Articles by Mikayla Kemp

Sports

Fulton Spring Sports Recap Highlights Unified Basketball Season

June 15, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

According to Fulton City School District’s athletic director Christopher Ells, the district saw a successful spring sports season despite having to dodge a lot of rain and mud. The highlight of the season came from the district’s first year participating in Unified Sports along with other schools throughout Section III. Fulton formed a unified basketball team, the first ever team of its kind at the district, that paired 12 special education students with 5 regular education students to compete in games and practices throughout the season coached by Josh Viscome and Joe Meeks, both employees in the district.

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G. Ray Bodley to Implement New Seminar Course

June 14, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

A unanimous decision by the Fulton City School District Board of Education will allow district leaders to move forward with the implementation of a new course at the high school. Seminar, a graded half credit course, will be held every other day for 40 minutes following similar guidelines of a former advisory program in which students meet with one teacher for the duration of their four years. The course will be implemented for incoming ninth and tenth grade students in its first year although the goal of district officials is to eventually phase it in for all grade levels at G. Ray Bodley High School.

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Foster Park Fills With Hundreds for ‘A Day in the Park’

June 12, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

“It was a fabulous Day in Foster Park!” said Kelley Weaver, President of Friends of Fulton Parks. Recently, the volunteer non-profit group aimed at restoring Fulton’s parks hosted “A Day in the Park” at Foster Park offering a free evening of fun for all. “Many groups, organizations, and individuals each brought their piece to the puzzle and the result was an afternoon filled with family, friends, fun, and physical activity in Foster Park,” Weaver said. “The event was a success because of everyone who was involved, and the Oswego Federal Credit Union who sponsored the event.”

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FFD Honors Former Assistant Chief Killed In Line Of Duty

June 12, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

It was 90 years ago today when Fulton Fire Department’s Assistant Chief, Elsworth J. Rude rushed into a burning house in attempt to save what was assumed to be sleeping members of the Dwyer family. At 63 years old, Assistant Chief Rude showed no hesitation to perform his duties although ultimately, that meant losing his life. Today, incoming Chief of the Fulton Fire Department, David Eiffe shared the story of Fulton’s own hero Elsworth Rude on the 90th anniversary of his death during a remembrance ceremony in his honor.

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Pratt House Opens With Annual Porch Party

June 11, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

The John Wells Pratt House Museum is one of Fulton’s most historic sites featured in an original home built by hand by the Pratt family in 1861. Each year, Friends of History in Fulton, Inc. allows the house at 177 S. First St. to open to the public for the summer and fall season to showcase Fulton’s rich history after an annual porch party kicks off the season. This year, the porch party followed a “Let Summer Begin” theme after what seems like months of consistent rain has halted the arrival of warmth and sunshine. With the weather following suit, a sunny evening allowed dozens of guests to flood the Pratt House to enjoy new history exhibits and rooms full of colorful, flavorful food. Officially kicking off the season, guests were some of the first to be able to see the new exhibits on the first floor of the museum.

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The condition of the section of the former Nestles site designated to Aldi supermarket, on the corner of Fay and S. Fourth Streets as of May 8, 2017.
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Fulton Council Expends More Money to Clear Aldi Site at Former Nestle Location

June 7, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Common Council approved the expenditure of an additional $100,000 to allow Fulton based contractor, Rowlee Construction to continue removing debris from the former Nestle site. Last month, the council accepted a bid from Rowlee to remove debris from the 2.2 acre corner parcel of the site that is designated to incoming supermarket chain, Aldi. Rowlee is on pace to exceed the $100,000 limit as of the current work that has been completed, requiring the council to consider an additional approval for continued work, Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. said.

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Tim Conners Returns Home After “Intense” Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro

June 6, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

This afternoon at roughly 1:45, Tim Conners returned to his anxiously awaiting family after an adventurous two-week stretch in Africa. Conners, commonly referred to as Tim Possible, traveled the 7,556 miles from Fulton to the Kilimanjaro International Airport in Africa two weeks ago to begin his trek to the top of the highest point on the African continent as part of his MounTimPossible mission. On his twelfth day in Africa, Conners and his team partnered with K2 Adventures Foundation reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at 18,885 feet after 53 hours of climbing over a nine day stretch.

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Photo by Kelley Weaver
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Friends of Fulton Park Presents: A Day in Foster Park

June 6, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

This Saturday (June 10) Friends of Fulton Park, as sponsored by Oswego County Federal Credit Union, will present a day full of free fun at Fulton’s Foster Park. The event will include music from KingKat DJ Music, an inflatable obstacle course, bottle flipping contests, horse rides, an animal show, face painting, games, and more.

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Fulton Block Builders Awards First Check to Homeowners

June 5, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Block Builders has awarded the first matching grant check to homeowners in the city that were selected for the program. Based off the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, Fulton Block Builders is a grassroots, non-for profit neighborhood revitalization program that offers homeowners partial recovery of their home improvement expenses. After completing more than $2,300 worth of exterior enhancements to their property, Albert and Ellen Zaranka only requested a $500 return despite the possibility to have received more.

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Arts and Entertainment

Hair Nation Brings Big Sound, Big Hair to Sharkey’s

June 3, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

Hair Nation will rock the stage at Sharkey’s of Liverpool on Wednesday, June 7. The four members of Hair Nation will bring their rocking renditions of 80’s Sunset Strip rock from artists such as Aero Smith, Bon Jovi, Whiskey A Go Go and more. Their big sound will accompany their big hair as the group, having formed seventeen years ago, is no stranger to supplying the hard rock in style.

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