{"id":39259,"date":"2023-01-20T09:57:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=39259"},"modified":"2023-01-20T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:57:30","slug":"batavia-a-reflection-of-love-55-years-of-dedication-to-education-and-the-community-jim-owen-full-length-audio-interview-from-july-2-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/batavia-a-reflection-of-love-55-years-of-dedication-to-education-and-the-community-jim-owen-full-length-audio-interview-from-july-2-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/A reflection of love, 55 years of dedication to education and the community\/ Jim Owen full length audio interview from July 2, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"903\" data-attachment-id=\"39260\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/batavia-a-reflection-of-love-55-years-of-dedication-to-education-and-the-community-jim-owen-full-length-audio-interview-from-july-2-2022\/326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n.jpg?fit=957%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"957,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n.jpg?fit=900%2C903&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n.jpg?resize=900%2C903&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n.jpg?w=957&amp;ssl=1 957w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326465638_707420637509760_1628102362364465904_n.jpg?resize=768%2C770&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>File photo-Mayor of Redfield Parkway, Jim Owen with Alecia Kaus-100th Anniversary of Redfield Parkway 2012.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After learning of his diagnosis with cancer in June, the Mayor of Redfield Parkway, Jim Owen, was very eager to do a story on the history of the City Schools in Batavia. He shared his knowledge and history book collection with me on July 2, 2022 from his garage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story was posted on Video News Service on July 10, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Link to story on the history of City School District\/from the collection of James Owen\/July 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/10\/batavia-a-reflection-on-education-in-the-city-of-batavia-from-the-collection-of-james-owen\/\">BATAVIA\/A reflection on education in the City of Batavia\/from the collection of James Owen \u2013 Video News Service<\/a> )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a common practice when collecting information for a story, a recorded audio record is created to assist in writing the story. Here is the unedited version of the audio interview with Jim Owen for the July 2022 story. After listening to the interview this morning, it&#8217;s really a testament to what type of person Jim Owen was and how we all play a role in our community by making history each and every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Batavia Community will miss your presence Mayor, thank you for your dedication and knowledge over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R1Kmxdv1WLM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Unedited audio interview with Jim Owen- July 2, 2022 <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After learning of his diagnosis with cancer in June, the Mayor of Redfield Parkway, Jim Owen, was very eager to do a story on the history of the City Schools in Batavia. He shared his knowledge and history book collection with me on July 2, 2022 from his garage. The \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/batavia-a-reflection-of-love-55-years-of-dedication-to-education-and-the-community-jim-owen-full-length-audio-interview-from-july-2-2022\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[3284],"class_list":["post-39259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-jim-owen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-add","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34115,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/11\/batavia-city-council-business-and-conference-meetings-july-11-2022-plans-for-city-centre-movie-theatre-owen-named-honorary-mayor-of-redfield-parkway\/","url_meta":{"origin":39259,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/City Council Business and Conference meetings\/July 11, 2022\/Plans for City Centre Movie Theatre\/Owen named honorary Mayor of Redfield Parkway","author":"aka","date":"July 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lMd1yrUYE6E Video of meetings-July 11, 2022 Links to Agendas Conference:\u00a0https:\/\/www.batavianewyork.com\/city-council\/agenda\/conference-meeting-agenda-7-11-2022 Business:\u00a0https:\/\/www.batavianewyork.com\/city-council\/agenda\/business-meeting-agenda-7-11-2022 Jim Owen named Honorary Mayor of Redfield Parkway during City Council Conference meeting on July 11, 2022.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/still-4.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/still-4.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/still-4.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26521,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/07\/07\/batavia-redfield-parkway-residents-and-city-officials-honor-the-queen-of-redfield-in-stone-dedication\/","url_meta":{"origin":39259,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/Redfield Parkway residents and City officials honor the &#8220;Queen of Redfield&#8221; in stone dedication","author":"aka","date":"July 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Kathy Owen in front of Redfield Parkway pillars\/April 2012-Kathy worked for 8 years to get the 100 year old pillars repaired https:\/\/youtu.be\/uv00Jnxn3wo Video of stone dedication Link to 2019 story\/ Kathy Owen BATAVIA\/Community remembers longtime neighborhood leader on Redfield Parkway \u2013 Video News Service","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/still-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/still-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/still-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9288,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/24\/batavia-community-remembers-longtime-neighborhood-leader-on-redfield-parkway\/","url_meta":{"origin":39259,"position":2},"title":"BATAVIA\/Community remembers longtime neighborhood leader on Redfield Parkway","author":"aka","date":"May 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Residents of Redfield Parkway gathered today to help place bows and signs along the parkway and pillars in remembrance of Kathy Owen, 73, a quiet helper in the community, who passed away on Thursday afternoon at Rochester General Hospital. 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