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March is Maple Syrup Month here in the Mohawk Valley. Syrup makers have to be ready when Mother Nature says so, and she’s a fickle one! (I was given advice from a wise friend/ neighbor/editor not to write about the weather.

Sage advice. It’s an unheard of 74 degrees as I write this, but I digress.)

Farmers don’t have the luxury of just observing weather, they have to be ready for it. If it’s warm, they have to make syrup. If they’re not prepared, they miss out on what can be a very short season.

We, as customers, line up for sap house and sugar bush tours, samples of various new maple syrup products like maple cotton candy and maple bourbon, and a seat at the table of one of the many area pancake breakfasts (see page 15) We take sweet, golden syrup for granted, but it represents a dance between farmer and Mother Nature. She leads and the farmer has to anticipate her next move. Though we may whine that rain ruins our skiing snow in the winter or our golf outing in the summer, I have rarely, if ever, heard a farmer complain about the weather—Suzie, you’re forgiven for complaining about it raining cats and dogs, see page 33—it’s just one of the challenges they face and it serves no purpose grumbling about it.

In fact, the popular CSAs that have sprung up over the last couple of decades are the result of farmers solving the problem of unpredictable weather by distributing the risk among consumers. When I go about my day and catch myself complaining that the weather isn’t exactly what I want it to be, I think of those people whose livelihoods are actually affected by it. Then I shut my mouth and enjoy another bite of my syrup-laden pancakes! •

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Lucy Carlile Watson left her house at 270 Genesee Street in Utica early that Tuesday morning on November 5, 1915. It was Election Day and she had much to do. Voters would accept or reject that day a bill to amend the New York State constitution to give women the vote.

Lucy was leading one hundred Utica women who had volunteered to be “watchers” at the polls and keep an eye open for any election fraud. Their instructions from the Women’s Political Union were a list of “don’ts”:

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At day’s end, the suffragettes lost the statewide vote. In Utica, the bill was defeated by 3,046 votes.

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that, the New York State Legislature ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and women, finally, had won the vote.

Lucy had achieved one of her many goals. But there still was much for her to do.

Lucy Carlile Watson was born in Utica on February 10, 1855, daughter of Dr. William and Sarah Carlile Watson. She attended the Young Ladies Seminary in Utica and Utica Academy.

She once said that she inherited her interest in politics from her father and from an early age became a fighter for women’s rights.

In 1899, she became a charter member of the Utica Political Equality Club and served as its president from 1900 to 1917. She resigned in 1917 to take over the presidency of the state organization.

For her efforts on behalf of woman suffrage, the name “Lucy Carlile Watson” is inscribed on two bronze tablets placed in Albany and in Washington by the National League

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of Women Voters—the Suffrage Memorial Tablet in the Capitol in Albany and at the League headquarters in Washington.

Another plaque also bears her name. She was a founder in Utica in 1928 of the Central Association for the Blind. In 1978, the agency dedicated the plaque in her honor. Participating was the Rev. Stanley P. Gasek, rector of Grace Episcopal Church where Lucy was an active member.

She also was a charter member of the New Century Club and its president from 1899 to 1903, a member of the Utica Playground Association and on the Board of Managers of the House of the Good Shepherd.

Lucy was busy in politics right to the end. Once woman suffrage had been achieved, she began to fight for women to perform jury duty. She led a group to Albany and told state legislators: “Granting women the rights of suffrage means just that—duties as well as privileges—and serving on juries seems to be one of the outstanding duties.”

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by Gary VanRiper We are finally marching into spring and fair-weather hiking is just around the corner!

I am often asked what might be some good hikes to do with families. It is a challenge to choose! After covering several hundred miles of trails and summiting more than 100 mountains throughout the Adirondacks, here are five of my favorites across the Park where I have seen families together enjoying the spectacular views. Below are the first three.* Bald (Rondaxe) Mountain (Old Forge) This popular mountain has some of the most wonderful views I have seen anywhere in the Adirondacks. There is a fire tower atop the sprawling summit, but it is not at all necessary for those afraid of heights to climb up the tower to thoroughly enjoy the commanding view of several lakes along the Fulton Chain. It is close enough to our family camp that I have climbed it numerous times, including ascents with school classes on field trips. There is one steep section early on along the marked trail which that be considered a bit technical, and a balancing act along a ridge we dubbed “the dragon’s back” in one of our books, but once hikers reach the elevation where the terrain somewhat evens out they will find multiple grand lookouts as they approach the tower. The trailhead parking lot can be found just north of Old Forge on the Rondaxe Road off Route 28.

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Castle Rock (Blue Mountain Lake) For those in the Mohawk Valley who have already climbed Bald Mountain several times, consider heading further up Route 28 and then follow Route 30/28N to Blue Mountain Lake.

Designated parking and the trailhead are found just off the main highway on Maple Lodge Road. Follow the trail markers! The hike begins along a dirt road and then veers off to the right into the woods where you will find a split in the trail. You can make this trip a three-mile loop. I like to head clockwise to the summit and return the same way. It is impossible to avoid some elevation gain during a mountain climb and there is a steep section on this hike as well. The towering rock walls you will pass by will help you understand how the mountain got its name. Also fascinating is the series of caves you will pass by. You may be tempted to do some exploration, but I would recommend against it since bees are known to have taken up residence there.

Are they found in every cave? I don’t know, but have no intention of finding out! At the summit you will enjoy an impressive view of island-littered Blue Mountain Lake.

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You will pass by some impressive towering slabs of rock along the Castle Rock trail.

Background photo: View from Castle Rock summit.

Coney Mountain (Tupper Lake) If I’ve convinced you to do some traveling, take Route 30 passing through Long Lake toward Tupper Lake. The trailhead parking for Coney Mountain will be found on the right-hand side of the highway and should be well marked with a sign by the DEC. This is a mountain I hope to hike with the grandkids one day. I never would have discovered it if it had not been one among the three mountains that constitute the Tupper Lake Triad (www.tupperlaketriad.com). The ascent one way is just over a mile and there is a large and wide-open summit with views in every direction. Neighboring Goodman Mountain is also part of Triad quest and can be seen from Coney just to the north. The fit and ambitious could do both in a single day. •

Coney Mountain features a wide and open summit with views in every direction.

*You may have noticed we are moving from southwest to northeast across the Adirondack Park. Watch for the April issue of Mohawk Valley Living for the remaining two favorite family hikes on mountains that will also serve as an introduction to the high peaks region!

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I like craft beer. I liked it years ago, before it was a big thing.

I loved coming across a microbrewery and sampling its offerings.

Now that craft beer is a huge thing, I kind of have the problem of so many breweries, so little time, especially since I must also make time for wineries, distilleries, coffee shops, and bakeries. I was pleased, therefore, when Steven and I found the time to visit Copper City Brewing Company in Rome.

We went early on a Thursday afternoon, when the place was not busy. That is the way we like it, although I do not rule out returning sometimes on a busier night. After all, I also like to take in the scene.

We sat at the bar (our favorite place to sit), and the bartender gave us a sheet of “What’s on Tap.” Beers are also listed on a colorful chalkboard behind the bar. You can get a 13 oz. tulip or a 16 oz. pint, or you can get a flight. We went with the flight, so we could try different brews. Glasses in a flight are big enough so we each could sip more than once and really get a feel for the beer (we don’t mind sharing glasses, because we are married).

I thought the Woods Valley Witte was interesting, especially the finish. I felt like a sophisticated taster, mentioning the finish.

Kind of like when I taste a wine and recognize a “note” of something. I found Muck the Infant orangey and yummy. The bartender described it as very hoppy. I will have to do more beer tasting so I can better distinguish amounts of hoppiness (I know, that negates all the tasting cred I got for mentioning the finish).

I merely wrote “yum” for the Air Base Amber Lager—a highly appropriate name for a lager in Rome, NY. I lived there during the heyday of Griffiss Air Force Base. I thought the Czech Please Pilsner was the plainest of the flight, but it had the best name. That was Steven’s favorite, so we included it in our second flight as well.

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Pocket Change Session #2 was nice and light. I also liked Drink Your Brussels Stouts. My favorite of the day was the Cu City IPA. The tasting sheet said “Mellow bitterness and citrus throughout.” I tasted the mellow bitterness more than the citrus, but I liked it.

Copper City also offers New York State wines and non-alcoholic beverages. I was pleased to see Villa Verona Vineyard, Thousand Islands Winery, and Anthony Road Wine Company— three places I have visited.

I learned that you can host a party at Copper City Brewing on its outdoor patio or in the tasting room. I don’t have any occasion to host a party soon, but maybe somebody will invite me to one of theirs.

If I return to the brewery on a busier night, I can choose an evening when live music is happening. Black Mountain Symphony is playing Saturday, March 10; Beth & Fritz Sunday, March 11; and Just Jo on Thursday, March 22. The Timian-Hughes Project is set for two dates: March 25 and April 29. I’m marking my calendar for that. Cathie Timian is one of my favorite jazz vocalists.

If I return on a not-so-busy night, I may ask for a behind-thescenes look at the brewing process. Or I may just relax by the fire and sample a few more brews. •

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Open Saturday & Sunday March 17-18 & 24-25, 2018 Pancake breakfast all 4 days! 8am-1pm Products available at several locations including Peter’s Cornucopia, Stoltzfus Dairy, and Twin Orchards 770 Beaver Creek Road, West Edmeston (315) 899-5864

GREAT FAMILY FUN! Discover the pure taste of maple!

Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School 5275 State Route 31, Verona

Burt Homestead Farm

Please call ahead. Will host tours for groups/schools.

200 Burt Road, Cold Brook (315) 826-3949 www.burthomesteadfarm.com

Cook’s Maple Syrup

Maple Weekends 10am-4pm, maple doughnuts, syrup, popcorn, and cotton candy!

247 County Rd 20, Sherburne (607) 674-9593 www.cooksmaple.com

The Farmers’ Museum

Open Maple Weekends with activities 9am-2pm; Pancake breakfasts every Sunday in March 8:30am-1pm 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown (607) 547-1450 www.farmersmuseum.org

Frasier’s Sugar Shack

Open Maple Weekends 10am-4pm 144 Church Street, St. Johnsville (518) 568-7438 www.frasierssugarshack.com

Grant’s Maple

Available at local farmer’s markets.

3784 Mohawk Street, New Hartford (315) 737-5014

Grimm’s Maple Products

Unique bourbon barrel infused syrup available at local farmer’s markets 3546 Fishcreek Landing Rd, Blossvale Please call ahead. (315) 571-5151

Ingles Maple Products

Open House during Maple Weekends Open Daily 9am-5pm 382 State Highway 28, Richfield Springs (315) 858-0368 www.inglesmapleproducts.com

Lincoln Davies

Maple syrup making supplies Open Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm, Sat: 7am-4pm, Closed Sunday 8689 Summit Road, Sauquoit (315) 839-5740 www.lincolndavies.com

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Saturday & Sunday, March 17th, 18th & 24th, 25th “A statewide event devoted to the recognition of the New York State Maple industry”

Schedule of Daily Activities:

7:30 AM – 12:00 PM- Pancake Breakfast with Fresh, Real Maple Syrup served in the V.V.S. High School Cafeteria.

Adult $ 8.00, Senior Citizens and children under 12 $6, Pre-schoolers -- free.

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM- Maple Sap House Tour and Open House, V.V.S. FFA Sap House 10:00 AM- Maple Queen and Princess Presentation Cooking with Maple at the V.V.S. H.S. Cafeteria

Free Wagon Rides to the Maple Sugarbush! Free tours!

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM- Sale of Maple Syrup and Maple Products

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Link Maple Farm

Open maple season through first week in April Mon-Thur: 2:30-5pm, Fri: 9am-5pm, Sat: 9am-1pm Products available at local retailers.

4045 MacFarland Road, Taberg (315) 336-3030 www.linkmaplefarm.com

Mill Creek Maple Supply

All the supplies you need to make maple syrup.

Open Mon-Fri: 8am-4:30pm 1551 County Highway 20, Edmeston (607) 965-6920

Millers Mills Maple

Making syrup and open weekends 9-6 955 Richfield Hill Road, Richfield Springs Please call ahead: (315) 858-2855

Mud Road Sugar House

Open Maple Weekends 10am-4pm, samples, tours, and famous maple cotton candy!

Call ahead, open year round.

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155 East Elwood Road, Fort Plain Please call ahead. (315) 868-8219

Our Woods

Single-source producer of real maple syrup, maple sugar, maple crumbles, maple dog treats and maple lemonade.

101 Dow Road, Cold Brook (973) 214-2872 www.ourwoodsmaple.com

Paradise Maple

Open any day of the week: 10am-7pm 291 Newville Road, Little Falls (315) 823-3436 or (315) 717-8595

Ringwood Farms Maple

3rd generation farm operated by the Bartlett family for 80 years. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Please call ahead.

147 Bartlett Road, Cooperstown (607) 435-5701

Root Farm

Maple syrup tapped from our own trees, as well as maple cream.

Call: (315) 520-7046, ext. 226 or email: info@rootfarm.org 2860 King Road, Sauquoit www.rootfarm.org

The perfect family day-trip this winter! Taste hot maple syrup poured over snow, known as jack wax. Learn how to tap maple trees.

Experience contemporary and historic maple sugaring demonstrations. Ride the Empire State Carousel. Take a wagon ride. Admire our Heritage breeds of chickens, turkeys, and sheep. So much to see and do – and taste! A full pancake breakfast including scrambled eggs, sausage, and home fries is served with delicious local maple syrup!

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Shaw’s Maple Products

Open Maple Weekends 12-2pm, tours, samples, maple milkshakes (maple bourbon for adults) maple cotton candy and maple chocolate chips! Available at local farmer’s markets and at Clinton Tractor and Deansboro Superette.

7945 Maxwell Road Clinton (315) 853-7798 www.shawsmapleproducts.com

Stannard’s Maple Farm

Available at local markets. Try our maple jelly!

166 Stannard Hill Road, Cherry Valley Please call ahead for tours: (607) 264-3090

Stone House Farm

Pancakes or waffles in the saphouse weekends 8am-1pm. Maple products available.

305 Lynk Road, Sharon Springs (518) 284-2476 www.thesaphouseatstonehousefarm.com

Tibbitts Maple

Open Maple Weekends 10am-4pm. Samples and tours.

8874 Tibbitts Road, New Hartford (315) 793-3114 or (315) 794-2752 www.tibbittsmaple.wordpress.com

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Open Maple Weekends. Free maple sap house tours, cotton candy, syrup, sugar, coffee, mustard, etc. Free wagon ride, Tree tapping ceremony with local and state dignitaries on March 25, 2018 9am-3pm. Pancake breakfast on Maple Weekends, 7:30am-noon.

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Visit the American Maple Museum

Open Maple Weekends with pancake breakfasts 7am-12pm, March 17-18 and March 24-25 Winter hours: Mon, Fri, Sat: 11am-4pm 9756 State Route 812, Croghan (315) 346-1107 www.americanmaplemuseum.org

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Wild Wool their new cd: city of refuge

By John Keller Wild Wool is the re-emergence of the Taryn Jessen Band.

Taryn is an incredible songwriter. I’ve followed her career from the beginning. Her songs are immersed in the best pop country melodies and thought-invoking lyrics. Taryn’s Telecaster frames her unique vocals, singing with a country twang while adding a delicious trill that perks the ears to her music.

Combined with her long-standing backing band, Colin Jewett on drums and bassist Jason Roberts, they form a perfect triad.

City of Refuge is the first studio release for Wild Wool, recorded with Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Studios, who also provided some lead guitar playing. The CD is a four-song showcase for the band. Each track is perfectly executed and performed.

The disc opens with the title track, “City of Refuge.” It’s a song of desperation, of breaking out of where you are to make it better. The music pushes the vocals through the despair: “What does it take to look inside yourself?”

“What Can I Do?” starts with Taryn’s strumming guitar loping through the melody. The band falls in behind her as she sings of an all-encompassing love for one who’s left.

Starting slowly, the song builds to a rocking pace.

The next song, “You’re Weak,” is something Taryn has been developing for quite a while. Each time she’s played it, it grows and matures. This version verges on hard rock country. Colin’s drums

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drive this vehicle to a fevered pace. Because of the history of this piece, it is my favorite on this EP. “’Cause I need so much more than just another dim light.” Mike’s lead adds a further dimension to an already fabulous track.

“Rest in Peace,” the final piece to this offering, begins in a morbid sort of way, but segues into a cry for understanding and love. It’s a beautiful ending to this CD. Taryn is well on her way to stardom with her songwriting. The picturesque visions she presents in her songs and the roller coaster hooks and melodies that she and the band develop in the process put the listener in the forefront of their creativity. Wild Wool’s City of Refuge will make a great addition to your CD collection.

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Colleen Roberts Pellman Hometown: Clinton, NY Instrument: Piano Age when she began music: Six Education: Bachelor of Music, piano performance (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio); Master of Music, piano performance (Ithaca College); continuing education with Menahem Pressler, Malcolm Bilson, Dr. Fred Karpoff Current employment/position: Lecturer in Piano and Student Pianist Coach at Hamilton College; Organist/pianist/keyboardist at Rome First United Methodist Church Collaborations: accompanist for Hamilton College students in many campus performances; piano duets with Joyce Ucci and Sam Pellman; Hamilton College 40 Fingers Piano Ensemble; Oneida Area Civic Chorale tour choir accompanist; Central Valley Academy choir accompanist; Rome First United Methodist Praise Band and Chancel Choir accompanist.

Influences: My parents; my teachers, especially Betty Lukashuk, Jerome Stanley and Mary Ann Covert; Martha Argerich; Sviatoslov Richter; Oscar Peterson; Joyce Ucci; Sam Pellman; my children; many other collaborators, students, and friends.

Upcoming performances: Colleen can be heard every Sunday morning at Rome First United Methodist Church; guest performer with piano duet class in Chamber Music Crawl, Hamilton College Schambach Cabter, April 29th at 7:30 p.m., Free admission

I am a lifelong learner who enjoys teaching students of all ages to love music and to respect performers.

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Salon One

A high-end boutique salon in Oneida Square? You read that right.

Salon One has just opened its doors and you will be pleasantly surprised and energized once you see the space and meet the owner.

Sarah Kinsella has been an active hairstylist for eight years with a great following and tremendous skill and style. She is a 30-year-old Sarah Kinsella of Salon One in Oneida Square, Utica entrepreneur who is a native of Newport, NY, has a BA in business from SUNYIT, and attended cosmetology school in Syracuse. What sets her apart, aside from an unwavering commitment to the individual client, is that Salon One is one of only three Aveda salons in the area and the only one in the city of Utica. The designation shows commitment to her profession and provides consistent outcomes and botanically-based products to her clients.

Customers – both women and men – can expect expert hair cuts, styling, color, highlights, facial waxing, and more. They also offer wedding services and will travel to do hair and makeup for bridal parties. The salon itself is purposefully intimate and, rather than having future plans to expand the space, Sarah would prefer to open a second location to preserve the intimate feel. Her philosophy is that Salon “One” is all about the individual. The team consists of Sarah plus two other stylists, who don’t rent booths from her, but rather are Salon One employees – another part of the philosophy to have a strong team that makes clients feel good from the inside out. She has a great appreciation and respect for the old city of Utica and the new city, which is reflected in her salon. She tastefully designed the space by highlighting the old and adding new embellishments, just like the city itself! There is a private parking lot next to the salon as well as ample street parking. She is excited for her clientele to discover the neighborhood and be part of its resurgence along with her.

Sarah is honored to have brought her new business to downtown Utica and has a vision for the Oneida Square Arts District. She also lives in the downtown area and is an advocate for it – from patronizing restaurants to participating in the upcoming One World Flower Festival right in her neighborhood this May. Keep an eye out on this young, energetic entrepreneur – both a talented business owner and a force in Utica’s revitalization!

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The Jay Groah Group

106 Genesee Street • www.facebook.com/JayGroahGroup With a strong, early passion for design, architecture, and homes – that he rushed through his sixth-grade schoolwork to sketch – Bagg’s Square’s newest face, Jay Groah, has been a lover of all things architecture-related since elementary school.

Now he gets to practice his passion every day as the lead behind The Jay Groah Group – a local real estate, interior design, and renovation firm. A self-described “total nerd,” the Utica native studied everything from architecture to the sciences all over the world. He speaks five languages, holds advanced degrees in science, languages & linguistics, and curriculum & instruction.

Now in his tenth year in the business, Jay practices real estate through Keller Williams of the Mohawk Valley and is the second highest producing agent in the area. He credits his success to his amazing team, consisting of two buyer’s agents and two support staff. The team’s philosophy is “tech-forward, presentation-forward real estate with an obsessive and relentless eye towards aesthetics.” Their motto, “Don’t Just List It, Flaunt it,” is followed through with spectacular attention to every visual representation of a home, inspirational staging, video marketing, and showing off a home for the best it can be.

Jay’s recent move downtown into the Bagg’s Square neighborhood was inspired by the exciting influx of businesses and the subsequent flood of positive energy that’s being seen in Utica’s revitalized core. The firm’s new location, right above Utica Bread, will be relaunched as “The Hub” this spring and will offer fun workshops all revolving around the team’s passions: architecture, HGTV house “stuff,” entertainment, and fun! Everything from local mixology to Colors That Sell will be played with.

If you’re looking to buy, sell, or invest in real estate, Jay and his team have a long track record of success, strong attention to detail, and great personalities worth exploring. Keep an eye open for upcoming spring workshops at “The Hub.” •

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Listening to Holland Patent native Chris Talgo, one would say entrepreneurship flourishes in the Mohawk Valley. During a visit, Chris ticks off ventures he’s spearheaded: owner with wife Tracy of the Nail Creek Pub & Brewery on Varick St. in Utica; co-owner of The Tailor and the Cook; and co-owner of Utica Bread.

The pub alone is a dream he’s fostered since 2003. He and his wife, Tracy, purchased the former residence from the city when it was scheduled for demolition. “The property had not been lived in legally since the early ’90s and was in great disrepair,” Chris says. He relates that standing in the basement one could see up through the floors straight to the sky.

The couple worked on renovations as they could, time-wise around work commitments and as finances allowed, and spent five years getting the job done. Except for brick walls, everything in the pub is new. What was once a barn became a game-room, kitchen, brewery, and an office, Chris says.

Why such an undertaking? “I just saw an opportunity and went with it,” Chris says. He mentions his love of pubs was nurtured by time spent studying abroad. The pub opened in spring 2008.

The Nail Creek itself once flowed where the Matt Brewing Company is situated. The creek supported brewers since the late 1700s, Chris says. At the beginning of the 20th century the creek was engineered to flow underground. “Given the creek’s history to local brewing, it became clear to us that the name was perfect for the pub,” he adds.

Here, beer is the star. “We do not support mass-produced, watered-down, flavorless beer,” Chris says, focusing instead on craft beers. The selection includes about 115 bottled beers as well as 12 drafts that rotate daily to keep things fresh, he notes.

Chris boasts the pub is the number one place in the region that sells Utica Club.

The pub is also known for its social atmosphere and live musical events.

“We are a friendly place; we like the pub to be relaxed and laid back,” Chris says. Music ranges from blues night on Thursdays to an Irish band the first Tuesday of every month.

He says he plans to open at 8 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day; the pub will also

The porch of Nail Creek Pub in Utica is quiet in March, but brims with activity in the warmer months.

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And now to the food, which Chris calls “gastro pub,” with an eclectic, rotating menu. Choices range from Veggie Curry or the marinated soy-ginger chicken Banh Mi to a Shrimp Po’ Boy, all hearty and flavorful. Tracy was the pub’s first chef but is now a full-time mom to the couple’s 4-year-old daughter, Juniper, who inspired the name for the pub’s grilled cheese sandwich.

Chris mentions that the burger is the most popular dish. It’s made from local grass-fed beef cattle and served with New York State sharp cheddar on a brioche roll. He says he takes pride in buying from local vendors.

There’s also a featured entrée daily served all day; the evening of our visit offered mussels steamed in white wine, butter, and garlic, served with toast points and lemon and limes rounds, with frites with a parmesan truffle aioli. Perfect for washing down with beer!

On Wednesdays only there is a gourmet dinner for a fixed price. The week of our visit it proved to be a Beef Wellington plate—filet of beef in puff pastry with bacon and mushrooms, sautéed asparagus, potatoes Anna, and a rich pan sauce, and served with Caesar or house salad. So sorry to have missed that!

The Sunday brunch is also very popular. “People line up on the sidewalk every week,” Chris mentions. The menu includes classic breakfast fare to apple beignets, mixed berry crepes, and lobster omelettes.

Chris says desserts are a new addition; this night’s option was a reconstruction of a strawberry shortcake—a sponge cake concoction with whipped cream and sliced berries.

Given all this, one can only speculate where Chris’ savvy and ambition will take him next. •

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The Returning Blackbird Flocks of March story and photos by Matt Perry Regardless of what the weather is doing in March, it is the month that spring bird migration gets underway. The first phase of bird migration is epitomized by arrival of blackbirds from the south. Usually at the very start of March, boisterous mixed flocks of blackbirds pour into the Mohawk Valley.

They arrive hungry and with their hearts set on their ultimate destination, which is their breeding grounds in the wetlands and meadows. They may linger with us for a few days or for more than a month – however long winter-like weather persists. The first flocks of blackbirds to arrive consist mostly of Redwinged Blackbirds and Common Grackles, but there may be some Brown-headed Cowbirds and even some European Starlings in the mix. These flocks are predominately filled with adult males. Females and juve-

niles most often follow a week or two behind their eager male counterparts. At the nature sanctuary and at our house, the sound of calling blackbirds can be deafening at this time, but after experiencing a long winter that featured little in the way of bird song, the sprightly calls of more than 200 Redwinged Blackbirds is greatly appreciated.

Watching blackbirds move across the sky like a swarm is always fascinating. I recall watching a large blackbird flock arrive one day in early March, just after dawn.

They were in a broad, cloud-like formation, flying in low over the tree line and coming in at about 45 mph. Each individual bird in the flock maintained a distance of approximate-

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Each bird undulated slightly as they stroked with their wings. The collective effect gave the flock a buoyant appearance. When they came down into the trees above the feeder, they didn’t all land at the same time. Rather, the flock shed single columns of birds each time it swept over. The birds in the columns broke formation and alighted on the highest branches of a large maple tree. From there, they dropped down to the ground and to the bird feeders. The anxiety within the flock was tangible and they remained poised to take off again at the slightest alarm expressed

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After about 15 minutes of hyper-timidity, the bulk of the flock was at the feeders and eating voraciously. However, they were rarely on the ground for more than a minute before someone one in their ranks pulled the figurative emergency cord and caused all to simultaneously blast off. The collective thrust of hundreds of wings against the air produced a loud, percussive “woosh” sound. The blackbirds quickly reassembled into flock formation and their swarm arced low over the feeding area three times.

Before they lifted off, the blackbirds were calling incessantly but all went mute upon take off and they maintained complete silence for about a minute into their flight.

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The flock made a few more high passes over the land and then disappeared into the distance. Five minutes later they reappeared and were vocalizing once again. This time, instead of incrementally calving columns of birds, the whole flock put down at once in the tree above the feeding area. From there they sprinkled down to the ground in what resembled a heavy rain of black-feathered things.

Blackbirds are not the only birds that flock to the Mohawk Valley in March; there are many other species just as eager to get back to their own respective breeding grounds. Waterfowl migration first gets seriously underway in March.

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A few weeks before Christmas, my husband was chatting in the yard with our neighbor when a flash of fur went streaking across the driveway and up a tree. Our dogs were hot on its tail, but the furball made it to the safety of the tree in the nick of time. Curious, my husband went to investigate and found a barely 8-week-old kitten all puffed up, traumatized, and spitting. He kissed and called to her and, to his surprise, she jumped onto his shoulders and immediately began purring. The wisdom of what happened next is certainly up for debate: My dear husband brought the kitten to the house to show our two daughters. That kitten hasn’t left the house since!

We learned later that evening that our other neighbor found a kitten as well. It seems that someone dropped their unwanted kittens in the country.

I imagine they dropped them near a farm, because, as the old saying goes, what farm can’t use more cats?

This isn’t the first cat that has been “dropped off” at our farm. It has been a fairly regular occurrence, resulting in at least 15 additional cats over the years. I’ve heard the same from other farmers, too, and some even had a dog or two simply “appear.” According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), millions of pets are abandoned by their owners every year. And it would seem that some of these pet own-

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Keeping their population in check is both financially prudent and necessary for health and safety. But even on farms where cats have a “job,” the farmer is responsible for these animals. For starters, cats need to be fed. Now, it may sound like feeding them would run counter to the idea that they’re supposed to be killing rodents. But quite the opposite is true. A cat given no food will conserve their energy, much like a lion on the Savannah, and only hunt what it needs to survive.

A cat given a regular diet of kibble will kill far more mice and rats simply for sport. Anyone that has ever seen a cat “play” with their prey has witnessed this. A well-fed cat is a much better hunter.

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son buying the kibble every week, I can assure you, I want to keep the mouths I feed to a minimum. But, more importantly, I do not need nor want unchecked breeding and interbreeding.

Cats can have litters of as many as 12 kittens, which are then old enough to breed in just under six months. You don’t have to be a math whiz to understand how quickly that can get out of hand! And old wives’ tale or not, I’ve heard on too many occasions about birth defects and health problems from interbreeding to want to tempt fate. I keep all cats on our farm fixed, which means additional out-of-pocket expenses.

Finally, a house pet that has been raised in the comforts of a warm, cozy home has little chance of survival on a farm. Quite a few of the cats that showed up on our doorstep over the years had clearly never lived a day in their lives out of doors, and desperately wanted to be in our house. A farm cat has a hard life.

Outdoor cats have about half the life expectancy of an indoor cat, due to predators like foxes and coyotes, being struck by a vehicle on a busy road, or diseases like feline leukemia. Dropping off your unwanted pet in the country is downright cruel.

So, on behalf of all farmers everywhere, please heed this public service announcement: DO NOT DROP YOUR UNWANTED PETS AT FARMS. According to the ASPCA, the number one reason for pet abandonment is financial insecurity.

It’s expensive to keep a pet! But passing along an unwanted expense to farmers that are already having a hard time making ends meet is simply unforgivable. If you need to re-home your animal for any reason, please call one of our excellent area shelters. Depending on your reason for re-homing the animal, the shelter may be able to help you keep it. If you need help affording food, help with veterinary expenses, or assistance with behavioral issues, the shelters can be one of your best resources. And, in the words of the great Bob Barker, “get your pets spayed and neutered!”

The kitten that arrived in December has an appointment to get spayed. She has been wormed, flea treated, and gotten her vaccinations. She eats like a horse. She’s also very sweet….I just wish the person who dropped her off had also dropped off a wad of cash or small savings account to cover the expenses! Better yet, I hope that person (and everyone reading this) will consider donating money, goods, or time to any of our area’s fine animal shelters. They provide such an important service and can certainly use the help. • 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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As soon as March arrives, my thoughts immediately turn to all the tomato seeds we ordered. This year on the farm we have lost all control over seed ordering! As the seeds, arrived I lost count at 49 different tomato varieties! But there’s one particular variety I’m most excited to try this season.

The variety is called Principe Borghese; it’s an Italian heirloom grown specifically for sun drying. I even have the seed packet marked “Denise’s Tomatoes” so Farmer Bernie doesn’t plant them with the other tomatoes in the green house. I’ve asked him to place them in with the cherry tomatoes right inside the greenhouse door.

You see, I’m deathly afraid of snakes, not exactly a great phobia to have if you’re a farmer. We have a big black snake I affectionately call Steve, who comes every year and loves to bask in the warmth of the greenhouse. Two years ago, he brought home a lady friend, Edie, so you can find them in the greenhouse stretched out along the sidewalls or my favorite place to find them is wrapped around the base of the tomatoes! My biggest fear is that this year they bring the family to enjoy our tomato greenhouse spa. So for that reason I want my little sun-drying tomatoes right inside the greenhouse door, so I can make a quick getaway if we happen to run into each other.

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he always points out interesting seeds for us to try on the farm. This year it’s the Principe Borghese tomato.

Don’t try to eat this Italian heirloom like a cherry tomato. Dry them to experience their full range of flavor; no other tomato dries as fast.

This small, fragrant tomato can be found all over backyards and farmyards in Italy, drying right on the vine, or hanging from barn rafters where the dried fruits last into the winter months. Small, plumshaped tomatoes are set in clusters of 6 to 8 fruits on prolific, 6-inch vines. They can be dried on the plant or in a vegetable dehydrator, and are also outstanding when oven roasted. The reason the Principe Borghese is so wonderful for drying is two-fold: 1) The flavor is that of an intense classic acid tomato. 2) They are the perfect size for drying, and they are meaty rather than juicy.

I love sun-dried tomatoes on pizza, but hate the ones you get in jars of olive oil in the grocery store. I’ve tried drying lots of different varieties, but most are just too juicy to dry properly. I always tend to end up with a very leathery finished product. So, I’m very excited to try this variety this season. I also have a smoker that Bernie bought me for my birthday a few years ago. Can’t wait to smoke some of these to try on that pizza. Now, my dilemma with smoking them is: Do I dry them first and then smoke them, dry them a bit then smoke, or smoke first and finish off drying them? Looks like I’ll be doing a lot of trial and error this summer!

Since we believe in sharing the wonderful heirloom plants we discover, we will have the Principe Borghese available in plant starts at the Oneida County Public Market and at our farm stand, if you’d like to try some in your garden this summer.

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Another Year in the Life of our Beaver Colony part 2 story &photos by matt perry

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In the first week of June, the Beavers turned their interest to our man-made pond (a/k/a “Wick’s Pond”). GenLo, the colony’s patriarch, had plastered the outflow pipe with mud in order to raise the water level. Work also began on a lodge on that pond’s west bank. It made me wonder if the Beavers were contemplating yet another move. Perhaps Wick’s Pond would become the Beavers’ backup home in case the other ponds were destroyed. All work on Wick’s Pond had been taking place under cover of darkness, but I continued daytime monitoring. At Morton’s Pond the Beavers began coming out in the mid-afternoon again. They were eager to get at the leafy poplar branches we left by the shore. Julia was looking especially good. I got to see her using her lame left foot to paddle through the water. Although it became clear that both Julia and Tippy finally had swollen mammary glands, I still had yet to confirm the presence of new Beaver kits. This wasn’t unusual given the time of year. Sometimes we don’t see kits out of the lodge until half-way through the summer. Heavy rains at this time brought ponds and streams to near flood stage.

The vernal pond at the willow grove was GenLo’s latest project. He added to the height and breadth of the dam and did his best to waterproof it.

In mid-June, the Beavers continued to work on the dam at Morton’s Pond and as a result that pond achieved all-time high levels.

The pond had noticeably grown. The former goose nest islands were submerged well below the water line and the original headwaters’ pond had been completely subsumed. A few more trees had been cut in the area around the headwaters. Of course, all of this work was a clear sign that the Beavers’ intended to remain at Morton’s Pond. At Sarah’s Pond, a Mink was frequently being seen. She may have been using an old Beaver lodge as her den. One day she was seen scrambling on the Beaver blind at Sarah’s Pond. She seemed to be searching for nests. Mink sometimes climb trees in an attempt to raid the nests of birds

and mice. Meanwhile, I was still leaving food at Secret Pond, which was not too far away, but it seemed to be only Muskrats that were partaking of it. There were no recent signs of Beaver habitation there.

As June progressed into its third week, water levels at the lower ponds continued to drop. Many of the Beavers were coming out in the afternoon, but I was having a difficult time determining precisely which members of the colony were still with us. Did any of the 2-year-olds leave? Sweet potatoes were clearly the treat of choice for most Beavers, although at least one 2-year-old (Sweet Flag) still preferred carrots and would pick up and carry as many as three at a time. For Julia and Tippy, sweet potatoes became a must-have.

Each in turn would emerge from the pond, walk up to me, and ask for one. Both would commonly stand on their hind legs, with their short arms held out before them, and with hands ready to grasp. If I wasn’t fast enough on the draw I would end up with muddy paw prints on my legs. When Tippy asked for food in this manner it took me right back to when she was a young kit in the summer of 2012.

That was when I really got to know her and

her three siblings. They would make a begging circle around me while I cut up carrots.

That year they really needed the assistance since their father (May Apple) and several older siblings had been lost in a dam collapse at Sarah’s Pond. Tippy and the other new kits from that year were only spared because they were not yet out of the lodge. Most likely Julia was with them at the time. Now 5-yearold Tippy is huge and may well be the largest Beaver in the colony.

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The dam at the new headwaters pond was also easily breached, and by mid-afternoon only Morton’s Pond out of the entire pond system was still viable. Torrential rain continued falling through the afternoon, transforming the normally sleepy brook into a raging river. That powerful deluge was now being intercepted by a single Beaver dam. As water gushed into

Morton’s Pond, the stream’s current was distributed over the length of the dam and that served to reduce the stress on any one section, but how long could the dam hold out under such pressure? Later that afternoon, even though water was pouring in from the stream and from the sky in Morton’s Pond seemingly equal proportions, several of the Beavers were out and casually swimming around as if there was no emergency. When I returned later in the evening, I found the dam at Morton’s Pond was still holding. The rain had stopped and the amount of water flowing into the pond had lessened considerably. Obviously, the worst was over. A total of seven ponds had been taken out by this potent storm, but the Beavers still had their oldest and most important pond.

Only one month before, the Beavers had fortuitously decided to move to Morton’s Pond.

That decision quite probably saved their lives.

That evening I saw all three adults and at least three immatures. None was engaged in repair efforts at that point, but no doubt a major assessment of the pond system was on their drawing board.

After the flood, the Beavers suspended work on all projects not related to their chain of ponds. GenLo concentrated on repairing the dam at Sarah’s Pond. Comparatively minor damage there could be fixed in the short term, while the dams at Secret Pond and May Pond could take years to rebuild. I took time to examine the ruins of Secret Pond. Its steep walls made it resemble the maw of a volcano. Ironically, it’s only when a catastrophic event like this occurs that you can fully appreciate the work Beavers do. The dam at its highest point above the stream was close to eight feet high!

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An Eastern Kingbird sits on her nest above the pond In fact, Sarah’s

Pond was just shy of attaining its preflood level. At this point we still hadn’t seen any new kits.

However, Tippy provided us with a clue that there were young in the lodge. She would take food, return to the lodge with it, and then come right back to get more. It appeared she was feeding kits. As the month progressed, other failed ponds revealed similar secrets, al- the Beavers were coming out even earlier in though none as dramatic. Undoubtedly, these the afternoon. It wasn’t unusual for Julia to be Beaver constructions would now be utilized walking up the trail to greet me when I arrived by other wildlife. at 2 p.m. I would take a treat out of my bag In mid-July, the Beaver clan shifted to and give it to her. She would then execute a coming out in mid-afternoons again. The slow 180-degree turn and escort me back to work on the dam at Sarah’s Pond remained the pond. This gave me an opportunity to asthe Beavers’ top priority along with fortifying sess the way she walked on her back left leg. the dam at Morton’s Pond. All other work re- She was compensating for her weak foot by mained on hold. It was clear that water levels putting more weight on her upper leg and less

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As July came to an end, Morton’s Pond had surpassed its pre-flood levels and both Sarah’s Pond and the headwaters pond had been repaired. Virtually all of this work had taken place in the overnight hours and so I couldn’t be sure which Beavers were carrying it out. The few times when I would catch a Beaver working on a major project, it would be GenLo or one of the 2-year-olds. It was rare to make it to August without any tangible evidence of new Beaver kits but I had to wait yet another week. Then on August 9, I finally saw one. The kit was pestering Julia for a piece of her sweet potato. It was going from one side of her to the other, twisting upside-down, and trying to snatch it from beneath. It wasn’t working; Julia wasn’t letting go. She would frustrate the kit by holding the treat just out of reach. It became clear the kit knew its way around the pond. In other words, this wasn’t his first time out. He swam around the pond like he knew the territory. If Julia wasn’t going to share, then the kit could fetch his own treat.

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Small saplings were being taken out of the east field and some were being piled up in the water in front of the Beaver blind. We’ve seen them do this in previous years and it usually portends the start of food caching. At Wick’s Pond, GenLo was plastering the outflow pipe with mud in order to bring up the pond’s water level. Years ago, I put fencing over that pipe in order to stop them from plugging it completely, but all they do is use more mud and they have an endless supply of that. On the west shore of the same pond they began heaping up mud and cut branches. Although I couldn’t see below the waterline, I had no doubt they had carved out a den in the bank beneath the branch pile.

At the end of August, tree cutting around the willow grove was

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The thick new grass was intensely green and the hummocks, originally formed by Beaver dredging operations, gave the meadow a rolling topography. Late August is traditionally the time when old Beaver dams are covered with blooming flowers.

In early September I still wasn’t seeing the new kit very often. The other Beavers also continued to be unpredictable about their afternoon emerging times, but an evening visit allowed me to see most of the colony. I was dismayed to see that the new kit still had somewhat swollen and encrusted eyes. His right eye was mostly closed. Despite that he seemed to

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Sweet Flag works on the dam at Morton’s Pond quarters. As September proceeded, nocturnal work was stepped up in the headwaters area where GenLo was creating a new pond above our footbridge. This had all the signs of dooming the bridge and the associated access trail.

At Wick’s Pond, the new lodge was getting more attention and the mud-plastered culvert was enabling water levels to reach a new high.

We had to keep an eye on that situation. If the level became too high, water spilling over the pond’s berm could erode it and destroy the pond. That meant regular clearing of the culvert was necessary. At some point a pipe and cage-type Beaver baffle may have to be installed in that pond. That would serve to protect the pond from overfilling. A dozen years ago I made a video for the group Beavers Wetlands & Wildlife, which demonstrates how to

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In mid-September, evening visits to the Beaver ponds remained necessary in order to see most of the colony. They normally have a changeable schedule, but in 2017 it seemed more erratic than usual. For whatever reason, Julia has always been the most immune to schedule shakeups, but even she was more unpredictable in 2017. In the third week of September, Julia was coming out in the afternoon but her lodge mates, including Tippy and GenLo, were emerging in the early morning.

GenLo would be seen working on the dam just after sunrise. Tippy and about four other Beavers would come over to the Beaver blind expecting treats. In the overnight hours, work in the headwaters area was being ramped up.

Trees were being felled and most were being cut up and dragged into an underwater food cache the Beavers were assembling near the lodge at Morton’s Pond. I took this as confirmation the Beavers intended to remain at Morton’s Pond for the winter. The Beavers were taking a wide variety of tree species. Of those, it was Sugar Maple they most preferred.

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Although most of the Beavers’ efforts were concentrated on their upstream projects and maintenance of the main ponds, some repairs took place at May Pond. GenLo used sod to span the large gap in the dam caused by the summer flood. The repair brought the water level up somewhat, but nowhere near where it was before the dam breech. As May Pond’s basin partially filled, our resident ducks began congregating there to feed on the freshly submerged grasses. Meanwhile, by mid-October, our foot trail and bridge in the headwaters area had been rendered unusable. Water seeping

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through the new dam inundated the area. At the same time the Beavers were cutting trees all around the trail. They tried toppling a large White Ash Tree on the west ridge, but instead of coming all the way down, the tree’s crown became enmeshed in its neighbor’s branches and there it hung, arrested in mid fall.

On October 30, excessive rainfall caused some minor flooding around the property. It was clear that the dam at Morton’s Pond had sustained some damage. Water levels slowly fell throughout the day until the pond was down by about 1½ feet. It was a very audible leak, but no Beavers were seen getting up early to deal with it. Finally in mid-afternoon, a 2-year-old Beaver came out and began tackling the leak. The Beaver, acting in a determined if unhurried fashion, made trip after trip to the part of the dam that had sprung. He alternately ferried mud and sticks. When a Beaver first attempts to fix a large leak it seems his or her methods are wholly unequal to the task. It appears they are just losing arm full after arm full of material to the water rushing through the gap, but their persistence usually wins out. By the next morning the water levels at Morton’s Pond were restored.

By the second week of November, most Beavers were active in mid-afternoon again.

Tippy was the outlier and was only making occasional appearances. At this time our contributions of poplar branches were for the most part being processed by a single yearling Beaver. Calla would cut up and drag away each branch and dutifully store them in the underwater cache. He would try to do the same with larger diameter branches and trunk pieces, but sinking them underwater would present him with a challenge. Again, with Beavers, their dogged persistence usually pays off and after a dozen tries, even a small Beaver may be able to sink a buoyant branch.

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From the perspective of someone looking at the ice-covered pond, a Beaver head will suddenly burst out of the ice in some random spot, sometimes wearing a crown of ice shards. Of all the mundane tasks that Beavers perform, ice breaking really does seem like it provides them with some legitimate fun. Of course, this was the first experience the new kit had with breaking ice and he took to it right away.

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The kit’s right eye appears to be mostly closed now and I believe there is likely some permanent damage. Hopefully, this Beaver can cope with only one working eye.

During the third week of November, I made a rather significant discovery: we actually have two new Beaver kits for the 2017 season! The presence of a second kit was suspected for over a month, but couldn’t be positively confirmed until this late date. For a kit that managed to evade detection for so long, it didn’t seem to behave any shyer than the first kit. However, it has no problem with its eyes and that helped us to distinguish between the two. Both kits are the same size and are believed to belong to the same litter produced

by Julia back in the spring. The young kits were seen together on a few occasions. This marks the first time we’ve gone this long into a season without determining the true size of a litter. The Beavers’ frequent schedule shakeups were the cause of some confusion. Even at the end of November and through the first half of December, the Beavers’ emergence times were all over the map. During this period most Beavers were coming out in mid-afternoon, but Julia was preceding them, coming out sometimes as early as 11 a.m. Tippy and GenLo were often outliers, coming out in the early post-dawn hours, but then suddenly shifting to

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By mid-December, thick ice on the ponds and a few inches of snow curtailed the Beaver’s activities outside of the ponds. They had been cutting down trees in the headwaters area right until the freeze up. Since the ice quickly became too thick for the Beavers to break themselves, I began cutting ice holes for them.

The Beavers always behave more cautiously when the ponds are frozen. They will come up through the ice holes, but act very wary when they do. Julia and Tippy are the most casual about coming up out of a hole in the ice.

In the last two weeks of December, winter weather continued to keep the Beavers from moving outside of their main ponds. One day a layer of slush over Morton’s Pond was enthusiastically dealt with by one of the younger Beavers. By doing a dog-paddle-like swim, the Beaver dug channels through the slush. On Christmas Eve, an adult female Merlin landed in a tree over Secret Pond and proceeded to pluck a sparrow it had just captured. Another surprise came on Christmas Day, when an adult Bald Eagle flew over the ponds. There was a stiff wind blowing out of the southwest on that day, and the eagle struggled to make its way westward. After that we experienced a very deep freeze and a thick sheet of ice covered all of the beaver ponds and the streams.

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We ended 2017 with the Spring Farm CARES Beaver colony safe and sound in their lodge at Morton’s Pond. All of them seemed healthy and ready to begin their 19th year on the property. •

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Let’s start with meteors. Every day, about 40 tons of rocky, icy, and dusty material hits our atmosphere. The objects range in size from tiny grains of sand to boulders that heat up and glow, sometimes leaving a trail behind them. With so much material hitting our atmosphere, you can see at least one “shooting star” each night, and 100 or more during a meteor shower. Some are bright and some are dim, but they all move quite quickly and are gone from sight within seconds.

So if you see a fast moving object (usually white but sometimes green or orange) that disappears, you’ve just seen a meteor.

Next we have airplanes, which you will definitely see each night. Did you know there are roughly 5,000 flights in the sky over the U.S every minute of every day? In our area we see planes on the flight path of two airports – Syracuse and Albany – and also those traveling to and from Boston, NYC and points west. How do you know you are looking at an airplane at night? Airplanes move rather slowly, so just keep watching for a while. If you see blinking white, red, or green lights, it is an airplane with its flashing strobe lights that are always on for safety.

That leaves satellites, and there are lots of them. The era of satellites began when the

Soviet Union startled the whole world with the launch of Sputnik 1 on Oct. 4, 1957. The round and highly polished aluminum satellite was only 23 inches across.

Equipped with a radio transmitter and four antennas, it continually Satellites and debris around Earth. transmitted a “beep-beep-beep” Credit: NASA for three weeks (until the batteries failed) that foreign governments Hanny’s Voorwerp. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Keel, Galaxy Zoo Team and amateur ham radio operators mission! around the world could hear as it passed As a bonus, you can also see the Interoverhead. Sputnik 2 launched on Nov. 3, national Space Station (ISS) with six astro1957, famously carrying a dog named Lai- nauts currently onboard. The crew members ka. The success of the two satellites brought rotate in from the U.S., Russia, Europe, Jafear and great anxiety throughout our coun- pan, and other countries to perform leading try, and on Jan. 31, 1958, the U.S. finally edge science, medical, and new technology launched its first satellite, Explorer 1. The research projects. space race was on.

To track satellites that will appear A satellite is a non-blinking, slow mov- each day, a good website is www.Heaving object that looks like a white star. They ens-Above.com, where you enter your town. shine because they are high above our planet For the ISS, go to https://spotthestation.nasa. and catch the Sun’s light, which reflects off gov. Both sites offer an app for your cell of their solar panels and body. Satellites play phone. Happy hunting! a critical role in our everyday lives. Without Wishing you clear skies! • them, we couldn’t make a cell phone call, use the internet, get directions from GPS devices, or watch television programs. AirJoin MVAS from 8:15 p.m. planes and ships use satellites for navigation, to 10 p.m. on March 10th at the researchers gather weather and other scientific measurements, and governments and Barton-Brown Observatory, military groups rely on them for a variety of national security reasons. The odds are very 206 White St., Waterville, good that you’ll see several satellites each for an evening of stargazing. night. That’s because there are more than 1,700 operational satellites overhead right The event is free. now, plus another 4,300 that are out of com-

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl

ann street deli in Little Falls

by Cynthia Quackenbush, photos: Melinda Karastury

I have often walked by Ann Street Deli—Canal

Place in Little Falls is one of my favorite spots. I might be in the area for a rehearsal with LiFT, or to visit one of the lovely shops or Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, or I might be attending a community event such as the Mohawk Valley Garlic and Herb Festival or Chicks Along the Canal. I have often said to Steven, “We need to eat there sometime.”

I even plugged the deli in one of the murder mysteries I wrote for the Herkimer County Historical Society because they were a sponsor. I had a character say he had seen two of the other characters talking at Ann Street Deli. They were up to no good, of course.

All this is by way of saying I was happy to finally get to eat there. It was one of those Sunday mornings when Steven and I both had the day off and I just felt like going somewhere. Having ascertained that Ann Street Deli is open on Sunday, we took a drive to Little Falls.

They were doing a booming business, but we found a table with no problem, first perusing the specials on the board. After looking over the menu, I decided on a favorite of mine: an egg sandwich with one egg, cheese, and bacon on a grilled hard roll. Steven got a sandwich as well, choosing a grilled croissant with two eggs,

The Ann Street Deli team stops for a split second.

Kirsten Nash, owner Michelle Hanson, and Karen Stowel

Click’s Cakes Local wine, gifts, and more!

400 Academy Street Prospect, NY 13435 Wed-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-6

315-205-4045

ProspectFallsWinery@gmail.com Facebook.com/ProspectFallsWinery @WineB4Wildrness “Wine Before Wilderness”

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Specialty Cheesecakes & Desserts Catering & custom cakes available Variety of desserts (315) 985-9035

Open: Tues-Fri 7-4, Sat 9-2, Sun 9-12, Closed Mon

220 S. Main Street, Herkimer

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cheese, and bacon.

While we waited for our food, I looked around at the place. I was fascinated by an old-fashioned wooden bureau behind the counter. My grandmother had a similar bureau (although hers was more fancy), which she kept in her dining room. I saw the staff taking silverware out of the top drawer.

The counter itself was beautiful, marble on carved wood. Another wooden table stood perpendicular to it, holding napkins and what not.

Steven admired a couple of pictures on the wall behind the counter. I had to lean around a post to see one, but I admired them, too. There was more artwork hanging on other walls. I’d like to take a closer look if we come in when it is less busy, when I can do it without leaning over people who are eating.

I enjoyed the open feel of the place, as well as the sunlight coming in through the plate glass window. I told Steven I’d love to sit at a table in the window on a future visit, and watch the world go by. Another place I’d like to sit sometime is the screened-in porch. I’ll have to wait for warmer weather for that. Come on, spring! •

Ann Street Deli

381 S. Ann St., Little Falls • (315) 823-3290 Open daily from 7am to 3pm

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Friday Fish Fry: 11:30am-8pm

“Home cookin’ at it’s finest!”

HOME STYLE COOKING

•Daily breakfast

Friday Fish Fry!

& luncheon specials •Ask about our family bowling special!

8125 Rt.12, Barneveld, NY

(315) 896-2871 Open early everyday!

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Juicy Angus Burgers!

NewSpecialty Sundaes!

50 Soft Serve Ice Cream flavors!

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A Variety of Parfaits!

Serving breakfast and lunch daily

6798 State Rt. 20, Bouckville

(315) 893-4044 • Open Mon-Sat 6-2, Sun 6-Noon

CLINTON

Diners, fine dining, upside-down pizza and gluten-free, too. Clinton has it all!

& Ice Cream Too! 1717 Route 8, Cassville (315) 839-5000

Open 7 Days a Week • Open 6am-8pm or later, Serving Breakfast 6am-Noon

Where good friends Meet to Eat! Enjoy breakfast or a quick lunch!

8170 Seneca Tpke., Clinton (315) 732-3631 Mon-Fri 6am-2pm, Sat & Sun 6am-1pm

Enjoy casual dining overlooking Clinton’s “Central Park”

Gourmet Gluten-Free!

Full bar including craft beers and fine wines Book now for special occassion dinners and private meetings

The Dessert Booth is a scratch bakery that utilizes natural ingredients. Serving homemade soup, salad, & quiche for lunch, and plant-based dinners every Friday.

Gluten, dairy-free, vegan, and vegetarian options.

8 East Park Row, Clinton Open at 5pm for dinner Thurs-Mon, Featuring lunch Apr-Nov Reservations welcomed but never required (315) 381-3076 www.acrosstherow.com

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Open Tues-Sat: 9-5 Friday dinners: 5:30pm-9pm

3 Kirkland Ave., Clinton (315) 859-1163 www.thedessertbooth.com

Clinton continued... check out Primo Pizzeria’s gluten-free and upside-down pizzas!

CLinton

HERKIMER 1

22 years in business!

Primo Pizza #

at the Kettle

Have you tried a Fat Cat Slammer (fish sandwich

covered with cheese & coleslaw)?

Watch for this special,

only $7.75!

315-381-3231 Seafood & more!

The Most Unique Upside Down Pizza You Ever Tasted!

Weekday Specials Celebratining Tues- 20” X-Large Cheese Pizza . . . . $9.95 8 Years ! Wed-Small Cheese Pizza & 20 Wings . . . $15.95 Clinton Thurs- 2 Large Cheese Pizzas . . . . . $16.95 (Toppings 2.25 ea, X-Cheese 2.95)

Specialty Rolls

+Tax / Toppings Extra

Sausage . . . . . . . . 10.95 Spinach . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Antipasto . . . . . . . 11.95 Sausage & Greens . . . 12.95 Eggplant . . . . . . . . 10.95 Local delivery after 4

Every Day Specials

Sm. Cheese & 20 wings. . . $18.95 Lg. Cheese & 20 wings. . . . $22.95 Lg. Cheese & 25 wings. . . . $25.95 Lg. Cheese & 40 wings. . . . $33.95 Lg. Cheese & 50 wings. . . . $38.95

Raw or cooked • Eat in or take out!

200 King St., Herkimer (315) 866-5716 Wed-Thurs 11-7; Fri 11-8; Sat Noon-7

Celebrating 30 Years!

Serving healthy and delicious salads, grilled sandwiches, and homemade soups.

Heidelberg Bread & Café 3056 Rte 28 N., Herkimer (315) 866-0999

(plus tax. celery, blue cheese, toppings extra)

Mon-Sat: 7am-6pm, Sun: 7am-5pm

Tues-Thurs: 11am-9pm, Fri & Sat: 11am-10pm, Sun: 1pm-8pm

7756 Route 5, Clinton Located next door to Spaghetti Kettle www.primopizzeria1.com

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Baking all natural breads – available throughout New York State

Ilion

RESTAURANT & BAR

Casual American Cuisine

Roasted fresh daily on site! Come taste the difference!

Breakfast and Lunch

70 Otsego St., Ilion

Mon-Fri: 6-2, Sat: 7:30-2 • (315) 985-0490 www.mooserivercoffee.com

good food, good wine, good friends, good times 123 Mohawk St., Herkimer • 866-1746 www.jamosrestaurantandbar.com Now Open 7 days! Sun-Thurs: 11-9, Fri: 11-11, Sat: 11-9

little falls

LEE CENTER

Open Daily 7am-3pm

Quality Food - Fresh Ingredients Relaxing Atmosphere Offering Daily Specials!

Catering & Banquets too! (315)533-7229

5345 Lee Center-Taberg Rd., Lee Center Wed & Thurs 3-9, Fri & Sat 11:30-9, Sun 11:30-8, Closed Mon & Tues

823-3290

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

Canal Place, Little Falls Next to Showcase Antiques

Whether you arrive by car, truck, or sled, Gone Coastal has the fireplace warm and waiting for you!

www.gonecoastalrestaurant.com

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MARCY

9663 River Rd., Marcy

Fresh Haddock • Giambotta

Serving all your favorite homemade comfort foods!

Breakfast Served All Day!

797-7709

Take Out & Delivery!

Mushroom Stew • Chicken & Biscuits Meatloaf, Goulash & More!

Test Your Luck at Trivia Night Mondays 7– 9pm at Killabrew!

Mon.-Thur. 6am-4pm, Fri. 6am-8pm Sat. and Sun. 6am-2pm

NEW HARTFORD

Celebrating 51 years in business!

Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford (315) 724-0185 • www.laureyspizzeria.com 7 days a week: 11am-10pm

PIZZA • WINGS • SUBS • EAT IN • TAKE OUT • FRIDAY FISH FRY!

March 1st-18th Buy Any Regular Price Pizza, Get Second One For 51 Cents!*

Get Your Irish on at Killabrew!

Enjoy our favorite Irish dishes including Shepherd’s pie, Irish Beef Stew, Irish Pierogies, Corned Beef Reubens, and of course Corned Beef & Cabbage dinners!

51st Anniversary Special

*Excluding extra large pizza/not valid with any other offers

Homemade comfort foods

Experience the taste of Naples!

Full menu available til 2am!

22 beers on tap, specializing in NY State craft beers!

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Eat in!

Food Truck Starting Up St. Patrick’s Day Weekend! Book Your Event Now!

Our Dining Area seats up to 35!

Specializing in Authentic Neopolitan Pizza!

Using only the highest quality ingredients!

Pizzas only take 90 seconds in our 800+ oven!

8636 Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford • (315) 864-3728 Mon-Sat: 11am-9pm, Closed Sundays Menu online at: mangiamacrina.letseat.at

www.killabrewsaloon.com

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

Mon-Sat: 11:30am-3pm

All-you-can-eat Dinner Buffet $12.95!

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

NEW HARTFORD

Phoenician R E S TAU R A N T

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“We are your home town pizzeria!”

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

(315) 736-4549 • Open 7 days a week • 4462 Commercial Dr., New Hartford

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

www.tonyspizzeriaanddeli.com

Locally Owned & Operated

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

past 5 years!

Voted #1 pizza for

Catering Available • Homemade Desserts Every Day

2634 Genesee St., South Utica (315) 724-6795 Breakfast & Lunch daily 7am-3pm Dinner Wed - Sat 5pm-10pm

4784 Commercial Dr., New Hartford (315) 736-1363 Breakfast & Lunch daily 7am-3pm

www.raspberriescafeutica.com • Facebook: Raspberries Rome / Raspberries Utica • Kids Menu Available MVL Ad_Layout 1 7/8/15 3:05 PM Page 1

OHIO

OLD FORGE

Fresh to you!

2755 826-5050 2755 State State Rt Rt.8,8,Cold ColdBrook, Brook,NY NY•13324 (315)•826-5050

Mon. 4 - 9pm • Tues.

Wed. - Sun. 12&Noon Open Wed - SunClosed 12-9,•closed Mon Tues- 9pm Great Food • Great Spirits • Great Times

Life is Good at The Ohio Tavern!

Mexican & American Fare No, you’re not dreaming, that’s fresh ahi tuna Sushi selections too!

Eat in or Take out

Featuring Daily Specials

127 North St., Old Forge

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

served over seaweed salad with fresh avocado!

The Pickle Boat Grill, Old Forge, Yum!

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!

Champagne Brunch

Natural Groceries • Supplements • Local Foods Organic Produce & Plants

Banquets

Weddings

8524 Fish Hatchery Rd, Rome, NY 13440 315-533-7710 www.deltalakeinn.com

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

Weekend Specials!

Haddock Specials

Prime Rib Every Sat. Night!

Wood Fired za!

Brick Oven Piz t Take Ou y! & Deliver

Authentic Homemade Pasta Available!

5 Signature Sauces To Create Your Own Entree!

(315) 33PIZZA

615 Erie Blvd. W., Rome

The Original Neighborhood Restaurant A Rome tradition for over 40 years!

Homemade soups prepared fresh daily, handmade breads, rolls, pastries and cakes from our in-house bakery.

Specialty cakes and fine pastries for weddings, birthdays and other special occasions. Banquet room for your next special event or meeting.

Open M-Thurs 11-9, Fri & Sat 11-10, Sun 12-8

DiCastro’s BRICK OVEN

UTICA

simple. fresh. delicious. breakfast • lunch • espresso • pastries • cakes

Monday-Saturday 11am-10pm 301 South James St., Rome (315) 336-9974 www.vesciosfranklinhotel.com

salisbury

The Country Store with More!

www.countrystoreny.com

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 58

Easter Themed Cupcakes Mini Bunnie Cakes Italian Cassata Available for

pre-order until 3/25, then all items will be in stock for grab-n-go on 3/31

Bunnie Macarons!

Signature Cakes, Grab-n-go cakes, Cookies, In-house Macarons, Pastries & Cheese Cakes

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

Cafe Hours: Mon-Thurs 7-3, Fri & Sat 7-9, Sun 8-1 (breakfast only)

Bakery (the back of Bite Cafe) • 52 Seneca St, Utica

Bakery Hours: Mon-Sat 7-3, Sun 8-1 (Bakery items available in cafe after 3pm)

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UTICA Now serving wine & beer!

Sheri’s

EASTSIDE DINER 1st Floor

Creaciones del Caribe

(Creations of the Caribbean)

Fresh & all natural ingredients Luisa Martinez - chef

1315 Genesee Street, Utica

(315) 864-3057 Open 7 days a week: 9am-11pm

Breakfast, Lunch, “Grab-and-Go!” Deliveries, 8am-2pm Take Out & Catering!

Check out our weekly specials on facebook and at www.rososcafe.com

Open: Mon-Fri 9-2 185 Genesee St 2nd Floor, Utica

315 735-7676

Breakfast • Lunch Homemade & Fresh Daily!

Irish Breakfasts

start March 4th!

1st Sunday every month.

Friday Fish Fry • Breakfast Served All Day

2199 Bleecker St., Utica (315) 790-5250 Mon-Thurs, & Sat 6-2, Fri 6-5, Sun 7-2

Contemporary American • Private Functions • Reservations Recommended

900 Culver Ave., Utica • 315-765-0271 • Open Tues-Sat 4:30-9pm

Open Monday -Through- Friday 8:00AM -To- 4:00PM

www.willowsofutica.com

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vernon

Nothin’ Fancy Cafe Great Food • Great Service • Great people

Gluten Free Options!

Yorkville

UTICA

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

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!

10 Ruth St., Vernon • (315) 829-4500

Mon-Sat: 5:30am-3pm. Fri: til 8pm, Sun: 5:30am-1pm, Facebook: Nothinfancycafevernonny

American & Italian Cuisine Serving Lunch & Dinner

Breakfast Sandwiches Deli-Style Wraps/Sandwiches Salads, Soups & more!

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

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

219 N. Genesee St., Utica

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

KARAM’S Middle Eastern Bakery & Restaurant

Traditional Lebanese fare for breakfast & lunch!

Middle Eastern Specials and Groceries Pita and Flat Bread • Spinach & Meat Pies • Baklawa

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

(315) 736-1728 137 Campbell Ave, Yorkville www.karamsbakery.com

Whitesboro

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

THE

BLACK STALLION

Breakfast & Lunch Catering Available

Family owned- The Vullo family has been catering to your menu needs since 1972!

Call us to discuss your upcoming wedding or party

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

409 Oriskany Blvd., Whitesboro • (315) 736-7869 www.69steakhouse.com 59

MV Comics Featuring Rome artist & “Bob the Squirrel” creator, Frank Page!

Catch Bob every day in the Rome Sentinel or at www.BobtheSquirrel.com

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A wide variety of household pet food, treats, toys, and accessories l Your lorcPaurina, o sourcelef Crown, Trip keye!

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5410 Rte 5 (E. Seneca St.) Vernon (315) 829-2130 • Mon-Fri: 8-6:30, Sat: 8-5; Sun: 9-4

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The handyman’s choice since 1948

Bicycle Parts, Accessories & Clothing Repairs on All Makes & Models of Bikes Cross-Country Skis & Snowshoes

(315) 896-2631 Vanderkemp Ave., Barneveld

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

Lumber • Doors • Windows • Mason’s Supplies Roofing • Insulation • Treated Lumber Mon-Fri: 7:30am-5pm, Sat: 7:30am-Noon

www.dickswheelshop.com

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ANTIQUES

The Queen’s Closet

Weddings. Events.

Whether you celebrate inside with panoramic views of our beautiful golf greens and lush floral gardens, or outside on our spectacular grounds, when you choose Twin Ponds for your event, you’ll receive the impeccable attention to detail that will ensure your special day will be nothing short of perfect.

KARAM'S Middle Eastern

Accommodations for up to 700 guests Open year-round 169 Main Street, New York Mills 736-9303

Caruso’s Pastry Shoppe

Phoenician R E S TAU R A N T MINAR

Fine Indian Cuisine

Westmoreland Antique Center

Shop Our Great Selection Of Rea BAGEL GROVE

Celebrating our 19th year in business!

Attic Addicts The Queen’s Closet

Antiques & Art Barneveld Vendor Mall

Thurs-Monday 11-6 • 315-896-5115

8010 Rt 12, Barneveld Like us on Facebook!

Pristine, Practical, and Priced Right!

Specializing in estate sales, large and small.

Conducted with respect and dignity.

We take the pressure out of estate liquidation, moving, or downsizing.

Call for a consultation:

(315) 736-9160

Consignment at its Finest!

Clothing Jewelry Household Items Furniture

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Have An Upcoming Party Or Event, Contact Us For All Of Your Catering Needs!!

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A little bit country, a little bit primitive!

Your destination for furniture, hand stenciled signs, vintage clothing, warm glow candles, silk arrangements & more!

Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm Sat: 10:30am-3pm New consignment by appointment only

22 Oriskany Blvd., Yorkville (315) 736-9160 www.thequeenclosetatticaddicts.com

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

Open Tues-Fri: 9-4, Sat: 9-2, Closed Sun & Mon 61

A Purveyor of Primitive Antiques Early & Timeworn Wares, Simple Goods Old & Purposeful Stuff & Needfuls Reflecting Simpler Times

Multi Dealer Antique Shop

Primitives • Furniture • Artwork Smalls • Antique Accessories Wed-Sat: 10-4, Sun: 11-3 • (315) 264-1755

4803 Rt. 31, Vernon

Chairs looking for good homes at The Bull Farm

Dawn Marie’s Treasures Vintage, Gift & Gourmet 18 W. Park Row, Clinton

796-9099 • Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6 Everything’s Coming Up Green! Spring Treasures Arriving!

Shop Our Gift & Gourmet Items: Specialty Chocolates & Hot Fudge Sauce, Jakes Bakes, Beeswax Taper, Candles, Assortment of Greeting Cards, Wall Art, & So Much More!

New Consignments in Weekly: Name Brand Clothing and Accessories, Home Decor, Jewelry, & More!

We’re Changing & Growing all the time. Think Spring!

Winter: Open by Request 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, Call for Tues hours • 8124 Rte 12, Barneveld • (315) 896-2681

Fort Plain Antiques & Salvage Architectural Salvag

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Like Us on Facebook!

55 WILLETT ST., FORT PLAIN, NY • www.fortplainantiques.com • 518-993-1045 • 518-332-0395

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

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Main Street Gift Shoppe

Newport’s Best Kept Secret for Primitive Gifts!

Lancer Homespun Furniture, Candles, Lighting, Spring Decor, Olde Century Colors Paint, Signs, Furniture and More!

Hop in to Main Street Gift Shoppe!

Primitive Spring Open House With Wine & Chocolates Sunday March 4th, Noon-4pm Bring a friend and have fun shopping on Main Street!

7431 Main St Rt. 28 Newport, NY Wed-Sat 11:30am til 8pm (315) 845-8835 www.mainstreetristorante.com

ST. PATRICK’S DAY BASH!!

Over 160 Vendor booths and display cases!

SATURDAY, MARCH 17th!

Lucky Charm Scavenger Hunt!

Also, special feature...meet our Musical Leprechaun LEO O’Rinaldi!

All action...incredibly... under ONE ROOF!!

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

(315) 219-5044 www.mohawkantiquesmall.com

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After days of leaden skies and heavy snows, we arrive home and see tiny pink clouds in the west and golden light on the breast of a blue jay, perched on the tip of a white-mantled pine tree in evening devotion. It only lasts for a few minutes before once again we abide under a quilt of textured gray cotton.

Still a half mile to go, we turn off the dim headlights of Isaiah, our old Jeep truck, and depart from the negligible heat of the cab, entering the fathomless silence and mysterious dusk of winter in the deep, Adirondack woods. But wait! Is it truly silent? As our ears slowly forget the roar of our truck, we can perceive the gentle patter of snowflakes landing on snow like tiny kittens’ paws on hardwood. A gust of winter wind approaches, moaning with snow, swirling it all about, turning us into white-dusted snow people and our world into a snow globe.

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“Mine, too!” he calls back. “This is more work than just punching through with our boots! I’m taking mine off!”

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any fear as they inched across the weakened ice toward him, grabbed his hands, and started dragging him back closer to the bank.

They were close, yes, close but, alas, another apocalyptic crack reverberated in the fateful air. All three were now in the arctic waters, struggling to survive.

Perhaps the heavy woolen skirts of the girls made a difference; perhaps they couldn’t swim as well, but somehow Billy made it safely to the bank but the girls did not.

Little Annie Verity and Dorothy Clough were buried in the same grave, at the Kirkland Cemetery wearing their Girl Scout uniforms. The entire village joined the solemn procession as the Boy Scouts carried their little caskets and their fellow Girl Scouts walked beside them with voluminous tears and sobs attending the dignity of their task.

Dorothy’s parents, great Uncle Ted and great Aunt Rose, and her two sisters eventually moved to California where such tragedies are not possible.

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Today, I cleaned out the root cellar so I have room for canned goods and plants that I don’t want to freeze while we’re gone. In the waning light of the day, as I wash out containers, I see a little blob of peanut butter I must have dropped on the cutting board, so quickly pop it into my mouth with my finger. “YUCK!” I spit it out! That isn’t peanut butter! It is a slug (ugh!) that dropped off something I’d pulled out of the root cellar. It is so slimy and disgusting I can’t believe I put it in my mouth! I spend a long time rinsing my mouth and brushing my teeth, trying to get the feeling and memory of this slime out of my life.

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First green appears in the solar scrap wood greenhouse are only three bags of camping gear! Where is the fourth? Oh, no! We couldn’t have left one behind!

“I told you to take it out to the car last night, but you insisted on putting it in the shed instead! I knew this would happen if you did!” I accuse Tim, with venom in my voice.

“You were responsible for making sure everything was loaded up!” He retaliates in anger.

We are both intractable. I am so furious, I am having trouble resisting the desire to yell and have a tantrum in front of all the people in the airport. Our flight will leave in 40 minutes. No time to go home.

How can we go camping without a tent?

As we enter the plane, our fury goes on in strained undertones of accusations and reiterations of our different perceptions of the sequence that caused this calamity. I get a headache. I quietly cry. What will we

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Finally, I close my eyes and try to nap.

We arrive and I feel like Dorothy entering the Land of Oz. It’s no longer 20 below zero. It’s an paradise of sunshine, warmth, bird song, flowers, and green trees! We can breathe without coughing from the shock of cold air on our lungs. We both feel relieved and refreshingly calmer than we were when we left.

“We can just go to a store and buy another tent and air mattresses,” Tim says. “I know it’s extra cost, but we’ll just have to do it.”

I agree. And despite calmer discussions about it in the future, neither of us ever accepts sole responsibility for this mishap.

It’s just one of those things.

Our campground is a little man-made, island-like oasis on the Indian River, only a mile in diameter. It seems desert-like after being in our dense, winter-green and white forest. Most of our fellow campers are fishermen and their wives in pickup trucks with a camper cab on the back. A

luxury camper here is someone with a 20foot travel trailer.

The perimeter road is made of crushed sea shells and has plenty of potholes that you need to avoid when walking to the rest room in the dark. Morning and evening, older gentlemen slowly pedal single-speed bikes to and from the seashore only a mile away, with their fishing poles waving above like antennas and buckets swinging from the back fender.

In the evening, groups walk the perimeter together, talking about the catch that day, who’s sick, a new grandchild that was born, telling a few bawdy jokes….

They seldom discuss the weather. Tim and I likewise walk the seashell road in the dusk, noticing the extra constellations in the southern sky, how the crescent moon here looks more like a cup than the letter C, savoring the warm wind, and saying, “Hi” to everyone we pass.

At night, in the river next to us, the water sometimes boils with life in a cacophony of splashing. We hear the dolphins breathing, swirling about to feast on a school of little fish that leap out of the water ahead of them, trying to escape. The slap, slap, slap of anhinga wings taking off, and the crash of pelicans diving into the river from above add to the clamor.

We bike to the ocean each day, walking the seashore in bare feet, braving a quick swim in the ocean when the surf is not too high or too cold, despite admonitions from the fishermen about sharks and rip tides. Tim plays tag with the waves and wins sometimes, but is often vigorously trounced and briefly disappears beneath them.

One year, we are thrilled to see a small whale where the surf breaks on the submerged sand banks. But, alas, it is being swept into shore and can’t seem to resist.

Soon, it is rolling about, helpless in the breaking waves, getting scratched and

bloody from being scraped in the sand.

“We’ve got to help!” Tim cries, as we jog over to the mammoth creature. “We need to point him out into the waves! Watch out for the flapping tail!” Tim has performed more than 30 human rescues in sometimes wild waves on Lake Erie, and has no hesitation about attempting this one.

Another beachcomber comes along and admonishes us, yelling out repetitively, “You shouldn’t be interfering! You’ll get in trouble for this!”

We ignore her persistent exhortations.

Of course, we have to try to help!

I’m leery, but push on the side of the whale, keeping an eye on the tail as Tim advised. But, suddenly, a crashing wave rolls its huge bulk toward me, knocking me down. I am shocked and dismayed to find myself lying Peg and Tim fell in love in the sand with a whale on my with the ocean lap. Fortunately, the sand is soft and I am not crushed, but I am totally pinned. Fortunately, the next wave comes, lifts the whale and rolls it off me. I scramble up as fast as I can and scurry to drier sand! There are too many variables here. I decide to watch from a distance.

Tim continues alone, maneuvering the whale like a submerged log.

He gets it aimed out and it looks like it’s swimming free. Yay! But oh, no!

It gets tired and is rolling in again, helpless! Undaunted, Tim continues to push the sides of the whale, aiming it toward deeper water. The whale keeps trying hard, too, tail flapping

wildly. Finally, it breaks through past the sand bar where the fierce waves crescendo.

With joy, we watch it swimming in gentler currents, free at last!

We return to the wild winter world of Shawangunk Forest refreshed, energized, and less pale. The icicles on our windows begin to drip during the day, finally crashing down in chunks with a startling boom in late winter sunshine. We sip sap from a freshening maple like children nursing from their forest mother. The once alabaster snow becomes an aqueous canvas painted with drifts of black springtails, brown pine cone detritus, freeze-dried rabbit scat, and twig liter. I plant the first garden seeds in the sweet scented, newly thawed soil of our scrap-wood greenhouse.

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This month I want to start with the new record from the Moonshine River Band, based in Pulaski, N.Y. The band has just released a new CD, Bad Habit. This is an exceptionally good record, with a three-piece band playing modern country with a classic rock bite. It’s made up of Joe Battles on vocals and guitar; Mark Ramsden on vocals and bass; and Angelo DePaquala on drums. They have truly made quite an impression on me.

For instance, the title track, “Bad Habit,” is modern country but has the feel of an Outlaws song. Battles’ guitar playing is really strong, and his solos through the whole album are top notch and well crafted. His voice is full and always spot on. I come from a “jam-band” background, and I could hear the song “Bad Habit” easily stretching out to eight or so minutes played live. Ya know, but that’s how hippie, jam-band guys like me think.

The next song is “Escape,” which is acoustic based and just full of fine picking. I would be remiss not to mention that the rhythm section is tight and right on. “She Knows How to Party” is another country rocker, somewhat reminiscent of the Bernie Leadon-era Eagles. It’s another song with fine guitar solos.

Nothing on this album is run of the mill; great songwriting runs through this whole album. “Waiting on the Weekend” is another modern country-funky romp. “Let’s Party” has a serious rockabilly feel and great backing vocals. Of course, the guitar solo is ripping.

The eighth track, “Make It,” features vocals from Savannah Brooke; she is the perfect foil to Joe’s voice. It’s an amazing pairing.

There really isn’t a weak point on this whole album, from musicianship and lyrics to subject matter. The whole darn album is exceptional, as is the production by Andy and Ben Sanefski at Song Shoppe Studios in Syracuse, N.Y. Look for the Moonshine River Band on Facebook and at moonshineriverband.com. Catch them live at Boondocks in Lyons Falls, N.Y., on March 3; Spookhill Bar and Grill in Adams, N.Y., on March 10; 11 North Bar and

Grill in Pukaski, N.Y., on March 16; and the Altmar Hotel in Altmar, N.Y., on March 17.

The Moonshine River Band

• The other big news in the CNY entertainment world is the recent purchase of the Uptown Theatre in Utica. Uptown Theatre for Creative Arts, Inc. (UTCA), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Utica, N.Y., announces its acquisition of the Uptown. UTCA will revive the theater as a space for live performances and movie screenings, with a new emphasis on community involvement through collaborative workshops and classes.

To elevate audiences’ listening and viewing experiences, while remaining a historic yet future-leaning entertainment facility, UTCA will enlist several world class restoration architecture firms that specialize in LEED certification and theater design to submit their proposed visions of the Uptown as a landmark.

• Finally, The British Invasion Night at The Stanley Theatre is March 10. Headlined by Joey Molland of Badfinger, the event will also feature an opening set of British Invasion music from a local all-star band featuring Mark Barnes, Kevin Besig, Mark Bolos Sr., Larry Desiato, Greeley Ty Ford, Keith James, John Kelsey, Jim James LaPaglia, C. Darryl Mattison, Lenny Milano, Spencer Morgan, Freddy Piperata, Eddie Riley, Mike SantaLucia, Alex Sisti, Dan Sisti, Mark Sisti, Genesee Joe Trisolino, Gene Voce, Rick Zuccaro, Cathie Timian, and Scott Henderson! This great show is also a fundraiser for The Stanley.

Listen to Genesee Joe live on 92.7FM, The DRIVE.

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

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

Main Street Ristorante, Newport . . . . . . . .

Mangia Macrina’s Pizza, New Hartford . . . . .

Mi Casa, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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sponsor news Call For Art for the 2018 Central Adirondack Art Show April Event

Old Forge, New York – View Arts Center is calling for artists to submit their work for the 2018 Central Adirondack Art Show, which will take place April 14th to June 10th 2018.

The Central Adirondack Art Show is a long-standing Old Forge tradition showcasing some of the finest artists throughout the Central Adirondack Region and beyond. The Show is open to current artists ages 16 and up who are either members of View or reside within 200 miles of Old Forge, New York.

Artists may submit one work in any medium except video, film, and sound. Submission fee is $15 for View members and $20 for guests. A full prospectus and pre-registration is available at viewarts.org.

Through its donors, View will provide a series of awards to the participating artists. Each award winner will receive a traditional handmade Adirondack Chip Award. Select awards will also include a monetary prize.

This year’s awards judge is Stephen Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher studied commercial art, advertising, and design and later attended Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute for fine arts. His work has won numerous awards and can be found in a myriad of public places, exhibitions, and private art collections in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Fletcher currently lives and creates his paintings in Forestport, New York.

Admission for this event is $10 for guests and is free for View members.

An artist reception will be held on Friday, May 4th from 5 PM to 7 PM. This reception is free and open to the public. •

Utica History Center Exhibit Opening Saturday, March 3 Be Denemark: Utica’s Business & Social Pioneer

Benita “Be” Denemark was one of Utica’s leading businesswomen during the middle 20th century. This short term exhibit highlights her accomplishments in the business community and her advocacy work in the realms of social justice and women’s equality. Join the history center for the official exhibit opening with an introduction from Executive Director Brian Howard and remarks from Be’s family and friends. The public is invited to share their memories and stories of Be following the opening remarks. This exhibit includes documents and images provided

by Be’s daughters and long-time friend Cathy Newell, and will remain on display through the Women in the Mohawk Valley History Conference May 18-20, 2018.

This program takes place in the center’s main gallery on Saturday, March 3 starting at 1:00 PM.

The Oneida County History Center, formerly the Oneida County Historical Society, is a private 501(c) (3) not-for-profit educational institution and is dedicated to preserving history and promoting the culture of the Greater Mohawk Valley. Admission to this program is free for the general public; donations are encouraged. Please contact the center at 315735-3642 or visit the OCHC website (www.oneidacountyhistory.org) or Facebook.com page for additional information. •

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

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

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

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

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

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The winner selected at random from all correct answers is Joan Goldberg of Clinton. She is spending her $200 at Ironwood Furniture in Clinton.

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