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Ian Austin/The Freeman’s JournalDr. Joan Puritz comforts Bongo, one of the 11 rescued dogs from the recently raided South Side Dogs kennel. Dr. Puritz volunteered to board the dogs at her Crescent Pet Lodge.

By LIBBY CUDMORE

ONEONTA

Lex is so skinny that he can’t stand up, ribs and hips poking through his skin.

HongLoo growls when Dr. Joan Puritz walks past his cage and keeps growling even when she’s out of sight.

Puritz’s Crescent Pet Lodge on Win-

ney Hill Road has taken in 11 of the 26 dogs seized Sunday, Jan. 22, in a state police raid at Frank Popolizio’s South Side Dogs kennel in South Worcester.

Pink tags on collars set them aside from two strays and two boarded dogs already there.

By Tuesday, Jan. 24, Puritz had gone through almost four bags of food, feeding the new arrivals 1¾ cups three times a day.

Max, who has a 4-inch gash on his back, Please See DOGS, A9

Troopers Seize 12 Starving DogsFrom South Worcester Kennels

Lex’s ribs are clearly visible.

NO CHARGES, BUT HORROR STORIES

Sergeant Is InterimVillage Police Chief

2 Justices Seek RecusalIn 5 CCS Hazing Cases

Otsego’sChoicesDebated

COOPERSTOWN

The prosecution of fi ve CCS varsity football players’ haz-

ing/bullying case was at a standstill this week after both Otsego town justices asked to be recused.

One, Gary Kuch, is former Cooperstown high school principal; the sec-ond, Leslie Friedman, has children in the system.

Assistant District At-torney J.R. Parshall said

his boss, D.A. John D. Muehl, had forwarded the recusal requests to county court, and were awaiting a decision from one of the two judges, Brian Burns or John Lambert.

The cases, scheduled to be heard Monday, Jan. 30, are on hold, pending a decision. Parshall said if the cases are assigned to another court, the justice in that jurisdiction will be responsible for setting the schedule for the next step.

Fassett

By JIM KEVLIN & TOM HEITZ

COOPERSTOWN

Sgt. Mark Fassett, a Cherry Valley native with wide experience with Syracuse police and the MPs, has

been appointed interim offi cer in charge of the Cooperstown Police Department, after Chief Diana Nicols went into retirement Friday, Jan. 20.

The trustees voted to confi rm Fassett, the department’s highest ranking offi cer in Nicols’ wake, following an executive

session at the end of their monthly meeting Mon-day, Jan. 23. The Village Board’s explanation of the closed session was to dis-cussed an unspecifi ed court case and the work history of individuals, as permitted under the state Freedom of Information Act.

The following morning, word was circu-lating that Village Attorney Martin Tilla-paugh had been authorized to offer Nicols a settlement to the federal case she had

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Two Republicans re-jected for appointment by the new Demo-

cratic Otsego Town Board are calling foul.

But newly elected Town Supervisor Anne Geddes-At-well, a Democrat, said she’s checked, and fi nds the new town board’s actions are in line with town, county and state ethics codes.

The argument has to do with the new town board’s decision in early January not to reappoint 13-year town Planning Board member John Phillips, a Republi-can, to another seven-year term, and instead appointed Tom Huntsman, husband of newly elected town board member Julie Huntsman, a Democrat.

“The work of the Plan-ning Board is very clear: to enforce the Land Use and Subdivision Law,” Phillips wrote the town board in a follow-up letter. “Personal opinions, politics and body language have no part in the process.”

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SpringbrookTo AnnounceFuture Plans

Springbrook has invited its supporters to a gathering at the

former St. Mary’s School building Monday, Jan. 30, for what it termed an impor-tant announcement about its future.

Details weren’t forthcom-ing, but the former eastside Oneonta school is for sale.

Springbrook is simultane-ously completing a $15 mil-lion expansion to its Milford Center campus.

NO LEASES: Montreal-based Gastem Inc., the fi rst hydrofracking fi rm to be-come active in the county, is reporting releasing Schoha-rie County landowners from their leases and plans to do the same in Otsego.

LOWER LIMIT: Lake Street homeowners have pe-titioned the Village Board to impose a two-hour parking limit on the street, saying the lack of a limit has resulted in Bassett and downtown work-ers parking there all day.

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Old story/joke. Told before. But a good one.

Two shoe salesmen are assigned to a South Sea island.

When they disembark, Sales-man One cables back, “Send return ticket; nobody here wears shoes.”

Salesman Two cables back, “Send shoes; everybody here’s a prospect.”

That story kept coming to mind during a visit to Greene County the other week to learn about its economic-development efforts.

During a decade that, since 2008, featured the worse reces-sion since the Great Depression, Greene County built two com-merce parks, attracted six major employers there – 1,000 new jobs – and preserved another 320-job enterprise targeted for closing when Fortune 500 GlaxoSmith-Kline acquired a local plant.

•On reflection, there are several

reasons for Greene County’s suc-cess.

One, a Thruway runs through it. Good news: I-88 runs through Otsego County.

Two, energetic leadership that believes economic development can happen.

There was hard-driving Sandy Mathes, a local boy, county legis-lator and former aide to an Albany senator, who was Greene IDA executive director. You get the impression that he wasn’t always the easiest guy to work with – can-doers often aren’t – but he was focused, determined and smart.

He emphasized the importance of an IDA board of positive think-ers who believe in their vision,

people who don’t blame high taxes, who don’t say we tried it 15 years ago and it didn’t work.

Or people who see a commu-nity with two colleges turning out 1,000 brainy young people a year. Or who see proximity to East Coast markets. Or who savor an unsurpassed quality of life they know will entice top executives.

In the newspaper business, we run across these can-do people all the time, many of who are – as they should be – focused on their private enterprises. We need to lure them into applying some of their energies into public-sphere leadership. Old saw: If you want something done, get the busiest guy/gal in the room to do it.

Al Cleinman of Cleinman Performance Partners; he believes in “knowledge industries” and has walked the walk in wildly suc-cessful consulting services to the optical industry nationally. Mike Pentaris, who guided the trans-fer of Graham Labs in Hobart to Covidien, the world’s largest methadone maker, and in Oneonta created ultracapacitor-maker Ioxus

and is reinventing Customer Elec-tronics for the next generation.

Ommegang’s Simon Thorpe, who is replicating his success with Stella Artois. Apple Converting’s Mike Manno. Thad DeMulder, who has positioned Realty USA as the county’s foremost real-tor. SUNY Oneonta VP Paul Adamo, who has made the local campus Number One in SUNY alumni giving. Or Joe Vezza, who in a decade since opening a pizza parlor in Richfield Springs has grown his enterprise to four restaurants, including the high-end Bocca Osteria on Route 28; and he isn’t even 40. What Bob and Mike Miller are doing with Enviro Energy – see this edition’s AllOTSEGO.life front – is another case in point. And farmer Chris Harmon, grass-fed-beef-cattle czar-to-be.

And, of course, there’s the gold standard: Chobani’s Hamdi Ulukaya.

These are can-doers, and there are many more.

Many others are already in pub-lic service – Mayor Dick Miller,

who pulled Foothills back from the brink, Bassett fixer Mike Stein and the brainy county treasurer Dan Crowell come to mind – are also ready resources for the task at hand.

•One, Interstate. Two, can-do-

ers.Three, accept the legitimacy of

NIMBY and, if you will, tree-hug-ging. Environmentalism can be a pain in the neck to economic developers, but it’s a legitimate perspective – crucial, even – that isn’t going away.

Mathes recognized this in Greene County, and recognized the power of Article 78 proceed-ings to bring the most coveted development undertaking to a standstill. Instead of fighting them, he and his assistant director, Rene VanSchaack, sat down with the very people who were suing because the commerce parks were in the flyway of the northern har-rier and sleepy owl. The outcome – two acres of open land for every acre of commercial development, and a land trust to protect the

habitat in perpetuity – was every-thing anyone might wish for.

How different have the preda-tory wind-turbine and fracking industries been locally? Jamming intrusive industries down locals’ throats hasn’t worked and won’t. With The Mathes Approach, could the biomass plant have been saved? Perhaps not at Pony Farm, but maybe somewhere.

•Details are few so far, but

it sounds like state Sen. Jim Seward’s upcoming Economic Summit will be everything that might be hoped, with everyone exiting with high expectations.

Let’s remember, an economic miracle isn’t going to happen overnight. Take a doable first step. SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski offered college participation in creating some kind of incubator; that might be a good place to start, be it in STEM, in the music industry, in fashion or something else.

Perhaps a community college at Hartwick or Milford, feeding into the burgeoning SUNY IT/Griffiss high-tech complexes north of Utica. Perhaps a distribution center at Worcester, Schenevus or Unadilla’s I-88 exits. Perhaps an ice-rink complex between Oneon-ta and Cooperstown to extend the tourism season.

Here’s a worthy and reachable goal: Per capita income in Otsego County is 13 percent below the national average; let’s raise it to 13 percent above.

There’s much that can be done. There’s talent and energy to do it. Let’s get started.

The Freeman’s JournalOtsego County can-doers who would be powerful recruits to economic-development ef-forts include, from left, Chobani’s Hamdi Ulukaya, Al Cleinman of Cleinman Performance Partners, serial success story Mike Pentaris, who created Ioxus, Ommegang President Simon Thorpe, restaurateur-on-the-rise Joe Vezza and Realty USA’s regional vice president, Thad DeMulder. But there are many more.

Can-Doers Aplenty Can Assist Economic-Development Push

Editor’s Note: Here are excerpts from an interview with Hank Nuwer, author of “High School Hazing: When Rites Become Wrongs,” that appeared on www.about.com. Two of five CCS varsity football players facing haz-ing charges continue to play on the school’s varsity basketball team.

Q: Hazing seems to be considered a rite of passage by American society. Why do people feel that demean-ing another person somehow makes them a better person?

HAnk nuWer: I think relatively few people (granted, there are some) are so bent in the psyche that they would go after a newcomer to demean that person just to crush that teen’s spirit. So from my research I’d look for self-deception in the person de-meaning someone else during hazing. That we are hazing for the good of the victim is a lie hazers tell themselves that they really want to believe – even if it is exposed and found to be as ridiculous or as hurtful as it often is. If we are hazers on a sports team we say, “we’re doing this to toughen you up, to make sure you belong in the trenches with us, to keep a tradition alive, and to preserve unity and our team’s winning ways.” Schools are not military groups like Navy Seals or Canadian Airborne, and even those groups (I think) could be equally suc-cessful without the brutal initiations that sometimes get made public. What hazing at the secondary school level does, of course, is bring everyone down to the same low level instead of bringing everyone up through positive team rituals.

Q: I have felt for a long time that the entertainment and sports indus-tries glorify violent behavior, even giving the impression that it is some-how the norm and quite acceptable. Do their activities contribute to hazing or is hazing strictly a local activity perpetuated by local tradi-tions and customs?

HAnk nuWer: As someone who played quite a bit of ball and even

played two minor league baseball games on a magazine assignment, I should start by saying I love sports and respect coaches. One of my base-ball coaches was a lifelong mentor for me, and so I think sports often has positive effects on children and young adults. My take on the situation from years of covering it for my books, as well as my reading of authors such as Peggy Reeves Sanday and, especially, Laura Robinson, is that some sports such as youth hockey not only have too much violence on the field, but off it, too ... Do I think sports is over-emphasized to a dangerous degree? Yes, it is one of the problems of our current media-saturated culture. But self-awareness is a start. And we must not forget that there are people IN athletics who won’t tolerate violence or abuse of any kind. This may not be solved in the next five years or even 10, but certainly we must solve the problem, and above all not be a person who adds to the problems by shrugging off hazing as “part of sports.” The Alfred University survey and media reports are showing us that hazing in athletics can get out of hand and end up to be literally sexual abuse or physical assault. I’m hoping that my books “Wrongs of Passage”

(for adults) and “High School Haz-ing” (for young adults) can take what I’ve learned from experts, simplify the complex info, and help curb the prob-lem. We must educate ourselves about what hazing is before we can lessen its abuses and frequency. If we try curb-ing hazing without understanding it, we end up calling some things mistak-enly hazing that actually are bullying or some other offense.

Q: Why do parents, teachers, administrators and school boards permit hazing?

HAnk nuWer: There has been a long-standing, simplistic attitude that hazing builds unity or is a “natural” part of childhood. For one thing, administrators, student newspaper advisers, or school board members that stand up against hazing often find themselves alone – branded as a pariah, rabble-rouser, and so on. There have been school board meetings where lone parents or a group of par-ents have come in to say that soccer or football are tough sports, and that those who would get rid of hazing are weakening the participants and killing the team itself. I also have talked with administrators who fear that prohibi-tions and policies actually encourage some would-be hazers by making it a rebellious or daring activity they must do. Again, I think we start with education. We make people (including parents, principals, coaches) defend their stances with facts and logic – not emotion and blind following of long-outdated traditions like hazing. I really think we need to do this before we have a string of high school deaths on our hands.

Q: Has hazing been outlawed in any states?

Hank Nuwer: Yes, 42. Some states such as Minnesota make it easier for a victim to get justice in civil suits. Some such as New York are pretty tough laws and the first person to be criminally punished in that state nearly 20 years ago was a high school student.

“High School Hazing” and oth-er books by Hank Nuwer may be ordered through Green Toad Books, 198 Main St., Oneonta. (607) 433-8898

HAZING DOESN’T HAVE TO BETo the Editor:

Recent political headlines reveal a current of discon-tent which is finally surfac-ing and confronted.

Our congressman, Rich-ard Hanna, said it all when he said, “The present direc-tion of our political parties is unsustainable.” Constant confrontation isn’t the direc-tion that produces healthy legislation. Mr. Hanna shows courage in refusing to lockstep with his party when he feels our country deserves better.

We are indeed fortunate to also have a governor – Andrew Cuomo – who be-lieves New Yorkers deserve better and that changes are necessary in the way New York State operates. One major change would be to make New York State more

business friendly. Is New York State really business unfriendly? If so, let’s change our ways.

Let us entice companies to come to Upstate New York. In addition to the natural beauty we offer, we might consider offering con-cessions such as lower taxes and financial assistance in relocating expenses. Not least of all would be efforts to avoid onerous legislation that would discourage an upstart company or an es-tablished company looking to expand.

Both men have the courage to stand up and be counted when the roll call is made. They deserved our support regardless of what is one’s political persuasion

BRUNO TALEVICooperstown

Hanna, Cuomo Courageous

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

25 YEARS AGO

January 28, 1987

200 YEARS AGOPocket Book Found! Picked up between Moss’ store in

Burlington and DeForests’ tavern in Edmeston on Wednes-day the 25th inst. – a Red Morrocco Pocket Book; a good deal worn, containing a number of notes and a small sum of money. The owner can have it again by proving property and paying charges. Roswell Patterson.

January 25, 1812

175 YEARS AGOThe public have a claim upon every Journalist, for a

faithful epitome of the proceedings of their representatives in the national and state legislatures; to do which, requires no inconsiderable effort of an editor. Our abstract, of the doings of the state legislature, is made with much care from the report of the Albany Argus, and embraces weekly, all the proceedings of the two houses of general interest. We ought not to do less than give such a diary, although it costs much time and diminishes the variety of matter usually expected to be embodied in our sheet.

January 30, 1837

150 YEARS AGOOur Village Charter – That the present Village Charter,

fi rst enacted 50 years ago, and last amended more than 30 years ago, is not well suited to the present day, is a fact that has been recognized for several years past; and, at the last village meeting, a resolution was passed instructing the trustees to prepare and report an amended Charter, previ-ous to its being sent to the legislature for its enactment. That work has been carefully performed, and the trustees submitted the result of their labors to a meeting of citizens held three weeks ago, when the Charter was fi rst read. Two meetings, for more full deliberation, have since been held. At the last one, a committee of fi ve was appointed, to whom the amended Charter was referred.

January 24, 1862

125 YEARS AGORegarding the recent fi re – There have been fi ve fi res in

Cooperstown, within a year or two, the causes of which cannot be positively stated – that in a loft in the Nelson block on Main Street, the Central Hotel, the Ballard House,

the barn belonging to that hotel, and the theory, in two of them quite satisfactory, pointing to accidental causes. But, those who are best-informed as to the last fi re, so far as we know, are clearly of the opinion that it was of incendiary origin. That was the positive belief we are informed, of the experienced adjuster who came here immediately after the fi re. It was apparently set in two places, the distance of, say, twenty feet apart.

January 29, 1887

100 YEARS AGOThe good road question is of paramount interest to the

people of Cooperstown. The popularity of the automobile and our excellent hotel accommodations are bringing in-creasing numbers of visitors to Cooperstown each year, and we can do a great deal toward attracting this very desirable class of summer trade by using our infl uence toward the improvement of the highways. The road along the east side of the lake was in a deplorable condition during a larger part of last summer.

January 24, 1912

75 YEARS AGOUnder a new law enacted in 1935, all towns in the state

are to have voting machines by 1938. Progress in this direc-tion has been slow all over upstate New York, but several towns placed orders last year to escape an increase of $80 in the price of the machine which now sells for $960. Ten towns in Otsego County have purchased 21 new voting

machines from the Automatic Voting Machine Company of Jamestown. The towns getting new voting machines include Edmeston, Hartwick, Worcester, Otego, Otsego, Butternuts, Laurens, Roseboom, Maryland and Plainfi eld. Five new machines have been ordered for the Town of Otsego.

January 27, 1937 50 YEARS AGO

Casting for the PTA-sponsored production of “Finian’s Rainbow” has been announced by the production manager, Dr. Eugene D. Rames. Miss Cynthia Toussaint will star as Sharon, the Irish heroine of the musical. Arthur Jamison will play Finian, and Paul Lambert plays Woody. Other leading roles are: Herbert Payne as the leprechaun Og, Joan Jacobsen as Susan, Edward Costello as the southern sena-tor, James Braden as Buzz, Daniel Coons as the sheriff, and Kevin Grady as Henry. Some members of the supporting cast and chorus are Don Olin, Margaret Lynch, Theodore Peters, Persh Dickinson, C.V. Hawn, William Karl, How-ard Talbot, Frank Rollins, Michael Jastremski, Charlotte Lettis, Barbara Mook, Terry Parsons, Harry Peplinski, Fred St. John and Lester Bursey. The musical will be presented March 15, 16 and 17.

January 24, 1962

10 YEARS AGOOn January 16, several dozen members of the Cooper-

stown Central School District gathered in N.J. Sterling Auditorium to voice their opinions on use of the school’s nickname, logo and mascot. The majority of speakers sup-ported continuing use of the current symbols. Paul Clark, a native son and CCS alumnus, drove from his Syracuse home to read a prepared statement citing a sense of tradition and conversations with Native Americans that expressed the view that they often considered the symbols used in this way as an honor. James Tallman, a member of the CCS class of 1976, said he is proud of being a Cooperstown Redskin and never considered the term offensive. Kathy Lloyd, a 23-year resident of the district, see “Redskins” as a demeaning stereotype that should change as other terms have in history. However, she supports continuing use of the Indian hunter logo and suggested the name “Pathfi nd-ers” as an alternative nickname. Mark Takefman agreed with Lloyd and said the current nickname is commonly associated with genocide.

January 25, 2002

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Jim Kevlin/the Freeman’s JournalThe CCS annual fashion show begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in the school’s Sterling Auditorium. Models will include, front row, from left, Julie Dykstra, Rebecca Roberts and Chelsea Beckwith, who pose with their designers, back row, from left, co-organizers Sara Breiten and Abby Wilcox, and Kira Bryant. Eight student designers will present 40-50 cre-ations. A band from Worcester, Skinny Guys With Glasses, will perform. Another highlight of the school year comes this Friday, Jan. 27, Cabaret Night, 5-9 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

CHIEF/From A1brought in 2010 against the village and Mayor Joe Booan personally, but neither Tillapaugh or Booan were available for comment.

Nicols was at the police station at 22 Main Tuesday morning, but said, “I’m not offi cially here. I’m just catching up on paperwork.”

The chief had been seek-ing to retire following a knee injury sustained three years ago during a training exercise but, it had been so long, was surprised to receive a letter in early Janu-ary from the state Retire-ment Board. It approved her retirement and directed her to surrender her du-ties within a month of the letter’s date, Dec. 23.

The lawsuit is the one loose end remaining to Nicols’ tenure. It dates back to 2010, when, accused of insubordination, she agreed to a one-week suspension.

But she then sued, arguing that her First Amendment rights had been impinged upon.

According to Village Clerk Teri Barown, the trustees asked the state Civil Service Commission to prepare a list of candidates qualifi ed to become Cooper-stown police chief. No one is currently on the list, last used to hire Nicols in 2005, so the commission must hold an exam to refresh it.

Fassett said he intends take the chief’s exam, and Nicols said she supports his application.

The interim chief spent 19 years on the Syracuse Police Department, and also spent 29 years in the Military Police, serving overseas in both Operation Desert Storm in Iraq and Operation Endur-ing Freedom in Afghanistan. He retired from the MPs with the rank of chief.

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DISPUTE/From A1who had been seeking ap-pointment to fi ll the vacancy created when Geddes-Atwell was elevated in the Nov. 7 election – the job went to Laing Keith of Pierstown – also chimed in on Phillips’ behalf, saying it was “very disappointing” that a town board member had to recuse herself as soon as the board’s organizational meeting.

In an interview Tuesday, Jan. 24, however, the new supervisor said she had sought to stay outside the fray: If two town board members got behind one candidate, she determined she would cast her vote in support of that candidate.

So when, at the Jan. 2 town board reorganizational meeting, Julie Huntsman and Bennett Sandler, the other newly elected board mem-ber, supported Keith, she cast the third and deciding vote.

The town board then turned to the Planning Board vacancy, and Julie Hunts-man recused herself. When Sandler and Keith supported Tom Huntsman over Phil-lips, Geddes-Atwell then cast the deciding vote for Huntsman.

One point of dispute: Burch, in his letter, said Julie Huntsman recused herself from acting on her husband’s appointment, but did not leave the room; however, Geddes-Atwell said Hunts-man both recused herself and left the room.

On receiving Burch’s letter, the new supervisor researched ethics codes and concluded everything had been done satisfactorily.

Geddes-Atwell said Keith’s term on the town board is for one year, until the next elections.

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3. WHEN:Clues about the location will be published by the Freeman’s Journal for three weeks prior to Winter Carnival.a. When the medallion is found, the finder must immediately return it to the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Commitee, by calling 315-272-5023b. the winner will be required to ex-ecute and return a CertIFICAte OF eLIGIBILItY and GenerAL reLeAseFORM within 14 days of notification. If winner is under the age of 18, the Certificate must be signed by his or her parent or guardian. non-compli-ance may result in disqualification.c. If medallion is not found by the Carnival Closer at the end of the Winter Carnival, the prize money will be donated to a local charity (decided by Winter Carnival Committee)

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Future Clues To Appear In The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta Feb. 3 & 10. Get Your Copy on Thursdays • 21 Railroad Ave. Cooperstown.

1. WHERE:Medallion will only be hidden on Village Public Property.a. Medallion will nOt be hidden on private property.b. Medallion will nOt be hidden on Doubleday Field.c. Medallion will nOt be hidden in any construction sites.**no Village property will be dug up or destroyed during the Medallion Hunt.

2. WHO:Anyone can participate in the Medallion Hunt, eXCePt:a. Immediate family members of the Winter Carnival Committee are IneLIGIBLe to win the Medallion Hunt prize.b. All constants under the age of 18 must have permission of a parent or guardian to participate in the hunt.c. All contestants agree that the Freeman’s Journal and the Cooperstown Winter Carni-val Committee, their advertisers and agents, and the Village of Cooperstown and town of Otsego will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by contestants of any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting in whole, of in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in this contests.

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Linda Chesis, director of the Cooperstown Cham-ber Music Festival, is being honored with a 25th anniversary concert at the Manhattan School of Music on Sunday, January 29th at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature Liang Wang, principal oboe of the New York Philharmonic, pianist Bryan Wagorn. The concert, free and open to the public, and will be in the Manhattan School’s Greenfi eld Hall.

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DOGS/From A1scurries into Lex’s cage to eat her food while Lex is outside. Puritz lets him. “You never touch a starved animal when he’s eating,” she said.

The gash, she said, could be from a too-small dog-house. “They run in and out and it scrapes up their backs.” She was at the scene during the raid, and the cages dogs were being kept had no tops and their water bowls were frozen. “They were eating their feces right in front of me,” she said. “I don’t think they were getting enough food.”

Only 10 dogs are at the Crescent Lodge. The 11th is at Puritz’s newly opened Oneonta Veterinary Hospital on Route 7, the former Polar Scoops, undergoing surgery. Bridget will also need sur-gery on her face to fi x her salivary glands. Mercedes will need antibiotics for an infection of her mammary glands.

Popolizio, who lives in Schenectady, had not been charged by Tuesday – Trooper Walter Schermer-horn, the investigator, said he was conferring with District Attorney John D.

Muehl and was unsure what would happen next – and he defended his South Worces-ter facility.

“I give them a scoop of dog food each day,” he said when contacted about the raid. “We switched to Blue Buffalo, all natural, all or-ganic, and some of the dogs didn’t like it, so they lost weight. We were warned about a month ago and we switched to Purina High Protein, for working dogs, but you can’t make a dog fat in four weeks.”

“In my opinion, I have the best kennel in the United States – it’s clean, the dogs are loved and cared for. The doghouses are custom-made for two dogs, there isn’t another one like it in the country.”

“We have a perfect record,” he added. “We’ve never had any complaints.”

However, former South Side Dogs employee Zana Margretta, who fi led the complaint with the Susque-hanna SPCA, then state police, said, “These animals were clearly abused. They were hovering close to the ground, they were so scared.”

Margretta said Popolizio

said he would hold money out of his employees pay-checks if they “overfed” the dogs – giving them more than the scoop of food he instructed be given.

The kennels, she said, held two dogs, but only one

scoop was allowed per ken-nel. “There were fi ghts,” she said. “The big dogs would just overpower the weaker ones; they were fi ghting over the food.” Margretta said she was knocked down trying to break up one of the

dog fi ghts and ended up in the hospital.

“My daughter went and fed the dogs for free while I was in the hospital,” she said. “We didn’t have time to give a lot of love, but we gave what we could.”

If no charges are fi led, the dogs can’t be put up for adoption.

“I’m angered,” Margretta said, fi ghting back tears. “I just prayed that God would save those dogs ... and God answered my prayers.”

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MLS#82089 - 3 bedrm 1 ½ bath move-in ready home. Fresh paint, new light fixtures, new replacement windows throughout, new furnance, new bathrms. Located on a dead end street, & a lrg back yard. Kitchen is newer & lrg sliding doors lead to back porch. A lrg downstairs den can be an office area or family rm.

Dining rm has a beautiful bay window. Upstairs 3 nice sized rms, & a ½ bath. Priced to sell!! $84,900

Call Kristi Ough @ (607) 434-3026

MLS#79079 - This beautifully maintained country ranch style home boasts knotty pine tongue & grove cathedral ceilings, skylights & a center island in the kitchen that eases you into

the fabulous great rm which makes this home just perfect for lrg gatherings. Did I mention that along w/this great

home there are 4 two bedrm apartments that sits on over 13 beautiful acres, call Donna for additional information @

(607) 267-3232

MLS#79179 - Large Traditional home in the beautiful Fly Creek valley featuring 7 bedrooms & 3 baths, water feature pond, lrg garage, seperate workshop, conservatory, & even a safe

room built into the lower level of this home on over 9.5 acres. $495,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

new priCe - MLS 80163- This 3 bedrm 2 ½ bath home was just redone again in April 2011. Only minutes to

Oneonta, 3 ½ hours for buyers from NYC, Long Island & NJ. This home is priced to sell. MORE LAND AVAILABLE. Only

$179,000 Call Carol Olsen @ 607-434-7436new LiStinG - MLS 82699- 4 bedrm, 2 bath Cape

Cod home w/enclosed porch, deck & 1 car detached garage. Laurens School District. Newer wood laminate flrs. Circular

driveway for addt’l parking. Roof & windows were replaced in 2002. Gas fireplace in dining rm. Sold As-Is. $114,000 Call

Carol Olsen @ 607-434-7436

new priCe - MLS#79792 - HUGE PRICE REDUCTION! OVER 6 ACRES! Lrg barn w/upper level, good for 2 cars &

machinery. Open flr plan. This 3 bedrm, 2 bath home is a good location to Pittsfield, Oneonta, New Berlin. Priced to Sell!

$150,000 Call Carol Olsen @ 607-434-7436

MLS#82860 - Solid country home w/open flr plan on 1st flr. 4 bedrms & sitting rm upstairs. Ceiling fans in every

bedrm. Downstairs open dining rm, living rm & kitchen w/2 ceiling fans. Creek runs through west corner of land. Each

rm w/individual thermostat. $189,000 Call Sharon Teator @ (607) 267-2681

MLS#80779- 36+/- acres w/addt’l 18.5 acre bldg lot! 4/5 Bedrm, 2.5 bath home w/3 car garage, breezeway, screened porch. Greenhouse, workshop, outdoor shower, 1980’s post &

beam barn.. $499,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683

MLS#82647- CUSTOM DESIGNED 3 BEDRM/2 BATH HOME, crown moldings, kitchen w/gas fireplace, french doors to deck,

2 car garage & MUCH MORE! A MUST SEE! $354,900. Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683

MLS#81909 - OWNER FINANCING AVAILABLE TO QUALIFIED BUYER!! This HANDSOME HISTORIC 4 br, 2 bath village home w/spacious 3 LEVEL BARN is RICH W/CHARACTER, spacious

kitchen, formal dining rm, a GRAND ENTRYWAY w/open staircase, a 2nd service staircase, high ceilings, french

doors, lrg bedrms. Many original features including: original woodwork, antique hardware, & beautiful wide plank wood flring throughout. $109,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

MLS#80847 – 4 bedrm, 2 full bathrm CUSTOM-BUILT COUNTRY COLONIAL convenient to Oneonta, Cooperstown, & Norwich.

OWNER-BUILT, ENERGY EFFICIENT, well-maintained home w/an eat-in kitchen, formal dining rm, formal living rm, a cozy family rm, NEWER ROOF (3yrs), full basement, lrg multi-tiered, wrap-around deck, nicely manicured grounds, & a lrg above ground

swimming pool. $139,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

MLS#80579 - This wonderful 3 bedrm 1 bath modular home situated on 1 acre of land w/panoramic views. Well

maintained home w/some rms freshly painted & a 2 yr old 30 year architectural shingles on the roof. Only minutes from the village of Franklin & approx. 10-12 miles to Oneonta. Cable &

high speed internet available. $144,900 Call Sharon Teator @ (607) 267-2681

MLS#81852 - Great location for a perfect fixer upper. Make this house a home w/ a little paint & elbow grease.

Convienient location on Rt 20 for easy access to Cooperstown, Utica, Otsego lake, Canadrago lake, & The Baseball Hall of

Fame. $58,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#81933 - Turn-key renovated restaurant & ice cream shop located minutes from Cooperstown on a busy traveled State

Route w/easy access to Oneonta, I-88, Cooperstown & a short drive to Cooperstown Dreams Park & All-Star park. Restaurant

offers seating for 40+ inside & a lrg deck for outdoor dining. All equipment included in sale. New roof 2010 & new front

porch. Located on 2.5+ acres in Cooperstown School District. $189,900 Call Kristi Ough @ (607) 434-3026

MLS#81148 – RUSTIC home built by the owner from REAL LOGS he harvested himself. Set on a private & peaceful full

acre in Oneonta school district w/easy access to Cooperstown, Oneonta, & I-88. The 4 bedrm, 2 bathrm, CUSTOM DESIGN

features an open flr plan, cathedral ceilings, 2 FIREPLACES, 3 levels of living space including a full finished basement with a

lrg family rm, bar, den/office/storage/sewing rm, CENTRAL AIR & LRG WORKSHOP. $169,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068

new LiStinG - MLS#81458 - Fantastic location for Schools, Parks and Downtown. This cozy 3 bedrm features new

paint & hard wood flrs. Easy to maintain & efficient to heat. Priced right at $124,900 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

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Lovely family home in park like setting; almost 13 acres of woods, stream, and pond great for outdoor activity. 2-car garage ideal for shop or park your extra toys. Minutes from Cooperstown. $349,000 #82914

5-family, 13-BR currently a student rental, separate utilitites, on-site laundry, off-street parking, newly

remodeled with Pergo floors, ceramic tile, more!!

What a money maker!! $417,995 #82943

Investor Alert!!

Now is the time to purchase this student rental and pick your own tenants for fall. Could easily rent for $2000 or more per

semester per student and is currently legal for 4. Large living room with

hardwood floors, spacious kitchen and 1 bedroom on the 1st floor and 3 up. Great enclosed porch for extra space to spread

out in nicer weather. Great location within walking distance to Hartwick

or SUNY. $99,900. MLS#82899

GRILLED AGED CHEDDAR

ON SOURDOUGH$6.00

Try It with Bacon & Tomato

$7.00

TODAY’S PASTA

Prepared Daily by Our Chefs$8.00

B.L.T.

Applewood-Smoked Bacon, Lettuce

and Tomato on Choice of Bread

$8.00

OTESAGA CLASSIC BAKED

FRENCH ONION SOUP

Gratin of Gruyere Cheese$4.00

TOMATO BASIL BISQUE

Parmesan Crouton$4.00

HAWKEYE CAESAR SALAD

Hearts of Baby Romaine with

Caesar Dressing, Garlic

Croutons and Parmesan$8.00

Grilled Chicken $10.00

Grilled Shrimp $11.00

CROISSANT & SOUP

Ham & Swiss or Turkey & Pepper

Jack, Choice of Onion, Tomato

Basil or Soup Du Jour $8.00

SPINACH SALAD

Marinated Mushrooms, Egg

Wedges, Crispy Onions & Apple

Cider Vinaigrette$8.00

Grilled Chicken $10.00

Grilled Shrimp $11.00

HAWKEYE SANDWICHES

Tuna, Chicken or Egg Salad,

Sliced Ham,

Corned Beef, Roast Beef$8.00

DRIVER AND CLUB

Half of a Cold Sandwich with

Your Choice of French Onion,

Tomato Basil Soup or Soup du Jour

$8.00

PORTOBELLO PANINI

Portobello Mushroom, Boursin

Cheese, Roasted Red Peppers on

Focaccia Bread$8.00

WHAT’S COOKIN’AT THE HAWKEYE?

Come enjoy our new winter lunch menu!

The Hawkeye serves lunch and dinner 6 days a week!

Lunch: Mon. – Sat. 11:30AM-2:00PM • Dinner Mon. – Sat. 5:30PM-9:00PM

For more information and to make reservations,

call Lori Patryn at (607) 544-2524 or (800) 348-6222.

~ SOUPS & SALADS & SANDWICHES ~

Sandwiches are Served on Sourdough, White, Rye, Marble Rye, Whole Wheat, or Croissant

THE OTESAGA REUBEN

Sliced Corned Beef, Swiss Cheese,

Sauerkraut, Thousand Island

Dressing on Marble Rye$8.00

OLD SLUGGERFISH AND CHIPS

Beer-Battered Haddock,

Fried Potato Chips, Tarter Sauce

& Fresh Parsley Garnish$9.00

FRESH BAKED

QUICHE DU JOUR

Served with Salad$8.00

COOPERSTOWN BURGER

Topped with Choice of

Onions, Mushrooms, Bacon,

Swiss, Cheddar, or American

Cheese, Garnished with

Lettuce and Tomato$10.00

SOUTHWESTERN BARBECUE

CHICKEN SANDWICH

Grilled Chicken Breast Tossed with

Chipotle Barbecue Sauce Topped

with Melted Cheddar Cheese$8.00

FRENCH DIP

Roast Beef on a Baguette

with Au Jus$8.50

STROMBOLI

Filled with Capicola, Salami,

Pepperoni & Mozzarella,

Served with Marinara $8.50

VEGETABLE QUESADILLA

with Salsa, Sour Cream

and Guacamole$7.00

~ FROM OUR GRILL ~

~ HAWKEYE’S FAVORITES ~

Sandwiches and Grilled Items served with our Cole Slaw, French Fries or Fresh Fruit

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

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

for Lunch