I’m very excited about the new exhibit at The Chapman Museum. I agree that hockey& football brought the local people together. Going to East Field and the Civic Center was the thing to do. I was proud of our teams and looked forward to discussing the games on Saturday mornings at Poopy’s, well known breakfast spot on Lawrence St. another example of how Glens Falls got the name Hometown USA. Thanks Ken for promoting the new exhibit. I’ll be there tomorrow for the Open House. A big thank you to Maureen Folk for coming up with the idea. I can imagine all thr hard work it took on the part of Maureen, Nicole Herwig, executive director, and Rebecca Tommell our new Program & Outreach Coordinator to put it all together. Ok Glens Falls! Show your appreciation & team spirit. See you at The Chapman!
Hard to believe basketball was left out, especially with the Eastern States Basketball Tournament having been so huge for so many years. Without that the Glens Falls High School gymnasium would not have the plush upper deck seating and such a large press box.
What I find amazing (I MEAN AMAZING) is what you are able to do in this substack.
I say this, and acknowledge that I skim over much of the local actives.
I look at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise every so often and I feel in a substack has more information in a week. And "The Front Page" only comes out three times a week (four if you count Sunday) and basically is one story.
Honestly thought that 20 years ago the end of the small town paper would be a substack like this. A person with an interest in the local community realizing the could do what the 'professional' paper does on their own.
Though I believed it would not be from a guy who is retired, but kind of thought it would be a young woman (perhaps a stay at home mom). But someone who saw local nuse is not being reported..
And actually with less the investigating reporting, but just what is going on and some human interest information
When ROOST was swallowing up local chamber of commerces, I thought it might be worth it, if they could run an accurate calendar.. they don't
I don't think there is any place to know what is going on entertainment-wise.. but in so many other activities
Thank you for the kind words. There is an enormous value of having 30 or so years of institutional knowledge. It is priceless. Between Will and I and we have over 60 years.
Ironically I find that the problem with the small newspapers.. Often reporters last about three years... either they fail (not cut out for the job) or they succeed and move on to bigger newspapers
I have rarely seen the editors making up for this.. I have mentioned this several times (in the past), I find it amazing that the reporters at various media never seem to nurture sources (especially NCPR, where the reporters are there for a longer time). Part of it has to do with not knowing how to parlay yourself into an institution.
I think reporters should do fluff stories. And do them because they deserve to be covered.. but also to gather information.
For example, talk to Maureen Folk, do a story (by that was a great reflection picture of her)... but talk to her.. learn things.. Make it so you can call her and get information in the future.
Now when you call her---> you have her trust and you find out what is going on..
I have seen scenarios where reporters get to know someone and they give you a call when her husband's company is going on strike and you are the first to know.
________
It is clear (or seems to be to me) that you, Mr. Tingley, keep in touch with various people... You do follow up stories... you have people who will give you in kind information.
____
I worked for the college newspaper several decades ago... because I was an older guy (non-traditional student), the paper sent me on the assignments no one else wanted to do.
I went to this Foreign Student Association presser. When I showed up.. I thought I had missed the meeting because everyone was just standing around... I asked what was up and one of the students said the meeting had been canceled. He seemed a little angry.
I saw an older woman.. with a perplexed look on her face.. I almost instantly realized this was my source because when I started talking to her she was the group’s advisor....
She not only told me why the meeting was canceled... she told me who I should talk to, what to ask...and why
I called that guy, asked the questions and wrote the story demonstrating the guy was treating the group unfairly and was lying to me... and made him look bad, because I had gleaned the facts from the advisor woman.
AND I called the woman back and asked her about the story.. if it was accurate and fair. She told me the guy called her, when I asked why... she told me she wanted to know how I knew he was lying..
If I wasn't graduating, I would have called that woman every couple months.
..__
Sorry to ramble, but I don't see a lot of that going on with local reporters. I am not saying I was a great reporter.. I was just lucky to find the right person.. and just smart enough to listen to her
A side note to this, I am sure both you and Will have learned.. and thus seen when a reporter just went to the top person.. did a story that seemed right, but it was just propaganda from that guy...
It seems what happens then is the people who know the facts don't talk to you, because they just think you are a stooge
What you are describing is developing sources who will trust you because you did a good job. We had strong editors who developed young reporters and challenged them to do great work. Set the bar high and you will be surprised. Editors at small newspapers are teachers in that way. At least the good ones are.
As an unrepentant sports fan who spends too much time watching ESPN, I was fascinated to read about the team sports exhibit at the Chapman. It is a creative idea, probably long overdue. I was also interested in your comment that this should be the “opening salvo”in a broader discussion of sports in the area. Realizing that the need for visuals-artifacts limits what an exhibit can do, let me suggest the possibility of expanding the sports covered and focusing not only on Jimmer but other home grown - and national - athletic stars who performed here.
Just a few suggestions along those lines for a possible future follow up:
-Basketball.
-Decades ago, older family members told me they had seen baseball great Lou Gehrig play basketball (in the 30s?) off-season for a barnstorming team that I believe they said was at the K of C gym. That probably would be tough to verify.
-in the late 50s, I saw Hall of Famer Bob Petit and his St. Louis Hawks play an exhibition game vs. Bill Russell’s Boston Celtics at the Glens Falls High Gymnasium, not long after their battle for the NBA Championship. (Famed Celtics coach Red Auerbach generously spent time before the game with budding GFHS star Dick Derby, who later played at Yale.)
-For decades, long before the State high school championships, Glens Falls hosted a well-known high school invitational, with teams from up and down the East Coast.
-Hall of Famer Elvin Hayes, I recall, played an exhibition with - I believe - the Houston Rockets at the Arena.
-Golf.
-Donald Ross, the world famous (in golf) golf designer, in 1914, designed the Glens Falls Country Club, and according to North Country historian Maury Thompson, reviewed the course at least one more time -in 1938. Ross designed 400 courses overall. GFCC is now rated by golf magazines as among the top 100 courses in the US.
-In the 1930s, the Glens Falls Country Club hosted a national tournament that attracted the likes of Ben Hogan (who as a young man, slept in his car in the club parking lot before one round), Sam Snead, Walter Hagen, Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen.
-The indomitable Tom Haggerty, a pro at the GF club for 50 years before retiring a few years ago, at retirement was second in the nation in longevity among pros, according to the PGA.. He, his brother and his father were pros at Albany regional courses for a combined 100 plus years.
-Sixty years ago, the New York State Amateur Golf Tournament was at the Round Pond Links and the finals featured Don Allen, the six time state champ who was later voted the greatest NY state golfer of the century, and Bill Tryon, a three time state champion and former Princeton footballer. It was a titanic match that went into extra holes, and won by Tryon.
-Around the same time, four time US Women’s Open champion Betsy Rawls (who won 55 tournaments overall in a Hall of Fame career) played then reigning state amateur champion Gail Purdy (later Brophy) in an exhibition at the club. Sight unseen, Rawls went around the course in an under par round that included a dramatic eagle and a birdie. (Btw, Purdy was a nationally known skater as well as outstanding golfer.)
We haven’t even touched on the Olympic connections, the torch run through Glens Falls in 1980. There is a vast untapped potential here. The number of NBA players who played in the state tourney in Glens Falls is alone amazing.
After reading the article “climate information” this piece caught my eye “A small climate countdown clock is mounted in the Crandall Library lobby on Glen Street. It measures time left until a tipping point of 1.5-degree Celsius is reached in our atmosphere.”
Next, I followed the link www.northcountryearthaction.org and came across the following below. If the clear and present danger is the 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, I don’t think that’s true after reading Alexandria Ocasio Cortez resolution.
Introduced in House (04/20/2021) by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. This resolution calls for the creation of a Green New Deal with the goals of
achieving greenhouse gas and toxic emissions reductions needed to stay under 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming;
establishing millions of high-wage union jobs and ensuring economic security for all;
investing in infrastructure and industry;
securing clean air and water, climate and community resiliency, healthy food, access to nature, and a sustainable environment for all; and
promoting justice and equality.
The resolution calls for accomplishment of these goals through a 10-year national mobilization effort. The resolution also enumerates the goals and projects of the mobilization effort, including
building smart power grids (i.e., power grids that enable customers to reduce their power use during peak demand periods);
upgrading all existing buildings and constructing new buildings to achieve maximum energy and water efficiency;
removing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation and agricultural sectors;
cleaning up existing hazardous waste and abandoned sites;
ensuring businesspersons are free from unfair competition; and
providing higher education, high-quality health care, and affordable, safe, and adequate housing to all. ink
In the past month there’s been a noticeable uptick in the number of local news and human interest stories contributed by the Post Star’s newly hired reporters and current editor. Their individual names, email addresses, phone #’s and specific focus areas/counties they cover give readers options for “reporting” their own neighborhood concerns and requests for the newspaper to investigate issues further.
These reporters seem to be making inroads on establishing essential rapport with local authorities, business owners, and other area resource personnel to get their findings in print in a more timely manner. I find this very hopeful for sustaining our Post Star’s 3 day a week print publication, as well as the daily digital news.
Reading all this makes me realize…Glens Falls is a happening little city!
Thank you all for doing the lights!
I’m very excited about the new exhibit at The Chapman Museum. I agree that hockey& football brought the local people together. Going to East Field and the Civic Center was the thing to do. I was proud of our teams and looked forward to discussing the games on Saturday mornings at Poopy’s, well known breakfast spot on Lawrence St. another example of how Glens Falls got the name Hometown USA. Thanks Ken for promoting the new exhibit. I’ll be there tomorrow for the Open House. A big thank you to Maureen Folk for coming up with the idea. I can imagine all thr hard work it took on the part of Maureen, Nicole Herwig, executive director, and Rebecca Tommell our new Program & Outreach Coordinator to put it all together. Ok Glens Falls! Show your appreciation & team spirit. See you at The Chapman!
Gloria Ragonetti
Very embarrassed! The title of the exhibit is “Hometown Teams.” Sorry Maureen.
Hard to believe basketball was left out, especially with the Eastern States Basketball Tournament having been so huge for so many years. Without that the Glens Falls High School gymnasium would not have the plush upper deck seating and such a large press box.
Ned Harkness was known to be corrupt (and a tyrant) when he ran NY Olympic Regional Development Authority...
how was he in Glens Falls
Original general manager of Adirondack Red Wings, I believe.
but did he do unsavory things in that position
I was not here then.
What I find amazing (I MEAN AMAZING) is what you are able to do in this substack.
I say this, and acknowledge that I skim over much of the local actives.
I look at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise every so often and I feel in a substack has more information in a week. And "The Front Page" only comes out three times a week (four if you count Sunday) and basically is one story.
Honestly thought that 20 years ago the end of the small town paper would be a substack like this. A person with an interest in the local community realizing the could do what the 'professional' paper does on their own.
Though I believed it would not be from a guy who is retired, but kind of thought it would be a young woman (perhaps a stay at home mom). But someone who saw local nuse is not being reported..
And actually with less the investigating reporting, but just what is going on and some human interest information
When ROOST was swallowing up local chamber of commerces, I thought it might be worth it, if they could run an accurate calendar.. they don't
I don't think there is any place to know what is going on entertainment-wise.. but in so many other activities
Thank you for the kind words. There is an enormous value of having 30 or so years of institutional knowledge. It is priceless. Between Will and I and we have over 60 years.
Ironically I find that the problem with the small newspapers.. Often reporters last about three years... either they fail (not cut out for the job) or they succeed and move on to bigger newspapers
I have rarely seen the editors making up for this.. I have mentioned this several times (in the past), I find it amazing that the reporters at various media never seem to nurture sources (especially NCPR, where the reporters are there for a longer time). Part of it has to do with not knowing how to parlay yourself into an institution.
I think reporters should do fluff stories. And do them because they deserve to be covered.. but also to gather information.
For example, talk to Maureen Folk, do a story (by that was a great reflection picture of her)... but talk to her.. learn things.. Make it so you can call her and get information in the future.
Now when you call her---> you have her trust and you find out what is going on..
I have seen scenarios where reporters get to know someone and they give you a call when her husband's company is going on strike and you are the first to know.
________
It is clear (or seems to be to me) that you, Mr. Tingley, keep in touch with various people... You do follow up stories... you have people who will give you in kind information.
____
I worked for the college newspaper several decades ago... because I was an older guy (non-traditional student), the paper sent me on the assignments no one else wanted to do.
I went to this Foreign Student Association presser. When I showed up.. I thought I had missed the meeting because everyone was just standing around... I asked what was up and one of the students said the meeting had been canceled. He seemed a little angry.
I saw an older woman.. with a perplexed look on her face.. I almost instantly realized this was my source because when I started talking to her she was the group’s advisor....
She not only told me why the meeting was canceled... she told me who I should talk to, what to ask...and why
I called that guy, asked the questions and wrote the story demonstrating the guy was treating the group unfairly and was lying to me... and made him look bad, because I had gleaned the facts from the advisor woman.
AND I called the woman back and asked her about the story.. if it was accurate and fair. She told me the guy called her, when I asked why... she told me she wanted to know how I knew he was lying..
If I wasn't graduating, I would have called that woman every couple months.
..__
Sorry to ramble, but I don't see a lot of that going on with local reporters. I am not saying I was a great reporter.. I was just lucky to find the right person.. and just smart enough to listen to her
A side note to this, I am sure both you and Will have learned.. and thus seen when a reporter just went to the top person.. did a story that seemed right, but it was just propaganda from that guy...
It seems what happens then is the people who know the facts don't talk to you, because they just think you are a stooge
What you are describing is developing sources who will trust you because you did a good job. We had strong editors who developed young reporters and challenged them to do great work. Set the bar high and you will be surprised. Editors at small newspapers are teachers in that way. At least the good ones are.
Problem is, it is tough.. also... people go into some professions because: "I like to write."
but most jobs require more than being good or even great at one part of the job....
Another thing your columns appear to have is you paying attention. If you can read a person, you can catch dishonesty
As an unrepentant sports fan who spends too much time watching ESPN, I was fascinated to read about the team sports exhibit at the Chapman. It is a creative idea, probably long overdue. I was also interested in your comment that this should be the “opening salvo”in a broader discussion of sports in the area. Realizing that the need for visuals-artifacts limits what an exhibit can do, let me suggest the possibility of expanding the sports covered and focusing not only on Jimmer but other home grown - and national - athletic stars who performed here.
Just a few suggestions along those lines for a possible future follow up:
-Basketball.
-Decades ago, older family members told me they had seen baseball great Lou Gehrig play basketball (in the 30s?) off-season for a barnstorming team that I believe they said was at the K of C gym. That probably would be tough to verify.
-in the late 50s, I saw Hall of Famer Bob Petit and his St. Louis Hawks play an exhibition game vs. Bill Russell’s Boston Celtics at the Glens Falls High Gymnasium, not long after their battle for the NBA Championship. (Famed Celtics coach Red Auerbach generously spent time before the game with budding GFHS star Dick Derby, who later played at Yale.)
-For decades, long before the State high school championships, Glens Falls hosted a well-known high school invitational, with teams from up and down the East Coast.
-Hall of Famer Elvin Hayes, I recall, played an exhibition with - I believe - the Houston Rockets at the Arena.
-Golf.
-Donald Ross, the world famous (in golf) golf designer, in 1914, designed the Glens Falls Country Club, and according to North Country historian Maury Thompson, reviewed the course at least one more time -in 1938. Ross designed 400 courses overall. GFCC is now rated by golf magazines as among the top 100 courses in the US.
-In the 1930s, the Glens Falls Country Club hosted a national tournament that attracted the likes of Ben Hogan (who as a young man, slept in his car in the club parking lot before one round), Sam Snead, Walter Hagen, Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen.
-The indomitable Tom Haggerty, a pro at the GF club for 50 years before retiring a few years ago, at retirement was second in the nation in longevity among pros, according to the PGA.. He, his brother and his father were pros at Albany regional courses for a combined 100 plus years.
-Sixty years ago, the New York State Amateur Golf Tournament was at the Round Pond Links and the finals featured Don Allen, the six time state champ who was later voted the greatest NY state golfer of the century, and Bill Tryon, a three time state champion and former Princeton footballer. It was a titanic match that went into extra holes, and won by Tryon.
-Around the same time, four time US Women’s Open champion Betsy Rawls (who won 55 tournaments overall in a Hall of Fame career) played then reigning state amateur champion Gail Purdy (later Brophy) in an exhibition at the club. Sight unseen, Rawls went around the course in an under par round that included a dramatic eagle and a birdie. (Btw, Purdy was a nationally known skater as well as outstanding golfer.)
-dave Nathan
Bethesda, MD
We haven’t even touched on the Olympic connections, the torch run through Glens Falls in 1980. There is a vast untapped potential here. The number of NBA players who played in the state tourney in Glens Falls is alone amazing.
After reading the article “climate information” this piece caught my eye “A small climate countdown clock is mounted in the Crandall Library lobby on Glen Street. It measures time left until a tipping point of 1.5-degree Celsius is reached in our atmosphere.”
What is a tipping point? What happens when 1.5 -degree Celsius is reached and why is 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) the magical number? Explained: The 1.5 C climate benchmark https://news.mit.edu/2023/explained-climate-benchmark-rising-temperatures-0827
Next, I followed the link www.northcountryearthaction.org and came across the following below. If the clear and present danger is the 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, I don’t think that’s true after reading Alexandria Ocasio Cortez resolution.
It’s a Sonofabitch stew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonofabitch_stew what Teeter made on the TV show Yellowstone and some just couldn’t swallow it.
Introduced in House (04/20/2021) by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. This resolution calls for the creation of a Green New Deal with the goals of
achieving greenhouse gas and toxic emissions reductions needed to stay under 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming;
establishing millions of high-wage union jobs and ensuring economic security for all;
investing in infrastructure and industry;
securing clean air and water, climate and community resiliency, healthy food, access to nature, and a sustainable environment for all; and
promoting justice and equality.
The resolution calls for accomplishment of these goals through a 10-year national mobilization effort. The resolution also enumerates the goals and projects of the mobilization effort, including
building smart power grids (i.e., power grids that enable customers to reduce their power use during peak demand periods);
upgrading all existing buildings and constructing new buildings to achieve maximum energy and water efficiency;
removing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation and agricultural sectors;
cleaning up existing hazardous waste and abandoned sites;
ensuring businesspersons are free from unfair competition; and
providing higher education, high-quality health care, and affordable, safe, and adequate housing to all. ink
I believe the 1.5 number is generally believed to be the point where climate change is irreversible.
Gee Ken, I thought you would be at least curious, guess I thought wrong. You have written articles about climate change, haven’t you, yes, no?
In the past month there’s been a noticeable uptick in the number of local news and human interest stories contributed by the Post Star’s newly hired reporters and current editor. Their individual names, email addresses, phone #’s and specific focus areas/counties they cover give readers options for “reporting” their own neighborhood concerns and requests for the newspaper to investigate issues further.
These reporters seem to be making inroads on establishing essential rapport with local authorities, business owners, and other area resource personnel to get their findings in print in a more timely manner. I find this very hopeful for sustaining our Post Star’s 3 day a week print publication, as well as the daily digital news.
I've noticed that too. Their approach is more human and appealing. Let's hope better days are ahead for the newspaper.