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COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND Village to host concert series at Lakefront Park Cooperstown will host the Lakefront Concert series, which began Tuesday, July 6, and will take place every Tuesday from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs, blankets and non-alcoholic beverages. The next concert will be Tuesday, July 13, and will feature the Kennesaw Mountain Boys.

Richfield to host concerts in the park The Richfield Springs ‘Concert in the Park’ series, a free event, will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesdays on state Route 20, starting Wednesday, July 14. Attendees should bring a blanket or chair. The first event will feature classic country from the Nelson Brother’s Band. INSIDE ►TWITTER INFLUENCER: WCDO Sports Director Nate Lull redefines how to find sports results in the region. Page A7. ►SENTENCE GIVEN: Anais Soto sentenced for her role in Kenneth Robinson’s murder. Page A10. ►ART GARAGE: Middlefield art gallery launches new show. Page A10. ►Post-Season Honors: Cooperstown’s Ubner among athletes given post-season awards. Page A7. ►Kiser Award: Editor Greg Klein reflects on receiving an award from the Cooperstown Sports Booster Club. Page A4. ►Man’s BIG LOSS: Columnist Terry Berkson mourns a ‘good boy,’ his dog Bert. Page A4.

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Jay Deitchman from Scout BSA Troop 168 puts tattered flags in the fire during an official retirement ceremony Saturday, July 3, in the town of Otsego.

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was pushed back. Bourne said the ceremony was also abridged because of the pandemic restrictions being in place when the ceremony was

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Delayed a day by rain, the Otsego Lake Association held its annual Fourth of July Boat Parade on Otsego Lake on Sunday, July 4. With Paul Lord as captain, the OLA lead boat, the ‘Anondontoides,’ owned by SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Station, starts the parade. For more holiday photos, see Page A3.

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Otsego School helped imprisoned Japanese-Americans during WWII By RICHARD McDONOUGH An Edmeston school for children with Down syndrome welcomed three Japanese Americans in 1943, who had been imprisoned by the Federal Government for no other reason than their heritage. The Otsego School provided employment opportunities for these three women. The school in Edmeston has evolved through the years. Its successor is Pathfinder Village, which today provides a variety of educational and support services for people with Down syndrome.

The Oneonta Daily Star reported June 17, 1922, “The Chesebrough place at Edmeston has been remodeled and will soon be opened as the Otsego School for (children with Down syndrome).” The article indicated Susanne Jones and Florence Chesebrough were in charge of the school. In early 1943, the Otsego School welcomed three new employees – Mary Hiroshige, Hisae Jeanne Mori and Rose Yasui. According to Federal records, Edmeston Museum collection Mary Hiroshige was living The Otsego School in Edmeston was the forerunner of Pathfinder Village. See OTSEGO, Page A2

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The Minidoka Prison in Idaho in winter 1942. Among its prisoners were three women who ultimately were released to jobs at the Otsego School in Edmeston.

During WWII, Edmeston’s Otsego School employed three Japanese-American women after their release from jail OTSEGO/Continued from Page A1 in Seattle when she was taken into custody by the Federal government in 1942. Both of her parents were born in Japan and immigrated to the United States. She was born in Washington state in 1923, an American citizen who had never been to Japan. She was a teacher and a member of the Baptist faith. She was able to speak both English and Japanese, as well as read and write English. Rose Yasui was also a resident of Seattle when she was imprisoned by the U.S. in 1942, according to Federal records. While her parents were both born in Japan, she had never been to Japan. Yasui was born in Oregon in 1922. At the time of incarceration, Federal records indicated that she was working as a housekeeper and a stenographer/typist. The 1940 Census listed Rose Yasui as a “servant” of the Olsen family on 17th Avenue NE in Seattle. Yasui was also a Baptist. The third woman was listed in one set of Federal records as “Jeanne H. Mori,” and as “Hisae J. Mori” in other Federal records. It was not unusual for one set of Federal records to include the Japanese first name – in this case, “Hisae” – and use the English first name as a middle name initial – in this case, “J” for “Jeanne,” while a second set of Federal records would include the English first name as the actual first name. Like the other two women, Mori was from Seattle. She was born an American citizen in Washington state in 1916. Her mother and father had been born in Japan. She spoke Japanese and English; she was able to read and write English. Mori was also a practicing Baptist. She was a teacher at the time of her imprisonment in 1942. Each of these three women – each an American citizen – was considered a threat to the United States of America simply because of their Japanese-American heritage. They were among the approximately 112,000 Japanese-Americans incarcerated by the Federal government from 1942 to 1945. Two-thirds of these people imprisoned were American citizens. The lives of the three women were intertwined for a couple of years. Each was held prisoner initially at the Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup Prison) in Washington, before being transferred to the Minidoka Relocation Center (Minidoka Prison) in Idaho. While most Japanese-Americans remained in custody during much of World War II, some of the individuals were

released by the Federal government over a period of time for certain reasons. Some were released because colleges and universities agreed to enroll them as students. Some were released because they joined the military. Still others were released because institutions and businesses were willing to hire the individuals as workers. This latter category is how Hiroshige, Mori and Yasui were able to get out of prison. Federal records indicated that the three women were able to go to the “Otsego School of Education.” On April 17, 1943, The Minidoka Irrigator, the prison newspaper at the Minidoka Prison, reported, “Feted by 20 of her close friends, Miss Mary Hiroshige, 7-4-D, was guest of honor at a farewell party Tuesday evening in D. H. 7. She left for New York Wednesday (April 14, 1943).” Please note: “7-4-D” and “D. H. 7.” referred to barrack sections of the prison. In the same edition of the newspaper, another news article reported Yasui was released to go to the Otsego School in Edmeston as one of those “… granted leaves on student relocation …” According to an earlier edition of The Minidoka Irrigator on September 18, 1942, Mori was named head of children’s activities at the relocation center. This was one of the six divisions of activities at the prison. While incarcerated at Minidoka, Mori was also a nursery school teacher, according to the University of Washington Libraries. In a newsletter Mori wrote to friends detailing her life in Idaho, she noted that sometime in November of 1942, the Otsego School offered her a job as a kindergarten teacher. In that newsletter, dated January 10, 1943, Mori stated, “After serious consideration, I have finally decided to accept the position. Otsego School is a school for handicapped children, so it has its challenges and opportunities for me … When this war is over, we are going to have a lot of misadjusted children in our generation among our people, I know, if what is beginning to show in our camps (prison) is any indication of what the future holds for us. The need then will be great. I feel that the experience I will gain at this school is a challenge and will help me to prepare myself for further service. And, too, the need to make ourselves known to other Caucasians who do not know that Niseis (American citizens born in the U.S. to parents who had been born in Japan) are American at heart is great.” Yasui described her experiences during

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the 1940s “… increasingly negative as time progressed,” according to “Our Best Thoughts Bloom Forth: Forming a Japanese-American Community of Correspondents during World War II.” This was a research paper written by Aimee Ono in December 2008. The research paper highlighted correspondence between a number of Japanese-Americans during the 1940s. In one letter to a friend cited in this document, a letter that Ono found in the records of the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma, Yasui detailed that she disliked her time in New York.

After leaving her job at the Otsego School, Yasui, according to Ono, “… aspired to enter the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in November (of 1943), but was rejected after failing the physical. Jobless, she was forced to move in with her sister.” As with many Japanese-Americans, the stories about Yasui, Mori and Hiroshige were difficult to read and research, but fortunately history has recorded their journeys through Edmeston and Otsego County. The Otsego School provided a haven for them.

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The speech I did not give to the class of 2021

About two weeks ago I got a message from the other Tara in my life, Cooperstown Sports Booster Club President Tara Loewenguth, letting me know that despite COVID restrictions I was invited to the annual end-of-year sports banquet. It wasn’t an unusual text and I politely declined. I don’t do a lot of banquets, but as a Cooperstown booster and after a fun spring of sports coverage, I thought nothing about being invited. I told Tara it was graduation weekend and I had plans to go somewhere Friday evening to cover one of our small schools. What happened next I found to be unusual. Tara texted me back and asked if I could call her immediately. It was urgent, she said. “So, we were hoping to surprise you, but,” she said, and then explained that the other club members had unanimously voted to give me the 2020-2021 Ken Kiser Award for Good Sportsmanship for dedication and commitment to athletics at Cooperstown Central School. I spent the next couple of days stunned, debating with myself if I could miss a graduation night, and discussing with my family if they wanted to go to a long banquet on a Friday night, while trying to cobble a speech together in my head. I guess if you are at the stage where you are cobbling together a speech in your head, the decision is obvious. And when even the teen agreed to go, I knew it was settled. I ultimately decided if I made a speech too much about me or my journey, I would be the talk of the town in a “hmm” sort of way. So, I put together a few words in my head about sports in general, about Cooperstown sports specifically and about the class of 2021 and the amazing things they had accomplished despite the pandemic. I still look back on banquet night as me being in a state of shock. I had practiced my “speech” a dozen times, I choked down all the anxiety, and I took my normal place in family affairs, in the car waiting for everyone else to join me. We got to the school, entered the Sterling Auditorium and sat on one side. The boosters who knew about the award were quick to congratulate me. I was relieved to see the Kiser Award was near the top of the program so I would not have to wait long to be done speaking. I listened intently to an explana-

tion of who Ken Kiser was from the editor and what his values were. It may be the clearest part of the evening in my mind. Kiser died in 2005 and we moved here in 2011, so I only GREG KLEIN know what I have been told about him by friends, sometimes mutual ones. My takeaway was he loved his native Milford and also Cooperstown, and he loved sports. Club Vice President Roger Lansing took the podium to present the award. When he announced my name, there was a gasp and a cheer. I am not making that up. Later, Ted Spencer, club videographer, and patriarch of the great Spencer/Victory clan of CCS athletes, including the leaders of my soccer boys, told me “you got the biggest cheer of the night.” Roger made, I am told, a wonderful speech. I remember smiling at Tara for the longest time as she took pictures and then when that got uncomfortable, I forced myself to smile at the audience. The entire time, I was sweating my speech. I had even remarked earlier in the evening, after Leadership Training for Athletes President Abby Miller, a neighbor of ours, had given an incredible speech, that if she could ace that, I should be able to say thank you and good luck seniors without worrying too much. (That trick never works, but I noted Miller aced another speech two days later at graduation!) When Roger was done and presented me with my award, I leaned in and asked if I had to say anything. I think he said something like, “no, you are good.” I went back to my seat and thought, “but I had a speech prepared!” Then “whew!” Then I think I asked what Roger said. Luckily, word filtered back to the office that he had praised local journalism and the local journalism owners liked that. At their request, I asked Roger if we could reprint his speech. Reading it, I am touched almost beyond words. As for the speech I never gave, it was mostly to tell the class of 2021 — and it applies to more than CCS seniors — how impressed I am with them. The joke about my parents’ or grandparents’ generations (or maybe it came from their See KLEIN, Page A5

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A tribute to local journalism, journalists By Roger Lansing Editor’s Note: This speech was given Friday, June 25, to honor Editor Greg Klein at the 2020-2021 Cooperstown Central School Athletic Awards Banquet. In the fall of 2005, the Cooperstown community lost a piece of its soul with the unexpected passing of Ken Kiser. Kenny was a devoted husband and dad, a man who thought the best of each person he met, enjoying the beauty in life, every minute of every day. In honor of his legacy, the Cooperstown Sports Booster Club annually presents the Ken Kiser Award for Good Sportsmanship. Past recipients of this award represent a broad spectrum of support and commitment to the athletes and athletic programs in Cooperstown. This impressive list of alums shares many of the same qualities as tonight’s recipient; kindness, dedication and an unwavering devotion to the student athlete. This year, the award recognizes a single individual who has made a point of showing Cooperstown, and our student athletes in particular, to others through the power of the written word. I would like to invite Greg Klein to the stage as the 2021 recipient of the Ken Kiser Award for Good Sportsmanship. Greg has served as a member of the Sports Booster Club, as a volunteer for many community and sporting events over the years, and is a dedicated member

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of the greater Cooperstown community. However, we’re pretty sure that it is more likely that you recognize his name from the bylines on many articles in our local paper. Greg Klein has been there to recap all of our athletic journeys with the eloquent stroke of his pen. In a world where small local newspapers are becoming more and more rare, Greg’s dedication to covering the stories that are important to our community is commendable. On a personal note, I recall a rather involved conversation that I had with Greg six or seven years ago while standing on the sidelines at Doubleday Field. We were talking about the importance of local news to local residents and since we were both veterans of local news, we were commiserating about the fact that “local” was getting lost in the continued consolidation of media into larger and larger corporations. Greg’s passion for his local community came through in our conversation that day, and has shone continually in his writings since. He has written about our student athletes’, and our community’s, accomplishments, and he has written about the times when we have fallen short, and through it all he has used his keen eye to capture those moments and put them into words. For his dedication, his understanding that a school and its athletic programs create a bond around which a community can thrive, for his friendship and service to the Cooperstown Athletic Program and the Sports Booster Club, we proudly present the 2021 Ken Kiser Award for Good Sportsmanship to Greg Klein.

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Saying goodbye to Bert, man’s best friend Bert always watched me, even though he didn’t let on. He was an Irish setter and thought his only purpose was to hunt birds. I’d come home from work and peek through the fence to see him lounging upside down in the grass. Then I’d enter the yard and as soon as he’d see me he’d jump to his feet, his old bones grinding and start hunting up the mourning doves that often light below our hedges. I know it took great effort for him to make this display of vigor as if to say, “You see, boss, I still have it.” Later, he’d swagger up to me for a rewarding pat on the head. When he was younger, I used to take him down to Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach so that he could work the ducks that stay in the tall grass or on the water down there. He’d never catch any, just keep them on their toes while venting some of his limitless energy. Often he’d swim out in the water after

them. One time, while driving to the beach, we were coming off the exit from the parkway TERRY when BERKSON Bert spotted a plane flying low towards Kennedy Airport. He got so excited he jumped out the window while the car was going about forty miles per hour. Luckily he wasn’t run over and only suffered some bone deep abrasions on his legs and chin. When out for a walk last fall, he stumbled, his nails scraping the concrete. Then he looked up at me as if to say, “Just a minor set back, boss.” He couldn’t hear any more — only my piercing whistle from just a few feet away. He couldn’t see

me when I’d stand still at a distance. But up close, he understood hand signals, so I didn’t have to shout or whistle as long as he was looking at me. I was hoping he would last until we went up to our summer camp in Richfield Springs. Not far from the camp there’s a big hay field where I’d take him to run every day. One morning last year I had to stop him or he would’ve driven himself into the ground.

Then, after he took a drink, we sat under a droopy willow next to the creek that runs past the edge of the field. The run was our morning ritual for 15 seasons. I hoped he’d some day die there, hunting birds for a gunless master. I would let him run until he dropped. He would go out doing what he couldn’t help himself from doing. Then I’d bury him in a nearby hedgerow. See SKETCHES, Page A5

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210 YEARS AGO 160 YEARS AGO 110 Among items of mail remaining Fourth of July Pic-Nic at at the Post-Office in the Village of Dutcher’s Grove (near Springfield YEARS Otsego (Cooperstown) are letters Center) – At half-past 10 o’clock AGO addressed to: Samuel Anderson, the Sunday School scholars with Nehemiah Burch, Benjamin Bissell, Isaac Childs, Cornelius L. Cary, William Dean, Sumner Ely, Revilo Ford, Micah French, William Griffin, John Jackson, James Johnston, Jonathan Kingsley, William Lindsley, Darius Moon, Patty Miller, Chauncey Newell, Freedom Potter, Sally Potter, James L. Palmer, John Robinson, Eliphaz Spencer, Stephen Skiff, Isaac Stone, Sally Thatcher, Nathaniel Todd, William Van Brunt, Cornelius W. Van Denburgh, Levi Warner, Sylvanus West and Patty Ward. (Ed. Note: Recipients of mail were liable for postage prior to delivery) July 6, 1811

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The deposit bill has been approved by the President. The most important feature in the Act is that it makes the several states the depositories of all the public moneys which may be in the treasury on the first of January next over the sum of five millions of dollars, on their passing laws, pledging the faith of the states respectively to pay the warrants of the treasury in the manner prescribed. By an amendment introduced by an overwhelming majority of the house of representatives, all the features of the bill which went to make the proposed transfer of the money to the states a loan or gift, were struck out, and as the act now stands, they are to be mere depositories, like the banks in which the public moneys are now kept. July 11, 1836

their teachers formed in procession, reaching nearly one-half mile in length preceded by the Springfield Centre Band. Each school, six in all, had a neat banner, each bearing some appropriate motto. They then marched to the Grove, where there was a stage erected for the speakers. Addresses were then delivered to the young and old by Mr. Andrews and different clergymen, interspersed by National airs by the Band, and vocal music. At noon, there were about 800 people in the grove. The Declaration of Independence was read by Mr. Young. The day was a day of pleasure and recreation for the young folks of Springfield and their visitors. July 12, 1861

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A newspaper can drop the same thought into a thousand minds at the same moment. A newspaper is an adviser, who does not require to be sought, but comes to you briefly every week of common weal, without distracting your private affairs. Newspapers, therefore, become more necessary in proportion as men become more equal individuals, and more to be feared. To suppose that they only serve to protect freedom would be to diminish their importance; they maintain civilization. More than all this – newspapers are today great educators. Nearly every intelligent child reads them. But all newspapers are not alike, nor are their teachings the same. Some educate in the wrong direction – exclude such from your family circle. July 10, 1886

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J. Arthur Olson, a local mechanic, is now constructing an aeroplane at the Fair Grounds. The machine is a bi-plane of the Farman type, an exact reproduction of the machine in which Paulhan made an altitude record at Los Angeles, California. Mr. Olson has not assembled the machine, but the parts now constructed are the same as the Farman bi-plane. The machine has a spread of 34 feet, with a depth of 38 feet from tip to tail. The front wings are six feet, 10 inches deep. The propeller is an exact reproduction of the one used by Paulhan, which is now in Mr. Olson’s possession, and is eight feet in length, with a pitch of three and a half feet. The owner expects to make 45 miles per hour under favorable conditions. The motor will be either a 50-horse power Maximotor, or a 15-horse power Roberts motor. July 12, 1911

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This Wednesday afternoon the shrill voices of the ubiquitous newsboys will be heard upon the streets crying the first issue of the Glimmerglass for the season. This little afternoon daily newspaper, as usual, will be published for fifty issues consecutively, except Sundays. It covers the resort and community thoroughly and in ad-

July 6, 2001. dition contains a daily summary of world events, the closing quotations of the stock market, editorial comment of a nonpartisan nature, a comic strip for the children, and many other features. It is a remarkably effective advertising medium. The paper sells on the streets for two cents per copy, and season subscriptions are received at the office for one dollar. July 8, 1936

and Museum, told a group of baseball executives that the old stands would not pass another inspection by a building commissioner. Yawkey wasn’t part of the group, but he overheard Kerr’s remark and immediately offered Kerr a complete section of seats then in storage at Fenway Park. The seats were then donated. July 12, 1961

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Nestled on the side hill above Five Mile Point on Lake Otsego, passers-by are discovering the exclusive and intimate new development called Glimmerglass Condominiums. Designed and built with extreme sensitivity to its environment, this 32-unit condominium project, offers a unique alternative to conventional lakeside living. The sponsor, Five Mile Point Development Corporation, is composed of local business leaders who maintain a conviction to “doing business at home.” The first unit closing has already taken place. July 9, 1986

A special tablet will be placed at Doubleday Field honoring Thomas A. Yawkey, owner of the Boston Red Sox, for his generous donation of seats that have been erected along the first base section of the stadium. This distinctive marker will be located at the first base entrance to Doubleday Field. The tablet will read: “The first base stands were a gift from Thomas A. Yawkey owner Boston Red Sox 1960.” Mr. Yawkey’s gift was made on the spur of the moment, so to speak. Several years ago, Paul S. Kerr, vice-president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

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Suing Georgia over voting rights is just the start From The Albany Times-Union: Georgia was among a host of GOP-controlled states that in the aftermath of Republican Donald Trump’s loss to Democrat Joe Biden for the presidency have intensified efforts to pass laws brazenly aimed at suppressing votes by people of color. Georgia and its defenders offered the weak defense that some of the provisions it passed will expand voting rights, as if a little window dressing is supposed to make up for its draconian measures. Those measures, as outlined by Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke, included a raft of restrictions on absentee ballots, including shortening the time to apply for them and imposing new ID requirements. As Clarke noted, Black voters used absentee ballots at a much higher rate last year than white ones. The Georgia law — which grew from three pages to 90 on its way from the state Senate to the House, where it received a mere two hours of debate — would also cut, from 100 to around 20, the number of ballot drop boxes that were popular in the metro Atlanta area where, not coincidentally, the state’s largest Black voting-age population resides. And infamously, the law made it illegal to give people waiting in long lines — which voters in high-minority areas tend

to face — food or even water. That’s just one state. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University counted as of mid-May nearly 400 bills with restrictive voting provisions around the country. These laws aren’t happening in a vacuum, but in the echo chamber in which Trump’s lie of a stolen election and his fiction of massive voter fraud keeps getting repeated by Republican lawmakers as if it is true in order to justify such anti-democratic schemes. ... So they’re passing these laws in statehouses, and using the filibuster in Congress to block federal legislation to protect voting rights. There are still laws that apply here, and it’s encouraging that Attorney General Merrick Garland announced at the same time as the Georgia lawsuit that the Justice Department will fully use the Voting Rights Act and other statutes to push back on voter suppression and intimidation wherever they find it. In the absence of a new commitment in Congress to this most fundamental right in a democracy — the right of the people to choose their leaders — the battle is never ending, to this nation’s shame.

Safety versus justice is a false choice

From The Albany Times-Union: Some people deal with criticism by showing why it’s unfair. Then there are those, like Saratoga Springs Assistant Police Chief

John Catone, who seem to go out of their way to prove their critics’ case. Catone, joined by Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton, went on a tear that sounded so many wrong notes when it comes to complaints of systemic racism in the criminal justice system that it was hard to keep track. ... (Catone) delivered a rant filled with racist dog whistles, punctuated by what came off as a threat to summon the collective forces of the city’s historically white power establishment to put an end to what he called “a narrative of lies and misinformation.” Let’s start with the most important thing of all: It is not the job of those in law enforcement to shut down speech they don’t like. That threat alone should be enough for Catone to turn in his badge and gun and retire early. And for sitting by his side, nodding in apparent agreement, Dalton should resign, and drop her bid for mayor. We are in no way defending any violence that has taken place in Saratoga Springs, including a brawl Saturday night on Caroline Street and some alleged recent muggings in Congress Park. We in no way support demonstrators carrying bats, as one organizer acknowledged some did in the past. We do support people’s right to demonstrate, to express their views that there are racial problems in their police department, and to petition their government for redress of their grievances. If that discomfits some

in a community that thrives on tourism and its image as a charming, gentrified, historic American city, well, that’s the First Amendment for you. Catone doesn’t seem to see it that way. He railed about how critics of his department were “trying to push a narrative from a national stage” — a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement — and talked of “gangs from Albany” — read: young men of color — coming up to Saratoga Springs to sell drugs and cause trouble. In wrapping all this into one speech, he conflated drug gangs and Black Lives Matter activists, an outrageous rhetorical slander whether he intended it or not. ... For good measure, he blamed criminal justice reforms passed by the state Legislature, which included ending a system in which low-income people unable to make bail were jailed without trial while those of means could readily buy their freedom. So it’s police against “them,” and everyone has to pick sides? This is Assistant Chief Catone and Commissioner Dalton’s idea of a unified community? What they present is the false choice that so many misguided or opportunistic politicians and demagogues offer: that it’s either law, order, and unquestioning support of police, or chaos. A truly strong society — whether it’s a small city or the richly diverse nation it’s a part of — must be both safe and just. For all.

Kids who survived pandemic learning figuratively ‘walked 12 miles in a snowstorm to school, uphill both ways’ KLEIN/Continued from Page A4 parents or grandparents) is they had it so hard they had to walk 12 miles to school in a snow storm, uphill both ways, and that is why they turned out so much tougher or better than whatever generation they were maligning. Well, the classes of 2020 and 2021 figuratively did walk up hill to school both ways, and they will be stronger for having come out the other side. I suspect they will not take the good things in life for granted and I suspect their reactions to the pandemic will define the century

in America and beyond. I am proud of our student-athletes and what they accomplished this winter and spring. I noted that the class of 2021 has the last two members of the boys state basketball champions, John Kennedy and Spencer Lewis. Both played a huge role on the title team. I noted that teams/schools/programs that had strong systems in place got back to winning quickly postpandemic and CCS is blessed to be one of those schools. I made a joke about how that bodes well for the soccer team in the fall and

everyone who knows me groaned and rolled their eyes and thought, “again with the soccer boys.” So, I one upped myself and noted that P.J. Kiuber scored the section title winning run in baseball and he is a star soccer kid, too. And like all good speeches, I ended on a joke. With Buddy Lippitt as the new softball coach, I can’t tell you how many of his classmates have reached out to me to tell me they aren’t sure who this guy coaching softball is. Where is the fiery Buddy Lippitt they knew? He used to be the most

fired up guy on any playing field. Now it is Lynn Krogh, CCS assistant softball coach and a former college player, who brings the passion and fire. I only heard a few of her rants and only printed one or two this season, but they were beauties. There may have been one or two we couldn’t print in a family newspaper, but luckily the girls were so good this season, she only had to rant a few times. So, thank you, Lynn, for showing Buddy’s friends something they never thought they would see, someone more intense about ath-

letic contests than Buddy Lippitt. Thank you to everyone at all of our schools who got us back to school and back to sports. Thank you Roger for the kind words. And thank you to CCS and my fellow boosters for this honor. It came at the perfect time and I can’t explain why. But even if I win an Oscar or an Emmy someday, it won’t be as special as this, coming from my peer-group of parents and fellow boosters. Despite all these words, I am touched beyond my capacity to express it.

Bert never begged for a bone, wouldn’t run away if I dropped his leash, kept me company for 16 years SKETCHES/Continued from Page A4 But the long winter took its toll and I knew Bert would never run in the field again. He was semiconscious in the station wagon before the vet came out with the mercy shot. I was holding him but I wasn’t sure if he knew it was me. I whistled and he raised his head. That was our goodbye.

I took him home and my wife made a sack out of an old blanket and we buried him in the backyard. I had dug the grave earlier that day. I dug it deep past the loam, down to where the soil is clay and cool. He watched me as he lay on the far side of the yard out of the sun. When the kids came home from school

we told them Bertie Boy was gone and then we read over him a poem about death being only a door. We put a piece of wood on the mound with the name and dates burned in. 16 years. I keep our front gate closed though there’s no need. I feel him looking out of his house at me.

Last night, I thought I heard him lapping at his water pail. Bert had dignity — he never begged for a bone. If I’d drop his leash, he wouldn’t run. He’d just pick it up and put it back in my hand. Then I’d pat him on the head. He knew how things were supposed to be. There’s a good boy.

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Passionate volunteer with local food bank, Susquehanna SPCA COOPERSTOWN – Long-time Cooperstown resident Ruth Schweinfurth passed away on June 23, 2021, after a brief struggle with cancer. She passed peacefully at her home, comforted by her loving daughters and her beloved dogs. She was 83 years young. Ruth’s life’s work focused on improving the lives of others. She was passionate about nursing, her first calling, and equally passionate about her volunteer work in the community. Over the years, Ruth selflessly devoted countless hours to assisting area families at the local

food bank (at its original went in the community, location in the Cooperstown she bumped into someone Library building) and to she knew. She also was an sorting and selling clothing avid gardener and enjoyed and other items many long hours at the thrift shop outdoors tending her that supports the beautiful annuals Susquehanna and perennials, SPCA, an organizaaccompanied by her tion of which she dogs. Ruth was kind was especially and generous. She fond. was dearly loved, Beyond her and will be greatly volunteer activities, missed, by many. Ruth Ruth contributed Ruth was Schweinfurth her friendly predeceased by personality and tireless her devoted husband, energy to a variety of jobs Paul Schweinfurth. Ruth around town. Without exag- is survived by, and her geration, wherever Ruth memory is joyfully cele-

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Gilbertsville’s Lull reports sports news with a passion By GREG KLEIN If you are interested in high school sports in Otsego County, you likely already know who Nate Lull is. From his desk at WCDO in Sidney, where he is the radio stations’s sports director, from high school gyms around three Central New York counties – Chenango, Delaware and Otsego – and from whatever parking lot or McDonald’s offers WiFi after games, Lull has revolutionized how sports fans locally get their high school scores and statistics. In a 21st-century way, he is the radio guy known for his Twitter account, @NateLull, where every night during school seasons he is the first person to post the results of most games and competitions. “It is a weird thing,” he said in a phone interview Thursday, July 1. “For a lot of people I am more of a Twitter thing and I am less of the radio guy.” Although Lull does play-by-play for his radio station whenever there is a big game, and also Contributed semi-regularly during the peak fall WCDO Sports Director Nate Lull, center, accepts a gift from the and winter seasons, and he sells 2019-2020 Cooperstown Central School Leadership Training for sponsorships for his broadcasts and his podcast, The Nate Lull Athletes officers after speaking at their event in March 2020, Podcast, much of his work life is days before the coronavirus pandemic shutdown went into off the air, a job endorsed by the effect. From left, Abby Ford, Piper Seamon, Lull, Ryan Lansing radio station’s local ownership. and Kate Donnelly.

‘I always thought, in the back of my mind, I wanted to come home. This is where my heart is.’ — Nate Lull WCDO sports director, on giving up a career in big-market sports broadcasting to return home to Otsego County.

“I have always thought about coming on the air for sports updates or something, but in some ways, as my boss said, I am a victim of my own success,” Lull said. “This Twitter thing took on a life of its own.” A Gilbertsville native and 2003 Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School graduate, Lull said he was always interested in athletics. He played soccer, basketball and baseball in school, then switched to track and field when G-MU added the sport while he was in high school. He was a communication major at SUNY Geneseo and he worked at the campus radio station, where he became a play-by-play announcer, covering all sports, but developing a passion for hockey. In 2008, 14 months after graduating from Geneseo, Lull

got his master’s from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Journalism. After a year of “floating around,” he landed a job at Canisius College, where he not only got to do play-by-play for a variety of sports, including hockey, he got some fill-in assignments doing larger Buffalo area sports at the local sports station. Lull said he shocked some of his friends and colleagues when he decided to return home in 2014, to take the WCDO offer. He said he had always kept in touch with the local radio station and partowner, Craig Stevens. Although WCDO plays Westwood One Broadcasting programs, Stevens had been cultivating local news as part of the format and wanted to do more, Lull said. “He felt like sports was See LULL, Page A8

Cooperstown’s Ubner wins multiple player of the year awards STAFF REPORT Cooperstown’s Chris Ubner swept a series of baseball award announced last week. Ubner shared the Most Valuable Player Award from the Center State Conference Division II, with teammate Kendall Haney. Ubner also won Player of the Year Awards from two Upstate newspapers, the Utica Observer-Dispatch and the Syracuse Herald. Haney was named to the Syracuse AllStar team as well. Ubner’s Utica announcement carried the biggest surprise as the Mohawk Valley Award was announced by Atlanta Braves Hall of Famer Chipper Jones, in a video presentation. Both players played multiple positions for Cooperstown, including pitcher and around the infield, leading the Hawkeyes to two section titles and a spot in the 2019 Class C championship game. Both will play college baseball, Ubner at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill and Haney at Herkimer County Community College. Utica’s Mohawk Valley Awards also honored Cooperstown’s John Kennedy as the boys basketball Player of the Year. Greg Klein/The Freeman’s Journal Kennedy beat out New Hartford’s Zach Cooperstown’s Chris Ubner received many post-season awards following Phillipkoski and Hamilton’s Ryan Rutledge. the Hawkeyes Section III Class C-1 winning season. Ubner beat out West Canada Valley’s Aidan

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Maxwell and Whitesboro’s Colin Skermont. Will Weldon was a nominee for tennis Player of the Year, but lost the award to Aidan Hicks of Oneida. The local players honored were: Baseball Section IV All-Stars Class B Cole Platt, Oneonta; Tanner Russin, Oneonta; Aidan Breakey, Oneonta. CSC DII All-Stars The Center State Conference announced its 2021 spring baseball All-Stars. The Cooperstown players honored were: MVPs: Kendall Haney/Chris Ubner. First Team: Ubner, Haney, Alex Hascup, Alex Hage. Honorable Mention: Alex Poulson, Derek Moore, Treston Emerick. MAC All-Stars The Midstate Conference announced its 2021 baseball All-Stars. The Unatego/ Franklin players honored were: First Team: Tyler Birdsall, Braedon Johnson, Matthew Serrao. Second Team: Ryan Marshall, Brandon Gregory.

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Members 12 and older now allowed to work out STAFF REPORT With coronavirus protocols lifted in July and with the gym reopened to kids, the Clark Sports Center announced this week that it will offer summer sports clinics for campers. The sports and adventure clinics are open to kids age 12 to 18. Adventure classes will be offered in mountain biking fundamentals, advanced mountain biking, climbing and kayak rolling, leadership. Sports classes will be offered in youth strength, basketball skills, football for linemen, football skills and plyometrics or jumping training. There will also be aquatics classes in competitive swimming, dry land training for swimming and junior lifeguard training. In addition, there is a bowling clinic. Members get discounts on the clinics. Registation is required. Go to www.clarksportscenter.com/about/schedules/summer-schedule2021-rev/ for more information. Or email Kathy Graham at grahamk@ clarksportscenter.com. The gym is now open to members age 12 and older. Reservations are no longer required for most parts of the gym. However, they are still needed for the fitness center. Masks are required for unvaccinated members. The gym is also planning to bring back events in the late summer and fall, including the 9/11 Hero 5K on Saturday, Sept. 4, and the Coop Loop 5k and 10K races on Sunday, Oct. 31. The gym will be closed Wednesday, Sept. 8, for the 2020/2021 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Induction. It will also close the remainder of Labor Day week for the annual cleaning.

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Cooperstown Central School held its annual Kathleen Galland-Bennett Third Grade Track Meet on Wednesday, May 26, at the elementary school in Cooperstown. Students were chosen by their peers for demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship during this event. The sportmansship winners are, from left: Arlynn Bachorik, Allison Nagelschmidt, Joey Conte, Connor Van Buren, Kamren Martin and Bella Robbins.

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Lull also coaches a girls AAU basketball team, the Armadillos. From left, Lilly Phillips, Abby VandeWalker, Sophia Wakin, Carli Pardee, Jenna Faulkner, Sophie Phillips, Laycee Drake and Lull.

Lull passed on big-city career to return to Gilbertsville LULL/Continued from Page A7 something he wanted to do for the community,” Lull said. Lull’s old friends still think he is crazy for being content as a big fish in a rural pond. A friend from Newhouse now does play-byplay for the Florida Panthers. “Sometimes he will text me, ‘we’re just leaving Madison Square Garden and flying on the team plane back to Florida,’ and I am leaving a gym in Delaware County trying to find a gas station with Wi-Fi, you know? I mean, Buffalo was a top 100 market and if I had stayed there, I could have written my ticket. “I always thought, in the back of my mind, I wanted to come home,” he said. “This is where my heart is.” Lull said he wasn’t home more than a few days, when he bumped into a neighbor. Her daughter, Amanda Loitsch, was a few years behind him at G-MU and had also just moved back home. They hit it off and after a pandemic-lengthened engagement, they are getting married Aug. 21, at The Major’s Inn in Gilbertsville. “It was funny, I always knew her, because we grew up down the street from one another,” Lull said. “We were just far enough apart in age that we did not have the same circle of friends, but we kind of knew each other anyway, because we grew up together. I think I was home a day or two when I bumped into her mom at the store. She said ‘you have to come over for dinner some time,’ and of course her daughter had just moved home, too, so I guess the wheels were spinning. It just clicked.” It helps, Lull said, that his fiancé understands his passion and dedication for local sports. “She understands what I am trying to do and why,” he said. “So if I am tweeting something at midnight because I just got a

text from a coach, she gets it.” Although he has taken his journalism to a new medium, Lull is an old-school beat reporter in some ways. He has a three-county network of contacts, including coaches, athletic directors, parents and athletes who text him, email him and @ him with information, enabling him to update his followers nightly. He goes to games as much as he can, to witness the action and the athletes, he gives out athletic awards, and while he does do some radio broadcasting, too, a lot of the information he provides only goes out on Twitter, at least for now. Lull said he is planning his own website and exploring options to reach an audience other ways. “I do have some older people say to me, ‘I am glad the scores are available somewhere, but I don’t know about this Twitter thing. I wish there was some other way to see your work.’ Some of them have found a way, but it is something I think about. The WCDO website is a radio website. I don’t think I am being mean to say it isn’t as good as I wish it was, but that is an area of expansion the radio owners just aren’t interested in. So, as with the podcast, they are very understanding about me expanding into doing my own thing.” Either way, Lull said he plans to continue doing what he is doing. He has had tempting offers to return to big-time broadcasting, but he said he is happy building a life back home in Gilbertsville and serving his region. And while you may know him as Nate Lull from Twitter, he sees it slightly differently. “The funny thing about that is I am just doing what we were doing when I was in Buffalo,” he said. “I never thought about not doing it or that I was bringing something new here. It was just how I had learned to do it and had been doing it before.”

OBITUARIES Barbara R. Oles, 95 April 23, 1926 – June 19, 2021

COOPERSTOWN – Barbara R. Oles, 95, formerly of Gladstone Hollow, Andes, died Saturday June 19, 2021, in Cooperstown, surrounded by her daughters. Barb was born April 23, 1926 at the family home in Franklin, Meadowdale Farm, a daughter of Edwin C. and Mildred E. (Payne) Rowell. On April 6, 1947, she married Franklin G. Oles of Delhi. Barb attended the Delaware Literary Institute in Franklin where she excelled in art, graduating in 1944. She was accepted into the art program at Alfred, but shortly before classes were to begin a returning WWII soldier was awarded her spot. She then elected to attend the home economics program at Delhi Tech. Barb and Frank owned and operated the F.G. Oles IGA Store (later the F.G. Oles General Store) in Andes for 20 years, with Barb tending to the bookwork and clerking. In 1966 she began a career with the Delaware County Department of Social Services, in addition to continuing her commitments to family, home and the store. She successfully completed every civil service test that was available and rose through the ranks from typist in the Child Welfare Unit to

Director of the Food Stamp Division at the time of her retirement in 1988. She then began yet another career as a receptionist/transcriptionist in the Radiology Department at Delhi Hospital. Barb was an avid reader and a master of crossword puzzles, using pen not pencil. Everyone knew not to call her during “Jeopardy,” and if you were watching with her, she was always quicker with the answer. Upon her retirement she enjoyed meeting up with the Andes ladies daily at the local café for camaraderie, laughter and news. She moved to Cooperstown in 2009 and was quickly welcomed into “The Dinner Belles” who dined every Wednesday night at The Otesaga. In the last several years Barb was able to resume her interest and talent in art and enjoyed local concerts. Above all else, Barb loved her family. She loved hearing about their adventures and was endlessly proud of their accomplishments. Chats and visits always brought smiles and laughter. Moments big and small at the family gatherings in Andes are memories her loved ones will carry with them forever. Barb was a former member and trustee of the Andes Presbyterian Church

and a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by her three daughters: Kathy (Doug) Woodin of Andes, Susan (Andy) Lazar of Plains, PA, and Debbie (Jim) Dow of Cooperstown; 7 grandchildren: Matt and Jared “Boomer” Woodin, Valerie (Casey) Roache, Andrew and Shelly Lazar, Neil (Jaime) and Brian Dow; 11 great grandchildren: Kiera, Skyler and Owen Woodin, Olivia and Ellie Roache, and Mitchell, Baylie, Alivia, Brianna, Kendra and Cooper Dow. Barb is also survived by her sister, Marilyn Monaco of Tampa, FL; a sister-in-law, Anita Rowell, of Kingston, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, in June 2005; a daughter, Jenny in May 1966; brothers Edwin C. and James A. Rowell; and a sister, Audrey Geiselman. A committal and burial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 23, 2021, in the Woodland Cemetery in Delhi. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Andes Presbyterian Church, PO Box 299, Andes, NY 13731. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.

Dr. Balázs Seléndy, born in Budapest, Hungary, to Jenö Seléndy and Irén Kosma on September 5, 1937, passed away peacefully in his home on July 5, 2021, after an intense and devoted life of public service and study in three countries. He spent his last years in the pursuit of lifelong passions, including for reflection, writing, reading, karate, and photography, living quietly with his beloved Patricia Gambitta in Fly Creek, New York. Balázs grew up in war-torn Hungary, spending his childhood in the midst of the deprivations of World War II. With Calvinist and Catholic parents but a Jewish paternal grandfather, his family stayed beyond reach of the Nazis due in part to his father’s military service to the Austro-Hungarian empire during WWI. In October and November 1956, as a young medical student, Balázs fought in the spontaneous, student-led revolution against the Sovietbacked Hungarian People’s Republic. After a large Soviet force invaded Hungary and destroyed the uprising, rounding up revolutionaries, Balázs was forced to leave his family, including younger brother Szabolcs, and to emigrate with other Hungarian refugees under cover of darkness across the border to Austria. His father gave him a treasured Leica camera to pay for his crossing, but, after Balázs helped a fellow refugee escape, she paid for him, and he photographed with the Leica for decades. After being resettled from Austria to Belgium, Balázs learned French in a matter of months, and earned admission into medical school at the prestigious Université Catholique de Louvain, where he trained as an obstetrician/gynecologist. At the same time, he built upon a childhood love of American literature by learning English. Toward the end of his studies, he fell in love and, in 1963, married Francoise Jadot, who died tragically of lymphoma within the following year. In July of 1964, Dr. Seléndy emigrated to the United States. After an internship in Philadelphia, he became a resident at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. There he met medical researcher Janine Irvine, who became his wife for six years, and with whom he had children Philippe (1966) and Bela (1968). During the Vietnam War, from 1968-1970, Dr. Seléndy served as a medical officer for the U.S. Army with the rank of major. He became an American citizen in 1970. That year, Dr. Seléndy took up his post as an Ob/Gyn at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, a teaching hospital affiliated with Columbia University. In addition to delivering thousands of children and developing a speciality in micro-surgery, Dr. Seléndy became a champion of the midwife program. In 1978, Balázs married Mildred Mook, with whom he had Maude (1980) and raised his stepson Zachary. Dr. Seléndy served at Bassett for nearly 40 years, long past retirement age, out of love for the profession, for teaching, and for his community. A lifelong and gifted critical thinker, Balázs was a voracious reader in every subject matter, particularly in literature, science, history and philosophy. He wrote volumes of poetry in three languages, labored over poignant English translations of Miklós Radnóti, and published books of verse in Hungarian. He also was a passionate and skilled photographer and carpenter. In 2002, Balázs met his long-term partner and closest friend, the fiercely independent Pat Gambitta, then the Director of Community Services for Otsego County. At the age of 65, Balázs first took up motorcycling, with delight. Seven years later, he was struck broadside by a car at 60 mph. After his bike flew into the air and spun around three times, he was able to walk away from the accident with broken ribs and minor injuries. From then on, he marked the date of the accident each year as a sign of gratitude for the additional life he was given. Dr. Seléndy practiced karate for decades, and became a senior black belt under Hidy Ochiai, ultimately wearing an oxygen tank during kata as he struggled with late-stage emphysema. He attended classes at the dojo through 2019, at the age of 82, and then continued his practice at home until his recent illness. Balázs treated everyone equally, with kindness and generosity, and befriended people from all walks of life, including from the medical profession, the dojo, and his literary, photography, and motorcycle circles, and he loved his upstate New York community for more than fifty years. Balázs is survived by loving children and grandchildren: Philippe and his wife Jennifer, and their children Maximilian and Liam; Bela and his wife Helen, and children Nicolas and Linnea; Maude and her husband Terry, and their children Luke and Leilani; Zachary and his wife Carmen, and children Karina and Avery. A memorial service to celebrate Balázs’ extraordinary life will be held in the spring of 2022 in Fly Creek.

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Soto sentenced to eight years for role in 2019 Robinson murder case By KEVIN LIMITI COOPERSTOWN — Anais Soto of Oneonta, one of the accomplices in the 2019 murder of Kenneth Robinson during a botched robbery, was sentenced Friday, July 2, to eight years in prison and four years probation after pleading guilty to burglary in the first degree Friday, July 2, in Otsego County Court. Soto, 17, was visibly shaken during the proceedings, crying at points. Judge John Lambert had to remind her several times to speak up. District Attorney John Kevin Limiti/The Freeman’s Journal Muehl read a statement from Anais Soto cries during sentencing Friday, July 2, Kenneth Robinson’s mother, Sharon Sawyer, in which in Otsego County Court in Cooperstown.

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From left, Jason Francey, Michael Henrici and Danielle Henrici star in The Glimmer Globe Theatre and Fenimore Art Museum’s production of ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)’ which opens at the Fenimore’s Lucy B. Hamilton Amphitheater on Wednesday, July 14.

A local favorite returns to the Globe mainstage ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)’ to open July 14 By GREG KLEIN Growing up on Long Island, Danielle Henrici said she knew she wanted to be an actor when she saw a performance of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)”. “I loved it so much I went back and I saw it five more times,” she said, “including taking all my girlfriends back at my birthday party.” Flash forward to a decade ago, Henrici — then known by her maiden name, Newell — had moved to Cooperstown and established The Glimmer Globe Theatre while working at The Smithy. She was teaching acting classes and had staged a Shakespeare workshop when a Cooperstown native with acting chops and training, Michael Henrici, signed up. “Michael signed up for the Shakespeare workshop, not because he needed it, but because he wanted to meet me,” she said. The rest was not just personal history, but dramatic history, too.

Finding a local actor who already knew the Bard gave her confidence she could produce the show in Cooperstown, she said. The show became one of the first mainstage Glimmer Globe productions and it proved to be so popular, the company brought it back for four more seasons. “Who doesn’t love a show that makes you laugh until you cry,” she said. Henrici directed that show, but she said she always wondered if she could play one of the characters, too. Flash forward to the coronavirus pandemic era. As co-artistic directors of Glimmer Globe, now working with Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum, the Henricis have been the theater couple in Cooperstown for a decade. Their troop has grown into a community of friends who they have trained, directed and gathered several times of year for big-cast professional theater that doesn’t exist in many places. Since they are both classically trained, their See PLAY, Page B4

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July change in COVD rules allows return to Hamilton stage PLAY/Continued from Page B3 productions are summer stock level shows, including summer performances at the Fenimore’s Lucy B. Hamilton Amphitheater. Their family, likewise, has swelled, with the births of two dramatically named children, Dashiell, 5, and Vivienne Celeste, 2, who have each already made their stage debuts in the yearly performances of “A Christmas Carol.” However, as all performers have, the Henricis and their troop have struggled with the shutdown, and they have relied on video performances and creative ingenuity to keep the community semi-engaged. As the first half of 2021 brought vaccines and the possibility of a post-pandemic life, the performing arts world planned summer 2021 with an eye on COVID restrictions. A three-person play that harkened back to Glimmer Globe’s roots seemed perfect. And what better time for a woman to go for it with alternative casting, too, Henrici said she asked herself. “The thing is, it is Shakespeare,” she said. “It is not like it wasn’t done with men playing women for hundreds of years.” “Having two actors under the same roof helped with the COVID protocol, too,” Michael said. The play, written by Adam Long, Daniel

Singer and Jess Winfield, follows three actors in their quest to prove they can perform Shakespeare, crunching 37 plays, and many sonnets as well, into a play of less than two hours. It is considered a PG-13 show, with some crude Shakespearian humor for the groundlings. The Henricis will be joined on stage by Jason Francey, a Utica College administrator with a degree in theater. They both said he is a discovery, albeit one typical of their time in Upstate theater, as they continue to find a world of locals who share their passions and match their skills on stage. The original plan had been to stage the show on the Fenimore lawn, with special stage and lawn seating to allow social distancing. However, with COVID restrictions being lifted in July, the show will return to the amphitheater. “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” debuts Wednesday, July 14, and runs through Wednesday, Aug. 18. Performances are 7 p.m., Wednesdays, Thursdays and select Fridays. Limited tickets are available at Eventbrite.com and must be reserved in advance. Editor’s Note: Greg Klein has acted in several Glimmer Globe productions. He has cast the Henricis in the pilot he is filming this winter.

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Larissa Ryan Business Manager The Inside Scoop Walk down Main Street in Cooperstown and turn right at the flagpole and you’ll find this cozy little shop. Inside the same building as Slices Pizzeria, which I reviewed last year, turn right instead of left and you’ll find the perfect spot to order your ice cream and peruse the collection of baseball cards on view as you enter the sitting area. There are tables inside and out and a wide variety of flavors to choose from. I got the Minty Moose Trail, a soft-serve mint ice cream with large chunks of chocolate and streaks of gooey chocolate fudge. You can even get some hot fudge poured over top of your ice cream if you want (like I did). Other flavors included raspberry, coffee, chocolate, rocky road, and many more. A great spot just off the main path in downtown Cooperstown. The Inside Scoop 46 Pioneer Street Cooperstown 607-544-1075 Tara Barnewell Publisher Pizza Land When you are on the West End of Oneonta, you must stop in at Pizza Land. Everyone I was with had pizza and all of them were loaded with toppings. They have a nice soft crust and

plenty of styles to choose from. I tried a slice of the garlic and cheese white pizza — if you like garlic you’ve got to try it. But my favorite at Pizza Land is the calzones. The mushroom and pepperoni calzone is wrapped in this perfect pizza crust and it’s full of meats and cheeses. Beware, the small is HUGE, you’ll have enough left over for dinner. One more thing … have some time when you go here. Everything is fresh and made to order. Calling ahead with your order is recommended! 24 Oneida Street Oneonta 607-432-3850 Pizzalandoneonta.com Greg Klein Editor Sal’s Pizzeria If you want some insideCooperstown baseball, it has been said there is a great pizza divide in the village: are you a Sal’s Pizzeria person or are you a New York Pizzeria person? I am a New York Pizzeria person when it comes to Cooperstown and Richfield Springs, but I do note my son loves Sal’s in Cooperstown, so I/we are not the typical line-in-the-sand pizza family. However, I wanted to mention that when it comes to Oneonta pizza, I am most definitely a Sal’s Pizzeria person. My weekly visit to Sal’s is one of the things I miss most about working in the

City of the Hills. You know you have become a regular when they see you coming and know your order. Jenna at the counter had me figured out pretty quickly, pulling the center slice of the lunchtime Sicilian pizza (no crust!) as soon as she would see me at the register. I miss joking with the

staff, too. One day I was on my trademarked rant about how people putting creative sauces on pizza is annoying me. I pointed to a slice of chicken-bacon and asked if it had normal sauce. No, Jenna said, it was chickenbacon ranch. Cue rant about how putting ranch on pizza is an insult to cuisine and how

chicken-bacon on a normal slice of pizza is a beautiful combination. Without missing a beat, Jenna said, “you know, I can put chicken and bacon on a cheese slice for you and heat it up.” To which I answered, “but then what would I do with my righteous indignation?” See PICKS, Page B6

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The calzones at Pizza Land in West Oneonta are so big they are more than one serving of food.

Restaurant picks: Fried dough from Rosso’s, Mr. Shake fun PICKS/from Page B5 A friend of mine did her college thesis on the opioid problem in Otsego County and that was how I learned Sal’s is committed to employing some people who are rehabilitating from addictions and also to providing them a drug-free workplace. I love the civic spirit Sal’s shows and always feel good when I support that business. Sal’s Pizzeria 285 Main Street Oneonta 607-432-6766 https://sals-pizzeria-ofoneonta.business.site/ Kevin Limiti Reporter Rosso’s What’s the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about Independence Day? Probably fireworks, but from now on I’m going to be adding Rosso’s Fried Dough to the list. This tempting piece of comfort food is loaded with cinnamon and sugar and fried goodness. Perfect for festivals. I had mine at Neahwa Park on Independence Day and I can’t remember the last time I felt good about eating something with virtually no nutritional value whatsoever. Next time you see their

cart around, I highly recommend getting a piece. Kathleen Peters Graphic Designer Mr. Shake Just over the Herkimer County line on State Route 28 is one of the best places to go for ice cream. I usually get the root beer float with hard vanilla ice cream. (They use Perry’s, my favorite brand.) The Husband almost always gets a black-andwhite milkshake. They also have a full sandwich menu with the usual suspects: burgers, hot dogs, wraps, chicken wings, tenders, and pulled pork. Try the jalapeño poppers and wash them down with a lemonade and banana split. They do birthday parties, make ice cream cakes, and there’s even a doggie sundae with soft vanilla and a dog bone on top. If you need to entertain the kids (or yourselves) come play a round of mini golf on their professional mini course with landscaping by Melinda’s Nursery. All around fun for the whole family! Mr. Shake 663 State Route 28 Richfield Springs 315-858-7425

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BOOK CLUB – Read ‘Nothing to See Here’ by Kevin Wilson and then discuss it on 7/25 at 7 p.m. Visit www. facebook.com/hmloneonta/. ON VIEW – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. View exhibit ‘Onsight Insight’ by Phil Young, professor at Hartwick College, featuring works created on location or in studios in response to what he sees as “ritual spaces in the body of the land.” Showing thru 7/25. Community Gallery, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. ADOPTION DAY – 2 - 7 p.m. Make appointment to bring home your new best friend and Montezuma Winery will cover the adoption fees. Susquehanna SPCA 4841 State Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. 607-547-8111. PHOTOGRAPHY – 2 p.m. Learn about the ‘likes and horrors’ of being a photographer with Dimitri Kasterine at the Cooperstown Senior Community Center. Brick building behind St. Mary’s Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. coopseniorcenter@gmail.com ARTIST OPEN STUDIO – 3 5 p.m. Ask questions and discuss with the artists behind ‘Paintings & Projects Lilian Voorhees and James Herman’ and ‘High Alert Artists Speak Out’ on the last day of their shows at the Garage. Free, reservations recommended. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5327. BUDGET BITES – 5 p.m. Join nutrition educator for 6 - 8 weekly cooking lessons all about making budget-friendly meals with fruits and vegetables. Online only, presented by the Cornell Cooperative Extension. 518-234-4303 ext. 115. WORD THURSDAY – 7 p.m. Enjoy open mic from area writers before listening to featured writer Nandini Bhattacharya (Loves Garden, 2020, an work of women’s historical fiction set in contemporary India). Suggested donation $3. Presented by Bright Hill Press & Literary Center. 607-829-5055.

ADOPTION DAY – 2 - 7 p.m. Make an appointment to bring home your new best friend. See Thursday Listing. PREVIEW PARTY – 5 - 7 p.m. Come out for the CAA’s first opening reception in a year. Celebrate opening the 86th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition. On view through 8/13. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9777. FIRE PIT FRIDAYS – 7 - 10 p.m. Get out and enjoy a fun night around the fire with friends, drinks and music. This week features Swingin’ Blues by Charlie and the Roomers. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Co.Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. 607-280-2900. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Ghanaian master drummer Kwaku Obeng joins Cameroonian vocal virtuoso, Gino Sitson, for evening of traditional and contemporary music from Jazz to African polyrhythms. Free. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607-829-3700.

►Saturday, July 10 ART IN THE PARK – 10 & 11:30 a.m. ‘The Art and Science of Owls’ where children can learn about owls, the owl motif in art, and decorate an owl keepsake box. Free, registration required. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Presented by Oneonta World of Learning. Fortrin Park, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. 607-431-8543. IROQUOIS MUSEUM – 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Haudenosaunee dance group Onyota’a:ka Dancers from Oneida will present Native American dances from the Oneida and Mohawk cultures. Iroquois Indian Museum, 324 Caverns Rd., Howes Cave. 518-2968949. PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP – 10 a.m. - noon. Explore the use of light in photography in workshop based on chiaroscuro, how light transforms our everyday worlds, and how it makes us feel with instructor JW

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