Celebrating Julie Lewisthirty years of excellence.

years a photojournalism retrospective

A gallery exhibit of highlights from Julie Lewis thirty-year career as photographer for The Daily Star. On display at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main Street, Oneonta. June 24 to September 10, 2011.

All about JulieBy Denise Richardson Julie Lewis has had a photographic eye for longer than her 30-year career at The Daily Star. Lewis, a 1978 graduate of Oneonta High School, learned the basics of black-andwhite photography and darkroom techniques working on the schools newspaper, the Echo. Lewis also was photo editor of the OHSan yearbook during her senior year. Both were under the guidance of English and journalism teacher Patricia Moore, who Lewis considers her ultimate mentor. Lewis was born at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in 1960 and is a daughter of Dorothy (Moore) and Fred Lewis. She is the youngest of five children, whose names begin with the letter j Joanne, Jeanne, Jim and Janice. After high school, her parents gave her a graduation present her first camera, a Canon AE-1. She started working six days a week at The Daily Star as a part-time darkroom technician on May 14, 1981. She began taking photos on her own and submitting them to the newspaper. Later that year, she took photos at football games on Saturdays, which meant she was working for the newspaper seven days a week. Lewis also had other part-time jobs, including employment at a camera store, where she learned basic camera repair and trouble-shooting. In 1985, Lewis joined The Daily Star full-time after then-publisher Richard Anthony created a second full-time photographer job. He took a chance on me, Lewis said. I really cant thank him enough. For many years at The Daily Star, Lewis managed the darkroom and production of black-and-white prints of photographs that were reproduced in the newspaper. Meanwhile, Lewis honed her skills, news judgment and style under editors Gary Grossman and Ken Hall, and photographer Bruce Endries was a day-to-day mentor who taught me lessons I carry to this day. Managing Editor Cary Brunswick gave broader pointers on news coverage. In later years, Editor Sam Pollak has helped guide her while she continues to hone her skills. As a photojournalist, Lewis has taken her camera to report on fires at homes, businesses and farms, automobile accidents, natural disasters, including the Flood of 2006, and crime and courtroom scenes. Lewis has covered many inductions and other ceremonies at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. In 1999, The Daily Star began converting its black-and-white darkroom to color, and Lewis was in charge of the project. The Star developed color film negatives and negatives were scanned into a computer system. Lewis also led the change into a digital photography system in 2001, which involved buying technologically advanced equipment. The Stars first professional camera bodies for the new digital system cost $10,000 each, and the newspaper bought two. Lewis has won many awards for sports, news and most often feature photographs. Her work has been recognized by the New York State Associated Press, the New York News Publishers Association and the New York State Agricultural Societys Harold L. Cap Creal Award. Through the newspapers membership in The Associated Press, Lewis photographs have been picked up through the wire services and published in newspapers across the country, in foreign newspapers and online. She is a member of the National Press Photographers Association. Lewis has been among the crush of baseball fans, driven the back roads of Otsego, Delaware, Chenango and Schoharie counties, and in many situations responded to the challenges of putting a human touch and face to local news stories. At the end of the day, when the newspaper is rolling through the printing press, the most important and satisfying part of the process, she said, has been meeting people along the way and sharing their stories. The best part of my job is the people I get to meet people from all walks of life and all situations, Lewis said. I could have moved to a larger market a long time ago, but I would never have had the satisfaction in the work I do and the connection I have with our readers. Lewis, who lives in Oneonta, also has developed a personal style that Daily Star readers say they recognize. If Im successful its because I stayed here, she said, not because I left.

From the cover:

May 28, 2003 A squirrel eats a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup in a tree off of Chestnut Street in Oneonta. This picture was chosen as MSNBC.coms Photo of the Week and placed 17th in Photos of the Year 2003. This is the Daily Stars mostrequested reprint.

March 2, 1992 Firefighters battle a fire on Market Street in Oneonta. The blaze, which began in the Dark Horse Saloon, destroyed several buildings. Photos taken that night won an Associated Press award for photo essay.

November 10, 2004 Oneonta High Schools Kate Jaffie, left, collides with Tappan Zees Ashley Nevins in a Class A first-round state playoff game at the Wright National Soccer Campus in Oneonta. It earned an Associated Press first-place sports photo award.

May 2, 1994 Monique Erlichman of Walton holds a cloth Star of David worn by her father during the Nazi occupation of France. Erlichman and her familys story was part of The Daily Stars series on World War II.

About this publication:Here is just a small portion of the photographs from Daily Star Chief Photographer Julie Lewis 30 years of covering Otsego, Delaware, Chenango and Schoharie counties. The cover was designed by Creative Services Manager David M. Fredette. The section was designed by Associate Managing Editor Denielle Ziemba. Photos were processed by Lewis and Daily Star photographer Ben Patton. The dates of publication are listed with the photos. 2

Julie Lewis: 30 yearsA photojournalism retrospectiveAn exhibit featuring photos from Daily Star Chief Photographer Julie Lewis 30 years of photojournalism.An opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the Greater Oneonta Historical Societys History Center at 183 Main St. in Oneonta. Refreshments will be served. It is free and open to the public. The exhibit will be on display through Sept. 10.The center is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 3 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the rst Friday of the month for Fabulous First Fridays! The center will be closed July 4.For more information, visit www.oneontahistory.org or call 432-0960.

Celebrating Julie Lewisthirty years of excellence.years a photojournalism retrospectiveWhenever there is an important news event, we dont have to ask Julie to photograph it. Thats because she would already have been out the door and on her way. When she comes back, it will be with the definitive shot that no one else would have gotten. Julies instincts, dedication and expertise have stood Daily Star readers well over the last 30 years, and, I hope, will for the next 30. The Daily Star would not be The Daily Star without her. Sam Pollak Editor As Julie Lewis continues her 30-year career, its important that we pause to recognize just what a vital component her work is to our areas visual history. She is a talented photojournalist who conveys and preserves the impact and emotion of moments in time that would be missed by a less-talented photographer. We are all truly blessed to have Julie among us. Armand Nardi Publisher

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1980sJuly 26, 1982 Right: In Oneonta, Sam Conigliaro gives his last haircut, which happens to be 21-month-old Winton White IIs first. Conigliaro retired the previous Saturday after 20 years as a barber.

October 6, 1988 Below right: The Lucky Star Caf, formerly a restaurant, now sits boarded up with weeds covering up a for sale sign at its location on state Route 10 between Bloomville and South Kortright.

December 9, 1986 Below: Welder Bob Morell replaces the metal shearing blades on a Labounty shearer at the Delaware and Hudson rail yard in Oneonta. The machine is being used by Metals Recycling of Johnston, Rhode Island, to salvage box cars.

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November 7, 1986 Linesman John Kokell of Morris covers his ears while screaming New Berlin cheerleaders cheer during a MorrisNew Berlin football game. This photo earned Julie her first New York State Newspaper Publishers Association Award.

Her colleagues at The Daily Star, The Cooperstown Crier and the O-Town Scene congratulate Julie on her 30 years of excellence and thank her for her talent and dedication in bringing thousands of stories of our community alive through her photos.5

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1980sAugust 24, 1989 Left: Bucky Furgason of Bainbridge, who served in Vietnam in 1968, wears a jacket he dug out of the closet for his visit to a reproduction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which visited Oneonta. April 23, 1988 Far left top: A group of farmers watch from the crowd during a farm auction. James Weeks, owner of the farm, watches from the back on the left. The photo essay about the selling of the family farm won an Associated Press award. Date unknown Far left bottom: Construction workers put their feet up on a lunch break.

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1990s

October 26, 1992 Above: Fans of the Webb and Sons Inc. Jets cheer as a player carries the ball into the end zone for a touchdown during a Pee Wee Football League game against the Delaware National Bank of Delhi Giants in Oneontas Neahwa Park. The photo won a New York State Newspaper Publishers Award. April 18, 1990 Far left: Kevin Ritchko strikes a fighting stance at the Oneonta Boys Club on River Street. June 23, 1995 Left: Nine-year-old Amber Sohns of Delhi eats strawberries while she watches a stand for her cousins on Main Street in Delhi. 8

1990s

June 14, 1995 Above: Fifteen-month-old Macklin Robinson tries his best to hit a golf ball at the Cooperstown Fun Park miniature golf course on state Route 28 in Hyde Park. Macklin, whose mother used to live in Mount Vision, and his family are from Dayton, Ohio, and are visiting friends in the area. April 18, 1990 Left: Four-year-old Whit Arlt reads a Spiderman comic book dressed in his Monsterman disguise on a bench outside of Dannys Market on Main Street in Cooperstown.

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1990sMay 12, 1994 Right: Dorothy Lagomarsino, with her standard poodles, Hans and Greta, in front of her 200-year-old house in Meredith, which will be part of a tour. May 2, 1995 Below: William Lachick and his dog Joey hang out in the sunshine in front of one of Lachicks barns at the C&B Farm on state Route 206 in Masonville. The dogs full name is Joey Heathertonx. July 9, 1993 Below right: Jim Huntington sits in the shade on the front porch of a Pioneer Street home in Cooperstown during a heat wave and pets Topper, who lives at the house.

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1990s

July 6, 1992 Above: A 45-by-85.5-foot flag is lifted by a crane in the Chenango County town of Columbus to mark the Fourth of July. The massive flag was originally used in 1987, when it was draped over the stone carving of Lincolns face on Mount Rushmore, before the unveiling and rededication of his place on the mountainside. June 4, 1996 Left: Paul Olsen throws a ball at a HulaHoop stuck in a tree in front of his home on Holley Street in Walton, as his 2-yearold daughter Kalei watches. Olsen finally freed the Hula-Hoop by climbing the tree and shaking the branches.

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July 14, 1995 Above: George Milliken of Unadilla has a cigarette while sitting at the counter of the Unadilla Diner on state Route 7 in Unadilla. September 2, 1994 Right: Nick Stilson of Otego drinks coffee next to Frank Bryant of West Laurens while sitting at the counter of the Duke Restaurant on Oneida Street in Oneonta.

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1990s

July 3, 1990 Above: F.L. Hall and Sons Roofing Co. workers tear up the old roof at the Brooks House of Bar-B-Qs on state Route 7 in the town of Oneonta. October 19, 1994 Left: Clarence George of Tioga Construction operates a roller that compacts dirt along the shoulder of state Route 28 in Oaksville. Behind him stands a sign for Honda at Bennett Motor Sales.

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June 23, 1995 Above left: Nancy Hubbell holds two Yorkshire piglets at her hog farm on the West Amest Road north of the Schoharie County line. May 14, 1993 Above: Tom Donnelly talks on the phone while a 2-day-old calf stands in a barn. This was included in an Associated Press awardwinning photo essay. April 2, 1993 Left: Henry Murdock of Hartwick stands by a sign near his house on county Route 11. Murdock still hunts at age 79 and has gotten a deer most years since 1938. The sign was a gift from a friend. 14

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June 17, 1994 Steve Spratley of Norwich, center, keeps an eye on his 6-month-old daughter, Kaitlyn, as other buyers watch an auction at Welch Livestock Auction in West Edmeston.

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1990s

Date unknown Above: Joseph and Mary figurines sit in a Radio Flyer wagon in a yard on state Route 23 in Davenport. May 11, 1994 Right: Unatego high school students uses special glasses to watch a solar eclipse.

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1990s

May 25, 1995 Top: Karen Ellis of Roseboom takes in the sun during a lunch break on a stone bench off state Route 7 in Unadilla along the Susquehanna River. The bench was placed there in memory of Frederick Thomas Hayes, 1808-1894. June 3, 1994 Above: Butch Webb of Burton Clark in Delhi bulldozes earth near the statue of James Fenimore Cooper in Cooperstown. The company is doing renovations to the parks roadway and curbs.

April 27, 1995 Above: Wendy Battelle plays her violin in Macs Barber Shop in Oneonta, while Kathy Miller cuts Bill Warings hair. Battelles dog Charlie sits at her side. Battelle, who needs a double lung transplant, has been lugging her violin from her apartment next door to play once a week at the barber shop. The first week she earned $14.50. On her third appearance, she said, I took in $27.50 and that was playing mostly classical music. I didnt think classical music would bring in that much. Her sister made the sign on her music stand, which reads , Im playing my violin for you but what I really need is an organ.

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1990sOctober 26, 1994 Left: Butch Grant drives a lawn tractor and wagon state Route 10 in the town of Walton with his 5-year-old dog Scookie. Grant, who was leaving his village home to do some yard work for someone else, said he brought Scookie because she loves to ride and it was a nice day. August 16, 1994 Below: Nancy Stevens gives her garden tractor some gas in the 1,000-pound stock class pull Monday at the opening day of the 108th Delaware County Fair at the Walton fairgrounds.

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1990sApril 28, 1995 Left: Dave Bell, intermediate EMT with Hudson Valley Ambulance, works on a lawnmower in front of the companys office on Route 10 in Hamden. August 12, 1993 Below left: Art Mohr rides his tractor, Old Bessie, at his home off county Route 46 in Milford. Mohr painted the tractor to look like a cow to amuse his grandchildren. May 8, 1993 Below: Bruce Rogers of Walton works on an outboard motor attached to a truck at the Cooperstown Mobil station on Chestnut Street.

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1990s

January 20, 1996 Above: A huge chasm is all that is left of a 132-foot section of Chase Brook Road in Tompkins where five people were swept to their deaths. The hole is 56 feet deep. January 30, 1996 Right: Keath Davis sorts through debris in his office at Breakey Motors in Walton. The office had four feet of water in it during the flood, marked by mud on the wall behind him. 20

1990s

March 28, 1994 Above left: Former Army interpreter Douglas McKee sits in the library of his home in Gilbertsville. February 28, 1994 Above: At home on Clinton Street in Oneonta, Samuel Bertuzzi wears his Navy dress blue uniform from World War II. He holds a photo of himself taken after being wounded in the South Pacific. Both of the above photos were part of The Daily Stars series on World War II. _____ December 20, 1994 Left: Jackie Rome of Bovina puts a package into the back of her jeep on Main Street in Delhi. On the spare tire, a jolly Santa gets a hand from a helpful elf.

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1990s

March 2, 1992 Above: West Oneonta firemen fight the flames at the Dark Horse building and Rothermels law office, from which debris was blown into the street. May 4, 1994 Right: Firefighters attack the blaze inside Wheelers Pharmacy, right, and Country Boy Realty, left, in Worcester. The blaze leveled a large portion of the villages Main Street.

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1990s

March 2, 1992 Oneonta fireman Dick DiMartin, helmet and coat encased in ice, dries his gloves with a portable heater on Market Street during the Dark Horse Saloon fire in Oneonta.

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2000sMarch 25-26, 2006 Left: Dave Johnson of Olde Sweet Farm Maple Syrup collects sap from metal buckets tapped on to sugar maples at the farm on Covered Bridge Road in Unadilla. Johnson said the farm still uses the "oldfashioned" way of making maple syrup, including boiling with a wood-fired evaporator.

August 15, 2007 Above: Damion Archibald, 9, of Oneonta, naps Tuesday between two of his aunts Ashire spring calves, Nestley and Holly, in a barn stall at the Delaware County Fair in Walton. February 11, 2009 Left: Two-year-old Braeden Johnson waits to hand his grandfather, Dave, a sap bucket as he taps a maple tree on the familys Olde Sweet Farm in Unadilla. All three photos have won the New York State Agricultural Societys Cap Creal Award for photography. 24

2000sJune 29, 2006 Left: A gaping hole in Interstate 88 shows a culvert collapsed by Carrs Creek in Sidney. Left middle: One of two tractor-trailers that washed away during the collapse rests against a bridge over Carrs Creek downstream on Back River Road. Left bottom: All four lanes of I-88 are washed out after the culvert underneath the highway collapsed. David Swingle of Waverly and Patrick OConnell of Lisbon, Maine, were killed in the collapse.

July 6, 2006 Above: A double wreath hangs from an overpass on County Route 23 near exit 10 of Interstate 88.

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2000s

June 17, 2005 A goat and a cat nuzzle each other in the doorway of the barn at Flippin Acres Farm on county Route 9 in the town of Davenport. This photos was featured in MSNBC.coms Animal Friends feature.

January 25, 2011 Above: A pair of mallard ducks fly down a stream in Oneonta. This photo won the New York Associated Press feature photo of the month. March 20, 2008 Left: A robin eats a berry from a tree in Oneonta. 26

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May 16, 2011 Above: A cottontail rabbit sticks its tongue out during a rain shower while building a nest off of West Street in Oneonta. This photo was chosen as photo of the month by the New York State Associated Press.

March 30, 2004 Left: Junior Mint, a 9-month-old miniature horse, nuzzles Kendra Hoyt, 10, while she grooms him in a pasture at the Hoyt's farm on county Route 21 in Franklin.

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October 29, 2005 Muriel Ross, left, dressed as Mae West, and Sue McDonough, dressed as a pirate, talk as they and other members of their Young at Heart Western Line Dancers group eat ice cream at the Golden Guernsey on Main Street in Oneonta after they performed at the Hampshire House Adult Home. April 17, 2003 Top left: Franklin High School teammates Wyatt Morrell, right, and Josh Bell carry a wild turkey back to the woods from their field after the bird wandered out during warmups and was captured by a member of the opposing team. April 20, 2005 Left: Pindars Corners volunteer firefighter I.G. Dent tries to wet down an area ahead of a large fire of creosote-treated railroad ties burning out of control at the Wayne Gerster farm on state Route 23 in Davenport.

July 10, 2009 Far left: Amanda Gould, right, and her stepdaughter Chelsea Kolis, 10, ride the Trabant at the Afton Fair.

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October 2, 2006 Above: Participants pause for the singing of the National Anthem before the start of the 13th annual Ricky J. Parisian Memorial "Pit" Run down Main Street in Oneonta. March 4, 2009 Right: Veterans salute during funeral services for U.S. Army Cpl. Michael L. Mayne in the Edmeston Central School gymnasium.

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2000s

February 14, 2009 Above: Verne, 91, and Lesa Wilber, 90, pose in the living room of their home in Unadilla. The couple were featured in a Valentines Day story. December 26, 2002 Below: The Woodcock family and neighbors try to return to their home in Oneonta during a blizzard that struck on Christmas Day 2002.

February 17, 2011 Above: New York Army National Guard Spec. E-4 Brett Houck picks up his nephew, Hunter Stanton, 4, after arriving at the National Guard Armory in Walton. Houck and fellow members of the Walton detachment of the 827th Engineer Company returned home from 10 months in Afghanistan.

Come to the opening reception of Julies exhibit at the Greater Oneonta Historical Societys History Center from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2011. The History Center is at 183 Main St. in Oneonta.31