Hometown Oneonta - The Otesgo-Delaware Dispatch

HOMETOWN History

2010-03-05T00:00:00.006-05:00

Compiled by Tom Heitz with
resources courtesy of the
New York State Historical Association Library

125 YEARS AGO

Home & Vicinity – At the residence of the bride’s parents in Portlandville on March 5th, Miss Carlotta, daughter of M.S. Cooke, Esq., was married to Mr. George H. Wilber. About 40 guests responded to the invitation. The gifts were numerous and valuable, and spoke well for the friendship existing for the bride and groom.
Amidst the excitement of a game of marbles at the lower school, during the noon recess last Friday, David Boughton fell and broke his arm. He said nothing about the injury until his return home after school, when the arm was so swollen that it was with difficulty that the fracture was reduced.
March 1885

100 YEARS AGO
March 1910

80 YEARS AGO

Thirty members of the guidance class of the Oneonta high school visited the Delaware & Hudson railroad shops on Saturday, where the different plants and processes were explained to them by officials of the road. Wesley Dunbar, divisional car foreman, took charge of the class and escorted them first to the machine shop, where different parts of the rail cars are manufactured. Ray Schuster, general car foreman, joined the party. A large steam hammer was operated for the class and an inspection was made of the new electric hammer which is being installed in the plant. The class next visited the lumber shops. W.G. Scutt, wood mill foreman, met the party and explained the different saws and processes as they went through the mill. Frank Clark, foreman of the coach shops, guided the students through the process of building new coaches and the remodeling of the old ones. At the storehouse, A.E. Kniskern told the students there are 3,200 different articles kept ready for instant use. The roundhouse proved to be of extreme interest to members of the class as Mr. Woolever, master mechanic, took charge of the party and Engine 1400, claimed to be the second largest in the world, was put through her paces.
March 1930

60 YEARS AGO

If all goes well, Arthur F. Duggleby, Navy veteran, may settle his three-cent financial squabble with the Veterans Administration by April Fool’s Day at a total cost to both sides not exceeding a Marshall Plan loan to Europe. Mr. Duggleby, a barber at 110 Main Street, feels that he is getting a trimming in respect to dividends on his National Service Life Insurance. On Thursday, he received a letter bearing a 30-cent registered mail stamp, advising him that he had been overpaid in the sum of three cents and that the Veterans Administration wanted its money. The message listed the debt as $0.03, and advised Duggleby “if the lien is not paid within 60 days from the date of this letter, it will bear interest at the rate of four percent per annum compounded annually. If not paid, it will be deducted from any future settlement of the insurance of any benefits to be derived from the government.” Last October, Duggleby received a letter from the Veterans Administration advising him of “a 1 cent credit on his account which may be deducted from a premium payment.” The same letter also advised him that his check for $3.87 in payment of a premium had been accepted for only $3 because the 87 cents was blurred.
March 1950

40 YEARS AGO

Sam Stratton reports from Washington – The time has come when we upstaters must insist that the Penn Central Railroad be required to extend its present Washington to New York Metroliner service to upstate New York – certainly as far as Albany – probably all the way to Buffalo. The urgent need to bring upstate New York into the 20th century as far as modern, high-speed passenger service was pointed up last week when the Penn Central requested the Interstate Commerce Commission’s permission to discontinue all of its east-west passenger service. The Federal government has spent millions of dollars to help the Penn Central get this Metroliner service going.
March 1970

30 YEARS AGO

In 1979, the number of farms in the United States was about 37,000 fewer than the previous year. The new definition of a farm is “a place with annual sales of agricultural products totaling $1,000, or more. Estimates based on this definition are available beginning with 1975. From the 2.49 million farms recorded in 1975, there has been an annual erosion of about 1.0 to 1.5 percent to the current total of 2.33 million. It is estimated that a further drop of about one percent in 1980 will bring the number down to 2.31 million farms. However, farm acreage loss has been more moderate. During the second half of the 1970s, 13.7 million acres were diverted to non-agricultural use. However, in 1975, the average farm contained 427 acres. Five years later, in 1979, the average acreage had risen to 450 acres.
March 1980

20 YEARS AGO

Commuters and shoppers who take the city’s public transit will ride in bigger, more comfortable buses this fall. The new vehicles will carry growing numbers of people who are leaving their cars at home and taking the bus instead. The city signed a contract March 6th with Bus Industries of America to buy three 40 foot long Canadian made Orion buses. Two of the buses will come equipped with wheelchair lifts.
March 1990

10 YEARS AGO

Applications are now available for the Catskill Choral Society’s Dox Apprenticeship Program of 2000/2001. The program offers high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to sing and perform with the Choral Society in its fall and spring concerts. The Dox Apprenticeship Program honors the Choral Society’s former music director, Thurston Dox for his dedication to enriching the musical experiences of young people.
March 2000

Resources for Hometown History have been provided courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library.

Hartwick Appoints Jim Broschart VP Of Institutional Advancement

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Jim Broschart of Syracuse was announced on Tuesday as the new Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Hartwick College. He will assume his position at Hartwick on April 5.
Broschart comes to Hartwick from Syracuse University, where he has served as director of regional advancement and team leader for greater Boston since 2007. He previously was director of development for Syracuse’s College of Arts & Sciences, and has overseen development efforts and giving programs at several colleges, foundations, and organizations in central New York.
“Jim has a well-rounded and successful track record in fundraising and institutional advancement,” Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich, President of Hartwick College, said. “His work in donor relations and strategy development prepares him well for this important leadership position.”
His previous work includes positions at the State University of New York at Oswego and the Hospice Foundation of Central New York. He received his bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration from Ithaca College and his M.B.A. from Binghamton University.
At Hartwick, Broschart will oversee the strategic efforts of the College’s Alumni Relations and Development offices, leading the College’s fundraising efforts.

HOMETOWN Sports

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Nine YMCA Swimmers Headed
To State Competition In Buffalo

By BENJAMIN DEER

The Oneonta YMCA Swim Team boasts nine swimmers traveling up to Buffalo for the State Championships. The meet will have a total of 104 events and runs March 12-14.
Swim coach Doug Macomber has been walking down memory lane this season.
“I used to coach here many, many years ago back in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. They wanted me back here at the Y so I took the job. It’s my first year back and it feels good”, he said.
Macomber has a successful career as a swim instructor. Each year he has coached, his swimmers have made it to the State Championships. Macomber hopes to instill that experience in some of his young swimmers because one of them has not yet been to the state championship stage before.
Gabe House is only eight years-old, but is looking forward to the State Championships.
“I’m doing the 25 [meter] free, the 50 free, and the 25 breast”, he said.
This is the first year Gabe is swimming competitively for the Oneonta YMCA swim team, but he is already able to put things in perspective.
“I’m having hopes. I mean, it would be a great honor to win, but I don’t care if I lose”, Gabe said.
He knows that he will be back swimming competitively, and hopefully winning for many years to come at the Oneonta YMCA.
“I want to swim for as many years as I can”, he said.
Another young swimmer who is also looking forward to swimming at the state championships is nine year-old Akiva Garfield. He was the all-state champion last year in the eight-and-under bracket, winning the 25-meter breast stroke. This year, he is forced to move up an age bracket, but is still anxious to compete at the state-level.
“Yeah, I’m really excited. I hope I win”, he said.
If everything goes to Macomber’s plan, Gabe will follow in Akiva’s footsteps and take home the gold in the eight-and-under bracket, and Akiva will continue winning as he moves up through the age groups.
Other Oneonta YMCA swimmers competing at the state championships are: Lucy Bischoff; Abby Miller; Kari Knudson; Stephanie Havens; Madison Allen; and Mackenzie Miller.
The state championships take place at the University of Buffalo, with events set to begin that Friday night.

HOMETOWN People

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Former Hartwick And SUNY Coach
Inducted Into Section IV HoF

Ryan Crawford, son of Sheila and Michael Serbay of Oneonta, was honored at the induction ceremony of the Section IV NYSPHS Athletic Association at the Broome Country Arena on March 6th. Crawford was a star athlete at Edmeston Central School and graduated in 1991.
Lettering in three sports, Crawford was a football MVP, a Tri-Valley All Star in basketball, and a Daily Star All Star for baseball. Crawford was an outstanding catcher with a lightening arm. He retired 45 runners during his last season. He successfully played college ball at Keystone Jr. College, the University of Maine, and Oneonta State. He was an assistant coach at Hartwick College and SUCO. Crawford presently is a school counselor in Suffolk County and continues to coach baseball and football.
Davis lettered in three sports and was a Tri Valley All Star in football, basketball, and shot-put and Daily Star Co-Player for baseball. Davis set records in both shot-put and discus as a junior. A highly competitive player and an outstanding pitcher, Davis was 86-11 and never lost a Tri-Valley game. His pitching record of 19-3 included a no-hitter, 235 strikeouts and 18K’s in a game.

Malhotra Receives Award From Alma Mater

SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Ashok K. Malhotra of the Philosophy Department at the SUNY Oneonta has been named the recipient of a 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Hawaii Alumni Association.
The award recognizes outstanding University of Hawaii alumni who have used their education to excel professionally, provide inspirational leadership to others, and provide service for the benefit of the community.
Highlighted among Dr. Malhotra’s accomplishments were his efforts in establishing and sustaining five Indo-International Schools that educate more than 1,050 impoverished children in the remote villages of India.
Dr. Malhotra, who earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1969, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award on May 11.

NSF GRANT: Hartwick College has received a $24,811 planning grant from the National Science Foundation to expand research and education opportunities at the Robert R. Smith Environmental Field Station at the Pine Lake Environmental Campus. The grant will enable the development of a five-year strategic plan for the field station and facilitate collaboration between Hartwick and the state agencies that oversee Riddell State Park, which borders Pine Lake.

IN MEMORIAM

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Anthony Roda, 70;
SUNY Philosophy Professor

ONEONTA – Anthony Roda, professor of philosophy at SUNY Oneonta, passed away at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta, N.Y. on Thursday, March 4, 2010. He was 70.
Dr. Roda was born in Fossato Jonico (Reggio Calabria), Italy. He is the son of Domenico Roda and Caterina Messineo. He moved to Jersey City, NJ in 1949 and was salutatorian at Dickinson High School in Jersey City, NJ in 1959. He received his B.S. in Mathematics at Saint Peter’s College in 1962, his M.A. in Philosophy at Washington University in 1964, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Southern Illinois University in 1968.
He began teaching at SUNY Oneonta in 1967. During his tenure as professor of philosophy, he was involved in numerous organizations, received a variety of awards and had multiple publications.
Dr. Roda enjoyed the intellectual engagement with both students and faculty that teaching provided. He was fluent in Italian (writing, reading, and speaking) and possessed a deep knowledge of southern Italian culture and philosophy.
When he passed away, Dr. Roda was serving as Editor of the academic journal, Educational Change, a role he had performed for more than a decade.
He cared about the local community and involved himself in the Oneonta Italian American Club, serving as its president for several years.
Dr. Roda was a member of the American Philosophical Association, the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, the Dante Society of America, the Institute for Vico Studies, and New York State Foundation of Education Association.
He is survived by his son, Michael Roda, of Albany, NY; his daughter, Mariah Roda, of New York, NY; and his sister, Teodora Salvemini, of Franklin Lakes, NJ.
He was predeceased by his son, Dominick Roda.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 11, in St. Mary’s Church, 39 Walnut Street, Oneonta. Interment will be in the spring in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Emmons.
In lieu of flowers, gifts in Dr. Roda’s memory can be made to the College at Oneonta Foundation Scholarships, and mailed to the College at Oneonta Foundation, 308 Netzer Administration Building, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta NY 13820.

Emily Harrington, 55; Worked At A.O. Fox,
Astrocom Electronics, Daddy Al’s

SCHENEVUS – Emily Harrington, 55, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home, Friday, March 5, 2010, after a three year battle with breast cancer.
She was born April 30, 1954, in Oneonta, the daughter of Ivan and Shirley (Palmer) Risley.
Emily was employed by A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, Astrocom Electronics and Daddy Al’s. She enjoyed playing bingo, going to casinos, cooking and baking. Emily cared for everyone and was always doing for others.
She is survived by her sons, Gilbert Pidgeon of Oneonta and Donald and Angela Pidgeon of Davenport Center; two brothers, Larry and Pam Risley of Texas and Charles and Priscilla Risley of Virginia; her companion and love of her life, Charlie Bodden, of Schenevus; several nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles; and her beloved cat, Karen.
She was predeceased by her husbands, Paul Pidgeon, and Stanley Harrington.
The funeral was at 8 p.m. on March 10 with the Rev. Judith A. Thistle, chaplain at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, officiating.
Interment in the Glenwood Cemetery will take place at later date.
Donations may be made to Breast Cancer Awareness at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Attn: Donor Services, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309 or to Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820.
The Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta, is serving the family.

George VanCuren, 86;
Received Purple Heart

ONEONTA – George VanCuren, 86, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the New York State Veterans Home in Oxford.
He was born Oct. 1, 1923, in Middleville, the son of Charles and Mabel (Skillen) VanCuren. George married Eleanor Scorzafava on June 29, 1945, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oneonta. He was a United States Army Air Corps veteran. During World War II, his plane was shot down and George became a Prisoner of War for 11 months. He received a Purple Heart, an Air Medal and a POW Medal World War II.
George worked for the D&H Railroad and the United States Postal Service. He was a member of the Oneonta American Legion Post 259, the Oneonta VFW Post 1206 and the BPOE Elks Club No. 1312.
He is survived by his wife, Eleanor VanCuren; two daughters, Linda Mercadante of Red Bank, N.J., and Denise Kane and Jeff Ouimet of Oneonta; grandchildren, James E. Kane III, Heather and Nels Anderson and Joel and Meredith Mercadante; sister, Dorothy Beams of Schenevus; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by a son, William; sister, Edith Gaughan; brothers, Lawrence, Maurice and William VanCuren; a son-in-law, Eugene Mercadante.
The funeral service was at 1 p.m. on March 10 with the Rev. Keith VanDewerker, retired, officiating. Interment with military honors will be in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery at a later date. Donations may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301.
The Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta, is serving the family.

NY Seeks To Tap Sweet Smell Of Success

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Maple Task Force Discovers Only

0.5 Percent Of NY Trees Being Tapped

By JIM KEVLIN

WEST EDMESTON

3,000 taps.
Nine miles of tubing.
A $25,000 high-tech RO – for “reverse osmosis” – machine in the back room.
And a shiny, stainless steel Dominion & Grimm propane-powered evaporator that looks like a mini-version of the Starship Enterprise.
Visitors from China.
A dozen maple products from the traditional to the innovative.
Ben and Judy’s Sugarhouse is not your father’s sap bucket.
In this case, it’s Ben Benjamin’s great uncle’s sap bucket.
Ben became entranced with maple-syruping in 1950 in the Burlington Green maple grove of his great uncle, Murray Benjamin, “a pioneer in the business.” Ben’s mother, Dorothy Fassett of East Springfield, was daughter of Owen Fassett, another pioneer.
Since Judy is a Fassett, you might say that the couple was genetically inclined, if not predetermined, to build a sugarhouse – twice expanded since – when they built their modern home in 1990 on a crest overlooking Unadilla Creek.
The Beaver Creek Road property is near the Benjamins’ 100 maple trees. (Since, they’ve acquired a 3,500-tree grove down on Route 8, behind the home son-in-law and daughter Bob and Karen Zaleski. Second daughter Tracy Plows and her husband, Ken, also help out.)
At first, Ben and Judy offered free breakfasts at this time of year to attract people to their sugarhouse. Soon, they didn’t have to. For the next four Saturday mornings, cars will line each side of the road for a half mile, as pancake-and-maple-syrup lovers line up and pay $6 a head for breakfast. (The one-day record: 475 breakfasters.)
Benjamin’s syrup is for sale at Schneider’s Bakery in Cooperstown. But most is sold through places like Twin Orchards Farm, New Hartford.
This is well beyond a hobby. Ben Benjamin is a businessman: Not only do he and Judy run the sugarhouse, Ben is an equipment distributor. (Judy, her daughters, and two granddaughters are “The Benjamins,” and have performed Gospel music regularly locally and as far away as Nashville.)
And he’s a statesman for his industry in New York State, serving on the 14-member state Department of Agriculture & Markets’ Maple Task Force, which formed last March and reported back in October.
One major discovery: Almost a quarter of the maple producers in New York State have fewer than 100 taps. Less than 1 percent have more than 10,000 taps. Ben Benjamin’s 3,000 taps put in among the 8 percent bigger producers.
As you might expect, Vermont has the highest “utilization rate” of its sugar maples, a tree that’s found nowhere in the world but the northeastern U.S. (and, to a lesser degree, along the Canadian border into the Midwest.)
Maine’s rate – second – is .9 percent to Vermont’s 2.1 percent. New York’s is a distant .5 percent, even with maple syrup selling at $55 a gallon.
Doesn’t that sound like a business opportunity?
It did, of course, for Judge William Cooper, Otsego County’s founder (and founder of The Freeman’s Journal) envisioned a fortune in maple sugar, perceiving it as an American-grown substitute for the sugar that came from slave-harvested sugar cane in the West Indies.
In 1791, he got Jefferson interested in the idea, and sent a supply to a delighted President Washington, according to Alan Taylor’s “William Cooper’s Town.” Problems of steady supply, transport and preservation caused Cooper’s dream to collapse.
But what about today?
“The local food movement is stronger than it’s ever been,” said Jessica Ziehm, Ag & Markets spokesperson. “We’re seeing a lot of people interested in making maple syrup.”
In recent months, more than a dozen sugarhouses in New York State have received USDA rural-development funds to buy reverse-osmosis machines.
(As Benjamin explains it, the R-O machines remove water from the sap, raising the sugar content from 2 to 10 percent. This makes the evaporator much more efficient -- it needs five times less fuel to raise the sugar content to the optimum 67 percent.)
Plus, Ag & Markets hired an advertising firm that developed a “New York Maple” brand, with a uniform logo. Small producers have begun feeding their supplies to large bottles, who then sell them to retailers under a common brand.
“It’s pretty exciting,” said Ziehm, who was raised on a farm in Rensselaer County where her family tapped their own trees. (Her boss, Ag Commissioner Patrick Hooker, also taps trees on his farm north of Richfield Springs.)
“People have always thought there’s a greater opportunity in New York,” she continued, echoing Cooper. “We do have the opportunity to grow the numbers extensively.”
Then there are maple products beyond syrup -- candy, maple butter and the like. A agri-tourism, which the Benjamins exemplify.
Actually, Ben and Judy exemplify several of the trends Ziehm talks about.
Murray Benjamin “did everything the hard way,” said his grandnephew, who may have been turning that lesson over in his mind during the years of his career at New York Central Mutual, down the road in Edmeston.
In 1980, Ben turned those ruminations into action, buying a 25-gallon barrel hose evaporator and producing maple syrup as a hobby, primarily for his family’s use – he and Judy have two daughters, who were young then – and for gifts.
But it just grew.
In 1985, he bought a 2-by-6-foot evaporator that churned out 75 gallons a season and, in 1990, on Ben’s retirement from New York Central Mutual ... the rest is history.

NY MAPLE TASK
FORCE FINDINGS

• Provide funding for “reverse osmosis” machines to boost maple-syrup production.
• Increase number of producers. (Only 0.5 percent of in-state maples are tapped.)
• Promote, promote, promote. The state has secured the services of a marketing agency for this purpose.

Otsego Chamber Honors Sam Nader, Lou Hager’s Northern Eagle

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Sam Nader, Lou Hager Honored

Oneonta’s Sam Nader and Cooperstown’s Lou Hager’s Northern Eagle Beverage have been selected for two of the Otsego County Chamber’s most prestigious awards.
• Nader, former Oneonta mayor and partner in the Oneonta Tigers, will receive the Eugene A. Bettiol, Jr., Distinguished Citizen Award.
• Northern Eagle Beverage, which Hager, a member of the Busch beer family, founded in 1986, will receive the NBT Distinguished Business Award.
The awards will be presented at the chamber’s annual Banquet and Celebration of Business Saturday, April 10. Tickets are $77.50 a person or $750 for a table of 10. For reservations, e-mail pam@otsegocountychamber.com or call 432-4500, extension 201.
“Each has made our region a better place to live and prosper,” said Mark Grygiel, chairman of the chamber board.
Nader, a lifelong area resident and multi-faceted civic leader, formed the Oneonta Athletic Corp. in 1968 and operated a Yankee Class A minor league team, then a Detroit Tigers affiliated until 2009, when the franchise was sold.
Nader has also been honored by Opportunities for Otsego, LEAF Counsel on Alcoholism and Addictions, Wilber National Bank, and many more. SUNY Oneonta presents the Albert S. and Alice H. Nader Scholarship annually.
Northern Eagle Beverage, located on Railroad Avenue in Oneonta, currently employs 33 people, supplying beer and soda throughout Otsego, Delaware and Chenango counties.
Northern Eagle has also provided support to the Friends of Bassett, the Foothills Performing Arts Center, Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, the United Way and others community undertakings.

IF YOU GO: Banquet & Celebration of Business, 5:45 p.m. Saturday, April 10, SUNY Oneonta Hunt Union Ballroom. For reservations, pam@otsegocounty chamber.com or 432-4500, extension 201

Classifieds

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Houses for Rent

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Call Barbara Ann today at (607) 267-4013
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Farm For Sale

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Office Space For Rent

Cooperstown office space for rent. Main st. 2nd floor. $400 a month, includes utilities. Call Dave LaDuke at John Mitchell Real Estate 547-8551.
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Wanting to rent

Professional couple seeking 3 bedroom house/apartment in Oneonta. (607) 242-5308
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Adoption

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Autos Wanted

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Business Opportunity

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Equipment For Sale

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Home Improvement

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Calendar

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Ongoing/Upcoming

BASKET RAFFLE – Susquehanna SPCA basket-raffle fundraiser. View 16 themed baskets at NBT bank branches in Cherry Valley, Richfield Springs, Edmeston, Cooperstown and Oneonta. Tickets $1 each, six for $5. Raffle tickets available through March 31. Info, www.susquehannaspca.org

FOOD DRIVE – 27th Annual Ani Colone Food Drive, sponsored by Sixth Ward Athletic Club. Drop off canned goods and dried foods and send cash donations to 22 West Broadway. Info, (607) 432-9136.

GOLF LEAGES - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday Night Mens League, and Wednesday Night Mens League Will hold there organizational meetings on Tuesday March 30th and Wednesday March 31st respectively. Colonial Ridge Golf will host these leagues that start on April 26th.

TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR 2010 FUNDING CYCLE– The United Way of Delaware/Otsego Counties will be conducting technical training for any organization that would like to apply for funds during the 2010 funding cycle. United Way funds programs that serve the poor and the working poor. It is a competitive process, reserve a spot by Monday, March 15. Info: (607) 432-8006

Thursday,
March 11

HISTORIC WORKSHOP– 7-9 p.m., New York State Rehabilitation Tax Credit for Homeowners Workshop. New York State has a new tax credit to help historic homeowners repair and rehabilitate their homes. Info, reservations, Historic Albany Foundation, (518) 465-0876, X-12, cmacri@historic-albany.org.

Friday,
March 12

EXHIBIT OPENING – 5-7 p.m. “Main Characters,” Main View Gallery spring exhibit opening reception. Exhibit explores how each person is the main character in their own life. Featured artist Andrew Kennedy. Through May 21. Info, (607) 432-1890, www.mainviewgallery.org.

FISH FRY – 5-7:30 p.m. Lenten Fish-Fry Dinners. Baked or fried haddock, choice of baked potato or fries & coleslaw. $ 9.95 per person, includes beverage & dessert. Take-out available, benefits Cooperstown Field Hockey Club. American Legion, Main Street, Cooperstown.

PLAY AUDITIONS - 6:30 p.m. Orpheus Theatre will auditions for their Spring production of “Bye Bye Birdie.” Orpheus Rehearsal Studios, 99 Main Street, 2nd Floor. Bring a song and sheet music or one will be taught to you. Wear comfortable clothing. All auditioners will sing, read, and move. Info: (607) 432-1800.

“DAYS OF RAGE” - 7 p.m. A Fire Fighters View From the Streets During the 1967 Riots in Newark, NJ” will be presented by George Hymas, a retired South Orange, NJ fireman, at the Fly Creek Fire Hall. George Hymas was a firefighter for 17 years with a Ladder Rescue Company and is now a Fly Creek volunteer firefighter.There is no charge for the program and all are welcome to attend.

LENTEN STUDIES – 7 p.m., Friday-night Lenten Bible studies from the Faith Lesson series, “That the World May Know.” Five-week series through April 2. Refreshments provided. Info, Rev. Douglas Deer, (607) 547-9371.

MUSIC – 10:30 p.m., The Rhodes, Modern British Invasion from New Paltz. $ cover, The Autumn Cafe. Info, (607) 432-6845

Saturday,
March 13

BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m. curbside pick-up. Cooperstown Boy Scout Troop 1254 bottle drive. Benefits scout activities. Also April 17th, May 8th.

FLEA MARKET – 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Annual Flea Market. Books, clothes, household items, jewelry. Elm Park Church, 401 Chestnut Street, Oneonta.

FLY FISHING SEMINAR – 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The Dave Brandt Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual, one-day intro to fly fishing seminar. Enrollment limited to 26 students for two groups of 13 max. Bring a bag lunch; fly-casting rod and line if you have one, however, an outfit is not mandatory as a fly rod and line will be loaned on site to participants who do not yet own one. Hartwick College Johnstone Science Building, Room 201. Register: (607) 431-4758

POSTCARDS – 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Greater Oneonta Historical Society sixth annual Postcard & Ephemera Show & Sale. Postcards, sheet music, posters, documents, advertising signs and more. Admission $2. Great Hall, St. James Episcopal Church, corner Elm and Main streets, Oneonta. Info, John Carney, (607) 432-5360.

GARDEN WORKSHOP – 10 a.m.-noon. “Starting Your Garden from Seed,” learn how to successfully start vegetables (or other plants) from seed. $5 per workshop. Pre-register by March 10. Info, pre-register, call (607) 547-2536, X-0.

MASK WORKSHOP – 10 a.m.-Noon. African Mask Workshop in conjunction with The Catskill Choral Society’s performance of African Sanctus. $40 for two sessions, second session March 20. Teaching artist Barbara Gregson. Pre-registration required, call Corinne Armstrong (607) 432-2070, uccca.com. For concert info, visit catskillchoralsociety.org or call 607-431-6060.

EMOTIONS WORKSHOP – 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. “the Seven Emotions.” Learn ancient Chinese techniques to heal and balance emotions. The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Class size limited, $30 registration. Info/Registration: (607) 437-1626

DRUMMING – 1, 2:15, and 3:30 p.m. “Hands-On African Drumming Class” presented by The African American Cultural Center Inc. of Buffalo. The Zone Youth Center, Richfield Springs. 20 seats per session. To register, call Amy Wyant, (315) 858-3200, amy@richfieldzone.org

PLAY AUDITIONS - 2 p.m. Orpheus Theatre will auditions for their Spring production of “Bye Bye Birdie.” Orpheus Rehearsal Studios, 99 Main Street, 2nd Floor. Bring a song and sheet music or one will be taught to you. Wear comfortable clothing. All auditioners will sing, read, and move. Info: (607) 432-1800.

BASKETBALL – 4 p.m., Milford March Madness! Co-ed Basketball Games, varsity, JV, modified and 5/6 Teams with Half-time show featuring cheerleader recruits. Milford Central School. Admission $1 children, $2 adult, $ family of four or more.

DANCE – 6 p.m. “Spring Fling Dinner Dance” Live music by Fox Creek & Linda Lee. Chicken Marsala, prime rib, stuffed sale. $30 per person. Oneonta Elks Club, 84 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, tickets, (607) 432-1312.

CABARET CONCERT – 8 p.m. Catskill Symphony Orchestra Cabaret Concert featuring Jay Ungar and Moyy Mason. Don’t miss the Guest Conductor Competition with Doug Decker, Sam Goodyear, Mike Levenstein, Jim Mullen and Emcee Senator James Seward. Alumni Fields house, Dewar Arena. Tickets $30, light refreshments served. Seating tables of 8. Call (607) 436-2670j.

Sunday,
March 14

SUGARING OFF SUNDAY – 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Pancake breakfast, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The Farmers’ Museum, Lake Road (Ste. Rte. 80), Adults $8; children age 7 to 12, $4; children 6 and under, free.

FILM AT THE RAG– 1:30 p.m., In The Realm of the Unreal- The Mystery of Henry Darger. The film is about a reclusive artist who had worked in secret for over 40 years. Showing is at the Roxbury Art Center. Info: (607) 326-7908

UCCCA MOVIE – 2 p.m. Watch “It Might get Loud”, Documentary penetrates the glamorous surface of three famous rock guitarists. Upstairs surround-sound theater, Foothills Performing Art Center, Oneonta in the upstairs theater. Info: (607) 432-2070.

Monday,
March 15

ENERGY WORKSHOP - 1 p.m. Extension Education Center, 123 Lake St., Cooperstown Debbie Wojehowski of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Otsego County will hold a“Save Energy, Save Dollars” workshop offering participants ways to reduce energy bills through no-cost/low cost energy actions. Space is limited. Pre-Registration available at (607) 547-2536 Ext. 0.

IMMUNIZATION CLINIC – 1-3 p.m., Otsego County Public Health Nursing public immunization clinic services open to the public. Oneonta Public Health Nursing, 242 Main St., Oneonta. Info, questions (607)547-4230.

Tuesday,
March 16

ELECTION DAY – The village of Cooperstown’s election is today. Don’t forget to vote!

PASTA LUNCH - 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday pasta lunch day at the 6th Ward Athletic Club, 22 West Broadway. The lunch includes spaghetti, meatballs, tossed salad bar, Foti’s Italian Bread for $6.50. There’s a salad bar special too, along with take-out ordering. Just call the Club at 436-9136 to place your order.

BUDDHISM – 5:15 p.m., “The Buddhist View.” Teachings on the nature of the mind. Tuesdays at The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 829-3702.

UCCCA MOVIE – 2 p.m. Watch “It Might get Loud”, Documentary penetrates the glamorous surface of three famous rock guitarists. Upstairs surround-sound theater, Foothills Performing Art Center, Oneonta in the upstairs theater. Info: (607) 432-2070.

Wednesday,
March 17

DAIRY WORKSHOP – 10:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. The NY Center for Dairy Excellence risk management workshop for dairy farmers. Program includes lunch, limited seating. Holiday Inn, 68 Crystal Run Road, Middletown, NY. Info/Registration required, (845) 344-1234.

PASTA LUNCH – 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. 22 West Broadway, Oneonta. Lunch includes spaghetti, meatballs, tossed salad bar, and Foti’s Italian bread for $6.50. Take-out available, benefits local organizations. Sixth Ward Athletic Club, 22 West Broadway, Oneonta. (607) 436-9136

FIELD CROP SCHOOL– 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County will be reviewing topics including corn variety selection, corn fertility management, and using new nitrogen testing tools. The class will be held at the Cooperative Extension Office in Hamden. Info- (607) 865- 6531.

SCHOOL BOARD – 7 p.m. School Board meeting. Second presentation of Cooperstown Central School proposed school budget with open session for public input. Cooperstown Central School, Linden Ave., Cooperstown.

FILM CLASS – 6-7:30 p.m. Oneonta Teen Center free 6-week film class for ages 13-18. Wednesday nights, March 17-April 21. Learn script writing, shooting, editing from local award-winning filmmaker Joseph Stillman.

Thursday,
March 18

MEDITATION - 5-6 p.m. “Meditation & Sacred Sound” will be offered at the Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta, in the Yoga/Community Room.Using heart-centered interfaith meditation, sound, and breath, the class will include music, readings, healing practices, prayer, concentrations on the elements, and attunement to nature. Info: (607) 434-6074

KINDERGARTEN – 6:30 p.m. Kindergarten orientation for parents of children 5-years old on or before December 1, 2010. Presentation on Kindergarten activities, explanation of screening procedures used to help the school working with children when they enter in the fall. Kindergarten registration, March 25. Cooperstown Elementary School., Walnut Street, Cooperstown.

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS – 7 p.m. Hartwick College’s Lambros Arena will host the Harlem Globetrotters for a show during their “Magical Memories” tour. Tickets $25, available online at hartwicktickets.com Info: harlemglobetrotters.com

READING – 7 p.m., Local author, professor Alice Lichtenstein gives reading, booksigning of her newest novel “Lost,” set for release on March 9. The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Info (607) 433-8898, www.greentoadbookstore.com

Friday,
March 19

DAIRY WORKSHOP – 10:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. The NY Center for Dairy Excellence risk management workshop for dairy farmers. Program includes lunch, limited seating. Holiday Inn, Rt 23, Oneonta, NY. Info/Registration required, (607) 865-6531.

FISH FRY – 5-7:30 p.m. Field Hockey Lenten Fish-Fry Dinners. Baked or fried haddock, choice of baked potato or fries & coleslaw. $ 9.95 per person, includes beverage & dessert. Take-out available, benefits Cooperstown Field Hockey Club. American Legion, Main Street, Cooperstown.

ROAST PORK DINNER - 6 p.m. Roast pork dinner at Middlefield Baptist Church. Reservation required, so call to reserve your seats and take outs. Call (607) 547-9093 or (607) 547-9484 for info and reservations.

PHYSIQUE SHOW - 7 p.m. The fifth annual “Physique Show,” a fitness and body-building competition at the SUNY College at Oneonta, will take place in the Goodrich Theater of the Fine Arts Building. Tickets are available for $5 at the door or $4 in advance in room 332 of the Netzer Administration Building. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Student Opportunities Committee of the Educational Opportunity Program.

THRUSH PRESENTATION - 7:30 p.m. The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society will feature Hartwick College Professor Peter Fauth who will present “The Wood Thrushes and Veeries of Pine Lake”, representing his research on these woodland thrushes over several years at the Methodist Church on Chestnut St. in Oneonta.

Saturday,
March 20

“TUNE THAT NAME” - 8 p.m. Play this game at Fly Creek Uunited Methodist Church where you guess the artist from songs. Tickets sold at Augur’s Books and Fly Creek General Store.

FAMILY FUN DAY– 1-5 p.m. The Milford Central School Parent Teacher Organization is running a family fun day for all ages. Bring your sneakers and have a fun day with family and friends. Giant inflatables for all age groups as well as a variety of family-friendly activites will be offered. $25 per family, $10 for individuals. The event will be held at the Milford Central School. Info: (607) 286-9369.

MASK WORKSHOP - 10 a.m.-Noon. African Mask Workshop in conjunction

Nader, Northern Eagle Beverages Honored By Otsego County Chamber

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The Otsego County Chamber announced today the recipients of this year's NBT Distinguished Business will be Northern Eagle Beverages and the Eugene A. Bettiol, Jr. Distinguished Citizen award is being bestowed upon Albert "Sam" Nader, former Oneonta Mayor and civic leader.

"The selection of Sam Nader to receive the 6th Annual Eugene A. Bettiol, Jr. Distinguished Citizen award and North Eagle Beverages as the NBT Distinguished Business are great choices," Rob Robinson, president and CEO of the chamber, said in media release. "We are proud of them for all their efforts to make Otsego County a better place to live. You can't look around this area and not see that they have had positive impact on the quality of life here in Otsego County. "

In addition to his role as Oneonta mayor, Sam Nader, a lifelong area resident, brought professional baseball to Oneonta when he formed the Oneonta Athletic Corporation in 1968. He and his partners sustained one of the longest continuously operated franchises in baseball.

Northern Eagle Beverage, located on Railroad Avenue in Oneonta, was founded by Louis Hager in 1986 and currently employs 33 people. The business supplies beer and soda to numerous venues throughout the tri-county area. In 2001, the business was selected as the Wholesaler of the Year for the Northeast by Anheuser Bush.

The Otsego County Chamber Annual Banquet and Celebration of Buiness will take place at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 in the SUNY Oneonta Hunt Union Ballrool. Tickets are $77.50 a person or $750 for a table of ten. To make reservations, call Pam Ferguson at 432-4500 ext. 201.

MUG ONE Group Meets Wednesday At Hartwick

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MUG ONE, the Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3 in Golisano Hall, Room 103 on the Hartwick College campus in Oneonta.
Terry Helser will demonstrate TaxACT, the online service for filing your federal tax return. Elsa Travisano will then cover the basics of Backing Up Your Mac and about what you need (hardware and software) to make backing up a painless process.
Meetings are free of charge and everyone is welcome. For more information go to http://www.mugone.com, email Elsa Travisano at info@mugone.com or call Brian Foley at 988-7443.

St. Mary's Prepares For 'Step Into Seuss'

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St. Mary's School's three year old classroom tries out their Seuss mobiles for part of the "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street" acitvity at the their annual Step Into Seuss event held 5-8 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, March 2. Ham dinner will be served 4:30-7 p.m., $5 per person or $20 per family.
Caption: From left, Carly Layman, Jackie Hu and Zachary Griegel race their Seuss mobiles down the race track in the three year old classroom at St. Mary's School.

Local Artist Has Fun With Snow Downtown

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Oneonta Teen Center Director and local artist Ian Austin was found this morning making a snow person on a bench in downtown Oneonta in front of the old Bresees. The snow storm yesterday which lasted through the night, led to all local school districts canceling classes for the day.

SEUSS RULES

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HoF Soccer Fields Much In Demand

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3 Bid To Use Hall of Fame’s Fields

By JIM KEVLIN

Interest in the former National Soccer Hall of Fame’s world-class fields is brisk, and three private entities are vying to ensure the crunching of cleats will be heard this summer running across the turf.
Otsego County’s Economic Development Office had issued an RFP – request for proposals – on the fields, and three proposals were in hand by the Tuesday, March 2, deadline.
“The three separate entities had expressed interest all along,” said Carolyn Lewis, county economic developer. “We knew we were going to get those three. We thought we might actually get two more.”
The Otsego County Development Corp. directors, who assumed ownership of the property Feb. 1 from the Hall of Fame, will meet shortly to review the bids, she said.
But Lewis expects to have a contract let by mid-April, in time to have new managers in place for the summer training camps and tournaments that have been staples in the past.
She acknowledges the OCDC timeline is “extremely aggressive,” but “in order to move forward and have tournaments this summer we need to be that aggressive.”
The fields are much-coveted because “on a scale of one to 10, they are Grade 10 fields,” said Scott Clark, president of The Clark Companies, the renown Delhi-based turf company that built the four HoF fields 19 years ago.
These days, it would cost $700,000 to build such fields, he said, and as he describes them you can understand why.
These are sand-based fields: The turf lies on 10 inches of sand, which speeds drainage, Clark said.
Under the sand is a layer of stone and, under the stone, drains every 15 feet on center, spaced across the field to “evacuate” the water to storm drains.
These fields don’t have a “crown” to divert runoff to each side; they simply absorb water. And to ensure there’s enough moisture to keep the grass strong, there are “pop up heads” every 40 feet or so to irrigate the fields.
The sod, Clark continued, was grown on sand at a specialty operation in Saratoga.
“They’re my babies,” said Kevin Meredith, CSFM (for “certified sports field manager”), who has maintained the fields for all of their 19 years and hopes to continue under contract this summer.
Successful maintenance has required development of a turf plan, “like any other management plan,” that establishes a baseline, goals and procedures to get there.
Where you might mow your lawn every week to 10 days, “we mow up to four times a week,” said Meredith. “It keeps you from taking a lot of the turf blade off at any one time, and it induces the plants to put out a denser canopy.”
The result in West Oneonta: “Really tight fields.”
“These are very good fields,” said Scott Clark, who is the acknowledged U.S. expert in their construction.

Mayor To Aldermen: Forego Police Probe

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Mayor Won’t Seek Probe Of City PD

Affirming his predecessor’s conclusion, Mayor Dick Miller has concluded no further investigation is warranted into the resignation of three police officers under a cloud in recent months.
The mayor made that recommendation to Common Council Tuesday, March 2, at the same time alerting them that one of the officers, Sgt. Andrew Thomas, has had a change of heart and is claiming he was wrongfully discharged from the department.
A hearing on the matter has been scheduled for April 9.
“Given the tasks (the Oneonta Police Department) confronts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, I view a further investigation as demoralizing and disruptive, and accordingly, counter productive,” Miller told the aldermen.
At the time the matter became public, former Mayor John S. Nader consulted with the state Attorney General’s office, then involved the Otsego and Delaware county district attorneys in separate reviews.
Miller said he, Police Chief Joseph Redmond and any council members who wished to do so reviewed the report, and concluded “there was no criminal content to the incidents.”
“Is it likely that other members of the department not in the position of responsibility knew of the behavior? One can speculate,” the mayor continued. “Based upon the professional repercussions for the three individuals, the personal humiliation, as well as economic consequences that goes along with that, is it likely that this kind of behavior would happen again?
“In my judgment, probably not.
“Additionally, the chief has taken what measures he can within the context of labor agreements with the Police union to rotate staffing assignments.”
He said Redmond planned to report to the council’s Public Safety Committee Friday, March 6, “on changes made, and contemplated, and the status of other related activities.”
The mayor said he has had “numerous interactions with officers” since taking office. He rode with the chief one evening, and attended the county Law Enforcement Academy graduation, where four city officers received diplomas.
“My good experiences have continued and nothing causes me to have a lack of confidence in the department and its leadership,” he said.

Eastmans: Angels At St. Mary’s

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They Helped Build
School, Never Left,
Win ‘Partner’ Honor

By LAURA COX

Michelle and Rick Eastman have never liked the limelight.
They’ve operated Eastman Associates, general contractors headquartered on Railroad Avenue, where they work as a team with their 30 employees. They’ve managed their family and raised three children. They never sought recognition for how they spent their time and money.
But three weeks ago, Michelle and Rick received a phone call from St. Mary’s School asking both of them to come down to the school to chat. They had no inkling of what was about to transpire.
The St. Mary’s School marketing committee had voted them the 2010 Distinguished Partners in Education and will host a dinner to honor them on Saturday, March 20 at the school. Cocktail hour will start at 6:30 p.m. with a buffet dinner to follow at their “Evening in Paris.”
“Our first reaction was to turn it down,” said Rick. “But they said there was no way they would let us get away with that. We do things because it is the right thing to do, to help the community, the school, the kids; not to receive recognition.”
The Eastmans have been in the headlines recently when their company removed the old aluminum façade from the front of Bresee’s Department Store in November. Hundreds watched.
But it was their work on St. Mary’s School and continued friendship to the school that brought their names to the minds of the nominating committee, said St. Mary’s Principal Patty Bliss.
It was Eastman Associates that in 2000-2001 transformed the former Price Chopper building into the St. Mary’s School you see today. Accounts from school employees talk about the thought and consideration the Eastmans put into their work, and their willingness to talk about the new school and give tours to anyone interested.
“They took a special interest. It was not just a building to them, but a new home for the school, for the children, and they took extra care with what they did,” Bliss said. Though she was not principal at the time, she has heard many accounts from others at the school, and has seen firsthand their continued care for the building.
“They come to all of our events and support us in every way,” Bliss said, “Not just financially but through their interest and encouragement.”
Michelle and their three children, Nathan, 18, Candace, 23 and Jennifer, 27, are all members of the Catholic church.
Michelle and Rick have led their lives in the way they have to set examples of service to community for their children. While the girls do not live locally anymore, while growing up in Oneonta they both donated their time in the form of teaching Sunday school, as well as time helping out at Saturday’s Bread. Nathan has also been involved in many volunteer activities through the high school and is currently very involved with the S.A.D.D. club when he is not on the court playing basketball or on the field playing baseball for OHS.
“We like to encourage our kids to do something where you are not getting anything in return, without any recognition for it,” Michelle Eastman said.
The Eastmans have a personal connection to St. Mary’s school. Nathan attended grades K-4 there, and The Eastmans have found the teachers and staff wonderful.
“It’s a great school with wonderful teachers and a beautiful building. It’s really easy to help them,” Rick said.

City of The Hills

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LAST CALL: Soccer fans have a chance for a final look at the National Soccer Hall of Fame exhibits Saturday and Sunday, March 6-7.

DRIVE ENDS: United Way of Delaware/Otsego Counties has ended its 2009 fundraising campaign. The chapter raised $327,000, falling short of its goal of $343,000.

THEATRE FEST: Orpheus Theatre’s Playwright Project Theatre Festival 2010 is this weekend at the Foothills Performing Arts Center. A new play, “Just Kidding,” will be performing at 8 p.m. Friday, March 5. “Thanatopsy Turvy,” by Oneonta Gary Stevens, will be read at 1 p.m. Saturday. (More details, Pages B6-8)

TOP DOLLARS: For the eighth successive year, SUNY Oneonta alumni led all colleges in the system in donations to their alma mater, and ranked sixth in the nation among public universities.

MAKING MASKS: Barbara Gregson is planning a mask-making workshop at 10 a.m. Saturdays, March 13 and 20, at the UCCCA, to coincide with the Catskill Choral Society’s May 8-9 “African Sanctus. For information and to register, call 432-2070.
TOURNAMENT PLAY: For the first time since 1977, the SUNY Oneonta men’s basketball team, coached by Vince Medici, are in the NCAA Div. III tournament. They will play at 6 p.m. Friday, March 5 against Franklin & Marshall at Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.

Hometown Sports

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HOMETOWN People

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ANTARCTICA: Dr. Devin Castendyk, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences at the SUNY Oneonta, spent the winter inter-session in Antarctica, where he conducted research as a collaborator with the National Science Foundation.

Vegetarian Times:
Local Cereal Great

The March issue of Vegetarian Times has recognized Mu Mu Muesli, a European style breakfast cereal developed by Lisa Zaccaglini and Mike Shuster of Sharon Springs, as one of the five most “scrumptious” cereals in the U.S.
The couple started their “breakfast revolution” only 14 months ago, and still hand mix every batch and hand stamp the 100 percent biodegradable bags.

HOMETOWN History

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125 YEARS AGO

Home & Vicinity – Edward Butts, who lives on Brook Street, had around his premises a box of percussion caps such as he had used in exploding dynamite at the Oneonta silver mine. Last Thursday morning, Mr. Butts’ 16-year-old son Irving picked up one of the caps and, his curiosity getting the better of his discretion, commenced tearing it to pieces with a hair-pin, “to see what it was made of.” Suddenly, it exploded with a loud report, and the thumb and forefinger with which it was held were blown to pieces. The young man loses about one-half of each digit.
March 1885

100 YEARS AGO
March 1910

80 YEARS AGO

One man who lacked the disadvantage of being born in humble surroundings, but who in spite of the fact perfected san invention to found a new industry is the story told of Sherman Mills Fairchild, formerly of Oneonta in the March number of Scientific American. Mr. Fairchild, inventor of the long-distance camera, was born in the red mansion at the corner of Grand and Main Streets, recently purchased by the Masons. Early in life the boy was considered to be too ill for the activities other school children. Consequently, he was alone most of the time, save for tutors and governors. He spent long hours in the attic of the great house, “playing with knick knacks.” When he volunteered for service in WWI he was turned down by surgeons and advised that the dry climate of Arizona would be best if he wanted to maintain any degree of health. Fairchild left for Arizona and in the middle of the last year of the war army officers saw the results of his first aerial photography camera. Within a few weeks the Eastman laboratories at Rochester had been placed at the young man’s disposal. The camera that began as a plaything in the Fairchild garret is now standard equipment in the air services of five nations and Fairchild is head of a camera company and a dozen subsidiary corporations as well as a $200 million aviation corporation. “Once in a while,” the Scientific American says, “we find a man who lacks the advantage of having been born in humble circumstances and who, in spite of that fact, makes an invention that founds a new industry.”
March 1930

60 YEARS AGO

How much longer can Oneonta go on losing its young men and women because of the lack of job opportunities? Rosalie Vagliardo, a senior at Oneonta high school, has a pretty good idea of what she wants to do when she graduates in June. Miss Vagliardo has been taking a secretarial course since she has been in the ninth grade, with the eventual hope that she could get a job in a business office. In June, Miss Vagliardo will apply for a job with the telephone company. If she doesn’t get that, OHS has contacts with the State Employment Bureau and it will attempt to place her in a secretarial job somewhere in the vicinity. Last fall, Miss Vagliardo took a secretarial test given by the State Employment Bureau to determine her standing among the other 15 in her class who take the same course. Her standing was among the highest. Miss Vagliardo is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vagliardo of 52 West Broadway. She is the youngest in a family of six brothers.
March 1950

40 YEARS AGO

A $500,000 negligence action brought by Donald L. Pierce of Fort Lauderdale, Florida on behalf of his 12-year-old son David is in Supreme Court before Justice Joseph P. Molinari. Defendants are the City of Oneonta; Stanley Helz of Fort Lauderdale, David’s stepfather, Nathan Pendleton, a retired Oneonta banker, David’s grandfather, and Frank Getman, an Oneonta attorney. David Pierce was injured critically when he dropped a lighted firecracker into a partially buried gasoline tank. Exploding fumes uprooted the empty 1000-gallon tank and ignited David’s clothing, hurling him some 25 feet through the air. He landed some 30 feet from the ruptured tank. The blast happened on what was the old Elmore property, east of Wilber Park in Oneonta where the Wilber Park Apartment complex is now under construction. The property is owned by Mr. Getman. David’s brother Donald, age 14 at the time, suffered burns while attempting to douse the flames from David’s clothing. The Pierce boys were among five playing at the site. The others were Brian Pierce, age 9, John Spence, age 13, and James Wells, age 13. The firecrackers were purchased in North Carolina.
March 1970

30 YEARS AGO

The Otsego County Planning Department has completed a study of possible industrial sites in the county and found there are three potential locations. According to Fred Paris, acting director of the planning department, the three choice locations are on Brown Street in the Town of Oneonta, on River Street in the City of Oneonta, and at a site in the Town of Worcester. Of these the Brown Street site holds the most promise, Paris said. “The site is already zoned industrial, it is in close proximity to other industries, and the support facilities – sewer, water, electricity and gas – are already there.”
March 1980

20 YEARS AGO

U.S. Government figures show that 50 percent of all mercury and 27 percent of all cadmium used in the United States is consumed by battery manufacturing. By the year 2000, it is estimated that cadmium use in batteries will rise to 34 percent. By the 1990s, 75 percent of the household batteries sold will be the alkaline/manganese type, which are toxic because they contain mercury. When incinerated, mercury and cadmium are of particular concern because most of the mercury is emitted in a gaseous form and cadmium attaches to fine particulates.
March 1990

10 YEARS AGO

Music by the Al Gallodoro Group and Swamp Yankee will provide the musical backdrop for the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts’ (UCCCA) first annual Northern Exposure Saba Gras masked ball to be held Saturday, March 4 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
March 2000

No? Fine. But, Sidney’s History Tells Us, No’s Not Enough

2010-02-26T00:00:00.004-05:00

Anyone who’s ever driven through Sidney has to ask, How did this village get – and keep – so much industry?
There’s Amphenol (formerly Bendix), 751 on the Fortune 1,000 list. It manufactures fiber-optics cable and related connectivity devices.
And Mead Westvaco – the subsidiary was former At-A-Glance, and before that Keith Clark Inc. – the largest calendar-maker in the U.S. There are eight other companies in the Sidney Industrial Park.
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Certainly, history played a role: Upstate New York, with its trained workforce and developed infrastructure, was generally thriving before the cheap-labor, relatively low-tax South embarked on its decades-long raid, beginning in the 1960s.
But there was also a core of community-focused business leaders determined Sidney would be where the action was, wherever that might be.
In 1917, when the owners of Cortland Car & Carriage recognized their business future was limited, they began manufacturing an automobile, The Hatfield.
By 1924, it was clear The Hatfield wasn’t going to make it, so a company executive, Winfield Sherwood, went on the road – on his own initiative and at his own cost – to find a company to fill the soon-to-be-vacant auto factory.
He recruited Scintilla, a Swiss-born magneto company that had moved to New York City, which was purchased by Bendix, which became Amphenol.
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We learned all this during a couple of days spent in Sidney last month. (The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta newspapers’ staff plans to visit a different regional town once a month this year; it began with Stamford in January.)
It’s intriguing. Stamford and Sidney are facing challenges similar to the towns we cover on a regular basis, although each are tackling them differently.
To continue with Sidney: In the 1950s, Tom Mirabito, Sr., then president of James Mirabito & Sons (now simply Mirabito) became mayor because he didn’t feel his village was facing up to its responsibilities.
Soon, the village had annexed acreage to the southwest from the town, allowing expansion of the airport and development of the industrial park.
Keith Clark wanted to build a new plant, and a site was provided. When Bendix wanted to expand its Delaware Avenue plant, the Mirabito administration figured out how to do it. When Unadilla Silo Co. wanted to expand its pressure-treated lumber business, it established Uni-Lam in Sidney.
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Sidney didn’t just help these concerns, it celebrated them.
“We did things,” Mirabito said. “We didn’t question: I wonder, I wonder, I wonder. We were becoming more progressive. People weren’t afraid to do things.”
During that time, there was also a corps of activist physicians at “The Hospital,” (now Bassett’s Tri-Town Hospital), that made an institution an effervescent center of community, Sidney booster Chuck D’Imperio recalls.
He also remembers businessmen like Bendix GM George Steiner, and “The Lion of Sidney” Myron Kipp, who owned the local market and, when a local company needed investors, he went out and found them.
That kind of confidence in the future is being continued today at Sidney Federal Credit Union by President/CEO Jim Doig and his board of directors. In the midst of the worst economy in 75 years, a new bank headquarters is rising on Delaware Avenue, twice the size of the current headquarters.
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A latter-day Bendix may not be what most of our communities want today. But what do we want? The public has responded to “no” – no windmills, no biomass plant, no hydro-fracking for natural gas. That’s fine, but simply rejecting someone else’s agenda isn’t enough.
Do we want clean, small-scale manufacturing? (Rabbit Goody’s Thistle Hill Weavers comes to mind.) Or alpaca breeding? Or Web-based knowledge industries? Or retirement villages? Or high-tech spin-offs of our universities?
Prosperity is our best defense against every ruinous (to our environment) get-rich-quick scheme that comes our way.
Let’s take the advice os Tom Mirabito, Sr., and move behind “I wonder, I wonder, I wonder,” to a vision of where we should be. Then get there.

Letters to the editor

2010-02-26T00:00:00.003-05:00

CARTOON TO THE EDITOR

Rx Refill Cost $3.10. Complexities
Brought Bill To $2,643.80

To the Editor:
Last September, my COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) flared up.
I had received a temporary prescription for Prednisone, which relieved the symptoms. Unfortunately, my prescription expired on Oct. 10, a Saturday, the start of a three-day weekend.
I phoned my prime care doctor’s number at Bassett Hospital and explained to the nurse on duty that I needed a temporary refill of the Prednisone. She told me there was no one available in Prime Care and that I would have to go to the emergency room.
I called the ER and explained my predicament and was told to come in and someone could help me. On arriving, I told the ER receptionist my need and she referred me to the triage nurse, to whom I also explained that I needed a temporary renewal of my Prednisone prescription.
She said a doctor in the ER could help me and I was sent to an examining room in the ER where I again explained my problem to the ER nurse, who checked my vital signs until a doctor could see me.
I again explained to the ER doctor that all I needed was a temporary renewal of the Prednisone, showing him my empty pill bottle. He insisted that some extra tests were necessary because I was short of breath.
To make a long story short, three hours later I was given a prescription for Prednisone and sent home. But that is not really the end of the story.
When the final bills came to me (courtesy of the Center for Medicare Services) there were 24 charges totaling $2,643.80. While Medicare took a haircut on some of those charges and my Medigap insurance paid the deductibles, I was not out of pocket for any of it, but Medicare and the Medigap insurance companies paid an extraordinary amount of money so that I could get a $3.10 prescription refilled.
My daughter is a healthcare professional at Rhode Island Hospital. I asked her why the system was so inefficient. She said that there are certain protocols that ERs have to follow in order to avoid medical malpractice issues. The trial lawyers are calling the shots on medical procedures.
From what I have read of the two pieces of health care legislation that have passed in Congress, neither has addressed the medical inefficiencies or the legal obstructions that are endemic in our health care system. Congress prefers to demonize the insurance companies rather than reduce the costs of health care.
Your government, and mine, at work

WILLIAM DORNBURGH

Mike Arcuri Moderate,
His Voting Record Shows

To the Editor:
Congressman Mike Arcuri’s opponent continues to try to paint Mike as a partisan left-wing liberal. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Mike is a moderate Democrat who consistently votes his own way, with the best interests of his constituents in mind and without regard for political party or ideology.
This fact is borne out by the National Journal, a nonpartisan, inside-the-beltway news service, which recently ranked Mike as one of the two most moderate legislators in the House of Representatives based on his voting record. From a random survey of 97 votes covering economic, foreign policy and social issues, Mike voted “liberal” 50.2 percent of the time and “conservative” 49.8 percent of the time.
Mike’s voting record proves that he is “in touch” with the majority of voters in the 24th Congressional District and that we should continue to support Mike for our own good.

ED LENTZ New Lisbon Chairman,
County Democratic Committee

In Economic Storm,
Don’t Rock The Boat

To the Editor:
There are none so blind as though who cannot see, or hear, apparently.
In a struggling economy, where 7 million plus have lost their jobs over the last two years, and New York State is borrowing almost $100 million a week (not including federal extensions) to cover the cost of unemployment checks, Governor Paterson has once again proposed in his budget the sale of wine in grocery, convenience and drug stores.
This, after hitting liquor store owners with a floor tax last May. This floor tax was not on existing inventory and cost owners money that could never be recouped.
President Obama stated recently that maintaining and creating jobs in 2010 is his main focus. He asked the private sector and small business community to be innovative, creative and maintain job security.
Governor Paterson’s proposal will put thousands more out of work and create no new jobs. The trickle-down effect on job loss will devastate New York with its already unstable economy.
In December 2009, Governor Paterson’s own law review commission on the state Liquor Authority recommended putting this idea on hold, stating that it required a significant and independent economic review. It also recommended a series of changes for store regulations, but did not recommend the sale of food items.
It also determined the liquor authority is unable to make prevention of underage drinking a state-wide priority, as it has 38 employees to deal with 70,000 licensed venues.
Ninety percent of all violations occur in grocery and convenience stores. They can’t properly control the sale of beer. How will they enforce added wine sales?
This is why state law enforcement is so against this proposal.
No state in 28 years has legalized the sale of wine in grocery because they know it is dangerous to young people, and costly to taxpayers.
In addition, a Cornell economic impact study released in December found that state liquor stores will lose 30 percent of their profits on average. A devastating blow that will close stores and create job loss all across the state. These losses will put even the strongest stores at risk and further push the economic slowdown in NYS.
I ask all reading this: Could you afford to lose 30 percent of your income?
I am once again asking for your help and support by going to LastStoreOnMainStreet.com, send letters, make phone calls, and talk about this topic (No computer, feel free to call me at 432-4144). Please remember, this is not a wine in grocery issue, it is a common sense, bad for NYS taxpayer issue.

SHARON WILSEY
Best Wine & Spirits Oneonta

POEM TO THE EDITOR

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CHARLES HUDSON
Cooperstown

IN MEMORIAM

2010-02-26T00:00:00.001-05:00

Nellie C. Cole, 85; Former
Chief Clerk Of Family Court

SIDNEY – Nellie C. Cole, 85, of Sidney, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2010 at Bassett Hospital.
Nellie was born on Jan. 13, 1925 in Oneonta, the daughter of the late Clarence Joseph and Rose (Decker) Oliver. She married Irving W. Cole on October 14, 1944 in Oneonta. He predeceased her on Sept. 20, 1998.
Nellie grew up in the Oneonta area and graduated from the Oneonta High School, class of 1943. She obtained her AA Business Degree from the Delhi Agricultural and Technical College. She and her husband owned the former Buster Hyzer Dairy Farm. She worked for 25 years in Delhi, first as a Legal Secretary to the Honorable Richard H. Farley. Upon his election to a Delaware County Judgeship, she became Chief Clerk of the Family Court of the State of New York, a position she held until her retirement in 1987.
She was an avid quilter and has shown many of her quilts in area shows. She was an active member of the TriTown Piecemakers of Sidney and a member of the National Quilters Association. She was also a member of the Community Bible Church in Franklin and former member of the Women of the Moose #502 in Sidney. She was a volunteer for the Sidney Hospital Guild and the Delaware Valley Humane Society.
Nellie received many honors and awards. She was the Hospital Guild Volunteer of the Year in May, 2001, she was the Sidney First Lady of the Year in April 2003, she was the Republican Citizen of the Year 2007, was a member of the Delaware County and Sidney Republican Committees.
Nellie is survived by her three children and their spouses, Barry W. and Marie Cole of Sidney, Barbara Ritchey of Sidney and Janice and Donald Mushtare of Worcester, Massachussetts.
Nellie was predeceased by her parents, her husband and a brother, William Oliver.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 5, at the Kenneth L. Bennett Funeral Home, 625 Main St., Franklin with Rev. Robert Goldenberg, Pastor of the Circle Drive Alliance Church in Sidney, officiating. Interment will be in the spring in the Ouleout Valley Cemetery in Franklin.
Arrangements are by the Kenneth L. Bennett Funeral Home, Franklin.

Mary Magruder Tompkins, 85;
World War II Veteran, Avid Traveler

ONEONTA – Mary Magruder Tompkins, 85, of Ballston Spa, passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at home supported by her loving family.
Born in Syracuse, N.Y., she was the daughter of Robert and Deborah Magruder. Mary grew up in Syracuse and graduated from Nottingham High School. Mary proudly served in the U.S. Navy WAVES during WWII in Washington D.C., where she achieved the rank of Petty Officer Third Class in the Intelligence Division. She married Percy “Tommy” Tompkins in 1947, and together enjoyed 62 years of love, family, friendship and travel.
For much of her adult life, she lived in the Otego and Oneontaarea, where she served as Past Matron of the Eastern Stars and Past President of the Otego Fireman’s Auxiliary, and was active in both the Otego and Oneonta Methodist Churches. Mary was co-owner of the Otego Hardware store for several years while at the same time assisted in managing the Town of Otego affairs as Town Clerk. For three years she and “Tommy” managed The Sidney Senior Village. Upon retiring, Mary and “Tommy” traveled the United States in their RV taking in all the sights and sounds of the country they both loved.
Mary was passionate about volunteering; she prepared meals at Oneonta’s Saturday’s Bread, and knitted blankets for premature babies. She enjoyed watching many sports and was often seen at local sporting events. Mary was recently active in the Malta Ridge Methodist Church and the Senior Citizens Association in Ballston Spa.
Mary is survived by her husband and best friend, Percy “Tommy” Tompkins, her five sons; James (Debra) of Rockwall, Texas, Kenneth (Jana) of Westminster, Colorado, Kevin (Joanne) of Quinton, Virginia, Bruce (Lorraine) of Manlius, N.Y., and Brian (Laurene) of Ballston Spa, N.Y., thirteen grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, her sister Jane Anderson of Cummings, Georgia, and her brother John Magruder of Onondaga Hill, N.Y.
A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Friday, March, 5, at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.

Mary V. Powell, 94;
Family Woman

ONEONTA – Mary V. Powell died peacefully late Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2010 in the place she most loved – her home of 63 years at 18 Maple St., Oneonta.
Mary was born April 3, 1915 in Shalichi, Poland to Fyodor and Wiera (Zedick) Sakowich. At age 13 she traveled alone from Warsaw to New York to join her mother and stepfather, Phillip Pasko in Oneonta. Mary attended Mitchell Street School and went on to get her license as a hairdresser. She married Fred N. Powell on Nov. 23, 1946 in St. Mary’s Church, Oneonta.
As a young woman Mary loved to draw. Later in life she used her artistic talent to create vibrantly colored hooked rugs and intricately crocheted tablecloths, curtains, table runners, and doilies. She loved to read and especially enjoyed putting old Tuco jigsaw puzzles together. Mary loved traveling the back roads around Oneonta and Cooperstown, and spending time at her daughter and son-in-law’s camp at Arnold Lake.
The greatest joy of Mary’s long life was her unconditional love of her family and the creation of a loving home. She was a wonderful cook and seamstress. Mary was a lover of nature and enjoyed watching the birds and squirrels near her home. She had a green thumb and was frequently asked to restore health to ailing house plants.
Mary is survived by her five children: Mary, Rose Anne and husband, Bud Pirone, Betty, Chris, Fred and wife, Sue Powell; her grandchildren, Ana and Heather Powell; her beloved sister, Anna and husband, Donald Cooper; her niece, Mary-Anne Ross; her nephew, Phillip Cooper and his wife, Tina and their daughter Emily; her step-grandchildren, Patty Pirone (Orson Moon), Kim Baskin (Walter), and Mike Pirone; her step-great grandchildren, Hannah, Sam, and Sadie Baskin and Lila Pirone-Moon.
Mary was predeceased by her mother, father, stepfather, her brother-in-law and two sisters-in-law, and her beloved husband of 47 years.
Mary was a member of St. Mary’s Church and the Rosary Society. A mass of Christian Burial was celebrated there Friday, Feb. 28.

Madie Harlem Unanimous Choice For Rookie Of The Year

2010-02-25T15:33:00.002-05:00

The Liberty League announced today that Madie Harlem, a 2009 graduate of Oneonta High School and freshman at Hamilton College was a unanimous choice for rookie of the year and voted to the all-league second team.

Harlem – a 5-foot, 7-inch guard – is ranked 11th in the league with 11.9 points per game and 6 rebounds per game. She is second with a 3-point field goal percentage of 38.2 percent, third with 2.33 steals per game, fifth with 1.62 3-pointers made per game and eighth with 2.58 assists per game. She was named the league's rookie of the week four times.

For the full list of honorees visit here.