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Volume 15, Number 2 • March/April 2015 Spring is in full bloom with these colorful tulips at Sycamore Hill Gardens in Marcellus.

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The Progression of Spring The photography of Michael Sargent

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First Annual Children’s Photo Contest Winners People of all ages are capable of taking great photos. These kids prove it.

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JAMboree on Wheels Roller derby in the Finger Lakes.

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news and events

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More than a grain of salt

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Resurrection at Trader Village

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Five steps for maintenance-free gardening

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Music to My Ears

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usic has been an enjoyable part of my life for as long as I can remember. I’ve never learned how to play an instrument, but listening to music has always held great interest for me.

In my early years I listened to the music my parents liked – old time country musicians like Marty Robbins, Eddy Arnold and Chet Atkins. Through my older siblings I was also exposed to some contemporary music such as ABBA, Glen Campbell and The Beatles. As I grew older and my horizons expanded when I was a teenager, I grew to love the music of the ’70s and ’80s. It became a part of my creativity as well. I loved to listen to music and paint. To me, the music was inspiring and helped me get in touch with the creative side of my brain.

I wasn’t fortunate to learn an instrument in school, but I can now see how important music can be to a child’s education. My two children took piano lessons from an early age, and they progressed to playing several different instruments in band at school.

They’ve always been high achievers in school, and I know that music helps them with that. Through playing music, they’re exercising parts of their brain that are also used in learning other subjects.

In fact, listening to or performing music may be the best mental workout around, suggests an article on thetrumpet.com, the website of the Philadelphia Trumpet newsmagazine.

“Physical education experts laud swimming for using all the body’s major muscle groups. Music, you could say, is the swimming of mental activities.”

The article goes on to say, “Men of science long believed that music was not only sound that emanated from a minstrel’s lyre, but the way both the heavenly bodies and even the human body were ordered. It was no coincidence to them that the ratios dictating

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the measurements of the solar system were the same as the ratios in the frequencies that created the harmonies we found most pleasing, and that by understanding music, we could better understand the universe. Ancient scientists also believed our bodies and minds are a musical instrument. We find certain harmonies pleasing, in fact, because they agree with our own internal rhythms. Our bodies are soothed or stirred by music because they, like a taut string, vibrate sympathetically to sounds produced around them.

Considering the healing properties of music, and new discoveries on how the brain reacts to music, we know they were on to something.”

In this issue of Life in the Finger Lakes, music plays an important part of the editorial content. Jazz bassist Scott LaFaro, a musical prodigy from Geneva, redefined jazz style during the late 1950s and early 1960s (see page 22). His young life was unfortunately cut short by a car accident when he was 25 years old.

George Reed, a jazz drummer who toured the world, eventually made Elmira his adopted hometown. George passed away in 2011 at the age of 89, but his legacy lives on in the annual George Reed Heritage Jazz Festival, now in its fifth year. The festival is committed to help bring jazz to more kids and more kids to jazz, so new generations may continue to experience its delight and learn the art of cooperative improvisation. Read more about George on page 75.

The next time you’re listening to music to pass the time, think about the people who created it. Their stories can be an inspiration to all of us.

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This letter was directed to Elaine Taft, the Grand Prize winner of the 13th Annual Photography Contest, which was published in the Winter/Holiday 2014 issue.

Elaine’s photo depicted Chimney Bluffs State Park.

Your photo in Life in the Finger Lakes has taken hold of my aesthetic sense. And to think that exotic scene is within driving distance of my home!

But you have captured what the ordinary viewer would miss. Congratulations on waiting – doubtless days – for just the moment. Waves, clouds, light, perspective – that inner self that says NOW! – Helen E. Zecher, Syracuse

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Letters

We visited the Prison City Pub and Brewery in Auburn recently. They’ve only been open a short time. They didn’t have any of their own beer, but their beer selections were good. The food was very good. Nice atmosphere also. We’ll definitely keep them in our beer loop.

We also stopped at Good Shepherds Brewing Co. in Auburn. They are considered a nanobrewery. For a small place, the crowd was very friendly. We’ll have to catch the brewery in Weedsport another time.

Looking forward to see what’s happening with all these microbreweries popping up.

– Mary Grasek Keep up the great work. Your magazine improves with every issue. We read it from cover to cover and it is always a delight when it appears in our mailbox.

– Graydon and Molly Youngman A Fish Tale

In the January/February issue, the Outdoor article titled “Warm Moments on the Cold, Crooked Finger,” had an error on page 48. It was stated that Glen caught a trout that weighed more than 25 pounds. The actual weight was a little more than five pounds. We regret this error.

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Finger Lakes Regional Map 1 Aurora (p. 11) 2 Bristol (p. 26) 3 Canandaigua (p. 8, 26)

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He had more faith in you than you had in yourself.

That’s why he’s one of the most important people on earth.

How do you care for the most important people on earth? By giving them your absolute best. At St. Ann’s, we have built a brand new skilled nursing center in Webster that gives people more choices than ever before. From setting your own schedule, to enjoying small, friendly neighborhoods, to dining in cozy country kitchens—we make life what each resident wants it to be.

We have also created the area’s first freestanding transitional care center—the only rehab center in Rochester that is not located in a nursing home.

So people can recover from major medical events surrounded by people just like themselves.

It is a remarkable new way to care for people. Inspired by the people who deserve nothing less than the best.

Learn more about the changes at St. Ann’s Community by visiting us at StAnnsCommunity.com.

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MARCH 6...Family Night at the Corning Museum of Glass This event, from 6 to 8 p.m., includes live entertainment, glassmaking, crafts and more. Watch live hot glassblowing at the Hot Glass Show and see flameworkers create delicate figures at the torch.

Our “You Design It; We Make It!” event gives you a chance to design a piece of glass you’d like to see made at the Hot Glass Show. Door prizes will be given away throughout the evening. There will be a variety of complimentary refreshments as well as other fun foods available for purchase.

607-438-5500 publicprograms@cmog.org

7...Canandaigua Wine Walk Enjoy sampling the finest Finger Lakes wine while walking historic Canandaigua. Grab a commemorative wine glass for $8 to enjoy all the tastings at any participating merchant along the way. Local merchants include apparel shops, gift shops and novelty items, art galleries, restaurants and much more. Each Wine Walk event offers six to seven wine stops featuring Finger Lakes wines. Tastings at four to six food stops, including tasty offerings from local eateries and gourmet food shops, will also be available. The walk will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. downtowncanandaigua.com

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We have a large inventory of new Cobalt Boats, Crest Pontoons and Sunfish, as well as many other previously enjoyed watercraft.

Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance and Partners Launch the New Finger Lakes Museum Trail

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he Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance is partnering with nine museums, attractions or historical houses to create the new Finger Lakes Museum Trail, aimed at enticing visitors and residents alike to explore the rich history and culture within the Finger Lakes region. The partnership is a project of the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance (FLTA) and the Steuben County Conference and Visitors Bureau, based in Corning.

Renowned for its wineries and natural beauty, the Finger Lakes region is also blessed with an abundance of world-class museums.

From learning about George Eastman’s photographic accomplishments in Rochester to seeing a bird’s-eye view of the world at the National Soaring Museum in Elmira, the museums of the Finger Lakes are entertaining, educational, enchanting and exciting.

“Visitors will find that the region is steeped in culture, art, science and history. For example, events and developments in the Finger Lakes have had great influence on many of notable national historical milestones,” FLTA President Cindy Kimble says.

“It’s all celebrated at museums or similar facilities throughout the region. Many are accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, demonstrating the caliber of these operations. These are museums and attractions that no visitor – or local resident, for that matter – should miss,” she said.

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The Finger Lakes Museum Trail debuts with nine museum participants. These museum locations and program participants include the George Eastman House,The Strong in Rochester, Historic Palmyra’s Five Museums, the Brick Tavern Museum of the Schuyler County Historical Society in Montour Falls, the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen, the Finger Lakes Boating Museum, the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, the National Soaring Museum, and the Chemung County Historical Society in Elmira.

To kick-off this new endeavor, the Finger Lakes Museum Trail is offering a chance for trail visitors to visit each participating museum location to win an overnight stay for two at a bed and breakfast or inn located in the region. Each participating facility is also is offering discounts on admission, gift items or both.

The “Winter Adventure” promotion will run through June. A visitors guide with “Winter Adventure” discount details is available at each participating facility, as well as other locations across the region. Additional information on the Finger Lakes Museum Trail, the Winter Adventure promotion is available online at www.FingerLakes.org/things-to-do/Museumtrail. High resolution images of participating locations or regional images can also be acquired by contacting Cynthia Kimble at cindyk@fingerlakes.org.

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10-15...”Annie” at the Rochester Broadway Theatre Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin, this new production of “Annie” will be a classic incarnation of the beloved original. Featuring book and score by Tony Award-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, “Annie” includes such unforgettable songs as “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” “Easy Street,” “I Don’t Need Anything But You,” plus the eternal anthem of optimism, “Tomorrow.” The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 8 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. rbtl.org 13...11th Annual Cabin Fever Beat the winter blues in Corning on this special night of wine tasting, craft beer sampling and terrific shopping and dining promotions. Featuring over 20 wineries and breweries from New York’s Finger Lakes Region. Visitors aged 21 and older are invited to celebrate the winter tradition in historic downtown from 5 to 8 p.m. Participants can purchase a collectible wine and/or beer glass at one of three

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checkpoints. Picture identification is required. Cost is just $15 per person. gafferdistrict.com/events 21...Bacon on the Lakein Join us for the first and original Finger Lakes Bacon event on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail. It’s all about the bacon and you’ll find that’s the main ingredient in our bacon lover’s event. You’ll receive a wineglass at your starting point winery and recipe cards at each winery. Besides eating all that lovely bacon, make sure to visit each winery to be eligible to win some of the best prizes ever, such as a BBQ Smoker, BBQ sauces, BBQ utensils and so much more. Just pop off a stub from your ticket at each winery and deposit it into a Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Piggy Bank.

800-684-5217 cayugawinetrail.com 21-22...Maple Weekend Open House Celebration Learn how maple syrup products are made. Enjoy this free open house at Wohlschlegel’s Naples Maple Farm with samples galore of different maple products. Visit the sugarhouse for a tour and take

a walk through the woods to see how the sap is gathered. Breakfast will be served each morning from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and costs $3 for children ages 3-7, $5 for children ages 8-12 and $7 for adults and children over 12. wohlschlegelsnaplesmaplefarm.com 27...Sip and Sparkle It is time to pull out the glasses, turn up the music, and indulge in an evening of fun at Miles Wine Cellars.

With a glass of our newest to-be-released sparkling wine, enjoy appetizers and vendors with jewelry, makeup, handbags, apparel, chocolates, manicures and wine charms. This event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m.

168 Randall Crossing Road, Himrod NY 14842 lindsay@mileswinecellars.com 27-29...Cruisin’ The Tropics Weekend on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail This wine and food pairing event was conceived to help break you out of the winter doldrums. Visit the Trail on Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to enjoy some great wine, sample the tropically-themed dishes served at each of the participating wineries and

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Happenings enjoy the many activities and themes that each winery takes special care to create. Regular tickets purchased in advance are $35 per person. senecalakewine.com

APRIL 3...Geneva Night Out Geneva Night Out is a free, arts and cultural event in downtown Geneva, held on the first Friday of each month from 5-8 p.m. Art openings, exhibits, and showcases hosted by local businesses and galleries allow visitors to explore the creative energy and dynamic range of local art in all its forms. genevanightout.wordpress.com 3...Fish & Brew at Veraisons Restaurant Come out and enjoy beer battered fish filet with a flight of local beer or wine, every Friday through May 1st! Pay $17.95 plus tax for the fish and a beer or wine flight, or $14.95 plus tax for the fish fry only.

Reservations are recommended.

5435 State Route 14, Dundee, NY 14837 1-800-243-5513 glenora.com

10...The Inns of Aurora “New York State Craft Beer Dinner” Toast the craft brews of New York State with this four-course dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $60 per person.

391 Main Street, Aurora, NY 13026 315-364-8888 info@innsofaurora.com 18…17th Annual Antiques Show & Sale Select western New York antiques dealers participate in this exceptional show and sale at the Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford. Browse through an extensive collection of furniture, paintings, militaria, books and ephemera, jewelry, porcelains and glassware. Preview Party Friday, April 17, from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Gates open at 9:30 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. theglen.com 19…500 Years of Music for Guitar With Peter Griggs The Community Preservation Committee will host internationally known guitarist/composer Peter Griggs in a concert at the Willard Chapel in Auburn at 2 p.m. as part of the 2015 Tiffany Sunday Concert Series.

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How-to

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hotos taken at sunrise, sunset and twilight can provide some of the most provocative and haunting photos you’ll ever take. Both the start and end of day pack an emotional punch that’s been with us since the dawn of the human race.

Even today the onset of darkness carries a sense of fear and the return of light brings with it a relief and excitement at the start of another new day.

But the spring solstice and the lengthening daylight hours are reason enough to celebrate the near horizon sun (a term I use to cover both sunrise, sunset, and their associated twilights).

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A Safety Warning Be careful when photographing the setting or rising sun. You do not want to damage your eyes.

Do not stare at the sun through a traditional optical viewfinder (the kind you hold up to your eye), especially when using a telephoto lens because it magnifies the sun. If your camera lets you use an LCD or electronic viewer (most cameras do) to see and compose photos, bright sunsets are the time to use it. With it, you won’t be looking directly at the sun as you would with a traditional optical viewfinder.

Photographically speaking, the near horizon sun offers opportunities for dramatic photos. Colorful skies, orange-painted subjects, light raking across the landscape, deep silhouettes, and more await you.

But photographing the sun also carries numerous photographic challenges, so let’s see how to get great results taking pictures of the near horizon sun.

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Left, bottom: The setting sun ignites Ontario County Courthouse in a blaze of orange.

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Dark falls over Keuka Lake. And the darkness is emphasized by the pinpricks of headlights aiming toward the photographer. Photo by Gary Whelpley

only a black shape. Barns tend to Create Silhouettes be boring, lighthouses interesting.

Shooting into the low sun makes it Windmills, trees, and sailboats are easy to create silhouettes. It also helps silhouette staples, as are barnyard you avoid exposure problems because animals and people, especially those a range of exposures can create leaping, running or biking. Only you attractive silhouetted subjects against can decide which works. the bright sky. To get best results, you should compose the scene so the Look Away From the Sun sun is either all or partially behind a

Sometimes that red orb drifting subject, or even outside the picture if it above the horizon is so compelling still creates a silhouette of the subject that we can’t take our eyes off of it. of interest.

But you should. Indeed, turn your

A variety of subjects back to it. Only then will work well when you learn that the best silhouetted, but the sunset photo may best approach be the one behind is to choose a you. When you subject that do look behind offers visual you, you’ll see interest

low light raking when it Go to lifeinthefingerlakes.com across the becomes and click on sunset photos, to find a few more helpful tips and several more pictures that discuss how you can take great photos.

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landscape, highlighting the textures of everything it strikes. You’ll find its warm rays brushing copper hues on faces, trees and buildings. Those colors call out the time of day and instill a sense of warmth and appreciation when we see them.

The Joy of Twilight

Often the best colors occur when the sun is below the horizon – for both sunrise and sunset. Since more of us opt to photograph sunsets, don’t leave too soon after the sun sets.

Often the clouds reach their best color several minutes after the sun sets (or before it rises), and sometimes the clouds in the high east still receive light from the sun that has just dropped beneath the horizon.

Another advantage of early twilight is that some light from the bright sky still illuminates the landscape, and the blue of twilight contrasts nicely with the yellow glow emanating from artificial lights in houses, barns, bridges, vehicles and streets. The darker it gets the more difficult it becomes to balance the increasingly dark landscape with bright artificial lights. So try to shoot these scenes within 20 minutes of sunset.

That means you’ll benefit by arriving at your location by the time the sun sets.

You’ll either need a tripod or a high ISO of 400 to 1600 to enable shutter speeds at which you can handhold the camera without blurring the picture.

Typically, the slowest shutter you can make acceptably sharp pictures with while handholding the camera is about 1/15 second.

Use a Telephoto Lens to Magnify the Sun

Visually, the setting sun seems enormous. Photographically, it’s small.

Unless you use a telephoto lens. To make the setting sun photographically meet your expectations, use a focal length of 135 to 300mm. To keep images sharp at those longer focal lengths, try to use a shutter speed of 1/300 second or higher. With the sun, that usually isn’t a problem.

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Nooks & Crannies

a little bit of everything

More Than a Grain of

Salt story and photos by James P. Hughes

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ew things are more common in daily life than salt. While often unnoticed until a dish is rejected as “too salty,” the simple crystalline substance was once the lifeblood of Syracuse. Spread over thousands of acres at the southern end of Onondaga Lake, the once-booming industry established the city as the nation’s principal salt supplier, and earned its nickname “The Salt City.”

At its peak, in the year 1862, production reached almost 10,000,000 bushels.

The first account of salt springs on Onondaga Nation territory was recorded in 1654 by Father Simon LeMoyne, a visiting Jesuit missionary. Native Americans were well aware of the springs but had traditionally avoided them, believing the briny watering places were tainted by evil spirits.

The first permanent salt works were established in the late 1700s, and the “boiling blocks” continued to grow in scope throughout the 19th century. The process was a relatively simple one. Brine was piped into a row of cauldrons with a single wood (and later coal) fire supplying heat for each row. As water boiled off, impurities fell to the kettle’s bottom. Salt crystals rose to the surface, were scooped into drying baskets, and eventually packed into barrels.

The tedious work required long hours, difficult working conditions, and depended largely on immigrant labor.

In time, wood supplies dwindled and coal costs became prohibitive. The industry survived using solar evaporation, a cheap and efficient method. Brine was kept in vats for a time to let impurities settle out. The brine was then transferred to large shallow trays and allowed to evaporate in the sun until the accumulation of salt crystals could be raked into piles and transported for storage. Bells warned of approaching inclem-

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The Salt Museum in Liverpool presents a history of the industry that once labeled Syracuse “The Salt City.” Artifacts and photographs from the era are on display in a replicated industry building, constructed from original timbers around a surviving salt block chimney.

The Salt Museum is open on weekends from mid-May until mid-October.

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ent weather (another Syracuse tradition) sending workers scurrying to pull rolling roofs over the vulnerable trays to protect valuable salt crystals.

Considerable financial returns from the salt works benefitted both Syracuse and New York State until the industry finally wound down in the early 1900s, due to competition from expanding salt discoveries in the western states. By that time, Syracuse had shipped some 400,000,000 bushels of the “white gold” around the world, enough to fill today’s Carrier Dome several times over.

Salt is not forgotten in Syracuse.

Images of salt vats and salt block chimneys still pop up in various business and municipal logos. The city’s main drag is named Salina Street, and before Otto the Orange, Syracuse University heralded The Saltine Warrior as its mascot. In those bygone days, a salt worker’s lunch typically consisted of spuds tossed into the boiling brine to create what remains a Syracuse-area favorite today – savory salt potatoes.

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Enterprising

in business

Resurrection at

Traders Village

story and photos by Mary Joslyn

John (left) and Peter Arena

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n the western shore of Cayuga Lake on Route 89, a landmark business is showing signs of life again. Sitting vacant with giant realty signs and empty parking lots for the past year, the village had become a ghost town – a sad sight for all who remembered its former glory.

But look a little closer. The signs are gone. Plans are being made. A few vehicles come and go. Small repairs are underway. From freshly painted posts and rails to a beer garden with a café kitchen, this sleeping giant is stirring.

With its finger on the pulse of a changing community, amidst a mecca of visitors enticed by the pristine beauty of the Finger Lakes and its wine country, the Shops at Traders Village is rising. Life in the Finger Lakes caught up with brothers Peter and John Arena – the owners – to find out just what they’re up to.

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tables from reclaimed barn wood. I’ve been selling them online, and have sold them all over the United States, but that’s another reason I’m kind of excited about the shops; I will be displaying my tables here. I think that a lot of crafters share the same feeling that I do. When it’s your passion and you dream about creating something and being able to share it with other people, it’s nice to sell online. And it can be profitable to sell online, but there’s nothing like sharing it with the person that’s in front of you, The Boathouse one on one, and seeing their Beer Garden excitement about your prodwill be open Thursdays through Mondays from uct. That’s going to be fun 11 a.m. until dusk for me to do, and I’m really beginning April 18th. excited about all these other crafters that will have the opportunity to build their business What’s the history of and share their passion.

Traders Village?

John: Our father and mother opened Tell me how you came up with the it in 1997 as a place where the Amish name Boathouse Beer Garden. and other local vendors could sell their Peter: There are several buildings wares. Over the years it evolved into on the property, and John, our sister a variety of different things, but we’re JoAnne and I were all trying to decide bringing it back to our father’s original how we would use the property. We dream. It’s exciting and kind of cool. had already intended to use some of

Like the original, it will be a farm and the large buildings for boat storage. craft market along with vendors, artists We put the beer garden in the first of and collectibles. We’re hoping that many one of three matching red buildings in small farmers will see it as a great venue the front, where most of the Traders in which to market their fresh produce Village activity will take place. It’s a every week, especially since other marvery long building, so we’ll serve local kets have become fully booked or hard craft beers in the café on one side, to get into. In addition to “the shops,” and display antique boats on the other we’ll also have a beer garden and café. side. We moved the parking back to open up a large space in front, where You have a craft yourself, visitors can sit down and enjoy the is that right? view of the lake, relax and stay nice John: Yeah, I’ve been building and cool in the shade. tables for a little over a year. I make

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What kinds of boats will you be displaying?

Peter: Well, nothing too large, but the 20 or 22 footers that were seen on the lakes in this area. We have a boat building tradition in this area. Penn Yan used to manufacture beautiful wooden boats, and then there’s Morehouse Boats up here on the north end of Cayuga Lake.

I’m no expert, but I have an appreciation for boats and boatbuilding.

You’re not an expert? Didn’t you used to build yachts?

Peter: (laughing) Yes, I was the lead project manager for a yacht-building firm in Louisiana, and we manufactured large boats, nothing like what we’re going to have on display. They were known as “mega yachts,” the kind of boats we never see around here. But yeah, I was in the boat building business.

So where will the boats come from?

Peter: This wonderful turn of events happened when I contacted the Finger Lakes Boating Museum in Hammondsport. They have an enormous quantity of antique boats, most of which are not even on display. They’re at the warehouse. And I contacted them to see if they’d be interested in having some of their boats on display at our location.

They were very enthusiastic, and we are now preparing to be the Cayuga Lake chapter of the Finger Lakes Boating Museum. So that’s pretty cool.

That’s very cool! So let’s talk food a bit. You are vegetarian, is that right?

How will that affect the menu at your café?

Peter: I’m a dietary vegan. I don’t eat meat. I don’t eat dairy, and I try to avoid processed foods.

And what do you intend to offer?

Peter: I’m working with Mary Reed from Tastes of Wine Country to come up some interesting menu ideas, including vegan-based foods, but the Finger Lakes have some wonderful

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Enterprising cheeses that I’d like to offer along with locally-crafted beers and, of course, Finger Lakes wines. The other thing is ciders. We have world-class cideries in the area, using one of the great assets of New York State – apples.

When do you anticipate pouring your first beer?

Peter: On April 18. Then perhaps we’ll have a grand opening a couple of months later, around Memorial Day. How many farmers and vendors do you anticipate?

John: We have 70 booths indoors where vendors can leave their set-up on a permanent basis so they can just come and open up each week. Then we have another 40 or 50 booths under the large porch. So those will be available for crafts and produce. And we’ve got a lot of room for tents and stuff like that, so we’ve got a lot of room to grow.

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So of all these spaces, how many would you like to fill with food vendors?

John: A lot of them. Food and shopping go hand in hand, and while we intend to have traditional things like ice

cream, hot sandwiches and popcorn, we’d really like to attract vendors who focus on fruits and vegetables, gourmet sandwiches, smoothies, super foods – things like that. It would also be great to have some gourmet local coffees, fresh baked goods, loose tea, yerba mate, that sort of thing. Most of the visitors here are tourists from all over the world, so the more food choices the better. How cool would it be if the vendors could come in the morning, pick up some produce outside and fire up their blender under the porch selling smoothies and fresh salads? Or pick up some fresh local grass fed beef or bison, go to their booth and make burgers to sell for lunch?

That is cool. So you and Peter; will you be at each other’s throats?

John: No. (laughing) We get along great … he’s bigger than me … I’m afraid of him.

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Music

strike the right note

Broken Time

A look at the brief life and musical legacy of Geneva’s Scott LaFaro

by Alyssa LaFaro

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e played with jazz greats like Benny Goodman, Ornette Coleman, Chet Baker, Stan Kenton and Bill Evans. He’s been described as “the most influential bassist in the last 50 years” more than once, regardless of the fact that four albums and word-of-mouth stories from jazz musicians are the only proof of his whirlwind success. He died a tragic death in 1961, at the young age of 25, but is immortalized in the world of jazz. Geneva’s own Scott LaFaro was, indeed, a jazz great.

In early 2014, the Geneva City Council formally named April 3, Scott’s birthday, as Scott LaFaro Day, and also renamed the portion of Linden Street that runs from Seneca Street to South Exchange Street, “Scott LaFaro Drive.” Last April, Scott’s life and legacy were celebrated at the monthly “Geneva Night Out” event, which featured live jazz performances, recordings of Scott’s work and copies of Scott’s biography, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro.

Inspired by the event – and the book, written

by Scott’s sister (and my cousin) Helene LaFaroFernandez – here is a small peek into the short but well-lived life of Scott.

Here’s Scott in a December 1958 recording session with jazz pianist Pat Moran.

Photo courtesy Gene Gammage

Life father, like son

Scott’s father, Rocco “Joe” Joseph LaFaro, was somewhat of a child prodigy – he played mandolin alongside adult musicians when he was just 3 years old. He learned the violin at the age of 5, and was soon performing with professional musicians.

After studying violin at the Ithaca Conservatory of Music from the ages of 12 to 18, he followed the big band scene to New York City, where he played with the stars of the 1920s – the Dorsey Brothers, Smith Ballew, Ed Kirkeby, Paul Whitemman, Bea Lillie, the California Ramblers and Rudy Valle.

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Although Joe didn’t earn his living with music, he instilled in his firstborn son a deep love for jazz, taking him to live concerts regularly and enlisting him in long discussions of the music afterward.

When life gives you jazz … play jazz

Scott’s first music lessons truly began in sixth grade with the piano. “He had perfect pitch,” even at that time in his life, noted Helene in her book. His musical prowess would only expand throughout his four years of high school, as he learned to play the bass clarinet, tenor saxophone and the baritone bugle.

He was involved in every musical group, class or event he could manage. In his freshman year, he joined the high school band and took private music lessons with band instructor Godfrey “Brownie” Brown.

He was afforded the opportunity to play his instruments at both the New York All-State Music Festival and the New York Music School All-State Concert.

During his junior year of high school, he and bandmate Tom Kirk began a seven-player dance band called Rhythm Aires, and would perform at local high school dances and other civic venues. When he took on the bugle that same year, he joined the Appleknockers, a well-known American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. in Geneva. “He got his first taste of the road life of musicians,” wrote Helene, “traveling as far away as Washington, D.C., St. Louis and Florida for national competitions.”

In his final year of high school, his clarinet playing won first place honors at the Seneca Symphony Society’s Orchestral Performance Competition. He became student band director and the youngest member of the Chess Men, a sextet of adult professionals who played at local venues. It wasn’t until this time in Scott’s life, when he decided he wanted to attend Ithaca College, that he and his father agreed he should pick up a string instrument since it was required by all students enrolled in Ithaca’s music program. The two chose the double bass so Scott could practice by playing with his dad’s music group on weekends and holidays.

With graduation just days away, and already accepted into the music program at Ithaca College, he wrote this in his girlfriend’s senior yearbook: “I’m going to really study this time; it won’t be like high school because now I realize what I’ve waited to do since I started taking clarinet lessons. I’m going to practice until I’ve become as good as Konitz, Desmond, Getz and Sims rolled altogether and then I’ll still practice some more. For the rest of (our lives) we’ll live, eat and sleep modern jazz. There is something about music that I could never explain to you. I just go crazy when I hear it and I get the wildest feelings when I, myself, play it. I know that I can become a top-flite performer and I will realize that ambition.”

He couldn’t have been more correct.

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The summer after his first year of college, he’d already decided he wasn’t going to return to Ithaca and began playing bass wherever he could – sometimes with his dad at Geneva’s Belhurst Castle, sometimes with friends at local Club 86. By 1956, Scott was an official bass player in the big band group called Buddy Morrow Orchestra and was touring across the country with them.

By fall of that same year, he knew his heart was with jazz, not big band, so he left the orchestra and joined the Chet Baker Quintet, which is when Bill Evans first heard Scott play. It wasn’t until 1959, after playing with Baker and other jazz stars like Victor Feldman, Stan Kenton, Cal Tjader, and Benny Goodman that, for the second time, Scott met Bill, who had recently departed from the Miles Davis Sextet. The two teamed up with drummer Paul Motian to form the Bill Evans Trio.

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Scott performing at California’s legendary jazz club The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach.

Photo courtesy Helene Fernandez

This was a crucial time in Scott’s musical career and when he truly developed the counter-melodic style that would change the jazz world. During those two short years the trio was together, they recorded four albums – Portrait in Jazz (1960), Explorations (1961), and two live albums, Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) and Waltz for Debby (1962).

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Music

In the summer of 1960, Scott began to play in Ornette Coleman’s Quartet and less than one year later started playing with Stan Getz. He would do so until his tragic death on July 6, 1961, when he fell asleep at the wheel, hit a tree, and was killed instantly, along with high school friend Frank Ottley.

“That night’s dreams became nightmares, then reality,” wrote Helene. “That short interruption of a lazy July morning would bring a loss whose effect would be felt in two very diverse places – a modest home in Southern California and in the esoteric world of jazz.”

Life after death: a jazz immortal

According to Bill Evans Trio drummer Paul Motian, Bill was “numb with grief” after Scott’s passing, though it’s clear through interviews with Bill that Scott would remain immortal in the jazz world. In an interview with George Klabin in 1966, it’s clear that Scott had become a permanent part of Bill, as he described Scott’s approach: “His approach to the bass was a beautiful thing to see. He would just pick up the bass and get involved. He would get involved with maybe one figure, one particular type of cross-fingering or cross-string fingering or double stop or quadruple stop or whatever.

He would just work it and work it and work it. And develop an insight. And work it farther into an intuitive insight into the hidden mechanics of string instruments. His approach was this total approach. It was not a study approach.

It was a total encompassing and enveloping approach, where he seemed to master a whole area. His technique was built through fire, as some kind of spark in him took over. He would work and work and work in, and lay it down.”

All information written here is from Helene LaFaro-Fernandez’s book, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro. You may order it from your nearest bookstore.

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Fruit of the Vine

wine, spirits and brews

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Terroir Tasting

Heron Hill Winery releases five single vineyard Rieslings from five different Finger Lakes story and photos by Jason Feulner

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he single vineyard craze has been in full force for just a few years in the Finger Lakes, so it was with some surprise that I learned from John Ingle that he has been offering a single vineyard Riesling at Heron Hill Winery since 1985. “At that time I had been reading about early single vineyard experiments out west (California) and decided to give it a try with our Ingle Vineyard label,” John tells me. “I guess we were ahead of our time.”

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Advocates of single vineyard wines extol what the French call terroir, a term that takes into account all of the variables that go into the growth of grapes

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in a single location, from sun exposure to temperature variations to soil types.

While not all aspects of terroir are verified scientifically, there remains little doubt among wine enthusiasts that the same grape from the same year, crafted in a similar fashion, can make wildly different wines in vineyards that may be only a few miles, or even yards, apart.

“A little fun” with Riesling

I was speaking with John to inquire about Heron Hill’s recent release of five single vineyard Rieslings, all of the same 2013 vintage, sourced from vineyards that span five different lakes (Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga and Skaneateles). John Ingle is the owner of Heron Hill who founded the winery in 1977 with his wife Josephine. The winery, perched atop the steep western slopes of Keuka Lake, has long featured wines from John’s own vineyard on Canandaigua Lake, in addition to its main label. It was only natural, John explains, to stretch this emphasis further and have a little fun with Riesling from around the region.

After 30 years of growing grapes in the Finger Lakes, John knew instinctively

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Fruit of the Vine that Riesling was suited for an experiment that intended to prove that terroir has a significant impact on the flavor profile of the wine. “The growers were excited to participate,” John recalls. “We all knew that we had an opportunity to showcase something important. We believe in the power of dry Riesling in the Finger Lakes.”

He says that he was not surprised that all five wines from 2013 would differ from one another so significantly.

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Ingle Vineyard, Canandaigua Lake – This is Alsatian in style, with an oily texture and tons of slate. A very distinct dry Riesling.

Moss and wet rock flavors, with a nose of pear.

Totally different mineral profile from the Ingle Vineyard.

Morris Vineyard, Seneca Lake – A great example of a more typical Finger Lakes Riesling profile, with melon and apple dominating.

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Tight and restrained, with hints of lime zest and orange peel. Trace of minerality. Very curious and still developing.

Hobbit Hollow Farm, Skaneateles Lake – A little more residual sugar than the others with a floral nose reminiscent of an unoaked Chardonnay.

Dominant herbal flavors on the palette.

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Only at Heron Hill

The Dry Riesling Single Vineyard Series is available only in the Heron Hill tasting rooms. Due to limited production, the winery encourages anyone interested in the 2013 vintage to call or stop before summer 2015. Heron Hill’s main tasting room is located on the western side of Keuka Lake. There are two satellite tasting rooms with a full lineup of wines on Route 14 on Seneca Lake, and in Bristol on the west shore of Canandaigua Lake.

Heron Hill Winery 9301 County Route 76 Hammondsport, NY 14840 Tasting Room at Bristol 5323 Seneca Point Rd Canandaigua, NY 14424 Tasting Room on Seneca Lake 3586 Route 14 Himrod, NY 14842 www.heronhill.com

Educating the public

Heron Hill is serious about showcasing its single vineyard series as an educational platform for both experienced tasters and those who want to learn more about wine. A pamphlet with a page dedicated to each Riesling is available at the winery. It notes the location, elevation, age of vines, harvest date, soil type, clone identification, and degrees brix at harvest for each. Consumers who go to any of Heron Hill’s three tasting rooms are presented the flight of single vineyard Rieslings on a special counter mat. Each glass is labeled as to the origin of its contents. “We designed this as an alternative tasting experience,” says Erin Rafalowski, marketing manager at Heron Hill. “It’s interactive, and it encourages people to find out what they like about the wine.”

Wine lovers who go to Heron Hill to taste the single vineyard series will be treated to five very different Rieslings (see tasting notes), but Heron Hill winemaker Mark Patterson stresses that no one should doubt the authenticity of what has been produced. “These wines were made with the same yeast, fermented under identical circumstances, and they were all bottled on the same day,” he attests. Mark believes that the major differences between the wines are due to the terroir variations at each growing location.

As to which one is “the best,” John Ingle sums up the quandary perfectly: “It’s like trying to pick a favorite child.

These are all different wines, and I find something in each that I like. The excitement is in evaluating each one and comparing them in a positive way.”

He hopes that Heron Hill will be able to keep the experiment going each vintage “as long as Mother Nature cooperates.”

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Human Interest

stories about real people

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Excerpt from Bleeding Orange: Fifty Years of Blind Referees, Screaming Fans, Beasts of the East, and Syracuse Basketball by Jim Boeheim and Jack McCallum © 2014 by Jim Boeheim and Jack McCallum. Excerpt courtesy of Harper, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Basketball Here, in an excerpt from his new memoir, the head coach of the Syracuse University men’s basketball team discusses his hometown of Lyons.

by Jim Boeheim, with Jack McCallum Photos courtesy Syracuse University Athletic Communications

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ontrary to popular belief, being the son of a mortician does not make you weird or obsessed with death or anything like that. In my case, all that being the son of a mortician meant was that I didn’t want to be a mortician. Neither did my sister Barbara, seven years my junior.

My great-grandfather started the Boeheim Funeral Home in Lyons, New York, in the mid-1800s, not because he had some perverse death fixation but because he made caskets at his furniture store and figured it was a canny expansion, the business of dying being invulnerable to market forces.

The family sold it, but our name lives on in the Boeheim-Pusateri Funeral Home, which is still there on William Street, almost directly across from the elementary school. I’m not sure why they left “Boeheim” on there. My oldest friend, Tony Santelli, says it’s because Boeheim is still a pretty good name around Lyons. I hope that’s the case. If we have a bunch of losing seasons ... well, I don’t want to think about that.

We thought of ourselves as from “upstate New York.” Our sense of geography was pretty simple: Buffalo constituted western New York, Albany was eastern New York, and we were in the middle. Lyons was a great place to grow up, a kind of Leave It to Beaver town with

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“Here I am in my playing days, taking off just inside the free-throw line.”

“Our two games with Duke and Mike Krzyzewski in 2013-14 set the standard for the first year of the ‘new’ ACC.”

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Conversational and Candid a book review

by Laurel C. Wemett

“Even as a teenager, Carmelo Anthony was a pleasure to coach.”

a little more of an edge. The Boeheims were German in an Italian neighborhood, but honestly, it’s not like my family celebrated their cultural heritage much.

My favorite food ran to spaghetti and meatballs, not sauerbraten.

The Lyons I grew up in had a population of about 5,000, but we didn’t think of it as particularly small. It seemed just right. There were probably 70 of us who went from kindergarten through high school together. Everyone looked out for his neighbor, and nobody locked his door.

I inherited more of my athletic ability from my mother, Janet, who was a good golfer and had played basketball in high school. She was probably responsible for my growing to six foot three, too, since she was five-eight, fairly tall for a woman in those days.

Despite how competitive my father was, and how much he resisted praising me, he and my mother attended every single high school and college game I played. When they couldn’t get there for road games, the radio play-by-play was on in our house. My sister remembers my father, who might’ve been entertaining guests or conducting a business meeting in the living room, saying to her about every two minutes, “Barbara, could you go check the score?”

There was only one person in the world who nailed a basket up in our backyard and added lights so I could shoot at any time: James Boeheim Sr.

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“March Madness” aficionado, budding hoops player, or simply an all-round ‘Cuse fan are all among those who will enjoy this engrossing look inside the life and career of Jim Boeheim. The Syracuse University men’s basketball coach who hails from the Finger Lakes Region chronicles his life with writer Jack McCallum, author of the 2012 New York Times bestseller, Dream Team.

Growing up in Lyons, Boeheim had the unusual distinction of being the son of a mortician. “The Boeheim hearse also pinch-hit as the town ambulance so I occasionally went on runs to the hospital as well,” he writes. “One time, when I was 15 or 16, a woman delivered a baby when I was along for a ride.

But for me, it was never about undertaking or obstetrics. It was always about basketball.”

Boeheim describes Lyons as “the right place to chase my hoop dreams.” His high school basketball coach is credited with helping him develop his skills before he arrived at Syracuse in 1962 as a walk-on without a scholarship. He subsequently earned one and fortuitously roomed and played with Dave Bing, who later became an NBA superstar. Following graduation, Boeheim worked his way up the Syracuse University coaching ladder and by 1976, became the eighth men’s basketball coach there.

The 2014-15 season is his 39th as head coach of the Orangemen.

The veteran coach tells his story in a conversational and candid manner, finding humor in situations, often at his own expense. A small town background may have initially led him to be called “the hick from Lyons,” but his accomplishments from the sidelines belie that moniker.

He steered the Orange to Big East Tournament championships, NCAA Tournament appearances, and the National Championship in 2003. He coached two Olympic Gold Medal teams and won numerous awards, including his election to the coach’s wing of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Boeheim shares his coaching philosophy, recruiting approach, practice and playing strategies, plus important wins and losses, often reflecting on how college basketball has changed over his 50 years of involvement. His anecdotal writing style insightfully brings to life legendary coaches like Big John Thompson of Georgetown or star players such as Derrick Coleman, among others. He details the birth of the Big East Conference of which Syracuse was an inaugural member.

The narrative is separated by sections devoted to recent behind-the-scenes “Coach Notes” taken from the 2013-14 season, Syracuse’s first in the Atlantic Coast Conference. A separate chapter addresses the scandal involving his assistant coach, Bernie Fine, who lost his job during the 2011-12 season.

Boeheim’s memoir gets personal, revealing how marriage and his family impact his career. He describes his own experience with cancer and discusses the death of Big East visionary Dave Gavitt in 2011. While Boeheim admits he thought about “hanging it up” then, today he has no desire to “sit in a TV studio,” and instead relishes the coaching routine and looks ahead to the next season.

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it can take the form of a heavy snowfall. In spite of its finicky disposition, spring eventually takes hold in the Finger Lakes.

Photographer Michael Sargent presents his view of this changing time of year, showing us how spring can take many different forms. The ice and snow recede, only to give way to green leaves and yellow flowers.

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FIRST ANNUAL CPC

CHILDREN’S PHOTO CONTEST

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e’re very excited to present the winners of the first annual Children’s Photo Contest. With scores of entrants and several hundred photographs to judge, the response from our younger readers was overwhelming.

We wish we had the space to show you all of them.

I’m happy to report that no matter what age you are, if you know how to compose a photo, use lighting correctly and have a decent camera, you too can take terrific photographs. But, as we all know, taking a good photo is more than just pointing and shooting. The photographer sees their subject matter a little differently from the average person.

They can pick out appealing points of interest and capture that moment in time.

I congratulate the winners of this first annual contest. I also want to commend each and every person who submitted photos. I want all of you to continue exploring the world through the lens of camera. You never know what you might get.

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“Fall leaves in my courtyard at my home. No filter was needed with the blood red leaves and perfectly green moss.”

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“Twisted.” Taken at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville.

Zachary Baldwin 15, Rome, New York

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“Calm before the storm.”

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JAMboree

Members of the SufferJets battle for position against the Grand Central Terminators of New York City. Photo by Skip Thorne

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he handwritten sign taped to the lamppost announces, “Roller Derby Today 7:00 p.m. Cass Park.” A line of cars turns into the parking lot at 701 Taughannock Boulevard in Ithaca, which is filled to capacity. It’s summer, and cottonwood dander drifts overhead.

Inside, the first whistle blows and skaters jockey for position. Bodies spill onto the floor. A woman, her arms a canvas of tattoos, emerges from the pack. Her helmet is adorned with a star, and as she circles the floor, the crowd erupts in cheers. Tonight’s contest pits the home team’s Blue Stockings against the Battery Brigade of Syracuse.

Although Ithaca is down early, the ladies in blue are in the lead by the half and eventually trounce the visitors by a score of 258 to 98.

“What a fun thing to do on a Saturday night!” says Bud Rosevear, a new spectator to the sport. He applauds as Victoria Gonzalez, known to her teammates as “TacocaT,” is awarded MVP honors for her performance. A graduate of Rutgers University, Gonzalez relocated to Ithaca two years ago.

“When I was looking for a place to live, derby was the first thing on my mind,” she says. “It’s like family.”

Taking flight

Contemporary roller derby has its origins in the banked-track events of the Depression-era Midwest. The growing popularity of roller skating combined with advances in women’s equality yielded a new, compelling form of sports entertainment.

Roller derby experienced a strong resurgence in the early part of the 21st century. Founded in 2004, The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) now governs international play for more than 250 member leagues.

The Ithaca League of Women Rollers was founded in 2007 when interest in the sport blossomed in the Finger Lakes. The SufferJets emerging as the league’s flagship team. A second team, Left: The artwork on the league’s posters is part of its unique aesthetic.

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Above: Victoria “TacocaT” Gonzalez lays a block on an opposing skater during a bout last September.

Left: Master of ceremonies “Pax Seat Driver” entertains the crowd during a break in the action. Photos by Skip Thorne

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Check out these other Finger Lakes Roller Derby teams • Roc City Roller Derby (Rochester) • Assault City Roller Derby (Syracuse) • Finger Lakes Lunachicks (Geneva)

Top: The Blue Stockings huddle together before taking the floor against the Rideau Valley Sirens from Ontario, Canada.

Above: The SufferJets hone their skills before their final bout of the season at their practice space in Lansing.

Photos by Skip Thorne

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The Blue Stockings, followed three years later.

Today, the sport is a worldwide phenomenon. It’s under consideration for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games and even has its own board game. “It’s gone global,” says SufferJets’ team member Sue Dozoretz, who goes by the nickname “Sue Fresh.”

Roller derby is a potent marriage of female empowerment, histrionic bombast and athletic prowess. To the uninitiated, it appears woefully chaotic.

Bouts are comprised of a series of brief matchups called “jams,” as skaters make their way around the track.

Points are earned when a “jammer” laps members of the opposing team.

Derby is the most physically and intellectually demanding sport I’ve ever played.”

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Another hallmark of the sport is the jocular alter egos. Dozoretz admits that roller derby’s theatrical elements sometimes threaten to rob the sport of its legitimacy. “It’s the condiment,” she says with a smile, “but it gets people in the door.”

For every ounce of kitsch there is a pound of sweat. Dozoretz, a finalist for the United States National Team, has been with the league almost since its inception. “Derby is the most physically and intellectually demanding sport I’ve ever played,” she says. It involves a level of commitment unparalleled in amateur athletics.

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Gabrielle “Ha Ha Hatchet” Nickerson suits up before practice. Photos by Skip Thorne

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The evening will include Sibelius Lieder and works by other Finnish composers. A reception will follow.

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 • 7:00 PM FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF ITHACA

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relentlessly in an abandoned grocery store north of the city. Columns left by the original tenants are padded with foam and duct tape to prevent injury.

The two teams unpack their gear in a room furnished with Oriental rugs, folding chairs and a hand-painted mural. They banter back and forth as the topic of conversation turns to childhood pets.

“I had a hamster with three legs whose name was Yardstick,” says an affable SufferJet.

“Yardstick?” asks one of the Blue Stockings.

“Yeah, you know – three feet in a yard.”

On a dilapidated couch sits Anna Hammond, a SufferJet. Known as “Cold War,” she’s a native of the Ukraine who felt displaced from her homeland until she found derby. “It saved my life,” she says. Hammond suffered an ACL tear in the first bout of the year and is sidelined for the remainder of the season.

Injury is something that anyone who steps on the track must come to accept. Gonzalez has sustained two concussions, a separated shoulder, a sprained knee, a sprained ankle and countless abrasions. It’s all part of the game.

There is also a significant monetary investment. Each player invests thousands of dollars a year in the sport. “A good pair of skates can run you $700,” says Gonzalez. That doesn’t include pads, helmets, gas, hotel accommodations and monthly dues. “But the rewards are great,” she adds. Some

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Crista “Killah Watts” Shopis (left, in black) lays a block on a teammate during a practice last fall.

involve giving back to a community that tirelessly supports their efforts. Since 2008 the league has donated more than $10,000 to local agencies including the Women’s Opportunity Center, Family Reading Partnership and Meals on Wheels. The league has also spearheaded a youth recreation program, the Ithaca League of Junior Rollers.

“They bring a gritty energy to the city’s West End and Waterfront districts,” says Erin Marteal, executive director of the Ithaca Children’s Garden. “Their commitment to supporting the larger community is impressive.”

The Children’s Garden is both a place (3 acres on the Cayuga Waterfront trail, minutes from downtown) and a program designed to build stewardship of the natural environment.

It’s time to love your kitchen...

Lace ’em up, girls It’s a balmy summer evening at the Cass Park Rink on the banks of the Cayuga Inlet. Outside, the heat is stifling, but inside, the atmosphere is festive.

The home team methodically skates around the oval-shaped track, sizing up the competition.

Syracuse’s Assault Squad is in town looking to avenge the early season loss to the Battery Brigade, but the night belongs to the SufferJets. They cruise to an overwhelming 239 to 93 victory.

Hammond, who is coaching the team for the first time since her injury, is adapting to life on the sidelines. “It’s a new role for me, but it’s temporary,” she says. “I’m looking forward to getting back on the track.”

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by Marguerite Abbott

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ver 80 years have passed since a team of horses dug the foundation for the Deluxe Restaurant & Grill in the northern part of the small city of Geneva. The area at the corner of north Genesee Street and Gates Avenue was primarily farmland in 1933, when two Italian immigrants, Nicholas Acquilano and his wife Carrie Raphael, planned their new business. Hailing from the Abruzzia and Reggio de Calabria regions of Italy, the two wanted a solid and rooted business, and solid it is, the footers are 2 feet thick poured concerete, with masonry block covered in stucco, sitting on 12-inch beams.

Today, the restaurant remains a favorite among local families who have enjoyed its hospitality and good food for generations. The Deluxe feels as familiar as your mother’s dining table, whether you’re of Italian descent or not.

Torrey Park

When millions of immigrants streamed into the U.S. during the 19th century, Irish, Italian, German and Syrian immigrants found their way to Geneva. They settled there alongside citizens of mainly English descent, in numbers large enough to help shape the city’s future.

The Wright, Rose, Burrall, Sherrill and Torrey families owned large farms on the town’s perimeter.

Samuel H. Torrey, whose family had settled Nicholas Sr. and Carrie Acquilano primarily in New England and New York following the Revolutionary War, owned a 175-acre farm on Geneva’s north side. He fell ill in 1879, and eventually had to relinquish the farm. The Torrey Park Land Company was established in 1891 to allocate some of the original acreage for sale as residential building lots, and some for business and commercial development, railroad land requirements, and continued farming. The Deluxe was built on one of those lots.

Little Italy

Sixty years before that, Raymond Del Papa arrived in Geneva. He became a labor agent who enlisted newly arrived immigrants to construct the canal system, local infrastructure and the railroad. Using the “padrone system,” as it was called, Del Papa arranged housing and passage from Italy for immigrant families looking for work, and

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The Deluxe, circa 1950

the Italian immigrant railroad workers at the end of a long day, then became a popular supper club in the ’40s and ’50s and featured famous bands and singers. Today, Club 86 is a banquet hall and caterer for special events and wedding receptions. The Torrey Park Grill (formerly Pronti’s Restaurant) and Uncle Joe’s Pizzeria complete the much loved and frequented eateries that remain in Geneva’s “Little Italy.”

The family served as workforce boss.

That same year, the Lehigh Valley Railroad line built an extension from Buffalo through the northern part of Geneva. The growing Italian and Irish population supplied the labor. When the Italian workers settled north of the station, the neighborhood became known as Little Italy, and Del Papa “the King of Little Italy.” In 1897, when

Geneva’s mayor suggested naming a street after him, Del Papa refused, and said he’d prefer to name it Umberto Street, after Italy’s king at the time.

Today “Humbert” Street, just around the block from the Deluxe, remains a neighborhood hub. Nearby is Club 86, a restaurant that has been owned by the Legott family for generations. It began as a bar serving

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The Deluxe was built with three apartments above the restaurant for family members. Janet Khoury, granddaughter of its founders, lived there with her parents Angelo Tiballi and Mary Acquilano until she was 13.

Her childhood memories were formed by the sights and sounds of the busy daily routine of the restaurant, and the aromas of classic Italian dishes.

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History

Janet vividly remembers when chickens were delivered from the nearby farm of John and Viola Yates.

Her Uncle Tony would put out the word the day before, and the next day Janet’s Aunt Rosie (Rosalie Acquilano), Michelina Evangilista, Angie DeFazio, Mary Bruno, and Janet’s mother Mary would assemble in the basement by a large wooden table, ready to work. Crates of live chickens would be unloaded from a truck and slid down to them on a wide plank by the basement stairway.

They formed an assembly line.

Snap the neck, hand it to the next person, cut off the feet, then gut the bird, pluck it and finally singe the feathers off by an open flame. Chicken just doesn’t get any fresher than that!

“Many times my mother ended up with this last job in line, whether she wanted it or not,” remembers Janet.

Above the sounds was chatter about who was getting married or having a baby, and other local gossip of the day.

Janet’s grandmother Carrie, the matriarch of the family, was known as “The Boss.” She was in charge of the day-to-day operation of the restaurant and creating the restaurant’s signature sauce. Janet’s aunts Caroline (Sheehy), Kate (Gordon) and Anne (Knuuti) were the bakers. Uncle Joe, who looked like Jackie Gleason, was a great bartender; and Uncle Dominick (Teddy) had the barbershop across the street. Today, there’s no one there to cut your hair, but the building still stands. Janet’s mother Mary, and uncles Nicholas Junior and Tony (“Tut”) rounded out the family.

The closing of the restaurant on Christmas Eve for the large family celebration is a particularly precious memory. Tables covered in white tablecloths would be pushed against

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the north wall, and then filled from end to end with several courses. In addition to pasta, there were seven fish dishes including clams, fried smelt, shrimp, “baccala” (dried cod), haddock, sardines and baked halibut in sauce. The antipastos featured Greek olives, figs, muscatel grapes and oranges. Under the careful eye of Carrie, who had very high standards, the event was carried out with perfection. Afterwards, the family would go across the street to the grandparents’ house to open presents.

The men would move into the kitchen to play cards and smoke cigars.

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In 1988, Nicholas Junior and Tut sold the restaurant to Louise and Paul Whittaker. One of the caveats, at the insistence of the Acquilano family, was that nothing change.

They wanted to preserve the old traditions of hard work, simple good food and dedication to family and friends. The family believed that those values helped to hold up the restaurant’s sturdy walls.

Today, the Deluxe is owned by Louise’s son Charles “Charlie” Lee and his wife Linda. It’s a true family business that includes their sons Daniel, 19, and Patrick, 15.

Charlie’s mentor was Paul Helstrom, who owned and

operated the Franklin Hotel in Waterloo in the 1970s. The two began working together in 1985 at the Crow’s Nest Restaurant on Seneca Lake. Being of Italian descent himself, Paul understood what the Acquilanos wanted to protect, and Charlie quickly understood why.

At the Deluxe, you can still feel the energy, joy and love of the family who built it. It’s in the walls that have absorbed the laughter and conversations of thousands of people who have celebrated special events and shared simple meals together.

Dave and Terry Grifa of Waterloo and Rick and Debbie Wagner of Lyons are among them. Both couples, strangers to each other, went to the Deluxe for dinner 20 or so years ago. It was a busy Friday night, and there were not enough tables to accommodate both parties. “We asked them if they minded sitting together,” Charlie explained. The couples became friends who today share weekly dinners, vacations and milestone family events.

“You come in as a customer but you leave as a friend,” Charlie stated. And no matter how long or short a time you’ve lived in Geneva, and even if you’re just passing through, you will always be welcomed like part of the family.

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Gardening

growing and landscaping

Spring Into

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Five steps for maintenance-free gardening

by K.C. Fahy-Harvick illustrations by Mark Stash

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n our 8-acre property, where we established over 4,000 square feet of gardens and 2 acres of ponds, my late husband, Craig, and I founded Hawk’s Nest Nursery. When we opened the perennial plant nursery for business in 1990, we quickly realized that our customers could benefit from garden tours and classes.

We conducted garden tours every Sunday, from Mother’s Day to Labor Day. The tours added a ton of work to our already crazy schedule – we were busy enough growing and maintaining 30,000 plants in the nursery, two greenhouses and 3 acres of lawn! But the tours were such a valuable educational and marketing tool for our business that we decided to make the gardens a priority – and we developed a system of maintenance that really worked.

While I no longer have the 8-acre property or nursery, I continue to maintain gardens for a living, and teach gardeners the successful system that we developed. I’m happy to share some of my methods with you here.

Step One – Cleaning

Ideally, perennials should be cut down and cleaned out in the fall. But if you didn’t get it done, then spring is your time to get Fertilize squeaky clean. If left to decompose in the garden, spent plant material and tree leaves can create insect and disease problems. Most plant diseases are soil-born, so be sure to gently rake out the garden.

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I use a small, metal expanding rake which can be used between plants, or extended to rake light leaves.

It’s best not to step into your garden in early spring, when the soil is still very wet. You can cause serious damage to the crowns of the plants and compress the garden soil, which restricts root growth. This summer, it’s a good idea to place stepping stones in some of the deeper areas of your garden, so in spring you will know where it’s safe to step.

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Step Two – Weeding

Some of the most destructive weeds are evergreen. By the time you’re out in the garden in spring, they’re in flower and almost ready to go to seed. “Shot weed” (Cardamine oligosperma) is my gardening nemesis. As soon as the snow melts, this weed is bright green and growing right along.

Although it’s important to get out early enough in the season to stay ahead of the weeds, it’s more important not to work in a wet garden. Use a sharp tool, like a diamond or swoe hoe, or a hand tool sharp enough to cut the weeds just below the surface.

Weed seeds can remain dormant in your garden soil for hundreds of years, just waiting for you to come along and pull them up into the sunshine and rain! Have you ever noticed that about two weeks after you weed your garden, there’s a nice fresh crop?

I know some of you are thinking “no way,” because you’ve been

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pulling and shaking weeds all these years. Trust me, cutting off the weeds just below the surface is much more efficient. Let’s say that dandelions do grow back if you don’t get the entire root (the jury is still out on this). Well, then you’ll have one dandelion, not hundreds of weeds that you’ve brought up with that huge root.

Step Three – Fertilize

Liquid fertilizers are perfect for annuals and tropicals, but they are not as well suited to perennials and vegetables. I use only one kind of fertilizer for perennials: Osmocote 1414-14. It’s a slow-release fertilizer that gives perennials the strong roots they need to survive the winter, and lots of flowers or fruit. In spring, sprinkle it on the ground around your plants and flowering shrubs. Don’t scratch it into the soil, so you can see where you’ve fertilized – you can mulch over it later.

The fertilizer releases when soil temperature reaches 70 degrees, and lasts all season. One application and you’re done!

Step Four – Water

Perennial plant foliage should be kept as dry as possible. Most diseases are carried over in soil, and transferred to plants by moisture. Avoid watering perennials with overhead sprinklers, which tend to increase disease and

fungus problems. The best system to use is soaker hoses.

These keep water in the soil and aid in conservation by preventing evaporation.

Every time a plant wilts, it is stressed. Although it may perk up when watered, the weakened plant is more susceptible to disease and may not survive the winter. As a rule of thumb, gardens need 1 inch of water (rain) per week and shade gardens need twice as much. So, if you get less than an inch of rain in a week, you need to water to make up the difference. Measure and time your soaker to see how long it takes. Are you questioning the rule of thumb for shade gardens? It may seem like a lot of water, but it’s necessary – the trees that create the shade take all the water and nutrients first.

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egendary jazz drummer George Reed adopted Elmira as his hometown, after nearly 30 years touring the United States and Europe and playing clubs in New York City, Toronto and across Central New York. Forming a partnership with the late Howard Coleman, he led the band at Elmira’s former Green Pastures jazz club as house drummer and entertainment manager, until his death in 2011 at age 89.

The music continues with the George Reed Jazz Heritage Concert, the fifth annual event to celebrate the significance of jazz to the local community.

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This is not the first time that The Park Church has celebrated the legacy of George Reed. The 140 yearold historic sanctuary welcomed friends, fans and fellow musicians for George’s memorial service in 2011. Howard Coleman (who himself would pass a year later) asked those gathered to raise their hands if they were musicians. More than half the crowd extended their arms (Continued on page 59)

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History and Howard said, “You are George’s family.” Then he added, “We all are.”

George used to say, “It doesn’t matter if you’re playing to an audience of one thousand or just one.

Anyone who listens deserves to hear your best.”

While jazz is not typically everyone’s cup of tea, George was able to add enough spice to satisfy almost anyone’s taste. He used music as a metaphor for life. According to George, on the jazz stage nobody wins if anybody loses – each player must help the other to sound their finest.

Of course, that demands that everyone bring their best to the stage – and at the George Reed Heritage Concert, everyone does. Past concerts have featured George’s friends, bandmates and students; including saxophonist Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, pianist Christian Li, bassist Walter Stinson and Syracuse’s 17-piece big band, the Salt City Jazz Collective.

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George Reed lived the history of jazz. He often recalled attending early-morning jam sessions after the clubs closed, where Duke Ellington would hold court in his robe and slippers on the stoop of his Harlem home. George played with many of the greatest jazz musicians, and toured with legendary pianist Marian McPartland, a close friend and collaborator.

George often told jokes using only his drums, sometimes in the middle of a tune, to tickle his audience and amplify their delight. More than simply a musician, George was a drummer whose roots stretched back to the very beginnings of jazz. He was a catalyst in helping his bandmates to realize their best performances. He treasured the tradition of jazz and was a mentor and inspiration to young musicians.

After his death, fans and friends came together to form the George Reed Jazz Scholarship Organization

(GRJSO). The purpose of GRJSO is to honor the legacy of George Reed through live performances and by encouraging young jazz musicians to pursue their passion. Concerts raise funds designated for programs that encourage kids to learn, appreciate and play jazz – a uniquely American form of music – and are managed by the Community Foundation of Elmira, Corning and the Finger Lakes.

GRJSO is committed to help bring jazz to more kids and more kids to jazz, so new generations may continue to experience its delight and learn the art of cooperative improvisation. Students can attend GRJSO-sponsored concerts for free and the organization has honored student musicians with over $3,000 in scholarships.

Jazz brings people together, and this year’s George Reed Heritage Concert will continue that tradition.

The legendary musician knew how to make any gathering sparkle, and gracefully pulled a room full of people into one collective smile and synchronous bounce. Jazz band Djug Django, heir to George’s magic, will swing their way into your heart as they pay tribute to tradition and this treasured legacy.

The George Reed Jazz Heritage Concert will take place at The Park Church in Elmira, 208 West Gray Street, on Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 p.m. Admission is $20 for adults, students and children are free. For more information visit grjso.blogspot.com, follow George Reed Jazz on Facebook or contact GeorgeReedJazz@gmail.com.

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Tudor Hall Bed & Breakfast on Keuka Lake

Bed • Breakfast • Events Apple Country Retreat

2215 Lord’s Hill Rd • Tully, NY 13159 315-748-3977 • www.applecountryretreat.com

Experience romantic elegance and personal pampering; panoramic lake views, swimming, boating and hot tubbing; and then fall asleep to the soothing sounds of the lake lapping just outside your window.

315-536-9962 tudorhall@hotmail.com • www.tudorhallbb.com

Showcases over 50 B & B’s, each dedicated to exceeding expectations of the discriminating traveler.

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Hilton Garden Inn - Ithaca

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A quaint and quiet escape in the heart of the Finger Lakes

130 E. Seneca St, Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: 607-277-8900 Fax: 607-277-8910 ©2005 Hilton Hospitality , Inc.

2081 Route 230, Dundee, NY • 607-243-8844 www.1819inn.com • stay@1819inn.com

Maxwell Creek Inn

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7563 Lake Road, Sodus, NY maxwellcreekinn-bnb.com

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Finger Lakes Mill Creek Cabins 2382 Parmenter Road Lodi, NY 14860

607-582-7673 Two, fully furnished, pet friendly cabins nestled on 42 secluded acres near the national forest and wine trails. Available year round.

www.fingerlakescabins.com

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Naples – Wineries, Artists and more

BREW & BRATS Features Locally Made BREW - Crafted Beers, Wine and Root Beer BRATS- Specialty Sausages Fri., Sat., & Sun. Noon-9 May- October May Free Live Music on Friday & Saturday 6-9

Wine, Cheese & Gourmet Food Tastings Daily

Winter Hours: Sat. 12-9 & Sun. 12-7

Open Mon. - Sat. 10-5, Sun. 11-5

Go online for a list of local musicians playing

www.BREWAndBRATS.com

MONICA’S PIES Famous for our Grape Pies Available Year Round

Local fruits to luscious creams we have your favorite!

Call to order yours!

A variety of pies available daily also chicken pot pies, quiche, jams, jellies & gifts.

Open 7 days a week, 9AM-5PM 7599 Rte, 21, Naples

585-374-2139

www.monicaspies.com

Bristol Views Bed & Breakfast 6

6932 County Rd. 12 Naples, NY 14512

585-374-8875

www.bristolviews.com Henry and Barb Owens

Your home away from home, located high above Canandaigua Lake with awesome views. Hiking, biking, wineries & more await you. We also offer a beautiful wedding site that will fulfill your dreams.

Let us help you discover the Finger Lakes!

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Shopping & Services Bowes Roof & Exterior Cleaning Get rid of those black stains and moss!

Simple and guaranteed 607-873-4911• bowesroofcleaning.com

Buying Coins Old Time Collections & Estates Safe Deposit Box Visits Made References at: www.coinsbought.com E-mail at: gene@coinsbought.com

Gene Lane PO Box 221 Burdett, NY 14818 607-342-3606 I have collected coins for 57 years.

The Hall Diner Hours

Monday-Closed Tues-Sat 6am-2pm Sun 7am-noon (serving breakfast only) Serving dinner Wed & Fri 4:30-7:30pm Back to Basics... featuring meals prepared from farm to table Offering baked goods prepared fresh and in-house.

4856 NY Rte 14A Hall, NY 14463 (585) 526-7118

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WHISTLE STOP ANTIQUE CENTER THE FEATHERED NEST 10am-5pm Tues thru Sun • Closed Mon 6355 Knickerbocker Road • off 104 in Ontario

Over 700 REAL LOG HOMES Built in the Finger Lakes Area Since 1971.

315-524-8841 • www.lwemporium.com

Call for Monthly OPEN HOUSES www.loghomeguy.com www.realloghomes.com

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Recollections

Antiques

Canandaigua • 585-394-7493

Victorian Jewelry Bought & Sold

Chair Caning • All types of chair re-weaving • 30 years experience

MAKE YOUR OWN WINE www.101winemaking.com

www.fallbright.com Secure online shopping Winemaking Information Fall Bright, The Winemakers Shoppe Keuka Lake 10110 Hyatt Hill, Dundee, NY 607-292-3995

www.fingerlakescoffee.com 800-420-6154

Visit our locations.

Farmington Corner of Routes 96 & 332 (CVS Plaza) 585-742-6218

Pittsford Plaza Monroe Ave. (Next to Shear Ego) 585-385-0750

Strong Memorial Hospital Thompson Hospital

Heron’s Roost Gift Shop Unique gift items including candles, bath soaps, walking sticks, bird baths and feeders, wind chimes, lavender scented items, tee shirts, wine accessories, books, cards, teas and tea pots, CD’s, custom gift baskets

Hand-made alpaca items from the fiber of our own resident alpacas “Eli, Eugene, Bo and Nyaki”

7661 Tuttle Road • Prattsburgh, NY 14873

(607) 522-4113

Step Five – Mulch

Mulch helps keep moisture in the soil, and prevents weed seeds from germinating. Using a composted material to mulch your garden helps to enrich the soil, and it improves the texture as it works in each year. Preferably, use your own composted leaves to mulch, but if that’s not an option, use cocoa shell (unless you have pets) or triple-ground hardwood. Do not use dyed mulch, this is inferior wood and does not decompose as readily. Only use 2 to 3 inches of mulch, and never let it touch the plants. Around trees, mulch should never touch the trunks, and you should always be able to see the root curve. Mulch right over those soaker hoses, and you’re set to go!

Here in the Finger Lakes Region, one of our biggest gardening challenges is to make the most of our relatively short season. Rather than spend half your summer weeding and watering, why not spend your free time sitting and enjoying your garden?

If you follow these steps, I guarantee your garden will become (almost) maintenance-free!

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Index of Advertisers March/April 2015

COMPANY....................... PAGE.... PHONE..............WEBSITE / E-MAIL

COMPANY.......................... PAGE.... PHONE..............WEBSITE / E-MAIL

94 West Antiques................................ 26.....607-936-2468........thomasdimitroff.com

I-Wood-Care......................................... 24.....800-721-7715.........iwoodc.com

Antique Revival.....................................19.....800-780-7330........antiquerevival.com

The Inn on the Lake............................17.....800-228-2801........theinnonthelake.com

Arnot Health.........................................C2.....607-737-4499........arnothealth.org

The Jewelbox........................................ 47.....800-711-7279.........ithacajewelbox.com

Belhurst .................................................21.....315-781-0201..........belhurst.com

Jim’s Equipment Repair..................... 48.....607-527-8872........jimsequipment.com

Bristol Harbour.................................... 25.....800-288-8248........bristolharbour.com

Kendal at Ithaca...................................C3.....877-915-7633.........kai.kendal.org/FL

Caves Kitchens..................................... 49.....585-478-4636........cavesmillwork.com

Keuka Arts Festival..............................54.......................................keukaartsfestival.com

Cayuga Lake Wine Trail.......................14.....800-684-5217.........cayugawinetrail.com

Kitchen Theatre Company................ 23.....607-272-0570.........kitchentheatre.org

Chemung Canal Trust.........................56.....800-836-3711.........chemungcanal.com

Larry’s Latrines......................................13.....607-324-5015.........larryslatrines.com

Clifton Springs Chamber of Commerce......................51.....315-462-8200.........cliftonspringschamber.com

Marine Blue Inc....................................13.....585-394-2628........marineblueusa.com

Cobtree Vacation Rentals.................. 29.....315-789-1144..........cobtree.com

New Energy Works.............................C4.....585-924-3860........newenergyworks.com

Coltivare Center................................... 28.....607-844-8222........coltivareithaca.com

Rogue’s Harbor Inn..............................13.....607-533-3535........roguesharbor.com

Corning Museum of Glass.................17.....800-732-6845........cmog.org

Seager Marine...................................... 49.....585-394-1372.........seagermarine.com

DockCraft Industries........................... 25.....585-734-7374.........dockcraft.com

Seneca County Chamber.................. 20.....800-732-1848.........fingerlakescentral.com

Downtown Ithaca Alliance.................15.....607-277-8679.........downtownithaca.com

SignLanguage Inc................................ 48.....585-237-2620........signlanguageinc.com

Eastview Mall.........................................11.....585-223-4420........eastviewmall.com

Six Mile Creek Vineyard..................... 47.....607-272-9463........sixmilecreek.com

Ferris Hills.............................................. 27.....585-393-0410.........ferrishills.com

Smith Boys Marina.................................4.......................................smithboys.com

Finger Lakes Community College....15.....585-394-3522........flcc.edu

St. Ann’s Community.............................7.....585-697-6000........stannscommunity.com

Finger Lakes Finns............................... 48.....607-687-1586........fingerlakesfinns.org

Timber Frames..................................... 23.....585-374-6405........timberframesinc.com

Finger Lakes from Space Poster....... 47.....800-331-7323.........atwatervineyards.com

Trident Shore Environmental Services.........................2.....315-730-4828.........tridentshorelineenv.com

Finger Lakes Museum.........................10.....315-595-2200.........fingerlakesmuseum.org

Naples Valley Visitors Assn................ 24.......................................naplesvalleyny.com

Finger Lakes Tram............................... 29.....315-986-8090........fingerlakestram.com

Wagner Vineyards............................... 47.....866-924-6378........wagnervineyards.com

Genesee Valley Timber & Stone...... 53.....585-889-7950........geneseevalleytimberandstone.com

Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel..................8.....607-535-6116..........watkinsglenharborhotel.com

German Brothers Marina Inc...............9.....585-394-4000........germanbrothers.com

Wild Birds Unlimited..........................54.....877-266-4928........sapsuckerwoods.com

Granger Homestead........................... 28.....585-394-1472.........grangerhomestead.org Greater Rochester International Airport..............................5.....585-753-7020........monroecounty.gov Halco.........................................................3.....315-946-6200.........halcoheating.com Halsey’s Restaurant............................. 26.....315-789-4070.........halseysgeneva.com Harbor View Town Homes................ 52.....315-521-2845.........fingerlakestownhomes.com Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards.........................51.....888-750-0494........hazlitt1852.com Hilton Garden Inn Ithaca................... 57.....877-STAY-HGI.........ithaca.hgi.com

MARKETPLACE ADVERTISING Accommodations.......................Pg. 66-67

Real Estate for Sale............Pgs. 60-61, 63

Camping.............................................Pg. 65

Seneca Lake Wine Trail.............Pgs. 62-63

Canandaigua...............................Pg. 64-65

Shopping & Services................Pgs. 68-69

Culture & Attractions....................Pg. 58, 59

Wine, Spirits & Brews.................... Pgs. 70

Naples.................................................Pg. 67

Hotel Ithaca...........................................19.....607-272-1000.........thehotelithaca.com Humane Society of Schuyler County...................................14.....607-210-4263.........schuylerhumane.org

SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES! Let them know you saw their advertisement in Life in the Finger Lakes magazine.

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creating art

AT SIXES AND SEVENS

by Tina Manzer

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’m very busy right now planning my art-purchasing strategy for 6x6x2015. This unique fundraising art exhibit, a benefit for the Rochester Contemporary Art Center, doesn’t open until June 6 (6/6, get it?), but I want to be ready. On opening night there’s a race to the walls by collectors who’ve already chosen their favorites, and I’m afraid someone will get to my first choice before I do. If that happens, I’ll have to pick another, and there will only be about 7,500 artworks left to choose from.

I have another concern: since each piece is small – only 6 by 6 inches – I may need more than one. Maybe I’ll choose three. Or six or seven. At only $20 apiece, a cluster of art is a bargain. The money goes to a good cause: RoCo has • More than 2,000 artists been presenting the work of are expected to exhibit renowned and emerging artists from New York State and • Each artist may donate around the world for nearly 40 up to four works of art years. It’s become a neighborhood anchor for artistic activity • 6,000 people attended in downtown Rochester.

6x6x2014 While I devise my master plan, Bleu Cease, the center’s executive director, is happily opening packages of donated art coming in from all 50 United States and more than 50 foreign countries.“It’s my favorite part,” he says. “It’s fun and interesting, and demonstrates the range of participants and their incredible generosity.

“We are looking to increase the international participation

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April 19........ Deadline for art submissions May 22......... Global Online Preview begins at 10 a.m. EST June 1-5....... In-gallery preview, 1 to 9 p.m.

June 6............ Opening Party and Artwork Sale, 4 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $10.

7:30 – Raffle for buyers’ positions 1 through 20

8:00 – Purchasing opens for other buyers

June 9............ Global Online Purchasing begins at 10 a.m. EST July 3............. Sold work displayed online, with artists’ names July 12........... Exhibit closes July 12-15.... Purchased artwork pickup, 12 to 8 p.m.

this year,” Cease adds. “We’ve already received artwork from Iceland and South Africa, two new participating countries.”

Any and all artists can submit their work for free – there’s no jury. Age and artistic ability don’t matter.

A particularly tantalizing aspect of the exhibit is that artists’ names remain a secret, only revealed to the buyer upon purchase. With submissions from noted artists that include Wendell Castle and Albert Paley, 6x6x2015 provides some provocative prospects at only $20 a pop.

Rochester Contemporary Art Center is located at 137 East Avenue. For more information, visit roco6x6.org.

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Living on the 105-acre campus at Kendal not only keeps them involved in the lifestyle they love, but connected to any future care they may need. And, from here, the story just keeps getting better.

Come for a visit and tell us your story. Call 877-915-7633 or go to kai.kendal.org/FL to learn more.

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–Jonathan Orpin, Founder/Owner

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