Community

The Oswego County Health Department will hold its last rabies clinic of the year from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5, at the Oswego County Highway Garage, 31 Schaad Drive, Scriba. New York State law requires that all cats, dogs, and pet ferrets be vaccinated against rabies.

The Oswego County Salvation Army will begin registration for Christmas assistance on October 27 and will run through November 14. This assistance includes gifts for children up to the age of 13, items for Christmas dinner as well as a food box with enough food for a week.

Quirk’s Players of G. Ray Bodley High School will bestow special recognition on members of the GRB Class of 2015 who are part of this year’s fall production, The Pink Panther Strikes Again. Quirk’s Players will continue their tradition of recognizing seniors following Saturday evening’s (Oct.18) performance.

The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, a division of SUNY Oswego’s Office of Business and Community Relations, is now accepting registrations for “Six Steps to Better Balance,” an approach to Better Balance developed by Betty Perkins-Carpenter, Ph.D., Senior Fitness Productions. The Six Steps to Better Balance course will be held at Priory Hall in St. Paul’s Church on East Fourth and Mohawk streets.

As part of a lesson to learn the different families of musical instruments, fifth and sixth grade students were asked to create an instrument that had at least two different pitches. The results were overwhelming, as nearly 200 students created a variety of ideas for the project.

In the study of the human body, first grade students at Granby Elementary School have learned all about blood and its importance in life. To put that knowledge into a practical community service project, the students and their teachers have organized a blood drive at the school to be held on October 22 from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.

As part of an annual fire safety awareness lesson, students from several life skills classes at DMK congregated into a classroom where real-life firefighters greeted them. The firemen discussed the dangers associated with house fires and provided ways to prevent such accidents from occurring.

In keeping with its mission of ending hunger, helping youth succeed, and improving the overall health and well-being of our communities United Way of Greater Oswego County is doing its part to raise awareness of the food shortage in Oswego County and encourage the community to help fill the shelves of our area food pantries. On November 13 United Way of Greater Oswego County will hold its ninth annual Stone Soup Luncheon at St. Joseph’s Parish Center, 240 W. First St.

Karen Goetz, new executive director of the Richard S. Shineman Foundation was a guest at a recent Oswego Rotary meeting. Ms. Goetz grew up in Oswego and graduated from Oswego High School.