Month: January 2010

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Oswego Daily News

Man With Ties To Mexico Makes Life For Soldiers, Civilians Safer

January 5, 2010 Contributor
Army Maj. Ken Spicer is an environmental science officer with the Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine in Landstuhl, Germany. He recently traveled to the Central African nation of Uganda to participate in Exercise Natural Fire 10, which included cooperation with five African militaries. (Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Griffin)When the son of a Mexico man stepped onto the orange-red soil of this Central African nation, he could have been walking into a National Geographic special presentation.

Surrounded by Africans living in grass-roofed mud huts that dotted the countryside, 550 American military members would bring modern medical science and medication, sweat equity and supplies to rebuild old, rundown schools, and an open textbook in sharing non-lethal military tactics that Eastern African armies could use to bring civil order during future times of trouble.

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Opinion

Looking Ahead to 2010: Report on New Tax Bill, Energy Conservation Projects

January 4, 2010 Contributor
The development of a new “Citizen-Friendly” tax bill was one of many projects that I set out to achieve when I presented the state of the county address last February. The 2010 tax bills, which are being delivered over the next few days, have been re-designed to make them easier to read and understand. And, the new format requires less paper, saving money and natural resources.

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Community

Hannibal Winterfest Raffling A “Night On The Town For Two”

January 4, 2010 Contributor
Winterfest chair Ann Mahaney, left, and Winterfest committee member Karen White, right, accept donation from Doug Malone.

Doug Malone presented the Hannibal Winterfest committee with a generous donation to cover the cost of a “Night On the Town for Two”. The evening consists of a gift certificate for dinner at Vona’s Restaurant in Oswego and two passes to the Oswego Cinema. The committee will be selling raffle tickets for this prize from now until Winterfest weekend. The proceeds from the raffle are used to provide prizes for the winners of the events.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Police Involved In Standoff

January 4, 2010 Contributor
<p>Michele and Robert Earl live on Utica St., in a home that adjoins the scene of the standoff. Michelle Earl, who used to work for Oswego County Today, shared these photos with us from her Facebook page.</p>

A 10 hour standoff on Cayuga St. in Fulton is over.

A Sheriff’s Department SWAT team fired tear gas canisters into a home at 512 Cayuga St. to flush out a man who police said was holding a woman at knifepoint.

Got information or photos? Share them with us. (The photo above was shared with us by Michelle Earl, and we thank her for that.)

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