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tart your Independence artisans. Gary Herzig and Oneonta Day celebrations with the mayoral candidates will speak to Hometown Heroes kickthank the workers for their service. off concert dedicated to the essential From 2 to 11 p.m. workers who have given so much In the evening, Five Star Subaru during the pandemic. The concert will present the fireworks and they will feature the Michael Christopher will be ‘twice as intense’ as in years country band performing their greatpast. At 9:30 p.m., Sunday, July est hits. Free admission. Presented by 4, Neahwa Park in Oneonta. Visit Hometown 4th at 7:30 p.m., Friday, facebook.com/FNOneonta for more July 2, at Neahwa Park in Oneonta. information. Visit facebook.com/FNOneonta/ for • information. Spend one more evening • celebrating our Independence. Celebrate the Fourth of July with The Cooperstown Volunteer Fire The Farmers’ Museum featuring a Department will be presenting dramatic reading of The Declaration fireworks from Lakefront Park at of Independence at noon. There will dusk. Monday, July 5. be craft demonstrations throughout • the day, historic children’s games on Help the Cooperstown Veterans the Tavern Green, the first perforClub retire worn American Flags mance of the season of a “Box and with full honors. At the Cooperstown Cox” show by the Templeton players Sports Club, 110 Sportsmans Lane, and more. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., near Cooperstown. At 11 a.m. Sunday, July 4. Call 607Saturday, July 3. Call 547-1450 or visitfarmers607-547-8282. things museum.org for information. • to do! • Learn about the social View the decorated boats dances of the Iroquois at the annual Independence nations with the Haudenoday Boat Parade presented saunee Dancers, a group by the Otsego Lake Assofrom the Syracuse area ciation. This year’s theme is known for their pride in ‘Here Comes the Sun’ from their traditions. Dance will the song by the Beatles. include presentation by Line up is at 3 p.m., Saturtroupe leader Sherri Waterday, July 3, at Three Mile man-Hopper who has travLarissa Ryan Point and will proceed down elled internationally as an the west side of the lake to artist and cultural speaker. Lakefront Park. Visit otsegolakeasso- Throughout the day, 10 a.m. to 4 ciation.org for information. p.m., Saturday, July 3. At Iroquois • Indian Museum, 324 Caverns Road in Oneonta Independence Day Howes Cave. festivities begin with the Main Street Parade, which starts at Foothills Performing Arts Center and procedes ►ON THE COVER along Main Street to Neahwa Park. ‘Kouros’ by Tomas Sakoulas on Essential workers are invited to the Cherry Valley Sculpture Trail participate. At 1 p.m. Photo by Greg Klein, After the parade, enjoy the festival in Neahwa Park featuring food, live AllOtsego.com music on the main stage and local
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‘The Whole Earth Cabinet’ by the Dora P. Manny Collective in West Winfield is an interactive piece where visitors can take and leave gifts for other visitors.
Art on the Trail
Cherry Valley Artworks event brings sculpture to community; opening to be held Friday, July 2 By KEVIN LIMITI CHERRY VALLEY – The biennial Cherry Valley Sculpture Trail will open with a viewing and launch party scheduled for Friday, July 2. Jane Sapinsky, executive director of Cherry Valley Artworks, said this year’s sculpture trail stands out because of the “beautiful pieces” and said that it is a “COVID-friendly activity.” There are 24 sculptures, ranging from small ones to half-ton sized. One piece, by Shiro Shinohara of Westmoreland, was more than 1,000 pounds and had to be delivered by crane. It’s called the “Baku Nightmare Buster.” Other pieces on display include “Whole Earth Cabinet,” which was created by the Dora P. Manny Collective in West Winfield. The idea behind the cabinet, according to Sapinsky, is “give a little, take a little.” Visitors can take things from the cabinet while leaving something else behind. “We thought it was a good community activity,” Sapinsky said.
Sapinsky said what separates the 2021 trail from the others is the level of skill involved in sculptures. “Everything is very high quality,” Sapinsky said. One of the artists, Tomas Sakoulas, is originally from Greece. He has been taking three-dimensional ancient Greek sculptures and flattening them into two-dimensional sculptures. “It’s a wonderful exhibition in Cherry Valley,” Sakoulas said. He said that his sculptures were large enough to need a crane to transport them. One of his sculptures is “Hygeia,” which he describes as “a large projection of an ancient Greek statue.” “I have a system of creating flat spaces,” Sakoulas said, and that he considers his work an “esoteric exploration of what would these images look like if I did two-D of three-D sculptures.” His other sculpture being displayed is “Kouros,” It is a take on ancient classical sculpture from the B.C. era, Sakoulas said. See TRAIL, Page B4
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‘Baku Nightmare Buster’ by Shiro Shinohara of Westmoreland weighs more than 1,000 pounds.
Trail replaces Kite Festival for’21, deemed more COVID-friendly event TRAIL/from Page B3 “I find classical antiquity worth investigating for the timeless stories,” Sakoulas said. As an artist, Sakoulas said his work is “continuing the trend of reacting to classical antiquity.” One of the more timely sculptures that will be displayed is by Molly Welch Whyte, who is displaying a 24-foot table called “Table for Four,” which is meant to convey the changes in life because of the coronavirus pandemic and the slow return to normalcy happening at this moment. The wood was built from white pine that her father, Butch Welch, felled on her property in Roseboom, and was then milled into lumber. Whyte said the table is meant to “comment on the alleviation of what we’ve experienced last year. “It’s also a symbol of getting back together again,” Whyte said. “They’re going to use the table as a real table and have people gather round. Honestly, I was just
wondering what was appropriate for the sculpture trail. It just seemed like an easy symbol.” The reason behind the table being 24 feet and called “Table for Four” is to represent the six-feet of distance that was common with COVID guidelines. Whyte said she found it appropriate that her art was being used to express something about recent events, particularly as it related to COVID. “Art always responds to any events, current or historic,” Whyte said. An outdoor reception will be taking place at the Cherry Valley Museum garden at 6 p.m., Friday, July 2, with music and refreshments. The sculptures will be displayed until Oct. 8. Sapinsky said the trail was canceled last year because of the pandemic and this year should have been the year for the CVA’s over destination event, the Cherry Valley Kite Festival. However, the trail was deemed more COVID-friendly as a 2021 activity.
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Our best bets for local dining
Delicious salad, ice cream at the Guernsey, locally sourced food
Larissa Ryan Business Manager Upstate Bar & Grill Conveniently located just outside of Cooperstown on State Route 28, the Upstate Bar & Grill is an excellent restaurant offering American-style dining. It’s also a great place to catch a sports game on the televisions throughout the restaurant and bar area. The food offerings include steak, salmon and everything in between. I recently ordered the Cobb salad and enjoyed its toppings of bacon, corn, egg, avocado and honey mustard. The egg, corn and bacon made for a rich blend of flavor and texture that I will definitely be ordering again. Upstate Bar & Grill 5418 State Route 28 Cooperstown www.upstatebarandgrill.com 607-282-4225 Tara Barnwell Publisher Golden Guernsey Ice Cream The Golden Guernsey in Oneonta is so much summertime fun! Like eating dessert first, here you have to start with the fries! They are fried to golden perfection. Get them loaded with bacon and cheese sauce. I tried a hotdog that I’d never had before, the Texas hot, with raw onions, homemade Texas chili and mustard. Great combination! The ice cream selection is about the best around. They have the best hard ice cream that has bits of coconut in it, but my favorite is still the brownie with vanilla ice cream, then smothered in hot fudge sauce. You can’t go wrong with that! Golden Guernsey Ice Cream 15 Main Street, Oneonta 607-432-7200
Greg Klein Editor Richfield Springs Community Food Cooperative I wanted to wait until after his primary election was over to say I got to visit the Richfield Springs Community Food Cooperative and I am so impressed with what Dan Sullivan had put together. Sullivan moved Upstate to buy a farm decades ago and Otsego County has been better for it ever since. His venture at 140 Main Street in one of the quaintest parts of the village, is a storefront for local foods and a showcase for local farmers. You can get pretty much anything grown locally, at the RSCFC. I remember marveling at the shelf of locally grown spices, thinking I have to come back with a proper list. You can get proteins, dairy, fresh fruits and vegetables and lots of jams and local honey. There’s prepared food, too, with specials based on the season. Watching the RSCFC Facebook page, I sometimes wish I was closer at lunchtime! Plus there are t-shirts and artwork for sale, along with books from local authors or about local history. As I said, the Richfield Springs Community Food Cooperative really blew me away and I wish every small town had something so special. If you love locally sourced food and are anywhere near the northern part of the county, you should make the trip to Richfield Springs and stop in at the food cooperative. Richfield Springs Community Food Cooperative 140 Main Street, Richfield Springs www.rscommunityfood.org 315-858-7023
Kevin Limiti Reporter Danny’s Market I keep eating the “oh, yeah” from Danny’s on Main Street in Cooperstown and I continue to love it. It’s a roast beef sandwich with
cheese, sautéed peppers and onions, with an awesome garlic pesto dressing. This sandwich is top quality. I’m not someone that usually likes peppers but it meshes really well with their sandwich overall. They also have great Reubens.
Danny’s overall is just one of the best delis I’ve been to. Highly recommended. Danny’s Market 92 Main Street, Cooperstown 607-547-4053 See PICKS, Page B6
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PICKS/from Page B5 Kathleen Peters Graphic Designer Red Shed Brewery Red Shed Brewery in the Send items town calendar of Middlefield is a New York State Farm Brewery, meaning they use at least 60% beer ingredients and hops grown in the state. The food truck, just outside Send calendar items the bar, makes all the food onsite, also using local ingredients. One of the best parts of eating here is that you can sit inside if the weather is uncooperative. They also have a large outdoor beer garden with plenty of seating, some under tents, some with Adirondack chairs and small tables out in the field, and great views all around. Even better, you can bring your dog! (This is true only if they are well behaved dogs, unlike my two.) Better still, they have live music out there sometimes. The husband is not a fan of outdoor dining, so we
sat inside, which is equally pleasant. He had the shed burger, which is a local grass-fed beef burger with cheese and shed toAmerican info@allotsego.com sauce; and a Bent Nail Black Lager. I had the Jack’s BBQ, a grilled chicken breast with Jessica’s Red BBQ Sauce, cheddar and onion tobacon, info@allotsego.com rings; and a Weathervane Farmhouse Ale. The food menu is not all that large, but there is enough variety that you should be able to find something to suit your taste. There are a few vegetarian choices, and a mac ’n’ cheese that sounds fantastic, made with golden ale gouda cheese. The beer menu is all that large, and there are some local wines and hard ciders as well, even Adirondack sodas, if you’re not a drinker. Red Shed Brewery 709 County Route 33 Middlefield www.redshedbrewing.com 607-731-6454
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SUMMER BOOK SALE – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Browse used books of many genres: fiction, arts & crafts, cookbooks and much more to support your local library. At the Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St. Through Sunday, July 4.
FUNDRAISER – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Support a local Grange. Come out for a White Elephant Sale, bake sale, and raffle. All proceeds to Grange Building Fund. Pierstown Grange Hall, 137 Wedderspoon Hollow Rd., Cooperstown. 607-437-4656.
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All essential workers are eligible to sign up for a prize drawing sponsored by Five Star Subaru and Cleinman Performance Partners! Also, don’t miss the pre-festival country concert in Neahwa Park at 7:30 on Friday, July 2 featuring the Michael Christopher Band! Thank you to our wonderful sponsors! Five Star Subaru, Anonymous Foundation, Nellie and Robert Gipson, Anonymous Foundation, Dewar Foundation, The City of Oneonta, Corning Incorporated Foundation, LEAF, Inc., Stewarts Shops, The Eggleston Foundation, Gates Helms Hawn, Future of Oneonta Foundation, Oneonta Osteopathy, New York Central Mutual, Sidney Federal Credit Union, Delaware Bank of Delhi, Delaware Engineering, Benson Agency Real Estate, Cleinman Performance Partners, Bank of Cooperstown, Tom Morgan and Erna McReynolds, Bassett Healthcare Network, The Hampton Inn, The Daily Star, Townsquare Media and Iron String Press
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