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C h e r r y v a l l e y c a r r i a g e a s s o c i a t i o n

Issue215 AnIlacqua/SchoonmakerPublication July2018

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2018 CALENDAR

January 20th - Mid-Winter Gathering Karen Lassell: Feeding the Easy Keeper & Forage Alternatives (Snow Date 1/21) February 25th - Four Legs to Stand On-Equine limb anatomy with Carol Buckhout (Snow Date 3/4) March 11th - Annual Spring Membership Meeting with Dr. Jeff LaPoint and Dr. Sean Nash: Vaccinations (Snow Date 3/18) April– TBD May 5th - Bennett Pleasure Drive (Rain Date 5/6) CANCELLED

May 19/20 – Robin Groves Clinic June – TBD July 15th - Summer Picnic Get Together August 25th - Sheffield Farm Fun Day (Rain Date 8/26) September 15th - Sadoff/Davies Pleasure Drive (Rain Date 9/16) October 6th - 5th Annual Bruce Haak Memorial Drive (No Rain Date) November 10th – Annual November Membership Luncheon

2018 Sheffield Farm Pleasure Drive & Fun Day

Grease is the Word

Saturday, August 25, 2018

(rain date August 26th) Hosted by Jan & Sue Suwinski and Judy Sobczak

RSVP by August 20th PLEASE! to JudySobczakat:jes41@cornell.edu

2 0 1 8 F A L L S A D O F F / D A V I E S P L E A S U R E D R I V E

Saturday, September 15, 2018 (Rain Date is September 16th)

Hosted by Kevin & Sonia Davies

PLEASE RSVP by September 8th to Sonia Davies

315-655-3298 or soniadavies@windstream.net

See full details for both events in this newsletter!

See full details in this newsletter…..

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President’s Letter

Dear CVCA Friends: It’s been a great summer for driving, hasn’t it? By the number of competitor entries at the recent Lorenzo Driving Competition, it looks like our sport is going strong! If you didn’t make it to the show, let me tell you that it was heartening to see so many whips competing. Many thanks to the Lorenzo Show Committee for trying a number of new things at this year’s show. The Combined Test that was offered on Friday was so popular that competitors had to be turned away! And setting specific start times on the Sunday Pleasure Pace was very helpful. Sure, there were some glitches, but mostly the show really stepped up its game! BTW- the show can always use volunteers before, after, and during the competition. Volunteer! I’d like to thank the CVCA members who staffed the CVCA booth at the show: Bobbi Beckhorn, Dorothy Marsh, Sue Smith, and Janet Hazard-Gardner. These fine folks reeled in five new or returning members! THANK YOU! And, welcome to the new /returning members: Amy Franklin, Laurie Luce, Andreah Lytle, Deborah North, and Joyce Northrup. I hope to see you at the next CVCA event! Our next two events, in August and September are our beloved pleasure drives at Sheffield Farms in Ithaca and Chantry in Nelson. Check out the full details in this newsletter. Don’t forget to peruse our website and Facebook page from time to time. Photos that are too numerous to put in the newsletter are stashed there, as is our calendar of events. In addition to photos, our website houses back issues of our newsletter, Hitching Up, CVCA club By-Laws, Membership info and our lending library book and DVD titles. Be Safe and Drive On! Carol

PS- Our next newsletter will come out in late September 2018….

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CVCAFebruaryEducationalSeminar:FourLegstoStandOnSubmittedbyJudySobczak

PhotosbyJimSchoonmaker-lookformorephotosonourwebsite!ThisarticlefromtheMaynewsletterisreprintedherewiththephotosthatwere

accidentallyleftoutintheoriginalpublication

On Sunday February 25, 30 members and guests attended an equine limb anatomy lecture given by Carol Buckhout, professor at Cazenovia College, (and CVCA member). The event was held at the Cazenovia College Equine Education Center.

Following conversation and breakfast treats, everyone headed to the classroom for the first part of the day’s activities. The program began with a welcome by Ms. Barbara Lindberg, Cazenovia College Equine Studies director. Ms. Buckhout began her presentation using handouts detailing equine fore and hind limb anatomy. She discussed the limb structures: bones, ligaments and tendons. She discussed conformation of the horse as it relates to the bones, and how the horse’s conformation affects performance.

Following the lecture, everyone went to the lobby of the equine education center, where four anatomy stations were set up with cadaver specimens of both front and hind legs, including cut cross sections of the legs, hooves, and diagrammed specimens with tendons and ligaments highlighted.

Attendees went to each of the four stations at will to explore and handle the specimens, with the guidance of a current student enrolled in the Equine Studies program at Cazenovia College. Following this portion of the seminar, everyone again enjoyed light refreshments before heading to the indoor arena for live action demonstrations.

On each horse, the Cazenovia students had painted the bones, tendons, and ligaments on both front and hind limbs. At each horse station, there were boxes of the bones that make up both the front and hind limbs of the horse. Participants had the chance to handle equine limb bones, palpate the limbs on two of Cazenovia College’s horses and compare the structures. People “put together” the limbs to compare/check against the live horses’ limbs to see if they had “put together” the limb properly.

This event was a wonderful learning experience for all. Many thanks to Cazenovia College Equine Center for allowing the CVCA to hold this event at their facility. To Ms. Buckhout and her students: Abi Raymond, Lily Boyd, Jared Crost and Danielle Ricci for sharing their knowledge and time.

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CVCAFebruaryEducationalSeminar:Photos

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CVCARobinGrovesClinicSubmittedbyJoanneSchoonmaker

PhotosbyJimSchoonmaker

Asafirst-timeclinicorganizer,IwasamazedandabitoverwhelmedwhenwehadawaitinglistfortheRobinGrovesclinicbythe20thofJanuary,ourfirsteducationalmeetingoftheyear.The clinic was held May 19th and 20th at the Cazenovia College EquineCenter. The weather was overcast and cool with occasional showersmakingthe indoorarenaawelcomefeature. ElevenCVCAmemberswereable to drive; three drivers had one lesson; one driver had three lessonsandeightdrivershadtwolessons. TheSaturdaysessionsweremainlyanopportunity forRobin tobecome familiarwith yourhorse anddeterminewhataspectsofyourdrivingyouwantedhertoconcentrateon.On Sunday, everyone had an opportunity to use an evenly spaced line ofcones to work on not only turning but strengthening and improving thefitness of our horses. Robin’s very keen eye and vast knowledge of allaspects of carriage driving allowed her to address everything from ourdriving posture, our dead “whip” hand, conditioning of our horses,nutritionalsuggestionsandevencommentsforourfarriers.Overthecourseofthetwodays,therewereaboutadozenauditors.OneofRobin’s comments was that she enjoyed how actively the auditorsparticipated.Shealsowasamazedathowmuchcluckingandtalkingwealldidwith our horses; she reminded us frequently that itwasn’t necessaryand said she had never had such talkative drivers at a clinic before! OnSaturdayevening,manyofusgatheredforabarbecuedinner.Robinspokeabout her travels in Europe, a highlight of which for me, at least, waslearningthatshekeptthelocalcarrotsuppliersbusy.WhenIcontactedRobinregardingheravailabilityasaclinician,sheemphasizedthatshepreferredtospendhernon-clinichoursinthehomeofsomeonefromthehostclub.

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CVCARobinGrovesClinicPhotos

SubmittedbyJoanneSchoonmakerPhotosbyJimSchoonmaker-lookformorephotosonourwebsite!

Having Robin spend her evenings with Jim and I was a truly wonderfulexperience. Because she had a long drive home, she opted to spend Sundayeveningwithus.OurclinicnearlybecameoneofthemostmemorableforRobinwho planned to leave by 7 a.m. onMondaymorning to get home in time for alesson she had scheduled. To facilitate this, Jim took her bags to the car andinadvertentlylockeditwhiletryingtolocatethetrunkswitch.WhenhecameintoaskRobinwherethekeyswere,sheexplainedthattheywereinthecar…goodnews,RobinhasOnStar;badnews,shehasn’tused it ina longtimeanddoesn’thave the info. A quick call to OnStar, a few questions answered and voila, thedoorswereunlocked.IamsuregladthingsworkedoutsincemysenseisthateveryonewouldlovetohaveRobinbacknextyear!Iwouldalsoliketothankeveryonewhohelpedmakethis clinic a success but especially Carol Ilacquawho took care of ordering thefood forusandas“handholder” formewhenthegoinggot toughorconfusing,Judy Sobczak who acted as hostess and kept everyone fed and happy, PeggyWalbridge for keeping track of the gate and times, to all the driverswhowerepromptfortheirsessionsandtotheauditorswhowereactiveparticipants.

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July Annual Summer Picnic and Membership Meeting SubmittedbySharonBaumPhotosbyJimSchoonmaker

This year the annual summer picnic was moved to a new date, July 15th, to avoid conflict with other carriage driving events. The weather was lovely and 20 CVCA members attended to enjoy good company, conversation and great food! Feedback on the date change is requested as attendance was down slightly from prior years. After mastering the grill, (tricky in and of itself), and cooking many hamburgers and hot dogs, I have a much greater appreciation for Kevin Davies and his years of fending off billowing clouds of smoke and flying grease spatters! Kevin, you ARE the grill master! The Robin Groves clinic was discussed during the membership meeting and clinic attendees expressed enthusiasm for Robin’s teaching style. A novice clinic for next year was also mentioned and members were interested in pursuing this. Other clinic ideas were briefly discussed, and members were asked to please send suggestions for 2019 clinicians to any one of the board members. Yes, we are already booking for 2019! Did you vote in the recent newsletter-naming contest? Three finalists were announced; The Driving Lines, CVCA News in Hand and CVCA Traces of News. Please get your votes in to Judy Sobczak to help pick the lucky winner! Also, don’t forget to get your entries in for this year’s fundraiser of a driving quarter sheet. See Sharon Baum to view a mini/small pony size version, there is still plenty of opportunities to get your tickets at remaining CVCA events this year.

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July Annual Summer Picnic and Membership Meeting

Additional lively conversation ensued related to the pleasure drive guidelines and suggestions were well received. Last, but certainly not least, vacancies on the board and open seats for club President, Secretary and Treasurer positions were announced. Members are encouraged to make nominations or contact the board if interested in any of these positions. Voting will occur at the November Membership Meeting. Hope to see you all there!

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6TH Annual Sheffield Farm Pleasure Drive and Fun Day

Grease is the Word Welcome Back to the 1950s!

Saturday, August 25, 2018 (rain date August 26th)

9:00 am- refreshments and chatter 10:00-ish Drive Starts

Dish-to-Pass Lunch then Games and Fun! 445 Sheffield Road Ithaca, New York

Hosted by Sheffield Farm owners, Mr. Jan & Mrs. Sue Suwinski

RSVP by August 20th PLEASE!

JointhefunonSaturday,August25,2018 forthe6thAnnualSheffieldFarmPleasureDrive andFunDay. Enjoy amorningdrive through thefields and woodlands of Sheffield Farm (no roads! two bridges, andmaybe a water crossing), followed by lunch and friendly gamescompetitionintheafternoon.

Get there for donuts and coffee at 9:00AM. The pleasure drive beginsaround 10:00 AM. After the drive, we’ll enjoy a dish-to-pass lunch.Beveragesandpaperproductswillbeprovided.Bringalawnchair,bugsprayandadish-to-pass!

Afterlunch,youcanre-hitch(ornot)andparticipateinanafternoonofgreaser goofiness. The Grease Is the Word day features a Costumecontest,andfriendlydrivinggames!

FormoreinfoortoRSVP,contactJudySobczakat:jes41@cornell.edu

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2 0 1 8 F A L L S A D O F F / D A V I E S P L E A S U R E D R I V E

Hosted by Kevin & Sonia Davies

Saturday, September 15, 2018 (Rain Date is September 16th)

4209 Putnam Rd., Nelson, NY

Approx. 3 miles EAST of Cazenovia North of Rt. 20

or 1/2 mile WEST of Nelson.

Watch for C.V.C.A. signs...

Bring a dish to pass and the grill will be available.

Hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks and paper products will be provided.

The Drive will begin at 10:00 am and we will eat at 1:00 pm.

All CVCA Members and Guests are welcome!

PLEASE RSVP by September 8th to

Sonia Davies 315-655-3298 or soniadavies@windstream.net

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CVCA Pleasure Drives** Am I ready to take my horse out to club events?

Everybodywantstohavefunatapleasuredrive.Butfirstandforemost,everybodymustbesafe.If you are new to driving or have a new horse, youmightwant to ask yourself the questions listedbelowtodetermineifyouarereadyfortheopenfieldsandroadswherelimitedassistanceisavailableandunexpectedstimulioccur.If you cannotanswer “yes” tomostof thequestionsbelow,youmayneed to schoolyourhorseabitmorebeforeyourfirstclubdrive.Clubdrivesofferexcellentopportunitiesfor“gettingmileage”onceabasiclevelofdrivingcompetencehasbeenachieved.Itiswisetoaskanexperiencedwhip,whoknowsyouandyourhorse,toaccompanyyouonyourfirstpleasuredrive.Pleasenotethatallhostlandowners’havethefinalsayinsafetydecisions.Doesmyhorsehavepropergroundmanners?Doess/he

• Standquietlyon/tiedtothetrailer?• Respectmypersonalspace?• Standquietlywhilebeinghitched?• Moveoffonlywhendirected?•

Doesmyhorsebehaveinharness?Doess/he

• Standquietlyamongotherhitches?• Moveonlywhencommandedtodoso?• Notrearorbuck?• Handleunexpectedstimuliwithminimalfuss?• Reacttotrafficcalmly?(i.e.:trafficsafe)

AmIableto:

• Safelygrounddrivemyhorse(ifI’mnotreadytohitchinagroupsetting?)• Hitch/unhitchmyhorsewithonlythehelpofaheader?• Abletoenterandexitmyvehiclewhilemaintainingcontrolofthereinsandhorse?• Calmmyhorsewithmyvoiceandhandswhenneeded?• Reacttounexpectedhorsebehaviorscalmly?• Forsafetypurposes,bringafriendorarrangeforasecondsetofhandstohelpme?

Hasmyhorsehadrecentmultiplesuccessfulschoolingdrives:

• duringground-driving?• athome?• atafriend’sortrainer’sfarm?• atanunfamiliarlocation?

Remember-it iscriticalthateverywhiphascontrolofhis/herhorseandvehicleatalltimestoinsurethesafetyofselfandothers.Bettertoover-prepareforyourfirstdrivethantooverwhelmyourselforyourhorseonafirstclubdriveinyourexcitementto“getoutthere.”Safetyfirstandlast.

***UpdatedwithcommentsfrommembersattheMarch2018MemberMeeting&July2018Picnic

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CVCA“NAMETHENEWSLETTER”CONTESTUPDATESubmittedbyJudySobczak

The“NametheNewsletter”ContestisEnteringPhase2!!!!

WearedowntotheFINALTHREE!

BEsuretoparticipateinthisSECONDROUNDofvoting!!!

DEADLINEforvotingisOCTOBER1st1vote/membership,whethersingleorfamily.

THETHREEFINALISTS

CVCA News-In-Hand The Driving Lines

CVCA Traces of News

LookovertheTHREEchoicesandcastyourvote!

EmailyourvotetoJudySobczakat:jes41@cornell.edu.Thankyoutoeveryonewhosubmittedideas

What Else Is New? I’ll tell ya what else is new…. All the VHS tapes in our lending library have been converted to

DVDs! Thank you Peggy Walbridge for making this happen!!!!

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NEW ADS MEMBER BENEFIT ADS Driven Dressage Awards

The American Driving Society, Inc. (ADS) is pleased to announce its newest awards program, the ADS Driven Dressage Awards. A team of driven dressage enthusiasts (Beth Rieselman, Gail Aumiller, Mary Phelps, Hardy Zantke, and Tracey Morgan) imagined this awards program and modeled it after a similar awards program offered by the United States Dressage Federation. For full details check out the ADS Website at: https://americandrivingsociety.org/ WHILE YOU ARE AT THE ADS WEBSITE, CHECK OUT THE INFO ON THE ADS NE DRIVE AND THE NEW RULES FOR

SAFETY VESTS

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CVCAYEARENDAWARDS2018

InformationandGuidelines

5Categories1. Hours Driven: between Jan. 1-Oct. 31 2018. Recording done on your honor.

TotalhoursdrivenmustbesubmittedbyNov.1.

2. Best Attendance at 2018 CVCA events: Be sure to sign in at all eventsattended.*Officersandboardmembersnoteligibleforthisaward*.

3. BestDrivingAdventure:This“adventure”couldhavetakenplaceduringyourown personal drive, on a club sponsored pleasure drive, driving show orcombineddrivingeventoranothergroupdrive.Mustsubmitawrite-upaboutyouradventure.Allentrieswillbejudgedbyanimpartialand“distinguished”panelofjudges.

4. Member/VolunteeroftheYear:AllCVCAmembersingoodstanding,(currentonduesfor2018),maynominateaCVCAmemberforthisaward.Thisisaclubmember, who in the opinion of the nominator, goes above and beyond tohelp/aidtheclubanditsmembers.Alwaysoffersahelpinghand,quietlyhelpsbehindthescenes.*Officersandboardmembersnoteligibleforthisaward*.

5. Most Supportive FamilyMember/Friend: *New award for 2018*. This is theperson who helps, supports, aids and offers encouragement to you, thecarriage driver. Must submit a write-up about your “support” person. Allentrieswillbejudgedbyanimpartialand“distinguished”panelofjudges.

*Best Driving Adventure, Most Supportive, and Member/Volunteer of theYearAwardsmustbesubmittedbyOctober15th.

Any CVCA member in good standing is allowed to participate and/orvote/nominatefortheawards.Allnominations/write-upsaretobesubmittedtothecommitteeco-chairs.

Questions:ContactAwardCo-Chairs:DebGranthamat:dgg3@cornell.eduJudySobczakat:jes41@cornell.edu.

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Let’s hear those ideas!!!! Send your ideas to any Board member!

So far, members have suggested…. ü Cornell vets on ophthalmology and medicine/Lyme

(Jan/Feb/March) ü Trailer dealer on trailer maintenance/towing

(Jan/Feb/March) ü Robin Groves re: Fall date for follow-up clinic to

May 2019 clinic ü Novice clinic (April/May/June) ü Conditioning program after winter (April/May/June) ü Conditioning program/navigating for CDEs

(April/May/June) ü Distance Driving with Competitive Trail Ride group

(June) ü Carriage collection at NYS Fair ü Fun Show as Fund Raiser

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CVCA 2018 Raffle BuyYourTicketsforaGreat

QuarterSheetforYourDrivingEquine!

The winner gets

the quarter sheet in the size of her/his choosing!Ticketprices:

$1perticket 6ticketsfor$5 12ticketsfor$10TicketsareforsaleateveryCVCAevent.

DrawingwilloccurattheNovemberluncheon.Formoreinfo,contactSharonBaum.

Ticketprices:$1perticket 6ticketsfor$5 12ticketsfor$10

TicketsareforsaleateveryCVCAevent.

DrawingwilloccurattheNovemberluncheon.Formoreinfo,contactLisaTeichert.

LANDS’ END

CVCA Logo Apparel from Lands’ End You can now order items directly from Lands’ End with the CVCA Logo embroidered on them. You can even play with stitching colors! When on http://www.landsend.com, go into their Business Outfitters Area or log into http://business.landsend.com. You’ll have to set up your personal account with your name and email. To add the CVCA logo to your Logo Library, use the CVCA Logo #1450555W and the Customer Number #6815293. If you’d like to order from a catalog and/or speak to a real live human, call Lands’ End customer service at 1-800-338-2000. The embroidery cost is $5.95 per item.

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CVCA Members Out and About…

The Lorenzo Driving Competition

JoanneSchoonmaker

TomFrechette

WendyWells

MelodyPayne

KarenLeach

DebbieNorth

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CVCA Members Out and About… The Lorenzo Driving Competition

JoeRoosa

TeresaJackson

JillianStroh

CindaeWilson

LorraineVanLuven

JoyceNorthrup

HansNeudelandMegan

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CVCA Members Out and About… The Lorenzo Driving Competition

KathyMiller

LeighSemilof

SheilaMueller

Andtoalltheothermembersthatwe

missed!Greatshow!SharonBaum,PaulBuck,

PJandTaraCrowley,PattyFulkerson,ElfiePowell

Ifwemissedyouinthephotosorlist,

sorry!Sendusaphototorighttheerror!

LisaTeichert

CarolIlacqua

BethHouck

AndreahLytle&LizCaseMurphyReproducedwith

permissionfromLisaCeniswww.ShootThatHorse.com

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CVCA Members Out and About… Have an activity you want to share? Please send the details to Carol Ilacqua at carol.ilacqua@gmail.com.

H ere a re som e o f th e u pcom in g even t s th a t m em bers a re a t t e nd ing . M ayb e you’ l l w an t t o j o in in ! B e sure t o c h e c k w i th

each even t be fo re you go t o be su re th e re h ave n o t been an y can ce l l a t i on s o r ch an ges !

Ju ly 29 E as t A urora C arr iage C om pet i t i on C hur E que s tr ia n C en ter , (N Y )

A u g u s t 1 2 D e la w a re C o u n ty F a ir D r iv in g (N Y ) A u g u s t 1 9 B rook f i e ld D r iv ing Show (N Y )

A u g u s t 2 4 G reen M ou n ta in C T & C D E (V T )

S ep t . 8 /9 G en esee V a l l ey R id in g an d D r iv in g - D r iv in g T r ia l & C T (N Y )

S ep t . 1 5 /1 6 S N E C D A F a l l D r iv in g A f fa i r a t C e l t i c C ro ss F a rm (M A )

S ep t . 2 0 -21 G reen M ou n ta in F a l l D r iv in g C las s i c (V T ) S ep t . 2 7 -30 A D S N o r th ea s t D r iv e (N Y )

O ct . 6 -8 S a ra to g a H D T (N Y )

O ct . 12 -14 G ard en S ta te C D E (N J)

FORSALE:Drivingbitwith5”Konradmouthpiece.Shanks:3”.Comeswithbitguards.$30.00.ContactJudySobczakat:jes41@cornell.edu

FORSALE:Wooden,Meadowbrook-typecart.For12-13handpony.Splitseat.Rearentry.Goodfor an everyday training or breaking cart. $300.00. Contact Judy at: jes41@cornell.edu. formeasurements.

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O ff i cer s a n d B o a rd o f D irec to rs

President – Carol Ilacqua, Manlius, NY 315-944-7123 carol.ilacqua@gmail.com Vice President – Peggy Walbridge, Ithaca, NY 607-229-6733 pw14@cornell.edu

Secretary – Joanne Schoonmaker, Manlius, NY 315-682-4577 schoonmaker@windstream.net

Treasurer – Lisa Teichert, McDonough, NY 607-863-3684 lisateichert@ymail.com Sharon Baum, Locke, NY 607-592-9259 sebaum777@gmail.com

Carol Buckhout, Cazenovia, NY 315-655-3320 carolbuckhout1@gmail.com Deb Grantham, Ithaca, NY 607-342-1028 dgg3@cornell.edu Judy Sobczak, Ithaca, NY 607-273-5544 jes41@cornell.edu

Lorraine Van Luven, North Syracuse, NY 315-569-4643 rockinghorse41@netzero.net

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