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Letters to the Editor

May Is Community Action Month – War On Poverty Continues

May is Community Action Month across the United States. This is a time to celebrate the efforts of Community Action Agencies across the country as they fight poverty by highlighting their role in helping low-income families move out of poverty and achieve economic security. Oswego County Opportunities, Inc. is the Community Action Agency for Oswego County.

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Community

Never Mail an Elephant: Author Thaler Reads to Fairgrieve Students

Mike Thaler, the author of the popular “Teacher from the Black Lagoon” series, visited Fairgrieve Elementary recently. Thaler read stories like “A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher” and “Never Mail an Elephant” to individual classes, asking questions that stretched their imaginations along the way.

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Parents of Special Children Hosts 2015 Jamboree

Parents of Special Children presents its annual fundraiser, to be held on May 17, from noon until 4 p.m. at the Hannibal American Legion Post 1552. The family event will include a chicken barbecue, door prizes, raffles, a delicious bake sale and music by Proctor Entertainment and Event Services. There will also be crafts and fun activities lasting throughout the afternoon.

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Storm Stories of Eastern Lake Ontario, North Sandy Pond Needed

New York Sea Grant and the Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation District are asking the people who live, work and play along the Lake Ontario shoreline and on North Sandy Pond to share personal stories and photos of storm events to help local communities better assess risk, build storm readiness and resiliency, and reduce future storm damage and recovery expenses.

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