BROWNVILLE â Set during a time when the nation was still reeling from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, when the shell-shocked nation was barreling toward the Vietnam War and The Beatles were making their mark on the music scene, âDaisy Days of Springâ by Pamela Rose Gardner Scee is now available for purchase.
It all came about during another time period that will surely go down in the history books.
Originally, Mrs. Scee was only going to create a book for her family, perhaps using Shutterfly, something to hand down in her family because, as she noted, losing both parents is a jarring thing to have happen, and you want your grandchildren who never met them, your great-grandchildren who will be coming along someday, to know them.
He was 56.
Mr. Shannon was the director of marketing and promotions for WWNY-TV, also known as 7 News, and the host of âZ93windâ at the radio station. He had been in the positions for decades and would have marked his 33rd year with 7 News in March.
Jay Donovan, market manager for Stevens Media Group in Watertown, which oversees Z93, said Mr. Shannon loved doing his radio show, staying at the station all hours of the night or sometimes overnight to get things ready for it.
âHe was a very caring guy, very loving â thatâs why itâs such a loss,â Mr. Donovan said. âThis just totally has blown the station away. Weâre very fortunate to have spent time with him. He made it a better place.â
ELLISBURG â On a quiet Friday afternoon earlier this month, two young cousins played in their grandmotherâs house, giggling the hours away as they waited for her famous meatballs to be ready.
Adeline and Penelope, who are the best of friends, talked about their favorite animals â everything from unicorns to puppies â and spent their time enjoying each otherâs company, paying no mind to Adelineâs physical limitations. Penelope Q. Ray, also 7, describes Adeline as âfunny, cute and the best person in the whole wide world.â
Born with a congenital heart defect, basically five separate heart defects in one diagnosis, Adeline R. Ormsby at just 7 years old has had two open heart surgeries already. With this heart defect, thereâs also a chromosomal deletion, a micro-deletion of a piece of her 22nd chromosome. It may be tiny, but it could affect more than 200 things throughout her body â every body system. In addition to severe heart problems
WATERTOWN â The recently passed bipartisan Fiscal Year 2021 government funding package includes $1.5 billion in funding for the countryâs Impact Aid Program, delivering a $15 million increase from previous years.
Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand led a bipartisan letter alongside Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., urging appropriators to prioritize Impact Aid Funding to support more than 1,200 school districts across the country, including those near Fort Drum.
Federally impacted school districts educate some of the most vulnerable student populations â including Native American and military connected children â and rely on Impact Aid for resources.
As these school districts struggle to respond to the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, this continued funding will help alleviate expected state funding cuts and avoid layoffs, provide adequate technology for online learning, and spur economic recovery in their communities.