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SUNY Oswego students collected six awards at the fifth annual SUNYwide Film Festival and Symposium held in April at SUNY Fredonia. Peter Myers’ animated film “Gone Fishing” won first place in the animation category.

Discovery Day Care has openings in the preschool and school age rooms. Please call us for a tour at 695-4838. Discovery Day Care is a program of Oswego County Opportunities Education Services.

The H. Lee White Marine Museum will present the play “The Great Rope” written by Rosemary Nesbitt and directed by Jonel Langenfeld this summer on August 2, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Fort Ontario parade grounds. This production is a collaboration between the maritime museum, Fort Ontario State Historic Site and CNY Arts Center.

Using Oswego County Tourism as their platform, students devised companies that promoted the county’s strongest resources, with each team creating their own company name and logo. Promotional materials such as a tri-fold brochure and a 30-second commercial were also required.

There were a variety of options for the youth to explore at G. Ray Bodley High School during the school day, including literacy time, a physical education period, science adventures and art activities. In the art classroom, children created work using several mediums such as pastels, clay, beads and crayons.

Local dignitaries, school administrators and community representatives were on hand to commend the students for their dedication and volunteer service as part of the 18th annual President’s Youth Volunteer Service Award dinner.

Each year, Harborfest has an elaborate poster design. Sometimes it goes with a theme or there is a contest with guidelines. In the most recent years, posters have been created by Oswego High School students in a computer graphics class taught by Melissa Martin.