Michael A Maroun Elementary teachers joined together in purchasing and assembling goodie bags for the cancer unit at Golisano Children’s Hospital for Valentine’s Day. Guidance counselor Nora Germain said she was overwhelmed by the generosity of the MAM staff. The first grade alone donated $130 to the cause.
On February 10 at approximately 4:50 p.m. on Maple Avenue, just west of County Route 6 in the town of Volney, the Oswego County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Fulton City Police Department, executed a search warrant on a pickup truck being operated by Johnathan A. Baldwin. Baldwin, 30, of 52 E. Fourth St., Upper Apartment, Oswego, was the target of a Drug Task Force investigation regarding the possession and sales of heroin in and around the city of Fulton.
At about 3:05 p.m. today (Feb. 17), members of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident that occurred on County Route 53 in the town of Scriba that ended with one fatality. Identification of the deceased is pending family notifications. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
Pulaski Middle/Senior High School will present a production called “Ditch Day” on March 6-7 in the high school auditorium with performances beginning at 7 p.m. each day. The play focuses around a high school’s tradition of skipping school the day before prom and the hilarious circumstances that result when three diamond thieves and the high school principal follow the students through a day filled with crazy characters.
Hannibal students were recently entertained by magic and comedy act “Magical John” for a Hannibal Home and School. (HandS) fundraiser. Magical John stunned the audience with card tricks and enchanted stunts, all while keeping the audience laughing with his jokes. Student volunteers assisted with card tricks and optical illusions.
Ticket sales for this year’s “Bundle of Bucks” Charity Raffle are well under way and the St. Luke Family of Caring is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s “Early Bird” drawing. Everyone who purchased “Bundle of Bucks” charity raffle tickets on or before February 14 was entered in the “Early Bird” drawing where five – $100 prizes have been awarded. The winning ticket numbers in this year’s “Early Bird” drawing are; 104; 166; 505; 517; and 529.
Eighth graders at Kenney Middle School are designing place mats for Kim’s Village Café in Hannibal that emphasize school spirit. KMS Art Teacher Hollie House gave her students four school categories to choose from for the focus of their design: the school’s vision, mission, beliefs or parameters.
Henry Shikongo of the SUNY Oswego theater department recently was chosen for SUNY’s prestigious Faculty Diversity Program, a three-year, salary-assistance and research award that enabled him to join the department as an assistant professor.
The nation’s largest all indoor motorsports event will take place February 21-22 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s Farm Show Complex, featuring two days of intense wheel-to-wheel kart racing with a collection of drivers from Oswego Kartway looking to make the trek south down I-81. As many as five Oswego Kartway contenders are preparing to make the southward journey.
As state senator, I’ve been working hard to support our region’s students. One of the major things I have been focused on accomplishing is ending the “Gap Elimination Adjustment;” a budget gimmick commonly known as the “GEA,” which has cost schools across New York State upwards of $8 billion since its implementation.
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