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Willow Bank Yacht Club revamps its summer sailing program
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Willow Bank Yacht Club’s revamped summer sailing program will give kids an opportunity to learn to sail while also gaining an understanding of Cazenovia Lake and the importance of protecting local natural resources. By kate Hill Staff Writer Cazenovia’s Willow Bank Yacht Club (WBYC) is in the process of revamping its long-running summer sailing program. The 2024 program will give kids an opportunity to learn to sail while also gaining an understanding
of Cazenovia Lake and the importance of protecting local natural resources. The club is offering half- and full-day lessons for all ages and abilities. Kids ages 4-8 can start getting acquainted with boating through WBYC’s “Sailfish” program. Older kids, ages 8-18, can join the beginner, ad-
vanced beginner, or intermediate youth sailing programs and eventually move on to the Junior Fleet youth racing team, which practices and hosts regattas at WBYC, travels regionally to other regattas, and participates in the annual Junior Olympics in Rochester. WBYC also offers adult
sailing programs for all skill levels, and it provides access to boat rentals for those interested in getting out on the water on their own. All sailing programs are open to members and non-members alike. Junior Fleet racers become junior club members to particiSailing l Page 11
Burton Street student sends four high schoolers to FFA’s Camp Oswegatchie By kate Hill Staff Writer
Last week, Henry Stocks, a first grader at Burton Street Elementary School, presented checks to Cazenovia High School students to cover four tuitions to the Future Farmers of America’s (FFA) Camp Oswegatchie. The National FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in students’ lives by developing their potential for leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. Located on 1200 acres of wooded land in the Adirondacks, Camp Oswegatchie reinforces those goals while enabling kids to create positive memories and forge friendships. Stocks raised the camp tuition money by selling “The Henry Project” (THP) t-shirts and hats to support the FFA and give back to his community. The brainchild of photographer Robert Ketcham, THP is a long-term photographic documentation of Stocks growing up on a small farm in New Woodstock. The four “campership” recipients are members of the high school’s Aggies FFA club. They applied for the funding by submitting a paragraph to THP describing why they want to attend Camp Oswegatchie this summer. “We were going to originally fund three students, but four applied,” said Ketcham. “THP decided that they were all worthy and deserving of the award, so we offered to fund the fourth. The Caz FFA advisor and members agreed to pay the deposits, and THP would cover the rest for all four.” According to Aggies FFA Advisor Mandi Millen, a total of eight of the club’s approximately 30 members are planning to attend Camp Oswegatchie the same week this summer. Unfortunately, Millen noted, several FFA members who show dairy cattle won’t be able to attend that camp session because
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they have a show that week. Six-year-old Stocks presented the tuition checks on April 17 outside Cazenovia High School’s agriculture classroom. He was accompanied by his parents, Bryan Stocks and Sarah Stocks, Ph.D., who are both agriculture professionals. Bryan is the senior director of membership with Dairy Farmers of America, and Sarah is a technical services manager at Novus International, an animal nutrition company.
Six-year-old Henry Stocks presented checks to Cazenovia High School students to cover four tuitions to the Future Farmers of America’s (FFA) Camp Oswegatchie. Stocks raised the camp tuition money by selling “The Henry Project” t-shirts and hats. The project is photographer Robert Ketcham’s long-term photographic documentation of Stocks growing up on a small farm in New Woodstock. Stocks presented the checks to members of Cazenovia High School’s Aggies FFA club on April 17. Before the check presentation, Bryan expressed that he is looking forward to his son getting the opportunity to join the FFA and attend Camp Oswegatchie when he is old enough. “Ensuring that FFA exists within the Cazenovia school district for Henry when he gets to that age is one of those things that is very important to us,” Bryan said. “With budgets and stuff this year, I was
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SENIORS: CASA plans events for the remainder of 2024.
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sports: Cazenovia girls track shines at meets.
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very nervous as to the future [of the club], but luckily it sounds like things are going to be okay. [I was] in 4-H — they didn’t have FFA in my high school — and I think these programs are important to teach leadership as well as teach agriculture to kids who grew up in [it] or even kids who have no clue what ag is but want a better understanding of where their food comes
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