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‘Passion Fore Patients’ Cazenovia nonprofit to host golf tournament

By kate hill Staff writer

By kate Hill Staff Writer

On Aug. 8, the Cazenovia Town Board adopted a resolution authorizing Supervisor Bill Zupan to execute a letter of support to the Office of Planning, Development and Community Infrastructure for the Village of Cazenovia’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) grant application. The Cazenovia Area Community Development Association (CACDA) applied for the grant on behalf of the village to study options for addressing ongoing issues related to Mill Street dam — one of two dams downstream of the outlet at the south end of the lake. The lake dam (upper dam), which controls the level of the lake, is located near Carpenter’s Pond. Mill Street dam (lower dam or creek

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n Sept. 23, the Cazenovia-based non-profit organization National Community Oncology Dispensing Association, Inc. (NCODA) will present its first annual Driving Cancer Care Forward “Passion Fore Patients” Golf Tournament at Cazenovia County Club at 3711 Number Nine Road. A shotgun start is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $125 per individual player and $500 per four-person team. The event will also include lunch in the clubhouse following the competition, raffles, silent auctions, and a putting contest. NCODA is a grassroots organization committed to helping “medically integrated oncology teams” to deliver patient-centered care by providing leadership, expertise, quality standards, and best practices. According to NCODA Founder and Executive Director Michael Reff, RPh, MBA, a medically integrated oncology team within a practice or institution consists of the doctors, advanced practice providers including physician assistant or nurse practitioner, pharmacists, nurses, technicians, etc. that are working together to provide optimal care to patients following a cancer diagnosis. A central aspect of NCODA’s work is supporting cancer care professionals in the medically integrated dispensing [MID] of cancer therapies. MID is a model wherein patients’ oral anti-cancer prescriptions are filled and dispensed through a pharmacy located

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Assistant district attorney to resign following alleged drug overdose Submitted photos

On Sept. 23, the Cazenovia-based non-profit organization National Community Oncology Dispensing Association, Inc. (NCODA) will present its first annual Driving Cancer Care Forward “Passion Fore Patients” Golf Tournament at Cazenovia County Club. All proceeds from the event will support the continuation of NCODA’s student professional development initiatives. within the oncology center where they are receiving care, rather than via mail-order pharmacies. In 2020, NCODA conclusively defined the MID pharmacy as “A dispensing pharmacy within an oncology center of excellence that promotes a patient-centered,

multidisciplinary team approach. The [MID] is an outcome-based collaborative and comprehensive model that involves oncology healthcare professionals and other stakeholders who focus on the continuity of coordinated quality care and theraGolf l Page 14

Caz College’s longest serving faculty member to retire By kate Hill Staff Writer

Recently, Dr. John Robert (Bob) Greene, the Paul J. Schupf Professor of History and Humanities at Cazenovia College, announced his upcoming retirement, effective January 2023. Greene, who has served the institution for over 42 years, is currently the college’s longest serving faculty member. He started at the institution in September 1979 as a part-time instructor while also serving as a manager of the campus radio station, WITC-FM. Greene became a full-time faculty member in 1984 and was tenured in 1987. He was named Distinguished Faculty Member in 1993, awarded the college’s first endowed chair — the Paul J. Schupf Chair in History and Humanities — in 2000, and received the college’s Distinguished Service Award in 2020. Greene founded Cazenovia College’s social science and history majors; cofounded the dual major in history and social science with Jody Hicks, D.A., assistant professor of social sciences; and introduced the Washburn Junior Research and Teaching Fellowship Programs and the Wheler Great Lives Speaker Series. The professor/writer is currently chair of the social and behavioral sciences division, director of the history program, codirector of the dual major in history and social science, college archivist, director of the Washburn Junior Research and Teaching Fellowship Programs, co-director of the Wheler Great Lives Speaker Series, and advisor to the Alpha Chi Honor Society. In 2002, Greene and his family endowed the Mary Rose Greene Scholarship, which is awarded annually to an outstanding junior or senior student pursuing a degree in

social sciences or history. “Dr. Greene’s scholarly contributions and teaching have been noteworthy for the entirety of his impressive tenure,” said Cazenovia College President David Bergh in an Aug. 2 press release announcing Greene’s retirement. “His work and reputation have raised the profile of the college and he will be greatly missed.” Greene, who is originally from Syracuse and now lives in Chittenango, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from St. Bonaventure University in 1977 and 1979, respectively. He was awarded a Ph.D. in American History from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1983. Greene credits one of his St. Bonaventure professors with steering him towards a career in education. According to Greene, he was majoring in history and on a pre-law track when his professor recognized something in him that he thought “would work in a classroom.” “He set up a student teaching gig for me at Allegany High School, and I fell in love with teaching there,” said Greene. When he returned to Syracuse to pursue his Ph.D., a job became available at Cazenovia College, and he jumped at the opportunity to teach. According to Greene, the most significant change to the college since his arrival has been its expansion from a women’s junior college to a four-year coeducational institution. Cazenovia College started accepting men in fall 1983 and then transitioned from a two-year college to a four-year college in fall 1988. “Those two decisions paved the way for other changes that would come in the 1990s, 2000s and up to today, most notably the [introduction of a] graduate program,”

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Dr. John Robert Greene will retire from Cazenovia College in Jan. 2023 after over 42 years of service to the institution. he said. “Those were decisions that we talked about a great deal on campus [and] thought about a great deal on campus, and those two decisions, in my view, put the college where it is today.” Greene, who describes himself as “a teacher who writes, not a writer who teaches,” points to the connections he has made with his students as the most rewarding aspect of his career. Not only has he served as a mentor/advisor to students on campus, but he has also kept in touch with many alumni as they moved on to graduate schools and employment. Greene said he is also especially proud of his work creating the college’s Frederic and Jean Williams Archives. He recalled that while exploring the Greene l Page 13

Volume 213, Number 32 The Cazenovia Republican is published weekly by Eagle News. Office of Publication: 35 Albany St., Second Floor, Cazenovia, NY 13035. Periodical Postage Paid at Cazenovia, NY 13035, USPS 095-260. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to Cazenovia Republican, 2501 James St., Suite 100, Syracuse, NY 13206.

Town authorizes letters of support for grant applications

community: Clear Path hosts Canteen to honor veterans.

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Sports: Cazenovia receives NYSPHSAA honor.

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By kate Hill Staff Writer On Friday, Aug. 5, Madison County District Attorney (DA) William Gabor announced in a statement that a member of his office had offered his resignation following “a life-threatening incident” in the Town of Nelson on July 30, 2022. According to a statement issued by the Madison County Sheriff ’s Office on Aug. 5, deputies and the Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps (CAVAC) were dispatched to a Nelson residence — later determined to be that of Assistant District Attorney Bradley J. Moses, 44 — at approximately 8:55 p.m. regarding a possible overdose. The 911 caller advised the responders that two individuals were unconscious and unresponsive inside the residence, the sheriff ’s office said. Upon arrival, deputies found two subjects inside who were unconscious with agonal breathing — a medical term used to describe struggling to breathe or gasping for air. The sheriff ’s office reported that both individuals were given multiple doses of Narcan by the deputies and CAVAC personnel and then transported to Syracuse area hospitals for treatment. Both subjects were treated and released. Narcan is a brand name of naloxone, which is designed to rapidly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. According to the sheriff ’s office, witnesses advised the responders that the two victims had ingested a substance purported to be cocaine prior to becoming unconscious and unresponsive. The sheriff ’s office also said deputies recovered a sample of the purported narcotics during the execution of a search warrant. The sample field tested positive for fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and, according to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, 50100 times stronger than morphine. In his Aug. 5 statement, Gabor reported that the DA’s office was aware of “a life-threatening incident” that occurred on July 30 in Nelson. “The Madison County Sheriff ’s Office responded and is completing its investigation,” Gabor said. “One of the individuals involved was a member of the District Attorney’s Office. He is completing a Family Leave application to address a personal problem and has offered his resignation; which will be accepted.” Moses, who is running for Madison County Court Judge, described a different version of the July 30 incident in a statement posted on his campaign page, Bradmoses.com. He recounts that after returning home from a golf tournament on Saturday night, he lost consciousness and was taken to a Syracuse emergency room, where, after several tests, it was determined that he had acute kidney fail-

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