Community

Penny Kimball, Oswego County artist, will return to the Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center to teach Wood Carving in Relief as part of the Center’s Nature Inspires series. This hands-on class will be on October 23 and will begin at 1 p.m.

The 2016 Nature Inspires series at the Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center continues on October 22 at 2 p.m., when Audrey Scruton, Oswego County artist, will instruct a class on 3-D Quilling.

The APW Central School District welcomed 11 new staff members during teacher orientation at the end of summer.

Visitors to the open house were greeted at the curb by volunteers representing the transportation department where they could pick up information, coloring sheets, pencils and even a cardboard bus.

The organization is specifically looking for individuals that have knowledge of grant opportunities available for not-for profit organizations, are willing to participate in fundraising activities, and have some logistical experience.

Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd announced that a public auction of found, abandoned, and surplus property will be held on October 18 at 10 a.m. Slated for sale at the auction are approximately 15 bicycles along with assorted other items including; electric scooter, miscellaneous electronics, kayak, miscellaneous tools and other household items.

Inez Parker, director of the Michael Nupuf, Laura Lowrie play, “The Doctor Can See You Now,” has announced her cast for the upcoming dinner theater presentation. The play will be performed at the Church of the Resurrection by the Oswego Players on Oct. 21 and 22.

Estimates show that every 9 seconds in the United States, a woman is beaten or assaulted and about half of all homeless women are homeless because of domestic violence. Domestic violence impacts countless individuals, regardless of age, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, ability, or economic status.