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Old order cultures EXTRA!

news and events exploring the Finger Lakes app Slow road to Mac’s Drive-In EXTRA!

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Ganondagan’s Seneca Art EXTRA! and Culture Center

26 Gardening

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Landscape makeovers

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Woodlawn’s unique historical legacy

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One summer, eleven lakes

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Penn Yan’s Keuka Candy Emporium

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Finger Lakes food tours

88 Fruit of the Vine

wine, spirits and brews

Bloomer Creek wines

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Erie Canal boat trip

reading reviews

Refreshing reads for a sultry summer

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The Iroquois and the “three sisters”

36 Finger Lakes Tourism

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unning is hard, or at least that’s how I always perceived the sport.

When I was a teenager I tried running longer distances a few times and didn’t like it very much. I was always out of breath and my legs felt like rubber after a mile or two. I didn’t understand how anyone could actually get enjoyment from this sport.

Don’t get me wrong – I was active in sports. I played basketball and baseball through high school, and I loved to ride my bicycle on the country roads around my house. But the Zen of running escaped me for a long time.

After going through a period of time in my life where I wasn’t as active and fit as I should have been, I tried running again. This of course was tackled after losing some weight, gaining strength and becoming fit.

Last fall I ran two 5-kilometer races after training a few months, and I was just beginning to understand the rhythm of running. Usually when I ran by myself I started at a much faster pace than I should have, and I didn’t have much fun during and after the exercise. Eventually I learned to pace myself correctly, to listen to my breathing and my heart rate. I would do this not by using a monitor and a fancy watch. In fact, this past spring, I started running without using any special electronic equipment. I just started running by feel – in other words, how I felt. If I thought my pace was too fast because of my breathing, I would just shorten my stride a bit. After awhile, runs actually started to become fun, because I was staying within myself.

I’ll be running a half marathon this coming weekend, and believe me, I never thought I would ever run that distance. It takes a lot of training miles, and it also takes a lot of patience and persistence.

Running for me is like publishing this magazine. It’s a marathon, or half marathon – at any rate, it’s a long race.

There are small goals achieved along the way like mile markers, and you are always working to do better.

This year we’ve stepped up our game to bring our magazine to more people.

First, we moved from publishing five issues a year to six. It’s amazing how much work and effort goes into one extra issue!

Second, we updated lifeinthe fingerlakes.com. The new website went through a major overhaul and redesign. Now, with larger photos and responsive text, the website can be viewed on any computer or mobile device, no matter the screen size, and the articles are still easy to read. We are also publishing short articles, press releases and pictorials exclusive to the website, so please visit the site frequently, since content is always fresh.

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Letters

I took a trip out to Labrador Hollow Unique Area recently and it’s really beautiful. Thanks for the article to help inspire me to visit the park (“Sharing a Secret,” May/June 2015 Issue). On the way home I stopped to see my favorite artists in Groton – Arlen Perkins Withey and her son Nic who do beautiful oil paintings of this area. Their work is outstanding.

– Paula Sophoclides I just got a printed copy of the May/ June 2015 Issue and it’s hard to believe the quality of the photo reproduction. For a consumer magazine it’s nothing short of awesome. It’s what I would expect from an art magazine. Thanks again for a great job.

– Bard Prentiss, photograher and writer, “Shifting Focus”

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In the May/June 2015 issue, an incorrect statement was published in the article titled “Happy Trails.” The sentence on page 44 states “Tipped off by a neighbor in June of 2014, I found Bernice camping under a picnic shelter alongside Canaseraga Creek.” The month was August, not June. The typo is not attributed to John Adamski, the writer and photographer. The magazine regrets this error and takes full responsibility.

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After reading about pet photos in the May/ June 2015 Issue, I thought you might be interested in a photo of me and my rescue dog Cheddar. She sits and waits for me to catch a fish. When I do catch one she gently holds the fish with her paw until I release the fish.

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Finger Lakes Regional Map 1 Canandaigua (p.87) 2 Clifton Springs (p. 17) 3 Cortland (p. 68)

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Editorial & Production Editor......................................................................Mark Stash ......................................... mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com Senior Graphic Artist...........................Jennifer Srmack Graphic Artist..................................................Liz Pieniazek Associate Editor..............................................Tina Manzer Assistant Editors........................................ Jenn Bergin .............................................................................. J. Kevin Fahy ............................................................................Carol C. Stash

Contributors................................................ John Adamski ..................................................................... Derek Doeffinger .....................................................................Frances Emerson ....................................................................K.C. Fahy-Harvick ...................................................................Laura Winters Falk ............................................................................Jason Feulner ..................................................................... James P. Hughes .................................................................................. Ray Levato ........................................................... Carol White Llewellyn .................................................................Nancy E. McCarthy ...................................................................... Roger Neumann ...................................................................................Laura Reid ................................................................ Lisa Maria Rickman ..........................................................................Cindy Ruggieri .....................................................................Laurel C. Wemett .......................................................................Benjamin Woelk

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JULY Through October 31... Rose Hill Mansion Open Administered by the Geneva Historical Society, the Greek Revival mansion and National Historical Landmark perches above Seneca Lake in the heart of the Finger Lakes. Once a working farm, the house and surrounding grounds are now open seasonally for guided tours. Twenty rooms of the house are restored and furnished in the Empire style, popular from the 1820s to 1850s. The property also has a terrific view of Seneca Lake and nearby farmlands.

Rose Hill Mansion 3373 Route 96A, Geneva NY 14456 genevahistoricalsociety.com/visit/rose-hill-mansion

2, 3, 4…”Stuart Little” – Hangar Theatre Stuart Little is an extraordinary mouse born into an ordinary New York City family. Through a series of adventures – a boat race in Central Park, a drive in a gasoline-powered model car and a chase to find his best friend, Stuart Little expertly navigates the challenges of being a small mouse in a big world. Join Stuart on a journey that won’t soon be forgotten. 10 a.m. and noon.

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Uniquely Bluff Point The history and geology of Keuka Lake’s most prominent feature are displayed in two informative signs

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raised near Branchport. Following the American he scenic view of Keuka Lake’s West Revolution, white settlers, like the followers of Branch and Bluff Point from the overlook “The Publick Universal Friend” Jemima Wilkinon Route 54A near Branchport is now complemented by two interpretive signs, sponsored by son, cleared almost all the thickly forested land, making way for the farming, vineyards, the Bluff Point Association, highlighting the history and wineries Keuka Lake is still known for. The and geology of “The Bluff” and Keuka Lake. steamboats of the 19th century, the trolley line

The unique geology of one of the most from Branchport to prominent formations Penn Yan, the foundin the Finger Lakes ing of Keuka College, and the Allegheny Painting depicts the trolley line passing just below the overlook. and the Garrett Plateau takes the Memorial Chapel are reader through the key features of the sediments laid down historical portrait. in a shallow seabed The two signs hundreds of millions will be unveiled at of years ago, plus the a public celebration fossil record contained June 20 as part of within them, and the New York State’s advancement and “Path through History Weekend.” retreat of the glaciers that eventually formed all

Another historical marker, donated by the the Finger Lakes. Compiled by a team of local Pomeroy Foundation, describes the Beddoe and university geologists, the information is Tract; 7,000 acres developed by John Beddoe supported by topographical maps and several in the 1790s. The Beddoe-Rose Cemetery, now illustrative photographs. within the Keuka Lake State Park, was placed

The human history of the area begins on the National Registry of Historic Places in with the earliest Algonquin people and the 2014. The Rose brothers purchased land from later Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, Beddoe, building the Greek Revival Esperanza including the Seneca Nation and their famed and Hampstead Mansions nearby. leader, the great orator Red Jacket, who was J u ly/A u g u s t 2 01 5 ~

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Contemporary Art + Design Wing Now open! cmog.org/contemporary

4-September 7...Summer Concert Series at the Lighthouse Presented by the Sodus Bay Historical Society Sundays between Independence Day (July 4) and Labor Day (September 7) from 2 to 4 p.m.

Concerts are free – bring your own seating.

Refreshments are available.

7606 North Ontario Street, Sodus Point NY 14555 315-483-4936 sodusbaylighthouse.org 11...Wayne Baptist Church Restoration Fundraiser Strawberry Festival 1 to 4 p.m. Music by Roy Litteer and Friends.

Farmer’s Market, baked goods, crafts and more.

69 State Route 230, Wayne NY 14837 607-292-3236 waynebaptistchurchrestoration@gmail.com Facebook – Wayne Baptist Church

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Finger Lakes Opera to Stage Two Productions This Year

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he second season of Finger Lakes Opera at SUNY Geneseo will feature as its mainstage production Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love August 7 at 7:30 p.m. and August 9 at 2 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium. The company will present a new staging of the classic comic opera with a setting in Chicago during the Roaring Twenties.

New this season is the addition of a second production – the Tony-nominated musical revue of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s music, A Grand Night for Singing, August 6 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s new state-of-the-art Doty Recital Hall.

Gerard Floriano is the company’s artistic director. E. Loren Meeker returns to direct the mainstage production. Aaron McAllister, a 2003 SUNY Geneseo graduate, will serve as musical director for the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue.

Tickets and more information are available at FingerLakesOpera.com.

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Happenings 11-12...2015 Corn Hill Arts Festival Enjoy the 47th Annual Corn Hill Arts Festival, Rochester’s premier summertime Festival. Experience over 375 juried artists, four stages of live music, two beer & wine gardens, food and The 3rd Annual Fairy Houses Tour. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Corn Hill Neighborhood District 133 South Fitzhugh Street, Rochester NY 14608 cornhillartsfestival.com 24-August 8...Endless Mountain Music Festival The 10th year anniversary celebration will be held in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Full orchestra concerts Friday and Saturday nights all three weekends.

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PLAY. RELAX. INDULGE. Discover the perfect combination of 24-hour excitement centrally located and surrounded by fun!

Turning Stone offers two AAA Four Diamond hotels and award-winning dining options to suit every taste.

Hit the greens at one of our five acclaimed golf courses, pamper yourself in our two luxury spas, dine at one of our 18 restaurants or play on one of our 2,000 slots and 85 tables.

Whatever you’re looking for, we have it all.

24...Canandaigua Lake Music Festival: Audrey Andrist and Friends 7:15 pre-concert talk, 7:30 p.m. concert.

Finger Lakes Community College 3325 Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua NY 14424 lakemusicfestival.org 25...Animal Feeding at Cayuga Nature Center Check out our many animals. We feed our snakes, turtles, birds, fish and mammals. Our staff of animal specialists will be available to answer your questions. General admission fees apply. 12 to 1 p.m.

1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca NY 14850 discoverytrail.com 29...Little Gather Introduce little ones to the museum through free storytelling, puppet shows, music and lots of fun.

Dressed in full regalia, with flute, song, dance, story, and sign language, Robin Pease of Kulture Kids performs the story of a Hidatsa Native American woman who was given a special blue glass beaded belt…and then lost it. Bring your family at 11 a.m. Groups can attend a special 9:30 a.m. show.

Groups MUST register (space is limited) by calling 607-438-5113 or emailing littlegather@cmog.org The Corning Museum of Glass 1 Museum Way, Corning NY 14830 cmog.org

AUGUST 1...Cortland Arts and Wine Festival Plenty of wineries, lots of artists, live music on two stages throughout the day, great food, sidewalk art competition and even an “Artistic” car show.

Slight admission charge for wine tent, access to everything else is free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Courthouse Park in downtown Cortland cortlandartsandwine.org

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New Nature Center Coming to Letchworth State Park

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ew York State recently broke ground on a $6.75 million, four-season Nature Center at Letchworth State Park in Castile, as part of Governor Cuomo’s NY Parks 2020 Plan. The sustainable destination facility will feature new educational and interpretive programming to the 650,000 people that visit Letchworth each year. The additional programs, technology and recreational activities will enhance visitors’ understanding of the unique history, geology and environment found at the flagship park.

The center’s groundbreaking is the result of more than five years of

planning and a successful public/private partnership spearheaded by the Letchworth Nature Center Campaign Committee in partnership with representatives of the Genesee Regional Parks Commission, the Open Space Institute’s Alliance for New York State Parks and the Natural Heritage Trust.

The fundraising campaign is ongoing and aims to raise $2.1 million in private funds to enhance and endow the facility. Private donations are being matched approximately 2 to 1 by public funds, with $1.75 million raised to date. The Letchworth Nature Center is expected to open in spring 2016.

6-16...Becky’s New Car – Bristol Valley Theater The play is about Becky Foster, who doesn’t have a bad life; it’s just stuck in neutral. She has a decent job at a car dealership, a solid husband and a freeloading, 20-something son living in her basement. She isn’t exactly unhappy, but...then an honest misunderstanding with a wealthy widower offers Becky the chance at an exciting double life. Mishaps turn to mischief, and before she can hit the brakes things quickly accelerate out of her control. Suddenly Becky’s racing down life’s highway with some dangerous curves to negotiate and a mountain of hilarious cover-ups along the way.

585-374-6318 bvtnaples.org 7...Brew at the Zoo 5:30 to 8 p.m. Enjoy a night out at the 19th annual Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo fundraiser. Taste regional beers and wines and enjoy delicious food and music. Who knew philanthropic endeavors could taste so good?

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he Smith in Geneva has a rich history in the presentation of motion pictures. Movies were invented shortly after The Smith first opened in 1894, and were shown in the theater from the early, experimental films onward. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s, the interior of the Smith was gutted and transformed into a movie palace.

Today, The Smith’s mission includes the presentation of a broad spectrum of high-quality films to the community, including foreign films, indies, cult films, children’s programming, recent box-office favorites, documentaries and classics.

As a part of its recent capital campaign, the theater installed air-conditioning for the first time in its history, and replaced the movie screen, which is the largest screen in the Finger Lakes Region. With these and other new upgrades, The Smith is poised to become an even more significant driver of economic activity in the Geneva area.

Beginning in June of 2015, The Smith will be presenting a classic film series on a monthly basis. This new initiative creates an exciting opportunity to partner with downtown Geneva restaurants in offering “dinner and a movie.” Visit thesmith.org for more information.

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Happenings to Sonnenberg Mansion and grounds. All proceeds benefit the preservation efforts of Sonnenberg Gardens. $6.00 w/ children under 12 admitted free.

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17-21...Jugglers and Jokesters Enjoy strolling and “pop-up” performances by Flower City Vaudeville. Learn to juggle, and make a joke book and jester hat to take home. Included with general museum admission fees.

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Head cheese maker Pete Messmer

Lively Run Dairy Recognized

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ively Run Dairy, one of the longest operating commercial goat dairies in the country, was recognized for the 2012-2014 expansions of their cheese facility, products, and cheese shop; growth of their agritourism business; and 450 percent increase in net income. The dairy won the 2015 New York State Agricultural Business of the Year award.

Lively Run Dairy has expanded its cheese plant production facility with assistance from Ken Homer of Binghamton Small Business Development Center to produce hard cheeses using cow’s milk, and make cheese under private labeling for other farms. They have expanded their facility with a retail tasting room and store and bus parking, and are preparing to provide meals for tourists in the Finger Lakes.

The Lively Run family traveled to Saratoga Springs in April to receive their award and celebrate with other members of New York State SBDC.

Photo courtesy of Al Johnson

Now I’m living it every day in the Finger Lakes Approaching retirement, I promised myself I would always stay connected to the people I love the most. That I would keep pursuing my passions and continue to indulge and try new things.

That I would look back on fond memories while making new ones every day. And I will continue to keep that promise.

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Day Trip

exploring the Finger Lakes

Forsake the Highway for the

Slow Road

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have a conviction, a belief, that many of us miss out on much that takes place around us. We don’t recognize the amazing places and people that make up “our home.”

I live in the City of Rochester and enjoy it greatly. However, the ability to escape to the beautiful Finger Lakes Region and beyond is what makes this area one of the best in the world to live in. For me, exploring the open road helps spark my sense of freedom and adventure. Every trip I take is a combination of planned stops and random interactions; a sort of necessary flexibility that allows me to truly capture and experience the spirit of a place. Taking the road less traveled has been a lifestyle choice of mine for as long as I’ve had my driver’s license, whether the road is near (here in the

Finger Lakes and the rest of New York State) or far (the Cape Breton Trail in Nova Scotia and circumventing Iceland on my honeymoon).

Last summer, I decided to launch a new iteration of “Slow Road,” a doc-

umentary series dedicated to exploring places and building relationships between urban and rural places. “Slow Road” focuses on discovering the paths that intersect with Main Streets and epicenters of community. The name

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Download the FREE mobile app version of the magazine to see this video about Mac’s Drive In. and our ethos represent downshifting in an effort to take in what’s around us in both a literal and symbolic sense.

During each episode of “Slow Road,” we profile routes that connect us with a multitude of different places. We focus on the spirit of what our series represents and the importance of going to new and unfamiliar places. Our goal is to encourage others to follow those routes to understand the benefits of the places and people we meet, and how we are connected to places in ways we don’t realize.

Heading to Mac’s

Episode 1 begins in front of the iconic Little Theater on East Avenue in Rochester and heads south. Most of us in the city recognize East Avenue, but don’t realize it is also Route 96.

We travel through the beautiful (and hidden) Village of Clifton Springs, where we discuss the early origins of the community around its healing mineral and sulphur springs. We then continue south via Route 96 to Phelps, to highlight historic Flint Creek Falls.

Our next highlight is the Village of

Waterloo to see a hand-painted, muralsized advertisement created prior to 1896. The mural promotes a former, local liquor and tobacco business.

Our main feature is the incredible Mac’s Drive-In Restaurant, celebrating its 55th year in business. We picked the retro, drive-in restaurant as our first destination because we simply couldn’t think of a better place to visit during a show dedicated to the road less traveled. Mac’s embodies an era when highways did not yet dominate the landscape. Located on historic

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Route 20, it captures the nostalgia of a Finger Lakes summer night. You can sit at the counter or take advantage of carhop service.

As we enjoyed our burgers, fries and root beer floats, we learned more about the amazing people who started it all. Founders Gerry and Cathy MacDougal spoke with us about their decision to create the one-of-a-kind restaurant in 1961. Mac’s is one of only a few places in the world that still serve Richardson Root Beer, and we marveled at the style in which they serve their root beer floats.

We also had an amazing chance to meet the current owners (one is Gerry and Cathy’s son) and talk to some of the staff about what it’s like to work there. In the end, we were treated with an incredible day of driving and discovering new places and people worthy of attention.

The roads less traveled lead to discovery. Make sure to tell Mac’s Drive-In that Slow Road sent you!

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The ongoing mission of “Slow Road” is to capture our region in an unprecedented manner. We have just released our third episode this year, which was filmed in High Definition. We look forward to the day our production funding will enable us to film every month and achieve syndication. We feel that there is still so much to be captured. No place is too small to visit. Follow us on the Slow Roads by watching our episodes at vimeo.com/slowroad. Visit us at slowroadtravel.com or read our blog at storyofplace.com. Slow Road Travel is a project of Slow Road Consulting Inc., a placemaking and marketing firm.

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Farm Sanctuary offers 175 acres and hundreds of animal friends to visit (and take selfies with).

Connect with some of the 500 rescued farm animals that call the rolling green pastures of Farm Sanctuary’s 175-acre New York Shelter home.

Open May through October. For tour hours and directions, please visit farmsanctuary.org or call 607-583- 2225.

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the better things in life

Rendering by Francois de Menil and Encore Design

Ganondagan’s

Seneca

Art and Culture Center A showcase of Iroquois ideas and hospitality

story and photos by Carol White Llewellyn

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riving past the construction site on Route 41 in Victor, few people would imagine that the new building’s steady rise is actually more than 15 years in the making. Nestled into the hillside, a short walk from Ganondagan State Historic Site’s Bark Longhouse, the new Seneca Art and Culture Center will be the culmination of a long journey of

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planning, fundraising, negotiating and action turning dreams into reality. The expansive facility is scheduled to open in early fall of this year.

Many deserve credit for this ambitious $11-million initiative, including Ganondagan’s site manager Peter Jemison, who spearheaded the project; the entire staff of Ganondagan State Historic Site;

staff, volunteers and the Friends of Ganondagan Board of Trustees; the Seneca and Haudenosaunee people; New York State; and both individual donors and corporate funders.

In April, Peter Jemison escorted me on a hard-hat tour of the construction site. Although the building was far from finished, I was struck by the magnificence of its

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design, with vaulted ceilings, enormous banks of windows, numerous skylights and spacious rooms. While many buildings are designed as a barrier to the outdoors, this one invites nature in, to become one with the building. Every element is mindfully designed to respect Haudenosaunee principles.

The Seneca Nation is part of the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, Confederacy. One of the Haudenosaunee values is called “Seventh Generation,” which considers how actions taken today will affect people and the environment seven generations in the future. Adhering to this forward-focused principle, DeWolff Partnership Architects was hired as the architect of record to design the 17,300-square-foot, LEED-certified building, which will be energy efficient and environmentally conscientious. The design, by Francois de Menil Architect PC and Encore Design, was inspired by the Hiawatha wampum belt, symbolizing the unity of the nations under one confederacy. Rochester-based Pike Company is constructing the facility, in collaboration with the Seneca Construction Management Corporation of Irving.

Referring to the Iroquois value of “community” that is central to the design of the building, Ganondagan’s program manager Jeanette Miller, commented, “We didn’t want to have the cold, impersonal feeling of many museums. We want to continue offering friendly, familyoriented hospitality.”

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Painters bring nature’s colors indoors.

She went on to explain that a contemporary aspect was purposely incorporated, so visitors could see the community as it is today. “The Seneca Art and Culture Center will have a living, breathing character that welcomes people and gives a sense of community, engagement and

connection,” she said.

The State Historic Site was once, primarily, a three-season outdoor venue. It will now be able to extend year-round hospitality to student groups, community members and organizations, as well as domestic and international tourists that visit

Ganondagan annually to learn about the history, culture, traditions and art of the Seneca and Iroquois people.

Core to that sense of community is the Seneca Art and Culture Center’s ample auditorium. Dance troupes, including Ganondagan’s Spirit Dancers, the Buffalo Creek Dancers

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and other Native American performers, will be delighted to discover that the auditorium has been fitted out with a professional sprung wooden dance floor, a green room and dressing rooms. To accommodate all types of events, the auditorium has also been equipped with state-of-theart audio/visual technology. Stadium seating recesses into a case to offer greater space flexibility. Activities such as a storytelling event, a Material Culture Symposium, a Food Sovereignty seminar, a gathering of basket makers, and other workshops are already in planning and scheduled to take place throughout the year, following the Center’s opening.

Additionally, the new facility will have several classrooms, a gift shop run by Friends of Ganondagan, an archive and research facility, office space for Ganondagan State Historic Site staff, and a much-needed catering kitchen.

The facility’s Orientation Theater will screen “The Iroquois Creation Story”, currently under development through a collaboration among Peter Jemison, choreographer Garth Fagan, RIT filmmaker Cathleen Ashworth, and graduate students in RIT’s School of Film and Animation. Outside the entrance to the building, water and fire features will

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symbolize the traditional Haudenosaunee welcome ceremony offered to visitors. Future plans for the Center include distance learning capabilities.

Equal in size and importance to the auditorium will be the center’s gallery space. One wall will present the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving address, which greets and gives thanks for all elements in the natural world.

Another section will be devoted to sharing Ganondagan’s history, and the culture, art and traditions of the Seneca

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people. The third area will feature changing exhibits that focus on contemporary life, and offer a sense of who the Haudenosaunee people are today. The first of these contemporary exhibits will highlight the sport of lacrosse, known as “The Creator’s Game.”

Meg Joseph, executive director of Friends of Ganondagan since 2013, spoke about the importance of the Seneca Art and Culture Center, and how Ganondagan’s relationship with New York State has evolved throughout the process of building the facility.

“The Haudenosaunee people have always had a sophisticated culture with a strong value system centered in democracy, women’s rights, peace and seventh generation ideals,” she stated, noting that the new building will offer enhanced opportunities to share the many contributions of the Seneca and Haudenosaunee people.

She went on to say, “New York State has been extremely supportive, positive and flexible, working to ensure the success of this project. I think a deeper respect has evolved between New York State and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.”

Joseph observed that both parties are unified in their commitment to the success of this project, which will have deep historic, cultural and spiritual significance. “There’s mutual respect and gratitude among all parties that have contributed,” she said.

As a final question, I asked, “If Ganondagan’s original inhabitants could return and see this building, what do you think their reactions would be?”

Without hesitation, Jeanette Miller answered, “I think they’d be proud, and happy to see the breakdown of barriers.

They’d be pleased that we’re sharing their contributions, and that their values are still alive today.”

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Gardening

growing and landscaping

Landscape

Makeovers

Revival and Restoration

story and photos by K.C. Fahy-Harvick

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our home is probably your biggest single investment. Its care and upkeep – which can be costly – is necessary to maintain its value. Some say that landscaping doesn’t add value to a home, but I firmly believe you only have one chance to make a positive first impression. The plantings that surround your home contribute to the overall impact of your property.

If you have an older home with an older landscape, chances are that things are overgrown, or even out of control. Many times plants and trees are planted too close to the house or too close together because the owners either didn’t know any better, or they wanted a quick fix. Either way, in 10 or 20 years, it will need a serious ‘facelift’.

Occasionally you may have to start over, and have the plants and trees removed and repurposed as compost, or

BEFORE See “after” on page 28.

Evergreen is planted 3 feet from the house, which is too close.

chipped to use in pathways. But there are ways to renew shrubs and trees with proper pruning and shaping, and if you have ever shopped in a nursery or garden center, you know how much new plants cost. Imagine what a 20-yearold shrub might be worth if it can be saved.

Refer to the architecture of your home

It is important to know the ultimate size and growth habit of plants and trees. For instance, yews are commonly used in residential landscapes as hedges, but yews grow bigger and bigger in girth and root as they are constantly trimmed and shaped into a 3- or 4-foot hedge. We trim them like hedges for 20 years and expect them to still look good, when in reality they want to be trees. It becomes a perpetual battle.

Unique copper roofs over the door, balcony windows and Juliet balcony. The roof of the house is slate.

Witch hazel shrubs (Hamamelis) cover the front window and chimney.

Overgrown and unhealthy plants near the door

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Ocassionally a complete makeover is necessary. The “after” photo features reshaped beds, with new trees and shrubs.

To restore or rejuvenate, the first step is to note the architectural features of your home and determine which ones should be accentuated. Always make the entry the clear focus; it should be inviting and easily accessed. There have been times that I’ve pulled up to a house, gotten out of my car, and not known where the front door was. This is very bad, even if you don’t use the door yourself.

The entry should be a focal point. This can be done with walkways, but also the landscape should provide a visual flow to the door. If you think you need privacy for windows and doors, consider that a tree can be planted further out from your house as a barrier, but not block your view from the window.

The next step is to identify all of the plants and trees in the landscape, decide which ones you really love, and then see if they can be restored to health and shaped to work with the house. Mature trees and shrubs are not easily moved, so if they are overgrown and too close to the house, they may need to be re-

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Under the Juliet balcony are three weeping hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis “Pendula”) that are buried behind other shrubs. They are not centered under the balcony.

Four Hydrangea bushes are too many.

Two were kept and the remaining shrubs were moved off the walkway a bit.

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Five chamaecyparis pisifera shrubs are planted too close together. Two would have been enough.

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A landscape rehab – before

The unique home pictured on page 26 (“before”) and above (“after”), built in 1929, featured landscaping that had grown out of control. Trees were planted too close to the house, and shrubs were overplanted and overgrown. Some of the key pieces here include the Dogwood tree on the right, which was planted way too close to the house. However, the new homeowners love it, so we are going to trim it and keep it.

On the left side of the large fireplace chimney is an evergreen tree that should have been planted about 10 feet from the house, instead of 3 feet from the house. The windows were completely covered, and plants were overgrown.

The design features of the house, like the artistically unique copper roof over the door, the balcony windows and the slate roof, were lost in the jumble. I prefer to use evergreens near the front door so that it looks alive and inviting during the winter months.

The landscape did not draw attention to the beautiful Juliet balcony in the center of the brick wall. In fact, it drew it away. A tree to the right was only 12 inches from the wall, the five chamaecyparis pisifera shrubs under the balcony were planted too close together, and two would have been enough. Directly under the balcony are three weeping hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis “Pendula”) that are buried behind the other shrubs. Plus, they were not centered under the balcony.

After Restoration involved removing the tree on the right, and removing the chamaecyparis pisifera shrubs under the balcony and the extra hemlock to the left of the balcony. I then trimmed and shaped the remaining hemlocks to make them appear to be centered under the balcony. Replacing the overgrown shrubs with dwarf Rhododendrons called “Ken Janek,” gives a clear view of the renewed hemlocks. It also adds spring flower color and evergreen interest for the winter.

Where there were four Hydrangea bushes, I kept two, and moved remaining shrubs back off the walkway a bit. Unlike Arborvitae, the four column-shaped Junipers (Juniperus scopulorum “Blue Arrow”) stay narrow, and accent that

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beautiful balcony.

Removing the overgrown and unhealthy plants near the door made room for new evergreens, like the unique blue tree Cedrus atlantica “Horstmann” to the left of the door, and the blue spruce “Montgomery” (Picea pungens) to the right, both accenting the color and shape of the copper roof.

New perennials emphasize the colors in the brick and the front door.

I also renewed the hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis “Pendula”) on the left side of the door by pruning and shaping them, and limbed-up the large cedar to allow light into the far left window. The witch hazel shrubs (Hamamelis) have been thinned and shaped to expose the big beautiful chimney and the window. The foundation plants ground the house and accent the architecture, while the perennials give the landscape seasonal color and textural interest.

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ast summer, when I asked my cousin Richard if he and his wife would join my wife and me on a cruise along the Erie Canal, he looked puzzled. “You mean they still use that?” he asked.

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Yorkers also probably aren’t aware that the canal system remains very much in use today, both commercially and recreationally.

“After nearly 200 years of continuous operation, New York’s canals continue to play a vitally important role in the lives of New Yorkers all throughout the Empire State,” Brian Stratton, director of the New York State Canal

Corporation, wrote in an email. He added that “the dream of DeWitt Clinton and his contemporaries is just as alive today as it was two centuries ago.”

As New York’s sixth governor, Clinton was a strong advocate for the construction of the Erie Canal in the early 1800s. He believed the project would have a great economic impact not only on New York but on the nation, and it has proven him correct.

The current governor, Andrew Cuomo, reported last year that the canal system today generates more than $6.2 billion annually in “commercial activity and support jobs” across New York. And Stratton calls the system “the economic backbone” of upstate.

My wife, Nancy, and I live in Horseheads, and for years we’ve been canoeing and kayaking on the canal system – specifically the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, mostly between Seneca Falls and Waterloo. While on the water, we almost always see a few charter boats easing along or tied up at one of the docks, and we often thought we’d like to try a charter ourselves some day. That day came last July, when we began a cruise of four days and nights with Rich and Maryann on a 42-foot houseboat.

A couple walks past the Oneida and our boat, the Okeechobee, at a public dock on the Erie Canal in Newark.

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Our boat was the Okeechobee, a 15-ton steel barge. It’s one of 10 Lockmaster boats offered in three sizes (ours was the largest) by the Mid-Lakes Navigation Company of Skaneateles and Macedon.

We got on the water on a Monday afternoon at the Mid-Lakes marina in Macedon. By the time we returned that Friday morning, we had covered about 100 miles at a leisurely 6 mph.

All the while, we were helping Mid-Lakes set a record for business on the canal system in 2014, according to Sarah Wiles, marketing director and a member of the family that owns and operates the company. She told me that gross revenue for 2014 was up almost 20 percent from the previous year. Mid-Lakes, which operates between Oneida Lake and North Tonawanda, chartered about 230 trips that put more than 700 people on the canal, she said.

Other charter companies and various commercial users of the waterways also were busy last year. And officials say that while there’s no way

to measure recreational use, anecdotal evidence suggests that also increased.

“Traffic was significantly up, both recreationally and commercially,” Shane Mahar, deputy communications director for the Thruway Authority and Canal Corporation, told me. He said traffic rose 5.4 percent overall from the previous year.

Our brief journey took us through 18 locks, nine each way.

None of us had experience piloting anything larger than a canoe, so we were a bit concerned about having to jockey the Okeechobee into and out of locks – and particularly parking inside those watery chambers, steering with a tiller rather than a wheel. But we got the hang of it with surprising ease, and we all took turns at the tiller. At each lock, Rich or I took the controls while the other three helped bring the boat to the wall and hold it there while the giant tub was filled with or emptied of water.

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The Otisco, a sister boat to the Okeechobee, makes its way into one of the locks. Our trip on the canal took us through 18 locks – nine in each direction.

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Where to rent: We chartered our boat through the Mid-Lakes Navigation Co. of Skaneateles and Macedon. Phone 800-545-4318, email info@midlakesnav.com or go to www.midlakesnav.com. Other charter companies include the Erie Canal Cruise Lines of Cape Vincent (800-962-1771 or www.canalcruises.com) and the Erie-Champlain Canal Boat Co. Inc. of Waterford (518-432-6094 or www.eccboating.com).

What to bring: The charter company will help you prepare.

We brought clothes (including a raincoat), groceries, toiletries, an iPod and player, a radio and a deck of playing cards. For the things we forgot or ran out of, we found places to shop wherever we docked for the night.

What we spent: Our cost was $2,181for the boat, plus supplies, which we split with my cousin and his wife. The cost included lock charges; there were no fees to tie up at the public docks we used or for electric and water hookups.

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cruised lazily all day, passing through the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and reaching Seneca Falls in late afternoon. By then we were on the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, which we reached by crossing the northern tip of Cayuga Lake.

The next morning, Nancy and I grabbed two of the bicycles that came with the boat and went for a ride.

We did the same thing two days later, in Lyons. That morning we took a brief tour of the town and then found the Canalway Trail and followed it for a stretch where it ran close to the water.

At both Newark and Lyons, official greeters met us when we docked. A man named Bob welcomed us to Lyons, gave us a brief history of the town, offered us the use of restrooms and showers at the nearby firehouse and borrowed my camera to take a picture of the four of us on the boat.

There was a shower on the boat, but it was tiny, and we gladly took Bob up on his offer. Besides the shower, the boat contained two sleeping areas, each with a double bed; a bathroom with a head or toilet and a sink; and a galley or kitchen with a propane stove and oven, a refrigerator and a dinette set.

It was cozy, to be sure. Think popup camper on water.

As popular as the canal system remains after all these years (it opened in 1825), there are ongoing efforts to put still more people on its waters and adjacent hiking and biking trails.

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A lock tender keeps watch over the boats that pass through.

“We’re trying to get involved with the communities more,” said Bill Sweitzer, director of marketing for the Canal Corporation. “There’s a feeling of ‘Let’s be a steward of the canal.’ More and more communities want to revitalize and maybe turn some of the businesses around, literally, so that we’re not seeing the backside of businesses from the canal.”

According to the website eriecanalway.org, a record 28 festivals in 2014 celebrated the canal heritage of those communities and attracted hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors.

In October, Lockport hosted the first Locktoberfest, an event that’s planned as an annual celebration of the city, the Erie Canal and the Flight of Five Locks. The initial Locktoberfest marked the completion of the first phase of a project to restore the locks. Sweitzer and Mahar said they’d like to see Lockport’s model spread to other communities, and they believe it will happen.

“There’s a very deep connection out there to the canal,” Mahar told me. “The last 30 to 40 years, municipalities have really connected with the waterway and have made the Erie Canal their Main Street once again.”

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History

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Iroquois and the

Three Sisters an excerpt from the book by Laura Winters Falk

Reprinted with permission from Culinary History of the Finger Lakes – From the Three Sisters to Riesling, by Laura Winter Falk. Available from the publisher online at arcadiapublishing.com or by calling 888-313-2665.

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he Iroquois were agricultural people with agricultural villages. Farmed crops represented 50 percent of their food and, because of their agricultural success, provided the foundation of their power. The Iroquois were a matriarchal society, in which women held important government and sociocultural roles. Women held the knowledge, controlled all aspects of farming in the villages and were the source of the skills and expertise. They were highly sophisticated and productive farmers. Corn, supplemented by beans and squash, was the foundation of the Iroquois physical and spiritual life. Known as the “Three Sisters,” these three crops were grown together in what is known today as a polyculture, a system in which each sister (or plant) serves a role in the mutual benefit of all three. The Iroquois visualized the Three Sisters as their sustainers who were put on earth by the Sky Woman to ensure their survival.

Below is an interpretation of an online presentation given by Dr. Jane Mt. Pleasant, a Cornell University professor of agriculture and descendant of the Tuscarora, in which she describes the spiritual relationship of the Three Sisters and their functional purpose as a food source to the Iroquois.

The first sister is Corn. Corn is the elder sister. She stands up tall and straight. She wears a hat at the top, and her face is the ear. She is serious, important and responsible. She is the engine of the trio.

As a food source, she produces the largest amount of calories and energy, as well some protein. She is a very productive and competitive crop, providing weed and insect resistance, and support to the other plants. The second sister is Bean. Bean is shy and twines herself This is an example of a Three Sisters mound, depicting how corn, beans and squash were planted together in the mutually beneficial polyculture system used by the Iroquois.

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An artistic rendering of the Three Sisters: corn, beans and squash.

Illustration by Christopher Loomis (loomisart.wordpress.com)

around the legs of her elder sister, occasionally peaking out from behind. Bean provides large amounts of protein to the Iroquois diet, as well as essential amino acids Corn does not contain. She also provides nitrogen to the other sisters, by converting nitrogen from the air into a form in the soil that the plants need to survive. The third sister is Squash.

She is the little one. She stays close to the ground, is kind of impish and wild, spreads herself all over the place and is always getting into trouble. In addition to being a significant source of calories, Squash also provides valuable vitamins, minerals, oils and protein to the diet.

Her low, wide leaves suppress weeds from growing around their space, capture sunlight and preserve moisture in the soil.

The Iroquois’ polyculture system resulted in their being a very extensive agriculture power. Reports from European diaries and journals from the 1700s have described Iroquois villages as being surrounded by large fields of corn with storage buildings containing up to 1 million bushels of corn grain. They were better farmers than the colonists and enjoyed a high standard of living due to their level of production.

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A Return to

Yesteryear Seneca Lake cruises like in the old days - but with a modern twist.

by Ray Levato

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years ago, sleek, paddle-wheeled steamers plied the pristine waters of the Finger Lakes carrying people and goods from point to point, until modern roads and automobiles made the same trips possible in a fraction of the time.

No one is alive today who remembers the Otetiana, the Onondaga, and the Seneca, among others.

Those boats brought excitement and charm to many a Sunday afternoon excursion on Seneca Lake, the

deepest and second-longest of the 11 Finger Lakes.

Today, though, the paddle-wheel tradition is being carried on daily during the summer by Captain Bill’s, a family run company headquartered in Watkins Glen, at the scenic southern end of Seneca Lake. The stars of the show are Captain Bill’s two tour boats – the 49-passenger Stroller IV (yes, there were three previous ones), and the much larger, 270-passenger dining vessel, the Seneca Legacy.

Watkins Glen offers a breathtaking

view of Seneca Lake looking north.

Captain Bill’s has a front row seat to this beauty, along with its shoreline neighbor, the ultramodern, Florida-inspired Harbor Hotel. Anyone driving through Watkins Glen has probably seen Captain Bill’s ship-themed gift shop right off of Rt. 14. It’s become a tourist destination on its own in an area full of attractions. The newly expanded Corning Museum of Glass is a short drive away and there are 35

The Stroller IV cruises the waters of Seneca Lake.

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member wineries on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail.

For car buffs, Watkins Glen International offers a nostalgic look back at yesteryear. Historic race cars from every era return to the Glen for the Glenora Wine Cellars U.S. Vintage Grand Prix, July 24 to 26. The Grand Prix Festival on September 11 pays tribute to the old course through downtown with “Return to the Streets.” The streets of Watkins Glen will be closed – just like the old days – while cars take laps around the original 6.6 mile course

The captain’s legacy lives on

In 1963, William, (pronounced Sym-ee-al) purchased an existing sight-seeing company whose Seneca Lake navigation roots date back to 1908. The business expanded in 2010 to include patio concerts and a restaurant with 16-foot fanned ceilings, a wall of windows with a magnificent view of the harbor, and a large, covered, outdoor dining area. Located in a restored old railroad station, now Captain Bill’s lakefront location with passengers lined up to board sightseeing and lunch cruises.

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called Seneca Harbor Station, it is, coincidentally, where Bill’s Italian immigrant parents arrived by train in 1910. Salt trains occasionally still rumble along the same tracks that hug the shoreline between the docks and the old station.

Bill Simiele died in 2006, but left a rich legacy. His son Mark, who started out cleaning boats at age 10, now guides the family business. He says his father’s dream lives on every time a passenger steps on board.

“We built the business as father and son, and he allowed me to be a big part of it. It was a great experience,” says Mark. Given that he has six children of his own, four of whom work at the family business, Captain Bill’s could very well be here for a long time.

Mark has his dad’s eye for detail. The boats are always immaculate: every window is cleaned daily so passengers can count on getting the best view possible. Crew members, including the servers, wear nautical-themed white uniforms.

“We tell visitors to leave their troubles at the dock. Sit back and enjoy yesteryear,” says Mark. “Once you depart on one of our cruises, you are instantly in another world.”

The company’s marketing manager, Bill Darrow, a skipper in his own right, adds, “Sometimes passengers even fall asleep. We take that as a compliment.”

Make it a short nap as there are many wonderful things to see on the trip, like majestic, 165-foot Hector Falls on the east side of Seneca Lake, and the Seneca Indian wall art. Stories abound that non-Native Americans

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actually painted the rocks on the eastern face cliff. The giveaway? Instead of a traditional Seneca longhouse, one image depicts a teepee, a dwelling associated with the Plains Indians.

About the boats

The 50-foot mahogany Stroller IV was built in Summerville, near the Port of Rochester, in 1934. This grand old lady of the lake is entering her 81st year but shows few signs of old age. The Stroller IV embarks on 11 50-minute cruises each day, every hour on the hour starting at 10 a.m. The last one departs at 8 p.m. and lucky passengers get to enjoy a Seneca Lake sunset.

The Simieles brought the Legacy to Seneca Lake in 2006 from Cape Cod, where it served as a ferry for about 40 years between Hyannis Port and the posh summer resorts of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Simiele says he sometimes hears from visitors who took the Seneca Legacy when it ferried people from the mainland.

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Captain Bill’s also hosts wedding cruises, receptions, and just-married couples who just want to have a picture taken in what many would regard as one of the most romantic spots on the lake. Wedding cruises aboard the Seneca Legacy are available from May through October.

“I’ve seen a bunch of down-on-one-knee proposals on board,” says Darrow. “One time, I was asked to participate by the groom-to-be. I had to request that the bride-to-be come forward to where the band was playing. Meanwhile, the groom was around the corner on the bow. When she came forward, the groom ran to where we were standing, dropped to one knee and proposed. She was very surprised and didn’t respond. I was holding the microphone so everyone on the ship could hear. I had to whisper in her ear that not only was her guy waiting, so was everyone else onboard! The entire ship was on pins and needles. Then a big smile came over her face and she said, ‘Yes, yes, yes, a million times yes!’ It was a wonderful moment.”

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A Hundred Delights story and photos by James P. Hughes

“You may boast about the circus And the animals so rare, But for sport and real enjoyment Give me the County Fair.”

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ights and sounds … tastes and treats … activities and aromas!

Finger Lakes residents by the thousands soak up this captivating concoction, and more, during a summer day at a county fair.

A traditional gathering of folks and fun with a rich historical legacy, color and contrasts are everywhere. Almost within the shadow and lights of a spinning Ferris wheel might be a pioneer log cabin or an antique one-room schoolhouse filled with artifacts recalling days gone by. Just beyond a brightly-lit cotton candy stand can be heard the mooing of cows or the growl of a chainsaw as a carver goes about his craft. People flock back year after year to experience their favorite foods, exhibits, grandstand shows or rides – pieces of Americana, each a thread of the vibrant mosaic that makes a fair a fair.

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County Fair Biblical Roots

Fairs can be traced back to Biblical times. Merchants convened from far and near, often in great cities, intent upon selling and trading their wares. It is surmised that “fair” comes from the Latin word “feria,” loosely translated as “holy day” or “free day.” Religious activities and feasting commonly accompanied such gatherings.

By the early 19th century, farming was the dominant livelihood driving the economy in rural areas across the country, including the fertile Finger Lakes and Genesee Country regions. The countryside was dotted with small towns that served in processing, marketing and distributing local bounty far and wide. Agricultural societies sprang up to promote, improve and generally enhance this critical regional commerce.

The birth of agricultural expositions or “fairs” followed – a natural effort by the societies to expose their products, trumpet their progress, and demonstrate their techniques to the general public. Moreover, if all this could be done in a festive, social atmosphere … well then, the public should certainly show up … and they did, in droves. A nominal admission fee would further encourage attendance. To this day, a “free gate” is offered at the Seneca County Fair as it celebrates its 172nd anniversary. Cayuga, Wayne, Ontario, Yates, Tioga, and other counties also trace their events to this same lively era more than a century and a half ago. The Steuben County Fair in Bath dates back to 1819, claiming to be “the oldest continually running fair in the United States.”

Friendly fair competition was a natural consequence; judges meticulously rated everything from a skillfully groomed steed to a plump pastry to a perfect pumpkin.

Wooden grandstands creaked under the feet of cheering throngs as they eagerly viewed harness racing, plowing contests, fireworks, and even the occasional balloon ascension.

Ribbons, medals, posters and etched souvenir plates were awarded and distributed – those treasured tokens of yesteryear now sought after by today’s collectors.

Traditions Meet Evolution

Established so long ago, the core elements of those agricultural society events remain at the heart of today’s county fair. A fair visit in 2015 blends that grand heritage with the vitality of the present, yet always with a sharp eye to the future. Scattered fairground architecture has survived the fires and deterioration of a century or more to remind us how institutions endure. A fairgoer to the Steuben County Fair passes through the same wooden gatehouse his ancestors may have passed through over a century before. Floral Hall (c. 1856) in Palmyra still proudly serves as the cornerstone of the Wayne County Fair. With an American flag waving atop in the breeze, the “oldest operating flagpole in New York State” continues to rise through its roof during fair week.

Traditions live on. Prizes are presented to proud purveyors of fine crops and livestock. Colorful ribbons are awarded to the best produce, recipes, crafts, floral displays,

County fairs are a part of the history in each of these communities.

needlework, table arrangements, photography, artwork, and so much more. An evenly baked pie, with perfect crust and mouth-watering ingredients, can still take home a blue ribbon. 4-H and youth programs have been, and always will be, a critical part of any county fair.

Along with the wonderfully wide variety of exhibits, entertainment has forever been a significant part of the fair’s fabric, although arguably its noise level has risen over the passing years. As one director put it, “Carnival and entertainment components are critical. They must be carefully planned – they’re truly necessary to draw the numbers of people that we need to survive.”

People flock to hear rock and country bands, watch tractor pulls, ride rows of gaudy and whirling rides, play games of chance, and watch demolition derbies (those grinding events that continue until just one vehicle is operational). As if rumbling around an oval track was not enough, many fairs host Figure 8 derbies, a diabolical arrangement that only increases collisions and destruction at the “Crossover X.” There are gentler shows as well – talent competitions, wildlife displays, dancing troupes, and sometimes acrobats or aerialists. In short, there’s something for everyone, often punctuated with a dazzling fireworks display at the end of the day.

And what’s a fair without food? The air is permeated with the heady odors of grilled sausage, BBQ chicken, and crusty pizza mixed with the sweet smell of funnel cakes, candied apples and salt water taffy. In today’s fair world, you may have to search and scramble to find a tossed salad, but almost anything else can be found “on a stick” or “deep fried.” A deep fried corn dog is one thing. But, deep fried butter or bacon?

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County Fair Cayuga County Fair July 10 – 13 cayugacountyfair.org

Steuben County Fair August 18 – 23 steubencountyfair.org

Chemung County Fair August 4 – 9 chemungcountyfair.com

Tioga County Fair July 7 – 11 tiogacofair.com

Cortland County Junior Fair July 7 – 11 cortlandfair.org

Trumansburg Fair August 25 – 30 trumansburgfair.info

Livingston County Fair August 19 – 22 livingstoncountyfair.org Monroe County Fair August 6 – 9 mcfair.com Ontario County Fair July 21 – 25 ontariocountyfair.org

Wayne County Fair August 10 – 15 waynecountyfair.org Yates County Fair July 7 – 11 yatescountyfair.org The Great New York State Fair Aug. 27 – Sept. 7 nysfair.org

Seneca County Fair July 15 – 18 senecacountyfairny.com

Chance Discoveries Everywhere

Wandering through the grounds and stumbling across unusual or quirky things is one of the true joys of fair attendance. During a heavy downpour at the Trumansburg Fair, Children’s Day contests still took place on the fairgrounds racetrack. Despite the ankle-deep mire, youthful competitors stumbled and tumbled their way through piggy back races and egg toss contests, caked in mud but smiling in the end. Since 1958, “Circus Artist” Brooke Evans has traveled the circuit with his handmade circus dioramas, each tiny midway or menagerie item brightly colored and perfectly detailed. Along with scores of fine farm animals, the beginning of new life is on display for kids and parents at Wayne County’s incubation project, where the hatching of baby chicks and ducks has drawn crowds for years. Have a cold Richardson Root Beer (patented in 1918) from “The Root Beer Truck,” a 1937 Ford retrofitted into a concession stand. Each year, proprietors Grant and Gail Simons, dapper in their red and white striped shirts and caps, serve up frosty mugs and root beer floats as they greet old and new friends. And don’t forget to check the fair schedule for the “Racing Pigs and Paddling Porkers.” What more can be said?

You just have to see this one in person.

From top to bottom: Racing in the mud at the Trumansburg Fair, demolition derby, playing games on the midway, and viewing farm animals are the highlights for fair attendees of all ages.

Onward

How have these county fairs maintained such longevity and established such a heritage? In part, it may be wistfulness for a simpler (even mythic) rural past, an annual celebration of the planting and harvesting cycle. More likely, they survive as an annual community gathering of family and friends in comfortable surroundings reliving the enjoyable and the familiar. Perhaps they persevere because the importance of agriculture remains, and will continue to remain, a thoroughly indispensable aspect of our lives. And, of course, fairs are just plain summertime fun.

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he goal of polo is simple: Snatch a headless goat from your opponent and gallop like hell to escape the pursuing hordes of horsemen who would enjoy nothing more than to knock you from your mount and trample your bones to dust while ripping the stolen goat corpse from your grasp. There’s only one rule: First one to make it to his village – with the goat – wins. And eats.

In Skaneateles, polo is a bit more refined than this ancient version once played on the steppes of Asia. Today there’s no goat and only four players on each team.

Despite its high-intensity action, polo falls into the category of unappreciated sports. When I asked family and friends what they thought about it, their responses were underwhelming. My sports fanatic friend Renee (she goes to Yankees’ spring training) best summed it up by saying, “I’ve never watched polo in my life so I have no idea.” If you share Renee’s sentiments, then you’re about to find out what you’re missing.

Instead of staring at the televised exhibition games of the Bills and Giants this summer, or paying $100 to get jostled while carrying a sloshing beer as you weave your way through the crowd at a Yankees or Mets game, drive to Skaneateles with your picnic basket. You’ll see athletes who are willing to play for room and board, and who do more to carry their teammates in one afternoon than those million-dollar athletes do in a full season.

The athletes are thoroughbred horses. In polo lingo, they are called ponies. The riders are mostly Finger Lakes residents whose ages range from too young to drive to too old to twerk. The teams come to Skaneateles from all over eastern North America: Cleveland, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Buffalo, Aiken (South Carolina), and several New York towns.

Me, at a polo match?

Yes, you. Here’s what you can expect.

Think of a safety blitzing the blind side of a clueless quarterback. Now add 800 pounds to that safety in the form of a massively muscled, galloping thoroughbred.

Then replace the quarterback with a slender 19-yearold girl (or a slightly paunchy 59-year-old man) and you’ve got an idea of the joy of polo: organized mayhem on horses.

And where will you be? Why right on the sideline of the polo grounds on Andrews Road south of Skaneateles, hoping the riders truly control their horses because sometimes, the action heads right for you.

When it does, you can feel the pounding of hooves, hear the shouts of pursuit, and see the determination on the faces of “spear”-pumping, cavalry-charging, seemingly mild-mannered, next-door-neighbor types as they thunder down a 300-yard-long field in pursuit of a 4-inch plastic ball.

Top: By rule, the player must hold the mallet in the right hand.

Emma’s ability to hit the ball backhanded while in full gallop requires years of practice.

Bottom: For many players, polo is a lifelong sport. David Eldredge (right) and Marty Cregg (left) have played against each other for 35 years.

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In polo, there are two constants: horses thunder down the field and mallets slice through the air, evoking a cinematic sense of cavalry in combat.

This combo of man and mount makes it unlike any other sport in America. It’s impressive. It’s fun. It’s free. Although it’s doubtful you’ll ever play polo, you should see it at least once. In the unlikely event you don’t care for it, your afternoon won’t be wasted. Just head into town for a nice stroll along the waterfront.

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Beyond polo preconceptions

When you hear the word “polo” what do you think? The rich elite? The Prince of Wales? Men-only? Not athletic?

Some of these preconceptions have an element of truth. Some do not.

Do you need to be rich? No, but it doesn’t hurt. If you’re willing to give

up motor boating, can get by with one Harley instead of two, or can forego buying a new SUV every three years, you just might be able to afford a polo pony or two. Polo ponies tend to be priced like Harleys. A decent, entry level pony with extra mileage can be had for about $5,000. A fine-tuned, experienced and skilled pony that can stop

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Not athletic? Absurd. Athleticism abounds. It belongs both to the pony and the rider, with success depending on their teamwork. Certainly a fast, agile, contact-loving pony gives a rider a great advantage, but the rider needs skills to leverage that advantage. When opportunity appears, a rider must be able to rise up in the stirrups with a mallet held upright in the right hand and the reins secured in the left, and maneuver away from a pair of 1,000-pound beasts charging in from either side. At the same time, a rider must focus on the ball and then, suddenly, whip the mallet down to precisely strike the ball as her mount surges forward at 30 miles an hour.

Opinions differ on whether the athleticism of the horse or the rider is more important. Marty Cregg, president of the 52-year-old Skaneateles Polo Club says, “The horse.” Cregg – who also captains the polo club’s team, and chairs the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame Center in Lake Worth, Florida – then adds, “Also important are riding skills, and understanding where to go next during a match to help the team.”

David Eldredge, longtime head coach of polo at Cornell University, says, “Riding and horsemanship! If you cannot get to the ball or opposing player, you cannot make a play.”

It’s not just a men’s game. In April, the Cornell women’s team won the national collegiate championship by scoring the winning goal with 10 seconds to go. Cornell men made it to the semifinals. Although both menand women-only competitions are common in the polo world, locally, in the summer, it’s usually a coed game.

The rules are simple – protect the horses

The field is 300 by 160 yards.

The point is to score by whacking the

The horses take priority. Before the match, Frieda wraps their tails to prevent entanglement with gear; after the match, Anna cools them down.

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Emma chooses a mallet, finding the length and head shape she prefers.

ball through the 24-foot wide goalposts. Teams switch goals after each point scored.

The rules are few and designed primarily to protect the horse (and secondarily the rider) from dangerous collisions or from being whacked by a mallet. Although horse collisions are actually encouraged, they’re of the side-swiping, hip-checking, bumping and thumping variety, where one horse comes in from a shallow angle to try and push another off course (called “riding off”). Head-on, T-boning and other direct-angle collisions (anything over 45 degrees) when horses are galloping are forbidden and penalized.

Riders can’t whack, wallop, elbow or strike other riders, but they can give them a good shoulder. The umpire can impose a penalty ranging from a free goal to a free shot.

Rules also limit certain swings of the mallet to prevent players from hitting other riders or horses. Two mounted umpires control the game with a sideline-sitting referee available to weigh in as needed.

The match

Before each match, assistants ready the horses for battle. They braid each horse’s tail and then fold and tie it into a 2-foot-long stub so it won’t become entangled by mallets or other accoutrements. To protect the lower legs of the horses, the assistants wrap them in 9-foot long, 5-inch wide rolls of fleece.

Players, too, need protection from bumping horses and a ball that when struck may attain the speed of a fastball thrown by a major league pitcher. They don helmets (often with face guards), slip on sturdy polo boots, and may attach the armor of shin and knee guards. Most wear gloves, which give players a better grip on the reins and protect their hands from skin burns.

The local summer game is divided into four (normally there are six), seven-minute time periods (each called a chukker), with a 30-second overtime allowed as determined by

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Starts at 3 every Sunday In July and August, the Skaneateles match begins at 3 p.m. at 785 Andrews Road, about a mile south of Skaneateles off Rt 41A. Bring picnic supplies (you can sit in your car), binoculars for when the action is at the far end, and a telephoto lens.

The Central New York Polo Club (see their Facebook page for more information) plays in Cortland at their facility on Rt. 79, a mile or so west of the city. Outdoor teams won’t play if the field is wet and slippery.

If you get the polo bug, you can watch collegiate games indoors from October to March at Cornell’s Equestrian Center (search “polo” on cornell.edu). The much smaller indoor rink means the action is always close to you. “Indoor games are much more physical,” notes Elena Wicker.

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the umpire. It starts when the mounted umpire bowls the ball between the two teams lined up opposite each other at midfield (as if he were throwing it down a bowling lane with each team lined up along one of the gutters). A chaotic melee of horses ensues until a player knocks the ball into the open, forcing the players to organize (even if it doesn’t appear that way) into their roles.

You can determine the role of the player by the jersey number: a 1, 2, 3 or 4. Players 1 and 2 are designated scorers; generally positioned nearest to the other team’s goal, but at times they may play defense and be at the other end of the field trying to free up the ball. Player 3, usually the team’s best player, regularly alternates between offense and defense, and player 4 is dedicated to defense – in effect, a ranging goalie. Although anybody can score, players 2 and 3 typically do most of the scoring.

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To prevent a player from scoring or advancing the ball, a defensive player uses his mallet to “hook” the offensive player’s mallet so he can’t strike the ball.

Each goal scored is one point. At the end of the game you can expect to see a score like 10-8. Shootouts occur if the game is tied at the end of regulation.

It’s a lifetime game

Many polo players swung their first mallet before they read their first book. A few of today’s players started playing before Sputnik (which was about the size of an indoor polo ball) mesmerized neighbors assembled in the streets to watch it wink its way across the summer night. David Eldredge started playing the year before Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. “My father got me riding at 6 and playing at 9.”

Elena Wicker, a member of the Cornell women’s team, has been playing 12 years (she’s 21). I won’t tell you how long Jan Suwinski, secretary/treasurer and club delegate to the U.S. Polo Association for the Central New York Polo Club, has been playing. He provides this clue: “When I first started, we used to mow a hay field and play in it.”

Marty Cregg says polo “provides exhilaration.” “I can play a physical, competitive game in my 60s against young players and play to win.” That passion carries players through decades of matches and is something to behold in both young and old.

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’ve always loved the scent of lavender, which is one of the reasons I so enjoy the Finger Lakes Lavender Festival. It’s a sensory overload of smell, sight and, yes, even taste. Fragrance fills the air and honeybees dance among the flowers, as visitors relax and stroll along the beautiful rows of Lavandula.

Located at Lockwood Lavender Farm in Skaneateles, this year on July 11 and 12, owners Gary and Karen Lockwood open their farm each year for the free two-day event. “It’s all about the sharing,” said Karen. “We want to show our visitors farming in the Finger Lakes and what we do here.” Gary is the fifth generation of his family on the farm, while Karen is a city girl who learned to love the lifestyle.

The obvious draw is, of course, the lavender. Visitors can pick their own bouquet, visit the drying barn to learn all about the lavender, and taste some lavender treats. Certain varieties

are for culinary use, and samples are available. When I saw the line at the ice cream booth, I joined in to try the lavender ice cream. Light, sweet and so refreshing, it was totally delicious!

I bought some lavender cookies for later, and then wandered through the booths featuring local artisans.

There are plenty of speakers and demonstrations throughout the weekend. I especially enjoyed the distilling demonstration, which showed how the copper still is used to produce lavender oil. Visitors can watch sheep shearing and wool spinning, or see a farrier at work. This year’s guest speakers include a chef who will discuss the use of herbs, and a veterinarian who uses acupuncture in addition to traditional medicine to treat animal patients.

Plan your own visit this July to the Finger Lakes Lavender Festival. Make sure to taste some treats, pick some lavender and enjoy a relaxing day on a Finger Lakes farm.

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A basket of dried lavender

The lavender ice cream is a must-try treat!

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Lockwood Lavender Farm

The Finger Lakes Lavender Festival, held this year July 11 and 12, is located at: Lockwood Lavender Farm 1682 West Lake Road Skaneateles, NY 13152 Map data ©2015 Yahoo

For more information, visit: fingerlakeslavenderfestival.blogspot.com

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Bristol Mountain’s Aerial Adventure Park.

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Multiple harnesses and hardware help to promote a safe experience at Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventure Park.

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ristol Mountain Aerial Adventure Park is more than just zip lines – way more. When the aerial park opened in May 2014, a “theme park in the air” was created, with seven courses and counting.

The obstacle adventureland includes elements like rope and wobbly bridges, cargo nets, climbing features, rope ladders, rolling saddles and skateboards and, of course, zip lines.

“This is our second year of operation and we are excited to bring more smiles and thrills to these woods, building off of the great momentum from a successful first year,” says Steve Fuller, assistant director of marketing at Bristol Mountain. His toughest task has been to define exactly what the Aerial Adventure Park is, and explain the different obstacles available. “There’s really no easy way to describe it,” he says. “Zip lines are only one-tenth of what’s here.”

Rolling features, for example, add an element of surprise to the zip lines. Adventurers stand on a log or

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“So many of our guests loved the park and really enjoyed the zip line portions, so we knew we had to add more.”

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skateboard as they zip through the air, Fuller explains. You can see how describing that to someone – who hasn’t seen the wavy and wobbly bridges, tightrope walks or climbing ladders – can be hard to do.

Construction is underway for an additional two courses in the adventure park this summer – another blue square (intermediate) course and an additional kids course (ages 4-7). “After a great first year we wanted to expand and improve upon the park to continually add new and exciting features for the whole family,” says Fuller. Not only will there be two new courses in the adventure park for guests this summer, but Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventures is also building a dedicated zip line canopy tour. “So many of our guests loved the park and really enjoyed the zip line portions, so we knew we had to add more,” explains Fuller. The zip line canopy tour is set to open mid-summer and will consist of a guided tour over spectacular terrain that involves nearly 5,000 feet of zip lining.

Roseland Wake Park,

the only Cable Wake Park system in the Northeast will open the end of June 2015 adjacent to Roseland Waterpark on Muar Lake in Canandaigua. This boat-free attraction will feature a five tower system with a variety of water features including jumps, rails and kickers. It has the capacity for nine riders at one time. Learning to wakeboard, kneeboard, waterski or wake skate is easy and fun with Roseland Wake Park’s expert instructors and the Lil Bro, a two-tower learning system. Those new to the sport can take advantage of the Learn to Ride package ($49) with the guarantee that participants will get up. Roseland Wake Park will also have a rental and retail center for watersports gear. Camps will be offered during the summer months. Stand up paddleboard (SUP) rentals are also available.

Another fun attraction at Roseland Wake Park will be the AquaGlide. This inflated, floating obstacle course is fun for adults and kids alike and is a great venue for birthday parties. For more information please visit roselandwakepark.com. Roseland Waterpark, located next door, opens its 15th season on June 27.

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The basics and beyond

There are currently seven courses of varying difficulty to choose from, with classifications recognizable to skiers and hikers everywhere: one dedicated kids’ course for ages 4 to 7, two yellow circle courses (very easy), two green circle courses (easy), one blue square course (intermediate) and one black diamond course (advanced).

Tickets for the main courses are valid for three hours (kids’ course tickets are valid for one hour), and guests can spend their time wherever they’re comfortable.

“Some stay on the yellow courses for three hours, others are adamant about getting to the black course,” Fuller says. Guests are asked to start on the yellow course, before progressing to more difficult obstacles.

“We want to make sure you don’t find yourself in a situation where you’re not comfortable,” he explains.

But don’t worry, each course

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takes an average of 20 to 40 minutes to complete, so three hours is plenty of time to make your way to that black course. And although the technical difficulty of the courses increases, the basic elements become more familiar with each one.

Brian Early is a designer for Tree-Mendous, the company Bristol Mountain hired to build the Aerial Adventure Park. When asked about some of the particularly challenging elements of the course, he offers some advice for the adventurous. “Keep in mind, not everything is as it seems,” he says with a smile. “I like people. And I like to challenge them.”

Choose your challenge

Construction is underway for a blue course “version point two,” where guests will be given an option halfway through. The course will split and they can decide to go left or right, making this the first aerial park on the east coast with such a feature, according to Early.

“It’s a unique way to choose your own destiny,” he says. “In a lot of parks, there’s just a quick escape. This gives you more benefit. Even if you decide to take the easier route, you’re still climbing through at least four more challenges and you get the zip line at the end, too. So it’s not like you’re sacrificing fun.”

The adventure starts on platforms ranging in elevation from 10 to 60 feet above the forest floor. There are currently over 100 obstacle options, with more elements planned for future courses and alternate routes.

“Our staff loves to say there’s no right or wrong way, there’s just an easy or a hard way,” Fuller says.

A sustainable future

From the onset, it was important to Bristol that there be minimal disturbance to the forest, and Tree-Mendous was chosen for the project based on its environmentally conscious designs. The Albany-based company is a certified B-Corporation, recognized as meeting higher standards of social and environmental performance.

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Climbing and zip lines are a part of the fun at Greek Peak Adventure Center.

Photos by Kristian S. Reynolds

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“Everything was brought in by hand, and everything was raised by hand,” Fuller says. No mechanized machinery or lifts were used to install platforms or elements. No spikes were used by construction crews for climbing. No nails or screws are ever placed in the trees – platforms are secured using tension and wedges, which are also used to protect the trees from ropes.

The three and a half month build was no easy feat, Fuller says. It started in February, and crews worked through the winter. The 1,500- to 2,000-pound logs used for the courses were so heavy that a series of zip lines was created just to haul them.

Two years ago, there were about 30 aerial adventure parks in the United States. Today there are more than 60, with four in New York including Bristol’s, one in the Adirondacks and two in the southwestern part of the state. The phenomenon began 20 years ago in Europe, where it’s now well established – with roughly 2,500 parks in Switzerland and Austria alone.

Fun for the family Less of an adventure park and more of a family-fun park, Greek Peak Adventure Center is only a slightly more traditional summer-fun destination. Tucked away just south of Cortland, the half-mile long zip lines can be seen from the road as you arrive. Open three years now, it has four dual-line zip line

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“The friendly atmosphere at Greek Peak really won me over.”

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tours. Greek Peak isn’t just zip lines. It offers a myriad of other fun outdoor activities including a bungee zone, laser tag and a kid-sized climbing wall, in addition to a mountain coaster.

“The friendly atmosphere at Greek Peak really won me over,” says Erin Scorse, a ski instructor at Elk Mountain in Pennsylvania, who has been racing on mountains across New York State since childhood.

“Greek Peak seemed like a cool place to spend the day, especially with a family.”

Greek Peak currently has four zip lines of varying lengths, for both the brave and faint of heart. The Blue Line is the shortest at 300 feet and takes off from the second floor of the main building. Once you’ve landed, the trail splits off with a sign directing you to the other three: Northwoods Express, measuring 500-feet long; Wolf Jaw, measuring 900-feet long;

“Tucked away just south of Cortland, the halfmile long zip lines can be seen from the road as you arrive.” and Cloudsplitter, the quarter-milelong monster line. Guests on the Cloudsplitter line soar 60 feet over the ground and can reach speeds of more than 40 miles per hour.

If zip lines aren’t your thing, the Nor’Easter Mountain Coaster is one of the Adventure Center’s newest attractions, and offers guests almost a mile of alpine slide meets rollercoaster fun.

Built to explore every dip, turn and dive of the mountain, the carts are made for two and are independently controlled. Each ride is unique, with one person in back controlling the brakes and one in front, holding on for dear life – or taking pictures!

“Both places could have used a bar,” Scorse says with a laugh. “But each has found a way to utilize the mountain during the off-season and provide jobs. That’s pretty cool.”

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Offbeat

fresh & unique

Old Order

Cultures in the Finger Lakes story and photos by John Adamski

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first-time visitor to the village of Penn Yan might find it unusual to see a horse and buggy wending its way through vehicular traffic and left-turn-only lanes, but to locals the clip-clop of hooves on pavement is a familiar sound. Since the 1970s, the rural areas that surround this bustling Yates County community have attracted scores of Mennonite and Amish families. Most have migrated from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to establish farms in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region.

Sometimes known as Old Order Cultures, Mennonite and Amish

societies are similar in many ways and both are founded on Anabaptist religious principles that originated in Europe centuries ago. “Anabaptism” means to be baptized by choice as an adult rather than by a predetermined parental decision as an infant. Both sects are devout believers in the teachings of Jesus Christ and are easily recognized by their simple but hardworking way of life and plain dress. And both denominations are firm in their belief that they have an obligation to practice Christian doctrine in everyday life.

In the early 1500s, not long after Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other reformists broke away from the Catholic Church to form Protestant congregations of their own, Menno Simons, a Dutch Catholic priest, left his order to lead an Anabaptist church that would one day bear his name. In the 1690s, Jacob

Ammann, a Swiss church leader who disagreed with the interpretation of how some Christian doctrine should be practiced, separated from the Mennonites to form yet another Anabaptist church. His followers became known as Amish.

The earliest Europeans came to the New World to escape the statemandated religions and governmentsanctioned churches of their homelands, which often persecuted and sometimes executed those who wouldn’t conform to authoritarian edicts. Puritans arrived first and were

Above: Amish buggies are parked and horses are corralled during a barn raising. A piece of horsedrawn farm equipment sits in the foreground.

Left: It’s something to hear dozens of hammers pounding nails at once.

The Amish do not use modern construction equipment like nail guns.

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Left: It’s common to see a Mennonite horse and buggy wending it’s way through traffic in Penn Yan. All four of this horse’s hoofs are off the pavement at the same time.

Below: While most Mennonites use tractors and equipment to bale straw, Amish farmers harvest with horses and bale by hand. I photographed this shot of oat straw in Steuben County.

followed later by Baptists, Quakers and Mennonites. Anabaptist principles became the foundation for religious tolerance in early America and directly contributed to the way freedom of religion is accepted here today.

When pacifist-Quaker William Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681, he invited settlement by offering religious freedom to any peace-loving congregation that would come.

Mennonites and Amish were among the first to accept, and the rural areas surrounding Lancaster, which is one of the oldest cities in America, eventually became the Mennonite and Amish cultural center of the United States.

According to Judson Reid, senior associate at Yates County Cornell Cooperative Extension, New York is experiencing a dramatic growth in horse-and-buggy driving populations,

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with the largest gain of households of any state between 2006 and 2010. Farming is an essential component in the maintenance of these cultures and with nearly 600 households established in the region today, one central New York Mennonite settlement has grown by over 3,000 percent in the last three decades.

A majority of the Mennonite population is engaged in agriculture and operates 99 percent of the area’s dairy farms. Success is based on running small farms with large families whose many children help to grow and harvest crops and produce, thereby eliminating hired labor costs.

It’s important to note that Mennonite farms thrive while the industry as a whole struggles. Mennonites who do not farm operate agriculturalsupport businesses instead, mostly in the form of farm supply stores, feed mills, welding, electric and plumbing services, and farm equipment and bicycle sales and service.

Ivan Martin manufactures hardwood flooring and architectural millwork, and is somewhat of an ambassador between the Mennonite

community and the rest of Yates County. He and his wife Anna were among the first Mennonites to come to the Finger Lakes Region, arriving in 1977. They helped to establish and expand the local Mennonite community, which began with just two dozen families. The Martins, who have raised 13 children, are well-respected among their peers and by local residents as well. Ivan is an articulate intellectual who is an astute historian, philosopher and teacher. I was honored to be invited to their home in Potter to interview him for this article.

He began with an in-depth discussion of the history of Anabaptism and Mennonite doctrine, which is Biblically-based and non-negotiable.

Peace is the central definitive principle of that doctrine, requiring the pacifist practice of nonviolence, nonresistance, and non-military involvement.

Mennonites believe in the sanctity of life and they reject abortion, execution and euthanasia. They strive for eternal life in the Spiritual Kingdom, which is why they live a simple lifestyle and limit worldly involvement and possessions.

They readily interact with other cultures

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Offbeat and are willing to share but not force the Mennonite message. They are nonpolitical and tolerate other cultures and religions without prejudice.

As Ivan and I talked at their dining room table, Anna was busy baking in the open kitchen. She listened to our conversations and joined in the discussions from time to time. An electric coffeemaker and microwave oven on the kitchen counter prompted me to ask about Mennonites today.

Ivan explained that there are about a dozen different Mennonite conferences in the United States and two are prominent in the Finger Lakes Region.

But even though they are culturally the same, some lifestyle practices differ among them. Those two groups are the Groffdale Conference and the more-progressive Weaverland Mennonites, or Wengers.

The Martins belong to the Groffdales, which are horse-and-buggy Mennonites. They are considered Old Order and reject certain forms of modernism. Groffdale Mennonites often ride bicycles when it might not make sense to hitch up a horse and buggy, and their children ride bikes to school. Those engaged in agriculture utilize steel-wheeled tractors to eliminate the temptation of using agricultural equipment as a convenient mode of transportation. Groffdales do not drive cars but they do accept rides in motor vehicles.

The Weaverland Conference, which has mostly settled in Seneca County, adopted the use of the automobile in 1927 when it was still considered a horseless-carriage – as long as it was black. The practice of painting chrome bumpers black back then coined the nickname “black-bumper Mennonites.” Today’s Weaverland farmers use conventional pneumatic rubber tires on their tractors. Some buggy drivers consider the car drivers to be non-Old Order but respect them as peers nonetheless.

While most Mennonites claim German ancestry, the Amish are of Swiss descent. Their societies have more similarities than differences in

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both religious beliefs and cultural traditions. The bearded custom among Mennonite men is no longer compulsory but Amish men are still required wear them. Women in both denominations wear long dresses and bonnets indoors and out, and the men wear brimmed hats outdoors. For men, wearing suspenders in place of a belt is another shared tradition. The manner of dress is simple and plain. Many garments are homemade, especially among the Amish, who do not use fasteners like snaps or zippers.

At home, both cultures speak Pennsylvania Dutch, which is a German dialect, but they are also fluent in English. They do not have radio, television, or stereo entertainment but Groffdale Mennonites use computers that have been, in Ivan’s words, “neutered for accounting or business purposes only.” He calls them “data processors” since they’re not capable of connecting to the Internet.

But Wengers do use full-function computers, mostly for business.

Mennonites utilize electricity and telephones while the Amish do not, because Amish beliefs forbid electric or telephone lines from entering the living quarters. However, some Amish households may have a telephone located in a small shack at the bottom of a utility pole near the house.

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schoolhouses. Mennonite children attend school until the eighth grade.

In comparison, the Amish do not build church buildings but hold services at the farms of their members instead, rotating locations from week to week. Saturday night youth group activities are well attended and Sunday services are often followed by a social gathering of families.

Contrary to popular belief, marriages are not prearranged. Betrothed couples date for two years in the parlors of their parents before marrying.

Within Old Order Cultures, mutualsupport activities are common. Most noticeable are barn raisings or the restructuring of a building after a fire. Barns are often raised in a day by dozens of men, while the women prepare a feast. Judson Reid noted that a dairy barn in Milo that was completely destroyed by fire on Christmas Day in 2008 was rebuilt and shipping milk eight days later. On a humanitarian note, the Mennonite Central Committee operates a meat canning operation in Penn Yan, which provides annual shipments to the global poor, and the New York Wenger Mennonites assist in rebuilding after natural disasters like hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.

So, what is in store for Old Order Cultures in the Finger Lakes Region?

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Historical Legacy story and photos by Jim Hughes

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eneath the shade of tall oaks along the meandering roadways of Elmira’s Woodlawn Cemetery repose the bodies of a diverse group of notable Americans – a renowned author, a celebrated pioneer of Hollywood film, and football’s first African-American Heisman Trophy winner. There, too, lie several thousand Confederate soldiers and their unlikely advocate. Who they are, and why Woodlawn became the final resting place of each, is an interesting tale.

Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was a Missouri native.

While on an international cruise, Clemens befriended young Charles Langdon of Elmira and was shown a photograph of Langdon’s sister, Olivia. Immediately smitten, Clemens contrived a meeting, a courtship followed, and in 1870 Samuel and Olivia were married in the Langdon home. For many years thereafter, the Clemens family summered in Elmira at Quarry Farm, the home of Olivia’s older sister. In this sylvan setting, Mark Twain penned many of his most famous works, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Olivia Clemens passed away in 1904. After his own death in 1910, Mark Twain was laid to rest with his wife in the Langdon family plot.

Hal Roach

The film and television producer, director and actor Hal Roach was born in Elmira in 1892. He was drawn west at a young age, eventually becoming one of the best-known creators of comedy during the early era of Hollywood motion pictures. Roach was most famous for his production of the Laurel and Hardy comedies, and for a series of short films introducing America to “Our Gang” (“The Little Rascals”), a John Jones

Confederate Soldier

Samuel Langhorn Clemens

Ernie Davis

Hal Roach

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group of neighborhood children and their adventures. In all, he produced hundreds of films that kept America laughing. Roach visited his hometown numerous times over the years, speaking at Elmira College as recently as 1988. Following his death in 1992 at the age of 100, he returned to Elmira for the final time.

Ernie Davis

After an outstanding high-school football career at Elmira Free Academy, Ernie Davis continued his excellence on the field of play at nearby Syracuse University. Davis starred on Syracuse’s only National Championship football team in 1959, and during his senior year in 1961, was awarded college football’s prestigious Heisman Trophy – the first African-American so honored. In 1962, Davis signed to play professional football with the Cleveland Browns, where he would join all-time great Jim Brown in the backfield. The spectacle of this gridiron union was not to be. Before ever playing a down for the Browns, he was diagnosed with leukemia and tragically died in 1963.

Soldiers from the South

How did almost 3,000 members of the Confederate Army come to rest in Elmira’s Woodlawn National Cemetery? Toward the end of the Civil War, the Elmira Prison Camp, a converted railroad depot, was one of the largest of the sites used by the Union Army. Poor health and sanitation conditions were common to prison camps of the era, and the Southerners were ill-prepared for severe northern winters. In just over a year’s time, 2,963 of the camp’s 12,123 prisoners perished.

Local church sexton John Jones kept precise records, and personally ensured that each soldier who died so far from home was identified, received a grave marker, and was given a respectful burial. It was a noble task performed admirably by a man who had once suffered as a slave in Virginia before escaping to Elmira in 1844. John Jones died in 1900, and was himself laid to rest at Woodlawn.

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Outdoors

in the open air

One Summer,

Eleven Lakes

story and photos by Laura Reid

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hat should we do this summer, Mom?” My 9-year-old son, Riley, was sitting in our blue lounge chair, in what we call our “warm room.” It has a wood stove, so it’s where we gather in the winter and, well, try to get warm. But Summer had now eased itself into the chair alongside Riley and seemed to peer at me through tinted Ray-Bans, sipping a margarita and repeating Riley’s question with more urgency.

“The kid’s right, I’m finally here, but not for long. What are you going to do this summer, Mom?” I wanted to do something that would combine Riley’s love

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of geography, math and adventure. I thought of our shared joy of swimming in nearby Cayuga Lake. Then the idea – geographic, mathematical and adventurous at the same time – became clear. This summer we would swim in all the Finger Lakes.

10 fingers plus a thumb?

Riley is the ultimate fact-checker, so I knew I had better get my Finger Lake’s details straight. I wasn’t even sure how many lakes there were. Since they’re called “finger” lakes, there are probably 10, right? After a quick search, I learned there are actually 11.

I was also a bit embarrassed to

discover that, although I’d grown up in the region, I had never heard of some of the lakes. Where was Hemlock? I also learned that Oneida Lake, which I thought was a Finger Lake, was really just considered a “thumb.”

The “Thumb Lakes” just don’t have the same ring to them.

Soon, I could recite all the lakes by heart: Seneca, Cayuga, Keuka, Otisco, Owasco, Skaneateles, Canandaigua, Conesus, Honeoye, Canadice and, oh yeah, Hemlock.

When I announced my plan to Riley, I added what would soon become our mantra: “One summer, eleven lakes.”

Riley’s single-word reply sealed our

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destiny. “Epic.”

I pictured Summer, still lounging in the blue chair, putting down the margarita and saying, “Niiiiiiiiiice.”

We soon pinned up a map of the Finger Lakes in our warm room and devised a plan. We started with the lakes closest to our home in Trumansburg, which also happened to be the largest: Cayuga and Seneca. It had been a record-cold winter, and the lakes were not even close to warning up yet, even on that day in late June, when Riley and I first counted down to begin our quest.

We ran and dove into Seneca, and it felt a lot like the inside of your nose feels on a frigid winter day, after you breathe in and your nostrils freeze up and tingle. It felt like that all over my body.

We rushed out of the water like two icicles with arms and legs, and let the sun thaw us. Our summer adventure had officially and frigidly begun.

We quickly checked off the first two lakes on our list – Seneca, the deepest, and Cayuga, the longest. From there, we decided to swim the eastern lakes: Skaneateles, Otisco and Owasco.

Discovering their different personalities

Riley and I walked all the way out on the long dock that lies adjacent to the swimming beach at Skaneateles, and watched the sailboats glide silently

across the lake. The water itself felt soft and it was incredibly clear and quickly deep – perfect for swimming. I was already struck by how each lake had its own personality and unique features.

Skaneateles was a happy lake.

We returned to the area a few weeks later, and swam off a little park in Otisco, surrounded by ducks and geese who seemed to look upon us as an oddity. They gave me the feeling that Otisco is less of a swimming lake; more of a fishing lake. As we drove around , we discovered the causeway, a stretch of narrow land that juts out across the lake. We parked and walked out on it, and noticed a rope swing. Still, no one was swimming. Fisherman were scattered along the causeway though, and as we walked by in our swimsuits with beach towels tucked under our arms, their looks reminded me of the ducks and geese we met earlier.

We reached a lifeguarded Owasco beach late in the day, just before it closed. We ran and dove into the lake as the sun sank like a shiny penny in a wishing well. Number five. Wow, I thought. We are actually doing this.

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The four western-most Finger Lakes – Hemlock, Conesus, Canadice and Honeoye – are considered “minor” lakes because they are the smallest. A few hours’ drive away, they are the farthest from us.

We had already planned a brief camping trip to Letchworth State Park in mid-August, and since our map showed us the minor lakes would be fairly close, we continued our swims then. Letchworth State Park is called the “Grand Canyon of the East,” and

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Floating in Seneca Lake

Dipping the toes in Cayuga Lake

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it lives up to its title. We spent one day there white-water rafting down the Genesee River, and saved our second day for the lake swims. One day to swim in four unknown lakes seemed overly ambitious, but after a hearty campfire breakfast we headed out of the majestic cliffs armed with two towels, Nutella sandwiches and a bottle of water. “Let’s do this,” Riley proclaimed.

We were excited to reach the shores of Conesus Lake quickly, but our spirits dimmed when we soon learned that, due to budget cuts, the swimming beach was closed. The sheriff was hanging out right by the beach, so we decided not to take our chances. Maybe we should lower our expectations for the day, I thought.

But just as we began to head back to the car, a man passed us, smiled, and asked us if we’d gone for a swim.

We shook our heads in disappointment

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Outdoors and I explained our mission to him. I told him we would have done a quick toe dip, but the sheriff was keeping watch. The man laughed and pointed next door. “You can take a swim off my dock!”

He ran a kayak rental business, but didn’t mind if people also used his dock to cool off, he told us. As we plunged into Conesus, we were feeling optimistic, but before we headed back to the car, as we were saying thank-you, the man told us, “You know, you really ought to just skip Canadice and Hemlock.” He looked sorry for us. “You’re not allowed to swim in them.”

He explained that both lakes are a water source for Rochester. Building is not allowed on their shores, and boating and fishing are limited. As we walked to the car, we thought of the man’s words: “Just forget those two lakes.” Riley and I looked at each other, smiled, and mouthed our shared thought: “No way.” We had come this far; we had to at least dip in our toes.

We toweled off and set the GPS for Canadice.

“Wow” Canadice and Hemlock are not easy to find. As we rounded yet another cornfield and spooky cemetery, I was certain we were lost. Neither of the lakes was on our GPS,

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Honeoye Lake

so we had programmed in “city center” for Canadice. As we drove down the dusty dirt roads, that phrase became more laughable.

Suddenly, the landscape showed an undeniable inward curve. Just as we peaked another hill and began to drive downward, a small lake emerged that mirrored the gray-blue skies above.

We knew Canadice might not be an easy swim, but I didn’t anticipate being attacked by biting ants as we climbed down a steep anthill to the shore. Thanks to the very shallow water, dense mud, thick seaweed and dead fish smell, we were happy to just dip in our toes.

By the time we reached Hemlock Park, the clouds had thickened and the wind had picked up. It had not been a warm day to begin with, so we weren’t surprised that the park was deserted.

Still, I had an eerie feeling that Riley and I were the only humans on the planet.

“Come on Mom, this way!” Riley

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Posing at Cayuga Lake

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ran towards stairs that ended at the top of a hill as if they led to an invisible entrance. As I climbed, I heard Riley at the top.

“Wow,” he said.

When I reached him, we just stood silently for a moment, spellbound. We were standing on the brim of a bowl of deep azure water. Only dense forest surrounded the lake.

I was instantly aware that this place had been carved out by vast glaciers millions of years ago. Our first awestruck glimpse of Hemlock Lake was probably the same view Native Americans saw hundreds of years ago.

I might not have known that Hemlock was a Finger Lake, but after that moment, I would never forget it.

Victory!

When we reached Honeoye Lake, our last of the day, we again found ourselves alone. There were signs that the beach, named “Sandy Bottom” (Riley found that hilarious), had been a place of summer fun: footprints in the sand, a floating dock pulled up onto the beach. But in mid-August, after a week of cool and rainy weather, people were scarce.

We took a deep breath, held hands and plunged into the fourth Finger Lake of the day. As we sat on a bench to dry off, I noticed the many houses and docks lining the lake’s shores. I was already missing the pristine serenity of Hemlock.

On the way home from Letchworth the next day, feeling

energized by our successful four-lake quest, we decided to stop at Canandaigua Lake, about an hour away from home.

It was an unusually brisk day and, again, we were the only people in the water, possibly the only ones in the entire lake. The unsettled solitude I had felt at Hemlock Lake was replaced by a profound sense of unity with the Earth’s land and water. “

“Hey Mom, we just did number 10!”

“Epic,” I replied.

We arrived victorious at Keuka Lake, number 11, during Riley’s last week of summer vacation. Keuka is the only Finger Lake shaped like two fingers; kind of like a peace sign.

The late summer water was warm, much different from our first icy dive into Seneca. As I floated on my back looking up at the sky, I thought of how the Finger Lakes must look from high above the clouds. Eleven tiny blue slivers, and Riley and I would soon be out of view.

Laura Reid is a teacher, writer, champion competitive story-teller and photographer. She is also the owner of Trumansburg Montessori School, the region’s only environmentally-friendly, one-room schoolhouse. Laura lives in Trumansburg with her family and enjoys swimming in lakes with her son. You can contact Laura at tburgmontessori.com

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Enterprising

in business

A Sweet

Retreat story by Frances Emerson, photos by Jennifer Srmack

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ibbon candy at Christmas.

Peeps in an Easter basket.

Chocolate chip cookies baking in grandma’s oven.

Everyone remembers the sweets from their childhood. Among my favorites were the sugary caricatures of the Fab Four on a memorable birthday cake, and the cherry cokes at Delamarter’s soda shop in Waterloo.

Stacey and Becky Ingerick were missing the treats they had enjoyed as kids – ones that had long since disappeared from store shelves. It became their inspiration for opening The Keuka Candy Emporium in Penn Yan last March.

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“Who doesn’t love candy?” Becky said, as she reintroduced to me to some of old-fashioned favorites offered in the emporium.

“I’ve always had a sweet tooth,” admits her husband Stacey. “The store was something that just happened. I knew it would be successful.”

Located at 17 Main Street, across from Pinckney’s Hardware, The Keuka Candy Emporium, at first glance, is nearly invisible. A small sandwich board outside advertises the 24 flavors of Hershey’s ice cream served inside.

When I visited in February, the emporium’s decorative window displayed

Becky and Stacey Ingerick

red hearts and a snowman to greet customers coming in to get warm from the winter’s chill. Those displays, explains Betsy, would soon give way to the Easter-themed window she was busy planning for spring.

Just a little more than a year ago, the emporium’s windows were completely dressed in black; cloaked in secrecy. No one knew exactly what the Ingericks were up to.

Sweet surprises

Today, visitors are amazed at what they find among the more than 400 varieties of candies. From the moment

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you step in, you’re greeted with a cornucopia of delights from the past as well as the present. Here is just a short list of what you’ll find.

Sky Bars Necco Wafers Astro Pops Razzles Clark Bars Licorice Candy buttons Bullseyes Candy necklaces

Chocolate dipped pretzels Rock candies Candy cigarettes Moon Pies Sugar Daddies Sugar Babies Teaberry Gum Bonom Turkish Taffy

The lollipop trees and candy bouquets decorating the counters are tantalizing eye-poppers. Etched into the sweet, colorful icing of a chocolate-covered Rice Krispy Treat pop may be a map of Keuka Lake, a Muppet face or a Sponge Bob Square Pants or two, depending on the day. Cotton candy is made fresh daily, and the sweet smell of caramel corn warming in a corner is alluring. Served with Pepsi, ginger beer or sarsaparilla – in glass bottles only, points out Becky – they are nostalgic treats for even the most discerning of customers.

The “oohs,” and “oh, mys!” they hear as customers step inside for the very first time make the work of hunting down everyone’s favorite candies worth it, says Becky. The faces of old and young alike light up when long-forgotten favorites warmly greet them again.

The children think they’ve stepped into Fantasyland. “Is this heaven?” one asked her.

A blast from the past

Every effort has been made to replicate the look of a vintage candy store. In the center, wooden barrels overflow with assorted fruit-flavored hard candies, Mary Janes and root beer barrels. Some of the shelving and one of the display cases is made of wood from a 120-year-old barn near Edwards Road in Waterloo. Other fixtures are fashioned from old wooden crates.

In addition to the vintage scales the Ingericks found on ebay, there’s also an antique cotton-candy machine and an old-fashioned, three-spindled milkshake maker.

The building has been a part of Penn Yan’s history for many years, first as a general store. It became an appliance/ fix-it shop and then a tobacco emporium before candy moved in. The original cigar display case is used today to house several varieties of fresh homemade fudge, special-delivered from a company in Tennessee. Customer favorites include chocolate-covered cherry, pumpkin pie and salted caramel. Peanut butter is the hands-down bestseller.

Since the emporium opened last March, the response has been off the wall, Becky says. Folks returning to the lake for the summer make it their first stop – even before going to their cottages, she reports. Local patrons are no less enthusiastic. Alex, a frequent customer, had this to say about the cup of Wicked Joe coffee he buys there every day: “It’s J u ly/A u g u s t 2 01 5 ~

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The business continues to grow, to the surprise and delight of the Ingericks, as they scout around for requested favorites to add to the myriad variety of hard-to-find candies they sell.

People from across the country – and around the world – are able to shop the store to their heart’s delight, both physically and virtually, says Becky, thanks to keukacandyemporium.com. Seasonal candy baskets have found their way to places as far away as Texas and Kodiak, Alaska; and visitors have come from as far away as South Africa.

Couples planning weddings, and family members looking for a gift for a special loved one enjoy the candy baskets and bouquets. A smash hit are the emporium’s made-toorder wedding buffets. The specially themed “Candy of the Month Club,” an idea suggested by a customer, is “the gift that keeps on giving,” says Becky.

A sister city has approached the Ingericks with the hope of having them open up a candy store there. Stacey and Becky are seriously considering it.

After a year in business, their biggest challenge is finding some of the old-fashioned candy that customers request.

Chewing gum brands – some of which are not manufactured regularly – are particularly difficult to find. Another requested candy, called “chicken bones,” dates back to 1927.

A few packages of the crispy confection stuffed with peanut butter were finally found in Chicago, but old-fashioned whistlepops remain elusive.

Today, they are happy to have most of everyone’s favorites on hand, and they look forward to searching for more hard-to-find treats, sweet memories of bygone days loved by their customers.

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Food

good eats

Finger Lakes

Food Tours

A Delicious New Business Launches in Canandaigua

by Nancy E. McCarthy

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rants and farmers markets,” says inger Lakes Food Tours Karen Miltner, the Finger Lakes made its CanandaiVisitors Connection’s public gua debut in June. It is relations manager. Food tours owned and operated by are great for groups, families, Suzanne Wright, a Canandaigua couples and solo travelers who local and hospitality entrepremay want some camaraderie neur, who discovered food tours on activities. during her own travels and The Canandaigua tour decided it would be a great fit leaves from Rio Tomatlan on for the Finger Lakes region.

Bemis Street every Friday and

“I have a propensity for Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. traveling and a passion for good — but not before guests get a food,” says Wright who attendchance to learn about and taste ed food tours in Florida and in some delicious Latin-inspired the Midwest. “You just can’t beat cuisine. Rio Tomatlan has begetting to know a city in a short come a Canandaigua mainstay, amount of time by learning well loved by locals. where to go and what to do” Flavors, an intriguing new

A food tour is a professionIndian restaurant on Lafayette ally guided excursion with a Flavors, the Indian restaurant on the tour in Canandaigua, offers Street, is another planned stop. pre-planned circuit of tasting many delightful dishes. Photo by Michele Kisly Wright welcomes both tourstops. Tours are crafted to ists and residents. “There is always showcase delicious, locally something new to learn about a sourced fare. Narratives along Internet began to cut into her business, particular place — especially in the way also provide cultural Wright knew she would need to re-inyour very own backyard,” she says. insight, historical perspective and a sense vent herself professionally. Opening a

One prominent local, Mayor Ellen of place—that intangible combination of food tour company, a growing compoPolimeni, plans on taking a tour. Polimecharacteristics that make a community nent of culinary tourism, seemed like a ni thinks there are several components special or unique. logical next step. To learn the business that make this an ideal venture for her

Finger Lakes Food Tours provides a behind developing food tours, Wright beloved city. “The wine and beer walks, leisurely three hour guided walking tour trained intensively with Food Tour Pros the local produce that many restaurants of several area restaurants and specialin Chicago last fall. use, the culinary arts program at FLCC ty shops in downtown Canandaigua.

A recent World Food Travel Associaand the New York Wine & Culinary Guests will meet chefs, restaurant owners and shop proprietors, hear their back- tion study revealed that about 30 percent Center all speak to the fact that eating in of travelers choose destinations relating Canandaigua is special with lots of varistories and sample “exceptionally good to local food and drink. About.com, an ety and restaurateurs who enjoy serving offerings,” says Wright who will expand Internet-based network covering various quality foods.” her food tour locations to other Finger subjects on its topic sites, estimates over Lakes cities and towns in the future.

500 food tours are currently operating

Wright seems ideally suited for this across the United States.

Finger Lakes Food Tours is a guided new venture. For years, she operated as

“Culinary tourism is a trend that is walking and tasting tour of Canandaigua the “Fun Getaway Gal”, a travel concierge not going away, and especially here in restaurants and specialty shops. offering customized New York State the Finger Lakes, where we have a lot of Advance ticket purchase and registration vacations with a special concentration long-established resources, from wine, is required. Visit flfoodtours or call on the Finger Lakes region. When the beer and spirits to local foods, restau1-800-979-3370. convenience of booking travel via the

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Fruit of the Vine

wine, spirits and brews

Chasing

Kim Engle

a Natural Vision

at Bloomer Creek story and photos by Jason Feulner

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he Bloomer Creek tasting room demands an experience.

The sloped flagstone path to the barn-like structure, the red plank door, the lofty post-and-beam timber frame, the mismatched floor boards, the various decorated seating areas – all of these elements conspire to draw you into a world created by Kim Engle and Debra Bermingham that exists to highlight their wine. The interior is reminiscent of a century-old country cottage.

Visitors to Bloomer Creek will not be able to sit back absentmindedly and sip on typical Finger Lakes wine.

Kim, a 30-year grape grower, and his wife Debra, a career artist, founded Bloomer Creek to reflect their tastes, and the wines are not organized in a ho-hum fashion. The regular KE (Kim Engle) bottles they call the Loire Valley line (Cabernet Franc, which makes sense, and then a bunch of exceptions) and the RieslingGewürztraminer-Grüner Veltliner wines are designated as the German line, otherwise known as Tanzen

Dame (dancing lady).

Got that? The point is not to confuse, but to simply ask the consumer to pay attention. Bloomer Creek is only open on the weekend or by appointment, and often either Kim or Debra occupies the tasting bar so they can help tell their story. They want to invite curious wine lovers to come sample their vision and take a chance.

Bloomer Creek is not about being everything to everyone.

“When more local tasters come here, they might be thrown off,” explains Kim, who serves as the winemaker.

“We often attract a travelling audience whose knowledge and expectations are shaped by a range of experiences from outside regions, and to them this is something they can accept.”

Bloomer Creek bills itself as a natural winery, a term that raises some controversy in the world of wine, although adherents to natural winemaking continue to grow. Natural winemaking is defined by wine made with minimal chemical or technological intervention at any step in the

process. There’s no strict definition per se, and there are many wineries that prefer natural practices yet avoid the terminology.

Most natural wineries like Bloomer Creek practice sustainable grape farming, which in many years borders on organic standards. Bloomer Creek is an adherent to hand-picking grapes, mechanical weed control versus using herbicides, and leaf-thinning by hand.

In the cellar, Kim Engle tries to stay away from filtration or excessive sulfur additions, exposure to new oak, and definitely abhors chaptalization (adding sugar to wine, if only slightly, after fermenting to dry).

“We have a following as a natural winery,” says Debra, who in partnership with Kim helps shape the vision of the winery. “Our customers love it and we embrace the identity completely.”

Trained in grape growing long before he entered the winemaking field, it is no surprise that Kim Engle is a proponent of specific vineyard practices and site variation, reflected in the single-vineyard designation of

Tasting Notes

Bloomer Creek wines might seem a little confusing at first glance, but they are very much worth trying.

The Tanzen Dame lineup is excellent, with the Riesling variations — designated by single vineyard sites — a nice treat that should please just about anyone. Those curious about Grüner Veltliner, a popular Austrian variety, should definitely make a point of stopping by for a taste.

The reds at Bloomer Creek are bottle-aged for 3 years or more and are very light in oak. The 2010 White Horse Red blend, consisting of 70 percent Cabernet Franc and 30 percent Merlot, is complex wine with strong herbal notes and a nose that resembles dried leaves. After a few minutes, cherry appears.

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Bloomer Creek is located on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake.

It is open on weekends and by appointment only.

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5301 Rt. 414 Hector, NY 14841 bloomercreek.com many of Bloomer Creek’s wines. With his assistant Katy Koken – one of the first graduates of Cornell’s relatively new undergraduate viticulture and enology program – Kim has nurtured two vineyards near Cayuga Lake that produce Riesling, Pinot Noir, and Gewürztraminer. With Katy’s help, Kim has also recently planted 4 new acres of Riesling on the hill perched over the tasting room on Seneca Lake.

“We grow grapes the way we want them to be,” says Katy, while giving a tour of the new vineyard site, which will soon be ready for its first harvest. “You can come and see how our vineyard practices might vary from our neighbors.”

Beyond its current lineup of still wines, Bloomer Creek plans to release a brandy, a sparkling Riesling, and some vin de liqueors in the coming year.

They also plan to release a pinot rosé.

Wine enthusiasts will have a lot to find at Bloomer Creek, especially those who are seeking wine products not typically available in the Finger Lakes region.

“Here, let’s try this one,” says Kim Engle on a tour of his cellar, drawing from a nearly-ready barrel of 2014 Riesling that is labeled with its vineyard origin, the date of picking, and the conditions under which the grapes were pressed. The cold room, the temperature low to slow fermentation to a crawl, is filled with many such barrels, each individually labeled. Kim, ever the artist, explains that he is excited to blend these very different materials together to create just the perfect wine.

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Book Look

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reading reviews

Refreshing Reads for a

Sultry Summer

by Laurel C. Wemmett

Saving A Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Sonnenberg Gardens

by Wesley A. Gifford, text by Karon Morgan

This is a story of vision and perse verance. Today, Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, the Victorian-era estate of Frederick Ferris Thompson and Mary Clark Thompson, attracts thousands of visitors.

In the mid-20th century, the renowned gardens with their statuary and architectural structures, were neglected. The estate was part of the Veterans Administration Hospital grounds; the mansion was a residence for nurses employed at the VA Hospital. Sonnenberg’s successful comeback journey resulted from the transfer of the federally-owned property to a local nonprofit organization in 1973, facilitated by Wesley Gifford, a lawyer and local public official.

This memoir, written Gifford with the support of Karon Morgan, was prepared for publication after Gifford’s death in 2013. The book recounts the many challenges faced

by those who sought to restore the property, and how their difficulties were overcome.

The revival of the Rose Garden at Sonnenberg, for example, occurred when the world-famous Jackson and Perkins rose-cultivating company decided to leave nearby Newark in 1971. Gifford arranged to dig up 4,280 of the “finest J&P roses” and store them over the winter at a local nursery.

Such fascinating stories testify to the resourceful determination of Gifford, the driving force behind the mission to restore Sonnenberg. The book’s many illustrations include rare photographs from the Thompsons’ residency, which guided the restoration.

ach of these summerthemed titles, all published in 2014, offer many reasons to seek out the history, vistas, curiosities, romance and culinary offerings of the Finger Lakes. By coincidence, two of the books chronicle the renovation of significant and historic Finger Lakes properties, Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua and the Sherwood Inn in Skaneateles. It is intriguing to note that their transformations began at the same time.

purchase in 1974.

By the 1970s, the inn was in poor shape, shuttered and threatened with development. Eberhardt made many upgrades to the former stagecoach inn.

A few black and white images from his arrival at the Sherwood with his young family in tow are included, but most of the book is filled with lush full-color photographs detailing the landmark building and Skaneateles scenery.

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The Sherwood Inn: the Cornerstone of Skaneateles Since 1807

by Bill Eberhardt and Denise Owen Harrigan

Situated in the village of Skaneateles on the north shore of Skaneateles Lake, the Sherwood Inn, a former tavern and hotel, served travelers and diners for generations.

Bill Eberhardt, the inn’s longtime owner, wrote this book with food writer Denise Owen Harrigan, about the challenges of resurrecting the property. The history of the 1807 inn is balanced with the story of Eberhardt’s restoration, which began following his

Space devoted to the Sherwood Inn’s menu offers some classic recipes accompanied by Eberhardt’s personal observations. Pinky Lipe’s Key Lime Pie will resonate with some Sherwood patrons: “Pinky was a baker, an artist, and a designer,” remembered as much for her pies as for the “cherished holiday shadow boxes” writes the inn keeper-author. Others recipes, like the appetizer Rose Ryan’s Swiss Chard Tart, reflect local sourcing of fresh ingredients from Rose Ryan’s organic farm in nearby Niles.

Publisher: Beaufort Books Website: beaufortbooks.com Edition: Hardback (Continued on page 93)

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What A Kiss Can Do

by Kathy Johncox

by Nancy T. Hayden

Caroline Cowles Richards wrote a diary about growing up in 19th-century Canandaigua that has captivated generations of readers since it was published in 1913 as Village Life in America.

In 20th-century Canandaigua, Nancy Hayden read the diary with her mother; the pair speculated about the people and places mentioned in its pages. Hayden’s book, The Complete Guide to Village Life in America, brings to life the world of Caroline Cowles Richards, who was 10 years old when she started her diary.

Richards’ engaging narrative is timeless and has broad appeal. It is enhanced in this guide with illustrations of individuals, homes, schools, businesses and gravestones.The author, a retired teacher, has created a rich resource drawing on the Ontario County Historical Society’s archives. Like the diary, the guide is organized chronologically from 1852 to 1872, which includes the Civil War years. Images are presented in the order in which they are mentioned in each chapter. A surname index is included.

This full-color, spiral-bound guide includes a CD with a digital version of the diary. A street map provides an opportunity to find locations or visit cemeteries where Richards’ friends and family are buried. The section “Families at a Glance” presents details of prominent local families mentioned in the diary.

Publisher: Available through the Ontario County Historical Society Website: ochs.org Edition: Spiral bound

Here is a light-hearted, yet thoughtful, summer read. The Finger Lakes Region inspired the fictional setting where the protagonist, 30-something Rita Jensen, works as a journalist. When Rita, on assignment, reluctantly attends a social gathering at Christmastime, two men vie for her attention. Fergie, her longtime colleague and a gifted photographer, catches Rita under the mistletoe and therein lays the start of “what a kiss can do.” Romance escalates quickly.

Things get problematic when Rita becomes pregnant just as Fergie leaves to pursue a career opportunity abroad. Rita’s childhood was scarred by her father’s absence, so she struggles to avoid a similar situation for her unborn child. A friendship with Derek, a charming English lawyer whom she also met at the holiday gathering, sustains her during the pregnancy.

However, that relationship offers complications of its own.

The author, a fiction writer and communications professional, has crafted a well-paced first novel.

Interesting secondary characters who lend support to the mother-to-be include “Boss,” Rita’s newsroom editor, and her mother, who understands all too well her daughter’s dilemma. The plot takes an unexpected turn when a news story Rita is covering includes a possible UFO sighting in a cornfield. Plausible or not, it makes for a memorable read.

Publisher: Createspace Website: kathyjohncoxbooks.com Edition: Soft cover (Continued on page 99)

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Trail-Wide Curiosities of the Finger Lakes

by Melanie Zimmer

Webster’s dictionary defines curiosity as “an interest leading to inquiry.” Numerous curiosities of the Finger Lakes Region are revealed in this new title, tempting readers to inquire further. Topics range from Native American folklore to the world’s largest pancake. Some subjects and locations will be familiar, although what is revealed about them is sure to stimulate the reader’s interest.

The book leads off with “Stories of the Haudenosaunee” and “PreColumbian Civilizations.” Bluff Point on Keuka Lake, for example, hides the ruins of an unknown civilization. In the chapter on “History” there is an informative summary of Mennonites and Amish groups who have settled in the Finger Lakes. A “Fruit of the Vine” story explains the unusual labels on Bully Hill wines. Hammondsport’s Glenn Curtiss and Auburn’s Theodore Case appear in the chapter “Inventors and Ideas.” Ghostly occupants of the 1890 House in Cortland are among those revealed in “Spirit World.” It is a collection of intriguing tales, some of which are in bite-sized pieces.

Zimmer is a member of the New York Folklore Society, and has written books on legends and lore of the Finger Lakes and Central New York. She also performs as a storyteller and puppeteer.

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Penn Yan Diner 131 East Elm Street, Penn Yan NY 14527 315-536-6004

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Experience Two Centuries of Communication Technology Titanic Radio Room, 1925 Radio Store First Transistor Radio, Working Transmitters First Cell Phone and Much, Much More!

Open: Tues 10am-3pm & Weekends 2-5pm

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Finger Lakes Boating Museum Open Daily April 1- October 31 • 10 AM – 6 PM November 1 - March 31 • 10 AM – 4 PM

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LAZY ACRE ALPACAS Enjoy the Natural Beauty of Chenango – make fascinating discoveries about the environment through hands-on learning and exploration.

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Historical Museum, Wm. Phelps Store, Palmyra Print Shop and Erie Canal Depot at 132-140 Market St and Alling Coverlet at 122 William St. All open 10:30-4:30 pm Tues.-Sat. May 5 to Oct. 31.

Begin tours at Historical Museum 132 Market St. (315) 597-6981.

Finger Lakes Soaring Club Come fly a sailplane!

Geneva History Museum

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Finger Lakes Soaring Club promotes the sport of soaring, for all ages. The club provides scenic rides and flight instruction in Dansville, NY. One of the best soaring sites in the Northeast.

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Timeless Bounty: Food and Wine in New York’s Finger Lakes

by Thomas Pellechia

With this book, the reader will take a journey from the geological origins of the region to the latest

trends in food and beverage production. Individual chapters explore the history and sustenance of the Native Americans; the early settlement and development of the land; the influence of key winemakers, produce growers and husbandry families; plus an in-depth look at local food groups including milk, cheese and fruits.

Pellechia points to the importance of the recent growth of influential movements and organizations like the Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty and the New York Wine & Culinary Center. The author also chronicles the locavore movement, which he described as a “nod to the past, when working the land meant knowing where your food came from, and knowing that it was

wholesome, in a time when farming was local.”

The Hammondsport resident specializes in writing on food and wine from the Finger Lakes region, and knowledgeably covers a wealth of material. Numerous full-color photographs, some from a bird’s-eye view, focus on the fertile land, its produce and wines. In an Afterward, “Cooking with Finger Lakes Bounty,” there are several recipes from establishments that are inspired by the region such as Maple-Apple Upside Down Cake, courtesy of Veraisons Restaurant at Glenora Wine Cellars.

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Conesus Lake is the western-most of the 11 Finger Lakes. Twenty-five miles from Rochester, it is sometimes referred to as one of the “Little Fingers.”

Four towns border the approximate 18 miles of shoreline: Geneseo, Groveland, Conesus and Livonia.

Livonia resident Sharon Mistretta has painstakingly selected and captioned hundreds of photographs from public and private collections for this pictorial history. An introductory essay provides background on the lake’s history.

Along with the reproduction of old postcards and photographs that reflect life along the shores of Conesus Lake, there is a tranquil scene painted for a lake resident in 1870 by prominent Hudson River School artist John Frederic Kensett. There are ample photographs of recreational activities like boating, fishing, and camping. The tents at the Graywoods Campground are long gone, but live on in this book.

The lyrics and music of a love song, “Dear Conesus Lake,” written in 1908 about a couple’s boat ride on the moonlit lake, are included. Images show Long Point amusement park, once a popular summer destination, before its closing in 1990.

Obviously, there can be harsh weather in Upstate New York and one chapter documents natural disasters. On balance, however, the book presents the charm of the lake.

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Website: arcadiapublishing.com Edition: Soft cover

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Keuka Lake and the “good life” ... gorgeous 1992 contemporary, right on the water! This 3900sq. ft. contemporary with soaring ceilings, open floor plan, 5 bedrooms, 31/2 baths, features public utilities, 100ft of natural beach, a deep and private setting, garage, and even a wonderful guest cottage.

The 1st floor master suite, and laundry make this “easy living” for parents/ grandparents.

Now priced at $1,050,000 “What a lot”... 240’ of level, Keuka Lake frontage. Drive into the property from one end and exit on the opposite. A cute Keuka cottage featuring 4 bedrooms, 11/2 baths, fireplace, a quaint bunkhouse with an additional 1/2 bath, completely furnished, and a glorious enclosed porch. The views are breathtaking and the privacy is unparalleled.

Now priced at $639,000.

“Gibson Landing”, the historic steamboat landing is the setting for this totally renovated Victorian. This level setting, across from the very tip-of-the-Bluff, provides views unlike others of Keuka’s wide waters. Amenities like its open porch, central heat and air conditioning, 102ft. of lake frontage, permanent docks & hoist are only a few of the “perks” that make this destination truly amazing.

Now priced at $669,000.

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Available Properties Wolcott, Wayne County .................................................70ac ........................................ $114,900 Lysander, Onondaga County........................................35ac ....................................... $224,900 Lysander, Onondaga County..........................................5ac ..........................................$54,900 Lysander, Onondaga County........................................83ac ........................................$379,900 Canadice, Ontario County .............................................25ac ..........................................$49,900 Birdsall, Allegany County ...............................................70ac ....................................... $114,900l Almond, Allegany County............................................. 68ac ........................................$159,900 Wirt, Allegany County ..................................................77.1ac ........................................ $115,000 Dansville, Livingston County.........................................55ac ..........................................$99,900 Clarendon, Orleans County ........................................181ac .......................................$499,900 Humphrey, Cattaragus County ................................... 90ac ....................................... $329,900

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Separated living space adjacent kitchen for guests, private master bedroom on second floor and lofted ceiling bedrooms on top floor. Secluded from Taughannock Blvd. Separate rental house. 1121 Taughannock Blvd. • 2,570 s/f • Rental unit: 1200s/f

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Cayuga Lake SunSet Frontage Sprawling lakeside contemporary sits on 140’ of absolute prime sunset frontage. In the exclusive lakeside community of Hibiscus Harbor, the list of amenities goes on and on: 1st floor master suite w/fireplace & Jacuzzi, spacious great room w/wall of glass, vaulted tongue & groove family room, private boat launch, large lakeside deck, manicured lot. All public utilities; a rare find. $519,000 We have many more lakefront properties available for sale or rent, call today for more information.

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1880’s farmhouse with post and beam construction, and barn board siding has been updated throughout and is ready to move in. Featuring a master bedroom with full bathroom on the 1st floor and 2 additional bedrooms on the 2nd floor, large kitchen with island, and a sunroom/mudroom.

The land includes 68+- acres tillable that could be certified organic, 40+- acres of pasture with pond including 5 acres fenced for horses with remaining land being woodland.

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■ Within 2 Miles of Cornell ■ Professionally Managed w/24 Hr. Maint. Service ■ Regular T-Cat Bus Service ■ Fitness Center** ■ Newly Renovated ■ Free Private Parking Kitchens* ■ Energy-Efficient Windows ■ In-Home Washer/Dryer* ■ Large Patios & Balconies * Select Units ** Select Communities ■ Pet Friendly

CANDLEWYCK LANSING PARK WEST 272-9206 257-5444 NORTH WOOD WARRENWOOD 257-4037 257-5200

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OVERLOOKING KEUKA LAKE

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Curbeau REALTY

CAYUGA LAKE $340,000 MLS# R269051 PC21060 Year-around Cedar chalet, 3 bedrooms, on almost 2 wooded acres with over 150 feet of waterfront & move-in ready with Corian counters, paved drive, hot tub, cathedral ceilings & so much more! Impressive.

2463 State Route 54A, Penn Yan, NY 14527

www.curbeaurealty.com

Mark Moon, Lic RE Broker 315-694-1229

Contact: Bonnie Curbeau 315-277-0236

Brand New maintenance free Townhouse living on beautiful

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Custom designed home with complete renovation of 1900 farm home 9 acres of organic pasture, walnut grove and orchard – Spacious barn with retail shop and horse stalls.

Possible Winery or Brewery in the Heart of the Finger Lakes.

Keuka Lake...

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“The Gem of the Finger Lakes”

• Private Patio • Boat slip option • Spacious Floor Plans • Quaint Village setting • Pre Construction pricing • 1,660 to 1,900 square feet • Sunrise View

6122 West Lake Rd., Auburn 71’ of Level Year Round West side Owasco Lakefront.

4 bedroom 2 bath home. Fireplace in the cathedral ceilinged livingroom. View the lake from the kitchen looking through the dining area over the large deck.

Detached 24’x 26’ 2 car garage.

Public water,sewer and gas.Close to the city.

Full walkout basement. Great lakefront with hard sandy bottom. Aluminum roll-a-dock stays. $369,900

Jeffery “Jeff” Trescot, Broker Cell 315-730-1446 www.jefftrescot.com • jefflcre@aol.com www.buywidewaters.com

315.521.2845 • www.FingerLakesTownhomes.com

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Index of Advertisers July/August 2015

COMPANY....................... PAGE.... PHONE..............WEBSITE / E-MAIL

COMPANY.......................... PAGE.... PHONE..............WEBSITE / E-MAIL

Antique Revival.................................... 29.....800-780-7330........antiquerevival.com

I-Wood-Care......................................... 39.....800-721-7715.........iwoodc.com

Arnot Health.........................................C2.....607-737-4499........arnothealth.org

Ithaca Farmers Market........................ 55.....607-273-7109.........ithacamarket.com

Auburn’s Historic & Cultural Sites.... 35.....(315)258-9820.......tourauburnny.com

The Jewelbox........................................ 82.....800-711-7279.........ithacajewelbox.com

Belhurst....................................................8.....315-781-0201..........belhurst.com

Kendal at Ithaca...................................C3.....877-915-7633.........kai.kendal.org/FL

Bristol Harbour.................................... 73.....800-288-8248........bristolharbour.com

Larry’s Latrines......................................10.....607-324-5015.........larryslatrines.com

Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventures.... 65.......................................bristolmountainadventures.com

Marine Blue Inc................................... 28.....585-394-2628........marineblueusa.com

Bristol Valley Theater.............................9.....585-374-6318.........bvtnaples.org

Martin J. Donnelly Auctions...............41.....800-869-0695........mjdauctions.com

Caves Kitchens..................................... 75.....585-478-4636........cavesmillwork.com

New Energy Works.............................C4.....585-924-3860........newenergyworks.com

Centra Financial Group Inc............... 79.....585-899-1220........centrafinancialgroup.com

One World Goods............................... 24.....585-387-0070.........owgoods.org

Chemung Canal Trust..........................12.....800-836-3711.........chemungcanal.com

PeakFest................................................. 37.......................................peakfest.com

Chemung County Fair........................ 35.....607-734-1217..........chemungcountyfair.com

Phelps Sauerkraut Weekend.............40.....315-548-8900 ..........................................................................phelpsny.com/sauerkraut-weekend

Clifton Springs Chamber of Commerce..................... 85.....315-462-8200.........cliftonspringschamber.com

Rasa Spa................................................ 55.....607-273-1740.........rasaspa.com

Cobtree Vacation Rentals..................86.....315-789-1144..........cobtree.com

Rochester Folk Art Guild.................... 77.....585-554-3539........folkartguild.org

Coltivare Center................................... 39.....607-844-8222........coltivareithaca.com

Rooster Hill Vineyards........................ 67.....315-536-4773.........roosterhill.com

Corning Museum of Glass.................10.....800-732-6845........cmog.org

Roseland Wake Park........................... 65.......................................roselandwakepark.com

Cortland County CVB..........................13.....800-859-2227........experiencecortland.com

Route 96 Power & Paddle................. 38.....607-659-7693........powerandpaddle.com

Cottone Auctions.................................69.....585-243-1000.........cottoneauctions.com

Schooner Excursions.......................... 74.....607-535-5253........sailtruelove.com

DockCraft Industries............................11.....585-734-7374.........dockcraft.com

Seager Marine......................................69.....585-394-1372.........seagermarine.com

Downtown Ithaca Alliance................ 74.....607-277-8679.........downtownithaca.com

Seaweed Mat Systems....................... 77.....585-226-6489........seaweedmatsystems.com

Eastview Mall........................................80.....585-223-4420........eastviewmall.com

Seneca County Chamber.................. 23.....800-732-1848.........fingerlakescentral.com

Endless Mountain Music Festival..... 85.....570-787-7800.........endlessmountain.net

SignLanguage Inc.................................10.....585-237-2620........signlanguageinc.com

Farm Sanctuary.....................................19.....607-583-2225........farmsanctuary.org

Six Mile Creek Vineyard..................... 35.....607-272-9463........sixmilecreek.com

Ferris Hills...............................................15.....585-393-0410.........ferrishills.com

Smith Boys Marina...............................31.......................................smithboys.com

FiberArts in the Glen...........................18.....607-535-9710.........fiberartsintheglen.com

Sonnenberg Gardens......................... 27.....585-394-4922........artsatthegardens.org

Finger Lakes Cheese Trail..................54.......................................flcheesetrail.com

St. Ann’s Community.............................7.....585-697-6000........stannscommunity.com

Finger Lakes Community College... 67.....585-394-3522........flcc.edu

Timber Frames..................................... 33.....585-374-6405........timberframesinc.com

Finger Lakes from Space Poster....... 75.....800-331-7323.........atwatervineyards.com

Turning Stone Casino Resort.............11.....800-771-7711..........turningstone.com

Finger Lakes Museum.........................81.....315-595-2200.........fingerlakesmuseum.org

Upstate Brewing Company...............69.....607-742-2750........upstatebrewing.com

Finger Lakes Opera............................. 53.....585-245-5650........fingerlakesopera.com

Wagner Vineyards............................... 73.....866-924-6378........wagnervineyards.com

Finger Lakes Tram............................... 38.....315-986-8090........fingerlakestram.com

Walnut Hill Farm.................................54.....585-746-1080.........walnuthillfarm.org

Fireplace Fashions................................21.....877-409-6555........fireplacefashions.com

Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel............... 25.....607-535-6116..........watkinsglenharborhotel.com

Genesee Valley Timber & Stone...... 22.....585-889-7950 ..........................................................................geneseevalleytimberandstone.com

Wild Birds Unlimited.......................... 37.....877-266-4928........sapsuckerwoods.com

Geneseo Tourism.................................18 ......................................visitgeneseony.com German Brothers Marina Inc...............4.....585-394-4000........germanbrothers.com Granger Homestead........................... 24.....585-394-1472.........grangerhomestead.org Greater Rochester International Airport..............................5.....585-753-7020........monroecounty.gov Halco.........................................................3.....315-946-6200.........halcoheating.com Halsey’s Restaurant............................. 77.....315-789-4070.........halseysgeneva.com Hangar Theatre.................................... 33.....607-273-ARTS........hangartheatre.org Harbor View Town Homes.................14.....315-521-2845.........fingerlakestownhomes.com Harvest & Artists Market....................86.......................................harvestandartists.com

MARKETPLACE ADVERTISING Accommodations.......... Pg. 104-105, 107

Real Estate for Sale................ Pg. 108-110

Camping.......................................Pg. 92-93

Seneca Lake Wine Trail.............. Pg. 98-99

Canandaigua........................... Pg. 106-107

Shopping & Services...........Pg. 96-97, 99

Culture & Attractions................. Pg. 100-103

Wine, Spirits & Brews................Pg. 94-95

Naples.................................................Pg. 90

Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards.........................21.....888-750-0494........hazlitt1852.com Heron Hill Winery............................... 79.....800-441-4241.........heronhill.com Hilton Garden Inn Ithaca......................2.....877-STAY-HGI.........ithaca.hgi.com Hotel Ithaca.......................................... 29.....607-272-1000.........thehotelithaca.com Humane Society of Schuyler County.................................. 75.....607-210-4263.........schuylerhumane.org

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here are 5ks and 10ks, and then there is the Twisted Branch Trail Run 100k. The race begins August 29 in South Bristol, and winds its way along the Finger Lakes Trail to the finish line in Hammondsport. Runners will have only 16 hours to complete the course.

The idea for the event was conceived by Race Director Scott Magee, whose own personal adventures along the Bristol Hills Branch trail include running it in its entirety, twice. He knew the ultra-running community needed to experience this amazing trail. Boasting an elevation of more than 10,000 feet and very technical trails, the Twisted Branch offers what ultra-runners are looking for – a true adventure that tests the limits of their abilities.

There are many ways to get involved. Volunteer opportunities are available, or you can come out and just cheer on the amazing athletes. Visit lifeinthefingerlakes.com or twistedbranchtrail.com for a trail map and more information.

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Trail Run?

Registered entrant Dan Ostrander is followed by Race Director Scott Magee on the Finger Lakes Trail, Bristol Hills Branch, south of Pigtail Hollow State Forest in the town of Wheeler.

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The gentle, comforting ripple of warm saltwater has an invigorating effect — especially during aqua-aerobics class. And, for Kendal residents Sara, Carol and Joann, the exercise is a fun, refreshing way to get fit — and get together.

Living on the 105-acre campus at Kendal not only keeps them involved in the lifestyle they love, but connected to any future care they may need. And, from here, the story just keeps getting better.

Come for a visit and tell us your story. Call 877-915-7633 or go to kai.kendal.org/FL to learn more.

2230 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850

A not-for-profit continuing care retirement community serving older adults in the Quaker tradition. ©2014 KENDAL

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“The craftsmanship of the timber frame is outstanding providing us with spectacular interior and exterior spaces in which to live.”

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PLAYGROUNDS IN THE SKY • LAVENDER FESTIVAL • POLO IN SKANEATELES • ERIE CANAL BOAT TRIP

Few things conjure such a relaxed natural atmosphere as outdoor timberframed structures.

Be it a trellis just outside the great room, a private screened room off the master bedroom, an outdoor barbecue space complete with a fireplace, or an open side porch for comfortable entertainment with family and friends. Let the party begin!

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