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Cooperstown’s Lori Miller shares a laugh with Rotary Exchange students Paola Ximena Nunez Moya, right, and Giovanna Vedele after Cooperstown Central’s Sunday, June 24, commencement on the Fenimore Art Museum lawn. The Millers were Giovanna’s host family/ MORE ON A7

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Katrina Rabeler, who is working at the Clark Sports Center this summer, browses offerings at the Friends of the Library Book Sale, which continues on the 22 Main lawn through Sunday, July 8.

GRADUATION GLEE! Parents and grads perform at Milford Central School’s graduation Friday, June 22.

From left are Avalon and Susan Ward, Nick Dutcher (on guitar) and mom Emily, and Krista and Kathy Krol/MORE

Schreibman Faces Gibson In November

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ulian Schreibman won the 19th District Congressional District Democratic primary Tuesday, June 26, over Joel Tyner.

An Ulster County lawyer, he will face U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, the Kinderhook Republican, in the fall.

Noon Siren Goes

Whistle ‘Toxic,’ Franck Declares

By JIM KEVLIN & ADRIAN ADAMO COOPERSTOWN

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he stroke of noon passed quietly Tuesday, June 26, in the Village of Cooperstown, for the first time in decades.

For the night before the village trustees had voted, Franck 4-3, to prohibit the daily sounding of the 115decibel siren behind the firehouse that has jolted tourists and locals alike for years.

The noon whistle, declared Trustee Walter Franck, a physician, is “toxic” and damaging to people’s hearing. “It is not Please See WHISTLE, A10

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HEITZ HONORED: Tom Heitz, former National Baseball Hall of Fame librarian, was in Minneapolis in recent days to accept SABR’s prestigious Chadwick Award.

(Details, A2) LONG TRIP: Jacob Miller, Ben Breiten and Desi Gialanella Tuesday, June 26, began a two-week canoe trip down the Susquehanna to Chesapeake Bay.

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Don’t return all-day parking to Lake and River streets, neighbor Jim Howarth argues.

For Now, 2-Hour Parking Remains

TAKE TOUR: OFO is offering tours of its new Children’s Center 9 a.m.noon Friday, June 29, on the second floor of the county’s Family Court building, 197 Main St., Cooperstown.

CANCER SUPPORT: A new breast-cancer support group meets the first Friday of each month, beginning July 7, at Bassett Hospital.

To register, call Laurie, 5474963.

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

I Richfield Springs valedictorian Bethany Ames, left, and salutatorian Shelby Sparks pass under the Stars and Stripes on entering the Saturday, June 23, commencement/MORE ON A9

Library specialist Rhonda King, keynoter at the Cherry Valley-Springfield graduation Saturday, June 23, built her remarks around the children’s book character, “Clifford the Big Red Dog”/MORE ON A6

n February, the village trustees converted 40 all-day spaces around 22 Main to two-hour parking after neighbors complained cars belonging to 7-3 workers were clogging up the neighborhood.

“I regretted it almost as soon as I voted,” Trustee Lynne Mebust said Monday, June Please See PARKING, A10

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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

LOCALS

Tom Heitz Wins SABR’s Prestigious Chadwick Award

By BRUCE MARKUSEN COOPERSTOWN

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om Heitz is a familiar face around Cooperstown, whether it’s presiding over a holiday celebration at The Farmers’ Museum, announcing at Doubleday Field, or simply doing research at the NYSHA library. It is that latter ability, along with a general knowledge of baseball and its history, that has earned him the prestigious Chadwick Award from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

He was in Minneapolis the weekend of June 22 to

accept the national recognition.

Established by SABR in November 2009, the award Tom Heitz honors baseball’s great researchers – historians, statisticians, annalists, and archivists – who link the past and present of America’s Game.

In March, Heitz received a congratulatory call from SABR, “it was a total surprise,“ he said.

Heitz’ resume within the game is impressive and laudatory. In 1983-95, he

was National Baseball Hall of Fame librarian. Since, he been official scorekeeper local baseball teams and teaches 19th-century game of Townball fundamentals at the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball & American Culture.

Heitz, a consultant to The Freeman’s Journal who writes the weekly Bound Volumes column, has found a common bond with Chadwick, a journalist who aided the development of baseball as an amateur sport.

“He had great influence on the evolution of baseball’s rules in the game’s formative years,” said Heitz. As Hall of Fame librarian, he compiled the first published

chronology of baseball rules published in Total Baseball, the sport’s standard encyclopedia.

For Heitz, learning ever more about baseball has been a lifelong pursuit since playing centerfield for the Southside Lions in Kansas City, Mo., at age 12. He attended MLB games while visiting relatives in St. Louis, and Triple-A games at Kansas City’s Blues Stadium, when the Blues were a Yankees farm team in the 1940s and ‘50s. “I collected a complete set of 1950-1951 Topps baseball cards,” he said. “Baseball was a big part of my life as a kid, and it remains an important part of my life now.

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lizabeth Helen Renckens and Michael Kevin Gibbons were united in marriage on May 27, 2012, at St Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Church, with family friends Father John R. Roos officiating, assisted by Henry Phillips.

Beth was given in marriage by her parents, James R. and Polly Renckens of Richfield Springs. The groom escorted his mother Bette Gibbons down the aisle.

The bride wore a diamond white gown with ivory and pewter accents. The strapless dropped-waist, full aline gown had a soft sweetheart neckline. Embellished lace accented the bustline and billowing bustles swept across the gathered Bordeaux taffeta skirt and chapel train. She wore heirloom family pearls; the couple exchanged Claddagh rings. She carried a single lily accented with Lilies of the Valley, The bridesmaids wore cobalt blue floor-length haltertop gowns and the groomsmen wore fully accessorized All Ireland tartan kilts.

The matron of honor was Katy Lynch Gifford; bridesmaids were Shannon Varner Renckens, sister of the bride, friends Katherine Basile and Sally Tedesco, and Peace Corps colleagues Megan Allie and Susan Walke.

Best men were Jeffrey Newberger and Christopher

Green. Other groomsmen were brothers Brian, Dan and Matthew Gibbons and Patrick Renckens, brother of the bride.

The couple selected the readings and songs, including “Patient Trust,” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Newberger was also the cantor and soloist.

The couple arrived aboard Veronica Seaver’s 1929 Chris Craft at their Otesaga reception, where the groom’s mother presented the bride with an All Ireland tartan sash – identical to those worn by the Gibbons ladies. Toasts, cocktails, dinner and dancing followed, with music by DJ Miscenck, accompanied by Newberger on violin and Mike Scoglio on guitar. The wedding cake was provided

by Marjorie Landers. Attendees included Michael’s son Jonah Leemis.

The couple honeymooned in New England and will live Ann Arbor Michigan, where Beth recently received her master’s in urban planning; she is a program manager and research specialist at the Graham Sustainability Institute at the University of Michigan, studying global warming in the Great Lakes. Michael is assistant general manager at Gandy Dancer, one of Ann Arbor’s premier dining establishments.

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Ashley is a 2010 graduate of Hartwick College, where

she earned a bachelor’s in art. She will continue at Hartwick this fall, studying nursing. She works at Bassett Hospital.

Nicholas attended SUNY Oneonta, where he earned a bachelor’s in business and economics in 2009. He is a financial analyst at Bassett.

A wedding in Cooperstown is being planned.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

LOCALS Elephant Focus Of Glimmerglass Fundraiser COOPERSTOWN

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hen most people think of “Aida,” they think of live elephants on stage,” said Brittany LeSavoy, director of public relations at the Glimmerglass Opera. “Instead, we have them on the front lawn.”

The two elephants, constructed from grapevines by sculptor Elizabeth Schoonmaker of Pinefield, will greet visitors to the

Glimmerglass Festival throughout the 2012 season. “They’re pretty amazing,” said Francesca Zambello, Glimmerglass director.

Although the elephants won’t make it on stage, they are the stars of a silent auction, a fundraising effort that begins July 7 on “Aida’s” opening night “Dinner on the Nile,” and continuing through midnight Aug. 25, the last showing of “Lost in the Stars.”

Bids may be placed at www.glimmerglass.com or by calling 547-0700, ext. 208

Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director of the Glimmerglass Festival, stands with sculpture Elizabeth Schoonmaker and her two grapevine elephants, an installation piece celebrating the premier of “Aida” on July 7.

16 Student-Artists Win $50 Prizes COOPERSTOWN

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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

EDITORIAL

Hall Of Fame Classic Growing. Induction Picture Brightening, Too

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t’s frequently observed that we human beings are creatures of habit.

No surprise there. So naturally there was an outcry why the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced in 2008 that the annual Hall of Fame Game, which had brought active Major Leaguers to Baseball Town, USA, since 1939, was being cancelled for good.

At the time, the Hall of Fame Classic that replaced the Game was considered a pale substitute. Instead of current Major Leaguers, veterans, some long retired, would descend on Doubleday Field once a year. And it wouldn’t happen around Induction Weekend, but Father’s Day, six weeks before.

Disappointment.

• Actually, it’s turned out

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Fans along the third-base line clamor for former Baltimore Oriole Eddie Murray, who collected 3,000 hits and 500 runs during his MLB career.

pretty well, as indicated once again by this year’s Classic on Saturday, June 16. The event has yet to fill Doubleday’s 10,500 seats – the Classic topped 7,000 one year, but the last couple of years attendance has been a bit over 5,000.

Of course, the economy has been lagging since 2008, and there have been a couple of spikes in gasoline prices at critical times of the year, so it’s hard to know how much is the Classic and how much unrelated factors.

Some of each is likely, be-

cause the Classic is clearly taking on a life of its own.

The parade’s energy level – perhaps elevated a bit this year by the OHS Yellowjackets’ Class B State Champions – was exceptional. The MLB retirees were clearly having fun, evidenced by Phil Niekro and Ozzie Smith horsing around with Hall President Jeff Idelson, but so was the crowd.

In reality, the big stars weren’t coming to the Hall of Fame Games the last few years anyhow and the ones who did seemed to consider it simply a duty. So it’s different, but not necessarily worse.

Just one for instance: It was telling to see fans, young and old, clamoring for Eddie Murray’s autograph as he worked his way along the third-base fence

during one break between innings. In the stands, a dad was explaining Murray’s prowess and particular points of professional pride to his young son, just what baseball is supposed to be.

From the pecuniary perspective, merchants report doing pretty well. And splitting the Classic away from Induction Weekend, it turns out, is guaranteeing another busy summer weekend, rather than detracting from the main event.

And, of course, Homer Osterhoudt was there this year, as he has been at every Game/Classic since 1939.

• Looking ahead, the Steroids Era is coming to an end, and the future of baseball – and our related future – is likewise brightening.

While formidable heroes of the game have continued

to enter the Hall annually, the last banner year was 2007, when Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn drew 84,000 thousand fans to Induction Weekend, making Cooperstown the state’s seventh most populous city for a couple of days, (after Cheektowaga.)

This year’s inductee, Barry Larkin, is a solid pick. But the post-steroid superstars may be returning as soon as 2013, with Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling eligible for selection, said Brad Horn, the Hall’s communications director. In 2014, Randy Johnson will be on the ballot. In 2015, Pedro Martinez. In 2016, Ken Griffey Jr. Pretty good. Very good, in fact. The proverbial happy days, baseball-wise anyhow, may soon be here again.

LETTERS

Fracking View Matters To Sustainable Otsego To the Editor: You suggest in a June 14 editorial that Sustainable Otsego’s non-partisan stance might be a “charade” if it supported a little-known and obscure Democrat in the race against Senator Seward.

You say we’re “intrigued” by this candidate, but in fact we have little knowledge at this point even of who he or she may be. We have – so far – made no endorsement, though we might.

As far as endorsements are concerned, one standard – barring other disqualifica-

tions – is that a candidate support a statewide ban on fracking. This is something Joel Tyner did in his primary race for the 19th Congressional District nomination.

This is not a necessarily a partisan matter. At least one Republican state senator – Greg Ball – supports a statewide ban. And our biggest frustration so far has been with the most prominent Democrat in the state – Governor Cuomo.

ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Moderator Sustainable Otsego

C.J. HEBERT OTHER VOICES

By The Numbers, CCS Succeeding Editor’s Note: Here is an excerpt from CCS Supt. of Schools C.J. Hebert’s remarks to graduates at the Sunday, June 24, commencement on the lawn of the Fenimore Art Museum.

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t is indeed the graduation season isn’t it? From kindergarten, sixth grade, and middle school to high school and college, graduation ceremonies are very common this time of year. With all of this looking back on past accomplishments and ahead to new adventures it is easy to fall back on timeless clichés. Sometimes we hear repeated themes or phrases.

When I notice it in the speeches of others I think Ear-Splitting Siren Won’t Be Missed plagiarism, when I notice it in my own To the Editor: remarks I think Noon siren eliminated, thus ending certainly the most intertextuality. pointless “custom” – dating back a few decades – to ever Now, I am a bit befall the Village fixated on data and Sounding an ear-splitting air raid siren 365 days a year ... numbers – perwhen we’ve been at peace with Canada for a long time. haps more than is To most tourists, that siren meant one thing: a severe comfortable for storm warning, take cover. some folks but that Or “Welcome to Cooperstown, kiss your hearing goodcan’t be helped. I bye.” am fully aware It will not be missed.

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal that the same set Particularly after the neighbors’ ears stop ringing.

CCS Supt. of Schools C.J. Hebert congratulates graduate Hans of data can tell Many thanks to the Village Board Ofer, who is attending RPI in the fall. In the background are school many stories. In CHIP NORTHRUP fact, I thought that board President Tony Scalici and Principal Mike Cring.

Cooperstown I might share some teams. At the sports banquet earlier our current capabilities. numbers with you this month, (High School Principal Turn on the evening news and this afternoon that The view from Mike) Cring announced that 77 read between the lines. European have previously the Fenimore scholar-athletes exceeded the comeconomies are in dire straits. The U.S. been announced Museum’s bined number of the next three closest economy, while recovering, is still on Cooperstown’s Newspaper For 204 Years in other contexts. veranda. scoring schools in the Center State shaky ground. Scientific discoveries When taken in

Conference.

For those of you who constantly stretch our current laws and isolation, they seem

James C. Kevlin Mary Joan Kevlin haven’t considered the scope of the definitions of moral and ethical stanto be part of the “normal” fabric of

Editor & Publisher Associate Publisher conference, there are 26 schools that dards. Information is expanding at an Cooperstown life. But when taken as a span from Cooperstown to Canastota exponential rate and we can’t keep up.

Tara Barnwell Amanda Hoepker composite, tell a much different story.

Advertising Director Office Manager and Adirondack to Hamilton.

The photos, for instance, that I took Graduation rate, for example, is the Whether it’s Regents results, muat last year’s graduation could have number of successful completers in Jamie Smith, Stephanie Valentine Tom Heitz sic competitions, athletic statistics or spawned Web articles, media releases a given class or cohort. A cohort is

Sales Associates Consultant hours logged on community events, and perhaps served as the basis for measured by the number of students it is clear from the data that Cooperinter-continental sharing of educational Libby Cudmore, Adrian Adamo Ian Austin who enter 9th grade together. The Reporters Photographer stown graduates continue to excel and ideology. I got as far as making one 2008 cohort also known as the Class of lead their peers. my background wall paper. We need 2012 is on track to exceed a 90 percent Graphics: Scott Buchanan In any event, why does all of this your skills, knowledge and perspecgraduation. That in itself is impresSUCCESSOR PUBLICATION TO data collection and analysis matter tive. The need isn’t some distant niche sive when you consider that the state is The Cherry Valley Gazette • The Hartwick Review that you might fill as you leisurely touting an increase in the average to 74 anyway? If Cooperstown students The Milford Tidings • The Morris Chronicle • Oneonta Press The Otsego Farmer • The Richfield Springs Mercury score well in any measure of growth pursue a college degree. It is the percent. and achievement, why do we need myriad of pressing global issues that College and Career Readiness is OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR to continue to track them so closely? we currently face.

Otsego County • Town of Cherry Valley • Town of Middlefield a new measure of student success as Cooperstown Central School District This is graduation day, aren’t we In a traditional welcoming remarks defined in the Race to the Top metrics. supposed to take time to reflect or closing I might say something like, Subscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $45 a year. All other areas, $60 a year.

Of this year’s senior class, 86 percent First Class Subscription, $120 a year. consider all that we have been part of “Today we pause to acknowledge the will matriculate in college, 9 percent or pause before the next phase of life accomplishments of the class of 2012.”

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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Advertisement – Ran Away – From the Subscriber, on the 25th of June, instant, a servant boy, by the name of Stephen Scudder, aged 18 years, the sixth day of April last.

It is expected he will enlist into the United States Army at Otsego. I forbid all persons harboring or trusting him on my account; any person apprehending him, and returning him back to me, shall have one cent reward and no charges paid.

Henry Cable, Maryland, June 25, 1812.

June 27, 1812 A Poem titled “To Cooperstown� – There is a lovely, quiet vale, Around which hill and verdant dale, And sunny lake, combine Their magic influence, to impart A lustre, which mere human art Could never cause to shine. Yet not alone has the fair face of nature’s works, been left to grace This favor’d, happy spot: Here many a dome and church spire gleams In Sol’s bright rays, or Cynthia’s beams, With humble, lowly cot. Tho’ lovely thou to mortal ken, Tis not thy beauty that will win A name for thee in story With Abbottsford; or in the ranks Of that famed town, on Avon’s banks, And seal thy future glory. But thou art the home of one whose name is graven on the scroll of fame In characters of light – That till all else shall fade away, and earth itself sink to decay, will e’en as now burn bright.

June 26, 1837

125 YEARS AGO

Governor Hill has signed an important bill with reference to the distribution of public school moneys. The new bill leaves the distribution by the State, based on the number of teachers employed, just as it is, that the weaker districts may not be discouraged; but it provides that the portion distributed by the school commissioners shall no longer be divided, but shall be apportioned on the basis of aggregate attendance of scholars during the preceding school year.

School population will no longer have anything to do with it. All will depend upon attendance, and in the calculation every day will count. The new law does not take effect till the apportionment of 1889, which will be based on attendance reports from the school year ending in August 1888.

July 1, 1887

100 YEARS AGO

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June 30, 1937

50 YEARS AGO

Smith-Cooperstown, Inc. has been franchised by Willys Sales Corporation to handle the Jeep family of vehicles and approved special equipment. The firm will market the full line of Jeep vehicles and equipment in this area. The dealership will also offer complete parts and service facilities for the famed “go anywhere� vehicles. Jeep models serve a wide range of purposes from six-passenger family vehicles to the roughest kind of off-the-road hauling with gross vehicle weights up to 8,000 pounds.

June 27, 1962 June 27, 1862

175 YEARS AGO

opened the week with the baccalaureate sermon given by the Rev. Frank S. Squyer at the school’s assembly hall on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Squyer said in part: “The graduates of our high school are among the choicest young people. In our public school system the higher the grade the fewer the pupils. Out of 100 pupils who enter public schools only 25 stay long enough to learn to read and write; only 20 out of 100 stay longer than the fifth grade; less than one out of 100 who enter our public schools graduate from high school; a small proportion of high school graduates who enter college remain until graduation.�

June 26, 1912

75 YEARS AGO

Richard Archbold’s seventeen-ton flying boat in which he intends to explore the interior of New Guinea, rested at anchor at North Beach airport, New York City, on Saturday, after a non-stop flight across the United States. Mr. Archbold’s mother, Mrs. John F. Archbold, who has taken the Spaulding estate at the head of Otsego Lake for the summer, is now with her son in New York City and is expected to arrive here on Thursday. The trip of the young scientist from San Diego was completed in 17 hours, 3 minutes and was the first transcontinental trip of a flying boat. Mr. Archbold is a research associate of the American Museum of Natural History. Mr. Archbold’s New Guinea trip, to be taken in about two months, is to be over the Pan American clipper ship route via the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island and Guam. While news dispatches from San Diego stated that he planned to fly from New York City to Canadarago

25 YEARS AGO

The “Roosevelt Special,� a traveling museum filled with artifacts, memorabilia and photographs of the FDR era, is in Cooperstown through Thursday of this week and is available to the public free of charge from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The museum, housed in a 40-foot trailer, is located behind the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce office at 31 Chestnut Street. Its contents were selected from the collections of the Roosevelt Library and National Historic Site in Hyde Park.

Additional items have been donated by family members.

The exhibit focuses on five main areas – FDR’s personal and family life; FDR’s political life; FDR and the forgotten man; FDR and land; and FDR as a wartime and world leader.

June 30, 1982

10 YEARS AGO

Scottie Baker of Fly Creek recently launched an 1896vintage wooden canoe named “She� off Mohican Point on Otsego Lake. Baker and her late husband David are well known for their contributions to restoring traditional canoes. Baker hopes that by setting an example with this tranquil mode of recreation, such boats will gain popularity upon the lake. When Baker is paddling about, often dressed in a costume that matches the vintage of the canoe, cars often honk from the roadside and people wave her ashore. One family vacationing from Philadelphia told her that seeing “She� was one of the highlights of their visit to Cooperstown.

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Cherry ValleySpringfield Supt. of Schools Robert Miller presents a diploma to valedictorian Emily Ann Schafsteck during commencement Saturday, June 23, in the Glimmerglass Festival. Principal Kevin Keane announces the names of the 49 graduating seniors. “Fear is a puny chemical signal in your brain,” she told classmates in her valedictory.

Graduates Morgan Diani, left, and Aria Dubben were all hugs and smiles at the post-commencement gathering.

Bagpiper Rob Schafsteck, the valedictorian’s brother, piped the seniors to the stage at the start of commencement.

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While elsewhere some seniors, family and friends sweltered in warm gyms, the CV-S Class of 2012 and loved ones enjoyed Otsego Lake breezes blowing through the screen-sided Alice Busch Opera Theater at the Glimmerglass Festival, which hosted the local commencement once again. Speaker Rhonda King called the graduates “my heroes: They have taught me so much.”

Grad Colin Lamouret is congratulated by CV-S board President Peter Freehafer after receiving his diploma from Superintendent Miller.

The CV-S superintendent’s administrative assistant, Laura Carson, was more than an onlooker this year, as son Nicholas graduated with honors. They are flanked by dad Larry and sister Jessica.

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Ryan Louis Brazie Benjamin Hale Campbell Nicholas Lawrence Carson Steven Michael Dawson Alec George Denninger Morgan Ashley Diani Brandon Doyle Aria Leigh Dubben Erica Ann Dunton Heather Marie Dunton Sarah Ashley Gonzalez-Jusino William J. Guardi Ivy May Seybolt Hanlon

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Hayley Paige Johnson Dwarf Lamoree Collin Andrew Lamouret Allison Marie Lincoln Joshua Paul Lyons Shane Marc Mabie Dylan Ryan McMillen Ashley Rebecca Miles Taylor Benjamin Miles Anthony Thomas Mills Shealyn Margi Misiewicz Kevin Moak Jr. Aaron Myatt

Jonathan O’Connell Jacob Ian Palumbo Cassandra A. Prime Cody Cosmo Puglia Chad Rachon Emily Ann Schafsteck Scott William Stiles Elizabeth May Stocking Chad Winslow Thompson Jamie Sue VanDerKrake Chris VanDerwerker Emily Grace Wilmot Andrew Charles Zacharchuk

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Anna Kramer, one of the top four scholars from 2011, is back from a Rotary Exchange in India.

Jeremiah Ford was first in line to get a diploma.

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The four top students delivering the Senior Address are, from left, Michaela LaChance, Grace Livermore, Bennie Bauer and Margaret O’Handley. Commencement exercises were Sunday, June 24, on the back lawn of The Fenimore Art Museum.

Little Alexandra von Tsurikov was quite energized by the activities down on the dias, where brother Michael was graduating.

With her are mom Anna, brother Andrew and dad Vladimir, Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Seminary director of archives.

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Austin Alton Joshua Amatuccio Nicholas Aufmuth Nicole Barown Benjamin Bauer Alexa Bayes Ryon Bennett Ashley Bliss Emily Boden Mitchell Bouton Samuel Bowen Caitlin Breier Benjamin Breiten Emily Carson Adelbert Cleaveland Harrison Clinton McKenzie Coleman Nicole da Silva Elizabeth Davenport

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Stephanie Talaia-Murray delivers the valedictory address to her classmates and their families and friends Friday, June 22, in the Milford Central School auditorium.

Jestina Tucci gives dad Willard a peck on the cheek after giving a bouquet of lilies to her mom Philomena. Giving lilies to each graduate, who in turn give them to their mothers, is a Milford graduation tradition.

Jordan Griffiths on ukulele and Zane Gregory perform “Dragons Fly on the Wings of Fame” with the MCS Graduation Band.

Milford Supt. of Schools Peter Livshin announces that Dustin Packer, left, and Dan Hoppe will be joining the Marines.

The announcement brought a standing ovation.

Superintendent Livshin recognizes Kinga Kowalzyk, Milford Central’s exchange student from Poland.

While Stephanie Ashe was inside at commencement, the Vagliardi family was out in the parking lot decorating their SUV in her honor.

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Jocelyn Paige Bennett Timothy J. Borggreen Brandon Joseph Bostwick Brian Ross Coville Nicholas N. L. Dutcher Breanna Lee Graves Zain D. Gregory Jordan Elizabeth Griffiths Jeffrey Mark Healey Johnathan D. Hoffman

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A Powerpoint tribute to grads is an annual feature of the RSCS graduation. Here, a baby photo, a favorite photo and a graduation photo of Thomas Geywits flash onto the screen.

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The Sadlon twins, Carly and Cassie, prepare to meet wellwishers after exiting the Richfield Springs Central School commencement Saturday, June 23, in the school gym.

Stacy Seegers tends Lilly Bates, 3, stepsister of Zachary Boss. The little girl got a little sleepy during the ceremony.

Dakota Behr receives his diploma from Brad Smith, president of the RSCS board.

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“Over and over again, it adds up. And to use it at a time that’s not an emergency doesn’t make sense.”

The issue had been brought up at the trustees’ May meeting, when Franck was absent, and had been referred for further study.

At this month’s meeting, he said he had a responsibility to make his opposition to the whistle known.

In place of the whistle, perhaps village churches would ring their bells at noon, he said.

Lively debate followed.

Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh, who seconded Franck’s motion to silence the whistle, said there is “no control

measure” on the device: It must either sound at full blast or not at all.

Trustee Jim Dean reported he has to cover his ears as far away at the Price Chopper parking lot. He appreciates tradition, he said, “but if someone tells you there is no middle ground, I say shut it off.”

Mayor Jeff Katz said tourists from the Midwest find the sound particularly alarming, since it sounds like the sirens that have heralded the destructive tornadoes of the past year.

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Franck argued against delay, saying – since the blast is a health hazard – “I would stop the noon whistle and then look for a solution.”

Katz and Dean joined Franck and Tillapaugh in silencing the siren. Capozza, Public Safety chair Lynne Mebust and Trustee Cindy Falk voted nay.

Approached the next morning, neighbors had mixed views about the news. David Pearlman, 15 Leatherstocking St., said that, of necessity, phone conversations come to a halt when the blast sounds.

“We are literally right here” – a half block from the whistle, he continued.

“It’s not long, but the sound just resonates in your ear afterwards.”

Dorothy Smith, who operates Spurbeck’s Grocery at Leatherstocking and Railroad with husband Roger, said they’re used to it. “Of course,” she added, “we’re not right next to it.”

2-Hour Parking Spaces Preserved Around 22 Main Until Labor Day PARKING/From A1 25, as neighbors returned to the Village Board to prevent the February decision from being overturned.

After testimony, Mebust voted to go back to the way things had been, but to no avail: A 4-3 vote determined the two-hour limits will remain in place, at least until after Labor Day. Mebust was joined by Trustees Jim Dean and Frank Capozza, but Mayor Jeff Katz and Trustees Cindy Falk, Walter Franck and Ellen Tillapaugh confirmed the status quo.

Originally, the neighbors, led by Dr. Roger MacMillan, said Bassett Hospital employees were monopolizing the all-day spaces on River and Lake streets, hindering access to the library and village offices. A newcomer on River Street, Jack Alvarez, reported lack of parking hindered contractors coming and going from repairing his home.

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It was further discovered that, while some employees couldn’t find parking, many of the two-hour spaces were now vacant.

The original adjustment required a new local law, and thus it required another local law to change it back.

At the June 25 hearing, the neighbors again argued – as Jim Howarth put it – “All day parking is employee parking; it’s absolutely synonymous.” Jim LaCave said, “I don’t think these parking spots were intended to become parking lots.”

When the trustees debated the matter, Mayor Katz said “seasonality” is a factor.

“Once Memorial Day hits, the two-hour spots are full,” a situation that will change after Labor Day.

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“Keep it the way it is,” added Franck, “and then remove it at that time.”

The usual parking shortage has been temporarily worsened this summer, because the Blue Lot, at the south end of the village, is being rebuilt as the Southern Gateway, which when complete this fall will double the parking spaces there.

During the hearing, former mayor Wendell Tripp said Cooperstown’s parking challenges are simply “not solvable,” and he recalled a remark by the late Harold Hollis, a former mayor and longtime Freeman’s Journal editor: “The main problem is mathematical. You can’t put 1,000 cars in 650 places (or however many there are).”

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This lovely 1800’s two family village property was totally renovated in 2010 with new roof, new steam heat boiler, updated plumbing and electric. In pristine condition, this versatile property provides over 2,500 sq. ft. of living space; 1,499 sq. ft. in the lower level apartment and 1,087 sq. ft. in the upper level apartment. Special features include spacious eat-in kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms with fireplaces, and bedrooms with private baths. Enjoy breathtaking views of Leatherstocking Golf Course and Otsego Lake from the pretty front porch. The porch in the rear provides the perfect spot for settling in with a good book, or a quiet place for a drink and conversation with friends. Plenty of parking space with this special property. There is a detached four bay garage in like-new condition. This one is perfect for the couple who could benefit from a separate guest/ in-law apartment, or for the customer looking for a handsome home, combined with an attached income producing opportunity. This appealing property is in an excellent location, in excellent condition, and is being offered at an excellent price......$400,000. Looking for EXCELLENCE?????......

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VILLAGE APARTMENT COMPLEX in move-in condition. Built in the 1800’s, this four unit apartment complex, formerly the Beasley School for Boys, was completely renovated in 2009 including new roof, clapboard siding, new insulation (2006) , updated plumbing, electrical and heating. The boiler was replaced ten years ago. Providing over 5,600 sq.ft. of living space, there are three 3 bedroom apartments and one 2 bedroom apartment. The two bedroom apartment is situated on one level while the remaining three apartments have two levels. Special features include nicely appointed eat-in kitchens, separate dining rooms, living rooms with fireplaces and two baths per apartment.

Each apartment has a laundry area within, fitted with washer and dryer. There is a detached four bay parking garage providing parking and storage space for each unit. This exceptional rental property is currently fully rented and the complex has an excellent rental history.

This LAMB REALTY EXCLUSIVE is being offered below its assessed value..............at $499,000. Call Lamb Realty at 607-547-8145 to arrange an appointment.

LAMB REALTY 20 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, NY

DOnnA ThOMSOn Broker/Owner 607-547-5023

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RUM HILL MANOR! Exquisite 4 br, 3-1/2 ba 4500 sq ft contemporary home on 40 +/wooded acres with breathtaking views of Otsego Lake. Great room boasts cathedral ceilings and maple floors, living room has gas/wood burning fireplace, and gourmet kitchen has island and new appliances. Elegant master suite includes gas fireplace, inviting master bath, and huge walk-in closet.15 minutes from the Village of Cooperstown.

MLS# 83835 • $875,000

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DOTTIE GEBBIA Associate Broker 607-547-8927

Home of the Week This wonderful, custom built center hall colonial home has 3-5 bedrooms, 2 full baths (with a third all plumbed and ready to be finished). Fireplace and wood stove – cherry kitchen cabinets – 2 car garage/barn, expansive lawns, view of Otsego Lake and a 10 minute walk to Glimmerglass State Park.

You couldn’t ask for more.

Priced at $365,000, call today for your private showing.

Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Rob Lee 434-5177; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881

216 Main Street, Cooperstown NY • 607-547-8551 • fax: 607-547-1029