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Riley Sixth Grades Celebrate Success

Along with the presentation of certificates were several individual awards including the “Principal’s American Citizenship Award” presented by CER Principal Dr. Linda Doty to Owen Warner. Dr. Doty also presented this year’s Triple “C” Award from the state attorney general for “character, courage and commitment” to Matthew Oldenburg.

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Storming Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario, North America. May 6, 1814. Drawn by Captain Steel. Engraved by R. Havell & Son, London; Published April 8, 1817. Shows British killed and wounded being loaded onto a boat to be brought back to the ships. Note that a woman is onboard the boat helping with the wounded. Women often assisted Royal Navy surgeon’s on board ship during the War of 1812; one was killed in the September 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh.
Oswego Daily News

Top Expert to Speak on the Battle of Oswego

On July 16 at 7 p.m., Colonel Harold Youmans, U.S.A. Retired, will present an illustrated lecture entitled “Eight Days in May, the British Raid at Oswego, New York,” in the Enlisted Men’s Barracks at old Fort Ontario. Colonel Youmans will bring new information and insights into the May 5-6, 1814, British amphibious attack on Oswego intended to delay American ship construction at Sackets Harbor.

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Ritchie

Taking Caution Against Ticks

Did you know that Lyme disease can be caused by an insect as small as a poppy seed? Lyme disease, an infection caused by a bacteria spread by the bite on an infected tick is particularly prevalent in our area of the state and that’s why we need to take extra caution to protect ourselves from this serious risk. So far this year, in New York State alone, more than 450 new cases of Lyme disease have been reported.

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