THE JOB SCENE They Love Their Jobs 5 Believe They Have Found Careers Of Their Dreams In Otsego County Profiles by LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com KRISTEN QUIGLEY Springbrook Assistant Manager A high-five, Kristen Quigly recognizes, can change someone’s whole day around. “I love that, with the people I work with, it doesn’t matter if they’ve had a good day or a bad day, you can make that day better with a high-five, some music or even a favorite…
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Misleading Siren Quiet; Students Plan Forum After False Emergency By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – During the shooting threat that put SUNY Oneonta under a “shelter in place” order for over an hour Wednesday, Oct. 2, some students say they had to take charge in the classroom. “I had students tell me their teachers either didn’t know what to do or didn’t take the order seriously,” said Timothy Nolan, SUNY Student Association president. “Many of (his fellow students)…
PRESIDENT MORRIS’ INSTALLATION Chancellor Installs SUNY Oneonta’s Eighth President BARBARA JEAN MORRIS PRAISED FOR GROUND-BREAKING CAREER By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Barbara Jean Morris’ installation as eighth SUNY Oneonta president Saturday, Oct. 5, revealed her lighter side. Longtime pal Noelle Norton, a dean at the University of San Diego, reported the two ladies stopping at the Boston Bloomingdale’s perfume counter two decades ago en route to a conference to present the first draft of their paper,…
LETTER from MARTY VAN LENTEN BECKER In Supporting Trump Inquiry, Delgado Doing As He Should To the Editor: You ask in last week’s edition: “Is Congressman Risking His Reelection Over Impeachment?” Antonio Delgado states that he made his decision to vote for an inquiry into articles of impeachment because he “…took an oath before God and his fellow citizens to uphold the Constitution of the United States.” That’s what we elected him to do. We didn’t elect him to leave…
WATSON TO LEAD CSO SATURDAY 2nd Conductor’s Concert Uses Spinoffs From Bach By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Carolyn Watson knows that among conductors, it’s a small world. “My conducting professor at the University of Sydney was Imre Palló,” she said. “He was the music director of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, so when I saw the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, I wondered if it was near where he used to be. And it was!” Watson, the second of the…
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PRESIDENT MORRIS’ INSTALLATION The Revolution’s Won Might Barbara Jean Morris, SUNY Oneonta (And Hartwick College) Create New Model? • “As chief executive officer, you are assigned all powers, duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.” KRISTINA M. JOHNSON • SUNY Chancellor • After the week that was, Barbara Jean Morris, SUNY Oneonta’s new president, must have heard those words with mixed feelings. Just three days before her Saturday, Oct. 5, installation, a threat to shoot up the campus – it turned…
MONEY MATTERS • Column Fracking Bust? Or Fracking Boom? By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Who you gonna believe? When people argue over contentious issues today they often follow a predictable pattern. He cites a scientific study that says blah blah about climate change. She cites a scientific study that claims the opposite. Oh yeah? He says her study was published in a junk journal. Oh yeah? She lists the scientist’s credentials. And claims his scientist has the wrong…
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER • Column POVERTY It’s All Around Us Editor’s Note: Larry Bennett of East Meredith, Brewery Ommegang’s recently retired creative director who is much active in community causes, joins The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta in this edition as a regular columnist. By LARRY BENNETT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Last Saturday, Oct. 5, 200 people attended a forum in Oneonta, “Living with Dignity and the Crisis of Poverty in Otsego and Delaware Counties.” Over three hours,…
PRESIDENT MORRIS’ INSTALLATION Feather, Circle Represent Search For A Better World Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Barbara Jean Morris’ Oct. 5 inaugural address at her installation as SUNY Oneonta’s eighth president. You might have noticed the symbol of a feather in a circle on my inaugural invitation, the cover of today’s program, and the banners behind the stages. The Native American symbol of the circle best illustrates my desire for a community that is based on mutual understanding,…
