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In the moments after the storm passed last night (July 8) the proprietor of one of the country’s few remaining drive-in theaters stood quietly near the projection room looking toward the destroyed movie screen. “It’s going to be a few days before we know what the insurance will say,” Midway Drive-In Theater owner John Nagelschmidt said.

UPDATE 10 PM: Emergency workers will continue working into the night in order to clear roadways.
Police are advising citizens that there may be live wires down that emergency crews are not aware of, at this point. Today (July 8), the city of Oswego experienced high winds which caused some significant damage in the form of fallen trees, downed power lines, and various power outages throughout the city of Oswego.

The last thing Lt. Col. Charles Callahan did before leaping from his plunging U.S. Air Force C-45 the evening of Sept. 11, 1952, was to set an autopilot course he hoped would guide the empty airplane to a crash landing in a remote spot where no one would be hurt. As plane crashes go, it was a wild success. The C-45 traveled 65 miles with no one aboard and crashed in Lake Ontario near Oswego, where it was recently discovered underwater after lying undisturbed and undetected for 62 years.

On July 16 at 7 p.m., Colonel Harold Youmans, U.S.A. Retired, will present an illustrated lecture entitled “Eight Days in May, the British Raid at Oswego, New York,” in the Enlisted Men’s Barracks at old Fort Ontario. Colonel Youmans will bring new information and insights into the May 5-6, 1814, British amphibious attack on Oswego intended to delay American ship construction at Sackets Harbor.

The Port City’s annual parade kicked off at 1 p.m. Sunday and lasted until nearly 3 p.m. The event had a little something for everyone, from music to a variety of vehicles and bands interspersed with several patriotic floats.