POTSDAM – The first three-week session of SUNY Potsdam’s Summer Youth Rock Climbing Program begins in Maxcy Hall Wednesday, June 1. The program is designed to teach children 8 to 12 years old the importance of communication, trust and patience through climbing.

Session I is June 1 to June 15, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays; Session II is 3 to 5 p.m. June 21 to July 5 Tuesdays.

Another session is for 13 to 17 year olds June 2 to 16, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays.

Letting drivers know they will be on the lookout for unsafe drivers this holiday weekend, state police made a number of drunk driving arrests overnight.

• Joseph L. Malette, 37, Thornhurst, Pa., was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated at 11:30 p.m. Friday on St. Hwy 37, Waddington. He was issued an appearance ticket for court at a later date.

AKWESASNE – With a steady rain developing late Thursday and into the early hours of Friday morning, and lasting throughout the day, and a forecast calling for more rain Friday night, Mohawk International Raceway track officials postponed Friday’s racing events and will race on Memorial Day Monday at 7 p.m.

St. Lawrence University senior Wendy Pavlus finished second in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships at Ohio Wesleyan University Thursday night, earning All America honors for the second time outdoors in her career. She finished ninth in Friday's steeplechase, just one spot out of a second straight All America finish.

By CRAIG FREILICH

The wet, cool weather in recent weeks has put many area farmers behind schedule, causing some to miss the best times for tilling and planting.

And some farmers are wondering whether they should even bother planting grass seed for hay, and thinking about planting shorter-season corn when conditions in their fields finally improve.

MASSENA — The New York Power Authority’s Hawkins Point Visitors Center and Boat Launch is now offering expanded summer hours just in time for Memorial Day Weekend.

The admission-free visitors center, part of the NYPA’s St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project, will now be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.

The visitors center offers many hands-on exhibits on energy, electricity, history and the environment.

Residents and visitors planning to recreate on the lands and waters of the Adirondacks this Memorial Day weekend should be aware of conditions to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience, the state Department of Environmental Conservation advises.

Recent and current flood conditions have impacted a number of DEC facilities and structures, the Adirondack bug season has begun, bears are out, and crowds are expected at DEC campgrounds and in the backcountry.

CANTON – Coakley Carpet One Ace Hardware, Outer West Main Street, hosts a soil testing and composting seminar Wednesday, June 1 at 6:30 p.m.

Presenting is Kristin Colarusso of Cooperative Extension.