Response from Bion to Posting by Janice Wilson in the Oswego County Today
Bion would like to provide the following response to questions and concerns raised by Ms. Wilson in her posting to the Oswego County Today on August 25, 2010:
Bion would like to provide the following response to questions and concerns raised by Ms. Wilson in her posting to the Oswego County Today on August 25, 2010:
The campaign for Congress heads into the final days of the opening round with incumbent Democrat Bill Owens sitting on the largest pile of money.
Campaign filings made public this week show Owens with nearly $1.2 million on hand. Owens has spent $1.6 million on his reelection so far.
His challenge is tackling again, in a different country, an issue that has emerged in both nations: How do you deal with the loss of people and knowledge in an era of aging workforces, when public colleges and universities have less money yet more need to prepare teachers and students for new jobs in a new economy?
Members of the Common Council and Harborfest’s board vowed to keep the lines of communication open as they plan for the 2011 and 2012 festivals. The two sides also agreed to continue searching for alternative funding sources and ways to tighten their belts to keep the festival a viable option for thousands of people next summer.
“If I could bring my Mom back from Heaven,” Shirley Slate began, reading from her very first essay, a prayer for the return from Heaven for her mother for one more day.
“I just want to hold her one more time,” she said.
That Shirley Slate could read or write that essay was remarkable. At age 52, she’s learning to read and write and aiming to get her GED.
See video of her touching essay, inside.
On Sunday, at about 8:49 a.m., a victim reported that at about 3 that morning she had been assaulted by an adult male, with whom the victim had a prior relationship and during the assault was unlawfully restrained.
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