{"id":54933,"date":"2017-02-27T09:05:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T13:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=54933"},"modified":"2017-02-27T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T13:05:10","slug":"lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"LeCount retires following 45 years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_54935\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54935\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2017\/02\/LeCount2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"LeCount retires following 45 years of service\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2017\/02\/LeCount2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2017\/02\/LeCount2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2017\/02\/LeCount2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some boards were created in celebration of Richard LeCount\u2019s retirement at the end of February, and following 45 years of service to Tioga County.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After 45 years of service to Tioga County, Richard LeCount, who served as Director of the Office of Emergency Management, will officially retire at the end of February.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate his retirement, colleagues and a consortium of government employees held a celebration for him on Feb. 17 at Owego\u2019s Parkview Hotel and Restaurant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the most daunting tasks during his years of service, according to LeCount, was the flooding that occurred, specifically in 2011. This difficult and time consuming duration of his career lasted nearly to his upcoming retirement and will be a part of his legacy, as well as his memories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 45 years of service to Tioga County, Richard LeCount, who served as Director of the Office of Emergency Management, will officially retire at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LeCount retires following 45 years of service - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LeCount retires following 45 years of service - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After 45 years of service to Tioga County, Richard LeCount, who served as Director of the Office of Emergency Management, will officially retire at the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-27T13:05:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2017\/02\/LeCount1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4608\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3456\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"opennysaver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"opennysaver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/\",\"name\":\"LeCount retires following 45 years of service - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2017\/02\/LeCount1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-27T13:05:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e90b97e3c9fe75a643c31b3439ed7b15\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2017\/02\/27\/lecount-retires-following-45-years-of-service\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2017\/02\/LeCount1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2017\/02\/LeCount1.jpg\",\"width\":4608,\"height\":3456,\"caption\":\"Pictured, is Richard LeCount, who will be retiring at the end of February following 45 years of service to Tioga County. 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