New book recalls lakeside mission 300 years ago

Retired Onondaga County Sheriff’s officer Jon Anderson has turned his avocation – the study of local history – into his postlaw enforcement career.

Page Publishing of Pennsylvania has just published his book, “Gannentaha: The 17th Century French Jesuit Mission Ste. Marie among the Iroquois Haudenosaunee at Onondaga Lake.”

The 258-page paperback costs $20.95 at and Barnes & Noble. Anderson anticipates it’ll also be available soon as an ebook and audio-book.

Seventeenth-century North America was truly a new world for both the European and indigenous native cultures that interfaced upon our spectacular wilderness. For both the native people and the Europeans, this stage forged new understandings of all things.

Clash of cultures

“Throughout this historical period were episodes that defined the era,” Anderson said. “Episodes that captured the essence of the human spirit, and episodes that abase a work of fiction.”

The author benefited from years of serious research into the copious chronicles of the Jesuit missionaries who arrived here nearly 300 years ago. Based on those historical accounts known as the “Jesuit Relations,” Anderson’s book recalls the establishment of the 17th Century French Jesuit mission among the Iroquois Confederacy, on Onondaga Lake, 1656-1658.

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Jazz s unday at s harkey’s o ff the Ground guitarist dies Rock guitarist Dave Antonini died April 28 at his home in Syracuse.

The third annual Berkshire Bank Interscholastic Jazz Festival concludes from 3 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 21 at the newly renovated and covered Sharkey’s Event Center on Route 57 in Liverpool. The public and band parents can all enjoy free admission.

Jazz combos from Cicero-North Syracuse High School will perform in the afternoon, followed by students from Camillus Middle School and the West Genesee district at 6 p.m.

The festival was coordinated by cnyjazz.or g and its director, drummer Larry Luttinger, who lives in Liverpool.

The co-pilot of the rock band Off the Ground, Antonini had a special feel for the blues and often vocalized tunes such as “Built for Comfort” and “Key to the Highway.”

Earlier in his life, Dave had earned a law degree and later worked a day-job as a certified public accountant. But his true love was always music.

Off the Ground – which also features Liverpool musicians Dave Clement, Tom Navagh and Mike Manley

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– won the 2020 Syracuse Area Music Award for Best Americana CD for their disc, “Cleared for Takeoff.”

Off the Ground will kick off the 37th annual Liverpool Is The Place Summer Concert Series with a noon concert on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. The band has hired Sammys Hall-of-Fame guitarist Arty Lenin to fill in for Dave that day; liverpoolistheplace.co m s anchez now with s yrMets l ast word

One-time American League All-Star catcher Gary Sanchez is now playing for the Syracuse Mets.

The former New York Yankees slugger will bolster Syracuse lineups –either as catcher or designated hitter – when the Triple-A Mets return from the road next week for home games at the redundantly named NBT Bank Stadium against the Louisville Bats. First pitches are scheduled for 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, 11:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, 6:35 p.m. Thursday, May 25, Friday, May 26, Saturday May 27 and Sunday, May 28; milb.com/Syracus e ; 315-474-7833.

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