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COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND Vaccination tent to be set up at County Fair A pop-up clinic by the Otsego County Department of Health will be giving COVID vaccines at the Otsego County Fair. The vaccines will be available from noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 3, and Friday, Aug. 6.
By PATRICK DEWEY What is most astounding about Lyme Disease is that one tick the size of a sesame seed or smaller, according to the CDC, can change someone’s life course. Cherry Valley resident Tina Leentjes, diagnosed with Lyme Disease in May 2017, went from working five days a week and attending events almost every evening to working part-time and falling asleep before dinner is finished.
►FLOOD UPDATE: Roads in western Otsego County are still closed, damaged following July 16, flooding. ►COMMON COUNCIL: Oneonta appoints a new fire chief, names members of new committees. ►PEE WEE FOOTAGE: AN HBO producer is looking for footage of Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, from his childhood in Oneonta.
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For Brenda Michaels of Cooperstown, symptoms began with knee pain and started a four-year battle that included headaches, fast heartbeat and facial weakness. The life-changing effects show why awareness of Lyme Disease is critical. Two weeks after her tick bite, Leentjes developed a rash that ran from her chin to her neck. The rash grew exponentially. Leentjes and medical providers first thought the issue was chemical exposure. Two
weeks later she was diagnosed with Lyme. Leentjes later developed Bell’s Palsy, a paralysis of the face. She also experienced severe head pain which she said was “like someone was trying to drill into my head.” In addition to symptoms similar to those of Leentjes, Michaels said she experienced visual disturbances that made reading and seeing difficult. Sara Tyghter is director of education and outreach at the Global Lyme Alliance, which raises aware-
ness of Lyme Disease and supports research. Tyghter said eye pain, as well as floating dots appearing in one’s field of vision, are common symptoms of Lyme. Both Michaels and Leentjes experienced fatigue and difficulty focusing or tracking visually. Tyghter said Lyme Disease can interfere with heart function. When this occurs, symptoms include chest pain, lightheadedness and rapid heartbeat. See LYME, Page A2
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Chair Jane Forbes Clark speaks at the Awards Presentation on Saturday, July 24, in Springfield Center. The Hall recorded the ceremony Saturday and presented it Sunday, July 25, on the MLB Network and across its social media platforms. From left, are, Rob Manfred, Al Michaels, Ken Harrelson, Lyn Montgomery, Clark, Dick Kaegel, Ben Cafardo, BBWAA President C. Trent Rosecrans and Interim HOF President Jeff Idelson.
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►ARTIST ANGER: Cooperstown proposal about licensing fees draws second round of fire. Page A3. ►CHAMBER SOUNDS: Local politicians, business leaders talk 2021 economy. Page A2. ►GREEN WAVE: Oneonta Legion baseball team wins regional title, contends for state crown. Page A7. ►SCOUTS HONORS: Local BSA troop takes on camping challenge. Page A9: ►SPEECH TALK: Columnist Richard deRosa discusses his frustrations with the way language has evolved. Page A4. ►PIT RETURN: Oneonta’s fall run honoring Trooper Ricky Parisian will return in October. Page A10.
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Fly Creek firemen make dramatic lifesaving rescue By KEVIN LIMITI FLY CREEK — Assistant fire chiefs Jess Lanza and Henry Hight responded to a call that saved a town highway worker’s life Tuesday, July 13. A crewman had gotten his boots stuck in a culvert in the area of Christian Hill after a beaver dam collapse caused rushing water to drag him into the collapsed and damaged pipe. “It was actually just a mile from my house, so I was first on the scene,” Lanza said. There he found two people holding the man from the water. “We needed to essentially sling him and prevent him from going any further,” Lanza said. The firefighters used a rescue sling which was able to hoist him up. Less than a minute afterwards, an ambulance arrived, which took him to the hospital. The crewman was “visibly
exhausted,” but they said he only suffered minor injuries. “It was a big relief when we got him out,” Hight said. “The last thing we wanted to do was lose someone,” Lanza said, acting in order to “quickly and safely get him past the bad part and to safety.” Lanza said that it could have been much worse. “It just shows the dangers of these pipes,” Lanza said, who also remarked that it was lucky those two men were there to hold him up before the firemen arrived. Fly Creek Fire Department Chief Chris Voulo said the rescue shows how important some of the water rescue equipment they have is, which they ordered just in case something like the recent incident ever happened. “This stuff just makes it a lot easier to save lives,” Voulo said. Kevin Limiti/The Freeman’s Journal “It’s worth its weight in gold as long Assistant fire chiefs Jess Lanza, left, and Henry Hight hold as you’re trained in it.” water vests and a rescue sling at the Fly Creek Firehouse.
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Chamber forum seeks solutions for workforce shortage By KEVIN LIMITI The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce hosted a Zoom town hall Tuesday, July 27, to discuss workforce needs for small businesses. The participants included Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, State Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Maryland, Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, Assemblyman Brian Miller, R-New Hartford, and Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-Schoharie. The overall sentiments of the Zoom call echoed the reality of a huge problem with understaffing and the difficulties hiring employees in Otsego County. Business owners spoke of restaurants being unable to service customers due to staff shortages and some businesses being forced to close early based on having no staff available. Audrey Benkenstein, from Opportunities for Otsego, spoke about how many of her organization’s positions required advanced degrees and training, which made finding employees very difficult. “We serve a vulnerable population and without staffing our programs suffer,” Benkenstein said. She said there were also lack of transportation options, lack of internet issues and lack of day care assistance available. Lydia Bell, also from Oppor-
Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-Kingston, speaks to the panel during an Otsego County Chamber of Commerce forum on workforce needs.
tunities for Otsego, echoed Benkenstein’s thoughts. “We’re very much struggling getting people even interested in applying,” Bell said. Salka said the biggest problem was lack of incentives because of unemployment benefits. “When people can make more money sitting at home, obviously they’re going to sit home,” Salka said. Delgado had a different take on the assistance, saying it was needed
to protect vulnerable people during the pandemic. “It was unclear at the time how fast the economy was coming back,” Delgado said. However, he said the benefits will expire soon and, “I think it’s unlikely that at the federal level there will be another round of (enhanced) unemployment.” Cassandra Harrington, executive director of Destination Marketing, said that job opportunities exist, but people are not applying.
Otsego County’s Lyme infection rates are among the highest in New York LYME/from Page A1 Lyme’s effect on the heart may even lead to needing a heart transplant. Tyghter said that there are 476,000 new cases of Lyme Disease annually in the US. Kelly Liner, a communicable disease nurse at the Otsego County Department of Health, said Otsego County has one of the highest rates of Lyme infection in New York. She said the state only requires 20% of cases to be reported. In 2019, about 100 Lyme cases were reported, making the Otsego County total close to 500. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, more up-to-date statistics were not available. Tyghter said ticks are commonly found in tall grass, brush and leaves. She said as the number of tick species in the Northeast increases, the variety of outdoor habitats for ticks has increased as well. Tyghter said ticks appear in both rural and urban areas. She said to prevent or better detect tick bites, consider wearing long pants, long socks and closed-toed shoes outdoors. Also consider long sleeves. Above all, Tyghter said, insect repellent is important and instructions
for applying it should be followed carefully. Tyghter said early symptoms of Lyme disease include fatigue, rash, muscle aches, fever and headaches. She said symptoms may come and go initially so that you feel ill one day, fine for a few days and sick again later. Because early symptoms mimic many common illnesses, Lyme Disease may be overlooked. “If you are not feeling well and have been exposed to the outdoors, we suggest you
ask your physician to run a panel for tick-borne illnesses including Lyme Disease,” Tyghter said. According to the CDC, Lyme antibodies don’t show up for several weeks, so a test soon after a tick bite may not be accurate. If you continue to feel ill after a negative test, consider getting retested. Go to www.betickaware. org or www.health.ny.gov/ publications/2825/ for more details on prevention, tick removal and symptoms.
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“There are jobs to be had,” Harrington said. “There are plenty out there.” Harrington said lack of staffing was affecting businesses, keeping them from being open. She said many restaurants are having a difficult time staying open during weekends, which she said that “results in poor experiences for the visitor” and is adversely affecting tourism. “We can’t guarantee we’re putting our best foot forward right now,” Harrington said. She said there was a “massive amount of money that we’re turning away” while also having a “significant risk of burnout for our current staffers.” “I just hope that somehow we can figure out a way to fix this,” Harrington said. Miller said part of the problem is the pandemic has changed society in many different ways, including what people will tolerate. “This isn’t unique to Otsego County. This is everywhere. People may have reexamined their lives. They don’t want their second jobs.” Miller said he has no solutions. “I don’t really know what the answer is right now,” he said. Tague said the “biggest complaint I get from small businesses is they can’t get any help.” Before leaving the Zoom, Delgado said the Restaurant Revitalization Fund “needs to be
replenished.” Mark Segina, CEO of Segina and Associates, had some practical advice for his fellow business owners. “You have to have a way you can generate more income to pay employees,” Segina said. “You have to find someone who has a reason to go locally. … You’re investing in skills, you’re investing in people who will drive you forward.” Salka called the issue a “systemic issue in New York state with quality of life.” He said New York has some of the highest taxes and is one of the least friendly states for business, which is making things difficult for the business community. “God knows why we would even think about extending unemployment benefits,” Salka said. “New York has been suffering for quite some time from a mass migration.” Chamber President Al Rubin, who was also moderating, said “the longer (people) are out of work, the less they’re willing to go back to work.” Tom Armao of Country Club Auto Group, said business owners were competing with the federal government. “We’re paying more for nothing and we’re getting nothing.” “You can’t legislate prosperity, you have to grow prosperity,” Armao said.
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Village delays action on site, licensing fees after more pushback By GREG KLEIN COOPERSTOWN — The village Board of Trustees tabled a proposed law to charge license and site fees for village property and the use of village icons in commercial endeavors. There were two public hearings on the docket Monday, July 26, but four of the five members of the public at the meeting at 22 Chestnut Street spoke against charging local artists who paint, photograph or otherwise use local Cooperstown icons, such as Doubleday Field or the Sandlot Kid statue, in their work. The speakers included two store owners who sell artwork, an artist and Cooperstown Art Association President Cheryl Wright. Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh said she has heard from many people who agree about the need for location fees, but many more who are concerned about the licensing fees. Tillapaugh assured the speakers the trustees were not going to approve the local law Monday. “I think it needs more work,” Tillapaugh said. The onlookers were long gone when the matter came up again, hours into the board’s 3.5-hour meeting. As promised, there was no resolution to the matter. Tillapaugh recommended the proposal be sent back to the village’s committees — it had recently been discussed in the Economic Development and Sustainability Committee — and later offered to hold a stand-alone trustee meeting to discuss the matter at length. Ultimately, the group opted for the latter, with Tillapaugh saying she would schedule it as a board workshop. The matter had been proposed as a local law two months ago, but it got pushback from village partners who help market Cooperstown. The follow-up from the artistic community reinforced Tillapaugh’s belief that there is more work to be done, she said. Tillapaugh said the groups looking at the issue seemed certain they wanted to charge a location fee for entertainment-industry rentals, but the licensing fees are harder to define correctly. Editor Greg Klein spoke at the EDSC committee meeting July 13, as part of his job as the local film commissioner, in favor of location fees and permits for entertainmentindustry shoots. He told committee members they needed to find a way to do it without harming village partners. He also said they needed to think about the effect on individual artists and if individuals were the intended target of the law.
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Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, center, speaks with the Board of Trustees before the meeting Monday, July 26. From left are, Richard Sternberg, Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk, Tillapaugh, Hanna Bergene, Joe Membrino and MacGuire Benton.
In other business: COVID $ disappoints; Glen project gets permit • The village has received $89,000 from the federal government as part of the coronavirus relief package. Tillapaugh said it is much less than she anticipated or the village lost in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown. The assignments were based on population, a formula that did not favor Cooperstown, she said. The village will receive a similar amount in 2022 as part of the package. • The trustees unanimously approved a special-use permit for a multi-unit dwelling at 20 Glen Ave. No one spoke about the matter in the public hearing. • The trustees also unanimously approved a small wording change to a vending law dealing with benches. However, the small change led to Trustee Richard Sternberg asking for more substantial changes, necessitating a new public hearing. • The trustees heard about a Department of Transportation culvert replacement on State Route 80, which will close the road on the western side of the lake in either 2023 or
2024. According to DOT materials, drivers would be detoured to State Routes 28 and 20. The construction would not take place between Memorial Day and Labor Day Comments on the plan can be emailed to Drew.Newby@dot.ny.gov or sent to Region 9 Design, 44 Hawley St., Binghamton, NY 13901. Newby, the project manager, can also be reached at 607-721-8631. • The trustees unanimously voted to make Tuesday, Sept. 7, and Wednesday, Sept. 8, a special event that allows parking on private property. The Hall of Fame Induction will take place at 1:30 p.m., Sept. 8, at The Clark Sports Center, in the town of Middlefield, just outside of the village. • The board had a lengthy conversation about boat slips, but ultimately took no action on the idea of a boating-rental business using village slips. Tillapaugh pushed the board for a resolution, but ultimately settled for a consensus that it did not want to take action. However,
some trustees expressed dismay that one person could rent more than one boat slip. Tillapaugh explained that the boat slips are hot properties and very few turn over each year. She said the village does have a policy that slips cannot be gifted or subleased. She said there is a line at Village Hall on the first Monday in March starting at 5 a.m., with people wanting to get on the list for an open slip. This year’s list grew to be almost four pages, she said. Village Clerk Jenna Utter said about 10 people got new spots from the list this year. • The Cooperstown Fire Department has collected $6,300 toward the cost of the July 5 fireworks. The deficit is $2,300 amd the department is still collecting donations. • Tillapaugh said the village got a complaint about chickens roaming around an apartment complex. She said the village has no laws against owning chickens and she refered the complaint to the apartment complex’s landlord.
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The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will open its 23rd season with a free outdoor community concert featuring the Caroga Arts Ensemble, led by cellist Kyle Price, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 10, on the lawn behind the Fenimore Art Museum. The concert, entitled CSMF Musical Kaleidoscope and sponsored by NBT Bank, will feature a repertoire of bluegrass and classical to jazz and pop in a musical variety show. “CSMF is thrilled to be partnering with the Caroga Arts Ensemble for our return to the stage,” said Festival Founder and Artistic Director Linda Chesis in a media release. “We wanted our first concert to be a gift to the community so that everyone can experience the joy of music after such a difficult year.”
After a pandemic hiatus in the summer of 2020, festival artists are itching to get back to the stage as well. “The energy and spontaneity that a live audience creates is something that we thrive off of as performers,” said Price, director of the Caroga Arts Ensemble, in the media release. “It inspires us to explore the music in a new way.” While tickets to this concert had previously been offered in limited quantities, the easing of some health and safety protocols means that this event is now free and open to the public with no tickets required. Patrons may still want to reserve a ticket, as in the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved across the street to the Louis C. Jones Center at The Farmers’ Museum, and will only be open to ticket holders.
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THURSDAY, July 29, 2021
A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL editorial
Richard DErosa
Let’s get out of the fog Something remarkable happened last week, Wednesday July 21, in Otsego County. It happened in other places, too — New York City, Philadelphia, Albany, Ontario, Boston — in fact in the entire northeastern part of the country. Most people thought it was a heavy fog, typical of all the other heavy fogs that are apt to enshroud us in the mornings this time of year, only to disappear before noon when the sun burns through the atmosphere. But it wasn’t that familiar heavy fog. It was smoke, and it came from the abundant, heavy, uncontrolled wildfires currently blazing far out west. And with it the National Weather Service sent out air quality warnings. To date this year, more than 75 wildfires have scorched more than one million acres in 13 western states. The Bootleg fire in Oregon is the largest in the state’s history. It’s half the size of Rhode Island and so massive it has created its own weather. Of the fires in California, all but one exist by natural causes — extremely high temperatures — and they total more than 2,000 square miles of inconceivable heat, flame and threat. And we are still in July, not August, when historically most wildfires spring up. The devastating wildfire season is being worsened by the most severe drought in a century, and by heat waves that have shattered records across the Northwest. To this end, land-use planning, forest management, emergency outreach efforts, housing policies and climate factors are being reassessed, causing new rules and a multitude of changes throughout the area. We have not experienced these droughts and wildfires to that extent here in the Northeast, though most certainly our summer of 2021 has been hotter and more humid than those in the past. We are lucky. We have a lot of water; we don’t necessarily have earthquakes and severe drought (though we are witnessing some seriously major windstorms and rainstorms and some surprisingly higher temperatures); and very few tornadoes have been recorded. So then, what about that fog that stayed over Otsego Lake all day (and is still here this week) that was really California and Oregon and Washington and Canada smoke? We are experiencing the effects of those wildfires in the West, and as such we can – must — assume that those problems facing our western friends are our problems here as well. This is a mounting global situation. Forests in particular store large amounts of carbon, and when they burn they immediately release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which in turn contributes to climate change. They also release carbon dioxide through decomposition. It has been shown that wildfire pollution is more hazardous than car pollution, and when that pollution travels long distances (say, from one coast to another) in a lingering, lengthy amount of time, the chemical makeup changes in a way that makes it even more hazardous and toxic to the humans at the other end, especially those with lung and asthmatic conditions. Wear a mask, preferably an N-95, next time that smoke comes to Cooperstown. These wildfires affect the Earth’s climate. Perhaps it’s now time for us all to make a momentous effort to address and correct climate change, the villain that is the key factor in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires and drought in the West. We are all affected. We must not hand this down to our children.
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Looking at language changes with displeasure Despite knowing all too well that language is always evolving, there are some aspects of its constant evolution that stick in my craw. My wife is the unfortunate recipient of my constant grousing about things I hear people say on the radio every morning. If I were to compile a list it would be long and, well, possibly annoying to some (especially the guilty!) and characterized as pretty nitpicky. So be it. We aging amateur linguists who see ourselves as unanointed guardians of the language feel compelled to fight the good fight despite knowing full well it is a losing cause. Knowing that one is an underdog gives one a bit of a lift. It gives one a sense of righteous buoyancy. Here goes: If someone says something I agree with, all I need do to indicate my assent is say, ‘yes, I agree.’ Why is it necessary to totally agree or totally understand or totally something or
other? Either we agree with one another or we do not. With increasing frequency, especially during interviews, respondents will preface a comment with “having said that.” Well, if one has already said ‘that,’ why mention what one already knows – you have said that. There are psychological aspects to language and perhaps such reminders have a place. But if your listener has actually been listening, there is no valid reason for having to say ‘having said that.’ The lovely definite article seems to have squirmed its way out of existence in many instances. The one that puzzles and befuddles and irritates me (I know, that is my problem) the most is the absence of ‘the’ when referring to the prom. High school kids used to go to the prom; now they go to prom. Unlike telling someone to go to hell, going to the prom has always performed quite adequately when preceded by its customary definite article. I suspect
that few young people today give much thought to, or even know about, definite and indefinite articles. And then there is ‘so fun.’ It is possible to have a lot of fun, to see the fun in sliding down a water tube, but how is it possible that something such as sky diving or kayaking can be so fun? I am the outlier here, I know. I hear it all the time. Those whose lexicon it is embedded in come to it naturally. I would love to find the miscreant who first said it. Not sure what I would do or say. I am sure I would be very nice, an uncharacteristic stance those who know me best would most likely find unbelievable. In the old days, so modified an adjective, a verb, or another adverb, which so is. Like it or not, expressions like these are here to stay. Old guys like me can soothe our stomachs by popping chewable Pepto pills. Now for some thoughts on See HAWTHORN, Page A5
Terry Berkson L ife S ketches
Fighting the burdock seems to be my mission Burdock is an enemy I’ve been trying to eradicate since we moved to the farm. It was growing thick all around the barn, so, first I weedwhacked it and later mowed it and now there’s only grass where there once stood a Velcro-like mob waiting to take hold of your pants, socks and bootlaces. When these sticky weeds are at the edge of a hayfield or in a hedgerow it’s a different story. Without constant mowing, they are much harder to get rid of. During the spring and summer of our first year on the farm, I’d stop work on the house, to Alice’s protests, and go out almost daily, armed with a squirt bottle of Roundup, spraying the young elephant-eared leaves. In a day or two they’d begin to shrivel, but it seemed that for every one that wilted, another would spring up. I hate to admit it but, like William Kennedy’s “Ironweed,” there’s something admirable about burdock’s ability to survive. After a couple of years, I changed tactics. Instead of using poison, I cut down the whole plant and threw it into the back of our pickup. Sometimes the load would be so big I’d have to tie it
down. Then, I’d drive into the woods and dump it. Marty Brannigan, the farmer who used to take hay off of our place, told me because of seeds dropping there would be a trail of new burdock wherever I drove the truck. He was right. From then on I took loads of the weed to the dump. Not giving up, I tried a different method in a neglected, weedy corner that I’d been working to reclaim. I cut and stacked the burdock and then burned it right there in the field. Surprisingly, the next year there was a heavy concentration of the weed, growing right where I had made the fire. Brannigan did concede that as a result of my efforts there seemed to be less burdock on my place. That in no way was a victory, so I continue the battle. Last year, I tried clipping off just the Velcro part of the weed and carefully dropping it into a plastic bag so no seeds would fall to the ground. Then I cut down the whole plant. Time will tell if it was an effective method. Alice thinks she’s got me figured out. She says that what I’m doing is a perverted form of outdoor editing.
“You like to write,” she says. “And, you like to be outdoors. I think that, for you, weeding is like editing. Getting rid of a burdock is like cutting out a word that doesn’t belong in a sentence.” After 10 years, we were still not finished working on the house. I could understand my wife’s frustration, but when I left my desk to look out the window and saw milkweed taking over a field, I couldn’t help but go out to the tool shed to get a spade to slice the intruders off at the root. One summer, I put many days into this effort but, alas, after a couple of rains, the lactate army was back stronger than ever. I was truly defeated in this battle but there was one consolation. Monarch butterflies like milkweed and I like monarch butterflies. In spite of my weeding efforts, hundreds landed in our fields that year. Wild grapevines also drive me crazy. They grow on trees so aggressively that eventually they block the light and strangle them. In the winter, their woven branches gather so much snow that they make the trees collapse. See SKETCHES, Page A5
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Here we go again with the coronavirus pandemic Several months ago, I stopped writing my weekly column on life in the time of Covid-19. The rollout of the vaccinations was going well locally, the numbers of people hospitalized locally were low, and organizations were opening up. The Rotary Club that I belong to in Cooperstown was making plans to go back to meetings in person. I was also recovering from major surgery and it was difficult physically to put together the columns. I thought for the most part my job was done. Now, here we go again. In many places in the United States the numbers of the sick and dying from Covid-19 are rapidly increasing in areas where there is a low percentage of vaccinated individuals. It also correlates with places that opened in an unrestricted fashion. Many first-line healthcare workers are completely burned out and can’t begin to understand how people who could have avoided this very deadly and debilitating disease refused to do so and even refused to acknowledge that in many cases it was real. What is particularly disturbing is seeing patients begging to be vaccinated as they are being rolled into intensive care units. Yes, there is a risk of complications from vaccination. There is a risk of
complications from everything we do or food we eat or medicine we take. Riding in a car is a risk. Nevertheless, after hundreds of millions of vaccinations there are about 10 to 20 documented deaths from vaccinations in the U.S., while in hundreds of millions of people in the U.S., with very few of them having been vaccinated, the number of dead is more than 500,000. So, give me odds of over 10,000 to one in my favor and I will buy that lottery ticket every time. A year ago, I was explaining to people how following public health guidelines would save lives. Seven months ago, I was explaining to people how getting vaccinated would save lives. We could have been out of the woods on this but some people want to believe anyone but reputable physicians, UNTIL THEY OR THEIR LOVED ONES GET SICK, and then they start begging for help and making bargains with God. At the current rate, we will go into some form of lockdown soon over at least a large part of the U.S. Children will get COVID and, yes, while the fatality rate is less in children than adults, so far, kids still die of this, and kids get sick and some become permanently disabled because of this disease.
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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5 THE OLD BADGER
Willow Brook has been altered again Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library
210 YEARS AGO
With what contempt does the freeman of America glance at the silly attempt of such things as emperors and kings to induce them to join their sanguinary play, which sends thousands in an hour to their long home; while the Americans are infinitely better employed in cultivating their fertile fields and extending their settlements into a vast wilderness, raising flocks and herds of cattle and sheep, and all kinds of grain – making their own ploughs, wheelbarrows and carts, and clothing themselves richly from their own wool, cotton and flax, for the surplus of which the emperors and kings and things in Europe are quarreling for the pre-emption. – July 27, 1811
185 YEARS AGO
At an annual meeting of the Otsego County Medical Society, held at Cooperstown, on Monday, the 18th of July, 1836, the following persons were elected officers for the ensuing year: Jenks S. Sprague, president; Henry Clark, vice-president; Joseph Carpenter, secretary; Erastus Curtis, treasurer; censors: Menzo White; A.E. Metcalf; John Gray; D.R. Boyce; and Erastus Curtiss; librarian, Erastus Curtiss; library trustees: Sumner Ely; Ariel Spafard; and Alexis Smith; delegate to state society: Alexis Smith. – August 1, 1836
160 YEARS AGO
Originally published in The Freeman’s Journal on Aug. 3, 1977. Willow Brook runs into Otsego Lake near the foot of Pioneer Street. Its course has been altered to run down the far side of a strip of land there, which is being readied for whatever is going to be built – probably houses. The brook ends at the Lake, but … Where does it begin? I’ll trace it to its source by going upstream, like an eel. Once it leaves the Lake, the first obstacle is what we call Lake Street – at first it was First Street. This used to be a busy section of town: a tannery, a smithy and a butcher shop on the Lake side of the road with Cory’s coffin factory and Weeks Livery on the other. The brook runs under the road and along the edge of the skating rink behind the Cooper Inn (which Henry Phinney built in 1816 as a residence, calling it “Willowbrook”), under a delicate stone-arched foot bridge and then through a base of a fine stone wall and into a tunnel where it moves diagonally under Main Street toward the space between the banks. In observer in 1909 wrote that “in front of Slote’s is dug very deep, as they are turning the course of Willow Brook close to the First National Bank, so as to have room to put up the new building of the (Otsego) Farmer (It actually became Crist Publishing Company and later the Second National Bank, then the National Commercial (and now Key Bank). The walls of the stream area made of concrete, and the top also, but what’s going to keep the top from falling in, no one knows.” The stream re-appears behind the dry cleaners and runs along beside Doubleday parking lot before turning and going under the grandstand, only to show up again under the first-baseline bleachers. It runs under Chestnut Street, thence either through or next to Dr. Whalen’s cellar, depending on how you look at it. It divides several properties before going underground near Ellinwood Auto Parts, going under the railroad tracks, coming out for a few yards, and then under Grove Street. It runs between
Hike Morris’ workshop and young Mitchell’s moving vans, behind Arnold and Rose’s Glen Garage (now the Leatherstocking Federal Credit Union), under the entrance drive to Dave’s garage, and on up the side of the glen (which used to be called the “gulf”). It crosses under Route 80 and then moves up and re-crosses, coming back to the silt filled pond where Irish Hill Road joins Route 80. Right there you can still see the old entrance drive to the Otsego Golf Course Annex, a nine-holer through which the brook runs. It passes below the clubhouse, which is now Dr. Carey’s house. (William Michaels caddied there). On up it goes right past the dump for the International Milk Company, which left us the thousands of condensed milk cans which still lie there rusting under the leaves. (Then it runs through theovergrown fields and thickets that were once part of the “Luludale” farm of Byard’s (1903), later called Brightside, and up over a small dam and into “Moe” pond (for Henry Allen Moe). I’m never sure whether names like this are official as I’ve never met an official who officiated such things, but it used to be called Artificial Lake by some, Clark’s Pond by others and Bundy’s by still others. No matter, before it was Bundy’s Pond, it was a swamp, and there were foxes in the tag alders because Harry Cougear and Norn Calhoun both say so. Harry got a white rabbit in there, too. But, to have a swamp, you need water, and there are two fine springs, one on either side. And one was used to supply the Brightside farm when
Mrs. Bennett Potter lived there as a girl. A windmill stood at what used to be the end of the airport runway. It pumped the water into a storage tank behind the farmhouses. They cut down alders and dammed up the swamp in ’37 or ’38. So, the two little springs filled the swamp to make the pond which goes over the dam and down the glen and through the village where it picked up the name of Willow Brook from the big brick house that Phinney built. But … if you ask Frede McGown (and he heard Rowan Spraker tell it), Willow Brook used to come down the glen and turn right. It used to go behind the Clara Welch Home, angle over through the Great American (Price Chopper) then cut under Walnut ad run towards the new high school behind the houses on Linden, turning in front of the old stables (now the bus garage, right where the driveway heaves and breaks up every spring) and dropping down into the Susquehanna. But, only a hundred people lived here then, and I don’t think any of them are still alive. One of those hundred was James Averill – and now I’ll speculate. Averell first owned a farm outside of town (the Moe-swamp area used to be called the “Averell Place”). But he soon traded it for the lakeshore property where Willow Brook now enters the Lake, and there he ran a tannery. William Cooper, our founder and a great land speculator, mapped the village in detail in 1790 but did not show Willow Brook running through town. Averill, of course, would have known the value of the springs on the hill and, needing a steady supply of fresh water to run the tannery, he could have diverted the brook at the foot of the gulf and guided it toward the tannery. Or he could have diverted it first, watched where it went into the Lake and then bought the property. Who knew? In any case Willow Brook has been altered again.
– July 26, 1861
135 YEARS AGO
Local –The special Saturday night train from Albany to Cooperstown has been taken off for the reason that it was not patronized. The first it brought only a servant for one of the hotels. The second trip it was favored with two passengers and the third trip it brought as far as the Junction a passenger for Portlandville. The experiment was a failure too expensive to keep up. Every year, more or less stone flagging will be laid in Cooperstown. The process has been a slow and tedious one, but this year it is done by a simple machine planned and constructed under the direction of President Lane – two large carriage wheels, taken from a vehicle brought to this village nearly a century ago, a lever, strong chains and iron hooks, all costing less than $20 – and in an expeditious manner, greatly lessening the cost of labor. – July 31, 1886
110 YEARS AGO
Pasquale Favale, an Italian employed by E.A. Potter as a foreman of laborers in the building of the new Bissell camp house just north of Mohican Point, was drowned in the lake Sunday morning. Another of the Italians found Favale’s clothing upon the shore, and upon going out upon the McGown dock, discovered the body lying upon the bottom of the lake in about eight feet of water. Great excitement prevailed among the Italians, and Linn G. Parshall, who occupies the Hiawatha Camp nearby, went out and removed the body from the water. Amos Bissell and his brothers tried in vain for about an hour to resuscitate the man. The body was attired in an old pair of trousers. A Requiem High Mass was celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church Tuesday morning and burial was made in St. Mary’s cemetery. “Patsy” as he was known was a valued employee of Mr. Potter. – July 26, 1911
85 YEARS AGO
The Hartwick School, a Federal government project at Hartwick Seminary, was closed Monday, after being in operation for about one and one-half years. Thirty-five students who were enrolled are being transferred to a WPA project at Saratoga Springs. The buildings were initially leased by the government for the purpose of establishing a county transient center. Such an institution was conducted there until it was discontinued as the result of protests by a large number of residents in the neighborhood. A plan was then conceived to open a school at which young men with a desire to gain training along vocational, business and other practical lines, might have the advantages otherwise denied them. At times there have been as many as 125 students on the rolls and instruction has been provided to two or three times that number. Despite the lack of federal funding to continue, the life of the school has been prolonged for six months through the efforts of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President. – July 29, 1936
Columnist Terry Berkson has waged a battle against his burdock for decades since he bought his farm in Richfield.
There is never a bad time to burn burdock, but apparently there are bad ways SKETCHES/Continued from Page A4 I found a lot of vines growing in our woods and hedgerows and, of course, to my wife’s chagrin, I went to work with a bow saw cutting the constrictors off at the root. Some of them were four inches in diameter. All of these efforts may seem foolish but they help make me feel in touch with the land. Occasionally, Alice joins me in these forays. I guess she figures the sooner I’m done doing battle, the sooner I’ll be back doing what she wants me to do.
When deer season is about to begin my wife braces herself for yet another of my desertions from duty. One November I was surprised when after looking out the window with a pair of binoculars, Alice said, “There’s a buck in the lower field. You better go out and get him!” I was in the midst of taping sheetrock and wondered why she was willing to let me off the ladder. “Why tell me about a buck now?” I asked suspiciously. Alice cocked her head and quipped, “He’s got burdock in his tail!”
As an adult, I am still able to ‘take care of myself,’ despite what my waiter says HAWTHORN/Continued from Page A4 restaurant language. When I go to a restaurant, I expect to be served the meal and drinks by either a waiter or waitress – at least I used to. Not anymore. We are now served by servers. I can handle that. But what really irks me is when once we are seated, whomever the server might be, introduces herself and says, “I’ll be taking care of you tonight.” Frankly, I am not so old that I take care of myself, either in a restaurant or at home. I can bloody well take care of myself at home and about. If I need home care or otherwise need to be looked after, it will not be while in a restaurant. Even worse is the response when asking some “servers” for either water or more bread or, perhaps, a glass of wine.
“No problem” is often the response. Who knew there was a problem! Is there something inherently problematic about asking for water or wine or bread. I have even been told there is no problem when thanking a “server” for providing whatever it was I requested. Whatever happened to “you’re welcome?” Gone with the linguistic wind. We have come a long way since Old English, Middle English, Elizabethan English – and even the Great Vowel Shift. I just do not want there to be a problem if I ask for a glass of water. By the way, does anyone else out there cringe at unrolling silverware wrapped tightly in cloth or paper napkins? Well, that is fodder for another day. Totally awesome man!
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OBITUARIES Michael Janitz, 67
December 17, 1953 – July 19, 2021 Oneonta – Michael Janitz, 67, passed away at home unexpectedly on July 19, 2021. He was born December 17, 1953 in Paterson, NJ, the son of Paul and Mary (Hart) Janitz Sr. Michael was a 32-year
local union carpenter. He also was the owner and operator of Sharp Cut Construction for 15 years. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, traveling, fishing, hunting, and football, he was a Giants fan; most especially he loved
being with his family. He was a member of the 6th Ward Athletic Club and the Delhi Stage Land Owners Association. He is survived by his wife, Debbie (Heck) Janitz of Oneonta; children, Joseph and Lacey Janitz of Oneonta, Joshua and Michaela Anderson of Oneonta, Jason
Crane and Patricia Crane, both of Georgia; grandchildren, Evan, Aubrey and Lexi Janitz and Ryan Mangroo; his siblings, John and Suzanne Janitz of New Lisbon, Pat and Kathy Janitz of New Jersey, Mary Rose of Otego, Teresann Campbell of Otego, Stephen and Rebecca Janitz of Cooperstown, Judy
of New Jersey funeral service at and Bobbi of New 4 p.m. on Friday, Jersey; his motherJuly 23, 2021 at the Lewis, Hurley & in-law, Margo Heck of Oneonta; Pietrobono Funeral and brother-inHome, 51 Dietz law, Wayne Heck St., Oneonta, with Jr. of Mt. Vision; the Rev. Frank many nieces and MacCracken, nephews. officiating. A Michael He was predecelebration of life Janitz ceased by his will follow at the parents; his son, Michael J. 6th Ward Athletic Club, Janitz; siblings, Paul Janitz 22 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Jr., Jennie and Al Fleshman. Condolences may be made Calling hours will be at www.lhpfuneralhome.com. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., with the
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Hall of Fame honors Michaels, Harrelson, Montgomery Awards Presentation airs on MLB Network one day after taping at Glimmerglass Festival By GREG KLEIN SPRINGFIELD — The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum honored five men for their contributions to the game Saturday, July 24, in a ceremony held at The Glimmerglass Festival and aired Sunday, July 25, on the MLB Network and on social media. The Hall honored 2021 Ford C. Frick Award winner Al Michaels; 2020 Ford C. Frick Award winner Ken Harrelson; 2021 BBWAA Career Excellence Award winner Dick Kaegel; 2020 BBWAA Career Excellence Award winner Nick Cafardo; and 2020 Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award winner David Montgomery. “Broadcasters and writers give fans a window into our national pastime,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “They are in our homes. They teach the game to our fans.” Michaels has been the voice of several sports, and is the play-byplay broadcaster on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. However, he will always be known for his “Do you believe in miracles?” call on the 1980 Olympic Games, when the United States men’s hockey team won an unexpected gold medal. His baseball roots include a path into MLB broadcasting with the Cincinnati Reds in 1972, and before that, calling games for the Pacific Coast League’s Hawaii Islanders. He was a national broadcaster with ABC’s Monday Night Baseball and became the voice for several dramatic World Series campaigns, including the 1989 Earthquake series in Northern California. “I can only think I grew up with a rabbit’s foot in my pocket,” Michaels said. Michaels said Vin Scully was one of the biggest influences of his career. He also credited his time at Arizona State for launching him into a carrer in baseball. A few years later, Tommy Lasorda claimed credit for discovering Michaels, when he listened to radio broadcasts after getting thrown out
“Of all the things I have done, being a baseball beat writer was the most rewarding,” he said. Kaegel started at his local newspaper when he was 16. “I was hired for the summer and for my senior year, the NewsDemocrat arranged for Bellville Township High School to let me work for the newspaper in the morning and attend class in the afternoon,” he said. Montgomery posthumously became the fifth person to win the Hall’s Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, for lifetime service to the game. A former owner, president and general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, “Dave Montgomery was truly beloved throughout the game,” Manfred said. Manfred said Montgomery’s loyalty to the Phillies was rare, saying he rarely missed a game and always kept a scorecard. “I know everyone who was fortunate enough to be a part of his life are forever grateful for the special example that Dave set for all of us,” he said. Montgomery also died in 2019. His widow, Lyn Montgomery, Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum accepted the award, saying the silver lining was if he had been Hall of Fame Award winners and acceptees gathered at The Glimmerglass Festival in alive, he never would have spoken Springfield Center on Saturday, July 24. From left, are, Al Michaels, Ken Harrelson, Lyn about himself while accepting Montgomery, Dick Kaegel and Ben Cafardo. the award, whereas she could sing of four straight games. Palmer’s 80th birthday. … When Ben Cafardo accepted the his praises. “It was a little bit embellished, you take a man’s money, you take BBWAA Award for his dad, who “Integrity is what set David apart but I wasn’t going to stop him,” a man’s money. But when you take died in 2019. from others,” she said. Michaels said. a man’s time, you take a part of “He was a classic ball writer,” The award show was recorded Known as “the Hawk,” Harrelson his life. I want to thank you all for Ben Cafardo said. Saturday, July 24, and broadcast was an icon on the south side all the parts for eight decades of “This recognition, which is the Sunday on the MLB Network and of Chicago, calling White Sox your time.” highest that any baseball writer can www.mlb.com, as well as on the games for a generation. He had a The former J.G. Taylor Spink receive, would be a tremendous Hall’s social media platforms. nine-year career as a right fielder Award, now renamed the BBWAA source of pride to him,” he said. The 2021 National Baseball Hall and first baseman and even before Career Excellence Award, went to Dick Kaegel, the 2021 winner, of Fame Induction Ceremony, he retired, he was hosting a local two writers who spent their lives has been covering the St. Louis scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on TV show, “The Hawk’s Nest,” in writing for passionate fanbases. Cardinals and Kansas City Royals Wednesday, Sept. 8, on the grounds Cleveland. The late Nick Cafardo, the 2020 for even longer, with his first of the Clark Sports Center in the Harrelson became known winner, wrote about Boston sports World Series call coming in 1964. town of Middlefield, will honor for being a White Sox homer, for three decades, helping to define He spoke about the great life he 2020 inductees Derek Jeter, Marvin and his “Hawkisms” are legendary, the New England Patriots dynasty had covering St. Louis legends Miller, Ted Simmons and Larry including “You can put it on and the Boston Red Sox World like Stan Musial and writing about Walker. the board!” Series wins. He wrote his weekly World Series championships. He The Induction Ceremony will be “This is my favorite toast,” he Sunday Notes for 15 years without said sharing the stage with Cafardo broadcast on MLB Network. said. “I gave this at Arnold missing a column. was a great honor.
Oneonta’s Green Wave makes run at baseball state title STAFF REPORT Oneonta’s run at a state title in Legion baseball continued Monday, July 26, in Saugerties. After losing its first game of the day in the double-elimination, eight-team tournament, Oneonta rallied to defeat Schenectady, 7-6. Tanner Russin had a walk-off double to keep the Green Wave alive in the tournament. The Wave was scheduled to play its next game Tuesday night after deadline. See www.allotsego.com and next week’s papers for more information. Oneonta lost to Hamburg, 16-6, in Monday’s opener. It beat Clinton County in the opening game of the tournament, Sunday, July 25, 8-0, Jordan Goble got the win Sunday, pitching six innings. Cole Platt had an RBI double and Aidan Breakey had a triple and two RBI. The Green Wave went 2-1 in the opening days of the state tournament, a week after winning a District 6 title last week. The Green Wave swept two games from Harpursville-1596 on Monday, July 19, at Conlon Field in Binghamton to win its third District 6 championship. Oneonta won, 1-0, and, 19-1, in a mercy-rule win in the finale to secure the title. After losing their first game of the tournament Friday, July 16, the Green Wave had to win five straight to claim the title. In the opening game Monday, a tremendous pitching performance from Jordan Goble helped lead the Green Wave to a 1-0 victory, forcing a final game for the title. Goble tossed 6.2 innings, limiting the high-powered Harpursville offense to four hits. Goble was aided by terrific
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The Oneonta Green Wave won the District 6 championship Monday, July 19, in Binghamton. Pictured are, front row from left, Carter Neer, Jordan Goble, Kendall Haney, Coach Mike Jester, Aidan Breakey, Kaden Halstead and David Morse. In the back row are, Tanner Russin, Dakoda Buzzy, Cam Horth, Aidan Gelbsman, Seamus Catella, Louis Bonnici, Cole Platt, an unidentified Legion official and Owen Burnsworth.
defense throughout that included a pair of spectacular outfield assists from Owen Burnsworth and Seamus Catella and two more from centerfielder Kaden Halstead. The infield defense was stellar as well led by third baseman Tanner Russin, who made three sparkling plays at the hot corner. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Goble reached his pitch limit with one out left to secure the win. Catella came in to earn the high pressured save, recording
the final out via strikeout with the bases loaded. The Green Wave had five hits against the hard throwing Harpursville southpaw, but Aidan Breakey was able to manufacture the only run of the game in the top of the fifth inning of the scoreless game. Breakey led off the fifth inning with a single and quickly stole second base. Burnsworth then ripped a ground out to second base, moving Breakey to third base where he
would eventually score the lone run of the game on a passed ball by the Harpursville catcher. In the decisive second game, the Green Wave offense erupted, 19-1, for a mercy rule shortened fiveinning win to earn their spot in the state tournament. The Green Wave scored four runs in the top of the second inning as Burnsworth started the assault with an RBI single to make it 10. Kendall Haney polished off the second inning and a 4-0 lead with
an RBI double scoring Burnsworth. In the top of the fourth inning, the Green Wave put the game away with an 11-run outburst to make it 15-1. Haney pitched a five-inning, complete-game win, finishing with six strikeouts. Haney led the offense with two doubles and two RBI. Breakey and Goble both finished with two hits and three runs scored while Burnsworth had two hits, scored four runs and had three RBI for the Green Wave.
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Left: Dick Kaegel spoke about his roots covering baseball in St. Louis and Kansas City. Right: Al Michaels said he likes to be known for his baseball work, although some people know him from his Olympic hockey call in 1980, ‘Do you believe in miracles?’
DiNapoli: Sales tax revenue had huge jump for second quarter of 2021 STAFF REPORT Sales tax revenue for local governments in New York state rose by 49.2% in the second quarter (April to June 2021) compared to the same period last year, a dramatic increase from last year’s weak collections during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Sales tax collections during this period grew by just over $1.6 billion and even surpassed collections reported during the second quarter of 2019, before the onset of the pandemic. “The strength of these collections, along with federal aid, will give local governments statewide the chance to improve their fiscal stability, but it will take time to recover from the strain caused by the COVID-19
pandemic,” DiNapoli said in a media release. “While this is good news, local leaders are advised to budget carefully. If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s to always plan for unpredictable circumstances.” The size of the increase largely reflects extremely weak collections in the April to June period of 2020. However, even compared to pre-pandemic collections for the same period in 2019, statewide collections in 2021 were up 8.7% or $396 million. Every region outside of New York City experienced two-year growth of greater than 18%. The Mid-Hudson and North Country regions both reported increases of more than 29%. Year-to-date, statewide local collections in 2021 are up 18.8%, or nearly $1.5 billion, over the first six months of 2020. Such results, where nearly every region in the
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taxes on behalf of their third-party vendors effective June 2019. The first full “sales tax year” during which both the economic nexus policy and the marketplace provision were in effect was March 2020 through February 2021. During that period, the vendors subject to these changes reported $16.2 billion in total sales to New Yorkers, generating an estimated $686 million in sales tax revenue. Of that total, $431 million was generated by sales outside of New York City and $255 million by sales inside the city. Both far exceeded the state’s original estimates. The better-than-expected outcome during this period was likely because of, in part, how the pandemic influenced consumer behavior by reducing in-person purchases and increasing online shopping.
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Members of Scouts BSA Troop 1254 recently held their own homebound supertrip, turning COVID uncertainty into a summer camping experience. The members of the troop are, bottom row, from left, Jonathan Quinones, Jeffrey Hart, Triston Kantor, Henrik Green and Matthew Panzarella. In the Contributed middle row are Anders Green, Nolan Fuller, Henry Ayers, Shepard Olsen, Patrick Gibson and Joey Paterno. In the back row are Lincoln diLorenzo, Tara diLorenzo, Ryles Sheldon, Rose Crowson, Aleksander Yazstremski and Cooperstown Central School junior Lincoln diLorenzo walks a rope bridge Jack Howard. at ‘Rio Aerie.’
Local scout troop hosts supertrip with ‘Camp Rio Aerie’ STAFF REPORT Since 1987, when Scout Troop 1254 from Cooperstown went on a supertrip of more than 5,000 miles to the Grand Canyon, the troop has had a tradition of doing a trip every two years. Other destinations have included Katahdin in Maine, the Florida Everglades and Mt. Rainier in Washington. This year was scheduled to be the 18th anniversary of the original trip 34 years ago,
but COVID changed the traveling world. With Crumhorn Mountain Scout Camp closed for regular Summer Camping, the troop decided on a very unusual combination of summer camp and supertrip. Rio Aerie was born and on July 11, the troop descended on the camp site along the banks of the Susquehanna River in Portlandville. Supported by Scoutmasters Diana Nicols and David Zimba and led by Patrol Leaders Lincoln diLorenzo, Tara diLorenzo, Rose Crowson and Riles Sheldon, the scouts
engaged in their typical summer camp activities, including fishing merit badge, taught by Walter Mclaughlin of Portlandville and Florida and motorboating merit badge taught by Frank Capozza of Middlefield. Camp Staff member Grey Wolf is a resident member of the Mohican people. He taught Native American Traditional and Indian Lore Merit badge. As the week drew to a close, there was a closing family barbeque where awards were presented and scouts told their families about
their week of adventure. The Scouts hope to camp at Rio Aerie again, perhaps in the fall, and they hope to return to Crumhorn Mountain in Summer of 2022. There are also plans for a supertrip to a distant locale in 2023. Troop 1254 is a linked Scout Troop for Boys and Girls ages 11 to 18. The troop meets on Tuesday evenings. Contact Diana Nicols at dbnicols@gmail.com for more information.
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Pit Run to return Sunday, Oct. 3 Hall to offer ‘microphone memories’ STAFF REPORT The 28th Pit Run, in honor of late State Trooper Ricky J. Parisian, will take place Sunday, Oct. 3, in Oneonta. “We are so excited to announce our 28th annual event,” Race Director Dave Weaver said in a media release. “Not only does the Pit Run celebrate Ricky J. Parisian’s heroism, but it celebrates the best attributes of the greater Oneonta community. It is a wonderful family event, not just a running race!” The Pit Run was started in 1994 to celebrate and remember Parisian’s life and service. Parisian died that year while trying to stop an armed robbery at the Great American food store in Oneonta. All money raised from the run goes directly to the Ricky J. Parisian Foundation, which has awarded over $609,745 in scholarships and community grants since its inception. Oneonta High School graduate Elizabeth Dixon is the 2021 scholarship award winner. Every registrant of the 2021 Pit Run will receive a race t-shirt and a Brooks BBQ chicken dinner. According to the media release, the 2021 Pit Run will be held in consultation with Center for Disease Control and state Department of Health guidelines to ensure safety precautions are taken.
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There will also be kids activities in Neahwa Park, including a no-cost kid’s fun run, ballooning, selfie stations and other kid friendly activities. The featured 5K and challenging 10K running races draw participants from all over the east coast. An option to participate virtually will also be available to accommodate all individuals at their own comfort level. For more information contact the Pit Run Hotline at 607-432-8068 or Katie Lossi at 607-267-2577 or Katiellossi@gmail.com.
Middlefield Democrats to host meet-and-greet The Middlefield Town Democrats will sponsor a candidates meet-and-greet from 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 1, at 190 Ottoway Road. Tents will be up in case of rain. “The ice cream social will be an occasion to meet Democratic candidates for Middlefield offices in an open, natural setting,” Owen Weikert, chair of Middlefield Democrats, said. “We welcome family, friends and neighbors. We’ll have live music, too!” Among those present will be David Karl, a write-in candidate for town supervisor. Karl was the director of engineering at Bassett Hospital. Other candidates present will be two residents running to be members on the town
The National Baseball Hall of Fame is partnering with Mango Publishing to explore 100 years of baseball on the radio airwaves. One hundred years ago, a new technology carried descriptions of the Aug. 5, 1921, Pirates vs. Phillies game beyond Forbes Field and into a few hundred homes with receivers within reach of KDKA-AM in Pittsburgh. It was the start of an unbreakable bond between broadcasting and baseball – one that brought the national pastime to more fans than ever. “Memories from the Microphone: A Century of Baseball Broadcasting” brings to the written page the magic of baseball over the airwaves. The new book, authored by historian Curt Smith, takes readers behind the scenes of some of baseball’s greatest moments with the announcers who brought those games to millions of fans. “If a baseball broadcaster bonds with the public, he becomes an extended member of the family,” Smith said in a media release. “‘Memories from the Microphone’ tells how for the last one hundred years on radio, then television, America’s family has been buoyed by Major League Baseball on the air.” Organized chronologically, “Memories
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The demolition derby is one of the biggest attractions at the Otsego County Fair and attracts some of the largest crowds.
Otsego County Fair returns for 2021 fun Fair to feature demolition derby, tractor pull By KEVIN LIMITI After a year off because of COVID, the Otsego County Fair is back for 2021 with almost a whole week’s worth of events. The Fair, which takes place between Tuesday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 8, will feature events including the demolition derby, a rodeo, a magician, a tractor pull show, harness racing and many other attractions. The fair has an average yearly attendance of 30,000 people. This will be the 75th year of the fair. Fair manager Lisa Jones said in spite of the difficulties of last year and the pandemic, the 2021 Fair will proceed as normal. “We’re hoping for big crowds but the fair itself will be normal,” Jones said. One change is instead of having a bike giveaway, there will be a toy giveaway. There will also be a “Think Differently Day,” Wednesday, Aug. 4, which is aimed at people with sensitivity issues, including people with autism and others with special needs. There will be no lights and no sounds and a tent where people who have problems with sensory overload can go to calm down. The biggest attraction at the Fair is the demolition derby, which Jones said will most likely attract the
“biggest crowd.” However, she also said “the rodeos are getting a lot of attention.” “People go nuts over those semipulls,” Jones said. In addition to the main attractions, there will be a lot of new food vendors, including new smoothie and lemonade vendors. It will be the “same food and a lot of new vendors,” Jones said. The Farmers’ Museum is also going to be a part of the Fair. Jones said she was happy the museum requested a spot. Saturday, Aug. 7 is going to be kid’s day, when the toy giveaway will take place. Head Start will be having pedal tractor pulls and balloons will be handed out. Despite the recent flooding in Morris and other parts of the Butternut Valley, Jones said there was “absolutely no damage from the flood” at the fairground. There will be hand-washing stations and other safety precautions at the fairgrounds. The Otsego County Department of Health is also having a pop-up clinic where they will be giving out the Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson vaccines. There will be special incentives for getting vaccinated at the fair, including gift cards. See FAIR, Page B4
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Riding the merry-go-round at the Otsego County Fair in 2017.
Fair has rich history in Morris
FAIR/from Page B3 “I think it’s going to look pretty normal,” Jones said, in spite of the previous COVID closure. Jones said that one thing that is going to be different is that there will be a box office for the bandstand. The Otsego County Fair has a long history. It dates back to 1877, when the Department of State issued a charter that incorporated the Butternut Valley Agricultural Society, which eventually became the Morris Fair Association in 1898. In 1938, it stopped running due to lack of funds. However, in 1948 it was started up again under the name The Otsego County Fair Association. The land that has been used for the fairgrounds was donated by the Franchets family of Morris. Overall, Jones said she is looking forward to this year’s Fair. “I’m very optimistic,” Jones said. “I think it’s going to be one of the best we’ve ever had.” Season passes are $20, with free parking all weekend. Go to www.otsegocountyfair.com for the full schedule and other information.
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Origins Café provides vegetarian food; Mt. Fuji has sauce with extra flavor Larissa Ryan Business Manager Mt. Fuji A nice spot to sit down for dinner, Mt. Fuji is conveniently located on Main Street in Cooperstown and has some of the most delicious food around. They also provide takeout if that’s more your speed. I recently had the chicken hibachi dinner there. It comes with a small salad to start. It’s not so filling you loose your appetite and it cools you down on a hot day. Then you can start on the main course. The hibachi itself is served with seasonal vegetables like onions, carrots and squash (as well as fried rice) and it is meant to be dipped in the sauce that comes with it. My chicken was delicious by itself, but the sauce just adds that extra flavor that cannot be done without. Mt. Fuji 134 Main St. Cooperstown 607-544-1088 Tara Barnwell Publisher The Green Cow The Green Cow butcher shop has been our neighbor up on Railroad Avenue for a while now. They are such nice people and hard workers! If you want to break out of the hot dog box without giving up the hot dog, you need to try one here. The taste is amazing, pretty spicy and I love the way the casing pops when you bite into it. All 100% beef, no fillers! You get your choice between hot or mild chili. I chose the hot which probably brought the spice
level up. Very different and very good. As a bonus for having a hot dog for lunch, you can buy dinner there, too! Their weekly specials are insane, and the quality is so good. Ask Josh, the master butcher, for some suggestions on different kinds of cuts. He’s a genius. How lucky are we to have such a great butcher in our neighborhood? Greg Klein Editor Brickhouse Pizzeria Although we have a lot of favorite pizza places already, both in Otsego County and in the Mohawk Valley, we recently tried Brickhouse Pizzeria in Richfield and we were happy we did. The first thing we noticed was the large pizza was humongous. Then we noticed the price was not so humongous. Luckily, the pizza tasted good, too. We also ordered the garlic knots and those, too, were oversized and tasty. For a new place, they certainly deserve a shot. Brickhouse Pizzeria 1 Main St. Richfield Springs 315-858-7008 Kevin Limiti Reporter Golden Guernsey Ice Cream As the basic human being I am, I deal with stress and anxiety by eating ice cream. Since this place is so close to me, I knew I’d get around to it eventually. I ordered a brownie sundae, which is as delicious as it sounds. The Reese’s sundae is probably next on my list when I go
there again. As a side note, there is a cat that lives there who apparently eats ice cream all the time. Not sure how healthy that is for the cat, but he/she seems content. Golden Guernsey Ice Cream 15 Main St., Oneonta 607-432-7209 Kathleen Peters Graphic Designer Origins Café Some visiting vegetarians were joining us for a basic burgers and dogs BBQ party, and I knew that Origins had a large selection of vegetarian/ vegan offerings. So, I ordered a tray of vegetable lasagna. Almost all the meat-lovers including me and The Husband tried it and loved it. We had to return the tray, so we went back for lunch. Dining in the lush greenhouse on a summer day is enough to make for a fabulous lunch. The Chicory Creek Panini (local roasted chicken breast, cheddar, tomato and pickled onions) and the Arabeth Meatloaf Panini (local grass-fed beef meatloaf, caramelized onions, and cheddar) washed down with an Ommegang Belgian Pilsner and IPA made it truly worth the trip. Origins Café is open for lunch and Sunday brunch (closed Monday and Tuesday.) For a little extra fun they have a prix fixe Wednesday Community Harvest Dinner with live music. Origins Café 558 Beaver Meadow Rd. Middlefield 607-437-2862 www.origins.cafe.org
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BARNYARD ADVENTURES – Noon to 2 p.m. Bring the kids to meet goats, chickens and ponies visiting from the barnyard. At Huntington Park in Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. ICE CREAM – 1 to 3 p.m. The Office for the Aging presents ice cream sundaes, bingo (with prizes). At Richfield Springs Veterans Club, 13 Lake St. in Richfield Springs. Call 607-547-6460. BLOOD DRIVE – 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Donate blood, help save lives. At the Laurens Fire Department, 34 Main St. in Laurens. Call 800-733-2767. HYDE HALL – 2 p.m. Learn the history of the Clark family of Hyde Hall, recent renovations of the mansion, what events are coming up, with John Aborn. At the Cooperstown Senior Community Center, in the brick building behind St. Mary’s Church. at 31 Elm St. in Cooperstown. THEATER – 7 p.m. The Glimmer Globe Theater presents ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Cost is $15/adult. At the Fenimore Art Museum, near Cooperstown. Call 607547-1453.
►Friday, July 30 BLOOD DRIVE – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donate blood, help save lives. At the Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St. in Oneonta. Call 800-733-2767. BLOOD DRIVE – 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Donate blood, help save lives. At Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, 597 county Route 54 in Cherry
Valley. Call 800-733-2767. ROAST PORK DINNER – 5 p.m. Reserve a summer roast pork dinner with all the fixings and support a local church. Take-out only, reservations required. Donations welcome. Only 100 dinners are available. At Middlefield Baptist Church, 121 Rezen Rd. in Middlefield. SHAKESPEARE – 6 to 10 p.m. Enjoy live performances by graduates of the West Kortright Center at an introduction to acting workshop. Evening begins with original plays by the graduates, followed at 8 p.m., by a fully staged production of Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night.’ Bring your own lawn seating. Concessions will be available. Cost is $15/nonmember. At the West Kortight Center, 49 West Kortright Church Rd. in East Meredith. Call 607-278-5454. THEATER – 7 p.m. The Glimmer Globe Theater presents ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). See Thursday Listing. FIRE PIT FRIDAYS – 7 to 10 p.m. Get out and enjoy a fun night around the fire with friends, drinks and music. This week features Cosmic Country music by the Hop City Hellcats. At Brewery Ommegang, 656 county Route 33 in Middlefield. Call 607-280-2900.
►Saturday, July 31 FIRST RESPONDERS – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Public is invited to come meet the local first responders. Will include members of the local fire department, police and emer-
Summer Dreams B-7 gency services. LifeNet will be doing a flyover at 11 a.m. and K9 units will be doing demonstrations throughout the event. At Lake Front Park in Cooperstown. Visit facebook. com/otsegonyfirewire. IROQUOIS MUSEUM – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Seneca cultural educator will be on hand demonstrating porcupine quillwork throughout the day. Quillwork is a craft used in decorative elements of moccasins, clothing, and quiver pouches. At the Iroquois Indian Museum, 324 Caverns Rd. in Howes Cave. Call 518-296-8949.
COMMUNITY DAY – 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Come out for a fun day of community in Laurens. Will feature yard sales around the village as well as activities on the yard at the school like CheeChee the Clown, glitter tattoos and the Utica Zoomobile. Food will be at the Fire House, and music will start at 6 p.m., at the Gazebo in Knapp Park. Visit facebook.com/ Laurens-Fire-Department1487028371605581/ for the schedule. BOOK WALK – Noon. Bring the kids out to walk around
the lawn, read the pages of ‘Pete the Cat and the Case of the Missing Cupcakes,’ do the activities and solve the mystery. The walk will be up all summer. At the Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd. in Canajoharie. Call 518-6732314 or visit arkellmuseum. org/events-calendar. WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 p.m. Join supportive group to share your writing, get constructive criticism and encouragement, participate in writing exercises. Presented by Huntington Memorial Library. Call 607-432-1980.
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