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Light Up the Night is a very different event, offering both a traditional 5k Run/Walk and a more creative one. It will be inclusive for anyone who wants to join in the fun. The more unconventional run/walk invites participants to wear some form of lighting (glow-in-the-dark items, battery pack lighting or other), along with costumes if they choose.

Golfers participating in the 17th Annual St. Luke-Francis Boyce Memorial Charity Tournament could be “one swing away from 20K,” thanks to The House Works in Fulton, sponsor of a $20,000 hole-in-one contest. Golfers will tee off with an 8 a.m. “shotgun” start on August 9 at Battle Island State Park.

For students on the Blue Team at the Oswego County BOCES’ Stepping Stones Day Program, learning was in the air – literally – during a recent classroom lesson that incorporated physics, math and engineering.

The Greater Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work program, a unique collaborative between Nazareth College and The College at Brockport, is scheduled to be offered at Cayuga Community College beginning in fall 2014.

The bone density screenings are open to the public and free of charge. The screening test is easy to do and only takes a few minutes to complete. Michaud and St. Luke nurses will be available to discuss the screening results and answer health-related questions.

Oswego County Opportunities’ Health Education and Options programs invite Oswego County youth to attend a fun, interactive, and informative series of workshops on positive decision making, sexual health, and becoming leaders in their communities.

On August 22 and 23 the Friends of History in Fulton will host the fourth annual Hunter Arms Event.
This is free to the public. It is an opportunity to see some of the quality shotguns that were once produced in Fulton.

The First Rose of Summer, a novel by Eileen K. Parsons of Orwell, was recently awarded 2014 New York Book Festival Runner Up honors. Parsons received the award at the Grolier Club, founded in 1884, in New York City in June as part of an evening honoring festival winners.