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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, May 11, 2012
Volume 4, No. 34
REORGANIZATION 5 YEARS IN MAKING
City of The Hills
With 5-Dean Structure, SUNY Looks To Future By JIM KEVLIN
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Alex Cason, Jordan Bell and Quyen Tran ready the camera for a shot of the exterior of Transitions Boutique Tuesday, Sept. 3, the first of 21 days of filming a feature film, “The Automatic Hate,” in the city.
Hartwick Picks 2 Avanzatos As Citizens Of ‘13
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neonta’s Avanzato brothers, Tony and Vinne, will be honored as Hartwick College’s 2013 Citizens of the Year at a Saturday, Oct. 26, reception at the college’s Foreman Gallery. For years, the restaurateurs operated the popular Italian Kitchen, before shifting their energies to the landmark Stella Luna.
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hen SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski first arrived on campus five years ago, she found the 70 majors and 70 minors lumped together under two deans. “We have a dean of stuff,” one campus wag told her, “and we have a dean of other stuff.” There had been three deans, she related in an interview the other day. One had retired, and President his responsibilities had Kleniewski simply been divided among the other two. Clearly, something had to be done. “The problem was trying to figure out how to fix it,” said Kleniewski, who on July 1 passed her fifth anniversary in her corner office in the Netzer AdministraPlease See DEANS, A6
NATURAL & MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Dr. Venkat Sharma Dr. Susan Turell
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Dr. David Yen
Dr. Wade Thomas
First ‘Common Read’ Built Around ‘Flight’ Public Invited Read Novel, Hear Novelist
WILL YOU SERVE? The Oneonta City School District is seeking nominees to replace Rosalie Higgins, who resigned from the school board effective Sept. 14, for a term that runs through next June 30. Provide letters of interest to District Clerk Eileen Lishansky at 31 Center St. by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. The appointment will be made Wednesday, Sept. 25. 2, 2, 2 FESTS IN ONE: The City of the Hills Art Festival and the Grand & Glorious Tag Sale both will be on Saturday, Sept. 14, this year: The first in the Dietz Street parking lot, the second on Main Street.
Fog Doesn’t Ground Oneonta Balloonist
By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Mike Ranieri Happened On Hobby, Now Travels Globe In Pursuit Of His Passion By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Dr. Richard Lee
Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski announced the reorganization of the college into five “schools” to 500 employees at the Opening Breakfast Friday, Aug. 30, in the Hunt Union Ballroom and introduced the five academics who will lead each. Drs. Sharma, Turell and Yen are considered “founding deans” of their colleges; Drs. Lee and Thomas have accepted interim leadership roles as searches continue for two new “founding deans.”
Oneonta balloonist Mike Ranieri prepares for takeoff Sunday, Sept. 1, during the Susquehanna Balloon Fest.
ZOGBY DUE: Famed national pollster John Zogby will deliver Hartwick College’s Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16 at the Anderson Center for the Arts. Public welcome.
ECONOMICS EDUCATION & HUMAN ECOLOGY & BUSINESS
ometimes Mike Ranieri lands his balloon in a field, other times in a parking lot. Once, he touched down in a rice
paddy. “I was flying the ‘I Love NY’ balloon in Japan three weeks after 9/11,” he said. “The rice paddies are below sea level and drained, so you’re looking out at the ocean, then down at these rice paddies. It’s crazy.”
Ranieri, an real-estate agent with the Benson Agency, brought his balloon out to the Susquehanna Balloon Fest over Labor Day weekend, and although the fog refused to lift, he still inflated his rainbow-striped Aerostar Sunday, Sept. 1, and gave short, tethered rides to kids gathering to see the 7:30 a.m. lift off. “You have to be able to see where you’re going,” said Ranieri. “You don’t want to get stuck in the fog. Better to be down here wishing you were up there than the other way around.” Please See BALLOON, A3
ead all about it. All 1,240 SUNY Oneonta are. All of us may. Sherman Alexie – National Book Award winner, Native American author, screenwriter and poet – is coming to SUNY HOMETOWN ONEONTA Oneonta at 7:30 p.m. “Flight” is availTuesday, Sept. 10, in the able at the Green Toad, where owner college’s Dewar Arena. His visit – and his nov- Michelle Barry reel, “Flight” – are part of views a copy. the college’s first “common read.” “At orientation, (the freshmen) picked up their ID card and their copy of the book,” said Theresa Russo, Human Ecology professor. “We Please See NOVEL, A7
IDA REPORT ON EC-DEV FUTURE DUE Doug Gulloty, interim director of the county IDA, is due to recommend a future structure for economic development when the Industrial Development Agency’s board meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at 242 Main St., Oneonta, the former city hall. Public welcome. DETAILS THURSDAY AT WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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