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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, July 5, 2012
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Study: Village $600,000 Short On Street Budget The Freeman’s Journal
Donald H. Cresswell, right, of the Philadelphia Print Shop, Chestnut Hill, Pa., who has appeared frequently on PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow,” was a headliner at the Leatherstocking Antiquarian Book Fair Saturday, June 30, at the Clark Sports Center. Mayo Snyder, Cooperstown, examines a print.
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iscovering that Schoolhouse Court and Cooper Lane are not official village streets, the Village Board has eliminated snow-plowing service to households there. The status of Doubleday Lane, between Cooley’s and Stonehouse Gifts, is unclear, and Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh planned to meet with property owners there, seeking to clarify its status.
RELAY RECORD: The 14th annual Cooperstown/ Northern Otsego County Relay For Life May 18-19 at Cooperstown Dreams Park attracted 470 participants and raised a record $108,000 “and counting,” said the event’s chair, Carla Eckler.
COOPERSTOWN t’s good news for people living on Beaver, Pioneer, Susquehanna, Walnut and Eagle – those streets should be the five top priorities for repair, according to Mayor Katz an assessment of the village’s infrastructure by Lamont Engineers, Cobleskill. The bad news is Lamont’s $9,000 study, commissioned by the Village Board, recommends trustees set aside $900,000 a year for street repair, $600,000 more than what is normally budgeted now. (Although the trustees budgeted $475,000 this fiscal year, due to the redo of Walnut and Linden.) In an interview, Mayor Jeff Katz said that, when fully implemented, Please See KATZ, A8
Village Ends Snowplowing On 2 Streets
FIREWORKS ON 7TH: Cooperstown Fire Department is sponsoring fireworks at dusk Saturday, July 7, in Lakefront Park, with the help of contributions from businesses and individuals.
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Belinda Mott waves to the crowd as the contingent of “Cowgirls From Heck” rounds out the traditional Fourth of July parade in Springfield Center/MORE PHOTOS, A7
ennis Finn, who heads the newly formed Friends of the Oneonta Municipal Airport, planned to meet with Mayor Miller Tuesday, July 3, to discuss the future of the municipal airport on upper East Street, perhaps as an Otsego County facility/EDITORIAL, A4
Hearing Lack Didn’t Deter This Scout
Eagle Scout prospect Noah Trong, Edmeston, speaks to a full Clark Auditorium at Bassett Hospital on how he overcame a hearing disability.
How He Overcame Setback Becomes Part Of Noah Trong’s Eagle Project By ADRIAN ADAMO COOPERSTOWN
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orn profoundly deaf, Noah Trong has made educating the
public about people with disabilities a goal of his young life. Now, he’s applying that mission to obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout, in part through an hour-long presentation he made to a
packed Clark Auditorium at Bassett Hospital Thursday, June 28. Awareness, education and advocacy are his mission, Noah, a scout with Troop 47, Edmeston, told the gathPlease See SCOUT, A8
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RALPH SNELL NEW ROTARY PRESIDENT Local architect Ralph Snell was installed as Cooperstown Rotary Club president at the annual dinner Thursday, June 28, at The Otesaga. From left are Mayor Jeff Katz, incoming president 2014-15; Snell, outgoing president Charles Ellsworth and incoming board member Bob Hanft. Margaret Savoie, right, continues as club secretary. Other continuing officers are Angie Erway, treasurer, and Nan Aps, sergeant at arms.
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THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012
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Glimmerglass Regional Airport Is An Opportunity For All Of US “Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.”
N.Y.? We’re only a 40 minute flight from LaGuardia, (or would be, if we had an airport and a carrier.) Case in point: CooperPeter F. Drucker stown’s Hage brothers moved Mohican Financial to Fairfield County n the rightly famed Peter for the convenience of clients Drucker’s mind, MOSA would who found the four-hour car drive simply be a waste of the Otdeterring. sego County Board of RepresentaWith Induction Weekend comtives’ time. Brian Curpier says you can tell a lot about a community’s ing up July 20-22, you can bet that Today, we can put a trash can aspirations by its airport. At right in that of Georgetown, in front of our homes in most of S.C., population 9,163; at left is Otsego County’s, population a number of MLB execs and baseball stars, past and present, will be the county’s population centers. 66,000. flying into less-convenient airports When we get home from work, the ta Municipal Airport in the Town – its season opens Saturday, July than they did last year. That’s not can has been emptied and the trash of Laurens. The Federal Aviation 7, with “Aida” (special $20 price good. taken away. Or, in our ruralities, Administration still requires the for county residents) – has a $6.5 Otsego is New York State’s we can throw that week’s couple city to keep the runway clear, and million budget, which drives premier tourism county (after the of bags of garbage in the trunk you can swipe a card and buy fuel, $10 million in economic activity Big Apple itself). It doesn’t make and drop them off at the transfer but that’s it. countywide every summer. sense not to have an airport. station. Miller, whose signature fiveA few months ago, Mark Mc• MOSA – the Montgomery-Otyear budget projections show the Gough, president of Ioxus, that Happily, many people agree sego-Schoharie Solid Waste ManCity of Oneonta in good shape futuristic ultracapacitor maker in with that. So achieving a Glimagement Authority – now oversees today, but not so in five years, and the former Soccer Hall of Fame merglass Regional Airport should this. As MOSA is dissolved, he’s been making adjustments to building that already employs be easy, and some people are someone else will oversee trash ensure that Day of (Budget) Reck- close to 100 people, was asked already working on it. collection. And we will continue oning never arrives. But he argues how Otsego County could help Dennis Finn, who among other to put out the trash or drop it off at convincingly that an airport – The assure his company will remain things has chaired the Oneonta the transfer station. Zero sum. Glimmerglass Regional Airport, local. Planning Commission, has – along Ask any county rep what challet’s call it – serves the county and One, he said, was a steady flow with businessman Ed May and lenges they face and they’ll reply, should be supported by the county. of qualified applicants, and he others – formed a Friends of the first and foremost, MOSA. Not • has since connected with SUNY Airport group. Finn met with so. Solving the MOSA probThat rang true the other day in a Oneonta’s STEM program. Two, Mayor Miller Tuesday, July 3, to lem – unless it results in, say, an conversation with the formidable he said, was a convenient airport. begin discussions on reviving the incinerator that produces low-cost Francesca Zambello, GlimmerThe potential benefits are all airport. electricity – will simply extend the glass Festival director, who said around us. You may have seen This is not an expensive unstatus quo. the opera festival’s largest conthat article the other day in one of • dertaking. Brian Curpier, who tributors – $250,000 and up – are the national newspapers reporting OK, here’s an opportunity to was the airport’s FBO (fixed base that Wall Street firms are moving exploit, which is where our county unenthusiastic about the airport’s operator) for a dozen years, said curtailment, having to fly into back offices and middle managboard should focus. he and two parttimers ran the airers to regional cities. The article Over the winter, Oneonta Mayor Rome or Albany. port for about $100,000 a year. As So what, you ask? Here’s mentioned Charlotte, N.C., but Dick Miller and Common Council traffic grows, that can be deferred why not Oneonta or Cooperstown, withdrew support from the Oneon- what. The Glimmerglass Fest
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Somehow, Cooperstown Folks Survived Siren For Decades To the Editor: I was shocked to read in last week’s Freeman’s Journal that the Village Board decided precipitously, without public inquiry or input, to cease a decadesold tradition, that of the noon siren. Trustee Franck calls the siren “toxic” and damaging to people’s hearing. I suggest such a claim is ridiculous and borders on the absurd. I have lived next to the siren longer that any person in this village. For over 30 years my family lived on the third floor, south, in the Sherry’s building. During the years of the old fire station, when the siren was mounted on top of the tower, I could look directly
out my bedroom window and clearly see the horns of the siren, they were less than a hundred yards from my window. For 44 years I worked in Sherry’s Restaurant which was, again, right next to the siren. Nobody lived or worked closer than I. Yet I do not wear hearing aids, my wife’s hearing is fine, those who worked for me hear just fine. A medical expression I often hear is “show me the literature.” I ask the board to show the literature which states that the hearing of residents of Cooperstown is deficient. That our hearing is worse than residents of towns that do not have Please See LETTER, A9 •F
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by landing fees. The city pays an additional $35,000 a year in town taxes to Laurens, but a county facility wouldn’t have to do that. “You can look at a community and the growth and direction it’s taking by its transportation facilities,” said Curpier. No airport is the wrong signal. With Senator Seward’s “Economic Summit” and the resulting ferment, no airport doesn’t jibe with the new reality and county aspirations. The City of Oneonta has four county reps: Gary Koutnik, Cathy Rothenberger, Linda Rowinski and Kay Stuligross, plus Rich Murphy, who lives in the part of the city that extends into the Town of Oneonta, where Ioxus is based. Keith McCarty represents the Town of Springfield, where Glimmerglass is located. John Kosmer represents Cooperstown, which benefits most from Glimmerglass’ $10 million spinoff and its also home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. That core should be more than sufficient to put the bring a county takeover of the Glimmerglass Regional Airport to center stage. A county airport is important to everyone in Otsego County. Let’s embrace it. Let’s expand it. And let’s promote it into the key part of our county’s future prosperity. This is not a problem like MOSA, where a solution ensures the status quo. This is an opportunity that will, quite simply, bring results.
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Editor’s Note: Here is an excerpt from the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the National Federation of Independent Businesses et al v. Sebelius, Secretary of Health And Human Services, et al, where Chief Justice John Roberts redefined the “individual mandate” as a tax, and therefore within Congress’ purview.
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he individual mandate, however, does not regulate existing commercial activity. It instead compels individuals to become active in commerce by purchasing a product, on the ground that their failure to do so affects interstate commerce. Construing the Commerce Clause to permit Congress to regulate individuals precisely because they are doing nothing would open a new and potentially vast domain to congressional
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authority. Upholding the Affordable Care Act under the Commerce Clause would give Congress the same license to regulate what people do not do. The Framers knew the difference between doing Chief Justice something and doing John Roberts nothing. They gave Congress the power to regulate commerce, not compel it. The most straightforward reading of the individual mandate is that it commands individuals to purchase insurance. But, for the reasons explained, the Commerce Clause does not give Congress that power. It is therefore necessary to turn to the Government’s
alternative argument: that the mandate may be upheld as within Congress’s power to ‘lay and collect Taxes.’ In pressing its taxing power argument, the Government asks the Court to view the mandate as imposing a tax on those who do not buy that product. Because ‘every reasonable construction must be resorted to, in order to save a statute from unconstitutionality,’ Hooper v. California, 155 U. S. 648, 657, the question is whether it is ‘fairly possible’ to interpret the mandate as imposing such a tax, the shared responsibility payment may for constitutional purposes be considered a tax. Neither the Affordable Care Act nor any other law attaches negative legal consequences to not buying health insurance, beyond requiring a payment to the IRS.
he Affordable Care Act’s requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness
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roper respect for a co-ordinate branch of the government” requires that we strike down an Act of Congress only if it demonstrates “the lack of constitutional authority to pass [the] act in question is clearly demonstrated.” According to the Government, even if Congress lacks the power to direct individuals to buy insurance, the only effect of the individual mandate is to raise taxes on those who do not do so, and thus the law may be upheld as a tax. The Government’s logic would justify a mandatory purchase to solve almost any problem. Everyone will likely participate in the markets for food, clothing,
transportation, shelter, or energy; that does not authorize Congress to direct them to purchase particular products in those or other markets today. The Commerce Clause is not a general license to regulate an individual from cradle to grave, simply because he will predictably engage in particular transactions. That is not the end of the matter. Because the Commerce Clause does not support the individual mandate, it is necessary to turn to the Government’s second argument: that the mandate may be upheld as within Congress’s enumerated power to “lay and collect Taxes.” The most straightforward reading of the mandate is that it commands indi-
viduals to purchase insurance … But, for the reasons explained above, the Commerce Clause does not give Congress that power. Under our precedent, it is therefore necessary to ask whether the Government’s alternative reading of the statute – that it only imposes a tax on those without insurance – is a reasonable one. The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness...
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
The period which we have, from the most pure and disinterested motives so long and so deeply deplored, has at last arrived. War against Great Britain and her dependencies, has been solemnly declared by the constituted authorities of the United States. Calculating largely on the united patriotism of the citizens of the United States, the government has taken a bold attitude. They have not been mistaken. War is declared. Duty will now impel every citizen, without distinction of party, to obey; and honor, and patriotism and love of country, for we know no country on earth but America, will soon steel every heart and nerve every arm, to support our country through her present difficulties, and bring the present war in which she is engaged, to a prosperous, honorable, and speedy issue. To do this, the war must be carried on with vigor and activity, commensurate with the expectations of the people. July 4, 1812
125 YEARS AGO
put their horses through their paces. Muggins the talking horse, answered questions put to him by Trooper Mossman, by a shake of the head and numerical questions by the pawing of his feet. July 7, 1937
50 YEARS AGO
The Blue Angels opened the Babe Ruth League season Tuesday night of last week with a 5-0 victory over the Red Devils. Former Mayor H. Gregory Lippitt threw out the first ball. Young Greggy Lippitt hurled three-hit ball for the winners and struck out 10. John Gill got all three of his team’s hits off Lippitt. Brent Nicklas struck out three, gave up two hits and four walks, and wound up the losing hurler. He was relieved by Clark Hall who went on to pitch hitless ball and strike out 10. July 4, 1962
25 YEARS AGO
175 YEARS AGO
The Committee of Arrangements for the approaching Anniversary of our National Independence in Cooperstown, have agreed upon and directed the publication of the following order of proceedings. Order of the Day: 1. Morning gun at daybreak. 2. A Federal salute at sunrise; the bells to ring during the firing. 3. The procession will be formed in front of the Eagle Tavern at 10 o’clock a.m., under the direction of Colonels Jarvis and Clark, as Marshals, assisted by Captains Babcock and Holmes. Procession: Military companies; Mozart Society; Orator & Reader; Clergy; Committee of Arrangements; Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers; Citizens & Strangers. The procession will move, under the direction of the Marshals, through the principal streets to the Baptist Church. Exercises in Church: Music; Prayer; Music; Declaration of Independence read by Col. John H. Prentiss; Music; Oration by S.S. Bowne, Esq.; Music; Benediction. In the evening there will be a splendid display of fireworks, with other appropriate manifestations of joy. Two balloons will be sent up – one during the day; the other in the evening. July 3, 1837
150 YEARS AGO
Local – Base Ball: The match game of base ball between the Olympic Club of Cooperstown and the Leather Stocking Club of Middlefield Centre, played on the County fair grounds, resulted in favor of the former. The game (9 innings) stood as follows: Olympic 39, Leather Stocking 20. July 4, 1862
July 8, 1887
100 YEARS AGO
Tuesday, Schneider Bros. Bakery celebrated its 24th anniversary of its establishment in Cooperstown. During all those years they have supplied our people with the best in home-made baked goods, and their store is more popular today than ever. Cooperstown is justly proud of its business places, and of none more than its bakery. July 3, 1912
75 YEARS AGO
Cooperstown’s grand and glorious Fourth of July celebration was held Monday with a crowd of between one and two thousand people. The celebration officially started in the morning with a parade, led by the village policemen, at 10 o’clock under the auspices of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce with C.B. Johnson as grand marshal. It was voted the best seen here in years. Following the parade and a flag-raising ceremony at Doubleday Field, the Cooperstown Fire Department and the Hartwick CCC camp teams played a game of baseball won by the firemen, 10-0 behind the three-hit pitching of Gene Willsey. A band concert at 1:30 p.m. was followed by another baseball game between the Home of Baseball team and Richfield Springs, won by the home team, 1-0. A thousand spectators at the high school witnessed a horse show given by the State Police Troop C barracks at Sidney. Wondrous and Muggins, handled by troopers William Mossman and E.J. Palombo
History of the U.S. Constitution – The Virginia Plan submitted to the Constitutional Convention on May 29, 1787, called for the creation of a two-house national Congress. In the opinion of most delegates, the second branch, the Senate, would represent the interests of the wealthy in checking the more volatile House of Representatives. To accomplish this goal, the delegates thought that Senators should have a longer term of office than Representatives. Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia argued that “the licentiousness of State Legislatures proved the necessity of a firm Senate. “If the Senate be not a firm body, the other branch…will overwhelm it. James Madison argued that the Senate as having two functions – to protect the people from abuse by other branches of government, and to protect the people from themselves. The people, Madison argued, are liable to err from fickleness and passion. July 8, 1987
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To celebrate the Fourth of July, the Leatherstocking Women’s Golf Association held a Flag Day celebration. Each golfer placed an American flag on the course when her score reached par plus her handicap. The winners were those whose flags were closest to the clubhouse. Winners were: Flight A – 1. Pattie Carrier, 2. Carol Robinson, 3. Barbara Lasher; Flight B – 1. Jean Duffy, 2. Linda Kehoe; Flight C – Nuala MacCabe, 2. Dottie Gebbia. The Cooperstown Rotary Club will provide refreshments and novelties at this year’s fireworks festivities at Lakefront Park on July 5. For sale will be hot dogs, ice cream, soda and bottled water. Profits will benefit Friends of The Parks. July 5, 2002
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Courtney McCarty, 3, Oneonta, covers her ears as a passing fire-truck siren is blown. At left is friend, Ryeley Gravelding, 5.
A Watching where they step, Hannah, Kaitlyn, MacKenzie and Kyrstyn Miller wind up Springfield Center’s famed Fourth of July parade, alerting parade watchers that more fun awaits at the Community Center at the east end of Main Street.
Ashley Miles, left, Springfield Fire Department princess, and Alisha Baker, a member of her court, ride by. Later, Ashley sang the National Anthem at ceremonies at the Community Center.
Ted Lamb (at the wheel) and Tom “Stretch” Redding Sr. drive by in the Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department’s antique pumper.
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Joan Davis’ granddaughters, Emma Whitehead of Texas, second from left, and MacKenzie, Isabel and Maddy Mouser of Ohio, sell lemonade to paradegoers.
Parade Grand Marshalls Frank VanAuken, a WWII veteran and former commissioner of the Springfield Fire Department, and Florence Brown, former town librarian, wave to the crowds.
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Financial adviser Bill Weldon, Cooperstown, demonstrates another skill: juggling.
Richfield Springs’ Rachael Domion was Uncle Sam’s daughter with her tall red, white and blue hat.
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Folksinger Dan Bern and his band perform “Ode to Baseball” on Wednesday, July 4, in the Grandstand Theater at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Tom Heitz reads the Declaration of Independence to attendees at the Old-Fashioned Independence Day at The Farmers’ Museum, which also featured patriotic music and military musters.
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CCS sophomore Eden Grigor in her 19th century garb contrasts with the bare-shouldered dress of Stephanie Perry, Mohawk.
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Lamont Study Prioritizes Street Repair KATZ/From A1 paid parking downtown might generate $250,000 a year toward closing that gap. If the county Board of Representatives agrees to share more bed-tax revenues, that could bring another $100,000. The village will aggressively seek grants through the Mohawk Valley Economic Development Commission and other sources to make up the difference, Katz said. Engineers from Lamont, including the firm’s principal, Henry Lamont, briefed village trustees Friday, June 22, on “Infrastructure Engineering & Financing Strategy,” its strategic plan for street, water and sewer work in the village. The report was touched on again briefly at the trustees’ monthly meeting June 25. Still, the 150-page report defied easy analysis, with conflicting priority lists for streets, water lines and sewerage causing Katz to ask the engineers for a one-page synopsis. On further study, he’s pointing people to Appendix Q, which combines all the data in 118 priorities, (the lowest being Chicken Farm Hill Road.) The report tries to project more than 100 years into the future, with the $917,000
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1. Beaver Street (Delaware to Chestnut) $607,300 2. Pioneer Street (Elm to Beaver) $1,246,200 3. Susquehanna Avenue (Beaver to Susquehanna River Crossing) $1,147,900 4. Walnut Street (Linden to Delaware) $600,900 5. Eagle Street (Beaver to Elm) $788,900 6. Pine Boulevard (Main to Lake) $1,133,700 7. Susquehanna (Elm to Beaver) $1,012,300 8. Chestnut Street (Walnut to village line) $383,350 9. Delaware Avenue (Elm to Beaver) $775,500 10. South Avenue (Delaware to end) $230,300
allocation recommended for Year One rising, with inflation, to $4.25 million for Year 41. Katz is looking for shorter-term guidance, and says Lamont has provided it. “I don’t regret what we did on Irish Hill 5-6 years ago,” the mayor said, “But if we had this, I think we would have seen Irish Hill wouldn’t have been in the Top 15. There’s nothing wrong with a residentdriven action, but this shows what really needs to be addressed in the next few years.” Still, Katz said, the
Lamont report won’t preclude the trustees from having to make decisions. For instance, the village is submitting a CFA – comprehensive funding application – seeking $800,000 through the Mohawk Valley commission, the state’s main funding conduit, for sidewalk repairs and beautification on a section of Main Street that are Priorities 81-83 in the Lamont report. That current Main Street effort, led by Trustee Cindy Falk, identified GIGP grants (from the Green Innovation Grant Program), aimed at reducing runoff as the most likely to address the village’s funding needs. The CFA is due to be submitted at mid-month. In addition to seeking specific funding sources, Katz said he is trying to develop “institutional contacts” that can be helpful to the village on an ongoing basis. For instance, at Katz’ invitation Sonny Greco, Governor Cuomo’s regional representative, has attended several village functions. He recalled how former Mayor Carol Waller had a long-standing friendship with state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, that bore fruit in the form of state funding at key points.
For Eagle Project, Scout Recounts Story Of His Struggle SCOUT/From A1 ering. He was introduced by Chris Trong, Burlington Flats, his father and a scout leader. On discovery his year-old son was hard of hearing, the father said, “Our goals” – those of his and wife Lynne – “were still the same. We needed to put Noah through school, get him an education, and communicate with him.” Noah began attending the Rome School for the Deaf at 13 months. “[It was] a great education for me as well as for him,” said the dad. However, in first grade Noah made the decision on his own that he was going to be mainstreamed. “On the first day in Edmeston, I thought I was going to be in the classroom the whole day, just in case. But I remember Noah saying to me, ‘It’s OK Dad, you don’t need to be here,’ and I ended up sitting in the library all day. “The next day when we came back he told me, ‘Dad, you really don’t need to be here!’ That day I went to the school to pick him up, he knew that’s where he needed to be, and he’s been there ever since.” In 2009, after years with a hearing aid, Noah received his first cochlear implant,
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in 1982. She was a member of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church, where she taught Catechism classes for many years, and she was also a member of the Native Daughters. Julia loved to garden, cook and bake and was a meticulous homemaker. She loved to travel and especially enjoyed her numerous trips, often with friends, to Europe and Spain to visit family and friends. She was
known many as “the nurse of lower Pioneer Street” because of the care and attention she gave to her neighbors and friends. A mass in her memory was celebrated Monday, July 2, at St. Mary’s, with Father John P. Rosson, pastor, and Father John R. Roos, pastor emeritus, as cocelebrants. Burial followed in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Index. Memorial contributions may be made to Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home “Resident’s Activity Fund” 48 Grove St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 or to The Cooperstown Food Bank, 25 Church St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. Arrangements were entrusted to Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown.
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Cooperstown Has Survived Siren For Decades LETTER/From A4 a daily siren. Produce the facts, not bombastic declarations. It seems that tradition is not politically correct today. However, I feel traditions make a town. They are part of the character of a town. The noon siren started when people did not usually have watches and relied on the noon siren to tell them it was time to take a break from work. It is a fine tradition and one we still rely on to give us orientation as to a midpoint in the day. It makes Cooperstown a little different, a little special, and reminiscent of a more tranquil era. Additionally, the noon siren is the same siren that alerts firefighters of a fire or car accident. I find it reassuring that once a day the siren is tested, via the noon whistle, to assure it is functional. Having a fire and finding the siren does not work could have dire consequences. Some say pagers have replaced the siren; however, as an active firefighter, I am not wedded to my pager. There are times
We Must Have Little To Be Worried About To The Editor: I read somewhere a while back that you tell how well off people are by what they complain about. My guess is the residents of Srebrenica, Homs or even Colorado Springs wouldn’t spend much time worrying about the loudness of the noon fire siren. A little perspective please! DOROTHY M. SMITH Cooperstown
when I do not wear my pager. During those times the fire siren is my means of alert. Speaking of fire sirens, can the end of that bit of tradition be far behind? If a short siren once a day is “toxic,” then what is the long, repetitive blast of our fire siren. It is only logical that if one is toxic, the other is all the more so. I believe the fire siren will be the next icon to fall, even though it guarantees the best response to emergencies. What is life and property compared to one’s precious solitude? As a side note, I read a letter supporting banning
the siren. The writer states “sounding an ear-splitting air raid siren 365 day a year...” This comment only belies the writer’s ignorance of this village. The noon siren never goes off on Sundays, omitting 52 days a year. One should know of what one speaks before putting it to ink and paper, lest one looks terribly foolish. We know we have nanny wannabees in New York City who want to tell us what to eat and how much to drink. Apparently all nannies are not confined to NYC. A. FRED LEMISTER Native Son of Cooperstown
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