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Hit & Miss Hanna Star of a new class of female hunters, Hanna Harris, 16, shoots a record Pennsylvania buck By Dawn Bilder
Grab a Turkey…Ranch Wellsboro’s Kitty Thompson Corning’s Fibonacci Walk
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Hit & Miss Hanna
The Last Great Place By Jerry Curreri All’s Fair in fair chase hunting.
By Dawn Bilder Star of a new class of female hunters, Hanna Harris, 16, shoots a record Pennsylvania buck.
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Chatter & Letters to the Editor By the Mountain Home staff Rockwell Museum, old and new; Gifts of freedom; The return of the thin man.
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By Roberta Curreri A modern-day Diane and her bow.
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Heart of the Mountain
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Diane the Huntress
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By Patricia Brown Davis Finding family roots in A Pilgrim’s Progress.
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By Roberta Curreri Kitty Thompson’s Between Heaven and Earth opens at the Gmeiner.
Keeping an Eye on the Deer Ones
Arms & the Man
Kitty Thompson
By Roger Kingsley The game’s afoot with trail cams.
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By Roberta Curreri Hunt like a mountain man: Put a Muzzle On It.
Deer Camp
SaraH Wagaman
By Jerry & Roberta Curreri Marty bares the truth in Grin and Bear It.
Top to Bottom: Hanna Harris; Windmills on Armenia Mountain, by Kitty Thompson; Cooper’s Sporting Goods.
Splat-Ping
By Jerry Curreri It’s hunting season at Cooper’s Sporting Goods in Mansfield.
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Cover art by Tucker Worthington
Painting from the Inside Out
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22 Walk Like an Italian
By Cindy Davis Meixel The Marty Franzen Memorial Fibonacci Walk explores the sum of many things.
29 The Better World
By John & Lynne Diamond-Nigh Let art floor you in Paper View.
30 Under the Big Tops
By Angela Cannon-Crothers Vendors are in-tents in Canandaigua Christkindl Market.
34 All the World’s a Stage By Thomas Putnam In for A Rudy Awakening.
35 Helping Hands
By Roberta Curreri The Heart of the Hunter shares the harvest.
38 The Gobbling Gourmet
By Gayle Morrow Fry’s Turkey is a feast in Steam Valley.
40 My Favorite Things
By Meta Givens A recipe to go wild for: venison loaf.
42 Finger Lakes Wine Review
By Holly Howell Get in the spirits of Thanksgiving with Chasing the Bird.
43 In the Kitchen
By Teresa Banik Capuzzo Find yourself in Seventh Heaven at Yorkholo’s tasting dinner.
45 My Favorite Things
By Holly Howell Ornaments wreath Happy Trails.
46 Mother Earth
By Gayle Morrow Gourdeous—and good enough to eat.
66 Back of the Mountain Home for Thanksgiving
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The Last Great Place
All’s Fair… By Jerry Curreri
“That ain’t enough any more. Time was when all a man had to do was just farm 11 1/2 months, and hunt the other half. But not now. Now just to belong to the farming business and the hunting business ain’t enough. You got to belong to the business of mankind.” “Mankind?” I said. “You can belong to the farming and hunting business and you can learn the difference between what’s right and what’s wrong, and do right. And that used to be enough—just to do right. But not now. You got to know why it’s right and why it’s wrong, and be able to tell the folks that never had no chance to learn it; teach them how to do what’s right, not just because they know it’s right, but because they know now why it’s right because you just showed them, told them, taught them why.” ~ William Faulkner, Race At Morning
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ovember around here usually comes in crisp and clear, and a sunny day is welcome after a frosty morning. Across our twin tiers, hunters are afield reaping the harvest of nature’s bounty. On any day, sit back and listen, and you may hear a boom echoing through the hills—a shot fired in pursuit of our abundant small game, rabbit, squirrel and grouse. The end of the month brings the opening of bear and deer season. It’s worth reflecting here, on the meaning of this—the “noble” sport of hunting and its time-honored traditions. In America, hunting remains noble, not so much in the Old World sense, of being reserved for the noble class, but because true sportsmen subscribe to an important and noble set of rules in pursuit of their passion. The true sportsman not only follows all applicable game laws, but follows a code of fair chase standards as well. This code is set down by America’s foremost hunting organization, Boone and Crockett. Its guiding principle states: “Fair chase is the ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging wild, native North American big game animal in a manner that does not give the hunter an improper advantage over such animals.” Fundamental to all hunting is the concept of conservation of natural resources. Hunting in today’s world involves the regulated harvest of individual animals in a manner that conserves, protects, and perpetuates the hunted population. The hunter engages in a one-to-one relationship with the quarry and his or her hunting should be guided by a hierarchy of ethics related to hunting. Today after writing this, I will be on my way to pick up the trophy mount of an eleven-point buck shot by my good friend Doug Bryer. Doug leaves the responsibility of being a husband, father, and a job as a New Jersey paramedic to tramp the hills of Tioga County Pennsylvania in pursuit of See All’s Fair on page 9
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C hatter The Heart of the Matter What’s inside: the heart of the artist, the heart of the home, the heart of America? Now, at the heart of Corning’s Rockwell Museum of Western Art, a new exhibition, Collector’s Legacy, has opened, showcasing the museum’s greatest hits. The Rockwell grew out of the collecting efforts of Bob Rockwell and his family, producing an important collection of historic American Western Art. The picture of the West that the Museum presents today shows a rich diversity of artistic expression and historic perspective. Included in the exhibit is America’s Crazy Quilt by Doug Smith, a painting depicting Smith’s interpretation of idyllic America resting on top of farmland that he describes as “diverse American farmland grids…the same multi-colored
fields and unique textures found in crazy quilts.” Hand-sewn, usually by women, crazy quilts have been created in rural communities throughout the United States for more than a century. These artworks incorporated small, richly-colored pieces of cloth, creating beautiful, irregularly-patterned quilts. Over the years, contributions to the museum have added new stories of the West of yesterday and the West of today. Following the path first explored by Bob Rockwell, they leave a legacy that continues to define the Museum to this day, celebrated in Collector’s Legacy. Event: Collector’s Legacy Dates: October 28, 2011–January 2, 2012 Location: Rockwell Museum of Western Art, 111 Cedar Street, Corning, NY 14830 Information: 607-937-5386; info@rockwellmuseum. org; www.rockwellmuseum.org/Collectors-Legacy
From the Home Front When we think of the holidays— Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s—we think of giving, and remember those who have given to us. Packages come home from the grocery, the department store, and packages go out as well. One of these “packaging” days falls on November 11, Veteran’s Day, when Goodies for Our Troops will begin season celebrations by putting together care packages for our local soldiers overseas. Goodies co-founder, Dawn Pletcher, says they will also be observing “a moment of silence each hour in honor and memory of all those who’ve fought for our freedoms since July 4, 1776 and for those who are currently fighting for our freedoms.” The soldiers will receive these packages right around New Year’s Day—giving them a little piece of home to start their year. Anyone who wishes to gift a bit of time to package goodies for our troops can join in at the Community Room at Park Hill Manor in Wellsboro on November 11 and 12 from 1 p.m. to
7 p.m. and November 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 570662-5601 or email Goodies@ptd.net. ~Roberta Curreri and Dawn Bilder
America’s Crazy Quilt, by Doug Smith (2010, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 in), part of the new exhibition Collector’s Legacy at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art.
It’s a Sign He’s ba…ack. No, not that scary dude, but the great detective Richard Walter, he of the arched eyebrow and curled lip, the protagonist in Mountain Home publisher Mike Capuzzo’s New York Times best-seller The Murder Room. Richard, bearing cigarettes and no doubt a few dozen homemade cookies, will be returning to the Seneca Lake General Store in Watkins Glen for a command appearance, where he will join the author in a preChristmas book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the General Store. Event: The Murder Room book signing with Richard Walter & Michael Capuzzo Date: November 19, 2-4 pm Location: Seneca Lake General Store, Information: (607) 227-1195
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the wary whitetail deer. His deer was fairly harvested by fair chase rules in the midst of our property and 13, 000 acres of state game land. When coming off our mountain to bring Doug’s trophy to the butcher shop, we stopped to ask a fellow pulled over on the side of the road if he needed assistance. It became clear quickly that this fellow was up to no good. I saw him toss his jacket to try to cover a rifle on the passenger seat. Then, my gaze came to rest just fifty yards away from his vehicle, up along a power line cut, on two standing does. It was then I began to chat a bit more loudly about the day, about his truck, about anything until my voice caused the deer to stop feeding, take notice, and move off into the trees. Ruining his “hunt” was the second best thing to happen that day. The first, of course, was Doug’s trophy. The freedom to take to the hills, with the weapons of the time, has been passed down to us by earliest man; however, the pursuit of fair chase hunting belongs to us only if we choose to follow its code.
For What It’s Worth
Keep it. It’ll be worth something, someday. That’s what mom always says, and that’s why I have so many dust-covered items waiting around—to become worthy. But someday is finally scheduled to arrive. On Saturday, November 5, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., when ten experts from Heritage Auctions, NYC—the largest collectibles auctioneer and the third largest auction house in the world—will be on hand at Corning’s Rockwell Museum of Western Art for the Rockwell Road Show, a one-on-one identification and appraisal of objects. These experts will be on hand to appraise collectible objects for attendees and offer an estimated insurance value on each piece. Mom also says, a picture’s worth a thousand words. How about thousands of dollars? So, carry on you—if an item cannot be carried into the Museum—a photograph emphasizing details and a record of the object’s dimensions. Attendees, admitted on a first come, first serve basis, will be able to present up to three collectibles to be evaluated by the experts in the following areas: American and Western Art, Decorative Arts and Memorabilia, American
Event: Rockwell Road Show Date: Saturday, November 5, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Location: Rockwell Museum of Western Art 111 Cedar Street, Corning, NY Information: Beth Manwaring 607-974-4254 manwaringb@rockwellmuseum.org
Coinage and Currency, Sports Memorabilia, Fine Art and Comics, Americana, Photography, Silver and Decorative Arts, Native American Art and Artifacts, Jewelry and Silver. The cost for Museum Members is $20 for up to two items; not-yet-members, $30 for up to two items; and $10 for an additional item. For what it’s worth, their online bidder Web site, HA.com, has 665,085 registered members. ~Roberta Curreri
Hit &Miss Hanna Star of a new class of female hunters, Hanna Harris, 16, shoots a record Pennsylvania buck
By Dawn Bilder
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Hanna with her cousin Alan whose .280 she used to bag her record buck. Hanna’s sixteen-point buck is a mainframe five-by-five with three extras on each side. Its brow tines are the shortest points on the rack, with the rest of the uprights ranging from nine inches to over a foot long. Its Buckmasters Trophy Record composite score is 209 2/8, which includes the 20 7/8-inch inside spread. This differs slightly from considerations in other scoring systems, most notably the Boone and Crockett, which include deductions, a score for inside spread, antler categories (typical or nontypical), and the weapon used to take the deer.
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t was 7 a.m. and cold, and the hunter hunched inside the warmth of camouflage outerwear high above the ground in a tree stand, waiting. Surrounding the hunter was the muffled, dim light of early morning. It was the first day of Pennsylvania’s 2010 buck season. The hunter enjoyed the solitude of hunting, even the waiting, the time it offered to think about life, family, and sometimes about nothing at all. At 7:30 a.m., a whitetail buck approached to the hunter’s left. It was obvious the deer was massive because, stopped behind a double tree, its antlers were visible on both sides of the trunks. Planting a knee against the tree stand’s rail for steadiness and picking up the .280 Remington rifle, the hunter waited as the buck began to move into shooting range. The hunter aimed, nerves stretching in the normal way nerves do at such a moment—eighty yards, seventyfive yards, seventy yards—and fired. Danville native Hanna Harris, who had just turned sixteen and was on her first solo hunt, had killed her fourth buck—but this one was a buck for the records.
She had bagged a sixteen-point buck with a jaw-dropping rack. It would be officially entered into the record books as No. 6 on the list for nontypical deer shot in Pennsylvania and as one of the top hundred in the United States. Hanna represents a building demographic in the world of hunting—female hunters. In fact, when Hanna killed her sixteen-point buck, she was in her mother’s tree stand. Maria, Hanna’s mother, was introduced to hunting by her own father. By the time she was eight, Maria enjoyed walking along with her father through the woods while he hunted rabbit. “I was a tomboy.” says Maria, with a nostalgic smile. “My dad and I would target shoot, and I remember that, after my father shot a rabbit in the woods, I’d run and get it, yelling, ‘You got one!’” Eventually, the major reason this special father-daughter time stopped was what stops a lot of female hunters: most deer camps are for men only, and women are not allowed. Hanna avoided this fate because of her father, Joe, who owns Harris Taxidermy Studio in Danville (and, yes, he mounted Hanna’s record-breaking deer along with all the buck he and his family have gotten). When his deer camp wouldn’t allow women, he bought 260 acres of land on which the family’s house now sits so that he could hunt on the vast acreage with his wife, whom he had gotten back into hunting when they started dating, and with his daughters, Hanna and her fourteen-yearold sister, Paige, along with their brother, nineyear-old Joey. “I think women are often better hunters than men,” says Joe. “They are great shots. They don’t panic as much as guys do. Men put more pressure on themselves to get the biggest buck, so they can pound their chests and all that. Women approach hunting from a more relaxed point of view, and I think that helps them.” So, was anyone in her family surprised by Hanna shooting a record-breaking deer? “I wasn’t,” says Maria. “She’s a great shot. Every year, when we practice shooting our guns right before the season starts, she’s just boom, boom, boom—right on target as soon as she picks up a gun.” “I wasn’t surprised, either,” Joe adds. “I was surprised,” says Hanna’s brother, Joey, who has already shot his own five-point buck, even though he’s only nine. “The night before she killed the buck, she asked me, ‘Where
do you aim on a deer again?’” He laughs, and Hanna reacts, “I was just checking. I knew where to aim—right behind the front shoulder.” Joey shrugs, smiles, and admits she knew. She had, after all, killed three deer before the big one. “But she really did say that,” he adds. Joey gives Hanna his best little brother smile—loving and mischievous. Does he want to bag a bigger buck than hers? “Yes,” he says. “I really would.” Hanna has been interested in hunting since she can remember. Even as young as two years old, she used to get dressed from head to toe in camouflage on the first day of buck season before her parents dropped her off at daycare. “I remember my first BB gun when I was really young,” says Hanna, “I walked around shooting at birds. I don’t remember getting any, but I really enjoyed it.” When Hanna was nine, her parents took her to a hunting preserve near Wellsboro “just to have the experience to shoot something,” and she shot her first deer, a red stag. When she was ten, her family took her hunting in New Jersey because there you can hunt at age ten, and in Pennsylvania at that time you still had to be twelve. Within the last few years, it’s much easier for young hunters in Pennsylvania because the state has started the Mentored Youth Hunting Program, which allows a child to go hunting as long as he or she is with another hunter who has a hunting license and is eighteen years old or older. People have had different reactions to Hanna as a female hunter. “A lot of people are surprised,” says Hanna. “They will say, ‘You’re a girl and you hunt?’ It’s not bad now that I’m in high school and have shot the big buck. But when I was in elementary school and middle school, other kids would judge me a little. But they were usually non-hunters.” Maria laughs, “People are sometimes surprised that I hunt, too. They’ll say, ‘You don’t look like a hunter.’ And I’ll say, ‘What does a hunter look like?’” Both Hanna and her mom agree that the hardest part of hunting is waking up early in the morning. “But my dad always makes sure that my sister and I get up,” says Hanna, smiling. “He’ll wake us up, and I’ll complain about how early it is and try to go back to bed, and he’ll say, ‘I thought I raised girls who liked to hunt.’” Joe smiles, “All I have to do after that is walk
Top to bottom: Hanna, age 2, with her dog, Bo, on the first day of buck season; Maria with a buck; Paige with a buck; Hanna, with mounted record buck, holding a possible shed from 2009. Facing page: Hanna with her 16-point buck.
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Diane the Huntress In 1995 Diane Koppenheffer earned something to hang on her wall, a diploma from the University of Montana for an associate’s degree in building maintenance and engineering. That was also the year that, living outside Missoula, Diane took down her first deer, years after she first took to the woods of Pennsylvania to hunt. “My daddy took me hunting when I was sixteen. We lived downstate, north of Dauphin, but hunted mostly in Perry County.” But Diane was well acquainted with deer long before she picked up a rifle to hunt with her dad. “My daddy taught me to butcher when I was eleven. My brother Dennis hunted as well as butchered deer when we lived at home. I still love to butcher, bigtime!” Diane admits it was “quite a stretch” before she finally brought down a deer. “Hunting was off and on simply because of circumstances. I was a wife and a mother. “It was ’95 when I actively started hunting again. I borrowed a 30-30 with peep sights and went out alone. I shot a doe by myself, field dressed it, brought it in, hung it up, skinned it, butchered it, even ground the burger by hand, put it in the freezer.” After twenty-four years of living in Montana, Diane finally accomplished what she set out to do with her father thirty plus years before. “I finally had time to devote to hunting.” Diane relocated to her native Pennsylvania in 1997, to Harrisburg, and continued to hunt, now with a .243 Remington. “When I met my second husband, Bob, I worked down in Harrisburg as a building maintenance supervisor, and he worked for Yingst Homes. We were both on call 24/7, and often would run into each other and talk.” When the conversation turned to hunting, Bob asked Diane if she bow hunted. Her reply: “No, but I always wanted to learn.” Even in bow hunting, Diane took a less than traditional approach. Three previous shoulder surgeries precluded her hunting with a compound bow, which required more strength to draw than she could now muster. “So, I saw the doctor who said I qualified as eligible to carry a crossbow, but I then needed a permit. That was 2003. I got the bow, a Horton Legend SL, and the permit, and we’ve hunted ever since.” In 2003, Diane required a special “disability” permit for crossbow archery season, but in January 2009 the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners legalized for archery season the use of crossbows in harvesting deer for all hunters, not just permitted disabled hunters. Some hunters opposed the new law fearing the advantage of the crossbow compared to the skill and strength necessary for vertical bow hunting might make the harvest too large and impact future season lengths. Supporters argued crossbow archery would recruit new hunters, keep afield others who could not practice enough to achieve proficiency with a vertical bow, and continue making archery possible for those, like Diane, whose physical limitations make compound bow hunting impossible. Since 2009, the commission approved the expanded lawful use of crossbows for all hunters to include both the archery deer and bear seasons. It also approved crossbow magnified scope use—Diane’s scope is a Horton scope, 4x32. A sunset date for this expanded crossbow use requires a future measure vote before June 30, 2012. Bob has had a deer camp near Wellsboro since 1984—so, Diane smiles, it was “my dear husband who introduced me to Wellsboro.” The Koppenheffers bought their property, five acres off of Route 287, knowing there might never be electricity on it. “After the third time the Realtor told us that, I told him, ‘You know what, I came from Montana. I don’t care.’ We lived up here for a year without electricity.” They built their house and their mainstays ran off gas: fridge, freezer, washer, dryer, lights, stove. “If I wanted to watch TV or run the sweeper, I switched on the generator.” Bob, who now works for Mobo, eventually—after about a year—arranged to bring electricity to the house, but Diane maintains that “the off-grid lifestyle suited me just fine.” Diane and Bob sold their house downstate in September of 2004, relocating to Wellsboro in October. “We said everyone should work the first nine months of the year and hunt the rest. We did that the first year we moved up here. A lot of people go to the ocean or go on a cruise, but we take our vacations and go hunting.”
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away, and a few minutes later I can hear them stirring.” “I’m glad Joe pushes me to get up, too,” says Maria, who is a speech therapist. “It’s so easy to say, ‘No, it’s too early, and I have too much to do today that I can’t take the time.’ But it’s important to take the time. When you’re a busy woman, working and with kids, you can’t just try to find the time because you’ll never find it. You have to make the time. Once I get up and I’m dressed and I’m out there in the open air, waiting for a buck, I’m so relaxed and happy. I’m always glad I made the time.” Now, with her husband and children, Maria relives her early happiness of hunting with her father. She has shot about twelve buck, including five with a bow. “I really like archery,” says Maria. “I like the accuracy of rifles, but bow season is warmer, and I like to get up close to the animals. You have to with a bow because you have to wait for them to get much closer before they’re in range.” She shot an eight-point buck with a crossbow when she was eight months pregnant with Joey. “I was so pregnant,” laughs Maria, “that Joe put me on a swivel chair that was like an office chair, and I laid my crossbow over a bunch of cut trees that Joe dragged over for me. I had to use a crossbow because the doctor said that I was too pregnant to pull the weight of my regular bow.” Paige also loves hunting. She has shot two buck, one of them when she was twelve. With that deer, she insisted on field dressing and skinning it herself, along with Joey, who was seven at the time. “They did the whole deer themselves,” says Joe with admiration. “I will always hunt,” says Paige. “I look forward to going with my husband someday.” How does Joe feel about being the modern man doing his part to integrate women more fully into the world of hunting? “I hope someday it won’t take the male in the family to have to set the example. Who knows? Maybe when Hanna is married, her husband won’t be a hunter, and Hanna will take her daughter hunting.” Part of why Joe thinks women should hunt is that he thinks families should
hunt together. “In this world, kids grow up fast and parents are busy. This is something a family can do together from early age on to adulthood to stay close. And then the kids can do it with their kids. My father took me hunting, and it is some of my best memories.� He adds, “It’s not that I’m against kids being in activities or sports. Hanna and Paige are in soccer, and Joey’s in football. But that’s something they do that bonds them with their peers. Hunting is something they do that bonds them with their family.� “Our family does bond during hunting season,� agrees Hanna. “That’s when we get really close. It keeps our family together.� Hanna has become an overnight celebrity in national hunting magazines and internet hunting forums. She was featured in Pennsylvania Game News, and American Hunter, the National NRA magazine, graded Hanna’s buck one of “The Top Five Bucks of 2010� and called it “unbelievable.� She will be on the cover of Rack magazine’s November issue, and she has already graced the cover of Northeast Big Buck magazine, whose club recently honored Hanna at a banquet
Wall in Harris’ home named the “Women’s Wall.� Left to right: Paige’s buck, Maria’s buck, Hanna’s buck.
in Massachusetts for the best buck in eight states, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rohode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania. Hanna has even inspired Field and Stream to write on their Web site: “A Sweet 16-Point PA Buck for a Sweet 16 Hunter.� “It’s funny,� Joe says, “what some people’s reactions are to Hanna’s buck. People have
actually said to me, ‘I hope you told her to quit hunting because she’ll never get another buck that big.’ But that’s not what hunting’s about for Hanna.� “I’ll never stop hunting,� Hanna agrees. “Now I just want to broaden what I hunt. There’s always new game to hunt and new places to go. It never gets boring. Everyday’s different.� Spoken like a true hunter.
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Heart of the Mountain
A Pilgrim’s Progress By Patricia Brown Davis
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t’s November—time for turning inward, getting cozy and warm, and being grateful for the season’s bounty—physical and spiritual. Our thoughts turn to Thanksgiving— families together, and the traditional turkey and trimmings. Thoughts turn back to those “pilgrims” who had the strength and courage to gather all 102 into one ship too small, because the other ship, the Speedwell, was leaking. But, many of our thoughts about the First Thanksgiving and the Mayflower have been turned into a story filled with myth. If we read about the Separatists’ desire for a religion separate from the Church of England, many truths emerge. In a journey to find my roots, I started in earnest to work on family genealogy. (Is that what we do when we’re feeling the years slip by?) Through some wonderful and serendipitous connections on Joyce Tice’s Tri-County website, I “met” a man from St. Louis, Missouri, who happened to send a photo of my great-grandfather, Henry H. Potter, to her website. I’d never seen a photo of him. Not only that, the Missourian then shared his research on ancestry.com with me. So, late one night, alone at my computer, I discovered Henry’s lineage went directly back to Elizabeth Alden, first daughter of John and Priscilla Alden. We know them as the ‘celebrity couple’ of the Mayflower, of which Elizabeth’s great-grandson (x2), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, immortalized in his “The Courtship of Myles Standish”—a couple of hundred years later. Whoa! I felt like an ancestry.com commercial—“Who forgot to tell me that?” So, in an e-mail sent to all children and grandchildren (lest I die in the middle of the night) and titled, “Pilgrim is the Word of the Day,” the family was all informed. In subsequent evenings I discovered we were related to six of the passengers of the Mayflower. 14
I hadn’t set out to find “history” or that WE ARE ALL REALLY A PART OF HISTORY, but my journey placed me there. It’s rather exhilarating when we have no control over the stories we’ll find, but we will find stories! (Another evening I discovered a stubborn and highly principled great-grandfather (x9) was hung for witchcraft in Salem, when he refused to claim he was a witch! Fortunately for our family, his children and wife survived.) My family’s life changed. Conversations took a right-hand turn at the dining table. And for the first time since elementary school, we’re all reading history books and old documents. This past summer before our family reunion my oldest daughter and I took a hurried trip to Plymouth, Massachusetts, to retrace our roots—her idea! While I was living in Rhode Island for several years as a kid, Dad took us to Plymouth Rock. I posed for the camera with “Pilgrim” guides, but never realized that the celebration was all about some of my very own ancestors. I wonder what Dad would have thought, had he known? Part of the reason for the hurried trip was to do it before our family reunion. We were pretty sure no one in the family knew this fact, as we had heard. We were also on our own personal journey of sorts, my daughter preparing a PowerPoint program and me putting a booklet together for everyone of the found information—both for the reunion. We hadn’t had a reunion in a number of years. Energy of the ones in charge had dissipated and several died. It was, in fact, the younger members of our family who wanted to get together to find out how they were related that put us back to celebrating together. People often think genealogy is too ponderous of a job; but they’re “missing their boat.” Today’s search is much easier than years past—thanks to many groups and organizations. Much can be done right from a desk without traveling. And many international records can be found online.
Some of Elizabeth’s well-known descendents, besides Longfellow, include John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Orson Welles, Dick Van Dyke, Marilyn Monroe. Now who would want to bypass family information like this? Everyone needs to become a “pilgrim” of his or her own personal ancestry search. And by the way, those founding fathers never called themselves “pilgrims”—a word unknown then. It was Daniel Webster who labeled them, exactly 200 years later, in a speech at Plymouth Rock. And they didn’t dress in black and white and gray, with buckles on their hats and shoes, as portrayed—that was not the fashion until the 1700s—and then dressed that way only for formal occasions. Happy Thanksgiving and a great journey to your roots, “pilgrim!” Patricia Brown Davis is a professional musician and memoirist seeking stories about the Wellsboro glass factory. Contact her at patd@ mountainhomemag.com.
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Keeping an Eye on the Deer Ones The Game’s Afoot with Trail Cams By Roger Kingsley
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rail cameras, scouting cameras, game cameras, surveillance cameras—call them what you want—they all serve basically the same purpose: capturing photos of wildlife. Trail cameras are used primarily as a tool for hunters to find out which deer— preferably big bucks—are roaming a certain piece of property. Since trail cameras aren’t programmed to shoot a specific wildlife species, practically all owners of them wind up with images that include everything from kitty cats to coon hunters, who trigger the sensitive motion detection system of the units. Make no mistake about it, trail cameras can reveal activity that might otherwise be occurring unnoticed. In ancient times—like twenty years ago— hunters simply relied on tracks, trails, scrapes, rubs, sheds and dung to distinguish male and female deer movement. Now, thanks to that ten-letter word called technology, hunters can now clue in on a deer’s presence and gender by simply securing 16
one of these cameras to some form of support near water, food sources or funnels, and periodically checking the exposures. One of the most popular names in the trail camera lineup is the Cuddeback. In 1984, a Wisconsin hunter named Mark Cuddeback, began building a device that would not only photograph deer, but record dates and times of their activity. Four years later he had developed one of the first trail cameras. In 1989, the demand for his invention resulted in the founding of Non Typical Engineering (now named Non Typical Inc.) the eventual maker of the Cuddeback cameras. Prices are a reflection of a trail camera’s features, and one of the most important attributes to a trail camera is trigger speed. Cuddeback’s advertisements through magazines and television beat this to death and for good reason. What good is the camera if your pictures reveal nothing more than an unoccupied space in front of it, or worse yet, pictures of the butt end of an animal?
Of all the features included in a trail camera’s ads or packaging, megapixels is probably the most visible. This term, associated with digital photography, refers to the size at which photograph can be printed without losing quality. Besides trigger speed and megapixels, flash performance and battery life round out the top four features that consumers look at prior to purchase. More often than not, the experiences that a friend or family member has had with a particular brand or model greatly influence the purchase and narrow the choices. Price doesn’t matter? Sure it does! But like every other consumer product, the old adage “you get what you pay for” applies to these devices too. Special features such as video clips, infrared LED illumination, and theft protection jack up the price, but only prove necessary depending on the individual’s circumstances or beliefs. See Deer Ones on page 18
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My Cuddeback Capture model has proven to me that ordinary flash does not cause alarm...at least to one particular buck. Aptly named, “Big 9” walked by the camera during the wee hours on three consecutive nights, and got his picture taken at each visit. If the flash had totally spooked him, I’m sure he would have steered clear of that area. Having said that, I’m sure another buck or animal might set a record vacating the area because the flash scared the dickens out of them. A couple years ago, a hunting club that I know of deployed thirteen trail cameras on its land to survey deer movements and behavior. Several bucks were photographed on multiple cameras within the two-thousand-plus acres of territory that they were spread across. These cameras, strategically placed, exposed dates associated with fawn birthing, velvet peeling, antler shedding and more. Those who study deer are convinced that some are smarter, shyer, and much more reclusive than others, and that these traits are enhanced with age. Maybe that explains
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the matched shed antlers I found under a barbed-wire fence within 100 yards of my camera, but the buck that once sported them had never been photographed by it. While trail cameras are usually considered a hunter’s tool, their entertainment value can be enjoyed by anyone. Take it from me. It’s exciting looking through the images that were taken during all hours of the day and night in the “back forty” while I was occupied with my normal routine. Don’t think certain four- or even two-legged species are visiting your property? Trail cameras could prove quite the contrary. A good friend once told me about a guy to whom he granted permission to hunt a particular parcel on his property, but his trail camera revealed that the hunter was frequenting areas that were off-limits as well. The popularity of trail cameras has—in recent years—amassed a huge fan base. So much so that books have been written on their usefulness. Two favorites on my bookshelf are Spies in the Deer Woods (www.stackpolebooks.com) and Deer Cameras—The Science of Scouting (www. QDMA.com). Aim...focus...and read!
Roger Kingsley, a first-time contributor to Mountain Home, lives on a farm in Columbia Cross Roads. A hunter, photographer, and writer, his articles and photos have appeared in, among others, Country, Deer & Deer Hunting, Quality Whitetails, Pennsylvania Game News, and Farm & Ranch magazines.
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Put a Muzzle On It By Roberta Curreri
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pening day of rifle deer season is just a few weeks away. All over our hills, the crack of rifles will be heard as hunters sight in. A vast array of firearms in traditional calibers, like the 30-30 Winchester, the 30-06 and the .308, will be taken out of their cases and made ready. Lots of hunting movies and videos will probably also be broken out to get into the spirit. One great film that shows the ultimate hunter and trapper is Jeremiah Johnson starring the ruggedly handsome Robert Redford. In that 1972 movie, Johnson stumbles upon a frozen body on the hillside, an old trapper by the name of Hatchet Jack, and liberates a .50 caliber Hawken muzzleloader from his icy grip. A replica of this rifle made by Thompson/Center Arms, a Smith & Wesson company, sits in my gun safe. Taking it out takes me back in time. Firing it with a 100 grain charge of black powder is a treat not to be forgotten. As deadly as it was 150 years or more ago, it packs a powerful punch—more than enough power with its single shot to put down our biggest bucks. The Hawken was popular with mountain men and hunters of the fur trade era through the mid part of the nineteenth century. The Hawkens did not mass-produce their rifles but rather made each one by hand, one at a time. The earliest known Hawken rifle dates to 1823, and the last one actually made by a Hawken was crafted in 1884. Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, and Theodore Roosevelt are believed to have owned Hawken rifles. There’s something about setting out through the woods and up the mountain with this rifle that feels real, feels like the beginning, like Americans felt putting food on the table before the grocery. Nowadays, we don’t hunt to stay alive—we hunt to feel alive. Me and my Hawken will be going out looking for deer…and for Robert Redford—“and some folks say, he’s up there still.” I hope so.
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Grin and Bear It Fiction by Jerry & Roberta Curreri
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ncle Warren began to speak just as Marty belched loudly. Old Pete’s hunters’ stew had got the best of him as it had just about everybody in the camp. The bunk room was certainly going to be an interesting place later, I said to myself. It was an unceremonious start to what was often a serious matter. Uncle Warren’s stories had become a tradition since the early ’60s. Now, in 2005, this was my thirty-sixth opening day. Shooting Marty a scowl, followed by a quick wink, Warren began. “Well boys, you know usually we have our story about one of the bucks hanging about the place, but in light of Marty’s nice ten-pointer he shot today, I’d like to relate a story about when he wasn’t the great, fearsome, buck-stalking, buck-killing, master hunter that we’ve come to know.” Everybody began laughing then because Marty sat in the same old tree stand year after year and, most times, if you came by you’d have to wake him up. Marty grinned sheepishly and said, “Make fun, Uncle Warren, but that buck on the pole don’t know the difference between master hunter and master sleeper now, does he.” “Now settle down Marty. So anyway, it was about 1988 as I recall that Marty shot that bear whose skull we keep up there on the bookshelf. That bear had made himself quite a nuisance for quite a few years, raised heck in Sampson’s cornfield one year, next year he spent most of the fall up the <<a place?>>Ding Dang, and we heard a couple of fellows even got a shot or two at him. Last we heard a hiker had seen a huge bear up the fire tower road that spring, and it seemed likely he was ranging up Ives Run. Typical for that time, we had about twelve of us in camp, and you wouldn’t know it now, but Marty over there was a tad bit in better shape. Marty patted his big ol’ belly loudly at that. That was, of course, before Sally fattened him up. “If I remember right, old Pete over there,—.” 20
Pete interrupted, “Who you calling old?” Everybody laughed. “As I was saying, young Pete over there, that fellow with the premature gray,” he said, grinning, “was calling the drive and Marty got picked to be a stander at the top of the ravine between Ives Run and the game land border. It was a good place to be, but the shot could be a long one if the bear showed up on the other side of the ravine. “When the commotion from the drivers started down below, sure enough, that big bear came boiling out of the bottom and hightailed it up the ridge across from Marty. Funny thing, and most unexpected, it was being followed by another bear. Now that first bear would probably go 450 or so, and the second about half that. Well Marty there let loose with his Winchester 30-30 at that big bear. It wasn’t long before the boys came hustling up, just reaching the kill as Marty was scrambling down hill. I could hear them admiring the bear, and Mike shouted up to Marty, ‘Damn, Marty, that was a head shot. Must ‘a been 150 yards.’” “’Reckon more like 200’ I said, walking up behind them. “Marty’s shot had lofted over the ravine and hit that second bear smack in the side of the head.” Warren pointed up to the skull when he said that. “Instantly, that
big bear was in the laurels and gone, but the second one tumbled down the ravine. Now, no one was witness to this, and Marty could have looked smug and talked about that great shot he had made, head shot and all, at 200 yards. “So, Marty, tell us, why did you fess up and tell everybody about what actually happened that day?” Marty leaned over and looked at the youngsters in camp and said, “You know, Uncle Warren, a long time before that day you taught me that an honest man is always honest—even when no one else is witness to the truth. Do you remember?” Warren replied, “Yup, sounds like another story for another day, don’t it?” And he leaned back in his chair. There was a pause, and one of the young bucks spoke up, “But, what happened to the big bear Uncle Warren?” Warren replied, “Oh, I heard that bear went east, maybe all the way to New Jersey. What do you think of that?” “Sounds like a fib to me. My mom dragged me to New Jersey to see my aunt once. No self respecting bear would go there—too many flatlanders.” Deer Camp is a work of fiction by Wellsboro residents, Jerry and Roberta Curreri.
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L i fe Walk Like an Italian
Marty Franzen Memorial Fibonacci Walk: The Sum of Many Things Story and Photos By Cindy Davis Meixel
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hich came first: Sam McInroy’s love of math or his love of nature? “It probably started when my Dad took me fishing up in Asaph and my Mom said, ‘Look at this maple leaf!’” he surmises. And, as those sweet Asaph days added up, little Sam began to notice the patterns in nature and those repetitive designs started to stir and make magical mathematical sense somewhere in the circuitous structure of little Sam’s imagination. Today Sam is seventy-three, and he carries a mesh bag filled with pinecones along the Marty Franzen Memorial Fibonacci Walk at the Spencer Crest Nature Center (SCNC) near Corning. At the appropriate spot on the trail, the retired Corning Community College (CCC) math professor tucks the pinecones, one by one, into a little wooden box attached to a sign explaining the pinecone’s connection to Fibonacci, a revered thirteenth century mathematician. McInroy is hopeful visitors will find the woodland treasures and pause for a closer look as they discover the beauty of the trail, the tale of Fibonacci, and the connection of math to nature. For nearly five years now, McInroy has served as a volunteer conservator of the trail he created which arches along a twothirds mile path at SCNC. The idea for the trail first stirred at Soul Full Cup, a coffeehouse in Corning where McInroy and Lori Barrett, assistant professor of math at CCC, concocted the idea as a tribute to the late Marty Franzen, a young student with a keen appreciation for nature and math. Freshly retired, McInroy then found himself deep in the Spencer Hill woods,
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near his home, along with his wife, Kay, and their grandchildren, measuring the trail and installing twelve educational signposts laid out at appropriate yards to mimic the famous “Fibonacci sequence.” This sequence was recently reintroduced into popular culture as one of the puzzles in the mystery novel The Da Vinci Code. The equation, however, has been known to the Western world since 1202 when Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci presented its simplicity—and complexity—in his book Liber Abaci. Fibonacci is also credited with introducing the Hindu-Arabic decimal number system into Western European mathematics, replacing the Roman numeral system. The Fibonacci sequence (which starts 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.) is a progression in which each number is equal to the sum of the two preceding numbers. The See Italian on page 28
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: Dizziness and vertigo account for two of the most common problems that cause patients to seek medical care. It has been estimated that 40% of individuals above the age of 65 will seek medical care for these diagnoses at some point. In many cases, physical therapy can help individuals with these types of problems. A physical therapist that is experienced in isolating the potential causes of the symptoms will be able to formulate a treatment plan that correctly treats the disorder. The first step is to accurately assess the complaints that the patient has. Dizziness and vertigo are often used synonymously, however they are different and as a healthcare professional it is important to determine which complaint the patient truly has. Dizziness is typically defined as a feeling of lightheadedness, whereas vertigo is a more substantial feeling or visualization of spinning. The reason this is important is because if the symptoms are vertiginous in nature the therapist can have a higher suspicion that the inner ear or vestibular system is involved, whereas “dizziness” can have a substantial list of other causes including issues with the cardiovascular system or medication, to name a few. The feeling of spinning that is present with vertigo is in response to an asymmetry that might occur between the right and left vestibular system. It is crucial that the two sides of this system match in order for proper equilibrium. If the two do not match, nystagmus occurs. Nystagmus is an involuntary, rhythmic, oscillation of the eyeball. A trained physical therapist will be able to observe the direction and duration of the nystagmus to assist in determining the cause of the patient’s symptoms. A number of causes of vertigo and dizziness exist. Typically, each of these problems will result in different symptom response. One of the more common problems to be seen in physical therapy is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. If identified properly, this condition is easy to treat. Other conditions that result in asymmetry between the right and left side, are still very treatable but typically respond over a longer period of time. For patients with these types of disorders, it is important that they are evaluated by a physical therapist with the experience and knowledge to treat these disorders properly. If these complaints sound familiar or you feel you may benefit from physical therapy, please contact your physician for a referral.
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sequence appears in infinite biological settings, including growth patterns of pinecones, pineapples, sunflowers, and seashells—and in the reproduction of rabbits and honeybees. “It appears Mother Nature is a mathematician,” quips McInroy, noting that nature favors the equation as an efficient way of packing seeds; yet, beyond efficiency, there also appears to be an aesthetic that resonates with the human eye and ear. Whether intentional or not, the Fibonacci sequence is also replicated in myriad forms in music, art, and architecture. The Fibonacci sequence also aligns with the “golden ratio” otherwise known as “the divine proportion.” Some have gone as far as to say it is “the fingerprint of God.” “Humans certainly respond to patterns,” McInroy says. “Even if we don’t recognize it at a cognitive level, we seem to recognize this at subliminal levels.” As a youngster growing up in Niles Valley, on the outskirts of Wellsboro,
McInroy believes his fascination with Fibonacci began with a book he checked out from the Green Free Library. “I think it was called The Golden Book of Mathematics,” he says. “I recall there were all of these wonderful pictures and patterns in it. I’ve always been drawn to patterns. I think for a child, as well as for adults, nature and math are like mysteries. We know a lot about them, but there’s a lot we still don’t know. They hold infinite intrigue.” Passing this intrigue down to others, especially youngsters visiting the Fibonacci Walk, is one of McInroy’s greatest joys. He points to treks by girls, age eight to twelve, via a collaboration with Elmira’s Science & Discovery Center as an excellent example. On a recent autumn outing on the trail, McInroy led a group of visitors with the assistance of Clay Langensiepen, an environmental science student at CCC. Within the group were two wide-eyed, twelve-year-old girls, enthusiastically absorbed in the inspiring conversation. All along the Fibonacci Walk, educational seeds
Located on top of Spencer Hill in Corning, Spencer Crest Nature Center (SCNC) features 250 acres, seven miles of trails, and two ponds. The center’s Interpretive Center, housing an apiary and various exhibits, is open to the public Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with trails open from dawn until dusk. SCNC officially merged this past June with Corning Community College (CCC). A ribbon-cutting ceremony, presided over by CCC’s new president, Dr. Katherine Douglas, was held in late October.
were being passed down from generation to generation to generation, and the Fibonacci sequence was emerging yet again: 1, 1, 2 … and on into infinity. Cindy Davis Meixel, a native Wellsboro, is a writer, photograph, kayaker, and yogarian residing in Williamsport.
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Paper View
By John & Lynne Diamond-Nigh
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hy in the rainbow of vocations this great country affords do we choose to be an artist, a
poet, a teacher? Let us tell you a story first—a caveman story. In my prodigal youth, I met another young man in Zurich. I was intent on making a Grand Tour of Europe on even less than a grand. Which meant looking for cheap lodgings. “I know,” my friend intoned over coffee, “of a very cheap cave in Greece, on the desolate western edge of Crete, half way up a cliff that faces the Mediterranean. You’ll see the best sunsets in the world. But,” he cautioned, “the solitude can get eerie. You’ll have the most vivid, troubling dreams of your life.” Soon thereafter, I found the cave. It had an outer compartment where I built my fire at night and an inner chamber where I slept. And he was right—hallucinatory sunsets and technicolor dreams. Knowledge comes from two sources, one conscious and essentially rational, and another more mysterious, what the psychoanalyst Carl Jung called the Collective Unconscious—a lower cave of our minds. Jung wrote a book called Modern Man in Search of a Soul. For Jung that meant the discovery of that deeper, mysterious, symboland myth-painted other-mind, from which art has always been a clairvoyant messenger. The artist is for culture what dreams are for the individual, a jumper cable to ancient and universal wisdom. Great and artful teaching is no different. It attunes us not just to practical knowledge, but to the under-boil of those rich and mysterious enthusiasms existence affords. Now an invitation. Every reader of this column is warmly invited to join us at the legendary Park Church in Elmira on the evening of November 10. I will present a large art installation in the sanctuary and will also, at 7 or so, give a short reading of
recent poems. (See details on page 31.) Artists, no less than crime detectives, deal in the language of pattern—iambic pentameter in poetry, four/four time in music. In my case I lay hundreds, even thousands, of pages of handmade paper on the floor, setting in motion a visual drumbeat; if I’m lucky, a beauty that may help others see patterns of order and crescendos of enthusiasm in themselves—what writers in the Renaissance called designo, our human design. My stay in the cave ended one night. I awoke and heard a rustle in the outer chamber. Guttural sounds. It was blacker than black. Do I rush out, do I sit tight? Around the corner was an infamous pirate’s bay. Neither an armed shepherd nor a pirate ghost would be much fun . . . But I digress. November 10. We’d love to see you all in church. John writes about art and design. Lynne’s Web site, aciviltongue.com, is dedicated to civility studies.
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Tent City Venue for Canandaigua Christkindl Vendors By Angela Cannon-Crothers
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ar, far away and very long ago, fourteenth century farmers and villagers gathered at Nikolausdult markets to exchange their food and wares in celebration of a legendary gift giver called Nicolaus. With church reform in the sixteenth century the tradition evolved into Christkindl markets throughout Northern Europe. Today you can experience this holiday tradition at the Granger Homestead and Carriage House’s Fifth Annual Canandaigua Christkindl Market on the weekend of November 11-13 in Canandaigua, New York. The Christkindl Market celebrates the first light of the holiday season with festive music, a crowned Christkindl Angel, an open market of diverse artisans selling their wares, fine German fare and other foods, horse and carriage rides around the homestead grounds, a Festival of Trees Show, an Elf School for the little ones, and of course—Santa and Mrs. Claus themselves. “It’s one of the most unique shows of its kind in the area,” says the Christkindl show director, Cheryl Zulick. “Its heavy European flare and festive atmosphere combined with lots of fun and affordability make it a good time for everyone.” The impetus for the event was initiated by Granger Homestead Board of Directors members Edit Ganz and Suzanne Schenk. Ganz had attended See Christkindl on page 32 The Christkindl Market has somehing for everyone: carriage rides, Mr. and Mrs, Clause, goodies to nosh and vendors galore.
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An evening with sculptor and poet John Diamond-Nigh 7 pm November 10 Park Church Elmira John will present a floor sculpture and read from recent work
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Christkindl Markets in Europe and thought it would be a good fundraising for the Homestead. Now, five years later, the event is a shining star for Canandaigua. Zulick has headed the pre-event Christkindl Dance for the past four years and which happens this year on November 5. “This year we’ll be opening the Festival of Trees during the Market as well, so people can participate in the silent auction on tabletop trees, full-size theme trees decorated by local businesses and non-profits, holiday wreaths, even jewelry—and tour the Granger Mansion.” The Granger grounds will be adorned with colorful heated tents displaying the works of nearly 100 juried regional artisans showcasing everything from fiber and folk arts, handcrafted soaps, chocolates, and toys to pottery, blown glass, paintings, and fine jewelry. The Market sparkles with a wide range of gift-giving possibilities for every budget. An antique horse-drawn carriage ride surrounded by the drifting sounds of live musicians performing holiday themes that create a truly magical experience. Elf School offers activities for little ones and is free of charge; children can make ornaments and paper lanterns for the Lantern Parade led by the Christkindl Angel, who will offer story times and cookies to follow. Santa and Mrs. Claus reside right next door to Elf School and are available for visiting and picture taking at no extra charge. The aroma of traditional savory foods like knackwurst, potato pancakes, and a variety of German strudels will fill the air, and venders serving delicacies like Artichoke French, roasted almonds, Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters, and of course, Gideon’s Grog — a hot spiced wine tradition named for Gideon Granger himself. Other beers and wine will also be available. Sweet treats created by the Granger Homestead Women’s Council will be sold at the bake sale on the back porch of the mansion. And don’t forget to visit the Willkommen Fröhliche Weihnachten, a thirteen-foot traditional German Pyramid on the south lawn. The sculpture, titled Angelic Praise, is meant to symbolize the light and joy of the season – something the Christkindl Market does brilliantly. EVENT: Christkindl Market , Silent Auction, The Festival of Trees, and Bake Sale DATE/TIME: November 11-13, Friday 1-7 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ADMISSION: adult $6 children under 12 are free. Proceeds go to help support the Granger Homestead. Location: 295 North Main Street in Canandaigua, NY. The Market is open CONTACT: (585) 394-1472 or www.canandaiguaChristkindlmarket.com
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All the World’s a Stage
A Rudy Awakening Thomas Putnam
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hat is it about Rudy Pazinski that arrests my attention? If he were in my classroom I might be ready to send him to the principal’s office. Often. He simply asks too many darned questions. We could expect lots of questions from a preschooler: “Why? Why? Why?”; and a second-grader: “Are we there yet?” but by twelve years old…c’mon…shouldn’t the questions have stopped by then? When asked the very clear question with the very clear time-honored answer “Why did God make us?” Rudy, a character in the play Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick, lets loose with: “Okay, I’ve been thinking about that. And I think God meant it as a science experiment.” Almost in the same breath, his heretical mind answers the same question with another doozie: “To have fun.” Rudy can’t understand why his father drudges along in a job that he doesn’t like. “Why can’t you get a job that you think is fun?” I mean, c’mon, kid; don’t you know that adults get jobs and work them whether they are fun or not? The point is not having fun, but to make money. It’s simple….so quit with the questions already. Fun?! Honestly. Rudolf Pazinski reminds me a bit of another character in a play: Scout Finch. Remember Scout? The question-asking precocious kid in To Kill a Mockingbird? When faced with a group of mature adult men with a clear purpose of meting out justice to the obviouslyguilty Tom Robinson—who just happens to be black—she begins to ask questions. Sheesh! How can kids do that? Leave the justice to adults, will ya? We know what we’re doing, so learn from our example and just cork it! Scout has all sorts of questions about her mentally-challenged neighbor, socioeconomic class restrictions, gender responsibilities and distinctions, and racial justice. These are obviously matters that a kid just can’t understand; a kid has no business trying to figure all this out: adults have already figured it out, don’cha know. Don’t try to mess things
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up by asking questions! I’m in a Sunday School class that is reading Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins. It’s been labeled a dangerous book, a controversial book, and the most important book since the Bible. Sheesh…those are all pretty big claims. What makes a book “dangerous?” Dangerous to whom? Or what? And why dangerous? Heaven forbid that we read anything controversial! (The book’s subtitle is A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived.) I haven’t counted, but I’m estimating that well more than half of the sentences in the mini-tome are interrogatory. Rob Bell ought to know better. He’s a grown man, for heaven’s sake! Even with his shallow theology he should realize that the questions have all been answered already. So just cool it with the questions, will ya? Rudy announces that he doesn’t believe in hell. Twelve years old and he thinks he can make such a claim. When his sister dreams of a family where people actually…or simply… talk, their father rants and rails…and makes it clear that this is an unreasonable and foolish dream. And she’s sixteen! Please. What is happening with these kids? When we produced the Laramie Project a few years ago, we were challenged—and encouraged—with playwright Moises Kaufman’s hope that the project would open up “dialogue.” Dialogue includes questions…. lots of ’em.Dialogue with whom? Rudy suggests that “God could learn a few things from Ed Sullivan.” Is it possible we could learn a few things from Rudy? Event: Over the Tavern Where: Warehouse Theater, Central Ave., Wellsboro When: November 4-6 & 10-12 Info: 570-724-2079, hamiltongibson.org Thomas Putnam is the founder and director of Hamilton-Gibson Productions, the community performing arts group in Wellsboro (www.hamiltongibson.org). You can reach him at hamgib@gmail.com.
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Helping Hands
The Heart of the Hunter By Roberta Curreri
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ust as it was when colonists first set their tables in America, the sound of the woodsman’s gunshot is still the ringing of the dinner bell. Rifle deer season officially opens in Pennsylvania on the Monday after Thanksgiving Day, and the spirit of that day’s feast will echo throughout our fields and mountains: Hunters Sharing the Harvest (HSH) brings home the “give” in Thanksgiving. Pennsylvania’s HSH—a charitable venison donation program in which hunters share their extra deer—has operated since 1991. Hunters bring their deer to one of the HSH statewide network of participating butchers, and the butchers coordinate the meat deliveries and work with twenty-one regional food banks. The
food banks then redistribute the venison to more than four thousand local food assistance provider organizations, such as food pantries, missions, homeless shelters, Salvation Army facilities, churches, and needy families. More than 1.3 million people in Pennsylvania are classified as living beneath the lowest-income poverty level and approximately one out of every eleven Pennsylvanians “live at risk of hunger.” Amazingly, in an average hunting season, the HSH program channels about 100,000 pounds of processed deer through the participating food banks. HSH has been described as “the most effective social-service program conduit for hunters and wildlife managers to
directly make a difference, often from actions that take place in the fields and forests.” If you would like to “directly make a difference,” call (866) 474-2141 or email info@sharedeer.org.
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The Gobbling Gourmet No Matter How You Cook It, It’s Fry’d By Gayle Morrow
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et’s talk turkey. Homemade turkey scrapple. Turkey club sandwich. Turkey club salad. Turkey ranch hoagie. No matter if you like your roast turkey trimmed with stuffing, dressing, or filling, you can get it at Fry Brothers Turkey Ranch atop Steam Valley Mountain in Trout Run—and not just at Thanksgiving. Dwight “Ike” Fry, owner of Fry Brothers Turkey Ranch, describes what he does as “just overseeing, trying to make sure it runs smoothly.” That takes a lot of gravy around this time of year when the restaurant’s ovens roast sixty turkeys a week. In the 36
summer it’s between forty and fifty; during the winter it’s about half of that. The Turkey Ranch has been a Route 15 fixture for over seventy years. Steam Valley Mountain has an elevation of 1704 feet, so it’s no wonder that its pinnacle, where the restaurant has been since 1939, once hosted a collection of cans and buckets— “anything that would hold water.” They are part of the Turkey Ranch history: those containers were used and left by motorists whose vehicles would overheat or run dry during the ascent. Better radiators have pretty much eliminated that problem, but the locals know that Steam
Valley weather—fog, rain, snow, ice, or heat—can sometimes be a bit capricious. Fry Brothers Turkey Ranch has been a welcoming beacon to more than one traveler blindsided by Mother Nature. How did it all start? Ike can’t figure out why his grandfather, Howard Fry Sr., “came up here in the middle of nowhere to raise turkeys.” But he did. Before that, in 1925, Howard and his brother Raymond opened a restaurant/ meat market in Williamsport, operating it until 1932. It reopened in 1938 in See Gobbling on page 38
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the Williamsport Growers’ Market. That same year the brothers bought the Steam Valley property, and on Mother’s Day in 1939 the restaurant opened— specializing in turkey dinners. It was busy right from the start, busy enough that Howard Sr. saw right away the writing on the wall—the north wall, to be specific. After what must have been a phenomenal day, Howard announced, “Tomorrow we start enlarging by tearing out that north wall.” And so it began. The restaurant closed during World War II. At that time Howard Sr. and Raymond continued selling at the Williamsport market and raising turkeys. They reopened the restaurant on Mother’s Day, 1946. Since then there have been expansions and changes. There has always been a gas station next door, always owned by the restaurateurs—but sometimes operated independently. Old photos show the gas brand in the early days was Tydol. Today it’s Sunoco, and again the gas station/convenience store is run by the Frys. One of the seemingly endless construction projects on Route 15 took the turkey barns—that was in the late 1960s—so now the turkeys come in frozen. New regulations probably would have precluded them from raising and serving their own birds anyway, Ike notes. His mother and her cousin started working in the Turkey Ranch when they were sixteen. Ike started at age 12, working after school and weekends. He’s put in a lot of hours since then, but says he’s okay with that. “It’s nice to be your own boss,” admits Ike, although, “it’s a challenge some days.” He’s also the boss of forty-five to fifty employees, some with almost as many years working in the place as he has. Most of the staff lives within a twentymile radius, and a lot of Liberty High School students work there. “It helps them out,” he smiles. None of Ike’s own children work there now. His youngest has “talked about maybe coming back,” but, at this point, Ike doesn’t know if he is the last generation of Frys to run the business. 38
What else has changed? Way back when, a roast turkey dinner cost a buck and a quarter. Bacon, eggs, toast, and coffee was seventy cents. Ike recalls that during the holiday season when they were still raising turkeys, they roasted the birds and delivered turkey dinners with the trimmings to area residents. “I don’t know why we ever did that,” he shakes his head. There were glitches, of course—if you forgot the gravy or the mashed potatoes, you had to go back to the restaurant and get them. Now, Christmas is the only day Fry Brothers Turkey Ranch is closed. The other 364 days, the restaurant opens at 7 a.m. and serves until about 7 p.m. There is seating for around 250. Most Saturdays and Sundays the place is full. Do he and his wife eat there when they go out? “We eat here occasionally, but usually we go out to see what the competition is doing,” Ike owns. If you decide to dine at Fry Brothers, you can, of course, enjoy turkey. The menu, though, has a lot of other delicious offerings. “Right now burgers are very popular,” Ike muses. “We must be doing something right there.” Place: Fry Brothers Turkey Ranch Where: 27 Route 184 Hwy,Trout Run, PA Hours: Everyday 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Info: Call (570) 998-9400 Email: frybros@chilitech.net
Gayle Morrow, former editor of The Wellsboro Gazette, cooks locally, and organically, at the West End Market Café.
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Restaurants Enjoy the region’s comprehensive restaurant listings. From our Finger Lakes wineries to Williamsport’s good eats to the fertile Pennsylvania heartland in between, we’re famous for our regional specialties and love to eat. For listing information please email Dawn Bilder at dawnb@mountainhomemag.com or call (570) 724-3838. Also look for restaurant listings at www.mountainhomemag.com. Bon appetit!
Pennsylvania Bradford County Canton KELLEY’S CREEK SIDE RESTAURANT Kelley’s offers $4 breakfast and $6 lunch specials every day, and they are open for dinner WedSun. They specialize in home-style cooking like their prime rib and serve homemade desserts like chocolate peanut butter pie and muffins. (570) 673-4545, 1026 Springbrook Dr, www. urbanspoon.com
Lycoming County Trout Run BITTNER’S GENERAL STORE Hot and cold 18” subs, specialties are Italian and cheese steak. Pizzas, homemade salads, pastas, and hot foods. Fresh meats, cold cuts, and our own lean ground hamburger. Camping supplies and propane. (570) 998-8500, located at the junction of Rt. 14 and Rt. 15 in Trout Run, PA, bittnersinc@aol.com. FRY BROS. TURKEY RANCH Original turkey dinners & complete menu. Established business since 1886. Restaurant and convenience store. At the top of Steam Valley Mountain, elevation 1,704 ft. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Gifts and souvenirs. 27 Rt. 184 Hwy, (570) 998-9400. STEAM VALLEY RESTAURANT Steam Valley offers good home cooking and daily specials. It’s open 7 days of the week. Gas, diesel, and convenience store coming soon! (570) 9982559, 169 Rt. 14 Hwy, P.O. Box 157, Junction Route 14 & 15.
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Williamsport WEGMAN’S Wegman’s Market Café features freshly-made foods ranging from quick grabs like pizza, subs, and Asian classics to comfortfood favorites, salads, and sandwiches. Come try our family-friendly foods at budget-friendly prices. 201 William St, (570) 320-8778, wegmans.com.
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Venison Loaf
Deer meat is one of the most delicious of all big game animals. It is much like beef except the lean is sweeter and the fat is stronger. Before the different cuts are cooked, remove all strong flavored fat. Remove the scent glands as soon as the deer is skinned. 1 ½ lb shoulder of venison 3 or 4 slices day-old white bread, 1 1/3 cups loosely pkd crumbs 3 tbsp finely chopped celery 3 tbsp butter 1 cup water 1 medium bay leaf Marrow 1 ¼ tsp salt Pepper ¼ to ½ tsp marjoram, if desired 1 ½ tsp grated onion 1 egg, slightly beaten Wipe meat with a clean damp cloth and trim off any tough tissue or strong-smelling fat. Remove bones and grind meat. There should be 1 lb ground. Save marrow. Tear the slices of bread into small crumbs. Sauté celery in butter for 5 min; add water, bay leaf and simmer 3 min. Discard bay leaf. Combine cooled liquid with crumbs; add meat, marrow, and remaining ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Turn into a greased loaf pan 3 ¾ x 7 ½ x 2 ½ inches and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F) for 1 hr. 5 to 6 servings. Above excerpted from Meta Givens’ Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking (Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Volume Two, New Revised Edition © 1959)
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Mansfield Fast Food
Blossburg MOMMA’S Momma’s offers a full menu and specializes in homestyle cooking. They have daily specials and the area’s best baby back ribs on Saturdays. Steak Night is on Thursdays. They also cater to rigs. (570) 638-0270, 102 Granger St.
Gold GOLD GENERAL STORE Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Pizza and subs. Baked goods. Grocery items. (814) 848-9773, 2760 State Rt. 49W.
Liberty BLOCKHOUSE CAFÉ Blockhouse Café is open for breakfast and lunch and on Friday nights, serving homemade and home-style meals, including desserts. It’s a unique café with good food, great company, and a place where you always get your money’s worth. (570) 3242041, 31 Willow St. THE LANDING STRIP FAMILY RESTAURANT The Landing Strip offers home cooked foods, daily specials, homemade desserts, a clean, friendly atmosphere, on or off premises catering, and has a banquet or large party area. Easy on/off Route 15.. (570) 324-2436, Routes 15 & 414 junction.
Mansfield EDDIE’S RESTAURANT Eddie’s offers home-style cooking with homemade daily specials. Their specialties include hot roast beef sandwiches and chicken & biscuits, both served with real mashed potatoes. They have homemade pies and serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. (570) 662-2972, 2103 S. Main St. LAMBS CREEK FOOD & SPIRITS Lambs Creek offers sophisticated, down-home cooking seven days a week. Every Tuesday there’s an Italian Night speciaI. Beautiful terrace overlooks gorgeous mountains. (570) 662-3222, 200 Gateway Dr, Mansfield, PA 16933, www. lambscreek.com PAPA V’S PIZZERIA & RESTAURANT Papa V’s offers a wide variety of hand tossed New York Style thin-crust pizza, a multitude of hot and cold sandwiches, fresh ½ pound Angus burgers, and delicious homemade Italian dishes for lunch and dinner. 12 N. Main St, (570) 6622651, www.papavpizzeria.com. WREN’S NEST Wren’s Nest has live music every Wed. night from 6-9. Specialties include crab cakes, steaks, and pastas. They make homemade desserts including lemon meringue ice cream pie and crème brule (sampler). (570) 662-1093, 102 West Wellsboro St, www.wrensnestpa.com. YORKHOLO BREWING CO. Offers a selection of dishes made up of local ingredients paired with Yorkholo’s own fresh brewed beer, including “Pine Creek” Raspberry Wheat, “Summer Love” Summer Ale, “Mountaineer” I.P.A, “Bungy” Blonde Ale, and 2 rotating selections. (570) 662-
MCDONALDS (570) 662-7077, 120 N Main St. WENDY’S (570) 662-7511, 1580 S Main St. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN (570) 662-2558, 1320 S Main St. TACO BELL (570) 662-2558, 1320 S Main St. ARBY’S (570) 662-7626, 1672 S Main St.
Morris BABB’S CREEK INN & PUB Babb’s Creek Inn & Pub specializes in Seafood and Prime Rib, which is available every night, except Tuesdays when the restaurant is closed. Reservations are appreciated for parties of 8 or more. Located at the intersection of Rtes. 287 & 414, (570) 3536881, www.babbscreekinnandpub.com.
Wellsboro CAFÉ 1905 Classic coffee house located in Dunham’s Department Store. Proudly serving Starbucks® coffee, espresso, Frappuccino®, Tazo® tea plus delicious freshly baked pastries, homemade soups, artisan sandwiches and ice cream. Free wi-fi. (570) 724-1905, Inside Dunham’s Department Store, 45 Main St. DUMPLING HOUSE CHINESE RESTAURANT Dumpling House specializes in Hunan, Cantonese, and Szechuan Cuisine. It’s family owned and operated and located on beautiful Main Street in Wellsboro. You may dine in or carry out. (570) 724-4220, 31 Main St. DUNKIN’ DONUTS America Runs on Dunkin’. 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. (570) 724-4556, 7 Main St. THE FROG HUT The Frog Hut serves favorites like Texas hots, fried chicken, and Philly cheese steaks. They offer homemade soups and salads, and for dessert, try their soft serve ice cream, Italian ice, sundaes, and other ice cream treats. (570) 724-4450, 132 Tioga St. HARLAND’S FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT Open seven days a week at 5 a.m., serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day until 9 p.m., including the largest Black Angus burgers in town, full salad bar, and all homemade desserts. House-batter-dipped haddock fish fry every Friday. Full service on-site catering available. (570) 724-3311, 17 Pearl St. MARY WELLS ROOM AND PENN WELLS LOUNGE Located in historic Penn Wells Hotel, full service restaurant and lounge feature an extensive menu of fine steaks, seafood, pasta, gourmet sandwiches, fresh burgers, desserts. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch. (570) 724-2111, 62 Main St, www.pennwells.com. THE NATIVE BAGEL The Native Bagel offers bagels made fresh daily, gourmet coffee, deli sandwiches, soups and salads, and homemade desserts. Bagels are mixed, kneaded, rolled, boiled, and baked onsite. All soups, breads, and baked items are “made from scratch.” 1 Central Ave, (570) 724-0900, www.nativebagel.com. 41
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Chasing the Bird By Holly Howell
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f you were to ask ten different wine sommeliers “What is the best wine to serve with Thanksgiving dinner?” you would undoubtedly get ten different answers! The reason is simple. At celebratory meals, most people like to just drink their favorite wine. And surprisingly, a wide variety of wines actually do pair well with turkey. There are so many food flavors on that plate that it is hard to go wrong. However, this sommelier has a simple suggestion to share. Assuming that you serve the traditional turkey feast, complete with stuffing, mashed potatoes, and gravy, you are talking a full-bodied meal. On first thought, one would immediately think a full-bodied wine would make the ideal partner. However, I take a different approach. This is as a result of first hand experience, as I have watched too many a guest go down long before the pumpkin pie has arrived. Monster red wines like Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel 42
are tasty for sure, but are also very concentrated and usually high in alcohol. Sadly, these can add unwanted “weight” to an already robust repast. If you think of wine as a food group in itself, you are just adding another heavy course to the menu. Thanksgiving is a rich, carbohydrate packed meal that is sorely lacking in one main component. This same component can be found in the lemon that you squeeze on a piece of fish, in a pickle that you place on a hamburger, or the tangy vinaigrette dressing that you drizzle on a super-sized Italian assorted sub. It is called acidity, and certain wines are brimming with it. We taste acidity on the sides of our tongue, and it makes our mouth water while we eat, torquing up the flavor of just about any food it touches. Acidity can turn that powerful plate of pilgrim legacy into an elegant and pleasurable experience. For non-drinkers, that acidity is See Turkey on page 44
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In The Kitchen
PAG-O-MAR Pag-O-Mar offers subs, salads, and deli sandwiches at the head of the Wellsboro Junction Rail Trail, across from the Tioga Central tour train station. They also offer soft custard and Hershey’s hard ice cream. And there’s a farmer’s market in season. (570) 7243333, 222 Butler Rd. (just past junction of Rts. 6 & 287). SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (570) 724-1424, 63 Main St, www.acornmarkets.com. THE STEAK HOUSE The Steak House has been serving the finest steaks and seafood since 1957. Whether you want a black angus hamburger or a cold water lobster tail, there’s something for the whole family in a true Wellsboro atmosphere. 29 Main St, (570) 7249092, www.thesteakhouse.com. TERRY’S HOAGIES Terry’s Hoagies makes the best hoagies in town. They specialize in both hot and cold hoagies, and bake their bread and potato, macaroni, and pasta salads fresh daily. Hoagie trays and meat & cheese platters available. (570) 724-7532, 7 Charleston St, www.terryshoagies.com. TIOGA CENTRAL RAILROAD All aboard Tioga Central Railroad! Take a scenic ride while enjoying dinner on Saturday night or Sunday brunch. Wine and beer available. See website for menu selection. (570) 724-0990, 11 Muck Rd, www.tiogacentral.com. TONY’S ITALIAN CUISINE Come to Tony’s for homemade cooking and family recipes, fresh dough and homemade bread made daily, pasta dishes, and special pizzas like steak pizza, Sicilian pizza, and their 3-cheese pizza. It’s family-owned and run, and they offer lunch and dinner specials. (570) 724-2090, 3 Main St. WELLSBORO DINER Wellsboro Diner, a famous Wellsboro landmark, serves sumptuous home cooked meals, fresh baked pies, cookies and cakes, and the very best prime rib on Saturday nights. They offer more than ample portions to all hungry guests. (570) 724-3992, 19 Main St, Wellsboro, PA 16901 WEST END MARKET CAFÉ “Globally inspired, locally sourced.” A place of nourishment and respite, celebrating local food & creativity. We feature fresh, locally sourced ingredients whenever possible & Fair Trade coffee products. Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. To 3 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. To 3 p.m. (570) 605-0123, 152 Main St, www.westendmarketcafe.wordpress.com.
Wellsboro Fast Food MCDONALDS (570) 724-2151, 9 Charleston St.
Westfield ACORN #10 FEATURING SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (814) 367-2610, 465 E Main St, www. acornmarkets.com.
Seventh Heaven By Teresa Banik Capuzzo
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t isn’t often in these—or most any other—parts that a restaurant meal begins with an amuse-bouche. But that is exactly how head chef Mitch Gruver is beginning his seven-course Fall Beer Dinner on November 5 at Yorkholo Brewing Co. in Mansfield. The amuse (literally translated from the French as “mouth amuser,” a single hors d’oeuvre of the chef ’s selection) that Mitch has created is a mint-infused black tea soup with fresh cucumber, tomato, and ginger that will rev your tastebuds for a rare evening of flavors. But the food’s only half the fun, as this course and the six courses that follow—appetizer, fish, salad, soup, palate cleanser, entrée, and dessert—will all be paired with the perfect brew. The first beer up is a Heifer Hefeweizen, and dinner ends with When In Doubt Oatmeal Stout paired with an oatmeal funnel cake. “The beers take some time,” says co-owner/brewmaster Jarrod York, so he gave his chef a list of beers he would be brewing, and Mitch worked from there pairing each food course to the beer. Mitch grew up on a dairy farm in Millerton and left to go to culinary school at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He was working for the acclaimed Birch & Barley restaurant in Washington D.C., which has 555 beers on its ever-changing menu, when “I heard from a friend that a brewery was opening, and I wanted to come back to the area.” He was hired as the sous chef for Yorkholo, and within months he was promoted to head chef and began to change the flavor of the menu. “I tried to change the whole direction of the food, using more local food to help the local economy. I want the food
Event: Fall Beer Dinner Where: Yorkholo Brewing Co., 19 N., Main St., Mansfield When: Saturday, Nov 5. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with dinner beginning at 6:00. Price: $75 per person (seating limited to 50, so call for reservations) Information and reservations: 570-6620241; Ashley@yorkholobrewing.com
to be approachable to people who like simple food.” The meatloaf is probably Mitch’s top seller. “It makes people who love meatloaf love it even more, and it makes people who don’t like meatloaf like meatloaf,” he says. He’ll be featuring local foods at the tasting dinner. “I am excited about the duck, that I can bring something not seen a lot in local restaurants, but that is produced locally by Running Bear Farms.” That duck, the entrée of crispy duck breast with a confit of leg, corn agnolotti, and rainbow swiss chard, will be served with Harvest Ale. Crispy duck. Mmmm. Local foods excite local taste buds, too.
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supplied by another crucial addition to the meal. Cranberry sauce. Many people know that a dollop of that magical stuff can do wonders for every heaping forkful. (It also can add a desperate hint of color to an otherwise very brown plate!) I prefer my cranberry sauce in a glass, and it is called Beaujolais, a French wine that screams with acidity. Unlike other red wines, it is lighter in style, less tannic (dry), and ultimately refreshing. Its flavors remind of cranberry, raspberry and strawberry. It is Kool-Aid on steroids. You can find lots of Beaujolais wines for under $10 a bottle, which is also a big holiday plus. As for white wine drinkers, I have one word. Riesling. Clean, crisp, bracing, bright, tart, it is loaded with the most food-friendly acidity of any wine on the planet Earth. Add a characteristic applepear-peach flavor and you’ve got yourself a winner. Rieslings are often lower in alcohol, meaning you can watch everyone else retire to the couch while you are still
working on your seconds. Some of my favorite Rieslings come right from the Finger Lakes of New York State. Look for the recently released 2010 vintage which was outstanding at every winery in the region! Another wine that is far too often overlooked— not just at Thanksgiving but year round—is Rosé. Unlike its sweeter cousin, White Zinfandel, European style Rosé wines are much drier and can really surprise your dinner guests by delivering a cleansing blast of fruit between each bite. These wines drink like a white (chilled) and taste like a red. They are the best of both worlds, and tend to be a universal crowd pleaser. You’ll find stunning dry Rosé wines from Finger Lakes wineries like Hermann Wiemer, Ravines, Zugibe, Casa Larga and Sheldrake Point, amongst many others. Other wines known for their
mouthwatering acidity include Champagne, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. I would welcome any of them to the party! Of course, it all comes back to the main point, and that is to drink something that you like, with the food that you like, with the friends that you like. And have a very Happy Thanksgiving! Holly is a Certified Specialist of Wine (by the Society of Wine Educators) and a Certified Sommelier (by the Master Court of Sommeliers in England); email her at wineanddine @mountainhomemag.com.
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Happy Trails... By Holly Howell
Yorkholo Brewing Co. It’s that time of the year again, when the spirit of the season fills our hearts and the spirit of Bacchus fills our glasses! And if anybody knows how to do it right, it is the Finger Lakes Wine Trails. Every year, each Finger Lake has its own way of celebrating the holidays by offering a special trail event that will get you in the mood, and help you get started on some early shopping. The Keuka Lake Holidays party takes place on two weekends, November 12-13 and November 19-20. Complete with food and wine pairings. Start out on the trail with a handmade grapevine wreath and add a Christmas ornament at each participating winery. And every gift shop along the way overflows with unique and local items to fill plenty of stockings. Visit www.keukawinetrail. com for information and to purchase tickets. Seneca Lake rolls it out on the weekends of November 18-20 and December 2-4. With thirty-three wineries participating, this annual Deck the Halls event is a winner every year. In addition to the usual fare, wreaths, and ornaments, you also get a recipe book to help you out with festive entertaining. Check it out at www.senecalakewine.com. The Cayuga folks throw their Holiday Shopping Spree on the weekends of November 18-20 and December 2-4, and along with wreath and ornament, you also receive a generous discount at each winery on qualifying purchases. You can get the inside scoop at www. cayugawinetrail.com. But don’t wait too long, because these events sell out every year. Make it a part of your holiday tradition!
The northern tier’s premier brewpub that serves artisan ales brewed on premise & paired with a variety of dishes made up of local ingredients. ~ Check us out on Facebook for daily specials ~ www.yorkholobrewing.com Saturday after 5pm 50% off wings 570-662-0241 19 N. Main St. Mansfield, PA 16933
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Mother Earth
Hey, Gourdeous! By Gayle Morrow
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ity the poor diner whose only experience with squash is that dish of pallid, watery stuff passed around the table at holiday dinners. No wonder it’s tough getting anyone to take more than a no-thank-you bite. The curcubita family has so much more to offer. “I love the flavor of it, and the texture of the flesh, and the beauty of it—all the varieties of the outer shape,” says Marney Lieberman, a winter squash aficionado. “It (the appearance) is such a delightful part of growing them.” Marney lives near Ithaca and grows vegetables for restaurants, for market, and (lucky for us!) for friends. She is especially partial to winter squash and admits that she grows it mostly for herself. This time of year, the many varieties of winter squash are readily available at growers’ markets, in grocery stores, and at roadside stands. Winter squash doesn’t seem to have the same “Oh-my-God-is-itnever-going-to-stop-growing” reputation that plagues zucchini and other summer squashes. That may be because it is one of the last things to be harvested, or because, unlike the softer summer squashes, the winters have a longer shelf life. Cooks are not so under the gun to find something to do with a Hubbard as they are with an Early Summer Yellow Crookneck. My 2011 Fedco Seeds catalog has winter squash organized into three categories: Cucurbita pepo includes Acorns and Delicata; cucurbita maxima includes the Buttercups and Kabochas; cucurbita moschata includes the Butternuts. Within each grouping are squashes with melodious, delicious-sounding names— Sugar Dumpling, Marina di Chioggia, Uncle David’s Dakota Dessert, and Sweet Mama. Botanically speaking, there are no such things as pumpkins, according to the Fedco people; pumpkins such as Jarrahdale and Jack Be Little are included in the cucurbita genus. 46
In the garden, winter squash like “a generous amount of composted manure” and “adequate water,” Marney says. Row covers, crop rotation, and post-harvest removal of crop debris can help prevent insect infestation. After harvest, some squashes benefit from curing in a warm, dry spot—to help harden the skin—or from washing in a weak bleach solution. Seed savers should remember that squashes will, if they can, cross-pollinate with others of the same species, resulting in a squash that is not true to type. What’s left? Ah, yes, the eating. Winter squash lends itself to baking, baked goods, soups, casseroles, and so much more. “I’m sort of a purist when it comes to winter squash,” Marney says. “I really love it on its own. Then, of course, there’s the pie …” Gayle Morrow, former editor of The Wellsboro Gazette, cooks locally, and organically, at the West End Market Café.
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Restaurants, cont. Potter County Galeton ACORN #25 FEATURING SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (814) 435-6626, 3 West St, www.acornmarkets.com. THE OX YOKE INN The Ox Yoke Inn is a motel, restaurant, and bar serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner with daily specials. They offer char-broiled burgers, homemade soups, steaks, seafood, and pasta. (814) 435-2515, 29 Route 6 West, www.ox-yokeinn.com. TUTORS RESTAURANT Tutors Restaurant offers delicious home-cooked meals 7 days a week. Breakfast on Sat and Sun. Tues˜Italian. Wed˜Seafood. Thur˜Wings. Fri˜Fish Fry. Sun˜Brunch Buffet. (814) 435-3550, 75 Germania St.
Germaina GERMANIA HOTEL The best burgers around. Wings, pizza, steaks, and seafood. Thursday Rib Night. Friday Broiled or Fried Haddock. Salad bar Thurs, Fri, Sat. Serving food 7 days a week, 12pm to12am. Legal beverages, rooms available, find us on Facebook “Germaniahotel Germania.” (814) 435-8851, Rt. 44 (Seven Miles South of Galeton).
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prepare every dish fresh to order with the highest quality ingredients. (607) 377-5500, 54 West Market St, www.holmesplate.com. RADISSON HOTEL CORNING Grill 1-2-5 serves creative regional specialties: small plates, grilled sandwiches, and tender filet mignon. The Steuben Bar offers appetizers, light meals, your favorite beverages, and is known for the best martini in the city! 125 Denison Parkway East, (607) 962-5000, www.radisson.com/corningny. THALI OF INDIA Thali of India is the only Indian restaurant in the area. They serve exotic cuisine. They have a lunch buffet 7 days a week, and a dinner buffet on Monday nights. They also offer a very large menu and prepare special breads. (607) 962-1900, 28 East Market St, www.thaliofindia.com TONY R’S Tony R’s is the first upscale steak and seafood restaurant in Corning, New York’s Gaffer District. They serve the finest cuisine in the area and also offer a tremendous selection of the finest wines that you will not want to miss. (607) 937-9277, 2-6 East Market Street, www.tonyrssteakandseafood.com. RICO’S PIZZA Rico’s Pizza offers NY Style hand-tossed pizzas with a variety of toppings. The full menu includes appetizers, salads, subs, calzones, stromboli’s, and pizza by the slice. Dessert, beer, and wine are also available. (607) 962-2300, 92 W Market Street, www.ricospizza.com.
Wayland
GOLD GENERAL STORE Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Pizza and subs. Baked goods. Grocery items. (814) 848-9773, 2760 State Rt. 49W.
ACORN #16 FEATURING SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (585) 728-3840, 2341 Rt. 63, www. acornmarkets.com.
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Steuben County Addison ACORN #11 FEATURING SUBWAY “Eat Fresh.” (607) 359-2603, 121 Front St, www. acornmarkets.com.
Bath RICO’S PIZZA Rico’s Pizza offers NY Style hand-tossed pizzas with a variety of toppings. The full menu includes appetizers, salads, subs, calzones, stromboli’s, and pizza by the slice. Dessert, beer, and wine are also available. (607) 622-6033, 371 W Morris St, www.ricospizza.com.
Corning THE GAFFER GRILLE AND TAP ROOM The Gaffer Grille and Tap Room offers fine dining, atmosphere, food, drinks, and friends! We serve lunches, dinners, meetings, or small parties up to 30 individuals. Visit us on Historic Market Street in Corning’s Gaffer District. (607) 329-9950, 58 W Market Street, www.gaffergrilleandtaproom.com. HOLMES PLATE RESTAURANT Holmes Plate offers Rustic Semi-Al Fresco casual dining, specializing in the area’s largest selection of craft & micro-brewery beers. We
Horseheads RICO’S PIZZA Rico’s Pizza offers NY Style hand-tossed pizzas with a variety of toppings. The full menu includes appetizers, salads, subs, calzones, stromboli’s, and pizza by the slice. Dessert, beer, and wine are also available. (607) 796-2200, 2162 Grand Central Ave, www.ricospizza.com.
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urrounding the sapphire waters of Seneca Lake, our 34 member wineries invite you to visit our diverse tasting rooms throughout the year, sampling and learning about our award-winning wines. Our diverse appellation supports not only the growth of hardy native grapes and premium hybrids, but also more delicate varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir, just to name a few. Celebrating our 25th Anniversary throughout 2011, the Seneca Lake Wine Trail is truly a tasteful experience…
November 18-20, 2011:
NOVEMBER DECK THE HALLS WEEKEND December 2-4, 2011:
DECEMBER DECK THE HALLS WEEKEND
Finger Lakes Hammondsport MALONEY’S PUB Maloney’s Pub offers live music year round. Come show your talent or view other local talent at their open mics on Thursdays, or lounge around and play pool at their pool table. They also have pub merchandise available. (607) 569-2264, 57 Pulteney St, www.maloneyspub.com.
Watkins Glen CAPTAIN BILL’S Discover the beauty of Seneca Lake. Dine afloat aboard the Seneca Legacy or on the waterfront at Seneca Harbor Station. Saturday night dinner cruises sail from 6-9 p.m. Open 7 days. (607) 535-4541, 1 N Franklin St, www.senecaharborstation.com.
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Painting from the Inside Out
Kitty Thompson’s Between Heaven and Earth opens at the Gmeiner By Roberta Curreri
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ack in the day, and down in Bucks County, lived Kitty Thompson, a self-taught artist, a hospital employee, a mother of five. At St. Mary’s Hospital, where she worked, there was a lot of saving going on, but Kitty says “It was painting that saved me.” Kitty would bring in a picture and someone on the staff would buy it. 48
“Some were even purchased by the hospital for the Board Room. When one of the kids needed a new pair of shoes, I’d paint another picture.” For the past year, Kitty has been preparing a new series of paintings for her November show, Between Heaven and Earth, at Wellsboro’s Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center. This series of new paintings is meant to express her
interpretation of places she’s traveled or to convey an emotional experience. Kitty credits God for her skills and sensitivity toward life and nature. “My painting creations fill me with a sense of accomplishment and a release of my innermost emotions. I paint from the inside out,” says Kitty, who sees her work as the culmination of her travels and experiences.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am never without a camera or a sketch pad as you never know what dramatic scene will be around the next bend. Kitty enjoys painting on location, but is equally comfortable painting from her photographs in her working studio and country art gallery, Brush Strokes. Certainly, her inside work also reflects the outside. Four years ago Kitty was commissioned by the Army Corps of Engineers to paint a fifty-foot mural at the Ives Run Visitor Information Center depicting the natural habitat of the local animals in this area. This is, Kitty notes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;my proudest accomplishment.â&#x20AC;? Another of Kittyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s murals, the Bay of Naples from the shores of Sorrento, brings a taste of Italy to Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Cuisine on Main Street in Wellsboro. Kitty accomplishments are both great and small. Years ago she lived in Bucks County and was a special writer for a local newspaper, and she interviewed a woman who owned a very expensive doll house. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She asked me,â&#x20AC;? says Kitty, â&#x20AC;&#x153;if I would be interested in painting some miniature art pieces to adorn the walls of her dollhouse. That was the
beginning of my painting diminutive works.â&#x20AC;? From canvas to cloth, Kitty pushes the boundaries of her creativity. Working for a patch company in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, she â&#x20AC;&#x153;has designed patches, many of which are worn by police officers, firefighters, K-9 corps, and EMT units around the country and abroad. One patch, designed for the U.S. Coast Guard Olympic Task Force in 1996 is now a collectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s item.â&#x20AC;? When it comes to getting down to business, Kittyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s palette is quite full. Besides painting wall murals for homes or businesses and designing patches and logos, she does commissioned artwork from photographs and instructs beginner and intermediate, individual or group, acrylic art classes in her gallery. She also offers custom framing. Because much of Kittyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is commissioned and because she could not show any work in Between Heaven and
Exhibit: Between Heaven and Earth When: November 6-27 Opening Reception: Nov. 6, 2-4 pm, 570-724-1917 Location: Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center, 134 Main Street Wellsboro, PA Hours: 2-5 pm every day, Free to the Public
Earth previously displayed at the Gmeiner, Kitty produced her new series of forty plus paintings over the last thirteen months. How does she find the time? â&#x20AC;&#x153;My husband was a painter, so I learned how to sling a brush,â&#x20AC;? Kitty quips.
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BEAUTIFUL HOME IN GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD! Beautiful, well maintained home in a great neighborhood with 1st floor bedroom, and HUGE master bedroom, sitting on a double lot in a peaceful setting near Wellsboro. There is a 2nd garage just waiting to be made into a man cave with your finishing touches! REF#10393 . . .$295,000
Mountain Getaway! Great opportunity to have your own mt. getaway close to state game lands! This 2-acre, 1013 sf home is on Armenia Mt. and features an open floor plan w/new plumbing, electric, roof & addition in 2007. The kitchen has handmade oak cabinets, the LR is lg. & has built-in bunk beds. REF#10398..$95,000
Quaint Home with OGMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s! Quaint Ranch home on 89 acres of Potter Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest land! Oil, Gas, and Mineral rights are conveying to the new owner, also timber rights. Lovely 1/2 acre pond and an over sized metal barn, great for a garage! REF#10396 . . . $459,000
Land in Potter County! 191+ acres of Deer, Bear and Turkey hunting. Four wheeling trails, snowmobiling and lots of future timber value. This land is remote but accessible to State Rt49. One of the few large parcels left in Northern Potter county. Electric available. REF#10395 . . .$248,000
Home with Three Rental Units! This property is looking for an owner to improve it and reap big profit! Two units currently rented for cash flow right away! Easy access to Tioga gas fields and future drilling sites. Motivated owners!!! REF#10400 . . .$49,900
Large Brick & Tudor Home! Large Brick & Tudor home surrounded by towering pines and woods. Private setting w/fantastic views yet only 3 miles to Mansfield. Two full length porches with flagstone floors. Living rm. with brick fireplace, den/family room,eat-in kitchen and more! REF#10401 . . .$419,900
Beautiful Victorian Home! This well maintained, roomy Victorian is perfect for the large family or those who want room to roam. Large kitchen with separate dining area. Bay windows overlook a picket fenced yard with a garden pond/fountain. New furnace, recent roof and other updates. REF#10403 . . .$ 139,900
Well Maintained Home in the Woods! Pride of ownership shows in this well maintained, 3 bedroom, 2 bath gem in the woods. Has privacy and seclusion yet close to town. Full finished basement will be a great hangout for all as well as the huge patio. Comes with many furnishings! REF#10404 . . . $250,000
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Like new home in a small, quiet subdivision features 3 BRs and 2 full baths. Enclosed breezeway leads to 3 car, attached garage and you can enjoy your beautiful lawn from the 20x14 back deck. All of this sits on 1.42 acres with plenty of room for gardening or playsets. MTH 121409 $149,000
Rare find! 28 acres with small cabin and 1,735’ frontage on First Fork of Sinnemahoning Creek, borders State Forest. Can also be purchased with First Fork Lodge, well known B&B, fly fishing/sporting goods shop and fine restaurant for a total of $468,000 great opportunity to continue this established landmark (see MLS 120485), or just enjoy your own private haven on the creek. MTH 121460 $169,000
Wellsboro home just a few miles from downtown on 5 acres includes a garage/ workshop on property. Recently updated kitchen has window seat in breakfast nook and master suite with garden tub and walkin closet is on its own level. Large deck is partially covered and great for entertainingtruly unique home! MTH 121536 $205,000
Here is a nice, level, open lot, 1.04 acres in Charleston Village just waiting for a home, directly between Wellsboro and Mansfield. Lot is approximately 195’ frontage, 215’ east, 170’ south and 275’ back to road. MTH 120801 $31,995
Beautiful views from gently sloping 2.13 acre lot. New in-ground septic has been installed; township road frontage for year ‘round access in prime Germania area makes this ideal for full time or recreational home (restricted to no single wide mobile homes). MTH 121196 $34,900
Investment Opportunity: PA Approved Planned Community housing development in Borough of Wellsboro. Approved for 19 housing units - 12 must be built. 7 units have been completed and are all occupied at the time of listing. Included in this price is the real estate, conveyance of the development approval(s), and 3 units which are currently leased (4 are privately owned). Specific details on the covenants and restrictions and schedule of rents and current lease terms are available. MTH 120178 $675,000
Many nice upgrades in this high quality 3 BR doublewide on 3.5 acres - full poured concrete basement with walk-out from lower level, garden tub w/Jacuzzi, 6” walls, tremendous views, walk to State Forest and great snowmobile and 4-wheel area. 2 outbuildings in need of repair but usable. MTH 121262 $139,900
View to die for - would make a nice horse property or farmette. Well maintained 3 BR ranch on 5 acres with a large detached garage, nice open floor plan, wood furnace in the walk-out, partially finished basement, hot water BB heat. Enjoy the spectacular views from the 28 x 12 deck. MTH 119805 $149,900
Great secluded camp lot ready to build with well and in-ground septic in place. There is a driveway finished to a grassy clearing at the back of the lot - snowmobile, 4-wheel, hunt this area has it all on almost 4 acres! MTH 121250 $39,900
2 story single family home on quiet street in Wellsboro. 3 BRs and bath on 2nd floor, 1 BR and bath on 1st floor, family room w/wood stove and stone hearth for supplemental heating. Paved driveway to large, level back yard - enough room to add garage or carport. Sidewalk and street lighting, 2 blocks from Main Street services, close to Middle & High Schools. MTH 121537 $149,900
Minutes from historic Wellsboro, the Sundance Ridge subdivision has a private road and is a nice mix of open and wooded acreage. Offered for sale on a wooded 4.18 acre parcel this newly constructed timber frame home is a union of reclaimed old growth timbers, native stone w/amenities such as radiant heat and luxury grade appliances. Short drive from the Tyoga Country Club, Wellsboro Johnston Airport and PA Grand Canyon; OGM’s negotiable. MTH 120275 $550,000 51
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RUSTIC RANCH HOME ON PINE CREEK - Over 400 ft. of Pine Creek frontage & outstanding maintenance free home on 4.83 acres. Offers a must see interior, cathedral ceilings, open flr plan, very long deck,oversized attached 2 car garage, full dry basement and newer barn. Private setting, Seeking offer $249,000. #120995
Country Setting in Boro - Country setting in Boro. Sits on 2 acres with barn. Remodeled 2 story home offers 3-4 bdrms, 2 full baths (one brand new), new heating system being installed now, laminate flrs. and close to town amenities and Nessmuk Lake. $189,000. #121555
Four Season Cabin in the Woods - Efficient, four-season cabin in the woods! Sitting on 8+ wooded acres with two tree stands, this property is ready for a hunters weekend retreat. Custom cottage has tongue and groove pine and hemlock interior with 3 bdrms. Relax and enjoy your own piece of Potter County. A steal at $102,000! #121549
Beautiful Custom Contemporary Cedar Home Contemporary cedar home-7+ ac. Large covered back porch overlooks lovely landscaping. Inside, the home is warm and welcoming. Cozy home 5 bdrms, 2 story fireplace, large windows, and Amish blt barn/workshop with electric and heat. EZ to Coudersport,Pa. and Olean or Wellsville NY. $349,000. #121523
Successful Tavern/Lounge/Bar with HOME and Campground - Successful opportunity! Excellent financials, turn-key operation with substantial regular customers. Bring your expertise and foresight. Full service kitchen with current equipment. Offers home to occupy or lease and small campground. EZ to Rt.15 OFF Ramp, NY or Mansfield! $679,000. #121497
Efficient Classy Contemporary Home - Efficient classy small contemporary home on 1.06 ac ideal for starter home or buyer looking to scale down home size. 2-3 bdrm unique home provides cozy interior. Short drive to Rt. 15 near Blossburg exit. Seeking offer. $119,000. #121520
3 BDRM Ranch Home on 2 plus acres - A little cosmetic work will make this home shine! Ideal family home with room to grow. Set back from road with partially wooded semi private setting. Handy attached garage and large basement. EZ drive to town amenities. Make offer. $89,000. #121484
100% OMGs- YOUR PRIVATE CASTLE ON 65 AC - Indescribable detail in this custom home w/unique post & beam design,open floorplan, cathedral ceilings,lg windows & double glass doors throughout.Access the lg deck from 4 rooms. Custom amenities including lavish master bathroom.65+/- acs offer future timber potential & 100% OGM rights. $749,000.
HISTORIC WELLSBORO HOME - Elegant 6 bedroom Wellsboro home with motivated sellers! Property is currently being used as a Bed & Breakfast. Home features Innkeeper’s living quarters, 2.43 acres, 2 car garage, established clientele lists, lovely furnishings. Ideal as turnkey business or home for large family. $399,000. #120493 ADDRESS:43 Butterfly Lane, Mansfield,
2 Story Custom Built Log Home - A lovely log home in Wellsboro on 15+ plus. Home offers stunning views from the large deck Ideal for your family with 4 bdrms, 2.5 baths, unique floor plan,spacious walkout basement featuring radiant floor heat and a patio beyond. Boasts a 3 car detached garage. Tioga County #121455 $499,900
Unique Contemporary Rustic Home 4.52 ac- Tioga County - Contemporary spacious home overlooking beautiful country and mountains beyond from lg wraparound deck. Very spacious home,3-4 bdrms, cathedral ceilings in large kitchen/ dining rm, ideal for entertaining. Raised walkout basement offers more living space and add’l views of the valley. #121440 $229,000
4-5 BDRM HOME-15 AC-100% OGMS convey - Charming and attractive older remodeled farm house offers spacious country kitchen, lg laundry/utility room w/pantry,formal din rm, liv rm, office, and 4 plus bdrms ideal for growing family. All this on 15 ac conveying 100% OGM’s with lease in place. An easy drive to Wellsboro, Pa. #120930 $249,000.
22.54 ac-BREATHTAKING MOUNTAIN VIEWS... over the meadows & beyond! Meticulously maintained Lindel cedar log multi-level home. Raised basement for add’l living space. Elegant & rustic w/open flr plan. A/C, Harmon coal stove, lg.new garage, new well & spring, 22.54 ac open & wooded land. Corner property with long frontage. $385,000 #119956
SUBSTANTIAL OPPORTUNITY...124 ac100% OGMs - 124 gently rolling acres very close to Borough of Wellsboro. Property offers 2 homes, a pond, a stream, phenomenal views and sits in a quality country setting. 100% Oil, Gas & Mineral Rights will convey to the buyer. This is the heart of the Marcellus Shale Gas Exploration! $1,500,000 #120176
30.25 AC NEWER HOME CLOSE TO WELLSBORO - Lg stocked pond, 2-car garage, 2-story barn & 30.25 beautiful ac. Custom features! Breakfast nook w/built-in seating, formal dining room, & fireplace in living room. Backup generator, whole-house fan, coal or propane heat. Ideal family property-private country setting near Wellsboro.$399,000 #119992
Ranch home, 4.4 ac, beautiful views, and pond! Ranch home with cherry stained maple cabinets, granite counter tops, ceramic tiled floor and stainless steel appliances in the kitchen, 13’ cathedral ceiling in great room,central air and much more. Seller is a licensed real estate agent. $359,500 #120843
FULL TIME or SEASONAL HOME, 1.75 AC and a great detached oversized 2 car garage. Offers new roof and kitchen, 3 bdrm. home has hardwood floors throughout! Comfortable, cozy, efficient in a beautiful country setting, EZ drive to Coudersport in Potter County. $125,000. Motivated seller says make offer! #119270
UNCOMPARABLE HOME - EXQUISITE DETAIL - Incomparable style in the countryside outside of Liberty, Pa. Unique amenities, suana, pool, spa, exquisite rare hardwood finishes throughout, 3 ac just over the Lycoming County Line. E-Z drive to Rt. 15/I-99 to Williamsport, Mansfield, Wellsboro. Make offer! $410,000. #121168
20 ac Hobby Farm-360 degree views - Finish the interior of this lovely home to your taste. 20 ac ideal and set up for beef, horse, alpacas, etc. Living quarters currently in raised basement while you finish this unique home. Layout offers family room, lg spacious kitchendin.,liv.rooms, 4-5 bdrms. 30x40 barn and more. $289,000 #121423
Great opportunity!! HOME AND BUSINESSCommercial property with 11 storage units, laundromat and residence that you could live in or lease for additional income. There are 2 billboards on property providing additional income. There is plenty of property for additional units or possible yard to lease to gas companies. $349,900 #121425
WHAT A GREAT LITTLE LOG HOME. WALK TO PINE CREEK! 2 bdrm, 2 level living w/ decks all around. Vacation rental or full-time living. 2-3 bdrm, 2 bath, laundry, 3/4 bath, den or master bdrm space with lg. stone fireplace. Rustic cathedral open flr plan for kit, din rm, liv rm. Walk to Pine Creek. Located Rt.6, Rexford. Make offer.$99,000 #119504
PRIVATE SETTING OVER PINE CREEK Distinctive Pine Creek cottage w/multi-level decks leading right to the creek. Lg screened porch for entertaining & dining. This home is one of a kind! Not just a camp, this is a special, secluded setting on the Creek! Bring the Kayak, canoe, fishing rod, snowmobile and 4 wheeler. $289,000 #119806
Diamond in the Rough! Solid two story home offers land on both sides of road. Walk to all town amenities from this 4 bdrm, 2 bath home. Cosmetic repairs and foresight needed. Seeking offer! $36,900.
IDEAL COUNTRY SETTING CLOSE TO WELLSBORO - Seeking large family! This spacious home with formal fireplace and open floor plan offers 4-6 bedrooms and 3 baths. Portion of home used as apartment. Substantial outbldgs. for farmette or self employed. OGM’s transfer to buyer. 15.19 +/- acs just 3 miles to Wellsboro, Pa.$355,000. #120342
AWESOME VACATION GETAWAY HOME ON 3.79 AC - close to Kettle Creek State Park & Creek. This newly constructed, log-sided two-story cabin is waiting for you! Enjoy the peaceful tranquility from the deck, nestled on a mountainside in the woods. Call today for details. $184,900. MLS#120482
2 HOMES ON A 53 ACRES! 53+ ac conveys 100% OGMs! 2 homes, 2 barns, 3 ac pond, peaceful tranquility, and privacy! Newer home features 4 bdrms, 3 full baths, sun porch, and is like brand new! Priced to sell. Property has just been completely unitized for potential royalties! $519,000 #120682
CAMP/HOME ON PINE CREEK! This camp was totally remodeled 2004, including new forced hot air furnace, central air, new metal roof, electrical system. Large windows in living room to sit and view the beautiful Pine Creek, water fowl,and wildlife.$228,500 #120823
New Construction-2.11 acres - Custom home just about completed. Complete to suit your taste and decor. Home features 3 bedrooms, 2.75 baths, large deck with views of the countryside, 2 car attached garage and many other features. Short drive to Rt. 15/I99, Mansfield, Williamsport, or Wellsboro. $190,000. #120865
Ranch home on 10 wooded acres! 3 bedroom Ranch home on 10 acres with 100% OGM’s conveying in Delmar Twp! Property sits in a very private wooded setting with a 3bd, 2ba cozy home along with a 3 car garage (being completed), and is in a gas unit. Make offer! $244,500. #120905
CAMP NEAR BEECHWOOD LAKE - Sitting on 3.64+/- acres near Beechwood Lake! The perfect secluded spot for the kids to play in the woods or the hunters find that big one! Walk to Beechwood Lake for great fishing. Private setting with long mountain views. Clymer Twp.,Pa. Only $59,900. #120943
GRAND ESTATE ON 102 ACRES! This spectacular 7500 sqft classic is a timeless treasure! Rich architecture, exquisite details and luxurious ammenities, this 4+ bdrm estate offers uncompromising quality and style. 102+ acres with negotiable OGM’s. Also a 4000 sqft building, w/a 2bdrm, apt/inlaw suite on prop. $2,950,000 #121184
CAMP IN EXCELLENT CONDITION! 1 Share in Club - Approx 5000 acres owned or leased by the Brookland Club to hunt, fish, snowmobile, four wheel or just relax on porch. This camp is fully furnished and has forced hot air heat and gas stove. Brookland club dues are $250.00 per year per share. Awesome getaway or hunting property. $79,900. #121188
Very Private Retreat or Permanent Home! This log home features a 2 sided wood burnung stone fireplace cherry steps to the second floor loft which also has 2 bedrooms and bath. The first floor has a 25’x30’ opened ceiling great room with a wood stove. Slate floors throughout the first floor, except mstr. suite. $449,000. #121313
60 acres and a CLASSIC HOME - The 17 x 25 eat-in kitchen has lots of cabinet space and opens out to the back deck, great space for family gatherings and entertaining. Beautiful woodwork and hardwood flrs. have been preserved in the home. Two large bdrms on the second floor share a full bath. Plenty of fencing. $275,000 #121318
6.02 acre building lot with 100% OGM’s unleased! Gorgeous bldg. lot already has well, holding tank for septic, electric and driveway is in. Private wooded setting and overlook your ponds. Walk to State Game Lands and Hills Creek Lake. May offer seller’s assist to a qualified buyer. $114,900 #121336
Beautiful 2 Story home outside Wellsboro! Excellent floor plan, large kitchen area is open to the family room, lots of closet space, and offers attached 2 car garage. Quaint porch to admire the beautiful landscaping and enjoy the large open backyard from the deck. OGM’s transfer to buyer. $225,000. #121354
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TOP OF DENTON HILL - excellent views from this 3 BR, 2 bath raised ranch on almost 2 acres in the country, yet only 5 minutes from Route 6. 2 car garage in walkout lower level with 1/2 bath; beautifully landscaped and maintained, short walk to State Forest. Covered front porch and large rear deck, situated on 4-wheel/ snowmobile trails. DLMMTH 120179 $179,900
5 BR HOME w/quality craftsmanship, well planned and designed to expand in 2800 sqft basement. Features include concrete patio, walks and drive, finished walls in oversized garage, stone wood burning fireplace, granite kitchen counter tops w/cherry cabinets, Brazilian cherry floor in LR, Great Room and DR, granite tile in foyer - on 1.5 acres. DLMMTH 120963 $375,000
GREAT CAMP - possible full time residence - on 20 acres provides seclusion and privacy, yet with access to Route 44 just 4/10 mile away. This 2 BR home sits south of the golf club and close to State Land, is very well built with a beautiful stone fireplace and walk out lower level. DLMMTH 121031 $169,000
NEAT AS A PIN LOG-SIDED home w/open floor plan, nicely remodeled country cottage with 1st floor BR and bath, large eat-in kitchen, sunroom-like entry way w/ flagstone floor, oak flooring and vaulted living room ceiling. 5.27 acres are landscaped w/perennials, nice views, close to the Grand Canyon; OGM’s transfer. DLMMTH 121449 $179,900.
#11 COUDERSPORT AREA CAPE COD HOME – #14 COUDERSPORT BORO HOME – 3 bedroom, situated on 5.93 acres, large lawn and woods, 2.5 baths, corner lot, garage/barn, many recent three bedrooms, 1 ½ baths. Good quality upgrades. Listed at $139,999.00 construction. NEW PRICE $204,900.00
#100 OVERLOOKING COUDERSPORT THIS CONTEMPORARY HOME – features 3 bedrooms, 2½ baths, paved drive, central air, fireplace, hardwood floors and a great setting on 2.8 private, wooded acres. Detached garage and office. NEW PRICE $195,000.00
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#120 LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND AS YOU ACCESS THIS 57 ACRE PRIVATE COUNTRY SETTING – enjoy the quiet atmosphere from the deck of this comfortable lodge. Create your personal retreat; 3 bdrm. 1.75 baths, modern appliances. NEW PRICE $269,700.00
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Great Views!!2 bedroom, 2 bath home in Leroy Twp. on 1.67 acres. Home offers spacious kitchen, formal dining room, & finished basement. Extensive landscaping. Oversized 1 car garage. 100% OGMS Convey!! Just $289,900 121465-M
100% OGMS CONVEY!!! Enjoy the outdoors on this 10 acre parcel which includes a 1296 sq ft mobile home. Great place for your camp or your new home. Property has new septic system. ONLY $99,900 120872-M
Great Country Setting! This two-story home situated on 0.88 offers over 4400 sq ft of spacious living. Oversized kitchen features cherry cabinets. Home has 4 bedrooms & 3 Baths. COME TAKE A LOOK!! $225,000 121539-M
Private country setting! Incredible views! 3 BR, 2 bath home on 2+ acres features Corian countertops, hardwood floors, new carpeting & roof. Sit inside by the stone fireplace or venture outside to enjoy the peace & quiet on the deck. Also has 1 ½ car garage & 8x8 shed. Now only $215,000 121223-M
Large, landscaped in town lot. 2 BR home on 0.54 acres features living room, formal dining room, sun room, & family room with brick faced wood burning fireplace. Also has 3 car garage. Just $149,900 121505-M
Spacious in town location!Newer 1900+ sq ft 5 bedroom, 2 bath multi-level home situated on 1.3 acres between two streams. Features two kitchens, family room, laundry room, & attached garage. Only $154,900 121562-M
Quiet Country Setting! Affordable3 bedroom 2 bath home situated on just over an acre along a stream. Convenient to Mansfield, Troy, and Elmira. Take a look today! Only $105,000 121507-M
GREAT BUILDING LOT-Â 16.57+/- Acres Jackson Twp Lot is perc approved on a quiet back road. Build your new home on top of this hill where you can see for miles. Additional acreage is available. ONLY $64,900 120102-M
GREAT HUNTING & RECREATIONAL PROPERTY!!! 100+/- ACRES WARD TWP Property is profiled & percd, has logging roads & gated access. Build your dream cabin on this wooded lot. This is the property you have been looking for! Price Reduced! $300,000 120507-M
GREAT INVESTMENT! 100% unleasedOGM’s Convey! Rail frontage! Potential for gravel pit! Build your shop or yard, rail siding or housing subdivision. River flats for great crops. 217+/- Ac. Zoning includes ag, rural center, & commercial. Asking $6,200,000 121000-M
GREAT COMMERCIAL LOCATION!! Richmond Township 3.94 acres with a three bedroom ranch home. Located on business Route 15 just south of the Covington exit. Call today! Just $585,000 121506-M
 Great Views!! Combination of two building lots offering just over 5 acres in Delmar Township minutes from historic downtown Wellsboro and the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. Build your dream home here. Additional lots available! Only $99,900 121389-M
100% OGMS CONVEY!! 360 degree views!!74+ mostly open, level to gently rolling acres. Property features 3 bedroom home with spacious eat-in kitchen, den, and full bath and currently operating 2 story dairy barn with milk house. Close to Rtes 14 & 414. Only $599,900 121487-M
Wooded Mountain Retreat! Home with 3 BR, 2 ¾ Baths, situated on 12+ acres. Features spacious kitchen, open floor plan, living room fireplace, & master suite. Most furnishings stay. Heated garage with ½ bath. Stream runs through property. ONLY $339,900 121234-M
Country Living Close to Town! Check out this beautiful, custom-built, 4 BR home w/ attached two-car garage and a detached shop/garage sits on 16 ac. overlooking the pond minutes from Wellsboro. Features corian countertops, deck, walk out basement, whirlpool tub, master suite, hardwood flooring & more. Oil & Gas rights negotiable! Buy for $429,000 or rent for $3,500/ mo. 121274-M
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100% OGMS CONVEY!!Newer 3 BR, 3 bath doublewide on 54+ acres. Features fireplace, breakfast nook, & enclosed porch. Great hunting, mostly wooded, stream, and trails. Only $525,000 121478-M
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Contemporary retreat is nestled at base of mountains just a short walk to PA State Game Lands, Family room with cathedral ceilings and gas fireplace, 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, private 4.3 acres. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to long. $354,900
This doublewide is as nice as they come. All ready for your family. Located on the outskirts of Wellsboro in a nice park. Well maintained with lots of upgrades. Home has central air, large carport, 3 nice sized bedrooms, new carpets and lots more. Lot rent 287/mo. $49,900
Pride of ownership evident in this home. Very well maintained doublewide in quiet park. With 2 large bedrooms and 2 baths this is a great retirement home or starter home. Very affordable living with 210/month lot rent. $49,900
Nicely kept 2 story intown home. Close to schools and walking distance to downtown. Large rooms with lots of closet and storage space. Located on a quiet street in a quaint neighborhood. $163,900
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f you were running around Mansfield in the early seventies, especially just east of town, and listened carefully, you might have heard these sounds: splat-ping, splat-pling, splat-ping. This was no songbird, no farm noise, no distant traffic rumbling along Route 6. This was a sound uniquely American. Metaphorically speaking, this was the sound of one of our most unique freedoms, and as silly as this seems, it was the sound of a Red Ryder BB gun in the hands of Mansfield’s Tim Payne. Now, some thirty years later, you can buy a Red Ryder just like the one Tim wielded as a kid, at the store Tim and his wife, Cyndi, own and operate on 58
By Jerry Curreri West Wellsboro Street (Route 6) in Mansfield—Cooper’s Sporting Goods. Tim, more or less a hometown boy for all of his fifty-three years, didn’t start out as a store owner, but rather as a customer of the original owner, Chuck Cooper, the store’s namesake, who operated it since its opening in 1964. Its original location was just around the corner from where it is now. Tim’s career in retail started at the Super Duper grocery store while a sophomore at Mansfield High School. Later, the store became Greco’s Market, where Tim worked his way up the grocery store ladder to become the store manager. At the same time he was
receiving promotions at Greco’s, Tim also attended Mansfield University, earning an associate degree in fish cultures and a bachelor of arts in biology. In the fall of 1996 Tim heard that Chuck Cooper might be selling his shop, and Tim thought it was a great opportunity. His wife’s first thought, however, was, “Are you nuts?” But, nonetheless, being the supportive type, Cyndi then said, of course, “Let’s do it.” Now you can often see Cyndi at the store. At various times, their three children, Tyler, Marlena, and Noelle, have helped out at the shop, especially right before deer season. Tim’s See Ping on page 60
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Shop: Cooper’s Sporting Goods Where: 15 West Wellsboro Street Mansfield, PA 16933 Hours: Mon. –Thurs. 9-6, Fri. 9-8 Sat. 9-5, closed Sun.—except open Sun. before Thanksgiving & Sun. before opening day of deer rifle season Phone: 570-662-3429
If you had crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey into Pennsylvania in the 1980s, just beyond the tolls you were greeted with a terrific billboard. It read, “Welcome to Pennsylvania. America starts here.” It’s places like Cooper’s Sporting Goods store that make that slogan ring true. Splat-pling!
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good friend, Tim Davenport, can also be seen helping out during this busy time. At Cooper’s Sporting Goods you’ll encounter a friendly face, a nice hello, and an amazing product line. Packed into a small space is a huge array of sporting items: fishing gear, live bait, a wall of archery accessories, and muzzleloader supplies. You’ll find over a hundred long guns and twenty to thirty hand guns. Before each season begins, Tim always seems to have stocked just what you need—but it’s not only firearms. It’s ammunition, reloading supplies, and hunting accessories. Cooper’s also has a corner devoted to Boy Scout uniforms, patches, and accessories. Cooper’s, of course, sells hunting and fishing licenses. In fact, if you purchase your 2011-2012 hunting license there, you are automatically entered into Cooper’s Big Buck Contest. If you already have a license, you may still compete by signing an entry form at the store before the start of the season. Bring your buck right to Cooper’s to be scored by one of the Tims.
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Home For Thanksgiving Perhaps because he was lucky enough to live in a peaceful Appalachian mountain town of 1,900 folks, like many of our towns hereabouts, Norman Rockwell celebrated the simple joys of American life. But his classic painting Home for Thanksgiving, the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on November 24, 1945, marked the end of World War II. Over turkey that fall, President Harry Truman gave thanks “to Almighty Providence” for the “exceeding blessings” of the United States, and honored “the courage and the blood of our soldiers…the sweat and ingenuity of our workers, farmers, engineers, and industrialists…the devotion of our women and children…the treasure of our rich land. But above all we have won…because we cherish freedom beyond riches and even more than life itself.” Our thanks go to the many men and women, including the soon-to-deploy-overseas Pennsylvania National Guard troop in Wellsboro, who make the many joys of our peaceable towns possible. 62
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