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Volume 205, No. 14
COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND
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Is Hyde Hall Haunted?
TV Hunters Seek Ghosts At Mansion By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Kyra Varney, 3, of Herkimer, whose mom, Deanna, works at Bassett Hospital, scrutinizes a colored egg handed out at the start of Cooperstown’s Easter Parade Saturday, March 30/MORE PHOTOS, A2
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4th Parade Remembers Gettysburg
The three new members of Cooperstown’s Board of Trustees – from left, Lou Allstadt, Joan Nicols and Bruce Maxson – are sworn into office. Village Clerk Teri Barown administered the oath Monday, April 1, and the three participated in their first meeting that evening.
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he theme of this year’s Town of Springfield Fourth of July Parade & Celebration is “Of the People, By the People, For the People,” to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg, the committee announced. The parade, Otsego County’s largest and one of the longest running in the U.S., will step off at 11 a.m. Thursday, the Fourth, in Springfield Center. Activities follow at the Community Center. To participate, e-mail springfield.july4@gmail. com, or call committee chair Deb Miller at (315) 8580304. Also, check facebook.
To Faithfully Discharge the Duties...’
Applauding the new trustees are, foreground, Village Court Clerk Mary Ann Travis and Assessor Al Keck. Behind Keck is former village police chief Diana Nicols, whose mother was bring sworn in, and her family.
BOOK COLLECTION: The Friends of the Village Library will be collecting books 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 6, at the Village Library for its summer book sale. Books, CDs, and audiotapes and videotapes welcome. No textbooks, svp.
trange footsteps in the early morning hours. A family crypt tucked away in the hillside. A curse hurled upon Hyde Hall so legendary, James Fenimore “Jimmy” Cooper (grandson of the “Last of The Mohicans” author) wrote about it in his 1920 book “The Legends and Traditions of a Northern County.” According to Cooper, Ann Carey Cooper Clarke, forced out of Hyde Hall by her son and his new bride, turned at the gate as she was leaving and yelled, “You may drive me out now, but I shall return and haunt it forever!” before adding, “May no woman ever be happy in it again!” “It’s a good read, but we have our doubts on that story,” said Jonathan Maney, executive director of Hyde Hall, now a National Historic Landmark. Though Maney has never Please See GHOSTS, B6
Village budget hearing april 11
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he Village Trustees have scheduled a hearing on the 201314 budget for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at 22 Main. To peruse the document in advance, visit WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
As Village Prepares Honors, County Caregivers Bud Fowler Biography Due Brace For NY Cuts
TREAT YOUR PET: As a fundraiser, Otsego County 4H youth will be selling healthy pet treats ($4 per package) for dogs, cats and horses. Ask a 4H member, call 547-2536, or e-mail otsego@cornell.edu
By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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iving in Santa Fe, transplanted New Yorker Jeffrey Michael Laing became intrigued with Bud Fowler, a black ballplayer and promoter who in
1888 created a short-lived minor league baseball team in the New Mexico capital. Laing, a Troy native with a Ph.D. from SUNY Albany who moved from New York City to the Southwest mecca 30 years ago when wife Jackie developed asthma, obtained a grant from Please See FOWLER, B6
Springbrook, Arc, Pathfinder Targeted By JIM KEVLIN
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Village – are facing cuts of more than $1.7 million. “You can’t ask people to do more, then pull the rug out from under them when they do more,” is how Springbrook CEO Patricia Kennedy reacted to the dePlease See CUTS, B6
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Parker Sitterly, 4, of Middlefield (in orange sweatshirt), leads the charge of gleeful youngsters across Hyde Hall’s egg-laden front lawn Saturday, March 30, during the National Historic Landmark’s annual Easter Egg Hunt. In all, 538 people – a record – and one dog participated; a record 296 goodie bags were handed out. Kathleen Barlow, 5, Fly Creek, gets in some quality time with “Mrs. Bunny” (Mary Margaret Kuhn) and the Easter Bunny at the Tunnicliff Inn’s Tea Party on Saturday, March 30, following the village’s annual Easter Parade from Lakefront Park. The two Easter favorites rode into Cooperstown on a fire truck.
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dward C. Smith, proprietor of SmithCooperstown Inc., has announced two key appointments following the retired of the Ford dealership’s longtime general manager, Mike Welch. Michael Simmons, a 27-year employee, THREE ON DEAN’S: Hans Ofer, Charles Kieler and Charles Taylor, all of Cooperstown, were named to RPI’s Dean’s List for fall.
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CASTLETON GRID STANDOUT: Dan Senif, a 2009 graduate of Cooperstown High School, recently completed a four-year term as a fullback and member of the Castleton Spartans Football special teams unit with two tackles and a fumble recovery in 24 career appearances.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013
EDITORIAL
First Black Pro Baseball Player Joins Otsego County’s Pantheon
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atives of national and international stature are rare in any particular locale, but Otsego County can boast a fair number. Of course, James Fenimore Cooper’s wide fame is still evident today in the busloads of Japanese tourists who can be seen Bud Fowler, left, may soon join an all-Otsego pantheon that includes, from left, James Fenimore Coosnapping photos of the per, Edward Clark, Collis Huntington, Sherman Fairchild, Allen Ginsberg and Blondie. Sleeping Lion each sumtial possibilities in 1932. was a big deal at the time. everywhere, from Maslage Board are embracing mer from the Glimmerglass • • sachusetts to Iowa to, yes, this pro-baseball pioneer as Queen’s landing. And even Without his partner, Amid these heroes of Cooperstown, where his the native son he is. While the many who may not have Cooperstownian-by-marliterature and commerce, it’s father ran a barbershop on Laing developed the story read it are aware of “The riage Edward Clark, it’s always a delight to discover Main Street during the son’s from the Santa Fe angle, it Last of the Mohicans.” likely Isaac Singer would greatness in (or from) our teen years. should be mentioned that While not as imbued in have been just another failed midst, as is emerging in the This itinerant sports former Hall of Fame histopopular culture, Oneonta’s inventor instead of popular- case of John “Bud Fowler” career, it turns out, had rian Lee Allen and former Fairchilds – dad George, izer of what is considered Jackson. Who hasn’t heard something to do with a HoF librarian Tom Heitz, after leaving Congress, the first household appliance of Jackie Robinson? Well, central fact about Fowler: as well at Village Historian was IBM’s first chairman, in history, the Singer Sewread on. He was black. Research, by Hugh MacDougall, deserve and son Sherman founded ing Machine. His grandson A few years ago, Troy na- others as well as Laing, now credit for firming up the Fairchild Industries – are tive Jeffrey Michael Laing, widely consider to be the Jackson/Fowler story from among our nation’s titans of Stephen C. is likewise this end. industry. Collis B. Hunting- world-famous as founder of a frequenter to Cooperstown first black to play pro ball. the National Baseball Hall before moving to Santa Fe Fowler’s career began At 4 p.m. Saturday, April ton departed from Oneonta of Fame. 30 years ago, began looking during Reconstruction, 20, the Village Board will to become one of the “Big Not enough has been into Bud Fowler’s episode when blacks for the first rename the lane leading Four” credited with driving made of Allen Ginsberg’s in New Mexico, where he time were entering all sorts from Chestnut Street to the Union Pacific Railroad farmhouse outside Cherry founded a minor league of careers. But with the rise Doubleday Field “Fowler across the continent. Valley. Or Blondie of “Call team. The team ran out of Jim Crow after 1878, and Way.” The gathering will Owen D. Young, presiMe” fame’s high-school of money, but Fowler had the “Gentleman’s Agreethen move up the lane to dent of GE and NBC years in Cooperstown. Who enough left to buy a partner- ment” among ball clubs in Doubleday, where a plaque founder, was from Van knows, George Saunders, ship in the Capitol Barber1887 that excluded African- will be unveiled in his Hornesville which, while the Oneonta-area writer now shop on Sante Fe Square. Americans from pro ball, honor. John Thorn, MLB in Herkimer County, was being acclaimed nationally Curious to know more, Fowler was marginalized. official historian, will closely associated at the for reinventing the AmeriLaing obtained a grant of a But he adapted his career. deliver remarks; U.S. Rep. time with Springfield Cencan short story, may add to few hundred dollars from • Chris Gibson, R-19, plans to ter, where he went to high our local luster in decades to SABR (the Society for Coincidentally, Laing’s attend. school, than Mohawk; his come. American Baseball Rebook, “Bud Fowler: BaseAt 10 a.m. the next mornsuccess renegotiating GerAnd don’t forget Louis search). More and more ball’s First Black Profesing in the National Baseball man reparations after World Edson Waterman, the Deca- historical newspapers were sional,” is due for publicaHall of Fame’s GrandWar I won Time “Man of tur native who invented the coming online and, as Laing tion by the end of June, at stand Theater, students the Year” honors and put Waterman Ideal Fountain searched, the name Bud the same time Cooperstown from SUNY Oneonta’s him on the list of presidenPen. The what? Well, it Fowler kept turning up Mayor Jeff Katz and the Vil- Cooperstown Graduate
LETTERS
HANK NICOLS GRAND CANYON CHRONICLES
Cutting Taxes On Rich Caused Problem, So Let’s Raise Them To the Editor: Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, having scorned income taxes and budget balancing, have left the U.S. in a desperate economic fix by unnecessarily selling national debt bonds. Conservative Ronald Reagan took a long-standing income tax of 70 percent and dropped it to 28 percent. After inauguration, he bought a lot of military junk and caused a national debt of less than $1 trillion to expand to a debt of $3.5 trillion. Conservative George W. Bush unadvisedly started two wars. Instead of asking for sacrifices from the taxpayers for his stupidity, he initiated two income-tax reductions, mostly favoring the rich.
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Tax collections diminished along with increased military spending. To fill the gap, Bush sold national debt bonds at an alarming rate that is now an unstoppable $16.6 trillion. Barack Obama inherited the resulting financial disaster. It’s not his fault. Conservative Tea Party people and Republicans think we could balance the budget by depriving funds for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps. Obama says now is not the time. That leaves the military as the main source of funds to balance the budget. Through the years we have spent trillions and trillions on a military and for that we have lost the last four wars, Korea, Please See LETTER, A6 •
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James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher
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Program in Museum Studies will detail findings from a research project into the Bud Fowler story. • Certainly, every historical society in Otsego County should be represented there. Every baseball fan throughout the county should attend. This is an ideal extension of SUNY Oneonta’s “Beyond the Blacklist” commemoration last fall, and students – and students from Hartwick College, too – should be encouraged to witness this newly appreciated component of our local history with national scope. When you think about it, there are numerous historical societies throughout the county that recognize our history but, as a county, do we celebrate our contributions enough? Perhaps Katz’s initiative will lead to greater appreciation generally, of Edward Clark, or Collis Huntington, or Jedediah Peck, founder of public education in New York State, commemorated only by a dowdy historical marker outside Burlington Flats, or Norman Jay Coleman of Richfield Springs, the first USDA commissioner. Appreciation is a wonderful thing – too little done – and celebrating such local history as the Bud Fowler story is a great way to apply it. See ya there.
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hile many of their Cooperstown friends and neighbors headed south to warmer climes for spring break 2013, 41 Troop 1254 Boy Scouts headed west to Arizona and the Grand Canyon to hike and explore one of nature’s great wonders. The Scouts, family members and parents flew to Nevada and on to a frigid South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Troop 1254 has a long history of adventurous cross-country trips to explore the United States natural wonders, including Mount Rainier, the Florida Everglades, Mount Katahdin in Maine and, of course, the Grand Canyon. The Scouts needed to be prepared for their 14th SuperTrip and their fifth trip to Grand Canyon since 1987. They had prepared for two years. They had hiked and camped in the winter cold at Beaver Valley Campground and elsewhere to hone their cold-weather camping skills. They studied maps and learned basic campcraft to get ready to navigate the many trails of Grand Canyon. On Friday, March 22, the troop stayed in an Albany Airport motel awaiting a 6 a.m. flight to Las Vegas. Once in Vegas, the group rented seven large vans to transport the Scouts and their gear to the South Rim of Grand Canyon. Saturday night the group camped in tents. The temperature was 12 degrees in the clear skies of the high desert of the Grand Canyon. Sunday morning the Scouts readied
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Troop 1254 Scouts rest at Granite Rapids on Grand Canyon
their gear and organized their food and made final preparations for their descent into the Canyon. On Monday, they began their backcountry adventure by breaking into eight different hiking groups to explore the Canyon. The National Park Service requires that groups not share campgrounds and the Scouts moved and hiked through some of the more challenging trails of the Canyon skipping from campsite to campsite exploring the
Canyon as they went. Troop members explored the Hermit, Granite and Tonto Trails as well as the more famous and popular North and South Kaibab and Bright Angel trails. All of the Scouts descended a minimum of 5,000 vertical feet from the South Rim of the Canyon to the Colorado River. Individual Scouts hiked between 20 and 50 miles as they explored the Bright Angel fault Please See SCOUTS, A6
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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5
BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
can system of free public hunting and fishing becomes yearly more difficult. April 6, 1938
100 YEARS AGO
The lyrics to a song sung by American sailors titled “Constitution Lane” – “Yankee sailors have a knack, Haul away! Yeo ho boys! Of pulling down a British Jack, ‘Gainst any odds, you know, boys. Come three to one, right sure am I, If we can’t beat them, still we’ll try, To make Columbia’s colors fly, Haul away! Yeo ho, boys! Yankee sailors, when at sea, Haul away! Yeo ho, boys! Pipe all hands with merry glee, While aloft hey go, boys! And, when with pretty girls on shore, Their cash is gone, and not before, They wisely go to sea for more, Haul away! Yeo ho boys! Yankee sailors love their soil, Haul away! Yeo ho, boys! And for glory ne’er spare toil, But flog its foes, you know boys! Then while its standard owns a rag, The world combined shall never brag, They made us strike the Yankee flag, Haul away! Yeo ho, boys!” April 3, 1813
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Slavery – A meeting for the discussion of Slavery is now in progress in the Court House, in the Village of Cooperstown. It will be continued through the day and evening of Monday, the 2nd of April next. Gerrit Smith, Esq. is attending the meeting. Cooperstown, March 31, 1838. Large pig – Mr. Uri Jackson of Butternuts, killed a pig on the 3rd of January last, one year and nine months old, which weighed when dressed, 530 pounds, and produced 60 pounds of tried lard. The pig was fattened only three months. Mssrs. L. & N. Deming of Edmeston have a four-year-old Devonshire Cow which this spring produced a calf weighing, when 12 hours old, 117 pounds. Edmeston, March 8, 1838. April 2, 1838
150 YEARS AGO
Judge Nelson is soon to break ground on the lot on the corner of Main and Chestnut streets, for the erection thereon of two three-story brick stores which will be completed during the approaching summer. The Mssrs. Cory are to remodel their stone store, which will be enlarged and modernized. The front will be of brick. About every available place of business in the village is now occupied, and perhaps a few more stores could be rented without leaving others tenantless; still, trade cannot be increased beyond a certain point; some think it has nearly reached its limit, unless manufacturing be introduced – and it remains with those owning available land to determine where it shall be done. Location on a business street of but two squares is
not of so much importance as convenient accommodations and limited fire risk. April 3, 1863
125 YEARS AGO
Beer is retailed, especially in the country, at too high a price – five cents for a small glass, or ten cents for a little less than a pint; about $25 a barrel. If reduced to six cents a pint, it would be about $15 a barrel – a sum large enough to give an ample profit to both the brewer and the dealer. If the beer drinkers would “strike” for that price, doubtless they would effect the change. There are a great many laboring men who buy a pint of beer a day on average; and a difference of four cents is a matter of about $14 a year to them, enough to buy a common suit of clothes. April 6, 1888
75 YEARS AGO
The sportsmen of New York are financing the purchase of hundreds of miles of streams in order that permanent public fishing rights may be preserved, says C. Monroe Dailey, secretary of the New York State Conservation Council. The money is coming from the Conservation Fund, into which go all of the license fees paid by the anglers and hunters of the state. In the past two years, $150,000 has been appropriated and largely spent on this project, with the result that more than 400 miles of stream fishing rights have been acquired. With an increasing population, the advent of the automobile and a greater interest in recreation, the problem of preserving the traditional Ameri-
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Bertine Colombo McKenna, PhD, is Bassett Healthcare’s new executive vice-president and chief operating officer. McKenna was selected following a nationwide search. “Bertine McKenna brings a wide range of experience in both hospital and physician group management,” said William F. Streck, MD, Bassett’s President and CEO. “This unique combination of skills fits very well with Bassett’s historic values and missions. In addition, the people of Bassett will find Bertine bringing a level of energy and enthusiasm to her work that all will enjoy.” McKenna and her husband Patrick reside in Cooperstown with Max, their golden retriever. April 4, 2003
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With the approval of a $47,000 matching grant the Higgins Cottage will be relocated from 131 Lake Street to 31 Chestnut Street to serve as a tourist information center and headquarters for the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce. The Higgins Cottage was rescued from demolition in April 1986 when the village board acted to preserve the structure after the Leatherstocking Corporation proposed to demolish it. The Higgins Cottage is one of two remaining structures in Otsego County which were used as tenant buildings for farm laborers. April 6, 1988
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Dr. John H. Powers will retire July 1 as surgeon chief of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital after 33 years on its staff, the past seven as head of the Department of Surgery and clinical professor of surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. In April 1944, Dr. Powers reported to the Committee on Convalescence and Rehabilitation of the National Research Council on the progress of 136 Bassett Hospital patients who were allowed to sit up, or even walk, from one to three days after undergoing major surgery. The practice of early post-operative ambulation has since become accepted as standard practice. Dr. Powers’ contributions thereto were the subject of numerous articles in popular magazines such as Saturday Evening Post and Readers Digest. April 3, 1963
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Troop 1254 Back From Grand Canyon
To Turn Things Around, Tax The Rich LETTER/From A4 Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. We lost all that money and suffered thousands of mutilated LETTERS veterans. Republican insistence on a strong military seems to be the worst investment ever. Special deals and loopholes at income tax time have allowed some individuals and corporations to double their assets since 1970. Barack Obama says we should eliminate all sub-
sidies. All sources of income tial interest charges to Comshould be taxed. munist friends (former bond Here is a fair sacrificial owners) like the Chinese. start on reducing the federal With a little intelligent debt to zero where it bethought, we would see that longs: we pay almost twice as • 80 percent for hedgemuch per capita as England fund billionaires. They now or Canada for health care. In pay 15 percent. 2011, we spent $2.4 trillion • 70 percent for millionon health care. aires. This rate was reduced Why didn’t we copy, yes, by Ronald Reagan to 28 copy one of their health percent plans, warts and all, and we • 60 percent people makwould get a health plan as ing $500,000 good or better than ours, • 40 percent people makand still have $1.2 billion ing $250,000 available to pay down the • 35 percent high middle National Debt each year Hartwick Has class based on 2011. • 30 percent and under for Imagine in five years, It’s Day Again various intervals down to 1 that’s $6 trillion in debt percent retirement. What’s the probTo the Editor: Of course, when the nalem with using this plan? Just curious, they (not sure tional debt hits zero, we will BOB JOYCE who they are) have taken no longer be paying substanCooperstown away our noon whistle, taken away the Little League field, and now the Redskins. I think it is pretty sad, but maybe it is a sign, since the To the Editor: Cooperstown Little League The Fly Creek night was cold and the wind was blowing, (which my brother and I but the Methodist Church had hearts a glowing. played in, and there might The Philharmonic, they did it again. have been a few times, Every heart had a leap, every face had a grin. my mom advised us to get The talent you shared was a pure delight. home once noon whistle The house was packed to the rafters that night. blows) now have to play in We all left with a feeling that people still care , Hartwick (which in not a bad And your talents and happiness filled up the air. thing, they understand). So thank you performers, you group of all ages, I was told that Hartwick’s You brought sunshine at nighttime, as you acted in stages, teams were the Huskies, so The memories of Friday will bring us much cheer maybe the Cooperstown As we wait in Fly Creek for your performance next year! Huskies would work. JIM RENCKENS GARY S. JENNINGS Canadarago Lake Former CCS Redskin
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SCOUTS/From A4 and the Tonto Plateau. As they descended through the depths of the geologic time revealed in the rocks of the Canyon, the Scouts learned about the history and geology of the earth. They ended their studies in geology by walking through and besides some of the oldest exposed rock in the world, the nearly 2-billion-year old Vishnu Schist that is exposed at the Colorado River. The temperatures in the Canyon ranged from well below freezing in the clear dessert air at night to a high of more than 80 degrees in the shade during the bright sunny afternoon. The Scouts were ready with the clothes and sleeping bags to accommodate both the cold temperatures and the blue clear sunny skies of Arizona. After completing their individual group hikes on Thursday afternoon the Scout patrols reassembled on the Canyon Rim at Mather Campground where they shared stories about their adventures, and ate a hearty barbecue on Thursday evening at a troop campfire before a long drive back to Las Vegas on Friday morning. Friday evening the Scouts met at the “Tournament of Kings” show in
TROOP 1254 SUPERTRIPS
1987 – Grand Canyon 1989 – Mount Katahdin, Maine 1991 – Florida Everglades, 1993 – Mount Rainier, 1995 – Mount Katahdin 1997 – Grand Canyon 1999 – Florida Everglades 2001 – Mount Katahdin 2003 – Grand Canyon 2005 – Florida Everglades 2007 – Grand Canyon 2009 – Civil War Battlefields 2011 – Pamlico Sea Base, N.C, 2013 – Grand Canyon 2015 – TBD
the Excalibur where they feasted and celebrated with jousting and a medieval themed contest. Following the dinner show, they again spread out in their patrols hiking this time on the somewhat sophisticated Las Vegas Strip, only a few hundred miles but a far cry from the Arizona dessert they had just explored. Saturday morning, March 30, the troop returned to the Las Vegas airport for the long journey back to Cooperstown through Chicago to the Albany airport where they were met by parents who helped the Scouts return home early in
the morning hours of Easter Sunday. The scouts paid for their trip by doing their monthly fundraising bottle drives and spaghetti dinners as well as donations from community members who wanted to support the trip. Scout Troop 1254 plans to sponsor a free spaghetti dinner in the near future as a thank you to the community that has again supported their adventure. The will show off the photographs of their most recent successful trip. Stand by for a location date and time, because Cooperstown you are invited to attend. Participants in the trip included. Nathaniel and Mike Miller, Peter and Chris Mateunas, Bruce and Nathaniel Miller, Dan and Bill Ralston, Ralph and Elijah Eggleston, J.P. Goetz, Nate and Mark Wilxok, Dan Rudloff, David French, Anthony Birch, Matthew and Rick Hulse, Marcus Dirr, Ethan and Jacob Russell, Steven Ratliff, Will Harloff, Robert Iversen, Julian Miller, Charles Gannon, Wade and Ken Sthal, Chris, Will, Lindsey and Pam Harloff, Nick Sharret, Max Offer, Michelle, Catlin, Jacob, and Doug Bush, Maria, Peter and Erik Deysenroth and Hank Nicols.
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Goodyear Lake—Sweet l950 cottage-style home on a large lot. This very cute home sits back from the street offering optimal privacy. Offering approximately l,l00 square feet of one-floor living space, the home offers kitchen, dining room/living room with exposed beams and pellet stove, loft space for quiet time, two bedrooms, full bath and laundry facilities. There is an oversized two-car garage with workshop area as well as an above-ground pool with decking and a new motor. This delightful home is year-round and offers Goodyear Lake rights. Perfect for a first-time home buyer. Owner will consider lease/purchase to qualified buyer. Offered Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $139,000
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MLS#84136 - This 3 BR, 2 bath ranch has hardwood floors, spacious kitchen, sun/family room, full basement and 2-car garage. Lots of new: windows, appliances, furnace, water heater, UV water filtration system. Master BR suite is an efficiency apt, and the rent is paying the mortgage! $129,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068
MLS#87687 - 4-5 BR, 2 bath farmhouse w/attached 1-car garage is set on 3.45 open acres. Open floorplan and upgrades including metal roof, exterior and interior paint, some windows and appliances. Pole barn, detached garage/workshop, front porch, back deck, chicken house. $178,000 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068
MLS#84923 - Renovated 3 BR, 2.5 bath farmhouse on 3.2 acres. Country kitchen w/stainless appliances, LR and formal DR have fireplaces, large master suite. Fencing, run-in shed and barn for horses or livestock. $250,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603
MLS#87273 - 3 BR, 3 bath charming Greek Revival is professionally renovated w/modern amenities. Situated on 3 acres w/pond. Energy-efficient and luxurious. $349,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603
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MLS#87290 - 2 BR, 1 bath house on an oversized lot. Large rooms w/open floorplan. Private backyard, rear deck, garage underneath. Storage space in basement. Walking distance to Hartwick College. Currently used as a rental. $132,000 Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568
MLS#87819 - Great starter home or income home on a quiet street in the village. Close to school, church, shopping. Large yard. Property can be purchased separately or w/Richfield Car Wash MLS #87821 . $64,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512
MLS#87244 – 3-4 BR, 2 bath farmhouse w/2 large barns is set on a 1-acre lot. Completely renovated with lots of new: plumbing, windows, metal roofs, exterior paint, wood ceilings, furnace, oil tank, kitchen, hardwood floors. $185,000 Call Tom Platt @ (607) 435-2068
New listing! MLS#88361 - Well-maintained home offers 1-floor living minutes from Oneonta. Lovely yard, lots of flowers. Come take a look for yourself and make an offer. $195,000 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125
MLS#82266 - Perfect picture for your new home. 19 acres of total privacy in Danube. Possible owner financing. $45,500 Call Bobbie @ 518-265-0645
New Listing MLS#87635 - Great location, close to Chobani and NYCM, this 3 BR ranch is also close to great trout fishing and the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. $149,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633
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MLS#87096 - 4 BR, 2 bath Cape is move-in ready on over 8 acres in Cooperstown School District. Open floorplan w/kitchen, full bath and 2 BRs on first floor. Spacious master BR has skylight and cathedral ceiling. Second floor has full bath, 1 or 2 BRs, family room, office, and laundry room. Deck, pool and jacuzzi. $249,900 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026
MLS#84612 – Location, seclusion, views on 10.8 acres! Close to Oneonta and Delhi, this secluded location is convenient to schools, hospitals and shopping. $199,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633
New listing! MLS#88107 - Move-in ready 3 BR, 2 bath home on 10 acres offers large eat-in kitchen w/island, LR w/woodstove, master suite w/walk-in closet, garden tub & shower. Outside deck to view pond, stream, and wildlife. $149,900 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026
MLS#86466 - Lakefront home in pristine condition! Turnkey 4 BR, 2 bath home is completely renovated and sold fully furnished. Currently used as a summer baseball rental, owner-occupied the rest of the year. $264,900 Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568
MLS#87961 - 3 BR, 2½ bath home features oak floors, kitchen and dining area w/island, LR w/wood-burning stove, den w/french doors and access to side deck. Upstairs master BR w/large closets and private bath. Wrap-around porch, covered breezeway, 2-car garage w/woodstove and second story. Cooperstown School District. $339,000 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026
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Built in 2008, this home is on a townmaintained road surrounded by woods. Sit on the back deck and enjoy your private 5 acres. Open floorplan w/kitchen island, high ceilings and wood floors. Master BR is upstairs w/private bath. Full basement is dry with high ceilings and could easily be finished for more living space. Back-up grid power system with generator inverter and battery bank.
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