Community

Civil Air Patrol NY-408, F.R. Sussey Composite Squadron will host a Mother’s Day pancake breakfast. It will be presented by: Civil Air Patrol’s F. R. Sussey Composite Squadron and EAA Chapter 486 on May 11.

On May 12 at 6:30 p.m., please join Ben Halsey, superintendent of the Oswego City School District, the Home and School Associations of OCSD and the OCTA (Oswego Classroom Teachers Association) at the Oswego Middle School Theater for information about the 2014-15 school budget and “Meet the Candidates.”

The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines:

At a recent Fulton Sunrise Rotary meeting, Rotarian Peggy Donnelly was presented with the District 7150 Rotarian of Excellence Award.

Lake City Lodge No. 127 will hold its May Breakfast Buffet to benefit Friends of Oswego County Hospice on May 18 from 8 a.m. – noon at the Masonic Hall, 765 E. Seneca St., Oswego. The buffet is for all ages.

The North Country Quilting Guild will present its 15th Biennial Quilt Show with more than 300 quilts on exhibit June 6-8, 2014 at Cerow Recreation Park Arena, 615 East Line Road, Clayton.

Several groups and individuals took part in cleanup efforts during the recent Earth Week observation.

Exelon Generation’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station announced its 2014 educational scholarship awards for employees on Wednesday, one of many ways the station supports the Oswego community. This year’s scholarship recipients are Rebecca Hall, Sarah Tomlinson and Adam Clawson.

Luciano J. Iorizzo of Oswego is the editor of a newly published book that offers a wide-ranging account of World War II through the eyes of Italian soldiers who were held as prisoners of war around the globe. “Italian POWs Speak Out at Last: Italian Prisoners of War Break Their Silence” by Carlo Ferroni is published by Teneo Press.