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Cooperstown Woman Shares Joy As Friend Finds Lost Twin Sons By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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attie Dickinson, now an innkeeper at the White House Inn, and Christine Walker
met in fourth grade in Lansing, Mich., and were soon best friends. “She had an exotic New Jersey accent,” said Christine. “Everyone wanted to be her friend, but she chose me. She taught me to use makeup, how to
bleach my hair.” Their dads both loved baseball, and Christine’s father coached “all the boys we went out with,” said Christine. Year after year since, she made the pilgrimage to Please See JOY, B4
Newsstand Price $1 Pattie Dickinson, upper right, shared a happy reunion with girlhood friend Christine, her newly discovered twin son, Chris, his wife Patrice and their children, Alec, Bryce and Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal Josie.
RANDY NEWMAN JOINS POPS, SIMON
After 30 years, the neon “Tepee” sign shone again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at the Route 20 landmark in Cherry Valley. Owners Donna and Dale Latella collaborated with noted NYC neon artist Jeff Friedman to repair the lettering. 100 wellwishers cheered the occasion.
Oscar Winner Completes HoF 75th Concert Roster Who Has Best Water Of Them All?
Trolleys Now Have Routes To Brewery
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illage trolleys are now running regular routes to Ommegang from the brewery’s “pop-up store” on Main Street, Peggy Bush, Birnie Bus Tour manage overseeing the trolley system, announced. Mayor Jeff Katz praised the initiative, saying Birnie, since taking over it operation in May, is making the trolley system “a more vital one that reflects the needs of our riders.”
ON COVER: Cooperstown writer Mitchell Owens’s visit to Laura and George W. Bush’s Texas ranch is the cover story of the August 2014 issue of Architectural Digest.
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GRAND OPENING: The first 50 adult shoppers will receive a $10 Dollar General gift card and the first 200 shoppers, a tote bag, among other giveaways, at the outlet’s grand opening at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 19, on Route 28, Hartwick Seminary.
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Liam Heiland mans the OCCA water-tasting tent at the Otsego Lake Festival Saturday, July 12, at Lakefront Park, where attendees, in a blind taste test, determined Milford has the tastiest water, followed by Fly Creek, Hartwick, Middlefield, Oneonta and Springfield.
here’s no film score quite so connected to baseball as the Randy Newman’s Grammy-winning soundtrack to the 1984 Robert Redford film “The Natural.” You remember that haunting sixnote combination – de-DAH. Pause. de-DAH-de-DAH – in the next-tofinal scene, just before Redford’s Roy Randy Newman Hobbs’ home run hits will round out the stadium lights, the Hall’s 75th which explode like anniversary confireworks. cert Aug. 2. And on Friday, Aug. 2, Newman himself will be on stage at the Clark Sports Center to conduct those six notes and the score of the famous movie. “Having him as part of the Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary concert is a natural,” said Loren Harriet, the Hollywood Please See NEWMAN, A3
Orthweins Seek Good Home For Polo Ponies By LIBBY CUDMORE CHERRY VALLEY
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t’s the end of an era for Red River Farms. Where once Pioneer Spirit, a proud black stallion, roamed
WANTED: Good home for polo ponies. Call Mike Alicino, 264-3032 the Cherry Valley hills with a herd of fine mares, looking to sire prize polo ponies, he is now penned and anxious, crying out
in frustration for his missing girlfriends. “We got rid of the mares yesterday,” said caretaker Mike Alicino. “I wanted to make sure these guys got good homes. I’ve taken care of them for so long, I feel obligated to make sure Please See PONIES, A3
Caretaker Mike Alicino consoles Pioneer Spirit at Red River Farm, Cherry Valley. Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal
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