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Oneida County Historical Society North Utica Calendar Classical MV The Music Never Stops ADK Journal Finders Keepers Store Riggy’s View Ilion Little Theatre Oliver’s Organic Eggs Weaver Barbara Decker November Nature On the Farm with Suzie MV Gardens & Recipes Trip to Old Forge Utica Map Restaurant Guide Winter Farmers Markets Antiques Shopping Guide Local CD Review Peregrine Falcons, Part 2 WWI in Herkimer County Tales from Shawangunk, Part 14 Gallery Guide MV Astronomy Club MV Comics Live & Local Advertiser Directory

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Food Chain Reaction

by Sharry L. Whitney

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time of thanks, and we want to thank you for reading Mohawk Valley Living.

We also want to acknowledge the amazing power you have. You’ve nourished the growth of this magazine. When you support our advertisers you start a chain reaction. Well, more like a circle than a chain, which is even better! When you respond to an ad in the magazine and shop, for example, at Tom’s Natural Foods and buy, for example, some Jake’s Gouda, not only do you support a local store and a local cheese maker, but at the end of the month this shop and cheese maker send some of their hard-earned money to us as payment for their ad in this magazine. Some of that money goes to our local printer, Vicks in Yorkville; to our writers like Suzie Jones at Jones Family Farm (products also available at Tom’s); to our delivery and salespeople who are all ardent supporters of local businesses; to the local media we use to promote the magazine; and what’s left over goes to Lance and me and supports and fuels us for the next issue.

Our community is like a garden. When you shop local stores and products, it’s like feeding the soil and we all get a better, healthier community. When you send your money out of the area, you are depleting your community and it becomes less productive (like my sad beets this summer that we didn’t take the time to replenish with our compost last spring.)

This garden analogy is really starting to impact Lance and me personally and how we shop. Now when we head out to a local shop or farmers’ market, we try to make sure we have cash. It was hard at first because we had become a “plastic” people out of selfish convenience. And although many vendors at farmers’ markets now take credit cards—and none of them will ever want to dissuade you from using them if you don’t have cash—there is a cost to them that goes to the credit card companies, depleting our community.

Lance and I are also careful about limiting the money we spend on our social media advertising, opting to use primarily local print, television, and local radio. When you advertise on Facebook you may reach local people, but social media is not local media. 100% of the money you spend on social media advertising flies to the West Coast, further depleting our community’s “soil.”

So, again, thank you for shopping our directory this holiday season and for nourishing our community of advertisers and, through that, our magazine and greater community. We are sincerely thankful and humbled by the awesome power you wield. •

MOHAWK VALLEY LIVING MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2015

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by Brian Howard, Executive Director Have you ever driven through downtown Utica and wondered about its unique street pattern? The acute angle at which Hotel, Seneca, and Washington Streets intersected with Genesee Street gave rise to three triangle-shaped buildings that defined the west side of downtown for generations. Only one—the Carlile Building at the intersection of Washington and Genesee— exists today.

The earliest streets in what became Utica were originally trails blazed by Native Americans who had been using them for centuries, prior to the arrival of “settlers” from the Atlantic seaboard in the 1700s. Whitesboro and Main Streets stemmed from trails that paralleled the Mohawk River, and routes extending south later became Genesee and Albany Streets.

The creation of Hotel, Seneca and Washington Streets (and also Broadway) was one of the first attempts to draw business away from Genesee, as the former frontier settlement of Old Fort Schuyler grew into the city of Utica. It is odd that neither the northern nor southern intersection of these streets with the ones they connected to— Whitesboro to the north and Genesee to the south—were at a right angle. Nevertheless, they were built and the property owners at the Genesee-end of things all constructed

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Perhaps the most prominent of these “flatiron” structures was the Devereux Building. The Devereux stood at the Hotel Street intersection from the 1840s through 1990 and was originally a dry goods store whose north side faced the Erie Canal (now Oriskany Street). Built on the wealth amassed by brothers John and Nicholas Devereux, this 4½ story structure was a central location for trade, industry and politics. One of Utica’s most prominent politicians, Sen. Francis Kernan, ran his law office in the building. Longtime residents may recall the White Tower hamburger restaurant on the ground floor.

Tragically, the Devereux was heavily damaged by arson in early 1990 and met the wrecking ball that December. A lot of its bricks were used for fill at the site, which is now home to the City of Utica arch, key, and Franklin Square Park.

Moving south, the Seneca Street intersection featured a multi-siloed “flatiron” that stood opposite the modern-day Landmarc building site. It was lost to the devastating urban renewal age that saw the demolition of many of Utica’s iconic structures; a park exists there now. Today, the original intersection exists only in pictures and postcards.

The Carlile Building still stands at the juncture of Genesee and Washington Streets. Today, it houses Irwin’s Fine Food, Mello’s Subs, and the appropriately-named Triangle Coffee Shop on the ground floor. It is the last physical vestige of these unique structures, buildings which help us to tell the story of Utica’s development during the 19th century. •

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Corrections One of our readers called and told me about an error in my Mohawk Airlines story. I had written, “US Airways was subsequently acquired by American Airlines and is scheduled to end as a brand in October of this year.”

It’s the other way around — US Airways actually acquired American Airlines (which was in bankruptcy), but is keeping the AA brand name and doing away with the US Airways brand. Mea culpa!

Also, Pat Kelly’s article on wood planes makes reference to a picture of a medal which did not make it into the magazine (see right) -Brian Howard

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Education: studies voice with Lauralyn Kolb, piano with Deborah Guarneiri Current school: Oneida High School Collaborations (current/past): Member: Junior B# Musical Club, St. Patrick’s Church Senior Choir, Masterworks Chorale at Hamilton College; Participant, Oneida HS Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Jazz Choir, Jazz Band, and Wind Ensemble; Will participate: All State Music Festival Dec. 2015, American Choral Directors Assoc., Eastern HS Honor Choir 2016; Participated in the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Junior High Honor Choir 2014; Has attended: All State and All County Music Festivals, Westminster Choir College Vocal Institute 2015 (chosen as a soloist for both the mid-point concert and final concert); Former member, Syr. Children’s Chorus; Winner, B# Scholarship Competition for Voice 2015 (John Winter Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Co.) Influences/Inspirations: There have been many people who have inspired me to strive to become a better musician. My grandma, because she always attended my performances and never failed to push me in the right direction. My friend, Mike McCormick is a role model for me. I look up to him as an accomplished musician. My teachers Roselle Lynch, Heather O’Connell and Lauralyn Kolb. Last but not least, my mom has helped me because she has always been understanding and encouraging as I pursue my musical endeavors.

Personal statement: Music plays a very important role in my life. I can always depend on it to lift me up or to help me express my emotions. It always puts me in a great mood! I used to be very shy, but after I opened up to the world of music I became more outgoing and comfortable around people. I believe that music should be a part of everyone’s life whether it be in a small choir, larger musical endeavors, or simply by enjoying it. I hope that as a musician, I will be able to touch the lives of many people bringing joy and beauty into their lives.

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the music never stops

Gunnar Coston by john keller

In this column I have interviewed seasoned musicians who have honed their skills over many years. I also have spoken to newer artists who are just breaking out. This month, I had the pleasure to interview a musician both seasoned and young who has been on the music scene for a while, has received numerous accolades throughout the community, put as many miles behind his drum kit as most well-established drummers, and he’s only 17!

Gunnar Coston is a phenomenal musician. He has played with his father, Roy Coston, in Lovebone and Coston, as well as various cover bands, including Ozzmageddon, Stone Dead Forever, and others. While in these bands, he has shared stages with national acts, including Raven, Zebra, and Green Jelly. Always looking for new adventures, he recently acquired the position to hold the backbeat for CNY sensation Wicked, due to the departure of JP Clubs.

Speaking with Gunnar is easy. He’s soft-spoken, charismatic, and wise beyond his years. He has made music his life and passion. One can truly believe this when hearing and watching him perform. I was lucky to catch him during a brief lull of activity.

How long have you been playing drums and what got you started?

I started playing drums when I got my awesome Pearl double-bass kit on Labor Day 2010. After I got good enough, my dad, Roy Coston, asked me if I would play in his band.

Do you play any other instruments?

I used to play guitar. I wanted to be just like my dad, but right around the age of 12 or 13, I realized that I couldn’t get anywhere big with guitar, so I moved over to the drums.

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Who are your influences, in terms of style and in character?

My dad showed me some awesome double-bass guys like Tommy Aldridge from Whitesnake and Scott Travis from Judas Priest, but I also like John Bonham and some of the stuff he did with one foot. Eric Carr was probably my favorite person to watch and his character was awesome. Same thing with Peter Criss.

What was it like performing in your father’s bands?

Performing in my dad’s bands was awesome. He gave me the experience and knowledge about the music business, good and bad.

With Coston, you got the opportunity to share the stage with many great and famous national bands. Can you relate some of your fondest and most exciting moments?

Probably the best memories were Coston opening up for Pat Travers in Syracuse at the Westcott Theatre and another was playing at the Kallet Theatre, in my hometown 11

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Oneida, 30 years to the month that my dad played there with his band Ardent.

Last year you were voted, by a great majority, to perform in Keith James’ AllStar Band. Who else was included and how was that experience?

The Keith James All-Star Band was pretty cool. It only lasted two years. The way that worked was that Keith had a contest for each instrument on the radio station’s website that he worked for at the time. Twenty people or so were nominated by people for each instrument. My dad won the guitar contest and I won the drum contest. Then other guys in different bands won bass, keyboards, and singer (Elliott Ciotti/ Enemy Down, Jeff Dingman/Radionix, and Shawn Scribner/Blame Anchor, respectively), and Keith also played keyboards, so it was a duel thing. We then played a show with no rehearsal, and it was awesome!

Each of the respected bands got to open up for the show. It was such a great experience.

How did the sponsorship with Soultone Cymbals come about?

I went on the Soultone website because I saw Nick Menza from Megadeth, Steven Adler from Guns N’ Roses

and many other guys were endorsing these cymbals. One day I emailed them a packet about what I have done musically. I believe it was the first day of 11th grade that I received an email saying they wanted to endorse me.

Now you have joined regional rockers Wicked. How was that process?

I saw a posting on Facebook that Wicked was looking for a new drummer. Coston had played a couple shows with them so I knew of them. Their manager, Bob Acquaviva, had been my dad’s old manager in the ’90s, so I knew of him as well. I went into the audition with the five songs that Bob sent me, dyed my hair blond, and I got the job.

What differences do you find between playing in Wicked as compared to Coston?

Wicked is much simpler on me than Coston was. I went from two bass drums in Coston down to one in Wicked. That was a big change.

You say that playing in Wicked is easier than in Coston. Coston was mainly covers, so you were basically emulating other drummers, but in Wicked you need to come up with and invent your own new sounds. What is the rehearsal process like? How do you present your input?

Rehearsal is pretty simple. The other guys write a riff during the week and they record it and send it to me. I listen to it or I wait until practice, when we write together.

We always write the full song together just to have all of our inputs. I write my parts very simply just to get the basic parts in, and then I

go back and add fills wherever it applies to them.

What is on the horizon for Gunnar and Wicked?

We will be recording our new album this winter and it will be out in the spring of 2016.

You have accomplished so much in so few years. Where do you picture yourself years from now?

I hope to be touring the world in the next couple of years.

How do you see the local music scene and how do you envision changes?

The local music scene in this area seems to be sadly dying, but I’m trying my best to keep it alive and to continue keeping it that way. The music scene I think needs more bands like Wicked. Many of the bands play a lot of the same things. That is what makes us so different, not just from our seven-inch heels and white leather, but the music we play. Bands need to mix in some originals with some of their covers. That’s what made Coston so different from all the other bands, too. Not just from the way we looked, but the songs we played.

I agree. Lastly, what advice do you have for the area’s up-and-coming musicians?

My advice is to keep practicing! Practice makes perfect. That’s what my dad always told me. I had more experience growing up about music because of the way my life was.

Another piece of advice, other than practice, is to always think that there’s someone better than you and you need to climb to their level. That will keep giving you an edge.

Great advice. Thank you, Gunnar. May you keep riding that success train! •

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When my son, Justin, talks about his favorite part of working with me on our Adirondack Kids series of children’s books, he usually refers to the “live research” we do to help keep our stories authentic, such as paddling with loons in Moss Lake, hiking the mountains in the Adirondack high peaks wilderness, riding the train along the Hudson River. He would also act as a model during those excursions for our illustrators.

Now it’s the grandchildrens’ turn to help model during research.

After 15 books in 15 years, the title for our new book has always been Top Secret, and it still is! But we’ve loosened up a little bit with hints about what our new stories will be about.

This year our research took us to (Hint #1) Adirondack Saddle Tours on the Uncas Road along the Fulton Chain of Lakes in Eagle Bay, NY, that for some 30 years has been leading tours in the region by horseback. There were several options for hitting the trails locally, from 1 to 5½ hour rides, among them trips around Moss Lake, Cascade Lake, and a shorter trip through some nearby forest. They will also trailer out to more distant and remote locations.

The story we are currently working on revolves around one of those first two locations mentioned (Hint #2), but the question during this research tour was how long the grandchildren would last on horses. Perhaps the greater question was how long I would last in the saddle. We noted all ages were welcome and no experience was needed, which was good for me.

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The grandchildren easily mounted their horses from the provided deck and after donning helmets (they are all about safety first there) along with some brief instructions on how to stop and go and turn, we were on our way.

I learned pretty quickly each horse had its own distinctive personality. My horse, Jasper, did not like the mud–we made a few short detours. And as for taking photographs while riding? Let’s just say that for every one shot I had in focus there were 10 others that looked like something akin to modern abstract art.

Granddaughter Grace’s horse, Patches, was fairly insistent on stopping to eat-repeatedly. And despite his name, Samson was no match in strength for our other granddaughter, Addison, who took charge and kept him on task the entire loop. Hmm. I wonder if any of this will make into our story.

(Hint #3) The Saddle Tours website notes that the guides are patient – and ours certainly was.

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smaller as we learned our guide, Megan, had recently moved to Justin’s and my hometown of Camden, NY, where she and her family built a new horse barn. We are neighbors.

The girls absolutely loved the experience and want to go again. And again. That one hour resulted in a lot of great notes for our next story. But even more importantly, just as the various “live research” tours have done for my son and me, it produced yet another lifetime memory for me with our grandchildren.

The owner of Adirondack Saddle Tours, John Evans, has ridden the trails for some 50 years and has been committed to making it possible for many with handicaps to enjoy the horseback riding experience as well. I asked him if he offers rides throughout November. He said he does as long as weather allows. He also happened to mention an intriguing object that sits somewhat hidden along the trail that leads to Cascade Falls. (That’s the final hint!) The rest, along with the title of our next book, remains Top Secret.• For more information on Adirondack Saddle Tours visit www.adkhorse.com or call 1-800-HORSEBACK or 315-390-4005. There is also a Facebook page under Adirondack Saddle Tours.

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The first time my husband, Steven, and I were in Finders Keepers, we had been enjoying a stroll down Richfield Springs’ old-fashioned-looking Main Street, waiting for the museum to open. We ventured into Finders Keepers and continued our stroll into the past.

Like many such stores, Finders Keepers features a wide variety of items encompassing quite a span of years. The day we were there, it was quite crowded with furniture, decorations, clothing, and more.

We enjoyed picking our way through, looking at things that might be fun to own but were definitely fun to look at.

Soon I was perusing the books while Steven continued to browse.

I found a new-to-me biography of Queen Elizabeth I (I love the Tudors, although I did not catch that series everybody was talking about a short time back), as well as a number of paperbacks. I was especially delighted to find several works of pulp fiction, featuring lurid covers and titles such as The Comfortable Coffin, Pattern for Panic, and Mongo’s Back in Town. I have a minor collection of such books, parts of which I display from time to time.

Near the cash register, I discovered a rack of postcards for quite a reasonable price. I love to send postcards, so I picked out several. I don’t think I need to visit a place in order to send somebody a postcard of it, although that is nice when I can. While I browsed, I chatted up the owner about all kinds of things. We talked about revitalizing downtown, a subject of concern to many of villages. She also told me some of the ins and outs of the trash-to-treasure business.

I thought I could get a good blog post out of the visit, but later realized it might be a good place to write about for Mohawk Valley Living. This made an excellent excuse to go back again. When

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I called for the hours, I found that they vary greatly, because Anna works alone most of the time. However, she is usually there seven days a week and, if called away, she puts a note on the door with an estimated time of return. The day I visited, I was in luck.

Anna was having a wonderful sale: Everything on the sidewalk out front was 25 cents! I immediately picked up a beautiful tin with a Currier and Ives print. Steven loves tins. I again found books and postcards, and chatted for a while with Anna.

The reason Finders Keepers features such a wide variety of stuff is that they buy estates.

They go into houses that heirs want to sell and take everything, up to, and sometimes including, the spindles on the staircases and the kitchen sink! Anna tries hard to recycle everything, donating many items she does not want to sell in the store.

The store has been in business for 23 years, with the last 19 in their current location on Main Street. The Main Street building previously housed Jack Diamond’s Five and Ten Cent Store. I miss five and ten cent stores. We talked a lot about how we love and support local businesses.

I enjoyed my second trip to Finders Keepers as much as I had enjoyed my first. I intend to make it a regular stop when I go adventuring in that direction again. •

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I have had fewer Mohawk Valley adventures lately than I like due to community theater commitments. Of course, activities with the Ilion Little Theatre (ILT) constitute Mohawk Valley adventures, and community theater is one of my passions. With these thoughts in mind, I look forward to ILT’s 2015-16 season with anticipation.

We are deep into rehearsals for the first show of the season, Lunch Hour by Jean Kerr. Suzanne Rodio is directing for the first time at ILT. I have had the pleasure of acting in two plays with Suzanne and am happy to be acting as her stage manager now. Suzanne is excited about the play and about the theater in general. She makes it a point to see as much local theater as possible. Really, I must follow her example and check out the other area community theaters.

Lunch Hour is a romantic comedy that is not in the common mode. I do not want to give away too much of the plot (I hate it when advance publicity does that), so I will just say it deals with marital and extra-marital relationships that are not always what they seem (oh, dear, I hope I haven’t said too much!).

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Stephen has directed two previous shows for ILT, Don’t Talk to the Actors and The Psychic, both of which I enjoyed very much. I have also enjoyed acting with Stephen. I had planned on taking a show off after Lunch Hour, but, you know, if Stephen WANTS me to audition…

If anyone enjoys the final show of the season, they should thank Suzanne Rodio, because she is the one who really pushed me to direct. I’m glad she did, because I might never have found Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig, one of the funniest scripts I have ever read. Leading Ladies follows two downon-their-luck Shakespearean actors with a plan to get their hands on a lot of dough. Do I need to tell you that things do not go as planned? Once again, I don’t want to tell you too much about it, because I want you to come see it and I want you to be surprised at the comic developments. I can only hope the audience laughs as heartily as I did as I was reading it!•

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Oliver’s organic eggs in frankfort story and photos by sharry l. whitney

As I drive along Clemons Road, enjoying the breathtaking views of the Mohawk Valley, I daydream I’m in Switzerland. I’ve never been to Switzerland, but I grew up hearing wonderful stories about it from my father, who spent time there during his military service.

Today, though, I’m on a “domestic flight” to visit Oliver and Shauna Aeschlimann at Oliver’s Organics Eggs in Frankfort. The reason this farm is here—and the reason our community enjoys their organic eggs—is because this place reminded Oliver’s father of Switzerland. Fritz Aeschlimann, a Swiss dairy farmer, emigrated from Switzerland to Canada with his wife in 1976. They raised four boys on their farm in Kincardine, Ontario, until the boys grew into young men. It was then that Fritz realized that all of his boys were interested in the family dairy business, but due to supply management quotas in Canada, they would not all be able to expand the farm.

He began looking for a new place in the northern United States, searching from Wisconsin to New England. When he came to the Mohawk Valley, the landscape reminded him of Switzerland and he knew he found their new home. Oliver, the eldest, was 16 years old when they made the move to the United States.

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Oliver’s parents continue to raise organic grass-fed dairy cows (90-plus head) with the help of Oliver’s three younger brothers, Wes, Dominic, and Lukas. Both he and his father adopted organic farming practices in 2006.

The advantage of making the change to organic farming together allowed Oliver and his father to share in the growing of the organic grains they need. They farm about 700 acres of land, both owned and rented.

“The hardest thing about going organic was that there weren’t any successful role models in the area at the time,” Oliver says. “It was a lot of trial and error. My dad, brother, and I use crop rotation, the more in rotation the better. With organic practices, you can’t just spray the weeds down. You have to amend the soil to try and manage them.”

Another challenge to raising certified organic, free-range hens is that they have to have access to the outdoors daily. Out on pasture, the chickens enjoy eating a variety of plants and insects, which makes them healthier and producers of nutritious eggs. But outdoors, they are also vulnerable to their biggest predator, hawks. The Aeschlimanns’ corgi, Roman, is great with the chickens, but offers little protection from a swooping raptor. And then there’s the paperwork. Shauna handles all the bookkeeping for the business, including documenting any instance when the chickens need to stay in for the day.

“The only time we don’t let them out is if the wind and cold is dangerous for them,” she says.

Top: The Aeschlimann family (l-r): Oliver, Rhianna, Avery, and Shauna Bottom: Oliver and his cousin Tim on the family dairy farm in Canada, 1979

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When the Aeschlimanns welcomed their second daughter, Avery, Shauna quit her job to work on the farm full time. Both Avery, 18 months, and her big sister, Rhianna, 3, like to help collect eggs (which are gathered three times a day) and help with the feeding of the chickens and turkeys.

“Shauna is really the backbone of the business,” Oliver concedes.

“And we couldn’t do it with Millie’s help, too,” he adds, speaking of Shauna’s grandmother Millie Sirko, who also helps with babysitting.

“She puts the labels on all the cartons.”

In addition to their hens, Oliver’s Organics Eggs raised 350 turkeys this year, and they’re sold out. They wish they could have raised more and hope to eventually make them available year-round.

“Shauna’s the turkey farmer,” Oliver says. “It was her idea. She raises them from hatchlings, which is more difficult than raising chickens.”

The turkeys were pre-sold through the new CSA they started last year, which means they were sold before they even hatched. The meat and eggs produced by their 3,000 NOFA certified organic hens are sold through their CSA as well as at Tom’s Natural Foods in Clinton and Szarek Farms in Westmoreland. The restaurant The Tailor & The Cook in Utica is a client as well. They also have a New York City contract for 600 halal meat hens. Distributors in Albany and Ghent, NY, sell the majority of the 1,500-2,000 eggs they produce each week.

“That’s an important number for us,” Oliver says. “It means we’re productive. Productivity is key.”

Oliver says a good laying hen will be productive about 1.5 years.

Efficiency is crucial. So how does he keep track of 3,000 chickens? Productive egg-layers are singled out with an identifying blue mark. Leg bands identify young up-and-coming egg-layers. Between the raising of hatchlings, growing and rotating organic feed crops, maintaining the flock, warding off predators, and all the paperwork, operating an organic farm is a tough job.

“It’s full-time and it’s hard,” Oliver says. “But I love raising chickens.”

As I drive away, I pass Oliver’s father’s farm. I see Fritz working on a tractor with his sons, and watch his youngest son, Lukas, fixing a fence—reminders of just how hard farming is. But then the idyllic rolling hills behind the grazing cattle call to me like a Swiss yodel, as they probably did to Fritz Aeschlimann 20 years ago, and I’m pulled back into my daydream. •

Top: The dairy farm that Oliver’s father, Fritz, grew up on in Switzerland.

Middle: Rhianna, age 3, enjoys helping out with daily chores.

Bottom: The Aeschlimann’s nearly 3,000 chickens have access to the outdoors every day.

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It’s Tuesday evening, and in Barbara Decker’s home studio in Clinton, NY, Berit Nelson is quietly repairing a broken thread in the towel she is weaving. She is in the company of those who can sympathize. The small studio is filled to capacity with weavers, which means there are four in the room: Barbara and three students.

“Co-weavers” might be a better term for Barbara’s weekly weaving students, some of whom have been attending “class” for nearly 10 years.

Barbara would be the first to admit that she is a student herself.

“You can never know it all,” she says gleefully. “There’s always new stuff to learn.”

She shows me the complicated pattern Berit is weaving. “It’s called turned taqueté,” Barbara says. “We don’t know what it means, but it’s fun to say.” Berit has been weaving with Barbara for about nine years.

She started weaving while living

Top photos: Barbara helps long-time weaver, Berit Nelson, with her weaving technique called turned taqueté; Middle: Lewis Jones uses a weaving technique known as soumak; Bottom: Monica Spath is working on an unusual weaving inspired by modern anime 29

in California. When she moved to this area, she found Barbara and now weaves here.

Next to her, Diana Shaw is working on a pretty white-and sage-colored placemat. The pattern is a special anniversary weave celebrating the 40th anniversary of the popular yarn store WEBS. When asked why she weaves, she points accusingly to Berit and says, “It’s her fault!”

Tucked behind the door at the other side of the room is a loom where Lewis Jones is working on a pillow top.

It’s a combination of straight weaving and tapestry, known as soumak. He has been weaving here at Barbara’s for four years.

In the adjacent room, Monica Spath is working on an unusual weaving inspired by modern anime. “My first love was drawing and painting,” she says. “I’m a creative person, so I enjoy this, too.” This is her seventh year weaving at Barbara’s.

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story and photos by Matt Perry The November woods echo with the voices of Canada Geese flying high above the tree tops.

These honking calls are as much a staple of the fall woods as the sight of an antlered White-tailed Deer doggedly perusing the scent of a doe. The “V” shaped flying formations of the geese slowly shift as individuals take up new positions in the “V” by moving forward or back in line and as the flocks themselves merge and separate. Though some of these flocks are migrating south, many of the geese are merely commuting. In the morning, they travel from the wetlands (the rivers and marshes) to the countryside in search of cut cornfields where they can feed. In the evening, right before dark, they make the reverse trip. This behavior typically continues until snow covers their foraging fields and ice covers their wetlands. When that comes to pass, the majority of these

Few beechnuts were left on the ground

holdout flocks will finally leave for good. In the Mohawk Valley they will not be seen again until they return in the spring.

By mid-November the nature preserve’s deciduous trees are largely void of foliage except for the buckthorn bushes at the forest edge, which remain dark green. As I walk the forest trails, I scan the ground for signs of foraging behavior by wildlife. When you can’t find the creatures themselves, finding evidence of them is the next best thing, and it can offer as good, if not better, insights into their behavior. At this time, the leaves covering the ground are still intact and easily recognizable by species, even though their colors have faded. Only a few weeks before, what constituted a multi-hued three-dimensional forest canopy has become a two-dimensional carpet–a vast and seemingly unbroken mosaic of browns and tans; and now this carpet is as flat as if it had been spread out with a rolling pin. That’s what a few rain showers can do at this time of year.

My walk led me to a grove of prominent nut-bearing trees. I looked below them for signs of disturbance in the leaf litter. This was a poor year for nut-production, but a few of the older beech trees were marginally prolific and produced a few bushels of nuts. Sure enough, the leaves beneath a patriarch beech had been rummaged through. Wild Turkeys had visited the site and had scoured it for nuts. No doubt they were also feast-

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Some areas around the base of the tree looked like they’d been worked with a metal rake, but it was the powerful feet and claws of the turkeys that were responsible for the scratching. Further confirmation of the perpetrators’ identities came in the form of their droppings that liberally anointed the area. A few cast-off feathers also acted as the turkeys’ unmistakable calling cards. For such large and seemingly awkward birds, turkeys are quite adept at searching for food in hard-to-reach places. Judging by the amount of wild grapes on the ground, it was clear that at least one turkey had flown into a nearby sugar maple tree in order to get to the grape vine entwined in its upper branches. From a precarious perch, the turkey was able to feast on the sweet grapes. On the ground below, I could see that much of the fruit was lost to gravity, but if only one out of every 20 grapes I found was consumed, then the turkeys were eating well indeed.

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Upon leaving, I hadn’t gone 50 feet from the feeding area when a young male turkey (called a “Jake”) suddenly exploded up from the ground. He rose diagonally and shot like a guided missile into the air, bashing through beech branches and hemlock boughs along the way. I was just beginning to wonder why this guy had been left behind by the group, when five others sprung to their feet, ran about three yards and hurled themselves into the air. They all flew in the same general direction as the first bird. About 30 seconds later, I could hear them haphazardly coming down into distant tree tops, and crash land-

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ing onto perches, which is their way. I probably spoke too soon when I compared the Jake’s flight to a guided missile; there seems to be little “guided” about the flight of the Wild Turkey.

As I continued on my trek, I kept my eyes on the forest floor for more subtle examples of animal foraging. I thought of some possible songbirds for which I might find evidence. How about a Hermit Thrush? They occasionally spend the fall, and even the early part of the winter with us. They make their living by turning over individual leaves and searching for insects and worms. I wondered if I would be able to distinguish a leaf manipulated by a thrush from one turned over by the wind, or one shoved aside by the hoof of a deer. Possibly; but in the midst of my quandary, I was distracted by a large bird flying in low from the edge of the woods. On silent wings, it flew into a small swamp and disappeared into its recesses. That had to be an owl, but I wasn’t sure which species. I fol-

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The Barred Owl seemed unbothered by the songbird’s attack Barred Owl. She was perched on a small hemlock tree, where she stoically tolerated the mock lashing from the thrush. I say “mock” lashing because the songbird never actually made physical contact with the owl; it was all just a show. Witnessing this behavior so far removed from the thrush’s breeding season seemed a curious thing. It’s presumed that during the nesting season, a Hermit Thrush will try to drive off a perceived nest predator--but what would justify this type of “mobbing” behavior at this time of year? In November, the thrush would have no family or nest to protect.

Presumably, he’d only have himself to watch out for, and it appeared he was putting himself in more jeopardy by hazing the owl. Why risk your life trying to drive off a formidable predator when you can just as easily move to another part of the forest? I suspect that such defensive behavior is hard-wired in the thrush’s brain, and he simply can’t turn it off at will.

The Barred Owl, for her part, seemed to ignore the thrush and went about looking for chipmunks and other preferred rodent prey.

My forest adventure wasn’t quite over yet. As I reached the next clearing, I looked up to catch a glimpse of another noisy flock of Canada Geese and I happened to see two raptors circling in the sky above them.

One was screeching out a familiar call–it was one of the nature preserve’s resident Red-tailed Hawks. The hawk appeared none-too-happy about the other raptor traversing its airspace.

The interloper was an immature Golden Eagle and it easily dwarfed the Red-tail. The eagle was about as unperturbed by the Red-tail’s rebuke as the Barred Owl was by the Hermit Thrush’s scolding. It just soared leisurely along on a southerly heading. Golden Eagles are typically the last of the raptors to migrate through the re-

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gion in the fall. In fact, mid to late November is the best time to see one. Occasionally, an immature Golden Eagle will spend the winter in the Mohawk Valley. I recall a few years ago finding one in the company of two Bald Eagles by the West Canada Creek in Newport. The Golden Eagle is not a fish eater like the Bald Eagle, but both species do partake of carrion, and likely they were making a good living feeding on road kill in that area.

As I exited the woods, I could see that the forest was all but prepared for a new paradigm to take hold.

The last vestiges of the growing season were quickly Juvenile Golden Eagle disappearing and the fall’s transition to winter was at hand. •

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I so enjoy the holiday season! The last two calendar months of the year seem, for nearly all intents and purposes, dedicated to food, drink, and family--although not necessarily in that order. On the farm, it means a slowing down after a busy summer and exhausting fall harvest season. I get back to really enjoying food again. I cook and bake. We throw a holiday party for friends and neighbors. We are social once again after a long, communal drought that allows only work, work, and more work. But, of course, holidays on the farm aren’t all gift wrap, turkey legs, and grasshopper pies. Farming continues in its usual, unforgiving manner.

A few Novembers back, we agreed to allow a friend to set coyote traps on our land—down the hill, near our creek. Our children and dogs had no reason to go over there at that time of the year, and we certainly didn’t mind him thinning out our resident predator population. Our friend quietly came and went those crisp fall days, checking his traps regularly. Later that month, we were excited to have family from Pittsburgh visit for Thanksgiving. Our three nieces are the same ages as our girls, and are equally active and curious about the natural world. When my daughters asked—on Thanksgiving Day itself—if they could take their cousins down to the creek, I thought nothing of it. In fact, I was relieved to have them out of the house so my sister-in-law and I could concentrate on getting the big feast ready. It couldn’t have been 20 minutes later when I heard the screams. My youngest, Margaret, had sprinted the quarter-mile up the hill and back to the house, screaming that Canute (our guardian dog) had been caught in a trap. Of course,

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I’ve grown accustomed to recognizing the signs of early labor in sheep and goats: Pawing the ground, “talkative” behavior, seeking out a quiet spot. I’ve become attuned to the timing necessary to have their babies unassisted and can even manage to go into the house for a hot cocoa or warm my boots for the fire before going out again and attending to wet newborns and anxious mothers. It was last Christmas Eve that I noticed young Lizzy, a first-time freshening ewe, was straining and pushing as if she were in labor. She had showed no other signs of labor—she didn’t even look like she was ready to freshen, really. Everything about it was very odd. I checked her and found that her cervix hadn’t softened or opened. She clearly needed more time for labor to progress, so I gave her a quiet spot with fresh water and hay and went inside to wrap presents. When I went back out 45 minutes later, she was really straining—pushing as if her life depended on it. As I texted my husband to come out for a consult, I watched her push out much of her large intestine.

Before I could even react, she pushed out more…much more.

It was an absolute mess. We didn’t call the vet that night, as we knew there was no fix for poor Lizzy. My husband often gets the worst job on the farm—putting an animal down—and he did it quickly and quietly that Christmas Eve night.

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Not your Grandma’s Winter Squash

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No Thanksgiving here in the Mohawk Valley is complete without winter squash. Most of us grew up with some form of mashed butternut or acorn squash. Squashes are one of the oldest crops–10,000 years by some estimates. Native Americans grew squash in the “Three Sister” tradition alongside corn and beans.

Sure, we all grew up with butternut and acorn squash. In addition to the familiar butternut and acorn squash, varieties come in a staggering diversity of fruit size, shape, and color.

Heirloom squash varieties have been cultivated all over the world, from Japan to Italy to Australia.

A member of the cucurbitaceous family, the squash is related to melons, cucumbers, and gourds. Harvested in the fall, winter squash, which includes pumpkin varieties, are distinguished from zucchini and other summer squash by their dry, hard skin and long shelf life that extends through winter. They must be cured

for 10 days or more after harvest, at which point their skins harden and their starches turn to sugar. When properly stored in a cool, dry place, some squash varieties will keep for up to six months.

Nutritionally, squashes are powerhouses packed with beta carotene, Vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, manganese, calcium, and fiber.

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pany, which can trace the seeds back to 1831. It’s excellent for pies.

Buttercup – Truly one of my favorites. A variety of turban squash, the buttercup is squat and pumpkin shaped with faintly striped, dark green skin. The flesh is sweet potato-like, somewhat dry and great for mashing with butter.

Butternut – The pearshaped butternut has dense, sweet nutty flesh and very few seeds, making it Grandma’s favorite cooking squash to mash, roast, or puree in soups. The Waltham variety is our favorite of this cream-colored classic.

skin is edible, too.

Delicata – This small oblong squash is a great single serving squash. Just cut in half, scoop out the seeds, and bake stuffed with your favorite savory filling. No need to peel, the thin striped

Georgia Candy Roaster – Heirloom squash from North Georgia that produces vigorous vines and ample long fruits that store well into spring. The Cherokee in the Appalachians originally cherished this squash for its ability to withstand winter frost. We fell in love with this squash this season and plan on growing more next season.

Hubbard – With blue-gray, bumpy skin and a tear-drop shape, this heavy weight of the squash family tops the scale at 20 pounds average.

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Kabocha – Similar to a Buttercup, this Japanese variety (Kabotcha is Japanese for squash) has dense flesh and hard skin that softens when cooked. The deep yellow flesh is a bit flaky and dry, but sweet. Bake or roast it with lots of butter.

Pumpkin – Generally classified into two categories: those for carving and those for eating. Field pumpkins sold for jack-o-lanterns usually lack flavor while sugar pie pumpkins like the New England pie variety hold true to their name.

Squat and richly hued French heirlooms, Rouge Vif d’Etampes and Musquee d’ Provence make a wonderful fall display but are also tasty roasted. One of our favorites is Long Island Cheese pumpkin.

Red Kuri – Resembles a small Hubbard with a deep red-orange skin, the red Kuri has a chestnut-like flavor. Its bowl-like seed cavity works well for stuffing.

Spaghetti – Light yellow skin, large and oblong, the spaghetti is another favorite of ours. When roasted, the light, stringy flesh comes away in strands that makes a delicious gluten/carb-free pasta substitute. Just scrape flesh with fork.

Turban – Also known as Turk’s Cap, makes a colorful centerpiece not to be mistaken for a decorative gourd. Turbans are edible, with a sweet nutty flavor.

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They’re great roasted and made into soup.

Phew! Lots of great winter squash to try, both in your garden or to look for at your local farmers’ market.

Cooking and Freezing – We roast several squash at a time on a cookie sheet in the oven at 350 degrees for about an hour depending on size. Place the squash on the cookie sheet and pierce with a fork in several places to allow steam to escape. When fork tender, remove from the oven, allow to cool, cut in half, and scoop out the seed. Scoop out the flesh and use in your recipe or pack in freezer bags or plastic containers and freeze until ready to use.

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1 winter squash 2 sweet tart apples, peeled and cut in half 2 pears, peeled and cut in half 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and cut in half 2 cloves garlic, peeled 1/4 c. oil 2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. finely chopped fresh rosemary 1 tsp. fresh thyme leaves 1 tsp. ground allspice 1 c. heavy cream 4 c. unsalted chicken or veggie broth Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place the squash on a cookie sheet; pierce it in several spots with a fork. In a large bowl, combine the apples, pears, onions, garlic, olive oil rosemary, thyme, and allspice, toss all to coat well with oil. Spread on the cookie sheet with the squash. Roast, turning once, until fork tender, 40-50 mins. When done cut the squash in half, remove seeds, and scoop out the flesh.

Place all the veggies/fruit in a large soup pot. Puree, using an immersion blender, with the veggie/chicken broth. Place the pot over medium heat, add heavy cream and simmer until warmed through. To serve, garnish with thinly slice apples. Enjoy!

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The family arrives at the quaint Thendara (Old Forge) station and heads to the ticket booth. We check out the gift shop while picking up the tickets. Alana purchases a pen in which a train moves back and forth on the track as you move the pen. Checking the clock, we head outside and line up for a 12:30 p.m. departure. “All aboard the Adirondack Scenic Railroad!” shouts the conductor, Phil. He greets each of the passengers as they board the train. The train is departing from Thendara to Otter Lake and back again. The small historic train station located in Thendara is a throwback to the golden age of railroading, a time when wealthy entrepreneurs like Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, and Collis P. Huntington built fabulous wilderness estates in the heart of the Adirondacks. The Preservation Society that operates the railroad is a not-for-profit corporation chartered by the New York State Department of Education. The Railroad is staffed by 150 volunteers and only a few full and part-time employees. In July 1994, the Adirondack Centennial Railroad became the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. Annually, the railroad carries more than 55,000 tourists and outdoor enthusiasts to experience the pristine mountain terrain and remote areas of the Adirondacks, all with minimal impact on the environment.

We find some seats sit across from one another, kids on one side and adults on the other. The train lurches forward and black smoke billows from the stack of engine #8223 as the green and gray coaches chug along the tracks. Josh is relaxed in his seat with his face pressed to the window as the world whips by at about 30 miles an hour. The ride is very comfortable and at one point we each navigate the coaches. Navigating the train while moving is like riding a wave, and it requires a keen focus to

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keep your balance while having fun at the same time. “It is a challenge navigating the carts, but I enjoy walking through the train while it is moving,” LeeAnn says.

In the open cart area, Alana, Josh, and even Grandpa get in on putting their heads out the window as their hair whips in the wind. “The open cart is the best place to be!” Gary says. The train ventures through forests, past sparkling rivers, over bridges, tranquil ponds and streams, into the six-million-acre Adirondack Park. The scenery is vibrant and a color palette of red, oranges, and yellows can be seen in every direction.

“The Adirondack Scenic Railroad is very relaxing.

The colors along the river are beautiful, and it is a good time overall,” LeeAnn says as the ride nears its end. Alana chimes in, “My favorite part is watching the engine switch around and go to what was the back to take us back to the train station. So cool!” Josh smiles and says, “The Adirondacks are so beautiful, like a colorful painting.” Gary sums up the experience: “Together with my family on this beautiful autumn day is my favorite part of the trip.”

We embrace in a group hug and marvel at a family trip together that highlights fall in New York. Exiting the train, we acknowledge the fact that the Adirondack Scenic Railway is a very important cultural and scenic asset to Central New York. The day doesn’t end there as we head a couple of miles up the road to the town of Old Forge.

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Clockwise from top left: Gary and LeeAnn Brockett enjoy a ride on the ADK Scenic RR; A young boy hangs from a window as we watch engine #8223 switch from south to north on the tracks; Ozzie’s Cafe, Main St., Old Forge; The autumn colors and rushing waters of Moose River. noon on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. The name Ozzie’s lovingly refers to owner Eric Sutherland’s first golden retriever. When entering the cafe, you will initially see a large sign with the words “Love, Laughter, & Friends are Always Welcome Here.” The family-run business, open since 2008, is gracious and friendly.

Relative Becky McGough greets us when we enter and hands us menus. She highlights the specials, and we take a seat at a unique refurbished door table that seats five.

The menu can satisfy any craving. Alana comments on the many dog paw prints that can be found all over the rustic cafe. Gary goes to the counter and places our order with Romanian barista extraordinaire Diana Grigoruta. The autumn harvest coffee warms the hands and body with its splendid spicy seasonal blend that is the perfect caffeine kick for an afternoon of fall foliage. The staff dances about the café all smiles as a steady stream of people enter and exit. The storefront has ample additional seating of Adirondack chairs and tables

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Alana slurps down her “thumbs-up, too-good-to-stop-andtalk, brain freeze” delicious peach smoothie. Joshua warms himself up with a cup of mint tea. The food comes shortly after we order. The McCauley Mountain hot panini is slow roasted beef with a tangy blue cheese dressing, and it is scrumptious.

Gary is happy with the Seventh Lake cold panini saying, “Roast beef and horseradish is one of my favorite combinations.” Alana is a grilled cheese lover, so she asks for a special order from Ozzie’s and they courteously make a cheddar cheese ciabatta panini for her. “It’s cheesy and the ciabatta bread is so yummy!”

Alana happily says. Joshua enjoys one of his favorites, a breakfast sandwich with maple ham. He devours it so fast we all joke that we didn’t even see him eat it. Mom’s gluten-free chicken salad over Romaine with walnuts and green apple is sweet and tasty.

Owner Eric asks us how everything is and says, “We have the best espresso and coffee in town.” He says the customer favorite food items are the paninis and chili. The season is winding down but visitors still stop by to fuel up and warm up with the extensive menu and many cafe drinks.

Ozzie’s is a homey eatery right in the heart of Old Forge, and they treat their customers like family. It is also conveniently located for browsing the many great shops in town. We stroll around town window shopping and stop in a few of the shops to check out a variety of goods. Of course, we get some ice cream at the Pied Piper. We take our cones to a bench and sit by the Old Forge Pond, watching the geese across the way on the sandy beach. The view is breathtaking, and the family takes a few quiet moments to stare off at the colorful spectrum of trees and mountains. Geese fly overhead as they honk goodbye. The sun is lower in the sky now, and we all saunter over the covered bridge back to the car all tuckered out from a busy day. The ride home is nostalgic and filled with love, laughter, and stories of the Adirondacks. •

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CASANOVA FRANKENSTEIN & THE VOODOO MACHINE

By John Keller

A little bit can go a long way. The new self-titled EP by local horror-rock specialists Casanova Frankenstein & the Voodoo Machine is a quick tutorial on their exciting stage show. Sounding like a throwback to a future age, the CD contains four tracks of blues-based neo-billy rock’ n’ roll that will creep up on you like a ghoul in the night.

Led by Frankie Casanova Frankenstein, the group has attained a fan following for their live performances that feature ghostly make-up, “undead” hosts, and fire-eating. Their songs take on a macabre, yet fun tone. Backed by Danny Stitches on bass and Robbie Sliverz on drums, the band is different and deserves the attention. They are a welcome breath of freshness on the local music scene. A few months ago I had interviewed Dan in this magazine.

The CD set opens with the autobiographical “Casanova Frankenstein.” This is a tender tale of a lab-made boy who is in search of love just for a night. Power chords dominate the very danceable tune and the bass plays around the melody coupled with the enchanted answer vocals, which make this a key starter.

Track two, “Gone,” rides along on Danny’s bass and Robbie’s drums. It’s a definite toe-tapping melody that shuffles along the ear drums. The opening lines: “I’ve got a bloodstained shirt and an old black suit and a suitcase chuck full of razor blades. Don’t ask me to stay, I’m on one-way train and I’m not afraid to die,” pull you in, willingly, to take that final trip with Frank.

My personal favorite on this disc is “The Hanging Tree,” which is not to be confused with the song from The Hunger Games movie, although it does tap into the same territory. This song is from the viewpoint of someone who actually is looking forward to being hung (!?) He’s even brought along his own rope for the hangman. “Let’s all dangle our toes from your Hanging Tree.” One cannot help but bob one’s head to this unnerving, yet delightful, ditty.

The final track is a discordant, disconcerting recitation from Frankie’s diary entitled “Waterworx.” It poses an uneven end to the CD, yet still remains faithful to the essence of the band.

This is but a mere sample of the music from this band. I await a full-length release in the near future. An eerie hybrid of rockabilly, punk, early rock ’n’ roll, and theater is found within, along with large slabs of originality. Casanova Frankenstein & the Voodoo Machine EP is a must- own CD, perfect for parties and highway drives. It’s available from Off-Center Records and Utica Vapors, as well as on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. Check them out via Facebook at www.facebook.com/CFandtheVM •

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the peregrine falcons of utica

the last chick returns to the canyon and beyond

Ares flying in with prey

part two by matt perry

In the October issue, this year’s Peregrine Falcon chicks hatched and two became accomplished flyers. The last chick, Orion, had unsuccessfully attempted to fly and fell into a parking lot. She was taken to Woodhaven Wildlife Center in Chadwicks, and then moved to Kindred Kingdoms Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Pennellville, where she was rehabilitated for 10 days.

On Saturday morning, June 28th, mother Astrid was acting in a curious manner. She was perched on one of the small ledges on the steeple of Grace Church, peering across the canyon at the nest box. Occasionally she would give a staccato alarm call, but mostly she stood quiet like a stone gargoyle on the façade of a gothic edifice. This was the day that Orion was set to return to the canyon but, of course, there was no way that Astrid could have known that, right? It’s not like anything happened to tip her off. But for whatever reason, there she was, waiting.

Orion was brought back as planned and released through the back of the nest box – in the very same manner that her chick, Tres, was one year before. The transfer from the carrier into the nest box went off without a hitch. Orion strolled into the box and immediately seemed to pick up where she left off. She paced around the interior, flapping

her wings and asking to be fed. Only minutes after Orion’s emergence, Astrid took to the air and began swooping at the box and giving loud alarm calls. She was not having this. This was what rejection looked like. In 2014, when we released Tres in precisely this manner, nothing of this kind occurred. His entire family observed him enter the box, fly out across the canyon and land on the County Building. All of the family members, including Astrid, welcomed him back. This time it was not at all like that. The essential difference seemed to be that Orion was a female, and to Astrid it meant that she was a potential threat to her and to her hold on the territory. It’s important to note that during this confrontation, there was no actual physical contact taking place between mother and daughter;

Astrid was only hazing Orion by repeatedly swooping at the box.

Inside the box, Orion didn’t know what to do. She would cower when Astrid made a close pass, but then immediately go back to begging mode as if nothing were amiss. The other family members seemed as confused as Orion. For a while the three males all took to the air and swirled around the box like gulls over a fishing trawler. It was an unusual scene. The natural default for the male falcons is to bow to the will of the adult female, who is for all practical purposes their sovereign queen. As for our falcon project, there was no going back and “un-releasing” Orion.

This was a sink or swim situation. By law, the birds were not to be interfered with.

In other words, the falcons would have to work this out for themselves.

After a few hours of intermittent hazing by Astrid, Ares visited the nest box.

From the box’s main perch, he looked at his daughter and seemed to have no trouble recognizing her and perceiving her as no threat. Astrid was not having this either; she chastised Ares by diving down and nearly landing on top of him. Following that, first Comet and then Skye landed on the box

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on duty, Orion seemed to regain confidence.

She began exercising her wings and prancing about. She even jumped onto the roof of the nest box. Soon one of the most extraordinary events of the season happened; following an amazing mid-air food transfer between Ares and Comet, Comet brought the prey over to the nest box and gave it to Orion. It seemed that all was not lost! Even if Astrid remained intent on rejecting Orion, her brothers and father would continue to look out for her, even if it meant defying their queen. It’s important to note that an adult female Peregrine Falcon is easily the most formidable member of the family. Obviously, her reactions—as harsh as they seemed to us— Skye is examined at Woodhaven Wildlife Center were far tamer than they could’ve been had she really intended to press and greeted their besieged sister. Astrid’s her point. In other words, she was holding assault subsided during the boys’ visit. back and merely tolerating this “mutiny.”

While Skye perched on the east veranda, The next day following Orion’s probComet positioned himself right in front of lematic return to the canyon, the amount of his sister on the box’s main perch, and for hazing by Astrid was considerably reduced, the next hour or so he seemed to be adopt- but she was still not accepting her daughing a defensive position. At one point when ter. Ares was now in the highly unusual Astrid resumed swooping at the box, Com- position of working at cross-purposes with et was quick to react. He flew directly after his mate, but now he wasn’t suffering any his mother, driving her off. Astrid mount- consequences for it. The pair seemed to be ed no counter-offensive. She returned to agreeing to disagree. Ares brought food to the State Building and resumed glaring at Orion more than once that day–one time the box. In the meantime, with defenders even in the midst of one of Astrid’s haz-

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Astrid brings a pigeon to the roof of Hotel Utica

ing sessions. Skye and especially Comet continued playing interference for Orion.

It was young peregrine solidarity day in the canyon. Orion wasn’t exactly out of the woods yet. It remained to be seen what would happen once she properly fledged, but for the most part our fears were allayed.

She was certainly not alone or without friends.

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prey of any kind, nor for that matter were any of them ever Skye is released on the roof of the Adirondack Bank seen chasing their mother or displacing her from a perch as Comet began doing. Of course, everyone ousted Ares from his perch all the time, but there’s some unwritten rule out there that says no young falcon is ever supposed to disrespect their mother.

Before 6 a.m. on Monday, Orion fledged from the nest box. Her flight was strong and sure; she’d clearly benefited from the practice she received in the flight cage at Kindred Kingdoms. During her maiden flight she circumtor he actually caught a pigeon on his own. navigated the canyon and made several After this unprecedented feat, he flew la- good landings. But after only two hours of boriously with his prize over to the State roaming the skies above Downtown Utica, Building. There he somehow managed to she struck a window on the State Office land on a ledge with one foot while still Building and was killed instantly. Her body keeping a grip on his prey with the other was recovered that morning by the DEC. foot. He then used all his might to drag the Identifying her was simple since she’d pigeon up onto the ledge with him. This been fitted with leg bands while in captiviwas the very first time any of us had seen ty. It was hard news for the falcon watchers a fledgling peregrine catch anything, let to take in, but those veteran birders among alone something that large. None of the us realized only too well that window young from last year were seen catching strikes and impacts against structures are

Comet & Skye are reunited

the most common cause of bird fatalities in the world. In fact, in North America, millions of birds die this way annually. Orion was just one of the few casualties that had a name and a known history.

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tracts of unfamiliar terrain. For our falcon family, losing Orion was just another one of those quick changes; a reshuffling of reality, and they quickly adjusted to it.

As our official Fledgling Watch came to an end on July 1st (an unofficial watch continued), the two brothers, with their parents’ tacit permission, reigned over the skies of downtown. One evening while patrolling, they found an osprey soaring in the family’s airspace. Skye and Comet intercepted it and calmly escorted the intruder out of the territory. Astrid and Ares didn’t stir, but only observed the action from their high perches on the State Building. The osprey, with a wingspan two times larger than a peregrine, didn’t seem overly bothered by

his ushers, and politely consented to move on.

We didn’t think it was possible, but the brothers’ aeronautical antics were becoming even more extreme, and this was especially so on windy days. Strong winds coming through the canyon are not something falcons tend to avoid. In fact, they revel in the chance to use the wind to their advantage. The wings of a falcon are perhaps nature’s ultimate airfoil and, on strong winds, the fluidity of their wing shape allows them to do just about anything, all while expending the minimal amount of energy.

At this time the challenge for the remaining falcon watchers was how to keep up with these birds as they began to push beyond the bounds of the canyon.

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While Skye was recovering at Kindred the building and tails pointing out. Perhaps Kingdoms, Comet became the sole pere- this made them less likely to be blown out grine fledgling in the canyon. After becom- by the wind. With only one fledgling to ing used to an extremely active exercise provide for now, Ares was having no trouregimen, he was now forced to spend more ble keeping the pantries full. time being sedentary. For a few days he On July 10th, nine days after his acci-

dent, Skye was brought back to the canyon for release. Instead of releasing him through the box, we opted to set him free on the roof of the Adirondack Bank Building. We foresaw no problems. Skye’s flight ability had been tested in the flight cage at Kindred Kingdoms and by all accounts he was good to go. Also, since Skye was a male, we had reason to believe that Astrid would see him as no threat and readily accept him back into the fold. On the roof, Skye eagerly left the transport carrier and wasted little time in taking to the air. His first flight was to Hotel Utica where he made a good landing on that building’s high ledge. Astrid did an initial flyover and then followed up with some swooping, which resembled a tamer version of the hazing she gave Orion. This was not an encouraging thing to see. At that time, Comet was perched on the State Building but made no moves and Ares was not anywhere in view. About an hour later Skye took a few flights around the canyon, presumably reacquainting himself with the lay of the land. Astrid dogged him on some of these flights, but thankfully she didn’t drive him too hard or force him into any reckless landings. Upon Ares’ return, both he and Comet took a turn flying with Skye.

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One day when Ares soared into the canyon with prey, both boys flew in to meet him. Comet took the food in a mid-air transfer and headed for Hotel Utica. Ares also headed out toward the periphery of the canyon. That left Skye alone in the air with Astrid. She intercepted him and proceeded to drive him into making an emergency landing on the side of the County Building. For a little while he awkwardly clung to the virtually sheer face of that structure. Fortunately, he was able to take off again from that position and ended up landing on a more substantial window ledge on the State Building. To the delight of all the falcon watchers and quite probably to all the falcons, Astrid’s attitude toward Skye did eventually turn around and on one occasion she was even seen delivering food to him.

By the start of August both Skye and Comet were gone from the canyon. There was little point in them staying since their parents had ceased providing food.

By this point in their development the age-old instinct to migrate was taking hold. There was no doubt that Comet was ready for prime time.

He had become an efA missing middle tail feather made Astrid very recognizable in flight

This culminated in Comet and Skye sharing a window ledge.

It looked pretty much like old times.

They did a lot of face-to-face interacting, including some bill touching. From the ground we could see that Skye’s left wing still seemed to be drooping and, when he flew, it appeared a little stiff. He also seemed to tire easily. By all indications he wasn’t ready to take up where he left off.

He was able to maintain altitude when he flew and his landings were strong, but he had little endurance. He obviously needed more time for his injured flight muscles to recover. There was, of course, no question of recapturing him. Just as was the case with Orion, once a falcon was released, we were all committed.

In the following days, Skye proceeded to take it slow and only made infrequent flights between the buildings in the canyon.

Ares was seldom seen bringing food to Skye but, remarkably, that task was taken on by Comet. I recall seeing Skye perched on the roof of the County Building, looking dejected after experiencing a hazing from his mother. Comet flew in from the direction of Hotel Utica with

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fective hunter weeks before. Despite our early misgivings, he proved that he would make an excellent provider for not just himself but for a future mate and brood of his own. In fact, of all our fledglings from both seasons, Comet seemed to be the one most likely to succeed. There still remained questions about Skye and his ability to become independent. When we last saw him he still was not flying at 100 percent, and Comet was there still trying to encourage him along. Of course, Skye’s own will to persevere cannot be discounted. We did wonder if he would he travel together with Comet or if the two would separate. It’s unlikely that we will ever know what they chose to do. Skye, like Orion, had been banded while in captivity, so it’s conceivable that sometime in the future we may hear news of him.

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Some of us were quick to be annoyed with Astrid’s harsh treatment of Orion and Skye, but at the risk of sounding like a cliché, it’s a tough world out there and this is particularly true for raptors. It may be difficult for us to comprehend, but Astrid’s need to keep her territory secure must remain her top priority. She is the family’s leader and she is also their security chief. From her perspective, any potential threat to the breeding area must be taken seriously and acted upon. Having nestlings or fledglings reintroduced after an extended absence is something that would rarely, if ever, happen in nature and, logically, she would have to look upon such returning offspring with suspicion. I strongly suspect that the falcons’ instinct to protect and defend a breeding site is not something that can be easily turned off and on. It’s important to consider that in both of this season’s reintroduction cases, Astrid did not unleash the full wrath she was capable of and ultimately she deferred to the will of the subservient mem-

bers of the family. There is little doubt that if Orion had not been killed and if she succeeded someday in winning a territory, she would’ve behaved similarly to her mother in comparable circumstances.

Finally, with regard to the altruistic behavior witnessed in these young falcons, it’s likely that there is a significant survival advantage to being unselfish toward siblings. As we witnessed in the relationship between Comet and Skye, when the birds helped each other, they were in fact helping themselves. Giving a hand up to your brother helps assure that your brother will be there in the future to give you a hand up when you need it. Also, if a sibling survives, he may be able to help hone your flying skills and make you a much more accomplished flier and hunter, which in turn better prepares you for future competitions with rivals. Providing food for each other and maintaining a close-knit relationship is all useful preparation for becoming solicitous mates and a family’s primary food provider. Many of us have heard accounts of nestling eagles (as well as Barn Owls and some other raptor species) killing their younger, weaker siblings in the nest. They do this usually in years when food is scarce, and removing the competition makes good

survival sense for a stronger nestling. In the case of the falcons we got to see the other side of the coin, a survival tactic that better matches our own human sensibilities.

Volunteers are most welcomed to join our Fledgling Watches. Please contact the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project (on the web at UticaPeregrinefalcons.com for details on how to get involved.) Watching the behavior of the falcon family on our website is great, but nothing compares to actually seeing these birds in action in their own urban canyon. •

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World War I began on July 28, 1914, and ended on Nov. 11, 1918. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica: “World War I , also called First World War or Great War, was an international conflict that in 1914-18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions.

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Caption: Lieutenant Carey J. The Elows moved to Herkimer Walrath (1895-1918) was killed in around 1936 from Brooklyn. BerBullecourt, France. nard managed Derby Sportswear on East German Street in 1937, and then Caption: This invitation was sent to Bernard Elow to attend The American Legion reception to General John J. Pershing who was going to be at the Madison Square Garden on September 11, 1919.

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Private Carlton Walrath (1897-1918) was killed Bullecourt in France.

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en clouds moves in and we bought into a sweet, little retreat cotusurps my hopes for a tage suitable for guests, we got a call from sunny day. I’m grouchy a person with many serious environmenand am glad Tim is go- tal allergies who hoped to find a natural ing to work today, so I place to escape the out-gassing of modern can be cranky without materials and gain some respite. He said making Tim misera- he had to keep his calls short, due to the ble, too. The satisfac- stress caused him by telephone energy tion of creating some- emissions, but he finally seemed satisfied thing often cheers that a stay here in our forest was worth me up, so I decide to trying. Friends drove him here after sunbuild some shelving set (because he was allergic to solar light). brackets out of lum- Tim lit their way with a feeble flashlight ber from old wood along the narrow path between the dark, I pretended I was a pallets. I want to towering trees of our forest to the little celebrity because my car get our stuff better retreat cottage, nestled in a mossy glade got so much attention organized. But it’s under the stars. not going well. We felt pleased to be able to offer this Why do the nails cozy little cabin we’d worked so hard on keep bending? What am to a person in such need, but he barely t h e I doing wrong? It seems like small car- entered it before he turned around with hood, reach in pentry projects are often more difficult a distinctive sniff and declared, as he and disentangle the gear rods. When than big ones. hurried back to his friend’s car, “I smell it rains, there’s a water drip over my foot wood!” We never heard from him again! on the gas pedal but otherwise, it’s heaps The first flakes of snow begin to float Another memorable visitor told us he of fun to take around town! People always in the air and I decide to take a took a bus from Rome to Utica, NY, one notice it when I pass by, so I wear dark walk into the forest, to intiday, and never glasses and wave, pretending I’m a celeb- mately experience this manrity. ifest transformation of sea Dawn arrives with the hopeful opti- sons. mism of great pink cheeks in a rhapsody I wander aimlessly, takof blue sky. I light the morning fire and ing the path of least resiswhen the dry kindling starts to snap and tance around fallen trees, pop, warm myself up by doing the exer- enjoying the silence excises I vowed to do every day when I was cept for the soft plop of 15 and was introduced to President John white snow clusters on dry F. Kennedy’s Council on Fitness in 1963. leaves of golden rust. It is I do 50 sit-ups, 50 leg lifts, 40 push-ups an excursion into another (half from my feet, half from my knees). world, and I love it, but How I hate them! But other than a bit of realize its appeal is not for rug burn on my tail-bone, I feel good that everyone.

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tipped over, roots and all. They expose huge, upended medallions of soil and rocks held in place by a filigree of twisted wood, topped by a crown of ferns among green, bronze, and silver mosses with little red spore cups sprinkled about. A tiny pool of water often lies sedately below.

Since I’m in only about a square mile of wilderness encircled by Black Creek and roads, I know that if I don’t get hurt, exhausted, hypothermic, or wander in circles, I’ll eventually find my way home by finding a flowing stream to get my bearings. And if I don’t, my faithful husband will come looking for me. And it is time to look for home now, back to making shelves and brackets. I am energized by my walk in the deep woods and happy to see the warm glow of our little cottage, which looks impressively like “civilization” after where I’ve been.

When Tim returns from work I find out why I had trouble with my shelf brackets.

The pallet lumber is hardwood. It’s naturally harder to get nails through it unless one drills a hole first!

Helen Schermerhorn holds hands with a chickadee at 103

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I start taking classes in willow basketry, too, with visiting teachers from different European countries. Each has unique techniques and a long history of traditional basketry essential to farming and daily life before we had cardboard, plastic, or even paper bags. Making them makes me feel connected to the daily rhythm of my rural ancestors, and there’s a magic in taking a bunch of branches and turning them into useful items of naturally beautiful wood hues. There are interesting old words to learn such as skeining, waling, the upset, slewing, bodkin, rapper, on the plank….

I plant new gardens of basketry willow to support this craft and it becomes another source of pleasure and income for us.

My interest in historical basketry leads me to view a huge, 10-bushel basket in an attic in Poland, NY that was once used

locally for harvests. It is in the home of Helen Schermerhorn who, in 1993, is 103 years of age, (1890-1996). She still has an excellent memory with an extremely broad perspective. In fact, her father told her that when he was a boy, he saw Abraham Lincoln campaigning for president from the back of a train stopped in Whitesboro, NY. I was hired to tune her piano and found her so charming that I often re-visit and play music for her on this cherished instrument that made Helen and her sister weep for joy when they first got it as children, almost 100 years ago. Occasionally, she would weep again for no apparent reason. “I’m sorry,” she’d apologize. “I just have to cry, sometimes. There are so many dear ones that I have lost.”

The dignified 19th-century home where she spent her entire life is well-appointed but simple and uncluttered. She explains why. “Instead of always giving new things to each for holidays, we’d sometimes repair or refinish a treasured item we already had.”

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Shawangunk. She is delighted to experience our simple woodland cottage, but the kerosene lamps and root cellar are nothing new to her. We show her a replica of an 1890 Sears catalog and she says, “Oh, yes. I remember that.” The highest point of our visit with this delightful centenarian is the total joy we see on her face when a chickadee lands on her hand to take a sunflower seed. This is the first time in 103 years that she has had a chickadee hold hands with her. •

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Karen Hampton: The Journey Through December 20, 2015 Artists in Conversation at The Overlook: Wednesday, November 4, 4:15-5:30pm

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Ahhh, November. The leaves are almost gone, daylight is getting shorter, and temperatures are dropping. That can only mean one thing… the Christmas shopping season is here! One item that often appears on shopping lists is a telescope. Want some advice? Do some research and plan before you buy.

In 1608, an eyeglass maker in Holland filed the first patent for a telescope. Hans Lippershey put two glass lenses inside a tube to see things in the distance better. He named the instrument “Kijker” (which means “looker”).

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Telescope. The size of the opening in the front determines how much light enters the telescope. The larger the opening (“aperture”),

the more light so you can see fainter objects. There are three basic telescope designs. Refractors are quick to set up, need little maintenance, and are lightweight and portable.

Many inexpensive refractors often show weird color fringes around objects. More costly refractors fix the color problem if they use ED or fluorite glass. Reflectors require some maintenance, a process called “collimation” to align internal mirrors. Reflectors are a good value; you can get a large aperture for the least cost. Large Dobsonian-style reflectors are lightweight but somewhat bulky to store and move around.

Smaller table-top models are good for graband-go observing. Compound telescope designs result in a shorter length telescope with a larger aperture. They are usually high quality but cost more. Smaller compounds are fairly portable.

Eyepiece. Telescopes usually come with at least one eyepiece. You can purchase additional eyepieces later if you want to change the magnification.

Mount. Many telescopes come with a tripod mount or a swivel base. Some tripods are lightweight aluminum and easy to setup, but are shaky. A sturdy tripod won’t shake the telescope when you are trying to focus on an object. Some mounts have a “go to” capability; select an object from a list using a hand controller, and the telescope moves to the object.

So, what’s next? Do you have a friend with a telescope? Try it out, and ask questions.

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Just remember the old axiom: “You get what you pay for.” You don’t have to buy the most costly one, but low-cost telescopes often have lower quality optics and a shaky tripod.

Choose the best quality telescope you can afford.

Have questions?

On Nov. 7 come to the Waterville Public Library at 206 White St. for a program, “How Telescopes Helped Change Our View of the Universe” starting at 6:30 p.m. You’ll learn about telescopes, and MVAS members will be on hand to answer questions. At 7:30 p.m., we’ll go outside to Barton-Brown Observatory for an evening of stargazing through a variety of telescopes. The event is free.

Visit www.mvas-ny.org for info.

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live & local Well looks like this turkey of a month is under way. Traditionally the night before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest bar nights and best nights for live music. This night always brings me back to the legendary nights at The Devereux with Vinny and The Butchers! Wow! Were those great shows. This year will be great too. The Crazy Fools have a great show at Lukins on Varick St. The Crazy Fools have been playing for many years and have been heavily influenced by legendary American Rock Band.

The Band. The Fools have decided to honor that by doing a Thanksgiving eve show that features a full set of music by The Band. I asked Ryan Gaffney why that show and The Band?

Ryan said: “Well the Band’s Last Waltz concert was on Thanksgiving so it is now a part of the holiday. PLus the influence of The Band on The Crazy Fools is so strong.

The Crazy Fools have made more than a few group trips to Levon Helm Studios, in Woodstock NY, for Levon’s Midnight Ramble concerts.

While Helm was still alive. Ryan says, “It was like Levon was personally welcoming you into his home and the shows there were always fantastic”.

While down in Woodstock The Crazy Fools would always include a trip to the Big Pink House. This was The Band’s home in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Also the name for not only one of The Band’s but, one of the best records of modern times. Music From Big Pink.

Ryan said “the big pink visits were spiritual and we could feel the vibe and presence of the great music made there.” They brought their guitars and played on the site as well. Look for a setlist of songs from The Last Waltz set in addition to many other classics from The Band. The Crazy Fools consist of Johnny Sullivan and Ryan Gaffney on guitars, Jessica Hiltebrandt, drums, Sean Gaffney, bass and Gary Rose on keyboards.

Look for The Crazy Fools on Facebook for more info

News n Notes •Simple Props has been a staple in CNY music for many years and has recently welcomed in Bill Carman as bass player.

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•Look for some changes in drummers for both The BOMB and SoundBarrier Len Milano Jr. will be laying down the beat for SoundBarrier. Also congratulations to Mike Peek of that band on his recent wedding.

The BOMB is also auditioning and trying out new drummers.

•One more note on the BOMB. The local music community and myself send our thoughts and prayers to their guitarist Mtchell Mann, whose wife Theresa was injured in an auto accident..

•92.7FM The Drive notes: The Thanksgiving tradition started by Tom Starr, way way back continues with the annual playing of Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant. Tune in for the time.

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