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Ritchie

A ‘Touch Of Home’ For Our Troops

From friends and family to good food and gifts, for many people, the holidays are the happiest time of the year. However, for our brave troops serving overseas, they can be the loneliest. In an effort to send a “touch of home” to our troops, I’m once again calling on Central and Northern New Yorkers to participate in my “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program.

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Sports

SUNY Oswego inducts four new members into Athletic Hall of Fame

SUNY Oswego's Athletic Hall of Fame recently inducted four alumni who were outstanding athletes at the college. From left are lacrosse and soccer standout Kathryn "Kat" Stead of the class of 2004, wrestling All-American Brian McGann '70 and much-decorated swimmer Anne Sarkissian DeRue '04. Baseball standout Bob Brutsch '71 could not attend the Nov. 2 ceremony.The college officially inducted baseball player Bob Brutsch of the class of 1971, swimmer Anne Sarkissian DeRue ’04, wrestler Brian V. McGann ’70, and lacrosse and soccer player Kathryn “Kat” Stead ’04 during a ceremony Nov. 2 in Sheldon Hall ballroom on campus.  “This year’s honorees represent some of the best athletes in Oswego State’s long athletic history,” said event organizer Laura Pavlus, interim director of alumni and parent relations.

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Oswego Daily News

Grants will Help Pay for Repairs to Historic Lodge at Camp Zerbe

The historic lodge at Camp Zerbe will be repaired in 2014 and made available to the public, thanks to grants from the Shineman Foundation and the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. Camp Zerbe, a 364-acre nature park located in the town of Williamstown, is owned by Oswego County and operated by the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau.

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