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Alex McRae Tops Record Field at Oswego Kartway

A regular season record 105 entries filed through Oswego Kartway’s gates on Friday night for racing action presented by Mark Cooper of Cooper Custom Canvas. Friday night’s program was action packed from 7:15 p.m. on, with three makeup features needing to be completed from May 23. Race officials managed to complete 18 heat races, two consolation events, and 14 features in only four hours.

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A young artist stretches to paint one of the murals created a few years ago.
Oswego Daily News

Committee Paves Way For Mural Project To Continue

The Springboard Mural Project has launched another season of bringing some color to Oswego’s Riverwalk West. In 2009, it was originally a city sponsored community development plan to address graffiti issues. Dozens of young artists are collaborating on around 50 new murals to be painted along the walkway.

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Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a holocaust survivor and author of the award winning memoir “Four Perfect Pebbles” shows Granby Elementary School students the yellow star she was forced to wear in Nazi Germany in the mid- to late-1930s. She explained how this badge identified her as Jewish and that during the time period Jewish people had many restrictions including only being allowed to shop on certain days and at certain times.
Fulton Daily News

Holocaust survivor recounts experience, shares message of hope and kindness at Granby Elementary

Granby Elementary School students put away their history books for a firsthand account of life during World War II. Holocaust survivor and author Marion Blumenthal Lazan spoke to fifth and sixth grade students at the school about life as a Jewish person in Nazi Germany.

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