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SUITING UP ON SUNDAY (HELMETS REQUIRED)

Colorful and eye-catching photographs by an artist who experiments with digital effects

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DAN NOLAN – CAPTURING TIME

New flavors, unique breeds and strange weather shape this year’s apple harvest Photos and story by Bill Wingell

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Cover: Seneca Lake from the vantage point of Glenora Winery

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Celebrating 200 Years The Town of Victor was incorporated on May 26, 1812 and the first Town Board meeting was on April 6, 1813.

Town of Victor Bicentennial Events

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SEPTEMBER 8 • Bicentennial Pancake Breakfast – Victor Fire Hall, Maple Avenue, 7am • Village Cemetery Tour – All Day, Self-Guided • Bicentennial Parade at Hang Around Victor Day, 3pm OCTOBER 13 • Historic Hike or Bike Ride in Partnership with Wegmans Food Markets – Meet at Victor Hall, 9am NOVEMBER 10 • American Legion Bicentennial Dinner – Ravenwood Golf Club, 6pm-7pm, Social Hour, 7pm Program, Dinner & Dancing DECEMBER 2 • Historic House Tour, 12pm-5pm

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MY OWN WORDS LETTERS FINGER LAKES MAP HAPPENINGS News & Events

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HOME IMPROVEMENT Rooted to a region ... literally

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MUSEUMS & ATTRACTIONS Museum announces wine exhibit and fall programs

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HUMAN INTEREST Preserving the past one day at a time

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DAY TRIP • Experience farm life – the 2012 Sandy Schlenker Memorial Agricultural Fair and Tour of Barns • Riding the Halloween rails A PROUD COMMUNITY Avon

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FOOD & WINE Pairing at Halsey’s – a wood fire stove and Finger Lakes wine

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LIFESTYLE Keepin‘ it cool – Hammondsport takes America’s Coolest Small Town title to heart

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HISTORY • The crash of World War II bomber “Milligan’s Rats” • Remembering the War of 1812 NAUTICAL Lake Ontario’s haunted waters FINGER LAKES SCRAPBOOK MADE IN THE FINGER LAKES A Finger Lakes winery in autumn, part 3 FAST FACTS AD INFO OFF THE EASEL Cubes and color – the art of Yolanda Daliz Out of the canyon at Letchworth Photo by Sheila Nelson

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henever I get feedback from track at Watkins Glen International readers, it’s generally posi(page 46). tive. And the one item that Did you know that significant most people mention is that they love events from two different wars affected the photos and imagery of the magaparts of the region? During World War zine. While I agree with that observaII, in 1943, a US bomber accidentally tion, the photos wouldn’t have quite crashed on Italy Hill, just southeast of the impact without a good story to Canandaigua Lake (page 78). Also, accompany them. shots were fired on the shores of Lake The diversity of the Finger Lakes Ontario, in Pultneyville and Sodus Region lends itself to some interesting Point, during the War of 1812 (page subject matter in each issue of the mag- 81). These may be trivial to the historiazine. The magazine ans who specialize in was created with the studying these wars, intent of publishing but they add signifieclectic articles, and cant aspects to the that part of the misdiversity of the area. sion is maintained. I Most people in know it’s impossible the area know by to be everything to now that the fruit everyone, but I harvest in New York think we do a pretty State will be spotty good job of presenting at best because of a fresh and interesting late spring freeze.

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L E T T E R S Olympian Feedback

I saw your magazine in my daughter’s physical therapy office, and looked at the article about local Olympians.

The article neglected to mention rowers from Ithaca, where the Cascadilla Boat Club has produced three Olympians in the last 10 years, including two that won gold medals in Beijing in 2008.

Caryn Davies was born in Ithaca and graduated from Ithaca High School and then Harvard in 2005. She spent ten years on the U.S. National Team and won silver at the Olympics in 2004 and gold in 2008 in the U.S. women’s eight.

Andrew Byrnes won a gold in 2008 as a member of the Canadian men’s eight, and rowed for Canada in London.

He graduated from Ithaca High School in 2001 and learned to row in Ithaca.

Jake Cornelius graduated in 2002

from Ithaca High School. He is a member of the U.S. men’s eight that competed in London.

It is remarkable that such a small club in such a small town has produced so many Olympians.

Maria Rabb, Ithaca I love your magazine and have been a reader for many years. The articles and photographs and the advertising are so well done. I was disappointed, though, upon reading the article “Summer Olympic Hopefuls From the Region” in the Summer 2012 issue. It did not include my daughter, Meghan Musnicki, who was born and raised in Naples, and has spent the past 3 years as an Olympic hopeful in training with the U.S. National Rowing Team. She was a member of the Women's 8+ that won Gold in the past two World Rowing

Championships and has won numerous other international medals.

Gail Musnicki, Naples We always strive to include as much information in our articles as possible. Although we missed some very impressive athletes in this particular article, we’d like to congratulate these Olympians on their recent success.

– Editor A Rose By Any Other Name

Great article on the Thornden Park Rose Garden in the Summer 2012 issue. We have visited there each year for over 50 years (my wife died a few years ago). I didn’t mention that we met at Skaneateles Lake when I took the seaplane there once to meet my sister and her former New Rochelle College classmates.

Tom Snyder, Dewitt

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SEPTEMBER 13… Fischer Old Growth Forest Hike Join Dr. Joan Maloof, author, ecologist and founder of the Old-Growth Forest Network and Plantations’ staff, for a guided hike through Plantations’ Fischer Old Growth Forest near Ithaca. Majestic, magical, inspirational, with trees over 150 feet tall, this site is a sanctuary in every sense of the word – the best example of pre-European settlement forest in the region. Pre-registration is required, and the group will be limited to the first 25 people to register.

Held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. www.cornellplantations.org/event/fischer_hike 15...4th Annual Springwater Fiddlers Fair & American Crafts Show Sit and enjoy the music on stage or hike surrounding scenic trails to experience “fiddling-in-thewoods.” Lively jam sessions. Musicians are all ages and levels. Workshops for those interested in learning to play the fiddle as well as a few children’s themed workshops. The festival will also have local artisans and food vendors. Held at Sugarbush Hollow Farm, 8447 Pardee Hollow Road in Springwater. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.springwaterfiddlersfair.net 15…Ionia Fall Festival & Tractor Parade The tractor parade begins at 1 p.m., but you may look at the tractor and implement displays all day long. Enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast, then later a chicken barbecue. Hot dogs and hamburgers are served all day. Enjoy live music, games, vendors and more. Held at the Ionia firemen’s grounds on County Road 14, just off Route 64 and north of Routes 5 & 20.

585-657-7722 15…Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band at Ithaca’s State Theatre An American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. mkting.stateofithaca@gmail.com 607-277-8283

15-16...Harvest Celebration of Food and Wine on the Keuka Wine Trail Come taste the exquisite wines of Keuka Lake and sample delicious dishes highlighting the region’s seasonal produce. Wineries are abuzz with energy during harvest – it’s a fun time to learn from tasting room staff and to enjoy a first sip of recently released wines. www.keukawinetrail.com 800-440-4898 21…Opening reception for “Near and Far: Landscapes” See work by photographer Kurt Brownell at the Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34, Finger Lakes Community College, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua. Held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Free. friendll@flcc.edu 585-785-1369 22-23...Alpaca Days Learn about alpacas and the joys of alpaca ownership. See the amazing clothing, home goods, and toys that are made out of the alpaca’s fleece. Take an alpaca for a walk, and make and take an alpaca craft. Located at Alpacalachin Farms, 2571 Chestnut Ridge in Apalachin. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.alpacalachin.com 607-687-6950 28-29...Civil War Encampment at the Granger Homestead – Reynold’s Battery L Light Artillery Cannon firings throughout the day. Mansion and carriage musuem open for tours. Friday from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. www.grangerhomestead.org 585-394-1472 29-30...Naples Grape Festival The festival will be held at the Naples High School grounds and across the street at Memorial Town Hall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine. Enjoy wine, food, arts, crafts and local/regional music. Bake a pie for the World’s Greatest Grape

Syracuse Zoo Site of Rare Species Birth

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news The Rosamond Gifford Zoo recently announced the birth of a markhor, the largest member of the goat family and one of the world’s most critically endangered species. Parents, Edith and Sunny, welcomed a daughter, Marisa, at 11:30 a.m. on July 20. She is the first markhor kid born at the zoo in nine years.

Markhor are part of a Species Survival Plan (SSP) – a collaborative effort between the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and zoos around the world to help ensure their survival. In the wild, herds have been reduced by extensive trophy hunting, habitat destruction and competition from domestic livestock.

Markhor in captivity are rare in the United States; the Rosamond Gifford Zoo is one of nine zoos to exhibit the species. The Rosamond Gifford Zoo is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call the zoo at 315-4358511 or visit the zoo’s website at www.rosamondgiffordzoo.org.

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Pie Contest, and sample every thing “grape” that the Naples Valley has to offer. www.naplesgrapefest.org

OCTOBER 6...Bel Canto Farm Fall Festival Tour the farm, visit the Alpaca herd and the Heritage Kunekune pigs and learn about small farm living.

Shop for alpaca fiber, clothing, accessories and home products. Regional artists will be selling their hand-made wares. Fiber specialists will offer rich hand-dyed fibers and fiber products. Local food producers will be offering tantalizing goodies to eat, and musicians will play mood-setting music. The kids can enjoy making a fiber project or having their faces painted. Located at 341 Buck Hill Road North, Trumansburg. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.belcantofarm.com 607-387-7122 6-7...The Great Cortland Pumpkinfest A celebration of the harvest season with live entertainment, crafters, hayrides, children’s games and of course pumpkins. www.cortlandpumpkinfest.org 607 753-8463 6-7...2012 Naples Open Studio Trail Time to plan your trip. October is just around the corner, and that first weekend you can visit artists on the Naples Open Studio Trail. Twenty artists will be opening their studios for you to peruse and enjoy their creativity between stretches of autumn hillsides and grape pie slices. Held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. www.naplesopenstudiotrail.com 6-7...Newark Valley Apple Festival Step back in time to the 1800s with exhibitors dressed in period costume. Demonstrations of blacksmithing, open hearth cooking, spinning and weaving, black powder shooting, soap making and so much more. Enjoy music throughout the day on multiple stages featuring bluegrass, folk, celtic, traditional. Located at Bement-Billings Farmstead, Route 38 in Newark Valley. www.nvhistory.org 607-642-9516

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13...Genesee Valley Hunt Races Fun for the entire family. Pony, steeplechase and flat races, as well as a wide range of entertainment.

Tailgate picnics, sheep herding, stick horse races and pony rides for children. There will also be terrier races, agility contests and a parade. Vendors and food available. Located at Nations Road, 1 mile north of Geneseo, off Route 39. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. www.geneseevalleyhunt.org/Races.htm www.facebook.com/GVHRaces 13-14...Fall Fiber Arts Festival Features a wide variety of vendors, exhibits and demonstrations. The festival will be held at Little York Pavilion at Dwyer Park. www.cortland.rep.org 607 753-6161 13-14...Southern Tier Outdoor Show Offers a variety of wildlife shows, exhibitors and interactive activities. An educational experience of learning awareness and stewardship of our natural resources, participating in outdoor activities and supporting local products and services. An up close and personal look at a 600-pound Alaskan grizzly bear and two cubs. See a comedian who has an extensive history in tournament bass fishing and fishing entertainment. Charlie Alsheimer, an awardwinning outdoor writer/nature photographer, lecturer and whitetail consultant will be attending. Located at 7520 State Route 415 in Bath. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. crd24@cornell.edu 607-664-2300 19-20...Historic Palmyra’s Famous Cemetery Walk Share the history of famous and infamous people through a live show as you walk through the village of Palmyra cemetery. Meet activists in abolition, Underground Railroad, as well as businessmen and women. Two shows both nights 6:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. with cider and donuts to round out your evening. Fun, interesting, exciting and maybe just a bit scary. Call for information and reservations.

315-597-6981 20-21...Kiwanis Antique Show and Sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday at the Geneseo Armory, Route 39, Geneseo. Fifty top dealers from New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada, participate in this show. Selection of antiques is quite varied, including furniture, glassware, books, paintings, jewelry and clocks. Quality of the antiques is exceptional. www.geneseokiwanis.org 585-243-0705 27…Haunted House 6-9 pm. Thrills, chills, scares, extreme lighting and special effects, live actors. Benefits Relay for Life American Cancer Society. Location in Owego to be determined.

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27…Let’s Get Cooking: A Farm-to-Table Wine & Cooking Adventure Tour features: winemaker barrel tasting and blending class at Sheldrake Point Vineyards; cheesemaking tour and cheese tasting at Lively Run Goat Dairy; three-hour cooking class and meal experience with regional celebrity chef Samantha Buyskes, of Simply Red Events, where you will prepare, demonstrate and enjoy a three-course meal featuring the cheese and wines experienced earlier in the tour. Tour departs from Ithaca. www.experiencefingerlakes.com 607-233-4818

NOVEMBER 9-11...Canandaigua Christkindl Market November 2012 marks the sixth year for the Canandaigua Christkindl Market. This event is held on the lawn of the majestic Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum in a series of decorated heated tents, and brings together over 150 regional artisans and unique food vendors. This year we have expanded our space and will have two large tents for vendors. German food along with traditional fare, wine, beer and "Gideon’s Grog" will be available. Live entertainment and holiday music will fill the tents throughout the show. http://canandaiguachristkindlmarket.com 585-394-1472 10...Victor American Legion Bicentennial Dinner Held at the Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor. 6 to 7 p.m. social hour; and 7 p.m. program, dinner and dancing. Speaker is Lewis Fisher and the topic is Victor’s military history. www.victorny.org/bicentennial 585-742-5065

10-December 15...O’Tannenbaum Holiday Showcase & Silent Auction The museum features holiday trees decorated by businesses, organizations and individuals. Special holiday hours, call for times. Located at the Tioga County Historical Museum, 110 Front Street, Owego. www.tiogahistory.org 607-687-2460 11-December 1...Artful Holidays - Art and Fine Craft Holiday Show & Sale Their 23rd annual fine arts and crafts show and sale will be held for the first time at the arts center in Mt. Morris. Expect to find unique, high quality hand-made items from local artisans, including jewelry, ceramics, painted novelty items, quilted bags, fiber arts and more. The sale will be held for three weeks (November 11 to December 1) this year during regular gallery hours: Monday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m., Thursday 1 to 8 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday 12 to 5 p.m. The Members and Patron’s reception will be held November 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Livingston Arts Center, 4 Murray Hill Dr., Mt. Morris. www.gvcaonline.org 585-243-6785 12…Holiday Wonderland of Talent in Clyde To help get you into the holiday spirit, come walk through the festively decorated rooms of the Clyde Grange Building. Proceeds from the silent auctions of donated display items and decorations, plus the festival entrance fees, will help to support the Grange organization and the preservation of its historical building. Held at the Grange Building, 16 E. Genesee Street, Clyde. scooterpie432003@yahoo.com 315-573-4094

Religious Gift Shop Popular with the Auburn Community The St. Mary’s Gift news Shoppe in Auburn began as a side table, selling flower cards during the Flower Festival on the occasion of the feast day celebration of the parish on August 15, 2009. With individuals requesting other items from time to time, the table “grew” into open glass shelving containing additional items, and the shop was open on a more frequent basis. Eventually, wooden cabinets with sliding glass doors were manufactured in the back corner of the church by John Martin, a Mennonite cabinetmaker. The shop has grown and become popular in the Auburn area because it fills a need of people who want to shop locally and conveniently for quality religious items that cannot be readily found elsewhere. Special orders are taken on items not currently in stock.

St. Mary’s Gift Shoppe is a ministry of the parish, which provides Catholic devotional items and religious and inspirational articles appropriate for celebrations of the sacraments, anniversaries, birthdays or special occasions. The shop is open to parishioners and the entire Auburn community, on the second and fourth weekend, before and after Mass. It’s located in Saint Mary’s Church, 15 Clark Street, Auburn. For more information, call 315-497 3734 or 315 253 3639.

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Canandaigua Speaker Series Announces 2012-13 Season Lineup A prolific TV writer, the founder of the Zogby poll and a woman whose food program averted mass starvation in Africa make up the second season of speakers in the George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum. Events all take place on Sunday afternoons over the next year in the newly completed auditorium at Finger Lakes Community College.

The series begins news with Canandaigua native and television writer Michael Winship on October 21, 2012.

Pollster John Zogby, who predicted the outcomes of the 1996, 2000 and 2004 elections, will speak on February 10, 2013. The final speaker on May 5, 2013, is Catherine Bertini, a Syracuse University professor who ran the United Nations World Food Program for 10 years.

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Research Club Celebrates 100 years The Waterloo Research Club will celebrate their centennial this September. They meet twice a month to celebrate, research, remember and honor women who came before them. Life-long friendships have been forged through the club, and they are always on the lookout for new members. For more information, call Phyllis at 315-539-3352.

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Rooted to a Region ... Literally story and photos by Lori Bottorf Petrie

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hirty-two years ago, Bud and Jean Smith knew they had found the perfect spot when they first laid eyes on their Middlesex property. It’s about a mile’s drive up South Hill Road overlooking one of the Finger Lakes Region’s most breathtakingly beautiful valleys. And when they retired a few years later, the Smiths decided to build their new home on the South Hill location. Just as their family roots were planted firmly in the region 100 years ago, the Smiths embedded the roots of their new house right into the side of the hill. They chose to construct and live in an earth-sheltered house.

The Shire of the Finger Lakes An earth-sheltered house is a structure that is built partially or totally underground. The Smith’s house rests burrowed into the side of a hill, blending perfectly into the natural landscape. “When we first envisioned retiring, we could

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not think of a more beautiful place in the whole world,” says Jean. Their property, located 1,200 feet above sea level, abuts the Finger Lakes Land Trust overlooking Naples Valley.

Residing in such a home fits the Smith’s lifestyle for simple living and caring for the environment.

Not Just a Hole in the Ground “When you hear the term earth-sheltered house do you picture a dark, damp cave?” asks Joel Smith, the couple’s son and architect. The truth is their house is anything but. Joel designed and built the 1,700-square-foot, two-story house along with his parents. The Smith’s three-bedroom home is actually very light and airy, as modern technology allows homeowners to build houses that are surrounded by earth on one, two or three sides.

The Smith’s earth-sheltered house is fully built into the hill in the back and partially built into the ground on each

Above: Enter the Smith's earth-sheltered house from the driveway leading through the airy porch.

Right, Top: The back of the house is snuggled into the natural landscape of South Hill.

Right, Middle: The ground around the house slopes away to ensure water flows away from the house.

Right, Bottom: Wood burning fireplace located in the Smith's great room supplements the home's consistent temperature from the earth.

side. The front of the house juts out with a window-lined façade, so the Smith’s may take full advantage of the southwest view and any available sunshine. “We purposely added this structural overhang to allow the house to use passive solar energy from the windows for maximum gain, especially in the winter,” explains Joel.

Blanketed by the Earth Approximately 6 to 15 feet under the ground, the earth is a consistent temperature of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, so the inside of the house maintains this even temperature naturally. Bud adds: “There is little need for heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.”

Temperatures inside an earth-sheltered house are more stable than in conventional homes, and with less temperature variability, interior rooms are more comfortable. The Smiths have a wood-burning fireplace to warm their house further if they choose, utilizing wood from their 11 acres to maintain the supply.

Summers in the house are naturally cool, and a breeze flows through the wide, open windows across the front and sides of the structure. Skylights adorn the roof in the rear to bring natural light to the bedrooms and bathrooms, which are in the part of the house that extends into the hill. The Smith’s open floor plan allows air to move freely throughout the porch, kitchen and great room. Their earth-bound home has saved them thousands in fuel bills over the years, as they only have to pay their electric bill once a month for lights and appliances.

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come in many different styles.

Sometimes, they are viewed as the anti-mansion, pleasantly understated. In fact, some of these homes can barely be seen, as they are dowsed with earth.

But, as aforementioned, they are far from caves. Actually, they are quite beautiful – both inside and out. Many of the windows, decks and other decorative touches are featured on the front, sides or roof. Most of these houses are unobtrusive, helping preserve the natural environment around them.

While the Smiths used contractors to carve out and frame their house, they used their own muscle power to finish it. “The foundation walls were built with 12-inch concrete block reinforced with rebar, which is imbedded by a steel bar within

Terminology Earth-Sheltered House: A dwelling that is partially or totally underground or that has earth berms around some or all of its exterior walls.

Earth shelters employ the earth as a major component of its thermal control system.

Geothermal Effect: The constant temperature of approximately 50 degrees Fahrenheit found just below the earth’s surface. This keeps earth-sheltered homes naturally warm even on the coldest of winter nights. It also keeps the homes cool in the summer.

Passive Solar Energy: A means of using sunlight for useful energy without the use of active mechanical systems.

Berm: A raised mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.

Earth-Bermed House: A house where earth is piled up against exterior walls and packed, sloping down and away from the structure.

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the concrete,” explains Bud. “We do not have a basement; rather, the house is built on a concrete slab.” These houses work best if they are built in a mixture of rich, sandy, permeable soil, so moisture is not a problem. Special grating is also used to ensure any groundwater flows away from the house.

A Coat of Armor As the Smith’s home nestles into the hill, they remain protected from the area’s weather elements, like strong winds and blowing snow. The different designs make earth shelters also semi-weather-resistant to tornados, earthquakes, high winds, freezing temperatures and other natural disasters depending on geographic location. Usually, insurance premiums are much

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lower for earth-sheltered houses because of their added protection.

Environmentally Friendly In general, earth-sheltered homes are far less of an imposition on the landscape than conventional aboveground houses. They lend themselves to creative design ideas and, in particular, the use of organic architecture, such as garden-topped roofs and curving walls. The Smiths landscaped with rock and stone native to their property.

Earth-sheltered homes are also extremely durable and long-lasting.

They cost less than conventional houses and leave very little ecological footprint.

The Smiths know their house is positioned perfectly to take advantage of the earth, sun and view. “We love living here,” says Jean. “We appreciate the nature surrounding us and feel protected from extreme weather, yet we enjoy all the benefits of the beauty, the sun and the breeze. Our house blends into the natural landscape just as generations of our family are enmeshed in the Finger Lakes. We never even considered anything else.”

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lans are underway for showcasing the history of wine production in the Finger Lakes as part of the Finger Lakes Museum at Keuka Lake State Park. “A 19th century winery exhibit is in the design and planning stages, so some ideas are subject to change,” said Gary Cox, program committee member and local wine historian, “but this part of the overall Keuka Lake State Park project has already been embraced by a number of regional wineries, some of which have offered to contribute artifacts and expertise to help create the exhibit.”

While those artifacts will be crucial in telling the story of Finger Lakes wine, the exhibit will feature much more, said Cox. “There will be three wine ‘programs,’ which will clearly reflect the museum’s educational mission.”

The first is an exhibit presenting the essentials of winemaking in the Finger Lakes before the advent of electricity, “when wineries were usually located on hillsides, thus allowing gravity to do much of the winemaking work,” Cox told us.

The second is the creation of a small vineyard or grapevine-lined walkway. It will show the diversity of grape cultivars and the trellising styles that accompanied Catawba and Isabella grapevines when they arrived here in the 1820s. “In those earliest days, there were no tractors nor trellis wire, let alone mechanical harvesters!” Cox pointed out.

The third program is wine tasting, and every The museum will display a variety of images depicting scenes from the late 19th century.

Top: The first grape juice and wine production facility of the Taylor Company on Bully Hill Courtesy of the Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum. Photo by John Adamski.

Middle: Germania Wine Cellars was located in Hammondsport.

Bottom: A depiction of the White Top Winery with vines and steamer at its dock close to the village of Hammondsport.

Photo courtesy of Charles Mitchell, Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society.

Photos courtesy Finger Lakes Museum unless otherwise indicated

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The Columbia Wine Company in Hammondsport.

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Finger Lakes winery will be invited to participate. Tasting flights will be designed to help visitors not only find what they like, but also to identify wines from the exceptional variety produced in this region. Afterwards, visitors can visit museum kiosks for driving directions to wine producers or to order wine online to have it shipped to their home.

“The user-friendliness of this unique tasting program will help to attract visitors,” said Cox, “and, since individual taste preferences change, and there are substantial vintage differences from year to year, it will encourage repeat visits, which are important in sustaining the museum financially.”

The tasting program is also retailer friendly, he added, since the museum will not sell the wine. He envisions visitors shopping at their local wine stores and asking for specific Finger Lakes brands.

“In light of suggestions and financial support from our regional wine industry and its friends, and from the public at large, the museum’s ongoing winery programs promise to enhance the quality of life for Finger Lakes residents and visitors alike,” Cox said.

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Preserving the Past One Day at a Time story and photos by Kevin Cummings

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iane Janowski loves a good book.

In fact, the older the book, the better. Since 2007, Janowski has run the New York History Review Press from her downtown Elmira home, publishing transcribed historical diaries, regional histories, picture books, calendars and collections of Victorian sheet music.

Historical maps of Elmira and original art line the walls of the house she shares with her partner, Denny Smith.

Tucked away in one corner, amid papers, photographs and miscellaneous books, is a small office where the History Review Press brings the past back to life for future generations.

After graduating from Elmira College with a degree in art, Janowski worked as a picture framer, and then for the Chemung County Historical Society where she edited the Chemung History Journal. “It was a very natural progression to what I do now,” she said. In 2007 she started reprinting at-risk books.

“These are books that are possibly the only copy left.

They might have very acidic paper that has discolored over time, or they may be crumbling. Sometimes they just weren’t popular when they were first published and so were

Diane displays some of the books she’s rescued from being lost to the ages.

never reprinted.” She scans the books page by page and cleans up the scans using PhotoShop. She also does all of the research and the cover designs while Smith handles the marketing and takes any necessary photos.

Sourcing “new” materials Part of the fun is finding books to publish. Each morning finds Janowski scouring websites looking for more books. “I find local diaries on eBay and contact the families. It’s surprising that people will sell off family histories, but they do.”

The Library of Congress website is another place to find old books. If something looks interesting, she’ll pursue it. “If it’s about New York State, we’ll consider publishing it,” she said.

Sometimes, the diaries are handwritten in pencil and faded from time. Janowski often uses a magnifying glass to make sure she gets the words right. And then there are other challenges. She is currently working on Lina’s Cookbook, written by an aunt to teach her newly married niece to cook. The cookbook is written in Old German so it

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needs to be translated into modern German and then into English.

“I speak German, so it’s not too hard, but deciphering handwriting in a foreign language can be difficult,” she said.

“Diaries are interesting, especially the teenage ones,” observed Smith.

“They are simple and beautiful and show a slice of life. The writers just do everyday things. At the end of each diary, we show the writer’s grave and tell where the person died.” For each diary, Janowski lists the names mentioned by the writer and figures out

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the genealogy involved. Each entry of the diary is typed and then the handwritten page is scanned at the bottom of the printed page, so the reader can

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see the original as well.

Many of the historical photos used in the picture books come from the Eleanor Barnes Library. Barnes was a local woman who had amassed a large number of images of Elmira. She also had numerous postcards, books and pieces of sheet music. Her son found Janowski and passed along the collection.

The sheet music was inspiration for another series of books. “I found there were a lot of Victorian era songs written about New York State,” Janowski said, “so we have collections for Upstate New York and Central New York.” Other

books include wedding songs and Christmas songs and even songs about Pennsylvania. To accompany many of the sheet music collections, she has recorded CDs of the music under the name of the George Bailey Orchestra, a tongue-incheek reference to the Jimmy Stewart character in the film It’s a Wonderful Life.

New windows on the past Another part of Janowski’s publishing efforts is the online journal, New York History Review, which publishes articles about local history by authors from around the state. Virtually any topic is welcome. A hard copy of the journal is produced annually, containing all of

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The website for the New York History Review Press, www.newyorkhistoryreview.com, contains information on Janowski’s various publications and recordings. It also has

links to related projects, such as a trip Janowski took to Germany and Poland to discover more about her family, and a 2001 project with Smith photographing everyday life in Pointe Coupée, Louisiana, at the turn of the century.

In a culture that seemingly has little regard for the past, Janowski has found herself on a mission: “For me it’s the preservation of something that quite possibly would be gone without my help.”

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Experience Farm Life The 2012 Sandy Schlenker Memorial Agricultural Fair and Tour of Barns

by Laurel C. Wemett

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arn tours are few and far between. “Our tour is unique and rare to Western New York,” admits Ray Henry, historian for the Town of Canandaigua and chair of the upcoming barn tour in Ontario County. More typically, people attend private house and garden tours. This October, however, several West Bloomfield farm owners in northwest Ontario County are throwing open their barn doors. Visitors will not need to don protective booties as they navigate through a private home, or be tempted to snip a cutting from a prized hydrangea. Instead, they will roam farmyards, barns and outbuildings to learn about the wide range of uses for these structures, some well over 100 years old.

“The 2012 tour will be educational in nature and focus on family learning,” says Ontario County Historical Society Director Ed Varno. The organization, sponsor of the one-day event, has pro-

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Above: Sandy Schlenker

Courtesy of Schlenker family

Below: The Schlenker barn on Routes 5 & 20 is this tour’s signature barn.

Photo courtesy Mark Sulkes

moted the area’s agricultural heritage through five previous barn tours beginning in 2002. This year’s tour features eight sites, including an alpaca farm and one location where historic agricultural practices will be demonstrated.

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West Bloomfield, characterized by a small town atmosphere with a strong agrarian tradition, is ideal for a barn tour. In 1958, the town became home to the late Sandy Schlenker, who is honored by the 2012 event. The vibrant woman, who died in 2009, owned and operated Bristol View Farms with her husband Corky. She found time to write local history books, and helped establish and support the West Bloomfield Historical Society. Local families trusted her with their heirlooms and family histories. She monitored local barns, often capturing a new one being built, or alternatively, documenting the last days of one near collapse. After being appointed West Bloomfield‘s town historian in 2008, she participated in a county-wide survey of 100-year-old barns.

“Sandy volunteered and jumped right into the project, and, amazingly,

finished the survey of all the barns in the Town of West Bloomfield before any other municipality was completed – a total of approximately 116 sites (many of the sites with multiple barns),” recalls Henry. Thanks to Henry, the municipal historians and historical societies, over 1,000 barns are now part of a permanent database. Naming the barn tour for Schlenker honors her “commitment to the 100-year barn project and her love of barns in general,” says Henry.

The Schlenker gambrel-roofed barn is the tour’s “signature barn.” Reportedly, this 1939 structure was the result of the last area “barn raising.” Its hand-hewn beams were salvaged from an old barn that was torn down. Down the road, the Schlenker Farm Market continues what

Barns of New York Rural Architecture of the Empire State Cynthia G. Falk Cornell University Press with the Farmers’ Museum 2012 Soft-cover $27.95

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arns and other farm buildings beckon to us from their roadside settings whether alive with activity or abandoned and structurally compromised. But without an understanding of their use and history, our knowledge is limited.

This well-organized survey of the agrarian architecture found throughout rural New York encourages its preservation and an appreciation of our strong agricultural past. “Farming and farm building are central to the history of New York State,” author Cynthia Falk asserts.

Using numerous New York examples, the book chronicles a wide array of farm buildings, construction materials and their diverse uses.

started in the family’s yard and barn.

“We still make a pumpkin maze that Sandy started for her first grandchild 16 years ago,” says Katy Schlenker, who is married to Ed, Corky and Sandy’s son.

They operate the market seven days a week until November 1. It will be open for business during the barn tour with a great fall selection of squashes, pumpkins, white pumpkins, gourds, apples, cider, grapes, straw, Indian corn and cornstalks.

“As always, there will be guides posted at each barn or site,” says Henry of the eight tour stops. Visitors can expect to see educational displays at several farms and hear stories associated with properties, like how the Native American Red Jacket brought (Continued on page 29) Cynthia Falk, raised in rural Wayne County, is an associate professor of material culture in the Cooperstown Graduate Program of SUNY Oneonta. The book is heavily illustrated with black and white photographs and prints, accompanied by clearly written captions that interpret the text.

And while no hay is consumed with a hay fork, the book’s helpful glossary explains how this and other farming apparatuses were used.

Terms specific to barn construction are included.

As with any study of architecture, seeing examples is ideal to understanding their design and use. The section “Places to Visit” lists sites with old farm buildings, which offer a different experience than a working farm and opportunities to learn about agricultural practices in the past.

This book is available for purchase through bookstores and in time for their barn tour at the Ontario County Historical Society‘s online store: www.ochs.org/bookStore.htm

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Directions to Ionia Fire Hall, 8338 County Road 14, Ionia, NY 14475: • From Rochester & the North: Take NYS Date & Time: Rte. 64 south to the hamlet of Ionia. Turn Saturday, October 13, right onto Elton Road. Take the first right 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. onto County Road 14. About 2,000 feet from Tickets: $15 per the corner of Elton Road and County Road person; Children 17 and 14 is the Ionia Fire Hall on the right. (From under, accompanied by the four corners in Mendon a little over 5 miles.) an adult are free.

• From Canandaigua & the East: Drive Tickets available west on NY Route 5 & US 20. Just past the at: Ontario County village of Bloomfield turn right onto NYS Historical Society, 55 This gable-roofed, three-bay threshing barn/basement barn Rte. 64 heading north. Turn left onto County North Main St. dates to 1815. Red Jacket (the famous Seneca chief during the Road 14. Drive through the intersection with Canandaigua, New York Revolutionary War) reportedly brought a new peach tree Elton Road. The Ionia Fire Hall is on the sapling to this farm known as “Peachdale” every year. From 14424 them, the “Wager” peach was developed. Photo courtesy Mark Sulkes right. (From the intersection of Routes 64 and 5 Website: & 20 less than 4 miles.) www.ochs.org • From Avon & the West: Head east on NY Location: Schlenker’s Route 5 & US 20. In West Bloomfield, turn Farm Market, Routes 5 & 20, West Bloomfield left onto NY Route 65 N heading north. Continue straight Refreshments for purchase: Breakfast and lunch fare onto County Road 35. Turn right onto County Road 14. The at the Fire Hall prepared by the Ionia Methodist Church Ionia Fire Hall is on the left. (From the intersection of Routes Bake sale: West Bloomfield Historical Society 65 and 5 & 20 a little over 4 miles.)

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Far left: The West Bloomfield Historical Society building at 8966 Routes 5 & 20 was originally a Congregational Church built in 1834. Photo courtesy Jack Ferman Left: Ray Henry is chair of this year’s barn tour.

Photo courtesy Gretchen Henry

fruit stock, such as apples and peaches, to one barn owner, and even developed a special peach to give the daughter of the original owner as a wedding gift.

The West Bloomfield Historical Society’s museum will be open, exhibiting photographs of town barns not on this tour. The former 1834 Congregational Church was acquired by St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Society in 1866 and used until 1991 when the

building, with surviving stained glass windows, was acquired by the historical society. Since then, it has been transformed into a museum to house objects related to the town’s past. The Society received a preservation award for the renovations from the Ontario County Historical Society in 2001.

On the grounds of the Ionia Fire Hall – the tour’s starting point – there will be a display of antique farm

equipment and demonstrations of handhewing beams, apple pressing, hay carrier systems and blacksmithing.

In advance of the tour, Henry will offer a slide show, “The History of the English Barn in Western NY,� at the West Bloomfield Historical Society.

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Riding the Halloween Rails story and photos by Jan Bridgeford Smith

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itches and goblins and ghosts, oh my,” I mumbled, as I gingerly eased my car into the parking lot. Like Judy Garland’s Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, I had landed in an enchanted location, a spot filled with odd characters and little people. But this wasn’t the Emerald City – it was Waterloo – and I was wearing tennis shoes, not ruby slippers. I had come to take what I hoped would be a charming journey. I had come to ride the Halloween Pumpkin Express.

Though it can be gray and chilly in late October, this day, the temperature was mild, and the sun was set against a brilliant, denim blue sky. Eddie Maines, the man responsible for getting us safely to Cayuga and back, looked like every kid’s fantasy of a train engineer. Perched high above the ground, in the diesel locomotive’s cab, he leaned out a win-

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dow and surveyed the line of eager passengers from behind his fashionable silver lenses. It was a colorful crowd.

Above: Eddie Maines, train engineer, gazes at the crowd.

Below: Finger Lakes Railway Corporation has been operating special excursion trains along their rails since 2000.

Below Right: A witchy greeting from Ellen Hughes excites riders as they enter the train, which is decked out in Halloween garb.

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All Aboard Frankenstein was popular, and came in all sizes. Fairy princesses were also a favorite, mostly of the sparkly pink kind … with wands. I watched a grown Robin Hood, sporting green tights and a leather doublet, escort a Maid Marian dressed in the height of medieval fashion – a purple satin gown with a matching, pointed cap. Another gentleman held a dozing, toddler-sized, cuddly skunk on his shoulder. And of course, no respectable train bedecked for Halloween would be complete without a resident witch to greet all riders as they climbed aboard. Ellen Hughes filled the bill with panache thanks to her long and lovely purple locks.

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Harris Park in the hamlet of Cayuga – the train’s destination – hosted food, a pumpkin bean bag toss and a corn maze.

There are fall foliage tours and holiday Santa specials in addition to the Halloween jaunts. Community groups sponsor trips as a fundraising event. My outing, for example, was arranged by the Waterloo Rotary Club with assistance from Waterloo High School’s Interact Club. Volunteers from the two organizations ran a concession area on the train, and staffed the games, food tent and spooky maze at Harris Park, our afternoon’s destination. It’s a big undertaking, but everyone was smiling.

Mischief and Magic I settled into a comfy, red leather seat next to a window for the 45-minute ride. Three boys ranging from about seven to ten years old were directly in front of me. Though their costumes were all different, the common thread was a character with weaponry – of the plastic kind. A faux scythe was wielded with particular zeal. They were armed, excited and ready for adventure.

As we got underway, the young comic book heroes shrieked and laughed and pointed out the window – when they weren’t trash-talking to each other about how they intended to annihilate their friends and enemies.

Shouts of, “This is so cool,” and “Hey, we’re going backwards,” reverberated through the car. Soon, the chatter turned to identification of various landmarks. There was great interest in how known buildings and landscapes looked altered when viewed from a train car.

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larger windows or slower pace or traveling behind structures and through wooded areas not normally traversed by car or on foot that makes rail journeys so enchanting. Or it could be riding in a conveyance that creaks and whistles and clangs and sways that gives train travel such distinctive appeal.

Whatever it is, the magic was with us as we chugged through the villages, passed the fields, meadows and rolling hills of the countryside, then skirted the marshes of Montezuma Preserve and finally traversed Cayuga Lake at the Seneca Mud Lock.

When the engine lumbered on to the trestle crossing, a young voice gleefully screeched, “We’re going to die.�

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Spying the haunted corn maze, I was reminded of the 19th century verse

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The Auburn/Eldridge Serendipitous Ladies of Laughter Red Hat Society cheers in honor of the Great Pumpkin Spirit.

the lake’s east shore, we stopped at Harris Park in the hamlet of Cayuga. On a grassy expanse next to the lakeshore, Rotary volunteers were happily selling hot dogs and hamburgers, handing out free cider and donuts, and encouraging youngsters to toss bean bags through a

If ever a celebration traded on our unique ability to scare ourselves silly through nothing more than folktales and imagination, it’s Halloween; and surely that’s what the maze creators counted on as they strung cotton cobwebs and rubber spiders. Despite the mad scientist pouring potions, the gruesome ghost and the skeleton in a coffin reaching out his bony hand to terrify small children, this maze of horrors elicited more laughter than fear.

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Indeed, the “terror” of this scary maze on the park green was a far cry from the Celtic rite called Samhain, the distant origin of our modern Halloween. That ancient festival, which marked the beginning of a new year, included fearsome parades by torchlight to lure evil spirits out of the villages and blood sacrifices to appease the “Lord of the Dead.” Ugh. Frankly, I think the members of the Auburn/Elbridge Serendipitous Ladies of Laughter Red Hat Society had the right idea about ritual. This was the second annual Halloween Pumpkin Express outing for the women. After a visit to the food tent for hot dogs and hamburgers, they claimed a picnic table, and with great dignity, opened a couple bottles of wine. Some ladies demurred and stuck with cider or soda, but every delicate hand raised a paper cup toast and sipped

to the health of the Great Pumpkin spirit. Now that’s a classy trick-or-treat feast.

Return Ride An hour later, the train, filled with a much quieter group, clattered once more across the lake, back to where we started. The sun had lowered, and hung just above the hills at the proper angle to cast a rosy, autumnal radiance in all directions. A soft, golden luminosity suffused the landscape, but the glow grew more muted and the scenery more ephemeral with each passing mile. By the time we pulled into Waterloo, a fair number of the smallest passengers had dozed off, lulled by the rocking motion and dimming light.

As I made my way to the exit, a small Count Dracula was ahead of me, his drowsy head rested on his father’s shoulder. I asked the Count’s mother

where they were from. “Lansing,” she replied. “We’re from Lansing. We heard how much fun this was, so we decided to come this year and give it a try.” At that moment, the Count roused himself and looked at his mom. “That was great,” he mumbled. “Can we do it again next year?”

When I stepped off the train, a house directly across the narrow street caught my attention. Its porch dripped with gauzy netting, and the front yard was transformed into a creepy cemetery. Could there be a more perfect, eerie sight to greet passengers exiting the Halloween Pumpkin Express, I wondered. Then, I walked over and stood at the edge of the artificial burial ground to watch the red-hatted matrons, green-faced monsters, pajamaed ninjas and tutued ballerinas fade into the gathering dusk.

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Avon story and photos by James P. Hughes

The Avon Inn provides a connection to the times when the spas of Avon Springs and fine hostelries ruled the day.

I sit on a verandah, inhaling an atmosphere medicated by gas from the springs … in the midst of bounteous grain fields and rich pastures … in this nook in the garden of the Excelsior State.

– A visitor’s correspondence from Avon Springs to the New York Daily Times, July 16, 1855

T A large crowd roams the annual Avon Corn Festival The White Horse statue stands at the intersection of Routes 5 & 20 with Route 15 in East Avon.

It stood in front of the historic White Horse Tavern which was destroyed by fire in 1955.

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his visitor’s quaint description of the early 19th century health spa at Avon Springs is a bit at odds with the name given to the same pungent mineral springs by native tribesmen of the Seneca Nation. They called it Canawaugus, or “Stinking Waters.” The Senecas drank of (and bathed in) the healing waters long before Avon became a fashionable resort and trendy stop along the turnpike for weary travelers. Its amenities and medicinal springs rivaled those at Saratoga.

Activity at Avon Springs peaked prior to the Civil War. More than a dozen hostelries were built in and

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around the village – The Livingston House, Congress Hall, The United States Hotel, Knickerbocker Hall and the White Horse Tavern among them.

“Those were grand days,” says Maureen Kingston, Avon’s town historian. “The spa offered bathhouses, bowling alleys and landscaped gardens. The inns provided fine food and plush accommodations, and in 1836, Avon Springs Downs racetrack and grandstand were laid out for added excitement.”

The dust of arriving carriages settled long ago. Avon’s spa days receded into the mist of history, but the grounds of Avon Springs are still there, still used and still appreciated. In the 1960s, the

A view of downtown Avon from Circle Park, an oasis at the village center. The Civil War statue rests in the center of the park.

The 1876 Opera Block building, home to Town of Avon offices and the Avon Preservation and Historical Society.

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Village of Avon purchased the dormant land, formed a park commission and revived the property as The Avon Driving Park.

Open to the community, over its 56 acres are baseball fields, a skating rink, walking trails, a gazebo and picnic pavilions. Owners still train their horses on the old racetrack oval. If you catch a whiff of sulfur, don’t be surprised. The original mineral springs continue to bubble up here and there around the property.

The village is proud of all its parks. Wadsworth Park’s natural walking trail connects the Driving Park to a green area at Avon’s Five Arch Bridge, a landmark railroad structure dating to the 1850s. A canoe and fishing access park stands beside the Genesee River at the site where Gilbert R. Berry established a tavern and trading post in 1789. Avon’s first settler, Berry transported wagons across the river with an ingenious pulley-operated ferry years before a bridge spanned Genesee waters.

But Avon’s heart and soul is Circle Park. Its towering Civil War monument, gardens Syracuse and “urban arboretum” Canandaigua Geneva oblige visitors to slow for Avon a moment on busy Routes 5 and 20 to savor the village’s New England flavor.

Eleven species of trees N from Norway maples to red oaks to lindens abound. The Avon Garden Club oversees the colorful flower beds and hanging baskets. “Circle Park is almost a sacred space in Avon,” Kingston explains. “A tranquil spot perfect for a Memorial Day service or Christmas caroling … a place that families come home to. More boisterous ‘tent events’ are held elsewhere.”

Boisterous? Avon’s annual Corn Fest sponsored by the Rotary Club in mid-August fits that bill just fine. Sweet corn has been an area staple since the days of the Native Americans, so of course there’s corn on the cob, kettle corn, corn fritters and a corn-eating contest. But that’s only the beginning. Almost 200 vendors line both sides of Genesee Street with a wide variety of food, crafts and local products. There’s ongoing entertainment on three stages and games aplenty. “We celebrated our 25th year in 2011, and the festival continues to grow,” says Tom Vonglis, event chairman. “Best of all, the funds generated allow Avon Rotary to support many, many worthy causes. The Corn Festival

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Left: The Five Arch Bridge, an Avon landmark constructed of limestone, carried the Genesee Valley Railroad over the Conesus outlet from the 1850s until 1941.

Right: Sandra Stoddard puts Winlightn’strikes through its paces on the practice track at the Avon Driving Park. The racetrack was laid out in 1836 with a grandstand as Avon Springs Downs.

is attended by about 15,000 people annually ‌ it’s an affair that really draws the community together.�

History continually blends with the present in Avon. The White Horse statue stands at East Avon’s four corners, where it once embellished the long departed White Horse Tavern, but fine meals and lodging still evoke days gone by at the historic Avon Inn (ca. 1820). Modern town offices exist amidst the wood and brick of the Opera Block building constructed in 1876. Mayor Tom Freeman, a lifetime resident, values Avon’s knack of merging yesterday with today. “We’ve managed to revere our past, and at the same time, steadily progress with an eye to the future. Through it all, the town and village have maintained a stable size and a consistent flavor.�

The several thousand residents of Avon have forged a unique harmony – residential, farming and commercial.

Traditional homes dominate its streets, and rich farms roll over the surrounding countryside. Business hums along in its Kraft Foods plant (the only manufacturer of Cool Whip in the world), The Barilla America Inc. factory (Barilla has only two pasta-producing facilities in the United States) and The Star Headlight and Lantern Company (a family-owned manufac-

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turer of vehicle safety lighting products since 1889).

For a newcomer wanting to learn more about Avon, a strategic stop at the Village Restaurant – known locally as “Bone’s� – might be in order. There, I unearthed a number of interesting local facts while chatting with “regulars� Jerry, Marty, Dan and Dr. Bob. They first told me the juicy Wahlburgers and handcrafted root beer, savored throughout the Rochester area, were created in 1955 at Tom Wahl’s original location in Avon. Tom Wahl’s maintains its 1950s flare, even providing outdoor concerts during the summer months. I also learned that John Hubbard Forsyth, an adventurer and “restless medical student� from Avon, went west to battle for Texas independence. On the 6th of March in 1836, with almost 200 others, he lost his life defending the Alamo from the onslaught of Santa Anna’s Mexican army. We went on from there to discuss much more than burgers and heroes.

Whether it’s a cup of coffee with Bone’s regulars, or a chat with Maureen Kingston at the Town Historian’s Office, a leisurely stopover in Avon pays dividends. Take a historical walk, stroll the weekly farmers’ market or roam the lively Corn Fest in August.

Top: Avon’s streets are lined with traditional homes.

Above: The Star Headlight and Lantern Company Inc., a family owned industry in the region since 1889.

Spend an evening under the stars at the multi-screened Vintage Drive-In Theater in East Avon – one of just over 20 left in the state. If time allows, simply settle for a while with a good book amidst the shady trees and flower beds in Circle Park. And think of Avon the next time you top your favorite dessert with a dollop of Cool Whip.

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For more information on the town of Avon, please visit the following websites:

www.avon-ny.org www.avonhistorical.org avonrotary.org/cornfest.php avonfarmersmarket.org avonny.org.

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tu’s interest in photography started around the age of 12. On occasion his father would let him use his camera, and subsequently become upset with how fast a kid could burn through a roll of film.

It wasn't until 2009 that Stu purchased his first DSLR camera. With no official schooling other than large amounts of reading, trial and error and advice from other photographers, he’s managed to become a full time photographer – almost by accident. As a whole, the photography community in Syracuse has been a wonderful source for education and support.

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personal landscapes Far left: “‘Keuka Lake 2’ – This is a wide angle shot of a vineyard with Keuka Lake in the background. I was on my way to an assignment and noticed the different grape vine varieties in different states of fall coloring. You will notice the lower vines are completely green while the upper are a striking burnt yellow. I bumped up the saturation and used Photoshop’s Nik Color Effex Pro to sharpen the image with a light application of tonal adjustment.”

Left: “I’ve been lucky enough to become friends with the Wagner family, or at least they tolerate me enough to allow my wandering of the vineyards without being on an assignment. This image is of Cabernet Franc grapes with the leaves helped along by Nik Color Effex Pro in order to get the color pop I was looking for.”

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Left: “Labrador Hollow offers great fall hiking with a lookout where hand gliders take off at the top. It has a wonderful view of Labrador Pond and the surrounding ski mountains. This photo was taken with a polarizing filter that brings out the blues in the sky. There’s a slight glimpse of that between the trees.”

Above: “Watkins Glen Gorge is a paradise for a long exposure nut like myself. This photo was taken with use of a tripod, timer and neutral density filter. You’ll notice the blur of people.

The shutter in this photo was open for eight seconds, rendering anything that moves into a blurry motion. I could have removed the people entirely from the photo but I think it added a nice touch to a somewhat static waterfall photo.

Along with a few of the other images I’ve turned some of the foliage colors to achieve a fall-like appearance.”

Previous page spread: “‘Buttermilk Falls’ – One of my favorite types of photography is long exposure. To achieve the blurry water look you must use a tripod and remote control (or timer) and a neutral density filter. Long exposure is when the shutter is open for expended periods of time. It’s important that the camera not move during this time to avoid blur to the entire image. This photo was taken at a four-second exposure, then processed in with Nik Color Effex Pro. I wanted to give the foliage a fall look, so I changed the greens to yellow.”

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andscape photography has become Stu’s go-to genre, while photographing concerts follows closely behind. When he’s on assignment in the Finger Lakes, he always sneaks a few photos for personal use. These images are a result of that.

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“‘Keuka Lake hay bales’ was taken in the evening just around the golden hour time before sunset, giving this image a nice rich color. The sky that day was void of clouds and I felt this photo was lacking something, so I decided to remove the sky and replace it with another photo I took. I rarely use this technique, but it seemed to give this one what I was looking for.”

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2012 Photo Contest Deadline: September 30, 2012 Categories: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prize plaques plus publication in Winter 2012 magazine issue • Best Color • Best Black-and-White • Best Digitally Altered* • Grand prize to best overall photograph (Photographs may also be selected for honorable mention and for photo illustration.)

• Entries are limited to 5 for Black-and-White, 5 for Color and 5 for Digitally Altered.

See below for the definition for "digitally altered."

• Submit photos as prints, slides or digital images.

Please do not send color negatives. When sending digital images, the minimal size of the image should be approximately 5 x 7 inches, 300 dpi. Keep in mind to send the best quality digital image you have, with the highest resolution.

• When sending a color print from a digital photograph, also include the same digital image on a CD/DVD. • Include the photographer's name, address, phone, e-mail address and identification of the image on each slide or photo print.

• Photographs may not have been published elsewhere and must belong to the entrant.

• Only winners will be notified before the Winter 2012 issue is published.

*Digitally Altered images are those that have used digital manipulation using certain methods. See page 94 in this issue for more information, or visit LifeintheFingerLakes.com.

A Taste of Tuscany in the Finger Lakes!

Send submissions postmarked no later than September 30, 2012 to: Life in the Finger Lakes Photo Contest P.O. Box 1080 Geneva, NY 14456

Visit LifeintheFingerLakes.com or turn to page 94 in this issue for more information.

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Suiting up on

Sunday (Helmets Required)

by Connie Ann Kirk

“Do not go gentle into that good night / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

– Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet

Left, top: Marc Giroux gets up to speed in his 1997 Indy Lights Lola T97/20. Photo courtesy Marc Giroux Left, bottom: John Monson racing his a 1970 Crosslé 19F Formula 2/Atlantic. Photo courtesy John Monson

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ike the poet’s urging to “rage against the dying of the light,” two men from the Finger Lakes Region are not about to let the final golden days of autumn go by without first pulling as much fire and light out of them as possible. Both in the prime of their lives, physically fit and highly successful in their respective careers, Marc Giroux, an engineer from Corning, and John Monson, a surgeon from Rochester, are in positions to get the most out of life.

These active men do that by participating in their favorite sport – historic motor racing.

If you think American “historic” motor racing means driving old cars slowly, think again. Marc owns and races Townsend Bell’s 2001 championshipwinning 1997 Indy Lights car, taking it regularly down the back straight at Watkins Glen at 150 mph. In Europe, where historic cars are older, John recently raced the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco and ended up at the top of the podium at that world-renowned circuit. These guys are not professional racecar drivers, but their idea of a “Sunday drive” more resembles thundering full-throttle down a straight-away or passing a competitor on a tight corner than it does a leisurely cruise down Route 14 along scenic Seneca Lake.

These are not, however, cheap thrills. The sport is expensive. Both men hold senior positions in their respective fields. They work long hours, travel the world extensively and oversee sizeable divisions. Marc joined his company in 1978 after obtaining his master’s degree in chemical engineering at M.I.T. and has since climbed the corporate ladder through technical and managerial positions. Dr. Monson was recruited to Rochester in 2008 as a worldrenowned expert in his field. He received his M.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and has taught surgery and oncology, and conducted cancer research for many years at various institutions around the globe, including for more than a decade in the U.K. Despite differing occupations, both racer-owners suit up and wait on the starting grid with the same goals in mind – to win overall or class finishes, and to set fast lap times while avoiding costly damage to their cars and unhealthy damage to themselves. While racers like Marc tend to enjoy the sport aspect of

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the hobby the most, others like John also appreciate being custodians of historic cars once driven by great racers. These owners carefully maintain their cars to keep them doing what they were originally built to do – race to win.

The American A driver with a ready and hearty laugh who sports a thick mustache, Marc Giroux grew up in central Maine in a house his family built.

When he says they built the house from scratch, he means it. His relatives chopped down trees on the family farm, hauled them to a lumber mill where they were cut into planks, and then, put up the house. Marc owned and rode motorcycles from his teenage years on, but the most racing he did in his youth was a little ski racing in high school.

His interest in motor sports began in 1978 when he attended the U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen and continued when he worked in Europe. He became intrigued by historic motor racing when, while work-

ing in North Carolina, he attended his first event in Savannah, Georgia.

In November 1993, Marc enrolled in the Skip Barber Racing School at Road Atlanta.

Not long afterwards, he purchased his first racecar – a Formula Ford.

Then later, he bought a 1969 Brabham BT29 Formula B, and still later added the beefier 1997 Indy Lights T97/20 car to his collection.

Marc has raced more than 20 weekends at Watkins Glen and has competed at several other tracks in North America, including MontTremblant and Mosport in Canada; Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin; Summit Point, West Virginia; Road Atlanta; and VIR in Danville, Virginia. He has taken podium positions at the Glen; Mosport; Mont-Tremblant; Elkhart Lake; Summit Point; Road Atlanta; and VIR. The engineer is easy to spot on the track by his distinctive green and yellow striped helmet with blue squares. Interestingly, Sid Mosca, the same Brazilian artist who designed three-time Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna’s helmet, designed it. Marc said the design represents a combination of Senna’s Brazilian flag-colored stripes and the checks of Senna’s one-time American teammate, Michael Andretti.

Asked why he races, Marc said, “I race because I love it. The combination of mental intensity, speed, physics and friendly competition is really special. There is nothing else in the world that will so occupy my mind that it clears out all else from thought. That makes it very therapeutic; work or any other things simply cease to exist for a time.”

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speedway multiple champion who taught him to ride dirt bikes on a field when he was just six years old. John competed in motocross as a youth, and while he won his share of championships, he does not think his talent was quite at the level needed to go into the sport professionally. He left motorcycle racing during medical school when time demanded it and the risk of injuries to wrists and hands grew too much for a man who was, by then, undergoing serious training to become a surgeon.

In his forties, around the same age as Marc, John returned to racing but this time in cars. He said it was an easy decision to move away from the more dangerous bikes that offer less overall protection. He started in rallies in Europe, driving his first historic road car, a 1964 E-type Jaguar, which he said was “not a great idea.”

He drove his first racecar in 2000 at Mallory Park in the U.K. The car was a 1961 Elva 300, one of only six made in the world and the exact car once owned by the current head of Formula One, Bernie Ecclestone. At 6 feet 2 inches, John had to slide into a car that stood only 24 inches tall. Asked about how he performed in his first race, John says it was a “learning experience,” but with a twinkle in his eye, added in his Irish accent, “I didn’t come in last.”

Since that first race, John has owned and raced Formula One racecars, Formula 2s, Formula 5000s and other important historic cars such as Sir Stirling Moss’s Elva MkVIIS. He has competed on three continents: Europe, Australia and North America. At the Glen, he has driven his Irish racecar, a 1970 Crosslé 19F Formula 2/Atlantic – the very same car, which, as a teen he watched Ken Fildes race professionally at

Mondello Park in Ireland. He also races his 1971 Brabham BT35 Formula B. In his racing career, John has stood on the podium at a dozen different tracks in Europe and North America including Monaco; Pau (France); Oulton Park (UK); Silverstone (UK); and Mont-Tremblant (Canada).

John’s helmet also helps the spectator pick him out from the rush of cars going by on the track: It sports a black and white checkered flag design painted on top and features the orange, white and green colors of the Irish flag around the sides and back. The helmet was designed by his daughter Chloë and was painted at the McLaren (a famous U.K. racecar constructor).

Asked why he races, John agrees with Marc, saying simply, “It’s fun,” and also points out that, in his case, he was brought up around the sport. Both drivers admit that there is a buzz to racing that comes from the adrenaline rush. When asked about the high risk most spectators see in the sport, however, both racers note that there is risk in almost any human endeavor.

Not slowing down These two sportsmen compete against one another at Watkins Glen. How have they performed so far – the American with more than 20 weekends running at his home track against the multi-winning European who is still relatively new to the U.S. circuit? Graciously, Marc smiles, and answers, “The Glen is a track that rewards experience.” Already setting fastest laps at the circuit, however, John says, “It’s a fantastic track for sure and truly world class … fast and challenging. The corners are all faster than they look, and it places a premium on power. Two or three corners are real ‘Yee-hah’ stuff – fast and gutsy where a lack of imagination is helpful.”

However they fare in future races, one thing is certain – neither of these quick competitors will “go gentle” into the sunset. Marc Giroux and John Monson are two guys against whom “the dying of the light” will have to race hard to be victorious.

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or the last nine years, the Cronin family – Steve, Helena and daughter Hayley – have made an annual 20-mile fall pilgrimage from their home in Horseheads to Littletree Orchards in Newfield, where visitors may pick their own apples. Their goal: pick a total of two bushels of Red Delicious and Jonagold apples. “Steve really likes the Red Delicious, and Hayley and I like the Jonagold,” Helena noted. “I like the more tart apples, and the Jonagold has just the right amount of sweet and tart.

Previous spread: Steve Cronin of Horseheads gives his daughter Hayley a boost in pursuit of apples at the u-pick Littletree orchard in Newfield. Enjoying the scene is wife and mother Helena Cronin.

Left: William Srmack, farm manager at the United States Department of Agriculture’s Plant Genetic Resources Unit at Cornell’s Geneva agricultural research station, displays a specimen of the heirloom Esopus Spitzenberg apple tree, said to have been a favorite of Thomas Jefferson.

Below, left: A customer at the Ithaca Farmers Market ponders her purchase of muchsought-after heirloom apples with names like Karmijn de Sonneville, Ananas Reinette and Cox’s Orange Pippin.

Below: Dr. Herbert Aldwinckle, recently retired plant pathologist at Cornell’s agricultural research station in Geneva, examines a cluster of apples on a tree in the Plant Genetic Resources Unit’s collection of more than 1,000 trees bred from seed collected in Kazakhstan.

Aldwinckle and colleagues first visited Kazakhstan in 1989 to study and collect specimens of that country’s vast forests of the wild Malus sieversii apple.

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apple • apple “Steve is all sweet, all sugar everything,” Helena said with a laugh. “Steve likes the sweetest wines, and I swear he’ll eat sugar straight from a jar, like a honey bear.”

The Jonagold is a Cornell apple, Helena observed. “That’s why we originally tried it. We said, ‘Oh, this is a Cornell, Ithaca-developed apple – let’s try it,’ and the flavor was so good.” She said that over the years they’ve tried just about every apple variety in Littletree Orchards, but “the Jonagold really works, and if you’re going to go picking apples, you might as well get them because they’re not easy to find in the supermarkets.”

Not surprisingly, the whole family enjoys apple pie, and when it comes to putting the pies together, they seem to agree that the Jonagold has the edge.

Jonagold apples are crisp, “so they bake well, they hold up,” noted Helena.

The Cronins’ annual apple-picking is “a real family event,” Steve said. After picking, it’s tradition for them to enjoy cider and apple donuts at the Littletree farm stand. Their outing concludes with a drive into Ithaca for lunch. “Fall is our favorite time of year,” said Helena.

Littletree, Big Variety Established in 1973, the 40-acre Littletree Orchards gives customers the opportunity to pick among more than 60 varieties of apple trees. “A lot of people like the Empire and McIntosh,” said Dennis Hartley, who owns Littletree with his wife, Anna Steinkraus. “But they also like to experiment and try some other varieties they can’t find in the grocery stores, such as Jonagold, Melrose, Baldwin and Fortune.”

Hartley noted that “people are hung up on the whole factor of crispness – how crisp an apple is. That’s the first question I always get asked: ‘Is it crisp?’”

The grower said he usually responds: “‘Yeah, it is, but what else do you like about it? Do you like the sweetness or the tartness?’

“Apples age, and the sugar content usually goes up in relation to the acid in the apple,” Hartley said. “Texture will change, and a lot of the time it will be a softer apple or not as crisp as when you

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Above: In September, Ithaca celebrates the 30th anniversary of its annual Apple Harvest Festival. Thousands will jam the Commons to enjoy their favorite fruit in a wide variety of forms – even purple.

Above, right: Caitlin Matthewson, daughter of Bellwether Hard Cider co-owner Bill Barton, pours a tasting of cider at the Apple Harvest Festival in Ithaca. Last year, Bon Appetit Magazine cited the Trumansburg cidery’s King Baldwin cider, made from heirloom Tompkins King and Baldwin apples, as one of the top four sparkling and dry ciders among fifty domestic hard ciders sampled. “That’s actually my favorite cider that I make,” says cidery owner Barton. “That combination of apples comes from Kingtown Orchards, a very old orchard just a mile down the road from us.”

Right: Joe Nicholson, chairman of Red Jacket Orchards in Geneva, checks the harvest of McIntosh apples.

first picked it, but the flavor will still be excellent. I try to ensure people understand that concept.”

In addition to the pick-your-own apple business, Littletree Orchards presses apples for cider, producing as much as several hundred gallons a day in the busy fall season, and operates a retail stand at the Ithaca Farmers Market.

A Dooming Bloom Unfortunately, all of this orchard production – for Littletree and for apple growers across New York – was thrown into question this past April when, after an unusually warm March caused trees to bloom early, a series of severe freezes destroyed as much as 60 to 70 percent of the state’s apple crop.

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but, generally speaking, we’ve had some serious damage throughout the state,” reported Jim Allen, president of the New York Apple Association.

“It really depends on site location, but we certainly are looking at the largest loss since 1945,” Allen related.

“Normally, we would pick approximately 30 million bushels of apples, but will we pick half that this year? We just don’t know.” Allen said he talked to a grower in Saratoga County who reported that he had a full crop, but another orchard operator just six miles away said he didn’t have a single apple. About 53 percent of New York’s approximate 700 commercial growers have crop insurance, according to the executive. The state ranks second – behind only Washington State – in U.S. apple production.

Hartley estimated he lost about 70 percent of his apple crop. Regardless, Hartley said his orchard will be open for picking this season, but only on the weekends. The grower said he’s especially concerned about a likely shortage of storage apples – fruit that gets stored in coolers for cider-making during the winter months. “It’s going to be a lean year for us,” he said.

Other New York apple growers reported losses anywhere from 50 to 70 percent. In Geneva, Red Jacket Orchards, with 400 acres of apples, had a 50 percent loss, according to company president and chief executive officer Brian Nicholson. “Empires got hit very hard,” he noted. “We’re telling people they probably won’t notice much difference in the fall, but you won’t see a lot of our apples come late winter and into the spring. Prices will be up a little, but that’s probably what you’ll see in the Northeast in general.”

In Trumansburg, Jackie Merwin, coowner of Black Diamond Farm, reported the loss of “just about all of our cherries, peaches, plums, apricots and pears” – and about 70 percent of their apple crop. Among the apples, she said, “we have a lot of different varieties that have fruit on them, but the workhorses – the Goldrush, the Gingergold and the Jonagold – are all frozen out.”

Merwin said a section of heirloom apples in her orchard managed to survive the freeze. She opined that a genetic cold tolerance along with a later blooming schedule saved those varieties.

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apple • apple • In Wayne County, the largest apple-producing county in New York with almost 20,000 acres under cultivation, a grower located along Lake Ontario said his orchard suffered a 50 percent crop loss. “We fared better than other people, but it’s somewhat varietyspecific, so it’s going to be interesting this year to see how it plays out,” reported John Teeple, co-owner of the 350acre Teeple Farms in Wolcott.

“Red Delicious, Empire and McIntosh seemed to get hurt quite hard by the freeze,” Teeple said. On the other hand, he added, “Galas and Romes did well, and Honey Crisp did fair – they must have been at a different stages (of bloom). We’re still shaking the dice to see what we’ll have in Empires. We’ve got some orchards farther from the lake that we probably won’t even pick.”

Teeple said he had some crop insurance. “It’s designed to give you just enough to get you through the year.”

The grower said he expected the price of standard apples to rise to the price consumers have been paying for the premium Honeycrisp variety.

Left: Dr. Ian Merwin, Cornell University professor of horticulture, picks Gingergold apples at his Black Diamond Farm orchard in Trumansburg. Merwin says he has planted a total of 100 of the just-released New York 1 and 2 varieties of apples bred at Cornell.

Bottom, left: A cluster of the popular Honeycrisp apples at the Black Diamond Farm Below: Red Jacket Orchards bottles juice in a variety of flavors, including raspberry apple juice.

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apple • apple An Apple Fit for a King When Teeple speaks of his Empire orchards, he’s referring to an apple variety in which he has some personal history. The Empire is a Cornell-bred apple, a cross between the McIntosh and Red Delicious. The breeding began in 1945 with the collection of seed of both parent apple varieties from a single orchard in the Hudson Valley. In 1966, the new Empire apple was released to consumers.

Twenty years later, in 1986, Teeple Orchards brought to the attention of Cornell apple breeders a branch of one of the farm’s Empire trees that bore apples of a distinctly redder color.

Researchers began a study of this limb and affirmed that it was indeed a “limb sport� that consistently produced redder, “extra fancy grade� fruit. In 1992, a patent was awarded for the “Teeple Red Empire� cultivar, which was named the “Royal Empire.�

In support of the Cornell apple breeding program, the Teeple family shared the “Royal Empire� patent with the university. “The researchers at Geneva would like to acknowledge the generosity of the Teeples in arranging this dual release, and thank them for their support of our work,� the university noted.

Nowadays, the Royal is one of the Empire strains grown around the state.

Asked if the original sport limb is still on the tree, John Teeple noted: “That branch is gone. We should have kept it, but we didn’t. It was an older strain of Empires and the spacing was bad, so we pushed out the block and planted Galas. “We’re not too sentimental,� Teeple said with a laugh. “Out with the old, in with the new.�

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Dr. Susan K. Brown, who directs Cornell’s apple-breeding program at the university’s agricultural experiment station in Geneva, and who serves as a professor of horticulture and associate chairperson of the combined horticulture departments at the Ithaca and Geneva campuses.

New York 1 has Honeycrisp as one of its parents, while New York 2 has a Braeburn parent, Brown noted. “New York 1 is for those that like a Honeycrisp apple, and New York 2 is for those that also like that crispness and juiciness but like more of a sugar-acid balance,” she said. “When I was making crosses, I was trying to get a little more oomph in the Honeycrisp, a little bit more volatiles and flavor. New York 2 is actually part of a population in which we were trying to develop apples with higher Vitamin C, being less problematic with flesh browning after they’re cut.”

The work on the two varieties took 10 and 18 years, respectively.

Elaborating on the slicing issue, Brown explained: “Coming from humble means I couldn’t understand what the big buzz was over baby carrots because how hard is it to peel a carrot?

But now, convenience is the key. As a mom myself, I know that my kids would eat sliced apples when they wouldn’t necessarily eat a whole apple – and they have the best apples in the world at our house.

“It’s just that if you slice apples up people will eat them, and if you had an apple that was school lunch-friendly – that didn’t naturally brown when sliced – that would definitely be a big attraction,” Brown stressed. “We studied a lot about what consumers would like and held tastings, and the feedback we’re getting is very exciting.”

The apple breeder noted that she has already moved on to a next generation by crossing New York 1 and New York 2 together. “Somebody said once, ‘Gee, I like New York 1 and I like New York 2, but I want something kind of right in the middle of the two of them,’ and I said, ’Well, we’re working on it.’ We try all different kinds of combinations.”

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collection of apple hybrids at Geneva “that are each unique and different than what has currently been seen anywhere else. We usually have anywhere from a small number to several thousand of a hybrid.”

“It’s like playing the lottery,” Brown said. “The more you have, the better the chances of getting the combination that you want. It’s like having a big family where we’re trying to develop something that’s an improvement on the parents and has some unique characteristics.”

On the production side, the breeder explained, New York 1 and New York 2 are particularly grower-friendly. They have very low chances of catching the prevalent diseases that apples get, including scab, powdery mildew and fireblight. They ripen uniformly, and they store well, she said. The original Minnesota-bred Honeycrisp has a reputation among growers as a difficult variety to harvest and store.

Brown had much praise for a new cooperative arrangement between Cornell and the New York Apple Growers. “As a breeder, to have released these varieties just a year ago and to already have a commitment to 900 acres is just phenomenal,” she said.

She also spoke highly of the growers group’s plan to share with her breeding program the licensing fees the organization will assess from members for marketing and quality control.

Roger Lamont, an apple grower in Albion, Orleans County, and board chairman of the NYAG, said the new apple varieties are a year away from showing up in roadside farm stands and two years away from commercial markets.

“To keep the New York apple industry competitive we have to have new varieties that are of premium quality and are exciting for the consumer,” Lamont stressed. “All segments of the industry have to be profitable, and the breeding program has to be adequately funded to develop these new varieties.”

The Lamont family has been farming in Albion since 1815. Marketing was a concern even back then. It got easier, Roger Lamont pointed out, when the Erie Canal was dug a little more than a mile away in 1823.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boaters were quietly mesmerized at the deciduous tree color display looking east across Honeoye Lake while some dark late afternoon thunder clouds moved in.

In a few moments the sun was obliterated and the fall showers began.â&#x20AC;?

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an is a 1962 graduate of the New York Institute of Photography. He currently does most of his work with several Nikon digital cameras and a barrage of lenses, but still has 35 mm film cameras on hand. He specializes in landscapes and seascapes. At the Sandnes, Norway, Photographic Salon many years ago, his work was the only entry from the USA to be chosen for exhibition. His work has been exhibited in salons in Hong Kong, South Africa, Calgary, Toronto, London, Paris and extensively throughout the United States. He and his wife Betty reside in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region, where they have been since 1973.

A photograph is a time machine. It allows us to see a scene or an event as it happened or as we perceive that it happened. A slice of a day gone by. An enhancement of our memory. It makes no difference whether our minds remember every detail or not. The finished photograph will be our expression to all the future viewers of a slice of time in our lives and likely to never be seen exactly the same again. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daniel J. Nolan

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Right: “‘Autumn Leaves on Honeoye Lake’ was taken on an overcast day with occasional patches of sunlight spotlighting parts of the recently fallen Norway Maple leaves prior to our annual chore of raking and bagging them. I manually prefocused on a spot about a foot and a half away and placed the camera on the ground after setting the F stop as high as I could to maximize depth of field. I then waited for a shaft of sun to highlight an area close to the camera.”

Right, below: “An old white pine tree stump provided home to a cluster of poisonous Jack-O-Lantern mushrooms in an interesting spiral arrangement. Coming back every year in various arrangements, they are beautiful, and are harbingers of the impending fall season.”

Below: “Nothing denotes fall more than the beautiful deciduous tree display surrounded by the evergreens in the Bristol Hill Landscape across from Hunt Hollow.”

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number of Dan’s photographs have been published in books and magazines, as well as encyclopedias, calendars and periodicals. Kodak selected his photo “Boys Fishing on Honeoye Lake” as worldwide picture of the day for April 7, 2002.

Dan has had one-man shows of 27 photographs, color, black and white and digital at the Link Gallery in the City Hall of Rochester, The café at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in the Mall Store in the Town of Greece, The gallery at The Senior Citizen Center of Corning and the Main Office of the Canandaigua National Bank.

In the Winter 2004 issue of Life In The Finger Lakes magazine, Dan’s photo “Snowy Terrain” was used on the cover, and his photo “Boys Fishing” was used on the cover of the Summer 2006 issue as well. His most recent exhibitions were at the Image City Photography Gallery and the High Falls Art Gallery in Rochester. His photo “Reflexion 2,” of a sailboat at rest in Maine, was used on the cover of the magazine Good Old Boat.

Much of Dan’s work can be seen on his website at dannolansphotography.com.

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Right: “Outside of Naples on County Road 36, I spotted these three horses, grazing and oblivious to the beautiful fall tree display behind them on Blueberry Hill.”

Right, below: “The leaves had piled on our porch steps. Then, after a powdery snowfall, the sun came out. As I was shooting, a gust of wind came up and blew snow off of our roof and all over the leaves as the sun was still shining. It was the day after Christmas and probably about 10 degrees above zero. I noticed that there were maple, oak, ash and hophornbeam leaves all joining for an autumn symphony amid the dancing windblown snowflakes.”

Below: “At the intersection of Dryer Road and Strong Road, south of Victor, a late afternoon fall sun highlighted the large hay rolls that seemed to be protecting the barn and silo in this photo titled ‘Fortress of Hay.’ A perfect example of being in the right place at the right time, with a camera. No waiting. It was perfect just when I got there. Two shots from different angles, and I was on my way.”

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es, there are ill-advised approaches to a successful wine pairing, but there are far more “right” combinations than wrong, and that is where fun can be had. This series has attempted to demonstrate that anyone who likes wine and likes food can build upon their own experiences to find pairings that accentuate both pursuits. Whimsical pairings are a good way to stretch the mind and broaden one’s knowledge. I have paired wine with chicken wing pizza, beef jerky (the gas station variety) and

grilled ribs slathered in homemade whiskey sauce. (The “answers” are, in the same order: a very bold and fruity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, a round and generous Grenache-based red from the Rhone Valley in France and an acidic sparkling brut from the Finger Lakes – sparkling wine seems to go well with smoky barbeque flavors).

A major benefit of residing near a wine region is that both the wineries and restaurants in the area create a nearly endless variety of opportunities to sample wine and food pairings. In this

issue we focus on a downtown Genevabased establishment called Halsey’s.

Halsey’s is not perched directly on the lake or in the midst of the vineyards, but it takes to heart its location in the “gateway” to the Seneca Lake wine trail, and dedicates much of its focus to serving quality Finger Lakes wines.

Halsey’s was founded in 2007, opening a somewhat formal and traditional dining room. After some reflection, owner Pete Mitchell decided to renovate in 2010 and change its emphasis and décor. He added a variety

2007 Shaw Vineyard Riesling with Halsey’s House Specialty Pizza (Carmalized Onions, Mozzarella/ Asiago House Blend, Prosciutto, Bleu Cheese Crumbles, Basil Chiffonade)

of high-quality “comfort foods” to the menu, and installed a wood-fired oven to serve as both the central theme and means of cooking much of the restaurant’s fare. “We exclusively burn fruit wood,” explains General Manager and Wine Manager Julie Adams, “and the fresh bread just fills the place with a great aroma.” Julie believes that the more relaxed atmosphere at Halsey’s has allowed for greater experimentation in the kitchen which, in turn, creates opportunities for wine pairings. “There is a significant representation of Finger Lakes wines on our wine list,” she says, referring as well to the rotating winesby-the-glass list, which typically has five to 10 Finger Lakes wines available each night. “I try to update the list as much as possible.”

For selected pairings described here, Julie and Head Chef David Buchanan paired dishes at Halsey’s

with a Riesling from Shaw Vineyard, a special red blend from Damiani and a Late Harvest Vignoles from Hunt Country Vineyards. The pairings represent a potential meal at Halsey’s, utilizing the wood-fired oven, local ingredients and local wines.

2007 Shaw Vineyard Riesling with Halsey’s House Specialty Pizza (Carmalized Onions, Mozzarella/ Asiago House Blend, Prosciutto, Bleu Cheese Crumbles, Basil Chiffonade)

“Shaw is known for its reds,” Julie Adams states, “but the whites are really good too and are aged for several years before Steve (the winemaker) releases them, bringing out some great elements.” Julie describes Shaw’s 2007 Riesling having a deep petrol flavor, which occurs in older Rieslings, and just a touch of sweetness that

2007 Late Harvest Vignoles with Lively Run Cheese Board (Goat, Bleu Moon, Smoked Bleu). See page 94 for details.

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balances out the carmalized onions in the pizza and the saltiness of the prosciutto. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Riesling goes well with cured meat,â&#x20AC;? she says.

The Halseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House Pizza is one of six on the regular menu in addition to rotating specials created by Chef David Buchanan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we got the oven, I spent two months experimenting, made hundreds of pizzas to see what would work,â&#x20AC;? David remembers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I liked carmazlied onions on things like steak, so I started there and came up with this.â&#x20AC;?

He emphasizes that pizza is not necessarily fast food, but a basis for gourmet combinations that marry all sorts of ingredients.

David calls the wood-fired oven his â&#x20AC;&#x153;favorite tool,â&#x20AC;? which he uses for all kinds of dishes at the restaurant, even lasagna. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love it so much Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m building one at my house!â&#x20AC;? David exclaims, noting that the 15,000 BTU oven, kept at approximately 700 degrees, can cook dishes fast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With that oven, I can cook a regular cheese pizza in 90 seconds.â&#x20AC;?

The oven features prominently at Halseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and David finds new uses for the oven on a constant basis.

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Keepin’ It Cool Hammondsport takes America’s Coolest Small Town title to heart

by Kimberly Price Thompson

s soon as you turn onto Route 54A in Hammondsport, passing by quaint homes and charming B&Bs – a pristine lake in the background – you know you’re somewhere special. It becomes more apparent the closer you get to the Village Square.

When you see the banner welcoming you to “America’s Coolest Small Town,” it all makes perfect sense. Even before you step out of your car, you sense the title fits the town like a glove. There’s a distinct cool factor that encapsulates a town built around “Wings, Wine and Water” – and it begs to be discovered and enjoyed.

Magazine editors did what they believed was the only fair thing, and called a tie between the top two towns, which were separated by just fractions of a percent. Hammondsport shares its victory with Beaufort, North Carolina, a beach town in the Southern Outer Banks.

A cause for celebration Not a moment after the tie was announced, Hammondsport kicked into celebration mode. The town swarmed with local media, and residents swelled with hometown pride.

In the weeks following the If it’s a rip-roarin’ tasting experience you seek, Bully Hill Vineyards is where you’ll find it. This establishment believes announcement, the town worked wine is always best served with laughter. relentlessly to maintain the buzz surrounding the contest. The first How it happened thing officials decided was needed was a Nestled at the head of “Y-shaped” new logo to represent Hammondsport’s it as “America’s Coolest Small Town” in Keuka Lake, Hammondsport is home to the annual Budget Travel magazine comcool aspects. With that, the Hamabout 725 residents, and sees tens of mondsport Chamber of Commerce initipetition, garnering more than 130,000 thousands of tourists each year. ated yet another competition. Nearly 20 votes. Supporters could cast a vote once In January – a time of year when entries and a tough decision later, they every 24 hours. few flock to a lakeside community in implemented the winning design into all On January 31, the final day of Upstate New York – Hammondsport competition, voters overwhelmed Budget things related to Coolest Small Town. was able to rally supporters to help vote Travel’s servers, causing the site to crash.

Restaurants made banners displaying it

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Hammondsport “America’s Coolest Small Town” Blogger Will McGough took the Coolest Road Trip to the four East Coast towns in Budget Travel’s top 10 Coolest Small Towns list. He drove his deckedout car, featuring Hammondsport on the driver’s door.

proudly. Wineries hung signs bearing the emblem.

And everything from Tshirts to coffee mugs and Christmas ornaments went on sale.

But this still wasn’t enough.

Hammondsport needed to say thank you.

“When the voting was taking place it wasn’t confined to just residents and businesses in Hammondsport,” said Brett Steeves, president of the Hammondsport Chamber of Commerce. “In fact, boundaries usually marked by townships and county lines, even state lines, all but disappeared. In recognition of that fact,

Hammondsport hosted this event as a way to reach out to the surrounding region and show our appreciation.”

On June 30, the Hammondsport: Coolest Small Town Celebration drew hundreds of supporters to the Village Square. The event featured everything from a NASCAR race car to alpacas, but the big draw was Taste of the Coolest Small Town: Finger Lakes Wine and Beer. Celebration goers purchased their collectible wine glass, bearing the new logo, and tasted the flavors for which Hammondsport is famous. The celebration ended with a seaplane flyover and the Fireman’s Parade and Carnival.

“This title has put Hammondsport in a very public spotlight this year,” said Peggy Coleman, president of the

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Steuben County Conference & Visitors Bureau (CVB). “We were excited to celebrate in this special way with the people who made it all possible.”

Coolest Road Trip blogger searches for the cool factor And yet, Hammondsport wanted to do more. As the official tourism marketing agency for the county, the Steuben County CVB came up with an idea to send a travel writer to the four cool East Coast towns in Budget Travel’s top ten.

Blogger Will McGough of WakeandWander.com agreed to make the 13-day road trip (in an extremely decked-out car) to Cape May, New Jersey; Beaufort, North Carolina; Damascus, Virginia; and finally, Hammondsport. He spent, on average, two to three days in each town with one goal in mind: to seek out whatever it is that makes it so cool.

“Hammondsport seems like the perfect blend of the other three towns,” McGough commented, as he sat on the deck of Bully Hill Restaurant, overlooking sparkling Keuka Lake. He had only been in Hammondsport for a few hours, and already, he was captivated by the beauty, tranquility and – yes – the undeniable cool factor he could sense in the area.

McGough was in Hammondsport

from June 29 through July 1, ending his long trip with lots of wine tasting, a scenic flight over the Finger Lakes, jet skiing on Keuka Lake and a hot-air balloon ride â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all things people can do when they visit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; over Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coolest Small Town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition to arriving on the first of two holiday weekends, the town was also celebrating their recognition as the Coolest Small Town in America with a parade and festival in the downtown square,â&#x20AC;? McGough said in a blog post. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something about the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion and excitement has really stuck with me, seeing them so proud of where they live. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While big cities often draw residents solely because of industry and opportunity, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rare that someone ends up in a small town like Hammondsport (or Beaufort or Cape May or Damascus) for any other reason than love of the area. They all really want to be there, which makes me even more curious to find out why, both as a person and a travel writer.â&#x20AC;?

To read McGoughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blogs about Hammondsport, visit www.WakeandWander.com.

The deputy editor of Budget Travel magazine, Marc Peyser, also visited Hammondsport in June. Make sure to check out his article in the September/October issue, currently available on newsstands.

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The Crash of “Milligan’s Rats” World War II-era tragedy in the Finger Lakes

by Rich MacAlpine Originally published in the January/February 2012 edition of “Yates Past,” the Newsletter of the Yates County Genealogical & Historical Society

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aturday afternoon, October 2, 1943, was unusually cold and foggy on Italy Hill, the highest point in Yates County with an elevation of 2,130 feet. A local farmer later said that the fog was “so thick you couldn’t see a cow 10 feet away.”

The quiet of that Saturday afternoon was suddenly shattered around 2:30.

Residents in Italy Valley saw a silver Army bomber flying low below the clouds and then heard a loud crash. The crash occurred on Italy Hill, not far from the Jerusalem town line. The airplane had burrowed into a pasture on a farm that had been abandoned for decades, known locally as “the old Isaac Wilcox farm.”

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abandoned, and the only way to get to the area was to walk two miles through overgrown brush and waist-high grass.

The first people on the scene saw a 1,000-foot-long swath of debris from the point of impact. It was immediately obvious that there were no survivors.

The broken bodies of all onboard the plane were thrown clear of the wreckage before it burned.

According to the Chronicle-Express of October 7, 1943:

rope trailing over the side, it rested at ease on the rolling sea of grass, its real mission forever unaccomplished. One motor bounced and rolled some 400 feet from the track made by the sliding bomber; the other was over the hill and out of sight in the opposite direction. Three partially opened chute packs lay in white drifts, their soft silk folds billowing gently in the cold breeze that swept along the desolate hill.

The plane was a twin-engine Mitchell B-25A Army Air Corps bomber.

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As was the custom of the time, it had been named by one of its earlier pilots.

It was known as “Milligan’s Rats.” The bomber had taken off that morning from Chatham Field near Savannah,

Illustration by Mark Stash Reference photo of airplane courtesy sixdegreesofmillicent.wordpress.com and the Commemorative Air Force Foundation

Georgia, on a training run with a crew of five. The pilot was 26-year-old Lieutenant Willard Wilder from Rochester, who must have had some say in the flight plan. They landed in Rochester to refuel and pick up a passenger, a Tech Sergeant from Buffalo who had been home on leave to see his mother and was hopping a ride back to Georgia.

They took off from Rochester to begin the return flight to Chatham Field.

Lt. Wilder’s parents had a summer home in the Bristol Hills near Canandaigua Lake, and the young pilot brought his plane in low in order to drop a weighted note at his parent’s place. The note, which they received, read, “See you again someday soon. Take good care of yourselves. Goodbye for a while. Love, Bill.” He then dipped his wings in salute and headed south. Milligan’s Rats never regained the altitude they needed. It was estimated that with another 10 feet, the plane would have cleared Italy Hill.

As word of the crash spread, would-

be rescuers and curiosity seekers made their way two miles through the brush to see the wreckage. There were also souvenir hunters. Service revolvers of the crewmembers were missing (later turned in to police), as were amounts of ammunition and equipment from the plane.

The first officials on the scene were a state trooper from the Penn Yan substation and two other troopers from the Oneida barracks who happened to be visiting in the office when the call came in. They were on the scene just before 5 p.m. and were soon joined by Yates County Sheriff’s deputies. They brought the county coroner in to identify the bodies and clear them to be removed from the scene. Brush and trees were cleared to allow ambulances to the crash site, and the bodies were taken to Thayer Funeral Home in Penn Yan. The Army was notified and sent in two National Guardsmen to guard the scene of the wreckage for inspectors to look over. They arrived around midnight. The next day, larger crowds came FAST FACTS INFO PAGE 97

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[They] had their hands full keeping the curious from walking along the tracks plowed by the plane and further confusing evidence which Army officials wished kept intact pending their investigation. No closer than 500 feet were the orders, but the perverse public insisted upon trying to find ways to circumvent this rule. One young man came up from the valley on horseback and was riding happily about the wingtip on the brow of the hill when one of the soldiers first discovered him.

‘Now where in h*** did he come from?’ questioned the disgruntled soldier, explaining that he and his buddy had volunteered for this job of guard duty and after 16 hours on the job with no relief, in the biting autumn wind on a bleak hilltop and no hot food, they were getting rather fed up.

Sunday night large Army crash trucks arrived from Syracuse, and after cutting some timber, made it to the scene. The investigation was wrapped up on Monday and wreckage removed to Syracuse. The Army also smoothed the area over and planted some pine trees before leaving. The six bodies, which had been taken to Thayer Funeral Home on Saturday evening, were given an honor guard by the local American Legion post until Monday evening. Lt. Wilder’s parents came to Penn Yan to claim their son’s remains, and the other five were taken to the Army airfield in Syracuse to be flown to their respective homes.

In 1992, Clarence Sebring and Buster Brewer of Dundee, accompanied by then-editor of the Dundee Observer, Mary Geo Tomion, ventured back to the crash site. They had gone through quite a lot to identify the exact spot.

The pasture of 1943 had become heavily wooded over the years. Using metal detectors, they were able to unearth several small parts from the bomber.

The other result of their expedition was a nice story in the December 9, 1992 issue of The Observer.

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Remembering the War of 1812 The 200th anniversary of the “forgotten war”

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t has been referred to as the “forgotten war,” overshadowed by the Revolutionary War that preceded it and the Civil War that followed. However, with this year’s 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812, the confrontation is being remembered with many commemorative activities. Besides battle reenactments, there are other living history events, publications, lectures, exhibits, tours, trails and peace gardens throughout the Finger Lakes and Western New York regions, as well as Canada.

“You’ll see the militia drilling, and if you’re male and between 16 and 45, you may be pressed to join them,” says Jim Altemus, a re-enactor in the 1812-

This Bloomfield park, on the north side of Routes 5 & 20, was once used as a pasture for cows by nearby residents.

Today it is noted for its shade trees.

Named Elton Park in 1901 the park was referred to during much of its history as the Public Square or the Village Green.

Photo courtesy of Jim Altemus

era MacKay Militia at Genesee Country Museum in Mumford, referring to the War of 1812 Bicentennial Celebration on Saturday, October 6 in Bloomfield. Younger boys or girls can also participate by joining the militia as

junior aides-de-camp. After training, the youngsters sign “enlistment papers.”

In June 1812, the U.S. declared war against Great Britain.

In New York, the war was fought at locations from the Niagara Frontier to Sackets Harbor, as well as at Buffalo and Batavia, which were then small villages. Ginny Schroeder, Bloomfield town historian, says a local militia trained regularly. “They practiced in the

MacKay’s Militia at Sackets Harbor at Present arms, part of annual 1812 battle reenactments. Present arms is a two-part command used by many militaries as a sign of respect. MacKay’s Militia are the four men in the front row. Jim Altemus is on the right wearing a wide brimmed hat. Photo courtesy of Jim Altemus

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village square, in Mechanics Hall and music of this “second war of independany other suitable place they could find. ence.”

A company known as the East Attendance is free and period costumes Bloomfield Alarm Company was organare encouraged. There will be a charge ized for the protection of area homes. for food provided by local non-profit They pledged their sacred honor to pro- groups. Sample a slice of pie common to tect any part of the county.” the era for $2, or buy an entire pie for Altemus, who also participates in $10. At 3 p.m., a self-guided walking reenactment battles at Sackets Harbor, tour of the historic area will highlight was joined by members of local historibuildings that existed at the time of the cal societies in planning October’s cele- war, ending at the 1812 Tavern on Main bration in Bloomfield’s Elton Park.

Street. “You can bet that there were During the War of 1812, troops headmany discussions about the war in the ing west from the Arsenal in tap room for the duration,” says Altemus Canandaigua traveled past the park. of the historic locale.

Today, a monument in the center of For more information, directions the green honors Civil War dead.

When Bloomfield was first settled in the late 18th century, and through much of its history, it was known as the Public Square.

“The basic theme of the day is to have folks come by and learn about the war, have some fun, watch the militia activities and hear about local Bloomfield people who lived here during the war,” says Larry Ann Evans, Executive Director at the Museum of Wayne Altemus. Members of County History in Lyons, with a War of 1812 “coatee” or jacket.

MacKay’s Militia will Photo courtesy of Museum of Wayne County History set up one or two tents as a “command post” area in the and a schedule of activities, contact the park. A replica American flag with East Bloomfield Historical Society only 15 stars and stripes will be raised (585) 657-7244; Jim Altemus (585) to start the day at 10 a.m. Militia drill, 657-5328; or the Society’s website – volley fire, tactics and recruiting will ebhs1838events.org – where a walking take place in the morning and aftertour of Bloomfield’s historic district can noon. Ontario County historian, Dr. be downloaded.

Preston Pierce, will display period flags and share local history. A re-enactor Canandaigua’s Peace Garden portraying a Seneca Indian will talk During the War of 1812, no battles about the role of the native peoples or skirmishes were fought in or near during the war. Other re-enactors will Canandaigua. However, it became a demonstrate over-the-fire cooking and military station where the barracks there will be 19th century children’s were built, troops were quartered and games. Other highlights include songs supplies were stored, bought and of 1812 performed mid-day by David sold. The state Arsenal on the hill west Ruch, who offers a picture through his of the village was stocked with flintlock

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muskets, powder, ammunition and cannons.

Although the Granger Homestead in Canandaigua was not built until shortly after the War ended in 1814, the grounds were used by military troops for drills and battle preparation. Today, the Federal-style mansion, completed in 1816 by Gideon Granger, Postmaster General under Presidents Jefferson and Madison, is open to the public.

Now, the landmark property belongs to the Bicentennial War of 1812 Peace Garden Project, which commemorates 200 years of peace between Canada and the U.S. It has become part of a permanent 600-mile long trail of peace gardens established along the historic route in both the U.S. and Canada, where events of the war impacted the future of many peoples.

The 900-square-foot garden just north of the mansion was originally known as the Rose Garden of Antoinette Granger who died in 1930. It was restored in 1995 by the Homesteadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Council in memory of its members and supporting friends, says Martha Herbik, the Homesteadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We appreciate the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gracious approval for allowing this garden to be added to the trail.â&#x20AC;? An identification garden plaque describes the war, the Bicentennial Peace Garden Trail and the Granger Homestead.

A variety of cosmos, zinnias, petunias, daylilies, daisies, phlox and irises, among other plantings, are tended by volunteers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many people are already enjoying the garden, and we hope its addition to the trail will increase exposure,â&#x20AC;? says Herbik.

Visit www.1812.ipgf.org for details of other peace garden sites, their history and special events.

Visit www.grangerhomestead.org for information on the Ganger Homestead.

Wayne County Remembers Larry Ann Evans, executive director at the Museum of Wayne County History in Lyons, is making sure local connections to the War of 1812 are remembered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Website after website, book after book, all showed time lines omitting these small but important battles,â&#x20AC;? says Evans of the battles at Sodus Point and Pultneyville in Wayne County. Faced with such omissions, the museum mounted an exhibit filled with artifacts tied to the war, including maps and a detailed time line citing the battles.

Evans then turned her attention to a garment that once belonged to an important military figure present at the Pultneyville battle and whose men were at Sodus. A red and black wool jacket with gold trim and brass buttons once owned

by General John Swift (1761-1814), the founder of the town of Palmyra, had been donated by his great-granddaughters to the museum. It begged to be on display, but its identification proved a challenge. Evans says collection records suggested the General, who died in 1814 in the Canadian village of Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake), probably did not personally wear the â&#x20AC;&#x153;coateeâ&#x20AC;? or short coat.

Uniforms from the War of 1812 are a complex subject.

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Haunted Waters The Gales of Autumn on Lake Ontario

by Susan Peterson Gateley

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ach October, the strong, cold winds of fall rise in the night and roar through the trees along Lake Ontario’s coast. Autumnal gales come quickly, bringing vicious waves on the Great Lake, and to this day, barges and boats are sunk by Ontario’s sudden treachery. Over the last two centuries, hundreds of ships have gone to the bottom here, most of them during the age of sail and steam in the 1800s, when small ports like Sodus Point, Pultneyville and Fair Haven bustled with activity and commerce. While November historically was the deadliest month, two of the most famous and

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tragic incidents of the lake’s maritime past occurred on All Hallow’s Eve. Oddly, they happened one year shy of a century apart. It is on this night that, in olden times, the folk believed the Grim Reaper came to harvest all of the souls of the year’s dead. On Halloween night of 1780, he took in a good crop.

The HMS Ontario, a British Ship of War, may well be Lake Ontario’s most famous wreck. She sailed unopposed by enemy forces, and never fired a shot in anger. Yet she has been the subject of several books and a documentary, and her sudden sinking resulted in the greatest loss of life to occur

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yet upon the open waters of the lake.

Estimates as to the number of deaths vary, but perhaps 120 soldiers, sailors, marines, military officers, prisoners of war and camp followers (women and children) died that night when the ship went down. HMS Ontario is a remnant of the golden age of British fighting sail. She is also the oldest Great Lakes

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The Ontario was a 22-gun sloop of war, 80 feet on deck and of about 225 tons displacement. (The term sloop of war refers to her size and armament, not to her sail plan.) She was built at Carleton Island, a major naval yard and military supply and staging base near Cape Vincent on the St. Lawrence River. Her hull was mostly of oak cut from nearby forests and adzed for timbers or sawed out in saw pits for planking. Most of her gear, guns, ammunition and other naval stores came from England by way of the St. Lawrence.

She served mainly as a transport, carrying men and supplies to the western front of the war. This was a time when all major troop, heavy artillery and supply movements had to be by water, as overland roads and transport routes were non-existent. The Ontario made numerous trips between Fort Niagara, Oswego and Kingston. She was carrying men to Oswego on her last voyage.

She went down in an October northeaster. That year, October was particularly turbulent. The Great Hurricane of 1780 that swept through the Caribbean a couple weeks before the Ontario went down killed an estimated 22,000 people and sank dozens of vessels. There is some evidence to suggest the Halloween gale on the lake was caused or enhanced by the remains of another later hurricane that hit Barbados. No less than three bad hurricanes are recorded for that month.

Though their exact tracks remain uncertain, the timing and the wind direction are certainly suggestive.

Whatever their origin on the evening of the sinking, the powerful

northeast winds rose rapidly and swept down much of the length of the lake to assault the ship. Within an hour or two, formidable seas had built. When first hit in the darkness by the storm, the ship, which had been proceeding east under full sail, presumably fell off to run with the wind. Or tried to. At some point, the ship was overwhelmed, perhaps she broached to, perhaps she was caught aback or perhaps she was knocked down on her side by the initial blast. Possibly, some of the guns on the gun deck broke their lashings and slid to leeward in a heavy roll. Some or all of her canvas blew out or carried away, for a few days later searchers found portions of her sails afloat on the lake. Whatever happened that fateful Halloween night, the end was probably quick for the men, women and children packed below decks. The ship probably went down suddenly for little debris came ashore or was found adrift.

The following day, several of the ship’s boats, hatchway gratings, a binnacle, hats and blankets and other gear drifted ashore. An extensive search was carried out by the British. In late July 1781, six bodies from the vessel were recovered approximately 12 miles east of the Niagara River near Wilson.

The British did not want their enemies to know of her loss and the subsequent weakening of their naval defenses on the lake, so they did their best to keep word from getting out to the Americans. This probably contributed to the general air of mystery that shrouds the lake’s most deadly shipwreck that took place one fatal Halloween night.

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The Tale of Moses Dulmadge Buffalo. As the night deepened, the One year short of a century later, cold westerly gale blew unabated. on Halloween night 1879, a young man Olivia’s skipper stopped in to offer a died alone on the lake. His tragedy has spare bunk to his visitor. “Better stay been told and retold a number of times. the night. It’s blowing harder than Recently, the death of Moses Dulmage ever,” he told the young man. was inspiration for a folk opera presentBut dutiful Moses refused. His skiped in Prince Edward County. per had told him to be back early. And Moses was the son of Loyalist he refused offers of assistance for the farmers and fishermen of Prince Edward upwind trip. Teenagers, we all know, County, that lakeward looking piece of are immortal. The cold, hungry water Canada that thrusts its long, rocky finand the hard upwind row in a black gers deep into an inland sea. His end night held no terrors for this youth on came on Halloween night 1879 when, All Saints Eve, the night when ancient in a moment, his fate was sealed.

Moses was young and strong. He knew the water, had fished and sailed the lake since boyhood, and on this fateful night, the sturdy teenager was in the fo’c’sle of the recently launched schooner Julia.

It was a cold night with a sharp-edged west wind moaning and shrilling in the ship’s rig. She was wind bound, anchored along with a fleet of 10 other cargo carriers HMS Ontario at Fort Niagara, perhaps on a fall day a few days before her fateful last voyage. Painting by Peter Rindlisbacher under the lee of Point Traverse, a long narrow peninsula that provided a good spot to wait for favoring winds. pagan harvest tradition has it the souls Several vessels were manned by crews of the year’s dead are gathered up. So who were neighbors of the Dulmage Moses slipped over the rail into the family. Just downwind from his vessel dancing yawl boat alongside and began lay the Olivia, whose crew included sculling upwind. “Keep her up,” cried several friends. After supper, Moses his fellow crewmates, as they lifted and asked his captain for permission to go swung a lantern in encouragement, for visiting. The “Old Man” gave his even now by its light they could see he assent, but told him to be sure to be was making leeway, being blown off by back early. The ship would set sail the powerful wind. before daylight if the wind shifted or Young Moses stood facing aft, and dropped. put his back and strong shoulders into So Moses launched the 16-foot the sculling of the rowboat, as it yawl boat and blew downwind to the pushed slowly against the wind. His Olivia, where he rounded to and made heart was pounding when he reached fast to go aboard for a “gam.” For the his home ship, and hailed her to take next few hours, the young folk sang old his line. The line that Moses had to songs, traded gossip and told tales of throw aboard to a waiting crew memtheir exploits in the big cities of ber was coiled in the boat’s bow. He Rochester, Oswego and even far away had to put down his sculling oar,

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scramble forward and then fling the light line up to the waiting watchstander a few yards away.

The wind blew it back to him.

In that moment, the lake licked hungry against his boat’s hull as the wind whined overhead. The Julia’s crewmember fumbled in the darkness to find and toss a line to him.

But it was too late. Already, the yawl had blown off beyond reach.

Moses lunged aft and put his oar into the sculling notch, but before he could bring the boat around, she had scudded

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out of reach of the Julia and was beyond the reach of the neighboring Olivia’s crew as well.

“Catch the Ariadne and hang on,” they cried to him.

By now, Moses had tired. His arms ached with the effort of sculling as he gasped for breath. The gale played with his small boat as a cat toys with a mouse. He blew down to the Ariadne and hailed her. In the night, her captain, below in his cabin, heard faint, desperate cries. He thought someone was shouting that his anchor has let go and rushed on deck.

Astern he heard the terrible pleas, “Help Ariadne, help, help!”

“Someone is adrift,” shouted the skipper. “Get the boat down!”

Moses was quickly being blown

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The crew rousted out from their bunks, and perhaps, still sleepy in the darkness, botched the job. The drain plug wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in place, and the crew climbed down into a swamped boat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leave it,â&#x20AC;? commanded the captain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll lose you, too.â&#x20AC;? Perhaps he thought the lost boatman would surely catch one of the ships astern. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

There were six more ships lying to leeward of the Ariadne, but Moses was unable to make any of them. The wind had shifted a point or two to the north, and blew him onto the open water. Thirty miles he drifted, and as he neared the low limestone cliffs of Stony Point, he steered for the lighthouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beam. He lashed himself to the thwart, and kept his numbed hands on the steering oar as he scudded before the building seas. And at some point on that Halloween night, the Grim Reaper harvested another young life.

Two days later, the keeper of the Stony Point light found the yawl boat on the beach, just south of the point.

She was covered with ice, and slumped face down on the thwart was the bruised corpse of Moses Dulmage. His hands were cut and blood-stained.

Perhaps he had pounded them against the boat to keep them from freezing. A few yards away, his steering oar, also glazed with ice, floated in the slush and brash of the freezing lake.

The lake gives, and it takes away.

Today, its beauty, its wide waters and the allure of far horizons continue to draw boaters, anglers, bird watchers and beach combers. Those who seek treasure in the form of a few hours of solitude on a quiet fall day still find it here. Lake Ontario is one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great waters, an inland sea with over a thousand miles of shoreline to explore. But treat it with respect. On a dark and stormy Halloween Night, restless spirits may well rise to scud over its waters once again as they did during the age of sail.

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“Fall colors are beautiful in the woods near Garrett Memorial Chapel on Bluff Point.”

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“This little four-point buck photo was taken from a tree stand in Kelloggsville, which is 10 miles north of Moravia.”

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uring harvest, I noticed, there always seems to be a turbulence to the skies. When the first crop of Riesling was harvested at Long Point, the sun ducked in and out from behind clouds that came in gray, silver-lined waves like frothy ocean swells from out of the west. Leading them were high cumulus that appeared as billowing sails of ships running before the wind, trying to outrun the storm.

I recall one harvest day several years ago when early in the morning the sun rose in a crystalline sky, except for a long, even line of clouds far off to the west. By nine o’clock, the long line had become a sodden-looking quilt of dark gray moving across the sky, bringing with it a sense of impending foul weather that everyone hoped would hold off until the evening as they went about harvesting the grapes. Soon, blue skies were more a memory far off to the east.

Gary has only one realistic option for picking grapes, which is to hire Mexican farm laborers, an informal group of up to half a dozen or so – the precise number depending on who is available at the moment. But that’s if Gary can get them. They are in constant demand because they are the most skilled group of pickers in the area. If he can’t get them he has to depend on the message getting out by word-of-mouth to friends, relatives, locals. He will call Pete at King Ferry to borrow (and pay) some of his workers. The going rate is $2.50 a lug, up from $2 a lug when his Chardonnay, his first harvest, was picked in 2002. And there are the times when he and Dan have been down in the

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vineyard picking because there were too few pickers.

It can lead to some tense moments when he can’t get enough skilled workers. The year the sodden gray clouds eclipsed the sun, it seemed at first that he might have only one picker, a local, who appeared at the brow of the hill around nine in the morning, buffeted by the autumn gusts as he walked down to

holding off picking saw the Riesling rise to 20.5 Brix by the time they were picked and crushed. Not 23, Gary’s standard, but better than 17 or 18.

For Dan, that meant more meatballs.

“I told him, for each additional Brix, he gets one of Rosie’s homemade meatballs,” Gary said.

Dan laughed. “Oh, and Rosie makes

Dan and Levi harvesting grapes.

Photo by John Hartsock

the vineyard, leaning into the cold wind.

Gary could only pray that more followed. They did, in a couple of hours, showing up in ones and twos, and the crop got picked.

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he season the Riesling were first harvested the grapes went from “gangbusters” to simply “good,” as Dan put it (but he characterized the Cabernet Franc as “wicked good”). He didn’t want to get his hopes up because of the early cold rains. As it turned out,

the best Italian meatballs.”

I had caught up with them at the crush pad. They were crushing the last of the Pinot Gris – which, in the end, would come in at 22.5 Brix. Dan, Russ and Levi unloaded yellow plastic lugs and dumped their contents into the crusher, which crushed and destemmed the grapes. A cascade of Pinot Gris descended into the trough of the crusher, where a long screw pushed them into the maw. From there, the juice, pulp and skins – the grape “must” – were pumped

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to the press while the stems were carried away by a reverse screw to be ejected from the back of the crusher into a plastic tub.

Gary and Dan also had a bet on tonnage. Dan said the Riesling would top out at more than ten tons.

“Nah, it’s going to be eight or nine,” Gary said. At stake were more meatballs. Gary would win this bet. But Rosie was generous and made a plate of meatballs for Dan anyway.

They finished dumping the lugs.

Dan climbed into the cab of the Bobcat tractor Gary had bought recently to José Aguilera Photo by John Hartsock replace the old Case when the steering gave out. Levi mounted the trailer, steadying himself against the stacked yellow lugs. They were taking them back down to the vineyard where the Mexican workers were starting to pick the Riesling.

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osé Aguilera reached with his open clippers into the leaves, placed the forked blades around the stem and squeezed the handles. The Riesling cluster dropped into the near empty yellow lug on the ground beneath. He worked quickly, mechanically, stooping slightly and leaning into the vines. He inserted his clippers into the leaves again, lodged the forked blades around another stem, and squeezed. Again, the cluster dropped softly to the lug, which slowly filled up with the fruit of the vine.

So it went, the eyes intimate with veined leaves, the coarse, abrasive bark of the vines, and the burnished faces of grapes, the hand reaching into the vines, pushing the leaves aside, the clippers wrapping around the stems. The quick “clip” and the sound of grapes dropping through the rustle of leaves, landing in the lug.

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pulled up in front of the crusher.

Dan and Gary stacked six lugs on a scale. They topped out at 171 pounds, or 28.5 pounds per box. With 56 lugs, that was about 1,600 pounds. Gary wrote it down on a clipboard.

Gary pushed the switch for the crusher, and the chain drive rattled while the screw impeller began to turn, pleading for grapes. Dan picked up a lug from the trailer. Russ did, too, then Levi. Dan carried his over to the crusher and raised it above the long, coffin-like bin in which the impeller turned. He tilted it and large masses of grapes – almost white in color but with flashes of light green and rust – descended into the impeller, which carried them into the stainless steel crusher. Soon, a light green slurry of grape must poured from a hose into the top of the wine press. Gary dug into a hundred-pound paper bag of rice hulls and pulled from it a filled plastic cup. He poured the hulls into the press. The rice hulls filter out solids when the grape must is pressed.

Russ heaved a lug over the crusher edge so vigorously that some clusters dropped from the opposite side.

“You went a little over on that one,” Dan said.

I tasted a Riesling grape, squeezing the bottom so the juice came out from stem end, followed by the pulp. It was deliciously sweet, as much or more so than table grapes. Dan said they had a lot of acid. I couldn’t taste it. The skins were tough, chewy, a little leathery, unlike table grapes.

The lugs empty, Dan left on the tractor to take them back to the pickers and load another round. This time, too, Gary had placed a large cardboard bin with a plastic liner on the trailer. It’s designed to carry a ton of grapes. He was looking for ways to speed up the processing and was worried the pickers could run out of lugs. The lugs would be emp-

tied into the box down in the vineyard and left for the pickers to reuse.

Gary poured a last cup of rice hulls into the press, then sealed the doors.

The press is a huge stainless steel cylinder designed to hold up to two and a half tons of fresh grapes. Gary stepped back and flipped the switch on the air compressor. He reached forward and turned the valve on the wine press. You could hear the press groan and stretch as the air filled the white synthetic balloon-like diaphragm inside. When the pressure reached twenty-five pounds per square inch, the press shut off.

Inside, the diaphragm expanded, forcing the juice through the filter of rice hulls, which had been pushed outward by the pressure. The juice began to trickle into the press basin and out a drain from which it was pumped into the tallest of the stainless steel tanks.

Gary watched the pressure gauge.

Twenty-five pounds per square inch is the maximum recommended pressure for that press. As the diaphragm displaced the juice the pressure slowly declined.

When it reached twenty pounds per square inch, the cylinder rotated and the air pump kicked in and the pressure climbed. It stopped at twenty-five. The juice continued to trickle into the basin.

The Mexican workers finished picking the Riesling by mid-afternoon. They were paid by check and left for the next job. “And they all have green cards,” Gary emphasized. The last thing he wanted was Immigration showing up.

The crushing and pressing continued until after midnight.

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After tasting David Buchanan’s take on the traditional dish of Pasta Bolognese, Julie Adams immediately thought of Damiani’s Vino Rosso, a special dry red blend of Marechal Foch (35 percent), Merlot (25 percent), Cabernet Franc (20 percent), Cabernet Sauvignon (12 percent), and Rougeon (8 percent). “The wine has a pleasing roast meat quality,” she says. “It pulls the flavors right out of the sauce and stands up to the weight of the dish.”

David agrees that the dish has deep flavors that need careful pairing.

“I cook the sauce for 12 hours,” he says of the recipe passed down to him years ago a by a Sicilian chef. “The wine has to have a good body to stand up to the intense sauce; something strong will work.”

When available, David sources vegetables locally and plans on exploring local sources of meat in the near future. “I’d say we’re 50 percent local now,” he explains of Halsey’s vegetables and other ingredients. David has become a huge advocate for local food products in the Finger Lakes, noting that dishes made from local ingredients have a lot of nutrients and carry some of the tastes and aromas of the local climate. “The soil here is amazing,” he says.

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Julie Adams knows that most people do not always think of cheese for dessert, but she is convinced that it makes a great end-of-meal accompanied by a local dessert wine. “Vignoles is a classic dessert wine, and this Hunt Country version is sweet and rich,” she says. “The viscosity and residual sugar go well with the earthy, smoked flavors of the cheeses.” Halsey’s carries a series of cheeses from Lively Run, a producer

near Interlaken. The smoked bleu is one of Lively Run’s bleu cheeses that is smoked in Halsey’s brick-fired oven.

“This cheese board is just awesome,” Julie says. David says that he is exploring more local cheeses to be used in main dishes in addition to being served directly. “There are a lot of great cheese producers in the Finger Lakes.”

Conclusion

Over the past few years, Julie Adams has noted an increase of regional visitors to Halsey’s to sample the wines and culinary fare of the Finger Lakes. “There’s people coming from all over the place – Pennsylvania, lots of Canadians. It’s great to see the region’s reputation grow.”

David Buchanan spent years in kitchens in New Hampshire, Boston, Florida and New Orleans. He is proud to call the Finger Lakes home. And while he likes to sprinkle Cajun and southern fare on the menu at Halsey’s (including alligator), he is committed to featuring local food as much as possible. “I wish the local movement started years ago,” he says. “The fertile soil here, the scenery, the Finger Lakes has a real bounty. We ship out more than we consume, which is a shame.”

A self-proclaimed beer guy, David is happy that wine has become such a beacon for food lovers. “Television shows have really encouraged people to explore food and wine together,” he says. “Wine is bringing more people to this area.”

Julie is excited about the quality wines in the Finger Lakes being made by both older and newer producers.

The recent improvements in general quality have given her a sense that something special is occurring. “It’s hard to appreciate a revolution when you’re in the middle of it,” she reflects.

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The coatee is now on permanent display in the museum’s “Military Room,” where Evans expects it will continue to attract interest and speculation.

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olanda Daliz, a Puerto Rico native, can’t remember a time in her life when she wasn’t fulfilling her passion for art. “When I was little I was always drawing. I couldn’t stop myself from picking up a pencil or paint brush,” says the artist, currently a Bristol resident.

Yolanda creating her latest sculpture

Daliz’s name is fitting, as her striking artwork bares a hint of the distinctiveness that surrealist Salvador Dali was known for. “You weren’t the first person the mention the similarities in our names,” she tells me.

Although Daliz’s work isn’t necessarily surreal, its bold colors and cubist influences emit a uniqueness that makes it her own. Part of this is due to her attempt, for about the past six

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years, to incorporate the viewer into her artwork. “In the past, in many of my pieces, the viewer has been able to remove parts from the artwork.” She explains that one of her pieces incorporated food, and any spectators were allowed to remove it as they saw fit.

Once they were done morphing the piece, Daliz repainted it, finally fixing it in time.

Her newest sculpture, which she’ll be presenting for the first time at an art show this fall at the Phelps Art Center, attempts, yet again, to incorporate its viewers. “The new piece I’m using has a lot of CDs, mirrors and other reflective materials within the structure to capture the viewer’s image,” explains Daliz.

The piece, entitled “La Casita” – it means “the little house” – uses reclaimed wood that she has doused in radiant blue, yellow and green acrylic paints. According to Daliz, it’s rare for artists to paint their sculptures. This only adds to her distinct style.

Along with the viewer, Daliz also tries to integrate her surroundings into her art. In “La Casita,” she accomplishes this again with the mirrors. “The Phelps Art Center has these beautiful stained glass windows where the light comes in, so I want my piece to also reflect those colors,” she says.

The colors found in the Finger Lakes Region influence Daliz’s art, too.

She likes to capture the brilliance of each season the area offers. “The lighting in this region is so amazing,” she explains. “The seasons are brilliant. I feel in tune with nature because of the surrounding countryside.” You can see various nature scenes of the Bristol area in some of her paintings.

Daliz’s art is not restricted to sculptures and paintings – it’s also featured on utility boxes. A few years ago, she saw an ad in Rochester’s City

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Newspaper looking for artists to paint public murals as a form of graffiti prevention.

So far, she’s painted a handful of utility boxes throughout the city with what seems to be her signature sketch – a two-toned, sharp-toothed canine with his tongue hanging from his mouth. The dog oddly resembles her Smooth Fox Terrier, Snoopy.

She’s also created public art for the Ithaca area. “I submitted proposals to install public art, one of which was for a bike rack that’s also a sculpture,” details Daliz. “This was more about adding something to the city rather than painting something – like a utility box – that’s already there.” Another piece she created for Ithaca was a totem pole, which remained there for one summer. She plans to re-erect the piece at her show in Phelps this fall.

When not preparing for an art show or helping clean up the city, Daliz teaches introductory art classes at Genesee Community College in both Dansville and Lima. Like her interactive artwork, teaching encourages Daliz’s passion for seeing how an audience will interact with a piece of art.

“You never know what’s going to happen,” she explains, “and sometimes, an entire project will change. You always think it’s going to go one way, and then kids really surprise you. It’s like a story in the making. You never know the outcome, but it is always better than what you expect.”

You may view Yolanda’s work at the Phelps Art Center on 15 Church Street. The opening reception will be September 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibit is ongoing until October 20. For more information, call 315-548-2095.

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