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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, September 13-14, 2012
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HEAVY RAINS SOAK COUNTY One piece of the Griffith’s roof landed on a wire across the road, and another piece wound up on a tree a quarter mile from the house.
A WILD RIDE ACROSS CANADARAGO
Festivals Galore Around County This Weekend
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ick off autumn in Otsego County with three festivals celebrating the agricultural bounty of the region.
By LIBBY CUDMORE
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illiam Griffith and daughter Kali, 13, had just shut all the windows against pouring rain Saturday, Sept. 8, when he heard a sound “like a howl I’d never heard.” Moments later, as he Kali and daughter Joelle, 8, huddled in the livingroom, the Taylor Road house began to shake, as if in an earthquake. “We could hear the roof being ripped,” he said. “The steel, the shingles, the plywood – it all came off.” Joelle looked up at him and asked, “Are we going to die?” “I said, ‘I don’t think so,’ but the truth is, I didn’t know,” he said. “I don’t ever want to see anything like that again.” This is the same storm that drove bargain-hunters from Oneonta’ Grand & Glorious Tag Sale, canStill shaken, Karen and celled the Tea Party Rally in Wiliam Griffith stand in front of one of the 15 Otego, and knocked down a trees that came down tree in front of Cooperstown on their property. Presbyterian Church. But the Canadarago Lake section was hardest hit. At the Griffiths’, the winds twisted and crumpled the sheetmetal roofing, leaving one piece tangled in a phone line across the street and hung another in a tree a quarter mile away. It knocked the house 6 inches off the foundaTony Bourne, Jack Barrett tion and tore down 15 and Greg Harris mulch the trees that fell across the trees before crossing Trimbles’ lawn.
FIRST, APPLES: Cooperstown Rotary’s annual AppleFest. Music, games, exhibits, apple treats. Proceeds benefit local charities. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. At 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, the Applefest parade will go by, with more events starting at noon. Fly Creek Cider Mill, Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9436. 2ND, GARLIC FEST: Demonstrations, lectures, music and, best of all, tastings. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept 15, Wood Bull Antiques, Route 28., Milford. Info, www.svgarlicfestival. com.
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Susan and Rich Trimble, with their dog Sam, lost a whole lot of spruces during the Saturday, Sept. 8, deluge that swept the county. “It took out two or three, then snapped the rest of them,” said Rich.
the lake, where it took out more than a dozen trees on Richard and Susan Trimble’s property. In less than a minute, the worst of it was over, but water was leaking through the sheetrock. He called State Farm Insurance to report the damage, then Kali called her mother, Karen, who was at work in Richfield Springs. “She called and told me the roof had come off,” said Karen. “She was worried that her toys were going to William Griffith of Schuyler Lake shows part of get blown away.” his roof that came off when winds – perhaps a Please See WILD, B2 tornado – blew over his house.
SUNY Fashion Grad’s Skills, Gowns Will ‘Launch Ladies’ By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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ichole Bainer tried the New York City fashion scene, and it didn’t work for her. “I went to Katherine Gibbs, but they were closing down, so I moved here to go to SUNY Oneonta,” she said. “New York was too fast-paced, too crazy.” The 2011 Human Ecology graduate focused her studies on marketing and merchandising, even spending a semester abroad with Fashion Institute in Technology. “I wanted to learn
Warren Ainslie of Dancing Veggie Farms, Richfield Springs, shows off an abundant harvest at the 2012 Susquehanna Garlic Festival.
about the business and marketing,” she said. She applied for, and received one of the City of Oneonta’s micro-grants, and used the money to start NC Fashion Styling Services at 10 Market St., fulfilling a need for high-end fashion that she saw lacking. “There are so many opportunities at SUNY, but there’s nowhere to practice,” she said. “We needed an avenue here to make it affordable for our community to participate.” She started with consulting services, going to people’s homes and looking through their Jim Kevlin/ OTSEGO.life closets to help them pick out clothes that balance them. With SUNY fashion grad Nichole BaPlease See FASHION, B2 iner, you can look like a million.
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3RD, HARVEST: Free carousel rides, demonstrations, crafts, traditional music and harvest foods. Admission included with paid museum admission: $12 adults (13+), $10.50 seniors (65+), $6 children (7-12), children under 6, free. 10 a.m-5 p.m. SaturdaySunday, Sept 16-17, The Farmers’ Museum, Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1450. & MORE HARVEST: Sharon Springs Harvest Festival features craftsmen, farmers, artisanal foods and displays. Sept. 16, 514 Route 20, Sharon Springs. Info, Joe Todd Campbell, (518) 284-2884. ORPHEUS OPENING: “Little Shop of Horrors” opens Orpheus Theater 2012-13 season. 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept 15, 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept 16. Goodrich Theatre, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, (607) 4329392. GRITS & GLAM: Lorrie Morgan & Pam Tillis 6 p.m. Happy Hour, 8 p.m. show Saturday, Sept. 15. Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4312080, www.foothillspac.org
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