Community

The Oswego Sunrise Rotary celebrated the Changing of the Guard recently. Board members also assumed their positions for this year.

Oswego County Sheriff Reuel A. Todd announced that 20 children from the county are attending the New York State Sheriffs’ Association Institute’s 2015 Summer Camp. The Sheriffs’ Summer Camp is designed to provide a solid recreational program combined with the development of a sense of good citizenship.

Harborfest Executive Director Doug Buske presented Assemblyman Will Barclay with a framed copy of the official Harborfest poster today (July 14) at Harborfest headquarters in Oswego. The contest was given to the students at G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton this year, challenging them to create a 2015 Harborfest poster design. This year’s winner was senior Chlarissia Crast.

Youth from Oswego County get ready to attend the 2015 Reality Check Youth Summit being held at Colgate University, July 14 -16. The summit will host more than 200 teens from across New York State, who are interested in exposing the marketing practices of Big Tobacco Companies that target youth as potential replacement smokers.

Barbecued chicken will be on the menu during Harborfest at the Salvation Army, 73 W. Second St. On July 24, dinners will be served from 3 p.m. until sold out. On July 25, serving will begin at noon and continue until sold out.

Major General Patrick A. Murphy, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership.

Ithaca College congratulates students named to Dean’s List for the spring 2015 semester

Members of Oswego’s Girl Scout Daisy Troop 10245 recently stopped by the Oswego Hospital Emergency Department to donate activity bags for children.