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,…
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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…
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…
‘Pit,’ Canine Namesake, Joins Parisian’s Partner Trooper Has Run In 25 Of Race’s 26 Years By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – State Investigator Sales Caicedo and Trooper Ricky “Pit” Parisian, partners for four years, spent their shift on May 20, 1994, doing surveillance on an organized crime organization outside New York City. After the shift, the two officers headed up Route 17. Caicedo was headed to Buffalo; Parisian took Exit 94, bound for Oneonta. “As he was getting…
DAMASCHKE DEMOLITION BEGINS Goodbye Grandstand Gary Laing, Oneonta Outlaws owner, says goodbye to the Damaschke Field grandstand as demolition began this morning. The project, which will take several months, will be completed in several stages; the first, taking out the seats and tearing down the fences, will be finished in a matter of weeks. Laing plans to auction off several of the seats at a later date, and the remaining metal will be recycled. A new concrete pad will be…
IN MEMORIAM: Ashley Marie McLemore; Young Son Survives 24-Year-Old Mother ONEONTA – Ashley Marie McLemore, 24, born Oct. 17, 1994, to Denise and Michael McLemore, passed peacefully on Oct. 1, 2019. Her beautiful and kindhearted spirit will not be forgotten. She was a patient and loving mother to her son, Noah Michael, and a supportive and caring daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, niece, granddaughter and friend to so many.…
IN MEMORIAM: Eugene Lissandrello, 95; World War II Vet, Artist Retired To Oneonta ONEONTA – Eugene Lissandrello, 95, an artist whose work was shown at CANO, peacefully died of old age on Sept. 30, 2019, at Fox Nursing Home. Eugene was born to Italian immigrant parents, Giorgio and Marietta Lissandrello, of Ragusa, Sicily, in Brooklyn, in 1924. Artist, teacher, and World War II veteran, Gene’s first opportunity to discover his love for art was through free classes offered by the…
652 Mark Trooper Parisian’s Sacrifice Oneonta Runner 1st In 26th PIT Run 10K It may have been cloudy, but the record of it never raining on race day still stands, as 652 runners turned out today to partake in the 26th annual PIT Run 5K and 10K Run in remembrance of Ricky J. “Pit” Parisian, a state trooper who lost his life while stopping an armed robbery in 1994 on Southside Oneonta. Above, Janice Bettiol, Otego, waves amidst throngs of…
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