freemansjournal 4-20-12

Volume 204, No. 16 Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, April 19, 2012

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

Cooperstown’s Newspaper • F

OUNDED

IN 18

08 B

Y JUDGE WILLIAM

CO

OP

ER

For 204 Years

Newsstand Price $1

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

COOPERSTOWNAND AROUND

Steve Kellogg/NYSHAOn Saturday, The Farm-ers’ Museum’s Milking Shorthorn, Seraphina, The Farmers’ Museum’s milking shorthorn, gave birth to a bull calf Sat-urday, April 14. Both are doing fine. The new bull has not yet been named.

Wedding BellsRock!BRIDAL PLANNING SECTION BEGINS THIS WEEK/DETAILS, B1-4

CHEF’S SPECIAL FRIDAY NIGHT

SEAFOOD DINNER

THE OTESAGA RESORT HOTEL, 60 LAKE STREET, COOPERSTOWN, NY 13326 • OTESAGA.COM

Join The Otesaga’s Executive Chef Michael Gregory for his Friday evening Seafood Dinner Special at The Hawkeye Grill. Dine each week on the freshest seafood entrees Chef Gregory can find, like Salmon, Chilean Sea Bass, Tilapia, Halibut, Swordfish and Trout. All for only $18.95 per person.

For more information and to make reservations, call Lori Patryn at (607) 544-2524 or (800) 348-6222.

5:30PM-9:00PMHawkeye Grill

O v e r 1 0 0 Y e a r s o f G r a c i o u s H o s p i t a l i t y ®

Very

New Majority PossibleOn CCS School BoardChamber President Marietta,B&B Owner Hren Join Race

6 CANDIDATES FOR 4 VACANCIES

CHANGE IN THE AIR

PacherilleTo AppealRejection

Otesaga Shop’sNew ManagerTo Reach Out

Bassett HR VPBruce WilhelmDies At Age 52

Hawkeyes Announce New Investor,New Beer, Coop-Oneonta Challenge

Amanda Hoepker/The Freeman’s JournalHamming it up at the Monday, April 16, press conference outside Doubleday Field are, from left, concessionaire Rose Schwally, new in-vestor and Vice President John Raffaeli, President Tom Hickey, Mayor Jeff Katz, Cooperstown Brewery owner Chuck Williamson, and Shirley Tyler, director of baseball operations.

Andrew Marietta and Holly Hren round out the CCS board slate.

By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

Four newcomers are running for the Coo-per-

stown Cen-tral School Board of Education, creating the opportunity that a new majority will be elected in the Tuesday, May 15, elections.

By the Monday, April 16, deadline for petitions, two additional candidates had surfaced:

• Andrew Marietta, regional director of NY-

CON, the state Council of Non-Profits, whose term as Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce president expires this fall.

• Holly Hren, who operates Hollydaze Bed &

Breakfast, 85 Chestnut St.

Marietta and Hren join two oth-er newcom-ers, Marcy S. Birch, Toddsville, a speech therapist and owner of Barn-yard Swing,

Hartwick Seminary, and Jonathan A. Greenberg, an Bassett Hospital anesthesi-ologist.

Please See TICKET, A8

Bruce Wilhelm, 52, Bassett Healthcare vice president/human

resources who receive the system’s Lifetime Ambassa-dor Award in December, has succumbed to esophageal cancer. (Full obituary, B9)

By LIBBY CUDMORECOOPERSTOWN

The Cooperstown Hawkeyes intro-duced a new investor, John Raf-faeli, a Wall Street investor, at the

team’s vice president at a pre-season

press conference Monday, April 16, at Doubleday Field.

“Baseball’s the reason we’re here,” said Tom Hickey, gesturing to the bright green grass on the stadium field. “And what a place to play ball.”

But Raffaeli wasn’t the only news not Please See SEASON, A8

By LIBBY CUDMORE

COOPERSTOWN

There’s something surprising – and new – in every corner of

The Otesaga’s gift shop this season.

A card catalogue holds men’s sundry items. A bookcase is stacked with stuffed animals, and scarves are hung just as neatly as though you’ve just walked into your closet.

Local books, including “The Ladies of Hyde Hall” and the “The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook,” are stacked high on a table near the front of the shop,

Please See SHOP, A3

WHIRLWIND VISIT: U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson stopped by TJ’s Place Thurs-day, April 12, to confer with Mayor Jeff Katz and local Republicans about how he might help the village, his office confirmed.

PARTNERS SPLIT: A final decision was handed down in state Supreme Court Friday, April 6, dissolving the LLC of Joseph Ferrara Sr. and the Pattons to operate Cooperstown All-Star Vil-lage. The youth camp will nonetheless open Satur-day, June 9, on schedule, a spokesperson said.

RADIO POWWOW: The Binghamton-based WSKG Board of Direc-tors will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at The Fenimore Art Museum, the northern end of its service area. Public welcome at the meeting or a reception that follows at 5.

COOPERSTOWN

Anthony Pacherille’s lawyer said he plans to appeal a judge’s

refusal to allow the Cooper-stown boy to be resentenced because the judge didn’t consider his central argu-ment.

Attorney Frank Policelli, Utica, said Otsego County Judge Brian Burns’ sen-tencing of Pacherille was “illegal” because the judge hadn’t told defense counsel he had received a letter from the boy’s father that he con-sidered “threatening.”

Policelli was interviewed Tuesday, April 17, after

Please See APPEAL, A3

A-2 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012

LOCALS

Unreserved Antiques Auction From the Estate of Mr. Ted Robinson

with selected additions from private sources. Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 4:30 PM

Hesse Galleries, 350 Main St., Otego, NY Featuring twelve matching sterling chargers weighing

approximately sixteen pounds & bearing the mark “Late Storr & Mortimer” “Hunt & Roskell” with multiple hallmarks, also a hallmarked sterling serving tray weighing ten pounds. Plus

other sterling pieces, 18th & 19th c. Furniture, Paintings, Folk Art, Violins, Decoys, Textiles, Ceramics, Glass, Metalware,

Clocks, Pottery & Accessories . View the order of sale online at AuctionZip.com #2029 or

www.HESSEGALLERIES.COM

AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS Dedicated to both Seller & Buyer

607-988-2523 All Sales Final 10% B P

NEW MAYOR EMBRACES CEREMONIAL DUTIES

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalNewly elected Mayor Jeff Katz, above, hands out Cooperstown lapel pins to the CCS Jazz Band, wishing the young musicians well as they em-barked Tuesday, April 10, on a 22-hour bus trip to New Orleans, where they planned to march in that city’s Jazz & Heritage Festival parade. At left is band director Tim Iversen.

Friday, April 13, Katz issued the

first proclamation of his administra-tion, designating

Friday, May 11, as “Paint the Town Purple Day,” to

help publicize the Cooperstown/

Northern Otsego Relay for Life May 18-19 at Cooper-

stown Dreams Park. With him

are relay organiz-ers Dawne Dietz,

left, and Rena Lull, both of Coo-

perstown

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Koch of Fred-erick, Md., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter

Aubrey to Kristopher Reynolds.Kristopher is the son of Patricia Reyn-

olds of Fly Creek and Cecil Reynolds of Balston Lake.

Aubrey will be graduating from the Catholic University of America in May with a bachelor of science in nursing.

Kris earned his bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Catholic University in May 2011; he will be receiving a master’s in mechanical engineering from Catholic in May. He will then join the Naval Research Lab in Washington D.C. while pursuing a Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins.

Aubrey and Kris will be married on Oct. 20 in Frederick.

Aubrey Koch, Kristopher Reynold To Wed

Aubrey Koch & Kris Reynolds

ORIGINS CAFE DEBUTS ‘GREEN MACHINE’ AT EARTH FEST

Mary Leonard, cen-ter, proprietor of

Carefree Gardens with husband Brent,

debuted a new venture, the Origins

Cafe, at Earth Fest 2012 Saturday, April

14, at Milford Cen-tral School. The Ori-

gins Cafe’s mobile “Green Machine”

has been booked for the Smithy Concert

series and other area events. The

cafe is also serving at Carefree Gardens on Beaver Meadow Road. Mary is part-nering with daugh-ters Dana, left, and

Kristen.

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

ONEONTA

Adrian Kuzminski, Hartwick College’s research scholar in

philosophy, will conduct an informal reading of a work-in-progress, “Ancient Evenings,” a philosophical dialogue in the ancient style, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1, in the college’s Dewar Union. The event is free and open to the public.

Kuzminski’s dialogue is an adaptation of an ancient Pyrrhonian text, “Against the Ethicists,” by Sextus Empiricus. The subject is how we understand or fail to

understand the nature of good and evil. Differ-ent roles in the dialogue will be read by various individuals.

The dialogue form “was

made famous by Plato as a vehicle for developing philosophical ideas,” he said. “This is well suited to the views of the ancient Pyrrhonians who questioned dogmatic beliefs, examined contradictory opinions, and advocated an attitude of sus-pended judgment towards contested questions.”

Kuzminski Plans Philosophical DialogueOn Nature Of Good, Evil At Hartwick

Kuzminski

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-3 THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012

Bring in your old Uggs and we’ll make them like new!

115 Main Street • Cooperstown(607) 547-2541

Cooperstown’s Longest Continual Drycleaning Service

UGGS RESTORED!

COMPLETE SHOE & LEATHER REPAIR

BEFORE AFTER

Like Brand New for a fraction of the cost!

Financial Analyst

Deborah Rogers-Founder of Energy Policy Forum-

Spells out the economic and investment realities of hydraulic fracturing for gas

"In Their Own Words: Examining Shale Gas Hype"

Federal Reserve Bank Of Dallas Advisory Committee Member, 2008-2011

Oil and Gas Accountability Project, 2011-12

Wednesday, April 25, 7pmFoothills Performing Arts Center

24 Market Street, Oneonta, NYFree and Open to the Public

Sponsors include: Ommegang Brewery, Otsego 2000, Ed & Vicky Lentz, Franklin Local, Sustainable Otsego,

DAG-Delaware Action Group

For further info: Gene Marner, 607 829 8451

Upper Main Street, by the traffic light

165 Main St., Cooperstown 547 - 6141

Shoes, clothing, accessories & more...

.....Styling for All-Day Comfort

PLUSLARGE

SELCTIONOF

ALL NATURAL COTTON

SOCKS

PA

RT SNEAKER, PART CLOG, ALL DANSKO!

COME IN& SAVE

gIftCErtIfICAtES

A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR CLOSET!

Open to the Public!An inviting experience...

Now the general public can play and enjoy a Semi-Private course with Private course amenities here at the Oneonta Country Club, We are pleased to

introduce the addition of our new Director of Gold, Bradley Hess, and that our restaurant has taken new management as the Roundhouse Pub and Grill.

Burgers, Wraps, Salads, Seafood, and more!

G LF AND LUNCH

9 Country Club Drive, Oneonta NY 13820 (607) 432-8950

Oneonta Country Club

9 St. James’ Place, Oneonta, NY 13820 www.stjamesmanor.com • 607-436-9974

St. James’ Retirement Community

Call for a tour & learn about one of the best values in Independent Living.

SHOP/From A1in between artful stacks of Otesaga baseball caps and coffee mugs.

“I was invited to come on board and bring a new flair,” said shopkeeper Jeanne Ayers, successor to longtime gift shop man-ager Dick Sliter, who retired at the end of last season. “We did a lot of painting, tried to free up a lot of space,”

One aspect of that new flair is acting as concierge to downtown Cooperstown at large, said Ayers, who owns The Lemon Tree kitchen shop on upper Main Street. Whether guests are seeking gifts, food or souvenirs. she plans to direct them to the appropriate stores in the downtown.

“We’re a close-knit community of mer-chants,” she said. “We always support each other.”

Just off The Otesaga’s main lobby, the re-designed gift shop offers “something for everyone,” from the Men’s Corner, includ-ing fine cigars and apparel, to “toys for tots,

trinkets for teens,” Ayers said.Hotel guests can stop by to pick up some

shaving cream or soap they forgot to pack or a jacket for dinner in the four-star dining room.

Or they can buy a sweater or a polo shirt to adjust to the ever-changing Cooperstown summer weather. Or they can select gifts to bring friends and family back home.

Ayers not only is planning to accom-modate all those needs, she is introducing a new line of handbags and plenty of jewelry. “The jewelry is always a big seller here,” she said. From glittery rhinestones, to handmade artisan beads from South Africa, there’s something to please every woman.

The shop also offers picnic baskets, designer paper goods and sweet and savory snacks, perfect for a summer picnic by the lake or a matinee at the Glimmerglass opera.

“We’re going to be introducing a lot of different things,” she said.

Jeanne Ayers, new manager of The Otesaga Gift shop, plans to be an am-bassador for down-town Cooper-stown generally.

Amanda Hoepker/The Freeman’s Journal

Otesaga Shop Manager Assumes Larger Role

APPEAL/From A1Broome County Judge Joseph F. Cawley denied a motion for resentencing of Pacherille, who was con-victed last July in the Good Friday 2010 shooting of a classmate, Wes Lippitt.

The youth, now 18, was charged as an adult and is serving an 11-year term. The maximum penalty if he had been sentenced as a youthful offender would have been four years, ac-cording to his lawyer.

The case had been turned over to Cawley after Burns recused himself when charges were brought against Pacherille’s father, Tony, for knocking on the judge’s Oneonta home door.

Policelli said that, be-fore the son was sentenced, Burns received a letter from Tony Pacherille that said the judge should understand what the Pacherilles were going through because he had a son himself.

The judge had considered that letter to be a veiled threat, said the Utica lawyer, but had gone through with the sentencing regardless.

The appeal would go to the Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, state Supreme Court in Albany, Policelli said. He anticipates arguing his appeal there this fall.

PacherilleTo AppealRejection

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012

PerspectivesA-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

EDITORIAL

LETTERS

SUCCESSOR PUBLICATION TOThe Cherry Valley Gazette • The Hartwick Review

The Milford Tidings • The Morris Chronicle • Oneonta Press The Otsego Farmer • The Richfield Springs Mercury

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR

Otsego County • Town of Cherry Valley • Town of MiddlefieldCooperstown Central School District

Subscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $45 a year. All other areas, $60 a year.First Class Subscription, $120 a year.

Published Thursdays by Iron String Press, Inc.21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326

Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080.E-mail: [email protected] • www.allotsego.com

Contents © Iron String Press, Inc.

Periodicals postage paid at USPS Cooperstown40 Main St., Cooperstown NY 13326-9598

USPS Permit Number 018-449Postmaster Send Address Changes To:

Box 890, Cooperstown NY 13326

Judge Cooper’s portrait, by Gilbert Stuart, is in The Fenimore Art Museum

James C. Kevlin Mary Joan Kevlin Editor & Publisher Associate Publisher

Tara Barnwell Amanda Hoepker Advertising Director Office Manager Jamie Smith, Luisa Fuentes Tom Heitz Sales Associates Consultant

Libby Cudmore Ian Austin Reporter Photographer

Graphics: Scott Buchanan

Cooperstown’s Newspaper

• FOUNDED IN

1808 BY JUDGE WILLIA

M C

OO

PER

For 204 Years

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WELCOME • E-MAIL THEM TO [email protected]

Editor’s Note: SUNY Oneonta art professor Al-len Farber alerted us that Walter Lord, author of “A Night to Remember,” famed history of the Titanic sink-ing, spent boyhood sum-mers at Hyde Bay Camp on Otsego Lake. This is a 2002 appreciation by the late Dr. Walter Lynn of Baltimore on www.hydebay.net after Lord passed away. The late Jack Ryerson, son of Titanic vic-tim Arthur Ryerson Sr., who is buried in Cooperstown’s Lakewood Cemetery, shared his memories of that night only with Walter Lord.

From 1927 through the summer of 1969, Hyde Bay Camp was

Shangri-La on the shores of Lake Otsego, eight miles north of Cooperstown.

It was started by former Gilman (School for Boys in Baltimore) history teacher Herbert Pickett as a sum-mer tutoring project to help struggling students. The first camper was Page Smith. Like Walter, Page was a Gil-man student who went on to become a renowned histo-rian and much-published author.

Over the 52 years that Hyde Bay was in operation, hundreds of boys – many from Gilman – spent their summers on Lake Otsego. During much of the 1930s and into the 1940s, Walter Lord was a camper, coun-selor and ultimately The Commodore.

The Commodore was a title he bestowed on him-

self, and his many friends called him that until the end. Despite Walter’s later fame for the Titanic, Commodore was an odd choice of nick-names, because Walter did NOT know how to sail.

The nickname DID come in handy each year when Walter would preside over Hyde Bay’s Eight-Inch Re-gatta. Campers would build something with wood and paper to resemble a sailboat measuring no more than eight inches. And one day each summer, perhaps a 100 boats would be dropped in the Lake for the Regatta.

After some time and distance had been covered, a winner would be declared.

In a ceremony with great pomp and circumstance, Walter, dressed appropriate-

ly as a Commodore, would present the Eight-Inch Re-gatta Cup to the youngster who may have actually won the race.

To his final day, Walter kept the Eight-Inch Re-gatta trophy in his New York apartment, next to the priceless artifacts from the Titanic. The trophy was simply a cooking pot with a lid.

Walter loved ceremony

and pomp and circum-stance, but underlying it all was farce and comedy. His “ceremony” was the kind perfected by the Marx Brothers.

One ceremony was espe-cially memorable. At Hyde Bay, there were a number of barnyard animals kept on the property – a few goats and chickens. One summer, a new pig was brought to

Please See LORD, A6

WILLIAM D. LYNNIN APPRECIATION

Walter Lord at Hyde Bay Camp, years before his “A Night To Remember” fame.

Walter Lord’s 1955 best-selling historical account of the Titanic’s sinking was first made into a popular British movie in 1957. This is a still from publicity for the movie.

Well Before ‘Night To Remember,’ Walter LordNotable As ‘Commodore’ Of Hyde Bay Camp

This isn’t fracking, man. It’s yogurt.

In the days of pink slime, it’s pure and natural yogurt, and it’s swept the nation from the little hamlet of South Edmeston, NY, USA.

Six years ago, cheese-maker Hamdi Ulukaya bought the abandoned Kraft plant on Unadilla Creek with an idea: To make Greek-style yogurt, the kind he ate as a boy in his native Turkey.

His tiny crew – five peo-ple, plus himself – sent the first palette out to New York City, not knowing what the reception would be. The next week, two palettes. Then five. Then 10. Today, the plant’s been expanded so it can produce 1.4 million cases a year.

From a couple of milk trucks a day during the Kraft era, 75 trucks go back and forth to South Edmeston today. In 2010, Chobani grew into a $257 million business; in 2011, when Chobani expanded into Australia and began construction of a second plant in Twin Falls, Idaho, it more than doubled to $700 million.

The workforce, mean-while, has grown from six to 1,300 – 220 times. Sort of like The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta growing into the New York Times during that same period.

Hamdi and his yogurt

– it’s the best-selling Greek style; the third biggest yogurt maker after Dannon and Yoplait – have been her-alded in Fortune, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.

You may have seen Time Magazine’s April 2 cover story: “The Wimpy Recov-ery.” Inside was a map of “Boomtown, USA,” iden-tifying the few economic hotspots nationwide. The citation for New York State read, “Culture boom: Dairy farmers scramble to meet nationwide demand for protein-rich Greek-style yogurt.”

That’s Chobani, man. Drive out to South Ed-meston on a Sunday after-noon and take a look: This, friends, is what success looks like.

•In Otsego County, how-

ever, you’d get a different

picture, judging from news reports lately. You’d think Chobani, which is employ-ing several hundred of our neighbors and injecting mil-lions into the local economy in the fourth year of the worst economic dip since the Great Depression, is a problem.

The company was fined $178,000 by OSHA, faces fines from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission for self-reporting it used more water from the local aquifer than “authorized,” and has produced more whey than it has been able to handle. And yes – whaddaya know? – those milk trucks are going back and forth to the plant on roads.

OK, that sounds flip-pant. The issues – Jennifer Tavares, Chenango Coun-ty’s economic developer, calls them “growing pains”

– shouldn’t be minimized, but they are beside the point: We have, at our doorstep, a new industry, one of the fast-growing in history, that uses our tradi-tional agricultural products and infrastructure, and is spending untold millions on local salaries and with local vendors and suppliers.

Drive out to South Ed-meston and return on back roads: Every other barn has collapsed, every fifth house is empty. The hamlet itself is in bad shape, with vacant houses and closed business-es. The status quo is not what anyone can want.

(One exception, The Farmers’ Place, a local bar-becue and catering concern, is thriving – a model for any smart entrepreneur to follow.)

•Here’s the immediate

concern: Word’s circulating that a five-story headquar-ters building planned at the local plant – the facility is actually just across Unadilla Creek in Chenango Coun-ty’s Town of Columbus – has been shelved for now due to regulatory concerns.

Tavares, whose IDA has been helping with the plans, hadn’t heard that and was checking it out. But it’s a wake-up call.

Chobani doesn’t have to stay here. Its scope and ambitions have far exceeded geography. It’s here by lucky happenstance for our region – Hamdi Ulukaya

happened to see the Kraft plant for sale in a flyer that crossed his desk at his feta plant in Fulton. So you have to ask: Can Otsego County and New York State mess up even this?

Again, this is not to mini-mize any problems, (even though they are minimal in the big picture.) Whey can (and will) be processed. If necessary, water can be piped in from multiple plac-es in our water-rich region. Roads can be improved; a railroad, washed out in the 2006 floods, should certain-ly be repaired.

(Some of the solutions have their own fascination: The whey, either from the plant or from farmers’ fields, where it is used as fertilizer, has apparently killed off some of freshwater mus-sels in Unadilla Creek. To revive that population, if necessary, requires reintro-duction of a certain kind of eel. The mussels then get started in the eels’ gills. How cool is that?)

It’s time to rethink the future of South Edmeston, too, a hamlet like so many of ours – the drive back took us through the hamlet of Welcome – that time has left behind. Might residences be phased out as it is rede-veloped as an agri-business nodule? GM has a network of suppliers, sub-contractors and vendors around Detroit; why not recreate South Edmeston to serve Chobani in this way?

•Right away, elected of-

ficials should reach out to Chobani to ensure the com-pany is getting all the coop-eration it needs. State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, who may be congressman for all of Otsego County after this fall, and Otsego County Board chair Kathy Clark should revisit Choba-ni and find out what Hamdi Ulukaya needs, and reassure him those requirements will be met, even exceeded.

Tavares and her Otsego County counterpart, Carolyn Lewis, should be talking almost daily and meeting regularly until Chobani’s local future is assured. And where is the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Devel-opment Commission?

Government oversight should be consultative and helpful, not punitive. Cho-bani is more than willing to address challenges resulting from its meteoric success.

Temple University’s first president, Russell Conwell, was famous for his “Acres of Diamonds” speech, about a man who travels the globe looking for diamonds, only to discover a field in his own backyard. Chobani is our acre of diamonds. If Chobani can’t flourish here – it can, it should, and we can ensure that happens – let’s simply give up on economic development once and for all.

The Freeman’s JournalIn Time Magazine’s April 2 cover story, “The Wimpy Recovery,” the only “boom” in New York State was in Greek-style yogurt – Chobani.

Otsego County Must Do All It Can To Ensure Chobani Flourishes

To the Editor:On Monday, April 9, 60

people gathered at Temple-ton Hall to see a film about a town in Canada that actually banned the use of herbicides and pesticides. The ban fol-lowed six years of prodding by a physician who was convinced that too many of her patients were showing up with illnesses traceable to chemicals she identified in herbicides and pesticides widely used on the beautiful lawns of Hudson, Que.

This ban provoked legal

suit against Hudson by chemical corporations, many based in this country. Though the Supreme Court of Quebec upheld Hudson’s right to pass a ban, the chemical industry appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, but it too upheld Hudson’s right to pass the ban on the basis of the pre-cautionary principle affirm-ing a legal responsibility to protect people from threats that could be harmful to life.

The chemical industry Please See LETTER, A6

Is It Time CooperstownBanned Pesticides’ Use?

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012

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

175 YEARS AGO

April 21, 1837

200 YEARS AGOAdvertisement – Lost on the 10th between Dr. Arnold’s

and Luke C. Hinman’s, the following notes of hand, viz. One against Thomas A. Latting for about eleven dollars; one against Seth Reed, for five dollars 75 cents with an indorsement of two dollars; one against Ezekiel Jacobs, for four dollars, and one against Luke C. Hinman & Co. for seven gallons whiskey. Any person who will inform the owner where said notes may be had, shall be gener-ously rewarded. N.B. Those who signed the above notes are requested to pay them to none but the subscriber. Samuel Bissell, Junior, Hartwick

April 18, 1812

150 YEARS AGOThe Great Conflagration at Cooperstown – One third or

more of the business portion of Cooperstown is in ruins! Strangers who come in from surrounding towns to look at the desolation brought upon us, hardly recognize the place, it is so sadly changed in appearance. From Mr. Phinney’s residence on the west side of West Street (now Pioneer), and up Main, on both sides, to near Chestnut Street (with the exception of Cory’s stone store) nothing is seen but the foundation walls where a week ago stood hotels, stores and dwellings. Our beautiful village has received a blow from which it cannot entirely recover in many years.

April 18, 1862

125 YEARS AGOA class of immigrants not wanted – The nihilists, the

revolutionists, the avowed infidels, the professional strikers, those who have no regard for law and order, the inmates of foreign asylums, poor houses and prisons are not wanted in this country. Nearly all the labor troubles from which we have suffered for years, and such disturbances as have been witnessed in Chicago and other cities, have had their origin with those foreigners who have come here desiring liberty to do as they please and also liberty to prevent others from earning an honest living except by their permission. This month, 20,000 of them banded together in Chicago to obtain control of the city government. They aim to revolu-tionize the old-time customs, habits and usages of peaceful Americans and the best class of foreign workingmen, and they openly preach treason and defiance of law.

April 23, 1887

100 YEARS AGOPronounced to be the greatest disaster in the marine his-

tory of the world, the sinking of the White Star liner Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland by collision with an iceberg Sunday night, is the cause of particular anxiety in Cooper-stown, because among the list of passengers were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ryerson and three children, and Miss Grace Scott Bowen of this village. News reports seem to confirm that, following the custom of the sea, the women and chil-dren were saved, and that Mr. Ryerson was lost. There is a reasonable certainty that Mrs. Ryerson, her daughters Emily and Susette, and her son Jack, and Miss Bowen, who was traveling with them, are among the shipwrecked passen-gers, picked up by the Cunard liner Carpathia, which is now on the way to New York with 675 survivors of the disaster. The Ryerson family sailed on the Titanic last Wednesday to attend the funeral of their son Arthur, who was killed in an automobile accident near Philadelphia on the 8th of April.

April 17, 1912

75 YEARS AGOA total of 53,000 seedlings and transplants, furnished

free by the state of New York to Otsego County 4-H Club workers, were brought to Otsego County for distribution on Saturday. It is expected that the planting will be completed this week, and when the work is finished, a total of 591,000 will have been planted by Otsego 4-H foresters since 1925. The work is being carried out under the direction of Wil-liam Eldridge, the county leader.

April 21, 1937

50 YEARS AGOThe Village Board of Trustees Monday night made tenta-

tive plans for the re-establishment of facilities at Fish’s Landing at the foot of Otsego Lake. The village acquired the property last summer from Mrs. Louise M. Fish, who has since died. The property cost the village $27,500. Mayor Howard C. Talbot, Jr. said that boat mooring facili-ties will be established for approximately 50 boats. Mayor Talbot said docks would be installed just as soon as water conditions permit. The docks are expected to be available starting between May 1 and 15. Preference for mooring facilities will be given to local boat owners who must make their reservations for docking space by May 1. The scale of rates is $25 for the season for boats up to and including 12 feet in length; $30 for boats 13 and 14 feet long; and $35 for boats 15 and 16 feet long. Accommodations are not available for boats longer than 16 feet. Boats must be removed by October 1.

April 18, 1962

25 YEARS AGOAt a meeting of the village planning board, questions,

concerns and objections greeted those proposing to build a 41-condominium project on a 3.29 acre site in the Glen Garage area between Main Street and Glen Avenue on the west side of the village. Laura Curtis, whose 245 Main Street residence adjoins the site, read her objections from a prepared statement. Among the issues aired by Curtis and others were sewer capacity, fire access traffic safety, water supply and pressure, soil erosion, and tax revenue vs. cost of services. (Ed. Note: The project was eventually aban-doned)

April 17, 1987

10 YEARS AGOCiting personal and family reasons, Esther Nelson, direc-

tor of Glimmerglass Opera, has announced her intention to leave the company this fall at the close of the 2002 season. Nelson became general director at Glimmerglass in July 1996, following a worldwide search that considered 100 candidates. Nelson had been general director/CEO of the Nevada Opera. She replaced Paul Kellogg at Glimmerglass Opera when he left to direct the New York City Opera while remaining the artistic director at Glimmerglass Opera.

April 19, 2002

ART &

ANTIQUES

[email protected]

For the latest news, go to

AllOTSEGO.com


&

Two Oneonta Businesses are currently seeking Web & Graphic Designers. Duties: works with clients and project managers to identify the graph-ic and layout specifi-cations for websites and printed materi-als. Designs visual communication me-dia, including flyers, brochures, logos and more. This mid-level graphic designer job and the candidate will be responsible for design and pro-duction for print and web publications and corporate col-lateral. Candidates must have a drive and determination to help the business support their client base. Must manage multiple projects and present strong orga-nizational and com-munication skills with coworkers and clients. Must have a strong working knowledge of Adobe

Products, such as Photoshop or Illus-trator, plus knowl-edge of Word, Pub-lisher, Power Point and Excel. HTML or web design skills required. Speed and Accuracy essential. Must be creative with a good eye for color, composition and typography. Work experience is preferred, but not required. These are full-time, Day Shift, Monday to Friday positions. Competi-tive salary and ben-efits are offered. For more information call CDO Workforce Business Services at 607-432-4800, ex-tension 103.

Cooperstown Dreams Park is seeking employees for their 2012 Summer Season. Work days and hours vary, but include weekend work. Experience is preferred, but the

business will train motivated workers. Candidates must be enthusiastic, moti-vated and person-able, must be able to deal effectively with the public in a fast-paced environ-ment. Honesty and reliability is a must. Must maintain a well-groomed and professional appear-ance at all times. Willingness to work flexible hours, in-cluding weekends is required. Candidates must have the ability to follow instruc-tions. Positions are available in baseball operations, conces-sions, clerical, kitch-en and stock work. For a printable appli-cation, please go to www.cooperstown-dreampark.com

2 HOT OTSEGO COUNTY JOBS

TwO TOP JOBS IN THE OTSEGO COUNTY AREA ARE PROVIDED wEEKLY BY THE STATE LABOR DEPART-MENT’S CDO wORKFORCE. VISIT THEIR OFFICES ON DIETZ STREET, ONEONTA.

OT, COTA & SLP

Seeking therapists for SNF setting in

Oneonta, NY. Full-time,

part-time and PRN positions

available.Send resume to:

[email protected]

interviewing forChef

Kitchen Prep Part-Time Servers

Bartenders Or apply online at

www.lmtownsendcatering.com

JOBS FAIR TOWNSEND CATERING

April 22 Noon - 2pm

63 Pioneer StreetCooperstown

AllOTSEGO.classifieds TO PLACE AD CALL AMANDA AT (607) 547-6103 Visa, MasterCard welcome

REACH 40,000 PEOPLE

The Oneonta Municipal Civil Service Commission announces an open-competitive exam for Code Enforcement Inspector for the

City of Oneonta on June 2, 2012.Application deadline is May 7, 2012. Applications and announcements are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main St., Oneonta or on our website

at www.oneonta.ny.us EOE

Help Wanted

Drivers: Dedicated Runs with Consistent Freight,Top Pay, Weekly Home-Time & More!Werner Enterprises: 1-800-397-26454ClassMay4

apartments for rent

Spacious 1 bedroom, first floor, quiet rural setting midway Oneonta/Cooper-stown. Carport & cable ac-cess. Heat, propane & trash removal provided. Many extras, $570 per month, 1 year lease. No pets, non

smoker preferred. Call (607) 432-6720 ext 2 days, (607) 432-4048 evenings & weekends. 3ClassApril20

FOR RENT 2 Bedroom 1 Bath Apartment w/Laun-dry. Village of Edmeston. $650. mo plus utilities. Call Kathy @ RealtyUSA.com @ (607) 547-5933 or (607)-267-2683 TFN

House for rent

Cooperstown Village, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, large yard, private off street parking. No smoking, pets possible.

$850 a month plus utilities. Contact: Rob Lee, John Mitchell Real Estate, 607-434-5177 or 547-8551. TFN

for sale

NEW cement painted siding. 13,000 sf. SAVE $$$ (607) 547-4050TFN

retail space for rent

Commercial rental; Near the only stop light in Cooper-stown. Plenty of off street parking for clients and em-ployees. Newly renovated.

1/2 bath. 1,400 sq ft. Call Hubbell’s Real Estate for details. 607-547-5740.TFN

FOR LEASE! 750-6,000 Sq Ft Downtown Oneonta, prime building- best corner! Office or retail. Call Rodger Moran @Benson Agency Real Estate 607-287-1559 for more details.TFN

lost

Back lab, 4 years old, not neutered, responds to JET. Missing since Feb. 23, from Lougheed Road, Milford. Please call (607) 287-4784

or (607) 287-8334. TFN

priVate instruction

FORMER COLLEGE PROFESSOR WILLHELP YOU WITH YOUR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS PROJECT. HOW TO MARKETYOURSELF OR YOUR PRODUCT--IMPROVEYOUR COMMUNICA-TIONS SKILLS--PUBLICRELATIONS--607-547-1307. MODEST FEE.3ClassApril20

auction

Absolute Real Estate Auction Saturday May 19, 2012 5 Parcels, Goodyear Lake216 Lakeshore Dr No; 2 bedroom cottage212 Lakeshore Dr No; 2 bedroom mobile home210 Lakeshore Dr No; 2 bedroom cottage167 Lakeshore Dr No; 2 bedroom cottage1.58 acre vacant lot with frontage on Lakeshore Dr No & Lee DrCall Betsy Shultis Today For Your Listing Packet!TFN

LETTER/From A4immediately began to lobby in the U.S. to pass state laws that would prohibit local bans on herbicides and pesticides. (Once more home rule is undermined by state government.) Never-theless, we are still free to be cautious about our own use of herbicides and pes-ticides, which by their very nature kill living things.

Generally, we accept the manufacturer’s word

about the products we use on our lawns and gardens, but manufacturers have a terrible history of assuring us a product is safe when after long use it turns out to be harmful. Agent Orange is one example of an herbicide maintained to be safe but found to be devastatingly harmful – not only to the Vietnamese but also to U.S. servicemen exposed to it.

Following the showing of the film, the discussion

centered chiefly on the ex-tent to which herbicides and pesticides are being used in Cooperstown. I believe it is accurate to say that the majority of those present felt it is time to use the precautionary principle here regarding our use of chemi-cals that can do unintended harm to life here and down the Susquehanna.

HILDA WILCOXSAM WILCOX

Cooperstown

Is It Time To Ban Pesticides Locally?LORD/From A4join the other animals.

It was Walter’s belief that this pig, which was named Pearl, should have a party in her honor. It should be a debutante party.

Walter made the plans and even had invitations made for those to be invited. In Walter’s mind, a debutante party wasn’t a first-class affair unless there was someone to CRASH the party. Walter appointed ME to be the un-invited party crasher.

With no invitation, I was to arrive at a certain time and CRASH the party. Unfortu-nately, I fell asleep in my tent. Walter sent a group of campers to wake me so I could be

brought to crash Pearl’s debutante party as planned.

In 1985, I retired and Walter held a small retirement party for me with a handful of lifelong friends.

One of the gifts given to me that night was from Walter – a small tattered piece of paper. Fifty years later, Walter was giving me the original invitation to Pearl the Pig’s debutante party from 1935.

When people recall Walte, many will think of an ocean liner at the bottom of the Atlantic. I will remember an eight-inch sail-boat, a party for a pig and many wonderful summers at Hyde Bay Camp.

‘Night To Remember’ Author Summered Here


Buy From The LargesTgrower in The area

County Route 46, Mt. VisionJust off Rte. 205 Exit 13 off I-88 - 9 mi. north of Oneonta

607-432-1260

OPENING THE LAST WEEKEND OF APRILCome browse our greenhouses filled with: Potted Plants

Hanging Baskets - Bedding Plants - Vegetable Plants Fuchsias & Ivy Geraniums - Herbs - over 50 varieties of perennials

OPEN7 DAYS A WEEK

UNTIL DARK PANSIESwill be ready!

MtVisionGardenCenter.com

LANDSCAPING SERVICEPlant your garden with professional help

Geothermal Energy of Oneonta, Inc.believes in providing customers with a comfortable, clean, reliable, environmentally friendly source of home energy. We offer complete system installation and all loop types. Our experienced and trained staff will walk you through all the steps of selecting the appropriate system for your energy needs.

WHY GEOTHERMAL?• Greenest System Available• Comfort• Reliability• Long-Term Savings• Energy Efficient• Provides Hot Water• Safest• Increases Home Value• Renewable Energy Source

PO Box 519, Oneonta, NY 13820P: (607) 432-8080 F: (607) 263-2492

www.h2ogeo.net

Jack BurgessPlumbing & Heating

Licensed Master Plumber

Done once,done right

(607) [email protected]

Ken Pym & Son

• Lawn Mowing • Lawn Installation \ Repair

• Grading & Topsoil • Driveways • Crusher Run Installed

• Seal Coating • Small Paving ProjectsStump Grinding & Removal

Bobcat & Dumptruck ServiceHauling:

topsoil / sand / stone / gravel / crusher run /dump runs

(607) 547-9313

LILACS • LILACS • LILACSVisit Our Website www.lilacs-lilacs-lilacs.com

Bates Hop House

Open: May 1 thru July 1 • Wed-Sun 9:00 AM to 5:00 pMCLOSeD Monday & Tuesday

RetRiement sale all sizes fRom 12 inches to 6 feet

one price; $15 plus $1.20 tax

54 Lancaster St., Cherry Valley, nYhome: 607 - 264-3450cell: 607 - 267 - 0141 Mon - Wed only (no text messages)

your spring veggies, seeds & pansies are ready!

NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON

Come and enjoy healthy, wholesome, local farewith a jungle flair in our new gardenhouse cafe!

New this year...Origins Cafe

Open Daily 8am-6pmBrent & Mary Leonard

558 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown

547-9744

27 Years in our Community

Sciallo’s and Associates• Power Washing• Carpentry & Repairs• Floor Refinishing & Quality Paints• Custom Restorations

Rich Bartlett607-435-2161

Peter Sciallo607-547-2185607-437-4851

Professional Restoration Interior & Exterior Paint Specialists

Paint your Life with Shades of NatureServing Cooperstown, Oneonta and Richfield Springs

Fully Insured EPA Lead Certified

LET

IT G

ROW N

URSERY

607 - 264-3247 MiddleField Center Road ( Route 33)

10 miles northeast of Cooperstown on rte 33 - 3 miles southwest of Cherry Valley on rte 166www.letitgrownursery.net

20th YearGrand Opening

Doors Open For Business Officially May 1st

please stop by in person

HuGe seleCtiOn HiGH QuAlitY

open 7 days 9 am till 6 pm

ESTABLISHED 1960• SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION

Bus.(607) 432-8009 • Fax (607) 263-2492

Barney & Sons Well Drilling INC.COMMERCIAL – RESIDENTIAL – FARMS

www.barneyandsonsdrilling.com

996Co. Hwy. 10,Laurens, NY

13796

Water Wells Drilled Any Size - Any Depth

4-12 Inch

Gr

eat

Brook So

lar

Bringing Power to the People since 1978.

Think you can’t afford solar? State incentive money, tax credits, drop in panel prices, and leasing options could make the difference!

CALL GREAT BROOK SOLAR AT:607-847-6366

to request a FREE site evaluation and estimate.Installing in ALL of Central New York

www.great-brook-solar.com

MAKE YOUR OWN POWER!

Put our experience to work for you. We will custom design a solar electric, solar thermal, geothermal, or

micro-hydro system to fit your unique needs.

Greener World Landscape Maintenance467 Cty. Hwy. 26, Cooperstown, NY 13326

607-547-5010

HOME & GARDENSEASON ISHERE!

Melinda’s Garden Barn

& Landscaping

Potting, Garden & Top Soils

Pansies &Fruit Trees

are in!

Great selection of unusualgarden accessories!

(315) 858-0955Open Mon - Sat 8-6, Sun 9-5

8442 St. Hwy. 28, Richfield Springs

We now carry Fox Farm soils and liquid fertilizers! WE DELIVER!

BULKMULCH!

Healthy plants at Reasonable

Prices!11600 St. Hwy 23

Davenport Center 6 Miles East of Oneonta on Route 23

278-6909

Gift certificates available

Open 7 DaysA Week!

www.DavenportGardenCenter.com

607-278-6909

To the Editor:Catskill Area Hospice &

Palliative Care volunteers exemplify the special heart and spirit of hospice. Our volunteers share their time and talents in countless ways and they are, without a doubt, an essential part of our interdisciplinary team.

On behalf of the entire hospice organization and our patients and their fami-lies, I would like to thank each and every one of our kindhearted volunteers who give so generously of them-

selves to be there for others during one of life’s most precious times.

They not only touch the lives of our patients and families but they also dem-onstrate, to everyone, just how beautiful the human connection really is.

With deep respect and gratitude, thank you for making such a meaningful difference.

TAMMY CHRISTMANDirector of

Volunteer Services,Catskill Hospice

Hospice Volunteers A Special BreedLETTER


AllOTSEGO.homes

Think SUMMER 2012!FoUR SEaSon LakE hoME

ExcLUSivELy oFFEREd aT $675,000 Year round living waits for you in this 3 bedroom,

2 bath Otsego Lake house with private beach and 62’ of direct lake frontage. Stunning views from both balconies. Set well away from the main road with room to park 5 cars. Quiet neighborhood

with other year round neighbors. The living area is open and bright, cathedral ceilings outfitted with 3 ceiling fans and 4 remotely controlled skylights. Lake views from all rooms. Telephone and television are wired in all rooms. New retaining wall in the parking area. Large detached two story garage for parking and storage. Green play space above the garage. Greenhouse near the beach frontage. Front lawn leads right to

the beach at the lake’s edge. New boat hoist and dock. This property was built for minimum maintenance and maximum enjoyment for 12 months of the year!

37 Chestnut St, Cooperstown •547-5622• www.donolinrealty.com

Home of the Week

DOTTIE GEBBIAAssociate Broker

607-547-8927

ROBERT SchnEIDERSales Associate

607-547-1887

AMY TOWnSEnDAssociate Broker

607-547-5862

BARBARA LAMBAssociate Broker

607-547-9445

DOnnA ThOMSOnBroker/Owner 607-547-5023

http://www.lambrealty.net • E-mail: [email protected]

Out Ahead of the Flock!LAMB REALTY20 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, NY Tel/Fax 607-547-8145

547-1884

DOTTIE GEBBIAAssociate Broker

607-547-8927435-2192547-8145

[email protected]

Country cottage just five minutes from Cooperstown Village. Two bedrooms,

sleeping loft, galley kitchen, full bath & laundry. Charming living room/dining

room with vaulted ceiling and exposed hand hewn beams. Large private deck with pretty country views. The cottage has propane heat and offers summer

only or full time living. Most recently the cottage has been rented seasonally on a

weekly basis to Dreams Park families. This is a lucrative use of the property for

the eleven or twelve week season. Rental details are available to interested

parties. Beautifully maintained and fully furnished, a turn-key investment. Situated in the center of two bucolic

acres with mature trees and lovely lawns. A perfect weekend retreat or full time residence. Value priced at $199,000.

Listing # C-0185

Fantastic Pierstown Location!

ASHLEY CONNORREALTY

29 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, NY 607-547-4045

Patricia Ashley – Licensed Real Estate Broker/Owner

Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com • Contact us at [email protected] APPoiNtmeNt: Patti Ashley, Broker, 544-1077 • Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 547-5304 •

Nancy Angerer, Sales Agent, 435-3387 Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 547-8288 • Amy Stack, Licensed Sales Agent, 435-0125

Charming early cape with Craftsman addition bordering Red Creek

just minutes from the village of Cooperstown. Original home features

parlor with Vermont Casting wood stove, pine floors and door leading to side deck. Arts and crafts kitchen

with tiled antique island and seating, oak cabinets, skylight, tiled back

slpash, tiled floor and countertops. Original stairs lead to wide pine floored

bedroom with skylights. Additional storage in the eaves and ¾ bath on

main floor. The addition includes MBR w/ ¾ bath and another bedroom and full bath. Dining room with vaulted ceiling, built-ins, Period reproduction lighting fixtures and French doors lead to the deck. Down

a few steps into a living room with wood floors, lovely gas fireplace with Craftsman mantel and built-ins. Great natural light throughout. Spacious breezeway to two car garage. Too many details to list.

This is a ‘must see’ property. offered Co-exclusively by Ashley Connor realty reDUCeD $399,000.00

1822 Cape with Craftsman Addition

www.johnmitchellrealestate.com • [email protected]

Co. Hwy 33 55 Acres +- $82,500Allison Rd 2.5 Acres +- $49,000Hase Rd 47 Acres +- $88,500Co. Hwy 22 125 Acres +- $226,800St. Hwy 205 7 Acres +- $69,900St. Hwy 205 7 Acres +- $59,000St. Hwy 205 4 Acres +- $42,500St. Hwy 205 4 Acres +- $42,500Wedderspoon Hollow Rd 10 Acres +- $175,000Village of Cooperstown .84 Acres +- $169,000

Building lots & land for sale…

otsego lake Buidling lots with lake rights

Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Rob Lee 434-5177; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881

MLS#79782 $99,000MLS#69022 $69,900MLS#77283 $225,000MLS#77634 $149,000MLS#78681 $169,700

TICKET/From A1Also running are two

incumbents, Tony Scalici, the board president, and David Borgstrom. A third incumbent, Mikal Sky-Shrewsbury, had submitted a petition to run again, but changed her mind and with-drew it.

Marietta and wife Melis-sa, who reside in Oaksville, are parents of two daugh-ters, Caroline, 5, who is in kindergarten, and Charlotte, 2. “The more people who get interested and put their names forward, the better,” said Marietta, adding that Melissa encouraged him to run.

He said he hopes his involvement will encour-age people his age – young parents – to get involved go-

ing forward. “Everyone always asks the same people,” he continued. “There are so many people in the com-munity who never get asked.”

Mari-etta, raised in Minneapolis, came to Cooperstown to attend the Cooperstown Graduate School in Museum Studies, where he met his wife, a fellow student from western Massachusetts. Af-ter graduating, she worked at The National Baseball Hall of Fame and he at The Farmers’ Museum before

joining NY-CON eight years ago.

Hren – daughter, Georgia, CCS ‘11, is finishing her freshman year at SUNY Binghamton – is a volun-teer mediator at the Dispute Resolution

Center, Oneonta, operated by Catholic Charities, in ad-dition to operating her B&B.

She praised the variety of candidates running, and said part of her motivation was to ensure – from her experi-ence as a FOMA volunteer – that there are “enough people to do the work that

needs to be done.”From her participation

in FOMA (the Friends of Music and Art), she also be-lieves “music and art belong in there along with academ-ics and sports.”

A native Long Islander, she moved to the area in 1976 after graduating from a two-year program at Farm-ingdale and finishing up at Cornell. She worked as a vet tech for Pam Lee and held other positions before opening her B&B 12 years ago.

Sky-Shrewsbury, a first-term incumbent, said she decided not to seek a second term because of the time required to help her daugh-ter, Caley, who will be a senior next year, prepare for college.

SEASON/From A1specifically baseball related:

• Chuck Williamson, new owner of Cooperstown Brewing Co. and founder of the Butternuts Brewery in Garratsville, will be produc-ing Cooperstown Hawkeyes All-American Lager this summer. The new brew will be served at Doubleday.

• Mayor Jeff Katz an-nounced a “Mayor’s Tro-phy” to encourage a rivalry between the Hawkeyes and the Oneonta Outlaws. The teams will vie 13 times dur-ing the Perfect Game USA league season. (With an ar-son spree winding down in Oneonta, that city’s mayor, Dick Miller, was unable to attend the announcement.)

Hickey also announced that J.P. Sportman and Coleman Barron, starring outfielders from last year’s team, will be returning as

part of the 30-player cohort. “Our players come from California to Connecti-cut – we cover the whole United States,” said Shirley Tyler, director of baseball

operations.As for Raffaeli, a recently

retired top human resources director for UBS, Thomsom Reuters and other large entities, expressed delight at his new role: “I’m thrilled to have found the Hawk-eyes and to re-find Cooper-stown,” he said.

President of Cork, Cask & Casa, which invests in recreational opportunities around the world, he said his Hawkeyes investment a perfect fit.

For his part, Williamson said, “Part of what I wanted to do with Cooperstown was recentralize our brand. And what better way to do that then with the Hawkeyes? Baseball and beer, that’s an old-time tradition.”

The Hawkeyes will be the first team at its level to have its own beer, and William-son said, if it takes off, he’d

like to bottle the lager and sell it nationwide.

For his part, Katz pre-dicted the cup to recognize a cross-county rivalry will be fun, adding in Miller’s absence, “I have no doubt that it will be us.”

The Cooperstown Hawkeyes’ opening game – against the Outlaws, as it happens – is 5 p.m. Wednes-day, June 6.

“There’s a cadre of com-munity who comes for each game,” said Hickey. “It’s a wonderful experience, and we hope the community will come out and support us again this year. “

“There’s nothing more American than coming out to an inexpensive baseball game, having a hot dog, and drinking beer with friends. It’s a wonderful experi-ence.”

Marcy Birch and Dr. Jonathan Greenberg are the other two newcom-ers seeking seats on the CCS board.

New Majority Possible On CCS Board

Retired Executive Invests In Cooperstown Hawkeyes

The Freeman’s JournalRetired executive John Raffaeli expresses delight at his new investment in the Coo-perstown Hawkeyes, where he assumes the role of vice president.

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s JournalThe 4:30 p.m. garage fire on Friday, April 13, on Oneonta’s Eighth Street was the first in a long weekend of “suspicious” blazes and led to sus-pect’s apprehension Sunday night.

Suspect, 22, ArrestedAfter Fiery WeekendBy LIBBY CUDMORE

ONEONTA

After seven suspi-cious blazes erupted around the city’s

center over the weekend, worried Oneonta residents breathed a sigh of relief when a 22-year-old was arrested Sunday, April 15, after he was found hiding near the seventh scene.

But as this edition went to press Tuesday evening,

April 17, authorities cau-tioned that Gable Bugel, 22, had only been charged in one of the instances.

Still, Fire Chief Patrick Pidgeon, who had rushed back from a Maryland vaca-tion to help his crew, was able to say after two days without incident, “Every-one’s tired – but we’re get-ting back to normal.”

Bugel was charged with third-degree attempted arson, a class D felony, for attempting to light a fire

Please See SUSPECT, A9


Oneonta, NY 3961/2 Chestnut St. • 267-4766Binghamton • Elmira • Rochester

HIGHEST PRICES PAID!

WE BUYGOLD,SILVER,COINS,FLATWARE...& anything ofvalue... Just ask!

Also buying Silver Plate and Gold Fill

We payCASH!

NOW OPEN IN ONEONTA!

WE BUY BROKEN AND UNWANTEDJEWELRY!

WE’RE GOING“SOUTH OF THE BORDER!”

Sample Wines From Argentina & Chile.Friday, April 27th • Uncorks at 5:00PM • Templeton Lounge

O v e r 1 0 0 Ye a r s o f G r a c i o u s H o s p i t a l i t y ®

THE OTESAGA RESORT HOTEL

60 LAKE STREET, COOPERSTOWN, NY • OTESAGA.COM

Only $25.00

OUR FOUR COURSE MENU

FISH COURSEThai Steamed MusselsBodega Colomé Torrontes, 2010 (Argentina)

APPETIZERLamb Kefta in Butter SauceCalina “Reserva” Carmenère, 2009 (Chile)

SOUPItalian Sausage Soup with TortelliniErrazuriz Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2010(Chile)

ENTREEAsado with Chimichurri SauceBodega Colomé Estate Malbec, 2009(Argentina)

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

(including tax & service charge)Reservations are required.

“Travel” with Sommelier and Beverage Manager Chad “Gaucho” Douglass toSouth America Friday, April 27th as he uncorks delicious wines from Argentinaand Chile. $25.00 includes the one-hour wine tasting with paired small platesamplings. Of course you must be at least 21 years old to participate.

For more information and to make reservations, please contactLori Patryn at (607) 544-2524 or (800) 348-6222.

SUSPECT/From A8behind Community Bank on Main Street between 10 and 11 p.m. Sunday, April 15. The fire was put out, and when police surged the area, they found Bugel, “appear-ing to be in hiding,” said Lt. Dennis Naylor. After ques-tioning, Bugel was arrested.

He was charged at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, April 16, and arraigned late that after-noon in Oneonta City Court. He was remanded to Otsego County Jail without bail.

“The DA is letting us go ahead with one charge,” said Mayor Miller. The public is still being asked for input on the six other fires, and anyone with information is urged to call 432-1111. The City Council has authorized a $5,000 reward for infor-mation leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in these fires.

As is happened, Bugel, when still a teenager, was arrested after a fire on Hal-loween of 2007, where two piles of cardboard were tucked next to a dumpster “a baseball’s throw away” from where he was caught the other night, according to Pigeon. The following year, the boy was given five years’ probation.

The 2007 fire burned through a boarded-up window and got inside the walls. It took several hours to put out the fire, and in the end, seven people were left homeless and three busi-nesses damaged, according to the chief.

According to published reports, Gabe was singing in the OHS choir as recently as 2006, and had written 200 pages of a novel.

Nonetheless, an acquain-tance, Dylan Youngs, who went to high school with Bugel, described him as

“very quiet,” someone who didn’t make friends easily. “He was a little strange,” said Youngs. “I don’t know too many people who did know him very well.”

Like most young people these days, Bugel had a Facebook page, which was updated at 4:13 p.m. Satur-day, April 14, for the first time since March 24. The posting reported “exciting night ... full of thrills.” It was his last update before his arrest Sunday night.

Meanwhile, investigators continue to go by the book.

“Fire investigations work backwards,” said Fire Captain Rob Latourette. “If you don’t have a witness or a guy with a match in his hand, you have to say what it isn’t first.”

At every scene, the investigators have ruled out wood-burning stoves, a spark carried from another fire, an electrical malfunc-tion or lightning. At least two of the fires, 11 Harmon St. and 1 Franklin, started on the lawns of the prop-erty. “We started seeing similarities, but you try not to overthink it,” said Pigeon. “We’re just trying to piece things together.”

Facebook Page ReportsAbout ‘Night of Thrills’

Gabe Bugle, 22, was charged in one fire.

AllOTSEGO.life B-9THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 19-20, 2012

AllOTSEGO.auto

Your Friend In Time of Need

Connell, Dow & DeysenrothFuneral Home

Dignifi ed and Caring Service since 1925

Peter A. Deysenroth82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown • 607-547-8231

Now offering eco-friendly,all natural and bio-degradable

alternatives for burial and cremation

CONNELL, DOW & DEYSENROTH, INC.FUNERAL HOMEPeaceful grounds...

Homelike atmosphere...Suitable for large or small gatheringswww.cooperstownfuneralhome.com

DrivingSmarter...there’smoneytobesavedatSco

vil

le-M

eno

Dri

vin

gS

ma

rte

r...

the

re’s

mo

ne

yto

be

s

aved at Scoville-Meno Driving Smarter....there’s money to be sa

ve

da

tSco

ville-M

eno

Driv

ing

Sm

arte

r...th

ere

’sm

on

ey

tob

esa

ve

da

tSco

ville-M

eno

Driv

ing

Sm

arte

r...th

ere

’s

Steve Scoville Jim Meno

65 Oneida St. • Oneonta • NY607-433-1251

100’s of PRE-OWNED VEHICLES TO CHOOSE FROM!COME SEE US, WE’RE HERE TO HELP!

taxes & fees extra • facility #7073344

COME & SEE OUR SALES & LEASING PROFESSIONALS TODAY!www.scovillemenohonda.com

OPEN FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE: mon. tues. & thurs. 9am-7:30pm • wed. & fri. 9am-5:30pm • sat. 9am-5pm

HondaFamily of Dealerships

Owego • Bainbridge • Sidney • Oneonta

39 MPG HWY**

$239*per mos.

36 mos, 36k miles

Lease For:

2012 Honda Civic LX SEDAN

0% Due At Lease SigningFirst PaymentIncluded!

8% Sales TaxIncluded!

Estimated License, Registration, and Acquisition fees

Included!Security Deposit

Waived!MSRP $22,950stock # 12151auto, pwr. eqp., cruise,CD Player

34 MPG HWY**

$249*per mos.

36 mos, 36k miles

Lease For:

2012 Honda Accord LX Sedan

MSRP $29,035stock # 12160auto, 7 pass.,cd player

27 MPG HWY**

$339*per mos.

36 mos, 36k miles

Lease For:

2012 Honda Odyssey LXALL MODELS IN STOCK NOW!

ALL NEW 2012 Honda CRV

MSRP $19,425stock # 12271auto, cruisepwr. eqp.CD Player

READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY!

IN STOCK NOWALL NEW 2012 Honda Fits

...AND MORE ON THE WAYRESERVE YOURS TODAY!

0.9% up to 36 months

1.9% from 37 to 60 monthsfor all qualifying buyers on Civics, Accords, Crosstours, Odysseys, Pilots and Ridgelines

**Based on 2012 EPA mileage estimates. Use for comparison purposes only. Do not compare to models before 2008. Your actual mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle

DrivingSmarter...There’smoneytobesavedat

DrivingSmarter...There’smoneytobesav

ed atDriving Smarter... There’s money to be saved at

DrivingSmarter...

There’smoneytobesavedat

DrivingSmarter...

There’smoneytobesaved

Steve Scoville Jim Meno

Family of DealershipsOwego • Bainbridge • Sidney • Oneonta

* Payments based upon 3.9% for 72 months with $1,500 downpayment.

MSRP $30,830auto, cruiseT2535Power LiftgatePwr. Slding DoorsRear Entertain.Sapphire Crystal

Scoville-Meno PRice$27,999 $449*

per mos.

2012 Chrysler T & C Touring

MSRP $24,520Cruise Cntrl.uConnectBright Silver

Scoville-Meno PRice$22,999

2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

Plenty of space in this newly designed cargo van from RAM.


2012 Dodge RAM Cargo Van

2012 Chrysler T & C Touring LMSRP $34,625

Lthr Htd. SeatsPwr. Slding Drs.

2-DVD ScreenTungsten Metallic


$499*per mos.

2012 Dodge Grand Caravan CrewMSRP $30,125

stock # t2503remote start,

pwr. slding. drs.brilliant black


2011 Dodge Grand CaravanPwr. Sldng. Drs.

Pwr. LiftgateDVD

Mango Tango18k miles


$369*per mos.

loyalty where applicable - must own ‘99 or newer Chrysler product. Must qualify for payments - $1,500 down plus tax and tag fees.

18 Union St. • Sidney • NY607-561-7500

100’s of PRE-OWNED VEHICLES TO CHOOSE FROM!COME SEE US, WE’RE HERE TO HELP!

taxes & fees extra • facility #7073344

COME & SEE OUR SALES & LEASING PROFESSIONALS TODAY!www.scovillemenohonda.com

OPEN FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE: mon. thues. & thurs. 9am-7:30pm • wed. & fri. 9am-5:30pm • sat. 9am-5pmwww.scovillemeno.com

KevinJones

AnthonyGrigoli

KenLorenz

Service Manager

BobHaywood

COME & SEE OUR SALES & LEASING PROFESSIONALS TODAY!lease signing, tax and tags extra. All traditional finance payments based upon $1500 down for 72 months.

ONE OWNER!Pwr. Sldng. Drs.True Blue34k miles


2009 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT

$279*per mos.

MINIVAN SALES EVENT

2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SXTONE OWNER!

Pwr. Sldng. Drs.41k miles


$349*per mos.

$379*per mos.

40+ Pre-Owned Cars, Trucks, SUV’s & Crossovers See them all, all the time online www.smithcooperstown.com2008 Chevrolet Impala LS(U1518)V6, auto, full powerTrade-InExcellent Condition29k miles

$13,995

2009 Mercury Milan(U1421F)4 cyl., auto, full powerLease return24k miles

now$15,555

was$16,995

2009 Ford F250 Supercab 4x4(U1513)V8, auto, XLTTow pkg,Local trade26k miles

$27,995Disclaimer: Salex taxes and DMV fees not included. Contact out Sales Team for complete details.

Route 28 South , CoopeRStown, nYwww.smithcooperstown.com (607) 547-9924

SMITHCooperstown

Inc.

Y O U R T O TA L T R A N S P O R TAT I O N C E N T E R

COOPERSTOWN – Bruce Walter Wilhelm, 52, Bassett Healthcare vice president of human resourc-es who served as first CEO of the Tri-Town Regional Hospital, Sidney, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012. He had been stricken with esophageal cancer.

Bruce was born Sept. 15, 1959, in Bayshore, to Ronald and Ann Lorraine (Schultz) Wilhelm. His family moved to Sidney in 1969, and he graduated from Sidney High School in 1977. He earned a B.A. in public affairs from SUNY Albany in 1981 and a master’s in public admin-istration from Russell Sage College in 1994.

He married Lorna DeMott on Aug. 30, 1980.

Bruce joined Bassett Hos-pital in 1982 as a personnel assistant, and was promoted a number of times. From 2006 on, he was Bassett’s representative in the col-laboration that reopened Tri-Town Regional Hospital in 2008, and he served as its

first CEO. He returned to Cooper-stown as the Bassett system’s vice president of human resources. In Decem-ber 2011, Bruce was

awarded Bassett’s Lifetime Ambassador Award.

Over the years, he served on the boards of ARC Ot-sego (president since 1992), Sidney Federal Credit Union, Boy Scouts of Amer-ica, Otschodela Council, Otschedela Girl Scouts and Leatherstocking FCU. Also on the state ARC Board of Governors, VHA Hu-man Resources Executive Council, Iroquois Workforce Development Council, and BOCES Advisory Council.

He was a long-term vol-unteer for the Cooperstown Sports Booster Club, and he and Lorna were awarded the 2005-06 Ken Kiser Good

Sport Award. He was a 1977 class representative for the Sidney Alumni As-sociation, and inducted into the Sidney Alumni Wall of Fame in 2010. He was an adjunct professor at SUNY/IT in Utica from 1999 to 2004.

His professional af-filiations included Iroquois Healthcare Association, American Society of Health-care Human Resources Ad-ministrators, and Northeast NY Association of Hospital Personnel Administrators. He was a presenter at many forums and conferences, and was valued as a source of practical knowledge in his field of expertise.

As a Boy Scout with Troop 99, Sidney, he rose to rank of Eagle.

He was active in various extracurricular activities and sports, and loved to play basketball in the Clark Sports Center Fast Break and Slow Break leagues until his recent illness. He was not known for his stealth or jumping skills, but

had a great touch for 3-point shots.

He enjoyed family beach vacations and at camp in the Thousand Islands.

In addition to his wife, survivors include his daughter, Kristin Butler, her husband Daniel and their children, Kayleigh and Da-vis, and son Brett Wilhelm (and significant other Julia Doherty), all of the Cooper-stown area.

Also, sisters and brother, Cheryl (Brian) Morris, East Greenbush; John (Kelley) Wilhelm, Chester, Va., and Alison (Steve) Hertle, Essex Junction, Vt.; in-laws Benja-min and Katherine DeMott; grandmother-in-law Marie Greene, and brothers- and sisters-in-law, nieces, neph-ews, cousins, aunts, uncles, and very close friends.

Bruce was predeceased by both parents.

There will be two visi-tations offered: 4-7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Con-nell, Dow and Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, and 1-3

p.m. Friday, April 20, at the Sacred Heart Church, 15 Liberty St., Sidney. The funeral follows at 3 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart, with the Rev. Ronald Fralick offi-ciating. Burial will follow in the Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the care of C.H. Landers Funeral Home in Sidney.

Bruce Wilhelm, 52; Bassett VP, Human Resources

Bruce W.Wilhelm

OBITUARIES

COOPERSTOWN – The Episcopal Service of Com-mittal for William Thomas Every, 64, who died Jan. 15, 2012, is at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 20, in Lakewood Cem-etery. Arrangements are with Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

William Every Burial

A-10 THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 19-20, 2012

Advertise in AllOTSEGO.

homes CALL AMAndA At 547-6103 the region’s

LArgest reAL-estAte

seCtion. More Listings

on PAge A8

AllOTSEGO.homes

4914 St. Hwy 28, CooperStown (607) 547-593328 oneida Street, oneonta (607) 433-1020 Available exclusively by RealtyUSA.com

Through The Rain Day Foundation H.E.L.P Program

MLS#82273 - Beautiful views of the valley below and adjacent ponds with abundant wildlife. Very close to Oneonta with well and

septic on property. $24,500 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#82183 - SENSATIONAL CENTER HALL COLONIAL w/GUEST COTTAGE & 2 car garage, BIG RED BARN, & outbuildings, METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED, MINUTES TO ONEONTA &

COOPERSTOWN. Deeded ROW to GOODYEAR LAKE across the road as well as a CURRENT PERMIT for SUMMER BASEBALL RENTAL.

The OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE heats the home efficiently & economically. ROOMY & RELAXING ROCKING CHAIR front PARTY

PORCH, and a lovely side deck and covered patio. $289,000 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

MLS#83523 - Year round Lakefront living at a fantastic price! UNIQUE PROPERTY on Good Year Lake!!!! 5 acres plus, zoned residential & commercial. This very affordable, very spacious

home has many recent updates & has been tastefully renovated. A great year round home for you & your family, or a wonderful family retreat. Home, home & business, the possibilities are

endless. $189,900.00 Call Donna @ 607-267-3232

MLS#81148 – RUSTIC & ROOMY home built by the owner from REAL LOGS he harvested himself. Set on a private &peaceful full acre in Oneonta school district w/easy access to Cooperstown,

Oneonta, & I-88. The 4 bedrm, 2 bath, CUSTOM DESIGN features an open flr plan, cathedral ceilings, 2 FIREPLACES, 3 levels of living space including a full finished basement w/a lrg family rm, bar, den/office/storage/sewing rm, & LRG WORKSHOP.

$159,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

MLS#81749 - HUNTERS’ DELIGHT! Beautiful ALMOST NEW Cape Chalet set on almost 70 PRIVATE & PEACEFUL ACRES of mostly wooded PRIME HUNTING property w/a creek flowing through it & ATV trails throughout. CATHEDRAL CEILINGS, loft bedrm, loft family rm, ceramic tiling. The wood stove heats the whole

house w/INEXPENSIVE COOP ELECTRIC baseboard as backup. $239,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

MLS#83535 - A great starter home for you & your family, it has all been done for you! New carpeting, beautiful hardwood flrs, & newly painted. Plus a lovely sloping back yard that leads to

Oaks Creek. What a great place to raise your family. Move your furniture in & then take the family on a picnic right in your own

back yard perfect! $159,900 Call Donna @ 607-267-3232

MLS#82197 - Beautiful country setting for relaxed living. Owner fianacing available, close to Stamford and near Oneonta.

Reduced $74,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#81615 - This SUPER SOLID 5 TO 6 bedrm CENTER CITY VINTAGE VICTORIAN makes a fabulous single family home… BUT W/2 KITCHENS & a PERFECT LOCATION, this property could be

a money-making investment property as a 2 family 6 BEDRM student rental. Many upgrades/improvements including a NEW ROOF, NEW EXTERIOR PAINT, NEWer FURNACE, & several NEW

WINDOWS. $167,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

MLS#81221 - Beautifully maintained 3 bed 2 bath home in beautiful Fly Creek. Full finished walk out lower level, oversized garage with work shop and walk up loft for crafts or hobbies all

on almost 2 acres with a stream out back. $199,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

VACANT LAND-MLS#83184 - Autumn Heights subdivision. New homes being developed in this secluded country side. Build your dream home &

enjoy the views of the hill sides & the starry skies at night. Owner financing is now available to qualified

buyers. Call for details. $14,900 Call Jim Vrooman @ (603) 247-0506

MLS#83154 - GREAT LOCATION! 4.5 acres w/387’ on busy St. Hwy. 28. 1.2 miles to Dreams Park & 2.0 miles to Cooperstown. Ideal for restaurant, motel/hotel or any business requiring high

visibility. $399,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

MLS#82676 - 2000 sq. ft. 4 bedrm 2 bath home. 2 car garage. Lrg city lot of .72 acres. This property will need some work. Cleaning, painting, kitchen flr & new appliances. This is a short sale & will

require bank approval. Call Frank @ 607-435-1389

MLS#81524 - STATE OF THE ART excercise & physical therapy business. (across from Bassett Health Clinic in Richfield

Springs). The owner’s Estate is selling the building, the business & all the equipment & furnishings. If you’ve ever thought of owning your own business, here’s the perfect opportunity.

$149,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

MLS#83812 - OUTSTANDING YEAR ROUND LAKEFRONT HOME on the east shore of Canadarago Lake w/65’ of lake frontage. This

charming home will exceed your expectations w/all the amenities you could ask for, beautiful parquet flrs, ceramic tile, stunning

stained glass windows, central air, sun deck, & a beautiful lawn that extends to the lake. $475,000 Call Donna @ (607) 267-3232

MLS#80949 - Established Equestrian Ranch: Professionally maintained horse business has everything the horse enthusiast would

need for a turn-key business. Spacious main house w/4 bedrms & 2 ba, w/a finished basement currently a summer rental at $2,000.00 a week. 3408 sq.ft barn w/14 well maintained horse stalls. Also a horse wash station, tack rm, grain rm, restrm & hay loft. The riding

arena is available for, agility & competition training, riding lessons & hours of fun. There are also 6 sheds, 6 paddocks, white PVC fencing,

high tensile lines, basketball court & an abundance of rock walls. $395,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ (603) 247-0506

MLS#82653 - In the country, 3 bedroom , 1 bath home. On 1.36 acres. 1yr new appliances. Range, refrigerator, dishwasher,

microwave, washer/dryer. New paint, new carpet. Top this off with a new septic system. Can be all yours for only $58,000

Call Frank @ 607-435-1389

MLS#81929 - This well maintained mobile home has 3 bedrms, 2 bathrms, central air, fully applianced, 2 car garage & several

sheds on just over 6 acres. This warm, inviting & energy efficient home is move in ready, at this price it will not last long. $65,500

Call Jim Vrooman @ (603) 247-0506

MLS#83841 - ELEGANT RANCH HOME ON DESIREABLE STREET WITHIN easy walking distance to the center of Richfield Springs. 3bdm 2 ½ baths, formal dining rm, living rm w/gas fireplace &

spacious eat-in kitchen. Lrg 100 X 250 village lot on quiet street w/other well kept homes. Attached 2 car garage. MUST SEE.

$179,700 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512

PRICE

REDUCED!PRICE

REDUCED!PRICE

REDUCED!

NEW

LISTING!

PRICE

REDUCED!

PRICE

REDUCED!

PRICE

REDUCED!

PRICE

REDUCED!

for complete listings visit us at realtyusa.com

(607) 547-5740 • (607) 547-6000 (fax)157 Main Street,

Cooperstown, NY 13326E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Visit Our Web Site at www.hubbellsrealestate.com

OtsegO Lake Views On 16+ acres(7564) Settle serenely in this secluded 4BR/2BA

Ranch-style with a lake view on property. Touches in this comfortable residence include main-level master

bedroom, modern kitchen with oak cabinets, Light and airy floorplan, private den, vaulted ceilings. Skylight,

hardwood flooring, laundry room, perennial and vegetable gardens. Many charms to cherish!

Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $150,000

cOntempOrary cape On 3.9 acres

HUBBELL’S REAL ESTATE

Desirable Pierstown Area(7565) 76+ Acres in a prime location. 1/2 open, 1/2

wooded, small stream, beaver pond, 975’ of road frontage, Cooperstown Schools. 6 miles North of Cooperstown. Hubbell’s Exclusive $290,000

(7535) Everyone applauds this nicely-kept 5BR/3+BA Contempo on a pastoral site on 3.90 acres. Appealing Cape

highlighting spacious living room, family room, wide plank and hardwood flooring. Formal dining room, Eat-in Kitchen w/oak cabinets, built-in bookcases and finished

basement. Woodstove, active solar. Energy efficient. Two-car garage, large view deck, back porch. Stocked pond, hot tub, 2 story barn. No comfort overlooked! Cooperstown School. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $525,000

OtsegO Lake cOttage(7122) A real tempter w/ 50’ of private lake frontage with sweeping views. You will love the charm of this unusual, 2-bedroom Cottage. Ideal features include bright & open layout, woodstove, and storage shed. Some new windows, knotty pine paneling, gas heat. Large lake view deck. New septic. Parking for 3-4

cars. Well-maintained. Priced lower than assessment. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $195,000

mini Farm On 14+ acres(7551) Rewarding 3-bedroom country Vintage Eye Brow Colonial with a valley-view outlook. Offering

Horse Barn w/ 4 box stalls, riding rink, hi-tensile fence, 1850’s Home features back porch and beamed ceilings.

Hardwood flooring, formal dining room. A fix-up! CV-S Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $134,000

cOOperstOwn ViLLage VictOrian(7500) This restored home is located on a quiet family-friendly street walking distance to school and hospital.

Pristine-clean residence features three bedrooms, nursery, 2 baths, upscale kitchen w/maple cabinets and corian tops, Pantry, office space, Woodstove, beautiful sun

room, and separate large finished workshop/garage, a storybook garden shed, wide plank flooring, patio, and mature landscaping round out this desirable offering. Anticipate the best! Hubbell’s Exclusive. $319,000

5+ Acres Hunting Lodge(7516) Private small hunting cabin and 3 sheds, gas cookstove, wood stove w/stainless chimney,

some wiring (for generator), 2 small fields, mostly wooded w/ pine trees & some hardwood, good hunting with county land (Forest of the Dozen

Dads) across the road which can be hunted.Hubbell’s Exclusive $43,900

Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Lic. Assoc.BrokerJohn Mitchell, Lic. Assoc. Broker Stephen Baker,Lic. Assoc. BrokerPeter D. Clark, Consultant

locally owned & operatedsingle & multi-family homes, commercial property & land

oneontarealty.com

office 441.7312 • fax 432.758099 Main St Oneonta • oneontarealty.com

VACANT LANDTwo lots for the price of one!! Beautiful building lot close to

everything in the Town of Oneonta. 1.29 acres for $25,000 #83740

Build your dream home, or bring your toys!! 10 acres just outside village on paved road, mostly level,

beautiful views!! $45,500

The Packer House Built in the 1860’s has 5 BRs and 2 baths. Much has been restored, some remains to be done. Proudly sitting on almost one acre. $295,000 #83883

Looking For One Floor Living?

We have a sweet bungalow on South Belmont Circle. It’s in move in

condition with: replacement windows, updated electric, newer appliances, hardwood floors and covered back

deck. Nice level lot with fencing on 3 sides. Call today for your private showing. $112,000. MLS#83713

AUTO • HOME • LIFEBUSINESS

Since 1947, our personal service has

always beenthere when you need

it most. With comprehensive

coverage for all your

insurance needs.

Hours: M-F 8am-5pm Phone: 607-432-2022

22-26 Watkins Ave, Oneonta, NY 13820

ShannonStockdale

31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown(directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee)

Registered Mortgage Broker Matt Schuermann NYS Banking Dept.Loans arranged by a 3rd party lender.

[email protected] www.leatherstockingmortgage.com

607-547-5007 (Office) 800-547-7948 (Toll Free)

New Purchases and refinances • Debt Consolidation Free Pre-Qualification • Fast Approvals • Low Rates

Thinking of Remodeling?Think of Refinancing!

Village home within walking

distance of downtown. This

home has a shaded front porch, with a swing and a large rear deck with a

hot tub. The fenced yard affords a great

deal of privacy. The property is in move-in condition. There are three

bedrooms, 1 ½ baths, an eat-in kitchen, living room, dining room and a den. Appliances are included as well. Detached two

car garage. Call for an appointment to visit this listing. Be ready to welcome the summer in your new home.

Don Olin37 Chestnut st., Cooperstown • phone: 607-547-5622 • Fax: 607-547-5653

www.donolinrealty.com PARKING IS NEVER A PROBLEM

Make yourself at home on our website, www.donolinrealty.com, for listings and information on unique and interesting properties.We'll bring you home!

For Appointment Only Call:M. Margaret Savoie – Broker/Owner – 547-5334Marion King – Associate Broker – 547-5332Don Olin – Associate Broker – 547-8782Eric Hill – Associate Broker – 547-5557Don DuBois – Associate Broker – 547-5105Tim Donahue – Associate Broker – 293-8874Cathy Raddatz – Sales Associate – 547-8958Jacqueline Savoie -Sales Associate -547-4141Carol Hall - Sales Associate -544-4144

Don OlinREALTY

Make yourself at Home on our website http://www.donolinrealty.com for listings and information on unique and interesting properties. We'll bring you Home!

Leave Nothing to ChanceIf for some reason, the home you plan to purchase is not

quite up to expected standards by the time of closing, perhaps because a contractor has not been able to complete required

work, you may still be able to take possession. Don’t count on promises that it will be taken care of. If what you require cannot be done before closing, you may have part of the purchase price held in escrow until the seller fulfills his

promise.When the work is completed according to the written specifications, the remainder of the funds will be released to the seller. Ideally, the property

will be ready when you are, and this process will not be necessary. Spring is in the air! If you want to get ahead of the crowd in selling your home, now is the

time to put it on the market. Just give us a call.

Real Estate Corner: A Weekly Message

For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estatequestions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622or visit our website www.donlinrealty.com

Right place, Right house, and Right price!Exclusively offered at $249,000

New on the Market!

freemansjournal 4-20-12

Documents