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is a member of the church and had helped Purdue apply for the grant — reached out to Nelen for help.

They designed a survey to assess community needs and were shocked by the results, Falk said.

“It wasn’t a need for either equipment or for broadband, although I am sure some of these folks do have slow internet,” Falk said, “but what that survey said … what people needed was human resources, rather than technology.”

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As the school year wound down, Nelen said she realized there would not be any summer camps for her three children, or anyone else’s kids.

She has worked for the school’s Red Bursey Playground Camp in previous summers, but that camp is not happening this summer. The Clark Sports Center, which has not yet allowed kids or teenagers to resume activities, is also not holding its summer camps this year.

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Rep. Antonio Delgado samples a chocolate-flavored whiskey at the Cooperstown Distillery during a tour Thursday, May 27.

Cooperstown mayor Ellen Tillapaugh also visited the distillery with Delgado.

Otsego County receive about $11.5

million, he said, half of which has already been delivered, with the other half to follow within a year. Other county towns and villages will also

receive money from the act.

“It’s been a joy,” Delgado said.

“It’s a real testament to what government can do.”

Delgado also praised the bipartisan nature of the politicians that were gathered at the press conference, including State Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-51st District, and State Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-102nd District, and said it is how it should be in all forms of government.

“This is a big deal, people,” Delgado said. “We’re able to get real meaningful dollars to our community.”

Delgado also said that they had to make sure “we had flexibility” to get things done with “something more cooperative.”

“I call that direct democracy,” he said.

Delgado spoke on the importance of getting broadband for the county calling it a “basic necessity.”

Tillapaugh opened the press conference with remarks about the “critical” nature of the money being given See DELGADO, Page A2

AllOtsego people: Milford graduate helping with pandemic relief in Nepal

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Although COVID is starting to fade in Otsego County with towns such as Follow Breaking News On Cooperstown and Oneonta mask restrictions, OTSEGO.com lifting the same cannot be said ►MeMORIAL DAY: Cooperstown, for many countries such as Nepal.

Oneonta are among the Zak Aldridge, who was communities honoring soliders born in Cooperstown, went who died while serving their to Milford Central School country. ►EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: More from and considers himself an Rep. Antonio Delgado’s tour of “honorary Oneontan,” said Cooperstown Distillery. he didn’t intend to stay in ►COVID NUMBERS: Pandemic Nepal for more than a year, wanes locally, but hasn’t ended. but COVID-19 changed his ►NEW DIRECTOR: Hartwick plans.

College names new head of He said he planned on Food and Beverage Center. staying there for two weeks.

That was 15 months ago.

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enrichment, not to compete with anything we already had,” Nelen said.

Nelen’s company had been working with Cooperstown Baptist Church during the height of the coronavirus pandemic to host learning pods and tutoring sessions.

The church had applied for COVID money to help with educations needs during the pandemic. However, when Pastor Joseph Purdue left for a church in Connecticut, Cooperstown Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk — who

Delgado visits region to celebrate COVID funding

COOPERSTOWN — Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-NY19, appeared in Otsego County on Thursday, May 27, to speak about the money the county will receive from the American Rescue Plan, which he helped shepherd through Congress.

Afterwards, Delgado spent some time at the local Cooperstown Distillery where he toured the distillery and sampled some local fare.

“It seems like you guys are hitting your stride at the perfect time,” Delgado said to the workers at the distillery, which included head distiller INSIDE Daran Bottger, assistant brewer Mike Deflumere and MacGuire Benton, ►HAll of FAME HONORS: The Director of Sales. parents of late Corp. Michael After trying his hand at pouring Mayne of Burlington Flats are awarded a state honor in his whiskey into bottles and a sample of memory. Page A3.

115-proof chocolate-flavored whis►MIDDLEFIELD MOURNING: key, Delgado praised the distillery Town of Middlefield Supervisor and stressed the importance of these Joe Harris dies unexpectedly. local businesses.

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“It’s good to see the growth and ►PRIDE MONTH: Cooperstown it’s good to see how we can grow our Trustee Macguire Benton local businesses,” Delgado said. “It’s writes about LGBTQ+ rights as a great step.” part of the June designation.

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Education company seeks to fill camp void A local education company is planning to fill the gap in camps this summer.

ResourceME, an Otsego County company started by Cooperstown Central School special education teacher Stephanie Nelen, will offer summer camps this year.

“The thing about this company is we want to be a source to fill a need in Cooperstown for educational

Otsego2000, the Otsego County Conservation Association and the Otsego Land Trust will offer another outdoor activities badge, this one geared to summer activities.

The activities include hiking, kayaking, cycling, canoeing and more.

Those who successfully complete eight of the 16 activities will be awarded an Otsego Outdoors Summer Octet badge.

Go to otsegooutdoors.org for more information.

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here that I was thinking of coming to study languages and Buddhism,” Aldridge said. “And the lockdown happened and I wound up getting stuck. That was a year ago.”

Aldridge, who is a Columbia University graduate, has decided to help feed families in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, which is currently under a strict lockdown, causing day laborers to suffer from malnutrition.

“The government doesn’t do anything for people over here,” Aldridge said. “If you only have a day job, and you make your wage in a day, and that’s how you survive, all of a sudden, you’re really out of luck

with a lockdown like this.

So obviously it curbs the spread a little bit but at the same time it creates another problem. So that’s the sad part.”

Aldridge has been delivering food to families that need it either by delivery or pick up at a wholesale place. He would purchase rice bags, noodles, dry beets and other food. In the beginning, he was giving food to between 30 and 40 families. However, because of the new lockdown measures, it has been a difficult situation So far, Aldridge has raised about $5,000 and spent more than $3,800. But he Contributed says that because of the Milford Central School graduate Zak Aldridge, center, See PEOPLE, Page A2 helps deliver supplies in Nepal in this recent picture.

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Company plans summer camps

CAMPS/Continued from A1 Nelen has set up camps for robotics, Mandarin, reading, coding, American Sign Language and film, among other camps. There is a charge for camps, but scholarships are available.

Nelen, who is a co-founder of The Angel Network, said she has had help from the nonprofit, as well as the church and The Community Foundation for Otsego County. The

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group is still looking for donations for camp supplies and locations for classes.

“What we hope people will see is that our community is coming together,” Nelen said, “and this will continue into the fall.”

Spots are limited and early registration is encouraged. Go to www. resourcemeny.org or email resourceME @outlook.com for more information.

Delgado, local officials praise COVID relief package for its municipal funds DELGADO/Continued from A1 by the rescue plan and spoke of the economic hardship that Cooperstown and Otsego County went through as a result of the COVID pandemic.

She said that Delgado “delivered the representation and support we need” in being able to get the money for Otsego County.

Throughout the press conference, before and after, people could be overheard optimistically speaking about the rescue plan and the money that the county would be receiving.

“What a great opportunity to come and have some actual good news to report,” Oberacker said, who thanked Delgado for “not forgetting the small communities.”

“We sometimes get lost in the shuffle,” Oberacker said, but that “the little towns today were not forgotten.”

Oberacker said that the “stress level was high” at the county board and that at the press conference “the first thing I saw was smiles.”

“I haven’t seen (the treasuer) this calm,” Oberacker said to appreciative laughter.

Tague praised the “great, great, working relationship” he had with Delgado and echoed the points regarding their bipartisan relationship.

“Although we come from different political parties, we happen to be friends,” Tague said. “Our job now is to make sure that the money is put in the right place.”

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Cooperstown Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk, left, and Otsego 2000 Executive Director Ellen Pope, to Falk’s left, talk about the architecture of an 1800s Federal-style house at 30 Lake St. in Cooperstown, which is known as the oldest corner of the village. The two women gave an architectural tour in the village Monday, May 31, sponsored by Otsego 2000 and the Cooperstown Graduate Program, where Falk is a professor. About 60 people were on two 90-minute trolley tours through the village Monday afternoon.

Falk said a similar tour of Oneonta will take place sometime in the future.

Aldridge didn’t plan to stay in Nepal; coronavirus pandemic extended his stay PEOPLE/Continued from A1 exchange rate, a little bit goes a very long way, with $20 being enough to feed an entire family.

The money is sent from the Western Union and his friend Romash picks up the cash and then calls the wholesaler.

When Aldridge came to Nepal, he said there were all sorts of different foreign students staying at a house.

But once COVID hit, they all left except him and an Italian acquaintance.

Previously, Aldridge was living in Thailand teaching English. He said he is trying to learn the Tibetan language but doesn’t have any skills in the Nepali language.

Because of that, he allows his friend Romash to speak directly to some of the people receiving food.

“A lot of people come and study the languages here, because it’s really the last place, one of the last places you can study Tibetan, because Tibet has an exiled

community in Nepal,” Aldridge said.

Aldridge said that between the ages of nine and 22 he was very interested in politics and activism, with a particular interest in the issue of fracking. He also studied ballet at the Decker School of Ballet and did “The Nutcracker” for 10 years as well as playing in a jazz band. He also likes basketball and baseball.

However, he said that the “inner development” is his

hobby. He said that his friend Romash said all the people who get donated food are different in many ways, but united in their need.

“Sometimes it’s like some single mother. Sometimes it’s a 78 year-old man who was one of the guys. He’s living alone,” Aldridge said.

“There are some sad stories of various people who’ve been served so far. One guy said some of them have kidney failure, apparently.

And they’ve been homeless

… living under a bridge somewhere in Kathmandu, and he went and brought them a lot of food also.”

Aldridge emphasized that his friend Romash was doing most of the heavy lifting in regards to getting the food to the families and workers.

He said that despite things seemingly getting better with COVID, things are still very difficult in Kathmandu.

“The government is totally incompetent, they instituted these new measures. And so

as a result actually yesterday, a lot of people went scrambling to try to get vegetables and stuff all at the same time, it’s like this creates another kind of outbreak situations,” Aldridge said. “Totally, totally nonsensical. And it’s just such a shame, such a disgrace, really. Because people suffer so much as a result.”

Go to www.gofundme. com/f/keep-kathmandufrom-starving to donate to Aldridge’s project.

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State Senate honors fallen soldier, Corp. Mayne STAFF REPORT BURLINGTON FLATS — After a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, late Corp. Michael Mayne of Burlington Flats was honored as an inductee to a veterans hall of fame.

State Sen. Peter Oberacker, RSchenevus, joined former Sen. James L. Seward to pay tribute Monday, May 31, to the late Corp. Michael Mayne of Burlington Flats, the 2020 inductee to the New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame from the 51st Senate District.

Mayne’s parents Cathy and Lee accepted the honor on behalf of their son. Additionally, members of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, who served with Corporal Mayne, made the trip to Burlington to take part in the ceremony.

Corporal Mayne was the 2020 Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame inductee from the 51st Senate District, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, Burlington Memorial Day ceremony was cancelled and the presentation was rescheduled for this year.

“We owe an eternal debt of gratitude to the men and women who have fought and died for our freedoms,” Oberacker said. “Corporal Michael Maybe personified the true meaning of hero and it is my extreme honor to join Senator Seward in presenting this fitting honor.”

“Corporal Michael Mayne was an exemplary soldier who cared deeply about his country and the men and women he served alongside,” Seward said. “As my final inductee to the

Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame, I could think of no one more deserving.”

Mayne, who was 21 at the time of his death, served in the United States Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, a unit of the 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Mayne died, along with two other American soldiers and a translator on Feb. 23, 2009, in Balad, Iraq, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.

A 2006 graduate of Edmeston Central School, Mayne knew from a young age that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and serve his nation in the military.

Mayne joined the Army shortly after his high school graduation.

On Memorial Day 2003, he unveiled an Eagle Scout project in Memorial Park in his hometown of Burlington Flats with flagpoles for each branch of the military.

Flags representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and the United States continue to wave and a memorial to Mayne has since been installed underneath the flags he conceived and built.

The New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame inductees may be former members of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. The exceptional men and women are chosen for this prestigious honor based on either service in combat or notable work performed after discharge from the service.

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State Sen. Peter Oberacker and former state Sen. James L. Seward present the 2020 New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame honor to the parents of Corp.

Michael Mayne. From left, Sen. Oberacker, Lee Mayne, Cathy Mayne and former Sen. Seward.

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Perspectives

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The Old Badger: Automobiles led to the last of the Mohican Editor’s note: This column was first published March 31, 1976.

In the summer of ’32, Mrs. Charles Coleman Jr. was running strong in the Cooperstown merchants popularity election, President Herbert Hoover was running scared against Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 27-year-old Mohican was running out of steam.

When the Mohican was first launched, automobiles were scarce and unreliable novelties at best. Roads were dusty or muddy depending upon the weather.

The stage from Fort Plain offloaded at Springfield Landing and passengers could continue to Cooperstown by boat . The many hotels in the village filled with tourists each summer, cottages and camps were springing up on both sides of the Lake. An

excursion around the Lake was a much sought-after diversion, and moonlight cruises were long remembered. Many a night saw the lights of the Mohican shimmering on the Glimmerglass and heard the strains of music and laughter floating to shore as a birthday or even a “hole-in-one” was celebrated.

The Mohican steamed right on through the ’20s, a delightful convenience, but it was beginning to age when the ’30s arrived. Wall

LETTERS

New York must address rural EMS issues before a crisis occurs

The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area joins the New York State Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Association, Inc. in supporting state legislation that would create a task force to study the unique problems facing ambulance services in rural areas of New York State and to propose long-term solutions for them.

The League believes that every resident should have access to a basic level of quality healthcare, including acute care, of which ambulance services are an essential component.

We also support allocating additional medical resources to underserved areas, and New York State rural residents are chronically underserved.

The COVID-19 pandemic has only made the importance of rural emergency medical services more evident, and the need to address their pre-existing challenges more pressing.

The hardworking volunteers and paid emergency medical technicians are local heroes in our rural communities, and their dedication and commitment have a direct impact on health outcomes and quality of life. Establishing a task force that systematically identifies service gaps and makes recommendations on how to sustainably support this critical component of rural healthcare is a much-needed first step.

State Sen. Hinchey and Assembly Member Santabarbara are sponsoring the bills in their legislative chambers, and we call on our local representatives — Sen. Oberacker and Assembly Members Salka, Miller, Tague, and Angelino—to support the bill’s swift passage before the legislative session comes to a close at the end of June.

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Street was emptying the hotels, but Detroit was filling the roads.

In July of ’32, the Otesaga didn’t open, and the Mohican was facing increasing losses in the face of motor car competition. The Mohican also leaked.

When it leaked too fast, manure and straw were thrown in the lake around it to get sucked into the large cracks; the pump could handle the rest. On alternate years it was hauled out, patched and left to stand in its cradle at the foot of Fair Street. The Lakefront Motel was not there. Andrews boat livery and Fish’s landing were -unpainted and ramshackled. The lighthouse wasn’t there. There was no seawall, no park, no statue.

The Mohican’s ticket office and the Lake Front Park where Smalley ran dances and Lippitt stored

row boats stood over near Pioneer Street. Alphonso Trent and his Twelve Brown-skinned Marvels played for dancing that July. And Tom Mix was up at the theater.

The Otesaga, The Country Club, Three Mile, Over the Top, Five Mile, Hutter’s Point, Stile’s, Hickory Grove, Natoma, The Hermitage, Ogontz, Public Landing, Hyde’s, Rathbun’s, The Dugway, Pathfinder Lodge and Camp Chenango, at one time or another, raised a small white flag to signal the Mohican to their docks.

Hi Michaels (of Michael’s Market) would pack orders and take then to Fair Street for deliveries around the Lake.

Greg Lippitt would push hundred-pound blocks of ice overboard at the Boy Scout Camp where it was too shallow to dock, and Bob

Atwell might swim them to shore.

Junie Nevil might sneak on at Three Mile and jump off after it left, or the swimming counselor at Chenango would thrill his charges with a swan dive from the top deck.

To the youngsters it was like the Mauretania; to the camps it was a godsend; to the tourist, a delight; and to everyone but the Otsego Lake Transportation Co. it was as permanent as Shadow Brook.

That summer Pete Jones, Ralph Strafford, Stan Murdock and Carl Johnson, the Cooperstown Male Quartet, sang for the Rotary at the Fenimore Hotel. There was a polo match at Iroquois Farm. And an ad for Harry Cook’s garage read, “Even Bobby Jones didn’t know the thrill of a perfect drive until he gripped the wheel of a Chrysler.”

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LGBTQ+ rights are still fragile This June marks 52 years since the Stonewall uprising began. We commemorate the contributions and sacrifices LGBTQ+ community members, activists and pioneers have made in the fight for civil rights.

In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a series of demonstrations began in MACGUIRE New York BENTON City as a result of a violent police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a historic gay club located in Greenwich Village.

LGBTQ+ bars and nightclubs were subjected to constant raids by law enforcement agencies in the city at that time. The Stonewall uprising is recognized as the catalyst of the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

I’m proud to be an LGBTQ+ community member and elected official. Unwavering support for civil rights and equal justice under the law for all LGBTQ+ people is a pillar of my public service. In July 2019, the village of Cooperstown passed a resolution to com-

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The LGBTQ+ pride flag was hung at Cooperstown’s Village Hall on June 1, the second year it has been displayed for Pride Month.

memorate pride month by flying the pride flag at our Village Hall. A symbol of our solidarity and recognition on behalf of our village government. I’m proud that Cooperstown has taken this

stand to be a beacon for inclusivity and equal justice for all. It’s incumbent upon governments at every level to contribute to advancing fair and equal justice for people of every sexual ori-

entation and gender identity.

We’re facing a variety of crises that threaten to turn back the clock on civil rights for LGBTQ+ people. A 6-3 conservative majority sits on the Supreme Court. Extreme and radicalized federal judges. A disproportionately high murder rate exists among trans women of color. State by state we’re seeing the successful or attempted passage of discriminatory “bathroom” bills. The possibility of losing the right to marry is still real to many people.

The struggle isn’t nearly over. It may never be. All over America we see the continuous chipping away of LGBTQ+ rights.

Now is the time to be vigilant, to engage with your local, state and federal representatives, to make your voice heard.

When we work collectively for what is right we protect what is most important to us — our freedom to live and love as we choose.

I encourage everyone to visit our Village Hall where the pride flag is being flown and take a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come and how delicate that progress is.

Macguire Benton is a Cooperstown Village Trustee.

Life sketches

Whistling with my fingers, thinking of songs

These days, much more than ever, there seems to be music playing in the background of almost every dramatic television program.

Years ago an experimental show called Cop Rock was aired for a while. It blended the drama with musical numbers. The TERRY BERKSON songs were about what was happening in the story.

I thought it was a great idea but at that time it didn’t catch on. I was thinking of writing a story for several weeks but I wasn’t sure where to send it.

In the meantime, a spontaneous score for the story kept playing in my mind. In fact, there’s always some kind of music going through my head — depending on the mood and situation I’m in. This was true of the title character in the movie “The English Patient” and I was wondering if this phenomenon was what jump-started the recent trend of music once again prominently being blended into a

story. Again, unlike scores for cinema, this type of musical background also has words and the words reflect what’s going on in the plot.

We’ve all heard thousands of songs and melodies. At certain times and in certain situations many of us whistle, hum or breathe an appropriate song that is stored in our mental hard drive and is brought up by our subconscious. For several weeks I haven’t been able to get Eric Clapton’s “Lay Down Sally” out of my head.

The other day I was humming it while on my way down to the lake when I realized that the title character in the story that I’ve been thinking of writing is named Sally.

Later, when I got home I sat down at the piano and played the refrain of “Lay Down Sally,” I didn’t have to think about it. My fingers played just the right notes to bring out the melody. It was like whistling. You don’t think about how to whistle a tune.

You just whistle it. I guess over the many years that I’ve been playing by ear, I’ve developed the ability to whistle with my fingers, so to speak.

A trained musician knows that if a song is in a certain key, specific notes don’t belong in the melody and when figuring out a song he avoids them. Without having studied musical theory, when I play a song by ear, I rely on intuition—just like I do when whistling. Sometimes I’m dead on to a melody and sometimes I have to hunt and peck. Occasionally, I fill in what I don’t know or can’t remember with my own rendition. That’s when Alice tells me that I’ve got a tin ear.

But, it isn’t that I don’t hear the melody right, I just don’t remember all of it.

So, I’d been playing “Lay Down Sally” for weeks, just the refrain because I couldn’t remember how the rest of the song went. I got all of the words from the Internet, but my landline at that time wouldn’t deliver the melody.

I called local musician Pete Hutchins to ask him if he knew the rest of the song, but

he couldn’t remember. Then another tune started to play in my mind. It was by the Eagles and must have been filed in my head in the same subconscious category as “Lay Down Sally.” The song was “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and I realized that singing the words from that song filled in what was missing from “Sally.”

What I came up with was: “I want to sleep with you in the desert tonight “With a million stars all around. So … Lay down Sally, and rest here in my arms. Don’t you think you want someone to talk to?”

Alice heard my rendition and started shaking her head.

“That’s not right!” she said.

“I know that.” I returned.

“But now I have a soundtrack.”

“Soundtrack for what?”

My wife asked.

“For my next story.” I said.

“Stories don’t need sound tracks.”

“Oh yeah. There’s music in everything! Power lines hum, trees sing. Forget about birds.”

“Is it a true story?” Alice asked suspiciously.”

“Kinda.”

“So, who’s Sally?”

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

210 YEARS AGO 125 YEARS AGO

from the Fenimore basement.

Other citizens, who had missed various movable articles, accompanied him. They found in the Rothstein barn, a large quantity of old bones, the odor from which was most offensive, and the unsanitary condition of the property was such that the attention of the village trustees was called to it and the lawsuit followed.

June 7, 1911

Advertisement – Jacob Duessler informs his old customers and the public in general, that he has removed from his old stand in front of the County Clerk’s Office, to the shop formerly occupied by Orlo Allen, Tailor, directly opposite Messrs. R.I. & I. Cooper’s store where he continues to carry on his business in the newest fashions, and upon short notice.

He flatters himself, that by his experience in business, and strict attention to orders, he shall merit the favor of the public’s patronage.

N.B. Having received the newest fashions from Albany, he will be enabled to accommodate his customers. Uniform Coats made in the first style. Almost all kinds of grain will be taken in payment for work done at his shop.

June 1, 1811

85 YEARS AGO

185 YEARS AGO

The agitators experienced nothing but “cold comfort” at their interview in Hartwick.

But about twenty of them appeared on the occasion and were lectured by “the sower of sedition,” and they dispersed without molestation. Even the neighboring citizens had not curiosity enough to look in upon their doings. Thus has another effort of a handful of religious fanatics, exhibited the paucity in numbers of the Abolitionists in the County, and given evidence of the correctness and stability of the public sentiment on a subject which it has been the endeavor of certain sectarians to magnify into a question of great importance to the citizens of this state, when they knew we were not suffering under the evils of slavery, and were constitutionally prohibited from interfering with the domestic relations of our sister states.

June 6, 1836

June 5, 1886

160 YEARS AGO 110 YEARS AGO The Fourth of July – The people of the country should get together, for a rational celebration of the Day. More than at any former period in our country’s history is this called for. Let the celebration be fitting to the time and the occasion. In this village we hope our citizens will take some action in the matter. Let the Stars and Stripes be displayed, a National salute fired, and let us hear the glorious Declaration read, and listen to an appropriate Oration. Why will not the Trustees of the village act as a Committee?

June 7, 1861

Joe Rothstein, junk dealer, who resides at 28 Elm Street, was fined $50 in Magistrate Stocker’s court Saturday, for violating Section 8 of the Village Health Laws. The jury was several hours in arriving at a verdict and it was after 10 o’clock when they made their report. Rothstein paid the fine and L.F. Putnam, his attorney, said he would appeal the case. Several days ago, James J. Byard, Jr., the owner of the Fenimore Hotel, went to the residence of Rothstein in company with an officer, in an endeavor to locate a quantity of lead pipe that had been stolen

The following is taken from a speech delivered by New York State Senator Walter W. Stokes in support of plans for the celebration of the dedication of Doubleday Field and the Centennial of Baseball in 1939. The speech was broadcast to a radio audience over station WGY in Schenectady. “If America may be considered to have a password that pushes aside the barriers of race, religion, politics and social position it is this thrilling phrase heard throughout the land from the first warm days of spring to the frosty days of fall.

Play ball! Baseball – American invented, American developed, American promoted – is the only factor in our national life that makes all America kin. Racial differences born in the dim ages long ago, political differences, intense and real, religious disagreement harking back to the beginning of Christianity, these problems of American life are speedily solved and quickly forgotten as we apply to them the great common denominator of baseball.”

June 3, 1936

60 YEARS AGO

The highlight of the 1960-1961 season for the CCS Booster Club will take place at the Otesaga Hotel, Wednesday evening June 14 at 7 p.m. when the club will sponsor an All Sports Banquet honoring members of the varsity teams at

Cooperstown Central School.

Founded by the Booster Club two years ago, this is a great undertaking for such a small organization and could not succeed unless organizations and well-wishers assisted by purchasing one or more tickets.

Each member of the Booster Club attempts to sell tickets that entitle one of the athletes to attend the banquet. The ticket-purchaser’s name is placed on the ticket so each athlete knows the identity of their sponsor. The biggest thrill of the sponsor is to receive a letter of appreciation from the ticket’s recipient after the banquet.

May 31, 1961

35 YEARS AGO

Michael Jerome and his Inn at Cooperstown won a preservation award from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in Albany last week. The certificate of achievement is given to recognize the best efforts in historic preservation in a variety of categories including craftsmanship, planning, preservation, education and economic development.

June 4, 1986

20 YEARS AGO

The Fourth Grade Honor Roll at CCS includes Richard Arnot, Ryan Davine, Emma Leslie, Almira Gandhi, Thomas Craig, Zachary Mahlum, Kathryn Wilhelm, Amber Boulay, Nocole Ahrens, Emily Davidson, Laura Derouin, Kiersten Pikarsky, Ariel Powers, Krystal Tandle, Kimberly Armstrong, Emily Hunter, Lucy Mellor, Molly Ryanmiller, James Cole, Ben Eichler, Quinn Hoffman, Peter Kearns, Julian Gialanella, Andrew Auriemma, Keegan Bass, Sarah Hutcherson, Eliza Higgins, Jacob Fenno, Emilie Rigby, Caitlin Kelly, Quinn Bernegger, Jamie Sharratt, Hanna Bergene.

June 1, 2001

VIEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

Cuomo should not profit from pandemic book From: Advocate Editorial Board, Syracuse Post Standard.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed his financial disclosure and released his tax records last week, revealing that he stands to earn more than $5 million from his memoir, “American Crisis: Lessons in Leadership from the Covid-19 Pandemic.”

It’s obscene for the governor to profit from the pain of New Yorkers who suffered from the coronavirus. A $500,000 donation to charity for Covid relief doesn’t make it better. Cuomo should give it all away.

Cuomo’s book was timed to capitalize on the national fame he cultivated in daily televised briefings and softball TV interviews with his brother, CNN’s Chris Cuomo.

Indeed, at the start of the pan-

demic, Cuomo did show leadership. The governor’s calm, datadriven approach to managing the deadly virus stood in contrast to the denialist, disorganized response coming out of the White House.

The shine came off as journalists and investigators dug up scandal after scandal: nursing home deaths undercounted by half, a key Health Department report rewritten to make the state’s response look better, staffers on the public payroll “volunteering” their time to work on the book, and then investigations into the nursing home issue that caused the publisher to drop the paperback version.

You can still get the book on Amazon, where actual customer reviews are mixed in with scathing critiques of the governor’s tactics

from New Yorkers who lost loved ones in nursing homes. “Bella’s Mom” wrote: “The only point of even reading this book is to understand what not to do if you would like to be an effective leader.”

We’re done taking lessons in leadership from the governor. But we have a few for him: Don’t declare “mission accomplished” until the war is won.

Cuomo’s pandemic memoir came out in October — after Covid cases abated for the summer but before the deadly winter surge. It was much too soon to declare victory.

President George W. Bush learned this lesson the hard way, too.

Admit error.

Early on, Cuomo established the narrative of himself as a competent and caring leader. He blamed

others (mainly Trump) for the bad hand New York was dealt during the pandemic. He’ll never admit the administration made mistakes, such as sending Covid-positive nursing home patients back to their residences. Instead, the administration bent the data to fit the governor’s heroic narrative.

Listen to the experts.

For all of Cuomo’s professed reliance on data and science, he frequently countermanded the advice of experts in the state Department of Health, leading to an exodus of experienced, highly trained staff. Later, the governor installed a longtime political ally as unpaid “czar” to handle the logistics of vaccine distribution, skirting ethics laws and injecting politics into it.

Don’t give special treatment to people close to you.

Cuomo’s family and friends got special, expedited access to state coronavirus testing from the earliest days of the pandemic, when most New Yorkers could not get a test or waited weeks for results.

That’s just wrong.

Don’t ask people to make sacrifices you aren’t willing to make yourself.

In November, the governor told a radio interviewer he had invited his mother and daughters to Thanksgiving dinner in Albany – at the same time he was beseeching New Yorkers not to gather with family members outside their household “bubbles.” After lots of criticism, Cuomo changed his plans.

Don’t profit from others’ misfortune.

Enough said.

Congress should take action to protect local news From: USA TODAY Network New York Editorial Board, Utica O-D.

Quality local journalism is essential to create an informed and engaged public and ensure a thriving democracy. But local journalism has been a victim of Big Tech’s dominant practices for years.

Google and Facebook use — and benefit from — our news content and audiences, but they don’t return value to news publishers. That’s why we’re asking Congress to support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act. Over the past 14 months, local journalism has been more important than ever.

From COVID-19’s devastating blows to cities and towns of all sizes, to the reignited social justice movement and the explosive 2020 U.S. presidential election and its tumultuous aftermath, people have been turning to news publishers to keep them up to date on how the changes happening around the world — and in

their own backyards — affect their daily lives. But the local news publishers that provide this invaluable information are struggling in an online environment dominated by a few big tech platforms.

The tech platforms have been allowed to get bigger and bigger, exerting their power and influence in ways that stifle competition and eat into news publishers’ revenue. The term “Big Media” is thrown around but, as of 2018, Google and Facebook had nearly four times as much revenue as the entirety of the U.S. news media, and those companies have grown tremendously since. Those two companies alone currently attract about 80% of digital ad spending and 45% of all ad spending in the United States.

The system is stacked against news publishers.

Google and Facebook pay to license music and many types of content, but they have refused to fairly compensate the creators of

critical journalism. Because of this, in the last two years, we have seen at least 300 news publications close, with more than 6,000 journalists laid off. A few of the big, national news outlets may be doing OK, but local news publishers, who provide the information that sustains communities, are getting pushed out. If we don’t find a solution for local journalism soon, there won’t be any left.

We have already seen what happened in Australia earlier this year when Facebook removed news from their feed in response to proposed legislation there that would require them to pay publishers for their content. In just two days, the void where news once appeared was quickly filled with misinformation and fake news. We cannot afford to learn what a world without quality journalism would look like. Fortunately, Facebook reinstated news and the legislation passed in Australia. Now,

the rest of the world is following in its footsteps and moving toward a new and more equitable compensation system for publishers.

After all, the platforms compensate music publishers and other creators. It’s now past time for them to compensate those who deliver real local journalism.

The government cannot regulate news under the First Amendment, but Facebook and Google are de facto regulators, deciding what content people see and when. They have undervalued quality news content and, as a result, the information ecosystem has become increasingly confusing and unhealthy. We have the solution that will give all forms of news media a decent shot at getting a fair return for their work and checking the power of government and Big Tech.

Local news publishers just want the ability to band together to fight for their future. Ironically, antitrust laws actually protect Big

Tech from publishers taking any organized action.

With the passage of this bill, all news publishers, especially small and local publishers, would finally be able to ask the tech platforms for the compensation they need, and deserve.

We are asking our members of Congress — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and the entire New York delegation in the House of Representatives — to support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, which would give news publishers the ability to seek fair compensation for use of their content, and which would allow them to continue to invest in the critical newsgathering and reporting on which Americans depend.

With the passage of this bill, all news publishers, especially small and local publishers, would finally be able to ask the tech platforms for the compensation they need, and deserve.

Mohican ends up stripped, burned

BADGER/Continued from Page A4 If he had gripped the wheel of the Mohican, it might have come off in his hands.

The Mohican was through.

Tied up for the last time after Labor Day in 1932, it would not sail on its own again.

It was sold for five dollars and sold again. It was towed away the following summer to Three Mile Point. A small headline read “August Busch buys Mohican for Daughter – Last of Otsego Lake Craft to be Fitted as Amusing Houseboat.” But, once again, it never happened. This time the Mohican wouldn’t stay out of the water. It kept filling up and sinking at its mooring.

Finally it was stripped and burned to the waterline. Its skeleton lies just north of Three Mile Point.

Next time: The Badger salvages Flotsam of the Mohican

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OBITUARIES

Major Richard (Dick) Bratton, 84 COOPERSTOWN - Dick Bratton, retired Air Force civil engineer, legendary hiking trails builder and long-time Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, civic leader died on February 18, 2021, at the age of 84. He was born in Winchester, Kentucky, but spent the majority of his early years in Cooperstown, NY. Dick graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, earning a degree in architecture. After graduation, he enlisted in the USAF and spent twenty-two years using

March 12, 1936 to Feb. 18, 2021

his engineering expertise his time, wrote several in various projects around successful grants for the the globe. Following his benefit of the town, and military retirement, was a generous he settled in the benefactor. small mountain town Dick was an of Green Mountain avid hiker and Falls, where he left accomplished an indelible mark downhill ski racer. through his service He was active in local and regional for many years government. He in community served two terms theatre in the Richard as Mayor and spent Colorado Springs over thirty years area, lending his Bratton in leadership and booming baritone participation on numerous to lead roles in numerous committees. He spent productions. untold hours volunteering Perhaps his most

impactful legacy is in relation to the building and maintenance of hiking trails, locally, regionally and nationally. His gift for recruiting volunteers resulted in the design and building of many trails for the enjoyment of residents and visitors alike, all at no cost to the taxpayer. On a broader level, he served on the Colorado State Trails Committee and served as the Colorado coordinator for the American Discovery Trail. The overwhelming community response to Dick’s passing has been

an outpouring of shared stories and warm thoughts, honoring a man who will be remembered for his dignity and selflessness. His giving continued to the end, as the night before he died, he participated in a fire mitigation meeting, a group formed at his urging.

Survivors include: Sister, Jill Bratton Brauss (Rich) of Dewey, AZ, Niece, Susan Lynn Silveira (Frank) of San Jose, CA, Niece, Sally Anne Brauss and daughters, Emily Marie Hull and Abby Louise Hull, all of Bozeman, MT and Niece, Laurie Kristen

Brauss Evans (Barcus) of Seattle, WA. Celebration of Life will be Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 1:00 p.m., Church In The Wildwood, Green Mountain Falls, CO. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Bratton Trails Fund, online at https://www.ppcf. org/donate, by clicking “Give” under Bratton Trails Fund or checks may be sent to Rocco Blasi, BTF, PO Box 194, Green Mountain Falls, CO, 80819 payable to PPCF, memo “For Bratton Trails Fund.”

Joseph S. Harris, 64

Middlefield town supervisor; also cared for Doubleday Field for 33 years.

Middlefield - Joseph S. Harris, 64, of Middlefield, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday May 25, 2021. He was born on Sept. 20, 1956 in Oneida, NY, the son of William and Barbara Harris. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School. He worked for the Village of Cooperstown, where he took care of his pride and joy, Doubleday Field, for 33 years before retiring.

He also spent many years working for local farms.

After his retirement, he devoted many hours to public service as the Town of Middlefield Supervisor.

He also worked for American Wholesalers and Stocking Stalls.

Joseph married Jean N. McCauley on October 25, 1980. They made many memories together, while enjoying their time camping and being with

their family and closest loving wife Jean; son Chad friends. He belonged to and Stephanie Harris of Wedocandors Club, where Roseboom; and daughter he enjoyed many hunting Kristie and Brian Wellman memories with his of Hartwick. He son, son-in-law, and is also survived by club members. He his granddaughters also was an avid who he adored and hunter, who spent held a very special many opening days place in his heart, with his son and Jillian and Brianna daughter. It was Harris, Addison as great joy to him and Sawyer to see a successful Wellman. He is Joseph S. also survived by hunting day. He Harris enjoyed weekends his two brothers, playing golf with his John (Karen) and Belvedere group.

Andrew (Karen), and six He is survived by his sisters, Denna (Patrick),

Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special.

Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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Donna (Steve), Darlene (Walter), Janet (Jack), Margaret (Dale) and Martha, sister-in-law Denise Thayer and many nieces and nephews. Joseph was predeceased by his mother and father, William and Barbara Harris; and brother, Thomas Harris.

He also enjoyed spending time with special friends Donna, Jim, Aaron and Andrea Mateunas, George and Kim Yerdon, Karen and Rich Anderson, Greg and Phyllis Lippitt, Art and Donna Hubbell, Paula Johnson, Shawn and Tiffany Morrison and Mike and Michelle Stocking and so many more.

Calling hours will be from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, Sunday May 30th, at Ottman Funeral Home - 22 Church Street Cherry Valley.

Following the calling hours

there will be a celebration of life at the Middlefield Firehouse – 3666 County Highway 35 Roseboom NY. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to any of the following Emergency Squads: Milford, Cooperstown, or Middlefield.

MeMories to Cherish every life has a story. everyone deserves a final appreciation.

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Outlaws to return for 2021, home opener June 4

By GREG KLEIN After a one-year hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Oneonta Outlaws will return for a 2021 summer baseball season.

The team will again be part of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, competing in the Eastern Division.

The Outlaws will open the season Thursday, June 3, with a 7 p.m. game at Saugerties. The home opener will be at 7 p.m., Friday June 4, when Oneonta hosts Mohawk Valley at Damaschke Field in Oneonta’s Neahwa Park.

The Outlaws are sched-

uled to play 46 games in June and July, with half at home. The PGCBL has said some games may not be played if COVID protocols are required.

However, the team officials said they are optimistic about the season and the team’s ability to host fans for games.

Joe Hughes, Oneonta High School’s longtime baseball coach, returns to coach the Outlaws in 2021, with Eric Downey as his assistant coach.

“Any return to normalcy is good for the community and good for people in general,” Hughes said. “It’s like everything is moving in the right direction, so

we look forward to having some baseball.”

The team features two Oneonta players, Tanner Beang and Keaton Mark, as well as former Gilboa pitcher Cole Fancher.

“It is good to have some local players,” Hughes said. “My former players at Oneonta are now playing well in college. Tanner Beang had a good year at Binghamton. Keaton Mark had a good year at the plate.

Keaton could always hit well and he is still doing it in college.”

Beang, a 2018 OHS gradKevin Limiti/The Freeman’s Journal uate, played at Binghamton The Oneonta Outlaws are scheduled play 23 games at Damaschke Field University in 2021, after a in Oneonta’s Neahwa Park, a year after the Perfect Game Baseball League year at College of Saint See OUTLAWS, Page A8 season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

From state title to college hoops, Lambert looks for his shot

By CHAD WELCH When Jack Lambert graduated from Cooperstown Central School, he was second on the boys’ basketball program’s career scoring list and as a senior had led his team to the school’s first-ever Class C state championship in boys basketball, while earning Most Outstanding Player honors after setting several state tournament scoring records. He was also named the NYSPHAA Class C Player of the Year in 2019.

However, when he arrived to play for the men’s basketball team at the University of Scranton, he was just another freshman player trying to earn some playing time for a perennial Division III powerhouse.

“It’s definitely a transition.

I mean, I am proud of all the things I accomplished in high school, and that was awesome,” Lambert said.

“But when you get to college, especially at a very competitive Division III level, it’s a whole new ballgame.”

“The University of Scranton, it’s a pretty historic program, top 10 in wins of all Division III programs in the country,” Lambert said. “All of my teammates are incredibly good players and they’re there for a reason. I’m there for a reason.”

During head coach Carl Danzig’s 18-year tenure, the Royals have won nine conference championships, including seven of the last twelve as members of the Landmark Conference, after leaving the Freedom Conference, according to the team’s media guide.

Lambert said his freshman

The 2021 season was limited to 10 games, as only five of the eight Landmark Conference teams opted to participate, Lambert said.

In addition to Scranton, Drew University, Catholic University, Moravian College and Juanita College opted in.

The regular season consisted of home and away games against all four opponents followed by the conference tournament. The Royals went 7-3 overall and 6-2 in the conference, splitting their two-game series with Drew and Catholic.

Lambert played in every game, with a total of 101 minutes played and 25 points scored, for averages of 10.1 minutes and 2.5 points per game. He played 23 minutes in the first game of the season against Moravian and scored a career high 10 points while making three of his five Scranton University Sports Information three-point attempts.

He said his personal highlight Jack Lambert defends an opponent’s guard during a Landmark Conference was making a three-pointer game in his sophomore year at University of Scranton. in overtime at Juanita on Feb. year was a big adjustment, playing a total of 36 minutes last year helped him improve 26, which helped the Royals from figuring out new drills and averaging 3.6 minutes as a player and as a result he to a 64-60 win. It was his only made field goal out of three in practice on the fly, to the and 1.3 points per game. He saw an increase in playing attempts, all three-pointers, in size, strength and speed of scored in five games and time this season.

14 minutes of action. college players, to having made a three-pointer in three “As a freshman, I was Scranton was the second a much different role as a of them for 13 points on a real skinny kid and I seed in the conference newcomer, after years of 4-for-10 shooting including definitely worked on that a tournament. They beat being a team leader.

3-for-6 of his three-point bunch, put on some weight “It was just a learning field goal attempts. and I think that really helped Catholic at home, 87-80, in double overtime March 3, in curve where now I’m playing The Royals were voted first me going into my sophothe semifinal game before against 22-year-old seniors in the Landmark Conference more year,” he said. “My losing the championship that are much bigger than coaches’ preseason poll and personal growth in strength game at first-seeded Drew, me and the game is much finished the season with a 19-8 and stability, awareness 84-78, in overtime March 6. faster,” he said. “And it was record, 10-4 in conference. of the competition and the “I think our best win was definitely weird going from They were the third seed in the speed of college was really beating Catholic in the a program in Cooperstown, conference tournament and fell improved and that really semi-finals, that was just a where I had the ball in my to top-seeded Susquehanna paid off. great team win,” Lambert hands a lot, to where that University in the conference “I was definitely feeling a said. “It was a nail-biter.” wasn’t the case in Scranton.” championship game. lot more confident and your “Then we ended up losing During the 2019-20 Lambert said going headconfidence just builds up and season, Lambert appeared in to-head against great compe- builds up and builds up, that’s in overtime to Drew, also 10 of Scranton’s 27 games, tition in practice every day kind of how it works,” he said. a nail-biter, in a game we

really should have won, because we were up by three with five seconds left and a guy on Drew dribbled down the court, threw up a prayer that banked in to send it to overtime. So that was a tough one,” he said.

While it was a good year, Lambert said he is already looking forward to being an upperclassman next season, earning a significant increase in playing time and helping the Royals win a title.

“I’m really looking forward to next year,” he said. “I’ve put in my time in and I’m ready to break out of my shell this next year. The past two years we’ve fallen short, so I’m definitely pretty hungry and excited to get back out there and hopefully win a Landmark Championship.”

Lambert said his decision to go to Scranton ended up being a perfect fit and he felt welcomed from the beginning of his recruitment.

“The coaches were really great to me. They came to the last four or five games of our state championship run, they were awesome,” he said. “They showed me around campus, I got to meet a few of the guys and related with them pretty well” “I couldn’t have chosen a better school. I love my teammates and coaches and the place itself. It’s really a special place, a diamond in the rough.

I couldn’t be happier, not only to have great teammates but they are lifelong friends now, so it’s awesome.”

Lambert is majoring in business management with a minor in communications and said he plans to pursue a master’s in business administration after graduation.

Roundup: Jacket girls win Norwich track meet; Coop eighth grader sets record STAFF REPORT Oneonta’s girls edged host Norwich on the track to win the Norwich Elite Meet on Friday, May 28 in Norwich.

Oneonta beat Norwich, 92-88, with Cooperstown in third with 83 points.

For the boys, Norwich won big, beating secondplace Sidney 175-111.

Oneonta was third with 59 points. Cooperstown finished seventh with seven points.

Yules Johnson won the 100 for Oneonta and placed second in the 200. Claire Jensen won the 400 for Cooperstown and Annelise placed second in the 800.

Corbin Jones placed second in the 3,200 for the Oneonta boys.

Jensen sets school record for CCS Eighth grader Annelise Jensen set the school record

for the 800 run with a time of 2:23.7, as Cooperstown’s girls won a track meet against host Mount Markham on Wednesday, May 26.

Sophomore Claire Jensen was 0.4 off the 400 record with a 400 time of 60.7.

Claire also won the 200 with a time of 27.4. Claire and Annelise joined Ireland Gable and Meah Boyles to win the 4×400 relate with a time of 4:47.6.

Sam Vezza won long jump with a jump of 14-10, took second in pole vault with an 8 foot vault and took third place in the triple jump.

Braeden Victory won the high jump with a season best jump of 4 feet 10 inches.

Riley Jubar made her season debut by winning the shot put with a throw of 29’5”.

The boys team lost to Markham, 75-59.

For Cooperstown, Finn

Holohan won pole vault at 9’0” and triple jump with a jump of 35’7”. Cooper Hodgdon won the 110 hurdles with a time 23.7.

Mikael Foutch-Carkees won discuss with a throw of 97’3” and third place in shot put 32’7.5”. Lincoln DiLorenzo won the 3,200 (15:13.5).

Milford-Laurens wins home Tri-Valley meet Milford-Laurens topped visiting Downsville and Gilbertsville-Mount Upton/ Morris is boys and girls track Tuesday, May 25, in Milford.

Riley Stevens won the 100, 200 and 400 for the M/L boys, which beat second-place Downsville, 80.5 to 48.5.

Sarah Munson won the shot put and discus for the M/L girls, which beat second-place Downsville, 116.5 to 22.

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Laney Price, Bella Saggese, Nicole Stanley and Mya King compete in the girls 100 hurdles Tuesday, May 25, during a Tri-Valley League track meet in Milford. Stanley won the event.

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Hartwick College celebrates graduation for classes of 2020, 2021

By KEVIN LIMITI ONEONTA – Hartwick College celebrated the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021 on Saturday, May 29, in a virtual commencement ceremony.

As the college acknowledged the unusual circumstances surrounding the graduation of the ’20 and ’21 classes, speakers highlighted some of the important lessons that the students would take with them in life.

Elizabeth LeTendre, a digital marketing entrepreneur who graduated Hartwick College in 1990, encouraged the graduating classes to step outside of their comfort zones in order to be successful.

“To be successful, you need to be comfortable with being uncomfortable,” LeTendre said. “Struggling is an important part of the growth experience. Fear is

good. Don’t be afraid to take risks and don’t be afraid to fail.”

College President Margaret Drugovich rang the ceremonial bell at 11:30 a.m. to kick off the graduating ceremony followed shortly by a harmonizing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by the Hartwick College choir.

Matipa Mutoti, the 2020 student government president, was the first to acknowledge some of the circumstances the graduates had to deal with during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Graduation is a big achievement under any circumstance, but especially for us,” Mutoti said, listing off the need for students to adapt to social distancing, virtual classes and a volatile job market. “I believe this may have made us stronger.

The fact that we are here today shows that we are able to face adversity.

Matipa Mutoti, Hartwick College class of 2020 student government president, speaks at the school’s virtual graduation ceremony Saturday, May 29.

“Whatever our next steps may be,” she continued, “I believe that our experience at Hartwick College has provided us the tools to be the medicine that our world desperately needs right now.”

Lydia Marteney, the 2021 student government presi-

dent, also acknowledged the difficulty that the COVID pandemic had placed upon the school while speaking from her home in Auburn.

“Although this day might not look like how we had imagined it, today is a day to be proud of our many accomplishments and

remember the glory days of our life as Hartwick students,” Marteney said.

“For me, it’s strange and somewhat scary to think that we won’t all be up at Oyaron Hill next year, but if we think back to the beginning and the many steps, both literal and otherwise, of our journey here at Hartwick we will realize that we are truly ready for the next step in our lives.”

David Long, chair of the Hartwick College board of trustees, also spoke during the graduation ceremony, talking about his own “Abbey Road” from England to Oneonta and the strangers who made him feel at home.

“Today your journey is uniquely yours, well underway and yet still to be created,” Long said.

“You’ve already overcome some tough obstacles in life, demonstrating resiliency even at your young age.”

Long spoke about the “unprecedented disruptions” of lives but how the graduates had to make their way through the college with “a unique determination.

“You found your way,” Long said. “Well done.”

Presentations of awards were given to Madison Germuska and Kiara Biroo, who were awarded the Abraham Kellogg Oratorical Prize for 2020 and 2021 respectively.

Dr. Barbara Feldman, interim vice president of Academic Affairs, was awarded the Margaret B. Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching.

In addition, former state Sen. James L. Seward, who graduated Hartwick College in 1973, was awarded the President’s Award for Liberal Arts in Practice, and Richard Clapp, 1962 graduate, received the President’s Medal.

College league team returns with some local players OUTLAWS/Continued from A7 Rose. He was the Bearcats closer, pitching 10 times during the season, with a 4-0 record, one save and a 3.78 ERA. Mark, a 2017 OHS graduate, finished his senior season this month at Heidelberg University in Tiffen, Ohio. He was named first team all-Ohio Athletic Conference in right field, where he started all 41 games this season for the Student Princes. Mark hit .396 with 15 doubles, 12 stolen bases, 40 RBI and a slugging percentage of .610.

Fancher, a 2018 Gilboa Central School graduate, has appeared in 19 games as a pitcher for Dominican College in Orangeburg. He was 1-1 in 2021, and is 7-1 with three saves in three seasons.

Other local players are

Marcus Cashman from Norwich, who is playing at Niagara University and Anthony VanFossen from Endwell, who is playing at SUNY Oswego.

The Outlaws roster is filled with players who play at New York colleges, including Binghamton, Iona, Marist, Herkimer Community College and SUNY schools in Cobleskill and Oswego.

However, not all the players are local. Yuzuki Okamura, who started at catcher for Herkimer CC this season, is from Shiga, Japan.

“We’re excited to have him, especially because he is a catcher,” Hughes said.

“We have a good sampling of players from local colleges and various places around the country,” Hughes said. “We have

some (NCAA) Division I players. We have a player from Yale. We have a player from Wofford, which is a good Division I program.

And Binghamton is Division I, also.

The early season will be hectic from Hughes, as OHS is still playing. The Section IV Class B baseball tournament is scheduled to take place June 8, 10 and 12, Hughes said, with seedings to be determined

Saturday, June 5. Oneonta is 6-2 against Class B schools, Hughes said and should be guaranteed a playoff spot.

“For those 10 days or so, I’ll be trying to pull a rabbit out of my hat, trying to coach the Outlaws and the high school team at the same time,” Hughes said. ·· “I’ll find a way to make it work.”

Go to www.oneontaoutlaws.com for more information.

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Begins at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 5. Call 607-386-1508 or visit www.facebook.com/otsegopride/.

• The Oneonta Community Larissa Arts Network hosts its Ryan annual mansion art show in which local artists have created works based on the theme of “Isolation.” Come see what their takes on this shared experience from this past year have been from the political to the personal, formal, or otherwise.

Opening is at 5 p.m., Saturday, June 5, at Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-2070 or visit www.canoneonta.org.

• Support a hometown baseball team, the Oneonta Outlaws, at their home opener against the Mohawk Valley Diamond Dawgs. Cost is $5 for adults. Damaschke Field, Neahwa Park, Oneonta at 7 p.m., Friday, June 4. Call 607-432-6326 or visit www. oneontaoutlaws.com/teams/.

• Come take a trip back to the “Little Shop of Horrors,” the cult classic musical about one man finding love only to discover the terrible price of making a deal with a killer plant. Presented by the CCS Thespians.

Reservations. Masks required. Sterling Auditorium, Cooperstown Middle/High School at 7 p.m., Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, June 3, 4 and 5, with a matinee performance at 2 p.m.

Sunday, June 5.

• Join OCCA with your own kayak, or rent one, to pull invasive water plants out of Goodyear Lake. Water chestnuts have been taking over the stump portion and volunteers are needed to pull them out and help protect this body of water. Bring sunscreen, water and be prepared to get wet and dirty. Meet at Goodyear

Thursday June 3, 2021 Lake Fishing Access, Route 28, Portlandville, from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 5. Call 607-547-4488 or visit occainfo.org.

• Come down to the Springfield Library to help it celebrate its 125th year.

Find your next great read at the book sale, explore at the open house and let the kids have fun in the craft corner.

Springfield Library, 129 County Route 29A in Springfield from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 5.

Call 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/ adult-programs/.

• This is the last chance to visit the Oneonta Federated Garden Club in Huntington Park to pick up plants grown locally in members’ gardens. The event also includes a garden shed, where you can find gently used gardening tools. Rescheduled from May 29, will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 5. Visit www.facebook.com/Oneonta-Federated-Garden-Club-133855897358767/.

• Researchers and academics will be at the Baseball Hall of Fame presenting and discussing their work on baseball and how it relates to American culture and society. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame and SUNY Oneonta. Program will be on Zoom exclusively. Cost is $50/non-members. Registration required. Begins 9 a.m., Friday, June 4, ends 5 p.m., Saturday, June 5. Call 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/ virtual-cooperstown-symposium2021?date=0.

• Have fun around the fire with your friends, enjoy a beer and listen to live performances at Fire Pit Friday, presented by Brewery Ommegang.

This week will feature a performance

by The Council Rock Band, a local favorite performing rock-n-roll music.

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►ON THE COVER Keith Haring in the studio (1982). Photograph © 1982 Allan Tannenbaum. Courtesy of Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

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Keith Haring works on one of his murals in 1982. An exhibit of his work just opened at The Fenimore Art Museum.

Fenimore opens major show on 1980s iconic artist, Haring

By KATHARINE J. WRIGHT Artist Keith Haring died more than 30 years ago, but his work appears as hip as ever.

“Keith Haring: Radiant Visions,” an exhibition devoted to the artist’s brief but productive career, opened at the Fenimore Art Museum last weekend to acclaim. Even those born after his untimely death from AIDS in 1990, recognized Haring’s iconic linear drawings from recent product collaborations with Converse or Uniqlo; visitors who were actually alive in the 1980s smiled as they recalled spotting Haring’s characteristic “Radiant Baby” motif on the streets of downtown Manhattan, on murals for public buildings across the country, or in his products for sale in Haring’s own “Pop Shop” store.

The exhibition, curated by the Fenimore’s Director of Exhibitions, Chris Rossi, is crafted from the collection of Cooperstown locals,

Gary Cassinelli and Nicholas Preston. Cassinelli began buying Haring’s work after meeting the artist in the mid-1980s. He said he was immediately inspired by Haring’s singular creative talents and rare commitment to charitable causes.

The second generation Pop artist was, as Cassinelli said, “an incredible person, who created a style of art so uniquely different and simple yet so incredibly strong in its message.”

Indeed, though his work was highly coveted on the art market, Haring maintained that his favorite projects were the mural collaborations he completed with local school kids or the posters he designed in support of charitable causes.

Touching examples of his altruism abound in the show: visitors, for example, may have spent years listening to the bestselling “Very Special Christmas” albums without ever realizing that Haring designed See HARING, Page B4

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Cassinelli and the Fenimore educational staff have taken pains to honor Haring’s commitment to community by devising programs and activities for hundreds of area school children. An entire gallery has also been set up as a studio space for budding creatives to try their hand at making their own drawings; despite changing COVID protocols, museum staff developed safe strategies to ensure visitors can still enjoy this space and its attendant activities in a way that would make Haring proud.

Allan Tannenbaum Overall, more than 100 of Keith Haring opens a show at the Shafrazi Gallery in New York City in 1982. Haring’s works are arranged in the Fenimore’s large temporary exhibition galleries. Because Haring died at 31, his mature career spanned a mere 10 years. However, Haring crafted a personal style so distinctive it can be recognized in an instant, even translated through the variety of mediums on display in the show, including chalk drawings, lithographs, silkscreens, etchings, posters, sculptures, and, of course, original items bought from the Pop Shop like watches, buttons and hats. Bold lines, pictographic symbols and vibrant colors make Haring’s work appear, miraculously, at once a quintessential product of the 1980s and, yet, resiliently contemporary today.

Perhaps the aesthetic and cultural durability of Haring’s work is due to the unfortunate

persistence of many of the social justice issues the artist sought so valiantly to address. Among the most moving works in the show are the suite of prints titled “Free South Africa,” which depict a black figure fighting to free himself from a noose held by a (notably smaller) white man. Haring made the images in 1985 to raise awareness for the anti-apartheid movement and spotlight what he marked as the “horrific details (behind) the abuse of power and the misuse of people.” Given the racial reckoning that rocked America in recent years, such reminders remain distressingly timely even today.

With its reputation as a champion of historical art, the Fenimore’s willingness to exhibit work that challenges political and cultural norms is admirable. On view alongside the moving and clear-eyed exhibition of Ansel Adams’s photographs of the JapaneseAmerican incarceration camps from WW2, “Keith Haring: Radiant Vision” shines as a world-class presentation of a renowned artist who, even decades after his death, appears as important now as ever before.

Katharine J. Wright is an independent curator and scholar specializing in contemporary American art based in New York City.

She served as a Consulting Curator for Keith Haring: Radiant Visions. The exhibition was organizing in conjunction with Pan Art Connections, Inc.

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Larissa Ryan Business Manager

Welcome back to upstate New York.

The season is off to a beautiful start and we know people will be getting hungry after all the activities available around here. So here are our staff picks of local favorites.

One of my favorite places to eat is Alfresco’s in Oneonta. It’s an Italian restaurant with a homey atmosphere, wonderful staff and delicious food. My family’s favorite order is stromboli with salads and garlic bread.

I love the house salads.

They’re large, with a few kinds of greens, and come with tomato, ham, onion and garnish. I always get the Russian dressing, but they offer lemon vinaigrette, warm poppy seed, ranch, and creamy Italian. Because I always fill up on the salad, I save the garlic bread for later because it is amazing.

The bread is crispy with lots of butter and garlic.

Alfresco’s is a great place my family has gone to for years to both eat in and for takeout.

Tara Barnwell Publisher

It’s been cold and rainy and we weren’t particularly in the mood to dine out.

So, what a nice surprise I had when I was going to the boutique at Sam Smith’s Boatyard/The Blue Mingo and found The Mingo Market, a brand new market that has something for everyone! Doing keto? Check out the one net carb buns in the freezer section.

Hard to find those anywhere. I grabbed one of the frozen “to-go” heat and serve entrees there. I chose the lasagna and it was creamy and delicious... and I didn’t have to cook it myself! Picked up a couple of fresh ready-made salads as well. I almost got the lobster pot pie that was next to the meatloaf. I’ll save those for next time.

And if you’ve got a hankerin’ for glass-bottle milk, they carry Dygert and the chocolate sells out fast, so hurry. They have so many food items to choose from, and so many great gift ideas in the shop. I can’t wait to go back!

Greg Klein Editor

When people think of opening day and Cooperstown, they think of baseball.

My family, being food motivated, thinks, “when does Jerry’s open for the season?”

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I know it becomes part of my family’s weekly rotation once it is open and we never completely fill the void when it closes in the fall.

People love to sit outside and enjoy the food, but when you can sit inside and see the classic lunchboxes and play the video games, it is a lovely time, too.

Going north (west) out of Cooperstown, Jerry’s is past the hamlet of Fly Creek, just before 80 and 28 split off, on the left side of the road. Most likely, you will notice it because someone else is turning into their lot, and if it is a nice day, by the crowd of people and cars around the property.

Kevin Limiti Reporter

The hype about cold cheese pizza from Tino’s on Main Street in Oneonta is real but also not exaggerated.

I came there on a Saturday to get food for the UFC fights and ended up going twice

since, always for the same thing: two slices of cold cheese and a root beer.

There are even outdoor chairs and tables if you feel like eating in the warm summer air, which I could not blame you if you did.

If you’re really looking for a kick, their oven roasted wings are also delicious. To top it off, order buffalo balls with blue cheese and zeppolis for dessert. Both are satisfying in their flavor and sweetness respectively.

Kathleen Peters Graphic Designer

Alex’s World Bistro is revamping their menu and working on opening up for inside dining, but for now they still have all your favorites on the menu. I had the Korean BBQ Steak with sweet potato glass noodles, carrot ginger kimchi, roasted shiitakes and endive. Husband had Jamaican 24-hour Slow Roasted Goat Curry with plantains, corn salsa and yucca fries. We shared the little Chocolate Port Thing and it was the perfect end to a delicious dinner. I can’t wait until we can all comfortably sit together in Alex’s quaint little space. In the meantime, this works too!

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THEATER – 7 p.m. CCS thespians present the dark comedy “A Little Shop of Horrors,” about Seymour Krelborn finding love only to discover the downsides of making a deal with a killer plant. Reservations, masks required. Auditorium, Cooperstown Middle/High School.

►Friday, June 4 THEATER – Stream on demand. Get your tickets for local production of “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams. The play is a memoir by the Wingfield family with matriarch Amanda Wingfield attempting toi control her children’s lives. Tickets, $15.

Presented by Stuff of Dreams Productions. Visit www. facebook.com/GEStevensOneonta/.

SYMPOSIUM – 9 a.m.

Academics and Researchers come together for the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture where they discuss the game of baseball and how it relates to our culture and society. Registration required for Zoom meetings. Cost, $50 for non-members. Presented

by The National Baseball Hall of Fame and SUNY Oneonta.

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THEATER – 7 p.m. CCS thespians present the dark comedy ‘A Little Shop of Horrors.’ See Thursday Listing.

FIRE PIT FRIDAYS – 7 to 10 p.m. Get out and enjoy a fun night around the fire with friends, drinks and music. This week features the Council Rock Band. Brewery Ommegang, 656 County Route 33, Middlefield. 607280-2900.

HOME GAME – 7 p.m.

Local baseball team Oneonta Outlaws vs. Mohawk Valley Diamon Dawgs. Damaschke Field, Oneonta. 607-4326326.

►Saturday, June 5 THEATER – Stream on demand “The Glass Menagerie”

by Tennessee Williams. See Friday Listing.

BOOK SALE – 9 a.m. to noon. Celebrate the library’s 125th anniversary. Explore at the open house, grab the next book you want to read, donate, and enjoy. Includes a craft corner and cookies for the children. Springfield Library, 129 County Route 29A in Springfield. 315-858-5802.

ONEONTA PLANT SALE – 9 a.m. - Noon. Rescheduled from May 29. Join Oneonta Federated Garden Club for annual plant sale featuring perrenial and house plants from members gardens. Will also include a ‘garden shed’ where gently used garden tools may be purchased.

Huntington Park in Oneonta.

Visit www.facebook.com/ Oneonta-Federated-GardenClub-133855897358767/.

SYMPOSIUM – 9 a.m. Academics and researchers come together for the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture See Friday Listing.

DRIVE WITH PRIDE – 2 p.m. Decorate your car for Pride Month and participate in parade down Main Street with the Otsego Pride Alliance. Lineup is at 1:30 p.m. in Neahwa Park. Also includes socially distanced and safe LGBTQ+ remembrance ceremony.

Neahwa Park and Main Street, Oneonta. 607-386 1508.

ART SHOW – 5 p.m. CANO hosts its annual juried art show on the theme “Isolation.” Artists of all mediums are invited to share their personal interpretation of the theme: political, personal, formal or otherwise. On view through June 20. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070.

►Sunday, June 6 PADDLE & PULL – 1 to 4 p.m. Bring out your kayak, canoe, or paddle board and celebrate Invasive Species Awareness Week with OCCA by pulling invasive water chestnut out of the stump portion of Goodyear Lake.

Summer Dreams B-7 Limited watercraft available for rental. Masks, social distancing required. Bring water, sunscreen, hat and dress to get wet and dirty. Registration required. Meet at Portlandville Fishing Access, Route 28 in Portlandville. 607-5474488.

THEATER – 2 and 7 p.m.

CCS thespians present “A Little Shop of Horrors.” See Thursday listing.

SKATE WITH PRIDE – 6 p.m. Join the Otsego Pride Alliance for skate party featuring laser tag, snack bar. Skate rentals $1. RSVP required.

Interskate 88, 5185 State Rte. 23 in Oneonta. 607-386

1508 or visit www.facebook. com/otsegopride/.

►Monday, June 7 BLOOD DRIVE – Noon - 6 p.m. Donate blood, save lives.

Worcester Municipal Building, 19 Katie Ln., Worcester. 800733-2767.

Tai Chi for Arthritis • Increase strength, balance & posture • Prevent falls • Improve mind, body & spirit • Reduce stress, increase relaxation Otsego County Office for the Aging is offering Tai Chi for Arthritis series in Cooperstown and Oneonta. Classes will be led by a certified instructor with warm-up and cool -down exercises, one or two movements per lesson, breathing techniques and Tai Chi principles that relate to improving physical and mental balance.

Oneonta

Elm Park Methodist Church Tues. & Thurs.

June 15-August 5 10:30-11:30 am

Cooperstown

Coop Senior Center Tues. & Thurs.

June 29-Aug. 19 12:45-1:45

For more info, call 607-547-4232 | email aginginfo@otsegocounty.com

Reopened!

New this Year!

Sunday Breakfast 8 a.m. - noon

Join us for our most exciting year ever!

We’re so happy to be back and reopening our cafe with our new cook, Carlin Thompson. Starting Sunday, June 6, we will have breakfast specials and our regular breakfast menu items. We’re looking forward to a great summer! See you soon!

--Cheryl Zamelis

• Locally sourced breakfast & lunch • Homemade soups & occasional desserts • Cheese deli case with imported & local cheeses • Outdoor seating area

SoupS...SaladS...SandwiCHeS...Café SpeCialiTieS

PREPARED FRESH AT OUR SUNNY CAFE! 7629 State Highway 80 • Cooperstown • 315-985-8096 Tues. - Sat. 7am - 2pm • Sun. 8am-noon • sunflowerspringfield.com

B-8 Summer Dreams

Thursday June 3, 2021