{"id":960,"date":"2013-05-28T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/?p=960"},"modified":"2015-04-14T14:16:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T18:16:34","slug":"a-m-news-tuesday-5-28-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/a-m-news-tuesday-5-28-13\/","title":{"rendered":"A.M. NEWS TUESDAY 5-28-13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 51st<\/sup> running of the General Clinton Canoe Regatta was held this past weekend, with the 70-mile endurance races from Cooperstown to Bainbridge on Memorial Day.\u00a0 Pro paddlers Andy Triebold from Michigan and Steve Lajoie of Quebec won their 6th<\/sup> consecutive pro race, taking the $3300 dollar prize.\u00a0 It was Triebold\u2019s 8th<\/sup> victory, placing him 2nd all time for Clinton wins, he told WCDO\u2019s Craig Stevens why he likes the Clinton Race:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Andy Triebold News 2013)<\/p>\n

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Triebold & Lajoie finished in 6:36:55, just 19 seconds slower that the regatta record set by Serge Corbin & Bruce Barton in 1990.<\/p>\n

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Todd & Sean Lefever of Unadilla finished in 2nd<\/sup> place in the men\u2019s 50 years & younger Comp Cruising race; they told WCDO\u2019s Craig Stevens that they raced in memory of their mother & past Regatta Chairperson Pam Lefever:<\/p>\n

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(Lefevers News 2013)<\/p>\n

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The brothers finished the 70-mile course in 7:27:59; over 1200 paddlers competed over the 4-day regatta, coming from 22 states & Canada.<\/p>\n

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Canoe racers from 22 states and Canada descended on Bainbridge to compete in the 51st<\/sup> general Clinton Canoe Regatta, pro paddlers Andy Triebold & Steve Lajoie won their 6th<\/sup> straight pro race, and came within 19 seconds of breaking the record for the fastest time.\u00a0 First time Clinton participant Frederick Blaise from Quebec took 1st<\/sup> place in the 1-man pro race, he told WCDO\u2019s Craig Stevens what he thought about his 1st experience at the general Clinton race:<\/p>\n

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(Blaise News 2013)<\/p>\n

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2nd<\/sup> place C-1 Pro finisher Nick Walton of Michigan said that it was a tough race with the 26-year-old Canadian:<\/p>\n

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(Nick Walton News 2013)<\/p>\n

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Blaise beat Walton by just 6 seconds in a sprint for the finish line.\u00a0 Over 1200 paddlers competed in the 4-day regatta.<\/p>\n

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This year, 11 people were inducted into the Regatta Hall of Fame Saturday, including long time canoeist and paddle maker Al Camp of Otego.\u00a0 Camp talked about the paddling community:<\/p>\n

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(Al Camp News 2013)<\/p>\n

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Camp won the Clinton pro race in 1969 with Jim Root of Binghamton; he was also an original 700-mile club members, completed 18 regattas and designed camp Paddles and Canoes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Otsego County Sheriff’s Office arrested 39 year old Scott Gaynor of Portlandville on 2 counts of felony criminal possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a controlled substance, aggravated operation of a motor vehicle, & operating a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock device.\u00a0 Deputies confiscated more than 12 pounds of marijuana from Gaynor\u2019s truck & home, as well as $15,000 in cash, a scale, and plastic bags used for packaging and 10 hyrdrocodone tablets. \u00a0Gaynor was arraigned in the Town of Milford Court & was sent to the Otsego County Jail on $15,000 cash bail.<\/p>\n

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The Chenango county sheriff\u2019s department arrested 39-year-old Albert Enders of Greene for 3rd<\/sup> degree Menacing & Aggravated Family Offense.\u00a0 Enders was arrested following an investigation into a domestic dispute, where he is accused of putting a family member in fear of physical injury by physically menacing the victim. \u00a0Enders faces court action shortly.<\/p>\n

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Molly Youngs of Sidney will participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC Today.\u00a0\u00a0 Molly recently spoke with WCDO News about the trip to Washington:<\/p>\n

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(Molly Youngs)<\/p>\n

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Molly’s first round is this morning; preliminaries are tomorrow, the Semifinals are on Thursday morning and Finals Thursday night.\u00a0 The event is being televised by ESPN.<\/p>\n

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The city of Oneonta will begin reconstruction of Spruce Street from Maple to Clinton today.\u00a0 Work will include the replacement of sewer, water & storm water facilities as well as curbs, sub-base & pavements.\u00a0 The work is expected to be completed by August 26th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Chenango County Sheriff\u2019s Office Arrested 44-year-old Frank Vail and 52 year old Christina Heisler of Oxford, on charges of petty larceny & 6th<\/sup> degree conspiracy.\u00a0 The 2 were arrested following an investigation into a larceny of a Norwich business.\u00a0 The Defendants are accused of conspiring and successfully stealing merchandise from the store and returning said items to the store to receive a refund to which they were not entitled.\u00a0 Both were issued appearance tickets to appear in the Town of Norwich Court at a later date.<\/p>\n

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