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Triathlon Club and sanctioned by USA Triathlon (USAT), the national governing body for the multisport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon, and winter triathlon in the US.

“Our Cazenovia race is a USAT-sanctioned race, which means that if you place in the top two or top 15 percent of your age group — whichever is greater — in a USAT-sanctioned age group triathlon of any distance, you will

Anytime from 12 to 10 p.m., stop by Critz Farms to take part in its annual family-friendly Blueberry Jam Festival. Enjoy live music, food trucks, handcrafted ales, vendors, wagon rides, farm tours, blueberry picking, animals, and more.

Sunday The final day of Block Fest will begin with a 9:30 a.m. yoga session on the docks of the Brewster Inn.

The main event of the weekend, the Block Fest party, is scheduled for 12 to 3 p.m. at Lakeland Park.

The community celebration will feature live music by the Ponytail James Band, food from the Masonic Lodge, ice cream from Nelson qualify for the next year’s national championship,” said Griffin, who is helping to organize the local race.

Open to adults and youths ages 16 and older, the Cazenovia Triathlon features multiple opportunities to compete, including a sprint triathlon distance, an intermediate or Olympic distance triathlon, a new bike/run sprint, aqua bike in both sprint and intermediate distances, and relay teams in both intermediate and sprint distances.

Sign up for the Cazen- ovia Triathlon at raceroster. com/events/2023/67495/ caz-tri

“Cazenovia is a great place to train for a triathlon [with its] miles of country roads to bike and run and open water swimming in the lake, [which] is always fun,” said Griffin. “For more instruction, the CNY Triathlon Club is a wonderful resource; for a nominal fee, there is [training] every Wednesday night at Jamesville Beach with several swim distances, a bike course of 12 miles, and a run on the park trails.”

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Creamery, a petting zoo presented by the Summit Church and Cazenovia Jewelry, Kalamata Pita’s Greek food truck, a “family-friendly zone” with games and a bounce house sponsored by Summit Church, a balloon artist, and a Miori Martial Arts-sponsored karate demonstration at 12:30 p.m.

The Block Fest party was previously held on Lincklaen Street between Albany Street and the post office.

“With Caz College closing and not having the use of the theater, which we were able to use for power and if it rained, we chose to move our Block Fest to Lakeland Park,” said Houghton. “We wanted to still be in the village to support all our local businesses. This year’s Block Fest weekend is by far the best because we have so many local businesses involved.

We have something for everyone. We want this to be a destination weekend

Griffin also advised people interested in getting started in triathlon to join a YMCA triathlon group that provides basic swimming and open water swimming practice as well as supervised bike rides and runs.

For first-time racers, she recommended not only the Cazenovia Triathlon but also the women’s Gillie Girl Sprint Triathlon in Camillus and the Green Lakes Triathlon in Fayetteville.

To learn more about the CNY Triathlon Club or to join its weekly training, visit cnytriathlon.org for years to come. “

In the event of rain, check the Caz Life Facebook page for updates.

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, visit cazenovia.co m

The chamber launched Caz Life this past spring to help foster local business development, promote tourism, and implement effective marketing strategies to enhance the vibrancy and economic growth of the village. To learn more about the committee and to find out more about the Block Fest Weekend events, visit Cazenovialife.co m

By kAtE Hill Staff Writer

Cazenovia Preservation Foundation (CPF) will present its second “Music in the Meadow” event on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Music and nature enthusiasts are invited to pack a picnic, blanket, and chairs and head to Stone Quarry Hill Art Park for a concert performed by a Symphoria string quartet.

The Art Park is located at 3883 Stone Quarry Road in Cazenovia.

The picnic grounds open at 5:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets will go on sale on Aug. 1 and are priced at $20 for adults and free for kids ages 12 and under.

Proceeds will go towards CPF’s “Bring the Note to Rest” capital campaign aimed at raising a total of $25,000.

A rain date is scheduled for Aug. 26.

Symphoria is a nonprofit, musician-led cooperative orchestra founded in 2012 and based in Syracuse. Composed of a diverse group of musicians from across the globe, the orchestra presents more than 50 concerts and reaches 100,000 people annually in venues ranging from libraries and healthcare facilities to public parks, churches, museums, and its home venue, the Crouse-Hinds Theater at the Civic Center. For more information, visit experiencesymphoria.org

Bring the Note to Rest campaign CPF is a private, nonprofit organization that works to protect the historical, agricultural, and natural resources in and around Cazenovia for the benefit of the community and the enjoyment of future genera- tions.

The organization announced its Bring the Note to Rest capital campaign during its annual meeting in May 2023.

In 2015, when the property now known as Burlingame Meadow was listed for sale, CPF launched a capital campaign and was able to raise most of the funds needed to purchase the property to provide parking and permanent public access to CPF’s popular Burlingame-Fairchild Trails. While most of the purchase was covered through gifts from neighbors and CPF members, CPF financed the remainder with a mortgage, which is the organization’s only debt obligation today.

Last August, CPF welcomed a Symphoria string quartet to the property for the first Music in the Meadow event.

Burlingame Meadow had been freshly mowed af- ter the bobolinks and other field-nesting birds had fledged for the season, and concert guests were treated to a sunset and a backdrop of the woodlands that are home to the BurlingameFairchild Trails.

Given the success of last year’s event, CPF decided to plan another concert for this summer.

Since announcing the launch of its new capital campaign, the organization has been working to raise enough money to settle its debt before the 2023 Music in the Meadow.

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According to CPF Executive Director Jen Wong, the campaign will remain open until the organization raises the full $25,000.

“We are making good progress in meeting our campaign goal, so I am hopeful that we will have reached our fundraising goal for the Bring the Note to Rest campaign before the event,” said Wong.

With support from two donors, gifts are being matched 1:1 up to $12,000.

Any additional funds raised through the Bring the Note to Rest campaign will be added to CPF’s Mission Fund, a reserve fund used to advance critical conservation objectives and secure important conservation properties.

“A musical rest is the open space between notes,” CPF states on its website. “It is an absence of sound that contributes to the musical composition. Just as the composer cannot overlook the importance of these empty spaces between the notes, our community, as stewards of this land, cannot overlook the importance of the open spaces in our landscape. They are essential to our experience of Cazenovia.”

CPF is inviting the public to help “bring the note to rest” so that more of the area’s important lands can be protected.

Supporters of the organization and its mission are encouraged to consider becoming a Music in the Meadow event sponsor or to contribute an amount above the ticket price.

Individuals who cannot attend the concert are also invited to donate to the campaign.

Today, the organization manages approximately eight miles of all-season public trails on the 358 acres of protected lands in the Burlingame-Fairchild Hill area.

“This important recreational resource was made possible through the shared vision of numerous former landowners, including Peggy Hubbard and Faith Knapp, who were instrumental in the preservation of the lands traversed by the Burlingame and Fairchild Hill trails,” the CPF website states.

The website also says that by purchasing the parcel of land on Burlingame Rd. for parking and trail access, CPF and the many donors who contributed to the project “honored the legacy of conservation begun by the earlier residents of this area.”

To purchase tickets to Music in the Meadow, donate to the Bring the Note to Rest campaign, or learn more about CPF’s work, visit cazpreservation.org our voice

Blood shortage

According to the American Red Cross, this summer has seen a declining number of donations and the organization needs the public’s help to prevent a blood shortage.

The Red Cross goes on to say that when a donor makes and keeps an appointment to give blood or platelets in the weeks ahead, they can help ensure trauma patients, those undergoing cancer treatment, and people with lifelong blood disorders can get the blood they count on.

According to redcrossblood.org, very two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Blood is essential for surgeries, cancer treatment, chronic illnesses, and traumatic injuries. Whether a patient receives whole blood, red cells, platelets or plasma, this lifesaving care starts with one person making a donation.

The Red Cross shared some statistics that are worth keeping in mind when considering donating blood.

According to the Red Cross, approximately 29,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U. S. and nearly 5,000 units of platelets and 6.500 units of plasma are needed daily in the U.S. and nearly 16 million blood component s are transfused each year in the U.S.

Sickle cell disease affects 90,000 to 100,000 people in the U.S. About 1,000 babies are born with the disease each year. Sickle cell patient s can require blood transfusion s throughout their lives.

The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately three units and a single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood as a frame of reference.

Blood and platelets cannot be manufactured; they can only come from volunteer donors and the blood typ e most often requested by hospitals is type O and one donation can help save more than one life.

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 1.8 million people were expected to be diagnosed with cancer in 2020. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatmen t

Each year, an estimated 6.8 million people in the U.S. donate blood and 13.6 million units of whole blood and red blood cells are collected in the U.S. in a year.

About 45% of people in the U.S. have Group O (positive or negative) blood; the proportion is higher among Hispanics (57%) and African Americans (51%).

Type O negative red cells can be given to patients of all blood types. Because only 7% of people in the U.S. are type O negative, it’s always in great demand and often in short supply.

Type AB plasma can be transfused to patients of all blood types. Since only 4% of people in the U.S. have type AB blood, this plasma is usually in short supply.

Red blood cells must be used within 42 days or less and platelets must be used within just five days, the Red Cross said.

A few things to keep in mind according to the Red Cross as far as eligibility to donate is concerned include for whole blood donations this can be done every 56 days up to six times per year and donors must be in good health and 16 in most states and weigh at least 110 pounds.

For platelet donations this can be done every seven days up to 24 times per year and also requires donors be feeling well and most states require donors to be at least 17 and weigh at least 110 pounds.

Right now, the Red Cross especially needs type O negative, type O positive and type B negative blood donors, as well as platelet donors.

Donors of all blood types can schedule an appointment to give by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800733-2767).