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The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County.

There is no charge for the training. A parent or guardian must accompany any youths ages 10 through 17 to the classroom on the first day of the course to sign a parental permission form.

SUNY Oswego’s Matthew J. Dykas, whose studies of family dynamics have advanced the understanding of what it takes to raise emotionally healthier children, will receive the 2012 Provost’s Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity.

The members of the Frederick Leighton Elementary School Student Council recently presented a check for $200 to Red Cross Branch Director Danielle Hayden to aid efforts of the Red Cross.

Oswego’s recipients this year are Earl Bellinger, Rob Kronen, Amy LaLonde, Eric Wojtanik and Adam Wolfe. SUNY will honor Chancellor’s Award winners from around the state in an April 4 ceremony in Albany, while the Oswego students will be recognized on campus during Honors Convocation on April 20.

As part of the Fulton Rotary Club’s Food for Thought food drive, Fulton Savings Bank partnered with the club, the Sunrise Rotary Club, the city of Fulton Police and Fire departments, the Fulton City School District, Oswego Health and Oswego Industries to collect food for the food pantries at Catholic Charities and the Fulton Salvation Army.

Rotarian Bill Grace introduced Nancy Fox, president of the CNY Arts Center of Fulton, at a recent Noon Rotary meeting. She thanked the club for its donation to the “Break Into Writing Program.” With the donation, the CNY Arts Center was able to offer two scholarships to the program.

The course will be taught by instructor Kathy Hobson. Cost for the course is $75 and includes all course materials. The course is open to the public.

Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I – Pulaski) met with teachers from throughout Central New York at his office in Albany this week. They discussed school aid distribution and other matters affecting schools throughout Central and Upstate New York.