Open to youth ages 8 through 14, Camp Hollis offers a week-long summer residential camp experience for 9- to 14-year-olds and an overnight experience for 8-year-olds, complete with swimming, nature hikes, games, campfires, arts and crafts, and many more activities. Youth can now register for week-long and overnight sessions.
Plans are under way for the 33rd annual Memorial Day Salute event to be held May 24 at the Fulton Community Center. The theme for the celebration will be “Showing Gratitude To Our Veterans.” Jim Weinhold, Veteran of the Year, will serve as grand marshal of the Saturday parade.
Entertainment for Saturday night will be announced soon.
The school board also appointed Audit Committee members, OK’d a contract with AmeriCorps and appointed intramural supervisors at the elementary schools.
After a snow and blustery Monday, things will improve slightly Tuesday. The area shoveled out from underneath another 7 inches of snow on Monday. The blowing and drifting snow caused whiteout conditions, which delayed or closed many county school districts and cancelled other afternoon and evening events. It will be cold overnight with more lake effect flurries east of Lake Ontario and Tuesday will see a mix of sun and clouds, according to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service.
Oswego County BOCES Exceptional Education teacher Mary Ryan has been making the most out of the cold weather by conducting science experiments with her students. After learning about the physical properties of water, and seeing a video on Reddit.com on how hot water freezes faster than cold water, Ryan’s class tested the theory.
Orin Edward McIntosh, 79, a native of Oswego, and resident of Chesapeake, Va., died Thursday January 23, 2014.
A course catalog of the 2014 spring adult educational opportunities at Oswego County BOCES is now available. The catalog has been mailed to residents in Oswego County and contains information about the literacy and training opportunities catered to adult learners who have been displaced, are considering a career change, are interested in re-entering the workforce.
Mark W. Turner, 62, a resident of Scriba, passed away unexpectedly on Friday January 24, 2014.
The Oswego County Emergency Management Office announces that the system of emergency notification sirens surrounding the three nuclear power plants at Nine Mile Point will be tested during the week of February 3 through 7. Tests will be conducted between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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