Many American Flags were mounted on telephone poles and line Owasco Road all the way to the village. They were placed there by our highway department in honor of Memorial
Carol Stanzak Sutkus
Special to The Citizen
I grew up in Auburn, and have been gone for 40 years with visits in between. Last summer, my Southern California-bred husband and I did something I never thought we would do â we moved back to the area.
Growing up in Auburn in the 1970s, I spent my summers having family picnics at Emerson Park, riding my bicycle down Owasco Road to spend the day swimming at the lake, and as a teenager, âsocializingâ during the evenings with other kids at âthe lake. Owasco Lake was clean and fun and a bright spot in a teenagerâs otherwise boring (insert eye roll) hometown. But that time period was also a time of declining economic activity in the Auburn area. Factories were reducing shifts and moving to sunnier locales. Sure, summers were grand, but I wanted out of the area. I went away to college and moved to many states as I pursued my career.
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