DREA THE OFFBEAT BRIDE BOCES Teams Participate In ‘Canstruction’ ONEONTA VINO VERITAS: Car- lyn Buck- ler will present, “Introduc- tion to Wine,” 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Coo- perstown Graduate Program, West Lake Road. $45. Sample “tasting wheel” and other tools to discover which wines you like. First of series. (607)436-2548. By LIBBY CUDMORE 5438 State Highway 28 • Cooperstown NY• 607.282.4031• www.boccaosteria.com Ian Austin/ All OTSEGO.life
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL • HOMETOWN ONEONTA FOR DAILY NEWS UPDATES, VISIT www. All OTSEGO.com EVERY DAY THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 19-20, 2012 PAGE B-1 All O TSEGO.brides WEEKEND’S BEST BETS BRIDES BEWARE! Knockoffs Can Ruin Your Special Day Ian Austin/ AllOTSEGO.life Norah Doyle, Rainbow’s End pro- prietor, shows off the “Kate Middle- ton,” one of the wed- ding gowns most frequently duplicated by tailors unknown in China at a frac- tion of the U.S. price. But brides beware: The quality may not be what you expect, if the gown shows up at all. By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA W ith designer dresses ranging from Bella’s modest Twilight gown to a replica of Princess Kate Middleton’s royal wedding frock, from short to long, strapless to long-sleeved – Otsego County brides have plenty of choices. However, some brides are trying to cut corners when it comes to gowns, buying knock-off dresses from China. “The girls come in here and try on an expensive dress, then go home and order it on- line,” said Norah Doyle of Rainbow’s End. Even Sue Totterdale, Fort Myers, Fla., who chairs the Board of the National Association of Wedding Professionals, was tempted. “Both my daughters bought their dresses from China,” she said. “It wasn’t an exact copy, but it was close, and the only real difference was” the price. It may look like a good bargain to the cash-strapped bride, but when the gown arrives – if it arrives – it’s rarely in as good a shape as the Totterdale daughters experienced. Websites and ebay sell- ers such as “shengyong_ dress2011” post pictures of the designer dress from the original advertisement at a fraction of the designer price, sometimes as low as $95, but many brides have lamented – both to Oneonta dress shops and online Please See GOWNS, B2 Ordered from China, one bride’s dream dress, left, showed up looking like the one on the right. L ooking back over the few months of planning and the last few weeks of married bliss, I am happy to say it was all worth it. I think I have a little bit more to offer in terms of advice. So here are my reflections from a bride on the other side: 1. Tailor the length of your engagement to the length of the relationship. From my experience, being together for a long amount of time lent itself well to a short engagement. Also, this way, I was able to focus on only the wed- ding-related things for that length of time. Because we had worked out all the daily living things, had the discussions about the future, and become really synced in our lives, we didn’t need to have all the discussions about who does the dishes, do we want kids, why do you sleep in when I want to wake up early, etc. I was able to just focus on what we wanted to do for the wedding – that one day – because everything else was out of the way. Now, if we didn’t have all that other stuff out of the way, then I would have wanted a longer engagement. 2. Use your time wisely. It’s not about focusing one hundred percent on the wedding and stressing about everything – it’s about find- ing balance. Once you have your ideas and your plan, stick to it and use whatever organizational tools you need to keep you on track. I made boutonnieres for everyone that came to the wedding. But I started with Please See NEW, B3 DREA THE OFFBEAT BRIDE It Was All Worth It, Says New Wife This is one of SUNY Oneonta’s three entries at the 2011 “Canstruction” event. DO BUSINESS: Michael Shuman lecture, “Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Move Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street,” is at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, Anderson Center, Hartwick College. Info, Alicia Fish, (607) 431-4021, fisha@hart- wick.edu. MILFORD SONGS: Milford School Music Association presents “A Song for Rosie,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, at MCS. Tickets $7.50. Info, (607) 286- 7721. VINO VERITAS: Car- lyn Buck- ler will present, “Introduc- tion to Wine,” 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Coo- perstown Graduate Program, West Lake Road. $45. Sample “tasting wheel” and other tools to discover which wines you like. First of series. (607)436-2548. NATURE WALK: 1 p.m. Patricia Riddell Kent and Steve Kent lead a walk of the 200-acre Robert V. Riddell State Park, on Route 28 at the I-88 exit, at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 22. Info, admin@ occainfo.org, (607) 547- 4488. PERFORMANCE: Or- pheus Theatre Starstruck players present “School House Rock Live Jr.” 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22, Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. $5. Info, tickets, (607) 432-9392, www. orpheustheatre.org. S ix “Canstruc- tion” teams – from SUNY Oneonta and BOCES in Milford and Grand Gorge – will vie to build the best structures from canned goods, to benefit the Hunger Coali- tion of Otsego County. Competition runs from 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20, to 4 p.m. the following after- noon at Southside Mall. The sculptures will be on display until April 28. P I Z Z A NAPOLETANA 5438 State Highway 28 • Cooperstown NY• 607.282.4031• www.boccaosteria.com BOCES Teams Participate In ‘Canstruction’
most frequently duplicated by tailors unknown in China
at a frac-tion of the U.S. price. But brides
beware: The quality may not be
what you expect, if the gown shows up
at all.
By LIBBY CUDMORE
ONEONTA
With designer dresses ranging from Bella’s
modest Twilight gown to a replica of Princess Kate Middleton’s royal wedding frock, from short to long, strapless to long-sleeved – Otsego County brides have plenty of choices.
However, some brides are trying to cut corners when it comes to gowns,
buying knock-off dresses from China. “The girls come in here and try on an expensive dress, then go home and order it on-line,” said Norah Doyle of Rainbow’s End.
Even Sue Totterdale, Fort Myers, Fla., who chairs the Board of the National Association of Wedding Professionals, was tempted. “Both my daughters bought their dresses from China,” she said. “It wasn’t an exact copy, but it was close, and the only real difference was” the price.
It may look like a good bargain to the cash-strapped bride, but when the gown arrives – if it arrives – it’s rarely in as good a shape as the Totterdale daughters experienced.
Websites and ebay sell-ers such as “shengyong_dress2011” post pictures of the designer dress from the original advertisement at a fraction of the designer price, sometimes as low as $95, but many brides have lamented – both to Oneonta dress shops and online
Please See GOWNS, B2Ordered from China, one bride’s dream dress, left, showed up looking like the one on the right.
Looking back over the few months of planning and the
last few weeks of married bliss, I am happy to say it was all worth it.
I think I have a little bit more to offer in terms of advice. So here are my reflections from a bride on the other side:
1. Tailor the length of your engagement to the length of the relationship.
From my experience, being together for a long amount of time lent itself well to a short engagement. Also, this way, I was able to focus on only the wed-ding-related things for that length of time. Because
we had worked out all the daily living things, had the discussions about the future, and become really synced in our lives, we didn’t need to have all the discussions about who does the dishes, do we want kids, why do you sleep in when I want to wake up early, etc. I was able to just focus on what
we wanted to do for the wedding – that one day – because everything else was out of the way. Now, if we didn’t have all that other stuff out of the way, then I would have wanted a longer engagement.
2. Use your time wisely. It’s not about focusing
one hundred percent on the
wedding and stressing about everything – it’s about find-ing balance. Once you have your ideas and your plan, stick to it and use whatever organizational tools you need to keep you on track. I made boutonnieres for everyone that came to the wedding. But I started with
Please See NEW, B3
DREATHE OFFBEAT BRIDE
It Was All Worth It, Says New Wife
This is one of SUNY Oneonta’s three entries at the 2011 “Canstruction” event.
DO BUSINESS: Michael Shuman lecture, “Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Move Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street,” is at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, Anderson Center, Hartwick College. Info, Alicia Fish, (607) 431-4021, [email protected].
MILFORD SONGS: Milford School Music Association presents “A Song for Rosie,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, at MCS. Tickets $7.50. Info, (607) 286-7721.
VINO VERITAS: Car-lyn Buck-ler will present, “Introduc-tion to Wine,” 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Coo-perstown Graduate Program, West Lake Road. $45. Sample “tasting wheel” and other tools to discover which wines you like. First of series. (607)436-2548.
NATURE WALK: 1 p.m. Patricia Riddell Kent and Steve Kent lead a walk of the 200-acre Robert V. Riddell State Park, on Route 28 at the I-88 exit, at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 22. Info, [email protected], (607) 547-4488.
PERFORMANCE: Or-pheus Theatre Starstruck players present “School House Rock Live Jr.” 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22, Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. $5. Info, tickets, (607) 432-9392, www.orpheustheatre.org.
Six “Canstruc-tion” teams – from SUNY Oneonta and
BOCES in Milford and Grand Gorge – will vie to build the best structures from canned goods, to benefit the Hunger Coali-tion of Otsego County. Competition runs from 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20, to 4 p.m. the following after-noon at Southside Mall. The sculptures will be on display until April 28.
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“The beads are glued on, not sewn, seams are crooked, the hems are uneven,” Doyle said. “It’s inferior fabric and poor construction. If you want a quality garment, there’s a price to pay.”
On one site, the price was given as $12. Click on the link, and it’s $96 on the next page, and $200 on the next. You’re hooked, then reeled in.
Though the Chinese tailors and seamstresses use the designer’s photographs, they get around the copy-right by listing the dress as “handmade.” There’s no copyright on fashion design, Totterdale said “it’s only un-ethical” if they’re calling it a Vera Wang and it’s not.
Sometimes after the bride has plunked down the bar-gain price, the gown never actually arrives. “We had a few brides last year whose dresses that were “such a good deal” never showed up,” Doyle said. Such a mistake can cost a bride considerably more when she has to buy a brand-new dress to match the already-chosen wedding details days before the big event.
Doyle’s observations are seconded by Stephanie Mill-er of Leilani’s. “We had one bride with 11 bridesmaids,” she said. “She ordered their dresses from one of these sites, and when they showed up, they weren’t the sizes or colors she ordered. Of course, she couldn’t return them, so she had to spend even more money to buy 11 new bridesmaids dresses here.”
Said Doyle, “When you spend hundreds and hun-dreds of dollars less for a dress, you’re not buying the dress. You’re entering the dress lottery – for that price, someone’s dress is not going to show up. Might be yours.”
Brides can avoid last-minute anguish by shopping locally. “A bridal shop’s priority is making sure you get the dress you want,” she continued. “We all want your day to go off without a hiccup. You get a real hu-man advocate. If the dress comes in torn or dirty, we get it cleaned, get it fixed. You can’t do that with a dress you buy online – who’s go-ing to help you, your internet provider? If you want to buy something online, buy a book.”
Added Miller, “Why not purchase something from the community you live in, play in, eat in? A bridal shop can work will all types of budgets. We can do lay-away. We can put you in touch with local caterers, DJs, locations, all of who can offer discounts through referrals. We want to make planning your wedding an enjoyable experience you’ll always remember.”
Besides, the local bridal shops have other features to make that special day really special.
At Leilani’s, for instance, “we do a ‘sparking after-hours’ party for the bride and bridesmaids,” said Stepha-nie. “We hire a photogra-pher to take pictures of them trying on dresses, we have sparkling beverages and a cheese platter. It’s fun, it’s an experience.”
Norah echoed the old ad-age: “If the price seems too good to be true. It probably is.”
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160 190 NEW/From B1just the wedding party, then just the parents, then the wedding party spouses, then the parents’ partners, then the siblings, then the aunts and uncle, then my grand-ma, and finally friends.
3. If you are crafty, DIY it. I discovered so much
about myself through DIYing my wedding. I discovered that I am pa-tient, creative, talented, and motivated. I took ideas from everywhere and made them my own.
4. Love your dress. I had major dress drama
because I picked it because it was inexpensive rather than because I loved it. Whatever you are going to wear, love it. Know that you love it before you buy it. Don’t let anyone push you into something that you
don’t love. Take one or two people you trust to help you.
5. Spend time with the people that came for the wedding.
This is my biggest regret. I didn’t have enough time to spend with people that came out for the wedding. I did get to spend time with them the day before and at the wedding but I didn’t get to spend time with them the week before the wedding like I had hoped.
6. Make your budget realistic.
We wanted a wedding on a budget and other than the reception, we were able to do that. My dad surprised me by paying for the reception. We spent around $1000 for everything including clothes, shoes, feathers, beads, and all the other kooky things we had.
Set a budget and try not to go over it — but if you do, have a discussion about whether this is something you really want or is it something that would just be nice?
7. Enjoy the day.Everyone always says
the day goes by so fast. But I disagree. I was present in every moment. I enjoyed every aspect of the day. I just let myself relax and know that everything was taken care of. And it was. It was the perfect day. The only thing that went wrong was that the cupcakes were forgotten, but they arrived in time for dinner — no prob-lem there. Everything else was just awesome. And
Drea is a high school English and drama teacher, who’s directed lots of plays, including “Beauty and the Beast” and one that she wrote called “Super.” She wrote this column for off-beatbride.com
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WORKSHOP – 9:30 a.m.-noon. Discerning the differ-ence between punishment and discipline. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chest-nut St., Oneonta Info, (607) 432-2870.
TAI CHI – 4-5 p.m. Green Earth Community Room, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6600, www.greenearthoneonta.com
WINE – 6-7:30 p.m. Intro-duction to Wine. Instructor, Dr. Carlyn Buckler. Sample the Tasting Wheel and other tools to find out which wines you find tasty; things to look for in a good wine, and how to deal with a pretentious wine steward. SUNY Oneonta Office of Continuing Education & The Cooperstown Graduate Program. Held at CGP, 5838 State Route 80, Cooper-stown. Info, (607) 436-2548, [email protected]
HISTORY – 6 p.m. “Shaver-town: A Reservoir of Memories.” Documentary of four lost vil-lages now beneath the Papacton Reservoir. Free, all welcome. Donations accepted. Cannon Free Library, 40 Elm St., Delhi. Info, Delaware County Historical Association, (607) 746-3849
LECTURE – 7:30 p.m. Dr. Jane Beck presents “Journey’s End: Destination of a Dream.” Feni-more Art Museum Auditorium, 5798 NY Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1400.
BEE KEEPERS – 7 p.m. Bee-keeping Club, every third Thurs-day. Hartwick Community Center, 450 Cty. Rd. 11 (East Main), Hartwick. Info, Mark Johnson, (607) 282-0190.
CONCERT – 8 p.m. Tempest with special guests One Click Culture. The Oneonta Theatre,
RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Used clothing, small house-hold items. Salvation Army, 25 River St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-0952, www.salvationar-myusa.org
RUMMAGE SALE – Noon-5 p.m. Fly Creek Methodist Church, Cty Hwy 26, Fly Creek.
SPRING CONCERT – 12:15 p.m. Katie Boardman performs original music written in and for the early settlers of Cooper-stown. Free, all welcome. Christ Episcopal Church, 46 River St., Cooperstown.
SUPPORT GROUP -- 1-3 p.m. Support group for persons with Parkinson’s Disease and their caregivers. Education Center at the Plains, 163 Heritage Circle, Oneonta. (607) 432-5434.
LADIES NIGHT -- 6 p.m. Danc-ing, dinner and live male auction. Holiday Inn, Rte. 23, Oneonta. Info, Lisa Smith, [email protected], (607) 433-2250.
CONCERT – 7 p.m. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration: “Beloved Community,” Playing for Change,” performances by SUNY Oneonta Jam Bands, Funk Band, Pop Repertory Ensemble, Perfor-mance Practice Workshop and Jazz Bands. Free, all welcome. SUNY Oneonta, Fine Arts, M201. Info, (607) 436-3441.
LECTURE – 7 p.m. Michael Shuman, “Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Move Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street.” Leading expert on community economics speaks at Ander-son Center, Hartwick College,
GIG – 7 p.m. Jill Carey Mi-chaels performs her one-woman show “Nice Girl.” Free. Wilbur Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.
PLANETARIUM – 7 p.m. Free planetarium show, highlighting night sky constellations, stars and planets through a virtual voyage through the solar system, galaxy and universe. Free, seat-ing limited, registration required. Also May 4. SUNY Oneonta Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Plan-etarium, basement level, Science I build., West Dormitory Road, SUNY Oneonta. Online registra-tion: http://employees.oneonta.edu/smolinjp/planetarium.html Info, Dr. Jason Smolinski (607) 436-2620, [email protected].
MUSICAL -- 7:30 p.m. Milford School Music Association pres-ents “A Song for Rosie.” Tickets, $7.50. Performing Arts Center, Milford School, Milford. Info, (607) 286-7721.
AUDUBON -- 7:30 p.m. “The Everglades” with Scott and Denise Stoner. View samples of photographic work at Na-turelogues.com. Refreshments served. Elm Park Method-ist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society program chair, Eleanor Moriarty, (607) 435-2054.
CELESTIAL WATCH – 8 p.m., weather permitting. Public ob-servation nights, in conjunction with 7 p.m. SUNY Planetarium shows. Public can view plan-ets, star clusters and galaxies through the college’s 40-inch, 16-inch and 14-inch telescopes, as well as a pair of giant bin-oculars for wide-angle viewing. SUNY Observatory, College Camp, northeastern side of SUNY Oneonta campus. Info, Dr. Jason Smolinski (607) 436-2620, [email protected].
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ILG ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/21/2012. Of-fice in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3486 County Hwy 33, Cherry Valley, NY 13320, which is also the prin-cipal business location. Purpose: Any lawful pur-pose. 6LegalMay3
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Notice of Forma-tion of Oneonta
Prime LLCThe Articles of Organiza-tion were filed with the NYS Secretary of State (NYSSS) on March 21, 2012. Office and principal business location: P.O. Box 605, Port Crane, NY 13833, Broome County, New York. NYSSS desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served, NYSSS shall mail process to: P.O. Box 605, Port Crane, NY 13833. Purpose: Any
lawful activity. 6LegalMay10
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Alpine Roofing Supply LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/08/12. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 69 Maple Avenue, Unadilla, NY 13849. General Purposes.6LegalMay10
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Notice of for-mation of PNJ Home Consult-ing LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/2012. Office location, County of Ot-sego. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to:PNJ Home Consulting LLC, 152 County Hwy 38A, Richmond-ville, NY 12149. Purpose: any law-ful act.6LegalMay24
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TO THE VOTERS OF
OTSEGO COUNTY
POLLING PLACESfor the Republi-can Presidential Primary to be held on April 24, 2012.Polls will be open in all districts of the County from 12:00PM until 9:00PM
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BURLINGTON 1Municipal Building6011 St Hwy 51Burlington FlatsBUTTERNUTS 1,2Municipal Building1234 St Hwy 51GilbertsvilleCHERRY VALLEY 1,2Community Center2 Genesee StCherry ValleyDECATUR 1Decatur Town Barn104 Co Hwy 37WorcesterEDMESTON 1Municipal Building2 West StEdmestonEXETER 1Town Barn/Office7411 St Hwy 28Schuyler LakeHARTWICK 1,2Town Office Building103 Town DrHartwick
LAURENS 1,2Town Hall37 Brook StLaurensMARYLAND 1,2Firehouse40 Main StSchenevusMIDDLEFIELD 1,2Clark Sports Center124 Co Hwy 52CooperstownMILFORD 1,2Town Hall2859 St Hwy 28PortlandvilleMORRIS 1Townhouse118 Main StMorrisNEW LISBON 1Town Hall908 Co Hwy 16GarrettsvilleONEONTA 1,3,4Town Hall3966 St Hwy 23West OneontaONEONTA 2FoxCare CenterOne Foxcare DrOneontaOTEGO 1,2Municipal Building3526 St Hwy 7OtegoOTSEGO 1,2St Mary’s Parish Center31 Elm StCooperstownOTSEGO 3Town Building811 Co Hwy 26Fly CreekPITTSFIELD 1Firehouse175 St Hwy 80New BerlinPLAINFIELD 1Town Building129 Co Hwy 18AWest WinfieldRICHFIELD 1,2Town Hall18 E James St
Richfield SpringsROSEBOOM 1Roseboom Town Barn126 Co Hwy 50Cherry ValleySPRINGFIELD 1Community Center129 Co Hwy 29ASpringfield CenterUNADILLA 1,2,3Town Hall1648 St Hwy 7UnadillaWESTFORD 1Town Hall1812 Co Hwy 34WestfordWORCESTER 1,3Town Building29 Katie LnWorcesterWORCESTER 2Fire House70 Main StEast WorcesterCITY WARDS 1,2,5,6,8Foothills PAC24 Market StOneontaCITY WARDS 3,4,7St James Church305 Main StOneonta
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PHILANTHROPY Human Rights Liberal Education Self-Development
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Lecture by Historian and Philanthropist George McCully
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FridayApril 20
(contd.)GIG – 10 p.m. Deadwood,
classical rock with blues and jams. $3. The Autumn Cafe, 244 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.au-tumncafe.com, (607) 432-6845.
SaturdayApril 21
BAG SALE – 9 a.m.-noon. Fill a bag for $2. Fly Creek Methodist Church, Cty. Hwy. 26, Fly Creek.
RECYCLING -- 8 a.m.-noon. Earth Day Computer Recycling Day. Old computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, cables, copi-ers, print cartridges, VCR/DVD players, phone and medical and equipment, speakers, etc. Sorry, no TV’s. First United Presby-
COOPERSTOWN MARKET – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Seasonal fruits and veggies to all cuts of local meats and poultry. Local eggs, cheese, more. Pioneer Alley (behind Key Bank), Cooperstown. Rain or shine. Info, (607) 547-6195, www.otsego2000.org
COMPETITION –10 a.m.-4 p.m. “Canstruction” teams via to build the best canned-food struc-tures to benefit Hunger Coalition of Otsego County. Southside Mall, Oneonta.
CHICKEN COOPS – 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Judy Pangman, author of “Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing your Flock,” and the Amish Barn Co. show-case different types of chicken coops and information about
raising chickens. $10 registra-tion. Brandow’s Feed and Seed, 1449 State Hwy. 7, Oneonta. Info, (607) 547-2366, [email protected]
MEETING -- 10:30 a.m. Daugh-ters of the American Revolution meeting. Vincent T. Dacquino on the ride of Sybil Ludington. St. James Manor, Co. Rte. 47, Em-mons. Info, (607) 547-5831.
BARK FOR LIFE – 11 a.m.-3 -.m. American Cancer Society Cooperstown Bark for Life. Bring your dog for the 1 1/2 mile walk in the fight against cancer. Food, music, dog show contest, K-9 demo, book-signing by Donna Mucks – a family fun day! Glim-merglass State Park, 1527 Cty. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown. Info, Sherri Goodspeed, (607) 544-1443, [email protected]
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SaturdayApril 21(contd.)
HISTORY – 1:30 p.m., also 6:30 p.m. Tom Morgan’s “Tales from The Empire,” one-man play of true-life stories. Empire House Hotel, 136 Marion Ave., Gilberts-ville. Info, (607) 783-2859, www.theempirehousehotel.com
OPEN HOUSE – 3-5 p.m. Coo-perstown Veteran’s Club invites all veterans to join together. Refreshments. Cooperstown Veteran’s Club, 60 Main St., Coo-perstown. Info, (607) 547-8282.
LEGION – 6 p.m. social hour, 7 p.m. dinner. American Legion Annual Birthday party. Highly decorated WWII Veteran John Nowhitney, guest speaker. Veter-ans and their families welcome. Please bring a dish to pass.
BENEFIT – 6 p.m. “An Eve-ning of Sweet Indulgences and Entertainment.” Awesome silent auction, delicious desserts, music and guest speaker, Dr. Dino Pedrone of Davis College and Oneonta Community Christian School - Class of 2012. $12.50 per person. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-2080, www.foothillspac.org
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MUSICAL -- 7:30 p.m. Milford School Music Association pres-ents “A Song for Rosie.” Tickets, $7.50. Performing Arts Center, Milford School, Milford. Info, (607) 286-7721.
BLUES -- 8 p.m. George Kilby Jr. and Jeremy Wallace trio. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 643-4022, www.oneontatheatre.com.
STARGAZING – 8 p.m.- mid-night. Lyrid Meteor Shower, Venus, Mars and Saturn and Corona Borealis. Springfield Community Center, 129 Cnty.
Hwy 29A, Springfield Center. Cannon Free Library, 40 Elm St., Delhi. Info, [email protected]
SundayApril 22
Earth Day!RUN/WALK -- 11:30 race reg-
istration, 1 p.m. start. 14th An-nual S.A.D.D 5K and Health Fair; benefits local chapters. Oneonta High School., 130 East Street Oneonta. Info, (607) 433-8241.
NATURE WALK -- 1 p.m. Patri-cia Riddell Kent and Steve Kent lead walk of the Robert V. Riddell State Park. Robert V. Riddell Rd., off State Hwy. 28. Info, [email protected], (607) 547-4488.
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK – 2 p.m. Orpheus Theatre Starstruck
Players with “School House Rock Live Jr.” $5. Foothills Performing Arts Ctr., 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, tickets, (607) 432-9392, www.orpheustheatre.org.
Monday, April 23
CONCERT -- 10 a.m. Fiddler Darol Anger and cellist Mike Block perform. Free. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, reservations, (607) 746-2283.
LECTURE – 7 p.m. George McCully lectures on philanthropy. Free. Anderson Center, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, Peter Wallace, (607) 431-4905, [email protected].
TuesdayApril 24
MEDITATION – 5:15-6:15 p.m. Introduction to the Buddhist view and meditation. Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 527-5185.
AUCTION – 6 p.m. Quarter Auction to benefit Oneonta Relay for Life. $5 admission. Oneonta Moose Lodge, 87 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3406.
HISTORY – 6:30 p.m. “A Talk with Frank Waterman,” on his new book “Raising Lincoln’s Army” and news of Delaware Gazette during the Civil war. Free, all welcome. Donations welcome. Info, libraries.4cls.org/delhi
Wednesday, April 25
BLOOD DRIVE – 8:30 a.m.
- 1:30 p.m. American Red Cross blood drive. Donors eligible to win an iPad. Bassett Hall chapel, intersection Beaver and Pioneer Sts., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-3701.
WORKSHOP – 6-8 p.m. “Kids in the Middle” for single parents, co-parents and caregivers. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta Info, (607) 432-2870.
WINE NIGHT -- 6 p.m. Stefano Ringer from Trinchero Fam-ily Vineyards pairs wines and delicious food. $35 . Stella Luna Ristorante, 58-60 Market St.,Oneonta. Reservations, info, (607) 433-7646.
ENERGY – 7 p.m. “In Their Own Words: Examining Shale Gas Hype.” Financial Analyst
Deborah Rogers, founder of Energy Policy Forum, discusses economic and investment re-alities of hydraulic fracturing for gas. Free, all welcome. Foot-hills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 829-8451.
MEETING – 7:30 p.m. Spring-field Historical Society Annual Meeting with Wayne Wright pro-gram on genealogy. Dish-to-pass supper, free, public welcome. Springfield Community Center, Rte. 29A in Springfield Center. Info, Noel Dries, (607) 547-8809.
MEETING – 7 p.m. Jim Loud-on presents “Railroads of the Upper Susquehanna” Fly Creek Grange, 210 Cemetery Road, Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-8321.
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