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OTSEGO COMPOSITE
In a wheel formation, the Otsego Composite mountain biking team surrounds Coach Mike Maben. Clockwise from right are Sam Baskin, Noah Maben, Parker Sheldon, Quinn Hansen, Sebastian Fredette, Rylie Nemitz, Alec Broschart and Michael Bagby.
MIDDLE SCHOOL Aidan Forbes Quinn Hansen Lance Maben Oneonta Rylie Nemitz Laurens
HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY Sam Baskin Oneonta
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Samantha Fanion Cooperstown Michael Bagby Logan Hazard Noah Maben Thian Misner Alec Broschart Max Orgeron Oneonta Harrison Angelini Harry Ernits Dave Nopany New Hartford Sebastian Fredette Parker Sheldon Worcester
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Mike Maben Head Coach John Bagby Walt Baskin
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Trained On County’s Rugged Ridges, Team Shines Statewide Quinn Hansen, Oneonta, powers his way across the Mill Race in Oneonta’s Catella Park.
But it’s conquering those - and other trails - that has made the team the second-ranked team in the state. ONEONTA “Our trails are hard,” said coach Mike Maben, whose son, Noah, is wice a week, the Otsego Comon the team. “But that’s why we posite Mountain Biking Team do so well against those Manhattan gets together for Black Coffee. flatlanders.” That’s the nickname for three miles of Indeed, the team, with Walt twisted forest trail behind the forBaskin and John Bagby as assistant Coach Maben coaches, placed second at a race in mer Homer Folks TB Hospital, now Oneonta Job Corps. Yonkers earlier in the season and on “It’s got a lot of rocks, awkward turns and April 26 took first at the state High School quick little uphills,” said team member and Cycling League meet in Ellenville, besting OHS senior Michael Bagby. “It’s a very 17 teams from across New York. technical trail.” Please See BIKERS, B7 By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Dr. Little, who graces the slip cover of “Once in a Good Many Million Times,” dug up a patient after her death to solve a mystery, and discovered the “stone baby.”
A Gift From Mom Introduces Film Student To ‘Stone Baby’ Springfield Historical Society To Show Resulting Movie By LIBBY CUDMORE SPRINGFIELD CENTER
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hen filmmaker Dan Doren opened the antique tin he found in the basement of his parents’ Rochester home, he wasn’t expecting to find letters and journals inside. “My mom bought it at an estate sale because she liked the box,” he said. When he read the letters, he certainly wasn’t expecting to find tales of
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Dr. David Little, a Springfield doctor who in 1816 discovered a “stone baby” in the disinterred body of a woman he had examined when she was young and pregnant many years before. “I knew I had to make this movie,” said Doren. “There was so much material.” The resulting film, “Once in a Good Many Million Times,” will be shown on Saturday, May 9 at the Community Center here, sponsored by the Springfield Historical Society. Please See FILM, B4
IF YOU GO: 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9, Springfield Community Center, NY 29A, Springfield Center. Film info, www.empirefilmny.com.
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Mom’s Day Features Run, Concert, More
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other’s Day is Sunday May 10, and Otsego options to celebrate abound: At 8 a.m. Saturday, May 9, the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society hosts a free Mother’s Day Bird Walk along the Oneonta Susquehanna Greenway (OSG) trail, an easy two-hour hike on level ground. Meet at OSG parking lot on Silas Lane, off Rte. 205 in Oneonta’s west end. Info, Charlie Scheim at (607) 434-4880. At 11 a.m., Saturday, May 9, Sen. James Seward re-opens the improved Hyde Hall historic site for the season, followed by its annual free Mother’s Day Garden Party, from 1-4 p.m. Tea and sweets, maypole dancing, tours of the new visitor center and bookshop, and expert talks. 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, www.hydeparkhall.org At 10 a.m. Sunday May 10, run, walk, or cheer at the inaugural “Mother’s Day 5k on the Runway” run/walk, to benefit Oneonta Job Corps community programs. The course is two loops of the flat Oneonta Airport runway! $30 registration, 8:30-9:30 a.m. day of race at airport, or online at www.runwayrun. racewire.com. 391 Airport Rd., Oneonta. Info, Adina Feliu, (607) 431-1455. At 7 p.m. Sunday, May 10, singersongwriter Dana LaCroix offers a Mother’s Day concert, with special guests Murali Coryell and Mark Montfort. Dinner seating 5-7 p.m. Tickets $15 advance at Green Toad Bookstore or The Eighth Note in Oneonta; $18 at door. B-Side Ballroom, Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2053 or www. bsideballroom.com ORPHEUS MUSICAL: Orpheus Theatre presents musical “Willy Wonka,” 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 8- 9 and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 10. Featuring local cast and songs from the 1971 Gene Wilder film classic. Tickets $10 students/children; $15 seniors; $20 adults. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., SUNY Oneonta. Info, (607) 4329392 or www.orpheustheatre.org LEAF ART RECEPTION: LEAF Council on Alcohol & Addictions Art and Poetry Contest Opening Gala, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, May 8. Art and live poetry by area teens. Free; refreshments served. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. leafinc.org COMING UP: 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 11: “Retirement is Murder!” Area murder mystery authors Leslie Diehl and Glenn Nilson discuss their works, their travel and how they write. Free. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Info, (607) 432-1980.