Cazenovia's football team defeated Solvay, 23-8, to advance to the sectional finals for Class B. The Post-Standard also has photos of Cazenovia's victory on the Syracuse.com web site.
Cazenovia's opponent will be Westhill. Congratulations to the Lakers!
New York State's Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation announced today through Commissioner Carol Ash its plans for access to the Helen L. McNitt State Park property on the east side of Cazenovia Lake. The contents of the press release follow:
Ash Announces Access Plans For McNitt State ParkPlan Will Provide Passive Public Recreational Opportunities
ALBANY, NY (10/25/2007; 1218)(readMedia)-- Commissioner Carol Ash announced today that the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has finalized plans for Helen L. McNitt State Park, providing parking and access to Cazenovia Lake and its shoreline for passive recreational activities.
“State Parks has prepared a project plan that meets the expectation of park visitors and addresses environmental constraints and concerns of neighbors on Cazenovia Lake,” said Commissioner Ash. “When the project is complete, visitors will be able to enjoy fishing, hiking, bird watching, wildlife viewing, snow shoeing, cross country skiing, and car top boating such as canoeing and kayaking at this beautiful site.”
Ash noted that an environmental assessment and project description were prepared in accordance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act. She added that project will begin in November with the construction of a parking lot. The expectation is that the park will be open to visitors in time for winter activities, at which point the park will be open dawn to dusk.
In addition to the parking lot, the project includes a handicapped accessible trail that will lead from the parking area to a wooden walkway, which will lead to a wooden platform built at the water’s edge. A short loop trail will be created on an upland portion of the park. Construction of the wooden walkway, platform and trail work will be completed in the spring of 2008. In addition, noted Ash, boat access will be available, and limited to car top watercraft.
“State Parks looks forward to opening this park to the public and being responsible stewards of this wonderful land on Cazenovia Lake,” Ash concluded.
Helen L. McNitt State Park was established in 1999 as a gift of 133 acres of land, including about 1300 feet of shoreline. The original land gifting agreement transferring the property to State Parks stated that, as resources permit, the gifted land would be available for public use for recreational activities.
Editor’s Note: The Project Description and Environmental Assessment report is available at www.nysparks.com.
Harvey A. Bender, professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Human Genetics Program at the University of Notre Dame, will discuss the social, political and personal implications of genetic engineering at the Cazenovia Forum in collaboration with the university’s Hesburgh Lecture Series. The event, during which Professor Bender will present and take questions, is scheduled for Saturday, October 27 at 6:30pm at the Cazenovia College Catherine Cummings Theatre. The event is free of charge. A reception will follow.
More information is available at the website www.cazenoviaforum.com.
Cazenovia's high school football team rolled on today, continuing its undefeated (8-0) season by dominating Homer, 59-6 at Buckley-Volo Field in Cazenovia. Next up for the Lakers is Solvay, which defeated Holland Patent yesterday by a score of 22-21.
The Post-Standard has several good photos of Cazenovia on its way to victory over Homer.
Critz Farms is partnering with Cazenovia College artists and will host a fall art and farming exhibition this weekend and next at their Cazenovia location. For more information see their website at www.critzfarms.com.
The Cazenovia United Community Chest seeks to raise $50,000 in its holiday fundraising effort; the linked article from the Post-Standard has more details.
On Thursday November 8, Madison County Industrial Development Agency executive director Kipp Hicks will be the featured speaker at the annual dinner of the Greater Cazenovia Area Chamber of Commerce. Call 655-9243 or email cazchamber@windstream.net for more information.
Cazenovia, last year's Section III Class C Football champions, begin defense of their title today with a playoff game at Buckley-Volo field against Homer. Cazenovia completed it regular season with a 7-0 record, defeating South Jefferson 30-0 last Saturday.
Cazenovia's undefeated football squad put another win on the board tonight against Sherburne-Earlville, with a final score of 49-14. Here's more from the Post-Standard on the Lakers' victory.
Local watermedia artists strut their stuff in Cazenovia this month. The Cazenovia Watercolor Society, with members all from the central New York area, holds an exhibition during October in the Cazenovia Public Library's gallery. HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9am - 9pm; Saturday: 10am - 5pm at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY 13035. For more information, email mdstlouis@frontiernet.net.
Time for a baseball diversion... If you don't care about baseball or the Mets you will find the following post of no consequence!! I'm just getting this off my chest.
I have been a Mets fan since the mid 1970's, when they were a terrible team that routinely drew less than 8,000 fans to their 55,000-seat stadium. This year, the team was in first place nearly all year; at times they had huge leads over the other teams in their division, but they never looked invincible.
They were proven very mortal over the last two weeks, as they closed out their season with a 5-12 record to fall into second place - and out of the playoffs. For a die-hard like me - after following almost every inning of every game via TV, computer, or my cell phone - a tremendous void has been created by their collapse.
The future looks bleak too, as the Mets have a couple of streaky young starters on their pitching staff but most of the rest of that staff proved to be worse than useless (or injured) down the stretch. Their star players - Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, Paul Lo Duca, and to a lesser extent David Wright - looked uninspired and lost. Their manager Willie Randolph - by all accounts a good person and decent coach - somehow failed to motivate his players and keep them focused and hungry.
The off-season will be a time of dramatic re-tooling, not a great position for a team that is slated to open the subsequent (2009) season in a brand-new stadium called Citi Field.
I'll always be a fan - no matter the (relatively insignificant) torture I have to endure. This is a frustrating time, but in April I'm sure I'll have my devices lined up and ready to track every pitch again... saying Let's Go Mets.