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Floyd Frederick Beauchene, 92
Floyd Frederick Beauchene “Shorty,” born August 21, 1922, in Oswego, NY, to Clara and Amos Beauchene, passed away on Tuesday August 12, 2014, in Mesa, Ariz., at the age of 92.
Month: August 2014
Oswego Daily News
Greater Pulaski Fund Awards $5,000 In Local Grants
The Greater Pulaski Community Endowment Fund recently awarded $5,000 in grants to three Pulaski-area nonprofit organizations. The fund is a union of gifts contributed by the people of the Pulaski community that makes grants to support programs and projects of importance to the area. It is a component fund of the Central New York Community Foundation. Since its inception in 1992, the fund has provided $245,804 in grants to benefit the Pulaski community.
Community
APW Stuff-A-Bus distribution Set August 22
The Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District Transportation Department and the APW Parent-Teacher-Student Association, in collaboration with the United Way Stuff-A-Bus campaign and the APW School District, will distribute school supplies to APW students on August 22.
Community
St. Luke Adult Nurses to Offer Free Health Screenings at Oswego Farmers’ Market Thursday
Nurses from the St. Luke Health Services Adult Day Health Care Program will offer free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings during the Oswego Farmers’ Market this Thursday from 4:30 to 8 p.m. The screenings will be offered to the public at the St. Luke tent, which will be located on West Oneida Street near the Civic Plaza.
Today's Weather
Weather Notebook For August 18, 2014
Becoming mostly sunny and mild today. High 70 – 75.
Community
Training Classes for Future Foster and Adoptive Parents Begin Sept. 11
Adults who are interested in applying to become foster or adoptive parents through the Department of Social Services are encouraged to attend an informational meeting Sept. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the DSS office, 100 Spring St., Mexico.
Community
County Presents Certificate Of Appreciation To Godden
The Oswego County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee presented Jeanine Godden with a certificate of appreciation for her 15 years of service. Godden is a corrections officer with the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office.
Arts and Entertainment
SUNY Oswego professor releases solo piano recordings
SUNY Oswego music faculty member and concert pianist Robert Auler has joined forces with composer and friend Jonathan Pieslak to publish “Shards,” a collection of piano solos featuring widely divergent influences. Auler, who has taught at Oswego for 11 years — and whose global performance career added China and South Africa in just the last year — met Pieslak in graduate school at the University of Michigan.
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay
Laws on Unlawful Surveillance, Sex Offenders, Child Abuse Reporters and Maternal Depression Change in NY
There have been a number of new laws signed and chaptered in New York in recent weeks. I wanted to update readers on just a few involving mandated reporters, unlawful surveillance, screening of volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel, and maternal depression. I was happy to support all in the Assembly this session.
Community
Cornucopia of fall programs coming to Rice Creek Field Station
SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station will offer informational science programs, nature stories, guided walks and bird banding — all free and open to the public — this fall. The first of three Sharing Science presentations, each of which will take place at 11 a.m. on a Saturday, will help kick off the season on Sept. 13.