Cazenovia Republican digital edition - April 23, 2025
Girl Scouts make lavender bears for Winter Fest service project
By kate hill Staff writer
Earlier this year, Cazenovia Girl Scouts in the Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways council partnered with the Cazenovia Public Library & Museum (CPL) and the Farmstead 1868 lavender farm to bring a special Winter Fest service project to fruition.
The pre-K through 10th grade Scouts filled teddy bears with rice and dried lavender at CPL for inclusion in the
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local Girl Scouts created lavender-scented teddy bears for the library’s storybook stroll that were later donated to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the Madison County Child advocacy Center.
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as part of Cazenovia Winter Fest 2025, local Girl Scouts created lavender-scented teddy bears for the library’s storybook stroll that were later donated to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the Madison County Child Advocacy Center. Pictured: Scouts, their leaders, and representatives of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and CPL.
By kate hill Staff writer
The Cazenovia Public Library & Museum will welcome educator Derrick Pratt to the Community Room on Monday, May 5, at 6 p.m. to deliver a presentation celebrating the bicentennial of the Erie Canal. Built between 1817 and 1825, the original Erie Canal traversed 363 miles from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo on Lake Erie. According to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, it was the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America.
Pratt is the director of education & public programming at Syracuse’s Erie Canal Museum, where he has worked for over five years. His lecture, “Bicen-
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Derrick Pratt, director of education & public programming at the erie Canal Museum, will present “Bicentennial Basics of the erie Canal” at the Cazenovia Public library & Museum on Monday, May 5, at 6 p.m.
tennial Basics of the Erie Canal,” will provide a crash course on “Clinton’s Ditch,” covering why the Erie Canal was built, how it was constructed, what happened with it once it was
built, and where it is now.
“The presentation will feature a PowerPoint and last about 45 minutes to an hour with Q&A at the end,” said Pratt. “The talk
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BOE approves proposed expenditure budget, vote to be held on May 20
By kate hill Staff writer
On April 21, the Cazenovia Central School District Board of Education (CCSD BOE) adopted a proposed expenditure budget of $40,446,980 for the 2025-26 school year. The proposal represents a $2,019,758 increase over the 2024-25 budget.
A budget hearing is scheduled for Monday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The purpose is for members of the public to ask questions and receive information about the proposed budget.
The annual budget vote and BOE election will be held on Tuesday, May 20, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., in
the middle school auxiliary gym.
Voters will also be asked whether the CCSD BOE shall be authorized to purchase and finance three 65-passenger replacement school buses and one 20passenger replacement bus at a total cost not to exceed $658,158. According to Superintendent Christopher DiFulvio, the district plans to purchase three diesel buses and one gas bus.
Additionally, the ballot will include a proposition authorizing the district to levy a tax of $525,486 for the Cazenovia Public Library and $197,894 for the New Woodstock Free Library.
“As always, we are a conduit to collect tax dol-
lars for the public libraries and their budgets,” said Assistant Superintendent/ School Business Official Thomas Finnerty. Budget discussion Before the board voted on the 2025-26 proposed budget, Finnerty delivered a budget presentation and explained that the board was obligated to vote on the spending proposal that evening to ensure all New York State deadlines are met.
“Nothing really has changed significantly since the last time we spoke,” he said. “The numbers are the same; there has been some movement within the budget.”
Finnerty remarked that the state had not yet settled
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19, the Cazenovia Lions Club presented its annual Easter Egg Hunt in lakeland Park. the community event featured hand-colored eggs, lots of prizes, and free refreshments for participants.
will cover the last 200 years of the Erie Canal and many of the ways in which it was transformative for the state and the nation, economically, socially, and culturally. . . . People gained access to goods that they had never been able to before. For instance, oysters became a huge fad along the canal route, as they had never been able to be transported into western New York before without spoiling. Also, the speed with which infor-
mation could travel was revolutionized. This resulted in a number of different impacts, including the creation of new religions like Mormonism and the Oneida Community, the spread of major reform movements, most notably abolition
and women’s rights, and the creation of new companies that used these revolutionary new forms of transportation and communication to great effect, with American Express being perhaps the most wellknown example today.”
A native of Chittenango, NY, Pratt received a bachelor of arts in social studies education from the State University of New York at Cortland and a master of arts in museum studies from Syracuse University.
Before joining the staff of the Erie Canal Museum, he served as director of programs at the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum (CLCBM) for three years.
“I started volunteering at CLCBM, and once I learned more about the canal, I realized that it has fundamentally shaped pretty much everywhere I’ve lived [in] Central New York,” Pratt said. “I don’t think you can understand the history of New York State without the Erie Canal; its transformative impact has shaped pretty much every aspect of New York life in one way or another in ways that
still can be felt today.”
“Bicentennial Basics of the Erie Canal” is free and open to the public. For more information on this and other upcoming library events, visit cazenoviapubliclibrary.org or call (315) 655-9322. To learn more about the Erie Canal Museum, visit eriecanalmuseum.org. For more information on the CLCBM, visit chittenangolanding.org. 100,000 pieces, I Found Utopia! Creating a Town My Legonovia
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“Bicentennial Basics of the erie Canal” will be presented at the Cazenovia Public library & Museum on Monday, May 5, at 6 p.m.
MEEt REvLOn, tHE BEAuty
By elena Selthun
including a cute eyebrow. this beauty queen has been through a lot in her young life already – she came to the shelter through the cruelty department and gave birth to a litter of eight puppies, despite the fact that Revlon weighs only thirty-seven pounds! She can be shy about meeting new people, but she is good with other dogs and is also cat-friendly. Revlon has a sweet personality and is well-behaved, crate-trained, gentle, and a good listener, so she would be a great fit for most families. Revlon is currently in foster care, enjoying some time out of the shelter after becoming a mama, and she is eagerly awaiting her forever home. In order to adopt, you must fill out an application, pay an adoption fee, and have your pets up to date on their rabies vaccines. all adopted cats and dogs are spayed or neutered, microchipped, and upto-date on their vaccinations before they go home. the Cny SPCa is located at 5878 East Molloy Road, Syracuse. For more information about adoption, call 315-454-4479, email frontoffice2@cnyspca.org or visit cnyspca.org.
Crouse Medical Practice expands in e. Syracuse
Crouse Medical Practice continues to grow in East Syracuse, with the expansion of the Endocrinology and Cardiology suites at 5000 Brittonfield Parkway.
Crouse Medical Practice –Endocrinology is in a brand new space, moving all endocrinology providers and staff into one 7,500 square foot location. This will support the continued growth of this service line.
Crouse Medical Practice –Cardiology has expanded the current office at Brittonfield to support the addition of new providers and staff.
The new office is nearly twice the size and includes a new space for additional stress test and echocardiogram stud-
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ies. Learn more about Endocrinology and Cardiology at Crouse Medical Practice at crousemed.com CMP offers primary care and specialty care out of 19 locations throughout Central New York. In addition to
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Cazenovia Winter Fest Storybook Stroll and later donated them to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the Madison County Child Advocacy Center.
According to CPL Youth Services Coordinator Jenna Wright, Farmstead 1868 Owner Monica Cody approached the library with the idea of adding the lavender bears to the storybook stroll that the library was already planning for the downtown shop windows.
“The storybook stroll was during the Thursday through Sunday of Winter Fest weekend,” said Wright. “We used the book ‘The World Needs More Purple People’ by Benjamin Hart and Kristen Bell. Each of the participating shops had one laminated page of the book and a bear with a letter; the letters spelled out a secret message. The library provided a map with the participating stores and a place to solve the mystery message to return for a prize at the library.”
primary care, clinical services offered through CMP include general surgery; cardiology; OB/GYN; endocrinology; pulmonology; neurosurgery; neurovascular; diabetes care; stroke care; bariatric; maternal fetal medicine; plastic surgery.
The Madison County Child Advocacy Center is a community organization dedicated to the prevention, education, and investigation of child abuse.
The lavender-scented bears were intended to provide comfort, stress relief, and peace to children in difficult situations.
In a press release announcing the initiative, Cody emphasized that the project combined literacy, community engagement, and service, reinforcing the Girl Scouts’ mission to positively impact their community.
“It feels good to know that we can help another kid if they’re having a bad day,” Girl Scout Genevieve Cody said in the release.
For more information about Girl Scouts and their community initiatives, visit gsnypenn.org.
Farmstead 1868 is located at 4690 Shephards Rd., Cazenovia. Learn more at farmstead1868.com
For information on the library, visit cazenoviapubliclibrary.org or call (315) 6559322.
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Road work season
As the weather gradually improves and spring turns into summer, one thing that we will see more and more of will be road work.
From roads being repaired and repaved to work taking place on electrical lines and other utilities, it is likely this will become a common site in the coming weeks and months.
While the large bucket trucks that lift people up to work on power lines and the orange safety cones and flaggers directing traffic are very visible it is still important for drivers to stay focused and pay attention to what is going on the roads around them.
With this in mind, National Works Zone Awareness Week was created.
This effort started with a reminder for drivers to slow down when approaching work zones on roads and highways as part of National Work Zone Awareness Week. The message of the campaign reminds drivers a temporary action behind the wheel, such as driving distracted by a cellphone for example, can have long lasting consequences.
The annual commemoration, promoted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, took place April 21 to 25 and marks the start of spring construction season, according to nwzaw.org.
The onset of spring means National Grid crews will begin performing necessary infrastructure upgrades along roads, and some may require roadway work areas, including lane or shoulder closures. Observing warnings is a matter of safety for both our crews and drivers. Slowing down and paying attention to your surroundings can ensure the well-being of all involved, according to National Grid.
Struck-by incidents are a leading cause of death among construction workers and the leading cause of nonfatal injuries in the construction industry. In 2021, 72 workers were killed, and 400 were injured in struck-by accidents in work zones, according to the most current data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
National Grid workers, for example, go through extensive training on work zone safety. Crews on duty in work zones or near our infrastructure wear highvisibility garments, eye protection, and hard hats.
The U.S. Department of Transportation offers the following tips for driving safely through work zones:
Plan ahead: Research your route before heading out. When possible, avoid work zones and use detours when available.
Stay focused: Keeping your eyes on the road is especially important in work zones. Note all instructions on work zone signage, including speed limits, lane changes and shifts, and any closures. Keep both hands on the wheel and off your cell phone, radio, navigation device, and food and drink.
Slow down: Many states require drivers to reduce their speed in work zones and follow the posted speeds. Drivers in Massachusetts and New York face increase fines and other penalties for speeding in a work zone.
Move into the open lane: When lanes close, move over as soon as it is safe and possible. Pay attention to your blind spot for other vehicles. Massachusetts and New York each have “move over” laws that include fines for drivers that fail to move to an open lane when stopped vehicles with flashing lights, such as utility vehicles, are at work. Keep your distance: Rear-end collisions are very common in work zones, as cars wait until the last minute to change lanes or stop quickly. When driving, leave sufficient distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. Never cut off a bus or large commercial vehicle, like a box truck or 18-wheeler, as those vehicles require more braking distance to reach a stop.
SIngIng My Own SOng
The crunching sound of boots on snow, the brisk air clearing the remnants of the night’s sleep and the distant growl and scrape of the plows combine to make a morning serenade in the valley where Marcellus has nestled through many a winter.
Whether the frigid sounds of winter or the more salubrious sounds of summer, the village sings its own songs, songs I have heard for most of my life. But I’ve heard other songs, too. Songs and sounds wrapped in life and experience and much love.
Someone asked me where I was from. I replied almost instantly that I was originally from Brooklyn. I was forever molded, created by family and surroundings there. I am from Brooklyn, by way of Carmel, N.Y., but firmly a resident in long standing in Marcellus. I have memories of all of these places, each one capturing a portion of my experience, carving out meaning that makes me who I am.
I remember clearly the smell of the ocean, the sound of the big ocean liners entering the narrows as they headed for the port of New York. I remember crossing under Fourth Avenue at the subway stops and walking to school some seven blocks from home, of going to church every day. My father would hand my sister Kathleen and I subway fare and instructions to go to Rockefeller Center.
“They need to learn their way around,” he would tell my fretting mother.
I hear the sound of old men cheering at the bocce games on Third Avenue and the songs of the nuns at our Lady of Perpetual Help School. There are the sounds of siblings, tucked in bed, telling stories as they fall asleep.
I can easily call forth the mythical existence we lived as teens in Carmel - bus rides to school, band practices, football and basketball games, homework projects, trips to the “city” and long-time friends.
I remember riding with my mother every day to pick my Dad up at the railroad station in Brewster - a life my father gave us with his long commute each day.
I’ve lived in Central New York since 1958. I was a scholarship student at Syracuse University before the Dome.
I’ve lived in our house on First Street since 1967. I painted, dry walled, gardened and more to make the little house ours. I brought our children to this home from Community Hospital, set forth for two weddings and the joy of four grandsons to listen now to the quiet of a house filled with two aging adults and a seven cats … maybe eight. I’m not sure. Cats sing their own songs. There are mountains of memories of dissonant tunes and sweet melodies, of exploration, innocence and reinvention. I’ve raised
years Ago in History
By CInDy BELL tOBEy
45 years Ago – April 23, 1980
Cazenovia may get five radio towers that are 290 feet high in the village if an application to build a radio station here is approved by the Federal Communications Commission. The lighted steel transmission towers would be located in a wetland area south of Gillett Lane, according to the application that has been made by AGK Communications of Canandaigua.
Gillett Lane is a subdivision entered from Chenango St. that was developed by Hugh Gillett after his 21-acre property was annexed to the village in 1970.
The area is zoned residential. A variance for the towers would require a public hearing.
The proposed transmission site is noted in the Natural Resource Inventory prepared by the Cazenovia Advisory Conservation Commission as part of three important wetlands in Cazenovia.
The others are at the north and south ends of Cazenovia Lake. The AKG firm is the licensee of WAQX-FM in Manlius.
40 years Ago – April 24, 1985
There’s a big birthday party brewing in Cazenovia…for the Lincklaen House, one of Cazenovia’s most distinctive buildings and a renown country inn.
The historic hotel, owned and operated by Helen Tobin, will be 150 years old this year and a gala will be the highlight of the celebration.
A dedication ceremony will be held with many events including a ribbon cutting, a tasting of New York State wines, a performance by two opera singers from the front porch of the building, and the lighting of the building.
A stagecoach will be hitched to a stagecoach signpost that still stands in front of the building.
35 years Ago – April 25, 1990
The late Floyd Brown was an interesting and colorful individual known by many as the owner of the Bingley Picnic Grove.
Mr. Brown purchased about 86 acres of land above the gorge on Lincklaen Road and along Rt. 13 in the Town of Cazenovia in 1922 from Will Atkinson.
In 1930 he created a picnic area behind his home on Rt. 13, clearing areas and building swings and picnic tables. He also ran a small store where he sold picnic items that his customers might have forgotten, recalls his daughter.
The Bingley Picnic Grove was known far and wide as a place to rest, relax and spend a quiet time with family.
Mrs. Balenske said her dad closed Bingley Picnic Grove in a huff when the state told him to remove the outhouses in the picnic area that emptied into the creek.
“However, he only closed for one season,” Mrs Balenske said. “Old Sneaky Pete, he opened the picnic area the next season to his old friends and long-time customers from Chittenango, Oneida, Syracuse and Cazenovia, but never had as many people as before when he was running full bore.”
In its heyday the Bingley Picnic Grove saw more than 100 cars every weekend and on holidays.
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lots of money for good causes, had the unequalled privilege of teaching and taken an active part in local organizations. I have traveled, stayed home, spent glorious summers on a lake and hosted uncounted dinner parties for friends. And, of course, there are the cycles of weight gain and loss that figured (pun intended) in my biography.
For my spouse and I, we recognize that time is a thief and although we are so blessed to have our children and grandchildren, time and its minions have stolen facility and ability along with the accumulated experiences that make up a life. It is getting harder, but it is required that we do try to remember their fading melodies.
That girl who walked to school and mass every day in Brooklyn, now must use a cane to walk across the room. The energy and focus of the teenager who lived in Carmel has been modified to someone who remembers what energy and focus was like, while she is plotting how to get rid of weight that added as time subtracted.
And still, I remember the lullabies I sang to my babies and my grandchildren as they grow and I don’t.
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.
Help protect our lake
To the Editor:
To all lakefront property owners: we’re asking for your help in keeping our lake clean and healthy. Please use the public boat launch at Lakeside Park for all trailered watercraft launches. This is not just a convenience issue—it’s a critical step in preventing the spread of invasive species like Hydrilla. The launch opens for the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26.
When boats are launched from private shorelines, they bypass inspection. That raises the risk of introducing invasive plants that could severely damage the lake’s ecosystem. Hydrilla, in particular, has no current treatment method available for our lake, and even if one is found, it would likely be extremely expensive.
Beyond the threat of invasive species, shoreline launches stir up silt and add pollutants into the water. Silt is already a major issue, making the lake shallower in spots and encouraging unwanted weed growth.
The community has already invested over $1.5 million since 2008—thanks to generous donors to the CLA—to control Milfoil. We can’t afford another crisis. Please do your part. Launch at Lakeside Park. Protect the lake we all enjoy.
Dave MilleR caz Lake aSSociation Boy Scout, Girl Scout organizations should stay separate
To the Editor:
To Mr. Edwin Theetge, Executive Director and CEO, Scouting America-Longhouse Council:
The following regards your letter on page 5 of the Feb. 5, 2025 edition of Eagle News’ From the Mailbag regarding the new organization “Scouting America.” I don’t know if you’re the person to
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Ramblings from the empty nest ann Ferro
complain about this, but here goes.
In my opinion, there is no valid reason to dismantle the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America— two storied organizations— to form “Scouting America,” and I was disappointed to find a rationale lacking in your letter.
These two fine organizations should be left alone. Both scouting organizations have stood the test of time, as separate and distinct entities as originally configured. Melding them together serves no discernible purpose, and I therefore see no valid reason to form the new coed organization.
Following the science can only lead to one conclusion: boys and girls are different. Besides the obvious biological differences, they have different paths to traverse on the way to maturity, and these differences cannot be acknowledged, much less respected, if they are not optimized through individualization and are instead merely lumped together. God created them male and female [Matthew 19:4]. Like it or not, boys and girls are simply not interchangeable.
You state that, “Since its inception in 1910 scouting has fostered values of leadership, responsibility, and community service.” Indeed it has! Why change?
Similarly, “Through hands-on activities, outdoor experiences, and mentorship, Scouting America helps cultivate teamwork, discipline, and a spirit of service to others. These qualities are vital for young people to thrive in today’s ever-changing world… .”
If indeed Scouting America does these things, I would submit the traditional scouting organizations did them better, by optimizing the experiences to align better for the sexes individually.
Since 1912 girls who want to be scouts join an existing, intact, storied and perfectly serviceable organization known as the Girl Scouts. Since 1910, boys who want to be scouts similarly join Boy Scouts. Very simple! Very obvious! Why all the fuss?
At the end of your missive, you offer impressive facts about the Longhouse Council, the local iteration of Scouting America, but those facts do nothing to justify doing away with both the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts.
If your submission is indeed intended to be some sort of validation for the new organization, it’s lacking in this regard.
But I must say that stepping forward to lead the complex Longhouse Council is commendable in that you’re devoting your time and energy toward the betterment of today’s youth, and in no way do I intend to demean or minimize your efforts in this regard.
As I mentioned above, I don’t know if you are the progenitor of Scouting America, you may or may not have been solely responsible; but as I said, I don’t know whom else to vent to.
MiChael heSS camiLLuS
Stick with it. to the end.
Where to start? No really, where?
So much history, so much excitement, so many emotions and feelings were packed into the five or so hours on a sun-splashed Sunday in Augusta that trying to capture all of them in a single column is beyond impossible.
Two double bogeys. Towering iron shots over and around Georgia pines that somehow found their way to greens. Clutch pars, impressive birdies, a certain victory assured one moment, a certain defeat assumed the next.
Nothing I’ve ever seen in sports equals what was felt before, during and after Rory McIlroy claimed the Masters, ended his decade-long major drought and earned just the sixth career Grand Slam.
Which brings us back to the original question. Having read so many brilliant pieces in so many places about what transpired, what is an angle I could bring to it which covers fresh ground?
Ultimately what emerged was not fresh or new. It was the singular sensation experienced when McIlroy fell to his knees, screamed, wept, got up, hugged his caddie and a classy Justin Rose and then walked off to earthshaking noise and “Rory” chants from all those on the property.
All I could think of, exhausted beyond most coherent thoughts, was a simple mantra. Keep going. Don’t ever quit.
Heaven knows McIlroy could have quit. We covered in this space the long journey he took since 2014, including
major heartbreak at St. Andrews, Los Angeles CC and Pinehurst just in the last three years. Not to mention all the misses at Augusta dating back to his 2011 final-round 80.
Then this Masters threatened to reinforce all of it. A great opening round derailed by those two doubles that can never happen to an eventual winner. Then a rock-solid 66 in the second round to get back in contention. Then an audacious six straight 3s (never done before) to start the third round which put him in front, the most vulnerable place possible.
And even this was a quiet prelude to the tumult of those last 19 holes which encapsulated all Rory had experienced, forcing him to suffer even more in public before deliverance.
That opening drive at 1 never got over the bunker. Double bogey, lead gone, and in second after a disappointing par at 2. The groans were everywhere – on the course, in living rooms and in clubhouses all the way to Northern Ireland.
Two holes and two birdies later the lead was back, reinforced by pars on the next four holes though two of them were great escapes from tee shots behind trees. Then the birdies at 9 and 10 for a fourshot margin.
Ah, but Amen Corner. A nervy second at 11 stopped just short of the pond and bogey wasn’t a bad result, especially when the devilish 12th was navigated without incident.
Then, 13 Understand with the lead Rory had, laying up was absolutely the thing to do and has worked before. What wasn’t the thing to do was dunking the approach into the drink. Double, again, and a hangover bogey at 14 to boot.
Admit it – you though it was done, that it was career ruined. At least until that absurd seven-iron at 15 that found the green, the solid par at 16 and the eight-iron at 17 that rolled to two feet. Oneshot lead, one hole left.
Of course the wedge at 18 had to take the same rightward flight that the wedge at 13 did, and Rory couldn’t get up and down. For about the fourth time on this day you gave up, certain that Rose would win the playoff.
Except that Rose’s approach didn’t go back down the slope, McIlroy’s did, and you know the rest.
We gravitate to sports because, at their best, they can offer us lessons about character and determination. But those lessons can get drowned out by the noise, the controversies, the hot takes.
Here, though, the only noise was the cheers, chants, applause and acclimation all directed toward a man, not as young as he was before, who showed in the most vivid way imaginable exactly the lesson he gave to his daughter a few minutes later with a priceless green coat draped on him.
“Don’t give up on your dreams,” Rory McIlroy said. He did not. We ought not to, either.
Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline.com.
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Phil Blackwell
Years Ago
30 years ago – april 26, 1995 It will most likely be fall before
Madison County residents will be able to summon emergency services by dialing the familiar, the digits, 911. The county officials overseeing the project said the rural nature of Madison County is causing delays in getting four-digit codes assigned to each property. Joe DeFrancisco
said last week that efforts to identify all properties in the county started smoothly enough when dealing with villages and hamlets. But, when the contractor doing the work started to reach the less densely populated rural areas of the county things slowed down. DeFrancisco,
the county’s emergency services coordinator, said a recent agreement with the regional office of the U.S. Postal Service will help speed up the process. He said rural carriers are knowledgeable about who lives where and can help fill in some of the blanks.
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SPORTS Cazenovia baseball gets back on winning track
By Phil BlaCkWell
At the outset of the April school break
the Cazenovia baseball team was still dealing with the game April 10 against Marcellus where it surrendered an eight-run lead in the sixth inning and ended up in a 10-10 tie.
Fewer runs were scored in last Sunday’s game against Oneida, but the Lakers were quite okay with it since it led to a 6-2 victory over the Express.
What was the same as Marcellus was Cazenovia built up a sizable advantage, in this case 6-0 through four innings. Jake Hightchew and Zane Ison both drove in a pair of runs, with Joey Awald adding an
RBI and Danny Bliss scoring twice. Again staked to a big lead Cazenovia kept it with Ison and Max Nichiporuk combining to hold Oenida to two hits and overcoming eight walks to constantly thwart Express rallies.
In its next outing last Monday the Lakers were turned back in a 3-1 defeat to Mount Markham where three Mustangs pitchers – Logan Plows, Nate Pcola and Lloyton Plummer – combined on a no-hitter that included 16 strikeouts, 10 of them by Pcola.
Single runs in the first, third and seventh innings proved enough, though Cazenovia did push across a run in the bottom of the seventh on a bases-loaded walk
by Ison which scored Awald. Nico Segall pitched five innings, with Bliss seeing a relief stint.
As this went on, Chittenango earned its first victory of the season against Canastota, doubling up the Raiders in an 8-4 decision.
They traded runs in the second and third innings before the Bears broke out with three runs in the top of the fourth for a 6-2 edge which was augmented by two runs in the sixth to double the eventual winning margin.
A.J. Valente smashed a home run for Chittenango, also drawing three walks and getting three RBIs. Mason Corlis doubled, singled twice, scored twice and drove in a
run as RBIs also went to Dylan Brownson and Eli Lefort. Evan Tianello pitched 4 2/3 innings to earn the win as Valente struck out six in his 2 1/3 innings of relief. At Oneida on Thursday afternoon the Bears doubled its winning margin from the first meeting and beat Oneida 12-4, taking the lead for good with a four-run rally in the top of the second.
A four-run sixth inning provided for a getaway as Valente stayed hot at the plate, going three-for-four with a triple, two singles and three RBIs. Zailor Caras also drove in three runs as Maddox Shantel had two hits and two RBIs and Tianello drove in a run. Alex Pappas struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings on the mound.
Cazenovia boys lacrosse stopped by South Jefferson
By Phil BlaCkWell
Having won its first two games of the season, the Cazenovia boys lacrosse team wanted to keep it up as the game action and level of competition picked up and a big test loomed Tuesday against reigning sectional Class D champion Marcellus.l
The Lakers faced South Jefferson last Thursday afternoon and saw its brief win streak ended in an emphatic manner by the Spartans, who took over in the second half and prevailed 13-5.
All seemed fine in the early going for
Cazenovia, who jumped out in front and took a 5-3 advantage to halftime led by Paul Mitchell’s three-goal hat trick as Bobby Livingston got the other two goals.
Then it was all South Jefferson, who dominated face-offs on the way to 10 unanswered goals in the second half. The Spartans wore down the Lakers’ defense and negated 10 saves from Tucker Ives.
Jared Hazen led this push, the Spartans’ forward earning six goals, one more than the entire Cazenovia roster. Chase Waite helped out with three goals and two assists and goalie Alex Florkey blanked the Lak-
ers in the second half on the way to equaling Ives’ total of 10 saves.
On its way to a 3-2 start the Cazenovia girls lacrosse team had demonstrated plenty of skill, yet still found itself looking up at some of its top-flight competition.
When Christian Brothers Academy came to the high school turf complex last Tuesday afternoon it brought a potent lineup which overwhelmed the Lakers’ defense in a 17-4 defeat.
Up 11-1 by halftime, the Brothers were led by Lilah Kirch, who had five goals, and Maeve Mackenzie, who got four goals.
Together, this duo has put up 49 goals in CBA’s first seven games as Sloane Massa added three goals and one assist. When Cazenovia was able to attack, Charlie Prior did score twice, with single goals going to Izzy Stromer-Galley and Caroline Mehlbaum. Maddy DeAngelis picked up an assist. Goalie Gwen Livingston finished with 11 saves.
Cazenovia’s boys also take on JordanElbridge and Elmira late this week after it deals with Marcellus, the girls Lakers having their own games with the Mustangs and Eagles on home turf.
Chittenango softball team earns 3-0 shutout of Liverpool
By Phil BlaCkWell
Off to a 1-1 start, the Chittenango softball team would gain quite a victory early in the week of the April school break.
Hosting Liverpool, the reigning Section III Class AAA champions, last Monday afternoon the Bears heavily relied on the duo of Lauren Machan and Makenna Palko to defeat the Warriors 3-0. Machan had perhaps her best pitching performance to date, limiting Liverpool’s batters to just four hits, two of them by Emily Nestor, while recording nine strikeouts and not surrendering a walk.
It was 0-0 until the bottom of the fourth inning, when Palko drove home the game’s first run with a single off Warriors pitcher Lexi Goodfellow. She then added a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth for insurance as Machan, Alivia Cavotta and Julianna Coon scored those runs. Placed at no. 12 in the first state Class A rankings of the spring, Chittenango faced Canastota on Thursday afternoon and took just five innings to put away the Raiders 13-1.
Three-run rallies in the first and second innings were followed by a sevenrun fifth as Machan and Cavotta picked
up three RBIs apiece, combining for five of the Bears’ 10 hits.
Makenna Palko singled, doubled and drove in two runs, with Isabella Battiana-McClusky, Danica Oppenheimer and Annabelle Granata earning one RBI apiece. Coon scored three runs.
This was a prelude to big games late in the week against Oneida and CiceroNorth Syracuse before it takes on Phoenix, Solvay and Altmar-Parish-Williamstown as students return to school this week.
Cazenovia took a 2-1 record into last Monday’s game against East Syracuse Minoa but was tripped up in a 12-4 de -
feat to the Spartans. A five-run third inning put ESM in control. Most of the Lakers’ offense came in a three-run third as Gianna Comino had two hits and an RBI. Irie Gallerani, who pitched another complete game, took the loss as she joined Lucy Bliss, Caitee Fenton and Layla Decker earning hits. Madden Cobb and Sophia Wilmot scored runs along with Fenton and Comino.
Off for the rest of the week, Cazenovia hoped to get in one Tuesday against Jordan-Elbridge before the schedule really began to pick up in the last days of April.
