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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, November 28, 2013
Volume 205, No. 48
Help Plan ‘Winter Olympics’ – Join Carnival Committee COOPERSTOWN
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he Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee is looking for a few good people -- “with fresh ideas and a lot of energy,” says co-chair Sarah Korsch. “It’s a great opportunity to give involved and to give back to the community,” said Korsch.
“And it’s a really fun event.” The upcoming carnival, on the theme “Winter Olympics,” is planned Friday-Sunday, Feb. 7-9. The next committee meeting is at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at Stagecoach Coffee, and Sarah encourages anyone interested in joining to stop by, or to contact her at 282-2699 or e-mail cooperstownwintercarnival@gmail.com.
Korsh’s co-chair is Teresa Mae Leveille, and the committee includes John Saphier, Mike DeSimore, Lora Newell and Brian Wrubleski, veterans of past carnivals. One of this festival’s highlights will be the opening night Carnival Cooler at Templeton Hall, which will coincide with the opening of the XXII Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
7TH HOSPITAL EYED, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT
The Freeman’s Journal
Helen Davis was among the 200 senior citizens treated to a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, Nov. 21, in the CCS Middle/High School cafeteria, courtesy of the Lions and Leo clubs.
Glimmerglass Plans ‘Butterfly,’ ‘Carousel’ in ’14 COOPERSTOWN
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uccini’s “Madam Butterfly” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” will highlight of the 2014 season, the Glimmerglass Festival announced. Strauss’ “Ariadne in Naxos” and Tobias Picker’s “American Tragedy” will round out the season. For a third year, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will discuss opera and the law. For full schedule, see WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
DEMS FOR ELDRIDGE:
The county Democratic Committee Executive Board endorsed Sean Eldridge, Shokan, spouse of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, to run against U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, next year, when it met Thursday, Nov. 21. OFFICER SOUGHT: Po-
lice Chief Mike Covert is interviewing candidates for parking enforcement officer, after Scott Sheldon joined the Oneonta police force. HELP KIDS: For the fourth
year, drop off Toys for Tots at Brewery Ommegang noon-5 p.m., seven days a week, through Monday, Dec. 16.
Bassett, Rome Hospital Explore Rx For Future JGB Won’t Do Houses Downtown
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Legal Fight Over, But Demand Seen Too Soft By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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fter winning a threeyear lawsuit that would allow a sixhome subdivision between Chestnut Street and Nelson Avenue to move forward, JGB Properties has advised Village Hall the real-estate market is too soft to move forward. “They don’t believe in the current market that’s a viable use for the property,” Trustee Cindy Falk, who chairs the Village Board’s Economic Sustainability Committee, told village trustees at their monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 25. Please See JGB, A6
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In mufti, is that who we think it is? Warming up for his official arrival in his Pioneer Park cottage at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, the Jolly Old Elf couldn’t be missed as he participated in the Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee’s downtown decorating Sunday, Nov. 24.
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f Bassett Healthcare’s alliances so far have been driven by proximity to Cooperstown, aggregating patients and taking advantage of economies of scale, this one is different. A prospective alliance Streck with Rome Memorial Hospital, announced in Utica and Rome last week, is looking toward an expanding system based on insurance, according to Bassett President/CEO Bill Streck. When New York State’s version of Obamacare insurPlease See ROME, A7
Disadvantaged Students In For Extra Attention COOPERSTOWN
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Doubleday Web-Cam Plan Moves Forward
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he Village Board Monday, Nov. 25, asked Trustee Jim Dean to continue exploring a plan to put a web cam in Doubleday Field and, with the visibility it would provide internationally, to sell banners in the outfield to national advertisers.
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Hartwick College student Rachel Kulik, above, and Chief Elf Bob Satriano, right, helped hang the greenery.
espite vaunted successes in graduation rates and college admissions, one CCS population is lagging: “Economically disadvantaged students,” in English and math. Executive Principal Lynn Strang told the school board, meeting in the high school library Wednesday, Nov. 20, that “accountability Please See RUBRIC, A7
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