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During the “loom to boom” era after World War II, Uti-ca opened its doors to high-tech firms far and wide. Our region became known as a locus of technological devel-opment during the Cold War, aiding our national defense while improving the lives of John Q. Public with a spate of new home products. Investment in cutting edge devic-es saved the city during the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s. Recent announcements from Albany give us hope that history will indeed repeat itself. General Electric was one of many high-tech compa-nies that came to town as Utica’s knitting mills were leaving. These mills—Utica Steam Cotton, Globe, and Oneita, among others—were a linchpin of the city’s economy during the 19th and early 20th cen-turies. As the southern states attempted to diversi-fy their economies away from their agrarian roots (cotton remained king there), they built mills that drew business away from the textile industry’s tra-ditional home in the northeast. These new facilities and the advent of air conditioning dealt a one-two punch to the aging mills in New England and Up-state New York. By the end of the 1940s Utica had a problem: lots of open factory space, thousands of skilled workers, and few manufacturing firms in which for them to work. The city adapted to this latest challenge by lur-ing new tech-oriented businesses to the area. Former mill workers could also go back to school at two new-

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ly-established local colleges—Utica College of Syracuse Univer-sity and the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Scienc-es, which today is the Mohawk Valley Community College—to retrain for tech-oriented careers. General Electric first came to Utica in 1944. In May of that year, GE announced that a branch plant would move in to the Chancellor Building on Kent Street that would employ 250 peo-ple. The 60,000-square-foot facility used to house the Utica Mo-tor Car Company; GE would call it home for the next 12 years. Although the wartime products they built there were initially classified, the new “Utica Tube Works” opened as promised. “Utica is fortunate,” said the joint statement by Mayor (Bradley) Ger-man and (Chamber of Commerce) President Capps, “in being selected as the site for a unit of General Electric. We are confident the company will find that this city is an excellent location for its manufacturing operations and that a splendid community spirit of co-operation will be encountered on all sides.” (Utica Daily Press, May 15, 1944) GE’s immigration to Utica continued after the war. The company’s Radio Receiver Department moved into a rented facility on the corner of Bleecker and Oscar Streets in 1946 and employed 850 people with-in a decade. In 1951 ground was broken on a brand-new facility on French Road, which opened in November of the following year. The Military Electronics Equipment plant shipped its first product from this new half-million-square-foot facility in February 1953. In 1955 the Light Military Electronics Equipment department occupied the for-mer Oneita Knitting Mills complex on Broad Street and employed 2,700. GE was not alone. Remington Rand (a division of Sperry-Rand) moved into the former Savage Arms complex in 1957 and manufac-tured computer components and electronics there for the next two de-cades. That same year, GE announced that it was closing its Kent Street facility and transferring the jobs to a new plant under construction in Gainesville, Florida. Nearly 900 local jobs were affected by the time the transfer took place in 1958. These losses may have been offset, however, by the expansion of radio manufacturing at the Bleecker Street facility in 1960. By 1967 local employment peaked at just under 9,000, but the good times did not last. The next quarter century would see a reversal of GE’s growth in the city. In 1971 it was announced that domestic radio production would be phased out, signaling the start of a long drawdown of American-made radios, phonographs, and other home products. Locally, this ended 15 years later with the close of the Consumer Electronic Business Operations department in 1986. That closure ended GE operations on Bleecker Street.

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In 1978, GE celebrated the 25th anniversary of oper-ations at its French Road plant. The company employed 2,800 locally in four departments: Aerospace Electronic Systems, Advanced Requirements & Operational Plan-ning, Audio Electronics Products, and the Aircraft Equip-ment Division Headquarters. During that time GE prod-ucts could be found in U.S. military aircraft and rockets, including audio-video recording hardware, guidance sys-tems and radar. A Utica-built command control computer was even used on the Viking Orbiter spacecraft that pio-neered the exploration of Mars during the middle 1970s. By the early ’90s the Cold War with the Soviet Union was over, spelling the end of the massive government defense contracts that buoyed GE’s business through the Broad Street Factory

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a 22-year absence. GE is part of the nanotechnology ini-tiative at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute; initial projec-tions show the company will bring more than 400 jobs

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The local music scene isn’t always about the live musician. Sometimes, a per-former comes along that goes above and be-yond that just happens to involve “canned music.” Although most karaoke singers are seemingly looked down upon by musi-cians, one name gets a ton of respect from this community – Jeremy Maine. Jeremy began as a youngster per-forming exclusively Elvis Presley songs growing into, and finding, his voice. Even-tually, he developed an uncanny vocal re-semblance to his idol. His performances throughout the Mohawk Valley have been raved about. His song selections not only include Elvis’ big hits, but also lesser songs and album tracks. Jeremy can truly provide a musical education on the King of Rock. But Jeremy doesn’t rest on his Pres-ley-ian laurels. He has expanded on his musical journey. His performances are vi-sual spectacles that receive accolades from all witnesses. His shows are so energetic that you can become exhausted along with him. He will pull out unexpected songs that could very well make you forget the origi-nals. I have followed this young man’s career basically from the beginning. I respect his exuberance and dedication to his art. I re-cently spoke to him on his talents. Ladies and gentlemen, I present…Jeremy!

What you do isn’t a common karaoke act. How and when did you begin your Elvis impressions? Well, I’d always wanted to be a per-former as long as I can remember, even before Elvis Presley entered my life in such a big way. I used to sing along to Beatle records or whatever favorite song I was playing at the time.

Where did you perform early on? My first public performance was at Peppy’s Pizzeria on the corner of Mohawk

and Bleecker back in late ’98. I started gaining confidence as I kept on performing, especially when they would start throwing money on stage when I was performing, Ha-ha!

You had a manager at one time. How did that help your career? Well, it was good and bad. Some of his ideas weren’t exactly what I was hoping for, but I was young and naive and figured he knew better than I as far as the business went. It wasn’t totally unsuccessful, but if I knew then what I know now, I would have handled things differently. But I don’t re-gret it.

What have been some of your favorite performances and venues? I’ve had fun doing shows for the Heri-tage Health Care Center, where I work. The residents have always appreciated it. And my favorite venue really is The Tramon-tane Café because it’s always like a new experience, often seeing new faces in the crowd, which gets my adrenaline going to put on the best show I can.

In the past few years, you have strayed from performing strictly Elvis songs to doing other artists with equal success, including The Beatles, The Who, and Nirvana. What made brought about this decision? I always hated the term “Elvis imper-sonator” and I wanted to throw people off guard by doing something very “un-Elvis-like.” My first dabbles in this came with a singing contest that Bill Keeler used to do. I did songs by The Beatles, Talking Heads, The Cars, etc., just to see if I could. They went over very well. Plus, it was a good challenge for me, which I continue to this day.

Your performances are also very visu-

al. You keep the audience riveted to the stage. You employ dancing, karate kicks, and other moves. How did this develop? Well, Elvis is the main inspiration for this. After watching footage of him per-forming, it’s almost become second nature to move to the music, no matter if the song I’m doing is one he recorded or not. Most of it is just improvisation. I’ve seen footage of me performing, and even I do things I don’t even realize as I’m performing. Since I don’t really play an instrument, I know I should do something other than just stand still to keep the audience watching.

Where would you like to take your ca-reer? Well, I always wanted to become, if not famous, at least respected in the performing area. And I’ve purposely never invited too many of my friends to performances be-cause I always wanted to see how well re-ceived I’d be by “strangers,” and I’ve been pleasantly surprised. Part of me feels the sands of time ticking and I know that I’ll never be a big-name performer, but as long as I can at least do something in front of a crowd on a semi-regular basis, then I’m at least content.

Lastly, what do you have to say to any karaoke detractors in the “live vs. Mem-orex” debate? Well, if I had my choice, I’d definitely prefer to work with actual musicians than just a backing track. There are so many obscure songs I’d love to do, but I’m not able to find or make a good track to sing to. I wish I had others to provide accompani-ment.

Jeremy, I hope that you continue to have success. Thank you for your time. •

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Directors of the Inlet Area Business Association have chosen Adirondack Kids Day to announce the launch of a new quest in the Adirondacks that offi-cially begins on Saturday, Oct. 3. In the tradition of the 46ers, the Cranberry Lake 50 and the Saranac 6, the Inlet Outdoor Family Challenge is designed to encourage families to get out and enjoy the great outdoors together through hiking, paddling, or biking the trails and lakes and mountains all along the region’s Fulton Chain of Lakes. Participants who complete 12 of 17 suggested outdoor venues qualify for a patch that can be obtained at the Inlet Information Office in Inlet, NY. Full details will be released at Adirondack Kids Day in Inlet, with more informa-

tion also available at the Information Center’s website at www.inletny.com or by calling 315-357-5501. Those who might like to get a quick start on the Challenge may contact licensed professional Adirondack guide Tyler

Chase at [email protected] and sign up with him for a short hike he will lead during the Adirondack

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I intend to follow the entire Cooperstown Beverage Trail one day. In the meantime, I have enjoyed a few of the stops. One excellent location is Rustic Ridge Winery in Burlington Flats. Steven and I first went to Rustic Ridge on a gorgeous October Friday last fall. Being a weekday, the place was not too crowded. We pulled into the driveway feeling pleased with ourselves for not getting lost. Steven right away saw a nice Labrador-looking dog out behind the place. I read somewhere that most wineries have dogs. They help keep cer-tain pests away from the vineyard. Also, dogs are nice. Steven tried to get the dog to come over and say hello, but he declined. I said he was probably on guard duty. Inside, the cabin looked, appropriately enough, rustic. Country music was playing. We were the only tasters there at the time. We could have paid $3 for five tastes but opted to pay $6 and keep the glasses. We like to add to our collection of wineglasses. For white wines, we tried Chardonnay and Untamed White. Two Chardonnays were available. I chose the one that was not oak-aged and enjoyed it. The Untamed White has an interesting label with evil eyes. Rick Bennett, the owner who was doing our tasting, said it was comparable to Pinot Grigio. We liked it, but preferred the Chardonnay. For reds, we both tried the ’09 Pinot Noir and the Cabernet Franc. Ste-ven tried the Merlot and I went for the Lemberger ’09. I am not as familiar with Lemberger as I am with Merlot, so I thought to try something different. We liked everything we tried but only purchased the Chardonnay, giving us a good reason to return at a later time. Before making our purchase, we browsed the shop for wine accessories and T-shirts. Steven especially liked one that read, “New York is for wine; Napa is for auto parts.” Of course, we’ve had some California wines that we liked perfectly well, but I enjoyed the play on words. Incidentally, the dog came in while we were tasting, and Steven petted him. I was busy taking tasting notes, but on our way out I petted him, too. I’m sure fellow dog lovers will be happy to hear we got to meet the nice dog. We were pleased enough with our visit to return another day, a Satur-day. Things were a little more crowded, but they still took good care of

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us. Really, a little crowd isn’t a bad thing, and wine-tast-ing crowds are often very pleasant. As we walked up to the tasting building, it was start-ing to rain. I did Shawshank Redemption (you know, the part in that movie where Tim Robbins stands in the pouring rain, arms outstretched?) to the amusement of some folks sitting in the Adirondack chairs on the porch, enjoying a glass of wine (ever since I spent time in Arizona in army training, I have been a big fan of rain). As I utilized the facilities, Steven got us a spot at the bar. On joining him, I realized I had left my little notebook behind. By that time somebody else was in the bathroom. I expressed my dismay. “I don’t think anybody will steal your notebook,” a man sitting at a nearby table said. “I know, but I always make notes in it while I taste,” I said. I went back over the bar. The guy at the table brought my notebook over to me. See what I mean about wine tasters being nice? Soon we were tasting wine ourselves. We did not need to purchase glasses this time, but we tasted five wines once again. This time, in addition to Chardonnay and Untamed White, we tried Traminette, which is a hybrid grape similar to Gewürztraminer (which is hard to spell but fun to say). I caught floral notes, although the description did not mention that. I was impressed, because I almost never catch notes of anything, but I was not sure I liked the wine. Also, new to me was the Untamed Red, which was described as a table wine. I found it tasty. This time we purchased a bottle of Untamed White to enjoy later. Other tasters were purchasing bottles for immediate consumption. I may do that sometime, when I can get a seat in one of those Adirondack chairs on the porch! •

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Slow Food’s ethos is not just about celebrating local foods. Its mission also includes preserving (and enjoying) food traditions from around the world. With that in mind, let’s begin this month’s column with a little quiz: Where would you go in Utica for a meal featuring traditional dish-es from the following locales? •The Philippines •Korea •The Caribbean basin •The American South If you answered “Emmie’s Global Cuisine” to all, con-

gratulations, you’re correct! Emmie’s opened at 12 Bank Place in downtown Utica this summer. The unusual blend of international food choices can be traced to the childhood favorites of co-founders Em-mie Pizzaro Davis and Jake Davis. Put chef Vita Wat-

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When Tom Shypski was growing up with his younger brothers on the family dairy farm just north of Richfield Springs, Halloween was a fun, little holiday at the end of October. As a teenager, Tom’s brother Richard even grew a few pumpkins to sell at the family’s roadside sweet corn stand. Today, Halloween has become a month-long celebration with Americans spending more than $7 billion a year on decorations, cos-tumes, and candy. For the Shypskis at Cullen Farm--named for the ham-let, or more accurately the crossroads, of Cullen--Halloween begins the 1st of May. This past spring, Clara Shypski, the farm’s matriarch, planted close to 30,000 plants in the greenhouses. Over 20,000 were pumpkins. The others included squashes, ornamental gourds, and Indian corn. “We set out the seedlings around Memorial Day with our transplanter

(a Holland Rotary 1) and then it’s up to Mother Nature,” Tom says. The crops are rotated on a three-year schedule, alter-nating pumpkins with corn, buckwheat, and clover.

“Things really ramped up when John came back,” he says. “My brother worked in Manhat-

tan as a project manager, but computers now allow him to work anywhere. After Dad

died he decided to come home.” Nester Shypski passed away 10 years ago at age 85. He and Clara purchased the farm on Cullen Road in 1953 and raised

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Tom Shypski is carrying on the pumpkin tradition his fatherstarted in 1985. With the help of his two brothers and mother,

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a visit to theCullen Pumpkin farm in richfield springsstory and photos by sharry l. whitney

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In 1985 Nester planted a crop of pumpkins for a fun hobby. By 1987 the last of the cattle were sold off and hay and pumpkins became the main crops. Even though Nester’s three sons are busy with lives away from the farm, farming is still in their blood and their father’s pumpkin tradition continues. John still lives on the farm as does his mother. The eye-catching, colorful signs around the pumpkin farm are the contribution of Richard Shypski, a professional sign painter who lives just around the corner. Tom lives a few minutes south of the farm. October is the busy month. “We live and die good weekends,” Tom says. Those October weekends at Cullen Pumpkin Farm are filled with wagon rides, corn mazes, and pumpkins galore. There are U-pick pumpkins, field pumpkins, wagons filled with pumpkins, and ornamental pumpkins. There’s a little wagon “train” and fun, colorful painted structures and cutouts for kids. There are also clas-sic trucks and tractors. Both of Tom’s brothers collect old trucks, farm equipment, and snowmobiles. “If it’s old and has an engine, they collect it,” Tom says. “And some actually run,” he adds. •

Children can chose pumpkins from the wagon, pumpkins collected in the field, or go out in the pumpkin patch and pick their own. The colorful collection of antique trucks, tractors,

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Among the various tools in the artifact collection of the Oneida County Historical Society (OCHS), one stands out. It was made by John Reed and is a woodworking plane called a panel plow, or simply a plow (see photo). In the early Ameri-can Colonial period, most plows were imported from England (the British spelling is “plough”) but by the middle of the 18th century these tools were being produced by cabinet makers and professional plane makers here in this country. The plow’s sole purpose was to make a groove parallel to the edge of a piece of wood (stock). Of course, this could easily be accomplished with a simple groove or “match” plane used to make tongue and groove flooring. However, the plow plane is a much more versatile tool. With it, the groove can be varied in width from ⅛ to ⅝ inches in increments of 1/16 of an inch. The depth of the groove can be varied from zero to approximately one inch and the location of the groove can be varied from the stock’s edge up to approximately 5½ to 6 inches. The plow was truly one of the first “multi-tools” as far as woodworking was concerned. The design of the basic plow plane has changed little over the centuries and its parts are shown in the accompanying di-agram. The body of the plow is similar in design to that of a match plane, where two metal plates (the skates) are attached by rivets or screws to a wooden body. The body holds the cutting blade (the iron) at the appropriate angle by means of friction provided by a wooden wedge. The most common wood used for the body and the wedge in low- and medium-priced plows was beech wood because of its strength and wide-spread availabil-ity. Boxwood, fruit wood, lignum-vitae, and even ebony were sometimes used in high-end plows. The plow plane irons usual-ly came in sets of eight or nine and were commonly purchased with the plow. During the Colonial period and into the early 19th century, the irons were usually made in Sheffield, England and imported to the U.S. By mid-century, there were a number of U.S. firms, such as the Humphreysville Manufacturing Co. in

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Connecticut and the Providence Tool Co. in Rhode Island, which could supply sets of irons. The depth of cut by the iron was con-trolled by a depth stop commonly found pro-truding from the under-side of the plow’s body next to the skate. The extent of the protrusion determines the depth to which the iron can cut. In some lower-cost plows, the depth stop was made of wood resembling a tombstone and its position was held in place by a wooden set screw on the side of the body. In most plows, the depth stop is made of metal and its extent of protrusion through the base of the body is finely controlled by a brass thumbscrew at the top of the plane. The position of the groove cut by the plow plane relative to the edge of the wood or

stock is controlled by the fence. The fence is at-tached to two arms that pass through the body of the plow and allow it to be positioned rela-tive to the skate and the iron. There are three common methods to lock the fence in position by immobilizing the attached arms. These are, in order of added expense, 1) by using wedges or keys, 2) by locking the arms with set screws, or 3) by using a set of wooden nuts on thread-ed arms positioned on both sides of the body. Close-ups of examples of these three methods are shown in the accompanying picture. The plow in the OCHS collection is a wedge-arm type. This was the most common type of plow sold by Reed since it was relatively simple to produce, fairly rugged, and sold for a price that most joiners could afford.

One of the distinctive features of wood-en woodworking planes is that they are nearly always marked with the name and sometimes the location of the tool’s maker. The mark ap-pears toward the top of the toe (the front) of the plane and is made by using a metal stamping tool. The plow at the OCHS is marked: REED UTICA (see first photo). This particular mark was used by John Reed and his son, Edward, between the years 1820 and 1894. The story of the Reed family and their plane-making busi-ness is an interesting one. The Reed family came to the Mo-hawk Valley from South Wales (likely Pem-brokeshire) in September 1801. The family consisted of John Reed Sr., his wife, Rachel, and their six sons: Henry, James, David, John Jr., Ebenezer, and William. They settled on some land in the Cosby Manor located on the south side of the Mohawk River in the Town of Frankfort, Herkimer County (the site of the old land-fill situated between the old and new Route 5S). They apparently farmed that land until 1814, when the parents moved to a house at 39 Main St. in the Village of Utica. By that same year, three of their sons Henry, David, and John Jr. were living in Utica. In the 1817 Utica City Directory, John Jr. was listed as a la-borer and clearly had not begun his plane-mak-ing career. In 1820, James Dana, a hardware dealer in Utica, advertised that he had “JOINERS’

TOOLS” for sale and by May 1822, he advertised that his “JOINERS’ TOOLS” were made by “Mr. J. Reed.” It appears that sometime be-tween 1817 and 1820, John Reed Jr. had learned how to make planes. It is speculat-ed that he may have learned his skills from Robert Wells, a professional plane maker who had moved to Holland Patent in 1815 from Wethers-field, Connecticut. However, to date, no evidence has been found to support this specula-tion. In 1821, John Reed Jr. purchased a lot, located at 42 Elizabeth St. (near where the County Court House stands today), from his brother David and began building a house. In 1823, John Jr., his wife, Mary, and their two children Elizabeth and Edward moved into their new home. According to an interview of his son, Edward, in the Utica Sunday Journal in 1895, John Reed began by making planes by hand in the kitchen of the house. “Later a shop was built in the rear of the house. In this were placed horse power and a hugh [huge] grindstone upon which the knives of the planes were sharpened. The first shop was twenty feet square but this was enlarged twice until what was then considered a large building was in use. In this twelve journeymen and two apprentices were kept busy. The plane factory had plenty of business and its own-er was kept constantly at work filling orders. Dana & Co., hardware dealers, who were at the present stand of Wright, Dana & Co., on Gene-see Street, took all that could be made.” Indeed, John Reed’s plane making busi-ness, which included Edward, was flourishing. As shown in an 1839 Savings Bank of Utica map (see photo), Reed’s plane manufactory consisted of three buildings with an adjacent alley that he used to bring in seasoned wood from his storage site on Meadow Street (near the railroad tracts) and also to deliver his fin-ished planes to his buyers. According to the 1855 county census, Reed produced 5,000 planes annually, worth $7,000. Besides being a professional plane mak-er, John Reed was a civic-minded person. Between the years 1840 and 1851, he was a chairman of a Fourth of July parade, a city tax assessor for two years, was on the Executive Board of the 4th Ward Whig Party, was a recip-ient of a “10 Years Fireman’s Service Certifi-cate” from the Utica Common Council, was a manager for the Utica Citizens’ Corps Ball, and was elected as an alderman from the 4th Ward. Besides being an exemplary citizen, John Reed was an active member of the Utica Mechanics Association; a professional group that promoted the welfare of the “mechanical trades” (blacksmithing, coach makers, hatters, machinists, plane makers, potters, printers, tai-lors. etc.). One of the ways that the organiza-

tion did this was through a “Mechanics Fair” that took place at various venues throughout Utica with the later ones held at the Mechanics Hall Building that still stands at the corner of Liberty and Hotel Streets. The later fairs (1845-1864) took place annually and generally ran for a two-week pe-riod near the end of January and into February. Anyone, member or not, man, woman or child, was free to exhibit items that they had fash-ioned or produced free of charge. Sometimes exotic or unusual items owned by individuals were also exhibited. Admission to the fairs was 10¢. The fairs were so popular that one of them had more than 1,200 items on exhibit. Premiums or prizes were given out for the best exhibits in a number of different categories. The OCHS has a number of documents from the Mechanics Association in its manuscript collection, including three ledgers that list the fair exhibitors and their corresponding exhibits for the years 1860, 1861, and 1862. The 1862 ledger also has a list of premiums for that year. Of the 20 Mechanics Fairs in Utica, Reed exhibited examples of his planes at seven of them. He won a number of awards. According to the Utica Morning Herald of February 16, 1959, Reed’s fair entry for that year was no. 131—a case of joiners’ tool that won a silver medal (the highest honor) and rated the follow-ing comment by the judges: “The character of the manufacturer of these articles is too well known to the Joiners of this City, and else-where, to require any eulogy from us. We con-sider them the best on exhibition, and probably beyond competition.” An example of an 1859 Mechanics Fair silver medal from the OCHS collection is shown in an accompanying photo. Most of Reed’s exhibits included one or more plow planes. Occasionally, a wedge-arm plow was included, but in order to distinguish it from the ordinary ones that he normally sold, they were made from box wood rather than from ordinary beech. For the most part, Reed liked to exhibit screw-arm plows to show off his prowess as a plane maker. This type of plow was more difficult to produce but was much more pleasing to the eye. Reed likely produced a relatively small number of screw-arm plows for the fairs and possibly some by special request since relatively few of these plows have survived until this day.

On Sunday morning, Jan-uary 21, 1868, tragedy struck the Reed plane-making business when a fire was discovered in the two-story plane factory. John Reed suspected it was arson since a door, which was normal-ly nailed shut in the basement, was ajar. The plane factory and an adjoining lumber shed were totally destroyed; a loss of more than $5,000 with only $1,000 of insurance coverage. John and Edward, were out of business. Six months later, on July 24th, John Reed passed away leaving

Edward to somehow revive the Reed plane-making business. Edward and his wife, Kate, had five sons and they continued to live in the house on Elizabeth Street that survived the fire. Edward quite likely continued to make planes in the basement of his father’s house until he was able to rebuild the plane factory on a much smaller scale. An 1883 map shows the existence of a single building where there once were three as shown in the 1839 map. It is likely that Edward rebuilt the plane-making business with his sons in mind. However, between the years 1863 and 1885, all five of their sons passed away from various causes. Edward was broken-hearted as evidenced by a passage that appeared in his obituary in the Utica Daily Press in 1899: “It was Mr. Reed’s custom to visit Forest Hill Cemetery at least once a week during the summer, with his wife, to place flowers on the graves of his sons who had been taken from him all too soon. There was a melancholy sat-isfaction, if not actual pleasure, to him in these visits, for, in seeing the inscriptions on the tombstones, he read the names of many of his companions and acquaintances of boyhood, and said he had more friends in the silent city on the hill [Forest Hill Cemetery] than in the busy bustling city at its foot.” Evidence of Edward’s plane-making business can be found in the 1877 Business Directory as well as all of the Utica City Di-rectories up to 1894. During the last few years of the business, Edward’s plane-making activi-ties were significantly curtailed due to a severe case of rheumatism, according to his obituary in the Utica Daily Press. He died on July 23, 1899, from congestive heart failure caused by a previous bout of rheumatic fever. What Edward may not have realized after the plane factory had burned and his father had passed away is that the era of the wooden plane was ending (about 1870). It is likely that the Reed’s plane business would not have survived much longer than it did. A much more versatile “multi-tool,” not too much different in design from the plow, became available in 1884, the Stanley No. 45 Combination Plane. The era of the metal body plane had taken hold. •

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I was born and raised in Utica, NY. My dad was a body man who repaired wrecked cars and I would get to go with him to the shop at night or on the weekend. I even got to go in the tow truck with him to pick up wrecks. I got to see many different cars and trucks as I was growing up, and I got to know a lot about them from the inside out. As far back as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with all kinds of cars and trucks. Now I know people say that, but for me, it’s true. I can remember all the way back to the age of 2 or 3 years old and can tell you the toy trucks I had then. As I got older, my love for cars only grew. I used to read Hot Rod and Car Craft magazines and would drool at all the custom cars from California. I would soup-up my Matchbox and Slot cars to make them look like those cars and the ones I saw here on the streets, kind of like how my father did with real cars. Cars were so much different back then. You have to realize that this was a time when cars had names like Super Bee Six-Pack, Roadrunner, Cobra, and Charger Daytona, and each had television commercials that made them bigger than life. It was common place to see a 427 A/C Cobra driving down the road or parked in a neighbor’s driveway, or reading the words “Hemi ’Cuda” in large letters on the side of a brand-new car in the show-room of the Plymouth dealer. This was also a lost time in history when anyone with a job could go down to the local car dealer and buy a brand new 12-sec-ond quarter-mile car right off the lot for about $2,500 and to me, it was the greatest time to be a 10-year-old boy who was in love with American Muscle Cars and brute horsepower. Like your first kiss, you never forget the first time you heard that deep rumbling sound and felt the ground shake when one of those cars went by. It was, and still is, one of the most special moments that anyone who loves cars and horsepower will ever get to experience. Now one day back in 1968 I was riding my Stingray bicycle with the tall sissy bar and redline rear slick tire down to the North Utica Shopping center to look at the plastic model kits. I walked into a store named W.T. Grants, and as I looked around I saw a brand-new display of die-cast cars that I had never seen before. The sign read, “Hot Wheels Cali-fornia Custom Miniatures.” I saw all these way cool cars with mag wheels and redline tires already on them. They had superchargers popping out of the hood, side pipes, and trick paint. I was in Hot Rod heaven. Problem was, I didn’t know which one of the eight cars I should get. The one thing I did know was I didn’t have 68 cents to buy one and had to race home to ask my mom for the money. I ran out of the store, picked up my bike, and pedaled so hard that I didn’t stop until I jumped off of it in the middle of my driveway. I ran in the house screaming, “MOM!, MOM!,” like I was being chased by a rabid dog. She was standing in the kitchen where she always was and I tried telling her about the

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cool cars that I just saw at Grants and that I needed a dollar to get one, but I was so out of breath the words got all messed up. After calming down and telling her what I was screaming about, she gave me a dollar and I was out the door and pedaling back down to the store. I think the first car I bought was a purple Silhouette. I loved custom stuff, and that was the wildest thing there. I remembered seeing the Silhouette in Car Craft magazine and then again on a television episode of Mission Impossible, so I had to have it! After that day in 1968, my life has been all about Hot Wheels. Every birthday or hol-iday, everyone knew just what to get me. A few years back my aunt was cleaning out an old drawer and found a list of cars that I sent with her on a trip she and my uncle took to California back in 1969. I was hop-ing they would find new cars before they got to the stores here in New York state. It sure was pretty neat to see that list of old redlines again. My mother used to remind me of the Christmas that I bought everyone in the fam-ily Hot Wheels cars as Christmas gifts. She gave me money and sent me to Grants to buy gifts. When I got there, I saw a bunch of new Hot Wheels cars that I didn’t have yet. Well, I bought everyone Hot Wheels. My thinking was that they wouldn’t want them and they would give them to me. Not a bad idea for a 10-year-old. Too bad it didn’t work. I had to go out and buy every-body new gifts. I did get t o

keep the cars, though! I remember writing to Mat-tel back then asking for extra wheels for my cars. At that time the wheels were able to come off and you could swap them around. I would put a dollar in an envelope with a letter and a couple months later I would get a big envelope in the mail with a handful of different sized wheels, a real cool letter from Mattel and my dollar back. I did this a few times. I even think that I was one of the first members of the Hot Wheels Club, because I never sent for the club kit, it just showed up in the mail. So here I am almost 50 years later and I’m still collecting Hot Wheels cars. Two questions I always get asked are: What is my favorite Hot Wheels car and how many cars do you have in your collection? I used to say that I like most of the “real” looking cars like Corvettes, Mustangs, and such be-cause that’s what got me collecting to begin with, right? The cars that you can see out there on the street, and I do, I love those cars! But as of 2009 I can now say “Mike Zarnock’s Altered Roadster” is my favorite Hot Wheels car. That right! In 2009 Mat-tel released its “Drag Strip Demons” series and included my old race car as part of the series. Having a Hot Wheels car with your

name on it is cool enough, but to have your own real race with your name just the way it looked when I drove it, well, that’s just a dream come true. That is such an honor for me and I just can’t thank enough all those people at Mattel that made it happen. And to be included in a line-up with such famous drag racers as Don Prudhomme, Tom McEwen, Sox & Martin, Roland Leong, and all the oth-ers is just incredible. As for my collection, I have more than 30, 000 cars. I also collect track sets, play sets, and actually anything that has that familiar Hot Wheels flame logo on it. I have sneakers, roller skates, yo-yos, Frisbee’s, plates and cups, you name it, and I probably have it if it has a Hot Wheels logo on it. I like the different styles of the packages from the many different eras of Hot Wheels, too, and I’ve tried to get at least one of every-thing. Like I’ve said

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all about the mem-ories for me. I remember having so much fun spending hours setting up and playing with all those tracks and sets. I still try to get ev-ery one that comes out and have spent a great deal of money and time trying to get all the earlier ones, too. As time went by, my col-lection continued to grow and I was awarded two Guinness World Records, first in 2003 and then again in 2007 for owning the “Larg-est collection of different model cars.” I’ve even been featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not! twice, first in the 2008 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! book #5 Prepare To Be Shocked! and then in the 2011 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! book Utterly Crazy! I’ve been labeled, “One of the worlds leading Hot Wheels his-torians,” and even been inducted into the “Die cast Hall Of Fame” as a Hot Wheels historian. A lot of people ask me why I still collect toy cars when I have real cars. For some rea-son, my Hot Wheels collection is something that relieves the stress of the everyday adult world where everyone at work and home de-pend on me to be the pillar of strength. Hot Wheels relax me and somehow brings me back to that care-free childhood I once knew, back to when the most important things I had to do were clean my room and mow the lawn to get my allowance so I could buy more Hot Wheels. I’m sure it’s that way with a lot of other collectors as well. It’s become one of the few things that remain constant in my life when the rest of the world is changing at such a rapid pace. As a matter of fact, Hot Wheels have been one of the only few consistencies in my life since that day in 1968, whether it’s just looking at the cars that trigger those great memories from my childhood, or playing with them today and making new memories with my boys, Chris and Cody. Hot Wheels have always brought me pleasure and still continue to do so and, yes, I do have cars and sets that I still play with. •

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Autumn may technically be three months’ long, but it’s really only October that seems the true embodiment of the sea-son. October is the month when the most visible changes to the landscape occur; it’s when the vigor of the growing season gives way to a quiet dormancy. As the foliage of the forest trees is deprived of sap and the green chlorophyll begins to break down, that’s when the masked colors of the leaves are revealed. Of the region’s tree species, the White Ash is perhaps most eclectic, with the foliage of individual trees turning any one of a wide range of colors, including

deep violet, burgundy, bronze, peach, and gold. Sugar Maple and Red Maple right-fully get most of the credit for supplying the brightest red and orange hues, but it’s their relatives, the ash trees, that give us the more nuanced shades. At the forest edges, the usually under-appreciated sumac trees are capable of displaying nearly the entire spectrum of fall col-ors on a single leaflet. Their low stature, as well as their situation at the woodland’s edge, makes them appear as the kindling that sets off the fiery colors in forest around

them. But not all bright colors are lim-ited to the tree tops; the five lobed (or palmate) leaves of the Virginia Creeper Vine turn vibrant shades of maroon or crimson. In some areas of our woods the foliage of these vines clothes the dark trunks of old maples and provide a bright path upward to the blazing orange of the trees’ crowns. In October, as the plants and trees are shutting down their above-ground processes, activity levels heighten for wildlife. Foraging by rodents and flocks of migrant birds are the most apparent to observers since they take place in the light of

d a y. It’s true that by mid-October, many of the songbirds have already departed for their winter homes in the tropics, but migrants bound for less distant places continue to pass through and some will linger in our forests and fields. A half-dozen species of sparrows gather in a brambly meadow by one of the beaver dams. Of these travelers, the one with the finest plumage is the Lincoln’s Sparrow. There is something of a fugitive’s air about this species. They are shy almost to the point of seeming guilty about something. They skulk about in the undergrowth, nervously peeking out between branches and issuing sharp warning calls at the slightest provoca-tion. The similar-looking Swamp Sparrow is not as highly-strung or as fearful. During the breeding season, they are easily locat-

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the virus’ progress, not halt it altogether. To be sure, chickens have always posed a bit of a challenge for large and small farmers alike. For example, as daylight hours dimin-ish every fall, chicken owners all experience the same disappoint-ing phenomenon—a slowing or even a total stop in egg production. Chickens are light sensitive, and will almost cease laying eggs for a few months as the days get shorter. Some will “molt,” losing many of their feathers, resulting in a rather disheveled look. Some folks will choose to leave a light on (on a timer) in the chicken house in an effort to “fool” the chickens into thinking the days are not getting shorter. This trick will work for at least a little while—I’ve done it myself—but the girls will eventually take their break one way or another, despite the farmer’s best efforts. Of course, the chick-ens still eat their usual ration of food while on their “egg strike.” In fact, my husband lobbies hard every year to get rid of our egg-lay-ing chickens, pointing out that they are a money-losing venture. It costs $16 per day to feed our 150+ laying hens. During the fall, their production drops to about one dozen eggs each day. Of course, we don’t charge $16 for that carton of eggs. We sell what few eggs we get and keep feeding the hens, losing approximately $12 per day…and hope they start laying again soon. As a chicken farmer, I’ve been watching the avian flu story with great interest and no small amount of worry. Our own chickens range far and wide and have regular contact with wild birds. I’ve seen crows, pigeons, and song birds of all types helping themselves to our outdoor feeders and waterers. (The recommendation of state officials, of course, has been to protect poultry from these encoun-ters.) I am reminded that the troubles posed by chickens, whether caused by a nationwide flu outbreak, a natural weather disaster, or simply the rhythms of Mother Nature, are the same troubles expe-rienced by farmers everywhere—regardless of what they raise. I’m

grateful that there is a system in place to help farmers meet these challenges, where state officials and universities re-

search the issue and share information. What worries me the most, however, is how farmers must contend with

the constant challenge of supply versus de-mand. While we cannot control what natural disasters come our way, we can at least adapt. Having no control

over prices—and therefore farm profit-ability—is scarier than any outbreak. •

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On Sunday afternoons, my husband, Bernie, and I leave the farm, load our corgi, Baylee, in the backseat of my car and travel around the Mohawk Valley exploring. As many of you know, Bernie and I own Szarek Greenhouses and Three Goat Farm-CSA in Westmoreland, NY. But what you don’t know is that my day job for the last 30 years has been in historical research. I research the history of property in the land records in county clerk’s offices all over New York state. Now before I put y’all to sleep, let me explain what the heck this has anything to do with sunchokes (also called Jerusalem artichokes.) Simply put, I love applying my

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research skills to the history of food. Where did it come from? How did it get here? How is it cultivated? What nutritional value does it have? All sorts of questions. A few years ago, I stumbled across sun-chokes while looking for foods that would keep my blood sugar stable as I dealt with becoming a type II diabetic. My research found that sunchokes are a great source of iron, potassium and thiamine. They are also low in calories and high in fiber. Inulin, the primary carbohydrate in sunchokes, mini-mally affects blood sugar and is touted as a diabetic-friendly food. However, that same inulin can be the cause of some nasty flatu-

lence if sunchokes are eaten in large quan-tities. This has led the Jerusalem artichoke to be called “fartichoke.” Julia Childs once said, “I just love those Jerusalem artichokes. But is there anything you can do about the flatulence?” So last fall, we planted a variety of sun-choke called “Stampede” from Johnny’s Selected Seeds, and I’m impatiently waiting for the first frost of 2015 so I can harvest my first crop. If you decide to put this wonderful vegetable in your garden, you will need to put it in a spot where you can allow it to run wild, because it will overtake your garden. But my research didn’t stop there. The

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odd name “Jerusalem artichoke” is a cor-ruption of the Italian “girasol,” which means “turns toward the sun,” and a claim that they tasted like artichokes. Its botanical name is helianthus (sunflower) tubersus (tubers). Native Americans called them “sun roots.” Jerusalem artichokes are closely related to the common sunflower and were originally domesticated by Native Americans in the eastern U.S., where they grow wild. The thing is, here in our short growing season, they barely have a chance to flower before a hard frost, so they never set seed. Thus, my conclusion is that any plants found in the Mohawk Valley were planted by human hands. Native Americans grew what they called “sun roots” as part of their Three Sisters plantings, placing them on the outer edges of their garden plots. Sunchokes grow to be almost 12 feet high and can support beans and pumpkin runners much better than corn stalks. The Oxford Companion to Food says that the plant was noted in writing as early as 1603, when Samuel de Champlain (the same guy Lake Champlain is named after)

described the root as tasting ”like an artichoke,” ostensi-bly started the name confusion that has plagued the vegeta-ble. In 1616 Cham-plain is credited with taking it back to France, from which moment it flourished in Eu-rope. The largest patch of sunchokes we found was in

Oriskany along the banks of the Mohawk River. I have to admit, I did dig up a few of these heirloom tubers to plant in my garden. If you plan on foraging for sunchokes from the area, either to add to your garden or just to eat, please do not take any from state or federal land and make sure you have the landowners’ permission to dig on their land. We traveled on and found more patches in Trenton, Barneveld, Holland Patent, and finally in Knoxboro and Solsville. I now find myself looking along the edge of corn fields, river and creek banks, everywhere we travel to see if I can spot them. So as you travel the Mohawk Valley, look for these plants and know that a won-derful, nutty- flavored, nutritional power-house is waiting to be dug up and eaten, or cultivated in your garden. Sunchokes can be sautéed in butter with mushrooms for a very simple side dish, and they make an unusual raw fridge pickle. Many farm-to-table chefs are using them as wonderful fall vegetable selections on their menus, and many farmers are seeing new emerging markets for them – so keep your eyes open for these gnarly tubers that re-

semble ginger at your farmers markets. But my favorite way to eat them is roasted and then made into a velvety soup. However, remember to be patient and wait to harvest after the first frost when their flavor is at its best.

Roasted Sunchoke SoupBy Denise Szarek1-2 lbs, sunchokes, scrubbed, cleaned, and dried4 T. olive oil (a squash oil would be won-derful here)1 onion, diced1 clove of garlic, smashed3 sprigs of thyme and 2 of rosemary, tied in a string3 cups of chicken stock (vegetable stock will work also)Salt and pepper to tasteyogurtToasted pumpkin seeds, for garnish

In a 375 degree oven, place the sunchokes on a baking sheet, drizzle with oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Yes, no peel-ing, but cut large pieces in half to ensure even roasting. Roast for 35-40 minutes until fork tender.

Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a pot, add on-ions, garlic, and a pinch of salt and sauté for 5 minutes until translucent. Add the herb bundle and cook a few more minutes, then add the chicken stock, roasted sunchokes, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer 5-10 minutes more to meld the flavors. Then stir and mix the soup with a hand blender until smooth and creamy.

To serve, ladle into bowls, top with a dol-lop of yogurt, and top with toasted pumpkin seeds for garnish. Enjoy! •

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mv Family road trip will’s cackleberry castle pumpkin farm in camdenstory and photos By Melinda Karastury

Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter. The arrival of night is earlier and the temperatures cool and crisp. The deciduous trees change color and shed their vibrant leaves. The sights, smells, and multicolored land-scape of fall flood the mind with memories of selecting just the right pumpkin all in anticipation for Halloween activities. The school bus pulls up in front of the house and Alana bolts to the door, throws it open, and exclaims, “Woohoo, today we get to go to a pumpkin farm with Kaydence!” The family piles into the Subaru and heads around the corner to pick up Kaydence, the youngest of all the cous-ins. This is Kaydence’s first trip to a pumpkin farm and Alana shares with her some cool pumpkin- carving ideas. Kaydence is noticeably excited as she claps her hands and smiles at the prospect of selecting a bright orange pump-kin to bring home. Will’s Cackleberry Castle Pumpkin Farm is located at 1175 Hillsboro Rd., Camden, NY and is family owned and operated by Chris Portner and Misty Will Portner since 2011. Misty is the granddaughter of original owners

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and pigs to view. Alana and Kaydence talk to the animals, “Cluck, cluck, and oink, oink,” and bounce between the Dal-matian dog and crayon bounce hous-es. The girls continue on to the totem pole of pumpkins stacked high with many different faces. Alana says, “Wow, they must have been carving pumpkins for days and days to make all of this!” Kaydence notices Wanda’s Witch’s wishing well and asks for a nickel to make a wish. The farm also features Mrs. Pumpkin, the talking pump-kin. The girls get a kick out of the larger-than-life friendly pumpkin. They visit the pumpkin patch area next and make a tough decision on a tall, skinny, round, fat, large, small or bumpy pumpkin to bring home to carve. Kaydence says, “I like this pumpkin because it is tiny like me and I can carry it.” Alana finds a tall pumpkin and says, “This tall pump-kin is perfect for the design I want to

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carve.” The day is winding down and Alana would like to end it by going on a spooky bumpy hayride, driven by Jeff, through a cornfield with ghoulish figures throughout. A few of them brought chills down our backs and oth-ers a giggle or two. There is so much to ex-plore and enjoy we couldn’t help but indulge our sweet tooth at the Fudge Fer All house before we go. Chocolate decadence! As we exit we stop at the farm stand with local produce for sale, including gourds, squash, mums, Indian corn, apples, cider, ma-ple syrup, honey, and corn stalks. We thank the Portner family for a fantastic evening and look forward to returning again at night to see Will’s Cackleberry Pumpkin Farm all lit up. •

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Have you ever stopped at a rest area while traveling on the thruway? Back in the 1700s and 1800s the area that is now

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The Wish FairyBelieve in Magic!Local children’s book series

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Sun., Oct. 4th, 1-3pm, New Hartford LibraryTues., Oct. 13th, 4-6pm, Dunham Library, Whitesboro

www.sandrareilly.com (315) 542-9208

the great carrying place

In August 1777, the fort withstood a siege by British troops and their al-

lies. The failed attempt to take the fort, combined with other battles including the Battle of Oriskany, prevented the

northern colonies from being taken by the British.

Fort Stanwix National Monument, The Willett Center is Open Daily 9-5,

Fort hours: 9:15-4:45 with Ranger-led tours leaving from Willett center at 10am & 2pm

100 N. James Street, Rome, NY

The City of Rome was chosen to be the host-city for the 2015 LocktoberFest celebration. The free event is

Saturday, October 3rd from 1pm-8pm with live music, food trucks, free kayak rentals, craft fair, farmers market,

craft beer tasting, bounce houses and fireworks. Bellamy Harbor Park, Mill Street, Romewww.romenewyork.com/event/locktoberfest

Tues-Sat 10-6 • 8636 Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford (315) 733-8800www.bazanbakery.com Like Us on Facebook!

Hand-crafted Old World artisan breads & wood-fired all natural

Neapolitan pizza.European inspired

all-natural sweet treats!

Wood-fired Artisan Bakery Old World breads Wood-fired Pizza

582 Main St., New York Mills, M-Sat 11-6 315-768-6465 www.wildthingspetshop.comSalt Water & Fresh Water Fish, Reptiles and Small Mammals

Over 200 Aquariums!

park ranger Dan Umstead is dressed in his militia outfit. he ishappy to answer your questions about the american revolution.

The Adventure Club takes Riggy on a walk on the Mohawk River Trail.

Check out the awesome map! (center spread) The

kids start at Culverton Rd. and walk a mile and a half along the Mohawk River to

Chestnut Street.

Bellamy Park was named for Francis

Bellamy, who is most famous for authoring the “Pledge of Alle-giance.” He is buried

in Rome.

Original Pledge of Allegiance of 1892

“I pledge alle-giance to my Flag and the republic

for which it stands, one nation indivisi-

ble, with liberty and justice for all.”

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Save the DateSaturday • October 10th • 9am – 3pm

Fall Family Festival & Open HouseLIVE MUSIC!FREE GIFTS!FREE COMMEMORATIVE T-SHIRT!* * while supplies last. MILL TOURS!REFRESHMENTS!

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For some off-leash time for Riggy, the Kids head down to

the Bark Park at 500 Chestnut Street to the Bark Park--a fun place for dogs to run around

and meet other pooches! Register your dog at Rome

City Hall, 198 N Washington St., Rome, (315) 339-7656

www.romenewyork.com/document/5861.pdf

bark park!

Children’s Museumof History, Science, and Technology in Utica, N.Y.

Come Play With Us!

Book your birthday party today!311 Main St., Utica • 315-724-6129

Visit us at www.UticaCM.org for hours and admission.

Mention this adfor 1 FREE Childadmission per

group!

Since 1967! Servicing all brands of snowmobiles, ATVs, mowers, boats, & snowblowers!

Look for Fall Rebates!6315 Elmer Hill Rd., Rome (315)336-4817

SCHOFF

Michele cheers on her dog, Percy!

Enjoy a little Italy at The Vigneto Restaurant!

Located on the site where Rome’s

oldest restaurant--The Plaza--once

stood for over 100 years. The Vigneto Restaurant still serves up traditional Italian

food like their Plaza Style (thick crust) pizza and their popular Chicken Parmesan (only $8!)

229 E. Dominick St., Rome

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Lunchtime!did you know?!Tim Russ of Star Trek Voyager is a Rome Free

Academy graduate, receiving his

diploma in 1974.

Old-Fashioned

Gas Station!

Check out this 1930 gas station that was turned into

a cool museum!Sears Oil Co. Museum201 N. George St., Rome.

www.hpsearsoil.com

Delta Lake

State Park

Swimming season is over, but you can still walk the beach or one of the many hiking or nature trails (dogs on leash), play in the sand, go fishing, or launch your canoe or kayak at

Delta Lake State Park, 8797 State Route 46, Rome

www.nysparks.com/parks/66/details.aspx

come back next month for more exploring in rome with The

Mohawk Valley Adventure Club!

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Where good friends

Meet to Eat!Enjoy breakfast or

a quick lunch!8170 Seneca Tpke., Clinton (315) 732-3631Mon-Fri 6am-2pm, Sat & Sun 6am-1pm

2755 State Rt 8, Cold Brook, NY 13324 • 826-5050Mon. 4 - 9pm • Tues. Closed • Wed. - Sun. 12 Noon - 9pm

Great Food • Great Spirits • Great Times

Life is Good at The Ohio Tavern!

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at the Kettle

The Most Unique Upside Down Pizza You Ever Tasted!

315-381-3231

Tues-Thurs: 11am-9pm, Fri & Sat: 11am-10pm, Sun: 1pm-8pm7756 State Route 5, Clinton Located inside Spaghetti Kettle www.primopizza1.com

Primo Pizza

Try our Gourmet Pizzas!

Chicken Wing, Primo Margarita,

Philly Cheese Steak, Chicken Bacon Ranch,

Our Unique Upside Down Pizza!Gluten-Free Pizza! Clinton & local delivery 4:30-9pm

Weekday SpecialsTues- 20” X-Large Cheese Pizza . . . . $9.95(Toppings 2.25 ea, X-Cheese 2.95)

Wed-Small Cheese Pizza & 20 Wings . . . $14.95

Thurs- 2 Large Cheese Pizzas . . . . . $16.00+Tax / Toppings Extra

Pizza and Wing SpecialsSm. Cheese & 20 - 17.95Lg. Cheese & 25 - 22.95Lg. Cheese & 50 - 32.95

(plus tax. celery, blue cheese, toppings extra)

20 Years of Pizza Making!

HOME STYLE COOKING

•Daily breakfast & luncheon specials

•Ask about our family bowling special!

8125 Rt.12, Barneveld, NY (315) 896-2871 Open early everyday!

barneveld

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Family fun and food all in one

place at ADK Diner &

Lanes!

Ohio Tavern’s signature sauerbraten w/potato pancakes and red cabbage. Thursday is

German night featuring German dishes!

Celebrating30 Years!

Serving healthy and delicious salads, grilled sandwiches, and homemade soups.Heidelberg Bread & Café

Baking all natural breads – available throughout New York State

3056 Rte 28 N., Herkimer(315) 866-0999

Mon-Sat: 7am-6pm, Sun: 7am-5pmFind us on Facebook!

(315) 866-7669 122 W. Albany St., Herkimer

Serving Breakfast and Lunch M-F: 7am-2:30pmFREE WI-FI

by Chef Dominick Scalise

Let me create a culinary experience for you!

“At home” dinners

our specialty!

The Grill Kitlas Restaurantat Owned & Operated by the

same family since 1939

Featuring a NewAmerican Menu

including,Potato ParmesanCrusted Chicken

Grilled Mediterranean Haddock with Tomato

Pepper SauceHouse Specialties

and more.Always reasonable

prices.

Lunch: Mon-Fri: 11:30-2, Dinner: Mon-Sat: 4:30-9, Party accommodations up to 60Rte 5S, Turner St. Exit (1/4 mi. east of Pitcher St. Post Office) (315) 732-9616

Herkimer

The

Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor since 1974! 264 East Main Street, Frankfort, NYOpen Mon-Fri: 6am-10pm, Sat & Sun: 7am-10pm www.theknightspot.com (315) 894-4054

Fall Ice Cream Flavors of the Month:Apple Pie & Pumpkin

Serving the “real” deal Crowley soft

ice cream!Plus

Gifford’s award-winning hard

ice cream!

Breakfast, Lunch,

Dinner!

Window Service & Take Out

& OutsideSeating!

Celebrating our 41st Anniversary!

The Palumbo Family will treat you

like Royalty!

Frankfort

WIGWAM TAVERNNY 28, Forestport

315-392-4811

Find/Friend us on Facebook and check out our daily

specials and upcoming events!

forestport

little falls

S. Ann St., Canal Place, Little Falls

Breakfast, Lunch, Homemade Soups & Sandwiches

and our delicious Desserts Including our Famous Cream Puffs!

823-3290Mon-Fri 7am-3pm, Sat & Sun 7-4

Cooler weather means home-made soups and stews atDominick’s, like this hearty mushroom stew!

Elegant CateringServed throughout the Upstate region!

Parties, picnics, high tea, or an intimate dinner for two at home!

Daily lunch and dinner take-out Mon-Fri Call 768-70378411 Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford

And visit our NEW cafe at 116 Business Park Dr., Utica!Take out M-F: 8am-3pm Visit us on facebook for daily specials

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Known throughout The Valley for hearty homemade soups,

traditional Italian and zesty Mexican dishes!

piccolocafe

Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner Wednesday-Sunday365 Canal Place, Little Falls www.piccolo-cafe.com

Check out our tempting specials on facebook every week!

Great food served in a relaxing atmosphere.

518 East Main Street, Little Falls (315) 508-5156Open Mon-Sat: 4pm-10pm facebook.com/CopperMooseAleHouse

27 draft beers on tap featuring many NY state craft beers.

“Traditional French & American Cuisine”prepared by chef James Aufmuth

Located at historic Canal Place, Little Falls (315) 823-1170 Serving dinner Tues-Sat at 5pm www.canalsideinn.com

Est. 1982

Fine Dining • Lounge Grill Menu • Bed & BreakfastWe use seasonal products from local and regional farmers and artisan producers. Serving

fresh, sustainable seafood and fish.

Enjoy the Canal Side Inn’s signature dessert, Straw-berries Jayne, a meringue shell filled with vanilla ice cream, strawberry sauce, & fresh strawberries.

Follow A Moveable Feast on Facebook to see the daily take out specials!

American Family FareBreakfast • Lunch • Dinner • Take-out

Banquets and catering featuring full menu options (call Chef Michael or Joan)

7239 Route 20, Madisonwww.quacksvillageinn.com

(315) 893-1806Sun, Tues-Thurs:

6:30am-7pm, Fri & Sat: 6:30am-8pm

Like us on Facebook!

marcy

9663 River Rd., Marcy

797-7709 Mon.-Fri. 6am-8pm, Sat. 6am-1pm, Sun. 7am-7pm, Ice Cream 11-9 Daily

Take Out & Delivery!

Now Serving Ice Cream!Breakfast Served All Day!

Fresh Haddock • GiambottaMushroom Stew • Chicken & Biscuits

Meatloaf Goulash & More!

new hartford

Newport’s Best Kept Secret for Primitive Gifts!

OPEN: Wed thru Sat 11:30am til 8pm

www.mainstreetristorante.comCheck out our popular Ristorante on site!

7431 Main St Rt. 28 Newport, NY315 845-8835

Main Street Gift Shoppe

Barn Stars, Candles, Folk Art, Textiles, Olde Century Colors Paint, Lighting, Signs, Furniture and more!

1st Annual Back Yard Sale! Sat. Oct. 10th, 10-4Primitives, Vinmtage, Old, and New... Dont’s miss it! (rain or shine)

Full Buffet & Salad Barserved Mon-Fri 11:30-2:30

Wednesday Night Buffet 4:30-8:30Serving Lunch & Dinner Mon-Sat

Full Menu Available Mon-Thurs 11:30-9pm, Fri & Sat 11:30-10pm

Enjoyauthentic Lebanese Cuisine

623 French RoadNew Hartford

(315) 733-2709

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Open for Lunch Tuesday-Friday

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Open for Dinner Tuesday-Thursday

5PM to 9PM

Open for Dinner Friday & Saturday

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Closed Sunday & Monday

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8630 Seneca Turnpike New Hartford 724-8672 .

Open 9AM to 10PM Sundays 12 to 6!

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326 S. Caroline St Herkimer 867-5800 .


601 French Road, New Hartford (315) 765-0504www.cafecrete.com • facebook.com/cafecrete

Mon-Thurs 9am-4pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pmLunch Buffet (regular menu available) Mon-Fri: 10:30am-3pm, Sat: 11am-3:30pm

Let us cater your graduation or private party.Enjoy a full Mediterranean experience in our new dining room!

Alexys Bolton, student at Herkimer County Community College, serves fish fry dinners with a smile!

Mitsuba Japanese Cuisine17 Ellinwood Dr., New Hartford

(The Orchard Plaza)(315) 768-8266

Serving Lunch & Dinner 7 Days a Week

www.mitsubarestaurants.com

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Limit 1 per person per party, excludes lobster, filet mignon, scallops, and Emperor Dinner. Less or equal value. Not valid w/other coupons. Expires

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remsen

10101 Dustin Rd (Route 12) Remsen (315) 831-5181

DRIVE-IN

Closing for the season October 12th

The staff wants to thank you for a great year!

See you in the Spring of 2016!

rome

Something Good & a Lot of It! www.brendasnaturalfoods.comBrenda’s Natural Foods

236 W. Dominick St., Rome (315) 337-0437 M-F 9:30-6, Sat 10-3Natural Groceries • Supplements • Local Foods Organic Produce & Plants

Natural Food Cafe Now Open!

Featuring: Gluten-free options and

homemade soups!

Call 336-0671615 Erie Blvd. W., RomeOpen M-Thurs 11-9, Fri & Sat 11-10, Sun 4-9

Try our wood fired brick oven pizzas!

Enjoy a pre-dinner drink at our new full bar addition- Black Dog

Saloon!

DiCastro’sBRICK OVENTake Out &

Delivery!

Weekend Haddock Specials

Homemade Pastaand Sauce

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Weekend SpecialsPrime Rib EverySaturday Night!

Boyz Italyfrom

315-334-4832262 W. Dominick St., Rome

Open 7 Days a Week 11-9 www.TheBoyzfromItaly.com

Italian-American Cuisine Restaurant

& PizzeriaFamily-owned and operated for 24 years!

Creamy Tomato Basil soup and Grandwich #13

307 N. James St., Rome 315-281-8889 PH • www.ballistersbistro.com

Dine-In or Take OutMon - Fri 8am-4pm • Sat & Sun 9am-4pm

GOURMET SANDWICHESSIDE SALADS • SOUPS • BAGELS • COFFEE • DESSERTS

BALLISTER’S

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The Country Store with More!

Snacks, Beer, Pizza, Wings, Subs, Gas, Diesel,

Non-Ethanol Gas,Gifts and much,

much more!

2114 Rte 29, Salisbury 315-429-3224 Open 7 Days a Weekwww.countrystoreny.com

ROme

salisbury

We specialize in classic homemade Italian, fresh Ital-ian-American and gluten free. All of our recipes and cooking techniques stem from gener-

ations of family memories in the kitchen, where the love of food begins. After all, “life is too short not to enjoy good wine and great food!”

229 E. Dominick St., Rome 315-533-5447Open Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 10pm Sunday 12pm - 9pm

www.thevignetorome.com Facebook: The Vigneto Restaurant

A Family Tradition

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sauquoit/Cassville

Mon-Thurs 11-3Fri-Sun 8-3195 Main St. Sharon Springs(518) 284-2575www.blackcat-ny.com

Innovative food made with local & organic ingredients

whenever possible,and exceptional serviceand warm atmosphere.

utica

Breakfast, Lunch, Deliveries, Take Out & Catering!Check out our weekly specials on facebook and at www.rososcafe.comOpen: Mon-Fri 9-2185 Genesee St 2nd Floor, Utica315 735-7676

NEW“Grab-and-Go!”

1st Floor8am-2pm

Wendy’s DinerBest Fish Fry Around!

1717 Route 8, Cassville (315) 839-5000Mon-Thurs 6am-2pm, Fri 6am-8pm

Sat 6am-1pm, Sun 6am-12(breakfast only)

Put on your fat pants

and head to Wendy’s Diner!

sharon springs

The Country Store’s famous calzone is huge!

1700 North James St., Rome(315) 336-1111

Breakfast & Lunch daily 7am-3pm

2634 Genesee St., South Utica(315) 724-6795

Breakfast & Lunch daily 7am-3pmDinner Wed - Sat 4pm-10pm

4784 Commercial Dr., New Hartford(315) 736-1363

Breakfast & Lunch daily 7am-3pm

www.raspberriescafeutica.com • Facebook: Raspberries Rome / Raspberries Utica • Kids Menu Available

Locally Owned & Operated Catering Available • Homemade Desserts Every Day

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KnuckleheadsBREW HOUSE

Serving lunch and dinner 7 days a week. Open til 2am7362 East Main Street, Westmoreland (315) 853-1351

www.knucklheadsbrewhouse.com

Homestyle American Fare From Wings to Prime Rib!Check out our daily specials including Friday fish fry and Saturday wood smoked prime rib!Happy hour every day 4-7pm featuring craft beers and a full bar.

Traditional Lebanese fare for breakfast & lunch!Middle Eastern Specials and Groceries

Pita and Flat Bread • Spinach & Meat Pies • Baklawa

Tues - Fri: 9am -5pm, Sat: 9am - 3pm(315) 736-1728 137 Campbell Ave, Yorkville

www.karamsbakery.com

KARAM’SMiddle Eastern

Bakery & Restaurant

77 years serving the Mohawk Valley!

Visit our three Locations:Oriskany Blvd. Yorkville • The Utica Zoo • Ilion Marina, 190 Central Ave, Ilion

Now Open at the Ilion Marina! Enjoy Voss’ fun family fare like ham-burgers, hot dogs, milkshakes, and ice cream! Casual dockside dining and indoor dining. Watch the boats go by! Open daily 11am-9pm.

utica

washington mills

westmoreland

yorkville

Breakfast & Lunch cooked fresh to order!

Handmade Cookies & Seasonal Pusties

Always Fresh, Never Frozen!

Try Our Fall menu!

Using fresh local apples & pumpkins

www.sammyandanniefoods.com • menu available online(315) 896-2173 • Open M-F 8am-4pm • Serving Breakfast 8-11, Lunch 11-2

Contact us to order for your upcoming parties!

Welcome to “Our Home”with strong Italian roots and Gagoots!

Beer Battered Fish FryServing Lunch and Dinner Tues.-Sat.

Come try out our new expanded menu! Bigger and better than ever!

Broccoli & Hats with Shrimp

Like usfor daily specials!

3963 Oneida St., New Hartford (Washington Mills) (315) 507-2794Catering and Banquet Room Available! www.papajoesrestaurantny.com

Specializing in Weddings & Banquets

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ACCOMMODATIONS UP TO 200 GUESTS

16 Erie St. Yorkville, NY 13495 (315) 736-9359www.clubmonarch.net

Friday night dinners featuring our famous fresh haddock fish fry!

Full menu available - Serving every Friday 4-8:30

Now accepting reservations for Thanksgiving!

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Deli • Bulk Foods & Cheese • Chocolate Items Coffee (ass’t. blends) • Baking Supplies & Much More!

Phone (315) 893-7437 Fax (315) 893-1854Open M-F 8-5, Sat 8-4, Closed Sundays

Route 20 in Madison, New York www.earleyfarm.com

Kountry Kupboard IIA division of Earley Farm & Hardware, Inc.

“Always a Great Deal More at the Kupboard!”

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Alana Karastury and Elaina Crissey at the Utica Marsh Trail with wildflower bouquets and their doll’s, Alex and Parker

15 Seymour Lane, Westmoreland, NY

Veterinary CareBoarding

Grooming by Toni Bartolomie

Home ofDr. Heather’s House Calls315-853-2408

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The sky is overcast and it is a breezy morning. It is the perfect weather for a walk along the Utica Marsh Trail. The family (comprised of Rob, Joshua, Alana, Eli-ana and me) arrives at the bike trail across from the Utica Harbor locks. Armed with our water bottles, binoculars and, of course, the girl’s dolls, we begin our adventure down the straight bike path along the New York State Barge Canal. The kids run to the canal and check out a local boat named “Governor Roosevelt 1928.” The bike trail is straight and paved. The girls are so excited to get moving, they run up a hill to the Utica sign tower and discover a beautiful owl feather atop the hill. The highway is abuzz right above our heads and Alana exclaims, “Wow I have never been under a bridge with cars and trucks driving above my head!” Eliana notices the graffiti decorating the underpasses and asks, “What do all the paintings and

Thinking of adopting a cat, kitten, or bunny rabbit?Spring Farm CARESAnimal Sanctuarywww.springfarmcares.org

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Fynmore’sC U S T O M F R A M I N G

New Hartford: 8502 Seneca Turnpike (315) 735-9066 Open Mon, Thurs, Fri: 10-6; Tues & Wed: 10-5; Sat: 10-3

Boonville: 143 Main Street (315) 942-4049Open Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat 9-3

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Master Picture FramersConservators & Restorers of Art

Needlework SpecialistsCustom Mirrors

Awards and Engraving, Inc.Special Awards from the Awards Specialists

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words mean? How did it get here?” Giggling a little, we explain that people use spray paint and make personal statements with words or artwork. Several bikers zip by and wave hello. A couple on a tandem bike stops and asks if we could take a picture of them next to the lock and canal. The couple is taking a week’s vacation biking from Buffalo to Albany. Crossing the railroad tracks, we arrive at the Utica Marsh Trail sign. A heron flies overhead and a gull caws as Josh quickly points his binoculars up to the sky. Along the marsh trail, we observe frogs, ducks, wasps, bees, dragonflies, flocks of birds, trees growing in the marsh on little islands, and the list goes on and on. The Utica Marsh is 213 acres of urban wetland situated partly on the edge of the City of Utica, partly in the Town of Marcy, sandwiched between the Mohawk Riv-er on the south and the New York State Barge Canal on the north. The mixture of cattail wetlands, wet meadows, open water pools, and flooded willows create a diverse marsh habitat and a variety of plants and animals. The Marsh Trail has two observation towers, one viewing platform with a ramp and hardened trail, several trails com-

The Utica Harbor Lock guard gate is used for flood control

The Gov. Roosevelt 1928 boat anchored in the NY Barge Canal

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Trenton StationLIQUORS & WINES

Welcome to a historic landmark with an inviting atmosphere & exceptional customer service!An extensive selection of NY State, imported wines and liquors.Half & Full case discountsOwners Chris Buck and Terry HudonLike us on facebook!

Open Mon-Sat: 9-9, Sun: 12-6, 8231 Route 12, Barneveld (315) 896-4444

Locally owned & operated!

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Andrea enjoys a delicious BLT with a side of greens

off the seasonal menu

plete with boardwalks over the wet areas, water control dikes, parking areas, a pavilion, and car top boat launch site on the Mohawk River. The Utica Marsh Council volunteer members clean up the marsh up every spring as a major out-reach event to city residents. The Utica Marsh is also an educational field laboratory for school and college classes throughout the Mohawk Valley to learn about wetland ecology. The marsh is so vast, beautiful, and diverse. Alana and Eliana each pick a bouquet of wildflowers along the path. Just as the kids began to complain about being hungry, an apple tree is discovered with abundant red ripe Empires. Rob, Josh, Alana, and Eliana each bite into the crisp, sweet apples. Noon approaches, and after about a four-mile hike, bird watching, and nature study, we all crave diner food. After a short trip to 9663 River Rd., Marcy, we arrive at the Riverside Diner, family owned and operated by Mike and Jenalle Killino. Carlee Sgroi welcomes us and tells us, “Please sit any-where you like and I will be right with you.” We order our raspberry iced tea and waters and look over the breakfast and lunch menu. A friend of the family, Heather Messenger, is our server. Rob orders the appetizers of long hots, buffalo mozza-rella sticks, and chicken tenders. Waiting for the starters, we read over the menu to the kids. Heath-er takes our lunch order: kids’ slider cheeseburg-ers with fries, a Reuben with macaroni salad, a Sunshine burger, and the daily special baked ham and eggs sunny-side up with home fries and toast. Chef Wayne Jenning cooks up our appetizers perfectly and it is all gobbled up very quickly. The buffalo mozzarella sticks are a favorite for the en-tire table. Everyone’s lunch is delicious, and some to-go containers are brought to the table. River-

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side Diner just opened up a Perry’s ice cream window to the rear of the building and our sweet tooth got the best of us. Josh orders a root beer float with root beer ice cream, which he says is the best he’s ever had. Alana orders a bubble-gum slushie. Eliana gets a tutti fruitti ice cream cone. Josh, Alana, and Eliana eat up the sweets so fast, you would have never guessed they just ate a huge lunch. After satisfying everyone’s sweet tooth, we thank everyone at Riverside Diner. The car is echoing with a million questions and each of us has a pocket full of feathers, rocks, and heart-shaped leaves. The day is still young and a nice hike of the urban wetland not only educates us all but also energizes the afternoon. The questions and research don’t end on the trail but continue as the family looks up on the comput-er a variety of the animals and plant life observed to-day. Walking along the canal is a great start to the Utica Marsh Trail, but we all agree next time we want to bring our bikes and travel farther down the path of discovery. •

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The Viti Brothers1222 E. Main St., Frankfort

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“Quality isour Specialty”

Bear Path Antiques

Open weekends (and by chance) late May-June; Open Thurs-Mon: July-October. Closed Tues & Wed

(315) 369-9970 • 13912 State Rte 28, Otter Lake

A general line of quality, affordable antiquesincluding furniture, primitives, smalls, china,

and antique accessories.

Open Daily 10-510242 Route 12N, Remsen, NY 13438

(315) 831-8644www.backofthebarnantiques.com

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One thing that should be taken into ac-count when you consider Utica’s resident pair of Peregrine Falcons, Astrid and Ares, is that they are not just any peregrines. They are among the champions of their genera-tion; they represent the best of the best. They wouldn’t be able to win and keep a prime territory if they didn’t possess above-aver-age intelligence and if they weren’t the most exemplary fliers, hunters, and fighters. Also, it’s important to recognize that the standard of excellence required to control a coveted breeding territory only gets higher as the population of peregrines continues to grow in New York state. Since the quantity of preferred nest locations remains relatively finite, competition for those prime sites only increases with time. This kind of compe-

tition acts like a crucible that concentrates and enhances the birds’ most extreme abil-ities and keeps them at the very top of their game. Early in the breeding season, I recall looking at the eggs in the nest box and won-dering about the chicks that were develop-ing inside. Within those marvelous compact structures would come the representatives of one of the most amazing species on the planet, one that exemplifies a pinnacle of evolution’s genius. Peregrine Falcons pos-sess speed, agility, and beauty of form un-surpassed in the animal kingdom, but as our local falcon watchers witnessed, the species also possess loyalty, determination, and a sense of altruism. This season, Astrid began laying eggs

on the first day of April, which was nine days earlier than in 2014. However, just like last year, out of a clutch of four eggs, only three hatched. During the hatching period and the earliest days of brooding young, Astrid seemed to be more tolerant of Ares’ presence at the nest than she was last year. Occasionally, she even allowed him to be alone with the tiny nestlings. She also let him handle some of the early feedings, while retaining her role as the primary care giver. On many occasions when Ares would bring food to the nest box, Astrid would quickly, and often comically, snatch it from him and then proceed to feed the nestlings herself. It’s important to keep in mind that with Peregrine Falcons and with raptors in general, the adult female of the family rules

Astrid (left) and Ares seemed to be looking for Orion

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ficial Fledgling Watch started on June 15th. It turned out that it began not a moment too soon, as Comet fledged that very day. A few days before he fledged, Comet had been ex-ploring the platform on the west side of the box. There he had room to stretch his wings and test what it would be like to be away from his siblings. The platforms, dubbed the east and west “verandas,” were installed on both sides of the box and were intended to give the nestlings more space to exercise. According to some observers on the ground, Comet’s fledging may have been

the roost. The adult male is subservient to her in every way and seems perfectly fine with the arrangement. During feedings, at least initially, the dy-namic inside the nest box was nearly identi-cal to what we saw last year. The two oldest nestlings seemed to receive the largest share of food while the youngest one got less at-tention. Just like last year, watchers of our falcon webcam worried that the youngest chick wasn’t getting enough, but prey was plentiful this season and all three received more than adequate nutrition. Telling the nestlings apart wasn’t too difficult. Even in the early days, the oldest chick (named Comet) could be recognized by his pale legs. For the falcon watchers this feature harkened back to Indi, the first chick to hatch in 2014. It seemed an interesting coin-cidence that for two consecutive years, As-trid’s first hatchling would have this unusual feature. If it was a nutrient deficiency that caused the lack of skin pigment, the chick soon made up for it with a voracious appe-tite and enough of a size advantage to be the first chick to be fed at meal times for at least the first two weeks. The other two chicks (in order of hatching named Skye and Orion) had yellow legs and feet just like their coun-

terparts from last season. Determining the sexes of young falcon nestlings is usually done by mea-suring the width of the chick’s leg near where it attaches to the foot. The leg width and foot size of a female is typically larger. During banding operations, the gender of the chicks is easily deter-mined, because their legs can be measured while they are held. However, due to the peculiarities of the Utica nest box’s loca-tion, banding was deemed

unsafe for the birds and was ruled out. That left us struggling to figure out males from females. Last year it was obvious that Indi was a female due to her big feet, and Tres (the last to hatch in 2014) was clear-ly a small-footed male. Last year’s middle chick (named Leda) had feet and legs of in-termediate size. In fact, right up until Leda fledged, we remained unsure of his gender. It ultimately took comparing the size of his wingspan to that of his father’s. This year it seemed that all three of the chicks were like Leda – all were intermediate in size. Tell-ing true size was further complicated by our new nest box webcam. The view it provided was excellent since it showed the whole in-terior of the box, but the super-wide angle lens was like a fish-eye lens and it greatly distorted the size of the birds. Whichever bird was closer to the center of the box ap-peared larger than its counterparts standing off to the sides. Finally, close to fledging time we came to the conclusion that Orion, the youngest chick, was the brood’s only fe-male; that Comet, like his father, was a me-dium sized male; and that the jury was still out on Skye, but that it, too, was probably a male. The Utica Peregrine Falcon Project’s of-

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accidental. Apparently, Astrid had landed too close to him on the nest box’s perch and may have nudged him off. Whether or not it was inadvertent, Comet’s wings were ready to fly. He glided west around the Ad-irondack Bank – maintaining altitude the whole while. He circled to the north side of the building and came down on a 15th story window ledge. The ledge he settled on was small, but with newly fledged falcons, virtu-ally any landing is a good landing. However, it soon became clear that Comet didn’t have a clue about what to do next. When spotters on the ground finally located him, they saw him trying to scamper up the bricks on the side of the building. Was he trying to get to the roof? Regardless, his attempt to ascend

the wall wasn’t working. He would climb up a few feet and then just hang there like a large blue bat, only to repel back to the same ledge. On the following day, Comet took to the air again. He flew around the southeast cor-ner of the Adirondack Bank Building and, according to observers, he struck a window on the building’s east face. Fortunately, the window had a screen on it and it was able to absorb some of the impact, otherwise he may have been seriously injured. After that strike, he came down onto a relatively wide 15th story ledge and there he stayed. At the time we weren’t sure if he was hurt or not. He wasn’t drooping a wing, which could have been a sign of wing damage, but he also wasn’t stretching or flapping his wings

very much. In retrospect, I think he may have sustained some bruising, but nothing more. From his new location, Comet must have heard the begging calls of his two siblings at the nest box, only about 50 feet away. They were just around the corner on the same building, but they may have well been a mile away. Certainly, Comet showed no inclination to fly there. After seemingly being ignored for a full day, Ares (the father) finally made a food delivery to Comet’s new location. In the period that immediately preceded the young leaving the nest, both parents per-formed aerial acrobatics in front of the nest box. The aim of the performances seemed to be to coax the nestlings to fly. With their actions the parents seemed to be saying, “See how awesome this is kids? How about giving it a try?” The skill and control the parents exhibited during these demonstra-tion flights were certainly remarkable and they made most of us on the ground begin to root for the young birds to give it a try. From his vantage on the east side of the building, Comet could see some of his parents’ antics. But as impressive as they were, they didn’t succeed in tempting him to fly again. In fact, he remained on that window ledge for four full days. His only real exercise during that time was to walk along the side of the build-

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The nestlings developed very quickly

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After fledging, Comet tries to scale the building

ing from one ledge to another. Meanwhile, his brother, Skye, continued to do everything right. He was spending an increasing amount of time exercising his wings on the verandas and even exploring the window ledges that lay beyond. This en-tailed performing tricky negotiations around pillars. He was also flapping his wings a lot and testing his landing gear by making short jump/flights between the box’s perch and the roof of the nest box. He regularly returned to the box to join Orion for meals. Orion and Skye got into a few tussles during this peri-od, but none were serious and all seemed to be in the spirit of good fun. I do recall Skye biting and pulling Orion’s tail during one of them. On June 18th, Orion became more

daring and walked out onto the west veran-da. Until that time, she had been the least in-terested in interacting with the world outside the box. While the other two logged many hours standing on the box’s outer ledge and even venturing out onto the perches and ve-randas, she was content to putter around the family den and wait for food deliveries from Ares. To date, she had done little in the way of exercising her wing muscles. This was not surprising since she was the last chick to hatch and the only female. Females, being up to 30% larger than males, typically take more time to develop. Also, of the three, she was the last to completely molt out of her white downy plumage, so even as her brothers were fledging, she still retained some fluffy white feathers on her head and back. A classic pose for Orion at this time was to lie down in the box with her head pointing out and her bill resting on the lip of the box. Prompted by Skye’s activities and possi-

bly by the reduced amount of food coming to the box, Orion became more adventurous. In the early evening on the 18th, Astrid ar-rived at the box with prey; Orion excitedly dashed over to her and in doing so acci-dentally slipped down between the perch and a veranda platform. She didn’t even try to fly, but instead used her large talons to grapple onto the brick wall beneath the box. In a protective frenzy, both parents be-

gan swooping close to her, but there was nothing for them to do. Orion was not ready to fledge yet and after a minute of clinging to the wall, she half-dropped and half-glided to the ground. The Fledge Watch volun-teers were able to get to her quickly and at least ensure that she

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the pair made several low passes over the parking lot where she had come down. They also alighted on uncharacteristically low perches on the east side of the Adirondack Bank. They did seem to be looking for her.

Soon enough, how-ever, they were back to concentrating on their two remaining offspring. Comet, the first chick to test his wings, was still marooned on the same high window ledge and Skye had yet to fledge from the box. Of course, practically speak-ing, fewer chicks

meant fewer mouths to feed and this meant that Comet would get more food deliveries from Ares. During the period of Comet’s extended layover, some of us in the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project became concerned about Comet’s future prospects. While his brother, Skye, seemed to be tirelessly preparing for flight, Comet was exercising very little. It seemed more like he was waiting to be res-

cued. On June 19th, Skye fledged from the box. Unlike the other two chicks, his depar-ture was deliberate. He sailed beautifully over to the tall steeple of Grace Church and attempted to land on its peak, aborted that landing, and glided over the State Building, where he aborted yet another landing. Fi-nally, he touched down safely on the roof of the County Building. He had the right idea: Wide roofs are certainly much easier for beginners to land on than narrow ledges. A little later in the day he was in the air again. This time he flew over the Adirondack Bank Building before turning south and settling onto the roof of the State Office Building. With Skye’s successful launch we had a great example of what can happen when a bird does everything right. His wing muscles were obviously well tuned; he had stamina and this was made even more apparent by his willingness to fly again so soon again af-ter his maiden trip. Of course, the parents hadn’t given up on Comet. Though Ares had brought him food a few times, Astrid was using food as a lure to get him to fly again. She grabbed the prey from where Ares had left it for Comet and made a big show of flying away with it. Per-

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haps it was this, or maybe it was the sight of his brother’s triumphant tour of the Canyon, but after five days of being marooned on a single building, Comet finally made a move on June 20th. His flight took him across the canyon and south toward the State Office Building. He looked like he was aiming to land on a high window ledge when Astrid took off from her perch on the State Build-ing and flew directly across his path. This scuttled his planned landing and diverted him over to the west side of the same build-ing, where he put down safely on a window ledge. Apparently safe and sound and with another successful flight under his belt, Comet seemed to be settling in for another long rest. The reason for Astrid’s seemingly unhelpful intervention was a mystery to us at the time. On the same day, Skye made nearly a dozen flights around the canyon, which set

a new local record for a peregrine so recent-ly fledged. Most of his flights were from one side of the canyon to the other, but one thing was certain: He was quickly getting the knack of flying. The next day, for a brief while, the falcon watchers were unable to locate Skye. It turned out that he had joined his brother on the window ledge on the west side of the State Building. So, not only was he able to find his brother with little effort, he also managed to adeptly land right next to him on the same small window ledge. This was no mean feat for a bird that had little landing experience. The truth is that for these urban living raptors, flying isn’t as big a problem as landing. Together on the window ledge, Skye and Comet seemed to revel in their reunion. The two hadn’t been to-gether since Comet left the nest nearly a week earlier. It was at this point we be-gan to see the emer-gence of a fascinat-ing dynamic, one where two siblings help and encourage each other through difficult junctures of their lives. The earliest manifestation of this was Skye encouraging Comet to fly. And by succeeding to do so, he accomplished some-thing that his parents seemed unable to do. Despite his intransigence, Comet had the makings of a solid flyer; he surely had a good pair of wings. He could glide well and seemed to have an intrinsic ability to retain altitude – again, that is no mean feat. This time Comet’s flight took him to the very top of the State Building, where he joined Skye. But while Skye wasn’t content to stay in the same place for very long, Comet was still showing a reluctance to fly. We on

the ground again grew apprehensive about Comet’s prospects. How could such a tim-id individual ever prevail in the extremely competitive world of Peregrine Falcons? The words “timid” and “peregrine” seem completely antithetical. How would he be able to successfully hunt, or make one of this species’ trademark kamikaze-like dives at prey – the kind that literally knocks their targets out of the air? Furthermore, how was he going to get a mate, or win and hold ter-ritory? It’s hard to believe that such weighty concerns would soon completely vanish and that Comet would rise to unprecedented he-

ro-like status in just a matter of days. On the roof of the State Building it seemed that Skye never tired of en-couraging his broth-er to fly, and to their credit, neither did the parents. Astrid came in with food, partial-ly touched down and then lifted up again still clinging to the prey, trying to tempt the boys to come and get it. This worked fine with Skye, who

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engaging in some of the most remarkable stunt flying that any of us had ever seen. The two birds executed dazzling maneuvers at remarkable speeds. They performed bar-rel rolls and inversions as they sparred and played in the air. Although many of the fal-con watchers were moved to applaud when they saw some of these daredevil moves, some of us, including me, were much more squeamish. I never actually closed my eyes during one of their death-defying feats; in

fact, I was usually taking photos, but my heart almost stopped beating many times, especially when the brothers would narrow-ly miss striking a building or wire. I think it might be impossible to appreciate all of the aerial tricks that peregrine falcons do when they fly. Seeing them in real time, their mo-tions, though not a blur, are just too quick for the human eye to resolve in detail. It was only when I examined my photos that I could appreciate the extreme choreogra-phy of their maneuvers. There were many instances of a fully inverted bird stretching out his legs and grabbing toward the other. That’s all part of the aerial sparring that hap-pens at lightning speeds. It was obvious that by flying together and incessantly practicing their moves, the brothers had increased their skill levels in a much shorter time than ei-ther of them could have managed on their own. It’s funny to think of it now, but some of us went from worrying about Comet hav-ing enough nerve to fly, to worrying about what a risk-taking hotdog he was in the air. That was quite a turnaround for him and for us. Astrid and Ares seemed to make a con-scious effort to expand the brothers’ range to include Hotel Utica. The wide ledges on that historic building have always been

a favorite for this pair and for their prede-cessors as well. Astrid seemed particularly keen to get the boys over there and make it a regular destination for them. Using food as the incentive, the parents finally succeeded in getting them there and it was love at first sight. To the brothers, this was the best fort they could possibly imagine. Within hours of discovering it, both were seen sprawled out and apparently sleeping on one of the large accommodating ledges. Well, it is a hotel after all! •

Read Part II of the continuing adventures of the peregrine falcons of Utica in the November 2015 issue of Mohawk Valley Living.

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Cornelius Harry running the business until he sold it about 1945 to the Northern Lum-ber Company. The lumber yard was razed to expand Route 28. Cornelius Reuben Snell was vice-presi-dent of the First National Bank of Herkimer. He had interests in the McMillian Compa-ny of Syracuse and the Pratt Chuck Com-pany in Frankfort. He served as the village president and on the board at one time. He

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One of my favorite events as a youth was the FFA (Future Farmers of America) Agricultural Fair at Westmoreland Central School. It seemed like everyone in the school brought something to show, and everyone who did was rewarded with a beautiful blue, red, or white ribbon. The bus garage became a festival of brightly colored flowers and squashes in a multiplicity of shapes and textures. The smell of gas and oil was usurped by the heav-enly bouquet of baked cookies, cakes, and pies carefully wrapped in clear cellophane. There were picturesque jars of home-canned, golden peaches; crimson tomato sauce; and succulent green pickles from tenderly tended gardens. Homemade aprons, skirts, and em-broidered tea towels showed off the skills of young sewers.

CHAPTER 13TALES FROM SHAWANGUNKShawangunk nature preserve, cold brookby Peggy Spencer Behrendt

One year, I proudly took a bouquet of brilliantly red and orange zinnias we’d grown, but the happy day ended with tears when I accidently broke Mom’s vase on the way home. My sixth grade fair, in 1959, was particularly memorable because as I walked through, I held hands with a sweet boy from my class, experiencing the transient wonder of first love for a whole hour. We strolled blissfully through this wondrous hubbub of harvest, serenaded by the music of crowing roosters and clucking chickens, intermin-gled with excited children, baaing sheep, and mooing calves from the field in the back of the bus barn. One year, I rode my horse, Flic-ka, there to compete in a race, urging her as fast as I could around a maze of barrels. Such fun! Now in 1980, Tim and I have our own

Agricultural Fair with just the two of us at our homestead. There are wild apples to dry, tomatoes to can, carrots to pull, cabbages to cut, wood to split…. We are apple connois-seurs, tasting the wild apples on different trees as we bike along Pardeeville Road. “This one’s too bitter;” “This one’s too soft;” “Oh, yum! We must get these, Tim,” I ex-claim. He climbs the tree and shakes the branch-es as hard as he can; we fill backpacks and bike home. I don’t peel them on my first dry-ing attempt, spreading them on old window screens, hung from the ceiling with strings. But they get dusty this way, and the skin makes them too tough to eat. Later, after I’ve installed a small gas cook stove, I find they dry beautifully, quickly, and cleanly (without skins), on trays in the oven at low tempera-

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ture. I can toma-toes outside on a kerosene burn-er to keep fumes and heat out of the house. Autumn breezes sometimes disrupt the flame and blacken the pots until Tim builds a wrap-a-round wind screen out of aluminum flash-ing. I hope I can finish before a rain show-er comes. Tim is at work now, so my only companion is our semi-tame chipmunk who scurries around my feet, gathering sunflow-er treats. There are still cabbages, rutabaga, carrots and frost tolerant greens in the garden to harvest next month. It’s meaningful, pleas-ant, but sometimes lonely.

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a ride around the Kuyahoora Valley and draw or paint together “en plein air.” Wanting to facilitate harmony, Tim asks advice from a relative who has lived next to family members for decades on how to main-tain a comfortable relationship with close neighbors. “Don’t get too involved.” Earl Hubbell advises. We are following his advice and so far, it seems to work. Tim has a vision for a Nature Sanctuary here, promoting holistic, healthy homes, a nature library, and trails, as well as a Grant Community Church honoring all religions,

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But I stop suddenly and feel my heart flutter because through the trees, up on the dirt road, I think I see the preter-natural shadow of a human form silently passing by, com-ing from the dead end. It’s weird because there’s nothing but frosted woods and frigid water in that direction, and we heard no vehicles pass by this morning. “Probably just a fisherman,” I surmise, and shrug off my sense of alarm. Now in our car, I slowly approach him further up the road. He walks with an ossified gate, and even his arms look rigid. There’s no fishing equipment, or even a backpack in evidence. I look at him intently as I pass and have a horrible flashback to the movie “Night of the Living Dead” because he looks just like one of them. His hair and clothes are di-sheveled, his complexion ashen, his eyes are glassy and he looks at me with a lack of focus, as though I’m not really there. “Be real, Peg,” I say to myself. “Be careful, but see if he’s in trouble.” I lock my doors, stop and roll down the window slightly. “Do you need any help?” I call out. “Which way to Grant?” he mumbles, with effort. “Well, it’s that way,” I point. “But it’s four miles! If you want to wait, I’ll see if my husband can give you a lift.” So I return home to tell Tim, who heads out in the VW truck to assist the strange stranger while I continue to the city. Later I hear his interesting story. The young man had been drinking, and went down the old trail of the road beyond us late last night on his four-wheel-er, expecting it to connect with another road. Although the brush got thicker and thicker, he kept plowing through in the dark, as fast as he could, branches and brambles whipping across his face. Suddenly, he was airborne! He’d flown off the old bridge abutment, twenty-five feet above Black Creek. The moment of elevation was brief before he crashed onto the boulders in the frigid waters below. His craft landed upright, and amazingly, he didn’t break any bones in the fall. Although he didn’t know how to swim, he managed to wade through

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the dark, roiling waters of the creek in the pitch-black night, to a bank where he slithered up the slippery clay and fell asleep, exhausted, among the bushes. He had hypothermia, but survived it all, and we wonder if the alcohol helped by keeping his muscles loose and his blood pickled. After returning him to his friends to warm up, then helping him get his ve-hicle out of the creek, (which he con-sidered leaving behind), Tim asked him with fatherly concern, “Did you learn anything from this?” His reply was terse: “Yep.”

Now in 1994 we are experiencing the bliss of not being in the middle of a land purchase. “That was the last land purchase,” are our famous last words. During this brief time of relative opulence, we buy an electric, 12-volt chain saw. For 20 years we’d cut our wood and did all our carpentry by hand, hating the noise and danger of pow-er tools, and loving the empowerment of do-ing all our work with muscle and hand tools. But now we’re in our late 40s and 50s. This saw is quiet at least. Concerned about safety, Tim insists on

gloves and a helmet during use. I hike up my long skirt, throw back my long hair and give it a go. Yep, it’s certainly fast, and smooth, but takes total focus and plenty of arm strength to control. Long skirt and hair is not such a good idea, either. I decide to focus on learning how to sharpen the teeth, (which is essential), and let Tim handle the sawing. We continue cut-ting wood mainly by hand, but this helps with larger pieces. Several years later we

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he buys a kit for a Powered Parachute that comes in a coffin-shaped box. I am not too excited about this, but he says it’s the safest type of un-licensed flight because the parachute will always let you down gently, no matter what happens. He also wants to model a pastime that has the challenge and excitement of hunting without harm-ing other creatures. A young neighbor with mechanical expertise helps Tim put it together over many weeks. It looks like a go-cart with two big propellers on the back, and a big, brightly colored parachute behind. Yes, there are some parts left over, but it runs, and speeds about on land very efficiently. They decide it’s time for the test flight. Mind you, Tim has never piloted an aircraft, much less flown the maiden voyage of a home-built one, but he studies the flying manual intently, and practices “crow hops” on a neighbor’s airstrip with the parachute drag-ging behind, filling with air and creating brief lifts. His first attempt to take off fails. It’s simply another crow hop. In my infinite wisdom as side-line expert, I advise; “You need to just go for it, full speed.” My heart is in my throat, and I wonder if I have just infused a flight to the underworld. He goes for it! And he soars up, up, and away, and up, and up…and up. He goes so high, we can hardly see him. (“I wanted to make sure I was clear of the trees,” he later says.) Finally, he drops closer to Earth, circles the airstrip…and circles it again, and again several times, wondering how to land safely, but afraid, because, though he’s read about it, he’s never done it. The strip is bordered by 50-foot trees on three sides, a road and power line on the fourth. I am contemplating the possibility that I may be pur-suing the rest of my life without him. He finally drops below tree line and skims along the grass. With his feet, he pushes the levers connected to the steering lines of the parachute for a final, brief lift, then smacks down with a spine-jarring thud on blessed Earth. “Oh, wow! He made it!” I run toward him, as the rain-bow-hued parachute floats up and over the craft to flutter down around him, like a benevolent eiderdown. Tim is one, big, excited smile, “I’m alive! I’m alive,” he shouts, like Dr. Franken-stein. •

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The date: May 29, 1861. The Amer-ican Civil War was raging. The Clin-ton Courier and Utica Morning Herald newspapers were filled with war news and stories about area soldiers deployed or preparing to go to battle. It was also the day that Dr. Christian Heinrich Frie-drich Peters discovered Asteroid 72 Feronia, using a telescope in an obser-vatory at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. Dr. Peters was born in Germany on September 19, 1813. He earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy when he was only 23 years old, and studied mathematics and astronomy under famous astronomer Jo-hann Encke and brilliant math-ematician Carl Gauss. He was fluent in En-glish, French, Spanish, Ital-ian, Turkish, Arabic and other languag-es, an unusual skill that few as t ronomers possessed. After his studies, he travelled to It-aly to help conduct a geodetic study of Mount Etna for 5 years, and later went to France and Turkey. He moved to the United States in 1852 and joined the US Coast Survey, then worked at the Dud-ley Observatory in Albany, NY in 1856. Peters was among the pioneers in the early days of astronomy, a time when dedicated scholars began to make major discoveries thanks to advances in glass making for telescope lenses. Though Europe was the center of discovery for years, observatories were being built in the U.S. including one at Hamilton Col-lege in Clinton, NY.

The Hamilton observatory construction finished in 1856, and an area company was com-missioned to build a telescope. Charles Spencer was a glass maker in Canastota, NY who gained international recogni-tion for his unusually high qual-ity optical glass and microscopes, far superior to European microscopes. The Spencer & Eaton firm began work on a 16-foot long, 13.5” aperture refractor

telescope – one of the largest in the world. In 1858, Ham-ilton College hired Dr. Pe-ters to oversee completion of the telescope and run the new observato-ry. One of Dr. Peters’ many projects was a comprehensive survey of the night sky to create detailed star charts. At the time, avail-able charts showed only the brightest

stars. Night after night, year after year, he painstakingly observed, catalogued and hand-sketched even dim starfields with meticulous accuracy. In 1882, he published 20 extremely detailed star charts showing over 112,000 stars. On May 29, 1861, while working on his charts, Peters noticed one of the stars had moved – he had discovered Aster-oid 72 Feronia, the first of his total of 48 asteroid discoveries. To this day, Dr. Peters holds the world

record as the second most successful asteroid discoverer using only visual observations! Dr. Peters was well respected around the world, with many distinguished ac-complishments. He discovered galaxies and comets, and published many scien-tific papers. He determined the longitude of Syracuse, Buffalo, and other cities, as well as the western border of NY State. Over the years he made over 10,000 sketches documenting the movement of sunspots on the Sun, and according to the Hamilton Literary Monthly of November 1890, “from about 1845 till some time after 1865, Dr. Peters was the highest and leading authority on solar physics.” He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences on April 19, 1876. Christian Peters was a dedicated astronomer and scholar. After he died on July 18, 1890, the observatory was eventually demolished. A tribute to Dr. Peters is in front of Hamilton College’s Siuda House – a two story high stone column, topped with the original 9-foot tall granite telescope base. The attached plaque honors the amazing pioneer: “Here for 32 years (1858-1890) Chris-tian Henry Frederick Peters devoted his life to astronomical research.”

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CHRISTIAN H.F. PETERSHAMILTON COLLEGE ASTEROID DISCOVERER by carol higgins

Dr. Christian H.F. Peters, astronomer and Director of Litchfield Observatory. Image courtesy of the Hamilton College Archives

The 13.5” Spencer & Eaton telescope. Image courtesy of the Hamilton College Archives

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Name: Stephen Best Age: 69Instrument: OrganHometown/current town: Utica, NYBegan studying piano at age 6, organ at age 12Education: AB (Music) and MMus (Organ), Syracuse Uni-versityCurrent position: Minister of Music, First Presbyterian Church, Utica; Lecturer in Organ and Keyboard, Hamilton College; private teacher of organ

Influences: “I was intrigued by the organ from my earliest years, and was fortunate to have access to instruments even before I had any idea what I was doing. However, it took a community to enable organ study, and family and friends set up transportation schedules to get me to and from various practice venues. Since my father was affiliated with colleges which had fine music programs and we lived in communi-ties where church music was at its best, I got to hear some extraordinary music making. What an inspiration! Without supportive parents, welcoming churches, and wonderfully encouraging teachers, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

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Middle Eastern Favorites!

Open 7 days a week!Rt 12B, Deansboro (315) 841-4377www.deansborosuperette.com

Humous, Kibbie, Falafel,Babaghanoush , Taboulie,Grape leaves, Spinach pies.

Since1967

Home ofthe MonsterSub!

The Upstate Outlaws hail from Mohawk, NY, and are a totally unique and original cast of characters. The band consists of An-drew Warner (Bubba) on guitar/harmonica/vocals; Mike Frantz (Ilio) on bass/vocals; John Swiech on drums/tin whistle; and Matt Pett on lead guitar/vocals. The group started in 2010 as Bubba and Friends and quickly grew into a new band. The members themselves bring their own flavor to the mixture. We have jammed with each other (in be-tween breaks with members of other bands) many years before this band was formally formed and named. The Upstate Outlaws write and perform original music and have also recorded it. “We also like to put our own spin on the covers we play as well. We like to play the obscure covers that aren’t known to many in hopes of turning people on to bands that we have found enlightening on our musical journey,” Mike Frantz says. He goes on to comment on the band’s influences. “Some of our better known influences are The Grateful Dead, Mother McCree’s, Uptown Jug Champions, and Ween. There are a lot of local influ-ences, including Joe Trisolino, Joe Sweet, Slug, Street Rock Ma-fia, Sustenance, and also all of the great musicians we’ve gotten

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to see and meet at the Tram. There are so many great acts in the area.” For good time rock ’n’ roll with an original twist played by a tight band check out the Upstate Outlaws.

News ’n’ notes Thunderwatt welcomes multi-instrumentalist Bob Merrick into the band. His debut will be at the Halloween Party on Satur-day, Oct. 31, at the Stampede Steakhouse in Verona. Thunderwatt will put on the musical costume of the greatest southern rock show of all time. Get yer boots on! 92.7 The Drive has your chance at The Ultimate Man Cave. All the stuff you need to trick out your man cave, including a big screen TV and surround-sound system. For full details, check out www.927thedrive.net Go check out some local live music!

GENESEE JOE’S

live & local

Listen to Genesee Joe live on 92.7FM, The DRIVE.

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Cullen Pumpkin Farm U-pick and already picked, train rides, corn maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, classic trucks.Open daily from 9am to sunset (315) 867-3878587 Cullen Rd., Richfield Springs www.cullenpumpkinfarm.com

Cayo Industrial Horror RealmReturning for its 13th year, Cayo offers brave guests a walk-through horror attrac-tion with a frightening view of the future.

Sat. & Sun. 6:30-10:30pm through Halloween

811 Broad Street, Uticawww.cayoindustrial.com

Hilltop FarmPumpkins for sale or call ahead for U-pick.Open evenings and weekends10126 Shaul Rd., Cassville(315) 725-7325 or 404-2448Email: [email protected]

Fort Rickey Fall Fun FestivalHay rides, hay bale maze, pumpkin paint-ing, pedal tractors, pony rides, concession stand, and more.

Open weekends through November 1st 10am-4:30pm

(315) 336-1930 5135 Rome-New London Rd., Romewww.fortrickey.com/fall-fun-festival

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From a local company established in 1866

600 French Road, New Hartford • 315.735.9201 www.turnbul l - insurance.com

Visit our stores: 8190 St. Rt. 12, Barneveld (next to Family Dollar) and 13 W Park Row, Clinton or shop www.adirondackcheese.com

Cheese and so much more!Gourmet Foods , Gifts, Gift BasketsFresh “squeaky” Cheese Curd every Thursday!

Mail Order Too! Order Online or Call 1-800-211-3345

Look for us at the

Trenton Falls Arts Festival

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RACC’s Halloween House FestivalTrick or Treat Street, bounce house, Casper’s Not-So-Haunted House, Adult Haunted House in the main Mansion HouseOctober 9 & 10 and 16 & 17, 6:30-9:30pmRome Art & Community Center308 West Bloomfield Street, Rome(315) 336-1040www.cooperstownart.com

Pumpkin JunctionPumpkins, Halloween store, Corn maze.Open daily: 9am-8pm(315) 794-46042188 Graffenburg Rd., Sauquoitwww.pumpkinjunction.com

Pumpkin Patch TrainTake a relaxing afternoon train ride to find that perfect Halloween pumpkin! $19 for adults, $18 for seniors, and $16 for children 3-12 (children under 3 are free)Saturday, October 17, 1pmCooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad 136 East Main Street, Milford(607) 432-2429http://www.lrhs.com

14th Annual Remsen Depot Corn MazeAnnual corn maze, hay wagon, and snack barOpen weekends noon-5pm through Columbus Day. Flashlight nights: Fri. & Sat., Oct. 2 & 3, Oct. 9 & 10, 6-9pm. Bring your own flashlight. (315) 831-340910613 Depot St, Remsenwww.remsendepot.com/maze.html

Fall Fun FestivalOpen Weekends 10am–4:30pm

OPEN COLUMBUS DAY!Apple Cider, Baked Goods,

Hot Dogs, Pumpkins,Chilli, Cinnamon Donuts,Corn Stalks, Indian Corn,

Wagon Rides, Pony Rides,Wolf Shows, Hay Maze,

Petting Corral, Pedal Tractors, Giant Ball Crawl

Mrs Lumpkinthe Talking Pumpkin

The Fort RickeyChildren’s Discovery Zoo

$450per person

Featuring…

Children undertwo are free!

Route 49, Rome | 336–1930 | www.fortrickey.com

Route 49, Rome • 336-1930 • www.fortrickey.com

Featuring Mrs Lumpkin the Talking Pumpkin

Apple Cider, Baked Goods, Hot Dogs, Pumpkins,Chilli, Cinnamon Donuts, Corn Stalks, Indian Corn,Wagon Rides, Pony Rides, Wolf Shows, Hay Maze,Petting Corral, Pedal Tractors, Giant Ball Crawl

5$ 00per person

Children under two are free!


OPENING THURS., SEPT. 17TH 4pmNEW HOURS: THUR’S & Fri’S 4-9 SAT’S 10-9 SUN’S 10-8

COLUMBUS DAY 10-8RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FIELD TRIPS/BUS TOURS FOR FRI’S 10-4

FREE ADMISSION & FREE PARKINGHAYRIDES, BOUNCE HOUSE, MS. PUMPKIN, ANIMALS, KIDS PLAY AREA, PUMPKINS,

SQUASH, APPLES, CIDER, CORN STALKS, GOURDS, CONCESSION STAND, FUDGE HOUSE, POPCORN PALACE, HALLOWEEN DISPLAYS, TOTEM POLES & NOVELTY ITEMS

NEW THIS YEAR: “SPOOK WALK” a Family Friendly trail thru our CornfieldCOSTUME PARADE & CONTEST: Saturday Oct. 24th @ NOON, everyone gets a goody bag,

prizes for best costume, kids only


OPENING: THURS. SEPT. 17TH 4pm

NEW HOURS: THUR’S & Fri’S 4-9 SAT’S 10-9 SUN’S 10-8

COLUMBUS DAY 10-8

RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FIELD TRIPS/BUS TOURS FOR FRI’S 10-4

FREE ADMISSION & FREE PARKING HAYRIDES, BOUNCE HOUSE, MS. PUMPKIN, ANIMALS, KIDS PLAY AREA, PUMPKINS, SQUASH, APPLES, CIDER, CORN STALKS, GOURDS, CONCESSION STAND, FUDGE HOUSE, POPCORN

PALACE, HALLOWEEN DISPLAYS, TOTEM POLES & NOVELTY ITEMS

NEW THIS YEAR: “SPOOK WALK” a Family Friendly trail thru our Cornfield

COSTUME PARADE & CONTEST: Saturday Oct. 24th @ NOON, everyone gets a goody bag, prizes for best costume, kids only

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Sylvan Beach HalloweekendsThe park comes back from the dead! Monsters, Zombies and The Living Dead emerge from Oneida Lake... looking for you!7-11pm on Oct. 16th, 17th, 23, 24, 30(315) 762-5212 112 Bridge St., Sylvan Beachwww.sylvanbeachamusementpark.com

Utica Zoo’s 28th Annual SpooktacularThis annual event will feature 13 treat stations, craft stations, entertainment, hayrides, the Franken Food Court and Picture Perfect StudiosOctober 23-25; Fri & Sat: 6-9pm; Sun: 12-4pmUtica Zoo, 1 Utica Zoo Way, Uticawww.uticazoo.org/halloween

Will’s Cackleberry CastleHayrides, talking pumpkin, displays, conces-sions, bouncy house, family cornfield walk.Open thru Halloween: Thurs. & Fri. 4-9pm; Sat. 10am-9pm; Sun. 10am-8pm(315) 245-0104 or 225-16381175 Hillsboro Road, Camdenwww.cackleberrycastle.com

Wratten’s Apple OrchardApple Orchard -Pumpkins U-pick and already picked, gift shop, wagon ridesOpen daily 10am - 6pm(315) 855-438811145 Huey Road, LeonardsvilleEmail: [email protected]

Cullen Pumpkin Farm

Pumpkins (pick your own or buy off the wagon)Cornstalks • Gourds • Indian Corn

Concession Stand • Wagon rides and barrel train ride

PUMPKINS!PUMPKINS!

AND MOREPUMPKINS!

587 Cullen Road-Richfield Springs (Off Rt 28 or Rt 167) 315-867-3878

Juliano’s Farm Market

Greenhouse & BakeryHearty mums, apples, pies

& full bakery, jumbocauliflower, pumpkins,

cornstalks, fall squashes, Stoltzfus dairy products and

Heidelberg Bread.Taking orders for

holiday pies!Our own fresh produce

May-OctoberBulk foods and candies including Dutch Valley Foods and Jake & Amos

Farm andGreenhouses located

on Route 5, West Schuyler

Look for our hydroponic Basil at local grocery stores

and markets!

(315) 735-9385Open 7 Days a Week June-October

www.julianosgreenhouse.com

We’ve expanded!Come check us out!

www.cullenpumpkinfarm.com

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AntiquesBack of the Barn, Remsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Bear Path Antiques, Otter Lake . . . . . . . . . . 70Black Cat Antiques, Earlville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . 70Canal House Antiques, Eaton . . . . . . . . . . . 70Foothills Mercantile, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . 71Fort Plain Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Little Falls Antique Center, Little Falls . . . . . . 71Mohawk Antiques Mall, Mohawk . . . . . . . . . 71Newport Marketplace, Newport . . . . . . . . . . 72The Online Exchange, Dolgeville . . . . . . . . . 72Outlet Center, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72The Potting Shed Antiques, Whitesboro . . . . . 72Treasures Lost & Found, New Hartford . . . . . 73Vernon Variety Shoppes, Vernon . . . . . . . . . 73Vintage Furnishings & Collectibles, Utica . . . 73Weeden’s Mini Mall, Blossvale . . . . . . . . . . . 73Westmoreland Antique Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73The White House, Holland Patent . . . . . . . . . . 73

Apple Orchards North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . . . . 23Twin Orchards, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 49Windy Hill Orchard, Cassville . . . . . . . . 90 Art Classes & Supplies Full Moon Art Center, Camden . . . . . . . . . 49The Old Blacksmith Shop, Schuyler Lake . . 99

Art Galleries Adirondack Art & Framing, Barneveld . . . 28Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown . . . . 34Full Moon Art Center, Camden . . . . . . 49Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 15The Gallery Antiques, Bouckville . . . . . . . . 71The Old Blacksmith Shop, Schuyler Lake . . 99View, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Art and Picture FramingFusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Fynmore Studios, New Hartford/Boonville . . 67

Artists LocalClinton Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Zinn Brilliant Ornaments, Cooperstown . . . 30

Authors, LocalTom Prestopnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Wish Fairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Auto DealershipsSteet Ponte Auto Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Automotive Repair Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Precision Unlimited Car Care, Kirkland . . . . 108

Awards & EngravingSpeedy Awards, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 67

Awnings and TentsBrownie’s Tents, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Bakeries & Pastry ShopBazan Bakery, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Caruso’s Pastry Shoppe, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 48Florentine Pastry Shop, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 75Friendly Bake Shop, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . 69Heidelberg Baking Company, Herkimer . . . 59Karam’s Middle East Bakery, Yorkville . . . . 65Remsen County Bakery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Star Bakery, Whitesboro and Utica . . . . . . 24

Bike ShopsDick’s Wheel Shop, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . 31

BowlingAdirondack Diner and Lanes, Barneveld . . 58State Bowl with Cosmic Bowling, Ilion . . . . . 46

BooksBerry Hill Book Shop, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . . 28

Cabinets and KitchensCustom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . 89Knotty By Nature, Bridgewater . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Camping and Hiking SupplyPlan B, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

CateringA Movable Feast, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 60Cafe Crete, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65DiCastro’s Too, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Dominick’s Deli & Catering, Herkimer . . . . . 59Knuckleheads Brewhouse, Westmoreland . . . 65Maria’s Pasta Shop, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38RoSo’s Cafe & Catering, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 63

CheeseAdirondack Cheese, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . 26Cranberry Ride Farm, Williamstown . . . . . . 81Jake’s Gouda Cheese, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . . 6Jones Family Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Three Village Cheese, Newport . . . . . . . . . . 20

ChiropractorsDr. Michael Tucciarone, Clinton . . . . . . . . . 27

Cider MillsFly Creek Cider Mill, Fly Creek . . . . . . . . . . 50

ClothingThe Village Crossing, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 92Walk-in Closet, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

ConsignmentThe Online Exchange, Dolgeville . . . . . . . . . 72The Queen’s Closet, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Revolve Consignment, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Shirt Laundry, Cold Storage & More! (315) 733-0461Utica: 1323 Rutger St. and 2524 Oneida St.Barneveld: Mapledale Plaza, Rt. 12 North

Cleaners, Inc.

Berry Hill Book Shop

Over 75,000 used books!2349 Rte 12-B, Deansboro, NY 315-821-6188

Open Tues-Sat 10-5 [email protected]

8211 State Rt 12, Barneveld315-896-3934 Tues-Fri 10-5:30, Sat 10-2

www.adirondackart.com& ice cream too!Wendy’s Diner

Try our fabulous Friday fish fry starting at 11:30am

Hard and 24 soft serve flavors!Ice Cream window opens at 11am

Serving classic American fare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner 7 days a week 6am-9pm

1717 Route 8, Cassville (315) 839-5000


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Treasures Lost & Found, New Hartford . . . . 73The Village Basement, New Hartford . . . . . . 73Walk-in Closet, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

DelisKountry Kupboard, Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Olde Kountry Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . 95

Diners Adirondack Diner and Lanes, Barneveld . . 58Charlie’s Place, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Riverside Diner, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Dry CleanersDapper Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78M & M Cleaners, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

ElectricalCity Electric, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Estate Sales Attic Addicts, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70The Potting Shed Antiques, Whitesboro . . . 72

Events, Entertainment, and ActivitiesCapitol Theatre, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Cayo Industries Horror, Utica . . . . . . . . . . 46Children’s Museum, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Earlville Opera House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown . . . . . 34Fort Rickey, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Hamilton College P.A., Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 75Herkimer County Craft Fair . . . . . . . . . . . 45Mollin-Clay Jazz Duo at Horned Dorset . . . 101Oneida Mansion, Tom Rush Oct. 10 . . . . . 44The Stanley, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38View, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Wightman Specialty Woods, Open House . . 54

Farm EquipmentClinton Tractor, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Hobby Hill Farm, Lee Center . . . . . . . . . 20Springfield Truck & Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41White’s Farm Supply, Waterville/Canastota . . 112

Farm Produce Grassy Cow Dairy, Remsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Jones Family Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . . 110K-RO Acres Dexter Beef, Herkimer Co. . . . . 52North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . . . . 23Oneida County Public Market, Utica . . . . . . 16Szarek Farm & Greenhouses, Westmoreland . . 9Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . . 82Sunnybrook Farm, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . 80Twin Orchards, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 49Windy Hill Orchard, Cassville . . . . . . . . 90

Feed and Farm Needs Pohl’s Feed, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Fencing Williams Fence, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Financial Institutions Adirondack Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Bank of Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Financial Services Turnbull Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 26Van Meter & Van Meter, Little Falls . . . . . . . . 19

FireplacesHearth Shop, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Fitness & GymsCurves, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22TeamFit, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

FlooringD&D Carpets of Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Tru-Line Hardwood Flooring, Whitesboro . . 49

FloristsClinton Florist, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Michael’s Greenhouse, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . 95Village Florals, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Funeral ServicesEnea Funeral Service, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . 83Nunn & McGrath, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Furniture Adirondack Furniture, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Country Emporium, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . 70Ironwood Furniture, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Jeff ’s Amish Furniture, Jordanville . . . . . . . . 21John Froass & Son, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . 32Just Lean Back, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . 11

Furniture MakersCustom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Garden Centers and GreenhousesCasler Flower Farm, West Winfield . . . . . 38George’s Nursery & Garden, Clinton . . . . . 22Juliano’s Greenhouses, Schuyler . . . . . . . . 25Melinda’s Garden Barn, Richfield Springs . . 99Michael’s Greenhouse, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . 95Szarek Greenhouses, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Top Notch Garden Center, Newport . . . . . . 72

Gift Shop sArtisans Corner, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . 95Bittersweet Farm Mercantile, West Burlington . . 31Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . 70The Cat’s Meow, Sherburne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Clinton Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Cobbler and Company, Sharon Springs . . . . 92Country Connections, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . 74Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Hummingbird Kreations, Rome . . . . . . . . . 47Little Falls Antique Center, Little Falls . . . . . 71Main Street Gift Shop, Newport . . . . . . . . 61Mystical Dragonfly, Richfield Springs . . . . . 80Newport Marketplace, Newport . . . . . . . . . 72Outlet Center, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Pathway of Pearls, Schuyler . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Paca Gardens, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Remington Country Store, Ilion . . . . . . . . . 24The Old Blacksmith Shop, Schuyler Lake . . 99White Begonia, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Golf and RecreationTwin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 25

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Grocery/Convenience Stores B & F Milk Center, Whitesboro. . . . . . . . . . . 81The Country Store, Dolgeville . . . . . . . . . . . 63Deansboro Superette, Deansboro . . . . . . . . 18Meelan’s Market, Clark Mills . . . . . . . . . . . 37Mohawk Village Market, Mohawk . . . . . . . 17Olde Kountry Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . 95Reilly’s Dairy, Inc., Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hardware/Farm & HomeLincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Pohlig Enterprises, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 99Pohl’s Feed, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Morgan’s Hardware, Waterville . . . . . . . . . . . 83Turner Lumber, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Heating Oil Ber-Mor Gas, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Little Falls Fuel, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Hobby ShopsLocomotion Hobby, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Independent LivingAcacia Village, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Ice CreamB&F Milk Center, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . . 81Kayuta Drive-In, Remsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Riverside Diner, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60The Knight Spot, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Voss’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

InsuranceGates-Cole Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . 27Farm Family Insurance, Boonville . . . . . . . . . 14M L Croad Insurance, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Turnbull Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . . . 26

Iron Work - Architectural & OrnamentalRaulli’s Iron Works, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

JewelryClinton Jewelers, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Fall Hill Bead & Gem, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . 92Goldmine Jewelers, New Hartford . . . . . . . 45

Lawn Care and Property MaintenanceWright’s Lawncare & Snow Plowing, Rome . . . 41

Lawn MowersBowen Power Sports, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76J.B.’s Small Engine Works, Utica . . . . . . . . 89SD Outdoor Power, New Hartford . . . . . . . 27Springfield Truck & Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Learning in RetirementMVILR at SUNYIT, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

LightingMills Electrical Supply, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Liquor Stores and WineSeneca Liquor, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Trenton Station Liquor & Wine, Barneveld . . . 68

LodgingCanal Side Inn, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Lights of Home B&B, Oriskany Falls . . . . . . 96

Manufactured and Modular Home BuildersG & I Homes, Utica/Vernon/Oneonta . . . . . 21 Maple SyrupBen & Judy’s Sugarhouse, West Edmeston . . . . 15Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . . . . . . . 39Tibbits Maple, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 101

Massage, TherapeuticZensations, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Media1420 The Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681450 WKAL, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2592.7 The Drive WXUR, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Weekly Adirondack, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . 24WCNY, Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34FOX33/WUTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MilkCedar Park Farm Goat’s Milk . . . . . . . . . 49

Monuments & Memorials Burdick & Enea Memorials, Clinton . . . . . . . 91M.N.M. Monument Maintenance, Yorkville . . 14Yorkville Memorials, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . 27

MuseumsFarmers’ Museum, Cooperstown . . . . . . . . 34Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown . . . . . 34Goodsell Museum, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Remington Arms Museum, Ilion . . . . . . . . 24View, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Natural Foods, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 62Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . 19Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 88Sunflower Naturals, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . 80Tom’s Natural Foods, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Olive Oils/Balsamic Vinegars Adirondack Olive Oil Co., New Hartford . . . 33

OptometristTowpath Vision Care, Little Falls . . . . . . . 85

Pet Memorialization and Cremation Burdick & Enea Memorials, Clinton . . . . . . . 91

Pet Services Not Just Poodles Pet Salon, Whitesboro . . . . 18

Pet ShopsPeterson’s Pets, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Wild Things, New York Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

PharmaciesGarro Drugs, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

PhotographyFusion Art/The Photo Shoppe, Rome . . . . . 15

Physical TherapyFitness Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Inertia PT, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

PizzeriasBazan Bakery, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 53DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Primo Pizzeria, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Pools/Pool Supplies and SpasSwan Pools & Spas, Ilion/Washington Mills . . . 99

Libbey’sSew Blessed

Sewing, mending, alterations, embroidery, custom work, upholstery, and sewing classes.

Quality work from first stitch to finish!Weddings, proms, dance, skate, cheer & more!

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Portable Toilets and BathroomsMohawk Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Primitives Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . 95Bittersweet Farm Mercantile, West Burlington . . 31Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . 70Main Street Gift Shop, Newport . . . . . . . . . 61

Public Service Oneida County Health Department . . . . . 94

Pumpkin Farms Cackleberry Castle, Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Cullen Pumpkin Farm, Richfield Springs . . . 11Hill Top Farms, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Quilt and Yarn Shops Heartworks Quilts & Fabrics, Fly Creek . . . . 28Stash Away Quilt Shoppe, Rome . . . . . . . . 31Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Real EstateColdwell-Banker, Diane Lockwood . . . . . 102Scenic Byway Realty, Richfield Springs . . . 69

Record StoresOff-Center Records, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Restaurants and CafésAnn St. Deli, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Ballister’s Bistro, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Black Cat, Sharon Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Boyz From Italy, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Cafe Crete, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Canal Side Inn, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Copper Moose Ale House, Little Falls . . . . . 60DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 62Dominick’s Deli, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Georgio’s, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Heidelberg Baking Co., Herkimer . . . . . . . . 59Karam’s Middle East Bakery, Yorkville . . . . 65The Kitlas Restaurant, Frankfort . . . . . . . 59The Knight Spot, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Knuckleheads Brewhouse, Westmoreland . . 65Main Street Ristorante, Newport . . . . . . . . 61Mitsuba Hibachi, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 61

Ohio Tavern, Cold Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Papa Joes, Washington Mills . . . . . . . . . . 65Phoenician Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . 61Piccolo Cafe, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Quack’s Village Inn, Madison . . . . . . . . . . . 60Raspberries Cafe, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64RoSo’s Cafe & Catering, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Sammy & Annie Foods, Utica . . . . . . . . . . 65The Vigneto Restaurant, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 63Voss’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Wigwam Tavern, Forestport . . . . .. . . . . . . . 59

Recreational Vehicles Bowen Power Sports, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . 76CJ Motor Sports, Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Moody’s Polaris, Newport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Schoff Polaris, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Salons/HaircuttersThe Cutting Crew, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Heads R Turning Salon & Spa, Ilion . . . . . . 48Nikki Fraccola at Schuyler Commons . . . . . 85

Seamstress & Tailors Libbey’s Sew Blessed, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Sheds and Garages Shafer & Sons, Westmoreland . . . . . . . . . 39

Shoes Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 78The Village Crossing, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 92 Small Engine Repair J.B.’s Small Engine Works, Utica . . . . . . . . 89Springfield Truck & Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Snowmobiles Schoff Polaris, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Soap Cranberry Ridge Goat Milk Soap . . . . . . . 81

Specialty Wood Wightman Specialty Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Tent Rentals Brownie Tent & Awning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Tourism Old Forge, Town of Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Trailers Blizzard Manufacturing, Boonville . . . . . . 23

Travel Agencies The Cruise Wizards, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . 97

Tree Farms Massoud’s Tree Farm, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . 40VeterinariansClinton Pet Vet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51CNY Veterinary Medical, Westmoreland . . 66

Websites Utica Remember When . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Weddings and BanquetsClub Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65DiCastro’s Too, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club, NY Mills . . 25

Wellness and Alternative Health TherapyHeads R Turning Salon & Spa, Ilion . . . . . . 48 Mystical Dragonfly, Richfield Springs . . . . 80Pathway of Pearls, Schuyler . . . . . . . . . . . 20

WindowsRA Dudrak, Holland Patent . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Wine Bars and Ale Houses Copper Moose Ale House, Little Falls . . . . 60

Wineries Pailshop Vineyards, Fly Creek . . . . . . . . . 22

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