Marilyn, Please send Barbara Dix my Best Wishes and Congratulations!! Laura Perkins Oswego Co GenWeb Marilyn wrote: > 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 > > > > >