

Friday, AugIn the late 1700s Mexico came into being as the “Mother of Towns.” At the time, Mexico’s borders stretched far and wide, but eventually the boundaries were redrawn to the area that we know now as the town and village of Mexico. During their final field tests in Happy Valley Wildlife Management Area, all 10 students were individually evaluated for their skills in map and compass, land navigation, global positioning systems, and survival skills as they covered a course more than 1.6 miles in length. The students completed more than 75 hours of classroom training and field work between February and June. Friday, AugTen students of the Oswego County Search and Rescue (SAR) Academy recently completed their final field testing and are now participating in wilderness search and rescue operations across the region.
