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October 6, 2011

What's Happening: October 6, 2011

NON  COMMERCIAL EVENTS only. Readers who wish to list an event in What’s Happening should email information to crier@csdsl.net, mail to the Cooperstown Crier, 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown, NY, 13326, or fax to 547-1109 at least 10 days before the event. More information may be obtained by calling 547-9493.

THURSDAY, OCT. 6

EVENT: Night of Poetry and Music, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., Old  School Cafe, 2 Genessee St.,Cherry Valley. Featuring Anne Waldman, Jack Walls and Frank Stock.

FRIDAY, OCT. 7

MEETING: Milford American Legion Post 1566, 7:30 p.m., Legion Hall, West Main Street in Milford. For info: 286-9261.

SALE: Rummage sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Christ Church, 69 Fair St. To benefit church’s global mission and local flood relief.

SATURDAY, OCT. 8

MARKET: Cooperstown Farmers Market featuring fresh vegetables and fruits, plants, baked goods, meats, cheese, local crafts and morefrom 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market is behind Key Bank, at 101 Main St. in Cooperstown. For information, call 547-6195. Sponsored by Otsego 2000.

EVENT: Train Robbery, 1 and 4 p.m., Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society and the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, Milford Train Depot. For info: 432-2439, www.lrhs.com.

EVENT: ‘A Festival of Quilts,’ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oxford High School, 40 S. Washington Ave., Oxford. Cost: $4 for those 12 and older. Presented by the Chenango Piecemakers. For info: www.chenangopiecemakers.com.

EVENT: Oktoberfest Train Ride, 6 p.m., Milford Train Depot, presented by Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society and the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad. Cost: $30. For info, reservations; 432-2429, www.lrhs.com.

WORKSHOP: Putting Your Garden to Bed, 10 a.m. to  noon, Cornell CooperativeExtension of Otsego County Center, 123 Lake St., in Cooperstown. Cost: $5. Preregistration required, call 547-2536, Ext. 0.

SALE: Rummage sale bag, 10 a.m. to noon, Christ Church, 69 Fair St. To benefit church’s global mission and local flood relief.

OPEN HOUSE: Delaware- Otsego Audubon Society, 10:30 a.m. Franklin Mountain Sanctuary near Oneonta. For info: 965-8232, 652-2162, www.doas.us.

EVENT: Tractor Fest, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum. For info: 547-1423, farmersmuseum.org.

FUNDRAISER: Chicken barbecue, 5 to 8 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum, to benefit flood relief.

FUNDRAISER: Bottle drive by the Cooperstown Boy Scout Troop 1254. Have returnable bottles at curb, sidewalk or porch steps by 9 a.m.

EVENT: Fall Foliage Championship Sheepdog Trials, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clark Field, 668 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown. For info: 293-8385.

SUNDAY, OCT. 9

EVENT: ‘A Festival of Quilts,’ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oxford High School, 40 S. Washington Ave., Oxford. Cost: $4 for those 12 and older. Presented by the Chenango Piecemakers. For info: www.chenangopiecemakers.com.

EVENT: Tractor Fest, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum. For info: 547-1423, farmersmuseum.org.

EVENT: Fall Foliage Championship Sheepdog Trials, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clark Field, 668 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown. For info: 293-8385.

MONDAY, OCT. 10

EVENT: ‘A Festival of Quilts,’ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oxford High School, 40 S. Washington Ave., Oxford. Cost: $4 for those 12 and older. Presented by the Chenango Piecemakers. For info: www.chenangopiecemakers.com.

EVENT: Tractor Fest, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum. For info: 547-1423, farmersmuseum.org.

EVENT: Fall Foliage Championship Sheepdog Trials, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Clark Field, 668 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown. For info: 293-8385.

TUESDAY, OCT. 11

MEETING: Women’s Club of Cooperstown, 2 p.m., Christ Church Parish House, 69 Fair St. Program to be ‘Ghosts of Cooperstown.’ For info: 547- 9269.

EVENT: Safe Kids of Otsego County Halloween safety information, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bassett Medical Center Clinic Lobby, Cooperstown. For info: 547-5256 or richard.mccaffery@ bassett.org.

THURSDAY, OCT. 13

EVENT: ‘Native American Story Telling’ with Perry Ground, 5 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum’s Crossroads Cafe.

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