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‘Sobriety In. Drug Abuse Out’ Dylan Clark Wants Young People To Avoid 15 Years He Wasted By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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ylan Clark, founder of the Clean Is The New Dirty movement, wants to make sure no addict ever has to detox the way he did. “I didn’t get to decide that I wanted to stop using,” he said. “My options were never there. I had to be sick, withdrawing, in jail, with nothing but Tylenol and Kool-Aid for five days of absolute misery.” Sunday, Feb. 1, Clark’s twoyear sobriety anniversary after
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Dylan Clark, center, celebrates two years of sobriety Sunday, Feb. 1, flanked by supporters of the Clean Is The New Dirty movement, from left, Dan Leon, Terry Davis, Jack Hand O’Neil, Brendan Murphy, Sabra Dayton and Brad Feik, co-owner with his wife, Noel, of the Crossroads Inn transitional living facility in Oneonta, which hosted Clark’s celebration.
Eagle in tree near Deposit.
15 years of selling drugs and bouncing between prison and rehab was celebrated at the Crossroads Inn, a sober-living community on Route 7 west of Oneonta. “I use those wasted years as my college,” Dylan said. “The stuff I learned there has helped me build a career doing good here.” It was part of his parole this past summer that he came up with the movement. “I was doing my community service at the Turning Point and we were talking about the show ‘Orange is the New Please See 2 YEARS, B3
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Stately Birds More Common, But ‘Still A Thrill’ To Observe
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Doug and Cheryl Zamelis, Springfield, and Schatzi Hall, Cooperstown, carved a snowbobsled at the 2014 Cooperstown Winter Carnival. Snow-sculpting, tug-of-war, and plenty of candythemed events are planned for this year’s “Cooperstown and the Chocolate Factory” themed carnival, Friday-Sunday, Feb. 6-8.
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ou don’t need a Golden Ticket to have fun at the “Cooperstown and the Chocolate Factory” themed winter carnival, featuring three days of games, music, movies and a visit from “Willy Wonka” star Peter Ostrum. Friday-Sunday, Feb. 6-8, Cooperstown. Info, schedule, www.allotsego.com
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ven after all these years, Andy Mason, Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society co-president, gets excited when he spots an eagle. “It’s still a thrill,” he said. On Saturday, Jan. 31, he took birders deep into Delaware County on the society’s 30th annual Eagle Watching trip. “When we started 30 years ago, we had to go
PREP FOR PROM: Annual Prom Expo and Fashion Show school fundraiser at Southside Mall, with $500 given to two area schools. Door prizes, drawings, swag bags and two runway shows. Noon4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Southside Mall, 5006 State Hwy. 23, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4401 or www.shopsouthsidemall. com
Scanning treetops for signs of eagles are, from left, Joan Puritz, Oneonta, Andy Mason, Jefferson, and Julie Smith, Oneonta.
ICE FESTIVAL: Take part in a traditional ice harvest on frozen mill pond using historic tools, as well as enjoying ice fishing, sleigh rides and more. Adults & teens $9; seniors $7; military $4.50; children under 12 free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, Hanford Mills Museum, 51 County Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Info, (607) 278-5744 or www.hanfordmills.org.
into Sullivan County,” he said. “There weren’t any eagles here. But about 15-20 years ago, they started building nests up north, and now, we see some coming down from New England to hunt here.” January is an ideal time to scout, Mason says, because the leaves are off the trees and the eagles are actively hunting for food. He gave out radios to each car and instructed riders to call in if they spotted an eagle. And off they went. “There used to be a nest here,” said Mason via radio, about five miles outside of Delhi. “But it got too big, and the branches broke. They can get as big as 10 feet.” For the first hour, no one saw anything. About 10 miles outside of Deposit, someone spotted a nest, but no eagles were seen in it. “That’s a new nest,” said Please See EAGLES, B2
SOCK HOP: Put on your poodle skirt and your letter jacket and rock around the clock. Live music by Jeff Wood, Thomas Pondolfino, Judy Pitel, and Marty Kuhn. $5. 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, American Legion, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, tickets, (607) 432-5450.
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The first sighting of the day was four “teenage” eagles on the side of the road near Deposit.
‘LOST ONEONTA’ EXHIBIT: Oneonta History Center celebrates bygone buildings of Oneonta with photos, artifacts, portraits, stereo cards and souvenirs. Exhibit opens Friday, Feb. 6, with a reception 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, info@OneontaHistory.org.
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