99 NEWS HEADLINES FOR TUESDAY, 8/9/11
STATE ASSEMBLYMAN SAYS PRISONERS SHOULD COUNT IN PRISON DISTRICTS, NOT HOME WHEN DRAWING DISTRICT LINES--122nd District representative Ken Blankenbush, a Republican told 99 News Monday a prison inmate uses the local infrastructure--water, sewer, etc; therefore an inmate should count in the district where incarcerated. This, in response to an agreement by a legislative task force last week to count inmates in home districts. Blankenbush says "....it's the same as renting a house in that district..."
ALSO ONLINE TODAY....
LONGTIME LOCAL AUTO DEALER MORT BACKUS PASSED AWAY MONDAY AT AGE 87, REMEMBERED FOR SUPERB CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
NEW E-MAIL SCAM GOING AROUND DISGUISED AS A CONTEST BY COCA-COLA
WELCH ROAD, RICHVILLE FIRE BELIEVED TO BE OF SUSPICIOUS ORIGIN
POTSDAM MAN WITH A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC CRIME, 21-YEAR-OLD BRENDEN NARROW ARRESTED AND JAILED BY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES MONDAY
POTSDAM NATIVE AND 1977 CLARKSON GRADUATE KAREL CZANDERNA ELECTED TO VICE CHAIR SEAT ON CLARKSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. BAYARD CLARKSON STAYS ON AS A VICE CHAIR WITH DISTINCTION
OBITUARIES:
Mort Backus--Route 68, Ogdensburg resident and prominent local auto dealer. Services 10am Friday at St.Mary's Cathedral, Ogdensburg. Calling hours at Frary Funeral Home, Ogdensburg Thursday 2-4, 6-9pm.
