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Titled “Fight and Flight,” the fourth and final Oswego County Academic Youth League competition was set in an historic venue. Located at Oswego’s historic Fort Ontario, the competition featured two main tasks, each executed in two different ways. The first task involved the construction of two kites, one focused on performance and functionality, and the other on aesthetics.

Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church will dedicate its newly restored sanctuary and fellowship hall during its 11 a.m. service on June 9. There will be no 8:30 service. Following the service, the church History Committee will host a display of pictures, memorabilia and books  on the history of the church from its founding in 1870 to present.

This year’s Larry Mitchelson Fine Arts Scholarship recipient is Mariah Munger. Munger is a senior at G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton and will receive a $1,000 scholarship towards her education at the State University of New York New Paltz.

The Fulton Junior High School’s Friends of Rachel (FOR) club recently collected much-needed items for the Oswego County SPCA and their four-legged friends. Some of the members are pictured here with the donations that included kitty litter, food, toys, blankets and other supplies for dogs and cats at the local animal shelter.

The top storytellers from each elementary school in the Fulton City School District were honored last week at a district-wide storytelling festival at the Fulton Education Center. Participants shared folklores, fairytales, legends and fables which ranged from spooky to downright hysterical. Many even included a useful moral lesson that provided a bit of advice to audience members.

Hope Fest 2013 is fast approaching, with three evenings of Christian outreach at the Fulton War Memorial June 7, 8 and 9. To help those without transportation, and also for those who do not want to have to park far away, the Hope Fest Committee is partnering with Oswego County Opportunities to provide free shuttle bus service each night.

More than two dozen members of churches from around Central New York gathered in Fulton on May 25, to provide a float about Hope Fest 2013 in the annual Fulton Services Club Memorial Day Parade.

Oswego County BOCES Career and Technical Education students in the Public Safety and Justice program participated in a multi-day training session at the Oswego County Emergency Response and Training Center.