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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JUNE 5-6, 2014
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70 years ago June 6, Alex Bauer of Coopertown was clambering down a cargo net onto Omaha Beach.
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Lakefront Park becomes a lumberjack’s paradise on Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8.
Lumberjacks Rev ’Em Up In Lakefront Park
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hainsaws, hand axes and plenty of lumber to be sawed and sculpted at the Stihl Pro & Collegiate Lumberjack Legacy Invitation northeast qualifier. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, June 7, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Sunday, June 8, Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. Info, www.stihlusa.com.
Cooperstown’s Alex Bauer Among Few Who Remember ‘Longest Day’ By JIM KEVLIN
COOPERSTOWN
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n army marches on its stomach,” Napoleon said, and he must have known. In Bonaparte’s view, then, Alex Bauer, a 22-year-old Army cook – “I looked like I was 12”; he is now 92 – played as critical a role as
Alex Bauer, left,was 22 and “looked like I was 12.”
anyone in the successful DDay assault on June 6, 1944, and subsequent battles that
drove the Germans back into their Fatherland and, on May 8, 1945, to surrender. On “The Longest Day,” 160,000 Allied troops were ferried across the English Channel in an assault on a 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coast, the largest such endeavor in world history. Today, an estimated 4,000 veterans of the assault survive, making Bauer – he Please See GI, B4
ART & NATURE: The doors open on the “Winslow Homer: The Nature and Rhythm of Life, from the Arkell Museum at Canajoharie” exhibit. 10 a.m., Friday, June 6, The Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 NY 80, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1461. SHOUT HALLELUJAH: The Catskill Players present a dinner theater performance of “Hallelujah Girls.” $42 adults, $39 seniors; (show only, $18 adults, $15 students) 8 p.m., FridaySaturday June 6-7, 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8, Wieting Theater, Worcester. Info, tickets, (607) 397-8500. ARTFUL BENEFIT: Maryann Stow art sale benefits St. James food pantry and Plan International. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8, The Tax Professionals’ Lobby, 5375 St. Hwy. 7, Oneonta. Info, (607) 434-2547.
THE SUMMER ART SCENE
Franklin Stage Will Again Be ‘A Beautiful Place’ have been sealed and prepared before the show with just a few dollars in them and a note FRANKLIN that says, ‘To use however you wish’,” she said. emarkably, the Frank“It moves me profoundly. lin Stage Company Remaining free, relying on has survived 17 years these donations is crucial to our on the kindness of strangers. Carmela identity – we all deserve theMarner There are no tickets. Audience ater, we need this experience.” members donate what they “This experience” continwill. ues. The curtain rises on the 18th After each show, there’s a moment season Friday, June 6, with “La Voix Carmela Marner, the Franklin Stage’s Humaine,” a one-act opera starring font of vitality, lives for. Barbara Paterson. “I saw her perform “We’ll get these envelopes that Please See STAGE, B8 By LIBBY CUDMORE
Interns Nikola Spychalski, Jacob Gluerckert and David Judd, clean the house for Franklin Stage’s opening night.
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EQUESTRIAN CLASSIC: Spend a day watching majestic horses and riders test their skills at the Farmers’ Museum 18th Annual Benefit Horse Show and Luncheon. Enjoy a luncheon or bring a picnic. Admission is free to the general public. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, June 8, Iroquois Farm Showground, 1527 Cty. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info, Christine Bellinger, (607) 547-1412 or c.bellinger@nysha.org. SWEET TREATS: OWL’S annual Ice Cream Social features performances, crafts and more. Free, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, June 8. Oneonta Boys and Girls Club, 70 River St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4318543.
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