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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, January 11, 2013
Volume 5, No. 16
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The Met IS US! Adoption Featured At Petco
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Levon Hutchinson leads dad Peter down a snowy Wilber Park hill on a weekend afternoon, their final run of the afternoon.
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etco’s grand opening will feature a little something for every fluffy, furry or scaly member of your household. The Massachusetts-based “Rainforest and Reptiles” environmental education program will be on hand 11 a.m-3 p.m. at the Petco Southside Mall’s Saturday,
Steroids Stars Likely Still Out Of Hall of Fame COOPERSTOWN
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he National Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual announcement of this year’s inductees was planned Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, and it appeared likely Steroids Stars would continue to be excluded. Sportswriters have been debating whether Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens should be admitted, but AP and New York Times’ canvasses of BBWAA writers showed support in the 40 percentile, much less than the required 75 percent/ CHECK www.allotsego.com
AFFORDABLE: Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked SUNY Oneonta third on its list of “10 Public Colleges with the Lowest Debt for Graduating Students.” It named the local college to its list of “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” for the seventh consecutive year. NEGOTIATING TIPS: Lawyer and geologist Edward P. Zaengle, Town of Maryland, will brief landowners on negotiating pipeline rights-of-way at Citizen Voices’ first meeting of the year at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, at The Carriage House. YOUTH TRYOUTS: Grades 4-12 singers are invited to audition for Glimmerglass Festival’s “Little Drummer Girl Passion.” Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 24-26, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richfield Springs. Check www. glimmerglass.org
Feb. 9 and Sunday, Feb. 10 grand opening event to teach kids about exotic animals, such as large tortoises, tarantulas and even alligators, (although the latter won’t be for sale in the store.) “It’s a safe way for kids to interact with animals they might not normally be around,” said April Botta, regional marketing manager. “It’s not every day they can Please See PETCO, A5
‘Promised Land’ Roils Anti-Fracking Viewers Matt Damon Flick’s Message: New York’s Next
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A rapt Foothills audience watches “Les Troyens,” above, including locals Deborah Voight and Dwayne Croft.
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‘Troyens’ Highlights County Opera Links By LIBBY CUDMORE
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he Metropolitan Opera’s production of Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” – the $1.3 million gate was a record for MetLive’s 800 simulcasts – turned out to be a showcase of Otsego County’s commitment to the art. The Saturday, Jan. 5, production from The Met in New York City: Please See OPERA, A7
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t was a chilling moment for many watching Matt Damon’s “Promised Land” in the Southside Mall Cinema the other night. Oneonta’s David Rockwell was among those who felt it when another character turns to Damon and says, “Good luck in New York.” “We would like to continue living in New York,” said Rockwell exiting the move, which opened Friday, Jan. 4 and charted at #10 over the weekend. “If it’s still safe.” Damon, as Steve Butler, represents a fictional $9
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Fly Creek’s Lena Guyot, Franklin’s Peter Bevilacqua and Davenport’s Barbara Loeffler discuss the movie.
billion natural-gas company Global. His job: to get leases signed in a small Pennsylvania town. Please See MOVIE, A7
In Museum Studies, CGP Rocks, SUNY Alum’s Job Proves By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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UNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski has been known to call the Cooperstown Graduation Program
Everyone’s Proud In Greg Harris, But Other Grads, Too in Museum Studies “the jewel in the crown.” Last month’s appointment of CGP grad Gregory S. Harris as president/ CEO of the high-profile Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was a dramatic example of his alma mater’s promi-
nence. But Harris, also an alumnus of the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, isn’t the only one. Of the 865 living CGP graduates, 207 are directors, CEO or managers of the nation’s museums and cul-
tural organizations, and another 91 are curators, according to Alumni Coordinator Catherine Raddatz. “It’s a tough job market, but our students are still getting jobs,” said Gretchen Sorin, the director and distinguished professor of the program, which is allied with the New York Please See CGP, A7
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