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THE COMMUNICATOR Volume 25, No. 8 October 2008 (0745-6514)

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  October 2008
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UNION MATTERS
Remembering Sept.11
Got COPE?
State of the Union
Secretary-Treasurer's Report
Resolutions
Budget Cuts
Parole Officers Unite
OCFS Update
Vacant E-Board Seats
Stewart Airport Project Trustees’ Report
Circulation Statement
PEF in Print
SEFA Kicks Off
Convention Photos

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Oops! The September issue mis-identified the constituency of a vacant seat on the PEF Executive Board. See page 17 of this (October) issue for more information.
The September issue also neglected to credit D. Graubard for a photo of the “Overlook Fire.

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The Communicator Staff
Stephen Chamberlain Managing Editor
Darcy Wells Editor-In-Chief
Sherry Halbrook Editor
Mario A. Bruni Graphic Artist
Deborah A. Miles Reporter/Writer
Barbara Valenti Jr. Graphic Artist
Paul Murphy Secretary/Typesetter
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CONVENTION PHOTOGRAPHERS: Richard Dillard, Ken Dischel, Sherry Halbrook, Lorraine Wood and Darcy Wells.

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