Around the Towns: November 9, 2023

The Bergeron family—Tim with his daughters, Carrie and Katie—presented their touching Pathfinder Scholarship story during the recent awards banquet for the Pathfinder Village Tennis Classic and Pathfinder Village-Baseball Hall of Fame Golf Invitational. (National Baseball Hall of Fame photo-Milo V. Stewart)

Around the Towns: November 9, 2023

Pathfinder Raises Funds for Scholarships

EDMESTON—Pathfinder Village recently raised more than $85,000.00 at the Pathfinder Village Tennis Classic and the Pathfinder Village-Baseball Hall of Fame Golf Invitational. The benefits culminated with an awards banquet at The Otesaga Resort Hotel on September 11. Funds raised will go toward residential and student scholarships for people with intellectual disabilities. The golf event also raised $15,000.00 this year in support of the Hall of Fame’s educational programs. For Pathfinder’s recap of this event, visit https://www.allotsego.com/pathfinder-village-raises-over-85500-00-for-scholarships/.

Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers (third from left) poses on the 18th green of the Leatherstocking Golf Course with the Community Bank, NA team of Tim Miller, Theo Basdekis, Brent Patry and Dave Weaver, along with Springfield Country Club Golf Professional E.J. Altobello (far right). The team came in first at -26 in September’s Pathfinder Village-Baseball Hall of Fame Golf Invitational. (National Baseball Hall of Fame photo-Milo V. Stewart)

Winners Sheri Holohan and Eric Hage, center, along with runners-up Cay Franck, left, and Chris Clark, right, were the Flight A finalists for the 14th annual Pathfinder Village Tennis Classic, played at the Har-Tru Courts of the Cooperstown Country Club on Monday, September 11. (Pathfinder Village photo-Bill Schaeffer)

Winners Jill Poulson and Stephanie Bauer, center, along with runners-up Mark diLorenzo, left, and Doug Walters, right, were the Flight B finalists for the 14th annual Pathfinder Village Tennis Classic. (Pathfinder Village photo-Lori Grace)

Dog Days of Summer

MIDDLEFIELD—The Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals held its first Barktoberfest event on Saturday, September 30 at Iroquois Farm. Above, SQSPCA dog print paint station volunteers Nathaniel Wilcox and Kyoko Imai stand by as Buster shows off his work with the help of owners Emily and Butchie Duncan. The day started with the Steps for Pets Community Dog Walk from Cooperstown Elementary School to the Barktoberfest festival site, followed by Barktoberfest, including a dog show with 49 entrants. Attendance across the day’s events was approximately 350-400 people, organizers said. (Photo by Allison Hungerford)

Top Finishers

COBLESKILL—The Astrocom Electronics Team of Doug Lifgren, Pete Ruffler, Andrew Peck and John Purcell took First Net honors with a round of 51 in the Men’s Flight of the Helios Care Chip in Fore Hospice Golf Tournament on September 9. The Chip in Fore Hospice Tournament, held this year at the Cobleskill Golf and Country Club, is one of Helios Care’s annual fundraisers that raises unrestricted funds for patients and their families’ needed services. For a full list of top finishers and more about this event, see https://www.allotsego.com/chip-in-fore-hospice-golf-tournament-a-huge-success/ (Photo provided)

Seems Like Old Times

COOPERSTOWN—Steve Kaich, former owner of the Bold Dragoon (now Cooley’s Stone House Tavern), visited with Lorie Pugliese-Lamb during a recent visit to Cooperstown. Lamb said it was the first time in about 20 years Kaich has been back for a visit. They caught up over drinks at Cooley’s. (Photo provided)

SCOLINOS: It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide

COLUMN VIEW FROM THE GAME It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide Editor’s Note: Tim Mead, incoming Baseball Hall of Fame president, cited John Scolinos, baseball coach at his alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona, as a lifelong inspiration, particularly Scolinos’ famous speech “17 Inches.” Chris Sperry, who published sperrybaseballlife.com, heard Scolinos deliver a version in 1996 at the American Baseball Coaches Association in Nashville, and wrote this reminiscence in 1916 in his “Baseball Thoughts” column. By CHRIS SPERRY • from www.sperrybaseballlife.com In 1996, Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching…

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