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EXPLORING THE ARTS, HISTORY, AND CULTURE OF OUR REGION

JUNE 2018

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Thomas Cole, American (born in England), 1801–1848. Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, 1828. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Gift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik, Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865

THOMAS COLE AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN On view through September 30, 2018

The exhibition centers on Cole’s masterwork Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and explores his aspirations for landscape painting at the start of his career in the 1820s and early 1830s. Sixteen original works, including paintings from the Fenimore’s collection and loans from more than a dozen other institutions and private collectors survey the themes of the Garden of Eden. The exhibition also reveals artists that influenced Cole early in his career, such as Asher B. Durand and Thomas Doughty.

Sponsored in part by The Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust; the Tianaderrah Foundation; The Clark Foundation; Fenimore Asset Management, Inc., through The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region; and Lady Juliet Tadgell and Dr. Christopher Tadgell.

EDWARD WESTON: PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG MAN AS AN ARTIST On view through August 5, 2018

Over the course of his fifty-year career, American photographer Edward Weston (1886–1958) blazed a path to Photo-Modernism, rendering portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and nudes that have established him as one of the most revered champions of photographic art.

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Oneida County History Center ADK Journal Clayville Library Farmers Markets Local CD Review MV Classical Downtown Utica Gallery Guide MV Restaurant May in the Forest On the Farm with Suzie MV Astronomy Club MV Gardens & Recipes MVL Crossword Artist Mark Bode Local Photography MV Nature Breweries/Wineries Events Craft Beverage Profile Reflections of My Youth Restaurant Guide MV Comics Antiques Guide Herkimer Co. Historical Society Tales from Shawangunk, Part 45 Genesee Joe Advertiser Directory Sponsor News

Recently, as I was loading up some chicken wire into my car, a farmer (who was parked near me and was doing the same) asked, “Trying to keep your chickens in, too?” I responded, “No. Trying to keep rabbits and deer out! Yay, for free vegetables!” He replied (as he tossed another roll of fencing into his truck), “and free eggs!”

Now, I love gardening—turning over the soil and planting neat rows of lettuce and carrots. I try never to think about (or want to know) how much my “free” vegetables actually cost. I used to buy an organic repellent to use around my gardens to protect my precious seedlings from being nipped off at night. That cost really added up.

Growing my own vegetables has helped me understand the real value of food. Nothing tastes better than asparagus or peas that are freshly snapped off the day you cook them. But when you think of all the vegetables lost to animals, insects, weather, or any other of Mother Nature’s foils, you begin to realize the cost. And that doesn’t factor in cost of seeds, plants, soil amendments, tools, and fencing!

June is the month when our local farmers’ markets get into swing (see guide page 15). When I take my shopping basket to the market, I admire the beautiful vegetables our local farmers have grown, and let me tell you, the price they are asking for their produce...it’s a bargain! •

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A longtime fixture in downtown Utica was the Oneida National Bank. This venerable institution was founded in 1836 and fell just short of its 150th anniversary—in name, at least—when it disappeared in 1985.

The 1830s were a boom time for Utica which was incorporated as a city 1832. The Erie Canal had been operating since 1825 and ushered in an unprecedented era of prosperity across upstate New York. Oneida County’s first railroad, the Utica and Schenectady, opened in 1836. Over the next two decades Utica’s manufacturing economy shifted into high gear with the opening of the first big textile mills. Of course, the financial industry was a foundational element underwriting this incredible growth.

Nationally, the banking industry was still trying to find itself. President Andrew Jackson’s disdain for the Second Bank of the United States led to its failure. The effects were felt locally with its closing, as a branch had been operating in Utica since 1830.

With an initial capitalization of $400,000 the Oneida Bank opened in November 1836. This was supposed to happen on November 20, but that morning an employee noticed that the bank had been robbed! It is not known whether the perpetrators were caught, but The carved sandstone bust known as the “Oneida National Bank Indian” was once perched above the bank.

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the stolen funds were replaced and the new bank opened by the end of the month.

The Oneida Bank helped finance the area’s expansion, making loans to individuals and major enterprises alike. In May 1865 it received a charter under the National Banking Act and became the Oneida National Bank of Utica. Two decades later the bank moved into a new facility at 157 Genesee Street. The building still stands today and is home to Art & Vine.

In 1929 the bank gained authority to exercise trust powers for groups and individuals. This was reflected in another name change; it was now The Oneida National Bank and Trust Company of Utica. Oneida National weathered the Great Depression and in 1938 welcomed Charles Hall as its new president. At age 38, Hall was the youngest national bank president in New York State.

Over the next three decades Mr. Hall presided over the bank’s expansion throughout the region. The first branch office opened in Mohawk in 1940; within twenty years Oneida National Bank operated 13 offices in Oneida and Herkimer Counties. Some of these offices were acquired via merger with local banks and others were built.

A devastating fire at the downtown Utica branch on New Year’s Day 1948 robbed the bank of its original dual-pitched roof. The building was repaired with a flat roof that exists today; the carved sandstone Indian that was removed after the fire eventually made its way to the Oneida

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By the late 1950s Oneida National had outgrown its downtown Utica location and was looking for larger quarters. They didn’t move far, however. In June 1958 ground was broken for a new, $1 million facility at 268 Genesee Street across from the Stanley Theater. This postmodern structure featured drive-through banking and an escalator to the main lobby. An open house around Labor Day introduced the new building to the bank’s customers and was an impressive addition to Genesee Street’s architecture.

Also in 1959, the bank became The Oneida National Bank and Trust Company of Central New York to reflect its growing web of locations. By America’s bicentennial there were over two dozen branches in operation.

On February 1, 1982, Norstar Bancorp acquired Oneida National, ending its 146 years as an independent entity. The Oneida National name was retained for the time being. Norstar installed 24-hour banking centers in six locations, heralding the start of ATMs as an everyday part of people’s lives. The following year Oneida National and the State Bank of Albany were joined as the Norstar Upstate Bank Group.

The Oneida National Bank name disappeared completely on April 1, 1985 when it and the former State Bank of Albany formally merged. The new entity became Norstar Bank of Upstate New York. Less than three years later Norstar and Fleet Financial Group merged, and in 1992 the former Fleet/Norstar was renamed the Fleet Financial Group. Traces of the old Oneida National Bank could still be seen in the Indian motif on the side of the 268 Genesee Street building, as well as a faded billboard at 157 Genesee. •

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Busy Corner, 1940s Indian sculpture can be seen atop the bank building

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Bald (Rondaxe) Mountain We’ve mentioned this mountain before and probably will again because it is a great family hike for so many reasons.

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The overlook is impressive enough that an image from the First Brother by master photographer Mark Bowie graced the cover of the 13th edition of the Adirondack Mountain Club’s Trail Guide to the High Peaks Region. Having been there in the spring, it is my hope to return for that view again in the autumn.

You will want to take the trail toward Big Slide Mountain from the Garden Parking area in Keene Valley, N.Y. Pitchoff Mountain If you want the sensation of being on top of the world, try this approximately 1.4-mile hike up Pitchoff to what is known as the Balanced Rocks. The approach from this shortest of two possible trails (the West Trail) up the mountain may soon be changed, as the parking area along Route 73 between Lake Placid and Keene is often overcrowded, especially on weekends. As of this writing, there is a public hearing on the matter planned in late May. If the parking area is changed, it would add mileage to this destination. There is not much to see

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Jay Mountain When I first hiked Jay Mountain it was difficult to locate road-side what was an unmarked herd path leading to the top of the ridge. The DEC (Department Environmental Conservation) has since cut a new trail and it is a 2.5-mile hike up to the ridge. From there it is up to you how far you want to go. There are several false summits along the ridge line with wide-open 360-degree views on both sides. Once up to elevation you may be lured into making the other 1.5-mile hike to the summit proper. You will be exposed the entire time while traversing the ridge. Add sunscreen to your normal supplies and be sure to remain hydrated. The Jay Mountain trailhead is located at the intersection of the Jay Mountain and Upland Meadows Roads in the Town of Jay, N.Y. •

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George E. Dunham is the namesake of Whitesboro’s Dunham Public Library. He was born in Clayville and grew up on Main Street in Whitesboro. Dunham devoted his life to public service and became a major leader of the Greater Utica area at the turn of the twentieth century. He was one of the best known, civic-minded, and most prominent citizens of the area. Upon his death in 1922, the home of his late father, Reverend Doctor Moses Earl, was donated for the establishment of a library.

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The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl

The Ice cream station in ilion

by Cynthia Quackenbush, photos: Melinda Karastury

While working toward certain weight-loss goals, I nevertheless occasionally find myself eating ice cream for professional purposes. This happened recently because it was recommended I write about The Ice Cream Station in Ilion for Mohawk Valley Living magazine.

The occasion I picked was a weekend visit of our friend Tracy. Tracy is always happy to accompany me on any Mohawk Valley adventures, and who doesn’t like ice cream? Oh, I know, some people don’t like it or can’t eat it, but I think the greater percentage of us are fans. On checking its Facebook page, we found the shop opened at 2:00pm. This was handy, because Steven was only working till 1:00pm that day. The three of us set out in high spirits.

We looked at some of the flavors listed on a sign outside the door, and Rocky Road immediately caught my eye. I had

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not had Rocky Road in a long time, and it is one of my favorites.

Naturally, Tracy and I started singing, “I love Rocky Road!” to the tune of Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock-n-Roll.” I believe Weird Al Yankovic recorded a song like that in the ‘80s, but I like to think I might have come up with it if he hadn’t thought of it first.

Once inside and looking at the tubs of ice cream, I realized there were many flavors to tempt me, as well as various options for sundaes and cones. The hand-dipped homemade waffle cones looked particularly enticing. However, that day I felt all about the ice cream and asked for a small dish of Rocky Road. Steven chose coffee – that is coffee-flavored ice cream. For a minute, I thought he was asking for an actual cup of coffee, and I was shocked (but not too surprised, because Steven loves his coffee).

Tracy creatively ordered Moose Tracks and Deep Dark Chocolate.

We sat outside on the shady side of the building to enjoy our treat. There are tables on both sides of the building, including a picnic table with an umbrella, as well as a few tables inside the building. It was a beautiful sunny day, and soon we were surrounded by others enjoying similar treats.

We noted that they serve Turkey Hill ice cream. Jones Family Farm Gelato is also available and is advertised on a sign declaring, “We love local!” I love local, too! I’ll probably get the gelato the next time I visit The Ice Cream Station, which I hope will be soon. As their menu says, “Life’s short. Eat ice cream!” •

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tony touris new cd: ghost town

By John Keller He’s done it again! Tony Touris has released another blockbuster album of insightful, brilliant, and dynamic songs.

Ghost Town is Tony’s sixth solo album and is packed with deep lyrics and powerful arrangements.

The album opens with an amazing ode to short goodbyes.

“I’m Gonna Miss You” is a song of strong love and cherishing the moment when the two of you are reunited. Backed on vocals by Betsy Werbel, Tony’s voice is pleading under the giant swell of perfect orchestration. “I miss your touch and those mystic bones.” There is also a “stripped down” version on the disc as well.

“Dream On Lover” takes the opposite view--a trepidation in leaving. “Sometimes in this life you have to walk away.”

There are great solos from Devin Garramone on sax and Tony on guitar.

Though sparse in its opening, “Queen” is driving, with rhythmic bass drum, acoustic guitar, and accented piano filling the ears just enough to bring the words to the forefront.

Again, the arrangements are perfect.

“She Said” makes use of a string section bed. Tony’s piano lifts the song and his vocals. Ant Cee’s consistent bass drum propels the movement through this moment-in-time song. One of Tony’s best lines is in this: “A sky like Mona Lisa that only God could ever draw.” Dave Lust’s added guitar strengthens the

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Acoustic guitar opens “Wander,” followed by the crash of the band bringing the points of this introspective song.

The singer, speaking to himself, is looking back on his life and where he’s been and where he’s going. Again, there are wonderful lyrics: “From the crib to my stone, mistakes I will own.”

The title track is about pushing past the safe and taking chances and seeing the good among the rubble. Tony’s voice is strong with a “roller-coaster” musical feeling weaving highs and lows throughout.

This is merely a brief overview of this outstanding album.

Tony Touris has an incredible gift for songwriting, and we are honored that he shares that gift with us. Ghost Town is a 12-track journey of passion, inspiration, and perception.

Tony is an area musical legend. And with Ghost Town he continues to uphold that status.

You can find Ghost Town, and Tony’s other albums at Off-Center Records and other locations or by contacting Tony on Facebook. •

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Positions held: Vocal and Instrumental Music teacher, Utica City School District (1969-1983); Held positions of Music Resource Teacher, Administrator for Music, Administrator for Art and Music, and Director of Fine Arts, Utica City School District (1983-2002); Adjunct Lecturer, Utica College (2002-2017).

Through the years he has also taken on several piano students.

Current Employment: Retired Collaborations (current/past): Past president, Oneida County Music Educators Association; Educational Advisory Committee, MWPAI; Utica Symphony Orchestra; Winner and adjudicator, Curran Music Scholarship; Adjudicator, B# Music Club Scholarships; Past president, Junior B# Club; Violinist, the late Anthony Milograno; Tenor, the late Pasquale Caputo; Baritone, William MacFarland.

Influences: Pianistically: Johannes Magendanz (Utica Conservatory of Music); Jose Echaniz and Earl Wild (Eastman School of Music). Teaching Influences: The Late J. Edward Hacker, and the many outstanding educators that I have had the opportunity to work with through the years; General Musical Influences: My family—both my parents were musical as well as several aunts and uncles.

“Music is a gift to be shared through performance, teaching, or simply sharing musical moments with others. Music has always been a huge part of my life and teaching music became a “real calling” for over 50 years. While I always appreciated music of all kinds, it was classical music that seemed to speak to me the most. I always enjoyed sharing my musical knowledge with others, especially its history and the rich musical fabric that existed, and still does exist, in the Greater Utica area. Music is a universal language we all seem to relate to it in some way. It can speak to us in a way that is more powerful than the spoken word. Expressive performances will trump purely mechanical performances every time.”

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what’s up downtown! by michelle truett

Get ready for summer in Downtown!

Downtown will come alive again this summer with events that make our city an entertainment destination. Here’s some events that you and your family just can’t miss!

Saranac Thursdays, Now – September 6

This is such a popular event that it owns a day of the week! Celebrate 10 years of Saranac Thursdays, 85 years of Utica Club and 130 years of the F.X. Matt Brewing Co. this summer in the Brewery District. The line up is full of great bands for this season – be sure to mark your calendars for another summer to remember. Saranac beers and sodas of course will be available, along with food from Dean’s Concessions. Learn more: www.saranac.com

Utica Restaurant Week, June 8-17

We all know that Utica’s food is second to none and it’s time to celebrate it! Restaurants will once again be offering great specials for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, including 3-course options for 10 full days. It’s your chance to explore new places or revisit your favorites. The event is put on by the Downtown Utica Development Association (DUDA) and is presented by Broadway Utica.

Peruse all of the menus at www.uticarestaurantweek.com For the third summer the Franklin Square Alley is transformed into an outdoor movie theater!

Bring a chair and enjoy one of the most unique public spaces in downtown. This year’s “Films Under the Stars” movie schedule includes Sandlot on June 8 (celebrating its 25th anniversary), Space Jam on July 7, and The Mighty Ducks on August 24. It’s all free and family friendly.

Yoga in the Square, June 9 & 23, July 7 & 21, August 4 & 18, and September 8 & 22, 9-10am

Bite Bakery and Café and Sara Miller Yoga team up to bring us free, outdoor yoga in the Franklin Square Alley twice a month. No registration is required, just grab a mat and head down.

All ages and abilities are welcome. Check www.madeinutica.com for weather updates.

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Utica Summer Fest ‘18, June 21, 22, and 23, 4:30-8:00pm

Downtown Utica Genesee Street downtown near the State Office Building will be closed for this three-day celebration with live music, world-class street performers, artisans, and fun activities for the entire family. Enjoy live music by Funk Evolution, Jimmy Vivino, and the East Coast Blue Soul Rockers, The Monk Rowe Trio, and The Boat Drunks. There will also be a Kids Zone, food trucks, and more.

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Levitt AMP Utica Music Series, Monday nights, June 25 – August 27 • 6-9pm

Ten weeks of FREE live music is back for a third year! Utica was once again one of only 15 cities in the country to receive a grant from the Levitt Foundation to reinvigorate Kopernik Park and bring a diverse audience together through free live music. This year’s line up features jazz, blues, funk hip hop, indie rock, surreal Americana, mariachi music, and more from regional and national acts along with local opening bands and local dance groups at intermission. Don’t miss a week: www.levitt.org/utica or Levitt AMP Utica on Facebook.

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute’s Arts Festival June 26 - July 1 • 10am – 9pm

The MWPAI Arts Festival is a downtown tradition and the area’s longest running summertime celebration! Live music, the popular sidewalk art show (featuring over 250 pieces!), a classic car show, food vendors, activities, and crafts for the kids and more for six nights and days. The show is free and open to the public. More info: http://www.mwpai.org/experience/arts-festival

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GAllery GUIDE The Arts Factory of Montgomery County Show Through August 1, 2018

Fine art by the Arts Factory, a non-profit organization whose mission is “To support, encourage, and cultivate local artists, artisans, and venues of the Mohawk Valley.”

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Detail of Opening Reception by Giorgina Talarico. The popular Northeast National Pastel Exhibition returns to View, June 22nd, in Old Forge.

Between Black and White June 2-24, 2018

Cherry Branch Gallery

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Matthew J. Wilson, Ceramics Through June 29, 2018 “Clay can easily take on the appearance of another material and appear manmade, synthetic or natural. In my work I strive to showcase that versatility.�

Earlville Opera House

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History: Photographs by David Levinthal May 25 - September 30, 2018 Iconic historical moments recreated through the artistic format of dioramas and photographic interpretation.

Fenimore Art Museum 5798 Hwy 80, Cooperstown, NY (607) 547-1400 www.fenimoreartmuseum.org

Essential Art, the 27th Annual Regional Juried Art Show Through June 27, 2018

A juried art show celebrating the talents of artists residing in New York State.

Cooperstown Art Assoc.

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14th Annual Amateur Photography Show June 7 - 28, 2018 Reception: Thursday, June 7, 5:30-7pm

Fusion Art Gallery

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June 26 - August 3, 2018

Featuring the artwork of Marietta Raposo, Stephen Perrone, and Donna Carelli

The KAC’s popular exhibition is back for a fourth summer.

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Kirkland Art Center

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Kunsela Hall, SUNY Polytechnic Institute 100 Seymour Road, Utica www.sunypoly.edu/gannett_gallery

KIMONO! The Artistry of Itchiku Kubota

Kaleidoscope of Color, Joanne DeStefano Sculpture Space June 29 - July 28, 2018 Works in Progress

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Reception: Saturday, June 26, 5-7pm Reception: Wednesday, Mohawk Valley for the Arts MarchCenter 21, 5-7pm

48 magnificent handcrafted pictorial kimono created by internationally recognized artist Itchiku Kubota (Japanese, 1917-2003)

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Ned Walker June 23 - August 3, 2018 Reception: Saturday, June 30, 6-8pm

2018 Northeast National Pastel Exhibition June 23 - July 29, 2018 Reception: Fri., June 22, 5-7pm

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Snack Shack in Rome story and photos by Jorge L. Hernández

Paraphrasing the tune “Summertime, and the eating is easy…” welcome to Papa Rick’s Snack Shack in Rome, a seasonal ice-cream stand with ubiquitous summer food fare located at 2005 N. James St. or at the end of N. Madison Street at Ridge Mills, whichever address you use to locate the site.

Traveling on Black River Boulevard, it’s a quick turn left down an alley-way dead-end street at the Olney’s floral business.

The parked full-sized fire truck, presumably de-commissioned and owned

by Papa Rick’s owner, will give you the clue that you’re at the right place.

Business owner Rick Tharrett is a retired Rome firefighter after 30 years of service, hence the truck and other firefighting paraphernalia and memorabilia that dot the site and the business logo. It’s the 11th season for Rick and his wife, Susie.

“I retired from the fire department last year,” Rick says. Daughter Kelly joins them as the shack’s manager.

Why a snack shop? “I grew up in the ice cream business, it was my whole life,” Rick says. “My parents owned the old Dairy Queen in town; I brought the business from them, and closed the DQ in 1997.”

After 10 years, when the N. James Street business that was always an icecream stand went up for sale, Rick said it was time to get back into the quickfood trade. “It was a natural for me,” he says.

Why the name? “I have three children and six grandchildren,” Rick says.

“So I’m Papa Rick.”

The shack is open from early April through early October. It boasts an extensive menu that includes the usual grilled items, deli sandwiches, wraps, and homemade salads like macaroni and potato.

“Our burgers, hot dogs, and chicken sandwiches are the most popular items,” Rick says, and then quickly talks about the homemade chili and the chicken speedies, which looked mighty good and fragrant judging from the skewers ordered by another customer.

With a toddler in tow the day of the visit to Papa Rick’s, chicken tenders and fries were first on the order, followed by a bowl of chili, a hot dog, homemade baked beans, a cheeseburger with fries, and poutine, a new item on the menu.

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chili and baked beans were surprisingly good and a definite repeat on a return visit. The poutine—the French Canadian treat of French fries topped by cheese curds and salty brown gravy—remained an acquired taste.

The best reason to go to Papa Rick’s in the summertime, of course, is for the ice cream, with its specialty sundaes and shakes, smoothies, cones, and cups. Nothing better than a dish of maple walnut on a hot summer day, to be enjoyed outdoors at the shack’s picnic tables or wooden swing rockers. Plastic play houses for children also frame the grounds, as well as cut-outs of a firefighter and an ice-cream cone for picture taking.

In addition to the refreshments, Rick notes that musical entertainment is offered usually during July and August, as well as programs for kids.

“One day a week, either Friday or Saturday, we set up bands in a tent,” Rick says. Susie is still working on this year’s line-up, so check the web site at paparickssnackshack.com for the upcoming schedule, which has included Joe Angerosa’s Elvis tribute, the Fritz Polka Band, karaoke, and several other local bands in the past.

It’s a long work day for the Tharretts. Why do they do it?

“The customers,” Rick quickly replies. “We get to meet and know a lot of nice people in the summer.” •

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Bird Nests of June

The female Scarlet Tanager will only raise one brood in a season

story and photos by Matt Perry For songbirds, June is the most important month of the year. It is the time when most species reproduce. All other activities birds engage in, including migration, foraging and hunting, territorial conflicts, and courtship behavior, all culminate with their efforts to makes nests and raise young. The vast majority of adult songbirds will succeed in finding mates and will make nesting attempts, but relatively few will ultimately succeed in fledging young. Nests have a remarkably high failure rate and birds that initially fail and then re-nest are not guaranteed success the second time around. Generally, songbirds that enjoy the most breeding success are the species that routinely attempt to raise multiple broods per year. For the most part, they are the short distance migrants; they are species that need not devote such a large portion of their lives migrating back and forth to the tropics. Having an extended breeding season greatly increases a bird’s chances of producing offspring.

American Robins, Gray Catbirds, and Song Sparrows are included in this group. Cavity nesters – birds that nest in holes in trees or

in man-made nest boxes, tend to enjoy more breeding success than those species that build open nests on the ground or in trees. Making nests as inaccessible as possible and/or concealing them is the best strategy and it’s something many birds have perfected. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds excel at concealing their nests in plain sight. Both species typically build their open-cup nests on top of relatively low branches of deciduous trees. They then camouflage the nests with lichen and other materials so the structures are indistinguishable from the branches they are attached to. Upon completion, the nests resemble inconspicuous knots or burls and something unworthy of a second look from a hungry nest robber.

On a day in early June last year, as I walked thought the various habitats at our nature preserve, I was on the lookout for active breeding birds. Specifically, I was

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Of course, it’s always nice to see birds engaged in courtship behavior, and that’s what serendipity had in store for me on that day.

A pair of Rufous-sided Towhees that I had been monitoring since they migrated to the preserve in late April were giving quite a performance. A lot of it was auditory. The Towhee’s classic vocalization, often described by birdsong lyricists as the “Drink your tea” song, was only lightly utilized by this male. Instead, he was giving an understated version of the species’ familiar “ta-wee” warning call. He issued whispered warning calls almost constantly as he engaged in a low intensity pursuit of his mate in the underbrush. The male Towhee is mostly black and has a conspicuous red-

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dish-brown or rufous band running across his otherwise white flanks. This blaze of color, taken together with the species’ habit of foraging on the ground, led them to be referred to as “Ground Robins” in the days of old. The male Towhee has a white belly and white wing-bars. He also has a black head that is bejeweled with a ruby-colored eye, and his long tail is edged by white feathers. His stout, seed-cracking bill betrays his affiliation with the finch family. The female looks much like the male, except in her case, black plumage is substituted with light brown. The female Towhee was darting into thick brush and thrashing about in the leaf litter. Although she occasionally gave “ta-wee” calls, she was also emitting rolling trills and twittering conversational notes. It sounded almost like she was non-stop muttering to herself. I wasn’t sure whether it was the sounds she was making or the fact that she seemed to be looking for nest materials that got the male excited, but suddenly he began displaying.

I was convinced that this same pair had previously nested back in mid-May last year. I suspected something went wrong with their first nest and it was never brought to fruition. Possibly a predator stole its contents or the persistent wet and chilly weather wasn’t conducive to foraging. Parent songbirds need to collect a great amount of protein-rich invertebrate food for their nestlings, and rainy, cold weather suppresses the activities of the birds’ insect prey. To our certain knowledge, we lost many songbird nests in 2017 to that problem. Regardless, it was still early enough in the season for the Towhee pair to begin again and that’s just what they were doing on that day in early June. After

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I’m sure I’ve harped on this before in these pages, but if you own property (with bird habitat) and if you care about birds, then leave some of it alone and undisturbed – particularly in June. Try to refrain from excessive pruning and clearing up brambles. Birds require unkempt areas where they can conceal their nests. They need standing dead trees for nest cavities and they need their territory to be as undisturbed as possible as they go about the important business of reproduction and assuring their species’ survival. If we do our part and leave nature to be nature then we help ensure a future where Towhees, Catbirds, Cardinals, and Robins continue to grace our yards and our lives. •

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We have such an animal right now. We have a lamb that thinks he is a dog!

This strange tale begins innocently enough. Don’t most strange tales begin that way? It all started on an average, ordinary day in January when one of our older sheep had twins. It was a normal winter day. It wasn’t particularly cold; in fact, it was perfectly pleasant. After an uncomplicated and unassisted labor, the older ewe carefully tended to only one of her twins, distancing herself from the other. This elder sheep was wise—wise beyond her farmer’s simple grasp of animal husbandry.

She knew something was odd about the other one.

But in strolls the farmer, flummoxed and annoyed that the elder sheep has abandoned one of her newborns.

After trying all the tricks up both her sleeves to get the mother to accept her baby, the farmer admits defeat and bottle feeds the abandoned lamb. Little did she know this lamb would prove to be a handful!

Newborn lambs are one of the cutest things in the known universe, and this one was no exception. He was as white as the snow. His pink nose and black button eyes were framed by fluffy white cheeks and perfect pink little ears. His wool was as soft as a feather. You’d swear he almost purred a little when getting his morning bottle, so I named him “Kitten.”

Kitten liked to be cuddled, and most of all, to be held. He was clearly sad when I would leave him alone with the other lambs, panicking just a little as his adoptive “mother” walked away. As he grew, the cuddling sessions and bottle feeding ended, but he never tired of getting “scritches”—on his cheeks, back, chest, and ears. He adored and craved attention.

Kitten soon learned he could escape his pen in the barn. This made sense at first. He could hear me coming with his bottle, and the sooner he got to me, the sooner he could eat!

But Kitten quickly learned that escaping had many more perks that suited him just fine. By escaping his pen (and the company of the other sheep), he could find any of us—my husband, my two daughters, or me—to get the attention he so craved. And best of all, he could join our guardian dogs sleeping in the front of the barn.

Things went rather quickly downhill after that. Having found his true friends in our guardian dogs, Kitten became one of the “pack.” He follows them down to the neighbors, to bark at the neighbor’s dogs. He follows them across the road and down the valley, to bark at the coyotes. He follows them into the garage, to sleep on

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My two guardian dogs—both all-white Great Pyrenees—and the white lamb even look like a pack. One day, the mail carrier pulled into the driveway to report that he thought he saw a sheep with our white dogs all the way up the road, looking like they were heading for the hills. But he must have been seeing things…right?

Kitten has become such a fixture with our dogs that I think he has forgotten he is a sheep. He spends all day and all night with them. I’ve even caught him patrolling our fields with the dogs well after dark…when the rest of the herd is happily bed down in the barn for the night. He does everything the dogs do, including walking to the mailbox with me every afternoon and following me while I do chores. I am grateful that my dogs don’t chase cars!

Kitten knows no boundaries. He jumped into the car when I was loading one of my dogs for a trip to the veterinarian. With my arms full of groceries, he has (on more than one occasion) followed me right into the house. When we’re inside the house, he will paw at the door with his front right hoof—making a knocking sound. And if we ignore him, he finds a window through which he can watch us, steaming up the glass with his hot lamb breath!

As Kitten continues to grow in stature and heft, we will have an “interesting” problem on our hands. You see, Kitten will someday be close to 200 pounds and 80+ pounds larger than my dogs. Will he become the alpha of the pack? How will visitors to the farm react when they see a full-grown ram lounging on our porch or greeting them in the driveway? Because whether he thinks he’s a dog, a person, or a sheep, he still looks very much like a sheep! • Suzie Jones and her husband, Peter, own Jones Family Farm in Herkimer. Together, with their children, they produce specialty goat cheeses and gelato. Find them at local farmers’ markets and online: www.anotherjonesfamilyfarm.com

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Ahhh, the warm summer months have finally arrived. That means it’s time for an adventure! How about taking a short 20-minute drive from Utica to take a look at the night sky through some high quality telescopes? Visit our dark sky site in nearby Waterville, N.Y. – the Barton-Brown Observatory.

The Barton-Brown Observatory (BBO) is a state-of-the-art facility, one of the largest roll-off roof observatories in the United States! It is the result of a wonderful and innovative public-private collaboration between the Water­ville Public Library (WPL) and the Mohawk Val­ley Astronomical Society (MVAS), a local astronomy club founded in 1989. The partnership began in late 2010, during a conversation between some MVAS members and the executive director of the WPL. MVAS was looking for a new location to hold stargazing events and educational programs, and to relocate its huge 16-inch Meade LX200 telescope. After months of discussions and a lot of research and planning, a decision was made. Let’s build and operate an observatory!

Work began December 20, 2011, at the groundbreaking on the Waterville Public Library property. The construction project made good progress in 2012, and the astronomy club’s Meade LX200 telescope was installed in the fall. The public was invited to a “First Light Celebration” on Nov. 17, 2012, when more than 100 people visited the observatory to look through the telescope for the first time in its new home.

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were complete, a formal dedication took place on June 20, 2013. The facility was made possible by grants from the Edward Barton Trust and the New York State DeStargazing at the Barton-Brown Observatory partment of Education Public Library ConCredit: Jeffrey Reynolds struction Fund, and generous donations of materials, equipment, services, and hard work by many volunteers. And what a facil- ry” in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “a building or place given over to or equipped ity it is.

The BBO houses a 20’ x 20’ Telescope for observation of natural phenomena (as in Hanny’s Voorwerp. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Keel, Galaxy Zoo Team Room, and an insulated Warm Room that astronomy).” That is a good technical degives astronomers a place to take a break scription, but if you’ve ever looked through or remotely control a telescope. During the a large telescope at a dark sky site away five years the observatory has been in oper- from city lights like you will find at BBO, ation MVAS installed a second telescope: a you know it is so much more. It is a magi12-inch Astro-Tech Ritchey-Chrétien astro- cal place where you get an up-close look at graph, excellent for taking photographs. We objects such as planet Saturn and its beautialso acquired a special Lunt solar telescope ful rings, the bright moons and dark stormy to view the Sun during the day. A training bands of Jupiter, galaxies with billions of program is available to MVAS members to stars, and the Moon’s vast plains and thoulearn to operate the telescopes. Outside are sands of impact craters. We hope you and six concrete pads where anyone can set up your family and friends join us to take a trip to the stars from right here in the Mohawk their telescopes in a safe setting.

MVAS maintains a regular schedule of Valley. monthly educational programs suitable for Wishing you clear skies! • beginners and experienced astronomers, and stargazing events at the observatory and throughout the region. It’s a great way Join MVAS 8:45pm-midnight, to learn the constellations and keep up with Saturday, June 16, for an the latest discoveries, try a variety of telescopes and eyepieces, ask questions, get evening of stargazing at: help with a telescope you own, and enjoy the hobby with fellow astronomers. Our Barton-Brown Observatory, programs and events are free and open to 206 White St., Waterville, N.Y. the public; see our website www.mvas-ny. org and Facebook page for a schedule.

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Golden Berries

By Denise A. Szarek

We love participating in Northeast SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education) Grant programs. It’s how we learned to grow ginger and turmeric in a greenhouse in the Mohawk Valley.

Usually, project money is granted to a land grant university for a grant they have written. The university then identifies farmers they would like to partner with. As a farmer partner, we must send back the data we collect throughout the growing season.

This spring, we received an email from Rutgers University in New Jersey to participate in a SARE Grant Program: “Golden Berries: a New Fruit for CSAs and Farmers Markets.” They then sent us seeds from two varieties of golden berries they have trialed for the last 4 years to start in the greenhouse and send back our germination information to them. We will continue to send them data as we trial throughout the season.

Problem: There are approximately 1,750 CSAs and 1,700 Farmers Markets in the Northeast. Fruit is often not included in CSA shares or at Farmers Markets due to the relatively small size of most operations and long-term investment required for fruit crops.

Golden berries (physalis peruviana) are highly productive, nutritious annuals producing small, cherry-size fruit that taste like a mix of pineapple, strawberries, and sour cherries. Fruit is eaten raw, dried, or made into jelly or jam. Golden berries are widely grown in South America, South Africa, and Australia and production recommendations are well documented. Production guidelines here in the

U.S. are nonexistent.

Golden berries are in the night-shade family, fit into standard crop rotation, and their adoption would allow more farmers to incorporate fruit into their shares and/or market sales without additional land commitment associated with perennial or biennial fruit crops.

Solution: This grant project will provide farmers with a sustainable Golden Berry Production Guide and germplasm for incorporating golden berries into their operations.

Where do Bernie and I come in?

This spring we received two seed packets of two different varieties of golden berries from Rutgers University with planting instructions. Golden berry is an annual in temperate regions and a perennial in the tropics. Plants are injured at a temperature of about 30 degrees F. Our part was to grow out the two different seeds types and report back on germination rates for both and any issues we encountered. Golden berries have a long growing season and should be started in a greenhouse, and ours are now ready to be transplanted outdoors. More notes will be taken and we will be following planting protocols given by the Rutgers’ professors. They are productive anywhere tomatoes are grown. They will grow well in containers and in a greenhouse culture, as well. So, as we and other farmers around the Northeast grow out these two varieties we will be taking copious notes to share with the staff at Rutgers, so that they will be able to develop a grower’s guide to production in the Northeast. We

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There are 100 species of physalis; however, only four are grown for their fruit: tomatillos (P. ixocarpa), ground cherries (P. pruinosa, P. pubescens), and golden berries (P. peruviana).

Golden berries are often confused with ground cherries; however, they are easy to distinguish. Golden berry foliage is extremely hairy while ground cherries’ foliage is smooth. In addition, the calyx (husk) of golden berry has 10 ribs, while the husks of ground cherries have 5. Mature golden berry plants are much larger, up to 5 to 6 feet, than ground cherries, which are at most 3 feet.

Fruit is encased in a husk (the calyx of the flower), which starts out soft and green when young but becomes tough, brown and paper-like when the fruit is mature. The husk is much larger than the fruit it encloses and it is edible. Unlike ground cherries, golden berries do not fall off the plant and are harvested directly off the plant. That’s the main reason Bernie and I are excited to be growing them--well, mainly me! The plants generally produce 150/300 flowers/fruits per plant. Ground cherries can only be harvested from the ground; therefore, huge sheets and tarps need to be placed under the plants to catch the dropping ground cherries, and I usually run into my friendly neighbor garden snake hanging out under the plants!

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Seven years ago, I was encouraged to revise and publish a list of Oneida County’s birds.

Believe it or not, it was a task that hadn’t been undertaken since 1911! Obviously, our bird populations and bird habitats have changed substantially since then.

It’s probably a good idea to update a county’s list of resident and transient bird species at least once every 100 years – or more often if it can be managed. In 1886, Mr. Egbert Bagg II of Utica teamed up with Dr. William L Ralph of Holland Patent and provided us with Oneida County’s first ever published list of bird species. Their original list was called “An Annotated List of the Birds of Oneida County,

N.Y. and its Immediate Vicinity.” This Oneida County bird list was one of several that were popping up throughout Central New York in the latter part of the 19th century. These early county and area lists represented the first scientific documentation of precisely where bird species were occurring in Upstate New York.

In these lists, the birds were organized in the prescribed taxonomical order of the time, as laid out by the American Ornithologists Union.

Some lists included notes on certain aspects of the species’ habits and physiology, as well as the dimensions of their eggs and nests. The most important component of these lists was the documentation of where and when a species was observed or obtained. This information was included in a brief summary that followed each bird’s common and scientific name.

It’s certainly true that a bird list of this kind is outdated as soon as it’s committed to print, since there is always new data coming in as well as old sources that must be verified and incorporated into the list. When comparing our newly updated list with Bagg’s 1911 version, one will immediately notice that the nomenclature has changed substantially over time. As the science of zoology is continually refined, bird names and the species’ taxonomical orders are continually adjusted, and after a period of 100 years, the accumulated changes have dramatically altered the way a new list must appear. Many of us think of a species’ scientific name as being immutable; however, one of the most notable changes between Bagg’s era and ours is the dramatic alteration of bird Latin names.

In the second half of the 19th century, the importance of environmental conservation was just dawning across New York State and the country. NaA page from Bagg’s handwritten draft of the annotated bird list

Egbert Bagg II (1850-1915) in the field with collecting gear ture Clubs, Audubon chapters, and other conservation-minded organizations were being formed, and among the membership of these groups was a growing awareness of the importance of keeping records on local wildlife – and not just in terms of how each species benefited (or hindered) people. This environmental awakening was in part fostered by the writings of Henry David Thoreau and by the naturalist writer John Burroughs. Theodore Roosevelt was among those so inspired, and was himself one of the early contributors to the knowledge of New York State’s bird life. As a young man in the 1870s, Roosevelt co-wrote a bird list called “The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N.Y.” It’s important to know that these early bird enthusiasts were not trained ornithologists. Many of them were avid outdoorsmen who tried to emulate John James Audubon and the lesser known, though just as important to American ornithology, Alexander Wilson. Those men approached bird study with a gun in their hands and so would their followers. Conservation laws that protected migratory birds were still decades away in the future, and none of these men (and they were virtually all men) had any compunction about shooting whatever specimens presented themselves, no matter how rare they were thought to be. Their goals were to collect bird specimens and nests and eggs, to obtain details of each

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species’ physiology and habits, and to obtain verifiable proof that a species occurred in a given region. Collecting specimens was the mode of operation for naturalists of that time. It was typical for a naturalist who found a nest tree to shoot the parent birds, chop down the tree and collect the nest, eggs and/or young. Many of these men were also skilled taxidermists and their individual collections might contain hundreds of stuffed specimens, often a great many more. It’s important to note here that the data collected by these men was more than partially responsible for getting laws passed against the indiscriminate killing of birds and other wildlife.

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the 19th century is difficult for us to comprehend today. It wasn’t just naturalists who were procuring specimens; many private citizens had their own bird and egg collections as well.

So popular were these collections that entrepreneurs set out into the wild in order to fill the demand for more birds and eggs. Market hunting of game was also considered a legitimate business in most areas of the country. We could easily compare this unregulated harvest of game to the contemporary trade in “bush meat” in parts of Africa. In our own country, groups of hunters would try their best to take entire flocks of waterfowl, wild pigeons, and shorebirds, and shipped the meat off to market (usually in the cities). This type of commercial exploitation of wildlife is largely responsible for the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, a bird that in the first half of the 19th century would literally fill the skies of Central New York during their annual migration. Before the Civil War, much of the pigeon meat that was procured by market hunters was shipped to the southern states where it was used as slave provisions.

Market hunting didn’t represent the only organized exploitation of our American birds.

Another potent threat was driven by a fashion craze that started in the 1880s. Feathers, both exotic and domestic, were considered a fashion necessity and the demand for them was high.

The “Plume Trade” (as it is known) nearly led to the extinction of several birds, including the Great Egret, whose long white delicate feathers were highly coveted. It also seriously threatened the existence of many colony-nesting heron, gull, and tern species. Few bird species escaped the insatiable drive to adorn lady’s hats with the beautiful feathers of breeding birds.

During this period, the National Audubon Society reorganized itself and became a leading voice in the fight to stop the Plume Trade. It was no coincidence they chose the Great Egret as their organization’s symbol.

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The Audubon Societies’ Annual Christmas Bird Count came about as a protest to the traditional Christmas Side Hunt. The Christmas Bird Count began in 1900 and it still continues to this day. Regulations to limit the harvest of birds and other wildlife began appearing at the turn of the 20th century (but the first law

that offered real protection to the majority of iar species are the Northern Cardinal, Tufted American native migratory birds was the Fed- Titmouse, Turkey Vulture, and Red-bellied eral Migratory Bird Treaty Act, first enacted in Woodpecker. It is interesting to think that today these four common species were either 1918).

Bagg and Ralph’s original 1886 publication completely absent, or in the case of the vulture listed 224 birds. The revised list called “An- and the woodpecker, listed only as extremenotated List of the Birds of Oneida County, ly rare visitors on Bagg’s 1911 list. Now, of N.Y. and the West Canada Creek Valley” was course, it would be hard to imagine our yards published in 1911 and featured a list of 257 and landscapes without them. All four of these Birds. Our newly revised list of strictly Oneida species (and many more) came into the area County birds contains a total of 304 bird spe- to take advantage of a newly emerging landcies. We’ve also included, but not officially scape that suited their habitat needs. Important counted, hybrids and some exotic species that factors that impelled these range expansions include a warming climate, the proliferation of are suspected to be of captive origin.

Many changes have come about over the bird feeders (Cardinal and Titmouse), the repast century, changes that have greatly im- growth of forestlands (Red-bellied Woodpeckpacted bird numbers and their distribution er), and the abundant supply of fresh road-kill across our state and region. For the most part, these changes developed so gradually they may have escaped the notice of much of the general public.

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Many raptor species that were once rare have become familiar (if not common) sights in the region. Red-tailed Hawks have become our most common species of raptor, displacing the smaller Red-shouldered Hawks that were more prominent in Bagg’s day. The banning of the pesticide DDT in 1972 has led to the return of Osprey and Peregrine Falcon throughout the state and in Oneida County. Also, a greater understanding and appreciation of the raptors’ role in nature has led to fewer being shot as malicious “chicken-hawks” or, more general-

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Over the past century, the single most significant factor influencing the composition of our avian community has been the alteration of the Central New York landscape from primarily an agricultural one to a mainly forested and residential one. Grassland birds like the Eastern Meadowlark and the Vesper Sparrow that were once common fixtures began disappearing in the past century when their preferred habitat, hay fields and pastures, were altered.

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One way we can move in the right direction is to report our bird observations to the New York State Ornithological Association and/or to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s online database called eBird. Setting up an account with eBird is free and easy to do. Besides being a great way to share bird data with scientists, it provides users with a great way to organize and keep track of their own personal bird sightings and birding locations. I encourage all people who read this article and care about birds to give it a try. • Matt Perry is Conservation Director and resident naturalist at Spring Farm CARES in Clinton. He manages a 260 acre nature preserve which is open for tours by appointment. Matt is also regional editor of “The Kingbird”, which is a quarterly publication put out by the New York State Ornithological Association. Matt’s short nature videos can be viewed on the web. Look for Spring Farm CARES Nature Sanctuary on Facebook.

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I should start off by saying I am a mutt. I am the everything bagel of my time. Born Italian and Irish, I was stereotypically doomed to being either a great cook or a drunk, neither of which occurred due to circumstances beyond my control. My father, John Gilmour, died in a motor vehicle accident when I was only 16 months old. I never knew him. He was lost that fateful October evening to my young mother, Madeline, my sister Mari-Frances (Cissy), and myself. In my life, he had no impact. He never had the chance to see us grow; he never went to a ballgame, dance recital or school function. He brought me into this world only to be snatched away before he was 27.

I am not going to paint this as being a great misfortune. The fact is I never knew any different.

His relationship with my mom’s parents was precarious as far as I can see. My father named me Timothy because my grandparents were lobbying for something ethnic Italian. My father thought naming me Timothy would piss them off. It probably did, but now I am saddled with the name and the story that goes with it.

John, or Jack as he was known, was transplanted from Buffalo. He came to the area when he was in the Air Force and stayed on working at Rome Labs. To this day, his brothers and sisters still live in the Buffalo area, as well as my only surviving grandparent, my Grandmother Marie, who just turned 100. I saw the pictures on Facebook, but sadly my invitation got lost in the mail, along with 57 years of birthday and Christmas cards. I have had only limited contact with them throughout the years.

I am sure that they are wonderful people. I’ll just never really know because I never had a familial relationship with them. In that sense, I am saddened... actually more numb than saddened.

I called them one weekend when my son, Timmy, was playing hockey in Buffalo. I entered into that call with much trepidation. I looked through the phone book and found the only name I remembered: David Gilmour, my father’s brother. I must have started to dial him 10 times before I got up the courage to let it ring through. I would have been just as happy if it no one answered. However, a man answered, who sounded much younger than I had imagined. I started out by asking if he was related to John Glimour. There was deafening silence. Finally, he said that John was his older brother. I told him that I was his brother’s son. This was where the rubber hit the road. Would he be inviting or dismissive? My heart wanted to be welcome him in with open arms, but my head was ready for disappointment. There was neither. He did want to meet me though, so we planned to have him come to the Millennium Hotel near the Gallaria Mall out by the airport. No dinner, no reunion, just a couple of drinks and conversation. Not knowing what to expect from the call, this may have been more than I could have asked for.

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simply put me out of their hearts and mind? I was were married. He raised me as his own even aftheir blood. Their oldest brother’s son. The oldest ter my sisters and brothers came along. He never grandchild. But I was at a time in my life that I missed anything and he remained my dad and was would not fear rejection. I was ready to listen and, there for me even when I disappointed him. Not a if necessary, forgive. Nothing ventured nothing day goes by that I don’t think of him. He was my gained! I opened the door and invited in two men hero. who turned out to be my Uncle David and my Un- In a sense, I was lucky to have all those culcle Paul. We chatted for a while, catching up on tures influence me. It was those people who shared things, like my grandfather passing years before their lives with us. It was those traditions that have and deaths of cousins I never met let alone shared been passed on to me and now hopefully, my chilmemories with. I felt more like I was a curiosity dren, who will in turn pass it on to theirs. than a long-lost relative. Was I either?

As convoluted as my family history is, it was The question that as a child I kept to myself passed on to me by my grandparents and in some was beckoning. Pleading to be asked… “Why was cases great-grandparents. My maternal grandfaI abandoned?” What happened? I was 16 months ther, Vincent DiRuzzo, was a bull of a man who old and my sister was only 4 months old. I was worked as a carpenter and was by far the strongest too young to be the one to stay in touch. That was man I knew. His powerful hands were calloused their responsibility. Now I had the opportunity and from years of labor. As a young boy, he would sit I was not going to rest easy unless I asked. me on his lap and rub his rough beard against my

I could see the pain on David’s face. He should face causing me to squeal with laughter. He loved have been expecting this question. He should have boxing. He especially loved the Italian fighters of been able to answer this without thinking about it. his time. We would talk for hours about the oldIt should have been a question he anticipated and time fighters. His favorite fighter was Rocky Marrehearsed in his mind, but I was not him. It was his ciano, but he was torn when Marciano fought Rocross to bear and his opportunity to let go of it. I land LaStarza in the Polo Grounds in 1953. The could have let him off the hook, but I would not. Rock won by TKO in the 11th and my grandfaThe little boy who constantly asked this question ther said it was the hardest fight he ever saw. Two internally had to know. I had to know. The answer Italian fighters he admired and one had to lose. he gave was plausible. He said that my grandfa- Papa, as we affectionately called him, who ther was inconsolable after my father’s passing inexplicably went by the name “Jim” would pick and he didn’t want any reminders of his beloved me up every Memorial Day and take me to the Calvary Cemetery, but not before we had breakson.

Was it actually plausible? fast and picked up the flowers to plant at the grave I was wanting to believe so. I wanted to be- sites. There, we would get down on our hands and lieve that they thought about me over the many knees to clean out the debris from last year’s flowyears, that they were as pained about this as the ers and build up the bed for this year’s plants. At little boy who questioned why they were never every stone, he talked about that person, most of there. Adults made bad decisions for the wrong whom passed long before I was ever thought of: reasons. In hindsight, maybe the question didn’t his brother John who died at birth, his sister Anneed to be asked. I already knew the answers. gela who died in a car accident while he was fol People handle things differently. lowing her, uncles and aunts, great grandparents, I met with them a couple of times more and grandparents and, in my case, my father. He told we vowed to stay in touch, but we haven’t. No sur- these stories because he wanted someone to carry on with this tradition of caring for the gravesites. prise there.

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This spring, once again I will take my son, and if I live long enough I will take my grandson.

I will keep my head down and work the soil, plant the flowers, and spin the tales, keeping alive the people who have shaped the lives of those who nurtured me.

When I met my uncles in Buffalo, one of the first things they asked me was whether anyone was tending my father’s, and their brother’s grave? I told them yes, that my grandfather had cared for it up until his death and that now I was.

Ironically, Papa was from what I gather was at odds with my father ... yet he cared for Jack’s headstone without question or complaint. David told me that it was a concern of my grandfather and was relieved to hear it. I was only too happy to alleviate that pain.

I had said that I was a mutt, but actually I am more of a mosaic. I would be fine with being a mutt because they are loyal and generally happy, A mosaic, though, is made of small stones and glass, that individually are inconsequential and nondescript, but put those pieces together and you have a beautiful picture, one made from pieces of others. Everyone who has passed through my life has affected me in some way or another. The stories I am telling are an act of love, a chronicle of where I came from, who I am, and who we are. Snapshots, that like a small stone can be dull and indifferent, but put them together with other stones and they can create a beautiful picture, a mosaic. We are all mosaics—pieced together from our relationships with friends, family, and anyone else whose paths we are lucky enough to cross. •

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2 for Tues. Hoffman Hot Dogs!

RESTAURANT & BAR

The Unicorn is here!

Super giant shakes! Loaded fries!

The

Casual American Cuisine

Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor since 1974! 264 East Main Street, Frankfort, NY

Open Mon-Fri: 6am-10pm, Sat & Sun: 7am-10pm www.theknightspot.com (315) 894-4054

good food, good wine, good friends, good times

Roasted fresh daily on site!

Come taste the difference!

123 Mohawk St., Herkimer • 866-1746

70 Otsego St., Ilion

www.jamosrestaurantandbar.com Now Open 7 days! Sun-Thurs: 11-9, Fri: 11-11, Sat: 11-9

little falls

LEE CENTER

Open Daily 7am-3pm

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

Est. 1982

823-3290

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

Canal Place, Little Falls Next to Showcase Antiques

Quality Food - Fresh Ingredients Relaxing Atmosphere Offering Daily Specials!

Breakfast and Lunch

Traditional French & American Cuisine Owner/Chef James Aufmuth

Fine Dining • Lounge Grill Menu • Bed & Breakfast We use seasonal products from local and regional farmers and artisan producers.

Serving fresh, sustainable seafood and fish.

Catering & Banquets too! (315)533-7229

5345 Lee Center-Taberg Rd., Lee Center

Located at historic Canal Place, Little Falls (315) 823-1170

Wed & Thurs 3-9, Fri & Sat 11:30-9, Sun 11:30-8, Closed Mon & Tues

www.gonecoastalrestaurant.com

Serving dinner Tues-Sat at 5pm www.canalsideinn.com

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

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

Your Hosts: The Dixon Family since 1992

- Comfort Food Special - Friday Fish Fry

Your Sundays Just Got Livelier!

Sundays 3-6pm, No cover! All bands play only original music!

Sunday, June 3: From Anchorage, Alaska with our own Darren Smith, Harp Daddy and The Back Country!

Sunday, June 10: Swamp Drivers Sunday, June 17, Father’s Day: Paul Ryder w/ Tim Baldwin Sunday, June 24: Blue Prints

- Saturday Night Prime Rib Buffet

7243 Valley Rd Madison · 893–7698

www.hotelsolsville.com

NEW HARTFORD

MARCY

Homemade comfort foods Full menu available til 2am!

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

9663 River Rd., Marcy

Wednesdays

Nova Scotia Clams served all day!

Live Entertainment 7-10pm

Soft and Hard Ice Cream!

19 Flavors of Hard Ice Cream 33 Flavors of Soft, Flurries & Milkshakes Take Out & Delivery!

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PLUS Fresh Haddock • Giambotta Mushroom Stew • Chicken & Biscuits Meatloaf Goulash & More!

Call for our summer hours 797-7709

10 Clinton Rd., New Hartford • (315) 732-9733 Mon-Sat: 10am-2am, Sun: 12pm-2am www.killabrewsaloon.com

NEW HARTFORD

Celebrating 50 years in business!

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

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

Mention this ad for 2 large cheese pizzas Only $19.99!*

Mon-Sat: 11:30am-3pm

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

Tues & Wed only

Beer & Wine available!

Eat In Or Take Out • (315) 797-9918 • 609 French Rd, New Hartford NY Open 7 days a week for Lunch, Dinner served Mon-Thurs: 5-9, Fri & Sat: 5-10 Sun Hours: Lunch: 12-3, Dinner: 4:30-9 • www.uticaminar.com

*toppings extra/not valid with any other offers

Phoenician R E S TAU R A N T Enjoy authentic Lebanese Cuisine

Full Buffet & Salad Bar served Mon-Fri 11:30-2:30 Wednesday Night Buffet 4:30-8:30, Serving Lunch & Dinner Mon-Sat Full Menu Available Mon-Thurs 11:30-9pm, Fri & Sat 11:30-10pm

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

Locally Owned & Operated

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

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

“We are your home town pizzeria!”

past 5 years!

Voted #1 pizza for

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

Catering Available • Homemade Desserts Every Day

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

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

www.raspberriescafeutica.com • Facebook: Raspberries Rome / Raspberries Utica • Kids Menu Available

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OLD FORGE

OHIO (Cold Brook)

It’s outdoor dining season at Delta Lake Inn in Rome! Enjoy dinner overlooking the dam!

Fresh to you!

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

Mon. 4 - 9pm • Tues.

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

Life is Good at The Ohio Tavern!

Mexican & American Fare Sushi selections too!

Eat in or Take out

Featuring Daily Specials

127 North St., Old Forge

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

Brenda’s Natural Foods

ROME

Something Good & a Lot of It!

www.brendasnaturalfoods.com

Natural Food Cafe Now Open!

Featuring: Gluten-free options and homemade soups!

Natural Groceries • Supplements • Local Foods Organic Produce & Plants

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

Champagne Brunch

Banquets

Weddings

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

Restaurant • Ice Cream Parlor

Kid’s Day

Sat. June 30th, Noon-5pm Bouncy House, Face Painting, Magician, Firetruck & More!

OPEN DAILY 11am-10pm End of N. Madison Street at Ridge Mills, Rome • (315) 339-2622

Weekend Specials!

Haddock Specials

Prime Rib Every Sat. Night!

Wood Fired za!

Brick Oven Piz t Take Ou y! & Deliver

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

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

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

Authentic Homemade Pasta Available!

5 Signature Sauces To Create Your Own Entree!

(315) 33PIZZA

615 Erie Blvd. W., Rome Open M-Thurs 11-9, Fri & Sat 11-10, Sun 12-8

DiCastro’s BRICK OVEN

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

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salisbury

The Country Store with More!

DRIVE-IN Open 7 Days a Week!

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

n u f r o f s u n i Jo ! r e m m u S l al ows and so much more!

www.countrystoreny.com

Snacks, Beer, Pizza, Wings, Subs, Gas, Diesel, Non-Ethanol Gas, Gifts and much, much more!

2114 Rte 29, Salisbury 315-429-3224 Open 7 Days a Week

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UTICA

Woof Nites, Car Sh

Free outdoor movies in the alley

A family tradition since 1963! A local favorite for simply delicious family fare, great sandwiches, and delicious ice cream.

start at 8pm (Bring your own chairs)

Fri. June 8th-The Sandlot (25th Anniversary) Sat. July 7th-Space Jam Sat. August 25th-The Mighty Ducks

Free Yoga in the Square

Franklin Square Alley, 9-10am (bring a mat)

10101 Dustin Rd (Route 12) Remsen (315) 831-5181

June 9 & 23, July 7 & 21 Aug 4 & 18, Sept 8 & 22

Now serving wine & beer!

Creaciones del Caribe

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

(Creations of the Caribbean)

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

Fresh & all natural ingredients

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

Luisa Martinez - chef

1315 Genesee Street, Utica

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

Sheri’s

EASTSIDE DINER 1st Floor Breakfast, Lunch, “Grab-and-Go!” Deliveries, 8am-2pm Take Out & Catering!

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

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

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Breakfast • Lunch Homemade & Fresh Daily!

Irish Breakfasts

1st Sunday every month.

Friday Fish Fry • Breakfast Served All Day

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

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

bitebakeryandcafe.com

#downtownutica

Breakfast and Lunch are back for the season!

Contact Us For Your Catering Needs!!

For Any Of Your Upcoming Parties Or Events; Family Reunions, Graduation Parties, Showers, Weddings And More!!

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UTICA

Contemporary American • Private Functions • Reservations Recommended

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

Yorkville

Breakfast & Lunch Catering Available

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

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

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

219 N. Genesee St., Utica

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

vernon

Bakery & Restaurant

Traditional Lebanese fare for breakfast & lunch!

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

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

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

Nothin’ Fancy Cafe

American & Italian Cuisine Serving Lunch & Dinner THE

BLACK STALLION

KARAM’S Middle Eastern

Great Food • Great Service • Great people

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

Call us to discuss your upcoming wedding or party

5656 Route 5, Vernon • (315) 829-2203

www.theblackstallionny.com Open 6 days a week for Lunch & Dinner, Closed Monday

Whitesboro

Gluten Free Options!

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

Book your wedding, banquet, or party at our Event Center on-site (seats up to 200) Affordable 7,000 sq.ft., Wooden Dance Floor, We Cater or Bring your own!

10 Ruth St., Vernon • (315) 829-4500

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

Yorkville

Serving Lunch & Dinner Lunches Served Fri, Sat & Sun Happy Hour Daily 4-7, $2 Drafts & $2.50 Well Mixers Tues: $9.99 Prime Rib & $2.99 All U Can Eat Spaghetti Wed: Kids eat free w/each adult entree purchase, 10 boneless wings -$6.00 Thurs: All U Can Eat Chicken Riggies Sun: .60c Wings at bar & $13.99 16oz Sirloin Dinner

Catering & Banquet Facilities Available

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

80 years serving the Mohawk Valley!

Visit our three Locations:

The Utica Zoo • Oriskany Blvd., Yorkville Ilion Marina, 190 Central Ave, Ilion 61

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

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

Step Back in Time handmade jewelry Designs by

Shirley & Howard Burdick Hamilton Farmer’s Market (May-Oct)

Village Green, Hamilton Saturdays: 8am-1pm

Find us across from library

Special orders, call: (315) 865-8682

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A wide variety of household pet food, treats, toys, and accessories

The News Source of Old Forge, Inlet and Surrounding Communities FREE Newspaper Available in the Greater Old Forge Area! www.weeklyadk.com

103 Main St., Whitesboro (315) 768-1462 Tues-Fri 6-2 Sat & Sun 6-1

Wholesale Orders Call (315) 733-6603

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

www.utica-rememberwhen.com

See what we have cooking on facebook!

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

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antique shopping guide Little Falls Fort Plain

The Old Barn Marketplace

SHOWCASE

Antiques of CNY Little Falls Mohawk

Antique Center

CORNING

GLASSBARGE JUNE 30-JULy 1

MOHAWK ANTIQUES MALL

Celebrating our 19th year in business!

Attic Addicts The Queen’s Closet

Antiques & Art Barneveld Vendor Mall

Thurs-Monday 11-6 • 315-896-5115

8010 Rt 12, Barneveld Like us on Facebook!

Pristine, Practical, and Priced Right!

Specializing in estate sales, large and small.

Conducted with respect and dignity.

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

Call for a consultation:

(315) 736-9160

Consignment at its Finest!

Clothing Jewelry Household Items Furniture Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm Sat: 10:30am-3pm New consignment by appointment only

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

Open Daily 10-5 10242 Route 12N, Remsen (315) 831-8644

www.backofthebarnantiques.com

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BlackCat

ANTIQUES

A little bit country, a little bit primitive!

Bear Path Antiques A general line of quality, affordable antiques

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

Multi Dealer Antique Shop

including furniture, primitives, smalls, china, and antique accessories.

Primitives • Furniture • Artwork Smalls • Antique Accessories

Open weekends (and by chance) late May-June; Open Thurs-Mon: July-October. Closed Tues & Wed If coming from a long distance call to check hours

(315) 369-9970 • 13912 State Rte 28, Otter Lake

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

Canal House Antiques Multi-Dealer Shop

Specializing in antique furniture, glassware, jewelry, books, linens, and primitive rug hooking accessories

(315) 893-7737

Open Thurs-Mon 10-4, Closed Tues & Wed

6737 Route 20, Bouckville, NY

The Gallery Antiques at Pinebrick A multi-dealer shop specializing in advertising, petroliana, lamps, glass, furniture & quality smalls.

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

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

Wed-Sat: 10-4, Sun: 11-3 • (315) 264-1755

4803 Rt. 31, Vernon

Don’t just shop & run, stay over for more camping fun!

Cider House Campground is your Summer Camping Destination!

Cider House Campground

is your Summer Camping Destination! Full service campsites, biking, fishing, hiking, playground, shopping, Electric Full Hook-up (30amp) only $30/night, electric only and dry camping too! & much more!

On-Site RV Camper Rental $75/night, weekly rates available

Cider House Antiques

is a quality group shop, featuring Rustic and Victorian furniture, art textiles, fishing, sports memorabilia, jewelry, clocks and affordable accessories of the 19th and 20th centuries.

January-April open Fri, Sat & Sun only. Open 10am - 5pm daily starting May 1st

Look for our 1960s Texaco sign!

Cider House Antiques, Showfield and Campground

6790 Rte 20, Bouckville

www.ciderhousecampground.com 315-825-8477 • www.ciderhouseantiques.com 315-893-7579

(315) 893-7752

www.thegallerycoop.com

6769 State Route 20, Bouckville

Dawn Marie’s Treasures Vintage, Gift & Gourmet 18 W. Park Row, Clinton 796-9099 • Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6

Think Summer & Sunshine! Shop Small in Clinton!

We offer an eclectic blend of vintage, gift & gourmet items.

Also items for men, women, children & pets at reasonable prices. Come sample our locally made gourmet productsTastings offered on Farmers Market Thursdays!

See our Facebook page for new & vintage items!

6768 Route 20, Bouckville (315) 893-7676

Our lovely gallery offers a full range of antiques, fine furniture, and vintage collectibles!

www.depotantiquegallery.com

2018 Show Dates: June 1-3 and August 13-19

ANTIQUE GALLERY Open Apr-Oct: 10-5 daily; Nov-Dec: 10-4 daily January-March: Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10-4

Over 30 Vendors!

Foothills

Mercantile

Antiques, Vintage, Gifts & Furniture

Open 7 Days: 10-5:30 • 8124 Rte 12, Barneveld • (315) 896-2681

Little Falls

Antique Center More than 50 vendors on 2 floors!

Canal Place, Little Falls Open Every Day 10-5 315-823-4309 www.littlefallsantiquecenter.com

Fort Plain Antiques & Salvage eye can see! s the a ar sf a e SHOP HOURS: Tues - Wed — 12 - 4 Architectural Salvag Thur - Fri — 12 - 6 Sat — 12 - 5 Also by Appointment • Closed Sun and Mon

Like Us on Facebook!

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

NEWPORT MARKETPLACE Top Notch Garden Center 7583 Main St., Newport, NY (315) 845-8822

OVER 56 VENDORS! NEW ITEMS ARRIVING DAILY! Antiques and Vintage Furniture • Shabby Chic • Jewelry • Primitives Collectibles • Honey • Cheese • Kombucha • Organic Herbs Natural & Local Foods • Grass-Fed Beef • Organic Chicken Local Maple Syrup • Muck Boots • Garden Accessories Pine Bark Mulch • Northern Grown Shrubs Trees & Perennials

Filled with Unique Finds!

New-Vintage-Antique Home Decor & Accessories New & Costume Jewelry

131 Broad Street, Oneida (704) 650-7942

www.mineandconsign.com

Tues-Fri: 10-5ish, Sat: 10-2, Closed Sun & Mon

Over 160 Vendor booths and display cases!

FOR THOSE WHO CRAVE THE UNIQUE! Open 7 Days a Week at 9am • Gift Certificates Available

ANTIQUE APPRAISAL FAIR Saturday, June 2nd - 11am-2pm $5 per item appraised...

all proceeds go to benefit the 4Petsake Food Pantry, Inc.!

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

(315) 219-5044 www.mohawkantiquesmall.com

MOHAWK ANTIQUES MALL

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The Old Barn Marketplace 6266 State Route 5, Little Falls

Multi Vendor Marketplace

Three floors of treasures!

Antiques & collectibles in a rustic atmosphere

Open Daily 10-5 Phone (315) 508-5254 Follow us on Facebook

www.theoldbarnmarketplace.com

Primitives, Gifts, Vintage, Antiques, Collectibles, Fudge, Furniture, Jams & Jellies, Local Paintings from Local Artist and more!

ESTATE & HOUSE SALES APPRAISALS ALWAYS BUYING

THE POTTING SHED ANTIQUES

The Online Exchange We Can Help You Buy, Sell, and Trade Globally!

Now an FFL dealer!

6338 St. Rt. 167, Dolgeville

(315) 429-5111

www.TheOnlineExchange.Net Registered user of ebay

315-736-5214

Don & Nancy Hartman, 52 Oriskany Blvd., Whitesboro (Next to Kinney’s)

ernon Variety Shoppes

See The Man 54 N. Main St., Sherburne (607) 316-8463 • Open Wed-Sun

showcase antiques

MAKE AN OFFER SALE UNDER THE BIG TENT!

Wed-Fri 10-5, Sat 11-4, Sun 12-4, closed Mon & Tues Inventory and our Estate Sale Schedule online: www.thepottingshedantiques.com

Buy • Sell • Trade

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ALL U.S. COINS WANTED

ALSO BUYING YOUR UNWANTED OR BROKEN JEWELRY

Antique & Unique!

In Our Parking Lot - One Day ONLY

Saturday July 14 - 10am- 5pm “LITTLE FALLS CHEESE FESTIVAL DAY”!

(315) 823-1177 STORE HOURS Everyday 10am-5pm

Painted and Repurposed Vintage & Antique Furniture

6831 Indian Opening Rd., Bouckville

Open Fri, Sat & Sun 10-4 (315) 893-7162

Antique & Variety Shoppes

5349 Route 5, Vernon (315) 829-2105 Open 10-5 every day

Located 4 miles North of Sylvan Beach

Weeden’ s Mini Mall

100 Shops Located under One Roof

8056 Route 13, Blossvale (315) 245-0458 Open 10-5 every day

Victorian

Rose

An eclectic mix of vintage, antiques, & home decor

315-893-1786 Open Daily 10-5

3371 Maple Ave., Bouckville www.victorianrosevintage.com

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OVER QUALITY DEALERS FOR ONE OF THE FIRST SHOWS OF THE SUMMER!

337 Genesee St., Utica (315) 738-1333 www.vintagefurn.com

Upcoming Show

Madison-Bouckville Antique Week

August 13-19,2018

Herkimer county historical society

Kuyahoora Rod &Gun Club

by Susan Perkins, Executive Director

In January of this year, we received a letter with photographs taken ca. 1930 of the Kuyahoora Rod & Gun Club, a/k/a K Club, from Alexandra Esty (Sanderson) Stocker of Hanover, Mass., who inherited them.. The photographs were most likely taken by her great-great grandfather Dr. Elias Bush Guile (1866-1945) of Utica. He was an avid sportsman. Dr. Guile’s granddaughter Rosemary (Guile) Esty (1917-2013) attended the K Club in her youth. Rosemary held onto the photographs until her death. The photographs were inherited by Alexandra.

I had never heard of the Kuyahoora Rod & Gun Club.

Now, the search was on to find out about the club. I contacted Janet Burt who told me about the book West Canada Creek by David H. Beetle that had a reference to the club.

I also went on www.fultonhistory.com, which had several articles on the club.

The Kuyahoora Rod & Gun Club was located on Lot #22 of Walker’s Tract and was part of the tract grant known as the Machin Patent in the Town of Russia. It was located on the shores of Hinckley Lake near Northwood, Town of Russia, Herkimer County, N.Y. Arthur W. Post of Utica bought the property on Feb. 10, 1917. He and Dr. Herbert G. Jones of Utica came up with the idea to start a club on the property. The first meeting to form the club took place at the Twin Lakes Golf Club, where 25 men attended. The main office of the club was located at the club house in Northwood, Herkimer County. The directors of the club were Arthur Post, Herbert G. Jones, John G. Slauson, Edward Richards, and Edvin D. Lee. Taken from West Canada Creek: “Next to Northwood, that side of the lake seem to be famous chiefly for the Kuyahoora Club, which goes back to a day soon after the

Main building at the Kuyahoora Rod & Gun Club

Living room

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The Club’s Lee Camp

dam was built, when Insurance Man Arthur W. Post and Dr. Herbert Jones went fishing at Hinckley and came back with 52 two-pound trout.

“Membership grew as time went on. In a few years, the Club had $43,000 worth of property and 250 members. They paid an initiation fee of $100 plus $50 annual dues.

“Eventually, improvement in the motor car gave members the wanderlust, and they sold out to E.D. Lee, who has been renting the place summers for use as a children’s camp.”

The club had 240 acres with a large club house, a dormitory, cottages (Lee Camp named after Ervin D. Lee, Snyder Camp named after Dr. Snyder, Perrin Camp named after Sidney T. Perrin, and Post Camp named after Arthur Post), a care taker’s home, a winter house for help, a casino, a tennis court, and a lawn for rook. Over 100,000 pine trees were planted over the years. The main building had a dining room and living room. There was even a game room with shuffle board, pool table, and a casino table. There was also a putting green by the entrance to the club.

Some notable dates: On Sept. 1, 1925, Attorney Ervin D. Lee leased the property from the Kuyahoora Rod & Gun Club as a children’s camp. The lease was set up for 15 years. On June 6, 1934, Woodward W. Guile (1890-1934), drowned off the shore of the Kuyahoora Club beach. He was canoeing when the canoe overturned and he was drowned. In November 1934 the property went into foreclosure. Attorney Lee put in a bid on the property. On March 12, 1937, the club was sold to Sidney T. Perrin of New York. He had been director of the club since 1931. This was the last bit of information I could find on the club. •

Our Celebrity Server Breakfast is taking place from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on June 14, 2018, at the Travelodge in Little Falls.

Tickets are $10. To get tickets, call the Herkimer County Historical Society at 315-866-6413.

Sue Perkins is the Executive Director of the Herkimer County Historical Society

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GOODSELL MUSEUM Local Adirondack History

2993 State 28 Old 2993Route State Route 28Forge, NY 13420

315-369-3838 Old Forge, NY 13420 www.WebbHistory.org 315-369-3838

www.webbhistory.org Open All Year All Year FREEOpen TO THE PUBLIC

FREE TO THE PUBLIC Museum Hours:

Tues – Sat, 10AM Museum Hours:– 3 PM

Tues-Sat, 10am-3pm Headquarters of the Town of Webb Historical Association Headquarters of the Town of Webb Historical Association

Shawangunk nature preserve, cold brook

TALES FROM

SHAWANGUNK Chapter 45

by Peggy Spencer Behrendt

Peg and Tim have a second honeymoon on Star Island in Maine

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In 1974, Tim and Peggy Spencer Behrendt set off on an adventure. They began a new life in the woods of Cold Brook, NY, without modern conveniences like electricity or indoor plumbing. These are excerpts and reflections from Peggy’s journal chronicling their adventures and also her childhood memories growing up in Westmoreland.

Tim is invited to be resident minister at a church retreat on Star Island in the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Maine, and I am his guest.

We take a ferry over the sea to the island and it is a peaceful contrast to the busy highways we took to get here. Guests stay in a huge, old wood hotel and smaller dormitories, but we are lucky to have a little, old stone parsonage to ourselves.

We pretend it is our honeymoon cottage, as Tim carries me over a threshold fringed by a cascade of purple iris in bloom. Great hedges of wild roses frame our view of the cerulean blue waters of the great Atlantic Ocean, and a neighboring island with a lighthouse. It is such a contrast to the cloistered greens of our forest, and we delight in the broad, open sky and capacious ocean where a million shades of exquisite blue and gentle green light shimmers into eternity. The air is fragrant with the redolent pungency of sea, salt, and wild rosa rugosa.

There is no running water, but in the morning we find a pitcher of warm water for washing delivered on our doorstep by young employees scurrying about the island.

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Celebrating 75 Years & 4 Generations!

This train passed near our house on Stop 7 Road in Westmoreland

no responsibilities; no meals to prepare, no cleaning to do, nothing to build or repair, no gardening, no music to perform.

I attend a workshop on art and introspection where we are asked to depict our earliest memory. I make a picture of the view from my bedroom window on Stop 7 Road in Westmoreland where, as a toddler, I had to take an afternoon nap, weeping myself to sleep because I wanted to be with my mommy whom I could see hanging laundry in the summer sun and fresh air of our backyard.

Occasionally, a train rumbled by beyond the farm fields in the distance on an old track from Clark Mills to Heckla and on to Syracuse. If I hadn’t had a cloth harness pinning me to the bed, I would have followed my mother anywhere, but she probably desperately needed a break.

Each morning, Tim leads a service in an old stone chapel. The sense of community of spirit is great, as congregants walk to this meeting house from all over the island, through saline morning mists on ancient stone trails bordered by mosses and wildflowers.

But soon, this magical respite is over and we return to our forest, where family and friends will soon arrive for the summer.

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Hedges of wild roses frame the view of the Atlantic from Star Island

My last letter to our daughters before they come after school, for the summer in 1975: One day I played all my instruments: banjo, piano, violin & flute, but I was afraid my sounds might scare the mouse I’d caught in the hav-ahart trap and hadn’t taken down the road yet.

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Our bridges on the new trail get demolished

I’m making a patchwork cover for our bed incorporating material from pillows, gloves and some cloth bags you made. I’m making a little something for each of you too, which you’ll get when you arrive.

If things go well, I’ll have three new banjo lessons tomorrow at $2.50 each, so then I’ll have $10.50 extra for new strings, and to supplement our grocery budget so we can have more variety.

Dave (their brother) has a bet with a friend about whose beard will grow longest by a certain time.

Jibbery can bolt the grow isn’t it, if they going to show no fix it earlier. (I just wrote that to see if you’re paying attention!)

If you save our letters and bring them here, I’ll give you a reward.

Love, Peg 1990s We are working hard to make a trail through the deep woods and marshes between us and the alpine meadows we now own almost a mile beyond. We haul in heavy, recycled boards to bridge areas of deep wet and muck. The forest is particularly thick and dark here, with a succulent, lush layer of deep green mosses growing on everything. I learn that there are amazing micro-creatures living in them, too small for us to see, such as water bears (tardigrades).

Forests like this are where much of the sphagnum moss on the market comes from. It is not a cultivated crop, but stripped from other pristine forests, disrupting and damaging their eco-systems and the creatures who need them for decades according to Robin Wall Killimer, a Native American and professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at SUNY-ESF, Syracuse in her interesting book Gathering Moss. We need eco-friendly alternatives to this garden amendment. I confess that I have added it to our garden in the past, but harvested it myself, gathering handfuls discretely spaced apart so they may quickly regrow.

Our trail minimally impacts this impenetrable and fragile region, but high winds frequently topple trees with the shallow root systems of such a wet area and our little bridges are toppled with them. We abandon this project, setting this area aside as forever wilderness.

One year we have a friendly debate over how to mark our other Preserve trails without defacing the trees by scoring, painting, or nailing markers into them. Heidi suggests we leave the forest entirely wild, with no trails to invade it, but we need to let other people bond with the forest and know its treasures in order to help us protect it. I try marking them with home-made willow wreaths hung on dead branches, but cutting willows needed by the beavers for food to save marking a tree seems like an unequal trade-off. The wreaths are hard to see, and soon rot in our moist environment, needing frequent replacement.

We decide to tie bright colored surveyor tape or rope around trees for markers. They still rot after a few years and need to be refreshed, but suffice long enough to make a clearly defined trail

without harming the trees.

1980s The end of school brings friends and relatives to the forest. Tim is constantly repairing the bikes of our grandsons and their playmates, inflating tires, oiling and putting chains back on. The boys Peggy at bat attempt tubing on Black Creek, but the slow current makes them bait for bugs.

We have friendly baseball and touch football games in our parking area and Ti m ’s long, evening pot-lucks.

The adults make amused attempts to keep mother turned red with track of “who likes who” and “who’s mad at mortification but Uncle Newell just laughed who” among the children and wonder why one and pulled them back up. of the boys is suddenly climbing and hanging Our summer literary friends, John and like a monkey from loft beams in his cottage, Anne, occasionally produce a handwritten until we realize he is showing off for a cute newsletter called “Swamp Dump News” with satirical articles such as: neighbor girl.

We are delighted to find a place to go out “CLEAR CUT WEEDS: Are you one of to eat together. A tiny restaurant called “Café those obsessive gardeners who clear-cuts all Nero” has opened in an old cottage on the shores weeds? This is environmentally unsound and of ­­­­­Kayuta Lake in Forestport. It’s the first area very time consuming. It will be more profitrestaurant we’ve found that offers vegetarian able for you to selectively take out a few weeds. and vegan entrees like a “Tempeh Reuben” and Leave some in. We did that this year and had a “Baked French Onion soup.” While attend- wonderful crop of buttercups.” ing our daughter Becky’s graduation ceremony One day we receive a one-page newsletter from the Portland School of Art in Maine, our created by our grandson Todd: young grandson and I got hungry since it was “CAPTAIN NEAT DEFEATS GENERAL quite lengthy. He and I crept out and walked MESS IN MORNING LONG BATTLE” to a fast-food chain store nearby. I asked for a Captain Neat captured General Mom’s headcheese burger without the burger, but they re- quarters to conclude a morning long battle.

Many were put away – hundreds shelved and fused, and we had to go hungry!

When Tim was young, the superintendent tens of thousands swept to defeat out of sight. of the school where his father taught journalism Captain Neat said: “I’m proud of my troops. took his family out to eat and Timmy assumed, They did well, and earned silver medals and because the superintendent was paying, that he green certificates for their wipe out! should order the most expensive entrée. Only But for my friend Anne, all activities are a few words escaped his mouth before he was superseded by her passion for “Black Creek wincing in pain from kicks he received under the Time.” I accompany her occasionally, enjoying intimate talks, and seeing kingfishtable from both his father and older brother. ers, beavers, herons, ducks, or bears along Even Tim’s dignified Uncle Newell had a our route. She completely loses track of restaurant faux pas. Forgetting that he had sur- time when she is near water and a “short” reptitiously loosened his belt during a particular- jaunt can easily become several hours (exly filling repast, he stood up to leave the restau- hausting to less robust paddlers) traveling rant and his pants fell down in front of everyone! up and down the amber waters of the

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Peg and her friend Anne enjoy Black Creek for swimming and canoeing

serene, meandering linearity of Black Creek from Route 8 to Hinckley Lake.

The last time we went out (2017), we’d just arrived downstream at a favorite, sandy bank, and were swimming in the chilly currents, when we noticed dark clouds appearing over tree tops. “Better head back,” I suggest. “I’ll just swim a few more minutes,” Anne decides.

Quicker than a strider scurries over the creek, the sky is full of ominous clouds racing and billowing over us. Rain comes; a blazing bolt of lightning flashes above us and a body vibrating clap of thunder crashes and echoes through the swamps. This is not safe! Should we try to reach home, or get off the creek and wait it out in the swamps and woods?

We furiously paddle against the current toward home accompanied by increasing thunder, lightning, and a powerful wind.

My arms get weary. Will I get bursitis from this? Will we get electrocuted? The rain intensifies. My hat brim droops, glasses fog, and water pours over me.

Exhausted, we pull onto a wet delta by a tributary stream, and I turn my kayak over thinking it will shelter me from the cold rain, but there’s not enough space beneath unless I hold it up or lie flat on the ground. Seeing this, Anne comes over, holds up one end of my kayak and stands, bare headed in the storm, allowing me to sit on my heels with my

arms curled around my legs to keep warm. I’m amazed and impressed that she would do this for me. But I get wetter and wetter, colder and colder. How can she stand it out there?

I start shivering and realize we have to get back on the river and brave the consequences before I am totally incapacitated by hypothermia. So we continue, hoping that the next bend in the river is “ours” until it finally appears.

Cold, soaked, and exhausted, we lug our boats up the bank, grateful to be on solid earth, and slog the half mile home on the old Shawangunk Trail for home.

“I’m taking an umbrella next time I go out with you!” I announce to Anne as we depart.

The rain abates just as I drip into our cottage.

Tim innocently asks, “Oh, did you get caught in the rain?” Craving heat, I put the sprinkling can we use for showering on the stove to heat, and use the whole 2½ gallons for myself, before crawling between blankets for a much needed nap. Ah! Civilization! • The Shawangunk Nature Preserve is a deep ecology, forever wild, 501©(3), learning and cultural center. Tim and Peggy still live there and can be contacted through their website.

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Hello, my name is Genesee Joe. The main question I always get is “Why do radio stations play the same five songs by the same 20 bands over and over?”

For this month’s column, I want to talk a little about 92.7FM The Drive. The Drive is a small, locally owned station. As program director, I strive to put the best presentation out that I can. For me, this includes playing the hits by the greatest artists in the rock ’n’ roll world. I mean, really, you’d be a nut to not play hit songs on your radio station. People love to hear their favorite songs. There is a reason that some songs are played all these years after their release. They were loved by many world wide.

Keep in mind that in research studies, listeners perceived that they hardly heard their favorite songs but always heard their least favorite ones. That was said even when, in fact, they were listening to a selected group of songs all played the same amount of times. Perception, it’s not always reality. What a concept!

That said, The Drive also plays the other songs by those same classic bands. In my 25 years in radio I’ve been asked “Why the same ol,’ same ol,’ over and over?”

I took that to heart and by listening to the listeners I understand that people love the hits and the bands that made them. Yet, you made it clear that you want to hear the other songs from these bands once in a while, every now and then. That’s what we do.

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As people who grew up in the “album generation” we know the songs on the albums. We listened to the whole thing. So it’s great to hear “Stairway to Heaven” or “Rock ’n’ Roll” by Led Zeppelin. There’s no reason to not play some of the other cuts from that same multi-million-sell-

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ing album (Led Zeppelin IV).

The same could be said for any classic rock artist.

I am also working in some of the newer acts like Joe Bonamassa, The Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Greta Van Fleet, and The Marcus King Band. We even add the occasional local classic from bands like 805 or The Frogs. Hey, I grew up here, too; I remember seeing those local legends.

So, in closing I’m asking you to give 92.7 The Drive a listen and see that we are working hard to bring back the glory days of Rock Radio.

My theory is to service the listener, we must slightly regress, to progress.

Please feel free to contact me regarding anything on the station, either by the studio line 315-797-9270 or geneseejoe@927thedrive.net or even through our Facebook page. You can also listen live online or through our Facebook page as well.

If true oldies from the ’50s to ’70s is your thing, please check out our sister station 1420 AM/98.3 FM The FOX. Supporting our independent and locally owned stations is supporting the local, little guy. Forget the same ol,’ same ol.’ We program our station, not some regional corporate guy in NYC. So, let’s work together and kill ugly radio, to quote Frank Zappa P.S. We play Frank, too.

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Furniture Ironwood Furniture, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Jeff ’s Amish Furniture, Jordanville . . . . . . . 73 John Froass & Son, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Furniture Makers Custom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . 27 Garden Centers, Greenhouses, and U-pick Aceti’s Classic Garden, New Hartford . . . 15 Candella’s Farm & Greenhouses, Marcy . . . 4 Casler Flower Farm, West Winfield . . . . . 15 D’Alessandro’s Landscaping, Frankfort . . . . 16 Devine Gardens, Morrisville . . . . . . . . 19 Freedom Farm Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . 16 George’s Nursery/Garden Ctr., Clinton . . . 16 Heywood’s Blueberries & Greenhouses, Remsen 16 Juliano’s Greenhouses, Schuyler . . . . . . 16 Melinda’s Garden Barn . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Michael’s Greenhouse, Sauquoit . . . . . . 17 Mohawk Valley Growers Association . . . 20 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . 18 Sunnycrest Orchards, Sharon Springs . . . 18 Tassleberry Farms, Westmoreland . . . . . . 18 Top Notch Garden Center, Newport . . . . . 65 Gift Shops/Shopping Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . 38 Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . 64 Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Little Falls Antique Center, Little Falls . . . . 65 Newport Marketplace, Newport . . . . . . . . . 65 Oneida Commons, Oneida . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Simply Primitives, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Golf Courses and Driving Range Brimfield Driving Range, Clinton . . . . . . . 43 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 53 Woodgate Pines Golf Club, Boonville . . . . 44 Gravel and Gravel Driveways Copper City Landscaping, Rome . . . . . . 36 Grocery/Convenience Stores B & F Milk Center, Whitesboro . . . . . . . 43 The Country Store, Salisbury . . . . . . . . . . 60 Deansboro Superette, Deansboro . . . . . . . 25 Kountry Kupboard, Madison . . . . . . . . . . 9 Little Italy Imports, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Mohawk Village Market, Mohawk . . . . . . . 41 Olde Kountry Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . 35 Reilly’s Dairy, Inc., Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Gyms Curves, Herkimer and Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Hardware/Lumber/Farm & Home Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Morgan’s Hardware, Waterville . . . . . . . . . . 38 Pohlig Enterprises, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Turner Lumber, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Wightman Specialty Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Hearing Consultants Hearing Health Hearing Centers, Rome . . . . 43

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Interior Design/Custom Window Treatments The Added Touch Drapery, New Hartford . . . 45 Jewelry Alison’s Jewelry & Repair, Utica . . . . . . . . 46 Fall Hill Beads & Gems, Little Falls . . . . . . 23 Goldmine Jewelers, New Hartford . . . . . . 34 Step Back in Time Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Landscaping Copper City Landscaping, Rome . . . . . . . 36 Lighting Mills Electrical Supply, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 55 Liquor Stores and Wine Ilion Wine & Spirits, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Trenton Station Liquor & Wine, Barneveld . . 42 Lodging Canal Side Inn, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Maple Syrup (see Produce) Meats, locally raised (see Produce) Media 92.7 The Drive WXUR, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 74 FOX33/WUTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Weekly Adirondack, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . 62 Metal and Metal Roofing Mohawk Metal Sales, Westmoreland . . . . . 26 Monuments & Memorials Burdick & Enea Memorials, Clinton . . . . . . 48 Yorkville Memorials, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Motorcycle Repair Hillside Motorcycle & Machine, Munnsville 44 Musical Instrument Sales, Rentals, Lessons Big Apple Music, New Hartford . . . . . . . 23 Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Natural Foods, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 59 Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . 45 Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . 71 Sunflower Naturals, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . 44 Tom’s Natural Foods, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Optometrists Towpath Vision Care, Little Falls . . . . . . . 33 Paint and Painting Supplies Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Pohlig Enterprises, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . 33 Urbanik’s Paint & Wallpaper Co., Utica . . . . . 11 Pharmacies Garro Drugs, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Physical Therapy Inertia PT, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Pizzerias DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . .

Laurey’s Pizzeria, New Hartford . . . . . .

Primo Pizzeria, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tony’s Pizza, New Hartford . . . . . . . . .

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Grassy Cow Dairy, Remsen . . . . . . . . .

Jewett’s Cheese, Earlville . . . . . . . . . . .

Jones Family Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . .

Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . . . .

Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . .

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Quilt and Yarn Shops/Services Heartworks Quilts & Fabric, Fly Creek . . 25 Love & Stitches, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . 70 Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Real Estate Hunt Real Estate, Welcome Home Team . .

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Record Stores Off-Center Records, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Restaurants and Cafés Ann St. Deli, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bagel Grove, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bite Bakery and Cafe, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Black Stallion, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . .

Canal Side Inn, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . .

Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Country Store, Salisbury . . . . . . . . . . .

Delta Lake Inn, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Dessert Booth, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . .

DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . .

Gone Coastal, Lee Center . . . . . . . . . . .

Hotel Solsville, Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jamo’s Restaurant, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . .

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

Kayuta Drive-In, Remsen . . . . . . . . . . .

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

The Knight Spot, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . .

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

Minar Fine Indian Cuisine, New Hartford . .

Nothin’ Fancy Cafe, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . .

Ohio Tavern, Cold Brook . . . . . . . . . . .

Papa Rick’s Snack Shack, Rome . . . . . . . .

Phoenician Restaurant, New Hartford . . . .

The Pickle Boat Grill, Old Forge . . . . . . . .

Raspberries Cafe, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riverside Diner, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

Route 69 Steakhouse, Whitesboro . . . . . . . .

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

The Tailor and The Cook, Utica . . . . . . . .

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

Voss’ Bar B-Q , Yorkville and Ilion . . . . . . .

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

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

The Willows, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Owner of The Village Crossing, Joyce Polanowicz, presents a check to Anne Debraggio of the Kirkland Town Library

An Organized Closet Helps Local Organizations!

It all started when Joyce Polanowicz, owner of The Village Crossing, tried to keep her closet manageable. She wears what she sells at her shop in Clinton, but there was only so much room in her closet!

So she brought in the items that she just didn’t wear—many that she only wore once or twice—and sold them at a very reasonable price. She then made a donation to one of the many local charitable organizations she believes in. The sale has now become a twice a year event. At the end of the winter season (usually in February) she weeds out winter clothing and the donation goes to the Kirkland Town Library. At the end of summer (usually July) she does summer clothing and the recipient changes. The Village Crossing has made donations to the Abraham House, the Stevens Swan Humane Society, the Chenango SPCA, and others. The sale has expanded (with a few phone calls to Village Crossing patrons) to include sizes XS-XL. Look for the next event in July! Feel free to call The Village Crossing for updates at 315-853-5299.

Simply Primitive Moves to New Location!

Simply Primitive is excited to announce it is moving to a new location! It will open mid-June at 8088 NYS Route 12, Barneveld.

They will now be located right in the easily accessible business corridor and will continue to offer the same great variety of country and primitive decor, furniture, and many one-of-a-kind items. Look for the signs. They look forward to seeing you there!

Sheds and Garages Shafer and Sons, Westmoreland . . . . . . . . 70 Shoes Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Sneaker Store, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 50 The Village Crossing, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Sharpening Services Ron’s Sharpening, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Small Engine Repair J.B.’s Small Engine Works, Utica . . . . . . . . . 6 SD Power, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Snowmobiles/ATVs Hobby Hill Farm, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Tent Rentals Brownie Tent and Awning, Clinton . . . . . . 70 Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Tree Services and Tree Farms Turk Tree Service, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Travel Agencies The Cruise Wizards, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . 39

The answer to last month’s riddle about a slave that became an advocate for the poor is: Mother Lavender.

Websites Utica Remember When . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The winner drawn at random was: Amanda Cieslewitz of Whitesboro.

Weddings and Banquets Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 53

She has chosen John Froass & Son for her $200 shopping spree. .

Windows RA Dudrak, The Window King, Holland Patent . . 22 Yarn and Knitting Supplies Love & Stitches, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Yogurt Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . 47

May’s Crossword Answers Solution: MEMORIAL DAY Congratulations to: Susie Perritano of Rome who will be enjoying Moose River Coffee in her MVL mug!

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