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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUGUST 30-31, 2012
OTSEGO 2000 PRESERVATION AWARDS
GILBERT LAKE TREASURE
Tom Brownell, above, a Gilbert Lake State Park manager, admires the view from the rehabilitated building.
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Photographed from above, a balloon rises over Neahwa Park during the 2011 Susquehanna Balloon Festival.
Balloons Return To Neahwa Park Over Labor Day
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op in a hot air balloons and see Oneonta from a bird’s-eye view. First Night Musicfest, food, balloon rides and sunset balloon glow. 6 a.m. launch, 5 p.m. music, Friday, Aug. 31, Saturday, Sept 1 and Sunday, Sept. 2. ARTS, CRAFTS, PLUS:
The annual Leatherstocking Brush & Palette Outdoor Arts & Crafts Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 1-2, Clark Sports Center. Info, 547-2800.
Park Ranger Tom Lopiccolo, at right, admires the new park police headquarters, which he nominated for an Otsego 2000 Historic Preservation Award.
...AND MORE ARTS:
Meanwhile at 22 Main, the Cooperstown Art Association annual Arts On The Lawn show and sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 1-2. Info, (607) 547-9777. FOREST DEDICATION:
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Depression-Era Stone Gem Rehabbed As Park Police HQ By LIBBY CUDMORE NEW LISBON
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treasure is tucked high in the hills around Gilbert Lake. Not pirate’s gold or a hidden castle, but a oncecrumbling historic building made new and useful again. Maintenance Building #1 was built during the Depression of the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, jobless young men deployed in work parties as part of FDR’s New Deal.
The granite and cement building was mostly used for storage and carpentry work until quite recently, when the Park Police and park managers renovated the building into park police headquarters that were formerly at Glimmerglass State Park. “We rebuilt stonework and did new wiring,” said Park Manager Thom Goetzmann. “It took a lot of detail to make sure the outside appearance stayed as it originally was.” The construction project caught the eye of Cory
...AND THE (OTHER) WINNERS ARE: Rehabilitation:
• Ron & Maureen Johnson, Erastus Warren House, Cooperstown • Megan Hölken, Chartwell House, Sharon Springs
Adaptive Re-Use:
• Julius Waller, Jacob Gale Barn, Roseboom
Honorable Mention:
• St. Thomas Catholic Church, Kateri Hall, Cherry Valley • Sharon Historical Society, “Honor and Glory: A Tribute to Sharon’s Veterans” Documentation Project
Telarico, a park police officer, who nominated it for an Otsego 2000 Historic Preservation Award. “It’s important for us, as a state, to continue to use historic
Larry Thompson, Cherry Valley, keeps watch on the Impressionist treasures at The Fenimore.
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buildings,” he said. The undertaking has won an award in the “adaptive reuse” category, to be presented at a 5-7 p.m. reception Friday, Sept. 7, at Hyde
Hall. RSVP at 547-8881. “They restored all the elements and kept the look,” said Ellen Pope, Otsego 2000 executive director. “It’s a respectful way to use it while respecting the architecture.” A new breakroom, complete with energy-efficient radiant heat, was added to the original structure, and the carpentry shop was cleaned up and remodeled. A stone retaining wall in the back, in the same style, is nearly complete, and all the cabinets, stools and Please See PRIZE, B3
A Reminder That Art Matters
or a community next to a lake with a poetic name, Glimmerglass, what could be more fitting than an art exhibition devoted to 30 American Impressionists? The term “impressionism” is itself reduced and altered in so many meanings, however, that it may confuse – or escape any easy schoolroom definition. One of the advantages of the term
and all its forms is its elegant distortion, a sophisticated breaking of expectation – and with it, the frustration of any simple explanation. Seeing the techniques of the 30 American artists and a single French painting by Claude Monet in this style must remind us of several hard facts about Upstate New York: first, its remarkPlease See EXHIBIT, B3
Climb Panther Mountain to celebrate dedication of Fetterley Memorial Working Forest. Free. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug 31. Rose Hill Road, Richfield Springs. Info, www.otsegolandtrust.org. NATIVE ARTS: Native
American artist Vincent Bomberry will be on hand to discuss his sculpture and the arts handed down through generations. $12 adults, $10.50 seniors, free for kids under 12. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 and Saturday, Sept 1. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1420. SOUNDS OF SUMMER:
Magic Mountain presents “Two Pieces of Double Brass” and four Beethoven sonatas. 7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday, Aug. 21-Sept. 1. First Presbyterian Church, Route 51, Gilbertsville. Labor Day Picnic:
Live music, walks, picnic lunch with grass-fed pork, farm-fresh produce, homemade pies, local ice cream. $15/person, kids under 12 free. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept 1. Brookwood Point, 6000 State Route 80, Cooperstown. Reservations, info, (607) 547-2366. AGRI-CULTURE: Fair
celebrates food, beer and artistic bounty. Rain or shine. $10/car, including free 2012 admission to Hanford Mills Museum. Noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept 2. West Kortright Centre, East Meredith. Info, (607) 278-5454.
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