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. ‘ t 'tr . • I ; A ttention A d v e r t i s e r s : C a l l to r e s e r v e y o u r a d s p a c e in “ O n C a m p u s ’ 95 ”, o u r A u g u s t s p e c i a l s u p p l e m e n t . C a l l 547 - 2545 . reeman ’ s .ASpcnWBnii IlWCTIONOTOTOS SUNDAY Attgost 6 , 19$5 Serving Otsego, Delaware & Ch^nangt Publishing NY 13326 50 C 'otmml to offer to ^ s , airtid^- CQ0PBESTOWN - m Freenmn’s Jmtml will add some color to its makers’ liv^ starting with color photog* r^by In titis edition. The newspper’s publisher, Bab MiUer, noted that f«B color ^ proces^ng will be used in seletaed photographs in editori al copy, and aiso far those reqaesting it f e wedtfitogs, cn^gemente raid amtive^asles. NKlIer also noted, that adver tisers may reqo^t full color photo^pby m a modest addi-' ttoaa! price in their ^ s . It is a ^new, exciting laoh” for due Freemm’s Journal, said Miller, who added that advertis ers who t ^ out a &S'page ad at die newi^per’s o ^ n rate will get color free. Q a ^ donates to Bassett COOPSRSTOWN - Or. Willtani F. Stcech. president and cldef execudve officer of Bassett He^diciue, annouBoed thot Jane Forbes Ciarh, a Bassett tnistee and hospital benefactor, has d o i i a ^ $3 mil- Ifon to fund the etablisbment of die O a ^ iducaiion Center on Bosseifs Coope^town immpas. The €3adte t o e r will featured irife^vmcd and learning Center. gift wBl also fbnd i&nsvotlbns to ftis lobby tecated in l ie odginal hospital building. Once the renovaitoite m <mm- pie®, the former b o ^ ial huSd- ing will be known as the Clark Building and t h e .m ^ a l libmry will be named in honor of G e o ^ Miner Mackenzie. MD, B o u lt’s d ir^ o r from lDl^-47. Anniveisary of bontbiitg noted ONB0NTA - A ^ i a l ser vice, open to die eottiinunlty, will be held at 10:30 a.m; today I' d eommcmoiation o f the 56ih annlveisa^ o f die atomichomb> _ the U l Ouffidi, 12 Ford Awe.,0a«tente. and is-spHtsoredby tliechurch’s Saelai Respensibili^ Center. M § p.m., ffie commiiti^ „ invited to ^ c r ai file Peace Pole,. Msto Stteet aan.dstend, Gneonta far « fihie of shaitng in toceor.words. er IS neia up by armed robber By DAN SHERIDAN Editor COOPERSTOWN - Like a scene out of the old west, an aimed robber brandished a pistol in the face of a teller at Wilber National Bank on Main Street in Cooperstown and made off with an unknown amount of money. While officials at the Cooperstown branch declined to comment. Wilber President Alfred Whittet said that it was a lone gunman, and diat details are still sketchy. “They found out about it because it was a holdup.\ he quipped. “It was pretty easy to tell. Details are .very sketchy. Apparently a person appeared in front of one of the' tellers and brandished a revolver, and asked for money. The teller complied, and no one was injured, which is our main concern.\ Sgt. Phillip Stocking of the Cooperstown Police Department said that the man fled on foot after noon that police and bank officials were still trying to determine how much money was taken. The last robbery^'of a Wilber National Bank branch occurred wite- in die last 20 years, Whittet said, and happened at the Schenevus branch. Precautions, he said, are simple. “All of our branches are equipped with cameras, and our personnel goes through robbery training,” he said \That’s about ^1 you can do. You do everything you can and hope that these things don’t happen, but apparently they do.” The robbery occurred at about 1:20-1:23 p.m., said Stocking, and police are still pursuing leads on the perpetrator. He is described as pulling out a small automatic revolver on a teller, the identity of which the Freeman‘s Journal has agreed to keep confidential. \We’re working on any leads that come in,\ said Stocking. \We're checking dumpsters and garbage cans to if he threw anything away.\ Whittet said as of Thursday after police are still pursuing erpet 5-7 to 5-9, white with a tan. shin brown hair, clean shaven and a prominent nose. He was wearing at the time of the robbery a dark windbreaker with.a tan baseball hat with a forest green hat. The Cooperstown Police were the first on the scene, calling in the state ■police 40 minutes afterward. According to Police Chief Michael Crippen. the robber told the teller “Give me your large bills.\ to which the teller complied. Anyone with information is asked to call the village police at 547- 2500. Kid gets dream weekend Phoenix group and HOF sponsor prize By DAN SHERIDAN Editor COOPERSTOWN - When Danen Hoffman and his father. Stuart, came to Cooperstown from their home in Miami. FL for Hall of Fame induction Weekend, little did they know just how much of a dream vacation it would turn out to be. The father and son were picked out of a crowd coming out of the Baseball Hall of Fame on Fnday before the induction weekend to receive a VIP Weekend from Rirenix Communications and the Hall of Fame. Phoenix Commuracations is the film company which produces Baseball Magazine and This Week in Baseball for ESPN. “This is the first year that we've done this.\ said Mike Kostel. vice president of baseball programming for Phoenix Communications. \Actually this will be the only time I'm doing it because this is my last week at Phoenix.\ Kostel said that Phoenix wa.s shooting film for Baseball Magazine, and the segment includ ing the Hoffmans will be aired at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Aug. 9.. “Hds is truly a ^ream WRitem} for them.” he said, notlflg that Dairen Hoffiman threw out tite fiist piteb at Che New Vork-Psimsylvania L e a ^ contest between the Oneonta Ym&ees and S t Cathaiine's Stompers. and ought the “first pitch\ forown by Mite Schmidt prior to the Hall of Fame Game Sunday. He also was given a private tour of the Hall of Fame, was allowed first passage through the autograph signing, toured the stage before the induction ceremony and had his pic ture token with the hall of famers. Kostel said that he stood outside the. Hall of Fame looking for a par ent one childlo alleviate any confusion as to which child would be able to do what. \We just walked out of the Hall of Fame, and f Kostel) asked us if we would come over and talk to him.\ said Darren Hoffman. “When he told us about the Hall of.Fame Dream Weekend, 1 couldn't believe it. I thought things like this never happened.” He said that he is a die-hard Philadelphia Phillies fan, as were most of the throng in Cooperstown over the weekend. \I would have had (Mike Schmidt) with it,” he quipped. “But I w o u l^’t mind if he hit a hdme run off me.” ~ I nside CommiiBltyCal Classifieds«n«.« Sod8lw.n»»>«».« Opinion EegtettSiSew V,-' . . r ' ' *’ ' ■ Michael Chase, left, and Walter Wart were in charge o f the woods thinning opera tion at Crumhom Mountain Boy Scout Camp. Both are employees of Wightman's Lumber in Portlandville and are Cooperstown residents. Saving aesthetics of woods is goal of logging industry By LINDA GOODWIN Sjreci^ to the Frym an’s Journal MARYLAND - Logging does n’t have to be ugly. That was the theme of a series of recent seminars and woods walks sponsored by the North eastern Loggers Associarion, Inc. The seminars, held throughout astern New Yoriu Geoff Joires. latte manager of the Society for die P!rt^£ti(Hi o f New Hamp- shiieFiwests. Jones is theottekffof “A Guide mLciggiflgt Aesthetics,” vriiieh whsgteeotd^hw t^islH^ participant asxHig &S0 fisesteis, timirer harvestss te^tenSowntus. One of the seminara was held at Crumhorn Mountain Boy Scout camp in the town o f Maiyland, where recendy 100.000 board feet of lumber were removed from the camp. Michael Chase and Waller Wart of Cooperstown, now with Wightman’s Lumber in Pottland- ville. were the timber harvesters hired for the job. Workshop participants were able to tour the recently thinned forest and see many benefits of advance planning, careful felling ahd use of other techniques to aid in logging aesthetics. \Ihe vroiteshave on amaadng ability tohcai,” said Borne Braun, a consulhng forester involved 'in plan ning the amtrer harv^t at dre camp. Braun said tee trest way to make a job look good is advance planning. “L ^ tng out logging trails teat follow tee contour o f the land and building a log landing for sorting trees help improve the neatness o f timber harvesting,” he said. Frank Parks, a forester with tee New YoA Smie DefartnBnl of Environmental Con^rvalion agreed. \It’s important for the landowner to assess what he wants to do with the land before the logging starts.\ he said. Man Lippin, an industrial forester also employed by Wightman’s Lumber, said many times the logger is blamed for clear-cutting, when a clear-cut was what foe landowner wanted. “O i ^ foe landowner is educat ed as to the value of his wood land. esfrecially when a real estate transfer is planned.\ said Lippitt. “they’ll say, Cut it all, cat every- involved f^te judge timber haiveste by w ist t e ^ s ^ , loggers and hsxlownensitlite need to show desiratefe eiranges ' brought about as file resalt p f them. Jones said, “fegulation comes from what people see. so if you’re logging in an area where the pub lic will see a lot, it’s smartest to LOGGING on Page $ DEC scoping meeting draws opposition By DAN SHERIDAN Editor COOPERSTOWN - Opi»nents to a proposed boat launch voiced their opinions early and often at a scoping meeting held jointly by the state perks was to teow Qiil die ftt a 'Oitoof fosebaligameSataiday. . Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Thursday at Cooperstown Central School. Some of the main points o f con tention at the meeting Thursday included the noise and engine pollu- fion of what many considered a sure influx of power boats on tee lake. Others mentioned the pristine “Widden’s Pond” like feawres of Otsego Lake. Heniy Cooper, great- ^andson of James Fenimore Cooper, contiflualiy refeired to tee lake as “GlimiBe^lass,\ tee name James Fenimore Cooper dubbed Otsego Lake |n his LeaihersttKktng Tales series. The DEC and Porks Department came to the meeting with fonr sepa rate propostes on the lake. Boat launches were proposed in ‘ the Ollmmerglass State Park between Hyde Hall and the north-most picnic area, soufo of the picnic area, just north o f the campground and to tee far south of the park. Each proposal included either existing or a to-be- built hoat wash) which many consid ered a good idea with the sitoafion in the finger l i k e s and Lakes of ^ b r a o i t i s ^ . Anthony Adamcayk, regional direetor of Region ^ for the DEC, can the meefing, and ran in© prob lems even before the eieetlng began. D was Ws idea © break tee a j ^ x i - oiatelf I ® people who attended to© six small groups, l h a i was immediately chaltcm^d and a hand vote upheld the deciSon © keep tee . large ^oupinmet. AdaoKH^k. Tom Lyons, directw of the Parks Environmental Management Bureau and Gary MacLachlan, regional director of the central region o f the Parks Deparunent gave a brief overview o f tee proposals, and then opened the meeting to conunents and questions. While all four designs proposed two feel of depth, it was noted that large powerboats can access such shallow waters, while sailboats may not be able w because of the deptfi of their center boards. It was also noted fiiat three of the P e o p le should he working to take motorboats off the lake, not putting more boats on. Michael Whaling proposals are listed in de.sighated wetland areas and the fomfii is very near Hyde Hall, listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. \It is clear.” said Adamezyk after only a few comments at foe begin ning o f tee marathon session, which lasted more than dtree hours, “that there is more than just concern in this community. There is anger.” One resident, echoed by oteeis. said fiiat tee lake is used primarily for dririking by residents, and that the Depaitment of Health should be tee lead agency b^ore the project goes to a smte review. James Woolson, mayor of Cooperstown, sounded a threatening note, stating that i f a public aecesi boat fenmeh were bute, he would work to see that foe village-oper’ated boat launch at the end of Fair Street be dosed to dl but village residents Anglers commented that the problem is not fishing in the lake, and that sentiment was sounded b> those opposed to the boat launch Other fishermen noted that alewives in the lake are depleting the oxygen content and killing off other fish, and that a well managed fistreries project would do more for the lake. Norman Smith, owner of a bait and sports shop, declared that 20- 30 years ago there were three times the motorboats on the lake that there now are, and said most of the money that goes into the Itfoe's preservation comes from hunting and fishing fees. Another point of contention is that Willard Hannan, director of the Biological Field Station of tee Stote University College at Oneonta, is heading a take management study. Some said teat tee proposal for a boat launch should wait until that report ik finished. MIchasI Vltealing, a member of Motorless Otsego, commented. “People should be working to t i ^ motorboate off file lake, not putting more boats on.\ Cooper, a member of Otsego 2000, commented, “Motorboaters alone are capable of fiueateaing tee safety o f all otesrs.\ Bonnie C tetog Hoftnann. presi dent of tee Oteego County Conservation Astociation, said that a survey fiiai oi^aiizaiion took'^ound that those who oitewered are opirosed to a boat launch a 7-1 margin. Thetssa Winchester, public rela tions tereetor for OCCA, ^ k ed if it is illegcS to put size limits on boats accessing a pnbUc boat launch. As with all other tjuesfions put © bim, Adamezyk decBaed to answer. j | - - ....................... j ' ' 5 i ^
