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Amateur Radio License Classes Offered
Starting September 19, the Fulton Amateur Radio Club will host a 10-week course designed for individuals interested in obtaining their Technician Amateur Radio license.
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Porky and Buddy Pet Health – We’ve Come A Long Way In The Past Decade
We have been watching the news reports about Hurricane Harvey with both sad and happy hearts. Sad because, well obviously, this is a huge disaster for all of Southeast Texas and beyond and it is hard to even imagine the suffering and misery. But also with happy hearts because it is at least clear that emergency response finally includes pets as a matter of course. Almost every newscast includes photos of at least one pet, sometimes many, being rescued along with its people.
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Oswego County Tourism Office Announces Photo Contest
Photographers and outdoor lovers can have their photos featured in the 2018-2019 Oswego County Visitor Guide, scheduled for publication in January. The Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning is sponsoring a photo contest for the guide, which will be distributed at trade and travel shows, travel information centers, festivals, events, and businesses over the next two years.
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Legislature Marks ADA Day
The Oswego County Legislature recognized July 26 as Americans with Disabilities Awareness Day to help promote education about available services, resources and advocacy for county residents.
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Pet of the Week – Lucas
What can we say about Lucas? He’s a cat, a kitten really at about 5 months, happy go lucky, playful, a bit of a climber. He loves cuddling with people and playing with the other cats and kittens in the kitten room. He is not at all phased by dogs. Isn’t he a handsome dude, too?
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Oswego County Health Department to Hold Rabies Clinic Sept. 13
The Oswego County Health Department will hold its next rabies clinic Sept. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Palermo Town Highway Garage, 1572 County Route 45. The last rabies clinic of 2017 will be Nov. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the County Highway Garage, 31 Schaad Drive, Scriba.
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Documentary To Unveil ‘Mythic and Mysterious’ Island of Mona
To help mark Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month, SUNY Oswego will present the award-winning documentary “Mona: Tesoro del Caribe,” a film aimed at raising awareness of a unique “Caribbean treasure,” followed by a Q&A with its director, Sept. 7 and 8 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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ALANA Conference To Showcase Multicultural Fashions, Music, Dance
“United We Shine” sets the theme and the multicultural tone for the 31st annual ALANA Student Leadership Conference Sept. 13 to 19 at SUNY Oswego, featuring a peace walk, motivational keynote address, alumni panel discussion, community service project, fashion show and a performance by Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre.
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Professor’s New Book Explores Sociology Of Deviating From Society’s Norms, Laws
SUNY Oswego sociology professor and chair Tim Delaney recently published the textbook “Social Deviance,” which he says is the natural heir to nearly all of the books — 16 of them — he has written before.
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Water Title Returns To Pulaski
The village of Pulaski returned to first place in Oswego County’s best-tasting drinking water contest after two years. Oswego County Legislator Shawn Doyle, District 3, accepted the award on behalf of the village during the annual August legislature meeting at the Barclay Courthouse in Pulaski. The award was presented by Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang and the Oswego County Legislature’s Health Committee.