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Fail to Plan, Plan to Hibernate!

by Sharry L. Whitney

Usually by this time of year I’m looking forward to settling down after all the activity of summer, but this year is different. The hot, humid days made for a lazy summer for me. Less hiking, biking, and yard work, and more lounging, reading, and relaxing...and sweating!

So, with the shorter, darker, colder days ahead, I nipped the “hibernating” tendency in the bud and filled my calendar with activities.

There’s really no good excuse to becoming dormant—our many local colleges, museums, galleries, and sports venues offer many opportunities to keep your mind and body active. I signed up for a class at the KAC and another at MWPAI. I joined a book club and am teaching myself a new language.

I’m being proactive this year to avoid the annual stir-crazy-cabin-fever I come down with every January and February. I think that by planning now I’ll have a better chance at succeeding at warding off the winter doldrums.

If I fail to fill up my calendar before January arrives, my attire for that month will likely devolve into sweatshirts, sweatpants, and slippers. •

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One hundred years ago this month, an Oneida County soldier named Charles Adrean lost his life after being wounded on the Western Front during World War I. At the time of his death he was described as the highest ranking soldier from the City of Utica to have fallen on the fields of France.

Charles Henry Adrean was born in Utica in 1877. His parents, John and Susan, had emigrated from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. Charles was one of seven siblings and heard the call of duty early, serving in the National Guard after completing school. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War in 1898 and remained active in the Guard afterwards. In July 1901 he was promoted to Corporal and remained with Company A, 28th Separate Company of the New York National Guard in Utica.

In civilian life Charles worked around Utica, starting with the Standard Oil Company after his Adrean’s WWI Victory Medal return from the Spanish-American War. He also a custodian at the State Armory. Around 1907 he took a job as a collector with Utica Gas & Electric and stayed there until America’s entry into the “Great War” ten years later. In 1906 he married M. Regina Moore and would remain with her until his death.

In the summer of 1917 Adrean was a Sergeant in the New York National Guard. At 40 years of age he was old for a soldier, and exempt from the draft.

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charge for the purpose of entering the regular Army. He ended up with the 107th Infantry Regiment of the 27th Infantry (Orion) Division, which shipped out to Europe in May 1918. During the two week voyage Adrean became something of a scribe, detailing the journey in an article later printed in a Utica newspaper: “I am now spending my fifth day at sea and know that it will be fully a month before you will receive this letter. I am not permitted to tell you the date of leaving port of embarkation. However, we lay in the river all night after going on board ship and until noon the next day. We were then ordered below decks and the ship began to move out to sea. When we came on deck again the land where most of us were born was fast fading from sight.”

“I have not been sea sick as yet and don’t think I will if this good weather holds out. Yesterday I had charge of the ‘watch’. It consisted of about 60 pair of ‘eyes’ which did nothing else but watch the sea. On our third day out we passed a school of sharks and you should have seen the gun crew jump to their posts. They thought it was a ‘sub’.”

By the end of July the 27th division was moved into battle along the Western Front. Adrean’s unit encountered heavy fighting during the YpresLys Offensive at the end of August. For that they were awarded a “battle clasp” that can be seen on Adrean’s Victory Medal pictured in this article.

On September 24th the Somme Offensive commenced, aimed at breaking through the Hindenburg Line and cracking German defenses. The 107th encountered fierce resistance; it was during this offensive that Charles Adrean lost his life. After the war one of Adrean’s company mates, Richard Hall, described his Sergeant’s last moments in battle: “First Sergeant Adrean was wounded twice on Sept. 29th. The first time it was not a serious wound, and after having his head bound up, he continued to go along the line encouraging the men. He received his second wound early in the afternoon. Those who saw him fall ran to him and after examining him thought he was dead. About 8 o’clock that night it was reported to me that he was alive

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and with an Australian stretcher bearer(sic.) I went over (ten feet from the trench) and brought him in. He asked me to get someone else to help take him to the rear. I asked Frank W. Tilton of Company A to assist and with the aid of two Australian stretcher bearers we took him to a First Aid Station, arriving there about 3 the next morning. He was conscious all the time. After his wound was dressed he fell asleep and was still asleep when he was carried to the ambulance.”

First Sergeant Charles Henry Adrean died of his wounds on October 1, 1918. Three weeks later his division was relieved and quickly rotated stateside. Adrean was one of 437 men of the 107th Infantry to lose his life, out of a total of nearly 3,000 men. For his gallantry in action he was awarded the U.S. Army’s Distinguished Service Cross, the highest award for valor short of the Medal of Honor.

Charles Adrean was 41 when he died. His papers and medals are preserved at the Oneida County History Center, where many are on display in our World War I exhibit. Today he is remembered as the namesake of the Adrean Terrace housing complex next to the State Armory on Culver Avenue. American Legion Post #625 in Utica is also named in his honor. Adrean was laid to rest in St. Agnes Cemetery on Arthur Street in Utica. •

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What a gift it is to have the six-million-acre Adirondack Park in our backyard.

To get some idea of how large it is, consider that the following five national parks would all together fit inside the boundaries of the Adirondacks: Yellowstone, the Great Smoky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and the Everglades.

Because of the children’s books set in the Adirondacks that my son and I have been writing over the past 18 years, supplemented with the desire to hike all 100 of the highest peaks inside the Blue Line, I have explored many corners of the park and have seen just enough to be amazed at how much still remains to be discovered.

Last week, it was time for another trip into another area I’ve never been before. The Elk Lake forest preserve covers 12,000 of those six-million acres, is privately owned, and is just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Utica, N.Y. And like so many times crossing the boundaries of the park and reaching one’s destination, it was like entering another land.

The goal was to stay at the Elk Lake Lodge one night and hike two of the mountains that are among the Adirondack’s 100 highest that are on the Elk Lake property. My wife, Carol, her sister, and several of her friends went along. Their goal was not to hike, but to relax.

I arrived by myself early in the morning, well before check-in, to try and hike both Boreas and Sunrise Mountains during the day. What I did not expect were all the photographic opportunities around the grounds that made it difficult to break away and begin the first of the two hikes.

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Tearing myself from the views from the lake, I did finally make the 4-hour round-trip hike of Boreas and then the 3-hour round-trip of Sunrise. It was a lot of elevation gain in one day, but that left me the evening and most of the second day between the supplied meals there to kayak and continue photographing around the lake.

The 600-acre lake is littered with islands, most of them seen with the bird’s-eye view from the mountain summits. The lake is also teeming with fish. Those are only seen by anglers and the loons that live there and serenade by night.

We did manage to scratch the surface of things to see and do on the property – but only that – a scratch.

I later learned Elk Lake is on the bucket list of many people. It is easy to understand why. Boreas and Sunrise Mountains were on mine. Just 19 more of the 100 highest to go! • Gary VanRiper is an author, photographer, and pastor at the Camden Wesleyan Church. He has written 15 children’s books with his son, Justin. Find out more at:

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Presidential passage

The Lincoln special by joseph D. collea, jr.

Trains have traveled through the Mohawk Valley daily since the 1830’s. Presidents have done so with far less frequency. This anomaly makes Abraham Lincoln’s two passages within a four-year period extremely unique. The fact that he stopped on both occasions made them absolute rarities. However, the irony in these highly-visible excursions was that in neither instance was he technically the President of the United States! For his inaugural trek east, Abraham Lincoln bore the temporary title of president-elect, as James Buchanan was still president. Fifty months later, the funeral train that bore Lincoln’s remains west carried only those of an ex-president, for Andrew Johnson had been sworn in as the nation’s chief executive the morning his predecessor perished.

The post-election, pre-inaugural whistle-stop tour began on February 11, 1861, when Mr. Lincoln left his home in Springfield, Illinois. He would arrive in Washington, D.C., on February 23, giving him plenty of time to spare for his March 4 oath of office ceremony in Washington, D.C. Along the route of slightly more than 1,900 miles, he and his family would be the guests of twenty-three different railroads, as they traveled across seven different states. Of the total time and distance, he would spend five days and approximately 500 miles alone in traversing New York State. Not surprisingly, he made overnight stops in important places like Buffalo, and Albany, capped by a two-evening stay in New York City.

But it was the day-long ride on February 18, 1861 that brought the “Lincoln Special”—his five-unit train consisting of an engine, tender, baggage car, and two coaches—on its run through the Mohawk Valley. Leaving Buffalo at the early hour of 5:45 a.m., the express bearing Lincoln and his entourage reached Utica, the gateway to the western end of The Valley at 11:35 a.m. Stopping but briefly, Lincoln had time for only a few remarks. Then, with a shriek from its whistle and the clanging of its bell, the engine called the Major Priest began its decent down the Mohawk Valley on the rails of the New York Central Railroad.

Ninety-five miles away, slightly to the southeast, lay Albany. Any day of the year a journey through The Valley offered travelers a picturesque experience, but that day there was a steady snow falling so the passengers witnessed a winter wonderland. Since the train was not scheduled to stop again until Little Falls, Lincoln was able to relax and warm up. During this quiet interlude, Mary Lincoln took the opportunity to surprise her husband with a new hat and coat. She felt that the well-worn glad-rags that he had been wearing thus far did not reflect well for a man of his newly-acquired stature.

Arriving in Little Falls, the “Lincoln Special” was greeted by still another in the series of enthusiastic crowds that had turned out everywhere from Buffalo eastward. A band played patriotic airs, while the people cheered and clapped. For his part, the president-elect gave what had become his standard, canned discourse at whistle-stops across the Empire State. Purposely keeping away from policy statements until inaugurated, he reiterated that these little appearances were intended to be nothing more than two-way meet-and-greets. Perhaps the one big revelation that spectators did take away from their brief look at the soon-to-be President of the United States was facial adornment. The Lincoln for whom they had voted was clean-shaven, but the man who stood before them sported a beard, sometimes causing momentary confusion when he stepped out onto the back platform of the train. But for his height and hat,

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many would have thought the man before them an impostor.

Residents of the Mohawk Valley hoped to again salute him when he would eventually pass through again on his way home from the White House in 1869, after serving his second term in office. But fate intervened, and on April 26, 1865, people were provided the chance to witness the president’s return to Springfield. This passage turned out to be far sooner and much different than anticipated. The second iteration of the “Lincoln Special” did not carry the animated, humorous, and bowing “Father Abraham,” the man whom most Northerners had come to cherish and respect. Instead, this new express had become a funeral train.

Following the assassination, arranging for

the proper obsequies were for the most part beyond the capabilities of a distraught Mary Lincoln. Before isolating herself for weeks of mourning, she contributed two important pieces to the funeral arrangements: her husband would be buried in Springfield; and he would be taken there by a train, following the same route as that of the pre-inaugural tour.

Having lost a third member of her immediate family proved too much for Mary Lincoln, leaving her unable to accompany her late husband’s remains on the long, mournful journey home. To Robert Lincoln, the eldest son, fell the duty of traveling with his deceased father, though he left the train in Baltimore. Nevertheless, the fallen president did not make the final journey alone. Borne with him in the same coach was a much smaller casket, one in which lay his beloved son Willie. Reunited in death, they would travel home to rest in the welcoming prairie sod that had once nurtured them in life.

Soon it would hold their cherished remains in its earthly embrace for all eternity.

When Mrs. Lincoln excused herself from

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any further deliberations, President Lincoln’s trustworthy friend and secretary war, Edwin Stanton, took charge of moving forward with the arrangements. In addition to adhering to the same route as the 1861 excursion, the use of the same engines and most of the same stops were penciled into the itinerary.

For New Yorkers, this meant three layovers, at which times the casket was removed from the train and borne in a parade to a suitable place for viewing. Then, a return parade occurred in each location, bringing the coffin back to the train from first city hall in New York, then the state capital in Albany, and finally St. James Hall in Buffalo. Even more remarkable than this slow trip home was that the president remains remained presentable in an open casket—thanks to wonder of recent advancements in the science of embalming. Witnessing the 1865 journey undoubtedly created a deja-vu moment for many of the mourners who made their way to stations, rail crossings, bridges, housetops, and hillocks to view the passing express, for it seemed like only yesterday that they had come to these same places to cheer on their new president.

Yet significant differences existed in the two excursions. What residents of the Mohawk Valley saw this time was a slow-moving train, consisting of nine cars plus an engine and tender. Black mourning cloth, silver stars and tassels, and American flags adorned the various

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units of the train. Drawing the most attention was the next-to-the-last coach, the one with an eagle painted on each side beneath the middle windows. Christened the United States, this well-furnished carriage was originally intended to carry the president as he traveled about from Washington. The living Lincoln, however, did care to be showcased in such splendor, so it came to pass that only in death was he to use of this elegant coach.

As soon as the hallowed remains had been returned to the funeral car in Albany, the train headed up the Mohawk Valley. From Albany to Utica, the funeral train would pass through seventeen communities. To stop at them all, even if ever so briefly, was not feasible, as it would make an already lengthy trip much longer. The best that could be done in most instances was to slow the train’s passage to a crawl through the

depot—five-miles per hour being the standard pace.

After leaving Albany, the initial stop was at Schenectady, just as the first “Lincoln Special” had done. Then, at twenty-miles per hour, the express headed west for the upper reaches of the valley. Though mourners turned out at every station, locomotive leading the way never ceased its steady forward progress until reaching St. Johnsville. Here a stop was made to address two necessities: fuel for the engine and food for the passengers.

Following this brief interlude, a short hop brought the train to Little Falls. The sight of a memorable visit in 1861, on this occasion a band played once again, only patriotic tunes were replaced by dirges; cannon salutes became the firing of minute guns; and loud cheers turned to silent tears.

Next came another brief halt in Herkimer. Originally unscheduled, entreaties to the authorities in charge wrangled a few minutes for yet another grieving community to say farewell. Moving on, the funeral train would not halt again until it reached Utica. When passing the North Ilion crossing, the first

of many torchlit trackside vigils was witnessed by passengers, for night had fallen creating an eerie yet moving tableau. llionites had walked three-quarters of a mile out of town to stand in sorrow, silently watching their fallen leader’s remains roll slowly by in the flickering light.

The train stopped once in Utica, met again by an immense crowd just as it had four years before, the Mohawk Valley had said its goodbyes to the great man. Fittingly, a train had brought him, and a train had taken him away.

But the memory of both experiences would linger for years, the stories told and retold by those who had been present at the two times when a train brought Abraham Lincoln across the Empire State. •

Joseph Collea is a native of Ilion.

Recently retired after 47 years in public education, he now devotes his time to writing. His newest book—New York and the Lincoln Specials: The President’s Pre-Inaugural and Funeral trains Cross the Empire State—was just released by McFarland Publishers.

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Once you have picked your apples be sure to stop in and browse the country market.

Enjoy farm fresh fudge, old fashion candy, homemade jam, country crafts & florals, fresh organic eggs, mums, aged NY cheese, maple syrup, local honey, fresh made cider donuts and of course our refreshing apple cider.

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Cayo Industrial Horror Realm 5 attractions this year! Cayo offers brave guests a walk-through horror attraction with a frightening view of the future.

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Hyde and Shriek! Candlelight Ghost Tour of Hyde Hall This candlelight tour visits all places in the Mansion where ghostly manifestations have been reported over 150 years.

RACC’s Zombie House Trick or Treat Street, bounce house, Casper’s Not-So-Haunted House, Adult Haunted House in the main Mansion House

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl

cullen’s pumpkin farm

by Cynthia Quackenbush

I am a well-known fall junkie. I love the cooler temperatures, the changing leaves, Halloween, and, yes, PUMPKINS. I was delighted, therefore, to discover Cullen’s Pumpkin Farm in Richfield Springs, N.Y. It was easy to find Cullen Road off Route 28, although, being me, I first drove right by it and had to turn around. A pleasant drive down a country road brought us to the farm.

We saw wagons of pumpkins for sale and smaller carts you could use for Pick Your Own, but the first thing we checked out was an area of fun displays geared toward children. We saw Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Three Bears: Itchy, Stinky, and Smokey. I admired two cemeteries, one with a ghost. I got a picture of Steven as a witch, courtesy of one of those large picture frames with a face hole.

When a gentleman greeted us, I asked if he was Mr. Cullen. He said, no, there was no Mr. Cullen, that was just the name of the farm. He was John Shypski, and he owns Cullen’s with his brothers, Thomas and Richard. John confessed that sometimes it was just easier to answer to Mr. Cullen, especially when things get busy. The Pumpkin Farm opened 10 years ago, although the Shypskis’ father had been selling pumpkins and sweet corn since the ’70s.

After chatting for a bit, we decided to check out the Corn Maze. Yes, I got lost. This way, no, this way…. Hadn’t I seen that corn stalk before? At last I found my way back to the entrance. John told me there was an exit, but I declined to go back in and look for it. Steven soon walked around the maze to rejoin us, having successfully found his way through.

The Pumpkin Farm has a number of events every year, including a 5K run I’d like to take part in if I can get back into shape in time. Additionally, I would like to return with

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my great-nephew Sheppie and his family. This is definitely a great place for children. I might take a wagon ride, and maybe another crack at that Corn Maze.

I expect to make Cullen’s a yearly stop for my fall revels, as many of their customers do. I saw a giant ruler inviting kids to see how much they had grown since last year. John told me they try to add something new each year, so that is something else to look forward to. •

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music in the valley

dan phillips AKA Danny stitches

By John Keller I’ve known Dan Phillips for a while. He never fails to amaze in his ability to metamorphosize into whatever project he sets on.

From punk to rock, alternative to country, Dan plays with heart and commitment. His bass playing is precise, and he always seems to apply unique rhythms and runs to fit each song. He plays his instrument as a lead player would--with exactness.

In one of the bands that he plays bass with, Casanova Frankenstein & The Voodoo Machine, his alter ego Danny Stitches, is a cool ghoul. Dan has recently taken Mr. Stitches on solo acoustic outings to great success. He has released one album and performed a multitude of shows. His ghostly Western style has commanded attention whenever he hits the stage.

Knowing that this time of year he gets quite busy, I was fortunate to sit down with Dan for a brief time to talk about his music career.

Are you originally from this area?

Yes, I moved around a lot growing up, but in and around the Mohawk Valley.

Can you provide a timeline of the bands that you’ve been involved with?

Once I got back into playing music, there were a few projects over the span of a couple of years that never got off the ground.

Then around 2008, I think, the first band I was part of that gigged somewhat regularly in the area was Homicide for Hannah (H4H), which despite the ominous name had a pretty laid back in the early-’90s-alternative-rock-kind-of-vibe. That was followed by a very brief outing with a punk band called The Malibu Death Machine. We played some of the local clubs for a few months. We had some fun, and like any true punk band burned out very fast. Then with the drummer and guitarist from that band, we formed Item

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When did you pick up the bass? And when did you get serious about it?

I learned the bass as a teen. Just kid’s stuff, though. I put it down for about 12 years. I got serious probably after H4H broke up and I realized that I felt the need to create, not just want. There were stories I wanted to tell, even if I hadn’t figured out what exactly they were yet.

Currently, you’re with a few band projects. What are they?

More recently, I’ve had a lot of fun backing you up as part of John Keller and The Jukebox Gypsies with the incomparable Francis Lee on drums. I am also currently filling in on bass behind Ryan Matter with my old Standalones partner in crime, Brandon Brault on drums. For a few years now, I’ve been teamed up with my old high school friend and singer/songwriter/guitarist Frank Carentz to create the musical monster that is his Casanova Frankenstein and The Voodoo Machine project, an early rock ’n’ roll inspired horror show blending rockabilly, rock ’n’ roll, rhythm and blues and swing into a vintage style shock rock extravaganza, complete with ghoulish makeup, ’50s style stage clothes and even Frank’s fire-eating routine. It’s the kind of show you rarely see anymore, a true, honest-to-goodness spectacle. As half of his backing band,

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The Voodoo Machine, I play bass and do backing vocals as the sinister Danny Stitches, working with the fantastic Rob Manderson (Robbie Slivers) on the skins.

detour down a dark desolate sonic highway, if you will, one that you’ve traveled many times before but that can feel ominous when you’re on it alone in the dead of night.

What are your influences and why?

In a broad musical sense there’s a lot. From the ’70s punk that inspired me to pick up a bass to the classic music of the ’50s and early ’60s style rock ’n’ roll, rhythm and blues, soul and country music that was played around me as a small child and captivated me. Then further back into traditional acoustic country and blues roots music as I began to explore where all these sounds came from. For this project, though, I have to say that Western music is really where I think the bulk of my sound lives, though I mix in rockabilly and rhythm and blues forms here and there. In my late teens and early 20s, I spent a lot of time in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The folk music of that region colors my music as well. In the end, almost all of my songs are story songs, where the Casanova Frankenstein and The Voodoo Machine music gives you that slick ’50s style electrified rock ’n’ roll show vibe. This music is much more in the vein of the singing cowboys of a bit earlier. The two sounds blend very nicely, though, as they complement, but don’t duplicate each other. Instrumentally, as I don’t have any training at all on guitar and very little experience, I think my playing style is just a hodgepodge of trying to bring out textures I’ve heard in music that resonated with me. From early country and Western players like Roy Rogers and The Sons of the Pioneers that my father loved so much, to Hank Williams and Kitty Wells, and then some mariachi and Tejano music. Then onto players like Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, and Waylon Jennings. It’s not played in any one style, just kind of a grasp at feel from different music depending on the song, all simplified and delivered head-on. Then just toss in a monster-sized mix of my love for the classic monster movies of the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s and you get a blend of influences that give listeners a different way to enjoy styles of music they may already be familiar with, something a little darker, edgier, and hopefully a fun break from the norm. A

What do you want the audience to take away after experiencing a Danny Stitches show?

I’d like for them to appreciate that there’s so much more that can be done with the classic American folk music genres if you care to explore, bend, and stretch them a little. Just because something is “old fashioned” doesn’t mean it’s stale or tired. We’ve been lucky as a culture that we have so many dedicated traditionalists who keep that music alive in its purest sense. However, I think sometimes you just need to look at it in a different light. Or maybe peer into the shadows that loom around it.

I think a lot of mainstream commercial music falls into the trap of everything needing to be “bigger, louder, and faster.” Sometimes stripping things back to basics and adding a different perspective can open whole new avenues.

You appear in make-up and without. What distinguishes each?

I’ve been wrestling with this for a while now. While I feel that the makeup definitely adds to the experience and is a must when I am performing with the band or solo on the same bill as them. The band’s music is very bar-room oriented in that it lends itself to late nights, drinking, and dancing in honky tonks, juke joints, and the like. So, it works all the time for the band. However, I also feel that the makeup can be jarring for some audiences and in venues where the more folky aspects of my solo work might actually shine. So, I like to think of the makeup as an enhancement to the music in the right setting. Within the scope of fall/Halloween season the makeup is always there, no matter what, if I’m playing at 10 a.m. or midnight, on a street corner or in a roadside bar. Otherwise, I tend to leave it up to the venue owner/event coordinator as to what they feel their patrons would enjoy or feel it out once I get on site. You know, if it’s May, but you’re doing a horror convention then it’s all good.

However, if you’re asked to play a spring blos-

som festival on a Sunday afternoon? Maybe not so much. In the end, I think the music stands on its own and can exist outside of the high production stage imagery. It has to on the record anyhow, right? For those instances, I usually just make a crack about running through a spa for a spray tan. That usually gets a chuckle or two and keeps everything “in character.”

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Hopefully, still making this music! I’ve been thinking about new ways to bring my music to audiences that might enjoy roots music and maybe even the darker twist, but who never go into bars or nightclubs where I might be with the band. I’m seriously considering getting a pick-up truck and making a traveling stage in the bed. That way I can play fall festivals, farmers markets, haunted houses, and corn mazes, a sort of old- fashioned dark country road show. Very recently, I’ve added harmonica into the act on some songs and have begun experimenting with foot percussion for more of a “one-man band” kind of feel for longer solo appearances. So, I think that might fit the aesthetic of a folk road show pretty well. I really just want to find more ways to reach as many people as I can, and hopefully entertain them with interesting songs and a good scare.

Do you have any advice for upcoming performers?

Well, I certainly don’t think I have any concrete answers. I think everyone, no matter where they are at in their journey, is always learning and hopefully growing. All I can offer is keep playing and try to focus on the positive, what makes you happy about music, Because if you’re having a good time. The audience will feel it.

Any final words for our readers?

See you when the sun goes down.

Thanks, Dan! • If you want to follow Danny Stitches on his journeys, like his Facebook page: www.facebook.com/dannystitchesmusic

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl

tally-ho

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by Cynthia Quackenbush

Steven and I discovered the Tally-Ho Restaurant in Richfield Springs, N.Y., a few years ago. We were returning from adventures in Cooperstown with our friend Tracy and had worked up an appetite. We returned more recently after a visit to Cullen’s Pumpkin Farm and enjoyed a delicious breakfast.

The place was crowded, but we managed to find a booth and perused menus. I looked longingly at the pies listed on a white board behind the counter (well, why not eat pie for breakfast, especially if it is made with fruit) but conservatively ordered a grilled buttered hard roll. Yum! Steven felt hungrier and chose French toast, fried eggs, and bacon. I had to help him finish the bacon. I try to be a helpful kind of wife that way.

The Tally-Ho is a real hometown restaurant with a friendly atmosphere and delicious food. The service is top notch, too; we got asked twice did we want something to drink while we looked at our menus. As I looked around at the crowd, I wondered was sort of adventures the other diners were in the midst of. This was obviously a popular place to re-fuel.

Tally-Ho offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner, in addition to banquet facilities and catering. I do not foresee much need for banquets or catering in my future, but I am sure I will have further adventures in the Richfield Springs area. And if not, I might return just to sample some pie! •

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Allyson Sklar

Hometown: Tappan, NY Current town: Utica, NY Instruments: Viola, primary performance instrument, Violin, Piano Age when began music: Third grade Education: BA Hamilton College, major in music; MMEd Manhattan School of Music. Studied education, orchestral and chamber music performance; Columbia University, additional studies in music; Aspen Music School, scholarship recipient. Studied private viola and chamber music, principal violist Aspen Philharmonic; Suzuki violin certification books 1-8, School for Strings, Manhattan Current employment: Director of Valley Talent Education Center; Co-Director of Mohawk Valley Strings; Senior Advisor Jr. B Sharp; Free-lance Violist; Opus Black String Quartet (www. opusblackstringquartet.com); FAB trio Collaborations: Fortunate to have been able to share my passion for music with many students; Assistant conductor of the Queens Borough-Wide Jr. High School Orchestra and conducted them at Carnegie Hall; Director of Suzuki violin at MWPAI where I shared Dr. Suzuki’s dream of teaching the language of music to young children; thankful to be working with pianist Fiona Peters who introduced me the ABRSM curriculum eight years ago, and with whom I was able to open an exam center in Utica. (www.abrsm.org) Influences: Teacher William Lincer who taught me how to practice. His dedication as a teacher made me want to become a teacher and give the gift of music to others; Suzuki teacher Louise Behrend was a major influence in my decision to teach music as a language to young children.

Upcoming performances:

Opus Black String Quartet: September 30, 2pm at Copper City Brewing Co., Rome October 5, 5pm at MWPAI, Genesee St. Utica Mohawk Valley Strings: October 27 at Great Swamp Conservancy, Canastota Mohawk Valley Strings@facebook, www.greatswampconservancy.org

My most rewarding experience was raising my two children with Suzuki’s philosophy. My daughter, whom I started on violin at three years of age, recently went to play at a fiddle festival and said, “Mom, it was so much fun! I was jamming with all these old musicians all night!” My son, whom I started on piano at age four, sang in high school choir and continues to learn new songs on guitar and piano.

He recently sang with the band at his college graduation dinner.

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the tailor &the cook

Melissa and Tim Hardiman of The Tailor and The Cook in Utica

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Dining at The Tailor & the Cook in Utica reminds me of a Spanish saying: “Lo que falta es estómago.” Yep, what’s lacking is more stomach room.

That comes as no surprise for what is arguably the premier eatery in Utica—and most would say beyond. Here’s a short list of regional and national accolades: the Open Table’s Top 100 Best Restaurants and one of the 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America; Trip Advisor’s Certificate of Excellence for six years running; and the DiRoNA Achievement of Distinction in Dining for 2017 and 2018.

And here’s why.

Appetizers this visit included Pan-Seared Scallops (with smoked paprika polenta, summer squash, radish, red pepper and charred feta); Braised Dandelion Greens (with bacon, garlic, and onion); and Watermelon Gazpacho (with cucumber, pickled pear, celtuce, and basil).

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Soon after seating, Maitre d’ Jared Norton approached with flutes and a chilled bottle of Bubbly Candeo from Lakewood Vinyards in the Finger Lakes. Server Blair Bellamy proffered two amuse bouches (“mouth amusers” from the French, aimed to prepare the dining guest to the meal): radishes dragged through seasoned butter, and marinated peaches. Unlike Queen Victoria, we were definitely amused.

Entrées included Pan-Roasted Aged Filet of Beef (with horseradish smashed potatoes, lemon carrots, and brown butter spinach); Vegan Risotto (with beets, chard, and roasted vegetables); and the Beef Ragu from the Chef’s Tasting Menu (ravioli-like pasta squares with savory custard, a tomato and beef sauce, and arugula).

The mind—and the waistline reeled.

Dessert, you ask? Flourless Chocolate Torte with raspberries, almonds, and whipped cream; Jones Family Farm Cheesecake with figs and walnut/ graham crust; and Chocolate Tart with graham, orange curd, and almond frangipane.

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Now that everyone’s appetite is sated, here’s the back story to The Tailor & the Cook.

Holland Patent native Tim Hardiman says the restaurant business is in his blood. He grew up at his dad’s Adirondack Diner and Lanes in Barneveld. “Kids born into it are more opt to choose to stay in the hospitality business,” Tim says. “They have a love, a passion for food.”

The now Executive Chef and T&C owner Tim graduated with a degree in culinary arts from Paul Smith’s College, studied in France, and worked in restaurants throughout the Adirondacks. “I settled in Clinton, and it was time to run my own restaurant.”

Together with childhood friend and business partner Chris Talgo, and aided by Tim’s wife, Melissa, that restaurant dream came true. It opened on Feb. 1, 2012. After four years, Melissa resumed the full-time job of raising the couple’s sons, Fion, 9, and Asa, 16 months.

Tim says The Tailor & the Cook is a homage to the history of its building on Bagg’s Square in downtown Utica. Its address was home to thriving businesses, including the UTK Tailoring Company from 1910 until the 1940s. So the name was a natural.

The chef is also passionate about the farm-to-table eating experience, and sustainability. Tim says Fion developed food allergies at a young age, and he learned about fresh, natural foods and its importance to health.

Tim says he boasts 45 local providers for what he buys, cooks, and serves, places like the Jones Family Farm, Radicle Farms, Lucki 7 Farms, and Stoltzfus Dairy for meats, produce, and dairy. “I work very hard to get providers. It’s a true labor of love; it’s harder to ensure farmer to plate menus,” he says. “But

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The new American cuisine Tim serves up changes seasonally, with added specials every night, depending on what’s available. “We use only what vegetables and fruits are in season locally; we’d never serve tomatoes and cucumbers in a salad in the winter or in any entrée.”

As to sustainability, “We use every part of everything.

One of tonight’s specials is a red pepper stuffed with veal scraps from our Roast Leg of Veal entrée. The scraps get passed through the grinder. It’s not trash and it’s delicious.”

More recently, Tim paired with Finger Lake wineries.

“We’re a stone’s throw away from one of the best Finger Lake wine-producing places in the world,” he says. The pairings are evident from the extensive wine list, the daily Chef’s Tasting Menu that benefits community agencies like the Resource Center for Independent Living, and the special tastings seasonally on the last Thursday of the month, ending for this year in November.

Tim vows to continue his search for the best food available. Now I have to work on that roomier stomach I’ll need for the next visit. •

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october in nature story and photos by Matt Perry In the northeastern forests, October is one of the most celebrated and anticipated months. It heralds what I’ve always thought of as true autumn, the time when the deciduous tree canopy transitions from shades of green to colors vibrant and varied. It’s the time when everyone (not just naturalists) realizes how exceptional the corner of the world we inhabit truly is. I personally can’t think of anything more exotic than having 75-foot-tall multicolored bouquets on display everywhere I go. Of course, color isn’t everything and there’s much more to the October forest than its incomparable beauty.

There is also its quantifiable yield. Mast is the word that foresters and ecologists use to refer to the combined seed and nut production of a forest. In most deciduous forests in the Mohawk Valley, the mast is comprised primarily of the seeds from maple trees, ash trees, birch trees, and the nuts from hickories, beeches, and oaks. Assessing the forest’s produce is something naturalists do every fall and it can be useful in predicting the behavior of wildlife. As it happens, wildlife will make their own estimates of the size

and adequacy of the forest’s bounty and it’s not for the sake of idle curiosity. Their lives often depend upon how accurate their assessment of the available food supply is.

Interestingly, for many animals the strategy used to deal with the deprivations of winter is pre-ordained and not at all based on food abundance. These species consistently come and go from the region based on the calendar alone. Bird species like Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers, and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks will not alter their plans to depart the northern forests no matter how many black cherries and wild grapes are adorning the trees. Species that lack the migratory urge must instead face an existential choice: Do they stay, or do they go? Last year, many Blue Jays decided to stay based primarily on the bumper crop of beechnuts the region’s forests produced. Only the year before, a lack of mast compelled them to make the opposite decision. That year they packed their bags and headed to regions where the forests were better provisioned. When jays

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During a two-week period in the fall of 2016, one birder counted nearly 10,000 Blue Jays moving south along the north shore of Oneida Lake. In the spring of 2017, the Blue Jays were observed flooding back the opposite way. Over 10,000 flew by the Derby Hill Hawk Watch in Oswego on a single day. They weren’t alone: American Robins also were engaged in large scale movements in the fall of 2016 and the spring of 2017.

In that case, their movements weren’t based on beechnuts but on the berry yield. Many of those robins hailed from the far north and were vacating barren Canadian forests for the better provisioned habitats of Central New York.

As I go around in the nature preserve’s woods, I scan the tree tops for birch catkins.

The seeds they contain are very popular with Pine Siskins, Common Redpolls, and other winter finches. In years when our Yellow

Birches, Paper Birches, and Gray Birches are heavy in seed, we can count on these trees being patronized by one or the other finch species. Our summer resident American Goldfinches will remain with us in large numbers if the birch seed crop is adequate. The seeds produced by ash trees are known as samaras, and when our ash trees are well-laden with them, many over-wintering birds can find sustenance. One rarely seen winter finch that especially relishes Ash Samaras is the Pine Grosbeak. We haven’t had that species visit our region and our nature preserve in a dozen years, and so we dare to hope that our abundant yield of samaras brings them in. This season Hawthorn trees are also weighed down in thorn apples – another favorite of Robins, Cedar Waxwings, and the elusive Pine Grosbeaks. A walk through our pine and spruce plantings tells me that the cone crop is poor this season, which is in stark contrast to last year when the spruce trees all overproduced. Last fall, I was sure that our forest’s bounty in pine cones would lure in crossbills by the mega-flock, but it was not to be.

That excellent cone crop turned out to be a very wide-ranging phenomenon and it was particularly heavy throughout the North Country and into Canada. Why ever should crossbills come down here to feed on our cones when there were plenty to find closer to their summer stomping grounds?

Coming up our main trail, I looked at a row of Ohio Buckeye trees that I planted 17 years earlier. The tallest one is about 25 feet tall and its now beginning to bear nuts. The buckeye nut is not a popular food item. In fact, in their raw state they are mildly poisonous to people. Squirrels do run away with them, but I’m not

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As you take your leisurely stroll through the October woods, try to see past the colorful leaves and look for the forest’s hidden bounty. That is the harvest that our wildlife may depend upon to survive the coming winter. •

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Maybe I’m worn out from what seemed to be the longest, hottest summer on record (or maybe I’m peri-menopausal?!), but I’m really looking forward to fall temperatures this year. Who doesn’t love “shorts and sweatshirt” weather or pulling out your favorite flannel for those crisp evenings? Apples seem to taste better and pumpkins call to us from farm stands.

Farmers prepare for the long winter as they maneuver their enormous combines into golden fields of corn for the harvest. Of course, the trees put on a colorful show, their last hurrah before winter slumber. Thus, we enter into my absolute favorite time of the year: fall!

There’s a change in the air and I welcome it with open arms. I particularly love the first night we build a fire in our wood stove. The smell, the crackling and the wholesome warmth of the hearth all mark the changing of the seasons. Even the cats are able to sort out their differences long enough to bask in the warmth of the wood stove.

We heat our old 1860s farmhouse with a wood stove in the living room. Armfuls of wood are carried into the house throughout the day, and the fire is fed as needed. Rooms farthest away from the wood stove are the coldest, of course, and we all find ourselves grabbing a seat near the hot stove after chores. We have an oil burner in the basement that heats our water and acts as backup to the wood stove, but we have it set at a bracing 55°. It has to get pretty cold in the house before the furnace kicks in!

Having a wood stove has had some great advantages over the years. If we lose power during a winter storm, for example, we never lose heat and we have a ready cooktop to make simple dinners. The kids’ snow gear goes on a mitten tree—or draped over chairs—in front of the fire to dry after a long day of sledding.

And more than a few chilled newborn lambs and kid goats have had a toasty front seat by the fire to warm up before going back to Mom and the chilly barn.

It takes 20 to 24 face cords to heat our house over the course of the winter. If you want to visualize how much wood that is, picture two full dump-truck loads!

We get all of our wood delivered by a young man who is set up to efficiently cut and split wood. It’s fantastic! He pulls up with his dump truck and leaves an enormous pile of wood that we and the children stack in the woodshed for winter use. Once the wood is stacked, we call for the second load.

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with the chain saw, then with the PTO-driven wood splitter, creating a stack of wood that would keep his family warm all winter long. That was the plan, anyway. Unfortunately, summer chores always took precedent and husband Peter would often find himself frantically splitting as the first snowflakes were starting to fly.

Something ultimately—and permanently—switched us from hand splitting to ordering all of our wood seasoned and ready to burn. One beautiful fall day, just before Halloween, my husband was splitting large chunks of wood into smaller logs when the log slipped. The index finger on his right hand was very much in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was crushed in between the log and the dull splitting blade, cutting it in half lengthwise. How he didn’t pass out then and there, I’ll never know. But he quickly and conscientiously wrapped his hand in his T-shirt, turned off the splitter and the tractor, and sprinted to the house where I was fixing dinner for our 4-year-old and newborn daughters. As I called a neighbor for help, our 4-year-old helpfully skipped around the kitchen singing, “Yikes! Yikes! Yikes!”

We rushed to the Little Falls Emergency Room where he was quickly attended to. (It helped that he was covered in blood. Even the other patients in the waiting room stepped aside.) After pain killers and an X ray, we learned that the first two bones of his finger were literally chopped in half. He would need to see an orthopedic surgeon the next day. After several small pins were placed in his index finger and a few months of painful recovery, my husband eventually regained use of that finger.

This whole episode was 12 years ago. We were so young!

Thinking of it now, I’m so glad we don’t split our own wood anymore. It makes it so much easier to enjoy the wood stove! •

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“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe.” --Carl Sagan When I was living in Ithaca in the early 1980s, I had the honor and privilege of meeting Carl Sagan on several occasions. This is one of his quotes I keep with me and ponder often. How did everything come to be that I can pop that apple pie in an oven to bake?!

Well, let’s start with the star of the show, the apples. Let’s start with John Chapman. There is a farm in Nova, Ohio that has an apple tree that some claim is 175 years old. It is also touted to have been planted by John Chapman, a farmer who planted acres and acres of apple orchards all across America’s western frontier. We refer to this man today as Johnny Appleseed. The apples he planted weren’t the kind for eating, but were grown to make hard cider. In the late 1700s, the Ohio Company of Associates encouraged potential settlers to create permanent homesteads. They were granted 100 acres of land under the stipulation that the homestead be proven permanent. That requirement was fulfilled by the planting of 50 apple trees and 20 peach trees within the first 3 years.

Chapman knew he could profit from this westward expansion by planting the trees for these eager settlers. The grafting of trees (which is popular today) was forbidden at that time, which means all the orchards planted by Chapman were started from seed. The apples were grown for cider, which provided safe drinking for early pioneers. Water naturally available at that time often contained dangerous bacteria.

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His apple, pear, and plum orchard went in the ground in the spring of 2016. The orchard is made up of a mix of heirloom varieties, cider apples, and traditional favorites like Honey Crisp and Northern Spy. Currently the orchard consists of about 300 trees mostly apples with approximately 32 different varieties. In addition to the old time cider varieties they planted modern disease-resistant varieties – most of the orchard is on semi standard but a portion is on dwarf rootstock. The dwarf trees included Sansa, New York Bonkers, Liberty and Wine Crisp, all of which you will be able to find at his booth at the Oneida County Public Market and the Clinton Farmers Market this season. He also grows beautiful veggies and a wide variety of fruit which is available as part of a U-Pick CSA farm program. Certified organic by NOFA-NY, his will be only one of a handful of organic orchards in New York and the only one in Oneida County!

So as I continue to ponder what Carl Sagan meant, it is becoming clearer that he is correct and without the universe, I could never bake my pie from scratch. •

MVL RECIPES French Apple Cream Pie

This recipe I found written on a scrap of paper while cleaning out my mother’s house after her passing. I don’t remember her ever making it, but I have for several years now and it’s a wonderful pie for special occasions. Use your own favorite pie crust recipe.

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees

Apple filling:

• 5 C. pared, sliced apples (about 7 apples, McIntosh work well in this pie) • ½ tsp. nutmeg • 2 T, flour • 3/4 to 1 C. sugar • 1 tsp. lemon zest • ½ tsp. cinnamon

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Happy Birthday, NASA by carol higgins

Oct. 1, 1958, was a noteworthy day. The average worker in the U.S. earned $4,600, a gallon of gasoline cost a quarter. “Gunsmoke” was filmed in black and white and was the country’s favorite television show.

The Wham-O company introduced the Hula Hoop. People made a phone call using a rotary dial telephone connected by a wire to a box on the wall. Computers, in many cases, filled an entire room. But from that day forward, the course of history changed considerably. It was the day the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially began operation.

At the time, the “Cold War” between the Soviet Union and the U.S. was underway. The two countries were locked in an intense military, economic, and technological competition, and our country was still reeling from the shocking news that the Soviets had launched Sputnik I, the world’s first satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957. The U.S. had been working on its own satellites, but after Sputnik the urgency to build satellites and rockets increased dramatically. Discussions to put a person in orbit and to defend the country from attack also began in earnest.

We needed to focus resources on a space program. NASA was the result, combining several existing agencies under one organization.

Looking back, it is astounding that less than 11 years later, we went from being a country without a satellite and with exploding rockets to having NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong standing on the Moon on July

Credit: Astronaut William Anders, Apollo 8 on December 24, 1968

20, 1969. Over the past 60 years, it took radical technology leaps to achieve that historic landing and many other accomplishments, managed the command computer aboard and we can thank thousands of workers for the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Scott Wilson, a their innovation, dedication, imagination, Frankfort-Schuyler High School graduate, and hard work. is currently the Manager of Production Op In addition to the Mercury, Gemini, and erations for the Orion spacecraft at KenneApollo programs, there were 135 Space dy Space Center. Several local companies Shuttle missions. Currently, there are three haveImage beenCredit: contracted byKeel, NASA, includU.S. astronauts aboard the International Hanny’s Voorwerp.

NASA, ESA, W. Galaxy Zoo Team ing Custom Tool & Model Corporation in Space Station doing groundbreaking canFrankfort, Indium Corporation of America cer and other research projects. NASA has in Utica, and Oneida Research Services in launched many satellites to provide services Whitesboro. such as GPS, internet, improved communi Every day we use many of the thousands cations, and weather and climate monitorof products that are a spinoff from technoloing. The Hubble Space Telescope continues gy created for the space program. Some exto return invaluable science and images. amples include memory foam for bedding, NASA spacecraft have visited every water and air filters, ultrasound imaging planet. There are two rovers on Mars, two software, cochlear implants, scratch-resisorbiters, and the InSight lander will arrive tant coating for eyeglasses, insulin pumps, in November. The JUNO spacecraft is orear thermometers, airplane de-icing, and arbiting and exploring Jupiter. The New Horitificial limbs. So Happy Birthday and thank zons spacecraft flew past Pluto and is on its you, NASA. What will the next 60 years way to Ultima Thule in the Kuiper Belt, and bring?

DAWN is exploring dwarf planet Ceres.

Wishing you clear skies! • The Parker Solar Probe is on its way to the Sun, and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is mapping the Moon. The Voyager 1 and Join MVAS from 7:30pm to 11:00pm Voyager 2 spacecraft are in the outer reaches of our solar system and still operating. on Saturday, October 13th, for an There are many connections between evening of stargazing at NASA and the Mohawk Valley. For examSherrill Brook Park, Rt. 12S, ple, astronaut Gregory Jarvis was raised in Mohawk, N.Y., and was aboard Space ShutNew Hartford tle Challenger when it was lost. Dr. Howard The event is free.

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mv crossword

october Crossword (All answers found in the pages of this magazine!

Solution will appear in next month’s issue)

Across 2. Pho Mekong in Utica is the House of _____.

4. Our featured classical musician Allyson Sklar’s primary instrument.

5. Gary visits this 600-acre lake in the Adirondacks.

7. Valley Girl visits this restaurant in Richfield Springs.

10. Visit our “Neighborhood” advertiser on page for a nice one of these.

11. The train that carried President-elect Lincoln through the Mohawk Valley was called. 2 words, see page 11.

13. Popular fall activity.

Down 1. This popular apple was name for the Herkimer man who propagated the variety from wild apples.

3. Musician Dan Phillips’ alter ego, see page 22.

6. The first raptor naturalist Matt Perry saw released this year, see page 47.

8. The call of this bird is known as “the voice of the Adirondacks.”

9. Dick’s Wheels is filled with wheels and ------.

10. It takes 10 gallons of this to make one quart of maple syrup.

12. Our ____ of Lourdes Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Utica, New York.

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Nail Creek Pub & Brewery

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Tuesday, Oct. 2, 11:30pm

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Detail of a painting by Julie Takacs. Her work is on display this month, along with work by Garlyn MaGinnis, at Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts in little Falls

Portraits and Landscapes Through December 29, 2018 Featuring work by Gilbert Stuart, Edward Gay, Winslow Homer, and Fritz Vogt.

Arkell Museum

2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie, NY (518) 673-2314 www.arkellmuseum.org

Carbon Impermanence: Works by David Bonagurio Through December 1, 2018 Gallery Talk and Artist Reception: Thurs., September 20, 5-7pm, refreshment served

Edith Langley Barrett Art Gallery

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Puzzles of the Brain: An Artist’s Journey through Amnesia

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October 13 - December 30, 2018

Through October 26, 2018

Lonni Sue’s art before and after her illness provides a rare opportunity to observe the impact of brain damage on the creative process.

My work depicts the interconnectedness of human physiology and how trauma causes the brain to disorganize neural circuits.

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September 5-27, 2018 Reception: Thursday, October 11, 6-8pm

October 6 - November 10, 2018 Reception: Saturday, Oct. 6, 2-4pm

Fusion Art Gallery

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Apparitions, the paintings of Mary Loy

American Indian Art from Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection Sculpture Space October 13 - December 30, 2018 Works in Progress

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One of my favorite things to do at the nature preserve is to release rehabilitated raptors back into the wild. In recent years, I’ve worked with a few local licensed wildlife rehabilitators and have had the opportunity to participate in several releases. Last year, I wrote about some of those experiences in the pages of this magazine. Sometimes, I feel rather guilty, coming in at the end of what is often the arduous process of nursing an animal back to health, to then only participate in the “fun” part. Please don’t misunderstand, releasing wildlife may be fun, but our objective is to closely monitor the animal post-release to make sure it is capable of independent living.

So many of the animals brought to wildlife rehabilitators don’t survive to be released back into the wild. This isn’t the fault of the rehabbers. Usually, by the time a hurt, sick, or orphaned animal is noticed and is docile enough to be approached and captured, it’s often too far gone. In the case of a raptor, it may have a broken wing or may have sustained an injury from hitting a building, window, or vehicle. It might be an immature bird that successfully fledged from its nest, to then fail as a hunter. That bird may then become weak (and approachable) due to starvation. Disease and poisonings are issues with all birds, and raptors are susceptible to these not infrequent causes of mortality. West Nile virus and lead poisoning are among the leading causes of sickness and death with Bald Eagles and other raptors. Unfortunately, there are many hazards that exist in the human modified environment, and wildlife must cope with them all. I learned from one raptor rehabilitator that (of all things) goal nets in soccer fields are responsible for entrapping Great Horned Owls. At night the owls are blind to the nets and fly into them while hunting

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The first Broad-winged Hawk takes a perch the fields. That rehabber had been called out on multiple occasions to extract an owl from its predicament. Of course, it’s illegal to shoot raptors in any circumstance, but it still happens far too often in Central New York and across the country.

The first raptor release I participated in this year involved a male first-year American Kestrel. He had originally come to Kindred Kingdoms Wildlife Center after being found sitting in a road. At first it was thought he was struck by a vehicle, and perhaps he was. Upon examination, he was found to have no major injuries but was emaciated. He was kept in the wildlife

facility through the winter months and, in that time, he recovered. In anticipation of his return to the wild, he had been tested in a large flight cage to make sure he could fly.

He was also prey tested to determine if he could hunt. He passed all his tests and was deemed ready for release. On April 2nd, he was placed inside a pet carrier and taken to Spring Farm CARES’ Nature Sanctuary.

We’ve used the meadow near the beaver ponds several times in the past for releasing small falcons. The area is well-suited for inexperienced raptors. There is plenty of open space to fly in, groves of trees to perch in, and lots of potential prey. As we carried him to the release site, he was making a great fuss in the carrier. He was impatient to regain his freedom, but we worried he would cause damage to his feathers by bashing them against the cage door. Keeping a blanket over the carrier helped to quiet him down. Once at the site, we put the carrier down with the door facing the beaver dam. This gave the occupant a commanding view of the dead trees and snags where other falcons had perched in years past. Unlike most rehabilitated raptors, this one didn’t linger in the cage once the door was open. In fact, he shot out like

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a feathered projectile and flew toward the beaver dam. Instead of landing on one of the obvious perches right in front of him, he made a sharp “U” turn and headed in the opposite direction. His wing beats were strong, and his banking and quick ascent exhibited great control. I walked across the field toward him. If it was possible I wanted to keep him in view. I wanted to know if he had the necessary endurance to survive in the wild. If a raptor flies once and then remains on the same perch for an extended time, it can be a cause of concern. It may

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earlier in the spring, this bird had been raised in captivity at Kindred Kingdoms. Just like all other raptors that are bound for release, the owl had first been flight-tested and certified as ready to go. We found a perfect release site for him at the nature preserve. The place was near the border of a mixed forest that contained many Eastern Hemlock trees, which many species of owl tend to favor. In those woods there were natural tree cavities that owls can use for nesting or roosting. There were Juvenile Screech Owl shortly after release also several Screech Owl nest boxes waiting to be utilized. The beavers’ headwater indicate that his release was premature, ponds were nearby and there was some and he may not have what it takes to hunt adjacent meadow habitat as well. Prey of and/or deal with competitors and potential many kinds could be found in that varied predators. By the time I had walked to the terrain. On July 28th we walked the carritree border the Kestrel had flown again, this er that held the owl about a quarter mile to time toward the middle of the same field. the release site. Once properly positioned, I There, he made a perfect landing on the opened the cage door and backed up a good very top of a White Ash tree. distance to give the owl plenty of space.

Our next raptor release involved an Then we waited‌and waited some more.

Eastern Screech Owl. After being orphaned That was a much more typical release ex-

perience. Birds unsure about the unfamiliar surroundings often linger in the relative safety of the carrier. After about a half hour of acclimating himself to the sights and sounds of the woods, he flew out of the cage like a wide gray moth. His first flight was excellent and took him 100 feet deep into the woods and to a landing 25 feet high in a hemlock tree. We managed to monitor that owl for a couple of days post release and we kept finding him directly outside squirrel nests.

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On August 7th, we were set to release three orphaned Broad-winged Hawks that had been raised at Kindred Kingdoms. This time we did things a little differently. In anticipation of the release, we had constructed a platform up in a beech tree. The plan was to put the transport cage up on the platform and conduct the release from there.

For a couple of days post-release, food would be put on the platform for the hawks if they needed it. As was the case with the other raptors, all three siblings had been flight-tested and prey-tested, so we were optimistic about their reintroduction to the forest. Appearance-wise, Broad-winged Hawks are somewhat like small versions

of Red-tailed Hawks, but instead of having a red tail, they have a boldly striped tail with alternating black and white bands.

The species typically breeds and hunts in woodland settings. Also, in contrast to the Red-tailed Hawks, Broad-winged Hawks are long-distance migrants that go as far as South America to spend the winter. Most of them begin their journey in September.

This fact was critical in determining the timing of the release. We wanted the three juvenile Broad-wings to have some time honing their flying and hunting skills before migrating. We hoisted the cage holding the hawks into the tree and onto the platform. Beccah, a longtime volunteer at Kindred Kingdoms and current nature preserve employee, supported the carrier on the platform. Inside the container the hawks produced light begging calls that almost sounded like purring. The cage door was opened and after about two minutes the first of the three took his first step onto the platform. He looked over at Beccah – a person he had heard and seen since he and his siblings were helpless orphaned chicks, and then looked at the strange forest. He wasted little time in leaving the platform.

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ing his awkward landing, his sister came out of the cage and onto the platform and pretty much repeated his whole performance, except she flew about twice as far and landed more competently in a Sugar Maple tree. The last hawk came out of the carrier and did something similar. With raptors I’ve long learned to expect the unexpected, but somehow their behavior always has the potential to take me by surprise. I thought they would fly deeper into the forest until they disappeared. Instead, flying from branch to branch, they each ascended into the tree tops until they disappeared. I had the “disappear” part right, anyhow!

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ting eaten, but I wasn’t sure by whom. I glimpsed one of the juvenile Broad-wings two days after the release. He was seen in the vicinity of the release platform. As it turned out, that was my last encounter with the orphaned Broad-winged Hawks.

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The Kestrel lands on the crown of a dead tree form that we made for the Broad-winged Hawks, we made use of the flat roof of our garden shed. This was no ordinary shed roof. It held a few inches of soil and was planted with short grasses and some wildflowers. The roof/platform would make a fine base for the Kestrels to return to if they needed food. It was raining on the morning of the 11th, but we decided to go through with the release as planned. We used a ladder to get the carrier up to the roof. I left them up there in the cage for about a half hour to allow them time to acclimate to the local sights and sounds. After that, I opened

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the carrier door. We had a group of about 10 volunteers that day and all assembled at the garden to watch the Kestrels leave. I had just finished telling the group that they were unlikely to see anything. I said that the falcons would probably linger in the cage for a long time after the door was opened, and even if they left right away, from where everyone stood, the view of the roof was poor.

How was that for dampening expectations?

As it happened, the male falcon was a natural born showman. He came out of the carrier right away and then perched on the top of it. That made him high enough to be in full view of all the volunteers. The little Kestrel then began holding out his wings in a dramatic fashion. With his wings spread out it gave all of us a chance to see the birds boldly spotted under-wing pattern. It really looked like he was posing for a cover picture in a nature magazine. What he was really doing was showering. It was lightly raining and having the chance to give his feathers a nice wash was most welcomed, particularly on such a hot day. He continued putting on a show by flapping and hopping around on the shed roof. Finally, his pièce de résistance was a showy flight over the field and then a pinpoint landing in an elm at the tree border. Our wet volunteers

headed out after that before the female Kestrel had even come out of the carrier. Her moment of freedom couldn’t have been more different than his. She snuck out of the cage and, when no one was looking, flew out and immediately disappeared.

I didn’t put my eyes on the Kestrels again until later that afternoon. A calling Blue Jay betrayed their location. The male was flying with the jay in pursuit. After that, the female was glimpsed for the first time post release. She was flying back into the field but I soon lost sight of her. The next morning, I rediscovered both Kestrels. The male was again in the company of a Blue Jay. They were taking turns chasing each other around the wide skeleton of an elm tree. The female Kestrel had been perched in a border tree a fair distance away from the male and his “friend.” Without warning, she made a flight about a quarter of a mile to the south and landed in a maple tree not far from one of our bird-feeder areas. I was pleased to have both Kestrels in view.

In my experience, it was rare to still be able to monitor them on the day after release.

And then something odd happened. I saw the female at the tree border again, but it wasn’t the same female. I suddenly had three Kestrels in view! It must have been a curious neighbor. Interestingly, we had located no Kestrels around the nature preserve all summer long. Where this female came from was anyone’s guess. Soon the two females were perched in adjacent trees.

The new bird was probably a juvenile, but I was too far away to be sure. The male made a leisurely flight over to join his adopted sister. After a few minutes, the male Kestrel had taken to the air again. He flew rapidly over us and then into the sprawling crown of a large Black Willow that grew out of the creek bed. At the same time a foreign male Kestrel came into the picture and perched near the female stranger. Our male Kestrel then returned to the tree border and the new male flew to a new perch close to him.

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They looked very similar and appeared to be about the same age – both were juveniles. In fact, I soon lost track of whom was who. Soon one of the males was being dive bombed by a jay and, of all things, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. The jay then called in for reinforcements and within five minutes a half dozen came galloping in over the hill. Interestingly, the blue mob seemed to ignore the female Kestrels, concentrating their efforts on rousing only the males. One falcon took the bait and chased a jay, closing in on it quickly and forcing it to pull in its wings and drop into the buckthorn tangle below. He gave a harsh call as he dropped to safety. The other jays weren’t deterred by their comrades’ evasive tactics and one after the other all took a turn diving at one of the male Kestrels.

When I came back in the afternoon, I could only locate the original male Kestrel. The female and the strange pair were gone. Where to, I don’t know, but I suspect that our rehab female accompanied the local pair when they left the preserve.

As for our rehab male, he had returned to the release site and was on one of the garden fence posts across from the shed. He was giving volleys of trilled call notes that sounded something like “kidee, kidee, kidee.” I was sure that his calls were in reaction to seeing me. As a rehab bird, it should come as no surprise that he associated people with food and feedings. Fortunately, he wasn’t so docile that he was putting himself in jeopardy. In other words, he wasn’t coming over to me and begging like a domestic fowl; he was keeping his distance. I watched as he made three flights between the garden and the tree line. Each pass was graceful and easy. He alternated between quick spurts of shallow wing flaps and effortless glides. When he returned to a garden fence post I was able to observe his hunting style. He would perch on top a sixfoot post and stare down at the grassy path for unwitting grasshoppers. When he spot-

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ted one he would plunge off the post and pounce on the insects. His hunting style was reminiscent of the Eastern Bluebirds that, only a month earlier, were doing the very same thing from the same fence posts.

Grasshoppers and crickets don’t sound like proper fare for an adult raptor, but for Kestrels they can be staple food items and they can be life savers to inexperienced hunters that lack parents to fall back on when their hunting luck fails. When we released the falcon, we left some food for him on the roof of the shed and he was seen partaking of it more than once – at least that’s what I think he was doing when he was up on the roof. Interestingly, when the Kestrel was at the garden area, the Blue Jays and their allies didn’t bother him. They would not harass or try to play with him over open meadow, but only over trees. Blue Jays prefer a branchy refuge they can retreat to quickly if, and when, the play fighting becomes too real. This arrangement worked out well for the Kestrel, too, and whenever the games with jays got old, he could take refuge in his garden where the jays feared to tread.

I couldn’t think of a better garden steward than the male Kestrel. Besides his

proclivities for ridding the garden of foliage-eating locusts, his colorful plumage was a fine match for the profusion of colorful native wildflowers that thrived within the fence. For seven days he remained in and around that garden and the meadow.

Every day his skill set improved, and his confidence increased. He didn’t hesitate to chase off larger raptors that came through his adopted territory. One day he enthusiastically escorted an immature Cooper’s Hawk away from the meadow and away from his favorite border trees. As a narrow-winged falcon he could easily out maneuver the broader winged Cooper’s Hawk in the open sky. As long as he was with us, his “kidee, kidee, kidee” calls would be heard whenever he would see one of us enter his domain. He would check out visitors by dashing from the garden to the large willow at the tree border. While in the willow he would hop around its thick branches, apparently gleaning insects from the crevices in its bark. One day, while I was visiting him, he came down to the ground and hunted for insects on a pile of willow branches that had been heaped on the side of the access road. Back at the garden he mastered hovering. The Kestrel is one of few native

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raptors that regularly hovers over habitat while hunting prey. Most other raptors are limited to hunting from a fixed perch or hunting while flying high above the land.

In the time he was with us, the workers and volunteers that were able to see him around our large garden considered themselves very privileged. The last time I saw him, he was leaving one of his garden posts and zipping back and forth over the meadow.

He was in fine form and obviously ready to move on. Whether or not he joined up with his adopted sister and the two strangers, I do not know, but it’s a possibility. Our hope is that someday, maybe next year, he will choose the nature preserve as his breeding grounds. We have plenty of Kestrel nest boxes, perching posts and, of course, plenty of grasshoppers. • Matt Perry is Conservation Director and resident naturalist at Spring Farm CARES in Clinton. He manages a 260 acre nature preserve which is open for tours by appointment. Matt is also regional editor of “The Kingbird”, which is a quarterly publication put out by the New York State Ornithological Association. Matt’s short nature videos can be viewed on the web. Look for Spring Farm CARES Nature Sanctuary on Facebook.

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My First of Many A short story by Tim Flihan

In life we have many firsts. Our first concert (Seals and Croft), our first kiss (Sue at a school dance), our first born (Timmy and Taylor), and many other firsts I don’t remember.

One that I do remember was my first hockey game. It was memorable on several fronts. My first time at the Utica Auditorium and my first Comet game. Over the years I spent many a day and night there. Whether for a concert or a hockey game I have watched the “Aud” reinvent itself over and over again. It has been a long strange trip filled with laughter, friendship, and awe.

It all started with my father coming home from work with two tickets for a Clinton Comet hockey game at the Aud. My dad was a member of the management club at Bendix and they planned a father/son hockey night. My parents had kept it from me until that evening when he came home from work. I can’t remember my parents ever showing any interest in hockey, which translated into my having no knowledge or interest up until then.

That all changed on what I believe to be Dec. 1, 1967. What I am sure of is that the opponents that evening were the New Haven Blades, a division rival in the old Eastern Hockey League. The EHL was considered a “Hachette” league with cast offs and goons mixed in with highly skilled players almost all of whom were Canadian. Almost all worked second jobs, but all dreamed of playing at a higher level. Most never did, and many ended up settling in the area becoming hockey royalty in the community.

That evening we left my family home after dinner and headed to the auditorium. My dad wanted to get there early so that he could meet up with his friends and I could watch warm ups and hopefully get some autographs. We parked in the lot and I couldn’t help from being excited. I did not know what to expect, but there was a huge crowd outside already waiting for the doors to swing open. The round gray building looked like a flying saucer and since I was a space buff, like many young boys at the time, I was even more excited.

We entered the building under a long canopy that led to a smoke-filled lobby where the lines formed to enter the building. Tickets were being sold at the box office, but we had ours already so we headed right in as the lines dwindled.

The ushers stood guard at the turnstiles greeting everyone with a smile and the same refrain, “Enjoy the game.” As we entered, there were several young people who sold “lucky number programs” and my father bought me one. He then continued on and purchased 50-50 tickets that were sponsored by the booster club. I was oblivious to any conversation my father was partaking in. I was more curious about the people milling around the outer concourse that was buzzing with fans. Some were leaning against the rails protecting the large glass windows that encased the arena, smoking cigarettes and catching up on the weeks events. Others stood in lines at the many concession stands that surround the concourse.

I was happy just to be out with my dad. Meeting his friends and watching him smile as he socialized outside work with people he spent a good part of his life with made me feel like I was a part of that life outside our home.

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From my vantage point I could not only watch the game, but it was an optimal place to see all the activity around me.

Once we settled in my father directed me to a large group of kids lining the glass clutching their programs. Pens in hand they were anticipating the arrival of the players. The glass was much lower then and was only on the sides of the bright white rink. Behind the nets was a chicken wire fence that was probably 12 feet or so above the white dasher boards that outlined to ice. The significance of the chicken wire became apparent when pucks were shot or tipped over the boards and crashed into the flimsy protection. I was surprised when my father pulled out a pen and encouraged me to join them.

Which, of course, I did, stepping over the people sitting next to us in my desire to get to my place on the glass. I scurried down the battleship-gray stairs and pushed my way through and over people only to be met by an usher who waved me off. Disappointed but not deterred I slid under the rails and stepped over the cushioned seats finally finding my spot on the glass.

It seemed like eternity, but just before I was ready to depart back to the comfort of my seat and my father I heard the clank of cowbells and squeal of horns as the Comets took the ice. They looked like modern-day gladiators. White jerseys with the Comet logo prominently displayed, with blue pants and white socks with blue and red stripes.

No helmets to hide the crew cuts that covered the heads of many of the players as they skated past us with blazing speed, and you could feel the wind created by their passing. It was exhilarating. The sounds of skates scratching the ice, sticks tapping the hard-white surface and pucks crashing into the boards. Players stretched beneath us idly chatting amongst themselves as they prepared for the game. On the other side of the ice there was no adulation for the opposing players. To the contrary, they were taunted by the fans, but through all the harassment they went about their business without engaging their hecklers, much to the chagrin of those who were trying to get under the skin of the evening’s victims. After stretching, the players got up and continued skating in circles on their half of the ice. Some stopped at the glass and took a few moments to sign autographs before getting down to the business of preparing. Just when I thought my efforts had failed to get an autograph, a player named Dave Armstrong, a tall slender man with dark black hair who wore the same number 7 as my favorite baseball player, Mickey Mantle, skated over spraying ice on the glass below me and without a word took my pen and scribbled his autograph. He left as quickly as he arrived and stood in line for warm-ups. I was in awe. He immediately became my favorite player. Knowing nothing about him I scurried back to my seat, where I clutched my program, excited to show my father the treasure I had acquired. I could have gone home at that point and would have been content, but the game had not begun yet and I was already on sensory overload.

Getting back to my seat, I found my father was deep in conversation with his friends, enjoying a cold Utica Club. He was less interested in the surroundings then; he was with just being

with the people he shared 40 hours a week with.

Which was fine with me. I was busy watching the circus-like atmosphere. Barkers walked through the arena pitching their products. “Get your hot dogs” beckoned fans who purchased them for a dollar apiece, cotton candy, sodas, and popcorn were similarly sold by vendors who carried their wares in trays strapped around their necks. Making change from nail pouches tied around their waists, they snaked though the crowd climbing the steep stairs peddling their goods to the fans who were now just settling in for the festivities.

The one chant I will never forget was that of the beer vendors who barked out the phrase “cold beer here” that was done with an abbreviated cadence that was rhythmical and enticing.

After warm-ups were complete and the players had left the ice I had my first encounter with the Zamboni. The smell of the exhaust permeated the rafters as it moved deliberately across the ice scraping the snow from the roughed-up ice and laying a thin layer of water that instantly froze, refinishing the surface to a glass-like consistency as the big clock that hung over center ice counted down to game time.

Similarly, when the teams came out for warm-ups the adoring crowd roared when the doors opened and out came the Comets, who once again skated around their half of the ice creating a breeze that could be felt by me 15 rows from the arena floor. The other half of the ice was met with venom, which was especially directed at The Blades leader and chief goon, the much-hated Blake Ball. Ball ended that season with 317 penalty minutes over a quarter of their teams’ penalty minutes. In contrast, the Comets “enforcer’ was the legendary Ian Anderson, who amassed a paltry 172 minutes in the sin bin. Everyone there that evening was expecting a battle between the two and they did not disappoint, fighting early and often, the appreciative fans reacting as vehemently for those encounters as they did for goals.

Being a neophyte at the time I was amazed at how the crowd hung on every pass, shot, or body check.

Sitting on the edge of their seats they immersed themselves in the contest. Leaping to their collective feet and craning their necks to catch a glimpse of a fight or action in the corners. The surprise for me came when the Comets scored their first goal.

Midway though the first period Bill Bannerman broke in on goal and scored top shelf. The second the red light lit behind the goal the crowd jubilantly leapt to their feet as one, and the whole building shook. I joined right in the celebration, spilling my soda and popcorn, but never relinquishing my beloved program.

I was sure that same program that was signed

by Dave Armstrong consisted of lucky numbers that I was convinced were valuable, so I would listen intently as the public-address announcer beckoned us during stoppages to look in our lucky number program that contained a lucky number for each contest. Those coveted prizes included dry cleaning, haircuts, donuts, and many other advertiser’s goods. I never won, but I scurried every time he announced another drawing. It was fun and kept me occupied when there were breaks.

Everything I remember paled in comparison to what occurred toward the end of the second period. With the Comets leading 3 to 1 and New Haven on a power play, the action was at the

end of the ice just below me. The puck was being passed back and forth by the Blades’ power play.

On the penalty kill for the Comets was my newly minted favorite player, Dave Armstrong. I’ll never forget how a player from New Haven whose name I didn’t know then and still don’t to this day took a slap shot that was tipped and struck Armstrong in the head, dropping him to his knees on the ice where blood poured from a large gash. The ice beneath him turned red as the trainers rushed to the ice with towels that they immediately placed on the wound. The other players stood around leaning on their sticks as the medical staff worked on the player. I was scared but like a car wreck I could not take my eyes off the happening below me. The stunned crowd was silent and the players were obviously disturbed. With three minutes left in the period the referees sent the players to their locker rooms as the ice was cleaned of the blood that froze quickly on the refrigerated surface. The announcer informed the crowd the remaining three minutes would be added to the final period, but the crowd had become subdued and most of the conversation between periods revolved around what we just saw. My father thought about leaving but I wanted to stay and we ended up staying. I am glad I did.

I learned a lot about hockey players that evening. They were just like you and me. Both teams had shown concern for their brethren. They were obviously distraught seeing that injury even though most if not all had few teeth remaining and scars crisscrossed their faces from injuries suffered by flying pucks, sticks, and punches. It was a “man’s game,” but it was a brotherhood that empathized and respected each other.

The Comets ended up winning that evening like they did most nights that historic season, but what happened midway through the third period will be with me forever. During a stoppage in play, the door leading to the locker room where less than an hour before Dave Armstrong was carried off the ice swung open and out skated number 7 head bandaged. None the worse for wear he glided over to the bench and took his seat beside his teammates. Pats on the back and a wink of the eye were exchanged and play went on. Dave Armstrong didn’t score that night. I am not even sure if he took another shift. He did, however, prove to be a consummate hockey player. Proving his toughness and determined to be the one who chooses when he leaves the ice. It was also a lesson about team. It was a lesson in life. What it means to be a part of something greater than yourself.

I have watched hockey for almost fifty years now and it was because of that first experience that ensured it would be a part of me forever. A part of me that I have passed down to my son and hopefully his. With their own Dave Armstrong. Their own heroes of the ice. •

Look for a new book by Tim Flihan coming soon!

Tim Flihan is a life-long Utican who currently resides in Frankfort, NY with his wife, Leslie, and dog Cooper. Tim graduated from Proctor High School in Utica, NY and with a BS from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY with a degree in Behavioral Science.

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Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner!

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Alex's Fat Boy 1/2 lb. burger!

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123 Mohawk St., Herkimer • 866-1746

70 Otsego St., Ilion

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little falls

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Est. 1982

A memorable wedding doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

We offer an affordable option for up to 150 guests. Call (315) 533-7229

Traditional French & American Cuisine Owner/Chef James Aufmuth

Fine Dining • Lounge Grill Menu • Bed & Breakfast We use seasonal products from local and regional farmers and artisan producers.

Serving fresh, sustainable seafood and fish.

5345 Lee Center-Taberg Rd., Lee Center, NY

Wed & Thurs 3-9, Fri & Sat 11:30-9, Sun 11:30-8, Closed Mon & Tues

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Located at historic Canal Place, Little Falls (315) 823-1170 Serving dinner Tues-Sat at 5pm www.canalsideinn.com

MADISON in a historic hotel and former stagecoach g stopp at the Hotel Solsville - Dining Room Open: Lounge Fri - Sat 4-9pm and in our Loun nge Full Menu Available!

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Breakfast, Lunch, Homemade Soups & Sandwiches and our delicious Desserts Including our Famous Cream Puffs!

Canal Place, Little Falls Next to Showcase Antiques

- Friday Fish Fry - Saturday Night Prime Rib Buffet

7243 Valley Rd Madison · 893–7698

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NEW HARTFORD

All-you-can-eat Lunch Buffet $9.95!

Mon-Sat: 11:30am-3pm

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Phoenician R E S TAU R A N T Enjoy authentic Lebanese Cuisine

Full Buffet & Salad Bar served Mon-Fri 11:30-2:30 Wednesday Night Buffet 4:30-8:30, Serving Lunch & Dinner Mon-Sat Full Menu Available Mon-Thurs 11:30-9pm, Fri & Sat 11:30-10pm

623 French Road, New Hartford (315) 733-2709

Tues & Wed only

Eat In Or Take Out • (315) 797-9918 • 609 French Rd, New Hartford NY Open 7 days a week for Lunch, Dinner served Mon-Thurs: 5-9, Fri & Sat: 5-10 Sun Hours: Lunch: 12-3, Dinner: 4:30-9 • www.uticaminar.com

“We are your home town pizzeria!”

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Locally Owned & Operated

1700 North James St., Rome (315) 336-1111 Breakfast & Lunch daily 7am-3pm

Catering Available • Homemade Desserts Every Day

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Mexican & American Fare Sushi selections too!

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Tues-Thurs: 11:30am-9pm, Fri & Sat: 11:30am-10pm, Sun: 11:30am-8:30pm, Closed Mon • (315) 369-3141

ROME

Brenda’s Natural Foods Something Good & a Lot of It!

www.brendasnaturalfoods.com

Natural Food Cafe Now Open!

Featuring: Gluten-free options and homemade soups!

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236 W. Dominick St., Rome (315) 337-0437 M-F 9:30-6, Sat 10-3

Closing for the season October 8th The staff wants to thank you for a great year!

DRIVE-IN

See you in the Spring of 2019!

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10101 Dustin Rd (Route 12) Remsen (315) 831-5181

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DiCastro’s BRICK OVEN

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The Country Store with More!

Snacks, Beer, Pizza, Wings, Subs, Gas, Diesel, Non-Ethanol Gas, Gifts and much, much more!

2114 Rte 29, Salisbury 315-429-3224 Open 7 Days a Week

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SIMMER Jamacaican Restaurant

Island herbs and spice with a delightful bite!

UTICA F

• Serving lunch and dinner • Traditional Jamaican cuisine!

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315 735-7676

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Yorkville

Breakfast & Lunch Catering Available

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(315) 790-5353 • M-F: 6-4; Sat: 7-3; Sun: 7-2

vernon

Bakery & Restaurant

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Tues - Fri: 9am -5pm, Sat: 9am - 3pm

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American & Italian Cuisine Serving Lunch & Dinner

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BLACK STALLION

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Whitesboro

Serving breakfast, lunch, & Friday dinners Eat in or take out • Catering available too!

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KARAM’S Middle Eastern

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80 years serving the Mohawk Valley!

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Munnsville

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Between Us Sisters

Valandrea’s Venture Victorian Rose Wellington Woods Whistle Post Antiques

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Canal House Antiques

Cider House Antiques

Valandrea’s Madison

Victorian

The Gallery Antiques at Pinebrick

Rose

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Sherburne

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ANTIQUES

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Antiques & Art Barneveld

Paintings & Prints 8010 Rt 12, Wood Carvings Mapledale Plaza Primitive Antiques Barneveld Thurs-Monday 11-6 315-896-5115 Postcards

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BlackCat

ANTIQUES

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Multi Dealer Antique Shop

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Primitives • Furniture • Artwork Smalls • Antique Accessories

Open weekends (and by chance) late May-June; Open Thurs-Mon: July-October. Closed Tues & Wed If coming from a long distance call to check hours

14 East Main St. Earlville (315) 691-5721

(315) 369-9970 • 13912 State Rte 28, Otter Lake

Open Tues-Fri: 9-4, Sat: 9-2, Closed Sun & Mon

Wed-Sat: 10-4, Sun: 11-3 • (315) 264-1755

4803 Rt. 31, Vernon

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Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars

Tasting Room!

3300 Rt. 46, Bouckville

(315) 412-1296 • Wed-Sat: 10-6, Sun: Noon-4

Foothills Mercantile

On your “Road Trip” north, be sure to stop in and explore Foothills Mercantile!

4th Anniversary Weekend Celebration!

Sat. Oct 6th & Sun. Oct 7th

Antiques, Vintage, Gifts, & Furniture!

Outdoor Vendors & Sales!

Open 7 Days: 10-5:30 • 8124 Rte 12, Barneveld • (315) 896-2681

Main Street Gift Shoppe

Newport’s Best Kept Secret for Primitive Gifts!

Primitives, Handmades, Candles and Fixins, Home Decor, Furniture, Lighting, Textiles, and Olde Century Colors Paint Primitive Shopping Sunday, October, 21st 11 am-3 pm Special hours for our fine customers!

7431 Main St Rt. 28 Newport, NY

OPEN: Wed-Sat 11:30am til 7pm (315) 845-8835

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Check out our popular Ristorante on site!

Get all your Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving at Newport Marketplace!

The Gallery Antiques at Pinebrick A multi-dealer shop specializing in advertising, petroliana, lamps, glass, furniture & quality smalls.

Look for our 1960s Texaco sign!

(315) 893-7752

6790 Route 20, Bouckville

NEWPORT MARKETPLACE Top Notch Garden Center Rt.28, 7583 Main St., Newport, NY (315) 845-8822

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Visit our “Architecture & Salvage” area and discover many unique treasures!

100 E. Main St., Mohawk (Thruway Exit 30)

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MOHAWK ANTIQUES MALL

Mon, Wed-Sat: 10-5, Sun: 11:30-4:30 Closed Tuesdays

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We Can Help You Buy, Sell, and Trade Globally!

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Don & Nancy Hartman, 52 Oriskany Blvd., Whitesboro (Next to Kinney’s)

ernon Variety Shoppes

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5349 Route 5, Vernon (315) 829-2105 Open 10-5 every day

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8056 Route 13, Blossvale (315) 245-0458 Open 10-5 every day

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6831 Indian Opening Rd., Bouckville

Open Fri, Sat & Sun 10-4

valandreasventure.com • (315) 893-7162

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315-893-1786 Open Daily 10-5

3371 Maple Ave., Bouckville www.victorianrosevintage.com

337 Genesee St., Utica (315) 738-1333 www.vintagefurn.com

Herkimer county historical society

Montgomery Ward Company in Herkimer by susan Perkins, Executive Director

Montgomery Ward Company was founded in 1872 in Chicago, IL, as a mail-order business with its headquarters in Cedar Rapids, IA. The first retail store opened in 1926. By 1930, there were 556 retail stores nationwide. In December 1985, the 113-year-old mail order catalog was discontinued, and in 1997, the company filed for bankruptcy. All of the stores nationwide closed in December 2000.

On Friday, Aug. 2, 1895, The Herkimer Citizen reported the following on the Morris Mark block: “Work has been commenced on the Morris Mark block on Albany Street. The building will be 25 feet wide, 63 feet long and three stories high, and will be constructed that it may be connected with the Adams block, which is owned by Mr. Mark.

The front of the building will be Plumb Creek gray stone and all outside door and window opening will be trimmed with the same. The face walls of the entire building will be laid with red mortar and all floors will be laid on heavy girders with sheet steel on the under side, making the building fire-proof. The first and second stories will be adapted for store purposes and the third story will be fitted up for a club room. James Grooms will do the masonry work and Will Lyon the carpentry work. C.E. Cronk is the architect.” The Marks Block was located at 112-118 West Albany Street in Herkimer.

On July 23, 1929, the Herkimer Telegram Record stated that the Marks Block was being leased by the Montgomery Ward Company. The block was being remodeled by contractor James Dunning of Herkimer. The architect was Stanley W. Cassidy of Herkimer. “The present structure fronts 72 feet upon Albany Street and is 64 feet deep. At the rear it is to be enlarged with an addition of tile construction, 72 x 23 feet, making the new store 72 x 90 feet and with the present roof left untouched; all is to be converted from the present four-story to a three-story structure. This will be done by removing the second floor with

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If you go through the Burger King drive thru and look across at Hummel’s Office Plus you will see a relief at the top about the center of the building It is called “Progress Lighting the Way to Commerce” designed by J. Massey Rhind (1860-1936), who was a Scottish sculptor. This relief appeared on many of the Montgomery Ward chain stores.

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In 1974, Tim and Peggy Spencer Behrendt set off on an adventure. They began a new life in the woods of Cold Brook, NY, without modern conveniences like electricity or indoor plumbing. These are excerpts and reflections from Peggy’s journal chronicling their adventures and also her childhood memories growing up in Westmoreland.

Peg’s Diary: Sept. 29, 1964. Age 15.

Dear Kitty, Watched the Bell Telephone Hour tonight.

Mom painted the piano white with gold trim. I entered (my horse) Flicka in the school fair. I got a white ribbon for Showing and red for Riding. I am copying illustrations from The Black Stallion series. I lost my glasses this summer but then I got new ones. Your daughter, Shadrack, has had three kittens. Love, Peg

Peg’s Diary: Thursday, Oct. 8, 1964.

My 16th birthday.

Today turned out to be pretty nice, in spite of a few unpleasantries. I didn’t go to school but Mom got me up to eat breakfast then had me clean the whole downstairs which made me kind of mad, so I immediately left for the woods on (my horse) Flicka.

I was amazed at the gorgeous beauty there-so vivid with colored leaves all over the place! I worked on the fence in front of my hut and got it done. I had qualms about having Flicka there and heard shots from the old railroad tracks and got quite scared.

Mom made my favorite dessert. Angel food cake covered with Jell-O and whipped cream.

Mmmmmm!

My favorite gift was a wood metronome.

Golly, I really wanted a metronome!!! Then later (older brother) Jim came back from the store with a card and a Five Dollar Bill!!! I wished it had only been one dollar because I felt terrible about taking so much, but was I thrilled!

1966, Oct. 8. My 18th birthday.

I am in my first few weeks of college and I am eager to experience and savor every potentially interesting and delightful activity embraced by my peers. One seems to be getting drunk, so on the evening of my 18th birthday, when I am finally “legal,” I recruit a friend from swim team to accompany me and we head to “The Colonial,” a bar commonly frequented by fellow students. I am excited and happy as we skip along the sidewalk in Fredonia, singing “We’re Off To See The Wizard.” Great multicolored trees and bushes grace the yards of the stately homes we pass on this utopian October eve. The musk of dry leaves scent the air as they crunch and scatter from our feet. I trip over a crack, and my friend and I roll over a low fence onto a grassy front yard, laughing so hard we can hardly get up.

As we enter the bar full of students in a fog of

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cold, bitter beer on a hot day.) But too much doesn’t make me happier, just queasy and tired.

On the way home, I throw up behind someone’s bushes, embarrassed and disgusted with myself. We certainly had lots more fun before we were drinking! So, this doesn’t become a favorite activity for me. I find it more interesting to go to the Student Union for coffee and danish, reading tea leaves, or philosophizing with my young colleagues about the meaning of life, or if there is such a thing as Absolute Truth.

Not that this is particularly good for me either! The coffee and low nutritional sugar created emotional highs and lows that were often difficult to deal with.

My two roommates and I enter the Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia Pageant together, and occasionally wear each other’s clothes, although they get mad at me (understandably), when I borrow something without asking.

We get into trouble sometimes for breaking dormitory rules: not cleaning out the community bathtub after a bath; re-arranging our bunks and desks during quiet hours; laughing or talking too loudly as we hope and wait for certain boys to call us up.

Several years (and boyfriends) later, I meet my husband, Timothy, and we embark in a radically new direction.

Tim and I come to the forest at Shawangunk to embrace a more earthy lifestyle. We want to be cloistered by nature; to explore the challenges and possibilities of a more intimate connection with the earth and our survival; and to join the wild things. But this means estrangement from American civilization; otherwise, we could simply have a lovely garden beside a nice, old farmhouse or suburban home. Our Back to the Earth Lifestyle has created within us a struggle with regret and guilt over rejecting the more socially normal lifestyle of dear family and friends juxtaposed against the need to pursue our own path. Although we still need and depend on society and civilization and do embrace its benefits, there is a consciousness of rejection on both sides.

I sensed this with my mother when I began to turn away from her cooking. She has always been a wonderful, creative, hard-working, and thoughtful cook, popular with family and friends and raised five healthy children (including me). When I became a vegetarian, she obliged by providing vegetarian options at family meals. Then I gave up sugar, and simply declined the sweetly delicious, beautiful desserts she made, to her disappointment. As I focused more and more on whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables without added oil or salt, the fewer and fewer dishes I was able to accept from her kitchen, I know this hurt her and Tim’s mother, and other kind friends who’ve invited us to dine with them. In 2018, such special dietary needs are more commonly accepted, but earlier it created an und e r-

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Tim has mixed feelings about this unfinished building on our new land current of estrangement, although we consciously tried to minimize it.

Mom and I found other ways to enjoy time together though. We did crafts, reminisced and looked at old family slides, and on one of my autumn birthdays, we had a delightful time riding the Adirondack Scenic Railroad from Utica to Thendara, making up songs to the rhythm of the wheels on the tracks.

Perhaps it is natural for some members of civilization like us to embrace the more earthy life our ancestors lived, because it is our history, and enabled us to survive as a species. Although the development of society and civilization has allowed us to thrive, it is also possible that civilization can get to a point where it no longer benefits our long-term survival when it is too hard on the

environment that sustains us. So, it may be important for the continuance of our species to have mutations like Tim and me to keep the flame of self-sufficiency.

Tim and I loved building our little home in the woods, but without each other, I think it would have been next to impossible. Other couples came here to build their dream house, but they usually moved on because one didn’t like it, or they found that forest life is too tough, or the dream didn’t fulfill their expectations. They left behind the manifestation of their fantasy, a building, for the next owner to deal with. Many of the land parcels we bought held these dream-cabin constructions. With much labor, we recycled some of them into a Retreat Cottage, a Nature Library, a Crafts Shop, a Lodge.

Buildings are so much work! Our last big re-construction project put me very close to running away from the Preserve. It was a superbly built unfinished shell for a house.

When the previous owners discovered they were expecting a second child, they decided this was too remote for their family. Thankfully, they didn’t have it logged first. After we bought their land we debated about what to do about this building we didn’t want.

Abandon it? No. Tear it down and recycle the material? No, too many nails, the wood would be destroyed. Fix it up and make it

a guest lodge or community center? Reluctantly, yes. Sigh!

Many times I’ve considered other living options when seriously upset, but never to this extent before. I wanted to focus on playing music, doing crafts, gardening, and having more fun after 25 years spent raising money to buy land, scrimping economically, renovating abandoned dream cabins, and driving junky old cars. (Tim liked to say that the minister’s car shouldn’t be any better than those of any of the parishioners. Of course, he never lifted the hood of our VW bug in the church parking lot when anyone was around, because the bumper that had fallen off was wired onto the hood and it looked very strange stuck up in the air when it was lifted.)

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hard on this big building; we got used windows from Griffiss Air Force Base and Tim cut out openings for them with his chain saw. We lifted heavy beams and boards for a dormitory in the loft, insulated with fiberglass in protective, rubber clothing and ventilator in the high heat of summer, climbed high ladders to shingle outside walls, moved a staircase from an old building to the new…. Then we had to think about how to provide lighting (solar electricity), water (we put a cistern under the roof), refrigeration (expensive gas fridge), and toilet facilities (outhouse).

It came out beautifully, and I didn’t run away, but the best result of this project is that we discovered

Peg performs on harp with fellow musicians at Red Pine Lodge

that there are many people who share and support our vision. We asked for help, and it came from many sources, young and old, as well as a grant from the Oneida/Herkimer County Community Foundation.

Nice events were held at Red Pine Lodge: concerts, workshops, art shows, family and religious retreats, but the building unfortunately and mysteriously burned down one October leaving us heartsick. We haven’t dwelled on it, but haven’t had the energy, motivation or finances to re-build. Perhaps if we were young again, like in 1974 when we built our little home in the woods and carpentry was so new and exciting.

Tim’s Diary: October 1974.

Our second month in our home-built cottage.

Our cottage is an extension of what we are, reinforcing what we feel about ourselves and life.

It is a creation, a work of art and idealism synthesized into a visible manifestation of our reality.

Peg said: “It is like looking in the mirror, because it is an expression of our energy.”

We love to look at it, admire it, and share congratulations like two children who have built the world’s neatest sand castle from their fondest dreams. Ah, to glory in your achievements when they are wholesome, worthwhile and pro-life.

It was built for $440.00, the tool shed for $68, and the outhouse for seventy five cents. What fun to name the outhouse “Uncle Grunt” inspired by

Peg’s childhood summer-camp outhouse, “Aunt Mary,” and my childhood word “Gruntie.” All has been built from scrap wood, snowmobile and motorcycle crates, wood from Griffiss Air Force Base Hospital that was torn down, scraps from church basements and attics, and Peg’s own homestead in Westmoreland, discarded wood on street corners, junk piles, and a shanty torn down behind an auto shop in Barneveld. We also got 150-year- old cedar shakes and clap-boards from Janice Reilly’s (our Utica UU church organist) for refinishing the inside and outside as they renovated their 1800 home. What work it has been to carry everything into the woods from the road (thousands of trips), cleaning the wood, making thousands of decisions throughout the construction – tears, anger, cuts, joy, all of life’s feelings into a joint venture, a home in the wilderness.

Come live with us wildlife, trees, flowers, stars. We will not outshine you but be your life companions. We will alter the woodlands only when necessary for meaningful survival. • The Shawangunk Nature Preserve is a deep ecology, forever wild, 501©(3), learning and cultural center. Tim and Peggy still live there and can be contacted through their website.

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I asked Tony how the reunion came about and how Cait got in the mix. He said: “This started when I reached out to Joel and Kelly to help me out when a friend asked me to play a benefit that’s in support of his cancer diagnosis. It’s the Dan Saponaro Benefit 12 noon to 6 p.m. on Oct 21 at the Ziyara Park in Whitestown. We’re playing a few songs from each of my albums, going back to Big Plans.

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On Oct. 28 The Mohawk Valley Blues Society brings New York’s own Bruce Katz to Wakely’s on Varick Street. Look up this band at www.brucekatzband. com.

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LaFamiglia Bosonne’s Sausage, Utica . . . . . 35 Dentistry Neighborhood Family Dentistry, Utica . . . . 49 Diners Adirondack Diner and Lanes, Barneveld . . 57 Charlie’s Place, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Freddy’s Diner, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Sheri’s Diner, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Suzi’s Place, Bouckville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Clinton Florist, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Michael’s Greenhouse, Sauquoit . . . . . . 67 Village Florals, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 5 Funeral Services McGrath, Myslinski, Karboski & Nunn, Utica . . 54 Prince-Boyd & Hyatt, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Furniture John Froass & Son, Inc., Sherrill . . . . . . . 13 Ironwood Furniture, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Jeff ’s Amish Furniture, Jordanville . . . . . . . 73

Dog Sitting Barney’s Angels, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Furniture Makers Custom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . 28

Dumpster Rentals Cobblestone Construction, Utica . . . . . . . 9

Garden Centers, Greenhouses, and U-pick Candella’s Farm & Greenhouses, Marcy . . . 20 Casler Flower Farm, West Winfield . . . . . 27 D’Alessandro’s Landscaping, Frankfort . . . . 19 George’s Nursery/Garden Ctr., Clinton . . . 19 Juliano’s Greenhouses, Schuyler . . . . . . . 19 Melinda’s Garden Barn . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Michael’s Greenhouse, Sauquoit . . . . . . 67 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . 17 Sunnycrest Orchards, Sharon Springs . . . . . 6 Szarek Greenhouses, Westmoreland . . . . 75 Top Notch Garden Center, Newport . . . . . 65 Windy Hill Orchard and Market, Cassville . . 15

Estate Sales Attic Addicts, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 The Potting Shed Antiques, Whitesboro . . . 66 Events, Entertainment, and Activities Cayo Industrial Horror Realm, Utica . . . . 17 Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown . . . . . . . . 2 Fly Creek Cider Mill, Fly Creek . . . . . . . . 15 Fort Rickey Discover Zoo, Rome . . . . . . . 17 Goodsell Museum, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . 68 Hamilton College Performing Arts . . . . . 48 Herkimer County Craft Fair . . . . . . . . 31 Mohawk Valley Boat Charters . . . . . . . . 48 MVCC Cultural Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sunnycrest Orchards, Sharon Springs . . . . . 6 Vernon National Shooting Preserve . . . . . . 21 View, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Farm Equipment Clinton Tractor, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Hobby Hill Farm Sales, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 68 White’s Farm Supply, Waterville/Canastota . . 80 Farm Markets Cooperstown Farmers Market . . . . . . . . . . 41 CWPR Farm, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Juliano’s Greenhouses, Schuyler . . . . . . . 19 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . 17 Skeeterboro Farms, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Sunnycrest Orchards, Sharon Springs . . . . 6 Top Notch Garden Center, Newport . . . . . 65 Twin Orchards, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 54 Whitesboro Farmer’s Market . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Windy Hill Orchard and Market, Cassville . . 15 Feed, Animal Carhart’s Feed & Pet Supply . . . . . . . . . . 43 Kast Hill Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Financial Services Van Meter & Van Meter, Little Falls . . . . . . 52 Fireplaces and Stoves The Hearth Shop, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Firewood and Wood Pellets Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Fitness Centers and Gyms Curves, Herkimer and Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Flooring Enjem’s, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Mike’s Floor Store, Whitesboro . . . . . . . 7 Florists

Gift Shops/Shopping Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . 72 Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . 64 Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Newport Marketplace, Newport . . . . . . . . . 65 Oneida Commons, Oneida . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Paca Gardens, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Simply Primitive, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sunnycrest Orchards, Sharon Springs . . . . . 6 White Begonia, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Golf Courses and Driving Range Brimfield Driving Range, Clinton . . . . . . . 43 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 37

Ice Cream The Knight Spot, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . 58 Insurance Gates-Cole Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . 44 Farm Family Insurance, Boonville . . . . . . . 57 Turnbull Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . . . 72 Interior Design/Custom Window Treatments The Added Touch Drapery, New Hartford . . . 47 Jewelry Alison’s Jewelry & Repair, Utica . . . . . . . . 48 Fall Hill Beads & Gems, Little Falls . . . . . . 22 Goldmine Jewelers, New Hartford . . . . . . 39 Landscaping Copper City Landscaping, Rome . . . . . . . 33 Lighting Mills Electrical Supply, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 69 Liquor Stores and Wine Beer Belly Bob’s, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ilion Wine & Spirits, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Trenton Station Liquor & Wine, Barneveld . . 72 Lodging Canal Side Inn, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Maple Syrup (see Produce) Meats, locally raised (see Produce) Media 92.7 The Drive WXUR, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 74 FOX33/WUTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Weekly Adirondack, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . 18 WKAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Monuments & Memorials Yorkville Memorials, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Motorcycle Repair Hillside Motorcycle & Machine, Munnsville 36

Gravel and Gravel Driveways Copper City Landscaping, Rome . . . . . . 33

Musical Instrument Sales, Rentals, Lessons Big Apple Music, New Hartford . . . . . . . 22

Grocery/Convenience Stores The Country Store, Salisbury . . . . . . . . . . 61 Deansboro Superette, Deansboro . . . . . . . 20 Little Italy Imports, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Mohawk Village Market, Mohawk . . . . . . . 37 Olde Kountry Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . 32 Reilly’s Dairy, Inc., Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Natural Foods, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 60 Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . 47 Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . 71 Sunflower Naturals, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . 41 Tom’s Natural Foods, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Hair and Beauty Services At Home Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Hardware/Lumber/Farm & Home Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Morgan’s Hardware, Waterville . . . . . . . . . . 40 Pohlig Enterprises, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Turner Lumber, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Wightman Specialty Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Optometrists Towpath Vision Care, Little Falls . . . . . . . 30 Paint and Painting Supplies Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Pohlig Enterprises, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . 30 Urbanik’s Paint & Wallpaper Co., Utica . . . . . 42 Pet Supplies Paws Boutique, Oneida Castle . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Hearing Consultants Hearing Health Hearing Centers, Rome . . . . 38

Pharmacies Garro Drugs, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Health and Wellness Infinity Tree, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 70

Physical Therapy Inertia PT, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Horse Boarding Kast Hill Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Pizzerias DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 60 Primo Pizzeria, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Tony’s Pizza, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Portable Toilets and Bathrooms Mohawk Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 & 38 Primitives Between Us Sisters, Munnsville .

Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs Main Street Ristorante, Newport Simply Primitive, Boonville . . .

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Produce, Local Ben & Judy’s Sugarhouse, West Edmeston . .

Grassy Cow Dairy, Remsen . . . . . . . . .

Jewett’s Cheese, Earlville . . . . . . . . . . .

Jones Family Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . .

Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . . . .

Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . .

Sunnybrook Farm, Deansboro . . . . . . .

Three Village Cheese, Newport . . . . . . .

Tibbits Maple, New Hartford . . . . . . . .

Pumpkin Farms Cackleberry Castle (Will’s), Camden . .

Cullen Pumpkin Farm, Richfield Springs Massoud’s Tree Farm, Sauquoit . . .

Pumpkin Junction, Sauquoit . . . . .

Schlaepfer Pumpkins, Cassville . . . .

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Quilt and Yarn Shops/Services Heartworks Quilts & Fabric, Fly Creek . . . 51 Love & Stitches, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Real Estate Hunt Real Estate, Welcome Home Team . . . 46 John Brown Team, Coldwell Banker . . . . . . 12 Koehler Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Record Stores Off Center Records, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Restaurants and Cafés Ann St. Deli, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bagel Grove, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bite Bakery and Cafe, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Black Stallion, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . .

Canal Side Inn, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . .

Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Country Store, Salisbury . . . . . . . . . . .

Delta Lake Inn, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . .

Gone Coastal, Lee Center . . . . . . . . . . .

Hotel Solsville, Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jamo’s Restaurant, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . .

Karam’s Middle East Bakery, Yorkville . . . .

Kayuta Drive-In, Remsen . . . . . . . . . . .

Killabrew, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Knight Spot, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . .

Main Street Ristorante, Newport . . . . . .

Minar Fine Indian Cuisine, New Hartford . .

Nothin’ Fancy Cafe, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . .

Ohio Tavern, Cold Brook . . . . . . . . . . .

Phoenician Restaurant, New Hartford . . . .

The Pickle Boat Grill, Old Forge . . . . . . . .

Raspberries Cafe, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RoSo’s Cafe & Catering, Utica . . . . . . . . . .

Route 69 Steakhouse, Whitesboro . . . . . . . .

Sammy & Annie Foods, Utica . . . . . . . . . . .

Simmer Jamaican Restaurant, Utica . . . .

The Tailor and The Cook, Utica . . . . . . . .

Voss’ Bar B-Q , Yorkville and Ilion . . . . . . .

Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Willie’s The Original Bagel Cafe, Utica . . .

The Willows, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A Taste of the Valley

Fundraiser for the Frankfort Free Library handicapped accessibility renovation Saturday October 20, 2018 1-4:00 pm Local restaurants are coming together to provide a sampling of their favorite dish for you to try!

Tickets are $5 each, beverages $1 Food, 50/50 and basket raffles!

For additional information or to obtain advance tickets, please call the library at 315-894-9611.

123 S Frankfort St., Frankfort

Serving Rome & Utica Since 1946

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Sheds and Garages Shafer and Sons, Westmoreland . . . . . . . . 70 Shoes Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Sneaker Store, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 52 The Village Crossing, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 10

LAST MONTH’S riggie’s RIDDLE ANSWER

Shooting Preserves Vernon National Shooting Preserve . . . . . . 21 Small Engine Repair J.B.’s Small Engine Works, Utica . . . . . . . . . 35 SD Power, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Snowmobiles/ATVs Hobby Hill Farm, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Tent Rentals Brownie Tent and Awning, Clinton . . . . . . 70 Thrift Shops Country Corner Thrift, Holland Patent . . . . 21 Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Trailers and Trailer Accessories Boulevard Trailers, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . 32 Tree Services and Tree Farms Turk Tree Service, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Class of 1931

Answer to last month’s puzzle about the Village of Clinton’s nickname is:

Schooltown

Our winner drawn from all correct answers is Marlene Blackwell, Taberg, NY .

Travel Agencies The Cruise Wizards, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . 39 Websites Utica Remember When . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Weddings and Banquets Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 37 Vernon Downs Casino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Yarn and Knitting Supplies Love & Stitches, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . 41 Yogurt Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . 49

September’s Crossword Solution The answer to last month’s puzzle, “Back to School” Our winner is Roberta Locke of Stratford, NY NYS INSPECTIONS • OIL CHANGES • TUNE UPS • COLLISION WORK • AC

Complete Collision and Mechanical Repair Since 1987

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7509 Route 5 • Clinton, New York 13323 • Phone 315-853-8804 19

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