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May 24, 2012

What's Happening: May 24, 2012

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, MAY 24

EVENT: Scholarship award dinner, 5 to 6:30, Brewery Ommegang. Presented to Rachael Fort by the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce. For info: 547-9983 or pszarpa@ cooperstownchamber.org.

CLINIC: Rabies clinic, 6 to 8 p.m., Neahwa Park, Oneonta. For info: 547-4230.

EVENT: Troop C Memorial Day ceremony, 11 a.m., Troop C Headquarters, state Route 7 between Unadilla and Sidney.

SATURDAY, MAY 26

FUNDRAISER: Tailwaggers Yard Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Susquehanna SPCA, state Route 28. For info: www. susquehannaspca.org, 547- 8111.

MARKET: Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pioneer Alley. For info: www.otsego 2000.org/farmersmarket.

FUNDRAISER: Building Minds in Sudan, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, 25 Church St. Talk by Sebastian Maroundit. Sponsored by Cooperstown School STAND.

FUNDRAISER: Master Gardeners plant sale, 9 a.m. to noon, Extension Center, 123 Lake St. For info: 547-2536.

 EVENT: Weaver Lake canoe/kayak trip, 7 a.m., sponsored by Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. For info: rsdonn@yahoo.com.

SALE: Heritage Plant Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum, 5798 state Highway 80, Cooperstown.

SUNDAY, MAY 27

FUNDRAISER: Cooperstown Democratic Party, 10 a.m. to noon, 3 West Ridge Road. Speaker to by Julian Schreibman.

SALE: Heritage Plant Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum, 5798 state Highway 80, Cooperstown.

MONDAY, MAY 28

PARADE: Whiteman-Hull- Snyder Post 1360, Cherry Valley, 10 a.m. Lineup at Cherry Valley. For info: 264-3747.

MEETING: Abner Doubleday Roundtable, 7 p.m., Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, state Highway 28 Milford.

TALK: Talk about Ethel Scatchard, only woman from Oneonta to die in World War I, 1 p.m., Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta. for info: 432-0960.

TUESDAY, MAY 29

WORKSHOP: Social Media for Ag Business, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Extension Center, 123 Lake St. To register, for info: 547-2536, ext. 226.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30

LECTURE: ‘Learning From the Landscape: Agriculture, Barns, and Farmers,’ 7 p.m., Louis C. Jones Center, The Farmers’ Museum. For info: farmersmuseum.org.

EVENTS: Planetarium show, 7 p.m., Science I Building West Dormitory Road, SUNY Oneonta. Free; tickets required: employees. oneonta.edu/smolinjp/ planetarium.html. Observation night at the College Observatory at sunset. Open to public, no reservations required.

THURSDAY, MAY 31

SALE: No clothes bargain basement sale, 3 to 8 p.m., First Baptist Church of Cooperstown. For info: 547-9371.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1

SALE: No clothes bargain basement sale, 9 a.m. to noon, First Baptist Church of Cooperstown. For info: 547-9371.

SALE: Rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St.

DANCE: Otsego Dance Society Contra Dance, 8 to 11 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Pioneer and Church streets, Cooperstown. For info: 965-8232, (315) 272-6110, or www.otsegodancesociety.blogspot.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 2

MARKET: Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pioneer Alley. For info: www.otsego 2000.org/farmersmarket.

SALE: Rummage sale, bag sale 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St.

SUNDAY, JUNE 3

CONCERT: College Town, USA, concert, 3 p.m., Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center Production Room. Presented by the Oneonta Community Concert Band. For info: 432-7977.

TUESDAY, JUNE 5

MEAL: Ham and scallop potato supper, 4:30 p.m., Middlefield Methodist Church, county highway 35.

HIKE: Twin Pines Farm, 9:30 a.m., 314 Huxtable Road, West Winfield. Presented by Otsego Land Trust and Adirondack Mountain Club, Susquehanna Chapter.

CLINIC: Rabies clinic, 6 to 8 p.m., Edmeston Town Barn. For info: 547-4230.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6

MEETING: Lions Club of Cooperstown, 6:30 p.m., Tunnicliff Inn. Speaker: Jim Atwell EVENT: Kindergarten registration, Cherry-Valley Springfield Central School. For info: 264-3265, ext. 514.

EVENT: Summer program registration, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Hartwick Town Hall. For info: 293-7718.

MEETING: Beef Producer Marketing Roundtable, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Extension Center, 123 Lake St. To register: 547- 2536, ext. 226

THURSDAY, JUNE 7

EVENT: Kindergarten registration, Cherry-Valley Springfield Central School. For info: 264-3265, ext. 514.

SATURDAY, JUNE 9

MARKET: Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pioneer Alley. For info: www.otsego 2000.org/farmersmarket.

EVENT: 33rd annual Friendship Craft Festival, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Spring Park, U.S. Route 29, Richfield Springs; Brooks’ barbecue, noon to 3 p.m. For information: grandslam77@verizon.net.

SUNDAY, JUNE 10

WORKSHOP: ‘Cultivate your own Shiitake mushrooms, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Presented by Otsego Land Trust. To register, send $25 to Otsego Land Trust, P.O. Box 173, Cooperstown NY 13326.What

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