Life in the Finger Lakes NovDec 2021

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Life in the Finger Lakes • Volume 21, Number 6 • November/December 2021

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The smell of the coffee. The brilliant colors in the art work on the walls.

The gentle sounds of the live music.

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Exceptional ideas for local businesses

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Cover: The rut, the whitetail deer mating season, occurs from October to December in New York State.

Photo by Bill Banaszewski

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What better place to “Sparkle” at Christmas than in the Crystal City of Corning? By James P. Hughes

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People in the Know

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Dear Friend of the Finger Lakes DID YOU KNOW… Plans are in the works to expand a Bitcoin mining operation at a large fossil fuel burning power plant on Seneca Lake?

Please go to www.senecalakeguardian.org to learn more.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, Seneca Lake Guardian (SLG) has had more than a decade of success protecting the FLX from predatory corporations that threaten the region! We are a NY State Not-for-Profit Corporation with 501(c) (3), dedicated to preserving and protecting the health of the Finger Lakes, its residents and visitors, its rural community character, and its agricultural and tourist related businesses through public education, citizen participation, engagement with decision makers, and networking with like-minded organizations.

With your help, SLG works to protect and preserve the Finger Lakes from harmful industrial proposals not only by researching and educating the public, but also, engaging in legal action toward that end. SLG originated from Gas Free Seneca (GFS), which was victorious in defeating a proposed LPG storage and transport facility on the west side of Seneca Lake. A single issue organization dedicating 8 years battling this project, GFS founders Yvonne Taylor and Joseph Campbell knew that someday the fight would be over and that they could use their experience to combat other ill-conceived projects throughout the Finger Lakes. We became a Waterkeeper Affiliate, formed Seneca Lake Guardian, and proceeded to defeat a proposed garbage incinerator in the Town of Romulus. Current projects include working with NY State to protect the public from PFAS contamination, working with other groups on issues surrounding old gas-fired power plants using antiquated rules to transition to data and bitcoin operations, educating the public about garbage waste management projects, promoting sustainable and environmentally friendly business practices for local businesses, and working with decision makers to phase out industrial discharge permits into our waterways.

how can you help

VOLUNTEER — SLG needs your help in protecting our air, our water, our health, our way of life, and our vibrant agri-tourism economy. Can you write to decision-makers? Sample streams? Send letters to the Editor about environmental issues? Join our brainstorming sessions? Meet virtually with decision-makers?

We Need You! Send us an email to volunteer today.

DONATE — Consider us in your end-of-year donations. We have a dollar-for dollar matching challenge! For every dollar you donate, an anonymous donor will match your contribution up to $20,000!

The Health of the Finger Lakes Takes ALL of us.

PO Box 333 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 senecalakeguardian@gmail.com senecalakeguardian.org Like Us On Follow Us On

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SLG is all-volunteer, but the many activities we are engaged in cost money, and we can’t do it without your support. Seneca Lake Guardian is a 501(c)(3) not for profit so every dollar you donate is 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Please give generously by going to our website at www.senecalakeguardian.org and clicking on the “Donate” tab to make your secure online donation. Or, if you wish to donate by mail, please mail your check (made payable to “Seneca Lake Guardian”) to PO Box 333, Watkins Glen, NY 14891. Your donation automatically makes you a member of SLG.

Together we can keep the Finger Lakes pristine and protect it from irresponsible development for generations to come.

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Holiday Gift Guide Dear Readers, Welcome to our annual Holiday Gift Guide. We’re very proud to spotlight some of our exceptional local businesses and give them a place to feature their finest products and services.

Whether you’d like to give the gift of a great meal, a hand-made craft, a local artist’s original painting, or a fun outing that will create memories for years to come, there really is something here for everyone.

Our team at Life in the Finger Lakes would like to wish you all the best this holiday season and we look forward to a healthy, happy and bright 2022.

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Features the works of over 200 Finger Lakes Artists

Pottery, Jewelry, Glass, Photography, Paintings, Wood, Metal, Fiber, Sculpture, Soaps, Culinary Delights, and more.

Give the gift of warmth, give alpaca.

Looking for a unique gift for that someone special?

Among the newest artists at Artizanns, Bryan McCabe (the Woodbutcher) turns fine wood specimens like this black walnut into vessels with imaginative and colorful inlays.

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“Ebel Sweaters” one of our best sellers for 10 years now. The style is a classic no button cardigan with a full length lapel , comes in many colors. Many of our customer have many of these of different colors. One size fits most and also comes in XXL Stop by the Alpaca Country store located at the farm in West Bloomfield. There you will find the most unique gifts you will lay your eyes on. from the softest teddy bears to the finest cape you have ever felt.

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Lukacs Pottery We make hand-thrown pottery including mugs, bowls, solar lights, jewelry holders, cat banks, fish-shaped bowls, vases, and turtle boxes. Flutes and ocarinas are a specialty. We also have handmade jewelry, prints, blown glass, and other fine crafts.

315-483-4357 • lukacspottery.com 7060 NY-14, Sodus Point, NY 14555

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magine the memories you will make together when you stay in a private vacation home along one of the pristine Finger Lakes. With over 250 lakefront vacation rentals to choose from, the local team at Finger Lakes Premier Properties is ready to help you create the perfect holiday gift for your family.

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Finger Lakes Watches Swiss movement, sapphire crystal and water resistant. This unisex collection features many Finger Lake silhouettes.

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Holiday Gift Guide Deck the Halls with the A bell for every Finger Lake and more.

Makes a Bell-tastic gift for the holidays.

Mention “Deck the halls” and receive a ten percent discount in the month of November at our signature store located at the Windmill Farm and Craft Market Penn Yan, NY. If you can not make it to our store in November please order from our website or visit Finger Lakes Unique on Market Street in Corning, NY. Ring on!

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Health Without The High Oil Based and Water Soluble Tinctures, Topical Cream, Edibles, Raw Hemp, Pet and Skin Care Products

We offer USDA certified organic and all natural hemp-derived products for both people and pets. Made in the USA and CO2 extracted for quality and purity. Give the gift of health!

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Give the Gift of Nolan’s on Canandaigua Lake Make the holidays easy with a gift card, takeout or catering from Nolan’s.

This holiday season make it effortless, delicious and beautiful with a little help from Nolan’s on Canandaigua Lake. Book your holiday party with Nolan’s onsite private room, off-site catering or delivery. Don’t forget a gift card for a perfect stocking stuffer.

Happy Holidays from your friends at Nolan’s.

726 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424

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Shop local for the holiday!

We have a wide range of locally made products. Gift messaging and free shipping >$59.

FLX Goods

We are the general store of the Finger Lakes, bringing to you locally crafted goods from across our region.

We are continuously adding new products and gift options. Support local this holiday season.

flxgoods.com 40 Linden Street • Geneva, New York 14456

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Aside from looking and feeling amazing, waxing offers a number of health benefits over shaving. We offer a full range of waxing services for men and women at affordable pricing. Our waxologists are professionally trained, so you can be sure your experience with us will be as smooth as your skin!

(585) 394-1499 • fingerlakeswaxstudio.com 2375 State Route 332, Suite 800 Canandaigua, NY 14424

Classic April Cornell, always in style!

A perennial favorite! Our signature print, Cottage Rose, in three fall color-ways evoking the tones of autumn.

Sophisticated and refined, this print is a classic for us!

Serving lunch 11-2 . Reservations please.

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Try our fabulous red wines!

Zugibe Vineyards Give the gift of wine this Holiday season!

Shop and browse Zugibe Vineyards.

zugibevineyards.com • 315-585-6402 4248 East Lake Road, Geneva, NY 14456

For the “Foodie” on your gift list!

Let go of all the worry of gift giving with a Dudley Poultry gift card! You recipient will enjoy browsing our quaint country store full of Beef, Pork, Poultry, Seafood and Appetizers.

“Where Friends Gather, There is Good Food”... this year give the gift of ‘time’ by coming together around food.

Get your Finger Lakes Wine Travel Card. Access free tastings, bottle discounts, and more at 60+ locations.

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Holiday Gift Guide Made in Ithaca Gift Guide

Holidays at the

P. Tribastone Fine Art Gallery Original artwork makes a unique and memorable gift! Or decorate your home for the season with artwork! Come to see the “Small Works Invitational” at the P. Tribastone Fine Art Gallery, 32 South Main Street, Canandaigua. Open 10-5 Tues.-Sat.

585-217-2460 • patriciatribastoneart.com @P.Tribastonefineartgallery

Hands-on experiences, live performances, and one-of-kind items Browse our online gift guide featuring Made In Ithaca handmade items, along with unique experiences to give or to plan for yourself. You will find meaningful gift ideas for art lovers and nature lovers of any age.

607-272-1313 • visitithaca.com/gift-guide

Get Your Lake On!

We carry lake jewelry for over 40 lakes from five states and 2 continents.

Now introducing our new Paddle Bar Lake necklaces with over 20 lakes represented along with the Chemung and Susquehanna Rivers! And more to come!”

Shop bracelets, necklaces, earrings and rings in-store.

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Give the gift that keeps on cooking!

New York Kitchen cooking classes and craft beverage pairing experiences make for perfect holiday gifts. Reserve classes online, or stop by our campus in Canandaigua and shop our 100% New York State Tasting Room during your visit.

800 South Main Street Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-7070 • nykitchen.com

Make New York Kitchen your one-stop shop for gifts this holiday season: Hands-On Cooking Classes, Beverage Pairing Experiences, Virtual Classes, Gift Cards, & More!

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Art is Important T

he theme of each issue of the magazine usually revolves around the time of year that it’s published.

For example, the May/June and July/August issues are very much centered around warm weather activities, while the January/February issue has a wintry theme. And sometimes, a magazine issue takes on a life of its own.

The November/December issue is traditionally the one that focuses on the annual photo contest, which we have done again this year, for the 20th time! It’s always exciting to go through all the photograph submissions from readers and then judge the top prospects. This year, we decided to open up the voting to the public. We are striving to include readers more and more into becoming a part of the creative process of the Life in the Finger Lakes brand. 2022 will include more contributions from readers. Watch for questionnaires and surveys that will be conducted through weekly e-newsletters and social media.

Again, the main focus for this issue is the photo contest, and we have built on that and turned it into a genuine creative and art-themed magazine this time around! For starters, the winner of the grand prize in the photo contest will be on display at the Rockwell Museum in Corning through December 2021. Visitors to the museum explore the people, land and ideas that shape America through the eyes of American artists.

We also explore an eatery in Owego called Carol’s Art Bar (page 32). It’s a soothing and relaxing café with delicious coffee and food, and walls adorned with bright and colorful artwork. There’s also daily live music – a fun place to visit I’m sure.

Pat Tribastone is a professional still life artist who has a gallery on Main Street in Canandaigua (page 60). Her oil paintings come alive through beautiful lighting, strong compositions and lively colors.

Off the Easel features several young artists who are already making their mark in the art world (page 26). Their mediums of choice are paint, photography, printmaking, drawing, sculpture and pottery.

Art is important. Now, more than ever, we need beauty and creativity surrounding us. Art also gives us expression and meaning. It ‘s a wonderful form of communication that can span all cultures and identities.

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reat stories in this week’s e-newletter. I especially like the sunflower story (by Derek Doeffinger). Sad that you didn’t see any of the Fredericks or their sunflowers, but you found others. Beautiful flower.

Then on your return, you passed through Phelps at parade time. Another Phelps story.

I live in Phelps and so enjoy my Life in the Finger Lakes print magazine, and these online stories.

Thank you for amazing things.

— Bonnie Dixon

I One thing we can all agree on in 2021 is that plans change like the weather in upstate NY. In the spirit of rolling with those changes, Cayuga County is inviting you to UnPlan a Getaway! Book your stay and enjoy all the benefits of a well-planned trip without all the planning.

Check out our award-winning craft breweries, fantastic dining options, and scenic outdoor activities. You’ll also find tons of wholesome fall fun at our local orchards and farms. (Can ‘U-Pick’ apple cider donuts, too? Asking for a friend.)

Visit tourcayuga.com to get inspired and (un)plan a getaway today.

n the September/October 2021 issue, the information about kayaking Owasco Lake has two glaring errors. All Finger Lakes flow south to north, so the exit on the north end is the outlet, not the inlet. Also, Emerson Park is not the only public access to Owasco – kayaks can put in at the south end of the lake near the marina on Route 38 at the inlet, which itself offers a beautiful paddle through the woods.

— Julie Ray Yes, the outlet of Owasco Lake is at the north end, and the inlet is at the south end. And yes, there is a place to launch a kayak or canoe at the south end of the lake at Cayuga County Park. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

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ots of good stuff in the September/October 2021 issue! I especially like the “On The Road” story on page 56. What a great idea. Am I missing something about the picture on page 8 of a dirt road in Canton, New York? I’m very familiar with Canton and St. Lawrence University but Canton is in the North Country.

— Ray Levato Thank you for your kind words about the latest issue Ray! We try to be accurate with all of our information, and on occasion errors happen. The barn on page 8 is located in Caton, New York – not Canton.

That comes down to a typographic error.

— Editor

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Order your 2022 NOW! Editorial & Production Editor..................................................................... Mark Stash .........................................mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com Graphic Artist..........................................Maia VanOrman Associate Editor............................................. Tina Manzer Assistant Editor.............................................J. Kevin Fahy Freelance Editor.....................................Bethany Snyder Contributors....................................Katherine Bourbeau ................................................................................. Libby Cook ...........................................................Susan Howell Hamlin ..................................................................... James P. Hughes .................................................................Nancy E. McCarthy ..........................................................................Cindy Ruggieri .....................................................................Laurel C. Wemett ................................................................... Daniella Zelikman

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happenings Confirm details with event organizers.

November 12-14...Fall Fiber Retreat 2021 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fiber artists of all kinds are invited to join us for a weekend of creativity at our biannual retreat. You will have access to our spacious studios: our sewing studio and our dye/wet studio. Participants get a least one full table each and two design walls. Lunch is included. Just bring yourself and your work. The dye studio is perfect for large batch dyeing, felting, and all other types of messy projects.

Participants will be required to wear a mask when not at their table.

Non-members $140 / Members $130.

Schweinfurth Art Center 205 Genesee St, Auburn NY 13021 schweinfurthartcenter.org November 14 thru January 31, 2022...9th Annual Festival of Trees The Ward W. O’Hara Agricultural & Country Living Museum is decorated for the season and there will be over 100 Christmas Trees Decorated and lit. Trees of all sizes, shapes and themes. Vote for your favorite tree. Admission and parking are free. All trees are inside the heated museum. For more information call the museum at 315-252-7644. Check us out on Facebook and check the website. Closed Wednesdays and Thursdays in January.

6880 East Lake Road Rt 38A, Auburn NY 13021 wardwoharaagriculturalmuseum.org November 26-December 24...Dickens Christmas 2021 Step back in time and enjoy the holidays the old-fashioned way with Dickens Christmas, as Skaneateles area businesses give a gift to the public for their continued support throughout the year. Plan now and join the Village of Skaneateles this holiday season. An annual tradition, the celebration begins the day after Thanksgiving and runs every Saturday and Sunday through December 23, from noon to 4 p.m., plus December 24 from noon to 2:30 p.m. Charles Dickens and his cast of over 50 characters will interact with residents and visitors in the streets, stores, and restaurants. Don’t miss lively acts at the library, live music, unique shopping, wonderful food and horse and wagon rides around the village. skaneateles.com/calendar/annual-events/dickens-christmas December 1...Live Music Wednesdays at Ventosa Live music tentative and subject to change. Please call to reserve a table, the terrace fills up quickly.

Free live music Wednesdays at Ventosa 6 to 9 p.m. and BOGO Happy Hour 5 to 6 p.m. Cafe Toscana serving until 8 p.m.

Ventosa Vineyards 3440 Route 96A, Geneva, NY 14456 December 5...Under the Dome Craft Fair

A chipmunk eluded Squirt the cat on a crimson maple tree during a beautiful day in the Finger Lakes.

Photo by David Snaith

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Murray Athletic Center.

The fair will feature gifts and hand-crafted goods from local artists in time for the holiday shopping season. Children can enjoy Santa’s Workshop while the adults peruse the fine offerings from a variety of local vendors. $20 general admission. Located north of the Elmira College campus on Route 14 at 170 Huck Finn Road in Horseheads, New York.

607-483-7150; E-mail - craftfair@elmira.edu December 19...Glenn Miller OrchestraCrouse Hinds Theatre With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year. 3 to 5 p.m.

The Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater Montgomery St, Syracuse, NY 13202

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ntario County Historical Society’s newest exhibit “Our Family Companions: The History of Pets in Ontario County” looks at what defines a pet, how we have cared for our pets, and why pets have been and still are so important to our lives. It is in the museum at 55 North Main Street in Canandaigua NY and can be seen Tuesday-Friday: 10 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. or Saturday: 11 A.M. – 3 P.M. each week until April of 2022.

Additional info at OCHS.org or 585-394-4975.

Watch for an upcoming article on this exhibit in the January/February 2022 issue of the magazine!

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Looking over the roof of a dog house of a beloved pet is OCHS Executive Director Cody Grabhorn and Curator Wilma Townsend. Photo courtesy of Judi Cermak.

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happenings

Local Student Organization Gathers Books for the Incarcerated

by Daniella Zelikman

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s a new fall semester starts at Ithaca College, a small student-run nonprofit, IC Books Thru Bars, begins planning for the upcoming year. The club is a books-to-prisoners organization focused on providing books to people incarcerated all across the United States.

They host monthly mailing events where volunteers read letters from

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incarcerated people and pick out books from the organization’s donated library to mail to them.

After being shut down for over a year by the COVID-19 pandemic, the club has already hosted one mailing event in September where volunteers helped package over 80 requests.

Another mailing was planned for October. The backlog of requests is staggering, but students running it are determined to process everything.

In November, the club is organizing a screening of the documentary, It’s Criminal, to educate people on the issues present in the criminal justice system.

If you’re interested in learning more, IC Books Thru Bars can be contacted by e-mail at booksthrubars@gmail.com or on Facebook at IC Books Thru Bars, or on Instagram at icbooksthrubars.

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Far Battlefield From the

Preserving the History of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp

by Susan Howell Hamlin, with Bethany Snyder and Laurel C. Wemett

Barracks Number Three with overflow tentage. Courtesy Library of Congress

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See the book review on

Elmira Civil War 1861-1865 on page 65.

Left foreground: Building Number 1, found at 55 Hoffman Street in Elmira, is believed to have been on the grounds of Elmira’s prison camp.

To the right is a replica barracks.

Courtesy Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp

View of the prison camp on West Water Street with observation tower on the right. Note the Foster House (white building in background with four chimneys) survives. Mr. Foster leased farmland to the government for its use.

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ort Sumter, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Wilderness, Petersburg, Appomattox. These names easily conjure up visions of Civil War battlefields and elicit discussions of grand strategies, tactics and heroism.

Perhaps less well known is the role Elmira played in this pivotal event in American history. In the last year of the Civil War, a prison camp was in operation in this Chemung County city, incarcerating thousands of Confederates.

In 2014, Marty Chalk and John Trice assembled the Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp, a group of people that both literally and figuratively preserve the history of the camp. After decades of attempts to establish a venue to share Elmira’s Civil War legacy, the Friends created an opportunity to preserve, protect and promote the unique experience of a northern community far from the battlefield.

Elmira’s prison camp and its subsequent horrors came about due to miscommunication between two colonels charged with the decision of where to locate the camp. With four mustering/training camps already in existence, Elmira seemed a logical place. In Washington, D.C., Colonel William Hoffman knew that the town was capable of quartering 10,000 Union troops, but did not understand that the capacity was divided into four distinct compounds on opposite sides of town.

When Hoffman directed Colonel Seth Eastman to set aside the barracks alongside the Chemung River for the purpose of housing between 8,000 and 10,000 Confederate prisoners, Eastman explained that the barracks could only hold 3,000 men. Whether Hoffman chose to ignore Eastman’s message or miscalculated the number of prisoners Elmira could accommodate, the end result was the same: badly overcrowded conditions.

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history the town’s population, was a direct contributor to the incorporation of the small upstate New York town into the city of Elmira in 1864. Many names of individuals integral to the community’s support and post-war contributions are still reflected in current street, building, school and business names.

The recruitment of volunteer citizen soldiers, training, and equipping of those volunteers, draft operations, hiring of substitutes, handling of deserters, management of prisoners of war and the eventual demobilization of thousands of soldiers affected the lives of the average Elmira resident in ways not often considered. It changed the face of the community for years after the cessation of hostilities, and continues to this day to shape the understanding of Elmira’s history.

About 30 years ago, local Civil War historians led by the late Carl Morrell discovered a small building on lower Hoffman Street believed to have been

Barracks Number Three (circa 1865) after completion of all additional barracks replacing the tents. Courtesy Chemung County Historical Society

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on the grounds of the prison camp. A deal was struck and the building was dismantled and put into storage, with all parts numbered and tagged. Many years later, the Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp set to work figuring out how to erect the building – and where to place it.

Over the course of four years, the Friends acquired the original ground where the prison was located, rebuilt the historic building, built a full-scale barracks replica, and established the beginnings of a dedicated archive. The work provides the foundation from which to build a significant asset for serious study of Elmira’s role in the Civil War.

In 2020, the Friends purchased two additional properties adjacent to the current site, razing several dilapidated structures in preparation for a visitor center. They also published Elmira Civil War 1861-1865, which explores the (Continued on page 74)

Model of Stockade. Future projects include construction of a 50-foot reproduction section of the stockade fence and observation tower. Photo by Douglas Oakes

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Wayne County W

ayne County is named after Anthony Wayne, a general and hero of the Revolutionary War. Before the county was initially settled as part of Albany County in 1683, the area was occupied by the Iroquois. After white settlers purchased the land, it was used primarily to build a road to the west during the period of western expansion. Wayne County was officially founded in 1823 after a division of land in Seneca and Ontario County. Wayne County has an area of 1,383 square miles with 604 square miles of land and 779 square miles of water.

The village of Lyons was settled in 1789 and

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incorporated as a village in 1854. Lyons was the former seat of Wayne County until 2015 when the village and county seat was dissolved into the town of Lyons by a vote of the village residents. The Erie Canal runs through the old village, which made it a popular destination in the early nineteenth century. Lyons is well known for producing peppermint and celebrates the success of the crop at a town celebration every July.

Wayne County borders Canada on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. It is directly east of Rochester and northwest of Syracuse and Ithaca.

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Things to Do! Capture spectacular views of Lake Ontario in the photographer’s paradise that is Chimney Bluffs State Park in the town of Wolcott. The 597-acre park has over 4 miles of hiking trails that lead to the natural bluffs at the edge of the lake. The bluffs are large, cone-shaped hills of glacial till that formed from erosion. The park is open to visitors year-round.

Browse and shop fine art pieces at the Artisans’ Loft in historic Pultneyville. The gallery showcases work about upstate New York from over 35 local, regional and nationally acclaimed artists. The pieces range from paintings to photographs, sculptures, books and more. The loft is open on weekends.

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ompkins County is named after former U.S. Vice President and New York governor, Daniel Tompkins. The county was originally part of Albany County when it was settled and did not become Tompkins County until 1817 when areas of Seneca and Cayuga County were split off and combined.

Tompkins County has an area of 492 square miles, with 475 square miles of land and 17 square miles of water.

The city of Ithaca was founded in 1790 following the Revolutionary War. The land was originally controlled by the Cayuga tribe, who occupied the southern end of Cayuga Lake. The city was later incorporated in 1888. By the late 19th

century, Ithaca had become a hub for developing industries.

The Ithaca Gun company was established in 1883 and the original gun factory was powered by the waters of Fall Creek, which flowed through a nearby gorge. Ithaca also became the center for the silent film industry until the U.S. westward expansion. Today, Ithaca is more well-known as a college town for the Cornell University and Ithaca College campuses.

Tompkins County is located at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake. It is southwest of Syracuse, northwest of Binghamton and southeast of Rochester.

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Things to Do! Find serenity away from the busy Ithaca streets at Cornell’s on-campus arboretum and botanical gardens.

Over 3,600 acres of forests, gardens, walking trails, gorges and wetlands are open to the public year-round and are operated by seven different schools at the university.

Take a scenic drive parallel to Cayuga Lake to Trumansburg to see the natural wonders of Taughannock Falls State Park. The 750-acre park features hiking trails, beaches and Taughannock Falls, the tallest free-falling waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains. At 215 feet, the falls are 33 feet taller than Niagara Falls.

Shop locally at a variety of small businesses stationed in the Ithaca Commons. The Commons is a fourblock pedestrian-only shopping center with over 100 businesses, including retail stores, restaurants, bars and theaters.

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Population: 101,564 Median age: 29 years old Tompkins County is home to Cornell University, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College.

There are over 61 nationally registered historic places in the county.

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Next Generation The

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ow, more than ever, art is a comforting refuge from daily stresses and news headlines. Art can also provoke strong feelings that reflect societal change and spark important conversations. For both artist and viewer, artistic expression provides a visual linkage to explore the differences and commonalities of the human experience.

The Finger Lakes Region has a rich and vibrant art scene continually bolstered by young emerging artists coming up the ranks, full of fresh ideas, energy and a desire to create. Meet five talented makers sharing their stories as they joyfully embrace their professional lives as working artists.

They are already leaving their mark on their local communities and beyond.

by Nancy E. McCarthy

Eliejha Montanez

Montanez in front of his Circle of Life mural at Roc Paint’s headquarters in Rochester.

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ochester muralist Eliejha (“Eli”) Montanez, 20, comes from an artistic family and loved making art from a young age. His career goal is to be a professional artist. Montanez got hooked on painting large works in high school while attending the School of the Arts and participating in Roc Paint Division, the City of Rochester’s Youth Mural Arts Program. Its mission is “to beautify the city’s Rec Centers through mural arts while providing employment and training opportunities to young developing artists.”

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Muralists Sarah C. Rutherford, Justin Suarez and Brittany Williams run the program and mentor the student artists.

In summer 2020, after three seasons of participating in group mural projects, Montanez was awarded a local WALL\ THERAPY grant to design and paint his first solo mural. The element-themed Circle of Life illustrates respect for our planet and was painted on the exterior walls of Roc Paint’s home base in Rochester. His artwork often promotes environmental conservation.

Montanez, who works in acrylic, oil and airbrushing techniques, is influenced by the style of Los Angeles

muralist/illustrator Matt Dean (aka “Kiptoe”) and his Roc Paint mentors.

Montanez lived in Florida for part of his childhood surrounded by exotic birds which appear frequently in his work. “Eli shares many of the same passions that I do when it comes to his artwork. We definitely hit it off right off the bat with our mutual appreciation for birds!” says Suarez, who often paints birds of prey.

Before Roc Paint, Montanez painted realistic landscapes. He has now developed his own unique style, leaving photorealism behind. Montanez uses a monochromatic color scheme (different variations of the same color), adding

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in one different color to balance out the painting. “I want my viewers to be affected by the subtle colors that I use in my paintings and make them feel how I feel,” he says.

Roc Paint artists are high schoolers who eventually age out of the program.

But Montanez and another participant, Francheska Diaz, stayed on in paid yearround rec assistant positions designed

specifically for them. They create public art for the City of Rochester while building on their artistic skills and learning what it takes to be a working artist.

After participating in several student art exhibits in the past, Montanez has been invited to submit work for an upcoming out-of-state group exhibition.

He is currently working on animal-

themed paintings for the show.

“It excites me how driven he is to develop his skills and he produces work at an astounding rate,” says Suarez.

“I have no doubt Eli has an incredibly bright future.”

Contact Montanez at free.lncr.2001@ gmail.com. Follow him on Instagram @ free_lncr.

Jenna Girolamo

Girolamo in her art studio.

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ochester artist Jenna (“JTG”) Girolamo, 23, is a 2020 Nazareth College graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art. She was a crafty kid and explored various mediums in high school but got serious about art as a profession in college. “I always knew I was going to be an artist.

Without really giving anything else a second thought, it just made sense,” says Girolamo.

Girolamo received several awards during her college years including Nazareth College Student of The Year in Studio Art 2019-2020. Although her interests include drawing, film photography and printmaking, her main concentration is abstract painting. Mediums include acrylic paint, soft pastel, spray paint and oil sticks. While still in college, Girolamo sold her first painting to a friend’s mother.

The artists who inspire Girolamo include iconic pop artist Keith Haring, abstract painter Julie Mehretu, known for large, layered works, and abstract

expressionist Willem de Kooning. “The first time I saw a de Kooning (painting) in person, it brought me to tears - the markings and the colors, it was what I was doing on my canvas, but someone had also experienced the same. It was the emotion of being understood,” she says.

Girolamo’s painting process is an exploration. Applications to the canvas may include scraped layers, saturated colors and water. Shapes and lines are confronted, challenged and pushed toward a completed painting.

“It is the visibility of each step and the patience that is needed to give each layer time to settle into its environment. It is with distance you are able to appreciate where it is coming from,” she writes in her artist’s statement.

“Jenna’s work is full of color and life,” says fine artist Siena Pullinzi who shares a rented studio space with Girolamo.

In August Girolamo’s work was part of “Out of the Schoolhouse,”

an emerging artists exhibition sponsored by the Ontario County Arts Council. Undoubtedly, this exhibit is one of more to come. In the interim, stop in to see Girolamo’s work in her studio on the first Friday of every month. Open studio hours are from 5-9PM at the Hungerford Building, Studio 420, in Rochester.

Visit jgartbuzz.com. Contact Girolamo at jgartbuzz@gmail.com. Follow her on Instagram @JGArtBuzz

Left: Phase, an orca-themed painting, spray paint and acrylic on a 48”x25” canvas; Right: The Transparency, acrylic paint and soft pastel on 35”x42” stretched canvas.

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ason (“JT”) Thiel, 18, is a 2021 graduate of Horseheads High School and attends SUNY Corning Community College pursuing a business degree.

Photography is his main career goal.

Thiel is new to the art of photography but already working professionally and garnering awards.

Thiel’s interest began as a high school junior when he bought a camera to photograph a small clothing line he designed. Apparel fell by the wayside when he fell in love with photography.

Using a Canon EOS RP camera, Thiel edits his photos with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Main subjects are evenly split between nature and portraits. Thiel credits his cousin Kyle Nickerson, a photography hobbyist, with helping him to develop skills and techniques. He also

Thiel shooting a nature scene.

watches Peter McKinnon tutorials on the photographer/filmmaker’s YouTube channel and is influenced by photographer Alen Palander’s style.

Both pros are Toronto-based.

Thiel launched his website in 2020. “My first paying client was my friend Nolan who paid me $10 for a simple photoshoot in Elmira,” he says.

It was a decidedly modest start but opportunities have definitely progressed from there. Over the summer, Thiel was

Thiel entered “Alone” into the 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing competition and it won the prestigious Gold Key award.

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hired to shoot a family reunion and is busy framing photos to sell online. He also plans to self-publish a book of upstate New York nature photos with an emphasis on the Finger Lakes Region’s state parks.

And then there are the awards. Thiel entered the 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing competition and won the prestigious Gold Key award for “Alone,” a portrait shot, and an honorable mention for “Sunrise Motivation,” a nature photo. Both works were later included in an Arnot Art Museum exhibit in Elmira.

Later this year, Thiel’s “Adirondack Magic” photograph was a finalist in Congressmen Tom Reed’s annual Congressional Art Competition. “We care about the importance of arts

for students, and this competition is just one way we can encourage and support the next generation of artists,” says Reed. Thiel’s photograph hangs in Reed’s Washington, District of Columbia office for a year.

“The art I make is to cherish memories and to get a different view on the world,” says Thiel. “I want to share this view with people, that way people can see how beautiful the world around them is.”

Visit jasonathiel.com. Contact Thiel at byjasonthiel@gmail.com.

Follow him on Instagram @Jasonathiel.

Aubrey Hill

Chained, a linoleum cut print, symbolizes an aspect of Hill’s experience as a deaf person and the communication barriers she experiences with the deaf and hearing world.

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ubrey Hill of Hammondsport, 22, graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2021. Throughout college she waffled between professional goals: artist or art teacher? She’s decided to do both. Her career path is art education but Hill will continue to create her own art.

In spring 2020, when Hill was still an undergraduate, she snagged her first big art sale. An RIT alumnus contacted

the school looking to commission a student artist to paint his deceased mother’s portrait.

Hill, working on a small sculpture He selected Hill.

This past summer Hill worked as a direct support person at the ARC of Monroe Community Arts Connection which provides arts offerings for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This fall, Hill returned to RIT to pursue a Master of Science for Teachers degree, an accelerated one year program focusing on visual arts and encompassing art education for all grades. “After I graduate I would like to either teach art at the ARC or at a school,” says Hill.

The artist works in a variety of media and styles ranging from realism to abstraction. While her main focus is oil painting, printmaking and drawing, she also makes sculpture and pottery. Hill is deaf and cochlear implants help her to hear along with lip reading to fill in the gaps (pandemic mask-wearing presents a stumbling block). Some of her work themes explore the communication barriers between the deaf and hearing world.

While she admires the work of contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (“Her use of dots and colors astounds me.”), Hill’s main inspiration is local artist Gina Pfleegor.

Pfleegor was her Hammondsport High School teacher, a fine artist represented by West End Gallery in Corning.

“Aubrey was always such a talented and truly delightful young art student, I just knew she’d be a successful artist one day,” says Pfleegor. “She never shied away from a challenge, whether it was related to her disability or trying to master a new drawing technique. Aubrey’s attitude has always been “I can!” and she certainly does.”

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Rachael (“Cat”) Derby graduated as Hammondsport High School’s class valedictorian in 2018. Derby, 21, attends Cazenovia College and is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications. She anticipates a spring 2022 graduation.

Derby’s professional focus is on graphic design and marketing in a business environment.

Derby got a head start on that path when, at age 12, she started sculpting miniature polymer clay charms, jewelry and figurines finely detailed with acrylic paints. At first, she gave these tiny treasures away as gifts to friends and family and then unintentionally made her first sale. A friend’s sister had asked Derby to make a hedgehog statue and sent her $5 as a thank you. In 2015, Derby, 15, had amassed an inventory

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Visit Belhurst Castle & Winery Some of Derby’s tiny Meow Charm creations.

and started Meow Charms, her own Etsy store of ready-made items. To date, she has made about 200 sales, has a 5-star business rating and customers across New York, throughout the United States and Canada and as far away as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.

She also creates special custom orders.

Repeat client Chance Catucci of Mahopac, New York, discovered Derby’s work through a mutual friend. He’s commissioned a wide range of custom pieces for friends and family. “The past few years I’ve given people in my life hand-crafted models of their dogs,” says Catucci. Some of the recipients cried happy tears. “Not only are these pieces amazing memories, but Rachael also takes extreme care to make them as accurate as possible to the reference pictures I send her.”

Artists who inspire Derby’s sculpting work include Bori Gheorghita from The Woods of Wonder, Greta Gruzdaitytė from Dzy Dzy Design, and Amba Jacobs from The Little Mew. “I not only admire their incredible and unique sculpting and designing skills, but also their photography, marketing, and use of design in their businesses,” says Derby.

Her current art making is split between sculpting and graphic design but Derby also draws with ink or colored pencils and works in a variety of mediums: acrylics, watercolors, collage, and quilling.

“I have always loved art,” says Derby. “As soon as I could hold a pencil, I was drawing or coloring.”

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Every time I walk into Carol’s Art Bar in Owego, my senses come alive. It’s the smell of the coffee. The brilliant colors in the art work on the walls. The gentle sounds of the live music.

It’s soothing and relaxing, which is exactly what Carol Livermore-Ostrander envisioned when she opened her café.

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rt has always been a part of her life. After earning a bachelor of arts in fine arts at Binghamton University, Livermore-Ostrander then spent a 30-year career as a floral designer. But always she painted, between working and raising her family.

Her paintings are filled with bold, vivid colors, often with a floral theme. “I always want to capture a moment in time, as when a flower is in full bloom and totally perfect for a very short period of time,” she says. Livermore-Ostrander’s preferred medium is oil painting on canvas, and she often used her front porch as her studio, to accommodate several 5’ by 8’ paintings.

She has displayed her work at Cornell University, the Bruce Nelson Art Trailer and at the Binghamton Art Walk. But there was always more she wanted to do with her art.

When the current location of Carol’s Art Bar in downtown Owego became available in 2015, it seemed like the right time for Livermore-Ostrander to take a leap of faith and open her business. “I always had this dream to open an art gallery type of coffee café, with comfy couches where folks could relax, enjoy good coffee and homemade comfort food while enjoying the artwork,” she says. She certainly achieved her dream, with art work covering the tables and exposed brick walls (even in the restroom!); delicious, homemade organic-based food; and a huge variety of specialty coffee drinks.

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You go girl, keep up the good work!”

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The menu is fun, with salads and specialty sandwiches named after artists. You can select sandwiches such as the Picasso, Monet or Rembrandt, or salads called the El Greco, Renoir and the Grandma Moses.

Original creations include the homemade breakfast bagels, LivermoreOstrander’s daily soup varieties and her husband Dave’s chili. I never leave without taking home my personal favorite – her huge biscotti, my perfect coffee-break companion.

Every day includes midday live music, such as a singer with a guitar or a musician with a hammered dulcimer. Music is piped onto the street, a soothing welcome for both passersby and patrons.

In addition to all of the offerings in her café, it is LivermoreOstrander herself who keeps her customers returning time and again. Greeting folks as they walk in the door or stopping to chat at a table, she is always ready with a smile and her warm, welcoming style.

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Delicious Dishes

Dessert First!

Red Bird Café At the café, eat dessert first!

You will want to try that pie – it features locally sourced fruit combined with the finest ingredients. Stop by for a slice with a cup of tea or coffee! redbirdcafeandgiftshop.com

Ceviche Tostada

Each month, Carol’s Art Bar hosts a different guest artist displaying work on the front wall. It’s LivermoreOstrander’s way of supporting local artists. An opening night for the artist is always included as part of the Owego First Friday Art Walk.

Livermore-Ostrander had just completed her fifth year in business when Covid hit, and like most small businesses, she was greatly impacted.

Although she lost staff and business, she was able to keep going with strong community support and creative ways to keep the café open. With eased restrictions and business back in gear, Livermore-Ostrander is looking forward to restarting evening events that had to be cancelled because of the pandemic. She is currently making plans to restart two popular events: a beginner art class, which she teaches, and an open mic night.

Carol’s Art Bar is café, gallery and coffee shop all under one roof. Stop in and check it out. Take time to relax, enjoy the art and soothe your soul.

Visit carolscoffeeandartbar.com to learn more.

NY Kitchen Dine al fresco with the NYK Café at New York Kitchen, overlooking beautiful Canandaigua Lake, featuring Ceviche Tostada with cilantro atop a crispy tortilla. nykitchen.com

Seared Scallops Angelica

Belhurst Castle A favorite at Edgar’s Restaurant at Belhurst Castle is Seared Scallops Angelica served over angel hair pasta with a white wine and garlic caper sauce. belhurst.com/dining/edgarsrestaurant-in-the-castle

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WINNERS The 20th Annual Life in the Finger Lakes

PHOTO CONTEST 2021

marks the 20th anniversary of the Life in the Finger Lakes photo contest.

For the first time ever, readers were allowed to vote for their favorite photo – online. We love it when readers become a part of the creative process. Then, the magazine really starts to reflect your interests and contributions.

When we started the photo contest in 2002, we wanted to showcase the incredibly talented people who love the Finger Lakes Region. Over the years, we have received thousands of photo submissions for the contest. And it’s always a difficult decision on filtering down to the ones that will be judged because there are so many great photos to choose from.

We’d like to thank each person who ever submitted a photo to the contest. There are more than a few that never won a prize or received recognition, but we have curated all your photos, and we know that you sent them out of a love for this incredible area and its people and culture.

Here’s to another 20 years of photo contests!

– Mark Stash, editor

GRAND PRIZE “The Rain”

The grand prize photograph will be presented in partnership with The Rockwell Museum in Corning. It will be on display at the museum through December 2021.

Digitally Altered “Capturing the beauty of Watkins Glen without including any visitors was not as easy a task as it may sound. In fact, I had to wake up at 5 a.m. to travel to the park, yet I was not the first in line. I hope this photo can help explain why this magical place is one of the my most favorite places on earth.”

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SECOND PLACE “Wood Pile Red Fox” Photograph was taken in Geneseo.

Tom Kosmicki • Rochester

THIRD PLACE “Awaiting the Storm” Taken on an iPhone, across the road from Treleaven Wines in King Ferry.

Lisa Skrubis • Ithaca

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FIRST PLACE “Twin Reflections” This photograph was taken at the beaver wetland in the Sterling Nature Preserve in Sterling.

Marie Costanza • Webster

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SECOND PLACE “Grimes Glen Park, Naples, New York” Annette C. Averitt Farmington

THIRD PLACE “Puddle hopper” Stony Brook State Park Melissa Batz • Canandaigua

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THIRD PLACE “Otisco Lake Rainbow” Sandy Molodetz West Hartford, Connecticut

SECOND PLACE “Snow Train” Finger Lakes Railroad near Oaks Corners, New York Diane W. Dersch • Waterloo

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FIRST PLACE “Proposal Sunrise” • Letchworth State Park • Charles Cappellino • Seneca Falls

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HONORABLE MENTION “Surrounded by beauty – Canandaigua Lady at south end of Canandaigua Lake” Black and White Cindy Noël Alves • Canandaigua

“Floating Among the Clouds – Green Lakes State Park” Color Gina Kreutter • Webster

“Seneca Lake” Black and White S. Ani Mukherji • Geneva

“Winter Sunset Ganargua Creek/Erie Canal” - Color Susan Lynch • Lyons

“The Gas Line” Custom auto repair shop and museum, Route 318, Seneca Falls Digitally Altered Dawn P. Knox • Rochester

“The Dance Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge” Digitally Altered Mary Lou Shapinas Johnson City, New York

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JOHN ADAMSKI AWARD “ Whitetail doe – Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge” Chris Achtschin • Middlesex

John Adamski is best known as the founder of the Finger Lakes Museum, along with being a contributor to many publications such as Life in the Finger Lakes magazine.

John’s authentic passion for nature was captured through his award-winning wildlife photography and writings.

This award is given to a photographer who has captured a spectacular photo of wildlife in its natural, outdoor setting here in the Finger Lakes. In order to continue John’s legacy for showcasing and celebrating the region, support in the form of your time, talent, and treasure is always welcome at the Finger Lakes Museum – fingerlakesmuseum.org.

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Sparkle RETURNS story and photos by James P. Hughes

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Sparkle 2021 will be celebrated on Saturday evening, December 4. Visit gafferdistrict. com for more information.

What better place to “Sparkle” at Christmas than in the Crystal City?

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s Christmas approaches, Market Street in Corning’s Gaffer District is a bustling place any day of the week. Spirited folks wander about, shopping, dining, absorbing the crisp air and seasonal glow of the “Crystal City.”

Yet by mid-afternoon on the first Saturday in December, the district atmosphere begins to shuffle a bit. Cars parked along Market Street exit the area.

Pitched vendor booths soon line the thoroughfare. Barriers create a five-block pedestrian mall. People take to the street, strolling beneath the Crystal City

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Sparkle

Christmas banner that waves above tree branches draped with cheerful lighting.

It’s time for Sparkle, a crown jewel of seasonal Gaffer District events that continue to make Corning a “must” place to visit year-round. Sparkle’s glorious tradition began in 1974, and now annually draws thousands from late afternoon well into the evening.

Interrupted in 2020, the celebration returns for its 46th visit on December 4, 2021, an anticipated and welcome restoration of seasonal normalcy.

Crystal City Christmas annually kicks off with its festive Parade of Lights, delivering Santa by horse and carriage to his “Crystal House” at Centerway Square. That spot, with its towering Christmas tree, remains the hub of Corning’s holiday season and the focal point of Sparkle’s cheery activities.

Strolling past the exquisite window displays of Market Street’s

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“Gaffer,” you ask? It’s a popular term for a glassblower, a respected artisan of Corning’s historic glass industry.

historical architecture is a treat in itself. Specialty businesses welcome visitors throughout the evening with distinctive offerings. At Centerway Square, pay a visit to Santa and enjoy spirited choral groups offering the music of the season. There are horsedrawn carriage rides, an arrays of arts and crafts, street performers, children’s activities and even live animals on display. And, of course, food is plentiful in Corning’s wide variety of eateries and pubs, as well as from street vendors of every stripe scattered along the way.

In short, Sparkle is a lively, festive occasion worth visiting year after year – a memorable time for families and folks of all ages to brighten Christmas spirits and celebrate the season.

Soak up Serenity O N C AY U G A L A K E With five luxury inns, three restaurants, and a brand-new spa — complete with saunas, steam rooms, salon, café, and six spa pools — Aurora is the perfect place for a restorative getaway. Experience the serenity of a world-class destination resort this fall — right in your backyard.

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product picks

Lazy Acres Farm

Fall and cooler temperatures are coming our way, so it’s time to pick up your knitting needles! They have lots of 100-percent alpaca yarn in multiple weights and colors. Visit their website for directions to our farm or to check out our online catalog. lazyacrealpacas.com

Artizanns

Randy Kennard from Glass Palette Creations uses fused and dichroic glass to create Glass-Scapes – decorative landscapes and scenes of nature that capture the light. artizanns.com

Rasa Spa

Rasa Ananda Hair & Scalp Oil was developed using oils of vetiver and sandalwood. This luxurious hair and scalp oil clears the hair follicles, stimulates new hair growth, brings moisture to the skin, and leaves the hair revitalized. It’s created by, and exclusive to, Rasa Spa. 8oz/$24, rasaspa.com

Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars

This 2018 Chardonnay offers apricot pie, vanilla, buttered popcorn, and praline on the nose. It’s medium- to full-bodied with bright acidity; rich and buttery, yet fresh. $16.99 lamoreauxwine.com

Ventosa Vineyards

This super-soft sweatshirt-material blanket is now 10-percent off! It’s cozy and extra-large (54 by 84 inches) so there’s room to share!

It features heavyweight jersey fabric on one side and cozy fleece on the other – 80-percent cotton/20-percent polyester fabric with hemmed edges.

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Cricket on the Hearth

Blaze King Ashford 25 Inserts are in stock for efficient wood-burning this year! cricketonthehearth.com 900 Panorama Trail S. 14625

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The Gold, Silver, and Diamond Store

New sterling silver paddle necklaces feature an adjustablelength chain, and celebrate 20 different lakes plus the Chemung and Susquehanna Rivers. $119. goldsilverdiamondstore.com

Body Kneads and Wellness

The Full Spectrum Hemp Targeted Topical + Arnica Receptra Relief Topical is formulated to optimize recovery. Perfect for the weekend warrior, active lifestyle, or for anyone with general discomfort or injury. $55.00 yourbodykneads.massagetherapy.com

product picks Fitch Construction

Fitch Sunrooms come in a number of shapes and styles. Design consultants will work with you to meet your needs and identify the best look for your home. They are responsible for the entire process, beginning with the design through the final day of construction. They’ve been serving the community with the highest standards for more than 30 years. For a limited time, SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $2,500 ON SUNROOMS, DECKS OR ADDITIONS (not valid with other offers, expires 12/31/21). Call today for free design consultation, 585-377-3330 fitchconstruction.com

Fireplace Fashions

Beat the snow and cold by upgrading your fireplace to an efficient insert today. Stop in at Fireplace Fashions, 1936 Hudson Ave in Irondequoit.

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Antiques Revival

This Rococo Revival Birdseye Maple & Figural Carved Walnut Marble Top Dresser with Mirror is circa 1860. antiquerevival.com

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product picks FingerLakes Bell Co.

A bell for all 11 Finger Lakes plus additional lakes in New York and more. Available at The Windmill in Penn Yan and at Finger Lakes Unique in Corning. Ring-on! flxbells.com

Wagner Vineyards

Our 2020 Riesling Dry ($14.99) was recently awarded 90 points and a Top 100 Best Buy by the Wine Enthusiast magazine. This “zesty, dry Riesling offers vibrancy and lift thanks to juicy acidity,” they wrote. It’s a versatile staple for any holiday table. wagnervineyards.com

Crown Jewelry

Jade by Nikolai is all-natural Jadeite Jade – no dyes; no treatments to interfere with healing and power from this rare gem. $25.00 and up. mycrowndowntown.com

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Embrace your love of the Finger Lakes with this unisex collection of watches. Take advantage of their holiday sale by using code ONEHUNDRED to receive $100 off at checkout online. wateresque.com

Ithaca Health and Wellness

Our Topical Cream won best out of 500 brands at the USA CBD Expo! The cream includes natural anti-inflammatories, carrier oils and cannabinoid-rich hemp extract. $95. ithaca@cbdrx4u.com 845-244-0868

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Raising Guide Dogs in the Finger Lakes for Guiding Eyes for the Blind

by Nancy E. McCarthy

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an Berlin, a successful businessman, philanthropist and endurance athlete, lives his life to the fullest with his wife, two children and two dogs. But Berlin’s quality of life skyrocketed when yellow Labrador Retriever Ursa joined their active family in March 2021. Ursa is his first guide dog. Berlin, 50, lost most of his sight by his late twenties from cone-rod dystrophy, a rare progressive disorder.

Established in 1954, Guiding Eyes for the Blind (GEB) is a New York-based nonprofit organization that provides guide dogs to people with vision loss at no cost so they can experience all of life’s adventures. For Berlin, a world traveler, marathon runner and hiker, adventure was already his forte. However, Berlin had to rely on human Shannon Doubet and Jenko

GEB guide dogs are primarily Labrador Retrievers (92%) and some German Shepherds (8%).

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guides for his training runs at home. Now Ursa is his training partner. She matches Berlin’s pace and keeps him safe. Plus she’s ready to run whenever he is.

“Having Ursa gives me a sense of freedom,” says Berlin who describes her as “super sweet.” She seeks out his lap for cuddles or enjoys naps in the sun when she is off duty.

Dogs like Ursa are bred, raised, and trained by GEB staff and volunteers. At two months, puppies selected as potential guide dogs are placed in volunteer puppy raiser homes for basic training, to learn manners and build socialization skills.

This prepares these dogs for a future assessment at 14 to 18 months to determine suitability for guide dog training. Even though Berlin lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, Ursa was raised

by Shannon Doubet and her family in Cortland, New York.

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GEB volunteer puppy raisers are located in thirteen states. In New York there are fourteen Puppy Raising Regions managed by four staff regional managers. Regional manager Cassie Houghton, also a two-time puppy raiser in Rochester, oversees the Finger Lakes Region which encompasses Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Tompkins and Broome counties.

(Houghton also manages the Cattaraugus, Erie, Monroe and the Southern Tier Regions). The FL Region is her largest with volunteers raising 20 puppies on average in any given year.

Houghton’s duties include screening potential puppy raisers who fill out an application, observe puppy training classes and then attend an intensive orientation class.

Houghton also participates in matching puppies to raisers based on the lifestyle and handling style of the raiser and temperament of the puppy. Approved raisers are required to bring their young puppies to weekly obedience classes led GEB Regional Manager Cassie Houghton and Xena

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by GEB volunteers in Ithaca. Thereafter, Houghton teaches the older dogs (six months and up) every two weeks.

Normally GEB pups are evaluated for guide dog training by 18 months. Some dogs are currently older because during the Covid lockdown training was temporarily suspended, creating a backlog. If deemed suitable for guide dog training, the dog leaves its puppy raiser to go on for senior training with Guide Dog Mobility Instructors on staff.

There is a national pool of applicants requesting guide dogs. Applicants and dogs are carefully matched, weighing the needs, environment and lifestyle of each individual and the traits and capabilities of each dog. For instance, Berlin requested a running dog and Ursa was trained to run alongside her handlers. Dogs not suited for guide work go on to alternative careers in the GEB Brood Stud breeding program, as detection or service dogs for other organizations or are adopted.

Houghton just finished raising Xena in the Monroe Region. Xena, a female German Shepherd, was recently evaluated for guide dog training and is being considered instead as a GEB brood dog. The decision will be made after a range of medical and behavioral assessments are completed. Broods and studs are crucial to producing wellbred, healthy puppies for future placements. Breeding dogs live with loving foster families until their puppy bearing years end and they retire.

The Doubets span three generations of puppy raisers starting with Shannon Doubet’s in-laws. Doubet and her husband are on their fifth puppy now and their two daughters are also puppy raisers. For Doubet, the biggest challenge is saying goodbye to these exceptional dogs after raising and loving them for many months. But, “knowing that they may help change someone’s life in a very positive way makes it all worthwhile,” she says.

The Great Blindini

Jenko, a black Lab, was Doubet’s third puppy. In June 2021, he became Chris Faircloth’s first guide dog. “Jenko has made my life so much better,” says Faircloth. “It’s all because of Shannon and her family. It’s not a small thing that they and other puppy raisers do. It’s huge and life-changing.”

Faircloth, who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his family, was born legally blind. His optic nerve never fully developed. He is now completely blind in one eye and able to “count fingers” with his other but has issues managing steps and curbs, navigating curves, and is hyper-sensitive to extreme brightness and darkness.

“I was the fat blind kid who didn’t use a cane,” says Faircloth, 50, who resisted applying for a guide dog because he was concerned how others would react to it. “I had a pride issue but then finally realized that I really needed help.”

Turns out, his friends and family fully supported his decision and wondered why he didn’t do it sooner!

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weeks. This included a trip to navigate the busy streets of New York City. It was a little scary for Faircloth at first but the pair clicked.

When Jenko is on harness he is a serious working dog but offharness a bit of a goofball, chasing after balls or jumping in the lake for a swim. He snuggles on the couch with Faircloth and his wife Geri along with their other dog and cat. However he always keeps a watchful eye on Faircloth. One day Geri was backing the car up and Jenko, off harness, started nudging Faircloth away and sidestepped between him and the car. Faircloth wasn’t in danger but Jenko wasn’t taking any chances.

Faircloth (a.k.a The Great Blindini) has been a performing magician as a sideline business since high school. He can make objects disappear and reappear, set

cake batter on fire and produce a baked cake, bend quarters and more.

Faircloth ignores the old adage “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”

Though Jenko, almost 3, is far from being an “old dog,” Faircloth is training Jenko to be his very first magic show assistant.

It’s a work in progress as they learn to perform tricks together. “Neither of us is perfect, but we are perfect for each other,” says Faircloth.

Learn more about Guiding Eyes for the Blind at guidingeyes.org.

Contact GEB Finger Lakes Regional Manager Cassie Houghton directly at choughton@guidingeyes.org. Follow Dan Berlin’s extreme adventures at teamseepossibilities.com.

Find Chris Faircloth on Facebook on The Great Blindini page.

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Pat Tribastone The P. Tribastone Fine Art Gallery, Canandaigua

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What is its mission?

In 2014 I moved my studio from downtown Rochester to Canandaigua.

My first studio was above the Wolfe Insurance Company, where I enjoyed a large space. When the opportunity came for a spot on Main Street ground level, I moved to 32 South Main Street, where I have been since 2016. The P. Tribastone Fine Art Gallery specializes in fine art in the realist tradition. Images of florals, still life and landscapes exemplify the skill and dedication of talented local and regional artists.

Tell us a little about your painting technique.

I paint mainly in oil, and some pastel. My paintings are mostly still life done from life right here at the gallery. A painting is done in steps, starting with a basic drawing, and layers of paint applied to create interesting light and shadow

forms. Anyone who stops in at the gallery can see where I work, and catch me at my easel.

What inspires you to paint and create?

I am inspired by objects that have some kind of character; old things with interesting shapes and colors, or that seem to have a history of their own. I like to visit antique shops and estate sales to find things to paint. And flowers, of course.

What part of the Finger Lakes Region do you like the most?

Canandaigua!

What words of wisdom would you pass onto your childhood self?

Pursue your passion, and work hard at it. You will succeed.

What is one thing people often misunderstand about you?

Artists are not necessarily born with an innate ability to create art; it comes with many years of dedication and hard work.

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Girlhood excerpted from “Never Sit on Stone Steps”

by Katherine Bourbeau

The aunts doted on Mary, the only child in the household. All her clothes, even her underwear, were sewn by hand by the seamstresses in Aunt Frances’ shop.

Mary was raised by her aunts in the house on South Main Street in Geneva. For a year they thought her “too delicate” to go to school, and she was kept at home. She was home so much that she never learned all her multiplication tables, and she fell behind a year in school.

She never learned to ride a bike, never learned to swim.

“Babe,” her aunts said to her, “don’t ever sit on stone steps.” They were afraid she would die of a rheumatic heart.

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hen I was young, I was transfixed by stories my grandmother told me about her childhood.

When she shared her memories, she sank back into them; her eyes lost their outward vision and I could see that she was seeing the people and rooms and places that she spoke about, alive for her still. She spoke as if she were remembering the moments for the first time. The sadness and confusion were visible on her face and in her body, which would stiffen a bit as if to protect herself from a grief that was too much to feel.

My father was a restless man who loved adventure, so we moved every two years throughout my childhood, starting over again in new cities and new schools. But we always returned to the home of my mother’s mother in the small city of Geneva in the Finger Lakes of New York State. There I could count on hearing my grandmother’s stories and see the high-Victorian artifacts from the house in Geneva where she spent her childhood: Candlesticks with crystal teardrops hanging down from the candle base, a marble top table with ornate mahogany legs, and delicate china hand-painted with pink flowers and shamrocks chosen by my grandmother’s Irish aunts. In Geneva I could see the actual house where her childhood memories played out, the park where she played as a child, and the sidewalks where she walked with my grandfather in their courting days.

My grandmother’s stories make me think about how we humans endure, how it was done then and how it is now. The youngest of my grandmother’s aunts was rejected by her true love’s family, and married a traveling salesman. It seems quaint and slightly humorous, like the subplot of a play. And yet for me, it also resonates with the compromises we all must make, and the limited circumstances that sometimes cage us.

Mary Frances’ father James had a soda and mineral water bottling business. Mary Frances is in the wagon with her dog Dandy; her father is in the white shirt to the right.

Aunt Frances Carney, a dressmaker

Mary Carney, “Aunt Mame”

Ellen Adelaide Carney, “Aunt Nell”

John Francis Carney, “Uncle Jack”

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y high school, Mary had a lot of girlfriends. They liked to take photographs of each other in her yard dressing up and acting out scenes. She pasted the photos into albums, titling the photo “The Stranglehold.”

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The men also served as congressmen and ambassadors. The women were active as social leaders, movie stars, suffrage leaders and patrons of the arts. While active in national and world events, the Houghtons were deeply committed to Corning and New York State.

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ack home in Geneva, she ran into her friend Ray Rice on Seneca Street downtown. They had known each other since first grade. Mary had set Ray up with her friend Peggy and he had given Peggy his pin. Mary was dating a Hobart boy from the midwest named Stukenberg. “How’s Stuke?” said Ray. “That’s all over,” said Mary.

Stuke’s family had demanded his return home to join the family business and to bring an end to his attachment to an Irish Catholic girl.

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Close to

Home

Stories of a personal nature

by Laurel C. Wemett

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ome towns are a recurring theme in this selection of new books. There are memories of growing up in a small town, fighting in wars far from home, supporting women’s rights on the home front and older images of homes in one Finger Lakes township. To stimulate young readers’ imagination, there are even haunted homes.

Elmira Civil War 1861-1865 Teresa (Terri) M. Olszowy Susan Howell Hamlin, editor Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp elmiraprisoncamp.com Golos Printing, Inc. golosprinting.com 2020

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he role of the Southern Tier community of Elmira during America’s Civil War is the focus of this colorful and fully illustrated new book. Relying heavily on documentary evidence, it offers a well-written overview of the war, linking the local response to national tensions that led to the four-year conflict. Why Elmira was chosen as a mustering point and training center for 20,000 Union troops, and later a site for a prison for captured Confederates, is a significant part of the narrative.

The lives of residents in Chemung and surrounding counties were deeply impacted by Elmira’s war-time role. Of interest is how residents on the home front rallied behind the war effort and commemorated veterans after the war’s end. Four helpful appendixes offer data on Civil War organizations raised within Chemung County, a map of 1860 Elmira, sources for additional reading, and advertisements used in the text, which are reproduced for clarity.

Teresa M. Olszowy, a former U.S. Army Ordnance Captain and lifelong resident of Chemung County, graduated from Syracuse University and Central Michigan University. She is an amateur historian with a focus on military history, a board member of Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp and graduate of Leadership Chemung. This is her first book.

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hree activist women whose lives were closely connected in 19th century Auburn, New York, are the subject of this shared biography. The history of the American abolitionist and women’s rights movements unfolds through the lives of Frances Seward, wife of William Henry Seward, Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State; Martha Coffin Wright, the younger sister of Lucretia Mott the abolitionist and activist; and Harriet Tubman, former slave and Underground Railroad leader. Events leading up to the Civil War and details of this altercation are prominently featured.

While Tubman is a well-known historic figure, Seward, a woman of privilege, has been eclipsed by her husband, a major political figure. She was, however, privately able to influence his views on major issues like emancipation.

Wright, a middle-class Quaker mother of seven, helped organize both the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and antislavery conventions across New York.

What is intriguing is how the lives of the protagonists were interrelated during this tumultuous era. Seward and

Wright had sons who went to war, and Tubman navigated behind enemy lines.

Extensive chapter notes and a thorough index make this a valuable contribution to the subject. Dorothy Wickenden, author of the acclaimed book, Nothing Daunted, has been the executive editor of The New Yorker since 1996, and writes for the magazine. She hosts the weekly podcast, Politics and More.

Stone House Stories: The Memoir of a Free-Range Kid Kathy Lawton Purc kathylawtonpurc.com Word Shed Press wordshedpress@gmail.com 2020

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f the 1950s was the decade of your childhood, this memoir will feel familiar. Family life in a small town in the Finger Lakes Region was not unlike small towns elsewhere in mid20th century America. The Lawtons lived in Scipio in Cayuga County on 13 acres of land with a stay-at-home mom and dad who combined factory work with farming. This wellcrafted personal narrative is filled with relatable childhood memories expressed with candor, warmth and humor.

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The reader is invited into the author’s world to meet her parents and older siblings Billy and Polly, along with her younger brother David, who was born with Down syndrome. The author’s descriptive anecdotes and black and white snapshots bring to life her family, friends, teachers and assorted relatives.

While quiet and introverted, the young Kathy Lawton had a lively imagination and tomboy nature, leading her to bravely explore her rural surroundings and enjoy visits to the big city of Auburn. She survived numerous scrapes and falls resulting from childhood adventures and developed the strength to confront unexpected dangers and predicaments that lay ahead.

Purc, a former human resources manager, has written poems, essays and short stories that have been published in five anthologies and local and regional publications. This is her first book.

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Historic black and white photographs document two earlier Anthony family homes as well as

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118 N Main St, Naples, NY www.artizanns.com | 585-374-6740 older views of the Rochester house now designated as a National Historic Landmark. A concise, wellwritten account interweaves the sisters’ occupancy with biographical details. Full-color images record restored rooms and highlight original family items on display. References include a family tree, timelines and a bibliography. This is bound to whet the reader’s appetite for an in-person visit to the house.

Sharon Salluzzo is active at many levels, from docent to trustee, at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. She is a member of the Genesee Storytellers and a retired children’s librarian who remains involved with the Rochester Public Library. This is her first historical nonfiction book.

The Canandaigua Letters: A Memoir of the late ‘60s William Winship Cowcasa Publications 2021

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etters written 50 years ago by a young man to his family prompted this memoir of Bill Winship’s military (Continued on page 70)

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service. When he dropped out of college in the late 1960s, the Canandaigua native enlisted in the Army. Once his training was complete, rather than heading to Vietnam, he was assigned to the Demilitarized Zone of Korea, because the U.S. government was concerned about increasing North Korean aggression. The circumstances of that situation are less well-known, but other events and attitudes will be familiar to those who came of age in the turbulent 1960s.

The narrative spans the author’s’ two-year stint in the Army and his subsequent return to college life. Beginning with Basic Training, these recollections detail the dangerous physical and mental challenges Winship faced. There are reflections on how military life diverged from the American counterculture movement, as well as anecdotal memories, sometimes humorous, recalling misadventures during weekend passes. The inclusion of images of Winship’s hometown, family, high school friends, Army buddies, Korean girlfriend, military settings and campus life offer a strong visual record.

Now a Seattle resident, Winship is a writer of plays and screenplays and directed the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary Pioneers in Aviation: The Race to the Moon.

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Floyd Ingraham’s Springwater: A Finger Lakes Hamlet Julie Jeffery Manwarren juliemanwarren.com Arcadia Publishing arcadiapublishing.com 2021

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or the first 20 years of the 20th century, Floyd Ingraham, son of a farmer in the small agricultural community of Springwater, photographed people, structures, activities and landscapes in and around the Livingston County township. The amateur photographer often developed his images onto postcards, and a few were reproduced onto larger “cabinet cards” or photographs mounted on cardboard. Ingraham died prematurely, but boxes of his glass negatives survived and have been recently restored by Paul Holbrook, a collector and restorer of vintage negatives from Ohio.

This title, part of the Images of America series, publishes a collection of Ingraham’s photographs for the first time and presents an overview of the photographer’s life and his use of glass plate negatives. Accompanied by well-written descriptive identifications, the book is a valuable resource, especially for those who trace their roots to the Springwater area.

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Ingraham’s lens captured individuals and families in his studio or familial settings at their homes in Springwater and neighboring communities. Views include century-old tree-lined streets and residences, some of which survive, and the four westernmost Finger Lakes: Conesus, Hemlock, Canadice and Honeoye.

Julie Jeffery Manwarren is an author, freelance writer and researcher based in northeast Pennsylvania who visited Springwater several times to become more familiar with Ingraham’s world.

The Ghostly Tales of the Finger Lakes Jules Heller Adapted from Ghosts and Hauntings of the Finger Lakes

by Patti Unvericht-Giglio Arcadia Children’s Books, a division of Arcadia Publishing arcadiapublishing.com 2021

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his collection of ghostly tales will surely appeal to middle school readers. They may even inspire family road trips to visit the 18 featured haunts, using the handy map included in the book. Some of the Finger Lakes locations are today historic buildings adapted as museums and open to the public, while others may simply be a watery locale like Seneca Lake, where a monster is said to lurk.

While some locations may be familiar, the ghostly connection may be less well known. Take William Henry Seward’s Auburn home. Spirits have been seen in the house where the statesman survived a failed assassination. One is believed to be his friend, Harriet Tubman, helping other spirits to safety as she did in life through the Underground Railroad. At the Oliver House in Penn Yan, where generations of doctors practiced, full-blown apparitions have been seen. It is speculated the ghosts may be former patients or members of the Oliver family. In Victor at Valentown, an historic shopping mall, apparitions include that of a jealous suitor.

Writer Jules Heller of Syracuse was given Unvericht-Giglio’s adult book to adapt for younger readers. This variation is one of several he has written as part of the Spooky America series, which explores historic haunts across America.

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rich cultural history and contributions Elmira made during those turbulent years and addresses the extensive involvement and impact four years of training and draft operations had on the local community. Drawing heavily on local documentation, the book provides a glimpse into the life Elmirans saw, heard and experienced during these tumultuous years.

Future projects include construction of a 50-foot reproduction of the stockade fence and observation tower from the prison grounds. In 2022, the Friends plan to kick off a capital campaign fund drive to underwrite the cost of building the Elmira Civil War Visitor Center.

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Top: John W. Jones (Elmira UGRR stationmaster who created conditions that led to formation of Woodlawn National Cemetery in 1884) and the responsible burial of nearly 3000 Confederates. His legacy is preserved at the John J. Jones Museum in Elmira. Courtesy Chemung County Historical Society Bottom: Major General William Woods Averell, born in Cameron, (Steuben County), schooled in Elmira. First officer assigned by the U.S. Government to act as Mustering Officer. Courtesy Library of Congress

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Ferris Hills at West Lake...........................http://www.thompsonhealth.org.................................10 Kendal at Ithaca.........................................http://www.kai.kendal.org...................................Cover 3 Keuka Comfort Care Home....................http://www.keukacomfortcarehome.org...................19 St. Ann’s Community................................http://www.stannscommunity.com............................ 30 The Highlands at Pittsford.......................http://www.highlandsatpittsford.org...........................13

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finger lakes regional map

Areas of Interest in the November/December 2021 issue 1 Auburn (p.66) 2 Canandaigua (p.60) 3 Corning (p.48)

4 Elmira (p.17) 5 Geneva (p.62) 6 Hammondsport (p.29)

7 Ithaca (p.24) 8 Lyons (p.22) 9 Owego (p.32)

10 Pultneyville (p.22) 11 Rochester (p.26) 12 Scipio (p.66)

13 Springwater (p.71) 14 Trumansburg (p.24)

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Lake Ontario

Hilton

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Spencerport

490

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Sodus

Baldwinsville

Fairport

Macedon

Honeoye Falls

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Geneseo

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LIVINGSTON

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Waterloo

Seneca Falls

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Lamoka Lake

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Cayuga Heights

Marathon

Ithaca

Burdett

Watkins Glen

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Canisteo

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McGraw 81

Lansing

Waneta Lake

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Trumansburg

Dundee

Hammondsport

Hornell

Cortland Groton

Wayland

Avoca

Homer

Interlaken

Branchport

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Addison

Van Etten

Horseheads

Corning

Newark Valley

Candor

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Oneida Lake

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Rochester

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Caledonia

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From Buffalo

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Sodus Point

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