LETTER from BOB HARLEM Lack Of Energy Trumps ‘Economic Independence’ To the Editor: Adrian Kuzminski’s article on “Economic Independence” was very interesting. I’m happy to see that reality is setting in and there is an awareness that “until we begin to make products replacing at least some of those we import we will remain far from economic independence, and true prosperity will continue to elude us.” An economy based on “Beds, Meds and Eds,” is not sustainable. The “Beds” portion…
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LETTER from DAVID HAYES Confederate Flag Putrid Reminder Racism Festers To the Editor, I read Jennifer Hill’s confederate flag story in its entirety and found the piece well written and sensitive to differing views. My objection is your newspaper’s implied endorsement of a hate symbol by front page placement. This was the standard held high by treasonous men who shot and killed U.S. Army soldiers. It remains a putrid reminder of this country’s festering racism, and was more recently displayed by…
LETTER from PAUL CONWAY Rebel Flag Ominous To Many; Do We Want It At Fairs? NO! To the Editor: Jennifer Hill’s article “… A Matter of Freedom,” raised the issue of whether Confederate flags should be marketed at county fairs such as ours, in Morris. One side of the issue is well stated there. The vendor quoted was a reasonable individual who articulated the rights of all citizens to symbolically express themselves with displays of flags. There is “more and…
COLUMN Home Rule In Constitution, But Limited By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I’ve been commenting in recent columns on the first two Principles of Sustainable Otsego: Sustainable Living and Economic Independence. In this column, I want to take up the third and last principle: Home Rule. “Home” is where we live with family, friends, and neighbors. Its scale is small enough to sustain in-depth relationships with people and places. Home has the capacity to inspire love, not least…
COLUMN From Dispossession, Pain, Persistence Yields Renewal Glimmerglass’ ‘Traviata’ Tells Verdi Story By ROBERT MOYNIHAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Independence personified, he was an artist of the highest rank in the 19th Century, a period of creative superlatives – what came to be known with the changed and now abused word, “genius.” He died in the first months of the 20th – within days of the departure of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and, thanks to the fawning Disraeli, Empress…
COLUMN Why Must Presidential Bids Go On Forever-And-A-Day? By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If there’s one thing we’re good at in this country it is expanding things. From our waistlines and hamburgers to the NBA season, we know how to make things bigger and longer. Please note I do not imply necessarily better. The Baseball Hall of Fame serves up a good example. In 1980 I went to its big induction ceremony in Cooperstown. When…
EDITORIAL Take Control! Consider Otsego Lake Association Annual Meeting at 9 a.m. This Saturday With so many areas of American life seemingly spinning out of control, there’s a contrary example in the Otsego Lake Association (OLA). Its “100-percent volunteers,” according to Jim Howarth, co-president with David Sanford, are focused on a common mission: “Protecting the health, beauty and wellbeing” of the lake. Listening to them, it’s clear: Local volunteers, working together, can get a lot done. There are larger non-profit,…
Razing Makes Way For Animal Shelter by LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com INDEX The Susquehanna SPCA is just over the halfway point. “We’ve received $1.9 million in our Shelter Us campaign,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director. The campaign will help build the SQSPCA’s new shelter, which will have a groundbreaking ceremony at the new site at noon on Saturday, Aug. 24. (The acronym was changed from SSPCA to avoid confusion with four other SPCAs.) Tweedie Construction, Walton, began the…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS Dramatic Arts Rule At Renaissance Fair, ‘Our Town’, More By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Lords and ladies fair are invited to attend the 11th annual Medieval Renaissance Fair, where Celtic dancers, magicians and more will perform throughout the day. Food, vendors and a Chinese auction – and make sure to come in costume! $5. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 10-11, Windfall Dutch Barn, 2009 Clinton Road Cherry Valley. Info 518-993-2239 • Kids can learn for…
Idelson’s New Mission Bring Kids Back To Baseball By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN Once upon a time, retired Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson was a center fielder for the Newton Central Little League. And though he retired from baseball at age 12, he never forgot the importance of the field. Since stepping down as Hall of Fame president, Idelson co-founded Grassroots Baseball, a program aimed at getting 21st Century youngsters into the game with talks,…
