be the principal object of our attacks in a maritime war. Nothing is more clear than that four 20-gun ships, for instance, would affect more in such a war, than one of 80 guns; and probably more than an equal number of ships of the line. The faculties of our country are adapted, above all others, to privateering. And let it not be said that a war upon property is less honorable, just, or humane, than a war upon persons.

February 1, 1812

175 YEARS AGOAt the request of a number of our citizens, Judge Morse,

of Cherry Valley, will deliver a lecture on Education at the Court House, on Tuesday evening, February 7, at 6 o’clock. We understand it will be the design of the lecture to arouse public attention to the subject by pointing out motives which ought to impel our whole population to action; and, in conclusion, to notice briefly, female education.

February 6, 1837

150 YEARS AGOCivil War News – The Battle of Mill Spring – The Rebels

fought well but were overcome by superior fighting on our side. According to their own account, the rebel forces consisted of ten infantry regiments, three batteries and some cavalry, altogether about 10,000 men. They fought in bush-whacking style, from ravines and behind trees, bushes and rocks. The brunt of the battle devolved on the 4th Kentucky, 2nd Minnesota, 9th Ohio, and 10th Indiana. For nearly three hours, the war of musketry was kept up. Shortly after 11 o’clock, Col. Haskin succeeded in flanking the enemy on the extreme right, when the 9th Ohio and 2nd Minnesota charged with the bayonet, with triumphant yells, which broke the rebel ranks and the rout began. They fled pell mell to their tents, strewing the road with muskets, blan-kets, overcoats and knapsacks, and abandoned two guns and caissons. Gen. Zollicoffer was shot through the heart at the head of his staff by Col. Fry of the 4th Kentucky.

January 31, 1862

125 YEARS AGODeath came to the relief of a patient sufferer, Mrs. Wil-

liam C. Bailey, the day on which last week’s Journal was printed, and found her willing to depart. For nearly half a century she had been a member of the Baptist Church of this village, and one of its most devoted communicants, ever anxious for its peace and prosperity. It is not many weeks ago that she entertained most of the older members at her hospitable home. In the family circle, and as a kind neighbor and friend, she was valued for her kindness of heart and active sympathy, and by them she will be missed and held in the most kindly remembrance. Mrs. Bailey was a native of England and came to this country in her child-hood.

February 5, 1887

100 YEARS AGOFrau von Gontard, an American girl, the daughter of

Adolphus Busch, of St. Louis, becomes a German peeress in connection with the Kaiser birthday honors, bestowed by the Emperor today. She is the wife of Dr. von Gotard, man-aging director of the Mauser Rifle and Ammunition Com-pany, who is also raised to the Prussian House of Lords. Frau von Gotard is one of the leaders of society and fashion

in Berlin, and her home is a popular rendezvous for the younger court set, whereof the Crown Prince and Princess are heads.

January 31, 1912

75 YEARS AGOThe January 30 issue of News Week devotes almost an

entire page to the Hall of Fame in the National Baseball Museum at Cooperstown. The article is illustrated with a fine picture of the building in which the museum is housed and pictures of the eight immortals of the national game already elected to places in the Hall of Fame. The article states in part: “Baseball players are more hero-worshiped by American youngsters than any other group of athletes. Mainly responsible are reporters. These newspaper men almost always manage to write something praiseworthy about a player. If he’s a drunk, a bum, and beats his wife – well, ‘he’s just a happy-go-lucky kid, and what a man at the plate in the pinches!’ If he’s an unpredictable eccentric, he receives some such nickname as Dizzy or Rube and is admired because he predicts the great things he can do.”

February 3, 1937 50 YEARS AGO

Otsego County “Legal Secretary of the Year” is Mrs. June Hotaling who has been employed in the law offices of Van Horne and Feury in Cooperstown since 1948.Mrs. Hotaling received her award Saturday afternoon at a state convention of legal secretaries at a luncheon in the Hotel Otesaga. The award was presented by District Attorney Joseph A. Mogavero, Jr., who headed a selection committee composed of attorneys, Scott E. Greene, George S. Kepner, Jr., and O.L. Van Horne.

January 31, 1962

25 YEARS AGOThe CCS boys’ basketball juggernaut rolled to two more

victories last week, boosting their overall record to 15-1, and increasing their perfect Center State Conference mark to 10-0. On Monday, January 26, the Redskins defeated the Utica Notre Dame Jugglers for the second time this season, this time by a score of 87-72. On January 30, they traveled to Richfield Springs and demolished the Indians 91-61 in a CSC match-up. Against Notre Dame, Mike Nelson led the offense with 24 points. Steve Salisbury counted 15 points and contributed six assists. John Lambert hit for 12 points and earned five assists and two steals.

February 4, 1987

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LETTERS

To the Editor:This is a response to your

article of Jan. 26 about the Town of Otsego (“Otsego Choices Debated”).

In the interest of clarifica-tion I’m enclosing the actual letter (printed at right) that I submitted to the town board on Jan. 4.

Furthermore, I am not

a Republican. I’ve been a registered Independent for over 25 years.

Since last month, in my opinion, other improprieties have come to light which will be addressed at the Feb. 8 board meeting.

Thank you for clarifying.JOHN PHILLIPS

Fly Creek

Dec. 7, 2011Dear Town Board,

I respectfully submit this letter to request your consideration to be reap-pointed as a Town of Otsego Planning Board member.

As most of you are aware, my family and I have lived and worked here for the past 20 years. My three daughters attended and graduated from Cooperstown Central School. I run a General Contracting business here and my wife, Alison, is also a small business owner in the community. To-gether we own our own home here and intend to stay here for the long term. My educational background is in Earth Science. I earned my degree at SUNY Oneonta.

I am a founding member and officer

in the newly constituted Fly Creek Fire Company. I am also a member of the Otsego County Special Operations Team with a specialty in both Fire Police and in HazMat operations.

I have been a member of the Plan-ning Board for over 10 years. With regard to my service with this group, I would like to highlight the following:

1) I am the “go-to” member for SEQRA Review as I have the greatest amount of educational credits in this area.

2) I am the Planning Board’s liaison to the Town Board, the sub-committee on gas drilling and the comprehensive planning committee and attend all related meetings for these groups.

3) I conceived and helped to write our new Heritage Building Law which

has already successfully saved several historic buildings in our area. I also conceived and helped to write the law regulating Storage Unit facilities.

4) I have regularly met and exceed the required number of hours of con-tinuing education.

5) I always familiarize myself with every property-related application by walking the property and measuring, if needed, various aspects of the plan. (I have caught a few applicants in fibs.)

6) I take pride in my role on the Planning Board and enjoy helping applicants through the increasingly complex process. I sincerely hope you feel comfortable in returning me to this position.

JOHN R. PHILLIPS

Otsego Town Planning Board Member Renews Plea For Reappointment To Position

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Seward’s announcement said the summit will explore four “topics”:

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• Identifying sites that are prime for development

• How to better structure county government’s eco-nomic-development

• Projects to champion in the next round of grants through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Devel-

opment CommissionThe summit, planned for

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That’s just the beginning, Lewis said: Over the next six months, the break-out groups will continue meet-ing to map strategies for success in each topic area.

“We have a lot of things that we can build on,” said the economic developer, who is one of three of the

county’s representatives on the Mohawk regional commission. “We are going to tap the resources that we have.”

In past efforts, assets have been identified, Lewis said, listing clean water, good transportation, two colleges, a “vibrant” medical commu-nity and skilled labor.

Most towns already have comprehensive master plans – the idea would be to re-view them, see if some need updating, and see where towns’ individual aspira-tions allow collaboration on similar outcomes, she said.

Every six weeks, said Lewis, the plan is to bring in

a speaker with a particular area of expertise that would be helpful to the break-out groups. “We have to keep the dialogue moving at all times,” she said.

The process will take money, but the Otsego County Development Corp. – one of Lewis’ hats is that of OCDC director – has pledged the initial cost. That entity is chaired by Doug Gulotty, Schenevus, the former Wilber Bank president.

Lewis was interviewed at the former St. Mary’s Catholic School Monday, Jan. 30, after Springbrook’s announcement it was buying

the school for $2.5 million, and other economic-devel-opment adherents in the crowd reacted positively to Seward’s summit plans.

Joe Bernier, Otsego County Industry Develop-ment Agency chairman, said he was initially skeptical of a strategic planning process initiated by former Oneonta mayor Kim Muller, but ended up impressed by the outcome – the new Clarion Hotel among them.

As important as “concrete results,” Bernier said, Mull-er’s initiative “gave confi-dence to private enterprise that government was serious about economic develop-

ment,” and that resulted an a lot of unexpected private investment.

Also present – and positive about how matters were developing – was Bob Harlem, president, Oneonta Block Co., who brought more than 100 local busi-nesspeople together twice in recent weeks to express their dismay to Seward about the local economy’s decline. At the second meeting, the senator floated the summit idea.

“If you always do what you always did,” he said, “you always get what you always got.”

‘Summit’ Will Seek To Align Local Resources, Opportunities

EXPAND/From A1– including the IT department, the regional preschool evaluation and training center, and community-ser-vice administration – will be con-solidated in the 550,000-square-foot building which, built on the founda-tion of former Jamesway store barely a decade ago, was closed by the Diocese of Albany in June.

Springbrook’s Kids Unlimited Pre-school Program – it has served both typical and special needs students since the beginning – will be moved in July into the part of the building St. Mary’s used for pre-school ser-vices, in time for the 2012-13 school year.

“Expanding Kids Unlimited is just one more way we can meet the increasing needs of the community while continuing to use the building in the spirit of this intended purpose,” Kennedy said.

The executive director first toured St. Mary’s in June and developed numbers through the fall that proved to the Springbrook board that the facility could actually save money for the former Upstate Home for Children, which is in the midst of a

$25 million expansion of its Milford Center campus.

The board – Margaret Savoie, vice president, and Les Sittler are among the Cooperstown members – ap-proved the acquisition in December. It is being financed through Citizens Bank and the Otsego County Indus-trial Development Agency.

OCIDA chairman Joe Bernier, who spoke at the press conference, called Springbrook “one of the most innova-tive non-profit enterprises in the area. This is real economic development.”

He noted that Springbrook, through its expansions, will be adding 110 jobs by the end of 2012, bringing its employment to over 1,000. That will maintain its position as the third larg-est employer in the county, after Bas-sett Healthcare and SUNY Oneonta.

The school is located just over the city line in the Town of Oneonta, and Councilman Bill Mirabito, represent-ing the town, said, “It’s a wonderful, wonderful win for everyone.”

For her part, Kennedy described the property as “this incredibly beautiful land with a fantastic loca-tion – we could not get any closer to Brooks if we wanted to.”

Springbrook Buys St. Mary’s School

HOAX?/From A1“We’ll have a haunted house, of

course, and a world-class roller-coaster ride. And, since we’re in the Home of Baseball, we’ll offer a special ‘Tunnel of Glove’ featuring the likenesses of deceased Hall of Famers.”

Plus plenty of free parking.Hold it. Before you head for your

protest-sign-painting-kit, read on.“First I’ve heard about it,” said

Town Supervisor Dave Bliss.Petersson himself – with one “s,” not

two, it turns out – is a lawyer in New York City.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” he said when contacted.

The phone number on the press release is legit, but that’s it, said the receptionist who answered a call.

“You’re about the fifth person who’s called,” she said. “The phone number is the only thing that’s correct.”

Peterson is mystified, and can’t think of any friends who might want to play such a prank on him, she said.

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thing until the period that independents can register is over,” said Katz, surrounded by Democratic well-wishers who, 50 strong, had packed the meeting room.

Across town, only five Republicans showed up, including Booan and Mike Trossett, village Republican chair.

In prepared remarks, Booan told that sparse gath-ering, “It has been the honor of my life to be the mayor of Cooperstown. The vil-lage faces many complex challenges, but while I am not seeking re-election this term, I remain open to serv-ing this community.”

He cited “personal rea-sons” for not running, and noted that he wants to spend more time with his two chil-dren, Katie and Carmen.

“We live in a phenom-enal community,” he added. “We should never lose sight of what’s important – we have to do this with respect, kindness and trust.”

Booan then opened the floor for nominations for the mayor and the two open trustee positions, but no nominations were made and the meeting was adjourned.

Three blocks away it was a different story, as bull-ish Democrats applauded their nominees and cheered county Reps. John Kosmer, Fly Creek, and Beth Rosen-thal, Roseboom, who were elected to Districts 8 and 7 respectively in the Nov. 7 county elections.

Richard Abbate, village Democrat chair and archi-

tect of two successful elec-tion campaigns – the Nov. 7 one and village elections the previous March – chal-lenged the gathering to “fol-low me on this journey.”

Recalling the days of counting his dog to establish a quorum, Village Historian Hugh MacDougall, a one-time trustee and past chair-man of the local Democrats, praised Abbate for the “rebirth of the Democratic party.”

And Deputy Mayor Wal-ter Franck praised Katz’s “intelligence” and “dili-gence.”

Having invited the Democrats to a fundraiser

at his Westridge Road home Friday, Feb. 3, and remind-ing them of a March 19 spaghetti pre-election dinner at Templeton Hall to ben-efit the Cooperstown Food Bank, Abbate seemed a bit deflated that the campaign ahead appeared to have disappeared.

“We’re going to work just as hard,” he said. “The vil-lage deserves that.”

Booan’s announcement ended three tumultuous years with an abrupt thud.

The Cooperstown native and ONC BOCES adminis-trator had been swept onto the Village Board as trustee in March 2009, one of a slate of Republican reform-ers intent on bringing fiscal responsibility to 22 Main.

The following year, when Republican incumbent may-or Carol B. Waller sought to engineer Democrat Katz’s succession, Booan went for the top job and won it decisively, 431-329. Katz, a baseball writer after retiring from the Chicago Mercan-

tile Exchange, continued on what was then a Repub-lican-dominated Village Board.

Prior to the March 2011 election, however, Booan began discussions with the county about possible merger of the village’s Police Department into the county Sheriff’s Depart-

ment. That, and dustups with the police chief, the former village treasurer and the superintendent of public works may have contributed to a Democratic sweep.

At the organizational meeting in early April, the new Democratic majority disassembled the prospec-tive budget Booan and

the Republicans had put together.

Nonetheless, with a 5-2 Democratic majority, Booan – fixing the village’s deteriorating streets had been the centerpiece of his campaign – soldiered on, and in the summer of 2011 achieved the most extensive street repair in years.

Cindy Falk and Jim Dean are in line for three-year terms on the Village Board.

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalSally Eldred, left, Village Democratic Party secretary, and Rosemary Abbate, wife of village chair Richie Abbate, sign in the party faithful at the caucus Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the fire hall on Chestnut Street.

Mayor Booan Won’t Run Again;Jeff Katz Is Probable Successor

Daniel Parsons,Sinead ManningTo Wed In 2013

Daniel Van Hise Par-sons, son of William H. Parsons of Coo-

perstown and Donna C. Par-sons of Madison, Conn., has announced his engagement to Sinead Sawaya Manning of Rockland, Mass.

Dan, a filmmaker, is studio manager for Cramer Company, a Boston-area film/advertising/events company.

Sinead, the daughter of Tom and June Manning of Rockland, Mass., is a graph-ic artist with J. Jill womens’ apparel company.

A September 2013 wed-ding is planned.

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YOUNGS PROMOTED: Darla M. Youngs has been named executive director of the Otsego County Con-servation Association. She replaces Erik Miller, who joined Southern Tier East Regional Planning Develop-ment Board last July.

NELSON HONORED: Julia A. Nelson, daughter of Peter and Solomonia Nelson, Fly Creek, was named to Alfred University’s Dean’s List for the fall semester. A sophomore, Julia is an Art & Design major.

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