by Chris Hansen, Fulton Last year, I wrote snarky letter requesting that the Fulton War Memorial somehow find a weekend for the Fulton girls travel basketball teams to host a home tournament. Well, I am extremely pleased to announce that our tournament is this weekend (March 7-9) and we are all ready to play! There are two(…)
by Bob and Sandy Weston, Fulton Congratulations to our high school boys and girls bowling teams for their outstanding achievements in their participation in the Section III competition. Both teams were league champions. The boys finished in the top five and the girls finished number one in the sectionals, earning the girls a trip to the state(…)
by Michael Backus, County clerk While I am glad to read that Legislator Malone is apparently ending this back and forth, I notice that he cannot help himself but continue his pointless attack in his letter. I learned a long time ago that people are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. I believe(…)
by Doug Malone, Legislator I am not going to keep going back and forth in the newspaper with County Clerk Mike Backus. It’s apparent he believes what goes on in his fantasy world. Backus cannot see what’s wrong with his purchase of lunch for legislators? A department head should not give the appearance that he or she(…)
by Theresa Duger, Hannibal My husband makes me happy when he says that he paid the subscription of The Valley News because he knows I read it all. It is important to me to know what is happening in the Fulton area and Oswego County. I would like to thank the newspaper for printing “The Poetry Corner.”(…)
by Ernestine Hughes, Parish In Legislator Doug Malone’s letter in the Feb. 16 edition of The Valley News he refers to an employee problem that has been festering in the Oswego County Clerk’s office since last year. An article in Dec. 14, 2012 edition of The Valley News entitled, “County Legislators want review of Deputy County Clerk(…)
by Michael Backus, County clerk Once again, I feel it is my duty to respond to allegations made by Legislator Doug Malone. Amongst the litany of negative, baseless allegations he makes against me personally, he mixes my role as an elected county official (county clerk) and that of my party-elected position (Oswego County Republican Committee chairman). Neither(…)
by Doug Malone, Legislator County Clerk Mike Backus and Legislator Louella LeClair really have honed their skills as spin doctors. LeClair claims that the legislators look at every dime that’s spent. Her constituents should ask her why she and her Republican counterparts voted to give the data imagine contract for the County Clerk’s office to IQS when(…)
