The Fairley Elementary School cafeteria was buzzing with excitement on Dec. 12 as 120 students helped make holiday cookie cutouts. All five of the district’s second-grade classes took part in the annual cookie-making event, as they followed a recipe to make dough and then made hundreds of cutouts ranging from stars to gingerbread men to Christmas trees.
The Oswego Lady Buc varsity and jayvee teams were tough on the court on Wednesday while the boys’ hockey team was edged and modified volleyball was victorious over a previously unbeaten foe
Students of G. Ray Bodley’s H.O.P.E. Club are giving back to their community this holiday season. On a Saturday in early December, members of the club volunteered to be bell ringers for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign.
The John C. Birdlebough High School auditorium was filled to capacity on Dec. 10 as middle school musicians performed holiday songs during the winter concert. Under the direction of James DeMauro, the Emerson J. Dillon jazz band opened the evening with “Ye Jazzy Gentlemen” and “O Holy Night,” bringing the crowd to its feet with the festive music.
Kinney Drugs in Fulton has added to the holiday celebrations for residents of Michaud Residential Health Services. Through their “Be A Santa For A Senior” program, the Fulton Kinney Drugs collected gifts, and donated them to Michaud – to help make sure residents find something special under the Christmas tree this season.
The weather outside might have been frightful on Monday, but the music filling the John C. Birdlebough Auditorium was more than delightful! The Phoenix Community Band, under the direction of director David Frateschi, performed their much anticipated annual Winter Concert series on December 16.
Happy birthday, Cayley Mae Cunningham
Career and Technical Education students enrolled in the morning and the afternoon Public Safety and Justice programs at Oswego County BOCES organized a community outreach project to benefit the ‘Toys For Tots’
Life for some local residents just got a little bit sweeter and merrier this holiday season thanks in part to the Exceptional Education students at BOCES. The ‘sweet’ part was a fun project that was coordinated with the Culinary Arts Career and Technical Education Program at OCB. The ‘merry’ part was a Christmas caroling field trip to the Ladies Home of Oswego, St. Luke Health Services and The Manor at Seneca Hill.
Fool me once, shame on you, Fool me twice, shame on me. We all have heard this saying many times. Well the Oswego County Legislature has fooled the general public for two years now with the county budget.
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