In this morning's Dryden Town Talk, Cathy Wakeman reports on Bob and Doris Speer's efforts to encourage people to become bone marrow donors as part of their supporting their granddaughter, who has leukemia. They've set up a fund at Dryden United Methodist Church, collecting donations to cover the $65 cost of volunteers signing up to make themselves available as donors. The church will be holding a dessert auction this Saturday night as a fund-raiser. Tasting begins at 6:00pm, and the auction at 7:00pm. There will also be a chicken barbecue fundraiser for the Student All-Night Extravaganza at Clark's Food Mart on Saturday.
Briefly in Tompkins reports that Democratic Congressional candidate Bruce Tytler has dropped out the race, citing the challenges of a late start. Tytler announced he was running on a cold day in February, even stopping by Dryden to speak and talk with residents. I'm sorry to hear of his departure, and wonder what Take Back the 24th will have to say about it.
The Republican field of candidates for that seat may be growing. WHCU reports that:
CORTLAND RESIDENT CATHERINE BERTINI SAYS SHE’S SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING ENTERING THE RACE, WITH TWO OTHER REPUBLICANS.
BERTINI IS A PROFESSOR AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S MAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND SAYS SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE HER COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. BEFORE WORKING AT S-U SHE SERVED AS THE UNDER-SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AT THE UNITED NATIONS.
It should be an interesting year.
Posted by simon at March 29, 2006 7:38 AM in Ithaca Journal , politics (national)