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GENEVA — The Boys &Girls Clubs of Geneva willhonor a master gardeneras its Volunteer of the Yearlater this month.
Stephen Wyckoff will berecognized Oct. 25 at theclub’s 17th annual dinner.
In addition, the city ofGeneva and the city schooldistrict will be honored asthe club’s CommunityPartners ofthe Year.
T h o u g hthe Boys &Girls Clubhas manyd e d i c a t e dvolunteers,E x e c u t i v eD i r e c t o rA r l e n eFrancis saidWyckoff stood out for hisyears of commitment andsheer volume of time hededicates, particularly inthe past year.
“Steve Wyckoff has putin a tremendous amount oftime this year and hasreally enhanced the experi-ence with the garden club,”Francis explained.
Wyckoff is devoted toplanning and operating theCommunity Garden Centeron the club’s home turf, theGeneva CommunityCenter. The garden is usedby the Teen Center’sGarden Club, the club’sRoots & Shoots group forchildren 2 to 8 years oldand the Geneva SeniorCitizen’s Club.
Wyckoff volunteers on aweekly basis, planningactivities and hosting othervolunteers, includingHobart and William SmithColleges students.
To the club’s young gar-deners, Wyckoff impartsnot only the tricks of agreen thumb, but the sci-ence behind it.
“Right down to the sim-plistic terms like, ‘It’s notdirt, but soil,’” Francisnoted with a chuckle.“Steve is a wealth ofknowledge.”
Wyckoff has a way withthe children, she added,noting he has been able toshare some of his skillswith other volunteers.
“He gets to know the kidsand picks up on theirstrengths, which is whatwe’re really all about,”Francis elaborated.
Wyckoff also assists withthe teen program and vari-ous club projects, and pro-vides resources for stafftraining. He keeps a con-stant watch on other com-munity endeavors and isquick to let the club knowwhen other Geneva initia-tives might align withtheir own efforts, Francisexplained.
“He’s a phenomenalwealth and resource in thecommunity for those who
are willing to tap intohim,” she added.
Perhaps his best quality,Francis stated, is modesty.
“He just doesn’t under-stand why he should beVolunteer of the Year, andthat’s even more endear-ing,” Francis remarked.
As for the CommunityPartners of the Year,Francis said the school dis-trict is overdue for therecognition.
“What a wonderful part-nership from the verybeginning,” she comment-ed, noting their close rela-tionship stretches backyears and includes numer-ous school officials servingon the board and programcommittees.
That cooperationincludes things like caringfor the grounds and lettingthe club use the school gymfor basketball program-ming.
The club has benefitedfrom school partnershipsrelated to the 21st CenturyGrant and the SchoolInnovation Fund, collabo-rating on programs thatbenefit students, sheadded.
Francis praised the dis-trict’s new superintendent,Trina Newton, for her sup-port, and said AssistantSuperintendent forCurriculum andInstruction LawrenceWright has long been asupporter of the club.
“It’s a great partner-ship,” she said.
The city of Geneva’s sup-port of the club also hasbeen hugely important, shenoted.
“They have partneredwith us by supporting usthrough city funds foryouth development pro-grams that the GenevaCity Recreation does notdo,” she explained.
The city’s support hasbeen essential in expandingopportunities and openingup programming that bene-fit the whole city. Thatincludes things like theGeneva Senior Citizen’sClub’s use of the communi-ty center, recreation depart-ment programs hostedthere, a basketball leagueat the high school and evencity police mentors.
Boys & Girls
Clubs to honor
garden volunteer
Wyckoff
If you go ...
What: Boys & GirlsClub of Geneva’s annualdinner
When: Oct. 25 (socialhour, 5:30 p.m.; dinner6:30 p.m.)
Where: Club 86,Geneva
Tickets: $50Sponsorship opportu-
nities: AvailableHighlights: Silent auc-
tion and entertainmentby club members andothers
Finger Lakes Times
GENEVA — A New York City-basedchoreographer’s visit to Hobart andWilliam Smith Colleges will includecommunity programs.
The Colleges’ Dance Department isbringing the acclaimed Kyle Abrahamto campus Thursday with his compa-ny, Abraham.In.Motion. Abraham willstay in Geneva through Oct. 12, witha number of performances and classeslined up.
Events include:• A master class on dance technique
from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday at WinnSeeley studio ; $10.
• “Dialogue in Motion” from 2 to4:30 p.m. Sunday at Mount OliveMissionary Baptist Church, 70 ClarkSt., in Geneva. AIM dancers will per-form excerpts from “Pavement” andjoin members of the congregation andthe Geneva Human RightsCommission Community Dialogue onRace in a multi-layered dialogue onrace, identity and neighborhood.Registration required by Wednesday.
• A Dance as Identity workshopfrom 11:55 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. Oct. 11 atWinn Seeley Dance Studio.
• A performance of “Pavement” at7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at Winn Seeley GymTheater; tickets are $8, $5 for stu-dents and seniors.
Honored in June with the 2012Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award and recip-ient of a 2010 “Bessie” Award for out-standing performance in dance for“The Radio Show,” Abraham began histraining at the Civic Light OperaAcademy and the CreativePerforming Arts High School in hishometown of Pittsburgh. He contin-ued his dance studies in New York,receiving a BFA from SUNY Purchase
and an MFA from NYU’s Tisch Schoolof the Arts. Abraham has danced withacclaimed modern-dance companiesincluding David Dorfman Dance, BillT Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company,Dance Alloy and the Kevin WynnCollection. In addition to “Pavement,”Abraham is at work creating a newpiece for the Alvin Ailey AmericanDance Theater for a December, 2012premiere and a duet with New YorkCity Ballet principal dancer WendyWhalen.
Since forming his company,Abraham.In.Motion in 2006,Abraham has garnered multiple acco-lades, including being named as oneof “25 To Watch” by Dance Magazine,an Individual Artist Fellowship fromthe New York Foundation for the Arts,and being described by Out magazineas one of “the best and brightest cre-ative talents to emerge in New YorkCity in the age of Obama.”
Audiences in Geneva will have theopportunity to see “Pavement” beforeits official premiere in November atthe Harlem Stages in New York.
Abraham describes “Pavement” as aculturally referenced, evening-lengthdance work that draws inspirationfrom W.E.B. Dubois’ classic essays“Souls of Black Folk,” the JohnSingleton film “Boyz N The Hood,”and Phillipe Jaroussky’s album“Carestini: The Story of a Castrato.”Abraham sets “Pavement” inPittsburgh’s historically black neigh-borhoods, Homewood and the HillDistrict, and layers contemporarydance movement, classical music, andnarrative to evoke an emotionalchronology of a culture “plagued bydiscrimination, genocide, and a con-stant quest for a lottery ticket.”
Professor of Dance CynthiaWilliams was first drawn toAbraham’s work when she saw “TheRadio Show” in 2011, and began con-versations with Abraham at Jacob’sPillow Dance Festival in the summerof 2011 about bringing his company toHobart and William Smith Colleges.
“Kyle’s work is powerful,” Williamsnoted. “The questions he explores aregritty and relevant; his choreographyis visually stunning: expansive ges-tures, movement that transformsfrom fluid undulations to explosiveenergy, and an emotional content thatreaches everyone in the audience. Iam thrilled to host Kyle Abraham andAbraham.In.Motion for this Octoberresidency.”
Tickets for performances may bepurchased at the door. ContactCynthia Williams for more informa-tion or to register: [email protected] 781-3495.
By DAVID L. [email protected]
SENECA FALLS — Property ownersshould not see an increase in their2013 town taxes ... unless their assess-ment increased.
Supervisor Don Earle will present atentative budget at tonight’s meeting.Then, three budget workshops and apublic hearing will be scheduled beforea final budget is adopted.
“It looks positive,” Earle saidMonday. “It doesn’t look like tax rateswill go up.”
This will be Earle’s first budget sincetaking office in January.
He said the general fund tax ratewill remain at $2.35 per $1,000 ofassessed value. The highway tax of$1.61 per $1,000 should also be offerednext year.
Property owners in the former vil-lage will pay a debt district tax rate of61 cents per $1,000, down a pennyfrom this year. Those outside the for-mer village will again pay 5 cents per$1,000 for the debt district.
Other taxes and fees that Earle saidshould be similar to this year are thefire protection rate, of 99 cents per$1,000; and the refuse collection fee,which is a flat fee of $68 per house-hold.
Earle said he’s still working onwater and sewer rates but anticipatesthey also will hold the line.
The tentative budget includes $2.8million in revenue from SenecaMeadows Landfill under terms of itshost community benefits agreement.That calls for the landfill to providethe town with 5 percent of its grossannual revenues.
“We will also be getting additional
revenue from the landfill for treat-ment if its pre-treated leachate,” Earlesaid.
In another matter, one of the fivepeople who’ve asked to address theboard is Dana Allen. He will ask theboard to consider leasing office spacein Academy Square, the formerMynderse Academy on North ParkStreet, at a lower rate than it nowpays to lease in the former St.Patrick’s School.
In other agenda items:• PETITIONERS: In addition to
Allen, other people asking to addressthe board and their topics are PennyLincoln on parking issues, GailFletcher on the cleanup of SampsonCreek, Jane Lischak on water andsewer rates and Stanley Praszkowitzon town finances.
• AUDIT: Karl Hagen from theBonadio Group will speak on the drafttown audit for 2011.
• CREDIT RATING: The board willdiscuss whether to take the stepsneeded to obtain a credit rating fromStandard & Poor’s or some other rat-ing agency. The town may need therating if it borrows in the future.
• APPOINTMENT: The board willconsider a recommendation to hireDaniel Jacobson as a part-time policeofficer.
NYC choreographer
brings troupe to Geneva
No tax rate increase
with SF budget draftBy DAVID L. SHAW
WATERLOO — Interested infilling a vacancy on the Waterlooschool board?
If so, you should contactDistrict Clerk Sharon Cudlin at539-1501 for an application.
The application and a letter ofinterest should be submitted toSuperintendent of Schools TerryMacNabb at 109 Washington St.,Waterloo, by Friday, Oct. 19.
Board interviews of selectedcandidates will be conducted onNov. 5
The vacancy was created bythe July resignation of JimSpina. His term expires June 30,2013.
In another matter, the boardwill meet in special session from6 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday in theDistrict Offices at 109Washington St., to conduct aboard retreat to discuss goalsand objectives.
If you go ...
What: Seneca Falls Town Boardmeeting
When: 7 p.m. todayWhere: Town Offices, 81 W. Bayard
St.
Geneva development group
to meet at tech parkGENEVA — The Geneva Local
Development Corporation Boardof Directors will discuss its 2013budget at noon Wednesday.
The board will meet at theCornell Agriculture and FoodTechnology Park, 500 TechnologyDrive.
Other agenda items include atreasurer’s report, reports fromthe board’s standing committeesand other new business.
Waterloo school
board seeks
to fill vacancy
