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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Adjusting To Changing Norms,
EMTs Still Best Bargain Around

By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

‘Who’s the best source of information?”
“The patient.”
“The patient!”
It’s rat-a-tat-tat in the classroom at the county’s Office of Emergency Services in The Meadows.
It’s a Thursday night, and veteran EMS instructor Fred Lemister is putting his dozen EMTs-to-be through a rapid-fire drill.
You check the head. The throat. The chest. The pelvic cavity. Finally, the feet.
The refresher takes about half an hour.
Near the end, however, he reminds his students: Out at an accident scene, they will have about 90 seconds to apply the protocol he’s teaching them.
“Time is what?” asks Lemister.
“Time is tissue!” the class responds.
“Time is tissue!!” the instructor emphasizes. “We don’t waste time at the scene.”
After half an hour, they break into four teams.
Over there, Susan Lettis of Cooperstown is lying on the floor. Lori Earp of Schuyler Lake is practicing what Fred was reinforcing in the drill a few minutes ago.
George Davis of Worcester is sitting by, clipboard in hand, evaluating how Lori’s doing.
This is work. After a long day’s work for a lot of these people. And it’s just the beginning. Once certified, they will be responding to calls, day and night, 365 days a year, at a moment’s notice.
No pay, either. Only two squads in Otsego County – Oneonta’s and Cooperstown Medical Transport, West Davenport – are “professional,” as the interviewer puts it.
“We ARE a professional squad,” Eric Pierce, captain of the Cooperstown squad, bristled a bit during an interview a couple of days later. “We’re just not paid.”
So what’s the attraction?
At first, said Pierce, “it’s the hustle and bustle. The lights and sirens. Eventually, they come around to the fact they are making a big difference in the community.”
Often it must feel like paddling upstream. It’s “ebb and flow,” is how Cooperstown’s recruitment chair, Bob Satriano, put it.
In talking to these guys, though, you don’t get the sense that anyone’s discouraged.
Pierce, 31, became an EMT while at SUNY Morrisville.
He loved the feeling of belonging, of being treated like an adult even though he was still a teenager, of knowing he was doing something important.
After college, he did an EMT internship in Sherburne, then “rode” with the squad in his native West Oneonta, shifting to the Cooperstown squad eight years ago after joining Bassett Hospital, where he works in the cardiac unit.
“I’ve seen just about everything,” he said.
There are 21 certified EMTs in the Cooperstown Fire Department – the squad is a unit in the department – but only 14 are active right now.
Two are on duty, 11 p.m.-6 a.m. shifts, each night of the week.
“We function best when we have 20 EMTs,” said Fred Lemister, but the numbers alone aren’t the answer.
In times past, Fred and Alton Dunn worked for themselves. Gordon Fowler was retired. Wilson McGowan lived across the street from the fire house.
These men could respond to any emergency at any time. That’s changed. At-home wives are few these days. Employers frown on employees dashing out after an ambulance (with two major exceptions, Lemister said: The Leatherstocking Corp. and New York Central Mutual in Edmeston.)
The five Cooperstown trainees now in Fred’s class – in addition to Susan Lettis, they are Jonathan Allen, Tim Dolan, Janet Spaulding and George Woodburry – will bring the complement to 19, but there’s no guarantee they will be available during daytime either.
For the past six months, the reconstituted Fly Creek First Responders have answered all of Cooperstown’s daytime calls, all of them.
It just happened. Richie Carr, that squad’s chief, is retired. Josh Kantor owns Portabello’s, a nighttime operation. Matt Leonetti is a self-employed contractor.
In a couple of years, the dynamic could switch.
“Cooperstown is a very busy squad,” said Richie Carr. “It just sometimes becomes overwhelming. They are toned out four, five times a day. We’re very happy to help them out.”
The interrelationship is complex. All county departments are linked by mutual-aid pacts, Pierce said, and a couple of times a year local squads respond to emergencies across the state.
While Fly Creek does first responses, that squad has no ambulance, and Cooperstown does all the transport, a big ticket item.
The last ambulance Cooperstown bought cost $113,000 just for “the base vehicle,” Pierce said. Basic equipment in it costs another $40,000-$50,000.
Cooperstown has two ambulances, and that raised some eyebrows. But these days, Eric said, both are out on call at the same time at least once a week.
The squad answered 759 calls in 2008, up from 700 the year before. And this is done on a budget of $35,000 – $17,000 from the village and the rest donations, including a chunk from the Clark Foundation.
Think about it. Professional squads pay a basic EMT a $27,000 starting wage; $37,000 for a paramedic. Split the difference, multiply by 20. We’re talking $640,000 in salaries alone.
Sure, the job has its routines, but the fact that the EMTs are dealing with life and death is never far from their minds.
Of the latter, Pierce said, “you never get used to that.”
Then there was that time he rode the ambulance up Route 28-80 to where 80 veers off toward Burlington Flats.
There, in the middle of the road, was a van. Inside were dad, mom – and a crying newborn who hadn’t been able to wait to get to Bassett.
“It’s a interesting job,” said Eric Pierce with a modicum of understatement. “We laugh about it. We joke about it. We see some bad things. But we see a lot of good things.”

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INTO THE ICE BOX

Hawk Circle Gives E-Kids A Wild Time

By JEANNINE BOHLER

A quinzee is type of Native American snow shelter.
Like an igloo, it looks like a giant mound of snow rising from a frozen landscape.
Its narrow entrance hugs the ground and requires one seeking shelter to crawl on all fours.
From the outside, looking in, all that can be seen is the claustrophobic entrance and a bit of straw covering the snowy floor.
But once through, the quinzee opens. It is warm and comfortable.
Light filters through the icy roof and streams through the air holes.
It is a shelter from the cold. It would be a welcomed shelter from a storm.
Reconnecting with nature and learning to live from her bounty is the mission at Hawk Circle, the wilderness education center located between Cherry Valley and Roseboom.
Through summer camps, earth-skills training and spiritual programs, children and adults learn to rediscover the natural world.
Well off Route 166, the 200 acres of woods, meadows, trees and valleys of Hawk Circle provide the perfect spot for owners Trista Haggerty and Ricardo Sierra to share their life experiences with students.

Haggerty, a Cooperstown native, has traveled to many of the world’s ancient sacred sites, and is fascinated by the way early cultures used landscapes to create transformational experiences.
Sierra trained in survival skills with wilderness education pioneer Tom Brown.
Together, the two run Hawk Circle’s programs and live there with their three children.
Just being at Hawk Circle brings a greater connection to nature.
Haggerty’s kitchen is lined with canning jars full of fruits and preserves. A bin of onions and garlic sits just outside the door.
A trap built of twigs, baited with sumac is just off the path between the house to the barn. The wind blows, uninterrupted through the trees.
Haggerty talks of wild berries and herbal tinctures, of providing students with food produced locally. Handmade arrows stick out of a bank of snow.
Somewhere in the distance, a bird is calling.
But building shelters, finding and growing food and designing tools for outdoor survival are just a part of what students take away from time at Hawk Circle.
Their knowledge of wilderness survival really provides a metaphor for surviving they can carry throughout life – whether it be in the woods or in a board room.
“Other then just knowing how to do these things, these skills provide people with a sense of security. In a difficult economic time, with loss of income and food scares, people approach life differently when they know they can take care of themselves,” Haggerty said.
The skills Sierra teaches would have been the basics for Native Americans and others who lived centuries ago.
“They knew the trees,” he said. “They needed to have an intimate connection with nature to live. They were a producing culture, not a consuming culture.”
Hawk Circle has operated summer camps for 20 years, eight years in the Hudson Valley before relocating to Cherry Valley and expanding its offerings. Last year, thanks to scholarships distributed through the CROP program, 39 local kids had a chance to experience Hawk Circle.
Children sometimes come to Hawk Circle with their resistance high, Sierra said. They don’t want to be outside. They don’t want to be in the woods. They want to be home with their video games and TV. But after a couple of days in nature, “they love it. They don’t want to leave,” Sierra said. “And it makes sense. They feel awake and alive.”
In early cultures, producing the best work possible was integral to survival. Rushing through the making of a bow might mean the bow snapped in the middle of the hunt, leaving the family without food and facing starvation during the winter.
“It is important to do your best every time, to focus every time. You learn faster in the woods. You are motivated because you want to live. Even when kids go back to the rest of the world, this has been internalized. They will do it automatically as they get older. It’s a good employment skill. It is a good life skill.”
Haggerty and Sierra currently work with the after-school CROP program and they hope to expand their local offerings with day or weekend long courses in every thing from organic gardening and making winter teas to setting traps and creating herbal family medicine kits.
The art of quinzee building will be shared at Lakefront Park during Cooperstown’s Winter Carnival.

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This Summer, All Roads Will Lead To ‘America’s Rome’ At Fenimore

After 20-Year Gestation, D’Ambrosio
Idea For Exhibit Comes To Life

By JIM KEVLIN

Rome was a republic that became an empire that collapsed from its own excesses.
Sound familiar?
It should – or it will, according to Paul D’Ambrosio, The Fenimore Art Museum’s vice president and chief curator.
Thus, “America’s Rome,” the centerpiece of this summer’s offerings at The Fenimore, should provide “a major historical lesson,” he said. The season’s major exhibit, it will open Memorial Day weekend.
D’Ambrosio was a doctoral student in the 1980s at Boston University when William Vance, one of his professors, published “America’s Rome,” a two-volume exploration of the Eternal City’s influence on American art, literature and culture.
(The Association of American Publishers recognized it as the Most Outstanding Book in the Arts, Literature and Language category for 1989.)
At the time, the future curator thought “America’s Rome” would be a great theme for an exhibition.
And he has assembled 100 canvasses – the centerpiece will be Sanford Gifford’s “Tivoli,” to be loaned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art – including works by such Hudson School artists as Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt and George Innes.
Living in a country where virgin forest was still the rule, “they wanted a landscape that had historical associations,” said D’Ambrosio. “Ruins sparked the imagination.”
There’s a James Fenimore Cooper component – the Cooperstown novelist was one of the first Americans to take The Grand Tour, a multi-year pilgrimage through Europe.
Additionally, a number of museum’s Browere busts – based on lifemasks of 19th century American notables – that have been undergoing preservation in the past year will be back, echoing as they do Roman motifs popular in the early United States.
While “America’s Rome” is the centerpiece, The Fenimore is offering its usual range of exhibit, including four that will open April 1:
• New acquisitions in the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, including a ceramic storyteller by Helen Cordero, a noted potter from New Mexico.
• “American Treasures,” featuring “a lot of old friends” in The Fenimore collection that haven’t been seen for a while, including Benjamin West’s “Robert Fulton,” Frederic Remington’s “When His Heart Is Bad,” and one of Ralph Fasanella’s “bold, colorful” canvases.
• “Our Stories Made Visible,” the seventh Contemporary Iroquois Art Biennial, that will feature two Native American women artists.
• Recent photo acquisitions, including images by local photographers Milo V. Stewart Sr. of Cooperstown and Richard Walker of Schenevus.
Additionally, “Wild Times: A New York Animal Road Trip” – artifacts, images and taxidermy – will replace “Ice Cream: Our Cool Obsession,” which has occupied the main exhibition space at The Farmers’ Museum for the past two seasons.
Rounding out the 2009 season – and building on the successful Ansel Adams’ exhibit of 2008 – will be a traveling exhibit of Walker Evans’ photographs.
For his part, Professor Vance, who will be lecturing at The Fenimore during the exhibit, said his introduction to Rome came through his oldest brother, who was with the U.S. Fifth Army when it “conquered” the city in 1944 during World War II.
In fact, an account of that invasion concludes Vance’s second volume.
“Rome had become my favorite foreign city,” he said in an interview from Boston, where he is now retired, “as it was to other Americans who loved it, wrote about it and lived there for years.”
At first, Vance was interested in Henry James and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s stays in the Italian capital. But his interest expanded to other others, and painters, and political thinkers.
“You learn a lot of about America by seeing the way it compared itself with the history of Rome,” he continued.
Yes, both were republics, but the U.S. “wanted to be more free. It wanted to be more democratic ... In the end, it was competitive, to be as great and more powerful than Rome had been.”

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Field Full For Village Balloting

Veteran, 3 Newcomers Run For 2 Trustee Seats

COOPERSTOWN

Both parties have fielded a full slate – two Republicans and two Democrats – to run for two three-year terms for village trustees in the March 18 local elections.
The one incumbent is Democrat Milo V. Stewart Jr., the official photographer at the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, who is seeking a third term. The three newcomers are:
• Democrat Richard Abbate, retired chief investigator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in New York City, who also ran an Italian restaurant on Staten Island for 10 years. He moved to Cooperstown in 2002.
• Republican Willis Monie Jr., who was raised in Cooperstown, attended RPI, and returned home eight years ago to raise his family. He is a partner with his father in Willis Monie Books on Main Street.
• Republican Joseph Booan, principal at the Milford BOCES, who also grew up in Cooperstown, going to school with Stewart. After Springfield Collge and a master’s at SUNY Albany, he was a school psychologist and then administrator, returning home and joining BOCES 11 years ago.
All the candidates have children in Cooperstown schools.
In addition to Steart’s, the second seat being contested is now held by Democrat Grace Kull, who is retiring.
The Republicans, with village GOP chairman Bill Waller presiding, caucused Friday, Jan. 23 in village hall. Booan was at a conference in Washington, D.C., returning that Sunday, but Monie noted he is both a merchant and a parent: “I see things from each side.”
The Democrats, with Democratic chair Rich Campbell presiding, met that Monday.

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BOB LETTIS’ TALES OF COOPERSTOWN: TARZAN

Local Loincloth

When I was a boy of 8 or 9, I was a great fan of the Tarzan movies.
Johnny Wiesmuller, an Olympian, was the famous Tarzan that we all remember, along with his almost as famous mate, Jane (Teresa Wright).
Another Tarzan, though somewhat less famous, was Buster Crab, who always appeared more athletic than Wiesmuller. He was constantly showing his bulging muscles, while Weismuller’s forte was his swimming ability.
Johnny Wiesmuller wore a loin cloth that appeared to be made from deer hide (black and white films did not always indicate correct colors), where as Buster Crab’s was clearly made of leopard skin.
One day after seeing a Buster Crab Tarzan movie, I went home and made myself a leopard skin loin cloth.
From a piece of cloth that I found in my mother’s sewing basket, I cut out my version of what I thought a loin cloth should be. With crayons, I proceeded to color it with black spots on a yellow background.
When I tried it on, I had to use safety pins to hold it together at the sides so it would stay on my rather scrawny 9-year-old frame.
In back of our house at 55 Susquehanna Ave. and between Pioneer Street was a vacant lot with several large pine trees. (They are still there to this day).
One, behind 42 Beaver St., was one that I climbed on most of the time). The lower branches of one were such that I was able to reach them from the ground.
Wearing nothing but my homemade loin cloth, I became Tarzan: yelling like Tarzan, scrambling from branch to branch like Tarzan and imagining that I was in deepest Africa among elephants and apes.
As far as I know, no one saw me or, if they did, they never mentioned it.
There were no houses then on that part of Beaver Street, between Pioneer and Susquehanna.
The St. Christina School across the street used the field for a large vegetable garden. (This school was located in the building now called Bassett Hall).
It was an ideal spot in which kids could play because there were few adults to tell them to get off their property. I spent many hours in that pine tree pretending to be Tarzan of the Apes.
NEXT WEEK: Dinner for Two

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Cooperstown and Around

WHAT A WEEK: U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-20th, who represents eastern Otsego County in Congress, was named to the U.S. Senate, replacing Hillary Clinton, the new Secretary of State. Republicans have nominated Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco to replace her; Democratic county chairs meet this weekend to decide.

DWI CHECKPOINTS: Don’t have too much fun this Super Bowl Weekend: A STOP-DWI crackdown is planned statewide through Monday, Feb. 2. The Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers kick off at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, in Tampa.

Z-MUSSEL FIGHTER: Thomas Horvath, director, SUNY Oneonta Environmental Sciences Program, will brief the village’s Zebra Mussel Control Committee at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, on how to combat the threat.

2008 TALLY: The Otsego County Land Trust released its final tally for the year: 699 additional acres were protected, a 40 percent overall increase in two years.

SINGERS SOUGHT: Singers are being recruited for the Easter cantata, “At the Ninth Hour,” planned Palm Sunday, April 5. The first rehearsal is 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at Cherry Valley Methodist Church. Information, call Irene Fassett at 264-3795.

TOOTH CHECK: Sign up for Give Kids a Smile Day
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at Northern Catskill Dental Associates. One free procedure per child. Call 547-2313.

SUNY VIP: Carl Hayden, who chairs the SUNY board of trustees, will keynote a breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Oneonta Holiday Inn. Reservations, 432-4500.

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Obituaries

Harold A. Brazie, 80; Star Athlete

SOUTH VALLEY – Harold L. Brazie passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at the Otsego Manor.
He was born Oct. 6, 1927 in Cooperstown, the son of Louis and Lottie VanDerwerker- Brazie. He married Ruth Schnakenberg on Sept. 18, 1955.
He was a Cherry Valley Central School 1946 graduate and football star running back, earning a football scholarship to Cambridge. His employment included Breezy Acres Dairy Farm, Breezy Acres Kennels raising Hunting Cocker Spaniels, Breezy Acres Snowmobiles as a Polaris Dealer, Huntington Construction and Loft Construction as a Telephone Co-large equipment operator. He was a member of the Blue Tone Trio Band as a Square Dance Caller and the Farmers Protective Association. He served as an Otsego County Representative and Roseboom Town Constable.
Harold loved his horses, his parade horse Rocky, his dogs and his Harley Davidson.
Harold will be remembered for calling square dances, riding his Harley, coaching little league, being the “Oumpire,” running his dozer, hunting the “Home Woods,” playing sports with his boys and most of all for his big smile and kind heart.
Survivors include his three sons, Randy Brazie of Dallas, Texas, Rodney Brazie of South Valley, Robbie Brazie of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho and three grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his wife Ruth Brazie on Oct. 30, 1999, a son Ricky Brazie and a sister Irene Weaver.
Funeral services were held on Monday, Jan. 26, at the First Christian Church, South Valley with the Rev. Terry Brant officiating. Spring burial will be in the South Valley Cemetery.
Calling hours were held on Sunday, Jan. 25 at the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.
Contributions in Harold’s memory may be made to the First Christian Church, South Valley or the South Valley Women’s Club.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home.

John Piscopo, 35; Musician

COOPERSTOWN – John Richard Piscopo, a native of Staten Island and a gifted carpenter and musician, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. A resident of Cooperstown, he was 35.
He was born Dec. 28, 1973, in New Dorp on Staten Island, a son of James Joseph Piscopo, Sr. and Anne Gorman-Piscopo.
In 1983, John and his family moved to Cooperstown, where he attended Cooperstown Central School and graduated with the Class of 1991. Pursuing his love of art, he attended Tyler Institute of Art in Philadelphia and the New York Institute of Technology.
He returned to Cooperstown, working as a carpenter and furniture refinisher for Toad Hall, Gary Foster Furniture and others.
John played guitar and drums in several local bands. He practiced yoga and enjoyed riding his new Harley-Davidson.
John is survived by his mother, Mrs. Anne Piscopo of Cooperstown; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Dolores M. Gorman of Long Island; one brother, James Joseph Piscopo, Jr., and his wife, Arleg, of Staten Island; one nephew, James Anthony Piscopo; many aunts and uncles, including Theresa and Edward Arata of Long Island, Regina and Joseph Zagari of Staten Island, Monica and Thomas Baio of New Jersey, Lori Gorman of Long Island, John Gorman of New Jersey, Edward Gorman of New Jersey, Louise and George Valentine of New Jersey, Marie Mauro of Cooperstown, Vincent Martori of Staten Island, Louis and Irene Piscopo of New Jersey, and Charles and Josephine Piscopo of Staten Island; one great uncle, The Very Reverend Lawrence E. Lover of Brooklyn; and many cousins.
In addition to several aunts and uncles, John was predeceased by his father, James Joseph Piscopo, Sr., who died April 20, 1992.
The funeral mass was Wednesday, Jan. 28, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church, with Fr. John P. Rosson, pastor, presiding.
The Service of Committal and Burial will take place later this spring in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Index, where John will be laid to rest near his father.
Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Patricia A. Kolbert, 87; Lived In Cherry Valley

SARANAC – Patricia A. Kolbert, 87, passed away calmly at the home of her daughter and son-in-law on Friday, Jan. 16, 2009.
She was born in Montclair, N.J., to Prosper & Edna (Zimber) Travis. Most of her life was spent with her family in New Jersey and in Cherry Valley.
She was predeceased by her husband Clement G. Kolbert, and two sons, Rodney and Gerard Kolbert. Patricia is survived by her daughter Aurora and husband Fred Kitterle; grandson Jason, her great-grandson Kolby; granddaughter Vanessa and a grandson Jesse, who was Rodney’s son.

Zita Butler, 67

SOUTH EDMESTON – Zita M. Butler, 67, of South Edmeston, passed away suddenly on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. She had the comfort of her family at her side.
Survivors include her children: Richard Nicklaw, Russell Nicklaw and John Nicklaw and their wives and families, Colleen Hess, John Butler, Joseph Butler, David Butler and Trudy Schorer and their families. Many grandchildren, great grandchildren, sisters and relatives from Vermont and Georgia.
She was predeceased by her husband John Butler in November 2007.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.

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Oral Art

SAM GOODYEAR

ART BEAT

That grabbed your attention, didn’t it.
There will be an exhibition of artwork centered on teeth on Saturday, May 30, 2009. It will be part of the first ever TOOTH (Transforming Otsego’s Oral Treatment and Health) Fair, conceived and implemented by Opportunities for Otsego, Inc.
What is this all about?
Liane Hirabayashi and Dawn Helstrom of OFO have come up with a creative and enjoyable approach to oral health. They may be the first people in history to eradicate tooth decay and the dread of going to the dentist simultaneously.
Foothills Performing Arts Center will be the venue for the daylong event, which will feature games, raffle prizes, free dental examinations, two performances of the new musical “A (Tooth) Fairy Tale” by Ben H. Winters and Rick Hip-Flores, and tons of information about oral health. It promises to be a day of smiles and magic for kids and families.
You are wondering why this is being promoted four months ahead of time. Yes, you are. Here’s why:
When the ARCs of Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Counties produced “Circus in the Wind” last summer, there was a poster contest that resulted in a huge collection of stunning artwork, much of which was used for a 2009 Calendar so that the artists as well as the ARCs would get their fair share of well-deserved acclaim.
Similarly, the organizers of the TOOTH Fair are looking for a piece of art to be used as a poster for this celebration of dental happiness and invite children in pre-K and elementary school to submit an original creation- drawing, painting, collage, etc.- for consideration.
The winning submission will be splashed around the region far and wide, and the family of the artist will receive complimentary tickets to a performance of the musical production. In addition, in recognition of enthusiasm, effort and civic-mindedness, all artwork will be displayed at Foothills the day of the event.
And now the reason for this seemingly premature promotion:

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 23rd
Send to
TOOTH Fair Poster Contest
Opportunities for Otsego
3 West Broadway, Oneonta, NY 13820
Send child’s name, age, address and telephone number on a separate piece of paper.
Questions? (607) 433 8064

Now rinse and smile.

Sam Goodyear’s column on the arts in Otsego and Delaware counties appears weekly.

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WEEKEND’S BEST BETS

Call him Cooperstown Clyde? All day (7:40 a.m.-8 p.m.) Monday, Feb. 2, Oscar the Groundhog will be at TJ’s Restaurant, 124 Main St. Storyteller Claire Beetlestone will also be there telling the Celtic history of Groundhog Day from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free balloons for children, have your photo taken with Oscar. Full menu plus featured turkey with all the trimmings completed with Woodchuck hole cake. Top hats and fur attire optional. 547-4040 for information.

CELEBRATE BASEBALL: Saturday night spend some money at the “Hometown Baseball Celebration” to benefit Cooperstown Youth Baseball projects. Begins with a silent auction featuring tickets and memberships to area attractions and a “Goose” Gossage autographed bat. Followed by a concert with “Jim and Bo.” 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Hoffman Lane Bistro. Call 547-9259 for information.

SINGING DENTIST: Go see the “Dentist Unplugged” by Dr. Paul Weber featuring classic rock at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30. Free to all, donations accepted at the door to benefit the Cooperstown Leo Club NYC trip. Sterling Auditorium, Cooperstown Middle/High School.

MOVIE FEVER: “Marie Antoinette” is the movie to see at the Fenimore Art Museum at 7 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 30. There will be a book raffle, and as with all of the Cabin Fever Movies admission is free.

FUN FOR KIDS: “Catch Me If You Can,” a virtual vacation program that explores how some of nature’s most amazing creatures protect themselves will be available for children age 5 to 8 from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Fenimore Art Museum. $15 per child (non-members)/$12 per child for members of NYSHA. Reservations required, call 547-1414.

BENEFIT PANCAKES: Feed your hunger at the Hartwick Fire Deptment Company #1 pancake breakfast from 8-11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1. All proceeds to benefit Jesse Torruella. Adults $7, Children $4, all you can eat. Village of Hartwick. Call 293-7530 for information.

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Bound Volumes

175 YEARS AGO

Two suicides have been committed in this county within the last fortnight – one, a Mr. Davis of Milford, by cutting his throat with a knife; and the other, Mrs. Susan Fowlston, aged 37 years, wife of Mr. George Fowlston of New Lisbon, by hanging herself with a skein of yarn. Both cases are said to have arisen from a depression of spirits.

Another batch of Lawyers has been sent forth to prey upon the bad passions of mankind. At the present Term of the Supreme Court, 20 persons were admitted as counselors and 18 licensed as attorneys.
February 3, 1834

150 YEARS AGO

Valuable Real Estate for Sale – we call attention to an advertisement in another column offering for sale at auction, at Richfield Springs, on March 5 next by Jas. Hyde, Referee, the valuable and well-known Field Farm situated in the Town of Springfield. It is one of the most valuable farms in that town – the hops grown upon it, one year, having been sold for about $7,000. It will be sold under the foreclosure of a mortgage given a few years since to one of the Banks in this village (Cooperstown) and the title will be unquestionable. A like opportunity to purchase a farm of this description does not often occur.
January 28, 1859

125 YEARS AGO

The Rivals Concert Company gave the finest concert of the season on January 22. Mlle. Zelie De Lussan sang delightfully, and was enthusiastically recalled. Her voice is flexible, rich and full. In her song of Rossini’s and duet with Mr. Lee, she showed her remarkable facility of execution. Her fine expression and pleasing appearance contribute largely to the popularity of the company. Miss Jennie Dickerson is an admirable contralto, with a voice of great purity and compass. Her selections were received with great pleasure and heartily encored.
January 26, 1884

100 YEARS AGO

The license proposition, which is to be voted upon at the coming town meeting, is now one of the chief topics of conversation in Cooperstown. The fact that there are 16 places in Cooperstown where liquor can be bought in one form or another, grates upon the sensibilities of some of our good people, whose protest against it found expression in a petition containing 160 names, asking that the license question be submitted to the voters. The business men of the village took the matter up eight years ago, when the liquor interests won by big majorities, and those who signed were boycotted. The present agitation is largely due to the misconduct of some of the saloons that have been rather offensive to decency, and the number of “drunks” that are seen on our streets.
January 28, 1909

75 YEARS AGO

A veritable shrine of the latest achievements in radio is the new headquarters of the National Broadcasting Company recently occupied in Radio City in New York. The offices and studios occupy some nine acres of floor space in the newly completed 70-story RCA building, central structure of Rockefeller Center, and the largest office building in the world. The new broadcasting home is not only much larger and more complete than the old headquarters on Fifth Avenue, but is also a work of art in keeping with the atmosphere of its ultra-modern surroundings. Telephone equipment plays a particularly vital role. Telephone wires link approximately 700 telephones in the NBC private exchange with numerous outside connections and hundreds of microphone outlets and loudspeakers on the premises. Thousands of miles of Bell System long distance circuits also enable NBC to make its nationwide hookups.
January 31, 1934

50 YEARS AGO

Otsego County’s winter-long drought came to an abrupt end last Wednesday when nearly two inches of rain cascaded down on the landscape and temperatures soared to a high of 58 degrees in Cooperstown, combining with the rain to wash away all but two inches of a 12-inch blanket of snow. The storm sent streams over their banks and rivers of water down streets and highways. In Cooperstown, Willow Brook went on a rampage and Cooperstown firemen, village crew members and county highway workers spent the night trying to contain it. Ice jams developing at several points along Willow Brook caused overflows west of the Chestnut Street culvert, at Doubleday Field and south of Main Street near the National Commercial Bank Building. A number of Main Street store cellars were flooded.
January 28, 1959

25 YEARS AGO

Where Nature Smiles. Jerry and Dufie Bushnell of Walnut Street have returned from a three week trip to China with a student group from Hartwick College. While there they visited seven cities, toured the countryside and naturally saw the Great Wall. On the whole, Jerry says they found the experience both educational and enjoyable – and not quite what they expected. En route they were also able to spend time in Tokyo and Hong Kong, while at the same time, managing to miss the bitter cold weather here.
February 1, 1984

10 YEARS AGO

The Cooper Inn is in the midst of a substantial project to beautify the grounds, improve fire safety and renovate its 20 guest rooms. Old and diseased trees are being trimmed and soon will disappear as new flower gardens and healthy trees are planted. An extensive landscaping plan is designed to provide a more park-like atmosphere surrounding the historic inn and to allow the stately brick building to be seen more clearly from the street and expansive lawn.
January 29, 1999

Bound Volumes is compiled from resources provided courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library. Tom Heitz is the Town of Otsego historian.

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About Those Shredded, Torn, Burnished Jeans

MICHAEL WHALING

THE PARTIAL OBSERVER

Dear Reader,
Now that the annual middleclass roosting and consumption festival is over, I feel the need to get right into a class warfare rant. Subject: Strategically shredded, torn and burnished dungarees, widely marketed, sold as new without the stigma of low price.
Curious and troubling that the purchasers include people who received a specialized college education so they could avoid the kind of work that would give their jeans the look they just paid $175 to get. Since form follows function, how is it that a mutual fund manager thinks he can pull off sporting a pair of torn Levi 501s?
We have all known people with too much money and not enough to do, but now, with this ripped and shredded dungaree costuming, we have quantifiable proof of their guilt – and confusion. One high-end retailer offers jeans with a choice of four different “washes,” presumably so the buyer has some control over which tradesperson they would like to impersonate.
Somehow in this fakery, there is a sharp disrespect for those who earn their living through labor and this dressing down while moving up nonsense represents a duality that might be interesting for social scientists and psychiatrists to explore. Pulling up the number for total spending on shredded clothing for this past year just may indicate a serious societal obsession with: Who am I? Who do I want to be? And How do I look?
Looking ahead to where this is going, we may see the new Porsche 911s beaten with rusty anchor chain from the North Sea for a slight premium, or a Ferrari Fiorano with bullet holes and a bent Afghan license plate.
The real entertainment in this twisted, threadbare foolishness would be from interviews with those who do the shredding, grinding and tearing. The majority of this stuff is imported and the opinion the producers have of the Americans who wear these clothes is sure to be colorful and viciously accurate.
A note of caution and a dare to the faithful purchasers of phony work clothes: The next time you feel like having an “Outward Bound Experience,” put on your strategically tattered jeans and $300 loafers, then go hang out on a lobster boat dock in Stonington, Maine. Know that the water is always cold in Maine and be sure to wear your best-distressed life preserver.
As a stonemason, I go through about three pair of Levis a year and what’s left of them can be purchased from me. I will entertain offers in the $200+ range.
MICHAEL WHALING
Sharon Springs

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Letters to the Editor

Change We CAN Believe In?

Not to be churlish about it, but Kirsten Gillibrand has been invisible in Otsego County in the 25 months she’s served in Congress from the 20th District.
Sure, we understand the arithmetic of it. The vast bulk of her constituents are not in Middlefield, Roseboom and Cherry Valley, but in the populous Hudson Valley section.
Gerrymandering is the culprit, but does gerrymandering require that eastern Otsego County be disenfranchised?
By contrast, U.S. Rep. Mike Arcuri, D-24, is very visible, marching in parades, talking to civic groups and dropping off checks.
As the 20th congressperson heads to the U.S. Senate, we can truly say, “Kirstie, we hardly knew ye.”
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Which brings us to the vacancy in the 20th.
Governor Paterson will be calling a special election – good idea, given the Blago Eruption in Illinois – and Democratic chairs in the 10-county district are meeting this weekend in Saratoga Springs to nominate a candidate.
Meanwhile, the Republican county chairs jumped in, picking Jim Tedisco, the GOP leader in the General Assembly, as their choice to run for the Gillibrand spot.
Tedisco is something of a GOP attack dog, but he’s an energetic advocate with roots deep in Upstate and an understanding of the lever of powers in Albany.
With Otsego County’s predominantly Republican registration and its GOP-dominated delegation – state Sen. Jim Seward, as well as Assemblymen Pete Lopez and Marc Butler – it’s likely Tedisco would be a much more attentive congressman for Otsego County than one of the 22 Democrats clamoring for their party’s nod.
With Gillibrand in Congress, Otsego County’s delegation has been the sound of one hand clapping.
How much better would it be to be fully represented by two U.S. .reps who are engaged in Upstate life and focused on issues that would benefit our fair county?
Better times – and representation – may be a-comin’.

Trustees Can Do Financial Planning

To the Editor:
Dear Eric and Neil:
I read with interest your letter to the editor published Friday, Jan. 16.  I wanted to state that I do not support formation of another committee devoted to long range financial planning.
Trustees now work with 18+ standing committees which hold regular monthly meetings, and three of these committees focus on stewardship and financial planning for the Village of Cooperstown. 
The Finance and Personnel Committee is composed entirely of trustees, but community members sit on both the Reserve Fund and the Planning Committee. 
If more of a background in municipal finance is required than either of you possess, I suggest that you investigate adding members to these two standing committees.
As to your open-ended question of who is to implement the financial-planning work?  As Harry Truman said “The buck stops here.” 
Both of you stressed your financial expertise when you spoke during Candidates’ Night, and I do not think it is unrealistic to expect you to expend every effort necessary to ensure the long range fiscal health of the Village.
MARY MARGARET KUHN
Coopertown

Editor’s Note: The letter references was from Village Trustees Eric Hage and Neil Weiller.

For Barbering, Try Dan’s

To the Editor:
Having read the front-page spread , pictures and all, relating to the opening of Reid’s Barber Shop in Fly Creek, I couldn’t help but bring focus to the fact that Dan’s Barber Shop (Richfield Springs) has also recently joined these ranks and, I might add, with terrific reviews!
I can attest to this personally.
In all candor, I have grave reservations in submitting myself to the expertise of any barber with whom I have had no experience. But upon hearing the feedback regarding Dan’s, I eventually overcame my timidity and took the chance.
I’m very happy to say I’ve never regretted that decision. And when it comes to haircuts, I must admit I’m not an easy case to please.
Ironically, with respect to Dan Buddle, the man with the scissors in this operation, if you will, there are outstanding and ironic similarities to the barber in Fly Creek.
Dan also is a college graduate, and had run his own business for several years before deciding upon enrollment in the Milford BOCES program. His family has lived in Cooperstown throughout several generations.
Not to demean the quality of Reid’s in any way, but I’m certain your readers might also investigate Dan’s as well. Of course, this letter can’t even approach the front-page publicity rendered to Reid’s. Nevertheless, knowing the quality of Dan’s operation, I felt it only fair. Actually, Dan might not appreciate a letter such as this since the word has gotten out and the dependable quality of a haircut at Dan’s is now a well-known commodity.
I’ve been there when some walk-ins, upon entering, see the wait and quickly do an about-face, announcing they will return later in the day. That’s always to be expected when one is as good as Dan.
KEN KAVANAGH
Cooperstown

Fond Memories Recalled

To the Editor:
I wish to thank you and The Freeman’s Journal and also Jeannine Bohler for the fine article you did about Mount Otsego.
I had many contributors, who were very much a part of the area over the years it was open and are all friends of mine, and I thank all of them for their help in doing this project, it could not have been done without them.
The late Frederick S. Doolittle, National Ski Patrol section chief and National Ski Patroller, Harry Peplinski, National Ski Patrol member, Ted Lamb, Dick Hanson, Barbara Harrison Mulhern, Steve Sywetz. I interviewed all of them. I also used previous Freeman’s Journal articles and also “The History of Cooperstown,” borrowed from my good friend Ed Badgely.
I hope that everyone enjoyed reading the article. I tried very hard to make it as accurate as possible.
GEORGE M. EHRMANN
Richfield Springs

Editor’s Note: Ehrmann, retired pharmacist, is National Ski Patrol member #3574, first-aid Instructor and patrol leader for two terms, Cooperstown Ski Patrol and Mount Otsego

Mount Otsego’s Charm Lives On 42 Miles North

To the Editor:
I enjoyed reading last week’s sections devoted to the history of our beloved Mount Otsego Ski Area.
As a member of the last generation of Mount Otsego brats, I vividly remember all the special moments and stories of the time.
I, too, mourn the loss of Mount Otsego. However, I have taken my family beyond the boundaries of our town north to Fulton County, the Gateway of the Adirondacks.
There we have discovered a new Otsego: modern, yet with all the quirks and rustic charm of that revered mountain in Pierstown.
Just 42 miles north of our village stands Royal Mountain with state-of-the-art snow making, a brand new groomer, three chair lifts and a lodge with picnic tables, wood floors and coal-burning stoves.
I have successfully taught both of my children alpine skiing on the bunny slope with its constant grade and comfortable chair. There are no rope tows to break your back or impede the training process not to mention leaving that tell-tale black stain across your mid-section.
Now 4 and 9 years old, they have conquered the big mountain, delighting in a wide selection of slopes ranging from the tranquil green circle to the ever challenging black diamond, all fully groomed and covered with pure “rondack” snow.
While Mount Otsego had its Natty Bumppo and Dick’s Trick, we now enjoy Royal’s Captain Jack and somewhat frightening Doc’s Drop.
While many of my parent’s generation still long for the remembrances of skiing Mount Otsego, I urge them to lace up their boots, strap on their skies and hit the slopes of Royal Mountain with all its charm and Adirondack hospitality.
Simply follow Route 80 to its end in Nelliston and make a slight left at the light onto Hickory Hill Road (not onto Route 5.) Follow Hickory Hill Road 3.3 Miles until the intersection of Route 10. Turn left (north) on Route 10 for 11.6 miles and Royal Mountain will be on the left.
For those wishing for some après ski activity reminiscent of the Hickory Grove, I would suggest a stop at Villa Isidoro on Route 20 between Springfield and Richfield Springs – the entrees and pizzas are very good.
For more information on this family-friendly mountain visit www.royalmountain.com.
Enjoy the slopes!
“LITTLE BILLY” MICHAELS
Fly Creek

One May Smile...

To the Editor:
“No regrets” for his eight years in office, George W. Bush told reporters as he departed D.C. NO REGRETS!
The dispassionate remark seems typical of the man who campaigned as a “compassionate conservative.”
Part of the “legacy” Bush leaves includes many U.S. families that have lost sons and daughters, and have many more with life-altering injuries.
Surely there is cause for regret since Bush instigated the war that resulted in those deaths and injuries.
And what of Iraq, the war-torn land? No regret for the hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries there?
Bush was commended for his gracious easing of the transition of the presidency. He has also been as pleasant in personal talks.
But one is tempted to recall Shakespeare’s line in “Hamlet”: “One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.”
WILLIAM F. ROBERTS
Otego

Trustees Candidate Monie Introduces Self To Voters

To the Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to announce my candidacy for Village Trustee here in Cooperstown.
Many of you already know me, but for those of you that don’t, my name is Willis Monie Jr. I moved to the area when I was in first grade and graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1986.
I then went to college at RPI in Troy, and graduated in 1990 with a degree in Mathematics of Operations Research. 
I have now chosen Cooperstown to raise my family in and have been living here for the last eight years.
I have been active in the community and school organizations as well as seven years of coaching Cooperstown softball players at various levels between the Cooperstown Youth program and the Varsity High School team. I am also a merchant on Main Street here in town, running Willis Monie Books with my father.
My goal is to see Cooperstown thrive, and to become the place that people want to make and call their home.
I feel with my background as a family man, a resident of the area for over 25 years, and a merchant, that I offer a balanced perspective on the problems that face this town, and a work ethic to help find solutions for them.
I am very accessible around town and I have already had a great deal of feedback from village residents. I look forward to hearing from others and encourage others to discuss their beliefs with me about the issues that concern them.
With your help I look forward to making Cooperstown the best that it can be. I hope you will consider me on March 18 to be village trustee of this wonderful and unique community.
WILLIS MONIE JR.
Cooperstown

Many Helped Caberet Night Become Revered Happening

To the Editor:
At the Friends of CCS Music & Art’s 16th annual Cabaret Night, I had the pleasure of meeting JoAnn Launt, a founding member of FOMA who attended the festivities she helped originate in 1994. She was thrilled to see the tradition going strong.
Not only is Cabaret Night an important fund-raiser for FOMA’s summer scholarships, but a well-loved community event. Thank you to the many individuals, businesses and organizations whose contributions made the evening a great success.
Temperatures rose above freezing outside and a crowd of more than 300 filled the cafeteria, transformed by student artwork, to enjoy dinner and music. We welcomed back seasoned musicians from the community and were wowed by the talent of the students who performed.
This year’s cabaret featured:
Joey Katz, Tim Iverson, Jack Siegel, Julien Miller, Caley Skye-Shrewsberry, Michael Toulson, Connor Adsit, Amy Bishop, Emily Snell, Virginia Ofer, Kurt Ofer, Evan Jagels, the Middle School Jazz Band, the High School Jazz Band, Henry Bauer, Michael Bauer, Keegan Bass, Rob Schultz, Kyle Hohensee, George Landon, Taylor Bayes, Abby Wilcox, Toby Wilcox, Quinn Bernegger, Chelsea Moakler, Desmond Brown, Ah Coopella, Julia Robinson, Weston Honicker, Jacob Fenno, Small Town Big Band, Tom Craig, Julia Nelson, Harmonia, Georgia Hren-Saphier, Anna Webber, Sal Salvaggio, and Cheese of the Misty Ceremony’s Karl Loewenguth, Ben Resnick, Kyle Hohensee, Tim Fallor and Brendon Hall, who were joined by Rob Schultz and Nick Summer.
FOMA is a booster club for the arts in education at CCS and we appreciate all the assistance of the music and fine arts staff. Sal Salvaggio and Peter Daum encouraged and prepared their student performers, and orchestrated the staging. The cafeteria was decorated with artwork of Kristen Karasek and Eileen Murphy’s students.
Thanks to FOMA Vice President Holly Hren for setting the stage with her wonderful painted backdrop; to our rookie emcee David Peplinski, and to Mark LaValley who once again provided sound equipment and to Patty Murphy for creating a raffle display. Thanks to the many volunteers who baked desserts and worked in the kitchen, and to National Honor Society volunteers.
We had a wonderful raffle of the many door prizes donated by: Alex & Ika Restaurant, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Cooperstown Concert Series, Cooperstown Natural Foods, Doubleday Café, Ellsworth & Sill, Fit To Be Tied Yoga Studio, Foothills Performing ArtsCenter, Glimmerglass Opera, Hoffman Lane Bistro, Krazy Tom’s Floor Store, Liberty Market Gourmet Desserts, Mohican Flowers, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, New York State Historical Association, Mary Nolan, On Queue Performing Artists, Portabello’s Restaurant, Quirky Works Studio, Janet Rigby, Mikal Skye-Shrewsberry, and Smithy-Pioneer Gallery.
Area businesses provided essential support: BJ’s Wholesale Club, Cooperstown General Store, Fly Creek Cider Mill, Great American, Hannafords, Hoffman Lane Bistro, P&C, Price Chopper, The MB Group, Stewart’s Shops and Walmart.
Our volunteers who meet monthly and made it all happen include: Michael Bauer, Teresa Drerup, Roberta Hohensee, Holly Hren, Tom Lieber, Sandy Peevers, Janet Rigby, Dina Sams and John Saphier. Thanks for all your work.
Of course a special thanks to all who attended a delightful evening of music, food and fun!
ANNIE STEWART
Friends of Music & Art
Cooperstown

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Drop A Check In The Mail. Push United Way Drive Over The Top

It’s hard not to feel a little helpless in the face of the economic forces battening us about.
So doesn’t it feel particularly good to be able to do something that makes a positive difference?
Officially, the United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties ends its annual fund drive Friday, Jan. 30, just as many of you are picking up this newspaper.
At the beginning of the week, the drive was still $20,000 short of the $363,000 mark it achieved last year.
Think about it: There are 62,583 people in Otsego County, 46,977 in Delaware, according to the latest Census estimates.
That’s 109,560 total. If everyone sent in a last-minute check to United Way, that’s only 18 cents a person to push the drive ahead of last year’s tally.
If you were inclined to send $100, only 200 people would have to do so to push to surpass the 2008 mark.
In other words, only 0.18 percent of folks in the two counties would have to send a check for United Way to stay even.
A $100 check is being dropped in the mail today from Hometown Oneonta to:
United Way
of Delaware & Otsego Counties
31 Maple St.
Oneonta NY 13820
Join us! $100 is not a fortune, but that’s the point: Many hands make light work.
If your check arrives by Monday, there’s still enough time to include it in this year’s total.
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We said United Way needs $363,000 to “stay even.”
Actually, given the economic challenges now being faced, staying even means slipping behind.
First, it should be said that the United Way mainstays have stepped up to the plate, according to the drive’s executive director, Terry Capuano.
Total contributions from Fox and Bassett workers are up from last year. SUNYs Oneonta and Delhi are up.
The state’s Camp Brace juvenile detention center closed in Masonville, which took 25 donors out of the mix. Also, companies that had significant layoffs saw their totals dip; there were simply fewer employees to contribute.
Still, BJ’s Wholesale Club employees again achieved 100 percent participation. At Planned Parenthood, executive director Deb Marcus used enticements like raffles to double contributions.
It should be emphasized that, while the United Way is part of a national organization, 99 percent of the money donated locally stays in the two counties.
With flood relief and other United Way programs, Terry Capuano thinks the two counties have actually been getting more back then they’ve been putting in.
The beneficiaries of the local drive are organizations everyone can support: Opportunities for Otsego, children’s centers at the two SUNYs, the Family Service Association, the Girl Scouts, Girls on the Run of Otsego County, LEAF, Planned Parenthood and the Salvation Army.
And it’s not a faceless organization, either. Board members include Ed Clarke from Key Bank, Mary Earl from NBT, Len Marsh from Medical Coaches, Milford school chief Peter Livshin and many more. The board president is George Allen of Northern Eagle Beverages.
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Many of the donations are through payroll-deduction plans – if $2 a week is taken from your paycheck, you don’t tend to notice. But that $104 a year.
A payroll-deduction drive is planned again this spring, so if you are an employer interested in participating, give Terry a call at 432-8006.
But, for now, let’s focus on hitting the mark. Sit down and write that check. Many individuals acting together can make big things happen.

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Locals

FUTURE GOLF PRO: Ryan McCarty, son of Keith and Janet McCarty of East Springfield, is on the Dean’s List for the fall semester at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. A 2005 Cherry Valley-Springfield graduate, he is a senior in the Professional Golf Management Program. He completed internships in the summers of 2007 and 2008 at Leatherstocking Golf Course under the direction of Dan Spooner. After a required seven-month internship, he will be a candidate for graduation in December 2009.

HONORED: Joel Feitzinger, son of Wendy McLean Feitzinger and Edward Feitzinger, is on the Dean’s List for the fall semester at Colgate University. A 2005 CCS graduate, he is majoring in music and is a DJ on the campus radio station, WRCU.

ROBINSON WINS: Mary Ann Robinson came in first with 5,150 points at Senior Citizen’s Bridge Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the Clark Sports Center. Ruth Livermore was second with 4,620; and Marge Ludecker third with 4,610. Janet Gorman won the special prize. All are welcome when the group meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Clark.

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