Oswego’s bookmobile operates differently from traditional bookmobiles. It delivers free books that don’t have to be returned. The bookmobile also delivers encouragement, modeled reading and activities to complement reading. Vandalism nearly thwarted the Bookmobile’s 2013 before it started.
Continued very warm and humid on Tuesday. High in the 80s with a thunderstorm possible.
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For Cayuga Community College graduate and Commencement speaker Brian Knapp ’13, this day almost never came. On August 4, 2008, nine days before his 21st birthday, he was driving his Marine commander through the country side of Afghanistan when they vehicle drove over an improvised explosive device. He sustained a traumatic brain injury and struggled to remember simple words like “gate.”
________________________________Assemblyman Will Barclay said today the ethic’s oversight in the state Assembly is inadequate and needs to be reformed in order to protect the public’s interest, not political interest. Barclay is planning to put forth legislation that will create in law an Assembly standing committee on Ethics and Guidance that will be independent of the Assembly Speaker.
________________________________Mayor Tom Gillen has announced that an initiative of the Campus-City Relations Committee, the Hall Newman Center, and SUNY Oswego’s Campus Life and Residence Life and Housing offices will encourage students to donate rather than discard household and personal items as they prepare to leave town for the summer.
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Today (May 17), marked Volney Elementary’s annual Earth Day Celebration. Earth Day is an all-day event and has been a Volney staple for more than 15 years. “The kids are excited about this day every year,” said Principal Jeff Hendrickson. “It’s tradition. It’s become one of those things that’s expected.”
The Human Concerns Center would like to thank both postal employees and community members for their participation in the May 11 “Stamp Out Hunger” letter carrier food drive. The event is the largest one-day food drive in the world. It allows every resident in the county and across the nation to donate food that ultimately stays within the community to help its needy neighbors.
________________________________On the same day farmers were bracing for a cold streak, the Assembly passed a bill that imposes factory-like mandates on family farms, and failed to recognize the unique industry heavily dependent on weather and harvest schedules. The Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act passed the Assembly 83-53. I voted against it. The bill imposes new labor mandates, regulations and financial burdens for farmers, without considering the environment or circumstances it takes to run a successful farm.
________________________________As part of our DMZ tour we went to Dora Observatory where it is supposed to be the best place to see North Korea. First we had to go through a security checkpoint. We were told to bring our passports but no one checked them probably because the only non-military vehicles allowed are the designated buses which transport tourists from the nearby Imjingak Park into the secured area.
________________________________IRON MAN 3 (DIGITAL) PG13 7:00p IRON MAN 3 3D (DIGITAL) PG13 5:10p 8:00p PAIN & GAIN (DIGITAL) R 7:10p STAR TREK INTO PG13 DARKNESS (DIGITAL) 7:10p STAR TREK INTO PG13 … Continue reading
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Forecast May 20, 2013
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Continued very warm and humid on Tuesday. High in the 80s with a thunderstorm possible.
________________________________Charisse Kidd, president of the Fulton Noon Rotary Club, thanked Rotarian William Lynch for his presentation on how a school budget is developed and what it means in educational outcomes for our students. Superintendent of Schools Lynch explained how and why it costs so much for a community like ours to educate our students.
________________________________Storytelling participants at Fairgrieve Elementary School vied for the opportunity to represent their school at the Fulton City School District Storytelling Festival.
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By Pat Ward’s standards 2013 hasn’t gotten off to the start he wanted. On top of that, on Friday night at the Brewerton Speedway, Ward had the fastest car and in the lead on the final lap when second place Ryan Bartlett who lost his brakes, got into Ward taking both out of contention for the win.
________________________________Michelob Ultra and Eagle Beverage Company have partnered as sponsors of the upcoming Tri-Oswego 2013 Triathlon, according to Tri-Oswego Race Director Shane Broadwell.
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Wednesday night, sophomore Megan Brown earned her 100th strikeout of the season, bringing the total up to 106 this season, as the Lady Firebirds ended Marcellus’s 10-game winning streak with a 4-3 win.
Taylor Mahle turns 7 on May 12. She will celebrate with friends and family at Lakeview Lanes in Fulton.
________________________________Ivan and Fern Parsons are celebrating their 65th Wedding Anniversary, April 25. They were married at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, April 25, 1948.
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This report courtesy of the Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning. Spring LOC Derby: May 3 – May 12. For more information visit www.loc.org. Oswego River report: According to Larry Muroski of Larry’s Oswego Salmon Shop: The … Continue reading
