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MOHAWK VALLEY LIVING MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2014

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

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An Even Dozen

by Sharry L. Whitney

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Whew! What a ride! Our first year of our new magazine is over. We learned a lot. We learned that people still enjoy tangible print publications despite national trends, but we also learned that more people than we thought read magazines on their electronic devices. We learned that there will never be enough time— or pages—to include everything we want each month (my crossword got the axe last month, apologies to those who protested.)

We also learned and accepted that we can’t do it all. That we need help. We are truly dependent on our writers for the wonderful stories they give us each month despite their own busy lives filled with farms, families, jobs, etc.

We are appreciative of the much-needed help we have from our salesperson and delivery crew. We depend on the generous support of local mom & pop stores and restaurants who make the magazine possible and free to our readers.

Like the community we live in, we depend on each other. And like our helpful neighbors who bring us hot meals when they know Lance and I are on deadline, we will try our best to reciprocate and give back more—like Savicki’s Farm Market and many other local shops and markets where a dozen equals 14.

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Remembering the Utica and Mohawk Cotton Mills, 1848-1952 For 104 years, the Utica and Mohawk Cotton Mills manufactured textiles at their factory on the corner of Court and State Streets in the city. For the first 30 years, the Utica Steam Cotton Mills (as it was originally known) factory abutted the Chenango Canal to the west.

In 1878, that waterway was shut down and commerce shifted to the railways that now crisscrossed the area. No worries, though— the Erie Canal was just three blocks to the north.

Utica Steam Cotton was one of several mills that sprang up in the decades following the Erie’s completion in 1825. Like most factories of the day, it relied on an immigrant labor force. These early workers were largely of Irish and German descent and lived in ethnic enclaves in West Utica. By the end of the 19th century, new immigrants including Poles, Italians, and other eastern Europeans were punching their cards at the mill.

The building you see in the photos on the next page is part of a 1905 expansion. Bed sheets and pillow cases made there were shipped across the nation and around the world.

A color blotter advertising all of the Utica and Mohawk Cotton Mills (as it was then known) product lines in 1951, the year before the factory was closed.

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By the mid 20th century, Utica’s textile industry had run its course. Starting with Utica and Mohawk Cotton, one by one the area’s manufacturers closed up shop and headed South, not only to be closer to their raw material supply but also to take advantage of a new technology that made summers below the Mason-Dixon Line tolerable—air conditioning.

Utica and Mohawk Cotton shut down its local operations in 1952, but a large part of the factory, which is now bordered to the west by the North-South Arterial, remains in use. The Mill Square building is now home to several tenants, including Brodock Press. It is another example of the adaptive re-use of a building from Utica’s industrial past for new purposes—a theme that is becoming more common in our post-urban renewal age.

(above) A contemporary photo of the old Steam Cotton Mill, (background photo) a 1946 image taken from the same vantage point. (right) A black and white ad from the May 1912 issue of the Women’s Home Companion.

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the Oneida County Connection When discussing the history of telecommunications, it is impossible to overlook the pioneer of the telegraph, Samuel Finley Breese Morse. Morse’s name is as synonymous with electronic communication as is telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell. But did you know about Morse’s close ties to the city of Utica? Not only was Utica a critical juncture for one of the nation’s first telegraph lines, it also was home to numerous friends and relatives of this quintessential American inventor.

Morse was born in Massachusetts in 1791 and initially set himself out to be an artist. After graduating from Yale, he studied in England and became a nationally prominent portrait painter, capturing the likes of former President John Adams and the Marquis de Lafayette on canvas. It was while painting Lafayette in Washington in 1825 that Morse learned of his wife Lucretia’s illness and impending death. She had already been buried by the time he made it back home.

A few years later Morse came to Oneida County to visit his relatives.

His uncles were the patriarchs of large families. Arthur Breese lived on Genesee Street in downtown Utica and Sidney Breese was in Whitesboro. Still despondent over his wife’s loss, Morse went to Europe in 1829 and resumed painting. All the while, he was nursing an idea to improve overland communication via electricity—a technology that he first encountered as a student at Yale. Perhaps his motivation came from Lucretia’s death, since he learned of her illness too late to be at her side.

On his journey back to America in 1832, he and his shipmates became engrossed in a conversation about electromagnetism. Following this encounter Morse felt as though he had the knowledge necessary to develop a system of sending and receiving messages via electricity. He was on his way to inventing the telegraph.

After years of campaigning Congress to fund his invention, Morse secured a government contract for the telegraph in 1843. One of the first successful public demonstrations occurred in May 1844 when a message sent from the Supreme Court in Washington, DC—“What hath God wrought”— was received almost 40 miles away in Baltimore. This secured Morse the

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The telegraph was a featured attraction at the 1845 New York State Fair in Utica. By 1846, a group of local investors, including John Butterfield, Theodore Faxton, Hiram Greenman, Henry Wells, and Crawford Livingston, funded the creation of one of the first commercial telegraph lines in the nation, running between Utica and Albany.

Morse kept close ties with Oneida County and, in 1848, married a second time to Utica resident (and his second cousin) Sarah Griswold. Despite their 30-year age difference—Samuel was 55 and Sarah was 25 when they wed—the couple enjoyed a solid partnership and had four children together. The couple lived in Poughkeepsie, Paris (France), and New York City until his death there in 1872.

Morse changed the world by creating the first practical means of long distance, real-time communication. His work laid the foundation for the telephone, radio, television, and Internet revolutions that followed. That much of his earliest work occurred in and around Utica is a credit to the region. It was thus appropriate that in 1949 Samuel F.B. Morse was inducted into the Oneida County Historical Hall of Fame.

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The third annual Adirondack Kids Day is set for Saturday, October 4, in Inlet, NY. The family-oriented event was inspired by the children’s book series my son, Justin, and I began 14 years ago.

Volume one of the Adirondack Kids launched in 2001, and each story revolves around three best friends who grow up in the Adirondacks along the Fulton Chain of Lakes with Inlet as their home base. There are now 14 books in the series with more than 120,000 copies sold.

Inlet also happens to be where my wife and Justin’s mom, Carol (who is also interior illustrator for the books), share a camp that has been in her family for 108 years. It’s the location that provided the initial inspiration for our stories.

Organizers for Adirondack Kids Day describe the event as kid friendly, with activities planned from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the entire family, rain or shine. And in April of this year, the Adirondack Park Agency awarded the event Honorable Mention status in its Best Event contest. The category? Most Authentic Adirondack.

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Although not yet confirmed, we are hoping a certain bear celebrating his 70th birthday this year will be able to join the events as well. You may have heard about him. His name is Smokey.

Additional sponsors to date include Melissa & Doug Toys, French Louie ADK Sports, ADK Images Photography, ADK Special Events, the Town of Inlet, the IABA, and Adirondack Kids Press.

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl:

the S.S. Maria Addolorata Prayer Garden in Frankfort Whatever one’s religion or lack thereof, one can benefit from a quiet place for reflection and meditation. Such a haven is available at the S.S. Maria Addolorata Prayer Garden in Frankfort, NY. I had long noticed a sign for a prayer garden where Sheldon Boulevard meets Railroad Street.

Steven and I finally stopped by for a visit. The Prayer Garden is at the end of Sheldon Avenue.

A well-kept hedge surrounds a beautiful grassy area with flowers and statues. A sign on one of the buildings outside the hedge announced a Rosary Prayer every Thursday at 6 p.m. Soft music was playing.

“I know that hymn,” I said. “I love that hymn.”

Unfortunately, it was almost over, but they played a few more of my favorites before we left. The music was not loud enough to be obtrusive, just a nice background.

As you walk into the gardens a path to the left leads around the Stations of the Cross. A rose bush is planted at the base of each station. To the right

A statue of Saint Francis greets visitors at the entrance to the S.S. Maria Addolorata Prayer Garden in Frankfort.

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is a path around a paving-stone rosary. Each stone is engraved with the prayer for that bead plus the name of the person whose donation paid for it. In the middle is a kind of an altar to the Blessed Mother, with a couple of benches and a place to kneel.

In addition to the rosary prayers on the paving stones, other prayers are posted. Signs also list the Joyful Mysteries, the Glorious Mysteries, the Luminous Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, and the 10 Commandments.

Stones on the path and plaques on the various fixtures document the donations that built the garden.

Many of the gifts were in memory of loved ones.

There is a box on one of the buildings for people to add their own donations to help with upkeep.

The Prayer Garden is open to all. Anyone can come in and sit, kneel, or walk around and pray, meditate, or just enjoy the peace. Steven and I merely walked around the paths admiring the place, but I plan to return on my own to sit for a while and just be.

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September marks the transition period in the season. The summer fruits and veggies, like cucumbers, eggplant, summer squash, tomatoes and corn, are starting to wane, but the wonderful fall veggies are just starting to appear—pears, melons, winter squash, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, with lettuce and spinach appearing for one last Harrah! To me it’s a bittersweet time on the market, heralding in the end of the growing season for another year. But it’s a busy time in my kitchen—the last of the cukes and zukes are being turned into wonderful pickles, and corn and tomatoes are being canned, frozen, and dehydrated for use this winter. Hopefully you are all taking advantage of all the wonderful veggies and fruit being offered at our local farmers markets and extending the season in your kitchen! For some inspiration here’s one of my favorite pickle recipes. I love to make Fridge Pickles. They are crisp and crunchy and will keep in your fridge for up to 3 months, if you can resist them that long!

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2 heads of garlic 10 cups water 5 cups white wine vinegar (distilled white vinegar will also work) ¼ cup & 2 T pickling salt 1 T dill seed 1 T mustard seed 1 T black peppercorn 2 lbs cucumbers, quartered or chunked (depending on size) 1 bunch small carrots, greens trimmed and cut in half 1 small head of cauliflower, cut in 1 inch pieces 1 red onion slices thin sprig of fresh dill 1-2 hot peppers (optional)

In a large saucepan, bring water and garlic to boil. Cook for 5 minutes. Add vinegar and salt, raise the heat to high, bringing to a boil, stirring until the salt dissolves. Remove from heat.

Using 8 1-quart glass jars, place 2-3 sprigs of fresh dill in each. Divide the seeds and peppercorns evenly between the jars. Using tongs, remove the garlic from the brine and divide it evenly among the 8 jars. Then pack the jars full of cucumbers, carrots, onion, cauliflower, and the hot peppers, if using. You will want them to be tightly stuffed.

Bring the brine back to a boil, pour over the veggies to cover completely, let cool, then cover with lids and refrigerate.

The pickles will taste good in a few hours, but even better a few days

later. These pickles will keep in the fridge for about 3 months.

Quick refrigerator pickles are crisp and tangy and a great way to use up summer veggies. Try this recipe to make great dilly beans!

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A visit to the fly creek & dyn cider mills Toward the end of summer and into fall, my thoughts often turn to apples and apple cider. The Mohawk Valley is blessed with several cider mills. I can take in two of my favorites in one trip when I head toward Cooperstown to the Fly Creek Cider Mill. I go through Richfield Springs and stop at Dyn’s Cider Mill as well.

Fly Creek Cider Mill is a hugely popular spot and often gets more attention than Dyn’s. While Dyn’s is a much lower-key experience than Fly Creek, I find it charming and enjoyable. I often go to Fly Creek first so I can relax at Dyn’s.

This approach has the added advantage that I sometimes beat the crowd at Fly Creek. However, Fly Creek Cider Mill is

5th generation future cider maker, Connor Dyn, enjoys a fresh made donut at his family’s cider mill in Richfield Springs. The Dyn family makes cider using an apple press that’s over 100 years old. Gallon and half gallon jugs are filled on demand from a large vat.

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Dyn’s wide, low porch feels like a big welcome mat. You walk into a large room with a real country feel. Cider, apples, cheese, maple syrup, and gifts are available for sale. I usually treat myself to a cup of hot cider or coffee and the fresh baked goods are a real treat, too. Occasionally, we get there just in time for fresh-made donuts. Yummy! I also like to get some Dyn’s popcorn while I’m there. I make my popcorn on the stove in a pot with oil, melting real butter in a second pan. Dyn’s popcorn is wonderful.

Dyn’s also serves spaghetti and lasagna dinners every Wednesday from noon to 7pm, and breakfast every Sunday from 7am to noon. I haven’t made it to either of those meals yet, but if they are as good as the cider and baked goods, they should be excellent.

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At Fly Creek Cider Mill things are often more hopping. The sales floor extends to two rooms with a separate area for hard cider and wine tasting, plus an upstairs. I like to try all the free samples. Dips, salsas, sauces, and more are available. My only problem is that I like so much of what I try I can’t possibly purchase it all.

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Savage Arms from the Oneida County Historical Society

Arthur W. Savage was born in Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies on May 13, 1857, the son of John and Jane Henderson Savage.

He went to England for his education at Leeds and was a student at South Kensington Art Academy in London (1871-74). He sailed for Australia where he engaged in the cattle business for about eleven years and there married Anne Bryant. He then returned to Jamaica and operated a coffee plantation for two years.

In 1888 he came to New York where he was employed by Munn & Company, publishers of scientific papers and magazines.

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employee of the Belt Line Railroad and did much to improve the service.

The Thompson-Hueston Company, interested at the time in the Belt Line, sent Savage to Saratoga Springs to take charge of the street railroad there (1891-92), during which time he electrified the lines and placed them on a substantial basis.

Arthur Savage began to exercise a talent for invention while he was a cowboy in Australia. When he returned to Jamaica, he learned that the British government wanted an improved firearm and he set about to produce it. He devised a gun, the rights for the manufacture of which he sold to the Hartley & Graham Company. When he returned to Uti-

ca, he entered his new Savage 1892 military rifle in the military trials of that year on Governor’s Island. It was placed No. 35 and no United States contract was obtained. On February 7, 1893, he secured a patent on his rifle and organized the Savage Repeating Arms Company (1893-97). Since he had no factory, he arranged with John Marlin of the Marlin Firearms Company of New Haven, Connecticut, to make the first group of rifles.

In 1895, Savage developed the .303 caliber lever-action rifle, and began their manufacture in a small plant in Hubbell Street, Utica. In 1897, the Savage Arms Company (1897-1917) was incorporated and a site on Tilden Avenue was purchased and buildings

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Arthur Savage developed the Savage Halpine torpedo, became the Superintendent of the Utica Belt Line Railroad, and invented the first “hammerless” lever action rifle with the entire mechanism enclosed in a steel receiver. This remarkable rifle featured a rotary magazine with a unique counter that visually displayed the number of bullets remaining in the receiver. The Model 99, as it became known, advanced firearm technology, offered the average person an affordable rifle, and started a business that has stood the test of time. In 1919, a Native American chief approached Arthur to purchase lever-action rifles for the reservation and the two men struck a deal. The tribe would get discounted rifles and Savage would get their support and endorsement.

It was at this time in the company’s history, that Arthur Savage added the Indian head logo—a direct gift from the Chief—to the company name. By 1919, Savage Arms was manu-

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Dorothea Lange’s America SEPT. 18 -DEC. 31 Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936 All works are from the collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg.

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the Savicki’s farm in clinton Story & Photos by Sharry L. Whitney

“All clear?” Walter Savicki shouts from the driver seat of his tractor to the young boy riding behind on the wagon. 13-year-old Daniel Lloyd, who is helping out at the farm, shouts back, “Last one!” and then gives him the go-ahead to cross the highway. Route 12 is quite a bit busier now than it was in 1918 when Walter’s parents founded the farm located high above Clinton. In 1938 the Savickis expanded the farm to 150 acres. Walter was 4 years old at the time, the youngest of five brothers and two sisters. “I was the baby,” he says, “but they’re all gone now.”

Back then the Savickis were dairy farmers but always had a small farm stand offering vegetables for sale. When Walter was a senior in high school he came up with the idea of growing sweet corn. Today, with the help of his great nephew – and partner – Eric Savicki, they plant about 35 acres of corn. They grow eight or more varieties throughout the season (which lasts from mid-July to early October).

They also grow the decorative Indian corn

Top: Eighty-year-old Walter Savicki drives a tractor around his family’s farm like he has since he was a boy.

Above, clockwise from top left: Young farmer-in-training, Daniel Lloyd, gathers squash blossoms; The busy Savicki’s Farm Market; Walter and Daniel make a great team keeping the market stocked with fresh vegetables including the Savicki’s famous sweet corn.

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that towers above the other varieties on stalks 10 feet high or more.

This time of year, the Savicki Farm Market is teeming with customers picking out their “Polish dozens” of sweet corn – which, as the sign indicates, is 14 ears.

People are also shopping for other seasonal fruits and vegetables. The Savickis grow beans, peas, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, and more, but people seem to get especially excited about sweet corn season. “This is what we do,” Eric says.

“We’re known for our sweet corn.”

The market is running low on squash blossoms, so Walter fires up the tractor and he and his “sidekick” Daniel take me along to harvest some more. “These

will be gone really quick,” Daniel says as he fills a box with the colorful flowers. “People love them.” He and Walter discuss the day’s weather and the timing of blossom-picking. Daniel shows me the difference between the male and female blossoms. “The females are low to the ground and you can see the small pumpkin growing underneath the flower,” he says.

Many of the larger pumpkins are already turning orange – a sign of the coming autumn. Daniel points out where the deer have chomped on a few of them.

“They like pumpkins,” he says. We hop on the back of the wagon and Walter drives us over to the rhubarb. “The cold weather is good for the rhubarb; they think it’s spring,” Walter says. Daniel cuts off some stalks with his knife and shows me how big they are.

We head back to restock the market. From the wagon, DanEric Savicki and his great-uncle Walter Savicki of Savicki’s Farm Market. The market is open daily at 3295 Route 12, Clinton. (315) 737-7949

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iel narrates the journey, pointing out the late varieties of corn, the soy beans, complaining about the high cost of replacement parts for tractors, and lamenting over the nuisance of groundhogs, and as if on cue one dashes across the field.

He sounds like a wise old farmer. Walter Savicki smiles contently as he continues to drive the tractor around to the back of the market – like he has countless times over the decades – with his young protégé and their harvest in tow.

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Berkeley Lodge Fulton Chain, Old Forge

Berkeley Lodge was built in 1897. These rustic, slab-sided cottages were the primitive retreat of Benjamin Harrison (18331901), President of the United State from 1889-1893. This year marks the 125th anniversary of Harrison inauguration. Berkeley Lodge was named after Berkeley Plantation, the Harrison home in Virginia. The large building contained bedrooms and a sitting room. The small building contained a kitchen, dining room, and servants’ bedrooms. On the sitting room wall hung the head of a ten-point buck, a hunting trophy of the President. Harrison got his exercise manning a cross-cut saw, with a local youth opposite him, to cut his own firewood. He shopped for the family groceries on the “pickle boat” which plied the lake waters selling supplies to the campers. After he left office, Benjamin returned to Indianapolis in 1896 and married the widow Mrs. Mary Dimmick (1858-1948).

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John Ingersoll (1796-1883), who was married three times, first to Gertraud Shoemaker (1801-1828) on February 12, 1822, second to Adaline Palmer Ingersoll (1801-ca. 1830), who he married in July 2,1829 and third to Almira Rice (1807-1875).

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1830. Few changes to the home have been made. The early window glass with bubbles and grains of sand still exist. Sometime after 1900 the semi-circular window was installed in the attic and the porch trim was replaced. Mary Ingersoll Hunt (1825-1905), daughter of John and Gertrude (Shoemaker) Ingersoll, married Isaac G. Hunt (1822-1875). Isaac and Mary had two sons, Loton S. Hunt (1853-1921) and James G. Hunt (1854-1914). Isaac and Mary lived in Utica until his death in 1875. Mary is listed in the 1880 Census as a widow living with her father, John Ingersoll.

Mary died in 1905 leaving the property to her sons, Loton and James. The home was in the Ingersoll family until it was sold in 1914.

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On the farm with Suzie:

Exhaustion

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Let’s face it—some times of the year are tougher than others on the farm. Summer may be beautiful, but it is long and grueling and is by far the most exhausting season.

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The physical exhaustion and the poor diet of summer seem to lead to emotional and psychological exhaustion, too—just to make things interesting. My husband turned to me the other day and told me out of the blue that he’d been furious with me for the last week.

“Why?” I asked. I didn’t think I had done anything particularly offensive or been anything other than my normal self. “I don’t know,” he finally admitted.

“I’ve just been so darn tired…I figured it was your fault!” We seem to be business partners first and foremost during the summer especially, which also takes its toll on romance, whatever that is.

It seems selfish to complain about being exhausted. My husband and I are fortunate to have our health. We have friends undergoing chemotherapy and others taking care of sickly or elderly relatives, which is exhaustion on a whole other level. And we haven’t been without help. Sabrina helps with deliveries and a few markets; Courtney was our summer intern, courtesy of Herkimer BOCES; and Lindsey is our face at the Oneida County Public Market.

And the farmers we buy our milk from all make our cheese and gelato-making possible in the first place. We love them all like family.

Yes, this summer was physically and emotionally exhausting, and utterly draining. I’m ready for the goats to winter in the barn, happily munching hay. I’m ready for the lawn to not need mowing every time I turn around.

I’m ready for fall and grateful for the change of seasons—it’s time for a new set of challenges.

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By Denise A. Szarek

September is that month I wait for every year. It ushers in my favorite season of all—autumn. The crisp cool mornings, glorious fall colors, warm fuzzy sweaters, hearty soups and chili, and warm fires! There’s no place better to enjoy fall than in the Mohawk Valley.

Sorry, I got a little carried away for a minute. Before I can wander off enjoying the autumnal beauty of the Mohawk Valley and surrounding Adirondacks, I have a few chores waiting in the garden.

September is a transition month in the garden: * Keep harvesting—many vegetables are still heavily producing, so now is the time to turn our attention to making the most of those veggies by freezing, drying, pickling, and properly storing so we can enjoy our harvest long into the winter. * Spread newly dug potatoes out to dry for a few hours before storing in a cool, dry place. Store them in paper or burlap bags, as this allows them to breathe in storage.

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because one rotten potato can spoil the whole bunch. * Help your pumpkins ripen by Halloween by removing any leaves that are overshadowing fruit. Place pumpkins and winter squash on slate or wood to keep them off wet soil to prevent rotting. * When beans and peas finish producing, simply cut the plant away at ground level, leaving the roots in the soil. These crops fix nitrogen, which slowly release into the soil as the roots break down. * The end of the month is a great time to start planting garlic bulbs—remember the rule—“Garlic must be in the ground by Columbus Day.” Also, it’s a great time to plant onion sets for a spring harvest as well. *Lastly, have your soil tested to see what nutrients have been depleted during the season and add compost and other amendments to the soil now. You will still want to test again in the spring to do a little tweaking if necessary.

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The Moon and the Mohawk Valley

by Carol Higgins

What is the connection between the Moon and the Mohawk Valley? NASA’s Apollo space program!

July 20, 2014 marked the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. On that day in 1969, people around the world were spellbound by historic events unfolding some 244,391 miles away. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were onboard the Lunar Module named Eagle, while Michael Collins orbited the Moon in the Columbia Command Service Module.

Despite a harrowing 12-minute descent that nearly ended in disaster in a boulder field, Armstrong safely landed Eagle in the Sea of Tranquility. Six hours later, Armstrong climbed down to the surface, followed by Aldrin 15 minutes later. It is estimated that over half a billion people watched a live tele-

You may not know it, but the moon orbits the earth in a slightly elliptical orbit. Every so often it happens that the full moon occurs very near the time when the moon is at its closest point to Earth. We call this the “Supermoon” although the apparent size difference is much smaller than the name implies (you normally can’t tell the difference just by looking at it). It turns out that the full moon of August 10th was just such a moon. Here is a picture of the Supermoon taken from the town of Frankfort using a Canon DSLR camera with a telephoto lens. You will have to wait till Sunday, September 27, 2015 for the next one.

This is the reborn Ash Dome in its new MVAS setting. The photo shows the Apollo Observatory in the background and club members in the foreground enjoying an afternoon of observing the Sun through their special solar telescopes.

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vision broadcast of the crew exploring the area for 2 ½ hours while collecting 47 pounds of moon rocks.

They also deployed scientific instruments, including a Laser Ranging RetroReflector. The 2-foot wide device contains 100 silica prisms in a 10x10 array, and that’s where the Mohawk Valley connection begins.

The former Rome Air Development Center (RADC) participated in the CORAL program, Coherent Optical Radar Laboratory. Housed inside a 16-foot Ash Dome in Floyd, NY, one experiment aimed a laser at the reflector and analyzed returned light. The experiment – and research that continues today – determined the Moon moves away from Earth at 1.5 inches per year, and appears to have a liquid core.

NASA’s Apollo program remains a

magnificent achievement. Of the 536 people who have entered low Earth orbit since manned space flight began in 1961, only 24 left the bounds of Earth’s gravity to orbit – and 12 landed on – another celestial body in our solar system.

After the Apollo program ended, the site closed and the Ash Dome was abandoned. But the story continues…

In 1986, several members of the future Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society (MVAS) obtained permission from the U.S. Army to remove the Ash Dome from the Floyd site. The panels were stored at a member’s home until 1998, when MVAS began building an observatory.

At the 2003 dedication ceremony celebrating construction completion and installation of a high quality telescope, the facility was appropriately named “MVAS Apollo Observatory.”

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Tim Rand Story and Photos by Sharry L. Whitney

When you come or go from the village of Clinton you might have the feeling you’re being watched. Giant portraits hanging on the front porch of 84 Utica Street seem to watch the traffic go by with stoic expressions.

Artist Tim Rand is aware of that. He watches the traffic go by himself sometimes. When he’s not painting, that is—which isn’t often. Inside the bright green and-yellow house hundreds of paintings attest to that. This is Tim’s home and studio—Tarat Studio. He lives art. The young painter chose the life of an artist, even though he admits it isn’t always easy. “Basically, you have to be very frugal,” he says. “It’s definitely a way of life.” He has had many shows locally and a couple in New York, and is always applying to more.

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Tim Rand paints each square (or each block as in the portrait above) of his paintings—a tedious process that results in an intriguing portrait.

New England College, Tim continues to challenge himself. Well known for his large mosaic-like grid paintings and murals, he also enjoys breaking the two dimensional plane and exploring portraits in three dimensions. Working from photographs and using a grid system, he positions blocks of varying levels, painting each one, creating a “topographical” portrait.

It is time-consuming work and makes for many late nights. “As a kid I really liked Legos,” he jokes. “And I’m still using that part of my brain.” On a deeper level he believes that the blocks destroy the static nature of the singular moment caught by the camera. “As the viewer walks past the painting, time passes as life does. At a certain point, everything becomes clear before it is distorted once again.”

A few years ago he was painting large iconic celebrity portraits and then moved into political leaders. He was working on a mosaic Gaddafi painting when the Arab Spring broke out. What started as a Up close, Tim Rand’s artwork consists of individually painted squares that from a distance form a portrait.

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portrait of a political titan “progressed into an embattled dictator and eventually into a desperate man...a death mask,” he says. He is never short on material. When he needs new subject matter, he just looks through photographs of friends and family or asks them to come over for a quick photo shoot. He has also been working from the photographs he took on a trip to central France and Iceland last year.

The variety and volume of work this young artist produces is impressive. The next time you’re leaving Clinton and have that feeling of being watched, look for Tim’s open banner and stop by. If he doesn’t hear you knock, he’s in the back painting. Just give a shout and he’ll come running!

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Tradition was perhaps the only con- ple wend its way through the neighstant in their ever-changing world. borhood carrying colorful statues of the saints. On both days (Saturday: 4-10pm and Sunday: 8am4pm, all are welcome to enjoy food, music, dancing, and Italian novelties and religious articles imported from Italy.

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East Utica If I were to write a travel guide for tourists visiting the Mohawk Valley, I would have to include a section on East Utica. This culturallly dynamic area of Utica is always changing and evolving, but at the same time the people who live and work here hold fast to the traditions of their homelands.

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The Music never stops:

Kayla Mcmahon

By John Keller

I have had the wonderful pleasure of sharing the stage on several occasions with Kayla McMahon. Kayla has what, I believe, it takes to be a star—beauty, determination, an incredible voice, a very unique and captivating songcraft, and the ability to find the perfect blend of humor and refined stage presence. Her original songs, such as “Immortal,” “Bridges,” or “I Won’t Cry,” accompanied by her powerful voice and piano that blend elements of jazz, pop, and rock, are enough to bring a hush to the rowdiest crowd. Now, she has assembled a group of individuals who take her music to a completely new level. Kayla and the Tellers have been performing in the Utica/Rome area for just a few months but already have amassed a boatload of devoted fans. I recently sat down with Kayla to discuss her music, the new band, and her future outlook.

Are you originally from the Utica area?

Yes, born and raised. I was brought up in West Utica and then later ventured out on my own.

When did you become aware of your incredible musical abilities?

Thanks for the compliment. I knew about it early on, around age four or five. My parents were always very proud of my talents, but I think I liked to hide them. I’m not so much a show-off when it comes to me.

Do you have formal training, either on

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guitar or piano? Any vocal instruction?

I’ve never had formal training. The closest thing to that would be school and church choir, but no one really pulled me aside for particular training.

Your songs have unique and beautiful melodies and imagery. From where do you draw your inspirations?

I don’t think there are many things in life from which I don’t draw inspiration. But I’d say that most often I am a hopeless romantic. That is, so much a hopeless romantic that I actually call myself a hopeful romantic, if that makes any sense. I have always loved love. Aside from that, I take situations that are very real to me and what I perceive would be real to others and try to express them to the best of my ability.

I feel that I just try to be honest.

Do you find these shows are an accurate meter for talent, or a hindrance for people seeking fame?

They are all learning tools when you’re trying to make it in this line of work. I guess to some it can be a hindrance, but it depends on how you see things.

I just saw it as one “No” in the line of a million other “Nos” when all I needed is one “Yes.” A start to a certain finish.

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You have auditioned for both “The Voice” and “American Idol.” Could you relate your experiences for us?

“The Voice” and “American Idol” auditions were both nearly the same. To be brief, they know how to market. They know at the beginning what they are set out to look for and they find that. Overall, I must say that I enjoyed both experiences immensely.

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Who are your personal and/or professional influences?

I have always admired the crooners. People like Doris Day, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, but then I grew up very religious so I have influences like Fred Hammond, who is amazing all the way around, and Kirk Franklin. Then, when I went out on my own, I discovered people like Tracy Chapman and John Mayer, or Freddy Mercury. I really appreciate people who create, and write and create some more.

You have recently assembled a band, the Tellers. Who is in this, where did you discover them, and how did the name evolve?

I cannot say enough about how much I am in LOVE with these guys. The members are: Jen Mascaro (violin), Jason Roberts (bass), Brian Premo (lead guitar), Francis

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Lee (drums), with myself on keys, rhythm guitar, and voice. We all met, one way or another, through the folks at the Tramontane Café. Jason was in the Taryn Jessen Band and asked about starting a new project. We all agreed. The name the Tellers is short for story tellers. It comes from my motto – “Tell me your story, sing me your song,” which is what this is, because I feel that we’re all here to share those things, our stories.

Whether it’s what we did at work or how to get through the worst heartbreak, or dancing goofy in a mirror, they’re all stories and they should be told. That’s who the Tellers are.

What do you feel sets Kayla and the Tellers apart from other bands?

I think there is one thing that entirely sets us apart from other bands. We’re all each other’s “home.” We’ve been saving each other, musically and personally, since we started and that is something I think is very rare indeed.

True. What direction would you like to see your music follow?

I would like to see us playing internationally. I don’t much care about fame, I just care that we get to share with people what we have and that it may change things for

them.

Do you have any advice to up-andcoming musicians or songwriters?

If you’re going to be a musician/ songwriter, remember half of what you have is inherent, the other half is worked for, but always remember to choose what your end goal is. Make sure you’re not just doing it because it makes you feel popular or better.

This world comes with awful feelings sometimes and it’s surely not easy. Be honest with yourself and paint what you see.

Lastly, where can we find Kayla and the Tellers next?

We post all of our upcoming shows on the Facebook page, along with photos and other fun things.

Thank you, Kayla, for taking the time to talk with us. Good luck with your music.

Thank you, John. We all love you and admire you. Mille grazie!

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Insectivores like the Blue-headed Vireo will take fruit on occasion.

A heavy crop of seeds and nuts can cause Eastern Chipmunk numbers to spike.

Wild grapes are an excellent food source for wildlife.

The Pagoda Dogwood berries vanish often before ripe.

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Each year the amount of food produced in the wild varies greatly and its relative abundance can effect wildlife populations in significant ways. In years when the forest trees produce a heavy yield of seed and nuts we might expect to find the habitat teeming with animals. Some will be gorging themselves in order to build up their bodies’ fat reserves, perhaps as a prerequisite to migration or hibernation. Others, like squirrels and jays, will be busily collecting and storing food for winter use.

All wild food is not of equal value and this is evident by how fast certain kinds are gobbled up. Generally fruit with greater fat content are the first to vanish, while those containing less fat are ignored or resorted to only when there is no other option. Berries from several of our native species of dogwood are loaded with a surprising amount of fat (from 20 to 40%) and that makes them especially popular with wildlife. Often these fruit are eagerly picked even before they are ripe. While the berries of dogwoods like Red Osier Dogwood and Pagoda Dogwood are popular, fruit from their relatives, the Viburnums, are for the most part not so cov-

eted (Arrowwood Viburnum being a notable exception). The attractive fruits of American Mountain Ash as well as those from our native hawthorns have relatively low fat content and so they typically remain on the tree well into winter. Berries with high sugar content are also popular and don’t stay on the forest shelves for long. Elderberries are quickly exploited since they are relished by many creatures including Gray Catbirds and American Robins. People seeking to collect wild elderberries learn to move fast in order to beat the winged competition.

Among the most prolific berry producers in the Mohawk Valley are 2 non-native tree/shrub species called European Buckthorn and Tartarian Honeysuckle. The latter species grows in virtually every overgrown pasture and fallow field in the region and their attractive red berries are quite familiar to most of us. Buckthorn and honeysuckle aren’t too particular about where they grow

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Robins and waxwings resort to buckthorn in the colder months.

The Virginia Creeper vine often fails to produce fruit.

and both can tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions, though they do require a fair amount of sun. Both species produce copious amounts of fruit every year and provide wildlife (principally birds), with a reliable supply of food. Birds readily consume honeysuckle berries and through their droppings they disseminate the plant’s seeds, thereby helping the species to spread. I’ve seen Cedar Waxwings, Eastern Bluebirds and Gray Catbirds all use honeysuckle berries to feed their young. It happens that the berries become ripe about the same time many birds are engaged in raising their 2nd brood of the

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bunches of grapes, and unsurprisingly they are not the first dining choice for most birds.

However, some species like the Myrtle Warbler can develop a taste for them, resorting to them during the colder months.

The reason that trees produce fruit is to entice animals to consume it, thereby securing their assistance in distributing seeds.

Trees also employ other sophisticated tactics in order to successfully insure their reproduction. In fact forest trees have the ability to synchronize with each other and control their collective output of seeds. The gross production of seeds and nuts in a forest is referred to by foresters as “mast”. In our region, in a hardwood forest, mast is usually the combined output of seed from beech, maple, birch, hornbeam, hickory, and oak trees. In a heavy production year, which takes place roughly every 3 to 5 years, the forest trees will literally flood the market with their produce.

But why do this? Why not instead produce a moderate amount of mast every year and not bother with synchronization? Those are good questions! In a year when trees produce only moderately well, virtually the entire crop will be consumed by mammals and birds and this means that come spring time relatively few seeds will survive to germinate. How-

In 2013 the forest produced a bumper crop of Hickory nuts.

Ground nesters like the Ovenbirds are harmed when there are too many egg robbers.

ever, when trees yield a mammoth amount of seed, wildlife can eat and store as much as they like and there will still be plenty left over to sprout in the forest. This way the trees are able to exercise some control over their “customers.” After a banner production year, populations of mast consumers like Eastern Chipmunks and Blue Jays may quickly spike only to crash the very next year when they are faced with a food shortage. When the forest produces little food, some of the seed and nut eaters will die off or be forced to leave the area to seek resources elsewhere. A few years later when the trees again synchronize and

over-produce, a smaller population of nut consumers will once again insure the trees’ efforts at successful propagation.

In 2013 the hickory trees in our area produced an enormous amount of nuts. Undoubtedly many of those nuts were cached (often buried) by squirrels in and around the forest. A sizable proportion of those nuts will not have been recovered by animals and will instead contribute to the regeneration of the forest. Over time we expect the area’s forest composition to change. As many of our American Beech Trees die from Beech Bark Disease (BBD), other tree species will be

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Squirrels played a large role in bringing nut trees north into the region. ready to step into the void left behind. And thanks to the squirrels, some of the replacements will be nut producers, like the beech.

Forgetful squirrels are largely responsible for the slow but steady movement of nut trees across the landscape. Over ten thousand years ago, following the retreat of the glaciers, nut trees began their northward march from the southern half of the continent. It’s thought that this tree migration was largely facilitated by squirrels and other nut caching animals.

There is a very real relationship between how much food the forest trees produce in summer and what the success rate of nesting forest songbirds will be like the following year. The spike in population of nest predators caused by the overabundance of forest food, leads to more breeding failures in songbirds. Low level and ground nesting species like the Mourning Warbler, Ovenbird and Veery are especially vulnerable to having their nests found and pilfered by foraging chipmunks and red squirrels. Simply put, when chipmunk numbers are high, the populations of their songbird prey are apt to suffer.

Other songbird related predictions can be made based upon a season’s production of wild food. In stark contrast to last year, this season the food reserves in our forest are low and so we can confidently predict that few woodland songbirds will be braving the winter with us. The seed eaters will be forced to move into other regions where the mast is adequate and they may have to travel a long way to find it. Some birds will be able to eke out a living feeding on dormant insects and the scant amount of seed and nuts that are available. For some of these birds, well

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Just like the deciduous trees, the conifers are also capable of synchronizing their output of pine cones. The reaction from pine-seed consumers is similar to what I’ve described above. However a glut of cones does not necessarily correspond with an increase in

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There are many variables in nature that affect trees’ abilities to produce mast, weather being the chief factor. If a late season freeze destroys enough of the trees’ flowers, then no noticeable synchronization will happen. Drought, excessive flooding, insect damage and disease can also effectively scuttle a forest’s attempt at coordinating seed output. Excessive logging can also have a negative impact. All of these factors serve to make a synchronization event more of a rarity. Still, when it does occur in a healthy forest environment it is an amazing feat of nature and one well worthy of our understanding and appreciation.

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The satiated cows eventually wander off, and we trudge home, discouraged but undaunted. Next time, we make sure the herd is far away before we start shaking a tree. We haul several heavy bags of apples home, I chop them in halves and quarters and fill the press.

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We end up with enough cider to fill an eye dropper.

Grinding them up in the old hand-cranked food grinder I use for grinding up dried fruits for the Candy Kitchen works better. So we buy a big one, a tapered, square, wood frame that will funnel the apples down through spiked, iron-toothed rollers we can turn with a big crank right into the press. Now we are properly equipped!

It takes two of us, one to hold it steady, while one turns the crank, to crush the apples. Then we have to press them, and we only get a few quarts of cider that I then have to can into jars on a hot fire in the wood stove, with wood that we had to gather, cut, split, and store. Then the equipment has to be taken apart, washed in the creek, and dried for storing.

We decide it’s easier to get apple juice by chewing them up with our teeth. Fresh, wild apples are stored in the root cellar for the winter.

When I visit my folks, Mom makes some critical comments about my baggy pants and thinks I’d look so much better if I’d cut my hair and wear a bra. I say that I don’t care what I look like Wild apples safely stored in the root cellar.

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as long as I am comfortable. She says (with a disappointed tone), she’s noticed that. Then on Sunday morning Tim and I have a big argument. He wants me to wear more conventional clothes to church. I have a fit, and shout, and jump up and down, and throw shoes at the floor.

I don’t know why I get so dramatic about it. It’s actually rather funny. But I decide it’s like wearing a costume in one of the operas I sang in in college, and relent.

We get permission to put up a mailbox at the end of Shawangunk on Pardeeville Road.

Even though it’s a half mile away, we’re delighted that we don’t have to bother other peo-

ple any more to collect our mail. I’ve written a little song about it.

Some Sunday mornings, we find the mailbox dented and the post shattered. At first we think it’s personal, but decide it’s just Saturday night drinkers who evidently think it’s fun to dent their truck with a mailbox.

I can lots of tomatoes from our garden in Prospect. It’s hot work on the wood stove and I’m getting sick of it, but am glad to be filling the root cellars with canned goods and fresh cabbage, onions, carrots, and wild apples. I’ve also dried some carrot tops, wild mint, basil, and parsley to add to the dried shad berries and elderberries I did earlier this summer. Slices of wild apples are strung between nails in the rafters to dry, but it seems like they could get pretty dusty up there.

I find and identify boneset, whose opposite leaves connect in a distinctive and unique wrap around the stem topped with delicate white flower clusters. It’s supposed to be a good medicine for colds or flu, but it sure is bitter!

Wild purple clover makes an attractive and tasty tea, so I collect lots. We dry and eat fresh comfrey I planted, which is pretty hairy but not bad tasting. Then I read that it’s not good to eat too much of it. The bees love it’ sweet bell shaped pink and white flowers.

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The truck has been stalling and we got the timing fixed, but now the battery is dead. All this week the only way we can start the truck is by pushing it or rolling it downhill. When we drive through puddles it shorts out sometimes.

There are interesting bits of whitish-blue feathers drifting about in our forest, floating lazily on warm sylvan air currents in the sunbeams that filter through the trees. It’s easy to catch one and we can see that it’s a little bug, before it slowly, delicately flies away. I ask my friend, John Paige, an officer in the DEC and bass player in my Baroque Folk recorder ensemble, what they might be. He says they’re something related to fruit flies. We decide to just call them Blue Fairies and when they’re out, we try to walk through them in slow motion, so we don’t accidentally smash them.

We find two cute little puppies wandering in our woods. Someone must have dropped them off.

It’s tempting to keep them, but they would scare away the wildlife that lives here. Dorothy and Sarah Goodney have stopped by and will help find a home for them.

Our first frost came last night and it’s only early September. I hope our flowers, cucumber and tomato plants made it under the covers I put on. Over the rustle of freshly frosted leaves cascading from our trees, I hear a machine in the distance…or is it the migrating geese having a fracas on the beaver

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The cow we saved with her calf.

pond? No, it’s an unusually noisy machine and getting closer.

Cautiously peeking between the trees, we see an ancient, weather-beaten tractor with spiked iron wheels and steam rising out of a little chimney in the top puttering toward us.

It stops with sputters and groans and an elderly man with sun-baked, wind-tanned skin, earth-dyed clothing, and gray speckled hair and beard, slowly descends from the lofty perch on his iron throne.

“My cow’s stuck in quicksand in back of my place and I need some help getting her out,”

Louie says, getting right to the point of his visit.

“Oh! Uh, sure we’d like to help but what could we do?” asks Tim as we both contemplate the sheer bulk and weight of such a creature and the likelihood of flailing hoofs at some point.

“I’ve gotta get a rope around her and then I can pull her out with the tractor. I asked another guy but he was drunk as a skunk and wouldn’t have done no good.”

“What do you think, Peg?” “We can’t let it die if we can help it,” I reply, wondering if we, too, will slowly disappear

into the quicksand.

Satisfied, Louie slowly hoists himself back up on the tractor and coaxes the engine to life.

We get ourselves some boots and coax our old truck back to life, too, following him to his farm a mile and a half away.

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the fences have fallen, the barn is collapsing, the fields have more wildflowers than hay, and his main income is selling the yearling calves for meat after a brief, but blissful, life roaming these Adirondack foothills with their mothers.

We know when they have been trucked away because we can hear their mother’s cries for them all the way to our house.

This cow is sinking in a bog of frigid mud and water. With my hands, I quickly start bailing out a depression to keep her nose out of the water. Tim has to actually duck under the water and muck to get Louie’s rope under her belly and chest. He’s rescued 32 people over five years in Lake Erie as a lifeguard, but this is his first cow rescue. I only rescued three or four as a lifeguard at Griffiss AFB Pool. She is finally hoisted out by the tractor and stands safe, but chilled, and shaking on solid ground. We are also chilled and exhausted but grateful to have saved her.

Louie doesn’t know how our road came to be named Shawangunk, but one day I find someone who at least knows what it means.

“One voice,” says Ed Benedict, a chief and elder of the Mohawk Turtle clan.

“What does one voice mean?” I press further.

“When you make Ska-wan-a-guk,” he replies, emphasizing each syllable, “you make an

agreement, so that all can speak with one voice.”

“So everyone has to agree, not just the majority?”

I ask.

“Yes. Ska-wan-a-guk is more difficult,” he replies. Ed is a man of few words.

So, how did this name come to this particular place?

Were there once great meetings of indigenous people who came here to make Ska-wan-aguk, agreements that affected the lives of all the local tribes?

There are mountains 170 miles from here in the Catskills also called Shawangunk (Anglicized to “Shawn-gum”). Is there some relationship between the two places? Maybe the southern one was for summer meetings and our northern one was for winter meetings?

We adopt this name to signify that we wish to speak with one voice for the countless creatures and plant life that live here. They say: “Let us live out our natural lives, in our natural environment. Protect the earth, the land, the soil, the sun, the water, the air. Without them we cannot be.”

And to this we are dedicated.

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The group came about after Bob Moore and I spent 14 years in the local jam band, Slug. The band got a tour of the U.S., but unfortunately three of us couldn’t go. As I’m writing this Slug is returning from that tour and we will catch up with them next month.

Having shared the stage with Jim Chase and his band and stemming from an amazing sit-in with Slug and Jim Inman years ago, Bob Moore and I had always wanted to try a project with these guys. Things fell into place and we convened on Jim’s Shack #9 studios in Holland Patent.

My idea for the new band was a group that could find its sound and then mold any artist’s material into that sound. The eureka moment came during the initial rehearsal when Jim Inman asked, “How about some Charlie Daniels?” I replied, “Trudy?” Yep, that obscure album cut from the CDB sparked a bonfire of ideas and creativity. Jim Chase and Bob Moore have really locked in to form a “solid as bomb shelter concrete” rhythm section, with Jim Chase adapting to the role of filling out the sound in this format extremely well. Bob Moore has the power and the chops to keep it running and steering the ship where it needs to go.

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While many parts of the United States and the world struggle with water shortages, we in the Mohawk Valley often take our plentiful natural resource for granted.

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Let’s raise a glass to water in celebration of our area’s plentiful natural resource!

Across 2. Enjoy one of these when you walk along the shore at Sylvan Beach 4. The former name of the Erie Canal.

6. The _____ Canada Creek is popular with fly fishermen.

7. This device raises and lowers water for boats traveling along the canal.

11. The Verona Beach (Sylvan Beach) lighthouse was built to guide boats to the canal and _____ them of shallow water.

12. The West Canada Creek at Trenton Falls is known as Kuyahoora, believed to be the Iroquois word meaning _____ (or jumping) waters.

13. Enchanted Forest Water _____ .

19. This river is the largest tributary of the Hudson River and is named for one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

20. Sharon Springs was important first to the Iroquois people and in the 19th century became a bustling spa because of its _____ waters.

22. These falls once rivaled Niagara Falls as a tourist destination. The trails to these falls are open in the autumn of 2014 on Sept. 6th and 7th and Oct. 4th and 5th.

24. This reservoir supplies water to 130,000 people in the Utica area.

25. Pixley _____ is a popular hiking and picnic spot near Boonville.

26. Canajoharie is believed to be an Iroquois term meaning “the pot that _____ itself,” referring to a large pothole carved into the bedrock of the Canajoharie Creek by swirling water over thousands of years.

Down: 1. A popular pastime on area lakes involving the redirection of wind.

14. “I’ve got a mule, her name is _____ .”

16. The Fulton _____ of Lakes are a series of eight lakes in the Adirondacks.

18. This lake was created by a dam on the Mohawk River to supply water for the Erie Canal and named for the community that it flooded.

3. This river originates at Otsego Lake in Cooperstown and is the longest river on the east coast, flowing over 440 miles.

5. This creek flows into the West Canada

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9. This lake was called De-O-Won-Go by the Oneidas, said to mean “Place of Hearing” because of an echo across the lake. It is the second largest lake in Otsego County.

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