Community

The Oswego City School District Board of Education will meet on August 12 at the Education Center second floor curriculum room to conduct the monthly committee meetings and a regular meeting. Board members will gather at 5 p.m. to commence the committee meetings.

The Oswego County E-911 Department hosted a training session this week for communications technicians. The All Hazards Communications Technicians training course took place at SUNY Oswego’s Phoenix Center with a media day on July 17 from 10 a.m. to noon.

AmeriCorps will be holding its annual tennis carnival on August 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Riley Elementary tennis courts. Although the United States Tennis Association’s Oswego tennis program started in 2006, this year will be the seventh year for the tennis carnival, which began in 2007, explained Shane Evans, the new supervisor of the USTA tennis program at the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau.

Chris Halsey, a resident of Mexico, was one of 93 SUNY Potsdam student-athletes to earn a spot on the State University of New York Athletic Conference All-Academic Team for the spring semester, the conference announced July 29.

Mohawk Valley Community College, located in Utica and Rome, is proud to announce the names of students whose high academic performance has qualified them for recognition as members of the Vice President’s List for the recently completed Spring 2014 semester.

CNY Arts Center announces its fourth annual Arts Market and invites artists, crafters, antiques, flea marketers and food vendors to participate September 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the old Nestles parking lot on Fay Street in Fulton. An added feature this year, nonprofit organizations are invited to participate at no charge.

Mohawk Valley Community College, located in Utica and Rome, is proud to announce the names of students whose high academic performance has qualified them for recognition as members of the President’s List for the recently completed Spring 2014 semester.

Anita Vibbert, coordinator of Sit and Knit with ‘Nita, announced Silvan Johnson will join the yarn fun on Wednesdays at Arts in the Heart Gallery located at 47 S. First St. The informal event has taken off quickly with enthusiastic knitters dropping by. Johnson will share her crochet expertise August 6 at 4:30 p.m. sharing beginner techniques of chain stitches and making rows of crochet.

On August 9, Oswego Industries, Inc. will be hosting its ninth annual golf open. The charity event will be held at Griffin’s Green Golf Course, in Oswego. Also included in the tournament is the organization’s signature “Disability Hole,” at which each player tees off with a simulated disability. Each year the disability is different and is a closely guarded secret.