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Legion announces Memorial Day events Submitted by Frank Stritter American Legion Post 88
American Legion Post 88 has announced its plans for Memorial Day 2024, observed on Monday,
May 27. To be honored on that day are all those, and particularly those from the Cazenovia area, who have served in the military and given, what President LinLegion l Page 5
Legion to distribute Remembrance Poppies
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Legionnaires from American Legion Post 88 will be available at various locations around Cazenovia on May 25, 26 and 27, the weekend just prior to Memorial Day, to distribute poppies and to ask for a small donation to support Post 88’s programs for veterans. Cazenovians will soon be able to obtain their own red poppy to help commemorate the 1.1 million Americans who have died
defending our nation since the American Revolution. As they do every year at this time, LegionPoppies l Page 5
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Pictured are World War II veteran and Mrs. Wallace Roher with American Legion Post 88 Scott Philips at the 2023 Cazenovia Memorial Day observation.
Rippleton Center transitions to nonprofit structure
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The Rippleton Center in Cazenovia has transferred its business operations to Rippleton Inc., a nonprofit entity run by a volunteer board of directors. The Rippleton Center will continue to offer infant through school-age and summer programs at 3360 Thompson Rd. By kate Hill Staff Writer In April, the Rippleton Center, a childcare facility in Cazenovia, announced its decision to transfer its business operations to a new nonprofit entity, Rippleton Inc. The nonprofit is run by a volunteer board of directors that will help oversee the management and strategic direction of the center, which will continue to offer infant through school-age and summer programs at 3360 Thompson Rd. According to Torrey Lansing, executive director and founder of the center, the change will not affect the availability of childcare, hours of operation, or general
curriculum. Lansing founded the Rippleton Center four years ago with her husband, Brian Marti, after they purchased a 10,000-squarefoot building on 20 acres. “I was at a crossroads in my life when I first saw this abandoned church at the end of Thompson Road,” said Lansing. “I have always been in the childcare industry, from teacher to director. My passion for early childhood education and working in my community to make a difference in the lives of young children was the driving force of the center.” According to Lansing, she and Marti started planning their unique nature-based childcare program the day the church
went up for auction in February 2019. “Almost a year later, after endless hours of renovations, hard work, and faith, the doors opened on March 4, 2020,” Lansing said. “We were scheduled to have almost full enrollment and had employed full-time teachers. The COVID pandemic hit two weeks later. We never closed the doors; we stayed open and managed with the small number of children [who] had parents who were essential workers during the pandemic. I knew if I closed, I would not survive. So, we just did it. We worked long hours, my husband and I would spend hours at night doing intense cleaning, and we just kept going. It was not what
either of us expected after all we had already been through.” Today, the Rippleton Center has 75 families coming through its doors daily. Lansing described the center as a needed resource in the community and a special place. “Our outdoor nature program is so unique to this area,” she said. “On a rainy day, you will find all age groups and teachers outside in ‘uniforms;’ [everyone has] Oaki weather/rain suits that we
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wear so we can truly enjoy splashing in puddles, making mud pies, sliding down a mud hill, and fully [taking advantage of] the benefits of the outdoors.” According to Lansing, the center has decided to transfer its business operations to a nonprofit to help ensure its sustainability as a beacon of quality childcare in the Cazenovia area for many years to come. “My vision is for Rippleton Rippleton l Page 7
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