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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCT. 17-18, 2013
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ON Glimmerglass
Hailed as “one of the hottest young pianists in the world,” Anthony Molinaro has won the Naumburg and other top prizes.
Top Young Pianist Plays Beatles Hits At Elting Concert
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ianist Anthony Molinari performs Beatles hits in a concert dedicated to the late Dr. Jim Elting, the Bassett orthopaedic surgeon and chairman of the Hartwick College trustees who passed away Dr. Elting a year ago August. 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, www. catskillsymphony.net FENIMORE’S TREASURES: From Thomas Cole to Grandma Moses, The Fenimore Art Museum has brought out pieces from its permanent collections to showcase the most prominent figures in American art, from fine to folk, tintypes photos and digital prints. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5471400.
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David Rees plies the relatively calm waters of Otsego Lake in his Rigid Inflatable – an RHIB – which is used to travel sedately over the much rougher waters of the U.S. Navy.
Dave Rees’ ‘Rigid Inflatable’ One Of A Kind On Otsego Lake
Otsego Lake. “This is my Navy toy.” At any one time, the Navy has 400 of these “toys” in service, four per boat. FIVE MILE POINT After 10 years, the craft are refurbished; after the next 10 years, the GSA puts avid Rees spent eight years as a them up for auction. Navy pilot, including one misSo a year ago May, the owner of Rees sion over North Vietnam seeking a Marine, Inc., which stores and repairs downed pilot, John McCain, about to begin boats from a Goodyear Lake site, headed his ordeal as a POW. down to Norfolk, Va. “I always wanted to buy my own fighter When he got to the Navy yard, he jet; I couldn’t afford it,” said Rees, lookfound his soon-to-be pride and joy in From newwars.wordpress.com ing out the window of the Rees/Konstanty some disrepair. “There were parts laying A search and seizure team from the family camp at a 1989 Sea Force RHIB – a USS Gettysburg patrols the Gulf of all over the place,” he recalled. rigid-hulled inflatable boat, the only one on Aden near a suspected pirate vessel. Please See RHIB, B5 By JIM KEVLIN
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Martins Lived, Recorded Fly Creek’s History Couple Devoted 25 Years To Historical Society By LIBBY CUDMORE FLY CREEK
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t was 1965. Times were changing. The local cheese factories, where farmers had been taking their milk for generations, were shutting down, and big tankers were coming around to collect the milk. Peter and Dorothy Martin had made the decision to sell the dairy
herd on their Goose Street farm – she was going to teach and he was going to work for the Tioga County Soil Conservation Service in Newark Valley. But the night before the auction, they awoke to the distinct sound of hooves on asphalt. “The moon was shining brightly and the cows went a little wild,” explained Dorothy. “They got into all the neighbors’ gardens. I don’t think they wanted to be sold!” Please See ARCHIVES, B5
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Peter Martin reviews a fraction of the artifacts he and wife Dorothy recorded during 25 years on the Fly Creek Historical Society’s Archives Committee.
THE PAST IS PRESENT: Bid on goods and services and hear city planner Mike Long speak on “The Role of Oneonta’s Past in its Future” at the annual Greater Oneonta Historical Society benefit auction and meeting, hosted by Big Chuck D’Imperio. 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 Chaplin Memorial, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, 432-0960 or info@ OneontaHistory.org. GET FIT, RAISE FUNDS: Get in your morning workout and help Cooperstown Rotary Club raise funds to eradicate polio with a 90-minute spin and 30-minute jog/walk. 8:30 a.m. Sat., Oct. 19. Clark Sports Center, 124 County Road 52 Cooperstown. Info, www. rotary.org/endpolio. SPOOKY SITES: At The Farmers’ Museum, tour the grounds by lantern-light. At the Fenimore, tours leave every half hour to explore what goes “Bump in the Night” and Friends of Glimmerglass State Park offer haunted trail wagon rides through “Eerie Acres” every half hour leaving from the park’s west shelter, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19. Info, The Farmers’ Museum, (607) 547-1450, The Fenimore Museum, (607) 547-1450, Friends of Glimmerglass, www.friendsofglimmerglass.com. ANTI-FRACK RIDE, RALLY: Walk Otsego Lake or ride to Ommegang to raise awareness for anti-fracking at the “Rally Round the Water” on Oct. 19. The walk begins at Lake Front Park, Cooperstown and the bike ride begins at Brewery Ommegang. Saturday, Oct. 19. Walk info, catgareth@yahoo.com, Ride info, Dana Leonard, (607) 437-2864.
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