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What lurks beneath the rocks in streams? Come find out while unearthing a whole new world.  Join Nature Chris on Saturday, July 26 from 2 pm – 3 pm and we will lead you in making your own stream critter craft, then slosh through a shallow, slow flowing stream looking for crayfish, aquatic insects, salamanders and minnows with a dip net. You won’t believe all the critters that live in this stream! You’ll get a bit wet so wear clothes and shoes that you don’t mind getting wet.

Stream Slosh and the entire Clover Kids series is designed for preschool children ages 3-5 with an adult companion.  There is a $3.00 adult/child pair and an additional child participant is $2.00.  Nonregistered siblings are not permitted. Registration fees will be collected on the day of the program.  Stream Slosh is an indoor/outdoor program. All program participants need to be dressed to go outside. Clover Kids is designed for families.  Schools, youth groups, daycare centers and playgroups need to make a reservation for a separate guided program.

The Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center is located at 748 State Route 183 in Amboy, Oswego County. Please call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County to sign up for this program, 963-7286 ext 401.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County provides equal program and employment opportunities.  Please contact the office if you have any special needs.

Oswego Harborfest has announced that the popular 50-50 Raffle to benefit Harborfest will return in 2009.

Farnham Family Services, an Oswego-based substance abuse treatment and prevention center, is now selling tickets for its 2009 Changing Lives Raffle.

As this column goes to press the 152nd Oswego County Fair should be in full swing at Sandy Creek. During the previous week the Heritage building was stocked full with many new and unique exhibits. We even brought down a piano for some live music!