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History Lecture Series To Focus On Native Americans

The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is pleased to present the fourth lecture in the 2014 History Lecture Series: “John Big Tree to Oliver Red Cloud; My Journey in Discovering Native Americans,” with historian George DeMass. The program is scheduled for September 13 at 1:30 p.m. at the museum located in Oswego’s Historic Maritime District.

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Oswego Health Names Ferguson to New Director of Foundation Position

Karen Ferguson recently joined Oswego Health as the Director of the newly created Oswego Health Foundation. The Oswego Health Foundation, a 501(c)(3), exists to provide all community entities, including individuals, businesses, foundations and others, the opportunity to give to and support the various programs, projects and components of the Oswego Health system, which include Oswego Hospital, Springside at Seneca Hill, The Manor at Seneca Hill and other Oswego Health affiliates.

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LVOC Scrabble Fest set for September 19

Get out your Scrabble dictionary, memorize those new words, and practice your spelling. It’s time for one of the hottest games in town, the eighth annual Diane Falise Memorial Scrabble Fest, a fund raiser for Literacy Volunteers. To be held September 19, at the Elks Lodge, 132 W. Fifth St., the fest pits teams of four competing against each other in four 20-minute rounds.

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Gillibrand Calls For Barge Canal To Be Placed On Natinal Register of Historic Places

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand urged the National Park Service to place the Barge Canal on the National Register of Historic Places. Including the Erie Canal, Oswego Canal, Champlain Canal and Cayuga-Seneca Canal, this designation would expand opportunities for federal historic tax credits and other resources, to support economic development initiatives near the Barge Canal.

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Arts Market Fundraiser Pairs with City-Wide Yard Sale

Yard sales, bargain shopping, treasure hunting, fundraising – all these and more describe CNY Arts Center’s fourth annual Arts Market set for Sept 13 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the old Nestles parking lot on Fay Street. Timed to coincide with Fulton’s annual City-Wide Yard Sale, CNY Arts Center will host another gathering of artists, crafters, flea market and food vendors, to serve a feast for the sidewalk shopper this time with an emphasis on fundraising for the organization.

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Veterans Memorial Breakfast and Fly-in Planned

The F. R. Sussey Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol along with the local Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 486 will host a special Veterans Memorial pancake breakfast and fly-in on September 14. The breakfast will have a patriotic theme and be held in the EAA hanger at 2326 County Route 176 (Whittaker Road) on the Oswego County Airport. The breakfast will start at 7:30 a.m. and run to 11:30 a.m

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