The Oswego Lions Club will hold its 16th annual Wine and Beer tasting with silent auction March 21 at the American Foundry in Oswego. The event is scheduled for 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., with pre-sale tickets $15 and $20 at the door the night of the event. Pre-sale tickets are available at Cakes Galore or from any Lions Club member.
The Oswego City School District is gearing up to welcome next year’s class of Pre-Kindergarten students. Applications for the Oswego City School District Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) program are now available.
Matthew Lees of Cato is studying abroad in Rome, Italy, during spring semester. Lees is a third-year film and animation major in Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.
With their wild west musical not receiving good reviews, dancers Bobby Pepper and Bambi Bernet fear that the show will close and the entire company will be out of work. The scene is from the comic murder mystery musical Curtains, performed by Quirk’s Players this weekend (March 7 and 8) at the Bodley auditorium. Friday and Saturday will be at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
James H. Lee will be the topic of the first Oswego Town Historical Society meeting of 2014. It will be held at the Oswego Town Hall, 2320 County Route 20, on March 19 at 6:30 p.m. Lee, a resident of the town and North Sterling, was in the Battle of the Kearsage and Alabama 150 years ago this June.
Assemblyman Will Barclay voted to reform the controversial Common Core standards and curriculum. Assembly bill 8929 prohibits Common Core testing from counting against students’ permanent records or on teacher evaluation scores, but fails to delay these high-stakes tests or institute the type of long-term reforms necessary to remedy our education system.
The Pulaski High School Science Club was formed by teachers Carl Nylen and Thomas Pullen to increase students’ interest in science outside of the classroom setting. The co-advisors hoped to work on projects that would teach students the importance of sustainability and conservation of the world’s resources.
Fairgrieve Elementary School Principal Jean Ciesla recognized 22 students during a special Morning Express ceremony for their exemplary behavior. Exemplary behavior is celebrated at the school with monthly Expectation Expert Awards.
The panel of judges has been secured for The Next Great Idea 2014 Oswego County Business Plan Competition, according to Austin Wheelock, economic development specialist for Operation Oswego County and Co-Chair of NGI.
Staff from St. Luke Health Services joined colleagues at affiliates Bishop’s Commons, Michaud Residential Health Services and St. Francis Commons to take part in an organization-wide benefit for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, during National MS Awareness Week. For a monetary donation, staff “dressed casually” at work for the day in support of the National MS Society.
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