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In mom Megan’s arms, Izzy Lindberg, 2, was red, white and blue and ready for Cooperstown’s Memorial Day observance Monday, May 26, at the Soldiers & Sailors’ Monument/ MORE PHOTOS, B3
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anet Marie Smith, designer of Oriole Park at Camden Yards and other notable ballparks, was first up at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s three-day 26th annual Symposium on Baseball & American Culture Wednesday, May 28. Her keynoter at 1 p.m. was the first of 60 presentations over the next two days, bringing 140 participants from 30 states, as far away as California. ENERGY FUTURE: Sustainable Otsego is sponsoring a discussion of the state’s 100% Renewable Energy Plan at 7 p.m. Monday, June 2, at the county courthouse. Jannette Barth, a co-author, and Jessica Azulay, Alliance for a Green Economy, will be joined by former Mobil VP Lou Allstart. LILACS NEEDED: Clip your lilacs and drop them off at Cooperstown Distillery where proprietor Gene Marra plans to use them to flavor Fenimore Gin. Get a voucher for a future taste.
most double our capacity,” Jane Forbes Clark announced during a Tuesday, May 27, address to the Cooperstown Rotary Club. The construction is intended to strengthen what Miss Clark described as a tradition of community investment going back to her
great-great grandfather, attorney Edward Clark, partner in Singer Sewing Machine Co. Already, she said, the multipurpose gym on Susquehanna Avenue has grown to more than 4,000 members, and is supported Please See DOUBLE, A7
Jane Forbes Clark salutes the Clark Foundation team while addressing Rotary. The Freeman’s Journal
Obama Puts Focus On Tourism Effort Attracting tourists from abroad – one million a year by 2020 – will shift the balance of trade in our nation’s favor by $5 billion, President Obama told a gathering at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Thursday, May 22.
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o sooner had President Obama come and gone, then renewed optimism about the possibilities of tourism was heard, and not just in Cooperstown.
“The name of Cooperstown brings people to the county,” said Ashley Camarata, sales manager at Oneonta’s Hampton Inn and a board member with the county’s newly privatized tourism-promotion effort, the Destination Marketing Corp. of Otsego County. “Once they’re here, they find there’s much more to do.” Standing in the Doubleday Field parking lot as cheers Please See TOURISM, A7
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Training Here, At Elmira Readied Eric Bliss For Challenge By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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Fame asking if I would sing the National Anthem for his visit,” he said. “It only took a second to say yes.” Bliss, a 2006 CCS graduate and son of David Bliss, Town of Middlefield supervisor, and mom Kim, sang “The Star Spangled Banner” at President Obama’s tourism speech Please See BLISS/A7
n just six weeks, the state Senate’s Joint Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction has hosted 16 forums across New York State, including one organized by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, on April 28 in Oneonta, and it is ready to act. At 1 p.m. Seward Wednesday, May 28, in the state Capitol, the two dozen senators on the task force were scheduled to announce a package of 25 heroin-fighting bills, which they plan to have passed by the Republican state Senate by June 9. Support is being sought in the Democratic Assembly to turn the Senate initiative into law. “The problem is evPlease See SCOURGE, A7
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hough fans may still miss her as Jill Casey on USA’s “Royal Pains,� Cherry Valley native Jill Flint is back and in charge in the new NBC drama “The Night Shift.� In her first leading role, Flint plays Dr. Jordan Alexander, the newly promoted chief of the night shift at San Antonio Memorial hospital. Her character also dated T.C. Callahan (Eoin Macken) a former Army medic constantly at odds with his hospital superiors over live-saving care verses cost-cutting measures. The show, which premiered on NBC on Tuesday, May 27, originally was to premier in October 2013. Eight episodes have been ordered through July.
Jill Flint, a native of Cherry Valley, stars as Dr. Jordan Alexander on NBC’s “The Night Shift.�
Flint left Cherry Valley at age 18 to seek out stardom in New York City. She broke into film with the role of “Obnoxious Girl� in the 2004 indie comedy “Garden State� and appeared on
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essica Barrett Haggerty-Denison of Cherry Valley, daughter of Robert A. Denison and Trista B. Haggerty, received a B.A. at Juniata College’s 136th commencement Saturday, May 17, in Huntington, Pa. While at Juniata, she
received the Esther T. Doyle Award, performed in the play “American Western� in Dublin, Ireland and performed “The Picture of Dorian Gray� in New York City’s Planet Connections festival. Haggerty-Denison is a 2010 CCS graduate.
“Nurse Jackie� and “Gossip Girl� before landing the coveted three-season role of Dr. Hank Lawson’s on again/off again girlfriend on “Royal Pains.� The character quickly became a fan favorite. In addition to her role on “Royal Pains,� Flint also had a recurring role on “The Good Wife� as Lana Delany, a lesbian FBI agent and was recently featured on “Elementary� and “CSI: Miami.� She has also been featured in several films, including “The Amazing Spider-man� and “Cadillac Records.�
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Sculptor Alex Bauer, 92 and a Cooperstown resident for six years, was honored Monday, May 26 at the opening of the Smithy Pioneer Gallery’s first show of the season, “On Closer Inspection� At left is his son, Dr. Mike Bauer, and to the sculptor’s right is his daughter Jane. Bauer’s sculpture, and the works of six artists, will be on view through June 29.
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t was a job Kristin Bergene didn’t even know she had. “After Danielle Newell left, I was appointed interim executive director, but I didn’t realize it until recently! I guess they assumed I knew.� Bergene, a Cooperstown native who joined the gallery in April 2013 after getting her master’s degree in creative writing in London,
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launched the first show of the season, “On Closer Inspection,� sculptures by Alex Bauer on Monday, May 26. “It’s different being the boss!� she said. “I had to figure out how to set it all up, but my passion really is with the gallery.� Newell left the gallery in February after four years as director. She now works as the director of education at the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum.
With collaboration between the Smithy and the Cooperstown Art Association Bergene still being discussed, Bergene is unsure of how long she will remain in the position. “It’s a temporary role,� she said. “But it’s fun.�
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allory Garretson of Cherry Valley has been awarded a St. Lawrence University Fellowship for a summer 2014 research project, titled: “The Running Project: A Summer Devoted to Discovering What We Are Running From and For.� A member of SLU’s Class of 2015, she s majoring in environmental studies/English. She is a graduate of Cherry ValleySpringfield Central School. FLAGLER GRAD: Mariah Courter of Milford received a bachelor of arts Saturday, May 3, from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla.
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THURSDAY, MAY 22 • PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
Cooperstown Village Trustee Jim Dean, an invited guest Thursday, May 22 in the Hall of Plaques, snapped this photo as President Obama shook hands with wellwishers after delivering an address on tourism and the national economy.
Not all was serious among the pro-fracking and anti-fracking activists in Pioneer Park, as Dick Downey, center, of the Unatego Area Landowners Association, uses his “Jobs” sign to block anti-fracking Bob Eklund, New Lisbon, from the photo. Suzy Winkler, Burlington, parried with her “Statewide Ban” poster.
CCS student Eden Griger was among the admirers of the striking portait of the president in the front window of the Book Nook, 61 Main St.
Daniel Krug, center, the COO of Duvel Moortgat NV, the parent of Brewery Ommegang, attended the president’s speech with Ommegang president Simon Thorpe and media relations director Allison Capozza.
SATURDAY, MAY 24 • HALL’S CLASSIC LAUNCHES 75TH Village Trustee Bruce Maxson soldiers his way through the third annual BASE Race charity run, which began and ended at Doubleday Field. Notable winners included Heidi Edmonds, 14, a member of the Edmonds family of runners, who led women in the 5K.
Former Yankee Hideki Matsui smacks a base hit – and later hit a home run – during the Hall of Fame Classic at Doubleday Field. In the prospective 2018 class of potential inductees, he was clearly a crowd favorite, cheered along Main Street during the Classic Parade and from the stands.
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Above, Cooperstown pals, from left, Simon Wallace and brothers Gavin and Beckett Grady caught the spirit of the Hall of Fame Classic Parade along Main Street. At right, Claudia Vitter, left, and Jolie Gagnon braced themselves, then plunged their hands into the icy waters to pull cold sodas at the Cooperstown Central School junior class concession in the Doubleday Field parking lot, a fundraiser for the senior trip.
It was the outfits, said Mark Kirkby, left, prepared by Courtney Weir, right, that convinced this Cooperstown trio – Stacy Smith is at center – to participate in the 52nd annual General Clinton Regatta. They posed as they prepared to depart from Lakefront Park at 6 a.m. The “Pro Class” team of Al Shaver Jr. of Meridale and Trever LeFever of Unadilla depart at 8 a.m. from Lakefront. They placed best – ninth – among the best local canoeists in the event.
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How Much Can We Expect From Obama, Or Any President?
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e was so perfect, President Obama almost could have been that Michael Jackson hologram that miraculously appeared at the Billboard Music Awards the other week. His suit so tailored, his shirt so starched, his tie so fresh, not a hair out of place. His diction precise, his timing so on, his manner relaxed, his introductory comments warm, local, mentioning Mayor Jeff Katz’s welcome, joking about blue jeans. Then the speech, just long enough to say what he wanted to say; not a second too long to allow any of the rapt 120 in the Hall of Plaques to lose interest. Then into the crowd. Not too deep. Maybe three rows. Broad smile. Great teeth. How many hands shaken – two dozen, 30, 33? Was there a precise number to optimize the impact? Then smile, wave, so long folks, out the door. And the 44th President of the United States was gone. • If, physically, President Obama was other-worldly – or, perhaps, not of this world… If the planning juggernaut was beyond the experience of the 1,820 human beings who live in Cooperstown… (The juggernaut descending, with highly trained cadres of mostly young men, their casual clothes just a little too pressed, their heads just a little too coiffed, each intensely trained in and focused on his specific mission, whether liaising with local police, or Bassett, or the Hall.) If the coming and going was a little too on point… (The president arrived at Griffiss at 2:30
President Obama’s appearance reached the same level of precision as the Michael Jackson hologram at the Billboard Music Awards. A portent of future presidential outings?
on Air Force One; a half-hour later Marine One dropped him at the Clark Sports Center’s soccer fields, and he was sped by motorcade along Susquehanna, Elm, Pioneer, Church, down the alley behind Templeton Hall to the service entrance. (After a quick review of key Hall memorabilia, a “push and pull” with key local players, speech, a little pressing-of-theflesh, he was out the door, back in the limo, and back on Air Force One by 4:30 en route to evening speech in Chicago.) …the same applies to the policy he expounded, the expressed purpose of the whirlwind trip. • It was tourism, untouched by human hands. Macro – $4,700 spent in the U.S. per international tourist; multiply it by say, one million by 2020, nice round numbers, and you have an almost-$5-trillion dent
in the trade imbalance – it makes a lot of sense. Micro, in America’s – and Otsego County’s – households, tourism mostly means minimum-wage jobs filled, until lately, anyhow, by teenagers on summer vacation. It isn’t going to take the non-One-Percent Nation where it needs to go. Think about it. The same dynamic is evident throughout the Administration. Bail out Wall Street and the Big Banks, leave Main Street and individual homeowners twisting slowly, slowly, six years after the crash (as recounted again in Tim Geithner’s “Stress Test”). Healthcare reform: The insurance companies were taken care of; patients are left with a jerry-rigged patchwork quilt that, while better than what it replaced, simply doesn’t sufficiently serve. And so on.
• In advance of President Obama’s visit, 40 of our readers sent letters, asking for his intercession on issues ranging from fracking to rural poverty. But seeing the juggernaut that is the presidency close up, you have to wonder how much any presidency can be penetrated by individual pleas from a farmer plowing a field in Roseboom or a worker on an assembly line in Oneonta. Or even by the top executive of a local insurance company or chairman of a local school board. Are we simply sending prayers to a distant something, well-meaning perhaps, but so far removed from our daily concerns as to be no more able to hear us than the Leatherstocking on the obelisk in Cooperstown’s Lakewood Cemetery? Otsego County, in business and government, has adopted the strategy of taking our local fate in to local hands, not waiting for someone to solve our problems, but identifying opportunity and pursuing it. Reflecting on the president’s visit, it’s the only way. President Obama is a supremely impressive guy; the mechanism that brought him here and took him away was massive and, as far as anyone could tell, efficient. Still, let’s not wait for salvation from above, but pursue it as we may from the platform of our daily lives. Tourism, of course, is a big part of that around here, and turning an seasonal industry into a year ’round one – summers, of course; leaf-peeping in the fall, cross-country skiing, ice-fishing and cozying up to the fire in the winter, bicycling in the spring – will help turn at least some of those parttime, minimum-wage jobs into careers.
‘Ladies And Gentlemen Of Cooperstown, The President Of The United States’ Editor’s Note: This is the transcript of President Obama’s remarks Thursday, May 22, in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Hall of Plaques. 3:50 P.M. EDT
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edge the Governor of New York. He had a conflict and he’s on his way up. But he is really focused on jobs in Upstate New York – your Governor, Andrew Cuomo. I want to thank your Mayor, Jeff Katz, for having me, and his great hospitality, and everybody who was involved in arranging the visit. We’ve also got, by the way, our Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Ali Mayorkas, who is here. And he’s important because he’s helping bring travelers to America. (Applause.) It is a great honor to be the first sitting President
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hank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. There must be some White Sox fans here somewhere. (Laughter.) It is great to be here in Cooperstown. And I have to say that in addition to just wonderful people, those of you all across America and around the world who have not been here, this is a gorgeous place. We came in by helicopter and had a chance to see the landscape and it looks like a spectacular place to spend a few days, a week – however long you want to stay. I’ll bet people will be happy to have you. And although he is not here yet, I want to acknowl-
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ever to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Applause.) The timing could not be better. First off, summer marks the 75th anniversary of the Hall of Fame. I also promised Frank Thomas I’d check the place out before he’s inducted in July. (Laughter.) And I’m so glad I did. Obviously I didn’t have a chance to roam around as long as I wanted, but thanks to the wonderful hospitality here, I saw the ball that William Howard Taft threw at the first-ever presidential opening day pitch. I saw the “White Sox locker” of memorabilia, and got to bask in the glory of the 2005 World Series win. (Applause.) Yes!
At the Hall’s request, I contributed something of my own, which was the jacket I wore when I threw out the first pitch at the 2009 All-Star Game. I hear that with all the media attention about it, there was also some interest in the jeans I wore that night. (Laughter.) But Michelle retired those jeans quite a while back. (Laughter.) So I love baseball; America loves baseball. It continues to be our national pastime. And for any baseball fan out there, you’ve got to make a trip here. But as much as I’d love to talk baseball all day – and with a Chicago legend, Andre Dawson, the “Hawk,” here today, it’s hard not to want
to talk baseball all day long – I’m actually here to talk about jobs – good, middleclass jobs. And believe it or not, places like this institution, the Hall of Fame, have something to do with jobs and economic growth. It’s been about five and a half years since the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes hit. And thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, we’ve been steadily fighting our way back. Over the last four years, our businesses have created 9.2 million new jobs. We had an auto industry that was flat-lining; it’s come roaring back. A manufacturing sector that had lost about one-third of its jobs in the last decade is
now adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. And rather than create jobs in other countries, more and more companies are recognizing that it makes sense to invest right here in America. We’ve got great workers. We’ve got the largest market in the world. We’ve got a whole bunch of stuff going for us and we’re starting to see insourcing rather than outsourcing of jobs. So we’ve made progress, but here’s the thing – too many Americans out there are still working harder than ever and can’t seem to get Please See SPEECH, A6
LETTERS
Postal Carriers Collect $1.2M Pounds For Needy To the Editor: Postal letter carriers and their fellow postal employees shouldered a mighty load on Saturday, May 10, as this year’s Annual Letter Carrier Food Drive broke another record for collections. Across the Albany District of the Postal Service, which includes our post office, mailboxes bulged with cans, bags and boxes of much needed food items. Your generous donations, combined with those from neighbors around the region, totaled 1,162,563 pounds. This marks the second year in a row that we provided more than one million pounds of food contributions to pantries, shelters and food banks from the Southern Tier to the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, from the Capital Region down the Thruway deep into the Finger Lakes. As always, the greatest priority of the Carrier Food Drive is to put food on the table in the same communities where the food is collected. Here in Oneonta we were able to return 7,598 of pounds to The Salvation Army Food Bank, Catholic Charities, and The Lord’s Table at St. James Episcopal Church. We have come to your mailbox for 22 years on behalf of the Letter Carrier Food Drive and your participation continues to be first class service to our neighbors in need. On behalf of the Postal Service, please accept our personal thanks. SANDY BOLLINGER Oneonta Post Office
Next Year, Honor Enlistees In Oneonta To the Editor: I had the honor of taking a small part in the “Our Community Salutes of Central New York” ceremony at the General Herkimer Homestead May 17, Armed Forces Day. This fairly new organization recognizes high school seniors who are enlisting in our Armed Forces. It is a humbling event and well worth attending. Proud parents abound, along with members of the military in their very sharp class A uniforms (some in their “combat” fatigues), vet-
erans, the Patriot Guard motorcycle riders, and many more. Next year’s event will be May 16 at Damaschke Field in Oneonta. We would hope you would set this date aside to attend. We would be proud to stand beside you and honor these wonderful young men and women who are about to start one of the biggest adventures of their lives, in honorable service to their country, the United States of America. BILL GLOCKER Middlefield
A Great Day; The Mayor Even Wore A Tie To the Editor: It was a great day for Cooperstown when President Obama came to town to help celebrate the third anniversary of the frack ban. What a tribute to the Ban Movement. Goldman Prize winner Helen Slottje was on hand to speak at the rally. Everyone in the Village did their best to help make it a success. The mayor even wore a tie.
What impressed me most was the professionalism of the village crews, particularly the police, who handled the big event with professionalism, efficiency and courtesy. As if they were used to dealing with crowds and high-maintenance celebrities all the time. Bravo Cooperstown. CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Anecdote – A Clergyman in Scotland desired his hearers never to call one another liars, but when anyone said the thing that was not, they ought to whistle. On Sunday he preached a sermon on the parable of the loaves and fishes, and being at a loss how to explain it, he said the loaves were not like those now-a-days, they were as big as some of the hills of Scotland! He had scarce pronounced these words when he heard a loud whistle. “Wha is that (says he) ca’s me a liar?” “It is I, Willy McDonald, the baker.” “Well, Willy, what objection have ye to wha I ha’ told you?” “None Mess. John, only I want to know what sort of ovens they had to bake those loaves in.” June 1, 1814
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The War News – No decisive action has occurred in Virginia since our last issue. For several days after the severe fighting of seven or eight days, the armies of Grant and Lee remained comparatively inactive. On Wednesday, May 18th, General Grant commenced what was at first intended to be a general engagement. But the enemy was found to be so strongly posted that the assault was abandoned after severe fighting in which both armies lost heavily. The next day Lee attempted to turn the right flank of Grant’s army, in which he was repulsed, principally by the gallant action of a division of new troops. On Friday morning there was a skirmish, in which 200 rebels were captured. Lee commenced a voluntary retreat on Friday. Whether Lee was compelled to fall back on account of a flanking movement by Grant, or rather to secure a new and stronger position, does not clearly appear. But whichever was the case, the retrograde movement took place and Grant pushed forward in pursuit. Our forces are reported occupying Guineas’ and Milford Stations, the first fifty and the latter forty miles from Richmond. May 27, 1864
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The one great question that divided the people at the last election was the question of taxation. The Democrats favored a reduction in both State and National taxes. Under the delusive cry of “protection” the Republicans carried the election, and the reform movement inaugurated by the Democrats under Cleveland as President, and Hill as Governor, was crushed for the time being. The first fruits are now being gathered. The State tax is increased three and
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law to provide that it shall be illegal to carry any rifle larger than a .22 caliber rim fire during the open season for deer in counties where there is no open season for deer. Also signed by the governor was a bill of Senator Walter W. Stokes of Cooperstown amending the conservation law, by providing that persons in automobiles shall not carry any gun or rifle unless it was unloaded in both chamber and magazine. May 31, 1939
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A two-year-old male Labrador retriever, owned by Mrs. George Murnane of Syosset, and handled by J. Riser, won the James Mithoefer Memorial Trophy in the seventh annual Central New York Retriever Club field trial held here over the Memorial Day weekend. The trophy, offered for the first time this year honors the memory of Dr. James Mithoefer, who was an associate surgeon at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital and a founder and the first president May 27, 1839 of the club. The Syosset Labrador bested a field of 18 retrievers in the Derby, one of three events in the three-day one-half millions for this year over the tax of 1888, and the trial which opened on Friday and ended Sunday. Mrs. Murgeneral government will show a corresponding increase nane will have possession of the trophy for one year plus a when the next budget is made up. Under the endorsement replica for permanent possession. received at the polls last fall, the Republicans seem to feel June 3, 1964 that it is a duty they owe the people to waste their hardearned money. The State tax levy for this year is three millions higher than for any year since 1875. The NBC Today Show crew is coming to Cooperstown for May 31, 1889 a live broadcast with host Bryant Gumbel on the morning of June 2. Gumbel will open the show at 7 a.m. in front of the National Baseball Hall of Fame talking with museum curator In Our Town – There was considerable excitement in the Ted Spencer and associate director Bill Guilfoile. Interviews vicinity of the post office on Monday morning when a mail with Hall of Famers and baseball historian John Thorn will bag containing something which gave out a sickening odor follow as the program moves along through the early mornwas received. Volunteers removed it to the back yard where ing hours. As Thorn is interviewed, the local Leatherstocking it was opened in haste and found to contain a pasteboard Town Ball team will play the Beachville, Ontario Cornstalks box filled with sun fish packed in dandelion greens. The fish for the NBC cameras at Doubleday Field. had been shipped from Westchester County and had been May 31, 1989 three days on the road. Fish are not to be shipped further than the first zone only when securely packed in a metal or wooden box. The “remains” were buried in an ash heap in The nation has seen gasoline and fuel prices escalate at the rear of the post office after the consent of the consignee unprecedented rates in recent months and the average price had been obtained. May 27, 1914 per gallon is higher in the Cooperstown area. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $2.06. However, in the Cooperstown area the price has settled at around $2.15 per gallon. Nearly half the cost per gallon goes to the New York State Governor Herbert H. Lehman has apoil companies. proved the bill of Assemblyman Arthur L. Parsons of CenMay 28, 2004 tral Bridge, Schoharie County, amending the conservation
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Tourism Aids Trade Balance, Obama Tells Local Crowd SPEECH/From A1 ahead. And so we have to do more to spur growth and economic development, and create more jobs that pay a good wage. ...Today, I’m here in Cooperstown to talk about some new steps that will lead to more tourism not just within America but getting more folks to come and visit the treasures, the national treasures that we have all across this country, including the Baseball Hall of Fame right here in Cooperstown – because tourism translates into jobs and it translates into economic growth. When visitors come here, they don’t just check out the Hall. They rent cars; they stay in hotels; they eat at restaurants. And that means for Upstate New York, the Baseball Hall of Fame is a powerful economic engine. Last year alone, travel and tourism were responsible for $1.5 trillion in economic activity across the country. Think about that – $1.5 trillion supporting nearly 8 million jobs in communities like this one. And when tourists come from other countries and spend money here, that’s actually considered a type of export. We don’t always think about it that way, but we should. Nothing says “Made in America” better than the Empire State Building or the Hoover Dam. Folks who work at restaurants and hotels that serve fans in Cooperstown have the kinds of jobs that can’t be offshored. And obviously it’s tough to ship the Rocky Mountains or the Grand Canyon overseas. You can’t do it. When it comes to tourism, the good news is we’ve got a great product to sell. People want to come here. I was reminded of that yesterday. I took a walk from the White House to the Department of the Interior building. ...And even though I went for several blocks – it was probably about a 10-minute walk – in that little span of time, I met tourists from Germany, and Israel, and Brazil, and
China, and Ukraine on the National Mall. The fact that people come from all over the world to see our parks, to see our monuments, is something we should take great pride in as Americans. And it’s good for our economy. So just like we’re helping our businesses to sell more goods made in America in markets all across the world, we’re spending a lot of time and focus trying to make it easier for folks from around the world to come see America and spend money here. Four years ago, I signed a law that set up a nonprofit organization with one mission, and that is to pitch America as a travel destination. And two years ago, I went down to Disney World to announce new action to make it simpler for travelers to visit America, without compromising security at our borders. And those efforts are paying off. Since its low point after the recession, our travel and tourism industry has added nearly 580,000 new jobs. Last year, a record 70 million tourists visited America from other countries –- more than the populations of Texas, Florida, and New York combined. And they spent their money here. No country on Earth earns more money from international tourism than we do. And the growth of international tourism created about 175,000 new jobs over the last five years, and helped drive American exports to an all-time high. So we’re making great strides in welcoming more visitors to America in places like Cooperstown, but we can do even better. I want to turn the 70 million tourists that came last year into 100 million each year by the beginning of the next decade. And meeting that goal is going to help create jobs here in New York. And that’s why, earlier today, I took new actions to meet that goal. I met with several CEOs of travel and tourism companies, and building on the progress that we’ve made, I directed my administration to work with airports, airlines, hotel
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TOURISM/From A1 could be hear from inside the field where the Hall of Fame Classic was being played, Hall VP/Development Ken Meifert, who is also Destination Marketing vice chairman, said, “The stadium looks pretty full to me – it’s good.” That was two days after Obama, after a week of high anticipation in Baseball’s Mecca, appeared in the Hall of Plaque’s and declared, “When it comes to tourism, the good news is we’ve got a great product to sell. People want to come here.” The Cooperstown visit – he arrived a little after 3 p.m. Thursday, May 22, on Marine One, the presidential helicopter, and departed shortly after 4 p.m. – was the public centerpiece of two days of lining up support for Brand USA and the National Tourism Strategy. The president is arguing that $5 billion in tourism dollars from overseas – the goal by 2020 – will help the nation’s trade deficit. In that light, the president is saying, tourism is an export. Be that as it may, the president’s nationally televised speech, plus photos of Obama in the Hall on the front pages of almost every newspaper in the state, was paying immediate dividends. “It was an incredible forum to explain everything we had to offer,” said Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz, who said the crowd along Main Street during the Hall’s Classic Parade on Saturday, May 24, was significantly larger than he remembered it in the past. Leading up to the president’s visit, he did “a ton of interviews” – perhaps as many as 16 with a range of media outlets – and it was “an incredible forum to explain everything we have to offer” – Glimmerglass Festival, The Farmers’ and Fenimore museums, the Hyde Hall National Landmark mansion, Brewery Ommegang. Vinnie Russo, proprietor of Mickey’s Place and the dean of the downtown merchants, said Mickey’s business Friday and Saturday after Obama’s visit was up 10.45
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percent over the same day’s last Memorial Day. At his Hey, Getcha Hot Dog, around the corner, business was up by 60 percent, but Russo pointed out it’s a newer business with a smaller base. “I’m optimistic about the summer,” he continued, “largely because of the ‘I♥NY’ campaign,” a reference to the TV spot featuring Joe Torre and a father and son who visit Coopertown together. Meifert also cited the Joe Torre spot, saying the “I♥NY” effort, which include rack cards and billboards on MTA buses and subway stations in New York City, is reasserting “that Cooperstown is a national treasure.” To make things even better, the “I♥NY” summer guide has just been published, and features the Hall of Fame on the cover. While “Cooperstown” may be on many lips – “Coopertown really shone in the past week, in every imaginable way,” Katz said -- Camarata was no less encouraged. She’s finding that tourists like to stay in Oneonta, foraying into Cooperstown, but returning in the evening for the four national-brand hotels, branded shopping on Southside, and unique shops downtown. In particular, the farm-to-table restaurants – the Red Caboose, The Autumn Cafe and Toscana’s, an Oneonta version of the one on Main Street, Coopertown – are part of the mix.
Gym Expansion Just Latest Clark Family Commitment DOUBLE/From A1 with a $2 million annual contribution from the Clark Foundation. Most of the work will be underground and behind the current building, she said, in order to minimize any visual impact. In addition to the sports center initiative, Miss Clark said her Clark Foundation is also underwriting an experiment in sustainable farming at Mohegan Farm, aimed at producing enough to meet “the current needs of the present population.” In her half-hour talk, Miss Clark traced her family’s tradition of “civic duty, preservation and conservation” to the founding father, a lawyer from Hudson who married a local girl and settled on Apple Hill after making his fortune. The three entities that carry this forward are the Clark Foundation, founded in 1931, the Scriven Foundation, founded in 1975, and -- the only for-profit entity of the three -- the Leatherstocking Corp. The Clark Foundation is mostly known for its scholarship program, which she said has spent $79.8 million over 50 years, providing college scholarships to 9,946 students in 10 Otsego County communities. However, the horticultur-
al program is also substantial, begun simply enough when her grandmother, Susan V. Clark, hung four baskets of flowers in the vicinity of the flagpole at Main and Pioneer. Soon, poinsettias were being provided to the village’s five churches at Christmas, and lilies at Easter. Then, tulips were planted in the spring and geraniums in the summers. The annual beautification contest begun by her grandmother continues today. The Scriven Foundation assists non-profits, distributing $1.5 million to 36 nonprofits countywide in 2013 alone, including such organizations as Springbrook, the Otsego Land Trust, the SPCA and the library board. The Leatherstocking Corp. operates The Otesaga and the Cooper Inn, Miss Clark said. She pointed out that beyond the foundations and the corporation, the family is involved in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Bassett Healthcare, The Farmers’ and Fenimore museums, and the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home. In all, the entities generate $450 million annually, employing 4,098, people, including 3,032 fulltime, and distributing $9 million a year in charitable support.
SCOURGE/From A1 erywhere,” said Seward. “All over the state. Small towns, rural areas as well as big cities. It’s going to take a comprehensive approach to deal with this.” In an interview, Seward called the approach “three pronged.” “Taken collectively, these measures will reinforce and build on current education, prevention and law enforcement efforts,” he said. “And save lives.” Seward, who chairs the Insurance Committee, is particularly interested in a bill he’s introducing with Kemp Hannon, R-Garden City, who chairs the Health Committee, to help ensure insurance coverage is available for in-patient treatment when appropriate. “We want to make sure the decisions on appropriate treatment for addiction are made by trained professionals in addiction, not just insurance company staff,” said the senator. Senate Bill 7662 would ensure that, if a patient appeals a decision to end in-patient treatment, coverage would continue while the appeal is being decided. “These are very, very common complaints that we’ve heard,” Seward said. He is also particularly supportive of strong school drug-prevention programs, an audition tape. Petroskey “age-appropriate information was so impressed with his on drug use, beginning at a vocal chops he invited Bliss young age,” and of “taketo sing before a Rangers’ back events” that would game. encourage parents to discard The rendition was a hit, no-longer-needed pain mediand Bliss was invited back cation that, left in the home, to the Hall of Fame to sing might be picked up by the at the Induction ceremony children. and the final Major League Beyond this package, game of the season. Seward said he plans to With the president’s introduce a bill suggested schedule tightly under by Jeanette Tolson, execuwraps, Bliss only had a few days to prepare. Now living tive director of FORDO, the in New York City, he hurried Friends of Recovery of Delaware & Otsego Counhome. “It was sort of unties, to create a tax credit for believable to be asked,” he said. “I’m just flattered they employers willing to hire individuals who have gone wanted me back.” He even got a chance to through the drug court and speak with the president, similar programs to beat the who shook his hand and habit. complimented his singing.
CCS, Elmira Prepared Bliss BLISS/From A1 Thursday, May 22, just before Jane Forbes Clark’s opening remarks. “It’s such an honor to sing at such a high-profile event in my hometown,” he said. “I couldn’t feel more privileged.” Bliss had been taking voice lessons since middle school and participated in choir and theater in high school and at Elmira College, where he was a fouryear member of A1 & The Special Sauce, the campus a cappella group. In 2009, while Bliss was in his junior year, former Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey, then executive vice president of the Texas Rangers, invited him to send
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MLS#92292 $187,000 beautifully Renovated victorian! Solid, up-to-date home has 2-car garage, studio apt, great yard. Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/701664
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MLS#94061 $239,000 Magnificent views! Immaculate 3 BR, 2 bath home w/cathedral ceilings is convenient to Oneonta and Cobleskill. Call Carol A. Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
MLS#93418 $180,000 Close to both Oneonta colleges, this 5-BR, 2-bath 1-level ranch is nicely landscaped. Call Suzanne A. Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/710456
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MLS#93680 $112,000 Incredible Price! Outrageous Catskill views! Below assessed value. 3 BR cedar-sided ranch. Don’t wait! Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.delawarecountryliving.com
Peace and quiet but convenient to everything! Attractive Colonial w/1.75-acre double lot is located on a dead-end street. Covered patio leads to heated in-ground pool w/deck and entertaining area, flower gardens and firepit. 4 BRs, 2½ baths, master BR w/private bath and large closet. Kitchen has cherry cabinets, Corian countertops and SS appliances. Family room w/wood-burning fireplace, skylights and sliders leading to patio and pool. Formal DR w/pocket doors leading to LR w/bay window. Partially finished basement, attached 2-car garage. $259,900 MLS#94204
MLS#93140 $219,000 James Vrooman 603-247-0506 (cell) MLS#94484 $78,500 Sidney Village, out of flood zone! 3 BRs, 1½ baths , family room, fenced backyard. Cooperstown home. Seller pays closing Call Suzanne Village A. Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)costs (up to $3,000 w/acceptable offer). Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/719570
$189,500 MLS#94094 Lizabeth Rose
Nice Oneonta Home!
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This renovated home sits overlooking The City of the Hills and the Susquehanna Valley. Major new addition completed in 2006 w/wonderful large Thermopane windows to enjoy the great views year-round. Vaulted ceiling in open LR and DR w/solid oak floors. Modern raised-panel kitchen cabinets and new top-of-the-line appliances. 2 BRs on main level, full bath w/jetted tub and ceramic tile floor. Second floor offers 2nd full bath and 2 BRs,which could serve a number of other uses, and easy access to the exterior. Landscaping w/many perennial gardens and plantings in tiered beds. Multi-level decks to entertain friends. Priced to sell!
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Cooperstown Village Value
(7844) Completely remodeled home on a tranquil street features 3 BRs, 2 baths, large LR w/fireplace and built-in bookcases, eat-in kitchen w/cherry cabinets, enclosed porch, large yard, updated electric and plumbing. So easy to love, so easy to live in! Hubbell’s Exclusive—$239,000
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Cooperstown Village
(7395) Exceptional 5 BR, 3+ bath countryside home on a serene street. Spacious layout w/family room, den, large LR, 2 fireplaces. Center entry, oak flooring, ceramic tile baths. Granite countertop, breakfast nook, formal DR w/fireplace. Large deck, barn. Colonial comfort and style! 4 miles from Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$359,000
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(7836) Welcoming 4 BR, 2 bath home w/deck, large yard, new hardwood flooring and new carpeting. Newer eat-in kitchen and laundry. Spacious LR, formal DR, family room w/woodstove, first floor master suite. Garage, front porch. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$309,900
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Great location across from elementary school! Currently this home has 3 apts: 2 efficiencies w/kitchen and eating area, 1 of these has BR/LR combo w/ futon, 1 has rear deck. Second floor apt has large LR w/skylights, large eat-in kitchen, and 2 BRs. All are in excellent condition. House could be converted back to 1-family home. Current owner pays for oil and electric. Attractive property is well maintained. Insulated attic and blown-in insulation in side walls. Main roof recently replaced. Paved parking area and room for apt parking. Call for an appointment!
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