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On Dec. 29 photographer Robert Ketcham noticed a folding chair and two pairs of shoes on the ice at Lakeland Park by the pier. Within minutes, two skaters glided past over the glasssmooth ice. It was an impressive sight. Robert Ketcham
In-person Chilly Chili returns to Caz By kate Hill Staff Writer
On Sunday, Jan. 22, Cazenovia Children’s House (CCH)/My School will present its 18th Annual Chilly Chili 5K Run/Walk through the Village of Cazenovia. CCH/My School is a New York State-licensed, not-for-profit child development program with extended daycare that serves families in the greater Cazenovia area. The annual Chilly Chili race, which is typically held each January, is the organization’s biggest fundraiser. This year’s event is being organized by a committee made up of CCH Executive Director Sierra Neil, CCH Board members, and past committee members. “January 2020 was the last time we had an in-person race and party,” said former CCH director Penny Noll, who helps organize the race each year. “We had a virtual race in 2021 and took the year off in 2022.” This year’s run/walk will start at 1 p.m. and follow the traditional route, starting and finishing on Liberty Street by the Cazenovia College Athletic Complex. The course will be closed to cars on race day from 12:50 to 1:50 p.m. “When sections of the road are clear of runners, then they will be opened up,” said Noll. “We are grateful to the Cazenovia Police and our course volunteers for keeping runners safe. We welcome residents along the route to come out and cheer.” Packet pickup and race day registration will be from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Runners can gather inside the lower gym until the start. The race will be followed by a chili cookoff party with chili samples, live music, and an awards ceremony inside the Cazenovia College Athletic Center. Friends and family may attend the after-party for $5. Runners at-
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On Saturday, Jan. 21, Cazenovia Heritage will kick off its yearlong celebration of 230 years of Cazenovia architecture with a presentation on the community’s founding and its early center-chimney houses. Pictured: An example of Cazenovia’s early center-chimney houses. By kate Hill Staff Writer
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Cazenovia Children’s House/My School will present its 18th Annual Chilly Chili 5K Run/Walk and chili cookoff afterparty on Sunday, Jan. 22. tend for free. “There will be five different chilis hoping to win the Judge’s Award and the People’s Choice Award,” said Noll. “Also, [there will be] beverages and baked goods. Dave Novak will be per-
forming.” CCH/My School offers developmentally appropriate childcare and preschool programs that promote learning and development in each of the following areas: Chilly Chili l Page 13
On Saturday, Jan. 21, Cazenovia Heritage will kick off “CAZ 230,” a celebration of 230 years of Cazenovia architecture, with a presentation on the community’s founding and its early center-chimney houses. Established in 2021, Cazenovia Heritage is a community organization that seeks to conserve the area’s cultural resources, including the historic architecture, neighborhoods, sites, and objects that contribute to Cazenovia’s unique sense of place and character. In celebration of the 230th anniversary of Cazenovia’s founding in May 1793, the organization is hosting a year of programs highlighting the community’s rich inventory of architectural styles. While most of its historic homes date to the nineteenth century, twentiethcentury styles are also well represented. “Our built environment is all around us and defines our community, and our historic architecture contributes much to that identity,” said Cazenovia Heritage Vice President & Secretary Ted Bartlett in a November press release announcing CAZ 230. “By highlighting 230 Years of Architecture, we hope everyone in Cazenovia can become a little more aware of Cazenovia’s historic architecture and why protecting it from deterioration and other threats is so important to our economy, identity, and community character.” Bartlett and former Town Historian Russ Grills will present the opening Jan. 21 program at 2 p.m. at the Cazenovia Public Library. Bartlett is the senior associate and senior preservation planner for Crawford & Stearns, Architects and Preservation Planners in Syracuse. He is also chairman of the Village of Cazenovia Historic Preservation/Architectural
Review Committee. Grills is the former site manager of the Lorenzo State Historic Site, the 1807 Federal-style home of John Lincklaen, Holland Land Company agent and founder of Cazenovia. He is also the author of “Cazenovia: The story of an upland community.” Grills will start off the program with a discussion of the history and impact of the Holland Land Company and its role in the story of Cazenovia’s founding. Bartlett will then take over to talk about the development of the center-chimney houses in Cazenovia and highlight four or five specific homes. Bartlett said a center-chimney house is generally a one, one-and-a-half, or squat twostory timber frame house that has a single masonry chimney close to its center with two or three fireplaces on the first story and usually no fireplaces on the second story. According to Bartlett, the houses he will be discussing were built between 1793 and the end of the 1820s, when more sophisticated houses started to be constructed. “[They are] very compact and efficient with one chimney providing heat in the middle of the house,” said Bartlett. “The first one was quickly built in 1793 and finished by Samuel Forman at the present Lakeland Park property. . . There are many still around and many that have been altered and are buried within not-so-obvious houses.” According to Bartlett, one of the most intact examples, standing at one-and-a-half stories, is the Roswell Beckwith House — more commonly known now as the Ladd house— at 4622 Syracuse Rd. Subsequent CAZ 230 programs will cover architectural styles up to post-modern designs. The schedule of events also includes walking tours focused on the architecture of CaCAZ 230 l Page 11
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sports news: Caz hockey loses 2-0 to B’ville.
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