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City of the Hills City, town confirm Complete Streets committment After receiving a letter from Town Supervisor Robert Wood last week, reconfirming the town’s interest in working with the city on a street project involving State routes 23 and 28, as well as the James F. Lettis and Leslie G. Foster highways, Oneonta’s Common Council was expected to approve a grant application to the state DOT during the city’s meeting Tuesday, Sept. 21. The project is projected to cost about $8.4 million, with $3.4 million coming from a local match and the rest from the state grant as part of its Transportation Alternatives Program. The city will pay for $2.3 million as part of the match, with the town funding the other $1.1 million. The meeting took place after deadline Tuesday. Go to AllOtsego.com for more information. INSIDE ►TED TALKS: TedxOneonta returns after a one-year hiatus. Page A3. ►CANO FUNDRAISER: City of the Hills preparation has begun for 2022. Page A3. ►Chic Walshe: Milford girls, Cooperstown boys win opening-round games, will face South Kortright teams in finals on Saturday in Davenport. Page A7. ►A FISHING TALE: Coop native pursues dream of being a professional bass fisherman. Page A7. ►a HEART FOR HArtwick: Retiring President Margaret Drugovich said she will miss the Oneonta community. Page A9. ►PARTY PLANNING: Destination Oneonta announces big October plans. Page A11. ►GReat GROFF: Author Lauren Groff’s new book looks at Marie de France. Page A12. Follow Breaking News On
AllOTSEGO.com ►RABID ANIMAL: The Otsego County Department of Health reported a bat found in the Cooperstown area tested positive for rabies last week. ►Sports UPDATES: With high school sports going on, get the latest scores online. ►COVID UPDATES: Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Otsego County.
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Oneonta, N.Y., Thursday, September 23, 2021
COMPLIMENTARY
Healthcare groups take different vax views Despite court stay, Bassett to require employees to comply; Cooperstown Center asks state to reconsider By KEVIN LIMITI Healthcare groups in Otsego County are dealing with the state’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and the need to keep their facilities staffed. Bassett Healthcare Network, one of the largest employers in the area, is determined to vaccinate its entire workforce in spite of backlash and the potential loss of employees.
Bassett has made some progress on the vaccine front. According to an internal email penned by Bassett Healthcare CEO Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, vaccinations of its employees are at 90%. About two weeks ago, the vaccination rate was only 75%, according to Bassett officials. Ibrahim said these numbers were increasing daily. “Specifically, I want to say thank you to the many, many of you
who have chosen to receive their COVID-19 vaccine,” Ibrahim wrote. “Whether you were among the first to get vaccinated in December, you just recently received your vaccine, or fall somewhere in between, I am so grateful for the choice that you made, and I know that our patients are as well.” The decision for Bassett workers to be vaccinated came as a response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate
that all healthcare workers should have the vaccine, whether or not the employee has cause for a religious exemption. Bassett Healthcare Network has given a Monday, Sept. 27, deadline for employees to get at least one dose of the vaccine. Workers who don’t get the vaccine won’t be fired, however they won’t be allowed to work either. See VACCINE, Page A2
Protesters decry mandates in Cooperstown, Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI Anti-mask and anti-vaccine protesters staged two rallies in Otsego County in the past week, bringing their message to Bassett Healthcare and others. Hundreds of protesters, along with Assemblyman John Salka, RBrookfield, marched to A.O. Fox Hospital and through Main Street in Oneonta on Friday, Sept. 17. Protesters also marched Tuesday, Sept. 21, in Cooperstown, from the Otsego County Courthouse to Bassett Medical Center. The protesters chanted slogans such as “stop the mandate” as they walked through downtown Oneonta towards the hospital. There were signs that said “unmask our children” and “protect our liberties.” The vaccine mandate from Bassett Healthcare Network was in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate that all healthcare workers should be vaccinated. Prior to the march, the Oneonta protesters rallied at Damaschke Field. “I’m here to support the medical professionals and support their right to not have an injection they’re not confident in,” Salka said. “Last year they were heroes, this year they’re zeroes.” In a speech prior to the March, Salka said healthcare workers were “being treated like garbage” and “second class citizens.” He also derided medical advisor Anthony Fauci for “lying” about masks. Salka was possibly referring to when in the beginning of the pandemic, Fauci said people didn’t need to wear masks. “I’m proud to walk with you up to Fox Hospital,” Salka said. “I want to thank everyone for being here today.” Bernard Holoquist, who works at Bassett Medical Center as an anesthesia tech, said he was “praying I keep my job,” because of the vaccine mandate. The deadline for healthcare workers at Bassett to get the first shot
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An unidentified protester demonstrates against vaccination mandates at Bassett Healthcare Network in Cooperstown on Tuesday, Sept. 21.
of the vaccine is Sunday, Sept. 27. “Eighteen months I was good enough for them,” Holoquist said. Holoquist gave a speech where he said he believed his freedom was being taken from him. “I believe our liberty is gone or it’s going to get even worse,” Holoquist said, who said, “the goalposts keep moving” in regards to the COVID virus. “Wear a mask, we wore a mask. Take a shot, we take a shot.” Much of the rhetoric in the speeches was based on a reluctance to wear masks and get vaccines, and a general mistrust of the information being put out about the COVID response. “They don’t do masks in Florida. They don’t do masks in South Carolina,” Holoquist said. “Why do we do masks? You have to wake up.” However, Florida’s COVID rates
are among the worst in the nation during the Delta variant, with a positivity rate of above 11% last week, according to the Florida Department of Health. The New York Times reported last week that about 450 people a day are currently dying of COVID in Florida, compared with 33 per day in New York. Holoquist said that he lived a life like he didn’t care if he died. “Why are you worried about the shot if you can give it and get it?” Holoquist said. Gina Madeiros, who also works at Bassett Hospital as a supervisor, said she was there because of “medical freedom and choice.” Madeiros emphasized she wasn’t anti-vaccine but she had the virus previously and believed her antibodies were enough. “You don’t get the flu shot when you’ve had the flu,” Madeiros said. “I watched patients die because they
didn’t take medical advice and that’s their right. I should have that right also. I have until Sunday. ... I’ve been poor my whole life. I finally got a career and now I have to choose. That’s not fair.” According to the CDC, reinfections with COVID are rare but do occur. However, there is not much data, yet, on how common reinfections are, how severe they are, or whether an individual is able to spread the virus if re-infected. Also unknown is how the Delta variant, which is more contagious, and other future variants, will factor in to reinfections. As the group marched through downtown Oneonta to Fox Hospital and back to Damasckhe Field, there were many vocal supporters near by who honked their horns or showed support. Not everyone was supportive See PROTESTS, Page A2
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Bassett will require vaccinations, but Cooperstown Center wants reprieve VACCINE/from Page A1 A Utica judge temporarily blocked the governor’s order, in regard to barring religious exemptions, after a lawsuit was filed by healthcare workers. Hochul has said she will appeal the decision. However, a Bassett Healthcare Network spokesperson said the stay on the mandate would not change Bassett’s plans to have all employees vaccinated by Sept. 27. Meanwhile, The Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is feeling the pressure with staff shortages and the looming mandate. The center is already understaffed, according to officials there, and they said they fear losing more employees. According to Lacey Rinker, director of nursing, two fully vaccinated individuals have contracted COVID in the last two weeks, including one Thursday, Sept. 16.
Similar to Bassett, 90% of residents at the nursing facility are fully vaccinated with nine refusals, five awaiting the first dose and three waiting on the second dose. However, 13 employees have refused the vaccine altogether, which, if that holds, will mean they would no longer be able to work in the nursing facility and would become an inactive employee, although technically still employed. Rinker said even the nursing employees who aren’t vaccinated take full precautions to make sure others are safe. “Vaccinated or unvaccinated, there are different levels of COVID,” Rinker said. “What the vaccine does is lower your symptoms. There are different strains. It’s a virus. Vaccines are not failsafe, but they do make things safer.” Rinker said she is encouraging residents and families to reach out to congress and Albany to put a halt to the mandate so the center can retain its staff.
Protesters picket Bassett in Oneonta, Cooperstown because of mandates
PROTESTS/from Page A1 though. Outside of the Roots Brewing Company, Lawrence Nienart put his thumb down and got into a mild verbal altercation with Holoquist, who was carrying an American flag. “Don’t be a crybaby, take the shot,” Nienart said. Brian LoRusso, a candidate for town supervisor in Hartwick, organized both protests in Cooperstown and Oneonta through his Facebook group “Patriots for American Freedom.” “The American people have a right to protest for our rights,” LoRusso said. Eileen Hart, a former college professor, criticized Bassett and the vaccine mandate. “If you’re treating their personnel this way than imagine how they’d treat you as a patient,” Hart said. “We need to stand up for our rights. We need to speak truth to fear.”
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-3
TedxOneonta to return Friday By GREG KLEIN TedxOneonta returns for its fourth event in five years, with an evening of presentations beginning at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, at the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center in Oneonta. This year’s theme, a holdover from the canceled 2020 event, is “Changing World.” “We basically have been planning this for two years,” said Dan Buttermann, TedxOneonta co-founder and executive director. The local version of Ted talks — the x means it is an independent event and not run by the national organization — this year will feature four speakers. Rosalia Rivera, the host of AboutConsent, a podcast about surviving sexual assault, will give a presentation about changing rape culture, “Ending Rape Culture One Word at a Time.” Gohar Petrossian, an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, and the director of the International Crime and Justice Masters Program at John Jay College, will speak about environmental issues in a speech, “Why Justice for Wildlife Affects You.” Rebecca Ahmed, a human resources executive, will speak about technology and
workplace prejudices in “Eliminating Workplace Bias in a Zoom Office Culture.” Rachel Kornhauser, SUNY Oneonta director of the Office of Sustainability, will speak about the environment in a presentation, “Climate Change and Sustainability in the Age of COVID” Kornhauser is the only local speaker this year, but Buttermann said he is happy with the selections. “We’re very happy that despite the challenges we are working with, we were able to recruit speakers nationally as well as locally,” he said. The event sold out in 2019, but was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ticket sales have been slower this year, Buttermann said, but he expects a late surge in sales. With the pandemic resurging locally and nationally, COVID rules are in effect, Buttermann said. “It is not a rule but our preference is that you should be vaccinated if you are coming,” Buttermann said. Although some tickets to some Ted talks cost as much as $100, Buttermann said tickets to the Oneonta presentation are only $30 and include a shirt, a water bottle and a drink coupon. Go to www.tedxoneonta.com for more information.
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Donors listen to music at a fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 18, in Oneonta.
CANO hosts ‘City of the Hills’ fundraiser By KEVIN LIMITI The Community Arts Network of Oneonta had a fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 18, for the 2022 City of the Hills Festival. It was billed as a block party and it had that feel with music being played by Jump the Shark and Hanzolo, as well as craft beers being served provided by Roots Brewery. There was also a silent auction and a raffle. About 70 people were at the block party,
including Otsego County board representative Danny Lapin, Oneonta, District 13. Jim Maloney, president of the board at CANO, said he felt good about the event. “It’s a great community event where neighbors can come down, listen to music and feel safe,” Maloney said. “It was a great outdoor event.” The festival, a celebration of arts and culture in Oneonta, has been canceled the past two years because of COVID.
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THURSDAY, sEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Patricia Kennedy
editorial
Businesses, as usual
Back in the mid-20th century, Cooperstown was a thriving local village, taking great care of its residents and neighbors with a Main Street riddled with all manner of shops and cafés, hardware stores and markets, a gas station, a car dealer, a bank or two and a movie theater, built in 1920, to fill up empty evenings and afternoons with glorious cinematic amusements. The Freeman’s Journal and The Otsego Farmer were on Main Street. too, welcoming all who had anything to say. Today, with tourism now the major breadwinner for the village and high rents threatening, Main Street has changed. Many of the businesses that took care of our immediate needs in the past have rethought their uses and provisions, others have retreated to other, less central, outposts, and still others have closed their doors, their wares exchanged for Amazon boxes and envelopes outside front doors. Were we to take a deeper look, we would discover quite a few shops and markets have indeed survived, a number in their original spots and some still under their original ownership, here for our purchasing and dining and refreshing pleasures: Ellsworth & Sill, still offering the best sweaters in the world; The Otesaga, the Tunnicliff Inn and the Lakefront Hotel, still with welcoming rooms and tantalizing victuals for weary travelers, wedding parties, baseball fans and houseguests; F.R. Woods, still a fascinating mecca for the many sides of baseball; Bruce Hall, still homing in on our construction, plumbing and maintenance needs; Danny’s, Stagecoach, Doubleday Café, Sal’s Pizza, Schneider’s Bakery and the Cooperstown Diner, still offering us daily nourishment, some never running out of those ridiculously delicious plain (not glazed) donuts; the Cooperstown Farmer’s Market, with twiceweekly seasonal, local food, flowers and crafts; Willis Monie, still offering those exceptional books everyone needs; Key Bank, sitting in the spot once occupied by the Second National Bank, and then the National Commercial Bank; the saintly legal establishments that have long hung out their signs in their same familiar spaces — Gozigian, Washburn & Clinton, Schlather & Birch, Poulson Law Offices, Green and Green; Rudy’s still supplies welcome libations, as does Cooperstown Wine and Spirits. Outside the village there is Church & Scott, still offering us prescriptions and a place to park; Sam Smith’s Boatyard, once — and still — a place for boats but now, having introduced Dot’s Landing, a restaurant, a store and the new Mingo Market; the Fly Creek General Store, still providing food and a quiet place to confirm and question local gossip; the Fly Creek Cider Mill, off to a good start after a small hiccup; Bob’s Country Store, in Roseboom, serving as a gas station, deli and general meeting place; Staffin’s Auto Repair, expertly bringing all our cars and trucks and tractors and things back to life; Bennett Motor Sales, where we can find two- and three-wheelers that go everywhere and someone to tell us how to take them there. We have lost good ones too: Derrick’s walked away; the Smart Shop hung up its dresses; Augur’s turned the page; the Shortstop ended its streak; Lippitt’s gave up its diamonds; Sherrie’s is no longer famous; Farm and Home went out to pasture; and those two hardware stores, McGowns and McEwans, put their tools away as well (Augur’s name still tops its entrance; McGown’s lurks behind the ivy. Look for them). Newberry’s and Withey’s and the Victory Market are gone. The Pioneer Grill became a reincarnation of Fenimore Cooper’s Bold Dragoon and now is Cooley’s; Reedy’s Tavern, a few doors down, became Dusty’s and bit the dust some decades ago. But the Pit, the Vet’s Club and the Mohican, miraculously and with good reason, survive. We have some good new businesses too, and we could use more. But these establishments need your help. Let’s try to keep things local so no one else will disappear.
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Service providers need more state support Springbrook, the organization I am proud to lead, has always found strength by looking to our mission and values. We are a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the most vulnerable people in our society. That mission hasn’t changed because we face a pandemic. We have learned on the fly, and with clarity, we continue to navigate this storm. Springbrook’s direct support professionals, who do the hand-to-hand work of supporting residents, students, and participants, do so with a dedication that is beyond what words can describe. Our DSPs are essential in every conceivable way, and we have taken pains to show them and tell them how much we value their time, their talent, and their work. Now, we need your help! Today we face not just a pandemic, but a labor crisis. The DSP vacancy rate in New York has ballooned in five years from 9.3% to 25% — mainly because of NYS’s broken funding structures, which keep DSP wages low. Many DSPs stay in their positions because they work two or three jobs and 80 hours a week to have enough income to support their families. Others, because of low wages, need government subsidies such as SNAP benefits. DSP wages are so low, and
their accountability so high, therefore far too often good people have no choice but to leave a highly skilled profession they love. When COVID hit, Springbrook committed to zero layoffs and we met that challenge. We committed to protecting the health and safety of our employees. We continue to meet that challenge. In addition, years of intelligent fiscal decisions meant we could invest in our employees. To be exact, we have invested nearly $2 million in the form of incentive payments throughout the pandemic. And, in January and July 2021, we raised the wage for all new and current DSPs. Today, Springbrook DSPs earn between $15 and $20 per hour. I want to be clear, as much as I wish we had the power to raise wages even higher, like all NYS I/DD service providers, we exist in a broken system. NYS holds vast power over the range of wages we can feasibly pay. And if NYS does increase DSP wages, they tend to do so by cutting funding to the very service providers who employ DSPs. As a result, Springbrook and other I/ DD service providers are in a constant tug-of-war to get our employees the compensation they deserve. Springbrook has always fought for fair wages for DSPs. I am proud
Springbrook has offered cost-ofliving increases consistently for more than 10 years. Yet, the times we live in have made it even more apparent the people we employ, and hope to engage in the future, need more. We are struggling to fill positions right now, like all employers. The answers to that challenge are within our community, and we don’t have all of them. Springbrook’s goal is to continue to push wages up for our employees, regardless of the fiscal climate we find ourselves facing. Our goal is to offer benefits that make a real difference in people’s lives — affordable health insurance, opportunities for advancement and education, generous time off. Our goal is to value the people who make our organization what it is. We need help to meet our goals. We need you to tell New York it is time to fix the system. It is time to get DSPs what they deserve. Write your representative today! And if you know or meet a DSP, take a moment to give them thanks. Patricia Kennedy is the chief executive officer of Springbrook, a nonprofit in the town of Milford that provides support and services to people with developmental disabilities.
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Finding a retreat from totalitarianism We are beginning the process of bedding down most of our gardens for the winter. I am reminded of what Robert Frost so sagely stated in his poem “After Apple-Picking,” that there comes a time when the harvest we so looked forward to has run its course and a new desire has arisen: to step aside, rest up a bit, and move on to other tasks — or simply do little or nothing for a while. Inactivity has its limitations, too. As I write, I am looking at the stack of “to be read” books on the shelf beside my reading chair in my study. One title sticks out: Hannah Arendt’s classic “The Origins of Totalitarianism.” I suspect I am not unlike other bookish types. That is, we collect lots of books, stack them up, stare at them quite a bit and, as is often the case, over time, never quite get to all of them. But having them is a comfort. However, having stared at the Arendt book for some time, and given the alarming rearing of authoritarianism’s ugly head both here and around the world, the time has come to heed its wisdom. Ironically, my increasing worry about where we might be headed in this country has been nourished by another book that I have been reading, also one that has been hanging around for some time: Edward Abbey’s “Desert Solitaire.” I started it not out of any urgency regarding what appears to be an all too willing slide toward authoritarian behavior, but because he writes about his year as a ranger at Arches National Monument in southern Utah,
a place we visited last year and hope to visit again this coming year. Abbey can be exasperating, contradictory and often a bit condescending, but always honest. His love of Arches, and the wilderness in general, is evident. He writes eloquently of the place, and having been there, I can easily understand why. Some of his thoughts are a bit, as they say, over the top: fodder for another day. Here I wish to share some of his thoughts on authoritarianism, which caught me by surprise, since I never expected a polemic of this sort in a book devoted, ostensibly, to his day to day interaction with this vastly evocative natural wonder. Foolish me. It occurs to me, if I can touch on serious political or social matters while popping black beans or shaving oregano stalks, then certainly there is nothing surprising or extraordinarily unique about Abbey’s making the sorts of ideological extrapolations he does. In the book he suggests “the wilderness should be preserved for political reasons. We may need it someday not only as a refuge from excessive industrialism but also as a refuge from authoritarian government.” A curious notion, since I have never thought of the wilderness as a redoubt, a place to escape political oppression. But it makes some sense. Although, if all those with genuine worries about political oppression were to head for the hills, well, there would not be a lot of “wild” in the wilderness. However, his thoughts about preserving the wilderness are worthy
of consideration. As well as his concerns regarding overpopulation, a source of many of our problems and not unrelated to our current climate crisis. Interestingly, Abbey published his book in 1968 and even then is prescient enough to write “history demonstrates that personal liberty is a rare and precious thing, that all societies tend toward the absolute until attack from without or collapse within breaks up the social machine and makes freedom and innovation again possible.” He also warns that technology affords despots an efficient tool to pursue their nefarious goals. There is no question we are at a crucial time in our history. Social media and a host of other technological tools afford all manner of despots and miscreants a platform to disseminate their venom and lies. I harbor no illusion it will change much during my lifetime. In fact, I suspect things will get much worse before they have a chance of getting better. Not only are we experiencing an uptick in authoritarian behavior in politics, our increasingly tribal affiliations have created an environment wherein if you are not one of us then you must be the enemy. So, now we live in a state of cultural and political warfare. Regardless, I remain confident that we will come to our senses at some point; there is no choice if we expect this beautiful but very messy thing called democracy to survive. Best to heed Abbey and Arendt. I think Gabby would agree.
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Editorial on vaccines was spot on, anti-vaxxers should take note Your Sept. 16. editorial, “Live free and die?” on the difference between “Freedom” and “Liberty,” as espoused by Thomas Jefferson, should be read by every anti-vaxxer and antimasker and their political and media endorsers. You were correct to point out that there is no unfettered freedom to do whatever one wants in America, regardless of the consequences. As you note, Jefferson’s central belief was that the exercise
of one person’s freedom could not impinge upon the freedom of others who are equally endowed. A half-century later, the great English philosopher, John Stuart Mill, made the same point about the limitations of liberty in his eponymous Essay, when he said: “(T)he sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is
self-protection.” Jefferson and Mill teach that those of us who wish to be protected against the danger to our health and access to beds in hospitals presented by the unvaccinated and unmasked, have every right to expect that our government take whatever steps deemed effective and prudent to ensure that our health and safety are protected. To the extent that others seek to thwart those
protections based on their distorted notions of freedom or liberty, they should be constrained. If that means that they are to be excluded from employment or access to public places because of the dangers they or their families present, so be it. The rest of us have rights, too. John A. Rudy Cooperstown See Page A5 for more letters to the editor.
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135 Years Ago
Home & Vicinity — Jen Bracket, a badly soiled dove, was arrested Wednesday evening for reckless driving. She was fined $8 by Justice Yager, which she paid. Her mate, also one of the flowers of the Murphy bouquet, was allowed to go free. By the way, isn’t it about time that this Murphy bagnio was pulled again? The people of Toddsville are kicking because, without their consent, the name of the post office has been changed to Seymour, in honor of the former Governor. It appears that Samuel Shaw, editor of The Freeman’s Journal in Cooperstown, who has a mania for changing the names of post offices, is mainly responsible for the alteration. The Toddsvillians now insist that Cooperstown shall be called Shawville. September 1886
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Local News — Harry P. Shearer has signed a contract as general sales agent in the United States for five years of two well known makes of pianos, the H. Baumeister, 511 East Seventy-second Street, New York City, and the Archer Piano Co., 518 East Seventy-third Street, New York City. The position is a responsible one and Mr. Shearer’s many friends will wish him success. At a meeting of the Boy Scouts of Oneonta at the Y.M.C.A. last Friday evening, Harry Oles was elected treasurer and it was voted that each member should pay weekly dues of five cents. This money, which is turned over to the Y.M.C.A. treasurer, will be used to promote the interests of the Boy Scouts department, and by the payment, each Scout becomes a member of the association. September 1911
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Rules promulgated by the sophomore class for the regulation of the 77 lowly entering freshmen at Hartwick College are: 1. Must wear caps or berets at all times. 2. Must not appear in shirt sleeves, knickers or dungarees. 3. Must speak to all upperclassmen first. 4. Must permit all upperclassmen to precede them in and out of classrooms and buildings in the city. 5. Must attend all athletic contests and learn all cheers and songs. 6. Must not congregate in groups off campus. 7. Must not smoke on campus and carry a supply of matches for upperclassmen at all times. 8. Must show precedence to all upperclassmen and visitors at all times in any place. 9. Must carry copy of rules at all times. 10. Freshman coeds must not hold conversation with upperclassmen while in buildings on campus. Violators will be summoned before a tribunal of the sophomore class and punishments dealt out accordingly. September 1931
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Delegates to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Ladies’ Auxiliary state convention missed a rare moment in the organization’s history yesterday, when the oldest surviving member of the BRT welcomed the youngest member to his home at 2 Academy Place. Elmer Wessell, 86, is the last of the small group of railroad men who met in the Little Red Caboose some 68 years ago to form the BRT. The union’s youngest member is six-year-old Timothy Alexander Duffy. Timmy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Duffy, 13 Gilbert Street. Young Timmy has been a member of the BRT through its insurance plan for the last three years. Mr. Wessell was only 18 years old when he and his colleagues met in Oneonta on that fateful day in 1883 to form what is now the nationwide brotherhood. Timmy’s father John Duffy is a D&H trainman. September 1951
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A permanent glass collection depot has been set up in Neahwa Park for city residents. It is located across from Damaschke Field, near the city barns. The depot is the city’s first effort to sponsor a glass collection point. The P & D Glass Collection Company of Binghamton will periodically pick up the glass in the park for transport to Thatcher glass in Elmira where it will be recycled. Carney Rhinevault, Chairman of the Environmental Association of Delaware and Otsego Counties, Inc., said that 75 drums have been donated to the city to be used for collecting glass. The drums were given to the city by Oneonta Ford Sales, Corning Glass and the NYS Department of Transportation. Rhinevault said 16 of the drums were set up in Neahwa Park yesterday and city residents have already begun to deposit glass. Those depositing glass are asked to segregate colored glass from clear glass and to remove all metal caps and rings. Depositors are also asked not to break the bottles, not to deposit window glass or Pyrex dishes, and not to litter the area with bags and boxes. September 1971
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September 1981
In December 1965, I and 1,400 other soldiers set sail from Brooklyn on the USS Darby, the last troop ship ferrying our soldiers over to Germany. After that, the military used planes and an eight-day voyage was reduced to an eight-hour flight. During the frigid crossing, there was little to do and we were shown a lot of frivolous movies. Looking back I see this would have been an excellent time to educate the new troops about the people whose land we were about to “invade.” Around that time President Charles De Gaulle was in the process of kicking American troops, who had been there since World War II, out of France. It appeared to be an ungrateful act, given the help we gave to that country during the war. Still, I was stationed in Germany, and I observed how young American soldiers, lonely from being away from home and ignorant of manner and customs, could misbehave, could get into fights, could harass women and own the label of “the ugly American.” While we were crossing the Atlantic there could have been something said, by way of a documentary, about being a representative of your country and to put your best foot forward and thus win the hearts and minds of our hosts. But the opportunity to get this across was lost and instead a lot of “bad boys” were unleashed in Germany as well as in France. I don’t mean the majority. It just took a few to spoil it for the rest. German nationals called my base in Ludwigsburg, “Gangster Barracks.” I’m sure the same dynamics were afoot in France. I already knew they didn’t like American soldiers in Germany but I didn’t encounter unfriendly vibes from the French until attending the running of the bulls in July of 1966 in Pamplona, Spain. I am a Francophile, because of my maternal grandmother’s origin being the French mountain town of Auvergne. People
can tell when you like them, and so, at that time, rather than being abusive, the French sitting at my table at Pension Mendoza were merely condescending. They teased me about President Kennedy’s widow cavorting with the shipping tycoon, Aristotle Onassis. They thought it was inappropriate and disgraceful. The conversation boiled down to, “You Americans don’t know how to behave. No wonder De Gaulle is kicking you out.” How could I defend myself, the former first lady and my country? How could I come back at them? The solution: a little fabrication. I told these sophisticates I had read in the newspaper that because France was kicking us out, we were sending back the Statue of Liberty. All mouths at the table dropped open. One guy choked on the hearty red wine he was drinking. I kept a straight face. They had nothing to say. Now we were kicking them — in the form of their lady — out of America. I had them! Even if they found out an hour later that my story was untrue, for a time this naïve American was on top and out maneuvering the smart Europeans. As a civilian several years later, I was returning to Paris from the south of France with my wife, Alice. We had been visiting friends I had made back in the Pamplona of ’66. They were actually two of the people who had been teasing me about Jacquelyn Kennedy. Our arrival was early in the morning and the banks were still closed. We wanted to have breakfast but for some reason no one would accept American Express travelers’ checks. We had tried several places. There was a kiosk back at the train station where lots of souvenirs were for sale. I studied the display for a while trying to decide what I could buy with a check, and hopefully get change in francs, so we could have breakfast. I kept asking the woman behind the counter questions in broken French about different items.
Finally, the woman impatiently said something that amounted to, “What do you really want?” I told her that we needed cash to buy something to eat. She looked at me for a long time, pulled out 20 francs and said, “Here, go have breakfast.” We did, and later we went to the bank to exchange our money. When I returned to the kiosk to reimburse the woman and buy her combination letter-scale and pencil sharpener, she announced for all to hear, “Look at this crazy American. I give him 20 francs for something to eat and he returns to pay me back!” It seemed at the time that the French, following De Gaulle, had removed the idea of payback from their code of ethics. I think the reason I had some degree of success in dealing with the French is because I made an attempt to understand them and speak their language. Americans tend to think that, “since we are the greatest country in the world,” everyone should speak English. For many of us a trip to a foreign country is like a trip to the zoo. I once heard an American tourist in Germany say, “Hey Gladys, look at this guy! He’s wearing those leather pants!” My aunt Rose made a trip to France to visit her daughter Francine. When she shopped at a grocery and they didn’t give her a bag for the items she bought, she made a big stink. “What’s the matter with these people?” she wanted to know. “Mother,” my cousin said. “In France you bring your own bag.” That’s the way they do it to avoid wasting plastic and paper. Wouldn’t it be great if we got to know something about a country before we started to deal with its people? “When in Rome, do as the Romans,” is really a good idea. Armed with a little experience, I’d like to borrow and bend a phrase coined by the great humorist, Will Rogers, who almost said, “I never met a foreigner I didn’t like.”
RICHARD STERNBERG, M.D.
Maybe God wants people to be vaccinated
During Hurricane Katrina more than 1,800 people died primarily from flooding caused by the hurricane and by the levees breaking in New Orleans. Many of those who died lived in the city’s ninth ward. Initially a mandatory evacuation order was sent out but many people ignored it and stayed in their homes. A man, who we will call John and who was very religious, was at home. As the water started to rise, the police started going door-to-door telling people to evacuate. John said to the police, “I’ll be fine because the Lord will protect me.” The waters continued to rise. They became too high for regular vehicles. The fire department came by on its trucks urging people to evacuate. They offered to take them out of the area. When they got to John though, he said “I’ll be fine because the Lord will protect me.” The waters continued to rise. John moved up to the second floor in his house. People with boats came and said “Come on, get in. The water will continue to rise and you’re going to be drowned. You have to get out now,” but John responded “I’ll be fine because the Lord will protect me.”
Finally, John climbed to the roof of his house. A Coast Guard helicopter came by and through their loudspeaker yelled down to John, “we are going to drop a harness down for you. Put it on and we will winch you up and take you to safety.” John refused, he responded, “I’ll be fine because the Lord will protect me.” The waters continued to rise, the house was covered, and John drowned. John, being a very religious man, went straight to heaven where he met the Lord. “Lord, I’ve been a very religious man. I have tried to lead my life at all times following your precepts. I had faith in you. Why did you not rescue me?” “John,” intoned the Lord, “I sent the police. I sent the firemen. I sent the boats. I sent the helicopter. You have to meet me halfway.” This is my response to all those who for some reason have now found a religious reason for refusing the vaccination. All major religious authorities state there is no religious contraindication to being vaccinated. I recognize there are certain denominations and sects that almost always refuse medication and medical assistance and I am not including those here, but for the vast majority of
people who generally do believe in medicine, who do generally follow their physician’s instructions and recommendations, I strongly question how, when the Lord has given us the tools to fight this terrible disease, they refused to use them, putting themselves and their children in harm’s way. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Who are any of us to say he wants us to refuse help to prevent massive suffering and death? Who are any of us to say that the brilliant people who work trying to save as many human beings as possible, aren’t directly inspired by the Lord to do his good works? Why do you go running to doctors and nurses to try and save you and your family members and trust the information they give you then, but won’t trust the information they give you to prevent illness in the first place. Yes, there are a handful of instances when vaccinations can’t be given including in the face of acute active cases of COVID, but these are few and far between. Using God as an excuse to avoid getting a vaccination is disingenuous, and in my opinion, contrary to what the Lord wants from us.
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Don’t send prayers, just get vaccinated Almost three weeks ago, my 84 year-old father and 83 year-old mother tested positive for COVID19. They were breakthrough cases. My mother had no symptoms, but my father, who has asthma and an irregular heartbeat, had shortness of breath, chest congestion and light-headedness. He was given powerful flu medicine to alleviate his symptoms and because of his chronic medical conditions and his age, he received a monoclonal antibody infusion, a cocktail of manmade proteins designed to boost a person’s immune system to fight off viruses. Both made him feel much better and he felt he had recovered several days later. However, last week, his symptoms returned. His voice was almost
gone, he had a hacking cough, and the shortness of breath and lightheadedness had returned. He kept trying to see a doctor, but doctors’ offices and hospitals were overwhelmed with COVID patients. I was worried he might suddenly stop breathing and my mother, who has dementia and whom my dad takes care of, would not think to call 911. I drove six hours from Otsego County to Northern Virginia last Thursday to take care of them. It took two hours, but I managed to get him a telemedicine appointment last Friday. The doctor could not do much for him at that point. She told him if his shortness of breath becomes severe, he should go to a hospital, but she warned there might be no available beds. Good thing my
dad does not have severe shortness of breath — so far. My father appears to be improving incrementally although he still gets fatigued and light-headed easily and coughs a lot. I have heard too many stories of people recovering from COVID who suddenly go into decline and even die from it. He is not out of the woods yet. I am positive if it weren’t for being fully vaccinated, my dad would be dead now. I am also positive that he would not have had a breakthrough case of COVID if most people had gotten vaccinated. For those who refuse to get vaccinated and have no medical reason not to be, don’t send prayers for him. Just get vaccinated. Jennifer Hill Oneonta
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA
Jane Anne Russell
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April 30, 1935 – September 9, 2021 COOPERSTOWN In August 1961, Jane Anne – Jane Anne Russell, 86, married the love of her life, of Cooperstown, died on Giles. They made their home Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. in Clintondale, N.Y., until Born to Harold and moving to Cooperstown in Ida (Bothwell) Loman on 1989. They were married for April 30, 1935, nearly 59 years until she was raised in Giles’s death in June Mechanicville, N.Y. of 2020. She graduated After retiring from the University from teaching, of Albany in 1956 she worked at the with a degree in New York State education and went Historical Associaon to complete her tion, was a member master’s degree in of St. Mary’s Church education from the and the Women’s Jane A. University of North Club, and a volunteer Russell Dakota. Jane Anne for the Cooperstown taught in Dutchess and Ulster Library and Glimmerglass counties and spent most of Opera. her career at Highland High Jane Anne is survived School before her retirement by her loving family: three in 1989. children, Michael (Diana),
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Thomas (Karin), and Catherine; grandchildren Max Holmes, Aram and Jem Russell; sister Katherine (Terry) Waldron, brothers Thomas (Evelyn), Paul (Christine), and David; many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. A private burial followed the Mass. Arrangements are under the care of Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown.
OAKSVILLE – Richard Frederick Smith, Jr., a lifelong area resident and longtime employee of Remington Arms, passed away following a lengthy illness Monday afternoon, Sept. 13, 2021, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. He was 78. Born August 21, 1943, at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, he was one of four children of Richard Frederick Smith, Sr. andDorothyArleneRoseboom Smith. He attended Cooperstown schools and was a member of the Cooperstown High School Class of 1961. On March 17, 1962, Dick married Patricia Ann Edwards in a ceremony at the Cooperstown Methodist Church, and they went on to enjoy a total of 60 wonderful years together. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather and
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Cooperstown native pursing pro fishing dreams By GREG KLEIN
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Cooperstown native Kyle Patrick shows off a recent catch on the Bassmaster Fishing Tour.
A former Cooperstown resident is pursuing his dream of making it on the professional bass fishing tour and having success doing it. Kyle Patrick, who grew up in Cooperstown, and whose family still lives here, has spent his year since college graduation making advances into the pro tour. “It has been a neat thing,” said Patrick, who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, but was home last week visiting. “It is just something I love. “I played college soccer (at Hobart and William Smith Colleges), but I was never as good at that as I am at fishing,” he said. Patrick said he got his start bass fishing on Canadarago Lake when he was about 11-years old. It turns out, he was the one who was hooked.
“At some point you have to decide if you want to make the jump to the next level,” he said. Local tournament success led Patrick to seek out a spot on the Bassmasters Fishing Tour. Similar to the sport of golf, bass fishing requires competitors to qualify for the pro tour by winning or accumulating points on a smaller, regional circuit first. Patrick has started that process and said he thinks he has a good chance to make the elite competition, either this year or, at worst, in the next several years. “It can be tough, just because it’s a lot of travel and you are not making a lot of money,” he said. However, for someone who fished his first tournament as a pre-teen in a canoe, paddling hard to compete with guys in motorboats, Patrick said he can see the signs of his improvement and success. He has
about a dozen sponsors now and a professional boat that is state-of-the-art. And although the sport is something that Patrick said he loves, he stressed it is also hard, grueling work. When he is in competition he can log 12-hour days on the lake, not just during events, but before them as well as he studies the water and the fish. “It is a lot of casting, a lot of trial and error with lures,” he said. “I have a lot of different rods with different technology.” After fishing in a couple of New York competitions in the past month, Patrick is returning south for events. He will cast off Thursday, Sept. 23, in the Lake Norman Tournament in Charlotte, and then travel to Oklahoma in October for the Grand Lake Tournament. Go to www.kgpfishing.com to follow Patrick’s progress on the tour.
Milford girls, Coop boys advance to face SK teams in Chic Walshe STAFF REPORT DAVENPORT — Milford’s girls and Cooperstown’s boys each dominated host Charlotte Valley in opening round games of the Chic Walshe Tournament on Saturday, Sept 18. Both teams will play South Kortright in the tournament finals Saturday, Sept. 25. The Rams advanced over Worcester in both games, but the Wolverines made it tough on SK. The SK girls won in overtime, 3-1, while the boys teams tied, 1-1, with the Rams advancing on penalty kicks, 4-3. The Cooperstown boys advanced with a 6-1 win over the host Wildcats and then the Milford girls beat CV, 5-0. The girls final is scheduled for 2 p.m. and the boys final for 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER SK 1, Worcester 1, SK advances on PKs, 4-3 In the boys opener, the Wolverines withstood a 20-6 disadvantage in shots and an 11-0 SK edge in corner kicks to earn a tie with South Kortright. The game counts as a tie, but SK advanced to the tournament final with a 4-3 win on penalty kicks. Josh Anderson scored the SK goal on an assist from Jacob Morton. Connor Fancher scored the Worcester goal on an assist from Ben Ballard.
Cooperstown 6, Charlotte Valley 1 Luca Gardner-Olesen had a hat trick and an assist as the Hawkeyes advanced to next week’s finals. Gardner-Olesen started the scoring just three minutes into the game on a cross that Colby Diamond netted for a 1-0 lead. About 12 minutes later, Aidan Spencer made a shot from about 25 out for a 2-0 lead. Trevor Waid bodied a ball in for CV to make it 2-1, with 21:24 left in the first half, but three minutes later Cooperstown answered when GardnerOlesen took a ball down the left side and finished with a score for a 3-1 lead that held up until the second half. Two minutes into the second half, Spencer made a left-footed shot to the right corner for a 4-1 lead. Seven minutes later, Diamond returned the favor to Gardner-Olesen with a great cross that lead to a header to the back of the net and a 5-1 lead. With about 25 left in the game, Liam Spencer put a long ball into the box that Gardner-Olesen again turned into a header goal. Cooperstown outshot the Wildcats, 37-4, and held a 7-3 advantage on corner kicks. GIRLS SOCCER Milford 5, Charlotte Valley 0 Kara Mertz scored twice as the visiting
Wildcats shut out the host Wildcats. Freshman Lilly Cohn started the scoring for Milford when she scored seven minutes into the game. Mertz would then score back-to-back goals pushing the Milford lead to 3-0 at halftime. The second half saw a stoppage of play when Charlotte Valley defender Jenna Lubbers went down with an injury. Lubbers would not return to the game. Milford got two second-half goals, one each from Delaney Maison and Laney Price. Price also had an assist, as did Alexis Sutphin, Grace Cohn and Bella Saggese. Charlotte Valley’s best chance to get on the scoreboard came following a Milford foul in the box. Elizabeth Gerster’s penalty kick went directly to Milford goalie Leeanna West, who made the stop for another shutout. SK 3, Worcester 1, OT The Wolverines again played SK to a standstill only to see the Rams advance after regulation. Iriyah Haley scored for the Wolverines. Madison Coberly, Lacey Eckert and Emily Anderson scored for Cheryl Clough the Rams. WCDO Sports Director Nate Lull and Milford’s Lilly Cohn tries to get around Charlotte photographer Cheryl Clough contrib- Valley defender Jenna Lubbers during the Chic Walshe opening round Saturday. uted to this report.
Sports Roundup: Hawkeyes, Yellowjackets get football victories STAFF REPORT Cooperstown won its first game of the season Friday, Sept. 17, and Oneonta improved to 2-0 on Saturday, Sept. 18, in high school football. Cooperstown 22, Weedsport 20 In Weedsport, the Hawkeyes got their first win of the 2021 season, defeating the 2019 eight-person football champions. Liam Ford threw for 117 yards and a touchdown to Henry Loeffler for Cooperstown (1-1), which also got rushing touchdowns from Brady Hascup and Bryson Whitaker. Kalen Dempsey also caught six passes for 75 yards for the Hawkeyes. Oneonta 40, Mechanicville 18 In Mechanicville, Kaden Halstead passed for 146 yards, ran for 62 more and scored three touchdowns as Oneonta improved to 2-0 with a big non-conference win on the road. Carter Neer had 57 yards rushing and a touchdown and Cameron Sitts scored on a 57-yard punt return. Jack Caruso also scored for the Yellowjackets. GIRLS SOCCER Monday, Sept. 20 Unatego 7, A/H 0 Kylie Mussaw and Tatum Coddington each scored a goal and had two assists as Unatego won a home game in the Midstate Athletic Conference, 7-0, over Afton/Harpursville. Julia Renwick, Alexa Lucia,
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Bailey McCoy, Sarah Ostrander and Anabel Rommer scored the other goals for the Spartans. SV 8, Cooperstown 0 In Cooperstown, the host Hawkeyes fell to Sauquoit Valley in a Center State Conference match. Saturday, Sept. 18
Schenevus 8, Oxford 2 In Oxford, Angie Competiello had a hat trick and Taylor Knapp and Shawna Whiteman each scored twice as the Dragons won the Oxford Tournament. Hannah Sulas had the other goal for Schenevus, while Lily
Competiello had an assist. Waterville 4, Cooperstown 1 In Waterville, Lauren Koffer scored on a pass from Claire Jensen, but Cooperstown lost a Center State Conference game to host Waterville. C-NS 5, Oneonta 0 In Oneonta, the host Yellowjackets fell to AA powerhouse C-NS in a non-league game at the Wright National Soccer Campus. Unatego 5, Chenango Forks 0 In Otego, the Spartan girls stayed undefeated with a non-league win over CF. Alexa Lucia had a goal and an assist for Unatego, which also got goals from Bailey McCoy, Lilyanna Barnes, Kylie Mussaw and Chelsi VanDeusen. Morris 2, Edmeston 0 In Morris the Mustang girls also got a homecoming win, topping the visiting Panthers in a Tri-Valley League game. Hannah Wist and Amira Ross scored for Morris, which got assists from Carissa Richards and Madison Aikins. Friday, Sept. 17 Schenevus 9, McGraw 0 In Oxford, Angie Competiello scored four goals and Lily Competiello scored three goals as Schenevus rolled in the opening round of the Oxford Tournament. Hannah Sulas scored once and had two assists, Sam Barrett scored and Taylor Knapp had three assists for the Dragons.
BOYS SOCCER Monday, Sept. 20 Owego 5, Oneonta 0 In Oneonta, visiting Owego Free Academy beat the Yellowjackets in a Southern Tier Athletic Conference match. Saturday, Sept. 18 Stockbridge 7, RS 0 In Richfield Springs, the hosts lost a non-conference game to Section III school Stockbridge. Morris 2, Edmeston 1 In Morris, the Mustangs had a happy homecoming with a big win over the visiting Panthers in a TriValley League game, thanks to J.J. Benjamin’s game-winning goal on an assist from Scott Murphy with about eight minutes left in the game. Kyle Ough scored Edmeston’s goal while Asa Dugan had the other score for Morris. O/E/SJ 7, CV-S 1 In Cherry Valley, the host Patriots lost a non-league game to visiting Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville. Will Heinrich netted the goal for CV-S. Friday, Sept. 17 Lansing 4, Oneonta 0 In Oneonta, the Yellowjackets fell to 3-2 after a shutout loss to Lansing in a Southern Tier Athletic Conference match. Franklin/Unatego 6, Sidney 1 In Franklin, Matthew Serrao had a hat trick to help lead the combined Franklin/Unatego squad to a nonleague win. Connor Kulp had a goal and an See ROUNDUP, Page A8
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Hawkeyes top visiting Poland, Unatego loses close volleyball match to Greene ROUNDUP/Continued from Page A7 assist and Austin Wilde and Aiden Nolan scored the other goals for Franklin/Unatego. Cooperstown, 4, Poland 1 Liam Spencer had a goal and an assist as Cooperstown stayed undefeated in boys soccer with a win over visiting Poland in a Center State Conference match. “It was a great game,” Cooperstown Coach Frank Miosek said. “We did a lot of good things out there today.” Although the Hawkeyes outshot the Tornadoes 26-6 and had an 8-1 advantage in corners, the game stayed close for the first 60 minutes Friday. Spencer scored the opening goal 22:35 into the game after dribbling through traffic at the 18. It was 40 minutes later when Spencer made a cross that Luca Gardner-Olesen finished for a 2-0 lead. Colby Diamond made it 3-0 with 12:29 left in the game, scoring on a throw in from P.J. Kiuber. Poland got that goal back 29 seconds later when Austin Huckabone shot from 25 out and put the ball over Cooperstown keeper Finn Holohan’s head. About a minute later Ollie Wasson scored on a pass from Matt Salis to give the Hawkeyes the 4-1 win. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Monday, Sept. 20 Greene 3, Unatego 2 In Greene, the visiting Spartans lost a Midstate Athletic Conference match, 2522, 25-9, 19-25, 21-25, 25-18. Abby Bomba had six aces for Unatego, which also got five aces and two assists from Ava Hilton. Lillian Kemp led Greene with 12 aces. Greg Klein/The Freeman’s Journal WCDO Sports Director Nate Lull and Cooperstown junior Fred Hogdson plays the ball away from a chasing Poland defender Friday, Sept. 17, during a photographer Cheryl Clough contributed Center State Conference Division III game at Cooperstown Central School. The Hawkeyes won, 4-1, and then beat to this report. Charlotte Valley the next day in Davenport, 6-1, to stay undefeated this season in boys soccer.
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Drugovich: the timing is good for early retirement By KEVIN LIMITI Retiring Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich said she will miss the Oneonta community when she steps down next year. “I really enjoyed being part of the Oneonta community and I’ll miss it,” Drugovich said on Monday, Sept. 20, and said how much she liked the warm atmosphere of the people in Oneonta. “They care deeply about one another and the people in it,” Drugovich said. “It’s just a great place to be and I’ll make sure to tell the next person who will be president that it’s a community they will really enjoy.” Drugovich, 62, said that she felt she was leaving at a good time because the college was soon going to be having its 225th anniversary. She also said she was happy to step aside next year because it was a good landmark for her. “I feel good about the 14 years I’ve been here and what we’ve been able to accomplish,” Drugovich
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said, who noted she began her tenure in 2008 during a recession and was ending it in 2021 during a pandemic. “We’ve made a lot of progress on campus,” Drugovich said. “We’ve done a lot of good work. She also said Hartwick College
has changed a lot, noting an increased diversity within the student body, with 35% being from non-white backgrounds. She said the students showed they were more compassionate, more thoughtful and more in tune with their surroundings.
She praised the students, who are “more focused on issues that had to do with justice and the environment,” which was fitting for the times they are living in. Drugovich said the increased diversity, as well as the changing nature of what students at Hartwick College are interested in, is “good for the Oneonta community as well.” Drugovich said she went to a football game last week and saw the various students in the Hartwick College colors cheering on their team and realized they had developed a great sense of community. “They want to be members of the community,” Drugovich said. One of Drugovich’s major accomplishments was developing FlightPath, a support system for students at Hartwick College, in 2017. She said the school’s administration looked at the changing nature of colleges going forward and hired research firms to determine what future students would need to help them with success
in education and eventually employment. “I’m still in awe at what they were able to do,” Drugovich said. Aspects of FlightPath include an embedded career program, mentoring and providing all students with a “success coach” in order to help the students and make sure they don’t fall behind. She also said she was going to be working with Hartwick “to make it a smooth transition” when she eventually leaves. She and the school have not announced a retirement date, yet. However, Drugovich said she imagines she is going to continue working in higher education and has no current plans to “go fishing.” She feels the college’s anniversary is a “golden moment” to retire. “Whenever you bring a new leader into the community, that generates a lot of interest and excitement,” Drugovich said. “My contract didn’t expire until 2024, but we felt this was a good time.”
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
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Destination Oneonta plans The October concert, Harvest Party By PATRICK DEWEY With the arrival of fall, many organizations are being innovative, hosting events safely despite the rise of the Delta variant. Destination Oneonta is no exception. Friday, Oct. 15, at the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, D.O. will host a concert with the Legendary Wailers and the Cooperstown-based band Hanzolo. On Oct. 16, they will hold a “Harvest Party” at Oneonta’s Neahwa Park. Katrina Van Zandt, director of member events at D.O., said the idea for the events came about because the Susquehanna Balloon Festival, normally held on Labor Day weekend, was cancelled because of a combination of coronavirus protocols and scheduling conflicts. So, D.O. decided a series of events in the fall would be the best way to give back to the community. The Legendary Wailers are led by Julian “Junior” Marvin. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Junior joined Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1977. The Wailers’ “Exodus” album became the first to feature Junior. Time magazine named “Exodus” “The album of the century.” In 2000, Time named “One Love,” which appeared on the Exodus album, “Song of the Millennium.” Until Bob’s passing in 1981, Junior was the Wailers’ lead guitarist and toured the world with the Wailers. His band strives to “play and sing Bob Marley and the Wailers hit songs the way Bob intended them to be heard.” Hanzolo was started five years ago by brothers Jack and Carl Loewenguth, and their friend Nick Summers. Carl Loewenguth said jazz, funk and R&B are among the genres that influence the now seven-piece band’s sound. He said reggae has a big impact on the Hanzolo sound as well. Hanzolo members attended the Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, where they discovered several up-andcoming reggae bands. He said he grew up with the music of Bob Marley as a frequent soundtrack and sites the Bob Marley and the Wailers album “Natty Dread” as a favorite.
He said it will be an honor to open for the Legendary Wailers, adding it is surreal that he and his bandmates will have this opportunity. Loewenguth said many of the lyrics to Hanzolo originals are about new beginnings, change, and various types of relationships. “I write about what goes through my head,” he said. Hanzolo is currently working on a new album which will be self-titled. There is no release date yet for this album, which will be the band’s second. Its first album, “Table Butter” can be streamed on Spotify and Apple Music, among others. Go to www. hanzolomusic.com for more information. Tickets for the Foothills concert are available now and are $10. For this event, audience members must provide proof of full vaccination that took place at least two weeks prior to the concert. For this proof, paper, valid digital content, or a picture of a valid document may be shown at the door. Or, at the door, an audience member can provide proof of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of the concert. Regardless of vaccination status, all audience members and staff will be required to wear face coverings unless actively eating or drinking. The Harvest Party will take place Oct. 16, from noon to 6 p.m., at Neahwa Park. Chris Lott, who is promoting both events through Evening with Communications, said the event will feature live music, food trucks, arts and crafts vendors and activities for people of all ages. Local nonprofits will be on-site as well. Admission is free but does not include food, drink or goods from vendors. Van Zandt said anyone interested in being a vendor at the Harvest Party can call or text her directly at 607-376-7599. For more details, visit www.destinationoneonta.com or go to Destination Oneonta on Facebook or Instagram. The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta, and AllOtsego.com are among the sponsors for both events.
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People Major General Ray Shields, the adjutant general for the state of New York, announced the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard. Included were the following local residents: Ian Seeley, from Oneonta and assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry received a promotion to the rank of private 1st class July 31. Nicholas Chase from Otego and assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, received a promotion to the rank of private 1st class on July 24.
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Groff’s new novel ‘Matrix’ inspired by Marie de France By CHAD G. WELCH Award-winning author Lauren Groff’s sixth novel “Matrix,” was released this month to rave reviews, including earning four stars from USA Today and a National Book Award nomination from The National Book Foundation. USA Today critic Steph Cha called the book “a relentless exhibition of Groff’s freakish talent,” and New York Times critic Kathryn Harrison wrote “it provides Groff a literary springboard into a past whose features offer a mirror to our own time.” “Matrix” is a historical fiction novel based on Marie de France, the first French female poet best known for her collection of 12 narrative poems titled “The Lais of Marie de France” written during the 12th century. As the back cover copy explains, “Marie, born the last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, is determined to chart a bold new course for the women she now leads and protects. But in a world that is shifting and corroding in frightening ways, one that can never reconcile itself with her existence, will the sheer force of Marie’s vision be bulwark enough?” “‘Matrix’ is also a meditation on power, and how we internalize attitudes to power even if we’re also trying to subvert it,” Groff said. “The great academic Judith Butler said that, ‘power not only acts on a
subject but, in a transitive sense, enacts the subject into being,’ and the ways in which my Marie undermines the hegemonic power structures of the day, but Groff also replicates them, was something I wanted to explore.” While the main story is about a devoted nun leading her sisters in a forgotten abbey in the English countryside during the Middle Ages, “Matrix” includes acts of love, lust and sex, of war and violent deaths and it intentionally incorporates some prevailing issues like feminism and climate change, Groff said. “I think that people often misconstrue historical fiction as sheer escapism, but, in my opinion, really interesting historical fiction is speaking of the past and the present at the same time,” Groff said. “I began this book at a time when I found the contemporary world just overwhelming, just impossible to fully understand, or even understand enough about it to do it justice in fiction. I felt morally shaky in even attempting it.” “But I could talk about urgent issues by setting a book in the past. I could, as Emily Dickinson puts it, ‘tell it slant.’ One of the spurs to write this, and another historical fiction that I’m working on
at the moment, is that I wanted to find a way to trace back, through a millennium, the roots of how we got here, at the cusp of climate apocalypse, which I tried to explore in ‘Matrix,’” she said. Groff said the source of her latest novel was “triparate.” After graduating from Cooperstown Central School in 1996, Groff attended Amherst College where she said she studied ancient French. “I fell in love with (Marie’s) lais, which are brilliant, fantastical stories in poetic form. I wanted to do a translation of the lais, but never quite got around to doing a final round,” she said. “The second strand was the day before the idea came to me, when I was on a plane
and saw the extraordinary 1940s film, “The Women,” which has only female characters but, sadly, every conversation circles around a man — a missed opportunity! “And the third and final strand was when I went to a lecture while I was a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies and saw my friend, Dr. Katie Bugyis, give a talk on the liturgical practices of medieval nuns, and was so astonished and overwhelmed with joy that, as I was sitting there, the novel I wanted to write fell into my lap.” Since little biographical information has been written about the real Marie de France, Groff said she built her protagonist’s character from her own works. “There are so few actual facts about Marie de France known to historians,” Groff said. “They think she may have been a French woman in an English abbey, or perhaps an illegitimate child of a noble, or even, perhaps one of Eleanor of Aquitaine’s daughters. Nothing verifiable, alas. “So all I had to work with were the texts that Marie de France left behind, her lais and her fables,” she said. “I plucked from both the most vivid imagery and ideas and built a kind of flash fiction out of these details, which gave rise to my imagined biography of a very real woman.” Groff’s debut novel, “The Monsters of Templeton,” was
based on Cooperstown and was a New York Times Bestseller and Editors’ Choice Pick. She followed that with “Delicate Edible Birds,” a collection of nine stories. Her third novel, “Arcadia,” was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and her fourth book, “Fates and Furies,” was picked by President Barack Obama as his favorite book of 2015. It was also Amazon’s Book of the Year. In 2018 Groff released “Florida,” a collection of 11 stories that had originally been published elsewhere, including “The Best American Short Stories 2007,” edited by author Stephen King, and “The Best American Short Stories 2010,” edited by Pulitzer winning writer Richard Russo. Groff said her upcoming works, though about different subjects and set at different places in different times, will have “overarching obsessions that link them.” They won’t be sequels, “I think they’ll just be weird sisters,” she said. “I would hope very much that any reader of my work would come away with a great joy in the language of the books, with knotty and interesting questions to think about, with the pleasure that comes from reading an interesting story,” Groff said. “And, of course, because I grew up in small, beautiful Cooperstown, I think they’d recognize my urge to write about close-knit, thoughtful, sometimes claustrophobic, utopias!”
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Walk for a cause! The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is happening at Neahwa Park in Oneonta. Every walk around the country is planned with the health and safety of all participants. Get involved by either walking, volunteering or donating. For more information, go to www. act.alz.org/site. • Join the Otsego Dance Society for an afternoon Waltz in the Park. With contradances still canceled, this is a good opportunity to see some friends (with masks on), and enjoy contradancing music and a few waltzes as performed by local musician Peter Blue and friends. Waltzing with your significant other, or other member of your household, is allowed. Bring a lawnchair, snacks and water. There will not be any food available on site. By the Pavillion in Neahwa Park, Oneonta from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25. For info: 607965-8232 or visit www.facebook. com/OtsegoDanceSociety. • Bust out the lederhosen and dirndl dress and get ready for the fourth annual Oktoberfest. There will be polka dances, German food, Bavarian decorations and traditional Oktoberfest Lager. Live bands include Tony’s Polka Band from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday & Sunday. The Northside Sound will be performing from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday. At Red Shed Brewery, 709 County Rte. 33 in Middlefield. From noon to 9 p.m., Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, Sept. 24, 25, 26. For info: 607731-6454 or visit www.facebook. com/redshedbrewing. • Jump online to hear from the author of the “The Andes Central School Faculty and Staff Kindness Journal,” Jennifer Finkle. She started the journal after watching an “Oprah” show discussing how good random kindness can feel to both the giver and receiver. She opened with “Remember, you as a human being are very powerful; remember, challenges teach us about the elasticity
of the human spirit. Use this journal to record a random acts of kindness that you do. Pass the journal to the recipient and ask them do the same. I hope you’ll be surprised to see how good random kindness can feel.” Finkle proceeded to pass the journal around her entire school and the results are being published with cooperation from Bright Hill Press. She is discussing the book and the “Kindness Is Contagious” project on this month’s Word Thursday. Presented by the Bright Hill Press and Literary Center. from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23. Visit brighthillpress.org for information. • Get outside with the Otsego County Conservation Association and help protect our local environment. OCCA will be hosting a highway clean-up along a two-mile stretch of a local highway, so break out the sturdy shoes and long pants and be ready to give back to the planet. Equipment will be provided, courtesy of the Adopt-A-Highway program. Registration required. Meet at OCCA’s office, 7207 State Rte. 80. From 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25. For info: 607547-4488 or occainfo.org/calendar/ occa-highway-cleanup/.
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The Art Garage owner Sydney Waller speaks about the art of Tom Nussbaum on Monday, Sept. 20.
Art in the garage Middlefield gallery owner showcases contemporary art from local, international artists in her garage By GREG KLEIN On a country road, in a converted garage, in the town of Middlefield, some of the most amazing works of contemporary art are on display daily. The Art Garage, owned by Sydney Waller, has spent the past 10 years displaying modern art from artists from Otsego County, as well as around the country and the world. “It is in my DNA,” Waller said. A Connecticut native, Waller grew up spending parts of her summers in Roseboom. “My mom bought this old farm in Roseboom. It had no electricity and no running water,” she said. “We spent part of every summer there and we thought it was Heaven.” After majoring in art history at Smith College, Waller moved to Otsego County. She went to graduate school at Harvard Graduate School of Education and got a master’s degree in human development, but soon returned to Otsego and the arts. Waller ran several art galleries during her career, including one in Cooperstown, Gallery 53.
However, as she neared retirement, she said she had a conundrum. She represented the estates of two local artists, Lavern Kelley from Oneonta and Alice Hudson from Norwich, and wanted to continue to represent their work. And her love of contemporary art had not subsided either. Fate intervened in the form of garage repairs. “So, I needed a garage,” she said. “I thought, ‘I love running art galleries,’ and I thought, ‘when I retire, I will just run a gallery in my garage and not have to commute.’” The Art Garage opened 10 years ago and shows and sales quickly followed. “My primary thing is not about selling,” she said. “My primary thing is about giving artists an opportunity, especially modern artists.” Waller said she is particularly fascinated by “outsider art” by self-taught artists. Her most recent show, which opened last weekend, is a prime example. The works of Adam Masava, a teacher and social activist from See GARAGE, Page B4
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The work of Kenyan artist Adam Masava, highlighting the lives of people in the slums of Nairobi’s Mukuru, is on display at The Art Garage in the town of Middlefield through Nov. 13.
Art Garage exhibits reflect owner’s passion for contemporary, outsider art GARAGE/from Page B3 Nairobi, Kenya, is the feature show in the garage’s center studio, highlighting his paint on metal works depicting every-day life in the slums of Mukuru. “He wants people to know that these people are good people,” she said. “He feels like people think whoever lives in a slum must be horrible people. “And it should be noted, he is
painting on the same metal people use to build their houses,” she said. Masava learned about the Art Garage when he met Waller’s nephew, who is also living in Kenya. “That is how it happens a lot of the time,” she said, “somebody will ring me out of the blue. In fact, Adam rang me out of the blue.” Waller’s other show features the work of Tom Nussbaum, who has a home in Burlington Flats.
Both shows are part of Waller’s 2021 theme of social justice, which she also highlighted in a recent show dealing with Black Lives Matter that featured a group of artists from East Orange, New Jersey. “Like so many people in Cooperstown, I am concerned about justice in our society,” she said. “It was very important to my mother. It just seemed like, ‘what can I do? Well, I run a gallery, so I can show
art that deals with social justice in our society.’” Nussbaum’s show runs through Oct. 10. Masava’s show runs through Nov. 13. The Art Garage is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m, and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., by appointment. Call 607-547-5327 or text 315-941-9607 to view the galleries or go to The Art Garage on Facebook for more information.
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Tom Nussbaum’s work will be on display at The Art Garage through Oct. 10.
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Our best bets for local fall activities Bear Pond offers great wine; Neahwa Park is an amazing place
Kathleen Peters Graphic Designer Apple and Pumpkin picking It’s the perfect time to get out there and pick some apples or pumpkins. We have both growing on our property — from ancient apple trees and in The Husband’s garden — but there are plenty of local places where you can pick your own. Don’t go for all of those fake apple- and pumpkin-flavored edibles and drinkables. Go for the real thing and make your own. To me, the best part about too many apples and pumpkins is making apple and pumpkin butter, and apple and pumpkin pies. I haven’t tried mixing the butters yet, but I did try a “pumple” pie that was downright tasty! (Or was it an appkin pie?)
Of course, if you’re not up for picking your own, there are plenty of local farmer’s markets and farmstands where you can cheat and buy large quantities of both. And don’t forget it’s garlic season, too. Buy some local garlic and try planting it in your garden this fall. Easy peasy, and in the summer you get a whole bulb from each clove that you plant. Some picking places include Middlefield Orchard and Windy Hill Orchard and Farm Market in Cassville. Local markets include the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Richfield Springs Farmer’s Market, and the Oneonta Farmers’ Market. Danielle Crocco Marketing Consultant Bear Pond Winery I pass by Bear Pond Winery every day on my way to work. Being new to the
area and a wine lover, I knew I wanted to check it out. I went on Sunday and it is definitely an awesome place to go! They have an awesome wine slushy, and also sell snacks, so we got to make a nice charcuterie board. They offer a selection of beers for those non-wine lovers! The people working were super helpful and friendly which is always nice. They gave us a Cooperstown Beverage Trail checklist, so the next time we are out, we can cross a winery or brewery off our list. It was such a nice day, we decided to sit outside where there is a decent amount of shaded areas, as well as some areas in the sun. There is a big field of grass where you could bring a blanket and hang out, or if you have kids let them run around! They had some
good tunes playing and it wasn’t super crowded, so you were able to really relax and enjoy your time! Kevin Limiti Reporter Neahwa Park Besides SUNY Oneonta and the Baseball Hall of Fame, Otsego County’s most well known attraction is actually its landscape and nature. There are so many beautiful mountains, hills, valleys, farms and scenery But what can people like me who are either not inclined to go out exploring the vast wilderness or otherwise have limited time do? No fear! Neahwa Park is here! Neahwa Park is impressive in its placidity, overwhelming in its beauty and full of different things to do. For those interested in history and honoring military
veterans, there is a memorial in the park paying homage to the veterans of different American wars. It is also where they hold Memorial Day celebrations. There is a skate park where you can hear the slaps of the board on pavement and the sounds of people joking and laughing in the park. Because of how close Neahwa Park is to me, I like to take a walk there with my headphones, sometimes bringing a notebook with me to record the sights and the sounds and make up little creative stories. You can also go bird watching if so inclined. Dog walking is very popular and it is not uncommon to see dozens of dogs. I try to pet as many of them as humanly possible. Neahwa Park is a great place to relax.
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Does my pitbull really need a muzzle? Dear Tom, My husband and I recently adopted a seven-year-old pitbull from our local shelter. He’s a happy, mellow, friendly dog who loves anyone and everyone he meets. Unfortunately, in one of his previous homes he and another dog escaped from the backyard and managed to seriously injure a neighbor’s pet rabbit. As a result, the city issued a “dangerous dog” mandate that requires him to wear a muzzle whenever he’s out in public. This seems excessive to us — he’s never shown any aggression towards other people or dogs, and we have him on a leash at all times when we’re out and about. We’re worried that the muzzle makes him appear much more dangerous than he actually is. Do you think that a muzzle is necessary in this case? Katie Dear Katie, Thank you for being one of the good guys by adopting a dog in need of a home. Depending on who you read and how you define, there are probably six to eight different types of aggression. The dog that chases a squirrel or a mouse is presenting predatory aggression which is common to most dogs. The eight-week old puppy that chases a blowing leaf is presenting predation. I’ve lost count of all the people who asked me what they should do if a dog is threatening them. The first thing I tell them is what not to do, invite the dog to give chase and bite by turning your back and running. My standard poodle Paula Jean, killed a chipmunk in the woods during a hike. Being well trained as she is, had I seen it coming I could have told her “Leave it!” and the chipmunk would have lived to see another day. Paula Jean is nothing close to a candidate for a muzzle! The fact that in your letter you mentioned it was two dogs that attacked the rabbit actually leaves the possibility that your dog was just a bystander, not to mention the rabbit survived the attack. A pitbull-size dog could kill a rabbit in a heartbeat, and yet the rabbit survived the assault of two dogs? Add to that the fact that he’s friendly toward people and dogs when you walk him tells me that muzzling him is not only unnecessary, it’s quite detrimental to his further socialization and growth. The original pitbull was bred to never bite a human but rather fight other animals in a pit as onlookers placed bets. There is no domestic animal that denotes the body language of a human better than a dog. Now picture the response of everybody who sees a muzzled dog. That dog will never experience the joy of friendly strangers and dogs as everyone backs away fearfully and suspiciously. And that in turn that will make the muzzled dog more fearful and suspicious. In this case, take the muzzle off! Dog Charmer Tom Cooperstown author Tom Shelby will answer pet owner questions on dog training. Email your questions to dogsrshelby@msn.com.
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with a ribbon cutting, live music, food, and wine tastings. Montezuma Winery, 4841 State Route 28 in Hartwick. For info: 607-400-1001. LIFESKILLS – From 4 to 6 p.m. Teens are invited to learn incook OtsegO COunty to with Lynn. Menu posted to FB. Seating limited, reservations required. Presented by The Oneonta Teen Center. At 50 Dietz St. in Oneonta. For info: 607 441 3999. COMMUNITY NIGHT – From 5 to 7 p.m. Residents of Richfield Springs are invited for a fun night of hot dogs, beverages, games, and prizes. Meet your local farmers, take a family portrait, sign the kids up for 4-H, scouts, sports, and more. Followed by a showing of “The One and Only Ivan.” Richfield Springs Community Center, At 6 Ann St. in Richfield Springs. For info: 315-858-0230.
the Sullivan-Clinton expedition of 150 years previously which destroyed the Iroquois Confederacy. Registration for Zoom required. Presented by the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie. For info: 518673-2317, ext 113.
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HARVEST CELEBRATION – From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. Walk around the historic village, learn from the historic interpreters and enjoy the fall activities from wagon rides, to corn shelling/ grinding, and tinsmithing with the blacksmith, and more. Included with admission. At The Farmers’ Museum. For info: 607-547-1450. SENIOR HARVEST PARTY – From 1 to 3 p.m. Seniors age 60 and older and a guest are invited to sample baked goods, meet new people, learn about programs in the area. There will also be Tai Chi demonstrations, cooking demonstration, and relaxing violin music from John Potocnik. At Rustic Ridge Winery, 2805 State Route 80 in Burlington Flats. For info: 607-547-6481. OPEN HOUSE – At 7 p.m. CCS elementary parents are invited for a virtual open house to learn about the childrens teachers, expectations, and more. At Cooperstown Elementary School.
►Friday, Sept. 24 HARVEST CELEBRATION – From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. See Thurs. listing. TEDX ONEONTA – At 6 p.m. Speakers from all over and from all professions present on a variety of topics from sustainability, to workplace culture, and much more. Registration required. Cost is $30/person. At Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta.
►Saturday, Sept. 25 HARVEST CELEBRATION – From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. See Thurs. listing. GRAND OPENING – From 2 to 5 p.m. New business celebrates their grand opening
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►Sunday, Sept. 26 ALZHEIMERS WALK – At 1 p.m. Join the Walk to End Alzheimers and help raise money to end this deadly disease. Event will include an opening ceremony at 2 p.m., and a Promise Garden Ceremony with flowers brought by participants, the colors signify your connection to Alzheimers. At Neahwa Park in Oneonta. Visit act.alz.org to signup or donate.
►Monday, Sept. 27 HARVEST CELEBRATION – From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. See Thurs. listing.
►Tuesday, Sept. 28 HARVEST CELEBRATION – From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. See Thurs. listing. HISTORY LECTURE – At 6:30 p.m. Join historian Mary Alexander for a discussion of how the villages of Upstate New York in 1929 Commemorated
►Wednesday, Sept. 29 TRAP SHOOT – At 1 & 6 p.m. Bring your shotgun and shells for fun afternoon and evening trapshoot. (Weather permitting). Cost is $1/round. Please follow all firearm regulations. At Crumhorn Rod & Gun Club, 574 Crumhorn Lake Rd. in Maryland. For info: 607-638-9379. BROADBAND – At 6 p.m. Join community discussion featuring Assemblymen Peter Oberacker, Brian Miller and John Salka on access to broadband internet in Springfield Center. The elected officials will be answering questions about NY State Pathways to Broadband internet in rural areas. At Springfield Center Community Center, 129 County Route 29A in Springfield Center. For info: 315-858-5802. GROWING GARLIC – At 6:30 p.m. Join online class to learn about planting & growing Garlic with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cobleskill. Registration required for Zoom. For info: 518-234-4303 x119.
Autumn Dreams B-7 finalist on the VOICE, and has a top release with Blake Shelton. This is the 20th annual Play It Forward. Proceeds will be going to OHS Alumni Association Music Scholarship. Tickets are $15/person. Seating is limited. At Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta. For
info: 607-432-5450.
►Saturday, October 2 BAKE SALE – From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Support local fire department. . Hartwick Seminary Fire Dept., 4877 State Route 28, in Hartwick Seminary.
COOPERSTOWN October 2-3 & 9-10 10am- 4pm Years of collecting stuff and now regretting collecting all that stuff. Household, boating motors, wagon wheels, dryer, tools, video equipment, collectables, beer advertising, party tent (used once)... too long a list.
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►Thursday, Sept. 30 HARVEST CELEBRATION – From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. See Thurs. listing.
►Friday, October 1 HARVEST CELEBRATION – From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. See Thurs. listing. BENEFIT CONCERT – At 7 p.m. Stop in for Ian Flannigan performing live, a top three
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