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Several John C. Birdlebough High School students received Spark Awards for exemplifying positive character traits throughout the second marking period.

The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.

“Gravitational Waves: The Scientific Discovery of the Century” will be the topic of the next Science Today lecture at SUNY Oswego at 4 p.m. March 3, in Room 170 of the Shineman Center on campus. Dr. Shashi M. Kanbur, professor and chair of the college’s physics department, will speak.

The Dean’s Honor List recognizes full-time students who maintain grade-point averages of a minimum of 3.50 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below “C.”

Each year, the faculty and staff at Oswego Middle School participate in the National ‘Random Acts of Kindness Week.’ This event is sponsored locally by SUNY Oswego.

The Center for Career and Community Education is offering an English class for speakers of other languages on Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m., in Fulton.

Practice made perfect for Fairgrieve Elementary students who read and studied 10 books as part of the second annual schoolwide Battle of the Books competition, held Feb. 24 in the school cafeteria.

Twenty-five students from grades kindergarten through six were recognized during a Morning Express program at the school for exhibiting the virtue of honesty throughout the month of February.

The NYS Senate today (Feb. 25) passed two bills that would cut taxes for farmers. The bills sponsored by Senator Patty Ritchie would continue to help preserve the future of family farming in New York and boost the agriculture economy. Ritchie said,
“From putting fresh food on our tables to generating billions of dollars for New York’s economy and supporting thousands of jobs, the hard work done by family farmers across the state is invaluable to our economy and our future. If we want to continue to see the benefits of their hard work, we need to take steps to support them.”