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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, January 10, 2013
Volume 205, No. 2
COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND
The Met IS US! Movie’s ‘PROMISED LAND’
Message: NY Next
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Homer Osterhoudt, retired Cooperstown postman (he walked 12 miles a day) and attendee at 73 Hall of Fame Inductions, is turning 95. His family (including daughter-inlaw Priscilla) has invited the community to a birthday party 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20, at the First Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall, 19 Elm.
Damon Flick Troubles Anti-Fracking Viewers By LIBBY CUDMORE
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t was a chilling moment for many watching Matt Damon’s “Promised Land” in the Southside Mall Cinema the other night. Oneonta’s David Rockwell was among those who felt it when another character turns to Damon and says, “Good luck in New York.” “We would like to continue living in New York,” said Rockwell exiting the move, which opened Friday, Jan. 4 and charted at #10 over the weekend. “If it’s still safe.”
Steroids Stars Likely Still Out Of Hall of Fame COOPERSTOWN
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he National Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual announcement of this year’s inductees was planned Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, and it appeared likely Steroids Stars would continue to be excluded. Sportswriters have been debating whether Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens should be admitted, but AP and New York Times’ canvasses of BBWAA writers showed support in the 40 percentile, much less than the required 75 percent/ CHECK www.allotsego.com
TOURNEY FINALS: Due to snowstorms over the winter break, the Dick White Boys’ Holiday Basketball Tournament finals and consolation games have been rescheduled for Saturday, Jan. 19, at Bursey Gym. YOUTH TRYOUTS: Grades 4-12 singers are invited to audition for Glimmerglass Festival’s “Little Drummer Girl Passion.” Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 24-26, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richfield Springs. Check www. glimmerglass.org
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A rapt Foothills audience watches “Les Troyens,” above, including locals Deborah Voight and Dwayne Croft.
‘Troyens’ Highlights County Opera Links
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Fly Creek’s Lena Guyot, Franklin’s Peter Bevilacqua and Davenport’s Barbara Loeffler discuss the movie.
Damon, as Steve Butler, represents a fictional $9 billion natural-gas company Global. His job: to get Please See MOVIE, A7
To Power Three Mile Point, Village Goes Back To Nature
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ooperstown’s oldest park – Three Mile Point, bought from Judge Cooper’s descendants in 1899 – has gotten a 21st-century update. After losing the right of way for the park’s electrical service, the Village Board authorized a photovoltaic system to power the caretaker’s building, the park’s lights and the fans in the state-of-the-art Clivus Please See PARK, A7
he Metropolitan Opera’s production of Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” – the $1.3 million gate was a record for MetLive’s 800 simulcasts – turned out to be a showcase of Otsego County’s commitment to the art. Please See OPERA, A7
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In Museum Studies, CGP Rocks, Alum’s Appointment Proves By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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UNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski has been known to call the Cooperstown Graduation Program in Museum Studies “the jewel in the crown.”
Everyone’s Proud In Greg Harris, But Other Grads, Too Last month’s appointment of CGP grad Gregory S. Harris as president/ CEO of the high-profile Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was a dramatic example of his alma mater’s prominence. But Harris, also an alumnus of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
& Museum, isn’t the only one. Of the 865 living CGP graduates, 207 are directors, CEO or managers of the nation’s museums and cultural organizations, and another 91 are curators, according to Alumni Coordinator Catherine Raddatz. “It’s a tough job market, but our
students are still getting jobs,” said Gretchen Sorin, the director and distinguished professor of the program, which is allied with the New York State Historical Association and housed in recently rebuilt quarters overlooking Otsego Lake just north of The Fenimore Art Museum. “We’re just so proud of all of them,” added Raddatz. Please See CGP, A3
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