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2012 Chili Bowl Volunteer Pam Strother talks with Oneonta Fire Department Capt. Jim Maloney over a bowl of Fat Mike’s Pigslap Chili.
Twin River Commons is a model for Oneonta.
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ick off Super Bowl Sunday early with CANO’s annual benefit Chili Bowl. Noon -4 p.m Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2070, admin@ CANOneonta.org. Buy a bowl, fill it, help the arts.
By LIBBY CUDMORE BINGHAMTON ree tanning, a state-ofthe-art gym, Starbucks coffee available 24 hours a day – SUNY Oneonta students could get used to living the high life. As outlined by Jeffrey Smetana, vice president, Newman Development Group, during a tour of Twin River Commons the Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life other day Jeffrey R. Smetana, vice president, Newman Development Group, shows off a unit at Twin River near SUNY Commons in downtown Binghamton, which is a model for a complex for 320 students planned BinghamSingle-key acon Blodgett Drive at SUNY Oneonta’s north end. He called it “the latest and the greatest.” cess helps as- ton – “It’s sure security. the latest and the greatest,” he said – is just the beginning. Twin River – it’s a model for the complex Newman is proposing on Blodgett Drive, overlooking the Red Dragon fields at SUNY Oneonta’s north end – contains soundproofed, three-bedroom apartments with individual bathrooms, study lounges, game rooms, a computer room, Each unit contains three bedrooms, a computer with free printing, above. At left, a well-equipped exercise outdoor grills and a common room is one of Twin River’s most popular features. Please See DORMS, B4
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Hartwick’s Harry Matthews Guides Students To Their Roots
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or Harry Bradshaw Matthews, Hartwick College associate dean and director of the U.S. Pluralism Center, the centennial of Harriet Tubman’s death is not just about her journey to freedom – it’s about her repeated trips back to rescue
her family. “It’s about family history. It’s the reconstruction of the African family,” said Matthews, and he’s drawn inspiration from that. His documenting the Matthews family history started early. “I knew three generations of my family before I went to school,” he said.
ICE HARVEST: Hanford Mills annual fest. Ice hockey, horse-drawn sleigh rides, kids’ activities, and ice block cutting with vintage ice saws. Ice harvested to be used to make ice cream on Independence Day. Adults $8.50, Seniors $6.50, 12 and under free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday, Feb. 2-3, Hanford Mills Museum, 51 County Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Info, Kevin Gray, (607) 278-5744, ALUM STARS: Omri Schein, ’02, returns to the SUNY Oneonta stage in the Apollo Music Club’s Omri performance Schein of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “HMS Pinafore.” 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb 1-2. $5, SUNY students free. Hunt College Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, www.tickets.oneonta.edu. YOUNG STRINGS: Little Delaware Youth Ensemble winter concert. Free. 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3. Anderson Theatre, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, (607) 746-2283.
Professor Began Own Family Journey At College In Oneonta In 1970s By LIBBY CUDMORE
DOUBLE FLOATS: Root beer floats and movie in the pool. Film, “How to Train Your Dragon.” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1. YMCA, 20 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4320010.
In 1974, while studying at SUNY Oneonta, he documented his family roots back to his grandfather, Richard Parlor Jr., a grand master West Indian Mason in South Carolina. “The first Africans brought over as slaves were from the West Indies,” he said. To look back further, he went to the 1870s Census, the first one documenting Please See ROOTS, B2
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Harry Bradshaw Matthews’ own search for his roots led him to his profession.
SUPER BOWL PARTY: Ommegang Super Bowl Party featuring games, prizes and Ommegang ales. 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3. Brewery Ommegang, 656 County Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 544-1800.
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