Author Dorsey to speak at Abolition Hall of Fame
Jennifer Dorsey PhD will present the new publication “New York’s Burned-over District: A Documentary History” at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4 at the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum at 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro.
Dorsey is co-editor with Dr. Spencer W. McBride of the Cornell University Press book on the burned over district.
In the book, the editors invite readers to experience the early American revivals and reform movements through the eyes of the revivalists and the reformers themselves.
The anthology highlights how Christian revivalism transformed Central and Western New York into a critical hub of social reform in nineteenth-century America.
Between 1790 and 1860, the mass migration of white settlers into New York State contributed to an historic Christian revival and reform movement. Contemporary observers referred to the region as on fire with religious enthusiasm.
Dorsey has a bachelor of arts in history from Emory University, an master of arts from American College in Boston, and her PhD in
American History at Georgetown University.
A professor of history at Siena college since 2009, Dorsey is a community engaged historian, who teaches the history of colonial and Revolutionary America with local history resources.
Her students study history, and they also work on strategic projects with local museums, historical sites, and libraries to enrich their educational programming. As the founding director of the McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution, her teaching philosophy is to offer students a diversity of learning experiences that will encourage them to reach their fullest potential, not only as learners, but as citizens.
She developed and administered two National Endowment for the Humanities grants, and funded Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers on the history of the Shaker movement. She serves as an editorial consultant for the New York Archives Magazine, a publication of the New York State Archives Partnership Trust.
Also happening during the weekend, starting Aug. 3, will be the 14th Emancipation Day
Junior Firefighter receives scholarship
The Firefighters Association of the State of New York (FASNY) has awarded the 2024 FASNY Gerard J. Buckenmeyer Volunteer Scholarship to Fletcher Litera of Cazenovia.
Litera received a certificate and scholarship of $1,500 for his volunteer service in the community from FASNY.
Litera is one of 26 students chosen for this scholarship.
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of an applicant’s volunteer service to his or her community, such as serving with a local fire department, scouting, church, school, work with senior citizens, fire prevention, and other projects.
Additional criteria include a consistent demonstration of good character and completion of a written essay.
Litera is part of the Junior Firefighter Explorer Post program with the Cazenovia Fire Department in Madison County.
He reflected on how his life changed after joining the fire department.
“A ripple effect started throughout my life. I found that nothing gives me a better sense of identity than helping people,” he said.
Litera plans to attend Nazareth University in the fall where he will be studying biomedical sciences.
In the firehouse, Litera has had over 500 hours of community service accumulated since June of 2022, and was the top responder in both 2022 and 2023 in the Cazenovia Fire Department.
Outside of the firehouse, Litera has been involved in his high school where he held the position of student body treasurer and was also on the High School Action Team Committee.
“I owe my identity entirely to my decision to join the fire service. I am blessed to spend all the time I do serving my community which I love, with people I love, doing a job I love,” Litera said. “If not for the service, I honestly do not know what I would be doing, or where I’d be in life. That sounds exaggerated, I assure you it’s not.”
festivities at the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark at 5324 Oxbow Road.
The event commemorates the families that came from enslavement by replicating the Emancipation Days held by the generations of the 1920s and 1930s.
At 9 a.m. registration begins, exhibits open, the Peterboro Mercantile opens, and Norman K. Dann PhD will guide a tour of the Gerrit Smith Estate. James Corpin, John Smith, and Max Smith, co-chairs of the event, will gather the descendants and public together at 10 a.m., as generations before did, for announcements, historical notes, group pictures, and song.
The gathering is followed by a processional to the cemetery, by walking or driving, to lay wreaths. One wreath is laid upon a tombstone selected from the many labeled Born a slave. Died a free (wo)man and the second wreath is laid upon the humble gravestone of Gerrit Smith, the wealthiest land owner in New York State. Smith was an ardent abolitionist who believed his wealth was a divine gift to provide for those less fortunate. Donna Burdick will share background on the two John Wests buried in the cemetery.
At 2 p.m. Vince Doty will present the Dissolution of Segregation in American Baseball. Vince, retired teacher, Canastota resident, officer at the Oneida Lake Arts and Heritage Center, and baseball enthusiast, will share his passion, stories, and collections of baseball with attention to African American firsts in Major League baseball history. He has amassed two major collections of baseball cards during his pursuit of his lifelong passion. He will be giving a glimpse into the past by showing the vintage baseball cards of the first African American players for the sixteen franchises that existed from 1947 – 1959. This presentation will include accounts of the struggles and triumphs endured by black pioneer athletes. This information is especially timely due to the May 2024 announcement by Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred that the official historical statistics of more than 2300 players, who played in seven of the leagues from 1920 to 1948, will now be included in the official records of Major League baseball.
At 2:45 p.m. Town of Smithfield and Hamlet of Peterboro historian Donna Dorrance Burdick will present Black Family Connec-
tions Between Peterboro and Chenango County. Since her childhood in Peterboro, Donna has been collecting, studying, and recording all aspects of her beloved community. The chief researcher of the Madison County Freedom Trail Commission, Burdick has a special commitment to the histories of black families of Peterboro and their connections to others. She will also provide sources for persons who wish to pursue family genealogy. Most of the Peterboro historical efforts and programs have relied on Burdick’s excellent research and her generosity of sharing. Currently she is working on 19th century hamlet history with a consultant arranged by the Smithfield Community Association through a grant from the Preservation League of New York State. On Sunday afternoon, August 4, Burdick will be at the Peterboro Area Museum and will have black family history folders available for reading.
At 3:30 p.m. the preparations for local, state, and national Underground Railroad projects will be briefly explained including the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State funding for the Tubman Byway plan from Maryland to Ontario via New York.
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SELF hELP Keeping dogs cool
For dog owners daily walks and time outside are part of the routine of our days and often something we and our four-legged friends look forward to. Getting out with our pets is important for them to have time outside and be active, and also helps keep us moving. It is beneficial for both our health and the health of our pets.
Whether it is going for a walk or out in the backyard or a dog park, it is important to keep in mind that, like us, our dogs are subject to the weather.
With the warmer summer months, and the higher temperatures we have seen at times this summer, many of us know how intensely the heat has affected us.
Dogs are subject to the same feelings of being too hot and just like humans, this can be dangerous to the health of dogs.
Pet owners are encouraged to keep watch of how their pet is acting in the heat and to watch for signs of heat exhaustion and even heat stroke and keep in mind that dogs can’t sweat like humans to help regulate body temperature when getting too hot.
According to Dr. Julie Buzby, a veterinarian, heat stroke in dog s is a potentially fatal condition which occurs when the body’s normal heat dissipating mechanisms become overwhelmed, causing the dog’s internal temperature to rise above 105°F. Normal temperature for dogs is 99-102.5°F.
When a dog is suffering from heat stroke, you may see the following signs: Heavy panting, excessive drooling with thick saliva, blue, brown, pale, or red gums in dogs, vomiting and/or diarrhea which may be bloody, the dog acts dazed or confused, seizures in dogs, ataxia or stumbling gait such as the dog is wobbly and off balance, collapse or inability to stand and lethargy.
Prior to seeing these clinical signs, you may notice warning signals that your dog is becoming overheated or suffering from heat exhaustion, the stage before heat stroke, your dog may be panting heavily, looking for a cool place to lie down, or acting tired.
Older dogs, dogs that may have other health issues and short nosed dogs, such as pugs, are particularly susceptible to the effects of intense heat.
If you think your dog may be developing signs of heat stroke, wet your dog with cool not cold water and immediately drive to the vet with the air-conditioning on full blast or the windows open. It is critical that you make an emergency vet visit as soon as possible because time is of the essence when it comes to treating heat stroke.
According to petmd.com prevention is the most important thing we can do for our dogs.
The website suggests we always ensure that our pets have access to shade and water when outdoors.
That we only exercise dogs in cooler parts of the day, early in the morning, late at night. Even short walks can cause heatstroke in predisposed dogs or on extremely hot, humid days.
Never leave dogs alone in cars, even on seemingly cool days. Even if the windows are left partially open or the car is parked in the shade, the inside of the car can be greater than 4 0 °F hotter than outside.
On hot days, keep your pet inside the house with air-conditioning, especially if they have a predisposed condition such as older age, brachycephalic syndrome, obesity, heart disease, tracheal collapse, or laryngeal paralysis.
It is also recommended to avoid hot asphalt and concrete surfaces as much as possible.
Here I am at the grocery store again, for the third time this week. I keep forgetting one thing or another and wind up buying even more than I had intended. I miss Nojaims.
I am in the section of the store where they have books and such displayed.
I am passing quickly, knowing that most of the books on the shelves are calling my name, when out of my left eye I am captured by a title, so captured, that I back up my cart to see if what my mind has processed is the real title.
Is that book really entitled “How not to look Old?”
Geesh, who would buy a book like that? I mean, even if you wanted to know how not to look old, would you want others to know that you were reading such a book?
Closer inspection brought the subtitles to my eye: “How to be 10 pounds lighter,” “How to look 10 years younger” and “How to be 10 times better.” Better at what?
But there I was reading the titles. My eyes wandered for just a moment and caught titles a bit further beyond this book that tell the reader “how to” in a number of arenas.
The one that made my teeth grind was entitled “How to Say it” for women.
Ah, yes, the woman’s language thing again. And I thought learning a foreign language was tough; learning to not talk like a woman, translating into menspeak is even harder.
There is no denying that there are male and female languages
and I don’t mean languages found on some isolated island with an unpronounceable name. Don’t tell me that clean the kitchen doesn’t mean different things to men and women right here and now.
But just behind these helpful verbal assist books I could see racks of magazines with titles that were astonishingly narrow in focus, e.g. Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, Episiotomy Today
The culinary section was of particular interest with titles that included two from Paula Deen, both of which relied heavily on mayonnaise and butter.
There were eight that related to Italy, extolling the benefits of olive oil, fresh ingredients and wine.
There were those with the high end titles, Saveur or Gourmet, which require ingredients not found in any grocery store within a hundred miles.
Right next to the magazines one could purchase your own copy of the PDR.
For those who aren’t familiar with those initials, PDR refers to a reference book used by doctors, the Physicians Desk Reference. Reads like a Gothic novel where the reader self-diagnoses her or himself with most of the maladies listed on its pages. And most of these maladies are attributable to what the reader has eaten or read about in those magazines.
An arms-reach away were the racks of greeting cards. Used to be that greeting cards were sorted by birthday, anniversaries, religious occasions, condolences and holidays, get well, etc.
Today? Congratulations on the
new litter of kittens by a feral cat in your garage, Congratulations on your divorce or losing the loser that your parents didn’t like … you know what I mean. There were condolence cards for the loss of a pet, which I totally think is appropriate.
Condolences because of your recent automobile accident and a welcome back now that you are on parole.
Congratulations on winning your lawsuit as well as those that celebrate leaving the job you hate. There were humorous cards and those deemed to be more serious. There were inexpensive cards and those that were shockingly overpriced. I mean $5.75 and then you have to put a stamp on the thing? I soon stopped my peregrinations around this area and headed to the bread aisle where I hunted for the particular type of bread that I came in for. Lots of luck. Bread comes in many forms, in many grain and non-grain formulas, with additions and toppings and sizes and prices … just like the magazines, how-to books and greeting cards.
It was a long time ago, but I can remember my mother sending me to the store to get a loaf of bread. There were two kinds of bread. One came in a blue wrapper, the other in Red. We ate the one in the Red wrapper. Easy!
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.
Years Ago in history
By CiNDy BELL tOBEy
140 Years Ago – July 31, 1884
Boston Literary World – Hidden away among the verdant valleys of Central New York, and around the shores of a lovely lake (which enjoys three names, nearly one to a mile, Indian, Dutch and French) is the village of Cazenovia.
A Frenchman gave it a name, a Hollander, Colonel John Lincklaen, who in 1703 bought the land, founded it; and New England people laid it out. Hence the charming wide streets, named Albany, Lincklaen, etc., full of homes of wealth and culture, embowered amid grand old trees, hence also the quadrangular open space or green, with the white meeting-house at one side – for all the world like a Connecticut or Massachusetts village.
125 Years Ago – Aug. 3, 1899
Saturday the regular passenger train on the Lehigh Valley for the south due here at 6:35 p.m. was heavily loaded with returning excursionists from the hop-growers picnic, and a double header was put on the from Canastota as far as Perryville.
On returning to the former place the extra engine jumped the track a short distance below Clockville stopping at right angles with the track.
The special excursion left Sylvan Beach at 9:25 and was run to Canastota where it lay for over two hours.
It was finally drawn up to the scene of the accident where transfer was made to the regular from the south which is due here at 7:35 p.m.
This was backed into Cazenovia at 1:30 a.m., the engine turned around and proceeded southward.
The train was unable to accommodate all of the delayed excursionists and a large number were obliged to remain until the track had been cleared and reached Cazenovia about 6 o’clock Sunday morning.
110
Years Ago – July 30, 1914
Don J. Conklin, one of the local jewelers,
has installed during the past week, a wireless system for receiving standard time from the government station at Radio, Va.
Acting with Mr. Conklin the village board has connected a wire from his receiving apparatus to the fire alarm whistle, which will blow one blast each day at noon exactly on the second, giving the towns people and those in the surrounding country the exact time each day.
The aerial, or over head wires, is fastened from the Methodist church steeple to a pole erected on the top of the Kiley block and is placed so as to point towards Arlington.
95 Years Ago – Aug. 1, 1929
The Cazenovia Town Clerk has had many interesting experiences in the issuing of marriage licenses, but he was rather flabbergasted last Saturday when a prospective bride swore that her residence was the corner of Sullivan and Union streets, Cazenovia.
When informed by the town clerk that that is where he lives and that there is no other house on that corner she said she meant the house that sets back from Sullivan Street which, of course, is the home of Town Assessor W. L. Doremus.
When asked how long she had lived there she said, “my mother and I since last April.”
The town clerk remarked that although he lived across the street he didn’t remember ever having seen her before but she didn’t seem to think that to be material.
The clerk offered to call her mother on the telephone for some information which the daughter was unable to supply but she said her mother “was out.”
She and the young man were told to call for the license after about a half hour and they said they would do so.
In the meantime the clerk communicated with Mr. and Mrs. Doremus. They have never seen either the young lady or her mother.
The would-be newlyweds haven’t yet been back for their license.
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Ramblings from the empty nest
Ann Ferro
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play together, and compete for their school. All Special Olympics NY programs are offered at no cost to athletes, their families, or their caregivers.
The Cazenovia Police Department has been fundraising for Special Olympics NY for about a decade, minus the years impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is important to support this organization as it helps local participants and participants throughout the state,” said Chief of Police Michael Hayes, who typi-
Seattle, which will require two flights and an O’Hare layover. Oh yeah, and the return flight is an all-nighter.
Then there’s the boat. Not just any boat, but a cruise ship, The smallest of them weighs more than 90,000 tons and spans three football fields, something every one of you who has gone on a cruise knows well.
You can spout out numbers, but until you’re next to one of them and then inside one of them there’s no way to prepare for the first glance and the feeling that you’re very, very small when compared to these behemoths.
For a person accustomed to having to get close to everything myself, all the available perks, especially the food bounty, will likely stagger my senses. I really don’t need to gain any pounds, but there might not be a choice.
At some point, though, the fact that you’re getting spoiled will feel routine and
Mr. Bassett’s July 17 letter refers to Williams’ voting record as being “Republican MAGA hyper-conservative,” and if this is true I’m not at all impressed with the “Republican MAGA” position. Instead I refer to The Freedom Index, a special feature published twice a year in The New American news magazine, which rates all congressmen on their fidelity to the Constitution.
In the first Freedom Index for the 118th Congress, from August 2023, Mr. Williams received a 50% score, which means he only voted constitutionally 50% of the time.
For the January 2024 Index his score dropped to 38%, while in the most recent Index from late July, Williams dropped further to 33%.
Therefore his current average means he was only faithful to his oath a dismal 41% of the time.
Since Mr. Bassett compares Mr. Williams with Congresswomen Tenney and Stefanik, I’ll present their voting records as well.
Both are slightly better, but still not stellar.
They are, respectively, 60%, 60% and 70% for Tenney, and 50%, 70% and 50% for Stefanik. That makes a current “faithfulness” average
cally volunteers for the fundraiser with one or two other officers. “It is a way to interact with the whole Cazenovia community and let them see police as more than just some unapproachable entity but as human beings.”
Law enforcement agencies across the state also raise awareness and collect donations for Special Olympics NY in other ways.
Officers and Special Olympics athletes team up with local restaurants, such as Applebee’s, Tully’s, and Texas Roadhouse, to help raise money by assisting as wait staff, hosts/hostesses, and bussers.
Law enforcement personnel also volun-
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what’s left is a lot of time spent on the blue expanse of the Pacific, so it better be beautiful.
Part of the good thing about Alaska is that this isn’t the Caribbean, where its trove of natural wonder is, at this time of year, accompanied by all those tropical-storm and hurricane concerns.
Instead, it’s reveling in waters where plenty of whales and other magnificent creatures may roam, and going inland to experience more of them and, in the distance, gape at Denali, the tallest point in North America.
And it’s so important to look at every acre of the Last Frontier and treasure it.
Given the way we’ve warmed the Earth with the scourge of climate change, how much longer will Alaska stand in its current form?
So it’s important to experience this, and not just for
of 63% for Tenney, and 57% for Stefanik. All three still have a long way to go to be totally faithful to their oath to support the U.S. Constitution.
As for candidate Mannion, his rock bottom anti-liberty voting record in the state senate indicates that his potential congressional voting record could and probably would be even worse than that of Mr. Williams.
Mr. Mannion is an example of what I stated earlier, someone intent on imposing an agenda instead of obeying the Constitution.
If the American people were only better educated in the Americanist and Biblical principles upon which our Republic was founded, they would demand better candidates willing to uphold their solemn oath of office.
Presently, though, these two men are all we have to work with.
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Thanks to Manlius board
To the editor:
Thank you to the Manlius Town Board for scrapping the purchase of
teer at competitions and events year-round and participate in the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR).
According to the Special Olympics NY website, there are 50 torch run legs with over 4,000 law enforcement officers from over 400 agencies in attendance. They gather to run and pass the “Flame of Hope” — a symbol of courage and celebration of diversity — across the state. Each year, these legs converge at a final location for the lighting of the cauldron during the Special Olympics NY Summer Games Opening Ceremony. LETR began in 1981 when Wichita,
environmental reasons. For so long I stayed put while almost everyone else in my immediate family reveled in trips, cruises and adventures far beyond our shores.
Now, finally, it’s my turn. The hope is that not only will things go safely and smoothly (something you can’t possibly take for granted), but that what I see and take in will lead to a desire for more far-off adventures away from the perils of life that, though we try to, we can’t completely leave behind.
To each of you who have sailed and cruised, I hope they were magical journeys. Both of us are eager to start catching up and truly experience the wonderful world we all inhabit.
Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline. com.
the N. Burdick Street property and, in particular, the council members who were going to vote against proceeding with the acquisition agreement.
Integral to this decision, and if it were not for them, there were residents who capably spoke against the purchase for financial, legal, environmental, engineering, and real-estate development reasons.
One strength of our town is the many experienced, skilled and knowledgeable professional residents who voiced their concerns about this proposal. In addition, several long-time residents who were uniquely familiar with the history of this property provided invaluable input. This was a wise decision solely based on the aforementioned participation. As the Town Council moves forward with assessing its facility needs and how to finance capital projects, residents with expertise should be tapped to participate in the planning and decision making process.
NiChOLAS G. CiFRA faYeteVille
Kansas Police Chief Richard LaMunyon created the torch run to help law enforcement be active in the community and support Special Olympics Kansas. In 1983, LaMunyon presented the program to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), which decided to endorse the torch run and became the “Founding Law Enforcement Organization.” With the IACP’s support, LETR has become the largest public awareness vehicle and grass-roots fundraiser for Special Olympics. To learn more about Special Olympics NY, how to get involved, or how to donate, visit specialolympics-ny.org.
Phil blackwell
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It’s mid-season… What is your golf scorecard grade?
ree quick possibilities might be:
1. My game is about where I expected it to be at this time.
2. My game is better than I expected it to be at this time.
3. My game is worse than I expected it to be. Before you decide to blurt out one of these quick answers to what you perceive to be an easy question to answer, please take a few minutes to evaluate your golf performance since the beginning of the season in the following 6 categories:
1. Driving the ball…
2. Hitting approach shots to greens from over 100 yards…
3. Putting…
4. Playing out of bunkers…
5. Chipping and pitching around greens….
6. Course Management
Let me also suggest that you evaluate each category by using a points system:
1. Poor (1 2 points)
2. Fair (3 or 4 points)
3. Good (5 or 6 points)
4. Very Good (7 or 8 points)
5. Excellent (9 or 10 points)
Do the math!
What is your total score?
Are you happy with your score?
Do you even care about your score?
If you are a golfer who sincerely wants to improve your golf game…every day…every month…and every season, your GOLF SCORECARD GRADE is a great way to evaluate your golf game and identify…
1. Where you are!
2. Where you want to go!
3. How fast you want to get there.
Even if you didn’t set any goals at the beginning of the season, a mid-season goal review could be very helpful, specially if you
decide to “step-up” and make something special happen before the season ends. Will there ever be a better time than now? I doubt it!
Don’t hesitate. Re-set or create a new set of goals this week. Are you with me? Let’s start…
ree Types of Goals…
Process Goals - Focusing on achieving standards of performance for yourself and independent of others you play with on a regular basis.
A personal process goal would be to hit a speci c number of greens in regulation the next time you play, or hitting a certain number of fairways with your driver, or making more two putts. A process goal is about your improvement on a speci c skill.
Performance Goals - Focusing on what you can do during a match, “in the moment”, to beat your opponent such as; being patient during your pre-shot routine, evaluate the lie of the ball, wind conditions and distance to green. How about remaining positive a er hitting a bad shot so you can focus on hitting your next shot about 5 . from the hole.
Outcome Goals - Focusing on a competitive result such as beating your opponent in your league or placing in the top 10 of a local golf tournament or perhaps even winning one.
Don’t underestimate your GOLF SCORECARD GRADE. It will accent your strengths and identify the weaknesses you must work on in order to achieve your new end of season goals. My GRADE for this midseason is 43 points. My strengths are driving the golf ball and course management. My weakness is playing out of bunkers. My new goal is to achieve a total score of 50 points. What is your GOLF SCORECARD GRADE? What is your new goal for points before the end of the season?
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ing in the city’s municipal dump to support their families.
The country was devastated, still reeling from civil war and the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime. Horrified, the couple left their suburban Paris life and moved to Phnom Penh to set up a simple feeding station at the dump. They eventually built a school that has grown into a full-service educational institution and social services center. Today, PSE comprises day and boarding schools, medical and dental facilities, vocational training programs, and two dozen satellite locations across Phnom Penh.
According to Rogers, Christian passed away in 2016 and was publicly mourned by thousands, including the Queen Mother of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
The upcoming library program will feature a screening of a 33-minute distillation of the original 90-minute “Les Pépites.”
The shorter version of the film includes English subtitles provided by Rogers.
He has been working as a French-to-English translator since retiring in December 2023 from Hamilton College, where he was director of annual giving for nine years and director of gift planning for three years.
He became a PSE volunteer in September 2023 after reading about the organization in a French-language newspaper that covers Cambodia.
“I am very interested in Cambodia and follow developments there closely,” Rogers said.
His interest began when his daughter, Mairin, a 2021 Hamilton College graduate, studied abroad there and Rogers accompanied her at the beginning of the program.
“I have a 40-year career in nonprofit work, mostly in education but also human services,” Rogers said. “In my retirement, I wanted to be involved with a large, respected, well-run nonprofit organization that works to support young people. PSE fit the bill perfectly. Plus, it enables me to combine that commitment with my love of French and Cambodia.”
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On Monday, Aug. 19, at 6 p.m., the Cazenovia Public Library will host a screening and discussion of the documentary “Les Pépites” (“Little Gems”). t he film tells the story of the founding of Pour un s ourire d’Enfant, a French nonprofit organization that helps Cambodian children escape poverty and leads them to decent, skilled, and wellpaid jobs. Fred Rogers, a Cazenovia resident and P s E volunteer, will introduce the film.
It is entirely sustained by gifts from individuals, some foundation funding, and some corporate grants assisting the vocational programs. Rogers has traveled to Cambodia twice since his initial visit. His most recent trip was early this year when he spent five days living at the school in Phnom Penh with 14 French volunteers.
According to Rogers, PSE’s main site of operations, the Center, is now a large campus with several buildings, a canteen, a student residence, training facilities for the vocational schools, medical facilities, and a guest house and restaurant run by students in the hospitality school.
Rogers described his recent trip to the campus as “immersive,” recalling that his group visited every program; spoke with staff and students; and worked the food line at the canteen, ladling out rice, fish soup, and sweet potatoes to nearly 3,000 children for lunch — one of two daily meals provided.
The volunteers also took field trips to the remote program sites around Phnom Penh, the shanty neighborhoods where the students are drawn from, and the now-closed municipal dump where PSE started.
“There is no substitute for a hands-on visit like this,” Rogers said. “As a volunteer, I had studied up on PSE before I arrived. But to see the organization in actual operation, to be joyously set upon by swarms of happy, well-nourished children filled with curiosity about their pale-skinned guests — these were poignant moments of emotion that will be difficult to forget.”
Rogers was perhaps most touched by his experience attending a simple evening prayer service held for boarding students who cannot go home.
Almost immediately after becoming a volunteer, Rogers joined the board of the American Friends of PSE, one of several national support groups around the world.
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“I am helping PSE raise money for its boarding school, which gives 24/7 care to children who cannot live at home because they are at risk of parental violence and abuse,” he said. “I am trying to identify American foundations interested in supporting this type of work in Cambodia, and I am helping to plan a fundraising gala in New York City in 2025. I help with English-language communications to our supporters in this country, and I help a colleague in London translate the substantial quarterly newsletter written by our founder, Marie-France des Pallières.”
Rogers added that PSE maintains strict neutrality in its affairs; it does not accept governmental funding from Cambodia or France.
“The founders, who were devout Catholics, have always been very careful to honor the country’s majority Buddhist religious tradition,” Rogers said. “The organization itself is thoroughly and vigilantly secular. [However,] their personal motivation was Christian, and some of the students come with no religious background but seek a peaceful moment of reflection in an otherwise busy day. So, a short, student-led reading of Buddhist and Christian prayers was established. For a time, it had been discontinued, but the students themselves wanted it back.”
Rogers recalled that at 6:30 p.m., about 115 children and others gathered silently in a recreational space for the service. In front of them, propped up on chairs, was a picture of the Buddha and another of Jesus.
“Just then, a boy to my left grasped my hand,” he said. “On my right, two girls grasped my other hand, and the dreamy, otherworldly chanting — in Khmer — of Buddhist prayers began. Then a passage [from] the New Testament was likewise intoned. I knew not what was being said, but the fleeting bond I had with those children — children who cannot live with their own family for fear of mistreatment — felt in that instant indissoluble.”
To learn more about PSE and view the trailer for “Les Pépites,” visit pse.ngo.
Monday - Men’s (5 man teams) League meeting August 26, 7pm
Tuesday - Men’s (5 person teams) League meeting August 27, 7pm Wednesday - Women’s (3 woman teams) League meeting August 28, 7pm
Submitted photoS Cazenovia Summer Fest 2024 is scheduled for the first weekend in August. The full list of events and activities is available on the Caz Life website.
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Summit Church will have a large tent set up from 1 to 4 p.m. with games, prizes, cotton candy, and snow cones. Cazenovia Jewelry is also sponsoring a petting zoo.
From noon to 4 p.m., the Cazenovia Masons will serve family-friendly food and ice cream, and the Hermits and Phokouttahere food trucks will be onsite.
Lamplit Farm will offer nostalgic horsedrawn wagon rides through the village from 1 to 4 p.m., sponsored by 20|EAST and Cazenovia Jewelry.
Soul Injection, sponsored by Bruce Wayne and Community Bank, will perform live music in the park from 1 to 4 p.m., and Allusion will take the stage from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
The Brae Loch Inn’s outdoor patio will be open for people to take a break from the festivities while staying in earshot of the music.
The Brewster Inn’s outdoor bar will open at 5 p.m. Beverages, dinner, and a special dockside takeout menu will be available.
The day will wrap up with a projected art installation titled “Nearby Rock Sighs Pink” at the Pewter Spoon Cafe at 9 p.m. Presented by Stone Quarry Hill Art Park and Cazenovia-based artist Patti Christakos, the installation is a series of photographic images of architectural details of Cazenovia College. The images are inspired by the iconic Cazenovia screen prints made in the 1970s by artist and former Cazenovia College instructor Rita Hammond (19241999).
Sunday, Aug. 4
Creatives can express themselves by participating in a Chalk the Walk in the village from noon to 4 p.m. Chalk will be provided, and artists of all ages are invited to share their work on social media @Caz Life.
Other events include yoga on the docks at The Brewster Inn at 9:30 a.m. and a live wood-turning demonstration by John Volcko on the porch of Cazenovia Artisans from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Kids can continue their scavenger hunts from noon to 4 p.m., and Morse Kayak Rentals will be at Lakeland Park again from
noon to 5 p.m.
Caz Life is the events and marketing committee of the Greater Cazenovia Area Chamber of Commerce. Its members work to foster local business development, promote tourism, and implement effective marketing strategies to enhance the vibrancy and economic growth of the village. Promotions for Summer Fest 2024 are supported by a grant awarded to the Cazenovia Area Community Development Association (CACDA) through Empire State Development’s Market New York program.
“CACDA received the grant, [and] we are partnering with Caz Life,” said Lauren Lines, CACDA’s executive director. “The funds total $50,000 over two years and will be used for seasonal marketing campaigns in 2024 and 2025. ‘Summer in Cazenovia’ is the first campaign. Summer Fest is just one of the events that are being promoted through Summer in Cazenovia. We will have a similar Autumn campaign this fall.” The full Cazenovia Summer Fest 2024 schedule is available at cazenovialife.com/ summerfest.
August 2-4 - Summer Fest, Cazenovia’s Summer Festival weekend, featuring Soul Injection and the band Allusion performing live at Lakeland Park, a petting zoo, horse drawn wagon rides, art demos, scavenger hunt, kayak rentals, pop-up vendors, great food, and more!
August 2 - Truck a Palooza @ Cazenovia Library, 3-5pm
August 3 - 12th Annual Blueberry Jam @ Critz Farms, 12-10pm
August 4 - Yoga On The Docks @ The Brewster Inn, 9:30am
August 4 - Dance Classes with Lydia Johnson Dance Company @ Sky Hill Farm Studio, 3-5:30pm
August 10 - Saturday Stewardship Workday with CPF @ St Peter’s Church Parking Lot, 8-11am
August 10 - Meier’s Creek Brewing Company 4th Anniversary, 11:30am - 9pm
August 10 - John Liuzzo Band playing live @ Critz Farms, 5-8pm
August Events
August 11 - Yoga On The Docks @ The Brewster Inn, 9:30am
August 14 - Caroga Arts Collective Concert @ Lorenzo State Historic State, 6-7pm
August 16 - Silent Disco for Caz Pride @ Meier’s Creek Brewing, 7-10pm
August 17 - Cruisin’ For A Cure: The Baldwin Fund @ Meier’s Creek Brewing, 9am - 2pm
August 17 - Butternut Creek Revival playing live @ Critz Farms, 5-8pm
August 17 - J & The Tie Dyers playing live @ Madison County Distillery, 5-8pm
August 18 - Yoga On The Docks @ The Brewster Inn, 9:30am
August 18 - Mike Abbass @ Meier’s Creek Brewing, 12-3pm
August 11 - Yoga On The Terrace @ Meier’s Creek Brewing, 10:30 - 11:30am
August 24 - Count Blastula playing live @ Critz Farms, 5-8pm
August 25 - Yoga On The Docks @ The Brewster Inn, 9:30am
August 25 - Next Stop Comedy Show @ Meier’s Creek Brewing Co, 6-8pm
August 29 - Trail Work Thursday @ Meet at St Peter’s Church parking lot, 4:30-6:30pm
August 31 - Slow Train playing live @ Critz Farms, 2-5pm
August 31 - Beadle Brothers Live playing live @ Madison County Distillery, 5-8pm
Every Monday - 261 Fearless Running Group @ High School Green, 6-7pm
Every Tuesday - Yoga @ St James Church, 6-7pm
Every Saturday - Cazenovia Farmers Market 9am2pm, Memorial Park
Every Saturday - Sensory Saturdays @ Rippleton Schoolhouse, 1-3pm
Jane E. Sawyer, 94 loved animals, time at her Adirondack camp
Jane E. Sawyer, 94, of New Woodstock, passed away on July 21, 2024. She was born on Feb. 11, 1930, in Buffalo, N.Y., to Eugene and Emma Landel.
Following four years of nursing school to become a registered nurse, she met her husband Russ and were married at Naval Air Station Jacksonville where he was stationed as a young naval officer.
After leaving active duty, they returned to Syracuse and started a family. They moved to New Woodstock in 1963 where she resided until her passing.
As an extremely knowledgeable private
duty RN, Jane helped several patients in the area, many of whom were diagnosed terminal, giving them the best care available.
She later joined her husband as a key employee of Sawyer Industries Inc., a longtime power transmission manufacturing/ distribution family business in Syracuse.
Jane had a very curious mind and loved learning whether as an avid reader or by experiencing new adventures.
She loved visiting the ocean but was happiest at her Adirondack camp on Raquette Lake where she spent entire summers by herself from 1979 to 2017.
She very much enjoyed the immense beauty, peace and tranquility it offered.
Jane also loved animals of all kinds including her dogs, cats, horses, chickens
and ducks and was always attentive to their many needs.
As a child, her farm-raised father would always admonish her, “Don’t make pets out of them Jane” when she was around the stock animals.
She was always interested in having more but available space (thankfully) limited the size of her menagerie.
Jane was a deeply faithful and resourceful person who served many years in the Altar Guild for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Cazenovia.
She dedicated extraordinary time and effort into making the church look its absolute best for all parishioners.
She was also an alto in the church choir for many years as she loved to sing.
Jane is preceded in death by her father, Eugene F. Landel; mother, Emma E. Landel; sister, Mary L. Landel and husband, Russell D. Sawyer. She is survived by her son, Thomas J. Sawyer; daughter, Martha J. Dorman; son, Robert L. Sawyer and grandchildren Jessica L. Dorman, Robert R. Dorman, Kelsey R. Sawyer and Erin E. Sawyer.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jane’s memory may be made to the Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps (CAVAC), 106 Nelson St. Cazenovia NY 13035.
Condolences for the family may be left at michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.
A graveside memorial service was held at 11 a.m., Friday, July 26, 2024, at the New Woodstock Cemetery followed by a reception at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Cazenovia.
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At 3:45 p.m. a brain storming session of ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Peterboro Emancipation Day in 1925 will take place.
At 4:30 p.m. Norman K. Dann PhD will conduct another tour of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark. Dann is the author of Practical Dreamer: Gerrit Smith and the Crusade for Social Reform which has recently been revised and published. Norm will have books to sign.
NAHOF is the site of the inaugural meeting of the New York State Antislavery Society in 1835, and is open noon to 4 p.m. Saturday
through Wednesday from June 1 to July 31, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Aug. 3 through Sept. 2.
Down the street, the exterior exhibits of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark (GSENHL) are open from dawn to dusk. The buildings of the Estate are open on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. until Aug. 31. Both sites are also open for special events and pre-arranged group tours. For updates and information visit nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org, PeterboroNY.org, nahofm1835@gmail.com and 315-308-1890.
Jane E. sawyer
