The Human Concerns Center would like to thank both postal employees and community members for their participation in the May 11 “Stamp Out Hunger” letter carrier food drive. The event is the largest one-day food drive in the world. It allows every resident in the county and across the nation to donate food that ultimately stays within the community to help its needy neighbors.
For Cayuga Community College graduate and Commencement speaker Brian Knapp ’13, this day almost never came. On August 4, 2008, nine days before his 21st birthday, he was driving his Marine commander through the country side of Afghanistan when they vehicle drove over an improvised explosive device. He sustained a traumatic brain injury and struggled to remember simple words like “gate.”
Assemblyman Will Barclay said today the ethic’s oversight in the state Assembly is inadequate and needs to be reformed in order to protect the public’s interest, not political interest. Barclay is planning to put forth legislation that will create in law an Assembly standing committee on Ethics and Guidance that will be independent of the Assembly Speaker.
Graveside committal services for Edna May Natoli, who died March 3, 2013, will be held Wednesday at noon in Rural Cemetery.
The Oneida Lake Emergency Response Task Force will conduct a training exercise On Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon. The drill takes place near Frenchman’s Island on Oneida Lake. If you are in the area of Oneida Shores or Frenchman’s Island, please be aware of increased traffic and restricted areas for exercise participants only.
The Fulton Art Association will present its 40th Annual Art Show and Competition this weekend, May 18 and 19. The show opens Saturday at 10 a.m. and goes until 8 p.m., and again Sunday 2-4 p.m. An artists’ reception will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, providing a venue with several artists available for comments on techniques.
Heather Coppola, a resident of Oswego was named a member of the university’s chapter of Phi Alpha Honor Society in spring 2013. She is a Social Work major at Alvernia.
Fairgrieve Elementary School Principal Jean Ciesla recognized students honored for the character expectation of Being Safe.
Fairgrieve Elementary School Principal Jean Ciesla recognized students honored for the character expectation of “Be a Problem Solver.”
Vanguard Research & Title Services, Inc. was pleased to be informed that Business Development Specialist Aaron M. Thorpe has been selected for Oswego County Business Magazines Forty Under 40 class of 2013.
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