The news team at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School were featured guests in the studios at News Channel 9 WSYR-TV studios in Syracuse recently. The students who have been doing their own version of the morning news at APW Elementary this school year got a behind the scenes look at how the local television station runs.
We had a late start to our annual winter building remodeling work. However, the work is continuing at a brisk pace and we expect to be back in full operation by mid-April. Each year we normally choose a project in December and utilizing the Oswego County Sheriff’s work release program, as well as our own volunteers, focus for six or seven weeks. Due to the refueling outage at the FitzPatrick plant in Scriba during January and February, our normal contingent of Entergy volunteers was curtailed in their contributions to this effort. Since then through March we have made up for lost time.
United Way of Greater Oswego County will hold its annual Stone Soup Too community luncheon April 11 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Hosted by Holy Trinity Parish, 309 Buffalo St., the luncheon helps raise awareness of hunger in Oswego County and encouraging the community to help fill the shelves of local food pantries.
To qualify for induction into Chi Alpha Sigma, a student must have achieved at least junior standing with a cumulative 3.4 grade point average while earning a varsity letter in an NCAA intercollegiate sport.
To be named all-region, an athlete must either be ranked in the top 5 of an individual event in the region according to final TFRRS data or be part of a top 3 relay team.
In 2005, coordinators organized the first ever Regional Awareness Program for Young Drivers, nicknamed RAP for short. The program was prompted by several accidents involving teen drivers that year. Today, statistics show that teen driving deaths, at least locally, have dropped dramatically.
Abby Beth Chack is being honored by Riverside Artisans as its Artist of the Month for April. She creates original beaded jewelry in a wide variety of styles and colors. Her designs have delighted Riverside Artisans customers since she joined the Oswego art cooperative in 2015.
G. Ray Bodley High School recently welcomed Liza Wiemer for it’s first-ever author visit. Library media specialist Wendy Scalfaro offered up the library for the entire day on April 5 so Wiemer could host workshops with teachers and students on “The Power of Storytelling” and “The Unique You.”
This marks the seventh consecutive year that the PCSD has been honored with the prestigious title, which takes into account the efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders who have made music education part of the curriculum.
The Richard S. Shineman Foundation has donated $250,000 to Catholic Charities of Oswego County. The donation will go directly toward the renovation of CCOC’s new location, the former Cayuga Community College and Center for Instruction Technology and Innovation site on West Broadway.
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