The program enrolls three- and four-year-old children and is provided at no cost to families. Head Start’s goal is to promote school readiness through hands-on learning, active play, and nutritious meals and snacks.
Both departments are active participants in the Wear It Oswego program. Free loaner life jackets are available at both Wright’s Landing and the East Side Fire Station.
Another week of Arty fun is waiting for children at the second session of CNY Arts Center’s Arty Day Camp. Set August 19-23 at the Center, 357 State St., Fulton, the camp will offer students a choice of art, writing, dance and theatre classes along with lunch and afternoon group art projects from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All events start on the Mexico High School athletic fields. The fun run begins at 8:30 a.m. on the track and the 5K Cider Run/Walk begins at 9 a.m. on Liberty Street. The first 125 registrants for the 5K run/walk receive a free long-sleeved T-shirt, designed especially for the Cider Run by Custom Novelty Prints.
The Oswego Lions Club will hold its eighth annual “Cow Chip Bingo” fundraiser on September 14 at Lighthouse Lanes in Oswego. Once again this year we will feature a classic car show as well as Lighthouse Lanes’ “world famous chicken BBQ.” The “Cow Chip Bingo” portion of the event will run from noon to 3 p.m.
Think you outgrew the need for vaccines when you graduated from high school and moved out of your parents’ house? Not so. Every year, thousands of adults in the United States suffer serious health problems, are hospitalized, or even die from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccinations.
The Oswego County Legislature’s Government, Courts and Consumer Affairs Committee presented Kimberly Winterhalt with a certificate of appreciation for 15 years of service to Oswego County.
Cayuga Community College will offer Cayuga 101 Foundations for College Success through partnerships with area school districts that participate in the college concurrent enrollment program, Cayuga Advantage. This fall, four school districts — Cato-Meridian, Sandy Creek, Sodus and Southern Cayuga — will offer the course to their high school students.
Port City Roller Derby, sporting a four-game winning streak, will look to keep the momentum rolling at its next home bout, Aug. 17, against the Black Diamond Dames’ Dolls of Destruction in Oswego’s Crisafulli Rink. Doors will open at 5 p.m. with a 6 p.m. whistle for the fourth home bout in the league’s third season.
State Senator Patty Ritchie visited Sandy Pond recently, where dredging is taking place on a channel that, throughout the years, has been made nearly impassable for many boats, and made navigation hazardous for those that could traverse the channel.
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