2006

Notice to All Dog Owners

Effective January 15, 2006, the New York State Dept. of Agriculture and Markets made changes to the Dog Licensing Program. The new law requires that a dog license may not be issued for a time period extending beyond the expiration date of a dog’s rabies certificate.

Dog licenses issued on and after January 15, 2006, must not expire after the expiration date of the dog’s rabies certificate. In order to receive a full year license, a dog that is due for a rabies vaccination booster within the next license year would need to be immunized prior to license renewal.

Pursuant to the New York Public Health Law, Country public health authorities must offer free clinics at lease every four months for the rabies vaccination of dogs, as well as for cats and domesticated ferrets. For additional information, please contact the town clerk at xxx-xxxx.

There will be a FREE RABIES CLINIC at the Granger Town Highway Department on Thursday, May 25th, 2006, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM.

Allegany County Marine Awarded Medal of Honor

At the opening of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia, on November 11, 2006, President George W. Bush awarded Cpl. Jason L. Dunham of Scio, NY, the Medal of Honor posthumously for valor in Iraq. Cpl. Dunham died on April 22, 2004, of wounds he sustained when his patrol was ambushed near the Syrian border. He jumped on a grenade to protect his fellow Marines using his helmet and his body to absorb the blast.

Cpl. Dunham served in the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, of the 1st Marine Division and would have been 25 years old on Friday, November 10th, 2006, the 231st birthday of the US Marine Corps. President Bush said of Cpl. Dunham, “As long as we have Marines like Cpl. Dunham, America will never fear for her liberty.”

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