This May, the Oswego Players is reintroducing the Don McCann Memorial Play writing contest after a hiatus of a number of years. The play writing contest committee chair, Norman Berlin III, announced that the contest will begin on May 15 with June 15 as the deadline for submissions.
The North Country Quilting Guild is bringing noted quilting instructor Julie Burger to Watertown to offer a workshop and trunk show on May 22. Burger is a certified Judy Niemeyer Quiltworx instructor, trained at the Quiltworx studios in Kalispell, Montana.
Several Universal Pre-Kindergarten half-day programs in the Oswego City School District still have openings available for the 2018-19 school year. Due to a lack of requests for the afternoon program at Leighton and feedback received regarding interest for an afternoon program at Minetto, the district has decided to cancel the PM class at Leighton and add a PM class at Minetto.
The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.
Poet Laura Donnelly of SUNY Oswego’s English and creative writing department has earned the 2018 Provost’s Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity. Donnelly, winner of the Cider Press Editors’ Prize for “Watershed,” her acclaimed 2014 book of poetry, will be recognized this fall during the college’s Academic Affairs Retreat.
The crowd roared for each made basket, cheerleaders performed during timeouts and coaches and teammates shouted encouragements to athletes on the court – but this is no ordinary game. In the first contest of the inaugural Unified Basketball season, something much more important than determining the winning and losing teams was happening.
Inspirational hearing-impaired singer and national recording artist Sherry Anne will perform at the CNY Arts Center, 11 River Glen Drive, Fulton, on May 12 at 1 p.m. The event is being hosted by Great Commission Women of the Fulton Alliance Church.
Expectant mothers can learn the benefits of breastfeeding at a community breastfeeding shower to be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 18 at Oswego Hospital’s JPC conference room. Women who are breastfeeding for the first time or those who plan to breastfeed are encouraged to attend this free event coordinated by the Oswego County Breastfeeding Coalition.
An afternoon of fun, fantastic door prize give-a-ways, food and beverages, live music by local favorites “Jimmy D and The Jury” and the big cash prize raffle drawing for $25,000 are all a part of this year’s “Bundle of Bucks” Charity Raffle Party.
The annual golf outing will be held June 4 at the Oswego Country Club. Rehab Resources/Little Lukes has been a long-time sponsor of the tournament, which supports excellent local healthcare services in the community.
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