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A series of professional development programs for women at the SUNY Oswego Phoenix Center became the focus of the State University of New York as the SUNY Leadership Institute was planning its annual Leadership Tools for Women conference. As a result, the Phoenix Center will co-sponsor this year’s conference June 21.

The Oswego County Health Department recently celebrated National Nurses Week by honoring its nursing staff and partnering healthcare workers. The Nursing Division is the largest sector of the department and its workers provide comprehensive at-home healthcare services to residents throughout the county.

The Captain’s Choir of Fitzhugh Park School presented music teacher Garrett Heater with a herculean task  as  they wanted a musical based on the maritime tragedy Titanic for their annual musical. “Tillie and Tipper Aboard the Titanic” will be performed on Thursday and Friday at the Robinson-Faust Theatre at 7 p.m.

The Oswego County Health Department will hold its 23rd annual best tasting drinking water contest Thursday at the Oswego Farmers’ Market on West First Street. Visitors will vote for their favorite samples of drinking water from municipal systems in Oswego County.

The following local students will be attending Clarkson University in Potsdam during the fall as members of the Class of 2017:

The Wear It! Oswego campaign has selected the winners of its 2013 Life Jacket Photo Contest. All winners will receive free Wear It! campaign goodies.

The SUNY Oswego GENIUS Olympiad finals open Monday, June 17, welcoming more than 400 competitors and their mentors from around the world, including Kayla Vidal and Bilgenur Sirin of the Syracuse Academy of Science. “We are very excited for the Oswego competition,” said the charter school juniors, who studied the effects on Lake Ontario water quality of fireworks shows at events such as Harborfest.

The Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District inducted Jean Paternoster and David C. Phelps into the APW Athletic Wall of Fame during the annual varsity athletic awards banquet, held this year in early June.