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Joseph Meyers, 4, is walked to his first day of kindergarten at Cooperstown Elementary School Thursday, Sept. 4, by mom Keri O’Connor and D.J. Nash, and Joseph’s younger brother Jacob Nash, in stroller. Across Otsego County, 9,000 students returned to class.
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he first new “shovel ready” site may be in the offing. The Otsego County IDA Thursday, Sept. 4, approved an option on 137.97 acres for a commerce park that would straddle the villagetown line and be bound by Lake Street and Cemetery and Butternut roads. The property, part of the Joseph Kozak estate, is also the focus of a $1.2 million CFA grant application, approved in August by the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development
Teachout Wins Here, Loses NY ephyr Teachout hammered Governor Cuomo in Otsego County in the Tuesday, Sept. 9, Democratic primary, 1,372-480, although Cuomo won statewide. In the 21st Assembly District, Bill Magee won this county and Madison and turned back a challenge from Sherrill Council member Mike Hennessy. In the Town of Watertown, Republican Trish Riddell Kent beat Democrat Dave Rowley emphatically in the Democratic primary, 214-78.
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Ernie Pasquale, left, takes a box of canned goods from Tom Chase Tuesday, Sept. 9, in what may be the final time a monthly truck load of food is passed hand to hand into the basement quarters of the Cooperstown Food Bank in the Cooperstown Presbyterian Church basement. Firstfloor quarters are being completed.
Food Pantry Raising $5,000 To Match Scriven Challenge By LIBBY CUDMORE
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hile all the other Oneonta kids were playing outside, Jim “JV” Johnson was inside with the monsters. “Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., they’d show a ‘Creature Feature’,” he said. “It was these old horror movies, like ‘Dracula’ or ‘THEM,’ where radioactive ants destroyed a town. My The Freeman’s Journal whole week revolved around being in Scare-a-Con front of that TV.” organizer Jim Years later, he found himself making Johnson – or friends and posing for photos with the is that Freddy Krueger? people involved in making his childhood a little more frightening. “I’ve met Lon Cheney’s family and Boris Karloff’s daughter, Please See HORROR, A7
NEW TREES CHOSEN FOR MAIN STREET
Food Pantry director Andrey Murray examines new quarters. Volunteer Lou Allstadt is in doorway.
cases of food into their new space on the first floor, thanks to a much-needed renovation and relocation. “The stairs were Please See PANTRY, A6
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Bank of Cooperstown President Scott White cuts the ribbon Monday, Sept. 8, at the bank’s first branch, at 34 Main St., Oneonta. Others, from left, are community board members Tony Casale, Cooperstown, and Mark D’Amico, Oneonta; bank Vice President Christine Amos, Oneonta; Lori White, Scott’s spouse; teller Evelyn Zuk, Oneonta; personal banker Jennifer Deleo, Delhi; attorney Don Snyder, a community bank member; Gavin MacMillan, representing Eastman Associates, the builder; branch manager Rachel Jessup, Oneonta; community board member and Northern Eagle President George Allen, Oneonta; bank director Bob O’Neill, Cooperstown; Eastman Associates’ Matt Katz; Otsego County Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan, Oneonta; former Cooperstown mayor Carol Waller, representing U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, and Rick Eastman, president, Eastman Associates.
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Bob Satriano, captain of the Cooperstown Fire Department Emergency Squad, accepts a check for $1,852.37 from Carrie Carney and Maureen Kuhn, co-chairs of the Leatherstocking Women’s Golf Association member-guest tournament, toward the fire department’s $30,000 share of two 2009 Real Coach ambulances being acquired from the Village of Cazenovia. Carney was a 10-year squad member. The Village of Cooperstown is contributing the other $60,000. Squad members also attending the Monday, Sept. 8 check passing are, from left, Alison Phillips, Second Lt. Donna Hribar, Heather Stickles, Alicia Lasher, Alisia Pierce, Aryanna Kantor, First Lt. Victor Jones, Joe Carentz, Kevin Preston and squad Treasurer Eric Pierce.
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ou can say this: When Oneonta’s new city charter was allowed to work, it worked. Sure, the help-wanted ad may have been crafted to allow a pre-selected candidate for city manager to compete, but the solicitation was wide enough to attract a field of fully qualified applicants. When interviews were conducted, two candidates came to the fore, and second interviews with the two finalists Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 3, in advance of a decision that evening, resulted in a consensus – with one regrettable holdout – for Martin D. Murphy, the Cortland County administrator, who received an enthusiastic 7-1 endorsement. Mayor Dick Miller, who can only vote in the event of a tie, not required in this case, said he is fully sold on Marty Murphy, too: “I think he’s going to be terrific. He’s got all the credentials and experience and personality to do a first-class job.” • As noted in this space before, every man, woman and child in Otsego County has a stake in Murphy’s success. (Not TOO much pressure, we hope.) As the only professional governmental manager in the county, Oneonta’s city manager is a pioneer. His success may convince the county Board of Representatives, with its $110 million budget and four dozen departments, to – fingers crossed – take the step recommended eight years ago now in a study by the eminent David W. Brenner, former county board chair, Oneonta mayor and retired SUNY Oneonta dean, and hire a county administrator. It may convince a motivated Cooperstown Village Board, which has spent
Miller is a leader: If he’s determined the new system will work, it will work. • More problematic is Council member Mike Lynch, former deputy mayor and a veteran who should know better. He participated in the effort to pre-select a city manager from the ranks, and was unrepentant even after he got caught. He cast the one “nay” vote when the new city manager was chosen Thursday, Sept. 4. He was the Council member who told the Charter Revision Commission when discussing the new document, “It doesn’t pertain to my job.” That makes no sense. Maybe it doesn’t pertain to the way HE has done or intends to do his job, but it defines what his job is. If he doesn’t want to do the job, then he should be Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA contemplating whether he wants to run again when A beaming Common Council poses with Oneonta’s new city manager, Martin Murphy, who was selected Thursday, Sept. 4, by a 7-1 vote. From left are Council members Dave Rissberger and Madolyn his term expires next year. O. Palmer, Murphy, Council members Larry Malone, Bob Brzozowski and Chip Holmes, Mayor Dick Happily, Lynch is one vote; Miller, and Council member Russ Southard, deputy mayor and chairman of the search committee. the mayor and council can quarantine him as necessary. months, more than a year in city charter is that the mayor the new arrangement makes in city elections in Novem• some cases, without being and Common Council what Bernier proved works ber 2011, has been applied. A better model is Council able to complete initiadecide what to do; the city part of the organizational Many employees hadn’t member David Rissberger, tives, from comprehensive manager then gets it done. chart. read it, few knew their roles who chaired the original sign, vendor and seasonal Anyone in any size business • under it. A structured series Charter Commission. He landlord regulations, to a knows that when the boss For it to actually work, of training sessions would was steadfast in insisting hospital zone. A village starts circumventing his or though, the new city manhelp ensure the new regiOneonta must be a city of manager could help good her managers, morale and ager will need the support of men is clear to all. (Perlaws, that Common Council things happen. effectiveness suffer. the mayor and all Council haps CRREO, SUNY New must fulfill its responsibil• If you have eight Council members. (And, in return, Paltz’s Center for Research, ity to Oneonta’s citizens as The departure of Oneonmembers going to indihe will have to earn their Regional Education & contained in the charter. ta’s first city manager, Mike vidual department heads, trust and confidence, as does Outreach, which helped It was a lonely place to Long, in May after only 18 it’s a mess. The city manany CEO with his/her board redistrict the city’s wards in be for a while, but Counmonths was unfortunate, but ager prioritizes, assigns and of directors.) The elected 2012, could set this up.) cil members Brzozowski, not unusual. Often, as the ensures accountability, and officials must resist the For the charter to work Hennessy, Holmes, Malone, city Charter Commission can tap the creativity and temptation to go around the will require leadership on Palmer and Southard (he learned during its year-long experience of the people manager. And they must re- the part of Mayor Miller, chaired a search committee deliberations in 2010-11, who work for him. buff any department head’s but you get the impresof the whole), as well as first city managers are tranThis is not giving up effort to appeal directly to sion he’s emerging from a the mayor, recognized the sitional, as city halls work control. It’s ensuring things them. It will take discipline, difficult few months with a wisdom of his position and, out the kinks inherent in any get done. but discipline will pay off. recommitment to the city’s in the end, fulfilled their new system. For years, Community The Charter Revision fundamental document. responsibilities. Now it’s time to settle Development Director Joe Commission set up after (The charter is not a plan, No doubt, they have the down and make the new Bernier filled that role of Long departed also found as some have suggested, it’s appreciation and support of system work. go-to-guy (without portfoshortfalls in how the docuthe city’s constitution.) a relieved electorate. Well The idea contained in the lio). But he’s retired, and ment, approved 1,128-348 No question, Mayor done!
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The Hon. Samuel Nelson
to Cooperstown to consult with Samuel Nelson, a village resident and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1845 to 1872. The Republican president was most eager to have an unofficial “off the record” opinion from Justice Nelson, a Democrat, on the constitutionality of the new federal draft law. Lincoln did not want it known
that he was sending Seward to Cooperstown for such a reason. Thus the whole diplomatic corps tour was designed as a screen which would keep the press from suspecting the truth. The secretary of state and the justice discussed the draft law at a midnight meeting and Seward returned to Lincoln with the news that Nelson Please See ELLSWORTH, A6
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reason, a secret one, for coming to Cooperstown. He was using the diplomats’ visit as a smokescreen thus masking his true mission. Why was Secretary of State Seward in Cooperstown that August of 1863? Cloak and daggerish as it seems, in the summer of 1863 Secretary of State William H. Seward was sent by President Lincoln
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Suing President Simply Stunt To the Editor: Some misunderstandings regarding my letter in support of Sean Eldridge: First, the lawsuit that Congressman Gibson voted for against his former commander in chief was clearly a political publicity stunt. The suit will likely never be filed, and if filed, it will be tossed out on summary judgment. Representative Gibson either knew it was a stunt when he pushed the button, or he knows little about constitutional law. If the lawsuit remains un-filed, it will simply become part of the Tea Party mythology, which may have been its sole purpose. No sense in pretending otherwise. Secondly, Congressman Gibson clearly parlayed his employment in the military into a seat in Congress – because that was his resume – he has virtually no business experience. By contrast, Sean Eldridge’s involvement in finance is generating jobs in his district, which differentiates him from his opponent. And jobs is what the district needs the most. Not more political publicity stunts. CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown
Town Wants Water Plant, Unclear On What It Wants To Do With It To the Editor: Bob Harlem and I have been debating the proposed Southside water idea for several months now, and we’ve addressed the issue in a civil way through direct “face-to-face” conversation, in group settings, over the phone and through e-mails. He’s fixed on his positions, I have mine and, frankly, we probably have more in agreement on the issue than differences. He supports a narrowly focused “go-it-alone” town exclusive water strategy for the Southside, where I believe the very best answer rests in a broadened intermunicipal plan advanced jointly with the city. Since the 1950s, the “go-it-alone” approach hasn’t
worked here; doing so has failed terribly the two Oneontas and, in my judgment, it’s weakened both the city and the town, their shared economy and the people who call this place home. We can’t continue down this path. Here are other critical areas where we differ: 1) In a community and area where we are in an ongoing economic “free fall,” producing good paying jobs is of utmost importance. No one pushing the Southside water idea can give projections on job growth and new job payroll impact as a result of the project. A project bearing an $8.8 million capital price tag needs to have such job impact Please See COLONE, A6
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Song – I asked my fair one happy day – What should I call her in my lay? By what sweet name from Rome or Greece? Iphigenia, Clelia, Chloris, Laura, Lesbia, Delia, Doris, Dorimene or Lucrece? Ah! Replied my gentle fair, Beloved, what are names but air? Take thou whate’er suits the line, Clelia, Iphigenia, Chloris, Laura, Lesbia, Delia, Doris, But don’t forget to call me thine. September 14, 1814
175 YEARS AGO
The Mysterious Schooner – The Armistad is a clipper built schooner with Spanish papers about 120 tons burthen. She has on board forty or fifty Negroes and two white men. The latter, one of the owners of the Negroes, had chartered the schooner to carry them from Havana to Guanaja, near Principe, on the island of Cuba. Four days out, the slaves mutinied and massacred the captain and crew of three men, saving the life of a Negro cabin boy. The two passengers were preserved to navigate the vessel. They are both Spaniards, gentlemanly in manners and one of them speaks English. The Negroes are armed with muskets, pistols, and case knives. The surveying brig Washington has arrived in the Port of New London (August 26, 1839) with the Armistad. The ringleader, Joseph Cinquez, is an African, about 25 years of age, small and very active. When taken, he attempted to drown himself, but was fished up by a boat hook. He had at the time about three hundred dubloons in his pockets which he emptied into the sea. The Armistad is now in the harbor under the guns of the Washington with a prize master and strong crew on board. The pirates are under the hatches, awaiting the orders of the United States authorities. The U.S. Marshal committed Cinquez and 38 others for trial before the next circuit court at Hartford on September 17. September 9, 1839
150 YEARS AGO
Terrible Accident at Springfield Center – Fifty Persons Injured. A dreadful accident occurred at Springfield Center, in this county, on Tuesday evening last, by which about 50 persons were injured – a number of them severely – one or two fatally. An entertainment was being given by the ladies of the town, in the large dancing hall of the hotel formerly kept by Mr. T.F. Pier, in aid of the Sanitary Commission. That part of the hall which extends over the shed adjoining the hotel on the north, about 32 x 26 feet, built about ten years ago, was set apart for the tables containing refreshments and fancy articles. Up to about 9:30 o’clock those assembled at the hotel were principally gathered at the south end over the main building witnessing tableaux, &c. At the conclusion, the people moved almost en masse towards the furnished tables. In a moment there was a crash, a cry of alarm and anguish. September 9, 1864
125 YEARS AGO
Post Office Matters – The office of Postmaster at
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Cooperstown is not as lucrative as most people suppose. If not robbed during the year the Postmaster may get about a $1,000 net for his services – but he must not attempt to do a credit business. The salary is $1,700; allowance for Clerk only $300; for rent, fuel and lights (since October last) $285 – total $2,285. He pays for Clerk-hire $900; rent $225; fuel and lights about $85; political assessments say $75 – total $2,185. The people are not demanding one-cent letter postage, but they do demand better accommodations. Cooperstown needs and should have a larger post office -- $285 will aid somewhat, but it is not enough. The work now imposed upon the Postmaster at offices like Cooperstown is double what it was before money order and registered letter systems were established. September 13, 1889
100 YEARS AGO
The lawn fete held last Wednesday at Fernleigh, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, was a success indeed, as over a thousand dollars will be turned over to the Red Cross Society by the committee. Everyone in Cooperstown responded generously to the appeal. There was scarcely a shop that did not give a donation. Bronner donated his orchestra, Miss Huestis drew silhouettes throughout the afternoon, and talent abounded in the vaudeville show. About five o’clock, a terrific windstorm arose driving some home and others for shelter to Fernleigh house where the vaudeville show under the organization of Miss Constable was repeated. September 9, 1914
75 YEARS AGO
Plans are perfected for a get-together of leaders of the Young Republican clubs which will be held at the Leatherstocking Farm of W.T. Sampson Smith, county president on Sunday. All officers and leaders of the score or more of clubs of Otsego County have been invited to attend. Contrary to notices already mailed, the event will be held at the airport on the farm, and not at the Boat House on the lake. This change was found necessary to provide space for the softball and horseshoe pitching tournaments. The Airport, which will be plainly marked, is reached from the Pierstown Road after it branches from the Lake Road. The picnic supper will be served in the hangar. September 13, 1939
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The Farmers’ Museum entertained 37,163 visitors during August to set a new one-month record. Its old mark of 36,683 for a single month was established during August 1962. During the first eight months of this year The Farmers’ Museum has attracted 94,272 visitors. September 9, 1964
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AUGUST 2014 Highest Temperature.................................................82°F (Aug. 12) Lowest Temperature..................................................45°F (Aug. 19) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................74.3°F Average Minimum Temperature..............................................53°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................63.7°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................2.29″ Most Precipitation in One Day....................................0.43” (Aug. 2 Thunderstorms......................................................1 (17 for 2014) Snow....................................................................0 (50.9” for 2014) Most Snow in One Day....................................................................0 YTD Precipitation....................................................................30.71” Number of Days at or below 0°F........ ...................0 (20 for 2014 ) Number of Days at or below 32°F.........................0 (113 for 2014) Comments: I started writing this column in January and I am starting to think that I may have cast a spell upon you fine folks in the Oneonta/Cooperstown area! I’m sure you are not surprised at all to learn that August was much colder than normal, just like every other month of 2014 with the exception of May! Please don’t blame or harm the messenger, I can’t change it, I can just tell you about it. Our mean temperature was 2.7 below normal, the summer is going to be one of the coldest on record, and the year is headed in the same di- DAVID rection. The highest temperature recorded this MATTICE August was 82, (average daily highs normally range from 77-82). Aug. 15 we set a record low high temperature for the date, a scant 59, which broke a record that stood for over 100 years. During August we measured 2.29 inches of rain in Oneonta, which is 1.41 inches below normal, but for the year we have received 30.71 inches of liquid precipitation, 4.22 inches above the norm. In Oneonta, we had just one thunderstorm during the month but other areas nearby got pounded by some copious rainfall from some additional, nasty thunderstorm cells. Our neighbors to the northeast, Sharon Springs, had a torrential downpour one evening and in just a couple of hours there was significant flash flooding, which damaged homes, businesses and streets. As school opens, don’t forget that we still have three weeks of summer left. We usually experience a warm spell or two before the wonders of the autumn season set in and treat us to some glorious beauty, with gorgeous colors in the hillsides, deep blue skies and a fragrant, crisp, and cool air. Just a reminder: Sunburn and thunderstorms still pose a threat from time to time; over the next six weeks or so, be mindful that you need to be alert to avoid dangerous situations. It is not snowing yet, so get outside, (except when you need to be studying, kids) and enjoy this magnificent time of the year! There is so much to do and see in the greater Cooperstown/Oneonta area. Take in as much as you can, remind your friends and family to do the same, and as always, Keep Your Eye On The Weather!
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ELLSWORTH/From A4 supported the law. That the president could seek out Samuel Nelson’s opinion is an indication of the respect that the justice commanded nationally. Locally, Nelson was much esteemed, so much that one of the village’s streets bears his name. We thank Dr. Louis Jones and his book “Cooperstown” for much of the above. • Edward Edwards was another resident of Cooperstown during the middle years of the 1800s. Even though Edward Edwards was most active in community affairs and was a prominent citizen, village history buffs remember him for two reasons, both of which give Mr. Edwards a somewhat dubious distinction that perhaps out shadows his contributions to village life. On April 10, 1862, the great fire of Cooperstown began in his cabinet shop. When this conflagration finally stopped almost all of the buildings on Main Street between Pioneer and Chestnut were gone as well as the buildings on the west side of Pioneer Street south of Main Street. Mr. Edwards had been in his cabinet shop shortly before the fire was discovered, but had seen nothing amiss. And, on Sept. 26, 1873, Edward Edwards was shot during the early morning hours in the bedroom of his home at 104 Pioneer St. Evidently, Mr. Edwards had surprised three burglars, who shot him twice in the chest and then robbed him of a watch and $210. Mr. Edwards’ daugh-
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COLONE/From A4 documentation, which should be insisted upon by the mentioned funding agencies. 2) A project of this magnitude also needs to have a clearly defined plan. If, as Bob says, the water idea is to “put us in the game” by having “shovel ready sites,” then there should be some established development plan that defines what’s going to be going on out there. It can’t just be maps showing where wells are to be located and colored lines to represent extended water pipes; not when your going to be spending $8.8 million. The town needs to make a much tighter plan available to the public and I don’t think it’s too late to even consider a more expansive effort in collaboration with the City. ALBERT COLONE Oneonta P.S. GO-EDC recently processed a multi-question survey surrounding the potential of growing 300 new good paying jobs within the footprint of the city and town of Oneonta through 2018. In that survey, 73 percent of respondents agreed that there should be one water district that services the Town and City of Oneonta; 26 percent disagreed. Readers can download the complete survey report by clicking on: www. goedc.org, then scroll-down to where it says; “click here for “300 in 3 challenge” survey summative.”
ter, the only other person in the house at the time of the crime, summoned authorities. Edward Edwards died three weeks later. Since he was unconscious much of the time, he was never able to give a good description of the criminals who were never brought to justice. And, since we have mentioned the fire of 1862, we also wish to discuss the old Stone Jug and its connection to that fire. Cooperstown history buffs point to the Stone Jug as THE building on the north side of Main Street which survived the Great Fire on April 10,1862, practically untouched. The cabinet shop of Edward Edwards, where the fire started, was three doors west of Cory’s stone store, according to Douglas Preston in his history of the Cooperstown Fire Department. The Stone Jug would have served as a good fire break had it not been for the wooden barns, sheds and other out buildings located behind the stores on Main Street. The fire jumped around the Stone Jug and burned eastward to the corner of Pioneer Street. The Stone Jug was torn down in 1930-31 to make way for the “new” building where CVS is now located. Someone once remarked about the irony that a building which had survived the great fire and stood as a symbol of permanence for so long was finally torn down in the name of progress. We remain, Where Nature Smiles, The Ellsworths
187 families,” she said. “That’s 740 people.” Though the project has been in development since 2011, fundraising began in January, and $50,000 of their $65,000 goal has been met. Now, thanks to the offer of a $5,000 matching grant from the Scriven foundation, Murray is hoping to raise just a little more to push them over the top. “It’s the last piece of the fundraising puzzle,” she said. “They’ll match all donations made through September, up to $5,000.” Tax-deductible donations must be earmarked for the construction and will be used
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 HORROR/From A1 Sarah,” said Johnson, former Otsego County rep from Fly Creek and former owner of Central New York Radio Group. “I’m friends with John Russo, who co-wrote ‘Night of the Living Dead’, the film that created the modern zombie genre. We wouldn’t be watching ‘The Walking Dead’ without him.” Cast members from both – and many more – will be on hand at Scare-a-Con, the horror movie and pop culture convention Johnson
Scare-a-Con Showcases Many Of JV’s Spooky Pals started in 2011, on Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 12-13, at the Turningstone Casino in Verona, west of Utica. Johnson, who published the Ghost Hunters magazine, TAPS and the horror film fanzine, The Horrorphile, got started on the convention circuit while working with Syfy’s “Ghost Hunters” TV show. “I brought them to Hyde Hall and The Otesaga,” he said. “I started
doing the conventions with them, and realized that, hey, these are fun – Upstate New York shouldn’t have miss out on this.” The first convention included Adrienne Barbeau, star of “Swamp Thing” and “The Fog,” and Reggie Bannister of the “Phantasm” series, as well as Sarah Karloff. The convention will also feature a chance for old horror movie actors
to catch up, with reunions of the casts of “Sleepaway Camp” and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” But with that comes a little bit of fan sadness. “We were saddened by the passing of Marilyn Burns,” said Johnson of the woman who played heroine Sally Hardesty. She had been scheduled, but she died of natural causes in early August. There are panels on ghost hunt-
ing and the history of horror films, a film festival and a steampunk fashion show, but Johnson’s favorite part of Scare-a-Con is the Saturday night party, where fans and favorites mingle and dance to the 80s sounds of the Pop Rox. “The celebs don’t just sit in their rooms,” he said. “That’s where the real connections are made. It’s so great to share a drink with someone whose work you admire – that happens all the time here. They become friends.”
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