OCAY League tests students' engineering skills
Dozens of local students from APW Central Square Fulton Hannibal Mexico Oswego Pulaski and Sandy Creek competed in the OCAY League third challenge Build Build Build. Teams built towers catapults clocks airplanes and irrigation systems judged on stability height distance and effectiveness. Mexico Academy and Central School District won first with Pulaski second and Oswego third with medals presented by coordinator Matthew Goodnough.
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Mexico
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Apwocay League
Danni Miller
Mexico Academy
Central School District
Pulaski Academy
Oswego City
Matthew Goodnough
Fulton City
JCB bands shine in spring concert at Birdlebough High
John C. Birdlebough High School musicians showcased talent in the annual spring bands concert. Symphonic band opened with Hill Country Holiday featuring Darren Fischer and Mason Lange on trumpet. Ashokan Farewell tied to Civil War documentaries, Ethan Hunt played baritone sax. The program closed with Aladdin medley, The Little Mermaid, Olympiada, Wicked selections, and a joint finale.
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Darren Fischer
Mason Lange
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Stepping On balance program starts April at Bishop's Commons
Oswego announces free seven session Stepping On workshop to reduce falls among adults 60 and older. Certified instructors from Oswego County Health Department Oswego Health Home Care and Bishop's Commons will lead weekly 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. sessions from April 24 to June 12 with one Memorial Day break. Registration closes April 12 and space is limited at 4 Burkle St Oswego NY.
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Salt Trade By Durham Boats At Oswego Before Canal
Maritime historian Richard Palmer details Oswego salt transport before the 1828 Oswego Canal. Batteaux and Durham boats carried cargo around Falls, with crews of five and up to twenty boats in service. Key figures include Townsend family, Horace Brace, Ichabod Brackett, James Lyon, Henry Fitzhugh, and the Farley brothers. In 1818 Oswego received 36,000 barrels of salt, 26,000 west via Niagara, with salt costing 7.50 at Oswego and 1.41 to Louisville. by 1856 volumes spiked, canals lowering costs and boosting inland trade.
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Ichabod Brackett
Mr. Lyon
Henry Fitzhugh
Farley
Lower Landing
George
Niagara Falls
Lewiston
Chicago
Welland
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Victoria Ross
Jack Ryan
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