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RICHFIELD SPRINGS • CHERRY VALLEY • HARTWICK • FLY CREEK • MILFORD • SPRINGFIELD • MIDDLEFIELD Volume 204, No. 25
COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND
Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, June 21, 2012
CCS Targets Bias, Hazing ADL, Habitudes Approved By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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he Anti-Defamation League’s World of Difference program calls itself “a leading provider of
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anti-bias education and diversity training.” Atlanta-based Growing Leaders’ Habitudes program aims to “enable you” – Cooperstown Central School students – “to lead yourself and wisely influence others.” Please See CCS, A9
New Coach, New Philosophy By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
Coach Segina
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half-year after revelations of hazing on the CCS varsity football team roiled the community, and
HAILING HEROES
Arlene Taylor, Harrisburg, Pa., with 60 other canoeists, prepares to embark on the first leg of the Susquehanna Sojourn Thursday, June 7, from Brookwood Point/OTHER PHOTO, A4
NY TIMES REPORT
Cuomo Frack Ideas Exempt Glimmerglass Otsego 2000 President Says ‘Moral Duty’ Will Require Local Activists To Fight On
Acquittal May Help Clemens Entry To Hall
By JIM KEVLIN
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LB star pitcher Roger Clemens’ acquittal Monday, June 18, on charges of lying to Congress opens the way for his entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s now up to the Baseball Writers Association of America to decide – perhaps by next January – if Clemens has, not just the on-field record, but the “character, sportsmanship and integrity” to enter the Hall, said Brad Horn, 25 Main’s communications director. BRIDGING GAP: Leilani Craft Ulrich, first woman chair of the Adirondack Park Agency, will speak Sunday, June 24, at Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church following the 9:30 a.m. service. TRY OPERA: The Glimmerglass Festival is offering $20 tickets for the July 7 and 13 performances of “Aida” to Otsego County residents who haven’t attended the opera in four years, thanks to a Clark Foundation grant.
with an anti-hazing program and new ideas being pursued, new head coach Mark Segina hopes to bring the fans back to the stands. Though formal practice doesn’t begin until Aug. 9, Segina has already met with Please See COACH, A8
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Cooperstown’s Peg Wilson and daughter Taryn cheer Oneonta High School’s Class B championship baseball team as the Yellowjackets pass the flagpole at Main and Pioneer Saturday, June 16, during the Hall of Fame Classic parade/MORE PHOTOS, B1
he Cuomo Administration’s fracking plan – if a leaked report published in The New York Times Wednesday, June 13, proves true – would largely protect the Glimmerglass National Historic District around Otsego Lake. But, “as a moral principle,” it would be wrong for local activists to abandon the campaign to ban hydrofracking statewide, said Nicole Dillingham, president of Otsego 2000, the Cooperstown-based environmental group. “With the resources we have in our region,” Dillingham said in an interview, “we’ve been the leaders in Upstate New York. I think we’ve accomplished a lot, but we have to hold firm now to protect the entire state.” Please See FRACKING, A2
Hawkeyes Get Beer Of Their Own Cooperstown Brewing’s New Golden Ale Available At Doubleday Field COOPERSTOWN
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Hawkeyes owner Tom Hickey and brewer Chuck Williamson examine where it all began – a boiler at Cooperstown Brewing Co., Milford.
ooperstown Hawkeyes President Tom Hickey and Cooperstown Brewing President Chuck Williamson ran into each other, started talking and soon agreed. “It goes hand in hand,” Hickey reported: “Beer and baseball is where it’s at.” Soon, Williamson, who also owns Butternuts Brewery in Garrattsville, had devised a light, clear ale, golden colored. Hickey christened it, “Cooperstown Hawkeyes Golden Ale,” and the beer will go on sale
at Doubleday Field Saturday, June 23, when the Hawkeyes meet the Amsterdam Mohawks. The game starts at 5. “It’s a nice, balanced beer,” said Williamson. And with an alcohol content under 5 percent, “you can have one or two and not have to worry about the drive home.” Hickey believes the Hawkeyes may be the only team at this level – it is part of the Perfect League which, like the Cape Cod League, provides an opportunity for college ballplayers to hone their skills over the summer – with a beer of its own.
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