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Home Page   Local News   Local Sports   Community Calendar   Opinion   Editorials   Columns   Letters to the Editor   Archives   News Archives   Sports Archives	12-20-2007 In These Otsego Hills This year, as we prepared to write our annual Cooperstown Carol, which has for many years touched on the events of the village, we assumed, given the wealth of issues swirling about, that the carol would fairly write itself. Alas, that did not seem to be the case. In fact, we found we were unable to put pen to paper to record the events of the year. Instead we were drawn to an attitude, which we found to be vaguely troubling, which we seem to have noticed of late. We readily admit that it is quite possible that this attitude has been around for a while, but that we, in our ever advancing age, just took note of it recently. Therefore, this week we present, with apologies to O Come All Ye Faithful, our annual Cooperstown Carol, which, in a change of pace, focuses more on what has been perceived as the year’s attitude instead of the year’s events ... O come, all ye fans Of America’s pastime. O come ye, O come ye to Cooperstown. Bring bags of money To spread around. O come, share your treasure, O come, share your treasure, O come, share your treasure, We need the revenue now. O come, all ye visitors, Joyful with anticipation, O come ye, O come ye to Cooperstown. Bring all your quarters For our pay and display machines. O come, pay for our parking, O come, pay for our parking, O come, pay for our parking, We need the revenue now. O come, all ye students With your forward thinking. O come ye, O come ye to Cooperstown. Tell us anew Just what planning we should do. O come, site a parking structure. O come, site a parking structure, O come, site a parking structure, We need the revenue now. O come all ye shoppers Enjoy the Christmas season. O come ye, O come ye to Cooperstown. Look at our lights Glowing all days and nights. O come, see us save electricity, O come, see us save electricity, O come, see us save electricity, To save the revenue now. O come all ye parkers, Ignore the two hour limit. O come ye, O come ye to Cooperstown. Leave your car upon the street; The hefty fine will be so sweet. O come, get a parking ticket, O come, get a parking ticket, O come, get a parking ticket, We need the revenue now. O come everyone Visit the most perfect village. O come ye, O come ye to Cooperstown. Where everything Will soon have its own price tag. O come, give us your fortune, O come, give us your fortune, O come, give us your fortune, We need the revenue now. Wishing you a joyous holiday season, We remain, In these Otsego hills, The Ellsworths The Ellsworths may be reached by mail at 105 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326, by telephone at 547- 8124 or by e-mail at cellsworth1@stny.rr.com. They look forward to hearing from you.
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