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Port City Roller Derby was one of only 28 leagues worldwide in this fast-growing sport to attain this sought-after designation. Its new apprentice class includes U.S. leagues from California to Texas to Maine, the nearby Albany All-Stars to leagues across the globe from Arkansas to Australia to Alberta to Amsterdam, Finland and France, England and Germany.

It may surprise many people to learn that 25 percent of those who die every year in the United States are veterans. To help provide care and support that reflects the important contributions made by these men and women, Oswego County Hospice is a national partner of the We Honor Veterans program and has obtained a level 2 of the four level tier.

The Oswego Rotary Club will lend its support to United Way’s efforts to combat hunger in Oswego County by holding their weekly meeting during the United Way’s annual Stone Soup Luncheon. Rotary Club members will also be donating non-perishable food items.

Local independent filmmakers are planning to screen their first film on November 27 at 7 p.m. The screening will be held at the McCrobie building at 41 Lake St., and is open to the public, free of charge.

Executive Director of the Child Advocacy Center of Oswego County, Karrie Damm announced that Norene Cook has joined the staff as an administrative assistant. Cook, who previously worked as a human resources coordinator and administrative assistant at the Miller Brewing facility in Fulton, had most recently worked in the customer service department at Kohl’s Department Store.

The Fulton Family YMCA hosted a great Halloween event which was enjoyed by many families in the community. The event has taken place for the past 8 years and grows in attendance each year. YMCA members and community participants were treated to hay rides, crafts, face painting, haunted displays, swamp monsters in the pool, DJ entertaining with music and mummy wraps, cookie decorating and refreshments and treats.

Using a scale to measure 1 kilogram of rice into Ziploc bags, students in Deb Kenney’s third-grade class at Fairley Elementary School learned about partitioning, decomposing and illustrating various problems during a lesson Thursday.

Exceptional Education students in Mary Ryan’s class were recently treated to an outing to the Pet Supply Store on Main Street in Mexico. Students have been learning about animal classification, living environments, what foods different animals eat and how they survive in the wild.

Guidance Counselor Barb Carroll said, “A group of OHS counselors recently took a several students to the Construction Career Day at the New York State Fairgrounds. Youth is vital to the construction industry. Today’s high school students represent the pool of workers from which the construction industry will recruit its future workforce.”