that working together should not be assigned as weakness, but a sign of strength. these students are fully dedicated to the work and to reviving these principles not only back into our government, but also into everyday society. these students have learned to the example of senator ford that those ideals and principles or what it takes to best serve your constituents and community as a public servant. the less than principles our students learn our ones they will use throughout their lives. they may be high school students today, but they are also our nations in the states, and communities future leaders. on behalf of the ford center, i would like to welcome and recognize several of our dignitaries we have in attendance today. we have the honorable joseph mckinley, the honorable jeff taylor, the honorable david payne come and the honorable j wethington, mr. joe boland and susan mile, jim gooch. honorable mayor tom watson and city commissioners bob glenn and larry conder. offi
before we begin, i would like to share our mission and the relevance it serves in our world today. as you all know, senator ford believed that students need a better understanding of how our government operates and that the principles by which he conducted his work, civil discourse, cooperation, and the willingness to compromise are vital to our nations future. in keeping with this mission, the center of established the statesmanship academy in 2012. the academy currently serves over 100 local area high school students who have a passion for public service, enhancing their leadership skills, and for study the issues that face our communities, states, and nation. at the academy, we strive to teach these students to examine both sides of every issue, to learn how to respect another person s opinion, even when it may differ from their own, and that working together should not be assigned as weakness, but a sign of strength. these students are fully dedicated to the work and to r
million dollars, $920,000 was stolen from the victims in this case. this is a gentlemen who went a head and trusted that the property was working with them, had no issue whatsoever. reporter: prosecutors say that the money came quite easily to the accused thief, here. he simply took stacks of checks belonging to the victim, made them out, to himself, and then, forged her signature. it wasn t painting prosecutors say, wilson was writing, stolen checks, 148 over more than two years. thirty-three of them, for $18,000 a piece. they were undeserving of what was done to them. we re hopeful that they will get full restitution at some point in time. reporter: what happened here the d.a. says is a an important warning for everyone. you do have a tendency to trust people coming into your house as workers. and you have to realize, that, even if you trust them, you have got to check. reporter: wilson s attorney harry fineberg told me that the suspect is quote deeply regret fu
THE recent admission that Kildare Co Council has ‘no plans’ to buy land for a public car park in Kilcullen felt like another nail in the coffin for those in the…