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PUBLISHERS Lance and Sharry Whitney EDITOR Sharry L. Whitney DESIGN & LAYOUT Lance David Whitney ASSISTANT EDITOR Shelley Delosh ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE Susan Collea (315) 292-3905 email: scolleamvl@gmail.com CONTRIBUTORS Peggy Spencer Behrendt, Brian Howard, Suzie Jones, John Keller, Frank Page, Susan Perkins, Matt Perry, Tim Pryputniewicz, Cynthia Quackenbush, Denise Szarek, Gary VanRiper Special thanks to Jorge Hernandez CONTACT US (315) 853-7133 30 Kellogg Street Clinton, NY 13323 www.MohawkValleyLiving.com mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com Mohawk Valley Living is a monthly magazine & television show exploring the area’s arts, culture, and heritage.

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My father and me at Cackleberry Castle in Camden in 1968.

A Halloween Tradition

by Sharry L. Whitney

Halloween is now officially America’s second favorite family celebration (and shopping holiday) next to Christmas. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of Halloween—back when the holiday revolved around a week or two, unlike today when it seems to start as soon as Labor Day is over! Besides visiting a pumpkin farm—usually Cackleberry Castle—and picking out “the best” pumpkin and carving and scooping out the “guts,” my favorite memories are of Halloween evening.

My siblings and I would dress in our homemade costumes and, while Mom took over candy dispensing duty, my Dad would take us out trick-or-treating. Living in the country made the driving time between stops long, and, on top of that, Halloween to my Dad was his annual “excuse” to meet and visit with old and new neighbors. Sometimes we’d be invited in and stay for 10 minutes to a half hour. Although a frustrating pace back then to kids on a candy quest, today I remember those annual meet-the-neighbor tours fondly. In the end, we always seemed to end up with piles of candy anyway. Rural folks were most generous with the treats.

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Did you know? from the Oneida County Historical Society

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Utica at the confluence of Genesee and Washington streets as it appeared during the early 1800s.

The following excerpt is adapted from the introduction of a soon-to-be-published general history of Oneida County—the first general county history book since 1998. What makes our area special? Read on: The history of Oneida County, New York is a tale of challenge, triumph, heartbreak, innovation, and grit. Since long before 1798, when Oneida was partitioned from the thenmuch-larger Herkimer County (itself an offshoot of Montgomery, partitioned from the original Tryon County) the area’s experience has mirrored our national story.

The first colonists of European descent arrived in the fertile Mohawk Valley seeking to establish farms and commercial enterprises, far removed from their ancestral homes

on the eastern seaboard. This region owed its prosperity largely to its waterways—the Mohawk River, Wood Creek, and Oneida Lake, among many—that had been traversed for centuries by Native Americans and early explorers. In the time before railroads, this area of upstate New York offered the most convenient access from the east coast to the North American interior.

The ensuing generations would see war—literally in their own backyards— twice during the 18th century. The French and Indian War (1754-63) established England’s dominance over the region while the American Revolution (1775-81) resulted in the birth of the United States of America.

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Both conflicts had implications for the native Americans in the region. The Iroquois Nation would be irrevocably changed, the peoples displaced and marginalized, and their culture largely lost as Europeans continued their incessant migration across the continent.

The coming of the Erie Canal revolutionized the way people, goods, and ideas traveled. Completed in 1825, the canal enabled mass overland movement and united New York City with the Great Lakes. America’s interior was opened. Settlements that existed along the Erie grew; Utica and Rome became major factory towns, drawing tens of thousands of immigrants during the pre-Civil War years and on into America’s second industrial

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Time and again, Oneida County’s residents have faced economic hardship and been forced to reinvent the area.

Like most Oneida County settlements, the village of Waterville was involved in the manufacture and distribution of textiles. Although it ceased operations decades earlier, the former Waterville Knitting Co. building would last until the early 2000s, when it was finally torn down. age of the late 1800s. Branch canals connected Utica with Binghamton (the Chenango) and Rome with Lyons Falls (the Black River), bringing prosperity to the towns and villages that many residents still call home.

The canal system was a springboard for the transportation routes we know and use today. Rail lines parallel the Barge Canal across upstate, as does the New York State Thruway (I-90). Utica’s North-South Arterial (NYS Routes 5, 8 & 12) rides above the old Chenango Canal while State Route 12B follows the towpath south from New Hartford and through Clinton, Deansboro, and Oriskany Falls. All of this, from the first shovel of dirt that was turned for the Erie Canal in Rome on July 4, 1817.

The wave of prosperity brought by the canals, the textile industry, hops and dairy farms, and military installations from the co-

lonial fort system through Griffiss Air Force Base, would not last. Prohibition pretty much ended the area’s hops farming and brewing industries, with one notable exception (many thanks, F.X. Matt!). The advent of air conditioning and cheaper labor drew the county’s textile mills south after World War II. The end of the Cold War led to the closing of Griffiss in 1995—at that time the county’s largest employer. The population drain of the late 20th century was not isolated to the immediate area, of course. The entire northeast was hit by a similar malaise. Time and again, Oneida County’s residents have faced economic hardship and been forced to reinvent the area.

History is circuitous—the challenges we deal with today are similar if not identical to those our ancestors faced over two centuries ago. Transportation, communication and

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I rest knowing that the spirit of reinvention is alive and well in Oneida County. It is easy to lament what has been lost, but that is a fruitless endeavor and dishonors the achievements of those who made the Mohawk Valley worth writing about in the first place. It is through the study of our shared heritage that we can glean the lessons of our forebears to build a better future.

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The last reference to Utica Gas & Electric is in the 1941 city directory.

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I usually take a week off during the autumn, around the beginning of October, to chase fall color in the Adirondacks. I like to be on the road or trail or on a mountaintop near or before sunrise to greet the early morning light. The colors at that time of day are warm and there are great dynamics, as any fog over land or water slowly burns away.

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turn up unexpected surprises in the more intimate landscape – for examples, a monarch butterfly on a New York aster or leaves encased in a small pool of ice.

If I am photographing a swimming loon from a kayak or a damsel fly sailing on a leaf, it might take a number of tries to get one that is even in focus, much less create a pleasing composition.

The nice thing about autumn color is how accessible it is to so many, even roadside. But be careful. Find a safe place to pull over – in the Adirondacks you can find designated spots for that very purpose.

Traveling along popular Route 28 through Old Forge and Inlet and on to Raquette Lake and beyond, as many do from the Mohawk Valley for day trips or extended vacations, there are also many trailheads and turns that can lead you to color wonderlands.

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Rain also can be a friend to those chasing fall color. It can extend a good day of shooting as clouds diffuse the light and colors become more deeply saturated.

If it happens to be post-peak for fall color, don’t be discouraged. Pockets of color tend to be available for quite some time to the observant eye. Many of my own favorite photographs have been taken of leaves that have fallen into pools of water or on ferns and moss-covered boulders, or simply onto the ground.

So, you think the magazine you are holding in your hands right now is colorful? Wait until you get outdoors; the chase is on. Enjoy!

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coffee with a cop It’s no secret that I love this area, my adopted hometown of Herkimer and the surrounding villages. I am naturally interested in any efforts to improve our quality of life. Under that heading, I have been happy to attend Coffee and Conversation with a Cop at the Baptist Church on Washington Street in Herkimer.

Full disclosure: I had another motivation to go. I thought I might have a chance to ask a policeman all my stupid questions regarding the local police for the novel I am writing.

The event runs from 9 to 11am the last Saturday of the month.

Both times I have attended, I arrived close to nine and parked in the Green Street lot in front of the Municipal Building. The first session a couple of people wearing nametags hung out around the door greeting people. Just inside the door, a table was set up gathering contact information. They gave me a nametag, too. I got myself a cup of coffee and a donut and looked around for a cop who wasn’t busy.

People were still milling about, unsure of the event’s format.

Three police officers were sitting at tables, which were set up in a U shape. I waited till one was free, sat down opposite him and pulled out my notebook.

Patrolman Patrick Murphy works for the Mohawk Police Department, but I was sure his answers would also be germane to Herkimer PD. He was very informative. We had an excellent conversation not just about my novel questions. A few other people joined in as we talked about police work in general and Patrolman Murphy’s experiences in particular. I was glad other people joined in, because I didn’t want to hog the cop.

After a while, an older gentleman spoke up and asked that

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I think a more informal format, such as we were doing, had been originally envisioned. However, after a couple tries, the older gentleman prevailed and the discussion became general.

I learned that the idea for Coffee and Conversation with a Cop came from Dan Higgins, a snowbird and member of the church. He said communities were holding similar forums down south, so he approached Rev. Tenolian Bell with the idea. He would like to see these meetings happen once a month.

“The church needs to be a part of the village, not just Sunday mornings,” he said.

Janice Lester Bell, the first lady of the church, spoke of the corporal and spiritual ministries of the church. The main focus of the day was not a complaint session but a chance to raise concerns and a chance for citizens to ask, “What can we do?” Many concerns were raised. The officers answered questions, explained appropriate times to contact the police, and shared their own problems with staffing limitations. Several people had ideas on how to improve things, which I found encouraging. I liked the idea of monthly Coffee and Conversations, so was watching for the next session.

I was running a little later that Saturday, but I got there, signed in and put my name on a nametag. Mrs. Bell remembered me from last time. She was on her way out, having double-booked herself, but she took the time to greet me. I had mentioned my blog at the last session, so she also asked me to leave information on how to get to it. I said I would post a link on the church’s Facebook page.

No cops were present as I walked in. They were out on a call. Chairs were arranged around two separate tables rather than the U formation they had been in last time. People were sitting around one table having a discussion. I got some coffee and a cookie and chatted with

some people I remembered from last time.

When I saw a uniform come in the door I called, “There’s a cop!”

It was Officer Steve Elwood, who I had met at the Herkimer Police Department when I registered for the DARE 5K. He looked at the plate of donuts and said, “Is this a joke?”

I don’t know why it’s such a cliché of cops and donuts. A lot of people like donuts. I eat a few too many myself, and it shows. But I digress.

Officer Elwood asked me how I did on the run. We chatted a bit about that, then sat down at a table and others joined the conversation.

Another officer showed up, whose name I foolishly did not get, so we had a cop at each table with two separate conversations going on.

The atmosphere was very informal, which I enjoyed very much.

My table chatted about all kinds of things.

My novel came up, because I had been asking Officer Elwood questions for it the day I registered for the DARE run. I had a couple more questions by now, and we also talked about crime fiction and fiction in general. I’d better make sure I finish that novel, since I’ve mentioned it to so many people.

We asked about police work with many of the questions specific to Herkimer. I really enjoyed how it felt more like a conversation with regular people than a question and answer session. As we talked about problems in our community, it became a more serious discussion about economics and societal ills. We discussed how bringing more businesses in, particularly on Main Street, would help everything.

My big takeaway once again was what we as

My big takeaway was what we as individuals can do.

individuals can do. “If you see something, say something.” For example, there have been burglaries recently where the thieves just took stuff out of a house and drove away with it in broad daylight. Did the neighbors even notice? If so, why didn’t they make a phone call?

I said that it might be a problem on my street, because there are several rental properties. People are often moving in and out. Even as I said it, I realized my solution is actually what I try to do. When I’m out walking my dog, I speak to people. I can’t say I get to know all my neighbors, but I have a better shot at recognizing somebody who doesn’t belong.

Obviously any community needs more than just sitting around talking, drinking coffee and eating donuts (I ate a donut; I don’t think any of the cops did). But I like to think this is a step in the right direction. I hope that some of us try to do something to implement some of the ideas that were expressed. And I hope to see even more people at next month’s Conversation.

Coffee and Conversation with a Cop 4th Saturday of the month First Baptist Church, Cor. Washington & Green Sts, Herkimer Call (315) 866-4984 Cynthia M. Quackenbush, a.k.a. “Mohawk Valley Girl,” writes a daily blog about her everyday adventures in the Mohawk Valley. Follow her frugal fun at: mohawkvalleygirl.wordpress.com

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See Remington firearms and artifacts from the 1800s to today.

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By Denise A. Szarek

To say that October is my favorite month of the year is an understatement. It’s the month I enjoy being outdoors the most. It’s the month I married, on a glorious October day at the Farmers Museum in Cooperstown. Not only do the trees create a feast for the eyes, but the flavors of fall are a feast for the palate.

If you have never visited a fall farmers market you have no idea what you are missing. Wonderful fall veggies are available all over the Mohawk Valley, for example, winter squash, cabbage, celeriac, carrots, greens, turnips, rutabagas, cauliflower, beets, grapes, apples, and pears.

Just as the season’s veggies are transitioning, so are our cooking methods. We are leaving the grill and sauté pans in the cupboards in exchange for the stockpot, roasting pan, and braising pans. Check out the next page for two of my favorite Fall recipes.

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Spiced Warm Red Cabbage

covered on medium heat for 45-60 minutes, and then add the rest of the wine and the jam. Mix to combine and serve.

2 lbs. red cabbage 1 tsp. butter 1 T. sugar 1 medium red onion sliced, cut in half 2-3 tart apples, chopped 4 T. red wine vinegar 1 C. port wine 3-4 whole cloves 2-3 bay leaves 2 T. Blueberry or red current jam

Winter squash is one of my favorite veggies on the market this season.

To make these veggies last as long as possible, roast them in the oven.

Depending on the size, put as many as you can fit on a standard baking sheet. Wash the outside and dry. Rub with olive oil and pierce all over with a fork. Roast in the oven at 350 degrees until soft to the touch. Let cool, cut the skin, peel back skin, and scoop out seeds. Scoop flesh in a bowl, mash or puree, place one cup amounts in bags and freeze for use all winter long.

This is the historic recipe served at our wedding. It goes well with roasted turkey or pork.

Wash and cut the cabbage in fine strips. Brown the sugar in butter until light brown in color. Add onion and apple and sauté 5 minutes. Add cabbage and immediately add red wine vinegar (to retain red color).

Mix well to combine. Season with salt and add half of the port wine, bay leaves, and whole cloves. Steam

Winter Squash Custard

For this recipe you will want to use a creamy textured squash like butternut, blue Hubbard, or my favorite— buttercup.

2/3 C. Raw or brown sugar 1 C. pureed roasted squash 2 eggs, beaten ¼ tsp. salt ¼ tsp. ginger ¼ tsp. cinnamon ¼. tsp nutmeg 1 C. heavy cream Zest of one orange Butter the inside of six custard cups.

Place in a high sided baking dish. Mix all ingredients in order listed in a bowl until smooth. Pour equal amounts into the custard cups and pour hot water into the baking dish around the cups.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes until a knife comes out clean – if needed, bake another 10 minutes and test again. The tops will be dark, crusty, and caramel in color, while the insides will be soft and custardy.

Denise A. Szarek and her husband, Bernard, own Szarek’s Greenhouses in Clinton.

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl:

antiques in little falls I’m not one to go to the mall and wander around on a Sunday. However, I make an exception for antique malls. I recently had a fun time at Canal Place in Little Falls, where I went with a group of family and friends.

The two buildings we visited used to house factories in the 1800s, so we looked at antiques in an antique. First we went into the Stone Mill at 410 Canal Place which houses Stone Mill Antiques, The Mustard Seed, and Ole Sal’s Creamery. The Black Box Theatre and Stone Mill Inn are on the upper floors, but I have yet to visit those (although I certainly intend to). The Stone Mill was originally built in 1839 when it housed a textile mill. The mill created cloth for the Mexican American War and the Civil War. You can shop for more than just antiques. The Mustard

On the west side of the Little Falls Antique Center is a unique three story mural painted by the late local artist Stephen Pitt Nichols.

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Colorful awnings invite shoppers into the many vendors’ booths upstairs at the Shops at 25 West.

Natural light spills in from the many windows of the Little Falls Antique Center originally built as the Ligneous Paper Mill in 1855.

Freedom Farm Market Fall mums, pumpkins, gourds, rustic log planters, trees & shrubs.

Free garden design advice! Seasonal fresh produce, jellies, and salsas.

Gift shop featuring pottery, soaps, fairy garden items, candles, & more! Gift certificates available.

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Seed, one of the best-smelling shops I’ve ever been in, offers spice mixes and other foods. I’ve also purchased postcards there. I pointed out to Steven a couple of Little Falls t-shirts he might like to give me for my birthday. Just helping him plan ahead.

It’s always fun looking at items available. We recognized things we remember seeing at Grandma’s house or, yikes, our own house (am I really that old? Say it ain’t so!)

I especially enjoyed the vintage clothing from the ‘60s and ‘70s. People used to dress with a lot more style.

We stopped at Ole Sal’s Creamery for a beverage. I lounged on the cushy couch enjoying a Saranac Ginger Beer while Steven had coffee. I’d never had a Ginger Beer. I thought it would be the same thing as ginger ale, but it is a much more distinctive taste. I like it a lot.

Feeling refreshed, we walked across to the Little Falls Antique Center and Shops at 25 West, which features thousands upon thousands of antiques on the first floor.

I love the wood floors and spacious rooms. I also like to look out the large windows at the canal. Not many shopping malls can offer that kind of view. On the second floor are a variety of small businesses. We looked at more vintage clothing and antiques. My sister pointed out the alpaca yarn from Paca Gardens, suggesting I purchase some for my next knit or crochet project. I also admired some paintings by local artists.

We spent a long time browsing the many areas. My husband found a shot glass from the 1950s to add to his collection. On another successful visit, my brother-in-law purchased a lamp made from a clarinet for my sister and my nephew found a retro varsity jacket I would not mind wearing myself. Perhaps he’ll loan it to me sometime.

Aleena and Juli enjoy tea and coffee on the “comfy” sofas at Ole Sal’s Creamery while little baby Flynn looks on with interest.

The are many colorful local-themed t-shirts for sale at The Mustard Seed and Stone Mill Antiques.

Located at Canal Place in Little Falls Ole Sal’s Creamery

Open 7 days a week, 10am-9pm Facebook: Ole Sal

The Mustard Seed and Stone Mill Antiques

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Little Falls Antique Center and Shops at 25 West

A sign at Ole Sal’s Creamery makes it easy to understand the many specialty drinks.

Open 7 days a week, 10am-5pm www.littlefallsantiquecenter.com

Find your perfect pumpkin!

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Serving breakfast & lunch and featuring Utica Roasting Co. Coffee, Saranac sodas & Spano’s & Heidelberg breads, free wi-fi.

Offering Events & Classes!

Cafe open Mon-Fri: 8am-2pm Sat: 9-2 and evenings during events.

Visit the Shoppes at the Finish Line for quality furniture & carpeting at reasonable prices, plus...

Local & Unique Gifts New and Vintage Toys & Books Bruder trucks and Adora dolls Willow Tree collectibles and so much more!

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A full country breakfast is served Monday-Saturday.

Continental breakfast on Sunday.

THE AMAZING KRESKIN

Friday, October 17, 7:00 pm

America’s premier mentalist returns to the Capitol!

You’ve seen him on Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel, David Leeerman and on Fox News. Now see him live on stage! RESERVED SEATING. Adults $16, Seniors (62+) $15, Students (10 & above) $10.

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Film: HOLD THAT GHOST

Saturday, Oct. 18, 2:30 & 7:00 pm Abboo and Costello are two gas station aaendants that nd themselves in over their head when they inherit a haunted house! Preceded by comedy shorts with Laurel & Hardy and e ree Stooges!

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Films: THE MUMMY & THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

Saturday, October 25, 7:00 pm Sponsored by Voce & Iles, CPAs. Two classic lms from the Universal Studios horror movie franchise.

Also, live spook show on stage, featuring Dr. Rome, e Ghostmaster! GENEEL SEATING. Adults $6, Children (12 & Under) $2.

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Local arts

new calendar by artist Gary Price Utica artist Gary Price has just published his Classical Birthdays Calendar for 2015. In last October's issue Gary was our featured artist and we displayed his newer paintings as well as his older work—nationally recognized illustrations and cartoons. His new calender features pen and ink illustrations and celebrates a classical birthday each month as well as offering suggestions for musical listening.

Available at:

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Gift Gallery

310 Genesee Street, Utica, New York 13502 and online at: www.garysgreetings.com

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Photo taken at the Utica Public Library and used with permission.

MV history :

Battle of Oriskany from the Oneida County Historical Society

The defense of farms and villages in the Mohawk Valley brought nearly 800 Tryon County Militia and 62 Oneida Indians in answer to General Herkimer’s call from Fort Dayton (Village of Herkimer).

British forces under General Barry St. Leger had laid siege to Fort Stanwix (Rome, NY). St. Leger’s forces included 400 British Regular troops; 1,000 Mohawk and Seneca Indians, John Butler’s Indian Department force; Sir John Johnson’s Royal Regiment of New York, 400 men, plus a detachment of 100 Hessian mercenaries.

Molly Brant, the sister of Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant, sent scouts to warn St. Leger of the Tryon county Militia’s march as they left Fort Dayton, August 4, 1777.

An ambush site was picked by the British and Indians, four miles east of Fort Stanwix. Here an earlier severe windstorm had

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leveled a wide swath of virgin trees on either side of the military road leading to the Fort. The site gave excellent cover among the downed trees, and the road had to traverse a small creek that led northward to the Mohawk River. Fully a mile beyond the creek the Hessian detachment was positioned across the road on high ground to prevent passage beyond that point. All the Indians, Butler’s and Johnson’s forces took cover on both sides of the road for a distance of two to three miles.

The battle occurred shortly after the foreguard group of the Canajoharie District Militia, under Colonel Cox, came under heavy attack, at the head of the militia column, from Indian forces. Hessian troops appeared and fired their short Yager rifles, point blank, at the surprised militia.

General Herkimer, on horseback, went east on the Military Road to form other

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units of the militia into defensive positions.

Colonel Cox and most of the forward militia are killed or wounded in this early action. The supply wagons in the middle of the column are now under full attack, on both sides, by Indians and Tories dressed as Indians. Colonel Klock’s German Flatts and Colonel Bellinger’s Kingsland Militias now came under attack from the north and the south. Colonel Fischer’s Mohawk Militia and the Cherry Valley Militia retreated to the north along the small creek.

Shortly, General Herkimer is shot through the leg, killing his horse. Due to the length of the militia column, the fighting develops three battle areas where the militia attempt to form-up defenses, and fight in pairs.

The battle lasted over five hours, in total, interrupted by a heavy downpour of rain. When fighting resumed no quarter was asked or given in dozens of individ-

Photo taken on the day of the Battle of Oriskany’s Monument dedication, August, 1884. Colorized by Carl Saporito of the Oneida County Historical Society.

ual combats. Men strived to kill each other with knives, spears, clubs, rifles and tomahawks. The end came as both sides, too weary to continue, disengaged.

Over 450 of the ‘Tryon County Militia were killed, wounded or captured. Five Seneca Indian Chiefs were killed, and many of the hostile Indians left the area, fleeing north. The Hessian and Tory forces retreated to encampments around Fort Stanwix only to find that, while they were away, soldiers from the Fort had taken their supplies, ammunition, maps and records. A few days later, on news of General Benedict Arnold’s approach with a column of Colonial Regulars, General St. Leger gave up the siege and retreated in haste to Canada, leaving the western Mohawk valley secure.

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MV up close:

Little Falls Story & Photos By Sharry L. Whitney

Do you recognize this sculpture? Tell us where it is located and you could win an MVL mug from A&P Master Images!

We are often so busy and in a hurry that we miss the interesting architecture and art that surrounds us. Take the time to look around and you might be surprised at what you find.

Clue: Rockets or a Rooster?

What do you see?

The site of this “Celebration” is the “Place” to be.

Email your answer to: www.mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com or mail: MVL, 30 Kellogg St. Clinton, NY 13323 Deadline 10/15/14

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Answer to last month’s Up Close:

Many of you guessed the correct answer to September’s “MV Up Close: Ilion.” The sculpture of a face overlooks the entrance to the Ilion Free Public Library. The Romanesque-styled building was designed by the architect George P. Chappell of New York City and executed by the local builder Albert N. Russell. The library was formally opened on October 28th 1893.

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B&F Milk Center

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Fresh bagels and donuts every Sunday!

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FURNITURE a different kind of store

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Banquet Room

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MV farm families:

the joseph family of north star orchards

Now and then: Colorful mums and fall decorations spill out of the shop and greenhouses at North Star Orchards in Westmoreland. The busy store started as a small roadside stand in 1985. Pictured below is Elaine Joseph with her children in front of the newly expanded stand in 1987.

Story & Photos by Sharry L. Whitney

A good business plan is like the North Star—it keeps you on course and headed in the right direction. When George Joseph planted his first apple trees on his parents’ land in Clinton back in 1975 he didn’t have the name North Star yet, but he did have a plan. He wanted to be a farmer. While attending SUNY Oswego, he was employed at a local orchard and soon knew that was what he wanted to do. But farming was relatively foreign to him, having grown up in a family well-known in the building business.

George didn’t know much about apples back when he planted his first trees at—then named—Clinton Orchards. He admits, “The area was not really in an orchard belt.” He did

know it would takes at least four to five years before his young apple trees would begin to produce, so he headed off to Alaska where there was opportunity in the building business. Shortly after, his newlywed wife, Elaine, joined him. As their apple trees grew back home, their family grew in Alaska. First a son, then a daughter.

The couple returned to Clinton twice a year to tend their crop at Clinton Acres.

George recalls that on one of their visits, traveling by the old Merriman Farm on Route 233 in Westmoreland, he told his wife, “That’s the farm we’re going to buy one day.” They dreamed of raising their family on a farm. “We were sold on the lifestyle,” George says. “We

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knew it would be a good environment to raise kids.” A few years later the old dairy farm came up for sale. George made an offer and soon their small Clinton Orchards grew from five acres to more than 150. But since their new farmstead was located in Westmoreland the business needed a new name.

George and Elaine decided to name it for a Christmas tree farm near where they lived in Alaska, called North Star Farms. North Star Orchards was born.

They planted more apple trees, Christmas

Fall Open House

Featuring 60 Dealers displaying a diverse array of antiques and collectibles.

315-337-3509 Open Daily 10-5, Closed Tuesdays

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Holiday Open House! November 8th & 9th Route 233 Westmoreland, NY 1/4 mile North of NYS Thruway Exit 32 www.westmorelandantiquecenter.com

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Open House

Fri., October 10th 6-9pm Come join us!

(315) 337-3509

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An aerial photo of the store, greenhouses, orchards, and crop fields of North Star Orchards. trees and blueberries. While George and Elaine continued to work in Alaska, George’s friend Bernie Szarek helped tend the farm back home.

They set up their first farm stand—a small structure by the side of the road. “We didn’t even have a driveway for customers,” George says. “Customers parked along the roadside.

We laid building pallets over the ditch so customers could cross.” From the very beginning, North Star Orchards sold their own produce (apples, cider, and vegetables) and the produce of other area farmers. In 1990, when their youngest son Michael was 2, the family (now 4 children) returned home permanently to live in the old farmhouse on Merriman Road.

By then the roadside stand had been replaced by a small building. George knew, even back then, that they would someday add a bakery and a greenhouse, and that cheese would be a big part of their business as well. He points to a 30-year-old newspaper article written about him when his farm was still mostly just a business plan.

Today much of it has become a reality: 40 acres (and 20 varieties) of apples, 5 acres of blueberries, 15 acres of rotation crops like pumpkins, tomatoes, and squash, 15 acres of pasture land for beef, and nearly an acre of greenhouses. They have 8-10 thousand pounds of cheese on hand on any given day.

Their scratch bakery has just been expanded this fall and their retail space reconfigured for improved customer convenience. George’s plan for 2015 is to streamline their apple-packing area.

I asked him how he handles things that aren’t part of the plan, like the weather. He says, “I never worry about what I can’t control.”

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Now and then: The growing Joseph family from left: George Joseph with his grandson William; daughter Rebecca (Joseph) Ford; wife, Elaine Joseph; sons Michael and Jonathan Joseph with his daughter Julianna. (Inset) The Joseph family in 1991.

That’s not to say he hasn’t found himself picking apples in the dark at 11 at night when a dangerous freeze or storm is expected. “What are you going to do?” he asks. “You have to accept it and move on.”

Three of his four children now work full time at North Star Orchards. Besides all the things they do to keep the place running smoothly, they each have their own areas of

expertise. Jonathan has a marketing background and handles advertising. Rebecca manages staff and scheduling. Michael oversees the nursery products. George’s wife handles the bookkeeping, “on top of everything else,” George adds.

Because his kids are taking on more of the work, it allows George to spend more time where he prefers to be—“hands on” in the field.

He’s installed deer fencing to protect the crops.

He’s been developing his Concord grapes and plans on trellising apples for higher yield, and he’s expanding their U-pick business. He sees a big future in agritourism and the farm experience as entertainment. Currently, North Star Orchards hosts 500-600 school kids a week during the season.

It’s all part of his plan.

But some things he didn’t foresee. “I never thought I’d see grocery carts in the parking lot... or have an employee I didn’t know by name.”

North Star Orchards now employs just under 50 workers.

Another thing that wasn’t part of the plan was having his third grandchild due in the middle of holiday basket season. His next grandson is expected this December by his daughter, the head basket maker.

“What are you going to do?” he says with a smile.

Clockwise from top left: North Star Orchards grows 20 varieties of apples. A wagon takes customers to the orchards for apple picking. Employee Dave Keir tends to the thirsty mums. Young Jonathan and Rebecca Joseph pick apples in 1987.

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Lou “The Herkimer Hurricane” Ambers (1913-1995)

by Sue Perkins

Boxer Lou “The Herkimer Hurricane” Ambers was born Luigi D’Ambrosio (1913-1995), the son of Antonio (1870-1934) and Louisa (1880-1965) D’Ambrosio. He was one of 10 children and grew up on the south side of Herkimer.

Lou learned to box in the basement of St. Anthony’s Church in Herkimer. Lou had developed a long-lasting relationship with Father Gustave Purificato. Father Purificato would go to all of Luigi’s fights, even after he eventually turned pro and became famous as Lou Ambers.

On October 5, 1939, Lou married a Herkimer girl named Margaret Mary Celio (1916-2009); she was the daughter of Peter (ca. 1886-?) and Jennie (ca.

1887-?) Celio. Lou and Mary Margaret had three children: Regina Ann, Anthony, and Louis.

While doing research for this article, I found the following from the The Gazette & Farmer’s Journal, Baldwinsville, NY dated Tuesday, October 12, 1939: “When Miss Tuger, principal of the Margaret E. Tuger School in Herkimer for the past 48 years, died

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at 7:15 o’clock last Thursday morning in Herkimer Memorial hospital, less than two hours before the marriage of Lou Ambers, lightweight boxing champion of the world and one of “her boys,” to Miss Margaret Celio, it canceled part of the wedding plans. The wedding party was scheduled to visit Miss Tuger at the hospital after the ceremony—a tribute symbolizing the affection the entire community felt for Miss Tuger.”

Lou had spent enough time in Miss Tuger’s principal’s office for her to know him as well as anyone. Lou ended up going to reform school for three years.

According to the booklet Lou Ambers, the Herkimer Hurricane—August Second through the Eight, Nineteen Seventy-One, Lou was discovered by Joe Sanganetti while in the middle of a fight on Main Street. Sanganetti, who trained and handled amateur boxers and club fighters, grabbed Lou out of the melee and told him if he wanted to fight there was a better time and place.

Lou started out as an amateur boxer in the Herkimer and Utica area. He became the major attraction all over northern New York. He got his first break as a star attraction at Madison Square Garden in 1935 against Harry Dublinsky, Photograph taken at the wedding of Margaret Mary Celio and Lou Ambers on October 5, 1939. In the front from left to right are the flower girls Charlotte Chrico and Janet Gallo, with Lou Ambers with his hands on the girls’ shoulders. Back row: Margaret Mary Celio, Anna D’Ambrosio, and Angie Celio.

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Photograph of Lou Ambers receiving a big fanfare of a welcome when he returned home to Herkimer after winning his boxing championships. He was the only lightweight in boxing history to recapture the title from the man to whom he lost it, defeating Henry Armstrong in 1929 after losing the title to him the year before. Amber is seen here in the center of a Herkimer crowed in front of the Snell Lumber Company Office. (Courtesy of Deborah Luppino)

who decisioned in ten rounds. Lou went on to hold the title of Lightweight Champion of the World from September 1936 until July 1938, and August 1939 to May 1940.

According to news reports of a fateful bout: “It is Feb. 28, 1941. The place is Madison Square Garden. A crowd of 15,402 fans are on their feet after the seventh round cheering a boxer who has just been beaten, and who has just fought his last fight. The winner leaves the ring without even putting on his robe, refusing

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to say anything in to the broadcast microphones at ringside, the boos of the crowd stinging his ears. The loser assisted to his corner hears the crowd skate the Garden’s girders in a grand ovation. Though he wore no crown, he had gone out like the champion he was….” The winner was Lightweight Champion Lew Jenkins.

On August 2-8, 1971, it was Lou Ambers Tribute Week in Herkimer. Ambers returned to Herkimer form his home in Phoenix, AZ, for the event that took place in his honor. There was a parade, banquet,

and a boxing exhibition was staged. Lou Ambers Drive and Lou Ambers Athletic Field were named in his honor.

In 1992, Lou was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY. To learn more about Lou Ambers and his career, stop by the Herkimer County Historical Society.

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On the farm with Suzie:

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Suzie’s mother fills glasses of milk for 18 cousins at Thanksgiving. Suzie is just to the right of the milk jug in the photograph.

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Memories of my grandmother and her home are of an almost-constant state of gardening, baking, cooking, canning, freezing, and pickling. To be at Grandma’s house was to eat...everything homemade, much of it either picked from her backyard or from a neighbor’s. This time of year, when gardens have reached their peak and winter is just around the corner, Grandma’s basement would be in its full glory—shelves and freezers stocked to capacity with the goodness of a bountiful summer.

My grandmother was a child of the Great Depression. Having grown up during

a time of incredible scarcity, she learned to save for a rainy day: “Waste not, want not.”

She seemed to value every vegetable from the garden, every egg in the basket, and every drop of milk in the carton. She would even swipe her finger along the inside of the emptied egg shell to make sure she got every last drop. Wasting food was unheard of and you finished everything on your plate, whether you were full or not. This mindset is often referred to as a “psychology of scarcity,” where one’s entire outlook on life is based on having and living on next to nothing.

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Contrast my grandmother’s childhood to that of the generations that have followed. After World War II and the unprecedented prosperity that has followed, we have all grown up during a time of great abundance. There has been truly no need to save your seeds for next year’s garden, can your tomatoes for winter sauces or make soup with the bones from last night’s meal. We no longer save coffee grounds for a second pot of coffee or use our tea bags until they no longer “color the water”.

Food is cheap and abundant and as easy as a trip to the grocery store or drive-thru window.

The “psychology of abundance” makes us feel that we have everything we need, in unlimited quantities. How does this mindset affect us as individuals and as a nation?

It certainly does little to encourage frugality.

According to the USDA, we waste more than 360 million tons of food per day in the US, just under 40% of the foods produced. When we believe that we have an unlimited supply of something—in this case, food—we do not value it and are more prone to waste it. We consume far too many empty calories, as evidenced by our waistlines (mine included!) and are developing diet-related illnesses such as diabetes and arteriosclerosis at break-neck speed. I’m embarrassed to admit (although I suspect many are guilty of the same) that when we have a family-sized carton of Oreos in the house or I caved and purchased the buy-2-get-1-free Doritos deal, we practically inhale the stuff. They are not savored or cherished or squirreled away for a special day; they are consumed without thought and without hesitation.

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“When we believe we have an unlimited supply of food, we do not value it.”

consumers, we have happily responded by buying our cereals and chips in bulk and super-sizing our soft drinks and fries. We expect food to be cheap.

Imagine, then, how difficult it is for me to convince shoppers at the farmer’s market that they should buy our chicken at $4.50 per pound, when they can get chicken at the grocery store for as little as $0.69 per pound.

The lady next to me is selling beautiful heirloom tomatoes at easily three times the price of those in the grocery store. Customers that have eaten our chicken and our neighbor’s tomatoes will attest that there is no comparison—that the flavor, freshness and quality are worth every penny. For the vast majority of consumers, however, the argument that small-scale, lovingly grown local foods are better and are worth paying more for is a difficult one to make. We’ve all been trained to expect food to be cheap and by extension, to not value it or the farmers that raised it…a sad thought, indeed.

In all fairness, I should be careful not to over-romanticize my grandmother’s kitchen.

While hulling strawberries with my mom not too long ago, she had a flashback—a vivid memory of her mother (my grandmother) standing over her when she was a little girl hulling strawberries with a small paring knife. She could distinctly remember my grandmother scolding her severely for cutting too much of the strawberry away.

The red part was not to be wasted! Yes, we should value our food and the farmers that helped put it there. More importantly, we should seek to nurture a love of good food— and understand the true costs when we value quantity over quality.

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October: the Busiest Month in the Garden

By Denise A. Szarek

Gardening in October is entirely dependent on the weather. If there’s an Indian summer, there is no better time of the year to be out in your garden. The work you do in the fall will make spring planting much more successful.

Start by getting your soil tested and amend with a dressing of compost, if needed. Turn your compost pile and start a new one using all that fall gold: garden debris and leaves.

Now is the time to plant trees, shrubs, and flowering spring bulbs, and transplant perennials. Be sure to keep them watered, even through the winter (snow permitting). Make sure all vacationing houseplants are brought back inside.

Continue to plant garlic. “Garlic should be planted by Columbus Day,” as all the old wives say. Plant some cool season annuals for pops of color. Cover mums and asters on nights when a frost is predicted. Clear away any dead foliage.

Dry and save seeds. Take cuttings from tender perennials to start new plants indoors.

Bring tender herbs inside, such as rosemary, tarragon, and oregano to winter over and give you some lovely flavor during winter. Harvest and dry or freeze herbs for winter use.

Remove green tomatoes from the plants.

Either ripen by wrapping in newspaper and placing in dark place to ripen. My dad used

to carefully wrap each tomato in newspaper and place them in a Styrofoam cooler – we had tomatoes most of the winter to eat. Some on the bottom wouldn’t make it, but we certainly enjoyed the ones that did. You can also lift the entire plant and hang upside down in a warm spot to ripen.

Harvest your winter squash once the vines have died back, but definitely before a hard frost. If you planted a late crop in July and August, enjoy harvesting these fall crops, such as beets, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, and leeks. Covering them with a row cover will help you enjoy these crops well after the first snow, and a frost can help them taste so much sweeter.

Clean and put away empty garden containers and garden ornaments. Clean and sharpen garden tools. Clean bird feeders. Phew!

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most Mondays and Tuesdays they’re making cheese, Wednesdays they typically bottle milk, and Thursday is yogurt day. From the Vernon Center Village Green head south on Route 26 and travel about 1.5 miles to Skinner Rd., turn left and travel 1.8 miles. Stoltzfus Dairy is on your right.

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Notes from

the road

by Sharry L. Whitney

Autumn Antiquing: Part 1 Nothing beckons an afternoon drive like the color of changing leaves in autumn.

Add some bargain hunting at some of the many antique shops in our area and you have all the makings of an autumn antiquing adventure!

Vernon to Bouckville

Hinman Farms 6260 State Route 5, Vernon After checking out the shops on Route 5 take Route 26 south and circle around the historic village green in Vernon Center. The green was laid out in 1798.

This historic district includes the gazebo from the early 1900s and the two historic churches overlooking the green.

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Continue on Route 26 south...

A nice side trip (especially if it’s MonThurs) is Stoltzfus Family Dairy. On

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SOLSVILLE Continue on Route 46 South about 5 miles and bear slightly right onto Solsville Augusta Road and continue just under 5 miles to downtown Solsville. Enjoy lunch in an antique at the historic Hotel Solsville. Once covered with hops vines and surrounded by hops fields, the actual year the hotel was built is a mystery since the Loomis Gang burned the court house that held the records. This Irish pub and restaurant is a popular gathering place serving lunch and dinner 7 days a week with live music often on the weekends.

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Traditional Lebanese fare for breakfast & lunch!

Unique vintage items, consignment, clothing, furniture, décor & accessories Daina: (315) 272-7700 Danielle: (315) 941-0965

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Vernon Variety Shoppes Multi-vendor representing a unique mix of antiques, collectibles, jewelry, glassware, dolls, books, coins, and more.

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Stoltzfus Family Dairy Store open Mon–Thurs: 9am-5pm, Fri: 9am-6pm, Sat: 9am-1pm 6300 Skinner Road, Vernon Center (315) 829-4089 www.stoltzfusdairy.com

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After lunch continue south on Solsville Augusta Road a mile to Route 20 and turn right.

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Quack’s Village Inn Enjoy breakfast, lunch, or dinner surrounded by antiques, including a 150-year-old canoe hanging over the fire place, antique paintings, antiques, and new and old duck decoys.

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BOUCKVILLE Bouckville is a destination for antique lovers any time of year. In the summer it is home to the largest antique event in New York State and one of the largest outdoor events in the country. Every August over 2,000 dealers and vendors set up for Antique Week attracting thousands of antique shoppers to the area.

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The Music never stops:

Steve Falvo’s easy money big band

By John Keller

Many years ago, big bands were all the rage. Glenn Miller, Count Basie, The Dorsey Brothers, Chick Webb, and many others toured and recorded with a troupe of a dozen or more performers, playing across the country with several stops in the Utica/Rome area over their time period. That was then.

Today, we have The Easy Money Big Band. They are an 18-piece orchestra that brings the music and feeling of big sound instrumentation to the local stages. For the past few years, they have performed many large and small events in and around Central New York. Their sound is clear, bold, full, nostalgic, and authentic. You may remember the drummer Steve Falvo from the Beatles tribute band, Abbey Road, where he held “Ringo’s seat and beat” for many years. He now provides the backbeat for this extraordinary endeavor.

I had a chance to speak with Steve on this most recent musical venture, and the music he loves.

Steve, are you origi-

nally from the Utica/Rome area?

Yes, I’ve lived in the Utica area my entire life.

Did you have any formal drum instruction?

As a youth, I took lessons from Joe Wormworth. And I was part of a drum and bugle corps, which I didn’t like. A good neighbor, Maurice Putrello (Sail & Target), taught me how to read music.

What other bands have you been in?

As many may know, I was in Abbey Road, a Beatles tribute band. I also have performed in Taboo (out of Syracuse), Breezin’, and the Dominoes. All the bands were local.

Tell us about Abbey Road. How long were you together? What made it fun for so long?

Fifteen years! It was a beautiful thing. I worked with some of the best Beatle “nuts” around. The band played the NY State Fair for eight years running. We also played Hershey Park and two Beatles Fests at the Meadowlands, where we met many people who had worked with the Beatles directly. We were runners-up in a Battle of the Bands, with 40 bands participating. Another year, we won the Battle of the Bands, but were disqualified for playing too many tunes.

We opened for the 5th Dimension, Gary Puckett, Joey D and the Starlighters, Billy Crystal, the Shirelles, The Platters, Frankie Valli, the Drifters, and others.

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Why did Abbey Road end?

One of the singers developed problems with higher vocals, making it difficult to continue.

So, what made you decide to change musical directions and form a big band?

Being nuts! I loved big bands because of all the great musicians involved. There’s nothing like the big band sound. In my opinion, for great music, it’s the Beatles and big bands.

Who are the members of The Easy Money Big Band?

The members of Easy Money are: Dan Jones – alto, Lenore Gabriel – alto, Joe Fiore – lead tenor, Paul Granato – tenor, Lynda Dudgeon – baritone, James Traglia – trumpet, Charles Coville – trumpet, Oscar Stivala – trumpet, Scott Bonney – trumpet, Mike Heines – trombone, Al Huntley – trombone, John Deater – trombone, Bill Tolpa – piano, Chuck Mishalanie – guitar, Jeremy Ukena – bass, Jill Smith – vocals, Nick LaBombarda – vocals, with me on drums, of course. Along with all the other band members, I believe our sax section is second to none.

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How did you meet and get together?

The band came together when Monk Rowe gave me a list of musicians. Then changes occurred over time.

With such a large catalog of great bandleaders to choose from (Miller, Goodman, The Dorseys, etc.), how do you select music to do?

Mike Heines, who acts as our musical director, makes rehearsal and set lists for our gigs. We’re always getting suggestions from our band members about something to try.

Do you perform any modern (post-1950s) music? Originals?

Yes, we do. We have music originated by Sinatra during the Vegas years, other members of The Rat Pack, Michael Bublé, etc. Even Queen Latifah. We also perform some original compositions by Monk Rowe and “Doctah” Mike Woods.

With so many members in the band, how are rehearsals structured?

We rehearse at my house on a monthly basis. Charts are sent out beforehand, so individual musicians can work on them before we put them together at a full band practice. We do a lot of coordination by email. Rehearsal time

is valuable, so we try to use the time we get as efficiently as possible.

What changes do you foresee for the band?

We always are trying to play better venues like casinos and Hershey Park. We would very much like to perform at the NY State Fairgrounds next summer. Our goal is to feature individual band members more in the tunes we play. But no matter what, we’re going to continue playing music that has class and dignity.

How many shows does the band perform per year?

We do around 30 to 35 gigs, on average.

Where can we catch the next performance of The Easy Money Big Band?

We’ll be at The Stanley Theatre Saturday, October 25th. We will be playing all the classics, and there will be dancing onstage.

Having been in local rock, pop and jazz bands over the years, what’s your take on the current music scene?

Unfortunately, I think it’s slow in the area.

Bands and musicians are struggling to find work. There used to be more places to play.

Utica used to be booming. It’s slowly coming around. It seems that in lots of places, the mu-

sic takes a back seat. It’s sad that musicians are the ones that suffer.

What changes, in your opinion, would you make?

Having more family-friendly venues and shows would help. Bring back Utica Monday Nites and the State Office Building concerts.

I’m all for that. Finally, do you have any advice for future performers?

Keep playing a better quality of music.

People have to get tired of DJs eventually. Listen to all kinds of music. It will benefit you to be more diverse. And learn to read music.

Good advice. Thank you, Steve, for taking the time to talk to us.

You can find more about The Easy Money Big Band on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/EasyMoneyBigBand Local musician, John Keller, is the owner of Off Center Records in downtown Utica, NY.

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The unhatched egg remained part of the family

Astrid and Ares flying over Utica – by D.J. Cesari

The Continuing Story of Utica’s resident Peregrine Falcons

by Matt Perry

For those interested in nature, in birds or specifically in raptors, the first successful breeding of Peregrine Falcons in Oneida County was a big deal. After the particular race of Peregrine Falcons inhabiting the Northeastern US went extinct in the 1960s, many thought this day would never come. But thanks to the banning of the pesticide DDT and the innovative reintroduction efforts of conservation groups like the Peregrine Fund, the species has returned to our skies. They are now expanding into areas where they never bred before, including places like Utica, New York.

As relayed in part one of this story (published in the June 2014 issue of Mohawk Valley Living Magazine), Utica’s original pair of Peregrines, named Maya and Tor, had twice before laid eggs at a downtown site, but those eggs never hatched. Consequently, local falcon watchers had no experience with a nest that actually produced young. So on May 18th of this year, when Astrid and Ares’ eggs began to hatch, we knew that we were in for something altogether new. Moreover, their nest-box on the Adirondack Bank Building was completely untried. There were some vocal skeptics who predicted it would never work, since the box placement was not ideal. Normally, falcon nest-boxes 52

are sited well away from busy offices and active rooftops. The truth is, in Utica, we simply had no good choices for a box placement. No such remote site at the proper elevation and that met all of the other recommended criteria existed or was available to us, and so we were forced to make some compromises.

Peregrine Falcons, like some other raptor species, are highly protective of their nest sites.

If they become upset by human activity, it’s possible that a breeding pair could be drawn off of their nest at a critical time, resulting in an interruption in incubation of the eggs. Fortunately, this didn’t happen. A lot of the credit for the birds’ success lies with the conscientious attention of workers on the 15th floor of the Adirondack Bank, and most of all to Deb Saltis, who took it upon herself to make sure that the birds were not disturbed during the most crucial stages of their nesting. Minus her diligent enforcement of the do-not-disturb rule, it’s possible that the falcon eggs may never have hatched.

Deb went on to become the most indispensable member of the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project.

Three of this year’s four falcon eggs each hatched approximately 2 days apart, beginning on May 18th. Then, along with the falcon parents, we waited many days for the 4th

Early on Indi’s large legs and feet indicated she was female

and final egg to hatch. Unfortunately, it never did hatch and was ultimately deemed infertile.

Interestingly, the egg stayed visible in the nest and remained part of the family long after it was obvious it was never going to hatch. In fact, for more than a week after the 3rd chick hatched, both Astrid and Ares continued to care for the egg as if it was still viable, keeping it warm or cold as needed and moving it around the nest box with the hatchlings. It was so much a part of the daily nest activity that one falcon-cam watcher described its relationship to the hatchlings as “their brother the egg.” As it turned out, the egg was a very useful tool for us to gauge just how fast the chicks were growing. After only one week’s time, seeing one of the youngsters appearing 3 times the size of the egg was astounding.

The first plumage of the nestlings was snow white and comprised of fluffy down feathers. After about a week, those round balls of fluff took on a rather homely look that perhaps only a parent could love. At that stage, they reminded me of Dodo Birds or perhaps even stop-action animated dinosaurs from old monster movies. This illusion was enhanced by the sometimes stuttering quality of the video feed. I could almost imagine an animated 51

stegosaurus wandering into camera view and battling with them. Adding to the nestlings’ ungainly appearance were their strange pendulous throat pouches called crops. The crop is used to store food and for the most part is unnoticeable in an adult bird, but in these nestlings it was extremely obvious.

The nestlings’ distinct characters began to emerge after only a week. Independence (Indi) was the first to hatch. By virtue of her size, she was bound to be the dominant chick and the one that commanded the most attention from the parents. Indi is a female and since female raptors are larger than males, she will never lose her size advantage. Of course with greater size comes the ability to intimidate. At three weeks old she occasionally snatched the entire piece of food that Ares (Dad) brought back to the nest.

She brought her prize over to a corner of the box and ate it herself. No one ever argued with her or tried to claim a share. As young as they were, her siblings knew when they were outclassed.

Probably the best trait used to distinguish male and female Peregrine Falcons is the size and thickness of their legs and feet. In the case of Indi, her legs were disproportionately large when compared to those of her nest mates.

There is one great picture from the nest camera that best illustrates this. In it, Indi and Leda

(the 2nd nestling to hatch) have latched onto the same piece of food. Indi’s legs look like tree trunks when compared to Leda’s. The fact that female Peregrines are able to tackle larger prey than their male counterparts is understandable given that difference in foot size. Peculiar to Indi was the very pale color of her legs and feet.

Typically, they appear bright yellow. This was certainly the case with all other members of her family. Pale coloration of this kind can sometimes indicate malnutrition, but since Indi was indisputably the best fed of the brood, that was an unlikely cause. When fledging time came, Indi was by far the most cautious and unadventurous of the 3. To some degree, this was due to her size and the fact that female birds take more time to mature physically. Still, for as long as possible she avoided the outside edge of the box and wouldn’t even think about venturing out on the box’s extended perch. While her 2 brothers had no anxiety about testing their wings when standing precariously on the ledge or out on a perch, Indi did all of her early wing-flapping inside the safety of the nest-box. There would plenty of time to be adventurous later on.

Leda was the 2nd chick to hatch. Back when we had chosen his name we thought he was a female. It wasn’t until he was close to fledging and approximately full grown that we decided he must be a large male and not a small

Feeding time for the month-old nestlings female. Leda was obviously smaller than Indi, but so was Astrid (Mom) for that matter! At any rate, whatever the gender, Leda is a real spitfire and a bird not easily ignored. As a hatchling, he managed to vie for food successfully with his nest mates and never seemed to want for anything. His antics as a fledgling became legendary to the falcon watchers.

Tres was the 3rd and last Peregrine chick to hatch. I recall that in those early days he was the cause of some concern. Many viewers of the website’s nest-cam thought he was not getting enough food. A few people became so disturbed by this that they stopped watching the camera feed altogether. I too witnessed this behavior.

Astrid would be gently tearing off bits of prey feeding Indi and Leda, but not making any

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A Pigeon is brought back to the nestlings effort to give some to Tres. It’s expected that later hatchlings would be less catered to than their more developed siblings. In a real sense, the younger chicks exist as insurance policies for the pair’s breeding success. If there is little food coming back to the nest, then the weaker chicks, (usually the last ones to hatch) may not survive, but the stronger ones will receive the lion’s share of food and stand a better chance of surviving. With this nest, there was plenty of prey coming in and although Tres wasn’t getting an even share he was getting something, which was evidently enough.

Watching the diversity of prey brought to the nest was amazing. We expected that urban dwelling Peregrines would concentrate chiefly

on procuring pigeons and starlings, which was after all mainly what Maya and Tor fed on when they were nesting. We have yet to do a comprehensive analysis of the species taken, but probably less than 10% of the prey fed to the nestlings was pigeons, while starlings comprised a more substantial 40% or so. The balance consisted of a wide assortment of mostly songbirds, many of which wouldn’t normally be found in the city especially during late spring or early summer.

Obviously the Peregrines were hunting an extended area and they were most likely relying on forays to the Mohawk River corridor. This would explain the numbers of flycatchers and cuckoos that kept ending up on their dining table. At least 5 cuckoos (representing two different species) were seen brought back to the nest-box. This was remarkable ,since during 2014, both the Black-billed Cuckoo and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo were rarely reported by the region’s birders. Perhaps the falcons got them all!

After conferring with the experienced falcon watchers in Rochester, members of the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project went about setting up their own version of a Fledge Watch. The goal of the Watch was to observe the Peregrines for a few weeks during their most vulnerable time, when the young started making their first flights. Our objective was to assist the birds if

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Our volunteers were armed with a pamphlet on how to conduct an emergency rescue of a raptor, a box to put an injured bird into, and a pair of heavy gloves. All watchers were cautioned never to put themselves in danger when trying to rescue a bird, but to do only what was reasonably possible while being mindful of traffic and other hazards.

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We started our Fledge Watch on June 25th.

At the time we thought the first nestling might not leave the nest for days or perhaps even as long as a week. But on that very same day, Tres became quite adventurous. He hopped out of the nest-box onto an adjacent window ledge. In order to do this he had to make a rather tricky maneuver. On the 15th floor of the bank building the window ledges are separated by stone pillars. On the outside of the pillars there is only a very narrow lip, so a bird traveling from one ledge to the other must perform a kind of do-si-do with the pillar. Needless to say, it was difficult for us to watch from the ground, but after Tres had done it a few times he seemed to get the hang of it. The very next day, on the morning of June 26th, Tres (the last falcon to hatch) became the first one to fledge! The historic flight of the first Peregrine Falcon reared in Utica was relatively strong and sure. The area of Downtown between the State Office building and the Adirondack Bank was referred to as “the canyon” by the Fledge Watch volunteers and it was this expanse of a few blocks that his

flight traversed. It ended with him landing on a low window ledge on the State Office Building.

When I arrived on the scene I could see Tres quite well. There he was on a fairly low ledge looking a bit forlorn. It was as if he was asking, “So what do I do now?”. Astrid was keeping tabs on him and wasn’t at all pleased about his proximity to pedestrian traffic. She showed her displeasure by repeatedly swooping over the area and giving a piercing cry. Fledging time is a difficult one for the parents. Their young essentially go from being all together in a relatively safe and defendable place, to being spread out over several blocks of urban landscape.

Later that same day, Leda, perhaps feeling emboldened by his brother’s flight, was becoming more adventurous. He confidently walked out onto the window ledge on the east side of the box. He then quickly figured out Tres’ patented method of getting around the window pillars and continued to travel half-way along the south face of the bank building. There he found a remote window ledge where he proceeded to spend the night. The next day, we became concerned about Tres. He made a few more flights and some very sketchy landings. At one point he tried landing on the spire of Grace Church, but missed the ledge he was aiming for and ended up clinging onto the building’s stone facade.

The claws (talons) of a Peregrine make good grappling hooks, which enable the birds to cling

Tres is the first Peregrine Falcon ever to fledge in Utica onto rock faces as long as there is the smallest crevice, like those found in a building’s masonry.

By early evening, Tres had made a few more miscalculations and to everyone’s dismay he ended up on the ground. Wildlife Photographer, David Cesari, was the first to see him as he loped down the sidewalk on Genesee Street and turned the corner east onto Elizabeth Street. It was as if he was trying to walk home! He made a fateful decision to cross the road just as a car turned the corner. Dave gestured at the vehicle to stop, but the driver paid no attention to him or to the endangered species his car was about to run down. Tres spread his wings in a defensive posture right before the car passed over him. Miraculously he was missed by the car’s wheels!

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It worked! Tres flew over the traffic on Genesee Street and landed on top of a 2 story building.

He stayed there for over an hour, but soon was in trouble again. He flew low across the main road and attempted to land on the side of Grace Church, but tumbled down to the ground next to the building. There, he found himself in a small yard surrounded by a 4 foot tall wrought iron fence. In another apparent attempt to walk back to the nest building, Tres hopped through the fence and entered the road again. At this point,

the folks from the Fledge Watch had converged on the scene and made the decision to intervene.

Tres was captured with little trouble, put into a pet carrier and brought to Kindred Kingdom Wildlife Center in Pennellville, which is run by Wildlife Rehabilitators, Jean and Leonard Soprano. Indeed, this was not a promising beginning for the first Peregrine fledgling in Utica, but at least the bird was alive and was in line to receive the best possible care.

The excitement resumed the next day on June 29th, when Leda took to the air. Of the 3 youngsters, Leda was the most prepared for flight. He had spent a lot of time strengthening his wing muscles by exercising them on the nest-box perch. Importantly, he had also practiced small “hop-flights” between the perch and the roof of the box. This gave him an opportunity to test out his landing gear. His efforts seemed to have paid off. Leda’s maiden flight took him around the steeple of Grace Church and to a relatively smooth landing on the Adirondack Bank’s roof. He took 2 more flights around the canyon during the next 2 hours and eventually settled on a high window ledge on the State Office Building. Indi seemed spurred on by her brother’s success. She went out on the extended perch and began flapping her wings like mad, but she didn’t leave. It wasn’t her time yet. The next day Leda was seen in flight sev-

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In the early afternoon on July 1st, Indi (the first Peregrine to hatch in Utica) finally fledged.

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Interestingly, her smaller siblings were never observed doing this. Meanwhile Leda’s flying skills were improving immeasurably. He was learning a lot from chasing after his parents and by employing evasive maneuvers when they in turn went after him.

The job of the Fledge Watch volunteers became more complicated as time went on and as the young birds increasingly ventured outside of the canyon. Walking after them and trying to keep track of which bird was where, got to be more and more of a challenge. There was certainly lots of running, walking and texting going on. I’m certain that to the uninitiated we looked like the strangest tourists ever to set foot in Utica, as we seemingly never got enough of Utica’s Downtown landmarks, peering at them with binoculars and through cameras sites. Sur-

look directly at the camera, and seems to ask, “What happened?”. It was pretty hysterical and it was par for the course for this male Peregrine.

Much later on, when one of the fledglings was hungry, they would sometimes compel their dad to feed them by displacing him from his perch. Leda was particularly skilled at this. He would zero-in on Ares, who would usually be minding his own business on one of his favorite ledges, and head directly for him at full speed while screaming. Seconds before getting struck, Ares would vacate his perch. This was Leda’s not too subtle way of getting Ares to go grocery shopping for him.

Ares just couldn’t get any respect! During incubation, Astrid would turn over egg duty to him just in time for the hottest part of the afternoon when conditions in the box were most uncomfortable. Poor Ares would be panting and holding out his wings in a valiant effort to keep the eggs shaded. Sometimes during nicer weather when Ares seemed content to stay put on the nest, Astrid would come in and give him a piercing stare. We termed this “the look” and Astrid used it whenever she wanted to oust Ares from his incubation shift. Sometimes “the look” typically took less than a minute to have the desired effect. At least for the first few days after the young hatched, Astrid barely allowed

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Indi had a habit of perching with her wings fully extended Ares to come near the nestlings. It took even longer before Astrid allowed him to conduct a feeding. More often she’d swipe the food away from him as soon as he arrived at the box, shoot him “the look”, and send him packing. “Poor Ares” soon became a common refrain of the falcon watchers. Eventually Astrid lightened up and allowed him to feed the nestlings, but before long the youngsters were disrespecting him as much as their mother had, albeit in different ways.

After fledging, when the young weren’t chasing each other around, they were testing their aerial skills on Ares – pursuing him and diving at him. Notably, they were rarely seen doing anything of the kind with Astrid. It seems that there are certain lines that they intuitively knew not to cross. Of course, at a certain point young falcons need to learn to hunt for themselves and they also need to leave their parents territory. Not surprisingly, some young falcons are not quick to step off of the gravy train. After all, it’s far easier to relieve your father of his prey than to go out and catch your own.

One week after he had been taken to the Rehabilitator, Tres was ready to come home.

With only a few wing feathers missing, he was deemed healthy and ready to rejoin his family.

During his time in captivity, the DEC put leg bands on him so in the future if he is ever cap-

tured as part of a live-catch survey project, or if he is viewed close enough in the wild, he could be recognized. Neither Jean nor Leonard Soprano was available to participate in the release, so members of the UPFP carried it out under Jean’s authority. We pretty much all agreed that releasing Tres on the roof of the Adirondack Bank was the best idea. Another option would be to release him through the trap door at the back of the falcon box. The latter plan wasn’t favored because we thought that a falcon suddenly appearing there might provoke an attack by the parents. With the roof release plan settled on, Deb Saltis, Debby Quayle and I brought the pet carrier containing Tres up to the top floor of the building, but we immediately met with a problem; the door to the roof simply wouldn’t open. Deb had the correct key, but no amount of jiggling the lock or pulling on the door made any difference. It was the 4th of July and so there was no maintenance person for us to call in. We would have to resort to plan “B” and release the falcon through the back of the nest-box. Fortunately, the box was located at Deb’s office window, so access wasn’t a problem. In a relatively short time we were able to make the door of the pet carrier containing Tres, flush with the door in the back of the nest-box. I opened the carrier and waited for Tres to make his move. In other raptor releases that I have taken part in, the captive bird is not often quick to avail itself of its freedom. Instead they’re more apt to remain in the carrier and spend time considering their next move. It wasn’t like that with Tres. After only a few minutes he hopped into the box and proceeded directly out onto the perch. His parents and siblings were all accounted for in the canyon. They must’ve seen what was happening, but not one of them made a move.

It was an excessively windy day. Strong, sustained winds had developed out of the west and made us wonder if this was in fact the best day to conduct the release. But by that point we were committed. Far from being hampered by the wind, Tres made use of it. He tested his wings by spreading them out and letting them fill with air. He let go of the perch and was able

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This experiment wasn’t over yet. We were all filled with anticipation about how Tres would be received by his family. If he had been perceived as an intruder they would’ve driven him off or even worse, injured him. But they didn’t do anything of the kind. Holding to their perches, they merely watched the scene unfold.

Then without warning, Ares made a move. He sailed over to the County building and made several low passes over his smallest son. Next, Astrid flew across the canyon and used the persistent wind to hover directly over Tres. In a moment, Ares was doing the same thing. At that point, the young raptor began to vocalize. It was a call that was familiar to all. Astrid landed on the corner of the building and Tres loped over to her in the normal awkward falcon gait. If it

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Tres’ x-rays showed no wing damage wasn’t obvious before, it was now. His parents remembered him and were accepting him back into the family. Astrid and Ares flew back to the State Office Building, tacking on the wind and describing an indirect path. Tres was quick to follow. In fact he confidently flew over to the north face of the State Office Building and made a picture perfect landing between his 2 siblings who were perched on adjacent window ledges. It honestly was like he had never been gone. We could only imagine him recounting his alien abduction story to them and showing off his new fancy bracelets.

All of the concerns expressed early on by nest-box viewers regarding Tres’s food intake were laid to rest by the X-rays taken while he was being treated. Besides his wings checking out fine, his legs were described to me as looking like “massive drumsticks”. That indicated that his nutrition had been more than adequate.

If this was the case with Tres, the smallest falcon and the one that obviously got less food, one could only imagine what Indi’s drumsticks looked like!

Though no one claims to have actually seen one of the youngsters make a kill, by late July there were some observations that suggested they may have. On more than one occasion one was seen executing a stoop, which is a steep and rapid dive that Peregrines use to strike their

flying prey. Through the second half of July, the family would be absent from downtown sometimes for days at a time. We conjectured that on these occasions they had traveled out to some favorite hunting ground where the young were able to practice their skills. By mid-August, the family started to break up, and just as Tres was the first to fledge, he also became the first to gain his independence from the family.

Likely he had the greatest incentive to become self-sufficient, since vying for food with his larger siblings was becoming increasingly difficult. Thanks to his leg bands, we may actually hear about him again someday. Perhaps in a few years, he will be working to raise his own young at a falcon box located somewhere else in the Northeast.

Again mirroring the order in which they fledged, Leda was the next to leave. Few of the falcon watchers doubted Leda’s ability to lead a successful life. He was arguably the cleverest one of the group and also seemed to be the most accomplished flier. As a relatively large male, he may do well competing for a mate and helping to hold a territory. As of early September, Indi still hadn’t left yet. Always the cautious one, we recognize that she was slow to commit to new things. Also, her great size probably limited her parents’ ability to coerce her to leave. It seemed like they may have tried to escort her away few times, but then a few days later she would be back at the home canyon, presumably waiting for supper. There is little doubt that she will decide to leave on her own at some juncture. She may feel an urge to migrate. Come next season or more likely the breeding season after that, she will likely find a mate and begin her own nest. Like her brother Leda, Indi’s size will probably give her an advantage in taking and holding a territory.

As I write this in September, preparations for next year’s nest have already begun. During the past 2 weeks, Astrid and Ares have been showing increasing interest in the nest-box. Of course there won’t be any eggs or young until next spring, but the pair will be actively defending it and using it as rendezvous place where

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We fully expect the pair to remain in the downtown area for the winter, but it’s possible that Ares may leave, possibly to usher his stubborn daughter south. We shall see. The Utica Peregrine Falcon Project will do its best to insure that our nest cameras are actively streaming video to web in time for next season’s brood.

Look for the Utica Peregrine Falcon website to start carrying the live feed again in March of 2015 and please consider joining our Fledge Watch next June!

Matt Perry is Conservation Director and resident naturalist at Spring Farm CARES in Clinton. He manages a 260 acre nature preserve which is open for tours by appointment. Matt is also regional editor of “The Kingbird”, which is a quarterly publication put out by the New York State Ornithological Association. Matt writes a weekly blog about the nature preserve, which can be found at: talesfromthewilds.blogspot.com

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In 1974, Tim and Peggy Spencer Behrendt set off on an adventure. They began a new life in the woods of Cold Brook, NY, without modern conveniences like electricity or indoor plumbing. Their goal was to experience a worthwhile existence while minimizing harm to the environment. These are excerpts and reflections from Peggy’s journal chronicling their adventures.

Chapter 1 I was born in early October when deepening frosts create an ecstasy of kaleidoscopic colors throughout the hills and vales of my world: tawny tamaracks, red, orange, and gold maples, rustic oaks, silvery beech, accented with white vertical trunks of birch and aspen.

I once raked leaves in piles to dive into so I could totally immerse myself in this rainbow wonder, but now I collect them to feed our garden with valuable humus.

These colors, thus, become part of us when we eat our own vegetables.

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birthday in my forest home.

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For the next 10 years after we moved to Shawangunk we were largely viewed as eccentric hippies playing a 20th century “Little Shack in the Swamp” version of “Little House on the Prairie;” in a cottage built of cast-off lumber, without electricity or running water, or telephone. Forty years later, we are now called Deep Ecol-

Birthday visit from Peg’s Mom and Dad, Betty and Roland Spencer ogists, still living in this same little cottage (delete comma) but now with a telephone, solar electricity, and a small bedroom addition. Our only running water still flows through Misty Brook and fetching this unpolluted water with a bucket is still a precious privilege, and daily sacrament.

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We got permission to post adjacent land, which we eventually bought. Since the posting was new, men who had hunted here before did not like it and did not accept it well. Some ignored it. Tim often had to confront them to explain the new policy and assert enforcement. Some accepted politely; many were outraged. We had a potentially dangerous situation.

There is a leash law in our area, and we took it seriously, knowing that well-fed dogs chasing wildlife struggling for food made life more difficult for them. When we heard dogs barking as they ran through the woods around us we went after them in a challenging and exhausting game of “hunting the hunters.”

We’d listen long enough to discern their direction and try to head them off, running through the woods, leaping like deer over dead trees, dodging the spears of dead twigs on trees that could impale our eyes, ears, and soft flesh and slogging through bogs, tripping over roots. Thus, we came to know this forest and its animal trails very well.

We learned where jade green sphagnum mosses grow eight inches deep or more, carpeting vast areas of forest wetlands with verdant softness. Three- to five-foottall cinnamon ferns (with fronds of spores like long cinnamon sticks) add grace and height to this secret forest garden. Scarlet partridge berries and red bunch berries

Peg’s childhood hut with little sister Barb and friend Doug Miller Tim on a football scholarship at Ohio University decorate the drier mosses and leaf mold. Delicious, white, wintergreen berries were an irresistible temptation for us to stop to graze a bit and savor that incredible flavor. This gave us moments of respite to look up and appreciate the grandeur of the great grandparent trees we love.

Like tight-rope walkers we bridged some swamps on fallen tree trunks, but were often stopped completely by im-

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One encounter was particularly intense. Tim, who never carried a weapon, approached some trucks with a dog we’d captured on a leash.

“What do you think you’re doing with my dog?” asked one of the hunters, who came breathlessly out of the woods.

Tim replied: “Do you know that there’s a leash law in the Adirondack park and.…

“Get your … hands off my dog!” he yelled.

“What are ya lookin’ for… a fight?” said another, who also came out of the woods.

“Yeah, I think he wants to fight,” said a third. Then three more hunters joined them and the six of them stood in a circle around Tim. “C’mon, which one of us do ya wanna fight first?”

Their rifles were swinging around in their hands, careless of occasionally pointing them towards Tim. “I don’t want a fight. I don’t want any trouble. You guys can’t hunt here anymore. It’s posted property.” Tim dropped the dogs leash rope and left.

“Yeah, you’re just a tree-hugging, bunny-kisser ain’t ya?” yelled one as he laughed.

Tim didn’t reply but steadily walked away from the men,

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who were still trying to incite a more ag- defend it no matter how painful and scary. gressive or defensive action from him. I am actually more ruthless than Tim, Fortunately, the confrontation did not es- pulling plants out of the garden by the calate and Tim returned home safely. hand-full, thinking, “You live. You die.

“They were like the guys I played Sorry, but we have to eat!” When he even against in college and semi-pro football,” cuts a tree, he apologizes and makes sure he said. “Yelling, acting mean, he leaves fertilizer to replace the and trying to intimidate us woody humus and nutrients into making mistakes.” taken to burn. “...because he’s we’ve I wondered what To become more lived longer he is self-sufficient, we realized was supposed to be wrong with hugging a we’d have to learn to willing to sacrifice that tree or kissing a bunny like the food that would his remaining and felt so grateful to grow well here. Cabbage have this strong and grew abundantly if I was years for bad gentle man to protect diligent about removing sauerkraut.” me and my home. cabbage worms, so we decided to try sauerkraut.

It made the beautiful “Swoosh!” Uniform slices of weeks of autumn very tense for many years until the new policy be- cabbage smoothly flowed from an ancame established among the surrounding tique cabbage slicer placed over the top communities. Now, the need for a con- of a 30-gallon crock. A sprinkle of sea salt frontation is extremely rare, but we are came after a layer of cabbage covered the still vigilant. It takes courage and strength bottom, and then more cabbage slices and of character to police one’s property, but salt until the crock was full. This was lots when you’ve sweated and sacrificed for easier and more fun than our cider-making it, you have a right and responsibility to experiment!

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We placed a lid on the cabbage with a weight to hold it firm and slowly and carefully lowered it into the root cellar. The fermentation could now begin.

A few weeks later it was unveiled. Under the lid was a disgusting looking, slimy layer of orange, moldy-looking goo.

“Yuck!” With my stomach in my throat, I gingerly scooped it off.

Underneath we found a more gastronomically friendly appearance. Was it – gulp – truly sauerkraut?

“Try it,” Tim suggested.

“You try it!” I replied.

“I’ll try it,” Tim answered. “I’m older.”

“Hmmmm,” I thought. “Does this mean that because he’s lived longer he is willing to sacrifice his remaining years for bad sauerkraut?”

“OK.” It made sense to me. (delete brackets) “Ummmm. Not bad,” he smacked his lips.

“Let me try! Yeah!!! Not bad at all!”

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In 1976 Tim was asked to speak at an anti-nuke rally at Hanna Park in Utica. It was full of people upset about the melt-down at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant.

He spoke calmly at first but became more passionate as he went on, finally yelling: “I’ll live in a cave before I’ll take nuclear power! Let’s march on the State Office Building and let them know how we feel!”

The crowd cheered and started chanting: “No nukes!

No nukes! No nukes!” as they surged toward the government buildings to protest. Meanwhile, I wondered if he was serious about living in a cave and having considerable doubts about whether I’d be willing to move there with him.

Protests like this sprouted up all over the country. It didn’t seem to reap many results at first but it eventually put a curb on plans for more expansion. It was also the beginning of increased public interest in research into new electricity-producing technologies, such as wind and solar.

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“We’ll just pedal during the TV show and rest during the advertisements. This way we don’t even need a batter.”

I can honestly tell you that this was almost the worst idea we’ve ever tried. It was totally exhausting! So Tim figured

out that he could charge an extra battery by hooking it up to our truck when we travelled. But lugging a 40-pound car battery around was really hard, so our TV viewing by candlelight had to be carefully chosen.

“Did you watch anything on TV today, Peg?” Tim asked after returning from work.

“Um, not really….um, just part of a program.” I lied.

“Good! I want to watch the news tonight and I know the battery is getting low.”

Eventually, we are able to buy a solar panel. Still, when we wanted to watch TV the most, during the short, dark days of November and December, the sunlight available is at its least.

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Local jam band stalwart Slug has recently returned from a cross-country tour. The tour included a psychedelic bus--and a duck!

Let me begin 14 years ago. Slug began in the vein of the Grateful Dead. I was part of that group, along with original members Bob Moore, Walt Gator Darman, and Steve Fletcher. Although the band has had many other members over the years, Steve has been in the group the longest. When this tour came about, three of us, alas, were unable to pull up roots and go. Chris Andreski, Bob, and I had to opt out. That left Steve, Chris Dunn, and Mike Finley. Mike also had to bow out at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances but is playing locally with the band. Then in came Irwin Winkler and Adam Morgan, on lead guitar and drums respectively.

The band garnered a following regionally through the years and by way of friends who moved to northern California, and a trip out there as well by the group’s manager, Kellie Fletcher. The national tour ball got rolling. One big need was transportation. After scouring the Internet for a bus, one was found in Maryland. Welcome, Mathilda, the psychedelic school bus!

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paint job was all done by Steve, who is also an award-winning artist. That’s a whole other story. Steve’s art and paintings are even better than his incredible songwriting skills.

The band hit the road in mid July and was out until mid August, playing shows in New York, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and California, including the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir’s Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA. The tour took them back into New York with an appearance at Yasgur’s Farm for the 45th Woodstock reunion show.

Besides the many scheduled shows, the band played a handful of pop-up shows at campgrounds and homes along the way. The cross-country jaunt was the experience of a lifetime. The trip was made possible by much hard work on the part of the band and Kellie, and also by the network of Deadheads known as the Grateful Dead Family, which is still alive and thriving in the U.S. Another big thing that got so much attention on the trek was Mathilda and Dobie, the group’s pet duck. Yes, a pet duck, which takes her place midstage for the shows. The bus was photographed a jillion times on the road and at rest stops along the way as well.

Congratulations to Steve and the band! Look for a new record and some very big things--which can’t be discussed yet--in the near future from Slug.

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Artisans’ Corner, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Cobbler and Company, Sharon Springs . . . . . 68 Country Connections, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Dyn’s Cider Mill, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . 22 Krizia Martin, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Lemon Tree, Cooperstown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Life Discovery, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Little Falls Antique Center, Little Falls . . . . . . 38 Paca Gardens, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Pathway of Pearls, Schuyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Shoppes at the Finish Line, Utica . . . . . . . . 22 Sticks n Stones, Waterville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 The Tepee, Cherry Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Westmoreland Gift Shop, Westmoreland . . . . 28 Willow Primitives, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 62 Golf and Recreation Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . . 25 Food & Grocery/Convenience Stores Avico Spice, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 B & F Milk Center, Whitesboro. . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Country Store, Dolgeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Deansboro Superette, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . . 14 Meelan’s Market, Clark Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Mohawk Village Market, Mohawk . . . . . . . . .71 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . . . . 55 Reilly’s Dairy, Inc., Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Station Country Store, Forestport Station . . . . 21 Hardware/Farm & Home Earley Farm and Hardware, Inc., Madison . . . 59 Holland Patent Farmers Co-op . . . . . . . . . . 30 Lillie’s Agway & Archery, Holland Patent . . . . 53 Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Pohlig’s Hardware, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Turner Lumber, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Heating and Cooling Riverside Pools/Countryside Stoves, Marcy . . . 17 Heating Oil Little Falls Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hobby Shops Locomotion Hobby, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Uptown Automotive, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Independent Living

Acacia Village, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Insurance Turnbull Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 11 Iron Work - Architectural & Ornamental Raulli’s Iron Works, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Jewelry Clinton Jewelers, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Fall Hill Bead, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Lighting Mills Electrical Supply, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Limousine & Car Service Vintage Limousine, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Liquor Stores Clinton Wine, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Lotto Liquors, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Seneca Liquor, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Lodging Canal Side Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Lights of Home, Oriskany Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ye Olde Landmark Tavern, Bouckville . . . . . 45 Maple Syrup Ben & Judy’s Sugarhouse, West Edmeston . . . . 10 Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 52 Media 1420AM The Fox WNRS, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1450 WKAL, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 92.7 The Drive WXUR, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Clinton Courier, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Rural Star, Holland Patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Weekly Adirondack, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 FOX33/WUTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Monuments Yorkville Memorials, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Motorcycle Repair/Parts Mohawk Automotive, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Museums Farmer’s Museum, Cooperstown . . . . . . . . . 50 Goodsell Museum, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Natural Foods, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . . 14 Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 66 Sunflower Naturals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Tom’s Natural Foods, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Pastry Shops Caruso’s Pastry Shop, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Star Bakery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Pet Services Deb’s Dog D-Tails, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Dog’s Day Out, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Not Just Poodles Pet Salon, Whitesboro . . . . . 19 Pet Shops Wild Things, New York Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Pharmacies Garro Drugs, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Pizzerias DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Primo Pizzeria, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Pools and Spas Riverside Pools & Spas, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Portable Restrooms Mohawk Ltd., Chadwicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Pottery White’s Pottery, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Primitives Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . . 34 Quilt and Yarn Shops Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Real Estate River Hills Properties, Barneveld . . . . . . . . 63 Record Stores Off-Center Records, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Reimagine Records, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 5 Restaurants Across the Row Bistro, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 45

Ann St. Deli, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Black Cat, Sharon Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Canal Side Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Copper Moose Ale House, Little Falls . . . . . . 18 Delta Lake Inn, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Georgio’s, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Heidelberg Baking Co., Herkimer . . . . . . . . 49 Hotel Solsville, Solsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Karam’s Middle East Bakery, NY Mills . . . . 42 Kayuta Drive-In, Remsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 The Knight Spot, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Knuckleheads Brewhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Michael T’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Mitsuba Hibachi, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 60 Moose River Restaurant, Utica . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ohio Tavern, Cold Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Papa Joe’s Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . . . 27 Phoenician Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . . 19 Piccolo Cafe, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Rosa’s Trattoria, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Route 69 Steakhouse, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . 55 Sammy & Annie Foods, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Sandwich Chef, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Spaghetti Kettle, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Tunnicliff Creamery, Richfield Springs . . . . . . 5 Tiny’s Grill, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Voss’, Ilion and Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Ye Olde Landmark Tavern, Bouckville . . . . . 45

Solar Panels Great Brook Solar, New Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Recreational Vehicles CJ Motor Sports, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Moody’s Polaris, Newport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Windows RA Dudrak, Holland Patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Seamstress & Tailors Libbey’s Sew Blessed, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Tent and Awning Brownie’s Tent, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Oriskany Garage & Tire, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . 54 Trailers, Custom Blizzard Manufacturing, Inc., Boonville . . . . 13 Travel Agencies The Cruise Wizards, Whitesboro . . . . . . . 49 Veterinary Paris Hill Cat Hospital, Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Wellness Centers Pathway of Pearls, Schuyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Time for Me Day Spa & Wellness Ctr., Clinton . . 30 Websites Utica Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Weddings and Banquets Beeches, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . . 25

Sheds and Storage Shafer & Sons Storage Sheds, Westmoreland . . 13 Shoes Holland Patent Farmers Co-op . . . . . . . . . . 30 Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Small Engine Repair Broken Knuckles, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Stiefvater Outdoor Power, New Hartford . . . . 67 Stockhauser’s Auto & Marine Service, Prospect . . 48 Soap Cranberry Ridge Goat Milk Soap . . . . . . . . . . 24

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