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Are you interested in serving your community while earning money for school? Do you want to be part of a team that improves the lives of youth in Oswego County? The Oswego AmeriCorps program is seeking applications for the 2013-2014 term of service. Applications are currently being accepted for several 900-hour AmeriCorps positions that will start Oct. 1.

The Oswego County Health Department will hold a rabies clinic for cats, dogs, and pet ferrets from 6 to 8 p.m.  Aug. 7, at the Granby Town Highway Garage, 820 County Route 8. New York State law requires that all cats, dogs, and pet ferrets be vaccinated against rabies. The first rabies vaccine should be given at three months of age.

Oswego Players’ director, Sherri Baker, has released a cast list for the 75th anniversary fall production, “Don’t Drink the Water,” an uproarious comedy written by Woody Allen. The show takes place in a foreign embassy, where a family has sought asylum from the Communist police.

The Fulton Family YMCA is providing a night off for parents! On August 17  from 5 – 9 p.m. the Y will be booming from laughter and fun. Kids will be broken up in two different age groups ages 2-6 and 7-12. Kids in the 2-6 ages group will be active in games, arts and crafts and imaginary play.

In an effort to support the United Way Stuff-A-Bus campaign, area businesses will be selling paper buses to help raise money to purchase school supplies for students in Oswego County who are in need for the upcoming school year. Working in collaboration with school districts throughout Oswego County, United Way is looking to Stuff-A-Bus with school supplies.

Morrisville State College recently announced those students who were named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2013 semester.

At its annual meeting in June, Operation Oswego County presented the 2013 Martin Rose Economic Developer Merit Award to Ronald L. Woodward Sr. for his outstanding record of exhibiting leadership, support and cooperation in helping to further economic development efforts and improving the business climate and quality of life in the city of Fulton and in Oswego County.

The Oswego County Emergency Management Office has announced that the system of emergency notification sirens surrounding the three nuclear power plants at Nine Mile Point are scheduled to be tested Aug. 5, through 9, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The test is a portion of the regular testing program of the Oswego County emergency alert system.

Parents eagerly anticipate the moment when their child first begins to talk. But for some parents, it is a time of anxiety because their child struggles to get words out. As many as five percent of preschool children nationwide have repetitions and prolongations of sounds severe enough to be of concern to their parents.