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Farmers Of The Future

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 31 - JUNE 1, 2012

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WEEKEND’S

BEST BETS

Success With Eggs Inspire Big Dream Sierra Jones, 14, a Handsome Farm provider, checks one of the 200 chickens in her flock that provide 55 dozen eggs a week. Above right, an ad hoc taste test in the AllOTSEGO. life kitchen proved the higherpriced Handsome Farm egg, left, to have a richer, moister, more pudding like yolk and firmer white.

Wendy Stanton’s “Snow White” will be on display at the Main View Gallery’s “Roots and Wings” show, opening Friday, June 1.

Art Show Opens At Main Gallery

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ain View Gallery’s “Roots and Wings” show, featuring Wendy Stanton. 57 p.m., Friday, June 1, Main View Gallery, 73 Main St., Oneonta. After the show, dance the night away at the “Over The Rainbow” dance party featuring FLAME. $2 admission. 7-9 p.m. Friday, June 1. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www. arcotsego.org, (607) 4328595.

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Can Someone Like Babcocks Package, Distribute Local Farm Produce? By JIM KEVLIN FRANKLIN

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nly 14, Sierra Jones is quite an achiever. A sophomore at Franklin Central School, she plays varsity soccer and indoor soccer. She’s involved in band, chorus, jazz band, yearbook and the Big Buddy program. She’s in the Junior Honor Society, and aims to be in the National Honor Society by this

time next year. Her plan is to study business and financial management at SUNY Delhi, transferring after two years to a four-year program elsewhere, and she’s tending a flock of 200 chickens, selling 55 dozen eggs a week to Handsome Brook Farm, and putting aside $1,000 a year toward her college tuition. With all of this aspiration, you can see how she’d fit right in with Betsy and Bryan Babcocks’ Handsome Brook Farm, a fast-growing Please See EGGS, B3

Betsy and Bryan Babcock survey their field of 1,000 blueberry plants across East Handsome Brook Road from their B&B.

Milford Teen’s Anti-Bullying Film Wins Rod Serling Award By LIBBY CUDMORE MILFORD

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ilford Junior Francesca Green saw a problem and decided to take action – with her camera.

“I was really disturbed by all the bullying,” she said. “Teachers tell us not to bully, they get programs, but it all just becomes white noise. (Bullies) don’t respond to adults, but I thought they might respond to a peer.” Over two months, she made a four-minute film “It Starts Now,”

featuring 83 students, from grade school through senior high, addressing the camera straight on with stories of bullying and calls to action. On Friday, May 18, Francesca was awarded an honorable mention at the Rod Serling Video Festival in Binghamton, one of only 11 win-

ners statewide. Using blunt, short lines dialogue and careful repetition of key phrases, Green allowed the faces to tell the story, rather than rely on numbers and statistics. “These anti-bullying programs throw so many statistics at us,” she lamentPlease See FILM, B5

COLLEGE TOWN, USA: Oneonta Community Concert Band presents “College Town, USA,” featuring selections by Brahms, Sousa, plus the Alma Maters of Hartwick and SUNY Oneonta. Free, donations welcome. 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-7977. BIG RIGS, LAUGHS: Trucks, equipment and emergency vehicles converge for children to explore. Also featuring Ody B. Goldy performing celebrity tributes and impressions. Benefit for the Brookwood School. Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, June 2, Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Info, (607) 5479692. HOPS ON TOP: Music, storytelling, hop house tours beer tasting and more. 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3, Beardslee Homestead Hop Barn, Route 80, New Berlin. Info, (607) 847-8513. OPENING DAY: The Cooperstown Hawkeyes play Amsterdam Mohawks in the first game of the season. $5 adults, $3 kids. Wednesday, June 6, 5 p.m. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Friday, Hawkeyes and Oneonta Outlaws vie at Doubleday.

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL • HOMETOWN ONEONTA FOR DAILY NEWS UPDATES, VISIT www.

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Fun for kids of all ages! Ride the Empire State Carousel! Tour the historic 1840s village and farm on a horse-drawn wagon! See all sorts of farm animals!

Watch for our 8 NEW summer weekend events! Step back in time!

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For more information visit FarmersMuseum.org • Open Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm (closed Mondays) 5775 State Highway 80, Lake Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326 • 888.547.1450


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