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MY OWN WORDS

The Genesee Country Village & Museum is the third largest living history museum in the United States

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HOW-TO The Rural Pond

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FARMING?

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LIFESTYLE The “innside” scoop on Finger Lakes bed and breakfasts

Get some insight into what thousands of Finger Lakes farms are producing

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CULTURED A trail of talent: The Finger Lakes Arts Trail

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A BIT OF SEASONING It’s summer time

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DOWNTOWN Trumansburg

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HUMAN INTEREST Ithaca bikers know “Ma”

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FRUIT OF THE VINE As the torch is passed – the Frank family legacy

ON THE WATER Kristian S. Reynolds’ portrayal of the blue treasure we all like to dip our toes into

KEEPING IT REAL

A BICYCLING ADVENTURE ON THE CANALWAY TRAIL A family and friends tour the canal and learn a lot of history on the way

By Cindy Ross

Below: The marina at Watkins Glen. Photo by Steve Knapp Cover: “ ‘Boys Fishing On Honeoye Lake’ was photographed with a digital camera in our yard on Honeoye Lake at about 5:30 a.m. one summer day.” Photo by Daniel J. Nolan

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DAYTRIPS • Palymra – queen of canal towns • Elmira’s Eldridge Park carousel • Cortland celebrates two historic anniversaries FINGER LAKES SCRAPBOOK CALENDAR: FESTIVALS & EVENTS INDEX OF ADVERTISERS NEW! SUMMER RECREATION GUIDE OFF THE EASEL Graced with talent

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he other evening my wife and I, along with some friends, attended the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition in Rochester, which included an auction and dinner. There was great wine from all over the world.

I’m very proud to say that two Finger Lakes wines took top honors: Sheldrake Point Vineyard for Best Ice Wine and Chateau Lafayette Reneau for Best Riesling. This region continues to prove it makes world-class wine.

Tasting wine and enjoying friends was certainly a great time, but the theme of the evening was Camp Good Days and Special Times, located in Branchport. They are receiving 100 percent of the net proceeds from the auction and dinner, which will be used to fund camp stays and events to benefit children from around the world who are battling cancer. As one camp attendee who is now a young woman said, “Camp Good Days and Special Times is a place to go where no one is questioning how you look because you have no hair or you don’t have energy like healthy children do. It’s just a place to be yourself and be happy for a time.”

Camp Good Days requires donations and volunteers to operate fully.

This is quite an order for such a popular retreat, because a large number of people from around the world attend. The camp is a wonderful jewel in the crown of the Finger Lakes, and we should all consider contributing to its cause.

Recently, another friend had a severe accident while felling trees in his woods. Even though he’s an experienced woodcutter, a freak accident occurred and a tree hit him in the head on its way to the ground. He sustained serious head injuries, and through the insightful actions of his wife and neighbors, Mercy Flight was dispatched to their location.

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Gary Mervis, the chairman and founder of Camp Good Days and Special Times, borrowed an idea from a speech that Jim Valvano used at the ESPY awards. He said something to the effect of, “To fully live a day, you need to laugh a little, cry a little and think a little.” Gary guarantees that if you volunteer at his camp, you will live each day to its fullest.

To volunteer your time, efforts and money please visit www.campgood days.org and also visit www.mercyflight central.org. Have a great summer!

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I gave my parents a subscription to your magazine for Christmas. They live in southern New York in Middletown, about an hour outside New York City.

They are now passing the magazine on to friends after they read it, who came up here with them to visit Bass Pro Shops in Auburn. Their friends have been up here a few additional times now (without my parents) and continue to shop Bass Pro Shops.

Their friends fell in love with the area and are now considering a retirement home. My mother wanted to know why we didn’t have an advertisement in the magazine. I am not going to tell her – I’ll see if she finds it in this issue and she’ll be surprised.

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I just finished reading your article in Life in the Finger Lakes magazine (“Fruit of the Vine: Drink what you like...and don’t apologize for it,” Spring 2006). Thanks for making it okay to like wine and not feel like you have to be an expert. I, especially, liked the survey results about wine drinkers. I would say that I am a proud member of the “Satisfied Sippers.”

I was immediately ready for a wine tasting trip. My favorite place for wine tasting is the Rasta Ranch. I think it is near Hector on Seneca Lake. The place is right out of the ’70s (it takes me back).

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L E T T E R S (Continued from page 3) two articles about Mary Jemison. I’ve taught my fourth graders about Mary Jemison for many years and used as my sources for information, Dr. James Seaver, The Life of Mary Jemison, Edition of 1982; Arch Merrill, The White Woman of the Genesee; and Irene A. Beale, William P. Letchworth: A Man for Others.

In the article by Deirdre Byrne, she states that “Dehgewanus” meant “the old white woman of the Genesee.” She was actually given the name by the two Seneca sisters when she was given (not sold) to them to replace a brother of theirs killed in battle. They adopted her and gave her the name Dehgewanus.

The name means “two falling voices” (Merrill and Beale). In Dr. Sever’s book, Mary Jemison told him it meant, “...a pretty girl, a handsome girl, or a pleasant, good thing.” Mary Jemison was not laid to rest in Letchworth when she died in 1833. She died on the Buffalo Indian Reservation and was buried there until 1874 when her remains were moved to the Council Grounds at Letchworth.

In the article “The Ladies of the Lakes,” Mr. Hughes states that Mary “was forced by her captors to trek hundreds of miles to the Seneca stronghold in the Genesee Valley.” She actually lived in the Ohio River Valley for three or more years after she was captured and married a Delaware Indian. Her first child died and when her second one, Thomas, was 9 months old, she journeyed to the Genesee Valley with her two Seneca brothers. Her husband was supposed to follow the following spring but died over the winter.

Also, the cabin at the Council Grounds is the one Mary built for her daughter, Nancy.

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N E W S B I T S Wine lovers and racing fans unite People flock to the Finger Lakes Wine Festival in Watkins Glen each year to sample the wine and gourmet foods, peruse the arts and crafts vendors, and enjoy the live entertainment. Now bicycle fans will have a reason to come out to Watkins Glen the weekend of July 14-16, thanks to the Finger Lakes Tri-Fecta.

The Finger Lakes Wine Festival has teamed up with FingerLakesRacing.com, a website formed to keep fans around the country up-to-date on racing news and events in the Finger Lakes. The website features information on all sorts of racing, including marathons, motocross, four-wheeler, snow mobile, bicycle and car races. Thanks to the new partnership, the final portion of the three-part bicycle race will take place at the festival on the evening of Saturday, July 15. The seasoned racers will face 34 miles of twists and turns.

The bicycle race is a change of pace for Watkins Glen, a host to major NASCAR and SCCA events. According to wine festival director Wendy Brubaker, the partnership is a great way for Watkins Glen International to expand on what it does for the community. The bike racing adds a new element to the mix, attracting a whole new group of tourists.

Finger Lakes wineries join forces What do you get when three passionate Finger Lakes winemakers collaborate? One unique dry Riesling wine, also known as Tierce. Peter Bell of Fox Run Vineyards, Johannes Reinhardt of Anthony Road Wine Company and David Whiting of Red Newt Wine Cellars each contributed to the wine, which is made from fruit grown on the slopes of Seneca Lake.

The Three Winemakers are from Left: Peter Scott Osborn, Fox Run’s owner, is excited about the collaboration because Bell - Fox Run, Johannes Reinhardt, - Anthony Road and Dave Whiting - Red Newt it’s a landmark for Finger Lakes winemaking. “In the past, wineries and winemakers have shared information, but this marks the first time three Finger Lakes wineries have worked together to produce and market a wine.”

The winemakers wanted to preserve their special blend, so they chose to seal the bottle with a screw cap. This type of closure works well for wines with delicate aromas like Riesling. Corks have a tendency to affect the wine’s aroma.

Tierce was released on May 5, kicking off the Riesling Month celebration.

Cornell lab studies personalities … of birds?

Avid bird watchers may think they know everything about their favorite bird: the color of its feathers, the noises it makes, the food it eats, where it lives.

But do they know the personality of the bird? Bird fans had a chance to discover “personality profiles” of birds by becoming members of The Birdhouse Network and participating in a project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

A patterned ribbon was attached to the nestbox so volunteers could observe the birds’ reactions

People of all ages and skill levels across North America took part in the experiment. Members of The Bird Network put nest boxes in their yards and observed activities of the birds such as nest-building and raising young. This spring, volunteers tacked harmless brightly colored or patterned objects to the nest boxes and watched how the birds reacted.

Whether the bird is curious or cautious about the object reveals a great deal. A bird’s shyness or boldness can help determine whether it will be able to survive in a world that is increasingly dominated by human development.

Every day we have to adjust our lives to the new and unexpected. Can birds do it too? It depends on their “personality.”

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N E W S B I T S Good days spent fishing

Chamber music and chicken

Every kid and adult at Camp Good Days and Special Times in Branchport will be able to fish to their heart’s content thanks to Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center in Auburn, which recently donated $3,000 worth of fishing

To experience chamber music in a traditional setting during August, the Canandaigua Lakes Chamber Music Festival has a talented roster of musicians and ensembles lined up for this summer at various venues in Canandaigua. However, if you’re looking for something more casual and relaxed, the Classical Blue Jeans event at the South Bristol Cultural Center may be just right.

According to Rhonda Jones, executive director, this event proves that “chamber music isn’t just for chamber music Elisa Barston of Seattle, Washington, will be lovers.” People can dress casual- one of the performers at the Classical Blue ly, and the atmosphere is fun and lively.

Jeans event The artists wear jeans and talk to the audience between pieces. There is even an interactive portion of the evening where audience members get a chance to help shape the music that the performers are playing. To top it off, there’s a chicken barbeque for everyone to enjoy.

Besides being a fun event for community members, Classical Blue Jeans benefits others. A collection of blue jeans is taken up, and the pants are donated to charity.

Last year, the jeans were sent to victims of the hurricane.

Jones feels that this event is perfect for people who aren’t familiar with chamber music or think it’s boring. They get a taste of the music in an informal and fun setting. Each year it becomes more popular. “It’s become a signature event for us,” Jones said. Visit www.lakechambermusic.org for more information.

Left to right: Greg Bulkley, General Manager Bass Pro Shops; Wendy Mervis, Executive Director of Camp Good Days; Dorothy Giordano, Resident Fly Fishing, Camp Good Days; Captain Don Swain, NYS Police Captain and Canadaigua Kiwanis; George Fiorille, Promotions Manager Bass Pro Shops; Doug Stone, President of Canandaigua Kiwanis

tackle to the camp.

“Fishing is probably the busiest activity at camp from morning to evening, and now we are able to have more campers fish at one time with the new equipment,” said Wendy Mervis, executive director of the camp.

Customers donated reels to Bass Pro Shops during the Spring Classic Reel Trade-In promotion. The reels were stripped of old line, lubricated and filled with fresh, new line for the campers.

The store plans to give more than just equipment. They will be providing professional anglers to offer expertise and teach children how to fish.

Greg Bulkley, the general manager of Bass Pro Shops, said, “We are excited to be able to help the camp achieve its goals of giving these kids the opportunity to go to camp, enjoy the great sport of fishing and hopefully take its minds off the tremendous struggle that they face every day.”

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Corning museum features work of Ansel Adams Ansel Adams is a photographer who is known around the world for his stunning landscapes and intimate still lifes of nature. This summer, people will only have to go as far as Corning to see his work.

From June 8 through September 4, The Rockwell Museum of Western Art will be featuring “Ansel Adams: Celebration of Genius.” The exhibit will contain work from the 1920s through the 1960s, including many of Adams’s most famous images of the American West.

The museum is excited to present this exhibit because although many people know of Adams’s work through books, posters and postcards, few have seen the original images. Viewers will have the chance to observe the wide range of subjects Adams covered in his work, from a humble fence post to enormous mountain ranges.

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In the fall, a water control structure was installed so that the water level could be managed.

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N E W S B I T S New York Wine & Culinary Center Opens in June

The newest jewel of the Finger Lakes is set to open to the community on June 17, 2006. The estimated $7.1 million New York Wine & Culinary Center, located at 800 South Main Street on Canandaigua Lake, will serve as a gateway to the agriculture, food and wine riches of New York State.

Offering culinary classes, wine tastings, educational tours and more, the facility will feature: • a concierge desk where visitors can obtain information and directions to New York’s many resources • a tasting room featuring a selection of New York wines, which will change regularly to ensure representation from wineries and vineyards from throughout the state

• a wine & food bar, for light meals and wine-and-food pairings • a theater-style demonstration kitchen, where guest chefs will prepare culinary masterpieces before live audiences • a hands-on training kitchen, where visitors can participate in cooking classes • an exhibit hall showcasing New York agriculture and its importance to the state • an outdoor garden, complete with grape vines and other indigenous agricultural products.

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Fourteen museums and historical sites have joined together to create a multisite exhibit along Routes 5 & 20, from May to late October. There will be special displays at each site telling how the road between Skaneateles and Batavia went from a Native American trail to a modern highway.

The unique project was coordinated by a group of tourism agencies representing Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca and Cayuga counties and Skaneateles. Using the slogan “135 Miles of History: Drive It This Summer,” the group prepared a combination brochure and passport for visitors. Those with passports stamped at seven or more of the historic sites will be eligible to win a prize package with a two-day stay for four at Six Flags/Darien Lake.

Check out www.routes5and20.com for the complete list of museums and historical sites participating and to learn how to get your passport.

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in Wayne County June 9 & 10, 2006 Newarkfest Community celebration. Arts, crafts, food, entertainment.

June 10 & 11, 2006 Animal Fair at Alasa Farms Children’s projects, vendors, craftsmen, hayrides, farm tours, fossil walks, games, food and fun! www.crackerboxpalace.org

June 24 & 25, 2006 Finger Lakes Live Steamers Open House See and ride large scale model trains. Free admission. Food and souvenirs available. www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org

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Wayne County 5GrandSlam and Merchants Challenge Youth Derby Derby runs from May through august 20th.

Awards ceremony will be on Saturday, August 26th at Sodus Point Fire Hall.

Civil War Weekend at Heritage Square Museum Encampment weekend includes demonstration of camp life, military maneuvers, battle scenarios, period costumes and vendors.

For a registration packet call 800-527-6510

Summer Concerts on a Great Lake!

July 13 - 16, 2006

Sodus Point Lighthouse Summer Concert Series 2006

Lyons Peppermint Days

Free Concerts. Bring lawn chairs or blankets.

Food vendors, entertainment, farmers’ market, arts & crafts, car show, tractor show, kiddie parade, Grand Parade, fireworks.

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July 15 & 16, 2006 Pultneyville Homecoming Arts, antiques and collectibles on sale throughout the Hamlet.

July 4 2-4pm Gap Mangione

Walworth Festival in the Park Carnival rides, Concert, Parade, Fireworks, Bingo. Location: Ginegaw Park, Walworth

6 2-4pm Tim Allan Banjo And Guitar

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Not just another lawn ornament If you’re looking for something to make your yard stand out from all the others, you may want to check out the sculptures by Michael McElwee of Keuka Valley Landscape Design. They’re truly one-of-a-kind.

When Michael first started creating them about four years ago, he predominately used aluminum to make what he describes as “whimsical, fun pieces.”

Recently he has been experimenting more with bronze to create his “Sacred Stones” collection.

Michael personally collects all the stone for his sculptures from the creeks and gorges in the Finger Lakes region.

The outdoors has always been a passion of Michael’s. He began landscaping on his own as a teen before starting his own business.

Back in a “Flash” The Roaring 20s is the theme for the Wine Country Classic Boat Show this year, so it’s only natural that the feature boat be straight from that era. Flash was built in 1926 and became famous as a speedboat ride at Roseland Park. Now, she lives on Canandaigua Lake with Janet and Bob Korts.

The Korts first met Flash when the boat was owned by a friend of theirs. When Bob heard that his friend was planning on sending the boat down to Florida, he was alarmed.

“I talked it over with my wife, and we didn’t think that was right,” Bob said. The Korts agreed that Flash should remain in New York

where she had spent her life.

The Korts know that they have a treasure, but they don’t believe in letting her just sit around.

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“No, he built this for himself. He didn’t have anything like this when he was a kid!”

Vitiv, Inc. You may have heard about the importance of the essential fatty acids, Omega 3, 6 & 9. Food is not

the only place you can find these. VITIV manufactures a cosmetics line using the Omegas and grape seed oil. Their products include lip balms, massage oils, salve and body bars.

Kim DeVivi, CEO of VITIV, has been promoting the use of essential fatty acids since the mid-80s when people thought that all fats were bad.

The essential fatty acids bring nutrients into the cells while carrying out bad fats and toxins.

VITIV is located in the Finger Lakes National Forest. The products are sold throughout the region at wineries, day spas, health clinics and specialty gift stores. Visit www.vitivinc.com for more information.

Jazzin’ things up Last summer, 1,500 people gathered at Taughannock State Park to hear Johnny Russo and the East Hill Classic Jazz Band.

Some had been fans of Johnny’s since he released Only Just a Dream 21 years before. Others were just being introduced to the jazz/pop mix of the newly released Bluebird From the Sky. A graduate of the Eastman School Listen to a sample of Johnny’s music at of Music, Johnny has been a full time www.lifeinthefingerlakes.com musician and composer based out of Ithaca since the early 80s. He is featured as a trumpeter, trombonist and vocalist on Bluebird, which includes seven original tunes and six covers.

If you missed the last concert, don’t worry. Johnny and the band will once again be performing at Taughannock State Park on July 22.

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Into the Spotlight

Women often get so caught up in their busy lives that they forget to take some time just for themselves. This is the reason that Suzanne Wright opened Simply Just For the Girls in Canandaigua.

Suzanne, your “fun coordinator,” will suggest or plan events for an afternoon, day, evening or weekend outing. Grab 2 friends or 22 friends and bring them along.

The possibilities are endless, according to Suzanne, and there are activities to fit every taste. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon hiking, doing yoga and making pottery, or be daring and try skydiving, indoor rock climbing or a hot air balloon ride.

Suzanne says the service is perfect for men who want to give something to that special woman in their lives.

Check out www.simplyjustforthegirls.com to see all the activities available.

Music has always been a part of Lauren Faggiano’s life.

She began by studying viola and participating in the school chorus, then went on to earn a degree in music therapy at SUNY Fredonia. She also plays guitar and piano.

Hearing this, you may assume that Lauren has taken tons of music lessons over the years. Not so. Lauren picked up the instruments on her own and says that she’s self-taught.

“I’m pretty bad at reading music, so I usually improvise or play by ear,” she said.

Lauren performs solo and with her band, Lauren Faggiano and the Deep Blue Dream. Last summer, she released her CD “Into the Blue,” which she describes as a

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Simply relaxing

mix of folk, rock and blues.

Now she’s busy promoting her CD and giving live performances Listen to a sample of Lauren’s music at around the area. www.lifeinthefingerlakes.com

Farm Trivia 1. One round hay bale equals about how many small square bales?

2. Should corn grow to “knee high by the 4th of July?”

3. How many tons of hay can be produced on one acre?

4. How many kinds of soil are in the Finger Lakes?

5. How many farms in the region are really family farms?

6. How many corn plants are in an acre?

7. Why is Lakeview Organic Grain so well known in the organic farming community?

Rose Rustlers On a particularly nice day in June, you might find Lee Ginenthal scouring a cemetery, abandoned farm or old homestead. He is rose rustling, searching for samples of heirloom roses. When the samples have grown into a bush, he will share them with the owners of other rose nurseries like his own, Der Rosenmeister.

Some of the roses date back to the 1800s. Even older varieties were brought over with the settlers from Europe.

According to Ginenthal, there are very few rose rustlers in the Northeast, although interest is growing. But if you’re in it for the money, you’re in the wrong business.

“You’re not going to become rich doing this, so you have to be passionate about it,” Ginenthal said.

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The Rural Pond

By Ronda Roaring

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nd they whirl and they twirl and they tangle” goes the refrain from “Muskrat Love,” a popular 1970s song by the Captain and Tenille about the lovemaking of muskrat Susie and muskrat Sam. As fate would have it, I found out one day while “Muskrat Love” was high on the charts that that really is what muskrats do when they make love.

The setting could not have been more romantic: a warm, sunny, early spring day at a six-acre pond in Wayne County. Over the years, I spent hundreds of hours at that pond watching the muskrats do their thing, the coots, grebes, and great blue herons feeding in the pond’s shallow water, turtles sunning on a small island, a woodcock sitting motionless on her nest under a bush near the pond’s edge.

I wonder now if that pond is still there or if it has been turned into a shopping center as planned. If it’s been turned into a shopping center, I don’t think I want to know. I want to go on believing that the pond is still there and that muskrat Susie and muskrat Sam are still whirling and twirling.

As more and more people move into rural areas, the number of ponds increases, partly because a pond serves as a reservoir that can be used in case of fire and partly because it can be used for recreation and attracting wildlife.

Before You Dig In If you’re thinking of creating a pond, there are many things you need to consider before you start digging. The

2. Pond construction is underway

3. Straw is spread on the pond dyke to prevent erosion

4. The finished fish culture pond at Muller Field Station is located near the south end of Honeoye Lake

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1. A test hole must first be dug to evaluate if the site is suitable for a pond

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most important consideration is the site. Most ponds have at least 6 feet of water at their deepest point. Therefore, you must be able to dig down at least that deep and still have a base that will retain water. It makes sense to have soil cores drilled and analyzed before starting a large digging operation. When I tried to dig a decorative pond in the backyard of my home in Tompkins County, I hit shale at 18 inches. The shale allowed the water to leak out through its thin layers while leaking in small, dark blobs of oil that floated on the water’s surface. So much for that idea.

Besides being fairly deep, the site needs to be fairly flat. Building a pond on a hillside, though not impossible, is rather difficult and limiting.

It can also require more dam construction, which will increase its cost.

When locating your pond, remember too that a pond should never be placed where it will come in contact with run-off of chemicals like pesticides or road salt, near septic leach lines, or near grazing animals.

If the pond is fed by a creek or stream, make sure upstream water is pollution free.

Once you’ve chosen the site, you must consider the size. The size will determine the uses of the pond. As you can imagine, the larger the pond, the greater the number of uses. Here, you need to be realistic. If you’ve always dreamed of having a pond on which you could practice your rowing techniques, but your site only allows for a half-acre pond, then boating is probably not going to be an option. At that point you have to decide if you want to go ahead with the pond anyway or abandon the project. Keep in mind that if you want to attract wildlife, the most productive wildlife ponds are several acres or more in size, but ponds as small as half-an-acre will attract

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wildlife on a limited basis. Anything smaller than half-an-acre is really only decorative.

Finally, when planning the site and total area needed for the pond, remember that constructed ponds usually have a dirt bank called a dam on at least one side. The total width of the dam can be 10 feet or more depending on how much dirt is removed to construct the pond. By adding the dam to the water surface area, plus such amenities as a boat launch, pier/dock, picnic area, etc., you’ll see the total land required for the pond can be considerable.

Ponds for Wildlife We are used to drinking and bathing in water that is clear. It isn’t necessarily clean, but it is usually clear.

Healthy pond water is, on the other hand, cloudy or “dirty” due to the activity of aquatic plants and animals living in the water. If you have your heart set on swimming in water that is clear enough for you to see your toes, you will need to apply chemicals to the water to kill all the life in the pond. A “dead” pond is, for the most part, not attractive to wildlife except as drinking water.

“Dead” ponds can also occur when the pH of the water becomes too acidic to support life. Slightly alkaline ponds contain the greatest amount of minerals and support the most life.

The more acidic a pond becomes, the less life it supports. That is why acid rain has had such a devastating effect on Adirondack lakes.

I like seeing trees around ponds. I guess that’s because the Wayne County pond had lots of trees, including a woods on one side. But trees can cause a lot of problems for a pond and its owner since leaves that fall into the pond not only discolor the water as they decay, but promote algal growth that uses up oxygen in the water—an essential element for pond-dwelling creatures.

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Trees should never be grown on the pond’s dam and, in theory, should not be allowed to grow within 20 or 30 feet of the pond’s edge. However, if the pond will be used to attract wildlife, pondside trees are important because they shade and cool the water and provide perches and shelter for birds and other animals. In fact, certain birds like kingfishers and green herons require overhanging branches from which to watch their prey. Herons, who grab at their prey, prefer something low—within a foot or so of the water—while kingfishers, who are divers, prefer something rather high up. You may also wish to have trees next to your pond to shade a picnic area or pondside cabin. Whatever your reason for having trees, just remember that their leaves will dirty the water, contribute to the amount of sediment on the bottom of the pond (which some wildlife actually need), and, over time, might cause you to have to drain the pond to remove excess sediment.

If clear water is your goal, your pond should be constructed with steep sides, which will discourage shoreline vegetation and the ecosystem built around this plant community. Long, shallow edges, on the other hand, encourage vegetation, providing breeding areas for many amphibians and some birds and living quarters for insects and small fish—food for many forms of wildlife.

Small islands, particularly those with bushes and ground cover, will attract birds and, if the ground is soft enough, nesting turtles. These island refuges should have sloping, rather than steep, shores and should be placed where the water is 3 feet deep or more to discourage predators.

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pond owners and ask them if they were satisfied with their contractor and if they have had any problems with the pond since it was built. When considering a particular contractor, look at at least three ponds built by that person and make sure all pond owners were satisfied customers. The fact that someone knows how to operate a bulldozer or backhoe doesn’t mean that they know how to construct a pond.

Make sure the contractor is willing to work with you on a pond design suitable to your needs and desires. Then get everything, including a start-up and finishing date, in writing. Never work with anyone who won’t sign a contract.

It’s normal for contractors to request partial payment when starting a project, but always make sure that the final payment isn’t due until you’re completely satisfied with the job. A pond of decent size will cost thousands of dollars to construct. Make sure you get your money’s worth.

After Your Pond Is In Once the pond is constructed, the soil will need time to settle. It may take as long as a year for the pond to fill up, so be patient. As the pond begins to accumulate water, watch for leaks. The level of the water should go down only slightly due to evaporation during dry periods. Any significant decrease in water level could mean a leak. Contact your contractor if this should occur.

When the water level is stable, you can start establishing the small aquatic creatures that will reside in your pond. One of the quickest ways to do this is to take a couple of gallons of water from a “dirty” pond and dump it into yours. The “dirty” water contains millions of microscopic organisms that are the basis of pond life.

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At this time, you can also add plants. I recommend that you plant only native vegetation. Avoid non-natives like purple loosestrife and certain water lilies, which are aggressive and can take over a pond. You probably will be able to acquire many pond plants by asking people with ponds for transplants. Some plants, like cattails, grow readily from seed separated from the brown seed heads in late summer or early spring and sprinkled along the shore in the area you want them to grow. Step on the seeds to press them into the soil a bit, otherwise they will float on the water and travel to other parts of the pond.

For more information on rural ponds, check out the following websites. www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dcs/streamprotection/ pondBrochure.html www.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/fish/Pond/farmpond/index.htm www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/fisheries/420-011/420-011.html

Once the small aquatic creatures and plants are established, reptiles, amphibians and birds will begin to frequent the pond. This is a good indication that the pond is starting to produce its own food, and you could probably introduce a few fish at this time, if the pond is large enough to support them.

Once the pond is self-productive, you could also put a wood duck box with a cone-shaped raccoon guard just a little ways out into the water from the shore. Baby ducklings will jump out of the box and land safely in the water. Put bluebird boxes around the perimeter of the pond or on adjacent land. These boxes should be installed at a ratio of no more than 10 boxes for each 49 acres of open, uncultivated land and 1 acre of pond. The reason for this is that the area must be able to support all breeding birds and their nestlings (maximum population) when food is at its lowest—during long, cold or rainy periods. Bluebird boxes are attractive primarily to bluebirds and tree swallows. The latter will do a good job of helping control mosquitoes and other winged insects that breed in your pond, whereas bluebirds feed on insects in grassy and treed areas around the pond.

Ronda Roaring has been writing from her home in Tompkins County for more than 25 years. Her work has appeared in numerous national magazines and newspapers. She is the publisher of www.IlovetheFingerLakes.com.

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The “INNside” Scoop on Finger Lakes Bed and Breakfasts

By Judith Austic, President of Finger Lakes Bed and Breakfast Association

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the innkeeper if you have food oday’s travelers are looking allergies or dietary restrictions; for an antidote to the they’re happy to adjust recipes for sameness of chain hotels vegans, vegetarians, or allergies like and hunger for a taste of the lactose or gluten intolerance. unique flavor of the areas they At Copper Beacons Bed and visit. That hunger is being fed, litBreakfast in Trumansburg, Ilene erally and figuratively, by the growCollins likes to garnish an entrée ing number of independently with fresh organic edible flowers owned and operated bed and and herbs she grows in her own breakfasts that have sprung up gardens. “It’s an opportunity to since the 1970s. Here in the Finger educate interested guests about the Lakes, a bed and breakfast can be uses and properties of lesser-known urban or rural, cottage, cabin, herbs,” she said. Ilene serves high farmhouse, mansion or a simple tea to her guests every Friday afterfamily home. It’s the blend of style, noon and incorporates sweeter location and genuine hospitality herbs and fruit in her tea samthat sets it apart and offers the plings. She and husband Gerry guest a rich and varied experience. plan to open an Herb Shoppe on The term “bed and breakfast” site to sell organic estate-grown or “B&B” originated in Britain and herbs, dried flowers and local arts remains a popular choice of lodgand crafts. ing for European travelers. Empire Reunion House is a 6,000State Bed & Breakfast Association square-foot Asian contemporary(ESBBA) defines a bed and breakstyle bed and breakfast at the edge fast as a private home accommoof a national land trust and dating up to 10 people with breakPhoto courtesy Finger Lakes Bed and Breakfast Association Taughannock State Park, near fast served to guests only, with the owner living on or adjacent to the premises. The terms ‘inn’ Trumansburg. With over 14 years experience teaching and ‘bed and breakfast’ are used interchangeably, but a true Chinese cooking, owner Shirley Wang promises to “nourish inn has more than five guest rooms and may have a public your mind” with her East-meets-West breakfast. “A typical restaurant.

Chinese breakfast would probably include dumplings,” she Breakfast at a B&B is an opportunity to meet and consaid. So, along with traditional American breakfast fare, she verse with other guests, made all the more pleasant by the serves vegetable-filled dumplings and Chinese-style pastries. atmosphere and excellent menu. In keeping with the style of “I was a runner and hiker, so I like to serve a healthy breakan inn, you may enjoy breakfast on an open country porch fast that’s lower in fat and sugar,” she explained. or in a candlelit formal dining room set with Grandmother’s Urban B&Bs like Rochester’s Edward Harris House silver. Some inns serve breakfast at an agreed-upon time; are attracting more and more business travelers. “Especially others serve any time within certain hours. Often coffee and after 9/11,” said owner Susan Alvarez, “women traveling other beverages are set out for the early-to-rise. Check with alone appreciate the security of the inn and surrounding

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neighborhoods.” Susan caters to business clientele by offering a complimentary newspaper, a liberal cancellation policy, flexible check-in and breakfast times, as well as the chance to have small business meetings on the premises. Data ports, fax machines and color copying are business necessities that are provided in-house. Add the fact that it’s centrally located and just minutes from the airport and you have complete convenience.

Rural life in the Finger Lakes means agriculture and family farms remain a vital part of the landscape.

Visit these websites to learn more about the Bed and Breakfasts in this article, and others in the Finger Lakes region.

• www.flbba.org • www.gentlegiants.pair.com • www.eastlakebb.com • www.maxwellcreekinn-bnb.com • www.reunion-house.com • http://members.aol.com/ hubbellhse/index.html • www.edwardharrishouse.com • www.copperbeacons.com

At Gentle Giants Bed and Breakfast in Stanley, Glenda Nash’s country breakfasts feature eggs from her own chickens and fresh organic produce from her son’s adjacent vegetable farm.

During the growing season, husband Bill sometimes takes interested guests on a tour of the fields. Their five Belgian horses, “Mr. Boston and his ladies” are so popular Bill has even had guests volunteer to do the chores!

Romance and history are compellingly combined at the Hubbell House on Van Cleef Lake Bed and Breakfast in Seneca Falls. By their own admission, longtime Victoriana collectors Joanne and Karl Elliott are

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“purists” and research every detail to make the home period correct. These innkeepers even moved the kitchen back to its original location in the lower level, which opens on to Van Cleef Lake. The house is thought to have been on the Underground Railroad, and visitors come to town to tour the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the Women’s Rights National Historic Park.

Prime private shoreline fishing brings fishermen to Maxwell Creek Inn Bed and Breakfast in Sodus. In the fall they can catch salmon and lake trout along Maxwell Creek, Maxwell Bay and the shore of Lake Ontario. “Gentlemen fishermen” don’t mind leaving their gear outside in exchange for the pampering that innkeeper Belinda McElroy shows them at her comfortably elegant 1846 cobblestone home. Outdoor grills near the original cobblestone carriage house even allow the anglers to prepare the catch of the day on the premises.

Charlotte and Dennis Witte own Eastlake Bed and Breakfast on Conesus Lake. “We traveled and stayed at bed and breakfasts here and in Europe for about 15 years and built this house specifically as a B&B,” Charlotte explained. They included up-to-the-minute amenities like data ports in each guest room of their expansive lakefront home.

Years of travel helped them understand that vacations don’t always go as planned. Charlotte recalls a family visiting during parents’ weekend at SUNY Geneseo. The guest’s car was damaged when it hit a deer, and after the father drove the car home to be repaired, Charlotte and Dennis made sure the family got to the weekend’s events on schedule. Sometimes guests are researching family genealogy and find the Witte’s intimate knowledge of the area very helpful. “We know the local elders and historians who can

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Overlooking nearby Skaneateles village and lake.

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help them fill in their family tree,” noted Charlotte.

At a bed and breakfast, the abundance of amenities and innkeeper’s attention to quality and detail add value to the package. You may find a guest refrigerator stocked with drinks, and afternoon tea or refreshments may be served. You’ll find high quality soaps and shampoo, hair dryers and sundries you may have forgotten. Television, movies, books and other reading materials invite you to sit a spell. Whirlpool baths and in-room fireplaces are the most popular amenities guests look for. Today more inns are being outfitted with data ports or other computer access.

With so many kinds of bed and breakfasts to choose from, the Internet is one of the best places to begin your search. Finger Lakes Bed & Breakfast Association’s website, FLBBA.com, lists over 50 member bed and breakfasts by name, city or area and includes a link to each member’s website. You can also check other local B&B associations, ESBBA, Finger Lakes Association, winery associations, local chambers of commerce and county tourism offices, as well as tourism publications like AAA. ESBBA and other associations require members to sign a Commitment to Standards. Members of AAA are inspected each year.

Check-in and check-out times, reservation and cancellation policy, children, pets and other operating procedures can vary, so read each carefully.

Look for photos and the inn’s special recipes, too.

No matter what the occasion, one visit and you’ll be hooked on the combination of unique individuality, genuine hospitality and personal style that makes staying at a bed and breakfast such a memorable experience.

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A Trail of Talent The Finger Lakes Arts Trail helps put artists on the map and allows visitors to explore the endless creativity the region has to offer.

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and even locals don’t know how or where to find these arts venues. And there are plenty more artists who haven’t even gotten their names out there because they just don’t know how.

For these reasons, the Finger Lakes Arts Grants and Services (FLAGS) has created the Finger Lakes Arts Trail.

For the Artists The arts trail is a new program that will allow art creators, producers and sellers to promote themselves and their work with the help of several tools.

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A brochure trail map will include the name, address, phone number, website and e-mail address of each artist or organization. It will be available at many locations, including hotels, restaurants, bed and breakfasts and wineries.

The website, www.fingerlakesart trail.org, has detailed descriptions of the services for artists, as well as a listing of the individual artists, which includes all of their contact information. The artists can add images and links to their own personal webpages.

Mary Beth Springmeier, executive director of FLAGS, said that there are plans to add other elements to the website, such as an artist’s forum where people can discuss their interests and ask questions.

The arts trail logo is another useful tool for tying all the regional artists together. To find the perfect logo, FLAGS held a contest. Over 20 artists submitted their designs, and the public voted. The winner was Steve Chervenak. His design will be translated onto banners and decals that trail participants can hang or display in their windows.

Artists will have the opportunity to participate as vendors at the Windmill, a farm and craft market midway

What Is FLAGS? Helping artists promote themselves is not only the goal of the arts trail, but also the overall goal of FLAGS. Established in 1995, FLAGS has provided almost $700,000 in grants to cultural arts programs in the region.

FLAGS is an arts service organization as opposed to an arts counsel. Arts counsels work on teaching people the techniques of a particular art form, while a service organization offers ways to improve and develop the talents that are already there. FLAGS

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Visit Beautiful Belhurst between Penn Yan and Dundee. The market has four buildings, streets of shops and a produce shed. Shoppers can find books, furniture, fudge, quilts, vintage jewelry, pottery, candles, lawn decorations, wood carvings and just about anything else they are looking for. The Windmill has regular vendors who are there every Saturday during the season, but it is going to dedicate space especially for the artists promoting their work on the arts trail. The Windmill receives 8,000 to 10,000 visitors each Saturday, so it’s a good opportunity for artists to show off their work.

For the Visitors The arts trail is a great resource for visitors to the area. Before there ever was such a thing, people had to pick up several tourist guides, sift through all the information and try to determine what was going on where and when. Sound confusing? The brochure organizes all of the information into categories: artists/studios, museums/galleries, theatres (including opera houses and drive-in movies), performing arts, festivals, arts business, arts organizations, culinary arts, and hospitality. If people are headed in a certain direction, they can pick up the brochure or go to the offers workshops on pertinent topics such as public relations, grant writing, legal issues and technological issues. They pair experienced artists and professionals with emerging artists, so that they can discuss promotion, marketing strategies and networking. Teaching newer artists the ins and outs of the business helps them further their careers. FLAGS also has an arts resource center with computer work stations, books, journals and other reference materials; a calendar where artists can find out where events are happening or promote their own; and a quarterly enewspaper where artists can submit articles and photos.

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Many arts trails have open house weekends where people can go to different sites on specific days. This trail is designed differently. It’s open year round and the information is available at any time so people can go from place to place at their own leisure.

For the Region Artists and visitors aren’t the only ones who will benefit from the arts trail. It will enhance the Finger Lakes region as a whole, according to Springmeier. Having such a wide range of talented artists adds significantly to the quality of life in the region. The arts are one of the reasons that people move to the area and stay here. “They are a source of community pride and spirit,� Springmeier said.

In addition, the cultural arts are the backbone of the Finger Lakes tourism industry. Thanks to the arts trail, when tourists come, they will be able to quickly and easily access all the information they need. Upon seeing how much there is to explore, they may choose to stay even longer. Each extra day they stay translates into money that can be used for the growth and development of the area.

And for the Future Springmeier said there are plans to expand the trail. There were 200 spaces to fill this year but there will be room for even more artists in the years ahead.

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s a professional photographer, I spend most days chasing the light. From dawn’s early rays to the last glorious fade of sunset, the beauty of the Finger Lakes region is truly inspiring. For most of us, a roadside scenic overlook or winery deck is the vantage point of choice. But there is another world out there. It’s the fluid world of water, of buoyancy, of being on and in this crystal clear, blue treasure.

Sailors remark that each time their main sail fills, it pulls them along into a different world. For a short time, cell phones and pagers go unanswered.

Water skiers and wake boarders thrill to the speed and challenge of skimming along atop (and above) the water. The lessons of speed, balance and strength inspire confidence. The slow, steady pace of propelling a canoe, kayak, rowboat or skull is both relaxing and exhilarating. It’s the perfect antidote to the stress of our workday worlds.

This summer, my wish is for you to splash into that different world.

Whether it’s on that 65-foot yacht or that $1.99 blow-up float, I’m sure that you will come to see the Finger Lakes in a whole new light.

Kristian S. Reynolds’ two coffee-table books, Finger Lakes Panoramas and Wine Tour of the Finger Lakes (written

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Champion wakeboarder, Robert Marchenese, takes to the air on Keuka Lake near Penn Yan

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Great fishing and great scenery on Cayuga Lake near Aurora

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oes anyone actually enjoy doing laundry? Lugging heavy baskets of clothing, hanging, folding, waiting, waiting, waiting. It’s a real pain doing laundry in the 21st century, so just imagine the process involved in the 19th century when there were no such things as washing machines or dryers. At the Genesee Country Village & Museum, you don’t have to just imagine. Anne Rodgers is the lead interpreter of social and domestic life at the museum. Join her in the kitchen of George Eastman’s boyhood home, and she’ll tell you all about the standards of hygiene, laundering, chamber pots, and the problems involved in keeping oneself clean in the 1800s.

Hosmer’s Inn “I love to talk to children about taking baths once a week, about being the third or fourth one into the bath water, about how everyone smelled the same by Friday because bath day was usually on Saturday night,” Rodgers said.

Rebuilding the past Take a stroll through the historic village and you will be transported back in time. The main square has an insurance office, physician’s office, lawyer’s office, general store, eightroom inn, town hall, girls’ seminary and several homes. You’ll be able to

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see, smell, touch and hear 19th century life as villagers call to one another, bread bakes in brick ovens and the sound of the blacksmith’s hammer rings out into the air.

The idea for the village was conceived by John L. Wehle, the chairman of the Genesee Brewing Company of Rochester at the time and a lifetime collector of art. He realized that as the work of local carpenters and builders disappeared from the landscape, so did a part of the Genesee Valley heritage.

For 10 years, museum director and art historian Stuart Bolger worked with carpenters and masons to create a village on the land above Oatka Creek in Mumford.

The 69 historic buildings have been moved from their original locations around western New York to the site of the village. The buildings were acquired by the museum in various ways. The MacKay house and several pieces of John MacKay’s furniture were given to the museum by his descendants.

Kieffer’s place lay in the path of the Genesee Expressway (now Interstate 390) while it was being built, so the New York State Department of Transportation made it available to the museum. Some buildings were transported in pieces and then put back together. Others, like Hosmer’s Inn, traveled in one or two big pieces on a flatbed.

The buildings were restored and furnished with authentic furniture of the time. Careful attention was paid to all of the little details, even down to the color of the wallpaper. Sometimes all that had survived of the wallpaper was a scrap the size of your hand, so professionals labored to recreate the pattern.

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Events in 2006 June 3 & 4: Genesee Highland Gathering Celebrate the region’s Scottish heritage. Listen to bagpipe bands, watch an athletic competition, meet local Scot John MacKay and learn about the creation of tartans from the village spinner and weaver.

June 10: 19th Century Whirl Enjoy a gourmet picnic basket dinner, live and silent auctions, music, horse-drawn wagon rides and tours of some of the historic houses.

June 19: Opening Day at Silver Base Ball Park Celebrate the beginning of base ball season with games and tons of festivities.

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June 24 & 25: War of 1812 Grand Tactical Watch as over 400 participants reenact the battles at Black Rock and Conjocheta Creek.

You’ll have the opportunity to talk with soldiers about what was happening on the Niagara Frontier and in the Genesee Country during the War of 1812.

July 4: 4th of July Celebration Celebrate the nation’s birthday with parades, pageants, music and an immigration and naturalization ceremony.

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July 22: Breakfast with the Birds Enjoy a continental breakfast at the nature center before heading off on a guided hike. Hooded warblers, red-eyed vireos and peewees are just some of the birds that you will see and hear in the summer woods.

August 11-13: National Silver Ball Tournament Vintage base ball teams from around the country will be competing for the winner’s trophy.

Guaranteed to be a weekend full of action and excitement.

August 19 & 20: Old Time Fiddlers’ Fair Continuous music on four different stages that is sure to get your toes tapping and your hands clapping. Fiddlers of all ages and abilities are invited to participate.

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1. Old time base ball is alive and well at the Silver Base Ball Park 2. Livestock is plentiful at the village 3. The Town Hall is pictured center, and the Romulus Female Seminary is on the right 4. A salute to women’s rights 5. Bagpipers at the Genesee Highland Gathering 6. The tinsmith at work in his shop

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Each building has its own unique story to tell. After returning from the Civil War, Corporal Hyde and his wife, Julia, moved into an octagonal house in Friendship. The octagon house was made popular in 1848 by Orson Squire Fowler when he published A Home for All, or a New, Cheap, Convenient, and Superior Mode of Building. Hyde and his wife became spiritualists, and it’s rumored that Julia used to hold séances in the parlor of this oddly-shaped house. Julia and her husband died within two days of each other, and some people believe that their spirits still roam the house.

St. Feehan’s Church was built in 1854 by a group of Catholic families in Chili who didn’t want to have to travel several miles away in order to practice their religion. At the peak of the church they placed a small wooden cross, which remains there today. For those looking for a unique place to get married, the church is available for weddings from May to October.

The Flint Hill Pottery is a replica of the Morganville Pottery in Stafford Township, which was run by Fortunatus Gleason Jr. and his son, Charles. The Morganville Pottery was one of the few that was able to survive after many others had shut down because of the competition from larger stoneware factories. When the Morganville site was excavated in 1973, the building’s foundation, the floors of two kilns and many earthenware fragments were uncovered. The wares produced there now are very similar to those made by rural potters in the Genesee Country in the 1800s.

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fruits and vegetables in the meals prepared in the historic kitchens, as well as for dyeing fibers and making decorations and other crafts. In 2002, the Children’s Garden was added to the museum’s horticulture program. Small gardens such as this one were used to teach children of the 1800s about plants and their growth habits.

Children of today can participate in hands-on activities here.

Shake hands with the past History really does come alive in the village as authentically-dressed villagers go about their daily business.

Called interpreters, they will not step out of character, but they will answer all of your questions about the buildings, their previous owners and the roles of the people in a 19th-century village. They also demonstrate the crafts and tasks that people tended to

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“I love to bring the audience back to reality to see that the 19th century wasn’t ‘simpler and more relaxing,’” Rodgers said.

The interpreters get a weekly schedule of the characters they will be portraying. Gwen Donato is the lead interpreter for horticulture. She answers all the agricultural questions, as well as helps people who wish to set up their own historic gardens. She said that the interpreters could possibly be in a different building each day, so it’s important that they be flexible and well-versed in various areas. Becoming an expert on so many different subjects sounds tricky, but Donato said that the interpreters are trained by mentors.

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Take me back to the ball game

Wool is spun into thread for clothing

After you’re done wandering through the village…

The John L. Wehle Gallery of Wildlife & Sporting Art The gallery is home to an extraordinary collection of wildlife and sporting art from the 1600s to the 1900s. Wehle’s collection includes acrylic, oil and watercolor paintings, prints and bronze sculptures. Each dramatically depicts the different ways that humans have viewed and interacted with animals. Over the centuries, animals have been seen as prey, as servants and as companions, and the pieces portray these various perspectives exquisitely.

Wildlife Art Magazine praised the collection as “one of the finest in the world.”

Nature Center Explore western New York’s natural history on 175 acres of woodlands, wetlands, meadows and marshes. Depending on what time of the year you go, you can walk, hike, ski or snowshoe the five miles of clearly-marked trails.

There are five different trails, and each one has its own special features and unique things to see.

Discover 375-million-year-old fossils on the Geology Trail or take in the sweet scent of summer wildflowers on the Lower Meadow Trail. The center also includes indoor exhibits on local plants, animals and geology, as well as a viewing station where you can learn about and identify different kinds of birds.

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The Genesee Country Village & Museum wants to keep everything as real and authentic as possible, even when it comes to fun and games. The museum brings to life in a unique way that great American pastime: base ball (this is how it was spelled in the 1800s). In August 2001, the museum opened up the Silver Base Ball Park, the nation’s only replica of a 19th-century base ball park, complete with bleachers, an outfield fence with advertisements from the period, a manual scoreboard operated by a couple of boys on scaffolding, a press box, a tower for the announcer, and a refreshment tent that serves peanuts and birch beer. The six ladies’ and men’s teams don period-style uniforms, use period-appropriate equipment and play by the rules of 1866. Visitors get the chance to interact with the players, the umpires, the announcer and all the rest of the characters who work together to make you feel like you are at a real, 19th-century base ball game.

A reason to celebrate So it seems there’s always something exciting going on at the Genesee Country Village & Museum, especially this year. The museum is celebrating its 30th birthday, and it’s got some big plans in store. There will be special exhibits and lectures on the museum’s founding and development.

You can join the villagers as they celebrate the birthdays of prominent figures such as George Eastman and Dr. Frederick Backus. Interpreters will also be discussing how the birthdays of common people were celebrated in the 1800s. There’s an added bonus for people celebrating their 30th birthdays this year: anyone born in 1976 will get free admission to the museum.

And for everyone else, there will be plenty of entertainment, not to mention cake.

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“A celebration of Little Finger Lakes food, wine, music and the arts.”

• Outstanding music, fine art, great wine and food both to eat on site and to take home. Small scale food producers from the Little Finger Lakes will offer tastes of their high-quality, unique local products.

• Eagle Crest Vineyard, the second oldest winery in the Finger Lakes Region and Deer Run Winery of Conesus Lake will be sampling their wines.

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• Limited-seating dinner beginning at 6 p.m.

Executive Chef Mike Herzog will lead a team of local chefs in preparing a five-course fine-dining experience. Dinner tickets are sold in advance and will sell out quickly. The proceeds of the dinner will be donated to the Cornell Cooperative Extension 4H program.

THIS FESTIVAL IS DIFFERENT! • Only LOCAL music, arts, crafts, food and wine • Sample before you buy food and wines • Bring your acoustic instrument and jam with us!

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HEAR GREAT MUSIC! Celtic, old time fiddle & Bluegrass featuring Phil Banaszak (City Fiddle), The Dady Brothers, and Mary & Howie Lester with The Gamut.

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fter May comes summer, but these days I’m a little confused by that sequence. I have a new granddaughter – her name is Summer Mae. Even though she lives in the mountains of Colorado where summer comes late, right now, the sequence for me is Summer then Mae. Excuse my digression. In our neck of the woods, it is not an overstatement to say that people live for summer.

When it’s summer time in the Finger Lakes, the living is wonderful and easy.

Water has always attracted me like a magnet, and during the summer months, that same magnetism draws folks to the Finger Lakes for fun and relaxation.

My favorite water activity is fishing, and I enjoy sharing it with kids, friends, or just about anyone who is willing to listen to my fishing stories.

Fishing can be both relaxing and exciting, and is also considered a sport. By definition then, if it is a sport, it must follow that I am an athlete.

Both boys and men seem genetically programmed to brag about their fishing achievements. Fibbing is as much a part of fishing as politics.

Incidentally, all anglers and politicians are born honest – but they get over it.

And if you’re not lured in and hooked on fishing, not to worry. There are other ways to relax and have fun in the Finger Lakes.

Kayak on the more tranquil waters of Canadice or Hemlock Lakes. For the more adventuresome, windsurf or

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The boys fishing at Keuka Lake sail on the windier waters of Seneca or Cayuga Lakes.

Join friends for a ride on a pontoon boat on Keuka Lake, and wave at everybody in boats and along the shore. For some reason people always

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Take a dip, splash the kids, catch some rays, and read a book. At the end of the day, while sitting by the shore campfire, watch the moonrise over the hillside. In July and August,

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partake in the Ring of Fire celebrations as people along the shorelines ignite red flares and settle in to enjoy spectacular fireworks.

From sunrise to sunset and beyond, people will be saying, “It’s

summer time and there is no season like it here in the Finger Lakes,” but then comes fall.

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rive for 10 minutes in any direction in the Finger Lakes region and you will pass by at least one farm, and usually many more on the fertile ridges between the lakes. There are more than 7,600 farms in the Finger Lakes region – about 46 percent of the total land area. We

can easily recognize the lakeside vineyards, but just back from the lakes are hundreds of dairy, livestock, produce and crop farms and greenhouses that make up the backbone of the Finger Lakes economy.

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f you grew up in or near a city like I did, you might find field crop and dairy farms a little hard to figure out. Here are some insights about what goes on at field crop farms in the Finger Lakes, facts you can share with visitors and family members while enjoying a ride in the country.

The Corn Crop Farmers grow corn on about 300,000 acres in the Finger Lakes region. Very little of the corn you see in the fields is sweet corn for humans.

It is mostly a combination of grain corn, which may be used for an assortment of corn products, and silage corn, which is chopped up and stored in tall or bunker silos. Silage is fed to dairy cattle on many farms. It is a complete plant food, using the entire plant, not just the grain. About half the corn grown in our region is grain corn, the rest is silage, with small patches of sweet corn around.

Corn yields are often higher when farmers completely till the soil before planting. Tilling adds oxygen to the soil, improves soil drainage and texture, and disrupts the growth of weeds.

Fields with heavy clay soils are usually plowed in the fall and on dry winter days, so the ensuing freeze-thaw process breaks up the large clumps naturally. Sandy or gravelly soils are plowed in the spring, right before planting. Farmers will continue working a plowed field with additional implements to create a smooth seedbed for planting.

Corn seeds are planted at various times in the spring, depending partly on weather conditions and partly on the type of corn to be planted. Grain corn is usually planted in late April into mid-May because it needs a set number of days (70 to 120) to mature. All grain corn is usually planted by the end of May, but a cold wet spring could force a farmer to

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Corn-The planting season ranges from late April to early July.

The entire plant of silage corn is chopped in the field, stored in silos and used as feed.

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Most of the corn grown in the Finger Lakes is grain corn, used to make a variety of corn products, and silage corn. Photo by Dave Spier

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grow an alternate crop, like soybeans or sorghum, which have a shorter harvest period. Silage corn is planted as late as early July in upstate New York.

This corn is intended to have a high level of dry matter at harvest time (fiber and protein) and lots of nutrition for the animals that eat it.

After growing to maturity, grain corn is harvested for either high-moisture grain or dry grain. This will dictate whether the corn is harvested in early September or left standing into late autumn. Each day, farmers inspect the progress of the corn crop to decide if the time is right for harvesting.

Silage corn is not picked but chopped off just above the ground.

The entire plant is shredded into bitesized pieces and poured into a truck to be hauled to the farm. At the farm, the corn silage may be packed into a tall silo or into a low concrete bunker.

Corn silage will actually ferment a bit in the silo or bunker, creating an acidic condition with low oxygen to preserve the nutritional quality. It is important for oxygen to be minimized.

On bunker silos, used tires weigh down the massive rubber tarps to prevent lifting by the wind.

Recycling in Action After grains and grass are fed to dairy cattle, each cow unloads about 120 pounds of manure per day – a lot of thanks for the work that went into growing the feed! A lot of thanks for the work that went into growing the feed! Nonetheless, farmers can use manure to return nutrients to the soil.

The manure you see being spread on fields is a massive recycling effort on each dairy farm. If you have noticed a rather pungent manure odor in the last few years, it is probably because the farmer had to store a liquid form of manure, in compliance with environmental laws. This stored slurry is nutritious for crops, but anaerobic microbes

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Round hay bales are common, varying in size. Photo by Jennifer Geck

have imparted a more fetid bouquet to the manure. Someday soon, we expect this smell will be reduced with odorcontrol technology.

Hay Is for Feed Hayfields are common where corn is being temporarily rotated out of production or where heavy soils make tilling impractical. Hayfields dominate the farm scenery of the Finger Lakes, covering more than 350,000 acres. Hay is a combination of grasses (like timothy and orchardgrass) and legumes (like alfalfa and clover). It is meant as a feed for livestock, unlike straw, which is the dead stems of grain crops to be used for bedding. Hayfields stay in place for a number of years, occasionally requiring rejuvenation and overseeding.

The decision to harvest and bale hay can be tricky due to the inconsistent weather we experience in the Finger Lakes from year to year.

Typically, farmers will take the first cutting of hay early in its maturity to maximize the tastiness (as far as the livestock is concerned) and nutritional content. After hay is mown, it is usually raked and turned in long windrows to dry as quickly as possible. Then the hay is baled into square, round or wrapped bales. A hay bale acts as a container for all those stems, preserving the nutritional quality and making hay easier to handle and store.

Whether a farmer chooses to use square or round bales depends on the type of farm, their livestock-feeding equipment and their storage space.

The large, old, red, wooden barns we all recognize are meant to be filled with thousands of small hay bales in a dry and protected environment. Large wrapped bales can be left in the field, saving on storage space. Unwrapped bales may be covered with a tarp or stacked to maintain good quality. A good harvest of hay makes a big This hayfield has been cut and organized in windrows, ready to be baled. Photo by Dave Spier

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ut yourself back in time to the end of the Ice Age, 15,000 years ago. Gigantic Lake Iroquois, far greater than Lake Ontario, was created when the ice retreated. Its waters eventually drained into the Atlantic and left a magnificent swampland. Or a terrible swamp guide, as the builders of the Erie Canal saw it.”

Our living history guide adjusts her bonnet and smoothes her long cotton skirt, as our group of seven cyclists huddle around her on the bridge. We gaze over its side into the canal and village below and try to imagine the scene she paints for us. A wooden packet boat carrying visitors glides underneath. Two trusty mules provide the power by pulling on a taut rope. They walk the gravel towpath alongside the canal, the same stretch we cycled minutes ago.

“Think of the swamp as an enormous plugged-up Finger Lake with muck. It was in this mire that New York Governor Dewitt Clinton took his first shovelful of dirt on July 4,

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1817. Not at either end, but directly in the middle of the state.

That way, he’d have to finish the most monumental feat of mankind to date, the building of the Erie Canal. If he didn’t, this middle section would be useless. It all began right here.”

The Erie Canal Village in Rome, New York, is an outdoor living history museum. A 19th century settlement was

Left: David and Liz Bebe, Sims Store, Camillus Middle: Todd Gladfleter is cycling right alongside the barge canal.

You can watch boats along this entire stretch and be constantly entertained.

The boat pictured here is a rental – a wooden English canalboat reproduction that you can rent for days or go for a luncheon ride Right: Left to right – Beth Ellen Pennell, Elspeth Pennell, Bryce Gladfelter, Sierra Gladfelter, and Johnny Knabb enjoying a break at one of the many trailside parks along the way

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Canalway Trail developed to give visitors a sense of what it was like for a canal boatman to disembark and come into a village. My family of four and our friends from Michigan are cycling the entire length of the 350-mile Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor from Albany to Buffalo. We are four days into our adventure, over 125 miles and more than one-third completed, and this is the first time we can actually feel what it must have been like back in the heyday of the canal.

Today’s canal is a recreational Mecca. Boaters cruise the modern-day Barge Canal and the cyclists travel the Canalway Trail, with a thirst for adventure not much different than those who came before. Brimming with the exciting, real-life history that even children find captivating, the Canalway Trail is a perfect combination of fitness and fun, and a great destination for a long distance adventure.

A work in progress, the Canalway Trail is over 60 percent completed. Construction is happening continuously, and it has become one of the best places to long cycle in the nation. When there is no canal trail to follow, New York State Bike Routes 5 and 9 provide the alternate parTrail Information: allel routes to link the Canalway Trails Association trail corridors together. of New York These east-west running, 29 Elk Street Albany, NY 12207 quiet back roads see light 518-434-1583 use and the few motorists e-mail: canaltrail@ptny.org you’ll encounter respect cyclists’ space.

They can also put you in touch with the appropriate tourism/chamber We are toting a minof commerce in the counties you imum of equipment to are cycling through, who will be keep our loads light (to glad to help with your planning/ accommodations. insure more fun) and have made prior reservations at inns and B&Bs along the way. Our schedule of seven days to complete the entire route from Albany to Buffalo allows adequate time to visit at least one site or tour one attraction, like the Erie Canal Village, each day.

Out of the entire 380-mile trail, our favorite stretch is from the Erie Canal Village in Rome westward to Syracuse on what’s referred to as the Old Erie State Park. If you are looking for a nice weekend cycling adventure and you’re not into long distance, the 36-mile Old Erie Canal State Park is

Top: Teams row through the village of Fairport Middle: Sierra Gladfelter rides over to a mural on the side of a building for a closer look. These canal murals are depicting life from various scenes of canal history Bottom: Front to back – Bryce Gladfelter, Elspeth Pennell, Beth Ellen Pennel, Todd Gladfelter and Sierra Gladfelter peer over the edge of a lock to watch it fill with water while a boat waits inside. This is always an entertaining attraction on the bike ride

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ideal. This linear park incorporates an abandoned section of the 19th century Erie Canal. It possesses the magic to transport you back 100 years, for little has changed.

Massive cottonwoods drape their branches into the sluggish canal waters.

Brilliant green duckweed covers the water like a blanket. In other places soil has filled in the canal and transformed it into a purple forget-me-not meadow.

The canal trail is so quiet here that turtles can freely dig their shallow holes in the soil right along the trail. Some turtles are actually in the process as we cycle by, seemingly unconcerned with our spinning tires. Many eggs have already hatched, and we feel the rubbery, broken shells and wonder where the babies have crawled.

This section is what is known as the “Long Level,” because there was not a single obstacle for the early canal builders to build a lock over in more than 50 miles. There are three well-preserved aqueducts still carrying water to the summit of today’s Barge Canal.

They are so well preserved because the modern canal that was dug in the beginning of the 19th century took a completely different route than “Clinton’s Ditch,” thereby preserving the original canal’s history and charm.

Besides being a wellspring for nature study, there are dozens of historic sites and museums along the Canalway Trail to provide learning and fun. Plus, these places give us the opportunity to get out of the saddle and stretch our legs.

The next must-see attractions heading west across the Finger Lakes region are the Canastota Canal Museum in the little village of Canastota, with its fascinating collection of authentic Erie Canal memorabilia; and the Chittenango Landing Boat Museum in Chittenango, where the structural frame of an authentic Erie Canal packet boat rests entombed in the archaeological excavation of an original dry dock.

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Canalway Trail Once you reach Syracuse, the trail terminates. Here the canal was filled in, and auto roads have been built overtop.

The road route through the city can be cryptic and the traffic sometimes dangerous, so consider shuttling around. However, first check out the superior Erie Canal Museum downtown.

I’m sure you are thinking, “How can all of these museums (there are 20 in all) be that different and worthy of a visit?” (our kids’ argument at first). Each of the half dozen that we visit focus on a different aspect of canal life. The museum experiences combined, make our trip across the Erie Canal much richer.

The Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse is located in a landmark 1850s “weighlock” building, the only surviving canal boat weighing station in the world. The real jewel is the replica of a full-size packet boat that you can board for a realistic experience of canal life. The second floor houses absolutely gorgeous paintings by local artist Mark Topp, who created large canvases depicting life in downtown Syracuse and Clinton Square during the canal Here’s a new guidebook boom years. called Cycling the Erie Canal: You need A Guide to 400 Miles of to take a short Adventure and History Along the Erie Canalway Trail. walk down to Check out www.ptny.org that very spot with its surAlso, check out: rounding Cycling Along the Canals of New York, Louis Rossi, buildings of Vitesse Press, 802-229-4243 stunning architecture, and try to imagine the clutter of hundreds of boats, the pungent smell of mules, and the rowdy conversation of canal men. This was the “harbor” for the canal, at the halfway point and the intersection of the Oswego Canal heading north to Lake Ontario.

The canal men’s lives were completely consumed by this waterway, the life-blood of the state and fledging nation.

Why is the Erie Canal so important? When one thinks of major historical landmarks, battlefields, cathedrals and Mount Rushmore come to mind. Yet this humble waterway transformed the economic life of America. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Allegheny Mountains were the Western Frontier. The Northwest Territories (which would

Top: Bryce Gladfleter posed at the state park sign. This is perhaps the most authentic stretch and my favorite from the entire bike ride. Its surface is all gravel and it is the closest to feeling like what the real canal towpath must have felt/looked like Bottom: Bryce Gladfelter, Sierra Gladfelter and Elspeth Pennell pose for a picture by the sign to make a memory of their fun family time together

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Fingerlakes Mall later become Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan) were rich in timber, minerals, and farm products. However, transporting these valuable goods took weeks, as overland travelers had to maneuver along rutted turnpike roads that were either hard-baked by the sun or a muddy quagmire in winter.

Governor Clinton envisioned a canal from Buffalo on the eastern shore of Lake Erie to Albany on the upper Hudson River, a distance of almost 400 miles. In 1817, Clinton convinced the state legislature to authorize $7 million for construction of a canal 363 miles long, 40 feet wide, and four feet deep.

With the exception of a few places where black powder was used to blast through rock formations, all 363 miles were built by the muscle power of men and horses. It was the engineering marvel of the age.

In 1825, Governor Clinton officially opened the Erie Canal as he sailed the packet boat Seneca Chief along the canal from Buffalo to Albany. After traveling from the mouth of the Erie to New York City, he emptied two casks of water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean, celebrating the first connection of waters from east to west in the ceremonial “Marriage of the Waters.”

The canal spurred a great westward movement of American settlers to the Midwest, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians, and made New York City the preeminent commercial center of the United States. In less than a decade, the number of bushels of wheat transported down the canal from Buffalo increased from 3,640 to 500,000 bushels; four years later it reached one million.

Within 15 years of the canal’s opening, New York Harbor was the busiest port in America, moving tonnages greater than the ports of Boston, Baltimore and New Orleans combined.

Between 1835 and the turn of the century, this network of canals was enlarged twice to accommodate heavier

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Bicycling Adventure traffic. Between 1905 and 1918, the canals were enlarged again. Today, the waterway network is known as the New York State Canal System, and it is enjoying a rebirth as a recreational and historic resource.

“It’s finally starting to make sense,” my kids comment. As we partake in this slower, more suitable mode of travel and soak in all the learning, we are absorbing all that the Erie Canal was and still is. We are coming to understand the impact and importance of this remarkable canal, and it is turning into much more than a recreational bike ride. It is becoming an exercise in imagination.

Another shorter, but very pleasant bike ride is from Jordon to Port Byron in Cayuga County east of Syracuse. The

Canalway Trail villages of Clyde and Lyons until you can once again rejoin the constructed Canalway Trail. But don’t miss the fascinating tour of County Jail in Lyons, where inmates sketched charcoal drawings all over the walls.

These lovely villages are excellent places to refresh yourself. The mom and pop food establishments, B&Bs, and inns along the Canalway Trail also cater to cyclists and don’t mind the inconvenience of bike storage, or typical trail dirt and bike grease that is a natural part of cycling. They offer treats like complimentary cold sodas or homemade ice tea upon arrival and perhaps a snack, godsends after a full day of exercise. Everyone makes us feel like family and no request or need is too much to ask. The tourism departments and cham-

The Canalway Trail Through the Finger Lakes Region

ber of commerce in these Finger Lake counties can’t do highlight of this 11-mile section is the unique Sims Store enough for you. They will help you plan and make the necesMuseum in Erie Canal Park outside Camillus. Liz and David sary contacts to insure your trip along the Canalway Trail is Bebe greet our group in period clothing and offer us hot coffee one of the best memories you’ll have. and a piece of homemade cake. The replica of an 1860s canalIf the old sections of the Erie Canal are for canal lovers, side store is fascinating, as well as the lock-side shanty, and an the completed stretch from Newark all the operating outdoor lock exhibit. The way to Lockport near Buffalo is for canal remarkable thing about this 300-acre park For a copy of the free brochures, Inn to Inn Touring Along the Erie town lovers and boat lovers. Here, the trail is that it was entirely built and maintained Canal: Albany, Schenectady and follows the actual Barge Canal, which was by a large group of 120 dedicated volunMontgomery Counties in the east, and built right over Clinton’s original Ditch, teers. They even pooled their talents and Inn to Inn Touring Along the Erie Canalway Trail: Lockport to Palmyra, and the canal is still very much “alive” as a built three canal boats, which offer dinner call 1-800-4CANAL4 or visit their functioning canal. Water traffic is a familcruises from mid-June to late August. website at www.canal.state.ny.us iar sight from historic repro tugs and gorThe nearby Nine Mile Aqueduct is If you’d like to cycle the entire Erie geous wooden canal boats that can be rentone of 32 aqueducts that carried the canal Canal on a fully supported tour ed for a water adventure, to impeccable over rivers, ravines, and roads. The stone organized by Parks & Trails New yachts and pleasure boats. There is also the arches supported the towpath, while the York, (in July) refer to: opportunity to observe how a lock raises canal itself was carried in a wooden trough www.ptny.org/canaltour and lowers the boats, always an entertainresting on stone piers. Nine Mile Aqueduct ing pastime while taking a break. is getting a complete restorative overall, (with a floor consistThe real gems are the towns, however, for it is amazing of 80 heavy timbers!) and when finished, will be the only ing to find these attractive “ports” nearly as active as they navigable aqueduct of the 32. How’s that for volunteer effort! were in the canal heyday. Tremendous money, hard work, Pleasant back roads take you through the tiny picturesque

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and each community’s love for their town has turned them into beautifully restored canaltowns, but with all the charm of a century ago. Many canal-side festivals are held throughout the year, but the locals don’t hesitate to enjoy their waterway on a daily basis. Indulge in a cone of ice cream on a canalside bench, a steaming cup of coffee or a cold brew at a trailside establishment, or a splurge at a unique gift shop. You can join a dinner cruise, observe how a lift bridge operates, or feed the ducks, which I’m happy to see can still be enjoyed by teenagers!

Cyclists can ride for a straight 100 miles on a fine, packed-cinder trail uninterrupted nearly to Buffalo, or follow it through Palmyra, Macedon, Fairport, Pittsford, and all the way to Lockport, for over 70 miles of uninterrupted cycling. Or, you can hop on the 13-mile Genesee Riverway Trail, which leads you into downtown Rochester and north to Lake Ontario. The Genesee Valley Greenway also runs southward, for 50 miles through Letchworth State Park, often called the Grand Canyon of the East because of its 600-foot deep gorge. It will eventually encompass 90 miles and extend nearly to the Pennsylvania border.

The Erie Canal is the most commercially enduring and historically significant canal in the United States. Cycling it (for a day or a week) will give you a delicious/rich taste of the heritage and culture our forefathers created 200 years ago.

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Trumansburg was originally named “Tremaine’s Village” after its first settler, Abner Treman, in the late 1700s. A slight misspelling by the Post Master forever changed the name of this town to “Trumansburg.”

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When Catherine first started dating John Sorgi, she was wary of his love of motorcycles. At first, she thought riding was “crazy.” But she pushed her apprehensions aside for her man.

“He had one, so I had to ride or else he’d get someone else,” Catherine said.

In 1946, Catherine and John married. Between raising four children and running a successful dairy farm, they found time to open up a small motorcycle shop in their double garage in Newfield. In 1963, they sold the dairy farm and opened up the bike shop full time. Business slowly picked up, and John Jr. and Jean decided to help out.

When John Sr. passed away in February 1995, Catherine, John Jr. and Jean formed a corporation with Catherine as president, John as owner and manager, and Jean as finance manager. The business continued to grow, and in September 2000, they moved to their present location on Route 13.

Catherine wants to remain active in the business, so she comes in for a few hours a day to do the banking, answer phones, run errands and do other “gopher work,” as she calls it. But she’s not complaining.

“It keeps me busy. I think that’s why I’m living to such a ripe old age.

I’m not sitting home waiting to die,” Catherine said.

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“What’re you limping from, kid?

You’re just jealous because you can’t be crippled like me,” Catherine says.

That sense of humor has kept everyone laughing through the years, according to John Jr. The atmosphere at the shop was always jovial thanks to Catherine and John Sr.’s teasing and ribbing. John Sr. would always accuse her of falling asleep when he took her riding, but Catherine adamantly denied it. John claimed that he knew that she was asleep because her head would fall forward and bang into his helmet!

The positive energy that the Sorgis maintain in their shop is part of the reason that people keep coming back to Ithaca Harley-Davidson. John says customers come from miles away for routine services because they like the business so much.

John noticed how the clientele has changed over the years. It has evolved from strictly hardcore bikers to doctors, lawyers, professors, and even a Catholic priest. When the priest first arrived, John had no idea who he was. Later, John called and asked to speak to Jim. The man was quiet for a moment before saying, “You mean Father?”

“So I had to go and tell the rest of the shop, ‘You’d better watch your language when this guy comes in!’” John said with a laugh, adding, “You just never know who’s going to show up on a Harley.”

Catherine proves that. Although she admits she hasn’t ridden since her husband passed away, she still gets to come to a motorcycle shop every day for work. Not a bad gig. But she’s humble about it.

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By Joy Underhill

Willy Frank enjoyed his work at the wine cellars. Photo courtesy Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars

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sk anyone who has witnessed one of our infamous winters about spring. Not an elegant transition to cherry blossoms and sunshine, we’re more likely to see days of mud and ice fighting it out until May. But when it comes, we appreciate it in a way that few who don’t live here can comprehend.

As surely as winter marches into spring, the Finger Lakes wine industry is changing. In just three generations, the Finger Lakes have been transformed to a world-class wine-producing region. And taking the lead in that transformation is the Frank family: Konstantin, his son Willy, and grandson Fred.

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popping up in conversation. It was Konstantin who partnered with Charles Fournier of Gold Seal winery to prove to the world that the harsh climate of the Finger Lakes could produce premium wines.

Dr. Konstantin Frank was a Russian immigrant who came to this country in the 1950s with a Ph.D., a vast knowledge of winemaking, and the ability to speak five languages.

Unfortunately, English was not one of them, which made it difficult for Konstantin to find a job that used his talents. After working in New York for a few years, he earned the bus fare that would take him to Cornell, where he thought his theories of coldclimate winemaking would get a fair hearing. But his ideas were ignored, and he was hired on to do menial work, such as sweeping floors.

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met Charles Fournier at a wine conference in Geneva, and the two of them were able to communicate in French.

Fournier had been working extensively with French hybrids at Gold Seal.

After hearing Dr. Frank’s theories, he was impressed enough to hire him on the spot as director of vineyard research. Konstantin had gone from poor immigrant to his dream job, where he soon demonstrated that his ideas were viable in the Finger Lakes.

Soon after, he bought acreage and started his own winery, Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars.

Konstantin successfully tackled the three obstacles to growing highquality vinifera (European) grapes in the Finger Lakes: • Phylloxera, a root louse that was fatal to vinifera plantings. By grafting disease-resistant American grape root stock to vinifera varietals, the Finger Lakes could indeed grow European grapes without using costly pest control that could compromise the environment.

• Severe winters. Although the deep waters of the Finger Lakes tend to moderate the temperature of the surrounding hillsides, the best vinifera plantings are located in microclimates that give them both protection from the elements and unique qualities.

• Fungal diseases. European vines are susceptible to fungal diseases common in the Finger Lakes. These can be controlled with careful and deliberate use of fungicides.

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Northeast. Due in large part to his teachings, more than half of the wineries east of the Rockies now grow vinifera varieties.

Willy Frank’s Challenge When it came to the business of making wines, Konstantin was at odds with his son, Willy. As a scientist, Konstantin excelled, but the winery had become an experimental station, growing dozens of grape varieties and offering an unwieldy product line.

When Dr. Frank passed away in 1985, Willy saw the need to streamline production into 12 key wines, focusing on the profitability of the better-performing grapes.

Willy also recognized that although the region was enjoying the success of vinifera, few people outside the Finger Lakes knew about it. In fact, there was a pervasive belief that the Finger Lakes produced only sweet, foxy American grape wines (think sacramental wines, pink Catawba, or Lake Niagara). This had indeed been true in the past, but times were changing.

Willy’s challenge was to alter the perception of Finger Lakes wines and increase marketing efforts outside the region. Willy proved to be an outstanding spokesman for Finger Lakes wines, spreading the word that not only did the area now produce some fine wines, but the character of some of those wines, especially Reisling, was unique in the world. In his 20 years at the winery, Willy put Dr. Frank’s on the map as an award-winning winery and expanded distribution into 30 states.

After Willy’s unexpected passing in March of this year, his son, Fred Frank, took the helm. “Willy was akin to an 80-year-old Energizer bunny,” claims Jim Trezise of the New York Wine and Grape Foundation. “He promoted not only his winery but the

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entire Finger Lakes wine industry. His enthusiasm and dedication were infectious. Great talker that he was, we’d always put him last on the agenda when we had panel discussions!”

What’s Ahead for Fred Frank Fred Frank has been serving as the winery president since 1993, but he wasn’t always involved in the business.

“My father believed that you should learn to shave on another man’s beard,” says Fred, “so I worked in the Long Island wine region for 10 years and studied abroad before coming here.”

Fred had a ready answer when I asked about the next great challenge for Finger Lakes wineries: Grow more grapes!

“Now that we have the reputation as a world-class wine region, we have to satisfy the demand,” says Fred. “The time is ripe to take advantage of all the hard work Willy did getting the word out about these wines.”

Production is also down due to two severe winters that killed some vinifera plantings. And it takes at least four years from planting to production. To add to the problem, many grape growers are finding it more profitable to sell their land to developers rather than switch to more costly vinifera plantings.

By the time this is in print, we’ll be caught up in the heady throes of spring. The drab coat of winter will have given way to a robust affirmation of life, and memories of ice and wind will be put in hibernation until November. One season will have gracefully surrendered to another.

So it is with families as one generation passes the torch to the next. Thank you, Konstantin and Willy, for the fires you have lit. We’ll raise a glass to you and to Fred’s continued success.

Joy Underhill is a freelance writer from Farmington. She can be reached at joy@wordsbyjoy.com.

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ou know you’re in Palmyra when you see the famous four churches. Located at the intersection of Routes 31 and 21, they were featured in “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” newspaper column in 1938.

But this village has far more to offer the visitor. Like the churches themselves, its Main Street skyline looks remarkably like it did in the 19th century. Palmyra managed to escape, unscathed for the most part, the architectural bloodbath known as “urban renewal” in the 1960s. And a recent renovation project added new curbing, old-fashioned brick walkways and light poles, and more trees, benches and flower planters.

Today, it’s more family-friendly than ever. You can park the car, and walk from the shops on Main Street, to the Historic District, to the Erie Canal, all within a few blocks of each other.

Next door stands the Palmyra Historic Museum, built in 1826 as a tavern and boarding house, with 23 rooms. This is where history is hands-on.

The kids can get upclose and personal with the past, and learn how it connects to their world today.

“This is something everybody can relate to,” says Bonnie Hays, director of Historic Palmyra. “There are dominoes and checkers from the 1800s.

The kids get to try on hats and clothes, play with the toys, and realize that people are still the same.”

Upstairs, you will find rooms with individual themes, like the Military Room (with hardtack that’s very hard after all these years), Women’s Room, Above, top: An aeriel view of the famous Toy Room, and Tool Room. Perhaps the four churches on four corners scariest is the Doctor’s Room, with the Above: An old postcard depicting Main Street medical instruments on display. The of Palmyra, looking east Photo courtesy Bonnie Hays herbal remedies doctors used years ago are coming back into style now with the Where History Comes Alive popularity of holistic cures. Once again, “History does come alive in the Village of Palmyra,” says the past and the present overlap.

Mayor Vicky Daly. “You can visit the shops and restaurants and be greeted with the warmth, courtesy and service of Sybil and the Phelps Store another era.”

The museum with the most “personality” in Palmyra is Walk a few blocks east of the churches and you’ll come the Phelps General Store, just next door. The personality is to the village’s five museums. The Alling Coverlet Museum Sybil Phelps herself, only child of Julius, who ran the busion William Street features the largest collection of handness from 1905 until 1940. Built in 1826, it was last updated woven coverlets in the country. The Historic Print Shop, in the 1880s.

Palmyra’s newest museum, is on nearby Market Street.

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Back to Sybil. After an early attempt to become an actress in New York, she returned to Palmyra and the spacious two-story home above the store. After her father’s death, she lived there without electricity or running water with her 15 cats until her death at age 81 in 1976.

When you visit, listen for Sybil’s footsteps on the stairs, or the unexplained creaking of a door. Is that a cat’s meow you hear? According to Hays, Sybil and her cats are still a very strong presence in the Phelps Store.

“Sybil was quite a lady,” says Hays. “And today, she’s the star of her own story.”

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of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acquired the property in 1979.

Tours guide you through the printing process of the early 1800s. All the equipment on display is either original or an authentic replica, and it all works.

“I have personally printed on it,” says Elder Norman Mayes of the LDS

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Church Historic Sites. “People are interested in the Grandin Building for its historical interest. History is very important to us.”

It took two years to print and bind the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon, at a cost of $3,000. This was a huge undertaking, and required a staff of 10 to 12 working 12 hour days, six days a week. The job was not shipped off to Rochester, but handled locally, an example of Palmyra’s prominence in the business world in those years.

“It’s amazing what the process entailed to print a book!” says Bryon Andreasen, visiting from Springfield, Illinois. “What the Erie Canal allowed a community like this to do was something you would expect from New York City.”

You can still see the original ink stains on the third floor, along with wooden typeset boxes so popular today as curio shelves. The second

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floor houses the bindery, where it took one hour to sew and glue each book, after which it was hand-stenciled in gold letters.

On the first floor, you step into Grandin’s bookstore and circulating library. He sold popular books of the day—biographies of Ben Franklin and George Washington, essays on theology, and histories of the American Revolution. He stocked items like maps, games, pens, pencils and ink. The cozy little shop is not very different from our bookstores today.

Back to the Present All that history can make you hungry, thirsty and ready to return to the modern world. Stroll through the shops and restaurants in the village and see what else Palmyra has to offer.

A modern “print” shop uses computers and copiers to spit out documents, some in color, while you wait.

Two book stores give you choices, from vintage, rare and collectible editions, to modestly priced used books, to hot-off-the-press new ones. This is the place to buy books on local history, especially the Erie Canal and Mormon Church.

Restaurant fare includes pizza, hamburgers, veggie wraps, Chinese, and more. Eat in or take out and enjoy a picnic in the village park, shaded by elegant old trees. For dessert, try gourmet coffee with fresh baked goods, or ice cream and homemade fudge. The kids might like some retro style treats that their parents will remember from the penny candy days. It’s all available right on Main Street.

If you’ve been inspired by the Alling Coverlet Museum, visit a quilt shop and start a project of your own.

Or bring home a piece of the past from one of Palmyra’s antique shops.

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enjoying Palmyra at all if it weren’t for that 19th century feat of engineering: the Erie Canal. Dedicated in 1825, it opened up western New York to commerce as merchandise was shipped east and west faster and cheaper than ever before.

Today, we look to the canal to slow down our hectic pace rather than speed it up, as its tranquil, bucolic setting can soothe even the most frazzled nerves. Walk north one block from Historic Palmyra and down the wooden walkway.

You’re at the new Palmyra Marina, complete with picnic tables and information kiosk.

Hike the Palmyra Wetland Nature Trail, with access a block north of the four churches. This easy, one-mile, self-guided loop gives you a chance to watch turtles, snakes, frogs, squirrels, herons and ducks, all at your own pace. Just west of the wetlands is Aqueduct Park, site of Lock 29. Here’s a chance to see a working lock, just as it was in the 1800s, as barges and recreational boats pass through.

Walk where the mule drivers walked. The Restored Aldrich Change Bridge from 1858 is there for you to cross over and under, just as they did in the old days. The park also includes restrooms, playgrounds, picnic tables, shelters, and grills, as well as access to the towpath trail.

Palmyra is more than just a landmark intersection. It’s the place to slow down, explore the past, and enjoy the present. Plan to visit soon, and see for yourself why it’s still “The Queen of Canal Towns.”

Camy Sorbello is a freelance writer who also teaches creative writing in the Finger Lakes area. Originally from Rochester, she lives in Ontario County. She enjoys small-town historical sites and museums wherever she travels. Visit her website at www.camysorbello.com.

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or many people, Eldridge Park in Elmira wasn’t just another amusement park. Sure, the bumper cars, roller coaster and even the Dragon Boat weren’t unique; the same greasy, sugar-filled treats were served there just as in countless other parks across the country. The element that made Eldridge Park stand apart from all the rest is recognized by the people who enjoyed it during its heyday in the 1940s and ’50s. The park was a place of simple, wholesome fun where families could spend time together and enjoy each other’s company. It represented the pleasures of living in a small town.

Dr. Bob Lyon recognized this when he returned to the park in 2002 to give the September 11 memorial address.

Although the rides were gone, the carousel building stood strong with the original mechanism inside. The animals had all been auctioned off in 1989 at an auction house in New York City. When Lyon saw the carousel mechanism still intact with only the animals missing, memories of the park came flooding back to him. He realized how much of Elmira’s history had already been lost. He thought how great it would be to rebuild the carousel and in doing so, restore that part of Elmira’s past.

Bob immediately began contacting talented local business people, bankers, lawyers and engineers whom he thought might be interested in the project. His idea was met with a great deal of enthusiasm, and before long, the Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society was formed. It is a not-forprofit organization committed to restoring the carousel that was brought to Elmira in 1924 by Robert Long.

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Giving the Project Legs The first step was to search for carvers, a project that Bob and his wife, Mary, excitedly undertook. To find the best, they had to look a little farther than their small hometown of Elmira, from Pennsylvania to Tennessee to California. The only local carver they chose is John Kolanach, who was born and raised in Elmira. The six carvers worked individually to recreate the animals and shipped them to Elmira when they were completed.

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Susan Hamlin, a retired Cornell professor, is the assistant treasurer of the preservation society. She is glad that they were able to get a handful of different carvers to work on the project. When a carousel is made by one company, only one style is displayed and all of the animals look basically the same. “I like the variety, the artwork of several different people. I think it’s unique,” Hamlin said.

The new carousel will greatly resemble the old one.

Larry Pefferly, a carver from Cornersville, Tennessee, built the 20 outer row animals. He used pictures to make reproductions as close to the originals as possible. Several other horses and the two dragon benches are also copies. Like the original, the brand new carousel will not only have horses.

A greyhound, tiger, giraffe, swan, goat, bear, lion and zebra are also part of this magnificent menagerie.

All 56 of the animals were carved in a “coffin” style, meaning that their bodies are empty boxes. Often the carvers themselves will put things inside, such as the red wooden heart that Kolanach added to the honey bear. Some of the people who sponsored the animals before they were finished also put things inside, “almost like a time capsule,” Hamlin said.

One of the horses is actually an original that the preservation society was able to retrieve. Mary Lyon discovered that one horse, Sylvia, was owned by a couple in Pennsylvania. She contacted the couple, and they were so enchanted with the carousel reconstruction project that they sold Sylvia back for a very low price and donated the rest of her value to the restoration effort.

The carousel building itself has been redone, with new roofs, windows, siding and doors. An eatery has been added, as well as a gift shop, which will sell unique items that relate only to the Eldridge Park Carousel.

Many individuals and businesses showed their support for the project by sponsoring the carousel animals. Beneath each one will be a cast metal plaque with the animal’s name and the sponsor’s name or a catchy phrase. People could also choose to sponsor the carousel building, the mechanism, the gift shop, the eatery, or the Victorian-style memorial benches that are placed around the carousel building. The walls will be covered with solid brass stars engraved with the names of the sponsors.

This fundraiser was thought up by Monte Trammer, publisher of the Star-Gazette, the local newspaper which has shown tremendous support for the project throughout.

Third generation master carver Larry Pefferly begins work on a carousel horse.

The neck of the horse begins to take shape

At this point the sculpture is almost ready for paint

A Long-Awaited Event The grand opening of the carousel is scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, and a number of festivities are planned. There will be live music during the day and a huge fireworks display in the evening. Speeches will be given by Brian Williams of NBC News, designer Tommy Jerry Pefferly, Larry’s wife, does most of the painting of the carousel horses

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They will be available later in the day to sign souvenirs purchased at the carousel gift shop.

Who gets to have the very first ride on the brand new carousel? That has been promised to the brass ring holders. As its first fundraiser, the preservation society sold brass rings for $100 each. The rings have a tag with the Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society logo and a number 1 to 440. Mary Lyon came up with the idea to sell 440 because that’s the number of light bulbs on the roof of the carousel.

The first of the general public to ride the carousel will be a group of children chosen from schools, community centers and youth groups in the

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“I think we’ve gone so far the other way that it’s important that a family does have a place to go and spend the afternoon or evening with their kids,” Hamlin said.

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Two Historic Anniversaries in Cortland This Year

By David Blatchley

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ortland County celebrates two historic anniversaries this year: Cortland Repertory Theatre (CRT), a professional summer theatre, presents their 35th season and the Little York Pavilion, CRT’s home, begins a new century. Both are located in Dwyer Memorial Park just north of Homer. CRT has continued to grow in attendance and popularity, but the history of the Pavilion is as bumpy as the roller coaster which was once located nearby.

“It’s a oner,” said Mary Ann Kane, executive director of the Cortland County Historical Society, as she described the building. “There is no other building like it in the country.”

Built in 1906 by the Cortland Traction Co., the pavilion served as a destination to increase trolley use. Little York boasts a small but idyllic lake located in the northern portion of Cortland County, where people picnicked and spent leisurely afternoons. Surrounded by farms, a school and a railroad depot, the lakeside served as the only recreation area between Syracuse and Binghamton. Cephas B. Barker of Tully is believed to be the designer as well as the builder of the pavilion.

Open verandas on both floors offered sweeping views of the lake and the surrounding countryside. With a restaurant and a dance hall, the Pavilion enjoyed immense popularity through the end of World War I. Patrick “Patsy” Conroy from Homer, one of the future founders of the Syracuse Symphony, and his band were among the popular performers.

As the automobile replaced the trolley, the traction compa-

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ny, by then known as the New York Power Corporation, abandoned the property in 1932. (They later became part of Niagara Mohawk, now National Grid.)

The property lay dormant until 1938 when, at the urging of the Little York Garden Club, the Cortland County Board of Supervisors purchased approximately 85 acres for $7,500 to create a county park. However, it wasn’t until 1950 that County Highway Superintendent William Dwyer began making serious renovations. Dwyer was later honored by having the park named after him. Park concessionaires offered rides, including a roller coaster, motorized swings and a carousel. There was also a small zoo with reindeer, monkeys and peacocks. Bathrooms were added to the Pavilion and an unstable fireplace and chimney were removed.

In the late 1950s, concessionaires Don McRae and Pat Kiley introduced rock-and-roll dances to the Pavilion, which featured a disc jockey from Syracuse and an area band.

Following a gang rumble after one dance, which involved Above Left: CRT Producing Artistic Director Kerby Thompson outside the Pavilion as it looks today. Both the Pavilion and CRT are celebrating anniversaries this year. Many plans are being made for celebrations and renovations to the building. Photo provided by the Cortland Repertory Theatre Above Right: This photo (circa 1907) shows the Pavilion shortly after completion. The Cortland Traction Co. trolley is to the left. Provided by the Cortland County Historical Society

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An American Tragedy Ironically, this year also marks the 100th anniversary of one of the first sensationalist events of the century, the Grace Brown murder trial. Chester Gillette and Grace Brown, who both lived in Cortland County, were known to have frequently boated on Little York Lake. While no official records exist, it is possible given the time frames that they visited the Pavilion in its first year before Grace was presumably murdered on July 11, 1906.

Their story is a tumultuous love affair between a country girl from Cuyler and a more sophisticated city boy. Grace was a factory worker in Cortland; Chester, a handsome and wealthy romancer. During their affair, Grace became pregnant. Chester quickly planned an excursion to the Adirondacks for them. Grace thought it was to be a wedding trip. However, during their trip, she was found drowned in Big Moose Lake. After a long and scandalous trial, Chester was convicted of murder and executed at Auburn Prison on March 8, 1908, in the new electric chair. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Auburn.

Although the evidence against Chester was plentiful and convincing, he never confessed to the murder. The trial, which took place in Herkimer County, was a national sensation and attracted reporters from around the country. Some newspapers even created stories that another woman was involved, but that was never proven.

Several books have been written about the relationship, the murder and the trial. The best known of those is An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, copyright 1925. The movie “A Place in the Sun” starring Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters and Elizabeth Taylor as the fictional “other woman” was released in 1951 and was nominated for nine Academy Awards. A new opera based on these events was recently presented at the New York Met. However, most of these raise more questions than they resolve. Without a confession, only two people really know what happened on July 11, 1906: Grace and Chester.

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numerous arrests and injuries, the concessionaires decided to keep the dances more local and hired area promoter Jim Pantas to run the program. Pantas arranged buses to transport teenagers from Cortland to the pavilion. He offered a mix of local bands, including Donnie and the Dukes, Ronnie and the Redcaps, and Bobby Comstock and the

Counts, with national acts such as the Coasters, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and Gary U.S. Bonds. Pantas continued the program until 1965 when it became economically unfeasible.

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CRT opened its first play on July 5, 1972, and has been going strong ever since. Using both professional and local talent, the theatre presents a mixture of comedies and musicals over the summer months. After a recent successful capital campaign, CRT added an elevator for handicapped accessibility and an upgraded air conditioning system. The stage has been renamed the Edward Jones Playhouse to pay tribute to a significant contributor to the campaign.

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“We feel great about the upcoming season and the restoration projects we’re doing for the Pavilion,” said current producing artistic director Kerby Thompson. “The Central New York community is incredibly supportive of the theatre and loves the beautiful setting of the park and the Pavilion. It’s truly a unique experience to visit.”

Several events are planned to celebrate the anniversaries throughout the summer. For more information about the pavilion and CRT, check the website at www.cortlandrep.org.

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June 10 & 11…Canandaigua Lake Trout Derby Participate in the 25th annual derby for a chance to win prize money. Proceeds will go to Camp Good Days & Special Times. www.canandaigua.com 585-394-4400 June 16-18…Clarkson Rodeo Days Held at the Clarkson Horse Arena, events include bull riding, bronco riding, steer wrestling and steer roping.

585-637-5209 www.clarksonrodeo.com June 17…26th Annual Strawberry Festival Enjoy live music, arts and crafts booths and a parade, or shop Owego’s historic shopping district with more than 60 businesses. www.owego.org 607-687-2556 JULY July 7-9…Geneseo Summer Festival The celebration will include sidewalk sales, crafts, a teddy bear parade and a concert by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. www.fingerlakeswest.com 585-243-0296

129. S. Main St. Canandaigua

585-396-3010 900 Panorama Trail, Rochester

July 8…Seward House Garden Party, Auburn Enjoy games and crafts in the garden, or take a selfguided tour through the 17 historic rooms. www.sewardhouse.org 315-252-1283

585-248-8390 • FULL SERVICE FLY FISHING SHOP • FREE SHIPPING ON ORVIS CATALOG ORDERS • CLOTHING FOR MEN & WOMEN

A Finger Lakes landmark for classic gifts, extraordinary accessories for home and garden, handcrafted jewelry, apparel, fine stationery and whims w h i m ses! ie s!

• FLY FISHING CLASSES • GUIDE SERVICES www.panoramaoutfitters.com

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July 8 & 9…Elmira-Corning Garden Tour Weekend Tour five Corning gardens on the 8th and seven Elmira gardens on the 9th. Garden experts will be available at each location.

Elmira 607-733-4924 Corning 607-937-5281 July 14-16…Finger Lakes Wine Festival Held at Watkins Glen International. Features over 80 prestigious wineries, arts and crafts, live music, wine seminars and cooking demonstrations. www.flwinefest.com 866-461-7223

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SHOP HERE! C A L E N D A R July 14 - 16‌Women’s Right To Rock Music Festival An outdoor music festival, featuring over 25 female fronted bands and female solo artists of a variety of musical genres. Canalside at The People’s Park in Seneca Falls. Free Admission.

315-568-1219

Experience the Area’s Sweetest Temptation

July 14-16‌24th Annual Wine Country Classic Boat Show See over 50 antique and classic wooden boats on Keuka Lake. This year’s featured boats are Historic Boats years 1910 to 1920.

315-536-3535

August 5 & 6‌Park Avenue Summer Art Fest in Rochester A lively summer festival with music, arts and crafts exhibits, outdoor dining and unique shopping. www.rochesterevents.com 585-244-0951 August 10‌Celebration of Local Foods and Wine Presented by the Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty, the menu will feature food produced by regional farmers and an array of award-winning Finger Lakes wines. Held outdoors on the grounds of Geneva on the Lake.

315-789-7190 August 12 & 13‌Bike Tioga 2006 This two-day bicycle tour will take you throughout the routes of Tioga County. A range of rides and distances will be offered. www.biketioga.com 607-687-7440 August 12 & 13‌Finger Lakes Boating Museum’s 9th Annual Boat Show at Cayuga State Park in Seneca Falls Will feature boats by the Morehouse Boat Company, including rowboats, outboards, inboards, as well as Comet and Lightening sailboats. www.flbm.org 315-568-1577 August 19‌Blues-n-Brews Train Excursion The Finger Lakes Scenic Railway in Geneva presents this event, which will feature music

by Blue Thunder and products from a local microbrewery. www.fingerlakesscenicrailway.com 315-781-1234 www.lifeinthefingerlakes.com

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July 29 & 30‌Waterfront Art Festival Come spend a day in beautiful Kershaw Park in Canandaigua and enjoy over 180 artisans, entertainment and demonstrations. www.waterfrontartfestival.com 585-671-9102

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July 22‌Draft Horse and Hay Day Come to the Ward W. O’Hara Agricultural Museum in Auburn to see a working demonstration on making hay the old-fashioned way. www.cayuganet.org/agmuseum/ 315-252-7644 July 29 & 30‌Ganondagan Native American Dance & Music Festival in Victor Features the best of Native American traditional and contemporary singers, dancers and musicians. Enjoy delicious Native American foods, art and craft demonstrations and a family drumming workshop. www.ganondagan.org 585-742-1690

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Spring Valley Garden Center & Gift Shop “Quality Growers since 1975� www.springvalleygreenhouse.com

• Clematis Specialists – Over 100 Varieties • Annuals & Perennials – Grown Locally in Our Own Greenhouses • Trees, Shrubs & Walk-through Display Gardens • Indoor Shopping • Totally Unique, Separate Gift Shop

TWO GREAT LOCATIONS 3242 Daansen Rd. Walworth 315.597.9816

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TREEFORMS

Country Furniture & Gift Store Complete Repair, Restoration and Conservation Services for Antique and Fine Furniture

The BEAR CHAIR Canadian Red Cedar Adirondack Chairs

www.JFRestoration.com Avon, New York

Over 700 REAL LOG HOMES Built in the Finger Lakes Area Since 1971.

585-226-6730

Call for Monthly OPEN HOUSES

We can Deliver!

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1302 Dryden Road Ithaca NewYork 14850

Call Ed Schoen M 800-736-4360

607-272-2913

Specializes in planning day/evening or weekend activities.

MI-KAR CONSTRUCTION WE’RE BUILDING YOUR FUTURE.

Major Creations Photography Studio Ask about our special portrait packages.

The possibilities are endless!!!

585.393.9365 www.SimplyJustForTheGirls.com

• High School Senior Portraits • Children & Babies • Family Portraits • On-Location Portraits (Finger Lakes Area) • Finger Lakes Landscapes Framed Wall Art • Finger Lakes Greeting Cards Call to schedule an appointment 585-472-1206 • www.fingerlakescards.biz

TESCHNER’S WOOD FIRED BRICK OVENS

Restaurants • Wineries • B&B • Residential Built-in • Portable

Call us today! (585) 248-2594 S E E U S AT

Finger Lakes Wine Fest July 13–16 Interior Decorating • Consignment Furnishings Reupholstery • Window Treatments • Blinds

B 37 South Main Street • Canandaigua, NY 585-394-4850 • www.changeseverything.com

ANDREANI STUDIOS HANDMADE JEWELRY AND PAINTINGS

by Weaver Goldsmithing 351 College Avenue Elmira, NY 14901 • 607.733.1300

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INDEX OF ADVER TISERS 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.

For a quicker response, visit www.lifeinthefingerlakes.com and request information from advertisers online.

A unique gift shop in the atmosphere of a 1920’s drug store where old fashioned customer service abounds.

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Antique Revival ......................................Info #106

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Arts at the Gardens ................................Info #162

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Lyons National Bank ..............................Info #135

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Arts Canandaigua ..................................Info #107

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Marine Innovations ................................Info #136

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Auburn Historic & Cultural Sites ............Info #164

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Marvin Windows & Doors ......................Info #137

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Aurora Inn ..............................................Info #100

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Merry-Go-Round Playhouse ..................Info #170

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Bayles LeatherHouse ..............................Info #101

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New Energy Works TimberFramers ........Info #138

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Bears Outdoor Play Products ................Info #166

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Northern Design & Building Assoc.........Info #139

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Beaver Mountain Log & Cedar Homes ..Info #155

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Oak Harbor ............................................Info #175

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Belhurst Castle ......................................Info #102

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Old and Everlasting ................................Info #171

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Best Western Vineyard Inn ....................Info #103

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Olde Homer House ................................Info #172

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Builder’s Best Design Center ..................Info #104

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Peterman Lumber ..................................Info #174

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Campground Owners of NY....................Info #105

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Prejean Winery ......................................Info #185

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Canandaigua Inn on the Lake ................Info #160

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Protected Home......................................Info #165

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Chemung Canal Trust Co. ......................Info #158

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Quality Transportation Tours ..................Info #140

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The Cheshire Union Gift Shop ..............Info #108

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Red Jacket Orchards ..............................Info #182

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Church Creative Flooring ........................Info #167

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Renaissance Festival ..............................Info #176

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Cicero Hoist & Dock Inc ........................Info #109

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Rental Plus ............................................Info #141

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the cinnamon stick ................................Info #110

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Rex Simpson Architect ..........................Info #142

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Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic ............Info #111

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Rochester Folk Art Guild ........................Info #143

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Cobtree Corporation ..............................Info #112

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Rochester International Jazz Festival......Info #177

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Community Bank ....................................Info #113

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Roger Johanson RA Design Services ....Info #178

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Corning Museum of Glass......................Info #163

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Roses and Oak Ranch ............................Info #157

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Country Inn & Suites by Carlson............Info #114

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Seneca County Tourism..........................Info #144

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The Country Porch ................................Info #159

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ShoreStation ..........................................Info #145

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Cricket on the Hearth..............................Info #115

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The Skaneateles Festival Inc. ................Info #183

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Cricket on the Hearth..............................Info #116

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Spa Apartments......................................Info #146

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Design Works Architecture P.C...............Info #117

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Taughannock Farms Inn ........................Info #147

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Dr. Konstantin Frank Wines ....................Info #118

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Timber Frames Inc ................................Info #148

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Earle Estates Meadery ............................Info #161

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Timberpeg East Inc ................................Info #149

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Earth Works Art Gallery & Studio ..........Info #120

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Tioga Downs Racing ..............................Info #179

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Esperanza Mansion ................................Info #121

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Torrey Ridge Winery ..............................Info #161

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Finger Lakes Dermatology......................Info #122

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Walnut Hill Driving Competition ............Info #187

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Fingerlakes Mall......................................Info #184

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Waterloo Premium Outlets ....................Info #150

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FLAGS ....................................................Info #156

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Wayne County Tourism ..........................Info #180

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The Furniture Doctor Inc. ......................Info #123

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Wheeler’s Chauffeured Classics..............Info #151

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Gateway Commons LLC ........................Info #124

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Wilcox Press Inc.....................................Info #152

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Gault Auto Sport BMW ..........................Info #125

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Wilderness Log Homes ..........................Info #153

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Geneva On The Lake ..............................Info #126

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Xerox Classic Tournament ......................Info #181

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Guards Cards..........................................Info #173

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Zaretsky and Associates, Inc ..................Info #154

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Heat-Line ................................................Info #127

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Henry B’s Authentic Italian Restaurant

MARKETPLACE ADVERTISING

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Hilton Garden Inn ..................................Info #128

Accommodations ........................................................Pgs. 88-89

at the Rochester Folk Art Guild OPEN MAY 26 to OCTOBER 9

The Loomis Barn ..................................Info #134

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Jorgenson Cosmetic Surgery ................Info #119

Attractions....................................................................Pgs. 90-91

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Kendal at Ithaca......................................Info #129

B&Bs............................................................................Pgs. 28-29

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Ketmar Development Corp. ....................Info #130

Dining..................................................................................Pg. 84

Windsox • Department 56 Snowbabies Anheuser-Busch Steins • Rinconada English mats & coasters • Hallmark Basic Spirit Pewter • cotton throws M-Pressions framed calligraphy Baby Department Featuring Bunnies By The Bay Clothing & Robeez Shoes 60 Seneca St. Downtown Geneva (315) 789-6919 Open Mon.-Sat. 9:00-5:30 Circle Reader Service Number 173

Handcrafts of Distinction

EAST HILL GALLERY Fri., Sun., Mon. 1-5 p.m. • Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (or by appt.)

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Ketmar Development Corp. ....................Info #168

Real Estate ..................................................................Pgs. 24-25

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Keuka Family Dentistry ..........................Info #131

Shop Here! Retail & Business ....................................Pgs. 92-96

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King Ferry Winery Inc.............................Info #132

Wineries........................................................................Pgs.74-75

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Leo A Kline ............................................Info #169

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Livingston County Chamber ..................Info #133

SUMMER RECREATION

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Little Lakes Food Festival ......................Info #186

Campgrounds, Golf, Marinas ....................................Pgs. 98-103

585-554-3539 1445 Upper Hill Road, Middlesex, NY Middlesex is on Rt. 364 between Canandaigua and Penn Yan. Look for our signs.

www.rfag.org POTTERY, FURNITURE & TURNINGS, CLOTHING, WEAVING, WOODEN TOYS, BOOKS & CARDS VISIT OUR NEW BOOK ROOM! Circle Reader Service Number 143

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CAMPGROUNDS Anchor Campsites and Marina 5003 East Lake Road Williamson, NY 14589 Phone (315)589-2752 Back-Achers Campsites 3112 Route 14 Himrod, NY 14842 Phone (607)243-5994 Web www.backachers.net Bristol Woodlands Campground 4835 South Hill Road Canandaigua, NY 14424 Phone (585)229-2290 Web www.bristolwood lands.com Camp Bell Campgrounds PO Box 466 Campbell, NY 14821-0466 Phone (800)587-3301

Campground Owners of NY PO Box 497 Dansville, NY 14437 Phone (800)497-2669 Web www.nycamp grounds.com

Conesus Lake Campground 5609 East Lake Road Conesus, NY 14435 Phone (585)346-5472 Web www.conesuslake campground.com

Canandaigua/Rochester KOA 5374 Farmington TL Road Farmington, NY 14425 Phone (800)562-0533

Cool-Lea Camp 2540 State Route 228 Odessa, NY 14869 Phone (607)594-3500

Cheerful Valley Campground 1412 Route 14 Phelps, NY 14532 Phone (315)781-1222 Web www.cheerfulvalley campground.com

Country Hills Campground 1165 Muckey Road Marathon, NY 13803 Phone (607)849-3300 Cross Lake Park Campground 12946 Dugar Road Cato, NY 13033 Phone (315)689-9419

Cherry Grove Campground 12669 Ridge Road Wolcott, NY 14590 Phone (315)594-8320 Web www.cherrygrove campground.com

Eagle View Cabin 2850 Armitage Rd Savannah, NY 13146 Phone (315)365-2249

Clute Memorial Park/ Campground 303 N. Franklin St Watkins Glen, NY 14891 Phone (607)535-4438 Web www.watkinsglen.us

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Empire Haven Nudist Park 5947 Sun Lane Moravia, NY 13118 Phone (315)497-0135 Web www.homestead.com/ empirehaven

Ferenbaugh Campsite 248 State Route 414 Corning, NY 14830 Phone (607)962-6193

Gravel Ponds 2329 North Rd Scottsvelde, NY 14546 Phone (585)538-9631

Flint Creek Campground 1455 Phelps Road Middlesex, NY 14507 Phone (800)914-3550 Web www.flintcreek campground.com

Hejamada Campground & RV Park PO Box 429 Montezuma, NY 13117 Phone (315)776-5887 Web www.hejamada campground.com

Forest Lake Campground 6019 Dog Hollow Road Cuyler, NY 13158 Phone (607)842-6401

Hickory Hill Family Camping Resort 7531 Mitchellsville Rd Bath, NY 14810 Phone (800)760-0947

Four Winds Campground 7350 Tenefly Road Portageville, NY 14536 Phone (877)777-8655 Web www.woodalls.com/a/ 00374_4winds.html

Holiday Harbor Resort 9415 Blind Sodus Bay Road Red Creek, NY 13143-4179 Phone (315)947-5244

Genesee Country Campground PO Box 100 Caledonia, NY 14423 Phone (585)538-4200

Holiday Hill Campground 7818 Marvin Hill Road Springwater, NY 14560 Phone (800)719-2267 Web www.holidayhill campground.com

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Clute Memorial Park & Campground

New York’s Leading Nudist Park

Family Camping B

155 S. Clute Park Drive Watkins Glen, NY 14891 Ph: (607)535-4438 • www.watkinsglen.us

FOUR WINDS

RECREATIONAL RESORT & CAMPGROUND Quality camping only 3 miles from Letchworth State Park

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Check Out Our Features Camp Store, Horseshoe & Basketball Courts Playground, Fishing... and much more.

(877) 777-8655 • www.woodalls.com/a/00374_4winds.html

Flint Creek Campground NUDIST PARK

A Family Campground

Member AANR-Eastern Region Chartered by the American Association for Nude Recreation

W&E HOOKUPS, HOT TUB, SNACK BAR, SWIMMING POOL, SAUNA, ACTIVITIES, SUNBATHING AREA AND CABIN RENTALS, FISHING POND AND NATURE TRAIL

5947 Sun Lane, Moravia, NY 13118 (315) 497-0135 e-mail: mrobin2459@aol.com www.homestead.com/empirehaven

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• 60´x80´ sites w/ Full Hook-ups • Modern Facilities • Recreation/playground • Pavillion • Fishing Pond

• Large Pool • Store • Ice • Cabin Rental • Tent Cabin • Hiking Trails

585-229-2290 or 585-396-1417

If your looking for a place to reconnect with family and friends, where your children can play, this is the place.

We offer an adventurous yet relaxing outdoor vacation where there’s something for everyone.

Theme Weekends For more detailed information, visit our website

www.flintcreekcampground.com or call

e-mail: brwoodland@aol.com • www.bristolwoodlands.com

(585) 554-3567 • (800) 914-3550

4835 South Hill Road • Canandaigua, NY 14424

1455 Phelps Rd. • Middlesex, NY

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Junius Ponds Campground 1475 W. Townline Rd. Phelps, NY 14532 Phone (315)539-9008 Web www.juniusponds campground.com Kendaia Kabins & Campground 5919 State Rte. 96A Romulus, NY 14541 Phone (315)585-2244

Port Bay RV Park and Campground 8346 East Port Bay Road Wolcott, NY 14590 Phone (315)594-1509 Sned-Acres Family Campground 6590 S. Cayuga Lake Road Ovid, NY 14521 Phone (607)869-9787 South Shore RV Park 7867 Lk. Road Sodus Point, NY 14555 Phone (315)483-8649

Lee’s Shady Shores Campground PO Box 24 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Phone [315] 947-5488 Leisure Livin’ Camping & Resort PO Box 242 Nichols, NY 13812 Phone (877)319-8393 Paradise Park Campground 4150 Cross Road Box 99 Reading Center, NY 148760099 Phone (607)535-6600

Southern Shores Campground 5707 East Lake Road Conesus, NY 14435 Phone (585)346-5482 Spruce Row Campsite & RV Resort 2271 Kraft Road Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone (607)387-9225

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Sugar Creek Glen LLC PO Box 143 Dansville, NY 14437-0143 Phone (585)335-6294 Web www.sugarcreekglen campground.com

Village of Montour Falls PO Box 812 Montour Falls, NY 14865 Phone (607)535-7367 Web www.villageofmontour falls.com

Sun Valley Campsites 10740 Poags Hole Road Arkport, NY 14807 Phone (607)545-8388

Watkins Glen/Corning KOA PO Box 228 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 Phone (607)535-7404

Sunset on Seneca Campsites 8453 Lower Lake Rd Lodi, NY 14860 Phone (607)582-6030

Wigwam Keuka Lake Campground 3324 Esperanza Rd Bluff Point, NY 14478 Phone (315)536-6352

Sunset Park Campground 547 Sprague Road Memphis, NY 13112 Phone (315)635-6450 Tumble Hill Campground 10551 Atlanta Back Rd Cohocton, NY 14826 Phone (585)384-5248 Twin Oaks Campground Box 872 # Rural Delivery 1 Cayuga, NY 13034 Phone (315)889-5439

Beards Creek Golf Course 2269 State Route 20A Leicester, NY 14481 Phone (585)382-4653 Big Oak Golf Course 33 Packwood Rd Geneva, NY 14456 Phone (315)789-9419 Blue Heron Hills Country Club 1 Country Club Drive Macedon, NY 14502 Phone (315)986-5888

GOLF

Bonavista State Golf Course 7194 County Route 132 Ovid, NY 14521 Phone (607)869-5482

Auburn Golf & Country Club E Lake Rd Auburn, NY 13021 Phone (315)253-0359

Caledonia Country Club PO Box 79 Caledonia, NY 14423 Phone (585)538-9956

Bath Country Club 330 May St Bath, NY 14810 Phone (607)776-3390

Canandaigua Country Club PO Box 418 Canandaigua, NY 14424 Phone (585)394-4077

CAMPGROUNDS

Montour Falls Municipal Campground

607-535-9397 (As of April 1st)

Marina Road, Montour Falls, NY 14865

CHERRY GROVE CAMPGROUND

Newly expanded with 105 sites!

Located near Lake Ontario.

Family oriented park with seasonal and overnight accommodations.

Heated pool • Cabins available Group discounts for 6+ Easy pull-through sites • 50 amp hook-ups

www.cherrygrovecampground.com

(315)594-8320

“One Of New York’s Most Beautiful Campgrounds” Call or write for a FREE color brochure www.sugarcreekglencampground.com P.O. Box 143, LIFL, Dansville, NY 14437 (585) 335-6294

Cheerful Valley Campground Family Camping at it’s Best Free Vintage Fire Truck Rides • Real Log Cabins Planned Activities • Themed Weekend • All Type Sites Large Swimming Pool • Ceramic Tile Rest Rooms Rec. Hall • Playground • Great Fishing • Large Fields Peaceful River Valley • Large Grassy Sites 1412 Rt. 14 Phelps, NY 14532 Ph: 315-781-1222 • cheerfulvalley@rochester.rr.com www.cheerfulvalleycampground.com

Hejamada Campground & RV Park Located in the Finger Lakes Region Montezuma, NY Ph: (315)776-5887 www.hejamadacampground.com Family Camping at its best!

Conesus Lake Campground • Large Grassy Tent Sites • Full Hook-ups • VIP Trailer Sites w/Cable • Pool Open Memorial Day to Labor Day • Boat Rental & Dockage • On Site Trailer & Cabin Rentals • Planned Activities • Full Service Store & Game Room • Centrally Located to Rochester and All Finger Lakes Attractions 585/346-CAMP (2267) 5609 East Lake Road • Conesus, NY 14435 www.conesuslakecampground.com

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Cato Golf Club 11181 State Rte 34 Cato, NY 13033 Phone (315)626-2291

Crooked Pines Golf and Swim Club 1148 Wayne Port Rd Macedon, NY 14502 Phone (315)986-4455

Cedar View Golf Course Inc. 125 Cedar View Rd Lansing, NY 14882 Phone (315)364-7598 Centerpointe Country Club 2231 Brickyard Rd Canandaigua, NY 14424 Phone (585)924-5346 Conesus Golf Club 1 Pine Alley Conesus, NY 14435 Phone (585)346-2100 Cortland Country Club NYS 281 Cortland, NY 13045 Phone (607)753-3336 Cranebrook Golf Club 7126 Canoga Rd Auburn, NY 13021 Phone (315)252-7887

Greystone Golf Club 1400 Atlantic Ave Walworth, NY 14568 Phone (315)524-0022

Island Oaks Golf Club 7470 Chase Rd Lima, NY 14485 Phone (585)624-5490

Majestic Hills Golf Course 3275 Shay Rd Naples, NY 14512 Phone (585)554-3609

DJ’s Golf Center Par 3 Route 17C Waverly, NY 14892 Phone (607)565-2618

Hickory Hollow Golf Range & Pro 158 Water Wagon Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone (607)257-8633

Ithaca Gym - Lakeview Golf Club 180 Kendall Avenue Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone (607)844-9173

Maple Hill Golf Club 1539 Conrad Rd Marathon, NY 13803 Phone (607)849-3285

Dutch Hollow Country Club 1839 Benson Rd Owasco, NY 13021 Phone (315)784-5052

Highland Park Golf Club 3068 Franklin Street Road Auburn, NY 13021 Phone (315)252-4993

Keshequa Golf Club PO Box 253 Mt Morris, NY 14510 Phone (716)658-4545

Elm Tree Golf Course 283 NYS 13 Cortland, NY 13045 Phone (607)753-1341

Hill N Dale Country Club 6402 Rt 80 Tully, NY 13159 Phone (315)696-5338

Knickerbocker Country Club 5471 Telephone Rd Cincinnatus, NY 13040 Phone (607)863-3800

Fillmore Golf Club 1505 Tollgate Hill Rd Locke, NY 13092 Phone (315)497-3145

Indian Head Golf Course 136 Clark St Rd Cayuga, NY 13034 Phone (315)253-6812

Lakeside Country Club PO Box 381 Penn Yan, NY 14527 Phone (315)536-7252

Grandview Farms Golf Club 400 Hartwell Rd Berkshire, NY 13736 Phone (607)657-2619

Indian Hills Golf Club Inc. 130 E Main Street Rochester, NY 14604 Phone (607)523-7315

Lima Golf & Country Club 7470 Chase Rd Lima, NY 14485 Phone (585)624-1490

Mark Twain Golf Course 2275 Corning Rd Elmira, NY 14903 Phone (607)737-5770 Meadowbrook Golf Course 8702 Ball Rd Weedsport, NY 13166 Phone (315)834-9358 Newmans Golf Course Pier Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone (607)273-6262 Old Hickory Golf Course PO Box H Livonia, NY 14487 Phone (585)346-2450

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4 Authentic Log Cabins on Seneca Lake - Himrod, NY - off Rt. 14 607-243-5994 or 607-243-7926 4 cottages for rent plus campsites bkachers@linkny.com • www.backachers.net

HOLIDAY HILL CAMPGROUND 7818 Marvin Hill Rd Springwater, NY 14560 (585) 669-2600 Reservations: 1-800-719-2267 WWW.HOLIDAYHILLCAMPGROUND.COM 175 Spacious Sites on 97 Acres Only 40 miles south of Rochester SEWER AND CABLE NOW AVAILABLE Heated Pool • Movies • Baseball •Wagon Rides Fishing Ponds • Store • Clean Restrooms • Rec Hall • Mini Golf

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Laurie Pace

Connie Togel

Diane Whitehead

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ive women artists have been working individually from their homes across the country.

Although they have never met in person, they have a connection so deep, they liken it to a marriage. Individually, they are Debbie Lincoln, Laurie Pace, Conni Togel, Diane Whitehead and Mary Jo Zorad; collectively, they are the Five Graces.

The women have been preparing paintings for two shows: one at the Earth Works Gallery in Penn Yan during the month of July, and the other at Belhurst Castle in Geneva during the month of August. In addition to the pieces for the shows, the women have each completed works to contribute to a tapestry titled “American Rural Farms.” The tapestry will be auctioned off, and the proceeds will benefit Hospice House in Yates County.

The idea for the Five Graces originated from the “The Group of Seven,” a group of Canadian landscape artists inspired by the wilderness paintings of Tom Thomson. Although each woman has a unique style, the artists all create bold, vividly colored pieces inspired by their surroundings.

The similarities are apparent not only on the canvas but within the women themselves. They have a deep love of art and a commitment to the highest standards. They wake up in the morning and can’t wait to get to their studios and start painting. Laurie Pace describes it as an addiction.

“When you come to the canvas, it’s like sitting down to a favorite meal and wanting to try everything. You can’t get enough of it,” she said.

The women believe it was a higher power that brought them together.

While working on their pieces for the shows, they were in contact with each other through phone and e-mail. They discussed husbands and children, asked

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for advice on their paintings, and even shared photos of recent family weddings.

“We’re really excited about finally getting to meet each other,” Pace said.

The end of the shows does not mean the end of the Five Graces. The women plan to get together four or five times a year and paint.

Meet the artists Debbie Lincoln lives in Stephenville, Texas, where the countryside, the people and the animals provide plenty of inspiration for her work. She specializes in light and shadows and loves to paint rodeo subjects.

Laurie Pace lives in Justin, Texas. She has taught art for 25 years both in schools and privately from her studio.

She teaches her students how their own positive energy will pass through their hands onto the canvas.

Conni Togel was born in the United States, raised in Germany and now lives in South Carolina. She loves to paint sheep and draws inspiration from the flock that grazes on her farm. Togel finds sheep to be quirky, silly and cute, and she tries to depict that in her paintings.

Diane Whitehead works from her studio in Park City, Utah. She is an avid outdoorswoman and loves to paint animals and mountains. She uses bold brushstrokes and vibrant colors to make her paintings come alive.

Mary Jo Zorad lives in Olympia, Washington, and her work depicts the landscapes surrounding her. She takes daily walks with her dogs to explore nature and get inspiration.

Stacy Majewicz is a graduate of Ithaca College.

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