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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, September 13, 2013
Volume 5, No. 51
City of The Hills
& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch
Hartwick Turns Tables On Longtime Fans Avanzanto Brothers Fed Generations, Helped Save Division I Soccer, Now College’s Citizens Of Year By LIBBY CUDMORE
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inne and Tony Avanzato were surprised when, a few years ago, a case of wine, donated by Dr. Jim and Karen Elting, fetched $3,600 at the wine tasting and auction they hold each
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With those shades, Lily Allen, 5, Otego, was ready for the bright sunshine and hot cars at the Sept. 6 Fabulous First Friday on Muller Plaza. With her is grandmom Sherri Allen.
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$3,000 FOR SO: More than 50 people attended the Sustainable Otsego fundraiser for county board candidates at moderator Adrian Kuzminski’s Sunday, Sept. 8, raising more than $3,000.
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‘WITHOUT RESERVATION’
ean Eldridge of Shokan, Ulster County, may announce his candidacy for Congress when he appears at the Otsego County Democratic Dinner Saturday, Sept. 14, according to county Chair Richard Abbate. The featured speaker is state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, and Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy may also be in attendance at the Country Inn & Suites, Hartwick Seminary. Eldridge has been considering a challenge to U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19.
PUNT TIME: The City of Oneonta’s qualifier for the national NFL Punt, Pass & Kick contest for boys and girls (ages 6-15) will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Neahwa Park’s Field #4. Get forms at rec office or at www.oneonta.ny.us/recreation.
year to benefit Hartwick College athletics. But not as surprised as they were at this year’s auction on May 9, when Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich announced the brothers will receive Hartwick College Citizens of the Year award Please See AWARD, A9
Rebuffed By IDA, County Revisits EC-DEV Options
Eldridge May Announce Bid For Congress
MYSTERY TOUR: “Looking Up! A Tour of Downtown Upper Floors,” is 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, sponsored by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. $8, or $5 for GOHS or MSO members.
Vinne Avanzato, foreground, and brother Tony are Hartwick College’s Citizens of the Year for 2013.
County Board Chair Continues To Seek Ways To Add Jobs By JIM KEVLIN
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he Otsego County IDA – the industrial development agency – has declined to take a more pro-active economic-development role credited with such Upstate success stories as Saratoga County. “An IDA is supposed Clark to be reactive, a source of connecting finance for people,” said the IDA board chair, Sharon Oberriter, Fly Creek, after coming out of a key meetPlease See JOBS, A8
NEXT EC-DEV STEP DEBATED
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Ranging from funny to biting, Sherman Alexie, whose novel, “Flight,” was SUNY Oneonta’s first “common read” – it was assigned to all freshman – shared the Native American experience in “Without Reservation,” delivered to 1,000 attendees at the Alumni Field House Tuesday, Sept. 10. At right, freshman Emmi Albarano was the first to question Alexie.
The Otsego County board’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee planned to discuss it next step to upgrade economic development Wednesday, Sept. 11. DETAILS AT WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
Fox Patients Gain Access To Medical Charts First Full-Time Director By JIM KEVLIN
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magine. You go to your computer. Type in a URL. Up pops an Interface, “My Chart.” A few more key strokes, and you’re reviewing you medical history, the same history that, until now, was easily available only to your physician. “Patients absolutely love it,” said Dr. Scott Cohen, who is in family practice in Norwich, but has been in a small office in Bassett Hall in HOMETOWN ONEONTA Cooperstown in recent weeks, rolling out the Dr. Scott Cohen, Norwich, has Please See CHART, A3 been rolling out the “My Chart.”
At SUNY Gender Center By LIBBY CUDMORE
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hile many travelers open up their Kindle or plug in their headphones when they board a plane, Elliot Ruggles, the new – and first full-time – director of SUNY Oneonta’s Gender & Sexuality Resource Center,
is happy to chat with his fellow passenger. “When I tell people what I do as a gender and sexuality educator, I’ve had some say, ‘I had no idea I could live life other than how I’ve been living it’,” he said. “That even a stranger on a plane could share that secret with me tells me the impact Please See DIRECTOR, A8
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