Concert Series wraps up season,says thanks
Cooperstown Concert Series ended its 42nd season on Saturday night as Eilen Jewell and her band wowed the 300 people packed into the soldout Otesaga ballroom.
On behalf of our board of directors, we wish to thank all of our patrons, sponsors, subscribers and all others who attended our concerts this season. We simply could not bring the talented artists we’ve had this past year without your generous help and support.
As an all-volunteer organization, Concert Series’ mission is to provide great entertainment to our community in the fall and winter months when we all need it the most. For us, it’s always nice to see so many familiar and friendly faces in attendance on concert nights.
Our search committee has been hard at work developing the schedule for next season, our 43rd! The 2012-13 season will embrace some exciting new ideas and changes whichwe hope will make your concert experience even better.
Remember, the latest information is always available on our website, www.cooperstownconcertseries.org, or on
our Facebook page. Check in often for news and please join our email list by contacting us at info@cooperstownconcertseries. org. Again, our heartfelt thankson joining us for another memorable season.
Jim Hill and Jeff Katz
Co-directors
Cooperstown Concert Series
Travel Club offers thanks
Thank you very much to all of the students, parents and guests who attended and worked at the Cooperstown High School Travel Club Chinese Buffet and Auction Fundraiser on Saturday, January 21. Special thanks to the fantastic chefs, Brian Wrubleski, and Mindy and Xuedong Zhang of China Wok. The food was fantastic, the auction donations were great, and the fellowship was fun. A very special thank you to the Cooperstown Vet’s Club, which hosted the event without charge. The proceeds from this event will provide traveling money for 14 of the 24 students visiting China this April.
CCS Travel Club
Get involved
The most often heard excuse for not voting in an election is “my one little vote won’t make a difference.” Yet, history is full of instances proving the enormous power of one single vote. In many cases, the course of nations has been changed because one individual ballot was cast — or not cast — depending upon your point of view. In 2010, 37 percent of218,054,301 eligible voters turned out for election day (1.6 percent of the entire U.S. population, 2.3 percent of eligible voters). What does all that mean? It means 15 percent of 310 million citizens elected some portion of 536 people.
The solution is very simple.
We must start to acknowledge the correlation between widespread lack of participation and the rise of dysfunctional partisan government that is often not working for the people. Start by getting informed, follow our link www.manyvoicesonevillage.com and learn about your local elected officials.
The League of Women Voters will be sponsoring a question and answer forum with all the candidates from 7 to 9 p.m. March 15, in the village office. Please come out and hear the candidates’ views and positions. Please voice your opinions to me on our party’s choices, and who you would like to see on the ballot in our next election.
Additionally, look up your governor, congressman, state representatives and your mayor; find out who may be running against them in the next election. Get organized, and join campaigns where people going door to door can defeat the big money candidates who waste hundreds of thousands of dollars on negative campaigns. Start by getting involved in your local elections, come out and vote on March 20 and support our candidates for the village election. I believe, the village residents owe it not only to themselves, but also to the men and woman who died protecting our right to vote. Please call or email me to get involved
Richard D. Abbate
Village Democratic Chairman
Cell 607-544-5039
rabbate1@aol.com
Choices are made in best interest of village
As my one-year positionas trustee comes to a close, I very much appreciate the nomination of the Cooperstown Democratic Party and the opportunity to run again for village trustee.
I have enjoyed this experience and I hope that I have earned sufficient confidence of village residents to ask for your votes to continue for three more years
As a trustee I have always tried to make the choices that were in the best interest of the village first. As chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee, which has many interested members, I am open to discuss all new and innovative ideas to move Cooperstown forward and to shoulder our community responsibilities as citizens of the world.
I would like to run again, without hesitation, in large part because of my fellow trustees who have contributed so much to my positive experience. I also fully support Jeff Katz as mayor. I have worked with Jeff for this past year and I have found him to be an intelligent, knowledgeable, hard working and fair person with the best interests of the village as his number one concern. He is a calm and measured thinker who navigates the complexities of issues toward the most appropriate solution.
I would also look forward to working with Cindy Falk. Cindy is a very bright, organized, well educated young woman who has already devoted six years to serving the village on various boards, and fortunately, she is willing to continue to serve.
I hope that village residents will come out in force this March 20 to support Jeff Katz for mayor and Cindy Falk and me for trustees.
A strong showing of support at the polls would give all of us a great start going forward
Thank you for your consideration.
James Dean
Cooperstown
Opinion
Your Opinion: March 8, 2012
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Hopefully HOF Classic date change is a hit
The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual seven-inning exhibition game has seen a drop in attendance in the last couple of year. The Hall of Fame Classic began as a Father’s Day event, was then moved to the Saturday before the holiday, and is now being held on Memorial Day Weekend.
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Congratulations Cooperstown softball
It is hard to believe that Cooperstown's softball team had never won a division or playoff title until this week.
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Happy CYB has found a home
Cooperstown Youth Baseball has finally found a home. However, it is a bit sad it could not be in the village that is often referred to as the "home of baseball."
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Change is never taken lightly
We are glad the Cooperstown Central School Board finally chose a nickname, but were surprised by the plummeting attendance rate at meetings pertaining to the matter. What seemed to be a hot-button issue attracting nearly 100 people for and against a name change at initial meetings seemed to simmer to complete no shows toward the end.
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Tax cap is deceiving
As if figuring out one's tax bill isn't mind boggling enough. In its second year of implantation, the 2 percent limit on property tax increases makes things all that more complicated. One cannot just assume his or her individual taxes will not increase more than the cap threshold.
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Earth Festival is a good start to spring
We hope Mother Nature brings us some sunshine and spring weather this weekend. But if not, there is a predominantly inside event coming up that should help get visitors thinking about spring.
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Education heading in wrong direction
It is good to see that with teachers changing their curriculums to teach for the Common Core State Standards that there is still some hands-on learning going on locally.
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Good luck, Tommy
Perhaps the third time will be the "charm" for Cooperstown Central School seventh-grader Tommy Knight.
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Eliminate the gap elimination adjustment
Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's promise in his budget address to increase funding for education, local school officials are saying they are not receiving enough state aid to fund even basic services.
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Groff is off to good start
Former Cooperstown Central School student and athlete Sarah Groff visited Cooperstown in November to share her dream of making it to the Olympics. She had just missed the podium at the London Games.
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Hopefully HOF Classic date change is a hit
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I received this statement from Christine Drew Martin, a former resident of Oaksville, who is the daughter of the late Ruth Yule, beloved English teacher at CCS.
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- Our Readers' Opinions: Nov. 21, 2012
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Kudos to Mayor Jeff Katz and the board of trustees for revisiting the possibility of using paid parking to raise the funds necessary to keep our village streets in good condition.
Continued ... - In your opinion: Oct. 25, 2012
- Our Readers' Opinions: Oct. 18, 2012
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