Sherri France, local athlete, coach, and educator, was honored by the Clark Sports Center and The Clark Foundation at an emotional ceremony at The Otesaga Resort Hotel on Wednesday, October 29.…
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Fetterman Award recipients are honored for their dedication to serving Cooperstown’s local youth, especially in the area of athletics. The intent is to honor a community member with a show of genuine appreciation by the Clark Family/Foundation/Sports Center for all they have done for youth and athletics, officials said.…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta November 10, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK Local Casts Vote for First Time FRONT PAGE Former CSC Director Honored Area Filmmakers Awarded Top Prize at California Film Festival New York State RecognizesOtsego County Volunteerism Inside The Paper B2B Program Helping VeteransTransition from ‘Boots to Business’ Cooperstown Boys Soccer Bursts into State Final Four Creekside Wins NDEAM Award ‘Luminosity/Luminous Streets’ exhibitmarks tenth Glimmerglass Film Days ‘Salute to Veterans’ Concert is Sunday Opera…
Former CSC Director Honored By IAN KENYON COOPERSTOWN—For 45 years, Val Paige has been in the center of activity at the Clark Sports Center. Spanning a career that began within the walls of the Alfred Corning Clark Gymnasium—now home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s executive offices—and moved in 1986 to the CSC’s current home on Susquehanna Avenue, Paige’s story and that of the sports center are very much intertwined. “What we have in the Clark Sports Center and…
PETE HENRICI HONORED Road To Fetterman Built On Teaching, Coaching, Scouting By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When Pete Henrici joined Cooperstown Central School as a student teacher back in the mid-1970s, he spent a week sitting in the back of Phyllis Jamieson’s Latin class. He created a chart of each desk, so when he first taught the class the following week, he could address all the students by name. That attention to detail, and consideration of the…
OTESAGA LUNCHEON CELEBRATES Pete Henrici Joins Fetterman Honorees PROFILE IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
Goal: Recognize Service To Youth Nominations Sought For Fetterman Award COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Sports Center is seeking nominations for the annual Fetterman Award. This award is given in memory of Patrick C. Fetterman, long-time associate director of the ACC Gymnasium/Clark Sports Center. Recipients are honored for their dedication to serving local youth, especially in the area of athletics. Please send nominations to Brenda Wedderspoon-Gray, Clark Sports Center, Box 850, Cooperstown NY 13326. Or drop off letter of nomination at…
‘Team Fetterman’ Welcomes Judge Lamberts Become 1st Father-Son Pair In Cooperstown’s Most Honored Ranks By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It was a lesson in the right attitude. County Judge John Lambert, honored as the latest recipient of the Clark Sports Center’s Fetterman Award today at an Otesaga luncheon, was able to relate a first-hand story about Patrick Fetterman, a fabled director of the Clark Gym. It was at a Biddy Basketball Tournament in St. Johnsville more than…
IN MEMORIAM • FULL OBITUARY Paul J. Lambert, 87, Cooperstown; Former Principal, Superintendent COOPERSTOWN – Paul J. Lambert, former Cooperstown Central School principal and superintendent of schools and later director of the Clark Foundation Scholarship Program, as well as a coach and well-respected member of the community, passed away late Wednesday night, Dec. 27, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. A loving and supportive husband, father and grandfather, he was 87. Born March 24, 1930, in Sayre, Pa., he was one of…
Mike Perrino Is Applauded At 23rd Fetterman Luncheon By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com (reprinted from last week’s Freeman’s Journal) COOPERSTOWN – When the phone first rang, Mike Perrino thought his Cooperstown Youth Football team was in trouble. “They called me down to the Clark Sports Center and said they needed to talk to me,” he said. “I thought ‘Oh no, what did these kids get into?’ I thought something was amiss.” But instead, director Val Paige had only good news…
