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Cover: Spring migration of snow geese in Southern Cayuga County. Photo by Linda Dugan This page: The “klippity klop” of horse’s hoofs on the rural roads of the Finger Lakes are becoming commonplace. Photo by Derek Doeffinger

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A restoration of love in Owego

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Lake Ontario has become a worldclass sport fishery for saltwater salmon.

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Is the Seneca Serengeti Headed Our Way This Month?

Snow geese congregate in great numbers in the Finger Lakes Region.

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In Penn Yan “Klippity Klop” overtakes “Slurp, Gurgle, and Vroom” The iconic horse and buggy is making its presence known, and is quickly becoming a common sight.

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he Finger Lakes Trail Conference and the Finger Lakes Land Trust have teamed up over the years to preserve and enhance the sections of the trail that pass through the Finger Lakes Region. The entire trail system stretches from the Catskills in the east to Western New York, with a branch that also meanders to Niagara Falls.

Many people take advantage of the trail throughout the year, and the most foot traffic occurs during the warmer months of the year, from April to October. With the warm months not too far away, there are many outdoor activities that are fun and fulfilling. Swimming, bicycling, hiking, picnicking – the list is endless. And, when spending time in the outdoors among the fields and woods on the trail, being diligent about deer ticks and the Lyme disease that they carry is also becoming very important.

Growing up in Pennsylvania in the country, I spent a lot of time outdoors, running through fields and woodlands. The only inconvenience that I can remember was getting a cobweb across the face once in awhile.

I never thought about wearing long pants and long sleeves. Now, that has all changed. Deer ticks have changed the way people interact with nature in Pennsylvania and other eastern states. In fact, deer ticks have an affect throughout the entire country. New York State is not immune to the deer tick explosion. I don’t believe it’s as prevalent as Pennsylvania, yet. But numbers indicate that tick populations are increasing.

So, what do we do? Stay indoors in fear, not go outside to enjoy the beautiful weather?

There are in fact many proactive things we can do to prevent ticks from ever biting us and possibly passing along Lyme disease.

According to americanhiking.org, there are steps we can take to prevent medical problems that can occur from a tick bite.

• Determine risk. Spring and early summer are high-risk for ticks because ticks are in an earlier stage of their development, called “nymphs.” Nymphs often carry heavier loads of diseasecausing pathogens, and are smaller and harder to spot. Tall grass and brush are higher-risk, too, because ticks can easily climb on to hikers.

• Wear long and wear light. Wear long-sleeve shirts and long pants of a light color. Lighter colors seem to attract fewer ticks and make the ones that do end up on you easier to spot.

• Seal the cracks. Tuck your shirt into your pants and tuck your pants into your socks.

• Repel invaders. Consider treating your clothing with a persistent repellent chemical call pyrethrum. This substance, applied to clothing, repels ticks and biting insects for up to 2 weeks. Apply a repellent containing at least 30 percent DEET to all exposed skin.

• Wash your hiking clothes as soon as you get off the trail. Dry them in a hot dryer for an hour. The heat will kill any ticks.

• Tick check. Showering within two hours of leaving the trail will help wash off any ticks which haven’t latched on.

Using a hand-held or full length mirror, take this time to check yourself for ticks, especially checking armpits, hair, ears and behind the ears, belly button, behind the knees, and groin. Be sure to also thoroughly check your children and pets.

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Finger Lakes Regional Map

areas of interest in this issue

1 Corning (p.8, 46) 2 Farmington (p.54) 3 Geneva (p.8)

4 Hammondsport (p.8) 5 Henrietta (p.50) 6 Ithaca (p.8, 42)

7 Owego (p.16) 8 Penn Yan (p.36) 9 Savannah (p.32)

10 Seabreeze (p.22) 11 Wolcott (p.10)

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March March 1-31... Atlantic Arias: Coastal Ireland and Maine Fridays through Sundays, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Solo show of Brian Keeler. Keeler brings his rich textured treatment of light, sky, and water to the beauty of these two coastal regions. Opening reception is March 2 noon to 5 p.m. North Star Art Gallery 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 607-323-7684 info@NorthStarArtGallery.com March 1-31... Don’t miss our month-long Artisan Sale Open daily Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Artizanns is the largest gallery in the Finger Lakes representing over 200 of the most creative, exciting and diverse

artists of our region. 20-50 percent off the work of numerous artists. Mention the ad in this magazine for free gift during sale.

118 N. Main St., Naples, NY 14512.

585-374-6740 artizanns.com March 23-24 & 30-31... Maple Weekend Open House Celebration 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wohlschlegel’s Naples Maple Farm. Join us at the Sugarhouse. Enjoy our scenery, eateries, shops, wineries, B&Bs + much more.

Pancake breakfast 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

8064 Coates Road, Naples, NY 14512 585-775-7770 naplesmaple.com March 10... March Winter Wine and Paint Workshop 1 p.m. Bring your friends and let the artist in you uncork while you follow along with instructor Michelle Lynn and paint a pair of wine glasses. The ticket includes paint instruction, 2 finished painted wine glasses, 1 glass of Heron Hill wine and NYS Cheese. Ticket price: $35/pp are available online or at Heron Hill Winery.

9301 County Route 76, Hammondsport NY 14840 607-868-4241 • heronhill.com

March 14... St. Patrick’s Day Discovery Luncheon 12 to 2 p.m. Join us for a delicious Celtic-style celebration complete with a traditional lunch and live music by Tullamore Celtic Band. Wear a wee bit of green and explore your retirement living options.

Please RSVP by March 10.

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681 High Street Victor, NY 14564 585-398-6291 watermarkcommunities.com March 23-24... 5th Annual Bacon on the Lakein 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You read it right; we said BACON! The wineries have paired tantalizing bacon dishes with CLWT wines for your pleasure. Your taste buds will thank us later. In addition, make sure to visit each of the 14 wineries to be eligible to win a BBQ themed gift basket containing BBQ sauces, utensils, and so much more! Price: $35 single, $17.50 DD. Cayuga Lake Wine Trail 607-869-4281 cayugawinetrail.com March 29... Maple Sugar Soiree 6 p.m. It’s a grand party celebrating the maple sugar harvest, and you’re invited. Toast a successful maple sugaring season with music, food and drinks, games and more. Break the winter doldrums with this sweet night out, plus receive a complimentary ticket to the Maple Sugar Festival! This event is for adults ages 21+ only. Reservations are encouraged. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Price: $50 General Admission/$45 GCV&M Members.

Genesee Country Village & Museum 1410 Flint Hill Rd , Mumford NY 14511 585-294-8218 gcv.org March 31... Inn at Taughannock’s 2nd Annual Bridal Showcase 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. We’re delighted to invite you to attend our second Bridal Showcase at the Inn at Taughannock! Festivities will take place inside our iconic Victorian hotel built in 1873. The Inn provides a beautiful presentation of food, hors d’ oeuvres, complimentary champagne and investing in marketing the event. Brides/grooms and their guests will be charged $5.00 at the door.

Inn at Taughannock 2030 Gorge Road, Trumansburg NY 14886 607-387-7711 t-farms.com

April April 1... 58th Annual Naples Creek Rainbow Trout Derby No cash prizes – trophies and merchandise only.

Must be registered to win. Entry by pre-registration only. Registration Sites: Sutton Company, 120 South Main St., Naples; Derby Headquarters, Naples Fire Hall, Vine St. Naples, NY 14512 Entry Fees: $8 Ages 16-64; $5 Under 16; $5 65 and over. naplesvalleynycom April 12-14... Spring Wine & Cheese Weekend Combines the classic tastes of wine and cheese into one delectable weekend. This event is co-sponsored by our friends at Cabot Creamery Cooperative, makers of the World’s Best Cheddar, and the 600 NY Farm families that own Cabot. It is a self-guided tour around beautiful Seneca Lake visiting 29 unique, participating wineries. Regular tickets purchased in advance are $40 per person.

877-536-2717 senecalakewine.com April 19-21... Spring Wildflower & Orchid Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the arrival of spring with Sonnenberg. Stroll through gardens ladened with

early spring flowers as well as the orchid displays in the greenhouses. Guided tours, family activities, educational talks, and more. Price: $10/person, $5/ Ages 4-16, Free for ages 3 and under.

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park 151 Charlotte St. Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-4922 sonnenberg.org April 26-28... 27th Annual Wine & Herb Festival on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Friday 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. As you savor herb-prepared cuisine, you’ll be offered a wine that compliments that dish and be able to take home the recipes, so that you can be the highlight at your next get together. You’ll also be offered up to 3 additional wine tastings. Admission is $45 single, $65 couple, $22.50 designated driver.

Be sure to buy your tickets early, we have a limited amount available per weekend. 21 and over.

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March 2…Live Music from Qwister at Maloney’s Pub 9 p.m. to midnight. Come out for a fun night of upbeat reggae rock. Based out of Jamestown, members of this jam band have been playing music for over 20 years and use their platform to spread positivity and social consciousness. They blend improvisational jams with vocal melodies, synthesizing elements of rock, pop, and roots music to produce a high-energy party experience.

Maloney’s Pub amplifies these good vibes with its cozy, inviting Irish atmosphere. It has welcomed travelers and friends for nearly two decades from its prime position by beautiful Keuka Lake, remaining committed to showcasing some of the best live music in the Finger Lakes.

57 Pulteney St., Hammondsport facebook.com/qwister/events Every Wednesday...Salsa Dance Lessons and Fiesta at Agava 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. For an exciting night out, venture to Agava on any Wednesday to learn and practice some new dance moves! Don’t worry if you’re new to Latin dance — the first half hour always features a beginner lesson in dances like salsa, bachata, or merengue. DJs Michael Luis and Luis Vivanco spin the hottest Latin dance hits all through the night inside and outdoors on Agava’s charming patio, and the bar serves drink specials like $6 margaritas and $4 top-shelf tequila shots.

Come early to enjoy a delicious farm-to-table southwestern meal in a fun rustic environment transformed from an old train depot. Cover charge for the dance party is only $5 and includes lessons. Event is 18+ and 21+ to drink.

381 Pine Tree Road, Ithaca events.visitithaca.com/event/salsa_night_at_agava March 8...Mardi Gras Gala 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Corning Museum of Glass. Experience the thrill of Mardi Gras from right here in the Finger Lakes! No need to hop on a plane — dress up in your wildest party attire and come out to sample New Orleans cuisine and desserts and grab a slice of King Cake. Dance to the funky rock Zydeco beat of Li’l Anne & Hot Cayenne.

Taste local bourbons, try on festive costume props in a photo booth, enter a silent auction, and test your luck in a gift basket raffle — all for the benefit of the Erwin Child & Family Center’s efforts to support new classroom programs and technology.

Admission is $40 online until March 7 or $45 at the door. Adults 21+ only.

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March 9...Grateful Dead Tribute Band Dark Hollow at The Haunt Doors open at 8 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m. Relive the live concert magic of the Grateful Dead with Dark Hollow.

Based out of Syracuse since 1996, Dark Hollow seeks to embody the jam band experience that the Dead radiated, honoring their songs and building off them to create a new, fluid style.

Like the Dead, they aim to create an intimate bond with the audience and connect through music to transport them into a higher state. And there’s no better venue to experience such intimacy at than The Haunt, Ithaca’s largest nightclub featuring live music, where there are no barriers separating the stage from the dance floor.

Tickets are $10-$15. Minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

702 Willow Ave., Ithaca facebook.com//thehauntithaca/events

March 29 and April 26...Free Urban Arts Crawl 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. If you’re looking for an alternative evening entertainment experience away from the loud clubs, head to Corning’s historic downtown district on the last Friday of any month up until May for a creative exploration into the art scene. Follow the orange balloons on this selfguided trail that will take you through noted exhibits at various galleries and museums like the Rockwell, public art projects, artist talks, demonstrations and performances, live music, and beverage tastings. Whether you know everything about art or nothing at all, the Urban Arts Crawl is a wonderful opportunity to get to know the creative side of Corning. After the crawl, meet up with other art enthusiasts at the Radisson Hotel for mingling and refreshments until 10 p.m. Participation, including admission to the highlighted venues, is free!

Downtown Corning urbancorning.com/urban-arts-crawl April 24...Free Live Music from the John Bolger Band at Ventosa Vineyards 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Head to Ventosa Vineyards for a relaxing evening of live music from solo acoustic musician John Bolger. Bolger has been playing guitar and singing for 25 years out of Rochester with a special interest in 60s and 70s folk, rhythm and blues, rock, and swing. Enjoy a mediterranean dinner from the Café Toscana or a glass of wine as you take in the beautiful landscape and views of Seneca Lake to soothing covers of tunes from bands like the Eagles, James Taylor, and Neil Young. Ventosa Vineyards was voted as a top destination winery in the Finger Lakes, specializing in older vintage dry reds.

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Fruit of the Vine

wine, spirits and brews

You Asked, Wine We Listened Q A &

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appreciate the interesting questions submitted by readers thus far and encourage you to keep them coming. Please send all queries to jason@ lifeinthefingerlakes.com. Your curiosity about Finger Lakes wine – and wine in general – can help spur this column to explore areas with a fun and informative approach.

And, as the cliché goes, please remember that there is no such thing as a “stupid” question. If you’re wondering about something related to wine and the wine industry, undoubtedly someone else is as well.

Don’t hesitate and email a question in today!

Q:

How does one get started in the wine industry?

Kevin O’Neil Lowell, Massachusetts

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Only a few years ago, the answer to this question was far simpler than it is today. If you wanted to get started in the wine industry, you just sort of got started. As time has gone on, however, there has been greater formalization in all areas of the industry, whether you’re talking viticulture, winemaking, cellar management, or tasting room management. It’s no longer about getting an entry-level position and seeing where it takes you. More and more, wineries are becoming serious businesses that hire people with both experience and education.

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With that in mind, I consulted Paul Brock who serves as Assistant Professor of Viticulture and Wine Technology at Finger Lakes Community College. Paul is also the owner/winemaker at Silver Thread Vineyard on Seneca Lake along with his wife, Shannon.

“You should start by learning as much as you can about the wine industry,” Paul writes. “Early education could be reading books, going to short classes like those taught at the New York Kitchen, and maybe joining a tasting club like American Wine Society or Women for Wine Sense.

You may also want to take a course like Introduction to Wines and Vines at FLCC, or get a certification like Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) or Certified Sommelier. You should also try to meet people in the industry to hear their stories and network.’

“There are many pathways into the industry, but formal education is becoming more and more important.

The Viticulture and Wine Technology associates in applied science degree offered at Finger Lakes Community College offers hands-on experience and will prepare you for a career in either winemaking or grape growing.”

Q: Does anyone publish a vintage chart for the Finger Lakes?

Ken Battle Romulus, New York

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This is a bit of a stumper. Of course, I thought to myself, there has

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to be a vintage chart somewhere, but no matter how I’ve racked my brain I can’t come up with a single example or source. It might exist, but I have to admit I’ve never seen one despite vintages being a common topic amongst Finger Lakes wine enthusiasts.

I think this question gets to the heart of what the Finger Lakes is and isn’t at this stage of its development as a wine region. Well-established regions, like Bordeaux or Napa Valley, are closely analyzed by critics/writers and, over time, consensus develops on vintages. The corresponding charts in various magazines and books provide a guide to curious readers and buyers about which vintages are considered the very best.

And while I do believe there is a great deal of consensus among regional observers about the standout vintages vs. the disappointing vintages within the Finger Lakes (say the glorious 2005 with the far more difficult 2006), as a whole the region has only recently begun to attract external critical attention. Furthermore, many of the highest quality wineries in the Finger Lakes are still within their first decade of prominence and therefore it’s hard to rely on charts when even recent history doesn’t reflect the full body of the region.

Vintage charts are a hallmark of a mature wine region, and the Finger Lakes is certainly getting there year by year. Perhaps we’ll see more attempts to assemble Finger Lakes vintage charts in the very near future.

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any a Finger Lakes village is noted for a unique feature, often one that leaves firsttime visitors scratching their heads. “What is this? Why is it here? Is there a story behind it?”

Such an oddity stands firmly at the center of Wolcott amid a cluster of classic brick buildings, churches, and businesses. Just across the way is Northup Park, the focus of lively community events and celebrations.

Venus, “The First Lady of Wolcott,” has proudly occupied that busy corner for more than a century.

Following a European trip, the influential Northup family encouraged and supported the addition of something a bit exotic to the center of their hometown. A public drinking fountain was chosen, but not just any

fountain. In a year’s time a community campaign raised the necessary funds and in 1913 the “Venus Rising from the Sea” fountain made its debut – stately, ornate, and with a globe lamp curiously perched above her head.

Often photographed, scantily clad Venus remains today. She’s periodically refurbished, brightly repainted from time to time, and a resolute symbol of the community.

Wolcott was settled by westmoving New Englanders taking advantage of land grants and eager to farm the fertile territory; acres far superior to the rocky soil they left behind. About 1805, early arrival Jonathan Melvin erected several mills along Wolcott Creek near its waterfall and built a

Above: Apple blossoms abound between Wolcott and the shoreline of Lake Ontario.

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frame house for his family. Local lore claims the home was painted black, said by Mr. Melvin himself to reflect his personality. Facts proved otherwise; he was known to be neighborly and generous, donating land for an early church and school.

Around its busy mills, Wolcott grew swiftly, first incorporating as a village in 1852. Commerce expanded and thrived along Main Street. Despite devastation wrought by four fires in the late 1800s, a number of period buildings survived and continue to house village businesses and offices.

Once a staple, a local theater lingers only as a pleasant memory in most villages. Yet in Wolcott the Palace Theatre has persevered, providing entertainment for generations at the corner of Main and Mill streets since the early 1930s. Locally owned, it remains a community asset, screening recent films each weekend evening as well as Sunday matinees. “Comfy seats and a great price” satisfy its loyal patrons. The Palace hosts special events as well. Among them, a Christmastime movie is shown each year for local kids and their parents sponsored by the Wolcott Lions Club – refreshments included!

Northup Park may be the “heart and soul” of Wolcott. Businesses, churches, and the village hall surround the island of green with its bandstand gazebo. The park and surrounding area are lively places – Wolcott Farmers’ Market every Thursday (June – October), the first two August Saturdays busy with a Wine & Jazz Festival, a Main Street car show, and more throughout the year.

When the local strawberry crop peaks in June, the annual Wolcott Strawberry Festival fills the park with food and entertainment throughout the day. Music drifts from the bandstand, choral to bluegrass. Crafters peddle their wares and a Main Street parade provides afternoon excitement.

Strawberries, fresh and abundant, are the stars of the day. Take some home or enjoy them at the festival, poured over shortcake or a tasty sundae.

Decorated trees – many trees – sparkle in Northup Park at Christmastime.

The Festival of Trees sponsored by the Wolcott Historical Society is an event that encourages (and receives) great community participation. The concept is simple but unique. In early December, local organizations and groups of every stripe deliver a tree to the park’s bandstand. The historical society handles the setups, provides the lights, and hooks up the power.

Participating groups (usually a dozen or more) then return to decorate their trees for a festive lighting ceremony and competition the following week. With all trees ablaze, awards are presented, refreshments are provided at the adjoining Baptist Church, and (if his schedule permits) Santa arrives for a visit.

Above: Wolcott’s Palace Theater – a local tradition for generations.

Music of various types is provided throughout the Strawberry Festival on the park bandstand.

Right: Village clock along Main Street.

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Sponsorship of the Festival of Trees came about as a “thank you” to the community from the Wolcott Historical Society.

Until 2003, the society’s artifacts had occupied limited space at temporary locations. Fate stepped in. An original carriage house, all that remained of the Northup family’s showplace residence, was about to be razed. With community support, careful planning, and financial grants, the building was saved and moved across town to its present location on Jefferson Street. Volunteers stepped up to refurbish the building into the beautiful Carriage House Museum, a community asset archiving local history with its extensive and ever-expanding exhibits. Historian Norma Stewart speaks for the community: “We’re so proud to be here. It’s been a true labor of love.”

A winding park path takes visitors to the base of Wolcott Falls.

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From Wolcott, the short drive to the Lake Ontario shoreline is a scenic one at any time of year.

Apple blossoms in the spring give way to trees laden with ripe fruit in the fall. Roadside farm markets provide the freshest of whatever happens to be in season.

Along the shoreline itself is one of the more unusual spots in the Finger Lakes region, and one that to many is unknown and unseen – Chimney Bluffs. Pinnacled, uneven, and almost eerie, the bluffs rise high above the lake’s rocky beach.

Formed and reformed by weather and erosion over thousands of years, the glacial deposits present a stunning sight. Local lore persists that during Prohibition (1920 – 1933), the highest bluffs served as “beacons” to mark landing points for liquor smuggled from Canada. As part of the state park system, hiking trails are available to view (and photograph) the odd peaks from almost any angle.

Specific dates and information for any of the village’s traditional community events can be found on the Wolcott Area Chamber of Commerce website.

If dropping by, have a great time and enjoy what Wolcott has to offer, but don’t leave town without a “tip of the hat” to Venus at the village fountain. She’ll be waiting!

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oes something evil actually lurk below the water in Seneca Lake, or is it hearsay?

Legends of sea serpents have spawned around the world, especially the famous Nessie in the Loch Ness in Scotland. There is the fabled Lake Erie Monster with over 100 eyewitness sightings of a blackish-greenish serpent spanning 30 – 50 feet. In practically every case, believers who have tried to document their existence have failed to do so. Yet tales about them continue to proliferate, including this one about Seneca Lake.

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Here’s the real story, or is it?

According to a report in the Rochester Herald on July 14,1899, around 7 p.m. the lake was calm as the side-wheeler steamship, the Otetiani, was cruising down Seneca Lake. The passengers were enjoying themselves when they saw a large object in the water. The captain observed it with his telescope and gave the engine room orders to slow down. The Otetiani steered within 100 yards of what appeared to be the keel of a capsized boat.

The crew prepared to lower a boat when the object quickly moved away. Captain Herendeen ordered full speed ahead and came alongside the thing when it raised its head, opened its mouth, and displayed two rows of pointed white teeth. One

of the passengers was a geologist who thought the creature was an extinct North American marine lizard belonging to a group of fish-eaters. He described it this way.

“Its head was perhaps four feet long and triangular in shape. Its mouth was very long and armed with two rows of triangular white teeth, as sharp as those of a shark, but in shape more like those of a sperm whale.

The body was covered with a horny substance that was as much like the carapace of a terrapin as anything I know. The horny substance was brown in color and of a greenish tinge.

The belly of the creature … was cream white. Its eyes were round like those of a fish, and it did not wink.”

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At this point, Captain Herendeen sped up the boat to collide with the creature but it slipped underwater only to reappear just as the Otetiani was in position to ram it and did so. The passengers were knocked down and a hole was ripped into the side of the serpent. Supposedly, the impact broke its spine and it died.

Despite screams from the women and cheers from the men, the captain and witnesses aboard the boat knew they would need proof of the astonishing creature to be believed. Lifeboats were quickly lowered and boat hooks placed around the carcass.

Just as the body was almost raised out of the water, the rope near the tail slipped off and the weight of the serpent was too much for the men holding the ropes and they had to let go. The Seneca Lake monster fell back into the water, slowly sank and disappeared. But was it gone forever?

A legend like this is ripe for enticing hoaxes. One documented case occurred in 1930 when a group of boys constructed a crude head of a sea monster and towed it out into the middle of the lake. Someone, most likely one of the perpetrators, called the Geneva Times and a photographer snapped a picture of the boys with the serpent head, looking quite pleased with themselves. The episode caused quite a stir and revived the folklore.

Seneca Lake is the largest and longest, at 38 miles, of the 11 Finger Lakes. It is also the deepest at 618 feet. In comparison, Loch Ness is 22-1/2 miles long. The name is derived from the Seneca nation of Native Americans and means “Place of Stones.” Belief in the serpent can be traced back to ancient Indian villages.

The lake is fed by underwater springs and rumors of an underwater tunnel between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes persist as both lakes are below sea level. Could it be a lake serpent’s lair? In 1995 a Naval Undersea Warfare Center was created as a sonar test facility.

Adding to the theory of the tunnels and currents, supposedly the bodies of people who have drowned in the lake have never been found.

There is no lack of speculations as to the existence and identity of the water creature. Some residents along the lake claim to have witnessed fish as big as a human, or a large carp, or a giant snapping turtle. Others have believed it is an unknown species of a large marine animal that is possibly prehistoric. Most “sightings” have occurred in the summertime when the constant temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees.

In a city-wide effort of planned events to promote tourism, the Geneva City Council seized the opportunity to promote interest in the lake and city by voting 7 to 1 on July 1, 2015, to approve an amendment to the city code to prohibit the hunting or trapping of the Seneca Lake monster. Was it just smart PR or tongue-in-cheek?

Is it just superstition, legend, practical joke, newspaper sensationalism, monster or myth – or was the original story just a fabrication told by the folks on the boat who had over indulged in wine? It’s up to you to decide. Perhaps the City Council could hold a contest to name the lake creature. Any suggestions?

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After Thus began the journey to fully restore the property to its original beauty. The Inn is named for historical notable Belva Lockwood, who resided here from 1863 to 1865 as headmistress of a female seminary. She would go on to become the first female lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court, and a presidential candidate in 1884 and 1888.

Ike and Julie at their grand piano bar

The goal for the inn was to keep as much as possible authentic, but to update for the comfort of the guests.

The house had fallen into disrepair, and much of it had to be stripped down to the studs. Once the dirt and grime was removed, the stunning wood floors were revealed and remain intact throughout the house. Room molding was restored, fireplaces were cleaned, window shutters were repaired and refinished, and the wooden staircases and railings were cleaned and polished. Pieces of the outside Victorian trim were found stored in the attic, so they were able to restore the exterior

Above: Living and Dining rooms, gutted and fully restored Right: Door hinge detail

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“Look at the design on the door hinges,” and “make sure you look up at the room moldings, how different it is in each room.”

And then they added their own twist to the interior design. An old grand piano, circa 1865, left behind

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Above: Guest room fireplace, refurbished and restored; Wood lath strips throughout the house (as walls were stripped down); Stunning wood floors revealed (beneath the dirt and grime); Window shutters repaired and refinished Right: Original front doors welcome guests

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sunken bar overlooking Seneca Lake and beyond repair, was reused to create the bar in the dining area. Light fixtures were acquired from another old Owego building, the headboards on the beds are 5 panel slab doors, and most of the furniture was found in antique stores or auction houses. The one exception to the vintage décor is the ultra-modern kitchen, designed for their plans to host events. Breakfast is provided, delivered to each room in a vintage basket. ‘We wanted to give the guests the option to eat wherever they wanted, whether privately in their rooms or by carrying their baskets to sit on the front porch in good weather,” explains Julie.

Each of the 5 guest rooms has its own theme, with amenities including comfy queen beds, private baths, wifi, and smart TVs. The Lovelass room is named for Ike’s parents, with his Mom’s bike hanging on the wall. “She loved her bike, and rode it all over the place’ says Ike. It was a way to honor her memory. The Gorman Suite is named for Julie’s parents, and includes a sitting area and the original claw foot tub. The Tioga, Knickerbocker, and Eagles Club rooms all have their own story.

And then there is the novelty in the basement – a tunnel that extended from the house to the Susquehanna River. History shows Owego as part of the underground railroad, and there is speculation that perhaps this was one of the stops used along the way.

But it has never been confirmed at this location, and other possible theories have been discussed, such as a delivery route during prohibition.

The tunnel was filled in after the floods of the 70s, but the opening in the basement remains and still makes for a good conversation piece.

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grew up near Sea Breeze, where Irondequoit Bay empties into Lake Ontario; the easternmost and smallest of the five Great Lakes. With a maximum depth exceeding 800 feet, Ontario is the 14th largest lake in the world. It is bordered on the north and west by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and east by the state of New York, making it international boundary water that flows directly into the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence River. Its primary inlet is the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie, and one way or another each of the eleven Finger Lakes empties into Lake Ontario as well.

These are statistics that I was not aware of as a kid when I rode my bike to the Irondequoit Bay outlet to fish or to swim in the lake. And I had no way of knowing then that this 193-milelong by 53-mile-wide freshwater lake would one day become a world-class sport fishery for saltwater salmon – all because of an invasive species.

The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to transoceanic shipping traffic in 1959. An engineering marvel, it is a complex system of canals, channels, and locks constructed within the St. Lawrence River that enables oceangoing ships to rise more than 240 feet from sea level to Lake Ontario’s surface elevation. The seaway was preceded by several simpler canal systems beginning in the 1870s when the first series of locks allowed seafaring steamships to access Lake Ontario. But ships weren’t the only maritime visitors to navigate their way into the lake. Some marine fish species made their way in as well, including the prolific alewife.

When I was a kid, tons of dead alewives – a saltwater herring that began migrating into the lake through those early canal systems – washed up on beaches and shorelines, creating smelly and unsanitary conditions for beachgoers and lakefront property owners.

Lacking natural predators, populations of the 6-inch alewife flourished in Lake Ontario before invading the remaining Great Lakes via the Welland Canal, taking the same foulsmelling and unhealthy problems into America’s heartland. The lake trout, at one time Lake Ontario’s top predator, had been fished-out by commercial trawlers, and the invasion of the sea lamprey – a bloodsucking parasitic eel – decimated any lakers that were left. By the 1960s, increasing pollution caused frequent summertime algal blooms to appear, killing large

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Fishing a body of water the size of Lake Ontario can be an intimidating experience and you must have a bit of bravado and a boat seaworthy enough to handle the big lake under ever-changing conditions.

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fishing the Big Lake Finding salmon, especially in deeper water, can be challenging and a sonar fish finder is a must-have piece of equipment. Not only does it help to locate schools of fish and baitfish but it can also warn you to raise your gear if you inadvertently head into shallower water. There is nothing worse than a downrigger tangle.

Gorging on alewives, Chinook salmon can grow from 6-inch fingerlings to trophies exceeding 30 pounds in less than four years.

Victor resident Mike Morris and his son Matt proudly show off their catch on a morning’s fishing charter.

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numbers of fish and leaving decomposing piles of algae and rotting alewives strewn along the Lake Ontario shoreline.

In the late 1960s, millions of Chinook and coho salmon from the Pacific Northwest were released into Lake Ontario in an experimental attempt to reduce the overpopulated invaders. The tactic had proven successful in Lake Michigan.

Gorging on alewives, the saltwater salmon thrived and before long evolved into a tremendous new freshwater sport fishery. Today, millions of Chinook and coho salmon – along with brown trout, lake trout, rainbow trout and steelhead trout – are stocked annually into Lake Ontario and its major tributaries, providing anglers with exceptional year-round lake and river sportfishing opportunities. And the alewife population is finally under control.

In his book Fishing Western New York, author and fishing expert Spider Rybaak describes Lake Ontario like this: “A lake this size naturally spawns a lot of fish tales. Most are true. Constantly improving water quality, copious forage, lamprey control, and the annual stocking of millions of salmon and trout by Canadian and New York authorities conspire to make this place one of the world’s top fisheries.”

Lake Ontario, along with its bays and tributaries and despite some water quality issues, has always provided good fishing for native game fish like smallmouth bass and walleyes, but it wasn’t until Chinook and coho salmon, and brown, rainbow and steelhead trout were introduced that it gained notoriety as a world-class fishery.

Chinook salmon feed almost exclusively on alewives, enabling them to reach 30 pounds or more in less than four years. Chinooks—also known as king salmon and cohos, otherwise called silver salmon—are anadromous Pacific coast species, which means that they live most of their lives in saltwater but return to freshwater rivers and streams to spawn after nearly four years at sea. Both species die after spawning. While some natural reproduction does occur in a few of Lake Ontario’s tributaries, it is too limited to support any kind of viable salmon fishery, so it is enhanced by annual stockings of hatchery-raised fish.

Kings grow larger and are stocked in greater numbers than cohos, with almost 2 million Chinooks and a quartermillion cohos stocked annually in Lake Ontario’s tributaries

by New York State alone. Canada stocks them as well.

When salmon are released in rivers and streams as 6-inch fingerlings, they imprint on those waters and return there to spawn four years later. By then they can weigh anywhere from 8 to 30 pounds and offer a unique and exciting fishing experience. New York’s record Chinook weighed 47 pounds-13 ounces and was caught in the Salmon River in 1991. The record coho was caught in Lake Ontario in 1998 and weighed 33 pounds-7 ounces.

The Atlantic salmon, otherwise known as a landlocked salmon, is another species that is native to Lake Ontario and, like the lake trout, was also commercially fished to depletion in the late 1800s. And its spawning streams, principally in the eastern end of the lake, were blocked by dams that

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fishing the Big Lake put a damper on any attempts for landlocks to naturally reproduce. Today, successful management and stocking programs have enabled the Atlantic salmon to recover and provide an excellent sport fishery as well, and fish ladders have improved access to some spawning streams. The Lake Ontario record Atlantic salmon weighed 24 pounds-15 ounces. They are spectacular fighters on the end of a line and are known for their out-of-the-water acrobatics.

Rochester-born Seth Green was an aquaculture pioneer during the mid-1800s. He established the first fish hatchery in America in Caledonia in 1864 and it is still in operation today. Among his accomplishments, Green is credited with the introduction of Western rainbow trout into eastern waters and brook trout into the west. He also introduced brown trout from Germany throughout the United States.

Brown trout, rainbow trout, and steelhead trout – a sea-run Pacific coast subspecies of the rainbow – all combine to add

flavor and excitement to the Lake Ontario fishery. The record brown trout weighed in at 33 pounds-2 ounces; the record rainbow trout tipped the scales at 31 pounds-3 ounces; and 30-plus pound lake trout are common as well. But the two species of Pacific salmon – Chinooks and cohos – are what makes Lake Ontario the world-class sport fishery that it is today.

Most anglers fish the lake for salmon by boat, by slowtrolling a variety of lures at various depths, depending on the water temperature and the time of the year. Fishing a body of water the size of Lake Ontario can be an intimidating experience and you must have a bit of bravado and a boat seaworthy enough to handle the big lake under everchanging conditions. If you plan to travel any distance out into the lake, GPS-navigational equipment is a must to ensure that you return to your starting point. From 10 miles out, you can’t see shore.

Chad Edmond from Dansville shows off his first catch of the day, a Chinook salmon, on a Lake Ontario fishing charter.

Trolling involves fishing with downriggers using a variety of large plugs, spoons or stick baits. Early in the morning you’ll find Chinook and coho salmon in shallower water as they follow schools of baitfish inshore. Then they’ll move out into deeper water later in the day.

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Spring fishing begins in May when brown trout and a few cohos in the 6 to 8 pound range are taken by flat-lining stick baits off of the mouths of tributary streams. A device known as a planer board can be used to direct a lure away from the boat to prevent it from spooking fish in shallow water. Longer leads are used in the springtime for the same reason. As the water warms and fish move offshore and go deeper, downriggers are employed to take lures down into the depths.

A downrigger is a manual or motorized boom with a long arm and a spool of cable that is mounted to the transom or gunwale of a boat. An 8-pound weight known as a cannonball is attached to the terminal end of the cable.

A rod-and-reel fishing line is attached to the cannonball and others can also be spaced at intervals along the cable using spring-loaded cable releases. Fishing rods are placed into rod holders with reels in “free spool” while the cannonball is being lowered. When the desired depth has been reached, reels are closed and wound tight to put the bowed rods under extreme tension. Then trolling begins.

When a fish strikes, the recoiling rod sets the hook and an unencumbered rod and reel fight begins.

Finding salmon, especially in deeper water, can be challenging. A sonar fish finder is a must-have piece of equipment. Not only does it help to locate schools of fish and baitfish but it can also warn you to raise your gear if you inadvertently head into shallower water. There is nothing worse than a downrigger tangle. Most anglers pursue salmon by trolling lures through their preferred water temperature, which for Chinooks and cohos is about 55 degrees. And that temperature layer can be more than 100 feet deep during the summer. Because salmon do leave their comfort zone to feed, some prospecting may be involved in your search. When in doubt, look for the fleet. A number of boats congregated in an area is a good indication that they are catching fish – and the flailing of long-handled landing nets is the best sign yet.

By the middle of August, both species of salmon start schooling up in deep water to prepare for their respective spawning runs up Lake Ontario’s tributaries in early fall. As the month progresses, they will gradually move inshore and begin staging off the mouths of those rivers and streams.

There are two ways to fish for Chinook and coho salmon then: trolling in the lake during pre-spawn staging or casting once they have entered the tributaries to spawn. Trolling involves fishing with downriggers using a variety of large plugs, spoons or stick baits. The venerable J-Plug in various day-glow colors, along with stick baits like the Bomber Long A and the jointed Rapala, are proven fish catchers. So are large spoons like Northern Kings and Suttons, decorated with flashy strips of reflective tape. Early in the morning you’ll find Chinook and coho salmon in 30 to 40 feet of water as they follow schools of baitfish inshore. Then they’ll move out into 60 to 90 feet later in the day. As September approaches, they will move in even closer. If you’re fishing

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Fly Fishing the Tributaries

There are two ways to fish Lake Ontario’s tributaries for Chinook and coho salmon: spin fishing and fly fishing. Tributary fishing begins in September and runs through early November, peaking during the first two weeks of October. Catching these powerful fish requires the right gear, baits, flies, and lures as well as the right presentations to make them effective. Safety is a concern when fishing these large, fast-moving waters and wading can be a challenge at times. Always wear spiked footwear and a life preserver.

Fly fishing for salmon differs quite a bit from the traditional forms of fly fishing that you might envision.

There are few if any graceful casts and back casts involved, simply because of the heavyweight equipment that is used. Fly rods from 9 to10 feet long for line weights of 7, 8, or 9 work best for salmon. Reels with a smooth disc drag are recommended to stop runs and tire fish. Reels should have enough capacity to hold at least 150 yards of 20 pound test fluorescent-colored backing so that you can see where the fish is running, and so other anglers can see that you have a fish on. Full floating lines are best as they allow better line control. Leaders are normally in the 8 to 12 foot range.

For the butt section use a 6 to 8 foot length of 10 to 15 pound test line. At the end of this attach a small black barrel swivel, which serves as an attachment point for the tippet section and a dropper for split shot. The tippet section should be 2 to 3 feet of 6 to 10 pound test, depending on conditions. My own outfit consists of a 9-foot, 9-weight Orvis “Clearwater” graphite rod and an Orvis “Rocky Mountain” large arbor fly reel.

Top: Good egg imitations in chartreuse, flame, orange

Three basic types of flies are used or hot pink probably work best and are and the easiest to tie on. to catch Pacific salmon when they are in the rivers: egg imitations, wet fly/ Above: My own outfit consists of a 9-foot, 9-weight streamers, and stonefly/nymphs. Flies Orvis “Clearwater” graphite rod and an Orvis “Rocky tied from materials that have a lot Mountain” large arbor fly reel. Even though natural or imitation salmon eggs make the best bait,I like to of action, color, and flash to attract a fish large colorful streamer flies, which are minnow salmon’s attention and trigger it into imitations, because I can fish them against the current. striking work best. Larger flies work better earlier in the run in the lower stretches of the river. Use smaller sizes when fishing for salmon that have been in the river for several days or are in the upper reaches. Heavy fishing pressure or low clear water would also call for smaller flies and lighter leaders. Use patterns that are quick and simple to tie because you’ll be losing them from being snagged on the bottom and from fish that break off. I buy my flies for that reason.

Make your casts across the river and quartering upstream so that they can drift downstream in a natural way. Leader tippets should be weighted with split shot to keep baits and flies drifting low in the water column.

Salmon spend most of their time in the bottom 15 inches of water, so that’s where you want your lures to be.

I like to fish large streamer flies, which are minnow imitations, because I can fish them against the current.

Good wet fly and streamer patterns in hook sizes #2 through 8 that are worth trying include are Wooly Buggers in black, olive, purple, chartreuse, flame or orange; and marabou streamers in various hot colors. I prefer flashy streamers tied with metallic strands and tinsel. Good egg imitations in hook sizes from #6 to 8 in chartreuse, flame, orange or hot pink probably work best and are and the easiest to tie on. You can also try stoneflies and nymphs in hook sizes #4 through 10. Always have some tied with hot-colored flashy materials, as well as more natural colors like black and brown.

Once the Chinook and coho have established their nests or “redds,” they become aggressive and territorial. This is especially true of the males, which fight each other and drive off young trout or any minnows invading their space.

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fishing the Big Lake a tributary, your best bet is to cast and drift a real or imitation egg sack.

There is no greater thrill than hooking into a 30-pound Chinook salmon. They are capable of peeling 20 to 30 yards of fishing line off of your reel in a single run and can take more than 20 minutes to bring to the net after several such runs. Charter captains call these fish “screamers” for that reason.

If you don’t have a boat that’s Lake Ontario seaworthy, you might want to look into a charter fishing trip. The benefit of a charter is that the captains are out on the lake daily and have a good idea of where the fish are on any given day. The best way to find a competent and reliable charter boat captain is to visit the Lake Ontario Charter Boat Association at lakeontariocharterboatassociation. com or the Genesee Charter Boat Association at geneseecharterboat. com. I was a member of both organizations when I chartered in the 1980s and 90s. And don’t forget to buy a New York State fishing license.

Capt. John Adamski After qualifying for his U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license, John Adamski ran sportfishing charters on Lake Ontario aboard his 30-foot Chris Craft Catalina hardtop cruiser during the 1980s and 90s. His record catch was 222 pounds of Chinook salmon caught on a single day in August, 1991, much to the disbelief of his joyful clients, a Ligonier, Pennsylvania foursome.

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Is the

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story and photos by Derek Doeffinger

ould this be the year the Seneca Serengeti returns to the Finger Lakes? We’ll know in the next few weeks. It seems that every few years nature conspires to send us a migration of such massive proportions that it conjures up the spectacle of the famous Serengeti migrations in Africa.

Only our migration consists of snow geese.

Look again at the picture above. I took it last year and thought that’s a lot of geese. But how many? I was clueless.

So I sent it to Cornell ornithologist Dr. Kevin McGowan, an expert in many things ornithological, including estimating the number of birds in a flock. What did he say? “There are at least 10,000 birds in that picture.” He then added, “Most estimators tend to significantly underestimate the number

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of birds in a flock.”

And that was only half the flock.

Dr. McGowan upped the ante while talking about his own experiences with local snow geese. “One flock I carefully counted was about 350,000.” He then talks about a video his son took that revealed a highly concentrated flock of snow geese flying by the camera for a minute and half. He and his son believe that flock was close to 1,000,000 birds.

Each March, Canadian bound snow geese stop at Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. Sometimes they spread out; sometimes they congregate in large groups. The persistent searcher will eventually find large “rafts” of geese floating in the lakes, as well as large flocks feeding in the nearby fields and flying

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overhead. Infrequently they are extraordinarily large.

Dr. McGowan explained that the birds coming together in gigantic flocks is a bit random and unpredictable, largely dependent on the weather, food supply, and other factors.

He suggests that from year to year, the total number of snow geese passing through our area each spring is fairly consistent, and that the size of the flocks depends partly on how long they stay and how they congregate. Keep in mind they don’t all arrive at once.

Think of LaGuardia Airport during December. Holiday travel begins gradually but steadily builds. To the casual observer the airport seems extra busy but not jam packed as long as outgoing flights continue. But if snow storms strike

for several days in the Southeast and Midwest, essentially grounding all flights leaving LaGuardia (but not all coming in), then arriving passengers continually pile up until they’re sleeping on the floors, counters, seats – taking up any space available. All waiting to fly out. So the number of passengers coming into the airport over several days hasn’t changed but since they can’t leave, the number in the airport during those no-travel days doubles, triples, or even quadruples until they’re headline news.

Snow geese stopping over in the Finger Lakes can form a similar logjam, especially if it turns extra cold during their stopover. Thousands continue to arrive and join those already there. If they decide to wait for warmer weather and a north

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Seneca Serengetti bound breeze, then the population on the lakes surges.

Why do the snow geese even visit us? The short answer is because we’re in their flight path. Much of the eastern North American population of snow geese winters over in northern Chesapeake Bay. When spring approaches they head home to raise a family around Hudson Bay.

But why do they stop in the Fingers Lake, you ask again? They stop to eat and rest. “And they stop here because they are relatively efficient flying cross country,” McGowan says. “So they fly in a fairly straight line. If you draw a straight line from the northern Chesapeake Bay to the southern Hudson Bay, it passes over Seneca and Cayuga Lakes.”

This challenged my geography knowledge so I checked it out on Google Maps. He’s right. My line from Chesapeake Bay to Hudson Bay crossed over the middle of Seneca Lake, roughly 250 miles from the north shore of Chesapeake Bay, and almost a third of the way to Hudson Bay.

There are two types of snow geese: the lesser snow goose (about 5 pounds) and the greater snow goose (about 7 pounds but as heavy as 9). Both come through our area. Snow geese are bright white with a black swath at the tip of each wing. The lesser snow goose has a minority variation called the blue morph. It’s quite dark with a white head.

Snow geese are vegetarians. They gobble down nearly all

Finding the snow geese

How do you find them? That’s the big question. I do it by driving around the lakes and keeping an eye on the sky. I usually start around March 3. But the local birders usually know when the snow geese have arrived in the area; same for the folks at the Montezuma Refuge. I’ve had good luck finding snow geese on the northern half of Cayuga Lake, including the shallows by the village of Cayuga down to Aurora. Dr. McGowan mentioned seeing large flocks on Seneca Lake, especially at the southerly end.

Some may even show up on Keuka Lake. In addition to feeding in farm fields, they often feed at the Savannah mud flats a few miles north of Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, east of Rt. 89.

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Seneca Serengetti parts of grasses, sedges, willows, and more. They also like the leftovers in corn fields.

Dr. McGowan revealed the snow goose population has doubled in the past 15 years and is near an all-time high. The increase began about 100 years ago when market hunting was banned. It jumped again in the 1960s when regulations spurred an increase of their wetlands habitat that was accompanied by an increase in corn planting. Today the concern is that the population is too high and they may be damaging the environment, especially the tundra on their summer grounds.

The high population is certainly the reason we now see such large flocks. But those large flocks can create a natural spectacle. Seeing thousands of these birds descending onto the fields or one of the lakes is a sight to behold but difficult to describe. You could imagine yourself in a snow globe blizzard, in a ticker tape parade, or a shower of wedding confetti.

Or that you were on the ground underneath Jack’s giant beanstalk when the package with his new big screen TV (the size of a football field) arrived just as the Beanstalk Super Bowl game was about to start. So the giant tore it open, and, in his rush, spilled out thousands of goosesized packing peanuts sending them swirling and drifting earthward to land all around you, and Jack.

Ludicrous description? Maybe. But if you experience a giant flock, you may feel you’re in a Finger Lakes fairy tale. Dr. McGowan adds, “It’s an unbelievable thing to see.”

Even more spectacular is watching a giant raft of 10,000 birds floating on Cayuga Lake take flight. Unless frightened, the geese don’t lift off simultaneously. They do it in a stuttering, poorly choreographed sequence, like a discombobulated stadium wave.

It starts with a few birds honking nervously. Then a few more. Then some flap and take off. Then more honk. And more take off. As anxiety builds, a flock takes to the air. Then another.

Faster and farther the word spreads from bird to bird: take off, take off, you stupid goose. The chain reaction can’t be stopped.

From the thousands now overhead, an ear-bursting cacophony of honking, trumpeting and goose shouting shakes the very air. It’s as if you’ve walked into a year-end assembly of screaming jumping elementary kids the very moment their fun-loving, rabble-rousing gym teacher has worked them up into anticipative frenzy and unleashed them to begin their summer vacations.

Thousands, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of snow geese have scaled the skies sharing one ancient thought: it’s time to go home. And as you watch them disappear over the horizon, a strange longing may linger deep inside.

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In Penn Yan “Klippity Klop” overtakes “Slurp, Gurgle, and Vroom” story and photos by Derek Doeffinger

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f you know what “snap, crackle, and pop” stands for, then you’ve probably already figured out the meaning of “slurp, gurgle, and vroom.” But just in case you’re reading this late at night, I’ll give you my take. Slurp is the sound made by someone drinking wine (maybe a tad too much). Gurgle is the sound made by a small waterfall, and vroom is, of course, a motorboat roaring away from the dock. All are sounds made by Finger Lakes icons.

But in greater Penn Yan; indeed all of Yates County and northward past the thruway; the icon is the horse and buggy, and its iconic sound is “klippity klopp.”

It’s a delightful sound. A percussive joy to the ear, always accompanied by a thrill to the eye when the horse swooshes by with a bearded “19th century” man holding the reins. At such a sight, whose heart doesn’t stir with nostalgia and then yearn just a bit for quieter times, without the annoyances of Bluetooth and Twitter, endless texts, hacks, spams, and webcams?

For those reasons alone, watching the horse and buggy traffic of Yates county is always enjoyable. But eventually the feelings of nostalgia and novelty give way to curiosity, to wondering about the horse and buggy.

You’ll soon realize that for 21st century Mennonites and Amish, buggies are what they’ve always been: a way to get from here to there: to shop, to socialize, to get to work, to deliver and pick up goods, to go to court, and to go to church.

For the Amish and Old Order Mennonites (95 percent of the buggy traffic), the horse and buggy adds the benefit of allowing them to be faithful to their beliefs.

Compared to a car, a buggy’s limitations seem many. Most obviously, it’s slow and has a short range. A good jogger can not only keep up with many buggies, but can often also exceed the 15-to-20-mile travel range of a buggy horse. And the runner eats a lot less.

The advantage of a slow buggy is its slowness. A slow buggy forces a slower life style. Its limited range means people spend more time in their immediate community. Both are desirable, both are big advantages for the people who desire a simpler life. Indeed, these limitations help create and preserve that lifestyle.

Depending on their usage, buggies are both sturdy and flimsy, both safe and dangerous. A trip to the buggy makers at Bellona Coach just outside Penn Yan shows how they are made. The proprietor, Mr. M., short and balding with a round face, is in his early 50s. He’s quite friendly and accommodating to somebody who showed up unannounced (can be hard to get a Mennonite phone number) and asked for an overview on buggy making.

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Bellona Coach in Penn Yan

buggies and repair several others in their prefab building. Much of the making comes in the form of assembling purchased components. The biggest component is the buggy body. It comes from the Midwest and is largely a fiberglass box with oak framing added to support the fabric that will enclose the buggy.

Most buggies are two-seaters that hold four passengers. They’re for families.

Young fellas typically get their own buggies at 18. They prefer one seat – a means to exclude extraneous passengers. They’re sometimes referred to as courting buggies. The shiny oak console installed in the dashboard of the courting buggy that Mr. M. was working on was a bit fancier than the standard console. It featured two provocatively tilted, hand-sized heart cutouts designed to suggest to a female passenger that romance was in the air.

The setup of the buggy shop is both modern and antiquated. Although a doubled-geared tire assembler on a chest high stand hasn’t changed much since its 1896 patent, a door on the opposite side opens to a spray paint room complete with a near state-of-the-art ventilation system.

Not surprisingly, the favorite color for a buggy is black. However, a touch of elegance, individualism, and color may appear in a buggy with the upholstery that can be selected from a swatch book. Upholstery is done on site. Propane heaters can be installed to take the edge off a cold winter. Mr. M. says the velcro and snap system used to enclose the buggy with fabric works well but the sons admit buggies can get pretty cold in the winter.

It takes about 100 hours to build a new buggy. A new two-seater sells for about $7,000; a single-seater costs almost as much, as it uses the same cabin.

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before requiring a rebuild. A rebuild costs roughly half of a new buggy. A good horse costs about $4,000 but $2,000 can get you a serviceable one. Mr. M. says many families have two buggies and two horses.

If the world were without cars and trucks, the buggies would be sturdy and reasonably safe. But mix them in with distracted drivers speeding 45, 55, even 65 mph and a seemingly distant buggy is suddenly at risk within seconds.

By state law buggies are required to drive along the right side of the road. By state law, they’re required to display (as are other slow-moving vehicles) that large orange triangle in the back center of the buggy. Unlike Ohio and Pennsylvania, New York law does not yet require buggies to use seat belts or any kind of lighting or signal system. But, except for the most conservative sects, lights and signal blinking systems are common and encouraged.

Mr. M. installs bright LED systems clearly visible from quite a distance on the road. Most buggies have a pedal-activated drum braking system that slows the buggy while the driver reins in the horse.

Safety tips for driving in buggy country

Sheriff Ron Spike presides over the horse and buggy county of Yates.

He has seen so many buggy-car accidents that he’s become proactive in preventing such accidents by promoting safety features such as bright flashing turn signals to the Mennonites and by educating the car driving public in his county and beyond. He’s now in demand around the state and beyond for teaching others about safety issues for horse and buggy regions.

His team also teaches these safety issues to students in both public high schools and Mennonite schools.

I talked to him about driving safety and asked him to provide some tips. They follow. Ron emphasizes that awareness in spotting buggies when they’re far ahead is critical but equally important is for drivers to realize that a buggy travels so slow (8 mph) that even if you’re a quarter mile behind a buggy, it takes only seconds to catch up to it. He says that over 80 percent of the accidents result from a car rear-ending a buggy because the driver going the typical 55 mph speed limit on a country road didn’t slow down in time.

• When you see the yellow horse and buggy traffic sign, go on high alert because you’re in buggy country.

• When you approach a buggy slow down and don’t honk or get too close as horses can be spooked.

• Only pass where legal and be especially careful to wait for an opening that gives you ample time to pass safely.

• Above all stay well back because 80 percent of crashes result from the driver coming up too fast or following too closely to stop.

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Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca provides rapid results for suspected Lyme disease cases

By Gabrielle L. Wheeler

B

etween 2016 and 2017, the total number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. increased by 9 percent, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means that either more people contracted the disease, or more cases were caught and confirmed. At Cayuga Medical Center,

How is Lyme disease transmitted?

New York State had 3,602 confirmed positive and 1,653 probable cases

of Lyme disease in 2017, according to the CDC. In the Finger Lakes Region, the prevalent type of Lyme disease is caused by the bacteria, Borellia burgdorferi.

Blacklegged ticks, also referred to as deer ticks, contract Lyme disease by feeding off an infected

work done, so I had to wait three weeks,” Bone reports. “She said it takes about two weeks for the Lyme test to come back and she wanted to rule out anything else before putting me on antibiotics.”

With a confirmed diagnosis, Bone was treated with a 28-day cycle of doxycycline.

Her symptoms have not returned.

However, if Lyme disease is not diagnosed and treated at early onset, persistent and hard-to-treat symptoms may occur in what the CDC refers to as posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome. Jennifer Maloney of Dundee was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2016, but her doctors

believe she may have had it for much longer than that – at least 10 years. “I had brain fog, muscle and joint pain, deep bone pain, headaches, my eyesight kept getting worse and I ended up with cataracts, and I had the worst fatigue,” says Maloney.

She was treated with antibiotics for two years and now takes tinctures to treat her myriad of symptoms which include a rash, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sleep impairment, and memory loss, among others. Maloney also suffers from coinfections that were transmitted by the tick she never saw, and continues to seek treatment for Lyme disease.

the latter is becoming reality thanks to same-day results from its new ELISA laboratory testing equipment.

Case Studies

How Lyme disease is treated depends on how early it is caught. If a Lyme infection is caught within the first few weeks, it is possible to effectively treat with antibiotics.

Symptoms of early acute Lyme disease may include the bulls-eye rash, fever, chills, persistent and noticeable fatigue, a pounding headache, and muscle and joint aches, among others.

Sheri Bone of Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania – previously of the Finger Lakes Region -- lives and works in the woods.

When she developed unusual and persistent nausea, she sought medical treatment. “The doctor wanted me to have complete blood

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host animal, most commonly a rodent or bird. Then, when the infected deer tick bites a person, the bacteria may be transmitted into the person’s skin.

It is also important to note that not every tick carries Lyme disease, and transmission is unlikely if the tick is removed before it becomes engorged (within 16 to 48 hours of attachment).

But if the disease is transmitted, it triggers an inflammatory response that often results in a red bullseye rash.

But not every person who becomes infected will develop the same symptoms. In fact, Lyme disease often displays with general symptoms that can lead to misdiagnoses.

Testing for Lyme

Laboratory testing analyzes immune system response, in other words, the level of antibodies produced to ward off the bacterial infection.

However, during the first few weeks of infection, testing is considered inaccurate. “I always tell people we don’t rely on the blood test in the first two to three weeks of symptoms,” says infectious disease specialist Douglas MacQueen, MD, medical director for the Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention Programs at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca.

“Instead, we consider factors such as: does the person spend time outdoors where there are deer ticks? And, do their symptoms match up with an early Lyme infection? If that’s the case, we treat them for Lyme.”

Testing begins with an enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test, explains Dr. MacQueen. “If the ELISA screening test and then the confirmatory test tells us this person is producing IgM antibodies or IgG antibodies – or both – it can help me decide how recent the infection was and what will be the best type of antibiotics for the patient.”

In the confirmatory Western Blot test, IgM antibodies will be present

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within two to three weeks of having a bacterial infection, while IgG antibodies are present between four to six weeks of initial infection.

At any given medical center, getting results from the tests can take anywhere from a few days to up to four weeks, depending on the lab being used. The delay significantly impacts how soon patients with a positive test can be treated. However, Cayuga Medical Center’s new onsite ELISA laboratory testing equipment can give patients piece of mind within an hour, and the opportunity to begin treatment immediately.

Preventing Lyme Disease

While testing and treatment for Lyme disease have significantly improved over the past few decades, Dr. MacQueen notes that prevention is still the best option. “My bottom line for people is keep taking advantage of the outdoors here but just take a few steps to be cautious about it,” he says.

Ticks like to hang out on leaves no more than 18 to 24 inches off the ground and then grab onto passersby as they brush against the leaves. Once they are on a body, they climb upward searching for a warm, dark hiding place to attach onto. Ticks can be so surreptitious that in many cases of confirmed Lyme disease, patients say they never found the tick attached to them.

Recommendations by Dr. MacQueen and the CDC on how to prevent Lyme disease include the following.

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Use insect repellant. The CDC recommends visiting epa.gov/insect-repellents for a list of repellants recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency including DEET or oil of lemon eucalyptus.

Treat clothing and gear with products containing 0.5 percent permethrin.

Tuck in shirts and pantlegs while out in the woods.

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Seek medical help if you develop a round, red rash or other symptoms of Lyme disease.

Once ticks are removed, squish them or stick them to a piece of tape so they can’t get away and continue to be a threat, suggests Dr. MacQueen.

As someone who enjoys spending time outdoors, he doesn’t want to scare people indoors. “I think the important thing is to remember it’s a great area to do things outdoors in, and I encourage people to continue to do that, despite these ticks.”

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Off the Easel

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aking jewelry is not just a livelihood for Corning artisan Kelly Ormsby—it’s an obsession. Her passion and natural talent surfaced early. Ormsby made her first professional jewelry sale at age 13.

“My mom gifted me a kit for making hemp necklaces,” she explains.

“I enjoyed the results so much I set about gathering larger quantities of materials in order to experiment further.” The outcome was a chunky, woven necklace featuring a rainbow of colorful wooden beads.

The striking necklace around her neck caught the attention of a Lake Placid boutique owner when

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Jewelry the vacationing Ormsby family was shopping. Later, Ormsby’s father urged her to let the owner know that she created the necklace and offer to make some for the store.

“The next day I visited her again and left beaming having made my first wholesale order!” says Ormsby. It marked the serendipitous beginning of her vocation as an artisan and entrepreneur.

Today Ormsby owns her own jewelry business, Turquoise Terrapin.

“Turquoise” is for her liberal use of this vibrant gemstone. “Terrapin” is a fond nod to tortoises she’s nurtured as house pets.

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Ormsby, 27, has been honing her signature designs and business model for a decade. She handcrafts an impressive array of necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Her work features turquoise and other gemstones which she uses as pendants or as beads plus natural materials such as antler tips, leather, carved bone and feathers. Her jewelry, sold at retail outlets and art shows, reflects her love of the outdoors, the Finger Lakes and Adirondacks regions and the American Southwest.

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Ormby’s recalls her joy of “unstructured time in nature” as a child.

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Right top to bottom: • Ammonite and Picasso Jasper Spike Necklace • Turquoise Terrapin’s custom display boards are designed by Ormsby • Sacred Heart Charm Bracelet: colorful trade beads, southwest turquoise, sponge coral, glass, and jasper accent the pewter heart charms on this vibrant wrap bracelet

The artisan was raised, along with her brother Dan, in Corning – known for its picturesque landscapes. She still lives in the area. After community college, she studied Outdoor Recreation at Houghton College. It seemed like a great fit at the time but Ormsby wryly notes her studies didn’t make a defining impact on her career path. Her career would be jewelry making and she already had a head start. Ormsby created and sold jewelry all through high school and college—even the campus store carried her work. She also had a small landscaping business that kept her contentedly outdoors. She continued to cultivate both businesses

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after her 2013 college graduation.

In 2013 Ormsby was offered the opportunity to share booth space with Cagwin Photography at Glassfest, a popular Corning arts festival. Ormsby had done some modeling for photographer Molly Cagwin and her business partner Kathy Connery was helping Ormsby establish her art career. Connery introduced Ormsby to the art show circuit and the local arts council. She also became an avid collector who has purchased over 70 Turquoise Terrapin pieces. About 60 are hers and the rest selected as gifts.

Connery describes her pieces as timeless yet contemporary, elegant and sophisticated--equally at home paired with blue jeans, a little black dress or business attire.

Ormsby was back at Glassfest the following year when Pip’s Boutique owner Sarah Files visited her booth, on the hunt to offer more local jewelry. “She had such a cool, funky, eclectic vibe it was hard to resist,” says Files. “I figured it wouldn’t be for everyone but we do have that artistic clientele that I knew would love it.”

She was pleased when even conservative customers were drawn to Ormsby’s designs. “They usually look at her work and say ‘No, there’s no way I could wear that. That takes a confident, bold woman to wear that’,” says Files.

“I just say, ‘You should just try it on for fun.’ And when they do, all of a sudden they transform. They see how amazing it looks, and realize that that piece they’re wearing is giving them this cool confidence that they didn’t think they had!”

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Off the Easel

Ormsby’s cabin studio reflects her love of the Finger Lakes, Adirondacks and the American Southwest

Ormsby never liked the exhibits there.

“I thought it was the ugliest art I ever saw,” she laughingly confesses. Yet, as a college freshman she went back on her own with fresh eyes and a new appreciation.

She found the artwork as captivating as the space it was housed in. “The walls were bright blues, vibrant reds, bursting yellows and just delicious to look at,” she says. The western landscapes celebrated an America she never saw firsthand but she was moved by it. She had to go and see it for herself.

Ormsby and her father made two southwestern treks during her college years, first driving the state of Arizona, then New Mexico. Before their New Mexico adventure, a friend’s mother encouraged Ormsby to visit her niece, Albuquerque artist Ali Launer. It was Launer who suggested that they visit artsy Santa Fe.

Ormsby was enchanted and she kept going back. By her third trip to Santa Fe in March 2016, her jewelry was sold in six shops and she was doing seven annual art shows back home. When Ormsby entered Canyon

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Road Contemporary Art, gallery owner Nancy Ouimet found her “style to be stunning.”

“That day I was wearing several pieces of my jewelry: three layered necklaces, a thick leather cuff, a multi stranded wrap bracelet, and a pair of copper heart earrings,” Ormsby remembers.

Even though Ouimet didn’t carry jewelry, she immediately offered Ormsby the opportunity to have her work represented at her gallery.

Go Big or Go Home

One of Ormsby’s best-selling designs is her long earrings made of 12” pheasant, duck or peacock feathers. “Ladies from ages 9 to 90 proudly walk out of my booth wearing them,” says Ormsby. “They instantly stand taller, smile wider, and look like they just took one more step towards expressing who they truly are.”

The artisan sources materials locally as well as during buying trips to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

She designs and produces her jewelry in her cozy, rustic cabin studio just

outside of Corning.

New pieces start with a vision in mind though filling inventory gaps partially drives her creative process.

Ormsby begins with a focal point, working from center, then outward with trays of materials sorted by style within easy reach. Each item is handcrafted. Some designs are oneof-a-kind while others are duplicated several times over.

Ormsby folded her landscaping business and transitioned to full-time artisan last year. She feels strongly about overcoming the “starving artist” stereotype so her decision was backed by careful financial planning-including a long term retirement plan even though it is decades away. It is career advice she freely shares with other young, aspiring artists.

“I want to see artists thrive, and peace of mind about retirement frees up more mental space for creativity!”

Ormsby’s bold creativity is on display at eight retail outlets. For location details plus upcoming Turquoise Terrapin art show appearances visit turquoiseterrapin.com.

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Making a Difference

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ore than 30 years ago, Shirley Lynch, a vocational instructor at Holy Childhood in Henrietta, was looking for an activity to help people with disabilities learn skills. She wanted an activity that could be broken down into steps, and one that was in line with Holy Childhood’s mission – to help prepare children and adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities for maximum independence and integration in the community.

The activity she chose was baking.

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the delicious apple crumb pies made by the newly-trained and enthusiastic bakers.

With scrumptious pies in hand, Shirley set out to visit local restaurants and community organizations to see if they might be interested in supporting the bakery. It wasn’t long before the pies made by the bakers with disabilities became highly sought after. Dozens of establishments became customers.

More varieties of pies were added.

In its very small, 700-square-foot school kitchen, the bakery was turning out 17,000 pies each year.

Then in 2015, changes in

“sheltered workshop” regulations were handed down by New York State.

They mandated that all employment opportunities and related services delivered by Holy Childhood be provided in a community-based setting. In other words, the bakery had to be separated from the school, and operate in a facility out in the community.

It became an opportunity to expand.

Relocating the bakery to a larger site made it possible for people with – and without – disabilities to work side by side as employees and

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earn a competitive wage. The new bakery, recognized as an economic driver for the Rochester community, would help to reduce poverty among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who come up against so many barriers to employment, from a lack of specific skill sets to cognitive or physical impairments. The new bakery would help to eliminate that problem by providing jobs and continuous support and, at the same time, embracing differences in abilities.

In October of 2017, the ribbon was cut at the new Special Touch Bakery at 1999 Mt. Read Boulevard in Rochester. The brand new, state-of-the-art, 20,000-squarefoot commercial facility employs more than 30 people with and without disabilities who skillfully and proudly produce the best pies you’ll ever taste. Today, there are more than 55 pie varieties available made with non-GMO ingredients.

Among them are vegan and no-sugar-added selections.

Plans were also made to create Shirley’s Café in the lobby, named for the entrepreneurial vocational instructor who started it all. They hope to open the cafe in the fall of 2019.

Since it opened, the bakery has churned out more than 100,000 pies. It’s equipped with a fully automated pie production line with interchangeable sections. It can be varied depending on the size and type of the pie being produced and the abilities of the bakers working on the line.

But make no mistake – those premium pies are still filled and crimped by hand. The premium 10-inch pies, favorites among regional customers, are still made by hand. Other sizes are available now, too.

Proceeds from pie sales benefit Holy Childhood, where

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Making a Difference

pie-making as a vocational skillbuilding activity evolved in a very big way. More than 60 restaurants, community organizations and retail customers throughout the greater Rochester area serve Special Touch Bakery pies, and distribution partners have enabled regional (and eventually, national) expansion.

“Our pies simply stand out,” says Director of Bakery Operations Joe Perdicho. “It’s because of the quality of the ingredients we use, but also because they are made with a lot of love and pride by our amazing bakers.

Our pies have mission behind them.”

Special Touch Bakery also offers a fundraising program. It partners with dozens of organizations raising money for their schools, churches, sports groups and dance teams, just to name a few. “We’re looking forward to partnering with more groups and organizations to expand and grow our fundraising program in the year ahead,” says Perdicho. “Like them, we have a great story to tell. We’re proud to help support our customers’ fundraising efforts for their own organizations.”

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To see the full selection of Special Touch Bakery pies, visit specialtouchbakery.org. To see the bakers in action, visit the bakery Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1999 Mt. Read Boulevard. To place an order for pickup at either the Mt. Read location or at Holy Childhood in Henrietta, call 585-359-BAKE (2253). Plans are underway for online ordering. To sell Special Touch Bakery pies at your business, call Joe Perdicho at 585-359-BAKE (2253) or email jperdicho@specialtouchbakery.org. Visit the bakery online on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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At 31,000-square-feet, Ontario Mall Antiques in Farmington, the largest antique mall in New York State, is a trove of trinkets, a cabinet of curiosities, a fixture filled with charming vintage furniture.

In 2018, the mall celebrated 25 years in operation – a major triumph for any small business today. It remains successful thanks to years of incredible growth and expansion. The mall is teeming with merchandise from hundreds of dealers who display their diverse senses of style. Individual niches lure customers in to enjoy, for instance, a fine mahogany bookcase, a walnut desk, or a box set of Don Russ baseball cards from the 1990s.

The seeds for the mall were planted in 1982 when owner Bill Guche and business partner Peter Kolokouris

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purchased a shopping plaza on Route 332 in Farmington. At the time, there were empty spaces for 15 storefronts. Their solution for filling them up was to create more businesses.

The duo started a flea market with a seven-days-a-week concept, which led them to open The Antique Shop with 12 dealers. By the end of the first month, its success resulted in another space to outfit 40 dealers. Little by little, antiques were taking over, with row upon row of locked glass cases and individual booths. By 1993, the plaza was completely full of antiques and was officially named Ontario Mall Antiques.

By 2012, Bill decided it was time to retire. He put the business in the hands of his son Matt, who packed up his family and left the finance world in Manhattan to take on his new role in Farmington. The torch-passing was seamless, and Matt has become a new friend to the mall’s dealers, vacation travelers, and frequent local visitors.

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retirement lovingly tending to the property’s landscaping. In 2016, he opened a smaller branch of Ontario Mall Antiques on East Ridge Road in Irondequoit. It delights shoppers and dealers who travel between Buffalo and Rochester on their treasure hunts.

But in 2017, after battling a second bout of stomach cancer, Bill passed away. He is remembered for his army service, college education, family pride, strong business practices and lengthy conversations.

With two locations to tend, Matt is working to spread the joy of nostalgia to a younger generation. To that end, he called for a refresh of the mall’s logo, adding the tagline, “Antiques, Gifts, Furniture.” It makes clear that Ontario Mall Antiques is a destination for anyone looking to make their house a home with a one-of-a-kind piece, or for shoppers searching for a unique gift for a collector.

To date, the Farmington store has 138 open-floor spaces and 710 enclosed glass display cases. Irondequoit has just over half that amount. A stroll along any of the aisles is a real walk down memory lane – and an escape from massproduced retail. The merchandise at both locations tells stories of work done by hand, and presents tiny details specific to historic eras, including Colonial, Victorian, and Mid-century Modern.

As the employees will tell you, the stock is constantly changing as items are purchased and dealers bring in their latest merchandise. The biggest rule of thumb for shoppers is this: don’t sit back and think about an item. Go ahead and buy it. It may not be there on the next visit!

Recent improvements to the mall include an open café area where customers can sit and enjoy their complimentary coffee – fuel for the trek to the next large wing of the complex. The exterior of the building was painted the signature shade of “OMA Blue,” and front signage that includes lighted digital sale announcements and events.

When the calendar flipped to 2019, another 25 years of selling fine pieces and old memories began.

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he Finger Lakes Trail (FLT) system stretches from Allegheny State Park on the Pennsylvania border to the Catskill Forest Preserve, with branch trails to Niagara Falls, the Genesee River Valley, the Finger Lakes, and beyond. The trails are built and maintained by the Finger Lakes Trails Conference, a non-profit run almost exclusively by volunteers.

The Finger Lakes Land Trust has been working to protect the trail and the scenic landscape that surrounds it for nearly all of its 30-year history. Focusing on the section extending from the Bristol Hills branch trail near Canandaigua to Cortland County in the east, the Land Trust has already protected more than 15 different sections of the FLT across the Above: Finger Lakes Trail photo by Brian Maley region. The first Brian Maley is a photographer from Ithaca, was Sweedler who is passionate about conservation and the Preserve along natural world. More of Brian’s work can be Lick Brook viewed at maleyphoto.com or @porqupines Gorge, south of on Instagram Ithaca.

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Betsy Darlington, one of the Land Trust’s founding board members and former Director of Stewardship, helped secure this special stretch of trail in 1993. “Lick Brook, both the gorge itself and the magnificent forest adjoining Buttermilk Falls State Park, is as spectacular as anything in our region, and needed permanent protection,” she explains. Although the FLT went through it, permission to access the trail was hinged on a handshake agreement with the landowner, Moss Sweedler.

“What would happen if he sold it to someone else? After some work, Moss agreed to sell the 127-acre parcel to the Land Trust at a bargain price,” she adds, noting that this was the Land Trust's first preserve purchase; all those prior had been donated.

The Lick Brook Gorge project was the catalyst for what has become a strong partnership between the Land Trust

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Below: Kid at the Lick Brook photo by Kelly Makosch

and the Finger Lakes Trails Conference.

The Land Trust, in partnership with the Trail Conference, has secured additional parcels to protect the FLT around Ithaca, including the adjacent Thayer Preserve and the nearby Cayuga Inlet Conservation Area. This network of protected lands now hosts one of the most popular sections of the FLT in Tompkins County, connecting Buttermilk Falls State Park to Robert H. Treman State Park, which together recorded over 580,000 visits last year.

The collaboration between the Land Trust and the Trail Conference continues to expand across the region. The Bock-Harvey Forest Preserve provides further evidence of the effectiveness of the partnership.

This wooded 48-acre preserve is owned by the Trail Conference and subject to a conservation easement held by the Land Trust.

Here, the trail winds past some of our region’s oldest, most majestic sugar maple trees.

Nearby, the Land Trust owns and manages the Stevenson Forest Preserve, which is linked to BockHarvey by the FLT. Expanding further east, the Land Trust and the Trails Conference added a third partner, the New York State Department of

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Environmental Conservation (DEC), to protect the trail and expand a state forest. With an interest-free loan from the Trail Conference, the Land Trust secured two adjacent properties that together protect a mile of the FLT and 200 acres of forest. This project provides permanent protection for a significant stretch of trail and expands Danby State Forest.

The Finger Lakes Land Trust has also worked with private landowners and municipal partners to protect parts of the FLT in Texas Hollow State Forest, on the Bristol Hill spur trail in Ontario County, and in Sugar Hill State Forest near Watkins Glen.

There is still much to be done.

The 950-mile Finger Lakes Trail system is located almost equally on private and public land. There are currently approximately 700 private landowners who permit the trail to be on their land. These handshake agreements are nonbinding and the trail is susceptible to reroutes and temporary closure.

Further concerns revolve around the effects of development on the long-term viability of the trail due to increasing fragmentation of land

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ownership. In addition, encroachment into the natural areas surrounding the trail threatens to impair water quality and degrade habitat for fish and wildlife.

For all of these reasons, the

Land Trust is intensifying efforts to permanently protect more of this amazing recreational resource. Nearterm, the organization is focusing on the protection of another mile of trail and associated fields and forest in Tompkins County.

The late Tom Reimers, past president of both the Land Trust and the Trail Conference, said it best: “The Finger Lakes Land Trust is doing great things for the FLT to protect it and the environment around it."

To learn more about the Finger Lakes Land Trust’s conservation work, please visit fllt.org where you can sign up to volunteer. Learn more about Lick Brook and other outdoor opportunities at gofingerlakes.org.

For additional information on the Finger Lakes Trail Conference, please visit fingerlakestrail.org.

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