Community

The Club House Tavern in Oswego and Eagle Beverage have joined together to cook up an idea to benefit United Way of Greater Oswego County’s annual Stuff-a-Bus campaign. On July 25 from 8 – 11:30 a.m., The Club House Tavern, 126 W. Second St., will host a breakfast in support of United Way’s Stuff-A-Bus campaign.

Oswego AmeriCorps members Paige Havener and Eve Simmonds are working in conjunction with the Fulton City Parks and Recreation to create a summer program that’s available for children in kindergarten all the way up to sixth grade. The program allows kids to find ways to get active through activities like kickball, tag and obstacle courses. It will also focus on teaching kids healthy habits that they can develop now and continue for the rest of their lives.

The city of Fulton is once again presenting free summer concerts at the Bullhead Point Pavilion and at the Gazebo on South First Street, Downtown Fulton. Scheduled to perform this year will be the Fulton Community Band at the Bullhead Point Pavilion July 30, August 6 and August 20 starting at 7 p.m.

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

Owen Tice and Rhiannon Brown exercise their creativity in Arty Day Camp which started this week and runs for six weeks at CNY Arts Center. Classes are offered in two locations with art classes held at the downtown Studio, located at 47 S. First St.

SUNY Oneonta has awarded scholarships to 270 freshman and five transfer students who will begin their studies at SUNY Oneonta in the fall 2015 semester.

I am disappointed to hear the news that the Public Service Commission decided to recommend an “overlay,” which would require people to dial 10 digits to make a call – even to other 315 numbers.

Counteractive Solutions will present Violence Prevention and Mitigation Strategies in Our Schools on July 20 at the CiTi Ffcility at 806 W. Broadway at 9 a.m. This presentation is open to any teacher, administrator, pastor or corporate CEO in Oswego County.

Students at Minetto Elementary School display the Pinwheel Garden they planted at their school. In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month students in all seven Oswego City School District schools helped to raise funds in support of the Child Advocacy Center of Oswego County.