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Newsmakers for the week of
October 23, 2005 Millie Key, a social worker at Monroe County Child Protective Services, has been selected as the 2005 Human Services Worker of the Year from the public sector. Key resides in Hilton. She has been recognized by the Monroe County Federation of Social Workers IUE-CWA Local 381 (FSW). Michael O'Laughlin, a 2003 graduate of Brockport High School, has been selected by General Electric Company to receive the 2005 Student Intern/Co-op Contribution Award for work he did as an intern this past summer. He will receive a crystal award and check for $500. He attends Clarkson University. After graduation from Clarkson, he will begin a position in GE's Operations Management Leadership Program. O'Laughlin is the son of Dr. Michael C. and Linda O'Laughlin of Brockport. Mallory Carter, daughter of Gary and Susan Carter of Spencerport, is part of the fall freshman class at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. Carter will major in Social Work while at Mercyhurst College. She is a 2005 graduate of Brockport High School in Brockport. A varsity cheerleader at Brockport, Carter is now a member of the Mercyhurst Cheerleading squad. Kelly A. Murray, daughter of Jane and Patrick Murray of Ogden, received a scholarship from the Ontario Motor Coach Association (OMCA) of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is attending Monroe Community College where she is completing her degree in travel-tourism. She graduated from Churchville-Chili High School. United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal David Graham, son of Christopher and Cindy Graham of Brockport, and a 2003 graduate of Brockport High School, has returned from a month-long emergency deployment to the US Gulf Coast in support of both Joint Task Force Katrina and Joint Task Force Rita. His unit, 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, was part of the US Military's response to these devastating hurricanes. They conducted crucial search and rescue operations up and down the flooded streets in the days and weeks following Hurricane Katrina. After rescue operations were concluded, the Marines remained in Louisiana assisting with cleanup and recovery operations. In an historic move for the Marine Corps, as Hurricane Rita approached, the task force went out to sea on the assault ship USS Iwo Jima and rode in behind the storm as it made landfall at the Louisiana and Texas border. The Marines and their equipment were immediately available to commence search and rescue and recovery operations. Graham is the radio operator for his Second Platoon, Bravo Company, First Battalion 8th Marine Regiment based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. |