The Cornell 4-H Cup | Event Program

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October 26 at 6pm 516.779.1189

Executive Director Laura K. Hunsberger Senior Resource Educator Nutrition Programs

Human Resources Dionne Marshak

Jennifer Colletti

Resource Educator Horticulture & Urban Forestry Julie Seghrouchni

Finance Deborah Farr

Nutrition Program Staff

Environmental Horticulture Program Staff

Dawn Avento

Mae Bennett Janet Maruna Grace Moyano Theresa Whitehead

Information Technology

Bonnie Lynn Klein Vinnie Drzewucki

Andrea Savoretti

Printing & Operations Hayden Cust

Part-time Association Staff Ann Bender George Distler

Dorothy P. Flint

Summer Camp

Administrator

Director

Facilities Manager

Maria Devlin

Karen Nelson

Brian Skelton

Administrative Assistant

Farm Manager

Karen Bloom

Robert Peterson

Assistant Farm Manager Max Bela

(Plus roughly 100 valued counselors, nurses, directors, and dedicated program staff)

Members

Board of Directors Officers

Members

Florence Barbour

Larry Berger, President

Sally Reinhardt

Elaine Carr

Kathleen Rathgeber, Vice-President

Susan Sciglibaglio

Joseph Koczko

Barbara Fotinatos, Treasurer

Robert Sympson

Karen LaMarsh

William McCabe, Secretary

Nancy Youngfert

Laura K. Hunsberger, Executive Director

Building Strong and Vibrant New York Communities Cornell Cooperative Extension in Nassau County provides equal program and employment opportunities

The Cornell 4-H Cup Schedule List and timing of the day’s activities

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Welcome to the Cornell 4-H Cup Laura Hunsberger, Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County (CCE-NC) 2

Meet the Cornell 4-H Cup Founders One polo-playing developer, a “horse whisperer” recording engineer & CCE-NC exec team up to create NoFo Polo 22

Matt Marshak’s Vivid Sonic Spectrum Internationally renowned jazz guitar great brings the blues and funk all over the globe 4

Nassau Extension Office & U.S. History CCE-NC’s Jericho office is the site of a critical stop on the Underground Railroad 29

From DPF to Ocean Floors & Outer Space Charles Pellegrino’s incredible journey started as a DPF STEM-based camper 6

DPF Equestrian Program Gives Kids the Edge Equine training programs for experienced and novice riders, builds skills & confidence 40

Visionary Vintners & Horse Rescuers The Rubin family of Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard and their tireless pursuit to protect horses from slaughter 9

CCE-NC Joins New York Disaster Network Extension Disaster Education Network provides new resources for Long Islanders 52

Get to Know Cornell Polo Home to Cooperative Extension and one of the world’s premier college polo programs 10

Playin’ in the Band A Gardner marine biologist plus two Lovetts and take-out equals Spicy Tuna

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Big Red Polo’s Big Year Cornell’s men and women teams both advanced to the NCAA championship tourney 13

Macho Nacho Polo’s world ambassador and Ralph Lauren’s best-known model is sidelined with hip injury after scary London mishap 16

C Co on n tt e en n tt s s

CCE-NC Partnership Protects LI Waters Sea Grant research and resources now available to Nassau County in Sandy’s wake 59

We Did Promise You a Rose Garden Master Gardeners deliver a one-of-a-kind Long Island rose trial, butterfly gardens & much more!

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The Great EMF Pumpkin CCE-NC board member Karen LaMarsh Is cultivating “Sandy” the Atlantic Giant super-pumpkin for the EMF Fall Festival 62

The

12:45 Gates open 1:00

Auction bidding commences

1:05

Spicy Tuna

2:20

“Star Spangled Banner� by Matt Marshak w/ROTC Color Guard Riders & Horses introduced | Match rules explained by announcer Jerry Knapp

3:00

First throw-in by Honorary Officials

3:40

Halftime Hat Contest & Divot Stomp!

4:00

Match resumes

4:50

Rider interviews & awards | Auction winners announced

5:00

Matt Marshak 1

New York’s oldest 4-H camp is now in its 89th year! The Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp (DPF) is located on a 140-acre wooded site and features a 42acre working farm and sandy beachfront on the Long Island Sound. We are committed to offering campers high-quality 4-H STEM-based educational programs, on par with the excellence of Cornell University. We are accredited by the American Camp Association and licensed by the Suffolk County Health Department. Unfortunately, DPF suffered severe hurricane damage, much of which is not covered by casualty insurance. One cabin was completely destroyed and a number of others require significant repair. Our beach access stairwell was damaged in the storm, and we lost one of the camp’s best lodges recently as well. Our science and nature center needs substantial improvement, and a wide variety of infrastructure has been damaged, or suffered from time and the elements.

Camp Programs and AƩendance − We offered eight full camping weeks in 2012, with 739 campers participating in overnight summer programs, 359 who were also weekend stay-overs. We also offered a number of deserving children “camperships,” many of which were provided by generous benefactors who offered modest means kids a chance to connect with nature, make friends, build confidence, and leadership skills. DPF is expanding that program in 2013 for families impacted by Sandy. Campers in 2012 hailed from all over Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and even Florida. Many of our camp counselors are recruited from Europe and Oceania, offering kids new perspectives. Campers enjoyed exciting new program activities including one of the best high ropes courses on Long Island, Zumba dancing, magic, I Hear Music (w/the DPF camp band), and recycled item crafts, as well as traditional favorites, such as farming, archery, drama, kayaking, environmental science, fashion, fishing, rocketry, swimming, super soccer, woodworking, outdoor cooking, sewing, survival skills, and of course, our popular equine program. We provide campers abundant opportunities to participate in human-powered activities and help them build strong relationships that can last a lifetime.

We are committed to creating Long Island’s future leaders, one summer at a time…

4-H TradiƟon − Alumni, counselors, campers and friends gathered for specific camp improvement projects during 12 Volunteer Work Weekends in 2012, to improve and preserve DPF for future generations. Our volunteers helped to secure the camp before Sandy descended on Long Island, but even with the extraordinary efforts of our dedicated and talented team, we still lost one cabin and two others were severely damaged. Tree damage has also resulted in additional work for our staff and volunteers, and will result in substantial expense for CCE-NC in 2013 because at least 112 trees were damaged, and most of the removal costs are not covered by casualty insurance. It must nevertheless be completed for the 2013 camping season to ensure the safest possible environment for our campers, staff and visitors. Please accept my sincere thanks and humble appreciation for your generous support of New York’s oldest summer camp during these challenging times. I hope you enjoy the match and the music!

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Laura K. Hunsberger, Executive Director

fluid style with jazz, blues, rock, pop Shading aandclassic even down-home boogie. Marshak’s sev-

enth major release Colors of Me follows the widely-acclaimed Urban Folktales, which captured a sophisticated late-night vibe and featured “Silent Knowing,” a No. 1 song on the 2011 indie jazz chart. As a popular player on the jazz tour circuit (Mallorca (Spain) Smooth Jazz Festival, Seabreeze, Rehoboth, Hartford Jazz, Low Country, etc.), it’s a busy time for Matt, who is and finding new audiences with his new, fresh music in a time when it seems the entire music industry is shrinking.

Keeping his music evolving in new directions is important to the guitarist. “The feel is a more colorful and diverse here,” says Marshak, a favorite performer around his native New York. “I think my fans will enjoy the change of pace, and I hope new listeners will be attracted to the many musical styles that have really influenced me over my career as a musician.” With ten new original songs, Colors of Me begins with his first radio single, “Cadillac Kid,” a funk-infused blues tune with Carl Carter’s punchy upright bass spicing up organ and horn bursts that hint of a street party in Havana. Of course, Marshak’s dexterous lead playing, in the style of Larry Carlton and Wes Montgomery, as always leads the way on his musical adventures.

Marshak’s melodic acumen comes to the fore in two other radiofriendly tracks. “Down in Delaware” (also included as an bonus extended version) features strings and a George Benson-like hook while incorporating Marcus Anderson’s robust sax and the inspired playing of keys man Benjie Porecki. The musical hook continues with “Jeans and a T-Shirt.” Bringing together pop, country, Americana and jazz, Marshak’s acoustic strumming recalls the best Dave Matthews and Marc Antoine hits while his electric guitar joyously dances around on a jazzy lead.

Speaking of catchy, there’s a reason why “Morning Meditation” sounds like a rediscovered recording from the vaults of smoothjazz supergroup Fourplay: That’s musical legend and Fourplay drummer Harvey Mason laying down rhythmic support on an easygoing tune with a catchy melody and some complex chordal movements. Marshak’s touring band— drummer Carl Anderson, bassist Kenny Harris and keyboardist Rodney Williams—shows off its seasonal music talent on “Everything to Me” and “XYZ.” The former is a smooth tune with cool chord changes and a strong live band performance, while “XYZ” highlights Marshak’s fusion leanings with its funky and K a l e i d o s c o p e cont. on p. 39

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DPF Camp Alum is True Titan of Science & Literature Charlie Pellegrino Proves What’s Possible with STEM-Based 4-H Camp Education Charlie explored the Titanic shipwreck site twice aboard the MIR II self-propelled Deep Submergence Vehicle (DPV) and became one of the world’s most astute authoriƟes regarding the fate of the doomed ship, which later resulted in a series of best-selling books and a Hollywood career with the legendary film director, James Cameron.

New York Times best-selling authors list. His writings and scholarship have been revered by Isaac Asimov (“I love everything Pellegrino writes”), affectionately rejected by Stephen Hawking (“I hate Pellegrino and Sagan’s Valhalla theory. . . [which] is brilliant, evocative, and not without a certain amount of wished-for poetic order. It merely happens to be perfectly wrong”), evoked fear in Stephen King (“This guy really scares me”), and excoriated by the likes of Rev. Jerry Falwell (“Rarely ha[s] a man’s books been so fit for burning”).

Pellegrino almost seems to relish the controversy he foments, even

his prolific polymath’s pursuits span space and time,

posting some of his staunchest critics’ more acerbic ad hominem

earth and sea, and even dino-DNA. While Charles R.

arguments at charlespellegrino.com.

Pellegrino specializes in paleobiology and astronomy,

of his vast range of scientific exploration and thought leadership,

his various other interests and accomplishments exceed, and are

which has also involved some highly-publicized controversy, and

certainly more diverse, than

more than a little civil litigation,

most could envision within

Pellegrino is now conclusively

a single career—even one

credited with developing what

as frenetic as Pellegrino’s.

became known as the “Jurassic

His

advances

Park Recipe,” the scientific theo-

range from rocket science

ry that dinosaurs may one day be

and non-military nuclear

resurrected through DNA pre-

propulsion

to

served in fossilized insects, and

construction

the science on which the box-

materials, and magnetically

office smash Spielberg film se-

levitated

ries was premised.

visionary

composite

systems,

transportation

systems. Pellegrino’s path

After exploring Long Island

from the heavens and beyond,

exploring

ancient

tombs in Jerusalem, and

Sound aquatic sea life as a DPF Pellegrino’s dino-DNA theory made popular by Hamptons resident Spielberg

plumbing the oceans’ depths and its murky shipwrecks, can all be traced back to the Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp where he was a summer camper in the late 1960s, and later a DPF Camp Counselor in the early 1970s. And much like New York’s oldest 4-H camp, Pellegrino has recently endured hardship in Hurricane Sandy’s wake. The Long Islander has been, and for now remains, a Manhattan resident by circumstance, living temporarily in the city after being displaced by Sandy’s torrential South Shore tidal surge.

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Among the many examples

camper, Pellegrino would later

survey the ocean floor with Robert Ballard, exploring deep-sea Pacific hydrothermal vents in the Galapagos Rift region, following the Ballard’s 1985 discovery of the Titanic shipwreck. It was aboard a self-propelled DPV that Pellegrino’s swath of truthseeking expanded from paleontology “into the shallows of archaeological time.” He recounted his fascination with the ecosystems that develop as a result of shipwrecks, and it was his expertise regarding the fate of the Bismarck and Titanic, through forensic examination and scientific theory development and diving twice to the Titanic shipwreck site, that would forge a relationship with

Pellegrino has authored more than a dozen widely celebrated,

famed film director James Cameron, and which led to Pellegrino’s

and sometimes sharply and sardonically scrutinized, literary

Hollywood career, as a scientific and technical advisor for the box-

works, many of which have made him a frequent occupant of the

office mega-hits Titanic and Avatar.

DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. on p. 18

One family’s dedication to protect these majestic creatures ar Admiral.

Secretariat.

Man

O’War. Well known names indeed among race enthusiasts and legends of equestrian lore. Unfortunately, far less known are the tragic fates of many horses when they outlive their usefulness as perceived in certain circles. The Rubin family, proprietors of the nearby Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard (BHFV), is committed to changing all that for good. We are proud to call Baiting Hollow Farm Horse Rescue, a key Cornell 4-H Cup partner.

For more than a half-decade, these awardwinning vintners have been building a horse haven unlike any other on Long Island.

Among the many horses rescued by the Rubins include descendants of all three of those famed race horses, as well as a wide variety of other beautiful breeds, large and small alike. With the same care and attention to detail that has resulted in a slew of wine awards for BHFV, the Rubin family has been leading the effort to rescue neglected and abused horses. Beyond their local efforts to provide a humane sanctuary a few miles west of DPF, BHFV is designing programs to ensure the safety and care of re-homed horses, and advocating and educating the public to urge for federal legislation to prevent the export of American horses to Canada and Mexico for slaughter. The Horse Rescuers, cont. on p. 30

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About Cornell Big Red Polo profit organization with the pur- the nine top-ranked individuals pose of providing young men and in the Club and practices on women the opportunity of experi- Tuesday and Thursday eveencing the game of polo. Current nings, coached by David Elmembership includes both under- dredge, Lisa Mix and Karen graduates and members of the Lowe-Eldredge.

The

club

business community. The Club holds tryouts each fall to comThe Cornell Polo Club was has 30 ponies, primarily from pile the first year (beginner) founded in the fall of 1936, but alumni and friend donations, and polo team. The first-year expepolo had been played at Cornell has been recognized consistently rience provides the instruction since the early 1920s as part of as intercollegiate polo’s top tier. the

ROTC

training

and training necessary to turn

program. The intercollegiate division of the competent riders into proficient

Characterized by growing inter- Cornell Polo Club includes both polo players for the varsity est and enthusiasm from the men’s

and

women’s

varsity squad. Julie Hansen, Stave

start, the Cornell Polo Club has squads and a first-year team. Kraus and Kurt Schllichting remained a self-supporting, non- Each varsity squad consists of coach

the

first-year

team,

which

holds

practices on Monday and Friday

eve-

nings.

All

players

are

responsible for

paying

dues

each

semester as well as working

at

the

Club’s annual fund

raising

activities

Big Red Polo, cont. on p. 14

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B o t h C o r n e l l Po l o Te a m s Q u a l i f i e d fo r 2 0 1 3 N at i o n a l C h a m p i o n s h i p To u r n e y ITHACA, NY – The Cornell men’s and women’s

Cornell sidelines. With an 11-2 regular sea-

polo teams went deep into the heart of the Texas

son record, the USPA Northeast Regional

national title tournament, aiming to return with

Champion men’s team faced Colorado State

championship hardware as both teams advanced

in the semifinal round. The Rams ran up a

to the 2013 USPA Collegiate National Champion-

quick first chukker lead they would never re-

ship tournament in Brookshire, Texas.

linquish as the central region champ topped

Cornell men won 10 of their last 11 contests en

Cornell 19-12 in the USPA national semifi-

route to their 10th USPA northeast regional title

nals, ending Cornell’s season with an 11-3

in the last 11 seasons. David Eldredge, Big Red

season. The second-seed Rams ran off four

Men’s Head Coach, has amassed an impressive

straight goals to end the first chukker up 6-2

396-164-8 record (.704) in his 27 years on the

Big Red’s Big Year, cont. on p. 46

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Big Red Polo, cont. from p. 10 (such as horse shows) and home games.

The annual pinnacle for the varsity season is the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, at which the nation’s best teams clash in a quest for the Townsend Trophy in Fort Worth, Texas. Cornell has won the men’s intercollegiate title 10 times since the club began, most recently in 1992. The women’s team has won seven national championships, including a string of five straight (198488), and most recently in 1991. This year, the Cornell Polo Club will serve as host of the seventh annual Cornell Polo Classic.

The tournament draws many schools including the University of Virginia, Colorado State University, Yale, Stanford, and Skidmore to compete and promote intercollegiate polo. The Eastern Regional Tournament is also held each spring in Ithaca to determine which teams advance to the title tournament.

Weekly Wednesday night team practices develop local players who may later represent the Ithaca Polo Club. During each winter intersession, the team holds practices four times per week, two of which are devoted to beginners.

Cornell polo

games are held at the Cornell Equestrian Center every Saturday during the academic year starting at 8:15 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. on most Fridays.

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Hip Injury Sidelines Ignacio Figueras “Nacho” is Argentina’s iconic polo player.

Ranked among the world’s top 100 riders and often called “polo’s David Beckham,” Figueras typically competes in Argentina and the U.S. as part of the Black Watch Polo Team. The face of Ralph Lauren’s Black Label line since 2005, Nacho was recently chosen to represent the entire line of Polo brand fragrances. He is ranked at No. 4 in the models.com Top Male Icons.

The son of an agriculturalist, Figueras began playing polo at age 9 and turned pro

Nacho’s modeling success, polo remains

at 17, playing at various locations in Eu-

his passion. He maintains his mission in

rope before arriving in Bridgehampton in

life “is to bring polo to the world a little

1999, when he joined White

more,” seeking to use his ce-

Birch, a

lebrity to enhance polo’s profile

team then shared

by Peter Brant and Neil

however he can.

Hirsch.

Nacho is now cap-

Nacho has helped organize

tain of Black Watch, a team

and promote numerous match-

he co-owns with Hirsch. He

es

was voted the second most

Clicquot Manhattan Polo Clas-

handsome man in the world

sic exhibition on Governor’s

by Vanity Fair

Island on June 1st.

readers in

June 2009, with 15% of the

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such

as

the

Veuve

He also

competed in Greenwich versus

vote, albeit far behind Robert Pattinson

England’s Prince Harry at the Greenwich

(“Twilight”), who drew 51%, but in front

Polo Club on May 15 in the Royal Salute

of Brad Pitt, who garnered 12%. Despite

Macho Nacho, cont. on p. 25

Charlie has explored the ocean floor during many self-propelled DPV dives with a passion he developed exploring sunken wrecks at DPF

DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. from p. 6 The science of Titanic was based in large part on Pellegrino’s marine biological and archeological knowledge, the latter from his scientific extrapolations of what an alternate

life-supporting

environment

might consist, including innovative propulsion devices based on the earlier Valkyrie spacecraft design he developed with Brookhaven National Laboratory physicist Jim Powell, that theoretically travel at 92% the speed of light (and then decelerate) to

Director.

ciaries of the STEM-based (Science,

member of the Challenger Center, and has

Technology, Engineering and Mathemat-

been a member of the American Associa-

ics) 4-H summer camping experience

tion for the Advancement of Science,

DPF offers, on par with the educational

Planetary Society, the Paleontological

excellence of Cornell University. Pelle-

Society, and was elected a British Inter-

grino later attended Long Island Universi-

planetary Society fellow.

ty, and progressed on to affiliations with Victoria University of Wellington and the New Zealand National Observatory, as well as the Brookhaven National Labora-

Pelligrino is also a founding

Pellegrino revealed that “from the start, a career in writing seemed the least likely thing in the world. At age twelve I was

He later taught at Hofstra and

reading far below my grade level. Ironi-

Adelphi Universities, and is a space flight

cally, I think having to climb that extra

Pellegrino’s affinity for marine biology

consultant for Long Island’s Cradle of

hurdle gave me more of a love of words

was spawned on the DPF 4-H Camp’s

Aviation Museum. A painting of the Val-

than I ever would have had otherwise.

Long Island Sound beach, and exploring

kyrie rocket hangs at the museum, where

Two of my childhood friends, also reading

the ecosystems that developed among the

fellow DPF 4-H alumni and friend Joshua

disabled, grew up to write books with me.

sunken vessels just offshore, counting this

Stoff (who co-authored Chariots for

modern scientific intelligentsia lightening

Apollo with Pellegrino) became Museum

transport humans to distant star systems.

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rod among the thousands of the benefi-

tory.

DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. at p. 26

Long Island Aquarium Marine Biologist Todd Gardner

met Tom and John at an open-mic night when Tom

is a professor of marine science at Suffolk County

pointed out they had similar taste in guitars. A few

Community college, and one-third of the East End’s

days later they held their first jam session in Todd’s

newest acoustic trio, all while gigging as a percussion-

apartment and a few weeks after that, they had their

ist in the Hamptons

first

Samba

sensation:

Eastender’s. The

Escola de Samba

name Spicy Tuna

Boom. He got his

was

conceived

musical start with

one

evening

the saxophone in

when Todd was

the

grade

facing the dual

and picked up the

stresses of trying

guitar

to decide what

fourth

in

college

sushi

after realizing that it was difficult to emulate his favor-

Riverhead Aquarium Marine Biologist Todd Gardner (center), and LoveƩ brothers Tom & John (L & R), span decades of energeƟc acousƟc rock classics with an array of instruments during a recent performance at the Dark Horse in Riverhead.

gig

to

at

order

from a take-out menu,

while

ite musicians (Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Cat Stevens,

Eastender’s owner Diane Reeve pressed him for a

Grateful Dead, The Band, Simon and Garfunkel, etc.)

name for the band she had just booked so she could

on the sax. After spending two years commuting 50

update her calendar. Ironically, the building where

miles each way to the aquarium, Todd made one of the

this all started is now a sushi restaurant. Now, say it

most important decisions of his life in 2004: he moved

out loud: Gardner. Lovett. Perfect for DPF.

to Riverhead where he met brothers Tom and John

¡Viva la Tuna!

Lovett, most of his best friends in the world, and Ashleigh, the love of his life. Perhaps not coincidentally, he met them all at Eastender’s Coffee House. Todd

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The

Persistent Vision Realized first

mushroomed into a full-day event with

along with a number of other public

month on the job,

dozens of volunteers, a host of corpo-

service

CCE-NC Execu-

rate sponsors, and hundreds of interest-

Hunsberger acted quickly to imple-

tive

Director

ed spectators. The response has been

ment new fundraising activities and

Laura Hunsberger was approached

phenomenal, and the extent to which

when Sympson suggested the event,

by board member Bob Sympson who

some

leaders

she was already making progress in

suggested a benefit event first envi-

stepped up almost immediately to help

what would become Long Island’s

sioned by local horse trainer, Alberto

DPF makes us so grateful.”

first Survival Race. “In fact, the ear-

ithin

the

Bengolea, to be held in September 2012. The idea started out modestly enough, an exhibition polo match to raise proceeds for DPF. As a former Peconic resident and plant pathology researcher with the Long Island Hor-

community

business

Since its 1924 inception, DPF has been operated by the nonprofit CCE-NC, which has experienced substantial financial pressure since being removed from the Nassau County annual budget,

organizations.

liest mentions of what became the NoFo Polo concept occurred while I was working with Survival Race organizers to develop the DPF course, and our first ‘official’ meeting was on July 20th,” Hunsberger said. The

ticultural Research and Extension

2012 Survival Race brought a throng

Center, Hunsberger sensed the poten-

of over 3,000 and an extensive media

tial to introduce the sport to the

presence, including all-day coverage

North Fork. She reflected on the ear-

from News12 and CCE-NC commu-

ly moments: “Knowing the time

nity events were off to a fast start.

needed to prepare an event of this

Formal meetings began in earnest on

nature was far more than two mere

the heels of the Survival Race in Oc-

months, not to mention that what is

tober at Nick Aliano’s Middle Island

now a polo field was still a pasture,

office with CCE-NC staffers Deb

we put the event on the calendar for

Farr, Dawn Avento, and DPF Camp

the end of spring 2013.

Administrator Maria Devlin, along Newsday

As an Extension Director in Maryland for a decade, Hunsberger was no stranger to public events that evoke community spirit, and what is now dubbed “NoFo Polo” is no exception.

The concept evolved methodically into something much grander, with today’s Cornell 4-H Cup as its first installment. Hunsberger said “what started with just a handful of people exploring what might be possible,

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nonprofit

Veteran Long Island polo player and real estate developer, Nick Aliano (L), was one of the visionaries for the Cornell 4-H Cup. Aliano said, “This event is important for the community because this 4-H camp has been so important to so many kids for so many years. AŌer seeing all the Hurricane Sandy damage that wasn’t covered by insurance, I knew I had to help somehow, and creaƟng this unique event, which we hope will become an annual tradiƟon, seemed like a logical fit for the camp, with its fine equestrian program, and the people of Long Island, many who are genuine polo fans.” Aliano is among the riders for today’s Cornell 4-H Cup.

with board members Bob Sympson and Secretary Bill McCabe, Jr., as well as Aliano and Bengolea.

The first big breakthrough came when Aliano persuaded a local restaurant owner, who also operates a party rental company, to become the first event corporate sponsor, which still lacked a name, but did have a large tent. Then Hurricane Sandy hit

NoFo Polo, cont. on p. 35

PoloPhoto (UK)

Figueras suffered a season-ending hip fracture during this May 20th fall in London. The horse was not injured.

Macho Nacho, cont. from p. 16 Sentebale Polo Cup, to bene-

chasing the ball and then

fit the charity founded by the

suddenly the ball bounced to

royal in 2006 to improve

the right and the English

healthcare and education for

[player] turned in front of me

the children of Lesotho, Afri-

to get the ball and then my

ca. Days later, on London’s

horse tripped.

outskirts in a match between

front legs of your horse

teams

catch the back legs of the

America

and

South

the

U.K.,

Figueras and his horse took a spill that ended his 2013 season

with

a

fractured

Figueras told CBS News,

acetabulum.

“I was [ ]

Pace CommunicaƟons

representing

When the

other horse the horse goes down.” We wish Nacho the speediest of recoveries and

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The Long Island Sound’s shores feature numerous shipwreck sites, some planned, some not, including three just off the DPF beach where Pellegrino became a marine biologist and would later author a half-dozen works examining aspects of the sunken White Star vessel, Titanic.

DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. from p. 18 A sheer love of science probably had much to do with getting us

Pellegrino has penned six books in the last decade on sub-

over the hurdle.” Pellegrino’s literary inspirations include, Asi-

jects ranging from the lost city of Thera to what would hap-

mov, Stephen Jay Gould, Arthur C. Clarke, King, Walter Lord,

pen if all insects suddenly became extinct. Consistent with

and Anne Morrow Lindergh. When asked what sort of a person

the spirit of many of Pellegrino’s books, Unearthing Atlantis

is likely to become a writer, Pellegrino quipped, “I think you’ll

offers scientific explanations for a possible kernel of truth

find that most of us were strange kids.” He added that it was the

behind a mythical event – in this case, Plato’s story of Atlan-

DPF 4-H Camp staff who really helped him develop his talents:

tis. Whether Pellegrino’s works examine ancient history,

“Among the many great people at the 4-H camp were two of the

alien life systems, or watery graves, he frequently raises

finest teachers I have ever had—Agnes Saunders and Ed McGun-

thought-provoking ethical questions with undercurrents of

nigle.

Rather than focus on a kid's reading problems, they

natural law challenges posed to humanity, urging us to learn

worked with our parents to build upon our strengths. The posi-

from past hubris, foibles and transgressions to survive, per-

tive influence they had on me in my formative years was so pro-

haps in spite of ourselves.

found that Agnes and Ed are acknowledged in every one of my

plained the philosophy of his use of scientific and literary

books.

influence bluntly, “The future of our civilization hinges on

The visionary polymath ex-

DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. on p. 42

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Extension, women & the Underground Railroad intersect on Jericho Turnpike The primary office for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County is located in Jericho, on what is now known as the “Old Jericho Turnpike,” and it is steeped in American history. Dr. James Townsend

The Jackson-Malcolm House as it appeared in a feature segment that aired on News 12 Long Island during Black History Month

lowing the death of his first wife, and the young Quaker family relocated to Nassau County in 1816.

and his wife, Mary Hicks, built the house in 1757.

Their eldest child, William, inherited the farm and

Dr. Townsend was later elected to Congress in 1789,

expanded the home substantially, much as it looks

the same year the U.S. Constitution went into effect

today (above). William married Sarah Tappan and

and the French Revolution

they had one child, Phebe,

raged.

Unfortunately, Dr.

who married James Mal-

Townsend’s demise preceded

colm. The house remained

his taking a Capitol Hill seat.

in the Malcolm family until

Mary Hicks sold the homestead to John Jackson and

it was purchased by Nassau County in 2000 and even-

the widow moved to Oyster Bay to live with the

tually became the CCE-NC office.

Townsend family. The house was purchased by John

Malcolm family members were committed abolition-

Jackson. John’s first wife died, and he later married

ists who used the (Old) Jericho Turnpike homestead

Margaret Townsend. John Jackson’s third son, Oba-

as a critical junction on the Underground Railroad,

diah, married Rachel Underhill Jackson in 1804, fol-

The Jackson-

Underground Railroad, cont. on p. 66

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The Horse Rescuers continued from page 9

As a young boy in Brooklyn in the 1930s, Sam Rubin

with his family. He bought the land and named it

already knew that he needed to work the land, but he

“Baiting Hollow Farm.”

was surrounded by concrete, and the post-Depression

A few years later and ever the avant garde, Sam

years swallowed dreams and seemingly childish

tried his hand at planting a small section of grape-

thoughts of a city boy to become a farmer.

After

vines because it interested him and was a rapidly

WWII, Sam, an army veteran, soon met and wed

expanding crop in an area that was proving itself to

Rhoda. Together they set about raising a family. After

be climatically similar to French growing regions.

many hard years working as a driver for various New

He loved to tend the vineyard, after enjoying some

York City newspapers, Sam followed his dream and

early success, Sam expanded his viticulture output.

purchased his first farm in Cochecton, New York.

With Rhoda’s blessings, and the help of his son

For years, Sam worked in the city during the week and

Richard, Sam acquired additional adjacent acreage.

farmed on the weekends,

After several years of contin-

while maintaining different

uing to nurture the soil and

properties in New York State

vines, Richard’s sound busi-

and Vermont. An avid natu-

ness plan created a team to

ralist, he pursued schooling

oversee and supervise wine

on all aspects of agriculture

making production and vine-

while growing organic pro-

yard management. Baiting

duce.

Hollow Farm became Baiting

In those days, when

Hollow Farm Vineyard, and

life was simple and clothes were

hand-me-downs,

he

never sold his crops to any-

Richard Rubin visits with one of the many rescued horses, nurtured back to health and vitality by the nonprofit BaiƟng Hollow Farm Horse Rescue on Sound Avenue

grower of distinction, pro-

one. Instead, he would drive a food route to give away

ducing many varietals of high-quality wine.

his produce to those he loved and cared about, an early

These days you can still see Sam, now eighty-five-

version of Community Supported Agriculture, although

years young, working the land while Richard over-

it was Sam’s agriculture that supported his community,

sees the vineyard business with the help of other

not the other way around.

members of the Rubin clan. Without a doubt, Sam

The Rubins moved to Suffolk County in 1961 and had

appreciates his good fortune and is now on a very

five children: one son and four daughters.

While

definitive path while still hearing the sound of a dif-

Rhoda built her reputation as a pioneer and successful

ferent drummer. No doubt that beat, in proper ca-

Weight Watchers entrepreneur, Sam continued farming

dence with Sam’s very own song, is in the back-

on various Long Island properties.

He eventually

ground of his thoughts while he plans his nightly

found a beautiful parcel of land on Long Island’s North

route to give organic produce to the people he loves

Fork, which could not have more timely; the traveling

and cares about.

had made him weary and he wanted to spend more time

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firmly established itself as a

The Horse Rescuers, cont. on p. 48

Polo 101: Know the Game’s Basics ften called the “sport of kings,” Equestrian Polo is among the world’s oldest spor ts, believed to have b e e n played as early as the 6th century B.C. The name is said to derive from the Tibetan word “pulu,” which means ball. Today, polo can be played indoors or outdoors.

Outdoor, or “field polo,” is played at full riding speed on a large grass field generally with the dimensions of 300 yards long by 160 yards wide, and each polo team consists of at least four riders and their mounts. Indoor, or “arena polo,” is played at a slower pace and only three players are required per team. The arena game typically requires greater maneuvering because of the spatial limitations of the arena.

Field polo is played with a wood or 32

hard plastic ball, while arena polo is played with a small air-filled ball, much like a small soccer ball. Polo is played professionally in at least 16 countries, and was formerly but is no longer (at least for now) an Olympic event.

Teams Each team is comprised of at least four players. Two teams of competitors ride horseback throughout the match, attempting to score goals using a ball and mallets, much like soccer, hockey, or lacrosse. The polo horses contribute much of the skill needed to play well. Players wear a number that corresponds with the position on the team. As the match proceeds, players can move out of their original position as the situation warrants. Every player has a handicap, based on prior performances, much like golf, which when combined, comprises the team handicap; a team handicap can sometimes alter the score of the match.

“Chukkas” Equestrian polo is divided into seven-minute periods called “chukkas” (occasionally rendered as

Polo 101

continued from previous page

“chukkers,� especially on Long Island). A full match includes eight chukkas, but abbreviated games are sometimes played with four or six. A modern match generally lasts roughly two hours. According to U.S. Polo Association rules, four minutes separate each chukka to permit players to change horses, should that be necessary.

Chukkas are brief because the horses tire quickly from the intense competition, and need frequent rest. A five to ten-minute halftime intermission is typically used. An umpire stops and starts play with a whistle.

Scoring Players attempt to strike the ball with a mallet and score goals by driving the ball between two goal posts, generally situated twenty-four feet apart. A ball that contacts a horse and passes through the posts counts as a goal.

Certain offenses during match play may result in fouls for either a player or the team. A foul coincident with a goal can nullify the point. The team that accumulates the most points before the final chukka expires wins.

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NoFo Polo,

Intel, he shared that

cont. from p. 22

with team members;

DPF hard, and the

Aliano added the 4-H

nonprofit’s attention

in the middle and the

turned to the many

benefit

became

problems Sandy cre-

Cornell

4-H

ated, with event plan-

Pekarek

created

ning and preparations

identity for the newly-

slowed.

named benefit, design-

meetings

Subsequent involved

ticket sales updates and plans for acquiring the various things

Hunsberger and veteran local “horse whisperer” Bengolea discuss turf preparation during the process of converting pasture into polo field over the last seven months. Bengolea said, “I spend a lot of time at the 4-H camp with the horses and know how important it is to the children of Long Island. The DPF equestrian program creates riding opportunities for kids who might never have a chance to ride a horse in their hometown.”

the Cup. an

ing a logo and advertising, and landed print and broadcast media sponsorships that in-

needed to host an event of this scope, along with the pro- cluded magazines and newspapers, along with television cess of preparing and updating and revising countless “to- and radio support, and a variety of corporate sponsorships. do” lists, with DPF Facilities Manager Brian Skelton, Ben- Around the same time, Bengolea secured a Lowe’s spongolea, and McCabe tirelessly converting the former pasture sorship, with hundreds of feet of lumber for field boards. into a polo field throughout early 2013.

As spring began to bloom, the former pasture started to The team selected an event date and had its next break- look like a polo field, but still needed constant attention; though when celebrated jazz guitar great Matt Marshak filling innumerable gopher holes, repeated rolling of the agreed to perform. “We knew we had

field, and irrigation, were all frequent

the chance to create something special

conversation topics and tasks. As the

when Matt offered to entertain the audi-

field took shape, Aliano introduced

ence,” said Hunsberger, “but we still had

Rich Rubin, a former tenant who had

no idea how big it might become. We

owned a Weight Watchers franchise,

did know that all event proceeds would

and whose family was among the first

be earmarked for DPF repair costs the

Long Island vintners in the early 1970s,

insurance carrier refused to cover, with

when NoFo wine was in its infancy.

over 100 damaged trees that had to be

Rubin invited team members to visit him at Baiting Hollow Farm Vineremoved.” The group invited “friends of CCE-NC” and DPF alumni, and the first Recording studio engineer and equine yard. Farr, Pekarek and Hunsberger ticket purchase orders started to trickle trainer by day, Bengolea will be among went to the winery in May and while the Cornell 4-H Cup umpires. He also in to a dedicated hotline staffed by trains DPF camp counselors who provide waiting for Rubin in the tasting room, Farr uttered the phrase “NoFo Polo,” Avento. The famed Argentinian polo summer equine training and is overseeing the camp’s new intramural polo program. and the broader concept had its name. player, model, and seasonal Hamptons Rubin and his sister Sharon Levine gave resident, Nacho Figueras, then expressed an interest in the the trio a tour of the impressive nonprofit horse rescue opevent to Bengolea, and the momentum continued to build eration housed on the Baiting Hollow Farm grounds. Evealong with the ticket sales pace. ryone was quick to agree that BHF Horse Rescue would be The next breakthrough happened in April when Ed Pekarek a welcomed partner. Hunsberger said, “the Rubin family’s joined the team to provide marketing and publicity assis- passion for rescuing horses from slaughter was truly touchtance, starting with a name for the event. Quickly learning ing. The many horses they have already rescued are also the “Cornell Cup” was a robotics competition sponsored by quite varied, ranging from miniature horses to an enormous NoFo Polo, cont. on p. 54

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legendary New Orleans band.

Dionne Marshak | Nuance Music Group

rocking groove in the style of the Meters, the A classic

American musical style is also spotlighted in “Cookin in the Kitchen,” with its down-home blues recalling the best of Larry Carlton, Rob-

bassists Kenny Harris, John Dillard, Paul Ossola

ben Ford and BB King. It features Paul Osso-

and Darryl Williams, keyboardist Hans Zermueh-

la (“Saturday Night Live”/Buddy Guy) on bass,

len and saxophonist/flutist Mario Cruz.

Chris Marshak on drums and Porecki on keys.

One of most appealing new faces in contempo-

“Harmony” is another bluesy soul along the

rary jazz, Marshak has traveled a long way since

lines of Joe Sample and the Crusaders, while

the CD 101.9 smooth-jazz radio station in New

“Soul Reason” brings a jazz-song structure to

York named him among the best new smooth-

a blues tune. Get ready for a thumpin’ bass,

jazz artists. Later came worldwide recognition

churchy organ and Marshak’s fuzzy, overdriv-

from JazzTimes magazine, which showered

en-effect guitar solo. Finally, Marshak pays

praise on his music and unique style. Marshak

tribute to the late R&B, funk and fusion session player Cornell Dupree with “Mr. Dupree” and its old-school musical nods in the style of the Crusaders, Stuff, and the Gadd Gang. In addition to the talented players already men-

is a Long Island native who grew up on a steady rock ‘n’ roll diet in a home filled with musicians.

Passing guitarists inspired his playing, and in high school he honed his chops with three wellrespected mentors such as Joseph “Joey” Casciano, Mike Orioles, and Richard Rabatin. They

tioned, Colors of Me features a mighty musical team with trumpeter Barry Danielian,

all inspired his lifelong commitment to his craft,

Kaleidoscope, cont. on p. 45

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Equestrian Camping Program Novice and skilled equestrians alike can enhance their riding prowess with DPF equestrian programs. Whether your child has limited horse experience, or is a more seasoned rider who wants to enhance an already developed skill-set, 4-H has a program to fit the need. We offer novice, intermediate, and advanced riding classes with a variety of well-trained horses, including polo training. The eight week DPF equestrian program runs from June 24th through August 16th, for a period of eight weeks. At least fifteen different and healthy well-trained horses are available with daily classes, offered each weekday on mornings and afternoons throughout the camping season Each session runs approximately 2.5 hours and class size is limited to ensure close instruction and supervision. Campers are typically between 9-16 years old, and riding experience varies. Campers are free to maximize the opportunity to enroll in multiple classes as their skills

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Gives Kids the Competitive Edge improve. Experienced riders are identified prior to the start of class, and taught separately, commensurate with each participant’s respective skill level.

Classes follow approved lesson plans, and each camp week, whenever practicable, campers receive polo demonstrations, based on individual skill levels. DPF provides a variety of equestrian skill training, including beginner, intermediate and advanced horsemanship, and general riding lessons. Basic and advanced polo horse training and informal weekly polo practices are in the offing.

The

planned DPF polo program will be generally informal and low profile, but serve as an ideal setting for advanced equestrians who aspire to collegiate competition.

Those who are horse owners are expected to have visible, specific ID to practice, be on the property, and use the polo fields at reasonable times. A DPF

Manhattan attorney and experienced rider, Marea Wachsman (L), shares a laugh with Veronica on the new DPF polo field in early spring 2013. Something about Holy Schmitt’s horseradish.

acknowledged supervisor is present throughout all practices and training sessions. All DPF horses are

camper should indicate his/her rider skill level

extremely well cared for, vaccinated, and have cur-

(beginner, intermediate or advanced), so a

rent Coggins tests prior to being admitted on the

tailored training experience can be developed

DPF grounds.

Copies of test results, along with

to allow your child to achieve his/her potential

each horse’s description are on file with DPF per-

and develop newfound confidence and a

sonnel, along with proof of general liability insur-

sense of accomplishment, resulting in a com-

ance, which includes CCE-NC and DPF as addi-

petitive edge that can make a meaningful dif-

tional insured parties.

ference with future success in academics,

When registering, each

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DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. from page 26 what we do in the present, based on what we have learned from the past.”

For example, according to Pellegrino, what Plato called the Atlantis disaster was centered on the Aegean Island of Thera, part of the ancient Minoan culture, destroyed in by volcanic eruption in 1628 BC, in which “(f)ifty cubic miles of rock,” that John Leonard in Nation said swirled within Pellegrino’s words, “as vapor in the heavens, [and] death rolled into Turkey on the tongue of a tsunami.”

Amid Leonard’s criticism was the admission he had been entertained by the range of Pellegrino’s insights and references, and the “Big Picture” he effortlessly provides in his prose, using a wide array of sources including Old Testament “weather reports [ ] and classical literature, from volcanology, glaciology, paleobotony, oceanography and particle physics, and from readings of ice caps, acid layers, carbon exhaust clouds, dinosaur teeth, clam bed fossils, Irish peat bogs, and Californian bristlecones.” Perhaps among his greatest abilities in advancing humanity is Pellegrino’s deftly drawing of clear divisions between “hard” scientific evidence and speculation – pointing out opposing views with his own best guesses, while forecasting the likely direction of future research that will either confirm or deny the conjecture.

Pellegrino’s vast expertise of the past, present and future inspired Cameron to call on him to envision the future world that would be the setting for the world-record $2B box office smash, Avatar, exceeding the previous record setter, Titanic

The catalytic role the STEM-based DPF 4-H summer camping experience had in Pellegrino’s many scientific breakthroughs, and pop culture commercial success, was manifest when he joined a group of almost 100 DPF alumni, family, and friends who commemorated lost loved ones on Memorial Day weekend with a tree planting ceremony and gathering to celebrate those lives and the indelible mark the DPF 4-H Camp made on them. During the event organized by Don O’Callaghan, longtime 4-H leader and former DPF Camp Director, Pellegrino reflected on his fondness for the sun-splashed days preceding his assent as a thought-leader and positive influence on our culture’s collective conscience. As he recollected times spent at New York’s oldest 4-H camp, his recognition of the prominence of his 4-H experiences and how they helped shape him as a future leader was apparent. Pellegrino candidly noted, “The DPF camp and its surroundings were a natural treasure chest from which to learn science – and to encourage our love of it. I still look back from the ancient buried forests of New Zealand and Pompeii to the woods around the 4-H camp.” To this day, those magical woods are home to a grove of endangered dwarf beech trees, among a host of other natural “treasures.”

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DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. on p. 57

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mattmarshak.com

Marshak performed recently in support of Colors of Me at the Mallorca Jazz Festival, off the Spanish coast.

Kaleidoscope, cont. from p.

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while Rabatin in particular turned him on to the contemporary jazz and blues guitar sounds of Larry Carlton, George Benson and Robben Ford.

While attending college at SUNY Geneseo, he had the opportunity to play with a blues and R&B group, as well as connecting and improvising with straight-ahead jazz saxophonist Joseph Yoon. Once out of college, Marshak performed a variety of musical styles with New York’s top original bands and artists, even drawing praise from Ritchie Blackmore, the leg-

endary Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist.

Marshak released his debut CD Preservation in 2001 and began to get even more notice in New York, which led to a CD 101.9 naming Marshak among the best new smooth jazz artists of 2003. He opened for the popular Guitars & Saxes tour and in 2004 offered This Time Around, followed by Groovosphere in 2006 and On the Rocks in 2008, the latter earning praise from JazzTimes as “one of the best smooth jazz CDs of the year, for sure.”

Kaleidoscope, cont. on p. 51

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Big Red’s Big Year, cont. from p. 13 er looked back. The team of Nick Stieg, Nik Feld-

Stieg each had one, and the Big Red was

man and Branden Van Loon narrowed the gap to

awarded a penalty goal.

6-3 after the first chukker. The second chukker

The men had dropped a close decision to the

was tight initially as Cornell trailed 6-5, but the

Rams early in the regular season. CSU won an

Rams scored three straight to open a 9-5

exciting 24-23 contest in the final of the William

halftime lead. While Cornell controlled most of a

S. Field Invitational final in mid-November, one

tightly contested third, they could not convert

month after falling to the Virginia Cavaliers in

enough opportunities into points and tied the

Charlottesville, 15-6. Since the CSU loss, Cor-

chukker, with CSU leading 12-8.

nell had a string of six consecutive wins. The

After trading goals and closing the gulf to 13-10,

Big Red men will be seeking their 12th national

the Rams fired off three quick fourth chukker

title, and first since 2005, when the 2014 sea-

scores

son begins.

to

salt

away

the

win.

Feldman

scored nine for Cornell, while Van Loon and

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Lady Cavs Edge Big Red Women in Tense Title Shootout BROOKSHIRE, TX – The na-

the hotly-contested title match,

tling back in the second, Virgin-

tion’s top-ranked women’s team,

but Virginia rallied late to notch

ia won the chukker 3-1 to pull

boasting a 14-1 record, bested

a shootout victory over Cornell

within 6-4 at the half. The third

Western Regional champ Wash-

for the 2013 USPA national

saw Devin Cox replace Hoff-

ington State and advanced to

title. For the second straight

man. The Cavaliers edged clos-

face the Southeastern Regional

year, the Cavaliers ended the

er heading into the fourth with Cornell still up 7-6, but the Big Red women then dashed out to a three goal lead at 9-6.

Virginia rallied to tie it at 9 -9 with just 30 seconds left to play. The Big Red earned a number four penalty with 12 seconds left to play, but the Cavaliers successfully defended to force the game into

Champ Virginia Cavaliers in the

Big Red’s season, this time

overtime, in the first shootout in

national championship for the

with a 15-2 overall season

a women’s final since a 1980s

third straight season.

mark. Ali Hoffman, Kailey El-

era rule change. The Cavaliers

topped Virginia twice during the

dredge,

scored with their final shooter to

regular season, and were seek-

low (above) started for the Big

ing the program’s 14th national

Red. Cornell jumped out to an

title and its second in three

early lead in what would be a

years.

defensive

The perennial top two teams in

chukker, Cornell held a 5-1 ad-

women’s collegiate polo in re-

vantage, but the experienced

cent years battled throughout

Cavaliers refused to wilt. Bat-

Cornell

and

Anna

battle.

After

Wins-

defend the title in a true thriller.

one

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The Horse Rescuers, cont. from p. 30 The Rubins acquired decades of knowledge as pio-

Savannah Rosé is made from luscious and fruitful

neering North Fork vintners, resulting in an array of

Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and was named in hon-

delicious wines, three of which are dedicated to the

or of another incredible filly rescued by BHF when

nonprofit horse rescue efforts, with a significant por-

she was just barely past yearling in 2009. The Ro-

tion of BHFV profits contributed to support the eq-

sé is off-dry, with bright notes of strawberry, rasp-

uine rescue efforts and educate the public about the

berry and rhubarb-vanilla. We hope you find one or

plight of horses that irresponsible

more of these rich and well-crafted wines

and callous people cast aside when

to be the perfect addition to your Cornell

they are no longer “useful,” when

4-H Cup experience.

these majestic creatures may no longer be able to compete or perform at their previous level.

marked for destruction and now lead safe and secure lives, as ambassa-

Not surprisingly, the Rubins

dors for the other American horses

sagely recognized these horses

who may not have such a fortunate

still have great meaning and

fate. Horse lovers of all ages can

deserve a fate far better than

visit the BHF paddocks and vine-

abuse or slaughter.

The

yard, located at 2114 Sound Avenue,

BHFV varietals created to

and meet the many equine friends

honor these sentient beings

BHF has saved over the years.

are available in select restaurants and stores, as well as the BHFV tasting room, and will be available today with BHFV’s compliments. Included in your wine options today are Mirage, a delicious red blend that is a perfect joining of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Its name is derived from the adored BHF Arabian horse of the same name. The slightly bold, partially oaked, partially steel barreled Chardonnay is named Angel, honoring the beautiful, friendly and affectionate thoroughbred filly who started the BHF rescue effort over six years ago. The BHFV

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All BHF rescue horses were once

Horses helped build this great nation and deserve to be treated humanely.

You can learn more about the prevention of horse abuse and shocking slaughter export by visiting bhfhorserescue.org. Please select the “Take Action Now!” tab which leads to a page featuring a prepared letter for your Senators. It only takes a few moments and allows you to easily urge your elected representatives to support legislation that prevents the senseless slaughter of horses in the U.S. (recently made legal) and banning export to Canada and Mexico. You can make a difference!

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On the Rocks also delivered a Top 30 nationwide smooth jazz hit with the cover song, which was also played extensively on the Sirius Jazz Café.

Although Marshak is busy with live performances and in the recording studio, he also finds time to write TV jingles (his guitar was featured recently on the Fox Sports’ Mets Zone) and he conducts guitar clinics. Marshak also enjoys giving back as a supporter of multiple sclerosis and autism awareness, among other causes, including 4-H, and visits countless schools every year to help spread the joy of music to kids of all ages.

Marshak is also proud to be a part of the new music scene growing on eastern Long Island, as well as expanding his base beyond the East Coast.

For upcoming shows, including his August 18th Summer Jazz in the Vineyards gig at the Raphael Vineyard in Peconic, check out Matt’s tour dates with a visit to mattmarshak.com.

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CCE-NC Partners with NY’s EDEN Disaster Response and Preparedness Network The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)

contamination following Sandy and the gentleman

aims to reduce disaster impact severity through re-

indicated how helpful an informational resource,

search-based extension education. The EDEN net-

such as a brief factsheet, would be that addressed the

work of multidisciplinary professionals ensures the

issue. Hunsberger’s soil science background was

Cooperative Extension System responds appropriately

triggered. Within days, that gardener, who turned out

to local, state, regional,

to be Mike Martino,

and national education

Nassau County Depart-

needs during crises.

ment of Public Works

EDEN

employs

re-

Press Secretary, had a

sources to help mend

comprehensive

personal

rebuild

tific fact sheet regard-

farms and families, help

ing Hurricane Sandy

communities

soil

loss,

recover,

contamination,

and restore homes and

which was then shared

businesses when natural

statewide through the

disasters strike. EDEN is

EDEN Network.

active in all phases of

Disaster-resilient com-

informational

munities are far more

response

and assists communities

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scien-

sustainable

economi-

and individuals to become more resilient and better

cally, and their citizens are much less dependent on

prepared to avoid the harmful effects of natural disas-

local, state, and federal support. Disaster prepared-

ters.

A recent example of the power of EDEN oc-

ness and education ultimately reduces the amount of

curred recently at the East Meadow Farm (EMF).

public funding needed for response and recovery,

While planting her raised-bed garden plot one week-

and is now available throughout Strong Island by

end in early June, CCE-NC Executive Director, Laura

CCE-NC. Copies of the soil contamination factsheet

Hunsberger, struck up a conversation with a fellow

are available without cost to the public by email re-

EMF gardener. The chat turned to the topic of soil

quest at nassau@cornell.edu.

CCENassau news & info

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summer staff to assess riders and horses appropriately. During the eight-week program, Bengolea makes healthy and good-natured horses available for twohour classes twice daily, five days per week, for campers grades 4-10 with beginner, intermediate, and advanced equestrian course options.

NoFo Polo, cont. from p. 35 Clydesdale named Padraig.

Their large, emotive dark eyes really seemed to be saying ‘thank you.’”

Shortly after BHFV and its horse rescue nonprofit became Cornell 4-H Cup partners, Nacho was seriously injured in a London match and scratched from the potential roster. Event planner and DPF alumna Stacey Ebert joined the fold in June, adding streamlined organization to the team’s efforts. A host of other volunteers, including DPF alumnus and former CCE-NC board president Marc Leno chipped in as the finish line became visible.

Raised in Queens with scant opportunity to ride horses, Aliano’s first equine experience was in 1985 when his wife Lori gave their eldest son daily pony rides at age two. The family bought the pony but his son never rode it again.

The elder Aliano, however, was hooked and bought his first horse soon after and kept it in the back yard.

By 2001, the Aliano’s oldest daughter was taking riding lessons in Medford and Aliano discovered polo, which he said, “became my true calling. I took riding lessons for two years to become accustomed to English saddlery. I had to learn how to hit the ball correctly, which requires swinging while standing in the stirrups, with nothing to hold on to because the mallet is in one hand and the reins in the other, moving 30 miles an hour on a four-legged creature that can trip while opponents are trying to get to the ball and there is contact— polo is definitely a contact sport—that can throw a rider off balance, so it took years before I played competitively.”

Aliano’s riding skills had appreciated by 2008 and he was invited as a U.S.

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Hunsberger riding a gentle mare on the Costa Rican Pacific coast. representative for the Queen’s Cup, but just before the premier English event, his second oldest son was struck by a hit-and-run driver, “changing our lives forever because my son sustained Traumatic Brain Injury; he has required constant care since that day.” Aliano was later invited to play in the 2010 U.S. Gold Cup, with some of the world’s best players, including the Astrada brothers. His team won the tournament and the father of six credits Lori’s support for his success over the years he has pursued his polo passion.

Like Nacho, Bengolea is an Argentinian who also loves equestrian sport, and has operated equine boarding and educational programs for over two decades. Bengolea provides horses for the DPF program and educates and trains the camp counseling staff who manage the popular summer equestrian program. He ensures the right horse is chosen for the right rider by assessing the personalities of both, and teaches

Bengolea has proposed to initiate weekly polo practices with experienced riders at DPF, following early success with a number of British camp counselors who expressed strong interest in the summer of 2012. Bengolea observed, “to start learning polo safely, decent rider skills are the first priority, and the main goal of the DPF program is to create a fun environment that really develops rider skills.

Besides providing outstanding well-trained horses, my purpose at DPF is to create extremely well-trained camp counselors who can pass that knowledge on to the campers, and DPF features a strong group of counselors, especially some very solid riders from overseas.”

Bengolea is the driving force behind a new NoFo Polo league. “The Rodriguez family has a nice field in Jamesport, and many pros keep horses in the area because of the lower land costs compared with the South Fork. With the new DPF field, league play seems possible.”

Stacie Rodriguez responded, “with the North Fork being such a horsefriendly place, polo is a perfect fit, and a perfect fit for the 4H Camp!”

Bengolea plans to start the nascent league with weekly informal practices in 2013, and grow from there with the formation of teams.

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DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. from p. 42 Pellegrino authored a sequel to his best-selling Her Name Titanic

Pellegrino meticulously reviewed survivor accounts for Ghosts

called Ghosts of the Titanic: An Archaeological Odyssey in 2000.

of the Titanic and documented eyewitness recollections of gun-

Pellegrino expanded on his prior examination of

fire and the deliberate shooting of third-class

Titanic’s fate by detailing the experiences of

passengers to prevent them from lifeboat ac-

those on board the doomed vessel, including dia-

cess. Publishers Weekly called Ghosts of the

ries and eyewitness accounts. These previously

Titanic a “fresh recreation of the Titanic’s final

unpublished accounts are compared with the first

hours [that] provides an eerie and astonishing

detailed archaeological and forensic investigation

adventure, a time capsule gracefully wrapped

of the shipwreck site, 2.5 miles under the sea,

in elegant prose.”

clarifying the events of that fateful night, when

writings substantially influenced the production

the Titanic, travelling dangerously fast in order to

and accuracy of the James Cameron epic, and

arrive in New York a day ahead of schedule for

resulted in a documentary produced by Camer-

publicity’s sake, breached a critical bulkhead

on and Bill Paxton, Ghosts of the Abyss, which

damaged by fire that had already endangered the

features Pellegrino prominently. “I still look

ship even before she ran into an ice field and

back from the strange life forms I saw in the

Pellegrino’s research and

struck the iceberg that sealed the icy fate of the White Star flag-

Titanic’s Turkish baths, and think of my first underwater ex-

ship and the 1,512 who perished on April 15, 1912.

ploration of the shipwrecks at the DPF camp beach.”

DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. on p. 68

This undated image depicts some of the intentional shipwrecks grounded off the Long Island coast in the 1930s, which would later be explored by Pellegrino on his path to becoming among the world’s foremost experts in the field, with numerous deep sea dives.

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We Did Promise You a Rose Garden The seeds of Cathy Guzzardo’s Master Gardener career were sowed at Planting Fields Arboretum (PFA) back in the mid 1990s. After answering a plea for volunteers in a neighborhood newspaper, she found herself working side-by-side with a wonderful group of people. Not surprising, some of the friendliest and most knowledgeable of the two groups (Rose and Perennials) were Cornell Univ.

Master Gardener volunteers. Their enthusiasm and generosity (advice and plants, of course!) kept Gizzardo coming back twice a week for seven years. Mornings in the gardens, no matter how hot the day or difficult the work, were filled with abundant laughter, learning and blossoming friendships.

Roses have been a part of her life since early childhood. Guzzardo’s

mother had two rose bushes “in front of which she took ‘all the important pictures,’ communion, confirmation, and any occasion requiring dressing up.” Her first paying job was weeding my neighbor’s very weedy and buggy backyard for 50 cents and all the roses she could carry. “Those roses, 50 years later, are still in that garden and just

a good job when she heard her words come out of my mouth when she allowed the Master Gardeners to prune at PFA. With her encouragement I became an American Rose Society Consulting Rosarian and a member of the Long Island Rose Society. It is CCE-NC volunteers who keep me learning and passing it forward to my community.”

The CCE-NC Rose Garden originated at

thinking about them makes me smile!” School, career, and family, all pushed gardening to the background in Guzzardo’s life until her volunteer days. Ellen Minet, the Curator of Roses at Planting Fields, took Guzzardo under her wing from the start. Perhaps Minet saw that even though Guzzardo lacked skills, her enthusiasm to learn about roses and will to do whatever was necessary were both strong. Minet “later acknowledged that I had done

Eisenhower Park in response to the challenge that “only a disease -resistant rose garden” could be planted. From an original 24 roses, the garden expanded to 54 by the time it was moved to the East Meadow Farm (EMF) in March 2012. mands

Because the public deeasy

care,

disease-

resistant rose varieties, growers responded with wonderful hybrid choices. There are presently 83

Roses by Any Other Name, cont. on p. 65

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East Meadow Farm’s Demonstration and Community Gardens is the new home to “Sandy Ferguson,” an Atlantic Giant pumpkin variety, expected to exceed 1200 pounds by the end of its 130-day growing season. Cultivated by CCE-NC board member and Mineola native, Karen LaMarsh, who is also a plant pathology research specialist at Cornell’s Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center (LIHREC), located right across Sound Avenue from the DPF Camp, Sandy is the unofficial mascot for the 2013 East Meadow Farm Fall Festival, the second annual community celebration in East Meadow, scheduled for October 11-14.

EMF is Growing

hen thoughts turn to autumn on the North Fork, one word often comes to mind— the pumpkins. Well, perhaps for some NoFo locals that term is synonymous with traffic, considering how successful feature for the 2013 EMF Fall Fes“agritourism” has become in recent tival, one ginormous cucurbit that years on Long Island, and with it will be the centerpiece for the now the thousands who flock to this ar- annual event in East Meadow. ea every fall to experience a bit of Sandy the super-pumpkin is an Atthe country and pick their favorite lantic Giant, the squash variety first produced in the late nineteenth cenfuture Jack O’Lantern.

CCE-NC has strong ties with Cor- tury, bred from the common nell’s agricultural prowess at its large squash of the Americas. CuBaiting Hollow research facility curbita maxima, as the genus and (where CCE-NC Executive Direc- species is known formally, is identor Laura Hunsberger was once a tified for its capacity to produce plant pathology research special- fruits larger than those produced by ist). She and CCE-NC board mem- any other plant in the world, exber, Karen LaMarsh, who succeed- ceeding 6 feet (1.8m) in diameter. ed Hunsberger in the research posi- The largest Atlantic Giant ever tion, teamed up to create a special grown weighed in at 2,009 pounds

Pumpkin

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L I H R E C ’s LaMarsh cultivated Sandy from Howard Dill seed in the research facility’s greenhouse and transplanted it to EMF on June 8. It will mature in October, just in time for the 2013 EMF Fall Festival at 832 Merrick Ave, Oct. 11-14.

and was cultivated by a Rhode Island grower in 2012. For a little perspective, that is 200 pounds heavier than a classic Volkswagen Beetle. EMF hopes to claim the record in 2013, and will showcase the mega-fruit for elementary school outings this fall as part of its educational programming outreach with local students.

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Roses by Any Other Name, cont. from p. 61 roses and room for more. The roses

varieties) to be tested. Roses being

EMF test garden. Each variety is

go up pillars, over arbors, cascade

tested for the EarthKind label are

evaluated and the scores are sent

into walkways and fill the beds.

chosen for their disease resistance

to Texas A&M Extension for the

The garden includes

final selection of

12 classes of roses, 17

roses worthy of

color ranges and al-

the

EarthKind

most half are fragrant.

label,

only

“For years, former Cu-

third such trial in

rator of the Peggy

New York, and

Rockefeller Rose Gar-

the only one on

den, and Director of

Long

the Northeast EarthKind Rose Trial Gardens, Peter Kulieski, would make it a point

the

Island.

This is the second The East Meadow Farm Demonstration and Community Gardens are home to the Cornell Master Gardeners and feature rose, butterfly, and herb gardens, along with school gardens sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club, and community gardens with “Victory Garden” spirit of yesteryear.

year of the EMF study and evaluations are now un-

to stand in line behind me at rose

and easy care reputation. The first

derway. We think Pierre Jo-

events asking, ‘When will the Nas-

year, the only care the roses re-

seph Redoute would heartily ap-

sau Master Gardener be ready to

ceive is watering by soaker hos-

prove of the Lone Star collabora-

become part of the EarthKind Pro-

es to get them established. Over the

tion.

gram?’” With the move to EMF,

next three years, no pruning, no

everything necessary came together

spraying, no feeding and no dead-

in early 2012. CCE-NC finally had

heading will be performed. Water-

the space to conduct the study and

ing is only allowed if drought con-

Peter (and the EarthKind program)

ditions exist.

donated a total of 36 roses (12 x 3

classes and colors of roses in the

There are several

The Butterfly Effect Ed Kennie was also raised in a family with a mother who was a good gardener who tended roses, but with similar looking geraniums. Butterfly Effect, cont. on p. 69

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Underground Railroad, cont. from p. 29

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assisting innumerable escaped slaves to safe passage

tention to preserve this incredible landmark of free-

and freedom by ship through the Long Island Sound.

dom and equality.

It was during this ground-

According to Kathleen G. Velsor, local

breaking interview that Ms. Veslor

historian and author of The Underground

learned the attic of the Jackson-

Railroad on Long Island — Friends in

Malcolm House contained a trove

Freedom, “[w]hen the home was used to

of historic artifacts, preserved and

hide and educate escaping slaves, it was

awaiting discovery.

owned by the Jackson family.

I have

stairwell leads to the third floor of

confirmed that this home, the Jackson-

the post and beam structure, and as

Malcolm House, played a very important

Velsor tells it, among the items to

part in the Underground Railroad on

catch her attention “was the large

Long Island.” Ms. Veslor interviewed the

number of school desks and old

Director of Nassau County Historical

teaching supplies that were still

Buildings in 2005 as the county sought

there. . . Rebecca Ketchum was

A narrow

funding to renovate the structure, which to this day

known to be a teacher for enslaved children in Jeri-

suffers from a variety of problems that sorely need at-

cho. . . [and] Sarah Tappan Jackson kept a list of Underground Railroad, cont. on p. 71

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DPF’s Titanic Influence, cont. from p. 57 Pellegrino credits not only the

We are incredibly proud to

STEM-based DPF 4-H education

count Charlie Pellegrino

and nature experiences with

among the many great

shaping his future. “In addition

leaders who were inspired

to encountering some of the fin-

by New York’s oldest 4-H

est teachers of my entire aca-

camp; where among hum-

demic career, I also happened to

ble beginnings as a young

make friendships lasting a life-

camper, and later as a

time at the 4-H camp. I remem-

camp counselor, he devel-

ber, some years ago, seeing the

oped into a genuine leader

film “Stand By Me,” based on a

of thought, science and

Stephen King story. King notes

literature,

at the story’s end he never had friends again like he had when he was twelve years old, and asked, ‘Who does?’ I realized, I

“The future of our civilization hinges on what we do in the present, based on what we have learned from the past.”

painstakingly

preserving nearly lost historical details and forecasting our future, profoundly influencing the trajectory

do—all because of the bonds

of society’s evolution and enlightenment far beyond Long

forged at DPF. There was something about the DPF 4-H Camp that

Island’s shores, even beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, and per-

nurtured those rare friendships of a lifetime.”

haps someday our galaxy.

Behind-the-scenes of Ghosts of the Abyss (Bill Paxton, Don Lynch, Pellegrino, Lori Johnston. (L-R)) as Paxton controls a remote-operated deep sea probe

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Butterfly Effect, cont. from p. 65 Years later I found this kind of

County, including Bailey’s Arbo-

dents and “green industry” profes-

companion planting was used by

retum and the Hume’s Stroll Gar-

sionals are encouraged to bring tis-

Gertrude Jekyll, the great Victori-

den. I also joined the Long Island

sue samples of flowers, vegetables,

an gardener. My father was a tree

Horticultural Society about that

fruit, trees, shrubs, houseplants, soil,

man in the NYC parks system and

time and during one meeting, the

insects, fungus, etc., from their

I did side jobs with him as a youth.

Cornell Master Gardeners had a

home or business landscapes to

As a security officer for the Town

table. I met two Master Garden-

EMF at 832 Merrick Ave. for diag-

of North Hempstead, I was in a

ers and received an application,

park about 12 years ago and no-

nosis and identification, along with

although there was no class that

ticed a heavily cut back butterfly

year. The next year I was accept-

expert treatment guidance and edu-

bush soon after September when

ed, and joined the class of 2008. I

school began. Of course it was not

helped design, create and now

the appropriate time to prune the

tend the dedicated EMF butterfly

buddleia, but a few remaining

garden, and hope you will visit.

blooms satisfied a lone monarch

You can’t miss it, just look for

that was nectaring on it. Somehow

one shaped like a butterfly!

cational resources.

Those who utilize the low-cost CCE -NC diagnosis and identification services receive an assessment of their sample(s) by a skilled and highlytrained Master Gardener, and if needed, may consult with a CCE-

I knew it was a monarch, and in

Diagnostic Services

NC staff educator to identify a rec-

them during retirement.

While EMF will unfortunately be

ommended treatment regimen. Un-

I began to study botany to better

shuttered eight days this summer,

der some circumstances, a sample

understand plants and be prepared

the low-cost diagnostic services

may require additional analysis by

for the day when it could be a full-

CCE-NC offers to Nassau County

Cornell University laboratory per-

time pursuit.

residents will continue, albeit on

sonnel for more detailed assessment

my passion and I volunteered at

the new limited basis.

by specialists such as botanists,

various gardens throughout Nassau

landscape problems arise, resi-

that moment I decided to raise

Gardening became

When

pathologists, or entomologists.

Following a scientific determination, residents and “green industry” professionals receive instructions about how to best deal with landscape problems as safely as possible, and typically receive Home Ground Fact Sheets designed to help residents better understand the issue and resolve it. All CCE-NC recommendations

are

based

on

objective

scientific research from Cornell and affiliated land-grant universities.

Diagnostics, cont. on p. 75

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Underground Railroad, cont. from p. 66 names of the families who attended the school. Rebecca and Sarah are believed to have hidden the slaves’ names in supporting beams, and another list behind the brick wall next to the original oven.” The second item to pique Veslor’s curiosity was a large wooden ladder permanently affixed to the floor and mounted to a small opening in the roof, ostensibly to maintain shingles. However, between 1815 and 1863, members of the Jericho Quaker community assisted enslaved people to freedom.

Veslor said,

“Evidence supports that families such as Ketchum, Hicks, Jackson, and Willet [ ] all welcomed enslaved people who

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were then divided up for their safety and to help the people blend in with the larger community. The JacksonMalcolm House [now home to CCE-NC], is one of the largest homes in Jericho [and] the third floor of the house was used as a [slave] school. Not all of the members of the Jericho Meeting House were aware of these arrangements, so it was important to keep the effort a secret.”

According to Velsor, “schooling for escaping slaves was necessary to protect [their] identities. Adults and children… learn[ed] to read and write, as well as instruction in speech and social skills.” The goal was to “move the enslaved families quickly at night to the Townsend family at the mill in Oyster Bay.” As Ms. Veslor tells it, the roof of the Malcolm-Jackson House was a pivotal point for slaves escaping to the north. The third floor roof access was also used as a lookout to ensure runaways made it

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Diagnostics, cont. from p. 69 During 2012, CCENC horticulture professionals fielded approximately

2,200

calls and/or made site visits for plant and insect diagnostic services, soil pH testing, and diagnostic hotline calls, with another 700 participants

appearing

at

public

gardening

presentations for additional education. CCENC diagnostic services include: insect, pest and disease identification for a wide variety of indoor and outdoor plants; numerous types of soil testing; plant species identification (including weeds and invasive species); identification of nutrient deficiencies; and problems caused by various natural and nonnatural environmental inputs. CCE-NC diagnostic services are free for members. The non -member fee is $7.00 per sample. Soil pH tests are $5.00 per sample. Various nutrient analysis soil-testing services are also available but fees vary based by test type (e.g., postSandy salinity testing). CCE-NC specialists also make on-site assessments with field visits (by appointment). Site visit fees for one acre or less are $275; with a $225 fee for each additional acre (or less).

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