SUNY’s Lowe Helps Others Give ‘Gift of Life’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta junior Russell Lowe was used to seeing blood drives on campus, but as far as he can tell, his “Gift of Life” Bone Marrow registration is the first of it’s kind. “You see blood drives every week, but only two percent of people are registered to give bone marrow,” he said. Lowe, a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, learned about the Gift of…
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Planners Suggest ‘Green Apron’ From Main Street To Doubleday By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Having learned Monday evening that local folks consider Doubleday Field a major “icon” and “destination,” Elan‘s planners this evening proposed a “green apron” leading from Main Street to the front door of baseball’s foremost shrine, dissecting the 130-car parking lot. Instead of dodging cars pulling in and out of parking spaces, fans and tourists could stroll up to the “Home of Baseball” – as Doubleday…
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Copter Circles Cooperstown As K9s Acclimate To Flying COOPERSTOWN – Choppers have been circling Cooperstown all morning. Actually, it’s one chopper, landing and taking off and landing the taking off, getting K9s from the State Police Canine Unit on Chicken Farm Hill Road to overcome any fear of flying. Sgt. Jason Brewer, who has been with the unit for 13 years, explained that the K9s respond to situations around the state, and the training gets them used to the noise…
Students Plan Substance-Free Walk By Libby Cudmore • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 With the local and national conversation focusing on college binge drinking, SUNY Oneonta students Gabriela Donato and James Dipaoli are hoping to show students and the community that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Donato, a member of the Sigma Gamma Phi sorority and Dipaoli, a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, have teamed up to lead the Substance Abuse…
When Trouble Knocks, Perry, Nowak Answer By JIM KEVLIN • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 For Steve Perry, the lowest point in 30 years of trying to keep the student rowdiness under control came in the mid-1990s: One year, SUNY Oneonta “dismissed” 300 students at mid-year, sending them home for poor grades and out-of-hand behavior. That was a breaking point, the campus’ vice president/student development recalled in an interview in his office in the Netzer Administration Building. So…
Chickens a la Oneonta? Common Council Considers Putting Recipe On Books By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 It’s not a matter of which came first – the chickens or the ordinance. It’s about which one will go on the chopping block. “There’s a lot of concern about where our food comes from,” said City Council member Bob Brzozowski. “People want to know that their chickens are cared for, what they’re fed and the quality of their…
Planning Reunions Revived School Spirit By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 Getting active in the OHS Alumni Association was a chance for Kathy Hewlett to experience high school all over again. “I feel like I missed a lot, graduating early,” she said. “This is a way of redeeming myself.” Hewlett – Kathy Moore when she graduated in 1974 – is this year’s Alumni of the Year, to be fully recognized during the upcoming Alumni…