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According to officials at both schools, the Board of Educations at Worcester Central School and Schenevus Central School have both unanimously voted Tuesday, June 15, to approve a potential merger. The plan will now go to a non-binding communty straw poll Sept. 22, followed by a binding resolution Dec. 3. INSIDE ►PRIMARY FOCUS: Primary election day is Tuesday, June 22. See list of local elections. Page A3. ►PreMerger HARDWARE: Schenevus girls accomplish major goal before possible changes. Page A7. ►INDIVIDUAL HONORS: Locals win section crowns in tennis, track. Page A7. ►ROUGH GOS: Section crowns elude Cooperstown softball, Edmeston baseball Saturday. Page A8.
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Juneteenth, a celebration of the emancipation of AfricanAmericans during the Civil War, will be celebrated at 3 p.m., Saturday, June 19, in Neahwa Park in Oneonta. There will be music, food and art. Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig will speak at 5 p.m., before an introduction to Juneteenth from Jonathan Brown.
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Induction Weekend to a Wednesday in September came down to one simple factor: the calendar. “Looking at the calendar, we just had a very limited amount of options,” Jon Shestakofsky, vice president of communications and education, told Iron String Media, Friday, June 11.
The exclusive interview took place two days after the Hall announced it would shift from a virtual induction on the traditional Sunday afternoon in July to a limited capacity, ticketed-only induction Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Clark Sports Center in the town of Middlefield. Shestakofsky said the date was the best available option. He said there was no weekend date in September that worked for all of the induction
Jobs and houses Herzig: For city to thrive, the two issues intersect By KEVIN LIMITI ONEONTA — Housing and jobs remain high priorities for the city of Oneonta. Both are needed and, according to Mayor Gary Herzig, need to be gradually increased at the same time. “You can’t have a thriving community, you can’t have a good economy, if you can’t provide people with good housing,” Herzig said. According to Herzig, housing is “desperately” needed at all levels including lowincome, middle-income and high-income. One of the problems with housing in Oneonta is that it is hard to compete with student rentals if you are a family in need of rental housing. Herzig said there are “not a lot of incentives” for family rentals. “We have to be creative with what we do.”
stakeholders, including Major League Baseball, the MLB Network, the inductees and their familes, the Hall and the Hall of Famers. With the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah begining the evening of Monday, Sept. 6, the induction conflicts with the Jewish High Holy Days, something that might keep some fans and Hall of Famers from attending the ceremony. Shestakofsky said the conflict was noted and he mentioned that he and
Interim President Jeff Idelson are of Jewish descent, but he said the Hall’s decision came down to the one factor, the best available date for all the stakeholders. “Our number one goal in making the decision was to do what is best for the game of baseball, what is best for major league baseball and what is best for the institution,” he said, and the decision was to hold an in-person event in a limited capacity on the date identified as the best available day.
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However, there have been some steps taken on the housing front in Oneonta. Most notably, the artist lofts being created on Dietz Street and, more recently, the pending purchase of the Ford Building by Springbrook to create 22 to 24 market rate apartments, which Herzig called a “very exciting project” that he said was certain would be approved by the Common Council. The Springbrook project goes to the city’s Planning Board, Wednesday, June 16. Herzig stressed the necessity of such developments and emphasized the importance of change. “Change is hard and change never affects everybody the same,” Herzig Greg Klein/The Freeman’s Journal said. “However, times are Alex Hage kisses home plate in Oneonta’s Damaschke Field on Saturday, always changing and without June 12, not long after knocking in the Section III Class C winning run, in change, we’ll stagnate and Cooperstown’s 4-3 baseball win over Port Byron. See A7 for full coverage. See ONEONTA, Page A2
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►EQUINE RESCUE: The Susquehanna SPCA intervened to save about 30 horses. ►MERGER Momentum?: Find out how the school boards of Schenevus and Worcester central schools voted on the issue of combining. ►SUPERintendent resigns: Milford Central School, superintendent agree to part ways. ►CLARK WINNERS: The Clark Foundation announces the recipients of its 2021 scholarships. ►RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifts most Greg Klein/The Freeman’s Journal coronavirus restrictions in Artist’s rendering for the Chestnut Crossing the state. property proposed for 10 Chestnut Street, shows the alleys, parking area and adjacent property on Pine Boulevard that will act as a buffer between the 13-unit rental property and its neighbors.
By GREG KLEIN COOPERSTOWN — About 50 village residents gathered Monday, June 15, at a residential space at 20 Lake Street to hear a detailed presentation and ask questions about a debated proposal to build a 13-unit rental apartment on several pieces of property on Chesnut Street. Josh Edmonds, a Cooperstown native who is the onwer of Simple Integriy Construction, and Francesca Zambello, the artistic and managing director of The Glimmerglass Festival, detailed their private partnership and its plans to develop the three pieces of property they own—two on Chestnut and one on Pine Boulevard, behind it—into one housing project. The number of units, 13 apartments with 21 bedrooms/parkings spaces, requires a special use permit from Cooperstown’s Board of Trustees. In addition, the current
design for the project, from River Architects, exceeds the maximum height allowed under the village’s zoning laws and therefore a variance is needed. Many other issues would also have to be worked out at board level, especially with the Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board. The special use permit is the biggest hurdle for the project as designed and it will be considered at a public hearing Monday, June 28, at a location to be announced later, as part of June’s Board of Trustees meeting. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and the hearing begins at 7 p.m. Village officials said they are searching for a venue large enough to accomodate the expected large turnout. Monday’s meeting was one part question and answer session,and one part damage control/community outreach to a group of neighbors who are suspicious about apartments turning into See CROSSING, Page A2
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Organizers stress need for housing in village CROSSING/from Page A1 short-term rentals or worry about their quality of life being affected by a project of that size. Much of the information presented at the meeting had been given before at Village Hall and has been covered in the media. However, Monday’s event gave Zambello and Edmonds a chance to tout their innovative designs, highlight their ties to the community and explain their mission to bring affordable professional housing inside the
village boundaries on a more intimate basis. Zambello and Edmonds encouraged their supporters to speak at the public hearing and write letters of support about the project. They said they thought opposition to the project had to do with density and with the not-in-my-backyard phenomenon. Greg Klein/The Freeman’s Journal A least one guest, Paula Artist’s rendering for the Chestnut Crossings property proposed for 10 Chestnut St. in Cooperstown diPierno, said the pair would shows the frontage of the project, second from right, as it would look while blending in with the do better addressing the remainder of the houses on the street. specific concerns neighbors had than trying to defeat NIMBYism.
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ONEONTA/from Page A1 the rest of the world will pass us by. The city recently created a housing commission to help solve its problems. The committee is tasked with finding innovating ways to solve the problem,” he said. “We don’t have adequate housing for anyone of any income level,” Herzig said. “We need to do better by providing housing for all levels.” Herzig said there is also a need to attract jobs to the area. “Jobs and housing are two needs and you can’t build one without the other,” Herzig said. One of the projects which has been in development for years was developing the Oneonta Railyards in order to attract high tech industries to Oneonta. Much of Oneonta’s early history included housing developed in order to accommodate railroad workers, he said. The bottom line for Herzig is to attract people to the town. He mentioned creating things in town that would make people happy, such as the new dog park in Neahwa Park being developed. Marketing, is important, too, he said, selling the idea of Oneonta to people who might want to live there. “We’re a small community that has all the advantages of low-density living,” Herzig said. “Arts, culture, and greater diversity than a town of our size. We have unique assets to offer. We need to focus on the day to day living that makes life better.”
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Elmira College celebrated the graduation of 192 students during its 163rd Commencement on Sunday, June 6, on Carnegie Lawn at the College. The exercises included 169 undergraduate and 23 graduate students, including: Evan Mendoza of New Berlin, who received a bachelor of arts; Mason Weir of Oneonta,who received a bachelor of science. Ashley Harrington of New Berlin was named to The University of Alabama President’s List for spring semester 2021. A total of 11,813 students enrolled during the spring 2021 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0 (all A’s). More than 100 Rochester Institute of Technology students, including Virginia Aswad of Cooperstown, were named as outstanding undergraduate scholars for the 2020-2021 year. SUNY Canton recognizes students who earned a 3.75 or greater GPA during the spring 2021 semester, including: Danielle J. Conway, Gilbertsville, finance; Brittany George of Mount Upton, criminal investigation; Jordan B. Nelson, Richfield Springs, early childhood care and management; Sarah Roselli Ortiz, Sidney, health care management; and Kerrin T. O’Shaughnessy, Worcester, early childhood. Tristan Montgomery of Oneonta has been named to the Spring 2021 Dean’s List at Buffalo State College. Montgomery is majoring in Communication Studies. In general, students who have completed at least 12 credit hours and who have attained a term GPA of 3.5 or higher qualify for the Buffalo State Dean’s List.
Emily Burr of Cooperstown was recognized for an Academic Award at the Cazenovia College 196th Commencement Ceremony. The College of Saint Rose celebrates the following students who earned Dean’s List honors for the Spring 2021 semester: Alexa Hurlburt, Otego, childhood education/special education; Katelyn Kwiatkowski, East Worcester, early childhood and childhood education; Meghan Saggese, Laurens, business administration.
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At ribbon cutting, Distillery touted as cultivated business venture By KEVIN LIMITI
COOPERSTOWN – The mood was jovial Saturday, June 12, as over 70 people, including elected officials state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, Assemblyman John Salka, Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, gathered outside the Cooperstown Distillery on Railroad Avenue for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the expansion to celebrate what is considered a big success for local businesses in particular and a revitalization of Railroad Avenue specifically. Eugene Marra, the founder of Cooperstown Distillery, began with an emotional moment on losing his dad to the coronavirus. He said his dad was his “biggest fan and number one investor in this opportunity.” However, the atmosphere was celebratory. “It’s an auspicious occasion for sure,” Marra said. “As much as I want to claim it as my own, I want to share it all
with you because you have made it possible,” Marra said. Marra spoke at length about the trials and tribulations of opening the expanded brewery on Railroad Avenue. He talked about how COVID had delayed the opening a year and how the distillery was tasked with producing hand sanitizer during that time. He also mentioned how he was initially told by real estate agents that opening a distillery in Cooperstown was not possible. “I like to believe we are responsible for what has become a revitalization of Railroad Avenue,” Marra said, saying that industry on that street in years past, “appeared to be dead.” Marra said that CoopersKevin Limiti/The Freeman’s Journal town Distillery, which has Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, left, and Eugene Marra cut the ceremonial ribbon in been around for eight years, front of Cooperstown Distillery on Saturday, June 15. is the “story about how it local, shop local, stay local. Marra said. changes in order to help takes a village…the village We are all of that,” Marra Tillapaugh said the grow businesses. of Cooperstown.” said, calling the distillery the Cooperstown Distillery is “I certainly know what Marra said he was loaned “fabric of this community on a a business “in which the this Railroad Avenue about $100,000 and received very local, grassroots level.” village takes a great deal looked like for decades,” state grants of about $80,000, “We wouldn’t want to of pride.” Tillapaugh said. citing that his success was be anywhere else than the She noted how the village She noted it was once thanks to local money. “We village of Cooperstown,” implemented zoning law not considered industrially all hear these phrases, buy
viable, but that developments on the street, including the distillery and The Railroad Inn, created “positive synergy.” DiNapoli joked he didn’t accept the invitation “because of the complimentary drinks,” but was happy to come because of how difficult a year it had been. DiNapoli said that while Cooperstown is known for its Baseball Hall of Fame and Fenimore Art Museum that “the distillery becomes yet another reason to visit.” “This really was an incredible effort with all stakeholders playing their role. That’s usually not how it happens,” DiNapoli said. “This is the model that should be replicated.” DiNapoli said he was going to go back to Albany and tell other lawmakers to “look to what happened in Cooperstown as an example of how it should work” in terms of state funding for local businesses. After the ceremony, people took a tour of the distillery.
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Member of County Committee, Laurens 1 (Two) Traci Dilello Debra Balantic Phil Balantic Member of County Committee, Laurens 2 (Two) Patricia Brockway Michelle Buccheri Jonathan S Chambers Town of Maryland Councilman (Two) Renee Gaston Jason Knapp Ken Williams Member of County Committee, Maryland 1 (Two) Kyle Imperato Jennifer Mickle Ken Williams Town of Milford Town Justice (Two) Matthew Kane Deborah A. McMullen Joanne Andela Town of Oneonta Supervisor Randal Mowers Teresa DeSantis Town of Otego Clerk/Collector Patricia Hurlburt Terri L. Horan Councilman (Two) Jimmy Hamm II Vicki Salisbury-Hoyle Royce Livingston
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The Smithy art gallery at 55 Pioneer Street in Cooperstown is opening for its first showing, which will run through July 27. The exhibition, entitled ‘Air’, will feature artwork by both members and guests of the Smithy. The theme of ‘Air’, as the title suggests, is all about capturing the “invisible force in our daily lives” the Smithy wrote in an email. “Apart from its literal importance, our artists have been able to take inspiration from the many things we have come to associate with AIR.” Some of the artists featured include Joyce Cabral, Willie Marlowe, Colleen O’Hara, Kathy Van Loan and more. The gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. Go to smitharts.org for more information.
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THURSDAY, June 17, 2021
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The Old Badger: The joy of the old pavilion still makes people smile Editor’s note: This column was first published May 4, 1977. The Three Mile Point pavilion was a simple wooden platform with a peaked roof – not very handsome – not on my list for historic preservation; yet it has been enjoyed for decades as a spot for everything from Sunday School picnics to rock-around-the-clock parties. Summer “natives,” tourists and fishermen appreciated it for years. I hope it will be replaced. (Ed. Note: the original pavilion had recently been destroyed by fire.) There have been other simple wooden structures hereabouts, which afforded great and lasting pleasure to many people of Otsego. Two of them were near the southeast end of the lake. They are gone now but not quite forgotten, the Thousand Steps and the Outlook at Prospect Rock.
The Thousand Steps was a sturdy wooden stairway, which started into the pines and hemlocks from the bottom of Chicken Farm Road, just past Woodside Hall. For years the stairway, complete with railings and punctuated with landings and benches, zig-zagged its way up the steepest inclines of Mount Vision. When I asked Mrs. Dorothy Pierce about them the other day, she stopped hanging out her wash to reminisce a bit. “Oh, in good weather I’d use
them every day walking to and from the school,” she said. “We lived in Whig Corners. There were some nice farms on the hill then. I’ll bet I could still recognize every tree along the stairs and every place the stairway turned. Of course I didn’t walk in winter – I’d take the horse, leave it at the hotel, and get it again after school.” Ask Bob Baily too or Zibe Holbrook. Ask Sam Sapienza or Bobby Cook. Ask Hi Michaels. Ask Leland Smith too. For a while he climbed them every morning walking to work at the chicken farm. At the top of the Thousand Steps there was a trail. Indian Trail, some called it. Families could stroll and youngsters race along this winding path for half a mile until they reached Prospect Rock with its grand outlook on Cooperstown and the south end of the lake.
On this flat rock was another wooden structure, which now lies rotting 30 feet below. “You should have seen the initials,” Sam Sapienza said. “Boy, every buddy carved their initials up there. They were all over the place.” The initials were carved on the benches and railings of a six-or-eightsided summer house or gazebo, or belvedere, or pavilion, or what have you. Anyway, it looked like a bandstand with a pointed roof. Actually it was a replacement of a more rustic, Adirondack-type belvedere (I like that one) which had been built there in the 1800s. The little building fell or was pushed from the rock twenty or thirty years ago. I managed to climb down and examine some of the remains. Sure enough “Every buddy’s initials were all over the place.” A brief survey revealed
some dates, too. They ranged from ’08 to ’39. But I didn’t really work at finding them. When I climbed back to the rock and sat down to catch my breath, it was very still. It was easy to imagine the quick, muffled thumps of running feet as they must have raced over the deep-shaded, needle-strewn path and then to see a youngster in knickers and cap and sweater come panting down the trail, slowing himself by grasping the upright post on one side of the entrance. He would swing himself inside and throw himself down on one of the benches panting and sweating, his feet dangling to the floor. His gasps would still be audible when more foot sounds would be heard. Then he would straighten up, take off his cap, put his elbow over the railing and gaze See BADGER, Page A5
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Congress must take ‘Impetuous 30s’ led to Richfield Springs farm action on voting rights From: The Albany Times Union. As voting rights are being systematically stripped away in legislatures across the country, attempts to stop this anti-democratic trend are deadlocked in Washington, D.C. And the deadlock just got worse this past week. The declaration by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia that he would not vote for the critical legislaton to protect voting rights, nor support ending the filibuster, may well have ended the possibility of stopping the insidious trend of voter suppression going on particularly in some Republican-controlled states. As of mid-May, the Brennan Center for Justice found that at least 22 bills restricting voting rights had been enacted in 14 states, all of them with GOP-controlled legislatures. Another 61 restrictive measures had either been approved in at least one legislative house
or been acted on by a legislative committee. Two bills in Congress would address this troubling trend. The For the People Act is a sweeping overhaul that would create automatic voter registration, counteract oppressive voter ID laws, increase early voting and mail-in voting options, attack gerrymandering, broaden public financing of campaigns, and require disclosure of donors by groups whose sources of money have been shielded since the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision. The second bill, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, named for the late congressman and icon of the civil rights era, is designed to address the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision that gutted the federal government’s authority to review and block election law changes in states with a history of voter See VIEWS, Page A5
CORRECTION Professor of Biology Dr. Mary Allen received the 2020 Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching from Hartwick College. Because of a reporter’s error, the wrong person was credited with the award in the May 27 edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY
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In what my dad later referred to as his “impetuous 30s,” we left Brooklyn one summer and headed for Richfield Springs to stay with my father’s older brother William and TERRY his wife Ruta. One afternoon, BERKSON Dad returned to Uncle William’s house, his car steaming after a long trip. “I’m buying a farm,” he announced as we all sat at a big round oak dinner table. “A farm?” Uncle William said. He looked shocked. “You don’t know the first thing about running a farm!” “I’ll learn,” Dad said. I remember going to see the place and sitting on the running board of the Buick having strawberries and cream as Dad talked with Miss Bowmaker, the owner. She had picked the berries herself. They were sweet and cool and I rubbed their rough skins on the roof of my mouth. I could tell they liked each other, Dad and Miss Bowmaker, the way their eyes would catch. She was a schoolteacher and was selling the farm because her father had died. She spoke softly and had long light brown hair with streaks of gray in it. She wore thick plastic glasses that matched her fair skin, and when she’d close her mouth after talking, it was as though one soft lip was caressing the other.
Later, Dad played some songs for her on the upright she had in the parlor. The room felt warm and cozy with two stained glass lamps burning. I stood next to the keyboard holding on to the side wood. The backs of Dad’s hands were veiny with high knuckles and his fingers were long and rectangular. I didn’t know all the names and all the words then, but the music pulled at my insides and made me want to pound on the keys alongside him. I didn’t though — ‘cause Miss Bowmaker was there. He started with “Doll Dance.” I always liked the intro to that one, the way the rhythm builds. Then he played “Kitten on the Keys” and “The Kiss Waltz” and “My Blue Heaven” and several more, and he played “Pick You Up in a Taxi Honey,”
his foot hitting the pedal at a steady beat, the heel of his shoe pounding at the floor, his sure hands dancing across the keyboard almost faster than I could see. He ended the tune sweating. Miss Bowmaker was sunk into a stuffed high-backed chair with her legs crossed and a faint smile on her face. During the next song an ash from the Lucky on Dad’s lip fell between the notes. She got up to brush it away and their hands mingled for a few beats. He finished the session with “The Rosary.” I knew that was one of his favorites because he’d sing it at home sometimes: “The hours I spent with thee, dear heart…Are as a string of pearls to me…” It was wonderful to be with my father every day while waiting to move onto the farm. At home, six days a week, he was out driving his taxi, and on Sundays he would go to the hospital to visit my mother who had been there for a very long time. Now, Dad took me swimming and rowing on Goodyear Lake. One afternoon we walked to the edge of a pasture and sat in cool cowtrimmed grass that was shaded by a willow. We wrestled. His one good eye was smiling. I tried to hold his arm down but his hard-boiled egg of a muscle triumphed. In the morning, he didn’t cough as much as he did in the city. See SKETCHES, Page A5
Up on Hawthorn Hill
An update arrives from the top of the hill It has been quite some time since my last essay appeared in these pages. It is nice to be back where it all started. My first FJ essays appeared under the heading of “The Timely Writer” and after a while it changed to “Hawthorn Hill Journal.” That made a lot of sense, since so much of what I write is nurtured by an ongoing and quite intimate relationship with this gently sloping hillside we call home. I ended most of my essays with a sort of thank-you note to my beloved sheltie, Gabby. And that is the case here so many years after her passing. The days are few that do not find me stopping by her memorial tree, sometimes sharing a thought aloud, other times just cherishing one of our many wonderful moments together over the course of her sixteen-year life. For this first essay, I will share some random thoughts. Some having to do with Hawthorn Hill and others concerned with social and cultural trends casting a pall over our land. I am an optimist by nature. And while I see dark clouds above, it is my view that light is always more powerful than darkness and that we will square ourself with ourselves at some point down the line. We have no choice. I am concerned that the memes and pithy phases that have evolved, especially over the last four or five years, to both describe AND divide us, are
doing us a profound disservice. We talk about ‘tribalism’ as if it were a new thing. It is not. It has always been with us and probably always will be. As I see it, the key RICHARD DIROSA is to celebrate difference and respect and protect its right to exist. We are an ethnically, racially and ideologically varied stewpot of people. But we tend more and more these days to cloak ourselves within the restrictive boundaries of identity language that if anything pulls us further and further apart. As far as I am concerned, and this may not be popular, we define and describe ourselves by a multitude of hyphenated terms that undermine the very reconciliations we claim to be working towards. Despite our varied differences we have a profound reality in common: our humanity. We ought to devote far more time and energy to cultivating our common ground. I have always been wary of hidebound certainty. And over the course of these pandemic months, with lots of time to read and think about things, the ideological (and moral) certainty exhibited by each side has caused me to rethink just what it means to believe in something, anything. A day does not
go by that I do not question the validity of an idea, the consequences of an action, ostensibly for the benefit of all, or the worthiness of a particular policy or program. The complex relationship between individual and state is always rife with complexities. Finding a workable balance is tough and hard work. The other side is not always wrong or bad. Our salvation as a nation requires shrinking from such behavior. Up here on the hill, after forsaking us for two years, the bluebirds are raising their young, as are the tree swallows. The first bluebird sighting of the year never fails to lift my spirits. I am easy to please. Give me a few good bird sightings while sitting on the deck sipping dark roast coffee and I am in heaven. Otherwise, the gardens are in, filled to the brim with potential bounty, all despite my claims of cutting back and continually complaining about a weakening back, as well as a periodically waning zeal for all that it takes to accomplish these self-imposed tasks. I put up a fence earlier this spring, planted two dwarf pear trees against it, and now I am fascinated by the whole espalier thing. Perhaps a small vineyard is next. If Gabby were here, I suspect that those fathomless sable eyes would express an understanding that the selfdestructive and venomous selfishness that characterizes our relations with one another simply have to stop.
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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
Gallantry of an American Youth – In the late conflict between the United States frigate President and the British ship of war Little Belt, a gunner’s boy on board the frigate who had his arm broken by a shot, while under the hands of the surgeon in the cockpit, requested that he would make haste in dressing his wound, that he might get on deck again. On the surgeon’s asking what he would do on deck, wounded as he was, the little American replied, “If I can’t do more, I can at least be shot at!” It is known that the heroism of this lad has attracted the earnest attention of the secretary of the navy. June 15, 1811
185 YEARS AGO
An effectual mode certainly of preventing hereditary pauperism, whatever may be said of its character in some respects, was recently put in practice by two justices of the peace, and of the quorum, in Taunton, Massachusetts, under a law of the Bay State, relative to marriage contracts. They forbade the marriage of a man and woman on the ground that the parties were not of sufficient ability to maintain themselves, and were not of competent ability to make a contract of marriage. In giving this decision, the editor of a Boston paper remarks: “If the principle which appears in the above decision should be generally recognized, it will prove an effectual check to the extension of pauperism inasmuch as it will tend to prevent its being transmitted as an heirloom through succeeding generations.” June 27, 1836
160 YEARS AGO
The following resolution was unanimously adopted at the Semi-
Annual Meeting of the Otsego Presbytery, held at Worcester, in this county, on June 12: Inasmuch as it has pleased Almighty God to command loyalty to established Government, as the only guarantee of National and Christian prosperity, and inasmuch as the disloyalty of armed traitors and their misguided followers has assailed, and is now imperiling, the authority of these United States, founded, as it is, in strong principles, embodied in the constitution, Resolved, That we, the Otsego Presbytery do most heartily respond to the recent patriotic resolutions of our General Assembly, and do hereby pledge ourselves to obey, in the spirit of those resolutions, the voice of conscience and of God for the preservation and permanence of the integrity of these United States. June 21, 1861
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cal education. She took the letters G.A.A. and gave them the meaning “Goals Through Attitudes and Abilities.” The true awards that come from participation in an association are not material ones, but rather the development of a sense of sportsmanship, responsibility and cooperation that will be necessary throughout life, she stressed. June 14, 1961
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Gone! Another of the old village landmarks is now to be recorded among the things that were. The “Town Pump”, for many years a thing of note on this corporation, and of great usefulness to three generations of residents, is no more. The pump has been removed, and the deep well – that so long furnished the best of cool water, “free to all,” – has been covered over by a large stone, that forms part of the new sidewalk being laid in that part of Main Street. What noble work that old “Town Pump” did the night of the great fire of 1862 when all other sources of water failed. The present generation will bear it in kindly and appreciative recollection – the next will inquire it exact location – and then it will fade away from the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. June 20, 1886
June 17, 1936
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Personal – August Busch and family have arrived at Uncas Lodge for the summer. “Frisky” is no more, having departed this earth Monday afternoon. “Frisky” was the pet dog of Mrs. Joseph K. Choate and had many acquaintances. He will be sorely missed. He refused to submit to the muzzle ordinance and took chloroform instead. Dr. Joseph B. Cooke has written the scenario for a moving picture drama of the western type, which has been accepted by the Vitagraph Company, and will, therefore, in due course of time, be presented in the Star Theatre in Cooperstown. It is quite a compliment to Dr. Cooke that his first effort along this line should be accepted at first hand by one of
the most particular companies in America. June 21, 1911
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The Girls’ Athletic Association of the Cooperstown Central School held its Mother-Daughter Banquet at the Treadway-Otesaga on Wednesday, June 7. The theme for this year was “Space Age.” Barbara R. Westbrook was toastmistress. Speaking for the classes were Jane E. Rees, freshman; Diane J. Hanson, sophomore; Donna G. Howe, junior; and Jean A. Nevil, senior. The guest speaker was Miss Nancy Wick, a graduate of CCS, currently finishing her junior year at the State University College of Education at Cortland, where she is majoring in physi-
More than 2,000 people flooded into the village last weekend for the Otsego County Firemen’s Convention and Bicentennial Parade. “It was beautiful,” Cooperstown Bicentennial Committee Co-Chair Cathe Ellsworth said, noting the good weather, the large crowd and the long parade of floats, bands and other units. There were 10 floats, six high school bands, a community band from Keene, NH, and about 30 other units represented in the parade line. June 18, 1986
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The Doubleday Field Committee welcomed John Davis, M.D. and Michael Whaling to air their concerns about pesticide use on Doubleday Field at a June 12 meeting. The purpose of the discussion was to provide the committee with information on herbicide use on the field and the concerns that resulted. Joe Harris, groundskeeper, explained to Davis, Whaling and the committee what he does to maintain the field and described the use made of herbicides. Dr. Davis said he was impressed that Harris uses herbicides sparingly and removes any dandelions by hand as they appear on the field. June 15, 2001
VIEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
In the golden age of defamation: How the First Amendment is under siege By Rob Miraldi: Special to the USA TODAY Network
It was, as Charles Dickens wrote, the best of times and the worst of times. I am referring not to the human condition — although that would work too – but to the law of defamation, that tricky, confusing, two-edged sword that both protects and humbles the press but that is now rearing its sometimes very ugly head all over the place. Defamation can bring financial pain — even when publications win, they might
pay $25,000 in legal fees. Rolling Stone magazine paid $2 million to a dean at the University of Virginia after writing about a rape at the school that made it seem that the dean ignored the incident. Defamation confounds me. It’s one of the few ways to hold both speakers and press accountable. Lie, damage, you pay! But defamation is also a powerful tool of intimidation, chilling speech and scaring off good reporting. Big question: in the age of disinformation and heated mud-slinging, is it the way
to settle political disputes? I called Sonja West, the Brumby Distinguished First Amendment Professor at the Georgia School of Law. Defamation, she said, “is a pretty terrible path.” For a few reasons. A lot of the disinformation doesn’t satisfy elements of defamation. Russian campaigns to spread lies and rumors are not defamatory, just ruinous to trustworthy democratic dialogue. The Internet is fast; the courts are very slow. “I’m not feeling really confident we are getting to
the bottom of the truth,” she adds about defamation lawsuits. West wishes the oldfashioned marketplaces of ideas, where allegations bounce off each other for the public to decide truth, could be made to work. But West says she doubts it: “In theory, the marketplace could correct for false statements. The reality, however, is that it doesn’t always succeed. But that still doesn’t mean that the answer is to knock down vital constitutional protections for speakers.”
She worries about the direction constitutional law on libel might be headed. West points to a line of attacks on press freedom, dating to Richard Nixon and culminating with Trump. “We saw Trump repeatedly cross the line and boldly not recognize the value of having a free press. And this slide in support for the press may not bode well if a conservative Supreme Court backs off on current defamation law. Right now, the law of libel is doing its job—holding the
press accountable for falsehoods that damage people and businesses. It is a complicated dance, no doubt, filled with questions and shadows, but the protections enshrined in 1964 paved the way for a querulous and prickly press. Which is what we need. If the conservatives have their way, they will plow the ground again to throw libel back to the states where parochial judges and narrow-minded jurors will shred the Constitution.
A farm was always a dream of my dad’s Voting rights are essential to democracies
SKETCHES/Continued from Page A4 A rushing brook ran along the southern border of the place. There was a wide, rich green lawn and wild flowers grew all around the house with a hand pump well out back. The trees were very tall, almost frightening, and formed an archway that led to a faded green barn and several chicken coops. The next thing I knew, Dad moved us into a boarding house not far from Miss Bowmaker’s. “We’ll stay here until we move to our farm,” he told me. Dad took me to see this little black pony he wanted to buy. He didn’t tell me he wanted to buy it but somehow I knew. The guy who owned him wasn’t around. We walked out into the paddock and Dad took the pony by his mane with one hand and boosted me onto the little horse’s back with the other. All at once the pony took off with me aboard and Dad yelling, “Whoa,” while being dragged along. It was funny to watch Dad putting on his brakes in the sand. When the pony finally stopped my father’s quiet thin face was pale and he was breathing
hard. He seemed troubled. Not long after that we went back to Brooklyn. Dad kept the farm for several years. When he’d talk of selling it I’d beg him not to. Maybe he had fooled himself into thinking Miss Bowmaker would remain. Maybe to him, the farm wasn’t the same without her. Maybe he just felt he wasn’t cut out for the country. Then, one day it was gone, sold, and I never saw it or the pony again. “If you were older and could’ve helped me run it, I would’ve kept the farm,” my father once told me. He wasn’t handy with tools or equipment. I picture him more comfortable behind the wheel of his taxi or seated at the piano on a hot summer night with the windows open wide, the curtains floating on a gentle breeze, a Lucky Strike stuck to his lower lip: “I’ll be down to get you in a taxi honey!” I now live on a farm my father would have loved. But, never forgotten, the other day I visited Dad’s old farm where I feel closest to him—in the company of my son.
VIEWS/Continued from Page A4 suppression. States have seized on this void to enact new restrictions with seeming impunity. Together, these bills would substantially address the growing voter suppression efforts across the country. Not surprising, Republicans oppose them — particularly the For the People Act. Overcoming that opposition would take two things: All 50 Democrats voting for the measures (and the vice president breaking the likely tie), and ending the filibuster, the Senate tradition that essentially requires 60 votes for a bill to pass, even those that technically require only a simple majority of 51 votes. Enter Mr. Manchin. He argues, reasonably enough, that “the right to vote is fundamental to our American democracy and protecting that right should not be about party or politics,” as he wrote in the Charleston GazetteMail. But then he adds, “Least of all, protecting this right, which is a value I share, should never be done in a partisan manner.” That’s quite a corner to paint voting rights into. If one political party is trying to systematically violate those rights, how else is another party supposed to fix the problem? Mr. Manchin goes on: “Whether it is state laws that seek to needlessly restrict voting and I moved on towards the top of the or politicians who ignore the need to secure Thousand Steps. Standing there beneath the huge pines and our elections, partisan policymaking won’t the lacy hemlocks, near the spot where the instill confidence in our democracy — it will destroy it.” That’s a false equivalence 1,000 steps met the Indian Trail, it wasn’t hard to hear the sighing and fluttering of the that puts the well-documented attempts by congressional Republicans and Republican ladies or the puffing and wheezing of the legislatures across the country to restrict men as the families out for a Sunday stroll voting rights on par with the big lie promoted finally reached the level ground. by Donald Trump and the Republican Party A thousand wooden steps – a little that U.S. elections are rife with fraud and wooden belvedere. that Mr. Trump really won the 2020 election. If Republicans were negotiating in good Next time: The Badger pours out a rum faith, we’d be all for both sides pressing on story. to find a compromise. But the last 12-plus
The sounds of the road swept Badger home BADGER/Continued from A4 out at the lake. When a second youngster panted into the lookout, the first would turn his face casually from the lake to say, “Where ya been, slowpoke? I been here for hours.” As I headed back the trail toward the steps, it was easy to think I heard “Tik-kah, tik-kah, tik-kah, tik-kah,” the sound of a horse moving slowly up the last grade of the Hill Road, and easier to see that pretty Bliss girl from Whig Corners on her way home from school, comforting her horse with gentle talk and trying not to wrinkle her report card. Then she, too, disappeared
years have shown that’s simply not the case. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and his conference made up one set of rules to not even consider a Supreme Court nominee from Mr. Obama, and then completely abandoned it for Mr. Trump. A massive, badly needed infrastructure package proposed by Mr. Biden has hit Republican obstruction—even with a bipartisan deal. Now the GOP, from Congress down to state legislatures, is trying to use voting rules to entrench and expand its political power by disenfranchising significant numbers of American citizens. It’s happening before the nation’s eyes, in state after state after state. We would defend the filibuster, too, if only as a way for senators to take a principled stand and delay a vote as long as their energy allows, speaking on the floor perhaps long enough and passionately enough to change hearts and minds. But this tool, once used to try to thwart civil rights legislation, has devolved into an abused convention, set virtually on automatic, to stop anything the party out of power doesn’t like—including, once again, civil rights bills. It’s no longer a check on abuses of power by the majority, but a tool to impose a tyranny of the minority on the nation. We do not use the word “tyranny” casually. When a party uses the law to suppress votes, and openly acknowledges that it would otherwise likely lose elections on a uncorrupted playing field, it’s an attack on the fundamental nature of a free and democratic republic and the right of its people to form a representative government. What to do? Pressing Mr. Manchin (202-2243954) would be a start. It’s a simple enough message: You don’t play by Marquess of Queensberry rules in a street fight—and that, tragically, is what Senate Republicans, and their counterparts in many statehouses, are already engaged in.
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William L. Ross, Sr., 80: Veteran, Tinkerer, Owned B&S Inn FLY CREEK – William L. Ross, Sr., (80) of Willow Avenue in Fly Creek died Saturday June 5, 2021 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. Born March 30, 1941 in
Ilion, NY, Bill was the only child of William E. and Elizabeth (Houck) Ross. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in the Class of 1959 and following graduation enlisted in the
U.S. Air Force serving his country until 1963 as an aircraft mechanic. In 1966 Bill married Sheila Skubitz of Fly Creek. Following his military service Bill worked driving trucks for Frank Trinkas of Fly Creek, then worked in manufacturing at Chicago
Pneumatics in Utica. Thereafter, for a number of years, he was employed at Suburban Propane as a service technician. Finally, he and his wife Sheila, owned and operated the B&S Inn in Oaksville for nearly 15 years. As those who knew him
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can attest, Bill was all, he was a an inveterate and devoted and loving master tinkerer, he grandpa to his four was always busy grandchildren. building, creating, Bill was a and repairing every member of the sort of item—even Cooperstown if the object of his American Legion attention didn’t Post No. 579 and need repair or the Christian Hill William L. improvement. He Snow Drifters. Ross was an expert with Bill is survived duct tape, Flex Seal and all by his wife Sheila, his son sorts of glue and fasteners. William (Tricia) Ross and He considered himself their two children William an aspiring inventor. He and Madyson of Warnerenjoyed restoring old cars, ville, NY and his daughter one of his favorites was Sherry (Paul) Tesch and his 1953 Ford Crestline their two children Ross and convertible. He was always Jake of Walworth, NY and busy, whether he was produhis two beloved shih tzus, tive or not. He loved the Molly and Maggie. out-of-doors and especially In lieu of flowers the loved to hunt, snowmobile, family suggests that donaand garden. He enjoyed tions in Bill’s memory listening to songs by Elvis be made to the Fly and Johnny Cash, and was Creek Volunteer Fire Co. an avid fan of all types of Emergency Squad, 832 western movies. He enjoyed County Highway 26, Fly wintering in Port Orange, Creek, NY 13337 or the FL. but especially enjoyed Cooperstown Emergency returning home to Fly Creek Squad, 24 Chestnut Street, in the spring. And, above Cooperstown, NY 13326.
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Cooperstown, Schenevus win section titles Hage’s walk-off gave Hawkeyes third baseball championship in five years By GREG KLEIN ONEONTA – Alex Hage’s walk-off single to left field scored pinch runner P.J. Kiuber to give top seeded Cooperstown its third Section III Class C baseball title in five years, with a 4-3 eight-inning win over No. 3 Port Byron in the C1 tournament championship Saturday, June 12, at Damaschke Field. “Right off the bat, I knew. We won,” said Hage, a senior who plays first base. “I was just thinking I had to do my job,” he continued. “This was the spot. This is where I do the job I am here to do.” Although there could be a legion ball game or two left for him to play, Hage’s walk-off was likely his last big at bat. He said he is looking forward to attending University of North CarolinaWilmington in the fall, but he isn’t Cheryl Clough planning to play college baseball. Cooperstown senior Alex Hascup is called out at the plate after a collision with Port Byron Luckily, he’ll have a section catcher Eli Jarabek during the Section III Class C baseball championship Saturday, June title to show for his final at bat, 12, in Oneonta. the third he and a handful of his fellow seniors have been around to experience for Cooperstown. The coronavirus pandemic took Thursday, against Pulaski. ment games have been dramatic,” The Hawkeyes won in 2017, away two chances at state titles “We ended the season on a win,” Miosek said. “We won 1-0, 10-9 advancing to the final four for the for the class of 2021, but the Cooperstown Coach Frank Miosek and now 4-3.” first time in school history. The Hawkeye players and coaches said said. “How many teams get to say “It’s been a long time in the 2019 team one-upped that perforthey are thrilled with their chamthat?” making, so it means a lot, espemance, losing in the Class C state pionships, especially after coming “This is the highest you can cially with these guys,” Hage said. championship game. from behind Saturday, and also go this year and all three tournaAlthough the Hawkeyes have
young talent making contributions in many ways, including Saturday, the heart of the team, the order, the infield, the outfield and the rotation was the six seniors: Hage, Alex Hascup, Kendall Haney, Alex Poulson, Derek Moore and Chris Ubner. Most of them have grown up together, have played baseball together since t-ball and two of their fathers, Bruce Haney and Brian Hascup, played for Miosek’s first Cooperstown baseball team 31 years ago. “They are a good group,” Miosek said. “They did everything we asked them to do. They were with us when the 2017 team made the final four, just like we had some of the junior varsity guys up here with us today. That’s how you leave a legacy in this program.” Haney got the win in relief, pitching out of the bases-loaded jam in relief of Liam Ford, who did the same thing for Treston Emerick. Haney and Ubner are the two seniors expected to play college baseball; Haney at Herkimer Community College and Ubner at St. Thomas Aquinas in Sparkill. Haney came on with one out in the top of the seventh inning and got the final five outs in the game, including getting the Panthers 1-23 in the top of the eighth inning. See BASEBALL, Page A9
Before possible merger, Dragons give their community a big win By GREG KLEIN SCHENEVUS – The Dragons broke open a close game with a four-run sixth inning and senior pitcher Cassie Snyder gave up one run on four hits as top seeded Schenevus won its first section title in softball in a generation with a 7-1 win over Marathon in the Section IV Class D championship game Friday, June 11. Snyder and her teammates, including fellow seniors Autumn Jones, Hannah Osborne and Elizabeth “Biz” Hoag have accomplished something that hasn’t been done in decades at their school. Schenevus softball Coach Ron Spranger said he thinks the school won its only other softball section title in 1978. And between 1995 and 2019 only two schools, Afton and Deposit, have won Section IV Class D softball titles. The Olympians had gotten runners on in the first two Cheryl Clough innings, only to have them Schenevus shortstop Hannah Osborne prepares to tag out Marathon runner erased or stranded by the Dragons’ defense. Sam Pendell during the Section IV Class D softball championship game “That is the way we have Friday, June 11, in Schenevus. played all season,” Spranger
said. “We seem to be able to shake things off and turn around and make a play.” “We live in a small community, so we’re all close,” Jones said. “We do a good job of supporting each other.” Marathon, the three seed, scored first, on a solo home run to left field by Brie Carter in the top of the third. However, true to form, it did not seem to rattle Snyder or her defense. “Good for her, it’s just one run,” Snyder said. “We knew we could get it back,” Osborne said. The Dragons did get it back in the bottom of the inning, plus one, as Sam Osborne walked, stole second and scored on Liana Darling’s single. Snyder then reached on a fielder’s choice and Kelsey Burton reached on an error to load the bases. Darling then scored on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Schenevus made it 3-0 when Darling singled, advanced on an error and wild pitch and then scored on Snyder’s sacrifice fly to
right field. The Dragons then broke the game open in the sixth inning as Hoag singled, Sam Barrett walked, Jones reached on a error and Sam Osborne walked with the bases loaded to score Hoag. Hannah Osborne hit a sacrifice to score Barrett. Jones got forced at third on the play, and Darling made the second out on a pop foul, but after a double steal, Snyder dropped a single into center field to score the Osbornes and make it a 7-0 game before the Olympians could get out of the inning. Four batters after that, Hannah Osborne took a grounder at short and made a routine put out to end the game and bring the Dragons the title and a perfect season, at 12-0. “I don’t think it has sunk it yet,” Osborne said. The section title win ends the season; state tournaments were canceled this school year because of the coronavirus, but the girls said they won’t dwell on it. “We’re happy with what we’ve got,” Jones said. See SOFTBALL, Page A8
Hawkeye tennis, track get indivual crowns, Milford-Laurens wins boys, girls team titles By GREG KLEIN Brothers Will Weldon and Gunter Weldon won Section III Class C2 tennis titles Wednesday, June 9, at the Parkway Tennis Courts in Utica. Will, a senior, defeated Hamilton’s Aidan Helfant, 6-0, 6-1, at first singles. He also won the title in 2019. Gunter, a seventh grader, swept Alexander Bergen Linden of Hamilton, 6-0, 6-0. Jensen, Victory get titles Sophomores Claire Jensen and Braeden Victory won Section III Class C1 titles for Cooperstown Wednesday, June 9, in South Lewis, as the Cooperstown track teams ended their seasons with a fourth-place finish for the girls and a ninth-place finish for the boys.
Jensen won the 200, with a time of 26.68, and Victory won the high jump, with a jump of 4-10. Jensen also placed second in the 400, with a school record breaking time of 58.97. The previous record, 60.45, was set by Marissa Kaplan in 2005. Her sister, eighth grader Annelise Jensen, took fourth in the 800 and 1,500. The 400-relay team, featuring the Jensens, Ireland Gable and Ava Lesko took 12 seconds off of their best time, finishing in 4:25.60, good for a second place. The 100-relay team of Ava Lesko, Gable, Sam Vezza and Olivia Murdock placed fourth. Vezza also took second in pole vault and fourth in the long jump.
Riley Jubar and Riley Green took fourth and fifth in Shot Put. The 800 team of Cate Bohler, Ariadne Hodgson, Lauren Martin and Juliet Cunnington finished ninth, but took two minutes off their best time, finishing in 12:40.18. For the boys, Oliver Wasson took fourth in the 400. Finn Holohan took fifth in the triple jump and pole vault. Simon Hursyz took sixth in the 100 and Mikael Foutch-Carkees took sixth in the discus. Go to www.results.leonetiming.com/?mid=2312 for full results. At South Lewis Boys team scores: 1-T) Tully 103, 1-T) Herkimer 103, 3) Dolgeville 89, 4) South Lewis 86, 5) Pulaski 68, 6) Cato-Meridian 46,
7) Adirondack 30, 8) Port Byron 11, 9) Cooperstown 10, 10) Westmoreland 9, 11) Frankfort-Schuyler 5. Girls team scores: 1) Tully 151, 2) South Lewis 133, 3) Pulaski 95, 4) Cooperstown 65, 5) Westmoreland 27, 6) CatoMeridian 21, 7) FrankfortSchuyler 19, 8) Herkimer 17; 9) Dolgeville 10, 10) Adirondack 4. Milford/Laurens wins two A week after winning the Tri-Valley track titles, Milford/Laurens athlete swept the team titles at the Section IV Class D2 track and field championship Thursday, June 10, in Cherry Valley. The M/L boys beat host Cherry Valley-Springfield by 12 points, 122-110, with See RESULTS, Page A9
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With 2020 season cancelled, Hawkeyes won three titles in five years BASEBALL/from Page A7 “We do not let the pressure get to us,” Haney said. “We go out and play hard. We have all been in this position before, especially us seniors. Me, Chris and Alex were all a part of the team that made the state finals two years ago and we got to be there when they made it four years ago.” Cooperstown trailed much of the game, which featured mirrored innings. Port Byron took a 2-1 lead in the first inning on two walks, a stolen base, wild pitch and single to left field by Eli Jarabek that brought both runs. The Hawkeyes countered with one run in the bottom of the first, when Ubner scored on Hascup’s triple to left field. Emerick relieved Ubner on the mound in the fourth
inning, but the game remained 2-1 until the fifth inning when Port Byron’s Gabe Rhoades scored after a walk, a wild pitch, a sacrifice and an error. However, Cooperstown scored two runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the game. Haney got a oneout walk, Ubner doubled to left field and Hascup singled to left field to score them both. Emerick put two on in the sixth inning, giving way to his fellow junior, Ford, who got an out, loaded the bases with a walk and then drew a pop up to end the inning. An inning later, Haney did the same thing after Ford started the inning putting two on. Haney got a strike out, issued an intentional walk and then forced two infield outs to end the inning.
Cooperstown went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh, as did Port Byron in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the inning, Ubner popped up, Hascup walked and was replaced by Kiuber, who stole second and took third on a throwing error. Panther pitcher Connor Usowski gave Poulson an intentional walk to set up the double play, but that gave Hage his opportunity. Usowski, a left-handed eighth grader, threw all eight innings in the loss, giving up four runs on five hits, striking out seven, while walking four and hitting one batter. Hage went 2-for-4, Hascup was 2-for-3 with a triple, a run scored and Tim Hayes three RBI and Ubner scored From left: Cooperstown baseball players Kendall Haney, Jack Shurmer, two runs for Cooperstown Chris Ubner and Alex Poulson celebrate their section title Saturday, June (14-1). 12, during a firetruck parade in Cooperstown.
Schenevus wins first section softball title since 1978 SOFTBALL/from Page A7 For Spranger, who had his daughter Erika as one of his assistants this season, the feeling of winning a section title was something he said he could not put into words. However, he said this year’s team owes a tip of the cap to the teams that have come before them, including several that won TVL titles recently. “Absolutely, these girls grew up seeing what has happened before and what it takes to get here,” he said. “They wanted to be a part of it and it turned out they were the ones that put it all together.” On Monday, June 14, Schenevus hosted a merger forum, to discuss combining with neighbor Worcester Central
School. The younger girls on the team, may graduate from a merged school, playing on a combined team. However, this year’s squad topped Worcester in the semifinals/ Tri-Valley championship game Wednesday, 18-7, and Friday it won a title that could mark the end of an era in the community. “It means a lot to us,” Snyder said. “And knowing that it was full-on Schenevus that won it, that is special.” Hoag will join the Marines after graduation, but the other three seniors said they plan to play college softball, Jones and Osborne at nearby SUNY Cobleskill and Snyder at Wells College in Aurora.
Several boys win section titles for host CV-S, but Milford-Laurens continues winning season
RESULTS/from Page A7 Unatego third with 76 points. The M/L girls had a bigger margin of victory, beating second place Bainbridge-Guilford/ Afton, 117.5 to 86. CV-S took third with 82.5 points. M/L boys won the 1,600 and 3,200 relays. Riley Stevens won the 400 and Carter Stevens won the 800 and 1,600. Oskar Webster won the 110 hurdles and 400 hurdles, Maddox Aramini won the pole vault and Jesse Mance won the shot
put for CV-S. Luke Foster of Unatego won the 100, the long jump and helped his team to a win in the 400 relay. Notorious Gue won the triple jump for the Spartans. Jacob Spoor of Gilbertsville-Mount Upton won the high jump. On the girls side, M/L got championship wins from Nicole Stanley in the 100 hurdles, Sarah Munson in the discus and Mariah Saggese in the high jump. CV-S won titles in the
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Section IV Class D2 Championships At Cherry Valley Boys team scores: 1) Milford/Laurens 122, 2) Cherry Valley-Springfield 110, 3) Unatego
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Title games bring disappointment to Coop softball, Panther baseball By GREG KLEIN Before Cooperstown would celebrate a section championship in baseball, it had to endure a crushing defeat in softball, as visiting Pulaski won the Section III Class C softball championship Saturday, June 12, beating top seeded Cooperstown, 18-0, at Cooperstown Central School. Pulaski took a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning and then got out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the second inning. The combination seemed to rattle the Hawkeyes, who played uncharacteristically sloppy in the field and could get nothing strung together at the plate. Pulaski pitcher Emily Birmingham struck out six and gave up five hits, including doubles to Dani Seamon and Abby Miller, but she had movement inside that kept Cooperstown’s hitter off balance. When Cooperstown loaded the bases in the second inning, Jeana Geertgens responded with a sharp line drive, only to see Pulaski shortstop Clare Reynolds stretch high to make a great defensive play to keep Cooperstown off the scoreboard. After that, the Blue Devils scattered runs, many of them Greg Klein/AllOtsego.com Cooperstown pitcher Marley Lippitt suffered just her second loss of the season in the unearned. Seamon replaced Lippitt in the circle with the score section title game Saturday, June 12. 9-0 in midway through the top of middle innings. left field by Danielle Birmingham. innings. the third inning, and combined However, Seamon began the Cooperstown seemed rerattled, “Obviously, that wasn’t the with some defensive changes, sixth by issuing two walks, and Pulaski closed the game with result we wanted,” Cooperstown Cooperstown got through the leading to a three-run home run to four runs in the seventh and eighth Coach Buddy Lippitt said. “We
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Moana, right, played by Yana King, gets caught by the crab Tamatoa, played by Claire Smith, with Dalilah Synan as the left claw and Taryn Brockway as the right claw, in a scene from ‘Moana Jr.’ Student actors practice during a dress rehearsal of Moana Jr., produced by Orpheus Theatre’s Starstruck Players at Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta on Monday, June 14. The show, which opens Friday, June 18, will be the first live performance by Orpheus in more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Curtain’s up again on live theatre in the region By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART ONEONTA — It has been a dark time for theater in Otsego County. In 2020, the Glimmerglass Festival and Fenimore Art Museum each canceled its summer performance seasons because of the coronavirus pandemic. In Oneonta, Foothills Performing Arts Center went 14 months without a live show, according to Operations Manager Geoff Doyle. High schools and both Oneonta colleges experimented with streaming virtual theater, performed live without an audience. Local troupes such as the Catskill Puppet Theater and Orpheus Theatre cancelled shows, while Stuff of Dreams Productions pre-recorded performances for later broadcast. This summer, stage by stage, the lights are back on and theaters are reopening—albeit with some modifications for COVID safety. Theaters have been operating at 33% capacity, with mask requirements in place, but
that will change going forward, with an easing of most pandemic requirements from the state. “The hardest part of all this has been knowing what the regulations are, being aware when they change,” Doyle said. “The local, state and federal governments have not been sending a unified message for a long time.” Foothills had two small performances in the past month, a puppet show and a youth recital, as a way of easing back into business. The first big show starts Friday, June 19, when Orpheus Theatre opens its production of “Moana, Jr.,” on Foothills’ Bettiol Stage. The show, an hour-long musical adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film, will be performed by Orpheus’ Starstruck Players, a children’s’ theater program, with a cast of twenty-five kids ages 8 to 18. On Monday, June 14, during a full run-through of the show, there was an exuberant energy visible on stage, with moments of chaos that resolved See THEATRE, Page B4
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Concert series to resume at Lakefront By PATRICK DEWEY After a year of limited social gatherings in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Cooperstown Lakefront Concert Series is slated to return on Tuesday evenings in July and August. Rich McCaffrey, who organized the shows through the Village Parks Board for 15 years, has retired and the Village Parks Board will be helped by the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and Randy Smith, a volunteer passionate about arts and music in the local community. “We owe McCaffrey a tremendous debt of gratitude for almost single-handedly doing what will now be done by multiple people,” said Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk. To aid success of the new partnership, Smith and Tara Burke, director of the Cooperstown Chamber, developed a survey. The quick survey asks distance from Lakefront Park, age range, group size and musical taste. The survey is available on the Chamber website until June 21. “We are coming together to preserve a much beloved tradition,” Burke said. Thanks to his father and brother, Smith was passionate about music from a young age, he said. Smith grew up in Toddsville, then moved
to California after college. He said the 22 years he spent there helped him recognize that each region has a distinct music scene. In 2019, Smith, who had returned to Cooperstown five years prior, started the Facebook page “Live Music Cooperstown.” The page grew out of the tendency of locals to ask Smith about Cooperstown music. From school plays to operas and rock music, it’s all on the Facebook page, he said. Falk said Smith’s page was a big part of why, when McCaffery retired, she recommended Smith. “He had his finger on the pulse of the music scene. Who was playing, their schedules, and contact info,” she said. Smith said the 2021 lineup will include two shows by the Cooperstown Community Band, including opening night. In addition, the series will feature local bands who have played gigs at Red Shed Brewery and the Brewery Ommegang fire pit. “They may be new to the Lakefront bandstand but should be familiar to locals,” Smith said. Falk said the coming together of various generations and the picturesque setting of Lakefront Park have always been highlights of the series. More details can be found on the Cooperstown Chamber website and Facebook page.
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Productions went virtual, but live theatre has been missing THEATre/from Page B3 into dance numbers. Even with masks on, it appeared that many of the cast members were smiling as they performed. Afterwards, the actors tried on their villager costumes and assembled at the front of the stage for a review. Production manager Kate Simeon took notes on needed alterations while cast members serenaded her with songs from Frozen Jr., the last show the group performed, in January 2020. Director Sarah Lynn Serafin sat back to examine the line-up. “This is a disaster,” said Serafin, who has been director of youth programming for Orpheus since 2010 and is prone to hyperbole. “There’s too much beige.” After consultation, she decided to raid Orpheus’
costume warehouse for more colorful material. That night, Serafin answered questions from her car after a late trip to the storage facility. “In November, when we started this process, we assumed that we would be streaming it. And it was only a month or two ago that we decided that we would go live,” she said. “You know how people just haven’t gone anywhere. They haven’t done things for so long,” Serafin said. “When you’re sitting and watching live theater … there’s so much more excitement because audiences feed off the performers, performers feed off the audience. You know, it’s a give and take relationship when you’re in a live theater environment, that can’t be reproduced anywhere else.”
Aly Erario, 18, a senior at Oneonta High School, has been in Orpheus shows since she was 10. She played the lead role of Elsa in “Frozen” last year. In a climactic moment, she stood at the top of her ice castle. When the lights cut out, she yanked off her cape; by the time the spotlight returned, moments later, she had transformed from princess to queen. Standing at the edge of the stage, the rest of the cast arrayed behind her, they sang “we’re never going back! The past is in the past!” And then the stage went dark. That line now seems prophetic. Erario’s next three plays were called off. “Everyone talks about how great your senior year is, and how it’s the best year of your See THEATRE, Page B5
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Theatre experience suffered without crowds THEATRE/from Page B4 life. And you know, most of it was cancelled because of the pandemic,” she said. As things start to reopen, “honestly any social interaction that I can get, it’s amazing, because we’ve been in isolation for so long.” Last month, Erario had a lead role in the OHS musical “Little Women.” Her parents watched it live — every cast member was allowed two guests — but the rest of the audience was virtual. She said she’s grateful her final Orpheus show will have people watching. “It’s really nice when you have a live audience because you get the laughing and the cheering, just everything, even the littlest sounds like somebody’s bustling in their seat, you know, it’s just people being
there,” Erario said. As the last actors left the building, many called out cheerful goodnights to the directors. Doing theatre, Serafin said “is so much more than just putting up a show. I mean, you have to think about what are they experiencing, in school, in life and everything else. And so … you really want to make it a safe space, a home, if you will, for the children.” “I was weeping through a lot of tonight’s rehearsal,” Serafin admitted. “Yeah, I cried on a Monday, and usually it takes me until performance until I really feel it. It means that this show is going to be amazing.” FOR UPCOMING SHOWS, SEE PAGE B7
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Local theatres reopening with shows all over Otsego
After a year of dark theatres and streaming plays, local theatre and music companies return to the stage. Here is a list of upcoming performances: Orpheus Theatre: “Moana, Jr.” June 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m., June 20 at 3 p.m. at Foothills Performing Arts Center, in Oneonta. Go to www.orpheustheatre.org/moanajr for more information. The Visionary: “Warriors”
►Thursday, June 17 MOBILE COACH – 1 - 7 p.m. Stop by mobile cancer screening coach for free mammograms, more for women over 40 with no insurance or underinsured. At Damaschke Field, Neahwa Park in Oneonta. 1-888-3450225. COMMERCE – 2 p.m. Learn about the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce with chamber director Tara Burke. Presented by the Cooperstown Senior Community Center, brick building behind St. Mary’s Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. Go to coopseniorcenter@gmail.com. BEAUTIFICATION – 6:30 p.m. Join the Richfield Springs Garden Club for program on the ‘Keep America Beautiful’ federal initiative. Members of the Mohawk Valley Economic Development district will discuss how the initiative will sponsor a garden in Otsego County. Trinity Christian Reformed Church, 187 East Main St. in Richfield Springs. Call 607-547-2536. NEW YORK HISTORY – 6:30 p.m. Learn about the Erie canal when it connected Buffalo to New York City in video ‘Where Did the Songs Go? The Musical Legacy of the Historic Erie Canal Part 2.’ Presented by the Arkell Museum, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314 ext. 113. OUTDOOR CONCERT – 7 p.m. Enjoy folk/country/indierock songs performed by Ana Egge. Cost, $16/person. West
This experimental dance Musical Theatre Workshop. Wednesdays, Thursdays and and music performance is This two week musical some Fridays at 7 p.m. one of a series of monthly theater camp is for children on Fenimore Art Museum’s shows at the collaborative ages 6 to 18. back lawn, Cooperstown. arts venue. In August, they July 5 to 18. Performances Go to www.shakewill perform an experimenJuly 16, 17 and 18. speareabridged.eventbrite. tal opera based on Ursula Go to www.orpheusthecom. LeGuin’s anarchist sci-fi atre.org/register. novel The Dispossessed, Glimmerglass Festival: and an audience-interactive Glimmer Globe Theatre: Six different operas and comedy in September. “The Complete Works musical theater shows perJuly 3, at 8 p.m. at The of William Shakespeare formed. The first two shows Visionary in Mount Vision. (abridged)” by Adam Long, are “Mozart’s The Magic Send calendar items info@allotsego.com Go to https://www.eventDaniel Singertoand Jess Win- Flute” and “To The World,” brite.com/e/warriors-tickets- field. This relentless farce a revue of popular musical 150987099479. combines all 37 of the bards theater hits. This summer plays (and sonnets!) into the opera is performing Orpheus Theatre: 100 minutes. outside, with tickets sold “Mary Poppins” Summer July 14 to Aug. 18: in blocks of four for social
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Kortright Centre, 49 West Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Call 607-278-5454. HOME GAME – 7 p.m. Local baseball team Oneonta Outlaws vs Amsterdam Mohawks. At Damaschke Field in Oneonta. Call 607-432-6326. WRITERS SALON – 7:30 p.m. Open mic followed by by Marly Youmans, author of eight novels, two Southern fantasies, an adventure in blank verse, and four collections of poetry. Free, open to public. Presented through Zoom by the Community Arts Network of Oneonta. Call 607432-2070.
goggles. Meet at the Skate House, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Call 607-441-3999. FIRE PIT FRIDAYS – 7 to 10 p.m. Enjoy a fun night around the fire with friends, drinks and music. This week infeatures OtsegO COunty The Beadle Brothers, performing today’s country music. Brewery Ommegang at 656 county Route 33 in Coo-
perstown. Call 607-280-2900. THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Orpheus Theatre’s Starstruck Players present Disney’s ‘Moana’ Jr. Admission, $10. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607432-1800.
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►Friday, June 18 CHICKEN DINNER – 4:30-6 p.m. Enjoy a take-out Brooks chicken dinner including a half chicken, coleslaw, baked potato, and a roll. Cost is $12/dinner. Pre-orders by Wednesday encouraged. First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, 21 Elm St. in Cooperstown. Contact baptistcooperstown@gmail.com with name, number, quantity. FIZZBALL – 7 to 10 p.m. Join the Oneonta Teen Center and the Otsego Pride Alliance for the first Fizzball game of the season. Bring your own
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distancing. July 15 to Aug. 17, on the Glimmerglass lawn in Cooperstown. www.glimmerglass.org/ packages/ Catskill Puppet Theater: “The Villain’s Moustache.” This puppet show is a musical melodrama appropriate for children and adult audiences. Aug. 8, at West Kortwright Center in Delaware County. Go to www.facebook. com/Catskill-Puppet-Theater-952504898118196/. FETCHING BREWS – 8:30 a.m. Come support the Susquehanna Animal Shelter in 10k, 5k, and 0.5k run/ walks. Features pet parade with prizes, and age-appropriate drinks from the participating breweries. Begin at Brewery Ommegang, 656 county Route 33, Cooperstown. 607-547-8111. BOOK COLLECTION – 10 a.m. to noon. Bring your gently used books for the Village Library book sale. This is the biggest fundraiser for the library. Drop off at side entrance at the Village Library, 22 Main St. in Cooperstown.
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