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From Studio North, Sharon Springs, Olivia Patterson, Emily Kaiser and Myranda Steingraeber pause before performing their big number around the flag pole at Main and Pioneer at 11 a.m. today, during the Cooperstown Winter Carnival's "Samba Dromo" parade.  The SSPCA Dog Show, always a big hit, begins at 12:30 in the Doubleday Field parking lot.
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SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 2012
Sidewalks Packed For Carnival Parade
After serving hotcakes all morning at the Carnival's Lions Pancake Breakfast, members of CCS' Leo Club had a chance to sample their product.  They will be serving again 8-11:30 a.m. Sunday morning at the Cooperstown Vets' Club on Main Street.
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Leo Club Serves, Then Samples Breakfast Fare
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Susquehanna SPCA Executive Director Liz Mackey of Oneonta shows off Lupita, her entry in the Carnival Dog Show's costume category in the Doubleday Field parking lot.  The winner in that category was Sherrie Kingsley's Riley.
We figure Nicoletta's owner Phil Andrews can cook but, boy, can he eat, too, as demonstrated at the Carnival's Fat Tuesday Beans & Rice Eating Contest.  The winner was Ben Breiten, Fly Creek, who said he trained by partaking weekly at the all-you-can-eat buffet at Oneonta's China King.
Eating, Dog Competitions Draw Crowds
Teepee Pete Latella offers tastes of his various hot sauces to Kelly and Michael Winslow, Richfield Springs.  Vendors filled the big top..
SUNDAY, FEB. 12, 2012
More Than 300 Dads, Daughters
Celebrate Valentine's Day At Gala
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Sodexo Chef Brian Bennett serves the roast at the Oneonta Family YMCA's 10th annual Daddy-Daughter Valentine's Day Dance Saturday evening.
Georgia Liddle and her daddy Tom were among the more than 300 father-daughter pairs in SUNY Oneonta's Hunt Ballroom.  (A full page of photos will appear in the Friday, Feb. 17, edition of Hometown Oneonta.)
TREPS Focuses On Energy Savings
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CCS' Anthony Birch gives the TREPS pitch on his entrepreneurial innovation, a 4-minute shower timer.  If the American family of four reduced their usual 10- to 15-minute showers to just 4 minutes, they could save $1,158 a year.  Anthony was one of a few dozen young entrepreneurs at Bursey Gym this afternoon showing off his wares at the annual TREPS fair, organized to coincide with the Cooperstown Winter Carnival.
Pennsylvanian Wins 5K Smullens Event
Brian Waters of Harrisburg, Pa., poses with wife Katie after winning the  Winter Carnival's 5K Smullens race through the village this morning.  His time, 18:30.
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THIS JUST IN!  Ryan Maleady won Beardoff 2012, the fourth annual, held Friday evening at The Autumn Cafe in Oneonta.  Here, brothers Michael Melius, center, and Tim Melius, right, took second and third place respectively.  Madeline Jayson of Roxbury judges.  Complete results in the upcoming Hometown Oneonta.
Brothers Place 2nd, 3rd In Beardoff 2012
CONTINUING COVERAGE
FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 2012
NY STATE CARTOON OF WEEK
CORE Videos Link Jobs, Job Seekers
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CORE – Career Opportunities In Rural Education – unveiled newly produced videos Thursday afternoon at Milford Central School aimed at connecting job seekers with available local jobs.  The video depict opportunities at Bassett Healthcare, Ommegang and other major employers, and will be shown to high-school graduates and others entering the job market.  On screen is Liz Rickard, CORE director, and seated, from left, are Sara Albright, Bassett director of organizational development; Susan Ward, president, Milford Central school board, and Carolyn Lewis, county economic development.  MCS Superintendent Peter Livshin also spoke.  The CORE initiative received additional funding in the first round of Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council grands.
COOPERSTOWN

Three candidates filed petitions to run for mayor and village trustee in Cooperstown by the deadline this past Wednesday, according to Village Clerk Teri Barown, but there were no new names.

The three are the same people who received the Democratic endorsements Jan. 31:  Jeff Katz for mayor and James Dean and Cindy Falk for trustee.
Democrats File As Independents For Village Slots
Judge's Harassment Complaint
Against Pacherille Thrown Out
Judge
Burns
COOPERSTOWN

The lawyer for 17-year-old Anthony Pacherille's father received notification today that all charges against him brought by county Judge Brian Burns have been dismissed, according to the father, Tony Pacherille. 

The father said oral arguments were heard in December in Oneonta City Court before Norwich City Judge James Downey because the local city judges had recused themselves.

The elder Pacherille, whose son had been sentenced to 11 years in prison in July for shooting at and wounding a fellow CCS student on Good Friday, 2010, was charged with second-degree harassment in August for knocking on the door of Judge Burns' Oneonta home.   Pacherille said he was planning a protest in front of Burns home and was simply trying to confirm the address.

Since, Burns has recused himself from all cases involving the elder Pacherille.
With the CCS Varsity Basketball playoffs beginning this evening, AllOTSEGO.com has completed its archive tracing the CCS hazing scandal back to when it first surfaced in mid-November with a letter from High School Principal Cring and Athletic Director Baldo to football parents.  Two of the players implicated in the hazing allegations – two of five facing charges in Hartwick Town Court – are playing tonight in the first round of sectional against Saquoit. Click here
Polar Bears Brave Icy Water for Charity
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This face says it all – Yvonne Angell of Oneonta psychs herself up for the Polar Bear Plunge today on Goodyear Lake.  "This is my fifth year," she said.  "And I still don't know what I'm doing!"  Yvonne is one of 270 jumpers who once again braved the cold water to raise money for local families.
SATURDAY, FEB. 18, 2012
SUNDAY, FEB. 19, 2012
NY STATE CARTOON OF WEEK
TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 2012
OBITUARY:  Ida Mae Bridger, Cooperstown; details follow
Retired Physician, 83, About To Turn 21
Dr. Harvey Leventhal,  the eminent neurosurgeon from Staten Island who is retired in Cooperstown, is about to turn 84 – or rather, 21.  His Leap-Year birthday is Wednesday, Feb. 29.   The central photo here shows Dr. Leventhal as he was about to depart for Yale at age 17, er, 4-plus.  Details in this week's Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta.
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New St. Mary's Pastor Arrives
In Time For Ash Wednesday
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One of Father David Mickiewicz's first duties as the new pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Oneonta, was to burn palms today for Ash Wednesday, which is tomorrow, his first official day in his new post.   He was assisted by Father Ben Ampong, center, the interim pastor, and Sacristan Martha Delello.  Father Mickiewicz, a priest in the Albany Diocese for 28 years, comes to Oneonta from Waterford.  He replaces Father Joseph Benintende, who retired at the end of 2011 but intends to continue residing in Oneonta.