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& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch Complimentary
Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, June 14, 2013
Volume 5, No. 38
PAID-PARKING MACHINES IN DECK, LOT
City of The Hills
P&D Devices Here, Too Ken Baldwin, MAN ON THE WHITE HORSE L By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Taylor Trombley, OHS grad and Hartwick sophomore, receives the John Moffat Perpetual Award at the 17th annual Farmers’ Museum Benefit Horseshow Sunday, June 9, at Iroquois Farms, south of Cooperstown. She was the winningest rider. Complete results at:
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Tax-Free NY, Ioxus May Be Ideal Match
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oxus’ 80,000-square-foot expansion may be an ideal beneficiary for Tax Free NY, Governor Cuomo’s novel economic-development idea now before the state Legislature. That’s what Robert Megna, director, state Division of Budget, told Ioxus President Mark McGough after a Friday, June 7, briefing at SUNY Oneonta’s Craven Lounge. Megna was in the city to outline Tax Free NY, which aims to create tax-free zones near SUNY campuses with the idea of keeping graduates in New York State. TOP ENTREPRENEUR:
Ernst & Young has named Chobani’s Hamdi Ulukaya 2013 World Entrepreneur of the Year from more than 50 winners worldwide. CONCERTS IN PARKS:
C’est Bon, a Cajun dance band, is the first Concert in Neahwa Park, at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20.
iving, working and shopping in downtown Oneonta just got a little bit more expensive. Two Pay & Display parking meters, approved by Common Council nearly a year ago, began service at 7 a.m. Wednesday, June 12. One is servicing the municipal parking deck’s lower level; the HOMETOWN ONEONTA other replaces individual City Hall’s Jamie meters in the Westcott Knapp installs a parking lot, between sign heralding the Ruffino’s and the old P&D machines. city hall. The P&D meters are the same as the ones used in Cooperstown, where numerous startup wrinkles have emerged, including a service outage on Thursday, June 6, that knocked out parking meters as far away as Virginia. “We’ve run tests on ours to make sure they print right,” Please See PARKING, A5
A decade ago, on the 250th anniversary of Methodism, the Rev. Ken Baldwin depicted John Wesley, riding through the city on a white charger and preaching a barnburning sermon from atop a picnic table in Wilber Park.
Energized Schwerd Casts Net For Ideas ‘Commerce Chenango’ Expert Due By JIM KEVLIN
In Heroic Days, Departing Pastor Championed Underdog By JIM KEVLIN
FOND FAREWELL: Join other wellwishers in honoring the Baldwins at the start of the Oneonta Outlaws game, 7 p.m. Friday, June 14, at Damaschke Field. Admission free.
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ow many lives have heroic periods? A half-century later, Ken Baldwin – the Rev. (ret.) Kenneth K. Baldwin – looks back on his with mixed feelings: Satisfaction on living in accordance with his ideals; regret about the fallout on his family. As pastor of the suburban North Flushing Presbyterian Church, the turbulent 1960s
Nancy and Ken Baldwin
found him pushed into Democratic politics, defending the Black Panthers and, finally,
Citizens, Council Member Chat, Sip By LIBBY CUDMORE
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bandoned houses, noise ordinances, emergency sirens and homeregister for the Boys & Girls owner grant programs. Club summer camps. Check Common Council members discussed oneontaboysandgirlsclub.org all those issues Tuesday, June 11. And for details, or call Jennifer that was just over their morning cup of O’Donnell at 432-1133. coffee. GO TO CAMP! It’s time to
removed from his pulpit by the Presbytery. “I did what I thought was the right thing to do,” he reflected as he prepared for three new milestones in his life: His 90th Please See BALDWINS, A4
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nergized by Sandy Mathes’ economic-development ideas, county Rep. Betty Ann Schwerd, R-Edmeston, is casting her net farther for inspiration on increasing local prosperity. Schwerd Mathes, former Greene County IDA director, was in the county Wednesday, June 5, and Friday, June 7, at county Board Chair Kathy Clark’s invitation and Schwerd’s initiative, addressing the county Board of Representatives and Citizen Voices respectively. This coming Monday, June 17, Schwerd has invited Jennifer Tavares, director of ComPlease See JOBS, A6 City Manager Mike Long, right, discusses possible options for noise problems with Jonathan Gell, Councilmember Madolyn Palmer and Madeline Berry at the Shops at Ford & Main.
It was the first “Coffee with Common Council,” hour-long sessions, planned 8-9 a.m. Tuesdays at the Collage Food Boutique in the Shops at Ford & Main. The idea is to give the public a chance to chat informally with their elected representatives. “This is the kind of thing we need,” said Second Ward Council member Larry Please See CHAT, A8
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