By Denise Richardson
Steven and Jacqlene Rose of the Otsego-
Delaware Board of Realtors and
Rose Realty of Sidney joined 20,000 Realtors
in San Diego during the 2009 Realtors
Conference & Expo, “Chart a Winning
Course,” held Nov. 13 to 16.
Attendees at the National Association
of Realtors addressed industry issues
and met for educational and networking
sessions, according to a media
release.
Days before the conference, Congress
voted to extend the home-buyer
tax credit through April 30 and expand
it to include current homeowners, the
release said. According to an NAR survey,
first-time home buyers made up 47
percent of all transactions in the past
year, the highest on record dating back
to 1981.
“Congress’ decision will enable many
more families to achieve the dream of
homeownership and take advantage of
current low interest rates and affordable
prices,” Steven Rose, ODBR’s 2009
president, said in the release. The incentive
has already spurred national
home sales, and more than 2 million
home buyers are expected to take advantage
of it this year, he said.
During the conference, the NAR
launched a new Short Sale and Foreclosure
Resource Program focused on
handling distressed properties. More
than 400 exhibitors displayed the latest
in professional development services,
“green” products and services, Internet
advertising and other state-of-the-art industry
tools at the Expo.
The National Association of Realtors
® represents 1.2 million members
involved in all aspects of the residential
and commercial real-estate industries.
The Otsego-Delaware Board of Realtors
® represents 418 members locally.
Weaving, spinning studio to open
Annabel Kellam is opening a studio
in Oneonta to sell spinning wheels,
looms and supplies.
She said she also plans to give lessons
at Annabel’s Fibre Studio at 295
Main St. The storefront will be open for
a ``sneak peek’’ Friday and will officially
start in business on Monday. Winter
hours will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
She and her husband, Keith Schillo,
moved to Oneonta in June after Schillo
retired from the University of Kentucky
and took a teaching position in the biology
department at the State University
College at Oneonta. At their farm
in Kentucky, she said, they raised beef
cattle, sheep and other animals.
Kellam, whose background is in art
and animal science, said she has sold
fleeces and wool from the farm and been
a vendor at crafts fairs, but a storefront
business is a new venture.
For more information, call the studio
at 267-4885.
Company expands availability
of ultracapacitors
Ioxus Inc. of Oneonta, developers
and manufacturers of ultracapacitor
technologies for energy storage markets,
has introduced its Ioxus Distributor
Network.
The initiative, launched in October,
was in response to the increased demand
for smaller-sized, higher capacity
and greater power density ultracapacitors
for military, transportation, utility
and alternative-energy applications, according
to a media release.
The network provides companies,
such as Advanced Power Components,
Masline Electronics Inc. and Trendsetter
Electronics with technical and marketing
support.
“Ioxus, together with our distributors,
helps expand the worldwide use of
ultracapacitors for clean technology,”
Chad Hall, chief operations officer of
Ioxus, said in a media release.
For more information, call Hall at
433-9011, ext. 205, or visit www.ioxus.
com.
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Motorist rolls truck, charged with drunken driving
A motorist who continued driving after his truck rolled 360 degrees in Summit early Monday was charged with drunken driving, state police at Cobleskill said.
- Motorist rolls truck, charged with drunken driving A motorist who continued driving after his truck rolled 360 degrees in Summit early Monday was charged with drunken driving, state police at Cobleskill said.
- Mary Lorraine Hawkins RICHFIELD SPRINGS _ Mary Lorraine Hawkins, 85, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 10, 2010, she was at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.
- Area briefs: Video on natural gas drilling to be presented COPES CORNERS _ The Concerned Citizens of the Butternut Valley will sponsor a video presentation about natural gas drilling at 7 p.m. today at Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School at 693 State Highway 51.
- Area briefs: Video on natural gas drilling to be presented COPES CORNERS _ The Concerned Citizens of the Butternut Valley will sponsor a video presentation about natural gas drilling at 7 p.m. today at Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School at 693 State Highway 51.
- Evelyn E. Kinney MORRIS _ Evelyn E. Kinney, 81, of Morris, passed away Jan. 17, 2010.
- Frost may have damaged plantings Traces of a visit by Jack Frost overnight might leave severe damage to plant life in Otsego, Delaware and Chenango counties, weather officials said Monday.
- Daisy Wagner Schultz WALTON _ Daisy Meda Wagner Schultz, 65, of Walton, passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening, May 9, 2010, at home.
- Frost may have damaged plantings Traces of a visit by Jack Frost overnight might leave severe damage to plant life in Otsego, Delaware and Chenango counties, weather officials said Monday.
- Edward Luke Ryder MOUNT VISION _ Edward Luke Ryder, 71, passed away Monday, May 10, 2010, at his home.
- Police probe apparent murder-suicide WALTON _ An apparent murder-suicide shooting is being investigated by the Walton Police Department, the state police and the Delaware County Sheriff's Department, Walton Police Officer Brian Laauser said Monday. The shootings occurred at 32 Union Street at about 10 p.m. Sunday, police said.
- Police probe apparent murder-suicide WALTON _ An apparent murder-suicide shooting is being investigated by the Walton Police Department, the state police and the Delaware County Sheriff's Department, Walton Police Officer Brian Laauser said Monday. The shootings occurred at 32 Union Street at about 10 p.m. Sunday, police said.
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3 area lawyers say Kagan likely to be confirmed
Elena Kagan is likely to be confirmed as United States Supreme Court justice and seems qualified for the post, according to three area lawyers.
Kagan, the nations solicitor general and a former dean of Harvard Law School, is President Barack Obamas choice to succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. - Alyce H. Roberts ONEONTA _ Alyce H. Roberts, 89, of Oneonta, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010, at home.
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3 area lawyers say Kagan likely to be confirmed
Elena Kagan is likely to be confirmed as United States Supreme Court justice and seems qualified for the post, according to three area lawyers.
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Outdoor biking program starts in city
ONEONTA _ An outdoor biking program Tuesday nights has begun in Oneonta.
The group meets at the Brenner Recreational Center near Hodges Pond in Neahwa Park at 5 p.m. -
Outdoor biking program starts in city
ONEONTA _ An outdoor biking program Tuesday nights has begun in Oneonta.
The group meets at the Brenner Recreational Center near Hodges Pond in Neahwa Park at 5 p.m. - Marc E. Guy DELHI _ A graveside memorial service for Marc E. Guy, 79, of Delhi, who passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at Hospice of the Golden Isles,
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- David C. Yager ONEONTA _ Graveside services with military honors for David C. Yager, who passed away Feb. 7, 2010, will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 14, 2010, in the West Oneonta Cemetery.
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Motorist rolls truck, charged with drunken driving
