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Autism Awareness Month will be kicked off this April with the inaugural Out Run Autism 5K and the support of top sponsor The Beacon Hotel. “We are very grateful to have the support from the Beacon Hotel and the Avery family for our first event of this kind,” said Oswego County Autism Task Force president Tammy Thompson.

SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station will partner with the local Girl Scout council from noon to 3 p.m. April 2 to provide walking tours and access to all the facilities of the forever-wild property.

Most Reverend Bishop Robert J. Cunningham will celebrate Easter Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 27. In addition, Mass will be celebrated at the cathedral at 11:30 a.m. and 5:10 p.m.

United Way of Greater Oswego County will hold its Stone Soup Too Luncheon on April 14 at Holy Trinity Parish. To date, a number of caring local restaurants and businesses have come forward to donate the food and beverages necessary for the luncheon.

Debbie McKinstry from Maida’s Floral Shop in Oswego spent an afternoon with residents at St. Francis Commons demonstrating the art of floral design and arrangement, just in time for the spring season and Easter holiday.

Guest reader Erica Schreiner of the Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation District read the book “The Apple Orchard Riddle,” which educated second graders on types of farms, apples, parts of an apple and scientific practices that change the appearance of apples.

The Center for Career and Community Education recently hosted a training workshop at the Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation for adult education teachers who are a part of the Central/Southern Tier Regional Adult Education Network.

Emerson J. Dillon Middle School students in Ashley Modafferi’s and Beth Pritchard’s art classes recently became immersed in the art world during a field trip to the Everson Art Museum in Syracuse. There they learned to critique famous artworks and explored a variety of exhibits from photography to clay and paintings.

New York Sea Grant and statewide partners are hosting the workshop to help new and existing watercraft inspection program leaders standardize efforts to engage recreational boaters in slowing the spread of aquatic invasive species.