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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, January 23, 2015
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► FOR ‘TWENTY UNDER FORTY’ NOMINATION FORM, SEE PAGE A2, OR VISIT WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
“Twenty Under Forty” Judges, from left, Ben Guenther, Seth Hait, Chris Kuhn, Luisa Montanti, Val Paige, Martin Tillapaugh.
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OHS Chorus members Teresa Dukes, left, and Nova Otieno perform at the city’s Martin Luther King Day tribute Sunday, Jan. 18, at the Elm Park Methodist Church/ SEE PAGE B1
Council Holds Off On Study Of Fire Needs
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he Center for Public Safety Management, consultants hired to study the Oneonta Fire Department, has concurred that the 1987 aerial truck needs to be replaced. But the consultants said a second aerial truck should be delayed until an $83,000 study further analyzes the OFD’s needs and structure, and that was a step too far for Common Council Tuesday, Jan. 20. Council tabled a decision after Council member Mike Lynch opposed the move and Council member David Rissberger supported it. More details at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM SUDDEN PASSING: Realtor Kellie Place, former Town of Oneonta Planning Board chair who was active in the arts community, has died at 55, stricken by pneumonia/SEE PAGE B6 SNOMMEGANG II: Brewery Ommegang and Townsquare Media are planning the second Snommegang, where Main Street is closed for an afternoon of beer samplings and food tastings, on Saturday, Feb. 28. STATE OF STATE: Governor Cuomo planned to offer his “2015 Opportunity Agenda” in an address at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 21.
40 To Select ‘Twenty Under Forty’ 6 Judges Named
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ix Otsego County citizens from business, government and non-profits have agreed to select “Twenty Under Forty” – 20 of their fellow residents under 40 years old who are already contributing to the betterment of local life, and show promise to do so in the future. They are: ► Ben Guenther, Oneonta, partner in Five Star Subaru and a patron of the local arts and philanthropy. ► Seth Hait, Delhi, Springbrook chief operating officer and former vice president/institutional advance-
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ment at Hartwick College. ► Chris Kuhn, Oneonta, center director, Oneonta Job Corps. ► Luisa Montanti, Oneonta, Southside Mall general manager and Foothills Performing Art Center board president.
► Val Paige, Cooperstown, director of the Clark Sports Center. ► Martin Tillapaugh, Cooperstown, attorney and owner of Tillapaugh Funeral Service. New this year, “Twenty Under Forty” is being co-sponsored and
organized by the Otsego County and Cooperstown chambers of commerce, and Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal. The public is encouraged to make nominations, suggesting an admired employee, co-worker, friend, family member, or simply someone whom the nominator admires or observes excelling. A nomination forms appears on Page A3 of this edition, and is also available at www.allotsego.com. Deadline for nominations is Friday, Feb. 6. The 20 will be honored at a reception Thursday, Feb. 26.
Beware Of ‘DIESEL’ Art in the family
Hayes’ Sculpture, Painting, Photos Due In City
Heroin ‘Brand’ Causes 9 ODs, Claims 2 Lives By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE
By JIM KEVLIN WEST ONEONTA
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he father, David Hayes, who passed away in 2013, was a sculptor of national renown, mentored in Paris by Alexander Calder in the 1950s. A “modern master,” he’s been called. His second son, Brian, is a painter in Atlanta. Daughter Mary Judith Hayes, an R.N., is a noted photographer, living in the Berkshires. The youngest son, John, based in Fort Pierce, Fla., spent years helping his father haul largerthan-life sculptures to museums across the country. Westfield State University photo The reason why this artistic David Hayes, second from left, works with a crew at Westfamily is starting to matter to field State University recently install his father’s sculpture, Please See HAYES, A7 “Le Cynge.”
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ome little glassine bags of heroin sold in Otsego County in the past have had a little “Batman” symbol in one corner. Another batch had a skull & crossbones. The images work like a logo or a brand. In the past several days, the tiny word “DIESEL” has marked the tiny bags bearing Muehl heroin, laced with fentanyl, an opiate 30 times stronger than heroin, and it is being blamed for two deaths so far and 12 overdoses in the last week alone. “It happens to be much stronPease See ODs, A7
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