Cazenovia Republican digital edition - May 10, 2023

BAG End to oPEn GArdEns

By KAtE Hill Staff Writer

This spring, “Bag End” in Cazenovia will open its extensive flower gardens to the public for four afternoons of viewing, education and inspiration.

Jay King and his wife, Anne, will welcome community members and area visitors to their private residence on Fairchild Hill overlooking Cazenovia Lake on June 1-4 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Bag End’s traditional open garden events have been timed this year to align with the 2023 American Peony Society (APS)

town councilor spearheads community geothermal subcommittee

By KAtE Hill Staff Writer

On May 8, the Cazenovia

Town Board appointed members to a new community geothermal subcommittee.

According to the resolution adopted by the board, Town Councilor Jimmy Golub expressed an interest in geothermal as an energy source for future projects in the town, and Town Supervisor Bill Zupan suggested that a committee be formed to explore that type of energy and how it might help the community.

The following individuals are serving on the committee: Golub; Dave Porter or Kathy Hahn from the Village of Cazenovia; Jim Cunningham, Town of Cazenovia Water Pollution Control Facility operator and Nelson Town Supervisor; Eric Benedict, Cazenovia Central School District director of facilities; Chris Carrick, energy program manager at the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board; Lauren Lines, Cazenovia Area Community Development Association executive

director; and Laurie Dudley of the United Climate Action Network.

“I thought the first meeting was excellent,” said Golub. “We will be doing [a] feasibility study [at some point], but we sort of have to focus in on what we are studying.” in other news

The board approved the use of Ridge Road, Glenwood Road, and Preston Road for the 50th Annual Cazenovia July 4th Foot Race 2023 scheduled for Tuesday, July 4, starting at 8 a.m.

The board appointed Linda Cushman to the position of town planning board alternate member for the remainder of 2023 and Joseph Juskiewicz to the town zoning board of appeals for the remainder of 2023.

“I think they will be tremendous additions to those boards,” said Councilor Kyle Reger. “[They’re] just a good fit and we are lucky to have them.”

During his report, Reger acknowledged the recent passing of “two great public servants.” Town l Page 3

Young artists invited to Carpenter’s Barn for four summer art workshops

By KAtE Hill Staff Writer

Local art educator

Krista Brown and CazArts creative alliance are inviting young creatives to the Carpenter’s Barn arts hub at Lakeland Park in Cazenovia this summer for four five-day workshops.

Brown will present “Exploring Color” July 10-14, “Exploring Printmaking & Collage” July 17-21, “Exploring Sculpture” July 24-28, and “Exploring Your Dream Home” July 31Aug. 4.

The classes are open to kids ages 6-12 “CazArts wants to create a space where elementaryage children can create and explore art,” said Brown. “These summer workshops aim to engage them and give them a positive creative outlet. There is a need in our community for arts programming outside of school, especially in the summer. The specific topics were chosen because I hope to get kids excited about different ways of expressing art.”

The cost of each workshop is $120, plus a $10 materials fee. Scholarships (one per family) are avail-

able for kids with financial needs.

During the color-focused workshop, young artists will create original artwork using markers, oil pastels, and colored pencils to explore the power of hue, shade, tone, saturation and contrast.

Participants in the second workshop will “travel” the world by learning about a new artist each day while experimenting with printmaking and collage techniques and self-portraits.

“We will learn about Japanese artists who do gyotaku — the art of fish printing — and make our own prints using rubber fish,” said Brown. “Frida Kahlo gives campers the opportunity for some selfreflection while learning how to do a self-portrait. We will also focus on Hiroaki Takahashi’s majestic prints of Japanese landscapes and explore this medium with foam prints depicting Cazenovia’s rolling countryside. Finally, we will do a colorful collage [inspired by] Alma Thomas and learn how she distilled beauty into lines of pure colors on large canvases.”

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mensional world behind, the sculpture workshop will give kids the chance to use foil to create dynamic aluminum figures, get messy with paper mâché, and explore the endless possibilities of origami.

During the final workshop, participants will use their imaginations along with upcycled and natural materials to build original architectural models of their dream spaces. They will first sketch out their ideas and then bring them to life by combining different mediums.

Each workshop will conclude with a gallery showing of the kids’ work at the end of the week.

All sessions will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. and are timed to enable kids to also participate in the 2023 Cazenovia Youth Recreational program, which runs mornings.

“We timed the first four weeks of the program so that the kids who are attending the Caz Rec program can be picked up by us and brought to the barn for an additional three hours of art,” said Brown.

To find out more about

the Caz Rec program, visit cazenovia.recdesk.com/ Community/Progra m.

According to Brown, the ideal class size for each workshop is 15-20 kids.

“More brainstorming and energy comes from a group that size,” she explained. “There will also be the opportunity to have some one-on-one moments with each participant. We are working with high school students interested in art and kids to fulfill their volunteer hours for school, [so] there will be many hands assisting.”

Brown, who has lived in Cazenovia with her family since 2013, is originally from Dallas, Texas, where she began her college education as an art education major at Texas Christian University. She then transferred to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she earned a bachelor of fine arts with a concentration in ceramics.

Her teaching experience includes developing a homeschool arts curriculum, teaching in an arts magnet school, and creating programming and teaching in arts-centered

Submitted photo this summer, local art educator Krista Brown is presenting four five-day workshops for kids at the Carpenter’s Barn arts hub.

summer camps in Texas, New Mexico and Alaska.

She currently teaches art to preschoolers and early elementary students at the Rippleton Center on Thompson Road in Cazenovia.

As an artist, Brown has sold her ceramic works and metal sculptures in Alaska.

Carpenter’s Barn is also offering adult art pro -

grams this summer, and scholarships are available for adults 65 and older living in Madison County.

To register for any of the summer classes at Carpenter’s Barn, visit cazarts.com/carpenters_ barn-classes.htm l.

To donate to the CazArts Kids Scholarship Fund, click the link at the bottom of the “Classes” page on cazarts.com.

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“Bag End” in Cazenovia will open its extensive flower gardens to the public June 1-4 from 1 to 4 p.m.

CWR celebrates Extending the Table Chamber to establish events committee with help from local donor

By KAtE Hill Staff Writer

The Greater Cazenovia Area Chamber of Commerce (GCACC) is in the process of establishing an events committee with financial support from long-time GCACC member and local business owner Ralph Monforte.

The committee, which is seeking additional volunteer members, will be responsible for continuing and evolving the GCACC’s traditional events, including the Fourth of July, the Christmas Walk, Block Fest, Ladies’ Night Out, Men’s Night, and business after-hours, and creating additional events.

the success that we’ve had. Because we’ve been so successful in our Fayetteville location, we are making an investment in Cazenovia.”

According to GCACC member McKenzie Houseman, who owns 20|EAST & Cazenovia Cut Block, she and Monforte attended the May 3 GCACC board meeting to help figure out how downtown businesses could come together to support the chamber in reinvigorating the community’s event offerings.

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On Saturday, May 6, Cazenovia

Welcomes Refugees (CWR) held its fourth “Extending the Table” fundraising dinner in celebration of global friendship and local hospitality. Ngoc Huynh, the owner of Mamma Hai Vietnamese restaurant at Salt City Market in Syracuse, prepared the meal for 150 guests. the mission of CWR is 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.

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“With the last few years being very hard due to COVID, a lot of the ‘normal’ activities stopped,” said GCACC board member Barb Houghton, who is co-chairing the committee with GCACC President Sara Wean. “With that [came a drop in] membership, [and therefore] volunteers. With the donation made by Ralph, we are hoping to bring back some of the events and add a few more.”

During the May 3 GCACC board meeting, Monforte, who owns Cazenovia Jewelry on Albany Street and in Fayetteville, announced that he will be donating $10,000 to start the new committee off with a healthy amount of funds to support local events.

The business owner said he is also very excited to invest in Cazenovia by renovating his storefront at 49 Albany St. starting on Jan. 1, 2024. The work will involve rebuilding the front of the building to feature a 19th-century-style, handicap-accessible center entrance. While the renovation is underway, the Cazenovia store is expected to be closed from January through approximately May of next year.

“Emotionally, I’m very connected to the [Cazenovia community], since we bought that business in 1985,” said Monforte, who was a member of the founding board of the GCACC. “We started there and that’s really been the foundation for

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“The past couple of years have been a little rough for everyone,” said Houseman. “I had some personal medical issues that took me away from the chamber board and my shop. COVID was the worst culprit, taking away many of the events many people in the community really enjoyed. I believe the restrictions created by COVID created an environment of isolation for many businesses. We were all just trying to keep our doors open, and this didn’t allow much time to plan the fun things we had counted on in the past. . . The majority of people coming through my shop want these events back. . . The committee is so important because these events truly take a village. A variety of creative and motivated minds who love this community will be unstoppable. I look forward to working with others to see what should stay the same and what needs to be added to create the most positive events that make our area such an amazing place to live.”

According to Monforte, the GCACC has traditionally funded its events by approaching local businesses beforehand and asking if they would like to donate and/or participate.

Monforte said his donation is intended to enable the new events committee to be more financially independent.

“I think if you present a good enough plan and show that you can execute [it] effectively as a committee, other people will want to participate and feel better about the money that they do contribute to an event,” he said.

Monforte added that he hopes other busiChamber l Page 3

If you live in Madison County, your local Boy Scout Troops and Packs are benefiting from support services, character development programming and leadership training funded by donations to The Leatherstocking Council.

On average, our Eagle Scouts alone (4% of all Scouts) are providing 190 community service hours to more than sixty other local nonprofit organizations each year!

If you would like to help recruit or support more Scouts in Madison County, please text the word LOCALSCOUTS to (844) 615-4269. LeatherstockingCouncil.org

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Cazenovia veteran honored

Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla, United States Air Force, Retired, was recently inducted into the Air Force Cyberspace and Operations Support Hall of Fame.

Basla received this honor in recognition of his outstanding service to the nation while in uniform and his contributions to other national and community service organizations since retirement.

Basla spent nearly 36 years on active duty and retired out

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of the Pentagon in November 2014 as the Air Force chief information officer and chief of information dominance reporting to the secretary of the Air Force. While in that position he spearheaded and signed the first Air Force Cyberspace Flight Plan. This plan documented the Air Force efforts to combat global cyberspace threats to national security.

During his career, Basla served on several operational and headquarters units.

From 1988 to 1991 the

He first recognized Tom Driscoll, who was a past Cazenovia Town Board member and dedicated his time and energy to many other organizations throughout the community.

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nesses will donate as well and that he would like to see another $10,000 raised to provide further support for future community events.

“I believe very strongly that if all the businesses work together, we can accomplish a lot of great things, as we have in the past,” Monforte said.

general commanded a communications squadron named best in the Air Force.

Between April 2000 and May 2001, he served as the director of command, control, and communications for the Joint Task Force Southwest Asia. There he was part of the leadership team enforcing a United Nation Security Resolution against Saddam Hussein.

Upon his return from Saudi Arabia, Basla was assigned to one of his three Pentagon tours. During that assignment

Reger also highlighted the service of Deborah Kenn, of the Town of Nelson, whom he said he had the privilege of working with briefly on the Cazenovia Area Joint Youth Recreation Program.

“Both will be missed,” said Reger.

The mission of the GCACC is to benefit the local economy and enhance the community’s quality of life by actively serving, representing, and enhancing business growth and success, and by providing programs and activities to improve interaction between local businesses and the Cazenovia area communities.

For more information on the GCACC, visit cazenovia.com.

the 9/11 attack occurred. He spent the next several months overseeing communications support to the Global War on Terrorism.

As a vice director on the Joint Staff he developed draft policy for public attendance of dignified transfers at Dover Air Force Base where America’s fallen heroes’ return home.

President Obama approved the proposal and made it national policy. Today national media witness and capture these solemn events.

From 2009 to 2012 he served as vice commander of Air Force Space Command and led the effort to integrate the new cyber mission area in that command.

Since retiring, Basla has remained engaged in service activities and received other recognitions.

He served on the National Board of Directors for the Armed Services YMCA and the International Executive Committee of the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association.

In 2015 UAlbany named him its distinguished alumni of the year and in 2022 the

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Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla, United States Air Force, Retired, was recently inducted into the Air Force Cyberspace and Operations Support Hall of Fame.

Town of Salina in Syracuse

co-named the street he grew up on Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla Way.

Basla now lives in Cazenovia with his wife Rebecca.

There he serves as first vice president of the Lions Club

and started a family business. Each year he partners with the Wounded Warrior Project to sponsor a family picnic for wounded warriors, other veterans, first responders and their families on his Maples farm.

Mindful of motorcycles

It has been a long road out of winter and it seems as though the spring and summer seasons are at last making an appearance in Central New York.

As with the change to the winter months, the warmer months also bring some changes we all need to be cognizant of when we are driving.

This is a time of year when there are more people on the road in cars, on bikes and motorcycles.

Whether it is with a destination like a vacation or a weekend adventure or just a long family drive taking in the fresh air, there will be more traffic on the roads in the coming months.

Taking the time to be mindful of others and giving yourself extra time to get where you are going are always good ideas regardless of the time of the year.

Aside from more vehicles there will also be more motorcycles on the road.

According to AAA, April was dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of distracted driving and this segues into May’s theme which is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

There are roughly 8.6 million motorcycle owners in the U.S., according to AAA.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the number of on-road motorcycles registered in the U.S. has risen over the last ten years, doubling from 4.3 million in 2002 to 8.6 million in 2021.

While many love the feeling of freedom and the wind as they move down the road out in the open, this does leave motorcyclists exposed in a way other motorists are not.

According to the National Safety Council motorcyclists are more vulnerable to crashes than any other driver.

In 2007, the mileage death rate for motorcyclists was 37 times greater than for passenger car occupants.

Motorcycle safety also is an issue of increasing concern – fatalities involving drivers and motorcyclists increased 131 percent between 1998 and 2008, according to the National Safety Council.

May is designated as Motorcycle Safety Awareness month and the NSC has several tips for motorists and motorcyclists alike to keep in mind.

The NSC has recommended that cars leave a greater following distance between themselves and motorcycles.

Drivers should also show extra caution in intersections. Most crashes occur when a driver fails to see a motorcyclist and turns left in front of a motorcycle.

Drivers should never try to share a lane with a motorcycle. Always give a motorcycle the full lane width.

It is important to remember that it is a two way street and motorcyclists also need to be mindful of their surroundings and the more exposed nature of being in the open on a bike and the different limitations that a motorcycle has compared with a car or other vehicle.

According to the NSC, motorcyclists should avoid riding in poor weather conditions.

Motorcyclists should position their motorcycles to avoid a driver’s blind spot.

Many crashes occur because motorcycles are hidden in a vehicle’s blind spot.

Motorcyclists must use turn signals for every turn or lane change.

Drivers should always make a visual check for motorcyclists by checking mirrors and blind spots before entering or leaving a lane of traffic, according to the NSC.

AN ODE TO My MOM, My HERO

Ramblings from the empty nest

Ann Ferro

I wrote this many years ago and I think that I’ve asked that it be printed twice because it says what I know to be the truth about mothers…not all the truth but enough to mean something.

I can see her standing in the light from the kitchen window, dust motes dancing around her as she washed the family clothes. She stood at that sink every Monday and washed the clothing of four small children, her husband and herself on an old fashioned wooden washboard.

At five, I was intrigued, carefully noting her wash day methods. She would scrub each item and, when it was sufficiently cleaned, she would put it behind the washboard and begin to work on another.

When there were no more clothes to wash, or, more likely, when there was no more room behind the washboard, she would drain the sink, fill it again with clean water and rinse all that she had just scrubbed, finally wringing each with her hands. She would take each sink load of wet clothing outside to the porch where, in all but wet weather, she would hang the wash on the line, carefully adjusting the poles that held it up under the weight of the clothing. Wash day sometimes took all day.

At five years old, I wanted to be just like her. I wanted my hands to look like hers, reddened by the water and the cold. I couldn’t wait until I could wash clothes at the sink.

She was faced with raising four children born in less than five years virtually alone. My father was spirited away by the state of New York to a tuberculosis sanitarium in Otisville when I,

the eldest, was six years old. She struggled with little money, and was even the recipient of welfare for a time, accomplishing heroic deeds with the help of her mother, my beloved grandmother.

I can remember them conferring over the remaking of second-hand clothing, ripping apart an old sweater to get yarn to knit mittens or make an afghan to warm our beds, making inexpensive meals out of bizarre ingredients such as chicken feet or kidneys.

I can remember not knowing that we were poor, wanting things like paper and crayons, but thinking that only the very rich had these things. I wanted to be just like her, making do, making everything safe. I saw my mother go off to work, leaving the house at 10

p.m. to work overnight as a telephone operator. She was, for many years, the primary breadwinner. My Dad’s tuberculosis was closely followed by heart disease and the dissolution of the company for which he worked. I was there to take over part of the burden. I had learned as much as I could about her motherly arts. I could cook and clean, and even sew. I didn’t have to wash clothing in the sink; my five-year-old childhood dream had been transformed by a front-loading GE washing machine. The clothes still dried on the line in the backyard and it took a while before I could help with that chore, but I grew as fast as I could. I helped her as often as possible, focusing on growing up and getting good grades. She was still

my hero. She was tired when she got home, but still had much to do while we were at school. But then, well into my teens, I no longer envied her and aspired to something more than the drudgery of her life. Her vision of life was colored by her experience. She counseled me, “Learn a trade, Ann, so that when your husband gets sick you will be able to support your family.”

I, at 15, wanted so much more than that and was annoyed at her lack of imagination. At 15 I was too concerned with my own ambition and dreams to see the woman who lived that work-a-day life for the heroine she was. My adulation was replaced by teenage

Stories skating toward a Cup

Oh, nothing much going on in the NHL playoffs.

Just a 26-hour stretch where the defending champions, the 2020 and 2021 champions, and the team with the most regularseason points in history all got cast out.

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That would be Colorado, Tampa Bay and Boston, for the uninitiated. Also the Rangers are out, blanked in Game 7 by New Jersey, a fate almost worse than last place.

That sound you heard on those particular evenings were ESPN and Turner Sports cringing at the notion that their ratings cash cows in Beantown and the Big Apple were gone, and possibly a few million viewers with them.

Well, if they go, they’ll miss something special.

Of the eight teams that started the second round, three have never hoisted the Stanley Cup, and four of the other five haven’t won it in the salary cap era. Only Carolina has done so….in 2006, the first year of the cap after the lockout.

In other words, we’ve got hungry teams here, some full of youth, some full of experience, but each of them with a compelling narrative and one guaranteed to find nirvana sometime in June.

Carolina and Dallas have the most standard cases – good teams for years, maybe it’s their turn. The Hurricanes have gained plenty of playoff reps in recent years and have an underrated and passionate fan base. Oh, and those post-game celebrations they cooked up made Don Cherry mad. An extra bonus.

When they needed a COVID bubble in 2020, the Stars got all the way to the finals. Thus, there’s some points for getting real close and returning with a good chance to add to the title won in 1999 when….okay, as a Sabres fan I probably shouldn’t

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mention it except for “No Goal”.

Then there’s the expansion duo. Vegas almost cut in front of the line their very first season in 2018, ruining whatever charm may have come from paying some dues. Now? Oh, it’s always a spectacle in Sin City, and that’s cool, but again, as a Sabres fan, seeing Jack Eichel happy……

Far more charming is Seattle. First, the cool name – Kraken! Then there’s the passion always displayed by Seattle fans whatever the sport – why, dear Lord, did they lose the Sonics?

Sure, it’s early in the Kraken’s existence, but for now their continued presence remains novel and quirky enough.

Florida earns some sympathy from having suffered through Tampa Bay’s dynastic era up close while it went 25 years without winning a series – and when it did, the Bolts swept them in 2022. But the Panthers’ comeback to shock Boston was something to behold. So would another showering of rats circa 1996. New Jersey suffers many ways – mocked for their location and for their name, then blamed for ushering in a so-called “Dead Puck” era and winning it all three times during it. Mostly they just suffer from proximity to Rangers fans and will be glad to reclaim their arena in Newark for the rest of their playoff run.

Then we turn to Canada. In Edmonton, the wait for Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and friends to start replicating the Gretzky-area greatness has proven excruciating, but all might be lining up for the Oilers, who can just plain outscore teams if necessary and are easily the most attractive team in the West.

Finally, there’s Toronto. Oh, there’’s Toronto.

Go 19 years without winning a series and 56 years without a Cup and, yeah, you’ll have a fan base that comes to expect the absolute worst and puts epic levels of pressure on the Maple

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photoS courteSy ann ferro Mom and all of us in Aunt Gen’s yard about 1947.

years Ago in history

By CinDy BEll toBEy

160 years Ago – May 13, 1863

Tuesday we noticed a novelty in our streets, which struck us as supplying a need long felt in our midst; we refer to the bread wagon of the enterprising firm of Dean & Williams, grocers.

These gentlemen propose to deliver articles purchased of them at any point in the village, and also to make a specialty of delivering baked goods each day to customers who may desire to be regularly supplied with fresh articles in this line – their wagon running morning and afternoon. Messrs.

D & W have been to considerable expense for the purpose of accommodating their customers, not only in the matter of delivering goods, but also in fitting up their store in an elegant manner, increasing its facilities for the transaction of business pleasantly to all concerned.

120 years Ago – May 7, 1903

A man by the name of Otis S. Glynn, who is suspected of being the promoter of a game to get money not from the innocent farmer or the unsuspecting laboring man, but from men who desire to have themselves ranked as the great men of all time.

He got money from several Syracusans, it is said, and a couple of days last week he found time to pay a visit to this village, and interview several of our prominent men.

They were to be “written up” in laudatory style and placed among famous men of the country, for the modest fee of $15. Cazenovia people were to become famous cheaper than Syracuse people as it is said they were caught for sums varying from $100 to $800.

It is thought that he found but few here who cared to become “famous.”

It is not known whether it was Glynn or one of his agents who was here but the scheme was the same in both places.

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Where did that little girl’s adoration go? I was looking at her through a child’s eyes and it was only when I had children of my own and understood the power of that mother-child bond that I began to understand her in even the smallest way.

As a young mother who also worked outside the home, as she had, I complained that I didn’t have enough time to play with my children. She smiled and told me that she never had time to play with us.

“Always so much to do,” she said.

I spent a week with her about a month before she died. We did nothing of great import. We ate out at her favorite restaurants, simple family places tucked here and there around St.

80 years Ago – May 13, 1943

The first blackout under the Army Regulations Warning System was tried out in the Cazenovia area last Monday night. For the most part the results were very good, thanks to the good work of the wardens and auxiliary police.

The reports showed two or three instances in which people were away from home and left all the lights on in their houses, and one or two instances where people had failed to keep the lights turned out after the second 2-3-2 signal.

Letters are being sent to second offenders.

The use of the telephone was much improved, and the report center functioned very well.

It is felt that once the citizens become accustomed to the procedure there will be as great efficiency with this method as there was last year.

40 years Ago – May 11, 1983

Fifty-six tons of rip-rap, in the form of boulders, were installed at the water’s edge of the state rest area at the south end of Cazenovia Lake last week by the town of Cazenovia.

The purpose is to discourage use of the rest area as an unofficial boatlaunching site and local officials believe it will reduce traffic problems on Rt. 20 at the entrances to the parking lot as well as add to the safety of boaters.

Vandalism of the fence has been a constant problem and the State

Department of Transportation recently authorized the town to maintain it.

The boulders, however, came as somewhat of a surprise to Richard Simberg, regional director of the State Department of Transportation.

“We agreed to have the town maintain the fence, but we never authorized the rip-rap.”

“This did not have our approval and I am going to talk to the town about it,” Mr. Simberg said Thursday.

Pete. We talked, we listened to the gulls on the beach and watched some TV. I helped her plant flowers in the bed by the side of her house.

She told me that she always wanted to be a nurse, but she had to leave school at the end of the eighth grade to help support her parents. And she loved nice clothes. When you have four growing children and an invalid spouse, money for nice clothes wasn’t possible.

Her vices, she would smile, were romance novels and licorice. She loved her small gardens, always with her favorite portulacas front and center. She was an expert seamstress, like her mother, and we were the recipients of her talents for years. She had a faith in God that was strong, a belief in her children even stronger. We could do no wrong. Ever! She cared for us even

Attacked again by Mr. Schreibman

To the editor: After a pleasant trip to visit my daughter’s family in Albany to see my new grandson, I returned home to Barry’s letter in the Cazenovia Republican where again he viciously attacked me. Why? Because I dare to stand for Palestinian human rights and criticize the State of Israel when it acts criminally against the rights of an occupied people. As an American and also a citizen of Israel, I feel it is both my right and my moral imperative to speak out against injustice.

A reading of the article Schreibman references in the April 5 edition will demonstrate that my words were neither “vitriolic,” nor “hurtful, irrelevant, diatribe.” Rather, I stated the work I am engaged in as a member of Justice for Palestine, and why I devote much of my time in the attempt to achieve peace with justice in the “Holy Land.”

I converted to Judaism in 1987, primarily because my husband’s family were survivors of the Holocaust. I now belong to no faith group, but believe strongly in fairness and equality. Friends know that I am not antisemitic, and anyone who suggests otherwise slanders me. Perhaps Barry, your love of Israel blinds you to any of its wrongdoings, and I would suggest that you begin your education by reading important books and articles by notable Israeli writers like historian Ilan Pappe and journalists

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Leafs to end all of it.

Well, the Leafs finally won a series. Maybe that’s it – but what if it isn’t? You’re talking about the possibility of a catharsis equal to the 2004 Red Sox or 2016 Cubs, spread out over a large chunk of an entire country.

No ending would match the overwhelming emotion of seeing the team in

when we, wrapped up in our lives, were too busy to attend to her, too full of our lives to ascribe the debt that we owed. She carried us under her heart for nine months. She nursed us through illnesses, celebrated our accomplishments, visited our classrooms, accompanied us to college …something she could never dream for herself … was the last down the aisle before we walked to the altar to marry, spent weeks with us after the birth of our children, clipped coupons and sent them to us when she had more need of them herself. She spent her life on us, giving us all she could. But, I wanted more than that. What it was, I couldn’t articulate.

I wish that I had known my mother as that young girl with dreams, the one who became a woman who gave up those dreams so that we could live

Thank you teachers

To the editor:

In recognition of National Teacher Appreciation Week (May 8-12), the Cazenovia High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) would like to recognize all educators, especially the amazing Cazenovia High School teachers and staff that work with our children.

The PTSA would like to express our appreciation for all our teachers for making sure their students continue to learn in our fast-changing world, and for what they do all year round to give their students opportunities for success.

We thank our educators for working tirelessly each week with the wellbeing of our children at the forefront of their intention. We thank our teachers for creating safe places for our children to learn, practice problem solving, and regulate their emotions. We appreciate our educators for nurturing the passions and goals of their students.

The dedication of the Cazenovia High School teachers is heartwarming and has allowed our children to thrive during some very challenging school years. We can’t thank you enough.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! CAzENOviA hiGh SChOOL PtSA CazeNOvia

Blue and White claim the Cup, easing the pain of two generations. Yet it’s almost guaranteed that whoever does win this will find it novel and unprecedented, having undertaken a long, grueling journey to what is, undoubtedly, the toughest trophy to win in professional sports.

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

ours. At a mature age, I now know what “more” was, how she was “more” in all she did, so strong and determined to raise her family despite tremendous hardships. She sought nothing more than to see us succeed into happy, healthy lives. We were the parameters that defined her existence. We were her “more.”

There’s a small wooden washboard that hangs over the sink at our cottage which reminds me that I am not a good enough person to even come close to being the woman who was and is my mother.

Happy Mother’s Day in heaven.

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.

Convention, which is to be held in Syracuse from May 31 to June 4.

At Bag End, the Kings maintain many herbaceous peonies, emphasizing varieties that have won the APS Gold Medal or Award of Landscape Merit; 15 “Itoh” intersectional peonies, which are hybrids that combine the best qualities of tree peonies and herbaceous peonies; and a recently-formed Saunders peony garden devoted entirely to varieties created by Arthur Percy Saunders (18691953), the “Father of the Modern Peony,” at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

King became aware of Saunders’ work at Hamilton College only after learning that the APS would be holding its 2023 annual convention in Syracuse. At that point, he started looking into the organization’s ties to Central New York and learned about

the desire of many peony aficionados to visit the Saunders collection on display in Hamilton College’s Grant Garden.

Realizing that he did not know of any local gardens, including his own, that grew Saunders varieties, King decided to put in a whole garden of them at Bag End.

As of this spring, the Kings have planted just over 70 Saunders plants including several duplicates.

“One of the really interesting messages that has gotten through to me, and that I think would be of interest to people in Cazenovia, is that there are so many of these Saunders peonies that are early or very early [bloomers],” said King. “They have had the effect at our place of basically adding a couple of weeks to our peony bloom viewing season, which is pretty significant.”

On April 27, King said he was in the process of planning a small Ukraine

garden in support of the Ukrainian cause. The garden will feature six to eight peony plants that originated in Ukraine.

The peony roots are expected to arrive from Europe in the fall. In the meantime, King plans to plant a Ukrainian flag in the garden space using yellow marigolds and blue petunias.

“That will go in this month, and hopefully we will have a blooming Ukrainian flag all summer,” said King. “Then those annuals will pass, and we’ll put in the peony roots.”

According to King, this will be the sixth year of open garden afternoons at Bag End.

For several years, the property has hosted a spring “Rosalia,” a celebration honoring the “first flush” of the property’s hardy, old-fashioned roses.

“We do not currently plan [to hold] an open garden Rosalia celebration this year but will certainly celebrate

the glorious ‘first flush’ of the roses,” said King.

The Kings hope that by opening their gardens, visitors cannot only enjoy the beauty of the flowers in bloom but also learn from the experimentation at Bag End and identify varieties that they would like to grow in their own gardens.

“We have learned a great deal over the years about what thrives on our windswept hilltop,” said King. “We are [eager] to share, to show local gardeners what works. If a plant thrives at Bag End, we think it will also do well elsewhere in Cazenovia. We have about a dozen ‘stars’ that we especially love. Herbaceous peonies are probably the most spectacular, during their short blooming season, but there are other wonderful, old-fashioned perennials as well.”

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Cazenovia baseball’s Donlin throws no-hitter

By PHiL BLACkWELL

About the best way for the Cazenovia baseball team to answer Westhill pitcher Ryan Campbell throwing a no-hitter against them in their April 27 showdown was to do the exact same thing itself.

And it was Jack Donlin, the other pitcher in Campbell’s gem, that would achieve this milestone in last Thursday’s game against Homer at Gutchess Field in Cortland, shutting out the Trojans 6-0.

Unlike in the Westhill game, Donlin got clean defense behind him whenever it was needed, though it wasn’t often as the Cazenovia senior piled up 15 strikeouts and only surrendered three walks.

All of the Lakers’ runs came in the first three innings – a run in the first,

two runs in the second and a three-run rally in the bottom of the third.

Taven Reilley led the attack as he singled, doubled and drove in two runs. Jacob Szalach and Nico Segall had two hits apiece, Segall scoring twice as Jack Byrnes, Jacob Grevelding and Dan Bliss also drove in runs.

Rained out against Bishop Ludden on April 29, the Lakers had to move last Tuesday’s game with Bishop Grimes to Gutchess Field, where it had to hang on for an 8-7 win over the Cobras.

Grimes got to Byrnes twice in the second inning and three times in the third to grab a 5-1 lead, but the Lakers quickly regained the lead with a three-run third and four-run rally in the fourth.

Down 8-5, the Cobras closed the gap to one in the fifth, but Byrnes blanked Grimes the rest of the way, overcoming

three walks and four errors to strike out 11 and allow just four hits.

At the plate, Grevelding and Szalach led the way, each going three-for-four and producing a pair of RBIs. Donlin added two hits and scored three times, leading to his masterpiece against Homer.

With Saturday’s game against Clinton postponed, on Tuesday Cazenovia is scheduled to be back home for a showdown with Christian Brothers Academy before going to Mexico on Thursday.

Cazenovia teammates Jack Donlin (left) and Jack Byrnes both won on the mound last week, with donlin throwing a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts to beat Homer 6-0 and Byrnes pitching a complete game to defeat Bishop Grimes 8-7.

Cazenovia softball wins wild 41-37 game over Homer

By PHiL BLACkWELL

It’s doubtful that anyone associated with the Cazenovia softball team has ever experienced anything similar to what it did in last Thursday’s game against Homer at Gutchess Field in Cortland – or ever will again.

Over the course of three hours, 45 minutes, the Lakers and Trojans kept scoring runs at a dizzying pace. Twice, Cazenovia found itself giving up double-digit rallies – and it still managed to win.

The 41-37 final represented the highest-

scoring game in Section III annals, and secondmost in state history behind a Palisade PrepGorton game in Yonkers that ended 46-36.

Not only did this game include 78 runs it featured 67 walks, 37 of which were issued to Cazenovia batters.

Homer began the affair with a 14-run first inning. Cazenovia responded to it with a sevenrun rally in the bottom of the first, setting the game’s extreme tone.

Trailing 19-12 going to the bottom of the second, the Lakers got five runs in that frame and three more an inning later, only allowing

one in the top of the third.

In what proved to be a pivotal fourth inning, Cazenovia gave up 10 but then, trailing 30-15, managed six runs in this frame and eight more in the fifth, limiting the Trojans to two in the top of the fifth.

Only down 31-29, the Lakers brushed off Homer’s four runs in the top of the sixth and finally stormed out in front with a stunning 12run rally of its own in the bottom of the sixth.

Seventh-grade pitcher Sophie Wilmot needed to get three outs in the seventh – and did, only giving up two runs. She also scored

Caz girls track beats Skaneateles, keeps Laker Cup

By kURT WHEELER

The Cazenovia girls track and field team remained undefeated and took sole possession of first place in the OHSL Liberty-National division with a powerful 97-44 victory over Skaneateles last Wednesday afternoon.

Cazenovia also retained the prized “Laker Cup” with the win. The cup is a traveling trophy that resides with the winner of the most recent dual meet in spring track and cross country. The current win was the eighth in a row for the “Eastern Lakers” dating back to the fall of 2018.

Cazenovia’s depth was the decisive factor in the victory, with 20 different girls

scoring for the team, contrasted with only seven for Skaneateles, as three athletes accounted for 36 of their 44 points. S

Skaneateles was never able to generate more than a 5-4 margin in any event as Cazenovia picked up second and third in any area they did not win and also captured all three relays.

Corinne Albicker led the team with three first place finishes including wins in both the 100 meter hurdles (18.3) and 400 meter hurdles (1:13.6) and a season best in the long jump at 15 feet 9 inches.

Cazenovia swept the long jump with three girls over 15 feet as Susie Pittman and Audie Spring each reached 15’3”. Bonnie Pittman added valuable second place points in both hurdle events.

Grace Dolan led the Lakers to surprising success in the sprints, leading off their winning 4x100 and 4x400 relays and capturing second to Skaneateles star Kyla Palmer in the 200 (27.1) and 400 (1:01.5). Riley Knapp scored an upset victory over Palmer in the 100, beating her to the line in 13.0 seconds.

Caitlyn Smithers (13.5 in 100) and Izzy Stromer-Galley (27.6 in 200) also added to the winning 4x100 time of 51.8 seconds with Knapp and Dolan.

Reid McMurtie added a point in the 400-meter dash with a speedy 1:02.5 and anchored the 4x400 relay of Dolan, Meghan Mehlbaum and Stromer-Galley to the team’s fastest time of the season at

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Cazenovia girls golfers take loss to Marcellus

By PHiL BLACkWELL

Scheduled for three different matches last week, the Cazenovia girls golf team only played one of them as heavy rains from the last days of April inundated Cazenovia Country Club.

As a result, the Lakers were unable to play Manlius Pebble Hill or Skaneateles, and its only action of the week was last Thursday’s trip to Tuscarora Golf Club to face Marcellus.

There, Cazenovia lost, 231-250, to the Mustnags, with Claire Marris finishing second among individuals as her nine-hole 53 only trailed the 49 from Allison Coombs.

However, Marcellus swept the rest of the top five as Sofia Tufenkjian (59), Claire Curtin (61) and Isabella Formoza (62) all beat out the 64s from Grace Probe and Raeanne Thompson.

Lucile Hagan finished with a 69.

That same day, Chittenango took a 251-262 loss to Skaneateles, those

other Lakers led by a 59 from Ella Arroyo at Skaneateles Country Club as the Bears still remained in search of its first win of the season. However, the Bears were able to get its first win of the season Friday when it outlasted Manlius Pebble Hill 238255. Ava Hohl’s 54 was three ahead of the Trojans’ Rose Fallon as Abby Van Dee added a 58, with Emma Stanek shooting 62, Rory Beckwith 64 and Sybrina Schultz a 70.

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seven times off a triple and four walks as she was credited with four RBIs.

Cadence Walter drove in three runs aided by six walks. Lucy Bliss and Skylar Dannan each had two RBIs and five runs scored, with Mikayla Streator also getting two RBIs. Riley Newcomb’s six walks led to six runs scored.

Homer, in defeat, got three RBIs from four different players – Catherine Apker, Karigan Quaile, Khloe Young and Alexandra Kellaway, who hit the game’s only home run. Apker scored six runs and Kellway scored five times.

Girls Lakers go 1-2

By PHiL BLACkWELL

In recent years, it’s proven necessary for the Cazenovia High School girls and boys lacrosse teams to often make use of the artificial turf of Christakos Field at Cazenovia College when it was too wet to play elsewhere.

With the college soon to close, Cazenovia may or may not have those opportunities in the future, so it was fortuitous that Christakos Field was still available last week twice for the girls lacrosse Lakers.

A rain-soaked Sean Googin Sports Complex brought two Cazenovia games to Christakos, including last Tuesday’s battle with Jordan-Elbridge, where the Lakers beat the Eagles 15-6.

Dominant in the first half, Cazenovia shut out J-E, building an 8-0 edge as Julia Reff was on her way to four goals and Madison DeAngelis was gaining four assists, while Eliza Smith stopped everything she faced and finished with 13 saves.

Katie Rajkowski, Riley Knapp and Hayden Bubble each got three-goal hat tricks, Rajkowski adding a pair of assists. Charlie Prior scored twice and Sally Hughes got an assist

When Central Square visited Christakos Field last Thursday night, the Lakers again battled hard, but took a 12-7 defeat to the Redhawks.

Led by Hannah Reichard and Melanya Miller (four goals apiece), Central Square inched to a 6-4 lead by halftime and then doubled Cazenovia’s total the rest of the way.

Not quite able to overcome 10 saves by Redhawks goalie Arianna Bailey, the Lakers still got four goals from Rajkowski and two goals from Bubble, each of them joining Maren Smith in the assist column as DeAngelis had the other goal.

Now facing Christian Brothers Academy on Saturday afternoon at Christakos, Cazenovia got off to a great start and led 8-7 at halftime, only to have it turn around late in an 18-12 defeat. Rajkowski and Knapp both had three goals, with Rajkowski adding three assists. Izzy Stromer-Galley scored twice as DeAngelis got a goal and two assists. Prior, Smith and Sally Hughes also found the net as CBA got six goals from Maeve Mackenzie and four goals from Lilah Kirch.

Cazenovia boys lacrosse blows out J-E, 12-5

By PHiL BLACkWELL

A single scoring burst can change everything, as the Cazenovia boys lacrosse team knows quite well.

That’s exactly how the Lakers made it through last Tuesday’s game at Jordan-Elbridge, covering up an otherwise so-so performance with a dominant second quarter that led to a 12-5 win over the Eagles.

They were tied, 2-2, through one period, but for the rest of the half Bryson Weaver kept winning face-offs, which led to lots of Cazenovia possessions and seven unanswered goals.

All told, Weaver took 13 of 20 draws, the ball often ending up in the sticks of a Lakers trio anchored by D.B. Falge, who scored five times and added an assist.

Brendon Barnard had four assists to go with his three goals as Bobby Livingston stepped up and got a hat trick. Alex Kuper added a goal.

Cazenovia’s defense kept J-E relatively quiet as no Eagles player got more than one goal. Five different Eagles –Nixon Karcz, Joe LaFleur, Brayden Kitterle, Wyatt Werth and Elias Titus – had the Eagles’ five tallies and Austin Brunelle made 16 saves, twice Tucker Ives’ total.

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Now the Lakers rested ith a 7-5 record, heading for a penultimate week of the regular season where it would visit Homer and then return home to face Westhill and Chenango Forks.

Cazenovia High School student Molly Walsh, center, signs her National Letter of intent (NLi)

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collegiate level in the sport of Equestrian at Delaware State, surrounded by staff, friends and family at a press conference ceremony in her honor.

kathleen Cody Sengle retired science teacher

On April 21, 2023, Kathleen “Kay” Cody Sengle passed away peacefully at The Village at Penn State, State College, PA, where she had been a resident for the previous seven and a half years. Kathleen was born on Oct. 26, 1930, in Syracuse, and was raised on the Cody Dairy Farm in the Town of Fenner, N.Y. She was the eldest of three children of Mabel Richards Cody and K. Stanley Cody, who predeceased her. She is survived by her brother Kendall Cody (Jane) of town of Fenner, and was predeceased by her sister Mildred “Milly” Eagan (Ed) of Long Island, N.Y. Kathleen graduated from Cazenovia Central School and earned a bachelor’s degree in English at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. She also earned a master’s degree in English at SUNY Albany and a master’s degree in counseling at Lehigh University. She began her working career teaching in Campbell, N.Y., and it was during her college breaks and summer vacations while waitressing at Skytop Lodge in the Pocono

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Faith Wheeler took second in the 1,500 and led a Cazenovia sweep in the 3,000 meter run Haylee Stearns and Zoey Gagne close behind.

Julia Reff was second in the 800 with Olivia Ruddy third. Ruddy also led the 4x800 of Reff, Maura Phillips and Lily Kogut to their fastest time of the year (11:05.3) as Cazenovia earned a 22-10 margin in the distance events.

Susie Pittman scored in four events to lead Cazenovia in the field, including a win in the triple jump (33’10”) along with second place points in the long jump, high jump and pole vault. Maddy Rothfeld led the Cazenovia throwers with a win in the shot put at 29-11 with Karly Vaas third at 25’4 1/4”. Rothfeld returned to take second in the discus at 76’9” with Olivia Morse third at 70’10”

The Lakers were back in action Friday as it

Mountains that she met John “Jake” Sengle, who was a science teacher at the local primary school Barrett Elementary Center. Jake and Kathleen were married in Mountainhome, PA, on Aug. 20, 1955, the day after the infamous “Flood of ‘55” that devastated the Pocono Mountains region. Jake and Kathleen shared almost 55 years of marriage until Jake’s death on Feb. 13, 2010.

From 1955 until 2015, Kathleen lived and worked in Mountainhome and served as a teacher and school counselor for the Pocono Mountain School district until her retirement in 1992. Kay was an active member of the Mountainhome United Methodist Church, a stalwart supporter of and long-time volunteer at the Barrett Friendly Library, was active in the local AAUW chapter, a supporter of Boy Scout-Troop-89 of Barrett Township and a charter member and active volunteer for the Barrett Township Historical Society. Jake and Kathleen traveled widely in the United States and abroad. Kathleen was a woman of keen intellect, an avid reader, a wonderful conversationalist with great intellectual curiosity, a devotee of PBS and British television, and a lover of beauty and culture. She was a great

battled to second place in a 20 team field at the East Syracuse-Minoa Invitational, with only host ESM ahead of them.

Cazenovia took advantage of the best weather of the season to achieve 20 new season best performances including five new sectional qualifiers and three new State Qualifier-eligible efforts. Rothfeld led the team with a State Qualifier throw of 32’6” in the shot put while Morse hit the sectional mark in the discus at 75’2”.

Dinah Gifford (8:43.7) and Bonnie Pittman (9:03.9) each qualified for sectionals in the 2,000-meter steeplechase while Gagne met the 3,000 standard with a 12:09.89 effort. Mehlbaum had a career best of 1:12.93 to qualify in the 400 hurdles with Albicker just a second off the state mark at 1:12.43.

Susie Pittman and Caitlyn Smithers each hit season bests of 9 feet to exceed the state standard in pole vault. Phillips (2:30.29) and

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believer in the importance of hard work, fairness, equality and the “common good.” Kathleen loved her family unconditionally. She was a supportive mother, aunt, sister and grandmother, and she and Jake gladly sacrificed to enhance the lives of their family. Kathleen, like her husband, was unfailingly humble, and in all things, placed the needs of others ahead of her own. She was a loyal and devoted friend and left the world a better place for her time in it.

Kathleen will be dearly missed by many, but none more than her family: sons John (Jo Ann) of Julian, PA and Edward (Beth) of Hinesburg, VT, and her grandchildren: Ben Barrett, Laura Sengle (Jeff Wagner), Jackson Sengle, Maria Sengle, and Henry Sengle, and her three great-grandchildren.

The Sengle Family would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to the nurses and staff at Mt. Nittany Hospital, The Atrium at the Village at Penn State and UMPC-Home Hospice for their competent and compassionate care and for helping to make Kathleen’s final days a time of calm and peace.

Contributions in Kathleen’s memory may be made to: Barrett Friendly Library, 6500

Wheeler (2:30.97) both ran personal bests in the 800 while Stromer-Galley had her fastest times ever in the 100 (13.18) and 200 (27.51).

McMurtrie ran a 1:01.77 in the 400 and anchored the 4x100 of Sophie Rheaume, Smithers and Stromer-Galley to a 52.01 finish while

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Celebrations of life in State College and Mountainhome will be at later dates. “Keep Calm and Carry On.”

Arrangements are under the direction of Wetzler Funeral Service Inc. in Bellefonte. Online condolences may be made to the family at wetzlerfuneralhome.com.

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Janet Butler

Wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother

Janet Catherine Philbrick Butler, passed into the arms of her savior surrounded by her three “boys” on Friday, April 28, 2023. Janet was born in Syracuse to Stanley James Philbrick and Janet Spring Philbrick. She was raised in Cazenovia initially at the Williams Inn (now known as Brae Loch) where her parents were the proprietors. Janet enjoyed her time at Cazenovia High School, where she was a varsity cheerleader and captain of the squad and a drum majorette.

Janet met the love of her life, Fred, “the most handsome man she had ever seen” on her birthday; they danced that night and married a little more than a year later. Theirs was a marriage that lasted nearly 60 years and survived three highlyenergetic and competitive boys born over a five-year period. Putting one son on the kindergarten bus, while tending to a toddler and diapering a baby. She also read countless books to her young sons, drove

away the monsters under the bed, wiped their noses and baked them cookies, cakes and her famous coconut cream pie. Janet learned quickly what it meant to be a “boy mom,” taking part in all sort of activities from backyard basketball and whiffle ball (where she wasn’t always the last pick) to many trips to the emergency room and lamenting the boy’s inability to learn to “put the seat down.” Mom was a fan of Elvis and rock and roll and when Pop would tell one of the boys to turn down the music, mom would tell them to turn it up!

She was active in St. James Roman Catholic Church and made sure the boys were raised with faith, often dragging them to church for 7 a.m. mass as a penance for some Saturday night foibles.

In addition to her volunteer work with the church she was a CAVAC volunteer and the Cazenovia varsity cheerleading coach. The boys also used the fact that she was a paraprofessional in the high school library to get out of a variety of jams!

Janet was predeceased by her parents, Stanley James and Janet, her beloved husband Fred, her dear sister Patricia Race

Are your “Clubs” ready for the season?

The golf season has started for most CNY golfers. You have already removed them from your garage, basement or trunk and dusted them off from their Winter’s hibernation. You have hit the range, golf course and maybe taken a lesson or two. You are now ready to improve on last years performance. Sound about right? Well, not so fast. You might be ready for the golf season but you have already overlooked one of the most underrated areas of preparedness…are your “clubs ready for the season”? That’s right!

Your clubs have to be ready. Brad Reading, PGA Master Professional and a 6-time PGA Section “Teacher of the Year” says, “It’s not just the lie angles, lofts, grooves, and shafts that need to be checked. The one item that might just be the most important, where you physically connect with the club on every swing is…the grip”. Thank you Brad. Those words are “magic to my ears”. It is either the last thing we think about when we start to get our clubs ready for the season, or, it is not even on our list. Big mistake. Brad goes on to say, “The importance of the proper feel when gripping the club cannot be overstated, nor can the importance of the role of the grip”.

So, how much can a poor grip effect our golf game?

* Perspiration, dirt, and normal wear and tear can have a huge influence on performance.

* If your grip isn’t consistent because your hands slip on the grip, your swing can’t be consistent either.

* The slightest slip of your hands at impact, affects your club and club face with variations in ball flight.

Last year you might remember I wrote about PGA Tour Pros and how often they regrip their clubs. It is a minimum of 3 times a year and as many as 5 times. Obviously, most of us shouldn’t have to re-grip that often, but once a year is certainly recommended, even with monthly washing/cleaning. If you only play 6-10 times a year, save you money.

Brad Reading believes, “performance, comfort and confidence” are all critical to your score and you are sacrificing all three elements when you arrive at the golf course with poor grips that can easily ruin a memorable round. He also says, “Why

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risk having that one shot or all of your shots affected by a piece of equipment that would be so easy to correct”?

A Guide To Choosing The Right Grips for You:

1. Because the number of grip options on the market are so numerous, you should first make sure you find a certified fitter with sufficient inventory to allow you to chose the style, feel and looks you want. A CNY PGA Golf Professional is the first place I would start to look.

2. Do you want “soft”, comfortable grips or “firm”, for better control?

3. Do you want help gripping more consistently with; no alignment, with alignment or a raised section for visual and texture feedback?

4. What size and shape is best for you… undersized, standard, midsized, or jumbo?

5. According to Golf Magazine…When it comes to finding the correct size, comfort is key. You have to choose the the size that is going to make you the most comfortable, regardless of your hand size. The golf grip is the only “non-‘emotional “ connection you have with your clubs, so it better feel comfortable and inspire confidence.

In a recent study by Golf Pride, the leading grip manufacturer in the world, golfers using the new Golf Pride Tour Velvet grip compared to a worn grip, increased their average “ball speed” by 1.3 mph and the average “carry length” increased by 2.3 yards. In addition, the new grip compared to the old grip showed a dispersion (accuracy) increase of 11%.

ARE YOUR “GRIPS” READY FOR THE GOLF SEASON?

and her much loved daughter-in-law Nancy Carroll Butler. She is survived by her sons, Greg (Themis Klarides) of Woodbridge, CT, Jeff (Valerie) of DeLeon Springs, FL and Eric (Judith) of Tucson, AZ. In addition, she is survived by her grandchildren Liza Arulampalam (Arunan) and Sarah Butler, Samantha (Adam) Marris, Matt (Emilee) Butler and Josh, Ariana Mae and Andrew Butler. She is also survived by seven greatgrandchildren, numerous cousins and nieces and nephews.

The family is planning services for later in the Spring in Cazenovia. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in Janet’s name to St. James Roman Catholic Church, 6 Green St., Cazenovia, NY 13035 or to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences for the Butler family may be left at michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.

Michael P. Lowell, 33 Enjoyed snowmobiling, racing motocross, being outdoors

Michael P. Lowell, 33, of Morrisville, passed away Friday, April 28, 2023. Michael was born April 23, 1990, in Batavia and was a graduate of Cazenovia High School in 2008. He had been employed at McDonald’s, Pushlar Farms, Control Equipment and UPS. Michael enjoyed spending time snowmobiling, racing motocross and being outdoors.

He is survived by his mother, Mary Anne Lowell of Morrisville; his father, Michael P. Lowell of Cazenovia; his girlfriend, Tia Harp of Oneida and several close friends.

A memorial service was held 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Michael E. Brown Funeral Services, 2333 Fenner Road in Cazenovia. Following the services, a celebra-

Geraldine F. Smith loved the arts

Geraldine F. (Herrick) Smith, born March 9, 1937, passed away at her home on December 20, 2022 with her family by her side.

Geraldine was a lover of the arts and attended The Students Art League that was located on 57th Street in New York City.

When she was not spending time with her family she was painting, sketching or drawing. Geraldine also enjoyed traveling to the Caribbean Islands with her husband as well as skiing in the Colorado mountains.

She was known for her infectious joy and welcoming spirit.

Geraldine is survived by two sisters, Betty Hotaling and Barbara Eidt; her children, Cynthia Pfaff, Dyanne Smith, Gerrie Smith and Phillip (Lisa) Smith; her grandchildren Patrick Dunphy, Casey (Bret) McClean, Ashley Pfaff, Andrew, Carissa and Timothy Smith; her great-grandchildren, Marley and Leo McClean as well as several nieces and nephews. Geraldine was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Andrew F. Smith, her daughter Deborah

Beverly J. Forth, 90 loved cooking and baking

Beverly Jean (Breed) Forth, 90, was born on March 26, 1932, in Delphi Falls, N.Y. She passed away on Jan. 23, 2023, in Crawfordsville, IA.

She was the third of eight children born to Kermit and Marion Breed of Delphi Falls, N.Y. Beverly graduated from Fabius Central High School, Fabius, N.Y. She was married to Thomas C. Forth of Manlius, and from this union three children were born.

While Tom served in the Air Force they enjoyed traveling and made many life-long friends. This allowed them to live and travel in Taiwan, Italy and Germany. While stationed at McClellan AFB they made their home in Sacramento, CA. Retirement offered more opportunities to travel which allowed them to make a new home in Centerville, IA.

Beverly kept herself busy with hobbies that included bowling, ceramics, crocheting and quilt-making while raising her children. Beverly loved cooking and baking; Christmas was always a time for half moon cookies! She was also a licensed beautician. Beverly enjoyed Ancestry.com and kept in touch

tion of Michael’s life was held at The Fort, 97 East Main St., Morrisville on Saturday beginning at 3 p.m. Condolences for the Lowell family may be left at michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.

(John) Coll, her brother Gilford Herrick and by her son-in-law, George Pfaff. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, May 19, 2023, at Evergreen Cemetery, Fenner Street, Cazenovia. Flowers may be delivered to Michael E. Brown Funeral Services, 2333 Fenner Road in Cazenovia. Contributions in Geraldine’s memory may be made to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 12 Mill St., Cazenovia, NY 13035. Condolences for the family may be left at michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.

with her relatives throughout the years. Beverly leaves her memory for Kermit Forth, IA, Millicent (Randy) Sloan, CA, Jeffery (Betty) Forth, TX, seven grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and sisters Doris Harrison, Martha Ann Hess and Sue Clark from New York.

We all will miss you mom but we know you are resting peacefully. A Burial Ceremony will be held on May 17, 2023, 11 a.m. at the Watervale Cemetery.

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