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A Landscape of Patterns Field art, thanks to farmers and nature.

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Cover: Rylan Broadwell repairs a banjo at the Ithaca Guitar Works in Ithaca’s Dewitt Mall.

Photo illustration by Mark Stash. Original photo by Bill Wingell.

This page: June is the month for strawberries in the Finger Lakes Region.

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ay and June are the months when you have a new lease on life. Everything is fresh and green and warm and new – at least here in the Finger Lakes it is.

That’s one good thing about living in the Northeast – you may have to wait a bit for warmer days as winter lags into spring, but once spring and early summer arrive, it is time to celebrate.

I just love the diversity and the changes we go through living in the Finger Lakes. They say that if you’re bored with the weather in New York State, just wait a few hours. It could change that quickly. The weather certainly keeps residents on their toes.

When dining out in warmer weather, I’ve recently made it a habit to request a table outside as often as I can. This is usually an option only from about mid-April until the middle of September. That’s a total of five months out of 12, or about 40 percent of the year. Other parts of the country may have better outdoor opportunities almost 100 percent of the time, but then again, those places can’t claim to offer a white Christmas!

As soon as the temperature goes up a little, sure enough I start to see motorcycle enthusiasts hitting the roads with their two wheels of freedom. I’ve been told that riding a motorcycle through the country

roads and quaint villages of the Finger Lakes is one of the best ways to experience the region – you can feel the wind in your hair, the sun on your head (or in some cases the raindrops battering your helmet). The point is, you’re in the weather and not isolated from the environment like those of us who choose to ride in air-conditioned comfort in a closedin vehicle.

The articles in this magazine issue are as diverse as the weather in this region. You can learn about a new cash crop - mushrooms.

You can find out where you can listen to different types of music at the Geneva Music Festival and the Finger Lakes Opera. History plays an important role here as well – the village of Rushville has many unique stories to offer, and did you know that Occupational Therapy started in Clifton Springs?

Even if none of these things appeal to you, you can always just pick a bright sunny day and lay out among the beautiful yellow dandelion flowers, contemplating their simple beauty and maybe even your place in the universe.

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Callout to plein air artists!

June 17, 2017 - Finger Lakes Museum Paint Out Event Artists will gather at the Finger Lakes Museum campus in Branchport and paint the beautiful surrounding meadows, woods, Sugar Creek and Keuka Lake. Artists also have the option to paint within a three-mile radius of the museum. Judging of paintings will occur in the late afternoon with prizes going to the winning paintings. Artwork will then be on display at a local venue for approximately one month (location to be determined). At the end of that time there will be an art opening with opportunities for artwork sales. Details to follow.

E-mail Mark Stash at mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com if you are interested. Please include your contact information, two samples of your work or a website link.

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s I read the article in your January/February 2017 issue about Gunlocke Chair Company, my childhood memories came rushing back. I grew up in Wayland (home of the President’s Chair). In the late ’40s and early ’50s, I would sit on my grandmother’s front porch on South Lackawanna Street and watch the men go back and forth to work with their lunch pails in hand. Not only did the workers walk by, but Mr. Gunlocke also came along in his suit and dress shoes, pacing it off on his way to work in the morning and again at the end of the day.

I recall so well the whistle blowing at the beginning of the day, again at noon, and finally at 5:00. You could hear it across town. And I can still hear that whistle like it was yesterday.

My father worked at Gunlocke before World War II and my grandfather also worked there until he passed. When a person finished school, Gunlocke was a place you could go to work and stay until you retired. Gunlocke made Wayland a great place to live.

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n page 70 of your March/April 2017 issue you do not include the red-headed woodpecker as a species in the Finger Lakes? However, the Cornell website (allaboutbirds.org) shows the species as a resident. While the red-headed woodpecker may not be as common as the other six, I suspect it would consider the Finger Lakes to be its home.

– Lucian Parshall, former resident of the Finger Lakes

Yes, the red-headed woodpecker is native to Upstate New York. But because of two primary factors (habitat loss and competition from the European starling) their numbers have decreased significantly. Their conservation status is now listed as “special concern.” Jon Ulrich, the author of the article, has never seen one. Their presence is so limited, in fact, that the Lab of Ornithology didn’t even include it in their field guide.

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am responding to the article, “What’s in a Name?” in the March/April 2017 issue.

I am writing with historical facts as to the naming of Rude Street in Weedsport. The original settlement in the Town of Brutus was situated on a route that started at Shepherd Road and cut through where Rude Street now runs. It continued on over the next hill and off to the west. This area, first called Macedonia, was, after a brief time, assimilated into the developing Erie Canal Village of Weedsport.

The route/trail was named for Jonah and Nathan Rude, sometimes spelled Rood in earlier writings. The naming of this particular street honored one of the first families to settle in the area about 1800-1802.

— Jeanne L. Baker, Historian, Village of Weedsport and Town of Brutus

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May May 5-7...25th Annual Wine & Herb Festival Drink. Eat. Garden Repeat. Get a head start on your herb garden. Collect the potted herbs and veggies featured in all 16 food samples along with the matching recipe collection. Tickets include 1 souvenir wine glass, 1 potted herb or veggie plant, 1 wine and food pairing at each winery, 3 additional wine tastings per winery, 1 garden guide, 1 plant carrier, and 1 recipe collection. Friday 1-5 p.m., Sat & Sun 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: $45 single, $65 couple Cayuga Lake Wine Trail 800-684-5217 cayugawinetrail.com May 6...4th Annual Wildflower Arts & Crafts Festival Help Hornell welcome spring with a family friendly arts and crafts festival! We will be partnering with Catholic Charities of Steuben County this year as the location to sign up for their annual S.T.E.P Walk!

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Free admission.

1 Steuben Trust Square Hornell, NY 14843 607-324-9786 hornellhpg.com May 13...Muds & Suds A Family-Fun Day for children ages 5 to 12. This is a child friendly, age appropriate, non-competitive event to bring children together for some of their favorite Spring things: Being Active, Being Outside and Getting Dirty! 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Watson Homestead Conference and Retreat Center 9620 Dry Run Road, Painted Post, NY 14870 607-962-0541 watsonhomestead.com

The Flights of Fancy Finger Lakes Wine Classic is Returning to Keuka Lake

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enn Yan Rotary and the Yates County Chamber of Commerce are teaming up with the Hampton Inn for the second annual Flights of Fancy from 2 to 7 p.m. on May 20, 2017. The Hampton has agreed to be the venue and title sponsor for the event that was fun and festive on Main Street last year. With 24 invited wineries pouring Finger Lakes Appellation wines only, 8 food pairing vendors, chef demonstrations and music, the unique tasting event will launch the Finger Lakes “high season.”

“After 50 years of Rotary’s Radio Day Auction that took over a local radio station for 8 hours, we decided it was time for something new; time to take a risk. And we’re thrilled we did. A small, high quality Finger Lakes invitational wine and culinary event to kick off the summer season was our goal and what we managed to accomplish,” said event chair Carol Worth.

To create a package weekend, the Hampton will host a Friday night kickoff under the tent with music by Top Shelf, thanks to their sponsor, Welliver Construction. Proceeds from the event will support Penn Yan Rotary community projects, such as the historic Keuka Outlet Trail and Camp Onseyawa, a two-week summer camp for 100 children with physical and emotional handicaps.

Questions? Contact Carol Worth at 315-536-9850. Visit fingerlakeswineclassic.com for more information.

May 14...Votes for Women: Our Suffrage Movement Mother’s Day - “Suffrage” Exhibit Opening. Public invited- Free event Ontario County Historical Society, South Gallery 55 North Main St Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-4975 ochs.org May 20...Seneca Lake Wine & Food Festival Seneca Lake Wine and Food will celebrate the best the area has to offer. Over 200 wines to choose for sampling, along with food vendors. Live music and

waterfront views for you to enjoy. $35 tasting/ $15 non-tasting Gates open at 11:00 a.m.

Clute Park, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen 877-536-2717 or call the Seneca Lake Wine Trail at 607-535-8080. senecalakewineandfood.com

May 25...2300° Is there any better way to kick off GlassFest weekend than with a high-energy, can’t-miss 2300°? At 2300° Fahrenheit, hot glass gets interesting—and so do things at The Corning Museum of Glass. Enjoy

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itting squarely on Route 31 and in the center of Route 21 sits the sleepy village of Palmyra. Main Street is vibrant, dotted with six antique shops, three old book stores, a candy shop, a country drug store, boutiques, repurposed home décor as well as family owned businesses from insurance, lawn mower/tractor repair, lawyers, and a family owned grocery store from four generations, flea market stores, a tavern, liquor store, graphic and tee shirt design shops and lots of local restaurants and pizza. Hair salons, barbers, massage, upholstery and wallpaper and home décor businesses are also in the village.

Along with the lure of patronizing these businesses is the excitement of unique events.

Check out the Underground Railroad Program on May 18 at 6:30 p.m. It begins at the Alling Coverlet Museum (122 William Street) and visit the sites around the village that were involved in the UGRR. The event involves a half-mile of walking.

Enjoy an Ice Cream Social on June 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. It begins at the Historic Museum (132 Market Street) or Phelps Store (140 Market Street). Complementary tours of all museums with grand openings of new exhibits and ice cream will be held at the Alling Coverlet Museum (122 William Street) following the tours.

For those of you who live for a good sale, go to the Pal-Mac Lion’s Club/Historic Palmyra Garage Sale on June 15-17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale is held at 163 Canandaigua Street, at the corner of West Jackson Street. For more information about Palmyra, visit palmyrany.com.

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glassmaking demonstrations, live music, and great food and drink. Free and open to the public. 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Food and drinks available for sale.

Corning Museum of Glass One Museum Way Corning, NY 14830 607-937-5371 cmog.org

June June 1...Wisner Market Opens Recurring weekly on Thursdays, JuneSeptember Over 30 vendors offer a variety of products for sale, including fresh produce, cut flowers, candles, art, and crafts. Lunch is served throughout the park during the Market, which features specialties from many well-loved Elmira restaurants and live entertainment.

Free admission.

Wisner Park, North Main Street Elmira, NY 14901 607-734-0341 wisnermarket.org

THIS REGION IS HOME TO LEADERS. This region is home to motivated people like Katie. Just weeks after Rochester Regional Health’s neurosurgeons removed a life-threatening tumor from her brain, she was back to coaching – leading her girls to victory.

June 2-3...Clifton Springs Annual Sulphur Springs Festival Special celebration commemorating 100th anniversary since the American Occupational Therapy Association was founded on June 3 in Clifton Springs.

315-462-8200 cliftonspringschamber.com June 3...Busk and Balter Wine & brew tastings, street performers of all kinds, horse & wagon rides, Surprises!

Naples, NY 14512 naplesvalleyny.com June 3-4...Tree Peony Festival of Flowers Hundreds of tree peonies burst into glorious bloom at this historic estate overlooking the Genesee Valley. Visit the walled Italian Garden or the ancient labyrinth and enjoy the peace and serenity of this Victorian era retreat.

Light refreshments and musical entertainment. $10 suggested donation $15 donation includes historical tour.

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Linwood Gardens 1912 York Road West, Linwood, NY 14486 linwoodgardens.org

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Constellation Brands Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center 3355 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua, NY 14424 cmacevents.com • 585-394-4400 Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds June 4

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers July 2

Diana Krall June 10

John Mellencamp July 8

Elvis Costello June 17

Idina Menzel July 15

Steve Miller Band with Peter Frampton June 21

The Who July 16

Jason Isbell June 29

Hans Zimmer July 28 Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper July 29 Jethro Tull with Ian Anderson August 15 Santana August 18

Sam Hunt with Maren Morris July 23

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Lakeview Amphitheater 490 Restoration Way, Syracuse, NY 13209 lakeviewamphitheatre.com • 315-435-2121 Zac Brown Band June 24

Incubus July 15

Luke Bryan August 12

Bob Dylan and his band June 25

KROCKATHON Korn – w/Stone Sour, Skillet, Yelawolf and DED July 19

Joe Bonamassa August 16

Third Eye Blind June 30 Foreigner July 11 Lady Antebellum July 13 KIDZ BOP “Best Time Ever” Tour July 14

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts July 29 Kings of Leon August 5 Goo Goo Dolls August 11

United We Rock Tour REO Speedwagon, Styx, Don Felder August 19 John Mayer August 22 Brantley Gilbert August 25

2017 Events del Lago Resort Casino 1133 Route 414 Waterloo, NY 13165 dellagoresort.com • 315-946-1777 Styx May 12

Neil Sedaka May 19

Kansas May 28

Dwight Yoakam May 13

Sugar Ray May 27

Toto June 24

June 6-13...Sixth Annual Finger Lakes Plein Air Competition & Festival A juried show of National Plein Air Painters Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-0030 fingerlakespleinair.com June 9...Strawberry Moon Paddle Led by NYS Guide Pat Atkinson 315.595.2200 fingerlakesmuseum.org June 9-11...Smokin’ Summer Kickoff Weekend Come celebrate summer, the many wonderful foods associated with this beautiful time of year, and the fantastic wines that pair with grilled and summertime foods! Fri. 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sat & Sun 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission $40 per person.

877-536-2717 senecalakewine.com June 10-11...Keuka Arts Festival This is the 10th anniversary of the Keuka Arts Festival. Works from more than 100 artists in a wide variety of artistic mediums will be for sale at the two-day event, which will also include entertainment and food vendors as well as beer and wine tastings. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The festival is held rain or shine. Free admission.

Keuka Lake Outlet in Penn Yan, NY 315-288-6075 or email contact@keukaartsfestival.com keukaartsfestival.com June 16...Corning Farmers Market Opens It’s the ultimate way to shop local!

Corning’s Gaffer District invites you to celebrate local flavor at the annual Corning Farmers Market. Enjoy a variety of fresh local produce, baked goods and handmade crafts from New York’s Finger Lakes region. Plan to visit the restaurants, shops, galleries and museums while you’re there. Recurring weekly on Thursdays through October 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission.

Corning’s Gaffer District Riverfront Centennial Park Corning, NY 14830 607-937-6292 gafferdistrict.com June 16-17...24th Annual Watkins Glen Waterfront Festival and Cardboard Boat Regatta.

A delightfully entertaining experience awaits you at the Seneca Harbor Park on the beautiful shores of Seneca Lake in downtown Watkins Glen. Enjoy a full day of activities for the entire family, highlighted by the Cardboard Boat Regatta. The event includes music, food and vendors. It kicks off with a parade of boats at noon, followed by the race at 2:00 p.m.

607-535-3003 thewaterfrontfestival.com June 17...Carnival of Sounds Two stages of music, 13 bands...one of the best music fests in the Finger Lakes this summer! Grab your friends, some blankets and lawn chairs and spend the day. And night, right up to 11pm!

Tickets are $25 in advance online or here at the winery, $35 at the door.

Americana Vineyards 4367 E. Covert Rd Interlaken, NY 14847 607-387-6801 cayugawinetrail.com June 17...Historic Ithaca’s 8th Annual That Old House Tour: Dryden A self-guided walk/drive.bike tour of selected interiors in the historic village of Dryden, NY 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

607-277-3450 historicIthaca.com June 17 & 18...28th Annual Old Time Fiddlers Gathering and Folk Arts Festival The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Lakewood Vineyards Watkins Glen, NY 14891 fiddlersgathering.org

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June 24...2nd Annual Chalk-A-Mile “Chalk A Mile” is a free event in the heart of Downtown Hornell, hosted by Hornell Partners for Growth. An entire city mile is transformed into a colorful playground with more sidewalk chalk than anyone could dream of. Kids of all ages will have the chance to participate and leave their mark, albeit temporarily, in the city creating whatever their imagination can come up with, while drawing, learning and watching over the shoulders of local and professional artists! 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Free admission 32 Broadway Mall, Hornell, NY 14843-1920 607-324-9786 hornellhpg.com June 24-25...Farm to Fork Fondo What’s a Farm to Fork Fondo? An organized bicycle ride where you get to choose the distance best for you and stop for chef-prepared bites at farms along the way. Atwater Estate Vineyards in Burdett, NY will serve as the start-finish venue on June 25, and host a pre-ride ‘Meet the Farmers Dinner’ on June 24, catered by farm-to-table specialists Serendipity Catering.

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A Breath of Fresh

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Landscape Painter Kari Ruiz

by Nancy E. McCarthy

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“Left On Betzler,” 11 by 14-inch oil on panel was painted in the fall of 2016 and depicts Betzler Road in Lodi.

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andscape painter Kari Ganoung Ruiz grew up in Interlaken where her family’s backyard extended for 100 acres, nestled next to the Finger Lakes National Forest – another 30 miles of trails, woodlands, gorges, ravines and pastures. Her surroundings instilled an early appreciation of breathtaking vistas and natural landscapes.

Her parents kept horses for their three children and Ruiz’s ever-present sketchbooks were filled with horse drawings. Later images she drew reflected her changing interests: clothing, architecture, mural designs, set layouts for school plays.

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South Seneca High School art teacher Fran Copp was a formative mentor who made connections for Ruiz to paint murals at school and in the business community. Ruiz, who was shy, gained confidence under Copp’s encouragement. Her other interest was science. Ruiz initially selected Ashland University in Ohio based on its environmental science program, but less than a month before classes began, she switched her major to art. The glut of math and science courses would leave no time for drawing or painting!

Ruiz, now a full-time artist, draws easy parallels between science and art.

“Painting is science,” she explains. “It is the science of light and color, and the chemistry of pigments and mediums.”

Her art studies centered mainly on painting and drawing. She credits college professor Charles Caldemeyer for a “sturdy understanding of the fundamentals of drawing.” At that time, she was influenced by the works of esteemed English landscape painter William Turner (1775-1851), known as “the painter of light.” Ruiz also admired New York-based landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) and others who comprised a venerable artistic fraternity, dubbed The Hudson River School (circa 1850 to about 1900).

Seeing the Light

Ruiz paints on wood panel, in oil, and primarily “en plein air” (the French phrase meaning “in the open air” and used to describe the act of painting outdoors). She keeps her painting gear by the door, ready to grab and go. Oil is easy to use under many weather conditions, even in winter temperatures.

“I love the immediacy of oil, the beauty of the pigments suspended in the medium and the versatility,” she says.

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Working outside, capturing how light and shadow fall delicately or dramatically on objects, helps to convey what the artist sees and experiences. The emphasis of light is a distinctive characteristic of plein air paintings.

Ruiz’s award-winning work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in the Finger Lakes Region plus other cities in New York, Ohio and Virginia. Her work is currently on exhibit at The Jewelbox in Ithaca and can be viewed year round at West End Gallery in Corning. She also regularly competes in juried plein air painting competitions. Last year, during Canandaigua’s Finger Lakes Plein Air Competition & Festival, Ruiz took second place in a Quick Draw event. Her “At First Glance” painting was created in two hours and quickly sold. Ruiz will compete again in the festival (June 6-11) and later in the Mountain Maryland Plein Air Festival in Cumberland, Maryland (June 19-25).

Path to Plein Air Painting

It was 1997, the year before Ruiz graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Fine Art, when she met her future husband in her college town.

Diego Ruiz, a stained glass artist and photographer, had relocated to Ohio from California to be near his brother.

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They married in 2000 with the plan to support themselves from what they created.

By 2007, they had opened Copperesque, a storefront studio in charming Union Springs, New York, on Cayuga Lake. The shop’s linchpin was picture framing (Ruiz had apprenticed under a framer in college) and Diego’s stained glass designs. From there, the couple expanded with her paintings, his photographs, books and hot glass jewelry, plus local handcrafts.

Ruiz says they met many wonderful people through their studio who influenced their artistic journeys.

For her, one such fortuitous encounter was with Freeville, New York, artist Carlton Manzano whom she credits for introducing her to plein air painting.

Manzano, who paints exclusively en plein air, had impulsively stopped into Copperesque to inquire about selling his work there. Ruiz was taken with his paintings which she describes as “fresh and full of life.” She loved the energy of his brushstrokes, an approach polar opposite to her style then. “At that time I was working quite small, with tight detail (and) no brushstrokes to be seen,” Ruiz recalls.

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a try but admits that her first attempt was a disaster. Her gear was heavy, she brought more than she needed, and struggled with how to simplify a scene while natural light moved quickly across the objects she was painting. “It was clear I had a lot of learning to do,” she says. She embraced the challenge.

“Kari is able to distill what is in front of her to produce an exciting painting,” says Manzano of her work now. “She is judicious with her brush strokes.

Looking up close it is almost abstract,

“At First Glance.” This painting was created in two hours and took second place in a Quick Draw event at Canandaigua’s Finger Lakes Plein Air Competition & Festival.

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but step back 5 feet and the content is well-stated and not over-painted.”

Fewer brush strokes produce a quicker painting which is important when trying to capture the light and shadow of a scene in a short timeframe, but Manzano insists it also produces a better painting. His analogy of artistic brevity – capturing only what is necessary and important – is the difference between a long-winded speech versus well-selected words.

He says he can tell if a painting was created outdoors by the use of light, shadow and the authentic atmosphere an artist captures.

Manzano, who characterizes Ruiz as a fun, energetic member of the plein air painting community, says her work – which “reflects her joy and appreciation of nature” – has developed exponentially.

While Ruiz pursued plein air painting, her husband was immersed in stereoscopic (3D) photography. Both pursuits required more time outdoors: Kari painting local landscapes and Diego photographing Finger Lakes waterfalls for a 3D book series. In 2014, the couple made the decision to close their brick-and-mortar location, but continued Copperesque online as a webstore. The website showcases and sells her paintings, his work, and handcrafted gift items. Free to travel to plein air competitions, Ruiz has snagged a dozen awards for her prestigious work over the past couple of years.

Coming full circle, the couple recently purchased land in Interlaken to build their dream home, with separate his and her studios. The quiet splendor of the surrounding fields and woods will serve nicely as an outdoor classroom for the plein air workshops Ruiz plans to teach there.

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A Proud Community

cities & villages

Rushville story and photos by James P. Hughes

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he Finger Lakes region boasts a good many American firsts.

The engaging list is long and impressive.

• celebration of the nation’s first recognized Memorial Day (1866), in Waterloo • the first medical degree received by a woman in the U.S. (Elizabeth Blackwell at Geneva College in 1849), • the first light bulbs in the country; hand-blown in Corning for Thomas Edison (1890s) and • a number of national firsts credited to aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss of Hammondsport.

Rushville, a sleepy little village straddling the Yates and Ontario county lines just east of Canandaigua Lake, boasts a proud first of its own.

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Local Historian Robert Elbridge Moody’s 1991 book, fittingly titled America’s First Rushville, highlights that modest fact along with a rich and complete history that would honor any community.

A number of towns named “Rushville” are scattered about (Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, among them), but in 1819, the hamlet of Federal Hollow became the nation’s first community with that moniker. Local physician Dr. Ira Bryant suggested the name

change in honor of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a much-admired hero of the American Revolution. A founding father of the United States, Rush had been a Surgeon General for the Continental Army and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence – his signature appears just above Benjamin Franklin’s. Although Dr. Rush had no local connection, he was a personal hero of Bryant’s and the suggestion was readily accepted.

A Celebrated Man and His Mission

Nonetheless, a favorite son with Rushville roots would go on to make an impact. His name is preserved in the local school district, and on historical signs and markers throughout the village – Marcus Whitman.

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Above: Eye-catching design of the Middlesex Valley Elementary School, part of the Marcus Whitman Central School District.

Right Top to bottom: Rushville Post Office.

“The Wall of Honor” at the village hall pays tribute to area citizens who have served in the United States Armed Forces from the American Revolution to the present day.

A biker cruises through town.

Dignified Greek Revival home.

Opposite Page: The Loomis Memorial Building anchors the east side of the Main St. business block.

Whitman was born in 1802 in a frontier log cabin in Federal Hollow. He trained as a physician, apprenticed with a local doctor, then set up a practice in nearby Steuben County. All the while, the able Whitman had a longing for the ministry. Eventually melding this urge with his medical prowess, he and wife Narcissa set out by wagon with an intrepid party to establish missions in the far west.

After an arduous trek, the Whitman party arrived and helped settle the Oregon Country. The determined doctor ministered to the spiritual and medical needs of the pioneers, as well as to the local Cayuse and Prince Nez tribes.

In 1847, tragedy struck. The superstitious Cayuse, leery of the doctor’s “magic,” blamed Whitman when a severe epidemic broke out. Many tribesmen perished. When their community was attacked by the Cayuse, Marcus and Narcissa were slain, along with another dozen settlers.

History recorded this event, far from the quiet Rushville hills, as the “Whitman Massacre.”

A bronze statue of the noble pioneer (clad in buckskin and carrying a bible) stands today in the foyer of the Washington state capitol in Olympia.

A Little History, A Little Humor

For a community of its size, Rushville has a few quirky tales that deserve to be told and retold.

The first goes back to a Fourth of July celebration in 1807, when Rushville still bore the name Federal Hollow. Certain citizens determined that firing a cannon might add a nice touch to the annual revelry. Without a field piece of their own, a clandestine group trekked the 10 miles to Canandaigua in the dead of night, and procured one from a storage place used by the local militia.

Brought back to The Hollow, it was secretly moved from barn to barn to avoid detection until the big day arrived.

Hearing rumors of the

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Left: A raised bandstand once sat in the center of Rushville.

Above: Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa, early pioneers to the West.

stolen cannon’s whereabouts, a cadre of irate Canandaiguans appeared on the fourth demanding its return. They were ignored by the cannon’s escorts until, after many toasts and orations, the piece fired 17 booming salutes. The cannon was later returned to Canandaigua, peacefully and with no further repercussions.

The details of another story are vague (and perhaps embellished) but no less entertaining. Some time ago, two elderly sisters lived in a home on Main Street, just at the spot where Yates and Ontario Counties rub elbows. The county line ran through the middle of their house and separated the upstairs bedrooms of the sisters. Based on that, each was required to vote in a separate county. When officials found that the ladies were sleeping on the “wrong” sides of the county line, they were required to switch bedrooms to maintain their voting status.

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emories of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman are woven forever into Rushville’s historical fabric. Their daring and dedicated trek as medical missionaries from the Finger Lakes Region to the Pacific Northwest in the 1830s is remembered and commemorated at both ends of their epic journey.

In 1984, an energetic group of local runners and supporters decided to honor the Whitmans and their legacy. A challenging relay run was planned from the Marcus Whitman Central School in Rushville to the campus of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, an institution established as a tribute to the Whitmans and their 19th-century Christian mission.

The Rushville community stepped up with donations and fundraisers; teams of runners were recruited, and organizational meetings were held.

At 9 a.m. sharp on June 30, 1984, the first runner (baton in hand) headed west from the school parking lot.

For the formidable venture, runners were divided into teams supported by cars and drivers.

Three seven-member teams ran alternating threeto-four-hour stints, passing the baton from runner to runner at one-mile intervals. In less than three weeks, the 2,600-mile journey ended when the final runner triumphantly arrived at the Whitman College quad.

Mission accomplished.

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Another oddity is visible today as a driver makes a turn in the heart of town. Rushville is believed to be the only incorporated village in New York State with no four-corner intersection at its center. Its two main arteries, Main and Gilbert Streets meet at a “T.” Yesterday and Today on Main Street

As with many other Finger Lakes villages, Rushville had its golden days when businesses thrived and wagons rolled through busy streets. It also suffered devastating fires, but rebuilt each time with vigor. Some of those structures survived with intact architectural features appreciated by those attuned to period detail. The 1883 Rushville Opera House building is still in use, although its ornate upstairs theater is now long vacant, and some Victorian features have been lost to time. Remaining are its imposing mansard

This photo was taken by John Froschauer in 1984, a photographer from the Walla Walls Union Bulletin in Washington. At this point, the finish line is about 35 yards away.

The runners in this photo (in alphabetical order) are Shawn Briggs, Melissa Brown, Wendy Brown, Krista Clark, Jake Cornelius, Vicki Dygert, Shelley Eddinger, Kristin Francisco, Rex Goodenow, Beth Hamill, Randy Johnson, Brad Landess, Jenny Maas, Amy Owen, Becky Payne, Barb Peterson, Jenny Smith, Dave Stell, Tracey “Half Pint” Thornton and Tim Whiteman.

Ken Seeling (not shown) was taking videos from the roof of a nearby vehicle. Remer Hilton (69 years old at the time) is leading the group and holding the wooden baton, which is shown below.

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The Moody Hiking Trail.

roof, unique triangular dormers, and some cast-iron décor.

Next to the old opera house stands Loomis Memorial Hall, completed in 1898. Today it serves as the village hall and home of the Rushville Historical Society. In the village meeting room is “The Wall of Honor,” a tribute to area citizens who served in the United States Armed Forces, from the American Revolution to the present day. With the efforts of historians, volunteers, and family members the society has accumulated images in remembrance of almost 650 veterans: photographs, sketches, even pictures of headstones. Framed images are accompanied with stories and personal profiles.

There are a number of yearly holiday events in the village, but perhaps the most anticipated is Rushville Community Days, a long-running tradition on the first weekend of August.

Spearheaded by the Rushville Lions Club, the two-day festival on Main Street features lots of food and fun: a pancake breakfast, bake sale, games for the kids, yard sales, a fish fry, and lively contests.

On quieter days in any season, the Moody Hiking Trail begins at Main Street and takes wanderers on a pleasant trek through woods, fields, and along a rocky creek. A short walk around the corner on Gilbert Street is Stash Art Works, a studio where artist Mark Stash (also the editor of this magazine) fuses dramatic light and color into his interpretations of wildlife and the natural world. Much of his inspiration comes from the surrounding Finger Lakes countryside.

A town’s heartbeat can often be tested in its eateries.

Opposite of Village Hall is the Lunch Box Restaurant, a popular gathering spot for good meals and conversation. The café has a continuing tradition going back to the 1930s when it opened as the Brunskill Sweet Shoppe. Present owner Kathy Rilands prepares great food using local farm products that range from fruits and meats to eggs. Her home-baked cookies and muffins alone make the lunchbox a worthy stop. As one online reviewer raves, “The gourmet cupcakes, OH MY!”

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Fruit of the Vine

wine, spirits and brews

Keuka Spring story and photos by Jason Feulner

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first visited Keuka Spring Vineyards some time ago, and at that point it was a typical Finger Lakes winery, focusing on a variety of grapes (hybrids and vinifera) and doing a pretty good job from a regional standpoint. Fast forward a few years, and I found myself arranging a visit in response to the winery being named “New York State Winery of the Year” in 2016 by the New York Wine and Grape Foundation. In large part, I was already remiss in having not re-visited Keuka Spring since its relatively new winemaker, August Demeil, had been pursuing a new platform of wine that looked far beyond regional focus alone.

As I entered the familiar tasting room/production facility, I encountered August bent over the lab table testing the sugar and alcohol levels of a wine sample and recording the results on an iPad. A relatively young and vivacious person, this image of August spoke volumes about the transition already underway in the Finger Lakes: established wineries, evolving family

Vineyards

ownership, new winemaking talent, the exploration of new boundaries and standards. It was all there, right in front of me.

To be sure, the Wiltberger family still owns Keuka Spring – the winery they established in 1981 – but instead of owners Judy and Len Wiltberger, I encountered their daughter, Jeanne, who heads up the marketing efforts and is on the premises on a day-today basis. A recent addition to this expanding legacy, August represents one of the new, young winemakers who have come to the Finger Lakes to take the foundational work of so many existing wineries and bring it to the next level.

August Demeil, a native of Pittsburg, attended St. John’s – a college that

prides itself on attracting thoughtful and hands-on learners in the Great Books tradition – but at that point he knew very little about wine. It was one day, while leading a sailing lesson for a faculty member in the waters off Annapolis, that conversation turned to wine, inspiring August to learn more throughout his college years.

From a harvest in California to some winemaking work in Pennsylvania’s disparate wine industry, August eventually found himself attending Cornell for a Master’s in Oenology, eventually landing the position

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of head winemaker at Keuka Spring in 2012. He embraced the challenge of bringing a respected brand into focus, continuing certain programs (hybrids included) but doubling efforts to push quality in areas of viniferabased winemaking that would attract attention from afar.

The result was eventually named R&D (short for Research and Development), a lineup of wines that carry labels that resemble the tape hastily used on bottles in a winery lab, normally intended only to keep track.

While some of the R&D wines are a few steps removed from typical offerings, some really come out of left field. The 2013 Omega, for instance, is a lateharvest Cabernet Franc – really late harvest. A high-quality and tasty wine, it has the unusual consistency of syrup.

One might easily forget that making a late-harvest Cabernet Franc is the unusual part.

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he Rieslings at Keuka Spring are all quite interesting, and winemaker August Demeil likes to make several different styles. The 2015 Humphrey Vineyard Riesling was a real standout, popping on the palette with a honey and spice finish that lingered.

August is a self-proclaimed Gewürztraminer nut, and it shows. The 2015 Dynamite Vineyard packs in all the elements of a great Gewürz and then some.

The real treat during my visit was the tank samples. The 2016 lineup at Keuka Spring will be a big one, and the Rieslings and Gewürztraminers are already top-quality. The barrel-less reds, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon especially, stood out. This might be the vintage to consider August’s proclamation that sans wood is the way to go. Give it a try.

“Making hybrid wines is a great way to learn volume winemaking, which is important,” August reflects.

“But with the R&D series we are trying to do something different that doesn’t fit into the broader lineup. These wines are purposely weird and different.”

Despite his inherent pride in the R&D series, August does not lose sight

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of the winery’s tradition of making good, straightforward vinifera wines, and he is especially excited about Keuka Spring’s lineup. Keuka Spring has a variety of Rieslings – in various styles and vineyard designations – as well as several other whites, rosés, and reds. August is especially proud of his Gewürztraminer, a grape that he seems

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And yet even with “traditional” vinifera, August pushes the envelope a bit. The red wines produced at Keuka Spring are no longer treated in oak barrels – almost a given in winemaking – and nearly all will be released with no oak treatment whatsoever. “I’m one of the few winemakers who is putting more whites in barrels than reds these days,” August points out, pouring me a sample of Merlot out of a large plastic cube. The wine, fully ripe and still emerging from its malolactic fermentation, has never seen a barrel, nor will it.

August believes that Finger Lakes reds are transparent – meaning they express their flavors in a fairly bright and straightforward manner – and that extended oak treatment can obscure and muddle their inherent quality.

While this perspective is not universally shared, August delights in the ability to experiment and is happy with the

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keukaspringwinery.com positive response from customers and major critics alike.

As we wrapped up the cellar tour and tasting, I asked August if he had any parting thoughts, and he immediately went to look for his assistant winemaker, Rachel Hadley.

August is adamant that Rachel is “a huge part of what we do here … how we approach winemaking comes in large part from our conversations.”

A native of New Hampshire, Rachel stumbled into winery work while attending Hobart & William Smith, but despite harvest and winemaking experience in the Finger Lakes, New Zealand, and Australia, it’s her subsequent retail experience in New York City that she cites as one of her strengths.

“When you see how different

world regions and styles are embraced in New York,” Rachel says, “it gives you insight as to how to approach winemaking from a broader viewpoint.”

Keuka Spring is certainly an interesting winery under the winemaking leadership of August Demeil, and since it offers a little something for everyone – simple and good to simply whacky – it’s a great place to visit to see what is possible in the Finger Lakes. “We have some wines that are fun and different,” August concludes, “but consistency of quality is what’s important for consumers.”

Keuka Spring Vineyards is located on the northeastern shore of Keuka Lake and is open most of the year.

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Music

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Opera World class

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hat do Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, and Canandaigua Academy all have in common? They will all have presented performances from this summer’s cast of the Finger Lakes Opera (FLO).

Since 2013, FLO has been bringing world-class opera performances to the Finger Lakes Region, opening their previous season in Geneseo. Now, at the start of its fifth season, FLO has found a new home in Canandaigua, at the Canandaigua Academy Auditorium.

This summer, the company will be performing Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” an opera in three acts, which at its core is a tale of conflicting romance, politics, and a powerful female character, Tosca herself! It is ranked among the top five most popular operas according to Operabase, and is filled with drama.

“Tosca” will be FLO’s main focus this summer, with plans to expand

offerings during the next season.

Performances will take place on Friday, August 11 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, August 13, at 2 p.m.

The established opera company has built a sterling artistic reputation for putting on grand opera performances and lyric musical theater with high production values and outstanding singers. A change in location opens new opportunities, both for FLO and for local Finger Lakes residents. Its Artistic Director, Dr. Gerard Floriano, explained that the move to Canandaigua means a more central location closer to the heart of the Finger Lakes. In the grand scheme, it’s accessible to more people.

Previous fans of FLO, and those looking to have an opera experience for the first time, will feel right at home at the academy auditorium.

The venue offers state-of-the-art lighting and theatrical equipment, as well as modern amenities to keep audience members comfortable. One of them is the projection of English subtitles above the stage as the opera is being sung in Italian. Previous audiences have found it useful and enjoyable, as it allows the opera to be experienced almost as it was written.

When asked what first-time attendees could expect this year, Dr. Floriano said, “It’s really a total experience in terms of sights, sounds, music, lighting and staging.”

For the opera company, “Tosca” promises to be challenging and thrilling. “It’s like an Olympic event for singing,” said Dr. Floriano. “Tosca is one of the top three greatest roles for a soprano to perform. The singers, incredible athletes is what they are, ply their trade on the stage before you. You can sense the drama in their voices and see it on their faces.”

Canandaigua Academy is located at 435 East Street. A variety of ticket options are available, as well as discounts students and for groups of 10 or more.

For more information, visit fingerlakesopera.org.

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Music

strike the right note

Music to my Ears

The annual Geneva Music Festival returns

by Cynthia L. McVey

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hen the Geneva Music Festival (GMF) returns this summer, acclaimed artists will present their interpretations of a wide range of musical genres, including chamber, classical, organ masterpieces, bluegrass, and a two-concert celebration of jazz. Founded in 2011 with the mission of entertaining, inspiring and nurturing a lifelong love of music in the community, the festival annually presents artists whose work will appeal to audiences of a variety of ages and musical tastes. The GMF will take place from June 1 through 18, with concerts in Geneva, Auburn, Canandaigua and Skaneateles.

“Artists will present traditional classical and chamber pieces, in addition to unique perspectives on world cultures, fusions, and creative collaborations,” says Geoffrey Herd, violinist and director of the Geneva Music Festival. “We are thrilled to be able to bring this kind of variety to our Finger Lakes community for the seventh year.”

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GMF veteran and acclaimed violist Eric Wong will introduce audiences to the Cavani String Quartet, which he joined last year. The Quartet-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music, it has been described by the Washington Post as “completely engrossing, powerful and elegant.” Their impressive 30-year career has garnered many significant awards and honors and they have commissioned, premiered and performed the music of more than 30 living composers.

Critically-acclaimed violinist Jinjoo Cho will join other GMF artistsin-residence to present, “Jinjoo Cho and Friends: America the Beautiful.”

This concert represents a reunion of Cho, Herd, and Wong, who met at the Cleveland Institute of Music. (Wong and Cho now are on the faculty there.)

This year’s celebration of jazz will be featured mid-festival, starting with world-jazz trio La Voz De Tres. Chilean vocalist Natalia Bernal, keyboardist Mike Eckroth, and seven-string guitarist Jason Ennis blend the infectious rhythms and

nuanced songwriting traditions of Latin America, original compositions and picks from the great American songbook into a surprising improvisational texture.

They’ll present interpretations of the music from their recent album “Sueños y Delirios” (Dreams and Deliria). Then, the Thomas Bergeron Quartet will bring love and romance to the Festival with a jazz-chamber fusion from Bergeron’s latest album. The concert will include new jazz interpretations of the music of Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Takemitsu and Scriabin, in addition to some original compositions and jazz standards. The Thomas Bergeron Quartet will be joined by a string quartet of GMF artists-inresidence, creating an octet of trumpet, oboe/clarinet, guitar, two violins, viola, cello and bass. Multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless will be a special guest for each of the jazz concerts.

For the chamber music finale, cellist Clive Greensmith and violinist Ani Kavafian return to perform some of the most exciting works of chamber music with GMF founding artists Herd, Hannah Collins and Eliot

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Venues First Presbyterian Church

97 East Genesee St., Skaneateles, NY Gearan Center for Performing Arts, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

327 Pulteney St., Geneva, NY The Presbyterian Church of Geneva

24 Park Place, Geneva, NY United Church of Canandaigua

11 East Gibson St., Canandaigua, NY Westminster Presbyterian Church

17 William St., Auburn, NY Willard Memorial Chapel

17 Nelson St., Auburn, NY Ravines Winery

400 Barracks Rd., Geneva, NY Heaton. Concerts in Skaneateles and Geneva will feature audience favorites including Dvorak’s “Piano Quintet” and Shostakovich’s “Octet.”

A special Father’s Day concert will see bluegrass return to Ravines Winery with violinist Heaton joining local bluegrass artists for high-octane fiddling and bluegrass.

Just prior to the start of the 2017 season, GMF artists Herd, Wong, Heaton and cellist Max Geissler will return to the region to work with local school children.

The festival has conducted community outreach in local schools since its inception. Among the activities planned for this year are performances by GMF artists for two student orchestras at Auburn High School, and a master class at St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy in Geneva, in which three violin students will perform for the GMF musicians and receive public coaching/instruction.

Tickets for adult admission to all evening concerts and an after-concert reception are $25. Multi-concert (six) passes and season passes also are available until the first concert on June 1. They may be purchased online at genevamusicfestival.com/shop, or in person at the first concert. Children 16 and younger are welcome at all concerts at no charge. All venues are wheelchair accessible and air conditioned.

A full schedule including concert details and locations, artist biographies and tickets are available on the festival’s website, genevamusicfestival.com.

The Geneva Music Festival is made possible, in part, by public funds from NYSCA’s Decentralization Program, administered locally by Finger Lakes Community Arts Grants (FLCAG) and CNY Arts.

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2017 Schedule Geoffrey Herd, director 315-326-1951 • info@genevamusicfestival.com genevamusicfestival.com Thursday, June 1, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Cavani Quartet Venue: Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 327 Pulteney St., Geneva NY

Friday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.

Program: La Voz de Tres Venue: Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 327 Pulteney St., Geneva NY

GMF is proud to open our 2017 season with the Cavani Quartet, winner of the Naumberg Chamber Music Award. The Quartet-inResidence at the Cleveland Institute of Music, it has been described by the Washington Post as “completely engrossing, powerful and elegant.”

This will be a fantastic season kick-off!

The first event of our two concert Jazz Celebration! Chilean vocalist Natalia Bernal, keyboardist Mike Eckroth, and seven-string guitarist Jason Ennis blend the infectious rhythms and nuanced songwriting traditions of Latin America, original compositions and picks from the great American songbook into a surprising improvisational texture. They’ll also present interpretations of the music from their recent album “Sueños y Delirios” (Dreams and Deliria). Multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless will join as a special guest.

Saturday, June 3, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Jinjoo Cho and Friends: America the Beautiful Venue: First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles 97 East Genesee St., Skaneateles, NY

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Experience the wonderful variety of music created here in America. This concert features the music of immigrant Americans as well as the father of American sound, Antonin Dvorak.

Sunday, June 4, 2:00 p.m.

Program: Jinjoo Cho and Friends: America the Beautiful Venue: Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 327 Pulteney St., Geneva NY Encore performance of previous night’s concert.

Thursday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Music from the Heart: Classic and Contemporary Venue: Willard Memorial Chapel 17 Nelson St., Auburn, NY This concert highlights two of today’s most glorified composers, John Corigliano and Jennifer Higdon, both Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize winners. Also featured are two of our most beloved composers of the past, Schubert and Saint-Saens.

Saturday, June 10 , 7:30 p.m.

Program: Music from the Heart: Classic and Contemporary Venue: Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 327 Pulteney St., Geneva NY

Sunday, June 11, 3:30 p.m.

Program: Thomas Bergeron Quartet Venue: Geneva on the Lake 1001 Lochland Rd., Route 14, Geneva, NY The Thomas Bergeron Quartet will be joined by a string quartet of GMF artists-in-residence to bring love and romance to the Festival with a jazz-chamber fusion from Bergeron’s latest album. Held at the beautiful Geneva on the Lake resort, the concert will include new jazz interpretations of the music of Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Takemitsu and Scriabin, in addition to some original compositions and jazz standards.

Multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless is special guest. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres available on the terrace at 3:30 p.m., concert begins at 4 pm.

Tuesday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Organ Recital Featuring Raymond Nagem Venue: Presbyterian Church in Geneva 24 Park Place, Geneva, NY Raymond Nagem, associate music director at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC, will showcase the Presbyterian Church’s majestic Casavant organ, performing his own transcription of Prokofiev’s witty “Music for Children,” as well as music by J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Max Reger, and Louis Vierne.

Encore performance of June 8 concert.

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Wednesday, June 14, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Organ Recital Featuring Raymond Nagem Venue: United Church of Canandaigua 11 E Gibson St., Canandaigua, NY Raymond Nagem, associate music director at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC, will showcase the United Church of Canandaigua’s Parsons Organ in performing his own transcription of Prokofiev’s witty “Music for Children,” as well as music by J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Max Reger, and Louis Vierne.

Wednesday, June 14 , 7:30 p.m.

Program: New Morse Code: Hannah Collins and Michael Compitello Venue: Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 327 Pulteney St., Geneva NY New Morse Code is devoted to bold and engaging performances of music worth sharing. Omnivorous, rigorous and inventive, Hannah Collins and Michael Compitello activate the unexpected range and unique sonic world of cello and percussion to catalyze and champion the compelling works of young composers. This exciting duo returns to Geneva Music Festival to perform the culmination of their project with composer Chris Stark in this long-awaited conclusion.

Thursday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Organ Recital Featuring Raymond Nagem Venue: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 17 William St., Auburn, NY Raymond Nagem, associate music director at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC, will perform his own transcription of Prokofiev’s witty “Music for Children,” as well as music by J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Max Reger, and Louis Vierne.

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Friday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Ani Kavafian and Clive Greensmith, Grand Conclusion: Chamber Favorites Venue: First Presbyterian Church 97 East Genesee St., Skaneateles NY In the season’s chamber music finale, world-renowned artists and GMF favorites cellist Clive Greensmith and violinist Ani Kavafian return to perform some of the most exciting works of chamber music with GMF founding artists Geoffrey Herd, Hannah Collins and Eliot Heaton. The concert will feature audience favorites, including Dvorak’s Piano Quintet and Shostakovich’s Octet.

Saturday, June 17, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Ani Kavafian and Clive Greensmith, Grand Conclusion: Chamber Favorites Venue: Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 327 Pulteney St., Geneva NY Encore performance of previous night’s concert.

Sunday, June 18, 7:30 p.m.

Program: Bluegrass at Ravines Winery Venue: Ravines Winery 400 Barracks Rd., Geneva, NY This Father’s Day concert is sure to please!

Violinist Eliot Heaton joins local bluegrass artists for an afternoon of high-octane fiddling and bluegrass at Ravines Winery!

The Geneva Music Festival is made possible, in part, by public funds from NYSCA’s Decentralization Program, administered locally

by Finger Lakes Community Arts Grants (FLCAG) and CNY Arts.

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Day Trip

exploring the finger lakes

The

Old Erie Canal

Heritage Park

by Thomas X. Grasso President Emeritus, Canal Society of New York State

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he Old Erie Canal Heritage Park at Port Byron was opened, without fanfare, marketing, or advertising, on Thursday, September 8, 2016, with Central New York Tourism Council and CSNYS working together. Termed a “soft opening,” it remained open for eight weekends, Thursday through Sunday from 10 to 5, and then closed for the season on Sunday, October 30. The response from the public was tremendous – approximately 2,400 people visited the site in 32 days and were absolutely enthralled with the lock and quality of both the design of the Visitors Center (and the limited interpretation CSNYS installed including the 1893 large-scale lock model) and authenticity of the historic buildings restoration – the Erie House, Mule Barn, and Blacksmith Shop. Twothirds of the visitors came from the Thruway side and one-third from the

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People stopped for a number of reasons. Many heard about the Erie Canal or saw signs on the Thruway and wanted to know more. Others were frequent Thruway travelers who had noticed the action over the

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past few years and stopped to see what it was all about. Visitors came from virtually every state and from overseas as well, including several countries in Europe (UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Russia), plus Australia, New Zealand,

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India, China, and Israel.

The park reopened in the beginning of April 2017, after meetings throughout the winter with the Thruway resulting in mutual agreement on how best to operate and maintain the site for maximum benefit for years to come.

The CSNYS firmly believes in this project, and has invested a lot of money in addition to 22 years of sweat, and countless tear-filled days and sleepless nights. They never gave up and have no intention of doing so now.

Location, Significance and Potential

The Erie Canal Heritage Park is an 18-acre site located along the New York State Thruway (I-90) and Route 31 in the Village of Port Byron – approximately 55 miles east of Rochester, 25 miles west of Syracuse, and 8 miles north of Auburn. Its significance is twofold.

First, the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park is a truly unique project – there is nothing like it in America. This is the only location where interstate travelers can directly access something other than another road or full-service plaza. Port Byron is the first of its kind.

Second, the site bristles with authentic old Erie Canal structures and waterfront – living history of authentic 19th-century canal structures and buildings. The Erie Canal is a national legacy, a monumental and colorful chapter in

Above: The Visitors Center Left: This model of Lock 52 at the Erie Canal Heritage Park is a close replica of the actual structure.

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he Heritage Park project, as now constructed, is composed of the following elements.

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The old Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 52 completed in 1853 adjacent to the eastbound lane of the Thruway – one of the most intact and well preserved 19th-century Erie Canal locks in New York State. It was constructed with twin chambers for two-way traffic as all Enlarged Erie Locks were. All original Clinton’s Ditch locks were not only of smaller dimensions, 95 percent of them were single chambered structures like today’s locks. The lock chamber alongside the towpath chamber was lengthened for double long tows in 1887 and 1888.

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The Erie House Complex of three buildings, just east of the lock including:

WETLAND WATER GREEN SPACE ROADS AND PARKING

PEDESTRIAN PATHS

INTERPRETIVE COURT BUILDINGS

The Erie House – an1895 canal-side saloon and boarding house (hotel) built by Italian immigrant brothers Pietro and Salvatore Van Detto from the Regione of Campania. (Naples, Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, Salerno, and Amalfi Coast are in this Regione); 1896 Mule Barn; and 1896 Blacksmith Shop.

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A Visitors Center – newly constructed as the entrance to the park.

Parking Lots from the Thruway and NY 31. Trails from the parking lots lead to two separate Visitors Center entrances – one for Thruway patrons and the other for NY 31 visitors.

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American history. In short, the Erie Canal is a big deal, then and now.

The Heritage Park promises to be the most-visited historic site in New York State, reaching a vast audience that would normally escape regular missionary efforts. The potential is enormous for educating the public and schoolchildren alike about people on and near the canal; raising awareness of the canal’s history, engineering, technology, and significant contribution to American progress; while simultaneously providing visitors with a high-quality experience. The Park enables the visitor to literally touch a part of history that they have heard of or read so much about. The site can also be the gateway to other New York State canal and tourism sites, especially Central New York. More than 7.5 million people pass the park eastbound alone on the Thruway every year.

At present, the site is woefully under-interpreted, but the CSNYS is working hard to seek funding and other avenues of support to implement plans for robust interpretation in the years to come, in accordance with the Master Plan for Interpretive Exhibits completed in May 2015.

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the “Port” back into Port Byron has finally come to fruition thanks to a 2014 partnership between the Canal Society of New York State (CSNYS) and the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) with its subsidiary the New York State Canal Corporation (NYSCC).

The Thruway constructed the project (with an approximately $10 million investment) on Canal Society design documents that were fully approved in 2005. The CSNYS kept a nearly $13 million dollar project alive for 22 years, a stunning achievement. The original partnership specified that NYSTA will build, but CSNYS will maintain and operate.

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The Show ON THE Road

story and photos by Bard V. Prentiss

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t’s a pretty safe bet that most of us saw our first and perhaps our only example of unusual and elusive wildlife and plant species from a trail or road. This is easy to understand when you consider that, in addition to access, a road provides a focus for the area it traverses. It also provides a

concentrated food source for all animal species, as well as a welcome travel corridor for birds, insects and other animals both large and small.

(Story continued on page 38) Left: Gravel roads like this one above Seneca Lake provide salt, moisture and warmth. They are magnets for many species of brush-footed butterflies, like this Grey Comma.

Opposite page, top to bottom: Colts Foot, one of our earliest spring wildflowers, blooms on a bank along Griggs Gulf road in Harford. Sloping banks and disturbed soils, endemic to road cuts, provide excellent drainage and desirable habitat for many plant species.

A female Ruffed Grouse on the Canaan road in Dryden is shepherding seven very young chicks, although you can’t see them in the photo. The concentration of insects, edible plant material and small stones for use in their gizzards focused and exposed these birds. Otherwise I probably never would have seen them, let alone gotten a photo of any sort. Her raised crest signifies fear, and her bill is open because she is directing her chicks to continue hiding.

Deer, wild turkeys, rabbits and small rodents find fresh tender vegetation along mowed roadsides. It is probable that Adirondack deer and turkeys owe their recent population increases almost totally to these roadside “pastures.”

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Canaan Road is currently a DEC truck trail that runs between the towns of Dryden and Caroline. The surface and edges of this and similarly rural Central New York roads and trails, were the source of the images in this article.

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The Show ON THE Road

Top to bottom: This pink Moccasin Flower and other wild orchids thrive in disturbed areas, like the edge of an abandoned logging road in Harford.

A Giant Swallowtail Butterfly gathers nectar from teasel flowers beside a secondary road in Lansing. Road construction and maintenance disturbs soils that provide fertile habitat for flowering plant seeds to take root. The flowers that result attract a host of insect life.

In the evening, coldblooded reptiles like this tiny Red-bellied Snake, warm themselves on still-warm road surface

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Top to bottom: A juvenile Red Tail Hawk road hunts near Dryden. Hawks, owls, crows and vultures regularly hunt roads and find easy pickings in the form of birds, rodents, snakes, amphibians and seemingly endless stores of carrion.

Seven species of native maple trees grow along the edges of this 4-mile section of the Jim Shugg rail trail in Dryden. This kind of species diversity would be difficult, if not impossible, to observe in a forest. In fact, it’s very unlikely to even occur in such a small area, except along a road or trail, where habitat differences are compressed and amplified by man.

Young Bobolinks at the Goethius Preserve beside Flatiron Road in Caroline will soon be migrating.

They will depend upon insects and seeds along roadsides for much of their food.

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The Show ON THE Road

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Here’s a recently hatched Snapping Turtle on the Jim Shugg rail trail beside the first pond in Dryden. Each spring, many turtles lay their eggs along the trail. Raccoons and Virginia Opossums eat most of the eggs, but a few are missed and survive to hatch. Unfortunately for the turtles, only a very few of the hatchlings avoid being eaten and survive to adulthood.

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A road naturally fosters species and habitat diversity.

To begin with, it has two sides, and each provides extensive edge habitat. Called the “ecotone” by ecologists, it concentrates a variety of microhabitats in close proximity, and hosts a rich diversity of species types including plants, insects, amphibians, birds and other animals. The plants and animals are a readily available food source for larger herbivores such as deer and woodchucks, and predators from ant-lions and dragonflies to raptors, coyotes and fisher.

Large omnivores like Black Bear also use roads for travel, and as potential food pantries. The result is a complex selfsupporting community focused on the road.

Roadside ditches and old, un-healed road construction sites provide a ready source of water long after other sources have dried up. It is a valuable resource for both plants and wildlife – as drinking water, as egg-laying sites for insects and amphibians, a nursery for tadpoles and salamanders, and habitat for water plants.

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Coyotes leave scat on woods roads or on rocks for all to see.

Although the Coyotes intent is probably to mark its territory, an unintended consequence is the attraction of a variety of insects.

These Pearl Crescent and White Admiral Butterflies and bot flies are seeking food and moisture.

environment for many plant and animal species, dependent upon light for successful habitation.

It took me many years and a reduction in physical mobility to realize the value of roads and trails as a “go to” resource for nature observation. I believe it was due, in part, to seeing • my first and only Bobcat cross a road in the Adirondacks, • my first Eastern Coyote, in a roadside field along route 13 in Sheds, New York and, recently, • my first Central New York Fisher on a woods road near Dryden.

The memory of these and similar experiences – and the fact that two highly respected naturalist friends regularly visit roads in search of butterflies and plants – finally woke me up to this fact: big woods and fields, while more aesthetically appealing, did little to focus plants and animals for easier observation. Roads and trails do it and do it very well.

If you have not already discovered this awesome resource, you’re in for a very special treat.

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DEWITT

story and photos by Bill Wingell

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hen it comes to definitions, nothing defines Ithaca better than the term “community.” And when you’re looking for a community in Ithaca, you’d be hard-pressed to find an example better than the Dewitt Mall.

Since the 1970s, the Dewitt Mall, located downtown on Cayuga Street between Seneca and Buffalo Streets, has provided a unique mix of shops, offices and residential apartments in a more than 100-year-old former school building. It came within a wrecking-ball’s swing of being torn down.

Built as the Ithaca High School in 1915 and

The well-known Moosewood Restaurant is a major draw at the mall.

then repurposed as the Dewitt Junior High School in 1960 for another 10 years, the five-story building was finally deemed outmoded and unneeded by the Ithaca School District in 1971. When it was put up for sale, the district received only one bid: from Ithaca architect William S. Downing, Jr., who offered to buy the structure for $20,000. When, according to news reports, the projected cost of the building’s demolition came in at more than $50,000, and in the face of a growing historic preservation movement locally, the school district accepted Downing’s bid.

Becoming a retail landmark

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DEWITT MALL occupants was the now legendary Moosewood vegetarian restaurant, which opened in 1973. David Hirsch joined the restaurant’s ownership collective in 1976 and began cooking within months. Since then, he has assisted in putting together a dozen of the restaurant’s popular cookbooks. The 14th version is scheduled for publication later this year.

William Downing passed away in 2011 at the age of 90. His architectural design assistant In Shik Lee, who now manages the Dewitt Mall, noted: “Bill’s attitude was always that he wanted the Dewitt Mall to have the feel of a European village, so that’s why he always promoted the Moosewood restaurant and the café downstairs. It always brought people in to eat, and helped them feel like they were walking down a village street. It helps the shops as well.”

Lee said the mall has 45 commercial spaces, including 15 shops on the ground floor and 30 businesses and studios on the upper floors. The upper floors also include 45 apartments.

All of the apartments are rented, she noted, and there is a waiting list of about 40 people.

“We have all the amenities in the building,” Lee noted. “We have a grocery store and the restaurants. Residents can go shopping downstairs and they can even do their exercise walks on every floor.

“The old school hallways are great exercise paths, apparently,” she added.

“Bill Downing used to say he lived so long because he walked the stairs every day to get up to his fifth floor office.”

Kids’ clothes and more

Another early occupant of William Downing’s mall venture was Jan Rhodes Left, top to bottom: Memories of past political campaigns can be sparked in a display of buttons at Pastimes Antiques.

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Joan Reuning’s Fibers boutique in the Dewitt Mall features her own handcrafted items as well as clothing of other designers. Her silkscreened jackets are a specialty.

Norman. “My first foray into the world of retail was back in 1977, when my children were a year-and-a-half and five years old,” she said. “I had for quite a few years been making clothing for my children and people would ask me, ‘Where did you get those,’ and I’d say, ‘Well, I made them.’’’After complaining for years that there was “no cool kids’ store” in Ithaca, Norman decided to open one herself. She talked to William Downing, and he renovated a space for her in his mall along a hallway near the current location of Greenstar Oasis natural foods store.

“Bill Downing always viewed the businesses in the building as being family,” Norman said. “He was always more than fair in his rental price and as

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Emma Frisch of Ithaca samples an organic juice drink offered by Kendra Lynn of Greenstar Oasis.

David Hirsch is a member of the Moosewood Restaurant ownership collective for over 40 years.

Co-owner and chef Brent Perkins plates an omelet with a side salad in the popular Cafe Dewitt.

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Jan Rhodes Norman, owner of Ithacamade, waits on a customer in her shop in the Dewitt Mall.

a result, he attracted a lot of ‘outliers’ that other people weren’t necessarily interested in renting to back in the ’70s.

“My husband and I took out a second mortgage on our home, and I started a store I called The Cat’s Pajamas,” Norman related. She sold children’s cotton clothing and creative playthings.

After about a year of doing business in the small shop, Norman moved her store to a much larger space along the mall’s main hallway. Following The Cat’s Pajama’s successful move, Norman decided to open yet another shop across the hall in what was then a mop room.

Mall owner Downing transformed it into retail space, and Norman began selling futons and bedding in a tiny store she called Sweet Dreams.

Two years later, she sold The Cat’s Pajamas to Jennifer Engel, who continues to operate the business today.

“As the years went on, I ended up starting another children’s store on the Ithaca Commons called Alphabet Soup,” Norman explained. “I sold that a number of years later.”

Along the way, Sweet Dreams moved to the commons as well, and became Night and Day.

“Over the years, I owned many different stores on and around the commons, and then I started Ithacamade, a gift store, on Ithaca’s west end. When I moved it to the Dewitt Mall a-year-and-a-half ago, it was kind of like coming home to me,” Norman said.

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about the Dewitt Mall.”

Norman explained that for Ithacamade, “We use the same philosophy as the Ithaca Farmers Market, which is ’30 miles as the crow flies,’ (within 30 miles of Ithaca to be considered local) but the bulk of what’s in the shop is from either the city or town of Ithaca.”

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“Our honey is from Interlaken, and the beeswax candles are from the same apiary,” Norman noted.

“Some of the artwork we carry is from Trumansburg, some is from Brooktondale. It’s all very regional, but the overall majority is from Ithaca.

“There are crafts and art and food,” she continued. “We carry local chocolate, local honey, and local vegan macaroon cookies from Emmy’s Organics. We carry cutting boards and amazing wooden bowls.

“There are ceramics and leatherwork that are all functional art, and it’s the same thing for the ‘silk oak’ – that’s my personal part of the business,” Norman added. “It consists of locallycrafted clothing with original designs that are silk-screened in my studio about four blocks away from the store.”

About the Dewitt Mall, Norman observed: “There’s such longevity to all of the stores here. As a store owner, it really does feel like a community, and I think the shoppers also feel that.

“It is a very unique experience that the Dewitt Mall has to offer.”

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A Landscape of PATTERNS THE ART OF THE FIELD

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pring presents both nature and farmer a fresh canvas to create new works of field art. The farmer prefers to start with a blank brown canvas of dirt. And a giant

canvas it is. Upon it he plows furrows in geometric patterns.

They are precisely stroked by a computer-controlled tractor directed by GPS satellites. Nature, in the form of hills, swamps, and boulders, sometimes intervenes to add a dash of serendipitous but enlivening swirls and curves.

Freshly planted, the geometric grid soon erupts with

circles, arcs, ovals, cylinders in assorted colors and ever changing forms as seeds sprout and grow. Daily they add to their creative designs with leaves and blossoms and fresh hues mixing under the urge of sun to become a quilt of colors and shapes.

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THE RANDOMNESS OF NATURE

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Driven by DNA, it paints with a randomness whose precision is hidden in the details. Already enmeshed in a dormant canvas

tangled with vines, saplings, roots, and fallen seeds, nature’s works arise in organized chaos. Responding opportunistically to the available moisture, sunlight, temperature, and their own schedules, plants spring forth and bloom. The canvases they present tend to appeal to those favoring artists who throw and splash paints about. The canvases are smaller and rarely approach the size of the gigantic murals of a farmer’s field. What they lack in size they make up with originality and insight.

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Nature’s art is more an act of improvisation.

And like improv her works are short-lived.

Wherever she finds space, she goes to work.

With a palette of bluets, forget-me-nots, phlox, dandelions, and assorted grasses, she can please the eye with smaller, impressionistic works that last but a few days.

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VISIT wineries, cideries, distilleries, a meadery, and a taproom—all along America’s first wine trail

CayugaWineTrail.com 800.684.5217 Montezuma Winery & Hidden Marsh Distillery We are proud to serve you award winning fruit, honey and grape wines since 2001. With over 30 wines, ranging from dry to sweet, there is something to suit everyone’s palate. Hidden Marsh Distillery, winner of NYS Best Spirit, for their Corn Whiskey, has premium liquors, brandy, whiskey, bourbon and vodka. Enjoy our extensive gift shop, homemade fudge, picnic area and more. Visit our website, follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to learn about our upcoming events.

Goose Watch Winery Celebrating our 20th year, Goose Watch produces nationally recognized innovative wines that can be sampled from our winery’s picturesque setting overlooking beautiful Cayuga Lake. From hard to find highly acclaimed premium wines such as Viognier, Traminette, Aromella, Chambourcin and Lemberger, to traditional favorites Pinot Grigio, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir Brut Rosé (sparkling), visitors will find wines for most every occasion as well as palate. Accessible by car, bus and boat. Open year-round.

Swedish Hill Winery Swedish Hill Winery is consistently one of the region’s most awarded wineries, with three Governor’s Cups awards in addition to five ‘Winery of the Year’ honors since 2012. Experience over 30 different wines ranging from classically produced Rieslings and Cabernet Francs to delicious blends that showcase the flavors of the region. Enjoy a winery tour from Memorial Day through October, picnic facilities, and meet our pet miniature donkey, Doobie! Open year-round!

Buttonwood Grove Winery Experience Buttonwood Grove!

Come explore our beautifully landscaped grounds and lake view while tasting some of our many award winning wines. Live music and BBQ all summer—check our website for dates, times, and entertainers. A renowned venue for weddings, we also have on-site cabins for overnight lodging. Our friendly staff and Melody, our Scottish Highland Cow, can’t wait to meet you!

Varick Winery & Vineyard At Varick Winery, experience wines paired with complimentary fare. Sample over 100 complimentary food items at the country store. Enjoy scenic views of the vineyard, cherry orchard and Cayuga Lake.

At Varick Inn, relax and rejuvenate at an 1833 historic home. Stay includes breakfast, afternoon tea and cookies, evening cocktails with hors d’oeuvres, a gift basket and discounts at the winery. Event rentals.

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Toro Run Winery Toro Run Winery sits on 64 acres 530 feet atop a glacier-carved hillside overlooking Cayuga Lake. We serve World Class Finger Lakes wines, including our Signature Estate Grown Grüner Veltliner. Toro Run Winery offers all the beauty of the Finger Lakes with a Spanish flair—“where the good life demands grape views.”

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Lucas Vineyards Three generations of the fun-loving Lucas family invite you to experience Cayuga Lake’s oldest winery. Four decades of grape growing, fine wine making and laughter have built a reputation of friendliness, and good times since 1980. The famous, nauticallyinspired “Tug Boat,” “Nautie” and Sangria wines sport colorful bottles and spectacular labels, completing a diverse collection of estate-grown vinifera, method-champenoise sparkling, and Iced wines. Engaging wine tastings, beautiful gardens and one of the area’s most unique gift shops are just a few of the happenings at Lucas. Wine slushies that can’t be beat! 800–682–WINE(9463).

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Six Mile Creek Vineyard Nestled on the southwest slope of one of Ithaca’s most picturesque settings, Six Mile Creek Vineyard is a boutique winery and distillery specializing in the production of premium Finger Lakes wines and spirits. The Dutch reform barn offers a comfortable venue to taste memorable wines styles to suit all preferences.

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Browse our extensive gift shop featuring wine accessories, locally made products, home décor and more. Whether you’re visiting to drink Finger Lakes wine and enjoy live music or are coming for a wedding or a corporate event, you’re sure to have a relaxing and memorable time at Treleaven!

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Hours: April–November 11am–5pm daily The Copper Oven at Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery Wood-fired pizzas at the copper oven are a mouthwatering delight. Our pies cook next to a crackling wood fire at 750 degrees in two minutes. Winner of the 2012 Finger Lakes Foodie award for best main course, the 2013 Nature Conservancy’s Nature’s Plate award also a 2013 Trip Advisor Excellence award! Check our website for up to-the-day menu planning and special events throughout the 2017 season. Call (607) 220–8794 or visit www.SlowFoodOnTheGo.com for restaurant hours.

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Bistro at Thirsty Owl Wine Company The Thirsty Owl Winery and Bistro, with its own 41 acres of vineyards overlooking Cayuga Lake offers indoor, outdoor and private seating for larger groups. Enjoy our award-winning wines and delicious local fare. Live music on Saturdays from June to September. Boat access is available. Please call for restaurant hours, as they vary in April, November and December. For reservations and information call (866) 869-5805.

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Crystal Lake Café at Americana Vineyards The Crystal Lake Café offers fresh, locally-sourced, from-scratch gourmet comfort food in a laid-back casual atmosphere year-round—inside, or out when the weather’s nice. Enjoy lunch, dinner, their Friday Nite Pizza Party, Saturday Date Night, and a Sunday brunch that’s not to be missed! www.AmericanaVineyards.com. (607) 387-6804 M

May–October Hours: Monday–Wednesday 12–6pm Thursday–Saturday 12–8pm Sunday Brunch 11am–3pm Sunday Dinner 4pm–8pm

Mardi Gras Beads, coins and a scavenger hunt February 25 & 26

Bacon on the Lakein The perfect event for bacon lovers March 18 & 19

Wine & Herb Festival Potted herbs and veggie plants April 28-30 and May 5-7

Holiday Shopping Spree Wreath, ornaments and shopper’s card November 17-19 and December 1-3

November–April Hours: Thursday-Saturday 12–8pm Sunday Brunch 11am–3pm Sunday Dinner 4–8pm

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Children’s Annual PHOTO CONTEST winners 3rd

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hotography is a wonderful craft to learn. Everyone can participate in this art form and anyone can learn the skills to take a good photograph, at any age. This is one reason why three years ago we started a photo contest specificially for children who are 16 years and younger. We want to encourage kids to explore this medium so they can see the world in which they live in a new and exciting way.

Taking photographs allows you to see details in things

you may have never noticed before. Different lighting can change scenes in dramatic ways. Injecting people and animals in scenes alters the subject greatly. There are so many possibilities when it comes to composing a photograph.

We’d like to thank all the children who entered the photo contest this year. Even though we have to limit the winners to just a few, we are impressed with all of the submissions.

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First Place “Look Ahead - Ontario Pathways” Zachary VanDamme • Phelps

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Second Place “Seneca Lake” Julia McCormack • Geneva

Third Place “Golden Summer in Middlesex” Sophia Parshall • Naples

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Second Place “Finger Lakes Sunrise” Nicolas Riveros • West Henrietta

Third Place “January Day at Chimney Bluffs” Grahm Penta • North Rose

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First Place “American Kestral at Skaneateles Lake” Hugo Milne-Home • Summit, New Jersey

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First Place “Inspiration Point - Letchworth State Park” Evan Dotterweich • Geneseo

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Third Place “Nations Road Gray Sky - Geneseo” Phillip Dotterweich • Geneseo

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Second Place “Taughannock Falls State Park” Branden Thomas • Macedon

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Room to Grow Cultivating Mushrooms at Hawk Meadow Farm story and photos by Phillip Bonn

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rather unique place lies tucked into the forested hills of Schuyler County, near the southern edge of the Finger Lakes National Forest.

Once land on which the town of Hector provided housing for the poor, it’s now home to Hawk Meadow Farm, where log-grown woodland mushrooms – like shiitakes – are cultivated.

Owner Steve Sierigk once studied insects as an entomology student but, inspired by permaculture and a love of nature, he took a left turn and decided to become a farmer.

Growing mushrooms is the heart of the business at Hawk Meadow Farm; however, Steve and his wife Anne also sell maple syrup and medicinal tinctures made from their homegrown mushrooms.

To forest farm shiitake mushrooms, one must first inoculate the hardwood log on which the mushrooms will grow, introducing pure cultures of the shiitake fungus. My friend Jim Ziemba invited me to join him and his two sons at Hawk Meadow Farm to learn how.

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Mushrooms the New Cash Crop

Forest Therapy

An added bonus of life on Hawk Meadow Farm (or just a visit) is the benefit of Shinrinyoku or “Forest Therapy,” which Steve describes as “spending time in the forest and interacting with tree pheromones to enhance one’s mood, health and immune system.” Developed in Japan during the 1980s, Shinrin-yoku has become a cornerstone of preventive health care and healing in Japanese medicine.

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INOCULATING Clockwise from top left: Cadan - chop, chop goes the wax Prepping the bolts for spawn Fenton pounding in the spawn Wax melt down Wax on!

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New York State officially designated “actively managed log-grown woodland mushrooms” as “crops, livestock and livestock products” under agricultural law.

Mushrooms are now considered a viable cash crop in New York State, making farmers eligible for tax breaks and other benefits.

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Cultivating Mushrooms at Hawk Meadow Farm

Steve and Anne, and head to the work site. Everyone gets busy preparing for the day’s labor, while I observe, take photos, and lend a hand now and then.

First to get started is 10-year-old Cadan, who chops up blocks of wax to melt down. This food-grade wax (typically cheese wax, beeswax or paraffin) is used to seal the logs. The wax is heated to around 350 to 400 degrees before it is daubed over the inoculation sites on the bolts (short sections of logs, generally 36 to 48 inches).

While Cadan chops, Steve is busy drilling holes into bolts, and everyone else sets up the work bench for inoculating the logs. The logs come from various types of trees, and depending on the type of tree, certain flavors can be imparted to the mushrooms. One would have to be a connoisseur to notice, however, choice of trees is important and not to be overlooked.

In addition to imparting different tastes to the mushrooms, the number and size of the mushroom is affected as well. Oak logs are considered the gold standard.

Growers can typically get eight flushes (harvests) from oak before retiring the log – which is a pretty good return for the time invested.

Spawning Shiitakes

To inoculate a log, “spawn” or “inoculum”– which is oak sawdust infused with mycelium (the vegetative part of a fungus) from the strain of shiitake we want – is packed into the drilled holes. A brass injector is used to pound the spawn into the bolt holes.

(What a good way to work off some inner frustrations!)

I join Jim’s youngest son, Fenton, who is enthusiastically pounding spawn into the holes. We pack the mixture into the numerous holes that Steve drilled, and then use the melted paraffin to seal each packed hole. All the while, carefully trying to avoid burning our fingers! This part takes the longest, so everyone joins in packing the spawn to get the task quickly done. A tag marking the date M ay/J u n e 2 017 ~

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LAYING YARD Clockwise from top left: The laying yard Some logs lean up in an A-frame style Bolts stacked in cribs while the spawn runs Fresh bolts headed for the yard

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of shiitakes is a growing business and the number of farms increases each year.

Steve is a farm advisor for a state initiative through the Cornell Small Farms Program that supports “commercial” log growers (managing a few hundred logs), which is anticipated to bring 50plus new growers to New York State.

In addition, Hawk Meadow Farm will be featured in Woodlanders, an ongoing short-film series that documents the work of people who care for and depend on forests for their livelihood and well-being.

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Cultivating Mushrooms at Hawk Meadow Farm

of inoculation and mushroom strain is nailed on the end of each bolt, and they are taken down to the laying yard to be stacked.

The Laying Yard

As my eyes slowly adjust to the deep shade under the trees, I begin to make out the piles of logs in the laying yard. All around me, logs are stacked into cribs, each packed with mycelium just doing its magic. Some logs lean up in an A-frame style, and on closer inspection, a profusion of mushrooms is seen sprouting from them. This is the heart of the mushroom farm!

Everyone, including yours truly, grabs bolts off the truck and brings them down to stack in a crib, just like firewood. This stacking method is simple and allows for the best circulation of air and use of available land under the tree canopy. Freshly inoculated bolts are stacked so that the mycelium injected into the bolts colonizes the wood, consuming the wood cellulose and building a mycelial network. It takes 6 months for the mycelium to fully colonize the log – this is called a “spawn run.”

During this time, the farmer needs to ensure optimum moisture content and necessary shade. Shade is essential because bolts need to maintain a minimum moisture level of 30 percent.

Laying yards with coniferous trees are best because they provide deep shade year round. If one has only deciduous trees, plastic sheeting is used to help regulate exposure to sun and rain.

During the spawn run when bolts are being colonized, if it hasn’t rained at least a 1/2-inch in a week, bolts may get two-hour hydration soaks to maintain moisture levels.

The logs remain in the laying yard for their entire productive life. After the first year, bolts start to fruit bi-annually for three to four years (depending on various factors) and generate a halfpound or more of mushrooms per flush (crop).

If there’s been no growth on a log after having had around a year to mature in the laying yard, the log can be force-fruited or “shocked.” Soaking

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Shiitake Facts

A basketful of delightful delectables

• The shiitake mushroom is native to East Asia and has been cultivated in the United States since the mid-1970s.

It’s one of the most-produced mushrooms in the world (second only to the common button).

• Cultivating shiitakes is believed to have started in Japan and southern China, where locals would cut Shii trees (a type of oak) and place the logs near mushroom spores. The Japanese word Take means mushroom.

• Any shiitake that is a quarter-size or larger is considered grade A. Fresh shiitakes are both light and meaty, with a rich and somewhat nutty flavor that features a hint of garlic.

• Shiitakes have nutritional benefits to boot – all mushrooms are a rich source of Vitamin B and provide potassium, Vitamin D and selenium.

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Cultivating Mushrooms at Hawk Meadow Farm

the log in cold water overnight helps the mycelium to start producing mushrooms. This requires a trip to the stream! We carried down a crib of bolts that needed to be shocked so their mushrooms could be harvested in the next few days. (Not every shiitake grower is fortunate enough to have use of a stream for forcing logs, but a trough or trashcan works just as well.) Once the bath is over, the bolts are stacked in an A-frame style to await the fruiting bodies and for ease of picking.

The Harvest

Steve has 1,200 active bolts currently in his laying yard and adds approximately 400 bolts each year as others are retired. Bolts last three to four years; they are removed when they get “tired,” and tossed (returned) into the woods or used to line the paths. Steve forces or “fruits” 150 bolts a week to meet the demands of his clients.

He offers us some tips on harvesting the mushrooms and we all pitch in. I learn that there is a technique to removing the mushroom: First, slide your fingers around the cap and feel if the veil is right for picking. (The veil covers the gills on the underside, and Steve prefers it’s picked at precisely the right moment – just after the protective veil has broken to expose the gills.) Then slide your fingers down the stalk to where the mushroom is attached to the log and give a sideways tug. That’s all there is to it! Toss them in a basket and keep going.

Once the morning’s work is done, we head back up the trail to the farmhouse and sit down to a delicious lunch prepared for us by Anne. We dine well on pasta with a ramp pesto (absolutely fantastic), fresh-fromthe-garden salad, and to top it off, blueberry and rhubarb pie!

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his beautiful waterfront home on Keuka Lake was designed by award-winning Massachusetts architecture firm, Nicholaeff Architecture and Design. After she created an elegant estate for their year-round home in Massachusetts, Principal Doreve Nicholaeff was asked to design a home that related both to the lake and to the strong agricultural traditions in the area, for the homeowner’s retreat in the Finger Lakes.

The public front of the home itself suggests a farm that has evolved over time. From the lakeside, the home presents horizontally as three segments, with banks of windows wrapping the first and second floors. One wing houses two living spaces bisected by a substantial stone fireplace with the master suite above, while the opposite wing is occupied by a first floor grandparents’ suite with guest and children’s rooms above; all with stunning decor by interior designer Douglas

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Truesdale. The most impressive room in the home, however, is the one­ anda-half story central kitchen, whose generous proportions, exposed pitched pine ceiling with clerestory windows, substantial dual islands, and large farmer’s table, suggest a communal camp dining hall and makes clear that this is the center of family togetherness.

With its red façade, square-paned windows, and inner simplicity, this home converses easily with both the lake-camp tradition and the rural farming community that surrounds it. It is a place for a busy family to gather, put their feet up and be calmed by the lake that stretches out before them.

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Outdoors

in the open air

Three Legs Are Better Than Two

by Robert P. Malvica, M.D.

Photos courtesy Robert P. Malvica

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hiked up the steep, irregular woodland path on a bright October morning in our beloved Finger Lakes, I observed my childhood friend deftly negotiate his way along the tortuous trail. Despite a disability which disrupted his equilibrium system, he was doing quite well. I watched as he grasped a small sapling with his left hand and used the walking stick in his right hand to create a three-point stance. In fact, as I slipped and stumbled on two perfectly healthy legs, I noted that he appeared to be solid as a rock. It dawned on me …Three legs are better than two.

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enthusiasts. Many are seniors seeking to improve their health, others are returning injured military women and men, and finally there are the disabled who refuse to let disabilities interfere with their quality of life. In the United States, more than 4 million folks use canes and other assistive walking devices. These aids provide assistance by reducing lower limb loading and compensating for muscular weakness. They improve balance by providing a mechanical advantage and somatosensory feedback.

In other words, they provide the brain with additional information about the environment that allows it to coordinate input from the eyes, the inner ear, and the bones and muscles of the body. This provides a person with balanced, coordinated movements. The beauty of this is that these assistive devices work equally well for everyone, even the most youthful and athletic outdoorsmen and women among us! The triangular stance provided when using a walking stick clearly results in greater stability. This translates into safer, more comfortable, and even quieter, movement through the woods. The assistance is magnified when traversing irregular, snowy or icy paths.

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Try Out Your Walking Stick Hemlock-to-Canadice-Lake Trail Opens

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or more than a decade, The Nature Conservancy (nature.org) had a dream to create a scenic trail linking the last two undeveloped Finger Lakes, Hemlock and Canadice. Officially opened in fall 2016, the new trail – Rob’s Trail – is now a reality.

Rob’s Trail is like no other in the Finger Lakes. Located in Ontario County just south of the village of Hemlock, the trail begins at a scenic overlook on State Route 15A owned by The Nature Conservancy. It then continues down-slope across state lands, through mature woods, and over a bridge above a deep gorge and waterfall. One-and-a-half miles from the trailhead, the trail emerges at the pristine shore of Hemlock Lake, where hikers can continue north for three miles to a boat launch.

“This first-of-its-kind trail will give visitors greater access to Hemlock and Canadice Lakes, the source of Rochester’s drinking water and one of the only places in the Finger Lakes where you can experience what the region looked like long ago,” said Jim Howe, The Nature Conservancy’s Central and Western New York chapter director.

Hemlock and Canadice Lakes are the only two Finger Lakes with undeveloped shorelines.

In 2010, The Nature Conservancy teamed up with the City of Rochester and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to permanently protect them. “HemlockCanadice State Forest is unique, containing a large intact forest as well as habitat for black bears, lake trout and bald eagles,” said Paul D’Amato, DEC regional director.

Rob’s Trail was made possible through generous contributions from family foundations, businesses like Xerox, and members of The Nature Conservancy from all around Central and Western New York. Volunteers also played a critical role, including 95 employees from the Genesee Brewery who dedicated more than 600 hours.

The new trail is a winner economically. “Clean water, clean air and outdoor recreation are essential ingredients of New York’s competitiveness,” said Robert Duffy, CEO and President of the Rochester Business Alliance, former New York Lieutenant Governor and former mayor of Rochester.

Rob’s Trail is named after Rob van der Stricht, the former chair of The Nature Conservancy’s board of trustees. “I’m delighted to have this trail dedicated in honor of my late husband,” said Sue van der Stricht, who has now taken Rob’s seat as chair of the conservancy’s board. “Rob would be thrilled to know that more people will get to see these two lakes, thanks to The Nature Conservancy’s new trail.”

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outdoors person. These choices range from long, finely-crafted “staffs” to metal, collapsible canes.

The tall, handcrafted staffs are usually selected by hikers. These walking sticks usually have a leather loop affixed to the top through which a hiker can place his/her hand (EasyComfort Walking Stick). Some choose a shorter wooden cane or walking stick. These canes may be simple in design or quite ornate. It’s the buyers’ choice. Metal or carbon fiber collapsible walking sticks come in a variety of styles as well. Some have a simple pistol style grip and a small nylon loop through which you place your hand (EMS Walker). Others have a cork-covered ball grip which unscrews to reveal a base to which a camera may be affixed (ProMaster monopod).

Another choice provides a V-shaped bracket that serves as a rifle support (Cabela’s). There are even models that have a small flashlight built into the handle facilitating nighttime walks (Walker). Most of the aluminum, collapsible sticks come with a rubber tip that is easily removable to expose a sharp metal spike that is helpful when traversing icy or slippery surfaces.

Each of these assistive devices has its pros and cons. The wooden staffs and canes have a natural appearance, and some folks prefer the natural beauty of the wood. Clearly, these are assistive devices that combine beauty with utility. The disadvantage is that they are somewhat bulky and because they are constructed of a natural material, they are more prone to damage, although most are made of hardwoods that are designed to withstand the elements. The collapsible, aluminum or carbon fiber

walking sticks have the advantages of being lightweight, compact and very resilient. They are easily packable and very versatile. They also offer the advantage of being adjustable to accommodate various heights. An additional advantage is that they are fairly inexpensive. The carbon fiber models are more expensive but are extremely durable and lightweight.

A disadvantage of the collapsible models is that they may not support a very heavy downward force due to the collapsibility design. One must be careful to screw the sections together well before use.

So, we can see that there are many choices once one buys into the idea that three legs are better than two. It is clear to anyone who has ever used a walking stick, even a homemade stick made from an old, solid tree branch, that ambulation and stability are improved by the third “limb” (no pun intended). The chance of a fall and subsequent personal injury is diminished. This translates into a more relaxed, safer and pleasurable outing, regardless of whether it’s taking photos, hunting, getting to your favorite fishing hole or just simply hiking through your favorite woods!

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Lifestyle

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Lakefront Life

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By Jake Banas, Finger Lakes Visitors Connection

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akeshore Drive, the lakefront area of Canandaigua, has seen many changes over the years but new businesses, park upgrades, and improvements to walkability have made Canandaigua Lake’s north shore even more enjoyable for both visitors and residents of the Finger Lakes.

Running along the shallow, blue waters of Canandaigua Lake’s northern shores, Kershaw Park provides public access to the lake’s shores and beach. This city park has lakefront walkways, a swimming area, a small watercraft launch site, public docks, and a newly-remodeled playground. The nine acres of green park have ample walking paths that span the width of the park, connecting tasting rooms, restaurants, and other businesses along the way.

Craft beverage enthusiasts can slake their thirst at Twisted Rail Brewing Company’s lakefront tasting room where you will find craft beers and ciders. On the opposite end of Kershaw Park, the New York Wine & Culinary Center offers a different tasting experience where one can sample and compare wine, beer, cider, and craft spirits from across New York State. If all that beverage tasting leaves you hungry, the New York Wine & Culinary Center offers cooking classes and demos, as well as dining at the Upstairs Bistro which serves locally-sourced, bistro-style dishes. Nearby, Nolan’s on Canandaigua Lake is cooking up steak, seafood, and pasta, and just across the street MacGregor’s Grill & Tap Room grills classic burgers and pub fair.

Outdoor enthusiasts and fitness fans will find themselves equally as at home as their foodie counterparts. Beyond Kershaw Park, Canandaigua’s City Pier makes for a great place for dockside fishing or hanging out by the water’s edge. Seager Marine and Sutters Marina have all your boating needs covered, or, in the winter time, all your boats covered, as it were. For

those lacking a fleet of their own, these marinas also offer rentals, and Canandaigua Sailboarding rents small watercraft as well as safety gear. If you’d like to spend some time afloat on the lake but don’t necessarily want to be responsible for the watercraft, the Canandaigua Lady, a replica paddlewheel boat, offers excursions during the warmer months and can be found at the eastern side of the north shore.

Across from Kershaw Park, Pinnacle North adds even more to see and do. A mixed-use development being constructed in five phases, Pinnacle North adds living space and new retail spaces to Canandaigua’s bustling lakefront. The nearly completed first phase adds one and two bedroom apartments as well as space for a restaurant and a microbrewery. The microbrewery, Young Lion Brewing, will occupy some of the first-floor retail space and is set to open just in time for the energetic summer season in Canandaigua.

The proposed restaurant at Pinnacle North is being developed by husband and wife business partners Joshua and Jenna Miles, who are well known in the restaurant world and are the faces behind names such as The Revelry in Rochester and Branca in Bushnell’s Basin. Joshua Miles is also responsible for two restaurants at the Strathallan Hotel, where he serves as the food and beverage director. Plans for the restaurant call for it to serve authentic southern-style barbecue with its team of chefs to be expertly trained in the art of slow, hot smoking as in cuisine from places such as South Carolina and Georgia.

With phase one well underway and four more phases to come, Pinnacle North is sure to continue expanding on the already varied options for food and fun along Canandaigua’s North shore, allowing for new and exciting experiences for visitors and residents both current and future.

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Outdoors

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by Susan Peterson Gateley

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andelions – despised, disparaged and destroyed by those who love a perfect plush green lawn – persist. The all but indestructible plants are targeted today by lawn care companies, gardeners, landscapers and others who prize turf grass.

But in the olden days, before the industrial age, dandelions were valued as food, for medicinal use and for their beauty.

Its leaves saved more than one early settler or isolated trading outpost attendant up north from a painful death by scurvy.

Today, its flowers are still harvested by those who prize a glass of flower wine during the dark days of winter.

This ubiquitous weed, beloved of pollinator insects and children who don’t know any better, has a long and fascinating history in our region. Numerous lawn-care services and the Chateau Renaissance wine cellars of Hammondsport make a profit from it. I and others seek the dandelion out eagerly in early spring to supplement salad bowls with fresh greens after a long winter of iceberg lettuce imported from Arizona.

Meanwhile, my neighbor stalks his yard with a sprayer to douse each dandelion flower with an herbicide.

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My guess is that the dandelion flower’s fall from favor with my neighbor and many others is linked to the general increasing isolation of humans from the natural world. Most of us live in a man-made landscape of pavement, well-kept and close-clipped yards, and buildings. We desire security and do our best to reside in a

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2016 2017 SEASON predictable world. But all too soon, those dandelion flowers close up, the stems extend and elongate and then pop open a gray sphere of fluff. The spring breeze carries those countless weed seeds near and far to another lawn, leaving behind a small forest of unsightly stems to mar the close-cropped perfection of grass.

According to NASA, about 63,000 square miles of the United States now consist of lawns. It’s an amount that exceeds the area of any one irrigated crop in America.

The dandelion wasn’t always considered a weed. The hardy nutritious native of Eurasia has been a valued associate of humans for thousands of years. It has been a food plant, a medicinal herb, and a source of wine from America’s far north to its Deep South. It probably arrived here before the pilgrims did. Its secret for success in a world now totally dominated by humans is simple: it thrives in a recently disturbed environment, like a lawn.

Dandelions arrived in the Finger Lakes Region very soon after the first European explorers reached America’s shores.

The dark green rosette of leaves that appears soon after the snow melts is rich in Vitamin C and A, as well as a good source of calcium, iron and zinc. Unlike many common weeds, the dandelion is a perennial. The long taproot that makes it such a persistently hardy plant where it isn’t wanted also contributes to its high nutritional value. Its roots reach deep into the soil to tap minerals that shallow-rooted annuals like spinach and lettuce would not be able to concentrate.

The French name pissienlit reflects the plant’s value as a diuretic for treating high blood pressure, while the root has long been used by herbalists to treat liver and gall bladder problems. Modern scientific research on the health benefits of the dandelion has been lacking, but some animal studies suggest it might fight inflammation and stabilize blood sugar. Some sources claim it also boosts the immune system function.

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Outdoors

Dandelion Wine

Perhaps the ultimate test of patience in applying the culinary arts to the dandelion is the creation of a batch of dandelion wine. I’ve had “commercial” and homemade dandelion wine and it really is special with its pale color and faint hint of flower, citrus and honey. The wine I’ve had was quite dry and also fairly potent. Author Ray Bradbury, in one of his classic novels about Green Town, wrote that dandelion wine “was summer caught and stoppered.”

After tasting a batch of home brew made by a friend, I got his recipe and ventured out the following spring to pick a large pot full of dandelions. This was not difficult, for I have long loved the cheerful flowers and my yard was full of them. One early summer day I ventured forth with my two-gallon pail and picked dandelions while the robins sang and the warm breezes ruffled the leaves of the nearby lilac bushes.

I followed the directions and created a mash of sorts from my bucket of flowers with a bit of citrus and sugar, and set it in a warm place. It certainly did ferment, and it certainly was alcoholic. However, it was also a pretty awful/not-upto-the-standard my friend, an experienced home-brew hobbyist, had achieved. I think perhaps using the appropriate yeast is fairly critical.

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Edible and Yummy!

If you want to add dandelions to your diet there are a number of ways to do so. The flowers, leaves and root are all edible. I have never attempted to make tea or coffee from dried dandelion root, but the leaves are a regular at my dinner table in the spring, both as salad and cooked. Older greens become bitter, so as soon as you see the flower bud, you will want to use them sparingly or not at all in salad.

Bringing older greens to a boil, then pouring off the water and adding new water to cook them, removes some of the bitter flavor.

When the flowers form it’s time for a mess of dandelion fritters. Here’s the really tough part of preparation. On a sweet warm May afternoon, sally forth to your spring world, sit down in the sun and start picking dandelion flowers. Pinch them off the stem and try not to include the green backing or any of the milky stem.

Take your mess of flowers in, whip up a basic batter of egg, flour and milk. Dip the flowers in the batter, fry ’em up and serve with maple syrup. At least one website claims dandelions in the diet can raise your beneficial HDL, but to be on the safe side, I use olive oil for my fritter frying – there’s a hint of sweetness and of pollen in the bite-size morsels. You have to pick them just before fritter time as they close up quickly when stored in the fridge.

the green “backing” off the flowers does matter. This wine also takes quite a long time to age in the bottle – six months or more says the Internet – so patience is essential.

The Chateau Renaissance winery near Hammondsport knows how to make dandelion wine. They sell it along with a variety of other wines at their on-site store at 7494 Fish Hatchery Road just south of the village.

But you don’t have to drink a glass of wine to appreciate the hardy, helpful dandelion, friend of pollinators, children and lovers of beauty. It is a golden gift from nature.

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History

narrative of the past

Celebrating of

100 Y •E •A •R •S

Occupational Therapy

by Laurel C. Wemett

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taying as healthy and productive as possible despite a chronic health condition often depends on having access to occupational therapy. Countless people of all ages do things they desire or need to do and maintain their independence thanks to learning self-help methods for the function of daily living. While using occupations (work and play activities) as therapy can be dated to ancient times, occupational therapy as a profession was actually founded 100 years ago in Ontario County.

On March 15, 1917, George Edward Barton (1871-1923), his future wife, Isabel Newton (1891-1975), and a handful of others gathered in Clifton Springs to establish the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy, now The American Occupational Therapy Association Inc. (AOTA). Today AOTA is based in Bethesda, Maryland, with a membership of approximately

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60,000 representing the interests and concerns of over 200,000 practitioners and students throughout the U.S. In 2017 centenary celebrations in Clifton Springs will bring the origins and history of this vital profession to new generations.

“It is exciting that our local community is such a rich source of history for the occupational therapy profession,” says Dr. Christopher Alterio, OT and OTR, who has a postprofessional clinical doctorate in occupational therapy (OT). “George Barton and the work he did at Consolation House in Clifton Springs sparked the creation of a profession that has gone on to help millions of people all over the world. That is an amazing legacy that had an important start right here in the Finger Lakes.”

In March the anniversary of the founding of AOTA was marked at Clifton Springs’ Foster Cottage where historic photographs of occupational

Above: Founders at Consolation House, Clifton Springs, March 15, 1917; (l to r) seated: Susan C. Johnson, George E. Barton, Eleanor Clarke Slagle, standing: Dr. William R. Dunton, Jr., Isabel G. Newton, and Thomas B. Kidner.

Above Inset: Clifton Springs Sanitarium & Clinic, built in 1896; this pre-1927 view is before the removal of the copper spires atop the three towers.

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therapy are currently on view. Special activities are planned during the village’s annual Sulphur Springs Festival on June 2 and 3 (sulfurspringsfestival.com).

The popular festival began in 1996 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Clifton Springs Sanitarium, a prominent Clifton Springs’ landmark where AOTA founder George Barton sought relief from numerous physical ailments.

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Clifton Springs’ Sanitarium

The Sanitarium, completed in 1896, was the third set of buildings which served as the center of the “Water Cure” established by Dr. Henry Foster (1821-1901). Foster, attracted by the village’s highly sulphured water, settled in Sulphur Springs (later Clifton Springs) around 1850. For decades people came for rest, relaxation and to bathe in the mineral waters at the “Old San” as the Sanitarium was known. In 1917, when George Barton and others founded AOTA, the Clifton Springs Sanitarium was a modern medical facility. The sanitarium identification was eliminated in 1959 when it became the Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic. Ultimately, the San’s medical role ended with the building of a new hospital in 1972 and today the refurbished Victorian-era building provides senior housing as Spa Apartments.

The formation of the occupational therapy group in Clifton Springs is “a tale of happenstance,” says Dr. Alterio who has extensively researched George Barton and the beginnings of occupational therapy as a profession.

OT Explained From the brochure by AOTA, “What is Occupational Therapy?

“Imagine if an accident, injury, disease, or condition made it difficult for you to participate in your daily activities.

A wrist injury means that getting dressed in the morning is painful. Arthritis makes driving challenging. Autism may hinder a child from interacting effectively with classmates. A traumatic brain injury keeps a wounded warrior out of active duty because of difficulties with memory and organizational skills. Or a small change in your activities or the environment could prevent a future condition (such as using ergonomics at work to avoid injury).

“Occupational therapy allows people across the lifespan to do the activities they want and need to do. An occupational therapist will evaluate your situation and, with input from you (and perhaps your family, care provider, or friend), develop individualized goals that allow you to resume or pursue your valued occupations. After you develop goals with your occupational therapist, you will work together on a specific intervention plan to help improve or maintain your ability to perform daily activities and reach your goals getting back to your life.”

For more information visit aota.org.

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Occupational Therapy at Clifton Springs Sanitarium & Clinic from 1925 Booklet. Photo courtesy of Clifton Springs Historical Society

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Barton, a Massachusetts native and practicing architect who had no direct ties in this area, relocated from Colorado Springs to Clifton Springs in 1914 after he experienced severe bouts of tuberculosis, paralysis and amputation of two toes.

“The advertising of the San from that era would appeal to Barton,” explains Alterio. The sanitarium was described as “a progressive facility that offered state of the art approaches, and was marketed as a place of convalescence and relaxation.”

There was also the attraction of the springs and the village’s rural, wholesome setting.

Additionally, before occupational therapy was officially constructed as a profession says Dr. Alterio, the Sanitarium had a history of doing this kind of work. “Starting in 1910 they had an ‘industrial department’ where they did what they called ‘occupation therapy.’” George Barton convalesced at the sanitarium and then devoted the rest of his life to the rehabilitation of others, after turning a private home into Consolation House, an early rehabilitation center. Isabel Newton, then the bookkeeper at a Geneva preserving and canning plant, was invited to become his secretary. The couple married in 1918 and Isabel worked alongside George teaching occupations to the residents of the Consolation House until Barton’s death in 1923.

Gathering at Consolation House

What makes George Barton and Clifton Springs notable is that Barton communicated with people doing similar therapeutic work at other places although it was called by different names. “He organized them to come to Clifton Springs and form a ‘society’ so that they could standardize and advance their efforts,” explains Dr. Alterio. Barton is also credited with officially naming the profession occupational therapy.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the AOTA’s founding, an article by Isabel Barton appeared in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. “Consolation House, 50 years ago” documented the meeting with the four other founders: Dr. William A. Dunton, Thomas B. Kidner, Eleanor Slagle, and Susan C. Johnson. Barton described Consolation House as a “simple clapboarded country house” with an “old red barn.” A “weed patch” on an adjacent vacant lot became a garden. The transformed buildings and property became the setting for experimental projects offered to “incapacitated individuals.”

When George Barton died, activities at Consolation House ceased, but efforts for patient rehabilitation grew all over the country, says Dr. Alterio. “They certainly continued at the Clifton Springs hospital, and now there is an occupational therapy private practice in Clifton Springs.” Consolation House still stands but today it is a private home.

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Dr. Alterio will offer a free presentation, “George Barton: How One Man’s Loss and Redemption Influenced the Occupational Therapy Profession,” on Saturday, June 3, in Clifton Springs. The discussion will focus on “Barton’s artistic, literary, and social connections, and describe how they influenced his architectural career, his leisure pursuits, and his sense of personal meaning.” Further, the creation and naming of Consolation House, the selection of the phoenix as its symbol, and the use of the motto “Beauty for ashes” will all be analyzed in context of Barton’s experiences.

Dr. Alterio, owner of a private occupational therapy practice in East Amherst, New York, and full time professor at Keuka College, is among those on this year’s local centennial planning committee. Other members include Clifton Springs’ historian, Jim Conners; Steven Egidi, owner of Hand & Occupational Therapy in Clifton Springs; plus other members of the Chamber of Commerce and representatives from Nazareth College and Bryant & Stratton College, where occupational therapy programs are also offered.

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Day Trip

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Life in the

by Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

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he Finger Lakes Region is ideal for hitting the road on two motorized wheels, with great routes and destinations that are custom-made for life on a bike. Middle-aged men and women and baby boomers alike are out there enjoying them. Here are some stories from just a few of them.

From practical to pleasure

George T. Conboy, 56, chair of Brighton Securities, leaves the world of finance behind to ride one of his two BMWs – a 2010 and a 1972 – or his 1972 Honda as often as he can. His favorite destination is the Rochester Public Market every Saturday, where arriving on a bike is a great convenience. “I’ve been shopping at the market since the late ’70s, and as parking has become tighter, coupled with my reluctance to park far away and ride their trolley, I find no trouble parking a bike wherever I want,” he says.

Conboy started riding a motorcycle for purely practical reasons, “after daily trudging up the hill from the lower parking lots at RIT.

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“It was such a slog,” he recalled.

“One day, I noticed that right next to each building was an area for motorcycle parking. Above my head popped a cartoon light bulb: If I had a bike, I could park right here! I promptly bought a used motorcycle – a ’72 Honda CL 350 – and a gold-flake helmet. Not only could I park closer, but with gas at the extortionate $1-pergallon, I saved money. I would ride every day as long as temps were 40 degrees or higher.”

A whole-body experience

Jane Milliman, 48, publisher of the Upstate Gardeners’ Journal, “took the

course, got my license, and started riding in the spring of 2015.” She rides one of her motorcycles “as often as I can, from April through October. It depends on the weather, but at least a couple of times a week; preferably more,” she told me.

If she is on her commuter bike, Milliman’s favorite routes are along Lake Ontario up to Pultneyville, and the back roads to her house in Victor.

“If I’m bopping around on a little scrambler, I like to go to the Rochester Public Market from my office on East Avenue or my boyfriend George’s house in Rochester.

What makes a route or destination

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better on a bike is the thrill of negotiating what Milliman calls, “twisty roads.”

“You have to pay a lot more attention to what you’re doing, and that aspect of it is very relaxing. The rest of the world melts away,” she says.

“Also, it’s a total body experience, not completely unlike road cycling, and I enjoy the physical engagement and modest athleticism involved.”

Biking for work and fun

For Dan Harris, 54, a motorcycle is more than a recreational vehicle. He rides not only 10,000 or more miles a year for pleasure, but also for his job as master tech with Country Rode Motowerks in Fairport. His current project there is a 1938 DKW German military bike.

Harris’s commute is only about 14 miles one way, but he often takes the long way around to enjoy life on his bike. “I have been known to ride down the west side of Canandaigua Lake, cut over northeast to Geneva and out to Sodus Bay, then east along the lake to State Route 350 and back to Fairport,” he told me. “I have also just headed M ay/J u n e 2 017 ~

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east and found myself in Albany, Naples, Watkins Glen, Ithaca.”

He and his clients have favorite routes all over the world, but locally, they enjoy the Finger Lakes BMW Club rally in Watkins Glen on Labor Day weekend. (fingerlakesbmw.org).

Harris started riding at age 8 and now has a 1976 BMW R90/6, and a 1969 BMW conversion (a ’69 frame with a ’76 engine and other modifications), that is a work in progress.

The honeymoon continues

Sandra Glanton, 61, and her husband Lynn rented a motorcycle on their honeymoon on St. Thomas and St. John more than 30 years ago.

They’ve been biking together ever since. She’s happy to be the passenger, and is just as passionate about motorcycle travel as her husband.

He’s 69, and has driven motorcycles since he was 14. “He started on a Vespa scooter, the first licensable scooter he owned. For two years before that, he owned minibikes,” Sandra explains. “He went from a Suzuki 125 when he was in college to a 1969 Yamaha 350 when he got out of the military. He purchased a Yamaha 750 in 1979 and drove that for about 30 years and put 100,000 miles on it.

In 2007, before he retired, he bought a Honda ST 1300A. It has about 40,000 miles on it.”

He has taken the Yamaha 750 and the Honda ST 1300A on numerous long trips, primarily with his Xerox engineer buddies.

The couple’s favorite journeys include Sodus Point or Canandaigua Lake from their house in Walworth.

“We also like a trip along Lake Road in Webster, particularly during the fall, due to the winding roads and foliage,” Sandra says. “We’ve ridden up to Lake Placid and Saranac Lake, and taken the ferry across Lake Champlain to Vermont. My husband has traveled along Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains, up to Maine, and as far as Mackinaw Island in Michigan.”

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Beating the stereotype

Contrary to what some people believe, bikers often have strong commitments to charitable causes.

Conboy has participated in the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, an international event to raise funds for prostate cancer research and suicide prevention (gentlemansride.com/ rides/united+states/rochester). It began in 2002 in Sydney, Australia, inspired by a photo of the Don Draper character from “Mad Men” riding a classic bike while wearing an elegant suit. “I decided a themed ride would be a great way to combat the often-negative stereotype of men on motorcycles, and bring niche motorcycle communities together,” says ride founder Mark Hawwa.

Conboy said: “I will be among the tens of thousands of distinguished gentlefolk in hundreds of cities worldwide who don their cravats, tweak their moustaches, press their tweed and sit astride their classic and vintage styled motorcycles this year.”

Harris has ridden to raise funds for breast cancer research.

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heck out the CycleFish calendar (cyclefish.com) for thousands of motorcycle event listings, including rallies, biker parties, poker runs, rides, charity and benefit events, motorcycle swap meets, bike shows and more.”

Enjoy the wind in your face as you hit the road on your bike throughout the Finger Lakes!

Ruth E. Thaler-Carter (writerruth.com) is an award-winning freelance writer/ editor who is terrified of motorcycles.

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aurel Wemett reviews a dozen or more books in “Book

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Look” each year. The criterion for considering a book has typically been its Finger Lakes content, although the

author may or may not live in the region.

We are pleased when we learn that readers look forward

to hearing about new books. Recently, Linda Pembroke Kaiser of Syracuse, author of Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. Clark, a book we reviewed in 2011, wrote, “When I receive my issues of Life in the Finger Lakes, I always turn to the Book Review column first. The concise reviews are always honest and informative for readers.” We hope that is true for these new selections.

New Titles for your

Must-Read List

by Laurel C. Wemett

The Soul of Central New York Syracuse Stories

by Sean Kirst Publisher: Syracuse University Press Website: syracuseuniversitypress. syr.edu

The stories included in this collection originally appeared in the Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper, written by columnist Sean Kirst over 25 years. Divided into 10 thematic categories including “Diligence,” “Love,” and “Courage,” these tales were published from 1991 to 2015.

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Post-Standard was as sports columnist, writing on both Syracuse University athletics and high school team sports.

Later on, he was able to pursue what he enjoys most, “narratives about people going through everyday triumph or loss or struggle” that involved “fundamental elements of humanity. In these elements, somehow, are the soul of a hometown,” writes Kirst.

There are famous people, such as acclaimed children’s author Eric Carle, former Vice President Joe Biden, and the football legend Jim Brown, all of whom have links to Syracuse. Others, like the barbers Phil Malara and Luis Casares, are little known beyond Central New York, but their lives are no less compelling.

These well-crafted stories will grab readers with their poignancy and relevance. They are inspiring accounts that reflect this award-winning author’s ability to respond to people’s lives and situations with insight and sensitivity.

While each column is dated as to when it appeared, the author has added thoughtful postscripts that reveal the outcome of these individuals’ lives.

Heaven’s Ditch God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal

by Jack Kelly Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Website: stmartins.com

Here is an engrossing read to accompany the 200th anniversary of the beginning of construction on the Erie Canal in Rome in 1817.

This nonfiction title by journalist and historian Jack Kelly links the waterway with the influential religious movements and political activities of the early 19th century.

The author introduces us to Jesse Hawley, a flour merchant in Geneva,

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who envisioned a canal traversing 360 miles – from Buffalo on Lake Erie to New York City – to improve the transport of goods. The completion of the canal and its opening in 1825 is contemporaneous with a period of religious fervor called the Second Great Awakening. “During the first decades of the nineteenth century, the finger of God touched down with remarkable frequency in the region of western New York through which men had slashed the great ditch,” writes Kelly.

Significant religious leaders of the period include William Miller, a Baptist preacher who prophesied the Second Coming in the 1840s; and Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of Mormonism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Among the influential historic figures covered in Kelly’s narrative is William Morgan, who disappeared in 1826 and was presumed murdered because he planned to reveal secret rituals of the Freemasons.

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This ambitious work manages to weave together these complex themes.

Wines of the Finger Lakes

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Author Peter Buford, the publisher of Burford Books in Ithaca, is no stranger to this column, but this is the first book to bear his name as author, and it is smart and timely. While he candidly admits he is not a “wine writer,” he is clearly familiar with the world of Finger Lakes wines through his extensive travels through the region.

The book provides a comprehensive well-organized introduction to wineries of the Finger Lakes.

An overview of the lakes and their suitability to grape-growing is presented along with descriptions of the grapes and local wines. The early “Big Four” wineries (Pleasant Valley, Taylor Wine, Urbana Wine, and Widmer Wine Cellars) are introduced, along with pioneers like Charles Fournier and Dr. Konstantin Frank, among others. The illustrated explanations of American and French hybrids are a helpful addition along with “Reading a Finger Lakes Wine Label.” A “(very) short course on wine making”

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days as a doula.

At the heart of the fictional story are the complicated emotions that both Helen and Goldenrod feel toward the man who abandoned them. When one sister dies, people long separated are reunited and opportunities to face old unresolved issues present themselves. The reader ultimately learns a disturbing family secret which has haunted Helen since her youth. The characters are well-developed and their lives easily engage the reader.

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Later Helen becomes a labor doula and midwife. The family farm in Upstate New York becomes a boarding home for pregnant teenagers run by Helen.

She also operates an artisanal bread bakery with the young residents.

The author, a freelance writer for this magazine and other regional publications, is a trained labor doula, natural childbirth educator, and mother of four. Joslyn brings an authenticity to the narrative which focuses largely on the physical and psychological manifestations of motherhood. One chapter contains Helen’s entries in the birth journal she kept during her early

365 Things to DO in Ithaca, New York

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Want a year’s worth of adventures in the Finger Lakes? Laurel Guy relocated to Ithaca from Kentucky in 1981 and hasn’t looked back. Compiled from her simple routine of writing down one thing she loved about Ithaca each day, the entries are presented seasonally.

No one will be bored reading this broad selection of sights, sounds, tastes, and even “celebs.” Not all are a short walk from pedestrian-friendly Ithaca Commons, but who can blame the author for expanding the boundaries to include regional attractions?

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College School of Music), waterfalls (more than 100 including Ithaca Falls), and peace lovers (Quakers on East State Street during Thursday rush hours). This lively full-color and indexed compendium will inspire life-long residents, newcomers, and visitors alike. The author’s detailed back stories offer background and location details.

“The best part of living in Ithaca is the people,” summarizes Guy, a realtor who happens to be a plein air artist. “They are authentic. No pretense. No dress code. Everyone has a passion – you can’t take for granted your first impression. Your real estate agent could be an artist.”

A founder of the Ithaca Artists Market, among other achievements, Guy’s deep pleasure and involvement in Ithaca shows throughout.

When Camp Onanda Gives Her Call

by Carol Truesdale Publisher: Arcadia Publishing & The History Press Website: arcadiapublishing.com

For over 70 years, generations of young women and girls arrived to spend summertime at Camp Onanda on the shores of Canandaigua Lake. The author, a former Camp Onanda counselor for three years in the late 1960s, presents the camp’s history with an introduction of the area’s Native American past. Truesdale’s overview spans the camp’s ownership and operation by the Young Women’s Christian Association of Rochester, beginning in 1919 to its transformation into a public park in the late 1980s.

The author researched the activities, attendees, structures and how the property itself changed with the times. Early campers arrived in Canandaigua by trolley from Rochester and then boarded the Eastern Star steamer boat for an 8-mile trip down the lake. Numerous period photographs, camp brochures, and other illustrations, along with actual campers’ memories and postcard messages, bring the camp to life.

“All you need to do is grab a paddle and life jacket from the boathouse and scoot down the shore to the canoes,” the retired teacher writes, describing the campers’ wholesome activities during the 1960s. In the 1980s, Camp Onanda shared its facility with the Camp Good Days and Special Times before that nonprofit group moved to Branchport.

Lakeside residents, local history buffs, and campers of all ages are among those who will find Truesdale’s book of special interest.

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Americana Vineyards & Winery..........................67....... 607-387-6801........americanavineyards.com

Keuka Arts Festival.................................................29.........................................keukaartsfestival.com

Antique Revival.......................................................65....... 800-780-7330........antiquerevival.com

Keuka Farmhouse..................................................80....... 607-292-6442........keukafarmhouse.com

ARTS Council of the Southern FingerLakes......21.........................................fiddlersgathering.org

Kitchen Theatre Company...................................75....... 607-272-0570........kitchentheatre.org

Belhurst Castle..........................................................7....... 315-781-0201.........belhurst.com

Lakeview Geneva...................................................84....... 315-789-5714.........lakeviewgenevallc@gmail.com

Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventures...................27.........................................bristolmountainadventures.com

Larry’s Latrines........................................................28....... 607-324-5015........larryslatrines.com

Canandaigua Lake Music Festival....................... 16....... 585-412-6353........lakemusicfestival.org

Livingston County..................................................12....... 800-538-7365........visitletchworthpark.com

Canandaigua Lakeview Cemetery......................72....... 585-586-5250.......canandaigualakeview.com

Longview..................................................................46....... 607-375-6320........ithacarelongview.com

Caves Kitchens........................................................33....... 585-478-4636........cavesmillwork.com

Morgan Marine.......................................................28....... 315-536-8166.........morganmarine.net

Cayuga County Tourism.......................................79....... 315-252-7644........tourcayuga.com

Naples Visitors Association..................................79.........................................naplesvalleyny.com

Cayuga Lake Wine Trail...................................52-53....... 800-684-5217........cayugawinetrail.com

New Energy Works............................................... C4....... 585-924-3860.......newenergyworks.com

Clifton Springs Chamber of Commerce............31....... 315-462-8200........cliftonspringschamber.com

Phelps Historical Society.......................................77....... 315-548-4940........histsoc@wny.twcbc.com

Cobtree Vacation Rentals.....................................75....... 315-789-1144.........cobtree.com

Pinnacle North..........................................................3....... 844-801-7808........pinnaclenorth.com

Corning Museum of Glass...................................47....... 800-732-6845.......cmog.org

Primitive Pursuits....................................................45.........................................primitivepursuits.com

Cricket on the Hearth............................................ 16....... 585-385-2420........cricketonthehearth.com

Rasa Spa...................................................................76....... 607-273-1740........rasaspa.com

del Lago....................................................................13.........................................dellagoresort.com

Rochester Regional Health.....................................9.........................................rochesterregional.org

Downtown Ithaca Alliance...................................33....... 607-277-8679........downtownithaca.com

Rooster Hill..............................................................83....... 315-536-4773.........roosterhill.com

Elmira Corning Regional Airport.........................32.........................................ecairport.com

Rosamond Gifford Zoo.........................................38....... 315-435-8511.........rosamondgiffordzoo.org

Ferris Hills................................................................ C2....... 585-393-0410........ferrishills.com

Roseland Wake Park..............................................27.........................................roselandwakepark.com

Finger Lakes Museum...........................................67....... 315-595-2200........fingerlakesmuseum.org

Roseland Waterpark..............................................27.........................................roselandwaterpark.com

Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival................45....... 800-457-8897........fingerlakesmtf.com

Route 96 Power & Paddle....................................29....... 607-659-7693........powerandpaddle.com

Finger Lakes National Forest...............................87....... 607-546-4470........fs.usda.gov/gmfl

Schooner Excursion...............................................85....... 607-535-LAKE.......sailtruelove.com

Finger Lakes Opera................................................24.........................................fingerlakesopera.org

Seager Marine.........................................................83....... 585-394-1372........seagermarine.com

Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival...............................2....... 585-394-0030........fingerlakespleinair.com

Seaweed Mat Systems..........................................85....... 585-202-4218........seaweedmatsystems.com

Finger Lakes Scenic Wonders..............................65.........................................fingerlakesscenicwonders.com

Seneca County Chamber.....................................23....... 800-732-1848........fingerlakescentral.com

Finger Lakes Tram..................................................31....... 315-986-8090........fingerlakestram.com

Seneca Lake Winery Association........................63....... 877-536-2717.........senecalakewine.com

Fireplace Fashions..................................................81....... 877-409-6555........fireplacefashions.com

SignLanguage Inc................................................... 17....... 585-237-2620........signlanguageinc.com

Flights of Fancy: Finger Lakes Wine Classic.......5....... 800-228-2760........fingerlakeswineclassic.com

Smith Boys.................................................................4.........................................smithboys.com

Foodlink of Rochester........................................... 17.........................................foodlinkny.org

Starkey’s Lookout...................................................39....... 607-678-4043........starkeyslookout.com

Gardner Construction...........................................76....... 315-573-1474.........gardnerconstructionny.com

Timber Frames..........................................................5....... 585-374-6405........timberframesinc.com

Geneva Music Festival...........................................84.........................................genevamusicfestival.com

Toro Run Winery....................................................21....... 315-530-2663........tororunwinery.com

German Brothers....................................................27....... 585-394-4000.......germanbrothers.com

Triphammer Wines & Spirits/Ithaca....................46....... 607-257-2626........triphammerwines.com

Granger Homestead..............................................77....... 585-394-1472........grangerhomestead.org

Wagner Vineyards..................................................63....... 866-924-6378........wagnervineyards.com

Halsey’s Restaurant................................................72....... 315-789-4070.........halseysgeneva.com

Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel.................................. 11....... 607-535-6116.........watkinsglenharborhotel.com

Hangar Theatre.......................................................80....... 607-273-ARTS........hangartheatre.org

West End Gallery....................................................15....... 607-936-2011.........westendgallery.net

Hilton Garden Inn Ithaca......................................71....... 877-STAY-HGI.........ithaca.hgi.com

Wild Birds Unlimited.............................................39....... 877-266-4928........sapsuckerwoods.com

Hotel Ithaca.............................................................15....... 607-272-1000........thehotelithaca.com

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Ithaca Farmers Market...........................................38.........................................IthacaMarket.com

Accommodations................... Pg. 88-89

Naples............................................Pg. 101

I-Wood-Care............................................................81....... 800-721-7715.........iwoodc.com

Camping........................................Pg. 102

Real Estate for Sale.................Pg. 90-91

The Inn on the Lake..............................................47....... 800-228-2801........theinnonthelake.com

Canandaigua................................Pg. 100

Seneca Lake Wine Trail............... Pg. 99

The Jewelbox...........................................................79....... 800-711-7279.........fingerlakescharm.com

Craft Breweries..............................Pg. 97

Shopping & Services.............. Pg. 92-93

Kendal at Ithaca..................................................... C3....... 877-915-7633.........kai.kendal.org/fl

Culture & Attractions.............. Pg. 94-97

Wine & Spirits................................ Pg. 98

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MAY/JUNE 2017 • VOL. 17, NO. 3

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