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A WAR BIRD’S-EYE VIEW An airshow and museum in Geneseo are among the best in the nation

by Rich Finzer

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME

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A shop that repairs old school wooden boats attracts connoisseurs of the craft to the Finger Lakes

by Susan Peterson Gateley

A CASTLE IN THE CLOUDS

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Landscape photos from Steve Knapp cause us to look skyward

POSITIVE STROKES Finger Lakes swimming events raise money for hospice

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Cover: An Eastern tiger swallowtail draws nectar from a milkweed blossom. Photo by John Adamski This page: During the winter, the white-tailed deer has a dull, gray-brown coat, but during the summer the color transforms into a bright, red-brown.

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FRUIT OF THE VINE

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addicted to airplanes Aviation artist Ted Williams

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

Town of Victor Bicentennial Events

2013

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 • Wine and Historic Art Walk— 5:00-9:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 • Prayer Service—Ganondagan Historic Site—9:00 am • Bicentennial Heritage Fair in Partnership with Hang Around Victor Day—9:00 am-5:00 pm • Village Cemetery Tours—All day, Self-guided • Grand Finale—Street Dance and Fireworks—5:00-10:00 pm

irplanes have always held a These kinds of memories remind fascination for me. From the me of two authors in this issue – Rich time I could hold a pencil I Finzer and Ted Williams. Both men was drawing them on paper. have an interest in airplanes that dates Passenger planes, military planes in back to their own childhoods. Along dogfights – anything flying was fair with being an avowed history nut, Rich game. I used to fill large sheets of paper writes in his article “A War Bird’s-Eye illustrating stories about air battles. I can View,” “I was there to honor the memremember spending time with a friend ory of my dad who served with the who also appreciated flying things, and 9th Air Force during World War II.” Rich we would relish in drawing planes in is referring to is the Geneseo Airshow, battle, pitted against each other on held annually in July. paper in a friendly competition.

Ted followed a slightly different “Black Sheep Squadron” was a telpath in his airplane obsession. In the evision show that aired from 1976 until fifth grade, he and a buddy had an 1978. The story was based on the opportunity to ride in a U.S. Navy experiences of United States Marine patrol bomber that was in an airshow Corps aviator Pappy in Rochester. He Boyington and his World would also ride his To view the digital War II "Black Sheep bicycle to the airport version of this issue, visit Squadron,” set in the lifeinthefingerlakes.com, just to watch planes click on the digimag link South Pacific. Of course, take off and land. In and enter code “dm1111” an 8- to 10-year-old boy Ted’s article “Addicted would just eat that kind of to Airplanes,” he states, stuff up. The F4U Corsair fighting plane “I was born in 1944, and grew up in a was the star of the show, and as a post-war era, a time when aviation result, many of my drawings started was really a household topic.” Now, featuring the same airplane.

Ted builds airplane models that fly, and From drawing airplanes on paper, I is passionate about painting pictures graduated to building airplanes out of of them as well.

LEGOs. Some of my fondest childhood Whether an airplane show or memories involved transforming the litmuseum, or some other event in the tle plastic pieces into these grand flying Finger Lakes, make sure to bring your machines. Those were the days before children with you to help them create any special kits and official manuals their own lifelong memories this were published to create such things. summer.

Building plastic models of airplanes with paint and glue soon became another hobby of mine. In fact, I constructed so many that my mother mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com didn’t know where to put them.

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reader feedback I just received and read with pleasure the 2013 Travel Issue. The magazine gets better and better.

Two "problems" however; the great map was tricky to remove and some of it adhered to the magazine, leaving a hole in the map. Maybe in the future there's a less tenacious adherent?

Also, enjoyed a lot the six kayakers article, but searched high and low for the identities of the five who traveled with the author.

Letters

Thank you so much for the beautiful article on Elmira downtown in the 2013 Travel Issue.

There is one problem, however. There is an error in the attribution. I responded that this was a collaborative effort Jennifer Herrick, Executive Director and Marcia Tinker, Marketing Assistant. Only my name was mentioned and Jennifer did not get credit at all.

Marcia Tinker, Elmira Downtown Development

Judith Lutes The paddlers are, from left to right: Chris Olney, Land Trust Director of Stewardship; Ed Marx, Tompkins County Planner (and formerly Oswego County Planner); Sue Poelvoorde, Conservation Planner for NYS Parks, Finger Lakes Region; Andy Zepp, Land Trust Executive Director; Geoff Milz, until recently a senior planner for Cayuga County; now a planner in Ohio; Stu Schweizer, president of the Land Trust’s Board of Directors.

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Thank you to Jennifer Herrick as well!

– Editor Thank you very much for 2013 Travel Issue. It really is an outstanding issue. I don't envy you your task of maintaining that kind of quality on a consistent basis. I remember when I was the assistant sports editor for the Alfred University school paper. I found it a challenge back then to keep coming up with something every two weeks. I gave the second copy to my brother-in-law who is 89, because he visits the Finger Lakes wineries a lot.

Thanks again, Stan Ren To submit a letter to the editor, please send an e-mail to mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com or send to: Life in the Finger Lakes magazine - Letters, P.O. Box 1080, Geneva NY 14456

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JULY 11-14…Cosequin Stuart Horse Trials Forget everything you thought you knew about extreme athletic competition. Over four days and three disciplines (dressage, cross country and show jumping), the 24th annual Cosequin Stuart Horse Trials in Victor brings more than 250 riders and horses from around the world for the ultimate demonstration of agility, endurance, and bravery in the triathlon of equestrian sports – eventing.

Experience the adrenaline rush as a galloping horse and rider speed by over challenging obstacles and terrain. Bring portable chairs or blankets to watch and cheer for one day or all four. Families are welcome any day, but Sunday is a special Kids Activity Day highlighted by a special appearance by the 2,050-pound gentle giant, “Mickey the Belgian.” Check out daily adoptable dogs from Lollypop Farm, food concessions and vendor boutiques. Free admission; parking fee only.

585-657-4523 stuarthorsetrials.org 12-14...Busy Bird Bluegrass Festival A family oriented bluegrass musical event with 15 bands. Music on Friday, 3 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission at gate for a full weekend is $35 including rough camping – kids 16 and under are free with a paid adult. Daily admission: Friday $12, Saturday $15, Sunday $8, Seniors 65+ pay

$5 on Sunday only. Food concessions will be available. Held at Wilson Creek Road and Ketchumville Road, Berkshire.

13-15…Geneseo Summer Festival The summer fest features arts and crafts vendors, food stands, sidewalk sales, concerts and more. People of all ages come to the festival to enjoy the summer weather and to score some great bargains. geneseorotary.com/summerfestival.htm 20-21…Wine Country Classic Boats 31st Annual Antique Boat Show The 31st Annual Antique Boat Show is hosted by Wine Country Classic Boats Inc., a chapter of ACBS. The event features free admission and handicapped accessibility to a display of antique and classic boats featuring classic wooden and fiberglass boats on beautiful Keuka Lake. There will be a non-judged show and parade of boats Saturday. An additional feature will be a great display of “Woodie Cars.” Regatta is held on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and chicken barbecue sponsored by the Boy Scouts at noon. Depot Park, Hammondsport.

315-694-7420 winecountryclassicboats.com 21…Jazz Greats 2013 at Glenora Wine Cellars Jazz Greats at Glenora Glenora Wine Cellars, 5435

Geneva’s Musselman Triathlon Celebrates 10 Years The Musselman Triathlon in Geneva celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The 16 contestants who have participated all 10 years will be honored at Photo courtesy Jan Regan Photography the event.

Today, the event includes a series of races: the Musselman, a half ironman distance of a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run; the mini-Mussel, a sprint triathlon distance of a 750-meter swim, 16.1-mile bike and 3.1-mile run; the microMussel, a 100-yard swim, 0.6-mile bike and 0.2-mile run; and the musselKids, which is split into two divisions for kids 6 through 10 and 11 through 14. The weekend kicks off with the musselKids on July 12, and ends with the Musselman on Sunday, July 14.

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State Route 14, Dundee. Show starts at 2 p.m. $28 per person. Grounds open at 12 p.m. Food and beverage will be available for purchase all day.

800-243-5513 glenora.com 27…West Sparta Old-Fashioned Day A day of free old-fashioned family fun in one of Livingston County’s most rural towns at the park at West Sparta Town Hall. Displays, demonstrations and activities for all ages. Live performances of period music and educational history programs throughout the day. Nineteenth century historic reenactments including domestic life and military encampments (Civil War and/or War of 1812).

Old fashioned clothes, farm equipment and vehicles. Children’s Fair with fish pond, games and prizes, petting zoo, pony, and wagon rides.

Gathering tent for eating and table games. Arts, crafts and food vendors, 50/50 Raffle, dunking booth and more. Display of West Sparta historic photographs inside Town Hall. Patriotic Ceremony.

All veterans and active duty personnel invited.

585-335-5094 townofwestsparta.org 27…2nd Annual Finger Lakes Cheese Festival Held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sunset View Creamery, 4970 County Rd. 14, Odessa. Sample all the cheeses of the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail in one place at this day-long family event. Activities will include: barnyard Olympics, goat milking, and petting zoo, farm tours, cheese-making classes (there are more classes this year and will require reservations in advance), cheese cooking and pairing seminars, and more. BBQ, juice, water and local foods will also be available for purchase in addition to all the cheeses from all the creameries on the trail. Admission is free. Parking is $5 per car, which includes a commemorative gift bag.

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AUGUST 3…Bike Tioga A bicycle touring event throughout Tioga and surrounding counties with various ride lengths and difficulties. Refreshments offered. 7 to 9 a.m. registration. Hickories Park, Hickories Park Road, Owego.

800-671-7772 1-4…Phelps Sauerkraut Festival A festival dedicated to all things sauerkraut. This annual event features many family activities, as well as food products that revolve around sauerkraut. 20K Sauerkraut Road Race, food court, sauerkraut court prince and princess, live music, midway by Playland Amusements, Kraut Idol Contest, huge sauerkraut festival parade, large fireworks display, arts and crafts show, Mustang

rally car show and Cruise Around the Lakes Poker Run. Gone Cruizin Car Show will be held on Sunday, August 4. phelpsny.com/sauerkraut-festival 14-18…Walnut Hill Driving Competition This international celebration of the art and sport of traditional driving in held in a nineteenth century country fair setting on the commodious grounds of Walnut Hill Farm, located at 397 West Bloomfield Road in Pittsford. This living showcase of Americana presents a unique marriage in modern day equine sport, that of combining the pageantry and beauty of exquisitely turned out equipages with the excitement of demanding competition.

585-746-1080 walnuthillfarm.org 24-25...Cortland Celtic Festival A day of music, food, dancing, exhibits, demonstrations and vendors all with a Celtic flair held at Dwyer Park, Little York. cortlandcelticfestival.com 31…Ontario Barn Festival The 7th annual Ontario Barn Festival, just minutes east of Rochester, features live bluegrass and indie music, BBQ, wines and beer, arts and crafts, and free ice cream. The festival promotes solar energy with displays and info for consumers. Great outdoor family fun event. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Sorry, no pets. 513 Whitney Road, Ontario.

SEPTEMBER 7…Town of Victor Bicentennial Events Prayer service at Ganondagan Historic Site at 9 a.m. Bicentennial Heritage Fair in partnership with Hang Around Victor Day – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Village cemetery tours all day, self-guided. Grand finale of street dance and fireworks from 5 to 10 p.m. victorny.org/bicentennial 20-21…Finger Lakes Cork & Fork As the largest event of its kind in New York State, Finger Lakes Cork & Fork has been coined as the region’s leading culinary showcase of fresh foods, fine wines and “farmer’s favorites,” with its focus on the area’s diverse agricultural resources; renowned wine and beverage industry; and highlighting the people who are responsible for cultivating this authentic “food revolution” movement. The event is hosted by the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce, and will be held at Rodman Lott & Son Farms in Seneca Falls. The event promotes growth in the regional economy as part of ongoing “Buy Local” efforts.

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A new way to paddle this summer

Photo courtesy Bird Bath Yoga

knew the beautiful waters here would be ideal to spread the paddle board stoke,” says Cody White, coowner of Finger Lakes Paddleboard.

White and native Californian Ryan Saca were introduced to stand up paddle boarding (SUP) in Lake Tahoe. They loved the sport so much they opened up their paddle boarding business in the Finger Lakes in 2010.

Finger Lakes Paddleboard provides SUP rentals to the entire Finger Lakes and Central New York Region.

Rental areas served include Ithaca, Syracuse, Auburn, Elmira and Seneca Lake. Delivery is available for Cayuga Lake, Owasco Lake and Skaneateles Lake.

The two friends also have a paddleboard company in Key West called Paddle Island. Saca focuses on SUP there, while White concentrates on ramping up rentals and instruction in the Finger Lakes.

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Even the Polynesians do it Stand up paddle boarding most likely began from an ancient form of surfing, which can be traced back to the very early days of Polynesia. It’s most recent history dates back to the 1940s when beach boys (surf instructors) on Waikiki Beach used to stand up and paddle out to the break using a one-bladed paddle. It gave them better visibility over their group of surfers, and made it easier to call the sets, as their upright position meant they could see the swell long before the prone surfers.

Gnarly gear Today, boards are lighter and faster, but discipline and balance are needed to navigate. Serenity sets in as the paddle boarder becomes one with the water and is lost in his own thoughts.

A paddleboard can vary in width, from a 26-inch racing board to a 32inch board for just moving around in the water. Stable and comfortable, the

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Sports boards – which are made of soft foam material wrapped in vinyl, epoxy or fiberglass – usually weigh about 27 pounds, so they’re easy to carry or attach to the roof of a vehicle. One costs anywhere from $800 to more than $2,000, depending on how you want to use it.

Other equipment a paddle boarder needs is a personal flotation device (PFD), a whistle to call for help and a leash to attach yourself to the board in case of rough waters.

Nomadic paddlers An affiliate of the Finger Lakes Paddleboard company is the Nomadic Paddle Club, a group that travels the Finger Lakes using their paddleboards. Canoeists and kayakers often stop by the boat launch to watch the paddle boarders and ask how to ride them, say members of the group.

The club’s name is fitting, given that the group travels between many of the Finger Lakes and is always looking for new waterways to explore. “Many residents tend to stay on their own local lake, but the club tries to vary its weekly meeting sites in order to explore new

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master’s degree in recreation with a focus on outdoor and environmental education. Miller’s first mission was to work Route 96 Power and Paddle with Lansing’s youth, Outdoor Products Finger Lakes Paddleboard beginning with pad1035 Owego Road 147 Pulsifer Drive dle sports, which are Candor, NY 13743 Auburn, NY 13021 low-intensity, tons of A life-changing 607-659-7693 315-237-7000 fun and easy to learn. sport powerandpaddle.com fingerlakespaddleboard.com Miller likes to offer Jennifer Miller these sports because was working in an Canandaigua Sailboarding Paddle-N-More “they are accessible 11 Lakeshore Drive Myers Park office job and realized Canandaigua, NY 14424 Lansing, NY 14882 to literally everyone, she needed a career 585-394-8150 607-349-4767 including physically change. Sitting at her cdgasailboard.com paddle-n-more.com and mentally chalcomputer for up to 10 lenged individuals.” hours a day zapped Miller is an her energy and zest for Soon enough, she purchased her American Canoe Association (ACA) life – and she gained 30 pounds. While first two kayaks. “I was hooked,” she instructor for kayaking and canoeing, daydreaming out her office window admits. so it was a no-brainer to add SUP to one day, she noticed some sailboats Feeling better and full of purpose, her qualifications. She took a few lesdrifting along the water and longed to she went back to college to earn her sons to form correct technique, got be a part of that. scenery,” explains White. Club members have paddled on Keuka Lake, Cayuga Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Owasco Lake and at several area parks.

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lackbird Yoga Studio in Ithaca (blackbirdithaca.com) has been offering their Birdbath Yoga for three years, and it has been a big success.

Participants must know how to swim, and must have taken a few yoga classes on land beforehand. A board, paddle and anchor are provided.

After basic instruction on water safety is given, along with some warm-up poses, the class begins. Blackbird instructors agree that, “Yoga poses will take on new meanings as the sun bathes your face and warms your skin, and your body learns to move with the natural rhythm of the water.”

Paddleboard yoga classes at Paddles-N-More in Myers Park in Lansing start in June and end around Labor Day, depending on the weather.

Instructors are certified yoga instructors, and have also been certified by the World Paddlers Association.

The Nomadic Club has developed a Photo courtesy Finger Lakes Paddle Board relationship with a yoga instructor who instructs clients on the boards while in the water.

“Even those who think they know everything about yoga find that balancing and centering yourself on the paddleboard is quite a different experience,” say the instructors.

Cody White will be hosting a paddle yoga certification program later in the summer, which will help train local instructors, and Power and Paddle also plans to offer classes later this year.

Photo courtesy Bird Bath Yoga

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Jeanne Weierheiser and her daughter Iris enjoy paddling in Ithaca. Photo courtesy Photo courtesy Finger Lakes Paddle Board

her PaddleFit Certification and earned her ACA instructor certification. “SUP actually balances me both physically and mentally,” she says. “I love standing tall above the water.”

In the summer of 2011, Miller started a youth adventure camp that incorporated water- and nature-based activities.

While standing at Lansing’s Myers Park on Cayuga Lake with her campers, she thought the spot would be a great location to open a paddle shop, and her business Paddle-N-More was created. She soon introduced her summer camp kids to SUP, who, to this day, have loved every minute of it.

Rental options In Candor, just south of Ithaca on Route 96B, Power and Paddle Outdoor Products has a boathouse stocked with kayaks, canoes and stand up paddleboards, as well as something a little different – a pond where customers can “try it before you buy it.” “If you can stand on one leg you can maneuver a stand up paddleboard,” says owner Jim Signs.

Doug and Diane Reagan, owners of Reagan’s Canoe and Kayak Livery located at 440 Hall Rd. in Himrod on Seneca Lake, will deliver their equipment directly to homes and cottages for rental. They are happy to outfit larger groups such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, youth groups or company picnics.

If interested in paddle boarding, consider taking an introductory lesson to learn how to properly hold the paddle and develop a comfortable stance, suggests Doug.

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Lifestyle

a way of living

“If humanity takes the planet down the tubes, I’m dead. I’m trying to save myself. And that’s a powerful force.”

Creating the Freeville Earthship –Michael Reynolds

story and photos by Jan Bridgeford-Smith ichael Reynolds, an eco-architect and subject of the 2007 documentary, “Garbage Warrior,” doesn’t care about anything except the planet. For over 40 years he’s carried out his sacred quest to perfect the design and building of affordable, self-sustaining housing.

A 1969 graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a degree in architecture, Reynolds’ homes are beyond “green” – they’re living bionetworks that rely on a balanced exchange of requirements between their human occupants and the natural environment. He christened them “Earthships.”

Today, these fascinating dwellings can be found all around the world, with multiple design modifications to accommodate climate, moisture, building site and available resources.

Given the deep regard many Finger Lakes’ residents hold for the beauty and bounty of the region, it’s not surprising that Earthships have “landed” here. In fact, one is cradled into a lush hillside just outside the village of Freeville, where Courtney and Chad DeVoe are putting the finishing touches on their own Reynolds’ creation.

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Devoted to each other and the planet Three years ago, Courtney and Chad made two commitments: 1.) get married and 2.) build an Earthship – a housing choice that fit their mutual concern for preservation of natural resources. According to Courtney, this combination of promises made for some interesting wedding gifts from friends and family, like bags of empty cans and a sledge hammer.

Chad does some finish work in the greenhouse. Re-purposed wine bottles create kaleidoscopic patterns of colored light throughout the house.

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This is the front of the home looking east. Southern exposure ensures that the greenhouse windows and mounted solar panels receive maximum benefits from sunlight.

When you turn onto Ed Hill Road from NYS Route 366 less than a mile past Freeville, the asphalt cuts a long, upward path that appears to get swallowed by woods at its apex. I wasn’t exactly sure where the house was located, but I found it easily thanks to the inverted, cobalt blue wine bottles staked like shining sentinels on either side of the dirt driveway. The location offers an ideal combination of road access, southern exposure, meadow acreage and a stunning view.

As I followed the curved drive, a wooden barn and chicken coop appeared. Though I’m a construction klutz, even I could tell these were finely crafted structures. And then I saw it, or rather, I saw the main entryway, an edifice of curving, cement walls painted in earth-tone colors and inlaid with sparkling rounds of glass. On one side of the semi-circular archway that leads to the interior door, there is a distinctive porthole encircled by a pattern of colored glass similar to that of a stained glass window.

The 2,200-square-foot, one-story structure looks like a passenger train observation car that’s been placed lengthwise into the side of a grassy knoll, large windows facing out. In fact,

the south-facing exterior wall of the house is made completely of glass topped by a row of solar panels.

Framed in wood, and with interior exposed beam ceilings supporting the roof, three exterior walls are constructed of dirt-filled tires, each weighing approximately 300 pounds, and repurposed bottle and can “bricks.” The tires are layered – larger ones grace the bottom and gradually shrink toward the top. Once assembled, the earth, rubber, glass and aluminum materials were covered in a thick coating of cement. In total, the DeVoes have used 700 tires and collected about 1,000 bottles, an inventory that will eventually be exhausted once all the decorative details have been added.

Inside, rooms are laid out in a row, similar to a “railroad apartment,” with the living/dining/kitchen area at one end and the master bedroom/bath at the other. The hallway between the two areas leads to another full bath and two bedrooms.

The south wall of every room is either partial or fully glass, and looks onto a narrow greenhouse that spans the length of the residence. In addition to providing fresh fruits and vegetables, this feature also creates a buffer zone (Continued on page 20)

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Lifestyle Solar-generated energy powers the home’s electrical and heating systems.

Most of the structure is surrounded by a thick wall of earth and rubber, but the overall ambiance is airy, light, green and tranquil, coupled with a sense of coziness independent of outside temperature.

Not just a house, but a home

Above, left: Courtney in the master bedroom/bath; the curved partial wall gives the room an airy, open feel, but is private from the sleeping area. The vanity shows off Courtney's carpentry skills. The beautiful tiled back splash is constructed entirely from donated material.

Above, right: Chad is in the greenhouse area tending a fruit tree.

that keeps the house warmer by holding heat longer. Skylight vents in the roof directly over the greenhouse can be opened to maintain air flow and temperature consistency.

Household water is supplied by captured rain and snow melt, stored in

cisterns. Utilizing a series of internal filtration systems, the water’s first use is for personal needs such as drinking, washing and bathing. The grey water from those activities is then cycled for plant use in the greenhouse, with that drainage water finally used for sewage.

Chad and Courtney share their “ship” with three contented animals: Koda, a chocolate lab mix; Darwin, a ginger-colored cat; and Ellie (a.k.a Princess), a long-haired, calico. And, on occasion, the two public school teachers also share it with curious visitors who call with questions about the residence. The two make sure to patiently answer all questions about the design and operation of their dwelling, and will cheerfully give room-by-room tours with narrative.

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Food

local cuisine

Finger Lakes Feast Local Food Recipes

MAIN

excerpted from Finger Lakes Feast by Kate Harvey and Karl Zinsmeister, with photos by Noah Zinsmeister, published in 2012 by McBooks Press

DISHES

Black Beans & Coconut Rice with Mango Salsa This entirely vegetarian recipe is bursting with flavor. If you can possibly find it in a specialty foods store, use coconut oil – it has a butter-like consistency and a beautiful fresh aroma and taste. You can substitute white rice for brown, but make sure you don’t skip the mango salsa. The combination of its chilliness against the hot beans, and its sweetness against other spiciness, makes it the essential fulcrum of the dish. This is a memorable concoction created by one of America’s most renowned vegetarian restaurants.

Beans

Rice

Salsa

1½ cups chopped onions 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh ginger root, grated 1 teaspoon fresh thyme (or ½ teaspoon dried)

2 cups brown rice (or white), uncooked 1½ teaspoons turmeric ½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes 2½ tablespoons coconut oil (may substitute other vegetable oil)

2 ripe mangoes, or frozen mango chunks (may substitute pineapple, papaya, or cantaloupe)

4 cups water ½ stick cinnamon

Juice of 1 lime

Sauté the rice, turmeric, and coconut flakes in the oil for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir constantly to coat everything with the oil. Add the water and the cinnamon stick. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 40 minutes or until the water has been absorbed (white rice will cook a bit faster). Remove from the heat and allow rice to sit for 10 minutes, then gently fluff.

½ of a fresh jalapeno pepper, minced

½ teaspoon ground allspice 3 16-ounce cans of black beans, drained ¾ cup orange juice Salt, ground black pepper, and Tabasco sauce to taste

Sauté the onions and garlic in the oil until the onions begin to soften. Add the ginger, thyme, and allspice, and stir until the onions are very soft. Add the beans and orange juice and cook on low heat for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens slightly (mashing some beans with the back of a spoon for a thicker consistency). Add salt, pepper, and Tabasco.

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1 small cucumber, peeled and diced 1 tomato, diced Salt to taste 1 Tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped Peel and dice the mangoes. In a large bowl, mix together the mangoes, cucumber, tomato, lime juice, salt, jalapeno, and cilantro. Let the salsa sit for at least 20 minutes to allow the flavors to marry. Will keep refrigerated for a couple of days.

To serve, make a bed of rice, cover with beans, and spoon a large dollop of salsa on top.

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Adapted from a recipe by Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca.

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Curried Chicken Salad with Pomegranate Seeds A perfect way to use surplus grilled or roasted chicken. Or just poach several raw chicken breasts in water with a pinch of herbs, salt, and pepper; they’ll be cooked through after simmering for 10 minutes. Then make the salad.

3 to 4 chicken breasts, cooked ½ cup slivered almonds or cracked walnuts ½ cup raisins or dried cranberries 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 can (approx. 11 ounces) mandarin oranges 1/3 cup pomegranate seeds ½ cup mayonnaise 2 to 4 teaspoons curry powder (to taste) Salt and pepper to taste Place cubed or shredded cooked chicken in a large bowl. Add the nuts, raisins/ cranberries, celery, mandarin oranges, and pomegranate seeds. Stir gently.

Mix curry powder into the mayonnaise, then dress the chicken mixture with the curried mayo. Add salt and pepper – and more curry if needed.

Serve the salad on a bed of fresh greens.

Serves 4 to 6 people as a light main course.

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Finger Lakes Feast is available at many bookstores, gift shops and wineries in the Finger Lakes Region. It is also sold by online booksellers. It can be ordered by phone from the Independent Publishers Group (800-888-4741) or at the McBooks Press website (mcbooks.com).

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A Proud Community

cities & villages

History, Honor and Heart in Homer story and photos by James P. Hughes

“Do unto the other feller the way he’d like to do unto you, an’ do it fust.”

–Spoken by the title character in Edward Noyes Westcott’s David Harum (1898)

stroll through the village of Homer today, with its period black street lamps and handsome architecture, suggests days gone by, a time when horse and buggy trotted past stately homes with manicured lawns and formal gardens.

In one of those homes lived a colorful 19th century character, David Hannum. Hannum was a local banker who dabbled in horse trading, nurtured land deals and became embroiled with showman P. T. Barnum in the famous

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Cardiff Giant Hoax. Writer Edward Noyes Westcott, familiar with the crafty gentleman, incorporated Hannum’s homespun, cracker-barrel philosophy in the title character of his national bestselling novel David Harum published in 1898. The similarity between the fictional David Harum living in Homeville and Homer’s shrewd and affable David Hannum is undeniable.

A tour of Homer’s historic district meanders past striking homes and buildings in classic styles – Greek revival, Victorian, Queen Anne,

Italianate and Romanesque. Over 200 village structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Many, including Hannum’s former Federal-style home at 80 South Main St., are adorned with metallic plates denoting the year of construction. With a charming village green and Victorian business district, Homer offers a rare moment to peek at the past, a Rochester place to sample the essence and N appeal of small town life in the 19th Syracuse century.

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A historic connection

The village’s rich history goes well beyond the flamboyant Hannum.

Homer Homer has a noteworthy connection to Abraham Lincoln, not from a direct visit but through the endeavors of Ithaca three local gentlemen. “Each Homer native – a journalist, a portrait painter and a detective – served the president in a unique and substantive way,” says Town Historian Martin Sweeney. Sweeney chronicled the fascinating tales of all three men in his book Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York. The first, journalist William O. Stoddard, was an early supporter of, and became a trusted secretary to, our 16th president. Stoddard was an acclaimed writer and inventor in his own right, and a confidant of the somewhat difficult First Lady, Mary Todd Lincoln.

The second, noted artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter, created an iconic painting, “The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet.” With Lincoln’s encouragement, Carpenter depicted the president and his Cabinet members studying a first draft of the famed document. It hangs today at the United States Capitol, as it has since 1878.

Finally, detective Eli DeVoe slipped undercover to disrupt a subversive assassination plot on Lincoln prior to his inauguration. “Without this third gentleman,” asserts Sweeney, “there would have been no President Lincoln, and no fulfillment of the American abolition movement.”

An honorable community Homer has always been, and still is, a spirited community. “Its streets retain the echo of many lives over many generations,” a travel brochure asserts. From past to present, those generations have never just rested upon a proud history – they have preferred to build on it. “We may be quiet and quaint,” says Homer Mayor Genevieve Suits, “but we’re far from ‘sleepy’ – we strive to be active and vital.

“Small business is the key to preserving the integrity of our village,” continues Suits, “and we’re fortunate to have many dedicated people working to that end.” Shops like Lily Lanetree, Bev & Company, Main Street Antiques and the Olde Homer House have sprung up along Main Street, helping to make Pictured from top to bottom View of Homer village from surrounding hills.

This Federal residence at 80 South Main St. was once the home of David Hannum, a flamboyant local character and the inspiration for the title character of David Harum, the famed novel published in 1898.

Congregational Church and bandstand – village green in Homer.

Roland “Frog” Fragnoli, proprietor of Homer Mens and Boys. Admired in Homer for his community contributions, Frog was honored with a “key to the village” award.

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Proud Community the village a “shopping destination.”

Dasher’s Corner Pub recently opened as a comfortable eatery at the corner of Main and James. The fully renovated restaurant brings back memories to locals of Dasher Cox’s, a popular Homer dining landmark of days gone by.

Homer Men and Boys Store has been a village mainstay since Roland “Frog” Fragnoli opened its doors in 1951.

Fragnoli, now in his 80s, was just 19 at the time. Specializing in hardy clothes for work and play, the store carries one of the state’s largest stocks of brand name rugged wear – no tuxedos and patent leather shoes here. “If we don’t have it, you don’t need it” is Frog’s motto. In 2009, along with a proclamation declaring him an “icon on Main Street” and a “poster boy for American retail,” Fragnoli received a ceremonial “key to the village.” Comedian Bill

Murray has visited the store more than once to purchase imprinted shirts for his son named … you guessed it, Homer.

A heartfelt atmosphere A year-round string of celebrations and events, many of them centered about the classic village green and bandstand, keep things lively in Homer.

Surrounded by churches and public buildings, it’s the perfect spot for weekly summer band concerts and a farmers’ market.

That’s only the beginning – enjoy Blue Grass on the Green, the annual Firemen’s Field Days, or the

Historic sign at the birthplace and home of William Osborn Stoddard, a personal secretary and confidant to President Lincoln.

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Sock Hop and Vintage Car Show. Then there’s the village Winter Fest (with a bonfire, snow sculptures, even a human dog sled race), Holiday in Homer (100 plus vendors all selling handcrafted items), and Chautauqua week (classes, speakers and the arts all in the Chautauqua tradition).

Magic on Main, a bistro-like event, joined the list of community celebrations in 2011. Driven by small business owners, a business block on Main is closed down for this “soiree in the street,” a summer evening of food, beer, wine, magic and music. “Candlelit tables lining the thoroughfare help create the atmosphere for a relaxing family event,” says Doc McQuade, owner of the Lily

This historic sign marks the childhood home of Amelia Bloomer.

Due to her advocacy of women’s rights, her name became attached to the women’s clothing style known as bloomers.

Lanetree shop. “This year we expect several thousand to attend. It’s a great promotion of what Homer’s downtown can offer.”

Homer has nurtured an appreciation for the arts dating back to Barber Hall of the mid-1800s. Later, the old Keator Opera House hosted music and melodrama into the early 20th century.

In 2005, tradition continued when the Center for the Arts of Homer was

The Center for the Arts of Homer provides a wide range of music, drama and dance to a community that has traditionally nurtured an appreciation of the arts.

established in the former First Baptist Church at the edge of the village green.

Under the direction of Daniel Hayes, the center draws crowds from near and far to a wide range of musical performances. Its 400-seat theater, a comfortable spot enhanced with stained-glass windows, has hosted local, regional, national and even international performers. The center has venues for local dramatic performances, ballet and ball-

room dancing instruction, and art gallery exhibits … in short, something for everyone.

Take the opportunity to experience Homer and what it offers – a rich history, distinctive shopping, community events on the green and a haven for the arts. Locals love their town and know how to sell it. “Homer is closer than you think, and it’s more than you expected.”

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Book Look

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ur summer reading selections share several thematic connections.

First, there is both a fictional and nonfiction account of the Civil War. Second, we offer reviews of two valuable local history books from dedicated historians and historical societies in Monroe and Yates counties. Third, we review two how-to books focused on healthy foods.

These topics are timely. Writings on the American Civil War are always of great interest to history buffs and historians alike. Local history will be lost unless shared with future generations.

“Local” applies not just to history but

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often to our food sources, so two books concentrate on how to make maple syrup from your backyard’s maple trees, and discuss what to cook and serve for family and friends using whole foods.

Tragedy & Triumph, Elmira, NY, 1835-65 Kathrin Rudland Softcover iUniverse iuniverse.com kathrinrudland@yahoo.com 2012 his title weaves a tale of the turbulent years leading up to and including the Civil War. The fictional account

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Book Look focuses on how events affected individuals belonging to different levels in society and in dissimilar geographical regions. The author presents a tale of slavery and abolition, two provocative issues of the day.

The community of Elmira is a backdrop for portions of the narrative.

Central to the story is the conflicted love story of Truman Haden, a southern slave owner who lost his immediate

family to yellow fever when he was young; and Elizabeth Baldwin, a selfassured northerner from Elmira who is actively opposed to slavery. The devastating war and its aftermath prompt all to make decisions based on their strongly held beliefs. Initially this leads to their separation and later to reunion.

Other characters, including slaves and abolitionists, are well-drawn and give the story an authentic depth. The existence of an actual prisoner of war camp and Underground Railroad sites in Elmira becomes integral to the wellpaced story.

Proceeds of the book sales will be donated in part to completion of a museum in Elmira commemorating John W. Jones. The real-life former slave is a character in the novel and was active in the Underground Railroad.

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Fight All Day, March All Night: A Medal of Honor Recipient’s Story Wayne Mahood Hardback State University of New York Press sunypress.edu fran.keneston@sunypress.edu 2012 he Medal of Honor originated in the Civil War as the only medal to honor the bravery of Union soldiers.

This book is a scholarly compilation of the letters of a soldier’s life written by one of the medal recipients, Captain Morris Brown, Jr., from Penn Yan. A member of the 126th New York Volunteers, Brown dropped out of Hamilton College and enlisted in the summer of 1862.

Author Mahood writes, “Morris Brown Jr.’s story is not unique, but is a poignant reminder of a dark period in American history and the sacrifices many families made.” The writer, a SUNY professor who has penned several books on related Civil War topics, supplements Brown’s letters with helpful interpretive material. Brown was captured early on at Harpers Ferry during Stonewall Jackson’s Maryland Campaign, spending time in an internment camp in New York. He went on to survive Gettysburg, but the young

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Union soldier died in the Petersburg campaign in 1864.

The book is indexed, and illustrated with maps, photographs and notes. It is especially valuable as a first-person documentation of the Civil War and will be of special interest to those who want to learn more about participation

by Finger Lakes soldiers in the Civil War. The Great Life Cookbook

by Priscilla Timberlake & Lewis Freedman Softcover with lay-flat binding, or Hardcover Coddington Valley Publishing info@coddingtonvalleypublishing.com TheGreatLifeCookbook.com 2012 here are countless cookbooks published each year, and the typical culinary enthusiast often has room for one more on the kitchen shelf. This title

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is particularly promising in its timely approach to preparing whole food, vegan and gluten-free meals. The bonus is that these meals are for large gatherings of 20 to 24, with instructions included for reducing quantities.

Many people want alternatives to packaged convenient foods. They seek fresh produce, grown locally. Authors

Timberlake and Freedman, a married couple who live in Ithaca, invite readers to learn from their thoughtful attitude toward diet and healthy living. Every Friday night for many years, they have invited friends and family to share their whole food plant-based meals.

The book’s attractive layout features pages filled with colorful and appealing meals organized by calendar month.

There are easy-to-read tempting recipes accompanied by a collage of engaging photographs of satisfied diners. The message is clear that the sharing of meals made from local food strengthens not just the body but also the soul.

Depending on the reader’s culinary background there may be ingredients that are unfamiliar, but the Apprentice’s Guide will demystify those. The authors offer a host of helpful explanations and detailed procedures on topics from sweeteners to how to work with vegetables.

Book Look numerous illustrations of tools and techniques. Finzer’s approach is engaging and not overly technical. He includes a helpful glossary, resources and a listing of many March and April maple festivals. The book recently won the Gold Medal award in the Crafts/ How-To category at the Benjamin Franklin Award competition sponsored by the Independent Book Publisher’s Association.

Maple on Tap: Making Your Own Maple Sugar Rich Finzer Softcover Acres U.S.A. acresusa.com 2012 he Finger Lakes region is a prime location for “sugaring off,” an expression describing the process of making maple sugar. Writer Rich Finzer, a Blue Ribbon-winning syrup producer who resides on an 80-acre farm near Hannibal, has penned an easy-to-use book on the subject based on his over 20 years’ of experience making his own maple syrup.

Everyone from the novice to the seasoned sugar maple farmer will enjoy this how-to book on sugaring.

It presents helpful information beginning with an emphasis on planning. The fact that it takes 40 gallons

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The compact volume is attractively presented with color photos and

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The two volume set, Penn Yan & How It Got That Way, begins long before pioneers arrived. Dumas summarizes geologic time and explains how the pre-glacial landscape had an impact on the area long before human habitation.

Copiously illustrated with photographs, paintings, maps, charts and advertisements from local sources, the set is an ideal resource. In this age of speedy search engines, a solid compendium like this two-part history

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remains an indispensable addition to your bookshelf. Part I takes the reader up to 1882. Part II continues through 1989 and includes appendices and notes on sources. Chapter timelines provide national, international and local reference points. There is ample background information placing Penn Yan’s narrative in the context of American history.

To keep the books manageable, an index is available only online as a pdf file on the author’s website: pyhistory.org.

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Finger Lakes Tram n anticipation of the Town of Gates’ bicentennial in 2013, the Gates Historical Society published this collection which includes 280 photographs of the people and places in Gates, many dating back to the late 19th century.

Naturally, residents of Gates, a suburb just west of the City of Rochester in Monroe County, will enjoy the images of families and familiar surroundings. The historical society solicited the photographs several years ago and described the response as “overwhelming.”

Americans in general, and perhaps those living near Rochester, the birthplace of Eastman Kodak, will enjoy looking at these old photographs. In this volume, there is a happy blend of candid and formal images. Divided into several categories such as weddings and occupations, the photographs aptly capture incidents in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some already seem remote and quaint to our 21st-century eyes.

There are women donning aprons and gathering in the kitchen to prepare a meal, or fresh-faced youngsters in an accordion class at a music school circa 1930. These are among the examples that present the viewer with past practices, tastes and technology. An index of names provides the family genealogist with a valuable reference. A “Then and Now” chapter is an intriguing comparison of views of the same location.

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Addicted to Airplanes

Memories, tears and passion drive aviation artist Ted Williams to create

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Surrounded by model airplanes and other aviation materials at his studio, Ted applies some detailed work to a recent oil painting.

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magazines and books. t has been said by people We spoke more with Ted about his who love airplanes, at least it has in almost every life, his passion for planes and his artwork. Here’s what he had to say. article I’ve read about them, ‘It started with my childhood.’ But my dad didn’t take me Life in the Finger Lakes: to the airport when I was a kid or anyWhat is your most memorable moment thing. That’s not the case here,” admits with airplanes?

Ted Williams.

Ted, a Rochester native, has spent Ted Williams: My most vivid most of his life consumed by planes. “I memory from my childhood that really used to bicycle from the north part of got me interested in airplanes took Rochester all the way to the airport to place on Armed Forces Day when I was watch the airplanes take off and land,” in the fifth grade. I was at the airport in he says.

Rochester, and there was this big U.S. It is a love that accompanied an Navy patrol bomber there. era. “I was born in 1944, and grew up in My buddy and I were admiring it. I a post-war era, a time when aviation came across the pilot, who looked at was really a household topic,” he me and said, “So, you and your buddy explains. “It was around us all the time. wanna go for a ride?” And he took us Chuck Yeager was up – with my breaking the sound mother’s permisbarrier. The military sion, of course. We was making the went up above transition from proLake Ontario and peller planes to jet back. Of all the aircrafts. Fathers things I have and uncles were enjoyed about avicoming home from ation since then, the war. I would go that memory is still to family gatherings the one that and picnics, where remains in the men would gather, forefront of my and drink their mind always. beers, and tell their war stories. That LIFL: How did started it for me.” you end up in the Ted would Finger Lakes grow up to become Region? And how very successful in does it inspire Based at Canandaigua Airport, Dennis the advertising your artwork?

Christiano can be seen practicing his routines over Canandaigua Lake during the world. He worked summer months. Denny is a past New York as an illustrator, a TW: Having State Aerobatics Champion. creative director grown up in and then, eventualRochester and ly, started his own having been a city agency. But on the side, he spent his kid, it wasn’t until the 1970s that I first time recreating vibrant World War II made a trip down to the Finger Lakes bombers and fighters through elaborate, Region. I just fell in love with it. I ended well-researched oil paintings of them. up buying some land overlooking the Today, Ted creates his historic mas- lake, and the rest is history. terpieces from his studio overlooking I have travelled a lot in my few Canandaigua Lake. His artwork may be years as an artist. Because I was in the found all over – from private commisadvertising industry, I had the opportusions for aircraft owners to museums to nity to travel all over the country for

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It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s a Book(s)!

“I’ve always wanted to create a series of aviation books,” says Ted. “I wanted a visual for these American fighters and bombers. I am a good copy writer, but to sustain a book with over 200 pages? That’s not me. So I roped my daughter Amy Williams-Malpass, a writer, into my dream. ‘You have a degree now,’ I told her, ‘so I am going to press you into service.’ We did loads of research.

Then she wrote it, and I illustrated it.”

Ted and Amy’s first book, The American Fighter Plane, hit shelves in 2002. A second book called The American Bomber Plane followed seven years later in 2009. The two are currently working on a third installment called The American Airliner. All three books cover a span of more than 90 years, from 1919 to today.

If interested in purchasing any of Ted and Amy’s books, go to the nearest bookstore near you. The books may also be purchased through Amazon (amazon.com) and Barnes & Noble (barnesandnoble.com).

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Human Interest business. No matter where I was – and you always compare it to where you came from – I never found a spot in the lower 48 that compared to the Finger Lakes.

Today, I get up in the morning, go to my studio and look at the lake and the hills. What else can inspire you?

LIFL: Which one of your creations is your favorite? Why? TW: Which one stands out above the rest? You know, it’s one of the paintings I did when I was just getting started in this business.

In fact, I am looking at it right now.

Thirty years ago, when I was in the ad business doing illustration and layout work, the creative director at the agency had a client out of Chicago by the name of Spitfire Tool & Machine Co. Well, “Spitfire” is the name of a very famous British fighter plane that flew in the Battle of Britain. The client thought it would be neat to do the ads for the company around the visual of a Spitfire.

You need to understand that a lot of photography from World War II was in black and white – nothing that had the look needed for an advertisement. At the time, I was already drawing and painting airplanes for private commissions. I had never done one commercially, though. The creative director came up to me and said, “Ted, how would you like to paint a Spitfire for one of our clients?”

Of course I agreed to it.

The funny thing is, it was probably more successful for me than the Spitfire company. They were getting all these responses from people asking how they could contact the artist for a print of the Spitfire, or to do a painting of a plane that their grandfather flew,

Bob Mincer in his vintage Piper Cub lands at Middlesex Airport’s grass strip.

Bob and his wife Pat own and operate the airport and restaurant. In the summer months, Middlesex Airport is a popular destination for antique aircraft and their owners.

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All Proceeds Benefit Humane Society of Schuyler County Boeing B-17F, call sign Agmer Queen, flown by Lt. Jack Sprentall of Canandaigua, New York, is attacked by two Me.109s while on a bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany on November 4, 1944. Stationed at Bury St. Edmunds, England, with the 94th Bomb Group, 331st Bomber Squadron. Lt. Sprentall flew 35 missions over Germany from October 1944 through March 1945. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with six clusters.

or whatever. The creative director would always pass these comments on to me, and that’s what really started my career. I started getting calls from aviation magazines and that type of thing.

What started for me as a career as an advertising illustrator became another career entirely.

LIFL: Tell me what it’s been like to work with aviation enthusiasts, engineers and historians.

TW: The Battle of Midway is historically the turning point in World War II in the Pacific. It was this terrible battle between air fleets and aircraft carriers, and was historical in two respects: 1.) it was America’s first major victory against the Japanese six months after Pearl Harbor; 2) U.S. Navy pilots and crews dealt a devastating blow to the Japanese by sinking all four carriers sent to destroy the Midway Island base.

I created this painting I called “Day of the Dauntless.” The Douglas SBD Dauntless was the dive bomber used in that particular battle. I really did my homework on this one. Now, Navy airplanes had prominently displayed numbers on them in those days. The number was significant to the plane’s squadron and the ship it was stationed on. I chose aircraft number B12 of Bombing Squadron Six (VB6).

This was about 10 years ago. And one day, the phone rings. “I am Admiral Lewis Hopkins, U.S. Navy, retired,” says the voice on the other end. “Are you the Ted Williams that painted ‘Day of the Dauntless?’ I was there. That was my plane,” he says.

I happened to pick his airplane for the scene. He was there, flying off the U.S.S. Enterprise at the Battle of Midway.

As a young Ensign just out of flight school, his first taste of combat was his participation in the most famous air/sea battle in American history. He kept telling me what a great painting it was.

As he talked about that day in 1942, he was struggling to hold back his tears.

This is not an unusual story. It’s happened to me many times. I have veterans call me up to say thank you.

But the Lew Hopkins story is what always struck me. Before that, I had never had anyone call me up and say, “Hey, you got it right, kid.”

Ted Williams has been drawing and painting airplanes since he was a kid, but didn’t seriously begin painting historic aircraft until 1973. Forty years later, he continues to create these aviation artworks in his home on Canandaigua Lake. If you are interested in purchasing some of Ted’s artwork, visit tedwilliamsaviationart.com.

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tanding at the waist gunner’s position, I could barely suppress the urge to pull back the bolt on the Browning .50 caliber machinegun mounted in front of me, squeeze the triggers and fire a burst of tracers at an incoming ME-109. Sadly, the gun, while definitely a genuine article, had been rendered inoperable. Worse yet, the belted .50 caliber rounds in the ammo tray were dummies – bullets crimped into spent cartridge cases, all for show.

Then again, this particular B-17, one of the last ever built, had never seen actual combat.

I was aboard the Memphis Belle, a B-17F, one of the 12,726 B-17 bombers built for the Army Air Corps. The plane was painstakingly repainted to nearly match the original Memphis Belle, and “starred” in the 1990 Hollywood movie of the same name. The real Memphis Belle is owned by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

So where the heck was I? I was in Geneseo, attending the July 2012 HAG (1941 Historical Aircraft Group) airshow. As an avowed history nut, I’m crazy about World War II fighter planes and bombers. I was also there to honor the memory of my dad who served with the 9th Air Force during World War II. A radio repairman, he was among the thousands of ground personnel tasked with the aircraft maintenance mission whose motto was “Keep’em Flying!”

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weekend in July, the airfield in Geneseo transforms as vintage bombers, fighters and trainers arrive for a weekend of wartime nostalgia and flyovers. As they stroll past costumed re-enactors dressed in World War II military garb, visitors view and photograph World War II fighters, such as the P-40, the plane flown by General Clare Chennault’s legendary Flying Tigers; a pair of vintage P-51s; and the Sikorsky F4U Corsair, the fighter flown by the Marine Corps’ “Black Sheep” squadron. With its inverted gull-wing design, the plane has a unique in-flight profile. Parked next to the Memphis Belle was a B-25 “Mitchell” medium bomber, the plane made famous by the 1942 “Doolittle Raid” on Tokyo. Past air shows have featured other B-17s, including Yankee Lady, Liberty Belle and Nine O Nine, as well as massive B-24 “Liberator” heavy bombers.

The entire event is hosted by dedicated HAG volunteers. But without fail, the center of attention for nearly every attendee is the B-17.

The “Flying Fortress” In 1936, the first B-17 prototype made its public debut at the Boeing factory in Seattle, Washington.

Rolled out before a specially assembled group of reporters and military brass, the massive airframe bristling with machineguns caused one excited reporter to blurt out, “It looks like a flying fortress!”

And the nickname struck such a responsive chord

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with the American people that it has never faded.

In their collective thinking, the B-17 embodied the Army Air Corps. The plane’s popularity even prompted Whitman Publishing Co. to print a series of collector cards known as Aeroplane Cards, featuring the B-17 along with other fighters and bombers.

Public perceptions aside, the B-24 was actually a superior aircraft. It carried a heavier bomb load, required a smaller crew (eight versus 11) and had a longer range.

Unfortunately, the “Liberator” moniker never stirred the public’s imagination the way the term “Flying Fortress” did – and who could blame them.

“Whiskey 7” Another aircraft also proved to be a bona fide crowd pleaser – “Whiskey 7,” a C-47A. Also called the “Dakota,” this plane is the pride of the 1941 HAG aircraft collection. Nicknamed

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Flights of Fancy • To view a restored B-23, visit the McChord Air Museum website at mcchordairmuseum.org.

• To read a fact sheet about the original Memphis Belle, visit nationalmuseum.af.mil and search “Memphis Belle.”

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• The B-17 inspired the 1949 film “Twelve O’Clock High,” and a 1960s TV series of the same name starring Robert Lansing and “Memphis Belle.”

“Gooney Birds,” hundreds of these planes ferried the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions into combat the night before the D-Day invasion.

When it really counted, that old warbird was quite literally “the tip of the spear.” Coincidentally, in 1944 it was assigned to the ninth Air Force, my dad’s old outfit. There’s a chance my father serviced its radio. Realistically, with 3,500 aircraft assigned to the ninth that possibility is remote, but if nobody minds,

• On June 13, 2011, Liberty Belle was destroyed by an onboard fire, which began during a routine flight. With the loss of the plane, the number of surviving, still operational/airworthy B-17s now stands at only 12.

• Shortly after this article was completed, Raubie Hopkins passed away. I will always consider it a privilege to have met and photographed her.

• Last, if you can bear the sound of your own heart breaking, you might wish to read Randall Jarrell’s poignant poem, “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner.”

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When it wasn’t being toured by show attendees, the plane went aloft, and in a simulation of the D-Day invasion, dropped several parachutists. In the photo, a lone paratrooper can be seen as Whiskey 7 climbs and banks away.

As for smaller military aircraft, the show featured 18 Stearman N2S and PT series biplanes, plus TA-6 “Texas” trainers, including a trio owned and flown by the Canadian Harvard Aerobatic Team. When flown by the Canadian Forces, the TA-6 was known as the “Harvard.” To view a video of the planes performing, visit canadianharvards.com.

at the HAG was acquired from a source in Midland, Texas.

Volunteers made a series of trips there to dismantle, crate and ship the plane to the museum. It will eventually be reassembled and restored – a project likely to take several years and thousands of hours. Keep in mind: Reassembling a real airplane is not like building a plastic model. Besides the structural components, inside the fuselage are dozens of cables, wires and hydraulic lines, which must be reconnected and tested.

The photo of the B-23’s rear cockpit area should give you a better idea of what I’m talking about. The museum also owns a C-119 (Flying Boxcar), which is displayed outside.

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In addition to hosting its annual airshow, the 1941 HAG maintains a museum housing other vintage warplanes.

Many have been restored, while others are currently undergoing the arduous process. Among these is an A-20H (Douglas Havoc), a B-26B (Douglas Invader/Martin Marauder) and a rare B-23 (Douglas Dragon).

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Besides the museum hangar, the HAG complex includes an administrative office and a visitor’s center/gift store. I toured the museum in January 2012, and while paying my admission fee, encountered someone every bit as fascinating as those old warbirds themselves: Raubie (Robby) Hopkins. Raubie is the office manager and can usually be found “manning” her post in the administration building. In addition to greeting visitors, she writes

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As with other organizations, the 1941 HAG has a slate of elected officers and a board of directors, but Raubie stresses that the group is very much member-driven. As an example, when the decision was made to acquire the B-23, the board didn’t decide on behalf of the members. The members voted.

Had the nays prevailed the plane might still be in Texas.

The 1941 Historic Aircraft Group is always eager to attract new members.

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If you’re interested, surf to 1941hag.org.

You can download an application, read the events schedule, display/print driving directions, make a donation via PayPal or view photos from the museum and prior airshows.

By 1944, the United States Army Air Corps numbered 2.4 million personnel and nearly 80,000 aircraft. Now, 70 years later, the handful of remaining World War II fighters and bombers still considered airworthy dwindles as time continues to weaken their airframes. The dedicated owners of these vintage warbirds and the volunteers of organizations like the 1941 HAG deserve our admiration, but more importantly, our support. They battle the structural degradation of these magnificent machines with the same fervor our fathers and grandfathers displayed while vanquishing America’s enemies. So remember the fighting spirit of the valiant airmen who flew them, and never forget these words written by Army Captain Robert M. Crawford back in 1939: “Down we dive, spouting our flame from under, Off with one helluva roar!

We live in fame or go down in flame, Nothing’ll stop the Army Air Corps!”

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If You Build It, They Will Come A shop that repairs old-school wooden boats attracts connoisseurs of the craft to the Finger Lakes

by Susan Peterson Gateley

Work began on the “When and If� built for General George Patton after her haul out at Beacon Bay Marina in the fall of 2012. Photo by Alexander Solla

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here is nothing like a beautiful, traditionally built wooden boat to evoke the romance of the sea and voyaging. But the demanding environment of wind and water takes its toll on biodegradable boats. They are fast vanishing, as each year more fall victim to rot, chainsaw and landfill. Finding materials for repairs – and craftsmen who are capable of performing them – is increasingly difficult as few marinas have skilled woodworkers on call. Even do-ityourself boat owners may have difficulty finding needed supplies. Try asking for a new lignum vitae deadeye, some rift grain oak or pine lumber at your local marine supply store, and see how far you get.

Far from the salt water tides and foaming seas, a boat shop in the Finger Lakes Region is gaining international renown for its wooden boat building and repair expertise. Cayuga Wooden Boatworks on the shores of Cayuga

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Lake started up 22 years ago when Dennis Montgomery and a business associate began a “have tools will travel” mobile boat repair service. Since that modest start, Montgomery has gone on to repair everything from 50-ton passenger boats to canvas-covered canoes, mahogany runabouts and Penn Yan car toppers.

Keeping a legend alive About 10 years ago, Montgomery and his staff recreated a legendary racing schooner, the Malabar X, for Doug Hazlitt, owner of Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards winery in Hector. Hazlitt captained the boat on Seneca Lake, offering day trips and private charters, and also took it off to southern salt water for several winters of pleasure cruising. Then he sold Malabar X to a multimillionaire in Spain, where she is now racing and cruising on the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

Montgomery considers the 59-foot, 30-ton Malabar X to have been a high

watermark for Cayuga Wooden Boatworks. It took two years and 20,000 hours of skilled labor to recreate the hull for the famous racer. He told me she was built to last a hundred years. The boat was constructed of top-quality, rot-resistant tropical hardwoods with custom cast bronze reinforcements to its framing. She was planked with a light, strong and clear grained Central American wood called silver bali. Her planking was fastened to timbers with durable copper rivets. The tropical woods were obtained from a specialty lumber importer, and the 30-foot log for the keel was custom-milled in Ithaca.

Malabar X’s deck beams were crafted of Douglas fir salvaged from old wine vats.

You could still smell the wine when they were milled, Montgomery recalls.

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Top: Boat shop workers inspect the stern of the “When and If” after haul out. Stern was totally rebuilt during the winter of 2012-13.

Photo by Alexander Solla

Middle: Dennis Montgomery Photo by Susan Peterson Gateley

Above: Thousands of hours of exacting skilled work went into the “When and If” rebuild. Photo by Alexander Solla

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construction, wooden boat “nuts” came from afar to stand in the shop among the wood shavings, and gawk in awe at the looming shape of 50-plus feet of perfectly formed craftsmanship and joinery. The project was published in several boating magazines, and hundreds of people attended the launch in May 2002. A nationally known marine surveyor did an appraisal of the completed yacht for its pending sale, and said he had not seen any better built boat from the best of the East Coast builders.

After her sale, Montgomery and his staff continued with less glamorous but equally exacting repair jobs as they kept

various private and commercial vessels operational. Montgomery points out that he and his crew have tackled an unusually wide variety of boat projects over the years. They aren’t afraid of tackling a big job, either, like fitting 3inch planks or barn beam-sized timbers on a 40-footer. But they also rebuild delicate, lightweight lapstrake rowing boats, cold moulded hulls, laminated hulls, and lapstrake, double-planked and plywood hulls. “We do them all, even steel,” declares Montgomery.

A boat fit for an army general These days, Cayuga Wooden Boatworks operates at two locations: the Beacon Bay Marina at the north end of Cayuga Lake in Cayuga and in Ithaca.

The Beacon Bay site – with its 10 acres of parking and boat storage space; heavy duty, 50-ton boat lift; and access to the New York State canal system and the rest of the world via water – is an ideal location for handling big jobs. And that’s where Montgomery has his latest schooner project under way.

Last fall, the Malabar X’s former owner commissioned Cayuga Wooden

The Cayuga Wooden Boatworks crew spent the winter rebuilding the deck and other portions of the 75-year-old schooner. Photo by Alexander Solla

Boatworks to do another schooner restoration, the When and If, which was once owned by army commander General George Patton. Sixty-three feet on deck and 80 feet over all, the When and If was built in Maine and launched in 1939, even as the distant war drums began to sound. Patton named his new yacht, saying he would sail her when he returned from Europe – and if he survived. Although he did live to see the war end, he died in a freak auto accident two days before he was to return to the United States. But his schooner lived on and remained with the family for over 20 years. They eventually sold the boat to a school for use in summer sailing programs. The Landmark School specialized in helping dyslexic children (Patton himself was dyslexic), and they used When and If in their programs for many years.

The big schooner then passed on to private hands, and her various owners continued to take good care of her. She was built of top quality materials, and, Montgomery notes, is considerably more rugged than the Malabar X, which was designed for speed and ocean racing. When and If’s sturdy construction stood her in good stead when, in 1990, she was driven ashore during a storm. Though badly damaged, the historic yacht was

deemed worthy of a rebuild and got a thorough one. Hazlitt purchased her in 2012, and spent the summer cruising the coast of Maine. When and If motored up the Hudson last fall, down rigged and passed through the canal to arrive at Beacon Bay Marine in October.

Here, the yard hauled her and blocked her up, and Montgomery’s crew built a plastic-covered framework around her so they could work through the winter.

The craftsmen are addressing several “issues” back-aft, where a few rot pockets and some structural problems have arisen after 70-plus years of active life. The crew is also laying a new teak deck, and doing work on the teak hatches and the skylight, among other things. Those who rebuild old boats know inevitably little surprises come along once you “open her up.”

Montgomery expected the project to keep three or four workers busy through the winter. He told me that the owner “wants her done right,” and that he was willing to spend the time and money needed for that to happen. The goal in early 2013 was a launch sometime next summer, or “whenever she’s done” as Montgomery says.

At the time the When and If project was underway, the shop also had a 26foot Navy motor whale boat built of white oak and cypress undergoing full

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Above: Planking removed to expose deteriorated framing that must be renewed.

Photo by Alexander Solla

Left: The original ship’s wheel of “When and If” with yacht’s name cast in place dates to 1939.

Photo by Alexander Solla

Right: The Malabar X, shown here at her dock in Watkins Glen. Doug Hazlitt of Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards offered popular sailing excursions on Seneca Lake with the schooner for several years.

Photo by Susan Peterson Gateley

restoration and repowering for a customer in Vancouver, British Columbia. This particular boat had once been aboard a U.S. Navy seaplane tender called the San Pablo, which was based on the East Coast after World War II. Sought and found I asked Montgomery how people find Cayuga Wooden Boatworks. Many of them use the Internet, he told me.

“The Navy whale boat was advertised on Craigslist. They (the customers) Google wooden boat repairs, and they find me. We also do advertising in special interest publications like Wooden Boat magazine.”

And then there are the repeat customers like Hazlitt, who can’t resist the romance of a beautiful traditional wooden sailing vessel. His particular passion, says Montgomery, is the strong,

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powerful fisherman-style schooner yachts designed by John Alden. These were boats modeled on the lines of the hard sailing Grand Banks fishermen, made famous by the New England designer in the 1920s. Seakindly, able, easy to handle and beautiful, the twomasted schooner has appealed through the years to many famous and wealthy yachtsmen. The combination of utility and graceful lines draws even landlubbers to such a vessel. In a time of planned obsolescence and superficial gimmickry, we respond to the classic wooden yacht for its honesty and fundamental purpose – to get her crew out on the water and back home again in comfort and style.

Driven by passion Montgomery himself has an intense and wide-ranging interest in boats dating back to his childhood in

Florida. He has owned a succession of boats, and currently travels Cayuga Lake with a 38-foot motor cruiser that was built in Nova Scotia by a professional boat builder. Montgomery also holds a Coast Guard license to carry passengers for hire, and helps run the M/V Haendel for another of his endeavors – Ithaca Boat Tours. Like many a boater, Montgomery’s appreciation for the natural environment of the Finger Lakes runs as deep as the lakes themselves.

The steel-hulled Haendel operates as a floating classroom to get kids out on the water, and is also used for “eco tours” for the general public out of Ithaca. eeping grand, old wooden boats safe and operational is not a task for the faint of heart. Yet these vessels, crafted with care of once living material, continue to have a powerful draw. Their appeal has kept Cayuga Wooden Boatworks in business for two decades, and new jobs keep coming.

Our region of clear waters and fair farmlands and forest is a splendid setting for these classic cruisers and sleek racers. Ramble the canal, cruise the Finger Lakes or even go north toward the Big Lake and Canada – it’s all available to explore if you’re master of your own little ship. Those of us who enjoy classic mahogany runabouts, graceful sailing vessels, or sweet-lined canoes and rowing craft are fortunate to have the skills and knowledge of Cayuga Wooden Boatworks to keep them afloat.

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Castlein the Clouds Showcasing the photographs of Steve Knapp

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Left: I realized a few years ago that the Finger Lakes’ spectacular vistas are best captured in a panoramic format. This view, from County Rd. 12, north of Naples, is the best view I have found for a panorama of Canandaigua Lake – my second favorite Finger Lake.

Right: I’ve come to love the storms and the clouds over Keuka Lake. They create better photo opportunities than the “clear blue sky” days. This shot was taken from the dock at the Lakeside Restaurant on the west shore. Most of my favorite photographs, like this one, are a matter of being at the right place at the right time, and, of course, of always having the camera on hand and seeing the spectacular shot that is right in front of me. For composition, aligning the chair, the bluff and cloud was important – a once-in-a-lifetime capture.

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– J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban

Left: This rare cloud formation calls out for an explanation by a meteorologist. It looks like a tornado to me. Luckily, for the sake of composition, the spiral rose directly from the end of the bluff.

Below: The gravel pit on Winding Stair Road above Hammondsport affords a great view of Keuka Lake from the south. The gravel pit, like the lake, was a vestige of the ice age, deposited by the retreating glacier 10,000 or so years ago. The beauty of the Finger Lakes Region is the result not only, or even primarily, of the retreating glaciers, but of the geologic formation of its underlying rocks millions of years ago.

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– Leonard Louis Levinson, author of The Left Handed Dictionary

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Right: This photo was taken on a boat ride with friends, back to their home on the east side of Keuka Lake, following dinner at the Lakeside Restaurant. The combination of the clouds, the sunset and its reflection on the wake of the speeding boat was what caught my attention. I knew it was a keeper when I pressed the shutter.

Below: The spectacular view of Keuka Lake inspired my move to professional photography about 10 years ago. In the transitions between warm and cool seasons – and warm and cool air and water – we are treated with these spectacular cloud formations. This shot was taken in the early summer of 2012.

Steve Knapp is represented by several galleries in the area: Artizans (Naples), Franklin Street Gallery (Watkins Glen), Keuka Creations and the Arts Center of Yates County (Penn Yan). To view more of Steve’s work, visit keukaview.com.

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Positive

Strokes

by Louise Hoffman Broach

Finger Lakes

Swimming Events Raise Funds for Hospice

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Cayuga Brumburg was on the board of directors of Hospicare in 2003, and approached the rest of the board with her plans for the swim. She and Jacobs chose hospice because both their mothers died of cancer. “We wanted the swim to be women only, kind of a girl bonding thing,” she explained. “Half the people laughed out loud, and others offered to cook us breakfast.”

Hospice swims are not races, although some of the participants like to be timed.

Swimmers raise money through pledges they collect before they get in the water; there is friendly competition to see who can raise the most money. Each of the swims has extensive corporate sponsorship.

For all three Finger Lakes-area swims, people can form groups or teams, called “pods.” For safety or fun, organizers prefer swimmers go into the water in groups. They are boated out and then swim back. People of all swimming abilities can participate – it took one woman four hours to complete the Cayuga Lake swim one year, said event co-founder Brumburg.

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That first year, “Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare” had 127 participants (not including the crews on shore and in canoes and kayaks to support the swimmers), and raised more than $5,000. For the 10th anniversary this year, on August 10, 350 women will be in the water, swimming the 1.2 miles from Poison Ivy Point to the Ithaca Yacht Club. (There would be more swimmers, if it were not for safety issues that limited their numbers.) At least that many men and women will be supporting them on shore and in vessels on the lake.

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Canandaigua Participants have to be at least 18 and female for Women Swimmin’, but can be any age and gender for the Canandaigua Lake Swim, scheduled this year for August 11.

Dr. Kerry Graff, who works in the program for Ontario-Yates Hospice, started the swim in 1999 in memory of fellow physician and friend Dr. David Reed, who died of cancer.

Each year, about 50 swimmers – including Dr. Graff – do the mile across Canandaigua Lake and raise an average of $10,000, said Stephanie Hesler, development officer for Finger Lakes Visiting Nurse Service. Each swimmer must collect a minimum of $100 in pledges.

“The money that’s raised helps people who are uninsured or underinsured,” Hesler said. “The swim itself is a beautiful, spiritual experience. You watch the sun come up over the lake. Most of the people who swim are familiar with the hospice experience. Maybe they’ve lost a loved one. They are swimming for the camaraderie, like one big family coming to pay tribute. Dr. Graff is very dedicated, and remains passionate about it.”

The event begins at Onanda Park in Canandaigua, where pontoon boats ferry the swimmers across the lake.

There, they meet up with designated paddlers who escort each swimmer to keep him or her on track, and offer encouragement and assistance if needed.

Keuka

Above: Finishers congratulate each other.

Below: Kayakers and others in boats are ready to assist swimmers.

Krossin’ Keuka will be held on July 27. It is a .67-mile swim off the beach of Keuka College. Male and female swimmers are welcome and, like the other two swims, Krossin’ Keuka participants are escorted by paddlers and a marine patrol. Margaret Long, who participated in it for three years, is this year’s chair.

Photos courtesy Krossin’ Keuka

Krossin’ Keuka • July 27 on Keuka Lake at Keuka College • To Benefit the Keuka Comfort Care Home • Swimmers ages middle school and up Contact Committee Chair Margie Long, 315-536-6979 swim@keukacomfortcarehome.org; krossinkeuka.org

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Registration for Women Swimmin’ broke all previous records by reaching 350 swimmers – the cutoff – in just 3.5 hours.

“We see people of all abilities; some even swim with noodle floaties,” she said, adding that swimmers must be at least middle-school age.

About 200 swimmers raise $50,000 each year to support the two-bed Keuka Comfort Care Home, which provides compassionate care in a peaceful home-like environment for terminally ill residents at no cost. The home also has a bedroom for family members to stay.

“It’s very important to have this option available,” said Long, who lost both her parents to cancer.

Still kicking Twenty-year-old Isabel Brumburg, a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, will be swimming with her grandmother this year. Even though she’s celebrating her 70th birthday, Joan Jacobs Brumberg will not be the oldest Women Swimmin’ participant.

Sally McConnell-Ginet, who swam in the event for the first time five years ago, will be swimming this year on her 75th birthday. In 2012, she was the event’s biggest fundraiser, garnering $12,000 for the agency. For 2013, her goal is $15,000; $200 for each of her 75 years. She will be joined by her daughter, Lisa Ginet, who is traveling to Ithaca from her home in Chicago.

“Hospicare of Ithaca and other hospices have been very important resources for a number of close friends and family in the final stages of their lives,” McConnell-Ginet wrote on the Women Swimmin’ website. “As I swim I think about them. I swim slowly, but luckily have the stamina to make the 1 .2 miles. And I have many, many wonderful friends and family members (and even friends of friends) contributing to Hospicare in my name.”

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Home Showcase

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House of

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Above: It’s a house with a view – a 360-degree panorama – of a natural setting adjacent to the park. The open deck area is a “half-pod.”

Below: At one end of the massive great room is a mahogany tree form from floor to ceiling.

There is an informal air to the room that encourages you to touch the wall panels inspired

by Marguerite’s art.

Right: The mammoth mahogany framed front door was designed by renowned local furniture artist Wendell Castle. Marguerite’s handmade tiles – more than 9,000 of them – cover the floors.

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he unique, sculptural “Mushroom House” located in Perinton, near Rochester, has been an attention grabber since it was built in the early 1970s. If you watched the way cars slow down to catch a glimpse of it, you’d think it was the World’s Largest Ball of Twine or a herd of Romulus white deer. Its funky connected “pods” were designed to resemble the flowers and stems of Queen Anne’s lace, although to outside observers they look like mushrooms. Today, this unusual landmark at 142 Park Road is for sale. Here’s its story.

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Umbels and pedicels In 1969, Robert and Marguerite Antell, an attorney and artist, respectively, bought property next to Powder Mill Park, known for its steep hillsides, creekside meadows and wetlands.

It’s an oasis in the suburban rush of nearby Route 96.

Marguerite wanted her home to be personal and meaningful – full of natural beauty and sunlight, free from constraint and intimate with art. To interpret her vision, she and Robert selected Rochester architect James. H. Johnson. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Johnson had studied with Professor Bruce Goff, known for combining unusual materials in unexpected ways to create buildings that were futuristic and plantlike.

Building it was an enormous undertaking. Four 80-ton pods and one balcony rest on variable-length concrete and steel stems that rise from a ravine. The stems vary in height from 14 to 20 feet, and taper up from 5 feet at ground level to 3 feet at the top. Johnson’s trademark was his use of earth forms and sand moldings; builders Peter Strong and William Ashton made the stems in molds they dug in the ground on the site.

That was the easy part. The problem was getting the pods to the top of the stems. “After several failed attempts, the decision was made to construct the pods in two parts, a bottom and a top,” says the Town of Perinton website. “The pod bases were formed in 30-foot ‘pie-pan’ molds of concrete and polyurethane. Lifted into place, they were reinforced with concrete and steel rods, and a rim of the same materials was added for stability. The tops were molded over a hill of sand, reinforced and insulated, and successfully moved into place.

Steel and concrete floors connect the segments.”

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Above and left: Pod 1 features the long sweeping kitchen off the family room and the original foyer. The maple cabinets are embellished with simple mahogany handles.

Lower left: Pods 3 and 4 house the master bedroom and guest rooms.

Their rich wood cabinets and headboards were designed by craftsman and artist Tom Scott. The functional furniture flows seamlessly against the walls. Lie on one of the beds and you are at eye-level with the daily life of birds.

On the inside All of Johnson’s architecture, whether it’s a church or an office building, reflects a unified, integrated, artistic expression accomplished by using local Rochester artists, including potter and ceramist Marguerite Antell. In the Mushroom House, a banquet of art begins in the foyer with Marguerite’s hand-fashioned porcelain lighting fixtures and sculptured walls inlaid with colorful glass dots. They sparkle in the sunlight and shimmer in the moonlight.

There is no question that the three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 4,168-square-foot home is designed for entertaining.

Throughout the decades the Mushroom House played host to benefit functions and private parties. On a tour of the home, I could picture men in leisure suits and women in large-floral-print

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Photo by Rich Testa

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Above and left: The Mushroom House may resemble fungi from the outside, but the owners prefer the name “Pod House.”

Lower left: A wave of tile creates a stream effect in the master bedroom suit.

dresses and platform shoes, meeting and greeting one another in groups that overflowed onto the patio pod that overlooks a tiered waterfall.

Throughout, the experimentation with geometric design works with the warm brown hues, textured walls, lampshades and the molded furniture that frames the lighter walls and ceilings.

Time for a change The Antell’s sold their home in 1996, and since then it has had only two other owners. Current resident Steve Whitman is Marguerite’s nephew. In 2001, Whitman and his wife, Christine, commissioned original architect James Johnson to create a great-room addition overlooking a creek, waterfall and outdoor hot tub. It links to the original house by a Gaudi-inspired tunnel decorated with Marguerite’s tiles and the work of local artist and sculptor Pepsy Kettavong. The free-form tunnel and stairs are illuminated with tiny recessed lights like stars. Some claim that a stroll through this shimmering stretch takes years off your age.

Stop into the guest bathroom for a look in a mirror framed in red glass and decide for yourself.

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Groton comes alive the first weekend of August when hundreds of people gather at the local Rod and Gun Club to celebrate a yearly high school reunion, says Groton High School alum Jerry Rockwell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alice Sincerbeaux Houston, secretary to the high school principal in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;30s, had a vision of bringing together alumni on every 10th anniversary of their graduation,â&#x20AC;? he explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She organized an annual program and dinner until 1995.â&#x20AC;?

In 1997, this tradition changed by welcoming all alumni, with a special recognition given to graduates celebrating five- and 10-year anniversaries. This summer celebration is felt just as strongly in the community as it is among returning graduates, as Main Street merchants donate display windows to anniversary classes to showcase old pictures and memorabilia. The Groton Fire Department hosts a pancake breakfast, and both the Town of Groton Historical Association and Groton High School are open additional hours for viewing.

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Millennial Pursuits

a new generation

Half-Pipe

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by Jon Ulrich

Photos courtesy CranX

’m a believer in fate,” says Seth Fischer.

“This space is far superior to any other location we could have found.” As coowner and manager of CranX (pronounced “cranks”), a 58,000-squarefoot bike and sports park in Syracuse, Fischer has every reason to be optimistic. Opened to the public in March 2012, the facility has seen more than 5,000 unique visitors in its first year of operation.

CranX is located in an unassuming warehouse minutes from the Interstate. To see the space in person is to be converted.

The park is an intricate labyrinth of interweaving jumps and corkscrews, bowls and berms – a monument to adrenaline-fueled biking enthusiasts the world over.

Constructed by Jeremy Witek of Global Action Sports Solutions, CranX boasts some of the most awe-inspiring features of any indoor complex. “We have the most linear feet of trail line and the longest indoor jump line of any park in North America,” says Fischer.

Dale Cruce, who first had the idea for CranX more than a decade ago, concurs. “The jump line is our crown jewel,” he says.

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From vision to reality Cruce first met Fischer, an attorney with Hill & Fischer, P.C., when he was searching for property to develop. Fischer was drawn to his client’s enthusiasm, and they soon became business partners.

“Dale has amazing charisma,” Fischer says. The combination of Cruce’s biking know-how and Fischer’s real estate acumen led to the facility’s construction.

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Campers learn the importance of proper bike maintenance.

CranX enlisted the aid of an army of volunteers to see the project to fruition. “This wouldn’t have happened without them,” says Fischer. Sponsors including Red Bull, Haro, Fox, Shadow, Strider and Subrosa also played key roles. “The response [from sponsors] has been amazing,” says Cruce. “We never could have predicted this much so soon.”

The park, which caters to BMX, mountain bike, cross country and hybrid aficionados, is equipped with the latest in modern convenience. There is a cyclery where customers can purchase parts and accessories, a party room and pump track. The “Bird’s Nest,” an upstairs lounge where riders can kick back and relax, looks out over a bowl designed by industry stalwart Ron Kimler.

Dan Tucker, an avid mountain biker who’s been frequenting CranX since it first opened, was taken by the park’s grandeur. “They’re not afraid to think big,” he says.

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Where the Rubber Meets the Road As Pearl Jam’s song “Corduroy” pours from the house speakers at CranX Bike and Sports Park, co-owner Dale Cruce ruminates on the state of his organization’s summer program. “We already have three times the enrollment we had last year,” he says with a smile.

This summer, CranX will offer nine weeks of programming beginning July 1 for youth up to age 15. Parents may enroll their children in one of three “rides,” from introductory to more performance-oriented programs. Topics covered will include bike maintenance, park etiquette, skills and tricks.

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“Our focus has always been on accessibility,” says Fischer.

Family matters From the beginning, CranX has placed an emphasis on youth and family programming. Although males in their teens, 20s and 30s comprise the business’s core demographic, CranX offers a number of camps (see sidebar), as well as after school and instructional programs for children of all ages.

“All of our coaches and instructors have at least 10 years of riding experience,” says Fischer, “and many are competitors in BMX or mountain bike arenas.” For adults, the park also specializes in group and corporate packages. Special discounts and offers are available throughout the week.

Thanks to the growing popularity of the X Games, biking has now become an international phenomenon. “Kids are no longer satisfied with mundane forms of entertainment,” says Fischer. “They want to lead a healthy, active lifestyle.”

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Fruit of the Vine

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Red Carpet Winemakers question whether Cabernet Franc could be the region’s signature red wine

by Jason Feulner

uring one of his recent annual trips to the London International Wine Fair as a representative of the Finger Lakes wine region, Bob Madill noticed something distinct about the reaction of international tasters to the wine he poured. “I brought few Cabernet Francs from the Finger Lakes with me,” Bob recalls, “and the reaction was very positive. The British love their red wines, and they were impressed with what we were doing with Cabernet Franc.”

Madill, former chair of the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance and one of the founders and general manager of Sheldrake Point winery on Cayuga Lake, advocates that Cabernet Franc in the Finger Lakes is one of its signature varieties.

“Why are we even second guessing it?”

Madill asks, referring both to the popularity of the grape in the

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Finger Lakes and a relative lack of competition in the broader wine market for that varietal. He backs this opinion with a great deal of observation, made not only at international trade shows, but also as a wine traveler who has visited the epicenter of Cab Franc production in the Chinon area of the Loire Valley in France.

“Much of the Loire is cooler than you’d think,” Madill says, keeping the cool climate of the Finger Lakes in mind.

“The wineries in Chinon are very focused on their vineyards, and they take Cabernet Franc seriously.” Madill says that Loire Cabernet Francs are structured, tannic reds that are often less ripe than even

Finger Lakes Wine Alliance The mission of the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance is to increase the visibility and reputation of the Finger Lakes American Viticultural Area (AVA), its wines and wineries. To learn more about the efforts of the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance, its members and its programs, visit fingerlakeswinealliance.com.

What is a Signature Wine?

A signature wine refers to a wine most positively associated with a given wine region. For instance, Burgundy in France is known both for its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Some wine regions around the world are well-known for a single wine (e.g. Malbec in Argentina), but that does not necessarily mean that a region makes only one type of wine. Napa Valley in California is associated with its strong Cabernet Sauvignons, but wineries there make examples of different red varietals, many of them well received. The Finger Lakes is applauded for its Rieslings by world authorities on wine, but it is not clear whether there is a red standout as well.

their Finger Lakes counterparts. The French make Cabernet Franc excel by using gentle extraction methods and holding back on oak exposure – methods that are not employed as widely in the Finger Lakes.

“The problem for the Finger Lakes is that varietal character in the U.S. market is defined by riper, fuller wines,” says Thomas Pastuszak, wine director at The NoMad Hotel in New York City, who further notes that Finger Lakes producers often struggle to answer to a West Coast mold of bold, alcoholic, oaky wines despite the nature of the local terroir.

Pastuszak recently led a presentation for Finger Lakes wine producers in partnership with the Wine Alliance that sought to make comparisons between Cabernet Francs made in Chinon with efforts being made in the Finger Lakes.

“I wanted to offer some perspective to producers making the varietal,” explains Pastuszak about the inspiration for his most recent collaboration with the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance.

“For those who love Cabernet Franc, the wines from the Finger Lakes can exhibit great fruit character with minerality and freshness, even highlighting the herbal character of the grape in a positive way.”

While Pastuszak does not weigh in on whether or not Cabernet Franc should be considered a cornerstone of Finger Lakes red production, he believes that the Finger Lakes can look to the European model of a cluster of small local producers, pursuing consistent quality wines year after year as a way to build a solid reputation. “But it has to be quality acrossthe-board,” Pastuszak emphasizes.

“The reputation of a region isn’t built

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Fruit of the Vine Cabernet Franc: The Grape Cabernet Franc is widely planted throughout the world, but it often plays second-fiddle to other well-known red vinifera grapes. In Bordeaux, Cabernet Franc is used as an essential component of many blends made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In Italy, California and elsewhere, it is blended with other reds and rarely bottled alone. The major exception to this practice is in the Loire Valley in France, concentrated in the Chinon region.

In the Finger Lakes, Cabernet Franc is the most widely planted red vinifera grape (236 acres) and the third-most planted vinifera grape behind Riesling (849 acres) and Chardonnay (351 acres).

Source: United State Dept. of Agriculture 2011 New York Vineyard Survey (January 2013)

on a just a few wineries pursuing success.”

Great to drink, tricky to maintain Morten Hallgren, winemaker and owner of Ravines winery on Keuka Lake, is a European-trained oenologist who sees a bright future for Cabernet Franc in the Finger Lakes.

“As far as Ravines is concerned, we have had great success with Cabernet Franc not only in the New York City market, but also in California and elsewhere. Right now, we cannot produce enough Cabernet Franc to meet the demand in the marketplace. Wine drinkers are slowly starting to associate the Finger Lakes with this grape.”

Hallgren cautions, however, that the grape’s tendency for high yields and slow ripening mean that far too many producers are harvesting Cabernet Franc too early and in too great quantity, creating mediocre wines.

Emphasizing the strains that Cabernet Franc can put on the vineyard, Kim Engle, winemaker and owner of Bloomer Creek, is less bullish on the concept of declaring Cabernet Franc a signature variety.

“My feelings are that the industry is young, and I don’t think we gain much by making such a declaration,” Engle says. “I don’t think that a variety that doesn’t ripen reliably every season is an obvious choice. I think our industry should take full advantage of the success we’ve had with Riesling, and promote Riesling as a world-class variety. Too often it seems that we set red wine up as the Holy Grail for winemakers.”

Steve Shaw, owner and winemaker at Shaw Vineyard, echoes concerns about Cabernet Franc’s problems in the vineyard. “Early on, I frankly didn’t like the variety, and it took me years to figure out why,” says Shaw, a 33year grower. “I think most vineyards grow it incorrectly. It has to be kept at three – and no more than four – tons per acre to maximize quality. It requires significant crop reduction and leaf pulling to avoid its natural vegetative qualities. Even with proper vineyard management, I still use long cold soaks, whole berry fermentation and long aging in neutral oak to make it balance out into a great wine.”

An open mind for other reds One of the Finger Lakes region’s veteran red wine producers, David Whiting of Red Newt, sees the potential in Cabernet Franc, but is reluctant to declare it a signature red. He takes a long-view approach to the issue. He recalls that Cabernet Franc came into prominence in the early 1990s as local producers acknowledged that Cabernet Sauvignon required long, warm growing seasons, and that Merlot wasn’t always winter hardy.

Whiting believes that Cabernet Franc has had success and shows the most consistent structure of those three specific wines, but that a signature red should be self-evident to all.

“Riesling has shown us for over three

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When weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve approached that level with a red variety, it will be apparent.

Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve barely planted here.â&#x20AC;?

To that end, Nancy Irelan, winemaker and owner of Red Tail Ridge on Seneca Lake, avoids Cabernet Franc altogether in her vineyard, and instead focuses on lesser-known varieties like Teroldago, a variety grown in cooler climate northern Italy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While I understand that identifying and promoting a single red variety is important for marketing the Finger Lakes brand,â&#x20AC;? Irelan states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I personally struggle with the idea that only one red variety will provide exceptional performance in this climate.

There are literally thousands of varieties in production around the world.â&#x20AC;?

A partner fit for the Riesling king?

It is clear that there is hardly a consensus among prominent Finger Lakes winemakers about labeling Cabernet Franc the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature red. Riesling remains king of the Finger Lakes, but will it ever have a red counterpart? Is it a designation worth pursuing? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ask this question almost apologetically,â&#x20AC;? Bob Madill laments, referring to whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appropriate to seek a signature red. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Framing the question with hesitancy says a lot about the current perception of red wines in the Finger Lakes.

We are being defined by the big California style, but we can compare favorably to Europe.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very important for the Finger Lakes to be a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;two-leggedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wine region,â&#x20AC;? says Morten Hallgren in reference to the importance of the question. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is still time to shape not only the wine, but also the perception of Cabernet Franc as a cool climate grape variety. I believe the reason is fairly simple: Cabernet Franc does not produce interesting wines in warmer climates. This is an opportunity we should not let pass by.â&#x20AC;?

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he tourism industry in the Finger Lakes is all about the rich diversity that the region has to offer. When I was a child, my parents always insisted that, even on our family vacations, there had to be some sort of tour or education intermixed with our fun and relaxation. At tourism locations here, there is an amazing balance between education and fun.

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Follow the crumbs Recently, a vast variety of “trails” have sprouted up in

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In 2011, visitors to the Finger Lakes Region spent

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various locations throughout the 9,000square-mile, 14-county region of the Finger Lakes. Tourism entities like chambers of commerce, convention and visitors’ bureaus and regional destination marketing organizations – such as the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance – have seen a positive response to tourism trails, and new destinations that keep visitors coming back.

Options range from wine trails, which now encompass over 150 wineries; to beer trails, offering more than 30 locations that serve up the frosty brews; and even epicurean-style trails that feature everything from honey to cheesecake to fresh-picked strawberries. Try out the Cayuga County Sweet Trail and the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail.

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Take a trip “underground” With new locations and trails popping up all over the region, it’s important to stop for a minute and reflect on the rich history that made the area what it is today.

The Finger Lakes is home to several key locations on a trail that goes much deeper into history: the Underground Railroad. The homes of Harriet Tubman and William H. Seward – who was prominently portrayed in the modern film “Lincoln” – both reside in Auburn. Tubman, also known as the “Moses of the People,” lead over 300 slaves north and into freedom.

William H. Seward’s home boasts secret passageways and concealed areas for passage along this historic trail. Vast libraries line the walls, as well

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as irreplaceable memorabilia from the 1800s, when Seward served as secretary of state under two presidents: Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

Keep it “glassy” with history, food and wine For some hands-on creativity, visit the Corning Museum of Glass to discover the history of glassmaking from its primitive forms to modern-day exhibitions. Up for a little more excitement? Watch live glass-blowing and glass-breaking demos. The museum has a “Make Your Own Glass” experience where gaffers – artisan glassblowers – will help you create your own piece of colorful glass to take home with you.

Looking for wine and history all in one stop? Bully Hill Vineyards is home to The Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum, where visitors can learn about the origin of one of the Finger Lakes’ most-loved pastimes, while sipping on some of the region’s best wine.

Explore the history behind America’s favorite dessert, Jell-O, at the Jell-O Gallery and Historic LeRoy Museum. Learn about its history and recipes; listen to old radio advertisements from Kate Smith, Jack Benny and Lucille Ball; and make sure to stock up on pudding, too.

The variety of tourism attractions in the Finger Lakes Region will keep you busy at every turn. Exploring the diversity of the region is what makes the area such a unique vacation destination – one that even the locals can continue to explore and learn about for years. Ongoing projects like the Finger Lakes Museum in Branchport and the Boating Museum (location to be determined) continue to keep the area fresh.

To find out more about all that is available both on and off the water of the Finger Lakes region, visit fingerlakes.org.

Human Interest

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Youth is Not Wasted on the Young Middle school project generates interest among students

by Alyssa LaFaro alking under the tall, towering oaks with their budding leaves, you smell the smell of spring, the smell of mud and new things growing, and you remember the warmth of spring after a long, cold winter.

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For their community research project this year, Nicole Green’s eighth grade English classes looked through past issues of Life in the Finger Lakes, and discussed possible topics that could fall underneath that umbrella.

“For the past two or three years, the English department has decided to model this project off the magazine,” says Green.

“Honestly, I think it’s one of the best projects we do here at the Marcus

Whitman Middle School.”

Students can choose any topic from the Finger Lakes Region – the outdoors, local businesses and even wine if it’s what they want to learn about it. Once a topic is chosen, students go through the process of a research project: they learn to utilize books and the Internet; work to understand the point of having multiple sources and integrate them into their story; and employ social skills by conducting a phone interview with an expert on their topic.

“We make sure students know they have to get out into the community to interview someone for this

Teacher Nicole Green mentors students Samantha Able and Nolan Yarger with their writing projects.

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The article, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Musselman: Shut Up and Tri It,â&#x20AC;? details the history of the triathlon, the distinctness of the Musselman, and its focus on safety, the environment and the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I loved learning how to format things for a magazine article,â&#x20AC;? says Samantha. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of the time, we are writing essays, which arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meant to be read by a normal audience. It was nice being able to write to a general audience.â&#x20AC;?

In the land we trust â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that having a land trust here was that important,â&#x20AC;? admits Chris Chermak, who chose to cover the Finger Lakes Land Trust for his project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think a lot of people look at the Finger Lakes Region and wish they lived here. I think that, sometimes, we take it for granted.â&#x20AC;? Chrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article discusses Andrew Zepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development of the land trust, and how it educates the community and protects local ecosystems.

The actions that the Finger Lakes Land Trust takes now can protect species native to the region, its ecosystems and the beautiful landscapes within it. This is why many people have joined the land trust, to preserve these lands and to help benefit the community.

Not only has this project helped Chris sharpen his writing skills, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given him a new appreciation for the Finger Lakes Region as a whole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After doing this project, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the Finger Lakes, my home, for granted anymore.â&#x20AC;?

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Courtney remarked that there was a story behind every piece of stone, wood and glass. The elegant, polished floor of slate is constructed from discards donated by a local tile business. Lighting fixtures are crafted from recycled wine bottles donated by family, friends and strangers. Doors, cabinetry, shelving, bedsteads, headboards and flooring were built from salvaged and donated wood, including boards rescued from field bleachers that were torn down at a nearby high school.

Courtney, having never built so much as a matchbox before this project, has become a talented and passionate woodworker, tackling bathroom vanities and dressers with dramatic results. Chad was a veteran of residential construction, having worked on summer crews while in college.

In Mother Nature’s good graces The construction practices that make this house so compelling have also made it appear extreme.

To fully appreciate the radical nature of the DeVoe’s home, it’s important to remember that an Earthship is defined as, “1.) a passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials; 2.) with a thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization; and 3.) a renewable energy and integrated water system … an off-grid home with little to no utility bills.” In short, these structures don’t readily conform to the local building codes and regulations found across the country.

While affordable housing that keeps tons of materials out of landfills, gets litter off the streets, conserves water and reduces reliance on fossil fuels would seem like a winning option for everyone, local governments and conventional finance institutions have been slow to embrace “biotecture.” Michael Reynolds’ constructions have been controversial. He’s drawn criticism from architectural skeptics and anxious politicians wanting to avoid any regulatory change that even hints of global warming.

Chad and Courtney’s venture, however, was touched by good fortune. They found private financing support and generous local businesses that donated supplies. Volunteers, many of whom were strangers, provided labor, food, shelter and cans.

“Local building officials have been great to work with,” notes Chad, “They helped us navigate the permitting and variance procedures.”

It’s been a year of hard work, stress and endless decisions, a tough strain that would tax even longtime couples. Courtney happily observes, however, that their commitment to both marriage and the planet survives. “We got through this, and we learned a lot. We look at everything now, everything around us, for how it might be recycled, re-used or reclaimed for some cool purpose SUMMER 2013 ~

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Canandaigua - The Chosen Spot Entertain your guests in style at the Granger Homestead.

DINNERS WEDDINGS RECEPTIONS SHOWERS BIRTHDAYS REUNIONS TEA PARTIES Open year-round for private and corporate functions. Reasonable rates.

Granger Homestead and Carriage House 295 N Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-1472 • www.grangerhomestead.org

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Florals and Figures of Spring Rotating Artists throughout the Summer

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• Workshops & Classes • 71 S. Main Street, Canandaigua NY 14424

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Al Fortunato - Furniture maker ......65 ....607-240-1046 ......alfortunato.com Antique Revival ............................47 ....800-780-7330 ......antiquerevival.com Arnot Health..................................7 ......607-737-4499 ......arnothealth.org/walk-in-care Belhurst ........................................65 ....315-781-0201 ......belhurst.com Belhurst Estate Winery ................48 ....315-781-0201 ......belhurst.com Birkett Landing..............................77 ....315-514-0310 ......birkettlanding.com Brawdy Marine Construction ........49 ....716-741-8714 ......brawdyconstruction.com Bristol Harbour..............................63 ....800-288-8248 ......bristolharbour.com Brookdale Senior Living ................29 ....615-564-8388 ......brookdaleliving.com Canandaigua Downtown Merchants ..................32 ..................................downtowncanandaigua.com Caves Kitchens ............................83 ....585-478-4636 ......cavesmillwork.com Chemung Canal Trust ....................80 ....800-836-3711 ......chemungcanal.com Clifton Springs Chamber of Commerce ................8 ......315-462-8200 ......cliftonspringschamber.com CNY Arts ......................................79 ....315-435-2155 ......cnyarts.org Cobtree Vacation Rentals..............32 ....315-789-1144 ......cobtree.com Corning Building Company............75 ....607-936-9921 ......corningbuilding.com Cortland Celtic Festival ................30 ..................................cortlandcelticfestival.com Crown Jewelry ............................48 ....585-394-3115 ......mycrowndowntown.com Custom Brewcrafters....................83 ....585-624-4386 ......custombrewcrafters.com Dockcraft ......................................55 ....585-734-7374 ......dockcraft.com Downtown Ithaca Alliance............36 ....607-277-8679 ......downtownithaca.com Eastview Mall ..............................81 ....585-223-4420 ......eastviewmall.com Esperanza Mansion ......................36 ....866-927-4400 ......esperanzamansion.com Ferris Hills ....................................33 ....585-393-0410 ......ferrishills.com Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival ..............................86 ....315-536-0383 ......fingerlakes-music.org Finger Lakes Deck Master ............89 Finger Lakes from Space Poster ..41 Finger Lakes Produce Auction ......84 Finger Lakes Tram ........................37 FingerLakes1.com ........................34 Five Star Bank ..............................93 Gardner Construction & Development ............................30

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The Inn on the Lake ......................87...585-394-7800 ........theinnonthelake.com The Jewelbox ..............................90 ....800-711-7279 ......ithacajewelbox.com Jim’s Equipment Repair ................74 ....607-527-8872 ......jimsequipment.com Kendal at Ithaca ............................31 ....800-253-6325 ......kai.kendal.org Keuka Family Dentistry ................18 ....607-776-7656 ......gls@keukafamilydentistry.com Larry’s Latrines ............................15 ....607-324-5015 ......larryslatrines.com Livingston County Tourism............21 ....800-538-7365 ......fingerlakeswest.com Longview ......................................87 ....607-375-6320 ......ithacarelongview.com The Loomis Barn ..........................54 ....800-716-2276 ......loomisbarn.com Lyons National Bank ....................C3 ....888-946-0100 ......bankwithlnb.com Madison County Tourism ..............72 ..................................madfoods.com Morgan Stanley Wealth Mgmt......3 ......607-772-3491 ......morganstanleyindividual.com/ robert.deer/ New Energy Works ......................C4 ....585-924-3860 ......newenergyworks.com The Olney Place ............................74 ....315-536-5454 ......theolneyplace.com Once Again Nut Butter..................2 ......585-468-2535 ......onceagainnutbutter.com Pennisi Fine Furniture....................88 ....315-857-7972 ......pennisifinefurniture.com Phelps, NY ....................................90 ..................................phelpsny.com Purity Ice Cream Co Inc ................69 ....607-272-1545 ......purityicecream.com Quail Summit ................................18 ....585-396-1010 ......quailsummit.com Red Jacket Orchards ....................53 ....315-781-2749 ......redjacketorchards.com Rochester Folk Art Guild ..............84 ....585-554-3539 ......rfag.org Rooster Hill Vineyards ..................79 ....315-536-4773 ......www.roosterhill.com Roseland Waterpark......................63 ....585-396-2000 ......roselandwaterpark.com Route 96 Power & Paddle ............15 ....607-659-7693 ......powerandpaddle.com Schooner Excursions ....................82 ....607-535-5253 ......schoonerexcursions.com Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center ....................................37 ....315-255-1553 ......myartcenter.org Seaweed Mat Systems ................89 ....585-226-6489 ......seaweedmatsystems.com Seneca County Chamber ..............28 ....800-732-1848 ......fingerlakescentral.com SignLanguage Inc..........................77 ....585-237-2620 ......signlanguageinc.com Six Mile Creek Vineyard................36 ....607-272-9463 ......sixmilecreek.com Skaneateles Antique Show ..........72 ....315-685-5963 ......skanantiqueshow.com Smith Boys ..................................9 ......585-374-2384 ......smithboys.com Sonnenberg ..................................82 ....585-394-4922 ......sonnenberg.org Spa Apartments............................93 ....315-462-3080 ......spaapartments.com Starkey’s Lookout ........................69 ....607-678-4043 ......starkeyslookout.com Timber Frames ..............................73 ....585-374-6405 ......timberframesinc.com Tompkins Financial Advisors ........17 ....607-273-0037 ......tompkinsfinancialadvisors.com Turning Stone Casino Resort ........67 ....800-771-7711 ......turningstone.com Town of Victor Historical Society ..4 ....................................victorny.org/bicentennial Walnut Hill Farm ..........................12 ....585-746-1080 ......walnuthillfarm.org Waterloo Premium Outlets............C2 ....315-539-1100 ......premiumoutlets.com Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel............19 ....607-535-6116 ......watkinsglenharborhotel.com Yancey’s Fancy ............................67 ....585-599-4448 ......yanceysfancy.com MARKETPLACE ADVERTISING Accommodations..........................Pgs. 110-111 Camping........................................Pg. 99 Canandaigua ................................Pg. 98

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I.D. Booth ......................................25 ....607-733-9121 ......idbooth.com I-Wood-Care..................................71 ....800-721-7715 ......iwoodc.com Inn at the Finger Lakes..................55 ....315-253-5000 ......innatthefingerlakes.com

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

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Largest open air market in the Finger Lakes • Beautiful Spring & Summer Flowers & Shrubbery • Quality Fruits & Vegetables Picked Fresh Daily • Fresh baked pies, cookies & breads • NYS Maple Syrup, Honey, Cheddar Cheese • 100s of Jams & Jellies • Fall Brings Grape Goodies • Nancy’s Gift Shop

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THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE 361 Maple Avenue • Elmira, NY 14904 (Rt. 17/I86, Exit 56, Left on Madison, Left on Maple)

www.christmas-house.com • (607) 734-9547 FREE* Mark Twain Country Dip Mix with your $10+ purchase *cannot be combined with any other offers/specials, 1 offer/day/person Exp.12/24/13

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Gifts, Antiques & Home Décor and WHISTLE STOP ANTIQUE CENTER 10am-5pm Tues thru Sun • Closed Mon 6355 Knickerbocker Road • off 104 in Ontario

315-524-8841 • www.lwemporium.com

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

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

Call Ed Schoen • 315-946-4360

Muddy Waters Café

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Located on the historic waters of the Erie Canal at the Port of Palmyra just past lock 29.

Enjoy a wide variety of panini, wrapini, salads, breakfast sandwiches, specialty sandwiches, desserts and coffee! muddywaterscafe.info • 315-502-4197 100 Division Street, Palmyra, NY 14522

Conveniently located on the Erie Canalway Trail. Bring your bike!

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Two Floors of Distinctive Gifts, Including Our Year ’Round Seasonal Shops Normal Business Hours Mon-Sat Open Sundays in December 2 West Main Street, Clifton Springs 315-548-4438

Recollections

Canandaigua • 585-394-7493

Antiques

Victorian Antiques Bought & Sold

Chair Caning • All types of chair re-weaving • 30 years experience WE BUY ANTIQUE JEWELRY

Bowes Roof Cleaning

VanBuren Art Watercolor House Portraits Fine Art Prints Framing www.vanburen-art.com

Get rid of those black stains and moss!

www.fingerlakescoffee.com 800-420-6154 Visit our locations.

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

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

Strong Memorial Hospital Thompson Hospital

Lake Country

Patchwork After

Fabric, Books, Patterns, Classes Before

Monday-Saturday 10-5 • Sunday 11-4 Fibrenew specializes in the restoration of leather, vinyl and plastics.

Servicing five major markets: Automotive,Aviation, Marine, Residential and Commercial Furniture.

Mobile Service - We come to you.

www.fibrenew.com/fingerlakes

Copper Beacons Herb Shop Our specialty is organic culinary and decorative herbs Fresh herbs / Dried herbs and spices Specialty teas / tea accessories Herbal products / crafts Plus much more Come visit the Farm

3883 County Rd. 143, Trumansburg, NY 14886 Thu - Sat 11A.M. to 5 P.M • 607-387-5240 ecollins@FLTG.net • www.copperbeacons.com North of the village of Trumansburg, left off Rt. 96

67 Shethar Street, Hammondsport 607-569-3530 patchwork@infoblvd.net www.LakeCountryPatchwork.com

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Camillus Kayak Shop KAYAK & PADDLEBOARD Sales • Rentals • Lessons • Thule Racks • Delivery

24 Genesee St, Camillus (315) 672-8439 www.camilluskayak.com

MAKE YOUR OWN WINE www.101winemaking.com

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

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HARRY MCCUE

Tudor Hall Bed & Breakfast on Keuka Lake

Early Spring with Locusts

Experience romantic elegance and personal pampering as you enjoy panoramic lake views, swimming, boating, fishing, and falling asleep to the soothing sounds of the lake lapping just outside your window.

Oil on linen, 12" x 16"

One Person Show, July 30 - October 8, 2013 Lamoreaux Landing Winery, Route 414, Lodi, NY

www.harrymccue.com 607.582.6252 · HMCCUE@ITHACA.EDU

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

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Two years in a row!

The NYS Beef Council named a RiverPark Grille Burger

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Significant Elements

1314 Waterloo-Geneva Rd (Routes 5 & 20)

Architectural Salvage Warehouse

Waterloo, NY 13165

212 Center St. Ithaca, NY

315-539-0509

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RiverParkGrille.com

New dinner menu after 4pm

Bristol Views Bed & Breakfast

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HORSEHEADS MILL STREET MARKET 117 E. MILL STREET HORSEHEADS NY 14845

607-739-2531

REFURBISHED HISTORIC OLD MILL WITH OVER 9,000 SQ FT, INCLUDING 50+ VENDORS ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES,COUNTRY DÉCOR AND MORE

SUMMER OUTDOOR MARKETS JULY 20th 8am-1pm AUGUST 17TH 8am-1pm SEPTEMBER 21ST 8am-1pm

HOURS MON-SAT 10-5 THURSDAY 10-7 SUNDAY 10-3

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6932 County Rd. 12 Naples, NY 14512

585-374-8875

www.bristolviews.com Henry and Barb Owens

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

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Taughannock Farms Inn Memorable Dining 22 Exquisite Guest Rooms with a spectacular view of Cayuga Lake

The Jewel of the Finger Lakes Rt. 89, Taughannock Falls State Park, Trumansburg

(607) 387-7711 • www.t-farms.com

2382 Parmenter Road Lodi, NY 14860

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

www.fingerlakescabins.com

Paradise is this secluded year-round countryside Grouse Haven on Scott Road near Keuka Lake.

120 acres of private woods & open land.

For more info please call 315-651-9388

Glen Motor Inn

Step out of the ordinary.

Experience the unique. Indulge your senses.

41 Lakefront Drive • Geneva, NY 14456 315-789-0400 • www.GenevaRamada.com

Blushing Rose

Bed & Breakfast Simple Elegance in a Casual Atmosphere

11 William Street PO Box 153, Hammondsport, NY 14840

607-569-2687 www.blushingroseinn.com

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LNB is pleased to present the Finger Lakes Riesling Festival

And proud to support Local Businesses!

Visit LNB’s Experience the Finger Lakes tent at this year’s Riesling Festival and enjoy some of the most exceptional products and services the Finger Lakes Region has to offer. Local businesses and LNB LOCALLY OWNED, LOCALLY GROWN!

customers, New Energy Works Timberframers, Pioneer Millworks, Red Jacket Orchards, Simmons Vineyard, Staving Artist Woodwork, and Wixson Honey, will be on hand to give you a taste of what makes their

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We hope to see you there!

August 10 – 11, 2013 Lakeshore Drive & Pier, Canandaigua, NY

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