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si!' No. 12 Volume 5 © 1S9S WTF P.O. Box S01, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326 Serving Otsego, Delawme, end Herkimer Counties March S6, 1995 Two Seetions 16 Pages .50 Cents Newsstand iiAeifly Ipew d ingttp S ^ e i ^ t a t ■ GV-S school VALLBY - The 0 « iiy Valley-Springg^d Board ofBdo^m i adopted a ttaua- dve tttdget of $ 8 ^ 9 4 ^ 1 . a 6 jpsesd tacRjase ov ® f ilas year’s spentepatatage. j s s a t s s a : School Stqtedntendem Mich ael hMcelte said that die SdSO;60O appropnauoas in- cim s should ntean a 3 p m ^ t dr 6 hike in the tax rates fo; pioiieRy owners in the ^ o e ld lstn c t TI ib fiaral dtKument goes beforethevo^M ay 3. Registration for elections slated Q i m m A - Registration ^ for ^ 3 oimucd schm iiel^ thmioOr^xmraon May 2 wUl te MdfitsnfHwntodp.rn. Apr04. Rcgistraiion %vill lake place ai eic 1 Baud of Kifflsihn BoUding, ^€3KKmui S t. Onsrmta AByoss Bdto was cot pcrina- t»tilly by t o . 31 or i m h e c f ^ l i i a t a a l y j e ^ isrlmtHR \ i ^ ! n a n iotm^hiog eleBOcffl, tnn^ to onSa to t» cffliM l® vets ai Slid elsctitm. hiin/hersslf p^sonaHy foPiSglshaiicra. Atisentee ballot now available to 0neiinto molars UNEOHTA-AiJplfcaifoiisfor itesai20#ltels are m w avail- ^ i w f i l l i s ^ o f t a s ^ n s t a Mayor chosen in Milford election Ballots cast throughout Otsego County Democrat Michael LaDuke won the mayorai seat in the village of MiUbrd ! a light tuntouL LaDuke detoted Republican C hiles Bostwick 69-S3 in lesday’s election. There was no incumbent to unseat as Mayor Harry Segrist had decided not to run for the office, althougli he did put his name on the ballot as a trustee. In that race. Democrat Ralph Bennett was a 78-41 winn^ for the one-year position. In the voting for the two-year term trustee. Democrat Lori Henry made it a clean sweep for the party, defeating Republican Hertrert Warner 73-47. IJnadtIla In the only other contested race in the county. Republicans Don Lennon and Richard Marcello garnered 162 and 153 votes, respectively, in a three- way race for two seats on the village of Unadilla Board of Tnistees. Collecting 88 votes was Independent Catherine Hemmer. . Cherry Valley lillcfgotl flccuons to retain her scat on the board of trustees. Susan Mill t 13 votes as the lone parucqjants in the Cherry Valley See MAYOR on Page 8 SUCO announces mew vice ONFONTA President Alan B. Donovan announced Friday that Anne Cairns Federiein. dean of the Division of Behavioral and Applt^ Sciaice since July 1993, will be the next provost/vice president of Academic Affairs at the State UmveTsiiy College at OiKonra. Federiein, who was the first ctaoice of the Provost Search Committee after two extensive national searches, will become die college’s highest rai&ing academic officer on April 10. The ap|»intment of Feiterlein was announced at 3 p.m. Friday by [tenovan at a gathmng of itm col lege community. \Now more than ever wc need suong and effective leadership in tlK Division of Academic Affairs,” Donovan said. \Dr Federiein will lend focus and direction to the enhancement of academic quality on our GOffipus, and she will bring many outstanding quoliti^ to this impor- tam posittiHi.” The new provosi/vice presitoi said.T‘m looking ffswaid to collab orating with faculty and staff as we continue to pnsBOie academk leiKte on om campus. Today we are piepiring our students for a sociehr that tonuHTOw will look very differ ent The challenge is to p io ^ e that effi^tive e^Bcoiion for our sratots,” ^Cderleia, a native of DetroiL Ml, earned a bachelor’s degree in English at the University of Detroit, a masiw’s d e ^ in early child- ho(d/spectal education from Oakland University in Rochester. MI. and a doctorate in curriculim and instruction ffotn the University See PROVOST on Page 8 - I nside - Classifietls.,,.... .... „......„..„.i4-16 tommuaity Cid{sdBr.»...«.~.-7 Dtolng& ^ter1a!on!eot..,»,....6 Hedlli & Fitness..„...uM..,»..».li 061ltiarie«..».»-.~»...««.»-«-13 (f)pl«tnn.„ Rt^n8lN8W8«. Clean sweep O©O(|0 John Farrell not only s in^, t^ls stories and plays guitar, but he shows that he also juggles. Storyteller sings a message and is to totured siKin in a music video with on environmental theme. Farrell has p ^ enned - thnsighont the Uaimd States and has v isits Japan twice to work in schools iliore. He ^ a ppWi^iiitgt author, having wiitran articles fa profiKssiiHial jonmats both in the United States mto Japan, and spoken at ^ismttiBral ccnifm^Kes. \1 started my own business when I got married,\ he said. “My wife and I have five children, so 1 have a built-in audience. , \When 1 wOTked t o die publisher, 1 worked with authors and writos, and I saw what their words could do for children. I focused my aiicntion on storytelling. There- is a big difference between remiing a stoy from By DAN S i^tlDAN ^iUB- COOPER^FDWN • Jrihn FaneQ makes chlldraa lan ^ and gas tlem invtdved to his wild rales. He also Inin^ txHira a message of ra^tlKixKSS and sharing Farrell, a musician, storyteller dhd juggler, visited C^peistown Elemenmiy Sctool diis we^, playing . his guitar and having the etementary students join htoi in telltog stories. \My faiher to sing.” Fanell said between classes. \Hfe was a big influence on me. He was a tomer, and his singing inspired me.” Farrell, who has r^ently come oat with the CD “How About You?\ itoaling with w t ^ g togeth®, has a bast of programs t o children, including such subjects as Pmeats as Riding Pannas, Self-Est^n, Celebrating Bwks and Caring t o Our Planet \Tve been working with kids for atroul 10 years.” Farroil said. ‘T work^ for a publishing comirany developing mmariaLs to use in the clai^room for four years tefoie this.” Fairoll has a master's degree in creative arts in education from Usley College in Cambridge. MA and for a time taught special education in CamerakuL He has recorded two cassettes of songs and suai^ a took mtd storytelling. Storytelling has enjoy^ revival in thi.s country in the last 15-20 years.” Farrell said he vtsiis about Ukl schools a year, and erforroanccs. puts on about 200 perfon -------- ‘The biggest rew^ard is being wiih the kids,\ he said, “and toing my own bos.s. It's worth the sarn- fice in other areas.\ Farrell stayed m Cooperstown for an assembly sponaiied by Parents As Reading f^rtners. At t o assembly, students who fulfilled (heir reading contract with their parents for three w e ^ were givsi certifi cates and flowed to pick out free books as prizes. Oneonta tries to recoup losses By BILL WOLCOTT Staff Writer ONEONTA • Nearly 10 years later, the city of Oneoita is lot&ing to recoup tote of the I q ^ s it todt to a lau^t stemming from dm 1986 lonway enisnsitm at dm Oneonta Muniripal Aiipott. At Commen Council in«ite®, tiffl idteincn aaitaaferf ySssm David Brenito lo sip an ffiramded ^sQt apeesaeot with the Aris&ffl A&iitnistMion for 01,684. “It*s a pant to ato n a l t o 1 9 ^ cdnway exien- ston ^ di» 0% D s v h l M ^ g . ^ . to Bteig. to 1986 . ^ fIri of fsetiaiiefl espa* rioa fflid esteasisn pi* tcias -ai M aliW -aWst asiaOlire toad fretn t p eminoni few* fli® oi0r- Wfca m ' , , , i tcho sppraisfci liio land ®3ii iKe fsoragsttsdi ai^rotintStowtourtoidbMers.*nie ' ' tier* then filed a fewsaii' tito c if diftog tMt too 1 paid iPder too etalaent hose lawsuits were finally settled after a full trial in early 1994 David Merzig ^kttnata law nras tosufftcient for the land's value. “Hioss towstiits wme finally set- to^ atora fuB otol to early 1994,” Ilia lodge presiding over toe case tsveiltireUy sMed with die four tai^ownetB and toe city wasoMeiwI to pi? tos four approstotffisly | | p | i 9 in total for to® land. with to®. FAA t o t Egitog'fteseepses much ear- ifcf tvAniim a dfitiffisatu laiiian of lie isionles to^ wm paid oat. oiti- instsly. were imerest,” Merzig ■. \H is itiEK^ Slowed But toe FAA told the city that if it setded. it wouldn’t reimbune toe city for toe cost of toe setdemem, Mmrig said. However! toe FAA did tell the city if it went tinough with toe ease and lost, it < ^ d toen apply ftsr a gram to reco^ toe f^eral por- ti<m of toe city’s losses. “So ^ a result we corepell^ to foS&w toe FAA meehanism and toat is why we lotto toe eomse we did,\ Mdzig said, \So we ftiBy expect to get relBbiii^Rient to 97.5 peroeoi of tdi toe ftrenies that we paid OQl, !t’is> just tout it is a long procias.” The S91J0S4 0 p t is one of two federal grtoits will recoup approsimato^ T6 perctoii of toe ci^’s tos^sin to® towsoit. Aftar toe city ces^ivas too tonds. it will to® #ply fcrf toam toe state's, Jtepatffliem # fens-psaa- tion ftsr on nrtdldtmtsT 1S.S p rcpi of toeSlS8iBB0. /te pa« of too pr^ccL toe rorri ninning go ^te toipbil was Rjdssignod. toe Rtoway extension was laid and frees ia db appo^ush pattern were friiatitci doifflit to .below six feet, h teig said, the project wsis cemplcted by early imhesaid. I : i l ; 1 i'- fVC.lSSS'
