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City of The Hills
& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch
Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, August 29, 2014
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On Liberal Arts’ Ramparts Hartwick College’s President Raises Voice In National Debates By JIM KEVLIN
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argaret L. Drugovich is taking Hartwick College to the world, and bringing the world to Oneonta. It didn’t take long after Hartwick’s 10th president arrived on Oyaron Hill in summer 2008 for her to realize the regulatory burden HOMETOWN ONEONTA her college – and similar liberal arts institutions nationwide – were laboring under. Kai Malik, president, She soon found herself asking, “How long SUNY Oneonta Student does it take us to fill out the forms?” Association, joins applause after Professor Cynthia Lassonde’s appreciation of the late Dr. Albert E. Fitzelle as Fitzelle Hall, named in his honor, was reopened/DETAILS, A4
Congressional Hopefuls Plan Four Debates
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hile none are in Otsego County, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, and his Democratic challenger, Sean Eldridge, are planning four debates that will be broadcast here: • Oct. 3, Joint Editorial Board, Poughkeepsie Journal • Oct. 6, Ulster Chamber of Commerce, Lake Katrine Middle School • Oct. 16, WMHT, Troy • Oct. 22, Time Warner Cable news studio, Hudson Valley
One of those burdensome regulations under the various federal Higher Education Opportunity Acts required colleges to conduct compliance audits. Hartwick did one, and the findings shocked the president. To fill out all those forms took 7,000 hours a year. The time and the fees added up to $300,000, which came right off the bottom line. With 1,550 students, it was taking financial aid staff 700 hours a year to fill out the federal paperwork, one third of one position she believed could be better spent counseling parents so their students could come here. Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA “And that cost is a dramatic understatement,” Hartwick President Margaret L. Drugovich Please See HARTWICK, A7
JOY!
The performance includes Danny Hutton, right, and Cory Wells, who wrote many of Three Dog Night’s greatest hits.
...to Outlaw Fans
MANY TRANSFERS: 560 students have transferred in to SUNY Oneonta this fall. Classes began Aug. 25.
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he Susquehanna Balloon Fest is back, Friday-Sunday, Aug. 29-31, at Neahwa Park. See schedule at
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& return through weekend
Arc Finds New Paths To Careers
Statewide Model Adopted By Oneonta-Based Agency By LIBBY CUDMORE
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KLUGO HONORED: Charles “Chip” Klugo, redeveloper of Bresee’s, has been selected for the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s Albert E. Morris Award. It will be presented at a reception Sunday, Oct. 26. GET YER CLEATS: Young soccer players may swap smaller shoes for bigger ones or simply pick up a new pair at the Oneonta Soccer Club’s youth soccer-cleat exchange 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, and Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Wright National Soccer Campus. Also, donate used cleats at Dick’s Sporting Goods through Sept. 1.
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Oneontans Barbara Schrader, front, and Faye Munson and Gary Washburn behind her, were among 3,000 fans who packed the tent in Damaschke Field’s outfield Sunday, Aug. 24, to rock to such Three Dog Night hits as “Joy to the World” and “Mamma Told Me Not To Come.” Proceeds benefited the Oneonta Outlaws.
Artist Plans Portraits Of 10 Unsung Oneonta Heroes By LIBBY CUDMORE
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veryone responds to the gravitas of classic portraits hanging in a formal gallery. But how many know the stories of the people portrayed? Artist Janet Wentworth is going to change that. “Everyone is familiar with portraits of founders on the wall,” said Wentworth, who outlined
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her plan to Common Council at its last meeting. “My initiative was to bring the commemorative oil portrait alive to the community.” Wentworth, who teaches figure drawing at SUNY Oneonta, received a $2,000 Creative Activity grant from that college that gives her a year to paint 10 portraits of what she calls “Community Heroes in Living Portraiture: Capturing ContempoPlease See PORTRAITS, A2
or the last 15 years, Ross Bromley has gotten up and gone to work at Silver Dollar Optical. Sometimes he stuffs envelopes, other times he builds or breaks down boxes. “He does everything,” said his supervisor, Heather Hunter. But Bromley isn’t the average employee. He’s developHOMETOWN ONEONTA mentally disRoss Bromley abled, and got and his superthe job with the visor, Heather help of the Arc Hunter. Otsego. “We want to help people on their employment journey,” said Lynne Sessions, community relations director. In hopes of helping more people Please See ARC, B8
HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER 2010 WINNER OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD