The Oswego County Department of Social Services will sponsor an informational meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 10, at the Department of Social Services, 100 Spring St., Mexico, for people who are interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents.
Carol Burghart, local watercolorist and Lakeside Artisans member, is offering a full-day workshop in the use of gold gesso as underpainting for watercolor paintings. The workshop will take place at Lakeside Artisans on September 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Yard sales; bargain shopping; treasure hunting; gift giving…all these and more describe CNY Arts Center’s third annual Arts Market set for Sept 14. Timed to coincide with Fulton’s annual City-Wide Yard Sale event, the CNY Arts Center will host another gathering of artists, crafters, and flea market vendors, to serve a feast for the sidewalk shopper.
The 2013 Discover Clean and Safe Boat will be at the New York State Fair August 30-September 2 with its message about how motorized and non-motorized boaters can enjoy New York waters legally, safely and in an environmentally-friendly way. The 16-foot, made-in-Marathon-NY vessel that is equipped with gear required and recommended for boating on New York waters will be on exhibit in the Cornell Youth Building.
Earlier this month, the kids of Taft Bay assisted AmeriCorps worker Cassandra Tighe in her community project. Although the kids could not swim in the lake due to blue-green algae, they wanted to give back to the place they call home for the summer. They planted more than 30 flowers around the Craft Shack and covered the flowers with mulch.
Do you have interactive technology in your classroom and want to learn more about it? Take this opportunity to participate in a guided exercise using the Oswego Public Library’s Interactive ?no Boards. Workshops will be held on September 5 from 2 – 4 p.m. and September 6 from 10 – noon in the Library Learning Center.
On July 8, Fulton resident John W. McEachen won a silver medal in the ultra sparring division (under 68kg age 41-50) at the 2013 USA-Taekwondo Senior National Championships in Chicago. The event took place over the 4th of July weekend. McEachen is a Border Patrol Agent at the Oswego Station, and has lived in Fulton since 2000.
“Waldo” was spotted at 25 Oswego businesses last month. People were encouraged to locate the 3.5-inches tall character at more than two dozen Port City businesses and get their “Waldo Passport” stamped or signed for the chance to win prizes.
Taxes will be collected beginning September 1, 2013, to October 2, 2013, with no interest and from October 3, 2013, to November 1, 2013, with 2% penalty. The tax roll will be closed on November 1, 2013, and no tax payments received or post-marked after this date will be accepted.
Members of the Planning Committee for the City of Fulton Employees’ fourth annual Golf Tournament presented Mary-Margaret Pezzella-Pekow, executive director of Catholic Charities of Oswego County, with a check for $3,000.
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