Anyone who purchases a Lions Loot Ticket between Jan. 15 – Feb. 15 will receive a dozen roses for free. The Fulton Lions Club’s second and final “Lions Loot” sweepstakes Early Bird drawing will be drawn at the Feb. 1 board meeting. A total of five names will be drawn for the prize of $100 each.
The Vanderkamp Center, Cleveland, will hold dinner dance fundraiser on February 10 from 6 – 11 p.m. Though Vanderkamp will not be holding a Fire and Ice Festival this year, with winter remaining so unpredictable in Central New York, we opted to keep the theme for this February fundraising event.
Part Time Honors are to recognize students who earned at least a 3.25 GPA in 6 to 11 credits of course work. It stands alongside the college’s Dean’s List and President’s List as the top awards given for academic success at the college.
The Next Great Idea Oswego County Business Plan Competition has extended its deadline for entries to March 1, a month past the original deadline. The business plan competition is open to all entrepreneurs with a new business concept and existing businesses looking to add a new product or service.
As Winter Storm Grayson pounded the East Coast with high winds, bone-chilling temperatures and historic power demands, Exelon Generation’s Upstate New York nuclear facilities, including R.E. Ginna, Nine Mile Point and FitzPatrick, operated at 100 percent power, delivering critical electricity to more than three million homes and businesses during near-record levels of demand for power.
CNN analyst Bakari Sellers, an attorney and progressive activist, will headline SUNY Oswego’s 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at 6 p.m. Feb. 1, in Waterman Theatre. The event is free but ticketed; members of the general public can pick up tickets starting Jan. 24, at Marano Campus Center box office or by calling 315-312-3073.
The talent of several Mexico Academy and Central School District middle and high school students stood out among thousands of entries in the recent Scholastic art competition. The highest level of achievement, a gold key, was awarded to Mexico Middle School eighth grade studio art student Alexis Plumley for her “Golden Giraffe” entry in the ceramics and glass category.
The Oswego Health Auxiliary has made a generous donation of $50,000 which the health system will use toward the purchase of 13 new defibrillators. The high-tech defibrillators will be placed in departments throughout Oswego Hospital for use by staff members.
A student’s grade point average must be at least 3.5 or above, and they must complete 12 credit hours of graded work that semester in order to be included on the dean’s list at Nazareth.
Recognized with the awards were Mario Magsino, MD, medical director for Farnham Family Services who also provides care at the Veterans Administration’s Oswego location and Ellen Holst, who retired in June from Oswego County Opportunities.
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