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.”
Charles I. VanHorn, 85, of Red Creek, passed away on Saturday May 18, 2013, at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse.
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.
Summer is almost here and this year I am finally having an in-ground pool installed. My poodle, Rover, has never been around a pool before. I don’t even know whether he can swim. But he is sort of a doofus and I am concerned that he might just lumber in to follow me. Do you have any tips to keep him safe?
A panel of volunteer judges has selected the artwork of five SUNY Oswego employees to join the Everson Museum of Art’s Sept. 12 to Oct. 6 exhibition of “On My Own Time” pieces from companies and institutions around the region.
Mr. Dana Oliver, EMT with Menter Ambulance, received a Traffic Safety Appreciation Award from BC Brady, of the Oswego County Traffic Safety Board. Oliver learned that the Child Passenger Trailer needed a part and generously donated one to help keep the program moving and children riding as safely as possible.
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.
State Senator Patty Ritchie joined with members of her Agricultural Advisory Council in Watertown recently to explore energy savings that would benefit the farming community. Featured at the meeting was a presentation by National Grid, where a representative from the utility outlined ways farmers can save on energy bills.
To help raise awareness of, and address the issue of teen pregnancy, Oswego County Opportunities Health Education and Crisis Development Services is stepping up its efforts to reverse the rate of teen pregnancy in Oswego County.
Emma Belcher and Jessica Bonning were introduced by Rotarian Youth Chair, Judy Young, at a recent Noon Rotary club meeting held at the Tavern On The Lock. Both Emma and Jessica are seniors, members of the National Honor Society, active in the school band and several subject matter clubs.
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