September Autumn Leaves Arts Festival
By KAtE Hill Staff Writer
month with its September Autumn Leaves Arts Festival.
CazArts is an alliance of artists, cultural organizations, and supporters dedicated to nurturing a community that promotes the creation and appreciation of the arts. According to a press release from the organization, the Autumn Leaves Arts Festival is now in its fourth year.
“[We invite] you, whether local or visiting for the weekend, to enjoy the beautiful historic Village of Cazenovia as the leaves are turning and summer breezes blow off the lake tinted with the breath of autumn air and the crispness of our fall evenings,” the press release states. “With historic restaurants and inns, outdoor dining, strollable pathways through the Willow Patch along the creekside, and sunsets over Cazenovia Lake, the Autumn Leaves Arts Festival invites you to take a moment, relax, and thoroughly enjoy art within nature’s art.”
Jazz N’ Caz
The monthlong event will kick off with the return of the popular Jazz N’ Caz.
By KAtE Hill Staff Writer
The Cazenovia Public Library & Museum (CPL) invites the public to contribute to a community photo collage for Cazenovia’s Fall Fest the weekend of Oct. 18.
Contributors are asked to drop off photos representing the theme “What Fall Means to Me.”
“We were looking for a community project that we could do around the Caz Autumn Leaves Arts Festival that always happens [during] the month of September,” said CPL Adult Programming and Service Coordinator Renee Joseph. “Last year we did the community quilt banners. We
Held from Sept. 11 to 14, the jazz festival will feature nine groups, 44 musicians, and six locations.
Colleen Prossner, who founded Jazz N’ Caz over two decades ago as an employee of the nowclosed Cazenovia College, is producing the music festival again this year.
“We are thrilled to be able to present the 22nd annual Nascentia Health Jazz N’ Caz festival on the move throughout Cazenovia,” Prossner said. “. . . This event is free and open to the public thanks to our main sponsor, Nascentia Health, as well as funding from CNY Arts and the Music Performance Trust Fund. The festival is presented in conjunction with CazArts. We hope that you come and enjoy the sounds of the 10th Mountain Army Division Jazz Combo; Salt City Jazz Collective; Chuck Schiele’s Quatro; Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers with Wendy Sassafras Ramsay, Josh Dekaney, and John Dancks; MG3; Loren & LJ Barrigar; Dave Liddy & Steve Quenneville; BBQ Jazz Consort; and Ronnie France Bass on Top w/s/g Dave Donley.” library gallery exhibits
Throughout September, the Cazenovia Public Library & Museum will present “Our Art, Our Artists,” a gallery show of selected
wanted the project to be something that we could create with community participation, could be visually appreciated, [and] celebrates fall.”
According to Joseph, CPL decided to reveal the collaborative project during Fall Fest instead of the arts festival this year to give people time to take autumn photos.
Photos should be no larger than 4 in. x 6 in. and cannot be in digital format.
“Unfortunately, we also cannot use the library printer to print out the photos, so they have to be already printed out,” said Joseph. “Photos will not be returned. We also need the back labeled with the name of the photographer.”
The deadline to submit photos is Oct. 7.
Upcoming CPL events
On Sept. 11, the 10th Mountain Division Jazz Combo will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. as part of JazzN-Caz.
On Sept. 12, Krista Brown will present a Paint & Sip event from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
On Sept. 13, at 1 p.m., Joseph will lead a Crafternoon Café focused on citrus printing on tea towels.
The Salt City Jazz Collective will perform on Sept. 14 from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. as part of Jazz-N-Caz.
Frank T. Stritter, Ph.D., of the Cazenovia American Legion Post 88, will present his annual military history
lecture at CPL on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. His presentation, titled “D-Day was 6 June 1944,” will explore the Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II.
The library will screen the 2024 film “The Fall Guy” on Sept. 18 at 1 p.m.
Jennifer Hamlin-Navias will lead Learn to Knit programs on Sept. 19 and Sept. 26 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The film “The Boys in the Boat” will be shown at 2 p.m. on Sept. 26.
On Sept. 28, CPL will host “Puzzles and Pizza Puzzle Derby” from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Teams of two to four people must sign up by Sept. 13 to participate. Each team will be given the same puzzle and have
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the Cazenovia library will host a number of events this fall including a photo collage to coincide with Fall Fest the weekend of Oct. 18.
90 minutes to complete it. The team with the most complete puzzle will be named the winner. There will be prizes and pizza to follow.
CPL programs are free and open to the public. For more information on these and other events, call 315-655-9322 or visit cazenoviapubliclibrary.org.
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CazArts presents its fourth annual September Autumn leaves Arts Festival this month. Jazz N’ Caz will kick off the festival with nine free jazz concerts at six venues from Sept. 11 to 14.
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Cazenovia Forum welcomes Michael O. Snyder
Art and science collide in Michael O. Snyder’s work. His photographs tell stories of people struggling with climate change, and offer hope that despite the struggles, there will be a future. His own hope is firm. “After 50,000 generations,” he says, “we’re still here.” Snyder, assistant professor of visual communications at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, will speak at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Cazenovia High School as part of the Cazenovia Forum Lecture series. The presentation is free and open to the public with a reception at the Brewster Inn to follow.
Growing up on reclaimed mining land in Appalachia, amid “the innumerable scars” that industrial extraction had left on lives and landscapes, he was inspired to study environmental science in hopes of helping to “bind the wounds of my home and contribute to resolving the core crisis of our times: global climate change.”
But he soon learned that science alone is not enough to drive such monumental change. His interest in behavioral models of how people adapt to environmental con-
ditions led him to a revelation: “the real power to drive durable cultural change lies” in creating stories that challenge conventional thinking and that provide tools for transformation. “In short,” he says, “reason alone does not a revolution make. We have to learn to tell a better story.”
His visual works tells “a story about individuals inside the larger story of environmental disasters,” he said.
His arresting photographs of people and places throughout the world tell the story of climate change and how we face it. They tell “a story about individuals inside the larger story of environmental disasters,” he said.
He acknowledges the need to reach as broad an audience as possible, beyond those already in agreement.
“We often wind up preaching to the choir, so it’s important to understand what the audience wants,” he said.
And he recognizes the fine line between entertaining and educating that audience.
“We are entertainers first, we have to have a hook, as with all good journalism, and surprise people,” Snyder said.
To reach that bigger audience he uses
diverse media and diverse stories, he said “using the same data to shift it in diverse directions for diverse audiences.”
He publishes in a variety of areas, local, national and international and tries to work with those who can effect change, whether it’s in education, business or politics. Sometimes, he says, he will compress a message into something that will be seen and heard by someone in a position to vote on environmental policy. Whatever it takes to get the message heard.
“I believe in the power of narratives to shift what it means to live well on this planet without destroying it,” he wrote on his webpage. “I am driven to explore the relationship between environment and culture and how we can produce visual stories that lead to durable social change.
Snyder’s work has been featured by outlets such as National Geographic, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.
He is a Pulitzer Grantee, a Climate Journalism Fellow at the Bertha Foundation, and a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Through his production company, Inter-
dependent Pictures, he has directed films in the Arctic, the Amazon, the Himalaya, and East Africa. \ His films have been selected to over 60 festivals, have taken home numerous awards, have been sponsored by companies such as Sony and GoPro, and have been distributed by outlets such as New Day Films and Films for Change.
He has been a featured speaker at the United Nations Climate Conference and has lectured at universities such as Yale, Columbia, and the Alfred Wegener Institute. In 2022, the University of Edinburgh named him one of its most “influential alumni making a significant contribution to climate science and justice.”
The Cazenovia Forum hosts a regularly scheduled public affairs lecture series that offers citizens from Cazenovia and surrounding areas an opportunity to hear nationally and internationally known experts on a variety of key issues and to engage in thoughtful discussion.
For more information, go to cazenoviaforum.com.
Nelson Psychic & Wellness Fair returns for third year
On Sept. 14, licensed massage therapist, intuitive healer, and spiritual medium Laura Riposo-Hackney will host the 3rd Annual Nelson Psychic & Wellness Fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at “Mike’s Pond,” 3733 Old State Rd., Erieville.
The family-friendly event is expected to include psychics, mediums, reiki and bodywork practitioners, astrologers, a henna tattoo artist, as well as tea leaf, tarot and oracle card readers.
Crystals, artwork, and many healing/spiritual product retailers will be onsite as well as local food vendors, and the event will have live music from 3 to 5 p.m.
There will also be a variety of presentations, including a unique opportunity to experience firsthand how Laura’s spiritual psychic healing takes place.
Other scheduled presentations include: “First Aid with Homeopathic Remedies”, “Food Is Medicine”, gentle yoga, Qi Gong, sound healing and more.
Mike’s Pond is a peaceful and healing place for people
to gather, to remember loved ones, connect to nature, and enjoy the serenity of the trails, land, meditation garden, and pond. RiposoHackney and her family created Mike’s Pond on their property in 2017 in memory of their son Michael Hackney, 26, who lost his life in an accident in 2016.
Michael grew up in Erieville and graduated from Morrisville High School in 2009.
He attended Mohawk Valley Community College and was enlisted in the Army National Guard in Syracuse. According to his family, he was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for hunting and fishing, as well as connecting with people from all walks of life and sharing his knowledge and experiences with others.
Mike’s Pond was built as a way to not only keep Mike’s legacy alive but to also provide a space for the community where there is love and light; a soft place to land.
“When Michael died, our world crumbled, and we felt
as though we were thrown into a bureaucratic system that was missing love and compassion,” said RiposoHackney. “For the past 30 years, I have been immersed in a community of spiritual
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practitioners, teachers, and visionaries. Since Mike and I shared a love of helping and gathering with all types of people, it felt like this event would be the perfect merging of love, healing, and connection to a piece of Heaven on Earth.” Advance tickets are $8 (includes two free raffle tickets) for adults and free for
children ages 12 and under. Payments to reserve tickets in advance are accepted via PayPal: @LRHackney or through Venmo: @LauraRiposoHackney. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door for $12.
Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Mike Hackney Memorial Fund for Mike’s Pond. The funds will help cover the costs of maintaining the trails, stocking the pond, improving accessibility for visitors, and supporting the free annual Learn to Fish event. For more information on the fair, visit the “3rd Annual Nelson Psychic & Wellness Fair” Facebook event page.
Submitted photo the third annual Nelson Psychic & Wellness Fair will be held at Mike’s Pond Sept. 14.
John Marion, 64 enjoyed boating on Caz Lake
John “Ed” Marion, 64, of Cazenovia, passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. He was born in Oneida on April 7, 1960, to John D. and Maravene Gregg
Marion and was a graduate of Cazenovia High School, Class of 1978. Ed was the owner/ operator of Bishop Air Conditioning & Refrigeration. He enjoyed boatPhilma tremblay
Mother, grandmother, great-grandmother
Philma “Flip” Kennedy Tremblay (1927-2024) passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Sarasota, FL.
She is survived by two sisters as well as her five children, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
“I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one,
I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo of happy times and laughing times and bright sunny days”
In lieu of flowers a donation can be made in Philma’s name to: Sisters of St. Francis Franciscan Villa, 225 Greenfield Pkwy, Suite 208, Liverpool, NY 13088.
50 years
OBITUARIES
ing on Cazenovia Lake, traveling with his wife and spending winters in the south. Ed had many friends and enjoyed helping them with any requests they had. He would love to rant about anything he felt strongly about but was known for
being a caring, helpful
guy. He was a fan of the New York Yankees, New York Giants and NASCAR of which he looked forward to his annual trip with his friends to Watkins Glen International.
Ed is survived by his wife of 31 years, Joanne Haines Marion; his mother, Maravene Marion of Fayetteville; his sisters, Kathy Burns of Cazenovia, Patty (Stone Jaquays) Marion of Fayetteville and Julie Marion of Cortland; his brother, Bob Marion of Cazenovia; his niece, Lindsey Ross; his nephews, Michael
Ross and Derek Rasmussen and by his goddaughter, Arabella Haines. He was predeceased by his father, John D. Marion and by his sister, Suzie Marion.
“It’s 2 O’clock somewhere,” a celebration of life, will be held for Ed from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, at the Hampton Inn, 25 Lakers Lane, Cazenovia. Contribution in John’s memory may be made to the Suzie Marion Scholarship Fund, c/o Cazenovia Central School, 31 Emory Ave., Cazenovia, NY 13035 or to the Cazenovia
Philma tremblay
Fire Department, 121 Albany St., Cazenovia, NY 13035. Messages for the Marion family may be left at michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.
John Marion
Back to school
Summer seems to always go by all too fast. This is probably especially true for students, and parents of students, who are heading back to class this fall.
After the long days of summer, it often takes students a little while to get back into the swing of things, the schedules and routines of the school day, including getting up earlier and heading to school.
This also means the rest of us have to make some changes as well.
During morning and afternoon commutes the roads will now be shared with buses, walkers and more people on bikes too.
According to the National Safety Council there are a number of steps that we can all follow to help avoid accidents and keep everyone safe.
School days bring congestion. School buses are picking up their passengers, kids on bikes are hurrying to get to school before the bell rings, harried parents are trying to drop their kids off before work. It’s never more important for drivers to slow down and pay attention than when kids are present – especially before and after school.
When dropping students off be aware schools often have very specific drop-off procedures for the school year. Make sure you know them for the safety of all kids. The following apply to all school zones: Don’t double park; it blocks visibility for other children and vehicles, don’t load or unload children across the street from the school, carpool to reduce the number of vehicles at the schools.
According to research by the National Safety Council, most of the children who lose their lives in busrelated incidents are 4 to 7 years old, and they’re walking. They are hit by the bus, or by a motorist illegally passing a stopped bus.
A few precautions go a long way toward keeping children safe. Don’t block the crosswalk when stopped at a red light or waiting to make a turn, forcing pedestrians to go around you; this could put them in the path of moving traffic.
In a school zone when flashers are blinking, stop and yield to pedestrians crossing the crosswalk or intersection.
Always stop for a school patrol officer or crossing guard holding up a stop sign.
Take extra care to look out for children in school zones, near playgrounds and parks, and in all residential areas.
Don’t honk or rev your engine to scare a pedestrian, even if you have the right of way.
Never pass a vehicle stopped for pedestrians.
Always use extreme caution to avoid striking pedestrians wherever they may be, no matter who has the right of way.
If you’re driving behind a bus, allow a greater following distance than if you were driving behind a car. It will give you more time to stop once the yellow lights start flashing. It is illegal in all 50 states to pass a school bus that is stopped to load or unload children.
Never pass a bus from behind – or from either direction if you’re on an undivided road – if it is stopped to load or unload children.
If the yellow or red lights are flashing and the stop arm is extended, traffic must stop.
The area 10 feet around a school bus is the most dangerous for children; stop far enough back to allow them space to safely enter and exit the bus.
Be alert; children often are unpredictable, and they tend to ignore hazards and take risks.
By exercising a little extra care and caution, drivers and pedestrians can co-exist safely in school zones.
uNSuNG HEROES
It’s an exciting time, the opening of school … crisp new folders, notebooks, backpacks … new clothes, new teachers …and new students. I loved going back to school as a student, even more so when I was a teacher.
There is a verisimilitude encompassing the excitement and the opportunity to start anew. How often to you get a chance at a fresh start?
There is a texture, a fulfilling challenge to the profession of teaching that begins again every year. I miss it.
The following is a piece that I wrote in 2008. I could have written it this morning.
I was the first appointment on that Friday. By 9:45 I was comfortably seated, hot coffee in hand, waiting for the chemicals to turn back the hands of time. I’d brought some work along with me, but being the weak-minded person that I am, I was easily distracted by the assortment of gossipy magazines and the conversations in the salon
My stylist’s second appointment arrived. Slowly and inexorably my attention was drawn to the conversation initiated by the new client. My stylist was enthusiastically telling her about the superb skills of two of her son’s teachers. Her son, early on diagnosed with learning difficulties, had struggled in high school until he had the good fortune to be assigned to these gals. We knew this boy from his visits to the salon and from his mother’s stories. We watched him grow from the bump in his mother’s belly to the handsome young man he is today. We learned about his love of nature and art and the challenges he faced in certain types of classes. It was only last month that I sent him a book about American history that I thought would catch his interest. It was wonderful to hear that he was blossoming under the tutelage of these teachers.
“Teachers are paid way too much for what they do,” the woman in the chair said. My attention was riveted.
The hairdresser, one of my favorite people in the world, countered, “But they inspire and lead young minds. They prepare them for success in later life.” You could hear the anxiety in her voice. I wondered how sage it was for the client to dispute the assessment of the person who was working on her hair with sharp objects in hand.
“Yeah, and they work from 9 to 2. What a rip off! And all that homework? … just a way to get out of work.” The woman continued with a
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What did he teach?
To the editor:
I saw John Mannion’s latest TV commercial in which he is so proud of his career as a science teacher and what he taught his students.
It got me wondering about what he taught them on the subject of gender.
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caustic series of condemnatory comments about teachers and education in general. I knew that my stylist, my long-time friend, was exercising great restraint. She glanced my way. Did she want me to enter the conversation? Ask the woman to step outside? She was at least five inches shorter than me. If nothing else worked, I could sit on her.
It took me only a second to decide that the critic in the stylist’s chair wasn’t worth the effort. She was one of those negators (I made up that word,) someone who finds joy in criticism, any criticism which makes her seem knowledgeable. She was, I thought, one of those who find delight in blowing out your candle so hers seems brighter. So, discretion in mind and with a mantra that I find comes in handy in such situations (“I am an adult, I am an adult,”) I changed the subject by interjecting my observations about dry indoor air and allergies.
“Mary Beth, do you have a tissue? I just can’t seem to find the right medicine for my allergies. I’ve tried so many of those medicines. They work for a while and then they don’t.”
The critic then started a diatribe against pharmacists, doctors and the medical profession in general. Geesh!
But what could I have said to convince that woman that she was so wrong? Could I have said that when I was teaching, my days started at 8 a.m. and continued until late at night? I could have told her how long it takes to write a functioning lesson plan; to modify that plan based on changes in what happened in class, on the evolving needs of the children within the framework of the curriculum. I could have pointed out that marking papers for 150 students takes hours and hours of work outside the classroom; that there were many days that ended after midnight; that homework is the same as practice, whether for the piano, soccer, football or drama.
I could have described the red-haired boy standing in front of my desk, tears streaming down his cheeks, as he handed me his text book. His foster parents, who he had believed were to become his adoptive parents, were divorcing and they were sending him “back.”
I could have told her about
on gender rights legislation in Congress.
I remember my own lessons so many years ago that there are only two genders--male and female-- as determined by the combination of X and Y chromosomes.
the 12-year-old who begged to sit up front, close to my desk, whose 28-year-old mother was often not home, and whose only friends were a pair of hermit crabs given to him by one of his mother’s boyfriends.
Would she have understood about a teenage girl’s bad behavior in class and her pain because her grandmother died, the grandmother who cared for her while her mother dealt with severe clinical depression?
Would she count the hundreds of ordinary, good kids who tried their best or who needed a bit more to try their best?
I wonder if she could have understood how wonderful it feels to find a way to integrate the learning strengths of a student who had been struggling, as my hairdresser’s child struggled, with learning disabilities, into classroom successes.
I wonder if she would believe that the teachers with whom I worked lost sleep at night worrying about their students who were having difficulties, how they sought counsel and help to find ways to reach them?
Would she comprehend the passionate power of teachers working together for the benefit of the students? How would she critique the effort of a group of teachers who, despite scheduling difficulties and a dearth of material, were able to teach the Civil War across the curriculum, engaging middle school children through math, English, art and social studies at the same time?
Would she be able to conceive how fabulous it is to give a child the tools to learn on their own?
I had visions of assigning this malcontent to teach 150 different students every day; hold her responsible for their success in mastering a program of study working with children whose home lives were challenging at best, listening to parents denigrate their own children and trying to make sense of the latest flavor of the year handed down from the state education department, often thought to be staffed by relatives of the flying monkeys.
I also wondered what this woman’s hair would look like if I were to change places with the stylist. And I wonder if she could understand the joy.
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.
So what did Mannion teach his students?
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I would love to hear from his former students or Mannion himself.
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I ran a quick search on Google and saw gender is no longer considered binary and there are now 72 recognized genders (according to MedicineNet). It didn’t say if there are now more chromosomes than X and Y or how they can be combined.
OuR vOicE
Ramblings from the empty nest
ann Ferro
Caz football returns home for 2024 season
By PHil BlACKWEll
In and around Buck-
ley-Volo Field, the group is hard at work, all trying to make sure the facility is ready on the second Saturday of September for the season opener.
Oh, and the Cazenovia football team is working hard, too.
Though the new turf, scoreboard and grandstands are in place, workers were still adding the last touches to the complex in the weeks leading up to the Lakers’ first game of 2024 against General Brown on Sept. 14.
Meanwhile, Cazenovia’s players tended to its own kind of “unfinished business” – exactly the term head coach Kyle Martin gave for this fall in the wake of back-toback Section III Class C semifinal defeats each of the last two seasons.
On the surface, the task in 2024 seems a steep one with most of the starters from 2023 gone on both sides of the ball. What makes up for it is the presence of a strong junior class, 28 deep, led by returning quarterback Bobby Livingston.
Starting as a sophomore, Livingston threw for more than 1,200 yards and 16 touchdowns with just three interceptions while also rushing for a team-best 455 yards and five scores.
Martin said that Livingston spent the offseason improving his ability to be quick off the snap. He also got plenty of chances to work with his teammates on Cazenovia’s upper turf field, honing a passing attack
that will heavily depend on Livingston’s strong arm.
There will be plenty of spread formations with the Lakers’ deep group of receivers that includes one of the team’s four seniors, Wyatt Scott, along with Carter Bowden, Paul Mitchell, Bryce Odessa and Dylan Schug, all of whom work in front of running back Finn Smith.
By far, the Lakers’ biggest task on offense is putting together a brandnew offensive line that includes, in the interior, wrestling standout Bryce Enders, who bulked up from 155 to 180 pounds and could see time at center along with Joe Fisher.
Surrounding them are other new starters, from Kyle Caraher and Exazander Sizmer to Riley Fowler and Brock Duerr, a group of that Martin said needs time to gel and click, more so than at the other positions.
Traditionally strong on defense, Cazenovia will run a 3-4 to take advantage of its speed and athleticism, with Fowler at nose guard flanked by Duerr and David Tugaw, each of them hoping to match the production lost when Jack Macro (who led the Lakers in 2023 with 45 tackles and five sacks) graduated. Enders, Scott, Bowden and Sizmer make for a potentially exciting group of linebackers, while Livingston, who didn’t play defense in 2023, will do so this fall, lining up at safety with Smith and Mitchell. Ed Moskvich returns at cornerback, joined by Odessa and
phil blackWell Cazenovia football head coach Kyle Martin instructs his players during last Monday’s practice. the lakers’ season opens Sept. 14 against General Brown on the new turf at Buckley-Volo Field.
Schug.
As it did a year ago, the Lakers open with General Brown, one of just three home games on the new turf as Southern Hills visits Oct. 5 and Bishop Ludden/SAS arrives Oct. 26. Given the team’s relative lack of physical size, Martin said that it’s important that his players understand how to attack at angles, to use its speed and depth to produce big plays – and perhaps, by doing so, take the extra step toward glory denied to recent Cazenovia sides.
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the new scoreboard, end zone and turf at Cazenovia High School’s Buckley-Volo Field, where work is expected to be complete by the time the varsity football lakers will open its 2024 season on Sept. 14 hosting General Brown.
Ronald W. Wright
Worked at agway
Ronald William “Pa” Wright, 80, of Cazenovia, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Aug. 28, 2024.
Ron was born on Feb. 5, 1944, in Lackawanna, N.Y., the son of the late William and Eleanor Wright. He graduated from Hamburg High School in 1962 and attended Erie County Community College for two years. He served in the United States Army Reserves from October 1965
to 1971. He was employed at Agway Inc. for 36 years as a quality assurance and regulatory manager and validus for 20 years auditing feed plants.
Ron was a life member of the National Rifle Association, an avid antique shotshell and shotshell box collector for over 50 years, and a member of the International Ammunition Association. He was a member of Open Door Baptist Church where he served in many ministries and was the church custodian for 20
works — many never displayed before — from its permanent collection.
The New Woodstock Free Library will exhibit works by the Cazenovia Watercolor Society.
Gorge Trail Gateway opening
On Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation will hold a grand opening celebration of the newly constructed Gorge Trail Gateway.
Planned activities include an official ribbon cutting and trail opening, fishing, a stream invertebrates interactive lesson, guided hikes, live music, and food trucks.
According to a July 3 press release announcing the grand opening, the Gorge Trail Gateway will provide residents and visitors
years. His pride and joy was a 1966 Red Dodge Coronet he purchased new and owned for 50 years. His grandchildren enjoyed his cartoon drawings, the many wooden toys he built and “Boar’s Nest” clubhouses. Ron was an avid writer and was published in several publications.
His family includes his wife Connie of 55 years; children, Amy (Alan) Brown of Manlius, Jason (Amy) Wright of New Woodstock, and Scott (Kristin) Wright of Web -
with a welcoming entrance to area trails in the heart of the village. The design will revitalize the greenspace alongside Chittenango Creek on the eastern edge of the Buyea’s True Value parking area on Albany Street.
The press release states that the project involves streambank stabilization work, defining a parking area for trail users, creating a dedicated pedestrian/bike entrance from Albany Street, building an accessible picnic area, prepping planting beds for the installation of native trees and shrubs, and constructing wooden steps on the embankment to prevent erosion and make access to the creekside trail safer for pedestrians and fishermen.
Other elements of the project include constructing an informational kiosk, adding a bike rack, erecting educational signage about the area’s history, and installing a crosswalk at Albany Street to improve safety.
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ster, N.Y. Ron “Pa” was blessed with 11 grandchildren, Alyssa DeLeon (Samuel), Aric Brown (Hannah), Andrea Brown, Bryson Wright, Adam Brown, Sydney Wright, Alex Brown, Heidi Wright, Ava Wright, William Wright and Samuel Wright, and by a great-granddaughter, Millie Brown. Ron is also survived by his mother-in-law, Doris Giles; his sisters, Marie Winter and Patricia Wright; and by his brother, Thomas Wright. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Nancy
Barror and a brother, Ervin Wright. Ron’s life will be celebrated at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, at Open Door Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at the church from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday prior to the service. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia.
Memorial contributions may be made to Open Door Baptist Church, 3019 State Route 13, New Woodstock, New York 13122 or Hospice of Central New York and of the Finger Lakes,
Lorenzo State Historic Site will offer its popular Fine Arts Tour on Sept. 15 at 2 p.m.
Art historian Elisabeth Genter Montevecchio will give visitors a free 45-minute tour highlighting Lorenzo’s fine art collection, including works by Sanford Gifford, Edward Moran, Jasper Cropsey, Dwight Williams, and 17th-century Dutch Masters.
Reservations are required. Call 315-6553200, ext. 106, or email jacqueline.roshia@ parks.ny.gov to sign up.
Lorenzo has also planned “Sensory Saturdays” and a “Community Day” at the Rippleton Schoolhouse.
Cazenovia Art Trail and opening reception
The 2024 Cazenovia Art Trail is scheduled for Sept. 28 and 29 and will feature over 45 participating artists. The Art Trail is a self-guided tour of 30 artist studios that offers the public the unique opportunity to meet artists in their working environments and view their artwork.
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The studios will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The public is also invited to a Gala Opening Reception at CazArts’ Carpenter’s Barn in Lakeland Park on Friday, Sept. 27, from 7 to 9 p.m.
“I find Cazenovia gorgeous in the fall,” said Geoffrey Navias, president of the CazArts Board. “What a time for celebration and gathering. At our best, our arts inspire and help us see the world where we live.
“It’s harvest time and a time when the artist can show off what has been accomplished this year, share, enjoy, and celebrate. Autumn Leaves Arts Festival is that magical combination of celebrating nature, art, and community.”
For links to the full schedule of events and information on the Jazz N’ Caz musicians, visit cazarts.com/autumn-fest.html.
Ronald W. Wright