Starting Jan 31, The Jay Trisolino Poetry contest begins taking submissions (and will continue taking them until March 7) for a contest seeking the best, most original poetry in the region. Through this contest, The Utica Writers Club honors a long-time member of the club and all the other great poets in the NY with recognition and monetary prizes.
A U.S. Army Major recently visited Lura M. Sharp Elementary School to thank students for sending over letters of encouragement while he served a tour of duty in Afghanistan. “Thank you for writing to me while I was in Afghanistan,” Major Del Boyer told students. “I look around at your names and recognize each and every one.”
The Center for Instruction Technology and Innovation’s Career and Technical Education department recently sponsored a canned food drive to make Christmas baskets for families in need. Individual classes were told that the most “giving” class would win a pizza party.
Tickets for the 11th Annual St. Luke “Bundle of Bucks” Charity Raffle are on sale and now is the time to purchase yours and ensure you are a part of the upcoming “Early Bird” drawing. Everyone who purchases a “Bundle of Bucks” charity raffle ticket before February 14th is entered in the “Early Bird” drawing when five – $100 prize winners will be selected from current raffle ticket holders.
The first stop for the Great Shipwrecks of NY’s Great Lakes traveling exhibit is in Oswego, at the Tyler Art Gallery in Penfield Hall Library at SUNY Oswego. The exhibit developed for the 2014 Great New York State Fair and updated for this installation will be on display through January 22.
Fulton Noon Rotary Club recently presented students in Robyn Yorker’s Stepping Stones Day Program at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation with the gift of personal dictionaries.
The auditions for the production are open to all area youth 7th grade and above for a show not yet selected.
At Phoenix’s Emerson J. Dillon Middle School, more than three dozen students were recently honored for being exemplary citizens. Throughout the school year, Citizenship Awards are given to students who exhibit positive behavioral traits and are recognized and nominated by staff members for the accolade.
Students in Kate Waite’s second grade class at Granby Elementary School recently showcased their spelling prowess during a friendly competition.
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