Mercury In Mid ’50s For 230 ‘Polar Bears’ For the first time in a long time, the water was colder than the air at the 21st annual Polar Bear Jump at Goodyear Lake this afternoon. Under the watchful eyes of the state police Troop C Dive Team, over 230 jumpers braved icy water to help raise money to help ten local recipients . Above, event organizer Brenda Waters, Milford, and Jay Murphy, Oneonta, call the jumpers out onto the ice to line up…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, FEB. 18 Support This Years Polar Bear Jumpers POLAR BEAR JUMP – 12:30 p.m. Come spectate on people jumping in a freezing lake to support local children, individuals, and organizations in need. Goodyear Lake, Outside Portlandville, St. Hwy. 28, Oneonta. Info, www.thisiscooperstown.com/events/goodyear-lake-22nd-annual-polar-bear-jump FROZEN TOE RACE – 10:30 a.m. 5 Mile race held regardless of weather conditions. Entry, $35. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Info, www.clarksportscenter.com PERFORMANCE – 7:30 p.m. Local and regional talent perform Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” Ballroom…
Polar Bear Plunge Overcomes Thaw CLICK HERE FOR SLIDE SHOW OF 21ST POLAR PLUNGE…
Ice 8 Inches Thick On Goodyear Lake, Assuring Polar Bear Jump On Feb. 20 GOODYEAR LAKE – Jamie Waters was fishing on Goodyear Lake this weekend, and reports the ice is 8 inches thick, assuring the annual Polar Bear Jump will proceed normally on Saturday, Feb. 20. Waters, who, with wife Brenda, founded the event 20 years ago and continues to organize it, reminds fans the Chinese auction to benefit the jump is this Sunday, Jan. 31, at Milford Central…
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