APW students nab writing honors
Nine Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School students earned honors in the Oswego County Reading Council’s 25th Annual Writing Contest.
Nine Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School students earned honors in the Oswego County Reading Council’s 25th Annual Writing Contest.
Motorcyclists can take part in a four-hour scenic ride through the North Country, runners can participate in a 5K run, and kids can pedal their bikes for a cause around Fort Ontario. At the fort, families can come together for a chicken BBQ provided by Woodchuck Saloon as well as hamburgers and hotdogs from Rudy’s Lakeside Drive-In.
The road to independence is different for everyone. For members of the Oswego County BOCES Deaf and Hard of Hearing Club this road travels through a world that is not catered to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The G. Ray Bodley Class of 1968 will hold its 45th reunion, one-day event on August 10 from 1-5 p.m. at Fulton Elks on Pierce Drive, Fulton. $15 per person. Reservations needed by July 1.
This year’s Leadership Oswego County class chose to honor our area’s older population and acknowledge all their contributions and sacrifices they have made on behalf of our community. Members of the Leadership Oswego County class collected items to help residents of area nursing homes celebrate their birthdays and make them memorable events.
Storytelling participants at Fairgrieve Elementary School vied for the opportunity to represent their school at the Fulton City School District Storytelling Festival.
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.
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