The sold-out event featured a buffet-style dinner, guest speakers, and a showing of 12 Years a Slave, a film that captured the 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture. The event’s two guest speakers, Richard Linzy and Dr. Joseph Sgarlata spoke about Northup and the film 12 Years a Slave prior to the film presentation.
Members of the True Beauty Club at Sandy Creek High School recently held a suicide awareness day at the school. The students had a table set up with information about teen depression and suicide prevention.
Students at Granby participated in a district-wide PBIS celebration on May 2. Third and fourth graders worked together to build a large tower of speed stacks.
The G. Ray Bodley High School class of 1984 has its class reunion planned for July 18 and 19. But, we are still missing many of our classmates email addresses or street addresses.
Volney Elementary School students attended a special assembly to recognize positive behavior and for being role models. Principal Lisa Garofalo gave certificates to one student from each classroom that exemplified the May character trait, effort.
Oswego Mayor Tom Gillen recently announced that the city of Oswego Water Treatment Plant was starting construction on upgrades to the treatment facility. The work reduces the production capacity of the plant by 25% and will be continuing until the end of June. It is requested that all users of city of Oswego water curtail the use of water as much as possible during this construction period.
Jill M. Reid, 66, passed away on Friday May 9, 2014, after a brief but valiant battle with breast cancer.
Phoenix Central School District seniors Ian Evans and Meghan Lentz have been named the top two of the John C. Birdlebough High School Class of 2014. Earning an overall grade point average of 101.58, Evans will graduate as the JCB class valedictorian. Finishing her four years at JCB with an overall grade point average of 100.82, Lentz will graduate as the JCB class salutatorian.
One person was arrested recently by the Oswego County Drug Task Force after a joint investigation conducted by members of the task Ffrce and the City of Fulton Police Department. A search warrant was conducted on May 20 and reportedly resulted in the recovery of 28 bags of heroin in glassine envelopes and/or plastic packaging and a morphine tablet.
The students presented “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” by Doreen Cronin. The book tells the story of Farmer Brown’s cows, who find an old typewriter in the barn and proceed to write letters to the farmer, listing demands.
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