Syracuse.com - CNY Outdoors calendar for this weekend (May 3-5) and beyond

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HIghlights for this weekend include the Cicero-Mattydale Lions Club Walleye Derby on Oneida Lake, and a family friendly wildlife festival at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah.

CNY OUTDOORS CALENDAR

Friends of NRA banquet: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Traditions at the Links, 5995 North Burdick St., East Syracuse. Hosted by CNY Friends of the NRA. To order tickets contact James Middleton at 315-695-3981 or by email [email protected].

Walleye fishing derby: Annual Cicero-Mattydale Lions Club Walleye Derby on Oneida Lake. Begins at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and ends with award ceremony at 3 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot at the Gander Mountain store in Cicero. More than $7,000 in cash and prizes. The cost to enter is $10. Tickets are available at 23 businesses around and near the lake. Frey said anglers can sign up until midnight Friday at Gander Mountain and Marion Manor in Canastota. For more, call 699-3187.

Wildlife Festival: The Montezuma Audubon Center’s 7th Annual Wildlife Festival in Savannah, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Day full of family-oriented activities. Cost is $3/adult, $1/school-aged child, free for children 4 and younger. For more information, call 315- 365-3588 or see ny.audubon.org/Montezuma.

Youth Trout Fishing Derby: 7 to 11 a.m. May 11, Altmar Hotel Pavilion. Sponsored by Stillbrook Fish and Game Club. Barbecue from noon to 3 p.m. Cost is $2 for the derby, $10 for the barbecue. All proceeds go to Steven Esposito Memorial Scholarship Fund. Two age classes: 2 to 9 for pond fishing; 10 to 18 for river fishing. For more, call 298-6945 or email [email protected].

Sycamore Hills Garden Tour/art show: from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 12 (Mother’s Day), 2130 Old Seneca Turnpike, Marcellus. Fundraiser for Baltimore Woods Nature Center. Tickets are $5 through this Saturday, $10 afterward. Children under 8 free. Free parking. A special preview art reception is sto for 4 to 6 p.m. May 11 for Baltimore Woods members with garden tour tickets and participating artists. For more, call 673-1350 or see www.sycamorehills.com.

Friends of NRA banquet: 4:3o p.m May 18, Rusty Rail Restaurant, Route 5, Canastota. Sponsored by Madison County Friends of the NRA. For more, call or email Denise at 247 5140 or at [email protected].

SAFETY COURSES:

Gun: 6 to 9:30 p.m. May 21, 23, and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fayetteville Manlius Rod and Gun Club, 4545 Whetstone Road, Manlius. Register in person at the club from 10 a.m. to noon May 18.

Gun: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 13, 14, 16, Nedrow Rod and Gun Club, Route 20 at Hogback Road, Navarino. Pre-register by calling 469-1820 or 469-4784.

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