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Fifty-three years ago, Ruth Colvin began a mission to increase literacy. In 1962, after learning that census figures reported that her hometown of Syracuse had more than 11,000 people at the lowest level of literacy, she knew she had to take action.

Nola Blum and her mother accepted her winning “Back to School Backpack” recently at Time & Again Books and Tea. The used bookstore at 18 E. Utica St., is entering its 15th year in business with the first of a series of gifts to customers.

On Wednesday, September 16, Chris Reis, DDGM for the Oswego District, made his official visit to Pulaski Masonic Lodge No. 415. The lodge rooms had recently suffered a devastating water leak from its pipes.

Staff of OCO Education Services were recently received longevity awards for 15 years of loyal service to OCO and its consumers.

Continental Arms Collectors Association’s Revolutionary War Unit will encamp at Behling’s Orchard, Potter Road in Mexico on September 20, from noon to 3:30 p.m. The group will exhibit tents and an open-fire kitchen.

This year’s Oswego Reading Initiative book, the novel explores life from the perspective of Rosemary Cooke, a child morphing to young adult, and her primate “sister” Fern, weaving a humorous, poignant and multi-layered plot around the theme of scientific experimentation with animals as well as animal rights.

The Oswego County Office for the Aging announced that it will hold three public hearings around the county to discuss the upcoming four-year plan for proposed services.

On September 26, at 1:30 p.m., famed local author, sailor and advocate Susan Gateley will be featured as the final speaker in the H. Lee White Maritime Museum’s, History Lecture Series for 2015.