Centro Syracuse will operate the Sunday/Holiday schedule on Labor Day – Monday, September 2. Please check individual schedules for service availability in your area.
Centro Oswego will be closed – no service (including the 246 Oswego – Syracuse route).
A benefit will be held for Helen/Candy Sereno on Sept. 15 at Timber Tavern Route 48 Baldwinsville from 1 to 6 p.m. Helen suffered a massive heart attack on June 16 and has been unable to work and faces mounting medical expenses.
Jan Morse and grandchildren, Vehjric and Vanessa Dupree, spent the day together. It was their last fun day together before school starts. They went to the arcade and then to Friendly’s for supper, they also enjoyed a little window shopping. Vehjric and Vanessa shared some of their ideas for Christmas gifts.
For decades area youth have made a trip to the CYO program a daily ritual. On September 9, 10 and 11 from 4 to 6 p.m. each day, Catholic Charities of Oswego County invites community members to discover for themselves the many reasons why CYO is the place to go after school as it hosts an open house at the CYO facilities inside Catholic Charities at 365 W. First St.
Melanie Trexler, executive director, United Way of Greater Oswego County has announced that Rob Rolfe of Harmony Financial Services will serve as chairperson for the United Way’s Campaign Cabinet. A long time supporter of United Way, Rolfe has served United Way in a number of capacities including 13 years as an employee campaign coordinator, a member of the community investment committee for nine years and a member of the Campaign Cabinet for the past five years.
Ken McCann of Mystic Music DJ Service, presented Karen Perwitz, member of the Child Advocacy Center of Oswego County board of directors, with a gift certificate for a four-hour Mystic Music DJ Show. The Mystic Music Show will be available as part of the drawings during the post Blue Ribbon Ride celebration at Lighthouse Lanes on Shampine Drive in Oswego.
Empower Federal Credit Union is a “Triple Word” $1,000 sponsor for the seventh annual Diane Falise Memorial Scrabble Fest. This annual benefit for Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County takes place on Sept. 20, from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Oswego Elks Lodge. “Scrabble Fest helps raise awareness of LVOC and our efforts to combat the issue of illiteracy in Oswego County,” said Meg Henderson, LVOC coordinator.
The city of Oswego Fire Department is offering EMT Original and Refresher courses that will begin on October 8. They will be conducted concurrently with sessions held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, testing out in March of 2014. Tuition for the EMT Original is $775, the Refresher is $335.
Oswego County Federal Credit Union (OCFCU), awarded five college-bound high school seniors $500 John Powers/Jean Pasco Memorial scholarships at their recent annual meeting, it was announced by William Carhart, CEO.
The packing has begun. Volunteers who have already sent more than 100 million Operation Christmas Child shoe box gifts filled with school supplies, hygiene items, and small toys for children in need in 130 countries since 1993 are packing again. Volunteer sites in Watertown and Oswego are hosting parties to fill more than 1,000 boxes to go to boys and girls ages 2-14 in areas of disease, disaster, poverty and hunger.
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