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City and County of Oswego Recognize September as Literacy Month

September 29, 2009 Contributor
LVOC is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special dinner featuring author of The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read, John Corcoran, on September 30. He will also be addressing OHS students in the morning and SUNY Oswego College Hour at noon. College Hour is held at Campus Center Auditorium Room 118 and is open to the public.

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SUNY Oswego Invites The City To Walk The United Way

September 28, 2009 Contributor
In addition to lecturing in her Advanced Public Relations class, SUNY Oswego Public Relations Professor Tina Pieraccini is giving her students an opportunity to apply what they have learned to a good cause. For 18 years, Pieraccini’s students have organized a charity walk to benefit the Oswego County United Way.

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Local Media Supports Literacy

September 23, 2009 Contributor

Executive Director of LVOC and media sponsors met to discuss LVOC’s 25th Anniversary celebration featuring author and national literacy advocate John Corcoran.  The event is being held on Wednesday, September 30, 5:30 p.m. at the American Foundry.  For those who can’t attend, there will be a book signing at the river’s end bookstore in Oswego, NY at 4:30 PM.  From left – RoseAnn Parsons, Oswego Shopper; Jane Murphy, Executive Director LVOC; and Fred Reed, oswegocountytoday.com.  For more information, contact the LVOC office at 342-8839 or visit www.lvoswego.org.

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LVOC Presents ‘The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read’: His Story

September 21, 2009 Contributor
In 1961, he graduated college; by 1979, he had taught 17 years of high school English; in the early 1980s he made $50 million dollars in real-estate development – all this before he learned to read. Literacy advocate and author John Corcoran will be sharing his story at Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County’s (LOVC) 25th anniversary dinner on Wed., Sept. 30.

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