Young Professionals Day
Watertown Jaycees Honor Young Professionals
The Greater Watertown Jaycees in partnership with the Workforce Investment Board of Jefferson and Lewis Counties are proud to annouce the 2008 Young Professional Awards.
In 2007, the Greater Watertown Jaycees with the Workforce Investment Board honored John Wicke, General Manager, Penski Inc., Massena, for his outstanding work in the community; Doreen Garrett, CEO/CFO, Otis Technology, Lyons Falls, for her leadership in the business community; and Stephanie Warnekros, Watertown, for her efforts to advance the arts and culture.
Proudly Sponsored by:
2008 Emerge NNY Summit
Friday, August 8, 2008
Jules Center ~ Jefferson Community College
Watertown, New York
presented by the Greater Watertown Jaycees
Professional Speaker Series
A big Thank You for those who attended the PSS meeting featuring Dave Zembiec from the Tug Hill Commission. Dave promised to follow up to his presentation with materials for those interested. If you want to learn about the Capital Corridor and what this means to the North Country, please visit www.thecapitalcorridor.com.
The follwoing are three articles in PDF format that Dave suggested to the group:
- All Development Is Not Created Equal (78k)- A great one-pager on the importance of quality development.
- Sustainability & Property Rights (205k)- An expansion of the previous article showing how it ties into zoning.
- Smart Growth Trends (164k)- An article discussing five important “smart growth” trends.
Outstanding Young New Yorker Scholarship
Leading the youth of the North Country toward a brighter future by helping to provide access to higher education is a job for the entire community to embrace. As always, the Greater Watertown Jaycees are up to the challenge. We are participating in the 2008 New York State Jaycees' "Outstanding Young New Yorker" scholarship program.
Our 2008 winner will be announced in May and will receive a $500 scholarship from the Watertown Jaycees, with an opportunity to compete at the State Level for even more scholarship funds. The Watertown Jaycees are able to participate in this program due to the support of Watertown Savings Bank, Pine Cleaner, and Wal-Mart of LeRay.
The 2007 Outstanding Young New Yorker (OYNY) Winner was Caitlin Simard from Brantingham, NY, within the South Lewis School District. Caitlin was the recipient of our local $500 Scholarship that we award and receive sponsorship for.
Caitlin competed in the NYS Jaycees OYNY competition in Binghamton, NY and placed 1st in the State for Outstanding Young New Workers. Caitlin truly shined among the competition. For winning first place in the State she will be awarded another $1500 Scholarship from the NYS Jaycees. Caitlin is a fine example of the talented youth in the North Country and we are delighted she is our OYNY winner last year. She was currently her class valedictorian, and involved in several community groups such as Reality Check and volunteered for the local Humane Society.
Thank you to several local business for helping the Watertown Jaycees support this scholarship program in 2007 - Aubertine and Currier, Black River Paper Company, DOHL and Bolton's Pharmacy. We appreciate your help.
Thanks to CFM for being a wonderful sponsor!
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