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2nd Biggest Induction Tests Security Methods No-Parking Zones, Buzzing Of Drones Added To Induction By PARKER FISH
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Sophia Lesko, Cooperstown, gives Deja Moo a quick trim and wash before showing her Tuesday, July 31, at the Otsego County Fair, which continues through Sunday, Aug. 5/MORE PHOTOS, A10
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ov. Andrew Cuomo dropped a second shoe Thursday, July 26, a $3 million one. When state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced a $1 million grant in May for the historic stadium’s reconstruction, the $3 million was also reported. Now it’s been confirmed. The money will be used to rebuild the third-base bleachers with a mixed-use building behind it, and to make the parking lot more pedestrian friendly. AT 1ST INDUCTION: Phil Bresee, one of the final witnesses to the first Hall of Fame Induction, has died/ OBITUARY, A12
ELVIS COMING: The Fly Creek Historical Society is hosting Elvis (noted tribute artist Matthew Boyce) at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at 210 Cemetery Road. Tickets available at Fly Creek General Store, Spurbeck’s and the Green Toad in Oneonta. 50TH YEAR: The OCCA is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a garden party 5-8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 11, at Mohican Farm in Springfield. For $75 tickets, visit occainfo.org
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rones and expanded no-parking joined the arsenal of tools employed to keep 53,000 visitors – the second-largest crowd ever – safe during this year’s Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. Crowds nine-deep watched this year’s Parade of Legends Saturday, July 28, under the watchful eye of armed military personnel stationed strategically on rooftops along Please See INDUCTION, A8 ►A POP-UP STORE was set up by the Hall of Fame in the former Cooperstown General Store/SEE A8
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Showing off newly minted plaques are, from left, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones, Jack Morris, Alan Trammel and Jim Thome/MORE PHOTOS, A3
CONGREGATION BREAKS GROUND
Again, Sheriff Selling 16 Months After Raging Fire, Rapper’s Lake Home
New Milford Church To Rise Pastor Sylvia Barrett, center, joins congregants, from left, Tom and Lola Rathbone, Erica and Laura Eggleston, Milford Mayor Brian Pokorny, architect Jim Hunt, the Rev. Tom LeBeau, Cooperstown Methodist, and Annika Murray.
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rime Minister Pete Nice, the first white rapper to score a Top 10 hit, may be taking his final Cooperstown bow. The home on Peggs Point – Peter Nash, Nice’s nonstage name, is listed as the owner – is up for a sheriff’s
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watching our beautiful church burn,” she told her congregation Sunday, July 29. “But as so many of you came up to me, hugged me and prayed with me, I realized that you have all truly become my family.” Sixteen months after the March 12, 2017, fire that destroyed the church, 70 church members then voted to accept the $1.9 million budget and the final design to build the new sanctuary with a unanimous “amen.” Please See CHURCH, A11
sale again at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the county’s Public Safety Building, on Route 33 south of Nash, aka Nice Cooperstown. New Jersey realtor Robert Frazier, who says Nash owes Please See SALE, A13
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enants at Cooperstown Mobile Home Estates on Route 28 have received a letter giving them 30 days to evacuate to make way for a new hotel,
but Town of Hartwick officials say they are still in the dark on plans for the site. The letter, from a Syracuse law firm, said the rental agreement required only 15 days’ notice, “but since they knew that this was a hardship, they would give us until the end of Please See HOTEL, A11
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DEAN’S LIST: Local students on the Dean’s Listat St. Lawrence University for female president of the Cooperstown Club and went the spring semester include Morgan B. Brashear of on to be one of the first feGarrattsville; Macklin T. male District Governors. During her years at CCS, Brigham of Cherry Valley; Olivia A. Leinhart of Margaret was a student athlete, having participated Cooperstown; Logan J. Manin track and swimming. She cuso of Oneonta; Jeffrey W. was also a part of the Lead- Yaun Jr. of Van Hornesville. ership Training for Athletes during her senior year. Kut & She was involved in Style Youth Inc. through St. Mary’s, Relay for Life, and NeWNEW LoCatioN, YOU... the Leo Club. NewNEW You,STYLE! New Style Margaret has also served Perms as a student teacher for Special Education, and is Wash, Cut seeking a degree in Elemen& Style tary Special Education.
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he Cooperstown Rotary Foundation announced that CCS senior Margaret L. Harmon receieved the Catherine Davis Black Scholarship. She was acknowledged CCS commencement June 24 and received the $1,200 scholarship at the club’s Pass the Gavel Dinner on June 26 at The Origins Café. The award was created in 2015 in honor of Ms. Black, a charter member and founder of the local Rotary’s tax deductible charity. Catherine was the first
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Up from Springfield, Va., Native Son Darrell Osterhoudt and his wife Priscilla reserved a seat for his dad, Homer, who attended all but three Hall of Fame Inductions, including the first in 1939, before his death June 30 at age 100. Another of the final witnesses to the first Induction, Phil Bresee of Oneonta, passed away Tuesday, July 24, at the Thanksgiving Home.
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For the Parade of Legends Saturday, July 28, Bruce Pohl and Kelly Hameister arrived at their usual perch at the Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum to discover George Steinbrenner’s wax statue had been replaced by Cal Ripken Jr.
The Hardin sisters – Cooperstown’s Melinda, NYC’s Mary and Santa Barbara’s Becky – were a team at Induction. Hall Marketing VP Sean Gahagan serves a customer at the souvenir tent.
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As the National Anthem is about to begin at Induction 2018 Sunday, July 29, Cooperstown’s foremost citizen, Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark, looks pensively over the second-largest crowd in the Hall’s history, 52,000 compared to the 83,000 record at the Ripken-Gwynn Induction in 2007. To her right is Hall President Jeff Idelson.
CCS 11th graders, from left, Kate Trossett, Madison Hayes and Maria Miller, man the Induction food tent to raise money for their class trip. Kate also recruited her dad, attorney Mike, to flip burgers for the cause.
Under the Postal Service’s Induction tent, Steve “Scanner” Goodrich puts stamps on a baseball for Candelaria Danicher of Providence, R.I., formerly of the Dominican Republic, as Don Murphy turns to serve another customer.
Derek Busse, pitching in at parents Rich and Kathryn’s many stores while visiting from Chicago, where he works for the Bank of Montreal, brought a ladder to better watch the Parade of Legends.
Mickey’s Place’s Clyde Sanders displays baseball cards to fans on Main Street Friday, July 27.
Cooperstown EMT Alicia Pierce surveys the Induction crowd to ensure all is well.
Oneonta’s Ed Leone shows off two replica World Series rings – the Cubs’ and the Yanks’ – during the Parade of Legends.
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ne of the many delights in getting older is you realize some things aren’t going to be resolved in your lifetime. If you’re 65-and-holding, you can relax. American paranoia and its companion, the National Security State, won’t be dissipated tomorrow, if it can ever. And, year to year, we witness the everfuller flowering of these truly abhorrent aspects of modern American life during the Hall of Fame’s Induction Weekend. In addition to all the other indignities of recent Induction Weekends – metal barricades, legions of police officers and military personnel, armored cars, frowning men in camo watching us from the rooftops – add two more for 2018. One is drones that buzzed Cooperstown skies this weekend, even as signs went up: “Drone Use Regulations In Effect” (for the rest of us). The other was no-park-
ing signs that went up within block after block of Cooperstown’s barricaded-off downtown. Who is buzzing us and what are they looking for? That information isn’t readily available. (Not the Russians, we hope.) The vastly expanded no-parking zones, Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh explained, are in the event of an incident at Induction venues – an exploding knapsack, ala Boston Marathon, perhaps: Visitors can be more quickly “evacuated” – yikes. • “These acts of mass murder,” President George W. Bush told us a few hours after the Twin Towers were felled on 9/11, “were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. “A great people has been moved to defend a The Freeman’s Journal great nation,” he continSecurity measures were so successful that there was almost no one in downtown Cooperstown the Please See Friday evening of Induction Weekend. There was parking within steps of the barricades, and plenty of EDITORIAL, A5 seating in all the restaurants. What if Derek Jeter were inducted and nobody could get in?
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Manor’s Sale ‘Ignorant’; Electorate Should Exact Retribution To the Editor: As one of the initiators of “Save the Manor” effort, I would like to comment on the recent press on the sale of the former Otsego Manor to Focus and then Centers. I took a large petition to a county Board of Representatives’ meeting, which was minimized.
No help came from politicians, but I was told by a leading community member, “privates do it so much better,” which was so wrong. At the time of the sale of the Manor, the Countryside Nursing home in Delaware County had to close and residents there got shuffled far off (one man 75 miles).
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Manor residents were understandably afraid and physically upset by the stress. After seeing such painful headlines in the papers regarding the sales to Focus and impending criminal neglect charges, then the sale to Centers, I feel very sad. No one listened.
To the Editor: The letters and op-ed last week regarding the controversy surrounding Antonio Delgado’s past as rapper “AD The Voice” all missed the mark. I don’t think his past is disqualifying and I don’t think questioning the lyrics is racist. I do think the issue tees up many other questions. First, why wasn’t this fully discussed and vetted during the primary? The Democrats had a vibrant primary – even debating in Cooperstown, hardly the center of the district. While the candidates pledged not to bring up “dirt” on each other, it is axiomatic in politics that if one does not address an issue, his or her opponent in the general election will.
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Secondly, I am not offended by rap, for the simple reason that I choose not to listen to it. It is undeniable, however, that some people who do listen are offended by the glorification of violence, objectification of women, and the constant use of a racial epithet that would get anyone ostracized today. I imagine that many parents would not want their 12-year-old repeating the lyrics around the dinner table. Most importantly, rap, and this discussion of it, is exactly the wrong medicine to heal the lack of opportunity in the African-American – or any other – community today. Mr. Delgado is quoted as saying, “Hip-Hop in its Please See HOWARTH, A6
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ing out” or were all the signs ignored? Either way, it was wrong. The county reps and county financial officer responsible were derelict in knowledge and duty to the county residents. They were uneducated in the business of nursing homes, and certainly self-Please See CULBERT, A6
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They didn’t listen at the end, beyond when they could have done anything, even if they wanted. And they didn’t listen years ago, when action to stem financial issues may have changed this. I wonder now, was the “spend down” ordered to make the nursing home look like it was “bleed-
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lthough we have been dutifully sorting and packing this past week, we have also managed to spend a bit of time pondering the interesting issues which seem to be cropping up at the moment. From what we have read and heard, the proposed parking on lower Pioneer Street is not being well received by residents there. And we must say we do not quite understand the logic behind the proposed plan, even though we read the article “Pioneer Lawless for Now,” which appeared in last week’s paper. • We gather the thinking is that the
proposed parking would allow the village to have more free parking spaces. At the moment, that would be true. However, we have to wonder, since paid parking CATHERINE has already been LAKE added to residenELLSWORTH tial areas, if that “free” parking might not become “paid” parking down the road. Plus, it was pointed out that the new
plan would allow for one handicapped ADA-compliant parking space. While we always think there is a need for more handicapped parking, we speak from experience when we note that the village does not seem to worry overly about handicapped compliance when it comes to other such parking spaces in the village. And finally, it was noted that angle parking narrows a street, which in turn tends to slow down traffic. This is something with which we would find it difficult to disagree. In fact, some of the streets in Cooperstown have been so narrowed by parking that it is Please See COLUMN, A5
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library
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The United States frigate Guerriere, Commander Macdonough, sailed from Boston on July 24, for Russia. She has on board his Excellency Mr. Campbell, Minister to the court of St. Petersburg, his lady and three children. On the 22nd, the minister and his family embarked on board the frigate, when his Excellency was complimented by a national salute, the Marines presenting arms, and the drums beating a march. He was accompanied by the Secretary of the Navy, Commodore Hull, Macdonough, and other officers of the government, and citizens who took leave of him. On the 19th, the Minister visited the residence of the Navy at Salem and was received there with the hospitality of that ancient town. The Guerriere is one of the most efficient frigates ever afloat. She has, we understand, a full crew, eight Lieutenants, and twenty-four Midshipmen on board, and after landing the Minister at Cronstadt will proceed to the Mediterranean. August 3, 1818
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Lester J. Clark, former Mayor and prominent Cooperstown business man and his son, William D. Clark, who had completed his freshman year at Cornell University, have enlisted in the United States Army. Both Clarks now await assignment to active duty. Both father and son left Cooperstown with Selective Service contingent No. 39 which was inducted following the usual physical tests at Utica July 22. William, a graduate of Cooperstown high school, waived the privilege of a three-week’s furlough and went immediately to Camp Upton from which he will be assigned to a station for basic training. The father, Lester J. Clark, a partner in the McEwen Hardware Co. with which he has been connected for the past thirty years, has enlisted in the Army Engineering Corps and expects to be stationed at Camp Claybourne, Louisiana. August 4, 1943
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Deaf and Dumb – The annual examination of the pupils of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in New York, was held on the 22nd and 23rd ult. It was conducted by a committee of the Board of Directors. The Institution contains about 150 pupils divided into eight classes which are under the instruction of the same number of teachers. Three hours each day are devoted to manual labor. When the workshops were visited there were found to be in the book bindery 20 male pupils, in the shoe shop 21, in the tailor’s shop 20, in the cabinet shop 12, and 12 were employed in the garden, making a total of 85. Of the female pupils, 6 are learning to sew and fold books, 15 were in the tailor’s shop, 25 were learning dress-making and the others plain sewing while all in turn are required to perform the lighter household duties. Each workshop is under the charge of an experienced workman. August 7, 1843
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Intemperance and the Republic – Nine-tenths of all the criminal business transacted by the Courts of the county grows out of the intemperance of liquor. Thousands of dollars in taxes are yearly levied on the people by way of costs and expenses, is one of the results. It is within the power of the people, with faithful public officers, to greatly reduce this item of expense. The people of the State of New York, by a decisive vote, have pronounced against a prohibitory law, as totally impracticable, and in favor of a license law. This result will stand as their verdict, at least for a long time to come. We are called to make these general remarks on the subject because of disgraceful scenes enacted in this village last week. On Saturday afternoon a public fight took place between several intoxicated men in Main Street – but no arrests were made. August7, 1868
Cooperstown News Item – Mrs. Shirley Muskus and daughter Carol Ann of Barranquilla, Colombia, South America, arrived on Monday to spend a month’s vacation with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bridger of this village and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Brink of Van Hornesville. This is the first time the Bridgers have seen them in 11 years. Mrs. Muskus’ husband is an orthopedic doctor in South America. August 7, 1968
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The Glimmerglass Opera production of Werther opened to a full house. Jules Massenet’s opera, based on Goethe’s novel “The Sorrows of Young Werther” is the story of the August 3, 1893 young poet and his love for the unattainable Charlotte. Gran Wilson plays the title character in this 19th century French opera, and Charlotte Hellekant plays his love interest. Conductor Stewart Robertson, who returns to Glimmerglass Mrs. Stephen Johnson, who resides on R.D. 2 from the for a sixth season as music director leads the orchestra in Cooperstown Post Office, received a telegram from the a powerful rendition of Massenet’s score. He is also music War Department Monday which stated that her son Stephen director of the company’s Young American Artists Program. J. Johnson had been killed in action on July 18. “Stevie” Mark Lamos also returns to Glimmerglass to direct the as he was familiarly known, was very anxious to do his production. part toward the overthrow of the Kaiser. In the spring of August 4, 1993 1917, when the Cooperstown Detachment of Company G, National Guard, was formed, he applied for enlistment, but was turned down by the examining physician. Nothing Among the Ribbons claimed by Otsego County 4-H daunted, he remarked that he would be in France ahead of the Cooperstown detachment. He went to Syracuse and ap- Handlers claimed at the 61st Annual Farmers’ Museum Junior Livestock Show were: In the Brown Swiss Division, plied for enlistment. He was accepted and was assigned to Morgan Van Alstine who showed Carpsdale Dallas Honey; Company D of the 9th Regiment of United States Infantry. In the Holstein Division, Sean Galley, who showed Silver He went across with General Pershing’s first army. He was 29 years of age and is survived by his parents, five brothers Spoon Roy Maggy. August 1, 2008 and seven sisters. The flag on the Liberty Pole was put at half-mast on Monday. August 7, 1918
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What Can Be Done About Deer Overpopulation?
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ost of us enjoy watching and/or hunting deer. They seem harmless enough – that is, until one runs in front of your shiny new car. However, the 650,000 or so forest landowners in the state may have a different perspective. Each year they pay taxes on forest property with an expectation to recreate there and possibly even harvest some timber to help pay the taxes. When they visit their woodland and look closely MIKE at the understory beneath the forest canopy, they ZAGATA
expect to find the seedlings – the next generation, called “regeneration” – of the mature trees that produce mast (acorns, nuts fruits) for wildlife and either sawlogs for lumber or pulp for paper. What they expect to find isn’t what they actually find. Deer are decimating the forest understory. Because we have made it socially unacceptable to cut trees for a long time, about all that is left in the forest is mature trees – the brush and other young forest species that deer browsed are gone.
EDITORIAL: At Induction, Clues To National Unease EDITORIAL/From A4 ued. “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” Of course, that was nonsense. Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta and his Gang of 18 won 9/11. As a people, we’ve been running scared every since, as evidenced yet again this past weekend as America’s Pastime was celebrated under Big Brother’s watchful eye. (FYI, homeland security spending rose to $635.9 billion in the decade following 9/11, from $69.1 billion, according to the National Priorities Project.) Ironically, how many visitors remarked to you how lovely Cooperstown reminds them of the good old days, of unlocked doors, kids on bikes, well-tended houses (where, presumably, mom and dad live with a couple of kids), for the time being, tree-lined streets? (What’s that buzzing?) Still, you can understand the anxiety of the powersthat-be. If everything that might be done isn’t done and something happens, imagine the recriminations – in this space, no doubt, and far beyond. Heads would roll, careers would be
lost. There’s a self-propelling momentum from – is it too much to say? – freedom to chains, at least e-chains. How, as a nation, do we ramp it back? How, as a community, might we be a model? Maybe a place to start would be a community de-briefing in the next few weeks. Or is this none of our business? And more community input next spring as security is planned for Induction 2019. To ask the question – how do we ramp it back? – is easy. Perhaps the answer will only be found in the march of history-to-come. The Romans no doubt felt similar paranoia, with a resulting National Security State, archaic by comparison. It was solved when the Visigoths took over. Problem solved – at least that
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problem. Will paranoia be part of American life until American life is no more? • Meanwhile, what next? Returnees from the U.S. Open golf championship on
Overall, Induction Weekend A Hit
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hile ever-tightening security is hard to ignore, Induction Weekend 2018 was also a lot of fun, and plenty of inspiration. Six inductees – the most since 1971 – promised a lengthy ceremony, but it went by quickly, with Chipper Jones and Jack Morris’ humor, Trevor Hoffman’s food for thought and Jim Thome’s message: Success takes hard work, and he gave details. (Also, his daughter Lila’s rendering of the National Anthem was on it.) Bob Costas winning the Ford C. Frick Award added a sheen of show biz, the Parade of Legends was bigger and better than ever, and the visitors were happy. Given the crowd was the second-largest – 52,000 to Ripken-Gwynn’s 83,000 in 2007 – things generally went smoothly, even the traffic.
Long Island on Father’s Day Weekend provide an inkling. All parking, all of it, was at Gabreski Airport, 10 miles from Shinnecock Hills Country Club. To get to the open, you had to park your car or SUV there, along with 10,000 other vehicles. All attendees went through security screening, including metal detectors, then were put on buses that took them to the golf course and brought them back at day’s end. Certainly, that model must be under consideration for the prospective Derek Jeter induction in 2020. If so, you read it here first, folks. The difference: Shinnecock is a golf course; Cooperstown – for the time being, anyhow – is a living, breathing community.
Some Consensus Needed For Democracy To Work COLUMN/From A4 impossible to have both the parking and two lanes of traffic. When that is the case, traffic can easily slow down to a complete standstill, something which we would think would not be optimal. • However, what we find most perplexing about the parking proposal is the fact that it would have a mix of no parking, and parallel and angle parking in the same block. As we look at this concept, we have to think it would mean that the driving lanes would have to jog whenever the parking changes from no parking to parallel parking and from parallel parking to angle parking. We have long been under the impression that traffic flows more smoothly and is safer when driving lanes are straight. Thus, shifting back and forth just doesn’t seem to make much sense to us. Of course, it seems that the Village Board was unable to make a decision on the parking on lower Pioneer Street, leaving the area, rather unbelievably, with no parking law whatsoever. • Of course, Cooperstown is not the only local government which seems to be having difficulty with proposed changes in the law. From what we have heard, the Town of Otsego has also run into a snafu regarding changes the Town Board wished to made to the town’s Heirloom Barn & Buildings Law. Evidently, after the board voted at a previous meeting to change the law, the reworking of the law ended up not being something for which the board felt it had
voted. We have to think there must have been some sort of a communication misstep in the process. As a result, we gather the entire proposal has gone back to square one, which means it will be a while longer before the law is changed. While we know there has been a fair amount of discussion about changing the Heirloom law, the fact that it has not yet happened is either good or bad. No doubt those who wanted the law changed are very disappointed. Those who wanted the law to remain as it was, would think having the law stay intact, for even a little while, is very good news. • After puzzling over all of this, we have come to the conclusion that it is somewhat ironic that our local governments seem to be having so much trouble passing laws which they think should be in place. Consequently, as we are busily sorting and packing, we consider ourselves fortunate that we are able, thus far at least, to make a decision as to what we need to move to Ohio and what we don’t need to move to Ohio. But then, our decisions are ours alone and we do not need to reach consensus about anything with anyone else. It does, we think, make for clearer sailing. PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be mailed to 105 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-547-8124 or by e-mail at cellsworth1@stny.rr.com. Or, for more thoughts on Cooopertown, visit the website, cooperstowntoday. com.
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ZAGATA: Competing Interests Hinder Efforts To Control Deer Damage ZAGATA/From A5 What is left are the species that can grow in the shade of the adult trees and, unfortunately, deer have a preference for the species like oaks that produce mast and sawlogs for lumber and maple and ash that also produce wood products. Thus, deer over-browse those species and leave less desirable, invasive species. In other words, deer, like beaver, can alter their own habitat. On average, a deer eats about 8½ pounds of vegetation per day – that’s a lot of twigs being eaten by an estimated statewide population of one million deer. This isn’t a hypothesis. It is a real, scientifically
validated phenomenon. In fact, scientists are concerned that this over-browsing will have a “legacy effect” – there may not be a next generation of the forest as we know it today. Those of you who live in Oneonta have seen the consequences – deer in the middle of Chestnut Street or Ravine Parkway on their way to eat your shrubs. The problem is real. The question is what to do about it? Because we have removed the large predators, with the possible exception of the coyote and black bear, that once controlled the number of deer, we rely on hunting to keep their numbers in check. The number of hunters
are animal rights groups that oppose hunting altogether. There are sportsmen’s groups that are pro-hunting and may view any tinkering with the status quo as a threat. Then there are conservation groups that have an interest in maintaining healthy forests that produce abundant wildlife of all species. The DEC’s Lands & Forests Division is tasked Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal with doing what it takes to You may have noticed, deer are bolder and protect forest regeneration. everywhere this summer. These crossed Glen Another Division, Fish & Avenue in Cooperstown in the middle of a Wildlife, may favor keepSaturday afternoon. ing the deer population at a continues to decrease and no longer be an effective “huntable” level. the hunting access to private management tool. Like most natural-reproperty and local towns Do we need to re-examsource-related issues, this and villages is also declining. ine how to more effectively one is complex and efforts Thus hunting, as we practice harvest deer? That may be to address it are likely to and regulate it now, may easier said than done. There
spark controversy. Pennsylvania attempted to address the issue of over-browsing about a decade ago without success as the various interest groups couldn’t agree on a workable solution. If we care about the next generation of New York’s forests, we can’t afford to let that happen. We must listen to what the science tells us and learn to work together for the common, long-term health of both the forest and the deer. Mike Zagata, a DEC commissioner in the Pataki Administrator and a former environmental executive for Fortune 500 companies, lives in West Davenport.
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State Must Act, Or Historic Three-Gabled Barn Won’t Survive Winter To the Editor: The historic three-gable barn in The Robert V. Riddell State Park will most likely collapse this winter if Office of Parks, Recreation & Historical Preservation does not stabilize the barn this summer. We have been told that the brush around the barn is being cleared away because an engineering firm is coming any day to evaluate the barn’s possibilities. This is either another delay tactic or the means to plan the barn’s dismantling or demolition. We firmly believe their goal is demolition or delay tactic. The historical value of the barn needs to be preserved (the HP in OPRHP) given the rich agricultural past of our region. After more than 13 years OPRHP has yet to develop a master plan for the park. OPRHP still doesn’t have a vision for the park’s potential. They have been hoping that the barn, which could be the center piece and focal point of the park, would have already succumbed to the years of neglect and fall down. Allowing this to occur is so short-sighted and shameful. The 200+ acre portion of park north of I-88 is a jewel that is hidden and neglected. The potential, given the location at the gateway to Otsego County, is untapped. A master plan should envision Robert V. Riddell State Park as the park manager’s
main focus. Currently Gilbert Lake State Park is the main focus. Gilbert Lake State Park is a beautiful and beloved destination for mostly people living in New York because of its location. Nearly all the baseball camp visitors from around the nation and other countries pass by the unnoticed, undeveloped jewel because of its location right off the interstate on Route 28 heading towards Cooperstown. The barn, if stabilized now and included in a longrange master plan, would be the center piece and an attraction for all visitors to the park. The barn’s conversion and rehab into a rustic three-season venue would probably only cost $100,000 more than dismantling and building a small shelter, OPRHP’s suggestion. The barn could be adaptively reused for a multitude of uses and its rental would be a means of generating revenue. Given the agricultural history of the area, the barn’s possibilities are limited only by those developing the master plan. Since the barn was the last remaining structure after the parks department removed several smaller structures about five years ago, we were sure that they would be good stewards of the gift we gave them. We hoped that the barn would be utilized for generations to
Jobs, Not Rap Music, Needed To Solve Upstate’s Challenges HOWARTH/From A4 purest form conveys the plight of the underprivileged.” Maybe, but what about the future? How do we address that plight? Earlier this month I had an opportunity to visit an auto assembly plant is Mississippi. The plant is in a predominantly AfricanAmerican county, which historically had one of the highest rates of poverty in the country. Today that facility employs 6,500 people directly and probably twice that indirectly. I was there at shift change and saw the employees getting into their new cars and trucks. With those jobs these men and woman are able to start a family, buy a home, and continue their education or training. The politicians and civic leaders in that community created an environment that prompted a Japanese company to invest billions of dollars – and largely lift a region out of poverty. The 19th Congressional District – and Upstate New York in general – has a poor economy. Low growth, high taxes and an exodus of people and capital are clear symptoms. The real issue is what Mr. Delgado – or Mr.
Faso – plans to do to change the economic environment. What leadership can either candidate offer to create opportunities to improve the lives of his constituents? What can they tell a high school or college graduate about their future here? A debate over rap and racism will do nothing to advance the lives of people in the 19th District. JIM HOWARTH Cooperstown
come. It is obvious that we were wrong. A year and a half ago, the Otsego County Board of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution that was sent to the Governor in
support of saving the barn. Not long after that, we heard that the barn would be saved and that a plan was underway. Then last summer came and went and nothing was done.
We need your voices now. Contact Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey to please save the barn now! Please encourage state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, to
continue pressuring Parks to do the right thing. PATRICIA RIDDELL KENT STEVEN KENT Oneonta (The Kents donated the land for the park)
Manor Sale Compromised Patient Care, Dignity CULBERT/From A4 serving in their attempt to save money and look good politically, most especially by Don Lindberg. Their failure in goodmanagement decisions involved not being proactive in finding solutions – not just for the “now” but for the future. Earlier attrition through retirements and cuts made could have provided a way to turn things around. One solution could have been a re-mix of the residents accepted, since Medicaid reimbursement went down, and was one of the issues. The union itself was called upon to give up late concessions, and although the local union was working with management, in the end the larger union itself was not willing to concede. Had there been a better plan early on, this could have resulted in a less urgent outcome, keeping in mind that those were mostly local workers who put back into the local economy with their salaries. Then there’s the $3 million in legacy costs from the original purchase of the Manor, and retirements which is something we still have responsibility for, yet now we do not now benefit. No one can deny the asset the Otsego Manor was and would be to keeping elderly residents in this area. The lack of foresight in this matter astounds me as we “boomers” face “aging in place” of ourselves or a parent. People may ask, “Why is a private nursing home bad?” The answer is that it isn’t always, but what does make them good is competition, which we do not have. We are isolated here and a
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choice to drive 40 miles plus puts a strain on family members, especially elderly ones who wish to visit a spouse or parent often. The weather here is unforgiving and having a 80- or 90-year-old person driving on bad roads in winter is unacceptable. In cities, there is a plethora of employees. Competition for jobs is greater, producing more workers. People don’t wish to work for low wages, drive in bad weather and do a difficult job where there is deliberate understaffing. I say deliberate because this was one of the first things to be cut to save money after the sale. Employees began to quit after being given twice as many or more residents, for which to care to their peril. Workers then had to be hired from far away: Utica, New York City and even in Kentucky. This all costs money and provides a very sketchy workforce of people who
don’t care, don’t know the residents and may or may not even do a good job! The important thing the former county home provided was a home-like atmosphere, while my mother was there, which aids in healing. Providing working equipment and nutritious food is important and has been cut at Centers. There is no excuse for food shortages to happen and it’s a criminal act. Inadequate staffing results in a person sitting too long in one spot, resulting in pressure or bed sores and increase in falls. Due to poor nutrition at this age and medical conditions, residents don’t take in the needed calories to heal the sore and can die from this very avoidable situation. People kept from toileting are at high risk for this to occur due to the acidic nature of urine. Care must be taken to inspect skin, and
to get folks to the toilet in a timely manner. The neglect of the woman who sat for 48 hours was criminal, and a clear symptom of a system in complete and utter failure. Staff cuts hurt the residents’ care and dignity, plain and simple. Promises made by Kay Stuligross were useless and showed her ignorance, yet she promised, “that will never happen.” We knew it would. People need to be more involved and aware of what is happening in their towns and county and vote those who will make better decisions and find expert advice. We can do better. After the fact, nothing can be done to remedy the loss of the resource that we had here, and the cost on human lives, leaving people with their hands up asking “why?” MAUREEN CULBERT East Springfield
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Scrutiny Heightened At Induction With 2nd Largest Crowd
INDUCTION/From A1 the Main Street route. More observant event-goers may have even noticed cameras placed by the Department of Homeland Security. “We have everyone from multiple agencies at different levels coordinating,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh. “From local police, county sheriff’s deputies, state police and homeland security, everyone works together to keep everyone safe.” As it happened, nothing untoward happened, and the crowd – it was second in size only to the RipkinGwynn 82,000 in 2007 – celebrated six inductions, the largest class since 1971. As the sun peeked in and out of the clouds and with temperatures in the comfortable 70s, Chipper Jones, Alan Trammel, Jack Morris, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero and Jim Thome were welcomed into the Hall of Plaques at a ceremony on Clark Sports Center fields. The 51 Hall of Famers with them on the podium
constituted the largest Cooperstown gathering of baseball’s immortals on record. Safety concerns had been the topic of discussion for months leading up to Induction Weekend, including the Village Board’s April 23 ban on drones and unmanned aircrafts. “The drone regulation worked marvelously,” Tillapaugh said after the weekend ended. “We didn’t have any permit applications, but we don’t want drones over mass gatherings anyway, and it wasn’t an issue. So I think it worked well.” Fans noticed a pair of drones flying over the Parade of Legends, but they were deployed by security forces to monitor the evening, the mayor said. Another measure was no-parking zones extending for blocks from the village’s center to its outer limits. “The reason a lot of no parking signs were up was because we do want to keep those routes open,” said Tillapaugh. “If there was some sort of emergency, and some
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sort of emergency vehicle needed to get through, we had to make sure that those routes were kept clear.” With paid parking lots all over the village, and shuttle services running to and from the ceremony, including one organized by the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce from Bassett Hospital’s remote lot at Iroquois farm, there was plenty of parking. “The whole thing was terribly exciting,” Tillapaugh said of her first Induction as mayor. “I thought the event went marvelously. There is a ton of planning that goes into this. This certainly is not an event that could just be pulled off by the village and the hall alone.” The festivities kicked off on Saturday with sports writer Sheldon Ocker receiving the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, and legendary commentator Bob Costas being honored with the Ford C. Frick Award. Costas recalled listening to baseball on the radio of his father’s car parking in the driveway. “I’d grab my dad’s keys, slip behind the wheel and turn the ignition key to the right,” he said. “Not far
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up the irrepressible Bob Prince on KDKA in Pittsburgh, the warm and welcoming baritone of Chuck Thompson on WBAL in Baltimore, and the pleasing pace and phrasing of Ernie Harwell on WJR in Detroit.” On Sunday, fans welcomed the BWAA honorees Jones, Thome, Guerrero and Hoffman, and the Veterans Committee selections, Tiger teammates Trammel and Hoffman. Jones marked the fifth member of the Atlanta Braves to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in the same number of years, and addressed the large contingent of Braves fans in the crowd. “Atlanta Braves fans showed me almost every night what it meant to believe in something unconditionally,” said Jones. “…Whether we were in St. Louis, Colorado, or here in New York when I stepped out of the dugout for batting practice and saw Braves fans 10 deep, sometimes stretched to the foul pole, you made us feel like we never left home.”
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he pop-up store was a pilot project that may guide the Hall of Fame’s future in souvenir sales. “It was a good test for us,” said Sean Gahagan, the Hall’s vice president/marketing, after the pop-up store set up over Induction Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal Weekend in adjacent former Supervisor Kristy Hoos of Sloansville rings up Cooperstown General Store customers in the pop-up store the Hall of Fame generated more souvenir set up for Induction Weekend in the former sales than all other such Cooperstown General Store. weekends but two.
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Only during the Cal Ripkin Jr.-Tony Gwynn Induction in 2007 and the Nolan Ryan one in 1999 did the Hall’s shop sell more caps, T-shirts and the like. “Six guys” – this was the largest Induction class since 1971 – “was very helpful,” he said. Now, Gahagan continued, the Hall’s senior management will be assessing the results in charting the future of the one-time Newberry’s that became the locally owned General Store that closed its doors in the spring. Over the six weeks before Induction Weekend, Hall crews painted and renovated the interior of 45 Main – the Hall, next door to the east, is 25 Main – hung awnings outside and, with no fanfare, simply opened to customers. Inside it was a little stark, but fans were drawn to displays organized around each of the Class of ’18 inductees – one featuring Chipper Jones merchandise for Atlanta fans, another Jack Morris and Alan Trammel merchandise for Detroit fans, and so on. The Hall ordered special merchandise particularly for the weekend, to see how it sold. “Limited edition caps from New Era – that was a big hit with fans,” Gahagan said. “Also, special T-shirts from Mitchell & Ness.” Plaque postcards, sealed in acrylic, suitable for fans to put on their desks, also sold well. With the larger venue, and expecting a larger-thannormal crowd, the gift shop ordered more merchandise than usual, according to Gahagan. But given that the smaller existing gift shop gets jammed at high-traffic Inductions, the Hall was also motivated to create “a better experience for folks who come here,” the vice president said. While Gahagan’s not sure yet where the pop-up store may lead, getting the second-largest crowd this Induction Weekend is a good dry run for what’s to follow. Next year, Mariano Rivera is expected to draw an as-big or even-bigger crowd; then comes Derek Jeter, who is expected to set a new record in 2020, perhaps even top 100,000. And, in 2022, David Ortiz will be another standout.
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FUN Underway At The FAIR
Noah Morrison, Fulton, had a full day taking care of his calf Rebel, and it was only noon! The two paused for a midday nap on opening day.
Sue Gillette, Oneonta, grabs a slice of pizza for a customer at their Gillette’s Pizza Cart on the Midway at the Otsego County Fair, which opened Tuesday, July 31, and continued through Sunday, Aug. 4. The Gillettes have been serving pizza there for 26 years. Their daughters Kendall and Peyton run Slush Works next door.
Liam Kabana, Oneonta, laughs with glee as he rides the carousel with Maria Mason and Arya Kabana, Oneonta, left, and Claire Herrmann, Oneonta, right rear.
Lilly Perrine, Laurens, poses for a photo with her Holland Lops Ginny and Poppy, who took first place in the 4H rabbit costume contest.
Authum Nelson-Kartewicz, Allysen Nordaho, Alyssa Monroe and Vanessa Kartewicz take a spin on one of the midway’s new rides.
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Tenants Asked To Leave Trailer Park To Make Way For Hotel
HOTEL/From A1 August,” said David Bryant, a tenant. The trailer park, owned by Bob Hickey, was subdivided from Hickey’s Cooperstown Fun Park and other properties last January by the Hartwick Town Planning Board. Attending that hearing was Niren Patel, representing Skyline Developers. He declined to discuss his plans, saying his company was in the process of buying the property. But according to his Linkedin page, he is a managing partner in
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the Holiday Inn Southside who spent 2012-2016 as manager of a Best Western in Sunnyvale, Calif. “It’s hurtful to those people what they’re doing,” said Meg Kennedy, a town Planning Board (and the local county rep). “I’ve been on the planning board for eight years and it has always been routine. There have been things that gained a lot of attention and were controversial, but never anything hurtful to other people like this.” The Planning Board next meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, and while no resolution has been put
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on the agenda yet, Kennedy is expecting a large turnout of tenants looking to voice their opinion. According to Bryant, the eviction notice may not have been served legally. Section 223 of the state’s Real Property Law says evictions caused by a “change of use” require six month’s’ notice. And eviction notices must be delivered in person to tenants, or through certified mail. Bryant said the notice came in the regular mail. “If you were to ask me on the street if I had to move out, I would
say no, due to the fact that the eviction notice was not properly served,” he said. “Bob Hickey is still technically the landlord. I can’t go on this letter from someone simply saying that they’ve been given land owner rights.” But Hickey explained that the issue is something that he wanted to personally avoid. “I told the buyers from the beginning that I didn’t want to be the person carrying out evictions if it came to that,” he said, adding that the sale of the property has yet to be finalized.
16 Months After Fire, New Church Under Construction CHURCH/From A1 “We didn’t want to be in debt,” said Lola Rathbone, a member of the building committee. “We had $1.8 million in insurance and $51,000 in donations, so we were cutting the budget until last Sunday!” “If you own a home, you know renovations are complicated,” said Barrett. “But it’s a serious responsibility to build a house of God.” The congregants closed out Sunday’s service by singing “Lift High the Cross,” the last hymn they sang in the old church the morning it burned, and the first they sang when they moved into Milford Manor Farms, the former produce stand they bought a few months later. “We’ve sung this hymn at so many significant moments for our church,” said Barrett. “And we will sing it in the new church. It roots people. It honors where we’ve come from.” Following the vote, led by Rev. Thomas LeBeau, Cooperstown United Methodist Church, congregants, who had brought their own shovels, joined a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of new sanctuary. Member Emily Matti-
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son-Welsh used one of Dot Weir’s shovels, wrapped in polka-dot fabric, to honor the memory of the late organist, who died last Feb. 11 at age 96. She had been the church’s organist for 68 years. The new sanctuary will build outward from the former Milford Manor Farms, where the church’s parking lot is now. “It’s as close to the old site as we can possibly get,” said Barrett. “There’s the graveyard there, so we can’t possibly get any closer!” The three original stained-glass windows, all restored after the fire, will face Route 28, helping keep a piece of the traditional in a contemporary design. “We want a building that will attract new followers,” she said. The sanctuary will include a stage with “multiple entrance spaces,” which Barrett hopes will be inviting to community groups who may want to put on musical or theatrical performances, and instead of pews, 100 individu-al seats. “So we can move them out and have a dance if we’d like to,” she said. The church will also feature video monitors and a state-of-the-art sound system, which will include a loop sound system for hardof-hearing congregants. There will be a meeting room and a children’s area. Parking will be moved to the back and expanded. “We only had six spaces at the old building,” said Barrett. “Now we’ll have 46 spaces.” And at the top, Barrett hopes to enhance the lan-
tern that many have come to recognize as a symbol of the church. “After we moved in here, every night, we’d leave the light on in the cupola,” she said. “It became a beacon, and we realized that’s what we were. We were a beacon, helping people in the community.” The new sanctuary will also have a cupola, with a lantern inside, and a separate fund for the lantern has been created. “We’re always looking for that ‘wow’ factor,” she said. In addition to the Lantern
Fund, Rathbone also hopes to raise another $50,000 in donations to furnish the church. “I hope they’ll buy me an office chair to sit in,” joked Barrett. Eastman Associates planned to begin construction this week. Barrett hopes the church will still meet the Thanksgiving completion deadline, when Bishop Mark J. Webb is scheduled to attend. “We want to have someplace for him to stand, even if it’s under an umbrella, which I will provide.” “I have faith,” she said.
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OBITUARIES Philip W. Bresee, 93; Led Beloved Oneonta Department Store ONEONTA – Philip Wade Bresee, our cherished father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, and friend, passed peacefully Tuesday, July 24, 2018, from the life he loved here to join his beloved wife, Ruthie, his parents, and his friends in eternal life. During decades as an executive at Oneonta’s landmark Bresee Department Store, he was a leader in the city’s business community. He was born at home in Oneonta, New York, on Oct.
29, 1924 to his loving parents Cora Wade and Clyde F. Bresee. Phil attended Bugbee School, where he first laid eyes on a little girl named Ruth Walsh. Their romance didn’t blossom, however, until they both attended Oneonta High School, where they became inseparable. Phil graduated in 1942 and entered Cornell University where he intended to major in electrical engineering. World War II inter-
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rupted that pursuit, and in March 1943, Phil enlisted in the Air Force. He was selected to be trained as a meteorologist, specifically in the newest technology: radar. Over the next year, he attended training classes at Harvard and MIT, and eventually served as a weather officer with the 20th Air Force Division on Guam and Saipan. Phil was on duty in the 20th Air Force Flight Control Center when the Enola Gay returned to the Marianas after dropping the first atomic bomb. Phil and Ruth were married on June 6, 1944. They were together during his weather and radar training in Boston. Phil returned from the war in August 1946. Reunited with his Ruthie, they moved to Clinton, where Phil attended Hamilton College, and received a bachelors degree in math. While at Hamilton, Phil was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Phil went on to obtain a masters degree from NYU School of Retailing in 1949. At NYU, Phil was elected to membership of Eta Mu Pi, an honorary retail fraternity. In 1949, Phil entered the
Burton Southworth, 89; Ph.D. Pursued Career In Chemistry COOPERSTOWN – Burnett C. Southworth, 89, a Ph.D. who pursued a career in analytical chemistry, of Cooperstown died Friday, July 27, 2018. He graduated from East Springfield High School in 1946 and later from Union College. He attained a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After 40 years in corporate work, he developed his own consulting business. Burr was a longtime member of Christ Church, Cooperstown, where he served on vestry. Burnett is survived by his wife of 67 years, Caroline (“Carrie”); his sister, Mary S. Clarke; a sister-in-law, Venita K. Southworth; and 10 nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son, Paul E. Southworth; his sister, Carol S. Johnson; and his brother, Nathan T. Southworth. A memorial service with reception following will be Saturday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. at Christ Church, with Rev. Dane E. Boston, celebrant. Arrangements are with Tillapaugh Funeral Service.
family business, Bresee’s Oneonta Department Store, where he worked until his retirement. Phil worked hard — he was at the store six days a week and on Thursday nights for decades. He served as president of the store for many years. Phil was generous with his time and devoted to his community. He served as president of the Oneonta Chamber of Commerce, longtime president of the Chamber’s Merchants Division, director of the Oneonta Savings and Loan Association, and for many years, chairman of the United Way Major Gifts Division. Phil was named Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce in 1990. He was a member of the BPOE and the American Legion for nearly 70 years. He was active in the Independent Store Division of the National Retail Merchants Association, serving as chairman in 1981-1982. In 1983, Phil was named Independent Retailer of the Year by the National Retail Merchants Association. Phil was an avid golfer and a member of the Oneonta Country Club
for over 60 years. Wednesdays in the summer were reserved for a round of golf with a longPhilip standing Bresee foursome of good friends. He also loved boating on Otsego Lake and in Florida (where he and Ruthie spent their winters in their later years), downhill skiing, tennis, and travel. Phil and Ruth were fortunate to be able to travel the world in style, sometimes with family or friends and sometimes just the two of them. He also had a lifelong romance with jazz. Fats Waller was his favorite musician. When Phil was only 12, he took the subway, alone, from mid-town Manhattan to the Apollo Theater in Harlem to hear him play. Phil and Ruth raised their children Marc, Nancy, and Dianne in a home they built on College Terrace in Oneonta. In 1980, they did the exact opposite of what most empty nesters do and bought a big farmhouse in
Fly Creek. Ultimately, in 2004, they downsized to a smaller home in Milford that overlooked Goodyear Lake, where Phil had courted Ruthie when they were young teens. After Ruth died in 2006, Phil continued to live there until he moved to the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home in 2013. Phil is survived by his children Marc Bresee (Elaine), Nancy Mitchell (George), and Dianne Bresee; grandchildren John Bresee (Becky), Kim Knipe (Tim), Todd Anderson (Kelly), Colin Anderson, Corinne Smith (Chad), Alie Morgen (Dave), Cary Rice (Ned), Lisa Page (Scott), Matt Mitchell (Cristine), Sarah Nickoson (C.J.), and Nicole Poole (Jim); and 23 great-grandchildren (with one more on the way). A private burial service will be held at Glenwood Cemetery. The family is planning a private celebration in the Fall. In lieu of flowers, contributions made in his memory to be made to the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home’s Activities Fund. Arrangements were with Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.
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CFA Sought For Compressor Station To Relieve Oneonta’s Gas Shortage
White rapper Prime Minister Pete Nash’s deteriorating 2006 Mercedes Benz sits rusting in the driveway when this photo was taken from Lippitt Development Road in 2016.
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Rapper’s Lakeside Property Up ‘For Auction SALE/From A1 him $600,000 that he hopes to regain through the sale, anticipates the property will sell for over $1 million; the buyer will have to pay for the property on site. The last time the house and land at 159 Lippitt Development Road were up for auction, July 15, 2016 – even then, it was abandoned, moss-filled, with a 2006 Mercedes Benz rusting in the driveway – “one realtor had a $700,000 check in her pocket,” said Frazier. Another had one for $800,000; and, he continued, the late Ed Smith, owner of Smith Cooperstown, the Ford dealership, was reportedly willing to go as high as he had to. The day of that sale, as would-be buyers milled around the lobby of the County Office Building on upper Main Street, a chal-
lenge from Nash’s wife caused county Judge Brian Burns to cancel the auction and divert the dispute into U.S. Bankruptcy Court. A series of legal strategies played out, but now, Frazier believes, the sale – the final sale; this is it – is about to happen. The notice that’s been running in this newspaper for the past few weeks describes the 1.17 acres just south of Hyde Bay as “one of the loveliest properties on Otsego Lake” with “gently sloping lawn with stately shade trees,” and 237 feet of lake frontage, beach, docking, “exceptional views” and privacy. “This is the property which James Fenimore Cooper dubbed the famous ‘Peggs Point’ in his ‘Leatherstocking Tales,’” it concludes. Deputy Sheriff Frank Ko-
ren Jr. is conducting the sale, and anyone with questions may call him at 547-4271. Nash, as Prime Minister Peter Nice, was an English major at Columbia, graduating magna cum laude in 1989, and soon teamed up with MC Search and DJ Richie Rich, the single black in the trio, to form 3rd Base and produced a 1991 rap hit, “Pop Goes the Weasel.” By 1993, 3rd Base dissolved, and Nash – he reportedly had been a member of SABR, the Society of American Baseball Research, since age 12 – moved to Cooperstown, where he invested in the Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum and Cooperstown Dreams Park. In the first years of the century, he departed. He reportedly is living now between Albany and Saratoga Springs.
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tsego Now submitted five CFA applications by this year’s Friday, July 27, deadline, including $3 million for a $17 million compressor station to ensure natural gas is available to major local institutions during cold snaps. CFA stands for Comprehensive Funding Application, and is the Cuomo Administration’s single vehicle to obtain state economic development funding. Seven sites are now being explored, including one in the Pony Farm Commerce Park, which is owned by Otsego Now, said the organization’s executive director, Jody Zakrevsky. For a two- to three-week period where temperatures remain under 15 degrees, one or two XNG truckloads of fracked gas from Pennsylvania would have to be injected at the compressor station into the city’s gas lines to maintain sufficient pressure to serve SUNY Oneonta, Hartwick College, Fox Hospital and other major local entities, he said. The four other applications are for: • $750,000 to assist a $2.2 million expansion at Custom Electronics, which plans to hire another 50 employees to build “smart battery lights.” The lights, which are able
to refuel themselves, have a range of uses, from movie production to disaster response. • $1 million toward a $5 million expansion of Andela Products in Richfield Springs and its associated company, Ruby Lake Glass. Andela builds machines that grinds Zakrevsky up recycled glass; Ruby Lake prepares the ground glass for retail products. • $50,000 to match $50,000 allocated by the county Board of Representatives for a full engineering study of the 140-acre site at I-88’s Exit 18 at Schenevus to determine if it is feasible for a 600-job distribution center. • A $30,000 grant to create more freezer space at Steiner’s, the Otego meat processing plant. Larry’s Meats’ capacity in Hartwick is now being utilized by a single company, creating a demand at Steiner’s, a USDA-approved plant,
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that it cannot now meet. If obtained, the grant would be used to match another $30,000 Small Cities Grant, a “last-resort” program. Zakrevsky said “20some” applications from Otsego County were submitted by this year’s deadline, including two or three from Oneonta, two from Cooperstown, one from the OCCA and another from CADE, the agriculture-marketing company. The compressor station, he said, is one outcome of conversations state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, organized between a group of local businesspeople, including Country Club Motors’ Tom Armao and Lou Allstadt of Cooperstown, the retired Exxon Mobil vice president, with NYSEG President Carl Taylor. However, he continued, it is just a stop-gap measure. The local cadre still wants NYSEG to undertake its promised expansion of the DeRuyter line, which runs from Cortland to Oneonta and is southern Otsego County’s main source of natural gas.
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MLS#116387 $244,900 4 separate parcels, 16 rental units. The 16 units generate income of $105,000 annually, w/net income in 2017 of $36,000+. Owner can hold mortgage. Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
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MLS#117266 $189,000 Country Charm, Lake Views Beautiful home has 3 BRs, 2 baths, 3-stall garage, on 2.6 acres overlooking Canadarago Lake. Great family home or getaway. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
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MLS#116002 $499,900 “Lime Kiln” circa 1867 is an active B&B/horse farm w/102 acres on a quiet road, near opera, golf, dining. Barn, 3 paddocks, shed, 2 ponds. Otsego Lake rights! Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS #115419 $244,900 Year-round Home! 2.3 acres, secluded! Granite, kitchen isle, 2 porches, radiant heat, foam insulation, hot water on-demand, Hardie Board. 3 BRs, 2 baths. Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
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MLS#117113 $99,000 Priced Below Assessment! Great home w/4 BRs, 1 bath, huge enclosed front porch, shed, 2-story barn w/gardening room. Call Maria Graham @ 607-287-6785 (cell)
MLS#115444 $399,000 1.37± acres prime commercial location opposite Dreams Park. 300'± frontage on State Hwy, 200'± on adjacent road. 2 restrooms, finished basement. Call Katherine Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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Morris. (607) 263-5289. • Find a new painting to hang in your living room or new pottery to put on your table as the annual City of the Hills Arts Festival returns to downtown Oneonta. In addition to great artists and creative crafts, hear live performances by writers and musicians. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, Main
Street. (607) 432-2070. • Here’s something new: The Fly Creek Historical Society is hosting Elvis (in the form of tribute artist Matthew Boyce) at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Grange Hall on Cemetery Road. Tickets $15, available in advance at Fly Creek General Store, Spurbeck’s in Cooperstown and the Green
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Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018
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ON UPSTATE HILLSIDES
Sweet Berries, U-Pick Them, Snack A Few
Cheers! Visit one of our fabulous breweries and have a taste of New York! 607-286-9330 110 River Street, Milford 4 miles from Cooperstown 20 minutes from Oneonta Member of the Cooperstown Beverage TRail
BOTH LOCATIONS offer daily tastings, free tours, team parties, and group events. Ian Austin/Summer Dreams
North samples a blueberry at Northstar Farms, Franklin, which parents Phinn Reisz and Anat Volfovich named after their daughters.
15 acres.” Volfovich now manages the farm alongside her partner, Phinn Reisz, FRANKLIN and Northstar Farm is named for his daughter, North. etsy Babcock knows that “The soil is great here for growing fresh is best. blueberries,” said Volfovich. “They “Nothing tastes better ripened even earlier than we expectthan a blueberry you’ve just picked ed, and there is a lot of fruit.” yourself,” she said. “It’s the most ripe The first plants were wholesale fruit there is.” – for a time, you could buy them at Babcock, owner of Handsome Hannaford – but with the plants now Brook Farm here, just opened her ripening, she opened up the farm for second farm venanyone who wants to ture, Northstar Farm, bring a pail. ►WHOLE LOT OF specializing in U“It gets the comPICKIN’ GOIN’ ON Pick blueberries. “We munity to engage planted 800 bushes with their food,” said •northstar farms, 595 Franklin Heights Road, for our own use with Babcock. “People like Handsome Brook Farm Franklin, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., being able to connect or by appointment. info@ in 2008, and they did to where their food northstarblueberryfarm. really well,” she said. comes from. It’s a com “In 2013, we partnered great family and complete list of with Anat Volfovich Please See u-pick farms/a8 and planted 15,000 on PICKIN’, Pg. 5 By LIBBY CUDMORE
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B-4 Summer Dreams
Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018
From Fenimore’s View To Worcester’s Seafood
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Summer Dreams B-5
Planting 1,000 Trees A Year Expands Middlefield Farm
PICKIN’/From Pg. 3 group activity and it gets you outside.” Northstar joins Middlefield Orchards, Cooperstown, Ingalls Blueberry Hill, Milford and Otsdawa Berry, Otego in offering U-Pick berries. Willy Bruneau, Middlefield Orchards, purchased the farm in 2002 after retiring from working in computers and technology for 35 years. “We planted 1,000 trees a year,” he said. “Now we have 10,000 trees on 120 acres.” His wife, Joan, liked to make jam, so they planted raspberries, blackberries, rhubarb and blueberries on two and a half acres, opening it up for visitors to come
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ickle the cluster, and the ripe ones just fall into your hand.” JOAN BRUNEAU Middlefield Orchards co-owner
and pick a quart or two. “We sell thousands and thousands of pounds of berries,” he said. “And we sell tons of apples every year.” The secret to the best blueberries lies in a technique Babcock calls “tickling the berries.” “You look for the ones that are a deep, velvety blue all the way around,” she said. “They grow in clusters, Please See PICKIN’, Pg. 8
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Phinn Reisz and Anat Volfovich have moved to the country and partnered with the Handsome Brook Farm owners in a U-Pick blueberry patch.
It’s never too early to start planning for college…
Schedule a tour at 888-Hartwick or Hartwick.edu/visit
B-6 Summer Dreams
Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018
Healthy Food At Green Earth; Clams And More At Cooley’s FINE FOOD/From Pg. 4. or years the Green Earth has been a one-stop-shop for people looking for healthy, local and organic food. And if you are looking for a meal that will nourish your body and soul, try out the offerings at their kitchen. Always on hand are 1-2 soups of the day (made certified organic and vegetarian) that are
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chock full of tasty ingredients from local farms. These soups are perfect year round, but especially in the winter months. But they are more than soups, they also have an extensive breakfast and lunch menu of reasonably priced offerings including their popular Tempeh Ruben, the A La Toscana (roasted chicken, mozzarella, roasted
red peppers and homemade pesto) or their popular Bob Breakfast Burrito (egg, avocado, sprouts and pesto on honey oat bran bread). They also have smoothies, a juice bar, paninis, wraps and salads. If you can, grab one of their cheese scones, which, in my opinion, are the best in town. But be warned, they go fast for a reason! For food that looks good,
tastes good and makes you feel good for eating it, look no further than The Green Earth. (4 Market St. Oneonta. 607-432-6600) IAN AUSTIN Photographer
I did. What piqued my interest was a spiced-up sauce instead of the usual white dill or white wine-based buttery blend. And the combination was a winner. Salmon couldn’t have been more tender, and stopped at Cooley’s was served alongside JasStone House Tavern on mine Rice and vegetable of Cooperstown’s the day which tonight Pioneer Street the FINE DINING, was the first harvest other night and FUN DINING of local sweet corn. ordered a plate of There are no a dozen littleneck Staff Picks rookies here. Chef clams with melted Jeremiah is a veteran butter and French fries on of the Capital Region food the side. The clams were scene and it shows. The food very fresh and especially comes out piping hot so the juicy after dipping the meat restaurant diners can enjoy in the butter. Didn’t find any conversation as the food refresh-water pearls but the mains hot on the plate. Rice French fries were amazing. cooked perfectly with just a Not too thick, perfectly fried dash of bite to as it should and salted, and in a large be...And Chef Audra focuses serving. (Cooley’s Stone on the fresh pie desserts and House Tavern, 49 Pioneer there are none better. VetStreet, Cooperstown. eran Worcester Inn server 607-544-1311) Tammy rounds out the staff LARISSA RYAN with promptness of delivery, Office Manager menu knowledge, and great tableside manners. f you’re in the mood Finally, Innkeeper and for seafood, take to the owner Jim Beulow has in a highway about 20 min- way been in the food indusutes from either Oneonta or try since birth, growing up Cooperstown to the historic and then owning dairy farms Worcester Inn in the idylin western New York, and lic hamlet of Worcester on he remains in the dairy Route 7. business as a buyer and Friday night’s “special shipper. (Worcester Inn, board” has Salmon Teriyaki, 151 Main St, Worcester. so being in the mood for 607-397-8500) something from the water I DENNIS ENRIGHT went with that, and was glad Sales Consultant
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Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018
Summer Dreams B-7
ANNALS OF COOPERSTOWN
Babe Ruth Makes Appearance – In Person of Willis Gardner By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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t was Induction Weekend 26 years ago when Linda Ruth Tosetti saw Willis Gardner and declared, “Here you are, the grandfather I never knew.” Her declaration launched a new career for the man from Oberlin: depicting Babe Ruth, America’s most famous baseball player, even today, 70 years after the American Hero’s death. Even before then, he was aware of the likeness, he and wife Cecile recalled the Saturday of Induction 2018 Weekend, sitting on a bench
in Pioneer Park. Their son – they also have three daughters – came home with a photo of The Babe and declared, “’Here’s a picture of dad,’” said Cecile. “We put it on a bulletin board and it hung there for years.” Soon, Gardner had a contract with the Babe Ruth League – based in Trenton, N.J., it is one step up from Little League, for boys 13 and up – and was making appearances at tournaments around the country. He, as Babe, was at the 1998 dedication of Diamondback Stadium in Phoenix, Ariz. He was invited to Baltimore to the Babe Ruth
No, it’s not Babe Ruth, basking in the sun at Cooperstown’s Pioneer Park. It’s Willis Gardner of Oberlin, Ohio, one of the nation’s foremost depicters of The Babe, with wife Cecile. Jim Kevlin/Summer Dreams
Centennial Celebration in 1995. Five times, he’s been asked to be The Babe at a
“subway series” in New York City, when the Yanks play the Mets. At the height, Gardner,
now 80, was making 20 appearances a year across the nation. Please See BABE, Pg. 9
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B-8 Summer Dreams
Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018
Don’t Want To Pick? Pick Berries Up At Oneonta, Cooperstown Farmers’ Markets PICKIN’/From Pg. 5 so you reach up and kind of tickle the cluster, and the ripe ones just fall into your hand.” Ripe raspberries and blackberries come off easily, and if you have to tug, they’re not ripe yet. But the best part, of course, is sampling a few of the goodies while you pick.
“The berries are fantastic,” said Babcock. “Snacking is part of the fun!” While the blueberry season is only until midAugust, raspberries will stay through the fall, and the Middlefield orchards will be open for fresh apples starting August first, with U-Pick pumpkins in the fall. “We take everyone
around on a hay ride, then you take the corn maze into the pumpkin patch,” said Bruneau. “If there are little kids, I’ll give them some Indian corn.” Too busy to pick your own? Middlefield Orchards sells all their produce at the Oneonta and Cooperstown Farmers Markets ever Saturday, along with
Joan’s jams and pastries, as well as vegetables from the farm, and Reisz says they’re working with local grocery stores to get their Northstar brand onto shelves. And they freeze well, so you can have blueberries long after the summer sun has turned to winter. “If I can put a blueberry in a cake or a muffin, I’m all over it,” said Babcock. “You just throw them in a bag and throw them in the freezer, then take them out when you need them.”
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Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018
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resemblance.” One of his most affirming experiences as Babe Ruth was a look-alike contest at Manhattan’s famous Gallagher’s Steakhouse on West 52nd Street. As he entered past the meat rack, there were five guys against the wall. One was wearing a mask. Another, seeing Gardner, gave up. He won that contest twice. One of his favorite mo-
ments was when Tosetti called and asked him to come to Cooperstown because the Hall of Fame had renovated the room dedicated to her grandfather, he told the Milwaukee Journal in 2012. Gardner and Tosetti were standing in the refurbished room when a man turned around and asked Gardner, “What the hell are you doing here?” “I just wanted to see what
they did with my room,” Gardner replied. The man turned white, muttered an expletive, and hurried out of the room. “That’s the honest-toGod’s truth,” Gardner said with a wide smile, the newspaper reported. “It was so funny.” Willis as “Buster”
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B-10 Summer Dreams
Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018
►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY ►Friday, August 3
O-COUNTY FAIR – 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. See best Otsego County has to offer. Daily shows, rides, more. Highlights include agriculture day, 2Xtreme Racing monster truck show, beef show, contradancing, more. Otsego County Fair, Mills St., Morris. 607-263-5289. HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops, followed by tour of hop yard, house.
The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. MUSIC – 12:05 p.m. Enjoy mix of folk, blues, light rock played by the Jeff Syman Quartet. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931. INTEREST MEETING – 2 - 3 p.m. Learn about Walk With Ease program by Arthritis Foundation of New York. 6 week program teaches how to walk safely, comfortably, improving flexibility, more. If
you can be on your feet for 10 minutes without increased pain this program is for you. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-4320010. THEATER – 4 p.m. Operatic rendition of Homer’s “Odyssey� features rollicking sailor songs, storms, siren songs, more. General admission, $20. Auditorium, Cooperstown Central School. 607547-2255.
OPENING RECEPTION – 5 8 p.m. Presenting exhibit “Abstract Landscapes� by Colleen O’Hara. Lines, shapes cause viewer to observe, question what they understand about landscape before them. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-4322070. ICE CREAM – 5 - 8 p.m. Get fabulous brownie sundaes served by Irene Curley, Liz Morley. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960. FABULOUS FRIDAY – 5:30 - 8 p.m. Classic cars at Tom and Doug’s Cruise In Car Show. Enjoy music by Off The Record, tastings by Northern Eagle Beverages. Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-2941. SHAKESPEARE – 6 - 10:30 p.m. Celebrate talents of youth, Shakespeare at 31st Shakespeare In The Valley featuring performance of “Nothing to do about Everything� followed by picnic, per-
formance of “Much ado about Nothing� at 8 p.m. Bring own lawn seats. Tickets, $12/ adult. West Kortright Centre, 49 W. Kortright Church Road, East Meredith. 607-2785454. CONCERT – 7 p.m. Welcome back Internationally touring singer/songwriter Matt Nakoa. Cost, $25/adult. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-6913550. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Presenting Julian Fleisher and His Rather Big Band. Free admission. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607-829-3700. MOVIE NIGHT – 9 - 10:30 p.m. Showing “The Greatest Showman� (2017). Bring snacks, beverages, chairs, blankets, bug spray, etc for added comfort. Free, open to the public. Outdoor Soccer Field, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607547-2800. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 11
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Summer Dreams B-11
►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY FROM Pg. 10
►Saturday, August 4
O-COUNTY FAIR – 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. See best Otsego County has to offer. Daily shows, rides, more. Highlights include equestrian Gymkhana, bicycle giveaway, truck pull, livestock parade of champions, Supreme Champion Showmanship, talent contest, more. Otsego County Fair, Mills St., Morris. 607-263-5289. BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m. Cooperstown residents may put clean/returnable bottles and cans on the curb or visible from the street. Support Cooperstown Boy Scouts. Drop-off bin at Major League Motor Inn, 6156 NY28, Fly Creek. Call Bruce at 607-267-6730.
TOURNAMENT – 9 a.m. Noon. 3-on-3 basketball tournament to support capital improvements to historic Gilbert Block in heart of downtown. Cost, $40/team. Centennial Park, 55 Spring St., Gilbertsville. 607-783-2836. ART & MUSIC – 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Outdoor street festival featuring outstanding regional artists, crafters, sidewalk sale, musicians, writers, more. Main St., Oneonta. 607432-2070. ESCAPE ROOM – 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Solve puzzles, use clues, escape from the Backstage at the Concert-themed room. Limit 6/time-slot. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980.
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BEAUTY WORKSHOP – 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Join Anna Krusinski of Willow & Birch Apothecary to create lavender bath fizzies, scrubs to take with you. Registration required, cost $35 materials included. Adult 15+. Children 10-14 must be accompanied by an adult. Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury. 607-3267908. SHOWTALK – 10:30 a.m. Celebrate 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein with Jamie Bernstein. Explore his work, life, legacy with the young artists performing works by the American Master. Cost, $25. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-2255. STREAM DAY – 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Look for macro-invertebrates (crayfish, bugs, etc.) in the Susquehanna River with Oneonta World of Learning. Learn about river ecology, the watershed, more. All ages welcome. Fortin Park, Oneonta. 607-431-8543. HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer. See Friday Listing. CAR SHOW – Noon - 4 p.m. See antique cars, participate in a raffle, enjoy food by Fort Plain AmVets, vendors. Followed by live music featuring Tucker Yager and the Curtis Road Band. Windfall Dutch Barn, 2009-2019 Co. Hwy. 80, Fort Plain. 518-993-2239. THEATER – Noon. “A Case For Eviction” following struggle of Frank and Dora to evict a temporary resident from their guest room. Leatherstocking Stage, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. PADDLE & PULL – 1 - 4 p.m. Bring your canoe/kayak, or reserve one of OCCA’s, and help pull invasive water chestnuts from the stump portion of Goodyear Lake. Bring water, sunscreen, & a hat. Registration requested. Meet at Porlandville Fishing Access, St. Hwy. 28, Portlandville. 607-547-4488. AUTHORS SERIES – 1 p.m. Baseball author Bill Sullivan discusses book “Long Before the Miracle: The Making of the New York Mets.” Followed by book signing. Included with admission. Bullpen Theater,
Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200. PERFORMANCE – 2 p.m. Showing “Circus Minimus” written, performed by Kevin O’Keefe with collaboration by the audience. Free Admission. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607829-3700. VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. Guided tour showcasing three site-specific performances by the Templeton Players on the struggle for Women’s Rights. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. FISHING DERBY – 3 - 6 p.m. Catch & release event for children aged 3-15. Must have own gear, bucket, adult supervision. Refreshments provided. Oneonta Lions Club presents awards for most fish caught. Free, registration required. Forms avialable at City Clerk, Recreation Department, Mac’s Barber Shop, at the Derby. Hodges Pond, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Makers of all ages create, learn, experiment. Materials provided for many different hands-on activities to inspire creative thinking and problem-solving. Everything from crochet to coding, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. 518-673-2314. CHICKEN BBQ – 4:30 p.m. Enjoy BBQ, eat-in or take-out. Cost, adult dinner $10, ½ chicken $7, child under 12 $7. Pierstown Grange, SUMMER GALA – 5 - 10 p.m. Jane Austen pays a visit to Hyde Hall. Enjoy music, an experience dinner, games, treats, more. Cost, $195/individual 30+. RSVP by July 27. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, Cooperstown. 607-547-5098. SHAKESPEARE – 6 - 10:30 p.m. Celebrate the talents of the youth and Shakespeare at the 31st Shakespeare in the Valley featuring performance of “Nothing to Do About Everything” followed by a picnic, performance of “Much Ado About Nothing” at 8 p.m. Bring your own lawn seats. Tickets, $12/adult. West Kortright Centre, 49 W. Kortright Church Road, East Meredith. 607-278-5454.
TRIBUTE CONCERT – 7 p.m. Enjoy hits from the 50s, 70s performed by Elvis Tribute Artist Matthew Boyce featuring live band. Tickets, $15, available at Fly Creek General Store, Spurbecks, The Green Toad Book Store. Limited seating available. Old Fly Creek Grange, 210 Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek. MUSIC – 7 - 10 p.m. Hot Tin Roof present Atomic Rewind. Enjoy Ommegang beer, great music, fun in the sun. Cooperstown Fun Park, 4858 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. 607544-1800. CONCERT – 7 p.m. Monkey and the Crowbar play Dylan, The Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Jimmy Buffet and more. Free. 3 Chenango Rd, Edmeston. 607-965-8377. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Presenting Julian Fleisher and His Rather Big Band. Free admission. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607-829-3700.
►Sunday, August 5
O-COUNTY FAIR – 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. See best Otsego County has to offer. Daily shows, rides, more. Highlights include demolition derby, cake walk, chain saw art auction, goat show, dessert contest, more. Otsego County Fair, Mills St., Morris. 607-263-5289. HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. - Brief history, discussion of beer. See Friday Listing. SUNDAY BRUNCH – Noon - 2:30 p.m. Treat your father to delicious omelettes made to order, carving stations, waffles, more. Cost, $34.95/ person. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931. THEATER – 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. See “Box and Cox Trunk Show” featuring best performers in region. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried and tested gardening tips. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450. SUNDAY SERIES – 1 - 3 p.m. Learn about “Textiles: Early Fabrics of the 1800s” with Rabbit Goody. SwartWilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 12
B-12 Summer Dreams
Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018
►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY FROM Pg. 11
►Sunday, August 5
ANTI-RENT WAR – 2 p.m. Enjoy performances by Templeton Players depicting Anti-Rent Movement. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. PERFORMANCE – 3 p.m. Showing “Circus Minimus” written, performed by Kevin O’Keefe with collaboration by the audience. Free Admission. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607829-3700. OPENING RECEPTION – 3 - 5 p.m. “Body of Work” a posthumous show featuring works by Treadwell artist, Roy Purcell focusing on his figurative works, select landscapes. Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. 607-829-5055. MUSIC FESTIVAL – 4 p.m. World class music in a restored dairy barn. Features cellist Benedict Kloeckner, pianist Andrew Armstrong. Cost, $25 at-th-door. Honest Brook Music Festival, 1885 Honest Brook Road, Delhi. 607-746-3770. MUSIC FESTIVAL – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy music by world renowned jazz guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli with Mike Karn, bass, Andy Watson, drums. Trio performs works by George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, others. Ballroom, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 800-838-3006.
►Monday, August 6
PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE – 10 a.m. - Noon. Children 9-12 learn photography in a 3-day workshop with exercises in composition, lighting, color, more. Must have digital camera with memory card, no cell phone cameras. Cost, $64/non-member. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE – 1 - 4 p.m. Teens 1318 learn about photography through exercises in portraiture, landscape, documentary, abstract, sports, more. 3-day workshop. Must have digital camera with memory card, no cell phone cameras. Cost, $95/non-member. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.
OPENING RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. Exhibit “The Truth - What is Yours?” Featuring works by guest, member artists. Displayed thru 9/2. The Smithy, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8671. THEATER – 6 p.m. Operatic rendition of Homer’s “Odyssey” features rollicking sailor songs, storms, siren songs, more. General admission, $20. Auditorium, Cooperstown Central School. 607547-2255. FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 - 9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing with live model. Poses chosen by consensus. Cost $12/class. The Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-435-8718.
►Tuesday, August 7
POTTERY – 9 a.m. - Noon. Children ages 7-14 learn to throw on a potter’s wheel. Lessons in designing, glazing. Cost, $75, materials included. The Smithy Clay Studio, 1 Otsego Ct., Cooperstown. 607-547-8671. ART ROCKS – 11 a.m. Young artists learn new techniques, explore the works in the museum’s collection. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314. TEA PARTY – 1 p.m. Garden tea party featuring American Girl Doll Felicity Merriman (and some of her friends!). Learn about the American Revolution, try colonial crafts and games. enjoy some snacks. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314. ART CLASS – 1 - 3 p.m. Explore printmaking, create images of your favorite summer adventures with Justin Mastrangelo. Cost, $55/nonmember. Cooperstown Art Association. 607-547-9777. KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8344. COMMUNITY GATHERING – 2 p.m. Preview a Civil War reenactment at Hyde Hall. Meet re-enactor Ted Shuart, Captain of 125th New York Infantry. Learn what to expect in a Civil War-era encampment. Free, open to public. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-0600, ext 101.