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What’s Your Choice? From 38 Special To, Yes, Borodin
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ummer has arrived in Otsego County and there is so much to do! Whether you’re looking to shop, learn, listen or celebrate, there is something fun every day of the week! •
Start your summer off in a rockin’ mood as “Caught Up In You” and “Hold on Loosely” stars 38 Special perform the Celebrity Concert fundraiser for the Oneonta YMCA. Tickets, $20-$225. 5 p.m. Thursday,
JuNe 1 at 7 PM earlville Opera House
General $35/Member $32 Youth 17 and under $10 Tickets available at: earlvilleoperahouse.com 315.691.3550
May 30, 6th ward Booster Club Field, Oneonta. Info www.eventbrite.com/e/38special-tickets-56209344663 • If the symphony is more your musical style, the Little Delaware Youth Ensemble plays Mozart, Borodin, Beethoven and Faure. Reception to follow. 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2, Foothills Atrium, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info www.ldye.org • And while you’re in the mood for music – whatever you listen to – swing by The Fenimore Art Museum
for yours truly Libby Cudmore’s talk on music and memory, including personal stories from my career as a music LIBBY critic! 2 CUDMORE p.m. Saturday, June 1, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Route 80, Cooperstown. Info 607-547-1400, www.fenimoreartmuseum. org. •
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Pride Month kicks off with a rally, a family-friendly festival and fireworks. Celebrate who you are and show your alliance to the LGBTQA community. 2 p.m. Saturday, June 1, Neahwa Park. Info, www. otsegopridealliance.org • Artist Joseph Kurhajec may work in paints and prints, but he also builds toys! He’ll show off some of his original designs and discuss vintage toy-making books. 3-5 p.m. Saturday, June 1, Bright Hill Literary Center, Treadwell. Info brighthillpress.org. • With gardening season in full bloom, there’s still time to pick up some new plants at Unitarian Universalist Society’s annual plant and book sale. After noon, everything you can fit in a bag will only cost you a buck! 10 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave, Oneonta. Info www.uuso. org, 607-432-3491. • Cheer on the hard-hitting gals of the Hill City Rollers as they take on the Ladies Death & Derby in a highspeed roller derby bout. Admission by donation. 2 p.m. Sunday, June 2, Interskate 88, 5185 Route 23, Oneonta. Info www.hillcityrollers.org Tell Libby about things to do at libbyc@allotsego.com
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►ON THE COVER John Parrish goes for the fences during the 11th annual Hall of Fame Classic that brought six Hall of Famers onto Doubleday Field Saturday, May 25. Rollie Fingers managed one of the teams; Goose Gossage the other.
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NEW AT THE HALL OF FAME
‘Shoebox Treasures’ Tells You Everything About Baseball Cards
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Assembling “Shoebox Treasures” gave curator John Odell a chance to get reacquainted with Cookie Rojas, one of his boyhood heroes.
unveiled “Shoebox Treasures” baseball card exhibit, which opened Saturday, May 25 as part of the Hall COOPERSTOWN of Fame Classic Weekend. “We had an exhibit for a long time, n looking through the Baseball but about 10 years ago, it was taken Hall of Fame’s 200,000 basedown for renovations,” he said. “Over ball cards, curator John Odell the years, people have been writing to happened upon his childhood us telling us they miss it, so this is in favorite. response to our visitors.” “I had a 1968 card for The earliest card in their ►IF YOU GO: The Cookie Rojas, who played collection dates back to National Baseball second base for the Phillies,” Hall of Fame, 25 1872, a trade card for Main St., Cooperhe said. “He wore glasses Mutual of New York. stown, is open 9 and his name was ‘Cookie’ “These 3x5 trade cards a.m.- 9 p.m. daily. – I thought that was the were usually to promote a funniest thing in the world. local store,” he said. All the Mickey Mantles and Frank Such cards also set up a debate Robinsons we have don’t impress me among collectors. “Every collector as much as that one card.” defines a baseball card,” he said. “We Rojas’ card – alongside 2,500 othhave a Kellogg’s box from the 1970s ers – are now part of the newly Please See TREASURES, Page 4 By LIBBY CUDMORE
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‘Holy Grail’ Cards A Highlight Of ‘Shoebox Treasures’ TREASURES. From Page 3 with Yogi Berra on it, you cut it out and it had a little stand. We define that as a card, but others may see it as a cereal box premium. We cast a wide net on what we consider a baseball card.” In the early 1900s, cards were packaged with tobacco products to promote the brand, including the famous Honus Wagner card, which ceased production after the shortstop, a non-smoker, refused to let tobacco companies use his image. “That one is in our ‘Holy Grail’ section,” he said. “Each card is in a separate box, and you push a button to put the light on it for just a few seconds.” In addition to baseball players, tobacco cards also featured actors and other athletes. “Baseball players were a very small fraction of those sets,” he said. “Companies didn’t need to give away things to promote their brand,” said Odell. “Cracker Jack and candy companies got more into the cards.” Kids collected cards up through the ’70s, but the 1975 sale of a $1,000 Mickey Mantle rookie card – now also on display as a “Holy Grail” – ushered in the “junk wax” era of card collecting through the ’80s. “People thought each of their cards would be worth $1,000,” he said. “But that’s not the case. When every-
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oday’s cards are gorgeous. They come in a wide variety of color and card stock, they have embossing.”
JOHN ODELL Curator “Shoebox Treasures”
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Oregonian Mark Armour, the incoming president of SABR (the Society of American Baseball Research), is a baseball-card expert himself, and suggested the bicycle exhibit during brainstorming with Odell. For space reasons, it was scrapped, but then it was brought back. Armour takes a trip down memory lane during the Saturday, May 25, opening of “Shoebox Treasures” at the Hall.
body collects them, they’re worth nothing.” The baseball strike in 1994 put an end to the casual collector, and although you could once buy cards at CVS, Bresee’s and the Cooperstown General Store, modern cards are now only sold at specialty shops. “Today’s cards are gorgeous,” said Odell. “They come in a wide variety of color and card stock, they have embossing.” There is also the rise of
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digital card collecting. “You can have a thousand cards on an app on your phone,” he said. “But it’s not the
same thing.” But the Hall didn’t forget the other fun parts of baseball card collecting.
“We have a bicycle wheel with cards attached with clothespins,” he said. “You can crank it and make that motorcycle noise you used to make with your common cards – or duplicates of guys from the team you hate.” They even have some of the classic baseball-card bubble gum on display. “We’ve catalogued some of it, but we did not sample any,” he said. “Shoebox Dreams” is located on the third floor of the Hall of Fame, past the World Series exhibit. “It’s not just a display,” he said. “We want to talk about the cultural connection fans have to the cards themselves.”
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FUN FOR ALL AT THE HALL OF FAME CLASSIC
Trevor Hoffman, who was just inducted to the Hall of Fame, signs autographs for fans on Doubleday Field’s first-base line during the 11th Hall of Fame Classic Saturday, May 25.
Cooperstown Central School’s Morgan Kelly and Morgan Stoecklin sell hotdogs to raise money for their junior trip.
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Sunday, June 2 3 pm The Atrium at Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center Oneonta Under the musical direction of
Uli Speth
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Debra Devine
Concert is free and family friendly with a reception following. For more information call 917-902-9301. www.ldye.org Sponsored by: Five Star Subaru, The O’Connor Foundation, Delaware National Bank of Delhi
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Try Treats From Clam Strips To Blue Cheese Steaks
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emember clam strips from Howard Johnson’s heyday? You don’t find them many places these days, particularly of a quality that bring back long-ago memories, but you’d run across such an offering at The Farmhouse Restaurant in Emmons, just off Interstate 88’s Exit 14.
Their clam strips are sweet, moist – just like you remember. They’re listed as an appetizer, but you can add French fries and cole slaw and make it a main course. JIM KEVLIN, Editor & Publisher
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hat is it about sunshine that always makes me crave sushi? Whatever it is, I know that when I need my summer fix, I go to Mt. Fuji and pick up a couple of hand rolls and a seaweed salad, perfect for a light lunch on a warm day. Try either the Dragon Roll or the Eel Avocado if
you’re feeling adventurous! And if you’re in the mood for something a little more substantial, they offer a great bento box that comes with teriyaki or tempura, a California roll, a salad and rice. And if you’ve got a big party, why not sit at one of the Hibachi tables and watch Craving sushi? Head to Mt. Fuji on Main the chef make his magic before your eyes? (Mt. Fuji, Street, Cooperstown 134 Main St, Cooperstown. go for a special occasion 607-544-1088) LIBBY CUDMORE not only for it’s amazingly Managing Editor tasteful food, but because it’s slightly hidden location lends itself to a more relaxed atmosphere when f you’re looking for you don’t want the chaos of pizza, stop by New a more centrally located eatYork ery. (Jay’s Place, Pizzeria on 3200 Chestnut St Chestnut Street. # 113, Oneonta. Their service is 607-432-9584) always speedy IAN AUSTIN and the pizzas Staff PhotograSTAFF PICKS are delicious. pher I like the pepperoni pizza f you’re looking for a with sausage and black delicious meal while olives. They always have a still counting calories, robust flavor while the black try the Apple Endive Salad olives add a tang to delight and the Red Pepper and the senses. That plus the crust is just crunchy enough Gouda Soup at Ken’s Amerto make my family a regular ican Cafe. They both offered smorgasbords of flavors that at the New York Pizzeria. boosted my energy. (New York Pizzeria, 75 Besides endive, the salad Chestnut St, Cooperstown. had sliced Granny Smith 607-547-2930) LARISSA RYAN apples, shaved sharp chedOffice Manager dar, and wheat beer dressing. The dressing offered some sweetness to balance can attribute Jay’s out the endive’s slight bitPlace on Oneonta’s terness and the tang, and the West end for finally cheddar added some savory. solidifying my late-bloomThe soup had roasted red ing appreciation of both blue cheese and rare steaks. Long peppers, onions, garlic, and smoked gouda. The flavors before I avoided both like together gave a rich, toasty the plague; the idea of pink taste, with the gouda giving meat and pungent cheese a sweet, creamy finish. wrinkled my nose. But it It goes without saying was Jay’s sirloin topped with that I will be going back to bacon garlic blue cheese Ken’s for those dishes again, that finally made a believer and I may even try some out of me. They were also the place that made me love of the other items! (Ken’s American Café, 748 NY-28, calamari, with their basket Oneonta. 607-267-4670. of lightly panko-encrusted JENNIFER HILL calamari. This hidden little Staff Writer gem has become one of the key places my wife and I
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um, 24 Rexford St., Norwich. CRAFT & CHAT – 3:30 p.m. 607-334-2886. Bring current knit or crochet ►Saturday, June 1 in OtsegOOPEN COunty project, chat with friends. HOUSE – 10 a.m.-4 Ages 10+. Arkell Museum, 2 p.m. Visit Susquehanna SPCA Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518New Leash on Life Thrift 673-2314. Shop’s Boutique. See Friday’s ROCK CONCERT – 5:00 entry for details. p.m. 38 Special performs at BOOK SALE – 10 a.m. Unithe Mark May Celebrity Contarian Universalist Society’s cert fundraiser for the YMCA. annual Book and Plant sale. Tickets $20-225. 6th ward Unitarian Universalist SociBooster Club Field, Oneonta. ety of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave, Oneonta. 607-432-3491. ►Friday, May 31 DAY OF SHARING – 12-4 CANCER SCREENING 9 p.m. Community members a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Free breast, learn strategies to cope with cervical cancer screenings, family, friends’ addiction & colon cancer screening takehome kits available by Cancer alcoholism from Anon Family Groups in Otsego, Delaware Services Program’s mobile and Chenango counties. coach. Family Planning of Potluck lunch at noon. Elm South Central New York, 37 Dietz St, Oneonta. 1-888-345- Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St, Oneonta. 6070225. 353-9343. ORIENTATION – 11 a.m.FILM – 1 p.m. “Marie By 1 p.m. Learn ins & outs of fostering kittens at pet rescue Callas” explores life of legendary Greek-American opera nonprofit, Super Heroes in singer through her own words. Ripped Jeans. Free, donaPG. $10. Foothills, 24 Market tions accepted. Huntington St., Oneonta. Memorial Library, 62 ChestAUTHOR’S TALK – 2 p.m. nut St, Oneonta. 607-441In “Rock Music & Memory 3227. – An Exploration with Author OPEN HOUSE – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Susquehanna SPCA Libby Cudmore,” local author shares personal stories as highlights New Leash on both a music fan, music Life Thrift Shop’s Boutique. critic. Part of Fenimore Art Customers pet adoption disMuseum’s Herb Ritts: The counts w/Boutique purchasRock Portraits. Members es. Light refreshments. 4841 free; nonmembers, included State Highway 28, Cooperwith admission. Fenimore stown. 607-547-8111. Art Museum, 5798 Route 80, RECEPTION – 5 - 7 p.m., Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. Post Nature two-person show PRIDEFEST 2019 – 2 p.m. w/constructions by James Otsego Pride Alliance’s 3rd Herman, Hartwick, Sarah annual Oneonta Pridefest Draney, Woodstock, w/rerally, family-friendly festival freshments. Free. The Art & fireworks. Neahwa Park, Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Oneonta. Info, www.otsegoRd., Cooperstown. 607-547pridealliance.org 5327. TOY TALK – 3-5 p.m. Artist CAR SHOW – 5-8 p.m. Joseph Kurhajec discusses, “Those 70s Cars” exhibit shows original toys he’s built. opens. Welcoming presentaBright Hill Literary Center, tion at 5:30 p.m. w/refreshTreadwell. ments. RSVP by May 24. Northeast Classic Car Muse►Sunday June 2
Summer Dreams B-7 ROLLER DERBY – 2 p.m. Hill City Rollers vs Ladies Death & Derby. Admission by donation. Interskate 88, 5185 Route 23, Oneonta. YOUTH CONCERT – 3 p.m. Little Delaware Youth Ensemble plays Mozart, Borodin, Beethoven, Faure. Reception to follow. Foothills Atrium, 24 Market St., Oneonta.
►Wednesday, June 5 CANCER SCREENING – 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free breast, cervical cancer screenings and colon cancer screening
take-home kits available. See Friday Listing. ORIENTATION – 11 a.m.1 p.m. Learn ins & outs of fostering kittens at pet rescue nonprofit, Super Heroes in Ripped Jeans.’ Free, donations accepted. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St, Oneonta. 607-4413227. WEEDING WORKSHOP – 5:30-7 p.m. Learn to recognize, understand, and manage invasive plants, hosted by Otsego Land Trust. $15/per-
son. Brookwood Point, 6000 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. 607-547-2366 x108. WRITERS GROUP – 5 p.m. Discuss current writing projects, get inspired, have fun. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.
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CRAFT & CHAT – 3:30 p.m. Bring your current knitting or crochet project and chat with the group. Ages 10+. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.
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DANCE – 7:30 p.m. Otsego Dance Society Contradance. Suggested donation $8 adults. Max $20/family. Presbyterian Church, Pioneer and Elm Sts., Cooperstown. 607-965-8232.
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It’s Summertime and The Lake is Calling! Bask in the natural splendor of Otsego Lake in the glow of summer while you enjoy an al fresco lunch or dinner at the water’s edge with what The New York Times has called “the area’s best dishes.” Open Daily 11am to 10pm Dinner Reservations highly recommended 607-547-7496
CRAFT FESTIVAL – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find unique handcrafted items at the Church of Christ Uniting’s Friendship Craft Festival. Bake sale, food for purchase. Spring Park, State Hwy. 20 and Church St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-1451. FUNDRAISER – 5-8 p.m. The Smithy Gallery’s fundraising event, “Triple Crown Infield Fest,” will feature Belmont Stakes screening, silent auction, refreshments, more. $55-$65/adult The Smithy Clay Studio, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8671.
►Tuesday, June 11 LUNCHEON – 11:30 a.m. Luncheon At Home meeting by the Fly Creek Area Historical Society. FCAHS Building, 210 Cemetery Rd, Fly Creek. 607-547-2501.
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A Compelling Collection of Unique Clothing, Gifts, and Accessories Open Daily 9am to 10pm 607-547-2543
Experience the beauty of the Lake out on the water with rental boats by the hour to the full day. From Paddleboards, Canoes and Kayaks to Fishing Boats and Party Barges, we have you covered! Open Daily from 9am to 5pm Boat Rental Reservations 607-547-2581 ALL AT ONE LAKESIDE LOCATION SAM SMITH’S BOATYARD 2.5 miles north of Cooperstown on West Lake Road (Route 80) 607-547-2543
WRITERS GROUP – 5 p.m. Discuss current writing projects, get inspired, have fun. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314. CONCERT – 7 p.m. The weekly “Summertime Tradition” concert series begins w/“Matt Chase – Thunder Canyon,” offering old and new country music. Free and open to the public. Bandstand/ Covered Pavillion, Spring Park, US Rte. 20, Richfield Springs. BOE MEETING – 7 - 8 p.m. Library Media Center, Cooperstown High School. 607-5478181.
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CRAFT & CHAT – 3:30 p.m. Bring current knit or crochet project and chat with the group. Ages 10+. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 PUBLIC SPEAKING – 6:15 p.m. Practice your public
speaking with the Toastmasters. The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. READING – 7 p.m. Author George Hovis will read from his work, “The Skin Artist” at the Bright Hill Press and Literary Center, 94 Church Street, Treadwell. 607-829-5055.
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LUMBERJACK FEST – Cherry Valley Outdoor Games return with lumberjack competitions, a rodeo, music and more. Alden Field, Cherry Valley. FILM – 6:30 p.m. “Ray” w/Jamie Foxx from Herb Ritts: The Rock Portraits film series. Light refreshments. $5 members $7 nonmembers Auditorium, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.
►Sat., June 15
LUMBERJACK FEST – Cherry Valley Outdoor Games return with lumberjack competitions, a rodeo, music and more. Alden Field, Cherry Valley.
►Sunday, June 15
LUMBERJACK FEST – Cherry Valley Outdoor Games return with lumberjack competitions, a rodeo, music and more. Alden Field, Cherry Valley.
►Monday, June 17
PLANTING – 6 p.m. Join Otsego Land Trust (OLT) and NYSEG to plant pollinator and wildlife plants and eat snacks. All ages welcomed. Parslow Road Conservation Area, 127 Parslow Road, Hartwick. Info, 607-547-2366 ext 108.
►Tuesday, June 18
BOOKMOBILE – Check out the mobile library. 9:30-9:50 a.m. Town Hall, 3966 NY-23, West Oneonta. 10:10-10:50 a.m. Little Lambs Children Center, 383 Co Rd 11, Oneonta. 12:20-12:45 p.m. Methodist Church, 811 Co Rd 26, Fly Creek. 1:15-1:35 p.m. Methodist Church, 2343 NY-205, Mt Vision. 2:10-2:30 p.m. Firehouse, 116 County Rd 4, Wells Bridge. www.4cls.org or call 607-723-8236