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While current Fulton Junior High School eighth graders won’t become high school freshmen until the fall, the transition from FJHS to G. Ray Bodley High School has already begun. The GRB administrative team and freshmen counselors welcomed the future GRB class of 2021 during a recent eighth-to-ninth grade transition night at the high school.

Marv Joslyn, Rotary District 7150 Governor for 2018-19, recently presented Fulton Rotary member Nancy Kush Ellis with a Rotarian of Excellence Award.

The program provides a 24-hour small-business training program that covers such topics as how to write a business plan, how to obtain financing, accounting and tax issues, business insurance, legalities, marketing, and other basic business start-up issues.

She is well-known for her exquisitely detailed and realistic paintings of birds and other wildlife. She has also been a frequent instructor at the Riverside Artisans paint parties.

Eastern Shore Associates Insurance has been named a Silver ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Award winner by the ESOP Association. The Silver ESOP Awards recognize companies for their work in sustaining their ESOP for 25 years or more.

A senior at G. Ray Bodley High School, Emily Gerth has worked with children through her church and a Catholic Heart Work Camp and has been involved in the performing arts at G. Ray Bodley and CNY Arts Center.

Students in both the morning and afternoon Pre-K classes worked hard to learn “M-O-M-M-Y” (sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O) and “Skinnamarinky Dinky Dink” before they performed it during the recent event.