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April Showers Bring May Sunflowers

by Sharry L. Whitney

Sunshine streaming in the windows makes me change my mind (again) about cutting back on my gardens this summer. Every fall, when I’m cleaning up the dead plants and preparing my garden beds for winter, I think, “Next year I’m not going to plant as much.” Then spring rolls around again and I start dreaming about my gardens. It’s kind of like childbirth--the pain is quickly forgotten and replaced by the joy of watching your children grow.

Comparatively speaking, raising plants is easy. I recently mentioned to Bernie (of Szarek Greenhouses) that I was soon going to start my zinnias indoors. He cautioned me about starting them too early and the risk of having tall, pale, spindly plants that can’t go in the ground until mid-May. Good advice, but I have had fun starting plants intentionally too early. I once started sunflowers indoors in March. I put them under florescent lights and had them near-blooming by the time I was able to plant them outside. I had sunflowers blooming in late May! They were the most expensive sunflowers ever, but what a joy to have their sunny faces welcoming me to my still-slumbering gardens. It may be silly lavishing time and energy on humble sunflowers, but what fun pulling a fast one on Mother Nature.

Look for our “Know Your Grower Guide” next month and be sure to buy your plants from our local growers. Invest in the knowledge and skills these local growers offer our community. •

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Utica. The name is so ubiquitous that people rarely think beyond its reference to the settlement that has existed along the Mohawk River’s south bank since colonial times. But why is it called “Utica”? To what does it refer? While the History Center’s article always delves into the past, in this issue we’ll be diving WAY back to find the answer.

What became Utica, N.Y., began as a stopping post for westbound settlers during the middle 18th century. While Native Americans had been here for centuries, white colonists were drawn to the area to farm its rich soil. These colonists— British subjects before the Revolution—came not only for the agriculture but also for the waterways that lent themselves to commerce. It’s no accident that the Erie Canal would be constructed here almost a century later.

The Mohawk River provided the best inland route from the Atlantic seaboard. Its strategic importance was not lost on the British, who built a system of forts to protect it during the 1750s. One of these was situated at a wide spot on the Mohawk’s south bank. This ford was shallow enough to facilitate foot or horseback crossing for much of the year. During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), this site was known as Fort Schuyler. In reality, it was little more than a blockhouse with a three-sided stockade fence for the protection of goods;

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In the American Revolution (1775-1781) the name “Fort Schuyler” became ascribed to the formerly British-held Fort Stanwix. The first so-named site acquired the moniker of “Old Fort Schuyler,” which stuck after it was abandoned as a new settlement grew around it. In 1798— the year of Oneida County’s founding—legend has it that “Utica” was drawn out of a hat at the old Bagg’s Tavern when the settlement’s leaders couldn’t agree on a new name for the area. They were apparently uninterested in adopting the native name—“Yahnundasis”—which translated to “around the hill.”

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Utica was originally located near the mouth of the Medjerda River that flowed into the Mediterranean Sea. It was an important commerce hub along the Mediterranean-Atlantic trade routes and flourished in its early existence.

Utica was under Roman rule for about seven centuries and was the capital of the Roman province of Africa. Its name loosely translated to “old town.” Whether this had any bearing on the name being thrown into the hat at Bagg’s Tavern in 1798 is lost to history. By the 7th century A.D. the North African city had been rocked by wars that saw vandals, Byzantines, and finally Arabs bringing about its collapse.

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Utica still exist but they are no longer situated on the Mediterranean coast. Over centuries, deforestation above the city led to erosion that moved the Medjerda River mouth substantially away from the old city. Today it’s story is told in the Tunisie Musée du site archéologique d’Utique—the Utica Museum of Archeology in modern day Tunisia.

“Our” Utica has carried this name for 220 years now. It is one of a host of cities, towns, and villages named for the ancient cities of the Mediterranean. Think about it—Rome is also right here in Oneida County. Just west of us is Syracuse. Carthage is up north in Jefferson County and is the source for some pretty mean baloney. Troy is north of Albany. And out west, Sparta is a town in Livingston County, south of Rochester.

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We took all of the grandchildren on the family-friendly Cobble Lookout hike in Wilmington, New York. (Carol VanRiper with grandchildren from left: Grace Ike, Ryan Birmingham, Aiden and Addison Kelly)

Spring is finally here as is the balance of my Top Five Favorite Family Hikes in the Adirondack Park. We have been working our way from southwest to northeast last month with descriptions of Bald (Rondaxe) Mountain near Old Forge, Castle Rock at Blue Mountain Lake, and Coney Mountain in Tupper Lake. What follows are two more hikes where I have seen families enjoying great summit views together.

Cobble Lookout (Wilmington) Our family discovered this great family hike soon after the DEC had established a new trail to the lookout. We had all the grandchildren with us for this one and they loved locating the blue markers and taking turns to help lead the way. We found the meandering trail itself and the 2.6-mile round trip manageable for all three of our generations.

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Beginning at the four-corner intersection in Wilmington travel approximately three miles on Route 431. When you arrive at the three-way intersection with the Whiteface Memorial Highway, bear right on Gillespie Drive (County Route 18A). You should find the trailhead past Lake Stevens less than a half-mile on the right.

You can actually see Whiteface Mountain from the lookout, and if that makes you curious about what an Adirondack High Peak has to offer, consider working into your plans the drive up that fifth highest mountain in the region.

Mount Jo (Lake Placid) And if you would like a sweeping view of much of the high peaks wilderness, you can also hike Mount Jo. This hike is also a 2.6-mile round trip, even shorter depending on which of the two trails you decide to follow.

All three generations in our family tackled this one together as well but understand there is a much steeper ascent and a few more technical spots to negotiate on this mountain.

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I am always on the lookout for another consignment shop.

There are just so many reasons to shop at one! My main reason is that it is where I have the most luck in finding the unusual outfits that suit my stage and daily living needs at a very attractive price. Additionally, I get that little frisson of virtue because it is part of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. It is also a great way to Shop Local.

I was delighted, therefore, to make the drive to Dolgeville to check out Stella’s Styles General Store. It is a fun drive from Herkimer to Dolgeville anyway: over the mountains with great views. I was only sorry I was driving, so I couldn’t take a really good look. I’ll have to get my husband, Steven, to drive next time.

I easily found a parking space near 28 North Main St., and walked in. On the back of the door I noticed a sign reading, “Life is too short to wear boring clothes.” Truly, this was a store after my own heart. Right away I saw that a quick walkthrough would never do. I took a few slow walk-arounds and will probably return soon.

The day I was there, owner/operator Stella Lanphere told me they were changing over, so things were a bit of a mess. I was still able to see a lot. In addition to clothes, Stella offers jewelry, accessories, household items, electronics, and more.

I was especially intrigued by some fabulous hats decorated with flowers and feathers. I asked Stella if she made them. She did! She also makes Lava rock bracelets, which you can treat with essential oils for their curative properties. I don’t know much about essential oils, but I know some people

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swear by them.

I also admired some Handcrafted Herkimer Diamond Jewelry by Christopher and Khara Phetteplace. I love Herkimer diamonds! Well, the fact is, I love all kinds of jewelry.

Stella’s has a lot, all different styles.

I told Stella I would definitely recommend the place to my theater friends. Her selection of gowns and fancy dresses is awesome! Alas, I did not find the particular fabulous outfit I was seeking that day (for a wealthy philanthropist I was to portray in an upcoming murder mystery). Full disclosure: I am too heavy to wear some of the fabulous dresses that would have been possibilities. It’s back on the South Beach Diet for me!

That is one problem with consignment stores: You are usually only going to find one size per outfit. However, that is also an advantage: You are likely to find something unique, or at least unusual. Between the handcrafted jewelry and feathered hats, there is a lot of unique going on at Stella’s. I may find myself making the drive to Dolgeville a little more often. •

Stella’s Styles in Dolgeville is a consignment lover’s dream come true

Stella’s Styles General Store

28 North Main St., Dolgeville• 315-868-0894 Open Monday-Saturday 9am-7pm, Closed Sunday

Stella Lanphere, owner of Stella’s Styles General Store in Dolgeville

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The Canalway Trail is a network of approximately 300 miles of trails that utilizes the towpaths and the adjoining abandoned railroad beds. There are many parking areas from which you can reach the trail. The Erie Canal opens Tuesday, May 15, 2018 — the date the then-new Barge Canal opened 100 years ago. The entire state canal system opens May 18, 2018.

Lock 20 State Canal Park

Walk over the lock to access the trail.

Look for the Betsy the Barge Concert Series starting in June!

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Ilion Marina

The Roemer Fitness Trail at SUNYIT is used for the college’s occasional cross country races, but is open to the public for hiking

Though many local trails may be muddy and will take much of April to dry out and firm up, many people are eager to get outside and explore when spring arrives. Springtime is a great time to take a walk, especially to get a sense of the topography of the area before all the shrubs, weeds, ferns, and trees leaf out and mask the terrain. It’s also wonderful to hear the sound of the birds that are returning from their winter migration.

There are many wonderful trails open to the public throughout the Mohawk Valley. The canal system that was the lifeblood of New York State in the 1800s now offers us miles of multiple-use trails, and the many local college campuses have beautifully maintained paths and trails open to the public.

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Students come, and students go, but we “locals” get to take advantage of many of the beautiful college campus trails year round!

Lloyd and Carol Bull Nature Center at HCCC

This outdoor laboratory for science classes is open for the enjoyment of the public, too. The interpretive trail explains the different components of a natural ecosystem. The area includes a farm pond with a picnic area under pines, several black walnut plantations, and a bluebird trail. Along the way are several benches and shelters “for quiet contemplation.”

Drive to the western end of the campus and turn left past the soccer fields.

The trail starts behind the soccer fields or you can park by the tennis courts and take the trail from there and pass by a small pond.

Herkimer County Community College 100 Reservoir Rd., Herkimer, NY

Roemer Fitness Trail at SUNYIT

For a fun walk, with the bonus view over the campus, take a stroll around the Roemer Fitness Trail. The mile-long nature trail has exercise stations and benches along the route and takes you along two man-made ponds and a ravine. There is also a 5 mile hiking/cross country trail.

SUNY Institute of Technology, 5701 Horatio St., Utica, NY

Parking off of Residential Dr. at the Soccer Field & Trails Parking Lot

Harry Lang Cross-Country and Fitness Trails at Colgate University Miles of maintained intertwining wilderness trails for walking, hiking, running or skiing. The trails intersect with the Darwin Thinking Path, a nature walk that offers views and “a quiet setting for contemplation and reconnecting with the natural world.”

Colgate University

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“Secret” trail: Goodyear Swamp

This wetland, located at the northwest end of Otsego Lake, is managed by the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station for research and education. Developed trails and boardwalks throughout the five-acres.

Park across from Glimmerglass Opera and carefully cross Route 80 to the trailhead behind opera house.

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Spring is a magical time to take a walk around Root Glen. Red shale paths lead you through the woods and over bridges that criss-cross above the creek. The gardens were started over 150 years when Oren Root first planted trees, shrubs, and flowers around “The Homestead.”

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Rome Sand Plains

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Photo: Melinda Karastury

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For a different terrain, take a walk through the Rome Sand Plains Resource Management Area. Encompassing about 16,000 acres, it is one of only a few inland pine barrens left in the country. The trails take you through pine barrens, hardwood forests, meadows, and wetlands, and over high sand dunes and low peat bogs.

When we were given a tour of the plains we learned about the effort to reestablish wild blue lupine.

Insider Tip: Keep a look out for blue lupine in bloom in May. The flower is essential to the survival of the endangered Frosted Elfin butterfly (above).

The Wood Creek Trail is an easy 1/2 mile trail over the crest of a sand dune. The Sand Dune Trail starts at a former sand mining pit and gives you the opportunity to see what a sand dune looks like in cross-section.

Wood Creek flows through part of the Sand Plains and was an important transportation route for the Iroquois and the early settlers. Look for informational signs about the formation of the sand plains and early use of the creek.

F.T. Proctor Park

Considered the “crown jewel” of Utica’s parks, F.T. Proctor Park was originally designed by Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects known for designing Central Park in New York City. Other features have been added over the years, including a lily pond, bathhouses, a butterfly garden, and stone staircases. Starch Factory Creek flows through the park.

Insider tip: Walk like a Utican! There seems to be an unspoken “rule” that the promenade around the park should move in a counterclockwise direction.

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local cd review

J. Schnitt new cd: A Crooked Line of Birds

By John Keller There have been many performers who have released quite a few albums in their careers, but very few can come close to being as prolific as J. Schnitt. Words and music seem to flow from his pen and guitar like droplets of water over Niagara Falls.

A few months ago, I reviewed his album How to be Happy “Isaac about the End of the World. Now he has a new release, A Crooked and Abraham,” but Line of Birds. Where the last album was exposing and expelling the message is to stand up for yourself his political side, this album is a more general palette of incredible and what you believe in. Mandolin, drums, and guitar push songwriting. the song along the melody, adding strength to the powerful words.

The initial track, “Tiger Teeth,” is a song about letting go.

“Draw your sword...Stake your claim.”

“These claws that clench you can no longer hold you close.” J.’s in “The History of Water” closes the album. It’s a very solemn strumentation is layered and full. Guitar, banjo, and accordion swirl song of a love fading away with regret. “Maybe I should have around the words as Ben Salzman’s drums drive along the loping known better than to let her get away.” It’s just guitar and drums path the song rolls toward. with an occasional mandolin providing backing for the rueful lyrics.

The title of the album comes from the lyrics of “Kings of Evo J. Schnitt keeps writing and putting out amazing albums. Aside lution.” Although it seems like another paean of loss, it’s more a from Ben Salzman’s perfect drum lines, J. plays all other instrusong of hope. J.’s words are often deep and profound. They conments. His use of “rural” instruments (banjo, mandolin, accordion, vey more below the surface and even more on repeated listens. The etc.) on this album provide a deeper texture to the material. His turn swell of “strings” bring in the banjo and sparse drums invoking desof phrase and twisted take on life is refreshing to the ears. peration along with the words of hope. “It doesn’t matter what you The production on this album is impeccable. There seems to be find, it only matters that you look.” magic in each instrument’s placement--not too much of anything and “All Her Favorite Tunes” is about the past, that no matter what just enough space to listen through. J. produced this with Matt you do, you cannot escape memories. It’s almost a sacred Wagner, whose perfect ear is a great asset to this project. song melody. The drums tap across the tune as J.’s

A Crooked Line of Birds is 10 tracks of some of voice rises and falls in his tale until the song reaches J. Schnitt’s best work. Find it at The Tramontane toward its climax. The drums get heavier then fall Café, wherever J. is performing, or at https:// away as the wordless chorus fades into the air. www.jschnitt.bandcamp.com. And check his Love found and love lost is the core of website, www.jschnitt.com.

“Eyelashes.” J.’s finger-picking and open In addition, big kudos to the artwork. hearted singing remind one of songs by GorThe fantastic cover art was created by Alexdon Lightfoot or Dan Fogelberg: “I am not andria Compo.

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Since 1967

Artist rendition of Doyle Hardware building

Background photo by Matt Ossowski

Ready for Some Historic Living?

In the heart of Bagg’s Square, right across from historic Union Station, sits the 82,000 square foot Doyle Hardware Building. It’s renovation is the biggest development project going on in the city right now. Jeff Foster, along with partners, is undertaking the massive project. He says he always knew that “this was the one” he had to be a part of.

The Doyle Hardware building was originally constructed in three sections between 1881 and 1901. It’s history began with the ready-to-wear clothing industry that grew up alongside Utica’s textile industry. The first section, built by Matthew H. Griffith & Company, was on Main Street. That was later purchased by the Crouse & Brandegee Company which built the middle section in the 1890s and the Broad Street section in 1901. The company later became Brandegee & Kincaid. During the Brandegee era, the company employed more than 1,000 employees and sold garments manufactured in the building at stores nationwide, including a store under their own name and ownership in New York City.

In the 1950s, the successful Doyle Hardware, which started in Constableville, NY in 1872 after John Doyle immigrated from Ireland, moved into 330 Main Street. They used the Main Street side until the 1960s, then moved to the other side facing Broad Street where they remained until closing in 2008. It was a sixth generation, family owned and operated business that, over the decades, carried everything from housewares and horse supplies to dynamite and farming and dairy supplies.

Currently, the entire building is under renovation and is moving along quickly, with pre-leasing slated to begin this month. There has been a crew of between 45-50 steadily working on every inch of the building and it’s truly a site to behold on the inside. Each apartment has a unique character – some have exposed brick and others have white painted brick that open up the space beautifully. You can sense the history around every corner. Floors, cabinets ,and countertops all follow a modern gray/white color scheme with simple lines and minimalist design to allow tenants much freedom in making the spaces their own. The ceilings soar, the stainless steel appliances gleam, and the soundproofing worked into the design is amazing. And yes, they will allow pets!

Doyle will be home to 56 apartments including one hotel apartment and an Air B&B. The apartments range from 700 sq. ft. to 1,300 sq. ft. and there will also be studios, one bedroom, and two bedroom options. Rent prices will range from $1,050 to $1,800 per moth. They will boast many of the amenities you’d expect like washer/dryer, dishwashers, central air, and storage, but others that really make the space special like a theatre room with space to entertain guests, a shared conference room, a yoga room, and a fitness room with cardio machines and weights. They have a parking lot adjacent to the building and will also be utilizing the county lot across the street for residents.

The entire top three floors will be filled with apartments, but the first floor will be home to retail and commercial tenants. With a restaurant setup already in place, it’s a natural fit that they are in talks with potential food service tenants, as well as others interested in commercial space. The proximity to and view of Union Station is an alluring factor to these apartments.

By May, the apartments should be at move-in status—quite amazing being that construction just began last August. If you’re looking to live downtown in a historic neighborhood and in a breathtaking space, you will want to definitely consider the Doyle Building. •

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In Motion - Featuring the Work of Christopher Murray and Akira Niitsu April 13 - May 16, 2018

Reception: Friday, April 13, 5-7pm Cooperstown Art Association

Rob Mango: RHAPSODY Through April 30, 2018

Edith Langley Barrett Art Gallery Utica College, 1600 Burrstone Road, Utica, NY (315) 792-5289 www.utica.edu/gallery

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Edward Weston: Portrait of a Young Man as an Artist March 31–August 5, 2018 Over the course of his fifty-year career, Weston blazed a path into Photo-Modernism rendering portraits, landscapes, still-lifes, and nudes.

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Michael Landau: Acrylic Paintings April 4–27, 2018.

Fusion Art Gallery

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John Manion: I Feel Better Now

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A collection of works that reference contemporary psychology, the history of sculpture, and issues of identity.

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Juergensen Gallery

Information Technology building MVCC Campus 1101 Sherman Drive Utica, NY www.mvcc.edu/gallery

Kirkland Art Center

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One Person Show by painter Dana Klein Sculpture Space One person show displaying art by internationally established NYC artist Works in Progress

Linda Bigness, Spring Thaw April 07 - May 13, 2018 Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-7pm

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story and photos by Jorge L. Hernández Admit it.

You’ve driven by the Black Stallion restaurant in Vernon hundreds of times as you meandered along Route 5 toward destinations en route Syracuse way and back.

And you thought it was just a local burger joint.

So imagine my surprise to discover one recent evening that one of the specials of baked buccatini pasta with sausage, burger, and pork chunks meat sauce and a blizzard of freshly grated Romano cheese was amongst the best Italian dishes sampled in the Mohawk Valley!

That comes as no surprise, of course, to owner Sal Vullo, who took over the restaurant in 1986 from his Sicilian-born father, Vincent, and mother Maria, who established the Black Stallion in 1972. Sal has kept the cozy, homey, casual feel of the old restaurant to continue to make his customers feel at home.

Maria Vullo cooked classic Italian favorites then that Sal has retained, adding his own twists and expanding the menu to gourmet specials and fancy presentations. Jeff Beam is the longtime chef, aided by Sal who concocts the soups, sauces, and daily specials.

The restaurant’s name came as a no-brainer given its proximity to Vernon Downs and the nearby stables. Before 1972, the restaurant was called the Normandie of Vernon.

The evening of our visit Sal proffered two special appetizers, shrimp crostini and a seared sea scallops plate. The crostini dish featured savory, tender shrimp sautéed with onions, plum tomatoes, and cherry peppers in a lemon garlic sauce over garlic toast

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points; the succulent giant scallops were seared and served over potato rounds in a creamy Dijon sherry sauce. What a way to start dinner!

The suggested Chicken Asiago entrée— chicken breast sautéed with broccoli, artichokes, asiago cheese, and roasted peppers in a lemon garlic sauce over pasta—proved to be a wordly dish worthy of any high-end restaurant. And the N.Y. strip steak entrée, broiled to a pink fork-tenderness, gave testimony to its popularity at the Black Stallion.

The beef is from Iowa, and Sal assures that all the meat he serves is organic and hormone free.

His fish is flown in from Hawaii.

Popular dishes at the restaurant include the burgers, steaks, and the Fruitti de Mare—shrimp, scallops, clams, and crab sautéed in olive oil, garlic, clam juice, and plum tomatoes and served over linguine.

Homemade desserts are now a Black Stallion focus, and the fresh daily choices made by house baker Frannie are becoming more and more famous. This evening carrot cake, Snicker’s ice cream pie, and coconut cream pie were among the sweet options.

Sal says he’s also cognizant of the popularity of the farm-to-table movement. “We buy local produce whenever it’s in season,” he says.

There’s even talk of expanding a garden out back, Risa says, to provide homegrown vegetables. All

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meals are home-cooked and made to order, Sal adds.

The word family is whispered about at the family-owned restaurant. Sal and Risa tick off the names of their longtime staff members, so vital to their success: chef Jeff Beam, servers Annie, Kelly, and Melissa, dessert maker Frannie…down to relative newbie Candace McCowen of Holland Patent, who mentions the familial environment as the reason she is so happy at work. Sal’s son Vinny already cooks at The Black Stallion and Sal says he is looking forward to one day taking over to keep everything in the family.

And then there are the loyal local and return customers. “We see kids coming in and growing up. And they still keep coming back, but now with their own children,” Sal says. “It’s old friends who are like family that we see week after week,” he adds. “It’s the same faces,” the friendly Risa agrees.

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april in the forest story and photos by Matt Perry The forest in April is in the process of awakening and it typically does this from the ground up. In a normal year, it’s the perennials on the forest floor that first emerge to show their colors. Hepatica and Bloodroot are most often the first spring ephemerals to come up in our woods, but not every year is the same and sometimes the blooming order is different. Among the advantages of being so early out of the ground is securing the exclusive services of the earliest active pollinating insects.

The creatures performing these tasks are not bees. Instead, they are species of flies and beetles. The early emerging plants also reap the benefit of a forest floor bathed in sunlight, since the leaves in the tree canopy have yet to unfurl. Just as the early bird gets the worm, the early flower gets

the light, and that light will be harvested and turned into energy for some.

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If there’s enough energy stored in its corm, it may be able to try again in the succeeding year, but it will be unlikely to survive another similar calamity.

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emergence of insects. The first Warblers show up in the Mohawk Valley in mid-April. Typically, it’s the Louisiana Water Thrush and/or the Palm Warbler that first grace the habitat.

The Water Thrush immediately gravitates to the wooded gorges where it catches insects on or near the shoreline of streams. In a few weeks these are the very places it will set up housekeeping after finding a mate. The Palm Warbler is not so picky about where it locates its grub. It will seek out insects anywhere from the treetops to ground level and all places in between. The uneven drumming of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker resounds through the woods and hails the return of this colorful migrant Woodpecker. Fresh cut lines of neat round holes begin to appear in the bark of forest trees. These are the calling cards of the Sapsucker.

The aptly named Sapsucker makes its living by harvesting sap from trees.

Sharp-lobed Hepatica is one of the earliest spring wildflowers

Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers return in April

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They will also consume insects that are attracted to the newly created spigots of sugar water. I’ve found Sapsucker holes in about a dozen different tree species, but their favorite sap trees are Sugar Maple, American Mountain Ash, American Basswood, and Eastern Hemlock.

Since there are very few sources of nectar in the April woods, the sap holes become welcomed feeding stops for our earliest emerging butterfly species. Most of these are Anglewings (so named because of the angular and leaf-like shape of their wings), which overwinter as adults.

These include the Eastern Comma, Mourning Cloak, and Compton’s Tortoiseshell Butterflies.

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Many Tree Swallows arrive at the start of April and on warm mornings, they busily sweep over the terrain, scooping up midges and other flying insects.

They are also checking out nest cavities and squabbling over the best sites. Unlike the Bluebirds, the Swallows will hold off on actually building their nests.

Interestingly, on cool mornings when the insects aren’t flying, one would be hard pressed to find a single Swallow in a meadow where no less than 20 were active only the day before. When conditions are too cold, they all retreat to the wetlands, where they have a much better chance of catching the insects that stay close to the surface of the water.

As April comes to a close, the stage has been set for the complete rejuvenation of the land. That profound transformation takes place in May and will be the subject of next month’s nature article. •

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New Life on the farm

by Suzie Jones

March was pretty rough on the farm. Maybe it was the two nor’easters (they didn’t help!) or maybe it was the unwelcome cold and snow after a very warm and spring-like February (yes, it was that, too). I’m looking forward to April more than usual, with its new life and much-needed energy.

The most obvious signs of new life are the newborn lambs and kid goats bouncing around the barn. They leap and twist in circles around their worrisome mothers, who scold and call to them. Sometimes the babies heed their mothers’ calls; but, most often, they do not. Life is too much fun—and the bounding and rebounding are too exhilarating. We also picked up our first baby chicks for the season. The soft, peeping balls of fluff seem so fragile and new…I usually can’t sleep the first night they’re in the brooder for fear that something terrible will happen to them. They hardly seem like they’d amount to anything really, except that in a short six weeks they’ll be ready for processing and our farm will again be in full swing.

Our vegetable and flower farming friends have seeds started in their greenhouses, with tiny tendrils of life poking through the dark soil. The warmth and smell of new life in a greenhouse is one of the most intoxicating smells around!

Longer days and red-wing blackbirds are Mother Nature’s own harbingers of spring. Soon, the pussy willows will bud out and daffodils will peak through the soil. The landscape

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will shift from white and gray to a bright and beautiful green. When winter overstays her welcome, it’s these thoughts of new life that give me encouragement and hope for the future.

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Young Suzie have been) dropping smaller farms in favor of larger operations. The latest is a cooperative of 26 farms in Pennsylvania whose contract with Dean Foods was cancelled: 90 days notice and no one else to take your milk. What would you do? Industry experts do not predict any positive change for the coming year, either, saying prices are expected to plunge further. In fact, one cooperative gained national attention recently when it included suicide prevention information and hotline numbers in their monthly milk check to farmers.

Many of my readers already know that I was born and raised in Wisconsin. Generations of my family milked cows their entire lives. Dairy has been a staple in my life for a long, long time. In fact, I have a faint memory of the milkman delivering to our house until the mid-’70s. To hear my mother tell it, you’d think that all I lived on as a child was grilled cheese sandwiches. Today, my family consumes a wide variety of dairy products on a daily basis. We all drink whole milk. We’re ice cream, half-and-half, and butter addicts. My teenager wolfs down the cottage cheese, and no meal seems complete without sour cream. There’s no such thing as too much cheese on a pizza! You like cream cheese with your bagel? To me, the bagel is merely the vehicle. And while my husband and I do not operate a dairy farm, we buy goat, cow, and sheep milk from area farmers to make cheeses and gelato. It’s fair to say that dairy is very important to my family and me on many levels.

Dairy is important to our area, too. Agriculture has historically been a major driver of the Central New York economy, with dairy being the largest portion of that activity. What unforeseen, far-reaching consequences will we all feel if many more dairies have to shutter their doors?

Farmers are accustomed to coaxing new life from the tender and fragile, but first they need a glimmer of hope. Help is desperately needed at both the state and federal levels. As consumers, we can all buy more milk, more cheese, more yogurt, and more ice cream. Buy local if you can or ask your grocer to find a local producer. Check to see where your dairy is coming from by going to www.whereismymilkfrom.com.

New life, as it turns out, is not only good for the farm, but absolutely necessary for its longevity. I am hopeful that some positive changes will be the result of these hard years.

New life comes not just in the form of babies, buds and springtime, but also with new ideas, new approaches, and the hope of the next generation. • Suzie Jones and her husband, Peter, own Jones Family Farm in Herkimer. Together, with their children, they produce specialty goat cheeses and gelato. Find them at local farmers’ markets and online: www.anotherjonesfamilyfarm.com

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My Love Affair with Legumes

By Denise A. Szarek

Ask anyone who knows me: I haven’t met a bean yet I didn’t like. The world has been blessed with beans. There are more than 500 cultivated varieties with origins as diverse as Japan, India, Central America, and the Mediterranean.

My Grandma Tucker’s baked beans, served German style with a splash of apple cider vinegar, just makes my mouth water thinking about them. I always knew baked beans were on the menu at her house when the little cut glass crystal cruet full of apple cider vinegar was on the table. She made them from scratch, cooked for hours, with a good hunk of salt pork...yum.

Growing up we always had a backyard garden; while not very big, we still spent hours going over seed catalogs with my dad every spring. Just outside our back door, my dad would plant pole beans. These varieties never wavered; we always planted “Kentucky Wonder” and “Romano” beans there. My sister and I would take turns picking enough beans from the back porch for dinner. They were always steamed with garlic until they were bright green.

Now that we have the farm, I’m like a kid in the candy store when the seed catalogs come in, searching through for all the new and heirloom varieties of B-E-A-N-S! And now armed with my very own Instant Pot, it’s easier than ever for me to make a pot of beans from scratch in no time at all. I have to admit, up until this year we have only grown pole and bush string beans. Beans meant to be eaten pod and all.

I usually buy my dried beans in bulk from www.chefshop. com or www.ranchogordo.com online. In fact, I was first introduced to Vermont Cranberry Beans from an impulse purchase of several bean varieties from Chef Shop.com.

The Vermont Cranberry Bean is the new legume love in my life! I used them to make the recipe I’m sharing with you this month, which I made to take to a potluck dinner. It was so good, I immediately went searching for Vermont Cranberry Bean seeds to plant on the farm for this season.

Here is where some caution needs to come into your search-

ing. There is some confusion that the Vermont Cranberry Bean and a similar Italian heirloom, the Borlotto Bean, also called a Cranberry Bean are the same. They are not! So purchase your seed from either Johnny’s Selected Seeds or FedCo. – if you purchase from other companies you may be purchasing Borlotti Beans, which are wonderfully delicious, but are not Vermont Cranberry Beans.

Cranberry Beans arrived from England around 1825 and have firmly established themselves as the pinnacle of quality in a horticultural bean. Self-supporting, bush-type plants produce bountiful harvests of slender beans that reach 7-9 inches long with a round cross section. Enjoy them shelled fresh or allow them to come to full maturity for a hearty, robust flavor of a dry shelling bean.

Horticultural beans (also called shell, wren’s egg, bird egg, speckled cranberry, or October beans) come in both pole and bush varieties and can produce big harvests for small gardens. The colorful, mottled pods can be eaten like snap beans when young, but most people prefer to use the rich, nutty shell beans for canning or freezing. But Southerners claim horticultural beans are best after the pods turn dry. I intend to wait to harvest the seeds until the bean plant is completely dry. Alternately, if the season looks like I won’t have enough time to dry the plants completely, the plants can be clipped at ground level and dried inside a well ventilated area in the house or barn.

Once the plant is completely dry and you can hear the bean rattling in its pod, you can manually remove the seeds from the pod.

This process is called threshing. This can be a labor- intensive process. You can also put the pods inside a grain bag and shake and smash vigorously. When you open the bag the beans should by mostly separated from the pods.

Beans are full of nutrients and fiber. A good rule of thumb for measuring dry beans: 1 lb. of dry beans equals 2 cups, which becomes 6 cups cooked.

Helpful hint: For recipes that call for a can of beans (15 ozs.) use ½ cup dry, which equals 1-1/2 cups cooked. •

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In a medium heavy nonstick skillet, cook the pancetta over medium-low heat until its crisp, about 10 minutes. Transfer the pancetta to a paper towel to drain. Turn the heat to medium and add 1T. olive oil to the skillet. When the oil is hot, add the minced garlic and cook until the garlic if fragrant and softened. Add the beans, ½ tsp. sea salt, ½ tsp. chopped rosemary and a cup of the cooking liquid. Turn the heat to medium high and cook, stirring frequently, until most of the cooking liquid has reduced down or been absorbed, about 2 minutes. Add the sherry vinegar, and another ½ tsp. of rosemary to the beans.

Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle with another ½ tsp. of rosemary and the pancetta. Serve with crusty bread. Enjoy!

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ACROSS 2. Board the bus for this event with Tiger Lily Quilt Co. (page 71).

4. The Treehouse Reading & Arts Center’s secret word (page 7).

5. The last of Gary VanRiper’s “Top Five ADK Family Mounatain Hikes.”

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11. The Tailor & The Cook (page 59) is a “farm to _______” restaurant.

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MArk bode We continue our series on Utica native, Mark Bode (Born in Utica, NY), son of famous 1960s/70s underground artist Vaughn Bode (B. Syracuse). Look for his Yellow Hat cartoons in MVL Magazine every month.

Mark does a lot of commissioned murals featuring his characters.

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It should be no surprise that trained naturalists perceive a forest much differently than other people. They certainly don’t tend to get spooked out by the myriad of sights and sounds that emanate from a forest’s dark recesses.

Having said that, some sounds can be startling and some are downright eerie.

I recently made some audio recordings of trees creaking in the wind and I could understand how some of those sounds could be construed as weird animal vocalizations. Of course, many species of wildlife are capable of producing sounds that can be misinterpreted. Offhand, I can think of a few: The weird and manic monkey-like calls of Barred Owls as they banter back and forth during the breeding season; the somber whinny-call of an Eastern Screech Owl; the unexpectedly shrill shrieks of a Porcupine during its breeding season; and there are many others just as prone to be misread.

Prompted by a friend of mine, I’ve recently viewed a few remarkably low-budget documentaries on the subject of the legendary Sasquatch (a/k/a Bigfoot). These days, it does seem like they let just anyone make a documentary. These particular programs involved “sightings” that took place primarily in the eastern U.S. My friend’s aim was for me to get enjoyment from the many preposterous aspects of these shows.

That I did, but I also appreciated a few unanticipated perks. Most notably, the program’s format and erratic camera work allowed me to see plants and hear the resident birds in the regions the documentarians were featuring. It was a little like taking a walk in the woods of another region, albeit in the company of

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a Bigfoot fanatic. While the host of the program would be actively misinterpreting some artifact or animal sign on the forest floor, I would get to hear the song of a Kentucky Warbler or a Whiteeyed Vireo. I would also get to see Wild Ginger and Trout Lilies in the understory. If only the program was dedicated

to those organisms instead of Bigfoot.

A staple feature of these documentaries was the lone person (invariably the host) venturing out into the back woods and experiencing what might be described as a slow-motion nervous breakdown. One guy (and they all are men) literally believed that every cryp-

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this bottle of “cooking oil” from a nearby neighborhood. Apparently, there’s nothing Bigfoot likes better than chugging down some Crisco. Of course, the more likely explanation was the jug

once contained chain oil and was left behind by loggers. Another fella found a jaw bone of a White-tailed Deer and surmised it was from Bigfoot. He actually brought it to an anthropologist to be identified. I guess he didn’t know any zoologists. On the bright side, at least a bona fide scientist factored in somewhere. I think the jug guy’s finest contribution to the art of Bigfoot detection was when he came upon an old pile of stones and said matter-of-factly that it was a Bigfoot creation. According to him, Bigfoot often puts stones on top of other stones. How he knew this was never divulged. The mossy pile of rocks he was referring to had obviously been there for many decades. We see piles just like it in just about every woodlot in the Mohawk Valley. They were created by farmers as they removed stones from the fields they were cultivating.

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I’m not sure if there is anything in the world that is less reliable than eyewitness accounts – at least when it comes to interpreting fleeting views of natural phenomenon. One observer in Western New York State claimed to have seen the following: A five-foottall creature covered in black fur and

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If they come back with a lengthy list of equally improbable sightings, I get an idea about how seriously I should take their current claim. I recall questioning one man about a Bobcat sighting.

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said that we’d be needing flashlights, but then remembered that our parents weren’t about to let us out after dark, so he crossed out flashlights. “How about a net?” asked Ravi, “then we can bring it back alive.” He said with a mischievous spark in his eye. “Great idea,” I said. “We can use our badminton net, and I’ll borrow the pool skimmer from Kelly Donnelly’s yard. It has a long handle. That would be good for catching Todd’s gnome.” I also thought we’d probably need some weapons for self-defense. Guns were out, since neither one of our families had any real weapons. Dart guns were about it. So, if the hawk-headed bear makes a false move, he was going to have a suction cup dart sticking to his forehead. That would then embarrass him in front of all the other monsters. I recall that we

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I learned an important life lesson on that day. Never use a ballpoint pen to record fraudulent testimony on a cave wall.

As it happened, interest in the Ravine Monster barely survived the summer and the eyewitness “sightings” dried up. However, the concept of the wilderness monster is alive Is this Woodchuck-man? and well in contemporary culture. That fact is next day, we told a few other kids about confirmed by the sheer number of the testimony we “found” in the culvert Sasquatch documentaries that are and we encouraged them to go see it being made each year. Much like me

and some of my friends in the old neighborhood, people want so much to believe in something fantastic and rare that they seem determined not to let the absence of verifiable facts and evidence get in their way.

I honestly think that’s OK, as long as their hobby is not harming anyone or anything. I do, however, urge these folks to take some time to educate themselves about the forest and its real inhabitants. They might discover that a whole ecosystem of amazing creatures reside there. One benefit of these organisms is that they can be seen and photographed and their real life histories can be studied. •

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Do you remember the old television show Dragnet? Detective Sergeant Joe Friday was best known for solving the mystery of the week with his persistent search to uncover the facts. Well, if you like facts, astronomy is the hobby for you. Here are some fun examples.

Let’s start with our planet. The night sky has been studied for thousands of years.

Early scholars like Aristotle believed the Sun, the Moon, and all planets orbited the Earth. That view was eventually challenged

by Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus when he published his radical new theory in 1543. Based on his calculations, he determined the Sun is at the center and the planets orbit the Sun. It took another 150 years for his theory to be proven by Galileo, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton.

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Speaking of planets, here are some cool statistics. The distance between Earth and the Moon is 240,000 miles. If you could line up all the planets in our solar system side-by-side, they would all fit in that space.

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Hanny’s Voorwerp. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Keel, Galaxy Zoo Team Another favorite is Saturn, impact crater so large the moon looks like best known for its bright and beautiful ring the Death Star from Star Wars. The largest system. Saturn is about 36,000 miles across, moon in the solar system is Jupiter’s Ganyand the rings extend out 175,000 miles. Almede, with its icy surface about 500 miles though it may look like one big solid ring, thick. It is one of the four moons we can there are actually seven major rings separateasily see with a telescope or binoculars. ed by gaps. They are comprised of billions April brings the warmer temperatures of of large and small bits of ice, rock, and dust spring and a parade of planets. Venus is vismoving around the planet, but are only 30 ible at sundown, Jupiter at midnight, while feet thick! Speaking of rings, did you know Saturn and Mars appear around 3 a.m. In the that all four of the “gas giant” planets have words of the late Professor Stephen Hawkthem? Although Saturn’s rings are exceping, “Remember to look up at the stars and tional, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also not down at your feet.” have multiple but faint rings that weren’t Wishing you clear skies! • discovered until the 1970s.

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I had been meaning to check out Click’s Cakes in Herkimer for a while, because, you know, cakes. On a recent Saturday while out adventuring, I finally did. As I often say in situations like this, what took me so long?

My intention was to buy a treat to bring to my husband, Steven, but I was feeling a bit peckish myself by that time. I pondered my options as I waited for the customer ahead of me to make his selections.

A coffee table with two comfy chairs stood between the windows in the front corner, obviously a nice place for folks to sit while they wait for their special orders. There were also tables and chairs in the small room, like a proper diner or café. I had seen pictures of bagel breakfast sandwiches on Click’s Facebook page, but I was only peckish, not downright hungry.

I also perused the price board. The website said to allow 48 hours for orders, so a 10-inch cheesecake was out of the question. I do love cheesecake, so I will definitely keep that in mind for future occasions.

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5345 Lee Center-Taberg Rd., Lee Center

9663 River Rd., Marcy

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ROME

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Authentic Homemade Pasta Available!

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615 Erie Blvd. W., Rome Open M-Thurs 11-9, Fri & Sat 11-10, Sun 12-8

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Sheri’s

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53 Franklin Square, Utica • (315) 790-5747

Cafe Hours: Mon-Thurs 7-7, Fri & Sat 7-9, Sun 8-1 (breakfast only)

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315 735-7676

Breakfast • Lunch Homemade & Fresh Daily!

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start March 4th!

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Nothin’ Fancy Cafe

KARAM’S Middle Eastern Bakery & Restaurant

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Homemade Baked Goods & Multi-Color Bagels - a kid’s favorite!

Free Delivery(min. $20) • Family Owned & Operated!

Serving breakfast, lunch, & Friday dinners

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

Traditional Lebanese fare for breakfast & lunch!

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Book your wedding, banquet, or party at our Event Center on-site (seats up to 200) Affordable 7,000 sq.ft., Wooden Dance Floor, We Cater or Bring your own!

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10 Ruth St., Vernon • (315) 829-4500

219 N. Genesee St., Utica

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American & Italian Cuisine Serving Lunch & Dinner Family owned- The Vullo family has been catering to your menu needs since 1972!

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Serving Lunch & Dinner Lunches Served Fri, Sat & Sun Happy Hour Daily 4-7, $2 Drafts & $2.50 Well Mixers

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5656 Route 5, Vernon • (315) 829-2203

www.theblackstallionny.com Open 6 days a week for Lunch & Dinner, Closed Monday

Tues: $9.99 Prime Rib & $2.99 All U Can Eat Spaghetti Wed: Kids eat free w/each adult entree purchase, 10 boneless wings -$6.00 Thurs: All U Can Eat Chicken Riggies Sun: .60c Wings at bar & $13.99 16oz Sirloin Dinner

Catering & Banquet Facilities Available

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411 Mohawk St., Herkimer, NY 315-866-5571

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

4803 Rt. 31, Vernon

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

Spring

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Canal House Antiques

Make the Spring Shop Hop a Weekend Getaway! Hook up your RV or rent one at Cider House Antiques!

Multi-Dealer Shop

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Specializing in antique furniture, glassware, jewelry, books, linens, and primitive rug hooking accessories

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(315) 893-7737

Open Thurs-Mon 10-4, Closed Tues & Wed

6737 Route 20, Bouckville, NY

Dawn Marie’s Treasures Vintage, Gift & Gourmet 18 W. Park Row, Clinton 796-9099 • Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6

Our Shop is Full of Bright Colors & Sunshine!

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is your Summer Camping Destination! Full service campsites, biking, fishing, hiking, playground, shopping, & much more!

Spring

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6768 Route 20, Bouckville (315) 893-7676

Our lovely gallery offers a full range of antiques, fine furniture, and vintage collectibles!

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Cider House Antiques

is a quality group shop, featuring Rustic and Victorian furniture, art textiles, fishing, sports memorabilia, jewelry, clocks and affordable accessories of the 19th and 20th centuries.

January-April open Fri, Sat & Sun only. Open 10am - 5pm daily starting May 1st

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Over 30 Vendors!

Foothills

Mercantile Huge selection of antiques, vintage pieces, collectibles, glassware, furniture, accessories, and a rustic & country gift shop!

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

Little Falls

Antique Center More than 50 vendors on 2 floors!

Canal Place, Little Falls Open Every Day 10-5 315-823-4309 www.littlefallsantiquecenter.com

Main Street Gift Shoppe

Newport’s Best Kept Secret for Primitive Gifts!

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6266 State Route 5, Little Falls

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Primitives, Gifts, Vintage, Antiques, Collectibles, Fudge, Furniture, Jams & Jellies, Local Paintings from Local Artist and more!

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315-736-5214

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

A multi-dealer shop specializing in advertising, petroliana, lamps, glass, furniture & quality smalls.

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6790 Rte 20, Bouckville

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7316 Rte. 20, Madison, NY (315) 893-1762 • Open Fri-Sun: 10-5, Mon-Thurs by chance or appointment

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Open Fri, Sat & Sun 10-4 (315) 893-7162

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A Multi Dealer Shop

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

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An eclectic mix of vintage, antiques, & home decor

Open Daily 10-5, Closed Tuesdays

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Herkimer county historical society

Folts

Berth Fowler

Mission Institute

By Susan Perkins, Executive Director

Folts Mission Institute was housed in the former home of John Adam (ca. 1813-1869) and Catherine (Helmer) Folts (ca. 18131889). The mansion was constructed between the years 1867-69 at a cost of $50,000. John was a carpenter/contractor. The mansion was left to their son, George P. (1836-1911), and his wife, Elizabeth M. (Snell) Folts (1843-1898). In 1893, George and Elizabeth transferred ownership of the property to the Northern New York Conference of the Methodist Church. The property “was to be used for the advancement of Christian education of male and female young people, who, through a lack of personal funds were unable to further their education.” The donors made provisions for the carrying on of the institute.

The Folts Mission Institute was incorporated on Nov. 17, 1892, presented to the Women’s Foreign Ministry Society on Sept. 13, 1893, and was dedicated on Nov. 21, 1893. It was dedicated by Bishop E.G. Andrews of New York City. On the first Board of Trustees were George Philo Folts, Elizabeth M. Folts, the Hon. Warner Miller and the Rev. W.F. Markham. It was a Biblical Institute and Training School for women. It had the Institute building, the Professor’s house, the residence, six cottages, and beautiful grounds. The Institute had five departments of instruction and training, which included English Bible, History of Christianity and Comparative Religions, Sociology, Applied Christianity, and Church Pedagogy. Four adjunct courses included Instrumental and Choral Music, Elements of Practical Medicine, Book-keeping, and Physical culture.

The school started out as co-education but didn’t last long. The first class graduated in June 1895. The graduates were William Clawson, Duvillo Grant Cristman, and Miranda Crouch, who became a missionary to China. The Folts Mission Institute operated under this organization until 1914, when the Women’s Missionary Soci-

Exterior of Haselhurst Mansion

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Postcard Folts Mission Institute Dormitory ety of the Methodist Church took over its jurisdiction.

The Folts Mission Institute closed in 1927. It remained vacant and unused. During this time a member of the Folts family filed a lawsuit on a claim to the estate. After losing the suit, the plaintiff tendered a deed to the Northern New York Methodist Church Conference for the part of the property being contested. The conference had clear title to the property.

The Institute had missionaries in China, Korea, Japan, India, Italy, Mexico, Chili, Argentina, Alaska, Utah, Nebraska, Massachusetts, and other parts of the United States.

Bertha Fowler (1866-1952) was born in Lena, IL. After graduating from Lena High School in 1884, she taught for three years.

She had a desire for missionary work, which motivated her to enter Chicago Training School, an institute that schooled women in ministry and established service agencies throughout Chicago.

She graduated in June 1888 as a female lay minister or Deaconess.

She was inspired to pursue foreign missionary work but her home circumstances prevented her.

Fowler started her evangelistic work in the Midwest. She was

a member of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society (WHMS), which she operated for six and a half years in Chicago. She worked in Philadelphia, running a Deaconess Home in 1889.

She worked and traveled from Portland, ME, to Portland, OR, for nine months as Field Secretary of Deaconess. In 1909, she was given the degree of Master of Arts from Baker Univer-

sity.

You might be wondering how this ties into the Folts Mission Institute... After Elizabeth Folts died in 1898 and George P. Folts died in 1911, it left the school without their patronage. The school saw a decline in financial support. In an effort to save the institute, the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Northern New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was approached to take over the management of the school. They acquiesced, but they had one stipulation--that Bertha Fowler would head it up. She agreed and came to Herkimer on June 18, 1914.

She took over as President of the Folts Mission Institute. Even World War I did not interfere with the school. Renovations were immediately undertaken. The exterior was repainted and porches

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Bible teachers were provided by Ohio Wesleyan University. A kindergarten department was established. Oct. 17, 1917. In 1918, the institute was made a national training school, which brought it wider recognition and more students. The school grew so that in January, 1922 the neighboring Haselhurst Mansion property was purchased and was used for vocational activities, cooking and sewing, the business department, and an infirmary for students.

Bertha Fowler wrote a history of the institute in 1922.

She wrote that in the eight years that she had been President, there had been 47 graduates. Out of those who graduated five became deaconesses, three were employed by churches, three in foreign fields, two became pastors, one a nurse, one a government employee, two became directors of religious education, two were teachers in the Folts Mission Institute, 18 were employed at the Women’s Home Missionary Society, and nine married.

Fowler kept active in speaking engagements all across the state at churches and conferences as well as at civic meetings. She was well known for traveling in her Ford car. She was elected President of the Utica Zonta Club in 1926. That same year, she helped launch a local Herkimer branch of a Law Enforcement Club, giving women a voice in politics.

The last graduation class of the Folts Mission Institute in 1927 was Adah Elm, Alta Joslin, Louise Vanek, Joy Chatterton, Ethel Vanek, Winifred Elm, Alice Farrington, Ray Cress, and Marion Beseley. Fowler’s message to the students was “Folts is not a building but a spirit. It is a spirit that binds despite distances, changes in vocation and years that crowd between.” •

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SHAWANGUNK Chapter 43

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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.

Letter to our daughters: Early April 1978 Dear Chickadees, Spring has begun. Pussy willows are starting to bud. Chip, the chipmunk, has come out of hibernation. Tiny, black springtail bugs in trillions of trillions dot the snow patches and hop about. They are even on (our pet rabbit) Bunzy’s white fur. Tim and I celebrate, because rabbit hunting is over and Bunzy made it. He eats our apple cores and shares them with a regular gang of friends that hang out here: red squirrels, flying squirrels (at night), mice and moles, and who knows what else.

Today it was beautiful; warm and sunny.

We were able to lie on the cottage roof to get tanned. No bugs yet.

I’m making an afghan that’s as blue as the sky and white as the clouds, out of wool from your old pet sheep, Martha and Lamby-Pie. Here is the recipe I made up for the Sugarless Spice Cookies that you liked.

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Tim writes: Dear Girls, I just got back from pulling Dave’s car out of a muddy spot at the end of the road. He backed in late yesterday and missed the usual parking space by inches. He went to work, as he has this week off from school and is saving to buy speakers for his car.

I’m stripping his old Subaru of aluminum, tires, radio and even extra gas before we junk it. With the aluminum I’ve saved from beer cans and scrap from our junked autos I’ll get enough to buy all the batteries we need for the summer when you’re here; flashlights, lantern, and radio. I like wasting nothing. It’s fun to cut corners and recycle. Wait ’til you see the little vanity mirrors I made out of Dave’s car mirrors for you.

I just did my winter laundry outside in the old 1919 washing machine with water from the creek. Ugh! But now it’s drying in the sun. Peg made granola and bread. I may start some fence work today, as peas and lettuce seeds can now be planted in the ground. There’s lots of cleaning up to do after winter.

We’ll begin printing Henry’s book today on the mimeograph. He’s giving us his old wood stove for doing it.

Last night I had a bad stomach ache because I get stressed and exhausted thinking and planning my church work all the time. I’ve worked out a schedule to limit how much time I spend on it, so I don’t get mentally exhausted.

I went to Little Falls church yesterday. This week I’m in Utica and Schuyler Lake churches, and next week I’m in a York, Pa., church. Several weddings are coming up this summer, so bring a nice outfit to wear, as I’m sure you’ll be invited.

I look forward to seeing you soon!

Love, Dad

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Late April Dear Girls, The garden is almost clear of snow--seems like it’s all melted in one week. Chives are up.

The scarecrow was on its back all winter and looks like a decaying body.

A big owl flew over your dad today. We moved your outhouse, “Cousin Groan,” up on a little hillock over a new hole, and we were able to hang our laundry outside for the first time this year.

It sounds like you had a nice Easter with baskets of fruit and treats without a lot of sugar. Your dad had some beautiful babies to dedicate/baptize during our Easter service.

It’s so meaningful to be part of such important events in people’s lives: baptisms, weddings, memorial services.

The wood pile is getting low, and we’re cutting up wood now.

A ruffed grouse was eating oats by our door when we came home Sunday. She walked away through the woods, because we didn’t scare her.

We are hooking Henry’s old wood stove

up on our little porch. Now we can be out to hear the wind and the rain and still be warm and dry.

It’ll be great for small, quick fires in summer to make tea, popcorn, or toast, instead of using the kerosene stoves…they get the bottoms so dirty.

See ya soon.

Love, Peg

are quickly enchanted with forest life. Bunzy is still a favorite pet as well as the wild chickadees and chipmunks. We are concerned about a new beaver pond that might cause flooding over the road. If this happens, it’s likely they will be destroyed. Beavers are hard to deter when they favor a spot for a dam to make a home and provide food for their families.

What can we do to protect them and the road?

For advice, we call our friends, Owen and Sharon Brown who run “Beavers, Wetlands and Wildlife” in Dolgeville. It is an offshoot of the “Beaversprite” preserve created by Dorothy Richards. I remember meeting Dorothy and her pet beavers with my mom and niece. The beavers had a special entrance so they could come and go into her house, but Dorothy had to wrap the legs of her furniture with metal so they wouldn’t chew on them!

Owen and Sharon have recently come up with a “Beaver Baffler” that might work. It’s a big job! Owen wades into the muck and pond up to his armpits in cold water to install a large drain pipe protected by a wire cage (so the beavers can’t plug it up). This pipe then goes to the road underpass,

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In just a few years, our children are all in college or working on their own. Those who can, send money to help pay for new parcels of land we want to buy and protect. Tim regretfully decides to sell his childhood Lionel train to help raise enough money.

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A young bear passes through and raids our bird feeder

which is also protected by a large cage, thus causing the water to drain out when it gets too high. We hope it will work, and it does! Such a brilliant innovation!

Our beavers are safe. Our road is safe. With such creativity, we can harmlessly co-habit with wildlife--which is important for all of us in so many ways!

Late April 1990s Midnight. I wake up, determined to hike to the beaver pond and record the incredible

night sounds of spring. I want to be able to share it with people who can’t come here. They echo off our forest trees, giving them a unique richness.

Wearing long pants, long-sleeved shirt, hat, gloves, and veil to protect me from bugs, I carry a portable DAT recorder slung over my shoulder with two mikes in my hands. I step outside and enter a benevolent, still night full of stars and soft, mysterious sounds. The beauty of this sable wilderness is enchanting.

I know it’s unlikely I’d meet a bear, but it’s always possible and I have some trepidation.

I’ve learned to function in the fear reality as a performing musician. In a performance, I pretend to be casual, and appear confident, but my inner voices are saying, “What if I fail?” “What if I fall apart?” “I’m not good enough!” I became conscious of this at my first recital in second grade. I was sitting on a big pew with my feet swinging above the floor, with a row of other nervous children of various sizes wearing their best clothes at a pretty, little Methodist church in Westmoreland. It’s my turn. Suddenly, I want to run away and hide! My heart is

pounding. I can hardly breathe. Where is my mommy? What is this feeling? I feel sick! I am terrified!

At my first studio voice recital in music school, I had to sing in front of my fellow voice majors in a tiny classroom. My face muscles twitched uncontrollably. How humiliating! I felt like quitting. It hate it when my fear shows!

For Tim, it was the kick-off of a football game. Will the ball come to him?

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I thought that experience and preparation might make it subside, and it surely helps, but after more than 50 years of performing I still get it. I try to talk myself out of it, saying, “Oh, now, it’s not that important, Peggy, just have a good time!” But it’s still an undercurrent that ebbs and flows throughout a performance, occasionally creating shaky hands. But I don’t let it prevent the satisfied highs and beautiful connections with music and the audience that can also occur. I’ve just had to learn to function in that reality, and that’s a good thing to be able to do. It makes it possible for me to handle other scary situations such as this walk alone through the deep, dark woods at night because I know it’ll be worth it.

I don’t need a flashlight. The dim profiles of the trees on this trail are familiar silhouettes of dear ones, because I’ve passed here so often. When I’m uncertain, I look up instead of down, because the trail is marked by the narrow, open sky space of starry light between the trees on either side. I step slowly, toe to heal, Indian fashion, avoiding dead twigs, balancing in a smooth and nearly silent cadence through the mossy forest hoping the frogs won’t hear me. As I get closer, the music of pond life crescendos, and so does the balsamic scent of pine trees, as their first blush of aromatic sap has been pulled up by the warm,

spring sunlight of daytime.

But I accidently snap a twig and the wary frogs hear me. The whole area suddenly becomes deadly silent. So, I find a dry grassy hillock to sit on, arrange my mikes, put on headphones, and wait.

It doesn’t take long for one frog to give a tentative peep, then another, and another, as confidence increases. Now, it sounds like every frog in the pond is calling. I press the record button. Wow! I thought they were loud, but through the headphones it is intense! They are clamorous! I hear the bubbling of the stream below the dam, other creatures I didn’t notice before, and soft splashes from jumping frogs.

There are bird calls, singing toads, and so much I don’t know. Later on, Matt Perry will identify much of what I’m hearing, but now, it is so magically mysterious, I am mesmerized and completely enchanted. I become one with this incredible music of nature.

But my mystical reverie is rudely interrupted. Dry leaves nearby rustle loudly. It sounds like something huge is moving near me! My breath stops. Now, I truly am terrified. I whip off my headphones and listen. It’s strange that the frogs didn’t stop calling. I wait several minutes and don’t hear it again. Is something sitting out there listening for me?

Finally, I turn my flashlight on and look around. I notice a dry leaf trembling next to one

of the mikes. There is a tiny vole underneath it.

I was terrified of a harmless little vole scratching a leaf! And isn’t that the way it often is with fear?

A few days later: A bear came by last night. We know because we found our bird feeder on the ground, crushed by powerful jaws and teeth. Tim tries to stretch it back into a usable shape. We’re pleased to know one made it through the winter and realize it is very hungry from months without food. We don’t want to encourage it hanging around us, so bring the feeder in at night.

The great procession has begun of rebirth for all living things in the North Country. We are excited and have so many things we want to do! But time must be spared to do nothing except to just be, to observe and savor the amazing metamorphoses of life that flow throughout these precious, and all too brief, seasons of growth and harvest. • 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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“Dillinger toured widely, bringing live rock and roll to the far corners of New York in small Adirondack towns like Malone and Saranac Lake. Soon after, they recorded Mark’s original song “You Can’t Get It on Credit,” which became a local radio hit. Dillinger’s audience grew at regional venues, such as the West Leyden Hotel in West Leyden; the Office in Boonville; the Town Pump in Munnsville; the Casabogie in Rome; and the Stittville Field Days, where they attracted a crowd of 6,700 visitors. They also opened for national acts like Robin, Joe Perry, and Foghat.

“On Saturday, Aug. 1, 1987, Dillinger closed its New York run at the Pine Hill Inn in Camden, N.Y., and left to try its luck in the heart of the 1980s rock and roll scene: Los Angeles, Calif. With instruments in tow, the guys met the Pacific coast and played gigs at clubs on the Sunset Strip, such as the Central, which would later become Johnny Depp’s Viper Room.

“After more than a year of meetings with record execs and club owners, Mark, Joel, and Rokki closed their last show in Los Angeles on July 6, 1988, playing together for the last time at the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip.”

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The show is on 80s rockers Dillinger April 14.

When I asked the band what made the time right, guitarist Mark Werchowski said, “For the first time in a long time, our creative calendars converged.

Rokki had an opportunity to come home, and Joel and I were both playing out. Once we realized it was 30 years this summer, how could we not?”

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News and Notes Congratulations to local blues man Matt Lomeo, who has relocated to Los Angeles to test the waters in L.A. Modern rockers Glen Street have changed names to Trampoline Jetstream and continue to successfully build a great following, most recently opening for Red Sun Rising.

Look for the return of Thunderwatt at Lukin’s on April 7 and Vernon Downs on May 4.

The Oneida American Legion rocks! Help out a great cause and support the vets with live music, including Jim Syn on April 6 and Paul Case Band on April 20. Check out the Live and Local club listings at 927thedrve.net and go catch some local music! • Listen to Genesee Joe live on 92.7FM, The DRIVE.

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Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Morgan’s Hardware, Waterville . . . . . . . . . . 35 Pohlig Enterprises, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Turner Lumber, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Wightman Specialty Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Compost Devine Gardens Vermicompost, Morrisville . . 37

Firewood and Wood Pellets Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Hearing Consultants Hearing Health Hearing Centers, Rome . . . . 7

Consignment Mine & Consign, Oneida . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 The Online Exchange, Dolgeville . . . . . . . 64 The Queen’s Closet, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Selective Seconds, New Hartford . . . . . . . 7 Walk-in Closet, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Fitness & Gyms Curves, Herkimer and Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Paragon Athletic Club, New Hartford . . . . . 47

Horse Boarding Kast Hill Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Contractors Cobblestone Construction, Utica . . . . . . 2 Mohawk Metal Sales, Westmoreland . . . . . 21 CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) Szarek Greenhouses, Clinton . . . . . . . . . 49 Delis Little Italy Imports, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Meelan’s Meat Market, Clark Mills . . . . . 15 Olde Kountry Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . 31 LaFamiglia Bosonne’s Sausage, Utica . . . . . 31 Dentistry Neighborhood Family Dentistry, Utica . . . . 44 Diners Adirondack Diner and Lanes, Barneveld . . 54 Charlie’s Place, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Freddy’s Diner, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . 54 Riverside Diner, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Sheri’s Diner, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Suzi’s Place, Bouckville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Dog Sitting Barney’s Angels, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Dumpster Rentals Cobblestone Construction, Utica . . . . . . . 2 Estate Sales Attic Addicts, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 The Potting Shed Antiques, Whitesboro . . . 64 Events, Entertainment, and Activities Antique Auto Show & Flea Market, Norwich . . 68 Kirkland Art Center, Clinton . . . . . . . . . 3 Goodsell Museum, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . 12 Hamilton College Performing Arts, Clinton . . 73 Herkimer College Great Artists . . . . . 45 MVCC Cultural Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 View, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Farm Equipment Clinton Tractor, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Hobby Hill Farm Sales, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 67 White’s Farm Supply, Waterville/Canastota . . 80

Flooring D & D Carpets, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Snyder’s Flooring, Westmoreland . . . . . . 30 Florists Clinton Florist, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Village Florals, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Funeral Services McGrath, Myslinski, Karboski & Nunn, Utica . . 10 Prince-Boyd & Hyatt, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Furniture Ironwood Furniture, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Jeff ’s Amish Furniture, Jordanville . . . . . . . 72 John Froass & Son, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Furniture Makers Custom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . 9 Garden Centers and Greenhouses Aceti’s Classic Garden, New Hartford . . . 14 Casler Flower Farm, West Winfield . . . . . 19 Devine Gardens, Morrisville . . . . . . . . 37 Juliano’s Greenhouses, Schuyler . . . . . . 2 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . 72 Sunnycrest Orchards, Sharon Springs . . . 3 Top Notch Garden Center, Newport . . . . . 63 Gift Shops/Shopping Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . 35 Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . 62 Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Little Falls Antique Center, Little Falls . . . . 63 Main Street Gift Shoppe, Newport . . . . . . . . 63 Newport Marketplace, Newport . . . . . . . . . 63 Oneida Commons, Oneida . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Simply Primitives, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Golf Courses and Driving Range Brimfield Driving Range, Clinton . . . . . . . 17 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 50 Gravel and Gravel Driveways Copper City Landscaping, Rome . . . . . . 33

Farm Markets CWPR Farm, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Dunham Public Library Market, Whitesboro . . 50 Top Notch Garden Center, Newport . . . . . 63

Grocery/Convenience Stores B& F Milk Center, Whitesboro . . . . . . . 17 The Country Store, Salisbury . . . . . . . . . . 58 Deansboro Superette, Deansboro . . . . . . . 20 Kountry Kupboard, Madison . . . . . . . . . . 50 Little Italy Imports, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Mohawk Village Market, Mohawk . . . . . . . 4 Olde Kountry Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . 31 Reilly’s Dairy, Inc., Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Insurance Gates-Cole Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . 11 Farm Family Insurance, Boonville . . . . . . . 45 Turnbull Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 68 Interior Design/Custom Window Treatments The Added Touch Drapery, New Hartford . . . 25 Jewelry Alison’s Jewelry & Repair, Utica . . . . . . . . 43 Fall Hill Beads & Gems, Little Falls . . . . . . 18 Goldmine Jewelers, New Hartford . . . . . . 30 Landscaping Copper City Landscaping, Rome . . . . . . 33 Lighting Mills Electrical Supply, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 32 Liquor Stores and Wine Ilion Wine & Spirits, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Trenton Station Liquor & Wine, Barneveld . . 38 Maple Syrup (see Produce) Meats, locally raised (see Produce) Media 92.7 The Drive WXUR, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 74 FOX33/WUTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Weekly Adirondack, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . 14 WKAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Metal and Metal Roofing Mohawk Metal Sales, Westmoreland . . . . . 21 Monuments & Memorials Burdick & Enea Memorials, Clinton . . . . . . 48 Yorkville Memorials, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Musical Instrument Sales, Rentals, Lessons Big Apple Music, New Hartford . . . . . . 18 Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Natural Foods, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 57 Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . 22 Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 70 Sunflower Naturals, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . 16 Tom’s Natural Foods, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Optometrists Towpath Vision Care, Little Falls . . . . . . . 29 Paint and Painting Supplies Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Pohlig Enterprises, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . 29 Urbanik’s Paint & Wallpaper Co., Utica . . . . . 12 Pharmacies

Garro Drugs, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Physical Therapy Inertia PT, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Pizzerias DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . .

Laurey’s Pizzeria, New Hartford . . . . . . . .

Mangia Macrina’s Pizza, New Hartford . . .

Primo Pizzeria, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tony’s Pizza, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . .

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Portable Toilets and Bathrooms Mohawk Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Primitives Between Us Sisters, Munnsville .

Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs .

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Simply Primitives, Boonville . . . .

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

Clarkshire Farms, Mohawk . . . . . . . . . . . .

CWPR Farm, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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 . . . . . . . . . .

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Quilt and Yarn Shops/Services Love & Stitches, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . 69 Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Real Estate Hunt Real Estate, Welcome Home Team . . . 30 John Brown Team, Coldwell Banker . . . . . . 3 Scenic Byway Realty, Richfield Springs . . . . . 4 Record Stores Off-Center Records, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Restaurants and Cafés Across the Row Bistro, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 54 Ann St. Deli, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Bagel Grove, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Bite Bakery and Cafe, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 The Black Stallion, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Country Store, Salisbury . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Delta Lake Inn, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 The Dessert Booth, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 54 DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Fat Cats, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Gone Coastal, Lee Center . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Jamo’s Restaurant, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . 55 Karam’s Middle East Bakery, Yorkville . . . . . . 59 Killabrew, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Main Street Ristorante, Newport . . . . . . . . 63 Mangia Macrina’s Pizza, New Hartford . . . . . 56 Mi Casa, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Minar Fine Indian Cuisine, New Hartford . . 56 Nothin’ Fancy Cafe, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Ohio Tavern, Cold Brook . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Phoenician Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . . . 56

Linda Bigness Encaustic Workshop

April Event at VIEW

Old Forge, New York – Saturday, April 28 and Sunday April 29, 2018, Linda Bigness will be teaching a workshop on encaustic painting. The workshop is for artists of all levels interested in the art of encaustic painting which is a technique using hot wax.

This 2-day introductory workshop, which will run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day, will offer the basics of the art form and the hands-on experience of creating a small piece with an introduction of materials and an overview of techniques.

Linda Bigness is an established award-winning artist with works collected by the public and private sectors throughout the United States and Europe. Her professional history is extensive and she continues to exhibit professionally at several well-established galleries with artwork featured frequently at the Nan Miller Gallery in Rochester, NY. Presently she is working on her latest book about abstract art and the contemporary processes used by artists working today.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore the luminous beauty and versatility of encaustic painting. The workshop will focus on encaustic painting basics, as well as how to easily and inexpensively incorporate encaustic into a regular studio practice. Equipment and tools, encaustic paint recipes, pigmenting options, painting supports, safety considerations and more will be discussed. Participants will learn how to create image, texture, and line using a variety of techniques and how to embed collage elements, found objects and image transfers within translucent layers of wax. Ample time for hands-on work will be provided.

Workshop includes all materials for one project. Handouts with important materials information and on-line resources will also be available.

The cost for the workshop and materials is $410/$360 Members.

Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Registration deadline is April 24, 2018. To register go to ViewArts.org or call (315) 369-6411.

View is located at 3273 State Route 28 in Old Forge, NY. •

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

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

Riverside Diner, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

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

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

Vescio’s Franklin Hotel, Rome . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

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

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Sheds and Garages Shafer and Sons, Westmoreland . . . . . . . . 69 Shoes Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 The Sneaker Store, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 48 The Village Crossing, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Sharpening Services Ron’s Sharpening, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The answer to last month’s riddle about the annual Irish festival in July: Great American.

Small Engine Repair J.B.’s Small Engine Works, Utica . . . . . . . . . 47 SD Power, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The Great American Irish Festival is held every July at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds in Frankfort, NY. This year’s event is July 27 & 28. The event is a fundraiser with proceeds dedicated to the establishment of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley.

Snowblowers J.B.’s Small Engine Works, Utica . . . . . . . . . 47 SD Power, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Snowmobiles/ATVs Hobby Hill Farm, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

The winner chosen at random from all correct entries is Anita Daly, she has yet to choose her shopping destinations.

Swimming Pools and Spas Swan Pools & Spas, Ilion & New Harttford . . 67 Tax Services Brigg’s Tax Service, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . 21 Tent Rentals Brownie Tent and Awning, Clinton . . . . . . 69 Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Tree Services and Tree Farms Turk Tree Service, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Travel Agencies The Cruise Wizards, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . 38 Websites Utica Remember When . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Weddings and Banquets Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 50 Windows RA Dudrak, The Window King, Holland Patent . . 4 Wineries Prospect Falls Winery, Prospect . . . . . . . . . 52 Yarn and Knitting Supplies Love & Stitches, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Yogurt Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . 44

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