Community

Thanks to a recent grant from Meals on Wheels Association of America and the Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association, Oswego County Opportunities Nutrition Services is beginning to go “green.” The grant was towards the purchase of a “green” vehicle to help make the program’s Home Delivered Meal service more cost efficient.

The Oswego County Legislature recognized November 17 as National Adoption Day during its monthly meeting. With thousands of children currently in foster care in New York State, outreach to adoptive families is a critical step in moving children into loving, permanent homes.

DuFore’s has donated a ladies half carat halo diamond ring valued at $1,600, which will be used for a drawing in support of the United Way’s Annual Campaign. The diamond ring is currently on display at DuFore’s.

Sirens in a new public warning system being installed by Exelon Generation and Entergy Nuclear will be ready for testing soon, and residents may hear individual soundings of sirens in the coming weeks.

When Fulbright Scholar Faith Maina of SUNY Oswego realized her Kenyan post-graduate students and even some new faculty members in her class at Moi University would encounter difficulties publishing the research papers they had prepared for her class, she took matters into her own hands. The result is a new book, “Nurturing Reflexive Practice in Higher Education: Educators Engaged in Action Research Projects in an Institution of Higher Learning in Kenya.”

Lakeside Artisans, 191 W. First St., is offering a class in hand painted silk scarves, continuing its series of creative educational experiences for adults in our community. On December 13 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Cindy Schmidt will offer a class in how to use the resist and dye to decorate a silk scarf.

Oswego County Workforce New York, Oswego Health, The Manor at Seneca Hill, and the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation (CiTi, formerly Oswego County BOCES) are working together to offer a new opportunity in the healthcare field. Representatives recently met with more than a dozen job seekers to discuss a new specialized training program being offered for certified nursing assistants.

Joseph Wicks was a recent guest at Oswego Rotary. He discussed efforts by the Bureau of Tobacco Control to encourage private business owners to draft policy regarding smoking on or near their business.

The event asked the students in the school to wear their favorite hooded sweatshirt for the day and make a donation to the Oswego County Humane Society. The donations will help the OCHS “end homelessness one dog at a time.”