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The Annual Comprehensive Picture
Of Our Business World’s New Ventures,
Ideas & Growth In Chenango County.
PUBLISHED BY THE EVENING SUN, NORWICH, N.Y. • JAN. 2008
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The slow path to a better city
BY JESSICA LEWIS
The Evening Sun
A
fter taking steps to
keep the tax rate
increase to a
minimum, controlling costs
at city departments and
looking at the possibility of
cutting costs through shared
services, the City of
Norwich is working to
become a more appealing
area for residents and
businesses.
For the 2008 year, Norwich
Mayor Joseph Maiurano said he has
several goals, all of which relate
back to the Mission Statement,
established by the city in early
2007. “The mission of the City of
Norwich is to serve its citizens in
achieving and maintaining an opti-
mum quality of life consistent with
available resources (...) providing
those services to the public that cannot be provided by the individual on
a cost-effective basis,” the mission
reads.
One of the big changes Maiurano
would like to see is an increase in
shared services between area
municipalities. For several months
in 2007, the City of Norwich and
the towns of Norwich and North
Norwich discussed the possibility of
applying for a state grant to study
shared services and areas for consolidation. Despite the fact that the
state would have paid for 90 percent
of the study, the Town of Norwich
opted not to participate.
“The concept of sharing continues to be an important conversation
between the City of Norwich and
other municipalities as we explore
ways to pool our resources and
streamline government to make it
more efficient,” Maiurano said at a
recent meeting of the city council.
Maiurano pointed out the town and
village lines in the county. “There
are 21 towns, one city and 8 villages. These boundaries were set
hundreds of years ago with different
needs, different times and different
technology. With the new needs of
today and the advancement of technology it is time to answer the question, ‘Is there a better way?’” Maiurano pointed out all of the possible
duplication of services that exist in
the county and ways that they could
possibly be decreased. “As mayor
of the City of Norwich, I welcome
conversation between the city and
our municipal neighbors to explore
increase sharing of services.”
Another goal the mayor would
like to see achieved in the coming
year is to make the city government
more efficient, by re-examining the
city charter, which he said contains
areas that he believes are outdated
and require change.
Over the past few years, Maiurano explained that the Common
Council has become a group that
works well together and gets things
done. Ward Four Alderman Walter
Schermerhorn agreed, saying, “The
council is more cohesive now than
it used to be. Part of the reason is
because there was a lot of finger
pointing going on, and now we’re
more interested in developing
things that will be beneficial to the
city in the long term.”
In November, two new members
of the city council were elected:
Ward One Alderman Robert Carey,
and Ward Three Alderman John
Deierlein.
Schermerhorn
has
expressed a belief that their financial know-how and business
insights will be an asset to the council. “The two new council members
are both good men, and good businessmen. I think they’ll do a great
job,” said Sixth Ward Alderman
Paul Laughlin.
In order to be more open with the
community, the city has instituted a
new web site, www.norwichny.us,
which Maiurano hopes will bolster
community involvement by providing an array of information to the
public. With changes in the 2008
meeting schedule, which include
eliminating the City Council Work
session and a possible change in
committee meeting times from 6
p.m. to 7:30 a.m., Maiurano said he
hopes the city web site will be able
to reach residents who are unable to
attend the meetings. The new schedule was instituted to cut down on
the number of comp hours seen by
department heads who have to
attend these meetings and to ease
the burden on the committee members, who are often rushing from
work to attend the meetings.
“We ask the citizens to have an
open mind to change. Our goal is to
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streamline the way we do
business and we believe in
the long run these changes
will be beneficial to all citizens in the city,” Maiurano
said.
The city council hopes to
achieve some of their other
goals by instituting new programs and making changes to
help keep the city clean and
orderly. In 2007, programs
like the rental registry and the
sidewalk replacement program helped improve the aesthetics of the city. With success in both programs, the
city hopes to continue these
efforts in 2008.
“We’ve taken little steps on
big issues, and we’re building
a foundation for the future
with programs like the rental
registry, which we will continue working on this year,”
Schermerhorn said.
Laughlin explained that he
feels codes will continue to
be a big issue in 2008. “I’ve
always thought Norwich
would make a beautiful
retirement community, but
we need to do more to clean it
up,” Laughlin said.
The sidewalk program will
also begin another round in
2008. The program allows
some city residents to replace
their sidewalks, with the city
absorbing half of the cost and
city workers providing the
labor. In addition to the sidewalk program, the mayor discussed adding a painting program for 2008. The program
would encourage home owners to paint the exterior of
their homes. The cost could
be spread out over a period of
time and added to the yearly
tax bill for those who cannot
The City of Norwich Common Council has two new members joining
the ranks this year. John Deierlein and Robert Carey were elected to
fill two positions that were vacated this year in the first and third
wards. Pictured from left are Deierlein, Paul Laughlin, Walter Schermerhorn, Carey, Mayor Joseph Maiurano, Terry Bresina and Robert
Jeffrey.
come up with the sum of the
money up front.
The city is also holding out
hope for funding via part of
the Restore New York Grant.
A grant application was submitted in mid-2007. If Norwich is chosen, the grant
would provide funds for the
demolition of burned out and
otherwise seriously damaged
city-owned homes, and the
construction of new residences.
In order to plan for the
long-term growth of the city,
two major projects are being
undertaken to ensure the city
is able to supply a substantial
amount of water and deal
with waste water disposal in
an adequate fashion.
“We are actively working
with state and federal officials to secure funding,”
Maiurano said in regard to
the two projects which will
cost millions of dollars. The
plans call for the implementation of a new, gravity-fed
water filtration plant, to be
placed on a plot of land located just below the Chenango
Reservoir. The current water
filter plant was built in 1903.
The new plant would eliminate the need for several
pumps, since it would be
gravity fed and would help
the city be a more responsible
environmental user. The project could cost in excess of $5
million.
The second project calls for
the replacement of critical
components at the waste
water treatment plant. The
rotating biological contactors
are components of the system
that have become damaged
due to years of use. The contactors sustained some damage during the 2006 flooding
due to an increased amount of
liquid being carried through
the system. The cost of the
project is estimated to be in
excess of $3 million.
Maiurano said he hopes
city residents will take an
active role in recruiting support from state and federal
government officials. “I ask
all citizens to write to Senators and Congressmen, both
state and federal, to help us
fund these projects,” Maiurano said. A complete list of
politicians and addresses will
be available on the city’s web
site.
While the city has many
plans to continue building for
success,
Schermerhorn
explained that revenue issues
will continue to be a problem.
“Providing services costs
money, and increasing property taxes is not the answer.
We need the environment to
attract small entrepreneur
type businesses to develop,”
he said. “What we’ve gotten
to did not happen over night,
and it’s not going to be corrected overnight,” Schermerhorn said, but the alderman
did say that currently several
projects were being looked
at, and that time and effort is
being put into finding a solution.
Success Stories
NBT Bank
For NBT Bank, the year 2007 was highlighted by community
recognition and community involvement. On March 28, Commerce Chenango presented NBT Bank with the 2007 Distinguished Business of the Year Award. The ceremony took place
during the business group’s 48th annual dinner meeting at the
Canasawacta Country Club in Norwich. Greg Sheldon, then
chairman of Commerce Chenango, told the crowd of about 140:
“People in business aspire to be like NBT and reach those lofty
heights you folks are at. You’re an inspiration.” Accepting the
award on behalf of NBT Bank was Martin Dietrich, the bank’s
president and chief executive officer. “Norwich and Chenango
County have played a very special role in our history and success,” Dietrich said. “There has always been a strong entrepreneurial spirit here, but there has always been a strong community spirit as well. I think those two components are very much
ingrained in NBT Bank. For all the growth we have had, we are
still a ‘hometown’ bank.” The Distinguished Business of the Year
Award is presented annually to an area business that has shown
consistent growth over a period of time; is considered a leader in
its industry; makes continuous improvements in quality and
innovation; and has made significant contributions to Chenango
County and its economy.
Chenango United Way’s 2008 campaign ran from September 1
to December 31 of last year. To help out, NBT Bank employees
based in Chenango County held their annual fund-raising activities for the campaign. As in previous years, a laptop computer
and departmental pizza parties were among the incentives. But
when all was said and done, NBT Bank employees increased
their donations by more than 20 percent over the previous year.
In response to this strong showing, NBT Bank officials
increased the company’s donation too. Employee and company
contributions totaled $67,000 – about 14 percent of the nearly
$489,000 grand total raised by Chenango United Way during the
2008 campaign. Donations will be distributed to local organizations based on a competitive grant process overseen by the
Chenango United Way board. This process provides funding to
groups that best demonstrate they will utilize their funding to
make a positive impact on Chenango County in one or more of
the following areas: aging population, opportunities for children
and youth, access to health care and poverty issues related to
hunger and housing.
David Harris, branch manager of NBT Bank of Norwich, and
Kathy Black, a loan recovery officer with NBT Bank’s Managed
Assets Department, were co-chairs of the bank’s fund-raising
efforts. Harris said, “We are very grateful to our colleagues at
NBT Bank for their generous support of Chenango United Way
this and every year. Contributions from local companies help
make life a little easier for many of our neighbors in Chenango
County.”
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KERRY BIOSCIENCE
Expanding a global presence
BY TYLER MURPHY
The Evening Sun
I
n 2007, Kerry Bio-Science experienced a
remarkably good year of
distribution growth. Kerry’s
site manager Phil Ham
reported that the company
nearly doubled its global
presence as a leading producer of pharmaceutical-grade
monohydrate lactose.
The company produces
specialized food ingredients
such as inert additives, time
release coatings and flavorings.
Kerry continues to utilize
its enterprising resource planning or ERP system. The
diverse communications system plays a vital role from the
raw material receipt and
release, to the final shipping
of finished product.
The company also made
strides in diversifying its
portfolio by increasing the
number of materials it can
offer to its commercial customers.
“It helps our presence by
making us a one-stop shopping venue,” said Ham.
Ham explained that the
company can fulfill a more
lateral range of needs a customer may have.
“If they can get everything
they need from just one
source instead of going to
two or three others, it saves
costs. It makes the whole
process more efficient and
convenient for the customer,”
said Ham.
Kerry Bio-Science is one
of the largest suppliers of
pharmaceutical-grade lactose
in the United States. The
material is a common compo-
nent used in the direct compression of tablets. Often the
lactose serves as a inert filler
in countless products made in
the pharmaceutical industry.
The company has become
an expert in producing highly
specialized growth media.
The media is used by pharmaceutical companies to foster specific growths which
are then harvested for whatever contributions they may
offer to the production of
complex drug ingredients or
for testing.
The plant also specializes
in manufacture of hydrolyzed
proteins, yeast, lactose,
hydrocolloids,
fermented
ingredients, enzymes and
emulsifiers.
This positive growth has
caused a 10 percent plus
increase in the number of
employees at the site. More
than a third of those
employed at the site hold
either a bachelor’s of science
or more advance degrees in
the field.
“We have a very educated
workforce. There is half production and half technical,
and the majority have college
degrees of some kind,” Ham
said.
Ham explained that the
pharmaceutical market for
produced ingredients is
growing rapidly and demand
on the site has increased.
Kerry Bio-Science is an
international company based
in Ireland. The manufacturing facility in Norwich is one
of 10 plants located around
the world. Kerry Bio-Science
is its own company, but is
owned by the Kerry Corporation which has several other
Scientist Amanda Gage running equipment in the pilot plant at Kerry Bio-Science. Gage is one
of dozens of young professionals employed by the pharmaceutical manufacturer.
companies bearing the Kerry
name.
Executives and administrative officials visit the local
plant regularly and credit the
facility for its high level of
performance. The company is
constantly monitored by the
Federal Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and
the Department of Agricultural Markets.
In the upcoming year, Ham
said the company hopes to
keep expanding its diverse
selection of products, especially its coating facilities.
The process of FDA approval
and validation, however, is a
long process.
“We’ve been working
towards it for a while and you
just can’t pinpoint an exact
date. Validation can be very
tricky process,” said Ham.
The good thing about the
process is that although it
may be a challenge to get
into, once in, it offers a stable
and consistent market, Ham
said.
The location of the Kerry
facility has been occupied
and operated by other businesses in the area for more
than 100 years. The company
began as a dairy creamery in
New York City in 1841. The
business moved upstate looking for lower cost and more
room to expand their operations. Named Sheffield
Farms, the business constructed a creamery at the
current site in Norwich were
it has remained in one form
or another ever since.
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PREFERRED MUTUAL INSURANCE
Success Stories
Staying ahead in a
competitive marketplace
BY JILL KRAFT
The Evening Sun
I
n the insurance industry,
as times change so do
the variables that can
create losses or gains.
According to Robert
Wadsworth, chairman of the
Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer for Preferred Mutual, the company
gained significantly in 2007.
Although finalized figures
have not yet been computed,
Wadsworth predicts 2007
premium revenues will be
approximately $208 million.
Wadsworth said property and
casualty insurance companies
were very profitable in 2007,
which led to a highly competitive marketplace. He said the
industry has seen a slight
decline in premium growth,
but Preferred was able to
counter the trend, showing
positive growth and continuing to be a leading source for
insurance.
“We expect to post positive
earnings for the year,” he
said, adding, “It was a pretty
good year for us.”
The company, which
Wadsworth explained is
owned by its 250,000 policyholders, is projected to carry
a policyholders’ surplus of
approximately $133 million.
“The company’s total assets
are $370 million,” he said.
Preferred Mutual operates
in four states: New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts
and New Hampshire.
Preferred Mutual has also
been updating its technology
capabilities. “We would like
Every year Preferred has a corporate float in the New Berlin Youth
Days Parade with a theme. For 2007 the theme was the "S.S. Preferred
Mutual.”
to continue to enhance our
technology platform with the
intended purpose of making
it easier for our independent
agents to do business with
us,” said Wadsworth. This, he
says, will make the agents
more efficient and drive operating costs down, which, in
turn, will make the company
more competitive in the
growing marketplace.
Wadsworth says he has
seen a lot of change in the
insurance business in the last
12 years that he has been
leading the company. “I have
seen continuous change and a
lot of growth,” he said.
Preferred was honored in
2007 in a survey by the Professional Insurance Agents of
New York State (PIA) for
being one of the top five of
insurance companies operating in the state in the past five
years. “We were also honored
in 2007 for being in the top
10 companies operating in
the state for generating the
fewest automobile claim
complaints for automobile
insurance carriers. This
shows the commitment our
employees have to providing
the highest level of service to
our independent agents and
policyholders,” he said.
Preferred Mutual’s main
office is located in New
Berlin with its data center
located in Norwich. Between
the two facilities, Preferred
Mutual has approximately
242 employees.
As the largest employer in
the New Berlin area,
Wadsworth says the majority
of Preferred’s staff live in
close proximity and devote
significant time and effort to
the service of their communities.
“We try to show our commitment to the community
financially and through other
means,” said Wadsworth.
Throughout 2007, Pre-
ferred employees took part in
many community activities,
and the company surpassed
its Chenango United Way
2008 campaign goal. Preferred is also a corporate
sponsor for Gus Macker,
takes part in blood drives,
participates in the American
Cancer Society Heart/Run
Walk, holds dress down days
for charity every month and
is a main sponsor of the New
Berlin Youth Days.
“We sold Sno-Kones for 50
cents each and all the proceeds were given back to the
New Berlin Youth Days,”
said Preferred employee
Jamie Moore. Moore says
each year Preferred has a corporate float with a theme. For
2007 the theme was the “S.S.
Preferred Mutual.” “We
always try to gear our float
themes to be kid-friendly,
because after all, that’s what
Youth Days is all about,” she
said.
Skillin’s Jewelers
Another successful year for Skillin’s Jewelers. Despite a
shaky economy and a pessimistic media we had a strong finish
this year. We tried some new jewelry lines that turned out to be
very popular. Pandora is the most popular jewelry company
nationwide this year and we are now the area’s exclusive dealer.
We also carry the “Nancy B” designer earrings and pendants that
are very unique and very affordable.
Skillin’s Jewelers is a member of the Independent Jewelers
Organization which is a select group of jewelers from across the
country who are chosen because of their business ethics and
credit ratings. As a member we are able to buy from these companies and receive the discounts that major retailers get. When
attending these national shows, Hal Skillin goes to many seminars and meets with other successful jewelers from across the
country. Even after owning the business for 34 years there is so
much to learn and he always comes home with a new energy and
many new ideas and some different products to fill our cases.
Of course, no business is successful without many loyal customers and friends who support us every year. And it is always
great to see new faces that have been sent to us from satisfied
customers. We sincerely appreciate your trust and friendships
and we are proud to be a part of the Norwich community.
Rapid Reproductions LLC
2007 was an exciting year at Rapid Reproductions LLC., ending with the honor of being named Chenango Counties Small
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We would like to thank you the customers, our partners in
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CWS
Staying ahead of the curve
BY MICHAEL MCGUIRE
The Evening Sun
M
ost people cringe
when they hear the
word “audit.”
But if you ask the people at
the Community Work Shop
in Norwich, audits aren’t so
bad.
“We’re getting one or two a
month,” said Timothy Knotter, CWS vice president of
sales and marketing. “That’s
a good thing.”
How is that a good thing?
Because the audits Knotter is
referring to are on-site
reviews
conducted
by
prospective and current customers making sure CWS
meets a certain criteria of
standards and practices
before they’ll sign a contract
to do business. In that sense,
each audit is an indicator of a
potential account. That essentially means the more audits
there are, the better. Especially with a track record like
CWS’.
“These audits open the
door to more customers,”
Knotter said, adding that they
are essential components to
landing accounts in the pharmaceutical industry. “And
we’ve never not passed an
audit.”
CWS continues to live up
to the state’s standards as
well, Vice President of Rehabilitation Michael Cerra said,
that make sure it is providing
quality housing and working
environments for the 150developmentally disabled
“clients” employed there.
“Those audits are routine.
They’re mandatory to keep
our operating licenses,” said
Cerra. “But they also validate
what we are purposefully trying to do – provide the best
quality services we say we
will. That’s our aim; that’s
our goal.”
CWS is mainly a contract
packager for other companies. They also help customers, known as “vendors,”
conceptualize and engineer
product designs. As Account
Executive Jason Lasicki
points out, the book of business CWS can and does handle is diverse.
“It ranges from the pet
industry to pharmaceuticals,”
said Lasicki. “We have a
diverse range of products
we’ve expanded to.”
In terms of growth, in the
last two years the company
has added 27 new accounts.
That’s a marked improvement from six in 2005.
Already in 2008, it has
locked in 8 more customers,
with no signs of slowing
down. The increase is a direct
result of the certifications the
company has earned in the
last few years, Knotter said.
“We have to keep changing
our business practices to
match customer’s requirements,” he said. “As a result,
our business model is always
changing. But that’s also
allowed us to add a lot more
things to the fire, and given
us more new and great opportunities to expand.”
In 2007 CWS was certified
Kosher, re-certified by the
Industrial Standards Organization – a top-honor that’s
been a boon for the company,
McHale said – and, most
recently, certified organic by
the Food and Drug Administration.
CWS line workers assemble flu-medicine packets at the company’s Plant 5 on East Main Street
in the City of Norwich. CWS was recently certified organic and holds a number of other
certifications that allow to offer a range of different services.
The move to organic was a
major part of CWS’ new
focus on being a “green”
business.
“Being green is a big deal
to us and our customers,”
said chapter President John
McHale. “That certification
is something we’re proud of.”
Lasicki said in today’s
social and economic climate,
offering more organic and
green services is not just a
smart business move, but a
responsibility.
“We are in an earth-friendly market,” he said. “But we
have a responsibility to factor
in people’s health and health
of environment as well.”
For the health of some of
their own elderly clients who
can no longer work, Cerra
said in June the company
opened six-person residence
home on Country Club Road.
In 2008, it plans to open
another on East River Road a
half-mile south of Polkville
Hill.
“This was a way to plan for
our clients’ future,” said
Cerra.
For CWS’ regular employees, the company is expecting
to add jobs and a second shift
soon to accommodate the
increase in work volume.
What’s helped it get ready for
the push has been a complete
overhaul of the company’s
manufacturing
operation,
Lasicki said. He credits manager Eric Moore with making
operations “leaner” and more
efficient.
“It was basically a complete elimination of waste,”
said Lasicki. “From our
processes on the floor to
inventory, we’ve taken a
more focused approach to
everything we do. That’s
really put us in the position
we are to succeed.”
With a downturn in the
economy expected, Knotter
said one of CWS’ biggest
challenges will be defining
the line between good and
bad business relationships.
“More companies are trying to stretch their dollar to
get more with less from us,”
Knotter said, explaining that
CWS will have to work hard
at protecting their own interests in those relationships,
and in some cases become
more “rigid.”
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Published by The Evening Sun
IN THEIR OW N WORDS
Success Stories
Norwich - A retirement
community?
BY JEREMY STOPFORD
Norwich City Police
T
he second week of January marks the 1st
anniversary of my
retirement from the pastorate
in Beaver Meadow, and of our
move to our apartment in Norwich. “Retirement” – a strange
word considering I hope to
work at least five more years
with the Norwich Police
Department More work for me
– more tickets for you!
I’ve come a long way from
my beginnings, and yet in the
big picture of things, I believe
there was an unseen hand
guiding my steps all the way to
Norwich. Let me explain.
I was raised in an affluent
section of Westchester County,
just outside New York City.
When I was 13, ready to enjoy
high school life, my dad
retired and we moved to Ft.
Lauderdale. I attended a
“prep” school there with the
hopes of my enrolling one day
in an Ivy League college preferably Dartmouth in New
Hampshire from which both
my Dad (’26) and my older
brother (’65) were graduated
(my other brother - you know,
the one with the 1600 on his
SAT’s - went to Harvard, and
on to Penn Law, ultimately
retiring from his law practice
at age 44- – but that’s another
story). I was not accepted at
Dartmouth, but was at St.
Lawrence in Canton of upstate
New York. My mother was
shocked to think that I would
go so far from home (I had
also been accepted at Tulane in
New Orleans, but much to
Mom’s chagrin, I chose SLU).
Norwich roots? At St.
Lawrence, this young freshman met a girl from Norwich
whose dad was a doctor here.
Penny and I went to several
“barn dances” where I heard
many stories about her hometown. After my freshman year,
I “got the call” and transferred
to a Bible School in Cornwall,
Ontario. Norwich? Yep - two
more students. The one, Allen,
was to become my best man you know him as Pastor Carpenter in New Berlin. The
other, Thuvia Hitchcock,
added to Penny’s tales with
accounts of her Dad and
Granddad Hitchcock working
for the O&W railroad. The
only railroad I had known was
the New Haven on which my
Dad commuted to NYC every
weekday. Thuvia told me stories about Grandpa George and
Grandma Minnie sitting on the
front porch of their Grove
Avenue home sharing stories
with the neighbors – the
Mirabitos, the Testanis and
others – about the railroad,
about the weather. A safe
place. I could never dream
then that one day Thuvia and I
would own that 25 Grove
Avenue home (that, too, is
another story).
She told stories about the
booming businesses in her
hometown. Of how her Dad
worked hard for his family.
Three jobs – one of the maintenance men at a factory called
Bennett-Ireland (where he
would work until its closing
day); a paid fireman – going to
work every third night at 6
p.m. for 12 hours (long before
NPD ever thought about it),
and a master electrician, often
working late hours for some-
Jeremy Stopford
one long after he left his shift
at B-I. My sheltered life at Rye
and Ft. Lauderdale didn’t
understand a work ethic like
that.
Thuvia and I were married
in 1973 at Calvary Baptist here
in Norwich. And when I was
graduated from Seaway Baptist Bible Institute in 1976, her
Dad encouraged me to come to
Bennett-Ireland until I knew
what I wanted to do in life. I
was hired that July – and
immediately found a new family. I was learning firsthand
what Norwich roots meant.
The Turners. The Leahys. The
Harrison Edwards. Dick
Lewis. Tom Lamphere. Don
May. Men of vision for their
community. Men that knew in
order to see that vision come to
fruition, hard work, long
hours, re-work would all be a
part of that.
And then I was hired in 1983
with my job with the City of
Norwich PD as their “special
officer” – dog control, parking
enforcement, and the “gopher”
jobs of the department. For the
Rentals To Go
past 25 years, I have been
learning what community
means. Watching downtown
Norwich. Seeing people of
vision come and go. Some
with products that no one
wanted or needed would be
destined to close quickly. Others who knew their items were
important would stay the
course, and we are the beneficiaries.
Thuvia and I have also spent
20 years in the pastorate in
Beaver Meadow, and there,
too, I learned the value of community. No major businesses
or stores there anymore,
although its history is replete
with such. But once again,
there are families there who
call Beaver Meadow home –
as did their parents and grandparents, as do their children
and grandchildren.
We moved back to Norwich
last year. ‘’Retirement.” Once
again, my roots in my new
hometown. No, not the affluency of suburbia New York
City. Not the bigness of Ft.
Lauderdale. But the richness
of family and neighbors. The
heritage of a dynamic work
ethic. The hope of a future
that, too, will be a great place
to share the city’s heritage with
our neighbors.
And the railroad? In the big
picture of things, you would
know that the Bullthistle
Model Railroad Company
would be our landlord. Retirement - a contentment, a joy, a
hope, a heritage. Thanks, Norwich!
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Published by The Evening Sun
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Chenango County is just as much our
lifeblood as it is yours. And that’s why, as
the only daily recorded history of Chenango
County, we here at The Evening Sun strive
to bring you the most complete, accurate,
informative and entertaining newspaper
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We cover more local stories, more local
sports, more local events and more local
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occurred Friday both north and south of
the city and suspect the crimes may be
related.
Four separate locations were broken
into Nov. 30, all along Rt. 12 in the Town
of Norwich. In every instance the burglar) cost each of the businesses more in
damages than in stolen property.
Kuntriset Kitchens and Baths Design
Center owner Michael Stockin was one
of 10 commercial tenants victimized at
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the town for the purposes of
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NORWICH – An Oxford
drug dealer who was the target of an undercover police
investigation
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Office pleaded guilty in
court Monday.Corey A.
Weidman, 23, Oxford,
pleaded guilty to the top
drug felony – third degree
criminal sale of a controlled
substance – in full satisfaction to the seven other
felony and two misdemeanor charges that were
indicted against him by the
grand jury. In addition,
BY JILL OSTERHOUT
Sun Staff Writer
josterhout@evesun.com
F
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take years, explains this mother of three and local
store owner.
As Nancy Cushman heads into her 10th year in business at Seasons Gift Shop in Norwich, she explains
although it is a different career path than she originally
imagined,
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ten
children,
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Medina in western
New York. “It’s a big family, but we are very close-knit,
and we have a lot of fun,” she said. Cushman explains
being the oldest, she of course was the first to go off to
college.
Nancy went to Alfred University to study sociology
and soon thereafter, met the man she would marry. Jim
Cushman and Nancy were married while still attending
college, and following graduation, the couple moved to
Ohio so Jim could attend law school.
As a child, Jim would spend summers and vacations at
his grandparents’ home in Plymouth. The couple knew
they wanted to come back to upstate New York and
decided to take a look around the Norwich area. “All the
other lawyers and the bar were great,” said Nancy.
By the time the couple moved to Norwich, their
daughter Christina was a toddler and their second daughter Andrea was on the way. Jim wanted his own practice,
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Nancy Cushman explains why she can
always be seen smiling while at work – she
loves what she does and the community she
does it in.
and Nancy explains, she wanted to be home to raise her
children in a safe community. Nancy stayed with her parents in Medina as Jim brought their belongings back to
New York. “He was on the road, traveling home when I
had Andrea,” said Nancy.
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Santa Claus is helping keep Chenango County neat and tidy for the holidays, as seen here
riding shotgun with Bert Adams Disposal. Where’s Santa headed next? Find out in
Wednesday’s Evening Sun.
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“It’s absolutely good news,” he said.
“We’re hanging on by a shoestring. But
every little bit helps.”
CMT still has to be issued a
“Certificate of Need” from the state
Department of Health before it can begin
servicing Chenango County. Beckwith
said the company has applied for the certificate, but is unsure when the process
roads in the future.
will be completed.
“It costs between $50,000
Representatives from the company
and $100,000 for a mile of
were not available for comment Tuesday
new road. That’s a pretty
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hefty bill to put on the
The Board of Supervisors is reviewing
shoulders of the town should
a long-term plan submitted by Beckwith
it arise,” he said.
that involves the county implementing a
Having the regulations in
“fly car” system, where county-employed
place gives the planning
paramedics would drive to emergency
board the opportunity to
scenes from strategically placed points
and staff local volunteer ambulances,
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who have trouble supplying highly
said last week that Broome
Community College - where
a number of Chenango
County’s college-aged and
adult students are enrolled “owes us an explanation for
what they are doing for our
community.”
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colleges were originally created in the 1940s to provide
those seeking a two-year,
post-secondary degree with
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this event with the idea o
getting the community mor
involved, more aware,” sai
Dennis Rifanburg, a Toy
for Tots volunteer and Labe
Gallery employee.
At noon in Bainbridge
U.S. Marines will b
unloading donated toys t
go to the local drive and spe
cial guest Santa Claus plan
to step-off the box car for a
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‘Souvenirs of
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afternoon at two local
events: The “Challenge of
the Vans” in the City of
Norwich’s East Park and the
arrival of the U.S. Marine
Corps’ “Toy Train” in the
Village of Bainbridge center.
In Norwich, four local car
dealers have each entered a
mini-vans into the challenge
to see which one can hold
the most donated toys. Aside
from the van challenge,
there will also be music and
other festivities in the park
from noon until 4 p.m.
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Norwich, are gathering and
distributing new toys as part
of Chenango County’s
“Toys for Tots” campaign.
“There are needy kids out
there in our communities
that may feel like nobody
cares. They may feel like
they are forgotten,”“ he said.
“Hope is a big thing. It’s
important we let those kids
and their families know they
are not forgotten.”
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unwrapped toys Saturday
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The 2007 “Toys for Tots” drive collected 82 donations at the recent “Parade of Lights” in Norwich.
The campaign also received 450 toys from “Toys R
Us.” Organizers say they’re nearing their goal, and
hope community members show support at events
this weekend in Bainbridge and Norwich. Pictured
with the latest batch of donations are “Toys for
Tots” volunteers Dennis Rifanburg, Gail Lawrence,
and Melinda Mandeville from The Label Gallery in
Norwich, and volunteer Roger Barnhart, postmaster, South New Berlin.
Community
can offer
hope to
local children
through to one of the Marines aboard.
“He saw me, he saw my pain,” she said.
As Patty walked away from the train she
was called back by the Marine and as she
turned she saw that they were taking a
bike from down to give to her son. “It
was so much more than a bike,” she says.
“It represented so much more than a simple gift.”
Hitchcock explains that as she looked
at what they had given her, she was in
awe of who they were, what they did for
her and what they do for others. “It gave
me the courage to believe that there are
good people out there, not everything
was bad and that I had the courage to do
something wonderful and care for my
children,” said Hitchcock.
Now years later, as Hitchcock is just a
semester away from graduating college,
she says she still believes people do not
realize what an impact they can make on
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Patty Hitchcock says she has a
lot to be grateful for this holiday
season and thanks to the support
and grace of others, her life is
what it is today.
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rying to see the good in people is
one lesson this mother of two
realized was one of the best
“gifts” she would ever receive.
Patty Hitchcock of Bainbridge
explains her life has had its trials and
tribulations and through it all she found
herself, found out who she wanted to be
and what kind of mother she was.
Hitchcock grew up one of five children
in Queens. She and her family moved
north before her senior year and she graduated from Unatego high school. At age
16, Hitchcock began what turned into her
life-long career thus far at the Cullman
Center in Sidney. By 1996, Hitchcock
was married and soon after began to raise
a family.
Patty’s life would be forever changed
in 2003 when her husband feel ill, was
hospitalized, and never returned home.
Her children were young and she’d never
thought she would be raising them alone.
“My life did a complete 360 and I didn’t
know what I was going to do,” she said,
“It was Christmas and I didn’t know how
I was going to get them gifts and juggle
everything else.”
In December the same year, Hitchcock
explains she stumbled across the Toys for
Tots train, a locomotive filled with toys
for children and accompanied by United
States Marines and Santa. The train travels through Bainbridge and makes the
deliveries for children in Chenango
County. Hitchcock says the train was a
sign. She walked to the train and began to
tell her story of what she had been going
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NORWICH – There’s
nothing about “community”
when it comes to community colleges anymore, one
local government leader
says, and Chenango County
taxpayers shouldn’t be
charged for its students who
choose to attend one.
Town
of
Pharsalia
Supervisor Dennis Brown
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NORWICH – Giving others, especially children,
hope on Christmas is one of
the greatest gifts of all, says
Bainbridge resident Roger
Barnhart, adding that sometimes it only takes a simple
gesture of kindness.
Barnhart, the postmaster
of the South New Berlin
post office, and employees
from The Label Gallery in
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Rainbow’s End Redemption Center,
Professional Teleconcepts and Jeffrey’s
RV Mobile homes were also burglarized.
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around $3,000 for damage done to rear
doors, interior doors and desks. All were
forced open with a pry bar or other metal
instrument.
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back. Those were steel doors both locked
and deadbolted but they got through
both,” said Stockin.
In total, the business had $40 taken
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DOWNTOWN SHERBURNE
Success Stories
Chase Memorial
Owner Heather Simmons and Store Manager Kerry Collins work late
on a Friday night at Sherburne video. Collins worked for the business
right out of high school and then eventually bought the store.
Longtime businesses
build lasting
relationships with
customers
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 51
She runs Sherburne Video
with her partner, Heather
Simmons. The two said business had diminished slightly
because of the move.
“There is a lot of competition out there with pay-perview, Netflix and cable, so
we’ve had to expand our
offers a little,” said Collins.
The store also sells refreshments and body jewelry.
“I love the business or else
I would’ve given up on it
years ago. We know a lot of
the people that come in. One
customer, a friend we met
through working here, brings
us dinner almost every week
while we’re here,” said
Kerry.
Kerry said she is looking
forward to the weather warming up so work could continue on their building. New
lighting will be going into the
parking lot and a wraparound handicap accessible
porch was being built on both
stories of the building.
“The year 2007 for Chase Memorial can be summed up as a holding year on many accounts and
a year of monumental transitions in other regards,” according to Roger J. Halbert,
Administrator/CEO. The Chase campus in New Berlin is home to an eighty bed skilled nursing facility, 32 independent living apartments, out patient family practice for the community, and a child day
care operation. “Chase has quite a diverse operation in its provision of a range of human services
covering the entire life span,” reflects Halbert, now in his 36th year in management at this site.
There is a correlation of staff retention to quality of services delivered, according to Halbert. The
campus is most proud of its retention of 75% of its employees last year, the seventh consecutive year
of surpassing the facility’s average of the past 35 years, that of 30.4%. This is in stark contrast to the
nationwide employee loss in healthcare which exceeds 50% in most facilities. “Chase’s top management staff averages 19 years,” Halbert stated, “a factor coupled with nearly 40 percent of the
employee force with ten or more years of service…that equates to quality service delivery.”
A continuing feature that brings uniqueness to Chase is the “Life Focus” components of companion pets that live at Chase, surrounded by gardens and interior plant life, complete with the daily
presence of children. The Eden Alternative which started at Chase in 1992 has received nationwide
recognition including introduction to health care facilities internationally. With Chase’s small day
care program on-site, children are constantly in the life flow of the nursing facility all day long, Monday through Friday. “Upon entering the front lobby, the sights and sounds of children’s exuberance
tell visitors that they are not in the typical nursing home,” says Halbert. Spanning a lifetime of shared
experiences, residents are exposed to an atmosphere energized by so many forms of life, which may
contribute to Chase’s high occupancy of nearly 99% this past year.
Halbert mentioned the campus independent living apartments experienced a good year also with
an occupancy rate of 98.7% for 2007. A nice feature for the housing tenants is the outpatient family practice across the parking lot. Halbert commented that “Chase took over the management of New
Berlin Family Practice in 2001 and few housing developments have such an outpatient service within walking distance of the apartment… Chase does!” Halbert proudly stated. The Family Practice,
with Mary Ann Bigger, Family Nurse Practitioner and Dr. Anna Marie Ward, provides a needed service for New Berlin and the surrounding communities. The outpatient practice continues to see new
patients monthly.
Since December 2006, management and the governing board have been working closely with the
New York State Department of Health processing Chase’s Certificate of Need (CON) application
which re-defines the setting of long term care delivery for not only the immediate area but for all of
New York State. Replacing much of Chase’s 37 year old building, the proposal calls for the provision of skilled nursing services in eight individual houses, with each elder having his or her own private room and the rooms surround a central living room and kitchen/dining area, complete with a
working fireplace. “Such a setting, the first of its kind in New York State, will be an attractive feature for the next generation of elders who require nursing home care. Transitioning from the traditional medical model, the household design will truly be beautiful and a hallmark of distinction that
will continue to set Chase apart from others,” Halbert enthusiastically stated.
In the preliminary months of fund raising, the Campaign Steering Committee has generated $1.1
million with a goal of approximately another $500,000 from private sources. From governmental
funding and three grants that will be submitted in 2008, the committee has a goal for an additional
$1 million from such public sources. The Committee will be opening up the campaign to interested
philanthropic individuals and additional corporate contributions that will be significant to the
fundraising efforts, Halbert said. The Campaign Steering Committee is chaired by John C. Mitchell,
with members Janet Ingraham, Board President; Roger Halbert, CEO; William Craine, Marcia
Foote, Mark Golden, Nanette Johnston, Paul Stillman, Cheri Theis, Dr. William Thomas, Robert
Wadsworth, and Whit Whitaker. The project is slated to be reviewed by state officials at their meeting in New York City on January 24 with the projected start date of construction to be late 2008.
Questions on the capital campaign may be directed to Roger Halbert, P.O. Box 250, New Berlin or
call him at 607-847-7000.
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53
PAGE SEED COMPANY
Growing from a vibrant tradition
BY MELISSA
DECORDOVA
The Evening Sun
W
hen asked the next
most exciting news
in Greene after The
Raymond
Corporation’s
hydrogen fuel technological
breakthrough was announced
last year, Chenango County
Supervisor Jack T. Cook
pointed to the Page Seed
Company.
“They have a good business going on over there
now,” he said. “We are very
impressed with what’s happening there.”
And what a difference a
year can make! From nearly
filing for bankruptcy last
summer, Greene’s centuryold agricultural and horticultural-purpose seed packaging
business appears to be growing strong. New ownership
coupled with an Empire State
Development grant enabled it
to acquire new equipment,
hire 33 new employees and
launch a hefty advertising
campaign in the fourth quarter last year – all of which are
already showing signs of
paying off big.
Productivity has increased
substantially since Stuart
Mill Capital purchased the
company on Sept. 1. Page
Seed Company currently has
55 employees and an annual
payroll of $1,004,000.
Commerce Chenango President Maureen Carpenter said
the transaction was possible
via economic development
assistance from the Chenango County Industrial Development Agency. She said
Stuart Mill Capital “not only
purchased the company, but
also decided to maintain the
operations at its current loca-
tion in Greene. Chenango
County is very fortunate to
have the Page Seed Company
call Chenango its home for
over 100 years.”
“Last year was a transitional one,” company President
Lynda (Lyn) S. Granger said.
“We were in jeopardy of closing our doors, literally. These
people came in and purchased the company, kept the
doors open and kept people
employed.”
A brief glimpse of Page
Seed Company’s history goes
back to the Spring of 1896
when Erford Page and his
wife Cornelia began packaging sweet peas and nasturtium seeds for 100 merchants
in the hamlets, towns and villages surrounding Bainbridge. Five generations of
the Page family continued to
grow the business – in good
times and bad – filling all
types of dry seeds into packages, from flowers, vegetables and grass seed, to bulk
animal and wildlife feeds, to
bath salts.
Orders are filled today for
national and international
customers via sales representatives throughout the northeast and with the help of a
distributor in Puerto Rico.
Granger, who is unrelated
to the family, has worked at
Page Seed for 34 years,
becoming chief executive
officer in September 2007.
She said the same, traditional
values – to develop innovative, high quality products
that appeal to a diverse range
of customers – are maintained today.
“We believe and strive for
100 percent customer satisfaction and offer custom
solutions to help businesses
grow,” she said, pointing to a
myriad of options for customizing individual seed
packets for corporate gift basket, bridal shower and sales
promotion give-aways.
A beefed up advertising
budget helped earn Page
Seed Company the seal of
approval last month from the
National Gardening Association, a nonprofit leader in
plant-based education. After
a trial survey of members, the
NGA featured Page’s unusual
“Razzmatazz” sunflower in a
recent publication.
“We’ve received a lot more
magazine notice and attended
a lot more trade shows. The
advertising we did last year is
really paying off in orders for
this year,” Granger said.
Page’s variety of sunflower
seeds - many acquired from
Israel - range in color from
burnt orange to bright burgundy, to lemon eclair, jade
and peach passion. They have
large centers or small centers.
Granger said the company
recently purchased 12 new
varieties of sunflowers that
are not typically shown in
stores’ seed racks.
Page Seed Company’s
workers in Greene package
between 100 to 150 types of
top quality flower and vegetable seeds as well as 25 different herbs. Easy set-up
Page’s Premium floor displays showcase contain 1,000
vivid, full color packets.
Each packet features precise
planting information in both
English and Spanish.
The seeds, which are sold
in garden centers, hardware
stores and the like - are also
retailed under the “Page Lib-
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Page Seed Company Assortment Manager Carolyn Cower shows off
just a sampling of the types of seeds packaged at this Village of
Greene-based manufacturer. The 112-year old company is still growing
strong.
erty Garden” or “Theme Garden” brand names. Many different grasses for the turf
industry, as well as soils and
fertilizers, wheat, trees, bath
salts and potpourri, are also
packaged and distributed. A
specialty Page Seed Company line is sold through distributors, where they are
printed with customized messages for weddings, showers,
party favors, give-aways or
corporate gifts. Granger said
Mohawk Valley Fuel Oil of
Saratoga Springs includes
free seed packets with statement reminders to thank customers for their business, for
example.
“We can do business size
card packets that sales people
can hand out at trade shows,”
she said.
New for the coming year
will be a garden adjacent to
the plant that customers can
walk through to see the different varieties of seeds packaged within. Additional hiring and new products are also
planned.
Finding ways to educate
the public about the value of
gardening is another company goal set for 2008. “It’s difficult for people to take the
time to garden or to understand that they have the space
to do so. We are trying to
educate people that home
grown food is more nutritious. And seeds don’t have
to be in the ground. Lettuce,
tomatoes, peppers and other
vegetables can be grown in
containers on people porches
and patios,” she said.
As part of its donation to
community service, Page
Seed Company donates
boxes of seed packets to the
Greene Rotary for Christmas
gift baskets that are delivered
to about 125 families each
year. Most of the company’s
employees are from Chenango County and are involved
in many different organizations, Granger said.
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Progress Chenango 2008
Published by The Evening Sun
NORWICH CITY SCHOOLS
Building bridges to connect a community
BY JILL KRAFT
The Evening Sun
A
s the 2007-08 school
year got underway last
September,
purple
signs peppered lawns across
the city – a sign that negotiations between school support
staff workers and the school
administration were not
going well.
Now, as the support staff
and the district stand at an
impasse, school Superintendent Gerard O’Sullivan says
he is still hopeful the outcome will benefit both the
support staff as well as the
district. The administration
has also met five times since
the beginning of the year to
decide on a contract for the
teaching staff as well. Both
the support staff and the
teachers are currently operating under their previous contract, which ended in the
summer of 2007.
As for academics, moving
forward is one thing the Norwich City School district
seems to have excelled at
during 2007. “We are always
making progress,” said
O’Sullivan.
Keeping up with a changing society, O’Sullivan
explains parent/teacher and
student contact has also
begun to change. “We can
now e-mail parents to keep
them up to date,” he said.
With the “home access”
Internet program launched
last year, parents can log in,
see their child’s test scores,
homework assignments and
contact teachers with questions. In addition to upgrading the technology to stay in
touch at home, up to 80
teachers are expected to be
certified on the ‘smart board,’
The annual Purple Pride Week at Norwich High School is one of the many ways students show
their school spirit and reach out to the community each year.
which is an interactive learning tool built to aid the education process in classrooms.
As part of the technology
upgrade
agenda,
smart
boards, starting last year,
could be seen in all four of
the school buildings in the
district.
O’Sullivan says the district
is continuously making a
gain academically. During
the past year the re-vamping
and/or upgrading included
anything from redesigning
school lunch calendars and
meals to a $35 million building project.
After being placed on the
Schools In Need of Improvement listing (SINI list) four
years ago for certain subjects
and populations at the middle
school level, school officials
looked hard at curriculum
and programming. Once
placed on the list, the status
for the school remains there
for two years; when adequate
testing scores are reached, it
takes another two to be
removed.
It was recently announced
by the state that the middle
school had been removed
from the list for math, but
will remain on the list for
English language arts. “We
are very confident the students will be successful this
year and we will be completely removed,” said
O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan also says both
the numbers in the advanced
placement courses at the high
school are on the rise as well
as the participation of stu-
dents attending the Career
Technical Education programs at the DCMO BOCES
facility. “We are giving our
students more opportunities
to learn outside the classroom
walls,” said O’Sullivan.
In January 2007, district
residents approved a proposal
to purchase $2.1 million
worth of buses and four
pieces of maintenance equipment. Since 1985, the district
has followed a schedule
which replaces buses every
seven to eight years.
O’Sullivan says figuring
out the budget gets increasingly harder each year as
state mandates and costs continue to rise across the board.
As the board got ready to propose a $32,305,709 budget
last year, the rules changed as
the “contract for excellence”
was put into place by the
newly-elected New York
state Governor Eliot Spitzer.
Based on testing scores and
economic status, the state
allotted additional funding to
the Norwich school district
for the contract for excellence
program. After appointing the
money, the state then dictated
how the district could spend
it. With the added funding
O’Sullivan said nine new
positions were created with
two teachers on special
assignment at the elementary
level in both math and English. In addition, new courses
were made available to students within various buildings.
The district analyzed what
specific areas the money
would best benefit, and with
the approval from the state
board the new implementations were put into place.
Ensuring children are eating a healthy, nutritious
breakfast and lunch is one
way the Norwich school district is aiding the fight against
childhood obesity. Food Service Director Jackie Jenks
said throughout the past year
the district has been taking an
aggressive approach to
ensure children are receiving
healthy breakfast and lunch
choices. “These might be the
only time some of these children eat all day,” she said.
The biggest endeavor on
the table for both the school
administration and faculty
and staff currently is the $35
million building project. With
an expected date of completion less than a year away, the
project has quickly changed
the landscape at Norwich
schools. At the high school,
the football field was given a
brand new turf surface and
new playground facilities
were put in at both elementary schools.
Transformations are also
underway now at the middle
school. It is expected that by
the time students return to the
school next fall, the sixth
graders will be joining seventh and eighth graders and
by December the district
offices will also occupy the
additional space in the middle school building.
“A lot of work that has
been completed have been
things people cannot see,”
said O’Sullivan, “A lot of
infrastructure work has been
done.”
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PROGRESS CHENANGO 2008
IN THEIR OW N WORDS
Success Stories
White House Cabinet Shop LLC
2007 was a year of continued growth for White House Cabinet Shop LLC. The White House Cabinet Shop LLC produces
Kitchen Cabinets, Office Furniture, Entertainment Centers and
other furnishings for the home and/or office.
The production facility and showroom are located on 11
Knapp Street in the heart of Sherburne. The majority of its
clients are located in Chenango County but their market
extends to Binghamton and Syracuse. White House has
shipped products to Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
Jersey and California.
Examples of their work can be seen in the showroom. You
can also get in touch with them by e-mail. They offer artful
design and expert workmanship. Most of their products are
made of oak, maple and cherry that they purchase locally. They
use state of the art hardware and finishing materials.
White House’s specially designed furnishings fill needs not
met by mass-produced products. Through creative use of
space, they solve storage problems and simplify traffic flow. As
custom builders they pay careful attention to both form and
function, working to meet the needs of the customer while
maintaining scale and proportion. Each piece is designed to
harmonize with its environment. White House chooses quality
wood, looking for continuity of color and grain. With a combination of traditional methods of joinery and modern finishing
techniques, they produce unique woodwork with lasting beauty and a balanced appearance. Whether the project is a small
bedside table or a large kitchen, White House uses the same
care in design, material selection, construction, and finishing.
The cabinetmakers completed a number of built-in projects
this year, including new kitchens and renovations, custom
countertops, custom staircases, home and commercial offices
and built-in entertainment centers. One-of-a-kind furniture
built in 2007 included tables, stands, display cases, and corner
cabinets.
White House Cabinet Shop LLC also offers both residential
and light commercial custom construction services. They have
over twenty-five years of experience in construction. In 2007
major construction projects included historic renovations,
office remodels, new additions, garages, porches, decks and
major residential remodeling.
White House Cabinet Shop had a busy year and is currently
scheduling work for the spring and summer. If they can help
you with your project, call them at 607-674-9358. You can also
reach them by e-mail at whitehousecabinetshop@frontier.net.
Mike’s Furniture Repair
Mike’s Furniture Repair, a well-known specialist in recliner
repair and the repair of all types of furniture including antiques,
is doing a fine job in Norwich and the surrounding area.
Mike started in the furniture business in 1967 at a wellknown local furniture store. He did repairs and deliveries for
many years. Enjoying this type of work and receiving requests
from family and friends to refinish, repair and upholster,
encouraged Mike to break out on his own.
Customized upholstery is a main feature in Mike’s business
and he will come to your home or business with fabric choices
and suggestions to turn your furniture into new.
“Sales and service of Electric Lift Chairs continues to be a
large part of the business,” says Mike.
For all your furniture repair needs call Mike at 607-3348460.
Volunteering is the
lifeblood of Hospice
BY JUDIE WRIGHT
Volunteer Coordinator at Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango County
V
olunteers are the
lifeblood of many
organizations. Their
price is always right, and
without them, things that
should be done don’t get
done. And in the case of Hospice Volunteers, they ask for
very little – perhaps a pat on
the back from time to time –
but their true motivation
comes deep from within their
hearts. They repeatedly tell
me that the simple fact that
they’ve lightened the load of
a fellow human being is
reward enough. Our volunteers are an integral part of
our non-profit agency. Not
only are they essential for
patient and family companionship, but they’re mandated
by Medicare and the New
York State Department of
Health. In order to keep our
operating license, volunteer
hours must equal at least 5
percent of our total staff
hours. And indeed they are
important players in our
interdisciplinary team of
caregivers.
Hospice volunteers follow
one of several paths. The
patient and family volunteers
have to take a comprehensive
27-hour training course that
teaches the principles of hospice and the approach we
take to death and dying. After
graduation and meeting our
health requirement, they wait
for a call from me giving
them their first assignment.
My role is matchmaker: the
link between a patient and
family, and our Hospice volunteers. After an appointment
is made, that volunteer finds
him/herself driving to a virtual stranger’s house. However,
they don’t stay strangers for
long.
Ron Compeau, one of our
dedicated male volunteers,
recently shared his feelings
about volunteering with me.
Compeau admitted that he
sometimes feels anxious on
that fateful first drive, but he
says that it takes only a few
minutes at the home to realize
he’s glad he went. “A few
awkward moments are a very
small price to pay for what
you get back,” he says. What
he values most is that unlike
one’s workplace, “nothing I
do for a Hospice patient or
family is tied to dollars for
service or hours spent. Being
a Hospice volunteer is about
the freedom to help others,
and in turn help yourself.”
And he guarantees others that
“nothing you’ve done prior,
will be as appreciated, as just
being there with the patient
and their loved ones and
allowing them to feel your
moral support.”
There are two other types
of volunteers needed at Hospice – administrative and
fundraising. The administrative volunteers come in,
sometimes on a regular basis,
sometimes in a pinch, and
help us with general office
work – answering phones,
copying forms, or in the case
Judie Wright
of one dependable volunteer,
Mary Heath of Norwich,
shredding sensitive documents. Mary’s done this job
for years. It’s her baby and
she takes it seriously. We love
having administrative volunteers in the office. They
change the complexion of our
day to day lives. Fundraising
volunteers including our
crafters who make gifts
which are sold under the
name of “Hospice Homemade,” do anything from sell
geraniums to decorating our
memorial “Light up a Life”
tree. They bake, they stuff
envelopes, they deliver order
packets all around the county.
Whatever they do, they do
with a smile on their face,
and we love them. We love
every type of volunteer.
I’ve worked in the corporate world at Procter & Gamble for 23 years, and I currently own my own business
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an employee development
training company. But I can
honestly say that as Volunteer
Coordinator at Hospice, I’m
having more fun than I’ve
ever had. They’re going to
have to kick me out of here. I
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much, and I enjoy nurturing a
new group during the training
sessions. They just seem to
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are men, they are a very
requested
group.
Male
patients often feel more comfortable confiding in another
man. They tend to have more
in common like work, hobbies, or sports. I want to
encourage anyone with a
kind heart to explore the idea
of giving some time to Hospice, whether it is in a
patient’s home, in our office,
or in the park selling flowers.
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please call me at my office at
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Progress Chenango 2008
Published by The Evening Sun
CENTRAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
High-tech service with a personal touch
BY MARTHA RYAN
Correspondent
W
hen you enter
Central Diagnostic Imaging (CDI)
in Norwich you are immediately struck by how different
it is from any other medical
facility you have ever been
in. The locally crafted shakerstyle furniture, laminate oak
floors, vibrant colonial paint
colors and decorations of
antique toys, farm implements and artisan’s work all
create a distinctly homey
ambience. And yet, what
transpires at CDI is anything
but “down-home.”
CDI is an independent
state-of- the-art medical
imaging center offering the
full array of radiology services from x-ray to magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI). It
was founded in 1985 by radiologist Lawrence Rosenblum
who believed that living in a
rural environment need not
necessitate having less than
state-of-the-art
medical
imaging. Rosenblum had
moved from an urban academic practice to Norwich
two years earlier seeking a
practice
setting
which
allowed personal contact
with patients and physicians
and which offered the benefits of a rural lifestyle including the opportunity to make a
difference in peoples’ lives
and the well being of the
community. CDI is the
embodiment of Dr.Rosenblum’s belief and aspirations.
Dr.
Rosenblum
first
focused on introducing computed tomography (CT) services to the Chenango Valley.
For ten years, CDI operated
as a mobile CT service for
three area hospitals until each
was able to acquire its own
CT. Next, in1995, Rosenblum transformed CDI into a
free standing independent
imaging center which housed
the area’s first state-of-theart, patient-friendly “wide
body” MRI and bone densitometry services. In 1998, CDI
was reconfigured into a multimodality imaging center,
adding x-ray and fluoroscopy, mammography, and
two additional regional firsts
– imaging-guided breast
biopsy and 3-D color
Doppler ultrasound.
Between 1999 and 2005
CDI established a full vascular laboratory with the addition of plethysmography so
that patients would no longer
have to travel to Syracuse and
other cities for these services;
acquired a spiral CT, the first
in the area capable of doing
3-D volume rendering and
virtual colonoscopy; replaced
its mid-field MR with a more
robust high-field MR; initiated the use of “Mammopads”
for greater comfort and better
images during mammography; acquired 4-D ultrasound, the only one in the
region, to enable enhanced
obstetric, gynecologic and
musculoskeletal imaging;
and, added a computer-aided
diagnosis (CAD) system for
mammography to enhance
accuracy.
Despite the challenging
healthcare
environment,
Rosenblum states that CDI
remains focused on providing
state-of-the-art diagnostic
imaging with a personalized
approach. At CDI, the year
2007 was one of investing in
improved technology. In
June, CDI undertook major
upgrades to its CT and MRI
services. It acquired a new
state-of-the-art 16 slice GE
Brightspeed helical CT scanner
whose
advantages
include ultra high resolution
images and ultra high speed
examinations, decreased radiation dose, decreased requirements for the volume of contrast required per examination, and a new full array of
software packages which
allow such advanced imaging
as CT angiography, virtual
endoscopy and dental planning.
On the heels of the installation of its new CT, CDI
upgraded its already high resolution GE 1.5 Tesla high
field MR scanner to a state-
of-the-art GE HD (high definition) Excite 8 Channel
Technology. According to
Rosenblum, this new configuration offers improved
image quality; a 30% average
decrease in the time of each
examination which is a major
improvement in terms of
patient comfort and image
quality; expanded imaging
capabilities including MR
angiography; software packages to significantly reduce
patient motion; fast scanning
of the liver allowing the
entire liver to be scanned
with a single breath hold
reducing motion artifacts and
improving diagnostic confidence; and, the most
advanced breast MRI technology available.
“We now have the most
advanced MRI in the Southern Tier. Unlike other breast
MRI’s in the region, our
advanced breast MRI technology allows evaluation of
both breasts within 30 minutes. Breast MRI is now
accepted as a routine imaging
modality for the screening of
high risk patients. It is also
valuable in following patients
after breast cancer treatment
and in clarifying areas of
uncertainty identified on
mammogram or sonograms”,
Rosenblum stated.
CDI ended the year by
replacing its densitometry
and ultrasound units with the
latest versions of these
machines with the added benefit of improved capability
and applications.
Beyond the investment in
state-of-the-art equipment
and the exquisite facility,
there is something at CDI that
remains absolutely unique.
“CDI is like a high tech Mom
and Pop shop” says Dr. Leslie
Dopkeen, Director of Operations and Dr. Rosenblum’s
wife. “The technology is eyepopping but that is only part
of what distinguishes us. At
CDI care is personalized and
delivered with professionalism, friendliness and respect.
When the “8:30 abdomen”
walks through the door the
entire staff knows and acts on
the basis that that abdomen is
a person with time-constraints and needs, who is
likely to be in pain or discomfort and anxious. I think
this approach to patient care
is a good part what makes
CDI successful” stated Dopkeen.
Throughout CDI’s history,
partners Dr. Rosenblum and
Dr. Janet Martin have emphasized the importance of
respect to patients and
prompt, courteous and professional service to referring
physicians and practitioners.
Rosenblum
commented
about CDI’s many expansions and growth, “As we
continue to grow and add
sophisticated technology at
CDI, we must never forget
that the welfare of our
patients is our primary focus.
This is who we are and what
we do. We are at home in
Chenango County, making a
difference where it counts
most.”
Success Stories
Community Memorial Hospital
The HealthGrades Joint Replacement Excellence Award™, which was presented to Community
Memorial last fall, is the result of collected data that tells a real story of cooperation and accomplishment.
Every department in the hospital constantly strives for better outcomes and is willing to do more
than its share in the effort to provide quality healthcare – from orthopedics to diagnostic testing -close to home. In addition to the award, Community Memorial earned five star ratings for joint
replacement, total knee replacement and total hip replacement and was rated the number two hospital in all of New York State (and among the top five percent nationwide) for joint replacement.
The award is based on results of the tenth annual HealthGrades (the nation’s leading healthcare rating company) Hospital Quality in America Study in which patient outcomes at virtually all of the
nation’s 5,000 hospitals over the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 were analyzed.
National awards and five star ratings don’t just happen. They require talent and dedication and a
willingness to work together and the unifying commitment that the patient comes first.
The effort begins long before a patient goes near an operating room. Let’s say someone visits a family practice physician with a complaint about a sore knee. The physician feels there may be a problem and makes a referral to a colleague at Hamilton Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine. Community Memorial Hospital is fully equipped to provide any diagnostic testing, from x-ray to CT scans
to MRI, needed to determine a course of action.
If the patient requires surgery, he or she will need a physical from the primary care physician. An
EKG is typically ordered and the cardiopulmonary department can conduct this test (plus a stress test
and Echo test, if needed). Blood work is also ordered and the screening and typing can be done at the
hospital laboratory.
A pre-operative interview is scheduled. Several days before surgery, a patient meets at the hospital
with a nurse who gathers information and is willing to answer just as many questions as she asks.
Much of the data needed for admission is completed at this time as well. In addition to being an
important safeguard, the pre-operative meeting usually reduces the anxiety level.
The morning of the surgery the patient quickly checks in with admitting and is then directed to
Ambulatory Surgery to be prepped. It can be a busy time. Nurses take vital signs, ask what procedure
is being done and for a patient’s name and date of birth (more safeguards). An OR nurse will visit as
will the anesthesiologist, the surgeon and probably a physician assistant. The circulating nurse, who
works closely with infection control and the pharmacy, will start antibiotics shortly before the trip to
the OR. The sedation is working once the gurney rolls and soon after passing through the double doors
of the operating room most patients are asleep. Purchasing and Central Supplies have already ensured
everything the surgical team will need is on hand and sterilized.
Once surgery is completed, patients are moved to the recovery room where they are closely attended by several nurses as they emerge from the anesthesia. Once a patient is alert and ready, he or she
is moved either across the hall to the Special Care Unit or to the medical/surgical floor. Nurses monitor vital signs constantly, physicians will visit, cardiopulmonary personnel make an assessment and
begin deep breathing exercises.
Someone from dietary stops by to discuss menus, housekeeping, the first line of defense against
infection, is present. Behind the scenes, maintenance keeps a constant vigil to make sure the many
pieces of a complicated infrastructure are in good working condition. The pharmacy works with the
physicians to monitor medications and a hospitalist is available for consults. The lab performs daily
blood draws, radiology is available as needed and physical therapy gets patients up and moving – a
real key to a successful recovery.
A day or two following surgery social services begins creating a discharge plan, organizing continuing physical therapy, lab work, durable medical equipment, even in- patient rehab. Infection control works to ensure patients are free from hospital acquired infections and also monitors the health
and well being of the staff. Inservice education makes sure staff is up to date on the latest procedures
and Quality Assurance oversees all aspects of care in the hospital.
In the administration building, medical records puts a patient’s chart in chronological order, makes
sure every detail of treatment is properly coded and meets regulations. The business office makes sure
insurance companies are being accurately billed. Utilization Review provides the insurance company
with concurrent review to monitor a patient’s progress so that the hospital can receive proper payment.
Finally, when a patient is discharged chances are a Hospital Auxiliary member is on hand to extend
wishes for a speedy recovery.
Community Memorial Hospital has a reputation for clinical excellence because the people who
work here are dedicated to providing quality healthcare close to home. In every department and every
day the people of Community Memorial care for our patients.
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Published by The Evening Sun
CHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Turning the (hospital) corner
BY MICHAEL MCGUIRE
The Evening Sun
D
espite
lower-thanexpected returns and
a struggling economic climate for upstate New
York hospitals, Chenango
Memorial Hospital has
gained industry recognition
and is turning the corner in
several key areas, says President and CEO Drake Lamen.
The hospital was in the
black by $400,000 – only half
its goal – of a $40 million
budget. But on its overall
level of service, based on
1,500 industry standards, the
hospital received a rating of
“excellent” in a recent audit
conducted by a private
accrediting agency working
for Medicare and Medicaid.
Technology is arguably
where CMH improved the
most. According to Lamen, it
upgraded a number of services and invested in a host of
new equipment that has not
only cut time and costs, but
improved the overall level of
care the hospital can provide.
For the staff in the radiology department, a switch from
film to digital X-ray imaging
in just under a year has been
“huge.”
“Immediately, it has saved
time by 30 to 40 percent,”
says Radiologist Dr. Ronald
Prijic. “Now we can just click
on an image and see it
instantly.”
“It’s the best thing we ever
did,” added CT Supervisor
Marcus Doller.
Aside from increasing the
number of images and diagnoses he can see and make in
a day, Prijic says the system
also allows his department to
view and share any number
of X-rays with other institutions in real-time over a computerized network.
“Our
efficiency
has
markedly increased – it’s easier for everyone,” Prijic said.
“It’s a different world.”
The hospital also equipped
itself with a new picture
archive communications system (allowing it to view and
send images of tissue samples to other United Health
Services hospitals), a new
bone density measurement
machine to detect osteoporosis, remote cardiac monitoring systems in the intensive
care unit, two new computed
tomography (CT) scanners,
and computerized medication
cabinets in its now 24-hour
on-call pharmacy.
“Our staff deserves a lot of
credit,” said Lamen. “It’s one
thing to get new equipment,
it’s another to learn how to
use it quickly and effectively.
They did a great job getting a
handle on all these changes.”
Administratively, CMH
also implemented electronic
office scheduling and medical records software.
The hospital also added 24hour security personnel and
video monitoring systems as
a precautionary measure.
“As a society, there are
greater instances of security
threats and we have a heightened sense of awareness;
much more than there used to
be,” Lamen said. “We felt it
was important to do this
because things can happen,
even in a small community
like this.”
Because CMH does serve a
small community, Lamen
Among several new doctors hired, Chenango
Memorial Hospital just recently added a new
dentist to the staff. The hospital has also made
substantial technological upgrades over the
past year, including going from print to
digital imaging.
Chenango Memorial Hospital recently added
several new physicians, including an
Emergency Room doctor. The hospital has
also made substantial technological upgrades
over the past year, including going from print
to digital imaging.
said it’s often difficult to
bring in specialty doctors and
surgeons to fill open positions.
“Once we get them here, so
they can see what we’re
about, we do pretty well,” he
said.
To get more candidates
here, the hospital hired a fulltime recruiter. As a result, last
year was one of the best in
terms of landing highly
skilled talent. In all, eight
new doctors are on board,
with specialties ranging from
internal medicine to dentistry.
Four more general practitioners are also expected to be
hired in 2008, along with an
ear, nose and throat doctor – a
position the hospital has
needed to fill for several
years, the president said.
To alleviate the problem, part
of the hospital’s 2008 focus
will involve training management how to communicate
better with lower-level
employees.
This year is also scheduled
to bring much-needed renovations and be the start of a
much-anticipated expansion.
Third-floor nursing stations
are set to be reconfigured to
provide more work space,
and initial plans are being
developed to add an MRI and
imaging center off of the west
side of the building.
“That’s still in the early
planning
stages,”
said
Lamen.
The
hospital,
which
already has several offices
and care centers throughout
the county, hopes to expand
“We’re really excited to
have those services back,”
Lamen said.
Norwich native Dr. Tom
“Mike” Cruz is one of the
recent hires. He has returned
to the area to work at CMH as
an emergency room doctor.
He didn’t mention the
weather, but new inpatient
physician Dr. Henry Cook,
formerly of South Carolina,
is so far happy he relocated
here from the Myrtle Beach
area last month.
“Everyone from top to bottom has been so nice,” Cook
said. “From a occupational
standpoint, I’m not sure I’ve
experienced anything like it.”
Aside from highly-skilled
positions, Lamen admits that
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has been a challenge of late.
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months.
As for an overall mission in
2008, Lamen says the patient
is still the number one priority.
“It’s as simple as communication – listening and
speaking,” he said. “It’s
about finding ways to standardize in all our staff consistent methods of interaction
with patients that is helpful.
It’s the belief that that is
something valuable to our
patients – it’s called patientcentered care. If we increase
the value of our care, we
increase their confidence in
us, their loyalty and our business.”
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Published by The Evening Sun
CHENANGO COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Success
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State of affairs –
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 59
there is today,” the Republican said.
The year 2007 will also be
remembered for the Spitzer
initiative that would consolidate local governments,
including the specific call for
a merger between the City of
Norwich and the Town of
Norwich. Decker said he has
always been one of the first
supervisors to talk about
sharing services between
municipalities. He said highway, fire and other departments have been working
with each other along.
“This isn’t a new concept,”
he said. “What people miss it
that organizations in the state
are coming down to the local
level to try and tell us what’s
the best for us. The state
doesn’t realize that we are
willing to take care of our
own issues. ... They should
spend more time controlling
state and federal issues over
which Chenango County has
zero control.”
As some have otherwise
suggested, Chairman Decker
doesn’t believe that consolidating the county’s 21 municipalities into three or four
entities would mean less government. “I have two reasons
why that won’t work: Washington and Albany,” he said.
“We would have three or four
big governments in the county instead of 21 small ones.”
Perhaps the two biggest
headaches for the county in
2007 were not offering potential businesses an operational
railroad to distribute goods
and the costly Help America
Vote Act. The latter, accord-
ing to Decker, threatens to
“further eat away at our local
tax base.”
County lawmakers and
economic development entities, such as Commerce
Chenango and the Industrial
Development Agency, held
numerous meetings in 2007
with NYS&W executives.
The Cooperstown-based railroad began abandonment
procedures of its right-ofway between Chenango
Forks and Sherburne, and
shut down that portion after
the tracks were damaged by
the record-breaking flood of
2006.
Discretionary funds under
the direction of Chenango
County’s Planning & Economic Development Committee were granted in late
2007 for a consultant’s study
of the railroad. Three options
could develop this year: The
county would take ownership
of the tracks via the IDA,
develop a rails-to-trails system, or create a scenic railroad linking Chenango County to northern destination
sites such as Old Forge.
It’s “just a sad, sad state,”
Decker said, referring to New
York state’s refusal to select a
handicapped accessible voting machine as required by
the HAVA act of 2005. “We
haven’t even come close to
even identifying or settling
on a machine yet,” he said.
Nonetheless, according to
HAVA, the county has been
forced to take-over expensive
elections operations from
individual towns. Decker
worries that a federal lawsuit
forcing New York to comply
could result in the forfeiture
of funds set aside for the
county to purchase the new
machines once they are
licensed.
This year’s top agenda item
was the same as last year’s:
To reform the county’s Office
of Real Property Taxes. The
topic didn’t get to be
addressed last year, though a
presentation from officials of
the New York State Board of
Real Property Services was
helpful, Decker said. Decker’s first charge to the
Finance Committee this year
was to look into the status
and use of the county’s office
and make it a more viable
source for town assessors.
“One thing you always
shoot for is some basis of an
equal equalization rate across
the county. I believe it can be
done through the office by
working with local assessors
... There is a real communication problem between the
county office and town assessors. We want to be able to
provide them with more
direction,” he said.
Another project on the
docket is the demolition of
the jail cells in the former
century old county jail for
what will eventually become
the county’s West Park Place
office complex. Decker said
he wants the demolition to
occur no later than the spring
despite an existing communications wire that connects
911 Emergency dispatch
services from the former
Sheriff’s Office to the new
Public Safety Facility south
of the city. The architects and
members of the Agriculture,
Buildings and Grounds committee have postponed the
first part of the building project until the county’s new
communications towers and
antennas are erected.
“Life goes on,” Decker
said. “We must move ahead.
I’d like to take the chance and
cut that wire today. If there’s
a problem, we’ll fix it.”
After the cells’ demolition,
the remaining two buildings’
exteriors are scheduled to be
refurbished this year, with the
interiors to follow in the
fourth quarter and into 2009.
Department of Social Services Commissioner Bette
Osborne is the county’s point
person on the musical offices
project, as many of DSS’
divisions will take up new
residence at West Park. “We
have not just one move.
There are many smaller
moves to get set up in the
agency downstairs before we
move some divisions over,”
Osborne said. “There are may
processes that we do up and
down that will all have to
transition downstairs.”
Other department moves
will follow like dominoes,
with the entire court system and possibly the law library moving to the third floor of
the County Office Building.
Mental Health will move to
Chairman Decker’s suite of
offices on the second floor,
and Decker and the county
board room will relocate to
DSS’ second floor and new
office complex, respectfully.
Decker remains optimistic
for the new year. He said he
become upset with the negative characterization in the
media and from Albany about
the failing upstate New York
economy. “We need to keep
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we can through economic
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our offerings. I’m very optimistic that things are going to
work out.”
Osborne echoed the sentiments of other department
heads when she said she likes
her relationship with Decker
and the county’s committee
structure. Even though she
said it can be “frustrating at
times,” she said she understood “the value of it.”
“Overall, Mr. Decker is
very hands off. He hires
someone who is competent
and is going to let them run
their program. I appreciate
that he doesn’t micro-manage. I can call him or my
committee chairperson when
I need advice.”
“But then he’s been the
chairman for the five and half
years I’ve been commissioner. So, I don’t know any different,” she said.
This year, Osborne has set
a goal to attract new staff
who will remain on the job
longer. DSS plans to offer
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For clients, the intake
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The Evening Sun
W
ith a new name and
a new look, M&T
Bank
(formerly
Partners Trust) may look a little different, but one thing
that hasn’t changed is a devotion to customer service that
goes above and beyond the
call of duty.
With one part-time and six
full-time employees, the
majority of whom have been
with the bank for at least
eight years, the staff at M&T
pride themselves on a friendly atmosphere and a willingness to help the customer.
According to Bank Manager
Terri Slater, the staff has to be
credited for how well they
treat their clients. “How well
you treat your customers is
really the only thing that differentiates a bank,” she said.
“We have a long-term staff of
local people here. Customer
service is huge.”
Assistant Manager Kimberly Walker is quick to
agree. “We do everything to
try to keep up with the hometown bank. We try to offer
more of a personal touch.”
One of the ways M&T
strives to serve customers is
by making itself accessible.
By merging the previous
bank with the new one, the
bank went from 33 branches
to 750, but even more than
that, Slater explained that if a
person is not able to come
into the bank to fill out a loan
application and doesn’t wish
to exchange the information
over the phone, the bank will
send a representative to a customer’s home.
Slater said the merger has
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caused only a few changes so
far. “Banking is banking,”
she said. “There have been
some little changes, but
we’re working out the issues,
and it’s business as usual with
a wider variety of products
and services.”
With 750 banking locations
and $57 billion in assets, as
of Dec. 31, 2006, M&T is one
of the 20 largest commercial
bank holding companies in
the U.S. According to Slater
and Walker, that means it is
able to offer a lot more products and services to its customers, especially in the business development lending
area. “We had more (business
development) applications in
December than we did all
year,” Slater said.
“Business development is
going to be one of the highlights for 2008,” Walker
explained. According to
Walker, 2007 was a record
year for the former Partners
Trust location. “We hit every
target we set on the consumer
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and
and business side,” she said.
Other focus areas for 2008
will include Small Business
Association (SBA) loans.
Since merging, the Norwich
bank is now able to offer
express lending, a process
which reduces the approval
time from six weeks to one.
“Because of the size of M&T
Bank, we’re able to do more
things like that,” Slater said.
In addition, Slater said that
being “part of a larger network gives the bank
increased options for lending.
We’re able to do a lot more
and we’re not restricted as
much.”
The change also allowed
M&T to offer a full investment service department,
something that was lost when
the bank became Partners
Trust. The entire desk staff is
working to become certified
as investment specialists.
Slater explained that by
merging with M&T, the bank
will be cutting down on competition, including some that
it was unaware it even had.
Slater explained that M&T
Bank Mortgage Consultant
Betty Coutlee had been
working to secure mortgage
loans for area residents for
years, and that 30 percent of
her business took place in the
Norwich
area.
Slater
explained that gaining a partner with so much experience
is an asset to the bank, since
Coutlee will be referring new
checking
and
savings
accounts to the bank.
“Our goal is to partner with
the different divisions. We’re
going to see a lot of joint
efforts,” Slater said.
Following the close of one
record setting year, staff at
the new M&T bank location
hopes to continue the success. “We’re hoping to see
another record year,” Slater
said. “M&T brings us a lot of
strength and stability.” Slater
explained that in the short
time since Partners Trust
switched over to M&T, the
bank has already begun to see
new people. “The name itself
is helping. It’s a bank that
people are familiar with,”
Slater said.
Attracting new customers
is always an issue, especially
in an area where few new
people are arriving. However,
Slater and Walker explained
that during the merger the
bank had actually seen some
growth, which they say is
very hard to do. “Anytime
you have growth during a
merger, that’s definitely a
good sign,” Slater said.
Initial changes, including a
change in the chain of command and different avenues
for finding answers proved
somewhat difficult for bank
employees at first, but Walker said, “We’ve gotten over
the hurdles, and we’re seeing
fewer and fewer negative
comments.”
Slater said she is excited
about the increased choices
she is now able to offer to
M&T Bank customers.
“We’re here to help. We’re
here for the customers, to
help them with whatever
financial transactions they
need. We want the opportunity to meet people and talk to
them about what those needs
are,” Slater said. She
explained that the bank’s
motto says it all. “The best
place our employees will
ever work, the best bank our
customers will ever do business with and the best investment our shareholders will
ever make.”
M&T Bank is located in
Norwich’s North Plaza. For
more information call the
bank at 334-5802.
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NORWICH PHARMACEUTICALS
Constantly adapting in a
changing marketplace
BY TYLER MURPHY
The Evening Sun
N
orwich Pharmaceuticals may have reverted back to the namesake it once held, but the new
owners of the former OSG
Pharmaceuticlas are a different story.
“The main priority of our
new owners is the long-term
picture. The transition is a
positive development as the
last five months have proven
to be the case,” said Christopher R. Calhoun, president of
Norwich Pharmaceuticals.
AFI Partners, a private
equity firm based in New
York City, purchased the
facility from the Outsourcing
Services Group. It is the second time the manufacturing
plant has switched hands
since Procter & Gamble
relinquished ownership.
The buy-out of the company did not greatly affect operations at the North Norwich
manufacturer. The organization continued relatively
uninterrupted, keeping the
same leadership and employees that served the business
before the purchase.
“The activity of our new
sales plan focuses on the
long-term growth of the company. We are working together to develop a very close
working plan for the future,”
said Calhoun.
The company is currently
orchestrating a plan to begin
a number of facility improvements in 2008. Those
improvements are both technical and strategic in nature.
Norwich Pharmaceuticals has gained new ownership and with it the
acquisition of a new long term planing goal. The facility in North Norwich is looking forward to receiving a number of equipment upgrades.
Calhoun explained the plant
would be updating and
receiving new equipment.
While this is happening, the
sales department will be
reevaluating its “long-term
goals to achieve long-term
solutions,” he said.
Employment at the site has
increased more than 70 percent from when it split from
Procter & Gamble in 2001 –
approximately 250 people
then to the roughly 425 people today.
The heritage of the pharmaceutical business in Norwich goes back 120 years.
The original Norwich Pharmaceuticals played a significant role in the Norwich and
greater Chenango County
economies. Last year the
company contributed roughly
$18 million into the economy
through payrolls.
“We expect to be a continued source of stability and
growth in the region,” Calhoun said.
Norwich Pharmaceuticals
is a commercial manufacturer. That means the company
relies on acquiring independent drug companies to contract it to produce a certain
material for a certain amount
of time. This commercial climate can sometimes lead to
unexpected turns as the company discovered in its second
attempt to launch its prophylactic sponges late last year.
The backer of the product
declared bankruptcy and
Norwich Pharmaceuticals
was left to adapt.
“We’ve become very good
at making internal adjustments while maintaining our
financial stability,” said Calhoun. “We are in a global
market with global competitors.”
Success Stories
Burrell’s Excavating, Inc.
Founded by Douglas V. Burrell in 1973, Burrell’s Excavating,
Inc., which began as Burrell’s Parking Lot Service, repaired lots
for local homeowners and merchants. Doug Burrell was a fulltime fireman, and used his backhoe for extra revenue while he
supported his eight children.
Doug started with small projects on the weekends, such as
sewer and water services for local homes. He also offered site
clearing and preparation services, including digging basements
and footers.
The Parking Lot Service was one of two businesses owned by
Doug Burrell. He also operated a successful dry cleaning business. Lacking employees, Doug spent many long hours at both
businesses, running them with the help of his youngest son David.
Through time, David became more involved with his father’s
business acquisitions, ultimately buying both in 1982, and changing the name of Parking Lot Service to Burrell’s Excavating.
David’s ambition was primarily to expand his new excavating
company. His first steps were to build a larger shop and, along
with the purchase of a new 310B backhoe, he hired his first
employee, Gray Guinn. Gary is still employed by Burrell’s to this
day.
David’s vision was realized with the award of his first big project when Fay’s Drug Store moved into the lower shopping plaza
in Norwich. Dave and Gary began the site work in the summer of
1984. The following year they added a project at Simmons Precision.
The job at Simmons Precision was large enough to require
additional manpower and the purchase of more equipment. So in
1985, Dave hired another full time employee and three truck drivers, and purchased a 690B John Deer Excavator and a 450 John
Deere bulldozer.
In the years since that time, David built Burrell’s Excavating,
Inc. (incorporated and bonded in 1992) into a very successful
small business. David had a staff of ten in 1992, and is proud to
say that seven are still employed to this day.
After incorporating, David’s next step came in 1997 when he
added a 110 acre gravel bed named KMC Sand & Gravel. KMC
is named after, and primarily owned by, his family – Kim, his
wife, and two children, Matthew and Courtney. In 2003, David
purchased automated scales for KMC with a fully automated scale
house. To complement his expanding business, he equipped the
gravel bed with a conecrusher to work hand-in-hand with his
screening plant. KMC has extensive products to offer both municipalities – thousands of tons at a time, or, for the do-it-yourselfer
that just needs a pickup truck loaded.
Today, Burrell’s Excavating, Inc. employs 28 men and women
in season. In the winter months, Burrell’s Excavating employs 12
full-time. Today, they’re working on the Norwich City Schools
and DCMO-BOCES building projects. The transformation from
Burrell’s Parking Lot Service to Burrell’s Excavating, Inc. took
place over 35 years, and the company is looking forward to at
least another 30 years. Matthew Burrell, following his family tradition, will eventually take the helm.
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NE W YORK STATE VETERANS HOME
Building on hopes
for the future
BY JILL KRAFT
The Evening Sun
A
s construction continues and the anticipated date of completion
nears, New York State Veterans’ Home administrators and
residents are eagerly awaiting
a big move.
The move refers to the reconstruction and relocation
of the Veterans’ Home, the
third major project of this sort
at the site since it opened in
April 1897.
Executive Director of the
skilled nursing facility Sally
Venugopalan says the residents and staff members have
been excited about the new
building. “It will mean great
things to the facility and the
level of care we offer,” she
said.
The facility, which contains 242 residential rooms
and employs approximately
306 individuals, is designed
to meet all the needs of veterans and their dependents
within a skilled nursing home
environment. From a full hair
salon to occupational and residential therapy services, to a
restaurant style dining room
and entertainment room –
complete with a stage –
Venugopalan says the residents are supplied with community activities while living
at the home. “It makes us
more unique than other facilities,” said Venugopalan. “We
have everything right here.”
Currently the facility offers
seven residential units called
Oak, Hawthorn, Maple, Pine,
Apple, Spruce and Sprapple.
Each unit is equipped with a
small dining room, nurses’
station, private rooms and
adjoining bathrooms. Pine is
currently a secured unit for
residents suffering from
Alzheimer’s who have severe
dementia. Upon the completion of the new building, the
Alzheimer’s unit will be
known as the memory care
unit and remain secure.
The new building project,
totaling
approximately
$66,293,002, which broke
ground in June of 2006, has
been the main focus for the
past year and will remain a
major focus for the remainder
of 2008, says Venugopalan.
“It has been a lot of planning
and implementing.”
“The new building will
provide a home-like design
with private rooms, with individual baths, the Internet, televisions, spacious unit dining
rooms and a main street concept with all therapies shops
and activities along a wide
country cottage design,” said
Venugopalan. “We are not
building the new facility for
just today, we are building it
for future residents as well.”
Venugopalan says planning
for the future was important,
and it was the entire concept
Therapist Lorraine Jones helps resident Steve
Belon as part of his rehabilitation while
staying at the Veterans’ Home in Oxford.
for the re-build and construction. Therefore, the concept
was created by input from
both residents and staff.
The new home will be
fully-equipped with the Internet as well as flat screen televisions and other high-tech
aspects that do not exist at the
current location.
Veterans home employee
Melissa Aldrich says she has
worked for the facility for
eight years and the idea of
having more advanced technology for both the staff and
the residents sounds like a
smart one. “The lifts alone
will be easier to manage in
the residents rooms and better on the backs of the
employees,” she said.
Venugopalan says the
entire move currently is
scheduled to take place in
October. “We are hoping to
move all the residents in a
single day,” she said. As for
moving the 242 room contents, as well as the rest of the
facility, she is going to reach
out to the community at large
for numerous volunteers to
help out.
As for the fate of the building the home is currently
located in, Venugopalan says
final plans are being formed
in Albany, but are not complete.
Along with maintaining
construction, Venugopalan
says the past year was busy at
the facility. The facility
remains at a 99 percent occupancy level, a percentage that
Venugopalan says has always
kept steady and the waiting
list is still active. Along with
the hundreds of residents permanently residing at the
facility, there are residents
who are admitted for rehabilitation purposes as well.
Maintaining the guidelines
for safety, protocol and medical services, the Veterans
home prides itself on offering
their residents the best in
health care services. In doing
so, the state of New York is
persistent on ensuring and
maintaining the highest level
of care is being given at the
facility.
Venugopalan
announced during the annual
deficiency finding survey, the
Veterans home was found to
be deficiency free. “This
means a lot to us and to our
staff,” she said.
Venugopalan says entertaining the residents is a
major component of the Vets
Home. Along with church
services, art and crafts, card
games, singing and other
indoor activities, residents
are given the chance to take a
stroll outside during the yearly car show and cruise-in
each summer which brings
back the oldies but goodies,
as well as food and other
entertainment for residents to
enjoy. This year, like many in
the past, approximately 200
or more people came to take
part in the summertime event,
which means so much to the
residents, Venugopalan says.
Success Stories
Golden Age Apartments
Golden Age is a subsidized, 2 story complex with elevators catering to those over the age of 62,
handicapped or disabled. Conveniently situated on the edge of Downtown Norwich at 33 Mechanic
Street, the Golden Age Apartments provides modern comfortable living along with an activities program geared to the interests and needs of the residents.
Golden Age Apartments is an equal opportunity housing where all people who qualify under the
regulations of the HUD program are welcome. At Golden Age Apartments, there are 99 one bedroom
apartments which include a large living room with a dining area, fully equipped kitchen, bedroom,
bath and generous closets and storage closet. Golden Age includes many extras that mean comfortable living. There is wall-to-wall carpeting, ample closet space, an emergency call system, air conditioning, smoke detectors, security intercom system for visitors and each apartment has its own thermostat.
Golden Age offers a community room for the tenants to utilize and is located in front of our A building and is available for group functions or your own enjoyment.
There are laundry rooms on each floor of both buildings with operating directions hanging above
the machines with easy access. We also offer a full time maintenance crew to help with the needs of
our apartment complex.
The city of Norwich provides a transportation system around the surrounding area. Golden Age is
considered a “bus stop” so transportation to area stores or other locations is easily accessible from
Golden Age.
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Published by The Evening Sun
BAILLIE LUMBER
Cutting down the competition
BY JESSICA LEWIS
The Evening Sun
B
aillie Lumber has
been operating in the
Smyrna area for more
than 30 years, and as one of
the leading manufacturers
and exporters of hardwoods,
it looks like it will stay for
years to come.
Headquartered in Hamburg, Baillie Lumber has five
production facilities in the
eastern United States, including sites in South Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky and
Waterloo, in addition to the
Smyrna saw mill and production facility. The corporate
website boasts a total of 475
employees at all of the facilities combined, and 107 of
those are employed in Smyrna.
Brian Schwarting, assistant
manager at Baillie’s in Smyrna, explained that while the
market is changing, operations have remained generally the same.
The Smyrna facility currently employs 78 full-time
employees and 29 temporary
employees. It contracts with a
temporary
employment
agency in South Carolina.
“The temp service provides
housing and transportation
for the employees,” Schwarting explained. The assistant
manager explained that in
some instances the temporary
employees choose to stay in
the area and are hired on as
full-time employees, but the
majority of the temps stay at
the facility for approximately
a year before returning to
their families.
Employees are divided
among the sawmill, where
the material is cut, and the
concentration yard, where
The Smyrna based Baillie Lumber facility employs over 100 workers
between the sawmill and production facilities. Processing 3 million feet
of lumber a month, the company has managed to hold their ground in
a falling market.
fresh lumber is re-graded and
dried. “We ship about 3 million feet of lumber a month,”
Schwarting explained.
Each production line
processes approximately one
and a half truck loads of
green hardwood lumber an
hour, which Schwarting
explained turns into one truck
load of dried lumber. The
lumber brought into the
Smyrna facility comes from
within a 500-mile radius.
The assistant manager said
he expects no big changes for
the plant or the industry in the
coming year. Despite the fact
that the housing market has
dropped, causing the hardwood market to drop, and
lumber prices to decrease,
Schwarting explained that
Baillie Lumber has managed
to hold its ground over the
past year, even gaining a few
percentage points in sales.
“Our main goal is just to
continue to grow,” he said.
“This year’s market trends
are still flat, but if we can
hold our own and still gain a
few percentage points, we
hope to do so. If the housing
market picks up, then our
industry picks up,” he
explained.
While the dropping market
has proved to be an obstacle
over the last year, another
issue for the company has
been rising fuel costs. With
300 truck loads of lumber
being shipped from the facility a month, and even more
truck loads coming in,
Schwarting said the rising
fuel cost does have an effect
on the company. Fuel surcharges are added to each
truck load, and the costs do
have an effect on the cost of
the lumber. However, the
company is taking efforts to
minimize its costs as well.
Instead of heating with fuel,
the company uses its own
wood waste to heat its facilities.
About 50 percent of the
lumber produced by Baillie is
sold domestically, while the
other 50 percent is exported.
Schwarting said the Asian
market has become a large
customer in the last few
years. While most of the lumber is shipped to manufacturers, the company also works
with local builders who buy
their lumber directly from the
facility. “We try to help people out with whatever they
need,” Schwarting said.
While the lumber market
has not changed dramatically
over the years, Baillie has
made some changes recently.
“We sell most of our lumber
out, but we are also buying
tropical woods and marketing
those,” Schwarting said. “It
has been going well.” The
company now handles over
80 different species of hard
woods.
Schwarting said the company’s main goals are strictly
to continue growing in terms
of staffing and profitability.
Aflac New York
Jim Reynolds is beginning his 5th year as an independent
agent with Aflac New York. Prior to this Jim worked for ten years
as a salesman with S & S TV and Appliances in Norwich and
Hamilton. Jim has many fond memories of working at S & S
including doing some eye catching television commercials when
he portrayed the superhero "Captain Appliance."
Jim and his wife Rosemarie live in Norwich and have been
happily married for 14 years. They have two children, a daughter, Megan, who is 13 years old and a son, Shane, who is 10.
Rosemarie has been with NBT Bank for 19 years. Jim enjoys
being active in the community. He is a member of the Chenango
County Chamber of Commerce, the Knights of Columbus and
recently joined Toastmasters International.
Aflac New York, based in Albany, is a subsidiary of the parent
company, Aflac, which is short for American Family Life Assurance Company. The company was founded in 1955 in Columbus,
Georgia by 3 brothers and has been managed by the same family
since its inception. Aflac New York policies are all guaranteed
renewable which is refreshing in today's world of escalating
health care. Another way they differ from traditional health insurance is that they do not pay the doctors or the hospitals but rather
the claim is paid directly to the policyholders. This gives individuals the freedom to use the benefits as they see fit whether it's
to make up for lost wages, cover deductibles or co-payments or
any other out of pocket expenses not picked up by your major
medical.
New this year to Aflac New York is the emergence of life
insurance. Aflac offers both term and whole life, including a
return of premium option for 20 or 30 year term policies. Other
Aflac plans include accident, cancer, and short-term disability.
The majority of Aflac's business is conducted through payroll
deduction and made available through a company's benefit package, although some plans can be done on a direct basis. The policies are portable and pre-tax eligible; in fact Aflac New York is
highly experienced with Section 125 cafeteria plans and offers
these in most cases at little or no cost to the company. This allows
companies to save money on FICA taxes.
Jim says he enjoys helping people and that was one of the
deciding factors in joining Aflac. Service is on top of the priority list and after a company enrolls with Aflac they can expect to
see Jim on a regular basis to handle any claims that the employees have or answer any questions the company has. Aflac itself
also donates millions of dollars to pediatric cancer treatment centers around the country.
Today with the help of a clever advertising campaign, Aflac is
one of the most recognizable names in the industry. The Aflac
duck has been voted one of America's favorite advertising icons
in the last few years, beating out veterans like Ronald McDonald
and the Energizer Bunny. For more information contact Jim
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PROGRESS CHENANGO 2008
IN THEIR OW N WORDS
A great place to
live, work and
raise a family
BY MARCIA E. MILLER
Village of Greene Mayor
T
he year 2007 saw many
improvements
and
growth in the Village
of Greene.
With the flooding of 2006
behind us, the clean up continued last year. Most of this
work was done by our dedicated employees from all village departments with the
assistance of the employees
from the Town of Greene.
One of our biggest projects
was drenching out and stabilizing the banks of the Birdsall Street Creek, which runs
through the north end of the
village. Most of the work was
done in with Federal Emergency Management Agency
involvement and funding. A
private contractor and village
and town road crews worked
together. Further up the
creek, the same project was
done - all with the safety and
well being of our residents,
their homes and property at
stake.
A small creek running
behind some North Canal
Street residents was also
drenched out. A new sluice
pipe was installed under
Lucas Street in order to
improve water flow.
At our wastewater treatment plant, again with the
support of FEMA, we moved
the electric service up from
the basement and installed
new controls on the ground
floor. In an attempt to keep
future flooding out of the
equipment, a four-foot high
extension tube was welded
onto the existing one at Lift
Station 3 and the controls
were moved up.
Our electric department
was instrumental in all of
these projects and still found
time to up grade the Burnap/Greene sub-station and
recondition many of our
transmission lines.
The village, town and fire
departments worked on a disaster plan, with the completion coming soon.
In May, we celebrated the
Marcia Miller
85th anniversary of the Raymond Corporation and in
December, we heard the
results of almost a year’s
study of hydrogen fuel cell
batteries for their lift trucks.
The new technology will cut
down maintenance time and
the use of electricity. Raymond continues to grow and
is the biggest employer in
Chenango County. It employs
many of our talented residents.
In the summer, after many
months of hard work, we
enjoyed the newly formed
and constructed Chenango
River Theatre. We had the
opportunity to see 42 wonderful performances, with
equity actors drawing over
3000 people to our area. We
are excited to enter a full year
of this entertainment and the
new projects they have in
mind for us.
Many new and exciting
businesses opened up in the
village: Dress Your Fancy,
Focus Salon, Integrative
Bodyworks Wellness Center,
Shear Styles, The Ceramic
Garden, and Tony T’s.
Heroes Music relocated as
well.
We saw Heart Song Design
Art Gallery, Radio Shack and
The Sewing Room move into
larger stores, and Water Edge
Bed and Breakfast and The
Old Mill Diner successfully
re-opened after the flooding
of 2006.
Other highlights were:
• The state conservation
department
(NYSDEC)
began the process of cleaning
up a former gas station at the
south end of the village in
order to make the sale of that
property possible in the
future.
• A new addition to the
Moore Memorial Library and
the newly-renovated Sidney
Federal Credit Union were
opened.
• Extra-Mart re-designed
and constructed their parking
areas.
We saw a group of residents taking on the problem
of clothing for the less fortunate by forming the Greene
Community Coalition Clothing Bank, located in the
Christian & Missionary
Alliance Church. The group
will soon re-locate above the
Village of Greene Office in
the re-furbished fireman’s
rooms. Another group of residents formed the Greene
Preservation Group with the
goal of maintaining the character and charm of the village.
As we move into the new
year of 2008 we look forward
to many new and exciting
projects, such as a new concession stand at the ballflats;
the transfer of the property
from the school to a joint
board of the town and village;
growth at the Page Seed
Company under its new ownership; Greene Central
School building projects and
construction; and the reopening of the Sherwood Inn.
With the floodwaters
destroying a home on Mill
Street, we were recently honored to have that property
become a Habitat for Humanity House. The construction
should start in the spring of
2008, this of course, with the
help of many organizations
and community members.
The Village of Greene will
continue to grow and prosper
as we move into the next
year. We continue to be the
best place to live and raise a
family in the southern part of
Chenango County.
Success Stories
Donna Frech School Of Dance
The Donna Frech School Of Dance has been making dreams come true for 33 years, and is the oldest continuously owned dance studio in Chenango County. In 1993, a new spacious dance facility was
constructed at 7-9 Berry St. Norwich. Recently, the dance studio moved its New Berlin studio to a
larger location at 28 South Main St., New Berlin and 3 years ago a 3rd studio was opened in Sidney
at 9 River St.
‘HAPPY CHILDREN’ is the goal in DFSD’s recreational dance program....’DANCE IS FUN!’ is
our motto. It takes a special kind of dance teacher to work with young children. The staff encourages,
educates, and nurtures young dance students. It is truly a blessing to see the smiles on faces of young
children as they enter the dance room for their lesson and to see those smiles as they leave, knowing
they had a wonderful time in dance class! Children receive a quality dance education and will have
happy memories when they are enrolled in classes at the Donna Frech School Of Dance.
The DFSD offers a comprehensive dance program for children, teens, and adults from beginner
through advanced in tap, ballet, pointe, lyrical, jazz, musical theater, hip hop, modern, acrobatics,
voice lessons, and pre-dance and tumbling (for ages 3-5). The dance school has two tracks: Recreational- for the student who enjoys dance class once or twice a week and performing in an annual
recital, and Intensive Study: for the student who is interested in a serious study program which
involves classes 3-6 times a week in one or multiple dance art forms. The dance studio also has a summer session and dancecamp program. In addition to the annual recital, members of the school’s intensive track performed at Disney World in Orlando this past summer, for the Pumpkinfest in Norwich
and have won special awards at competitions, including over all high score and technique awards.
DFSD students have continued their dance education by attending college for dance, and have
become successful dance teachers/performers. Dance training teaches students more than just learning to dance. Self confidence, poise, discipline and a feeling of achievement are among the many benefits of studying dance. The DFSD has always operated on a personal level where students know that
they are an important part of the studio. Although it takes hard work, discipline and determination,
the DFSD also believes dance class can be fun and rewarding.
Why you should choose the Donna Frech School of Dance for your child’s dance training:
• Large bright, cheerful dance rooms and waiting rooms
• Friendly, knowledgeable reception staff
• Caring, friendly, well trained professional adult staff who are passionate about what they do.
• Sprung floors to avoid injury
• Convenient locations
• Multiple class discounts
• Automatic payments
• Friendly, knowledgeable, well organized administrative team
• 33 years in the business of guiding children of all ages to reach their full potential
• Unique dance program for ages 3-6
• Professional performance in June
• Recreational and intensive study tracks
For hours of operation or class and registration information, contact the Donna Frech School Of
Dance at 334-4382.
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Published by The Evening Sun
C M T AMBULANCE
Opportunities and
challenges call for
one company’s
expansion
BY MICHAEL MCGUIRE
The Evening Sun
C
ooperstown Medical
Transport
never
planned on being the
primary commercial ambulance in Chenango County.
In fact, when the company
started in 1980, founders
Mark Zeek and Margaret
McGown didn’t expect it
would ever be much more
than a small-time transport
operation, taking patients in
Cooperstown from one hospital to another.
Twenty-eight years later,
however,
Oneonta-based
CMT is the top private EMS
squad in Delaware and
Otsego counties, and the
majority of its 4,000 calls
annually are for 911 emergencies. With its approved
expansion into Chenango
County nearly complete,
CMT has gone from a smalltime transporter to covering
an area larger than Delaware
and Rhode Island combined.
“We never would have
guessed,” said McGown, the
company’s chief financial
officer, looking back to when
the company first started
compared to where it is
today.
With support from local
fire officials and elected leaders in Chenango, CMT is
hoping it can become part of
the model for a modern, rural
EMS system.
“We’re making CMT a
three-county operation,” said
Zeek, the company’s president, “and hopefully, part of a
model, rural EMS operation
that integrates commercial
EMS with paid and volunteer
services. And with all three
working together, we’ll see if
we can get the job done.”
What brought about the
need for CMT? In Chenango
County, it was the loss of
Superior Ambulance, a Binghamton-based commercial
EMS squad that closed its
Norwich operation in October, citing a lack of profitable
calls. Prior to exiting the area,
Superior handled around
2,000 calls a year countywide
and was the primary ambulance service for several outlying townships.
“We never really planned
to come to Chenango County,” McGown said. “But
when Superior left October
25th we were approached by
officials in Chenango County
about it. We thought quickly,
but we thought hard, and
decided to go for certification. It was all very sudden.”
Just three months and several regulatory approvals
later, CMT is primed to begin
taking calls full-time from its
new station in Norwich
(Superior’s old spot in Woods
Corners), starting off with
one 24-hour, 7-day-a-week
ambulance and plans for
another in the near future.
“We’ll have to see what the
volume is,” Zeek said. “But
we fairly positive about our
future in Chenango County.”
The private squad has
already been operating with a
temporary Certificate of
Need and handled 165 calls
through November and
December.
“The numbers are steadily
growing,” McGown said.
Overall, CMT’s call numbers in Delaware and Otsego
counties have also risen
steadily since 1980. McGown
said the growth can be attributed to two ongoing trends in
rural societies: Aging populations that require more calls
and weakening volunteer
squads that struggle to
answer them. Both have
strained the traditional system of EMS, she said.
“People don’t realize what
it’s like to be a volunteer
EMS provider. It’s a tough
job,” McGown said, citing a
host of challenges volunteers
face, including long hours
away from home and stricter
training demands, combined
with less and less time to
meet work and family commitments. “They deserve a
City of Norwich Fire and EMS personnel respond to a mock accident
staged at Norwich High School every year to demonstrate to the
students the dangers of drinking and driving.
lot of credit.”
On that note, Zeek and
McGown see their services as
supporting volunteers, not
hurting them.
“We’re here to support the
EMS system,” said McGown.
“We’re not here because we
want to take away from the
EMS system. We’re going to
support the volunteers and
respond when they need us.
We’re not here to push them
out. It takes all the resources
to provide sound EMS.”
As for its own resources,
CMT is in the midst of hiring
14 more advanced and basic
life support paramedics to
staff its 24-hour Chenango
County crew. The owners
also expect to add a 16-hour
ambulance soon. In the
meantime, ambulances in
CMT’s Sidney and Oneonta
stations will offer support as
needed and vice-versa.
“We’ll send ambulances
wherever they’re needed,”
McGown said. “That’s
always how we’ve worked
anyway.”
CMT still has logistical
issues to work out with the
Chenango County Emergency Dispatch Center and
local volunteer squads, mainly figuring out how and when
CMT will get calls – a vital
component of its success or
failure.
Acknowledging that Superior left claiming a lack of
calls, McGown said she hasn’t figured out yet how many
it will take to make CMT
financially successful.
“There is a point where you
have to have a certain amount
of calls to be a viable operation,” McGown said. “It’s
hard to tell what that is yet.
We’re still learning as we
go.”
January 10, CMT received
local approval from the
Susquehanna Regional EMS
Council in Binghamton to
operate in Chenango County.
The state Department of
Health is expected to ratify
that approval in early February.
CMT’s Oneonta headquarters is actually in Davenport.
It also has a station in Delhi
and Cooperstown. Norwich
will be its fourth location.
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and Renee’s Faery Palace.
Each corner of the store
offers something different.
Jill’s Book Store, owned by
former Greene resident Jill
Stevens, offers a lot more
than books. Stevens offers a
eclectic array of new and
used books, boutique clothing, organic cosmetics and
her own hand-crafted jewelry. In another corner of the
store is Renee Guidelli’s
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Palace.
Guidelli offers transformational life coaching, and one
tool she offers is faery readings. “It’s a transformational
tool to let you see the truth
and take control,” she said.
“There are many different
tools, but the goal is for you
to discover who you are and
where you are going in life.”
Farther back in the store is
Dave’s Organic Corner. Dave
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group, has added a selection
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items to bring about longevity.
And finally, the Margaret
Rose 4 Season Cafe sits in the
rear half of the shop. After
one year of service, the cafe
holds an array of delightful
treats. The cafe prides itself
on its menu which “focuses
on fresh and unusual dishes
to intrigue the palate,”
according to a pamphlet from
the shop. The cafe has hosted
some small parties and also
After spending 25 years in the beauty salon
business down state, Susan Scalici moved to
Greene and decided to open Focus Salon.
Along with skin care specialist Shannon Fallon, Scalici hopes to provide a relaxing environment and help connect the inner beauty
with the outer beauty.
caters some area events.
“The shop is like a co-op.
Everyone has their own gifts,
talents and inspirations. The
key is getting a feel for what
you do and being a part of
what is here,” Guidelli said.
Just a few doors down from
the multi-faceted Polka-Dots
and Moonbeams, a new beauty salon has opened its doors.
Owner Susan Scalici opened
the Focus Salon and Wellness
Boutique only a few months
ago. In addition to traditional
hair care services, the salon
offers pedicures, natural
manicures and facials, with a
focus on all natural products.
“Our main goal is to provide
a relaxing atmosphere and
balance in people’s lives,”
Scalici said.
Scalici opened the business
in October, with skin care
specialist Shannon Fallon.
Originally from Long Island,
Scalici has been in the business for 25 years and decided
to open her current business
after falling in love with the
Village of Greene.
“I feel a lot of people are
craving business in their
lives,” Scalici said. By helping people to feel good about
themselves, Scalici is hoping
to help customers inner beauty meet their outer beauty. “If
you feel good, you look
good,” Scalici said.
While the business has
only been open for a few
months, Scalici said so far the
community has been very
supportive. The salon owner
said she feels her shop takes a
unique approach to the salon
industry. “We want to help
our clients find solutions to
their beauty problems,”
Scalici said. To contact the
Genesee Street business, call
656-4416.
While Focus Salon is
focusing on inner and outer
beauty, another new addition
to the Greene business scene
is focusing on inner health
and relaxation. Integrative
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is located at Suite 208 of the Eaton Center in downtown Norwich.
PPSCNY’s services are all provided on a sliding fee scale. No
one is ever turned away due to inability to pay. Patients with low
income can sign up for the Family Planning Benefit Program,
which offers free exams, birth control and testing and treatment
for sexually transmitted diseases. PPSCNY also accepts most
forms of insurance including Medicaid and Family Health Plus.
The expert team of caring professionals includes physicians,
nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses. PPSCNY’s
medical services include birth control, annual gynecological
exams, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections,
pregnancy testing and counseling, screening for breast, cervical,
testicular and colorectal cancers, and emergency contraception.
PPSCNY also offers confidential rapid HIV testing. Patients
can choose a blood or saliva test, followed by Planned Parenthood’s non-judgmental, compassionate counseling, and know
their HIV status in only 20 minutes. Director of Clinic Operations
Marybeth Clark, LPN said patients find the rapid test less stressful because they get their results quickly.
Planned Parenthood is also the only Prenatal Care Assistance
Program (PCAP) provider in Chenango County. Women who are
pregnant and meet the income eligibility requirements can join
PCAP and receive free prenatal care through Chenango Memorial Hospital and help with applying for WIC and other services.
For more information or to make an appointment, please call
607-336-8269.
Planned Parenthood also provides sexuality and health care
education, working with parents and teens to encourage family
communication and decrease risky behaviors. Our trained educator gladly helps teens, adults, couples, families, parents, and
youth groups at schools, churches and other organizations.
Physician Assistant Meg Nowak sees patients full time, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
and Thursdays 11:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Nowak brings eleven years of medical experience to Planned
Parenthood. She previously worked at Chenango Memorial Hospital’s urgent care clinic and the Bainbridge-Guilford School
Based Clinic. She graduated from the Physician Assistant Program at D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY.
Nowak enjoys serving many patients at Planned Parenthood
and welcomes new patients. “I am pleased to be meeting the
needs of the community,” she said. “I am at Planned Parenthood
full time, including one evening per week, so patients can get
appointments quickly.”
“I can also care for male patients, because Planned Parenthood
treats men, too,” Nowak said. “People think we’re here for birth
control only but we offer annual exams, cancer screening, STD
testing and treatment, and so much more.”
Planned Parenthood also has offices in Binghamton, Lisle,
Oneonta, Sidney and Walton. For more information or to make an
appointment, please call 800-230-PLAN or go to
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M O R R I S V I L L E S T A T E C O L L E G E - NO R W I C H C A M P U S
Smalltown college with a big agenda
BY JILL KRAFT
The Evening Sun
B
eing centrally located
in a smaller city has
some real home-town
advantages. Morrisville State
College, located in the Roger
W. Follett Hall next to the
Eaton Center, prides itself on
being one of the major focal
points in the community.
From internships, trips,
game nights and community
involvement to holiday open
houses, Morrisville State
College administration as
well as staff and students play
a role in participating in public affairs and activities
throughout the year. Its second annual holiday open
house drew in a crowd
between 400 and 500 people
and offered local specialty
food makers a chance to strut
their stuff.
Catering to both traditional
and non-traditional students,
Dean Ted Nichols said the
student body is split 50/50
between students who enroll
directly after high school and
students who are returning
for their college education.
“This is our diversity,” said
Nichols. “Our students come
from various backgrounds,
have a variety of work and
life experiences.”
With approximately 550
students, Nichols says enrollment is holding steady. The
college, according to an internal success review, was said
to have achieved near record
enrollment both in terms of
student headcounts and fulltime equivalents/credits generated. “I am happy to see the
college servicing so many
students and pleased with the
number of students choosing
to attend our campus,” he
said.
In an effort to adapt to student interests and maintain
new programming, two new
associate degree programs
were put into place in 2007.
An A.A.S. in Human Services and A.A.S. in Criminal
Justice were newly implemented and go along with an
Early Childhood degree program which started in 2006.
The Norwich Campus now
offers students the ability to
choose from 11 associate
degree programs, various
technical courses and several
liberal arts/transfer options.
“These programs seem to
be taking off well,” said
Nichols.
“Unlike the other programs
offered at our campus, these
programs are specifically
offered at the Norwich campus,” the dean added. “The
local campus hired full-time
faculty coordinators C. Fred
Weaver and Clare Armstrong-Seward for the programs following successful
national searches.”
One goal Nichols says is
important to both the administration and to facility is to
get the students involved in
the community and try to get
the students to earn degrees
locally and go onto utilize
their degrees here, too. “We
have many students doing
internships with local businesses and organizations,” he
said. “We try to get our students into the local workforce
and show them there are jobs
here they are qualified for.”
Nichols says another goal
is providing students scholarships to offset the rising costs
of gaining a college educa-
Norwich Campus students pose for a group shot during a recent trip to
Boston.
tion.
The college increased
scholarship support for
Chenango County students
by awarding Raymond Foundation merit scholarships to
11 students. These $1,000
scholarships are awarded to
students in the top-five percent of the incoming Norwich Campus freshmen class.
“Scholarship support was
also provided to 14 other
Norwich Campus students
based on a combination of
merit and need,” said
Nichols. Scholarship assistance for Chenango County
residents attending the Norwich Campus is provided by
community minded individuals, businesses, and foundations throughout Chenango
County through the Morrisville College Foundation.
Looking ahead, Nichols
says the college would like to
look into offering bachelor
degree programming but the
idea is not realistic yet due to
lack of housing space and
other four-year qualifications
the campus does not have.
Looking into other options,
such as international student
programming, is an idea
Nichols says he thinks could
ultimately be the way to go.
“This community has a lot to
offer, from restaurants to the
YMCA and other venues students could benefit from,”
said Nichols.
He also says college officials are viewing options to
see what health care courses
the college could offer. “We
have a great nursing program
and we are trying to see what
other health care services
could be a good asset to the
curriculum,” he said.
Building community partnerships Nichols says is the
biggest asset to the campus
and to the students who
attend. The college is currently looking into providing
entrepreneurship education in
partnership with Commerce
Chenango for Agri-business
and Commercial District
Small Business development.
“Introducing entrepreneurship to individuals and helping existing ones learn the
tools they need to succeed is
the goal we are working to
achieve,” said Nichols.
According to an internal
review, the Norwich campus
served the community and
the surrounding area numerous ways. The campus manages a Liberty Partnership
Program with Chenango
County school districts, provides dual credit high
school/college courses for
high school students in their
home schools, provides assistance to unemployed/underemployed
individuals
through their Bridge Program, provides customized
training to area employers,
offers non-credit/continuing
education (continuing dental
education and SAT preparation), serves as a host loca-
tion for GED classes in cooperation with Afton Consortium, offers professional
development and conference
services and serves as a cultural center for community
events, lectures, colloquia,
and films.
The facility, which is fully
equipped with a state-of-theart wireless networking system, is the best in the country,
maybe even the world,
according to Nichols. Taking
a leading edge in technology
services, Nichols says, he
wants to see the college continue to gain and remain a
leading source for technology
degree programs.
Having an increasing presence with on-line and hybrid
courses, which brings students face-to-face with
instructors, also enables the
convenience of doing school
from home. Nichols says the
option is making a name for
Morrisville. “I love the fact I
can still take courses while I
work full time,” said online
student Heather Birdsall.
The Morrisville main campus is located approximately
45 minutes north of Norwich.
It is a rural campus that
thrives on equine science and
other agricultural degree programs. That the Morrisville
college experience can offer a
wide variety of both agricultural and technical programming is one point Nichols
says needs to be made.
“When people think about
Morrisville State college they
need to include what we are
doing in Norwich, what we
have accomplished and
where we are going,” he said.
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Published by The Evening Sun
CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
Think food, and
think local
BY MICHAEL MCGUIRE
The Evening Sun
W
hen people think
food,
Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Chenango County
wants them to think local.
Cooperative officials say
they’re not alone, either.
“There is tremendous
excitement about local food,
value-added food and food
going directly from the producer to the consumer,” said
CCE Director Keith Severson. “It’s something all of
agriculture is trying to
heighten in Chenango County.”
CCE was involved heavily
in 2007 with marketing and
delivering locally grown
products through several different programs, including
the Chenango County Guide
to Locally Grown Products
and the “Chenango Bounty at
Your Door” delivery service.
“Eating local and eating
healthy go hand-in-hand,”
said CCE Assistant Jessica
Jaramillo. “Hopefully what
we do here facilitates that.”
Now that people are more
aware and have better access
to local products, Severson
says the organization is kicking off a new program, “Eat
Smart New York,” aimed at
teaching people how to utilize farm fresh foods.
“This will be an opportunity to provide training to a targeted audience to assist them
in learning about nutrition,
the selection of food and the
preparation of food,” said
Severson. “It will teach people how to eat better food and
live a better life, and to teach
others the same.”
If people in general don’t
start taking better care of
themselves, obesity’s negative effects could ripple
through society, Severson
believes.
“We’ve known for a long
time that obesity has been
increasing,” he said. “That
can have a large effect in our
communities overall between
medical and other costs related to health problems obesity
creates. It will cost all people
a lot more if others don’t eat
healthy or practice healthy
habits.”
The local foods emphasis
also relates to promoting
food security as problems
with tainted foreign products
become more prevalent.
“In terms of food security
and knowing where food is
coming from,” said CCE
Horticulturist Rebecca Hargrave, “we’ve seen the
demand for local products
drastically increase. Hopefully we’re right on the cutting
edge of that.”
A key to Cornell Cooperatives success in landing such
programs has been full-time
grant writer Kim Eaton, Severson said.
Before local products can
be used, they have to be
grown. So to further promote
the ag industry to both
younger and older generations, CCE has continued to
ramp-up its education programs.
For starters, in 2008 the ag
education department has
created a livestock scholarship and livestock club as a
way of promoting farming to
area youth. Under the program, farmers donate animals
to local kids to raise, and inturn any offspring of those
livestock are donated back to
the program.
“There’s more than just
dairy kids involved in this,”
said 4-H Program Assistant
Carol Loefstedt.
There’s also an ag mentoring program targeted at
involving kids and teenagers
in farming.
“For farmers, labor is the
largest expense. This program teaches kids not only
farm employment skills, but
employment skills in general.
It also hopefully sparks an
interest in agriculture.” said
Severson. “It really tries to
merge those needs.”
For adults, Cooperative is
again offering a host of skill
development classes. It’s currently in the midst of its second round of large veterinarian skills courses.
“It saves farmers money by
teaching them basic skills
they can perform on their
own and helps offset the lack
of large animal vets in the
area,” said Loefstedt.
CCE’s Ag Education
Department plans to spend
much more time in the fields
this year as well.
“We want to be more
involved with the farm – farm
business, management. We’re
going to make more farm vis-
4-H members Kalvin Abrams and Nathan Turrell look on as Nate Funk
explains the importance of clipping their sheep for the show.
its and find out the needs in
agriculture in Chenango
County,” said Jaramillo.
Hargrave said her focus in
2008 will be on teaching people how to get back to basics
and use skills that were commonplace in the 20th century
that society has by-and-large
forgotten.
“We’re really teaching the
importance of getting back to
developing and using older
skills,” Hargrave said. In
response, food preservation,
master gardening, forestry,
vegetable growing and green
landscapes training seminars
are all skills being offered in
classrooms or on-line in this
coming year.
For those interested, Cooperative will also be selling
compost bins this spring.
Loefstedt said 4-H is also
reaching further out into the
community, setting up a number of after school clubs,
including one at the Norwich
YMCA and another for
home-schooled kids focused
on science and technology.
Cooperative will also be
using its master preservers to
teach kids through 4-H the art
of preserving food.
4-H is currently conducting
an annual fundraiser, which
wraps up Feb.14. In conjunction with Page Seeds of
Greene, 4-H is selling “Fun
Family Garden” kits as part
of a statewide and soon to be
nationwide drive.
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Community Foundation for
South Central New York
Chenango County residents who made contributions to the
Community Foundation for South Central New York – the
regional community foundation serving Chenango County, as
well as Broome, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego and Tioga – didn’t
have to look very far afield during 2007 to see their gifts hard at
work.
Grants awarded by the Foundation to local nonprofits were
helping to create an innovative therapeutic multi-sensory environment for traumatized children at the Children’s Home RTF
near Greene, supporting the needs of cancer survivors and their
families at Chenango Health Network in Norwich, purchasing
sound and lighting equipment to help the new Chenango River
Theater get its inaugural season off to a good start. And through
an ‘06 grant to Catholic Charities, Foundation funds continued to
help families victimized by severe flooding as they traveled the
long road to recovery.
New grants awarded in 2007 included funding for “The Place”
for an engineering study to explore expanding and renovating
their facility, a grant to the Sherburne Public Library for a microform scanner, and a grant from the Women’s Fund at the Community Foundation to Chenango Health Network in support of
the “Going Red in Chenango County” campaign to promote
women’s heart health.
The Community Foundation also celebrated its 10th Anniversary during 2007 with the theme “Cultivating Philanthropy,” and
the Foundation’s volunteer Board of Directors – including its
members from Chenango County – worked hard to make it a year
of achievement, as well as one of sound planning for the future.
A new strategic plan was completed which will guide the
Foundation’s activities for the next several years. That plan
includes the formation of specific geographically-focused funds
to address needs in several of the counties served by the Foundation.
In October the Foundation held a luncheon/workshop attended
by more than one hundred representatives from area nonprofits,
with the goal of helping the agencies to strengthen their marketing and communications efforts.
Contributions to the Community Foundation, along with
return on investments, helped move the endowment from $15.1
million at the end of ’06 to $17.66 million as of December 31,
2007.
On the agenda for 2008: The Community Foundation will continue its mission to “connect donors who care with causes that
matter.” It will offer additional training workshops to nonprofits
throughout the region. Visits to grantees and others throughout
the region are on the docket to gather information and get to
know the people doing good work in the community. The Foundation will redouble its efforts to serve the needs of its donors.
And of course, it will continue its all-important grantmaking programs.
The deadline for receipt of proposals for the Foundation’s next
competitive grant cycle is March 3rd. Go to the “Forms and
Guidelines” section of the Foundation’s web site at www.cfscny.org for application guidelines and instructions.
To request a copy of the Community Foundation’s 2006 Annual Report, call (607) 772-6773. The executive director of the
Community Foundation is Diane L. Brown. The Foundation is
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GUERNSEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
A busy year of
construction and lending
BY TYLER MURPHY
The Evening Sun
O
ne of the largest projects undertaken at
Guernsey Memorial
Library in Norwich was completed last year when the
roof, boiler and ventilation
systems were replaced.
The $760,000 facility
upgrade required that the air
conditioning be turned off for
the majority of the summer of
2007, negatively affecting
attendance by 10 percent.
“One of the most important
things we want people to
know is that the air conditioning is working again,” said
Library Director Melanie
Battoe.
The ventilation equipment
and roof were part of the
original building contructed
in 1969.
Guernsey
Memorial
Library is the largest library
in Chenango County with a
collection of more than
80,000 books. Last year, its
public computer access system tracked more than 15,000
sign-ins a month.
And despite the temporary
drop in attendance, Battoe
said the Court Street institution had loaned out more
materials than any other
library in the four surrounding counties. In 2007,
Guernsey circulated over
150,000 items.
“That’s even including
Broome,” she said.
Guernsey Memorial is one
of 42 libraries that make up
the Four County Library System of Broome, Chenango,
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“So if you’re looking for a
book we don’t have here at
our building, you can get it
from anywhere else in the
four county system. Usually
we can get them here by the
end of the week,” said Battoe.
The origins of Norwich’s
library can be traced back to
1902 when Mrs. William
Guernsey bequeathed her
family’s homestead to the
Norwich Board of Education.
In her will, she requested that
it be turned into a library. The
house itself was built in 1799.
That building remained until
the 1960s when it became
apparent that the location
could not support the collection’s expansion. The current
building housing the library
was built in the late 1960s
and has remained Norwich’s
library ever since.
The library’s budget is
voted on annually at the same
time Norwich City School
District voters vote on the
district’s budget. It is a completely separate budget entity,
Battoe said.
Guernsey employs 10 fulltime and about 15 part-time
positions that vary depending
on internships and temporary
help. The library also has its
own children’s program and
dedicated children’s librarian.
The coming year looks to
be a quieter one for the
library. “After this last year
of upgrades, I think we’ll
give the board a break for a
while,” Battoe said. Future
plans include replacing playground equipment in the park
behind the facility. It was
orginally installed in 1969.
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CHENANGO COUNTY COUNCIL
OF THE
ARTS
Broadening horizons
BY JEFFREY GENUNG
The Evening Sun
B
roadening horizons
through exposure to
the arts has been the
lifelong mission of the
Chenango County Council of
the Arts, and in no year was
that horizon broadened more
than in 2007.
A sizable grant from the
New York State Music Fund
allowed the Arts Council to
introduce local audiences to a
spectacular variety of performing artists last year. “The
grant was intended to help us
present emerging artists and
new types of music that audiences around here don’t normally get exposure to,” said
Arts Council Executive
Director Victoria Calvert
Kappel. Groups with names
like “Burkina Electric” and
“Ceili Rain” certainly aren’t
typical Chenango fare.
“Sometimes it’s fun to push
the audience’s comfort zone,”
she said.
In addition to the performances for Arts Council ticketholders, the musical groups
funded by the state grant also
did in-school “residencies” at
several local districts. During
these multi-day sessions, students had the opportunity to
learn from the professional
musicians and interact with
them on a one-on-one basis.
Many were even incorporated into the evening performances open to the general
public.
“It was really exciting to
see how they interacted with
the students,” Kappel said of
the three-to-five day residencies. “Many of the kids got to
perform with the musicians
on stage,” at the CCCA the-
Celtic rock group Ceili Rain was one of the
musical acts the Arts Council was able to
present through a grant from the New York
State Music Fund.
ater, she said. “That’s so
important, in any field, to get
that hands-on experience.
The feedback, tips and ideas
they got ... it really pulls all
the threads of what they’re
learning in school together so
well.”
Another way the Arts
Council broadens its exposure is by awarding the New
York State Council on the
Arts’
“decentralization
grants” – monies intended to
bring arts and cultural activities into more and more rural
areas. The Norwich non-profit organization disseminates
grants for both Chenango and
Broome counties. In 2007,
Kappel said, more than
$51,000 was given out to
local arts organizations,
libraries, churches and cultural groups. In addition, $4,500
was awarded to individual
artists whose programming
also reached out to the masses.
“This funding is essential
for smaller, emerging arts
groups,” Kappel said. “For
many, it’s their primary
source of funding.” In 2007,
Arts Council-administered
funding supported big events
like Colorscape and the Blues
Festival, as well as smaller
events at town libraries, parks
and even the Smyrna Citizens
Band concerts.
Another new event for the
Arts Council in 2007 was a
fundraiser it inherited from
another non-profit group. For
years, the STRIDE therapeutic horse riding center had
held a party coinciding with
the running of the Kentucky
Derby in May. When that
group folded, the Arts Council picked it up and used it as
a fundraiser for a similar aim
– The Magic Paintbrush proj-
ect, an art therapy workshop
for autistic children and their
parents. Kappel said the Arts
Council looks forward to
making an even bigger splash
in the community with this
year’s Kentucky Derby fete.
The current year started
with a prestigious exhibit in
the Arts Council’s 27 W.
Main St. gallery. Photographer Ben Fernandez, recently
relocated to Chenango County, shared his powerful
“Countdown to Eternity”
exhibit, which chronicled the
last year in the life of civil
rights leader Martin Luther
King Jr. – and debuted in
Norwich in the year that
marks the 40th anniversary of
his assassination. “That
exhibit has traveled all over
the world, and now it’s in
Norwich,” Kappel said. The
show remains in the Arts
Council gallery through Feb.
4, when it will continue on its
journey to Memphis, Tenn.
Coming to the gallery in
the fall will be another exhibit Kappel said people are
already excited about. Called
“Still Here,” the show will
feature the works of artists
who are currently residents in
Chenango County’s senior
living facilities. “This exhibit
shows the gallery’s commitment to issues that reflect
Chenango County,” she said.
The Arts Council also has a
full slate of shows scheduled
for the stage of the Martin W.
Kappel Theater, starting with
preeminent Irish fiddler
Eileen Ivers on Feb. 29. For
information on performances
and to purchase tickets, call
the Arts Council at 336-2787
or
visit
www.chenangoarts.org.
Success Stories
Rolling Antiquers
Antique Car Club
The Rolling Antiquers Old Car Club will be sponsoring its
43rd Annual Antique Auto Show and its Car Parts, Antiques &
Collectibles Market during the 2008 Memorial Day weekend on
Saturday, May 24th, and Sunday, May 25th. The two day event
will be held at the Chenango County Fairgrounds in Norwich,
N.Y. The Club’s Annual Show and Market attract several thousand visitors each Memorial Day weekend.
Restored and original condition show vehicles come from
every era and include motorcycles, tractors and trucks. Saturday
will feature Muscle Cars and Street Rods such as the Corvette
and the Deuce Coupe. Sunday will highlight the Antique Cars
from the Model T to the Packard. The RAOCC Show draws
more than 1000 vehicles and their proud owners from the surrounding counties and from out of state. Show car owners have
come from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the New England region,
the Mid-Atlantic states and even Ontario, Canada.
Over 300 Car Parts vendors and more than 100 Antiques &
Collectibles vendors will have their wares for sale on both days.
Alongside the car show, private owners from a military club will
display a variety of military vehicles. Vendors will be selling
related merchandise. Revolutionary War re-enactors will be
recreating an encampment and holding demonstrations. All of
these events will occur against the musical backdrop of a DJ
service.
Rain or shine, the show will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both
Saturday and Sunday. General admission each day is $5 per person. Admission is free for children under 12 years old. Food
booths will be staffed by RAOCC members and local food vendors. The menus have included barbecue chicken dinners, philly
cheese steak sandwiches and pulled-pork sandwiches, along with
the typical staple of hot dogs, hamburgers and French fries. Ice
cream and a variety of cold beverages will be available. Free
shuttle buses will run between the Fairgrounds and parking areas
in Norwich. Dog ordinance enforced during the Show.
Make sure to also visit the Northeast Classic Car Museum.
Even start the weekend on Friday evening, May 23rd, with the
annual downtown Norwich Cruise-In. Show car owners often
participate.
The Rolling Antiquers Old Car Club (RAOCC) represents the
local Norwich region of the Antique Automotive Club of America (AACA). RAOCC Show forms and information can be
found at the Club’s website: http://local.aaca.org/raocc
For specific inquiries you can also call:
MUSCLE CARS: Barb Strobel 607-334-8549 or Clyde
Beach 607-334-2901
SHOW CARS: Jim Roberts 315-737-7637
CAR PARTS: Dennis McCarthy 607-334-5486
GENERAL ANTIQUES: Charlene Soyke 607-843-6520
ANTIQUE ENGINE DISPLAY: Dennis McCarthy 607-3345486
“You can't wait for
inspiration. You have to go
after it with a club.”
JACK LONDON
PUBLISHED
BY
THE EVENING SUN
Success Stories
Wilson Funeral Home
“The most common reason people plan their funeral ahead of time is because they do not want
their family to be burdened with it later on,” says Doug Wilson, owner and manager of the Wilson
Funeral Home.
Planning ahead makes sense for other reasons too. It is a simple procedure that does not take
much time. Decisions can be made about specific choices such as the type of service you would like,
the flowers or even the music. Your decisions can be based on your personal preferences at a price
that fits your needs.
Wilson goes on to say that, “many times people want to know if they have to pay ahead of time
or do they have to pay the whole cost at once. I have many arrangements on file that are not paid for
... they have told me what they want when they die, but they have other financial arrangements to
pay for it, such as life insurance.” Their wishes are on record and are carried out when the need arises. In New York, when a person does decide to pay ahead for their funeral, a trust account is opened
and held until the funeral has been completed. Interest earned on the money in the trust offsets cost
increases, so Wilson Funeral Home guarantees that the funeral is paid for whenever it is needed.
The Wilson Funeral Home is the only family owned independent funeral home in Norwich.
“When a family chooses us, they are treated like they are my family ... the way that I would want to
be treated.” Because the funeral home is independent, it has a strong and complete investment in the
Norwich Community. Doug Wilson and his associate, Carl Conley, a Sherburne native, are members of the Norwich Rotary Club. Doug has served on the YMCA board and is chairman of the Msgr.
Festa Memorial Golf Tournament that benefits Chenango Catholic Charities.
The decision to preplan your funeral is a loving gesture for those you leave behind as it relieves
them of decision-making at a very stressful time.
When it comes to funerals, people want to feel that they are being cared for in a dignified and personal manner. “Wilson Funeral Home is my family taking care of yours.”
Raymond Corporation
Beginning in 1922 out of Greene, NY, The Raymond Corporation now reaches to the farthest corners of the world, dominating the materials handling industry. Raymond provides the most innovative products in the market. The latest work in innovation at The Raymond Corporation is a new
research product in hydrogen-fueled forklifts.
The Raymond Corporation, Chenango County’s largest employer, unveiled the early findings
from its two-year research program on hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts. Last January Raymond
used funding from the New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the
New York Power Authority (NYPA) to convert its Greene, New York manufacturing facility into a
“living lab” with hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts and an indoor hydrogen refueling station.
The purpose of the program is to evaluate the performance of hydrogen-fueled forklifts and to
demonstrate the safety of a hydrogen-fueled forklift environment. Raymond’s early findings show
that compared to battery-powered forklifts, hydrogen fuel cell forklifts maintain comparable performance. The braking distance, and maximum travel and lift speeds of the fuel cell-powered forklift are equivalent to that of a battery-powered forklift. Raymond has also found that the weight and
the distribution of the weight can affect the stability of a fuel cell truck. Therefore, extra weight must
be added to the fuel cell and the weight must be distributed so as not to affect the center of gravity.
Further, Raymond found that refueling the fuel cell-powered forklift takes only a few minutes as
compared with the 20 minutes it may take to remove and replace a battery from the same model forklift.
Raymond believes that using hydrogen fuel cells in place of batteries will provide several benefits to users of electric forklift trucks.
“Raymond is committed to helping the materials handling industry realize the higher productivity and environmentally clean technology that hydrogen fuel cells can offer,” says Steve Medwin,
Raymond manager of advanced research. “We will continue to share the results of our research as it
becomes available.”
The Raymond Corporation is the leading North American provider of materials handling solutions
that improve space utilization and productivity, with lower cost of operation and greater operator
acceptance. High-performance, reliable, ergonomically designed Raymond® products range from a
full line of manual and electric pallet trucks and walkie stackers to counterbalanced trucks, ReachFork® trucks, orderpickers and dual-purpose (pallet handling/case picking) Swing-Reach® trucks.
For more information about The Raymond Corporation or Raymond’s fuel cell research program,
visit www.raymondcorp.com or call (800) 235-7200. The Raymond Corporation is headquartered in
Greene, NY.
Bassett Healthcare
Nearly 40 years ago, the Carnegie Commission called for drastic improvement in the quality of
U.S. rural medicine and pinpointed one existing hospital as the ideal prototype – Bassett. One year
later, Time magazine featured Bassett as a model of rural health care delivery.
“Every statistic shows that rural medicine lags far behind what is available in urban areas...But
Cooperstown...is a remarkable exception. Reason: it has The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, a minimedical center that ranks among the best in the US." – Time, January 25, 1971
In 2008, the same missions of patient care, research and education that earned Bassett that recognition in 1971 remain the same, and the dedicated work of leaders, educators, researchers, physicians, employees and volunteers continues to guide the organization through growth and change.
Today, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (MIBH) is the foundation for a network that encompasses four affiliate hospitals, 25 community health centers, and 13 school-based health centers across
nine counties covering 5,000 square miles. The fourth affiliate hospital is new this year. Tri-Town
Regional Hospital (TRH) is located in the Delaware County community of Sidney and will open in
February as a 24/7 emergency care facility. The hospital will be staffed by about 50 full and parttime employees. The physician-staffed ED will have the capacity to treat up to six patients at a time,
as well as hold patients for observation and treatment when needed. Other services available at TRH
include radiology, CT scans and a full laboratory.
In 2008, Bassett is also continuing its transition to an enterprise-wide electronic medical record
(EMR) and patients may notice laptop computers in the exam rooms. Patient records are immediately available to practitioners who can also now show patients their medication lists, x-rays and
other test results on the computer.
“With the EMR, we are able to immediately access the latest information, such as what was done
at a specialist appointment and make patient-care decisions with up-to-date information,” says Dr.
Scott Cohen. Cohen and doctors Thomas Holmes and Grace Holmes, as well as family nurse practitioners Anne St. Pierre and David Hochman provide primary and preventive health care services for
the whole family at Bassett Healthcare Norwich, located at 55 Calvary Drive. Specialty care is also
offered, including oncology services, OB/GYN, endocrinology, nutritional counseling, rheumatology, pediatric, and general orthopedics, vascular surgery and pulmonary medicine. Call 607-3366362 for an appointment.
Just in time for Children’s Dental Health Month, observed in February, Bassett is also expanding
the oral health component of its School-Based Health Center (SBHC) program. Students at the
SBHCs in Sherburne-Earlville, Delhi, Edmeston, South Kortright, Laurens and Morris now have
comprehensive preventive dental services available including sealant and fluoride application.
Cornell Cooperative Extension
The buy local revolution! The new organics! The Way We Eat! What To Eat! Eat Here! These
are the messages that are being put to the test. Knowing where our food comes from is the question
of the day, perhaps three times a day, and should be carefully contemplated. It encompasses so much
more than just knowing who grew or raised the food we put on our tables everyday. It is a decision
that has a large impact on our economy and preservation of our communities. When we choose to
buy from local farmers, it also helps to assure quality, freshness and flavor in the foods that we consume.
It never ceases to amaze me how much richness and variety we can find right in our own backyard. We may have to devote a little more time towards getting that fresh, high quality, local product into our homes, but once that discovery is made there is no turning back. Knowing that you are
supporting a community member and getting good wholesome food in return is a great feeling. Just
ask customers of the new local delivery service; Chenango Bounty: Farmer’s Market at Your Door,
what an exciting experience it is to receive a weekly delivery of locally grown food right to your
door. As Phil Metzger a loyal customer has said, “I just can’t wait to place my order for the week.”
Whether we buy our local products directly from the producer, the farmer’s market, the farm
stand, the health food store or other retail outlet, we can also look for The Pride of New York
emblem. The Pride of New York Program is New York State’s marketing and promotion program
charged with generating interest and demand of New York food and agricultural products. By supporting the Pride of New York Program we encourage retailers and restaurants to highlight the products they use and sell. By simply asking the managers of your favorite restaurant, grocery store, or
your child’s food service director, you can make a difference in what shows up on your table or
theirs.
Knowing a certain amount of the language associated with a more sustainable way of eating will
help us to make those better choices. Is local better than organic? Should we buy New York apples
or organic apples from Washington? Do we buy cage-free eggs or organic eggs? Why should we buy
grass fed meat as oppose to grain fed meat? We all need to do a little research to better understand
the implications of our choices and how they impact our health and the health of our communities.
Good things don’t come easy, but are well worth the extra effort.
For more information, contact Sophie Belanger, local products and agri-tourism specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension Chenango County, 99 North Broad Street, Norwich, NY 13815.
PROGRESS CHENANGO 2008
73
IN THEIR OW N WORDS
Climate change is real
BY BRIAN BRENNAN
New Berlin
M
any of my friends
have their countdown
calendars
started – counting the days
until the end of George
Bush’s Presidency. Whether
they and the presidential
scholars who claim Mr. Bush
has been the worst President
in the history of our Republic
are correct, only the collective vote of several years
passing will give us the true
picture. Purportedly, Mr.
Bush takes solace in pointing
to the eventual exoneration of
previous Presidents such as
Mr. H. Truman who were vilified by their contemporaries
for unpopular policies but
honored in later years by historians for those same policies. However there is one
area of his Presidency where
I believe history will judge
him poorly and an area of
some local importance. That
area is this President’s steadfast denial of the collective
scientific consensus that
global warming is real and
has been accelerated by
human activity.
As I write this on the coldest day of this winter, (-) 5
deg F, global warming might
seem like a welcome turn of
events. However, one consequence of this warming is a
projected three foot rise in
sea level due to the release of
water tied up in the polar ice
caps and elsewhere. While
this may seem of little consequence in Chenango County
where Norwich’s elevation is
about 1000 ft and the ocean
115 miles away; there will be
indirect consequences for us
to worry about. For instance
we are a net importer of dollars from Albany. According
to figures supplied courtesy
of Assemblyman Clifford
Crouch’s Office and that
were generated by the Comptroller’s Office, Chenango
County receives $2.43 for
every $1.00 we send them.
New York City, one of the
coastal cities projected to be
hard hit by a rising sea level,
is the supplier of a good portion of those dollars that
Albany returns to us.
This fall semester I was
privileged to teach two science courses at a near-by college. When I quizzed my students on their knowledge of
the global warming threat to
Earth’s climate, I was dismayed to discover that many
students were in denial and
most were ignorant of the
details. As this quite likely
will be a major issue during
their lifetimes, we spent some
class time exploring this
threat. Two recent opinion
editorials in the Evening Sun,
one by Bob McNitt, the other
by Tom Morgan makes it
clear that it is not only the
younger generation who are
in denial. The title of Vice
President Gore’s film gets to
the heart of this myopic tendency – warming of the
Earth’s climate is most
assuredly an “inconvenient
truth” because it means we
cannot continue our profligate ways with our natural
resources and our environment.
So why is there controversy over the science of global
warming? Like a good detective novel the science of climate change has a multitude
of characters investigating it,
scientists and nonscientists,
who have different motives
and capabilities. Many nonscientists with various agendas can look at this vast array
of data and theories and pick
out those pieces that support
their agenda and ignore those
pieces that refute it. For
instance, the Earth’s orbit
about the sun changes slightly from year to year in a periodic fashion that leads to regular global cooling and
warming. The Earth has been
in a warming trend since the
1700’s, the so-called ‘Little
Ice Age’. The start of this
trend is well before the exponential rise in atmospheric
carbon dioxide. Pretty much
all scientists are in agreement
on that fact. The controversy
however is whether the speed
and projected extent of the
current warming is due strictly to this natural cycle or has
a large additional component
due to mankind’s activities,
Brian Brennan
in particular those activities
which generate carbon dioxide and other so-called
‘greenhouse gases.’ Most if
not all main-stream scientists
pretty much come down on
the side of humans accelerating and amplifying this natural trend. From the National
Academy of Scientists in
June of 2005 “http://nationalacademies.org/onpi/060720
05.pdf” http://nationalacademies.org/onpi/06072005.pdf)
:
“Climate change is real!
There will always be uncertainty in understanding a system as complex as the
world’s climate. However
there is now strong evidence
that significant global warming is occurring. The evidence comes from direct
measurements of rising surface air temperatures and
subsurface ocean temperatures and from phenomena
such as increases in average
global sea levels, retreating
glaciers, and changes to
many physical and biological
systems. It is likely that most
of the warming in recent
decades can be attributed to
human activities. This warming has already led to changes
in the Earth’s climate.”
A final thought in closing none of these negative effects
from human activity would
be an issue if there were a lot
fewer humans crowding the
Earth vying for resources.
This is the ‘elephant in the
room,’ the ‘third rail’ that no
one wants to touch or talk
about. Perhaps now is the
time to begin that discussion.
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Yes...
Progress Chenango 2008
Published by The Evening Sun
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