Month: August 2009

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Fulton Daily News

Do This Tonight: Hannibal Field Days Parade

August 13, 2009 Contributor
The Island Band

The Island Band (seen here at Fulton’s Memorial Day Salute parade earlier this year) will be among the bands making music at tonight’s annual parade through the streets of Hannibal.

The Hannibal Fire Department’s annual field days open with the big parade, then oldies from Ruby Shooz at the field days site.

Friday night’s featured band is the big local rock band Under The Gun.  Saturday, the annual classic country show brings the Grammy award-winning band, The Kentucky Headhunters, to Hannibal.

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Community

Regional Summer School Supports Make-A-Wish

August 13, 2009 Contributor
For the past six years, students enrolled in the Regional Summer School have raised money in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York, Inc. Pictured at the presentation to Make-A-Wish are front row, left to right: Karen Humphrey, Middle School Assistant Principal; Raina Hinman, Middle School Principal; Michael Smolnik, High School Principal; and Christopher Tynan, High School Assistant Principal. Back row, left to right: Amanda Davis, office assistant; students Hailey Rice and Krista Greenleaf; Andrea Marshall, Make-A-Wish Foundation; and students Michael Bartlett, John Siler, and Travis Castiglia.

Students in grades 7-12 took part in the fund-raising efforts in several different ways. Middle school students participated in two hat days to help raise money for the cause and monetary contributions were collected throughout the entire six weeks of school. The final fundraiser for Make-A-Wish was “Guess How Many M & Ms are in the Jar?”

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