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Volume 5, No. 36

City of The Hills

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Oneonta’s Jerry Shannon, DAV charter member and Battle of the Bulge veteran, chats with Ernest Thompson, DAV adjutant service officer, after the Vets Club Memorial Day luncheon/MORE PHOTOS, A7

2 Educators Contend For Top City Job

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he search has been narrowed, and either the school superintendents from Massena or Waverly may be leading the Oneonta City School District by the end of June.

Massena’s Roger Clough and Waverly’s Joseph Yelich are finalist for the city schools’ top job.

Both will be in the city Friday, June 7, meeting teachers, administrators, non-teaching staff, student council and a 14-person community committee to answer questions, plus a second-round interview with the school board, which may made a decision June 12.

Baldwins To Get A Fond Farewell

Karen Elting, widow of Dr. Jim Elting, former chair of the Hartwick College Board of Trustees, receives his posthumous honorary doctor of science at the school’s 82nd commencement Saturday, May 25 She is flanked by Acting Chair Diane B. Hettinger, left, and President Margaret L. Drugovich.

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he Rev. Ken and Nancy Baldwin, cornerstones of the city’s civic life for HOMETOWN ONEONTA Rev. Ken, Nancy a quartercentury, are Baldwin are leavmoving to a ing the city. retirement community near Rochester. But they won’t leave without thanks from the many people and institutions they’ve helped.

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Venerable AAUW, 75, Bids Adieu

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GOING FORTH

Fondly, 37 Reflect On 60 Years Of Discussion

Oneonta’s Pietsch sisters, Theresa, left, and Stefanie, were among the 303 grads.

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fter 74 years of talks and teas, fund drives and book sales, the Oneonta branch of Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA the America Emily Cooper (with Association Norma Slawson) is the of University Women has chapter’s last scholarship recipient. disbanded.

With only 37 members left – at the peak in the late 70s, the group had 158 members – the AAUW decided to disband. “We’re a grey-haired group,” said Chair Ginny Pence. “Young women’s lives are full now. I can’t ask my daughters to take time out from their jobs, their school, their families to do the things I do since I’m Please See AAUW, A6

25TH MARKED: SUNY

Oneonta History Professor Bill Simons again organized the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball & American Culture, marking its 25th anniversary when it convened Wednesday, May 29, at the Baseball Hall of Fame. 60 presentations were planned.

SCHOLAR HONORED:

The Oneonta Dollars for Scholars Annual Awards program is planned for Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Award winners, sponsors, families and friends are invited to attend.

IT’S BACK: Downtown

Oneonta’s second Fabulous First Friday of 2013 is coming up on June 7.

World-famous wellness guru Deepak Chopra receives the mantle of honorary doctor of science from Trustee Paul Johnson and Drugovich.

Processing into the ceremony in blustery wind, Professors Edythe Ann Quinn, History, and David Cody, English, hold onto their caps/MORE PHOTOS, DETAILS, A3

Oneonta Vets Reflect At ‘The Wall’ Memories Brought Back Of Old Friends Who Never Returned

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ome guys will go up to the Wall at midnight,” said Wayne Gregory, manager of the Oneonta Veteran’s Club. “They want to be alone. They don’t want to share that with anyone.”

“The Wall That Heals,” a 250-footlong replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, was on view over Memorial Day Weekend in the Doubleday Field lot.

Thursday, May 23, the Oneonta American Legion Riders escorted The Wall on the final leg from Richfield Springs to Cooperstown. A “mobile museum,” which displayed photos, letPlease See WALL, A7

Undeterred by rain and 40-degree weather, Oneonta’s Karen and George Saggese ventured to “The Wall That Heals” Saturday, May 25, in Doubleday Field, seeking the names of Oneontans George Reynolds and JimIan Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA my Wheeler.

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Hait, Verrelli Named OHS Valedictorian, Salutatorian Mary Catherine Verrelli, left, and Amy Hait, right, ham it up a bit for the camera after it was announced they are the 2013 Oneonta High School salutatorian and valedictorian respectively.

Charlotte McKane, center, was honored by four organizations for her work with Charlotte’s Circle. From left, Mary O’Connor, Executive Director, The Family Service Association, Lynn Glueckert, Executive Director, Catholic Charities Delaware & Otsego Counties, McKane, Jo Anne Bragonier, SRO Housing Program Manager, Kim Place Residential Supervisor, Violence Intervention Program, Janet Whippo, Crisis Intervention Associate, Violence Intervention Program.

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my Hait has been named valedictorian and Mary Catherine Verrelli salutatorian of the Oneonta High School Class of 2013.

Amy, the daughter of Norman and Diane Hait, will be attending Clarkson University in the fall, studying engineering. She is a member of OHS

Link Crew, Service Club, National Honor Society, SADD and a Senior Class Officer. She read General John Logan’s Memorial Day Orders at the ceremony in Neahwa Park on Monday, May 27.

Mary, the oldest daughter of Jim and Kathy Verrelli, will be attending

Bard College, majoring in environmental sciences and photography. She is a member of Environmental Club and NAHS, and read the Gettysburg Address on Memorial day.

The OHS Graduation is at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 22, in the high school auditorium.

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RIGAS LAUDED Arthur J. Rigas, Oneonta, earned a Masters of Science degree from the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA at the graduation ceremony on May 25.

PITCH HITTERS: Mariano Hernandez III, Oneonta, took Gold in the 11/12 Boys age group with a score of 1022 at the Pitch, Hit and Run Sectional Competition on Sunday, May 19 at Damaschke Field in Oneonta.

Cole Platt, Oneonta. took bronze in the 9/10 Boys category with a score of 514.

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HARTWICK COLLEGE GRADUATION

THURSDAY, MAY 30-31 2013

Shahzad A. Khan, Oneonta, shakes hands with the president on receiving his diploma. He majored in political science and economics.

President Drugovich congratulates Professor Lori Collins-Hall, Sociology, who accompanied daughter Katelynn Elizabeth, Class of 2013, to the podium.

A math major, Rhianna Kyelle Morgan, Oneonta, received the audience’s applause.

GOING FORTH

Hartwick tennis coach Andrea Pontius, Oneonta, scans the incoming procession with anticipation, looking for graduating members of her team.

Douglas Zullo, associate professor, Art & Art History, accepts the Margaret B. Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching, established in 1978 on the passing of the 14-year trustee.

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Katelyn Lea Baker-Yuhasz, Richfield Springs, receives her “Hartwick Bell” from Alicia Fish, Hartwick College’s senior director of alumni & donor relations, Saturday, May 25, during the college’s 82nd commencement, (although the school’s roots go back to 1797, when it was founded as Hartwick Seminary, the nation’s first Lutheran seminary.) Each of the 303 students received the bells – a decades-long tradition now – which they rang when President Margaret L. Drugovich, at ceremony’s end, declared them graduated. The bell is a replica of the one installed in the seminary chapel in 1815, which now hangs in the Yager Hall belfry.

Judith Brick Freedman, Charlotteville, longtime Hartwick benefactor (and, with husband Allen, founder of the Glimmerglass Festival’s Young Artists Sponsorship Program), receives an honorary doctor of letters degree. She is flanked by Professor Laura Elder, Political Science, and Drugovich.

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Kaitlyn M. McLean Davionne D. Price FRANKLIN Brissa D. Volkes Marcello A. Navarro Parras, Oneonta, a business administration grad, receives his “Hartwick Bell.”

Liam Dennison Heiland, Milford, crosses the stage as a graduate.

At the podium behind him is Michael G. Tannenbaum, provost & vice president/academic affairs.

Heiland majored in biology.

Faculty chair Reid M. Golden drapes the mantle of a graduate over Sarah Bliss’ shoulders. The Oneonta grad is a history major.

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Impetus To Control Information Is Simply Un-American

elaware County had off-loaded its county nursing home a halfdecade previously, so when the Herkimer-based operator planned to close the successor Countryside Care Center last October, county officials were in the dark about the particulars.

Delhi Town Supervisor Peter Bracci, who chaired the supervisors’ Human Service Committee, referred questions to the state Department of Health’s Division of Residential Services, Office of Longterm Care, headed by Jackie Pappalardi.

Pappalardi – she was Bracci’s contact, so best knew what was going on – wouldn’t take the call, referring questions to DOH spokesman Jeff Hammond, who, when he did return the call, said he could be quoted only “on background” – nothing could be attributed to him.

Let’s recap. A state agency, supported by taxpayers’ dollars and responsible for ensuring a critical local service (residential care for the elderly) would not accept the responsibility of explaining to its public what was going on.

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That is, if you consider the press a surrogate for the public. But it’s a mistake to consider this a press issue.

Any citizen calling DOH would likely have gotten the same treatment.

When editorial pages start writing about The First Amendment – “There shall be no law …” – readers’ eyes glaze over, because it seems to self serving. So it’s worth noting that the first freedom protected in the First Amendment is religion (not the press), followed by speech (yours, not the press’s), assembly (yours) and “the right of people to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Similarly, the Obama Administration’s subpoenaing of Associated Press and Fox News telephone records has been cast as having a “chill-

ing effect” on investigative reporting. Actually, it has a “chilling effect” on Americans – prospective “whistle blowers,” if you will – who, seeing something in government they consider wrong or illegal, will simply keep their mouths shut.

And it’s part of a growing – let’s not call it conspiracy – way of thinking that serves politicians and bureaucrats, but not the larger idea that the free flow of information results in a more information electorate that can make better choices about their democracy.

• Until the early 1990s, a reporter could pick up the phone and connect directly with the Ag & Markets expert on Alar in apples or DEC’s gas-drilling (vertical, then) specialist. It makes newshounds nostalgic to watch “All the President’s Men” and see Bob Woodward/Robert Redford and Carl Bernstein/Dustin Hoffman pick up the phone, call the White House library directly and actually extract useful information out of the clerk who happened to answer the phone.

Today, with barricade upon barricade in place to the free exchange of in-

formation and ideas, that would never happen. And it happened almost overnight in the early 1990s that press queries were suddenly diverted to a recent college grad, who would log the call and set up an interview with the expert.

As this evolved, the recent college grad was soon listening on the line to the interview and, early in this century, would decline to set up the interview at all, relaying questions and calling back with the answers, making follow-up questions difficult, particularly in a time-sensitive business.

Pappalardi and Hammond weren’t doing anything out of the ordinary. Every major institution and politician, even here in Otsego County, have made limiting information and, thus, free debate, integral to their modus operandi. Don’t take our word for it; ask them yourself.

Since 9/11, of course, national security concerns have made “abridging the freedom of speech,” even criminalizing it, seem legitimate and – even the Obama Administration’s prosecuting a record six “whistleblowers” and, soon, tapping reporters’ phones (and citizens’) routine.

• While the media wail about these strictures – not often enough, we say – what’s really being abridged is your freedom of speech.

You may remember that recent case of Michael Fayette, the state DOT’s resident engineer in Essex County, who in August 2012 responded to a reporter’s question for a story about the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene. It was a positive story, and Fayette only agreed to be interviewed after the DOT’s PR department in Albany was non-responsive.

DOT tried to fire him, according to an article by Lohr McKinstry, reporter for the Plattsburgh daily. Fayette hired a lawyer and was able to shift the firing to a forced retirement, effective in February. At a county board Public Works Committee meeting in November, however, he engaged in the discussion regarding 24hour dispatch during snow storms, a reporter quoted him in a story, and he was suspended immediately for insubordination.

“Chilling effect” indeed.

Not on McKinstry. But on Fayette and every other state employee whose First

Amendment right is being infringed.

If this is “The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave,” people shouldn’t be punished for what they say.

And yet, it’s routine.

• Here’s a radical idea: Americans should be free to say what they think.

Sure, there are narrow exceptions, like the famous shouting “fire” in a crowded theater. (Most of the “national security” arguments stem from embarrassment to public officials, not to protecting true secrets at all.) But the institutionalized curtailment of Americans First Amendment Right should be declared what it is: Unconstitutional.

Who can do something about this? Well, the state’s powerful unions – AFSCME, the CSEA and all the others – for one. The teaching unions – the AFT, the NEA and the UUP. It’s sad it has to come to this, but free-speech protections should be part of every contract. If legal action is necessary to ensure a basic American tenet, the public unions – it takes bigness to counterbalance bigness – should consider that step as well.

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Chopra: ‘You Will Create Peace Only When You Have Learned To Be Peaceful’ Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from renown wellness guru and best-selling author Deepak Chopra’s address to Hartwick College graduates.

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s I enter the autumn of my life and you the springtime of yours, I want to leave you with seven skills in self-awareness that I have learned and that I hope will serve you well no matter what profession you choose, or where your life and destiny take you as a future leader of humanity.

Skill # 1: Become the best listener you can be. Learn to listen with the instruments of the body, the feelings of the heart, the logic of the mind and the stillness of your soul. As you listen deeply, reflect on the following questions: What am I observing?

What am I feeling? What is the need of the moment? What is the best way to fulfill this need?

Skill # 2: Bond emotionally with friends, family, professional colleagues and those you interact with daily. Understand that each of us is part of a web of relationships that is nurtured through love, kindness, compassion, empathy and joy. Emotional bonds create effective teamwork where nothing is impossible because you have a shared vision for service, contribution and success and because you complement each other’s talents and strengths.

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Above a sea of mortarboards, Deepak Chopra addresses the Hartwick College graduating Class of 2013 Saturday, May 25. At left is college President Margaret Drugovich; at right, Diane Hettinger, acting chair of the college trustees.

Skill # 3: Expand your awareness by knowing that all human beings have a hierarchy of needs that start with survival and safety and progressively expand through stages that include love and belonging, true self esteem, success as in the progressive realization of worthy goals, creative expression, higher consciousness and self-actu-

alization. As you expand your awareness, learn to harness your spiritual gifts that come in the form of the powers of intention, intuition, creativity, imagination & conscious choice making.

Skill # 4: Remember the importance of action. Learn to be action oriented and know that there is no power higher than

love in action. Remember that love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant.

Skill # 5: Assume responsibility for your own well being in all its various facets. Your well being encompasses every aspect of your life - your career, your social interactions, your personal relationships, your community and your financial success. Take time to rest and play, to be with your family and friends, to exercise and nourish your body with healthy food.

Skill # 6: Empower yourself with true self-esteem. Learn to be independent of the good and bad opinion of others. Recognize the power of presence. Do not allow yourself to be distracted. Know your life purpose and the contribution you want to make.

Skill # 7: Know your true self. Your true self is not your self-image that is dependent on the labels you and others have given yourself. Your true self is the innermost core of your being that is beyond all labels, definitions and limitations. All the wisdom traditions tell us that the human spirit is a field of infinite possibilities, a field of infinite creativity, love, compassion, joy and profound equanimity. Know you can only give to the world that which you possess in that innermost core of your being. Remember that you will create peace only when you are peaceful and create a loving world only when you have learned to love.

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n Monday, May 6, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and several news services within the United Methodist Church reported that Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Ogletree, former dean of Yale Divinity School and Drew School of Theology, professor of Christian ethics and distinguished United Methodist theologian, could be brought up on charges by the United Methodist Church for officiating at his son and partner’s wedding held in New York State.

The United Methodist

Church continues to struggle over the issues of marriage rights and civil rights in regard to same-sex Reverend couples, Ogletree and Dr. Ogletree joins the long line of United Methodist clergy who have officiated at wedding ceremonies for couples of the same biological sex despite current United Methodist

polity. Reverend Ogletree stands accused by Reverend Randall C. Paige of Christ Church in Port Jefferson Station, according to the New York Times report.

As the news spread, many of my clergy and laity friends who are striving for equal rights expressed shock, sorrow and outrage.

Words of support, encouragement and prayer flowed across the Internet to one another and to Reverend Ogletree and his family.

However, once we read the statement issued by Reverend Ogletree, hope sprang

forth within us. Reverend Ogletree has a lifetime of biblical study, a distinguished career in Christian ethics, and the expertise of teaching seminarians and preparing them for the ministry. He is an eloquent voice for Jesus Christ in the United Methodist denomination and the Christian community across our country and around the globe.

His statement is beautiful and powerful, compelling and grounded. We could not hope for a better spokesperson for civil Please See SIVERS, A5

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History

Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

125 Years Ago

A letter to an editor: Woman’s True Rights – I will take “Woman’s Rights” for my subject. I am in favor of what I call woman’s rights, but am not in favor of voting. Think that woman’s rights is to take proper care of the household; to see that everything is in readiness for her lord and master and for his enjoyment. But as to woman going to the polls on Election Day and casting their votes with rough, burly men, I am greatly opposed to such. And again, if women were allowed to vote, we would have more quarrels, ten times more fussing over one election than we would otherwise have in ten years.

What lady is there that would go in a crowd where the rougher men are drinking, swearing, cheering and quarreling over their candidates? I dare say not one. But such is the case at an election. Maggie.

May 1888

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Postmaster General Burleson, now in charge of the postal affairs of the United States, is heartily in favor of one-cent letter postage. This he most emphatically affirmed in an address to a delegation of the National OneCent Letter Postage Association which called upon him in Washington recently. He further said that he hoped to bring it about as soon as the revenues of the department could be adjusted. The difficulties that are in the way are that he believes the department should be put on an efficient, paying basis, with adequate compensation for employees and the conduct of the department in a business-like manner.

Reasons given for the decrease to one-cent letter postage by the association are that lower postage will promote general intelligence, improve social relations of the people, advance the business interests and increase the volume of matter handled as to defray the costs of handling and transportation.

May 1913

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Will Rogers Says – This man Roosevelt not only makes Congress roll over and play dead, but by golly he made this tough guy Hitler to bring sticks out of the water. Is there no end to this man’s cleverness? Course there is one thing about Europe – you can never believe ‘em the first time.

They will agree to anything ‘til it comes time to sign up.

This might be just the ideal time to stop a war, for nobody has anything to fight one with. Like disarmament, it’s not done for humanitarian reasons. It’s only done for economic reasons. The whole thing seems too good to be true. But, 73007 Personal Ad — Sizeso P3:maybe 5.25”w xthey 10”h, are BW going to theCOB whole world isLoans changing,

District Convention will recognize my qualifications for the position as well as the fact I am well known in both Otsego and Herkimer counties. I pledge a vigorous campaign this fall and full-time representation for the citizens of the assembly district. Seward was graduated from Hartwick College on Sunday with a degree in Political Science. He is associated with the local Volkswagen agency. Seward says that he ran a successful 1972 primary campaign in Otsego County against Mr. Luther, obtaining 80 percent of the GOP vote in the county.

May 1973

The Oneonta area saw an unusually high number of rabies cases over the winter and now is the time for pet owners to prevent the spread of the disease by having their dogs and cats vaccinated. “This past winter we saw cases all winter long. Generally it slows down in the winter but this year it kept going all winter and I think it’s just increasing now,” said Robert Pierce, district director for the State Health Department’s Oneonta May 1983 office. Last year New York State saw 1,716 confirmed rabies cases – the largest number of rabid animals ever turn human.

May 1933 recorded in a single state. To help reduce the risk of spreading the disease, Pierce urged all pet owners to get their dogs and cats vaccinated. “It’s extremely important that the pet is vaccinated at three months of age or older and that vaccinaA Binghamton bank president yesterday predicted a tion should be repeated after one year,” Pierce said. “readjustment” of the American economy within the next May 1993 few months, leading to an eventual recession. “But we must be optimistic, “Cornelius C. Van Patten, president of the Binghamton Savings Bank, told Oneonta Rotarians meeting “Spiritual confusion and religious fanaticism have conat the Elks Club. “We have building up the ingredients for a business recession. The Monster of 1929 (excessive stock vinced increasingly large numbers of people that religion is irrelevant to the modern world. In its place stand man-made speculation) will come dressed in different clothes, and we won’t even recognize it,” he continued. “We’re due eventu- ideologies designed to save society from the evils under which it groans. Yet many of these ideologies have only ally for a recession. There is evidence that in the next few served to deify the state, to subordinate the rest of mankind months there will be some readjustments in the economic to one nation, one race, or class, to suppress ideas, or calpicture. But I do not feel they will reach the same levels as lously to abandon starving millions to the operations of a in 1932. They should not and cannot. Excessive consumer market system that is aggravating the plight of a majority of credit should be watched carefully as should excessive mankind, while enabling small sections to live in affluence home mortgaging.”

May 1953 undreamt of by our forebears. The time has come for an accounting.” (Quoted from “The Promise of World Peace, published by the Baha’i Universal House of Justice in James Seward of Colliersville, youthful Republican who 1985) I read it now and think about how timely it is to reevaluate the role of religion and spirituality in governance. lost a primary race last year to the late Harold C. Luther of Marybeth Vargha.

Dolgeville, has declared himself a candidate for the seat in May 2003 the 113th Assembly District left vacant when Assemblyman Luther died last month. “It is my hope that the Assembly

60 Years Ago

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Sivers: Support Strivings Toward Equality

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SIVERS/From A1 rights and marriage equality. His article is entitled “Reason and Experience: United Methodist Resources for Correcting Our Course” and can be found at www. rmnblog.org.

First United Methodist Church of Oneonta embraced the inclusive love of Jesus Christ and opened our hearts and doors to ALL of God’s children, regardless of any labels the world seeks to use, 24 years ago this month. We continue to do so today.

Our prayers and support

surround Reverend Ogletree, his family, the Reconciling Ministries Network – a nationwide community of United Methodists seeking inclusivity and openness, justice and human rights – and all those impacted by these potential charges.

And our prayers and support surround the entire lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered, queer, and questioning community as they strive for equality in our denomination, as well as all of God’s children who struggle for justice – food and clean water, access

to medical care, adequate shelter and clothing, freedom from abuse and misuse, to name a few – across this world.

Our prayers also surround Reverend Paige, who brought forth this complaint, those who are angered by our position, and those who lash out against us.

We strive for all of God’s children and all of God’s creation to be reconciled to one another and to God. Reverend Sivers is pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Oneonta.

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A line of contestants in the 51st annual General Clinton Regatta enters the Susquehanna at Council Rock on Memorial Day morning on a 70-mile paddle toward Bainbridge.

Unadilla-Born Canoeist Vies In 37 Of 51 Races Rains Dampen Classic, But Buoy Regatta

By LIBBY CUDMORE Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA

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Members of the AAUW, Oneonta Chapter – from left, Helen Rees, Elaine Downing, Dotti Lawson and Isabelle Niles – hold up picture frames as they prepare to “frame” 74 years of their club’s history during a final meeting Thursday, May 23.

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ne sport’s washout is another sport’s salvation.

In the week before the race, the dry, cold spring had Jim Jordan worried for the conditions of the 51st annual General Clinton Regatta.

“If the water is low, your equipment can get ruined.

You can break an oar, tear a hole in the bottom of your boat. You can get out and run along the shore, but that slows you down.”

Though the rainy weekend put a damper on the Hall of Fame’s Cooperstown Classic & Parade – some 3,000 fans packed the Hall to meet four Hall of Famers, something of a consolation – the week’s wet weather made for “perfect” paddling conditions in the 70-mile canoe race from Cooperstown down the Susquehanna to Bainbridge.

Andy Triebold and Steve Lajoie won the C-Pro race for the sixth year running with a time of 6:36:55, while locally, Lee and Nicholas Catella placed eighth in the Mixed CC Endurance class with a time of 7:47:09 and Allen Nichols, Laurens, and Larry Harrison, Oneonta, placed 16 in the Pro Men’s Over 50 with a time of 7:04:24.

Jordan and his partner, Mike Harrison, placed third in the Men’s Over 50 CC Endurance, his 37th since 1975, with a time of 7 hours, 26 minutes. “It was a wonderful day,” he said.

“Getting off the lake was a bit of a challenge, but we pulled through the pack and we’re really happy with our finish.”

Growing up along the banks of the Susquehanna, Jordan was drawn to the sport early. “We grew up playing in the river,” he said. “The Susquehanna has always been there for us. It’s something I’ve always had a passion for.”

At Unatego High School – he is a 1972 graduate – he started competing in canoe

Jim Jordan, in front, practices (with Mike Harrison, formerly of West Oneonta), for his 37th Clinton Regatta.

regattas, including some that ran portions of the race.

“There are races all summer long,” he said. “And in 1975, we decided we were ready to do the whole 670 miles.”

He teamed up with Otego’s Jeff Shultis (who also canoed in the weekend event – and the team took second place. “I’ve been doing it for so long that it’s hard to keep track of all of them,” he said.

Last year, took fifth place.

“It doesn’t matter if I come in first or 10th,” he said.

“Just so long as I had a good time.”

Harrison, his rowing partner of the last five years, flew in from Washington State a week early to begin the local leg of their training. A West Oneonta native, Harrison’s father, John, paddled in the first General Clinton Canoe Regatta in 1963, and although the two were former competitors, they’re now paddling partners. “We enjoy each other’s company,” said Jordan.

Jordan puts in 100 hours a season. “Every February, we get in the water,” he said. This week, the two will train on portions of the course so that Harrison can get a feel for the river after a year away from it. A typical practice might involve paddling from Cooperstown to Portlandville, or the leg from Milford to Oneonta.

“I’ve done the course a few times this year,” said Jordan. “It’s never the same, but we know that.”

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AAUW/From A1 retired.”

The group had its final meeting, the annual May banquet, at Thursday, May 23, at the Oneonta Country Club. At the end of the dinner, Helen Rees lead a presentation on the chapter’s history, “Framing Our Wonderful Memories.”

The local branch formed on April 14, 1940. Topics for the group’s discussions included “War Fabrics” and “the personal letter as a morale builder.” The chapter sent boxes of dried food to New Castle, England, after bombings, and donated $6.80 for the Chinese War Effort in 1943. “It means so much and goes so far when used for the Chinese,” wrote a member at the time.

In the 1950s, discussion topics included the Marshall Plan and foreign policy. In the ’60s and ’70s, environmentalism was a hot topic, with presentations by SUNY Oneonta professor Bill Harmon on changes in Otsego Lake and the introduction of “Auntie Pollution.”

“I would wear trash bags and old light bulbs,” said “Auntie” Scott Fielder.

“That character would pop up from time to time to teach people about protect-

ing the environment.”

“I thought about wearing it tonight,” she joked. “But I decided I wanted to dress up.”

One thing hasn’t changed, though. After 74 years, the women of the AAUW are still fighting for equal pay for women, a discussion they’ve been having since it was first a legislative topic in 1951. “When I joined in the 1970s, a woman made 57 cents on the dollar for a man’s job,” said Pence. “It’s gone up to 77 cents, and I still think that’s a shame.”

The AAUW is responsible for some of Oneonta’s most well-known institutions, including the “Read-

ing is Fundamental” project, the first of its kind in a rural area. “Every child got a book,” explained Dottie Coyne. “It was a book they picked. When a child picks their own book, they’ll pick a higher level and learn to read it.”

The AAUW also offered several scholarships for women, both for high school girls heading off to college and for women returning to school as non-traditional students. Member Norma Carr (now Slawson) was one of the first scholarship recipients in 1957, which helped her go to SUNY Oneonta. One final scholarship will be given out at graduation, to Emily

Cooper.

The AAUW also printed a book listing all the scholarships available to all students and started “Career Week,” with presentations and posters describing various job options available for young people to pursue.

But the ladies aren’t saying goodbye just yet.

There are two book groups, currently reading Lauren Hillenbrand’s “Unbroken,” and they plan on continuing taking trips to nearby historical sites and museums together.

“Oneonta is a better place for the efforts of the local branch members,” said Rees.

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HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-7 MEMORIAL DAY, A CELEBRATION WITH A MESSAGE

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As an act of Memorial Day remembrance, Buzzy Neighbour and his wife, Lisa Baird, plant junipers around the Baird family plot on Monday, May 27, in Oneonta Plains Cemetery. Helping are their children, Blake Neighbour, right, and Hannah Baird.

The Pondolfinos were a family in uniform on Memorial Day, as dad Tom and mom Amy donned their service uniforms to take on Color Guard duty in the city’s annual Memorial Day parade. Not to be left out, sons Aaron and Everett put on their Boy Scout uniforms and marched with their troop in the parade.

Vietnam Memorial Replica Evokes Memories In Local Veterans WALL/From A1 ters and memorabilia left at the wall in D.C., was part of the exhibit.

Through Friday and Saturday downpours, volunteers were on hand with umbrellas and rain slickers to help people find names on the wall. “It’s heartwarming to help the veterans, help their families,� said Jack Vineyard, Cooperstown.

Vineyard served on the USS Wainright from 196470. “I don’t know anyone on the wall,� he said. “A few of the crewmen went on land, and I remember one of them was killed, but I don’t remember his name.�

Others, like Tim O’Donnell, president of the Oneonta Vets Club, remembered not only the name, but the moment their friends were lost. “I looked for Sergeant Michael Mullin,� he said. “I was standing right next to him when he was killed by friendly fire.�

And some still came out to trace the names of friends. “Dewy Newton of Flagstaff, Arizona, was so gung-ho ready to go,� said Sandy Winner, Oneonta. “He never came back.�

Gordon and Karen Saggese, Oneonta, came out to pay their respects to two friends. “George Reynolds Jr. use to come to my house,

Baldwins Will Be Honored At Damaschke Fete BALDWINS/From A1 The couple’s accomplished will be recognized Thursday, June 14, at Damaschke Field, which has been declared “Baldwin Night� by its organizers, Mayor Miller and Oneonta Outlaws General Manager Steve Pindar.

Too Many Divas will sing the National Anthem and the Oneonta Job Corps Center will provide a color guard.

The Rev. Ken will throw out the first pitch.

And such community leaders as the Rev. Teressa Sivers, First United Methodist Church; the Rev. Judy Thistle, Fox Hospital chaplain; Paul Patterson, Oneonta Rotary Club president; Len Carson of the Veterans Club, and Chris Kuhn of the Job Corps Center will detail the couple’s contribution.

Miller, who is planning a ceremony at home plate before the Outlaws game, said that, after learning of the Baldwins’ plans, he thought many in the community would want to recognize them “for their loyalty and contributions over the years.�

While Rev. Ken will turn 90 next month, has continues to fill in as needed at area Methodist and Presbyterian churches.

A Rotarian, he also became active in the local NAACP chapter after the Black List incident in 1992. He has advocated for minority hiring, gay rights and veterans, and sponsored Academy Arms senior housing.

An avid cheerleader for downtown Oneonta, he is an emeritus member of the Foothills board and a supporting of the Bresee’s redevelopment.

In 2006, he received the “Spirit of Honor� from Hartwick College’s U.S. Colored Troops Institute for his “work to advance the spirit of racial and ethnic understanding in the Oneonta community.�

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