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Stalking the Elusive Shed Antler St. Paddy’s Marches Again in Billtown The Men Behind the Bloomsburg Antique Show

On Glenfiddich Farm, frightening predator meets determined farmers —and a pair of donkeys

By Alison Fromme

MARCH 2013

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Doings ’Round the Mountain

By Alison Fromme On Glenfiddich Farm, frightening predator meets determined farmers—and a pair of donkeys.

By Jen Reed Evans

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The Shed Hunter’s Month

By Roger Kingsley What’s a deer hunter to do in March? Stalk field and forest for cast antlers.

8 The Tartan Terrors Tour the Twin Tiers

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The Antique Show Must Go On

By Linda Roller Bloomsburg Antique Show promoter Clyde Bunce, who over the past twenty-five years has brought it from tiny show to regional event, hands over the reins.

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The Wearin’ o’ the Green

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By Cindy Davis Meixel Williamsport celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with its second annual parade, complete with a pub tour!

Back of the Mountain

By Elizabeth Young Sultry Sunset: The calls of ducks and geese echo over the lake at Eldridge Park in Elmira, New York. As late sunsets ring in the beginnings of spring, the bare trees and cool air of winter still linger.

By Roger Neumann Scottish band Tartan Terrors bring their dancing, singing, and comedy act to Wellsboro.

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Kurt Elling will perform at the Corning Museum of Glass.

March

Doings ’round the Mountain

By Jen Reed-Evans

Join the Bullfrog Brewery in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, this St. Patty’s Day for a hoppin’ good time! Their upstairs, unique venue, Jeremiah’s, will be hosting Dopapod. This experimental/ funk/rock/jazz band hails from Brooklyn and has no regard for stylistic boundaries. Dopapod’s show is Sunday, March 17, from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. and tickets are $10. Be sure to check out the Bullfrog’s website for a complete beer and menu list as well as their always jam-packed music and event calendar! (The Bullfrog Brewery, 229 West Fourth St., Williamsport, PA; (570) 3264700; www.bullfrogbrewery. com).

having a Luck of the Irish Mead Celebration for a St. Patrick’s Day that will not be forgotten. Be amazed at how Mead is made and then sample all of the Mead wines paired with a variety of authentic Irish food. The use of honey in Mead has given us the word “honeymoon,” because the honeyinfused Mead was drank by brides and grooms in medieval times for a full month after their wedding, from one full moon to the next.

This was supposed to enhance both virility and fertility. Put on your green and celebrate Sunday and Monday, March 17 and 18.

Tickets are $10 per person and include a souvenir wine glass; it’s free for Case Club members and one guest. (Montezuma Winery, 2981 Auburn Rd., Seneca Falls, NY; (315) 568-8190; www. montezumawinery.com).

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wear flips or boat shoes if you want, and head to the Seneca Lake Wine Trail. This beatthe-winter-time-blues event, Crusin’ the Tropics Weekend, can bring the warm, summer sun to your heart. Pick up a gift at your starting winery and begin “crusin’” around the lake, visiting over thirty unique wineries, each with their own tropical theme, over the weekend of “fun in the tropics.” Tasty wines will be paired with tropically-themed dishes. Tickets are good for the full two and a half days, so guests can come for one day or stay and enjoy the whole event weekend with friends and family! This sunny experience kicks off Friday, March 22, from 1 to 5 p.m. and continues on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person or $25 for designated drivers and alternative nonalcoholic beverages will be

offered. (877) 536-2717; http:// senecalakewine.com).

State Dinner Entertainment Extraordinary Experience

Interpretations of great musicians Herbie Hancock, the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Miles Davis grace the latest CD, The Gate, by Kurt Elling.

Corning Civic Music Association presents Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling. Elling performed at President Obama’s first state dinner and now he can perform for you! Don’t miss this exciting opportunity on Saturday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m.

This unforgettable performance is at the Corning Museum of Glass and tickets are $40 per person. (Corning Civic Music Association, P.O. Box 1402, Corning, NY; (800) 531-3679; www.corningcivicmusic.org).

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MUSIC 8 Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band – Sanchez and his band present Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!, a tribute to the legacy of Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie. Enjoy the blend of drums, bongos, brass, and strings. The show is on Friday, March 8, at 8 p.m. General public tickets are $25/32/35.

(Cornell University, Bailey Hall, Ithaca, NY; (607) 255-4363; http://concertseries.cornell. edu).

16 WSO: Let’s Rock – The talented Williamsport Symphony Orchestra gears up for another amazing performance—Let’s Rock! Rock out to this fantastic show on Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $50/40/15 and free for students in the upper balcony and $5 in the orchestra section. (Community Arts Center, 220 West Fourth St., Williamsport, PA; (570) 326-2424; http://caclive.com).

20 Neil Berg’s Broadway Song & Dance – Neil Berg’s show recreates all-time favorite songs and choreographies from the best Broadway shows.

Enjoy your classic favorites as well as numbers from Broadway’s newest shows on Wednesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40/35/25.

(Community Arts Center, 220 West Fourth St., Williamsport, PA; (570) 326-2424; caclive. com).

GALLERIES/MUSEUMS 1-15 West End Gallery presents Little Gems The West End Gallery does it again! Their exhibit, Little Gems, proves that big things do come in small packages. The collection features miniature paintings of landscapes, still life, wildlife, and more. Browse the lovely paintings Mon.-Fri. from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (West End Gallery, 12 West Market St., Corning NY; (607) 936-2011; www.westendgallery.net).

1-31 Art Alive! – The Gallery at Penn College will be hosting Art Alive!, a Lycoming County Juried Art Exhibition. Come see the talent of local artists as they show off their best contemporary artwork. Celebrate the talent of Lycoming County March 1-31, Tues.-Fri. and Sun. (Pennsylvania College of Technology, One College Ave., Williamsport, PA; (570) 3263761; www.pct.edu/gallery).

3-30 DOUBT by Veera Pflaffi – Born in Finland, Pflaffi gave up marketing to follow her dream of becoming an artist. Her visually stunning work includes painting and recycled material artwork.

Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center will host her art this month and host a reception on Sunday, March 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is always free and Gmeiner is open daily from 2 to 5 p.m.

(Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, 134 Main St., Wellsboro, PA; (570) 724-1917; http:// gmeinerartscenter.com).

22-26 Artist: “In the Limelight” – The West End Gallery opens its newest exhibit, “In the Limelight,” featuring ten extraordinary artists.

An opening reception will take place on Friday, March 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. and will feature not only the fantastic artwork, but music performed

by AMA Flute Trio. Regular hours are Mon.Fri. from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All events are free and open to the public! (West End Gallery, 12 West Market St., Corning NY; (607) 936-2011; www. westendgallery.net).

THE THEATRE 12-13 The Addams Family – That quirky and a little bit spooky family, the Addams Family, will delight in this musical version of the story we have all grown to love. Laugh through the show on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 12 and 13, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $59.50/49.50/29.50.

(207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira, NY; (607) 734-8191; www.clemenscenter.com).

13 Sesame Street Live – Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, and their friends are on a quest to get Grover’s super-ness back! Your children will delight as their favorite characters are singing and dancing into their hearts right in front of them. Sweep the clouds away on Wednesday, March 13, at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $55/25/20/15. (Community Arts Center, 220 West Fourth St., Williamsport, PA; (570) 326-2424; http://caclive.com).

16 Cirque Ziva – The Golden Dragon Acrobats, recognized as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today, present Cirque Ziva.

This breathtaking performance is on Saturday, March 16, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $16.50/26.50.

(State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 West State St., Ithaca, NY; (607) 27-STATE; http:// stateofithaca.org).

18 Celtic Nights – Direct from Ireland, Celtic Nights—Journey of Hope will dance its way into your heart. This brand new show features a celebration of song as the dancers expertly weave the melodies of rich Celtic heritage and dance to tell the story of the people. This Irish experience is on Monday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35/25/15. . (207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira, NY; (607) 734-8191; www.clemenscenter.com).

22-24 Puss in Boots and Other Cat Tails – Comedian MC Cat takes the audience on a world tour of stories about his relatives. International dialects, clever transitions, and creative use of percussion accentuate this entertaining set of “cat tails.” Enjoy hearing from Puss from Europe, Wild Cat from West Africa, Li Po from China, and Gatitio from Mexico. This unique show is Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23. at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. Tickets are 4 for $25 or 1 for $8. (The Community Theatre League, 100 West Third St., Williamsport, PA; (570) 327-1777; ctlnet.org).

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Glenfiddich Farm, owned by Robby and Kathleen England, in Roseville, Pennslyvania.

coyote country On Glenfiddich Farm, frightening predator meets determined farmers—and a pair of donkeys.

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up, disorienting the flock before the attack.

At first, the sheep were likely unaware of danger lurking.

Perhaps the pregnant ewe lolled at the edge of the group, an easy target. Perhaps she slept soundly, or maybe she was starting to labor.

The predator stalked, and then came in for the quick kill. Canine teeth punctured the ewe’s throat. Flesh bled. The coyote—or

coyotes—ripped lambsnot-yet-born right from the womb.

No one knows the details for certain.

The precise chain of events, mostly left to the imagination, differs each time. But one thing remains constant: throughout the thirty years the Englands have been raising sheep at Glenfiddich Farm near Roseville, Pennsylvania, coyotes occasionally come for dinner.

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obby and Kathleen England never witnessed the kills. At night, under the cover of darkness, no one knows exactly what happened.

Perhaps a lone coyote crept out of the woods, weaving through the maple and ash trees.

Perhaps it skirted along the aspen grove before slinking down the sloping pasture. Or maybe a mating pair, or a whole family, teamed

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Kathleen hears the coyote calls day and night. “If you heard it, you’d know it was coyotes,” she says. “It makes the hair on your neck stand up.”

Robby is usually the one to discover the remains after an attack. He calls to his flock of sheep, and they come, eagerly, as if acting out the words of the decorative sign that hangs in the England’s kitchen: “Happy are the sheep who hear the shepherd’s voice.”

But sometimes one remains in the pasture, motionless.

Robby can tell it’s the work of a coyote. “Usually they go for the neck first,” Robby explains, motioning to his own.

Then they tear into the belly for a meal of liver and entrails.

Or, as has happened on the England’s farm, they feast on fetuses. “That’s the way it is,” he says.

Years ago, during one particularly bad spell, the Englands traveled out of state to care for Robby’s ailing mother. When they returned, they discovered carcasses of five or six ewes. And then, like a bad horror flick rerun, the scene was repeated within months.

“You can’t even really put a price on it,” Kathleen says.

When a male lamb is taken, the couple loses at least $100 for the meat they would have sold. When a coyote dispatches a breeding ewe, they’ve lost the chance of her producing lambs for meat in future years. Plus all the specialty, handspun, and home-dyed wool she would have produced over her lifetime, to be sold in Kathleen’s online and on-farm yarn shop, is gone forever. It adds up.

The Englands have suffered memorable, vivid losses in their three decades of owning sheep. But Kathleen estimates that they’ve only lost six animals to coyotes in the past decade, and their flock of Border Leicester sheep is 100-ewes strong. “It’s not that common,” says Robby. “If it was, I’d be more upset.”

Coyote livestock kills are relatively rare, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. But when attacks make the newspaper, like two calves recently killed near Liberty, people worry. Are our pets and small children safe outside?

Can farmers withstand these losses? Are the coyotes eating all the deer, leaving none for sportsmen? Should we hunt and trap the predators into submission? Is the coyote population out of control and running rampant?

Wildlife Conservation Officer Robert Minnich responds to questions like these from residents in Tioga County.

“People are concerned,” he says. The eastern part of the county, where he’s based, is a patchwork of pasture and forests, rolling fields interrupted by steep hillsides. Perfect for coyotes.

Out in the country, Minnich says that coyotes patrol their own specific territories, and sometimes even recognize fences as boundaries. A coyote trotting outside a fence might

just stay out of the field.

Of course, if there’s an easy meal inside the fence, coyotes will pounce.

The prey? It depends. A stillborn carcass. A newborn, not even fully emerged from the birth canal. A young animal ignored by an inattentive, firsttime mother. A sick and sluggish elder.

Usually, coyotes won’t waste energy on strong, healthy animals. “Coyotes are lazy when it comes to food—kind of like us,” says Minnich. “They’ll take what’s easy at the time.”

Minnich gets only about six to eight calls each year from farmers reporting suspected coyote kills. He arrives on the scene, hopefully before the crows, ravens, and vultures do, and he collects clues like a detective. He asks the farmer what was seen or heard. He checks the snow or mud for tracks, looking for the telltale oblong footprint with two center toenail marks—doglike, but not quite. He looks at nearby fences that

might have snagged tufts of hair with the coyote’s signature five color bands.

He identifies scat.

The carcass reveals most of the story, of course. Minnich checks any insects swarming to figure out how long the animal has been dead. He looks for blood. Spilled blood points to a fresh kill, but a lack of it means that the animal was already dead. A stillborn, perhaps.

Minnich inspects the wounds.

If the body is a mess—ripped at the rump, bites all over—then chances are the killer was a domestic dog. If a lamb’s head was ripped off, then a bear is blamed. But if the animal was attacked at the neck, with innards devoured through its soft underbelly?

That evidence points to a coyote.

Minnich writes down the facts, takes photos, and then tries to explain to the farmer what happened. Depending on the circumstances and the animal

at fault, the farmer might be entitled to some compensation from the Game Commission or the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. “The farmer is usually pretty irate,” Minnich says.

By the time Minnich assesses the situation, the coyote and any accomplices are long gone. “They’re wild animals, and we need to respect them,” says Minnich. Coyotes are out there making a living just like any other animal. They cull sick and injured animals. And they’re not usually a threat to people, unless they are provoked or suffering from rabies. “They’re a part of nature, and like anything, there’s good and bad that comes with them.”

The coyote, sleek and straightbacked, looks a bit like a light-colored German shepherd from a distance.

The forty-pound animal is elusive, and experts only recently started sorting See Coyote Country on page 12

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out the Eastern coyote’s origins. When European settlers first came to the United States, wolves dominated the forest in the East, but hunters decimated the population and left an opening at the top of the food chain. Coyotes had always ruled the West, but, around the early 1900s, they took advantage of the wolf ’s near-absence and expanded their range. On their journey eastward through Canada, coyotes mated with the remaining wolves before making themselves at home in the Mid-Atlantic states. Today, wolf bloodlines live on in Eastern coyotes, visible in their broad skulls and big bodies.

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Ross. But the population is probably in the tens of thousands and appears to be increasing. “Man is the major predator in Pennsylvania.” Ross says, “Coyotes adapt very easily to any habitat situation so they can live virtually anywhere and few predators go after them.”

While working, Ross has spotted a few coyotes, standing on a roadside or pouncing on some small prey in the distance. “I’ve never had any problems with coyotes approaching me in any manner. All the ones I’ve seen go in the opposite direction if they detect you, often running,” he says. “Just give the animals the respect they deserve and don’t treat them like domestic animals.”

Each year, the State Game Commission receives between 100 to 300 complaints about coyotes, and more and more of those calls are coming from people worried about human safety, according to the agency’s documents.

Reported losses of calves, sheep, poultry, pet dogs, and cats are up in recent years. In 2011, coyotes killed about 175 livestock and companion animals throughout See Coyote Country on page 14

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Kathy and Robby England with their two donkeys, Eeyore and Donkey Oaty, who protect the sheep on the farm.

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Pennsylvania.

Still, that’s not ver y many, considering the estimated tens of thousands of coyotes roaming the countryside. Most of the time coyotes do not prey on livestock. Instead, they eat small mammals—voles, mice, shrews—and even nuts, berries, and wild apples. In towns, they scavenge garbage.

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They’re not, as some hunters believe, eating the deer population down, according to Minnich, who has worked as a Wildlife Conservation Officer for eighteen years. “That’s more of a perception than reality,” he says.

For a coyote, he explains, eating a sick or injured deer is easier and safer.

Tracking a healthy deer would waste a coyote’s energy and possibly risk

injury to itself. Hunters might find deer remnants in coyote scat, but those remains are probably scraps eaten from a hunted and field-dressed deer or a road-killed deer. Occasionally a small family group of four or five animals will track a healthy adult deer through deep snow until it’s exhausted, says Minnich.

“But that’s not typical. Coyotes get a bad rep.”

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Since 50,000 deer die on Pennsylvania highways each year and hunters harvest another 300,000, the Game Commission doesn’t believe that coyotes are ruining the deer population. Plus, the agency’s research on fawn mortality does not reveal any alarming trends for the deer population.

Some hunters and trappers are turning their sights on coyotes

themselves, and although hunting license sales decreased slightly in the past decade, furtaker license sales have doubled. Organized coyote hunts with thousand-dollar prizes have popped up statewide. More than twenty took place this season alone. Last year, hunters and trappers harvested about 16,000 coyotes—almost 5,000 more than a decade ago.

Wildlife Conservation Officers like Minnich sometimes suggest hunting or trapping as a solution to farmers who’ve had problems with coyotes, in addition to other options like guard animals, avoiding cooking outdoors, and keeping trash under wraps. With proper licenses, sportsmen can hunt coyotes day or night, year-round. Trapping is legal from mid-October until midFebruary.

At Glenfiddich Farm, Robby and Kathleen England are not eager to hunt coyotes, but once, years ago, an unusual close encounter spooked them enough to go that route. One night, their young autistic grandson wandered outside alone while the family slept. They awoke to his cries and ran outside. Several coyotes were within yards of him, just out back behind their gray farmhouse. The adults chased the animals away and comforted the boy.

No one was injured that night, but the Englands had to take action. They invited hunters onto the property, who played distressed animal calls, and took shots when the coyotes appeared. The hunters left with the bodies.

“We’re loaded with coyotes here,” says Kathleen. So loaded that once when Robby was out mowing a field, a coyote followed along, snapping up voles that scurried out of the mower’s way. Kathleen and her granddaughter went out on a four-wheeler to watch.

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hunting is the solution for her farm.

Although the research on Eastern coyotes is sparse, studies suggest that killing coyotes just opens up more food resources, allowing more pups to survive. And then as adults they spread out into vacant territories.

“Everything we’ve read says don’t bother killing them,” she says.

Instead, the Englands tried a solution proposed by one of their buyers: donkeys.

Named Eyeore and Donkey Oaty, the two Sicilian donkeys at Glenfiddich Farm are hairy and chocolate-colored, with a dark cross on their backs. As they chomp on dried corn out of Robby’s hand, they hardly look like they could outsmart or out-muscle a coyote. But they do.

Mostly, their presence alone is enough to fend off a curious coyote. But if one enters the field, the donkeys’ noses twitch; their ears perk up. They bare their big broad teeth and bray like freight trains.

They break out in a run to chase the intruder away. And if they’re able to corner the coyote, they might even kick, stomp, and bite it.

Kathleen chose the donkeys over other guard animals like Great Pyrenees because they can live for more than thirty years and they only cost about $250. They eat the

same pasture grass and alfalfa hay as the sheep, and they even munch on thistles.

Today, the Glenfiddich Farm coyote problem is virtually solved.

The donkeys protect the flock. An electric fence adds extra reassurance.

Lambs are born inside the red barn.

Prevention is the best solution, the Englands say.

And so life goes on. Robby and Kathleen continue to raise their Border Leicester flock on their 150acre farm and produce grass-fed lamb sold by the whole and half animal. Robby rotates the flock through the fields and shears the ewes.

Kathleen and her business partner Barb Condon clean and sort the wool, send some out for processing at historic mills in Harrisburg and Maine, and keep some back for home spinning and dyeing. The two knitters design their own patterns, publish in national craft magazines, host knitting classes, and sell yarn, sweaters, and hats online and in their farm shop.

“I don’t want the coyotes to kill our animals,” Kathleen says. “But I live here for the wildlife.”

Science writer Alison Fromme is a freelancer whose writing has been featured in Mountain Home since 2011. Living in Ithaca, she blogs about food at ithacasfoodweb.com.

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The Shed Hunter’s Month Story and Photos by Roger Kingsley

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sed to be the month of March was about as worthless to a deer hunter as July was to an ice fisherman. That attitude has changed in the last several years. In fact, March, on a serious deer hunter’s calendar, is a month they can’t get to fast enough if they could just give February a flip.

March? To a deer hunter? Huh? Every year after the breeding cycle winds down, whitetail bucks shed their antlers to grow a new, usually larger, set. The shedding process normally takes place during the dead-of-winter months, but it can also occur a month or more on either side of that period.

Once the antlers are cast—or shed— the art of finding them begins. Finding a shed antler can be as easy as going for a short walk for reasons other than antlers, and discovering a five-tined whopper right in your path, or, as hard as logging mile after mile, day after day, week after week purposely looking for them, and returning home with a teeny, weenie spike that you found at the bottom of a ravine on the back side of Mt. Who Knows Where.

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In either case, each one is a treasure to the finder. The value of the five-tine shed is self-explanatory, but don’t forget, the smaller a shed is the harder they are to find. So if you were the one who came home with the spike, consider yourself a blue-ribbon shed hunter.

Finding an antler will reveal one piece of information right off the bat—a buck stood in that precise spot when the antler hit the ground. Deer hunters take note of such locations because that could mean they’ve discovered the home turf for that particular animal, and he could very well occupy that same general area come hunting season.

Deer hunters often witness multiple sightings of a particular buck prior to opening day, but then see hide nor hair of the animal when the season opens. Finding the sheds from bucks that pull such stunts is a testament to their cunning, human-patterning, often nocturnal behavior.

Knowing when to start looking for sheds is key to finding them. Shedseekers who are chomping at the bit for the season to start usually have one or

more scouting cameras set up on their property. When pictures start showing up of bucks disguised as antlerless deer, they know it’s game on!

When it comes to shed hunting, I’m a believer that later is better than sooner.

By that I mean, I don’t start looking for them until I’m positive they’re on the ground. That’s why the month of March is such a standout. In fact, the Shed Hunter’s Moon would be a fitting name for the full moon occurring in March. The vast majority of antlers will be dropped by then. Start searching too early, and you could push bucks off your property where they might end up depositing the stock that you want to cash in on.

Searching for shed antlers is not a game that only hunters can play. Kids and non-hunters can participate, too.

March is usually the month when we all want to kiss winter goodbye, and looking for sheds is a perfect excuse to get out of the house, get close to nature, and start a family pastime.

My friend Gordy Wesneski of Troy, Pennsylvania, is a shed hunting fanatic.

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When the month of March rolls around, Gordy spends every minute of his free time walking the countryside near his home searching for sheds. In the last seven years, Gordy has accumulated nearly 130 antlers, or an average of eighteen per year. His best year to date was 2011 when he picked up an amazing twenty-nine sheds, including four matched sets. Among the antlers in his collection, his two favorites are a match found on March 5, 2009. On Friday, November 13, eight months after finding them, Gordy used those antlers during bow season to rattle in the very same buck that dropped them. That buck now hangs on Gordy’s wall.

Shed antlers are going to be found wherever deer spend the majority of their time throughout the winter. The two most common places are food sources and bedding areas. I scour those sites first, then move on to other possibilities like fences and hillsides that face the south. We have miles of three-strand barbed wire fence on our farm which

forces deer to leap over or crawl under them. Loose antlers can easily uproot from the impact of leaping over, and hooking a tine on the bottom strand while crawling under can dislodge one, too.

Finding an antler can not only be the end of one exercise, but the beginning of another. Your goal was to find an antler—and you did, but where is the mate? Time to start all over.

I’ve found matched beams that were dropped a few yards apart, while others had a half-mile spread between them.

More often than not, I find one beam and not the other. And I know why! My trail cameras have photo proof of some bucks still carrying an antler several days after the mate has bid farewell.

One March afternoon, my dad returned home with a nice four-point shed that he found while repairing some fence. A few days later, I went back to the area to search for the mate. I didn’t find it, but what I did find was a huge fivepoint beam cast from a different buck.

The antlers ended up there thanks to the

poor drainage on the edge of a cornfield, which forced us to abandon the harvest of several rows of corn. The standing corn became a magnet for attracting winter-hungry deer. The mates to those sheds were never found.

For shed hunting in large open fields, I always carry binoculars to save steps. As I walk along, I stop periodically to glass left, right, and ahead. Abnormal objects—like sheds—are enhanced because of the magnified perspective.

Spring turkey hunters are notorious for finding sheds, not because they are looking for them, but because turkey country is deer country, which makes fresh sheds vulnerable to being stumbled upon by a hunter in pursuit of a gobbler.

The antler restrictions in Pennsylvania that were made mandatory several years ago have been a blessing to those who seek sheds. Bucks that used to make up a large percentage of the annual harvest are now reaching older age classes, with headgear that not only makes them easier to find, but worth finding. Moreover, the management

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practices that many landowners and clubs have deployed on their properties in recent years have made equal contributions to growing and finding quality antlers.

Sheds can be found under very unusual circumstances, too. One time my brother Ronnie returned to the barn after spreading a load of manure. When he climbed off the tractor he noticed an antler wedged between two cleats of a rear tire, held in place by a tine that had punctured some plies.

Surprisingly the tire stayed up, but even more surprising was the antler’s ability to endure the pounding from all those revolutions back to the barn.

One of the largest shed antlers I have ever found was discovered halfway through March. It lay near a fence, sunny side up with all four Gs pointing skyward. I had picked up its slightly smaller mate a half-hour earlier. Lightly meshing the antlers together, I imagined the original owner bedded within earshot, looking my way. Mindful of the day, and thankful for the matching discovery, I headed home... grinning from it all.

Whether you consider shed hunting an art, a game, or a pastime, consider this—the Shed Hunter’s Month is upon us. Seek...and you might find!

A hunter, photographer, and writer, Roger Kingsley’s articles and photos have appeared in Deer & Deer Hunting, and Pennsylvania Game News, among others.

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26 My Heart in a Suitcase – This Holocaust story of hope, My Heart in a Suitcase, follows the true story of Anne Lehman and her incredible journey leaving Nazi Germany without her family.

This touching performance is on Tuesday, March 26, at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $4. .

(207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira, NY; (607) 734-8191; www.clemenscenter.com).

COMMUNITY EVENTS 8 MU Visitation/Organizational Fair – Mansfield University is inviting prospective students to visit and learn about everything that Mansfield University and Tioga County have to offer.

Check it out on Friday, March 8, from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. (Alumni Hall, 2nd floor hallway, Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA; (570) 662-4000; www.mansfield.edu).

9 Deane Little Beans –The Deane Center in downtown Wellsboro hosts programs for children every second Saturday of each month.

The programs are always fun and always free! This month the kids will have a blast with interactive music with Julie Schlosser.

Donations are always welcomed so as to continue free and lowcost events for the community.

Get ready for fun in the Lobby on Saturday, March 9, from 10 to 11a.m. (Deane Center, 104 Main St., Wellsboro, PA; (570) 7246220; http://deanecenter.com).

15-17 Goodies for Our Troops – Care packages are being packaged to send to our troops to show them our appreciation and gratitude.

Gather up books, games, snacks, toiletries, letters, cards, and more and drop them off in Wellsboro.

Show you care Friday-Sunday, March 15-17 from 1 to 6 p.m.

(87 Main St.(Main & Crafton), Lower Level beneath Stained Glass Reflections, Wellsboro, PA; (570) 662-5601; Goodies@ptd. net).

17 FunDay Sunday – Pack up the kiddos and head over to the Rockwell Museum of Western Art. Their free FunDay Sunday is sure to be a blast for all. This free and open to the public event is on Sunday, March 17, from 12 to 4 p.m. (Rockwell Museum of Western Art, 111 Cedar St., Corning, NY; (607) 937-5386; www.rockwellmuseum.org).

FESTIVALS/FESTIVITIES 23-24 Maple Festival – Visitors observe tree tapping, sugar boiling, and other maple-related activities. Fourteen members of the Potter/Tioga Maple Producers Association open their sugar shack doors to share the magic of the syrupy sweet goodness with you. This festival takes place at various locations on Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24. (Tioga & Potter Counties; (888) 8464228).

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WINERIES & BREWERIES 9-10 Say Cheeeese! – “Say Cheeeese,” presented by Cayuga Lake Wine Trail, has it all— local, fabulous wine and artisan cheeses, good times, and a photo contest. Visit sixteen premiere wineries, receive a wine glass and wine charms and recipe cards from each winery. Choose to participate either Saturday, March 9, or Sunday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets in advance are $30 for one or $45 per couple and at the door are $35 for one or $50 per couple. (For tickets and more information: (800) 6845217; http://cayugawinetrail. com).

30 Seneca Triangle Concert Series – The Seneca Lake Triangle Concert Series is composed of three collaborating wineries that guarantee to provide you with a fabulous night. This month’s event is held at Three Brothers Wineries, a unique venue that is home to three wineries and a microbrewery on one estate! This event is on Saturday, March 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. (Three Brothers Wineries & Estates, 623 Lerch Rd., Geneva, NY; (315) 7190000; http://3brotherswinery. com).

OUTDOORS/SPORTS 20 Winged Migrations – Victoria Theater will be hosting films encompassing nature. The Tioga County Countryside Council presents the “Countryside Film Series” at the theater, beginning this month with Winged Migrations. This documentary follows different species of birds over a four-year span and their migratory patterns. Marvel at this fascinating documentary on the big screen on Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. (Victoria Theater, 222 Main St., Blossburg, PA; (570) 638-3456; www. victoriablossburg.com).

23-24 Maple Weekend Open House – Enjoy beautiful Hills Creek State Park as you learn about maple syrup. Explore the process starting from trees and eventually finding its way to a stack of warm flapjacks. This sticky situation is on Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24. (Hills Creek State Park, 111 Spillway Rd., Wellsboro, PA; (570) 7244246; www.wellsbororecreation. org).

30 Winter Garden Tour – Cornell Plantation offers a wonderful, guided walk through the Mullestein Family Winter Garden. Meet in front of the Nevin Welcome Center for this free tour. Enjoy this stroll on Saturday, March 30, from 1 to 2 p.m. (Nevin Welcom Center, 124 Comstock Knoll Dr., Ithaca, NY; http://cornellplantations.org).

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The decision to have a joint replaced is best made in consultation with your orthopaedics health care provider, but there are some questions to ask yourself first. Questions like is the pain keeping you from doing the things you love? Can you sleep comfortably? Are you able to move well enough to maintain a satisfactory quality of life? The answers, combined with sound medical advice, serve as the catalyst to making the decision about joint replacement.

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Part of the challenge with diagnosing joint pain is that patients don’t often realize the source of their discomfort. For instance, hip issues sometimes manifest themselves as groin, thigh or buttock pain. Finding the origin of the pain and knowing what makes it better or worse is important to the process of determining treatment.

Even as an orthopaedic surgeon, I believe that surgical intervention should be a last resort after other, non-surgical techniques have been tried. At Guthrie, our orthopaedic team works extensively with primary care providers to explore other options for patients with joint pain.

These include physical therapy, weight reduction, smoking cessation, oral medications, injections and walking aids. The healthier a person is, the better it is for their joints and overall response to any treatment. That’s why we also work on issues like weight management and tobacco use, to give the patient the best possible chance of making an improvement to their quality of life.

If joint replacement surgery is indicated, you should know that we have come a very long way in improving both the quality of the artificial implants used and the philosophy of care for rehabilitating patients. Guthrie Joint Camp offers multidisciplinary team that includes fellowship-trained surgeons, surgical technicians, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, physical and occupational therapists, nurses and a dedicated operating room staff with current technology for people seeking joint replacement.

Our patients are put in rehabilitation groups to foster mutual support. We get people on their feet the same day of their surgery, which may sound fast, but has proven to be the quickest path to full function. Our infection and complication rates are low and you can be home in as little as two days.

The first step in this process is a conversation with your primary care provider or orthopaedic provider. Be honest about your pain and what you had tried on your own to address it.

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The Tartan Terrors Tour the Twin Tiers

By Roger Neuman

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hen they were kids, Ellen and Ian Wilkes Irmisch would perform for their mother’s dance studio, doing traditional Scottish Highland dances at nursing homes, community centers, festivals, and some bigger events around Canada.

Their father, the announcer for those shows, would introduce the children’s group as the Wee Tartan Terrors.

Today, Ellen and Ian perform not just around Canada but also in the United States with a grown-up group they call the Tartan Terrors.

They’ll bring their act—dancing, singing, instrumentals, and comedy— to Wellsboro High School at 7:30 p.m. on March 14, one of twelve stops on a 24

three-week tour they call the St. Patrick’s Celtic Extravaganza.

Ellen and Ian, who founded the group seventeen years ago and are its co-directors, chose a name for the band that recalled the Wee Tartan Terrors of their youth, and the memory of their dad, Skip. Now every performance honors him and their mom, Sue. “She was a dance teacher and a Highland judge,” Ellen, who is now a dance teacher as well as a performer, said recently from the band’s base near Toronto. “She taught us everything from dance to acting, singing—everything.

She gave us a very strong foundation in the performing arts.”

As for their father, Ellen said, “He

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cheered us on because his dance is the elevator dance ’cause it has no steps.

But he’s the reason we’re called the Tartan Terrors. We took the name to honor him.”

Tartan, which we call plaid on this side of the pond, is a multi-colored design of Scottish origin, and the band members’ kilts are tartans.

At their performances, and through the sales of their CDs, the siblings also honor their parents, along with relatives of other band members, by giving back a portion of the proceeds to help fight and raise awareness about cancer. Skip Wilkes Irmisch was just forth-three years old when he died of leukemia in 1988; Sue died four years ago of

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pancreatic cancer. The mother of another member of the group died of breast cancer, and other members have been affected in one way or another by some form of cancer.

“My mother was very much a believer that even though money might be tight, there’s always a little extra that can be given back,” Ellen said.

She said the group has donated more than $150,000 to various charities over the years, including the Northern Appalachian Cancer Network in Pennsylvania. The donations include a percentage from each CD sale, which go specifically to fight breast cancer. The band’s six CDs, including the newest, Whiskey Before Breakfast, will be available for purchase at the Wellsboro show and can also be ordered online.

The Tartan Terrors are based in Burlington, Ontario, and they identify themselves as “North America’s premier Celtic event.”

In its first appearance in Wellsboro, the band will perform the fourth and final show of the 2012-13 season for the Wellsboro Community Concert Association, said See Tartan Terrors on page 25

Tartan Terrors member Sahra Featherstone performs to honor her parents, as well as her childhood.

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Julian Stam, president of the association.

“Some of our board members had seen them and were very excited at the opportunity to bring them in,” Stam said. “It fit into our program.

Each year we try to have a number of different types of acts, and we really like their high-energy style. Clearly they’re excellent musicians with a very vibrant stage show.”

Members of the band have performed for President Bill Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II, and before countless others in audiences around the world. They’ve been seen on television, including Good Morning America, in movies, including Tim Allen’s The Santa Clause, and in live theater, at festivals— you name it.

Eight members are on the current tour. Ellen Wilkes Irmisch asked that, in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, those attending the concert at Wellsboro High School wear green.

Though this is the Tartan Terrors’ first visit to Wellsboro, they’ve played all over Pennsylvania and they always enjoy coming here. “Pennsylvania’s like our second home,” said Ellen. “We love coming home. We know we’re going to have a fantastic time.”

And, she promised, you will, too.

Mountain Home contributing writer Roger Neumann is a retired editor and reporter for the Elmira Star-Gazette.

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Happy O'Lucky in last year's St. Paddy's Parade.

The Wearin' o' the Green Story and photos by Cindy Davis Meixel

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rish eyes will be smiling throughout the streets of Williamsport on Saturday, March 16, when the city’s second annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade marches through the downtown district, starting at 11 a.m.

L a s t ye a r’s i n a u g u r a l p a r a d e was blessed with sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures in the 70s. Parade participants and watchers alike dressed in green garb from head to toe, eager to shake off winter and welcome spring.

“The enthusiasm was great and so was the weather,” said Justin Simpson,

director of the Williamsport Recreation Commission. “There were so many people downtown in shorts, T-shirts, and sunglasses! It was a beautiful day!”

Regardless of what Mother Nature bestows on the day, organizers hope festive fans will come out to support the family-friendly event and its participants. Last year, over fifty units marched in six divisions with the crowd estimated at nearly 10,000 people. The parade covers ten city blocks along West Fourth Street, from Campbell to Market streets.

Simpson says organizers hope to

build on the success of last year’s parade and encourage more bands to participate. He adds that, in addition to last year’s popular large leprechaun balloon, there are hopes of adding a sizeable shamrock to the 2013 lineup.

Brenda Everett, lead parade organizer and a sales representative with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the parade’s co-sponsor with the City of Williamsport, says the aim is to double last year’s parade length from one hour to nearly two by adding more divisions and participants, including See Wearin' o' the Green on page 36

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Hershey’s product characters and a mounted state police color guard unit from Harrisburg. The 2013 parade grand marshal will be Williamsport native Michael R. Rafferty, a former city mayor and well-known local “Irishman.”

Other Irish representatives will be fifty marching members of the Greater Williamsport Notre Dame Club, singing the university’s “fight song,” as well as members of the local John P. Maloney Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a group devoted to Irish heritage whose division is named in honor of the first Williamsport city police officer killed in the line of duty.

(John Patrick Maloney, age thirty, was shot and killed 106 years ago on March 13, 1907.)

Last year, the Hibernians’ special guest was State Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley, who told Everett he had assisted with Philadelphia’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade for fifteen years and that Williamsport had “pulled off a topnotch event and he was impressed.”

Everett notes that the 2012 parade was organized in just five weeks, but turned out to be “a rousing success.”

She added, “Anticipation is high for this year’s gathering” and there are, indeed, hopes that the event will continue to be a strong tradition, similar to other parades throughout the state.

Williamsport now joins the ranks of other Pennsylvania cities conducting St. Patrick’s Day Parades, including Scranton, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and York, as well as small towns like Girardville, Stroudsburg, and Jim Thorpe.

“St. Patrick’s Day is a great holiday and this is a wonderful event everyone can get involved in,” Everett said.

“Williamsport is a great city and this parade is something to be proud of.

People often hear bad things about the city, but when people come here and see what the city is all about, they just love it.”

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Patrick’s Day Parade joining other wildly successful annual parades in Williamsport, including the Grand Slam Parade, welcoming Little League Baseball World Series players to town in mid-August, and the Billtown Christmas Parade, launching the holiday shopping season on the Friday before Thanksgiving. Later this year, Simpson says the city will attempt its first Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 9.

Following the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, an informal “pub tour,” with approximately twenty participating bars, is also offered as part of the day’s festivities. Everett says there “were no issues at all” with last year’s parade or pub tour. She notes that the St. See Wearin' o' the Green on page 38

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Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, comprised of twenty members of the city’s police, fire, and recreation offices as well as local media, works closely with the Lycoming County D.U.I. Task Force to promote an event where people “are smart about having fun.”

Steve Shope, a Williamsport native and University of Notre Dame graduate, says his favorite Irish pub in Billtown is Domers Bar & Grill on Grove Street. Shope notes that the term “Domers” is a nickname connected with Notre Dame.

“It’s always packed in there for St. Patrick’s Day. It’s wall-to-wall people with a bagpiper playing, trying to squeeze through the crowd,” he said.

A lover of his Irish heritage, Shope added, “As far as I’m concerned, St. Patrick’s Day is bigger than Christmas and it’s bigger than New Year’s—it’s the best holiday of the year!”

Shope says he typically makes a big meal on the holiday and strives to keep it as authentic as possible. He says his late grandmother, Pearl Murphy, whose grandparents came to America during the Great Famine, often commented on the unauthentic items eaten in America on St. Patrick’s Day. Although corned beef is a signature dish of the day, Shope explained, “They didn’t eat meat in Ireland—that wasn’t a luxury they had.”

He fondly recalls his grandmother’s mixture of mashed potatoes and apples, as well as her soda bread.

Shope notes that, after German, Irish is the second most popular heritage in the Williamsport area.

Everett, who says she is also “a lot Irish,” added, “Of course, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day!” A native of Wellsboro and resident of Williamsport, Cindy Davis Meixel is a wee bit Irish with connections to the Love family of Northern Ireland.

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2-3 bdrms. 1.5 baths. EZ to Wellsville, NY or Coudersport,Pa.$219,000 #122599

LOG CABIN ON 33 ACRES WITH 100% OGMS – VACATION, HUNT, SNOWMOBILE! Here’s your dream property with 33+ acres, unleased 100% OGMs! Log cabin offers secluded setting in the PINE CREEK VALLEY with long views, ROW to State Forest, great solitude for relaxation. Short drive to PA Grand Canyon and Wellsboro. Call for pertinent details!$299,000

OUTSTANDING FOR YOUR HOMESTEAD ON 10 ACRES! – This setting is very private and ideal as farmette. Hefty log home overlooking the valley and mountains! Cozy, rustic interior, sunroom, wraparound porch and deck. Short drive to Wellsville, NY, located between Mills and Genesee. Property has subdivision pending from larger parcel. $289,000 #122913

VACATION OR RETIRE HERE! – Sits on over 7 acres with no visible neighbors! Ranch home offers 3 bdrms with a lovely interior offering large bright windows revealing the great view! Very large sunroom for year-round enjoyment! Many new and attractive amenities!100% ogms convey. Call natural gas lease info. $199,000 #122903

COZY & SECLUDED LOG CABIN -10+ ACRES – This cabin sits in private setting in the woods and would be ideal for a hunting camp or family retreat! Home was built in 2007 and has a finished basement for extra living space. Won’t last long.

Short drive to Route 15 and Williamsport or Mansfield, Pa. $164,900 #122761

179 ACRES WITH 3 BDRM HOME-100% OGM’S CONVEY – Here’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase a 179+ acre farm with 100% OGM’s!

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YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME – Short drive to Wellsboro, yet tucked in the wilderness. Cabin on 2 acres, borders state. Features wraparound deck, woodstove, with spacious rooms for large family or hunting club members. $85,000 #122946

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PRIVATE LOGHOME RETREAT – Attractive log home features a 2 sided stone fireplace with wood insert. Cherry steps to the second floor loft which offers 2 bdrms & bathroom. Spacious great rm offers cathedral ceilings & slate floors. Home boasts beautiful master suite. All this on 32 private acs!EZ to Wellsboro.$435,000.#121313

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FULL TIME RESIDENCE OR PART-TIME GET AWAY this 3 BR ranch home in the Gem Lake Subdivision offers privacy and full lake rights. Large eat-in kitchen opens to spacious living room and foyer area, wood burning fireplace, 2 full bathrooms, beautiful 300 sqft railed deck w/built-in benches and privacy on the 1/2 wooded 1/2 open lot.

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HERE’S YOUR CHANCE! Invest in this single family fixerupper OR easily convert back to 2-unit rental. Live in one unit and rent the other to pay the mortgage and taxes. House already has 2 electric meters, 2 gas meters and upstairs entry stairway. The 1.35 acre property fronts Grant Street and 170’ Lincoln Street.

MTH 123550 $127,500

VERY WELL MAINTAINED 3 BR HOME/LODGE in the Brookland Club on .92 acre wooded lot within walking distance to State Land. Beautiful hardwood floors, new roof, new fireplace insert, generator - completely furnished (flatscreen - new furniture - new washer/dryer - lots of taxidermy). Screened-in sun porch, 3 storage sheds.

MTH 123527 $139,900

Commercial Opportunity BRADFORD COUNTY “GOLDEN MILE” Wysox commercial Route 6 area. 9+ acres w/frontage on Route 6. Currently Gas Station (Exxon), and, retail building (formerly SEARS) leased month-to-month for storage. Long road frontage, borders railroad, some paving, underground fuel storage tanks, development potential. OGM’s owned, not leased, negotiable.

MTH 123547 $1,990,000

LONG COUNTRY VIEWS from the top of Reese Hill in Charleston Township on 26+ acres. Private location for campsite, cabin or home; slopes gently up to top of ridge with views to South East. Nice recreational parcel for camping, ATV’s and archery hunting. Seller will provide perc and permit for septic.

MTH 123526 $75,000

LARGE .60 ACRE IN-TOWN LOT with public water, sewer and utilities available. Located near schools, park and walking distance to all town services. Excellent opportunity to take advantage of downtown conveniences in your dream home on one of the last available lots in the boro.

MTH 122631 $49,900

ARE YOU READY TO OWN this busy turnkey business? The business is booming and the price is right. This well established tavern serves a nice mix of good company, social and legal beverages, good home cooked food and weekend entertainment in the evening hours.

Situated on 1.25 acres at the edge of Wellsboro.

MTH 120329 $499,000

OUTSTANDING 4 BR COUNTRY HOME featuring family room w/ stone fireplace and flagstone floor; vaulted ceiling in living room, large master suite, huge attached garage w/kitchen and laundry room, great outbuildings, income from mobile home, close to State Land, walk to Pine Creek, 4-wheel and snowmobile from home.

MTH 122993 $229,000

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OGM RIGHTS AVAILABLE w/beautiful 5 BR farmhouse on 88 acres. Large stone fireplace in Great Room, meticulously landscaped grounds, 6 out buildings in excellent condition, 1st floor BR and bath w/laundry. Borders State Forest, some fencing.

Excellent horse property or commercial possibilities; some timber value.

MTHDLM 119077 $399,000

GREAT CAMP, FULL TIME RESIDENCE on 20 acres provides seclusion and privacy, yet with access to Route 44 just 4/10 mile away. 2 BR home sits south of golf club and close to State Land, is very well built w/beautiful stone fireplace and walk out lower level.

MTHDLM 121031 $159,500

BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED 3 BR VICTORIAN style farm house within minutes of Coudersport, with cozy eat-in kitchen, covered front and side porches, large heated garage/shop, small stream meanders through property, nicely landscaped.

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METICULOUS 4 BR SEASONAL OR FULL TIME residence w/(3) 1st floor BR’s, newer kitchen and 2 baths, cathedral ceiling - completely remodeled.

Front and rear decks to enjoy wildlife, miles of 4-wheel and snowmobile trails available, access to hunting land.

MTHDLM 121864 $129,000

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Farmette with country setting on 19.7 acre fenced pasture with stream. 3 bdrms, 1 ½ baths, wood floors, big kitchen & family room. Livestock barn, chicken coop & various sheds.

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Rich Gryziec, the new promoter of the Bloomsburg Antique Show, with some of his collectibles. (Left) Clyde Bunce has been the promoter of the Bloomsburg Antique Show for over twenty-five years.

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n the second Saturday of March and November, it begins. First a hush, then a brief announcement and then the sound and energy build in the large, welllighted hall to a warm, friendly buzz.

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With over seventy-five handpicked dealers displaying a wide variety of antique furniture, glass, pottery, textiles, jewelry, primitives, books, paper, postcards, and more, the Bloomsburg Antique Show is a time-burnished jewel of a show. In the world of antiques, “show” means exhibition of items for sale, but it is also a show—for this type of event is truly a production that requires painstaking care to run like a perfectly calibrated antique clock.

Clyde Bunce has been the “Master of Ceremonies” of this show for over twenty-five years. He works constantly t h ro u g h o u t t h e ye a r, o rd e r i n g equipment, designing and placing

the advertisements, contacting and working with dealers, and sending out countless postcards to a mailing list that encompasses much of the northeastern quadrant of the United States.

Though classified as a regional show, the dealers are from three states.

By the Thursday before show day, he is arranging, handling the hundreds of small, and not so small, difficulties that can arise when a cast of over 100 people comes to produce an event for thousands. During the show, Clyde appears to be everywhere, as the perfect host and quietly smoothing difficulties for vendor and visitor, with a smile or a small joke. On an average show

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Collections of different antiques are shown at the Bloomsburg Antique Show, which is held every year in March and November.

weekend, over 2,000 people will come to look for items to add to a collection, to buy furnishings to enhance an historic home, or to talk to people knowledgeable in various fields about something they own, or something that they wish to sell.

For Clyde, being a promoter is a natural outgrowth of his interests and work. He was always interested in older things, even as a child. One of his early memories was working with his mother, collecting rummage for Little League sales. “I loved going through the boxes, and sorting. Then, I discovered auctions.” That interest led to his profession as an antique dealer. At first, he sold a general line of antiques, then glass and china. “But gradually, jewelry took over.” Clyde became a well-known estate jewelry dealer, strong in Victorian, Nouveau, and Art Deco. As the business grew, Clyde did many shows on the east coast with the spring/summer circuit in the north and the Florida circuit during the winter months.

While exhibiting at other shows,

Clyde’s strong business sense made notes of what worked for those who exhibited at shows, and perhaps more importantly, what did not. By the late 1970s, he was not only a dealer, but had developed a show promotional company, strictly for antique shows, under the name M. Butché Promotions.

Clyde promoted shows throughout Pennsylvania, including many mall shows, which were popular in the 1980s and 1990s, and more traditional shows in Centre Hall, Williamsport, and Allentown. Over twenty-five years ago, Clyde took over the Bloomsburg show from another promoter and ran the show in conjunction with the Columbia-Montour County Visitors Bureau. Eventually, the bureau wished to get out of the show promotion business, so for many years, M. Butché has been the sole promoter. Over the last decade, he has cut down his schedule and has sold off some of his other venues. But the Bloomsburg show has remained Clyde’s signature show.

Many collectors in the MidAtlantic region use the dates of this

show to travel, from western New York to Washington D.C. As they travel, they make it an “antique weekend,” often stopping at antique shops and malls that are on the way to Bloomsburg.

Smaller and more intimate than the large national shows, the Bloomsburg Antique Show has been carefully constructed by Clyde to encompass a wide variety of collectible interests and price ranges. He chooses dealers with expertise in their stock. Many specialty dealers not only sell, but through their knowledge of the field, they help both experienced collectors and those just starting out. It’s a chance to see and handle rare and unusual antiques and to learn their history and original purposes. For Clyde, it’s also about bringing people with similar interests together. For him, it is not the size of the sale that’s important. It is the sale itself—the deepening of a mature collection, or the development of a new collector that is important. To him, the show wins when someone buys an inexpensive item and learns about it.

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decade about the waning of interest in antiques and antique shows. In a very special way, the Bloomsburg Antique Show promotes the development of new collectors and new collections. That makes it not only a vibrant and exciting show today, but also one that has a bright future, much like the diamond and pearl crown lapel pin that Clyde often wears.

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Due to some continuing medical issues, Clyde has sold the show for the 2013 season to Rick Gryziec, of RSG Antiques. This is unusual, as successful shows like the Bloomsburg Antique Show are generally sold to professional promoters. But the charm of this show has always been protected by Clyde, who is first and foremost passionate about antiques and the people who love them.

So, this show is moving to another expert caretaker of unusual and historical items.

In fact, Rich Gryziec could be a “poster child” of what Clyde intended when he began promoting shows. Rich became interested in antiques as an attendee of the show. Dorothy Bunce, Clyde’s sister, remembers Rich as the nice man who collected clocks. Thirty years ago, Rick became a dealer in a general line of country and primitives, and over twenty years ago began exhibiting at the Bloomsburg Antique Show. When he retired from his flooring business, he devoted more time and energy to antiques, now specializing in schoolgirl needlework (commonly known as samplers) and other American Folk art and antiques. As a successful small businessman, and a long time collector and dealer, Rich is a tailor-made fit for this special show.

Mountain Home contributor Linda Roller is a book seller, appraiser, and writer in Avis, Pennsylvania.

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