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Volume 4, Number 1 • Spring 2004

F E A T U R E S

GENERATIONS OF GROWTH: ARBORETA ENRICH LIFE AMID THE LAKES A collection of tree museums to visit By Michelle Buckstrup

ANYONE FOR TEWARRATHON? Lacrosse makes an impact on today’s world of sports By Tina Manzer

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE SOULE

THE AURORA RENAISSANCE

FIRST LIGHT IN THE FINGER LAKES

Roger Soule warms us with images of spring

By Dariel Y. Curren

Early morning photographs by Michael Venturino

D E P A R T M E N T S

Dutchman’s Breeches and Mayapple wildflowers Photo by Fred Bertram

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MY OWN WORDS

GARDENING Deer-Resistant Planting

STORIES OF YESTERYEAR A Hole in the Ground

CALENDAR: FESTIVAL & EVENTS

FRUIT OF THE VINE Set Your Sights for Spring on the Canandaigua Wine Trail

MUSIC Variety Adds Spice

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS & FINGER LAKES MAP

LETTERS NEWSBITS HISTORY Road Candy of the ’40s

OFF THE EASEL Merlin Dailey, Artist

Cover Photograph: Grape hyacinths Photo by Steve Chesler

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Revivals and Beginnings

start up in an area. These entreprehen we search for stories to neurs are like treasures. They should be include in this magazine, we encouraged and given help to make look not only for historical their dreams come true, and in turn pieces and places to visit, but also for their neighbors will benefit from their inspiring pieces. One such article in success. That kind of this issue, “The Aurora support is what built Renaissance,” fills the our communities in the bill. Aurora is a village first place. located in Cayuga I’ve read a lot of County, along the eastmail from readers who ern shore of Cayuga are certainly proud of Lake. It was once a where they come from thriving community, and where they live. I especially in the midpropose that we show19th century, but like case your photographs many other once-prosin a department called perous communities in “Finger Lakes Scrapthe Finger Lakes, it fell book,” which will preupon hard times, with mier in the Summer little money to help 2004 issue. This will be support the infrastrucThis will be a welcome sight after an opportunity for ture of the community. the brutal winter that we’ve had. everyone to show us Thanks to the local col- Photo by Steve Chesler the photographs that lege and philanthropists are interesting to you and highlight in the region, Aurora is once again your life. becoming a gem. Please continue to tell your family I’m sure that there are many such and friends about Life in the Finger villages and cities in the Finger Lakes Lakes. Without your support, this magathat need and want a similar revival. zine would not be around for very long. Unfortunately, without financial backAs a friend of mine said recently, “peoing, it’s difficult to get much done ple buy your magazine because they without raising the taxes of a commuwant to, not because they have to.” nity that just can’t afford it. I think another way for a community to revive itself is through the support of small businesses that want to mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com

Areas of interest in this magazine issue

Webster

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Geneva Canandaigua Aurora Bristol Springs Naples Ithaca

NEW YORK S TAT E The Finger Lakes Region of New York State

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EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION ART DIRECTOR/EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Stash mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . Kari Anderson

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Kevin Fahy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Manzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol C. Stash

PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . Kristin Grove

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CONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Buckstrup

. . . . . . . . . G. Yvonne Higinbotham Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Del Cronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dariel Y. Curren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Diehl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Krueger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Manzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Soule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Venturino

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L E T T E R S In response to “Safe Haven: Fort Ontario” Dear Ms. Underhill, I greatly admired your piece on Ruth Gruber and her heroic deeds, a story I know quite well. You see, I am the author of the musical play “Haven” (based on Ruth Gruber’s book) which premiered in Los Angeles in 2001. Although I am a Long Islander, I happen to be in Rochester visiting my daughter now, ergo my seeing the Finger Lakes publication. Thanks for letting me revisit the incident in such a well-written way. There is a “Haven” website if you want to see some photos of the play. It is www.williamgoldstein.com/ haven.html Sincerely, Jerome Coopersmith

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As always, another great magazine. Outstanding photos and stories. Keep up the good work. Your photos and stories make you feel like you are standing right in the heart of the Finger Lakes from your living room. Thanks again. Bob, Vestal I am a subscriber to your magazine – enjoy it greatly – and have purchased subscriptions for others. On the map “Your Guide to the Finger Lakes” (Winter 2003, p. 38) Waneta and Lamoka Lakes are shown but not identified. (Yet, Cayuta Lake is noted.) As a long-time resident of Waneta Lake, I would strongly recommend that both Waneta and Lamoka Lake are identified on this map so that there is uniformity. Inasmuch as wineries, bed & breakfasts, etc. are located around these areas, a benefit to your readers would be to show location and identification of both lakes. I appreciate your consideration! Thanks. Helen, Waneta Lake

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Here is a picture of Hector Falls taken on my last day trip to the Finger Lakes region. Those falls are one of those things that make you stop the car and get the camera out. Pictures like those are why I never go anywhere without my cameras. Babette, Fulton I must take issue with the article about Ithaca being a “cultural oasis” of the Finger Lakes. Steuben County has the largest collection of Western art east of the Mississippi at the Rockwell Museum. There is also one of the finest collections of glass art in the world in the Corning Glass Museum. Steuben County spends thousands of dollars each year supporting all kinds of arts. Chemung County has the Clemens Center, that has musical as well as visual performances to satisfy many different tastes. Chemung County’s Steele Library has a fine collection that could rival Ithaca’s public library. North of here, there is the Canandaigua Performing Arts Center that features an assortment of musical styles. During the holidays, the local merchants sponsor many events that feature music, such as classical or jazz and also a lot of art exhibits. This is all done by people who live in the area who love the arts and the community. These events can be very charming, serious or a combination of both. To me, a magazine called Life in the Finger Lakes should feature all of the Finger Lakes.

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New Website Serves Local Artists

Finger Lakes Arts Grants and Services, Inc. (FLAGS), a local nonprofit art services organization, has launched www.artservicesflags.org to serve artists and arts organizations in a five-county area. This comprehensive website will provide support and services to artists and cultural groups in Cayuga, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties. “The site provides information, news, and resources for artists in every discipline as well as the art communities in the Finger Lakes region,” says Connie Fredericks-Malone, executive director of FLAGS. “Artists, art groups, art councils and nonprofit organizations have round-the-clock access to an array of services offered by FLAGS. The site will also be used to reach out to underserved artists in the more rural areas,” she added. “Visitors can read the quarterly newspaper, Expressions, online and submit an application for a variety of volunteer committee positions. Artists can add their name to mailing lists, download an artist registry survey, and find artist roundtable discussions and professional development workshop schedules. For more information, call 315-781-7725 or visit www.artservicesflags.org.

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The Tioga County Tourism Office is pleased to announce that the second phase of the “Windows in Time” Mural Project has been completed. The unveiling of this historic mural was held on January 29 at the Tioga County Council on the Arts Gallery. The pilot project was successfully completed in 2002, when eight external window murals were placed in the boarded-up windows of the Parkview Restaurant. Local artists created realistic and historic scenes of people and activities that might have been seen in the windows in the late 1800s and

early 1900s. The second-phase mural, painted by Ruth Harasta and Nancy Ryan, is historic in nature and majestically measures 12 feet by 18 feet in diameter and will be placed on a downtown Owego building, a beautiful alternative to an otherwise plainly sided building.

A detail of the mural project The mural features working scenes of eight prominent and historic figures that made a significant contribution to the foundation of Owego.

Wine Trail Gift Certificates Now Available

Ever wondered how to introduce your friends, family and colleagues to the Finger Lakes wines you love so much? Don’t know which wine might tickle their taste buds? Have you ever wanted to share a Seneca Lake Wine Trail event experience with friends but don’t know which one they might enjoy? These questions inspired the new Trail Gift Certificate program. You can purchase $25 denomination “gift certificates” to be redeemed either for event tickets or for wine and other items at wineries that are current members of the Seneca Lake Wine Trail. Certificates must be paid for by

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N E W S B I T S check or money order (no credit cards, please) mailed to the Seneca Lake Wine Trail, 100 N. Franklin Street, Watkins Glen, NY 14891. Be sure to give us your name and return address. For more information call (877) 536-2717.

A Driving Brochure for Routes 5 and 20

A Routes 5 and 20 “driving tours” brochure, designed to help visitors enjoy the many attractions along the historic corridor, has been developed by several county chambers of commerce and tourism organizations. Routes 5 and 20 has something for everyone – theme parks, fine dining and lodging, antique shops and more. With more and more people interested in driving tours, especially the old driving routes such as the famed Route 66, the tourism leaders from communities along Routes 5 and 20, from Skaneateles to Darien, decided it was time to focus on promoting their section of the 135-mile long corridor that traverses New York State from east to west. The brochure serves as a companion to the previously developed website, www.routes5and20.com which provides detailed information on lodging, dining, attractions, and events. The 16-page “TripTik” style brochure includes maps, descriptions of major attractions, photographs, and some fun facts about Routes 5 and 20. The brochure will be distributed through the Gateway Information Center in Binghamton, at Tourism Offices and Chambers of Commerce, on the www.Routes5and20.com website, and at attractions located along the Route 5 and 20 corridor. To receive a copy of the brochure, call the Cayuga County Office of Tourism at (800) 499-9615.

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tasting center and a Victorian mansion, will be opening this year on May 8. Sonnenberg’s historic grounds and buildings provide many ways for volunteers to share their talents and skills. Opportunities include educating visitors about the estate as a Museum Docent, Garden Guide, Tram Driver or as an assistant with the Children’s Garden program. A Volunteer Opportunity Meeting, scheduled for April 3, will answer volunteer questions in detail. To learn more, visit www.sonnenberg.org or call (585) 394-4922.

68 Percent of Visitors Plan to Visit Finger Lakes Again, Says Report

Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance, the only group in New York specifically dedicated to marketing an entire region, has released its 2003 Regional Tourism Report for New York’s Finger Lakes. It includes highlights from a survey of visitors to the 14-county area during 2002-03 and tourism-industry trends of interest to the Finger Lakes region, as well as the Alliance’s priorities for 2004. Here are some of the highlights from the 2003 visitor survey: • Most visitors continued to come from within a four- to five-hour driving distance and from the same states as in the 2001 report including: New York – 31 percent, Pennsylvania – 12 percent, New Jersey – 12 percent (up from 8 percent), and Ohio – 8 percent (up from 6 percent). • Overnight visitors spend three times more than day visitors, and 2003 saw an increase in vacation trips of four or more nights and weekday getaway trips of one-to-three nights since 2001. • The average satisfaction rating of visitors increased to 4.54 out of 5. Over the past several years, Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance (FLTA) has been in the process of reorganizing

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N E W S B I T S and repositioning itself to better meet the needs of an increasingly-competitive tourism industry. The official Finger Lakes Travel Guide was redesigned, and circulation increased to 100,000 copies. At the same time, the www.fingerlakes.org website was created and launched. According to Alexa Gifford, president of Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance, “This is an exciting time. We have accomplished our organizational goals and are now poised to be an even more effective marketing force bringing visitors into our region in the future. We anticipate a great year in 2004.”

Boating Economic Impact Survey Conducted A survey funded by New York Sea Grant asked 6,000 of New York State’s 528,114 registered boaters about the money they spend pursuing their water-based pastime. The survey results will be available in mid to late summer 2004.

“This survey is designed to give the boating community an understanding of just how large their economic clout is on New York State’s economy,” says New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Program Coordinator

Dave White. Each survey response is important in estimating the economic impact of boaters on not only boating licenses, supplies and marina fees, but also on related expenditures for meals and shopping. In December, a boater’s summit was held to discuss some of the critical issues affecting the boating community. They included water level management, dredging, the economic and environmental impacts of boating, and the effect of terrorism on boating. “As a group, marina operators, marine business owners and those interested in boating will have a much larger voice than one small business owner alone. We’ve identified the issues; now we need clout with the agencies and regulators,” says Dennis Montgomery of Cayuga Wooden Boatworks in Ithaca.

New Erie Canal License Plate Helps Fund Canal Museum

Governor George E. Pataki has signed legislation into law that will establish a new custom license plate – the “Erie Canal” plate. For each plate sold, $20 of the $25 annual service charge will be deposited into the “Erie Canal Museum Fund” to help increase public awareness of the canal and provide additional resources for educational and research activities. The Erie Canal Museum is a private nonprofit corporation located in Syracuse. The museum serves as the State Heritage Area visitor center for Syracuse, and provides canal-related educational programs, exhibits and collections. Admission is free to the facility, which is housed in the historic 1850 Weighlock Building, where canal boats were weighed when they traveled through the center of Syracuse on the Erie Canal. To learn more about the museum, visit www.eriecanalmuseum.org. Circle Reader Service Number 101

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H I S T O R Y

Road Candy of the ’40s as told by John S. Higinbotham to his daughter G. Yvonne Higinbotham Chavez

A Family Project cool $25 bought me my Meanwhile, my brother Bob first car in 1947. and his new bride were returnIn February 1946 I’d just ing from his military assignment returned to an East Bloomfield in Japan. Mom and I went up to home my mom had moved into the Rochester Railroad Station while I’d been away in the milito meet the train they’d taken tary. Plans were for getting a from New York Central. part-time job at Canandaigua Heading home in her car, Bob National Bank and then off to told me he’d had a dream on college for my last two years. the return ship about an old car. Mom gave me the use of her “Do you know where we could four-door 1941 Mercury for my get one?” he asked. 14-mile round trip to work that “I just bought one!” I summer. In the fall a train and responded enthusiastically. bus delivered me for my first I returned from work the folyear (as a junior) at Hanover lowing day and the two of us College in Indiana. went to look over my purchase. The following summer I did It would have to be towed home a lot of thinking about growing – a matter taken care of within up in Caledonia, riding in old a few days. Bob and I worked cars with my brothers. A lot of over the engine – a ring and those cars had ended up in valve job, new pistons, a dry cell scrap piles during the war. “Are battery, plugs, rebuilt brakes and any still around?” I asked Curt a radiator check. During the Peck from the local garage. Curt time, Bob’s wife jokingly comknew of a Model-T that was sitmented, “I lived in Japan during ting in Mr. Wheeler’s old barn the war, married this handsome near where the village limits of American Army captain, came Holcomb and East Bloomfield to a new country to meet my adjoined. Jack Rice had used it new mother-in-law and live in a for delivering groceries from the new home...only to become a Wheeler’s Grocery Store to A Rochester Democrat & Chronicle photo from 1947 documents Model-T widow!” downtown Holcomb. the Higinbotham’s win in a Rochester parade. Once everything was in To my amazement, it was a order, we fed it some gasoline and hit the road in style! She brass “T.” Model-T’s had brass radiators through 1916; the served us well that summer. Bob, his wife Galla, my sister ones I remembered were mostly steel. The people in the Dorothy Anne and I entered a Rochester, New York, parade house told me Mr. Wheeler lived in Syracuse, so I wrote and won “the most authentic costumes” prize. It was a grand expressing my interest in the car. He responded that he’d sell time enjoyed my all. it for $25. Judging from the license plate still attached to the car, it had been kept in the barn, dry and well preserved, Arriving in Style since 1927. I sent him the check and became the proud secToo soon it was time to get ready for my final year at ond owner of a 1,600-pound 1915 Model-T Ford.

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college. Bob asked if I’d given any thought to driving the “T” to Hanover, a 600-plus mile trip. Montgomery Ward’s had just come out with 30 x 3.5 tires, we’d had fun, the car ran reliably all summer. “Why not,” I responded. The car was running, the tires were new, and I was ready to go! Leaving East Bloomfield for the big trip, my first stop was an overnight with Uncle Roy Outterson in Caledonia. The next morning I took off on the two-and-a-half-day journey, stopping every two to four hours to check the oil and gasoline. (The tank is under the front seat!) Top speed was 25 mph. No breakdowns. I pulled into Hanover mid-afternoon and was an instant hit! No other antique cars were on the 600-student campus. Since there was no anti-freeze, when it started to get colder I put the side curtains up and drained the radiator for the long winter storage in the garage. Every Monday night we’d push the car outside, have our Sigma Chi chapter meetings in the garage, and then push the car back in. Winter holidays I traveled home by train. Come the spring and warm weath-

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er, the “T” fired right up and was as eager to get on the road as was the bunch of fraternity brothers. I’d earned the nickname “JC” because of my love for music and the great trombone player Jay C. Higginbotham. There was a great place in Louisville where the O’Dell Baker Quintet played some real swing and bop. One Saturday night, after the basketball game was over, several of us decided to make the Louisville trip. It was a particularly good night and we rolled back onto campus around 4 a.m. I did make the church choir later that morning but can’t remember what we sang. The “T” Retires Not long after that, it was time to pack up and head home. My Hanover years were complete. I pulled out of the parking lot in the early morning hours with honorable diploma in hand and Bob Gabriel from Buffalo, New York, in the passenger seat. First stop was Lebanon, Ohio, for lunch. We were getting out of the car when a lady emerged from the restaurant saying, “I’ve already called the Ford dealer.” The dealer, Arch

John with his favorite car, 1955. Photo courtesy G. Yvonne Higinbotham Chavez

ohn Higinbotham was one of 20 founding members of the Genesee Valley Antique Car Society (GVACS) that is now one of the larger regional antique automobile clubs. GVACS is dedicated in its efforts to preserve and perpetuate the love of automobiles in America through the restoration and enjoyment of antique autos. John served as treasurer in earlier years and remains an enthusiastic supporter. In 1953, GVACS was incorporated; in 1958, it became affiliated with the Antique Automobile Club of America and was granted a charter. Information on the club and its activities can be found at www.gvacs.com.

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Wharton, and a company man showed up and gave my “T” the once-over. He offered to buy our lunch, and we swapped stories about our cars – he had a 1906 Model “N” in the back of his showroom that he used occasionally for parades. I now had a contact man for future potential car problems. Back in the car, we made it as far as Mansfield, Ohio, and pulled into a hotel at 11 p.m. Off to an early start the next morning, we had an uneventful day of travel and arrived in Buffalo late that night. After dropping Gabe off, I decided to continue straight to East Bloomfield, pulling in the driveway between 3 and 4 a.m. After I got back into the routine of a regular workday, it became obvious I’d have to get a serious daily mode of transportation and park the “T” unless it was a special occasion. Mom had just bought a car and gave me use of her old ’41 Mercury. In 1950 I headed out to the West Avenue Garage in Canandaigua and spoke to Murray Benham. He showed me a 1949 Ford two-door Club Coupe that had belonged to Charles W. Coe (Coe Insurance Company). Asking price: $1,100. A neat-looking car that smelled of cigar whenever the weather was damp. I applied for my first car loan and couldn’t sleep for two days, faced with the implications of debt.

Even though my father’s need for a “serious mode of transportation” is long gone, the toy “T” still sits in the barn waiting for special occasions. Recently his two grandsons and a trusted friend readied the “T” for an extra-special surprise to celebrate his 80th birthday. The ‘birthday boy’ with a twinkle in his eye proved he could still muster the coordination needed as he tore down his driveway, up his neighbor’s and across their adjoining lawn. When the car stopped on that chilly fall afternoon, the sun broke forth from the clouds and all was well with the world!

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TREES Common name Paperbark Maple Red Maple Sugar Maple River Birch American Hornbeam Hickory Redbud Dogwood Ash Ginkgo Honeylocust Sweetgum Magnolia Dawn Redwood Black Gum Hop Hornbeam Persian Witchhazel Serbian Spruce Oak

Latin name Acer griseum Acer rubrum Acer saccharum Betula nigra Carpinus Carya Cercis canadensis Cornus Fraxinus Ginkgo biloba Gleditsia Liquidambar Magnolia Metasequoia Nyssa sylvatica Ostrya Parrotia persica Picea omorika Quercus

Chief ornamental interest Attractive bark, good reddish fall color Brightest red fall foliage, excellent shade tree Bright yellow and red fall colors Attractive bark, yellow fall color Interesting structure, smooth gray bark Attractive bark and branching Magenta early spring flowers Attractive flowers, fruit and foliage Shade tree, purple/yellow fall color Golden yellow fall color, interesting branching Shade tree, yellow fall color Shade tree, excellent fall color Large, showy flowers Interesting bark and branching Interesting branching, excellent fall colors Interesting structure and bark Interesting small tree, glossy foliage Dark blue-green needles, narrow habit Sturdy shade tree, russet red fall colors

Latin name Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Berberis sp. Buddliea davidii Buxus sp. Callicarpa japonica Calycanthus floridus Kolkwitzia amabilis Caryopteris x clandondensis Cephalanthus occidentalis Cornus sp. Cotoneaster sp. Euonymous alatus compactus Forsythia x intermedia Hamamelis sp. Hibiscus syriacus Itea virginica Kalmia latifolia Kerria japonica Leucothoe fontanesiana Lindera benzoin Mahonia aquifolium Microbiota decussata Myrica pennsylvanica Pieris japonica Potentilla fruticosa Rosa rugosa Rhus aromatica Spirea sp. Symphoricarpus sp. Syringa vulgaris Viburnum sp.

Chief ornamental characteristic Woody evergreen groundcover, very cold hardy Red to deep purple foliage in season Fragrant midsummer flowers Glossy dark green evergreen foliage Metallic violet purple berries, fall into winter Fragrant chocolate-red flowers, yellow fall color Pink flowers, mid-June Gray-green foliage, blue flowers midsummer Glossy green foliage, for wet soil areas Interesting flowers, fruit, bark Useful groundcover plants

SHRUBS Common name Bearberry Barberry Butterflybush Boxwood Beautyberry Carolina Allspice Beauty Bush Bluebeard Buttonbush Dogwood Cotoneaster Burning Bush Forsythia Witchhazel Rose of Sharon Virginia Sweetspire Mountain Laurel Kerria Drooping Leucothoe Spice Bush Mahonia Russian Cypress Bayberry Japanese Andromeda Potentilla Rugosa rose Gro-lo Sumac Spirea Snowberry/Coralberry Lilac Viburnum

Lipstick red fall color Bright yellow, early-spring flowers Fall or late-winter flowering Large, late-summer flowers Fragrant white flowers, brilliant fall colors Glossy evergreen, pink/white summer flowers Golden orange summertime flowers White flowers, glossy evergreen Yellow flowers in early spring, yellow fall color Blue-green glossy evergreen, yellow flowers Low evergreen, spreading groundcover Semi-evergreen, drought tolerant White springtime flowers, glossy evergreen Yellow or white summertime flowers Large flowers, decorative rose hips Tall deciduous groundcover, excellent fall colors Heavily flowering shrubs – pink or white White or pink fall berries Fragrant mid-May flowers Wide variety of shapes, sizes, flowers and fruit

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Deer-Resistant Plants PERRENIALS Common name Yarrow Bishop’s Weed Lady’s Mantle Ornamental Onion Bluestar Astilbe Bergenia Heart-leaved Brunnera Bellflower Snow-in-Summer Leadwort Bugbane Clematis Lily of the Valley Tickseed Larkspur Bleeding Heart Coneflower Barrenwort Ferns Meadowsweet Sweet Woodruff Cranesbill Grasses Hellebore Coralbells Chameleon plant Siberian Iris Yellow Archangel Deadnettle

Latin name Achillea Aegopodium Alchemilla Allium Amsonia Astilbe Bergenia Brunnera Campanula Cerastium Ceratostigma Cimicifuga Clematis Convallaria Coreopsis Delphinium Dicentra Echinacea Epimedium Most genuses Filipendula Galium Geranium Most genuses Helleborus Heuchera Houttuynia Iris siberica Lamiastrum Lamium

Lavender Gay-feather Ligularia

Lavendula Liatris Ligularia

Lupine Lupinus Gooseneck Loosestrife Lysimachia Mint Mentha Forget-me-not Persian Catmint

Myosotis Nepeta x faassenii

Nippon Daisy Evening Primrose Marjoram Peony Russian Sage

Nipponanathemum Oenothera Origanum Paeonia Perovskia

Jacob’s Ladder Solomon’s Seal Primrose Lungwort Ornamental Rhubarb Sage Lamb’s Ears

Polemonium Polygonatum Primula Pulmonaria Rheum Salvia Stachys

Germander Thyme

Teucrium Thymus

Speedwell

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Chief ornamental characteristic Yellow or pink flowers, feathery foliage White and green variegated groundcover Velvety light green foliage, yellow flowers Showy purple flowers in early summer Light blue flowers, early summer Feathery foliage with red, pink and white flowers Waxy evergreen foliage, pink flower spikes Forget-me-not type blue flowers in spring White and blue summer flowers Rock garden plant with silvery foliage Dark blue, late-summer flowers. Red fall foliage White flowers with delicate foliage Exceptional flowering vine White bell-shaped flowers in spring Gold-yellow flowers, summer until frost Tall summer spikes in blue, white and pink Spring blooming, white or pink, for heavy shade Long season bloomer in deep rose or white Groundcover with glossy, heart-shaped leaves Lush foliage, adaptable to many conditions Moisture loving. Summer flowers in rose and white Groundcover plant with dainty white flowers Long season blooms in deep rose, pink and purple Wide variety of sizes and flowering types Evergreen foliage, may bloom at Christmas or Easter Red, pink or white bell shaped flowers on thin stalks Red, yellow and green variegated leaves. Wet areas Purple and white flowers, early summer Striking groundcover with silvery variegation Low, variegated groundcover with pink or white flowers Aromatic, gray-green foliage. Lavender purple flowers Tall, feathery purple blooms in midsummer Large, decorative foliage with yellow and orange flowers Tall, spring flower spikes in many colors. White, late-summer flowers on arching stems. Useful herbs, adaptable to varying conditions and soils Delicate, light blue flowers in spring Foliage and light blue flowers effective over long season Late-summer, white and yellow daisy-like flower Early-summer golden-yellow blooms Aromatic foliage with tiny lavender-purple flowers Large early-summer blooms in pink, red and white Aromatic, gray-green foliage with long lasting blue flowers Green foliage with blue bell-shaped spring flowers Elegant arching branches with white flowers in spring Early spring flowers in wide variety of colors Pinkish blue flowers in very early spring Coarse, showy leaves with tall summer flower heads Adaptable, with aromatic foliage and reliable flowering Woolly, white foliage with spikes of pink flowers in spring Compact, glossy evergreen with tiny purple flowers Groundcover of various heights with pink or purple flowers Early to midsummer flower spikes in purple and pink Circle Reader Service Number 114

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anyone’s standards. Even those of us that really enjoy gardening and the work it entails, soon tire of all this additional effort. Furthermore, the idea of landscape plantings is to beautify our surroundings. Have we really achieved anything aesthetically pleasing if there are barricades and fencing around shrubs six months a year, or if we have dangling bars of soap and shredded rags soaked in coyote urine hanging from tree branches?

replacement costs, if newly installed plants are ones that deer do not find especially palatable. The list, on pages 14 and 15, of deer-resistant trees, shrubs and perrenials is compiled from my own experience at homes throughout the Finger Lakes area. These are species that have sustained very little or no damage, even when everything else around has been severely browsed. While no method of deer-proofing a landscape is entirely foolproof, these particular plants will assist you in developing and sustaining an attractive planting while allowing you once again to appreciate the natural beauty of the whitetail deer.

Prudent Planning I’m not suggesting that anyone abandon their existing landscape plantings or an heirloom plant from a dear (no pun intended) relative to the ravages of the resident deer population. These are the situations where the repellents and barriers serve the best purpose. But you will be saving quite a bit of effort, not to mention

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year of 1844, a son, bout 50 feet William R. Brooks, south of the was born to a Harold Baptist minister Harland residence on and, when the boy the Lester Road, just was 13 years old, his outside the village of family came to Phelps, is a small America. depression in the Before coming ground. It once served to America, howevas the cellar for a liter, young William, tle red house, but, in while on a trip to the passing years, the Australia, used to house has long since watch with fascinagone and the cellar tion the ship’s caphas gradually become Dr. William R. Brooks tain take daily filled until only this Photograph courtesy Hobart and William Smith Colleges observations. This grass-covered hollow gave the boy his first desire to take up remains. astronomy. It would be safe to say that nine He had not been in America a out of 10 people who pass by scarcely year when he made his first telescope. notice it, and the story back of it is He lacked most of the tools for his remembered by fewer still. work and had to trudge many miles In Maidstone, England, in the

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each day to the home of a friendly cabinet maker to work on his hobby. His first telescope was finished in time for him to catch a glimpse of Donati’s comet in 1858. At 17, William Brooks was delivering lectures on astronomy in his father’s church, and, with ambition driving him ever on, he studied photography in order to coordinate it with astronomy. He married at the age of 24 and in 1870 went to live in Phelps, where he became the village photographer. He built a second telescope and then a third. It was with this last instrument that he received the thrill of his life, for he discovered his first comet October 4, 1881, in the constellation of Leo. Astronomy now beckoned him in earnest and he forsook photography and moved to a little red house just outside the village of Phelps...to the spot mentioned at the beginning of this story. Across a creek to the south, at the corner of an apple orchard, he built a small platform and post, which he used as a base for his telescope. To this crude open platform he gave the name of Red House Observatory, in honor of his little home. And, this little Red House Observatory became famous throughout the world. The most brilliant part of his career opened with the completion of his fourth telescope. With his homemade instruments, in the heat of summer and the cold of winter, he discovered comet after comet. He set an astronomical record when he discovered three comets in the short space of one month in 1886. Other astronomers in all parts of the world, working with costly equipment and watching for the same phenomena, were in every case beaten by the man

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Early spring at F. R. Newman Arboretum Courtesy Irene Lekstutis, Cornell Plantations

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Generations of Growth Arboreta Enrich Life Amid the Lakes By Michelle Buckstrup

Shaping a Vision Imagine planting an arboretum, a showcase for tree collections, from scratch. That was the daunting task facing landscape designer and horticulturist Rick Bogusch in 1982. As he looked out over a 50-acre pasture, Bogusch struggled to find a starting point. The site would come to be known as the “Great Bowl” extension of the F. R. Newman Arboretum at Cornell Plantations – the name for the collective botanical resources of Cornell University in Ithaca. For decades, the bowl had been a grazing area for Black Angus cattle maintained by the university’s natural resources department. Now the land had been cleared and mowed, and two ponds had been constructed as focal points in the center of the unique geologic formation. It was up to Bogusch, then a graduate student, to develop a master planting plan. “It was scary and overwhelming,” he says, “to go out there and put the first stakes in the ground. It just seemed

like all those little trees were going to be lost, they’d look like nothing in that vast space.” Bogusch envisioned the need for plantings that would make the space feel more manageable to visitors. He wanted a space that would draw people into it and provide shade and a sense of mystery. The first step was to plant an obvious backbone of evergreen trees along the south rim of the bowl to emphasize a long, encompassing ridge and to create a feeling of safety and enclosure. Two decades later, Bogusch is no longer at Plantations, but the arboretum is starting to fulfill his vision as the trees he and his coworkers planted take on some stature. Now that the trees are large enough to emphatically define the space, the Plantations staff can explore creative new directions. “One of the things I find most exciting about potential future arboretum plantings,” says Mary Hirshfeld, director of horticulture for Plantations, “is the use of herbaceous (nonwoody) perennials in large-scale situations. In the main SPRING 2004 ~

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Courtesy Robert Wesley, Cornell Plantations

“It just seemed like all those little trees were going to be lost, they’d look like nothing in that vast space.”

fields of the bowl and around the parking lot bays, we can demonstrate a type of mixed shrub, small tree, bulb and herbaceous perennial planting. I think this will offer the arboretum a new look that is richer and more colorful, and these mixed plantings will become one of the signature aspects of the arboretum.” Besides having inherent value as a museum of living things, the arboretum at Plantations serves as a vast outdoor laboratory for Cornell. Professor Nina Bassuk has worked with Mary Hirshfeld to create an urban tree collection – those species that can endure tough situations – for study by students, nurserymen, extension educators, and home-

owners. Plant breeder Peter Podaras is using the arboretum’s collections to conduct controlled plant crosses in search of promising new varieties. (That explains the presence of plastic bags over flowers – they protect the reproductive parts from random pollen sources.) And entomology students regularly cast their nets in the goldenrod fields in search of rich and varied insect life. With the recent hiring of a fulltime Cornell Outreach Coordinator, efforts are underway to bring increasing numbers of Cornell students to the arboretum, so that no student graduates without experiencing the beauty and utility of this unique outdoor resource. Of course, all visitors are encouraged to explore – free of charge – the arboretum, botanical garden, and natural areas that comprise Cornell Plantations. Several lakes to the west, in Monroe County, two arboreta stand as contrasts: Highland Park, an established arboretum with scores of mature specimens, and the Webster Arboretum, a largely volunteer-run organization that’s still in its exuberant infancy.

Tracing the Lineage Dedicated in 1888, Highland Park was Rochester’s first public park. Over time, with the involvement of prominent plantsmen, it became a horticultural jewel that now comprises more than 150 undulating acres. Alarmed by the rate of city sprawl, Rochester’s most famous nurserymen, George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry, donated 20 acres of their nursery grounds toward the creation of the park. They envisioned that the project would be an educational

Daffodils and other spring flowers adorn the landscape at Highland Park Michelle Buckstrup

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resource for nurserymen as well as much-needed recreational grounds for Rochesterians. The seminal landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, known for his work on Central Park and countless other public spaces, stepped in to design sections of Highland Park. Ellwanger and Barry contributed plants to the effort as did Charles Sprague Sargent, first director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. When the Arnold acquired new specimens from worldwide plant-collecting expeditions, Sargent arranged for duplicates to be sent to Highland Park. The result is that the park is filled with mature trees of international origin, many of which are seldom seen outside arboreta in North America. Longtime Highland Park volunteer James Atwater has come to know the arboretum intimately, with a focus on the more unusual specimens. “When people come to visit, I show them the 110-year-old Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis). It’s much bigger than the literature says it’s supposed to get,

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Rhododendron collection at Highland Park

and the fruits look and taste like raisins. I also show folks the paperbark maples (Acer griseum), which come from China. There are three at Highland that are fully mature, and they are among the oldest in North America. There’s nothing more beautiful than the peeling bark – like cinnamon sheaths over polished bronze.” Atwater says that living so close to so many mature trees enriches his life and those of all Rochesterians. “The older the trees get,” he says, “the more spectacular they are, not just visually but from an emotional perspective. Walking through the Pinetum (the section of the park filled with towering evergreens) on a winter day is no less than a religious experience.” The man who oversees the care of this “tree museum” is Tom Pollock, Superintendent of Horticulture for the Monroe County Department of Parks. He says that it can be a challenge to preserve the historical character and Circle Reader Service Number 140

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Paperbark maple collection at the Webster Arboretum

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the horticultural resources of a heavyuse park. “We need to expand active recreation space,” he says, “while protecting mature species. We’re at the point now where we have to plan for some senescence (loss of large trees to age) and think in terms of replanting. Also, we’re grappling with an aging infrastructure.” The operating budget for Pollock’s horticulture program is funded by county tax dollars, with gifts and grants supporting special projects. Pollock and staff oversee the more than 6,700 specimens – from Abelia to Zenobia – of Highland Park. Events are a great way to bring attention to the park, and the highest profile event of the year is the annual Lilac Festival in mid to late May, where visitors drink in the sights and scents of more than 1,250 lilac shrubs.

Breaking New Ground The first stage in the life cycle of an arboretum is the golden period of creation and early development. Enthusiasm is high and volunteer involvement is critical in light of limited funding. Such is the case for the Webster Arboretum, located two miles south of Lake Ontario. The community arboretum, officially part of the Webster Parks and Recreation system, was dedicated in 1990. Landscape designer Michael Kopicki was one of the arboretum’s founding volunteers. “It was a blast in those early days,” he says, “a true grassroots effort. We worked with local nurserymen and locally grown plants as much as possible. People were so generous, donating interesting material, plant and otherwise, often in the name of loved ones.” Kopicki oversaw the installation of new gardens and collections by community groups as varied as the Rotarians, Boy Scouts, and Daylily

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Michelle Buckstrup

Courtesy Robert Wesley, Cornell Plantations

Rose garden at the Webster Arboretum

“Fundraising is an ongoing challenge, but volunteers pursue foundation grants and hold plant and antique sales, auctions, and barbeques.”

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Society. Though he kept the overall plan in mind, he was careful not to turn away any eager volunteer groups. The result is a patchwork quilt of gardens that, to Kopicki’s credit, manages to charm rather than confuse. This approach means that gardens of herbaceous plants (such as daylilies) play a larger role here than they do at some arboreta. The many and varied gardens also help create a lush overall appearance while the trees are still young. Garden motifs on the 32.5-acre site include perennials, gardens to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, fragrant plants, herbs, dwarf conifers, lilacs, and azaleas. Twin groves of paperbark maple (Acer griseum) with an understandably universal appeal, flank a large constructed pond (thanks to skillful landscaping, it looks like it’s always been there). A mile of trails through the woods is maintained by the Boy Scouts. A large children’s garden includes a maze, a pizza garden,

and a display of sculpture by kids. The Town of Webster maintains a community building on the site, mows the lawns and provides part-time gardener support; industrious volunteers take care of the rest. Fundraising is an ongoing challenge, but volunteers pursue foundation grants and hold plant and antique sales, auctions, and barbeques. A campaign is underway to create a wheelchair-accessible path that will wind through the popular rose gardens. The Webster Arboretum Association’s Carroll Manning hopes that more visitors will avail themselves of this gem. “In this day and age so much money is being spent on sports, with so little attention to nature,” she says. “I’m proud of our arboretum, and my hope is that the Webster Arboretum will be used more and more as people recognize how deeply connected we are to plants.”

Michelle Buckstrup is a garden writer and self-employed horticulturist living in Farmington.

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ANYONE FOR

TEWARAATHON? Lacrosse, a fast-paced game with a long history and a local heritage, is making an impact on today’s world of sports.

By Tina Manzer

t’s early January and my family is waiting for lacrosse season to start. Not that we ever really get away from what is considered a spring sport for high schools and colleges in the Finger Lakes area. My teenage sons are involved in winter indoor leagues in Rochester, and this Sunday, we join other area teams for a tournament in the field house at Hobart College in Geneva. At Thanksgiving-time, a contest in Ithaca called The Turkey Shoot draws teams from across New York State and Canada. Games are played outside, some in Stewart Park right next to Cayuga Lake. Each year as I’ve looked through Ithaca’s November precipitation du jour, usually a combination of driving rain and/or horizontal-blowing snow, I see more people. Larger numbers of teams and their fans bundle up to play or watch a series of special 30-minute, seven-player lacrosse games, all day long. You have to really love lacrosse to be there. My point is this – the numbers of us who play it and watch it, and travel far to do it in all sorts of weather – are growing. What I’ve seen here in

New York reflects what’s happening across the country: national participation is increasing at a rate of 15 to 20 percent per year. US Lacrosse, the governing body of the sport for both men and women, noted that its youth membership (ages 15 and under) has doubled since 1999 to over 60,000. The National Federation of State High School Associations reported that in 2001, better than 74,000 students played high school lacrosse. Participation at the varsity collegiate level has grown by one-third since 1995. Lacrosse today, for both genders and at all levels, is one of the fastest-growing team sports in the country, and you have a ringside seat to the fun. New York State boasts the largest number of men’s college lacrosse teams in the U.S., which means that some of the best games in the country are played right here in our own backyards. Photo courtesy Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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IT WAS COOL BEFORE COLUMBUS Native American tribes in southern Canada and in almost all regions of the United States, played lacrosse long before Columbus sailed. There were many versions, always with a stick, usually one per player but sometimes one in each hand. The stick was a wooden shaft topped with a curved netted basket for the purpose of catching and flinging a ball made of wood, baked clay, stone or hair-stuffed deerskin. “The strategy of each player, originally, was to incapacitate as many opponents as possible with his lacrosse stick and then try to score a goal,” said former Hobart College lacrosse coach David Urick, in his book, Lacrosse: Fundamentals for Winning. The Cherokee, for instance, considered lacrosse excellent military training. Teams would consist of hundreds or thousands of players, often an entire village or tribe. The goals would be miles apart and the game might last as long as three days. Since most players couldn’t get anywhere near the ball, they used their sticks to injure their opponents. Lacrosse in our region was more organized. Teams were limited to 12 to 15 players, and the goals were about 120 feet apart. The Six Tribes of the Iroquois (the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora) called their version of lacrosse “baggataway” or “tewaraathon.” And while the Cherokee may have used the sport to train young warriors for battle or to settle intertribal disputes, lacrosse for the Iroquois was more spiritual. It remains so today. “It is a medicine game to be played upon request of any individual, clan, nation or

Left: “The Creator’s Game” a 16-foot bronze on permanent display at the Lacrosse Foundation/Lacrosse Hall of Fame in Baltimore, was sculpted from this model by Jud Hartmann, Hobart College class of 1970.

Right: Modern lacrosse sticks, with plastic heads and metal shafts, bear a resemblance to the Iroquois’ wooden version thanks to the Iroquois designers hired by early equipment manufacturers. Below: Syracuse men’s lacrosse has been played in the Carrier Dome since 1981. The team has won eight NCAA championships.

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MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE WHAT TO WATCH IN THE FINGER LAKES DIVISION I Colgate Raiders, Hamilton • First home game: Tuesday, February 24 against Canisius www.gocolgateraiders.com Cornell Big Red, Ithaca • Ranked 12th for 2004, Face-Off College Lacrosse Yearbook • First home game: Saturday March 13 against Stony Brook www.cornellbigred.com Hobart Statesmen, Geneva • First home game: Saturday, March 27 against Lafayette www.hws.edu

Syracuse Orangemen • Ranked 3rd for 2004, Face-Off College Lacrosse Yearbook • First home game: Saturday, February 28 against Army www.suathletics.com

DIVISION II Le Moyne Dolphins, Syracuse • Ranked 2nd for 2004, Face-Off College Lacrosse Yearbook • First home game: Saturday, March 20 against Merrimack www.lemoyne.edu

DIVISION III Cortland Red Dragons • Ranked 3rd for 2004, Face-Off College Lacrosse Yearbook • First home game: Saturday, March 13 against Gettysburg www.cortland.edu Elmira Soaring Eagles • First home game: Saturday, March 6 against St. Lawrence www.elmira.edu

Photo by Seth Siditsky

Geneseo Blue Knights • First home game: Saturday, March 27 against Ithaca http://sports.geneseo.edu Hamilton Continentals, Clinton • Ranked 14th for 2004, Face-Off College Lacrosse Yearbook • First home game: Wednesday, March 24 against Utica www.hamilton.edu Ithaca Bombers • Ranked 6th for 2004, Face-Off College Lacrosse Yearbook • First home game: Wednesday, March 10 against USMMA www.ithaca.edu/bombers Nazareth Golden Flyers, Rochester • Ranked 11th for 2004, Face-Off College Lacrosse Yearbook • First home game: Wednesday, March 10 against St. John Fisher www.nazareth.edu St. John Fisher Cardinals, Rochester • First home game: Wednesday, March 24 against Ithaca www.sjfc.edu

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NEW YORK CAMPING the Confederacy itself,” note the members of the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Program. “Iroquois Lacrosse is a holistic process that binds communities and the nations of the Haudenosaunee together. This is the reason that we say it was a gift to our people from the Creator.” In 1636, the first documentation of a game, played by the Hurons, was recorded by a Jesuit missionary. The story goes that since the French thought a lacrosse stick resembled a bishop’s crozier (la crosse) that’s what they called the game. However, sports historian Ralph Hickok notes that the French at that time played a form of field hockey called jeu de la crosse, which, in his opinion, is more likely the origin of the name. French pioneers took lacrosse to Canada, where it quickly grew.

New York started playing lacrosse around 1868. It became a favorite among college athletes and spread to New York City. New York University fielded the nation’s first collegiate team; they played Manhattan College on November 22, 1877. From New York, collegiate lacrosse radiated across the Northeast to Boston University, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton. Cornell has fielded a men’s team since 1892, Hobart since 1898, and Syracuse since 1916. College lacrosse today has become pretty high profile. Fan attendance at the Men’s NCAA Lacrosse Championships has nearly tripled in the last 10 years, with over 100,000 lacrosse enthusiasts attending the men’s Division I, II and III championship tournaments in 1999.

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Colorado State University’s men’s team is a perfect example of the growth of collegiate lacrosse across the country. In 1999, 30 of its 35 players were from Colorado. Since then, however, the percentage of out-of-state players has increased dramatically. This season’s roster includes players from Virginia, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Missouri, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Michigan, as well as Colorado. Ironically, at the same time in the United States, lacrosse had almost died out, but the Onondaga tribe near Syracuse, inspired by Canada’s St. Regis tribe, revived it. Ralph Hickok notes that nonNative American players in upstate

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The Rochester Knighthawks – Because we’re in the heart of lacrosse country, we also have the opportunity to become fans of two men’s professional teams based in Rochester. The Rochester Knighthawks play in The Blue Cross Arena during a winter season that begins in early December and runs through early April. Formed in 1994 as an expansion team in a league now called the National Lacrosse League (NLL), the Knighthawks won their first world championship in 1997. Other teams within the league include, in the Eastern Division: the Toronto Rock, Philadelphia Wings and the Buffalo Bandits. The Western Division includes the Colorado Mammoth, San Jose Stealth, Arizona Sting, Calgary Roughnecks, Vancouver Ravens and Anaheim Storm. For more information on the Knighthawks, visit www.knighthawks.net. To find out more about the NLL, visit www.nll.com. The Rochester Rattlers – Major League Lacrosse, founded by Jake (“Body by Jake”) Steinfeld and partners Dave Morrow and Tim Robertson, includes six teams: the Baltimore Bayhawks, Boston Cannons, Bridgeport Barrage, Long Island Lizards, the New Jersey Pride and the Rochester Rattlers. The season includes 36 regular games played from June through September. This season, the Rattlers will play at Bishop Kearny High School in Rochester. Their home opener is against the Bridgeport Barrage on May 31st. For more information, visit www.rochesterrattlers.com. To find out more about Major League Lacrosse, visit www.major leaguelacrosse.com. Women’s Lacrosse – While the focus of this article is on the men’s collegiate field game, women’s lacrosse has many local heroes and is experiencing a growth and renaissance of its own. Until the mid-1930’s, the rules were the same for both men’s and women’s lacrosse. But as the men’s game evolved, so did its regulations. Women’s rules, however, remained the same: body contact is prohibited and stick contact is limited, so little protective equipment is needed. The Herons of William Smith College in Geneva recently received a pre-season ranking of fourth nationally in Division III women’s lacrosse by Lacrosse Magazine. Photo by Seth Siditsky

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Grantland Rice, a famous old-time sportswriter, said, “Once in a while, they argue about the fastest game – hockey or basketball; then about the roughest game – boxing, football or water polo. But when it comes to the top combination, the answer is lacrosse, the all-star combination of speed and body contact. It requires more elements of skill than any game I know.” The following paragraphs describe the play of men’s field lacrosse in a nutshell. If you read them really, really fast, you’ll get an idea of the pace of the game. A team is 10 players: one goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attackmen. The field is 110 yards long and 60 yards wide. The goals are 80 yards apart, which provides for a unique 15-yard playing area behind each goal, crucial to offensive and defensive strategy. Play begins with a face-off, then each team works to advance to the goal by running or passing the ball from stick to stick. Players usually make a goal by shooting the ball, but it can also be batted or kicked into the 6-foot-square net. Play for attackmen and defensemen is limited to half the field, for the most part. Midfielders travel back and forth between goals, which makes frequent player substitutions essential. The goalie operates mostly within the 9-foot circle around the net, called the crease. Collegiate lacrosse games are 60 minutes long, divided into 15-minute quarters. Ties are decided by sudden death. High school teams play 10minute quarters. If they tie, the game is decided by no more than two threeminute overtime periods, followed by a sudden death if the tie remains.

WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE? The more than 250,000 lacrosse players in the U.S. today agree: they love to play. “Players say the games are the most fun (obviously), but that

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even the worst of lacrosse practices are more fun than the best of football practices,” said Princeton’s men’s head coach Bill Tierney in Lacrosse Magazine. And as for the spectators, there’s no doubt that lacrosse is fun to watch. Figures provided by the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Program estimate that the annual average attendance at lacrosse events throughout the United States has grown to 10,000,000. What do they find so appealing? It’s a simple formula. First, every player handles the ball, which showcases lacrosse as a team sport. At the same time, however, individual initiative and athleticism is celebrated. The running and passing back and forth across the vast playing area gives spectators the unique opportunity to view all the play and quickly formulate their own strategy. Watching the precision passing can be exhilarating, and aggressive stickand body-checking adds to the excitement. Anticipation and transition, thanks to sudden starts and stops, contributes to the drama. Today, lacrosse around the world is experiencing its greatest level of exposure, expansion and development. That’s great for the sport, but it makes me a little nostalgic for the days when it was known only to a relatively small community, and was a mystery to outsiders. But now you’re in on the secret: lacrosse is a great team sport, a great spectator sport, and as this year’s season approaches, a sport you may want to experience firsthand. Experts agree that the best lacrosse in the land is still played in areas of New York (and, okay, Maryland) so take advantage of a nice day this spring and head out to a good game.

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oger Soule was born and raised in the Midwest. From 1973 to 1994, he lived in New England and for the next nine years was a resident of the Finger Lakes region. Recently he returned to the Midwest. Roger is a self-taught photographer. “My father, a Baptist minister, always had a movie or still camera in his hands, and it seemed the most natural thing in the world to follow his lead. My mother took over the photo chores after his death in 1965 and created a large collection of her own. I started with a Brownie Instamatic as a boy and have taken photographs ever since.” Roger was commissioned by the Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes in

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2002 to create an original work for their Art Just Down the Road Billboard Project. His work has been published in various magazines (including Life in the Finger Lakes), calendars, brochures and tourist books. His art has been exhibited in the Arnot Art Museum, Gmeiner Gallery, Red Newt Winery, Salt of the Earth Gallery and O’Shea’s Books. “My makeup is a blend of the technical and aesthetic, so it comes as no surprise that photography is the perfect

Above: Weeping cherry’s flowers shown in detail

Right: A flowering magnolia tree in Montour Falls

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artistic outlet for me. I spent years learning the technical aspects of camera, film, lighting, and composition through reading, trial and error, and perseverance. Creative photography requires a mastery of these elements just as painting requires a mastery of perspective, brushstrokes, and paints;

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and sculpture requires the understanding of materials, sculpting tools and spatial dimensions. “Only after the use of these prerequisite tools, methods and techniques has become second nature can the creativity take over. It starts with ‘seeing’ the world rather than just

‘looking at’ the world, consciously inspecting your environment and unconsciously experiencing an emotional reaction to elements in it. “Photography allows me to capture a fleeting instant when the elements converge to make ‘magic’ as I think of it. It may appear over the entire sky, as

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Left: A shed framed by spring flowers in Hector Below: Lodi Point State Park, located on the east side of Seneca Lake a glorious sunset, or in the space of a dewdrop on a rose petal. The magic is all around, and it is my mission to capture and share it with others in the hope that they too will be inspired to look for the beauty in their corner of the world and realize how important it is to preserve the magic.â&#x20AC;? You can find prints of Rogerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work in Watkins Glen at JW Brace Books, Waterfalls of the Finger Lakes Shop, NYStateWine.Com shop and Famous Brands Outlet Store. All of these shops are conveniently located on Franklin Street. Other outlets of his work include Skyland Farms, Route 414, Hector; Red Newt Winery, Tichenor Road, Hector; and Logan Ridge Winery, Ball Diamond Road, Hector. Roger Soule has thousands of images of the Finger Lakes. Contact him at Soule Photography, 512 South 19th Street, Atchison, KS 66002. His phone number is (913) 367-3407. Visit his website at www.soulephotography.com, or send an e-mail to rosoule@hotmail.com.

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uring the mid 19th century, Aurora was a bustling village nestled along the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. It had become a major stop on the Erie Canal for boats carrying agricultural products from area farmers to New York City and a handsome new inn opened on Main Street in 1833 to accommodate travelers borne by barge, rail and coach. So prosperous was the village that Henry Wells, of Wells Fargo stagecoach fame, founded Wells College there in 1868. Fast forward 130 years to October 2000. Dilapidated and losing money, the Aurora Inn closed its doors for business and stood as an ominous symbol that the tiny village was failing. Like many other upstate New York communities, Aurora had fallen into a spiral of economic decline that threatened its very future. Today, the Aurora Inn is open again after a multimillion dollar restoration aimed at making it one of the top lodging and dining spots

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between Wells College, the small, women’s liberal arts college in Aurora, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. A 1962 graduate of Wells College, Pleasant Rowland created the American Girls Collection of dolls and books and has become a committed philanthropist since selling her Wisconsin-based Pleasant Company in 1998. Describing Aurora as a “treasure to protect,” Ms. Rowland calls the restoration work being done a “gift of the heart to Wells, to Aurora and to future generations.” “We are very fortunate to have Pleasant Rowland as a benefactor,” said Wells College president Lisa Marsh Ryerson. “Her belief in Aurora’s value as a historic American village, her experience as an entrepreneur and her unwavering support of Wells is making all the difference to the college and the community.” Armed with funding and management expertise from Rowland, the Aurora Foundation tackled several renovation projects at once. All involved commercial buildings that had been deeded to Wells College over the years and were in need of an infusion of capital in order to make significant repairs. Wells retains ownership of the properties and will benefit from any proceeds from businesses they house. “Our goal is to help make Aurora a healthy, prosperous village once again so that Wells College will also flourish,” said Catharine B. Waller, executive director of the Aurora Foundation. “Aurora has so much going for it – a rich histo-

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ry, beautiful historic buildings, a gorgeous setting in the heart of the Finger Lakes and residents who care deeply about the future of the village. Our hope is that the Aurora Foundation will jump-start a new era of prosperity,” she said. So far, the plan appears to be working. Arthur Bellinzoni, who has lived in Aurora since 1962 when he moved from New York City to become a professor at the college, recalled: “Aurora was a decaying village. There wasn’t much happening here and young people were anxious to leave as soon as possible. What we’re witnessing is an exciting rebirth of this small community. I’m thrilled with the turn of events. There’s new vitality here, including the prospect of good jobs for our young people, which simply didn’t exist before,” he said. Randi Shaw Zabriskie, a Wells graduate who owns Jane Morgan’s Little House, a women’s clothing store in Aurora, concurs: “It was a sad day when the Aurora Inn closed. It was as if the heart of the village had died and there was a big, black hole left,” she said. “To have the inn open and humming again and for it to be such an exquisite place is a wonderful gift to our community.”

Jacqueline Conderacci

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in the Finger Lakes. There’s a sparkling new Village Market next door, the Fargo Bar & Grill across the street has had a major facelift, a hip new “pizzeria with pizzazz” has opened in a renovated 1940s garage, and downtown is buzzing with the unmistakable feeling that the village is on the brink of a real renaissance. What made possible this rapid “reversal of fortunes” was the formation of the Aurora Foundation, a partnership

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Left, top: Painting of Aurora: “Cayuga Lake from Pumkin Hill 1856”

Left: MacKenzie-Childs boasts a manufacturing studio, retail shop, restaurant, Farmhouse, greenhouse, gardens, and a variety of animals.

Above: The restored, 171-year-old Aurora Inn welcomes travelers once again.

Inn Combines Old-World Charm With Modern Comforts A handsome three-story brick building built in 1833 in the Federal style, the Aurora Inn was brought back during the renovation to its original footprint based on an etching from the 1840s. White-columned porches and balconies, some of which were removed decades ago, were replicated and now add charm to both the front and rear of the building. The original 1833 fireplaces were uncovered, woodwork and leading in old windows were restored or replicated and painstaking attention was paid to emphasize the inn’s historic features which had been obscured gradually over time. When the inn reopened in June 2003, Aurora residents were struck by the way the inn retained its history, charm and intimacy, but had been

updated to make it more comfortable and appealing for today’s guests. Eight fireplaces, rich woods, antiques, Oriental rugs and an extensive art collection offer visitors a warm welcome. The inn now offers 10 luxurious guest rooms and suites, each individually decorated with designer fabrics and furnishings that place an emphasis on comfort. All have marble bathrooms, comfortable lounge chairs, writing tables wired for high-speed Internet access, flat-panel televisions and other amenities. Most rooms have balconies with rockers, benches or swings to sit and look out over the lake or village. Some have inviting fireplaces, small kitchens or deep whirlpool baths. The restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner every day of the week, combines comfortable SPRING 2004 ~

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will soon be offered for all-day dining. The inn also has a beautiful new banquet room that is fast becoming a highly desirable location for weddings, meetings and other special events. Centerpiece of the room is a 1958 mural by artist Glenn Shaw depicting scenes of the village as it was in 1879. Originally hung in the front hall of the inn, the mural was restored and now encircles the spacious banquet room. French doors extend the space out to a stone cocktail terrace with sweeping views of the lake. The inn also offers lakeside lawn weddings under pristine white tents. While the inn is the jewel in the crown of village revitalization, more renovations have been completed and new businesses opened, offering expanded options for residents, Wells students and visitors. Case in point is the new Village Market immediately adjacent to the inn. With an attractive mahogany storefront inspired by the design of a former market as it appeared in photos 100 years ago, the market provides local residents with their basic grocery needs, including fresh meats, produce, baked goods and carry-out meals, while serving guests of the inn and tourists who visit the region. Cooking demonstrations from chefs at the Aurora Inn are featured on Saturday. Directly across the street from the inn, The Fargo Bar & Grill also reopened last spring following months of renovation. A local favorite for decades, the village tavern is

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housed in a Federal-style brick building completed the year after the Inn was built. A temporary entryway in place since the 1960s was replaced with a new full-length front porch based on a postcard picture of the building as it looked in 1900. Two original fireplaces were uncovered and restored during the renovation and now serve as focal points of the new dining room and bar. With a new poolroom, hand-hewn ceiling beams, antique heart-of-pine floors and original turn-of-the-century posters announcing Fourth of July activities in the village, the tavern has a warm, informal atmosphere. The menu includes char-grilled hamburgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and beverage, with an expanded dinner menu. A new addition to the village is Pizzaurora, a pizzeria that was ingeniously carved out of a concrete block building that served as a garage during World War II and as storage space in more recent years. In stark contrast to the Federal style of the other buildings, the pizzeria has a fun, bright and contemporary décor that appeals to students and families alike. Pizzaurora’s menu features homemade thin-crust pizza, calzones and submarine sandwiches. Patrons can choose to eat in, carry out or even take advantage of free local delivery. Another Aurora institution that has found new life with

Jacqueline Conderacci

Tom Watson

banquettes, intimate booths and cherry tables for seating for 55 in the main dining room. A bank of windows and French doors open onto a porch and tree-shaded veranda with spectacular views of the lake and al fresco dining. Incorporating fresh regional products, the restaurant’s cuisine is described as “American comfort food at its best.” Daily specials include beef, lamb and pork roasts, as well as more adventurous cuisine to complement the regular offerings of pot roast, meat loaf and chicken pot pie. A more casual tavern menu

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Left, top: The contemporary style of Pizzaurora complements the old-fashioned look of the Fargo Bar & Grill.

Left: Milkshakes from the soda fountain and jars of penny candy take customers back in time at Dorie’s.

Above: With a room overlooking the water, Aurora visitors can enjoy the lake any time of day.

the help of Pleasant Rowland is a former drugstore called Mack’s. The diminutive wooden building now houses a charming luncheonette and restored soda fountain named Dorie’s and has a new shady deck out back that overlooks the lake. It’s the kind of place where kids come to grab fistfuls of penny candy from big glass jars, where teenagers sip milkshakes made from local Purity ice cream and business meetings are conducted over hot bowls of homemade chili. Soon to open in the center of the village is another renovated structure intended to house Posies, the village’s floral and gift shop. The tiny store will be surrounded by a garden with roses growing over a picket fence. It promises to be a delightful place to take in the view of village life or a sunset over the lake.

“There’s a new vibrancy in Aurora,” observed Ann Rollo, vice president of external relations at Wells College, who moved to the village four years ago with her family and has witnessed the transformation firsthand. “It’s becoming a crossroads…a quintessential mix of a destination that is also a comfortable place to live,” she noted, adding, “It’s also nice to be able to get what you need in your own backyard. My kids can jump on their bikes and pick up a dozen eggs at the market or meet their friends at Pizzaurora.” MacKenzie-Childs Thrives As part of her vision to revitalize Aurora, Pleasant Rowland also bought MacKenzie-Childs, the worldrenowned maker of hand-crafted tableware and furnishings, in June 2001 when there was the threat that it SPRING 2004 ~

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TT h eh A u r o r a R e Aurora might close down or move from Aurora. The company is now undergoing a renaissance of its own, with new stores opening in Atlanta, Palm Beach and New York City, and plans in the works to make its home base in Aurora an even more attractive destination than it already is. Set high on a bluff just outside the village on the picturesque grounds of a former 75-acre Victorian dairy farm, MacKenzie-Childs welcomes visitors to tour its manufacturing studio to see artisans at work, shop in the retail shop and see the gardens, greenhouse, Chicken Palace (home to ducks, chickens and guinea fowl) and Highland cattle grazing in the fields. The Restaurant MacKenzie-Childs, which is known for its extraordinary décor, fine cuisine and use of the company’s Photo courtesy Wells College

Wells College and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation have combined efforts to form the Aurora Foundation, an organization dedicated to revitalizing the town. signature dinnerware and glassware, is currently undergoing renovation and is expected to reopen in Spring 2005. The pièce de résistance at MacKenzie-Childs may well become the Farmhouse, which opened to the public for the first time this winter for daily tours and private functions. A meticulous, two-year restoration of the Victorian homestead showcases the full range of MacKenzie-Childs products in a home-like setting on all three floors. Everything from cocktail receptions to sit-down dinners can be booked in the three dining rooms or outside on the stone terrace overlooking the lake. In addition, a High Tea is being served every afternoon on the terrace from mid-May through Columbus Day. All this restoration work and sprucing up of downtown – including new sidewalks, underground utility lines and more than a dozen new elm trees – has set a “good example” and inspired the community to “take better care of itself,”

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according to Ms. Zabriskie. “Houses are being painted, shutters are being mended and people are raking their lawns and planting flowers again,” she explained. “The whole village looks like it has taken a deep breath, dusted itself off and stood up with its shoulders back.” There are also signs that other new businesses may soon be sprouting up in or near the village. A local contractor recently purchased a historic home in the village that once housed a thriving antiques business and is planning to renovate it and lease it as commercial space. Meanwhile, an old building just up in the hill in Sherwood is being restored as an antique shop. There’s even talk of a new restaurant and winery opening north of the village. Existing businesses also draw people to the Finger Lakes community. Just south of the village, visitors can stop by the tiny Aurora Shoe Company and see 16th century shoes that “fit the feet” being made by hand. In the heart of downtown, Vintage Lighting offers a superb collection of vintage lamps and accessories. Only a mile up Sherwood Road, Cleaveland’s Antiques is jam-packed with treasures. The Aurora Foundation is also far from finished with its work. Plans call for the French House and Abbott House – two stately homes on the lake – to be restored as guest houses. The original post office is also undergoing renovation and initial plans for other commercial properties owned by the college are on the drawing board. “There’s no question Aurora will become a destination again,” said Rusty Hopkins, who has lived near the village since 1939 and remembers the time when busloads of people came for lunch at the inn to watch flocks of Canada geese herald the arrival of spring with their return to Cayuga Lake. “It’s a gorgeous setting, and it’s marvelous what has been done in the past few years,” she added. “I look forward to seeing this village 10 years from now,” commented Ms. Zabriskie. “I believe visitors will be able to spend a quiet, peaceful day in Aurora working their way through a few exceptional places and handful of interesting shops. I think we’ll represent the best of historic, small upstate villages and we’ll be proud of our past and present and have hope for the future. When we leave our houses to our children, we will be leaving them a legacy in a wonderful place,” she said, adding, “Aurora just keeps getting better every day.” Called the “village of constant dawn” by the Indians and later named for the Greek goddess of the dawn, Aurora is living up to its namesake. A new day is dawning in Aurora – for its residents, its business owners and for Wells College – and it is a bright day indeed. Dariel Curren has fond memories of visiting Aurora when she was growing up on a farm in nearby Skaneateles. She now makes her living as a writer in Roxbury, Connecticut.

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orning is a fragile time of day. Its sensitive nature can mirror one’s mood, as morning sometimes brings with it the hopes and excitement of a new day, sometimes the gloom of a day with unwanted events. Morning’s character can also contrast with one’s emotions, like when a bright and lively sky lifts one’s spirits and chases away a dull mood. So it is that morning’s visual appearance is intimately intertwined with our moods. The single unwavering constant that is part of morning’s character is the sun, whose seemingly mechanical movements bring it above the eastern horizon to start the day. But before it emerges over the horizon, the sun signals its appearance by radiating the first light of the day. Initially subtle and soft, the first light of the day grows in intensity as it builds towards the crescendo of sunrise. This first light is often striking in its beauty and has a quality that, like the morning that follows, varies from serene to ominous. The following photographs illustrate this beauty as first light emerges over the Finger Lakes landscape.

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Above: A March day begins over a still-frozen Canadice Lake. Stratocumulus clouds reflect the first rays of the sun, which are in turn reflected off the ice covering the lake. Right: Several minutes before the sun peeks over the horizon, a crimson sky silhouettes the steepness of Honeoye Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eastern landscape.

Overleaf, Large: An autumn sunrise over Honeoye Lake creates a blazing appearance of both the sky and the lake. The most colorful, vibrant skies often occur just before the sun breaks over the eastern horizon. Overleaf, Small: The first light of an October day creates a golden glow over Seneca Lake.

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Above: A foggy dawn on Conesus Lake creates an eerie radiance behind McPhearsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Point. Left: Daybreak reveals a brooding sky over Skaneateles Lake.

Michael Venturino, a native of Geneva, is a Human Factors Engineer and an avid photographer of the Finger Lakes landscape. He may be contacted at venturin@rochester.rr.com.

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Monthly…New series of exhibits West End Gallery’s 2nd floor, Corning. 607-936-2011 Ongoing…Hochstein School of Music & Dance Weekly performances, Rochester. 585-454-4596 Ongoing…Toy Train Exhibit Free toy train exhibit tours are conducted every Tuesday and Saturday, except certain holidays. Edgerton Community Center, Rochester. 585-428-6769 Ongoing...Natural History at Noon A weekly mini-lecture series every first and third Saturday at noon at the Museum of the Earth. 607-273-6623

March Now thru March 19...Student Art Show String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora. 315-364-3237

Now thru March 27...“Domestic Bliss: Refrigerator Art & Beyond” Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, exhibit of artwork created from household objects. 315-255-1553 Ongoing thru March...Greenhouse Classes Experience what Grossman’s Country Nursery knows about planning during the cooler months for more enjoyable spring and summer days. 585-377-1982 March 1 thru December 1...“Winter Wonderland" Old Brutus Historical Society, Weedsport, display of vintage winter attire and sports equipment. 315-834-6285 March 5-28...“History in Full Bloom” Cayuga Museum, Auburn, live floral arrangements, floral artwork and decorative pieces. 315-253-8051 March 10…Mardi Gras Festival Casa Larga Vineyards, Gourmet New Orleans style foods. Reservations required. 585-223-4210 March 13…“Cherish the Ladies” Band The first and only all-women traditional Irish band is making another appearance at Nazareth College of Rochester. 585-389-2170

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E V E N T S March 13…St. Patrick’s Day Parade 27th Annual, Downtown Rochester. 585-234-5167 March 13…Paddle Carving with Patrick Smith Can’t build a canoe in one day but you can do a paddle! South Bristol Cultural Center. 585-396-5950 March 13...Youth Fair & Pinewood Derby Fingerlakes Mall, Auburn, family activities, car race and Boy Scout troop show. 315-255-1188 March 13...The Rose Inn’s 7th Annual Winemaker Dinner Featuring Heron Hill Winery on Keuka Lake. 607-533-7905 March 13-14...Cabin Fever Days Come out of hibernation and join Swedish Hill Winery and Goosewatch Winery, for great end-of-winter sales and Winemaker's Dozen case specials! 315-549-8326, 315-549-2599 March 13-14...Pasta and Wine Weekend Seneca Lake Wine Trail, mouth-watering pasta dishes paired with fine wines. Cast a ballot for your favorite combination. Recipes available at each winery. 877-536-2717

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Set Your Sights for Spring on the Canandaigua Wine Trail By Linda Pratt

he sight of unfolding blossoms dappled along a garden path is a reminder that another season is on display. Apart from being a welcome respite from the tiresome hibernation of winter, a journey during spring can provide one with a fresh appreciation of nature’s bounty, such as fresh breezes, unfurling leaves, and the aroma of fruition. One journey that is awaiting a perceptive traveler is a visit to the Canandaigua Wine Trail. The Canandaigua Wine Trail is placed on the western edge of the Finger Lakes region and encompasses four unique wineries within the communities of Fairport, Canandaigua, Bristol Springs and Naples. Unusual by the fact that each one is an example of suburban, rural and small city locations, every winery is eager to welcome visitors to its products and services. The close proximity of wineries to several lakes of this region results in moderate temperatures to keep damaging frosts away until the season is over, and retain the chill of winter to keep the vines from budding until spring frosts have ended. The perimeter of the Canandaigua Wine Trail is a half-hour’s drive from downtown Rochester and an hour-anda-half drive from the Buffalo area. Taking exit 45 from the New York State Thruway and proceeding north on Route 96, a sign depicting grapes directs the traveler onto Turk Hill Road in the suburban community of

Fairport, where the home of Casa Larga Vineyards resides on one of the highest elevations in Monroe County. Within its Italianate structure are a wine tasting area, a two-story gift shop,

Rochester, Mr. C. discovered that the soil on his property atop Turk Hill Road was Ontario sandy loam, the best kind for growing grapes. His first harvest was 1978, and since then his busi-

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and expansive banquet and meeting rooms that can be decorated or modified to suit any event. Casa Larga began as a “hobby” for Anthony Coloruotolo (affectionately known as “Mr. C.” to the staff) from his experience growing grapes on his family’s farm in Italy. Upon residing in

ness has lived by the idea of welcoming customers as family, whether to sample varieties of wine, browse through gourmet foods and gift baskets or take part in an event coordinated by his staff. Casa Larga considers its Riesling, Lilac Hill, and four styles of Chardonnay to be among its specialties. SPRING 2004 ~

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The winery has also created Meritage, a blend of two or more Bordeaux grapes with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Frequent visitors to Casa Larga know of its personalized wine labels for any occasion, as well as its distinctive gift baskets designed with the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taste and budget in mind. In addition, Casa Larga offers an extraordinary setting for banquet or meeting events, with elegant dĂŠcor combined with a magnificent view of the surrounding countryside. Returning to the thruway via Route 96 and exiting at Route 332, the trail continues to the Finger Lakes Wine Center at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua. Here 30 wineries of the Finger Lakes region are represented for customers to receive samples or buy favorites to take home. The Wine Center also serves as an education

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center for its customers to learn about the attractions as well as the wineries in the area. Because of its location on the beautifully landscaped grounds of Sonnenberg Gardens, the Wine Center receives visitors from all over the world, where many choose to travel to tour and visit the individual wineries in the region. The Wine Center is open during the season for Sonnenberg Gardens. Proceeding on Route 21 south from the Finger Lakes Wine Center through the bustling yet quaint city of Canandaigua, a view of Canandaigua Lake winds through hills spreading their green cloaks of spring. Focusing on the evolving scenery may cause one to overlook Arbor Hill Grapery and Winery in Bristol Springs. Yet emerging highlights of spring are waiting to be discovered in these

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natural surroundings. Arbor Hill has been a familyowned business of wine, grape and gourmet products since 1987. Its owner, John Brahm, benefits from vineyards aside Canandaigua Lake that are over 150 years old. According to Brahm, “We strive to promote an identity with our community, even though visitors are surprised to see New England-style buildings.” Arbor Hill’s efficient gift shop is well-stocked with the widest selection of gourmet wine, grape and fruit products in the area. Visitors are welcome to taste not only varieties of wines but also jellies and gourmet mustards, vinegars, dipping sauces and salad dressings. Arbor Hill regards its Traminette, a semi-dry white wine, and Ambrosia, a dessert-style wine made from the Traminette grape, as its specialties.

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The Wineries of the Canandaigua Wine Trail Arbor Hill Grapery & Winery 6461 Route 64, Bristol Springs Naples, NY 14512 (585) 374-5817 www.thegrapery.com Casa Larga Vineyards 2287 Turk Hill Road Fairport, NY 14450 (585) 223-4210 www.casalarga.com Finger Lakes Wine Center at Sonnenberg Gardens 151 Charlotte Street Canandaigua, NY 14424 (585) 394-9016 www.fingerlakeswinecenter.com Widmer Wine Cellars 1 Lake Niagara Lane Naples, NY 14512 (585) 374-3200 www.widmerwine.com

The interested traveler will also benefit from the black raspberry celery seed dressing and the balsamic sun-dried tomato viniagrette, among the other flavorful condiments made on the premises. Adds Brahm, “We market and develop what works for us. We specialize in products that benefit from the cool growing season in this area.” Arbor Hill offers wine country gift baskets as well as an ample display of kitchen-related products for customers. Continuing on Route 21 along Canandaigua Lake, Widmer’s Wine Cellars lies ahead within the village of Naples. Vineyards of Finger Lakes grape varietals align the drive along Lake Niagara Lane to a roomy chalet at its end. Here, visitors gather after an informative and detailed tour of (Continued on page 71)

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“Too Tall” Steve Scheurman and the Howlin’ Mercy Blues Band Rochester’s blues rhino skulks onstage at an ostentatious mass of 6-foot5-inch, 300-pound passionate soul. And he knows it. Steve “Too Tall” Scheurman has been strangling the neck of his guitar since the third grade and has developed his music to be larger than the man that plays it. “Too Tall blues is just that. It’s Big. Bigger than all of us,” the words crept out of Too Tall’s mouth at a maniacal pace as he overflowed his diminutive barstool like an erupting volcano. Too Tall is an impressive artist – in talent, as well as stature. Originally from Palmyra, Too Tall was “baptized” into the blues universe. The blues became a natural obsession during the formative choir years of his life. Like most of us, the epiphany came at a ripe age while watching PBS. “I saw Son House perform ‘Death Letter’ on a soundstage in black and white…listening to that alien sound – that deep painful blues moan, combined with a steel resonator

guitar that answered every lament. It put tears in my eyes…I haven’t been the same since.” Now, Too Tall has performed his brand of music everywhere from the “Windy City” to the tip of Long Island, but the Finger Lakes is his home. “The Finger Lakes music scene is funky. Quite often in interviews, you hear Photo courtesy the artist

people say ‘It’s all about the music…’ Well, in the Finger Lakes – that’s the truth,” he says. There is something magical about Too Tall’s presence and the way he speaks about his craft and the way he thumbs a G-chord with the precision of a heart surgeon, that makes you believe that the Finger Lakes truly has a blues legend in its midst. With a second album in the

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works, Too Tall states that this one will be a more eclectic mix of music – all original. He feels that a diverse and colorful sound epitomizes his style precisely. “A tasteful, swinging blues player combined with an excessive rocker…that’s me,” he admits. This artistic schizophrenia is what makes Too Tall’s charming layers of guitar giant and unique. So if you happen to spot a size 16boot print on any nearby stages, or you come across the broken neck of a killed guitar – Too Tall was there. And as long as people will give the blues a listen – Too Tall will be back. “I want the crowd to feel like they have been ‘baptized.’ Baptized into that blues world that I became a part of some 30 years ago. I want them to be humming a tune that they heard at our show. I want them to be smiling when they think about it. I want them to start their own blues journey.” To book an event or to be included on the band’s mailing list, send an email to steve@cohber.com. Molly Shea To jump on the same train that Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Baez rode to female rock success is not such an easy task, but one rising sensation from Auburn is amped for the challenge. Going down this same track is a dream for singer, songwriter and guitarist Molly Shea, and dreams do come true, especially when you have the talent that she has. “The one thing I want to do as a musician is invoke an emotion in the audience,” Molly says whole-heartedly with a serious smile. “I want to make them laugh, cry – move them in some way.” Molly Shea is the perfect combination of “girl-next-door” beauty and raw, unbridled musicianship with a jaw-dropping voice. Her ascent to the stage began at a very young age. In her hometown, she performed in many player’s productions

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and local theaters, and has moved on to clubs and venues located all over upstate New York and extending to New York City. Molly has a sultry, raspy singing voice that is comparable to Melissa Etheridge, and she has learned to play the guitar, violin, trumpet, piano, and drums. She embodies a range that covers six decades of musical styles that produces a unique versatility and affable panache on stage. “I love to perform,” Molly says. “It’s an intimate experience. You get such a high.” Offstage, Molly is a quiet-mannered and pleasant young lady, but once the guitar is in her Photo courtesy the artist

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hands and the microphone at her lips, Molly transforms into a rock ’n’ roll diva. “It’s difficult to go up on stage and sing your heart out,” she admits. Although you would never know she thought that if you were to see one of her wowing performances. Her first album, Electraglide in Blues, was released in 2001 and was a major hit with the area. “My first CD was a success and is still selling well,” she states with pride. “There is a new album in the works, and we’re hoping to release it in early 2004.” Molly gives her take on a few cover songs on the first album, but most of the songs are originals written by her, and that is a precedent she plans to exceed on her next project. She has found a lot of comfort in the Finger Lakes region and is very confident she will acquire a similar acceptance for years to come. “I love

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS FREE information by mail. Life in the Finger Lakes offers you the opportunity to request free brochures and information from our advertisers. Simply circle the numbers on the adjacent postage-paid card and mail. The advertisers will send information directly to you.

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Rochester Folk Art Guild......................Info#133 Rose Inn ..............................................Info#134

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Finger Lakes Tourism ..........................Info#115

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Roses & Oak Ranch ............................Info#135

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Geneva on the Lake ............................Info#150

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Seneca Lake Winery Association ........Info#136

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Grossman’s Country Nursery ..............Info#116

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Shoreland’r/Midwest Industries ..........Info#137

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Adirondack Guide Boat ........................Info#101

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Guards Cards ......................................Info#117

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Silver Lake Marine ..............................Info#149

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Aurora Inn ..........................................Info#151

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Heat-Line Corp ....................................Info#118

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Spa Apartments ..................................Info#138

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Beaver Mountain Log & Cedar Homes ......................................Info#102

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Henry B’s

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Standing Stone Vineyards....................Info#139

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Heron Hill Winery ................................Info#120

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Syracuse China Factory Outlet ............Info#140

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Bristol Harbour ....................................Info#103

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Hunt Country Vineyards ......................Info#121

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Campground Owners of New York ......Info#119

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Ithaca Downtown Partnership..............Info#122

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Jansen Marina ....................................Info#123

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Timber Frames Inc ..............................Info#143

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Church Creative Flooring ....................Info#107

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Waterloo Premium Outlets ..................Info#146

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Merry-Go-Round Playhouse ................Info#152

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Wilcox Press........................................Info#147

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CobbleSoft International ......................Info#109

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Museum of the Earth ..........................Info#128

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Wood, Steel & Glas ............................Info#148

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Northern Design & Building Assoc ......Info#129

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Community Bank ................................Info#110

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Panorama Outfitters ............................Info#130

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Cronise Landscape & Design ..............Info#111

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Quail Summit ......................................Info#131

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Eaves Dental/Cosmetic Dentistry ........Info#112

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Quality Transportation Tours................Info#132

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the area. Everyone I have met, whether it is other musicians or the patrons, have all been very supportive and kind. They always seem in the mood to have a good time – and that is what I hope to give them.” Visit www.mollyshea.com for more information. Travis “Shleprok” McCoy of Gym Class Heroes “I had the chance to compete in a hip-hop battle on MTV last summer in New Jersey,” he said humbly. His statement was concluded with a bit more swagger, “I ended up defeating my opponent with ease, and on national television. Everyone gets their 15 minutes, I guess.” (An opinion about himself that conflicts with the opinion of most that have witnessed his mesmerizing vocal talent.) The spotlight has Photo courtesy the artist

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only flickered on Travis “Schleprok” McCoy, and the Finger Lakes provides an ample launching pad to propel him into success far beyond 15 minutes. For McCoy, 22, of Geneva, HipHop has been a prominent life influence and a skill he has excelled at for several years. Named for an ill-fated Hanna-Barbera character, Schleprok began making music with a group of high school friends that soon became the Geneva hip-hop ensemble, the Gym Class Heroes. The group released their first full-length album entitled For the Kids in 2000, and has created a

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hearty local following with their three demos and numerous live exhibitions. It is far too customary for young artists to have sophomoric visions of grandeur for their future, but Travis is a gem of a different nature. “I don’t intend to change the world. I just want my little piece of it and a little time to myself.” Words flow out of Travis’s mouth like a waterfall, each statement having more conviction and natural rhythm than the previous. “I just love to make good music and entertain everyone. I feel I have something to say, and it’s more relevant than clothes and cars.” Travis is real, and so is his flair as an emcee. The combination has offered him, and his band, the opportunity to perform with bands from West Virginia, New York City, and Ithaca, including shows with members of the nationally renowned Rusted Root. Travis’ true roots are instilled in the Finger Lakes region. Being a product of Geneva, most of his performances occur across upstate New York and with other promising acts from the area. “I think there is a lot of fresh music and magnetism being produced in the Finger Lakes,” he admits. “There is a human element as well, I like to connect with the crowd. I’ll tell them about a dream, or about my day, so the shows are never the same. I like to laugh at life and make other people laugh too while I’m at it.” There is no question that Travis McCoy enjoys the seesaw effect of life and his music, for he is an artist – an artist with far more than 15 minutes ahead of him. Learn more about Travis at www.gymclassheroes.com.

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March 20-21…Antiques on Campus 29th Annual Genesee Country Antiques Dealers Assoc. Show & Sale. Nazareth College Gymnasium. 585-637-3794

March 13-14…Great Grape Challenge New event, Keuka Lake Wine Trail. 800-440-4898 March 14...Sheldrake Point Vineyard & Café, St. Patrick's Day Brunch Enjoy live Celtic music with Irish menu specials. Reservations advised. 866-743-5372 March 20...Knapp Vineyard, Barrel Room Bash Come see where the magic is made. Enjoy games, food, and music. Talk with our winemaker! 800-869-9271 March 20...Cayuga Ridge Estate, Say Cheese Smile while you take a bite of scrumptious cheeses and sip delicious wines! Cheeses by Lively Run Dairy. 800-598-9463 March 20...The Rose Inn’s 7th Annual Winemaker Dinner Featuring Atwater Estate Vineyards on Seneca Lake. 607-533-7905 March 20...Meet the Winemakers New Cayuga Wine Trail event. Take the mystery out of winemaking with special tastings and discussion. 800-684-5217 March 20...Celebrate the First Day of Spring Dinner at Thendara Inn 585-394-4868 March 20…“An Evening of Celtic Spirit” Wayne High School, Ontario. A Benefit for The Pines of Peace Hospice. 315-589-9368

March 20-21…Maple Weekend Over 75 maple producers from across New York host open houses for the public. 585-542-7286 March 20-21…Loomis Barn Pancakes A maple weekend good time featuring great pancakes. All proceeds benefit the Rushville Volunteer Firemen. 585-554-3154 March 20-21…Train-related Family Crafts & Entertainment Strong Museum, Rochester. 585-263-2700 March 20-21…Sap, Syrup & Sugar Maple Sugaring Festival Genesee Country Village & Museum, Mumford. 585-538-6822 March 27...A “Salute to Uncork NY” Wines from the Finger Lakes, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Long Island and the Hudson Valley at the Rose Inn. 607-533-7905 March 27…Glass Harpist Brien Engel Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn. 315-255-1553 March 27-28...Spring Break at Heron Hill, Dr. Frank’s and Hunt Country Vineyards Combine old time rock & roll with new release wines and what do you get? Spring Break in the Finger Lakes. 800-440-4898

March 27-April 10...Easter Bunny Visits Fingerlakes Mall, Auburn. 315-255-1188 March 28...Museum of the Earth FREE admission! 607-273-6623 March 28...Adams Foundation Piano Concert Westminster Presbyterian Church, Auburn, world class pianist Steven Mayer performs solo recital. 315-253-5288

April April 2-May 9…6th Annual Finger Lakes Boating exhibit Glenn Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport. 607-569-2160 April 3…Easter Egg Hunt Village Square in Hammondsport. 607-569-2989 April 3…Volunteer Opportunity Meeting Sonnenberg Mansion & Gardens, Canandaigua. 585-394-4922 April 3-4...Murder Mystery Tour on the Keuka Lake Wine Trail Enjoy wines and hors d'oeuvres as you unravel clues. 800-440-4898 April 4…Penfield Symphony Orchestra Call 585-872-0774 for more information. April 4...Poetry Reading Series Sterling Nature Center, featuring a published poet. 315-947-6143 April 4...“Salsa Time” South-of-the-border music and cuisine at King Ferry Winery, Long Point Winery and Six Mile Creek. 800-439-5271 April 24…Earth Day Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester. 585-336-7200 April 24-25...Wine & Herb Festival Cayuga Wine Trail, potted herbs, wine glass, recipes, wine and food tastings. 800-684-5217 April 24-25...Spring Wine and Cheese Weekend Wines paired with recipes prepared with Heluva Good Cheese. Receive a gift and recipe book, Seneca Lake Wine Trail. 877-536-2717

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April 25…“Nature Revisited” 5K Start & Finish at CCC Gym, Corning. 607-962-9476 April 25...Adams Foundation Piano Concert Westminster Presbyterian Church, Auburn, worldclass pianist Jon Nakamatsu performs solo recital. 315-253-5288 April 30-May 1...“Durang, Durang” Phipps Auditorium, Macmillian Hall, Wells College, Aurora, senior students present “The Actor’s Nightmare,” and “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.” 315-364-3234

May May 1-2...Wine & Herb Festival Cayuga Wine Trail wineries, potted herbs, wine glass, recipes, wine and food tastings. 800-684-5217

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May 9…Mother’s Day at Sonnenberg Moms are free, special musical numbers, Canandaigua. 585-394-4922 May 9...Mother’s Day Wagon Rides Horse drawn wagon rides at Widmer’s Wine Cellars www.widmerwine.com May 12...“Building Preservation & Restoration” Willard Memorial Chapel, Auburn, presentation by Ted Bartlett of Crawford & Stearn. 315-252-0339 May 14-23…Lilac Festival Enjoy thousands of fragrant lilacs and spring flowers plus a parade, arts and crafts exhibit, children’s activities and live entertainment. Highland Park, Rochester. 800-677-7282 May 15…5th Annual Lumber Jack & Jill Festival Steuben County Fair Grounds. 800-776-0484 May 16-22…Polar Bear Awareness Week Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester. 585-336-7200 May 19-29...Student Art Show String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora. 315-364-3237 May 22...“Power & Past” Ward O'Hara Agricultural Museum, Auburn, antique tractor show and pull, lunch available. 315-252-5009 May 23-29...“Forever Plaid” Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Auburn, a special limited return engagement of this popular musical. 315-255-1305

With just one visit, you’ll be enchanted by our winery with its exceptional wine tasting bar and spectacular view of Keuka Lake. • Award Winning Wines • One-of-a-kind Gift Shop • Live Music Every Weekend • Beautiful Location for Weddings and Receptions • Delicious Café and Dining on the Terrace Visit our website, www.heronhill.com, for upcoming events.

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(“Stories of Yesteryear” cont’d from p. 19) working in the primitive Red House Observatory. This amazing man chalked up 11 comets to his credit while in Phelps, and when his long career finally came to an end years later, he had accounted for 27 of these heavenly visitors. His work brought William Brooks every honor given by this branch of the scientific world. In 1888, he went to nearby Geneva where an observatory had been built for his use and where he discovered the last 16 of his 27 comets. Now known as Dr. William R. Brooks, “The Comet Finder,” he became a professor of astronomy at Hobart College, Geneva. All of his honors came to a great climax when he was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The rule of this Society — that no man can become a member and a fellow at the same time — was suspended for the first time in its history for Dr. Brooks. His long labors, however, finally took their toll and Dr. Brooks’ great career came to an end on May 3, 1921, at Geneva. Long hours spent in preparing to photograph an approaching comet proved too much for his physical self, but the end came while he was at the work he loved so well. And so — his name lives on in the realms of science and many a comet in the outer reaches of space bears the name of this man. The little red house at Phelps is no more. It has long since been gone and forgotten. The spot today bears no monument to Dr. William Brooks...no monument, that is, except a little grass-covered hole in the ground.

Thank you to the Ontario County Historical Society, which allowed us to publish this narrative. Visit the historicalsociety’s website at www.ochs.org.

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(“Fruit of the Vine” continued from page 61) Widmer’s wine-making process and sample grape jellies and various wines ranging in taste and texture. Widmer’s Wine Cellars had its beginnings more than 100 years ago when Swiss winemaker John Jacob Widmer and his wife Lisette ventured to the beautiful valley at the southern end of Canandaigua Lake. Laura McDyer, tour operations manager, states, “Widmer’s has a lot of history behind it, and that’s what visitors will see and hear when they tour our winery.” Much has changed over the last century, but Widmer’s continues to combine Old World traditions and modern technology to work hand in hand today to produce more than 50 wines. Carrying on a tradition of quality underlies the management philosophy of Widmer’s present owner, Constellation Brands Inc. of Canandaigua. Widmer’s considers its Brickstone Cellars wines, its Lake Niagara white table wine and its dessert ports and sherries to be among its specialties. Widmer’s is one of a few wineries in the area to carry kosher wines under its Maniewschiewitz label. It has also expanded its product line to include Case Cider, a fermented apple cider, and Paul Masson crème flavored liqueurs. Upon concluding a visit to the Canandaigua Wine Trail, the fortunate traveler has found pleasant discoveries and a warm welcome at each visit. A personal bouquet of fresh memories as well as springtime treasures are awaiting the eager traveler. For more information please contact www.Visit FingerLakes.com or www.canandaigua winetrailonline.com.

Linda D. Pratt is a freelance writer who lives in Penfield and often cooks with wine. Sometimes she puts it in the food.

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Bird Woman, Woodcut, 24 1/2" high x 16 1/2" wide

Merlin Dailey, Artist By Angela Krueger

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he world is an amazing circumstance that we are born into,” Merlin Dailey asserts. “When I revisit works that I have created over a period of years, I see the truth of that statement for me. I am amazed that current attitudes I have about image making are not different from my earliest impressions. They are mirror images of what I’m exploring now which is the transformation of the human spirit.” In a rare showing of work that spans Merlin Dailey’s lifelong career in art, Inkblotz Studio & Gallery in Geneva will offer a retrospective entitled “Transformations” this Spring. Along with selected prints, such as Dark Angel, The Messenger, Bird Woman and Tree Man, the show will feature drawings, paintings and ceramic work. “Something is lost,” Merlin suggests, “when humans are locked into life circumstances, personal history, or who knows what. Art allows me to invent escape routes. Whether I am working in clay, paint or wood, I have discovered that each medium offers its own particular format to explore the transformation of ideas into images. For instance, in the woodblock print Bird Woman, her desire for freedom is evident. Her identification with flight is as compelling to me now as it was 30 years ago. Pablo Neruda, the great Chilean poet, has said ‘If he does not fly, man loses his way.’ Not one to lose his way, Merlin Dailey has always pursued his ideals in art and in life “as if destiny held the door open.” He completed his BFA at Kansas City Art Institute

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and his MFA in printmaking and Asian art history at the University of Indiana. Early in his career, he taught art at Memphis State University, Keuka College, and Eisenhower College. In 1970, he left teaching to open the East West Gallery in Victor, which he founded and directed for over 30 years. With his wife Mary Ann, also an artist, Merlin was among the first dealers in America to offer Japanese wood block prints to museums and collectors worldwide. His gallery is now online through www.merlindailey.com At present, Merlin continues to work in his studio drawing, painting and sculpting. He is a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association, Appraisers Association of America, and the Japan Ukiyo-e Society and has begun to write a memoir of life experiences. “I’m reinvesting soul and energy into my teaching and writing, redefining who I am as a human being and an artist.” After 40 years of making art, it is not difficult to understand why Merlin believes that “art and the act of living are inseparable.” Opening night & artist’s reception for “Transformations” at Inkblotz Studio & Gallery, Geneva, is scheduled for Friday March 26 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. Show continues Saturdays through May 5. For more information, contact Angela Krueger, Inkblotz director at (315) 789-0589 or e-mail inkblotz@hotmail.com

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