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H appy F ather ^ s D ay ; T oday I s T he T ime W e R emember O ur D ads A nd A ll ' 3 Ddren's alnted y F reeman ’ s COLOR COMIC S inside OURNAL page II SUNDAY, June 18,1995 Serving Otsego, Delaware & Chenango Counties 187th^^iU l995^©No. 25MmerPubM^in^ ^ SOC Briefly, including In January, (he torvn board tiaoed a sis-n»nih iiKHaloriuni on Land use regs vote is delayed FLY CREEK - The long- awaited zoning and land use reg ulations fomnlated by the Otsego Town Board weneo) have been voted upon Monday* but (hat vote was put on (uoll 7 p.m. Wednesday in a special meeting. Ilie board memlssrs said that they want to fine tune the docu ment before adopting it. It would be the fimt revisions to the regulations since 1987. Local groups Otsego 20Cb and die Otsego County Conservation Associ ation have rmsed some objec tions to a pan of the ordinances which would reduce the mini- omm average lot size set aside for development. The current average lot size is five acres, and the new regs would lower that to three acres. The state Supreme Coun ear lier ruled that Planned Development Units, whidi have been u ^ by municipaiittes to regulate lot sizes, were illegal, and so the town board has l ^ n struggling to come up with revrsed zoning and land use reg- ulaUun.s to counter that dacision. placed a sis-nH all devdqiirant within town lim its. and iM slnnild be lifted once t ^ new leguhuions ate in place The land use ordinances would create lhfi» business dis- (nets within the town. In ail three, development has olremly teen dons in the areas around routes 28. SO and 205. Otsego County may sue town RICHITELD SPRINGS - The town of Richfield's enure cast of elected assessors resiped recently in a protest o v » what they deem ^ impropneiies ov® the way in which Steven Spytho and other memters of the BtKinI of Assessment Review have done b u s i i ^ . Now die county is threatening legal action because of a inly I deadline for filing (he I^ S tax assessimnt roll. The assessors - Msugaret Woodrow, Steven Knight and John Carbera - reigned en m sse last month just houis before the annual gnevance day h earing Town Supervisor James Kurkowski. when die ass^ssm resigned, was told by s ia» ofB- cials that he would have to bdng <rhnr{w»s a^uitst Spytko and hold heating before te could fire him. Spydto. at a lecent town board meeting, refitted a chaige that he lowered his ovm assess ment and dtat he did not file required disciosuie notices. The town has to have at two of iis three evicted ss^ssom in order hr adopt tMr toR jissessent rail, cuid Koikowsld has said that he hopes thattwoef those who r ^ p e d MU come bach on hoard in ord® to get this year's ossessmeoi roU fliQ&xd. Steve OiUd* ditKtfff of the county's Real P^jaat^ T mi Offiee, said t o t , to>ul4 fi»o 0^ die a ^ s d m not lesttod their resi^ii^ons, or if t o tovsai fails to aHHtot ffiiw a^KSom. t o cotm ^conldtofoRxdtohiingti lawsuit ag^nsi t o town in osdef to fbite tofn to adqpl a tas eoU. Hyde found guilty of killing trooper May face between 37 1/2 years and life in state prison By BILL WOLCOTT Staff W riter ONEONTA - A year-long ordeal for the fam ily and fnends for slain State Police Investigator Ricky Parisian finally came to end Friday evening when jury found Colm Hyde guilty of committing the May 20. 1094 robbery at the Great Araencan Supermarket in Oneonta. After nearly six hours of deliberation, the 12 jurors found Hyde guilty of ovo counts of secrond- degree murder, two counb of first-degree robbery and first-degree criminal u.se of a firearm Supreme Court Justice Patrick J Monserrate set the sentencing hearing for I p m. July 28. The Parisian family and Hyde impassively stared at the jury forewoman as she read y” five successive times. But after the was over, the Parisians shared hugs and tears as they celebrated the victory. An emotional Mark Parisian. •■guilty” I tnal was younger brother, said he was left speechless by the verdict. \I don’t have the vocabulary tn explain how I feel right now.” Parisian said Parisian said he and the family have gone through an emotional rollercoaster ride over the last two week.v that the trial has taken place “For the past two weeks I have been here for every minute, since the opening argu ments,\ he said Parisian said the support from the commu nity remains \overwhelming'' a year later but added that the verdict won't take away the feeling \of toss\ the family has \I feel, now at least, he can rest in peace, and the family can continue to the best of our abilities.' Pansian said, tears streaming down .Mter the trial was over, proseculor Russell Biiscaglia said he was not surprised by the 'Whatever the verdicl was. I would have been satisfied with the verdict.\ he said. \But I am satisfied with the verdict that they did find \ The convictions on the two muntsot murder were \very important\ because miw the state van ask for twoeonsecutise sentences, one for the robbery and another for the murder ‘That is not by any means definite,\ he said That’s something we have to look into, and maybe the judge can sentence him as two dif ferent enmes,” he said. Buscaglia said the strongest part of the state's case was the testimony from witnesses at the store when the robbery took place \And I think the other strong argument was when the defendant took the stand (Thursday).\ he said. \I don't think he gave a very plausible story. 1 don't think he gave a ected it \ aci run consecutively. Buscaglia said Defense lawyer Joseph Cawley. whi> viosed his eyes and put his head down as the verdicts See GUILTY on Page 8 very credible story, and the jury reiected With the convictions, Hyde may face a nun- ; years to life it the sentences Oneonta poet gets letter in response President Clinton sends thank you Bv BILL WOLCOTT Staff W riter ONhONT.\ Arthur Gibson sat in his chair glued to the images on his television set in hts Nader Towers apartment lor two days after the Apnl bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. OK As he sat there, he couldn't believe the gory images o f bnmh- ing's aftermath ’T o sec those babies, those chil dren . I told the president (hot 1 cried.” Gibson said. “W e've never had (hot kind o f thing happen in our country before \ As he watched the footage o f the lifeless babies, the bloodied vic tims. Gibson, 69, a retired mason assistant from Jefferson, decided that he was going to write a poem For an hour he spent toiling over the work, substituting a word here, changing a sentence there. Finally he was finished, and he read it over one last time l A.v printed in the F reeman s Journal May 21) \Oklahoma City\ Tim e folks are vailed Sooners; they like an early start This Wettnesday past a big blast left our nation with a broken heart. For them a wUl take time, for they are big red, A time like this we hape and wish, no word should be said. That was hard on everyone, mm they do need love. As they will find real strength, that cotttes from tdtave. The whole world ivui vtur< hing each face showed heartbreak This IS real and how they feel, sou knon that nus no fake Have written enough, will end the poem here. Now look into an eie. tor sial will find a tear Not wanting to keep his literary wtsrk to himself. Gibson decided to So h e penned copies of the poem to Prestdent BUI Clmton. the doity pa^r 181 ORlaboma City and the Freeman's Journal. Within txvo weeks, he received a reply firom the president thanking him for the pi®re. Says the letter \‘Dear Mr. Gibson, Thank you for the heartfelt letter; the tragic tombing in Oklahoma City has affected all of us. A.S our nation seeks to recover from this bruial attack. I have pledged that my administration will do all It can to help heal the injured, to rebuild Oklahoma City, and to bnng to swift and certain justice those that have committed this act of cowardice. We are working with Congress to pass new counier-ter- ronsni legislation. This legislation will greatly strengthen our ability to act c|uickly and decisively against such senseless acts o f violence and will help us to prevent future assaults on inncKrent Americans. 1 urge you to join with our fellow citizens in comforting those in need and in naamtaining our hopes for strong, vibrant future. VVotog togetlier America can emei^e from this tragedy stronger than ever.” See POETRY no Page 8 i 4 lf Flag Day 6? BiOfVaiKis ^cond graders at Cooprerstown Elementary School celebrate Flag Day Wednesday at the school during the school's Flag Day Ceremony. Lawyer wins a major verdict Largest award in NY history Supreme Coun Justice Robert J Slolank decided that the town's building inspector, the town board, town By DAN SHERIDA.N Editor COOPERSTOWN - Courts in New York slate t rethinking the nghts of property owners, and a Cooperstown attorney has been instnimental in that Dennis E A Lynch, a member of the Coo|rerstown office of the Nyack-based law firm of Dorfman. Lynch alloraey and supervisor \succumbed to public pressure\ in revoking a .‘i-year old building pennii issued to John F and Patrick J Magee, developers in the Bradlev Industrial Park. The judge said that the permit was revoked using stown baseless grounds He said in his decision that i I nside Around t o Townsm. C l a s s i l i e d s ™ . „ _ - .. I S - I 8 Home bBproveffieat»»»»>»»»I3 * s A • t » __ ____ .a, Si — ........... S,(S* and Knoebel. won a case in which a town of Orangetown official revoked a building permit issued to two brothers. The town attempted to block the SS I million award to the brothers, and recently the New York Law Journal reported that the award, with interest and costs, is %1 4 million, the largest such award ever for a civil nghts case tn New York state Magees had spent more than $4 million improving the 20-acre project, including a proposed 184,000-square feet b u lling, before the revocation of the building per mit forced diem to shut the project down in 1985 Lynch, a partner in the law firm, said, \One ot the last nghts Amencans have today that most o f us can thensh IS their nght to property. Protection of that nghi trom governmental abuse is more necessary today than eser See VERDICT on Page 8 Town Board approves grant . e a f l t e f mmth im By AVI GVILI Staff Intern ONEONTA - Tlie Oneonta Town Board will ollwrate a S 1.000 gram towards playground equipment needed for disabled children. At W ednesday's meeting. CouRCilwoman Marie Lusins requested that the $1,000 giant - vitm to m the National Association ofTdvns and T own^ips in recogni tion of the new town h ^ l and efforts to t n a ^ ftieiiitlaa accessible to phys- ictdly ehalleoged people - be donat ed to t o effbii begun by t o Rotary Club a year ago to raise money for t o uppadlog of p l^gtounds i» the C t o n t a d e insnta^ schools. “It’s gohtg to be a tremendsus community e toiL \ LiMos said. I Lustns, who tk alto t o Oittouia p |tofiaiyC!ubpre5ideta. siMtitaitfto i moGtey gtxs bask inm t o fswn fund I il win lust “ to getsu** F b riiR^^ li' slie said, t o laoMy wHl be put to belter use in t o new pmjish ¥du n tftoijsiad doQai's and add to iT. it will double and CEiple.*’saidLuisfRS. U te O u b fta^ already amassed SdvOoO. and bepes to raise She has a vision and a heart. Supervisor Duncan Davie an estimatwl $30,000 with the help of WiUtam Miles. su|»rintendent o f the Otsego-Northern Catskills Board of Cooperative Educational Services, who will help apply for matching grant money that will make the | l .000 and other contributions pow. The Oneonta Job Corps and the Carpentem Union will also help by donating labor and materrals. Supervisor Duncan Davie hailed Lusins os a woman with vision oM recognized her and Councilman C a rlton Etelometer for the work to y have tone towards improving faslM es by making thtan accessible to handicapped people. '“She has a vision and a heart and I commend her for i i ... I think it ( t o pr^eci) is a v e t y laudable goal.\ said Davie. Cotincilinan D otted Webster, who sits on t o Board o f Directors fbr t o Association for Retailed Children, said, ’Tm glad we have the foresight, the interest, and the concern to take care of, sometimes, our less fortunate citizens it's time we become a leader.\ In other business: • Robbie Hassig. a suident at Oneonta High School, was granted permission to paint and repair the playground behind t o old town hall as an Eagle Scout project. Hassig and other scouts will work the week of June 26 with $48S in materials approved by the board, # • Die board approved changes in the sign brdinmice to make the law less restrictive. • The Spirit and Truth Ciuistian Assembly offered apureliasing price of $35,000 for the old town hail. The board counter-offered t o amount ofSSS.000. • A revised specitd use pertait tqiplication foim was approved. • A public hearing was set for 8: IS p.ffl. July 12 for a proposted sis- tnonih moratorinin on new kennels • Stacey Cairigan was appoinffid dog control officer. ,• Woodland water rates were set at S4.8S per 1.000 gallons.
