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Integrated Community Planning’s Child Care & Development Council asks Oswego County to come together for children during the Week of the Young Child, April 14 – 20. This national celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children brings awareness to the unique needs of young children and honors those who make a difference in their lives.

The Beacon Hotel in Oswego has added a prize package to be awarded at this year’s “Bundle of Bucks” raffle event on May 11 at the Oswego Elks Lodge. The “Bundle of Bucks” Charity Raffle features 15 cash prizes totaling up to $25,000 with a top prize of $10,000 to a lucky winner when all raffle tickets are sold!

Bowen’s Corners United Methodist Church is preparing for its Annual Spring Rummage Sale and Bake Sale. The event will be held April 26 and  27 at the church which is located at 758 State Route 176, just west of Fulton. Hours are 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. each day.

It is not only illegal, but extremely unsafe, to pass a school bus with their red lights flashing, whether approaching from the front or from the rear of the bus. Flashing lights signal that a bus is stopped for either loading or discharging students.

Bishop’s Commons Enriched Living Residence will host the Alzheimer’s Association, Central New York Chapter educational workshop entitled, “Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Basics,” on April 27 beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Volney Elementary School recognized March as perseverance month and welcomed a special visit by a local man who knows exactly what it means to persevere. Eight years ago, Greg Callen survived a tragic accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down and bound to a wheelchair.

Twenty-three Volney Elementary School students were presented with an On-A-Roll Award at the school’s March character education assembly.

Volney Elementary School Principal Jeff Hendrickson recognized the following students for demonstrating the March character virtue of the month, perseverance.