Mohawk Valley Living issue #14 November 2014

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Oneida County Historical Society Tiffany Windows in the Mohawk Valley The Cranberry Lake 50 A Visit to MWPAI MV Music Downloads At the Market Nature Center at Herkimer College Did You Know: Rome MV History Spotlight Riverside Mall Calendar MV Up Close Farm Families: The Rathbuns On the Farm with Suzie MV Gardens Artist Monica Acee Autumn Antiquing Band: The Old Main Passenger Pigeon’s Extinction MV November Forest Herkimer County Historical Society Tales from Shawangunk, Chapter 2 November Gallery Guide MV Comics Band: The Overnighters Advertiser Directory

On the cover: “Portrait of an American Farmer” by Monica Acee of Deansboro. Prints are available for purchase, see page 40.

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Thanks and a Confession

by Sharry L. Whitney

Lance and I would like to thank everyone again for their support. Not a day goes by that we don’t get an email, Facebook message, phone call, or letter of encouragement in the mail. What a thrill! It pushes us to make each issue better. It also reminds us how dependent we are on our advertisers. These small “Mom & Pop” shops make this publication possible and allow us to indulge in a full-color glossy “canvas.”

So, you would think it would be easy for us to remember to “shop local.” Especially since everything we do depends on it. A confession: We sometimes forget.

Recently, our youngest son came home from college for a visit. He has taken up hiking and wants to become an ADK 46er (growing up watching hours of MVL TV and Gary VanRiper’s hikes sunk in). He asked for a hiking backpack. My first thought was an outdoor chain store. Lance said, “Don’t we have an advertiser you can shop?” Of course!

The reality of my oversight hit me hard. How can I hope our readers will remember to shop our advertisers when I forget?

So we visited our advertiser Plan B in Rome.

The owner of the shop, Joe, demonstrated all the different packs and asked my son questions about his hiking needs. He even showed him his own fully-packed backpack. My son picked out the perfect backpack that will last him a lifetime. Joe thanked us sincerely for thinking of his store.

I replied, “Thank you!”

This Small Business Saturday (Nov. 29th), and every day, please remember to visit our advertisers. Shopping the businesses listed in our Advertiser Directory (pages 76-78) directly supports this magazine. Thank you.

MOHAWK VALLEY LIVING MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2014

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the Clinton

Comets

from the Oneida County Historical Society

by Brian Howard, Executive Director

Welcome to fall in the Mohawk Valley. Among the many harbingers of the harvest season, few generate excitement like the return of ice hockey to our area’s rinks. Skaters of all levels, from the 8-and-under Center State Stampede Mites to the Utica Comets, have laced up and are taking on the competition.

Today’s teams are continuing a tradition of organized hockey that dates back almost 100 years. Space precludes a thorough review of every team, but did you know where today’s Utica Comets got their name?

The Clinton Hockey Club formed in the late 1920s and was the nucleus from which the Clinton Comets pro team came to be. The Comets played their games at the Clinton Arena from 1949 through 1973, mostly as a part of the Eastern Hockey League. When the EHL folded at the end of the ’72-’73 season, the team joined the new North American Hockey League and moved to the Utica Memorial Auditorium. They played there from 1973 through 1977 as the Mohawk Valley Comets.

During this time scenes from the classic minor league hockey film Slap Shot, starring Paul Newman, were filmed at both the Clinton Arena and at the Aud. The Comets’ name resurfaced in 1985 with the Mohawk Valley

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Comets of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League.

This team played as the Mohawk Valley Stars from 1981 through the ’84-’85 season and rebranded as the Comets; the team played on through 1987.

After the Atlantic Coast league ceased operations, several Comets players moved to the American Hockey League’s Utica Devils, which played at the Aud through 1993.

Several other pro teams came and went after the Devils franchise moved. When the return of professional hockey to Utica was announced in 2013, it was with much fanfare that many hoped the new team would carry the Comets name forward. The new Comets are the AHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League.

In an ironic twist, one of the Comets’ opponents is the Adirondack Flames from Glens Falls. This franchise moved many times over the last 20 years, but it is the same one that left Utica back in 1993.

Best wishes to the 2014-15 Utica Comets for a successful season. Make us proud!

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Tiffany Windows

in the Mohawk Valley

By Janice Reilly

Oneida County Historical Society Trustee

With the opening of a new exhibit of Tiffany stained-glass windows at Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute at the end of October comes a renewed interest in the research I have done for my book Builders of New Hartford. The rare Tiffany windows that will be on display at MWPAI were found in storage in 2001 outside New York State.

The Mohawk Valley displays several Tiffany windows. At the Tompkins Chapel on the grounds of the Masonic Home is one of King Solomon commissioned by the Kane Lodge #454 of New York City in memory of Joseph Edward Simmons. Another depicts Hiram Abiff and was designed by Brother Charles Snell from Alma Lodge #728 in memory of John Stewart.

At Westminster Church in Utica is “Easter Morn,” dedicated in 1910 to memorialize the Rev. Israel N. Terry, who was both that church’s minister from 1904-1908 and served the Presbyterian Church in New Hartford in 1876. The Rev. Terry married Emily Huntington Butler, the daughter of local residents Francis and Harriet Sherrill Butler. This window was built at the Tiffany studios.

If you visit Willard Chapel in Auburn, NY, you will be fortunate to feast your eyes on additional beautiful opalescent Tiffany windows.

When the name “Louis Tiffany Sherrill” appeared in New Hartford’s history, I began to inquire about his middle name to discover the family’s genealogy. The Butlers, the Terrys, the Sherrills, and even the Shermans were all related. Think what a family reunion might have been like in those days. I wondered if our natives craved their distant cousin’s art works enough to purchase them. Did they invite him to dinner should Louis Comfort Tiffany be in the area to oversee the installation of his works?

Louis Comfort Tiffany, the artist and creator of stained-glass windows, vases, and objects of art, was the son of Charles Lewis and Harriet Young Tiffany. Charles was the son of Comfort and Chloe Draper Tiffany. Comfort Tiffany was the son of Ebenezer and Molly Carpen-

A Tiffany window depicting King Solomon located in Tompkins Chapel on the grounds of the Masonic Home in Utica.

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The claim to fame in our local newspapers wasn’t made until I read the obituary of Allen G. Sherrill, who died in 1938. It stated in part that he was born in New Hartford, NY, and came from an old Colonial family that traced its history in this country to 1649. His great grandfather was also the great grandfather of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Allen G. Sherrill was the son of Louis Tiffany Sherrill and Adelaide Sopor Sherrill.

One of the first Sherrill homesteads became the clubhouse for the Yahnundasis Country Club when the golfers moved from Utica to New Hartford in 1907 after they purchased the 90-acre Sherrill/Moore farm. A founder of the League of the Iroquois—the oldest amateur golf league in the world that still hosts an event today—was Sherrill Sherman, an outstanding international golfer. Sherrill Sherman was the oldest son of Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman. The Vice President’s mother-in-law was Ellen Sherrill (Babcock) and added another branch to the family tree.

Many graves of these family members are found at Forest Hill Cemetery.

The family’s name has been added to posterity: the city of Sherrill, the town park, and Sherrill Lane in New Hartford and at New Hartford’s Presbyterian Church, where the Sherrill family served for 89 consecutive years as elders, clerks, and trustees.

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Story and Photos by Gary VanRiper

Okay, here’s the plan. A 38-mile hike over a 48-hour period around the third largest lake in the Adirondack Park and through some of the region’s most beautiful primitive area – wild forest – and forest preserve.* Oh, yes, and carry the equivalent of a small child on your back every step of the way.

Well, five of us did just that in mid-September with two of us completing the 50-mile loop that constitutes the Cranberry Lake 50 (CL50). A while earlier we had hiked the 12-mile trail that largely follows the highway along Route 3, and that includes what is called the Peavine Swamp Trail.

A number of groups and organizations cooperated to make the unique quest a reality, and as of this writing, 609 people have completed the quest since the loop officially opened in 2008. Yours truly is #601.

For those (like me) pursuing another patch for their backpack, the quest can be done in sections, and there is no time limit for finishing.

The comprehensive website www.cranberrylake50.org has a wealth of information, including a map and trail descriptions.

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We had a late afternoon start on a Sunday (I had church in the morning!) and after making sure there was nothing in our parked cars that bears might be interested in while we were away, we took a quick group photo and embarked from the trailhead at the Cranberry Lake Campground at about 3:30 p.m.

Our first look at Cranberry Lake came in late afternoon light and we covered our first eight miles by nightfall, comfortable in our shelters overlooking Curtis Pond. While still officially late summer, we awoke to fog and early morning light that set the trees ablaze on the opposite shoreline, appearing more as one of the best of autumn days.

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along the way. In the forest you’re looking for Hobbits and in open areas with tall grass you’re thinking, uh-oh, Jurassic Park.

We had thought about pushing on, but were glad we stopped at the end of the next 15 miles, where we found an open lean-to at Cowhorn Pond. It began raining just as we were calling it a night and stopped raining just as the first bodies stirred to heat up water for coffee and oatmeal. That was when a Common Loon began to serenade us. You know, all just the way we planned it.

The sky switched places with the ground for the final 15-mile day – the sun above, the water below – the wetness mainly due to an active beaver population. The most precarious section for all of us was a log ‘bridge’– one long single log, rounded and slick on top from the previous day’s rain. One by one we crossed and, thankfully, without event.

We were greeted along the home stretch of the High Falls Loop Trail by a series of beaver dams providing large reflective pools for some great photographs. There was one short side trip to High Rock (what was another ½ mile or so at

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this point!) and then on to the Wanakena finish line, where we had spotted a truck to bring us back to Cranberry Lake Campground, coming full circle. The time? 3:30 p.m. Just the way we planned it.

After the personal boots-on-the-ground experience, it is easy to see why the January 2011 issue of Backpacker Magazine dubbed the Cranberry Lake 50 one of the best multiday hikes in the entire northeast. Check out the on-line map and start making your own plan for next year, today. *www.apa.ny.gov/State_Land/Definitions.htm Gary VanRiper is an author, photographer, and pastor at the Camden Wesleyan Church. He has written 13 children’s books with his son, Justin.

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl:

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Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute and Fountain Elms have always been among my go-to places in the area. It started years ago when I lived elsewhere and just visited, and it continues today.

It’s the sort of place you can return to again and again. Even if they haven’t changed the art displays since the last time, I always notice something new. Although—full disclosure—lately I haven’t been so “artsy” that I go often enough to notice that they haven’t changed something.

I usually go with a whole entourage, but recently I made a visit by myself, which is ideal for really absorbing some of the pieces.

Given my lousy sense of direction and iffy motor-vehicle skills, just getting to the place was something of an adventure. I do love downtown Utica; it has such character. This time, I did not admire the architecture so closely that I lost track of the other traffic, so I arrived safely.

A gentleman opened the door for me as I approached, and a lady behind a counter asked if she could help me.

“I just wanted to look at the art,” I said, probably sounding a little sheepish. Like I said, I’m not very artsy.

I was soon absorbed in looking at various works, many of which I had seen from previous visits. I like that rush of recognition when I see the ones I remember liking before.

Going up the stairs and into the big room, I almost walked into a yoga class. What a great setting for it, I thought, as long as you’re not self-conscious about people walking through (I wouldn’t be, but I made sure not to stare, in case any of those people were). If one is sensitive to atmosphere, which I’m sure many yoga people are, I would think being surrounded by art would enhance one’s yoga experience. I may look into participating in a class like that myself.

Up some more stairs I noticed “Spider II,” 1995, a cast bronze

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The Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute museum building was designed by the famous architect Philip Johnson in the late 1950s. Above, clockwise from top left: Fountain Elms was the childhood home of sisters Rachel and Maria Williams; the dining room at Fountain Elms appears ready to welcome guests; Ricky Doolittle of Barneveld is one of the friendly docents who enjoys answering questions about the exhibits; Little four-year-old Rachel of Whitesboro enjoys drawing at an easel with her mother in the interactive children’s gallery at MWPAI. New to me this time were some oil paintings

by American artists. I admired two of Trenton Falls by Thomas Hicks, done in 1855. My favorite, though, was “A Study Table,” 1882, by William Michael Harrett (inset).

I peeked into “Art Odyssey: An Interactive Gallery for All Ages.” Several easels were set up with boxes of crayons nearby. A little girl and boy were engaged in creating work. I also noted a shelf full of books and a place where visitors could design an exhibit. I ducked out when the children started to fight and their father said they had to get home so the younger one could take his nap. I did not want to intrude on a family dispute.

I then went across to Fountain Elms, utilizing a corridor with a glass wall. I looked out onto a courtyard that had some sculptures and benches. I would think the institute’s students enjoy that area between classes, although I did not see anybody there the day I

went.

Fountain Elms belonged to the families that started Munson-Williams-Proctor. My favorite parts are the rooms restored to what they looked like when the family lived there. As I climbed the beautiful staircase, I wondered if any of them had ever slid down the banister. I’ve never lived in a house that had a banister you could slide down.

Talking to a docent on duty upstairs, I learned that the Founders Galleries had art that belonged to the Williams and Proctor families. The pottery displayed in one room is all local. Furniture in another room is from the museum’s collection and is on display rather than being put into storage.

On the way out I chatted with the lady who originally greeted me. She told me it was the last day for one of the exhibits I had enjoyed (I haven’t mentioned it here, because I didn’t want to

get anybody all interested only to be disappointed). The new exhibit, “In the Company of Angels,” opens Oct. 25.

The museum offers more than exhibits. In addition to the yoga class I saw, there are other classes, a film series, performing arts, a library, and a visiting artist lecture series. A monthly bulletin lists upcoming events and exhibitions. The docent told me that members receive the bulletin in the mail, as well as other benefits. I picked up a bulletin on my way out, as well as a flier about becoming a member. Members also receive various discounts and invitations to special events.

For once I did not stop at the gift store. I know from previous visits that it offers many wonderful items, and I did not want to be tempted. I’ll have to tell my husband to stop there when he is shopping for my Christmas present. Perhaps we could become members and utilize the discount.

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It’s November, the start of winter farmers’ market season. Many folks don’t even realize we have winter farmers’ markets in the Mohawk Valley and surrounding counties.

Bernie and I started the Westmoreland Winter Farmers’ Market in 2008, the first winter market in Oneida County. We had been participating in several winter markets in Madison County for several years, and saw the need for a winter market in Oneida County as an economic outlet for farmers in the area. On Nov. 1st we start our sixth season with 23 farmers participating. Our market takes place the first Saturday of each month from November to May (except December, when the market takes place on the second Saturday) in the Westmoreland Fire-

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl:

Lloyd and Carol Bull Nature Center at Herkimer College Many people like the idea of a peaceful walk through the forest, but it is not always easy to get to the wilderness. Here in the Mohawk Valley we have a wonderful resource in the Lloyd and Carol Bull Nature Center at Herkimer College. My husband, Steven, and I recently took our dog, Tabby, for a walk down the Interpretive Trail.

I was introduced to the trail a few years ago by a friend who was a student at the college. We used to meet weekly and walk the trails, a good exercise and a good friendship thing to do. I’ve since introduced others to the place. I had not been there in a while, however, because I heard it suffered damage in the floods of 2013. I’m happy to report that the trail is open and is in great shape.

We parked in front of the Fitness Center and walked along a blacktop path by tennis courts and athletic fields to beyond Wehrum Stadium. The trailhead is marked by a wooden sign and shelter. In the shelter is a wood map of the area and a box holding printed trail guides and a register. A sign asks you to sign the register to help keep track of trail use. We signed in, took a trail guide, and started out.

The trail is a wood chip one over uneven, but not too difficult, terrain. It was easy to follow the trail because of the series of numbered posts marked by round yellow tags with the image of a hiker. Some of the posts also had plaques describing a nearby tree or plant. I confess I did not read them and educate myself.

I was enjoying the scenery and the exercise.

The trail guide has even more information, so I may utilize it on a return trip and try to learn something. I read through the guide the next day and realized I could learn quite a bit. The guide describes a lot of the plant life that can be seen and educates the reader on forest ecosystems. It is written in a conversational style, as if the guide is walking along with you telling you

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The trailhead and map at the entrance of the trails at the Lloyd and Carol Bull Nature Center at Herkimer College.

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We soon felt that we were deep in the forest without much idea of how to get back to civilization. I knew this was just an illusion and that it would not be difficult to find our way back to campus if we did wander off the trail (which, however, the guide warns you not to do). The yellow markers kept us headed in the right direction as we continued our walk.

Steven consulted the map in the center of the guide when we were between markers 19 and 20. If he had waited, there was a bench at marker 21 where we could have sat for our map check. I later saw that the guide invites you to have a seat on each of the benches to pause and really take in your surroundings. We were enjoying the effort of the walk as much as the surroundings, so we did not stop.

At one point we started to hear music coming from the direction of the stadium. I believe there was a soccer game that evening. That detracted a little from the tranquility, but I did not mind. I’m sure there are plenty of times when one can walk the trail without such a distraction.

I was very happy we had returned to the trail and found it in such good shape. As the trail guide points out, the forest changes from season to season and from year to year. That makes me all the more anxious to return for future walks.

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(315) 797-6835 2520 Oneida St., Utica

TREE FARM

(315) 737-5011 • 9716 Roberts Rd., Sauquoit Open daily: Mon-Fri: 9-8, Sat & Sun: 9-6

The shelter at the trailhead has a wooden map of the area and a box holding printed trail guides and a register.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Group MONDAYS 6:30-8PM (except holidays)

St. Elizabeth College of Nursing 2215 Genesee St, Utica - 1st floor For Info Call 768-7031

Where everything is homemade!

See us for your holiday party needs!

Full menu catering options (pick up or delivery)

Italian cookie trays (all sizes)

2644 Genesee St., Utica 315-721-ROSA(7672) Mon: 10-4, Tues-Fri: 8-6, Sat: 8-2, Sun: Party Tray pick ups only www.rosastrattoria.com

Madison-Bouckville Local Merchants Holiday Open House November 7th, 8th, & 9th, 10am-5pm Route 20 in Bouckville, Madison, and surrounding area

Antiques, Art, Collectibles, Handmade items, & more! Drawings and giveaways!

Participating Stores: Canal House Antiques • Cider House Antiques Cottage Rose Antiques • The Depot Antique Gallery • The Gallery Antiques at Pinebrick Madison Inn Antiques •Turnpike Antiques • Whistle Post Gingham Patch featuring Friday night luminary 4-8pm Sponsored by Madison-Bouckville Promotions www.madison-bouckville.com

7915 Rt. 28 Richfield Springs 315.858.2078

Open 7 Days a Week 9-5 Since 1929!

Enjoy a quiet, peaceful getaway in the country... “Unplug� and relax without TV or internet in our fully restored country-style farm house nestled on an old working farm dating back to the 1700s or stay in our beautifully restored hops house.

The Farm House features four rooms each with their own bathroom, and a fully equipped kitchen, laundry room, and living room.

Climb to the top of the cupola for a hilltop view!

The Hop House features two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and 3 queen-size sleeping spaces, laundry room, and fully equipped kitchen. Dream big as you gaze up to the top of the cone-shaped roof!

Apples are pressed on site and turned into cider.

Plus home made treats and gift shop!

Call (315) 843-4234 5624 Knoxboro Road, Oriskany Falls, NY www.visitlightsofhome.com

Shoppes at the Finish Line Nestled in the Revitalized Brewery District!

809 Court Street, Utica (Across from the Brewery Gift Shop) 315-733-0533

Healthy Eats &Tasty Treats at Utica Brews!

Serving breakfast & lunch featuring local products. Let us cater your holiday party, event, or business meeting!

Call (315) 733-0533 Cafe open Mon-Fri: 8am-2pm Sat: 9-2 and evenings during events. FREE wi-fi!

Visit the Shoppes at the Finish Line for quality furniture & carpeting at reasonable prices, and unique gifts!

Small Business Saturday Holiday Event November 29th 10-4 Black Vendors, carolers, local book signings!

Santa arrives by fire truck at noon!

Friday prices!

Shoppes at the Finish Line open Mon & Thurs 10-8, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-4 www.shoppesatthefinishline.com

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A full country breakfast is served Monday-Saturday.

Continental breakfast on Sunday.

did you know?

rome from the Rome Historical Society

Francis Bellamy, author of the “Pledge of Allegiance,” lived, and is buried, in Rome.

The world’s first cheese factory was founded by Jesse Williams in Rome in 1851.

Tim Russ of Star Trek Voyager graduated from Rome Free Academy in 1974.

Alex Haley, the talented author of Roots, lived in Rome.

The first shovel of dirt for the Erie Canal was turned in Rome on July 4, 1817.

Roman John Dove was instrumental in the development of CD-Rom technology.

SUNNYBROOK FARM (315) 841-4910

Book Your Holiday Parties Now!

Grass-fed Beef, Pastured Poultry & Pork

Daily lunch and dinner take-out Mon-Fri Call 768-7037

Looking for Local Meat? Available for pickup Mon-Fri: 8-4, Sat: 8-Noon at:

Private Parties or Business Affairs and Luncheons 8411 Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford

And visit our NEW cafe at 116 Business Park Dr., Utica!

Take out M-F: 8am-3pm Visit us on facebook for daily specials

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MV history spotlight :

Utica’s Busy Corner, 1910 from the Oneida County Historical Society

This photo (c 1910) shows that busy corner looking north along Genesee Street. Horse-drawn trolleys began to operate in the city in the 1860s. On March 18, 1890, Utica’s first electric trolley car began its run.

It wasn’t long before electric trolleys replaced all horse-drawn cars. This original black and white photo was digitally colorized by Carl Saporito of the Oneida County Historical Society (available for sale at the OCHS).

Semi-Dolce

Italian Cookies Offering an elegant assortment of Italian cookies for your special occasion: bridal and baby showers, weddings, reunions, and other special events (accommodating up to 100).

Also offering Italian cookie mixes to make yourself!

Call: (315) 601-0573 for information or email: info@semidolce.com

A specialty gift shop featuring handcrafted, repurposed, upcycled and vintage home decor, jewelry and gifts.

Signature 81

A Destination for your Artistic Side Tues-Sat 11-6 17 College St., Clinton (315) 269-7799 www.signature81.com 24

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LIQUORS & WINES

Welcome to a historic landmark with an inviting atmosphere & exceptional customer service!

An extensive selection of NY State, imported wines and liquors.

Half & Full case discounts

Good Friends Good Times Good Wines

Owners Chris Buck and Terry Hudon Like us on facebook!

Open Mon-Sat: 9-9, Sun: 12-6, 8231 Route 12, Barneveld (315) 896-4444

Gifts for the Knitters on your list!

Quality Yarns at Affordable Prices

• Frog Tree • Trendsetter • Drunken Stumpet • Cascade • Berroco and more!

Join us for a Book Signing Nov. 28th-3 to 5 with Alice Curtis author of: Knit Your Socks On Straight

Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat 10-4 Fri 12-9 Sun 12-4

Open 7 days week from Nov 28-Dec 24!

Beverly Warner • Cynthia Kershner

4 MeadowStreet, Clinton, NY(315) 381-3024 www.thetwoewes.com

New Calendar to benefit the oneida co. historical society:

Riverside Mall

Remember Hoyts Cinema 8? Klein’s All Sports?

Or the swimming pool at Fun n Fitness Health Spa? Built in 1974, the opening of the Riverside Mall in Utica was the biggest retail event in the area and the first indoor mall in Oneida County. This new calendar assembled by Howard Bushinger will bring back all those memories with many historic photos, ads, articles, and more. Stop by the Oneida County Historical Society and get yours for the holidays before they run out!

Oneida County Historical Society

1608 Genesee Street, Utica (315) 735-3642 Open Mon.-Fri. 10-4, Sat 10-2 www.oneidacountyhistory.org

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Story & Photos By Sharry L. Whitney

Do you recognize these sculptures? Tell us where they are located & 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: A menacing face of gold, a sweet cherub on high, audiences young and old for generations have passed by.

Email your answer to: www.mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com or mail: MVL, 30 Kellogg St. Clinton, NY 13323 Deadline: 11/30/14

All correct answers will be entered in a random drawing for an MVL mug from A&P Master Images, located at: 205 Water Street, Utica Open Mon-Fri: 9-5, Sat: 10-3

5 mugs will be awarded. Answer next month.

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

236 W. Dominick St., Rome (315) 337-0437

Natural Groceries - Supplements - Local Foods Health Foods - Organic Produce & Plants

www.brendasnaturalfoods.com Hours: M-F 10-6, Saturdays 10-3

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Answer to last month’s Up Close: “Celebration” at Canal Place

Congratulations to everyone who guessed that last month’s MV Up Close was the sculpture in Sterzinar Park at Canal Place in Little Falls. The large work of art is titled “Celebration” and was created by nationally recognized sculptor Christopher Gardner.

Jewett’s Cheese House

A family business since 1970 NY State aged cheddar 1-20 years old!

Over 400 items of cheese & gourmet foods.

(800) 638-3836 934 Earlville Road, Earlville (between Poolville and Earlville) Open Mon-Fri: 9:30-5, Most Sundays 10:30-3, closed Sat. www.jewettscheese.com

B&F Milk Center

Coffee, Cappucino, Milk, Lottery Tickets, Groceries and more!

Fresh bagels and donuts every Sunday!

Open 7 days a week (315) 736-6857 38 Roosevelt Dr., Whitesboro

Fresh Beer Battered Friday Fish Fry

Banquet Room

Serving Lunch and Dinner Tues.-Sat.

Welcome to “Our Home” with strong Italian roots and Gagoots!

Your hosts Bob and Lorrie Arcuri Markason Serving traditional Italian Specialties just like Papa would have it.

3963 Oneida Street, New Hartford (Washington Mills) (315) 507-2794

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Cross-Country Skis & Snowshoes Bicycle Parts/Repairs Accessories & Clothing

411 Mohawk St., Herkimer, NY 315-866-5571 www.dickswheelshop.com

FURNITURE a different kind of store

Entertainment Centers, Jelly Cupboards, Dining Rooms, Bedrooms, Rolltops, Curios, Amish Products, Reproductions, Lamps, Gifts & More!

(315) 768-1857

351 Oriskany Blvd., Whitesboro

OPEN: M, W, Th, Fri: 10-5, Sat: 10-4, Closed Tues & Sun

Boats Unlimited (315) 735-1777 408 1st Street, Utica www.boatsunlimitedny.com

Parts & Service for all brands • Trolling motors • Electronics High performance & Custom rigging • Propeller repair Custom canvas • Tune-ups • Oil changes • Engine repair BOAT STORAGE (inside & outside) Winterizing • Shrink wrapping - all makes & models Reserve your space NOW

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17 College Street, Clinton Handcrafted Home Decor, Gifts & Vintage Finds

A Destination for your Artistic Side

The Rathbun family of Springfield crosses the bridge over Shadow Brook Creek. Rathbuns have lived on this homestead since 1788. Their house looks much the same as it did 100 years ago.

MV farm families:

the Rathbun family Story & Photos by Sharry L. Whitney

When Ryan and Celia Rathbun were married seven years ago they were given land as a wedding gift.

Although they were honored, it wasn’t really a surprise. “I’ve always known it would come to me eventually,” Ryan admits. He is the only son of Steven Rathbun and was raised on his family’s farm located in the countryside northeast of Otsego Lake near Springfield, NY. The property has been in the Rathbun family since Benjamin Rathbun, Jr. first purchased land about 1788 after being discharged from the Colonial Army

following the American Revolutionary War. Rathbun headed west, leaving Connecticut, in search of cheap land in the wilderness and a new life for his family. According to the Rathbun family history website (www.michaelrathbun.org), “...when [Benjamin Rathbun, Jr.] arrived to look over his newly acquired land, he found a sparkling spring beside which he ate his lunch. That same spring was to serve as the family’s water supply for nearly 200 years.”

Today, Ryan and Celia Rathbun’s chil-

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dren, 5-year-old Jossalynn and her nearly 2-year-old brother, Luke, run around the yard, pulling the last carrots from the garden, trying to catch the family cat, and feeding the ducks by the creek. They are the 10th generation of Rathbuns to be raised on the homestead. Shadow Brook Creek flows around the site, making it almost appear to be a peninsula. “My ancestors diverted the creek generations ago,” says Ryan, who points to the remnants of a wooden flume that once supplied water to the barn. The young family lives in the big yellow farmhouse that was built by the Rathbuns in the early 1800s. The farm is no longer a “work-

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The farm and home of Levant Williams Rathbun and his wife, Lavina, as pictured in an 1878 History of Otsego County. ing” farm since Ryan’s grandfather Richard retired several years ago. Ryan has many fond memories of growing up and working on his grandfather’s dairy farm. I asked Richard if it was sad selling off his herd.

“No,” he replies. “It was time. Your body tells you when it’s time.” Ryan adds that although his grandfather is retired, he still keeps busy making and selling maple syrup and firewood to friends and neighbors.”

Even though the place is no longer a “working” farm, it is a busy one. Ryan,

a carpenter by trade, and Celia, a social studies schoolteacher at Richfield Springs Central School, raise their own chickens and ducks, board heifers in a couple pastures, and use fields for crop production.

They have vegetable gardens, hunt and fish, make maple syrup, can foods, and Celia knits socks and needle points—skills she learned from her grandmother. The couple receives a lot of support and guidance from their grandparents, all eight of whom are still living. They were all farmers—some

Visit us today for all your holiday needs!

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We also carry:

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Try our fresh baked cider donuts and pies.

Apple cake and pumpkin rolls make a wonderful addition to your holiday table!

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Keep in mind our fresh salads, wraps, paninis and soups to go!

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Family Owned for 70 Years 4695 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, NY (315) 736-5883 Open Mon-Sat 9-6, Sun 10-5

still active farmers at ages 76 and 75—and all of them live nearby in the Cherry Valley/ Springfield area. In the summer, little Jossalyn works on the vegetable farm and helps her great grandparents at their farm stand on Route 20, just like her mother did at her age.

The Rathbuns are surrounded by their heritage. The land, the house on Rathbun Road, and even some of the furniture are steeped in family history. The hutch in the couple’s kitchen still has the Sears & Roebuck label on the back, with Ryan’s

great-grandparents’ names on it. Ryan and Celia are proud of their heritage and they have collected many old photos and early etchings of the Rathbun family. Celia even traced her own family lineage back to the first 16 settlers who landed on Block Island, RI, the same settlement that Ryan’s ancestor John Rathbun belonged to.

Ryan and Celia have made improvements to the homestead over the years, including a new wood boiler that now efficiently and affordably heats the old house. They haul

Four generations of Rathbuns: (in back) Ryan, (from left to right) Richard, Jossalynn, Celia, Luke, and Steven Rathbun, (Clockwise from top) Celia knits while little Luke reads a book in the living room; Ryan checks on the family’s popcorn crop; a harvest of eggplant and preserves in the Rathbun’s kitchen—Ryans’ great grandparents’ hutch is in the background; Celia and Ryan stock the woodshed next to their outdoor wood boiler.

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From massage, facials, waxing, hand and foot treatments to spa packages and small group gatherings.

HOLLAND PATENT

FARMER’S CO-OP More Than Your Average Farm Store!

See us for your winter clothing needs!

New arrivals daily...

Gift certificates also available online.

Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat: 9am-5pm, Thurs: 9-8 Call 315.853.3300 7201 Route 5, Clinton www.timeformedayspa.com

Red Wing Shoes • Carhartt Clothing • Wolverine Shoes • Muck Boots (kids too!) • LaCrosse Boots WigWam Socks • Kinco Gloves

American Family Fare

Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner • Take-out Banquets and catering featuring full menu options (call Chef Michael or Joan)

7239 Route 20, Madison

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(315) 893-1806 Sun, Tues-Thurs: 6:30am-7pm, Fri & Sat: 6:30am-8pm Like us on Facebook!

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Plus Blueseal feed, bird seed & suet, shavings, gates, fencing, dairy supplies & medicines, Ertl toys, Rada knives, and more!

Open to the Public!

Attention Dairy Farmers- Let us market your milk!

(315) 865-5281 Open M-F: 9-5 Sat: 8-3 9560 Depot St. Holland Patent (behind the train depot) www.hollandpatentcoop.com

Featuring: Harden La-Z-Boy & Amish made!

For the gifts you love to give and receive!

Fine furniture and flooring for people who love their homes.

For over 125 years, the Froass family has made it easy to afford solid wood, American made furniture!

5% Cash Discount!

Free Delivery & Removal!

Complimentary gift wrapping!

Hours: Monday 12-4, Tuesday - Saturday 10-6 20 West Park Row, Clinton, NY 315.853.3650 www.kriziamartin.com

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Show us you LIKE us on your phone & get FREE edamame! w/minimum $15 purchase, limit one per table, not w/other offers, exp. 11/30/14

Mitsuba Japanese Cuisine

17 Ellinwood Dr., New Hartford (The Orchard Plaza)

(315) 768-8266

Serving Lunch & Dinner 7 Days a Week

www.mitsubarestaurants.com

Route 5 , Sherrill 363-3131

www.froassfurniture.com Mon-Wed: 9-5:30 Thurs & Fri: 9-8:30; Sat: 9-5

Coming Up at The Stanley Oct. 25

Steve Falvo’s Easy Money Big Band Saturday, October 25th, 7pm

Oct. 30

Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles Thursday, October 30th, 7:30pm

Nov. 8

Riggies ‘N Rock Saturday, November 8th, 12-4pm

Nov. 13

Taste of Home Cooking School Presented by Townsquare Media of Utica Thursday, November 13th, 7pm-11pm

Nov. 14

Martina McBride: The Everlasting Tour Presented by The Stanley & Valley Health Services Friday, November 14th, 8pm

Nov. 15

Mentalist Robert Channing Presented by MVCC Saturday, November 15th, 7pm

Nov. 10 & 11

Elf Presented by Broadway Theatre League Tuesday, November 10th 7:30pm Wednesday, November 11th 7:30pm

Nov. 18

Warren Miller’s Ski Film: No Turning Back Tuesday, November 18th, 6:30pm

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wood from the surrounding forest traveling over the same paths their ancestors used, although they have the advantage of a new 4x4 utility vehicle.

They also have a new mailbox, replacing the rusty old metal one with the name of Ryan’s great grandfather Dean O. Rathbun (b. 1898) on top. The old mailbox now overlooks the strawberry garden, where the next generation of Rathbun children enjoys the last berries before November’s killing frost. It has been more than 225 years since Benjamin Rathbun first settled here on the banks of Shadow Brook Creek to begin a new life for his family, but if he were here today, he would most certainly recognize the homestead and be welcomed.

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Shadow Brook Creek flows around the Rathbun Homestead in Springfield (background); Tenth generation Rathbuns, Jossalynn and Luke, sit on their front porch steps (below left); remnants of a wooden flume still stick out of the old barn (below right).

This Thanksgiving share good food, happy memories, and your plans...

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See Remington firearms and artifacts from the 1800s to today and shop for clothing, hats, and souvenirs in our Country Store.

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On the farm with Suzie:

SO YOU Think You Want to Be a Goat Farmer?

by Suzie Jones

Go ahead, admit it. You think goats are pretty darn cute. You’ve heard they make great pets. They could clean up all those overgrown bushes and keep your lawn beautifully manicured. You could save money and time from not mowing your lawn and fertilize your yard to boot! Plus, what’s cuter than a goat… really?

I couldn’t possibly count how many people have told me they wished they had a goat and how very lucky I am to be a goat farmer. (Oh, brother!) For all those would-be goat farmers out there, I’ve compiled this list of Goat Truths you must consider before even thinking about adopting your newest best

friend.

1. You can never have just one.

Goats are social creatures. They need friends (Sorry—you do not count). Everyone seems to know someone somewhere that had a mean, nasty buck (a male goat) tied up behind their barn. It was mean and nasty because it was tied up behind the barn by itself. If he had had a friend, he wouldn’t have been so mean and nasty.

2. Goats in groups get into a lot of trouble.

I know this seems to contradict the importance of #1, but you should know that goats will always follow their companions. Their desire to never be alone is so strong they will

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Goats play “King of the Hill” on the hay bales. always stick together as a group. Where one goes, they all must go. And the ones with the worst ideas seem to be natural-born leaders.

Think of goats as a group of kindergarteners, all happily following the lead of the worst-behaved kid in class.

3. Baby goats grow up to be big goats.

Okay, so this seems like a no-brainer. But you should know before falling in love with the cutest, fuzziest little baby goat that someday it will be an adult. Its cute-as-a-button pink nose will snort and sometimes get runny. Its almost kissable dainty hooves will grow long and require regular trimming. An adult male will perfume himself to the point of stinking up the whole neighborhood. And little Ginger, who always loved getting chin scratches, will someday whack you in the face with her horns while you are petting her. Why? Because she is a goat.

And although I thought it was absolutely adorable when baby Flower would follow us from the barn through the garage and right into the house as if she was one of the family, I didn’t think it was so great when she tried to fit her 100-pound frame into our back hall and stained our nice rug.

In my experience, it also seems that the animals that received the most love and attention in their formative months (baby goat hood) are

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the least likely to respect their human farmers later in life. It is almost as if all the cuddling and admiration poured on them as babies causes them to misunderstand their position in life.

They don’t think they’re animals or, at the very least, they think you are an animal, too. This happened with one of our bucks. Raising him from a young buckling, I was determined to make sure he was lovable and easy to handle once he was older. I knew the plan backfired the day he reared up on his hind legs so the two of us could smash our heads together, the way bucks like to play or fight for their mates. Of course, my skull isn’t built for that sort of activity. And I couldn’t have him challenging my young children to a head smash-off. He had to be taught that we were no longer best buddies or he had to go.

4. Goats don’t eat tin cans.

Cartoons often depict goats as eating everything from tin cans to the shirt off your back. Nothing could be further from the truth. Goats are extremely picky eaters—they just process their world a little differently than we do. Their lips are one of their most sensitive parts and they will investigate everything (and everyone), using those sensitive lips, which gives the casual observer the idea that they’ll eat anything. Goats prefer to eat browse, which are the tender shoots and leaves on trees and bushes. They’ll also eat grass, but it’s not their first choice. They’d much rather denude your rose bushes, your apple trees, and your Christmas tree…not manicure your lawn.

5. Goats get worms.

If you have cats or dogs, you already understand that animals easily pick up tape worms and the like from their environment. The same thing goes for goats, although it seems the list of potential parasitic protozoa is longer and scarier. I’ll just leave it at that.

6. You’ll need good fencing.

Perhaps you’ve heard the old adage, “If it can’t hold water, it won’t hold a goat.” This may be an old saying, but I’d say it’s pretty accurate. Unfortunately, goats are on the menu for just about every predator in North America, so you will need a way to protect them. The moment you have goats, all the coyotes, foxes, and other meat-eaters in your neighborhood will start coming around like trickor-treaters on Halloween.

7. Goats like to climb on EVERYTHING. They’ll play king of the hill on your car—or worse, your friend’s or your mother-in-law’s. They’ll leap off four-foot-tall round bales like they’re trying to fly. They’ll even climb onto your roof. While gathering eggs one morning, I heard odd sounds coming from above.

I dashed outside only to find a goat on our barn roof, just inches away from our newly installed solar panels. Although we eventually got her down safely and no damage was done to the costly panels, we knew we had to act quickly to ensure it never happened again—and before she told all her friends about it.

In other words, learn to expect the unexpected. And laugh quietly to yourself when others tell you how much they’d like to have goats, too.

“I knew the plan backfired the day he reared up... so the two of us could smash our heads together...”

Suzie Jones and her husband, Peter, own Jones Family Farm in Herkimer. Together, with their children, they produce specialty goat cheeses and gelato. Find them at local farmers’ markets and at: www.anotherjonesfamilyfarm.com

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By Denise A. Szarek

“There is no happier folks than plant lovers and none more generous than those who garden.” Ernest Wilson Whether you’re an experienced gardener, or just interested in local food, there are sharing communities that will connect you to your neighbors, farmers, and food. In the past, gardening and farming were community-wide efforts, so why not now?

Forget all your preconceived notions about what and where a farm is. Look around your area for a front, back or side yard with very little kid traffic. Look for places like vacant lots, religious spaces, or unused industrial spaces. Don’t want to creep out the neighborhood by becoming a yard stalker? I have an answer for that.

Remember when everyone knew their neighbors, when neighborhood block parties and community BBQs were the norm?

Don’t quite have the courage to go and knock on a neighbor’s door? I have an answer for that.

Lots of space isn’t going to feed anyone.

Urban farms need seed, tools, hoes, shovels, compost, water, wheelbarrows, stakes, mulch, and constant weeding. Crowd-funding works and I have an answer for that.

Abundance in your garden is sometimes more of a burden and curse when you have too much. After you have shared with your family and neighbors, how do you share with a larger community? I have an answer for that.

Eating a meal is a ritual that gives us access to each other. Learning to cook well is important to every man, woman, and child.

It allows you to nourish yourself and yours more cheaply and creates a sense of home and well-being.

When we talk about local food and being a locavore, what that means to most of us is reducing our carbon footprint by reducing the miles our food travels and supporting local farms and businesses. But, to me, we have to take a step further. We have to become a hyperlocavore. We need to get back to every family having a garden or access to garden space and using that garden

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to not only reduce our carbon footprint, but reduce our food costs, keep our food safe, increase our access to nutrient-dense food, and connect with our community.

Yard-sharing is a way for folks who want to grow their own food—but lack the space, time, skills, or ability—to do so. Through yard-sharing agreements, apartment dwellers who may be discouraged by lack of space or access to community gardens can connect with neighbors to access unused yard or garden space. Homeowners who may by unable to cultivate garden space can reap a shared harvest with gardeners in need of land. But it’s so much more: It’s a connection to neighbors and community.

Interested in learning more about yard-sharing, neighborhood produce exchanges, and starting a group in your neighborhood? Join me at the Kirkland Town Library, 55 1/2 College Street, Clinton, on Wednesday, November 12th at 7 pm.

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Local Arts:

Monica Acee When the 80th Montpelier Hunt Races are run in Montpelier Station, VA, on November 1st, attendees will be greeted by colorful promotional posters designed by Deansboro artist Monica Acee.

The artwork depicts horses and riders approaching the start of an afternoon race and is available as special edition commemorative prints. Every year the race organization commissions an artist to produce or create a painting to illustrate the races.

Monica is well known for her human and equine portraits. Her work has been featured on the covers of several magazines and many publications, including the book The Best of Portrait Painting. One of her equine paintings was featured on the 1997 Hampton Classic Horse Show poster and was the first to sell out during the week of the show. She was among a select few invited to display her work alongside the paintings of Andrew Wyeth and Philip Pearlstein in the watercolor exhibit “Face of America.”

Monica’s portrait work has taken her all over the world, including private islands in the Bahamas and the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Her paintings also are in private collections both domestically and abroad, including those of supermodel Christie Brinkley, William Bristol III of Bristol-Myers Squibb, and the American Embassy in London, England.

The artist has drawn horses and animals since she could first hold a crayon. Now she works entirely in transparent watercolor, building up layers of paint and paying close attention to details. This awareness helps her feel the personality of her subjects, whether

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Monica Acee at work in her home studio in Deansboro (top); Monica was commissioned to create artwork for promotion posters commemorating the 80th running of the Montpelier Hunt Races in Montpelier Station, VA (bottom); the view from Monica Acee’s horse stable (background) Giclée prints of our magazine cover art “Portrait of an American Farmer” and other works of Monica’s can be purchased at: www.monicaacee.com

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human or animal, and also the relationship and bond between them.

Not surprisingly, her other passion is horseback riding. Her personal paintings explore the connection between people who have chosen to work in the equestrian world and their horses.

Monica spends many hours at horse shows and races gathering reference material for her artwork.

She can also head out to her backyard and visit with her horse, Zenith, who is always ready to go for a ride whenever Monica needs inspiration.

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“Portrait of an American Farmer” watercolor by Monica Acee of Deansboro depicting the late Gilley Newell of Sauquoit.

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(Above) Monica’s painting “Montpelier Hunt Races” was created for the 80th running of the races, an annual celebration of steeplechase racing in Montpelier Station, VA.

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Whiskey Jug by Whites of Utica, late 1800s for Smith & Brown, 40 Charlotte St., Utica, wholesale whiskey merchants between 1886-1898

part 2

by Sharry L. Whitney

Sometimes the most thoughtful gift is a gift that has been given before. An item with a history, known or unknown, can make a memorable gift. You can give an antique piggy bank to a child, railroad memorabilia to an enthusiast, or jewelry and glassware from a bygone era that may hold personal meaning to a special person on your list.

Or turn something old into something new! Last Christmas I made a night light for my nephew “the inventor” from a glass insulator that I found at an antique shop.

I thought it was an original idea, but now I find them all over the Internet. Start hunting early because it takes time to find that special item, especially if you plan to re-purpose it.

Vintage Furnishings & Collectibles Buying and selling Victorian, Mission, glassware, lamps, and furniture.

Open: Mon-Fri: 10-5, Sat: 10-12 337 Genesee St., Utica (315) 738-1333 www.vintagefurn.com

Do you know why this antique crock has “Amerika” spelled with a ‘k’?

Here are just some of the places in the Greater Utica area to start holiday hunting.

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Antiques & Such Three floors of ever-changing antiques and collectibles.

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Berry Hill Book Shop

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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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This crock was made in made in 1886 by Whites of Utica, a pottery factory that employed mostly German immigrants who commonly spelled America with a ‘k’. Because the company copied German-style pottery and marketed their products as “German-made” many collectors may have steins they believe are from Germany, but were actually made right here in Utica, NY.

Holiday Fun! See the White’s Utica Pottery on display at Fountain Elms. A great time to go is during their annual Victorian Yuletide that starts after Thanksgiving.

Fountain Elms, MWPAI, 310 Genesee St.,Utica. Admission is free.

Open Tuesday-Sunday.

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Shopping in Utica on a Thursday?

Stop by the Polish Community Center between 4-8pm for “Pierogi Night” with traditional pierogi, as well as blueberry and farmer’s cheese pierogi.

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and lighting.

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Cold weather couldn’t stop the popular Whitesboro Farmer’s Market! The market is continuing indoors at the Dunham Public Library the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, 3-7pm.

WESTMORELAND Bittersweet Pines Affordable previously enjoyed furniture and decor. 4900 State Route 233, Westmoreland (315) 853-3677

The Potting Shed Antiques Full line antiques shop featuring estate jewelry, coins, glass, chine, furniture, stoneware,

Westmoreland Antique Center Featuring 80 dealer spaces with a vast array

of antiques and vintage collectibles from vintage holiday merchandise, milk bottles, and advertising collectibles to military, glassware, and furniture.

Open daily: 10-5, closed Tuesday Holiday Open House Nov 8th & 9th!

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Family Fun! See Roger Moore in his debut as 007 in the James Bond classic, Live and Let Die Friday, Nov 14, 7pm and Saturday, Nov 15 at 2:30pm and 7pm Adults $6, Children 12 & under $2 The Capitol Theatre 220 W. Dominick St., Rome (315) 337-6453 www.romecapitol.com

BARNEVELD D. E. Cleveland Antiques Antiques, stained glass, refinishing and restoration.

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pieces, collectibles, glassware, and more.

Open Thurs-Sun: 10-5:30 8124 State Route 12, Barneveld (315) 896-2681 Facebook: Foothills Mercantile Food Find!

When you’re antique shopping in Barneveld stop in to Sweet Basil Diner for their famous eggs Benedict or Fitty’s omelets!

Open Mon-Fri: 7-1:45, Sat & Sun: 7-11:45 118 Mappa Ave, Barneveld (315) 896-2885

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Foothills Mercantile Over 20 hand selected vendors offering a variety of wares including antiques, vintage

Back of the Barn Antiques Large antique shop that showcases multiple

Nursery & Garden Center

A third generation family business with an expert staff offering you service and advice on plant selection, care, maintenance, and problem-solving.

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Precut Christmas Trees (assorted sizes and varieties)

Living Christmas Trees Handmade Roping, Mantelpieces, Garlands, Swags, & Centerpieces Miniature Boxwood Trees (pre-lit and decorated)

Bundles of Boughs & Wreath Stands Poinsettias Amaryllis Christmas Cactus

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art, and more. Open Mon-Fri: 10-6, Sat: 105, Sun: 12-5 Open House/Holiday Sale Sat., Nov 15th!

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dealers.

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NEWPORT

Newport Marketplace Over 40 vendors of treasures, antiques, furniture, country, shabby chic,vintage, jewelry,

Say cheese!

While you’re in the area, stop by Three Village Cheese for some delicious cheeses for the holiday—or any day—you don’t really need an excuse.

Open Mon - Sat: 7​ am-7pm 2608 Newport Rd., Poland (315) 794-9545 www.threevillagecheese.com

17 College Street, Clinton Handcrafted Home Decor, Gifts & Vintage Finds

A Destination for your Artistic Side

Libbey’s Stitched with Prayer!

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Also visit our Christian gift shop!

Sewing, mending, alterations, embroidery, custom work, upholstery, and sewing classes.

Wood-fired Artisan Bakery

Pizza & Old World breads

Hand-crafted Old World artisan breads & wood-fired all natural Neapolitan pizza.

European inspired all-natural sweet treats!

Quality work from first stitch to finish!

Weddings, proms, dance, skate, cheer & more!

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Serving Breakfast and Lunch M-F: 7am-2:30pm

All natural sweet treats

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Visit our 2nd floor furniture and mattress showroom!

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The Music never stops:

The Old Main

By John Keller

There is a new old band in town, The Old Main. Old in the sense that it includes members of The Birdseed Bandits, which had been regional fan favorites for the past few years.

New in that they have changed musical direction slightly and rocked up their wild, rootsy, folk-rock to add additional members, including a full-time drummer.

Naming themselves after a historic local edifice, the band features ex-Bandits Seth Becker on guitar and Nash Robb on his ever-present stand-up bass, The Old Main also includes Mitch Eckler on drums and Gavin Bailey on keyboards. All members sing, with Seth and Nash mainly on lead vocals. Their new line-up and sound is quite impressive. It is fuller and, I feel, a bit more diverse than The Birdseed Bandits, but just as much fun. Their performances virtually guarantee dancing from the audience and from the band. Energetic, impulsive, and driving, The Old Main is much like an entertainment

explosion.

I caught up with the ever-busy Seth Owen Becker to talk about the new band during a quiet moment before the band headed to NYC for a show.

Thanks for taking the time, Seth. To begin, what is your formal musical background?

I don’t have any real formal training other than what I had in high school really. I did go to college for music, but I used it more for networking than learning.

Prior to The Birdseed Bandits, with what other bands had you been involved?

I had two bands in high school with people coming and going in each one. That is how I met Nash. He was in my band Urban Shoreline.

Let’s talk about The Birdseed Bandits for a minute. How did you meet and what was their musical past?

I met Adam Ludemann at HCCC. I backed him up on his love for the Beatles in a debate and it just started from there. He had me come over and play drums with him and his group at the time. That quickly trimmed down to a duo. From there he picked up the banjo, and I picked up the mandolin and guitar while playing drums with my feet.

We added Nash on upright bass and took to the ground running.

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What were your influences? How did you agree to go in the direction that you did?

The Bandits and The Old Main are both very Americana and roots-music based, but also very influenced by hard rock, early punk music, and classic rock bands. I like to think about it as “old-time folk music” turned to 11. And with this mindset, it molded our music to what it is.

It is very relatable but isn’t bland and uninteresting.

That’s quite evident. Did any of you foresee the popularity that you obtained?

Not at all! At first, people didn’t get it. We would be opening for hardcore metal bands because that was the only music scene we knew in college. But I wanted to get out of it. So, I made it my full-time job to book every show I could until we got to the point where we were playing five times a week, traveling all over, and finding like-minded bands to play with.

You recorded your CD in Syracuse. What was that experience and process like?

I recorded our early EPs in my bedroom and they never sounded the way I wanted them to. I

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always felt like I had all of the recording knowhow, but no equipment to make things sound as I intended. So when we went to SubCat, it was like heaven. It was a little intimating for all three of us, so I don’t think we got our best performances. I’m still very proud of The Birdseed Bandits album. But now as The Old Main we are getting ready to put an album together, and I think we will be going for a more organic feel.

What happened with The Birdseed Bandits project?

It was just time to move on.

It was the first “real” band for all three of us, and it was a great learning experience for us as well.

like about our favorite bands. I wish I had a better answer, but it is that simple.

As you perform mostly original songs, who writes the material?

I write most of the music. Nash is starting to bring in some of his songs. I have a lot to say, but no one will listen unless I write it in a song-Ha! When I write, I try to put a good amount of myself in it without making every song an autobiography. I like to keep the songs vague enough to be universally relatable.

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How did The Old Main develop?

To be honest, it just happened. After the Bandits, I knew that I wanted to get into something with a little bit more of a punchier rock feel, and that meant having a drummer. So we found Mitch and he fit right in. Then we brought Gavin Bailey on board on piano and accordion. Nash and I still play out as a duo, but the full band is really gaining steam.

Nice! You mentioned that there a new recording in the works. How is that going?

There is. All the songs are written and we are just doing some fine tuning and getting the funds in check. We are going to be working with Bob Acquaviva again. He is so easy to work with and has so much experience and a passion for music that it is hard to not be excited when you go in to record.

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For quite some time, you performed without a drummer. Now you have Mitch Eckler.

What did you feel necessitated the change?

We needed a bigger sound and I was tired of getting shin splints. Mitch brings a great energy to the band, and we all like to joke around and not take ourselves too seriously. And Mitch isn’t only a great drummer, he fits right into the dynamics of the band.

The Bandits were a kind of neo-bluegrass.

How would you describe the new band’s sound?

It is really hard trying to describe how the band sounds. If we are doing our job, it is something you haven’t heard before. But if I had to, I would say that we are a mix of everything we

You’ve done a lot of traveling with both bands. What are some of your favorite venues and/or cities to have played?

To be honest, my favorite city to play is Utica. We have so many hidden gems like The Dev, Nail Creek, and The Tram that have done so much for us and so many other musicians in the area. But other than Utica, I really like New York City and Burlington, Vermont. They are both great open-minded cities.

What long-term goals have you set for the band?

I try to not think too long term. Because the music industry is so fluid, you have no idea what the next day will bring. I like to set one goal at a time and let that bring me to the next step. For example, right now I am trying to get the first The Old Main album together and if I think past

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it I won’t be giving my full attention to the project at hand. But eventually I would like to be putting regional tours together and maybe find a good manager to whip us into shape.

If there was one thing that you’d like to see happen with The Old Main, what would that be?

I would like it to last and keep growing. I feel like we have a good thing started with The Old Main, but it is still a young band. I want to get to the point where we are settled in our sound and we find a place where it feels like the band is complete. We like our sound now, but we also feel like there is one thing missing, and once we find it, it will make a world of difference.

What is your outlook on the Central NY music scene?

My outlook is optimistic. I haven’t been around in it for a very long time, only a little under five years, but even from when I first started playing out to now, I do see more camaraderie amongst musicians in the area. I have always felt like there has been an unspoken battle between original music and cover bands that I never understood. I feel that each has their place and audience and there is no reason to think of one being better than the other. They are just different. It is the same with genres. There is no reason why a metal band can’t play on the same bill as a folk band, or an ‘80s hits cover band. People in Central New York are more open minded and cultured than we give them credit for. People just like music, period. If your original music hits someone, that’s great. If your covers do the same, that is equally as good. You just have to give credit where credit is due.

Where can we find The Old Main next?

We’re always somewhere. We do our best to keep our schedule updated on the Facebook page. Just keep an ear out for us!

Local musician, John Keller, is the owner of Off Center Records in downtown Utica, NY.

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The 100-year Anniversary of the Passenger Pigeon’s Extinction

by Matt Perry

I’ve seen some large flocks of blackbirds in fairly dense formation and in multiple layers, flying over our nature preserve this fall. Probably with birds flying one above the other. Some have the largest of them contained more than 1,500 described the flocks as being like a river of birds. birds. Of those, most were Common Grackles, This is why it was commonly reported that the but there were a few Red-winged Blackbirds, sky darkened during the birds’ passage. It was Brown-headed Cowbirds and Rusty Blackbirds also said that the noise from their combined in the mix. The flock was maybe only 30 to wing beats sounded like a tornado. Given their 50 birds wide, but was very long and stretched astounding numbers, it’s difficult to fathom that across the sky. They stayed low over the terrain, they could’ve gone extinct in such a short time, undulating over trees and other features as a but an unrelenting harvest of the pigeons for food, snake might over uneven ground. Some of their sport, and as pets, coupled with the destruction number landed in the high branches of a cot- of their forest habitat, effectively ushered them into oblivion. tonwood tree, but Measuring 15 lingered for only to 16 inches a moment before in length and rejoining the flock. with a 25The oft repeated inch wingsimple call note of the grackles lent a span, Passendistinct crackling ger Pigeons sound to the prowere relativecession. A couple ly large birds, of years before on and were the same hilltop, I longer than happened to see a the familmuch larger flock iar Mournof European Staring Doves.

Well-devellings. They are similar in size to oped musLarge flocks attracted near continuous gunfire from the ground, blackbirds but the cles in their flocks of Passenger Pigeons were like “rivers of birds” character of their breasts made flocks couldn’t be them exmore different. A flock containing a thousand or tremely strong fliers, fully capable of traveling more starlings appears to become a single entity, more than 100 miles a day in search of food. gracefully shape-shifting as each individual bird With colors more evocative of a tropical parrot executes near-simultaneous turns. From a dis- than a dove, the birds seemed exotic, but they tance, the flock’s shape balloons and contracts were anything but. In fact, the species’ range like a jellyfish and create amazing kaleidoscopic was limited to North America. Over the years, I’ve seen a few stuffed specimens of these “Wild patterns. It’s truly an incredible sight.

Historically, the Mohawk Valley region Pigeons.” They were interesting, but like most would have been in line to witness one of the old and poorly-kept taxidermy specimens, their most remarkable events in all of nature. I’m colors faded with time and they lost some of referring to the mass migration flights of the their reputed sleekness. A few black-and-white now extinct Passenger Pigeon. While the oth- pictures exist, including some that show a nest, er species I mentioned might be seen in flocks but the best impressions of the living birds come containing thousands of birds, the pigeon flocks from illustrations and eye-witness accounts.

Despite the fact that the Passenger Pigeon would easily contain millions and some say bil- lions of them! Reportedly, flocks would stretch was a summer resident in Central New York, from horizon to horizon and continue to pass few local accounts of them exist. However, four over for days without ceasing. The birds flew people from the region, including three author/

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naturalists, did publish observations. Our best firsthand accounts come from Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894), Egbert Bagg ll (18501915), the Rev. John Bartlett Wicks (18361915), and his younger brother, Russell Wicks.

In a memoir, Russell Wicks provides details on how farmers went about trapping the pigeons that passed through the Town of Paris. Although many were simply shot as they flew over, vast numbers were also captured alive in nets. In order to entice pigeons to the nets, “stool pigeons” were employed. When a flock was flying over, these tethered birds would be induced to flap their wings. The stool pigeon’s fluttering motions were interpreted by the flocks as a sign their comrades had discovered a safe feeding place.

Down they’d come, many into waiting nets. This method of trapping was highly effective. In fact, witnesses claimed that thousands of birds could be netted with just a few hours of work. The birds collected by the farmers would be caged and often fattened up for later use by their families, or sold.

In an 1893 issue of The Harpers Monthly Magazine, Susan Fenimore Cooper (the daughter of writer, James Fenimore Cooper and author in her own right) penned an article called “The Lament for Birds.” Cooper was one of the early voices sounding the alarm over the precipitous loss of wildlife and habitat in the United States.

Through the 1800s drastic habitat loss, coupled with the large scale commercial exploitation of birds and other wildlife, was taking a heavy toll and driving many species to the brink of extinction. It’s important to note that before the 20th Century there were no effective laws protecting native wildlife from over-exploitation. At that time, sportsmen and market hunters behaved as if there was an endless supply of game, taking virtually any species at any time and for any purpose. Perhaps no other species saw exploitation on the scale of our native pigeons. Not only were they relentlessly shot and netted during migration, but the birds’ breeding grounds were transformed into meat-processing plants. All necessary equipment would be transported right into the forest. Trees, some containing hundreds of nests each, were systematically cut down, and the pigeons, young and adults alike, would be slaughtered, processed, and packed right there

Family juvenile, adult male, and adult female Passenger Pigeons in the field. Barrels of pigeons would then be shipped to cities and to the southern states were they were commonly used as slave rations. Expansion of railroad lines throughout the country made shipping the pigeon meat entirely practical and profitable. What seemed to be an inexhaustible supply of pigeons at the beginning of the 19th Century was proving all too exhaustible well before the century’s end.

Of the local naturalist writers, Cooper is the only one that expressed a strong sense of regret at the disappearance of the Wild Pigeon from the region—and from the world. Cooper describes the pigeon as “elegant in form, and very pleasing in its slate-colored plumage, tinged with a pale shading of red on its breast. It is very gentle and peaceable, entirely harmless and even timid by nature.” Though she herself never witnessed the awesome flocks described by legendary naturalists like Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon, she did have some experience with the species. She said that in the early morning of June 8, 1948, a large flock of Wild Pigeons became disoriented in the fog and came down in the center of the Village of Cooperstown surprising and unnerving the residents. The birds remained until sunrise and then departed into clearing skies. The following year, in the spring of 1849, she reports that a much larger flock, one numbering in the thousands, made their colonial nest site in a wooded valley of the Susquehanna.

Though it was not anywhere as vast as the breeding sites described by the early naturalists, it was nonetheless impressive and shared some of the

unique attributes of those over-crowded nesting sites.

Numerous as they were, individual pairs of Passenger Pigeons were not prolific breeders. A pair would typically produce only a single egg and raise one chick during the breeding season.

The behavior of colonial nesting, which is the practice of multiple pairs breeding in a single location, was an extraordinarily successful adaptation for Passenger Pigeons. It allowed them to become the most common bird species in the hemisphere and many say the world. Indeed, their system worked like a charm, that is, until settlers of European descent effectively scuttled it. As a rule, birds that nest in colonies are safer from predators than their non-colonial nesting counterparts. Simply put, if your nest is just one in a large group, then the chances of a predator singling out you or your chick are very low.

Pigeons nesting on the periphery of the colony would be more at risk than those in the interior, but the colony as a whole was virtually guaranteed to enjoy a great degree of breeding success.

This strategy was turned on its head by dedicated bird hunters who had no reservations about bringing their attack into the heart of the nesting sites. And so, colonial nesting, once the secret of the bird’s success, became the proverbial albatross around their necks. Following a half century of unrelenting harvest, breeding sites became too small to effectively protect the chicks being produced. The pigeons were incapable of laying more eggs to adapt to their changed circumstances. It was a paradox. They needed a large population to produce enough young to attain a large population. It’s said that in the last decade of the 19th Century, the few Passenger Pigeons that remained in the wild ceased even trying to breed. They were unable to compensate for their catastrophic losses, and they entered an extinction spiral.

John Bartlett Wicks was an Episcopal priest and the longtime pastor of Saint Paul’s’ Church in the village of Paris. Wicks was a life-long nature enthusiast, and he particularly appreciated wild birds. One of his two published books about Paris Hill’s bird life was called My Bird Parishioners. In contrast to Cooper, John Wicks’ writings convey only a slight sense of remorse

for the disappearance of the Wild Pigeons. This is perhaps surprising, since he was otherwise a sensitive and ethical naturalist, especially for the time in which he wrote. His experience as a small boy witnessing the birds’ pillaging of his family’s farm fields obviously made a lasting impression on him. He recalled being stationed in the grain fields, where he was to act as a kind of living scarecrow, trying to deter the voracious birds from devouring the grain crop before it was harvested. Wicks informs us that locally there were two major annual migration flights of Wild Pigeons. The spring flight usually took place in April, when flocks would pass over Paris Hill in a nearly unbroken succession for a week or longer. He describes the autumn flight as being larger and taking even longer to pass through, presumably since juvenile birds raised that season were swelling the ranks. Wicks reports that in the fall of 1840, the pigeon flight was unusually large and, as others have described, the sun was perceptively dimmed by their passage. It’s clear that Wicks’ apparent lack of sympathy for these birds derived from his perception that they were enemies of agriculture. Ironically, early settlers and farmers brought this on themselves. Historically, the pigeons relied heavily on beechnuts and other bounty of the old forest for sustenance and it was only when that vast original forest was felled that the birds needed to seek out other food sources to fuel their journeys.

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In 1886, when Utica businessman and naturalist Egbert Bagg ll co-wrote the Annotated List of the Birds of Oneida County, the Passenger Pigeon’s presence in Central New York had already sharply diminished, but the species remained a small breeding presence in Herkimer and Hamilton counties. As late as 1878, Bagg himself recalled finding nests and collecting specimens in the Adirondacks. However, by the time Bagg published his revised bird list in 1911, the pigeon was extinct in the wild and only a handful of living specimens remained in zoos.

Interestingly, Bagg himself claimed to be mystified by the bird’s disappearance. He thought

it unlikely that people were the cause, but he then goes on to report that as late as the 1870s, the NYS Sportsman Association was purchasing more than 10,000 Wild Pigeons per year to use as targets for their shooting competitions.

He also recognized the immense commercial pressure that bore down on the species right to the end. He cites the fact that millions of them were shipped both living and dead from their last known colonial breeding site in Michigan in 1878.

In Bagg’s Oneida County bird list, he includes a description of what he believed to be the last known mass breeding event that took place in the region. Bagg’s source said that in the spring of 1847 a large tract of virgin forest was occupied by pigeons and their nests. The birds colonized an approximately three-mile-wide strip beginning near Annsville, Oneida County, and stretching north for a span of 30 miles.

Reportedly, pigeon nests densely covered most every tree within that vast span. When the birds took off each morning to feed, the flocks darkened the sky.

Any plant or animal that exists in an ecosystem has some effect on its environment. The influence of some creatures may be negligible, while others may have a more significant impact. It’s impossible to believe that any species as numerous as Passenger Pigeons weren’t major players in the workings of the forest ecosystem. Indeed, they must have had great influence on the makeup of the forest and on the distri-

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bution of its wild inhabitants. Certainly, scores of other wildlife species would have depended on the pigeons for their own livelihoods, either by directly preying upon them or indirectly relying on them for habitat modification. Without a doubt, raptors that make their living capturing birds did very well when the Passenger Pigeon population was near its zenith. Falcons like the Peregrine and Merlin must’ve found a plentiful supply of prey and likely adopted breeding habitat at the periphery of the large roosting and nesting sites. What are now commonly thought of as bird-feeder hawks, the Sharp-shinned Hawk and Cooper’s Hawk would also have made a decent living off the pigeons. The same is true for a whole range of mammalian predators, everything from wolves to bobcats to mink would have depended on pigeons as an important staple

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In the 1800s market hunters were unburdened by regulations limiting the size of their kills of their diets.

Much was made of the damage done to forests by the pigeons’ communal nest sites and roosts, since they involved such broad swaths of territory. After a season’s nesting was finished, a large track of forest would be profoundly transformed, characterized by broken and damaged trees and with soil liberally anointed with droppings. A disturbance of this magnitude is akin to that wrought by a massive blow down, ice storm, or forest fire. Importantly, the openings in the forest canopy that resulted created a habitat for other species in the form of meadows, forest edges, and brushy forest understories. These distinct habitat types are utilized by scores of species for nesting and feeding opportunities.

Mourning Warbler, Hooded Warbler, and many

of the region’s songbirds rely on disturbed forest habitat for nesting. Back when virtually the entire Northeastern U.S. was dominated by one unbroken forest, the disturbance factors created by Wild Pigeons would have done much to maintain species diversity and aid the overall health of the forest. Also, it’s safe to say that the dissemination of native seeds through the pigeon’s copious droppings were responsible for diversifying the makeup of the forest’s plant communities. Passenger Pigeons are now recognized as playing a role in the wide distribution of acorns and nuts from trees like White Oak and American Chestnut. This was an important service they rendered to their fellow wildlife.

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what a migrating flock of Passenger Pigeons would have looked like as it traversed the contours of the Mohawk and Oriskany valleys. It turns out that it’s not an easy thing to do–to conjure up a ghost flock. There’s no viable way to turn back the clock and undue the Passenger Pigeon’s demise. All we can do is learn from it and adapt our own behavior and, in some cases, our sensibilities in order to ensure it doesn’t happen again to any other species. With so many species currently headed for the brink of extinction, it seems we cannot learn this lesson fast enough, but learn it we must, for the sake of wildlife, for the health of our ecosystems, and for our own sake.

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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what’s up in the november forest

by Matt Perry

With the leaves now off the trees, the November forest looks well prepared for the onset of winter. Most of the migrant songbirds have departed the region and winter residents have taken the stage. Tree Sparrows from Canada have replaced the summer resident Chipping Sparrows.

It’s always an interesting changing of the guard since the two species share a superficial resemblance and they rarely overlap each other by even one day. It’s as if your neighbor was one day seamlessly replaced by someone who looks like his cous-

in–similar rusty cap, similar tawny coat.

Without close scrutiny, you’d never know the change occurred. Similarly, the American Robins that breed in Canada arrive here and replace the robins that spent the summer with us. This could be compared to your other neighbor (I don’t want to pick on that same guy) suddenly being replaced by his identical twin brother. And, yes, we do have robins that spend the winter with us each year.

A favorite bird for me to look for in the winter is the Brown Creeper. It actually spends the entire year with us, but their active foraging in the colder months makes them much easier to locate. I usually hear their soft single-trilled note well before I see them. The creepers are nuthatch-sized, brown birds with relatively long, downcurved bills. Invariably, they are found creeping up the bark of a forest tree and occasionally pausing to inspect a crevice for

dormant insects. They systematically wind their way up one tree trunk, get close to the top and then fly to the bottom of the next tree, where a similar inspection begins. So, have some fun this fall looking for creepers when hiking in a mixed deciduous forest.

They are most often in the company of chickadees, nuthatches, and kinglets.

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1st Lieut. (later Colonel) Frank West was born 1850 in Mohawk, NY, and died in 1923 in New York City.

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Private Benjamin Gifford was born in Mohawk, NY, in 1833 and died in Hinsdale, NY, in 1901. He served in Company H of the 121st New York Infantry. He received the Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor for the capture of a flag on April 6, 1865, while fighting at Deatonville, (Sailor’s Creek),VA. He is buried at Hinsdale Cemetery, Cattaraugus County, in Hinsdale. (picture not available) Seaman David Lawrence Bass was born in 1842 and died in 1886 in Little Falls, NY. He served in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Minnesota. He received the Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery during the combined Army/ Navy operations at Fort Fisher, NC, on Jan. 15, 1865. His Congressional Medal of Honor citation reads: “Landing on the beach with the assault party Seaman Bass advanced to the top of a sand hill under enemy fire. When more than twothirds of the men became seized with panic and retreated on the run, he remained with the party until dark, when it came safely away, bringing its wounded, its arms and colors.” He is buried at Wilcox Cemetery in Little Falls.

Technical Sgt. Forrest L. Vosler was born 1923 in Lyndonville, Livingston County, NY. Vosler moved to Poland, NY, in 1961 and died in 1992 in Titusville, FL. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II 358th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group over Bremen, Germany, on Dec. 20, 1943. His Congressional Medal of Honor citation reads: “For conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio operator-air gunner on a heavy bombardment aircraft in a mission over Bremen, Germany, on 20 December 1943. After bombing the target, the aircraft in which TSgt. Vosler was serving was severely damaged by anti-aircraft fire, forced out of formation, and immediately subjected to repeated vicious attacks by enemy fighters. Early in the engagement a 20-mm.

cannon shell exploded in the radio compartment, painfully wounding TSgt. Vosler in the legs and thighs. At about the same time, a direct hit on the tail of the ship seriously wounded the tail gunner and rendered the tail guns inoperative. Realizing the great need for firepower in protecting the vulnerable tail of the ship, TSgt. Vosler, with grim determination, kept up a steady stream of deadly fire. Shortly thereafter another 20-mm. enemy shell exploded, wounding TSgt. Vosler in the chest and about the face. Pieces of metal lodged in both eyes, impairing his vision to such an extent that he could only distinguish blurred shapes. Displaying remarkable tenacity and courage, he kept firing his guns and declined to take First-Aid treatment. The radio equipment had been rendered inoperative during the battle, and when the pilot announced that he would have to ditch, although unable to see and working entirely by touch, TSgt. Vosler finally got the set operating and sent out distress signals despite several lapses into unconsciousness. When the ship ditched, TSgt. Vosler managed to get out on the wing by himself and hold the wounded tail gunner from slipping off until the other crew members could help them into the dinghy. TSgt. Vosler’s actions on this occasion were an inspiration to all serving with him. The extraordinary courage, coolness, and skill he displayed in the face of great odds, when handicapped by injuries that would have incapacitated the average crewmember, were outstanding.” TSgt. Vosler is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 60, Grave 4924.

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then although painfully wounded himself, made a third trip to carry another soldier to safety from an open area. Ignoring profuse bleeding of his wounds, he gallantly led men of his platoon until they were pinned down by murderous, flanking fire from two enemy machine guns. He fearlessly crawled alone to within thirty feet of the first enemy position, killed the crew of four and silenced the enemy gun with accurate grenade fire.

He continued to crawl through intense fire within twenty feet of the second position where he leaped to his feet, made a lone, ferocious charge and captured the gun and its nine-man crew. Observing another platoon pinned down by two more German machine guns, he led a squad on a flanking approach and, rising to his knees in the face of direct fire, coolly and deliberately lobbed three grenades at the Germans, silencing one gun and killing its crew. With tenacious aggressiveness he ran toward the other gun and knocked it out with grenade fire. He then returned to his platoon and led it in a fierce inspired charge, forcing the enemy to fall back in confusion.

Lieutenant Will was mortally wounded in this last action, but his heroic leadership, indomitable courage and unflinching devotion to duty live on as a perpetual inspiration to all those who witnessed his deeds.” The Congressional Medal of Honor was presented posthumously to Will’s father, John Will, at the Rome Army Air Field on Friday, Oct. 26, 1945.

First Lt. Will is buried in the U.S. Military Margarten Cemetery in Holland, Plot TT, Row 8, Grave 184.

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“The Star in the Window: Selected Stories of World War II Veterans” by Louis C. Langone. 2011 Brochure – Medal of Honor Recipients, Herkimer County

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TALES FROM

SHAWANGUNK

Shawangunk nature preserve, cold brook

Chapter 2

by Peggy Spencer Behrendt

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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. See issues 1-12 for her diaries from their first year.

Chapter 2 Circa 1977

The deciduous trees here are bare now after the great autumn “Festival of Color,” but there’s a second show! The fallen leaves are caught in the evergreens below, an effulgent afterglow to console us as we enter the muted shades of early winter.

I love peasant life—to be constantly challenged to learn how to do things ourselves. To know how, to understand, to be able and creative with the raw materials nature offers to us is joy to me. It is freedom, empowerment, and independence. But it is not a life for the lazy. We work hard and find it deeply meaningful.

Every day we can, we carry in two buckets of soil or a bag of leaf mold or sphagnum moss from the forest for the garden. I get lost one day, carrying a heavy bag of wet moss on my back and wander around for half an hour, looking for the way back, stubbornly refusing to ease my back by leaving my precious load behind. Finally, tired, and chagrined, I discover I’ve been only a dozen yards or so from the road. Finally, we grow close to 200 pounds of carrots, despite dire predictions by experts that we’d never grow food here. They are amazingly delicious, crisp and sweet.

I try storing them in different ways in the root cellar: washed, not washed, in sand, in leaves, but one year Nature gives me a surprise lesson. A big snow storm hits before I’ve harvested them. Cursing, I hurry out in

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For Halloween Peggy pretends to be a forest elf and Tim is St. Francis of Assisi feeding the chickadees. the morning with heavy snow falling and a blanket of several inches already on the ground. Hands freezing, I sweep away snow, pull up carrots with hunks of frozen soil still clinging to them, snap off the frost-stiffened green tops, toss them into buckets and lower them into the cellars. They end up keeping the freshest and last the longest of any fancy technique.

These are riches. We feel immense gratitude at harvest time for root cellars full of fresh vegetables, wild apples, and jars we’ve canned. We have a lifetime supply of firewood available from dead trees, clean water, and a small house we can heat and afford ... all on our own land. We have skills, health, family, friends, and each other. We are fabulously wealthy with very little money.

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are chickadees and nuthatches that land on his hand.

Last night we heard the old humane mouse jar trap rolling around with lots of squeaking and chirping. (It’s a Mason jar lid with a hole in the middle. Long spikes around the circumference taper into the jar so mice can crawl in but not out.) Two mice had gotten in at once, a short ear and a long ear, and they were fighting in the jar, even after I picked them up. I managed to get them in separate jars for the rest of the night so they couldn’t beat each other up, and we released them far into the woods this morning.

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Going to Uncle Grunt is getting to be a pain. There’s so much water I often have to leap from tree root to tree root to avoid puddles and muck. It’s especially tricky and hazardous after dark. We lay down boards to bridge some spots and even they get slippery. I wish we had flat rocks. We turn a plastic jug into a lidded chamber pot so we don’t have to go out at night, and occasionally we do an immediate incineration of our solid waste if the wood fire is going.

Our 1950 Willies Jeep we call Isaiah is 27 years old and becoming less reliable. It shorts out when water splashes into the engine from the wet road, leaving us stranded while the connections dry out. We took it to

a garage in Holland Patent for repair, and biked home 16 miles. We biked back to pick it up when they told us to, and it wasn’t even ready yet. Fortunately, our friends (and watercolors teacher), Ed and Connie Christiana live there and gave us a ride home.

On the way home late at night after visiting the children in Pennsylvania, I am curled up on the seat in the cab, napping with my head on Tim’s lap. Isaiah struggles up a big hill at 45mph. A tractor trailer is passing on the left and in the rear-view mirror Tim sees another one approaching rapidly, way too rapidly. He yells, “Here we go!” Then “SMASH!” We are suddenly rocketing forward at least 65mph. He keeps steering straight ahead so we won’t roll over. My head hits his ribs. Everything in the back flies out on the highway. Amazingly, we finally come safely to a stop, and the driver of the tractor trailer comes and apologizes for falling asleep. Since Isaiah’s bumper and frame are built out of bridge quality steel they are just a bit bent, and except for Tim’s’ badly bruised ribs we are okay because of the seat belts he installed.

After a hospital check-up, we drive home in a rental car and wait for Isaiah’s frame to get pulled back in shape. My Snow White skirt is lost forever on Rt. 81, but better her

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than me. the church allots Tim for travel expenses to We splurge on a newer car for $300. It’s help with our land purchases. (Beyond our 3 only 10 years old, a 1966 VW Beetle and we ½ acre homestead, between 1978 and 2014 name it after Vicktor Frankel because with we bought nine more properties, culminatresilience, luck, and optimism, he survived ing in a preserve that embraces 517 acres of Auschwitz. We hope we can likewise sur- a protected, forever-wild, wood and meadvive the highways in this tinny Beeow watershed that provides millions of tle that will get better mileage gallons of clean water to the Moand be more reliable than hawk Valley annually.)

Isaiah (we hope).

“We have skills, Each time we make a It needs some work. land purchase, we vehehealth, family, The floor is rusted mently say, “This is the last friends, and each through in places, so parcel” and go into an ausTim covers the holes terity budget. VW catalogs other. We are with pieces of metal get put in the outhouse; fabulously wealthy glued on with Bondo. we skimp on groceries and He wires 2x6 beams of sell whatever we can-- class with very little wood to the axles underrings, musical instruments, money.” neath to reinforce the rusty the antique washing machine, frame. There’s no rear bumper honey, rustic furniture Tim builds so Tim gets one from a junk yard and sells to friends. Fortunately, my piand bolts it to the hood of the rear engine. ano is too hard to move. Tim’s guitar gets He makes sure not to open it at church since gifted back after several years with the stipseeing a bumper up in the air looks very ulation that we never try to sell it again. My strange. The brakes, lights and tires are good banjo is sold for two different parcels. Our and, somehow, it passes inspection. I kind parents, kids, and friends loan us money and of like the fact that the passenger seat isn’t we always pay them back. Some come in as attached to the floor, so there’s plenty of leg partners, later to sell out their share to us. All these are accomplished in goodwill. room.

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are torturous. One accuses Tim of personally pushing over 50 trees to block his loggers’ truck. Finally realizing that this is humanly impossible, he suggests holding the deed while we make payments to him at high interest for 30 years. Meanwhile, his loggers are logging someone else’s parcel because no one is sure where the property lines are.

They bog down quickly in the swamp, leaving deep 12- to 24-inch ruts of water-filled muck that will support the mosquito population and make walking treacherous for decades. We are miserable and depressed for those weeks, listening to the dragon roar of logging machines ripping out the trees. We vow that this will not happen here again.

Despite travel challenges and financial stress, church and community work is fascinating. Tim serves on U.N. and Planned Parenthood boards and debates with his church denomination in support of gay marriages.

“I have no problem with people loving each other,” he says. “I have a problem with people hating each other.” And soon after, the denomination agrees.

He starts a memorial society so people who join can have cheaper funeral services when needed. I’m reluctantly recruited to be the first treasurer. In my 20s I guess I may be the youngest treasurer of a memorial society

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He helps start a New School of Utica with a small group of enthusiastic parents with individualized curriculum for elementary students. It is stalled with lengthy meetings and discussions, until he opens a bank account and puts $50 in. It starts in our Utica church Fellowship Hall, which becomes a lively bustle of delighted children, creative volunteers and, occasionally, an annoyed parishioner. I offer piano and guitar lessons and Tim offers Phys.Ed. and counseling.

He starts a coffeehouse at the church in downtown Utica, where there are poetry readings, musical sharings, and many interesting and creative people. Henry Thomas plunks an abstract painting on the piano and says, “Here is what my painting sounds like,” followed by wild and wonderful music he creates on the spot. Later on, we see him on Genesee Street, dancing with a flower.

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Another young man comes to church and takes the collection with a smile, wearing a bathrobe over his pajamas and slippers on his feet. The elders are miffed. The hippies think it’s funny. He says he wanted to test how truly liberal our church is.

After long hours working in Utica and Rome, we wearily putter home in Vicktor up the hills to Cold Brook, and across its seven bridges. We pass through the early winter fields of the Muzyk farm where Louie, with memories of harvesting 4,000 bales of hay a year, is on his sputtering tractor, towing a rusty bailer, gleaning the last remnants of wilted grass from frost-bitten fields to feed his family--his little herd of cows. He waves to us while we wait for the cows to meander off the road.

After being out in civilization, teaching, shopping, performing, and traveling, the first day back to the forest is depressing. It’s too quiet, too peaceful, and we are still geared for action. By the second day, we relax and start to match the slower pace of nature without the noise of civilization.

This inertia, this culture shock, and re-adjustment are something we have to deal with constantly, but we know we’re working through it when we realize, “Oh, yes…

Look for more from Peggy’s memoirs next month!

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NOVEmber

GAllery Guide

Detail from Immaculate Deception, by John Loy of Clinton, on display at the Earlville Opera House this month.

Nature’s Treasures: The Art of Pamela Underhill Karaz

Olde Story Quilts

by Barbara Hall

Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov. 22, 11am-3pm

Through November 30, 2014

Cherry Branch Gallery

The Artful Lodger Gallery

25 Main Street, Cherry Valley (607) 264-9530 www.cherrybranchgallery.com

7 East Park Row, Clinton, NY (315) 853-3672 www.artfullodger.net

Winslow Homer: The Nature and Rhythm of Life Through January 4, 2015 Works spanning Homer’s career.

Arkell Museum

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

Utica Camera Club Annual Members Exhibit November 3 - December 5, 2015 Opening Reception: Monday, Nov. 3, 4:30-6pm

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

Group Show of Member Work Holiday Show & Sale November 14 - December 22, 2014 Opening Reception: Friday, Nov., 14, 5-7pm

Cooperstown Art Association

22 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY (607) 547-9777 www.cooperstownart.com

Totems of Life & Abstract Perfectionism, the paintings of Maria Rizzo and John Loy November 8 - December 21, 2014 Artists Reception: Saturday, Nov. 8, 12-3pm

Earlville Opera House

18 East Main Street, Earlville, NY (315) 691-3550 www.earlvilleoperahouse.com www.mvcc.edu/gallery

A primitive mix of new and old purposeful clutter, handmades including wreaths, dolls, ornies, grubby prims, cabinets, framed prints, bird houses, finds, signs, seasonal wares & one of a kinds!

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

- Open for Lunch -Tavern Menu - 7 Days a Week from 11am - Country Style Dining

Your Hosts: The Dixon Family since 1992

- Comfort Food Special - Friday Fish Fry

6170 Valley Mills St., Munnsville (315) 495-2470

- Saturday Night Prime Rib Buffet

7243 Valley Rd Madison · 893–7698

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Tue - Sat: 10-5, Sun: 11-4

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Small Works Invitational

Watercolors by Lynne Reichhart

November 17 - December 19, 2014 Opening Reception: Thursday Nov 12, 5- 7pm

Through November 30, 2014 Watercolor paintings inspired by the ever changing light and shadows in the surrounding world.

Kirkland Art Center

East Park Row, Clinton, NY (315) 853-8871 www.kacny.org

Fusion Art Gallery

8584 Turin Rd, Rome (315) 338-5712 www.photoshoppeofrome.com

All Aboard, Pamela Menotti’s Train Paintings in Pastel

The works of Richard Barlow

November 1 - 30, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov. 8, 12-2pm Works in watercolor and pencil

November 11 - December 12, 2014 Richard Barlow is Professor of Art at Hartwick College. His work has been exhibited nationally.

Kirkland Town Library

Juergensen Gallery

55 1/2 College Street, Clinton, NY (315) 853- 2038 www.kirklandtownlibrary.org

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

5798 Route 80 Cooperstown New York

Folk Art and American Modernism

2014-15 Season

Presenting World-Class Music, Theater, & Dance!

Brian Brooks Moving Company

Mohawk Valley Dance Partnership Saturday, Nov. 8, 7:30pm

THROUGH DEC. 31

Innovative, risky, wildly imaginative, and a breath of fresh air in the dance world.

Adults: $20; Seniors: $15; Students: $5

Axiom Brass

Saturday, Nov. 15, 7:30pm An award-winning quintet praised for their high level of musicality, technical ability, and clean, clear sound.

Adults: $20; Seniors: $15; Students: $5

Approximately 80 folk art objects including paintings, carvings, weathervanes, decoys and furnishings collected by Modernists, with examples of the work they produced in response to folk art.

Visit our Museum Shop for unique holiday gifts!

Unidentified maker, Chalkware Cat, ca. 1875, chalkware, Fenimore Art Museum. Unidentified maker, Bear and Pears, ca. 1825-1835, oil on wood, Fenimore Art Museum. Elie Nadelman, Head of a Woman, possibly 1916–1918, bronze bust. Collection of Vera and Pepi Jelinek.

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Box Office information and tickets

(315) 859-4331

www.hamilton.edu/college/performingarts

Short Stories, The Art of George White and Tony Thompson

28th Annual Quilts Unlimited

Through December 7, 2014 A competitive exhibition of quilts from across the country, featuring both traditional and contemporary quilts.

Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 7, 6-9pm Extended Reception: Saturday, Nov. 8, 11am-2pm

The Other Side

View

2011 Genesee St. Utica, NY www.theothersideutica.org

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nce upon a time, on a quiet little farm…

your story begins here

3273 Route 28, Old Forge, NY (315) 369-6411 www.viewarts.org

LIVE NATIVITY

and CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Thursday, November 20

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Farm Weddings R CULTURAL Events R

LIFE DISCOVERY Christian Book and Gift Store 8461 Seneca Tpke, Big Apple Music Plaza, New Hartford 315.736.3971 www.life-discovery.com

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Order Your Thanksgiving Floral Arrangements Fresh or Silk Available!

Christmas Trees & Wreaths will be arriving Nov. 24th!

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Gift Shoppe!

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Mohawk Village Market

Your old-fashioned, full service butcher!

Butcher Block Meats (no pre-packaged meats) Specialty cuts - Storemade Patties & Salads Complete Grocery Line

Serving you 7 days a week! 24 West Main St., Mohawk (315) 866-3344 www.mohawkvillagemarket.com

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

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

Foothills Forever Leather Mercantile Special

The BIG RED BARN filled to the rafters with antiques and vintage pieces, collectibles, glassware, furniture, accessories, and dealer supplies in all price ranges.

Over 20 Vendors!

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James Dean style jacket in lambskin or cowhide for ladies & men with zip-in/zip-out liner!

Leather briefcase with shoulder strap

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GENESEE JOE’S LIVE & LOCAL:

the overnighters This month we check in with a group that met at Le Moyne College in Syracuse and formed initially in 2012 with Jake Toscano and Rob McCall. They were soon joined by Nick Toscano and Zach Calidonna. Calidonna is a Clinton native.

The Overnighters has recorded three EPs as a duo with Jake and Nick, with Emerson Street and Long Forgotten Melodies recorded this past May and released in August. CDs are available at their shows and at Reimagine Records in New Hartford.

The band’s influences range from Ben Howard, Matchbox Twenty, City and Colour, The Who, Counting Crows to Todd Hobin.

I had the chance to see this band live at a recent show at The Gig at The Turning Stone and was very impressed with them.

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Catch them live at the Dev in Utica with the Taryn Jensen Band Dec. 12!

They have the chops, top-notch songwriting, performance, and stage presence. The band compares their sound to Dashboard Confessional, John Mayer, and Counting Crows.

The Overnighters strive to have fun, play shows, keep it real and true to themselves, and grow their fan base.

This band is a smooth blend of acoustic alternative music.

Check them out on Facebook and Reverb Nation, too. Catch them live Dec. 12 at The Dev in Utica with the Taryn Jensen Band.

Listen to Genesee Joe live on 92.7FM, The DRIVE. www.927thedrive.net

GROWING OUR ECONOMY

FEEDING OUR COMMUNITIES

(detail) Image: Tracy Helgeson, Almost Evening (2013), oil on panel.

A CELEBRATION OF OUR

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 9AM-5PM FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM 5775 STATE HIGHWAY 80 COOPERSTOWN, NY FarmersMuseum.org/food-farm

AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY Connect with potential partners and customers. Learn from other farm business owners as they share their knowledge and experience. Discover what’s new, what’s trending and opportunities that exist.

Understand and appreciate the importance of agriculture in our community and economy.

Please visit our website for a list of our keynote speakers.

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Automotive Repair Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Mohawk Automotive, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Oriskany Garage & Tire, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . 54

Cheese Jake’s Gouda Cheese, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . . 33 Jewett’s Cheese House, Earlville . . . . . . . . . . 26 Three Village Cheese, Newport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Art and Picture Framing Adirondack Art and Frame, Barneveld . . . . . . 8 Evergreen Gallery, Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Fynmore Studios, New Hartford/Boonville . . 44 Oskar’s Picture Framing, New Hartford . . . . . 14

Christmas Trees George’s Nursery & Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Massoud’s Tree Farm, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . 21 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . . . 58 Cider Mills Dyn’s Cider Mill, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . 22 Fly Creek Cider Mill, Fly Creek . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Clothing Forever Leather, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Krizia Martin, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Paca Gardens, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 The Village Crossing, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Coffee Shops Locavore, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Tramontane Cafe, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Utica Brews, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Colleges & Schools Morrisville State College, Morrisville . . . . . 60 Consignment The Queen’s Closet, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Treasures Lost & Found, New Hartford . . . . . 46 The Village Basement, New Hartford . . . . . . . 56 Delis Kountry Kupboard, Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Diners Freddy’s Diner, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Liz’s Mohawk Diner, Mohawk . . . . . . . . . . 10 That Little Place on Main, Little Falls . . . . . 19 Village Diner, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Dry Cleaners M & M Cleaners, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Estate Sales Attic Addicts, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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The Potting Shed Antiques, Whitesboro . . . . 47 Events, Entertainment, & Open Houses Earlville Opera House Artisans Sale . . . . . 66 Food & Farming Conference, Nov 15 . . . . . . . 75 Hamilton College Performing Arts, Clinton . . . 70 Mad/Bouck Merchants’ Open House Nov 7-9 . . 21 Newport Marketplace, Newport, Nov 15 . . . . 33 Robert Channing Imagination!, Utica, Nov 15 . . . 80 Shoppes at the Finish Line, Utica, Sat. Nov 29 . . . 22 The Stanley, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Westmoreland Antiques Ctr., Nov 8 & 9 . . . . . 28 View, Old Forge, Quilts Unlimited thru Dec 7 . . 73 Farm Equipment Clinton Tractor, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Farm Produce and Meats Locavore, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . . . 58 Redmond’s Red Deer Farm, Holland Patent . . . . 20 Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . . . . 58 Sunnybrook Farm, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Twin Orchards, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Financial Services Turnbull Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 11 Van Meter & Van Meter, Little Falls . . . . . . . . 56 Fireplaces and Stoves Countryside Stoves/Riverside Pools, Marcy . . . 17 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Mohawk Village Market, Mohawk . . . . . . . . .71 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . . . . 58 Reilly’s Dairy, Inc., Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Flooring Enjem’s Carpet, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Pohlig’s Hardware, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Florists Clinton Florist, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Buttercup Florist, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Michael’s Greenhouse, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . 71 Village Floral, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Funeral Services Nunn & McGrath, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Furniture Adirondack Furniture, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Country Emporium, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . 27 John Froass & Son, Inc., Sherrill . . . . . . . . . 31 Ironwood Furniture, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Jeff ’s Amish Furniture, Jordanville . . . . . . . . . . 8

Lillie’s Agway & Archery, Holland Patent . . . . 36 Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Morgan’s Hardware, Waterville . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Pohlig’s Hardware, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Turner Lumber, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Health and Fitness Fitness Farmacy, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 62 Heating Oil Little Falls Fuel, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Furniture Makers Custom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Hobby Shops Adirondack Motorbooks, Holland Patent . . . 39 Locomotion Hobby, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Furniture Repair/Upholstery Mohawk Valley Refinishing, Ilion . . . . . . . . . 47

Hot Air Balloon Trips Royalty Ballooning, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . 10

Garden Centers and Greenhouses George’s Nursery & Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Michael’s Greenhouse, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . 71 Massoud’s Tree Farm, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Szarek Greenhouses, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Independent Living Acacia Village, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Gift Shop s Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Cobbler and Company, Sharon Springs . . . . . 68 Country Connections, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Dyn’s Cider Mill, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . 22 Evergreen Galley, Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Krizia Martin, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Lemon Tree, Cooperstown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Life Discovery, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Little Falls Antique Center, Little Falls . . . . . . 37 Newport Marketplace, Newport . . . . . . . . . . 33 Paca Gardens, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Pathway of Pearls, Schuyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Remington Country Store, Ilion . . . . . . . . . 33 Shoppes at the Finish Line, Utica . . . . . . . . 22 Sticks n Stones, Waterville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Westmoreland Gift Shop, Westmoreland . . . 28

Iron Work - Architectural & Ornamental Raulli’s Iron Works, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Golf and Recreation Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 29 Hardware/Farm & Home Earley Farm and Hardware, Inc., Madison . . . 59 Holland Patent Farmers Co-op . . . . . . . . . . 30

Insurance Turnbull Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 11

Jewelry Clinton Jewelers, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Fall Hill Bead & Gem, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . 65 Lighting Mills Electrical Supply, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Liquor Stores and Wine Clinton Wine and Spirits, Clinton . . . . . . . . . 57 Lotto Liquors, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Seneca Liquor, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Trenton Station Liquor & Wine, Barneveld . . . 24 Lodging Lights of Home, Oriskany Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ye Olde Landmark Tavern, Bouckville . . . . . 39 Maple Syrup Ben & Judy’s Sugarhouse, West Edmeston . . . . 10 Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 43 Media

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 FOX33/WUTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Monuments Yorkville Memorials, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Museums Farmer’s Museum, Cooperstown . . . . . . . . . 75 Goodsell Museum, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Remington Arms Museum, Ilion . . . . . . . . . 33 View, Old Forge, Quilts Unl. thru Dec. 7 . . . . . 73 Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Natural Foods, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . . 14 Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 60 Sunflower Naturals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tom’s Natural Foods, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Pastry Shops Caruso’s Pastry Shop, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Florentine Pastry Shop, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Semi-Dolce Italian Cookies (home-based) . . . 24 Star Bakery, Whitesboro & Utica . . . . . . . . 44 Pet Services Deb’s Dog D-Tails, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Dog’s Day Out, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Not Just Poodles Pet Salon, Whitesboro . . . . 19 Pet Shops Wild Things, New York Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Pharmacies Garro Drugs, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Photography Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Pizzerias DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Primo Pizzeria, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Riverside Pools & Spas, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Portable Restrooms Mohawk Ltd., Chadwicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Primitives Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . . 60 Quilt and Yarn Shops Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Two Ewes, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Real Estate River Hills Properties, Barneveld . . . . . . . . 63 Record Stores Off-Center Records, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ReImagine Records, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 5 Restaurants and Cafés Across the Row Bistro, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 39 Ann St. Deli, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Black Cat, Sharon Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cafe Ucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Copper Moose Ale House, Little Falls . . . . . . 18 Delta Lake Inn, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Dominick’s Deli, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Fitness Farmacy, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 62 Georgio’s, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Heidelberg Baking Co., Herkimer . . . . . . . . 51 Hotel Solsville, Solsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Karam’s Middle East Bakery, NY Mills . . . . 46 The Knight Spot, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Knuckleheads Brewhouse, Westmoreland . . . 78 Mitsuba Hibachi, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 31 Ohio Tavern, Cold Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Papa Joe’s Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . . . 27 Phoenician Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . . 19 Piccolo Cafe, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Quack’s Village Inn, Madison . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Rosa’s Trattoria, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sammy & Annie Foods, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Sandwich Chef, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Spaghetti Kettle, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Recreational Vehicles CJ Motor Sports, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Seamstress & Tailors Libbey’s Sew Blessed, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Shoes Holland Patent Farmers Co-op . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Small Engine Repair Stiefvater Outdoor Power, New Hartford . . . 67 Stockhauser’s Auto & Marine Service, Prospect . . 50 Soap Cranberry Ridge Goat Milk Soap . . . . . . . . . 25 Solar Panels Great Brook Solar, New Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Support Groups Obsessive Compulsive, Utica, Mon: 6:30pm . . . 21

Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Oriskany Garage & Tire, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . 54 Trailers, Custom Blizzard Manufacturing, Inc., Boonville . . . . 13 Travel Agencies The Cruise Wizards, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . 51 Veterinary Paris Hill Cat Hospital, Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Websites Utica Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Utica Remember When . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Weddings and Banquets DiCastro’s Too, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Freddy’s Diner, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 29 Wellness Centers Pathway of Pearls, Schuyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Time for Me Day Spa & Wellness Ctr., Clinton . . 30 Windows RA Dudrak, Holland Patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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