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ROADS LESS TRAVELED Get off the beaten path and travel pathways featuring unique scenes and unforgettable views Story and photos Michael Venturino

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A hillside in Candor explodes with a brightness of color each spring Story and photos Cindy Ruggieri

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MUSEUMS & ATTRACTIONS Full steam ahead at the Finger Lakes Museum

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HOME IMPROVEMENT Geothermal energy

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MADE IN THE FINGER LAKES A Finger Lakes winery in spring, part 1

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HUMAN INTEREST • Emerson Klees – a local author goes beyond Finger Lakes themes • Larger than life – “Chief” George Grayhorse

The Ithaca Festival embodies the uniqueness of this beautiful and quirky city Story and photos Kristian S. Reynolds

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Mute swans reside on the grounds of the Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic, enhancing the well-being of patients Story by John Galati and Marjorie Morris

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Right now there are presidential primaries being held in numerous states, and I suppose that’s important information to cover. I’m particularly interested in a character who’s running from my home state of Pennsylvania.

But I won’t write about that.

Another point of interest at the moment is the lack of winter weather we’ve been experiencing this season. I know it’s been nice in some ways – lower heating bills, less snow to shovel and drive in. But at the same time I feel sorry for those who depend on our snow to make a living. Plowing is almost non-existent and the ski resorts are hurting. I won’t go into detail about this either.

It may be a different story several weeks from now, and you know how fickle popular media can be, but what I feel compelled to write about at the moment because I can’t seem to escape it is Lin-sanity! I listen to a lot of sports radio, so my radar may be more attuned to this phenomenon. What I’m referring to is the incredible level of popularity realized by one Jeremy Lin, who plays for the NBA’s New York Knicks.

His story is one of the best underdog dramas to unfold in a long time. As of today, Jeremy has been the starting point guard for the Knicks for six straight games, and they’ve won every game since he started. This is a guy who was the third or fourth string guard on the team, and because of dire Would you like to view the digital edition of this magazine?

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circumstances due to injuries and the losing record of the team, Jeremy got a shot to play. He took advantage of the opportunity given him and has had incredible success. He was ready to accept the challenge and it shows.

Jeremy proved himself a winner even back in high school, helping his team win a California state championship. But no Division I schools wanted to give him a scholarship, so he figured if he was going to be a walk-on player for a college, he’d do it right and go to an Ivy League school. He chose Harvard. While there, Jeremy led the basketball team to successful seasons.

Oh yeah, he also has a Harvard degree, which don’t come easy.

Fast forward to the NBA. He bounces around from team to team without ever really getting a shot to prove himself, in spite of past successes in high school and college. Instead of giving up, he stayed in shape and stayed focused, just in case an opportunity did present itself.

Now he has shown his teammates and the world what he can do. By the way, did I mention he’s the first American-born Chinese or Taiwanese ever to play in the NBA, and the first Harvard grad to play in the NBA since the 1950s?

I find his story incredibly inspiring.

And it reminds me to keep my dreams intact and to be prepared and ready, because you never know when opportunity comes knocking.

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EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Stash mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com SENIOR GRAPHIC ARTIST . . . . . . . Jennifer Srmack GRAPHIC ARTIST . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Williamson ASSOCIATE EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Manzer ASSISTANT EDITORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Kevin Fahy

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I enjoyed the four articles in your magazine in 2011 regarding eldercare. I was especially pleased to see a reference to the American Association of Daily Money Managers (AADMM) in the Winter 2011 issue. As the only certified professional daily money manager in the Finger Lakes Region it has been my mission for the past few years to make the term “daily money management” a common and more recognizable term to describe the services we offer.

DMM services are so needed in our communities, and can be one more “piece of the puzzle” of an array of services to help an older adult stay independent a little longer and help keep their daily finances in order and safe from potential financial abuse.

Jackie Bell

Mark, Thank you for the recent issue of Life in the Finger Lakes you sent in the mail and thank you for this brilliant magazine from a former Finger Lakes resident, by way of Newark and Syracuse University. My brother still lives in Newark where we grew up and he sent me a subscription for Christmas one year.

I miss the beautiful Finger Lakes and try to get back as much as possible.

Your magazine reminds me of its unique landscapes, history, viticulture, incredible food and yes, life in the snow belt.

Colorado is very nice. However, this part of New York will always be home.

Thanks for the memories.

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MARCH Through April 15...Extreme Mammals Exhibition Recurring daily at the Rochester Museum & Science Center 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Sunday hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) “The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time” exhibit brings visitors face-to-face with an array of extraordinary creatures. Featuring spectacular specimens from the American Museum of Natural History, the exhibition examines the ancestry and evolution of numerous species through fossils, skeletons, vivid mammal reconstructions as well as objects from the Rochester Museum & Science Center’s collections.

585-271-4320 www.rmsc.org 10 - 11…Let’s Get Cooking: A Farm-to-Table Wine & Cooking Adventure An intimate, one-of-a-kind culinary wine tour brought to you by Experience! The Finger Lakes, this tour features: • Winemaker barrel tasting and blending class at Sheldrake Point Vineyards, where you will learn about the art of blending to create your own personalized perfect glass of wine.

• Cheese-making tour and cheese tasting at Lively Run Goat Dairy, where you will sample varieties of French-style Chevre, Mediterranean-styled Feta, and their unique Cayuga Blue.

• 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.

607-233-4818 www.ExperienceFingerLakes.com 10...Guided Hike or Ski with Victor Hiking Trails Victor Hiking Trails leads hikes in some of the prettiest spots in the area – great for families.

Most hikes are relatively easy and take 2 to 4 hours. Always bring a bag lunch or snack and something to drink. Dress for the weather – we rarely cancel due to inclement weather. We only hike as fast as the slowest hikers, so don’t worry about not keeping up. Meet at 9 a.m. at Dryer Road Park, on Dryer Road near School Street in Victor. Future dates are June 9, September 1 and October 13.

585-742-1068 dwright@victorhikingtrails.org 10 - 11…Kiwanis Antique Show & Sale Saturday, 10 a.m to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Featuring fifty top dealers from New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, Canada. Quality is exceptional and selection is varied. Includes furniture, glassware, books, paintings, jewelry, clocks, and old documents of local interest. Many dealers have participated in the show for over 25 years.

Located at the New York State Armory, 34 Avon Road (Route 39), Geneseo.

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Hammondsport: A Cool Small Town

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Hammondsport was recently named “America’s Coolest Small Town” by Budget Travel magazine, in a tie with Beaufort, North Carolina. The month-long contest pitted the top ten cool towns against each other, and asked the public to vote for their favorite once every 24 hours.

Hammondsport and Beaufort remained tenths of a point apart during the final week. On January 31, the Budget Travel website saw so much voting traffic that its servers repeatedly crashed, closing voting for more than six hours. After much deliberation, Budget Travel did the only fair thing and called a tie.

“When that many people vote and are that passionate about it, it confirms what we already knew: that both towns clearly have a lot of support and a lot to recommend them as places to visit,” said Marc Peyser, editor of Budget Travel. “I think there’s no loser in the whole situation.”

In addition to a feature in Budget Travel’s September/October issue, Hammondsport and Beaufort will work together in 2012 to show that having two winners is definitely cooler than one.

Visit 17…St. Patty’s Day Nature Scavenger Hunt Put your family’s investigative skills to the test on this fun and exciting outdoor adventure with Audubon Instructor, Frank Morehouse at the Seneca Meadows Wetlands Preserve in Seneca Falls. Held from 1 to 3 p.m.

315-539-5624, ext. 3125 www.senecameadows.com 17 - 18...St. Patrick day weekend with wine and cheese Serving "green" Cayuga White (dry) full of fruit – with that Granny Smith apple flavor plus an array of cheese and crackers will be paired with five wines. Held at Wilhelmus Estate Winery from 12 to 4 p.m.

585-394-2860 www.wilhelmusestate.com 23 - 25...Cruisin The Tropics Weekend Pull out your tropical shirts, put on your sunglasses, go sockless in your boat shoes, wear your favorite beach hat, and join us for a weekend of relaxation in the tropics. Each ticket holder receives a gift item at their starting winery. A selfguided tour “cruising” around Seneca Lake, visiting over 30 unique wineries, each with their own tropical theme, over the 2-1/2 day weekend of fun in the tropics.

877-536-2717 www.senecalakewine.com March 24 - 25...Central New York Maple Festival Celebrates Its 42nd Year The village of Marathon celebrates the sugaring season with crafts, entertainment, music and maple sugar products. Hours are Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m 607-745-7710 www.maplefest.org 29 - April 1...31st Annual Salt City Cluster Spring Dog Show All breed show at the Exhibit Center and agility, obedience and rally trials at the Center of Progress. Numerous vendors with all types of dog related items. Held at the Empire Expo Center/New York State Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse. 8:30 am. to 6 p.m.

315-622-2239 www.nysfair.org

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MONICA’S PIES Famous for our Grape Pies Available Year Round Local fruits to luscious creams we have your favorite!

Call to order yours!

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

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

585-374-2139 www.monicaspies.com

Monier Manor Bed & Breakfast 154 N. Main Street, Naples 585-374-6719 Come visit our first class B&B and enjoy our luxury accommodations and amenities.

Bruce & Donna Scott

Special Packages Available Wine Tour Packages ❧ Romance Packages In Room Massage ❧ Golfers’ Packages

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APRIL 1...Charlotte’s Web at the State Theatre, Ithaca TheatreworksUSA brings a second show to our 2011-2012 season with its production of “Charlotte’s Web.” The play is based on E.B. White’s loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little gray spider named Charlotte. This treasured tale, featuring mad-cap and endearing farm animals, explores bravery, selfless love, and the true meaning of friendship.

607-277-8283 www.stateofithaca.com

Enjoy our scenery, eateries, shops, wineries, Θ ͛Ɛ and more. www.NaplesValleyNY.com

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(“April” continued from page 7) 1...RPO “Orkidstra” Series: April Fools No foolin’! Have the whole family join us for a program of fun pranks, musical jokes, and an allaround good time set to music performed by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Showtime is 2 p.m. at the performance hall at Hochstein.

585-454-2100 www.rpo.org 12...Pasta Night 2012 with Michelle Benjamin and Physicians for Schuyler Hospital Local celebrities take their best shot at being the chef for the night. Watch them cook your meal and help them raise money for their causes. From 5 to 8:30 p.m. www.glenora.com

KEUKA FAMILY DENTISTRY 209 Liberty Street, Bath, NY 607-776-7656 E-Mail: gls@keukafamilydentistry.com FAST FACTS INFO PAGE 73

13 - 15, 20 - 22, 27 - 29...“Rumors” A comedy about several affluent couples who gather in the posh residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their anniversary. When the couples arrive, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing and the host – the deputy mayor of New York City – has shot himself through the earlobe. Friday and Saturday shows at 8 p.m., Sunday shows at 2 p.m. at the Ti-Ahwaga Performing Arts Center, Owego. www.tiahwaga.com 16...Historic Palmyra Annual Dinner Fundraiser Steak roast, silent auction, entertainment, door prizes and fun. Tickets are $25 per person. All proceeds support the four incredible museums of Historic Palmyra. Held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Alling Coverlet Museum, 122 William Street, Palmyra.

315-597-6981 www.historicpalmyrany.com.

27 - 29...Spring Wine and Cheese Weekend Combine the classic tastes of wine and cheese into one delectable weekend. It is a self-guided tour around Seneca Lake and a chance to visit over 30 unique wineries. You start this event by picking up your gift item and recipe book at your assigned starting winery and receive your first sampling of a new wine release or perhaps a barrel wine sample.

877-536-2717 www.senecalakewine.com 27 - 29, May 4 - 5...20th Annual Wine & Herb Festival Receive a commemorative token gift, a souvenir wineglass plus a potted herb plant from Dickman Farms at each winery, a plant carrier, plus recipe cards. As you savor herb prepared cuisine, sip our fine wines with your souvenir wine glass. Visit Six Mile Creek, Long Point, King Ferry or Montezuma wineries only on Friday afternoon to start your weekend out right. On Saturday and Sunday you can visit all sixteen wineries and on Saturday only you can visit King Ferry and Long Point wineries as early as 9 a.m.

800-684-5217 www.cayugawinetrail.com

MAY 1 - 2…“Young Frankenstein” This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein as he attempts to create a monster – but not without scary and hilarious complications.

Shows are at 7:30 p.m. at the Clemens Center, Elmira.

607-734-8191 www.clemenscenter.com

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50 Years and Counting for Dr. Frank

Dr. Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, a historic milestone for the winery and Finger Lakes wine industry. Fifty years ago Dr. Konstantin Frank pioneered the introduction of the European vitis vinifera to the Finger Lakes, forever changing the course of winemaking in the Finger Lakes and Northeastern United States.

Dr. Frank’s vision, knowledge and determination are credited with elevating the Finger Lakes wine industry to a level that commands world attention. Today, Dr. Konstantin Frank’s legacy lives on as the Finger Lakes wine industry continually grows and expands.

With more than 100 wineries in the Finger Lakes now producing world-class wines, the area has earned a reputation as one of the most prestigious winemaking regions in the world.

The wines of Dr. Frank’s have been featured at the White House, on the Today Show, in the New York Times and more. Riesling, the winery’s flagship varietal, continues to lead the way. Located on Keuka Lake a few miles north of Hammondsport, Dr. Konstantin Frank Wine Cellars continues as New York’s most award-winning winery since 1962.

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(“May” continued from page 8) 4 - 9...Annual Student Art Show at Corning Museum of Glass Be inspired by the creative minds of local schoolchildren. Explore thousands of works by area students in the museum’s auditorium. Held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

607-438-5500 publicprograms@cmog.org 5 - 6...Keuka in Bloom on the Keuka Lake Wine Trail At each winery, not only will you sample wonderful wines and enjoy herb-inspired foods, but each ticket holder will also receive one flower and one herb, each in a 4˝ pot and ready to plant. Tour all eight wineries and return home with fabulous wines, great recipes and 16 herb and flower plants just in time for spring gardening.

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Wildlife Habitat Near Montezuma Conserved The Finger Lakes Land Trust recently announced that it has accepted the gift of a conservation easement from Kathryn Whitehorne which will ensure the protection of 127 acres of wetlands and woodlands that she owns in the Town of Aurelius, Cayuga County. The property is located just east of Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.

Conservation easements are legal agreements that limit future development while allowing land to remain in private ownership and on the tax rolls.

Easements are binding on future owners of the land and are monitored by the Land Trust to ensure compliance with the terms of the agreement.

Easement donors are eligible for both state and federal tax benefits provided that certain criteria are met.

For more information visit www.fllt.org or call 607-275-9487.

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(“May” continued from page 10) 6...Walk MS: 2012 Walk MS is a simple but incrediblely powerful way for you to share in the hope for the future. Walk MS is a rallying point, a place and time to stand together and to be together. Funds raised benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Held at Onondaga Lake Park, Liverpool from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

800-344-4867 nikki.bomasuto@nmss.org 18 - 20...Fire On The Genesee Civil War encampment, living history and battle reenactments with Union, Confederate and civilian members camps. Open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Battles at 2 p.m. Held at Highbanks Recreation Area in Letchworth State Park.

585-493-3600 www.nysparks.com 24 - January 3, 2014...The Flood of ‘72: Community, Collections, and Conservation On June 23, 1972, Corning, and surrounding communities were devastated by a major flood. At the Corning Museum of Glass, hundreds of objects were broken, more than half of the library’s materials were saturated with flood water, and the facility was covered with a thick layer of slime and mud.

This exhibit at the Rakow Research Library chronicles the determination of museum staff and the community to rebuild, and sheds light on unique conservation techniques used to restore library materials.

607-937-5371 www.cmog.org 26 - 28...National Lake Trout Derby Seneca Lake is home to the Annual National Lake Trout Derby every Memorial Day weekend. Cash prizes are given for brown trout, rainbow trout, and landlocked salmon. Register at the Geneva Lakefront Building on Lakefront Drive in Geneva, and at other locations in communities around the lake.

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2 - July 15...6x6x2012 Rochester Contemporary Art Center is pleased to invite you to participate and help the international art phenomenon called 6x6x2012. It began as a small fund-raising project, but has grown into a unique exhibition that is recognizable across the U.S. and beyond. Artwork entries due May 6 or postmarked by May 5.

585-461-2222 www.rochestercontemporary.org 3…Fly-in / Drive-in Pancake Breakfast 7 a.m. to noon. Pancakes, eggs, ham, sausage juice and beverages. Benefits the Historical Aircraft Museum. Located at the Geneseo Airport, 3489 Big Tree Lane, off Route 63 in Geneseo.

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“Chair-ish” Keuka Lake Auction & More The Auction event features hand painted items by local artisans.

All Proceeds benefit Arc of Yates - supporting people with developmental disabilities.

SAVE THE DATE — Sunday, May 20, 2012 Esperanza Mansion, 3456 Route 54A, Bluff Point, NY 14478 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. Viewing & Brunch available 1:00 P.M.—Auction Over 30 Live Auction Items and Silent Auction Items.

For additional information, contact Penny Hamilton at Arc of Yates 315-536-7447, Ext. 225

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5...Dairy Parade Cortland County’s largest parade, honoring the dairy industry. It starts at 6 p.m.on Main Street, Cortland.

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Enjoy Bristol HarbourÂ’s adirondack style hotel Overlooking Canandaigua Lake!

9 - 10...Barbecue at the Wineries I Taste delicious barbecue and grilled foods. Have fun exploring how well wine can pair with mouthwatering barbecue and summer side dishes.

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Bobbie Kappel has painted for the “Chair-ish� Auction since 2009, which helps raise funds for the Arc of Yates. “There is value in providing hands on opportunities for students and adults with disabilities to learn, achieve and contribute to their personal development and relationship with others,� states Bobbie.

The Arc of Yates is holding their fifth Annual “Chair-ish� Keuka Lake Auction on Sunday, May 20, 2012 from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Esperanza Mansion.

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(former) President Teddy Roosevelt paid a visit and exuberantly spoke from the balcony of the old Newfield Hotel to a rapt citizenry below. That building stands today, but only remnants of the once-bustling mills remain. A severe fire in 1875 and two more in the 1920s changed forever the landscape of the community’s business Syracuse block.

Still, significant reminders of the town’s history have been left behind, carefully preserved by Ithaca the dedicated Watkins Newfield Glen Newfield Historical Society. One sturdy 19th century brick building, formerly the local Grange, is home to the Newfield Public Library. Its second floor houses Archives Alive, an in-depth collaborative project between the library and the historical society. “Our library is an asset offering opportunities and services well beyond normal library Sene c a Lake

ucked away in the southwestern corner of Tompkins County, Newfield sits high in richly wooded hills overlooking the colleges, culture and considerable commerce of nearby Ithaca. The town’s 5,100-plus residents enjoy a much more rustic and pastoral existence than their urbane neighbors less than 10 miles away, and N that’s just the way they like it.

Created in 1811 as the “Town of Cayuta,” Newfield took its present name in 1822.

People have farmed the challenging terrain from the start, and many still do. At one time seven mills lined the west branch of Cayuga Inlet running through the town’s largest hamlet, also named Newfield, and enterprising businesses stretched the length of Main Street.

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Kelloggs Corners School House – relocated to the grounds of Newfield Central School. With original desks and blackboards, it serves as a resource to teach students about early education.

King Bowstring Arch Bridge is one of only five in New York State.

functions,” said Director Tina Winstead. “We strive to furnish an open door to the world for our community.”

The crown jewel of Newfield’s enduring history is its pristine covered bridge, a rare treasure any town would be proud to claim. Of some 250 that were once scattered across New York, only 24 authenticated covered bridges still exist. Completed in 1853, Newfield’s is one of the finest examples, the oldest still in daily use in the state, and the only standing bridge of its type in the Finger Lakes Region.

Local residents Marie and Grant Musser earned the title “Keepers of the Covered Bridge” for their tireless efforts in overseeing preservation and reconstruction projects in 1972 and 1998. In its park-like setting, the arch still welcomes visitors to experience the past, to spend tranquil moments crossing a covered bridge where the daily rumble of wagons echoed over a century ago.

“Perhaps just as unique, but not as well known, is the King Bowstring Arch Bridge in Mill Park,” said sixth-generation town resident and Historian Alan Chaffee. “And it’s just a short walk from the covered bridge.” Erected in 1873, the prefabricated iron structure is one of only five remaining in the state.

Chaffee can explain in detail the legacy of Captain Joseph Gregg, a heroic Newfielder who led a critical bayonet charge on Culp’s Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg, and was mortally wounded in the process. In the next breath he will describe the Community Good Neighbor Fund, an active and caring local association that for three decades has provided reliable support for the needy of Newfield.

Newfield’s largest annual event is Old Home Days, a twoday September celebration with parades, concerts, carnival rides, fireworks, food, and even a fiddle fest. As one resident puts it, “Old Home Days is a spirited town tradition – a get-together that builds a sense of community like no other.” The festival took on special significance in 2011, Newfield’s bicentennial year, with added hoopla and the placement of a time capsule.

In the early 1930s, New York State converted a portion of Newfield, thousands of acres of abandoned hardscrabble farmland, into the Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area, a rural refuge of woods and water. Its lofty elevations (highest in Tompkins County) and wilderness thick with wildlife provide a four-season haven for outdoor activities from fishing and hunting to hiking, snowshoeing, and nature study. Proximity to Robert H. Treman State Park and easy access to the Finger

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Top, Left: Town historian Alan Chaffee in front of the library. The second floor is home to many Newfield Historical Society activities including Archives Alive, a collaborative project.

Top, Right: Victorian home on a country road Above: Roosevelt speaks to a crowd at the old Newfield Hotel in 1910. The former president is standing furthest to the left on the balcony. Inset :The Newfield Hotel as it looks today. The original balcony was replaced by a smaller one after fire damaged the structure in 1926.

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Lakes Trail provide further recreational opportunities for locals and visitors.

Dual-credit courses, allowing high school students to obtain college credit, are just one More Information feature of Newfield’s firstwww.townofnewfieldny.com rate school system. One dual-credit American histo- www.newfieldhistoricalsociety.org www.newfieldpubliclibrary.org. ry class under teacher Gary Emerson created a comprehensive Newfield history website. Replete with maps, old photographs and carefully researched text, it provides a fascinating glimpse into the town’s past.

Have a camera handy when you pass through Newfield. The rolling fields, steep forested hills, rustic farms on winding roads and rocky brooks are all worth a photograph or two in any season … and, of course, there’s the classic covered bridge. Newfield is a town worth a visit – Teddy Roosevelt thought so!

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n previous installments, we asked Finger Lakes wineries that serve food to pair their wines with their own fare, highlighting the qualities of the wines that are best expressed at meal time. In most cases, the menu found at a winery’s eatery is designed to complement the wine created at that establishment, which by no means limits the food but certainly pushes the offerings in some specific directions.

To reverse this equation, we have shifted our pairing focus in 2012 to restaurants in the Finger Lakes region that are not bound to serve any particular brand or type of wine with their food – much less a Finger Lakes wine. Many of these establishments create a diverse wine list due to their need to pair all kinds of wine with all kinds of food to suit the varied tastes of a changing clientele. Food and wine are not independent, but interdependent.

Due to their regional affiliation and a healthy respect for local wines, most Finger Lakes restaurants carry wines from the Finger Lakes (although many wineries argue that these offerings should expand). For this year’s feature, we asked each restaurant to select a white and a red for pairing with a culinary creation that has been offered or can potentially be offered to its customers. The wineries have not been consulted. Instead, we are focusing on the qualities of the wines as evaluated by the chef and the beverage staff at each restaurant. The result, we hope, will reflect an objective appreciation for the pairing strength of Finger Lakes wine amongst professional restaurant staff.

Our first stop in this series is the Aurora Inn. Located on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in the heart of the Village of Aurora, the inn’s dining room serves breakfast, lunch and

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White Pairing Heirloom Beet Terrine with 2010 Herman J. Wiemer Dry Riesling

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urora Inn Executive Chef Patrick Higgins likes working with Riesling, which he describes as having a “nice acidity that brings out natural sweetness in food.” He paired an heirloom beet terrine with goat cheese, sharp harvest greens and herb oil with a 2010 Herman J. Wiemer Dry Riesling.

The beets are seasoned with sea salt and black pepper, slow roasted, cut thin and layered into terrine pans with the goat cheese. Final cooking and the greens add peppery flavor to the dish.

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Meryl Davis, director of training and service, who is responsible for Aurora’s wine menu, agrees with Higgins’s evaluation of Riesling and its versatility. “Riesling is acidic, which makes it appealing to pair with a lot of dishes.” Meryl added that the beet terrine was paired with the same Wiemer Riesling at a recent winemaker’s dinner at Aurora and “was a great success.”

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Although the Pinot Noirs are from the same vintage and the same winery, the variation in vineyard sourcing provides divergent profiles.

“These are both Burgundy-style Pinots,” explained Davis, “but you can tell the difference between vineyards that are 40 miles apart.” Sawmill Creek is a vineyard operated by the Hazlitt family near Hector on the southeastern shore of Seneca Lake, while Hobbit Hollow is a vineyard located on the northwestern shore of Skaneateles Lake. Heart and Hands Winery, which is still in the process of growing its own Pinot Noir vineyard, sources grapes from these vineyards and creates singlevineyard bottlings to demonstrate quality and sourcing profiles.

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Heirloom Beet Terrine with 2010 Herman J. Wiemer Dry Riesling

Single-vineyard designation is a practice that has gained some popularity among boutique wineries in the Finger Lakes and the wine enthusiasts who follow their efforts. The practice demonstrates the concept of terroir, a French term that expresses the qualities imparted to a wine by the soil, air, sunshine, irrigation (and other factors) of a growing site. Single-vineyard bottlings serve to highlight the impact of terroir by demonstrating that the same winery and winemaker can make radically different wines by sourcing grapes from different locations.

In preparing the braised veal cheeks, Higgins found that altering the accompanying squash helped to marry the different wines to the same entrée.

“The Sawmill Creek matches well with a sweeter kobacha squash,” he explained, adding, “But the Pinot from Hobbit Hollow pairs better with a more savory delicata squash.” The veal cheeks are seared and then braised in veal stock and served with a chanterelle mushroom broth. With the variation in squash considered, both wines provide different taste balances to what is essentially the same dish.

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Thoughts on Finger Lakes Pairing Higgins, who learned his craft in Florida, is impressed with the dedication to local products found in the Finger Lakes. “There is an unbelievable local bounty of Finger Lakes products,” he said, noting the availability of seasonal and organic items from local farmers. Meryl Davis echoes this sentiment: “Guests want local. We can get wines all year long, and local wineries are making better and better wine.”

The pairing of local food and wine seems to Higgins and Davis a reflection of the region’s identity.

The Aurora Inn does its part to educate consumers about local food and wine, holding periodic winemaker dinners that feature Aurora’s food paired with wine from a Finger Lakes winery. Davis, who worked for many years in Napa Valley and Los Angeles, notes that demand for Finger Lakes wines has grown dramatically among all customers, especially the yearround demand. “There are many good values representing the region,” she concluded.

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includes architects Bohlin t’s not merely an idea Cywinski Jackson, exhibit anymore: In just four designers Christopher short years we have Chadbourne & Associates, formed a board of trustees and Ithaca landscape architects and an advisory board, which Trowbridge & Wolf. LeChase together with the help of nearly a hunConstruction Services teamed up with dred dedicated volunteers and outside Gilbane Building Company to form the organizations, have moved rapidly to LeChase/ Gilbane Partnership. All are transform the idea for The Finger award-winning firms that have expertLakes Museum into a reality. ise in museum and natural habitat The State Education Department exhibit design and construction. awarded us a museum charter just 10 We’ve formed some valuable partmonths after our first organizational meeting was held in July 2008. Soon afterward, we received notfor-profit tax status from the Internal Revenue Service, which enabled us to raise funds. Next, we undertook an exhaustive 8-month evaluation of 19 site proposals before selecting Keuka Lake State Park.

To pay for market and feasibility studies and fund startup operations, the board launched and initially funded its Founders One of the museum’s goals is to feature the largest freshwater fish Campaign in July 2010 aquarium in the Northeast. Photo by Bill Banaszewski and set the goal of raising $1 million by nerships, the most important of which December 31, 2011, a goal exceeded by is our alliance with the New York State almost $14,000! Nearly 1,500 donors Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic contributed gifts that ranged from $5 Preservation. We’re working closely to $100,000, and their names will be together – both regionally and in permanently inscribed on the Founders Albany – to carefully plan the museWall in the museum’s main entrance. um’s development. And, we have Other milestones include the established academic affiliations with selection of design and construction Cayuga Community College, Cornell management teams that are already University, Finger Lakes Community working together. The design team

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Canandaigua College, The Finger Lakes Institute, Keuka College, and Wells College, and institutional associations with the Rochester Museum & Science Center, The Strong Museum and the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum.

Last December, the museum was awarded $2.3 million in New York State economic development grants as one of 10 Finger Lakes Region Economic Development Council-recommended transformational projects.

Those funds will be used to convert the Branchport Elementary School, which the museum purchased a year ago, into The Finger Lakes Research & Education Center.

That part of the project is shovelready and will serve as the museum’s operations center and a place where regional academic institutions can collaborate in the study of issues like water quality, invasive species and sustainability. It will become a permanent adjunct facility to the museum and serve as a hub for community gatherings as well.

One feature that will redefine the word museum is the largest freshwater fish aquarium in the Northeast, which will replicate a cross-section of a typical Finger Lake and display the various species of fish that inhabit the lakes today. Quarantined sections will show the impacts of invasive species.

Another redefinition will come in the form of a 19th century winery, designed and built to operate without power generation of any kind, and a vineyard, which will produce native and hybrid species of grapes. These exhibits and more are part of a planned 2014 opening of the first of several phases of development at Keuka Lake State Park.

Later this year, our second educational program, “Dreams into Nectar: The Finger Lakes Wine Story,” will be presented at various venues around the Finger Lakes and will include a video production combined with wine tastings. We are currently looking for sponsors for this program and more – because it’s not just an idea anymore.

Visit www.fingerlakesmuseum.org for more information.

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1 County Road 37 snakes its way through the headlands of Honeoye Lake.

The valley seen here, called a through valley, was dug out by a glacier thousands of years ago and forms a natural corridor for paths and roads. The dense forest seen in this early spring image is found in many areas of the Finger Lakes. story and photos by Michael Venturino

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oads across the Finger Lakes Region tie communities together despite a sometimes challenging geography.

Some roads allow family and friends to nurture their connections within neighborhoods and between nearby towns and villages. Some roads enable commerce, evidenced by the trucks traversing the region to deliver goods and services. Yet other roads are little more than primitive paths used by loggers, farmers and vintners to carry out their work in the forests, fields and vineyards. But all of these roads provide intimate views of our picturesque landscape. This collection of images meanders over the less-traveled roads in the Finger Lakes, discovering its hidden beauty along the way.

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2 A vineyard road bends its way downward towards Keuka Lake. One can easily get a perspective of our region’s wine industry by standing beside a vineyard and looking across a lake to other vineyards, as seen in the upper left of this image. Driving through wine country is a unique and cheerful experience.

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echnology has allowed roads to evolve from simple dirt paths to multi-lane, high-speed highways that make distance travel almost effortless – effortless, but relatively sterile, numbing the driver to the nuance and beauty of the surrounding landscape. These days, it can be enjoyable and refreshing to ramble on pathways where vehicle speed is sometimes no faster than a walking pace. The many twolane county roads and unpaved dirt tracks of the Finger Lakes provide a stark contrast to the frenetic pace to which most expressway drivers have become accustomed.

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4 Esperanza Road provides a noteworthy and popular view, looking south down the West branch of Keuka Lake. Roads at the tops of hills like this provide sweeping views of the Finger Lakes’ steep banks and lake valleys.

5 Left: Perhaps the most primitive roads to be traveled are logging roads that are found in the newly ordained New York State Forest. This example is on the eastern side of Canadice Lake.

Not intended for typical vehicular travel, a trek up these types of roads provides for a serene and private experience.

6 Above: Ensenore Road cuts its way into the western bank of Owasco Lake. Many of the Finger Lakes are paralleled by roads on both the east and west sides, providing striking views through a car’s side window.

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A lightly used tractor path leads into a horse farm near the wetlands at the north end of Hemlock Lake. Fog rolls off the lake and drifts northward into this lake’s through valley.

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oads are functional structures, enabling efficient travel between two points, but roads also have romantic and emotional associations.

They not only evoke the feelings related to departure and arrival, but also the emotions that happen in between: uncertainty, curiosity, excitement, change, transition and freedom.

I hope these pictures appeal to your sense of adventure and discovery, and perhaps entice you to explore beyond the interstate highways, to reach for a map and take a tour of the Finger Lakes’ back roads.

8 Sneaking in from the right side of this image, County Road 39 skirts along the foot of Bare Hill on the eastern shore of Canandaigua Lake.

At the top of Bare Hill is Council Rock – the site of age-old Seneca council fires. Trails to the summit provide opportunity for a day hike.

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The Ithaca Festival truly embodies the uniqueness of this beautiful and quirky city. For the thirty-fifth year, thousands of performers, artists, community groups, green businesses, and others will converge on the city to showcase their talents and ideas. More than 30,000 people visit the festival over four lively days of entertainment, craft shows, community information, delicious food, and local beer and wine.

This year’s festival will run Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3. The Ithaca Festival is a non-profit organization and the majority of funding comes from the sale of buttons and t-shirts. A $5 contribution gets you a festival button to show that you support the festival’s efforts. Buttons are available at more than 20 locations around Ithaca. Visit www.ithacafestival.org for a complete list and for more information.

The festival kicks off on Thursday night with a whimsical parade starting at 6:30 p.m. It runs south along Cayuga Street from Lewis Street to Dewitt Park. Enjoy giant dancing puppets, green tubas, walking trees, miniature Darth Vaders, enormous floats, a chainsaw marching band and much more. You don’t want to miss this event. It’s comical, theatrical, wild and fun.

On Friday and Saturday, the festival overtakes the entire Ithaca Commons in the heart of the city. Live entertainment (Story continued on page 39)

On Sunday, the festival moves to Stewart Park on the beautiful south shore of Cayuga Lake, a spectacular setting for all of the music, crafts, food and fun!

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Family-friendly fun and entertainment is the hallmark of the festival.

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On Sunday, the Festival moves to Stewart Park on the south shore of Cayuga Lake. Hours are from noon until 8 p.m.

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Serving lunch, dinner, late night and Sunday Brunch too.

Food at the festival is as diverse as Pad Thai, curry, samosas, gyros, burritos, as well as hot dogs, French fries, pizza, salads and more. There’s even a cafÊ.

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On Friday and Saturday, head for the Ithaca Commons for live entertainment, food and family-friendly fun.

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Parking on Sunday at Stewart Park is extremely limited.

Attendees should walk into the park or take a bus. For a small fee, convenient parking is available at the Middle School at 1601 N. Cayuga Street and the High School at 1401 N. Cayuga Street. Both are located directly across the street from the park. Or, festival attendees can park near the Commons and take the TCAT shuttle ($0.50) to the park. The shuttle runs every 15 minutes from 11:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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runs continuously from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (and beyond) at more than five locations. You’ll find family fun and entertainment along Bank Alley.

Don’t miss the Spring Craft Show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. More than 100 crafters and artisans from across the northeast and beyond show off their photography, woodworking, glass, clothing, jewelry, pottery, folk art and more. On Sunday, you will find them under the giant tent at Stuart Park.

Food at the festival is as diverse as Ithaca itself. Enjoy Pad Thai, curry, samosas, gyros, burritos, as well as hot dogs, French fries, pizza, salads and more.

This is the Finger Lakes, so be sure to visit the wine garden on Friday and Saturday at the State Street food court on the Commons. On Sunday, enjoy a local beer or wine at the beer tent at Stewart Park, right next to the Ball Park stage.

The Ithaca Festival is the premier spring music and arts festival of its kind in the region. Mark your calendars!

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Geothermal Energy Fueling a Family’s Love for the Finger Lakes

by Lori Bottorf Petrie

casual observer standing outside Dennis and Sheila Money’s three story home would be hard pressed to say what makes it different from their neighbors’ houses. Tucked between trees on a ridge overlooking Canandaigua Lake, it looks fairly typical. Only after the Moneys invite you inside for cup of a hot chocolate and you start to talk with them do you discover that their commitment to the environment influences almost everything they do.

Right This aerial photo illustrates the magnitude of the installation. The red line denotes where the pipe for the geothermal was laid, even working around the Christmas tree plantings.

Photo courtesy Dennis Money

Below: The Money house during winter Photo by Lori Bottorf Petrie

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Above: Workers are fusing the smaller diameter pipe into the larger collecting pipes. Photo courtesy Dennis Money Right, Top: All excavation and backfilling was done in two days; 1,800 feet of pipe was laid. The main trench contains both the intake and outflow pipes. The trench goes under the deck (hand dug) and through the concrete block into the cellar to be connected to the geothermal furnace (heat pump). The trench was about 4 feet wide and 6 feet deep.

Photo courtesy Dennis Money

Right, Bottom: The geothermal furnace with the cold air and heat ducts connected to it. All new ductwork was installed, including a new plenum, which will allow the owners to continue to use their wood furnace when needed. Photo by Lori Bottorf Petrie

This couple’s eco-friendly lifestyle includes operating a tree farm, growing their own vegetables, raising chickens and turkeys, and for the past 32 years, using wood from their 140 acres to heat their home. The Moneys do not see it so much as a checklist for green living as much as a blueprint leading into the future. They strive to minimize their carbon footprint because it benefits the environment overall, the Finger Lakes Region in particular, and now, their family’s energy bills.

When Sheila retired this past year and would be spending more time at home, the Moneys decided to install a geothermal heating, cooling and hot water system to replace their wood-burning heat. They made the decision in part because they wanted a lower-maintenance method of heating. “We spent a lot of time stoking the fire and not being able to travel in case the house would get cold if we were gone for a length of time,” said Sheila. “Now, we can spoil ourselves a little bit and still recap the cost-effective benefit of our heating choice.”

So what is geothermal heating and cooling and how is it used?

Dig down approximately 6 to 15 feet, and the ground maintains a consistent temperature of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit year-round.

“Geothermal systems take energy generated from a water loop installed in the ground to pull heat from the Earth and bring it into your home,” explained James Van Hee, operations manager with Van Hee Heating Service based in Ontario. “It is free, renewable energy found just below the

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Earth’s surface.” Since 1978 the Van Hees have installed more than 500 systems throughout western New York, and they installed the Moneys’ system this past summer.

How does it work?

In the winter, the closed water loop pulls heat from the ground and brings it to the home for heating – including supplementing the hot water tank. In the summer, the reverse process takes place, and the system pulls the heat from the home and transfers it back into the ground for air-conditioning.

Most of the installation takes place up front. For the Moneys it meant installing an 1,800-foot ground loop field as well as a new heat pump located inside the house. “Think of it as a huge carradiator installed into the ground,” Van Hee said. “The loop exchanges the heat between the ground and your home heat pump. The heat pump transfers heat between the ground and the conditioned space of the home.”

Dennis added, “The ground is doing the heating and cooling.

There’s nothing outside that’s releasing carbon. It could not be more environmentally friendly. The heat in our home is extremely even and it feels warm from floor to ceiling. Also, air conditioning, which we didn’t have before, is part of the process – no extra unit is required.” And of course, the ground works as a radiator for free!

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What does it cost?

The initial investment for installing geothermal can run between $20,000 and 30,000 on average. However, once it is installed, the only cost is the electricity to run the heat pump, so electric bills are only about one third of what they used to be for heating and coolThe tank on the left is a preheat tank as ing, and there are no more surplus heat from the furnace is used to fuel bills. preheat water before it goes into the hot water tank on the right, thereby reducing A very important consideration for geother- energy costs. Photo by Lori Bottorf Petrie mal implementation is the 30-percent federal energy tax credit, which currently runs through 2016. “If you make the same investment in today’s financial market, you might find that you actually get a better return on your investment with a geothermal system,” said Dennis. The geothermal system generally pays for itself within 4 to 8 years, and the Van Hees guarantee the loop field for 55 years.

For Sheila and Dennis it is not merely about a financial investment. Mainly, it is about investing in a green future because getting energy out of the ground exemplifies how they live their life as environmental stewards.

Dennis noted, “Success for me is waking up in the morning and knowing I have done something good for the environment, leaving behind a legacy for my family and future generations to enjoy.�

Van Hee Heating and Cooling, established in 1952, is a family-owned company specializing in geothermal and solar energy as well as traditional heating and cooling. In 1978 Van Hee installed its first geothermal systems and is now an innovator in the industry. Learn more at www.vanheeheating.com.

The pipe is layed out in four rows after the trench is dug. Photo by Dennis Money

Lori Bottorf Petrie is a writer and technology professional specializing in corporate training and communications. She grew up on Canandaigua Lake and now resides in Irondequoit with her husband Jeff. She is also a mom to three young children from China and her rescued mutt-dog Jewels.

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pril is the month when winter has lost its grip and bits of color start to appear on the landscape. That is, unless you are driving in Candor and pass by Joy Zamoiski’s house, where an explosion of yellow appears all over the hillside.

For years she has been planting daffodils, now numbering more than 30,000. She started by surrounding her pond but expanded her plantings to cover her hillside and former pasture so she would have a better view from her house.

Her children have taken over the yearly task of planting more bulbs, gathering on Columbus Day weekend. Last year, they added about 4,000. They surprised her for one of her milestone birthdays by planting a pattern of daffodils to spell her name in the hillside.

These days, she shares her colorful view by holding “Daffodil Daze” on the peak weekend in April. Though there might still be a bite in the air, it’s a festive atmosphere, with family and friends all gathered to celebrate spring’s arrival. I had the pleasure of visiting during the weekend, enjoying the colors of spring and leaving with a bouquet of daffodils that she cut for me as we walked among her flowers.

“Joy” is a fitting name for this gracious lady. Joy abounds when her family and friends gather on her hillside to commemorate spring’s arrival.

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by John Galati, CEO, Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic and Marjorie Morris photos by R.W. Snyder

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n 1850, Dr. Henry Foster established the Clifton Springs Sanitarium Company, a center for the care and treatment of a person’s physical and mental well-being. Wildlife has always been an important aspect of the campus. Today, two Mute Swans and their cygnet (baby swan) share the pond in front of the Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic with mallards and other species of ducks. A grateful patient donated the pair in 2007.

Mute Swans inhabit ponds, lakes and coastal waters of southeastern New York. They are not native to North America, but were brought over from Europe in the late 1800s to beautify ponds on private estates in the lower Hudson Valley and on Long Island. Adult birds weigh on average 20 to 25 pounds and have a wingspan of nearly seven feet. Pairs remain together until one member dies. The life span is about 7 years in the wild and up to 50 years in captivity.

In addition to regular attention from a trained member of the hospital staff, a local wildlife biologist checks them once a year and clips their wings at that time so they won’t fly away to a less protective habitat.

The Hospital grounds feature picturesque gardens, a labyrinth, gazebos and walkways.

Mineral baths, sourced from the historic sulfur spring, are still available today as part of the naturopathic program. Integrated services include chiropractic care, acupuncture, massage, skincare, naturopathic evaluations and an herbal medicinary. These programs complement the Hospital’s traditional medical services. Collectively, they support Dr. Foster’s vision of creating a place where medicine and nature come together in an integrated milieu that nurtures health, wellness and recovery.

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A Finger Lakes Winery in Spring Part One of a Four-Part Series excerpted from Seasons of a Finger Lakes Winery,

by John C. Hartsock, published in 2011 by Cornell University Press

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ong Point Winery, located a few miles south of Aurora on the east side of Cayuga Lake, opened in 1999.

Owners Gary and Rosemary (Rosie) Barletta were wine enthusiasts who got into the business after years of dreaming and planning ... and dreaming. During the early years, they continued working their day jobs at the hospital in Cortland about 30 miles away. Gary was a nuclear medicine technician there; Rosie was his boss. Now semi-retired, Gary occasionally puts in a few hours at the hospital in the mornings, but devotes most of his time to his work as winemaker. Rosie continues working full time as director of imaging and cardiology, manning the tasting counter and balancing the books on the weekends.

“She’s the boss there. She’s the boss here,” Gary likes to say.

Rosie says of the winery, “I’m doing it to humor Gary.”

Though their sense of humor has remained fairly constant since they got started, some things have changed as the operation has grown. For example, though they started out with no vines, they now have about eight acres: slightly more than one of Cabernet Franc, one and a half each of Chardonnay and Pinot Gris, and nearly three and a half of Riesling. Expansion has meant hiring on help and continues to this day.

Long Point currently produces about 10,000 gallons of wine annually. Someday, Gary would like to make 18,000.

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Doing the dirty work One mid-April morning at the winery, Gary was down on his hands and knees inserting his head into a manway, a 22inch-round hatch in one of the stainless steel tanks. He began to crawl through it in his rain suit, and his yellow-trousered legs disappeared like the tail of a fish slipping into a watery cave. In the stainless steel tunnel he felt the pressure against his aging knees, the kind of pressure that makes it difficult “to ski powder anymore,” he complained.

Gary’s feet disappeared at one end of the manway and he clambered out of the tunnel at the other and into the 10-foothigh tank with a bucket in hand. He had already removed the lid. When the 3,000-liter tank is filled with wine, a stainless steel cover, five feet across, is placed on top as if it were a giant cooking pot, except that this lid has a round pneumatic rubber gasket that he inflates to make an airtight seal.

His arm swept back and forth across the curved stainless steel wall as he scrubbed it down with a large sponge and a

chlorine solution. He resembled a winand, yes, wine. dow washer as he worked his way down A cozy tasting room in the front the walls and across the stainless steel quarter of the building has a wide-angle floor. He worked backward into the view of Cayuga Lake through a bank of manhole opening until his yellow legs double-hung windows. Offices (where reemerged outside the tank.

Gary and Rosemary sometimes opt to After he rinsed off the chlorine spend the night rather than drive back solution with a hot water hose, Gary to Cortland) are located over the tastcrawled back into the ing room. tank, complained once more about the presAccount for sure on his knees, and every ounce scrubbed down the Rosie emerged interior with a clean from her office onto sponge and a citric the balcony overacid solution to neulooking the waretralize the chlorine. house and called out.

When he finished, he You could tell she backed out through was flustered. the manway, his hand “I’m missing 168 sweeping the surface gallons of wine,” she with the sponge as he said, her voice echoretreated. Then he ing between the rinsed the tank from wine barrels. “I can’t above to wash out the find them anywhere. citric acid.

Are you sure you’ve By the utilitarian been recording what looks of it, Long Point you’ve been taking?”

To order a copy or learn more about this Winery could just as She’s filling out title (ISBN 978-0-8014-4881-2), easily house an industri- visit ww.cornellpress.cornell.edu the required monthal production line. The or call 800-666-2211. ly audit for the fedwork area where the eral Alcohol and wine is processed takes Tobacco Tax and up the rear three-quarters of the buildTrade Bureau. Gary shrugged his ing, a large warehouse where the wine shoulders. ages in the oak barrels, while cases of “I can’t find them anywhere,” she bonded bottles are stacked to the ceilrepeated, an edge to her voice. ing. The cavernous 50-by-75-foot room Another silence, and Rosie walked has 12 inches of insulation in the ceiling down the stairs from the balcony to and nine inches in the walls. A towerconfront Gary. ing 5,000-liter stainless steel tank with a “Are you sure you’ve been doing refrigeration jacket around it, as well as the paperwork?” she asked, arching one 3,000-liter and two 2,000-liter tanks line eyebrow beneath her dark brunette bob. one wall near the oversized garage door.

There’s a hint of an accusation. It’s a Sixty-gallon white oak barrels are conversation they’ve had before because arranged in neat rows two to a cradle, Gary dislikes doing the paperwork. and the cradles are stacked as many as “If we don’t find them, I’ll have to four high (placed there by a propaneinventory everything again,” Rosie said. powered Toyota forklift).

She turned in frustration to the The smooth, well-scrubbed constacked, bonded boxes of wine towering crete floor is so clean you could eat off above her, containing some ten thouof it. It makes me think of a clean sand bottles. room in a computer-chip manufacturGary deflected the accusatory hint ing facility: no dripping, moldy cellars by saying nothing. He shrugged. Then, here suitable for those distinctly “Have the girls been filling out all the French creations, mushrooms, cheese, paperwork properly?” he asked, referring Article Copyright 2011 by Cornell University Press. Used by permission of the publisher, all rights reserved.

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to the tasting room help.

“How about the case you gave your brother? Did you record that?” she countered.

He nodded. “That’s not 168 gallons.”

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“This is good,” he said. “This is very good. It’s so good I think I’m going to sell it for $35 a bottle.”

But he’s joking, because the Chardonnay market has deflated by 25 percent in recent years. What Gary might have charged $15.99 for back then is now down to $11.99 a bottle.

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prospect of having to do another inventory.

“There is more paperwork to do for a winery than in accounting for nuclear materials in a hospital,” Gary said. “You have to account for every ounce of wine you make.”

The Feds monitor all aspects of commercial winemaking. It’s not because the government is disposed to Prussian efficiency. Nor does it stem from any altruistic concern for public health. It’s simply that for the U.S. Treasury, wine translates into revenue.

Gary removed a bung from the top of a barrel and inserted his wine thief to extract some Chardonnay. Today he was tasting to see if the vintage was ready for release. He poured the Chardonnay into a glass, swished it around at nose level, and took his time inhaling. He lifted the glass to his lips and tasted. He nodded.

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The problem is that Chardonnay has become very abundant.

In hindsight, he contributed in his own small way to the problem when he put in his Chardonnay vineyard. Then there was something of a shift in taste from whites to reds because of the reputed health benefits of reds. But Gary thinks he’s seeing that abate as wine drinkers are learning to appreciate the qualities of Finger Lakes whites.

Gary passed judgment: The Chardonnay was ready.

“It still has some nice fruit on it, some nice oak.”

By fruit, he means that it has aromas suggestive of fresh fruit, although not necessarily of grapes. In the case of Chardonnay, it can be apple, melon, lemon and pineapple. Oak tannins enhance these aromas during bottle aging.

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there’s not too much. That said, it’s a delicate balancing act between maintaining some of the crispness one expects of whites and some body.

Gary poured me a tasting.

Compared to what I had tasted at the beginning of January it was fuller. You could catch the oak. Ever so slightly, I could taste the butter. But the decision to bottle the wine is not as clear as it sounds. Rather, it’s more of a slow evolution, as week after week he tastes the maturing wine, until a crucial moment is reached.

“You can tell. It develops more of a roundness. It’s more mature. It develops better balance,” Gary said. The roundness and maturity result in mouthfeel, filling the palate with hints of other tastes, hints I struggle to understand, but which I can detect when Gary identifies them.

Rosie returned.

“Okay. I went over the paperwork again. It’s sixteen gallons,” she said, adding quickly, defensively, “I was off by a decimal point.” Clearly, she’s relieved she doesn’t have to do another inventory.

“And before it was how much?”

Gary asked loudly, knowing well it was 168 gallons. But, he’s making up for the accusatory hint, the way husbands do, with a barely concealed display of gloating.

She walked down the steps from the balcony.

“168.”

“From 168 to 16 is quite a difference.”

“I made a mistake in a decimal point.”

She walked up to him and leaned her head on his shoulder. It was as if to say something more than, “I’m sorry.” It was more in the nature of, “Honey, why are we in this business?”

Gary wrapped his arm around her shoulder and patted her comfortingly, as if he knew the answer to her query.

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he Finger Lakes Region inspires artists to paint and writers to write. The area’s beautiful scenery has been the backdrop for many far-reaching historical events. Longtime resident Emerson Klees began writing in 1993. To date, he has penned thirteen books focusing on the area and its rich past. From Finger Lakes wineries to the women’s rights movement, from the Erie Canal to influential entrepreneurs, Klees has researched and chronicled the people and places that make this locale exciting to explore.

“It is remarkable that the region was the home of so many high achievers,” writes Klees who has lived in the area since the 1960s. His recent book, A Song of the Vine: a Reflection on Life (2011), combines autobiographical stories

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with examples of historic personalities linked to the Finger Lakes Region who serve as role models of perseverance, determination, and other positive character traits. People like Glenn Curtiss, “the father of naval aviation” and Paul Garrett, “dean of American winemakers” are two such examples. The book also includes background on regional winemaking.

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such as young adults making career decisions and adults considering career changes, including the unemployed and the underemployed,” writes Klees.

Klees hails from Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, 50 miles from Olean, New York. In high school he did not care much for literature. Although – ironically – he excelled in literary arts as well as science and math on a career aptitude test. Klees earned a degree in electrical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, served in the Navy, and received an M.B.A. in management from NYU. During his stint in the military he was assigned to the shipbuilding division in the Brooklyn Naval Yard, which he describes in Song of the Vine.

Expanding horizons New York City was culturally enriching and his experiences there nurtured Klees’ latent literary side. With characteristic good humor, he tells how on a double date he had little to say when the subject turned to books. To overcome such embarrassment and make a better impression, the 23year-old headed for The New York Public Library. Over the

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next few years he read all the classics.

However, it would still be some time before Klees put his own words on paper.

“My first attempts at writing were at age fifty,” said Klees, now 77, “but my first serious attempts were after I retired from Eastman Kodak at age 56 and earned a M.A. in English literature (creative writing track) at SUNY Brockport.” His master’s thesis was on the American Pulitzer-prize winning author John McPhee, whose efficient writing style Klees admires.

All his writings reflect a love of history and biography. “My principal readers are individuals interested in regional history; and tourists, as well as local people, interested in learning about the region,” Klees said. He publishes through his Friends of the Finger Lakes Publishing under the Cameo Press imprint. Klees credits the feedback he’s received from a long-time editor as well as literary-friends for improving his writings.

“Emerson is always perceptive,” said friend Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck, former Rochester City Historian and herself a busy author. “He takes the human approach to history and sees good role models in the lives of people that we just missed meeting by a few decades.” She met Klees many years ago at a book signing. These days they meet with Rose O’Keefe, another local history writer, and Rich Gardner, a writer who walked around Lake Ontario keeping a diary all the way.

“These are the friends Emerson keeps, people he can bounce ideas off of who can read each other’s manuscripts for critiques and people who also know the audience and times,” Naparsteck said.

Looking in, reaching out Klees built a cottage retreat where he does much of his writing.

“Since 1992, I have spent four to five months of the year writing in vineyard country north of Hammondsport and

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the rest of the year writing in Rochester.” The property, on the west side of Keuka Lake in Pulteney offers a view of the bluff and the wide waters of the lake. He dabbled in winemaking after planting twelve rows of grapes, one variety in each, for a total of 72 vines.

The vineyard often provided relief from the grind of writing. “When I’d get beady-eyed, I’d go down and work in the vineyard.” Until he tore the vines out in 2001, friends and family came down to pick the grapes. Dr. Konstantin Frank, a pioneering regional viticulturist, owned neighboring property.

Klees describes conversations with Frank in Song of the Vine.

Not all his books focus on Finger Lakes themes. Klees has authored eleven titles in his “Human Values” series. These feature people who exem-

plify teamwork, perseverance, motivation and determination, as well as entrepreneurial role models. The newest title, Emotional Intelligence: People Smart Role Models (2012), guides the reader toward self-improvement, focusing on an individual’s Emotional Quotient versus his Intelligence Quotient in achieving success.

Examples of achievers are drawn from diverse fields from science to civil rights. “Rather than writing as some authors do about a training program for improving one’s emotional intelligence, Emerson gives the attributes of the emotionally intelligent through brief biographies of interesting people and little known experiences in their lives,” Naparsteck explained, adding, “It’s a ‘people smart’ way to reach an audience.”

Klees willingly shares his expertise.

He encourages would-be authors to just get started – and not to be deterred by the daunting task of writing 200 to 300 pages. Of late, he is heartened by increased writing activity he sees.

“Since I have lived in Rochester, it has been somewhat of a literary area; however, in the last ten years or so, I have been amazed at the increase in the number of writers in the Rochester region.”

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hough I hadn’t thought about George Grayhorse for many years until recently, he was one of the most memorable characters of my childhood. I can recall him at local carnivals, fairs and old home days celebrations, hawking his homemade roots-tonic. His sales pitch was like an old-time medicine show depicted in a Hollywood Western.

I remember him as a counselor to the Boy Scout troop, helping boys earn their outdoor life skills merit badges. He was an excellent archer, and he was adept at crafting bows and arrows from wood he harvested while hiking the hills surrounding the Chemung River Valley.

He was a regular lunch customer at Mickey’s Grill on Corning’s Northside.

Rather short and wiry, he frequently appeared a little disheveled in an old pair of scuffed cowboy boots and a faded denim jacket. His long gray pigtails were often only half-tucked underneath his favorite cap, a beret. He was one of the most prominent Native Americans residing in the Corning area during the Photo courtesy S.Golder (Corning Painted Post Historical Society) ‘50s and ‘60s.

A review of Ancestry.com lists George Grayhorse in several databases.

The site gives three different birth Massachusetts and never having served years for him. The 1910 Census lists in the armed forces. The 1921 Portland Grayhorse as born in 1877 in Maine City Directory says only that he Oklahoma to a father from Mexico and was living in the city at that time. The a mother who was a Kiowa Indian; that 1930 Census states he was born in 1885 same year’s Census states he was living in Oklahoma, he was of mixed-blood in Rockland, Maine at a boarding descent and he was living in Corning house and was employed as an actor in with his beloved Minnie. His listed a circus. occupation was “herbalist.” Last, accordThe 1918 World War I Draft ing to the Social Security Index, he was Registration site shows him born in born July 7, 1884 and died in March 1884, living in Marlborough, 1971.

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A born entertainer His parents named him after the gray horse they had seen shortly after his birth on the Oklahoma reservation.

Teachers at the reservation school named him George. As a child he loved the outdoors and quickly learned horsemanship and roping. He ran away from school in eighth grade and joined a carnival where he toured with (a by-then reformed) infamous outlaw, Cole Younger. He also worked as a crowd pleaser doing lariat tricks in front of early movie houses while encouraging the crowd to buy tickets.

Realizing that he needed a formal education, George returned to school, spending the summer months working in show business. One year he worked for a doctor doing chores on a farm. He spent free moments reading the doctor’s medical books, deepening his interest in the application of natural remedies for healing the sick. His initial experience with natural remedies came as part of his Native American upbringing, but it became a lifelong pursuit. After high school he attended college in Virginia to study herbal medicine but dropped out during his final year when the promise of high pay in show business lured him away.

George did a little bit of everything on the entertainment circuit – horseback trick riding, including riding underneath horses; spinning and twirling lariat loops as large as 25 feet across; roping four horses at the same time and even grabbing the tail of a running horse before leaping onto its back.

He made his biggest paycheck in airplane walking, receiving $100 per performance. Grayhorse also performed the “slide of life” down long wires, which today we refer to as “zip lining.” He even did daredevil stunts aboard hot air balloons. While working in carnival sideshows, George became known as the “Iron Jaw” because of his ability to bend half-inch thick iron bars clinched between his teeth into double circles.

Friendship with another entertainer originally from Corning brought George to the Chemung River Valley in 1929.

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Minnie, and decided to make his home with her in the Southern Tier. While living in Corning, George’s full-time job was working for the state as a fire warden. He was assigned to the old Erwin fire tower, which gave him a wonderful view of the Painted Post and Corning tri-rivers valley. He took his job seriously and this dedication to the stewardship of forests made him one of Corning’s early pioneers in the preservation of the area’s woods.

Part-time work often involved sales, such as selling Christmas trees from a vacant lot on the Corning Northside.

During the 1950s many families in the Corning area purchased their Christmas trees from Grayhorse. He used the same vacant lot for selling used cars. He even had a small store where he sold Native American artifacts he had found in Corning-area caves – the locations of which he’d never reveal. He sold his bows and arrows at summer concession stands, and at these same concessions, and by word-of-mouth, he sold the herbal medicines he created from plants found in the neighboring forests.

An enduring legacy Most residents never knew George’s real name. They instead called him “Chief.” George had a friendly, outgoing personality. He accepted the title bestowed upon him by his friends and acquaintances in the Corning-Painted Post communities. He loved the com-

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munity recognition even though he was not a true tribal chieftain. I can now understand how he utilized this ethnicity along with his innate personable manner to fulfill his life’s journey – whether in the capacity of actor, acrobat, cowboy, pitchman, salesman, sharpshooter, strongman, storyteller, forester or herbalist.

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he applause died down as the woman rose from her seat in the large gymnasium. “Mr. Roosevelt,” she said in a loud voice, “do you believe that women should vote?” She ignored the disapproving looks from the audience.

An anxious hush came over the crowd. All eyes fixed on the cantankerous, ebullient, and unpredictable Theodore Roosevelt. Would he answer the question or skirt the issue?

Newspapers carried rumors of his support for universal suffrage but he had yet to utter, “I do,” in public and join with the cause.

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the back of the room, looking annoyed.

“What,” he wondered, “was that woman thinking?” There hadn’t been anything in the speech that touched on voting rights. The remarks were directed to the youth in the audience.

Youngsters, after all, were the sole reason for Roosevelt’s appearance that afternoon.

It was November 3, 1911. The expresident had come to Freeville, New York to tour the George Junior Republic, a community for wayward boys and girls founded by George. The place had seen a lot of attention from reform-minded educators and law enforcement officials interested in its

unique approach for transforming unruly adolescents into contributing adults.

Roosevelt had been told this tiny “commonwealth” – that’s how George referred to it – was run, soup-to-nuts, by the youngsters who lived there. He’d come to see for himself how it worked.

An assistant editor for The Outlook magazine, he wanted a good story.

George was eager to have Roosevelt endorse his work. The man was still wildly popular with the general public. An article that lauded George’s Junior Republic would go a long way in attracting much-needed financial support for the “non institution” institution. But, if the situation with the militant suffragist erupted into a testy, verbal confrontation, the visit could be a fiasco.

Of course, he wasn’t surprised that several women activists had shown up to hear the speech. New York’s State Suffrage Association was holding a convention that day in Ithaca, a mere ten miles from Freeville. The ladies had come on a mission, eager for a commitment from Roosevelt.

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New York City – 1895 William R. George and Teddy Roosevelt first met in New York City on a warm spring afternoon in 1895.

George was a self-made social worker, highly regarded for his work with gangs in the city’s worst slums. Roosevelt was a city police commissioner, a rising political star with a reputation for government reform. Jacob Riis, a mutual friend, introduced the men to each other in Roosevelt’s office at the Mulberry Street Police Station.

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George, in an animated tone, talked about a concept he’d been working on for a year: a community – modeled on the democratic ideals and free market principles that had made America great – run by kids. It was a simple but radical idea.

George was convinced wayward youth could be influenced into right behavior given the right circumstances.

For the past five years, he’d put that belief into action by hauling unruly boys and girls from hellish neighborhoods like Five Points – along with willing volunteers – for a two-week summer camp that he ran in the small village of Freeville.

In the summer of 1894, he had an epiphany about circumstances and behavior. “What I saw,” George told Riis, “is that as soon as the boys and girls had acquired property as the reward of their labor, they had suggested laws for the protection of such property. These laws they had enforced and obeyed with zeal previously unknown.”

When George finished, Riis insisted that he come to the meeting with Roosevelt who had a special interest in juvenile justice. George described again his idea of a year-round “junior republic,” run by youths. With his characteristic enthusiasm, Commissioner Roosevelt brought his hand down on George’s shoulder with a resounding whack, and exclaimed, “By George, I know it will work!” George smiled at this bit of quick wit.

Riis added, in his concise lingo, “I believe that idea has elements of success.”

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The young residents ran their own store, bank and bakery. They managed the financial system, made the laws, ran a court system and staffed a jail.

Roosevelt had kept tabs on George’s work but had never paid a visit to see the Junior Republic in person. Elected Governor of New York in 1898, he was tapped to be the Republican candidate for vice president in 1900. On his way to a political appearance in Ithaca, he finally got to Freeville. It was a brief visit, but long enough for his purposes.

Against the wishes of his aides, he directed his campaign train to make an unscheduled stop. From the train platform, he boomed a message directly to (Continued on page 76)

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hen the 2011 production of “Cooking with the Calamari Sisters” nearly sold out its entire six-week, 49-show run, organizers of the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn realized they were on to something.

“Over the past few years we have seen a real passion for professional musical theater in the Finger Lakes,” said Ed Sayles, producing director. “In 2012, the inaugural Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival will be produced by the Merry-

Go-Round Playhouse, allowing us to share professional musical theater with an even larger audience from across the Northeast.”

The first of its kind in the nation, the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival will offer nine full musical productions, beginning May 30, that will range from classics to originals, with styles and storylines to suit the tastes of every theatergoer.

The Festival will present 250 performances across three Auburn venues:

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the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, the Main Stage at Auburn Public Theater and Theater Mack at the Cayuga Museum, and is expected to eventually attract 150,000 visitors annually, contribute $30 million to the local economy and create 400 local jobs, say festival organizers.

The festival promises to bring Central New Yorkers an affordable Broadway experience, offering them every bit of the excellence and class without the hassle of big city travel.

“The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival will significantly add to all that the Finger Lakes has to offer,” said Sayles, who also serves as producing artistic director for the festival. “With the expected economic impact, quantity of performances and caliber of actors that the festival will bring to the area, it helps further strengthen the Finger Lakes Region as a great tourist destination.”

Last year, nearly one-third of the 8,500 people who attended “Cooking with the Calamari Sisters” came from outside Central New York, an indication of the region’s untapped arts tourism potential. Hoping to capitalize on that success, the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival will feature more than 100 professional performers from across the country to create a theater experience unlike anything else in the region.

By using three separate venues, organizers have guaranteed visitors a weekend worth the trip. The nine pro-

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Further, the Finger Lakes offers fine dining, celebrated wineries and outdoor activities once the curtains close.

The 501-seat Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, located on the shores of Owasco Lake, will host six productions, including the Tony Award-winning “Kiss Me, Kate” and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” along

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with “9 to 5: The Musical,” “My Fair Lady,” “Cabaret” and “Nunsense.”

Founded in 1958, the Merry-GoRound Playhouse, formerly the Auburn Civic Theatre, originally offered weekend drama classes to local youth and eventually grew into a statewide touring children’s theater. Merry-Go-Round has evolved and now offers professional musical theater and youth theatre productions, serving more than 150,000 students in 60 school districts across the state.

After a series of changes and improvements, the professional musical theater saw its first full season in 1972.

It wasn’t until 1985, however, under the direction of Producing Director Ed Sayles, that the organization’s name officially changed to the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.

A $2.5 million renovation in 2004 allowed the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse to solidify its reputation and earn the nickname, “Broadway in the Finger Lakes.” The festival kicks off at the Playhouse with “Kiss Me Kate” opening May 30 and running through June 20.

The Main Stage at Auburn Public Theater will present three regional premieres on its main stage: “Altar Boyz,” “My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding” and “Fingers & Toes.”

Sampling of Performances Kiss Me, Kate May 30 to June 20, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse

Cole Porter’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” Altar Boyz June 6 to June 30, Auburn Public Theater

A spoof on MTV boy-band culture THE PITCH June 14 to Aug. 18, Theater Mack at the Cayuga Museum

A play-development series showcasing 20 new musicals 9 to 5: The Musical June 27 to July 18, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse

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Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival will offer the best that contemporary musical theater has to offer: “On, Off & Beyond Broadway.” Merry-GoRound Playhouse season passes and single tickets for all Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival productions are on sale now. For more information or tickets, visit www.fingerlakesmtf.com or call 1-800-457-8897.

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the young people in the crowd. “In this splendid Republic of yours, you are doing the very things that I am trying to uphold – the dignity of labor, the principles of right and wrong – and the splendid energetic way in which you set about it has won my respect and esteem.” It would be more than a decade before he returned.

A Last Meeting When Roosevelt arrived again in Freeville, he had carved out the time for a proper visit with George and his charges. From his perspective, the time had been well spent, at least until this confrontation in the gym. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw George step forward ready to break the tense silence and take the discussion in a different direction, but Roosevelt got ahead of him.

“I believe in (a) woman’s rights,” he declared as everyone held their breath, “but I believe infinitely more in (a) woman’s duties.” It was a clever, arrogant answer but once the clapping subsided, everyone realized they still had no idea of his position on the issue – just as Roosevelt intended.

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into his overcoat then turned to one of his young escorts for the day, Mamie Unsworth. “Miss Unsworth,” he began in a low, conspiring voice, “between you and me, those women little realize how much I favor women’s suffrage.”

Seventeen year-old Mamie was the first – and only – woman that day to hear these magic words. Roosevelt continued his tour. The matter wasn’t mentioned again.

Roosevelt’s editorial, “The Junior Republic,” appeared in The Outlook’s January 20, 1912 edition. There was nothing in it about the suffragist, but he noted, “The boys and girls all vote (woman suffrage is accepted in the real democracy of the Junior Republic), and they are responsible for every law and rule and for carrying out every law and rule.”

In late summer, the irascible Mr. Roosevelt ran again for president, this time on the Progressive Party ticket.

He was a vigorous champion for universal suffrage. His position didn’t surprise William George or Mamie Unsworth.

Roosevelt lost in the general election to Woodrow Wilson. He never returned to Freeville.

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Bottom: “Old World Ya-Ya Sisterhood” painting by Tilley was on exhibit at the Rude and Bold Women Art Show in 2006 along with her Lady Godiva statue.

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Reynolds views Tilley as a fearless entrepreneur who appears to have no limits. But Tilley did reach her limit when it came to the commute between Hillcrest and Ithaca. After a thrilling three-year run, she closed her shop in 2011. She is glad that Serendipity is much closer to home and has big plans to roll out a “new” girl’s clothing line at the shop. As always, some designs will be created using vintage fabrics while others will be “sweetened” by Tilley.

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Life’s Sweeter with Lizzy Tilley’s Art

by Nancy E. McCarthy

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rtist Lizzy Tilley laughingly admits there is no short answer to describe her range of creations all of which combine her passion for art, textiles, fashion and sustainability.

A “rabid collector” of vintage clothing and fabric, Tilley creates original garments and re-purposes vintage finds. She calls this creative tweaking “sweetened vintage.” Under the moniker of Sugar Coat Couture, she also makes custom art quilts and handbags. Oh, and she sculpts and paints, too.

Tilley is on a roll. She and three other artists are sharing retail space in a new shop in Owego called Serendipity. Visitors can enjoy a cup of tea and a dessert on the shop’s back porch, which features a pleasant view of the Susquehanna River.

Inside, an impressive array of handmade items and whimsy beckons. Not bad for a woman who fully embraced her inner artist a mere six years ago.

Her artistic inclinations lay dormant for years. The youngest of three, Tilley was born in 1961 in the Binghamton suburb of Vestal to an IBM quality engineer and a high school secretary. Her mother taught her to sew and although she always drew and painted, Tilley also loved to read. Her high school art class was intimidating (a classmate went on to design album covers for Michael Jackson!) so when it came time to choose a major at SUNY Binghamton,

Tilley chose English Literature.

Upon graduating in 1983, Tilley worked for an academic publisher.

She married and then freelanced while raising two children in Hillcrest (also a Binghamton suburb). Later, she worked at the local public television and radio station where she enjoyed painting studio sets and meeting artists who donated to the auctions.

In 2006, Tilley and her husband divorced and she spread her wings artistically. Tilley fashioned a life sized Lady Godiva figure of papiermâché astride a white fiberglass horse she had acquired and entered it in Binghamton’s provocative “Rude and Bold Women Art Show.” It was the centerpiece of the exhibition and her confidence soared.

Tilley opened The Kitschen Sink in Ithaca in 2008. She sold eclectic treasures, including vintage clothing, handbags, jewelry, quilts, pillows and tableware. Many items were created or re-purposed by Tilley, but she carried work by others, too, such as found object artist Mary Reynolds. “I have known Liz for several years,” said Reynolds. “I am in awe of her artistic vision and energy.”

After a customer approached Tilley to help her with a vintage-themed wedding, Tilley added “Wedding Stylist” to her credentials. A subsequent client, Allison Weiner, a Cornell professor, is collaborating with Tilley on her nuptials. Weiner says ideas like using an antique typewriter as a guest book, old books and mason jars for centerpieces, and mismatched china place settings are very much in vogue right now. “Lizzy is perfect when it comes (Continued on page 79) Photos courtesy Lizzy Tilley

Top: “Indian Caravan Handbag” designed by Tilley Left: In 2006, Tilley’s life sized “Lady Godiva” statue was positioned in the very center of the “Rude and Bold Women Art Show” in Binghamton. It was her first show.

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