Community News

     The 2014 baseball season for Oswego Little League will kick off with the Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Player Registration at the Oswego Elks Lodge on Tuesday, February 11th, from 5:00 to 9:00 pm.

     Being a long cold winter, what better way to leave it behind if only for a short time than to tap into your creativity. Lakeside Artisans has two classes coming up in February.

     Audiences will have the opportunity to hear two of Canada`s foremost historians, author Dianne Graves and her husband, military historian Donald E. Graves, speak about civilian life during the War of 1812 and the British assault of Fort Erie at the Oswego War of 1812 Symposium Saturday, April 5.

Carl Emmons, Chair of the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign and Paul Conzone, Treasurer of the Oswego Fire Fighters Association, 126 Union present Carolyn Handville, coordinator of Oswego County Opportunities' Cancer Services Program Partnership with a donation in the amount of $2,500. The Oswego City Fire Fighters raised the money by selling specially designed pink t-shirts in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month. All proceeds will be used towards medical expenses that uninsured Oswego County residents face when obtaining life saving cancer screenings and diagnostic services. For more information on the Cancer Services Program Partnership, or the many free cancer services they offer to uninsured community members between 40 and 64 years of age, contact Carolyn Handville at 315-592-0830 or visit OCO's website at www.oco.org. or www.facebook.com/free.cancer.screenings.

     In 1792, after the Revolutionary War and long before he began his term as the nation`s fourth President, James Madison wrote, `War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason; and if any thing is to be hoped, every thing ought to be tried.` Ironically, although it is unlikely that he anticipated another war with Great Britain, Madison`s term encompassed the War of 1812, also known as the Second War for Independence.

     Lakeside Artisans, 191 West First Street, Oswego, is offering a class in Hand Painted Silk Scarves, another in its series of creative educational experiences for adults in our community. On Saturday, April 29, from 10am to 12pm, Cindy Schmidt will offer a class in how to use the resist and dye to decorate a silk scarf. Each participant will produce a scarf of their own design. All materials will be provided. There is a class limit of 6 participants.
To register for a class, a non-refundable registration fee of $10 is required. The deposit may be delivered to the store or mailed to Lakeside Artisans, 191 West First Street, Oswego NY 13126. The total class fee is $45 which includes the registration fee. For additional information, please contact us at 342-8880, www.lakesideartisans.com , or visit us on Facebook.

Come to the Oswego International War of 1812 Symposium to learn more about the war that helped secure America's independence and shape our young nation. The bicentennial commemoration continues with the fifth installment of the seminar which explores the events that earned respect for the U.S. from around the world.

'Student Night' returns to kick off the Oswego International War of 1812 Symposium at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 17. The Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center in Oswego hosts the fifth annual event which continues through Sunday, April 19. Learn more about this chapter in history and hear behind-the-scenes stories about the campaign from an esteemed panel of multinational historians throughout the weekend.

The Oswego County Community Foundation (Oswego Foundation) recently achieved its $500,000 fundraising goal with the help of a $14,000 gift from Oswego native Eleanor Filburn and a $122,000 contribution from NBT Bank's charitable foundation. These gifts helped the Oswego Foundation secure a $200,000 matching grant jointly issued last year by the Central New York Community Foundation and the Richard S. Shineman Foundation.