The Oswego Fire Department will be busy this week installing free smoke alarms as they take part in Fire Prevention Week. The theme this year for Fire Prevention Week is “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives.” Oswego Firefighters are reminding the public that a smoke alarm should be installed in every bedroom, outside every sleeping area, and on every level of your home.
The Oswego County Health Department will offer influenza clinics for adults age 19 and older weekdays from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. beginning Monday, Oct. 6, at the Nick Sterio Public Health Clinic, 70 Bunner St., Oswego. No appointment is needed; walk-ins are welcome.
Following a picnic lunch, residents enjoyed a healthy snack of fresh picked apples and left with bags of apples for themselves and other residents. The outing was one of the many that Morningstar offers to its residents.
A sculptor’s iron pour will light up the night at SUNY Oswego, starting at 6 p.m. Oct. 16. Artist Edward Kelley of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa — one of six sculptors whose work was chosen for a new outdoor exhibition at the college — will demonstrate the fiery skill used by sculptors working with ferrous metals.
Oswego City School District’s Audit Committee will meet on October 7. The meeting will begin at 4 p.m.
UPDATE: Oswego winner breaks his own state record.
As Mother Nature’s rain ended Saturday afternoon, Karl Haist’s reign was just beginning. Haist, of Clarence Center, NY, won the 2014 edition of the Annual CNY Great Pumpkin Festival with an entry tipping the scales at 1,725.5 pounds. Not only is it the Oswego top pumpkin, but it’s also the new New York State record. “I’m kind of surprised. I knew it was real big but I didn’t think it was this heavy,” Haist told Oswego County Today. “It feels good to have the state record, too!”
($20,00 TO-WIN SUNOCO RACE FUELS OUTLAW 200) – MATT SHEPPARD, Jimmy Phelps, Larry Wight
($2,500 TO-WIN INDUSTRIAL TIRE OF CNY SPORTSMAN SHOOTOUT 50 LAPS) – ROCKY WARNER, Ron Davis III, Mike Button
The Marano Campus Center arena and convocation hall will host the event, providing seating for up to 1,300 from the campus and community to watch live as Al Roker, Charlie Rose, Connie Schultz and Dennis Thatcher respond to panel moderator Ken Auletta’s incisive questions during a discussion titled “Is the Digital Revolution a Blessing or a Curse? Or Both?”
Harvest season means that turkey will highlight the menu at the annual Harvest Turkey Dinner at the Minetto United Methodist Church on October 18 beginning at 4 p.m. Customers who prefer to eat at home can go inside for carryout service or use the drive-through take-out line. They just pull into the parking lot from Empire Avenue and give their order to an attendant who radios it inside.
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