Community

The H. Lee White Museum and Maritime Center is pleased to host a Meet the Puppeteer Workshop on Thursday at the museum located on the West First Street Pier in Oswego’s Historic Maritime District at 7 p.m. Master puppeteer Joe Cashore will discuss and demonstrate to the audience how he designs and manipulates his marionettes to give them human-like movements.

On Sunday Sept. 8, members from the local Civil Air Patrol unit, the F. R. Sussey Composite Squadron will host a September 11 memorial. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. and is open to the public. The Civil Air Patrol cadet color guard will be taking part in the event, along with special guests and local dignitaries.

The newest official envoys of the New York State Canal System range in age from eight to 18 and can be seen running errands, greeting boaters, tending the grounds and helping out at the Lock 1 Bridgehouse Museum on the Oswego River Canal. The Bridgehouse Brats spend their summers learning leadership and teamwork skills while maintaining a pleasant and clean environment at Henley Park and the Bridgehouse Museum on State Street.

The Cancer Services Program provides free cancer screenings including clinical breast exams, mammograms, pap/pelvic exams and colon cancer screenings to uninsured women ages 40 to 64, uninsured men ages 50 to 64 and uninsured or underinsured women under 40 years of age who are at risk of, or has had a clinically significant finding for breast cancer.

A new book co-edited by current and former SUNY Oswego faculty members recounts the indelible niches the women of New York state have carved, from suffragist Susan B. Anthony to astronaut Eileen Collins, from abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman to actor, comedian and producer Lucille Ball.

Two open house and recruitment events will take place in the Oswego YMCA Armory, corner of West First and Utica streets — noon on Sept. 8, and 7 p.m. on Sept. 20. Kids are encouraged to bring any parents or guardians with questions.

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.