Month: August 2013

The Oswego Lions Club will hold its eighth annual “Cow Chip Bingo” fundraiser on September 14 at Lighthouse Lanes in Oswego. Once again this year we will feature a classic car show as well as Lighthouse Lanes’ “world famous chicken BBQ.” The “Cow Chip Bingo” portion of the event will run from noon to 3 p.m.

Think you outgrew the need for vaccines when you graduated from high school and moved out of your parents’ house? Not so. Every year, thousands of adults in the United States suffer serious health problems, are hospitalized, or even die from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccinations.

The Oswego County Legislature’s Government, Courts and Consumer Affairs Committee presented Kimberly Winterhalt with a certificate of appreciation for 15 years of service to Oswego County.

Cayuga Community College will offer Cayuga 101 Foundations for College Success through partnerships with area school districts that participate in the college concurrent enrollment program, Cayuga Advantage. This fall, four school districts — Cato-Meridian, Sandy Creek, Sodus and Southern Cayuga — will offer the course to their high school students.

Port City Roller Derby, sporting a four-game winning streak, will look to keep the momentum rolling at its next home bout, Aug. 17, against the Black Diamond Dames’ Dolls of Destruction in Oswego’s Crisafulli Rink. Doors will open at 5 p.m. with a 6 p.m. whistle for the fourth home bout in the league’s third season.

State Senator Patty Ritchie visited Sandy Pond recently, where dredging is taking place on a channel that, throughout the years, has been made nearly impassable for many boats, and made navigation hazardous for those that could traverse the channel.

For Fulton Campus students, the orientation program will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. August 22 and from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on August 29 at the Fulton Campus, 11 River Glen Drive, Fulton.