Fresh off the release of her debut children’s book published by Disney Hyperion, Jennifer Jackson, an Oswego alumna in English and theater, will lead off SUNY Oswego’s Living Writers Series with a free presentation at 3 p.m. Sept. 9, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium.
The Oswego County Legislature’s Health Committee presented a proclamation to Ellen Holst in recognition of her 16 years of service to the Oswego County Board of Health.
Aside from fitness and nutrition, AmeriCorps members, Cassie Tighe and Megan Dignean and the children painted a stencil of the United States on the basketball court. The children loved being involved and creative, allowing them the opportunity to claim ownership in their work.
Parents of Special Children, Inc. recently sponsored a trip to the Wild Animal Park in Chittenango for individuals with special needs and their families. The day was filled with plenty of excitement and information about domestic and exotic animals from all over the world.
Oswego County is working with the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board and neighboring counties on a new initiative, Solarize CNY. The program is made possible through a grant by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to reduce start-up costs of solar power in Central New York.
Town officials were recognized by the County Legislature’s Health Committee at the August monthly meeting in Pulaski.
The Department of Social Services is looking for people who would like to become foster parents, particularly for children ages eight and over who may have special needs for supervision.
The director of the Oswego County Veterans Services Agency, Donna W. Kestner,was honored by the New York American Legion as“Service Officer of the Year” at the annual state convention held in Buffalo in July.
Nancy Weber of the Oswego County Farm Bureau presented the 2015 Jan Clark Memorial Scholarship Award to Max Lowery at the Oswego County Fair in July.
A character from one of humankind’s earliest great works of literature has a new life as the hero of an epic poem by Lewis Turco, emeritus professor of English and creative writing at SUNY Oswego. “The Hero Enkidu: An Epic” was published this summer by Bordighera Press. One reviewer described the 100-page poem, as a 21st century A.D. takeoff on the 21st century B.C. “Gilgamesh,” an epic poem about a king in ancient Mesopotamia.
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