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Wednesday, June 10

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- COVID-19 UPDATES & IN THE MAIL -
Offices; Real Estate; Essential and Phase II In-Store Retail; Vehicle Sales, Leases, and Rentals;
Retail Rental, Repair, and Cleaning; Commercial Building Management; 
Hair Salons & Barbershops
Phase 3 Industries are currently set to reopen Friday 
once the state grants the go ahead. 
Including: Food services and personal care services can reopen, including restaurants, spas, nail salons, message therapy, tanning and tattoo parlors.
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Click Here for the Latest from the CDC
Click Here for the NYS Department of Labor
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Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Oneida County is inviting the public to another Zoom-in garden class with CCE Master Gardener Linda Sturtevant, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 7:00-8:00pm. 
Looking for that perfect garden?  You already have beautiful flowers, lovely foliage and bountiful vegetables.  What more do you need?  How about HERBS?  Join Linda Sturtevant as she shares her years of experience growing herbs and showing others how to enhance their gardens with nature’s wonder plants.  You’ll learn how to start your herb garden with seed, plants, division and cuttings.  After guiding their growth through the season, Linda will show you how to harvest and store your delightful bounty.  To register visit  http://cceoneida.com/events/2020/06/17/growing-herbs-with-linda. 
 If you are experiencing lawn or garden problems, you may want to consider having your soil pH tested. CCE in Oneida County is still offering FREE soil testing for county residents for up to 3 total samples.  To see how to take and submit a soil sample visit http://cceoneida.com/home-garden/gardening/fact-sheets/soils   and click on Taking a soil sample for pH.  Samples must be left in the plastic bin outside the CCE building front door at 121 Second St. in Oriskany, NY.  Please leave just ¼ cup dry soil per sample and be sure to fill out the top of the form in the bin. Your results will be mailed to you unless you leave an email address that it can be sent too. 
 Cornell Cooperative Extension is always there to help answer your garden questions.  Call 315-7363394 and use extension 100 to leave your garden questions.  Your call will be returned as soon as soon as possible on weekdays from 8:30am-4:30pm. 

WCSD DISTRICT BUDGET VOTE
*UPDATED

NEW BUDGET VOTE DATE - JUNE 16

Voter Ballot Deadline For School Budget Votes and Board Election Extended

Governor Andrew Cuomo released an Executive Order today extending the deadline for absentee ballots to be received by school districts. Under the new order, ballots hand-delivered by 5 pm on June 9th and received by mail through June 16th will be counted. The order states that “No ballots for such election shall be accepted by the clerk of the school district or designee of the trustees or school board after 5 p.m. on June 9, 2020, except those received by mail in accordance with this provision. Any receptacle used for hand delivery of absentee ballots in such election shall be closed and removed at 5 p.m. on June 9, 2020; The ballots therein shall remain unopened pending delivery of mailed ballots, and shall be removed and canvassed after 5 p.m. on June 16, 2020.

Click Here for Link to Video on How to Vote


WCSD will be holding graduation on Saturday, June 20 at 10:30. The ceremony will still take place as a drive in event. The location has changed to the Jr./Sr. High School.
Additional details will be provided as soon as possible.

Senior Spotlights: Dustin Fuller, Isabella Buchanan, and Tyler Emerson







The National Junior Honor Society Induction was held in a curbside, socially distant manner on Tuesday Click Here to view video
Congratulations to the following students who were inducted:


The first local strawberry picture of the season was shared by Blunt's Berries of Deansboro this morning. Berries are available at their farmstand for now (near the train station), and they hope to open UPick coming up. *Update: they have sold out for today!


Strength and optimism along Route 12

Blooming azaleas shining among many landscapes


Don't forget, you can still mail your WCS Budget Vote in to be counted!

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