ms. myers: i also want to thank wskg tv, our viewing audience, and the broome and tioga league of women voters for having us here. my story is that i was born and raised here in broome county, grew up in binghamton, new york. here. my blocks from dad started a little company with $300 he borrowed from his grandmother that she had stored in her cookie jar. my siblings and i worked in that business our whole life. we did whatever we had to do to keep the business going. we never really felt put out about it. this was what our family did. when my dad's business -- his health started to fail. my siblings and i bought that business from my dad. there was only two stores. and through hard work and everything on the line, every dime that we had in this world was put into that business. and we grew that to what is now a nationwide chain of the largest sporting goods stores in our country. ofould not be more proud what our company has achieved. we employ thousands of people right here in new york state,

. >> ms. myer. >> thank you. also want to tank wskg tv, our viewing audience, and the broome and league of women voters for having us here. my story is i was born and raid right here in broome county, born -- grew up in binghamton, yucker, and live two blocks from here. my dad started a company with $300 he borrowed from his grandmother she had scored in a cookie jar. my siblings and i worked in that substance our whole life and did whatever we had to do to get the business going. this is what our family did. when my dad -- -- his health started to fail my siblings and i bought the business from my dad, when there was only two stores, and through hard work and everything on the line, our -- every dime we had in this world was put into the business and we true at that time dick's sporting goods, a nationwide chain of the largest spotting good stores in our country. couldn't be more proud of what our company has achieved. we employ thousands of people, right here in new york stay, and we have more jobs on the way.