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Sale to feature Dorothy Riester Library selections Stone Quarry Art Park, Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library to hold book sale By kate Hill Staff Writer Stone Quarry Art Park (SQAP) and the Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library are inviting the public to the SQAP Art Barn on Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1 for a book sale featuring selections from the Dorothy Riester Library. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., concurrently with the Cazenovia Art Trail, and will include books on art, architecture, nature, and travel, as well as some vinyl records. Now in its 11th year, the Cazenovia Art Trail is a self-guided tour of artist studios that offers the public the unique opportunity to meet artists in their working environments, or at a local “art hub,” and view their artwork. Painter Jenna Paulsen will be using SQAP for her stop on the Art Trail and will have her nature-inspired work on display throughout the sale. The book sale represents an opportunity for SQAP to share the library of Dorothy Riester (1916-2017) with the community. Riester, who was a ceramicist, sculptor, author, and preservation activist, founded SQAP in 1991 with her husband, Robert. Today, the park continues Riester’s legacy by supporting artists through its visiting artist program, sharing art with the public on its grounds, and stewarding the
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Stone Quarry Art Park and the Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library will host a book sale on Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1, at 3883 Stone Quarry Rd., Cazenovia. The sale, which will feature books from the Dorothy Riester Library, will run from 10 a.m. Book sale l Page 13 to 5 p.m. on both days in conjunction with the Cazenovia Art Trail.
Athletic association supports all CCSD sports, invites new members By kate hill Staff writer
For two decades, the Cazenovia Athletic Association (CAA) has been working to enrich, support, and promote all Cazenovia Central School District (CCSD) sports teams through fundraising and fostering positive partnerships between athletes, coaches, families, and the community. The independent volunteer organization evolved from the Cazenovia All-Sports Booster Club, which operated from the 1980s through the very early 2000s. In 2002 and 2003, a group of dedicated parents of student-athletes rebranded the booster club into the CAA. Among the founding members of the new organization were Conkie Sessler, Tracy Palmer, Bob Kasarjian, Katie Cannizzaro, Pat Vogl, Ray Ryan, Josie Glos, Jodi Lockwood, Darlene Pulkinen, and Diana Parker. The CAA is comprised of students, parents, teachers, coaches, administrators, and community members, and it is led by a board of directors. The current board members are Kate Ducey, president; Pamela Prior, vice president; Lorraine Lawson, treasurer; Lisa Berson and Anne Sayre, concessions cochairs; Jessica Colby, secretary; and Shioban Reilley, public relations chair. “We each came to CAA, as parents of student-athletes, with a collective vision of wanting to make a positive impact in our community and our students’ athletic experience,” said Prior. The organization works closely with CCSD Athletic Administrator Mike Byrnes. “I am so thrilled that our parent/guardian base has stepped up and led a CAA revival,” said
Byrnes. “The break that COVID caused in the spring of 2020, and the entire 2020-2021 school year, created a crippling set of rules and killed momentum for growing the CAA base. The current group of CAA members and board of directors has done awesome work for our students, community, and athletic programs. I am so excited to see where the CAA goes, as I feel like we’ve just reached the tip of an iceberg. . . . Special thanks to our current board and several ex-board members who helped get CAA back on its feet. There has been some ‘blue and gold’ blood, sweat, and tears shed over the past few years, but all that hard work has paid off.” The CAA is a resource for every sports team and program that Cazenovia High School offers. According to Byrnes, CCSD currently sponsors 26 varsity sports, 14 for girls and 12 for boys, and many of those programs include modified and junior varsity levels. “In recent times, the CAA has been making equal-sized donations, between $200 and $300, to each of the 26 sports programs for the coaches to use at their discretion for items like team spirit [initiatives], banquets, or other odds and ends that may not be included in the program’s budget,” said Byrnes. “This money is deposited in the CCSD Business Office into Extracurricular Accounts. The CAA is still here for all sports like it was back in the 1980 to 2001 time period.” The CAA also offers support by funding special events recognizing CCSD’s current or future athletes and by fulfilling the coaches’ “wish lists.” According to Prior, each team’s coach can submit a request to the CAA, typically for things that are not funded by the school
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The Cazenovia Athletic Association, an independent volunteer organization, works to enrich, support, and promote all of Cazenovia Central School District’s sports teams through fundraising and fostering positive partnerships between athletes, coaches, families, and the community. The organization is always accepting new members.
and the CAA’s standard annual contribution. Wish list items can range from uniforms and supplemental equipment to celebratory ice cream after a big game and end-of-season events. In recent months, the CAA has also been highlighting CCSD’s student-athletes through photos, videos, and an active presence on social media platforms, includ-
ing Facebook and Instagram (@ caz_athletic_association_). The CAA’s most significant form of fundraising is through concession sales throughout the year. According to Byrnes, the concession stands also help provide a welcoming atmosphere for spectators at home games. The CAA generates passive in-
come in the form of annual memberships, which cost as little as $5 and are valid for one academic year. Members are afforded the right to vote on CAA initiatives, and the membership funds directly benefit the sports teams and help the CAA operate its concession stands. CCSD l Page 13
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sports: Caz field hockey shuts out Cortland, Baldwinsville.
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A&E: Cazenovia Artisans welcomes Maria Wiklund.
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