Gary D. Finch

For Immediate Release

Contact: Josh Reap (518) 455-5981

***Media Advisory***

For

Monday, August 27, 2007

Finch to Honor Local Heroes

Assemblyman Gary D. Finch (R, C –Springport) is scheduled to present the State Assembly’s highest award, the Medal of Merit, to Cayuga County Sheriff Deputies David Harkness and Timothy Axton, for their acts of heroism, which saved the life of an Auburn man involved in a one vehicle automotive crash earlier this year.  Cayuga County Sheriff David Gould is scheduled to join the Assemblyman in the presentation.

WHO:             Assemblyman Gary D. Finch,

Cayuga County Sheriff David Gould 

Deputies David Harkness and Timothy Axton

WHEN:           Monday, August 27, 2007

9:00 AM

WHERE:        Cayuga County Public Safety Building

7445 County House Road

Auburn, NY 13201

**All media are invited and encouraged to attend**