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Volume 203, No. 16 April 20 to 26, 2011
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Spring cleanup begins in Caz PIERCE SMITH
Tree Commission to honor Arbor Day A sugar maple will be installed in Memorial Park after a ceremony on April 23. ...See page 5
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KURT WHEELER
Top: Dave Cox, Village Department of Public Works Equipment Operator, uses a power broom to sweep up debris in Telephone Park on April 14. Left: Project CAFÉ students led a team of local residents to clean up the community on April 9 in early celebration of Earth Day. Pictured in the front row are Kevin Porter, left, Henry Mann, Pat Karmis and Marie Sugio. In the back row, Christian Howles, left, stands with Amara Kattrein, Sam Fox, Kurt Wheeler, Sally Langan, Anna Schultz, Brody Kellish, Tommy Eberl, Matt Henderson, Patrick Dermody, Meghan Karmis, Darlene McIntee and Beth Seeley. The volunteers gathered up a truck load of litter left behind after the winter snows receded.
Cazenovia BOE approves Carpenter’s Pond to proposed school budget undergo beautification
Boys varsity lacrosse team is third in state The Cazenovia Lakers have a record of 7-1 after triumphing over Marcellus. ...See page 10
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District receives state aid increases, some reductions still in store By Pierce Smith
editor@cazenoviarepublican.com The Cazenovia Board of Education will conduct a public briefing on its proposed 2011-2012 budget at 6:30 p.m. May 10. The $25.7 million proposal will be voted upon by the public on May 17. The proposed 2011-12 budget was tentatively approved on April 11. At the meeting, Assistant Superintendent Bill Furlong presented the specifics of the budget. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed cuts to school aid had left districts all over New York State scrambling to bridge large gaps in their budgets. Even after restoring $272 million of school aid in the state’s tentative $132.5 billion budget, many districts, including Cazenovia, will still have to make changes. “Our income comes from two places, taxes and state aid. When our revenue is decreased, where are we supposed to get it? We have to find it in increased taxes,” Superintendent Bob Dubik said. “The
four areas we got the money from are a combination of increased taxes, faculty concessions, district reductions and use of funds balance.” Cazenovia schools initially faced a deficit of $1.25 million due to cuts in state aid. The restored budget returns $218,000 to the district. Dubik explained that the funds will allow the district to keep an Athletic Trainer and reduce the increase of the proposed tax levy from 3.3 to 2.9 percent. “ The b o ard worked real hard, knowing the fin an c i a l t i m e s we’re in, to keep the tax levy down. These are certainly different times; there are tough decisions to make. Bob Dubik We heard clearly from the community. They didn’t want programs eliminated,” Dubik said. “This is the consequence. We could have cut more from the budget, but we would’ve really cut into programming; we kept all academic programs.” The various reductions that the pro-
See CCSD Budget, page 6
By Judy Gianforte
CPF Projects Manager The Cazenovia Preservation Foundation owns and maintains about 14 miles of public-use trails in the Town and Village of Cazenovia. The trail around Carpenter’s Pond is one of the most visible of these holdings. In May, with the help of Cazenovia Middle School students, CPF will start its work of restoring the pond and its trails. The students will rake and clear the trails, replace the two benches removed for the construction, and prepare a small sitting area on the pond shore near the pond’s outlet. A year ago, a breach in the dike between Carpenter’s Pond and the adjoining outlet canal from Cazenovia See Pond, page 5
JUDY GIANFORTE
A view of Carpenter’s Pond on a sunny spring day. In May, Cazenovia Middle School students will help the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation improve the walking trails and restore the pond to its historic beauty.
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