Rachel Joy Scott was the first person killed during the Columbine High School shooting in April of 1999. Following the tragedy, her father, Darrell Scott, began to speak about the need for a kinder, more compassionate country. He used writings and drawings from his daughter to illustrate his message which he called “Rachel’s Challenge.”
Fulton’s All Saints’ Episcopal Church celebrates its 175th anniversary this weekend with a community festival, which begins Friday evening and runs through Sunday afternoon.
A fundraiser night at Fajita Grill is planned for Sept. 18 from 5 – 9 p.m. to help out local children working to help find a cure to Type 1 Diabetes. The kids invite the community to have a meal at Fajita Grill Tuesday night with 10% of total sales going to their team efforts.
The abuse of bath salts and other synthetic drugs is on the rise in the Oswego area. In response to this developing trend, the Upstate Poison Control Center of Syracuse will offer a free educational seminar, open to the public, to educate the Oswego community on this epidemic.
Sarah Argersinger, of West Monroe, is participating in St. Lawrence University’s International Study Program for the fall 2012 semester. Argersinger, a member of the class of 2015 at St. Lawrence, is studying in France.
SUNY Oswego’s Retired and Senior Volunteer Program will conduct a volunteer training session Sept. 27, for the Osteoporosis Bone Builders program. The training, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., will take place at First United Methodist Church, 4372 Church St. in Mexico.
Aretha Lagoe was recognized by the Oswego City School District Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools at Tuesday’s meeting. Lagoe has served the district’s students and staff for two decades and is retiring from service.
Jessica Parker from Central Square has been admitted to the Master’s Program in International Affairs at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service. Parker joins 82 other first year MPIA students at the School, which is ranked in the top 13 percent of public policy programs at public universities in the country.
The Kappa Delta Pi Educational Foundation has honored SUNY Oswego’s chapter of the education honor society with a Silver Achievement Award for its 2011-12 Literacy Alive! program.
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