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t must be spring: The Oneonta Little League opening day parade steps off at 9:30 a.m. from Carbon Street, next to Endwell Rug, and heads to Doc Knapp Field.

Following ceremonies on the diamond, Little League action begins at 11 a.m. with Northern Eagle vs. VSH and Stereo Lab vs. NBT. FAREWELL TO DIZ: The

committal service for Frank A. “Diz” LaMonica, who died on Dec. 30, 2012, will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Emmons, with the Rev. Joseph Benintende officiating.

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Oneonta Concert Choir is planning a gift to the community: Its free spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, in the Hunt Union Ballroom, featuring works by Handel, Brahms and Mozart.

GOHS board member Art Torrey, left, and Executive Director Bob Brzozowski pore over some of the perhaps thousands of negatives the Twelve Tribes discovered in an outbuilding at 81 Chestnut and donated to the History Center.

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he Greater Oneonta Historical Society has several hundred mysteries – perhaps thousands – on its hands.

The Twelve Tribes, the Christian community that operates the Yel-

low Deli, has donated “hundreds to thousands” of old negatives from the first half of the 20th century.

The images were taken by William Warnken who, with wife Margaret, operated Warnken Photography, then Lockridge Photography Studios, between 1922 and 1957.

“It’s a valuable resource for Please See NEGATIVES, A3

Council Member Brings Soccer Camp To Oneonta

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By LIBBY CUDMORE Work begins at 8:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 27, to get he Soccer Hall of the Greater Plains Student Fame may be long Garden in shape. Volunteers, gone, but Oneonta particularly children, are may still be home to some invited to help. Check Facefuture soccer stars. book page for particulars.

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he show must go on – or in this case, the OH-Fest – but it hasn’t been without controversy.

Pop-alternative singer The Ready Set and hip-hop artist Outasite will perform at the eighth annual IF YOU GO: OH-Fest OH-Fest downbeginning town carnival, at 6 p.m. noon-4 p.m.; Saturday, concerts, 6 April 27, p.m., Neahwa in Neahwa Park.

Park.

Usually, controversy surrounding OH-Fest involves rowdiness.

This year, the controversy has been musical.

Thinking the bands were aimed at a pre-college audience, SUNY Oneonta’s Music Industry Club has been circulating a “Dump the Band” petition at www. change.org. More than 800 signatures were collected, but the bands will play on.

Jordan Witzigreuter, who performs as The Ready Set, got word of the petition and posted on his Twitter, “Apparently there is a petition to kick us off the show at SUNY Oneonta” with the hashtags “boredkids” and “changetheworld.”

“You can’t please everybody,” said Bill Harcleroad, director of campus activities at SUNY Oneonta. “Our goal was to have it outdoors and free.”

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Bud Fowler’s Barbering Father Also Plied His Trade In Oneonta

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Mongillo was born in Oneonta in 1924 and grew up in the Sixth Ward.

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A former student at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts, he combined his love of art and the railroad in his drawings, which were most recently seen in the banners on Main Street.

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Over 400 runners participated in the SADD 5K run and Health Fair at Oneonta High School on Sunday, April 21. Mike Hamilton took first place, with Benjamin Gollin in second and Logan Mancuso in third.

Michael Hamilton, a math teacher at Unatego was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 17 minutes.

On Monday, April 15, Hamilton ran the Boston Marathon, coming in at 2:55, finishing before the two bombs went off.

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Some 120 fans and wellwishers, including members of the 19th Century Committee of SABR (the Society of American Baseball Research) that was meeting over the weekend at the Hall of Fame, witnessed the unveiling, then walked down Fowler Way to Doubleday Field for speeches, the unveiling of a plaque, and to review a two-panel exhibit on Fowler’s accom-

plishment prepared by three Cooperstown Graduate Program students.

“This is a way to Thorne reclaim his important legacy,” Mayor Jeff Katz told the gathering, which he organized to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of the man who, despite hosting the Hall of Fame, is perhaps Cooperstown’s greatest claim to baseball fame.

Earlier that afternoon, Village Historian Hugh MacDougall, in a paper he read to the SABR group at the Hall of Fame, reported discovering Bud Fowler’s father had also practiced the barbering trade in Oneonta as well as Cooperstown, meaning the city many also have a still unexplored tie to the pivotal figure in baseball history.

For on April 24, 1878, Fowler played a game for the Lynn (Mass.) Live Oaks.

It is the first record of an African-American playing pro baseball. According to the exhibit, he played in 13 leagues and 20 clubs over 30 years, and was the first black to manage an integrated club.

But as the window closed on post-Civil War Reconstruction in 1878, and after the 1887 “Gentleman’s Agreement” in Buffalo, where International League team owners agreed to exclude blacks from play, Fowler found himself increasingly marginalized. He

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NEGATIVES, From A1 researchers who want to died in February 1913, and look at Oneonta’s past was buried in an unmarked grave at the Oak View Cem- through the eyes of its people,” said Fiona Dejaretery in Frankfort. din, the Hartwick College U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, history professor who is also R-19th, who spoke at the GOHS historian and a board ceremony, had introduced member. Old photos are her remarks two days before specialty. into the Congressional When the 12 Tribes acRecord calling Fowler “an quired the imposing home at incredible role model for all 81 Chestnut St. a few years Americans, displaying what ago from Pat Carey, she docan be accomplished beyond nated a few boxes of photo all hurdles faced in life.” negatives to the GOHS. The commemoration “She thought we could use also received some nathem, and we thought that tional attention, on SABR’s was everything,” said Bob Brzozowski, GOHS execuwebsite and in a Monday, April 15, feature story in the tive director.

The GOHS team never New York Times. A Nagot around to looking at tional Public Radio’s David the photos but, recently, Sommerstein attended the while cleaning out buildweekend’s events, and said ings behind 81 Chestnut, 12 he expects a segment to be Tribe members came across broadcast on an upcoming an entire garage filled with Weekend Edition. boxes of negatives dating The question is, what back to the 1920s. “They now? asked if we were interested The next morning at and, while we are, it’s a 25 Main as the SABR little overwhelming,” said committee wound up its Brzozowski.

Cooperstown sojourn, John “It’s difficult to deterThorn repeated his praise mine how many there are for Fowler’s accomplish–hundreds to thousands, we ment and said “a very good have no idea,” said Dejarcase could be made” for din. his inclusion in the Hall of The negatives, many Plaque. But he observed that printed on Eastman Superhe, as MLB historian, and Sensitive Panchromatic SABR are scholars seeking nitrate stock, range from seated portraits to sports to determine the facts, not proselytizers lobbying for an team pictures. “They’re possibly yearbook photos,” outcome. she said.

Standing to one side, Brzozowski was surprised however, was Bill Humber, they are in such good condia “selector” for Canada’s tion.

“Nitrate stock is not Sports Hall of Fame, who especially stable,” he said. said, since Fowler played Plus, the paper is prone to for the Guelph, Ont., Maple fires.

Leafs, our neighbors to From city directories, the the north may beat the earliest location for WarnkCooperstown institution in en Studio was determined honoring the village’s own to be 159 Main St., but the baseball pioneer. studio was moved to 81 While the Hall of Fame Chestnut sometime between Committee reexamining 1939 and 1943. William 19th century players doesn’t Warnken retired in 1957 meet again until the fall of and passed away in 1966.

2015, the Sports Hall of “We aren’t clear if this is his Fame meets annually, and entire archive of negatives,” may do just that, Humber said Dejardin. said.

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front fender, bearing a license plate from the 1939 World’s Fair. Another is a scale model of proposed playground, built by the children at Bugbee School, (attended by at least one of the Warnken sons, Bill Jr.) Another showed a pastor in front of a church. “I wonder if that’s the old Catholic church, where Benson Agency is now,” mused GOHS board member Art Torey, who was reviewing the images the other day.

Brzozowski was hoping there would be photos of homes, and he was in luck: There was one with the family posed on the porch.

“Looks like Walnut Street,” said Torrey.

“I want to see some houses from the period so we can document that history,” said Brzozowski. “If there are scenes of Oneonta, they might be in the public record, but most of these look like they would be in private collections.”

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n the first round of grants under Governor Cuomo’s new economic development regimen in 2011, Long House Holdings, an affiliate of Garrattsville’s Butternuts Brewery, received EDITORIAL $175,000 to help launch a contract-brewing operation in Cobleskill.

Say you’ve developed a pretty tasty ale in your bathtub and want to go public. You could contract with Long House to produce, bottle and market the product.

You pay Long House for the service. Simple, affordable. Otherwise, you would need to come up with the capital to set up your own brewery, an impossible obstacle for most folks, and marshal the expertise to operate it.

However, Long House – the principals are Chuck Williamson, Butternuts Brewery proprietor who recently bought Cooperstown Brewery in Milford as well, and John Lorence, a maintenance engineer formerly with Procter & Gamble’s Norwich operation – has run into obstacles of its own.

The idea was to locate in the former Guilford Mills property, that sizeable,

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Madison County Cooperative Extension Agent Steve Miller strolls past a harvester available to hops farmers in the Morrisville area. Miller was recently in Otsego County, briefing GO-EDC on opportunities related to hops growing and microbreweries.

empty industrial building you see on the east side of I-88 as you pass by Cobleskill, but negotiations with the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors to buy the property appear stalled, according to reports in the Times Journal, the local newspaper there.

• There’s something in-

triguing about hops growing, particularly around here, given that for a halfcentury before World War I, Upstate New York was the nation’s hops-growing section, particularly eight counties centered around Otsego.

It was generally believed that a blight had ruined the crop locally, but Michael

A. Tomlan, in his “Tinged With Gold: Hop Culture in the United States” (1992), argued convincingly that it was Prohibition that did it in.

During Prohibition, hops growing halted in the East.

But in the West, particularly in Washington State’s Yakima Valley, hops were grown and shipped overseas to breweries in China and Japan. When Prohibition ended in 1933, those farms were ready to supply the new demand; Upstate hops growers never caught up.

In recent years, however, microbreweries are multiplying in New York. There are more than 100, Madison County Cooperative Extension Agent Steve Miller told Al Colone’s GO-EDC economic-development study group in Oneonta the other day.

To encourage these new ventures, the state – Otsego County’s assemblyman, Bill Magee, D-Nelson, was a prime mover – passed legislation requiring that at least 20 percent of the hops these micros use be grown in-state. Over time, that will rise to 90 percent.

So what we see locally today – Williamson’s two breweries, Brewery Ommegang, Council Rock Brewery in Hartwick Semi-

nary and the prospective Roots Brewery in downtown Oneonta – is part of a growing trend.

• A growing trend means a growing opportunity.

Some community is going to be the center of Upstate brewing, but which community? That’s still in play, even though Madison County’s Cooperative Extension is ahead of most of its neighbors.

A brewing center would be a source of expertise, perhaps something our local colleges could provide. It could be a source of supplies – hops, barley, equipment. It could be a transportation hub, shipping from a central warehouse by big rig or rail.

It could centralize promotion and direct tourism, similar to the Beverage Trail that local breweries, wineries and the Fly Creek Cider Mill have been developing over the past couple of years.

It could host micro-breweries and related pubs and restaurants. It could – here goes – host a contract brewer, an entity similar to what Williamson and Lorence are contemplating.

A hops center would, but its very existence, encourage hops growing region-

ally, putting land formerly used for dairying back into productive use, a barrier to sprawl.

• Why not Otsego County?

Within the county, Oneonta is the logical prime candidate.

In the past couple of months, county Economic Developer Carolyn Lewis sought out Lorence and showed him through the former Covidien warehouse in the Pony Farm Business Park in the Town of Oneonta.

No doubt other communities are soliciting them too, so – absent reports to the contrary – it’s time to ratchet up the intensity level before someone beats us to it.

If the key leaders in the city and town of Oneonta, or the County of Otsego, haven’t approached the Long House principals yet, it’s high time to do so.

It was simply luck that South Edmeston is now the Greek yogurt capital of the world. But we can see microbrewing follow a similar, if less dramatic, trajectory.

Let’s seize the opportunity, or in five years or 10, find ourselves ruefully observing another county or city, a Cortland or Norwich or Auburn, that has taken a

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County Shouldn’t Hide Behind Curtain Of LDC To the Editor: The Otsego County Board of Representatives should think carefully before deciding to use a Local Development Corporation (LDC) to sell Otsego Manor.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has accurately described the all-too-common use of LDCs as a distortion of their original purpose, which was to promote economic development – not help counties dispose of their elder care facilities. In his own words, LDCs have become a form of “shadow government,” allowing counties to skirt normal finance rules and avoid public accountability.

In the case of The Manor, creating a LDC gives board members a convenient way of ending the politically uncomfortable debate about whether the county’s elder-care facility should be privatized, while simultaneously passing responsibility for determining its future off

to an unelected body.

The particular recipe invented by Harris Beach, the law firm advocating this questionable approach, involves the board immediately transferring The Manor to a LDC, which would then eventually pick a buyer and sell the property.

In the interim, the county would continue to operate the facility through a lease-back arrangement that cleverly shields the board from accountability while keeping taxpayers on the hook for whatever financial or legal liabilities ensue.

This may be a sweet arrangement for politicians, as well as attorneys who created a process that will keep them employed defending Otsego County from the same suits Harris Beach has provoked elsewhere. But it is a bad deal for taxpayers, residents of The Manor, and care providers who work there.

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HUGH MacDOUGALL LIVING HISTORY

A Knight Of The Razor...

Editor’s Note: Here are two excerpts from a paper Cooperstown Village Historian Hugh MacDougall delivered to SABR’s 19th Century Committee during the April 20-21 commemoration of Bud Fowler, the first black to play professional baseball.

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hat lay behind this unusual man?

Everything written about Bud Fowler notes, if only in passing, how he continued to practice the barber trade he had learned from his father. Many contemporary newspaper stories mention it . But what baseball writers have overlooked is that this made him a Knight of the Razor – a black barber who shaved white customers. Like his ancestors, Bud Fowler was a member of an almost unique fraternity – almost a medieval guild – in nineteenth century African-American culture.

His father – John Henry Jackson – was a barber, who practiced his trade in Cooperstown and Oneonta for at least two decades. His

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lines, and often closely related by family ties. They formed a network around the country, in which traveling black barbers like Bud Fowler could count on finding colleagues and work .

At the same time, black barbers learned to practice outward manners that would please their white customers. They were polite – even when insulted; calm – even when angered; persistent – even when life grew diffiJim Kevlin/hometown oneontal cult; and apparently subserVillage Historian Hugh MacDougall reflects on Bud vient – even when they felt themselves superior to those Fowler’s story during a centennial commemorathey served. tion of the first black professional ballplayer ‘s death Saturday, April 20, at Doubleday Field.

After the Civil War, black barbers faced increasing mother was the daughter of scholar: competition in big cities a barber, and they had many “Barbering was servile. from white immigrants, barber cousins in towns like White customers felt comespecially Italian barbers Fort Plain along the Mofortable being shaved by a hawk Valley. black barber. The proprieties who brought their craft with them to America. Some What was this guild of were preserved. The black turned to serving black barbers, who dominated the man was in deferential atcustomers in the rapidly barbering trade during much tendance on the white man. of the nineteenth century, African-American men who growing black parts of those cities. Others moved to competing successfully were careful to show they against whites, and form“knew their place” could do smaller communities in the interior. In Otsego County, ing a great percentage of well as barbers.” the number of black barbers the small African American And they did. The grew from zero in 1850 to middle class? How did they Knights of the Razor be11 in 1875 – and then zero succeed in a nation filled came a tightly-knit comagain by 1900. with racial discrimination? munity of men, organized In the words of one modern along traditional trade-craft

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ometime after 1870 Johnnie left home, and in 1877 we find him playing baseball in a Boston suburb for the amateur Chelsea Franklins, under the name of John Fowler.

He pitched several games against the professional Lynn Live Oaks, a team belonging to the International Association, and The New York Clipper gave him his first review, writing of one game that “The pitching of both clubs was excellent.”

Why he left Cooperstown, what brought him to Chelsea, and why he permanently adopted the last name of Fowler, all remain mysteries today.

Because John Fowler routinely ad-

dressed fellow players as “Bud,” he was given that nick name, and after about 1890, as in modern baseball writing, he was usually called just Bud Fowler. That is how he signed his public letters, and what I call him in this paper.

Then on April 24, 1878, Fowler pitched for a so-called “Pickup Nine” team, largely chosen from the Chelsea Franklins, against the professional Boston Red Caps – a National League team which would eventually become today’s Atlanta Braves. Its more experienced and older pitcher, Tommy Bond, was already a rising baseball star. Nevertheless, the amateurs

defeated the Boston Professionals 2 to 1, with Fowler on the mound. Perhaps as a result, when the Lynn Live Oaks’ regular pitcher developed a lame arm, Fowler was asked to join that team as pitcher for at least three games. This made him the first African-American to play professional baseball in America – the title he has born ever since.

Local newspapers were impressed .

The next year Fowler pitched for the Malden team of the Eastern Massachusetts league, and then disappears from the papers for a time. His entry into baseball was written up in SABR’s Nineteenth Century Notes.

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History

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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

100 Years Ago

The lives of more than 100 miners were snuffed out shortly after noon today (April 23, 1913) when a disastrous explosion occurred in the Cincinnati Mine at the Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Company at Finleyville, about 27 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. More than three score of workmen in the mine made thrilling escapes to the surface, crawling most of the time on their hands and knees through deadly gas fumes and over debris. Many of the men sustained burns. By 11 o’clock tonight 70 bodies of victims had been recovered having been located by rescuing squads of the United States Bureau of Mines and the coal company.

The fire which followed the explosion has been subdued, it is said. From 76 to 78 men made their escape. Only a few of the miners who reached the surface were in a condition to talk. Seven foreign miners, who crawled from one of the entrances, all seriously burned, said the mine was “full of dead people.”

April 1913

Muehl, Oneonta, has graduated from Marine Recruit Training, Parris Island, South Carolina. Private Muehl is a 1972 graduate of Oneonta Senior High School and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps for a period of four years.April 1973

125 Years Ago

30 Years Ago

Otsego County Republican Elections Commissioner Guy Maddalone has named Ann Paradis of Oneonta to succeed Violet Schallert as his full-time deputy commissioner and clerk in the Board of Elections office. Mrs. Paradis is the owner of R.E. Brigham Jewelers, Main Street, Oneonta.

She is currently president of the Otsego County Women’s Republican Club and serves as vice-chairman of the Otsego County GOP Committee. She also coordinated last fall’s campaign to elect state assemblyman John McCann.

April 1983

20 Years Ago

80 Years Ago

An Englishman traveling through the United States jotted down some of the names of towns he passed through. In Mississippi they have Hot Coffee, Whynot, Possum Neck, Yoso, and Ten Mile; in Florida, Fifty-seven Mile, Three Sisters, Sonny Boy, Sisters Welcome, Jap Jay and Two Egg; in North Carolina, Hog Quarter Maiden, Matrimony, and Red Bug; in South Carolina, Six Mile, Sixty-Six, NinetySix and Nine Times; in Virginia, Ego, Pancake, Red Eye, Topnot and Swallow Well; in Arkansas, Fifty-Six, Poorman, Riddle, Self, Seldom and Smackover; in Louisiana, Blanks, Wham, Rufus and Uncle Sam; in Tennessee, Calf Killer and Gizzards; in Alabama, Java.

April 1933

April 1888 We might have been hurt or killed,” Chief Joseph Scanlon said. In the late 1930s, when another oil tanker caught fire at River and Main, Francis Wright drove it all the way to the Pony Farm crossing to avoid any explosion in a heavily populated residential area. Several years ago, another tanker hit icy pavement on Main Street and cracked into a tree. Its oil load spilled into the street. In each case, firemen risked death to save lives and property. “You’ve got to take chances,” Chief Scanlon said. “That’s our job. Thank God, we’ve never had difficulties.” Chief Scanlon’s crew included Frank Angellotti, Kenneth Hooks, Nicholas Gardner, and Howard Fields. Other Oneonta firemen include Edward McDonough, Lester Haines, Donald Rarick, Herbert Sweet, and James Gill.

April 1953

60 Years Ago

40 Years Ago

An interesting new book at the Huntington Library is titled “The Pact” by Orlando R. Petrocelli. This is a novel about a well-established Wall Street financier with a reputation for being ruthless in his business dealings. Although the Carlanas had become a premier family in the country, this man wanted to see one of his sons in the White House.

If you liked “The Godfather” you’ll love “The Pact.”

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Hartwick College students will try to set a new category and world record for the Guiness Book of World Records by making the “World’s Largest Group Hug” on Thursday evening. Hartwick students, faculty, staff and administrators, plus students from the State University College at Oneonta, and Oneonta residents are invited to participate in the event. After the group meets at Hartwick’s Astroturf Playing Field at 6 p.m. instructions on making the hug will be given. The activity is part of “Wellness Week,” Hartwick’s alternative to “Alcohol Awareness Week.” The latter is supported by a brewing concern that raises a conflict of interest. “Wellness Week” emphasizes six areas of life – physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social and occupational.

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Don’t Use LDCs To Evade Responsibilities LETTER/From A4 representatives are willing to think outside of the tiny box that Harris Beach has built for them.

One option is that the Board could simply abandon the controversial LDC tactic and appoint an advisory committee of knowledgeable individuals to research potential buyers and make recommendations. This is how government normally works.

If, however, the board is determined to create a LDC, this can still be done without transferring The Manor immediately. In this scenario, a LDC could be established to perform the due diligence of interviewing potential buyers while the county continues to operate the facility (essentially

what both entities would do anyway through the Harris Beach transfer/lease-back approach).

However, by maintaining county’s ownership of The Manor, the ultimate decision on selling would remain with the Board of Representatives, where it belongs.

If representatives buy into questionable claims that a LDC created by the board somehow has greater authority to select a qualified buyer than the board itself, then The Manor could still be transferred to the LDC as an interim step later on.

Furthermore, even if representatives are nervous that elections could possibly cause a change of course, as some have suggested, the board would still have until January to either sell The

Students Debated Bands’ Talent FEST/From A1 York State for concerts, as other colleges have OHFests of their own. “We poll SUNY and Hartwick, then we see who we can afford and who’s available,” he said. “We have a lot of very different student populations in the mix.”

Last year’s concert, featuring Girl Talk and Mac Miller, was held at the Alumni Field House after a “perfect storm” of sunny weather and chart-topping artist Pitbull at Neahwa Park caused some squabbles between the city and the colleges. “Girl Talk had confetti cannons, and we’re still getting confetti floating down from the rafters,” said Harcleroad.

The Ready Set and Outasite will play with two other bands: Hello Seattle, the winner of SUNY Oneonta’s

Battle of the Bands and One Sweet Burg, a Dave Matthews Band tribute band out of Pittsburgh. The concert starts at 6 p.m. in Neahwa Park, and is open to all ages.

The event draws 5,000 annually to downtown Oneonta, with Main Street from Ford to Chestnut closed from noon – 4 p.m. for carnival games, a stage for student talent, balloon artists, vendors, inflatable rides and sidewalk sales. “It brings a lot of traffic to the downtown merchants.” Said Harcleroad.

And with the forecast predicting a warm, sunny Saturday, Harcleroad expects long lines for the inflatables, good days for the merchants and plenty of deep-fried Oreos. “Everyone looks forward to coming together as a community,” he said.

Manor or transfer it.

Without incurring any delay, there is certainly no harm in deferring transfer until confidence is built that the LDC approach is functioning and suitable buyers can be found.

Perhaps most importantly, the greatest advantage of either of these alternatives is one of integrity. By retaining ownership of The Manor while potential buyers are sought, the Board of Representatives can honor its word of remaining open to ways in which this gem of Otsego County might be saved from privatization – something that cannot honestly be said if the board forfeits its authority to a LDC next month.

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League Arrives Here SOCCER/From A1 day, April 29. “The kids who play on the state championships play at BWP,” said Larry Malone, who is launching the venture. “Our players are starting to think about playing at top colleges, and this will help them get there.”

BWP teams have played in national tournaments including the Adidas Potomac Cup, Disney’s Soccer Showcase and the San Diego Surf Cup, and many players go on to play on the U.S. Soccer team. “We want to bring that training to Oneonta,” said Malone, who is a Hartwick College economics professor and a Common Council member.

“It can only benefit the kids playing locally.”

Malone’s son, Theo, 15, plays with the Black Watch Rangers U-16 team in Albany.

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Thursday, April 25

CHEESE -- 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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SALE -- 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Rummage, Book, & Bake Sale.

Proceeds benefit the mission projects of United Methodist Women. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4102.

TAI CHI -- 4-5 p.m. Regain mental and physical balance.

Community Room. Green Earth Health Food Market, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4326600.

BURRITOS -- 4:30-7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Chicken and Cheese Burrito Dinner. Adults $8, Children $4. 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4286.

CHESS NIGHT -- 5-10 p.m.

Chess Night at Capresso Coffee Bar, 215 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 433-5233.

BUDDHISM -- 5:30 p.m. Diamondway Buddhism Meditation.

Green Earth Health Food Market, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 527-5185.

RIBBON CUTTING -- 5-7 p.m.

Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Business-After-Hours celebrates Artists Off Main featuring local artists, vintage jewelry, handmade cards and more. The Commons Plaza, NY Hwy 28, Hartwick Seminary. Info, RSVP, becky@cooperstownchamber. org, (607) 547-9983 ext. 4.

CHILD RESOURCES -- 6-8 p.m. Parenting Resource Center hosts workshop “Get Your Kids on Your Team.” Child care and refreshments provided. Registration required. 277 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2870.

AARON CARTER -- 6 p.m.

Oneonta Theatre presents Aaron Carter with special guest Chrystian. VIP tickets include meet and greet with Carter and autographed photo available by phone. 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-1252.

SWING DANCE -- 6:30-9:30 p.m. First Night Spring Swing dance series. $10 includes free lesson, music by Blues Maneuver. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 21 Market St., Oneonta.

Info, (607) 432-0090.

JAZZ NIGHT -- 7-10 p.m. The Red Caboose Restaurant & Bar. 214 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 267-4966.

CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Aaron Carter with Chrystian. $17 advance. The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-1252.

HEALTH FAIR -- 7 p.m. Diabetes Support Group celebrates 10 years with a mini health fair, prizes and refreshments. Free, all welcome. Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Sharon Wheeler, (607) 432-7052.

THEATER -- 8 p.m. Mask and Hammer presents the Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing.” Free with SUNY ID, $10 public. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneontatickets.com.

KARAOKE -- 9 p.m. Karaoke Night at Legends Filling Station.

84 Main St, Oneonta. Info, (607) 441-3099.

Friday, April 26 Arbor Day

SOFTBALL -- Registration for men’s and women’s softball leagues ends today. Registrations accepted in the Neahwa Park recreation office. Players must be 18+. Play begins May 20th. $400 per team plus $92 refundable forfeit bond. Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info, (607) 4320680.

RUMMAGE -- 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Rummage, Book, & Bake Sale. $1-a-bag sale held today. Proceeds benefit mission projects of United Methodist Women.

First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4102.

BASEBALL KICKOFF -- 3-8 p.m. Triple Crown Baseball Factory Big Kickoff Weekend. Group Lessons, private instruction, batting cage, and pitching lane rentals. First round of clinic sessions

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DOWNTON ABBEY -- 5-7 p.m.

Downton on Main: An Evening Set in 1920s England, Echoing Downton Abbey TV series.$10 donation goes to Cooperstown Food Pantry. Wine tasting and light fare. Mohican Flowers, 207 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8822.

RECEPTION -- 5-7 p.m.

Celebrate Oneonta Concert Association’s 85th anniversary at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Mini-exhibit and window display. GOHS, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-0960.

WINE TASTING -- 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sommelier Series at the Otesaga Hotel, Chad Douglass continues with Sparkling Wines and Champagne. $35 per person. Reservations required.

Otesaga Fenimore Room, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, Lori Patryn, (607) 544-2524.

ART AWARDS -- 6-9 p.m.

“High on Life,” LEAF Art & Poetry Contest awards reception.

Awards presented to top three in adult and under-18 categories for art and poetry exploring the beauty of living a life free of addition and self-destructive behaviors. Refreshments served.

CANO Gallery, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, Carol Mandigo, (607) 432-0090 ext 106.

MOVIE -- 6:30, 9 p.m. “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.” $3 General admission, Free with SUCO ID. SUNY Oneonta Red Dragon Theatre, 108 Ravine Pkwy, Oneonta. Info, (607) 4363500.

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BASEBALL KICKOFF -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Triple Crown Baseball Factory Big Kickoff Weekend. Group Lessons, private instruction, batting cage, and pitching lane rentals. First round of clinic sessions begin Sunday, noon-6 p.m. Refreshments served. 174 Roundhouse Rd., Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-8222.

WRITERS -- 10:30 a.m.

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OPERA -- Noon. Metropolitan Opera in High Def. Handel’s Giulio Cesare. 2012-13 Season finale. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.

Info, (607) 431-2080, www. foothillspac.org ZUMBA -- 1-4 p.m. Zumbathon and silent auction to benefit May 17th Relay for Life. 25 vendors include 31 Gifts, Pampered Chef, Lindt Chocolates, more. Door prizes. $5 per person. Holiday Inn, 5206 NY 23, Oneonta. Info, Jamie Moxham, jamielee101@ hotmail.com.

GREEN WORKSHOP -- 47 p.m. Green Jobs Green NY Workshop shows home owners how to make their homes energy efficient. Registration requested.

Edmeston Central School Auditorium, 11 North St., Edmeston.

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MOVIE -- 6:30, 9 p.m. “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.” $3, free with SUCO ID. SUNY Oneonta Red Dragon Theatre, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, (607) 436-3500.

THEATER -- 8 p.m. Mask and Hammer presents the Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing.” $10, free with SUNY ID. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneontatickets.com.

CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Patrick Calleo presents CheHo Lam and Joseph Yungen, performing violin and piano. Beethoven, Ravel, Faure, Respighi. $20 donation suggested, but all welcome.

Grace Episcopal Church, 32 Montgomery St., Cherry Valley.

Info, www.patrickcalleopresents. com CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Catskill Symphony Orchestra Hans and Edith Wilk Memorial Concert.

Dvorak Serenade for Strings, E-major, Op. 22; Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Bach’s Brandenburg No. 3. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Adults $30; students $15. At the door or in advance. Info, tickets, www. catskillsymphony.net.

JAZZ -- 9:30 p.m. Jazz quartet, Compass at The Autumn Cafe. $5 cover. 244 Main St. #1, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6845.

Sunday, April 28

PANCAKES -- 8 a.m.-noon Cooperstown Sportsmen’s Association pancake and sausage allyou-can-eat breakfast. $6 Adults, 6-12 $4, 6 and under free. Club House, North of Cooperstown on Rte. 20. Info, (607) 547-8575.

SHOOT & DINNER -- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Turkey shoot & spaghetti dinner, $8. Shoot 10-noon; dinner noon-2. Hartwick Rod & Gun Club, Rte. 205 South of hamlet.

Info, (607) 293-8841.

OCCA GARAGE SALE -- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” garage sale. Cooperstown Farmers’ Market Building, 101 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-4488.

MOVIE -- 1, 6:30, 9 p.m. “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.” $3 admission, Free with SUCO ID. Red Dragon Theatre, 108 Ravine Pkwy., SUNY Oneonta. Info, (607) 436-3500.

THEATER -- 2 p.m. Mask and Hammer presents Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing.” $10, free with SUNY ID. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta.

Info, www.oneontatickets.com.

RECEPTION -- 2-4 p.m. Greater Oneonta Historical Society honors Tony Mongillo with Albert E. Morris Award. GOHS History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta.

All welcome. Info, (607) 4320960.

OPEN MIC -- 6-9 p.m. Community Open Mic Night sponsored by students of Milford Ed. Foundation. Music, dance, comedy, poetry. Free, all welcome -- no charge to perform. Refreshments. Student artwork. Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center.

Rte. 28, Milford. Info, to register to perform, contact Kerri Hogle, (607) 286-7721.

CONCERT -- 6 p.m. West African Dance Showcase with Artist-in-Residence Godwin Abotsi. Performances by Godwin Abotsi, SUNY Oneonta World Percussion Ensemble, & Riverside Elementary School 3rd Graders.

Suggested donation $3. SUNY Oneonta, Hunt Union Ballroom, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info Julie Licata, (607) 436-3441. benefit the mission projects of United Methodist Women.First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4102.

Help Wanted

The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce 189 Main Street, Suite 201,Oneonta

Need someone to disc 80’ x 30’ sod in West Oneonta.

Portal-to-portal pay.

Call Ed: 937-207-9706

AHC Expands to Schoharie County Recruiting Full-time RNs and PT At Home Care, Inc. (AHC) is a not-for-profit Medicare Certified Home Health Agency affiliated with the Bassett Healthcare Network.

Ranked among the Top 25% of all home care agencies in the U.S. for quality outcomes, AHC is recognized as a progressive home health care leader, and is enthusiastically expanding to provide in-home health care to the residents of Schoharie County.

Available Positions Include: Professional RNs, Physical Therapist Professionals: Min. 2 yrs. acute care and electronic patient record experience preferred. AHC offers a competitive wage and benefit package.

For more information, or to schedule an interview, please contact HR: 800-783-0613 or 607-432-7634 or e-mail: lvosburgh@ahcnys.org www.bassett.org/athomecare

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4914 State Hwy. 28, CooperStown 607-547-5933 75 Market Street, oneonta 607-433-1020

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MLS#88048 – Charming Colonial w/wide pine, maple and cherry floors throughout. LR w/fireplace, DR w/original cupboards and French doors to 40-ft covered porch, kitchen w/cherry cabinets. Downstairs 2 BR and 2 baths. Upstairs 4 BR and 3 baths. Master BR w/dressing room and private bath. Detached 2-car garage, pond, horse barn w/3 box stalls. Cooperstown School District. $369,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 or Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026

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MLS#87096 - 4 BR, 2 bath Cape is move-in ready. Over 8 acres in Cooperstown School District. Open floorplan w/kitchen, full bath and 2 BRs on first floor. Spacious master BR has skylight and cathedral ceiling. Second floor has full bath, 1 or 2 BRs, family room, office, and laundry room. $249,900 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026

MLS#87366 - 19th century farmhouse w/some renovations. 18 acres w/meadows, orchard, Otego Creek and pond. Large rooms, woodshed, detached garage. May be subdivided. Newer well, septic and updated electrical. $149,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#87336 - In the country but other folks around. Large lawn, nice home, reasonable taxes and easy commute to Cooperstown, Richfield or the valley. $79,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512

MLS#88491 - 4 BR, 3 bath Victorian w/lots of charm.

Original detail, studio apt, access to I-88. B&B potential! $199,000 Call/Text Eric Lein @ 707-483-1236

MLS#87446 - Cooperstown restaurant on State Hwy 28.

3 dining rooms, bar and an oversized commercial kitchen.

Many updates! Turn-key business with owner financing.

Only $850,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506

MLS#86798 - Be your own boss! Well established B&B, restaurant, bar and brick oven pizzeria on 2.8 acres.

Located in Richfield Springs RT 20.

Only $695,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506

MLS#84459 - Multi-family Cooperstown home. Motivated sellers. Bring a fair offer. All offers considered.

Call or text Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681

Looking for a Senior Real Estate Specialist?

New listing! MLS#87961 -3 BR, 2½ bath home features oak floors, kitchen w/island, LR w/woodstove, den.

Upstairs has master BR w/private bath. Wrap-around porch, 2-car garage w/woodstove. Cooperstown School District. $339,000 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026 MLS#84272 – Richfield Springs village home. 5 BRs, country kitchen, pellet stove, newer roof, windows and carpet.

Only $110,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506

MLS#87807 - Everything is new: roof, interior, refrigerator, dishwasher, stove, carpet, all flooring, doors, bathtub, shower and more. Roomy LR w/large windows, 2 good-sized BRs, large kitchen w/dining area. Situated on 5.52 acres w/stream and over 600’ of road front. Cherry Valley school district. $83,000 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512

MLS#87014 - Well-maintained historic 4+ apartment building. Perfect to live in one unit and let your tenants pay your mortgage. $179,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603

MLS#87328 - 4 BR, 2 bath farmhouse on 254 acres w/ stream, woods, waterfalls and great farmland. Includes barn & 2-story 3 car garage w/ studio. Total privacy. $600,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603

MLS#87819 - Great starter or income home on a quiet street in the village. Safely walk to school, church, shopping. Large yard. Property can be purchased separately or w/Richfield Car Wash MLS #87821. $64,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512

New listing! MLS#88039 - Quaint 3BR ranch w/land, large garage and shed. Close proximity to great employment opportunities: New York Central Mutual and Chobani! $119,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

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MLS#84612 – Location, seclusion, and views make this secluded location convenient to schools, hospitals and shopping. A private world on 10.8 acres. $189,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

Sharon P. Teator, SFR, SRES Licensed Real Estate Salesperson Cell: 607-267-2681 Office: 607-433-1020, ext 107 Fax: 607-433-9520 Email: STeator@RealtyUSA.com

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Spacious house, on an extra large lot in the city of Oneonta. Features include 3 BRs, double LR, formal DR and spacious kitchen. Nice family room w/half bath and slider to deck. Blacktop driveway and two 1-car detached garages. Come take a look at this affordable home! $114,500—MLS#88706

99 Main Street, Oneonta

Nice ranch home w/3 BRs, 1 bath, eat-in kitchen and finished basement w/bar, in desirable West End Oneonta.

Fenced yard and detached garage w/concrete patio. Home has been well maintained. Close to elementary school and bus route. Set up your private showing today.

$135,000 MLS #88817

office 607.441.7312 fax 607.432.7580 www.oneontarealty.com Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner

Room for the Whole Family!

Cooperstown $379,000 MLS#87799

Huge 4 BR, 3+ bath, spacious contemporary Saltbox home on 23 country acres with outstanding views, is just minutes from Cooperstown. Updated sunny kitchen w/oversized island, DR w/plenty of room, LR w/vaulted ceiling, custom fireplace, and den/office. Unique home features 2 staircases leading to separate bedroom wings for privacy.

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216 Main Street, Cooperstown • 607-547-8551 • 607-547-1029 (fax) www.johnmitchellrealestate.com • info@johnmitchellrealestate.com

John Mitchell, Lic. Assoc. Broker Stephen Baker, Lic. Assoc. Broker

Dave LaDuke, broker 607-435-2405 Mike Winslow, broker 607-435-0183 Mike Swatling 607-547-8551

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(7622) Secluded 4 BR/2+ bath Dutch Colonial has a great valley view.

Accents include fireplace w/woodstove insert, den, family room, finished basement, home office, oak and pine flooring. 2-car garage, large deck. Well maintained. 3.5 miles to Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive—$309,000

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(7589) Partake of the delights in this superbly kept 3 BR home. Many extras include formal DR, hardwood flooring, modern kitchen, garage, rocking-chair front porch. Near shops, lake, and golf course. Will capture your fancy! Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$285,000

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Loans arranged by a 3rd party lender.

31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown (directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee)

(7158) Beautiful, remodeled 4 BR, 3 bath residence near sports center, hospital, and school. Enticing home w/scenic views boasting a den, master BR suite w/jacuzzi, kitchen w/granite countertop, formal DR, pantry, newer furnace, 2-car garage.

A premier-caliber home!

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$289,000

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Circa 1890 Queen Anne Victorian is tastefully updated. Original hardwood floors and moldings, fireplace w/ marble surround, 4-5 BRs, 2½ baths, formal DR, library, family room, stylish kitchen w/upgraded appliances and ample storage. Private rear yard, stone walls, tall pines and Silver Creek. $235,000 MLS# 88623 607-431-2540 • www.prufoxproperties.com

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A unique opportunity to purchase an early camp on Otsego Lake.

Beautiful, unobstructed views.

New concrete retaining wall and stairway, concrete wall lakeside.

Open LR/DR w/wall of windows facing the lake. Front deck, large fieldstone fireplace in LR, 2 BRs, pull-down attic stairs. Approved and certified new septic w/free maintenance for 3 years, and no required yearly pump-out. A perfect lakeside get away with 60 feet of deeded lake frontage and parking for several cars.

Exclusively offered by Don Olin Realty at $389,000 For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie – Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King – Associate Broker – 547-5332 Don Olin – Associate Broker – 547-8782 Eric Hill – Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois – Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue – Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz – Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie -Sales Associate -547-4141 Carol Hall - Sales Associate -544-4144

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