1. 3 August 2012
3-6 Field Artillery
FRSA Flash
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Government Organization
3-6 Field Artillery Events
11 & 12 Aug - HHB will be doing a
fundraiser at the Crescent Woods
Community Center area. Contact
Mindy Thompson for more informa-
tion.
14 Aug - 3-6 Town Hall (Deployment
Prep), 5:30PM @ Main Post Audito-
rium
21 Aug - Golf FRG Meeting, 5PM @
Rhicard Hills Community Center
21 Aug - Bravo FRG Meeting,
5:30PM @ ?
24 Aug - Alpha Battery Family PT
Run

2. Summer Camp, Sports and
School Physicals -- Satur-
day, August 4, -- 8 a.m. to
Noon at Guthrie Family
Medicine Clinic By Appoint-
ment Only. Please call 315-
772-2778 for children,
school ages Kindergarten to
Seniors (no preschool or
college) for Summer Camp,
Sports and School Physical.
(No CYS enrollment physi-
cals)

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8. 3-6 Field Artillery BOSS
Representative is
SGT Randy White
All Military Service Members are Winner’s Circle Sports Bar. Enjoy plex. Open to active duty military as-
welcome to stop into the BOSS this popular pastime with friends signed/attached to Fort Drum, Family
Facility at T-2190 Nash Boulevard while partaking of your favorite Members, Retirees, Reservists and DoD
and check out all that BOSS has to food and beverage. Pre-fight activi- civilians employed on Fort Drum. Regis-
offer. The BOSS Facility is open Wed ties begin at 9 pm with the main ter at race site starting at 7:30 am the day
- Sun 11am - 11 pm. Enjoy the event beginning at 10 pm. Brought of the event until beginning of race at 8
Adirondack style great room, a large to you FREE compliments of Fort am. NYS licensed and leashed Dogs are
open area with a fireplace, comfortable Drum BOSS. Transportation pro- welcome. Michelle Roden 772-7807
lounge furniture, large screen vided to and from Barracks call Aug 18 ……….…………8AM
TV’s, movie theatre screen with surround BOSS.
sound, and several gaming stations. Aug 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . .UFC 150
The BOSS facility offers free Outdoor Movie
wireless internet, computers for free A Free outdoor movie at the BOSS
use, an additional game room with Center in the rear lawn (T-2190
pool, air hockey and fooseball tables Nash Boulevard). Bring your fold-
ing chairs, blankets, bug spray, and
and more TV gaming machines. The
snacks. Popcorn and drinks will be
newest addition is a large media
for sale by BOSS or bring your own
room with comfortable recliners in
snacks. This event is open to all
theater seating and giant screen TV.
Soldiers, family members, and DoD.
BOSS Executive Council On the outdoor screen will be
Senior Military Advisor “Lookout”. Set in the near future.
. . . . . . . . . .CSM Mark Oldroyd Lockout follows a falsely convicted
Family and MWR Advisor ex-government agent (Guy Pearce).
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brandon Smith Whose one chance at obtaining free-
BOSS President dom lies in the dangerous mission of
. . . . . . . . .SGT Bradley Johnson rescuing the President’s daughter
BOSS Vice President (Maggie Grace) from rioting con-
. . . . . . . . .SPC Vanessa Trinidad victs at an outer space maximum
security prison. Lockout is rated PG
BOSS Meetings
-13: for intense sequences of vio-
Each Military Unit has a separate
lence and action, and language in-
BOSS meeting. All meetings are Fort Drum’s Better Opportunities for
cluding some sexual references.
held at the BOSS Facility. Call 772- Single Soldiers is pleased to announce
Aug 10 ……….…………9PM
7807 to find out when your unit’s the opening of its newest facility. A
BOSS Mount Marcy Hike
meeting is scheduled. ribbon-cutting ceremony and cake cut-
Hike to Mount Marcy which is one
BOSS WiFi ting is scheduled at 11 a.m. on August
of the highest peak in the Adiron-
The BOSS Facility has free internet dack Mountains will be conducted 17, 2012 at the Jack T Sweet Complex.
access with computer stations 11 August. Cost is $15 per person BOSS representatives and staff will be
available for Soldiers to use for with a limit of 15 participants. Sol- on hand to welcome single Soldiers
web-surfing and communicating dier must be an avid hiker as Mount and the entire Fort Drum Community
with friends and family. Marcy is a difficult mountain. Call to tour this new facility and enjoy a
Ultimate Fighting BOSS to reserve your seat. 772- free barbeque lunch immediately fol-
Championship 7807 lowing the ceremony while supplies
Check out the Pay-Per-View UFC BOSS 5K Run last. Michelle Roden 772-7807
Fight Night monthly at the Run starts at Magrath Sports Com-

9. Fairs, Festivals, and FUN!
Stone Mills Craft Fair – LaFargeville, 3 – 5 August
30th Annual Craft Show & Sale – Clayton Rec. Arena, 25 - 26 Au
gust
NYS Fair – 23 August – September 3, www.nysfair.org
Woodsmen Field Days – Boonville, 17 – 19 August,
www.starinfo.com/woodsmen
Pirate Invasion – Alexandria Bay, 10 – 19 August, www.visitalexbay.org
48th Annual Boat Show & Auction – Clayton,3 – 5 August, Antique Boat Museum,
www.abm.org
Saturdays & Sundays ~July 7–
The Sterling Renaissance Festival is one of t
cessful producers of professional interactive e
Thrill to the excitement of over 100 stage and
sional actors, comedians and musicians who
authentic English Renaissance village for yo
merriment at the Pub Sing, Wench Auction an
dozens of artisans demonstrating their fine c
their unique wares. Enjoy digging into our sav
on-a-stake, pita pockets, succulent turkey leg
sandwiches, mile high cakes a

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11. The 2012 Concerts on the Waterfront
presented by the Sackets Harbor Historical Society every Summer
Sunday from 3-5 pm at the Battlefield State Historic Site
August 5th - The Opera Reel String Band with authentic 1812 era music and dance.
A community celebration at the Bandstand! Part of 9th annual War of 1812 weekend
August 12th _ Prime
Time Funk with Ronnie Leigh from Syracuse’s jazz vocal scene. This 10 piece band rounds
up the area’s best jazz, blues and funk musicians
10th Mountain Division Band: Our own warrior musicians present pops, vocals, patriotic mu-
August 19th - The
sic and jazz standards.
August 26th -
Quickstep with John Kirk and Trish Miller and talented friends, bring us authentic Appalachian
and Adirondack fiddle music – clogging too! More 1812 era tunes!
Sept 2nd - Our
Labor Day extravaganza with The Mario De Santis orchestra. They round up all the good tunes
from the past 60 years.
Sponsoring the series this year is Watertown Savings Bank. Additional funding is received from the New York State Council on the Arts Decen-
tralization Program, administered in Jefferson, Lewis and St Lawrence Counties by the St. Lawrence Arts Council; the Village of Sackets Harbor;
and the Town of Hounsfield's Committee for the Advancement of Tourism. Contributions from area businesses and organizations, and a weekly
"Passing of the Hat" at the concerts also provide financial support.
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