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Community

Ticket Sales ‘Brisk’ For 7th Annual Fulton Lions Loot

Ticket sales for the 7th annual “Lions Loot” sweepstakes have been brisk, said club President, David Guyer. “We’ve sold more than 600 tickets to date and anticipate that—just like last year—we’ll sell all 1,000 tickets for this fun, exciting event.” Lions Loot drawings are scheduled for 1 p.m., Sun. Oct. 18, 2009 at the Fulton Polish Home.

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Fulton Daily News

Do This Tonight: Jazz Fest Returns

It’s been a few years, but an old friend is back in town.

Fulton’s Jazz Fest opens tonight, renewing the festival that ran for years in downtown Fulton.  The event has a new home — behind the War Memorial.  Bring your own lawn chairs to enjoy two days of great music.

Below is tonight’s prime time entertainment, The Critics honr section with the Cortini Brothers rhythm section, seen here at Fulton’s Rock The Block event.

The full schedule:

Friday:
5:30 p.m.: The Do Good Swing Band
8:00 p.m.: The Critics with the Cortini Bros.

Saturday:
3:00 p.m.: Melvin Sparks
6:00 p.m.: Nancy Kelly
8:00 p.m.: Classified

Can’t make Jazz Fest?  How about the Fort Ontario Festival of the Arts on Saturday in Oswego or the annual Minetto Canal Splash fun canoe and kayak race at the Magic in Minetto festival.

Hey, do ’em all!

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Arts and Entertainment

Classified to Perform at Jazz Fest in Fulton

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Formed in the early 90’s the band brought together a number of talented Central New York musicians who had performed with some of the top acts in the area. The collective resume of the members was so long that it looked like a ‘classified’ ad, as a result the name Classified stuck and the band began its mission of EOE, equal opportunity entertainment for all.

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Oswego Daily News

Scene Around Town: A Waterspout In Oswego

Friend of the publication Tim Nekritz took the photo below Thursday morning in Oswego.  In the center of the photo you can see the beginnings of a waterspout poking down from the clouds, stretching towards the lake.

A waterspout is, essentially, a water tornado.

Read the whole story to get a visual explanation of what waterspouts are.

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Fulton Daily News

Maxwell: Police Made Errors In Drafting My Statements

<p>Lynn Maxwell</p>

Maxwell was pressed about the statements she gave to police on August 30, the day after Erin died, and on September 11.

Maxwell has said in court that Erin “could have pushed on the hinge side of the door and it would have come right off.”  Prosecutor Mark Moody asked her why that wasn’t in the statement she gave to police, which she reviewed and then signed.

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