Year: 2013

As part of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown school district’s initiative to eliminate bullying and promote respect for one another, guest speaker Kirk Smalley was on hand for two separate assemblies Oct. 16 to share his son’s story. Smalley’s son, Ty, took his own life May 13, 2010, after being suspended from school for retaliating against a fellow student who had been bullying him for more than two years.

Combining history and music, performer Dave Ruch kept Volney Elementary students entertained during several educational activities Wednesday in the school library. Ruch — who has been billed as equal parts historian, musician, educator, folklorist, comedian and entertainer — engaged the students with music, stories about the Iroquois and Westward expansion, and through sing-alongs.

Family, friends, residents and staff of Michaud Residential Health Services gathered recently to take part in an inter-faith Memorial Service held in honor of residents who have passed away over the course of the previous year.

This year the annual Port of Oswego Chapter of Ducks Unlimited fund raising banquet/auction will be held on November 6. Ducks Unlimited is the World’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to conserving North America’s continuing disappearing waterfowl habitats. The cost to restore one acre of wetlands increases yearly. The DU banquet/auction raises money to preserve wetlands in the US, Canada and Mexico.

The annual Minetto Elementary School Literacy Night brought families together with faculty and staff as stories of the season were read.