Oswego River report:

According to Larry Muroski of Larry’s Oswego Salmon Shop:

Conditions on the river have not changed. There is still high water running at 15,600cfs this afternoon. This makes most of the river unaccessible. We have little to no precipitation in the forecast for the next few days so hopefully we will begin to see some improvement. 

 Click here for Brookfield Varick Fish Safely Brochure.

Click here for current water flow.

Lake Ontario report:

According to Capt. Kevin Davis of Catch the Drift Fishing Charters:

We had some decent fishing over the weekend. Friday and Saturday we took some lake trout and a few steelhead. On Sunday we began to see some kings moving in with four nice ones landed.

According to Capt. Tom Burke of Cold Steel Fishing Charters:

So far the fishing season on Lake Ontario can be described as big fish and mixed up! Constant wind from many directions have kept our fish on the move and scattered. However the mixed bag we have been catching and results of early tournaments and derbies on the lake along with the bait we have been seeing has shown that there has been and will be BIG fish this year.

 Salmon River/Port Ontario report:

The river is fairly quiet this time of year. The water flow is running at 335cfs through this evening.

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Port Ontario:

The eastern end of the lake has been producing a few brown trout. The lake trout bite continues to be good and anglers are finding a few salmon moving in to the deeper water. A more consistent weather pattern seems to be developing for the next few days so enjoy the fishing.

Oneida Lake report:

The fishing on the lake continues to be decent. The walleye bite has been consistent in 10-20 feet of water with some success being reported in deeper water. Bucktail jigs tipped with a worm or blade baits have been working well. Shore anglers are taking some walleye with stickbaits or jigs just before or after dark. The black bass season opened on Saturday with some activity near shore and along the weedbeds.

Sandy Pond report:

Anglers are finding a decent walleye and northern pike bite on the pond. There has been some bluegill and very spotty perch activity. Minnows, worms and jigs remain the suggested bait.

Pat Lavery is scheduled to start on the outside of the front row in the first Novelis Supermodified main event Saturday night. Lavery has 36 career Top 5 finishes at Oswego Speedway, the most of any driver without a main event win. (Bill Taylor Photo)

OSWEGO, NY (June 11, 2013) – With a rain shortened program on June 1, an already exciting June 15 racing program at Oswego Speedway has reached another level.

Century 21 Galloway Realty Night at the Races on June 15, which features the first driver autograph session of the season presented by Entergy as well as the Grossman St. Amour Make-a-Wish Foundation 2-Seat Supermodified ride, will now see four feature events on the schedule with 150-laps of racing for only $15.

Joining the regularly scheduled 50-lap Novelis Supermodified main event and 30-lap Pathfinder Bank SBS main will be the final 20-laps of the SBS feature from June 1 as well as the full 50-laps of the Novelis Supermodified main from Best Western PLUS/Quality Inn and Suites Night at the Races.

Ticket pricing for the June 15 program will remain the same as originally scheduled with $15 general admission seating, $20 padded reserved seating, $30 pit passes, and limited VIP tower seating for $75. As usual, kids 16 & under will be admitted FREE with paid adult.

Price Chopper Tickets to Go will also be available for Century 21 Galloway Realty Night at the Races from any Price Chopper Supermarkets store for only $14.

The evening’s racing schedule will vary slightly in order to accommodate the full order of the night.

In order to make plenty of time for race fans young and old to come down to the front straight for the Entergy Driver’s Autograph session onJune 15, grandstand gates will open at 3:30pm with hot laps beginning at 3:45pm.  The autograph session will then run from 5:15pm through 6:15pm with the final 20-laps of the June 1 SBS feature taking the green flag promptly at 6:30pm.

At the conclusion of the SBS make-up feature the make-up Supermodified feature will take the green for a full 50-laps of action.

Following the make-up events the Pathfinder Bank SBS heats will take to the track for their June 15 program followed by the Grossman St. Amour Make-a-Wish Foundation 2-Seat Supermodified ride.  After the 2-Seat Supermodified reaches victory lane with its special passenger, the Novelis Supermodified heat races will hit the Speedway followed by the SBS consi and a brief intermission.

Once everyone catches their breath, the Speedway will go green again for another 80-laps as the Pathfinder Bank SBS series will go 30-laps capped off with the 50-lap Novelis Supermodified main.

The Century 21 Galloway Realty 50-lap Novelis Supermodified main will see a halfway bonus of $100 paid to the driver that leads lap 25 from the Mexico Men’s Auxiliary of VFW Post 369 in Mexico, NY.

SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE BELOW:

2pm: Pit Gates Open
3:30pm: Grandstand Gates Open
3:45pm: Hot Laps Begin
5:15pm-6:15pm: Entergy Driver Autograph Session
6:30pm: June 1 Pathfinder Bank SBS Feature
- June 1 Novelis Supermodified Feature
- June 15 Pathfinder Bank SBS Heats
- Grosman St. Amour Make-a-Wish Foundation 2-Seat Super Ride
- June 15 Novelis Supermodified Heats
- June 15 Pathfinder Bank SBS Consi
- Brief Intermission
- June 15 Pathfinder Bank SBS Feature
- June 15 Novelis Supermodified Feature
- Pits Open for Spectators

For more information on Oswego Speedway visit online atwww.oswegospeedway.com, FOLLOW on Twitter @OswegoSpeedway, or LIKE on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OswegoSpeedway.

About Oswego Speedway: Oswego Speedway, a sports entertainment company, is a 5/8 mile semi-banked pavement racing oval located off the shores of Lake Ontario in scenic Oswego, NY. Oswego Speedway has been a continuously run weekly racing venue since August, 1951. The premier open-wheel pavement short track cars in the world, Supermodifieds, run weekly at Oswego Speedway making Oswego the only weekly Supermodified racing venue in the world. The Small Block Supermodifieds accompany the full blown Supers on a weekly Saturday night schedule which runs from May through September. Oswego Speedway is mentioned in racing circles as the “Indy of the East,” as no fewer than a dozen past and present competitors have competed at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway including Mario Andretti, arguably the greatest driver of all time, two-time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock, along with former International Classic Champions Bentley Warren, Joe Gosek, and Davey Hamilton.

Most everyone enjoys a good story and Ward will be relaying interesting tales highlighting the Erie Canal. One such humorous tale focuses on the Day Peckinpaugh, built in 1921, who was a frequent visitor to Oswego. This commercial vessel carried dry cement from Oswego to Rome and was retired from service in 1994.

 Another true story Ward will share will be about a real whale that was towed by barges along the Barge Canal System finally winding up in Oswego, New York. The Marine Museum offers an array of books in its gift shop, including a children’s book “There’s a Whale in the Canal” by Ron Mazzarella along with other books focused on the canal and storytelling themes.

The Day Peckinpaugh, a frequent visitor to Oswego in the past, will be one of the story subjects Dan Ward, Curator at the Erie Canal Museum, will present at a FREE lecture at the H. Lee White Museum and Maritime Center on Saturday, June 22, at 1:30pm. Photo courtesy of tug44.org.

 Ward has collaborated before with the HLWMMC on a video documentary about the museum’s canal boat NYS Derrick Boat 8. He has also worked with a number of other organizations to document contemporary culture along the inland Waterways in New York State. ”History told directly by the person who experienced it has a certain edge that is often missing from the historian’s narrative.” stated, Ward of the Erie Canal Museum.

The collection of documentations will ultimately result in a film that examines the cultural impact of the economic boom and bust cycles in canal side communities, throughout the Erie Canal’s two centuries of operation, Ward will also feature excerpts from the museum’s oral history project as part of his lecture. 

“The H. Lee White Museum looks forward to a continued partnership with the Erie Canal Museum as we have successfully done so on projects in the past.” noted Mercedes Niess, Executive Director of the HLWMMC. 

Additional information and interesting tidbits about the Erie Canal will be on display for your perusal prior to and after the lecture. 

The H. Lee White Museum and Maritime Center is located at the end of the West First Street Pier, in Oswego’s historic maritime district.  For more information about the program, or other museum activities, contact the H. Lee White Marine Museum at(315) 342-0480, or at info@hleewitemarinemuseum.com.  Also, visithleewhitemarinemuseum.com, facebook.com/hlwmm and facebook.com/oswegolh. 

Located at 5930 Scenic Ave. in Mexico, VFW Post 369 will provide a $100 bonus to the Novelis Supermodified driver that leads lap 25 of the Century 21 Galloway Realty 50-lap main event on June 15, which will be the second Supermodified feature of the night.

Due to the rain shortened program on June 1, double features will be run on June 15 with the final 20-laps of the Pathfinder Bank SBS main and the full 50-laps of the Novelis Supermodified main being run at the beginning of the June 15 racing program.  The VFW Post 369 Halfway Bonus will be awarded in the evening’s final feature event.

The Mexico Men’s Auxiliary of VFW Post 369 will be holding their third annual car show on Sunday, June 9 beginning at 9am.  The show will feature 17 different classes of classic cars to be judged for awards, which will be presented at 4pm.  General admission for the show is only $3, and the event will fund many veteran and community charities locally as well as state wide.

For more information on VFW Post 369 as well as the Mexico Men’s Auxiliary Car Show visit online at www.vfwpost369.com.

For more information on Oswego Speedway visit online atwww.oswegospeedway.com, FOLLOW on Twitter @OswegoSpeedway, or LIKE on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OswegoSpeedway.

About Oswego Speedway: Oswego Speedway, a sports entertainment company, is a 5/8 mile semi-banked pavement racing oval located off the shores of Lake Ontario in scenic Oswego, NY. Oswego Speedway has been a continuously run weekly racing venue since August, 1951. The premier open-wheel pavement short track cars in the world, Supermodifieds, run weekly at Oswego Speedway making Oswego the only weekly Supermodified racing venue in the world. The Small Block Supermodifieds accompany the full blown Supers on a weekly Saturday night schedule which runs from May through September. Oswego Speedway is mentioned in racing circles as the “Indy of the East,” as no fewer than a dozen past and present competitors have competed at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway including Mario Andretti, arguably the greatest driver of all time, two-time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock, along with former International Classic Champions Bentley Warren, Joe Gosek, and Davey Hamilton.

The program will take place in Oswego’s “Historic Maritime District” on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 28, 29 & 30, you and your family can join in an instructional, hands-on program that culminates in a completed boat for your family’s use. 

Eric and Nicole Davis, of Central Square, sit in the
skiff their family built in 2009, during the H. Lee White Marine
Museum and Maritime Center’s Family Boat Building Weekend. This year,
the same three boats shown in this picture will be offered as options
to build. Call 342-0480 for more details or check
hleewhitemarinemuseum.com or fb.com/hlwmm.

 This is our seventh year offering this unique opportunity and there are three styles of boats to choose from.  All materials are provided, but a limited number of kits are available.   

Compared to other boat building programs in the Northeast, this workshop is made more affordable thanks to the generous support of Raby’s ACE Home Center.

 At least one responsible adult, parent or guardian over the age of 18 years, must be included in each family or group and there is an age minimum of 9 years old for the children due to the skills needed to complete the project. Groups of at least two are requested. 

You must register as soon as possible and pre-payment is required. Space is limited, so participation will be on a first registered and paid basis.

  Contact the H. Lee White Marine Museum at 342-0480 orinfo@hleewhitemarinemuseum.com for more information. Or visithleewhitemarinemuseum.com or facebook.com/hlwmm for more programming information.

All proceeds from the charity walk will benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY.

The Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY, based in Syracuse, NY, is a safe and comfortable place where families whose children are hospitalized in Central New York with serious and sometimes terminal illnesses can find relief just around the corner.  RMHC of CNY gives these families, who often suffer great financial burden due to expenses needed to tend to the medical needs of their child, a place to stay.

Since opening their doors in 1982, more than 17,000 families have found comfort and hope at the Ronald McDonald House in Syracuse.

The track walk is open to individual participants and teams.  At check-in each walker will be provided a lap sheet to keep track of their own laps; while awards will be given for completion of the most laps, participants looking to have a leisurely walk and not record laps are welcome to do so.

Refreshments will be made available throughout the race and participants can take breaks at any time.

Participants can register online at www.oswegospeedway.com by clicking on the Racing for Ronald McDonald House link on the left side of the page.  Completed registration forms can be mailed to Oswego Speedway with payment at 300 E. Albany St., Oswego, NY 13126.

All team members must pay a $20 registration fee.  Checks must be made payable to Racing for Ronald McDonald House.

Registration and pledge forms, as well as a full schedule of events are located at www.oswegospeedway.com.

At the conclusion of the track walk there will also be a charity kickball match on the Speedway grounds between ISMA and Oswego Speedway car owners and drivers.  Admission to the kickball match is free and the team that earns the most money in their donation boxes will be declared as the winner.

Event organizers would like to thank the following companies for their support:

Burke’s Home Centers, C’s Farm Market and Beverage Center, Coca-Cola, Eagle Beverage, Gioia Signs, Hill & Markes, Inkspot, International Supermodified Association, JB Sign Co., KDP Townhouses, Oswego Speedway, Mitchell’s Speedway Press, McDonald’s, Slice N’ Go Deli, Staples, and Top Stitch.

A full night of racing at Oswego Speedway will follow the walk beginning at 6:30pm.  The night’s racing will feature the second round of the Shea Concrete ‘Steel Palace’ ISMA SuperSeries with a 50-lap ISMA Supermodified main event and a 35-lap Pathfinder Bank SBS series feature.

For more information on Oswego Speedway visit online atwww.oswegospeedway.com or LIKE on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/OswegoSpeedway or FOLLOW on Twitter @OswegoSpeedway.  Those interested in Speedway video programming online can subscribe to the Speedway’s YouTube Channel, ‘OswegoSpeedwayOnline’.

To purchase tickets for the 2013 racing season call the Speedway box office at (315) 342-0646.

About Oswego Speedway: Oswego Speedway, a sports entertainment company, is a 5/8 mile semi-banked pavement racing oval located off the shores of Lake Ontario in scenic Oswego, NY. Oswego Speedway has been a continuously run weekly racing venue since August, 1951. The premier open-wheel pavement short track cars in the world, Supermodifieds, run weekly at Oswego Speedway making Oswego the only weekly Supermodified racing venue in the world. The Small Block Supermodifieds accompany the full blown Supers on a weekly Saturday night schedule which runs from May through September. Oswego Speedway is mentioned in racing circles as the “Indy of the East,” as no fewer than a dozen past and present competitors have competed at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway including Mario Andretti, arguably the greatest driver of all time, two-time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock, along with former International Classic Champions Bentley Warren, Joe Gosek, and Davey Hamilton.

It is not unusual to see a young bird crouched in the yard or a young rabbit in the flower garden, both apparently abandoned. Finding a fawn deer lying by itself is also fairly common. Many people assume that young wildlife found alone are helpless and need assistance for their survival, however, in nearly all cases this is a mistake and typically human interaction does more damage than good. Those that see a fawn or other newborn wildlife should enjoy their encounter but keep it brief, maintain some distance and do not attempt to touch the animal.

Young wildlife quickly venture into the world on shaky legs or fragile wings. While most are learning survival from one or both parents, some normally receive little or no care. Often, wild animal parents stay away from their young when people are near. For all of these young animals, the perils of survival are a natural part of life in the wild.

White-tailed deer fawns present a good example of how human intervention with young wildlife can be problematic. Most fawns are born during late May and the first half of June. While fawns are able to walk shortly after birth, they spend most of their first several days lying still. During this period a fawn is also usually left alone by the adult female (doe) except when nursing. People occasionally find a lone fawn and mistakenly assume it has been orphaned or abandoned, which is very rare. Fawns should never be picked up. If human presence is detected by the doe, the doe may delay its next visit to nurse.

A fawn’s best chance to survive is by being raised by the adult doe. Fawns nurse three to four times a day, usually for less than 30 minutes at a time, but otherwise the doe keeps her distance. This helps reduce the chance that she will attract a predator to the fawn. The fawn’s protective coloration and ability to remain motionless all help it avoid detection by predators and people.

By the end of its second week, a fawn begins to move about more and spend more time with the doe. It also begins to eat grass and leaves. At about ten weeks of age, fawns are no longer dependent on milk, although they continue to nurse occasionally into the fall. During August, all deer begin to grow their winter coat and fawns lose their spots during this process.

Should you find a fawn or other young wildlife, If You Care, Leave It There. In nearly all cases that is the best thing for the animal. DO NOT consider young wildlife as possible pets. This is illegal and is bad for the animal. Wild animals are not well suited for life in captivity and they may carry diseases that can be given to people. Resist the temptation to take them out of the wild.   For more information and answers to frequently asked questions about young wildlife, visit the DEC website at: www.dec.ny.gov/animals/6956.html.

OSWEGO, NY (May 20, 2013) – Since 1954, Oswego Speedway has carried the tradition of staging auto racing events on Memorial Day Weekend, and that tradition will continue this Saturday, May 25.

The Speedway will play host to the Memorial Day Weekend ‘Triple-Header’ this weekend featuring the Jim Shampine Memorial Novelis Supermodified 75, the Richie Evans Memorial Race of Champions Modified 75, and the Tony White Memorial Pathfinder Bank SBS 35.

Through the history of Memorial Day Weekend racing at the Speedway no driver has won more events than Jim Shampine, with a total of nine.  All of Shampine’s wins came in the decade of the 1970’s, three times scoring more than one main event win on the same evening.

In 1970 the Speedway ran twin feature events during the weekend with Shampine picking up both wins.

In 1973 and 1974 the Speedway increased the main event draw to triple features with Shampine winning the final two events in ’73, and sweeping all three features in 1974.

After Shampine’s untimely passing in 1982, the annual Memorial Day Weekend Supermodified event would come to be known as the Jim Shampine Memorial in 1991.

Bentley Warren would win the inaugural Shampine Memorial that season, with Doug Didero going on to capture the victory in 1992.  Didero would go on to two more Shampine Memorial wins in 1996 and 1997, making him the first three time winner of the prestigious race.

Just last season, defending Speedway champion Otto Sitterly bested Joey Payne in the late stages of the Shampine Memorial to collect his third career win in the event adding to his victories in 2006 and 2010 (ran in July that season).  With three wins, Sitterly joins Didero and Greg Furlong as having captured the most career Jim Shampine Memorial victories to date.

Ed Bellinger Jr., Mike Ordway, and Randy Ritskes have each captured two wins.

WHAT:

Helena Chemical Company Memorial Day Weekend ‘Triple-Header’ featuring the Jim Shampine Memorial Novelis Supermodified 75, the Richie Evans Memorial Race of Champions Modified 75, and the Tony White Memorial Pathfinder Bank SBS 35.

WHEN:

Saturday May 25, at Oswego Speedway in Oswego, NY.  Pit gates will open atnoon, grandstands at 2pm, hot laps at 2pm, racing at 5pm.

WHERE:

Oswego Speedway is located at 300 East Albany St. in Oswego, NY

TICKETS:

Padded reserved seats $30, general admission $25, Pit Passes $35, VIP $90. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling (315) 342-0646.  Kids 16 and under are free with paid adult.

ON THE INTERNET:

Oswego Speedway – www.oswegospeedway.com

Twitter – @OswegoSpeedway

Facebook – facebook.com/OswegoSpeedway

YouTube – OswegoSpeedwayOnline

Live Updates can be seen on Twitter, Facebook, as well as the Oswego Speedway website

ABOUT THE TRACK:

Oswego Speedway is a semi-banked 5/8 mile paved oval.  The non-wing Novelis Supermodified track record is held by Doug Didero with a time of 16.210 seconds at 138.786mph, established on September 5, 2009.  The wing Supermodified track record is 15.164 seconds, set by Lou Cicconi on May 4, 2013.  The official SBS track record is held by Brian Sobus with a lap of 19.08 seconds.

MEMORIAL WEEKEND WINNERS at OSWEGO SPEEDWAY: (A-Mod, Supermodified)

1954- Nolan Swift                                               

1955- Dick Jerrett Sr                                          

1956- Jack Murphy                                             

1957- Jack Murphy                                             

1958- Nolan Swift                                               

1959- Ed Bellinger Sr.                                        

1960- N/A                                        

1961- Billy Blum                                        

1962- Art Bennett                                              

1963- Dave Paul                                       

1964- Nolan Johncock                                        

1965- Art Bennett                                              

1966- Bob Smith                                       

1967- Gordon Dukes                                           

1968- Red Barnhart                                            

1969- Ken Andrews                                            

1970- Jim Shampine (2)                                               

1971- Jim Shampine, Nolan Swift                                         

1972- Baldy Baker, Fred Graves                                            

1973- Baldy Baker, Jim Shampine, Jim Shampine                                             

1974- Jim Shampine (3)                                               

1975- Johnny Logan                                           

1976- Jim Shampine                                           

1977- N/A                                        

1978- Ed Bellinger Jr, Kempton Dates                                            

1979- N/A                                        

1980- Warren Coniam                                        

1981- Chuck Ciprich                                           

1982- Doug Heveron                                          

1983- Ed Bellinger Jr.                                         

1984- Bentley Warren                                        

1985- Gary Albritain                                           

1986- Joe Gosek                                       

1987- Bentley Warren                                        

1988- Ed Bellinger Jr                                          

1989- Bentley Warren                                        

1990- Mike Ordway                                            

1991- Bentley Warren                                        

1992- Doug Didero                                             

1993- Pat Abold                                        

1994- Cliff Graves                                               

1995- Ed Bellinger Jr.                                         

1996- Doug Didero                                             

1997- Doug Didero                                             

1998- Ed Bellinger Jr.                                         

1999- Bob Goutermout                                                          

2000- Greg Furlong                                            

2001- Mike Ordway                                            

2002- Mike Ordway                                            

2003- N/A                                        

2004- Craig Rayvals                                           

2005- Greg Furlong                                            

2006- Otto Sitterly                                             

2007- Randy Ritskes                                          

2008- Greg Furlong                                            

2009- Ray Graham                                             

2010- Otto Sitterly                                             

2011- Randy Ritskes                                          

2012 – Otto Sitterly

Small Block Supermodified:

1992-          Daryl Nichols

1993-          Bob Goutermout

1994-          Mark Eaves

1995-          Dean Hoag

1996-          Dean Hoag

1997-          Bob Rundell

1998-          Shawn Muldoon

1999-          Mark Regan

2000-          Shawn Muldoon

2001-          Billy Izyk

2002-          Mark Regan

2003-          VACANT/RAIN

2004-          Gregg Davis

2005-          Dave Gruel

2006-          Chris Proud

2007-          Dave Gruel

2008-          Dave Cliff

2009-          Dave Gruel

2010-          Mike Bond

2011-          Mike Bond

2012 – Cameron Rowe                                        

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