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Ann Palen of Hannibal was the owner of the winning duck in Hannibal Dollars for Scholars annual “Ducks Over the Dam” race. A total of 53 additional prizes, donated by local businesses, were awarded to race participants. Hannibal Dollars for Scholars provides scholarships to graduates of Hannibal High School each year.

The husband and wife team of Bob and Cathleen O’Brien Brown will take to the stage of the Frances Marion Brown Theater in the Oswego Civic Arts Center as the leads Don Quixote and Aldonza in the Oswego Players’ upcoming production of “Man of La Mancha.”

At its annual meeting in June, Operation Oswego County presented its 2015 Jobs Award, recognizing significant capital investment as well as job creation and retention, to Eagle Beverage Company.

Blessings in a Backpack is planning its first “Count your Blessings Trivia Night” to be held on November 4 at The Elks Lodge in Oswego. Blessings in a Backpack is a not-for-profit organization that feeds children on the weekend.

The Gardens Assisted Living Community in Oswego recently welcomed one of the area’s best kept musical secrets, The Oswego County Chapter New Horizons Chorus. Part of New Horizons International Music Association, the Oswego chapter boasts a chorus of 45 members as well as a band and a full orchestra.

Hidden surfaces within urban landscapes inspire Syracuse artist Linda Bigness, whose exhibition “Urban Beat: Recent Works in Encaustic and Oil” will run Aug. 26 to Oct. 22 at the SUNY Oswego Metro Center on Clinton Square.

The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is partnering with the Department of Technology at SUNY Oswego and Raby’s ACE Home Center to offer a Boat Building Weekend in Oswego’s Historic Maritime District. On August 12, 13 and 14, you and your family can join in an instructional, hands-on program that culminates in a completed boat for your family’s use.

Pollyanna will open this week at CNY Arts Center, 11 River Glen Drive on the Cayuga College Fulton Campus. It starts Aug. 5.