Town approves road use for triathlon
by kAtE hill Staff Writer
On July 8, the Cazenovia Town Board voted to approve the use of Hoffman Road, Ridge Road, and Chard Road as part of the 2024 Cazenovia Triathlon on Sunday, Aug. 18.
According to the adopted resolution, the scheduled races are the sprint triathlon, intermediate triathlon, sprint aqua bike (swim/ bike), intermediate aqua bike, sprint relay, intermediate relay, and a new sprint bike/run.
The start and finish lines for all races are at Lakeside Park.
The Madison County Sheriff’s Department and the Cazenovia Village Police Department will provide traffic control and the Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps will be on-site.
The Cazenovia Triathlon is an official USA Triathlon-sanctioned race.
Course maps, race details, and registration information are available at raceroster.com/ events/2024/83405/caz-tr i in other news
The board also authorized a speed study request to extend the 30-mile-per-hour speed limit to the southern end of Number Nine Road (County Route 50).
The adopted resolution authorizes the town clerk to file the required New York State Vehicle and Traffic Form with Madison County to request a lower maximum speed limit for the section of the road from Wellington Drive South to the intersection with Ballina Road.
According to Supervisor Kyle Reger, the request is in response to calls from concerned residents.
Reger will hold his next monthly office hours on Saturday, July 27 from 9 a.m. to noon at the New Woodstock Free Library. Community members are invited to sit down with him and discuss any town issue.
The town board typically meets on the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Gothic Cottage. For more information, visit towncazenovia.digitaltowpath.org or call the town office at 315-655-9213.
on thursday, July 4, crowds of community members and visitors gathered in downtown
for the traditional
of July Parade.
by kAtE hill Staff Writer
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Businesses will have the opportunity to discuss their experiences in the village. Topics will include obstacles to starting, maintaining, or growing a business, and ideas for the future.
“I will be there to facilitate, listen, and gather information and will not be representing the official views of the village or village board,” said Lutter.
The new village trustee holds a master’s degree in city and regional planning from Cornell University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She has over 15 years of community development experience, mostly focused on small towns and business district improvement. She served as executive director of the Partnership for Community Development (PCD) in Hamilton, NY, for nearly seven years. In that role, she launched Madison County’s first certified New York State Business Incubator, among many other planning initiatives.
For her work at PCD, she was named to the 2019 Central New York Business Journal 40 Under Forty list.
“I hope it will be a casual and informal opportunity for businesses to share their experiences and ideas,” Lutter said. “I have done similar roundtables for other business groups and found them very interesting and enlightening, so I want to do this in Cazenovia to get a better understanding of what businesses are experiencing.” The event is free and open to all. Questions can be directed to Lutter at lutter4caz@gmail.com
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Cazenovia
Fourth
by kAtE hill Staff Writer
For nearly 50 years, the annual Lorenzo Driving Competition (LDC) has drawn participants and spectators from near and far. It has become one of Cazenovia’s signature summer events and one of the nation’s premier carriage pleasure driving shows.
This year, competitors, onlookers, supporters, and volunteers are invited to Lorenzo State Historic Site from Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 21 for the 46th LDC Midsummer Classic.
“The great lawn of the Lorenzo State Historic Site is the setting for the competition, and elegant horses and polished carriages will
invite spectators to travel back to a time when road trips required four hooves and a whip,” said LDC Board Treasurer Janis Barth. “Everyone is invited, so come for the horses and stay for the fun.”
The weekend schedule includes the classics — reinsmanship, turnout, working, and obstacle
Bruce JoneS PHotograPHy the lorenzo state historic site
An artistic collaboration of watercolor paintings and contemporary rustic furniture focused on our interactions with the natural world will be on display from July 1 to 31.
Cazenovia Artisans recently announced that Bob Ripley is returning to Cazenovia Artisans for the month of July.
A lifelong watercolorist, Ripley studied
Cazenovia Artisans will host the work of bob ripley and Dave Eichorn in July. SuBmitted PHoto
art and design at Syracuse University. His work has won national awards and is widely collected. Ripley’s paintings are inspired by his outdoor experiences, field notes and photographs and are incredibly realistic.
“He can draw you in to a visceral experience with nature,” Cazenovia Artisans said in a press release.
Eichorn has been making and designing furniture for over forty years blending domestic and tropical exotic woods into a
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Boating season
As Central New York eases its way into summer, one of the activities commonly enjoyed across the Finger Lakes region is boating.
Whether it is a one person kayak or a canoe, fishing or water skiing, or even a languid scenic venture along the waterways, it is likely there will be numerous boats out on the region’s many lakes in the coming weeks.
While boating in any form should be an enjoyable activity, it is also one that should be safe for all who are out on the water.
According to the sheriff’s office, boating safety begins with the basics.
It’s important to take the time to go through your boat and ensure everything works as it should. Part of this process is checking all your safety equipment and ensuring you have everything required by law. The requirements differ depending on vessel type and size. These safety requirements can be found by visiting the NYS Parks website under the boating tab or by contacting the sheriff’s navigation unit for a courtesy inspection if you see them at a launch or out on the water.
Boating education is proven to reduce boating accidents, according to the sheriff’s office, so Brianna’s Law was introduced in 2019. This law will go into full effect in 2025 and will require everyone who operates a boat to take a boating safety course.
One of the things these sheriff’s units will be on the lookout for is activity that arouses suspicion of intoxication.
According to the sheriff’s office, alcohol is the number one factor in recreational boater deaths.
Like operating a vehicle on the road, operating a boat on the water, requires the same attention to traffic, people and conditions and requires the same amount of attention and clarity to operate in a safe manner.
To operate a motorboat an operator can be as young as 10 or under with a person 18 or older on board, if you are between 10 and 18 years old and have a person 18 or older on board, or if you hold a safety certificate and are 18 years old or older.
The same regulations as apply to boats apply to personal water craft such as jet skis according to the sheriff’s office and operators must complete a boating safety course. The operation of these craft is prohibited from sunset to sunrise, operators and passengers must wear personal flotation devices and an engine cutoff lanyard must be attached to the operator.
Other regulations state that vessels should also be equipped with a fire extinguisher.
Vessels must display their navigation lights at all times between sunset and sunrise, and during daylight periods of reduced visibility.
Personal flotation devices are mandatory and should be in good working order free from tears or any other damage that may inhibit their effectiveness.
It is also recommended that craft carry first aid supplies, oars/paddles and spare lines as well as binoculars.
Operators should also be aware of local ordinances that may impose regulations on speed
It is also important to note, in an effort to curb the spread of invasive species, the New York State DEC has implemented cleaning programs with washing stations at or near boat launches.
Boats, trailers, waders and other fishing and boating equipment can spread aquatic invasive specie s from waterbody to waterbody unless properly cleaned, dried or disinfected after use.
Although some invasive species such as water milfoil are readily visible to the human eye, many others are too small to be readily noticed.
To avoid spreading invasive species please follow the guidelines in the following steps: check, clean, drain, dry and disinfect.
The most effective method to ensure that no invasive species or fish diseases are transported to a new body of water is to completely dry your boating and fishing equipment.
The key, according to the DEC is to make certain that equipment is completely dry before using it in a new water body.
Drying times vary significantly depending upon the type of equipment, air temperature and relative humidity.
While the outside of a boat will dry relatively rapidly, bilge, live wells and other areas of a boat not reached by the sun or lacking good air circulation will take additional time to dry completely. A minimum of five to seven days drying time in dry, warm conditions is recommended.
thErE is bEAuty iN iMPErFECtioN
The daffodils are up, bursting into spring color, their yellow heads dancing against the fence, reminding me that they should have been divided 20 years ago. Yet another failing in a long, long list of stuff that places me in the less than mediocre category. Yes, yes, I know, it is not all about me, but there are so many reminders of things either left undone, or done as “good enough” they pick at my psyche.
My parents encouraged me to be excellent … at something, anything. So far, I haven’t found that something, and the road along the way is littered with examples to my insufficiencies. Take the lump of something in my yard over which I’ve cleverly arranged for sedum to grow. It was supposed to be a hypertufa planter, which, because I unmolded it too soon, became pieces of a hypertufa planter.
I’ve always wanted to speak another language. I had visions of myself fluently conversing abroad, glass of wine in my hand - so sophisticated. Four years of high school Latin left me with the ability
Ferro
to write about storming enemies fortifications and gave me the ability to score well on the English portion of the College Boards. I did accumulate a bit of Latin from church, but unless I find a situation where Dominus vobiscum and et cum spirito tuo is appropriate, I have nothing to say. In college, I took two years of French from Senor Placer, who spoke French with a Castilian accent. My facility in Spanish is limited to the words I learned as a child living between Third and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. The Alban Theater became Teatro Alban and the banana store became a tienda banana. I knew a lot of nouns but no verbs. And as aging continues, my adeptness in English fades with loss of memory.
My sister has just told me that she has finished reupholstering a club chair while I sit here and contemplate how to make a red washcloth into two boo-boo pillows.
Sometime earlier this week I read that a Mr. Perelman won the Millenium prize in mathematics for solving, and I had to look this one
up, the Poincare conjecture. Heck, I can’t even understand Wikipedia’s explanation of what it is. It apparently has nothing to do with geometry or trig, both of which I took in high school or even the Boolean algebra that I suffered through in college. And I got As in those math courses. I am so not excellent.
Mental health is not beyond my grasp, though, because while trolling the internet looking for information about the Poincare conjecture I did find something that explains what I consider to be my deficiencies. Like my car, it’s Japanese. I copied out this quote, “Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble.”
I will henceforth simply think of myself and think of all those undone and good enough projects as examples of wabi-sabi and the daffodils are as they should be.
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.
The Summer of Soccer, Part I
Much of the last few weeks, I’ve spent absorbed by a pair of rather big soccer tournaments – one going on in this nation, one going on across the Atlantic.
At home, it was Copa America, bringing the best of both American continents together. Then there were the European championships, or Euro 2024, taking place across Germany.
Both will get decided this Sunday, leaving two teams, and two nations, ecstatic and most everyone else disappointed and regrouping for the World Cup in 2026, hosted here along with Canada and Mexico.
What to make, regardless of it all? Well, from my standpoint, it has served instructive on several levels, not just previewing what might take place two years from now, but also a referendum on the sport as it currently stands.
One difficult aspect of every summer tournament is that it follows close on the heels of long domestic seasons which start in August and run until May. In Europe, there’s also the Champions League and various league cups to account for, too, so a club can play close to 50 games in a season.
The United States differs in that its domestic league, Major League Soccer, goes from March to November, which means slogging through hot summer months. No wonder the Copa America games had late-afternoon and early-evening kickoffs, start to finish.
How does this affect the quality of play? Obviously it depends, but it’s difficult for national teams to pull together and find top form in a matter of weeks. Those that do have the best chance of deep tournament runs.
Top nations, like top clubs, tend to win these things. Genuine shocks are a rarity, though in Euro we’ve seen Denmark (1992) and Greece (2004) win it all, employing defense-first strategies because their talent pools do not approach what Germany, Spain, France, Italy and England can throw out there.
It’s even more stratified here. Brazil and Argentina have a vast majority of the glory, history and legacy both in Copa and in the World Cup, with the occasional Uruguay or Chile run.
The U.S. Men’s National team (USMNT), despite all the progress made in the 30 years since the smashing success of the 1994 World Cup, still remain a few steps
The right candidate
To the editor:
We have two candidates campaigning to represent us in the House of Representatives.
First, I looked at the web site for John Mannion-MannionforNY.com-- and found he listed only 4 accomplishments and absolutely no positions on any issues he might face in Congress. This is especially surprising since he has been campaigning for his party’s nomination for almost a year since July 2023
Then I looked at Brandon Williams web site-LetsVoteBrandon.co m --and found he positions on 13 issues including Inflation, Crime, the Border and Defense. Brandon has also held 9 in-person town halls where he faced organized protestors of the national left-wing group Indivisible. He has also held 3 telephone town halls where his answers to live questions were listened to by thousands of voters from both parties.
Congressman Williams may be soft-spoken, but he is not shy about letting people know where he stands. But I get the impression Mr. Mannion expects to coast to victory based on his margin of 30,000 more registered Democrats and does not want to answer tough questions.
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below the elite, not even advancing out of group play at Copa, largely the result of a 2-1 defeat to Panama played mostly with 10 on the field after an early red card.
A generation of greater exposure to the international game has brought about many of its traits, good and bad. One of them is getting rid of a coach the moment a bad result happens, regardless of whether it’s merited.
So whether Gregg Berthalter is let go or not, understand that whoever is coach when the World Cup arrives in ’26 will carry heightened expectations. American soccer fans are way past the point of happy participation. They want a real chance at trophies.
Will it ever reach the nationwide passion and hysteria seen in other countries? That’s not likely, simply because now, just as was the case in the 20th century, long-established pro sports leagues, especially the NFL, seize and keep our imaginations and don’t leave much room for what is still the world’s most popular sport.
But there’s too many good soccer players in this country for mediocrity. What it might ultimately take is something taken for granted elsewhere – namely, finding extremely talented players when they are kids and singularly honing their talents for soccer the way Lionel Messi or Kylian Mbappe was.
Here, we find them later, and more importantly lose some of them to other sports because they or their parents see that the potential fortune is easier to find there. That’s never a problem in Sao Paolo or Buenos Aires or Barcelona or Munich. Good ones are pro by their teen years ,and the great ones display their gift before adulthood, like Pele did for Brazil as a 17-year-old in the 1958 World Cup.
This total dedication to soccer was evident all through Copa and Euro, making them fascinating events to follow throughout this early part of summer.
Big as they were, what hits our continent in 23 months’ time will bring those two cultures, along with Africa and Asia, together for a true world championship. I can’t wait for it.
Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline.com.
An act of kindness
To the editor:
It’s time to shout thank you for the kindness of strangers!
Is it my gray hair and cane or one’s own goodness that elicited a smile, the opening of a door, the assist of a shopping cart, the offer of an arm?
It fills my heart with gratitude!
Angels do walk among us!
People we can trust
To the editor:
GloriA b. FErrArA deWitt
Here are just a few things that a confirmed majority of Americans support: A pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants; Legal right to an abortion in most or all cases; Separation of church and state; Stricter gun laws. Our nation is teetering between hope and chaos. At the least, please compare what Congress seems to want to what Americans say that they want. Weren’t we formed, ages ago, to be a representative democracy? Let’s start electing people who can be trusted to represent us. We can start by removing Brandon Williams from Congress this November. h. AlAN sMith manliuS
Ramblings from the empty nest Ann
Random Thoughts
Phil blackwell
FROM THE MAILBAG
CPF to brEAk GrouND oN GorGE trAil GAtEwAy
This month the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation (CPF) will break ground on a new project which CPF will celebrate with the community at a grand opening event planned for Sept. 21.
The Gorge Trail Gateway will provide residents and visitors with a welcoming entrance to area trails in the heart of the village. The planned design will revitalize the greenspace alongside Chittenango Creek on the eastern edge of Buyea’s True Value Hardware store parking area on Albany Street.
The project’s prominent location will also help attract customers to local businesses.
Construction will begin with the installation of a LUNKER— an underwater crib-like wooden structure—along the edge of the stream which will protect and stabilize the bank, prevent erosion, and provide enhanced habitat for fish.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYS DEC) approved timeframe for instream projects begins on July 15, to protect spawning fish and minimizes impacts to fisheries and water quality.
Beginning in August, CPF’s landscape contractor, Summit Environmental Construction, Inc., will define a parking area for trail users, create a dedicated pedestrian/bike entrance from Albany Street, build an accessible picnic area, prep planting beds for the installation of native trees and shrubs, and construct wooden steps on the embankment to prevent erosion and make access to the creekside trail safer for pedestrians and fishermen.
CPF will also construct an informational kiosk, add a bike rack, erect educational signage about the history of the area, and install a crosswalk at Albany Street to improve safety.
“We’re excited that the trail will now be highly visible for community members and visitors and will connect this recreational space with Creekside Park, located behind the Cazenovia Public Library,” CPF Executive Director Jen Wong said. “The project is an essential next step in CPF’s vision to create a network of connected trails and greenspaces throughout Cazenovia and along
the Chittenango Creek corridor.”
In conjunction with the work at the Gorge Trail Gateway, the Cazenovia Area Community Development Association (CACDA) is planning additional landscape enhancements for Creekside Park and along Riverside Drive, connecting those areas with the trails in CPF’s Willow Patch property on Mill Street.
CPF began planning the Gorge Trail Gateway in 2021, working with a team from the National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program to refine the conceptual designs for the project under a technical assistance grant awarded to CACDA.
Then, CPF hired local landscape architect, Matthew Vrendenburgh, to finalize the project design. To make the plan a reality, CPF secured a generous right-ofuse agreement of the land from community-minded business owner Earl Buyea, Sr.; won approval from the department of transportation to install a pedestrian crosswalk; and consulted with the NYS DEC and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on how to best stabilize the streambank.
In June, CPF selected Summit Environmental Construction as the winning bidder for general contractor of the project. H.R. Carter Enterprises, Inc. will complete the streambank stabilization work.
“I’m so impressed by how much collaboration was involved in this project right from the outset,” says David Beam, CPF’s project committee chairperson. “We’ve worked in partnership with CACDA, the Village of Cazenovia, Earl Buyea, Sr., and Earl Buyea, Jr. And, we’re so glad to have hired local contractors who are embracing the challenges of this unique and important project. I really think that this is going to change the whole character of this area of downtown.”
CPF began fundraising for the Gorge Trail Gateway project in 2022.
Since then, CPF has secured over $150,000 in funding from several sources: a grant from the Central New York Community Foundation’s Dr. Robert J. Viktus Fund; a grant from the Finger Lakes – Lake Ontario Watershed Protec-
tion Alliance administered by the Madison County Planning Department; a private memorial gift; a gift from the Wetzel Cazenovia Area Community Development Association Fund at the Central New York Community Foundation, and gifts from current and former CPF board members.
In keeping with the CPF board’s goal of inviting the community to be part of the project’s success, CPF has recently launched the Gorge Trail Gateway Campaign to raise the remaining $50,000 needed for the construction and installation.
From now through Sept. 30 every gift up to $2,000 will be doubled through a 1:1 match from current and former members of the CPF board of directors up to a total of $25,000.
Any funds raised above what is needed for project construction will be used for ongoing stewardship and maintenance of this and other CPF public trails and prop-
erties. Donations of any amount are welcome and appreciated. Donations can be made through CPF’s website at cazpreservation.org/gtgcampaign or mail a check to: CPF, PO Box 627, Cazenovia, NY 13035. Currently, CPF manages and maintains four separate public access trails that total 13.5 miles for the use and enjoyment of Cazenovia residents and visitors— the Gorge Trail, the South Trail, the Willow Patch and Carpenter’s Pond trail, and the BurlingameFairchild trail system. CPF’s long-term vision is to link these to create an interconnected 18mile trail network for the recreational benefit of the Cazenovia community. In May, CPF won a capacity grant from the New York State Conservation Partnership Program and New York’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to identify how best to close some of the existing “gaps” in this trail network. The New
York State Conservation Partnership Program is administered by the Land Trust Alliance, in coordination with the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The study will be completed in June of 2025.
CPF’s Gorge Trail follows the former bed of the Cazenovia and Canastota Railroad. The previously-improved section of the trail parallels Chittenango Creek for two-plus miles from Clark Street north to Bingley Road. Chittenango Creek is a Class A trout stream that runs through the village center and is enjoyed by walkers, bikers, fishers, and nature lovers alike. CPF’s Gorge Trail is a section of the United States longest national scenic trail, the North Country National Scenic Trail, a 4,800-mile trail that stretches across eight states, from North Dakota to Vermont. For more information about CPF and its programs, visit cazpreservation.org
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CPF is hard at work on the Gorge trail Gateway.
classes — plus several other highlights.
Friday
The show will begin on Friday with obstacle classes, driven dressage, and a timed country drive.
An evening picnic class will showcase each competitor’s reinsmanship — the driver’s ability to communicate with their equine partner(s) through the reins, whip, and voice — and their ability to set a festive table with homemade goodies for the judge to sample.
At 5 p.m. it’s time for the “Hats Off to Lorenzo!” party featuring drinks and hors d’oeuvres on the lawn, free horse-drawn carriage rides around the grounds, and a hat contest. Everyone is invited. Tickets are $10 at the door and include a souvenir glass with free beverage refills.
saturday
Saturday’s classes will showcase the grace and skill of carriage driving.
The carriage dog class, a fan-favorite, is based primarily on the dog’s suitability to serve as a companion to the driver and can be judged by the “people’s choice.”
A noon educational demonstration will focus on the history and sounding of the coach horn.
From 1 to 3 p.m., the Cazenovia Blacksmith project will visit the grounds while Lorenzo’s rarely-open-tothe-public second carriage collection is open for viewing.
Another highlight of Saturday is the drive & ride class, which displays the versatility of the drivers’ equine partners. The horses are hitched and driven in the first portion of the event and then ridden and judged under saddle.
sunday
The final day of the competition will begin with the “Pleasure DrivePace.” Competitors will drive their horses or ponies along a course through the countryside surrounding Lorenzo. The goal is for each competitor to drive at a pace that puts them at the finish line as close as possible to the ideal time for the size of their horse or pony.
Starting at 10 a.m., spectators can head across the street from Lorenzo to Albanese Longhorns at 4064 Rippleton Rd. to meet the impressive bovines up close and learn about their heritage from owners Mike and Ellen Albanese.
Then, starting at 11
a.m., head to Meier’s Creek Brewing Company at 33 Rippleton Rd. for a beverage and one of their Sunday food specialties.
Visitors can get a passport stamped at the Longhorn farm and the brewery and then return to the LDC showgrounds to watch the competition and claim a small participation gift.
At noon, four riders in period costumes will deliver a sidesaddle performance. The riders will have a tent at the show all three days. They will have saddles on display and answer questions.
When classes end on Sunday afternoon, visitors are invited to stick around for “Galloping Gators Vs. the Obstacle Course.”
“We have gators and golf carts that are loaned to us for the show,” said Barth. “When the classes are over and the last ribbon is awarded, for a bit of fun, about four folks will drive them through the same cones course the horses went through.”
The weekend will also feature food trucks, a Kid’s Korral with crafts and activities, two Market Lane tents filled with pop-up shops, and a silent auction.
“We are excited for this year’s show, the 46th time we have transformed the great lawn of the Lorenzo mansion into a unique and beautiful showground,” said LDC Board President Carol Buckhout. “We are so appreciative of the community support we receive. Everyone really steps up for this show, including the staff at the historic site, without whom Lorenzo would not be possible. We look forward to greet-
ing everyone on the third weekend in July.”
The LDC is sponsored by the Lorenzo Driving Competition, Inc. Admission and parking are free.
For more information and the full schedule, visit lorenzodriving.org
lDC history
Lorenzo is the 1807 Federal-style home of John Lincklaen, Holland Land Company agent and founder of Cazenovia.
The Lincklaen/Ledyard family continually occupied Lorenzo until the property and the mansion’s contents were conveyed to New York State in 1968.
The site is operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and supported with help from the Friends of Lorenzo.
In 1976, Russell Grills — Lorenzo’s then-site manager — organized a carriage exhibition on the mansion’s lawn.
Manlius residents Sue and Jack Voss decided to hitch up their Morgan horse, Starduster, and drive their carriage from their home to the exhibition at Lorenzo.
Inspired by the crowd’s excitement at seeing a horse and carriage on the grounds again, Grills decided to host a driving competition at the site.
The following year, the Vosses, the Remley family, and others helped organize the first annual LDC.
The competition has been canceled on only two occasions since its establishment. The first time was in 2017 due to a storm that caused significant damage to the Lorenzo grounds
during the July Fourth Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps Arts and Crafts Show. The second cancellation was in 2020
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lorenzo is located at 17 Rippleton Rd., Cazenovia. For more information, call
One thing is for certain in golf…during the season, “all” golfers will loose their con dence at least 2-3 times. Has it happened to you yet? If not, you are fortunate. Most of us who play, practice and compete in tournaments or leagues on a regular basis have already experienced this most predictable phenomenon. e unpredictable part of the mental anguish we go through is, “how long will it last”?
ere is no Sports Psycologist in the golf industry I respect more than Dr. Bhrett McCabe. His work with PGA Tour players helped them earn $35 million in on-course earnings in the 2022-2023 golf season. Two of his clients ranked Top “20” in the world and he is a frequent contributor to Golf Magazine, Golf Digest and Golf Channel’s e Morning Drive. Dr. McCabe believes that PGA Tour players struggle with the same con dence issues that we do. He admits this about himself, “I was never very con dent. I begged for good results to drive my con dence, hoping my self-belief would grow with each success. Unfortunately, that only led me to search for short term glory at the expense of long term development”. WOW!
Here are a few of his thoughts that we as golfers should try to understand so we can hopefully nd out where we t in his scheme to make us better golfers.
SELF-IMAGE and SELF-BELIEF are CRITICAL…
Your self-image is the foundation for your success. It is not “knowing you can do it”, but rather, “believing you have what it takes to face the next challenge”. You never know the outcome, but you can believe you can rise to the moment. ere is nothing wrong with keeping a brag list in your “Belief Bank” about your successes. You have to nd moments, experiences and learnings to put in your “Belief Bank”. If you don’t work at nding the deposits, they will pass you by for more important things - fears, doubts, insecurities and struggles. DOUBLE WOW!
TOUGH MOMENTS are the GREATEST TEACHERS…
“My toughest moments taught me the most about the game and self belief. I found that the aspects of the struggles that I feared the most, were never that bad and were truly the most invaluable lessons”.
315-655-3200, visit parks. ny.gov/historic-sites/lorenzo, friendsoflorenzo.org, or follow the site and FOL on Facebook and Instagram.
e easiest way to face your struggles is to follow these steps:
1. WHEN IT GETS DIFFICULT, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND ASSESS THE SITUATION.
Do not be in a hurry to make a mistake.
2. CREATE THE BEST PLAN YOU HAVE ON THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
3. ACT WITH ASSERTIVENESS. JUST DO IT!
Do not hold back, protect, or try not to make a mistake.
4. YOU NEED FEEDBACK. DON’T BE AFRAID OF IT.
Regular coaching feedback is necessary for your growth. Do not wait for someone to create your plan. Sit down and start to build your development pathway to reach levels you want to achieve.
5. MAKE THE HARD CHOICES.
SUCCESS REQUIRES IT.
Success also requires sacri ce and you must learn to prioritize the most important contributors to your personal development plan. You will have distractions, con icts and naysayers on the outside telling you that you do not have to work that hard. You have to learn to tune them out.
“If a golfer does not understand the game, their training, or even how to drive success, they will avoid challenges. Ignorance can manifest as anger, resistance, or simple frustration, but you must learn to face it and get better”…Dr. Bhrett McCabe
“If you can nd a better formula for achieving success in both golf and life from any other Sports Psychologist, please let me know”…Pronoun
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Driving Competition Midsummer Classic from Friday, July 19 through sunday, July 21.
Madison County Rural Health to host Walk with a Doc
Madison County Rural Health Council (MCRHC) is a non-profit organization in Cazenovia whose mission is to improve the health of communities by advocating, educating, and coordinating services for individuals and families. In 2019, to encourage residents to take a step toward better health, MCRHC joined Walk with a Doc (WWAD).
WWAD is a national non-profit started in 2005 by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. The program now extends around the world with hundreds of communities getting together to walk with local healthcare professionals on a regular basis. Each free event begins with a short discussion about a health topic, followed by the opportunity to walk together as a group.
MCRHC has enjoyed providing community members with the opportunity to meet healthcare providers outside of the
office through WWAD in Madison County. MCRHC’s next WWAD is scheduled for Saturday, July 13 from 10 to 11 a.m. on the Creek Walk off Genesee Street in Chittenango.
Dr. Heidi Puc, founder and owner of Integrative Medicine of Central NY, (www.imofcny.com) will share information on Lyme Disease prevention and her integrative approach to treatment and then we will continue the conversation during our one-mile walk together.
Staff from CNY Lyme and Tick -Borne Disease Alliance and Fleet Feet will also be joining us for this important topic and community walk. tick kits will be available on a first come, first serve basis.
It has been shown that increasing exercise, even moderately, reduces the risks of many diseases, including coronary heart disease, breast and colon cancer and Type 2 diabetes.
Research has even shown that you could gain
two hours of life for each hour that you exercise regularly.
According to the American Heart Association,
walking as little as 30 minutes a day can provide the following benefits such as improve blood pressure and blood sugar levels, help
maintain a healthy body weight and lower the risk of obesity, enhance mental well-being and reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
Charles came to the shelter as a stray in May, but he doesn’t want to stay that way! Good-time Charlie loves to play with toys and walks nicely on a leash. He’s affectionate and loves attention. Don’t worryCharles in Charge! he’s a boxer-mix with a typical boxer personality – friendly, playful, energetic, intelligent and loyal. we think he would do well with an active family and respectful older kids. the name “Charles”
means “free man,” and Charlie would love to be free of the shelter and home with you! 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 up-to-date on their vaccinations before they go home. the CNy sPCA is located at 5878 East Molloy road in syracuse. if you are interested in more information about adoption, call 315454-4479, email frontdesk1@cnyspca.org, visit cnyspca.org, or call 315-454-4479.
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