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REPORT: Phil Pohl ‘Awesome’ At Spring Training In Arizona MESA, Ariz. – One of the fresh young faces in A’s camp this spring already has a major-league job sewn up and comes with Hall of Fame credentials, sportwiter Matt Kawahara reports for the Sacramento (Calif.) Bee. That would be Phil Pohl, who’s embarking on his first season as the A’s new bullpen catcher. Pohl was born in Bakersfield but grew up in Cooperstown, N.Y., and he caught for several seasons in…
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The Ashok Malhotra Story THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY (A Three-Part Series) “A nightingale had flown far from her nest, seeking food for her fledglings, and it was night, dark night. Lost, at the end of a branch, she wept. “Along came a firefly and, learning of the nightingale’s plight, guided her home by his tiny light.” “Even thought you are small, you can perform miracles,” his grandfather told Ashok Malhotra, who 70 years later is a retired founding professor of…
THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY/PART I Boyhood, Interrupted Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a three-part series on Ashok Malhotra, who retired in December after almost a half-century in SUNY Oneonta’s Philosophy Department. In was published in Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal on Feb. 25-26, 2016. By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – When Ashok Malhotra was 5 or 6, his grandfather told him a story. A nightingale had flown far from her nest, seeking food for her…
THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY/PART II Chance, Romance Change Everything Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a three-part series on Ashok Malhotra, who retired in December after almost a half-century in SUNY Oneonta’s Philosophy Department. In was published in Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal on March 3-4, 2016. By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – His first snowstorm, magical white flakes falling out of the night sky: It was a pivotal point in his life. “It was…
THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY/PART III In Ninash, Love Lives Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a three-part series on Ashok Malhotra, who retired in December after almost a half-century in SUNY Oneonta’s Philosophy Department. In was published in Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal on March 10-11, 2016. By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – On Aug. 28, 1967, Ashok Malhotra completed his journey from the Sutlej to the Susquehanna, arriving in Oneonta, 6,952 miles away from…
IN MEMORIAM: Lucy B. Gaisford, 99; Taught For 30 Years In Melbourne, Fla. ONEONTA – Oneonta native Lucy Baldo Gaisford, 99, a career-long teacher, passed away on Feb. 22, 2016, after a brief illness in Melbourne, Fla, where she had been living. She was born in Oneonta, on June 3, 1916, the daughter of Donato and Caroline (Cirillo) Baldo. In 1954, she received her bachelor’s in education at Oneonta State Teachers College, now SUNY Oneonta. She later earned her master’s…
ACCOMPLISHMENT – AND HEARTACHE Lady Hawkeyes Bow, 57-44, To Pine Plains RECAP OF SEMI-FINAL GAME ON SYRACUSE.COM…
Works By 152 Student Artists Hang At Congressional Show COOPERSTOWN – The opening reception for the Congressional Art Show, whose winners compete on the Congressional District level and may eventually have their works shown in the Capitol in Washington D.C., is underway until 7 p.m. at the Cooperstown Art Association Gallery, 22 Main St. The show is titled “An Artistic Discovery.” Students from 11 county school district are competing, including, at left, Julie Donnelly of Cherry Valley Central, posing in front of…