City of The Hills:

3-05-10

LAST CALL:  Soccer fans have a chance for a final look at the National Soccer Hall of Fame exhibits Saturday and Sunday, March 6-7.  (Details, Page A-3)

DRIVE ENDS: United Way of Delaware/Otsego Counties has ended its 2009 fundraising campaign. The chapter raised $327,000, falling short of its goal of $343,000.

THEATRE FEST:  Orpheus Theatre’s Playwright Project Theatre Festival 2010 is this weekend at the Foothills Performing Arts Center.  A new play, “Just Kidding,” will be performing at 8 p.m. Friday, March 5.  “Thanatopsy Turvy,” by Oneonta Gary Stevens, will be read at 1 p.m. Saturday.  (More details, Pages B6-8)

TOP DOLLARS: For the eighth successive year, SUNY Oneonta alumni led all colleges in the system in donations to their alma mater, and ranked sixth in the nation among public universities.

MAKING MASKS: Barbara Gregson is planning a mask-making workshop at 10 a.m. Saturdays, March 13 and 20, at the UCCCA, to coincide with the Catskill Choral Society’s May 8-9 “African Sanctus. For information and to register, call 432-2070.
   
TOURNAMENT PLAY: For the first time since 1977, the SUNY Oneonta men’s basketball team, coached by Vince Medici, are in the NCAA Div. III tournament. They will play at 6 p.m. Friday, March 5 against Franklin & Marshall at Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.


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With the help of sister Abigail, 7, Ben Emerson, 1, experiences one of his first sledding outings Saturday, Feb. 27 on Library Park hilll.  Two feet of snow had fallen on the city the day before, the worst storm of the winter.