I hope that Barbara will get paid for her "job" on the council instead of just being "honored"! Jan T ----- Original Message ----- From: Marilyn <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] News on Historian > December 04, 2003 > HISTORIAN WHO LOST JOB IN BUDGET CUTS WINS STATE AWARD > > OSWEGO (AP) - Barb Dix lost her job as county historian in August > because of budget cuts. > > This week, the state Board of Regents named the 69-year-old Dix New > York State Local Historian of the Year. > > Dix will become a member of the state education commissioner's Local > History Advisory Council, said Carole Huxley, deputy commissioner for > cultural education at the state Education Department. The council advises > education Commissioner Richard Mills on services to local history, Huxley > said. > > Dix spent 12 years as the Oswego County historian. She also served 21 > years as a village and town historian and helped form the Association of > Public Historians of New York State. > > "She clearly cares very much about New York and her part of New York, > so we were clearly very impressed," Huxley said. "It's a very rich history > so it deserves attention, and we want to honor people like her who bring > that attention to the public." > > In August, the county administrator eliminated 69 positions, including > Dix's job, to save the county $2 million as it copes with a fiscal crisis > and tries to avoid a 43-percent tax increase. > > In November, Dix challenged an incumbent and fell short in a write-in > campaign for a county legislative seat. > > > >Just thought you might like to know. > > >Marilyn Rowsey Dirk > > >VP Oswego County Genealogy Society > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Oswego NYGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >