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...I’m just the Piano Player TIOGA COUNTY FAIR HICKORY FEST HEARTS GO OUT TO NICHOLAS OGDEN

Blossburg’s Adam Mahonske Jr., concert pianist and trap shooter, comes home to play…in the Endless Mountain Music Festival

By Michael Capuzzo AUGUST 2011 1

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The Last Great Place

By Jerry Curreri Tornadoes and tank trucks notwithstanding, bloom where you are planted.

By Michael Capuzzo Blossburg’s Adam Mahonske Jr., concert pianist and trap shooter, comes home to play…in the Endless Mountain Music Festival.

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Chatter

Give a Hoot

By Roberta Curreri Hickory Fest makes bluegrass joy, and fights cancer.

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By the Mountain Home staff Gals with guns; Canyon photo club snaps; Take me to the (Tioga County) Fair.

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…I’m Just the Piano Player

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So There’s This Boy…

By Dawn Bilder Hearts Go Out for Nicholas Ogden.

42nd Parallel

By Matt Connor Scary Mary: hall monitor at Elmira College?

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By Joyce M. Tice History repeats itself, as another epic storm moves through Tioga County.

Jackie Ogden

Looking Back

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Deer Camp

By Jerry & Roberta Curreri Our new editors introduce themselves with the cadences of Campbell Creek.

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Painted Lady

By Teresa Banik Capuzzo Famous on Wellsboro’s walking tour, a grande dame gets a face-lift.

The Lunker

By Fred Metarko John ends up in the drink, but everything ends well in spite of it all.

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By Kathleen Thompson Life may be just a bowl of Jell-O, but Yogamama wants to break out of that mold.

Ann Kamzelski

Yogamama Says

Cover image by Sarah Wagaman Cover art by Tucker Worthington

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34 Thank You Notes

By Roberta Curreri The community is instrumental to the Endless Mountain Music Festival.

39 Count Me Out

By Mary Myers Social Security numbers, phone numbers, street numbers: where will it end?

40 All the World’s a Stage

By Thomas Putnam Lost in the space that is not the object.

43 Great Scotts

By Cornelius O’Donnell Jack Denton Scott and his wife Maria Luisa make book on sure-bet recipes.

50 Finger Lakes Wine Review

By Holly Howell Pink wine and lavender cheese, soft hues of the Finger Lakes.

54 Mother Earth

By Gayle Morrow Lettuce and carrots are just edible weeds—and so are nettles and knotweed.

66 Shop Around the Corner

By Angela Cannon-Crothers Awash in Flint Creek, Lisa Fredrickson churns goat milk into great soaps.

70 Back of the Mountain Chip off the ol’ block.

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The Last Great Place

The Last Great Stand Jerry Curreri

“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way around is the shortest way home.” —James Joyce

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s Tioga County, Pennsylvania, the last great place? I don’t know, but there are some things I do know. Seven years ago my wife, Roberta, and I moved to a beautiful spot across from Hills Creek State Park and bought 178 acres, the old Kolbe place, just down the road. This land, with its little officially designated “Unnamed Stream” that we dubbed Campbell Creek, was where we were going to settle. Just two retired school teachers from New Jersey among the oaks and the maples with a lake across the street and the grandchildren up the road.

Then the tornado struck. No, not the one just a few months ago that swept through Knoxville, Blossburg, and Mansfield. I like to call it the Marcellus Shale tornado. An interesting kind of tornado. Like all tornadoes, it has the power to change the landscape, but unlike natural tornadoes, in its wake, it has not only the ability to destroy, it has the ability to create—because money flutters down from its funnel.

I remember last year talking to a local dairy farmer while a gas well flared behind his farm, lighting up the night sky and drowning out the stars. I asked him what he thought about it, and he said, “I see money in those flames, I see jobs, and I see my kids keeping the place after I’m gone.”

I talked to another fellow at the Agway and asked him the same question. He said he saw gas in the water, quarantined cows, spills in Pine Creek, and trucks rumbling over potholed roads.

My initial reaction was what any normal person might do caught in the open as a tornado crested the hill—run!

So run we did. We added up our assets and figured the math. We loaded the camper and struck out across America with a couple of grandkids in tow. Not one trip, but three—over the two previous summers, and just last April. Twenty-six thousand miles in all. We peeked into every nook and cranny in America. Houses in Montana high on a hill, the backdrop the Rocky Mountains. A house built into a cave in Utah nine miles down a dirt road into a red rock canyon. A horse property outside Tucson, Arizona. Places closer—a century farm in the St. Lawrence Valley in upstate New York, a riverfront farm south of Roanoke, Virginia. Property in South Carolina, Mexico, Wyoming, and California. We saw it all.

And when we were done, we came home to our house on Hills Creek Lake and the grandkids up the road.

Roberta planted perennials this summer, and I began to build the boxes for a raised vegetable garden that we’ll plant next year.

So, it’s here where we will make our last stand on a hill beside the lake.

If we do no better than that famous last-stander and our fate is the same, at least we can say, “Oh, but wasn’t it a glorious place to be?”

Mountain Home Managing Editors Jerry and Roberta Curreri are the authors of Deer Camp. The first story in their collection, “A Hunter’s Eve,” appears in the Outdoor section of this issue.

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C h atter All’s Fair in August The well-baked days of August are here, and ice pops are now a staple on your grocery list. The light in the sky still lasts way after eight o’clock, and it’s time for the 45th Annual Tioga County Fair. This year’s fair is from August 8 to 13. Heading the week-long lineup of entertainment is country music legend and Grand Ole Opry star Connie Smith, about whom Dolly Parton once said, “There are only three real female singers—Barbara Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, and Connie Smith.” The fair will also feature the Rawhide Rodeo, truck and tractor pulls, demolition derbies, various livestock, prize-winning vegetables, hand-crafted quilts and clothing, photographs and paintings, even wedding cakes. There will be thrill rides, and the Farm, Mine and Lumber Museum on the grounds to view how farming used to be “way back when.” And, of course, fair food! Enjoy the usual taste bud pleasers from funnel cakes to barbeque to ice cream—but also unsual treats like deep-fried alligator, Cajun Po’boys, Greek and Chinese fare,

A woman’s place is at home…on the range. If you don’t believe it, come to the NRA Women on Target Instructional Shooting Clinic at Lambs Creek Sportsman’s Club in Mansfield on August 27 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Men and women instructors assist both newcomers and veteran shooters with .22 pistols, .22 rifles,

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Pennsylvania 1-14: Endless Mountain Music Festival, Wellsboro, Mansfield, Blossburg, Troy, Canton, and Corning and Elmira, New York. The renowned festival, in its sixth year under Lancaster and Wellsboro resident and maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser, features a summer blizzard of unique and often remarkable classical concerts by notable musicians from around the world, free concerts for children and seniors, master class teaching at schools, and close interaction with great musicians. For more information or to order tickets call 570-787-7800. www.endlessmountain.net.

4, 11, 18, 25: Wellsboro Grower’s Market, Wellsboro. The newly sprouted Wellsboro farmer’s market gathers in front of the Presbyterian Church on Main Street Thursdays from 3:00-6:00 p.m.

Music by Joe Callahan, vegetables, honey, cheese, maple products, baked goods, bagels, and pottery by diverse local talents.

5-7: Woodsmen’s Show, Galeton. National champion lumberjacks come to Cherry Springs State Park each year to compete in crosscut sawing, axe throwing, tree felling. The 60th annual classic festival celebrates Potter County’s rich lumber history with exhibits, vendors, musicians, historical talks and re-enactments, and events like blacksmithing and log rolling. Grounds open at 9 a.m. and tickets can be purchased at the gate. “Log on” to www.woodsmenshow. com or call 814-435-6855 for more information.

Connie Smith, Country music legend and Grand Ole Opry star.

and deep-fried Oreos.

For more information, visit tiogacountyfair.com or call (570) 5373196. For information on additional Twin Tiers food festivals, turn to page 49. ~Dawn Bilder

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muzzleloaders, shotguns, and even archery.

In a safe, friendly atmosphere with other women, instructors teach how to safely handle a firearm, safe storage of firearms in the home, competitive shooting, hunting basics, and a brief history of modern and historic firearms. Women on Target hosts a wide range of additional teaching programs in the region and across the country, from “Refuse to be A Victim” to “Understand NRA’s Political Positions.”

The Instructional Shooting Clinic costs $25 and requires preregistration, which is available at Coopers Sporting Goods in Mansfield. For more information, contact Jan Southworth 570-724-7650 or jan_southworth@yahoo.com. ~Roberta Curreri

5, 12, 19, 26: Mansfield Grower’s Market, Mansfield. Wellsboro modeled its new growers market after this one, which convenes Fridays from 3:00-6:00 p.m at St. James Episcopal Church on Rt 6, one block east of Main St. See www.mansfieldgrowersmarket. wordpress.com for details.

6, 13, 20, 27: Liberty Farmers’ Market, Liberty. The market sets up at the Liberty Elementary School parking lot, 9 a.m.-noon every Saturday throughout the summer.

8-13: Tioga County Fair, Whitneyville. Tioga County’s classic annual all-American fair headlines Grand Ol’ Opry star Connie Smith, the frosting on a cake as tasty as all rural America: carnival, Fair Queen, livestock shows, 4H, baking contest, Family Day, Senior Day, Citizen Day, Garden Tractor Pull, Horse Pull, you name it. Visit ww.tiogacountyfair.com or call 570-537-3196.

17-20: Tioga Old Home Days, Tioga. The 55th annual old home days fest features food, carnival rides, vendors, entertainment nightly, fireworks, a car and truck show (Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.), and a parade (Saturday at 6 p.m.). The event runs Tuesday through Saturday at the Tioga Fire Hall Grounds, Rarick Street.

19-20: Hickory Fest, Stony Fork. The tenth annual Hickory Fest boasts two days of bluegrass music at Stony Fork Creek Campground. That would include Grammy Artist Shawn Camp, the Harris Brothers, Uproot Hootenanny, Danny Ships, Grass Stained Genes, Blue Sky Mission Club, The Markell Family, Cherry Flats Ridge Pluckers, Van Wagner, Verlon Thompson, Well Strung, and Billly Gilmore. www.hickoryfest.com Phone: 570-439-1549 26-28: Black Forest Star Party, Galeton. This annual amateur astronomy observing event in Cherry Springs State Park is hosted by the Central Pennsylvania Observers, featuring guest speakers, kids’ programs, vendors, and a great chance to observe the darkest night sky in the eastern U.S. Registration required and closes on August 12. Contact the Observers at www.bfsp.org/starparty for more information.

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13-14: McGregor Vineyard Winery Blues & Blueberries Weekend, Dundee. The annual fest, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day, offers blueberry themed foods and wine samples along with blues music. Rochester bluesmen Buford and Smokin’ Dave perform from 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Keuka Lake’s own Bruce Holler will perform from 5-8 p.m. Fresh, organic blueberries will also be served and sold from the McGregor’s Serendipity Blueberry

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Farm U-Pick patch. Cost: $10 per person, includes food and wine samples and a McGregor wine glass. Reservations appreciated. www.mcgregorwinery.com.

11: Race Fever, Corning. Bring the whole family to Corning’s Gaffer District’s Northside, Bridge Street, for the annual street party, 5-9 p.m., featuring NASCAR show cars, driver appearances, interactive displays, food vendors, and live entertainment. Activities include autograph sessions, games, rides, inflatables and more.

12: Rendezvous with Riesling, Canandaigua. The New York Wine & Culinary Center’s 5th annual Rendezvous will be held from 7-10 p.m. At this walk-about tasting, guests can sample Riesling and other wines from 40 New York State wineries paired with local cuisine, and two guests will each win one free case of New York Riesling. Tickets are $45 per person or $75 per person including Riesling Dinner & Cooking Demonstration. Available at the NYWCC and online at www.nywcc.com

Kaleidoscope, meaning “observation of beautiful forms,” is an apt name for this year’s Grand Canyon Photography Club Members’ Show. It will be held from August 7 to 28 at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center in Wellsboro.

“A Monarch’s Life” by Ann Kamzelski, pictured above, won Best-Of-Show at the previous Grand Canyon Photography Club Members’ exhibit. “We hold the Grand Canyon Photography Club Members’ Show

every two years,” says club president Suzan Richar. “It is a great way to showcase the talent of our members to the community.”

The reception is on Sunday, August 7 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Regular gallery hours are from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week, and there is no admission charge. For more information, call (570) 724-1917 or visit www.gcphotoclub.org. ~Dawn Bilder

13: Wine, Paws & Claws at Swedish Hill Winery, Romulus. Guests will enjoy the classic rock sounds of the Ron Spencer Band, along with Swedish Hill’s award-winning wines and food from Dewey’s 3rd Ward in Seneca Falls. The Beverly Animal Shelter will bring some adoptable cats and dogs, and a portion of proceeds from the event will be donated to the facility. Admission free; a raffle will also be held to raise funds for the shelter. www.swedishhill.com.

20: Finger Lakes Music & Wine Festival, Geneva. The first annual Finger Lakes Music & Wine Festival on the North Shore of Seneca Lake in Geneva features a full day of musical entertainment, including the Little River Band, as well as food, wine, beer tastings, and the area’s finest craft vendors.

Admission is free from noon – 5:00 p.m., and $10 after 5:00 p.m.

See www.fingerlakesmusic-winefestival.com.

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…I’m Just the Piano Player Blossburg’s Adam Mahonske Jr., concert pianist and trap shooter, comes home to play…in the Endless Mountain Music Festival

By Michael Capuzzo Photography By Sarah Wagaman

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dam Mahonske Jr., a well-known Baltimore classical pianist and college professor, spends his summers in the old yellow house in Blossburg that he has lovingly rebuilt and tended for forty summers, since his father died. The old coal town of Blossburg is the land of Adam’s fathers, four generations of miners and hardworking men originally from Poland. Dr. Mahonske—he recently earned his doctorate in the musical arts—loves his job on the music faculty at Morgan State University, but says he works the rest of the year for the pleasure of enjoying his home place and boyhood haunts in Tioga County. Summer has ever been a magical time for him. Yet during the peak of this summer, especially strange and wonderful things began to occur. The reasons are mystical and the professor cannot entirely explain them.

To start, the routine is soothing. A breeze reaches the hill; dense shade closes in from the enclosing oak and maple woods. Adam visits old friends, tooling around in his tiny black Honda del Sol with the top down. (Elizabeth, his mother, bought the sports car at age 80, gave up driving it at 87, but still enjoys a windy ride.) Now a restless 97, Elizabeth throws dinner parties, doing all the cooking, discourses on politics, and is busy designing a hospital gown with a square neck to give the world a “stylish and more humane” alternative.

The magic, for Adam, always comes through sound. In the cool of the woods, he plays the piano, practicing the Poulenc Sextet, a three-movement work for the woodwind quintet with piano. He will perform this at 7:30 p.m. August 10 for the Endless Mountain Music Festival, which is now featuring concerts (July 30-August 14) in Wellsboro, Blossburg, Mansfield, Troy, Canton, and Corning and Elmira, New York. Adam says he is honored to be re-joining the classical music extravaganza in its sixth year under founding maestro Stephen See Piano Player on page 12

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Shawn Camp—singer, songwriter, and Grammy Artist.

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Give a Hoot

Hickory Fest Makes Bluegrass Joy, and Fights Cancer

By Roberta Curreri Stony Fork Campground comes alive August 19 and 20 for the beloved Tioga County bluegrass extravaganza known as Hickory Fest. This is bluegrass music at its best, played where bluegrass music is meant to be played—outdoors and surrounded by the beautiful Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania.

The 10th Anniversary Hickory Fest Charity Benefit weekend, featuring the Harris Brothers, Grammy Artist Shawn Camp, and the Uproot Hootenanny, boasts not only great music but also food, crafts, and family events. This year’s festival raises money for our local American Cancer Society chapter.

As many followers of Hickory Fest know, cancer has taken a number of Hickory Fest musicians and organizers, including “our beloved friend and longtime Hickory Fest volunteer Chuck Follis,” said Hickory Fest Executive Director Sue Cunningham. Proceeds will be donated in Hickory Fest’s name and in memory of Follis, who died in March.

Cunningham—the internationally known fiddler who put Hickory Fest on the map with the legendary Hickory Project band—also is fighting cancer. In April, she was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer that occurs in non-smoking, younger women.

“The prognosis is pretty good,” said Cunningham, who is being treated with a pill form of chemotherapy at her home in Jupiter, Florida.

Cunningham discovered the cancer just after finishing a Florida tour in March with her new band, the Rowan Brothers and Sue Cunningham. She hopes to make it to her second home in Wellsboro for the Hickory Fest. “I haven’t been able to get up to Wellsboro because of the medical therapies; I miss it,” she said.

Cunningham is excited about this year’s festival lineup. Performing for the third year and back by popular-demand are The Harris Brothers, Reggie and Ryan, who have been playing and singing since they were children in the foothills of western North Carolina. Influenced by Appalachian mountain music and country and rock n’ roll, as well as traditional blues and jazz, the brothers deliver both old favorites and originals in a style all their own.

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Gunzenhauser. Adam much enjoys playing the music of Francis Poulenc, a famous French composer who was influenced by Debussy and, as it happens, was a Parisian musician enchanted by the countryside of his fathers in rural France.

“All of my adult life as a classical musician and teacher, one of my great dreams had been that we would have a serious festival of classical music in this beautiful area,” Adam said. “Naturally I’m thrilled beyond measure that the EMMF is going into its sixth year, thriving and growing, and I’ll do anything to help it grow. In Baltimore and Washington I hear wonderful performers and orchestras all the time, and I’m so impressed with the quality of this orchestra and Stephen’s leadership.”

Adam has performed in the festival during two previous summers, volunteering to help whenever he could. He moonlights as a professional recording engineer in Maryland, so he has volunteered his time and equipment to record a dozen concerts within the EMMF for use in its grantseeking. Former artistic director of the Baltimore-based chamber music concert series, Music in the Great Hall, he gladly helps with any logistics. He’s proud that this summer his longtime friend Dr. Nancy Boston, Keyboard Area Chair for Mansfield University’s music department, will be on stage for the festival August 9.

Her performance, at 7:30 p.m. in the Tioga County Courthouse in Wellsboro, will bring to life “Music by Women Composers.”

During this past winter, EMMF Executive Director Cindy Long asked Adam to measure the stage of Blossburg’s recently reopened Victoria Theatre to see if it could support the six musicians and instruments, including a thousandpound piano. After he confirmed that the stage is suitably sturdy, she invited him to perform on it.

The invitation is a rare thrill. Adam has played in New York City, Washington, Toronto, and Montreal; at the Kennedy Center, the Meyerhof, the Peabody Conservatory, and the National Gallery.

But now he is playing Blossburg, a mile from the house where he grew up. “This is the first time I’ll be playing the concert grand in my very own little town,” he says.

“It’s thrilling.”

As great as the anticipation is, the

festival this year is merely prelude to a deeper enchantment.

The scientists, priests, and poets never can agree on whether inanimate things have a life of their own, but anyone who has felt the long silences of a Tioga County summer knows the truth. And so a lovely old walnut 16-gauge double-barrel shotgun, a gun that sat unused in a closet for forty-two years, began to speak to Adam, clearly and powerfully. Then, as if in tandem, came the hoarse whispers of a broken-down, thirtyyear-old McCulloch chainsaw.

His father’s shotgun. His father’s chainsaw.

In the summer of his fifty-sixth year, Adam had the irrepressible urge to bring the chainsaw to roaring life; the unstoppable drive to fire the shotgun that, Elizabeth said, had not been fired once, even by his father, not in seventy years.

At the local power repair shop, they said the chainsaw was scrap, beyond repair. Adam knew nothing about chainsaws, but he refused to believe it. “I just wasn’t happy to let it go at that.

I decided that I would try to resurrect it. I had never done any mechanical repair like this before. I found the parts on eBay, ordered them, and rebuilt the carburetor. It’s singing like a banshee now. I’m happily clearing timber and trees around my property that have fallen.”

Hours with the chainsaw resurrected memories of his father.

“I’m so proud of him,” Adam said, “though he was in a sense a little unknown to me, as he passed away when I was sixteen.”

Similarly, Adam’s dad, Adam Mahonske Sr., when he was only eighteen, suffered the death of his own father.

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“My father got the word one day that his father, Charles, had been killed in a traffic accident,” Adam said. “So my father had to leave school before graduating and get a job to support his mother and four sisters.” Adam Sr. worked in the Ward Foundry, studied metallurgy in the Elmira area, and became

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a renowned steel-industry consultant in the Great Lakes region. “With a professor from Penn State he helped to devise a method for using soft coal in the steelmaking process,” Adam said.

Adam Jr. was four years old when his father—then fifty years old, in line to interview for president of his metallurgy company in Michigan—suffered a major stroke that disabled him until his death at sixty-two.

During the last two years of Adam Sr.’s life the family moved to Blossburg. “My father’s whole side of the family was here, and they were supportive of us.”

Adam enjoyed target shooting with a .22 when he was at North Penn High School, forty years ago, before he heard the call of music. There were more than a few Mahonskes in the Blossburg cemetery (or Mahonski, the name his grandfather was born with before, for reasons lost in family history, he replaced the “i” with an “e;” or Miechonski, the old country coinage). Some of those apparent kin in the graveyard had a Mahonske family band, “The Sleepy Seven,” in Blossburg in the 1910s and 1920s. “Maybe love of music is genetic.”

In 1972, he graduated from North Penn and went off to the University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree in piano performance; on to Indiana University and the masters in piano performance; on to the recent doctorate at the University of Maryland; on to his whole adult life as a musician and scholar with the .22 fading in the rearview mirror. High school was the last time he’d fired a gun, and he’d never pulled a shotgun trigger. The idea had him nervous, but excited.

“I will never hunt. I will never shoot Bambi. But I think classical musicians are very concerned with the use of the body, choreography of the body, the precision of doing things physically.

We’re well-trained micro-athletes if you will.”

Now, anxiously, Adam Jr. asked Tioga County friends, gun guys, if his father’s gun, a Rip Van Winkle of a gun, was safe to shoot. A couple of big men peered down the barrel in the sunlight and whistled, enviously; it Adam Mahonske rehearses his version of “Unchained Melody.”

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was a gleaming beauty, ready to go.

He was nervous but hopeful.

“Maybe shooting ability is genetic.”

His grandfather on his mother’s side had been a legendary local hunter and fishermen in the wilds of Canada, and Elizabeth Mahonske remembers plinking cans off of fence posts as a child in the 1920s and 30s, effortlessly.

She was quite sure Adam Sr. had never fired the old Savage shotgun, except maybe once or twice. It was time.

One unseasonably cool summer day, Adam stood on a gas pad with friends and obliterated a soda can at seventy feet with the first shot from his father’s gun before disabling a row of pizza boxes at longer distances. A couple weeks later, and after a friendly lesson at the neighborhood Hillside Rod & Gun Club, he learned that the side-by-side Savage wasn’t suitable for trap shooting. But Adam wanted to use it. “I want to honor my heritage.”

To onlookers’ surprise, the first two of three clay pigeons that flew in front of his father’s shotgun pin-wheeled to dust in the humid air.

He returned that evening to the house on the hill, the porches and decks he’d built with his own hands, the fireplace of stones he’d fished from the Tioga River, the long silence of the woods, nice and trim now.

“It’s getting harder and harder for me

“I think classical musicians are very concerned with the use of the body, choreography of the body, the precision of doing things physically. We’re well-trained microathletes if you will.”

to go back to Baltimore at the end of the summer because there’s a lot of life here that feels right and I feel connected to,” he said. “I wish I was here full-time. I can be a complete person here in ways not possible in the city.

“Even though I love music very much and I’m happy and fortunate enough to make my professional life as a classical musician, there’s nothing quite like shooting a gun, repairing a chainsaw, hiking in the woods.”

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42nd Parallel

Scary Mary: Elmira College Hall Monitor?

Matt Connor

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he story goes back further than any current administrator, staffer or alumnus can recall: Up on a fourth floor room in the stately old gothic Tompkins Hall dormitory on Elmira College campus, a presence waits.

By some accounts this “presence” is someone in the religious orders, a nun, perhaps. She switches lights on in one particular room long after it has gone dark for the night. She makes her presence known through whispers and phantom footsteps.

She is, most decidedly, dead.

As a result, no (living) student has occupied the room for decades.

Stories like this have circulated around the beautiful gothic residence hall at least since the 1960s. The architecturally significant dorm building was constructed in 1928 and is today listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Named for Sarah Wey Tompkins, an early Elmira College trustee, it is among the most desirable places to live on campus, with many rooms that feature gorgeous arched stone windows with spectacular views, and ornate fireplaces.

But according to campus lore, Tompkins is also home to a ghost called “Scary Mary,” whose portrait once hung in a hallway outside a fourth floor room in which strange phenomenon occasionally occur. “Mary” is said to be the sister of a Tompkins resident who unfortunately met with an untimely death on campus just before returning to her room. Meanwhile her sister, a former nun, sat waiting inside the room, ready to surprise her sibling upon her return.

Some say she’s still waiting for her sister’s return to this very day.

The story is undeniably creepy. But is it true? In short, says Mike Rogers, director of Public Relations at Elmira College, no. But that’s not to say he’s not amused by the tale.

“It’s a fun kind of story,” Rogers said.

“We have an old-fashioned kind of campus and several of our buildings look like they stepped right out of Harry Potter, so it lends itself to this sort of thing.”

For decades, rumors have abounded that Tompkins Hall, on the Elmira College campus, has been haunted by a specter called “Scary Mary.”

So there hasn’t been a room on the fourth floor of Tompkins that has been locked up and uninhabitable since the 1960s?

“The college is frequently at capacity.

There are no haunted rooms we don’t use,” he said with a laugh. “There aren’t any rooms that are locked off.”

And there isn’t a portrait of “Scary Mary” hanging on the fourth floor?

“There was a portrait of a woman nicknamed ‘Scary Mary’ for a long time that hung in that hallway, but I’ll have to check to see if it’s still there.”

(A later email confirmed that the “Scary Mary” portrait had been taken down “some time” ago.)

But what about the death of the young coed on campus, which resulted in the eternal visit by her lingering sister?

“We’ve never had a student die on campus,” Rogers said. “So if you hear of any kind of story like that, it’s all baloney.”

Okay, Mr. Smartypants, then how do you explain the strange experiences residents of Tompson Hall have been having for decades?

“We have an oldfashioned kind of campus and several of our buildings look like they stepped right out of Harry Potter…”

“Well,” Rogers begins with a laugh, “I do think the stories are exaggerated as they’re passed from resident to resident, from generation to generation, and that they’re embellished by the gothic architecture and the atmosphere here.

“So when students hear noises from the old radiators or creeking floorboards, they say it must be the ghost.”

And who knows, just maybe it is.

This column explores the strange mysteries and folklore of Pennsylvania and New York, a region linked by the 42nd Parallel, which connects our states on its way to other colorful points around the globe.

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indstorms leave their of their exposed merchandise rather than mark for decades. When store it until the roof could be replaced.

I ventured out of the They advertised “A cyclone of bargains house after the May are tumbling your way.” They sold their 26th storm went through, I saw a row men’s clothing at disaster prices so that of upright root-balls lining the driveway the local men emerged from the storm where large spruce trees had so recently much better dressed than before. stood. I was immediately reminded of the In Millerton, Frank Hamilton’s barn great windstorm of 1926, an event I know blew down and sixty men came to help only from the stories told by my father. him clear the debris.

My father was four years old in July In Mansfield, nine-year old Raymond of 1926 when the big windstorm came Dyer found two trees down across the through Pennsylvania and New York. His train tracks near Canoe Camp. He ran mother had died the previous September, and his great aunt Maude Smith Newell was with him. They stood at the window in front of the desk where I am now sitting as they watched the dark storm approaching.

My grandfather, Lee Tice, was trying to get the barn door closed The Tice farm: remnants of storm of ’11. when the wind caught it and struck him. It left him lying on the along the tracks until he met the train ground unconscious. His hat was found coming from Blossburg. The conductor the following day by Elmer Welch way on stopped at the sight of the boy frantically the other side of the hill. Many hemlocks waving his arms. Almost too out of breath in the woods were uprooted then, just to talk, he was credited with saving the as my spruce trees were by this recent lives of dozens of passengers. storm. A few weeks later my uncle was A century earlier in the 1820s, the playing with matches and accidentally “Windfall” area of Granville Township set the cow barn on fire with the cows in had been cleared first by a windstorm it. Afterwards, my grandfather dragged that knocked over the trees and then by the burnt carcasses out to the woods, hunters who burned them. Settlers who placed each in the newly created pit of an moved to that area found the huge job upturned root-ball, and cutting the top of of clearing already done for them. Yes, the tree off to spring the root ball back in windstorms leave their mark. place, buried the cows. Cattle bones still can be found in the woods here.

Joyce M. Tice is the creator of The roof of the Odd Fellows building the Tri-Counties Genealogy and in Wellsboro came off and landed in the History Web site (www.joycetice. middle of Main Street. Joseph Phillips com/jmtindex.htm). She can and Sons, whose store was in the building, be reached at lookingback@ mountainhomemag.com. held a mammoth “Cyclone Sale” to get rid

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Deer Camp A Hunter’s Eve

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By Jerry & Roberta Curreri

ncle Warren passed at eighty-seven, just two months ago, and the deer camp at Campbell Creek has a strangely silent feel to it tonight, the night before opening day. Like a house for sale—you walk in and the empty place still has a sense of folks living there though nothing’s been cooked in the kitchen for some time.

This cabin has been standing more than half a century.

Deer camp was built in 1946 when Uncle Warren, Uncle Joe, and Thomas Hadley returned from what Joe referred to as “that little fracas.” Uncle Robert would have been there sawing and nailing, too, Joe said, but, “those sons of bitches had to take at least one of us before we beat ‘em back into the holes they crawled out of.” In ’44 three brothers and a best friend hunted hard in the woods of France and Germany—Uncle Warren always said that losing a brother was more brutal than winning the war.

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Warren came up permanent to the camp in the spring of ’91. Aunt Edna’s dying had been hard even for a hardened man. The doctors were powerless against the invading tumors, and Warren struggled in the grip of helplessness when there was no saving her. He was strong enough to lift her body when her strength was gone, but it took all his strength to watch her go.

He wondered how six months could be too long and not long enough, and why the best go too quick and too soon. She’d watched the foxglove and the early iris come and wither. Warren said it seemed wrong she should fade just when her summer bee balm and balloon flowers were blooming in their beds. All those blossoms blazing blue and red, “like they was waving good bye.” I guess he needed to move on, too—that’s the toughest part of all.

For almost twenty years after that Uncle Warren lived at deer camp, before Marty found him resting against

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the wood pile. It was a hot September afternoon, and Marty had gone to camp to haul out some firewood cut the spring before. There was Warren, sitting at the base of the rack, looking for the most part like he was sleeping. Later, when we let his ashes loose on the mountain, Marty told me some critters had worried his body a bit, but we agreed it didn’t much matter ‘cause Warren wouldn’t have minded. And anyhow, all of him got spread around Campbell Creek one way or the other—some by digestion, and the rest by combustion.

Now his rocker sits empty in the corner. Warren made that chair from oak cut off Miller’s Mountain, and he’d sat in it every November for nearly sixty years regaling men and boys with the glories of hunting days gone by. He was sitting in it when I heard him tell my first story. It was 1969, and I could finally mark my age with two digits, so I was allowed to deer camp. I remember just like it was yesterday because the story was about my cousin Nathan.

I idolized him. Now I’m looking at

Nate’s picture above the gun rack, and I can almost hear Warren clearing his craw and making the toast that began every story. So I break out the glasses, remembering one for Marty’s grandson, who turned ten in October. I pour down eight shot glasses and three juice glasses. Silent men and boys wait in the strangely silent cabin. “Uncle Warren hasn’t moved out, he’s just moved on.”

In my voice I hear his words: “We raise our glasses to the hunters no longer here with us and to the trophies on these walls. To noble men and noble beasts! Here! Here!”

“Now held higher!” they return.

All those years I probably said “Thanks, Uncle Warren” more times than I can count. This time I don’t say it, but he hears it just the same, when I settle down in his chair and begin…

“A Hunter’s Eve” is the first in the fictional series Deer Camp by Mountain Home Managing Editors Jerry and Roberta Curreri.

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Outdoors

The Lunker

Fishy Looking Fred Metarko

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he open tournament on Cowanesque Lake was not going well for Joe Orchowski and John Tomb. A few hours into the tournament they had two small fish in the livewell.

Wanting to make a good showing on their home lake they had to change tactics.

Moving to the trees above the swimming area they found the wind blowing harder than anticipated, which made boat control and fishing difficult.

Joe carefully navigated through the standing tree stumps.

As the bow of the boat bumped against a tree and they both were thrown off balance but regained their positions. Then the rear of the boat hit another tree and John was headed for the drink! Realizing he was going in, he jumped so he wouldn’t go in headfirst, and disappeared under the water.

Joe reached down to retrieve John’s cap, but John wasn’t beneath it. He scanned the water for what seemed like forever, then took off his jacket, reached to remove his wallet, and prepared to go fishing for John.

Just then John burst to the surface, splashing and gasping for air. He put a bear hug on the tree that dumped him in the drink.

“Don’t stand there holding that rope, get me out of here,” John demanded.

“You’re too waterlogged to make it into the boat,” Joe replied, handing him a life jacket.

“How do you expect me to get that on?” John asked.

“You have to let go of the tree with one arm, slip on the jacket, then do the same with the other arm,” said Joe. With John secure in the jacket and holding onto the gas motor, Joe backed the boat toward shore using the trolling motor. Finally, John was able to walk onto shore and get back in the boat.

Having held it in until John was

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safely aboard, Joe rolled on the deck with laughter. “John, you looked like the Michelin Man when you popped to the surface.”

“I tried and tried to get off the bottom,” said John, “but my clothes kept filling with water.”

Brian Hughes, a club member, pulled up, saying, “I saw what happened and I have some dry clothes if you want them.”

John accepted a jacket and other items and quickly found a place to change.

Dry clothes would eliminate any chance of hypothermia.

It was still cold and windy, so they moved to a more protected spot below the swim area where they hadn’t had much success recently, but at least it was out of the wind. Joe immediately caught a fish. Then John had one on. Then Joe, and the flurry continued.

John survived the tournament, and at the weigh-in persistence paid off: they made a clean sweep with first place.

P. S. Since his underwater experience, John wears an auto-inflatable vest at all times.

The Lunker is a member of the Tioga County Bass Anglers (www.tiogacountybassanglers. com). Contact him at lunker@ mountainhomemag.com.

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So there’s this boy…

Hearts Go Out for Nicholas Ogden

By Dawn Bilder

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t’s the sound that a parent loves: the soft heart beat, the tiny breaths of a brand new baby. But a few days after three-year-old Covington resident Nicholas Ogden was born, his heart was pounding and his breathing grew difficult. His pulse was weak and his skin was bluish.

He developed feeding problems. His parents, Jackie and Scott, listened anxiously as the doctors told them that Nicholas had Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. HLHS is a group of related defects that, together, mean the left side of his heart is underdeveloped.

In late July, Nicholas had his fourth open-heart surgery at a children’s hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with Jackie and Scott by his side and doctors hoping the boy could avoid a heart transplant. But Nicholas developed an infection after surgery, and now it looks like he’ll need a kidney transplant as well as a heart transplant. To help Nicholas, his parents and friends will hold a “Fitness for a Fighter” fundraiser on Saturday, August 6 at the Blossburg High School gym from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will be a fitness-based program featuring Power 90 and Zumba for adults, and a kids’ corner with Kids Zumba, in addition to raffles and a chicken barbeque. T-shirts can be purchased for $10 in advance or $15 at the fundraiser. To preorder t-shirts, call Andrea Kulp at (570) 974-8687, and for other donations, please contact Andrea at the same number. Jackie and Scott have kept a strong faith, the kind that needs few words. “So there’s this boy,” Jackie wrote, sharing the surrounding photos in an email. “He kinda stole my heart…he calls me Mommy!”

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consider myself very lucky because I get to determine my life’s pattern to an extraordinary degree. I don’t have distasteful things thrust on me as a result of the vicarious whim of some other being, like a boss. But even the things I like and choose sometimes feel like they own me.

I love to teach yoga, for instance, and I have made a deep commitment to teaching yoga in the form of a lease agreement, a Web site, and ongoing classes. It’s what I do and I love it, but it shapes my day in a very particular way, the way a jell-o mold shapes jell-o.

I have made a yoga-shaped dent in this mold and into this dent I pour my time and energy. There are other things that “dent my mold,” too, things I have made commitments to such as meditation, a writing practice, dogownership, house ownership, and a particular geographical location.

All these things shape my days. I have to make sure I get to bed at a particular hour every night because I teach an early morning yoga class. I have to walk my dog, because I have chosen to share my life with a pet. I have a deep need to shape the floating contents of my brain once a day (at least) so I have a writing practice. I need a certain period of quiet and introspection each day to insure balance and happiness.

I live in a particular geographical locale that demands adjustments from season to season: snow shoveling and leaf raking and plant watering, to name a few. So this is the “mold” I have made. I made it, but it also makes me.

For most weeks and months of my year, I operate within this pattern. But when I go on vacation, I do not have this mold, this pattern. I float free and fluid.

On vacation, I don’t have a business, or a dog, or students. I don’t have a lawn to mow or plants to water or even reliable food “staples” in the fridge with which to cobble together a dinner, or even a

breakfast. There is no mold, so I am free in a most peculiar and exciting and wondrous way. “Wondrous” because I am constantly asking: I wonder what I will do today? The whole day is entirely up to me.

I can be completely whimsical.

I love the word “whimsy.” It’s often used to condemn irresponsible, thoughtless behavior, and adults who are described as “whimsical” are often thought to be childish or wishy-washy, or un-count-on-able.

But that is precisely how I want to feel on vacation. If I feel like reading all day?

I read all day. If I feel like taking a nap? I take a nap. If I feel like eating ice cream, drinking beer, going for a walk, riding a bike, taking a photograph, dancing to loud music, pounding a half-dozen crabs with a wooden mallet, taking a yoga class, sipping some Perrier, watching people walk the boardwalk, I do it. There is no pre-set mold I have to conform to. I have no commitments. I do what I feel like doing in the moment. I am, totally and unabashedly, whimsical.

This morning I woke up in my own bed for the first time in a week. “Yes. Here is my life,” I thought. ”The cat needs her flea meds today, there is a lot of laundry to do, I need to get to the studio and check on things.”

Today I am starting to pour myself back into my mold, but I can still feel that whimsy in my bones. And I am wondering if there some way I can protect a little part of me from completely jelling into duty and schedule and responsibility. I am wondering how to keep some of my “jell-o” liquid and sloppy and drippy, and not have it harden into the mold of the calendar, the season, and the to-do list.

Kathleen Thompson is the owner of Main Street Yoga in Mansfield, www.yogamansfield. com. Contact her at 570660-5873 or yogamama@ mountainhomemag.com.

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A rts & L e i sure Thank You Notes

Community Instrumental to the Endless Mountain Music Festival

By Roberta Curreri

That’s what brings the world-renowned musicians playing music we love to hear to the Endless Mountain Music Festival.

EMMF Executive Director Cynthia Long explains, “They come for the love of the area and for their respect of internationally acclaimed Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser.”

“In very few places in the world will you find a collection of symphonic performers comprised almost entirely of principals from other orchestras” says Long. They are simply the best of the best. Among the instrument groups in an orchestra and within each group of instruments, there is a generally accepted hierarchy. The principal first violin is the concertmaster and is considered the leader of not only the string section, but of the entire orchestra, subordinate only to the conductor. These principal musicians who come to the EMMF have hugely demanding schedules as leaders of their own orchestras, 34

Above: Executive Director Cindy Long, receives kudos for her work with the Endless Mountain Music Festival. Below: Beloved Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser conducts the festival orchestra.

yet once a year they make time to journey to Wellsboro. According to Long, “They simply want to play for Stephen.”

The festival, a blend of classical masterpieces and contemporary music, has something to give to everyone.

Outside St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at a concert last year, an attendee in Tshirt and tennis shoes, a well driller from Alabama, told Gunzenhauser, “I’ve never heard one of these things before, but man that’s really cool.”

“You don’t need a class in music appreciation to attend,” explains Gunzenhauser, who saw the same fellow there for the next three nights.

An hour before each Saturday and Sunday performance noted hornist and musicologist Rebecca Dodson-Webster, Ph.D. gives a half hour lecture previewing the compositions and composers for that evening’s concert. It makes it easy to sit back and just listen and enjoy. Then,

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usic, melody and memory sound a common note on our heart strings. The deeper sound, the harmony, intones not only the heart but also the purse strings.

Yet money plays merely one key note in the score of generosity that makes possible the sixth season of the Endless Mountain Music Festival, which runs July 30 through August 14 in Wellsboro, Mansfield, and surrounding communities. It takes more than musicians to make this incredible music: it takes a village. Throughout the Twin Tiers communities, the donating of time, of talent, of residences and resources, the many behind-the-scenes goings-on that make EMMF possible also celebrate the human capacity to give. There is so much to be thankful for…

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following most performances, ticket holders are given the chance to meet and talk with the musicians at free catered receptions.

The concerts give the local residents just one more thing to love about the Twin Tiers, but to many of the performers it also gives something lovely as well. “Away from the usual practice rooms and concert halls required for those working almost fifty-two weeks a year,” Gunzenhauser explains, “this is the perfect opportunity and the perfect place for a vacation. Many performers have taken me at my word, come to Wellsboro, and fallen in love with the community.”

EMMF Puts the “Intern” in International Interns attend a different kind of class during the Endless Mountain Music Festival: one where playing is as mandatory as learning; one with mountains of lessons but no homework; one taught by worldclass musicians in the midst of small-town America. The Endless Mountain Music Academy offers fifteen remarkably talented and highly recommended young men and women the opportunity to study in a conservatory of natural outdoor beauty with acclaimed musicians.

Santiago Rodriguez, world-renowned pianist and Artist-in-Residence at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and Robert Bokor, internationally known violin soloist and Artistic Director of the Belgrade Philharmonic in Serbia, will join the Endless Mountain Music Festival as Artists-in-Residence for the International Music Internship Program.

The first and only intern at the premier of the EMMF in 2006, Melanie Kuperstein, is still here, but as an “extern” among the ranks of this year’s interns.

Acceptance to the intern program is by teacher recommendation. Interns attend three hours of morning rehearsals five days a week, Wednesday through Sunday. Then after lunch another three hours is dedicated to practice or lessons. Evening is set aside for attending the concert events. “The program is designed” notes EMMF founder, Maestro Stephan Gunzenhauser, “so that the interns are completely immersed in music, whether their own or someone else’s.” Interns participate in the Festival Orchestra, perform

chamber music, and receive two coaching sessions per week from their mentor.

The EMMF funding garners the acclaimed performers that make this internship possible.

With so much being given to the interns, they “in turn” are giving back to the community, performing at St. James Episcopal Church in Mansfield from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Sundays July 31, August 7, and August 14.

Also new this year are four free intern educational performances, the Brown Bag Series, especially designed for children and seniors, although all ages are welcome. These concerts will be July 29, at Deane Center for the Performing Arts, Warehouse Theatre in Wellsboro, 12:00 noon-1:00 pm; August 4, at First Presbyterian Church Open Market in Wellsboro, 4:00 pm–5:00 pm; August 5, at the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, NY, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.; August 9, at the Westfield Child Development Center, 10:30 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. Attendees are invited to bring a sandwich or snack and enjoy the music!

“Playing” it Forward In a more perfect world the Arts would be perfectly funded. Reality suggests that if you want to play, you have to pay. That reality, however, doesn’t stop an amazing group of people in our community from putting together the necessary funds to support the Endless Mountain Music Festival, a nonprofit organization committed to enriching the cultural, economic and educational life of the Twin Tiers.

Imagine this: a small army of musicians and their support staff need housing, food,

rehearsal space, performance space, and all the assistance that dozens of people will need to make the festival happen.

And happen it does! With an operating budget of $245,000 dollars—nearly a quarter of a million dollars—almost all donated or fund-raised. According to EMMF Executive Director Cynthia Long, that number doesn’t even include “in-kind” dollars, where local businesses, organizations, and individuals donate time or services, lodging or meals for the musical entourage.

Mansfield University, which hosts the internship program, provides the Steadman Auditorium at the Butler Music Center as one of the many required practice venues. “The First Presbyterian Church in Wellsboro,” where Robert Bokor and his daughter Marija Bokor will practice, “opens their doors as well. They have a Steinway, the preferred instrument for pianists,” Long notes. “And at the St. James Episcopal Church in Mansfield, Sylvia Crossen makes up the rest of the meals,” the ones that are not provided in the university or donated at Soldiers + Sailors Memorial Hospital café.”

Papa V’s in Mansfield is even throwing the EMMF interns a pizza party.

The Robert M. Sides Family Music Center makes a one-of-a-kind in-kind donation: they provide the several Steinways required for the guest musicians to rehearse and perform on, moving and then retuning the pianos from venue to venue. Grant writer and EMMF Development Manager Debra Rudy secures funds including a notable See Notes on page 38

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Of course, there are the incredible private donations of cash.

Literally, cash comes from dozens of corporations, local businesses, and individual private donors in amounts ranging from dollars to thousands of dollars. And then there is the audiences’ contribution, the entrance fees, which Long says comprised about 10% of the total EMMF revenue. David Tews, President of the EMMF Board of Directors and owner of Indigo Wireless, donates in-kind his company staff to handle all ticket sales.

The EMMF would not be truly a community event without the many in-kind contributions which, like the cash sponsors, are too numerous to list here completely. “There are businesses like Ward Manufacturing and Citizens & Northern Bank that have been with us since the beginning,” says Long, “and contributors from the newly emerging Marcellus natural gas industry, like Shell Appalachia and EQT, who have grasped the vision.” Ultra Resources sponsors the Friday recital on August 12th that is performed by the musicians as a thank-you concert to the community in appreciation for their support. While the 2011 Endless Mountain Music Festival corporate sponsors are posted on its website, Long emphasizes that “Every donation is a good donation. It doesn’t matter how big or small it is. I treasure them all.”

Count Me Out

Social Security numbers, phone numbers, street numbers, π: where will it all end?

By Mary Myers

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umbers. So many of them these days. As time rolls along, more accumulate every week, every hour. Pity the kids whose history books grow fatter with each recorded important event, global and beyond.

I can remember only two historical dates with any certainty. One is 1066. That’s when the Battle of Hastings was fought, but I forget why. Christopher Columbus’ rhyming jingle nails down the second date.

But now we understand that for Columbus, being geographically confused, 1492 was not one of his better years.

As Christopher discovered, location matters. A while ago our rural mailing addresses changed to clarify unclear directions. That made sense. But why are the individual house numbers so high? Who is expecting a hundred houses to be built between the fence post and the old oak on the north corner? I’m sure there’s a good reason for the renumbering, and if it helps a mailman or an ambulance or fire truck driver, I’m all for it. Though the change did scramble my Christmas card list for the next three seasons.

There’s no need to warn me against divulging my social security number. I have to look it up myself. I do know, however, how many children I have. That’s better than the plight of a friend who accidently herded an extra protesting child off a bus in Washington, D.C., during World War ll.

Having written them down, I’m not too far off on family birthdays, although I never can believe the ages involved. How did a dear little grandson get to be 51 so soon? And must I add four more digits to his zip code for my card to reach him? As for codes, I had just gotten used to 717 as our telephone area code when it became 570. I think. Cell phone numbers and all things Internet are a separate language that others try to explain to me repeatedly. How to cope when I can’t even remember my current bone density or bad cholesterol level?

The information requested on doctors’ forms is formidable. Start memorizing

yours early. I have to take wild guesses on the timing of past surgeries in particular, and could be off by decades. I admit with embarrassment that my name must be on any number of similarly inexact documents filed in many an office by now.

My mother, on the other hand, though she lived to be 100, had fewer files and even fewer surgeries to report. But then, sometime in the 1960s, when she was in her 80s, she was hospitalized for eye repair.

A young intern asked her when she had last received anesthesia. She thought for a minute and then said it was in 1912, because that’s when she had that hernia.

Seeing the pen stalled unmoving over the chart, she added helpfully, “It turned out

to be a double hernia.”

We’re dealing with such large numbers now. The growing world population figure is staggering, scary; the loss of species sobering, heartbreaking. And when did we start talking in billions, even trillions, where finances are concerned? It wasn’t so long ago, was it, when just a thousand dollars seemed like a lot?

I’m trying to adjust to all this. If quantum math is in my future, I want to be prepared. What did you say your extension number is again?

Wellsboro resident Mary W. Myers is an occasional contributor to Mountain Home magazine.

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All the World’s a Stage

Lost in Space Thomas Putnam

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ears ago I was hired to fill in as a long-term substitute at Charlotte Lappla Primary School, where the ceilings of the classrooms slope up dramatically toward the hallway. That peak is way up there, I bet twenty feet at least. I decided it needed some bold statement, so I borrowed a really tall ladder and had commenced to ascend with twenty feet of bright burlap to hang, when one of my favorite people of all time, art teacher Alice Mickey, popped her head in the doorway to see how I was faring with preparations for my new classroom.

“Hi.” “Hi,” (I’m sure she could have figured this out without my help), “I’m hanging this material.”

Brief pause on her part, then, simply: “Why?” “Well,” (couldn’t she figure this out without my help?), “there’s just all that space up there.”

She raised her head, without hurry, without judgment, her eyes roving beyond me to the ceiling. No, not the ceiling, but the space—all of it.

No hurry. Silence. Then a warm, comfortable smile: “Yes.” All that uncluttered, unfettered, unmaterialized-with-a-bold-statementof-then-stylish-burlap space. I wanted to argue with her, with her assessment, but I’ve found that it’s pointless to argue with a simple “yes.”

That day I began to see all that— space—differently.

A number of years later I asked artist Tucker Worthington to spend some time with another class of mine and he talked to those kids about the negative space— all that you don’t draw—the space that is not the object.

“Be aware,” said Tucker, “of the negative space; you’ll be able to realize the object better.”

I was about to object myself: “Aren’t we painting or sketching or drawing the object, the fruit there on the table?”

“Look at the space that is not the fruit,” said Tucker.

I did—and the fruit appeared.

Even more years later we were having lunch with a volunteer who had worked all morning with us in our HamiltonGibson office. Well into the meal the volunteer hesitantly asked, “So…what do you all talk about at lunchtime?”

Bev, my co-worker, and I realized then that we hadn’t been saying anything. It hadn’t really occurred to us that anything needed or wanted to be said—it was the space, the silence, the nothingness between the objects.

One summer while working on the play The Elephant Man we experienced the space. There is a moment when the deformed, shunned Robert Merrick, a.k.a. The Elephant Man, first meets a popular actress of the day. At one point in the scene she extends her hand to Mr. Merrick. No one had ever extended a hand to Mr. Merrick before. Visually there was space—lots of it—between the two: one beautiful, lauded woman; one hideous, ignored man. And there was space—in sound—lots of it. The two actors questioned the length of time I was asking them to be silent. That still-life moment with her hand reaching out to him, in complete silence, was one of the most meaningful to me. The object—her pure kindness—became incredibly clear.

This summer I haven’t been directing any plays or choirs. It’s the first time in twenty years that this has happened. I’ve almost had to reacquaint myself with Alice and Tucker’s call to welcome the space between and around, the tacit encouragement to resist the temptation to fill it up.

All that space.

Yes. Thomas Putnam is the founder and director of Hamilton-Gibson Productions, the community performing arts group in Wellsboro (www.hamiltongibson.org).You can reach him at hamgib@gmail.com.

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ittingly, the first time I met writer Jack Denton Scott and his wife Maria Luisa (née Limoncelli) was in a kitchen—their kitchen in Washington, Connecticut. I was there with another Corning PR person and a camera crew filming the Scotts passing along tips, and, not so incidentally, using Corning products. This helped publicize their then-new book Mastering Microwave Cooking, published in 1988.

You don’t (well, I don’t) see cookbooks dealing exclusively with microwave cooking anymore, and this book is still a good “bible” to have next to your appliance.

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The Scotts previously published several outstanding cookery books. The 1968 blockbuster The Complete Book of Pasta, revised in 1985 as The New Complete Book of Pasta, is considered a true classic. Its recipes are terrific plus it has marvelous b&w photographs of Italy by Samuel Chamberlain.

As I thumb through my copy I wonder how many of the crop of later-day Italian chefs dipped into these pages for inspiration.

A World of Pasta, published ten years later, is dedicated as follows: “…for Maria Cifelli Limoncelli, who made everything possible.” Recipes from Mrs. Scott’s mother are sprinkled through the couple’s books.

In the mid-80s, Jack and Maria Luisa moved from Connecticut to a mid-century modern house on Spencer Hill in Corning to be nearer her Limoncelli family. They kept a low profile in Corning and I suspect they were too busy with family, world travels, and writing more cookery books.

I have quite a number of these books, among them Informal Dinners for Easy Entertaining that is all about meals you can eat with a fork, Rice, and The Meat and Potatoes Cookbook.

My favorite of all their cookbook titles (and there are more than fifteen —trust me) is Cook Like a Peasant, Eat like a King that features recipes “with imagination, not expensive ingredients.” I like the blurb on the dust jacket: “The two authors complement each other. Maria is the precise one—the organizer, the careful tester; Jack is the creator and a well-known writer of novels, natural history books, and travel books.”

Jack Denton Scott had a newspaper column and was a regular contributor to wildlife magazines. If you look up his output on the various used book sites online you’ll see titles such as Moose; The Book of the Goat; See Scotts on page 48

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Restaurants Enjoy the region’s comprehensive restaurant listings. From our Finger Lakes wineries to Williamsport’s good eats to the fertile Pennsylvania heartland in between, we’re famous for our regional specialties and love to eat. For listing information please email Dawn Bilder at dawnb@mountainhomemag.com or call (570) 724-3838. Also look for restaurant listings at www.mountainhomemag.com. Bon appetit!

Pennsylvania Bradford County Canton KELLEY’S CREEK SIDE RESTAURANT Kelley’s offers $4 breakfast and $6 lunch specials every day, and they are open for dinner Wed-Sun. They specialize in home-style cooking like their prime rib and serve homemade desserts like chocolate peanut butter pie and muffins. (570) 673-4545, 1026 Springbrook Dr, www.urbanspoon.com

Lycoming County Trout Run BITTNER’S GENERAL STORE Hot and cold 18” subs, specialties are Italian and cheese steak. Pizzas, homemade salads, pastas, and hot foods. Fresh meats, cold cuts, and our own lean ground hamburger. Camping supplies and propane. (570) 998-8500, located at the junction of Rt. 14 and Rt. 15 in Trout Run, PA, bittnersinc@aol.com.

FRY BROS. TURKEY RANCH Original turkey dinners & complete menu. Established business since 1886. Restaurant and convenience store.

At the top of Steam Valley Mountain, elevation 1,704 ft. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Gifts and souvenirs. 27 Rt. 184 Hwy, (570) 998-9400.

STEAM VALLEY RESTAURANT Steam Valley offers good home cooking and daily specials.

It’s open 7 days of the week. Gas, diesel, and convenience store coming soon! (570) 998-2559, 169 Rt. 14 Hwy, P.O. Box 157, Junction Route 14 & 15.

Williamsport WEGMAN’S Wegman’s Market Café features freshly-made foods ranging from quick grabs like pizza, subs, and Asian classics to comfortfood favorites, salads, and sandwiches. Come try our family-friendly foods at budget-friendly prices. 201 William St, (570) 320-8778, wegmans.com.

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The first recorded recipe for ice cream in the United States comes from the pen of Thomas Jefferson, and it is a simple and lovely one: “2. bottles of good cream.

6. yolks of eggs. ½ lb. sugar.”

How much need you change that formula, really?

It’s called ice cream for a reason. Which is the glory of the soft serve ice cream at The Main Twist in Mansfield, which uses Perry’s soft custard mix that has not only a high butterfat content, weighing in at 11%, but also contains sugar, of course, and egg yolks. Jeffersonian ice cream redux. Who could ask for anything more?

But T.J. never had a shot at The Main Twist’s Crunchi Creme, which blends the custard with crushed pieces of your choice of Reese’s Pieces, M&Ms, Oreos, Rainbow Nerds, pretzels, nuts, or—there can’t be anything more ambrosial—Heath Bars.

Owner Kim Case comes by her devotion to ice cream naturally: as a teenager, she worked at the ice cream stand in the building that now houses Cast & Crew. After the passing of her father, she bought the building that had housed his leather store. “What do you do, do you rent, do you sell?” she asked. But there was no ice cream available for the college kids in town and Kim was ready for a change from the banking world. So The Main Twist opened its doors five summers ago.

The rest is sweet history.

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Tioga County Blossburg MOMMA’S Momma’s offers a full menu and specializes in homestyle cooking. They have daily specials and the area’s best baby back ribs on Saturdays. Steak Night is on Thursdays.

They also cater to rigs. (570) 638-0270, 102 Granger St.

Gold GOLD GENERAL STORE Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Pizza and subs. Baked goods. Grocery items. (814) 848-9773, 2760 State Rt. 49W.

Liberty BLOCKHOUSE CAFÉ Blockhouse Café is open for breakfast and lunch and on Friday nights, serving homemade and home-style meals, including desserts. It’s a unique café with good food, great company, and a place where you always get your money’s worth. (570) 324-2041, 31 Willow St. THE LANDING STRIP FAMILY RESTAURANT The Landing Strip offers home cooked foods, daily specials, homemade desserts, a clean, friendly atmosphere, on or off premises catering, and has a banquet or large party area. Easy on/ off Route 15.. (570) 324-2436, Routes 15 & 414 junction.

Mansfield EDDIE’S RESTAURANT Eddie’s offers homestyle cooking with homemade daily specials. Their specialties include hot roast beef sandwiches and chicken & biscuits, both served with real mashed potatoes. They have homemade pies and serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. (570) 662-2972, 2103 S. Main St. LAMBS CREEK FOOD & SPIRITS Lambs Creek offers sophisticated, down-home cooking seven days a week. Every Tuesday there’s an Italian Night speciaI. Beautiful terrace overlooks gorgeous mountains. (570) 662-3222, 200 Gateway Dr, Mansfield, PA 16933, www. lambscreek.com PAPA V’S PIZZERIA & RESTAURANT Papa V’s offers a wide variety of hand tossed New York Style thin-crust pizza, a multitude of hot and cold sandwiches, fresh ½ pound Angus burgers, and delicious homemade Italian dishes for lunch and dinner. 12 N. Main St, (570) 662-2651, www. papavpizzeria.com.

WREN’S NEST Wren’s Nest has live music every Wed. night from 6-9. Specialties include crab cakes, steaks, and pastas. They make homemade desserts including lemon meringue ice cream pie and crème brule (sampler). (570) 662-1093, 102 West Wellsboro St, www. wrensnestpa.com.

YORKHOLO BREWING CO. Offers a selection of dishes made up of local ingredients paired with Yorkholo’s own fresh brewed beer, including “Pine Creek” Raspberry Wheat, “Summer Love” Summer Ale, “Mountaineer” I.P.A, “Bungy” Blonde

Ale, and 2 rotating selections. (570) 662-0241, 19 N Main St, www.yorkholobrewing.com.

Mansfield Fast Food MCDONALDS (570) 662-7077, 120 N Main St. WENDY’S (570) 662-7511, 1580 S Main St. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN (570) 662-2558, 1320 S Main St. TACO BELL (570) 662-2558, 1320 S Main St. ARBY’S (570) 662-7626, 1672 S Main St.

Morris BABB’S CREEK INN & PUB Babb’s Creek Inn & Pub specializes in Seafood and Prime Rib, which is available every night, except Tuesdays when the restaurant is closed. Reservations are appreciated for parties of 8 or more. Located at the intersection of Rtes. 287 & 414, (570) 3536881, www.babbscreekinnandpub.com.

Wellsboro CAFÉ 1905 Classic coffee house located in Dunham’s Department Store. Proudly serving Starbucks® coffee, espresso, Frappuccino®, Tazo® tea plus delicious freshly baked pastries, homemade soups, artisan sandwiches and ice cream. Free wi-fi. (570) 724-1905, Inside Dunham’s Department Store, 45 Main St.

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DUMPLING HOUSE CHINESE RESTAURANT Dumpling House specializes in Hunan, Cantonese, and Szechuan Cuisine. It’s family owned and operated and located on beautiful Main Street in Wellsboro. You may dine in or carry out. (570) 724-4220, 31 Main St. DUNKIN’ DONUTS America Runs on Dunkin’.

7 days a week, 24 hours a day. (570) 7244556, 7 Main St. THE FROG HUT The Frog Hut serves favorites like Texas hots, fried chicken, and Philly cheese steaks. They offer homemade soups and salads, and for dessert, try their soft serve ice cream, Italian ice, sundaes, and other ice cream treats.

(570) 724-4450, 132 Tioga St. HARLAND’S FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT Open seven days a week at 5 a.m., serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day until 9 p.m., including the largest Black Angus burgers in town, full salad bar, and all homemade desserts. House-batter-dipped haddock fish fry every Friday. Full service on-site catering available. (570) 724-3311, 17 Pearl St. MARY WELLS ROOM AND PENN WELLS

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Return of the Buffalo; The Duluth Mongoose; and another with advice on writing for outdoor-oriented media. I assume there were no recipes in these pages.

Travel was a constant in the Scott’s life. He and Maria Luisa collected recipes as others collect postcards. Corning’s Pat Ernst Dugan remembers inviting the twosome to dinner and Jack flailing around trying to rise from a cushy sofa: “I’m not the same since I fell off that elephant in India,” he explained.

Scott’s wife and the famed French chef Antoine Gilly, a close friend, were the two forces who propelled Jack D. from safaris to saucepots. He never looked back at the field or stream. I haven’t stumbled on a recipe for mongoose or goat in any of the Scott’s books, but here is a recipe from Maria Luisa’s mother’s Elmira kitchen that I found in Cook Like a Peasant.

Chef, teacher, and author Cornelius O’Donnell lives in Corning, New York.

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Maria Cifelli Limoncelli’s Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce This makes a dandy dish for lunch or a light supper. Just add a crisp green salad and crusty bread. This serves 6.

1 small onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 3 Tbsp. olive oil 1 (1-lb. 12-oz.) can tomatoes, broken up Salt and pepper to taste Pinch of marjoram 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley 6 eggs In a frying pan, sauté the onion and garlic in the oil until they are golden. Add the tomatoes; season with salt and pepper; add marjoram and parsley. Simmer until the sauce thickens and most of the watery content has cooked off.

Break eggs, separately, into small bowls (custard cups work well); then slip each egg into the sauce and simmer until the whites are firmly set.

Use that crusty bread to dip into the sauce.

Why not dip into one or more of the Scott’s books? And go ahead, cook like a peasant and eat like a king.

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My Favorite Things

Finger Lickin’ Lakes

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In August, the Finger Lakes serves up a bounty of food festivals to stretch your smile and girth, festivals that provide a near-religious homage to: SAUERKRAUT. The Phelps Sauerkraut Festival, August 4-6, now in its 45th year, is a community fund-raiser. Where else for $15 can you see a 20K Sauerkraut Road Race, the crowning of a Sauerkraut Court Prince & Princess, a Famous Sauerkraut Cake, a Midway, a Kraut Eating Contest, a Huge Saurekraut Festival Parade, and Cabbage Bowling? See www.PhelpsNY.com for a complete schedule and directions.

GARLIC. The 19th annual Glorious Garlic Festival, August 6 and 7 at Fox Run Vineyards in Penn Yan, features wine tasting, music, glass-blowing, and everything garlic; oils, marinades, cool-climate garlics, twelve garlic vendors and did we mention garlic? It’s free! See www.foxrunvineyards.com.

PASTA. Joy and Italian food go together like fettucine and bolognese; add three summer days on Seneca Lake, and you have the 32nd annual Schuyler County Italian American Festival August 5, 6, and 7 at Clute Park in Watkins Glen. The stats include twenty food concessions, a midway, pasta eating contest, beer and wine garden, Roman Catholic Mass, bocce tournament, rockin’ music, fireworks and “the biggest parade in the region.”

Free; $5 to park at Clute Park. See www. watkinsglenitalianfestival.com.

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Finger Lakes Wine Review

Coming Up Rosés Holly Howell

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Unforgettable wines in an unforgettable setting Taste truly memorable wines in our welcoming tasting room overlooking spectacular Seneca Lake.

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hey just keep popping up out of nowhere! The artisanal New York cheeses, that is. On a recent visit to my local market, I discovered a whole line of gourmet cheeses from yet another new producer I had not tried.

Harpersfield Farmstead Cheeses (www. harpersfieldcheese.com) is owned

by Brovetto Dairy in the Catskill Mountains of Delaware County. I was thrilled to see cheeses that were infused with flavors such as rosemary, jalapeño, hops, caraway, dill, basil and tomato, and even lapsang souchong black tea.

But it was the Harpersfield Lavender Cheese from Harpersfield, NY that immediately caught my eye.

I am a lavender freak and, like many others, have discovered that lavender is not only a beautiful flower, but also a delightful seasoning used by some of the world’s top chefs. It is an ingredient in the herbes de Provence mix with which French food lovers are well acquainted.

The picturesque region of Provence in the south of France is known for its stunning landscapes, captured on canvas by such artists as Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Renoir. It is also the ultimate mecca for foodies and wine lovers alike. So I decided to re-create the perfect provençale wine and cheese pairing.

Bring on the pink! Yes, this lavender cheese just screams for a nice dry rosé wine. Although most Americans think of pink wine as being mostly sweet (thank you, White Zinfandel), the majority of European style pinks are very dry, and absolutely

phenomenal with food. And there are a handful of talented winemakers that have gracefully translated this style into the wines made right here in the Finger Lakes of New York.

Red Tail Ridge Winery (www. redtailridgewinery.com) is one of those places. Their Estate Dry Rosé ($15) will save you the cost of a plane ticket to the Mediterranean. Made from 100% pinot noir, this wine greets you at the nose with lots of ripe berry aromas, along with that little tinge of earthiness that loves to travel with this grape. The palate is dry yet fruity, with a crisp tartness that make makes your mouth water profusely and beg for something to eat…something like a good cheese.

The Harpersfield Lavender was a wow from the start. Just opening the package made me feel like I had stepped out of a plane in Marseilles.

That gorgeous smell just exploded, making it hard to be calm while I scrambled for a knife. The cheese is semi-hard, and speckled with little purple flavor pockets. The flavor is sublime, with just the right pungency to keep it from tasting perfumed.

Paired with Red Tail Ridge’s rosé, this cheese reaches a whole new level.

The berry flavors of the rosé manage to bring out the sweetness and complexity of the cheese. And the cheese pops the fruit right out of that wine.

It was Provence right in my own back yard, and one of my favorite finds so far, which I realized as I scraped cheese crumbs out of the package folds and shook the bottle of wine to get every last drop.

Holly is a Certified Specialist of Wine (by the Society of Wine Educators) and a Certified Sommelier (by the Master Court of Sommeliers in England); email her at wineanddine @mountainhomemag.com.

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Restaurants ,cont.

LOUNGE Located in historic Penn Wells Hotel, full service restaurant and lounge feature an extensive menu of fine steaks, seafood, pasta, gourmet sandwiches, fresh burgers, desserts. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch. (570) 724-2111, 62 Main St, www.pennwells.com.

THE NATIVE BAGEL The Native Bagel offers bagels made fresh daily, gourmet coffee, deli sandwiches, soups and salads, and homemade desserts. Bagels are mixed, kneaded, rolled, boiled, and baked onsite. All soups, breads, and baked items are “made from scratch.” 1 Central Ave, (570) 724-0900, www.nativebagel.com.

PAG-O-MAR Pag-O-Mar offers subs, salads, and deli sandwiches at the head of the Wellsboro Junction Rail Trail, across from the Tioga Central tour train station. They also offer soft custard and Hershey’s hard ice cream. And there’s a farmer’s market in season. (570) 724-3333, 222 Butler Rd. (just past junction of Rts. 6 & 287).

SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (570) 724-1424, 63 Main St, www.acornmarkets.com.

THE STEAK HOUSE The Steak House has been serving the finest steaks and seafood since 1957. Whether you want a black angus hamburger or a cold water lobster tail, there’s something for the whole family in a true Wellsboro atmosphere. 29 Main St, (570) 7249092, www.thesteakhouse.com.

TERRY’S HOAGIES Terry’s Hoagies makes the best hoagies in town. They specialize in both hot and cold hoagies, and bake their bread and potato, macaroni, and pasta salads fresh daily. Hoagie trays and meat & cheese platters available. (570) 724-7532, 7 Charleston St, www.terryshoagies.com.

TIOGA CENTRAL RAILROAD All aboard Tioga Central Railroad! Take a scenic ride while enjoying dinner on Saturday night or Sunday brunch. Wine and beer available. See website for menu selection. (570) 724-0990, 11 Muck Rd, www.tiogacentral.com.

TONY’S ITALIAN CUISINE Come to Tony’s for homemade cooking and family recipes, fresh dough and homemade bread made daily, pasta dishes, and special pizzas like steak pizza, Sicilian pizza, and their 3-cheese pizza. It’s family-owned and run, and they offer lunch and dinner specials. (570) 724-2090, 3 Main St. WELLSBORO DINER Wellsboro Diner, a famous Wellsboro landmark, serves sumptuous home cooked meals, fresh baked pies, cookies and cakes, and the very best prime rib on Saturday nights. They offer more than ample portions to all hungry guests. (570) 724-3992, 19 Main St, Wellsboro, PA 16901

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Restaurants ,cont.

WEST END MARKET CAFÉ “Globally inspired, locally sourced.” A place of nourishment and respite, celebrating local food & creativity. We feature fresh, locally sourced ingredients whenever possible & Fair Trade coffee products. (570) 605-0123, 152 Main St, www.westendmarketcafe. wordpress.com.

Wellsboro Fast Food MCDONALDS (570) 724-2151, 9 Charleston St.

Westfield ACORN #10 FEATURING SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (814) 367-2610, 465 E Main St, www. acornmarkets.com.

Potter County Galeton ACORN #25 FEATURING SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (814) 435-6626, 3 West St, www. acornmarkets.com.

THE OX YOKE INN The Ox Yoke Inn is a motel, restaurant, and bar serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner with daily specials. They offer char-broiled burgers, homemade soups, steaks, seafood, and pasta. (814) 435-2515, 29 Route 6 West, www.ox-yokeinn.com.

Something for everyone Can’t agree on where to go for a quick, fresh meal? Come to our Market Café. Our variety of freshly made foods ranges from quick grabs like pizza, subs, and Asian classics to comfort-food favorites, salads, and sandwiches. Familyfriendly foods at budget-friendly prices—that’s Wegmans.

TUTORS RESTAURANT Tutors Restaurant offers delicious home-cooked meals 7 days a week. Breakfast on Sat and Sun. Tues˜Italian. Wed˜Seafood. Thur˜Wings.

Fri˜Fish Fry. Sun˜Brunch Buffet. (814) 4353550, 75 Germania St.

Germaina

201 William St Williamsport, PA 17701 (570) 320-8778 • wegmans.com

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Steuben County Addison ACORN #11 FEATURING SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (607) 359-2603, 121 Front St, www. acornmarkets.com.

Corning HOLMES PLATE RESTAURANT Holmes Plate offers Rustic Semi-Al Fresco casual dining, specializing in the area’s largest selection of craft & micro-brewery beers.

We prepare every dish fresh to order with the highest quality ingredients. (607) 377-5500, 54 West Market St, www. holmesplate.com.

RADISSON HOTEL CORNING Grill 1-2-5 serves creative regional specialties: small plates, grilled sandwiches, and tender filet mignon. The Steuben Bar offers appetizers, light meals, your favorite beverages, and is known for the best martini in the city! 125 Denison Parkway East, (607) 962-5000, www.radisson.com/corningny.

THALI OF INDIA Thali of India is the only Indian restaurant in the area. They serve exotic cuisine. They have a lunch buffet 7 days a week, and a dinner buffet on Monday nights. They also offer a very large menu and prepare special breads. (607) 936-1900, 28 East Market St, www.thaliofindia.com TONY R’S Tony R’s is the first upscale steak and seafood restaurant in Corning, New York’s Gaffer District. They serve the finest cuisine in the area and also offer a tremendous selection of the finest wines that you will not want to miss. (607) 9379277, 2-6 East Market Street, www. tonyrssteakandseafood.com.

Wayland

GERMANIA HOTEL The best burgers around.

Wings, pizza, steaks, and seafood. Thursday Rib Night. Friday Broiled or Fried Haddock.

Salad bar Thurs, Fri, Sat. Serving food 7 days a week, 12pm to12am. Legal beverages, rooms available, find us on Facebook “Germaniahotel Germania.” (814) 435-8851, Rt. 44 (Seven Miles South of Galeton).

ACORN #16 FEATURING SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (585) 728-3840, 2341 Rt. 63, www. acornmarkets.com.

Gold

Hammondsport

GOLD GENERAL STORE Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Pizza and subs.

Baked goods. Grocery items. (814) 848-9773, 2760 State Rt. 49W.

Subs (570) 320-0186 Pizza (570) 320-8784 Wokery (570) 320-8785

New York

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Finger Lakes MALONEY’S PUB Maloney’s Pub offers live music year round. Come show your talent or view other local talent at their open mics on Thursdays, or lounge around and play pool at their pool table. They also have pub merchandise available. (607) 569-2264, 57 Pulteney St, www.maloneyspub.com.

Watkins Glen CAPTAIN BILL’S Discover the beauty of Seneca Lake. Dine afloat aboard the Seneca Legacy or on the waterfront at Seneca Harbor Station. Saturday night dinner cruises sail from 6-9 p.m. Open 7 days. (607) 535-4541, 1 N Franklin St, www.senecaharborstation.com.

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Mother Earth

The Wild Weedeater Gayle Morrow

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eah,” says Bibi Brion as she and a visitor, meandering through her garden, stop to nibble on a bit of purslane.

“We’re stepping on food here.”

Bibi, originally from the Netherlands and now living with her husband, Scott, a few miles south of Liberty in Lycoming County, is a food forager, a gardener, a cook, and, happily for the rest of us, willing and eager to share what she knows about what’s good to eat—not just the familiar garden crops but the lamb’s quarters, the nettles, the yellow duck, and the plantain. Her garden, just in its second season, is modeled on Michelle Obama’s White House Victory Garden design. It is a feast for the eyes, but as Bibi takes you through it you find it is a gastronomical feast as well, brimming with plants you may have never considered to be food, plants which, in your heart of hearts, you always dismissed as weeds.

“The good thing about what people call weeds is they don’t need much nurturing,” Bibi says.

Clearly though, her garden is not just a happenstance jumble of plants nobody else wants. There’s the butterfly section, and the carefully-monitored Jerusalem artichoke plot (Jerusalem artichokes are high on Bibi’s list of favorites, but they tend to spread), the daylilies, the mint, the lemony wood sorrel, some French weed, even a container of Japanese knotweed.

Knotweed is, of course, extremely invasive, almost predatory (thus the confines of a big bucket), but the young shoots are edible, with a rhubarb-like taste, Bibi says. And, the plant is quickly earning a less-pesty reputation in some circles, as it is chock-full of resveratrol, a substance, also in grapes, known to be an antioxidant, a hormone regulator, and a blood thinner.

Bibi admits that this is her first effort at a planned garden, but says that use

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of wild plants for food is “just common sense.” You “stalk” a plant for a year to see if it’s growing the way the books describe, you forage with a local expert who can help you identify the imposters, and you always use the Latin name for

Gayle morrow

“

Bibi Brion harvests a delicious daylily.

identification purposes.

Then you enjoy it, as Bibi and her guest enjoyed mint iced tea and muffins made with the flower of cattails.

Bibi periodically offers edible wild plant workshops and tours. Visit foragingfoodie. weebly.com for more information.

“Eat your weeds—don’t kill them,” she says, adding that “after people taste freshly foraged food, then they’ll think about it differently.”

“That’s really why I’m doing this.”

Gayle Morrow, former editor of The Wellsboro Gazette, supplies the eggs from a local farm to the West End Market Café which, full disclosure, also buys lettuce from Northern Tier Greens.

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Home & Garden

Painted Lady

Famous on Wellsboro’s Walking Tour, a Grande Dame Gets a Face-Lift

By Teresa Banik Capuzzo Photography By Ann Kamzelski

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ummingbirds flit in and out of the honeysuckle that tumbles in waves over the trellis arched over the brick walkway. Hydrangeas of all varieties spread out in the private garden that unrolls on the other side of that living doorway, some covered with blossoms nodding their full white heads beside a trellis fence, itself heavy with the vines and blooms of climbing hydrangeas. Glossy oak leaf hydrangeas tuck into the shadows of the porch.

This is the garden at Maplewoods, the grand Victorian home at the corner of Waln and Grant streets in Wellsboro, so named by first owner Hugh Young who built it in 1891 for the then-princely sum of $5,038.33. It was just 109 years old when Cal and Sylvia Wynkoop bought it in 2000. The house was in livable condition, but badly in need of a paint job.

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Home & Real Estate

Front yard before.

Side yard before.

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HUGE REAL ESTATE AUCTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011 @ NOON !!!!

RTE 287 ENGLISH RUN ROAD – MORRIS, PA (LYCOMING CTY NEAR TIOGA CTY LINE) FOLLOW RTE 287 S. THROUGH MORRIS TO ENGLISH RD ON RIGHT NEAR SKI SAWMILL RESORT & STATE LANDS.

PREVIEW: Sunday, July 31st 1-4 PM with complimentary food & beverage! Come take a look at the beautiful building sites and amazing country setting on each side of the 94.6+/- ACRES—you can add OGMS. Where employment and recreation are plentiful!

SKI HILL SUB DIVISION

6 LOTS 36 ACRE SUB-DIVISION RANGING FROM 2 – 36 ACRES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, IN ENTIRELY, OR IN ANY COMBINATION THEREOF. ALL LOTS APPROVED FOR ONSITE SEWER SYSTEM, TOWNSHIP ROAD FRONTAGE (SOME FRONTAGE ON STATE RTE 287). NO OGMS CONVEY.

LoT 1A 2.22+/- ACRES

LoT 2A 5.09+/- ACRES

LoT 3A 7.77+/- ACRES

LoT 4A 16.38+/- ACRES

LoT 5A 2.36+/- ACRES

ALL pARCELS SUBJECT To pRIoR SALE 58

LoT 6A 3.1+/- ACRES

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along Big Run Rd. 50X130 and 16X65 Beef BaRns. eXcellent RecReation land.

100% ogMs convey with title. suBject to ReMaindeR of cuRRent lease.

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4 LOTS OF 60 ACRE SUB-DIVISION RANGING FROM 4 ACRES TO 36ACRES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, IN ENTIRELY, OR IN ANY COMBINATION THEREOF. ALL LOTS APPROVED FOR ONSITE SEWER SYSTEM, TOWNSHIP ROAD FRONTAGE (SOME FRONTAGE ON STATE RTE 287). NO OGMS CONVEY.

LoT 2 4.32+/- ACRES

LoT 3 36.12+/- ACRES

LoT 4 15.77+/- ACRES

LoT 5 4.26+/- ACRES

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Auction presented by The Real Estaters of Mansfield (Chris Gilbert 570-404-1268) and United Country Jelliff Auction Group, LLC - Tioga, Pa 570-825-4214 TERMS: All parcels offered subject to owner’s confirmation. 10% down payment at close of bidding – balance due at closing in 60 days. Free & clear deed at closing guaranteed on all parcels. 10% Buyer’s Premium added to successful bids for final sales price. Broker participation invited – call auctioneer for details. (570)835-4214 59

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100% oMgs- youR PRivate castle on 65 ac - indescribable detail in this custom home w/unique post & beam design,open floorplan, cathedral ceilings,lg windows & double glass doors throughout.access the lg deck from 4 rooms. custom amenities including lavish master bathroom.65+/- acs offer future timber potential & 100% ogM rights. $749,000.

Rustic Ranch hoMe on Pine cReeK over 400 ft. of Pine creek frontage & outstanding maintenance free home on 4.83 acres. offers a must see interior, cathedral ceilings, open flr plan, very long deck,oversized attached 2 car garage, full dry basement and newer barn. Private setting, seeking offer $259,000. #120995

gRand estate on 102 acRes! this spectacular 7500 sqft classic is a timeless treasure! Rich architecture, exquisite details and luxurious ammenities, this 4+ bdrm estate offers uncompromising quality and style. 102+ acres with negotiable ogM’s. also a 4000 sqft building, w/a 2bdrm, apt/inlaw suite on prop. $2,950,000 #121184

home in hills creek estates - 3 bedroom family home with motivated sellers in hills creek area! this home sits in a picturesque setting on 2 acres, is in great condition, has a nice floor plan, garages,sheds, wooded lot etc. owner’s relocating and looking for an offer. #121251 $239,000.

home and commerical Business opportunity!

Beautifully restored farmhouse, refinished hardwood flooring thoughout, substantial closet space, on 3.42 ac corner level lot. offers a well established easy to manage, low stress storage business on property with open level land for expansion or other commercial endeavors. $449,000. #120758

camp on 32 acres close to state land! great camp close to state game lands and hills creek lake. wooded with lots of hunting opportunity in the area. there is a small apple orchard at the top of the hill as well as some existing four wheeler trails. $169,000. #120906

home for sale in wellsboro! - 4 bedroom intown wellsboro home in excellent condition! this home has a Master suite, gorgeous kitchen with granite counters, hardwood floors and custom cabinets, along with a 2 story 2 car oversized garage and double lot. $249,900. #121207

4-5 BdRM hoMe-15 ac-100% ogMs convey - charming and attractive older remodeled farm house offers spacious country kitchen, lg laundry/utility room w/pantry,formal din rm, liv rm, office, and 4 plus bdrms ideal for growing family. all this on 15 ac conveying 100% ogM’s with lease in place. an easy drive to wellsboro, Pa. #120930 $249,000.

caMP in eXcellent condition! 1 share in club - approx 5000 acres owned or leased by the Brookland Club to hunt, fish, snowmobile, four wheel or just relax on porch. this camp is fully furnished and has forced hot air heat and gas stove. Brookland club dues are $250.00 per year per share. awesome getaway or hunting property. $79,900. #121188

diamond in the Rough! solid two story home offers land on both sides of road. walk to all town amenities from this 4 bdrm, 2 bath home. cosmetic repairs and foresight needed. seeking offer! $36,900.

lots of possiblities for this home! take a look at this older 2 story home at edge of sabinsville. 4 to 5 beds, 1.5 baths. home needs attention. some windows have been replaced, near Beechwood lake and close to state land. ideal as a camp or great for first time homebuyer or investor to rehab for rental property. $49,000. Mls#121100

elegant histoRic wellsBoRo hoMe is tuRnKey B&B - offering successful client list to the buyer this B&B would also make a lovely home for a larger family. 6 bdrms and offers innkeeper’s living quarters on premises, 2 plus acres, 2 car garage, parking area ,established landscaping, and a lot of history! $425,000. #120493

incoMPaRaBle views Beyond the new BaRn...from this comfortable country home. ideal equestrian use farm or barn would make outstanding hunting lodge or large home. this property is an extremely large opportunity for large acreage and gas rights! 100% of seller’s owned ogM’s will convey to buyers. Property has prime hunting and substantial wooded acreage along with pastures for your food plots! Make your appointment today! $875,000 #1120003

22.54 ac-BReathtaKing Mountain views... over the meadows & beyond! Meticulously maintained lindel cedar log multi-level home.

Raised basement for add’l living space. elegant & rustic w/open flr plan. A/C, Harmon coal stove, lg.new garage, new well & spring, 22.54 ac open & wooded land. corner property with long frontage. $399,000 #119956

Beautiful home in wellsboro borough! in-town home close to all amenities. Many updates make this home move-in ready! hardwood floors thoughout the home, bright bedrooms, 5 walk-in closets provide plenty of storage. fenced back yard perfect for children and pets. $165,000. #120735

new construction-2.11 acres - custom home just about completed. complete to suit your taste and decor. home features 3 bedrooms, 2.75 baths, large deck with views of the countryside, 2 car attached garage and many other features. short drive to Rt. 15/I-99, Mansfield, Williamsport, or wellsboro. $190,000. #120865

NEWLY RENOVATED IN BLOSSBURG! Efficient and comfortable 3 bedroom, Renovation just completed. like buying a new home! offers new roof, windows, siding, kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, etc. EZ short drive to Rt.15/I-99, Mansfield, Williamsport, Wellsboro, or NY State. $119,900. #120966

caMP neaR Beechwood laKe - sitting on 3.64+/- acres near Beechwood lake! the perfect secluded spot for the kids to play in the woods or the hunters find that big one! Walk to Beechwood Lake for great fishing. Private setting with long mountain views. clymer twp.,Pa. only $59,900. #120943

PotteR county hoMe-7.59 acres - custom built cedar sided home with great views located on 7.5 acres. the home has 5 bedrooms, 2 3/4 baths, beautiful stone fireplace in the great room, full finished basement. Two story barn has a shop area, wood stove, and 2 garage doors $346,500. #120732

Ranch home on 1.04 acre in Mansfield Beautiful ranch in the highly desirable smoke Rise development just minutes from Mansfield.

Bright spacious rooms and neutral interior makes this property move-in ready. Kitchens has floor to ceiling windows. Finished walkout basement. Mature landscaping surrounds home. $269,900. #120737

caMP/hoMe on Pine cReeK! this camp was totally remodeled 2004, including new forced hot air furnace, central air, new metal roof, electrical system. large windows in living room to sit and view the beautiful Pine creek, water fowl,and wildlife.$228,500 #120823

Ranch home on 10 wooded acres! 3 bedroom Ranch home on 10 acres with 100% ogM’s conveying in delmar twp! Property sits in a very private wooded setting with a 3bd, 2ba cozy home along with a 3 car garage (being completed), and is in a gas unit. Make offer! $244,500. #120905

wellsboro Property with many possiblities! are you looking for an office building or home with office space offering 4 or more bedrooms? located on Rt. 287 just south of wellsboro this property offers spacious quarters, attached 2 car garage and room for business! formerly owner occupied sub shop and gas station! $155,000. #120698

efficient hoMe-10.9+/- acRes - great setting for this 3 bdrm efficient cottage. Adorable refinished interior. New appliances. Sunroom offers long valley views. eZ drive to ny, Rt. 15/i99, Mansfield or Wellsboro. Land across road has been perced and offers public water hookup. ogMs and price negotiable. $159,000. #120773

endless PossiBilities foR this 2 unit! endless possibilities for this property-currently set up as a 2 unit with 2 kitchens, 2 baths, 2 hot water heaters and gas meters. original single family home had 4 bedrooms and a newer roof and windows, 200 amp electrical service. Backs up to Pine creek. $72,000. #120542

caMP oR full tiMe Residence...in good condition on almost 7+/- acres that are partially wooded. new metal roof on camp. this property would be great for a camp or full-time residence. great views for miles! eulalia township, Potter county. $75,000 #119026

watRous village neaR Pine cReeK 4 bdrm, 1.75 bath 2 story home offers 2 lots Previously used as camp and includes all furnishings if you desire them. offers 14’x 22’ refurbished garage with upper level. walk to Pine creek. close to state woods and snowmobiling! $69,000. #120205

gReat affoRdaBle oPPoRtunity to Move Right into...this 4 bedroom, 2 bath home located halfway between wellsboro, Mansfield and Blossburg. Home has 200 amp electric, new windows, doors and has been completely remodeled. would make a great home for first time homebuyers! $99,500 #119594

just a sweet full-tiMe or seasonal hoMe, 1.75 ac - and detached oversized 2 car garage. offering new roof and kitchen, this 3 bdrm. home has hardwood floors throughout!

Comfortable, cozy, efficient in a beautiful country setting, an easy drive to coudersport in Potter county. $129,900 Motivated seller says make offer! #119270

awesoMe vacation getaway hoMe on 3.79 ac - close to Kettle creek state Park & creek. this newly constructed, log-sided two-story cabin is waiting for you! enjoy the peaceful tranquility from the deck, nestled on a mountainside in the woods. call today for details. $184,900. Mls#120482

PRivate setting oveR Pine cReeK distinctive Pine creek cottage w/multi-level decks leading right to the creek. lg screened porch for entertaining & dining. this home is one of a kind! not just a camp, this is a special, secluded setting on the Creek! Bring the Kayak, canoe, fishing rod, snowmobile and 4 wheeler. $289,000 #119806

ideal countRy setting close to wellsBoRo- seeking large family! this spacious home with formal fireplace and open floor plan offers 4-6 bedrooms and 3 baths.

Portion of home used as apartment. substantial outbldgs. for farmette or self employed. ogM’s transfer to buyer. 15.19 +/- acs just 3 miles to wellsboro, Pa.$355,000. #120342

Rustic, uniQue, stone-faced 3 BedRooM hoMe...on 3.3 ac between wellsboro & Morris. very private setting! Make this beautiful home your retreat with roomy floor plan & rustic charm.Features new roof, windows, doors, flooring,2 new QuadraFire stoves, 2 fireplaces, cathedral ceilings,& 36’x41’ pole barn.unique home! $325,000 #120194

30.25 ac neweR hoMe close to wellsBoRo - lg stocked pond, 2-car garage, 2-story barn & 30.25 beautiful ac. custom features! Breakfast nook w/built-in seating, bay window in dining room, & fireplace in living room.

Backup generator, whole-house fan, & choice of coal or propane heat. $399,000 #119992

2 homes on a 53 acres! 53+ acre farm with 100% ogMs! Property has 2 homes, 2 barns, a 3 acre pond, peaceful tranquility, and privacy! newer home features 4 bdrms,3 full baths, sun porch, and is like brand new! hurry..priced to sell and won’t last long! $549,000.#120682

suBstantial investMent oPPoRtunity... with this 124+ gently rolling acres very close to Borough of wellsboro. Property offers 2 homes, a pond, a stream, phenomenal views and sits in a quality country setting. 100% oil, gas & Mineral Rights will convey to the buyer. this is the heart of the Marcellus shale gas exploration! $1,500,000

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escape to god’s country! the accessible Route 6 location of this immaculate little cabin makes getting to your weekend retreat very easy; bathroom in place but not hooked up. convenient to downhill skiing, snowmobile and atv trails.

Mth 121103 $59,000

nestled among thousands of acres of public land is this completely remodeled 2 BR cabin on 7.43 acres. close to cherry springs state Park and some of the best star gazing on the east coast. everything is like new and if you are looking for peace and quiet, this place would fit the bill!

Mth 121242 $99,900

Magnificent roomy 3 BR home on a partially fenced 2.8 acre lot in Blossburg Boro. dining and living rooms feature hardwood floors, the family room showcases a large mantel w/wood fireplace and the partially finished basement has an office, exercise room and rec room; a coal stove adds relief in cold weather. hot tub is directly off the social room (featuring a full length bar).

Mth 120549 $189,500

unique victorian duplex in the heart of wellsboro. unit #1 was recently remodeled, adding a master suite on the 3rd level, includes all utilities, leased with 02/15/12 expiration date. unit #2 is a top notch unit, does not include utilities, is leased with 03/31/12 expiration date.

Mth 120901 $349,000

3 BR log home on 16+ acres. great snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, hunting - 15 minutes from cherry Springs Park. “Rumsford” fireplace in the Great Room, large garage/shop, Mahoning wood boiler w/oil backup and a 12x50 covered deck off the back; loft offers additional living space; partially finished walkout lower level with 3/4 bath.

Mth 120439 $269,900

this wellsboro home challenges comparison and is located 2.5 miles from downtown on 6.23 acres with phenomenal views. the entertainment-size family room overlooks pristine view of the countryside and accesses the spacious deck. The basement is partially finished, featuring a theater room with wet bar. attached oversized 2 car garage and meticulous landscaping.

Mth 121219 $379,500

ideal location for a second home, family retreat, or if you like privacy and seclusion your full time residence. 78+ acres - mostly wooded - borders state forest lands. excellent hunting, trails to the top of the mountain, several natural springs, sitting among large tracts of wooded acreage and farms. custom built home by the owner hand crafted features, large covered wraparound porch. ogM’s are leased and transfer to Buyer.

Mth 121177 $739,000

nicely maintained 2 BR doublewide is situated in a well-established park just outside of wellsboro. Recent updates include new tilt-in windows and 30 gallon gas hot water heater, new gas furnace.

Park rent is $289.25 per month, includes public water, sewer and trash pick-up. Park owners must approve Buyers. schedule an appointment today!

Mth 120380 $27,500

attractive woodwork in this 3 BR home situated on a corner lot in the village of whitneyville. large eat-in kitchen, bedroom and 3/4 bath on the first floor and very nice bath and 2 good sized bedrooms on the 2nd floor. Additional income from mobile home on property.

Mth 121181 $134,900

great private location on over 4 acres just out of town. 4/5 BR, large kitchen/dining combo w/woodstove, beautiful stream through front yard, large garage connected by breezeway/ patio; deck off master BR, large front deck - needs some tlc, but lots of potential and priced right for a great value.

Mth 121130 $149,000

fully equipped turnkey business, well known B&B/sportsman’s lodge on first fork of sinnamahoning creek includes restaurant , fly fishing and gift shops w/inventory on almost 1.5 acres in an area known for great hunting, fishing, camping, biking, sightseeing and relaxing in the “Pennsylvania wilds.” improvements include an economical outside wood boiler and additional full bath. (available as unique victorian single family home for $260,000) Mth 120485 $299,000 63

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A SAMPLE OF OUR GREAT LISTINGS! 119832 Undescribable home sitting in very private setting offers 65 wooded acres. This one of a kind home looks over the pond to the mountain valley beyond! Property will convey 100% Oil, Gas & Mineral Rights to the buyer. A truly delightful mix of rustic and elegant architecture with spacious comfortable open floor plan, unique kitchen, large bright windows and double doors leading from four rooms to the expansive maintenance free deck. The two and a half story stone fireplace presents a stately image from the balcony above. 3 large bdrms and potential for a large 4th bdrm suite. Wet bar, large pantry, cleopatra master bath with 2-3 person stone rain shower stall, are a few of the amenities! Full basement offers double doors leading to the pond and space for add’l private living quarters. EZ to NY, Rt.15, Mansfield or Wellsboro. Too much more to mention here!

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#4 COUDERSPORT RANCH STYLE HOME #8 ONLY TOWNHOUSES IN TOWN – great – 3 bdrms, 2 full baths, attached garage, business opportunity. Currently all rented. paved drive, close to town and hospital. Coudersport boro. $250,000.00 NEW PRICE $99,000.00

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Big House for Large Family! Large house outside of Coudersport with a nice view! Would be great for a hunting lodge or a big family. Finish this great but to your liking!! REF#10350 . . .$115,000

Get Away Cottage! Great camp in a perfect location for hunters and fishermen!! Close to State Game Lands and a great fishing stream. Camp features electric, heat, outside privy with light and deeded rights to spring across the street. Most of the furnishings stay. REF#10348 . . .$25,000

Vacant Commercial Land! Excellent opportunity with 2 parcels of vacant commercial land. This is a 1.01 acre lot and a .74 acre lot. These properties sit along Rt 15 and can be purchased along with other parcels offered next door. See MLS# 121158 for more information. REF#10346 . . .$299,000

Nice 5 Bedroom Home! This property has 5 bedrooms, 2 baths and is located right off Rt 49 just west of Knoxville with easy access to Rt.249, and Rt.15 yet has space to enjoy a stroll in the woods.

Presently leased for a year w/a gas related company.

Great income potential. REF#10353 . . .$144,900

Great Small Family Home! This home has a new roof right down to the rafters, the second floor has been completely redone with new sheet rock, wiring, windows and insulation There is a new septic and some new wiring on the first floor. The backyard has a stream and there is a nice private picnic area!

REF#10355 . . .$70,000

Commercial Building and Acreage - Multi-use commercial listing, previously used as an auto body shop. This property has 10 acres for great commercial potential! REF#10356 . . .$167,000

Operational Bar/Resturant!!! Well-established restaurant/bar/hotel located in the heart of the oil & gas boom! Historic Babb’s Creek Inn & Pub serves everything from burgers to the best prime rib in the area! This property is a great opportunity for you!

Call our office today! REF#10357 . . .$595,000

Good Home Seeking Home Owner! This home has an updated kitchen, efficient coal heat, large bedrooms and is in a great out of town location!

There is also a new well, and new sheet rock thru out. Some finishing touches required. Enjoy fishing in the near by stream. REF#10358 . . .$160,000

Remodeled 5 BR farmhouse on 88 acres, 6 out buildings bordering State Forest; excellent horse, commercial possibilities; OGM may be negotiated.

DLM 119077 $449,000

Close to town yet secluded, 95 mostly wooded acres with 4-wheel, hiking and bike trails; excellent timber value (cruise available), 1/2 of OGM’s transfer.

DLM 120955 $339,000

Country retreat on 20+ acres bordering thousands of acres of timber land; ideal for horses, livestock; perfect for snow-mobiling, 4-wheeling. OGM’s negotiable.

DLM 120981 $239,000

Nice upgrades in this high quality 3 BR doublewide on 3.5 acres - full poured concrete basement w/ walk-out, garden tub w/Jacuzzi, 6” walls, views, walk to State Forest.

DLM 121262 $139,900

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M arket P lace Shop Around the Corner

Awash in Flint Creek

By Angela Cannon-Crothers

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isa Fredrickson tilts an ear toward the goat shed behind the old Victorian House she and her husband, Craig, are restoring. “That’s not Maisy,” she tells me. “Her bleating is softer, sweeter than the other does’s.” Fredrickson is listening for the call of her champion blood-line Sanaan goat that is ready to give birth. The white goats are the latest addition in a growing soap business called Flint Creek Soaps.

Lisa’s interest in the alchemy of soapmaking began eleven years ago while she was working as a massage therapist in Red Feather Lakes and Fort Collins, Colorado. Lisa was sensitive to synthetic fragrances and wanted to avoid using chemicals that would absorb into the skin—and the body—of both herself and her clients, so she studied essential oils. Her desire to use natural and essential oils led her to wondering how to make holistic soaps with all-natural ingredients. So while living as a caretaker on a small farm overlooking the Estes and Rocky Mountain National Parks, she began to do her research. Soap making, she learned, is a chemical reaction between fats and sodium hydroxide that creates a completely different substance— soap. Frederickson ordered quality oils like soy, coconut, and olive instead of animal fats or synthetics, to create bars that lathered beautifully and were gentle to the skin.

“I was living in a tent at one point, and I built a little deck in the forest for making soap,” said Fredrickson. “I made so much soap I began to wonder what I 66

was going to do with it all!” Fredrickson gave much of her soap away, but she also sold some at festivals. “People said they really liked my product,” she smiles.

While in the Red Feather Lakes region of Colorado, Lisa met Craig Fredrickson and within a year they married. They ran a restaurant together for awhile but, when she and Craig went to Florida to spend the winter with Lisa’s family in 2002, Lisa discovered she was pregnant. They stayed through the birth of Emma before returning to Colorado. When Lisa and Craig felt Colorado was too far away, they decided to move to the Finger Lakes Region of New York to be close to family; this time it was Craig’s family.

Lisa continued her soap-making business, selling her natural soaps via a Web site and eBay. “Much of my soap was being purchased by small companies

who then put their own labels on or had exclusive packaging,” Fredrickson says.

“I didn’t mind at all and I still sell some soap this way.”

In 2003, the Fredrickson’s purchased the old Victorian house on Italy Valley Road in Naples, NY, along a little sparkling waterway called Flint Creek.

Craig told Lisa he envisioned the front room as being Lisa’s shop where she could sell her soap directly.

Now, Lisa has just finished restoring the front shop with family heirloom furniture and other antiques to showcase over forty-five varieties of soap, USDA certified organic shampoos for pets and people, massage oils, bulk herbs, and other organic skin care products. Her business has gone from a tent platform outdoor lab to a soap house and kitchen where she makes several sixteen pound trays of soap at once. Her soap business

beauty soaps she decided that her farm should help support her business and her craft. She wouldn’t do with just any goats and wanted the highest butterfat she could get. “I found champion bloodline Sanaan’s in Connecticut,” says Lisa, “and with a milk butterfat of 3.8–4%, I think it really does make a better soap.”

With her storefront complete now Lisa has begun to envision having a small produce stand and selling a few antiques as well. “I’m told I have the shine for finding real treasures,” she tells me.

I hear a goat bleating and I ask if that’s Maisy.

“No, that one’s not her,” she sighs with all the patience that waiting for labor entails.

There are hens pecking around the yard and the exotic scents of soaps and lotions drifting out the door. Talking to Lisa I begin to see how her interests have unfolded like the petals of a flower; each idea opening beautifully from one to another to create a fragrant and lovely

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needed a new name and she took one as rambling and lively as her life—Flint Creek Soaps. “I’ve probably made over 10,000 bars of soap by now and I still don’t always get it right,” she jokes.

Frederickson uses flowers and herbs as well as essential oils in many of her soaps.Obviously, she’s doing something right when people from as far as Rochester, NY, are willing to drive the sixty miles south to purchase big sellers like her Good Skin Blend, a soap with five essential oils and Bentonite clay she recommends for everything from acne to psoriasis to wrinkles. Red Moroccan Clay is another favorite soap ingredient in several of the Flint Creek blends that Lisa says was prized by royalty. “It’s been clinically studied more than any other clay for its qualities and is shown to smooth skin dramatically after just one use.” Some of her many other big sellers are Sugar Magnolia, Chai Tea, Desert Rose, and Lavender Mint.

When Lisa discovered that goat’s milk is another beloved ingredient in natural

business that combines art, science, and passion in just the perfect blend.

Angela Cannon-Crothers is a freelance writer and outdoor educator living in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

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And so it began for the Wynkoops, a labor of love that has been eagerly followed by drive-by fans of Victoriana—and of historic homes in general—as the new owners began, from the bottom up, to restore what has become a masterpiece.

The Wynkoops consulted with Don Hemmerling of Corning on restoring the siding, a project that would take two years to complete, as the wood was stripped inch-by-inch in preparation for the painting. Cal took the first crack at landscaping so his painting contractor could get close enough to get to work.

“Chainsaw gardening,” Cal calls it now, as he describes mowing down the bushes that had overgrown the house’s old stone foundation. A new shingle roof in a traditional Victorian style was added, and interior rooms restored.

But the landscaping began in earnest a few years ago with the replacement of the heaving sidewalk by Priset Construction. Two ancient maples and a pine had to come down (one after crushing the porch of the neighboring Victorian). Of that Sylvia says, “When you take a tree down, you’re supposed to replace it.” And three concolor pines, a sunburst locust, and a serviceberry thrive now in the back yard.

Dale Martin, owner of Martin’s Garden Center and Landscape Services, had already built the graceful trellis fences, so the Wynkoop’s started working on the ground plan, handin-hand with Dale Martin and Jill Campbell, a designer on Dale’s staff.

“I’m really digital,” says Cal. “I would have had straight lines and right angles.

But Dale said, ‘Well…maybe some curves would be nice.’ And now that I’ve seen them…” his voice drifts off as he nods at the sinuous lines of the walkways and driveways as they thread through the turf and the plantings and the glorious hydrangeas, which are favorites of Sylvia.

Dale and his team laid Uniloc pavers that resemble brick to enhance the historic look of the garden, and inlaid those same brick pavers in the concrete steps and terraces poured by Priset.

The roof of the front porch had to be replaced, and Chambers Roofing installed a metal roof with period-

accurate seams, with Priset Construction doing the work below, which included bringing the Victorian railings up to code. A replica of the original railings was made to the appropriate height, but the width of the balusters was no match for current building guidelines, so Sylvia suggested inserting spindles between each one.

“We had a lot of fun looking for things at Lowe’s,” says Cal. They stumbled upon metal spindles that they spraypainted in dark brown RustOleum, and which Sylvia spent the winter hand painting—all 475 of them—with bands of two more colors. Those spindles are an additional aesthetic element uniting the restored front porch with the private porch at the back of the house.

The bi-level construction of the back porch includes an upper porch and an expansive terrace with a cuttingedge outdoor kitchen, all under one enormous roof. “That’s Cal’s kitchen,” Sylvia says with a smile at the wide column of brick that rises above the wall of built-in appliances: a wood-burning oven (where a turkey was roasted for last Thanksgiving’s feast), a stainless steel grill, a counter for a fryer. A skylight over the upper part of the porch lets light into Sylvia’s kitchen, whose windows and doorway open onto it.

Cal points out the corbels along the eaves, which are not vintage Victorian.

But they serve a purpose, hiding drainpipes coming down from the hidden gutters. “This design happened as we were going along, you see,” says Cal. And all the water that runs from the roofs’ integrated drain system is routed to a 1,500-gallon cistern below the back lawn, which is all the water the garden ever needs.

That back lawn has a concrete footprint already poured for the Wynkoop’s next project, a carriage house for the garden supplies and equipment, which will be a thirty percent replica of the house. A model of the carriage house graces the outdoor kitchen mantel. Built by neighbor and model-builder Dave Davies, it is the next dream in plain sight.

Cal sums it all up as he gazes quietly at the beauty he and Sylvia have wrought, “We have been blessed.”

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