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The Richfield Springs Community Center bake sale and spaghetti dinner on Friday, Jan. 24 kicks off two weeks of winter carnival fun!
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arm up with a spaghetti dinner and community bonfire to kick off the Richfield Springs Winter Carnival! Snowmobile rides and races, an afternoon tea, team bowling and more. For a listing of events, see page B4. This year’s beneficiaries include, from left, Carter Hilton, Charles Oakley, Logan Piefer and Isabelle Ewing.
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GREAT OUTDOORS: Walk, ski or snowshoe with the Otsego Land Trust, then warm up with cocoa and cookies. 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 26, Greenwoods Conservatory, Zachow Rd., Burlington. Info, (607) 547-2366, office@otsegolandtrust.org. Also, Dax Coe (above), Myles Magnan (top left) and Devin Carey (bottom left). 2013, and though she’s had several surgeries and treatments, the rupture damaged her motor skills, voice and ability to swallow. Her parents, Sarah and Lauren Ewing, are both jumping, as is her sister Theresa. “I went to discuss the jump with them at their home, and Theresa said, ‘I’d never jump’!” said Waters. Please See PLUNGE, B2
IF YOU GO: POLAR BEAR PLUNGE CHINESE AUCTION 12:30-4 P.M. SUNDAY, JAN. 26, MILFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL
FREEZING FISH: Free ice fishing day with no license required. Equipment and lessons offered, warming tent and refreshments available. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, Hartwick Rod & Gun Club, Rt 205 South, Hartwick. Info, Chris VanMaaren, (607) 652-7366. READ TO VOTE: Emily Gibson highlights Caldecott nominees and lets kids vote for their favorite books of the year. 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8344.
PORTLANDVILLE ith the Polar Vortex pushing temperatures below zero, the last thing anyone in Otsego County is thinking about is getting on a swimsuit. Anyone except Brenda Waters. Brenda is signing up swimmers for the 19th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump, Saturday, Feb. 15, faster than the hottest day at the beach. “We just started taking signups and we already have 210 people,” she said. “Every day I get at least 10 calls from people to sign up. I keep thinking we’ll run out of people to talk into doing it, but they keep coming.” Last February, a record 411 jumpers took the plunge into icy Goodyear Lake, raising a record $106,000. Money raised goes to seven local families with children dealing with long-term illnesses. Recipient Isabelle “Tinkerbell” Ewing, 10, Oneonta, had a cerebral arteriovenous malformation rupture in her brain in May
ART FILM: Celebrate street art with the Academy Award nominated documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (R). Part of the Cabin Fever Film Series. 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (888) 547-1400.
POPS CONCERT: The Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble joins Ultimate Idol winner Kimberly Collison for a concert of pop music. 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-7085. LAUGH IT UP: Comedy Central’s Three Phils comedy tour, featuring Phil Farda, Will Phillips and Anna Phillips. $10 advance, $15 door. 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, B-Side Ballroom, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, www. bsideballroom.com.
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