OGDENSBURG – Comics Club! with Dave W. Ferry will be offered Saturday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Kid's Place, part of the Frederic Remington Art Museum educational center.

Explore figure drawing, character development, perspective drawing, sequential storytelling, and most importantly--bringing ideas to life.

The cost is $18 members/$20 non-members.

Contact Lauren at 393-2425.

With Unemployment Insurance benefits about to expire for 200,000 out-of-work New Yorkers, and with action in Washington to extend benefits uncertain, the state Department of Labor is highlighting a program to help New York's long-term unemployed get back to work.

The $3.8 million program, called On-the-Job Training (OJT), also incentivizes employers to hire by offsetting up to 90 percent of the costs of training new hires.

HOPKINTON -- The Hopkinton Historical Society will host its annual holiday party for children Saturday, Dec. 11 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Hopkinton Town Hall.

Various activities will be held throughout the afternoon with Santa arriving by fire truck at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be available.

More info: Sue Wood. at 328-4321.

CANTON – SUNY Canton junior midfielder Emily Bush of the women’s soccer team has been named a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete.

In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for the honor.

POTSDAM – The St. Lawrence County Arts Council offers classes for ages 6-18 to explore the world of the arts.

All classes are held on the second floor of Downtown Snell Hall. Contact the SLC Arts Council to register and pre-pay for classes at 265-6860, www.slcartscouncil.org or by stopping by 51 Market St.

To the Editor:

Can we please get a place to eat like Applebee’s or Outback steak house -- even a Dinosaur barbecue? I’m tired of pizza, Mexican and Chinese!

I would like to “sound off” about what Parishville needs. I think that someone should consider putting in a laundromat in one of the stall spaces at the old town barns. Parishville residents should not have to take their clothes to Potsdam and have to sit around waiting for them.