Mike Barnes waves to the crowd following his fourth career Supermodified win at Oswego Speedway. Mike Barnes played all of his cards right at Oswego Speedway Saturday night, driving into victory lane for the fourth time in his career in the 50-lap Novelis Supermodified main event. Driving the Strong Racing No. 99, Barnes dove under(…)
The Oz Roller Girls held off the North Country Lumber Jills 130-127 in a back-and-forth roller derby bout recently at Oswego’s Crisafulli Rink. Right down the final jam, a scoring duel between Masso-Kiss-Tic Mandy for Oz and BamB for the Lumber Jills, the teams played a tight, heady and physical match. Masso-Kiss-Tic Mandy and Crushed(…)
by Kate Rothrock Spirit week was a success! Students enjoyed showing their spirit by dressing up for each themed day. For anyone who was wondering, the freshmen class won the hallway decorating contest. The pep rally included the introduction of each varsity sports team as well as a very entertaining tug of war between each(…)
by Nicole Reitz The Fulton Family YMCA will be offering an income-based program called Membership for All, according to Interim Executive Director Lisa Pachmayer. Membership for All is a scholarship program available to those unable to pay the full YMCA monthly fees. The program is designed to fit everyone’s financial situation on a sliding scale(…)
Cora May Ada, 88, of Fulton, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 at home. She was born in Cape Vincent and resided in Rochester for many years before moving to Fulton in 1991. She worked at Bausch & Lomb in Rochester for 35 years. She is survived by two nephews, Michael Ihrig of Rochester and Wilbert(…)
Sarah H. “Sally” Wilcox, 92, of Fort Myers, Fla., died Oct. 15, 2012. She was born Nov. 15, 1919 in Fulton, a child of Daniel and Marion (Shattuck) Hudson. A resident of Fort Myers for the past five years, she previously lived in Jordan, N.Y. where she worked as partner with her husband in their(…)
Andrew Henderson “Did time travelers help the allies win World War II?” That question was written in the subject line of a e-mail I recently received here at the office. Time travelers? World War II? I must admit that I was intrigued. “Did time travelers help the allies win World War ll?” the e-mail begins.(…)
by Jerry Kasperek Who remembers drinking Switchel? Dick Cronk does. It’s a homemade, hot weather thirst-quencher he drank as a teenager when he worked at the Mangeot farm off Hannibal Street. Dick is a classmate of mine from Good Old Fulton High’s Class of 1951. He had read my last column about local dairies and(…)
