North Country Living Magazine - Fall Edition 2019

NORTH COUNTRY LIVING MAGAZINE • VOL. 8 NO. 3

Vol. 8 No. 3

FALL 2019

Stars and Stripes Wrapping American history, natural ecology and the history of woods into one.

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Editor's Note September/October/November 2019 Few words conjure images of autumn more than “pumpkin.”

In the fall 2019 edition of North Country Living Magazine, read about Diane and Steve Colletti and their pick-your-own-pumpkin operation in Olmstedville. It’s About Thyme Farm draws people from across the Northeast.

And in our “With Kids” section, learn how you and the little ones can make mini pumpkin pies.

Then, everyone can join in crafting “Thankful Pumpkin Seeds,” a spin on the “Thankful Pumpkin” tradition.

Another highlight of this edition of North Country Living is the local profiles.

Meet Joe McGinness, a rising country music talent who hails from Moriah. McGinness recently opened for Drake White in Burlington.

Say hello to T.J. Brearton, a local crime-thriller writer who works out of his Elizabethtown basement. Brearton has been getting books published since 2013.

You’ll also meet Chuck Roberts. Roberts tapped into his creative side after retiring, and now spends time in his home shop in Grover Hills making patriotic American art from recycled wood.

Or take a trip through history by learning about Irondale/ Ironville/Penfield. The small Adirondack community that has known several names was a major contributor to the electrical age.

Keene Valley Library is celebrating its town’s history with an oral-history project. Residents have an opportunity to share memories in first-person accounts.

Get an update on what the Olympic Regional Development Authority has been up to lately with improvements in and around Lake Placid. Olympic venues are being remade, and with so many options, it’s never too early to start thinking about late-fall, early-winter excursions.

Looking for a recipe that’s easy and will have the house smelling great all day? Try slow-cooker applesauce for a tasty fall treat. We also have a trick for making your flowers think it’s time to bloom.

The fall 2019 North Country Living Magazine has much to offer. Turn the page and enjoy.

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Table of Contents

16 COVER FEATURE BIOGRAPHY A Reverence For Wood, Stars and Stripes Chuck Roberts wraps American history and the natural ecology and history of the woods into one; a wooden flag

By Rich Redman

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EYE ON BUSINESS Patch Work Couple specializes in pick-your-own pumpkins and much more

By Tim Rowland

ARTS & CULTURE Stories of Who We Are Keene Valley Library's oral history project aims to preserve history

By Kim Dedam

CRAFTS DIY Craft With Kids!

Things to be thankful for with 'Thankful Pumpkin Seeds'

By Mikaela Foster

IN THIS ISSUE:

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SPORTS & THE OUTDOORS

24 Our Tick(ing) Time Bomb

COVER FEATURE

A lyceum lecture held at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall recently, explored the explosion of the deer tick population, stirring discussion, concerns

By Laura Achouatte

52 Olympic Sized Improvements at Lake Placid

HISTORY The Power of Penfield For industry, electrical age was born in this well-preserved community

By Tim Rowland

State investments, institutional knowledge work for ORDA, setting up stability for the next 30 years

By Kim Dedam

BIOGRAPHY

AUTUMN

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Joe McGinness: The Best is Yet to Come!

The Best Way to Force Blooms Indoors

Local musician will keep you captivated with his unique voice and tricky guitar skills

By Rich Redman

44 Writing Crime Fiction in the Adirondacks T.J. Brearton writes detective crime thrillers out of his Elizabethtown basement and has been making a living at it close to a decade now

By Laura Achouatte

You don’t have to wait for nature to hurry up in your garden outside in order to bring pretty blossoms into your home From SouthernLiving.com

73 Fall Foliage in the Adirondacks Experience the most colorful time of the year

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Each year, in the middle of May, Diane Colletti enters her greenhouse and begins a process that will culminate five months later when legions of people from multiple states across the Northeast somehow find their way to Olmstedville, a scattered collection of buildings deep in the Adirondack forest.

Raising pumpkins in the mountains is both a marathon and a sprint. Colletti sets out her pumpkins the second week in June, but even so she has to make sure she has enough redundancy in case the first wave suffers a calamity like a late frost.

That means planting 6,000 pumpkins that will be set out along a broad sunny hillside at It’s About Thyme Farm owned

by Colletti and her husband Steve.

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Pumpkins take anywhere from 85 to 125 days to mature (and add to that a 10-day acclimation period when the plants go from greenhouse to outdoor soil), so variety is critical when trying to squeeze a long-term plant into a shortterm season. Fortunately, there are some fast-maturing plants that still produce big fruit, and by the time Labor Day rolls around, pumpkins on the sunny hillside are beginning to take on good color.

The result is one of the region’s few, if not the only, pick-your-own pumpkin patches, which delights kids young and old. Some are local, and have offered Colletti advice on the tricky business of gardening in Zone 4. Others are from the city, where pick your own means selecting from among hundreds of pumpkins that have been trucked in from

outlying farms. Many have never seen an authentic “patch.” “They’ll be tiptoeing among the vines, asking ‘what is all this green stuff?’” Colletti said.

In turn, she has been appreciative of members of the community who have helped her learn the ropes as she has expanded her offerings. Fertilizer, for example, is critical to for fall mums, a staple in any fall farm store. One advisor, Colletti said, told her “Even if there is a flood and the mums are floating away, chase them down the river with the fertilizer.”

The Adirondacks are picturesque in all seasons, but fall is the money shot, and the reason so many people can be counted upon to travel through remote towns and hamlets, stopping at It’s About Thyme on their leaf-peeping ventures.

Colletti offers a full service fall farm

Diane Colletti, who owns It’s About Thyme Farm with her husband Steve.

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store, not just with pumpkins, but with hayrides, creepy trails and free cider and donuts on the weekends. Along with traditional pumpkins, there are all manner of nontraditional shapes, sizes and colors. There are apples from 400 trees, halloween costumes, decorations and, of course, a full array of fall mums.

Mindful of what the community can afford, Colletti doesn’t charge for the farm’s amusements, relying on donation bucket to pay for the gas it takes for the hayrides.

She wants to be sure no family is unable to participate for a lack of money. And if the mums aren’t costing her more to grow, Colletti doesn’t raise her prices year to year.

The farm has become a staple in the community in other ways, too. Each spring, just a few weeks before it’s time to plant the pumpkins, the Collettis put on an Easter egg hunt at Minerva Central School. They prepare 250 Easter baskets, 5,000 eggs and an array of prizes and treats. Symbolic of the eclectic nature of the farm is a small gym (complete with an indoor basketball hoop) that Steve built for their kids. Just prior to the fall season, it was lined with shelves and shelves of Easter baskets, while under the hoop were a half-dozen bicycleriding skeletons awaiting creepy trail duty.

The Collettis owned and operated a restaurant in northern New Jersey on Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked airliners

slammed into the Twin Towers. “We could see the smoke from the beach and feel the soot coming down,” Colletti said. “Wives of firefighters were sitting in the restaurant waiting to hear if their husbands were still alive.” The community was a commuter area for Manhattan, and many of their kids’ friends lost parents in the attack.

For the Collettis it was a wake-up call.

Life was too short, and life in the city too uncertain. They began to poke around for property in the northern wildlands where they were fond of vacationing — Maine, New Hampshire and the Adirondacks. Their requirements were few: a level driveway and a flat yard. Still, in the mountains, those assets weren’t always easy to find. The family settled on a camp that had evolved in quintessential fashion. It was a barn that was converted into a house, with rooms added on as the need arose.

Initially, a full-blown farm wasn’t part of the grand design. Steve began his current job of installing ponds and salt-water aquariums, and Diane started catering banquets at the Sagamore Resort.

“We say that we moved and brought our hobbies with us.” she said. One of those hobbies, learned from her grandmother, was gardening. Steve built a greenhouse — and it was an impressive enough greenhouse that people began to stop, assuming there was something plant-

related to buy. To accommodate these people, they opened a farm stand. It was all pretty informal until 2006 when, returning home after midnight from a catering job at the Sagamore, Diane had a bad accident on a washed out road. “I wasn’t too fond of traveling after that,” she said.

The farm has grown by leaps and bounds ever since. Diane said she has to be careful what she wishes for, because her husband tends to take musings literally.

When she mentioned she liked the look of hand-blown glass, Steve “signed me up for classes and built me a studio,” she said.

Her hand-blown globes, jewelry, figurines, icicles and ornaments are now featured in a gift shop that includes the popular metal yard art and other items of Adirondack farm-chic decor.

Styles come and go, but different people have firmly held ideas about what they like and what they don’t. “I’m always amazed at some of the stuff that sells,” Colletti said. “Everybody definitely has a mind of their own.”

But whether it’s her particular taste or not, it all makes her happy. “We came here and took up the things we enjoyed,” Colletti said. “Luckily we made it happen.”

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Biography

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a wooden flag.

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In earlier times, Mother Nature supplied us with much of what we needed. Our food, clothing and shelter, was made of natural materials. I guess you could say we were all living organic, before there was the term organic. We just lived with what the earth supplied.

In the Adirondacks we have a plentiful supply of trees and wood. When it comes to building shelter, wood is preferred here. Yes, its organic too!

Lumber in its natural form, comes from a tree. Forests supply us with an assortment of trees. When the woods are managed, we get numerous species of trees to supply us with everything from apples to walnuts, ash boards to tamarack veneer plywood and oak chairs to spruce top guitars, plus everything in between.

Our homes are built with pine, fir and cedar. Floors are made of oak and ash.

Window trim could be aspen and tulip.

Maple and cherry make beautifully grained strong tables and furniture. Beech could be railroad ties and firewood. Scraps from tree harvesting can be chipped for energy, cut and split for firewood or turned into pellets to burn on a cold winter’s night.

Then there is the feel, scent and touch of working with wood that inspires us to create. It’s the soft feel and scent of cedar or lightness of basswood, and the hardheavy feel of oak or ash that craftsmen love. The grain of curly maple; that twisting grain motivates us to craft. Our

imagination lets us design beyond our wildest dreams if we follow it.

As kids many of us had our dreams and goals of what we wanted to do in life as we grew up.

Many of us were influenced by watching others around us. Maybe it was the roadcrew installing a culvert, a neighbor repairing his car, a farmer cutting hay, or a house being built in the neighborhood.

For some it was watching a father or uncle building something around the house. Lucky ones had family mentors. Trades and crafts were handed down through the generations; tradition!

For Chuck Roberts, the love of wood came at an early age, his family consisted of many carpenters and craftsmen. As a youngster, he started making shelves, coffee tables and household items for his mom. His creative wood and building career was put on hold, when the realities of life got in his way.

To make ends meet, you need a job and Chuck did what had to be done; get up and go to work. Chuck Roberts worked for the State of New York with the Department of Transportation as a bridge repair mechanic for 31 years. Having a house, a job, raising a family and all the other day to day activities of living, put his creativity on the back burner to simmer for those years.

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As a recent retiree, he found that sitting around collecting a pension and waiting to die was not his thing. He decided to do something resourceful with his so-called golden years.

Carpentry had always been a dream hobby, stuffed way back in his mind. But now, with the luxury of time, he could bring it back out front and pursue a wood worker’s goal; to think, create and build.

With the love of wood and sawdust in his blood, he searched for a project. After seeing a photo of an American Flag hanging on a log cabin wall, he told his wife of 31 years; Kelly, “that is what I’m going to do; make flags out of wood.” She smiled and said, “COOL, go for it!”

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“The American Flag is our symbol of

Chucks love of Country and the Flag is a natural.

Seeing all the waste construction material at building sites, he decided to use recycled materials as much as possible. Using scrap material left from his and other’s construction jobs, he made his first flag. Those cut off boards and building materials, now became folk art.

His first American Flag was dedicated to a friend, who is a registered nurse.

From that moment, his flags started flying off the shelf.

Table saws, chop saws, hammers and nails, along with glue guns, paints, stains and a propane torch, become his tools of the trade.

Inside his small home shop, Roberts transitions from bridge builder to wood artist as he recycles the material into Patriotic American Art. Gathering scrap wood from friends, and a slew of requests for flags, his idea to just make something, became a business.

Starting with the scrap wood, he runs the usable material through a table saw to cut the strips, that will become the stripes.

From there the strips are cut to length on a chop-saw.

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materials; pine, cedar, and other species of wood, but he favors oak and ash, because of the grain of the wood. Oak and ash have beautiful grain when exposed.

Sanding brings out the beauty.

Depending on the request, he can leave the wood in its natural form, or lightly touch a propane torch to it and singe the grain to enhance the wood.

Lightly scorching the wood with the flame of a torch brings out the grain of the wood, highlighting it against the light coloration of the remaining wood. This method of distressing the wood strips of his flags, creates pieces that become a centerpiece of any cabin, cottage or home living room.

Once the six wood strips are torched, they are set aside. The seven other strips get painted red. Seven red strips become seven red stripes, and six wood strips become six white or torched stripes.

Using a nail gun, he tacks each strip onto a backer board.

The thirteen stripes are now set.

Thirteen stripes for the thirteen colonies.

Once the stripes are nailed down, the blue, black or specialty color canton requested, is painted. Then, the wooden stars are glued on.

The reasoning behind the flag is explained here from Wikipedia, “The flag of

the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag or U.S. flag, is the national flag of the United States. It consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the “union”) bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the thirteen stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the US.” Nicknames include the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, and the Star-Spangled Banner.

In 1818 the US policy stated that every state admitted to the Union would receive a star on the American Flag.

Now you know the reasoning behind the design of the American flag. The flag’s colors of red, white and blue also have meaning.

Red is for blood, valor, hardship, courage, strength, and revolution.

White represents purity and innocence.

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unity.”

Blue symbolizes justice, freedom, perseverance, prosperity and patriotism.

Every State displays its own flag. Each U.S. Department like the USDA, EPA, etc., and every Department of Defense branch like the Marines, Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard have their own flags.

Robert’s designs come from requests.

Firefighters, State Police, Corrections officers, Forest Rangers, Sheriffs, Border Patrol, Nursing and other professional people have all requested he create a flag for them.

The red line on a custom flag is for Firefighters, while the blue line dignifies and represents the respect for the work of Law Enforcement and Police.

Chuck Roberts stands for God and Country and his flags are a work of art that show respect for the flag, and for the people they represent. He has made flags for military veterans, tactical flags, commemorative flags, and traditional American Flags like the Betsy Ross flag, of which I am now a proud owner of.

Working out of his small room in his house in Grover Hills, The Flag Shop was born.

Chuck Roberts believes there should be a flag flying in every yard and a wooden flag in every home.

He is being a patriot by creating wooden flags and by salvaging locally recycled wood that others would just throw away!

Yes, protecting our Natural Resources is patriotic! Chuck Roberts wraps American history and the natural history and ecology of the woods into one; a Wooden Flag.

The American Flag is our symbol of unity. Yes, we can separate and disagree on politics, religion, and a myriad of other topics, but as Americans, history has shown, we will come together in the end.

As technology changed during the second World War, many plastics and synthetics were invented, and things changed. Much of the new materials are great, but some are being misused and causing problems; like plastics.

We can grow a better future, and waste a lot less, especially plastic. Disposable plastics pollute. Wood is a renewable product.

If you have a reverence for wood and the flag, and can mentally see one hanging on your cabin, cottage or home living room wall, checkout “The Flag Shop”. You won’t be sorry!

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OUTDOOR CLEANUP Autumn means leaves are falling from trees and littering landscapes. Cleaning up leaves can be a time-consuming task, but it’s necessary to promote the health of lawns and other plants.

Grass that is completely matted down with leaves can become starved for light and moisture, and lawns may even rot when forced to spend winter beneath fallen leaves.

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Leaves also can be used in annual flower and vegetable gardens to improve the soil. Mulch made from shredded leaves can be placed on the soil around trees and shrubs. This helps to reduce weed problems and protects root systems from harsh temperature fluctuations.

CLOTHING DONATIONS It’s time to pack away summer clothing and once again fill closets and drawers with sweaters and jeans. Before packing away your summer wardrobe, conduct

an inventory to determine if there are any items you no longer use. Donate these items or use them as rags when cleaning.

Keep some short-sleeved shirts accessible so you can layer them under sweatshirts and sweaters. The heat from layering will be trapped against your body and keep you cozier, reducing your reliance on HVAC systems to stay warm.

HOME REPAIRS Check the roof for any missing shingles.

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Sports & The Outdoors

Our tick(ing)

Whether you picked one up or it picked you up, most of us Adirondackers have had a brush or two with the vampire-parasites of the Arachnid family, ticks, that have been making the Adirondacks their home at an alarming rate.

A lyceum lecture, “A Tick-ing Time Bomb,” held at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall recently explored the explosion of the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) or deer tick population; increasing risks for disease; prevention; and the recent cut to funding for tick research in New York.

DISCUSSION, PROTEST Over 50 people (most over the age of 50) filled the hall; to the point some had to be seated in the upper level gallery. Behind me, gatherers talked amongst themselves before the lecture began. From the hum of boisterous talk, a woman chit-chatted with a friend that she’d “been feeling better but she had been sick and hoped it wasn’t a nasty spirochete.”

A spirochete is a very palatable word.

It falls off the tongue so easily; it’s fun to say out loud. But, a spirochaete is no laughing matter. Defined as “any of a group of spiral-shaped bacteria, serious pathogens for humans, causing diseases such as syphilis, yaws, Lyme, and relapsing fever,” a spirochete can wreak havoc on humans. There are six types of the bacteria. At the time, I did not realize what the woman had been joking about until we were all submerged into the realm and science of ticks in this lecture.

And that was only one type of disease of four that would be discussed.

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introductions and urged the crowd to understand that this lecture was “between a discussion and a protest meeting” and “one of the two sold out programs for the Grange this week!”

Buchanan urged there are two concerns, “one - being the concern of brushes with ticks and Lyme - and two - the concern and outrage that the state removed already meager funding for research on ticks in New York State last year.” He urged everyone to put pressure on our political leaders to urge funding for what is mounting to be an urgent and immediate Public Health crisis.

A panel of experts on ticks and public health were present to lead the discussion, give some insight, and answer questions after presentations. Lee Ann Sporn, Ph.D., Biology Professor and Coordinator of Human Health and the Environment at Paul Smith’s College presented a slide show, “The Ecology of Tick-borne Diseases in the Adirondacks.” She was followed by Susan Allott, Director of Prevention for Essex County Public Health, and lastly, an informative session-“From Zebras to

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Horses”- about the diseases ticks transmit, led by Keith Collins, M.D., Specialist in Infectious Disease from Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital.

Sporn used to study cell biology of ticks but fell into field study of ticks when relocating to the Adirondacks.

Her role for the last six years has been to study the ecology of ticks with her team at Paul Smith’s college. They cover vast amounts of terrain in Franklin, Essex, and Hamilton counties to get the numbers for their research which is disseminated to the NYS Health Department in Albany.

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has four stages of life: egg, larva, nymph, adult. Of these stages, the most aggressive is the nymph and often found during the spring and summer months, but ticks can be alive and well throughout the year. The highest prevalence of reported Lyme cases, according to Sporn, is May to September, coordinating with the nymph season for some reason. Tick densities are largest at lower elevations but are more often being found at higher elevations, such as the High Peaks, today. The risk for a tick encounter remains highest at lower elevations where density is higher.

“The driving force for the spread of ticks, most likely, is the climate here and climate change. With wetness and cover, and bodies of water, it’s a great environment for them. They cannot live in a dry climate or they will dry out,” Sporn said.

“A tick is born “bug”-free and acquires diseases from its small mammal hosts.

We’ve found that birds are probably the biggest distributor of ticks to areas with higher elevations but also are spread by mice, deer, and other small mammals.

When I first began, 16 or 17 cases of Lyme might be found in the studied tick population. Now, we are seeing 300 per 100,000 incidence rate, just in Essex County,” Sporn continued.

“Of the ticks studied in my field samples, in the last couple years, 64 percent tested for Lyme, 9 percent for babesiosis, 11 percent for anaplasmosis, and some ticks can carry all three or any combination of these. There have only ever been 125 reported cases of Powassan virus ever, and three last year, but not here. Those were in a pocket from the St. Lawrence County line,” Sporn on the breakdown of diseases ticks carry.

PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS

WHY FOCUS ON THE NORTH COUNTRY Sporn relayed that the North Country is considered an “emergent area” as the tick population has been exploding in recent years in the Adirondacks and other tick-borne diseases are beginning to appear in the area.

“NYS Dept of Health doesn’t have the staff for field work-my team and interns fill that gap. We gather information and work closely with the NYS Department of Health that generates statistics and information from our research,” said Sporn.

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“I’ve heard of some people saying that they seek solace here from other places with tick invasions; they believe the Adirondacks are free from them. I assure them this is not true.” Several people scoffed aloud at the statement that some outlanders think there are no ticks here.

DRIVING SPREAD OF TICKS Ticks have a two-year life cycle and spend 90 percent of their time in leaf litter and cover on the ground. The other 10 percent; they crawl onto grass and foliage waiting for a host to pass by. The tick

Susan Allot of Essex County Public Health took the podium and said, “I have lived here all my life and we never saw ticks or these diseases. Now, it has become a crisis.

“Two years ago Essex County was designated as a surveillance county for Lyme. That means that any cases, Lyme or other tick-borne illnesses, those that are diagnosed through testing, are reportable.

They come to our attention and we do an electronic investigation. But, there are those who don’t get a lab test and are just diagnosed by a rash or symptoms. Those go under the radar. So, some of our numbers may not be accurate all the way around.”

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FROM ZEBRAS TO HORSES Dr. Collins traveled from Vermont and was a bit late but made it in time to give his portion of the lecture.

“When I was in medical school at UVM, I was told that tick-borne illness was a zebra and I should be looking for horses. Well, now, that is not the case,” Collins began.

Collins talked about the “biggies” in tick-borne disease. Anaplasma, a protozoa that affects white blood cells; Powassan, a virus that causes brain-swelling and long-term brain damage, possible seizures and death; Borrelia (Lyme), a malaria-like illness-causing spirochete, that can move to various parts of the body and infect sites that it seeds, occurring in the Northwest at 36,000 cases per year; and Babesia, a parasite that infects red blood cells, but can often go unfound as it mimics the other symptoms from tick-borne disease or no symptoms at all. He also warned that all of these diseases have similar symptoms, some may have no symptoms, and the range can be different case to case. Also, that the tell-tale bulls-eye rash found from Lyme does not happen for every confirmed Lyme case and that a regular rash or no rash at all can occur.

“I cannot urge this enough. Many doctors give the test for Lyme too early and it will most likely always come back negative in the early stages of contraction.

It needs to be nearly a month out from initial bite or onset of symptoms for the test to come back positive. I urge you to take the

required antibiotics that are usually started, and sometimes, stopped, because a test may come back negative but it is inaccurate if done too early,” Collins stressed.

“Lyme can be killed by antibiotic. It’s not a supernatural being. All of these can be killed with antibiotic. Most likely, chronic infections are the residual damage from the disease. It has done some damage. I strongly advise against long-term treatments and alternative treatment for Lyme. They pose more harm than good for treatment.”

“The best prevention is using DEET at 20 percent at the least, cover with clothing, and check yourself and family members, pets daily. And to pull off a tick, do not squish the body; pull off at the mouth with tweezers. There is risk to regurgitate tainted blood back into the site of the bite.”

Other notes of interest that Collins urged were the Canadian practice of treating with one dose of Doxycycline in the first three days of a proven tick bite. Studies have found this practice to be helpful and those bitten were 20 times less likely to produce Lyme, said the reports. This information was supported by Sporn with a nod.

THE AUDIENCE TAKES THE MIC The room was opened to audience discussion and questions.

One audience member gave testimony to his use of permethrin. He said he used to get ticks all the time but he rubs the stuff on his clothing and has yet to see one. Another woman disagreed with Dr. Collin about chronic Lyme and voiced her conviction

that alternative treatment is helpful for her.

Dr. David Goldwasser, DVM, of Adirondack Veterinary Hospital in Westport joined the panel at the end of the discussion.

He urged the listeners to, “Please check your pets make sure they are protected. I have seen this crisis growing through my 36 years as a vet. It has really exploded and the cases of anaplasmosis we are seeing more of. It is transmitted faster. I view dogs as a sentinel for this crisis. Please be aware. They can bring ticks in your homes.

And, yes, permethrin,” answering the other audience member, “is a tick deterrent.”

Another person spoke of a vaccine.

Collins said, “There was one. But the makers of it were sued and defunded.”

Sporn relayed that it is still five years out before an effective vaccine will be introduced.

CUTS TO RESEARCH Judy Stone, a writer for Forbes Online spoke of the cuts to research and health departments across regions, beyond New York, facing this crisis, in a May 29, 2019 article. “One of the upsetting things is the cut to state health departments in recent years, as disease surveillance is a state responsibility, a mandate without funding.

There is no standardization in methods nor reporting, per a CDC media contact.

The Maryland Health Department told me in late 2017 that they can’t even do tick prevalence, let alone test for pathogens.

Similarly, NY State cut funding for studies about ticks last year.”

“The driving force for the spread of ticks, most likely, is

CVPH has an online program to further educate medical professionals and it is free. To learn more about ticks and Lyme disease, reach out to Essex County Public Health at https://www.co.essex.ny.us/Health/ and to sign up for the medical professionals program contact Ashley.Doelger@uvmhealth.org.

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You don’t have to wait for nature to hurry up in your garden outside in order to bring pretty blossoms into your home. Our tip? Force the blooms instead. This age-old gardening how-to tricks the flowers into thinking it’s time to bloom using water. By forcing your blooms, bulbs like tulips and hyacinth will begin to blossom ahead of schedule, and you’ll have gorgeous color for your windowsills. So how do we force blooms? The first thing you’ll need to do is search your local garden center for inexpensive forced bulbs. As we mentioned, bulbs like tulips, hyacinth, crocus, and daffodils are great options to force.

IN SOIL: Use a mixture of potting soil, sand, and peat moss. Make sure the container has good drainage. Arrange bulbs close together with their tips sticking out of the soil. Make sure that the soil underneath is loose to encourage roots to grow quickly.

Water the soil before placing the container to chill. Keep soil damp but not wet.

IN GRAVEL: Place a layer of gravel in a container, arrange the bulbs as you’d like, and then fill with water so the bottoms of the bulbs just graze the water’s surface.

IN WATER: We like to force hyacinths in special bulbforcing vases. These can be found in florist shops or in antiques stores. Simply put the bulb in the top part of the glass, and add enough water so the bottom of the bulb is just touching it.

Tip: Wear gloves when handling hyacinth bulbs, which can cause skin irritation.

LET THEM CHILL Most bulbs need several weeks of cold weather to prepare to bloom. Some, though, such as paperwhites and amaryllis, don’t need to chill at all. The amount of chill time for bulbs ranges from 8 to 16 weeks, so check the label when buying your bulbs to see the appropriate chill time for that selection, or buy the bulbs prechilled. For chilling, bulbs should be kept between 35 and 45 degrees. You can leave them in a dark, cool (but not below freezing) place like a garage, basement, or shed—or you

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can simulate winter’s chill by storing bulbs in the refrigerator.

Note: Don’t store them with fresh produce, because the ethylene gas from fruits and vegetables can keep bulbs from blooming.

WATCH THEM GROW Regardless of what container you choose for chilling, the next step is to wait and let your bulbs root.

Most bulbs should have blooms two to four weeks after chilling if you follow these steps: When shoots appear, take the container to a slightly warmer—but still cool—place (about 60 degrees), and give it indirect light until leaves are about 3 to 5 inches tall and flowerbuds appear. Then move the container to a warm, sunny spot (about 70 degrees). When the flowers open up, place them out of direct sunlight. This will encourage the blooms to last longer.

FORCING BRANCHES TO BLOOM You can also force branches to flower just before the season, but the closer to the actual bloom time, the easier the branches will be to force. Keep in mind that shrubs are actually easier to force than trees. When you go to cut the branches, be sure to cut the stem at an angle, and choose the right pruners for the job. A nice, clean cut makes a big difference.

And, if you have the option, cut branches whose blooms have already begun to swell for the prettiest blossoms. Cut a slit at the end of each stem to increase the branch’s water intake. Immediately place the cut branches in water, and then cut them at an angle again once inside.

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History

the power of For industry,

By Tim Rowland In the late 1800s, famed Adirondack photographer and writer Seneca Ray Stoddard gazed out over what must have been a miraculous sight. There, in the middle of nowhere really, was a thrumming cauldron of industry, a place where natural resources, favorable topography and men of ideas had all come together to do their part in building up a young nation.

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The scope of the infrastructure was impressive. Mills, kilns, forges and separators worked wood and rock into usable forms.

A massive warehouse stored the nearly unimaginable amounts of fuel needed for the voracious furnaces. The land was bare, most every tree having been plucked for timber or charcoal.

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Penfield notable for its width, but for the distance it fell over the course of half a mile. Along the gorge — too narrow to be called a valley, too wide to be called a chasm, early industrialists built multiple stone dams that allowed this modest stream to do mighty things. Water wheels powered the forge and turned the sawblades. It ground flour and, through webs of belts and pulleys, could be harnessed to spin, press, shake and pound. As the century progressed, it would Published by Sun Community News & Printing

be converted into steam, and new worlds of industrial possibility were opened.

But there was more. Putnam’s Creek, as it turned out, was witness to a singular event that helped put water, as a source of power, out of business.

Looking down on the community that through the years has been called Irondale, Ironville or Penfield, Stoddard saw fit to record the scene, setting up his camera just behind a rock the size of a

Remains of an old dam that used to power machinery at Penfield.

coffee table that happened to be poking from the pasture.

The rock remains there today, accessible from a scenic hiking trail that follows Putnam (or Put’s) Creek. On a plaque is a reproduction of Stoddard’s original photo with what is now known as Stoddard’s Rock in the foreground.

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hike along the now reforested stream bank is a slightly haunting experience, with the occasional set of stoneworks poking out from the natural beauty of the cascading water and evergreens. But across the gorge from Stoddard’s Rock is a brighter scene: a neat row of wooden-framed white buildings dating back nearly two centuries that have somehow survived.

Almost like an insect frozen in amber, they show an early Adirondack mining community as it once was, a testament to a handful of dedicated volunteers who have carefully curated the community to keep it from going to seed, a fate that has consumed so many others. In fact, they probably look better today than they did when new and had, according to the New York Historical Society, “the black, sooty look that is common to all iron manufacturing communities.”

At the heart of the community today is the Penfield Homestead Museum, which resides in a handsome farmhouse built by two of Irondale’’s founders, Allen Penfield and his wife Anna Hammond Penfield.

This is a bonafide old home, not a restoredto-look-like old home. It is largely original, right down to the wallpaper. In it are too many stories and memories to count.

Crown Point Historian Joan Hunsdon says the second best story is one of heroism and heartbreak symbolized by a tattered flag from the Civil War, carried by a young man, John Hammond, who lost his life at Antietam because his family had given him strict instructions not to cut and run.

At Bloody Lane, John Hammond stood his ground. The others didn’t.

The best story at Penfield, focuses on what resembled an oversized horseshoe bound with insulated wire - a replica of which is in the back room of the museum - that was invented by two industrial pioneers playing around with sparks.

Tourists from far away will stumble upon Penfield, Hunsdon laughs, and say “What are you doing up here?” Fair question. The inference is that - in an age in which there are fewer and fewer “best kept secrets” - too much went on in Penfield for it not to be either literally or figuratively on the map. Or maybe it’s that with the heroics of Samuel de Champlain at Crown Point and Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen at Fort Ticonderoga, Ironville gets lost in the shuffle. Still, Allen Penfield is hardly chopped liver.

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the mountains west of Lake Champlain; the most common seems to be that two boys discovered the metallic rock while in pursuit of game - much like Jed Clampett discovering crude while shooting at some food.

The man who owned the newly valuable lands wanted to sell, and Penfield, who had arrived from Vermont in 1807 and operated a successful sawmill and store at the time, jumped at the chance to get into the iron business.

Iron ore was relatively common in the Adirondacks, but ways to transport it were not. Ironville, and Hammondville to the west, had the good fortune to be within 15 miles of Lake Champlain, which made transport feasible. It was close enough to the lakeshore that eventually a narrow-gauge railroad was built to connect Hammondville with the docks at Crown Point.

Success in business takes good

planning, but it also helps to have good luck. Penfield had both. Among Penfield’s customers were the makers of tools and nails of course, but also a poor academic from Albany named Joseph Henry, who by the late 1820s was showing up to purchase small quantities of magnetite, a type of iron ore that was uncommon at the time, but was present in Penfield’s pits.

Penfield, naturally, wondered what was up with that. Henry, a brilliant scientist who, while sitting in class would answer questions his teachers couldn’t, was experimenting with electromagnets, and magnetite, as the name would imply, had the properties the scientist was looking for. Electromagnetic technology was not quite new at that time; experimenters knew, much as school kids do today, that wrapping wire around a nail and giving it an electrical charge from a battery will produce a powerful magnet. That was cool,

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certainly, but no one quite knew how to put it to a practical use. Allen Penfield did.

To be worked, iron has to be separated from the rock in which it is contained.

Through time, innovators had come up with crude ways to do it, none of which were elegant or efficient. They would heat the ore and pound it with massive hammers, or crush it and shake it in boxes of water, with the heavier iron particles sinking down through holes in the bottom of the box — like pannning for gold on an industrial scale.

As Penfield watched, Henry— who would become better known as a founder of the Smithsonian Institute — put a charge from a wet cell into a piece of iron bound with wire. Penfield was amused by the sparks and intrigued that the iron was now capable of attracting heavy pieces of metal.

For an ironworker, the value was immediately apparent. In 1831, Penfield

sent pointed metal studs to Henry, and asked if they could be magnetized. Then he put the magnetized points on a drum, and rotated the drum through crushed ore.

It worked. The iron shards were attracted to the drum and then brushed off as it rotated. The crushed stone, of course, was not attracted to the magnet and passed on through; an electric separator had been born. It was the first time in U.S. history that electricity had been put to an industrial use, and it happened in a community that few people, then or now, had heard of.

From that day forward, water receded in importance as the power behind industrial works. Steam power had its day, but postindustrial age motors would come to be powered by electricity and petroleum.

Penfield beat the rest of the nation to the punch, with this new and amazing force. When the separator worked, he had Henry send him a battery so that he

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could re-energize the points on his own when they lost their charge. And even the sober congregationalist such as Penfield (he was successful in industry, but less so in keeping his miners temperate) couldn’t refrain from a little mirth. A popular parlor trick at the Penfield mines was to suspend a large anvil from an electromagnet, which, to startled onlookers, seemed to run contrary to the laws of gravity, physics and just about any other scientific truth that they held to be true.

Henry, meanwhile, built on his work with electromagnetism, and went on to develop the principles that transformed electrical energy into mechanical motion.

His work echoed and even predated Michael Faraday, but Faraday published his work, and Henry didn’t, meaning it was Faraday who ultimately got the credit for this discovery.

The Penfield mines were responsible for one other significant development on the coming electrical age. In 1833 a Vermont blacksmith named Thomas Davenport visited Penfield to see the electromagnets for himself. He bought one and began to tinker with it by improving the iron core and — it is hard to see how this worked out well — binding it with silk threads scavenged from his wife’s wedding gown.

With this, he produced the first directcurrent electric motor in America.

Davenport built a small cart and was able to get it to run on a small section of electrified track. For all intents and purposes, he had just invented the streetcar.

Hundson, with a small but dedicated group of other Penfield descendants and volunteers, is doing her best to see that this small corner of the Adirondacks is not forgotten for its contribution to industry and humanity.

The 500-acre complex is always looking for ways to add to its story.

Several years ago, Crown Point officials — strategically, right before Christmas — asked Essex County for permission to disassemble and rebuild a replica of a bloomery forge from a now defunct theme park. Wanting to get away for the holiday, the supervisors hastily agreed, and today the forge sits on the shores of Penfield Pond. Hunsdon said she hopes more become interested and involved.

“We need young volunteers because this needs to go on,” she said. “It can be a struggle, but it’s the love of this place that keeps us going.”

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Biography

Joe

McGinness The Best is Yet to Come!

Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, many of us listened to the Stones, Beatles and Led Zepplin. Rock music was big, but then, so was country. Hillbilly rock, Southern rock and twanging guitars were cool.

We listened to Skynyrd, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers and Poco. Rock stations played a mix of rock and country rock. Six and 12 string guitars, flat top guitar finger picking, and electric guitar leads, all sang our songs.

Country radio stations played hardcore country: Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Willie, Waylon, Glen Campbell, Charlie Pride, Juice, Dolly and all the other great country music singers. How could you not like Keith Whitley or Dwight Yokum?

Outlaw music was our favorite. The guys who didn’t follow the rules and lived their own way; it was our way too! We lived many of the songs they wrote! They were the glittery hard body electric and wooden acoustic heroes of our time, and still are.

A younger generation heard Mom and Dad’s music, but like every generation they follow their own sounds and meaningful lyrics.

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and many others, now please the inner ear palate of today’s country music fans.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, SPAC has many big-name acts play and thousands can attend a concert there.

Locally, In Burlington there is Higher Ground. Higher Ground brings in up and coming musical performers that play jazz, blues, rock and country sounds.

Recently at Higher Ground in Burlington, Drake White a Nashville rising country music performer did a show, but more importantly, one of the North Country’s own rising country music icons opened the show.

Joe McGinness of Moriah opened the country venue. Joe McGinness is a guy to keep an open eye, and tuned ear on. He is a very talented guitar player and singer. I was lucky enough to have a chance to see him perform in Ticonderoga.

I met Joe for the first time at the Ticonderoga Fourth of July celebration.

Coming early, so I could get a behind the scenes look at the stage, setup and equipment, gave me a real appreciation of what happens to put on a show.

For this show, Joe’s band included, Chris Huchro the roadie for the band, who helps with the hauling and setup, and each band member who fine tune their equipment setup.

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“Family is so important to the rising star.”

As I walked around the stage area, band members were hauling cases filled with drums, cymbals, guitars, amplifiers, equalizers, line 6 processors, mikes and an assortment of electronic equipment including hundreds of feet of electrical cords to musically tie everything together.

For equipment they have Gibson Les Paul’s. James Tyler Variax, G &L Telecaster guitars, Gibson Dove and Breedlove acoustic 6 strings. The bass player Seth uses both an Ernie Ball Sting Ray bass, Kramer and Genz Benz and Orange amps.

Joe’s cousin, Seth LaFountain from Vermont, plays the bass guitar which gives you that thumping beat. Many a song is known just for the bassline. Ian Koeller of the New York city area is the drummer and has a multitude of snares, tom toms, bass drums and everything in between.

He prefers Rich Redmond drumsticks to pound out a tempo. Ian has an electric seat that electronically picks up the bass drum over the load music and sends a signal via his seat and butt letting him know he is keeping the right time and beat. Now who thought that up? Ian’s drums are Yamaha with Zildjian cymbals, and those Rich Redmond sticks of which I am now a proud owner of one. Thank you, Ian! Dan Sadowski, Joe’s brother in law, AKA Danny Ray of Danny Ray Edwards fame and the band “The In-laws” is also from Moriah. He picks a mean guitar and plays both lead and rhythm guitar switching off, coinciding and 40 | North Country Living Magazine | Vol. 8 No. 3

synchronizing leads with Joe. McGinness is originally from Vermont, the Middlebury area, and now lives in Moriah with his lovely wife Julie. Joe has played with numerous bands over the years, one being the In-Laws. As bands go, they come and go. People have their differences and lives, which don’t always coincide. In a band, all the gears must synchronize.

Joe grew up as a George Jones fan and loves the old music: Great guitar, lyrics with meaning and strong harmonies!

When he listens to music, he prefers vinyl records over tapes or cd’s. The sound is natural, real and pure.

Joe was introduced to music at a very young age by his family. Both parents performed music and influenced Joe along the way. Family is so important to the rising star. In fact, currently Joe has two of his older brothers backing him up on stage when they can fit the schedule.

With many years of playing music professionally, Joe has crafted his own unique blend of Country Music.

After our preliminary introductions, Joe gave me free access to the stage.

This concert was not just a guy sitting on stage playing an acoustic guitar. It could be, but this concert had the full monty of equipment for the fans to see and hear.

Lights hung from the ceiling and banners of WOKO and Joe McGuiness were draped across the stage. WOKO is a big supporter of Joe McGuiness and he is a big fan of the radio station, as we all are.

This summer was a hot and humid one, and the 4th of July was no exception; a real sweat dripper. The crowd at this venue slowly filed in as the band set up. As the sweat poured out, the folding chairs clicked as they opened, and the early comers got front row center seats. The sounds of the carnival and the smell of cooking sausage filled the air until the music began.

The first set they performed songs like “Footloose”, “Fishing in the Dark” and “Dust on the Bottle” until break time.

During the break, Joe mixed with the crowd, signed autographs and had his photos taken at least 100 times with the fans and the crowd. He is a people person and it shows. A true performer!

While the band plays, and during the breaks, Julie is at the merchandise table selling all the memories of the night to fans.

Joe has his own CD’s for sale, JM shirts, guitar picks, and other “merch” to keep a fans memory happy. Concert trophies!

The second set they did “Country Girl Shake it”, “Drink and Dance”, “Blame it on the Weekend” and many other new country favorites.

During the second break, Chris and the guys broke down most of the equipment and stored it away in a trailer and back seats of their cars. Young up-coming musicians don’t have the fancy tour buses. They have their cars to store and haul equipment.

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Joe’s mother came out and sung an oldy with Joe. The McGuiness family are music lovers and singers, so they were a strong influence on Joe. Like the Hank Williams Jr. song, “Family Tradition”, which by the way, Joe performed that night.

My second adventure with Joe McGinness was at Higher Ground in Burlington. I was privileged to get a special invite to this show so I could tell the story. The band that night consisted of Joe and a drummer from Vermont named Ross Edmunds.

Conflicts with scheduling prevented the other guys from playing with Joe that night.

As I mentioned earlier, Joe opened for Drake White. Drake White has the shiny maroon tour bus. I had to check and see if it was a Silver Eagle. Remember Jackson Browne’s “Running on Empty” album? He rode in a Silver Eagle tour bus. It wasn’t!

Someday Joe will have a Silver Eagle to tote him and the band around the country in and a young country music talent will open for him.

Anyway, after getting through security, I met Joe by the stage where he was setting up. He gave me a full access pass that night and permission to take photos. After getting a few shots of the hall and sound board, we met in the greenroom. Julie, Chris and his wife Adele were there digging on the night life.

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fridge is filled with refreshments, and a buffet table is set out in the hall for all the performers to tank up on. It’s their dressing room, relaxation room and hideaway before and after a show.

Down the hallway, you could hear the voices of the other band; Drake White and his crew. Strumming guitars, pianos and laughter filled the hallway as they shook off preshow jitters in their green rooms.

The excited fans started filling the hall. One by one they entered, got a drink and mingled with fellow country music lovers. Higher Ground is a small intimate venue where 500 fans can enjoy a closeup personal concert. I prefer this over SPAC any day.

With the full access pass, I had the best seat in the house; the balcony overlooking the stage from the right side. The DJ from WOKO announced the act and out came Joe and Ross Edmunds; his drummer for this show. Looking like seasoned professionals, they put on one hell of a show. It was great!

Julie was set up with the “merch” next to Drake White’s table of mech. Sales were hot!

Joe and Ross played for just over half an hour, playing hits such as “Tonight belongs to us”, “Nothing like the radio”, and a crowd favorite; no matter what style music you like, Hank Williams Jr’s, “Family Tradition”.

Before he left the stage, Joe made sure he went down in the front row, and had his photo taken with the crowd. Like I said, he is a people person who loves his

fans, and his fans love him. It really shows!

Joe McGinness is currently one of country music’s best kept secrets with his creative, songwriting, down to earth lyrics and energetic performance skills that rival many of his industry peers.

McGinness has been featured on many radio and television stations including Sirius Xm, Pandora, 98.9 WOKO as well as many other FM stations throughout the US. His single: “Blame it on the weekend” was featured as an iTunes Hot Track of 2015.

Joe’s single “Nothing Like the Radio” made the iTunes Top 100 Country Releases Chart as well as his most recent single: “A Better Man” which was cowritten and produced

by Kent Slucher (drummer for Luke Bryan).

Joe has shared the stage with many great country artists such as Old Dominion, Dylan Scott, Frankie Ballard, Granger Smith, FGL and many more.

Live shows seem to be his trademark these days. Joe has developed a large loyal following, winning fan after fan everywhere he goes.

McGinness will keep you captivated with his unique voice and tricky guitar skills as well. The up coming artist is riding the success of his many hit singles: “Hey Beautiful”, “Blame It on The Weekend” and “Sunshine State of Mind” to name a few.

Joe has just emerged on the country music scene and has so much more to offer in the future to his rapidly growing fan base. Stay Tuned .... The Best Is Yet to Come!

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T.J. Brearton writes detective crime thrillers out of his Elizabethtown basement

and has been making a living at it close to a decade now.

T.J. Brearton lives and breathes the same air as you or I in the great “County Seat” of Essex in Elizabethtown.

On one flipside, Brearton is a family man, making a life with his wife and three children in their home near the High Peaks. Then on the other side, out of his basement, he spins his web of literary thrillers and tosses out a book or two each year and has been doing so for about the last six or seven years.

His first book, Habit, released in 2014.

Brearton has a larger-thanlife enthusiasm and wit that he often sprinkles throughout his conversations adding a bit of comedic relief on whatever he may be talking about.

He has such a humorous and out-going demeanor that he really throws you off in person, if you know him only by his writing. He claims to be an introvert but has a unique charisma that says the opposite if you had the chance to meet him. He claims, “I am just some guy in his basement, I am really just an introvert and spend a lot of my time out of the public.”

Just last week, after replying to a threeyear-old message from a NYC literary agent, Brearton signed on to be represented by the same agency that has

Russell Banks, Deepak Chopra, and Michael Ondaatje as clients.

“It’s pretty cool. In a way it feels legitimizing, but this guy first reached out three years ago!

It remains to be seen whether an agent will be more lucrative or not. If anything, it might get a book into bookstores, which would be cool.”

“I think the standard model, for years, has been the struggling writer who DOES have a literary agent and DOES have a book or two in stores, but still only makes enough to pay a couple of bills, not to live on. The digital revolution really changed all of that.

An author can get a book to a publisher directly, the book goes to market typically in a much shorter time, writers get more interaction with their readers, and so on, “ said Brearton.

There are so many arts unique to these parts. Adirondack chairs, birch bark crafting, paintings of unfathomed beauty, only found in or genuine to our lovely neck of the world.

But, what about crime and detective thrillers? We are definitely lacking in that department.

Literary artists that live and breathe and build in the Adirondacks are sprinkled here and there.

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To add to his humbleness (it must be a writer’s trait), when I asked him to interview for NCL in August, his first words of enthusiasm were about how great his garden was doing this year, and then that he was delighted to do an interview. The garden just has to be a signifier of his Adirondack local status.

Most of Brearton’s writing sets the stage in an Adirondack-like town or in Florida, where he often vacations with his family. His MO usually involves several plot twists set in a cop/crime thriller.

Kidnappings.

Murders.

The Mob. Detectives. His versions of crime noir in the Tom Lange series or the North Country series encourage readers to experience the characters in a way that is almost familiar, to visualize sinister events in their own backyards.

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However, Robert Garrow - to name an infamous a signed author, making a life from Adirondack killer - is just one example writing, is not usually the mode within the of chaos hidden under our beautifully area. Often, authors are transplants that serene surface. have established themselves and “retire” “When I was young, I always wrote. I here to continue their art in some way. just did, rather than doing other things. I Maine - the lobster and lighthouse loved to read Stephen King, and I wanted state - has Stephen King. To read a Harry to write things like him. Originally, Potter book to our children (or to ourselves – that is nothing to be ashamed of), we that’s how I started. I wanted to write think of the various parts of the United supernatural and horror. Then, I got into Kingdom. All of the authors that have hit the crime genre,” said Brearton.

“The big names. Stephen King. John the “big time” are associated with a venue.

The Adirondacks have not had an Sandford. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, author to equate their name with the amazing! I know I am not going to venue. At least in the genre. Up until now, reinvent the wheel. But, you emulate of course. (And if he is not a household those you read. That is how a writer learns name, by Joe, he should be in these parts!) and goes from good to great.”

When he entered traditional college, Brearton is not unlike many authors.

He is modest about his accomplishments. he did not do well and decided it wasn’t His first great accomplishment, as all for him. His father persisted on the writers strive for, is to make a sole living college avenue but consented with him out of the craft. enrolling in the New York Film Academy

in NYC where he majored in film and TV production. For a long period of time Brearton worked with the Adirondack Film Society of Lake Placid. He did event production, camera work and filmed the Luge team on several occasions. But, that was a “gig economy” Brearton explained and writing was still something he held onto.

His first novel came when he was struggling with many points in his life.

“It was a sort of roaming, autobiographical, good versus evil, spewing of my life, “said Brearton, “it was rejected several times. I pared it down and made it more sensible, made it work, and that became Habit.”

A regular work day involves him writing as if he held a 9 to 5 job. Brearton paints himself as a “seat of your pants writer,” describing his writing style. He does not use outlines or scripting. It is as if he plays a movie in his mind and goes with it.

Brearton roughly mills out three books a year. He has 16 novels to his name and most can be found on Amazon, where he has a presence. His most recent, Dead or Alive, came out this past July. His books have solid reviews of 4.5 stars and share Bestseller lists with the likes of Dean Koontz or James Patterson. His author bio and other works can also be found at tjbrearton.net.

He has signed on with two publishers.

The most notable is with Joffe Books, a British publisher.

Talking about his writing process, he explained the workings of his mind, “It is a little like making a movie. You are kind of the screen writer and making dialogue.

But, it can also be like you are a musician or painter. You have all these separate parts that make a whole and make the whole story come together, and you build up the intensity or use this brush, and not that one.”

“I am just some guy in his basement, I am really just an introvert and spend a lot of my time out of the public.”

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Family and Garden: T.J. Brearton takes a candid with his family; wife and three children, at his home in Elizabethotwn, in front of his beloved garden.

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The Keene Valley Library celebrated a collection of 100 original stories in September.

But these chronicles aren’t kept among thousands captured in pages of books on the shelves.

They are published among holdings in a special oral history project, drawing together many voices from the mountains and streets in Keene.

Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are was sparked by local innovation, a series of grant awards and the dedicated effort of Keene Valley’s Library Association.

Grant awards manager Jery Huntley helped frame and secure the project to preserve living history.

“The history and lived experiences shared in the first 100 stories demonstrate

Jery Huntley describes how area residents can share oral histories, memorable events and their views of community tradition as part of the Keene Valley Project Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are. Photo by Kim Dedam

how this project will preserve Keene’s history for future generations.”

Stories of Who We Are uses online systems at Memria.org to give residents an opportunity to share memorable events in first-person accounts.

The idea to chronicle oral tradition began years ago when Keene Valley Library Director Karen Glass first watched her children interact with community elders at school.

“The information is so important,” Glass said of Keene’s rich and storied Adirondack history, woven in colorful tales from many quarters across all seasons and walks of life.

The library spent nearly an entire year developing a list of topics and questions to focus on at first.

Glass and Huntley welcomed the first storytellers to the Keene Valley Library in June.

“THE GENEROSITY OF OUR STORYTELLERS HAS MADE THIS PROJECT MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE HAD IMAGINED.”

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“Stories have the power to both inspire curiosity about what we don’t know and bring us closer to the people and places that shape us,” Glass said.

The growing collection is organized by subject: Arts and Culture; Catastrophe; Work; People; Daily Life; Outdoor Activity; Natural and Man-made Environment; and Community.

Daily Life tales regale Keene Valley summers of “long ago;” travel in the 1940s; family adventures, bear encounters; and even a wedding at the Elm Tree Inn. Among dozens of “Work” stories, Joanne Whitney relays the true history of the famed Red Barn, the iconic structure that spent more than 50 years sinking into the fields at the bottom of Spruce Hill. It was torn down in 2016 by the state, which had purchased the land years ago.

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Whitney Sr., built “the most photographed barn in the Adirondacks” around 1959, as the oral history recounts.

“A Holstein milk cow and a Hereford beef cattle were housed in the barn adjacent to the fertile pasture,” Mrs. Whitney says.

Reg Whitney Sr. built the barn using materials salvaged during removal of the old Tamarack Inn in Keene Valley at a time when reuse of good boards was standard operating procedure.

Reg and Mary’s Snack Bar — a combined gas station and diner — also occupied the site, she recalls.

The many “Work” tales chronicle livelihood from trail building, to achieving an Olympic dream, from home building and breeding cows, to building a local telecommunications system in Keene.

Keene Valley Library’s oral history collection reached the 100th first-person

story amid much celebration in September.

“The generosity of our storytellers has made this project more successful than we had imagined,” Glass said of the mark.

“We look forward to bringing their voices to audiences both near and far.”

Grant awards for “Stories of Who We Are” came from Humanities New York Action Grant funds; a Northern New York Library Network (NNYLN) Innovation Grant; and an award from the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation.

Local support helped build the project with community gifts and in-kind donations.

Keene residents and visitors can find out how to share their own story by contacting project organizers at myadirondackstory@gmail.com The collection can be explored online at myadirondackstory.org.

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Sports & The Outdoors

STATE INVESTMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WORK FOR ORDA

By Kim Dedam

Olympic venues are being remade here for a next generation of winter sport athletes, employees who keep the courses running and fans of international competition.

International training, ski, skate and sled sport facilities at the Olympic Regional Development Authority are central to the legacy of winter sport in Lake Placid and Wilmington, both of which hold celebrated status among athletes from all over the world.

The focus on winter sport in these mountains and knowledge of the people who work at and run the venues reaches back a century.

In fact, about 51 percent of competitors at the Pyongyang XXIII Winter Olympics in South Korea have come through training centers, raced on tracks or trails in competitive events held in Lake Placid and at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington.

The push is on move these facilities into the 21st Century.

Spearheading the process, ORDA CEO and President Michael Pratt says it’s all moving in the right direction.

“Some of the Olympic facilities are 42-years-old,” Pratt said, sitting on the deck at Intervale Lodge, a ski training, meeting and gathering facility recently built at the base of the ski jumping complex.

“What we’re doing is to set ourselves up to be successful for the next 30 years. We’re addressing technical operations.

We’re addressing safety for athletes and for fans. We’re Olympic Regional Development Authority CEO and President Michael Pratt is overseeing nearly addressing needs for year-round $175 million in Olympic venue improvements in Lake Placid, Wilmington and in North Elba. operations. And we’re trying to His goal is to move the Olympic legacy into sustainable, energy efficient venues with cutting be efficient to make sure these edge technology, as Lake Placid approaches its facilities are sustainable.” century mark in hosting international competition.

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An aerial shot of ongoing work at Mt. Van Hoevenberg shows some of the scale of improvements planned to include a stadium for biathlon and new trails that will include state-of-the-art snowmaking.

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SIZED IMPROVEMENTS AT LAKE PLACID

The 1980 Winter Olympic ski jumps at the Intervale Ski Jumping Complex in Lake Placid will have new in-run refrigeration systems that keep them competitive in changing weather, along with tower reinforcement and a new gondola to the top.

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Technical snowmaking and refrigeration systems will help keep ice and trails competitive when weather warms unexpectedly, he explained.

“With snowmaking equipment, we can make more snow faster and we also do it for less energy and for less money.”

The refrigeration system in the Olympic Center, he said, is based on 42-year-old technology.

“It is time,” Pratt said.

“What we did was a very appropriate analysis of our facilities, and we set ourselves up for the next 30 years."

“Our heritage is special,” Pratt said.

“And having these plans in place is tremendous.”

ORDA is working from a master plan to coordinate improvements at all venues according to Sustainable Slopes Doctrine.

Investment from New York State is delivering nearly $175 million to make it happen. Work ongoing at the ski jumps is expected to cost $14 million. The biathlon stadium, ski course, bobrun improvements, new trails, and snowmaking capacity at Mt. Van Hoevenberg is expected to cost $60 million.

And the renovations, for fans, athletes and employees at the Olympic Center is expected to cost $100 million.

Four major parts. The first includes building energy efficiency, using green building materials and state-of-the-art ice control systems.

The second, looks to establish trails, ice and race tracks that accommodate technical reach of winter sports.

The third effort looks to maintain level

playing arenas for teams of varying styles from many nations.

The final part looks to make venues available year-round to winter sports fans and guests.

Three of four construction sites were in full-on work mode heading into fall.

The new biathlon stadium at Mt. Van Hoevenberg will allow fans to watch the entire race as it loops around the shooting range.

“They’ll be able to see everything, including the penalty lap,” Pratt said.

Among technical improvements at the bobsled run, Pratt explained, is a new start house with timing sensors on the handles for each push.

"A new Mountain Coaster ride will be placed alongside the 1932 track, introducing another generation of young people to the famed corners like Zig Zag and Shady," Pratt said.

At the Intervale Complex, improvements to ice systems on the in-run are designed to be less weather-dependent, ORDA spokesman Jon Lundin explained.

“We’ll be able to rebuild the ice quickly and level the playing field.”

ORDA is replacing the elevator to the top of the jump and adding a glass curtain on the big jump, among other renovations.

This includes a 60-meter jump plus four zip lines and a new gondola ski lift.

Schematics are moving forward for an estimated $100 million in improvements at the 1980 Olympic Center with new seating in the Herb Brooks Arena, a bigger ice sheet in the USA rink and new refrigeration systems.

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Asked if seats from the historic “Miracle on Ice” U.S.A. Olympic Gold Medal hockey win will be preserved, Lundin said some are in the Olympic Museum.

“I do get a lot of calls from people wanting ‘their’ seat from that hockey game,” Lundin said with a smile.

“We’re figuring out a plan.”

Expansion room for the Olympic Museum is also part of the plan.

The amount of ongoing work is mind-boggling.

Skimming through schematics and paperwork that involve a myriad permits from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and various regulatory agencies gives a sense of the scope of what’s ahead in the next few years.

Part of the work secures a transition as venues in and around Lake Placid look to keep up with evolving winter sports tech.

And beyond the investment from New York State and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Pratt said the institutional knowledge of ORDA staff, workers and the people who contribute to teams here is unsurpassed.

“It’s tremendous to have the resources, but it’s the people here that make it special,” Pratt said.

"From the ice meisters to the people who staff welcome desks, grills and lift lines, they built the legacy," Pratt said.

“We recognize and the state sees that a big part of the economy here is in

winter sports. It’s in recreation. We are part of the solution that keeps this place in the international spotlight, fulfilling a mandate to the people of New York.”

Pratt himself is a product of Lake Placid’s winter sport community. He’s witnessed the evolution first hand. He’s fought to keep the ice and trails groomed.

ORDA’s CEO recalled walking to school across the fields in Lake Placid that once wrapped around the old wooden ski jump behind the 1980 rink.

“I’d get to school all wind-blown and soaking wet,” he laughed.

“I worked in the ‘32 and ‘80 hockey rinks from age 14 to 19. I was a rink rat during the 1980 Olympics. I remember they called and asked me to lend a hand over at the jumps in 1980, and I just showed up, ‘Hey, I’m here to help.’ The guys I went to work with, no kidding, were Joe, Larry and Curley.”

He recalled the din and bustle of Lake Placid 1980 Olympics.

The work in years ahead will prepare ORDA venues for the 2023 World University Games.

“We’ll have events for curling, short track speed skating, women’s hockey and ski and freestyle events,” Pratt said.

“We’re going to have two times as many athletes here and two times as many events as the 1980 Olympics.”

Really?

“Yeah,” Pratt smile.

The World University Games expects 2,500 athletes to compete in 79 events and will draw regionally for support.

Pratt took the helm at ORDA just over two years ago amid a sharp rise in revenue at all venues, which includes the ski center at Belleayre in the Catskills.

His leadership at Gore Mountain Ski Resort won awards for its interpretation of the environment; telling the story of the Adirondacks.

What will the legacy aim for in its approach to one hundred years of Olympic lore?

“A coordinated master plan,” Pratt said, "one that connects improvements at all of the venues and keeps Lake Placid, Wilmington and surrounding communities apace, front and center in winter sport."

Does Pratt think a steep ski trail at Whiteface might someday be dedicated to his work?

“Probably not,” Pratt laughed.

But it IS a tradition here.

“That might be a good name for the trail,” Lundin said with a grin.

ORDA’s team expects the zip line to be in full construction mode at the ski jumping complex next spring.

And work on trail systems, the new biathlon stadium and snowmaking will progress in and around competition events this winter.

(Top Left) The new lodge at the Intervale Ski Jumping Complex is open for business, hosting race teams in summer, athletes, guests and even wedding receptions that include a covered back deck. (Top Middle) A planned $100 million renovation at the 1980 Olympic Center in Lake Placid is working through the schematic and design phase now. Improvements will add a short track for speed skating, a second tunnel to the Olympic Oval and refrigeration technology on all ice sheets, upgrading the USA Rink to Olympic size ice. (Top Right) Ski jumpers train at ORDA’s Intervale Pool in summertime. Some 51 percent of athletes at the XXIII Winter Olympics in Pyongyang, South Korea had come through Lake Placid, either competing or in training. (Bottom Left) The schematic on the Intervales Lodge shows how the zip line will be situated beside the ski jumps. (Bottom Middle) Dining area at the new lodge at the Intervale Ski Jumping Complex. (Bottom Right) Facade of the new lodge at the Intervale Ski Jumping Complex.

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Crafts 1. PUMPKIN PAPER PLATE POCKETS: I wanted to make two so I wouldn’t waste half of a paper plate, and I hope I’ll be able to come up with an abundance of things to be thankful for!

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You will need: • Scissors • Orange Craft Paint • Paintbrush • Stapler • 3 Paper Plates (any size) • Green or Brown Construction Paper

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If you plan to make a jack-o-lantern: • Black Paint • Black Construction Paper or Black Marker Instructions: • Paint both sides of your paper plates orange (One side first, let it dry, then the other) OR • Cut one of the plates in half and staple it to the whole plate to form a

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Recently I read a heartwarming article about a mom who started the “Thankful Pumpkin” tradition with her family during the holidays that ended up spreading around the globe. At the beginning of the season, you get a pumpkin. Every night, as a family, use a permanent marker to write what you’re thankful for on the pumpkin. Every night, you’ll see the blessings in your life continue to grow.

I think this is such a beautiful tradition. But right now, I would like to go a little deeper into the pumpkin to where it all starts: the seeds. My brain is currently stuck on seeds. Towards the end of summer I had been wrestling with the thought that my garden was a complete failure this year; An overgrown, unfruitful disaster. Sure, we got a handful of sugar snap peas, several tomatoes, a pocketful of green beans and an abundance of kale I didn’t know what to do with.

But with two active boys under age 2 ½, I could not figure out where the uninterrupted time was to spend in the garden feeding, weeding, watering, training the viney plants to go up and not all over each other.

And then one night it hit me. I was busy doing all that with my boys!

With a much better attitude, I opened my eyes to the blessings in our garden: the sugar snap peas, the tomatoes, the green beans and kale! And then I saw the most beautiful treasure amongst the weeds.

Kale seeds.

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pouch. (front sides together) Make The Face/Stem • Cut/draw pieces for a jack-olantern face and a pumpkin stem on construction paper and glue them on.

OR • Draw/paint the eyes, mouth and nose with black marker or paint.

Hang up your pumpkin: Here are a couple ideas - You can use string and create a hook on the back to hang on the wall, or you can use a magnet clip and hang it on the fridge, which is what I am doing. The fridge is kind of a gathering place in our house; our toddler can open it and our one-yearold is crawling so fast he sneaks in to check out the bottom shelf. For me it’s a great place to remember to be thankful for daily provisions.

Fill your pumpkins with seeds: Write down what you’re thankful for on your paper seeds and put them in your pumpkins.

2. MASON JAR PUMPKIN: You can use paint or tissue paper To paint your mason jar you will need: • Mason jar with top • Orange and green paint • Paintbrush Instructions: • Paint the inside of your mason jar orange and set aside to dry. If it’s hard to paint with your paint brush, pour the paint inside the jar and slowly roll the jar to allow the paint to cover all surfaces.

• (Or paint the outside and set aside to dry, but be aware this way is easier to scratch the paint off. Pick what works best for you.)

• Paint the top green and set aside to dry • If you’re making a jack-olantern: once the orange paint is dry, paint a face on the mason jar with black paint and set the jar aside to dry.

To use tissue paper on your mason jar: Note: This one doesn’t need a top • Orange Tissue paper • A mixture of 1/2 water and 1/2 Elmer’s white glue • Paint Brush Instructions: • Rip the tissue paper into 1-inch squares • Mix your glue and water in a cup- ½ glue, ½ water. Start with 3 tablespoons each so you don’t mix too much, depending on your jar size.

• Use the paintbrush to paint glue on the mason jar and then press the tissue paper onto your mason jar.

Paint a coat of glue over the tissue paper, set aside to dry Fill your pumpkin with seeds: Write down what you’re thankful for on your paper seeds and put them in your pumpkin.

I hope you enjoy this craft and realize just how much you have to be thankful for this season, and every day!

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seeds, there are so many, that I can share them with a friend who plans to start her own garden.

These Kale seeds got me so excited to learn how to harvest all sorts of seeds. And while thinking about harvesting these seeds and my boys and the challenges of life I currently face, I brought it all down to one simple reminder. You start with one seed. If you prepare the soil well, water it, feed it, nurture it, train it… these tasks you persevere through day in and day out, that one seed will be fruitful and there will be a great harvest, and that great harvest will produce even MORE seeds!

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the future, it is so worth it.

It is my sincerest hope that my boys will become honest, hard working, and faithful leaders and protectors. It is my hope that they will endure hardships with strength and compassion for others. But I’m pretty sure that won’t just happen on its own. I haven’t been doing this mama thing long, but I already know it takes the daily “grind”, the repetition, the routine, the consistency, the teaching, the training, the discipline… day in and day out. Sometimes it seems like my routine is so monotonous that I become bitter and annoyed… sometimes I’m tempted to quit the routine and head off into the sunset for easy adventure somewhere else.

But then I see my toddler brush his baby brother’s teeth. I see him pick up his toys and put them away after I’ve asked him only once. I hear little feet running towards me and a sweet, little voice call out, “Ma-Maaa!” I see those little arms open wide diving into me for a hug,

and I am reminded: Yes. This is worth it.

Yes, this is what I’m supposed to be doing!

Yes! I love this!

As I’ve been harvesting my seeds of thankfulness, I’ve come up with some fun craft ideas to get your creative and thankful thoughts flowing.

I call this “Thankful Pumpkin Seeds”.

The whole idea is that you’ll write what you’re thankful for on “pumpkin seeds” and put them in your “pumpkin”. I’ve come up with two ways to do this, so use the one you like the best or get creative with what you have around the house and try something different.

For the Pumpkin Seeds: the simplest idea I had was to cut out paper into pumpkin seed shapes. Write one thing you’re thankful for on each seed and put it in your pumpkin. Try to fill your pumpkin to overflowing throughout the season and at Thanksgiving dinner, read through your seeds together as a family.

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Applesauce Slow Cooker

By Gayle Alexander

Fall is here! The leaves need raking and you still want to have a special treat for dinner. Slow Cooker Applesauce is a quick, easy, versatile, and fuss free choice.

It’s apple pie without the crust!

YOU WILL NEED: • A slow cooker…any size is fine.

• 3 lbs. apples… Macintosh, Cortland or even from that old apple tree down the lane.

Start this in the AM and enjoy the wonderful aroma all day long!

• Sugar • Flour • Cinnamon • Butter (optional)

Core and rough chop the apples; enough to fill your slow cooker. This recipe will reduce by half…so make lots!

ADD TO TOP OF APPLES:

• ¾ cup sugar. Depending on how tart your apples are you may need to add more before serving.

• 1 or 2 tablespoons flour for slight thickening • Cinnamon to taste…at least teaspoons. I use close to tablespoons…I like cinnamon!

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• No need to stir, just shake from side to side to allow everything to begin to drop through the apples.

• Set on low for 8 hours and go enjoy your day!

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In today's multitasking world, there's nothing like having dinner cooked for you while you go about your day. That's the beauty of a slow cooker. As you take advantage of this time-saving wonder, here are tips for keeping your "crock o' dinner" safe.

• HOW SLOW COOKERS WORK: As the name implies, the countertop "slow cooker" cooks foods slowly and at a low temperature — generally between 170 and 280°F. • The direct heat from the pot, lengthy cooking time, and steam created within the tightly covered container work in combination to destroy bacteria and make the slow cooker a safe process for cooking foods.

• While food is cooking and once it's done, food will stay safe as long as the cooker is operating.

Note: If you are not a fan of apple skin feel free to peel them.

TO SERVE: just stir and serve over ice cream, or biscuits, or alone as a comforting side to a hearty dinner.

Enjoy!

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• PREPARATION: Since the slow cooker may take several hours to reach a safe bacteria-killing temperature, keep perishable ingredients refrigerated right up until preparation time. This keeps bacteria from getting a "head start."

• Always defrost meat or poultry before putting it into a slow cooker.

• If you cut up meat and vegetables in advance, store them separately in the refrigerator.

• Keep the lid in place, removing

only to stir the food or check for doneness.

• CHOOSE APPROPRIATE RECIPES: • Prepare foods with a high moisture content such as chili, soup, stew, or spaghetti sauce.

• If using a commercially frozen slowcooker meal, prepare according to manufacturer's instructions.

• Fill the cooker to between half full and two-thirds full.

• SLOW-COOKER LEFTOVERS: Store leftovers in shallow, covered containers and refrigerate within 2 hours after cooking is finished. Reheating leftovers in a slow cooker is not recommended. However, cooked food can be brought to steaming on the stove top or in a microwave oven and then put into a preheated slow cooker to keep hot for serving.

• IF THE POWER GOES OUT: • If you are not at home and the power goes out, throw away the food even if it looks done.

• If you are at home, finish cooking the ingredients immediately by some other means: on a gas stove, on the outdoor grill, or at a house where the power is on. If the food was completely cooked before the power went out, the food should remain safe up to 2 hours in the cooker with the power off.

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COOKING... kids!

When it smells like Autumn outside, it should smell like Autumn inside.

Pumpkin pie can do that for you. It fills every room in my house with such a delicious seasonal aroma.

I love using pumpkins instead of canned pumpkin and I don’t actually use pumpkin pie pumpkins. For many years, I used carving pumpkins. We’d carve them, set them out on the front porch for a couple days, then I’d process and freeze them. But life has been busy and we haven’t carved a pumpkin in a few years, and come to think of it, I haven’t made pumpkin pie in just as long. But this season, I was eager to make one and was lucky enough to have a can of pumpkin hiding in my pantry.

I like to use the same recipe every year, but funny enough, the pie never seems to turn out the same, so sometimes I do things differently on purpose. I was planning on sharing with you this recipe, but with directions to make it a double layer pie. One year I made my usual pumpkin pie for the guys at hunting camp but when we cut into it, it had two layers! One layer was like custard and the other was the usual texture I expected.

Well, it was a fluke. I have tried to purposely recreate it in order to share with you how to do it but I can’t figure out what I did. This major bummer got me thinking of pies past, and I remembered these minis I made one year that are perfect for little helping hands. So here we go!

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INGREDIENTS • Pie Crust (see recipe) • 2 large eggs • 1/2 cup sugar • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves • 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin • 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk • Whipped cream if desired • 2 mini muffin tins (I used muffin tins years ago, but I actually used mini pie pans this time around - so just use what you have if you don’t have these)

DIRECTIONS 1. Heat oven to 425°. Spray two mini muffin tins with baking spray, set aside.

2. Make pie crust (See recipe.)

3. Roll out pie dough on a baking mat or lightly floured surface. Using a 3” circle cookie cutter, cut out 24 pieces. (You could also place a drinking glass on the dough and trace around it to cut out the pieces.) Gently press into the wells of the prepared muffin tins. Put them in the refrigerator to chill.

4. In medium bowl, beat eggs slightly with wire whisk or hand beater.

Beat in remaining ingredients except whipped cream.

5. Remove the tins from the refrigerator and fill each crust with the pie filling, but don’t go all the way to the top. Gently tap the tins on the counter to create a smooth, even filling.

6. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°. Bake about 45 minutes longer or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack two hours. Serve with sweetened whipped cream.

After cooling, pies can remain at room temperature up to an additional 4 hours, then should be covered and refrigerated.

HOMEMADE PIE CRUST INGREDIENTS:

• 2 2/3 cups all purpose flour • 1 1/2 sticks of well chilled butter (cube it) • 1 tsp salt

DIRECTIONS:

Note: Because these are mini pies, keep an eye on them in the oven. I started checking mine every so often after 30 minutes to ensure they wouldn’t burn. (If you’d rather just make a full size pie, use these ingredients and directions with a regular sized pie pan.)

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1. Mix all ingredients until crumbly.

2. Sprinkle with well chilled water until everything sticks together by pinching.

3. Split into two balls; wrap in saran wrap and chill in freezer for 10 minutes.

4. Take one ball out, roll it out for the pie crust. Then repeat. *The process needs to be done quickly.

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Involving the little ones: Get creative with how you divvy up the tasks. I would like to challenge you to use this as a learning, or a reinforcelearning activity. Baking presents opportunities to practice what kids have learned in school, depending on the ages and lessons. You can get as easy as “1,2,3” with the youngest, which is where I’m at. My toddler loves eggs right now and often counts, “Mama, one, ‘do’ eggs!” (I love watching him explore and learn in the kitchen. One time I let him crack an entire carton of eggs one by one. I just sat and watched, with probably the silliest grin on my face.

I’m sure that won’t be the last time.

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Homemade

Party Mix for a crowd Party Mix is my go snack of choice. I never cared for wheat squares cereal so I use rice and corn hexagons along with the rice squares. There is a brand name that comes to mind when you read the name of this recipe! I find the name brand has a better consistency. Feel free to add other ingredients, I even made it with just cereal and pretzels for someone with a nut allergy.

It is quick, easy and I make it using the full containers of cereal and nuts in the microwave! This makes a lot! I store it in a 37 cup airtight container. If this is too much, the recipe easily cuts in thirds. Also: This can be salty, so try to reduce salt where you can; nuts, pretzels, butter.

GATHER THE INGREDIENTS: • 1 box 12 ounces rice squares cereal • 1 large box 18 ounces corn and rice hexagon cereal • 25 ounces or more premium mixed nuts (personal preference) • 1 cup large Virginia Peanuts (optional) • 2/3 pound pretzel sticks (break them up and try to knock off the salt or buy an unsalted variety)

READY IN UNDER 10 MINUTES!

• 2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (18 tablespoons) • 1 tablespoon seasoned salt • 4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce A microwave safe bowl large enough to hold all the ingredients.

Line two baking sheets with a double layer of paper towels, set aside.

In the microwave: start by melting the butter in the bottom of bowl, stir in

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seasoned salt and Worcestershire sauce.

Pour in the nuts and pretzels, allow them to soak for a moment, then add the cereal. Stir well to coat. Microwave on high 2 minutes then stir bringing the coated pieces up from the bottom, try not to break up the cereal. Return to the microwave for 2 more minutes on high, then stir again bringing the coated pieces up from the bottom, try not to break up the cereal. Return to the microwave for 2 more minutes on high, then stir again bringing the coated pieces up from the bottom, try not to break up the cereal.

Yes! That was a total of 6 minutes!

Dump everything out over the paper towels lined baking sheets and allow to cool to room temperature before storing in the air tight container. Stays fresh for at least 2-3 weeks. I have read you can freeze it too, but I never tried.

Enjoy!

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What’s more, this time of year offers plenty of warmth and leftover daylight hours to experience renowned outdoor recreation opportunities, like cycling.

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FOLIAGE ON FOOT Fiery leaves at the fire tower Mount Arab Fire Tower, in the hamlet of Piercefield, near Tupper Lake, offers great views of Tupper Lake and Mount Morris to the southeast, the Adirondack High Peaks to the east, the Raquette River valley to the north, Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest to the southwest and Mt. Arab Lake and Eagle Crag Lake to the west.

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point of view at The Wild Center’s Wild Walk. The Wild Walk experience includes a four-story twig tree house and swinging bridges, a spider’s web where people can hang out and chances to sit and observe the forest below. There’s a full-sized bald eagle’s nest at the highest point where visitors can perch and imagine.

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The turnaround is only a few hundred feet from Route 3. Retrace your path and cross Route 3. This side of Coreys Road takes you to Axton Landing on the Raquette River. There are several ponds by the road, each with their own views.

Turn right on the Axton Landing road

and enjoy the view of this wild section of the Raquette.

You can get back on Route 3 and continue to Tupper Lake, where The Wild Center is located. After a visit you can drive another 7 miles outside of town, on Route 30, to Rock Island Bay. There are good pull offs here and views of mixed forests surrounding the lake. Rock Island is what it sounds like, a small island with a few trees in bright colors floating on the water, begging to be photographed in the fall.

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FOLIAGE ON FOOT Stunning summit views The summit of Mount Defiance in Ticonderoga features a picnic pavilion with spectacular views of the Champlain Valley and Fort Ticonderoga.

Split Rock Mountain Wild Forest has several trails that lead to scenic overlooks of Lake Champlain, the High Peaks and Vermont. Recommended destinations include Barn Rock Bay, Ore Bed Overlook and South Rocks Overlook.

- iloveny.com Olympic leaves At the Olympic ski jumps and Whiteface Mountain, visitors can take an elevator to the top of the 120 - meter ski jumps (26 stories) for a panoramic view of the surrounding Adirondacks. Watch ski jumpers fly the length of a football field, aerialists twist and turn in the air and see the best panoramic views of the Adirondack High Peaks at the Flaming Leaves Festival - ROOST

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Memorial Highway to the top of Whiteface Mountain — New York’s fifth-highest peak at 4,867 feet — isn’t your typical automotive experience. How many other roads do you know that lead you directly to the summit of a mountain, with gorgeous views spanning hundreds of miles of wild land reaching as far as Vermont and Canada?

No where else is the beauty and vastness of the Adirondack Park so apparent and so easily accessible. The paved road rises over 2,300 feet in five miles from the toll house.

At the summit, there are a few things you don’t often find atop a peak: a castle built from native stone, a restaurant and gift shop, an elevator carved deep inside the mountain top itself and a truly spectacular 360-degree, panoramic view of unparalleled beauty. A visit to the Adirondacks is not complete without a drive to the top!

The highway is open through Oct. 14 from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m. for cyclists. For more information, visit whiteface.com/activities/whitefaceveterans-memorial-highway.

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AWE-INSPIRING AERIAL VIEWS Scenic flights over the Adirondacks

Flights take off from Lake Placid airport 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, just on the edge of the village of Lake Placid. Choose the 20-minute scenic tour featuring Olympic venues, the High Peaks, or the lakes — or choose a special event flight. Aerial views of the breathtaking wilderness will make memories last a lifetime. Be sure to bring a camera!

They are located 2 miles south of the Olympic speed skating oval, right off of Route 73, next to the horse show grounds and across from the ski jumps. Look for their sign as you drive into town.

- lakeplacid.com Cloudsplitter gondola ride leaf spotting It’s like a bird’s eye view — in flight! Our eight-passenger Cloudsplitter Gondola carries you from the main base lodge to the top of Little Whiteface in fifteen minutes.

As you trace the mountain’s contours — soaring over streams, ski trails, steep rock faces and thick forests — the beauty of the Adirondacks reveals itself.

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Views from Castle Rock With views of Blue Mountain Lake and stunning foliage, Castle Rock is for people who want to enjoy the outdoors without spending all day on the trail. A moderate 2.7-mile hike in and out, you can expect scenic outlooks of the Adirondacks as well as some excellent birding spots.

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COLORFUL CAR RIDES Route 30 offers stunning foliage The heart of the Adirondacks — Long Lake, Speculator and Indian Lake — is full of wilderness preserves with lakes and ponds aplenty. The diverse views are complemented by the easy access from Route 30 out of Tupper Lake, which will take you all the way through.

However, leaf peepers with time on their hands should take some detours along the way. On Route 28 you’ll find yourself at the Pigeon Lake wilderness, and Routes 8 and 10 will take you to the

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AWE-INSPIRING AERIAL VIEWS Bird’s eye view of the leaves Flying above the leaves for a bird’s eye view of the Adirondacks is always jawdropping, but once the landscape is fully engulfed with the flaming bright colors of fall, an aerial tour becomes an absolute must. The float plane excursions take off from idyllic Adirondack lakes and offer a

tour of a lifetime with 360-degree views of slivered deep blue lakes and mountains, as far as you can see. Planes leave from Inlet and Long Lake.

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BEAUTIFUL BOAT TOURS Striking views from the water The Raquette Lake Navigation offers boat tours exploring the pristine and relatively undeveloped environment of Raquette Lake aboard the W.W. Durant and learn about the history of Raquette Lake which was the playground for millionaires during the Gilded Age. There is no better way to experience Adirondack fall foliage than in the Hudson River Gorge. A whitewater rafting trip allows guests to view spectacular fall colors in a wilderness setting from the comfortable seat of a raft. This a quiet time to be on the river. At times you may feel like you and your guide have the river to yourselves.

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where it meets the orange trail. Continue to Berry Pond on the orange trail. Stay on the blue trail to ascend the mountain. This climb has two very steep sections and may be too strenuous for some. The reward of the more difficult climb is panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and lakes.

to gorgeous views of Lake George and distant mountains. Crane Mountain is a difficult trail in Thurman that requires hikers to climb two ladders to complete the loop. Each of these trails gives leafpeepers exactly what they’re looking for.

- Eric Pfau, visitlakegoerge.com

Warren County nature trails Warrensburg: These cross-country ski trails serve as easy hiking trails during the snow-free seasons with level pathways leading to the banks of the Hudson River. The trails are located on Hudson Street Extension in Warrensburg just north of Cronin’s Golf Resort.

Wagon ride under the canopy The Adirondack Ranch, located at 346 Mud St. in Athol specializes in guided trail rides through the southern Adirondacks on horseback. Every experience is custom tailored for customers, offering rides to lunch or dinner, girls getaways, corporate outings, overnight camping, and wedding proposals. Wagon rides are offered during the fall foliage season as well.

For more information, and to reserve a ride, call 518-623-2267 or visit the Adirondack Ranch Facebook page.

Gurney Lane Recreation Park Queensbury: The 150-acre park has hiking trails ranging in length from a third of a mile to slightly over one mile. The trails also accommodate mountain bikes. Access the trails from the park’s parking lot on Gurney Lane Road. Leashed dogs are welcome.

Up Yonda Farm - Bolton Landing: Up Yonda Farm is an environmental education center with a museum focused on the flora and fauna of the region.

Visitors may hike the 73-acre grounds over a network of trails that offer views of Lake George. Find Up Yonda on Lake Shore Drive in Bolton Landing.

The Chester Challenge - Chestertown: The northern Warren County town of Chester offers several options for easy and moderate hikes with mountain views and lakeside trails. Visit the Chester Challenge webpage for more information.

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COLORFUL CAR RIDES Easy, beautiful summit trips Go to Gore Mountain in North Creek and take a scenic ride on the Northwoods Gondola for some bird’s eye views of the foliage. Drive to the summit of Prospect Mountain to see a hundred-mile view of Lake George, the Adirondacks and beyond.

- Eric Pfau, visitlakegeorge.com

BEAUTIFUL BOAT TOURS Take to the water — canoing, kayaking and the big boats The brilliance of fall foliage doubles when viewed from a lake as the shoreline colors reflect in the mirror-like waters. Fall is the perfect time to take a cruise up Lake George on one of the big boats. Another option is a personal tour of the lake from an area guide service.

Do-it-yourselfers may rent a boat or throw a canoe or kayak in the water and paddle through the splendor of fall.

Warren County maintains canoe access sites along the Hudson and Schroon Rivers. Each site offers free parking and safe access to the water. The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation operates boat launch sites on Brant, Fourth and Schroon Lakes as

well as several on Lake George where you may put in for a lake paddle.

- Gillian Burdette, visitlakegeorge.com Cruise through the foliage Located in Lake George Village, The Lake George Steamboat Company has been taking multi-generational passengers for cruises on Lake George for over 200 years.

If you want to experience the majesty of Lake George, the Lake George Steamboat Company offers daily cruises on its three unique ships during the summer months.

For an in-depth tour of Lake George, board the MV Mohican for Paradise Bay and Islands of the Narrows Cruises or on Summer Tuesdays a Full Lake Cruise. The MV Lac du Saint Sacrement offers a Sunday Brunch, daily Lunch, and Dinner Cruises.

Enjoy the spectacular views while dining and listening to entertainment. Board the SS Minne Ha Ha for a one hour paddlewheel cruise. The Minne cruises several times per day so you can pick the time that works best for you and your family!

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AWE-INSPIRING AERIAL VIEWS — FLY THROUGH THE AIR Gore Mountain scenic gondola rides — weekends through Oct. 13: Gore Mountain is a premier stateowned ski area in North Creek, but winter isn’t the only season at Gore. Its trails are open for hiking and mountain biking in the summer and fall. The gondola that takes skiers to the top of a run in the winter carries leaf-peepers up the mountain in the fall for a spectacular aerial view of the Adirondacks colored in brilliant fall foliage.

Adirondack Extreme Adventure Course — weekends through Nov. 10: Test your strength and endurance on these aerial obstacle courses in Bolton Landing. Navigate zip lines, swaying bridges and Tarzan swings through the fall foliage on courses with varying degrees of difficulty. A special “Little Adventurers” course is designed just for kids.

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Oct. 5 - Oct. 13

Plattsburgh — Plattsburgh Farmers’ and Crafter’s Market held at Durkee St.; 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Located in downtown Plattsburgh and you can find seasonal local produce and food products, as well as local handcrafted items.

Blue Mountain Lake — Fall Fest held at Adirodack Experience Museum; 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Celebrate fall with traditional pastimes like apple pressing, wagon & pony rides, autumnal crafts, fiber arts, and a square dance. For schedule, visit: https://www.theadkx.org

Ticonderoga — Heroic Corn Maze held at Fort Ticonderoga; 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Kids of all ages can explore our six-acre corn maze specially designed for Fort Ticonderoga! Cost: Included with general admission ticket. Saturday and Sundays.

Plattsburgh — Alzheimer’s Walk to Remember held at Sibley Hall; 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Funds raised remain in our local community to support services offered by the Center for Neurobehavioral Health: Alzheimer’s and Third Age Adult Day Centers.

Oct. 5 - Oct. 27

Sept. 28 Whitehall — Sasquatch Calling Festival held at Skenesborough Park; 10:00 a.m. The day features Sasquatch presentations, a variety of Vendors, kid friendly activities, including a bounce house, musical acts and is capped off with a Sasquatch Calling Contest. All events are free admission and Prizes are given to the best callers.

Chestertown — Fall Fun Fest held at Faith Bible Church; 3:00 p.m. Free admission, games, prizes, candy, dinner, bouncy house. Fun for all.

Sept. 28 - Sept. 29 Wil m i ng ton — W h ite f ac e Mountain Oktoberfest held at Whiteface Mountain; Mark your calendars for the weekend-long, Bavarian-style celebration with authentic music, dancing, food and beer! More info & Schedule, visit: whitefaceregion.com

Oct. 4 Saranac Lake — “MOUNTAINS” held at Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery; 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. The mountains are calling and I must go” is a quote attributed to John Muir. Saranac Lake artist Sandra Hildreth fully understands the meaning of that, as she too has felt that pull of the mountains.

Saranac Lake — “Seasons” held at NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery; 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Seasons represents Mary’s return to oil painting while exploring winter, spring, summer, and autumn as they unfold in the Adirondacks.

Queensbury — Fright Fest held at The Great Escape; Mark your calendar for your favorite frightful time as the area’s largest Halloween celebration returns for another season.

Treat your family to terrific, terrifying fun, weekends September 28 October 27. Find out more:sixflags. com/greatescape/special-events/ fright-fest

Oct. 5 Ticonderoga — Heritage, Harvest & Horse Festival held at Fort Ticonderoga; 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

A day of Autumn fun for the whole family! Meet heritage breed animals, discover the power of horses in lively demonstrations, and enjoy the flavors of the region with lo c al b e e r, wine, ciders, & food.

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Blue Mountain Lake — Taxidermy Weekend held at Adirondack Experience; In celebration of our 2019 special exhibit Curious Creatures: Taxidermy in The Adirondacks, ADKX is partnering with Morbid Anatomy to present a day of distinctive programs, tours, screenings, and conversations along with taxidermy workshops and a Curious Creatures Masquerade.

Tupper Lake — OkTupperfest held at Tupper Lake Country; 1:00 p.m.

- 6:00 p.m. OkTupperfest is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year!

Oct. 5 - Oct. 6

Sept. 28 - Sept. 29

Glens Falls — Gun Show held at Cool Insuring Arena; The Glens Falls Gun Show will be held on October 5th and 6th. This show is hosted by Marbles Enterprises. All federal, state, and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed. Hours: Saturday: 9am to 4pm, Sunday: 9am to 2pm

Indian Lake — 10th Annual Great Adirondack Moose Festival held townwide; Two days of special events - Moose calling contest, Old fashioned turkey shoot & kid-friendly activities & Sidewalk Sales, Big Moose Tent, White River Rafting & demos & more. Visit: adirondackexperience.com Published by Sun Community News & Printing

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Oct. 5 Chestertown — Town-wide Garage Sale; 9:00 a.m.

Oct. 6 Saranac — Harvest Fest held at Hi-Falls Bar & Grill; 11:00 a.m.

Music, Cornhole & Horseshoe Tournaments (cash prizes), Raffles, Chowders, Chili, Burgers, Hot Cider, Beer etc.

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FALL FESTIVALS & OKTOBERFESTS happening throughout the region.

Oct. 11 Lake George — Lake George Oktoberfest & Fall Festival held at Lake George Village; Come out for the Lake George Village Oktoberfest and Fall Festival on Friday, October 11th through Sunday, October 13th on Canada Street across from Shepard Park.

Warrensburg — Warrensburg Garlic Festival held at River Street; 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. More varieties than ever of certified organic and naturally grown garlic will be sampled and sold for planting and consumption. Horticulural information and recipes provided by our CCE of Warren County Master Gardener Station. Garlicky Food Contests, Samplings, Children’’s Activities and more!

and sheep farm, sanctuaries, and a tree farm and lumber mill promoting sustainable forestry through a self-guided tour of the largest farms and unique sites in the area.

Oct. 12 - Oct. 13 North Creek — Gore Mountain Harvest Fest held at Gore Mountain; 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 15 Plattsburgh — Girls Night Out held at Strand Center for the Arts; 7:00 p.m. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join us for Prescription Laughter ONLY ONE SHOW TIME THIS YEAR, SO ACT FAST! TICKETS $20 EACH . Tickets available at UVMHealth.org/ CVPHFoundation

Oct. 17 - Oct. 20 Glens Falls — 4th Annual Adirondack Film Festival held at Adirondack Theatre Festival; See the schedule and more info: adkfilmfestival.org/festival/schedule/ Lake George — Lung Cancer Research Foundation’s Lake George Free to Breathe Walk held at Charles R Wood Park; 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The event will include a walk through the town of Lake George, beginning at Charles R. Wood Park.

Oct. 12 Lake Placid — Half Marathon & 10K held at Olympic Speed Skating Oval; 8:00 a.m. The Lake Placid Classic is a friendly running event that takes participants through the beautiful village of Lake Placid during the spectacular early fall season.

Queensbury — 4th Annual West Mountain Fall Festival held at West Mountain Ski Area; 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Fun fall activities for the whole family!

Thurman — Thurman Fall Farm Tour held at Townwide; 10:00 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m. The event showcases farms, maple producers, a goat

Lake George — 14th Annual Adirondack Brewery Oktoberfest held at Adriondack Brewery; 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Enjoy a day full of all things Oktoberfest with the beautiful Lake George Fall foliage as your backdrop. A portion of proceeds from Oktoberfest will benefit the local Lions Club Chapter.

Port Henry — Fall Festival held at Moriah Chamber of Commerce; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Bolton Landing — Trunk or Treat! held at Up Yonda Farm; 5:00 p.m.

Come in costume and trick-ortreat from car to car. Enjoy fun games, crafts, spooky stories by the campfire and FREE refreshments, or.. participate by decorating your own vehicle and pass out candy.

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Peru — Octoberfest Half Marathon, 10k, 5k and 40k Bike held at 753 Bear Swamp Road; 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Run thru Peru’s apple country, runners & cyclists will enjoy the beautiful course & the fun after-party hosted by 95 Triple X! In honor/ memory of Chip Hamilton, who suffered from Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Info & register, visit: https://www. goadirondack.com/event/octoberfest-half-marathon-10k-5k-and40k-bike

Ticonderoga — HalloweenFest held at Montcalm St.; 10:00 a.m. Spook up your week in Ticonderoga. Visit ticonderogany.com for more info.

Oct. 24 - Oct. 27 Lake Placid — Lake Placid Film Festival held at Palace Theatre; 4:00 p.m. Join the excitement! The Lake Placid Film Festival 2019 will be one to remember. Join us this Fall in picturesque Lake Placid NY for the 18th Annual #LPFF2019. For info and updates: www. lakeplacidfilmfestival.org.

Oct. 25 Ticonderoga — Maze by Moonlight held at Fort Ticonderoga; 7:00 p.m. - 9:00p.m.

Use your flashlight to guide you through the 6-acre Heroic Corn Maze, where a multitude of twists and turns through acres of corn stalks await in this autumn family favorite event!

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Oct. 26 Glens Falls — Boo 2 You! Trick or Treat! held at Centennial Circle; Arrive in costume to enjoy this Downtown Glens Falls Halloween block party!

Glens Falls — 26th Annual Goblin Gallop 5K & Halloween Hop Kids Run held at Abraham Wing School; 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The Goblin Gallop is a unique two-loop flat/fast course. Prizes & Costumes awards.

There is a special raffle for all costume participants. Refreshments after. Hosted by the Adirondack Runners Club.

Saratoga Springs — Fall Festival held at Downtown Saratoga; 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. This unique Halloween celebration encourages families to have fun together, enjoying the hospitality of Saratoga Springs’ businesses and the great spirit of the community.

Warrensburg — Halloween Parade held at Hudson Headwaters; 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Starting at Hudson Headwaters Parking Lot, Main Street

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Schroon Lake — Trunk or Treat held at Dock St.; 6:00 p.m. What is Trunk or Treat? We meet to trick or treat from decorated car trunks. It allows community members from outside town to see all the trick or treaters and lets kids trick or treat from a populated area. New location this year: Dock Street by the Town Beach.

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Plattsburgh — 2019 Arts & Crafts Fair At SUNY Field House held at SUNY Plattsburgh Field House; 9:00 a.m. 145 Vendors from around the region. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/CraftFairPlattsburgh/

Saranac — Patti McCarty and Friends - Meadowmount School of Music held at Saranac Methodist Church; 3:00 a.m. Arturo Delmoni -violin & Patricia McCarty -viola & Julia Lichten & David Geber -cellos.

Instead of two violins, this is a string quartet with two cellos! Visit: http://www. hillandhollowmusic. org

Lake George — 13th Annual Polar Plunge held at Shepard Park; 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Did you know it costs $400 to fund a Special Olympics athlete? Come out and take the Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics!

Nov. 23 - Nov. 24

Lake Placid — Trek N Treat held at The Cottage; 8:00 p.m. 35th Annual Trek N Treat Dress in your favorite costume and start at The Cottage at 8:00PM then creep to Zig Zags, and crawl to Roomers! Over $1000 in cash and prizes!!!

Oct. 31 West Chazy — Trunk or Treat held at West Chazy Vol. Fire Dept; 5:30 p.m. Trunk or Treat proMany vides a safe environment for young trick or treaters on Halloween. Also allows families who live outside of town to participate in a Events. more centeralized trick or Check them treat setting.

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