Cazenovia Republican Digital Edition - 4-12-23

53Rd ANNivERsARY of EARTH dAY

Caz College organizes final creek cleanup

BY KATE Hill Staff Writer

Cazenovia will celebrate the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day on Saturday, April 22 with a full schedule of fun, hands-on, and educational programs that will bring together residents, students, business owners, farmers, and energy experts.

Twenty-six groups are participating in this year’s celebration, which is focused on providing people with tools and expertise to save energy, lower their carbon footprint, and save money.

“Providing people in our community with the tools and resources to have access to [new] technologies seemed like the most useful thing we could provide during Earth Day,” said Earth Day organizer Geoffrey Navias. “Right now, there is an opportunity and it’s a great way for people to help themselves. How we heat our homes, how we light them, how we power our cars, this is all changing. There have been really great advancements. These technologies are much more efficient and use less energy, and we do less damage to the environment. Right now, the new state and federal programs are [starting] to roll out, and there are amazing incentive and rebate programs that can be tapped. Cazenovia is a beautiful area,

Town residents address fair housing topic

BY KATE Hill Staff Writer

On April 10, the Cazenovia Town Board held a public hearing on the topic of fair housing in the Town of Cazenovia.

According to the meeting agenda, April is Fair Housing Month in the Town of Cazenovia.

Local real estate agent Nicki Donlin started off the conversation by asking the board to explain why a public hearing on fair housing was included on the agenda.

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Twenty-six organizations are coming together in Cazenovia on saturday, April 22 to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of Earth day. Pictured: the 2022 Chittenango Creek clean-up.

and we are in a great position to be a leader that other towns emulate. It is also kind of fun; I have solar on the roof of our house, and along with powering the house, we store the power in our electric car’s battery. It’s a great feeling not to have to pay gas prices.”

The day will start off with multiple cleanup projects around town. Project Café’s student members will lead a general village clean-up starting at 11 a.m., and the Cazenovia Garden Club will be cleaning up Gypsy Bay and the south shore of the lake at 10 a.m.

The community’s annual Chittenango Creek clean-up will run from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Volunteers should meet at the Buyea’s park-

ing lot dressed for the weather and wearing old clothes and boots. Trash bags will be provided, and gloves will be available to borrow.

Volunteers of all ages are welcome, but minors must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is sponsored by Cazenovia College’s environmental club, fishing club, Alpha Lambda Delta First Year Honor Society, Alpha Phi Omega National Community Service Fraternity, and alumni association, as well as the Madison County Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Scout Troop 18, the CNY Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, and the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation (CPF).

According to Dr. Thad Yorks, professor

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Cazenovia Welcomes Refugees to host fundraising dinner

BY KATE Hill Staff Writer

On Saturday, May 6, Cazenovia Welcomes Refugees (CWR) will hold its fourth “Extending the Table” fundraising dinner in celebration of global friendship and local hospitality. This is the organization’s first communitybuilding dinner since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ngoc Huynh, the owner of Mamma Hai Vietnamese restaurant at Salt City Market in Syracuse, will be preparing lemongrass chicken curry, glass noodle salad, and spring rolls. A vegetarian option will also be available.

The event will be held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 10 Mill St. in Cazenovia. Dinner will be served in two seatings, the first at 5 p.m. and the second at 6:45 p.m.

“The pandemic shut everything down, so [it’s exciting] to just be able to go back there and do this kind of community dinner where people from all walks of life come together and sit down for some beautiful food,” said CWR Steering Committee member Carla Zimmerman, who is chairing the event.

The fundraiser is aimed at furthering CWR’s mission to work with people who were refugees as they integrate into American life and to engage with the residents of Cazenovia to create a welcoming place for everyone to live, work, go to school, and enjoy recreation together.

According to Zimmerman, the organization is hoping to sell out all 150 tickets — 75 available per seating — and draw attendees from beyond the Cazenovia area, such as Colgate University and

towns closer to Syracuse.

About CWR CWR is a collaborative community-based initiative that began in 2016 and includes representation from educational institutions, local government, faith communities, non-profit groups, refugee resettlement organizations, civic organizations, businesses, and private citizens. The group helps New American families to identify housing options and facilitates relationships with employers, schools, health care providers, etc. Its members also organize educational events to increase awareness of the global refugee crisis, the challenges refugees face as they integrate into American communities, and the many benefits they bring to places like Cazenovia.

The organization is supported by and works in partnership with InterFaith Works of Central New York and its Center for New Americans, which has provided resettlement and post-resettlement services to refugee families in the Syracuse area for over 40

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Cazenovia Welcomes Refugees (CWR) will hold its fourth “Extending the Table” fundraising dinner on saturday, May 6. Ngoc Huynh, owner of Mamma Hai, a vietnamese restaurant at salt City Market in Syracuse, will prepare the meal. Pictured left to right: CWR steering Committee members Carolyn Holmes, Carla Zimmerman, Chris Wnorowski, and The Reverend Rebecca Roberts.

years. According to CWR Steering Committee member Chris Wnorowski, Cazenovia’s connection to InterFaith Works goes “way back” to when CazCares food pantry and clothing closet and The Key consignment shop started working

with the agency to collect and distribute food and winter clothing to refugee families in the Syracuse area.

CWR celebrated the arrival of its first resettled refugee family — a Kurdish family from northern

Town Supervisor Bill Zupan responded that the town has held a public forum on the topic every year since he came on as supervisor.

“It’s just procedure,” he said.

According to Town Attorney John Langey, holding the annual public hearing is part of a requirement for the town to be eligible for certain grants, and it is not connected to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed New York Housing Compact.

According to governor.ny.gov, the Housing Compact is a multifaceted approach to address New York’s housing shortage and build 800,000 new homes over the next decade. It will encourage growth by removing barriers to housing production, incentivizing new construction, and setting local housing targets across every New York community.

Town resident Stanley Maziuk commented that the agenda’s mention of fair housing also drew him to the meeting.

“I didn’t know what specifically might be going on and whatnot, but I certainly know about Gov. Hochul’s plan to, in my words, tell us how we should do our zoning, and I’m certainly not for that,” he said. “I’m sure we all read the paper last week, which explained about the Burton Street Housing Visions project and how it kind of transformed from senior housing to senior housing plus something else. . . So, I do hope that [down the road] before we start a project [we] err on the side of caution.”

Resident Arthur Bigsby also brought up Housing Visions Unlimited, Inc.’s incoming affordable senior and family housing complex, The Landing at Burke Meadows. Located on 14.96 acres of land east of Burton Street in the Village of Cazenovia, the 49-unit project includes a two-story, 33-unit building and four townhomes, each containing four units. Twenty-seven of the units in the large building are reserved for seniors ages 60 and older. The development’s remaining 22 units are not age-restricted, and a senior could live in them as well.

Ten of the total units — six in the large building and four spread out in the townhomes — are set aside for individuals and families who are at risk of homelessness and in need of supportive services provided by Community Action Partnership for Madison County. Those units will specifically serve individuals with mental illness, survivors of domestic violence, and young adults ages 18-24.

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Former lacrosse teammates shine at Geneseo

BY KATE Hill Staff Writer

On April 3, former Cazenovia High School (CHS) Lakers and current SUNY Geneseo teammates Molly Brown and Meg Seeley were named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women’s Lacrosse Offensive and Defensive Athletes of the Week, respectively.

The players were recognized for their performances from March 26 through April 2, during which they helped lead the Geneseo Knights to a 3-0 week, defeating SUNY Buffalo State, Clarkson University, and SUNY Plattsburgh.

“We are proud of Meg and Molly for earning conference awards,” said Geneseo Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Marykate Edmunds. “They work incredibly hard during their preparation, and it’s nice to see that pay off on the field for them and their teammates.”

According to SUNYAC’s announcement of the Athletes of the Week, Brown earned 17 points on 11 goals and six assists that week. Against Plattsburgh, she earned her 100th career point and finished the game with four goals and three assists. In a 12-9 win over Clarkson, she tallied four goals and two assists, and against Buffalo State, she earned three goals and one assist.

Seeley and the Geneseo defense limited their opponents to 14 total goals, including just two goals allowed to Buffalo State and three to Plattsburgh. Seeley posted 13 ground balls and four caused turnovers.

“SUNYAC looks at all players from all teams that played games that week and looks at who has the most impressive statistics from the games combined,” explained Seeley. “Basically, the MVPs of that week for each position — offense and defense. . . It was awesome to get recognized for

our great play that week, especially with Molly getting awarded too. She is an amazing player, and since she [plays] offense and I [play] defense, we are constantly battling in practice, making each other better players. Molly is like the younger sister I never had.”

For Seeley, who was named a 2023 Lacrosse Preseason All-American, recognition from SUNYAC is also valuable in helping her to reach her goal of becoming an All-American for lacrosse at the end of the season.

Brown said receiving the Offensive Athlete of the Week award was exciting because the team had just come off a great week playing against some competitive teams, and because it was a testament to the work the team has put in so far this season.

“We have been working a lot on our offensive sets, trying to tweak the little things to make our offense as dangerous as possible,” she said.

“To see the work we had put in as a team pay off during our games was really awesome, and I know it will continue to pay off as we move ahead in our schedule.”

Seeley, a senior at Geneseo, joined the varsity lacrosse team her sophomore year and graduated in 2019. Brown, who is an academic junior but an athletic sophomore, graduated from CHS in 2020 and played on the varsity team from her freshman through senior years. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, her senior year lacrosse season was canceled.

Seeley and Brown started playing the sport together in fifth grade through Upstate Lacrosse Association, a lacrosse little league for girls.

“The community of Cazenovia brought us up to be the players we are today,” said Seeley. “There are so many teachers, coaches, parents, and friends to thank for our success.”

Seeley pointed specifically to her family friend Dawn Rajkowski, who

encouraged her to give lacrosse a try; her junior varsity coach, Lauren Connors, who also played lacrosse at Geneseo and inspired her to attend the school and join the team; and Caitlin Byrne, her varsity coach and teacher, who remains one of the girls’ biggest supporters, consistently keeping up with their collegiate successes and reaching out.

“I can say that my junior varsity coach, Lauren Connors, [who was] also my Spanish teacher, and Ms. Byrne taught me that it’s not all that serious and to have some fun while taking our talents and aggressive play of the game to the next level.”

Byrne, who has coached the CHS Varsity Girls Lacrosse team for the past 12 years, said she was immensely proud of Seeley and Brown and commended them for being phenomenal athletes and lacrosse players, and even better people.

“They have had excellent college careers so far, and I am excited for all that is to come for them,” she said. “[I’m] forever cheering them on. . . Both Meg and Molly were forces to be reckoned with on the lacrosse field in high school, and I love to see that that hasn’t changed. They led by example, always gave 100 percent, had the best attitudes, and left everything on the field. We always felt incredibly lucky to have them on our team.”

On Thursday, April 6, Byrne remarked that due to COVID restrictions and the fact that varsity and college lacrosse are in season at the same time, she has not been able to see Seeley and Brown play in person since they have been in college.

“If all the stars align, I’m hoping to change that and surprise them at their home game this Friday,” she said.

The Knights started practicing this season at the end of January. As of the morning of April 6, their record was 7-2 overall and 4-0 in con-

ference play.

“It was an adjustment after losing 10 of our players because they graduated,” said Seeley. “. . . The team is looking pretty good, [and] I am excited for our games coming up. We have a lot of strong, skilled, players. Geneseo is a team people should [fear].”

One of the players the team lost last year was Cazenovian Megan Henderson, who graduated from CHS in 2017 and went on to have an impressive five-year collegiate lacrosse career. She is now assistant coaching for the University of Rochester. Seeley said she attributes a lot of her success in lacrosse to Henderson and her family.

Seeley, Brown, and Henderson all played on the varsity lacrosse team the year that Seeley and Brown got pulled up from junior varsity and Henderson was a senior. By that time, Seeley had already played soccer and indoor track with Henderson and had recognized the qualities that make her a great athlete — speed, ambition, passion, and leadership.

“She was someone Molly and I looked up to a lot during our years at Caz,” said Seeley. “Megan was captain of all our sports teams, which got passed down to me in [in the years after she graduated]. Megan committed to Geneseo to play lacrosse.

Before then, I had little knowledge of SUNY Geneseo. I can’t express how much fun it has been to play with my two best Caz friends Molly and Megan. Though we are all separated by age, we played as one unit on that field — Molly [as] the offensive attacker, Megan [as] the midfield, and me [as] the defense. To say we grew to become sisters is an understatement. . . Every accomplishment, achievement, and win felt incredible with Molly and Megan by my side.”

Brown, who started playing lacrosse in third grade, credited her

two Caz teammates for influencing her decision to play for Geneseo. She also said they helped her to adjust to being away from home and to continue to learn and develop as a player at the collegiate level.

“A big part of my decision to play lacrosse at Geneseo came from knowing some really great people already on the team at Geneseo,” she said. “I had always looked up to both Meg and Megan in high school, so I thought, ‘If the two of them chose to play at Geneseo, it must be a pretty great place.’ I was welcomed into a positive and empowering atmosphere and onto a team filled with really talented, smart, and good people, just like Meg and Megan.”

Last season, Brown, Seeley, and Henderson helped lead the Knights to Round 2 of the 2022 NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

2022 was the first year Geneseo had made it into the NCAA tourna-

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The Cazenovia Art Trail’s 2023 New Artist Application is available on-line at www.art-trail.org.

The deadline to participate is April 30th

The Cazenovia Art Trail is an annual self-guided tour of artists’ studios which is a unique opportunity for the public to meet artists in their working environments. This event is free and open to the public.

We hope you will join us for the 2023 Art Trail scheduled for September 30th & October 1st from 10 am to 5 pm both days - for one weekend only.

Submitted photo Pictured from left are Molly Brown and Meg seeley.

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of biology and environmental biology at Cazenovia College, the annual clean-up typically results in the removal of about two pick-up truckloads of trash from the creek and its sur-

rounding banks. Traditionally organized by the Cazenovia College Environmental Club, the Chittenango Creek clean-up has been an annual event since the early 2000s.

According to Yorks, coordinating the event

mainly involves pinning down a date, getting permission from Buyea’s for parking, getting the word out as much as possible, figuring out what specific areas of the creek to focus on, snapping a few photos of the volunteers, securing a couple of pickup trucks, taking on the

cost of disposing of the trash, and providing “super heavy duty” trash bags and gloves.

“How many areas [of the creek] we hit depends on how many people show up, and that is largely dictated by the weather,” said Yorks.

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Stay focused

As spring gradually settles into Central New York and with the summer months just ahead, it is likely there will be more people on the road out for day trips, longer vacations, a leisurely afternoon drive, or any number of other reasons.

And while it should go without saying, being behind the wheel of any vehicle is a great responsibility and while we might take it for granted, we also need to stay focused and alert to what is all around us from other vehicles to pedestrians to possible road hazards and even animals dashing across the road.

According to an organization known as End Distracted Driving, Enddd.org, distracted driving is any activity that takes away from the responsibilities we have while operating a motor vehicle.

According to Enddd.org, there were 36,096 fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2019, which represented a 2% decrease from 2018 fatalities of 36,835.

While it was anticipated that with people driving less in 2020 this downward trend would continue, Enddd.org said through November of 2020 numbers indicate 38,370 people had lost their lives in crashes.

According to Enddd.org, 7% of all fatal crashes in 2019 were distraction-related resulting in 3,142 lives lost, an increase of 9.9% over 2018 when 2,858 lives were lost due to distracted driving.

Enddd.org shared some other statistics worth noting, including eight percent of fatal crashes, 15 percent of injury crashes, and 14 percent of all policereported motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2018 were reported as distraction-affected crashes. About 400,000 were injured and 2,841 killed as a result of distractionaffected crashes.

About 1 of every 5 people killed by distracted drivers in 2018 were not in vehicles-they were walking, riding bikes, or otherwise outside of vehicles.

Distracted driving crashes are underreported and the NSC estimates that cell phone use alone accounted for 27% of 2015 car crashes.

Research conducted by telematics and behavioral analytics company Cambridge Mobile Telematics shows distracted driving occurring in more than 36 percent of trips across the United States.

The fatal crash rate for teens is three times greater than for drivers age 20 and over.

Driver distraction is responsible for more than 58% of teen crashes.

According to the CDC drivers aged 1519 were more likely to be distracted than drivers aged 20 and older, among drivers in crashes where a death occurred. Nine percent of all teens who died in crashes were killed in distraction-affected crashes.

According to the organization there are several types of distraction including manual distractions which are those where you move your hands from the wheel. Visual distractions are those where you focus your eyes away from the road. A cognitive distraction is when you’re mind wanders away from the task of driving.

Texting involves all three types of distraction.

According to some research people are as impaired when they drive and talk on a cell phone as they are when they drive intoxicated at the legal blood-alcohol limit of 0.08%.

Enddd.org also shared that cell phone users are 5.36 times more likely to get into an accident than undistracted drivers. Text messaging for commercial drivers increases the risk of crash or nearcrash by 23 times. Sending or reading a text message takes your eyes off the road for about five seconds, long enough to cover a football field while driving at 55 mph. This is something drivers are aware of, according to Enddd.org over 84% of drivers recognize the danger from cell phone distractions and find it “unacceptable” that drivers text or send an email while driving. Nevertheless, 36% of these same people admit to having read or sent a text message or email while driving in the previous month.

It is also believed that teens whose parents drive distracted are two to four times as likely to also drive distracted.

To learn more visit Enddd.org.

THE sMilE of sPRiNG

Aching with the tight confines of winter life (translation: I’m sick of snow and wearing three sweaters,) I awoke to the sound of geese … flying North. I know it was North, because at 4:30 or so a.m., I got out of my warm bed and went outside in my pajamas and watched these trumpeters fly into the promise of spring. Sleep came easily again with the smile of spring on my mind and the fact that I have a comforter and a quilt on the bed. I dreamt of spring. Spring is a promise, a beautiful gateway to things put off, things on lists for warmer weather and open windows. It’s no great wonder that peoples through time and space have celebrated the vernal return of life to the world. I’ve always thought about how hard it must have been for other local inhabitants of this place to make it through the long night of winter, living in bark-covered lodges, huddled around cooking fires, existing on that which they have preserved for winter sustenance and hunting. How joyous the

sound of geese would have been to them, announcing that spring was coming. What a celebration that must have been!

There is a green that comes with spring that scintillates, an incandescent, gently effervescent green like no other. There are yellows, the early daffodils, the snow drops, the forsythia and the gentle pinks and riotous red of the climbing roses. The little white stars of the strawberry flowers and their climbing cousins, the raspberries, under perennials and in the hedgerows … and the violets, eponymous and not at all shy with their vibrancy.

There’s a scent in the air, of warming earth, scents of seduction for the flora and fauna to awake and grow, to fill in the empty spaces left by winter’s cold.

Open windows and soft breezes, a house freshened! Airing out comforters, drapes and winter trappings becomes possible. It’s a return to spontaneity. Leaving the house requires no preparation ... no coat, no hat,

From the CLA: Spring arrives

After enduring another upstate New York Winter it is wonderful to once again see the beautiful blue waters of our treasured Cazenovia Lake. With the warmer weather the Cazenovia Lake Association wants to remind our residents and visitors of some basic but critically important housekeeping items.

The melting snow comes a desire for many to have a luscious, green lawn. It is of paramount importance that residences and businesses alike in the Cazenovia Lake watershed fully understand the potential impact they can have by treating their lawn with fertilizers and pesticides. Improper selection and application of products will likely impact the nutrient load on the lake as well as potentially impact the health of fish and other aquatic species. The laws surrounding pesticide applications near water are very specific and violations could be costly. It is better to have some tolerance for lawn weeds knowing in the end it is better for the lake. If you must treat we recommend selecting a certified pesticide applicator who is proficient with treatments near water and understands the importance of preserving Cazenovia Lake.

Another topic of great importance is maintaining an organic buffer around the lake wherever possible. Improvements to a residence or business shoreline should always be cleared with the village or town of Cazenovia. Seeking forgiveness for actions taken that hurt the lake and can also be costly. We each have a responsibility to know what we can do as well as what we should do. There has been a trend to enhance the landscapes along the shore of Cazenovia Lake and this increases impervious surfaces and eliminates critically important vegetation that controls erosion and filters harmful nutrients. So please consider suitable plants at the shoreline which prevent negatively impacting the lake. Improve the home and landscape that you love, but please do so in a way that protects the shoreline.

Although it is not as prevalent in the spring as it is in the fall, resist the temptation of putting organic materials such as leaves, yard waste and limbs into the water. This can exacerbate weed growth, silt and even darkened water color as natural tannins are released. Recycling yard waste is the thing to do, just please do so away from the shoreline.

The Cazenovia Lake association will host the first of several community outreach meetings on Sunday, April 23 at 7 pm. The location is Our Farm at 1590 Peth Road.

The primary purpose is to invite comment, concern and questions from our friends and neighbors on any and all issues facing Cazenovia Lake. While we may not have answers to every question, the format allows for healthy and constructive dialogue about a resource we all love. For more information contact Thomas Tait at 315-6570473 or ttait@twcny.rr.com.

As always we invite you to share your comments or concerns with us through our website, cazlake.org.

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no boots or gloves. Ice scrapers and snow brushes are put away. Your car’s original color returns, devoid of its overcoat of salt and road grime. Spring’s promise is a freedom that can’t be measured by standard yardsticks; it’s sunlight and warmth, the sound of lawn mowers and early morning birdsong. It’s a time for drives out in the country, revisiting places abandoned to winter or roads we’ve never traveled … uncharted exploration not easily taken through drifts of snow. It’s a rebirth of exuberance for the feeling of life that Spring brings. It’s a time to repurpose, re-evaluate and revitalize our own potential.

What do we bring to this freshening?

Forget the dark days of New Year’s. Now is the time to resolve to awaken the best that we can be. It’s time to not only work in the garden but to work on how we can fit into the promise that the season brings.

Fly kites, visit the library,

walk along the paths that skirt Nine Mile Creek in the park or take a leisurely walk around the village or the school campus, go to church, spend time in the greenhouses at Nightingale’s or Hillside Gardens. Plant flowers, sit on the porch with friends, cook outside, volunteer … take better care of yourself, write a letter. I’m going to try to be more gentle with the parts of me that fail and enjoy more those that still operate close to the designer’s plan (however few remain.) I am so sick of the cold and snow but the geese remind me that, as the sap rises, spring comes, then summer and open toed shoes.

Ann Ferro is a mother, a grandmother and a retired social studies teacher. While still figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up, she lives in Marcellus with lots of books, a spouse and a large orange cat.

on the launching pad

Two days, two national championship college basketball games played in Texas.

One was electric, dynamic, full of bright and vivid personalities, sensational performances and enough controversy for a year. The other plodded to an inevitable conclusion, glorious for one fan base, largely irrelevant outside of it.

The NCAA women’s national championship won by LSU over Iowa generated nearly 10 million TV viewers, a record high.

Connecticut’s methodical win over San Diego State in the NCAA men’s title one night later drew 14.69 million, the lowest number since the championship final moved to a Monday night half a century ago.

For anyone with a pulse who loves basketball, it was clear which gender fared better. If only we could do them justice both on and off the court.

Simply put, the women’s game is thriving beyond a few select circles. This was the first time since 1985 that the celebrated trio of UConn, Stanford and Tennessee were nowhere to be found in the final eight. And it was great

Look at the great storylines. Miami and Ole Miss upended top seeds in the second round. Virginia Tech rose from obscurity to the Final Four and, at least until the last weekend, unbeaten South Carolina was making a strong case for one of the most dominant seasons of all time.

But they all took supporting roles once Caitlin Clark got rolling.

Even before this tournament, Clark was an Iowa legend for having Steph Curry’s shooting range and Magic Johnson’s passing eye. Then she dropped a 41-point triple double on Louisville and dropped another 41 on South Carolina to propel the Hawkeyes to the final.

Clark’s astonishing skill set is enough reason to watch. That she also had a vibrant, brash personality obscured her teammates and rendered the opposition as a foil to be tolerated, but never celebrated.

LSU watched all this and fumed. Having risen far faster than anyone expected in year two under coach (and lightning rod) Kim Mulkey, the Tigers were just as hungry for its first national title and was in no mood to turn into the anonymous opposition of another Clark highlight reel.

Critical of Manlius board

To the editor:

Our town board, led by Supervisor John Deer, have failed at being pragmatic decision makers. At this point it is clear to me we have elected a town board who is more interested in the success of their ideology. John Deer, Heather Waters, and fellow members have demonstrated an authoritarian way of conducting town business.

The manner in which the police chief departed is the most recent example. In order to resolve this situation our Town Board chose a behind-closed-doors approach. We have seen this approach from our town board on several different occasions. How many times is this acceptable? Re-electing John Deer, Heather

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This made for an epic Sunday in Big D. If only the narrative stayed about, you know, the game.

First there were the fouls. Way, way too many fouls. LSU star Angel Reese sat the entire second quarter. Clark got some questionable whistles, too, including a technical foul that was beyond ridiculous.

The worst thing officials can ever do is become the story. They did here, though LSU handled it better as it gave Clark and Iowa plenty of its own medicine with ridiculous 3-point shooting and, ultimately, 102 on the board to win it all.

Ah, but then Reese, an All-American in her own right, celebrated in the final seconds by invoking the same “ring” gesture Clark had used in earlier rounds.

Cue the breathless commentary, the unequivocal condemnations, the call for Reese to grow up, apologize, do something to atone for her unforgivable sin – something Clark herself didn’t ask for.

Not only did this evoke a whole lot of tired tropes and stereotypes Black women (and Black athletes) have heard for a long, long time, it devalued what both sides accomplished. Clark had one of the greatest tournament performances of all time. Reese, along with her LSU teammates, neutralized it enough to earn a national title no one other than themselves imagined.

Maybe, just maybe, there’s room in this big wide world for all of them to thrive. If done right, the millions who tuned in for the first time to women’s basketball will come back and experience so much more next season.

With Clark still in Iowa City, Reese still in Baton Rouge, Paige Bueckers set to return at UConn and strong programs from Maryland to UCLA with Ohio State and Utah in between and, here in Syracuse, a program quickly finding its footing again, maybe it’s women’s basketball that needs all our attention.

So that means, for those running the sport, to give it all the resources, tools and funds necessary to flourish, and to treat them not as a novelty, but as great athletes whose spotlight should endure beyond a single weekend.

Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline.com.

Waters, and company sends a message we approve of their authoritarian culture.

We often watch leaders motivated by ideology use their power to get their way. Pragmatic leaders use their power to bring voices of the effected into the decision-making process. Then, motivate a consensus plan with action items leaders and partners take ownership of.

I respectfully ask, when you cast your votes for town supervisor and board members, this criteria be among the highest of priorities and vote for a change in leadership. It seems to me the time has come to elect new leaders and give new town officials the opportunity to demonstrate their trustworthiness. JosEPH

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cheese and spice heaven that urges one not to leave without a slice of

pizza in the stomach or a white square box in hand. The action in the restaurant gets underway early in the morning.

The dough has been started and set in rise, the cheese is grated, pepperoni sliced, and the meatballs are waiting to join in the pungent home-made sauce, the producer of the aroma that shouts “eat me” when the front door is opened.

“Each morning is a fresh start,” says Tom Hayes, who, with his partner Mark Cooper, runs Chittenango Pizzeria and the new business in Cazenovia.

“Everything that exists her we have to create ourselves,” he said. “When dinner time comes, how well we do at night depends upon how well we prepared during the day.”

25 Years Ago – April 15, 1998

Gardeners’ Symposium 1998 presents its second annual garden lecture on April 25.

This year’s special guest lecturer will be Tovah Martin.

Martin is a horticulturalist with White Flower Farms in Connecticut, garden editor for Victoria Magazine and author of numerous books on the subject of indoor and outdoor gardening.

Her book, “Tasha Tudor’s Garden,” received the Garden Book of the Year award from the Garden Writers Association of America in 1995.

Her most recent book series is, “The Taylor’s Weekend Gardening Guide to Indoor Gardening, De -

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collection of pots on the window sill to show there are many plants to choose from, and numerous ways you can use them to create an indoor garden.

Martin will speak on capturing the romance of the garden.

She is an avid collector of antiques and lectures widely on incorporating new and old subjects into a garden.

15 Years Ago – April 9, 2008

On Saturday, April 5, the downtown Cazenovia shop Lillie Bean presented Little Miss Matched Fashion show, a fun and colorful opportunity for

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the community to dress up and walk down a makeshift runway in outfits as bizarre as the imagination.

“This is my way of giving back to the community,” said Laurie Hunt, the proprietor of Lillie Bean.

About 30 girls of all sizes showed up with their parents at about 11 a.m. dressed in mismatched clothing, probably something from every drawer in the dresser.

“I like this because I feel like freak,” said Kealey Race. Creativity was rampant and every outfit was one-of-a-kind.

“I like wearing man’s ties,” said Taylor Eldred.

5 Years Ago – April 11, 2018

Air B&Bs may soon be prohibited within the village of Cazenovia.

After receiving complaints from Air B&B

neighbors in the village and looking into the issue of more strictly regulating the increasingly popular rental service, the board discussed the issue at its April 2 monthly meeting.

While all options are currently on the table, the board is looking at following the lead – and mirroring the law – of Skaneateles, which banned Air B&Bs from its village in 2015.

“I feel this is not a good fit in historic residential neighborhoods in a historic village,” said Mayor Kurt Wheeler. “The more I have learned about it the more concerned I have become.”

“Airbnb” is an online community marketplace that allows people to rent lodging. Users post spaces available for rent – often their own homes – and Airbnb allows customers to rent out those spaces on short-term bases.

“If we get cruddy weather, we tend to get fewer, and if we get superb weather, we tend to get fewer. Somewhere in the middle, I think, is where we get the most participation.”

Given the news that the college will be closing prior to the start of the fall 2023 semester, there is now a need for a new group to lead the creek cleanup.

Last week, Kathleen Benedict, president of the Cazenovia High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA), proposed that her organization take over the responsibility, and Yorks agreed enthusiastically.

“It’s the most worthwhile two hours of a Saturday morning when volunteers clean up the creek that we all walk by, drive by, play next to, fish in, kayak down, and much more,” said Benedict, who has participated in the cleanup with her son, Zack, for a number of years. “Although not always visible, the creek runs through our entire town.

Benedict also said she thinks it makes complete sense for the PTSA to organize the event because of the role the creek plays in the high school community.

“In the past, many students have earned community service hours for graduation through this cleanup event,” she said. “The creek also serves as a location for science lessons. For example, biology lessons might include sampling for pollutant-sensitive and tolerant species, and the creek serves as a specific location for teaching water quality in environmental conservation courses. Nearly all Cazenovia High School students have some sort of experience with Chittenango Creek. The PTSA aims to support the high school community in any way that it can. The Cazenovia High School PTSA is looking forward to continuing the annual creek clean-up event.”

On Earth Day morning, residents and visitors can also join the Village of Cazenovia Tree Commission at 9 a.m. to take part in the planting of a tree behind the library.

From noon to 4 p.m., the green at Memorial Park will be transformed into the Great Electric Vehicle Car Show.

“In the coming years as we all are transitioning to electric cars, it is hard to know what [the options are],” said the United Climate Action Network (UCAN) in a press release announcing the Earth Day events. “This is a great opportunity now to see the range of vehicles be-

ing offered and [to talk] with area people who own them. There are no sales representatives, so no pressure to buy, and you can get honest evaluations as to the owner’s experience.”

Electric bikes and scooters will also be on display. Additionally, parents, students, and others will have the opportunity to climb aboard an electric school bus.

LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF NELSON

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Nelson Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, the 18th day of April 2023 at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Town Office located at 4085 Nelson Road in the Hamlet of Nelson. The Board will, at said time and place, hear all persons wishing to offer support or objection in regard to the matters listed below. Applicants may appear in person, by agent or attorney.

Request from Barbara Ashkin, 3636 North Lake Road, Waterfront Zone, Tax Map #121.171-47, for a 7 ft. 6-inch height variance for an upper-level deck where 8 feet are allowed.

Applicable regulations:

Appendix A, Waterfront.

Request from Rebecca Wagner, 3227 Tuscarora Road, Waterfront Zone, Tax Map #133.6-1-25, for a 0.09% variance for percentage of lot coverage for other impervious surfaces. Applicable regulations: Appendix A, Waterfront.

Dated: April 5, 2023

John Tobin, Chairman

Zoning Board of Appeals Town of Nelson CR-308999

27, 2023, the Annual Meeting of the Qualified Voters of said School District, Counties of Madison and Onondaga, State of New York, will be held in the Middle School Auxiliary Gymnasium, 31 Emory Avenue, Cazenovia, New York, in said District, on May 16, 2023, between the hours of 12:00 P.M. To 8:00 P.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon the following propositions: PROPOSITION I (Budget) Shall the Board of Education of the Cazenovia Central School District be authorized to appropriate and expend an amount which is anticipated to be determined by said Board no later than April 24, 2023 for general purposes for the year of 2023-2024 and to levy a tax on the taxable property of the school district as provided by law?

PROPOSITION II (Transportation) Shall the Board of Education of the Cazenovia Central School District be authorized to purchase and finance four (4) replacement student transportation vehicles, including necessary furnishings, fixtures and equipment and all other costs incidental thereto, and expend a total sum not to exceed $633,132, which is estimated to be the total maximum cost thereof, and said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and

Memorial Park will also host student-led art projects, a children’s seed planting activity with a Master Gardener from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County, and various other environmental explorations.

Throughout the afternoon, 16 local groups, such as the CPF, UCAN, and the Village of Cazenovia Tree Commission, will be teaming up with regional and national organizations, like the United States Forest Service, National Grid, and Heat Smart, to present “Going Green ~ Saving Green” displays and workshops in the Presbyterian Church Meeting Hall. Topics will range from nature and art, soil testing, and heat pumps, to renewable energy, recycling at the high school, and re-establishing the American Chestnut Tree.

The full schedule of events can be found at unitedclimateaction.org/schedule-of-events/.

which is estimated to be the total maximum cost thereof, and said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law; and, in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District, in the principal amount not to exceed $633,132, shall be issued?

PROPOSITION III (Board of Education Members)

To elect two (2) members to the Board of Education for three (3) year terms (7/1/236/30/26). The seats are presently held by Meghan Kelly and Dr. Jan Woodworth.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that the hearing on the proposed school budget for the 20232024 school year will be held on May 9, 2023 at 6:30 P.M., in the High School Auditorium, 31 Emory Avenue, Cazenovia, New York.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that qualified voters of the District may obtain applications for an absentee ballot from the office of the Clerk of the District. Completed applications must be received by the Clerk of the District no later than

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING OF VOTERS OF THE CAZENOVIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CAZENOVIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the District on February 27, 2023, the Annual Meeting of the Qualified Voters of said School District, Counties of Madison and Onondaga, State of New York, will be held in the Middle School Auxiliary Gymnasium, 31 Emory Avenue, Cazenovia, New York, in said District, on May 16, 2023, between the hours of 12:00 P.M. To 8:00 P.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon the following propositions: PROPOSITION I

the absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter.

Completed applications received after 4:00 P.M. on May 9, 2023 will require the voter to personally appear at the office of the Clerk of the District to receive an absentee ballot. A listing of all persons to whom an absentee ballot is issued will be available for inspection by any qualified voter in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. during each of the five (5) days prior to the election, except Sundays, and shall also be posted at the polling place at the election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that military ballots may be applied for by qualified voters by requesting an application from the District Clerk at 315-655-1317 or eayres@caz.cnyric.org.

Completed applications for military ballots must be received by the Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M. on April 20, 2023. In a request for a military ballot application or ballot, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail. An individual will qualify as a military voter if he or she (1) is a qualified voter of the State of New York, who is in actual military service, and by reason of such military service is absent from the District on the day of the election, or is a voter who is discharged from military service within thirty (30) days of an election; or (2) a spouse, parent, child, or dependent of such service member who is a qualified voter and is ab-

be authorized to appropriate and expend an amount which is anticipated to be determined by said Board no later than April 24, 2023 for general purposes for the year of 2023-2024 and to levy a tax on the taxable property of the school district as provided by law?

Trash to Treasure competition

UCAN is inviting local inventors, tinkerers, artists, and other interested individuals to participate in its second “Trash to Treasure” upcycling/repurposing competition.

PROPOSITION II

Competitors will be challenged to transform household items that might otherwise end up in the garbage or recycling bin into useful tools, toys, works of art, or treasures.

The “reinvented junk” submissions can be delivered to the Presbyterian Church Meeting Hall on April 22 at 11 a.m. If an item is too large, bring photos.

All the creations will be displayed at the church from 12 to 4 p.m. and featured on the UCAN website.

Prizes will be awarded by a panel of judges.

There are no age restrictions or limitations on the number of submissions. However, all entries must include repurposed objects, trash, and/or recyclables.

To participate, send an email to unitedclimateactionnet@gmail.com with “Trash to Treasure” in the subject line and your name, contact information, and a brief description of your submission (including size for display purposes) in the text.

(Transportation) Shall the Board of Education of the Cazenovia Central School District be authorized to purchase and finance four (4) replacement student transportation vehicles, including necessary furnishings, fixtures and equipment and all other costs incidental thereto, and expend a total sum not to exceed $633,132, which is estimated to be the total maximum cost thereof, and said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law; and, in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District, in the principal amount not to exceed $633,132, shall be issued?

PROPOSITION III

(Board of Education

the election, or is a voter who is discharged from military service within thirty (30) days of an election; or (2) a spouse, parent, child, or dependent of such service member who is a qualified voter and is absent due to accompanying or being with the

Don Cliffe, 86

retired industrial arts teacher

A mass of Christian burial for Don Cliffe, 86, of Cazenovia, who passed away peacefully on Nov. 7, 2022, after a short illness with family by his side will be held 10 a.m., Friday, April 28, 2023, at St. James Church, 6 Green St. in Cazenovia. Don’s family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of the church following the services.

Don was an educator who taught Industrial Arts at Cazenovia Central School for 32 years until his retirement in 1992. He was a skilled craftsman, house painter and had a passion for coaching. Throughout his career at CCS, he coached all levels of basketball, football, and track. He was never one to stay idle, as he also coached various levels of baseball during the

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ment since 2014.

According to Seeley, the news that they were in the tournament came as a shock because usually only teams that have won their conference championships qualify, and the Knights had lost to Cortland in the SUNYAC championship 14-16.

Seeley said the conference loss was particularly upsetting because they had lost to Cortland in the championship in the past, and there is a big Geneseo versus Cortland rivalry in both men’s and women’s lacrosse.

After that loss, the Knights worried that their season had come to an end and the team was done playing together. It wasn’t until the NCAA bracket was announced that they learned their 15-3 record had secured them

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Iraq — in Cazenovia in August 2018.

In 2021, CWR teamed up with InterFaith Works and Cazenovia College to renovate a two-story college-owned house at 43 Lincklaen St. as part of CWR’s resettlement project. A family of New Americans from Afghanistan moved into the home in July 2022.

Upon arriving in the United States, both refugee families were initially settled in Syracuse, but after visiting Cazenovia, they decided to relocate to the quieter, more rural community.

“They weren’t placed here; they chose to come here,” said CWR Chair Carolyn Holmes.

Holmes also said that one of the goals of InterFaith Works and CWR is for Cazenovia to become a model for other communities, providing refugees with more resettlement options outside of urban centers.

Since moving to Cazenovia, two members of the Iraqi family have earned American citizenship. According to Zimmerman, the Afghan family is currently working on their paperwork so that they can become citizens as well.

“It’s great to see that through, it’s a huge accomplishment, and it’s great for them

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summer. Don completed his coaching career as the Women’s Basketball coach at LeMoyne College.

Don was born to Lee Cliffe and Ella (Ramie) Cliffe and raised in Ogdensburg, New York. He was a graduate of St. Mary’s Academy high school, class of 1955 where he lettered in three sports. Don received his teaching degree from SUNY Oswego in 1959 where he met Donna (Zimmerman) Cliffe. They were married shortly thereafter and celebrated 63 years of marriage.

Don enjoyed many roles during his lifetime, none giving him more pleasure than those with his family. He was “Dad” to his children, “Grandpa” and “Papa” to his five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Donna, his son Brian (daughter in-law Catherine); daughter Lisa (son in-law David);

a spot in what Seeley described as “the big leagues of a national competition.”

Brown said learning that the team got the bid into the NCAA tournament has probably been the highlight of her college career so far.

“Rumors had been floating that we may get the bid into the tournament, but nobody was certain we would,” Brown said. “I was in class when we got the bid, and after class, I walked back to my dorm room and found my whole lacrosse class in our common room playing music and cheering. It was just a really exciting moment knowing that we were getting the opportunity to play together again. We were so lucky to be in each other’s company another weekend and to make some more memories before the semester ended.”

The team spent four days together in Middlebury, Vermont competing in the tournament.

According to Seeley, Middlebury College,

to get that,” said Zimmerman. “It’s a long process. They have their own country that they left behind, and they will always live in two worlds, of course, but [it’s positive to see them] adopt this new world and make it their own. Hopefully, we can help to make this world better in certain ways than the one they left behind.”

According to Wnorowski, getting to the point where the organization could sponsor its first family took a lot of planning and a significant amount of time.

“I think back on the first meetings we had in the library, and there were maybe 20 people there with different levels of experience in education or literacy or [other fields],” she said. “We had so many meetings where we were just sort of brainstorming what to do to be able to make it happen to sponsor a family. . . It was at least two years before it actually became a very positive working group in the community.”

The CWR Steering Committee currently has 19 members, according to Holmes.

Since the organization’s founding, the committee has always included two Cazenovia High School students who have been involved in various ways, such as helping the first resettled family move into their new home, assisting with the fundraising dinners,

grandchildren Amy, Brooke, Macauley, Brielle, Connor; great grandchildren Riley, Dylan, Summer, Porter and Hattie.

He was a kind man who had a knack for seeing the good in those around him. He was salt of the earth, a phrase that captures him well. He took endless joy in his morning coffee meetings with the “boys”, a good athletic contest of almost any sort, and absolutely anything involving his grandchildren. To his students he was “Mr. Cliffe,” and he inspired many to follow his path of working with their hands. To his players he was simply known as “Coach”, which made him smile.

Contributions in Don’s memory may be made to CAVAC, 106 Nelson St., Cazenovia, NY 13035. To leave a condolence for the Cliffe family, please visit michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.

which has impressive athletic facilities, consistently wins the NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

The Knights defeated Saint Joseph’s College of Maine 19-2 in the first round and then lost to Middlebury 6-22 in round two.

Seeley remarked that in the second-round game, Geneseo started out strong and scored the first goal, making them the only team to have been winning against Middlebury at any point that entire season. Shortly after the second half, however, the Knights lost their discipline and control and were defeated, according to Seeley.

“The weather was great, and the team got to spend some more time together before the end of the year,” said Brown. “Overall, it was just a really fun experience, especially getting to play some really competitive teams and do it on a team filled with your best friends.”

Last year, Seeley, Brown, and Henderson all achieved stand-out recognition from

and getting other students to participate.

“[Both resettled] families have children, so these particular high schoolers can also be that link inside the schools to reach out to some of those students,” said Zimmerman.

Holmes also pointed out the close relationship CWR has maintained with Cazenovia College, specifically highlighting two students who have been pitching in to assist the Afghan family, an Albany-based alumnus who has been offering her computer tech services for nearly three years, and Dr. David Bergh, who sits on the steering committee.

Extending the Table

According to Holmes, the proceeds from the upcoming fundraiser will help support the resettlement of another family in the future and sustain all CWR programs, including those focused on education outreach.

CWR presented the first Extending the Table dinner in 2017.

The Reverend Jeanne M. Hansknecht, who was the rector of St. Peter’s at the time and a member of the CWR Steering Committee, spearheaded the initiative and offered up the parish hall and its large kitchen for the event.

“It was a continuing relationship [with the church],” said Holmes, who noted that CWR had been holding monthly meetings at the Carriage House — a St. Peter’s owned property — since pretty much the beginning of the organization.

The church’s current rector, The Reverend Rebecca Roberts, who is also a CWR Steering Committee member, said joining CWR and continuing the work Hansknecht had started with the group was important to her.

“So often when we see things happening in the world, we wonder, ‘Well, what is it that I can do?’” said Roberts. “And [we think], ‘Oh, well it’s just me, I can’t really make a big

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SUNYAC. Seeley was awarded 1st Team All SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Year, and Brown and Henderson both earned 2nd Team All-SUNYAC.

“It was a huge accomplishment for us and for our Cazenovia supporters at home,” said Seeley.

Next season, the Knights will be joined by yet another Cazenovia athlete, Katie Rajkowski, who is set to graduate this spring.

Edmunds said she is looking forward to coaching another Caz athlete next year, noting that in her experience, they have all been hardworking, athletic, and great teammates,

“People always joke that there was ‘something in the Caz water’ that makes us all such incredible athletes and players,” said Seeley. “I am proud to say that the Cazenovia legacy will be continued now that Katie Rajkowski is coming to play for Geneseo next year. They can’t get rid of us Caz girls yet.”

difference.’ This group went beyond that. They saw how they could do [something] and worked to bring big change to two different families.”

The first three annual Extending the Table events highlighted Syracuse-area refugee and immigrant chefs who prepared menus of authentic ethnic foods from their homelands in Burma, Egypt, Pakistan, Vietnam, Syria and Palestine.

At the most recent dinner, which was held in the fall of 2019, Huynh prepared a Vietnamese meal for 147 guests.

According to the Mamma Hai website, mammahai.com, the chef was born in Vietnam, escaped to Japan as a refugee, and was raised in Nebraska. She learned how to cook from her mother and aunts; they owned a cafe and catering business, and she helped to prep and taste test.

Huynh earned a degree in journalism from Syracuse University, and after a career as a reporter with The Post-Standard and in refugee resettlement with Catholic Charities of Onondaga County, Huynh reentered the culinary world.

“It just felt like she was the right kind of person to bring back in [this year],” said Zimmerman. “Her food worked for a lot of people and was also very high quality. And with her having been a refugee and doing this now, it just really made sense to work together with her. . . She is just a very lovely person to work with, very easy.”

Tickets for the 2023 Extending the Table dinner are $50 and can be purchased at 20|EAST, J.S. Hight & Sons, Matthews Salon Spa, and online at cazwelcomesrefugees. org.

For more information on CWR, visit cazwelcomesrefugees.org/index.html or contact cazwelcomesrefugees@gmail.com.

To learn more about InterFaith Works, visit interfaithworkscny.org.

Cazenovia Joint Youth Recreation Summer camp registration now open

Swimming, arts and crafts, games, sports

Price per session: $100/residents or $200/non-residents Lakeland Park, Cazenovia

Register at: https://cazenovia.recdesk. com/Community/Home

Contact: cazyouthrec@gmail.com

Cazenovia baseball goes 3-1 on Myrtle Beach trip

BY PHil BlACKWEll

Having come so close to the Section III Class B championship a season ago, and buoyed by a strong returning cast, the Cazenovia baseball team is dead set on glory in 2023.

To get it going, the Lakers paid a visit to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina during the April school break, where, in the first game of the Mingo Bay Classic, it met West Virginia’s Tyler Consolidated and prevailed by a 4-2 margin.

A lack of outside practice time led to a cold

start at the plate, but with Jack Byrnes throwing three scoreless and Jack Donlin continuing from there, Cazenovia kept it 0-0.

Then, in the sixth, Byrnes doubled, Donlin walked and Jacob Grevelding singled to load the bases. Sully Clarke’s squeeze bunt scored Byrnes with the game’s first run.

Jacob Szalach also bunted, scoring Donlin, and after the bases were loaded again Izaak Gilbert drilled a two-run single - which proved the winning hit when Donlin allowed two runs in the seventh, but was able to close it out, he and

Byrnes having surrendered just one total hit while striking out 10.

Another West Virginia team, Hampshire, was next, and Cazenoviaearned a 5-1 victory as Szalach limited the opposition to three hits and four walks, striking out eight. In the sixth as Joey Awald and Nico Segall both scored twice, with Szalach and Gilbert getting one RBI apiece.

The win streak halted Wednesday with a 9-2 defeat to Blackburg (South Carolina), the Lakers unable to do much against Blackburg pitcher Matt Cody, who struck out 12 and only gave up

two hits, one each to Donlin and Clarke. Grevelding and Cy Abbott shared pitching duties.

But the Lakers closed the trip well on Thursday , defeating Lewis County (West Virginia) 8-5. It scored single runs in each of the first three innings, then netted three runs in the fifth to take control.

Byrnes pitched 4 2/3 innings before Donlin worked a 2 1/3 inning relief stint, having also scored three runs and matched Byrnes, Grevelding and Szalach with two hits apiece. Grevelding and Szalach both drove in a pair of runs.

Cazenovia boys track team triumphs at Tully meet

BY PHil BlACKWEll

From one season to another, the Cazenovia boys track and field program continues to display its strength, depth and versatility at every turn. When the Lakers opened its 2023 outdoor season last Monday at the Tully Spring Break

Invitational, it went to the top of the 12-team standings with 109 points as the host Black Kngihts (90 points) finished second.

In the very first race of the season, the 4x400 relay, Cazenovia won when Lucky Prior, Jaden Kaplan, Tristan Field-Bradley and Judah Ossont went three minutes, 51.66 seconds to edge Henninger’s 3:52.38.

Caz girls second at Tully Invitational

BY KuRT WHEElER

The Cazenovia girls track and field team kicked off its 2023 campaign with a strong second place showing among 15 squads at last Monday’s Tully Spring Break Invitational

Only Class A power East Syracuse-Minoa topped the Lakers, who scored in 14 of 19 events and hit numerous sectional and state qualifier times in their first contest of the season. Senior captain Grace Dolan led the Lakers, scoring in four events, including two first place finishes. She led off the 4x400 meter relay of Reid McMurtrie, Julia Reff, and Izzy Stromer-Galley with a 1:04.3 leg as the foursome ran a blistering early-season time of 4:19.38 (state qualifier eligible) to capture first place.

Dolan also won the 200meter dash in 27.21 seconds, just 0.18 from the state time, picked up third in the 400 at 1:05.53 and led off the Lakers second place 4x100 relay which clocked an impressive early-April time of 53.39.

Stromer-Galley also scored four times for Lakers, adding points in the 200 (28.89 for sixth), 400 (1:06.17 for fifth) and helping out in the 4x100.

McMurtrie was dynamite,

adding to her career best split of 1:03.9 in the 4x400 with a fourth place effort in the 400 meter dash at 1:05.91. Reff also returned to add another score in the 800 with a third-place, 2:43.38 performance.

Caitlyn Smithers scored in three events for Cazenovia, including a second place finish in the pole vault at 7 feet despite ferocious winds. She also earned third in the 100 meter dash in a sectional qualifying time of 13.65 and added to the 4x100 meter relay.

Teammate Riley Knapp was even speedier in the 100, capturing second place in a state qualifier time of 13.09 in her first spring track race ever.

Senior Captain Corinne Albicker was also a triple scorer for the Lakers, earning fourth place in her first race in the 400 meter hurdles in 1:17.26. She also captured sixth in the long jump at 14’2 1/2” and helped out the 4x100.

Dinah Gifford doubled up for the team, placing sixth in the 3000 and leading off Cazenovia’s first-ever co-ed relay. Gifford ran the opening 400 meter leg of the sprint medley relay with teammate Amara Crouse adding a 200 meter leg while members of the boys’ squad ran 200 and 800 meter

legs for a sixth place total of 5:13.14. The mixed race is new to track and field, even making an appearance in the last Olympic games.

Lily Kogut also contributed on the track, running a personal best of 2:48.99 in the 800 to capture fifth in her first varsity outdoor track meet. Julene Erana led Cazenovia in the 100 hurdles at 21.19 with Skye Stanford (21.26) and Angela Moskvich (21.58) close behind. Stanford also led the team in the high jump at 4’2”

Maddy Rothfeld led the Laker throwers, capturing fifth in the shot put (25’8”) in her first spring track competition after a record-breaking winter season.

Olivia Morse was tops for Cazenovia in the discus, earning sixth at 66’6”. Morse also led off the team’s fourth place throwers’ 4x100 meter relay with Karly Vaas, Becca Brooks and Taylor Proctor contributing as well.

The Lakers will be back in action for their first league contest of the season as they travel to Homer on Wednesday. As the 2023 campaign opens, the girls will seek to repeat their 2022 sectional championship effort and pursue their 11th league title in 13 years.

Caz boys lax goes 1-1, falls to LaFayette

BY PHil BlACKWEll

Just a week into its season,the Cazenovia boys lacrosse team may have already encountered the two sides best positioned to stop a Lakers championship run.

LaFayette arrived last Tuesday afternoon and, in the first match between the two since last year’s Section III Class D final, the Lancers got the best of it, prevailing 12-9 over Cazenovia.

Much of the damage was done in the late going, after a first half where the Lakers controlled the tempo and did enough to battle its way to a 5-4 advantage.

Even with this, it could not build any kind of margin. Sensing this, LaFayette pulled even and then, in the fourth quarter, maanged to outscore the Lakers 6-3 to pull it out.

D.B. Falge had three goals and one assist. Forrest Ives and Brendon Barnard each scored twice, Ives adding a pair of assists as Tom Navin and Alex Kuper had the other goals. Arrow Booth led the Lancers, amassing three goals and four assists.

Turning this around on Thursday afternoon, Cazenovia was dominant against Tully/ Fabius-Pompey, prevailing 16-1 as it again got plenty of production from its top line.

Forrest Ives had five goals, with Barnard scoring four times and Falge getting three goals and one assist. Kuper had two goals and three assists. Henry Miller added two assists as he and Basil Sayre notched single goals.

So Cazenovia took a 2-2 record into Monday’s game against Carthage before a Thursday rematch with Tully/Fabius-Pompey.

Cazenovia girls lax takes pair of close defeats

BY PHil BlACKWEll

An impressive season-opening win over Homer gave the Cazenovia girls lacrosse team a lot of confidence, and it nearly led to two other victories in the first full week of April.

Hosting the combined Southern Hills Storm side last Tuesday afternoon, the Lakers were in the battle all the way to the final seconds, but could not quite catch up to the Storm, taking a 12-11 defeat. Cazenovia trailed 8-6 at halftime to this new Southern Hills side that combined players from LaFayette, Tully Onondaga and Fabius-Pompey, and then battled back.

Riley Knapp netted three goals and added an assist. Julia Reff, Charlie Prior and Hayden Bubble each scored twice, with Madison DeAngelis earning a goal and two assists and

Katie Rajkowski also scoring.

To hang on, the Storm needed a great performance in the net from Kiera Reed, who made 11 saves, plus four goals and four assists from Kensington Keane and three goals apiece from Ava Spicer and Madelyn Lund.

Almost the same thing happened on Thursday against Oswego, the Lakers close all the way but again defeated by a single goal as the Buccaneers got the game-winner in the last minute of regulation and prevailed 13-12.

Knapp and Rajkowski had three goals apiece. Reff and Sally Hughes each got two goals, with Bubble and Prior both earning one goal and DeAngelis earning two assists. For Oswego, Kylie Britton (five goals, two assists) and Mia Fierro (three goals, three assists) both had strong showings.

Branden McColm was victorious at 800 meters in 2:08.09, more than six seconds ahead of the field as Jake Woolbert (2:25.58) was sixth. This was after McColm made his way to second place in the 3,200-meter run in 10:38.57 as Jake Woolbert was sixth and Chris Kelly seventh.

Jed Olkowski threw the shot put 39 feet 7 inches over Homer’s Jonah Campos (38’4”), while Sam Wilcox, in the discus, heaved it 107’5”, a close second to the 108’9” from Tully’s Braden Switzer. Kaplan got second in the 400-meter dash in 53.65 seconds, while Dan Raymond finished sixth.

Connor Frisbie went 17.74 seconds to grab second place in the 110 high hurdles, with Sam Wilcox ninth as Frisbie, Raymond, Ka-

plan and Gabe Sanchez were second in the 4x100 relay in 47.61.

Moving to field events, Frisbie had a thirdplace triple jump of 40’1”, with Wyatt Scott fourth by going 37’ 1’2”. In the high jump, Frisbie cleared 5’4” for fifth place.

Scott ran the 200-meter dash in 24.70 seconds for fifth, Raymond taking eighth in 25.15. Scott also took seventh (16’1 1/2”) in the long jump. Owen Woodworth’s 1,570 points put him in third place in the pentathlon.

Will Austin took third in the 1,600-meter run in 5:06.01 as J.D. Dolly was eighth. Later, in the 4x800 relay, McColm, Austin, Dolly and Woolbert were second in 9:34.47 as Cazenovia’s 4x100 throwers gained fifth place.

The Masters…pre & post tournament comments

I apologize. I got my dates mixed up. My Masters article should have appeared in last weeks issue because the deadline for my article is supposed to be submitted one week prior to distribution. erefore, I am submitting my pre-tournament comments along with a few “Final oughts”, that include some wild and bold predictions that you can criticize or applaud. Here goes…

As most of you know, the “MASTERS” is my favorite tournament of the year. It is the one I would want to win more than any one of the other Majors; the US Open, British Open ( e Open) or the PGA Championship. e Masters has a rich history of golf greatness as well as its share of disasters. For the last 31 years, I have attempted to predict the score I would likely shoot at Augusta, if, I had the opportunity to play it. I based my prediction on my “current” handicap at the time, my “trending” handicap, playing from the appropriate amateur tees and a few “ego” thoughts thrown in the mix. I also did not account for any disasters (4 strokes or more above par), on any hole. My lowest predicted score was 79(7 over par). My highest predicted score was 97(25 over par). It’s the disasters at the “MASTERS” since 1934 that I would like to make you aware of so the next time you have to record a disaster on your scorecard, you might feel a little better about your performance. First, you need to know that the highest score ever recorded on any hole at Augusta is a 10 over par at the par 3 - twel h hole. Read on to nd out who that player was and try to predict your score for 18 holes if you had the opportunity to play in the Masters.

Here are the “Highest Individual Scores” ever recorded on each hole at Augusta National since the rst one in 1934.

Front Nine

1st Hole…Par 4…9…Ernie Els, 2016

2nd Hole…Par 5…10…Sam Byrd, 1948 and David Duval, 2006

3rd Hole…Par 4…8…Douglas B. Clarke, 1980

4th Hole…Par 3…8…Henrik Stenson, 2011

5th Hole…Par 4…8…Bill Campbell, 1957; Sam Parks, 1957; Chick Herbert,1960; Jerry Barber,1964

6th Hole…Par 3…7…Jose Olazabal, 1991; Arnold Palmer, 1997; Brandon Grace, 2016

7th Hole…Par 4…8…DeWitt Weaver, 1972; Richard L. Von Tacky Jr., 1981

8th Hole…Par 5…12…Frank Walsh, 1935

9th Hole…Par 4…8…Jack Shelby, 1948; Richard Davis,1963; Clay Ogden, 2006; Luke Donald, 2014 PAR 36…Score…78 (42 over par)

Back Nine

10th Hole…Par 4…9…Dan Lee, 2009

11th Hole…Par 4…9…Dow Finsterwald, 1952; Bo Wininger, 1958; Charles Howell, 2006; Sandy Lyle, 2017

12th Hole…Par 3…13…Tom Weiskoph, 1980

13th Hole…Par 5…13…Tommy Nakajima, 1978

14th Hole…Par 4…8…Nick Price, 1993

15th Hole…Par 5…13…Sergio Garcia, 2018

16th Hole…Par 3…11…Herman Barron, 1950

17th Hole…Par 4…7…(19 times) e most recent was Fred Couples and Ted Porter in 2013

18th Hole…Par 4…8…(8 times) Most notable…Arnold Palmer, 2000; Camilo Villegas,2007; Jose Maria Olazabal, 2022

PAR 36…Score…91 (55 over par)

TOTAL SCORE - 169

STROKES OVER PAR - 97

Final oughts…

* e 2023 Masters will be the most watched golf tournament in history.

* e LIV Tour players will make a better showing than most of the pundits are saying.

* I predict two LIV players will be in the Top 10 and two in the Top 20.

* ere will be a playo on Sunday to determine the winner.

* Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Fred Couples and Sergio Garcia will be in the play-o …. (Just kidding).

* Wouldn’t it be great if Scottie Sche er (PGA), Rory Mcllroy (PGA), John Rahn (PGA) and Camron Smith (LIV) are in the play-o !

* More golf fans will be talking about LIV players than ever before because of their strong showing in the Masters.

* e PGA Tour and LIV Golf will nally agree to begin discussions in 2023 to develop a plan to co-exist well into the future, so both organizations can thrive and survive.

* Gregg Norman will continue to be arrogant but will “so en” his rhetoric in 2023…for the “good-of-the-game”.

How did I do? Let’s play some golf this week!

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Service and operating funding for the supportive housing is provided through the New York State Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative.

Bigsby’s questions to the board focused on when the town was informed that Housing Visions had introduced supportive housing into its plan.

“When did you all know that there was going to be a supportive services component to the financing that the developer had attained?” he said.

Zupan responded that to his knowledge without reviewing the board’s meeting minutes, he was not aware of that component when he signed the town’s letter of endorsement.

“We never had a presentation at the town board level,” Zupan said.

Donlin concluded the discussion by stating that the local realtor community would love to be engaged when there are conversations going on surrounding housing and the “general housing picture” in Cazenovia.

“I would just really encourage you to ask one or a few of us — it doesn’t have to be me — just for some local, boots-on-the-ground input on what we are hearing people want in Cazenovia,”

she said. in other news

The board passed a resolution authorizing Zupan to execute a professional services agreement with the firm Environmental Design & Research, D.P.C. (EDR) for a proposed comprehensive plan update.

In 2008, the town approved a Joint Town and Village of Cazenovia Comprehensive Plan to provide guidance with dominant development patterns, existing land uses and zoning regulations, and anticipated future land development and uses.

The resolution explains that due to recent changes in land development and uses, the 2008 joint comprehensive plan should be reviewed and amended accordingly.

For the professional planning services, the board authorized the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $54,438.00 without further authorization, subject to final review and approval by the town’s legal counsel.

“The Comprehensive Plan is getting close, and [the review board] asked for help to finish it, so we are getting EDR to help with the process and put the whole package together, so they can bring it to the board,” said Zupan.

The town board also authorized the appointment of Erin King to the position of part-time

clerk. The position will entail assisting residents in person and on the telephone with general questions, issuing dog licenses, issuing handicap parking tags, tax collection, issuing hunting and fishing licenses, and issuing Madison County landfill punch cards, as well as preparation of building permit records for digitization, organizing, indexing, and database entry, all under the supervision of the town clerk.

Additionally, the board appointed Roger Cook to the position of planning board alternate member for the remainder of 2023.

Councilor Jimmy Golub reminded the board that the Cazenovia Lake Association will hold a community outreach on April 23 at 7 p.m. at Our Farm, 1590 Peth Rd., Manlius. RSVP by contacting Golub at 315-952-7677. The event is intended to keep everyone up to date on the CLA’s activity and to discuss any issues people might have.

During her report, Councilor Kelli Johnson informed the board that Joint Youth Recreation Program needs certified lifeguards for the coming summer and that discussions are ongoing regarding ways to make the position more attractive.

“It’s a really hard position to fill, and it’s a huge responsibility,” she said. “. . . If anybody knows lifeguards, they are desperately needed.”

During the meeting’s final public comment period, Zupan responded to a resident’s request for information pertaining to the New York State Police’s (NYSP) interest in using the Cazenovia College campus as a location for a temporary, secondary training academy.

Zupan stated that he was aware that there have been discussions with the state police, but that he had not received any recent updates on the topic.

“The town is really not involved in very much of what is happening with [the college],” Zupan said. “It’s going to affect the town, but it’s going to affect the village more. The mayor wants to do it holistically, that’s what he said. They’ve hired people to do studies and look at what they can do with the buildings, so they are doing that and right now the town is just having a hands-off approach. The only thing I’d like to do is look at the building across the street [at the Jephson/South Campus] to see if it would make a good town hall or not.”

Zupan suggested that Sadler reach out to the village for any updates on the situation.

Later that evening, Village Mayor Kurt Wheeler stated that he is in contact with the college daily and, to the best of his knowledge, no lease has been signed.

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