The Oswego Elks Lodge and Vashaw’s Collision Service will sponsor Continental Arms Collectors Association’s Military and Naval Exhibit at the annual Oswego Elks Veterans Dinner on November 10. Located at 132 W. Fifth St., the display will be on view from 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibitors will include Fort Ontario State Historic Site, Larry Ruth, George Clark and CACA Revolutionary War Interpretive Unit.
Sandy Creek High School students won’t soon forget a recent chemistry class that demonstrated scientific concepts of dehydration, combustion, decomposition and redox. Following appropriate safety procedures, students volunteered to hold bubbles lit on fire and not get burned.
The grave of Brig. Gen. Julius Hayden in Oswego now displays a veteran’s marker. The Civil War and Mexican-American War veteran is buried with his wife on the grounds of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Oswego’s Historic District. A native of New York City, Hayden was the son of an Army officer who served in the War of 1812. He joined the Army himself when he was 18 years old and for a time was stationed at Fort Ontario.
SUNY Oswego, consistently ranked a top school for its military-connected and veteran population, will celebrate veterans and the active military with several observances the week of Nov. 7 to 11, including Military Appreciation Night at a men’s ice hockey game on Veterans Day. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, a panel of U.S. military veterans from the SUNY Oswego community and members of the college’s faculty and staff will talk about life during and after military service. The event, starting at 6 p.m. in Sheldon Hall ballroom, is free and open to the public.
Two-thirds of home fire deaths result from fires in homes without working smoke alarms, according to the National Fire Protection Agency. The city of Oswego reminds you to not only change your clocks for Daylight Savings, but to also check your smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms and change the batteries.
Friends of Fulton Parks and Oswego County Opportunities’ IMPACT Program sponsored a Healthy Halloween Hike Saturday, October 28, to celebrate their newly marked Oswego River Pathfinder Trail in Fulton. Participants were invited to walk the trail and healthy Halloween treats were provided. More than 70 people were in attendance.
November is National Hospice Month and to commemorate this and support Oswego County Hospice patients and their families, three local restaurants will host their annual “Hospicetality” Day. Canale’s kicks off the events on November 6 during lunch and dinner.
Christmas in Mexico wouldn’t be complete without the church bazaars, special offers by local merchants, free horse-drawn carriage rides, roasted chestnuts and caroling throughout the streets. A trolley will be running throughout the day between local business stops for your convenience.
In conjunction with Catholic Charities of Oswego County, The Cornerstone Club in Fulton will host an open house for the community at their recently renovated location at 808 W. Broadway (State Route 3). The open house will take place November 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. All are welcome to tour the program and speak with staff.
State Police have charged Cody J. Stone, 22, from Parish, with Criminal Mischief 4th degree, a class “A” misdemeanor; Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Accident, a violation; and several other vehicle and traffic violations. Stone turned himself into patrol early this morning (Nov. 1) at the State Police barracks in Hastings.
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