Community

Oswego’s Got Talent is seeking youth performers ages 8-21 years old from 2:15 – 4:15 p.m. on July 27 in West Park during Harborfest. The second annual Oswego’s Got Talent Show is a community collaboration celebrating creativity, youth artists, diversity, and creating an awareness of Oswego’s rich cultural resources.

Grace and Glory Reptiles of Oswego recently visited Sally Austin’s UPK class at Lanigan Elementary School. The visit followed a Common Core unit on reptiles and mammals.

During Older Americans Month, the Fulton Family YMCA encourages all adults 50 years and older in Fulton, to develop behaviors that are crucial to healthy aging, including healthy eating, increasing physical activity and social interaction.

The Oswego Youth Court program will hold a training program for new members from July 14 to 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Oswego City Hall. Students in grades 7 through 12 are eligible to apply for the Youth Court training.

The community is invited to watch a recently released movie at First United Church of Fulton, 33 S. Third St., on May 18 at 2 p.m. Admission is free.

As in the past years, the event will feature the biggest and the best Saturday morning parade, local music groups, a great food court, drinks, rides and fireworks. All entertainment is offered free to the public. The theme for 2014 is “Showing Gratitude To Our Veterans.”

The Oswego High School Student Council raised $2,500 organizing a faculty dodge ball tournament in which all proceeds went to Cooper Levine.

HERO students recently finished a project that took them out of their classroom and on the job site at A.A. Cole Elementary School in the Central Square Central School District. The students, in cooperation with the North Shore Junior Baseball League, refurbished the baseball diamond located adjacent to the school.

Fifth-grade students at Minetto Elementary School took a virtual trip to Cooperstown on Monday, where they got a glimpse of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and learned how basic mathematics skills are applied on the diamond.