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Council members, from left, Brzozowski, Palmer, Holmes, Hennessy and Malone attended their final Common Council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 15. Council member Lynch was absent.
Fire Commissioners Low-Ball Offer; City Council Balks By LIBBY CUDMORE
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of Oneonta offer to pay $897,980 for fire protection, $300,000 less than the city wants. Council members – five of the seven at their final meeting – were silent. None
made the motion. The $897,980 was well below the $946,000 the town is paying this year, and even further below the $1.2 million in the 2016 city budget Please See PACT, A3
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Volunteer Patricia Berry of Oneonta was serving mulled cider again this year at The Farmers’ Museum Candlelight Evening Saturday, Dec. 12. Temperatures in the 50s brought out a record crowd of 3,600, 1,000 more than the record set last year.
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JOIN THE FUN: Community and neighborhood groups are welcome to participate in First Night New Year’s Parade, stepping off at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, from the corner of Elm and Main. Register at firstnightoneonta@gmail.com A PLACE TO BE: The Education Trust recognized SUNY Oneonta as one of 26 public colleges nationally with the biggest improvements in graduation rates among African American, Latino and Native American students.
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Police Catch Driver After Brief Chase n unlicensed 21year-old driving the wrong way down Water and Chestnut streets led to a brief chase early Saturday morning, Dec. 12, and John C. Buffa II, 21, of Plymouth, was arrested for DWI and reckless driving. Officers reported observing a car leaving the parking deck at 1:10 a.m., travelling the wrong way up Water Street, striking two cars and just missing several pedestrians who jumped clear. Turning up Chestnut, the car crashed into trees and bushes near First United Methodist Church; the driver fled on foot, but was apprehended, city police said.
No $½ Billion, But Boon To Oneonta May Indicate Plan Is Coming Together
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Clara (Grace Craig) frantically pursues her brother Fritz (Sioban Higgins) for the return of the Nutcracker just given to her by Herr Drosselmeyer in an annual Oneonta Christmas tradition, the Fokine Ballet’s “Nutcracker” performed over the weekend at SUNY Oneonta’s Goodrich Theater.
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s a Cooperstown Central school board member, Andrew Marietta has been pressing his colleagues to better communicate with the public. One of his first actions on the county board will be to will be to start an email newsletter to his constitutuents. See his and profiles of the six other county board newcomers at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
tsego County won’t get a piece of the $1.5 billion, but the money the City of Oneonta did receive turns out to be plenty to get things started. For instance, the $700,000 in state funding the Cuomo Administration announced Thursday, Dec. 10, for the Upper Susquehanna Regional Agricultural Center will be used to appraise, acquire and raze that black hulk at the bottom of Chestnut Street (the former Oneonta Ford building), according to Otsego Now President Sandy Mathes, the county’s “single point of contact” on economic development. Of that total, $165,000 will be used for a food hub feasibility study, which will focus on the actual ag center, but also on the redevelopment of Market Street, including, perhaps, a restaurant on a craft food and beer theme, a parkingdeck upgrade and an exPlease See CFAS, A7
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hese were among local grants announced by Governor Cuomo Thursday, Dec. 10: ► $700,000 for the Upper Susquehanna Regional Ag Center in Oneonta, to help market artisan food and beer to New York City. ► $500,000 to complete planning to redevelop the D&H Yards in Oneonta for commerce and manufacturing, including a bridge to vicinity of I-88. ► $68,000 for further development of Hartwick College’s Center for Artisan Food & Beverage Center. ► $30,000 for Route 205 Corridor study, including ingress and exit from the Oneonta Commerce Park (former Pony Farm). ► $20,000 for Cooperstown & Charlotte Railroad, Milford, to explore carrying tourists and workers into Cooperstown. ► $30,000 for Catskill Symphony Orchestra to hire parttime development coordinator. FOR FULL LIST, SEE
here are two sides to some stories. At the Tuesday, Dec. 15, meeting of Oneonta Common Council, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis Nayor gave a presentation on body cameras that highlighted just how important the equipment is.
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In a video from Texas, an officer, recorded on Dash Cam footage, pulls a gun during a traffic stop. “From the Dash Cam footage, you don’t know why the officer pulled his gun,” said Nayor. He then showed the same footage, from a body-worn camera, revealing that the man in the truck had a revolver visible on the front Please See CAMERAS, A7
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Town Low-Balls Fire-Protection Offer, City Council Balks PACT/From A1 to provide fire protection to the East End, Southside and much of the West End. Specifically, the town’s offer came from commissioners for the town’s Fire District #1, an entity independent from the town board. “They sent me this offer, and I told them I would relay it to you,” said Herzig. “They’re basing it on the historical formula, but without including ambulance billing and administrative costs.” He then proposed an alternative – $1,030,721 for 2016, increasing 5 percent each year until 2019, where it would reach $1,193,188, close to the original $1.2 million. “I think this is a good compromise,” said outgoing Council member Maureen Hennessy, First Ward. “We have a responsibility to the taxpayers to pass a balanced budget and we have a responsibility to the fire department,” said Council member Dave Rissberger, Third Ward. “But this is a fair place to go. I’ll vote for this agreement.” The others were not as convinced. “We put $1.2 million into the budget, and we tried to get them to come to the table,” said Council member Russ Southard, Sixth Ward. “They put us in an awful position because they wouldn’t meet with us.” “$1.2 million is more than
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vinced Hennessey to switch her position. “That doesn’t happen often,” she said. “These were very powerful arguments.” Holmes then offered a friendly amendment – to cross out Herzig’s five-year plan and replace it with what they started with: $1.2
reasonable,” said outgoing Council member Chip Holmes, Eighth Ward. “The city taxpayers subsidize SUNY, Hartwick, all our great non-profits, and now we have to subsidize the town because they don’t want to pay? Let’s not burn the City of Oneonta taxpayer out of services because the town won’t come to the table.” Outgoing Council member Larry Malone, Second Ward, brought his economist background with him. “The town’s population is 5,299, that’s 45 percent of the non-student combined figure,” he explained. “45 percent of budgeted expenses for fire protection is $1,717,779. $1.2 million is a great deal.” So unconvinced were they, that they even con-
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If City, Town Depend On Each Other – That’s ONE-Onta
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ne of the saddest developments in letters to the editor published leading up to the Nov. 3 elections were writers identifying themselves as “Town of Oneonta” or “City of Oneonta.” Of course, it’s one Oneonta – ONE-onta, as some of the uninitiated happily pronounce it. The imaginary divide – alright, not completely imaginary: There is a legal city and a legal town. Still, Oneonta is one community nonetheless, EDITORIAL united by family ties, schools, churches, community gathering places, restaurants, movie houses, the Santa parade, First Night, Hometown Fourth of July – you can go on and on. The mostly imaginary divide grew out of an accident of our nation’s development after World War II. In the post-war world, better roads and affordable cars allowed families to leave apartments and closely built neighborhoods for a house in the suburbs. That happened in ONE-onta. People could move easily from the city to West Oneonta, Angel Heights, Country Club Road, outer East and West streets. They enjoyed the open space and lower taxes, and continued to benefit from city amenities. No downside – for them. Eventually, commerce – and the city’s tax base – followed. Drogen’s was the first major
The well-known 1884 L.R. Burley map of ONE-onta.
retailer on the Southside, but, of course, Walmart, BJ’s, Home Depot, Southside Mall, and the restaurants and hotels followed, requiring some services that only the city could provide. The town thought the situation could go on forever, last year choosing not to buy city water to supply the Southside, but to seek instead to build its own water plant on the Delaware County line, an ill-advised, sprawl-encouraging adventure that grew out a faulty reality that ONE-onta is two. No: Oneonta is one. • Now, with negotiations stalled with City Hall, Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 is faced with the possibility it will be unable to provide fire-fighting services as of Jan. 1. The district includes all the major development of the past 40 years: the East End to Brooks and
Price Chopper; all of Southside, and the West End from Elm Park United Methodist Church to Route 205, including the two major car dealers on Oneida Street. This is big. If there’s no fire-fighting service, the question has been raised whether the Holiday Inn/Southside, the new Courtyard by Marriott behind McDonald’s, or the Hampton Inn will be able to register guests from Jan. 1 on. Would the same apply to such community gathering places at the big stores? This grew out of a perfect storm. On the town side – Town Supervisor Bob Wood is quick to point out the fire district is separate from the town; still, it’s his constituents who will be endangered if the district’s fire-fighting talks fail – problems began with longtime Fire Commissioner Kellie Place’s untimely passing in Febru-
ary. In the months that followed, the three remaining commissioners – Mike Butler, chair Fred Volpe and Johna Peachin – have been battling (thankfully, with success) serious health setbacks. At the same time, it surfaced that, due to a lack of interest, no elections had been held in Fire District #1 for a few years. Did the fire commissioners even have the legitimacy to negotiate with the city? State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, got legislation enacted in the first half of the year affirming their temporary authority, but it didn’t get off Governor Cuomo’s desk and signed into law until November. On the city side, new Mayor Gary Herzig, on his appointment in October, discovered nine messages from the City Hall to the fire commissioners to start negotiations had been unanswered. But City Hall was in too much turmoil to consistently follow through anyhow. City Manager Martin Murphy had made the initial contact, then acting city manager Meg Hungerford, then Herzig. • So here we are. The situation is nobody’s fault and everybody’s fault. There are various arguments on either side, all with merit. In effect, Common Council believes the Fire District isn’t bearing its fair share of the $3 million cost of running the city’s Oneonta Fire Department. The fire commis-
sioners believe if the agreed-upon formula is applied, Fire District ratepayers should actually pay less in 2016 than this year. Those are negotiating points. But, at this point, the fire commissioners have no viable fire-fighting alternatives to the OFD. The only remaining question is how tough Common Council wants to be. In the end, the fire commissioners may have to accept the city’s final offer, borrow any overage, and add the probably substantial extra cost to district residents’ 2017 bills. What the dispute underscores, however, is the underlying reality of ONE-onta. Town and city can’t live without each other. If a municipality – the Town of Oneonta – cannot provide an essential service without the city, then town and city are, in fact, one. It’s time for the town board to agree with Common Council and approve a consolidation study. Laws have changed significantly since the question was explored eight years ago, and town and city may find it’s now beneficial to work as one municipality. Do the study; let the facts decide. As it stands, Fire District residents are paying $2.31 per thousand assessment in town taxes and $2.40 per thousand in district taxes. The numbers alone may convince the 3,500 Fire District residents that it’s time to be annexed into the city. More than time – a necessity.
FOR THE RECORD TOM MORGAN MONEY MATTERS
They Don’t. Trump Might Editor’s Note: Tom Morgan’s Money Matters is broadcast and published weekly on radio stations and in newspapers. Morgan, a Franklin resident, is a retired Oneonta financial advisor.
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andom thoughts on the Trump phenomenon. If you recall any juggernaut that upset as many political apple carts as Trump has please write. He brings
to mind a famous short story you may have read. About a loose cannon on a sailing ship. Both were rolling in a storm. None of the crew knew which way the cannon would careen next. Those who dared to try to stop it were crushed. He also makes me think of guys like Ted Turner, Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, Michael Dell, Richard Branson, Larry Ellison, maybe Michael Bloomberg. And Please See TRUMP, A6
Supervisor Atwell’s Summing Up COOPERSTOWN
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s she nears the end of her term, Otsego Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell has provided a summing up, detailing advances in business promotion, environmental protection and ethics policies achieved during her administration.
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e believe the central ongoing need is for our elected leaders to invest their time and talents to achieve a comprehensive understanding of all the implications of this new system of government and to thoughtfully design and execute a comprehensive plan of change management to complete a full and successful transition. Such an effort was never fully engaged... STATEMENT OF ORIGINAL CHARTER COMMISSION, DEC. 8, 2015
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Paul Scheele, right, an original member of the Oneonta City Charter Revision Commission, reads the commission’s position paper to Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s ad hoc Charter Review Committee Tuesday, Dec. 8. Sitting next to Scheele are two other members of the original commission, Martha Forgiano and county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta. Others, from left, are Committee members Russ Southard (former acting mayor), Melissa Nicosia, David W. Brenner (former mayor) and David Martindale; citizen Ed May, Committee chair John Nader (former mayor), new Council member John Rafter and citizen George Siaros.
It’s Time To Properly Implement Charter
Editor’s Note: This statement, from eight members of the original Oneonta City Charter Commission, was read by Paul Scheele to the Mayor’s ad hoc Charter Review Committee at its Tuesday, Dec. 8, meeting.
A. Brief History of the Charter Commission The Oneonta City Charter Commission was appointed in late 2009 and worked for the next 18 months, meeting weekly, conducting interviews with four mayors, all sitting Common Council members, and most department heads. The Commission studied charters of 15 cities about the size of
Oneonta, interviewed mayors, city managers and council members from five different cities. The Commission was advised by Robert McEvoy of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, SUNY Albany. None of the Commission members had preconceived ideas about what we would find about Oneonta’s city government or about the form of government to be recommended. B. Major Findings of the Charter Commission 1. The existing charter was inadequate: unclear, poorly organized, somewhat archaic. 2. Legislative and administrative
functions were mingled, overlapping and unclear. The Council was heavily involved in the minutiae of day-to-day operations, couldn’t readily focus on larger and longer-term issues, and felt overwhelmed trying to do both policy and supervise the departments. 3. Effective supervision and direction of city departments was difficult for part-time elected officials . 4. Vital long-range planning for the city was not being done. C. Major Recommendations of the Charter Commission 1. A clear delineation between legislative and administrative functions. Please See CHARTER, A6
LETTERS
Does Too Few Police Officers Allow Violence? To the Editor: Stories of the latest violence out west fail to note the lack of police for protection of schools and agencies. Because of standard eight-hour shifts, there are only about 350,000 police on duty in America. In a popu-
lation of 330 million, this is absurd. Our rulers often claim they lack the money to get more police. In a system of great wealth, reaching about $20 trillion annual GDP, that claim is rubbish. Cooperstown is an American icon
and possible target. Yet year ’round police patrols are weak or missing. Local voters must demand State police protection now. GERRY WEINBERGER Cooperstown
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
Local News – Seldom, if ever, has the sanitary condition of Oneonta been more satisfactory than at present. Seldom too, has health been so good. There is said to be not a single case of typhoid or other contagious or infectious fever, or of diphtheria now in the town, while during the whole year the number of such cases has been small. But for the grippe (influenza) of last winter, with its accompanying maladies, Oneonta would show a wonderfully clean bill of health for 1890. The annual Conductors’ Ball will be held this Thursday evening at the Goodyear House, Colliers. An extra train, leaving Oneonta at 8:30, will carry guests to Colliers. Music will be furnished by Belm’s orchestra. There will doubtless be a pleasant time and a large attendance. The Brotherhood of Trainmen has engaged the Metropolitan Theatre and orchestra for New Years’ eve and will give their grand annual ball. A very pleasant hop is anticipated. A wagon loaded with household goods was overturned Monday on Mechanic Street, the icy road proving too much for it. Dishes, clocks, etc. mingled in dire confusion. December 1890
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structure with a partially concrete foundation about 150 by 40 feet, located on the west side of Route 28 about 50 yards off the highway. Thirty head of dairy were removed safely, but two heifers as well as a supply of hay and several pieces of farm equipment were destroyed. December 1975
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The baby-boom generation’s free-spending habits and extravagant tastes have given it an aura of affluence and glamour. But, despite their education, combined incomes and the have-it-all yuppie stereotype, many people in the baby-boom generation are “much worse off” than their parents or even their counterparts of 10 years ago, according to Robert Hopkins, an economist at Chase Econometrics, a research firm. The baby-boom generation is said to include 78 million people born between 1946 and 1964. The babyboom generation is caught in a squeeze between spiraling costs and stagnating salaries. While costs for basics such as housing and child care have increased sharply, real average family incomes, after inflation, have fallen since 1973 despite an increase of women in the workforce. December 1985
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20 Years Ago
Dr. Bugbee, principal of the State Normal School reports that the total registration of the students of the institution for the current year, inclusive of those in attendance at the summer school who numbered 575, amounted to 1,765. The number of students now preparing for the profession of teaching is 544, also a record number – the pupils in the training schools both at the Normal building and the Center Street School making the grand total of 1,765. The senior class of the present year is the largest in the history of the school, numbering 298, a number considerably in excess of the last graduation class which was 243. In the faculty of the institution are 35 teachers. The work of the Normal School never stood higher in the esteem of the superintendents and other school officials of the state than at present. It is the largest exclusively professional Normal School conducted by the state. December 1915
A handshake and a smile may be all it takes to bring the joy of Christmas to another person. Participants in the Oneonta Community Holiday Project visit area nursing homes each December 1935 year to spend time with residents who have no relatives, or whose families may not be able to visit on Christmas Day. are “not grown in the shade, like many which grow wild, “Any willing person with musical talent, singing ability, or hence they are filled in better.” The demand for quality trees just a friendly nature can do this,” said Richard Brown who is exemplified by the sale of Douglas fir, transplanted from has been a visitor at The Meadows near Cooperstown for nine the Cascade country of the west and grown on a plantation years. “The senior citizens enjoy the visit.” Brown brings his in Schoharie County. An estimated 800 trees were cut and family along, including his three children ages 16, 13 and 11. offered this year, drawing a wholesale bid price of $4.53 per tree, the trees being six to nine feet tall. Four different buyers “Children can find it overwhelming,” Brown said. “Unless children are close to their own grandparents they are seeing entered bids. The best-selling Yule trees Mr. Hick says are older adults for the first time.” the Douglas fir, Balsam and Scotch pine, in that order. December 1995 December 1955
The Christmas tree business in the Oneonta area is shifting from imported stuff at low prices to quality plantation stock grown on state lands. The trend is away from trees brought in from Canada, Nova Scotia, Vermont, and Maine forests. A “buy-the-best” spirit has distinguished the present season. District Forester R. Milton Hick reports “an increased demand for “local plantation-grown trees” rather than imported trees. “The plantation stock is shaped up better, is fuller and has more branches.” Mr. Hick explained that plantation trees
Approximately 150 Otsego firefighters from six companies fought a huge barn fire that broke out on the Howard Cole farm on Route 28, 2.5 miles north of Portlandville. The fire also destroyed an adjacent milk house and silo. The fire of undetermined origin was first reported at 8:15 p.m. The blaze was fought by fireman from Mt. Vision, Middlefield, Hartwick Seminary, Fly Creek and Milford. Equipment at the scene included five tankers, three pumpers, two emergency vans and one ambulance. The barn was a two-story L-shaped
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Christmas Eve Family Eucharist Thursday Dec. 24 – 4 pm
Christmas Eve Festival Eucharist Choral Concert – 9:30 pm Festival Eucharist – 10 pm
Christmas Day Eucharist Friday, Dec. 25 – 9 am Christmas Lessons and Carols December 27 – 8 and 10 am
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Work is being done near Damaschke Field to remove toxic waste left from a manufactured gas plant that operated next to the ballpark from 1880 to the early 1950s. New York State Electric & Gas Corp., the last owner of the site, agreed to clean it up. As part of the agreement, NYSEG says it will pay half of a $29,900 fee for Clough Harbour Associates to draft a post-remediation facility plan for Neahwa Park, which includes the city-owned ballpark. December 2005
The “Red Door” Church (First United Presbyterian) Welcomes You Join us for Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 pm - Thursday, December 24
Main Street and Walling Avenue, Oneonta (across from Friendly’s) Church Office: 607-432-7520 The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Walton-Leavitt
In a religion that was born in a barn, an open door goes without saying.
Our church invites you to join us in the worship and fellowship of Jesus Christ. The door is always open.
Our Schedule for Christmas is December 20 - 5 pm Lessons & Carols
Mass schedule for the christMas feasts solemnity of christmas, christmas eve Thursday, december 24, 7:30 pm christmas day, friday, december 25 8:30 am and 10:30 am feast of the holy family, saturday, december 26, 5 pm sunday, december 27, 10:30 am
Christmas Eve
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Quiet Eucharist - 10 am Family Eucharist - 5 pm Service of Carols - 10:30 pm Festival Choral Eucharist - 11 pm
solemnity of the epiphany saturday, January 2, 5 pm sunday, January 3, 10:30 am
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Christmas Day
December 25, 2015 - 10 am Holy Eucharist
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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA
Commission Defends Charter As Is
CHARTER/From A4 2. For many reasons (the size of the city budget, the number of departments and employees, the need for professional administration and coordination, the benefit, for both ideas and grants, of outside-of-city contacts) provide for a welleducated, trained, experienced professional, a city manager, to administer city government. 3. Establish the mayor as chief legislator or policy maker, head of the Council, and ceremonial leader of the city, the only official elected from the entire city who would bring to the Council a broader and longer-range perspective than most Council members might have. 4. Rationalize the process and timetable for passing the city budget. D. Rationale for a Council/ Mayor/City Manager Form of City Government 1. No one on the Commission or in the city doubted that in this democratic culture, the highest power should be placed in those popularly elected. To that end, the Council, which includes the mayor, has the most power since it determines policy and chooses the city manager. The manager is responsible to the Council. 2. The mayor is the most powerful individual primarily because he or she is elected by the entire city. The mayor’s specific powers are to • chair the Council; • establish the Council’s committees and appoint Council members to them; • set the Council’s agenda; • recommend policy to the Council; • vote on any Council action when the votes are tied; and • veto any local law or ordinance passed by the Council. All of these powers impact Council policy-making. The
mayor is also the official and ceremonial head of city government. Taken together, these roles make the mayor the pre-eminent city official. 3. In order to relieve the Council and mayor of the administration of city government and free them to focus on setting priorities, making policy, and planning for the future, the charter calls for a city manager to be the chief executive officer and chief administrative officer. Multiple reasons support this decision: • City government is large and complex, with more than 100 employees, an annual budget exceeding $20 million, and more than a dozen departments. • Administration of the city is not a task for a part-time mayor and part-time Council members. Trying to oversee the departments and deal with day-to-day problems left the mayor and Council little time, energy, or motivation to deal with policy-making and planning. • Department heads need a single, “available daily” person to guide and support them. • City administration today requires a professional, appropriately credentialed leader with proven expertise if it is to work well. • A professional city manager is much better prepared to guide and advise the city’s essential long-range planning. The manager serves at the pleasure of the Council. Thus it is presumed that the manager, mayor, and Council will maintain good relations among them. This in turn requires regular communication, perhaps daily with the mayor and at least at every Council meeting with the Council. E. Changing the Charter The new charter, including the Council/Mayor/Manager form, was approved by
Oneonta’s voters by a nearly 3 to 1 vote. Some 2,000 copies of the charter and FAQ statements were distributed door-to-door, multiple press releases were published, and many talks were given to local civic groups. Consequently, it must be presumed that city residents understood what they were voting on. Therefore we believe that no major change in the charter and in its Council/ Mayor/Manager form can be made without a public referendum. New York State law supports this position. F. The Primary Recommendation to the Charter Committee and to the Mayor and Council Our strong consensus is that the ongoing fundamental challenge in city government does not stem from the charter or the Council/Mayor/Manager form of government it established, a model that is working successfully in hundreds of small municipalities. We believe the central ongoing need is for our elected leaders to invest their time and talents to achieve a comprehensive understanding of all the implications of this new system of government and to thoughtfully design and execute a comprehensive plan of change management to complete a full and successful transition. Such an effort was never fully engaged, and is still needed. There are resources available at little or no cost through community members, ICMA, the experiences of sister cities, etc. to assist in successfuly completing this transition. Respectfully submitted, John Dudek, Martha Forgiano, Steven Londner, David Rissberger, Sarah Patterson, Paul Scheele, Kay Stuligross, Laurie Zimniewicz Members of the Oneonta City
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Fool Me Once, Voters Say, And Turn To Trump TRUMP/From A4 other brilliant entrepreneurs. They think differently than nearly all of us. That is why their thinking created behemoth businesses. If Turner or Branson ran for the White House they would be as unpredictable as Trump is. They are unpredictable in business. Just as Trump was and is. They think differently. How many predictions about Trump have you seen fall flat? Politicians, candidates, ex-presidents, pundits from TV and print – they all throw rocks at him. They call him names. They predict he’ll go this direction. Or that one. He stumps them all. Because they think conventionally. He thinks another way. He reminds me of Muhammad Ali. Everybody knew how he should fight. He ignored them and won. They thought conventionally. He thought and fought differently. Here is Trump’s base: Millions of folks figure America’s politicians thumb their noses at them. They say they want an end to waves of illegals across our borders. “Right,” say the pols. “We’ll do something.” But they don’t. Millions say put an end to Obamacare. “We will,” the pols promise. But they don’t. Millions say do something about ISIS. And Muslim extremists. “We will,” the pols promise. But they don’t. Millions say they want a simpler tax system. “We’ll get right on it,” the pols promise. But they don’t. I can list another twenty issues. Result: Voters rate Congress
alongside sewer rats. Fewer people identify with either party. Many millions don’t trust government to get anything right. Along comes Trump. He voices the complaints of those millions. He tells them the entire political machine is corrupted by money. He says your pols are the purchased puppets of special interests. And that is why they thumb their noses at you. They serve special interests, not yours. And how do all those pols react to his talk? They call him everything from Hitler to scumbag. So how do the millions react to that? They say well, what would you expect? These birds feel threatened by the guy who voices our complaints. So they attack him as if he’s the anti-Christ. He voices what’s on our minds. They tell us he is a Nazi. That sure tells us what they think of what’s on our minds. By the way, Trump threatens Democrats as much as Republicans. Millions of his followers are Dems who are just as ticked off with their leaders. Another thought: Our system is working. It is. Think about it. Representative government is supposed to flex. It is supposed to respond to the will of the people. If a huge chunk of the populace is ticked off the government is supposed to adjust. To reflect that. Clearly ours has not flexed and adjusted. That is why so many Americans feel the pols don’t hear them. And if you wonder why
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government has not flexed you need look no further than money. Special interest money gums up the works. It buys the votes of pols. It buys policies. To the benefit of those interests. If Trump is nominated Hillary beware. There is no bigger target in the land than you when it comes to taking money from special interests. You have to know Trump will trumpet this. A final thought: Our elections always entertain. This one rocks. This one is circus, parade, brawl, pandemonium, zany, whacky and bizarre all in one. On LSD. Enjoy it. I don’t think anyone alive has seen the likes of it. And you may never see anything so crazy for the rest of your years. Only in America. Or an asylum. From Tom...as in Morgan.
Just a friendly reminder to slow down and savor this special time of year. Take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle. Stop and smell the roses—or the pinecones, as the case may be. And don’t forget to stock up on plenty of cheer. From our merry crew to yours, Happy Holidays.
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Cameras Set To Be Placed On City Police CAMERAS/From A1
seat, which he began to reach for, prompting the officer to draw his weapon. “This is what we respond to all the time,” said Nayor. “We respond to the unknown.” Starting next year, if there’s a question or complaint about how an arrest from the Oneonta Police Department went down, the officer can, as they say in sports, “Go to the video.” “Having these cameras are a means of transparency, of supporting what we do,” said Nayor. “There has never been such a time where there is as much scrutiny on law enforcement, and a camera gives a factual, non-bias view of what happened.” $30,000 was allocated in the city’s 2016 budget for 20 new Axon Body Worn cameras, which clip onto both sides of the shirt and are continuously recording in 30-second intervals. “That way, we know that the camera is on even before we turn it on,” said Nayor. “If we don’t hit record, it just buffers over those 30 seconds again until we do.” They are the same body cameras worn by SUNY Oneonta University Police, and one of three that the OPD spent a year testing. “We really liked the ones that went over the ear because where your head turned, you got footage,” he said. “But they didn’t allow the officers to wear the hat, which is part of their uniform, and they hurt after a while.” A second set of body-worn cameras were tested, but they were smaller and from a company less reliable than Axon. The cameras come with docking stations, which immediately download the footage to Evidence.com and store it in The Cloud for six months. “If we need it for a case, we’ll pull it before that,” said Nayor. They’ve already come in handy once, where an officer caught a confession of a man who had been recording girls at a tanning salon. “He deleted the video, but the officer had his confession on tape,” said Nayor.
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panded vision for Foothills Performing Arts Center, Mathes said. Otsego Now is looking at two consultants to do that study, and plans to pick one at the January meeting of its board of directors on the 28th. “There’s a lot that’s up in the air,” said Otsego Now’s COO, Elizabeth Horvath. Enough will be left to “remediate” the site so an actual structure – housing a commercial kitchen, perhaps a farmers’ market and related bistros, perhaps a transit point to ship local crops to the New York City market – can then be built with money from the 2017 round of CFA state grants, he said. This is only part of the local excitement growing out of Governor Cuomo’s dispersal of $2 billion in CFA economic-development grants, announced last Thursday at The Egg in Albany to political and business leaders from around the state. (CFA stands for comprehensive funding application, the way the administration decides who
gets what.) The governor’s main announcement was which three of seven competing state Regional Economic Development Councils would share $1.5 billion from the governor’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative. And Otsego County’s region – the Mohawk Valley – lost out to the Finger Lakes (Rochester), the Southern Tier (Binghamton) and Central New York (Syracuse). But after the initial disappointment, the county’s political and business leaders rallied. State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who was a member of a Cuomo task force that reviewed all the applications, said, “It was almost a flip of the coin. Mohawk Valley was very much in the running. “ Even though the Mohawk Valley wasn’t one of the chosen three, which can depend on $100 million a year for the next five years, it received a special $100.3 million allocation for 2016. The governor also announced each
of the state’s 10 EDCs – the seven in contention for the URI, plus New York City, Buffalo and Westchester – will receive a extra $50 million allocation annually for the next five years, plus individual CFA grants. And even though Otsego County’s allocation was a fraction of the Mohawk Valley share – the lion’s share was expected to go to the Utica/Marcy area’s huge nanotechnology initiative – the $3.3 million received locally is the largest allocation since the CFA program began five years ago, Seward pointed out. According to Mathes, the projects that were funded, particularly the ag center and $500,000 to complete planning to turn the former D&H yards there into a commercial, manufacturing and transit center – are starting to bring the big picture into focus. • One, the D&H yards will join the Oneonta Commerce Park (formerly Pony Farm) and two commerce parks planned for Richfield Springs as
“shovel-ready sites,” essential for future economic development, Mathes said. • Two, comprehensive plans being completed in Cooperstown and Richfield Springs, along with the sites, will be the foundation of ever more successful CFA rounds in the future, he said. A comp plan update process is due to being in Oneonta early in the new year. • Three, while many of this year’s CFAs may seem unrelated, that actually are part of a piece: Hartwick College’s Center for Craft Food and Beverages ($68,000) and Scott Fickbohm’s Generations Malting Co. ($250,000) that seeks to process barley for microbreweries, among others, feed into reviving the county’s agricultural base by selling high-margin specialty products to New York City. The comp plan updates and shovelready sites will also allow the county to participate in the Utica/Marcy nanotechnology boom, Mathes continued.
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ric Olson knows – toys aren’t just for kids. “People come into Toys of Fame on Cooperstown’s Pioneer Street and they think it’s a museum,” he said. “But everything’s for sale!” It looks a bit like a museum. Vintage “Star Wars” ships and G.I. Joe figures are on shelves next to Shirley Temple and a
case of Wild West cap guns. “Toys bring back memories,” he said. “People come in here in a bad mood, and it brightens their day.” Among his favorite toy memories is Christmas day, 1965. “I wanted this electronic tabletop football game” – Tudor’s Electric Football – “in the worst way,” he said. “I asked and I asked, and I didn’t get it. I was so bummed.” His family went to his grandmother’s
house, and his uncle came down with a big wrapped box. “And, lo and behold, it was my football game!” He still has it, and many of the other toys for sale are Olson’s own. “My parents gave me a box of my stuff a while back, and it in was a bunch of my old Matchbox cars and die-cast figures,” he said. “It got me thinking about all the toys I had as a kid, growing up on a farm outside of Please See VINTAGE, B3
Brainy Fun For Brainy Kids Monkey Barrel, Riverwood Toys Aim To Challenge, Inspire ages kids to explore the world.” For those explorers, hy watch rohe has the Unbound bots on TV or Treasure Hunt, which at the movies allows a family to set when you can build your up their own treasure own? hunt, either with pre“We have some aweprinted cards, (“Look some robotics kits,” said Under Your Pillow”) Kristian House, owner of or fill-in-the-blanks. Monkey Barrel Toys in “You could hunt for Oneonta. “You build it, treasure in your house, then you program it right yard, even your town,” from your computer or he said. “It’s great for tablet.” parties.” “We’re always selling Musical instruments out of the science kits,” are some of Gibbons’ said Todd Gibbons, owner favorite creative toys. of Riverwood Toys in The desktop drum kit Cooperstown. “But one was a popular favorite of our big things this year last year, and this year Kristian House of Monkey the ukulele is poised is mini-drones!” Barrel Toys, Main Street, While the big-box to be the top-seller. Oneonta, demonstrates stories are stacked with “We also have a piano a Hoberman Expanding “Star Wars,” “Frozen” horn that’s a random, Sphere among his imagiIan Austin/ OTSEGO.toys and Marvel toys, the local weirdly fun instrunation-evoking toys. At Riverwood on Main Street, toy stores are celebrating ment,” he said. Cooperstown, Todd Gibbons stands the holidays by promoting creativity and A far cry from Barbie are the Lottie amidst his display of Japanese puzzle dolls that House is selling out. “We had erasers, collectibles popular young girls learning. “We try to have imaginationdriven toys,” said House. “It encourPlease See NEW, B3 this Christmas. By LIBBY CUDMORE
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VINTAGE/From B1 Syracuse.” Even when he was working in advertising in Chicago – which he did for 35 years before moving to Cooperstown with his wife, Debbie – he was collecting toys. “I would go to toy shows all the time,” he said. “Then when we got here, we bought the Stone House and I was looking for a business to help me transition into my retirement.” He got out his old toys, including a fringed leather Roy Rogers jacket that his 29-year-old daughter Ingrid had worn for a time, as well as items he’d purchased over the years, and set up shop in the basement of the Pioneer Street building. Right as you walk in is a G.I. Joe van with a trailer and a missile launcher. “I always wanted that when I was a kid,” he said. “I remember when my grandmother took me to the hobby shop in Syracuse in 1964, and the man there was
baby dolls, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Wars’ and a few very rare figures. “I have two of the ‘Alien’ figures they made for the movie,” he said. “The story goes that they sold them at Toys R Us, but they scared the kids so much that they’d go running out of the store! So they pulled them, and now they’re hard to find.” He even has some Cooperstown classics. “I had a collection of cap guns and I was talking to someone at F.R. Woods,” he said. Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.toys “I mentioned it, and he said, If a toy army were to attack Eric Olson’s Toys of ‘We’ve got a box of caps Fame, he’s well protected by a ready force of G.I. from the ’60s upstairs! So Joes. I bought them, and now we demonstrating the G.I. Joe. have authentic vintage caps He had all these accessories, for the cap guns.” and you could pose him ... He opened July 4, and I’d never seen anything like has been adding inventory it.” since. “Toys reach you on And now, years later, he another level, it’s a connecfinally has his coveted van. tion that’s made,” he said. “Every kid who walks in ...and they would be “It transcends age, religion, well armed, since Olson ethnicity. Once you’re in, here goes right for it,” he picked up F.R. Wood’s said. “It’s delicate, so they you’re hooked. They appeal cache of caps. can look, but I don’t want to everyone.” There are Barbies and them to touch.”
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STORY WALK -- through December. Family story walk hosted by Huntington Memorial Library and downtown Oneonta. Read a “Snowmen at Christmas” in downtown business windows; stop at Santa’s in Muller Plaza on Main St. for a reading map. Then stop at the library for your candy cane as gift for participat-
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COOP FARMERS MARKET -- 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (10 a.m.-2 p.m. from January-April.) Bounty of seasonal foods, local meats, more. Handmade goods. Pioneer Alley (behind Key Bank). Info, www. otsego2000.org ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET -- 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Locally-grown food, flowers, crafts, more. Indoors during winter at Garage Walkway on Main St., at Dietz. Info, www.oneontafarmersmarket.com KIDS HOLIDAY PARTY -- 10:30 a.m. Santa’s Holiday Party for children and their families. Santa will read and visit. Craft and refreshments. “Ballroom,” Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Martha Sharer, (607) 547-8344, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown. org RICHFIELD SPRINGS SANTA -11 a.m.-1 p.m. Santa in the Park sponsored by the Lions Club. Sleigh rides, hot dogs, candies. Rte. 20, Richfield Springs. HOLIDAY TRAIN -- 2 p.m. Last Santa Holiday Express train of season. Bring a small gift with your child’s name attached to be given as a surprise from Santa on the train. $16-$19; under age 3 free. Reservations required. Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Depot, 136 E. Main St., Milford. Res., (607) 432-2429. THEATER -- 2 p.m. & 5 p.m. (also 2 p.m. Sun. Dec. 20.) Live, Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol.” $15 ages 13-64; $12.50 ages 65+ and members; $10 ages 7-12; ages 6 & under free. Louis C. Jones Center, The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org MESSIAH -- 4 p.m. Voices of Cooperstown and Christ Episcopal Church present Handel’s “Messiah.” Tenor soloist is Cooperstown native Quinn Bernegger. Tickets $20 (students $10) at Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, Cooperstown Art Association, or at door. Christ Episcopal Church, 46 River St., Cooperstown. THEATER -- 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. (also 2 p.m. Sun. Dec. 20). Orpheus Theatre presents “Disney’s The Little Mermaid.” Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., SUNY Oneonta. Tickets at (607) 432-9392 or www.orpheustheatre.org. AUTHOR VISIT -- 2 p.m. Hops expert Al Bullard discusses his new book on New York State’s “golden age” of hops.” Book signing follows. Free. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta.
Info, www.oneontahistory.org CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Cooperstown Concert Series presents singer Heather Maloney. Tickets $8-$20 (ages 12 & under free) at Ellsworth & Sill, Riverwood, Church & Scott Pharmacy, and Fly Creek General Store. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownconcertseries.org CONCERT -- 8 p.m. The Justice League in “Live at Leeds” tribute to The Who’s 1969 tour. $10. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontatheatre.com JAZZ NIGHT -- 8 p.m. Music by John Davey Trio (all original music by local jazz man). No cover charge. Roots Brewing Co., 175 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www. rootsbrewingcompany.com SUPPER CLUB -- 9 p.m. Buffalo Stack, featuring guitarist Andy Stack (rock, blues, Americana) $5 cover. B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, wwwbsideballroom.com
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GIVING GIFTS – 11:30 a.m. Make donations to Habitat For Humanity, Heifer International, Living Waters and other charities at the First Presbyterian Church Alternative Market. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5478401. HEAD START FUNDRAISER- Noon. Chinese Auction fundraiser by parent group seeking a
Morris Head Start classroom. All welcome. Morris Firehouse, Main St., Morris. THEATER -- 2 p.m. Orpheus Theatre final performance of “Disney’s The Little Mermaid.” Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets at (607) 432-9392 or www. orpheustheatre.org. THEATER -- 2 p.m. Final performance of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol.” $15 ages 13-64; $12.50 ages 65+ and
members; $10 ages 7-12; ages 6 and under free. Louis C. Jones Center, The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org. CONCERT & CAROL SING -- 3 p.m. Holiday concert, with community carol sing and bell ringer and other performances. Freewill offering; all welcome. First United Methodist Church, 66 Church St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4102.
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IN MEMORIAM Clifford C. Dartt, 95; B-52 Pilot Shot Down, Served As Nazi POW ONEONTA – Clifford C. Dartt, 95, an OHS graduate who was shot down over France during World War II and spent the rest of the war as a German POW, died peacefully on Dec. 3, 2015, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Mass. Clifford was born on Nov. 6, 1920, in Derby, Conn., to Clifford F. Dartt and Rebecca (Parker) Dartt and raised in Oneonta. Eleanor Roosevelt awarded Clifford his Eagle Scout ranking in Washington, D.C. After graduating from Oneonta High School, Clifford attended the University of Iowa, then joined the Army Air Corps as a B-17 co-pilot with 384th Bombardment Group/544th Bomb Squadron, and was shot down over Belfonds, France, and taken prisoner
by the Nazis until April 1945. In 1946, after the end of the war, Clifford married Lillian BachClifford eller. They C. Dartt had three children, Darlene, Joanne and Stephen. Clifford worked for Bell Telephone and Western Electric for almost 40 years. He continued his military aviation career by flying helicopters in the New York National Guard. He retired to Salida, Colo., where he lived for about 20 years. His companion was Nancy Zielinski. He left Colorado in 2010 to live at Autumn Glen assisted liv-
ing in Dartmouth, Mass. Survivors include his former wife, Lillian of Mattapoisett, Mass.; three children, Darlene Dartt and her husband, Howard Tarko of Newton, Mass., Joanne (Dartt) and Mark Olson of Mattapoisett, Mass., and Steve and Judy Dartt of Peabody, Mass., and grandchildren. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 20, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, New Bedford, Mass. Clifford’s cremains will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the 384th Bombardment Group www.384thbombgroup.com, Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org, or the USO www. uso.org/donate.
Rodney Jones, 59; Worked 40 Years For NYSEG ONEONTA – Rodney Stephen Jones, 59, a 40year NYSEG electrical field planner, passed away on Dec. 9, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was born April 17, 1956, in Walton, the son of Richard and Catherine (Stanton) Jones. Rodney graduated from Walton Central School, Class of 1974. He went on to SUNY Morrisville and attained an associate degree in electrical engineering in May 1976. He joined NYSEG in September 1976 and was working there at the time of his death. In 1980, he married Bonnie Sue Rowe. Their son, Erik Stephen Jones, was born in 1988. They shared 34 years of marriage. Recently Rodney reconnected
Ruth Delaney, 89; Survivors Include Niece In Oneonta ONEONTA – Ruth Harriet Delaney, 89, died Dec. 10, 2015, at Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Index. Survivors include a niece, Susan (John) Thurgood of Oneonta and their children, Sarah, Ian and Meredith and their father, William Clemons. Ruth was born on Jan. 18, 1926, in Pittsfield, Mass., a daughter of the late Clark and Lydia (Carson) Boardman. She married Thomas Delaney on June 14, 1950, in Albany. Ruth spent her early childhood in Sheffield, Mass., where she lived on her parents’ farm and attended a one-room schoolhouse. She later moved to Albany and graduated from Albany High School and attended Albany Business College. Ruth worked in the business office at Willow Brook State School in Staten Island until 1984 when she and Tom retired and moved to Clifton Park, where they were founding members of the Clifton Park Senior Center and members of the Lions Club.
with his childhood friend, Nancy Rutherford Grotevant, previously of Walton, and was very happy in his new relationship. He is survived by his son, Erik, as well as his father, Richard Jones of Stamford; Nancy, Bonnie; nieces and nephews, Tori, Kevin and Corrina Rowe, Levi Jones and Rachel Cestone; his mother-in-law, Joyce Rowe; brother-in-law, Michael and Karen Rowe; several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by his mother, Catherine Jones; brother, Timothy Jones and father-in-law, Claude Rowe. Rodney was a member of the Oneonta Sportsman
Club, NRA, and in the past served on the Oneonta Planning Board for several years. He enjoyed his muscle car, boating, camping and he was a great swimmer. The funeral was Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, with Rev. James Stain, pastor at the Riverside Alliance Church in Walton, officiating. Burial followed at the Glenwood Cemetery in Oneonta. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations in his honor be made to the Oneonta Sportsmans Club, 251 Rod and Gun Club Road, Oneonta, NY 13820 or to the West Oneonta Fire
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Doris H. Fahy, 95; Sidney; Teacher, Was Bellringer At National Festivals
SIDNEY – Doris H. Fahy, 95, of Sidney, a teacher in Norwich City Schools and avid bellringer, including 10 years with the Buckingham Ringers at Oneonta’s First United Methodist Church, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 10, 2015, at Tri-Town Regional Hospital. Doris was born on March 9, 1920, daughter of the late Frank Waldo and Georgia Effie (Smith) Howe in Sidney. She graduated from Sidney High School in 1938 and went on to receive her bachelor’s (1943) and master’s (1963) in education from SUNY Oneonta. In 1943, she began teaching first and second grades at South New Berlin Central School, joining Norwich schools in 1946, where she taught kindergarten, first and second grade, and special reading until her retirement in 1980. Following retirement, Doris was a member of the NYS Retired Teachers Association and the Chenango County Retired Teachers Association. She was married to Rob-
ert J. Fahy on Aug. 28, 1983. He predeceased her in May 1986. Doris was a dedicated member of Doris Fahy Sidney United Methodist Church where she sang in the Chancel Choir for 83 years and played in the Bell Choir. In addition to the Buckingham Ringers, she rang in several regional and national handbell festivals at colleges in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Doris was also instrumental in the purchase of three octaves of Schulmerich Handbells for the Sidney United Methodist Church. She was a member and past president of both the Norwich Monday Evening Musical Club and the DAR Sidney Chapter. In her earlier years, Doris studied the piano and violin, and also played violin in some of the Tri-town Theatre musicals. Doris is survived by: niece, Karen Stoddard; niece, Nancy Malone; neph-
ew, Robert Howe; nephew, Richard Howe; grandnephews; Stephen Peck, Gary Peck, and Alan Peck; step-children: Jean (Robert) Hayes, Thomas (Linda) Fahy, Mary (Donald) Dillon and Peggy (Gerald) Parker; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as numerous second and third generation nieces and nephews. Calling hours are 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 at the Sidney United Methodist Church, 12 Liberty Street. Funeral services will begin at 12 noon with Rev. Tom Pullyblank, pastor, presiding. Those wishing to share memories of Doris are invited to speak or write down their thoughts for Pastor Tom to read. Burial will follow in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Doris’ memory may be directed to the Delaware Valley Humane Society, 101 E. Main St. Sidney, NY 13838. Condolences and memories may be shared online at www. landersfh.com.
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