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September 14, 1960 marked the end of an age for the people of Chenango, Otsego, Madison, and Oneida Counties. On that day Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House. John Kennedy and Dick Nix-on were locked in a tight campaign to see who would succeed him in November. In Baghdad, Iraq, oil-rich nations of the Middle East formed the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The nucle-ar-powered aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise was ten days from launch-ing in Newport News, Virginia. Locally, when the last train ran from Bridgewater to New Berlin on that late summer day, the Unadilla Valley Railroad faded into oblivion. The Unadilla Valley Railroad (UVRR) was a creation of America’s industrial age. Before the internal combustion engine but after the Civ-il War, steam power was driving everything from transatlantic ocean liners and trains to factories. These were the years when entrepreneurs like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller built the country—liter-allyandfiguratively—andournation’spotentialseemedunlimited.Thepopulation was exploding. American cities were bursting at the seams with manufacturing and commerce. And the citizens of this little upstate valley known as the Unadilla wanted a piece of the action. The valley is named for the river that runs through it and is one of the many ‘southern valleys’ that constituted this part of upstate New York. As it had been for generations, agriculture was the primary economic
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Requiem for a Short Line: The Unadilla Valley Railroad1895-1960from the Oneida County Historical Society
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driver in the area. The local dairy industry was thriving but could only grow by increasing its volume. This meant exporting dairy products south to New York City, which in 1890 was home to over one and a half million people.* Oneofthefirstentrepreneurstotakeastabatbuildingarailroadwas Bridgewater’s Col. Nathaniel N. Pierce. Pierce sought to link the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western line in Bridgewater with the New York, Ontario & Western line that reached into New Berlin in Chenan-go County, twenty-six miles to the south. He organized a group of interestedlocalsintotheUnadillaValleyRailroadClub,whosefirst
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re-corded meeting took place in
West Edmeston in November of 1886. Two years later the clubwould officially becomethe Utica and Unadilla Valley Railroad, osten-sibly to curry favor from that powerful city and its leaders. It took several years to raise capital and to secure a management team truly interested in building the railway—as opposed to lining their pockets—but in late 1891 these troubles seemed to be in the past. Local leaders includ-ing Hollum Langworthy of West Edmeston and Roger Stillman of New Berlin worked withtherailroad’sNewYorkCity-basedfinan-ciers to jump start construction, which began in earnest the following summer. In 1894 the Utica and Unadilla Valley Rail-road was reorganized; on New Year’s Day of 1895 its assets were transferred to a new cor-poration named the Unadilla Valley Railway Company. By that summer the railroad was finished.AgrandcelebrationwasheldinNewBerlin on July 25 which featured the driving of a silver spike to open the line. Leading the festivitieswasoneofthefinanciers,FredericF.
C u l -ver of New York City, whose family remained involved with the UVRR un-til 1904. Also attend-ing were Utica may-or John Gibson and Rep. James S. Sher-man (R-NY), who would go on to serve as Vice President of the United States un-der William Howard Taft. The celebration brought out thousands and was one of the biggest gatherings in the village’s history.
Operations The UVRR opening ushered in talk of Bridgewater and New Berlin growing into thriving cities. Their locations as a crossroads between two big regional rail lines lent cre-dence to this idea. Between the terminus towns the line built depots at Unadilla Forks, Leonardsville, West Edmeston, Sweet’s Crossing,** and South Ed-
mes ton . As expected, agriculture was the
primary economic driver for the railroad. Sev-eral businesses were established or expanded along the line which carted dairy, crops, and small industrial products out of (and coal into) the valley. Among the main users were I.L. Richer Feed and several dairies including Borden and Kraft. The railroad owned sev-eral creameries early on, but they were soon sold off to other operators. Richer Feed stores were found in most of the villages serviced by the UVRR including New Berlin, South Ed-meston, and West Edmeston.
This was the meeting place of the UVRR and the Ontario & Western Railroads; the train pictured here is on the O & W side of the depot. The O & W handled 2/3 of the station cost and the UVRR handled 1/3.
This depot shows just how quickly technology was changing rural life. Neither the horse and buggy nor the passenger train
survived the coming of the automobile.
At one point the Kraft-Phe-
nix Cheese operation in South Edmeston was bringing in 200 carloads of cream and local milk to churn into curd, which was then sent to Jersey City to be made into Philadelphia Cream Cheese. While Kraft-Phenix is no lon-ger with us, their buildings are. Perhaps the reader might know them better as the head-quarters of a little yogurt maker called Choba-ni… The UVRR also ran passengers on four daily trains, two heading north and two head-ing south. It took about 1 ¼ hours to traverse the line with five (later four, after Sweet’sCrossing was dropped) stops between New
Berlin and Bridgewa-ter. In 1924, passenger service was reduced to one northbound and one southbound train daily before it was eliminated altogether in 1935. In-deed, America’s grow-ing obsession with the automobile was hav-ing an impact.
Enter Dr. Morris Despite early
enthusiasm, the UVRR was wracked by debt forthefirstseveralyearsofitsoperation.Theline did not turn a profit between 1895 and1902, and by the time it did the Culver family’s enthusiasm to see it continue had waned. In 1904, a retired physician from near-by Butternuts, Dr. Lewis Morris, bought the UVRR. Dr. Morris wasn’t overly interested in trains, but the enthusiasm of his father-in-law—silver magnate and Senator William A. Clark of Montana—more than made up for it. Under Morris’ leadership (and Sen. Clark’s in-vestment!) the line made a major investment in its infrastructure. These improvements co-incided with New York City’s growing milk demand and brought the UVRR back from in-
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solvency. Making money must have suited Dr. Morriswell,asthelinefinishedatalossonlysix times over the next 29 years. While Dr. Morris returned the UVRR to profitability, by the early 1930s there werestorm clouds on the horizon. America’s bur-geoning obsession with the automobile was having the same effect on rail lines that they (the rails) had on the canals a century before.While the UVRR would soldier on for anoth-er generation, the torch was slowly passing...
Look for Part 2 next month!*NYC population according to the 1890 federal census was 1,515,301** Sweet’s Crossing was little-used and was built at the in-sistence of Dr. Ira Sweet, one of the line’s organizers. The building was the only masonry depot on the line and was last usedasaflorist’sshopuntilitwasdestroyedbyfirein2011.
Taken around 1910, this UVRR passenger train is heading north out of West Edmeston toward Leonardsville.
(Aleen Barrell photo, c/o Richard Palmer)
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don’t, so writers have to work hard to earn their full attention. But once in a great while, I do read books that target an older audience. So, if you are among those who enjoy spending some of your long, nippy winter nights wrapped up in a wool blanket by a fire with a goodbook, here are three that recently held my attention. All three are in different genres and all three happen to be set—where else?—in the Adirondacks. In no particular order, the firstis historical fiction and is entitled,Foxey Brown: A Story about an Adirondack Outlaw, Hermit and Guide As He Might Have Told It. Written by Charles Yaple, a veteran
professor at SUNY Cortland, the story is set in the late 1890s. It’s based on an actual person, David Brennan, and is triggered by an actual event, a bar-room brawl inBoston.Brennanissurehehaskilledamanandfleesto the Adirondacks and changes his last name to Brown,
eventually becoming known as David “Foxey” Brown. Professor Yaple sites several reasons for writing the book, but what I found most intriguing and enjoyed the most was the way of life described in the Adirondack wilderness in the days before so much development. The author transported me to that time and place, and it was hard not to romanticize the grass being greener on the other side of the century. The second is a Young Adult novel, Guitar Boy, by award-winning author, Mary Jane Auch. Mary Jane and her husband, Herm, reside in western New York and have collaborated on a number of wonderful projects for children. It was this most recent work by Mary Jane that caught my attention. It’s not only because it is set in the Adirondacks, which she describes knowingly, but also because the story revolves around a young man struggling to make a living with a family heirloom, a guitar.
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Maybe it’s because that is the same way I made my living early on and maybe it is because I ended up living in a small
community disproportionately loaded with great musicians, but the story resonated on a number of levels. Being a guitar player herself, Auch connected with a local luthier and had an instrument custom-made. She became fascinated with the process, enough so that she wanted to write about it. Her editor convinced her to abandon her original desire to write a non-fiction book on the subject,and Guitar Boy is the result. I am not sure what the publisher was thinking with the rather generic cover
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drown. It’s not. It’s a mystery. And the opening is gripping. In fact, I defy anyone to read the opening eight lines of this story and not want to know more:
“If I’d blinked, I would have missed it. But I didn’t, and I saw something fall from the rear deck of the opposite ferry. It could have been a bundle of trash; it could have been a child-sized doll. Either was more likely than what I thought I saw: a small wide-eyed human face, in one tiny frozen moment as it plummeted toward the water.”
Iwasfirstinterestedinthe book when I learned the author had worked at a weekly newspaper in the Adirondacks. So many great authorsfirsthavehadabackgroundinnewspapers,andsoitwasnotasurprisetolearnafterreadingjustthefirstpage
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Lake Champlain into the more chilling world of an abandoned child should keep you turning pages well into the night. I enjoyed the story and main character so much, I picked up Henry’s second book (in what I hope will become a series) while on vacation in Lake Placid. That night I was ready to read and was looking all overforit—finallyrecruitingmywifetojoininonthe search. Now, in my defense, I also had picked up a box of chocolates to bring home for my mother, and the box of chocolates just happened to
bethesamesizeandshapeasabook.Well,wedidfinallyfindthemissingvolume—in the refrigerator. But in further defense let me quickly say, where should you store a book that is entitled, A Cold and Lonely Place? n www.foxeybrownbook.com www.sarajhenry.com www.auchbooks.com
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When I was growing up in Rome, NY, I remember hear-ing that Rome was going to be known as the City of Amer-ican History. I think I was in sixth grade. I may be wrong about the timing, but there is no doubt that Rome is rich in history. That history is on display at the Rome Historical Society at 200 Church Street. ThesocietyislocatedintheoldU.S.PostOffice.Ire-member being disappointed when they built the new post officebecauseIthoughttheoldonehadsomuchcharac-ter. But when I heard the historical society was moving into
the building, I thought it was an ex-cellent idea. It had been a number of years since I had visited the society when I made a recent trip there with my mother, a sister, and a niece. It will not be that long before I visit again. It is a very cool place. We strolled around enjoying the various displays depicting Rome and America’s history. We were impressed by the Ameri-cana quilt made by the students at Turin Road School in 1966-
A radar console from Griffiss Air Force Base is on permanent display at the Rome Historical Society
A quilt made by Turin Road School students (left). The Historical Society is located in the old Post Office and has changing and permanent exhibits .
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A path leads visitors around the Stations of the Cross at the prayer garden in Frankfort.
“And this idiot walked right through!” Ms. Pendorf told us they have had visi-tors from Sweden, California, Canada, and the Ukraine. Many are touring the Mohawk Valley for its history. What people often don’t know, she said, is that at the begin-ning of our country’s history, Rome was the frontier. The Erie Canal opened the West.A highlight of the museum is the Map of the Great Carry, based on an actual survey tak-en in November 1758. You can press but-tons that light up and identify the various forts and waterways. A major project soon to be undertaken by the board and volunteers is a complete inventory. This has not been done since the mid1990s.Thebasementisfilledwithar-
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Olive oil3 lbs grass fed beef shanks (or lamb shanks)Salt and fresh-ground pepper to taste6 garlic cloves, peeled4 carrots, 2 coarsely chopped, 2 quar-tered lengthwise2 celery ribs, chopped1 large onion of leek, chopped1 can tomato paste1 cup red wine3 cups beef brothOrange zest1 medium rutabaga, chopped in 1-inch pieces1 medium turnip, chopped in 1-inch pieces
1 medium potato, chopped in 1-inch pieces1 medium apple, cut in 1-inch pieces2 parsnips, chopped2 cups Swiss chard, torn, stems chopped in 1-inch chunks
Heat 2 T olive oil in a large Dutch oven on medium high heat. Season the beef/lamb shanks with salt and pepper, add them to the pot and brown well on all sides, working in batches, if necessary. Transfer the shanks to a plate.
Add garlic, celery, chopped carrots (save the quartered carrots for later) and onion into the pot. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring about 2 minutes. Add the wine, boil over high heat until the liq-uid is very syrupy, about 5 minutes.Return the shanks to the pot and add the
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broth and orange zest. Bring to a simmer, Cover the pan, and reduce the heat to low and braise the shanks for 3 hours, or un-til meat is falling off the bone, turn the shanks from time to time.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, put the root veggies (turnip, rutabagas, parsnips and the rest of the carrots and the Swiss chard stems) in a large baking pan and toss with enough olive oil to coat. Season with salt and pepper and bake in oven for 1 hour until tender.Remove the meat from the pot, remove the bones and return the meat to the pot, add the root veggies, Swiss chard leaves and the apple. Heat until chard leaves are wilted. Serve hot with a loaf of fresh bread from the market!
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One of the best things about discovering a fun place is introducing friends to it. I have enjoyed introducing both family and friends to Mohawk Antiques Mall in Mohawk. The mall is located in an old factory building just before Main Street in Mohawk crosses Route 5S and be-comes Mohawk Street in Herkimer. There is parking both in front and back. It is a bright, airy place. Three rooms downstairs and a long room upstairs house many dealers and a wide variety of goods. Every time I go there, I see something new—if I may use the term “new” when talking about antiques. One of my favorite features is an old library card cata-logfilledwithpostcards.Thecardcatalogbyitselfisanos-talgicitemforme,asIrememberthedayswhenIcouldflythrough those cards researching any topic (the Internet still mystifiesme).This card catalog,however, isfilledwithvintage postcards of every category imaginable—and here is the impressive part—all alphabetized. I could spend all day looking through it! The different areas feature antiques of every category: jewelry, glassware, decorations, toys, games, musical in-struments, and more. Over 40 dealers are represented. It’s fun to look for things we remember from Grandma’s house or (yikes!) our own childhood. Well, my childhood; maybe you’re not that old!
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On a recent visit, I noticed photographs by Gabe Oram, a Mohawk Valley photographer. They hang in the room to the right of the main room. Beyond them hang vintage prints and paintings. In the entryway, I ad-mired artwork by Vicki Ferrus, a local artist. Near the checkout area are a few tables with chairs. A sign on one table invites people to “Come sit for a spell.” The day I was there, I saw newspapers on one table and a TV tuned to CNN nearby. Next time I write a blog post, perhaps I’ll sit there and enjoy the atmo-sphere. The antiques mall also hosts special events, in-cluding fund-raisers for 4PetSake, a food pantry for animals. I have attended some of their events including indoor garage sales, Chinese auctions, bake sales, and a Classic Car Cruise-In. I ‘Liked’ them on Facebook to keep abreast of upcoming events. They also regularly posts pictures of antiques for sale.
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did you know?
mohawk, nyfrom the Herkimer County Historical Society
Gregory B. Jarvis, a graduate of Mohawk High School, was a crew
member of the ill-fated space shuttle Challenger that exploded on
January 28, 1986.
Gen. Frances E. Spinner built his brick home including a concrete sewer pipe in 1841 on East Main Street in
Mohawk while serving as president of the Mohawk Valley Bank.
The home of Frederick Weller, a promi-nent businessman, was deeded to the Village of Mohawk for a library in 1913.
The Armory on East Main Street was built between 1891 and 1892
for the Thirty-First Separate Com-pany aka Remington Rifle Corps.
Shoemaker Tavern, built in 1768 on West Main St., was one of the places at which George Washington stopped
to eat while touring the Mohawk Valley after the Revolution in 1783.
Mohawk High School 1928 graduate Richard Gerstenberg’s career
spanned 42 years at General Mo-tors, serving as CEO from 1972-1974.
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TheBostonStore,onGeneseeStreetinUtica,wasbuiltin1941onthesiteofthefamedArcadeBuilding.Thenewstorehad90,000squarefeetoffloorspace,40,000more than it had at its former location across the street on Franklin Square. It had entrances on Genesee Street and Bleecker Street. The store had modern elevators, air conditioning,aluncheonette,and29fittingrooms.Formorethan35yearsitwasthebusieststoreindowntown.TheBostonStoreclosedin1976.Photoc.1940s.The
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From left to right: Terry Johnson, Phil Diehl, Tom Guidera and Ted Toscano
A couple of years ago, I reviewed Terry Johnson’s “Johnson & Company” CD. It was an excellent blues and rock offering. Now, Terry has a new band, new instrumentation, and a new album. The band and album are titled, The Swamp Drivers, and the instrumentation is a bit...unconventional. Terry’s expert guitar skills are taken to fabulous heights on a va-riety of stringed “instruments,” including the hoe, plunger, hubcap, and broom. Terry has taken the cigar-box guitar phenomenon, that swept the nation a while back, to task. He and Ted Toscano (guitar and harp) buildtheseincrediblegit-fiddlesandusetheiruniquesoundstoenhanceTerry’s solid songs. The album starts with a bang. Swamp takes the listener straight down to Louisiana. Hiding among the ’gators and reeds, Johnson twangs along on a three-string plunger, the band chugs out a “Swamp – Swamp” chorus while Ted blows a dirty harp. A great opener. There is a swampy remake of one of Johnson & Company’s highlight songs, Blues Train, that adds another dimension to that song.
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Drummer Phil Diehl and bassist Tom Guidera are sensational with lay-ingdown thesolidbackbeats toTerry’sfirmbluessongwriting.An-other standout track is Dressed, an ode to “ladies of the evening,” with Toscano and Johnson sharing slide guitars throughout. The Swamp Drivers are steeped in the blues and its history. They add various ele-ments of familiar patterns to these fun originals. Diddley Hoe (using a one string garden hoe) is reminiscent of Bo Diddley’s accent rhythms. Ted Toscano’s Find My Baby Boogie would make any ZZ Top fan proud. There’s also a hint of The Fabulous Thunderbirds in She Drives Me Crazy. This is a true party album. It’s lowdown, dirty, and rockin.’Itbringsaboogietoyourbootyandfliptoyourstep. It’s not The Swamp Drivers live, but it comes pret-ty damn close. You can pick up a copy at their live shows, at various outlets, or by contacting the band through their website: www.theswampdrivers.com.
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Do you recognize these tiles? Tell us where they are located and you could win an MVL mug from A&P Master Images! We are often so busy and in a hurry that we miss the interest-ing architecture and art that surrounds us. Take the time to look around and you might be surprised at what you find.
Clue:Jumping out of storybooks,and leaping over frogs.These Dutch fairies frolicover the hearth logs.Email your answer to:[email protected] or mail:MVL, 30 Kellogg St. Clinton, NY 13323Deadline: 1/15/15
All correct answers will be entered in a random drawing for an MVL mug from A&P Master Images, located at:205 Water Street, Utica Open Mon-Fri: 9-5, Sat: 10-35 mugs will be awarded. Answer next month.
Answer to last month’s MV Up Close: The Park Inn on Main Street in Richfield SpringsCongratulations those who emailed and called with the correct answer to last month’s MV Up Close! The historic Park Inn, also known as the Mason & McCready Block, once housed a jewelry store and had a hitching post out front. Today hors-es still pass by the building that was completely restored in 2008.
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Although Mohawk Valley winters are challenging, there is good news for astrono-mers. Many clear, cold, low humidity nights offer the best stargazing of the year! During January observe the constellation that rules the winter sky—Orion, the Hunter. Orion carries a club and shield, and wears a belt with a jeweled sword. Look high in the southeast sky to quickly spot his numerous and spectacular bright stars along with some surprises. Three stars form Orion’s “head.” Inside a ring of gas is the largest star Meissa, a dou-ble star easily seen with a small 4-inch tele-scope.Betelgeuse is the bright reddish-orange “shoulder” star on the left. It’s a red supergi-ant, the largest class of stars in the universe. If you put Betelgeuse in place of our Sun, its edge would extend to Jupiter’s orbit. Jupiter is over 483 million miles from our Sun! The right shoulder is Bellatrix, a blue gi-ant star. Its surface temperature is 40,000 de-grees F, while our Sun is only 9,900 degrees.Orion’s Belt is a prominent line of three bright stars named Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. The Horsehead Nebula in the fa-mous Hubble Telescope photo is just below Alnitak. With your small telescope you’ll discover Mintaka is two stars; one white, one deep blue.
by Carol Higgins
Mohawk valley astronomical society
orion, the wintersky hunter
Photo by MVAS club member Chuck Higgins: The Orion Nebula is the large red
glowing area containing thousands of young stars. Most are one million years old, mere youngsters in astronomical
terms. Inside the white glowing area on the “southwest” edge is the Trapezium. Look to the left of the Orion Nebula for
the Running Man reflection nebula, bathed in a blue haze.
Orion’s Sword forms from fainter stars that hang below the belt. See that fuzzy patch in the middle of the sword? It isn’t a star, it is the Orion Nebula—a dense cloud of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born. Viewed with binoculars the stellar nursery is even more impressive. The nebula glows thanks to the energy from four of its brightest stars called the Trapezium, firstobservedbyGalileoin1617. Orion’s left knee is blue supergiant star named Saiph. Blue supergiants are toward the end of their life and extremely hot, with surface temperatures between 36,000 and 90,000 F. Once they run out of fuel the core collapses then violently explodes, blasting outer layers into space in an event called “supernova.” Rigel on the right is also a blue supergi-ant, the brightest star in Orion. It is 40,000 times brighter than our Sun and 775 light years away, so the light you see left Rigel at the time of the Crusades. To see Orion’s many wonders through a huge 16-inch Meade telescope, come to the Barton-Brown Observatory on January 17 starting at 7:30pm (weather permitting). MVAS members host this free stargazing event, a short 20-minute drive from Utica. Dress warmly! Visit www.mvas-ny.org or follow MVAS on Facebook for details. n
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Growing up the son of a logger, Dan Hudon, Sr. has been in forestry his whole life
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Wilma and Dan Hudon sit together on a comfortable sofa in the meeting/break room at Hud-Son Sled Salvage in Barneveld. In front of them is a large conference table made from a giant tree slab, covered with scrapbooks and newspaper clippings chronicling their years in business. “I never imagined this,” Dan says, referring to the business that his son, Dan Jr., now owns and operates with wife Jodi. What started in 1965 as a small mom and pop chainsaw store in Thendara is now a 60,000 plus-square-foot enterprise employing more than 50 people. The business is twofold: a forest equipment manufactur-ing company, Hud-Son (from Hudon and Son) and Hudon’s Sled Salvage. Hud-Son is a manufacturer of forest equipment and Hudon’s Sled Sal-vage sells new and used snowmobile parts. When asked which business is moreprofitable,DanSr.,withatwinkleinhiseye,replies,“It’satoss-up!”Dan Jr., though, certainly knows the actual sales numbers. At 87, Dan Sr. still enjoys participating in the family business. He even keeps up to speed with the company’s Internet marketing and social media managed by his granddaughter Nichole. Two other grandchildren, Jeffrey Crowther and Michelle Buck, are also involved in the company, continuing a long family history in the forestry business. Dan Sr.’s fa-ther, Oscar Hudon, began logging with his four sons in 1939 near Lake
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Champlain. After serving as a Merchant Marine in WWII, Daniel was employed trucking pulpwood. By 1965 he was looking for a more stable line of work and opened Dan Hudon Sales, selling about every brand of chainsaw. Dan and Wilma’s success in the business af-forded them many industry-sponsored trips, even a trip to Switzerland sponsored by Champion spark plugs. Over his many years in business Dan Sr. has collected many chainsaws, so many in fact that his son created a chainsaw museum on the premises in 2012 to show-case his father’s collection. Today, the company is much more than chain-saws. Hudson Forest Equipment is a worldwide busi-
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Photos: Dan Hudon, Jr. on a sled in Old Forge, 1960s (above); Dan Hudon, Sr. demonstrates a chainsaw for customers (behind); The Hudon Family and relatives (l-r), granddaughter Nichole Hudon;
Dan Hudon, Sr. and wife, Wilma; son Dan Hudon, Jr.; Dan’s wife, Jodi; Jodi’s sister Jill Jesmer.
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(Photos from top): Portable saw mills all in a row at Hud-Son Forestry Equipment; a custom-built Ski-Doo; a rare Polar Bear sled; the busy parts department and warehouse at Hudon’s Sled Salvage
ness providing tools to forest landowners, loggers, tree farmers, and tree arborists. They manufacture portablesawmills,firewoodprocessors,andwoodsplitters with dealers in 47 states, Canada, Asia, New Zealand, Belgium, and other countries. Although known worldwide for their forestry equipment, around here they are best known for their new and used snowmobile parts and their annual Sled Show & Swap Meet every October. In their snowmobile parts warehouse—the world’s largest—they also carry vintage, new old stock, OEM, and aftermarket parts. Their humble motto is: “We do not claim to know everything. 95% of the time we get it right.” Snowmobiles have been a part of the Hudon family since the early days of the sport. There are old pictures of young Dan, Jr. on snowmobiles in the family photo album. He still rides today, working six days a week and taking Fridays off for snowmobil-ing. Dan also collects old snowmobiles. On our tour through the labyrinth of snowmobile parts, Dan points out an old Polar Bear snowmobile. “These were manufactured in Wallingford, Connecticut in the early to mid 70s,” he says. We pass by a cus-
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tom-built Ski-Doo. “Someone took a lot of care building this one” he says in admiration. Dan says they have many visitors who stop by just to look at the antique snowmobiles. “They like to show their children the ones they used to have when they were kids.” After a tour of the forestry equipment man-ufacturing and what seemed like miles of snow-mobile parts, we arrive back at the conference room. Dan Sr. asks me if I had noticed the con-ference table. He clears away all the papers and scrapbooks. “I almost cut this off,” he confesses, running his fingers along the cross-section of a branchthat grew out and back into the giant trunk. The tree was cut into a slab by Dan, Jr. and Dan Sr.’s brother Omer made the table. “Isn’t that something?” he marvels. After a lifetime in the forestry business Dan Hudon is still in awe of a tree. n
Dan Hudon, Jr. down in the “labyrinth” of snowmobile parts
John Miner of Steuben works on a sled at Hudon’s Sled Salvage in Barneveld
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January in the woods is a time when most animal and plant activity is minimal. For trees, foliage of spring is locked up tight in compact buds or,inthecaseofthewoodlandwildflow-ers, the makings of leaves and blooms are stored in bulbs, tubers, and underground roots. They are packed up and not to be opened until spring. Most mammals keep a decidedly low profile at this time ofyear and their activities are, for the most part, only known from the tracks they leave behind in the
snow. A wild animal’s ex-istence in winter is contingent on them maintaining a precarious balance. To stay warm enough to survive requires energy, which in turn requires food, which neces-sitates that they expend precious energy to forage or hunt. A single unsuccessful venture at hunting could be all it takes to push an animal out of balance and put its
survival at risk. Some animals try to improve their chance of survival by provisioning. They will store food in anticipation of winter’s lean time. Many rodent species excel at food storage, and over the years I’ve come upon many of their
store-rooms, also known as “caches.” The Red Squirrels have a propensity for using people’s outbuild-ings for their food cache. Last year inside ourshed,theyfilledoursnowtirestothetop with Black Walnuts, which was a bit of a problem because we needed to have those tires mounted on our vehicles. This yeartheyfilledthesametiresupwiththered fruit of sumac trees. Obviously, this year was a bad one for nut production, but the squirrels did the best they could with what they had. Old bird nests locat-ed in bushes and low trees are often used by mice for their food caches. Storing your food in an off-the-ground receptacle has its advantages, since other more land-bound foragers aren’t apt to chance upon
by Matt Perry
MV Nature
Caching for Survival in the January Forest
Ilion Little Theatre presents the comedy BusybodyJack Popplewell’s
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The Red Squirrel is one of many rodent species that cache food
for the winter
This old bird nest is being used for food storage by a
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When they use an open form bird’s nest for a cache site, they typically will builda roofofplantfibersover it inorder to protect it from the weather. The White-footed Mouse likes to store food in our bluebird boxes. In winter
ifIopenupaboxandIdon’tfindan occupied nest of a White-foot-edmouse,I’mlikelytofindoneoftheir food caches instead. These caches can be very orderly affairs. Irecallfindingonethatcontainedover 1,000 bead like seeds all from the same species of plant. Among the seeds were no pieces of plant or seed shells. In fact, they looked like they had been meticulously sifted and sorted for quality con-
trol. Woodpeckers, Chickadees, Nuthatches, and Jays may also cache food, but not in the same manner that the rodents do. They may just pound individual seeds or nuts into the crev-ice of a tree, and typically many differ-ent trees. Do the birds remember ex-actly where they cached a seed several
months before? Except for the Blue Jays, probably not, but with so many members of the bird community cach-ing this way, the chances of any forag-ing bird happening upon a cached seed is much great-er. It likely won’t be one of the same seeds cached by that indi-vidual, but that’s OK if it helps the entire com-munity to survive the winter. n
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I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. Per-haps it is because I’ve tried them in the past and failed miserably—usually a quiet promise to myself to loose “some” weight or get “more” exercise that never saw the light of February. We all want some vague improvement in our lives and the turning of the calendar is as good a time as any to make big promises to ourselves. Of course, I know very well how and where I got off track on these past resolutions:Theyweren’t specific; theywereoftenmade quietly to just myself; and they ultimately weren’t important enough to me for whatever reason. It’s this last bit—making resolutions based on what is truly important to us—that will determine the success of our resolution in the long run. So, what is important to me? Because of my age, our farm business, and my interest in local food, my list is prettyspecific.Butperhapsyoumayfeel thesamewayabout some of these because they are important to you, too…
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•Iwanttospendmoretimewithfamilyand friends. This past year was perhaps the worst yet in the family and friends depart-ment. The farm was too busy, our farmer’s market schedule too hectic. I missed two family weddings. My husband and my par-ents aren’t getting any younger. My nieces are growing up too fast; my daughters bare-ly know their grandparents. Friends that live just minutes away may as well be in another timezone.Weneedtofigureouthowtobal-ancelifeandwork—adifficultpropositionwhen the farm needs us 24/7. • I want to work smarter, not harder.Farming is clearly a physical job and takes its toll on a body. Ask any dairy farmer how their knees are (or when they’re getting new ones), and you’ll get a chuckle. Ask any vegetable farmer how their back is holding up and you’ll get “the look.” Whether it’s talking to other farmers, reading the latest research, or taking an online course, we can lookforwaystomakedifficultjobsalittleless so. Maybe it’s rethinking overly repet-itive jobs or trying round bales instead of square…there’s always room for improve-ment in this department. •Iwanthealthier,happieranimalsthatmake me more money. That may sound weird…aren’t farmers always trying to make their animals healthy and happy? And what about that money part? That sounds kind of...greedy, perhaps? Happy, healthy animals are easier to care for. They have fewer health problems and are more coop-erative, making life easier for the farmer. And all farmers know that happy animals will perform better. Happy animals af-fect your bottom line—that line that says whether you made any money last year or not. There are always ways to improve the lives of animals under our care, be it slight-ly better ventilation in winter housing, sand for the cows to lie on, or a well-designed handling system.
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• I want to spend lessmoney.There is no end to the long list of items and projects that a farmer can legitimately spend gobs of money on. And I mean gobs of money on legitimate expenses that either keep the farm running
or make life better. Just look at the first three resolutions on my list:
We could hire more people to allow for more family time; we could buy big
equipment to make our jobs easier; and we could buythefinestinanimalfeedsandhousingtomakeouranimalshappy. But…we still need to make a living from farming and every expense takes away from the bottom line. As in years past, we will again agonize over every farm purchase, weighing thebenefitversusthecostandcalculatinghowlongitwilltakefortheitemtopayforitself.Makingthefarmprofitablemeansspending less money than we take in. •IwantresidentsoftheMohawkValleytovaluetheirfriendsand neighbors, their community, and their locally owned small businesses—to be “Mohawk Valley Proud.” OK, so this is a terrible resolution because I have zero control over it. But it is important to me, perhaps the most important of all. Why? Maybe it is because I am a transplant to this area—a born-and-bredWisconsinitethatdidn’tgrowuphere—andIfindthelo-calpsychologysointeresting.Thereisadefinite“haveversushave-not” mentality of Upstate versus Downstate…a jealousy or even (please forgive me) an “ugly stepsister” attitude that pervades the Valley. It absolutely confounds me. There is so much here to be proud of—it is a beautiful area with enormous potential and wonderful people. And isn’t it our collective attitude that ultimately defines our reality,making theworldaround us better—or worse? What if this was important to all of us? What if this was THE resolution we ALL made and took everyday steps to ensure it came true? I’ll do my part by patronizing locally owned busi-nesses, by eating at locally owned restaurants, and by eating seasonally and shopping farmer’s markets. I will recommend local businesses that support their community to my friends and neighbors, especially restaurants that buy from local farm-ers and stores that purchase from local artisans. And I will let everyone know—far and wide—how fortunate I feel to call the
Mohawk Valley my home. If you are thinking about your New Year’s resolutions, decide what is truly important to you
first.The resolutionswillwrite themselvesand will have a greater chance to succeed. Happy New Year!
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The best part of this time of year is planning yourgardenwithalltheflowers,herbs,andveg-gies you want to harvest in the summer. But then you get to the seed shopping and planting stage and you feel like your reading a foreign language. You encounter terms like, open-pollinated, hybrid, indeterminate or cultivar? Suddenly your fun hob-by of gardening has turned into a daunting science experiment. Never fear, with a few tips and a glossary of terms to help you make sense of the information provided on seed packets and in catalogs you will be able to wade through all that information. If you are growing a modest size garden you want to pick seeds your family enjoys the most. But remember to try something new each year, this way you can experiment with new things and see what works andfitswithintheframeworkofwhatyouareal-ready growing.
Glossary of Terms:Days to Maturity: Typically is found after a va-riety name and lets you know how soon you can expect to start harvesting after setting plants in the garden as transplant.Hybrid (F, F1, F2): These are seeds from a cross between two or more known varieties, and are oftengrownforspecifictraitslikeflavororsize.Saving seeds from hybrids and replanting them will not guarantee the same plants in future years. Ahybridisnotthesameasgeneticallymodified.Treated Seeds: These are coated with a fungicide or insecticide to increase the seed’s ability to sprout without rotting or being attacked by insects in the soil. It is common to add color to the treatment to make them distinguishable from untreated seed. Organic Seeds: Have been harvested from plants grown organically, without the use of synthetic fer-
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tilizers or pesticides. Hybrid seeds can be organic, geneticallymodifiedseedcannot.Open Pollinated (OP): Means the plants were pollinated by natural means rather than self-polli-nated or cloned. Heirloom: These are usually open pollinated va-rieties that have been grown for many years and may have distinctive characteristics, such as color, flavor and fascinating stories. Theymay not al-wayshave thebenefitof resistance todiseaseorfungus. V,F,N,T,A, LB: These letters refer to resistance to common diseases (e.g, LB = Late Blight) . If you have had problems with diseases in the past you may want to select resistant varieties for this year.Determinant plants: Will grow to a set height then stop growing. These plants may be best grown where space is limited.Indeterminate Plants: Continue to grow pro-viding an extended harvest. Generally used in de-scribing tomato plants that will need to be support-ed or staked and will continue to bear fruit until a killing frost or disease hits.Sell by: This is similar to the ‘sell by” date on your milk. The Federal Seed Act in the US sets germi-nation standards for vegetable seeds in interstate commerce. The company is basically promising thataslongastheseedissoldbythedatespecifiedthat it will meet these germination standards. Does it mean the seed magically stops growing after that date? No, of course not. Just as the milk does not magically spoil on the day after the “sell by” date. Seeds can continue to germinate YEARS after that date. Just realize as time goes by the percentage of seeds that actually germinate may diminishAmount of Seeds: For most home gardeners, one packet of seeds of each variety will be plenty and will be enough for a 10-30 foot row.
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Annual: This means the plant will only live for one year.Perennial: This means that a plant will come back year after year.Propagation: How to start the plant. It will tell you if it can be started ahead indoors in pots and transplanted or if the plant needs to be “direct sown” into soil after the last frost.Planting Depth: Every seed packet will have this information telling you how deep the seed goes in the ground. While you don’t have to be paranoid about this you do want to get it sort of close.Soil Temp at Germination: Not all packets will include this many just rely on “when the soil warms.” If you need 70-degree soil and you plant in 50-degree soil it probably won’t sprout until the soil warms us assuming the seed doesn’t get water logged and rot in the meantimePlant Spacing: For every plant there is an opti-mum amount of space for them to grow in where they will not only have the physical room they need to spread out (both above and below the soil) but also have enough soil around themselves to provide the water and nutrients they needPlant Spacing After Thinning: The standard method of planting is to plant more seeds in the ground than you need in case some don’t come up, then “thin” your plants down to the recommended spacing. You thin by either pulling up or cutting off the plants you don’t need. While waiting for spring to arrive, sit by the fireandreadtheseedcatalogsandpacketsforthewealth of information they contain. Meet with other gardeners to share their favorite varieties to grow in their garden. Take advantage of class-es and workshops offered by local garden clubs, greenhouses, and Cooperative Extension. n
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There is a muddy path leading to MaryAnn Nellis’s pottery studio in her home in Canajoharie. It is an ironic contrast to her neat-as-a-pin
work space. She’s having solar panels installed on her shed behind her home and the workers have tracked in some dirt. “They’re doing a great job!” she says and talks about the money she’ll soon be saving on electricity. “I’m a neat potter,” she says, almost as a confession.Her elbows are pressedfirmly against her
knees as she centers a lump of clay on her pottery wheel. As she does so, she describes the studio
of a potter friend of hers who “has clay all over his pottery wheel and a basin full of water.” She says this not in a criticizing way, but in appreciation of a different creative process. The clay is coaxed into a cone shape and
then worked into the form of a pear. The top is closed up and then fashioned into a stem. She
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Potter MaryAnn Nellis closes up the top of a pear-shaped vessel in her
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MaryAnn, who went to college as an Art Major but switched to English and became a teacher. She retired from Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School after 20 years teaching English, grades 6-12. With her daughters now grown and gone MaryAnn says, “It was time for me!” She enrolled in pottery classes at The Smithy in Cooperstown and drove back and forth to classes for 10 years. It was at a fundraiser for The Smithy that her hobby became a business. At the event, local artist Phyliss Lapi offered MaryAnn $100 for her horse platter. “I was thrilled, but then someone offered me $200!” she says. “So I found Phyliss to tell her and she said, ‘Take the money!’” In 1996, MaryAnn began Clay Horse Pottery. The name of her company was inspired by Leonardo de Vinci’s clay horse that was meant to be cast in bronze but was destroyed when the French invaded Milan. “It was shot full of arrows and it disintegrated. Probably not the best thing to name your business after,” she says. MaryAnn was raised on a farm, and horses are
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MaryAnn Nellis’s pottery can be found at the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts in Little Falls, Picture Perfect Gallery in Canajoharie, and Cherry Branch Gallery in Cherry Valley.
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one of her favorite subjects. Growing up, she and her sister went horseback riding every day in the summer. Her love of horses is evident in her beautiful line work that has a timeless feel, like prehistoric cave paintings. Each piece she creates is unique and may feature one of a variety of symbolic animals like a rabbit or a crow. She is also inspired by plants. A piece for sale at Picture Perfect in Canajoharie has a garlic scape delightfully rendered in the bottom of a bowl. She draws a thin wire under her pear vase and carefully lifts the finished piece. We’reinterrupted by the solar panel crew who have finishedupandwant togiveMaryAnna tourof the project. It’s a very dark, cloudy day and MaryAnn jokes that they won’t be much use today. She is looking forward to her annual winter trip to sunny Santa Fe, NM. She goes there for creative inspiration--enjoying the free time her “retirement” affords her. Before she can start preparing for her trip, however, there aresomemuddyfloorsthatneedtending.n
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By Janice Reilly, OCHS Trustee
from the Oneida County Historical Society
Snow Storms Snow was rolled and packed down on country roads in the days preceding the mechanized snow plows we see today. A sleigh with run-ners resembling skis, a good horse, and a warm buffalo robe across the knees made light travel for folks. Add a few bells to the harness and away we go! Sydney Davies, pictured in his one-horse open sleigh, drove Cassville roads in the late 1920s. Many times it was easier to glide throughthewind-sweptbarrenfarmfieldsratherthantravelroadwaysto get to a store. After a snow storm in February 1945, farmers and highway department employees shoveled ahead of the snowplow to open the road from Cassville to Paris Station. They worked from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. to cut through 300 feet of packed snow. Six men stood on the plow in back of its wings, to keep them clear. Sometimes they could touch the telephone wires. Narrow lanes and one-way passes were common in the back roads of the Town of Paris. Residents recalled: “Once, the school bus became lodged between snow banks on both sides of the bus. Children couldn’t get out; the snow was higher than the windows of the bus.” John Tormey told me: “During a snowstorm, we held onto a rope to go from the house to the privy, so we wouldn’t be blown away!” Snake Hill and Gulf Road were the Town of New Hart-ford’s nemeses during the winter; they were often plugged. One wintry day, the plow couldn’t make it up the hill to the Roberts’s home on top. Highway worker Art Dunn plowed as far as he could go, then walked to bring Charlie Roberts down Snake Hill (now called Cascade Drive) to the hospital. Charlie had appendicitis. In March 1940, newspapers wrote: “Snowbound for sev-eral weeks, a New Hartford woman who trudged a mile and a half alone through snowdrifts ten feet high to come to Utica and become a mother, is now prevented by even higher drifts from returning home.” Her eldest son, James, was sent up the hill to telephone from a neighbor’s house, but the wires were covered with ice and the phones were dead. The telephone poles guided Esther Wittmann until she reached Third Ave (now Valley View). Daughter Gail was safely born at the hospital. Wittmann’s often had to carry groceries home on a toboggan; snowmobile popular-ity hadn’t surfaced yet. Old-timers still talk about the Old Lynn Snow Plow that worked the wintry roads in both Town of Paris and New Hartford. This huge plow was driven by wheels in the front, but had bulldoz-er tracks in the rear. It would only go along at six to 8 miles an hour, but it was powerful. There was a dump-type box in the back; the cab was square. Drivers took their hot coffee and dinner with them in a thermos because once they were out on the roads, it was impossible to return to the highway barns miles away until work had been com-pleted. An unknown author wrote: “In April 1857, a heavy storm began and after three
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times and spent three hours in the blinding snow. The blizzard “was not easy to stand against and so cold as to close the eyes with ice,” he told a friend. Roscoe, the rascal, was in fairly good physical shape. His death a month later at the age of 58 was only slightly linked to the storm. After the blizzard, cities began to seriously develop plans for clearing snow. New York City divided into assigned sections for snow removal; the Department of Street Cleaning began. Here in our Mohawk Valley, the two days preceding the storm in March seemed just like summer and “river men” were look-ing forward to passenger steamers from New York who would arriveinAlbanysoon.Thesnowwaslikesugaratfirst,meltingas soon as it fell. However, gently falling snow began on Sun-day evening after most people had gone to bed, and when they awoke the ground was covered with a foot and a half. Winds were blowing gales from the west. If the storm had been ac-companied by intense cold, there would have been much more suffering. Five degrees above zero was the lowest temperature recorded in our area. Businesses closed; trains and trolleys stopped running; funerals were cancelled. Three days later the storm abated; four feet of snow caused drifts up to twelve. All “laboring classes” were employed to shovel store fronts and sidewalks, often throwing the snow into the streets where it would become hard-packed. Then sleighs with their ski-like runners could easily manipulate, dashing through the snow. n
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How long have you been in business? Istartedofficiallyin1998asGeckoRecordingStudioandhavebeengoingstrongeversince.Iamcurrently working out of my residence as an independent mixing and mastering engineer. The studio will
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a very large room. Any other project would usually start with recording drums and bass to a scratch guitar and vocal track. From there, the song is typically built up one instrument at a time. This was not going to be our ap-proach with Masons Revolt, but nevertheless it is another option to consider for any other band. Now, once we do a line check to see all sounds are good we start tracking each song
inalogicalordersothatthefirstandlastsongs are the least challenging, so
as to start and stop the session on a good note (pun intend-
ed).
Has there ever been a need to “rearrange” an artist’s vision/direction in a session? Such as in
the way they’re playing the song, strum pattern,
too fast/slow, etc. I may suggest things like
tempo change or other very minor changes in the way the song progresses. But, honestly, I don’t feel comfortable changing chord structures or progressions and such. I am supportive of the artist, but I tread light-ly and quietly so as not to change their vi-sion. The songs are not mine and I just focus on the sonic and technical aspects of building the track. I affect the presentation of music, I suppose. I would say that I am more focused as a tracking/mixing/mastering engineer and not as the role of a producer. The question you are asking is best answered by a song produc-er.
What are your thoughts on all the home-re-cording units? This aspect of the history in recording has been revolutionary almost. But, for almost any musician, to have this capability has been life-changing in many ways. Most home- re-cording systems can really be affordable and allow full- or part-time artists to get their mu-sical vision out there in the underground scene at the very least. One famous band comes to mind: The Shins. This band and obvious-lymanyothers started in the lo-fi recordingrealm. The first step, small home-recordingsystems, offered them the opportunity to get their music out to the masses and be heard. The key to utilizing these home-recording systems is practicing good recording tech-niques. It also helps to be fearless and willing to make the particular recording unit work in your favor. Figure this stuff out and you have a recipe for success on virtually any level.
Why should a full studio, producer and en-gineer be used and preferred? Well, let’s put it this way, I have been in the
never close, it is a very important part of my life, and I anticipate a very long future in the business.
Give us a brief history of Gecko Recording Studio. I started out as a 32-track studio in my father’s garage. He was very supportive. Or should I say patient. I had a Mackie 32-chan-nel console I purchased from George Rossi, an outstanding piano player out of Syracuse at the time. I then started doing local tracking projects in and around Oneida County. I had then moved onto a few other different record-ing systems but really settled on a Trident Se-ries 65, 16-channel console I purchased from Mark Cochi from RDR Audio. Mark had fixedtheconsoleanditremainedtheflagshipfor my studio for maybe another six or seven years. Now, I have only the mixing and mas-tering DAW system to work with, which suits me well since I like making my own hours and the maintenance is minimal. The current set-up allows me to mix/master projects, and send mixes and masters via the internet for artist approval or critique.
What recording equipment do you cur-rently use? Right now my set-up is a digital audio workstation. I use Pro Tools software on a TDM HD3 96K system. I mix mostly with onboard plug-ins I have accumulated over the years. Mixing “In the Box” (ITB) is really very streamline and allows for total recall of every nuance of a mix. Sometimes, that is a curse and also a blessing. I will mix or master any tracks given to me, either by external hard drive or via the Internet service of choice like a Dropbox account. The current equipment set-up really allows for me to receive projects from all over the world if need be. If I do track or record a band it would be at Big Blue North Recording Studio in Utica with Jeff Aderman and his assistant Zeno Pitarelli.
What are some of the projects that you’ve worked on? There are many mixing and mastering projects I have completed, and all of them I consider good friends: Modus’ Only The SleepingWill Know (also their debut five-song EP nominated for SAMMY Award), Bad Cello (Zeno Pitarelli), Masons Revolt, Jimmy Wolf (two albums, one of which won a SAM-MY Award), Fulton Chain Gang (live record-ing and mastering SAMMY nominated), Matt Lomeo, Dead Holiday, Autumn Fire (both albums), Joe Sweet, April Shroud, Jon Leib-ing, Jason Schnitt, Ryan Miller, The Reuben James, Brian Premo, and Idle Hands. These are just a portion of the local talent that has trusted me with their music production. There
are many others not mentioned, artists I have worked with ranging from local, state-wide, and national talent.
Do you offer other services, besides just re-cording (session work, live recording, etc.)? I have ventured out in other areas of relat-ed music production. I have been simply used as a consultant for album projects. I also have installed recording studios for local artists and done live sound reinforcement for many shows. What is your opinion on digital vs. analog record-ing? That is simple. If it works and sounds right then it is right. The only time one of them is better than the other is if either of the formats break down and won’t record anymore. The point of recording in any format regardless of digital or analog would be to get that hu-man element of good songwriting down to a format that works for all to hear. If you are inspired, and the tracking sounds beautiful, then who cares whether it might be tracking toeitherformat.Theflipsidetothequestionwould be to consider cost. Analog certainly is far more expensive and creates many lim-itations in editing capabilities for most work-ing musicians. If the budget is there, then it would be smart to hire a professional studio to manage an analog recording since it does take some expertise that most are not trained for. On the other hand, digital formats are very cost effective and versatile for most musicians to manage. The learning curve might be less, and the cost of setting up a home studio is at an attainable price point along with good quality. I prefer digital formats, and especially 24-bit resolution at 96K sample rate. I have never really had the need to learn any other format.
Take us through a typical band recording session. The last full album I did was at Big Blue North Recording studio with head engineer Jeff Aderman for Masons Revolt. They are just one of many very cool local bands. Any-way, the session would start with the prepara-tion of all the studio gear, and this may take two to three hours depending on how the recording session will be set up. Masons Re-volt wanted to track their album live with no overdubs and all in the same room. This type of recording is very conducive for a live band that thrives on playing their songs on stage. So, it was decided to record them this way in
If it works and sounds right then it is right.
same control and tracking room with many people in the recording industry. It is safe to say that some people will always be able to get the best out of you (engineer or musi-cian). I know producers that when they enter the room, musicians magically play better than they ever have before. It is for this rea-son that you should pick your team to facil-itate your collection of songs down the right
path. It is the same concept as choosing studio session musicians. Most would choose a player for their sound, technical savvy, and attitude that may fitthe particular song being laid down. People are sought after for this role and are in high demand on many levels simply because they interact with musical instru-ments and people in a certain advantageous way. My advice would be to focus on choos-ing the right people for your songs based on
their inspirational and musical sensibilities. Now, why also hire a professional studio at $500 to $1000 a day? Why not, if you have the team assembled that can produce amazing music, and the budget is there, then by all means take the songs to a new sonic level. But always focus on the song and not the $80,000 dollar console in front of you. The console isn’t going to make that song truly any better than it may already be at its core. It’s the network of people you sur-
round yourself with that inspires brilliance or the best in all of us. What is your take on the current local mu-sic scene? The local music scene has always been great but there is always room for improve-ment. There is an enormous amount of talent out there and I think the scene is as good as ever. But the more focus on original music the better. Otherwise, in this local scene, a musician must balance his or her talents be-tween playing cover songs and original work. This is probably very typical for most music scenes and so the improvement probably lies in the development of more live venues that can support the local music scene.
Thank you for your time, Lyman. How can artists contact you for further information? If anyone is interested in working with me they can contact me the following ways: Business cell 315-725-6248email: [email protected]: www.geckorecordingstudio.com Gecko Recording Studio35 Fountain Street, Clinton, NY
Local musician, John Keller, is the owner of Off Center Records in downtown Utica, NY.
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a young owlet covered in white down feath-ers standing alone in the center of the nest. The owlet looked down at us, but not with the intensity of an adult’s gaze, more with a sense of curiosity. This was a new world of sensations for the nestling. Learning what constitutes a threat will take time. Crow calls coming from the woods indicated where at least one of the adult birds was holed up. We didn’t stay more than a few minutes so as not to discourage the nestling’s parents from re-turning. It was dusk and we decided to back-track a few hundred yards to a footbridge. There we sat down, lit a candle, and began delving into pseudo Native American mys-ticism–a favorite pastime for us in that era. I suspect that what we were actually doing was trying to get ourselves spooked out. It seemed to be succeeding when, as if on cue, a legitimately strange sound began coming from the woods to the east of where we sat. What we heard were terse and somewhat guttural vocalizations. They sounded like forceful exhalations, but not nearly as tonal as the emphatically given warning call of the White-tailed Deer. Also, these calls didn’t
Back in the spring of 1980, I had my in-augural Great Horned Owl experience. I was still a teenager (and possibly up to no good), wandering around in a wooded section of the localtownpark,lookingatspringwildflow-ers and listening to the birds. It was spring, and I probably should have been in school that day, but in a real sense I was. That for-est was, after all, packed with compelling things to study. I was hiking one of my fa-vorite trails on the edge of a thickly wooded gorge, when something made me look up. About 30 feet high in the crook of a Red Maple was a large stick nest about the diam-eter of a trash can lid. I must have been on that trail 10 times that season and somehow I failed to notice it. It’s amazing how people, including myself, can be oblivious to ex-traordinary things in the world around them and sometimes even right over their heads. The nest was a sturdy structure and seemed to be well-anchored to its host tree. From my position I couldn’t see if there was anything actually in the nest – the angle was too steep. I took a few steps backward and suddenly saw the tips of two upright feathers spaced a
seem to emanate from any precise direction. Nor were they associated with any other sounds–for instance, no walking or branch breaking noises were heard. Upon hearing the weird calls, my friend, we’ll call him Tom (his name was Tom), was not a hap-py man. No doubt his mind was conjuring up the image of a vengeful woodland spirit with a taste for teenagers’ blood. I, being the morescientificallydisposedofthepair,alsowas inclined to believe that what we were hearing was a forest demon, but then again there was just a slight chance it might be an injured person. I tried hard to fathom how a hapless individual might have gotten to the point of making incomprehensible sounds in a remote forest at night. Obligingly, my brain manufactured a plausible tale for me. The victim was in his late 60s, an insurance man and longtime member of a hiking club. He had been taking a brisk spring walk with his dog, Domino, a vivacious beagle mix, when he tripped over a root and hit his head on the trunk of an American Hornbeam, which most everyone knows to be very hard tree indeed. The man was on the ground in a half-conscious state, disorientated and delir-ious. Domino the dog ran off to get help, but unfortunately became waylaid by an inviting group of children with a Frisbee. Meanwhile, the semi-conscious man remained right where he fell. All he could do is to gasp for air and groan: “Huhhhhhh...Huhhhhhh!” I realize that the story of the injured man was unnecessarily detailed, but that’s what I required in order to force myself to search that demon-infested forest. One thing was clear: Tom wasn’t going to help. Just the thought of a malevolent entity on the loose had effectively glued his feet to the planks of the footbridge. The search-and-rescue operation was to be my enterprise alone. I figuredthatmyfriendalsohadanimportant
task. He could survive to tell the newspapers what my screams of agony sounded like. I walked away from the bridge and after a few steps diverted from the hiking trail and entered the darker recesses of the hemlock woods. I called out: “Hello, hello? Where are you? Do you need help?” My reticent queries were answered by fiveminutes ofsilence and then suddenly: “Huhhhhhh..... Huhhhhhh!!”eruptedfromnospecificdirec-tion. “OK?!” I uttered to the blackness. I was pretty much chilled to the core, but managed to stammer out a few more sentences: “I still
don’t know where you are. Can you call out again?” There was no response. I stumbled aroundforanother15minuteswithoutfind-ing anything or hearing any more calls. I then made the easy decision to return to the bridge andrejoinmyfriend.Ihalfexpectedtofindhim hanging upside down from a hemlock bough, being held in a larder for some for-estbeast,buthewasfine(atleastphysically)and anxious to leave the woods. By that point it was completely dark even at the bridge. You’ve probably guessed it by now, but the sound we were hearing were begging
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calls from the Great Horned Owl nestling. The youngster was calling from the very nest that we had just visited. You would think I would’ve put that together. Since that time I’ve heard the begging calls of many Great Horned Owl chicks, and though there is a fair amount of individual variation, the calls are usually easily recognizable, though some sound more like whistles than sharp exhala-tions. None sound to me like demons, spirits or injured men in their late 60s. I think that means I’m making progress.
One more thing about the park experi-ence from all those years ago: After we had left the woods and had walked nearly all the way back to the main road, we heard another sound that was quite different from the beg-ging call. It was very loud and strange. It was like a warbled howl or a yodeled screech. It was like no sound I had heard before or since. It sounded a bit like the vocal gym-nastics that Danny Kay might produce if he were to turn into a wolfman. Needless to say, neither of us went looking for wolfman Dan-
nyorwhateverhadproducedthefinalsoundof that evening. I do remember Tom saying he had a feeling that something really incred-ible was going to happen to us on our way back home. All I could think to say was “Oh, shut up!” But I wasn’t quite able to form words at that point. Listening to pairs of Great Horned Owls as they call back and forth to each can be an entertaining evening activity in winter. Both sexes let out rapid volleys of short hoots. The male’s tone is typically lower than the females, so the sexes can be readily distin-guished by sound alone. These courtship duets can start as early as December, but some Great Horned Owls may continue to call through the spring and even after. Great Horned Owls are known to nest in a variety of situations and in a diverse range of habi-tats. Nest sizes and shapes also vary greatly. Owls, as a rule, don’t build their own nests. They instead commandeer the nests of oth-er species. Since Great Horned Owls set up housekeeping much earlier than most other
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grove of truly ancient White Pines, was a nest. It was located inside the top of a hollow snag about 25 feet high and so it was invisi-ble from the ground. However, the presence of the nest was given away by the acrid odor of skunk and by the scores of owl pellets which littered the forest floor around thedead tree. Pieces of skunk carcasses, most-ly tufts of fur and hide, were all around. The owl’s relatively weak sense of smell allows them to have skunk on their menu, whereas most other predators understandably do not partake. A Great Horned Owl’s regurgitated pellet is typically dark and about the size of a walnut. They are comprised of compressed, bone, hair, and the other indigestible parts of their meals. It’s possible to get a good idea of the complete diet of an owl by dissecting these pellets. One can sometimes even recon-struct a near complete skeleton of a mouse or vole just from the contents of a single pellet. At the White Pine site I remember collect-ing a small bag of pellets at the behest of a biology student who wished to study them for an assignment. Before leaving the site, I wasfinallyabletoglimpsewhatIbelievedtobe the mother Great Horned Owl. She peered out of the side of the nest tree, and perceived
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wildlife rehabilitator, so whenever I’ve in-tervened, it’s always been in concert with someone who is a licensed rehabilitator. Last February, I captured an injured Great Horned Owl in Westmorland and brought it to Wood-land Wildlife Center in Chadwicks. The owl was likely suffering from a concussion, probably caused by impacting against a win-dow or a tree. Accidental impacts are very common in birds and are one of the leading causes of bird mortality. Regardless of how the owl became injured, it was grounded and I was able to capture him with a minimal
amount of effort. He spent a few days recov-ering from his injury in a large enclosure at Woodhaven. During that time, his behavior was monitored. We decided that since he wasable tofly, itwasessential togethimback to his home territory as soon as possi-ble. He could very well have been a parent and had young relying on him as their food provider. The release went well. I opened up the pet carrier and gave him some distance. After a few minutes he walked out of the cageandunceremoniouslyflewoff.Heflewlow for about 200 feet and came down on
thesnow-coveredground.Hisflightprofilelooked good and his wing beats didn’t ap-pear particularly labored. Still the ground landing worried me. Maybe he was still too “out of it” to really be back on the job again. I decided to approach him to see if I could compelhimtoflyoncemoresoIcouldagainassess his abilities. As I got close, instead of flyingthebirdadoptedathreateningposture.He puffed himself up to double his normal size and began pivoting his head from side to side. The effect was most impressive. This is what they do when they’re forced to defend their kill from another predator–one intent on stealing away their prize. Already large birds, an inflatedGreatHornedOwl looksabout as big as a tom turkey. Sharp clicking sounds produced by the bird’s repeated bill snapping added to the air of belligerence it was trying to project. In other words it was saying, “Come near me and you’ll get the business end of this meat hook!” Despite that forceful warning, I did come closer. I
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Matt Perry is Conservation Director and resident nat-uralist at Spring Farm CARES in Clinton. He manag-es a 260 acre nature preserve which is open for tours by appointment. Matt is also regional editor of “The Kingbird”, which is a quarterly publication put out by the New York State Ornithological Association. Matt writes a weekly blog about the nature preserve, which can be found at: talesfromthewilds.blogspot.com
needed to make sure he was able to get off the ground again. I’m happy to say that he was. The best method of locating Great Horned Owls is to look and listen for frantic groups of crows engaging in what is known as mobbing behavior. When a family or a flock of crows encounters aGreatHornedOwl they essentially go ballistic. They give shrill alarm calls, which are pretty much elongated versions of their normal “kaw-kaw” calls. The incessant alarm calls serve to bring in many other crows from neighboring territories. Each crow in turn will dive and scream at the predator and make sure that the entire forest community knows its location. Most Great Horned Owls seem to become accustomed to this kind of harassment and take it in stride. In fact, they rarely lash out and try to kill their tormentors–at least while they are in the act of tormenting the owl. Later on...well, that’s another story. Great Horned Owls are known to attack crow nests at night. They also will attack and kill hawks and even herons, all under cover of darkness. There’s little doubt that the Great Horned Owl is one of the most ruthless and success-
ful avian predators in the country. In fact, they are so successful at catching the small to medium-sized mammals in their territo-ries that they tend to hunt areas out and are forced to move to a different territory after just a few years. Sketchy information has come in over the past few years regarding Great Horned Owls and their susceptibility to West Nile Virus (WNV). Wildlife Rehabilitators from around Central New York have been receiving an increasing number of birds that test positive for this usually fatal avian disease. It’s hard to get a handle on how serious a situation this is since most sick birds will die in their forest and swamp habitats without anyone everfindingthemorbringingthemtoare-habber. It’s conceivable though that each one that does come in for treatment represents only the tip of the iceberg. WNV could very well present a major threat to Great Horned Owls, as well as to other raptors and to birds in general. Certainly, this situation warrants more diligent monitoring on the part of our environmental agencies. I’ve heard far fewer Great Horned Owls calling around the town of Kirkland in recent years and I’m seeing
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by Sue Perkins
In trying to come up with an idea for an article for this issue, I started going through our photo-graph collection. I came across photographs of a Benjamin S. De-vendorf standing next to an air-plane. Curiosity got the better of me and I had to find outwho hewas! Benjamin S. Devendorf was
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team. He graduated from Phillips Ex-eter Academy in Exeter, New Hamp-shire. The Academy was originally all male students, in 1970 it became coeducational. Benjamin enlisted in World War I on February 7, 1918 at Syracuse, New York. He attended Ithaca School of Military Aeronautics and went on to serve in the Army Air Corps as a 1st Lieutenant. On November 7, 1918 he was stationed at Camp Dick in Dallas, Texas which was an avia-tion training school. Benjamin also trained at Barron Field in Everman, Texas. He was discharged on March 5, 1919. Upon his discharge, Benjamin re-
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with his parents. After his father’s death, he and his mother moved to Fort Herkimer in the Town of German Flatts. He was a member of Mohawk American Legion Post. He donated money to the American Legion En-dowment Fund which was created by World War veterans in 1925 to pro-videfinancialassistancefordisabledveterans, military families and young people who lost parents in service to our nation. Income from Endowment Fund investments is used to fund Vet-erans Affairs & Rehabilitation pro-grams and troop-support efforts such as Temporary Financial Assistance,
w h i c h provides funds to military families with minor children at home. Benjamin was a farmer for most of his life. Later in life he worked for Emory Trucking Company retiring in 1962. Benjamin died February 26, 1975 at Herkimer Memorial Hospital.
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In 1974, Tim and Peggy Spencer Behrendt set off on an adventure. They began a new life in the woods of Cold Brook, NY, without modern conveniences like electricity or indoor plumbing. These are excerpts and re-flections from Peggy’s journal chronicling their adventures. See issues 1-12 for her diaries from their first year.
Chapter 4
There are less than eight hours of dusky and dubious daylight now. We spend the long hours of sable winter evenings reminiscing or making plans for our homestead by the wood stove in the soft golden glow of the kerosene lamp. All is still except for an occasional thump of a disentan-gled snow mass sliding off the branches of the old hemlock onto our roof. I fantasize about the wonderful garden we’ll have after we’ve pulled out all the tree roots and hauled in enough soil, mulch, and fertilizer. Fruit and nut trees to the north. Bushes of lush red and blue berries. Big patch-es of perennial, aromatic mint, and succulent chives that will poke up crisp and green through the last vestiges of snow shrouds in the spring.
TALES FROM SHAWANGUNKShawangunk nature preserve, cold brookby Peggy Spencer Behrendt
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Our First Year: 1974Shawangunk nature preserve, cold brook
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bright with natural light from large windows. Huge, an-cient trees graced the view without, but inside was not thesomber,quietanddignifiedatmosphereIexpected.It was unusually full, busy, and casual. I was delighted to see many handsome young men in beards and lovely young women in patched jeans or long dresses, as well as the older folks in suits and dress clothes. I was thrilled to experience the charismatic energy of the congregants who felt free to share and debate differing ideas and be-liefs in a friendly way. To the obvious consternation of the elders, some of the youths perched themselves on the edge of the choir loft with their big boots dangling over the pews (and heads) below. During Tim’s sermon, a young woman stood up and
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interrupted, “I’m sick of all this sexist lan-guage!” she called out. “All you talk about is ‘mankind’ and ‘his’ history. What about wom-en? Don’t you realize this language is leaving us out and encouraging the view that men are superior to women?” I was shocked by this outburst. No one would dare interrupt a church service when I grew up. “It’s just the way our language has evolved. It’s not meant to be exclusive,” Tim replied. “It’s time to change it, Tim. Would you call a man who washes clothes a ‘washerwoman’ just because that’s how it’s always been?” “I will certainly take your viewpoint into consideration, Annie,” he replied, not appear-ingtoberuffled,continuingwithhispresenta-tion as she sat down. This made me start to wonder about some things that have confused me. My last boy-friend liked to say, “You’re cute, but dumb,” even though I’d just graduated from col-
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under the covers. He accidently broke the window over the sewing machine when some kindling he was splitting inside flew up and hit it. No more splitting wood in the cottage! We glued the crack with superglue and I’m going to paint a picture following the design of the cracks. Tim did a nice one with the crack in the window behind his chair. It looks like a sun peeking over a hill with a cloud and two birds. The colors are pretty and it doesn’t distract from the view. We gave Dave $2 to paint a picture on the crack in one of our kitchen window panes. Maybe there’ll be some cracks in your cottage you can paint on when you come, (as long as they’re strong and safe.) I made a rag doll out of a flannel nightgown I used to wear. Tim drew the face and I embroidered it. We’re calling it, “He/She.. I’m so pleased! Your pet rabbit, Bun-zy, is sitting in the little shelter outside made for him and his food. Mousie likes this food, too. One ran under the plate
and up to my finger when I was arranging Bunzy’s dish. Sometimes they’ll pick up a whole apple core and run into a little hole with it. The squirrel also takes them and sets them up in nearby tree branches to eat later. One day I saw a blue jay steal the squirrels’ apple core. The squirrel was really mad and tried to follow the blue jay through the forest. Dave hired me to em-broider the Moosewood bear logo on the back of his jean jacket. It’s fun, but hard to punch a needle through that tough material. We don’t feel like do-ing much. The chipmunks and bears hibernate; guess its OK for us to hibernate a bit, too. We miss you so much! Can’t wait to see you. Love, from Your Friend, Peg Through the staid stillness of the fro-
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zen forest we see something strange springing up and down way ahead where our car is parked as we’re walking out our snowbound road. It can’t be a bear, can it? They’re hibernating. It stops and disappears. We get clos-er. It starts again. We’re appalled to dis-
cover that it’s our son, jumping up and down on the roof of his
Subaru, slowly and delib-erately denting it in. “Stop! Stop! Why are you smashing in your car?” Tim yells. “The engine’s seized! This is a piece
of junk!” he vehemently answers between leaps.
This is the fourth car our 16-year-old son has gone through
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skipped a grade, but he’s bored with his senior year and wants to drop out. He’d rather work and ski. We offer him $5 a day to stay in school and he agrees, but still skips occa-sionally to go skiing. Our “new” 11-year-old VW Beetle, “Viktor,” has no heat to speak of and the defroster is pathetic. We reach out the window and scrape a hole in the ice on the windshield to peek through for several miles before a tiny half-moon of defrosted glass appears above the dash. Or we leave the window vents open so cold air blows on the windshield (and us). We try putting akeroseneheateronthefloorofthepas-senger side. Since the seat’s not attached, I can back up enough to make room for it, but it’s awkward and dangerous with the openflamefromthewick,nottomentionthe fumes emitted from this appliance be-
tween my feet. At least there is enough venti-
lation from the cracks in the patches of the floortokeepusfromgettingasphyxiated,but I am not fond of this. One weekend, when the temperature is 40 below zero Tim must drive a hun-dred miles, each way, to Glens Falls for a church service. I refuse to go. But there is little that will keep Tim from his commit-ments, so he suffers through long hours of driving in a stinky, cold vehicle with a 50 mph chill factor. Desperately needing to keep warm in thecar,wefindsomesuper-insulatedbootsthat were used by workers on the Alaskan Pipe Line, called Bunny Boots. They’re huge and have a place to pump air in to blow them up even bigger to increase the insulation. I feel like a character out of a Bigfoot story, but I don’t care, as long as myfeetarewarm.Ialsofindanoversized
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wool coat of beautiful blue from an Air Force surplus in Rome to top off many layers beneath. One day, we stroll through the new Riverside Mall, enjoying the bountiful, warm and colorful indoor space. I see my fulllengthreflectionforthefirsttimeinthe glass of a window display and have a revelation of horror. There is a tall, shapeless column of blue wool poised over two giant white balloons, with a little head perched on top…mine. All aroundmeareshapelyladiesintightfit-ting,colorfulskioutfitswithdaintyhightop boots and styled hair under cute lit-tle hats. I sigh deeply, but remember that when I was working full-time and had plenty of money, I bought stylish and expensive clothes. That pleasure seemed like inadequate compensation for all that time working a 9-5 job. I accept the fact that I look like an abominable snow woman and know that the fashions would not keep me warm. I’m also grateful we always arrive at church early so I can shed my outerwear before the congrega-tion sees me. I would much rather use our money to take care of our children and buy wild lands full of trees, plants, birds, water, and ani-
mals to protect and cherish. I love the in-timacy with the seasons of the earth my new lifestyle requires; making do or doing without; the challenge of learning how to survive like the wild creatures do; and to boldly face the power and impartiality of nature and let her toughen me, with my consciousness buddy, Tim, at my side.
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To start the New Year I thought I would visit with a few bands that have been on the local scene for a long time: Gridley Paige, Showtime, and the Bomb. Gridley has been around for more than 20 years and the Bomb for 15. I asked Mike Santalucia (The Bomb) and Tim Moyer (Gridley Paige) what made a band work and draw crowds for such a long time. Both singers said that chemistry between members in the band is a key ele-ment. Gridley Paige, which is set up as an actual company, is a job but, according to Tim, “The shows are like going to work at the fun-nest job you can have.” Mike said the band connects and always has a good time on stage. They also connect with the crowd so they have a good time, too. I have always been a fan of original music on a local level. This doesn’t mean I don’t have the same love for cover bands. I’m in one. I asked Tim and Mike how the song selection happens and how important
it is to re-create the sound of the original songs. Tim said that keeping up with what’s on the radio, what is recognizable, and keeping a song true to the original version is important. “The art of covering a tune is to do that, cover it and cover it well,” Mike said. “The Bomb picks songs that they like when it comes to the old school stuff, KISS, Judas Priest or Van Halen.”
He said they also get a lot of suggestions from the “Bombsquad,” their large and loy-al fan base. Mike also said that “Getting the tunes as close to the original is very important to them and each guitarist in the band uses many different guitars and effects to achieve that.” I laughed when he added, “These ar-en’t our tunes, so I don’t feel we have the Listen to Genesee Joe live on 92.7FM, The DRIVE.
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Gridley Paige, Showtime, The Bombright to mess them up.” Jose Lopez—from the longtime and very popular 20-year-old band Show-time—said that the band picks songs that are timeless and still have an impact, as opposed to only what is currently pop-ular. He said that his band enjoys what they’re doing and having fun, and that energy is picked up by the crowd and is recipro-cated. Showtime and the crowd work together and that keeps people coming back in, Jose also said. As far as playing covers he added, “Learn why the original was played that way, and then after you’ve learned that, alter it if you want. That is where the art lies.” Jose con-cluded:“Giveitalittleflavorofyourown.Letalittlebitofyouflowthrough.Understandingthe song is key.” Another aspect of a successful long-term act is promotion, having a good word of mouth bringing in friends and, of course, social media. Facebook and Twitter are great and both are free avenues for advertising. If a band doesn’t know to take advantage of them, they are missing out on a big opportunity. The Bomb also is a stickler for posters and has them up in clubs weeks prior to a show. Look at this column next month for tips on how to promote a show and build a quality press kit. If you are interested in radio ads, contact me at [email protected] for affordable pricing.
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Iron Work - Architectural & OrnamentalRaulli’s Iron Works, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
JewelryClinton Jewelers, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Fall Hill Bead & Gem, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . 38
LightingMills Electrical Supply, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Liquor Stores and WineClinton Wine and Spirits, Clinton . . . . . . . . . 58Lotto Liquors, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Seneca Liquor, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Trenton Station Liquor & Wine, Barneveld . . . 59
Maple SyrupBen & Judy’s Sugarhouse, West Edmeston . . . . 10Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 45
Media1420AM The Fox WNRS, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 131450 WKAL, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2292.7 The Drive WXUR, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Clinton Courier, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Rural Star, Holland Patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Weekly Adirondack, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . 47FOX33/WUTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Monuments Yorkville Memorials, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
MuseumsGoodsell Museum, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Remington Arms Museum, Ilion . . . . . . . . . 35View, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Natural Foods, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 26Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . . 15Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 65Sunflower Naturals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Tom’s Natural Foods, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pet ServicesDeb’s Dog D-Tails, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . 33One Paw at a Time Pet Salon, Whitesboro . . . 24Not Just Poodles Pet Salon, Whitesboro . . . 14
Pet ShopsWild Things, New York Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PharmaciesGarro Drugs, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Physical TherapyInertia Physical Therapy, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 9Northern Physical Therapy, Utica . . . . . . . . 59
PhotographyFusion Art/The Photo Shoppe, Rome . . . . . 49
PizzeriasDiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Primo Pizzeria, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Primitives Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . 71Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . . 65
Quilt and Yarn Shops Stash Away Quilt Shoppe, Rome . . . . . . . . 30Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Record StoresOff-Center Records, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7ReImagine Records, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 5
Restaurants and CafésAcross the Row Bistro, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 42Ann St. Deli, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Black Cat, Sharon Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Cafe Ucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Copper Moose Ale House, Little Falls . . . . . . 18DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Dominick’s Deli, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Fitness Farmacy, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 64Georgio’s, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Heidelberg Baking Co., Herkimer . . . . . . . . 39Hotel Solsville, Solsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Karam’s Middle East Bakery, NY Mills . . . . 44The Knight Spot, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Knuckleheads Brewhouse, Westmoreland . . 27Mitsuba Hibachi, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 33Ohio Tavern, Cold Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Papa Joe’s Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . . . 30Phoenician Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . . 19Piccolo Cafe, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Rosa’s Trattoria, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Sammy & Annie Foods, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 10The Sandwich Chef, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Spaghetti Kettle, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Recreational Vehicles CJ Motor Sports, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Seamstress & Tailors Libbey’s Sew Blessed, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Shoes Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56The Village Crossing, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ski Resorts McCauley Mountain Ski Center, Old Forge . . . 42Snow Ridge Ski Resort, Turin . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Small Engine Repair Stiefvater Outdoor Power, New Hartford . . . 19
Stockhauser’s Auto & Marine Service, Prospect . . 51
Soap Cranberry Ridge Goat Milk Soap . . . . . . . . . 25
Solar Panels Great Brook Solar, New Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Support Groups Obsessive Compulsive, Utica, Mon: 6:30pm . . . 19 Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Trailers, Custom Blizzard Manufacturing, Inc., Boonville . . . . 53
Travel Agencies The Cruise Wizards, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . 12
Websites Utica Remember When . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Utica Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Weddings and BanquetsDiCastro’s Too, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . . 61
Wellness Centers Louanne Ganat Getty, MFA, LMT, Utica . . . 56Pathway of Pearls, Schuyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
WindowsRA Dudrak, Holland Patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Wine Bars and Ale Houses Copper Moose Ale House, Little Falls . . . . . 18Kikko’s Bistro and Wine Bar, Rome . . . . . . . . 24
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Old Man Winter will never see it coming.
Grand L3240 You can’t hold back when you take on the elements. That’s why Kubota designed the Grand L3240 compact tractor for maximum power and versatility. Just get a load of the performance-matched, easy-attach front-, mid- and rear-mount implements. Not to mention three transmission options and available climate-controlled Grand Cab™. One thing is for sure—Kubota didn’t hold anything back when we built the Grand L3240. Old Man Winter will never know what hit him.
www.kubota.com©Kubota Tractor Corporation, 2008
Old Man Winter will never see it coming.
Grand L3240 You can’t hold back when you take on the elements. That’s why Kubota designed the Grand L3240 compact tractor for maximum power and versatility. Just get a load of the performance-matched, easy-attach front-, mid- and rear-mount implements. Not to mention three transmission options and available climate-controlled Grand Cab™. One thing is for sure—Kubota didn’t hold anything back when we built the Grand L3240. Old Man Winter will never know what hit him.
White’s Farm Supply, Inc.4154 Route 31
Canastota(315) 697-2214
962 Route 12Waterville
(315) 841-4181
8207 Route 26Lowville
(315) 376-0300
America’s favorite sub-compact tractor - better than ever. Start with the strength and versatility of a compact utility tractor. Blend them with the agile handling of 4WD and the feel of a garden tractor. Add new upgraded features, then reinforce the end product with incomparable reliability, and you’ve got the Kubota BX-Series. For over 10 years, Kubota’s versatile, easy-to-use BX Series has been the overwhelming choice of property owners nation-wide. Now, it’s better than ever! See all the upgrades including an enhanced operator’s station, quick-attach loader and lots of implement options at your local Kubota dealer. How did you ever get through winter without one?
© Kubota Tractor Corporation, 2014
*$0 down, 0% A.P.R. fi nancing for up to 60 months on purchases of new Kubota ZG (excluding ZG100/Z100/Z700 series), ZP, ZD (excluding ZD331LP-72 and ZD331-60), BX, B, L, M (excluding M108S/M96S), TLB, DM, RA, TE, K008, KX, U and SVL75 Series equipment available to qualifi ed purchasers from participating dealers’ in-stock inventory through 12/31/2014. Example: A 60-month monthly installment repayment term at 0% A.P.R. requires 60 payments of $16.67 per $1,000 fi nanced. 0% A.P.R. interest is available to customers if no dealer documentation preparation fee is charged. Dealer charge for document preparation fee shall be in accordance with state laws. Inclusion of ineligible equipment may result in a higher blended A.P.R. Not available for Rental, National Accounts or Governmental customers. 0% A.P.R. and low-rate fi nancing may not be available with customer instant rebate offers. Financing is available through Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A., 3401 Del Amo Blvd., Torrance, CA 90503; subject to credit approval. Some exceptions apply. Offer expires 12/31/2014. See us for details on these and other low-rate options or go to www.kubota.com for more information. Optional equipment may be shown. www.kubota.com
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© Kubota Tractor Corporation, 2014
*$0 down, 0% A.P.R. fi nancing for up to 60 months on purchases of new Kubota ZG (excluding ZG100/Z100/Z700 series), ZP, ZD (excluding ZD331LP-72 and ZD331-60), BX, B, L, M (excluding M108S/M96S), TLB, DM, RA, TE, K008, KX, U and SVL75 Series equipment available to qualifi ed purchasers from participating dealers’ in-stock inventory through 12/31/2014. Example: A 60-month monthly installment repayment term at 0% A.P.R. requires 60 payments of $16.67 per $1,000 fi nanced. 0% A.P.R. interest is available to customers if no dealer documentation preparation fee is charged. Dealer charge for document preparation fee shall be in accordance with state laws. Inclusion of ineligible equipment may result in a higher blended A.P.R. Not available for Rental, National Accounts or Governmental customers. 0% A.P.R. and low-rate fi nancing may not be available with customer instant rebate offers. Financing is available through Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A., 3401 Del Amo Blvd., Torrance, CA 90503; subject to credit approval. Some exceptions apply. Offer expires 12/31/2014. See us for details on these and other low-rate options or go to www.kubota.com for more information. Optional equipment may be shown. www.kubota.com
Gear up with year-end fi nancing on BX Series sub-compact tractors!
$0 Down, 0% Financing, for up to 60 Months*
A.P.R.
www.kubota.com©Kubota Tractor Corporation, 2008
Old Man Winter will never see it coming.
Grand L3240 You can’t hold back when you take on the elements. That’s why Kubota designed the Grand L3240 compact tractor for maximum power and versatility. Just get a load of the performance-matched, easy-attach front-, mid- and rear-mount implements. Not to mention three transmission options and available climate-controlled Grand Cab™. One thing is for sure—Kubota didn’t hold anything back when we built the Grand L3240. Old Man Winter will never know what hit him.
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