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by Dee Ann Littlefield, USDA-NRCS

“You couldn’t see. You could-n’t breathe. You couldn’t gooutside for days,” remembers

Eugene Littlefield. “It wasawful.”

Littlefield is referring to thegiant black clouds of soil thatwould blot out the sun andswallow the countryside. Bornin Wayside, TX in 1934,Littlefield was welcomed intothe world by the Dust Bowl —an era in the 1930s when themost massive, brutal duststorms ever known to ournation repeatedly ravaged thePanhandle and Great Plainsregions.

Littlefield was the only childof parents that raised cattle,wheat and sorghum on theirfarm 20 miles east of Happy, inthe now-extinct community ofWayside.

“We could see those stormscoming over the horizon,” hesaid. “The dirt would blow inyour face and hit your skin sohard it hurt. Dad would get ouranimals in the best shelter hecould, while my mom startedpacking the windows withrolled wet towels and hungsheets to try to keep dirt out.

“It still didn’t work,” he said,shaking his head at the furyand intensity of the storms.“Fine sand would get in ourfood no matter how well we

protected it. It would getbehind the wallpaper in ourhouse. Our white sheets on thebed would turn brown.

“Mother would light kerosenelamps and you could barely seethem for the brown hazearound them,” he adds.

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ing to use a bucket for thebathroom because they could-n’t go outside to the outhouse.His dad had a rope tied fromthe house to the barn so ifthere was even the slightestreprieve in the raging storm hecould go check on the animals.Littlefield says no matter how

hard you tried to protect yourequipment or vehicles, the finesand would penetrate the car-buretors and wind up in fuellines, rendering equipmentinoperable until it could berepaired.

Settling the dust

A dust storm rolling across the Littlefield Farm in Swisher County, Texas in1935. Photo taken at intersection of FM 1075 and 2301.

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Hiking to Jake’s Pondby Jamie Aloi

The Friday started out like most, campers from theweek leaving to go home and the staff of OswegatchieEducational Center was planning something fun to dofor the weekend. This particular weekend 10 of usdecided to hike to Jake’s Pond, a roughly 4 mile hikenear Croghan, NY that none of us had ever done. Wealso decided to stay the night at the leanto said to benear the pond.

We started out late because two of us had to work agroup that afternoon so it was already after 4 pmwhen we started our journey. The first mile or so wehad all done countless of times, it lead to Trout Fallswhich is where we take campers and swim on theweekends. The rest was a mystery to us.

We came across two bridges crossing edges of pondswhere the river flowed on. As we were trekking further

the trail became less and less traveled and in spotsmore muddy. We eventually hit a ‘road’ block. We hadto figure out a way to cross a river that wasn’t shallowenough for all of us to wade across. Luckily there wasa beaver dam that we used our training in teamworkand treated it as a low ropes element (a teambuildinggame or element where the group has a task to com-plete). The dam wasn’t super steady and we had ourclunky bags on our backs but we all made it acrosswithout any major losses. After the river there were afew more spots where we had to devise a plan on howwe were going to get past them.

We had been walking a while and thought that weshould be at the pond soon but it was getting darkout and we knew we had to make a camp soon andthat’s when we came across a fork in the trail. Notknowing which way to go and knowing we had a shorttime before it was dark we decided to set up camp

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While crossing the beaver dam they usedtheir training in teamwork and treated it asa low ropes element.

Photos by Jamie Aloi

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by Joe ParzychBack in the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth,

I fished the Connecticut River in Gill. We crossed atributary at the Connecticut River’s edge on a log overthe stream. While fishing, I lost a fishhook on a snagand returned to my bicycle to get another fishhook.On my way back, I spotted an enormous fish in thetributary. It looked like a giant pickerel lying in wait,with its head just a few feet from where the log lay. Itwas at least four feet long.

I’d just had an experience with a pickerel in thebrook running by our farm when I’d swished a baitedhook through the water. A bull frog sprang from the

stream bank to clamp onto the bait.Almost simultaneously, a pickerelleaped out of the water to grab thefrog creating a ferocious explosion ofwater. I hauled the frog out of thewater with the pickerel attached, butbefore I landed them, the pickerel bitthe frog in two and swam off withhalf the frog in its mouth.

Now, here I was faced with a giantpickerel that could easily bite me intwo. I tiptoed over the log, ever sogingerly, so as to not end up like the bull frog. Oncepast the peril of the giant fish, I couldn’t wait to tellmy friends. But, then, I hesitated, because if the fishleft by the time we headed back home, they’d think Iwas just telling a fish tail, because I couldn’t stretchmy arms wide enough to show how long that fish was.They would just have to see it with their own eyes. Ikept quiet, but to my great disappointment, the enor-mous fish was gone when we headed home. I nevertold this fish tale to them, or anyone else, in all theseyears, even though I’d learned a few years after thesighting that fish of that size, sturgeon, inhabit theConnecticut River.

This recipe is not for baking sturgeon. I understandthat they are very bony and probably not that greateating. Plus, you would need your entire collection ofaluminum pie plates to even begin baking or fryingone of those monsters.

Crummy Baked Fish1 Fish (essential ingredient)1 cup of crumbled Ritz crackers1/2 cup of crumbled low fat potato chips

Tartar sauce

Spread a layer of cracker crumbs on pie plate.Rinse fish and pat dry with paper towel.Slather the fish all over with tartar sauceLay slathered fish on cracker crumbs. If too long; cut

it to fit.Sprinkle potato chips crumbs on top of fish.Bake until the fish flakes nicely.

Incidentally, sturgeons are a primitive fish that livesup to 100 years old. They have bony armor instead ofscales and can reach a length of 12 to 14 ft in length,so the sturgeon I saw was probably just a baby. Still,that would take a lot of tartar sauce.

Fish tales

Photo courtesy of Robert Michelson

by Becky Malkovich, (Carbondale) Southern IllinoisanHERRIN, IL (AP) — A Herrin woman found a unique

way to honor the people who helped her on her jour-ney back from a near-fatal car accident and to makesure that help is there for those who need it in thefuture.

A little more than four years ago, Carla Shasteenwas in a coma after a car crash left her on a ventila-tor and suffering from severe head trauma, broken

bones and the effects of three strokes. Nearly twoweeks after the crash, doctors gave her little chance ofsurvival but her family asked for 30 more days.

“I woke up on day 27,” Shasteen said. “I couldn’twalk, talk or even think for myself.”

She was able to relearn those skills at the AcuteRehabilitation Center at Herrin Hospital.

“These people were amazing. I couldn’t walk butthey taught me to put one foot in front of another:

heel, toe, right foot, left foot,” she said. “If not forthem and what they do on a daily basis, I don’tknow where I’d be. I can’t thank them enough.”

But she wanted to try.She established the Carla Shasteen

Scholarship Fund for Herrin high school seniorswho plan to pursue careers in physical, occupa-tional or speech therapies or rehabilitation nurs-ing.

To raise money for the fund, Shasteen and hermother, Dolores “Dee” Arnsmeyer, raffled offquilts they hand made together.

“There were times when I didn’t think shewould come home again. I never imagined she

would be quilting again,”Arnsmeyer said. “That girlamazed me. She’s made agreat comeback.”

Dr. Terence Glennon, aphysiatrist at theRehabilitation Institute ofChicago at Herrin Hospital,drew the winner of this year’squilt during a special ceremo-ny at Herrin Hospital lastweek.

Shasteen, he said after plucking the name of winnerHelen Lind of Johnston City from a basket, is anexample of “Why people in rehab medicine do what wedo. This is what does my heart good. From the begin-ning point to the person you see before you now, I cansee why people use the word ‘miracle.’”

The fund provided two $1,000 scholarships lastyear and will provide another two this year.

“I will need therapy for the rest of my life and withthese scholarships, I may be helping train my nexttherapists,” she said.

Illinois woman quilts for scholarships

This week’s Whatchamacallit is a calf weaner.Ranchers slip the two protruding joints into thecalf’s nostrils, covering the animal’s mouth soit won’t nurse. Since no two calves are exactly the-same size, the nose piece and flaps will need to beslightly bent and adjusted on each animal — it’snot quite one-size-fits-all.

Though the one pictured here is an antique, thismethod is still used by some ranchers. Modernversions of this device come in both plastic andmetal.

Often, ranchers will opt for other means of wean-ing calves from their mother’s milk. It is less stren-uous on all parties to simply separate calves in adifferent pen to prevent them from nursing. If thecows are free range, however, that may not be aviable option. Also, calves penned togethermay instinctively attempt to nurse on each other,making a calf weaning mouthpiece still necessary.

Some ranchers also practice “natural” wean-ing, choosing to not influence the nursing processat all. This isnot possible if the ranch is a dairy

production, as the cow’s milk needs to be extract-ed for sale, not nursing. Some beef ranches alsosteer away from natural weaning, as nursing toolong can be difficult on the cow — especially if sheis pregnant again and her body needs rest betweencalves.

~~~Have your own Whatchamacallit? Send a pic-

ture and description to [email protected].

Visit our Facebook page each weekto see if you can figure out what theupcoming Whatchamacallit is!

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Gwen Hinman of New Hampshire is on the road shearingat many different farms throughout the Northeast. Gwenhas been shearing sheep for over 13 years. Imagine thenumber of sheep she has sheared!

Photo by Joan Kark-Wren

It’s shearing time!

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“I remember coming outsideafter the storms and you could-n’t find things,” he says.”Youcould see, but you still felt dis-oriented because the landscapewould look so different. Tumbleweeds would blow against thefences and get trapped, then thedirt would just pile up in them tothe point it would bury the fenceso deep in dirt you couldn’t seeit. Entire plows could get buriedand only the levers would be vis-ible.”

The plowing up of nativegrasslands across the GreatPlains left vast stretches of soilexposed to drought and wind.The 1930s mark a decade of theworst drought in U.S. history.Planted seeds would shrivel anddie in the ground before theycould ever sprout. With noplants to trap the soil or mois-ture, the parched dirt turned topowder that was easily carried

away by wind.This loss of land and crops

only further deepened the effectsof the Great Depression, to thepoint that by 1933 more than11,000 of the nation’s 25,000banks had failed and unemploy-ment was at a record high 25percent.

The Dust Bowl affected100,000,000 acres, centered onthe panhandles of Texas andOklahoma, and adjacent parts ofNew Mexico, Colorado, andKansas. In December 1935,experts estimated that 850 mil-lion tons of topsoil had beenblown off the Plains that yearalone. The drought would lingerfour more years until rain finallybrought relief in the fall of 1941.

Hard work preparing the landand planting the crops, was metwith years and years of crop fail-ure. With no crops to harvestand no grass for livestock to eat

on their Swisher County farm,the Littlefields struggled alongwith so many, just desperate tosurvive.

During this time there wasone man that was strongly con-vinced he had a plan to keep somuch of America’s top soil fromblowing away.

In 1928, while working for theU.S. Department of Agricultureas a chemist with the Bureau ofSoils, Hugh Hammond Bennettwrote about the ongoing soil ero-sion issue in a governmentreport.

“To visualize the full enormityof land impairment and devasta-tion brought about by this ruth-less agent is beyond the possibil-ity of the mind. An era of landwreckage destined to weighheavily upon the welfare of thenext generation is at hand,” hewrote.

Through his experience withsoil surveys, Bennettrealized the effects ofsoil erosion and thenegative impacts ithad on agriculture.His persistent admo-nition about the dev-astation of farmlandthat was occurringacross the nation’slandscape ledCongress to establishthe USDA’s SoilConservation Service(SCS), now known asNatural ResourcesConservation Service(NRCS).

The establishmentof the SCS markedthe beginning of fed-eral funding andnatural resourceeducation tolandowners, espe-cially farmers. States

established state soil conserva-tion agencies and procedureswhereby local Soil and WaterConservation Districts (SWCDs)could be formed in countiesacross the U.S. SCS assistancewas delivered at the direction ofthe local SWCD board, made upof five landowners from acrossthe county.

The agency employees wouldhold workshops and in somecases go door-to-door to educatefarmers on soil conservation andanti-erosion techniques, includ-ing crop rotation, strip farming,contour plowing, terracing andother beneficial farming prac-tices. The agency providedfinancial incentives to helpfarmers offset the costs of adopt-

ing some of these practices.“Seeing what I saw growing up

as a boy on our farm, I have wit-nessed the positive effects over70 years of conservation effortshave had on our land,” Littlefieldsays. “I am now proud to say Iam a landowner that is making adifference for the environment,and in the process, I hope to beable to help the prairie chickenpopulations.”

Bennett, known as the Fatherof Conservation, perhaps said itbest: “Farmers have only tempo-rary control over their land. Itcan be theirs for a lifetime andno longer. The public’s interest,however, goes on and on, end-lessly, if nations are toendure....”

Eugene Littlefield and his dog standing behind the horses thatplowed the wheat and sorghum fields on their Swisher CountyFarm.

Photo courtesy of Littlefield Family Album. Photo taken in 1939.

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Road is covered with sand and car is stalled out from duststorm that passed through. Tumbleweeds are piled upagainst the fences.

Photos courtesy of the NRCS

by Kelly GatesTen years ago, a Nashua, NH, man

named Jamie Carpentier parted wayswith his beloved basset hound Gingerwhen he and his wife divorced and shechose to take the dog with her.Carpentier was saddened by the loss,but he eventually got another pet, awhite boxer, who he loved and tended tofor many years.

Then, on Christmas Eve 2012, anongoing illness overtook the poor pup

and the owner was forced to make thedecision many dread — having the ani-mal put to sleep to end its suffering.

“When I had to make that decision, Ithought I would never get a dog again,”Carpentier said. “It’s the hardest thingin the world to lose your best friend andI had lost two of them in just a matter ofyears. So I wasn’t about to open myselfup to another dog that I knew wouldn’tbe here forever.”

Despite his efforts to guard his heartfrom yet another loss, Carpentier foundhimself missing having a pooch palaround to pet and play with. And whenhe fell and injured his back during anice fishing excursion several weeks later,his desire to adopt another dog intensi-fied even more.

“I was lying around recovering andhappened to log on to our local HumaneSociety’s website; just to look,” he said.“I wasn’t planning on getting a dog yet,but when I saw an article about a bassethound named ‘Ginger’ who was up foradoption, I couldn’t believe it. The dogwas around 13 years old and the colorsand markings mentioned in the articlesounded just like the basset hound Ihad owned many years before.”

There was no photo with the article, soCarpentier called the Nashua HumaneSociety and asked for images. The staff

responded with ahost of pictures,each one showingthe unique mark-ings that matchedthe photographsCarpentier had ofGinger as a puppy.

Amazingly, theywere a match. Morethan a decade afterthey were separat-ed, Ginger and hermaster were aboutto be reunited.

“My father droveme to the HumaneSociety and as soonas Ginger heard myvoice, she got up, trotted over, sniffedme and then licked me on the cheek,”said Carpentier. “She remembered meafter all those years. And, she remem-bered my dad too.”

Shortly after the Nashua native andhis basset buddy came together,Carpentier decided that this time, itwould be forever. He adopted Ginger andtoday, the two pass the time cuddling,playing and making up for lost time.

They are also hard at work on Ginger’sfigure, joked Carpentier.

“The last people to own Ginger were

older and weren’t able to take her forwalks, so she had packed on thepounds,” he said. “The Humane Societymanaged to get some of her weight off,but I have her on diet dog food and sheruns around and plays a lot, both ofwhich are helping her to get back to ahealthier size.”

According to Carpentier, Ginger hasthe energy of a young pup. While someof the rambunctiousness is due to herrenewed physique, some of the spring inher step is undoubtedly due to beingback with her best buddy once again.

A ruff reunion

Ginger is happy to be back home with Jamie.Photod courtesy of Jamie Carpenter

Jamie Carpenter and his dogGinger were reunited after 10years.

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right there at the fork. We built a fire and all of us dried—some melted— our socks and shoes. We had a rowdy night ofhanging out around the fire and talking.

Eventually morning came and we all got up and to our sur-prise we were right next to a pond, which we later found outwas Jake’s Pond. Our hike out was just as crazy as our hikein. We all have awesome stories to tell.

I would do this hike again in a heartbeat, even the sleep-ing in the middle of the trail and trekking across the beaverdam. It’s not about the journey you take, but who you takethe journey with that matters.

Jamie Aloi grew up in Baldwinsville, NY. She attended campfor 6 years at the Oswegatchie Education Center and thenworked there for 5 years. She received her Bachelor's degreein Animal Science from the University of Vermont. Jamie is cur-rently doing an internship in the Horse Barn at GreenChimneys, a school for children with social and mental dis-abilities.

Hello Again, May 1, 2013

The New Health Program Bringing Bankruptcy

Let’s turn the economic clock back to January 24, 1971 and read what the highly respected national week-ly newspaper had to say. The Grit, with a paid weekly subscription base of 1,331,489 copies, published thefollowing on its front page.

Headline: States Facing Money Problems as Rolls Jump. An antiquated welfare system whosephenomenal growth in the last few years is virtually threatening many states with bankruptcyis the first order of business. President Nixon summed up the problem when he declared:

“What began on a small scale in the depression thirties has become a monster… It is bringingstates and cities to the brink of financial disaster… It is failing to meet the elementary human,social, and financial needs of the poor. It breaks up homes. It often penalizes work. It robsrecipients of dignity. And it grows.”

Why are we chatting about the welfare problem of 1971? It is even worse today — in 2013. And it points toa new problem, which totally dwarfs the 1971 problem and even the 2013 welfare problem.

Think on this: New York State’s largest budget item is welfare. Individual tax payers and companies pay moreof their hard-earned dollars to foot (support) welfare than any other cause. I read that if you add New York andCalifornia’s welfare costs, it is more than all the remaining states combined.

To paraphrase what President Nixon said in 1971, “Welfare started on a relatively small scale during thedepression and grew into a monster threatening states with bankruptcy.” We ask, if welfare started in a min-imal way and could have brought states into financial disaster, what do you think will happen with this newObama healthcare program which in one way or another, 100 percent of all U.S. citizens and possibly a fewmillion more non-citizens will be involved?

Sometimes I wonder if the news industry shouldn’t change their nomenclature from daily newspaper,monthly news magazine, and even TV channel news, etc. to: “Swap Sheet: Swap the truth for opinionated,exaggerated lies.”

For example: when a news writer is faced with a report of any kind, twist the meaning of the report to meansomething totally different but do it in such a fashion as to lead readers into believing something which is notthe whole truth — not a total lie — but far from the truth.

In this morning’s daily newspaper, an Associated Press columnist wrote:The richest Americans got richer during the first two years of the economic recovery while average net worth

declined for the other 93 percent of U.S. households.

The meaning of this column could easily be interpreted to be 7 percent of the richer Americans got richeron the backs of the other 93 percent of households.

The real truth is, due to the crash in the real estate market and losing millions of jobs to countries such asMexico and China, near disaster came about to the so-called 93 percent. If a house which had been purchasedfor $250,000 a few years earlier is now worth $150,000 and if a machinist working in a factory in the UnitedStates lost his job to China, what in heavens name has that got to do with the rich people?

If the federal and state government leaders along with millions of stock holders had stepped on the toes ofcorporation presidents and forced them to not dump our country in favor of China and all of those other off-shore manufacturers, we would not be in trouble today.

What would you do if you were the president of a huge American corporation and you found out that thepresident of your country is trying his best to grab control of companies such as yours by growing the feder-al government and introducing new regulation after new regulation? Is it not possible that you would movemost of your company’s factories out of this country?

That way you would not have your company strangled by regulations and have to bow down to the all-pow-erful U.S. based unions.

The sad part is, that is exactly what a large percentage of U.S. companies did. They moved their manufac-turing facilities and in the process, dumped their employees. If this causes our country to fail, and it could,who will they blame? They certainly will not blame themselves.

At least a part of this chatter has been about twisting the truth. Now — how about another twist and I’ll fillyou full of blarney. Naturally, Irish blarney is the gospel truth, according to the Irish.

When I was a teenager, I bought a retriever Irish wolfhound puppy. Every afternoon I worked with “Cooky”teaching him how to retrieve a two-foot long stick. He quickly learned how to retrieve even from across theCherry Valley Creek. One day he was in a big hurry and ran across the top of the water. He did not sink orswim. I couldn’t wait to show how smart he was to my neighbors so I asked a small groupto meet me and Cooky down by the creek. I tossed the stick out over the water and toldthe dog to fetch. With that, he ran across the top of the water andretrieved the stick.

I overheard one of my neighbors say, “He’s not so smart. He doesn’teven know how to swim.” If you believe half of what you either read orhear on TV you shouldn’t have any trouble believing about Cooky.

You know the famous expression: “Go ahead, make my day.” A few daysago while driving the little red Spyder bike, an Amish grandfather driving withhis horse and buggy made my day. As I was driving towards his buggy, I noticedhe was waving with both hands. Now that man made me old Irish heart take an extrasmile. My good friend, I hope you saw me waving back. Keep on waving with both handsand I’ll wave back.

Our society has reached the stage where belief in God, country, and friends is passé.All I can say to that is I promise to continue to love our heavenly Father, this country,and my friends and family. Life would not be life if any of these were missing.

Keep smiling, praying, show you’re a Christian believer and an American.

Fred Lee and Family

Hiking from Page 1

The hiking crew gets ready for a 4-mile hike to Jake’s Pond.

The trail started out dry, but as we got further in itbecame muddy and less traveled.

LONDON (AP) _ A massive, partly fossilized egg laid by anow-extinct elephant bird has sold for more than double itsestimate at a London auction.

Christie's auction house said Wednesday that the foot-long,nearly nine-inches in diameter egg fetched 66,675 pounds($101,813). It had been valued at 20,000 to 30,000 poundspre-sale, and was sold to an anonymous buyer over the tele-phone after about 10 minutes of competitive bidding.

Elephant birds were wiped out several hundred years ago.The oversized ovum, laid on the island of Madagascar, isbelieved to date back before the 17th century.

Flightless, fruit-gobbling elephant birds resembled giantostriches and could grow to be 11 feet high (3.4 meters).Christie's says their eggs are 100 times the size of an averagechicken's.

Huge elephant bird egg gets$101,813 at UK auction

Photo provided by www.foxnews.com

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —A sapling grown from thechestnut tree that was asymbol of hope for AnneFrank as she hid from theNazis in Amsterdam hasbeen planted at the Chil-dren’s Museum of Indi-anapolis.

The Indianapolis Starr e p o r t s(http://indy.st/17auu38 )the leafy sapling plantedSunday is one of 11 grownfrom the tree’s seeds thatwere sent to the UnitedStates for planting.

Anne Frank could onlysee the tree from an atticwindow in the Amsterdamhome where her familyhid from the Nazis. Butshe wrote about it repeat-edly during the 25months she remained in-doors until her family wasarrested in August 1944.

The diary she kept dur-ing that period becameworld-famous after it waspublished in 1947, twoyears after she died in aNazi concentration camp.

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wore a long-sleeveAlexander McQueengown to become theDuchess of Cambridge —but it didn’t last. Barearms are again thenorm.

It wasn’t always thatway.

“It feels like straplesshas been the go-to inwedding dresses forever,but, historically speak-ing, it’s still a very recenttrend,” says Keija Minor,editor in chief of Bridesmagazine. “With somenotable exceptions,gowns had high necks

and long sleeves upthrough the 1990s. Justthink about Princess Di-ana’s wedding gown in1981 with those bigpuffy sleeves. It was larg-er than life to be sure,but still very on trend forthe times.”

The shift, she says,came about 20 years agoas tradition gave way toa hint of sex appeal.

Strapless weddingdresses “are the majorityof what’s out there. Theydominate in the storesand on every bridal mag-azine’s editorial pages.

They are the easiest totry on and fit,” says de-signer Romona Keveza.

Brides’ Minor says thatwomen of many sizesand shapes, includingfull-figured ones, canbenefit from the illusionof a longer, leaner armcreated by the uncoveredshoulder.

And, Keveza adds,strapless gowns havecome a long way and arenow comfortable, sturdyand stable.

Still, she thinks there’sroom for a few moresleeved and off-the-

shoulder numbers.“Brides have come to

believe a strapless gownis ‘the uniform’ even ifit’s not what she wants,”she says.

Tutera says bridesshould consider the sea-son, location and overallvibe of the wedding be-fore heading straight tostrapless. It’s ideal for abeach wedding, but at aski resort? Not so much,he says.

A compromise could bethe strapless dresstopped with a mohair-lined silk shawl or a dra-

matic cape, suggests de-signer Anne Bowen.

Whether a bridechooses to be sleeved ornot, she needs to findbalance in her gown,adds Bowen. If it’s a “bigball of tulle ballgown,”then the open necklineand bare arms might bethe way to go, she says,but for a slim columngown, sleeves that gopast the wrist can be del-icate and feminine.(She’d stick with a lightfabric, such as lace orsheer silk.)

Tutera also likes those

airy, light illusion sleeves— although he’d cutthem at a shorterbracelet length — or ashort cap sleeve; poufysatin ones “will bulk upthe bride,” he says.

His solution is the de-tachable-sleeve gown heintroduced into his col-lection. “You take themoff after the ceremony.You can feel comfortableand confident when alleyes are on you, but youdon’t have to havesleeves for the pictures.”

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by Rich Lowry Jackie Robinson’sachievement

Before he triumphedover prejudice, JackieRobinson triumphed overhimself.

The signal achieve-ments of the pioneeringbaseball star, whose storyis recounted in the top-grossing biopic “42,” wereperseverance and self-control. In the face of ha-tred from fans and oppos-ing players, he showed noanger. In response to iso-lation from his team-mates, he betrayed noself-pity. He went outevery day and swung thebat and ran the basesand fielded his position,and displayed the charac-ter that his detractors

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As a young man sta-tioned at Camp Hood inTexas during World WarII, he got court-martialed.One day, Lt. Robinson re-fused to move to the backof the bus when the driv-er told him to, and ex-ploded in rage when thedriver called him .... Hewas arrested, but eventu-ally cleared of all charges.

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Baseball then had adistinctively Southernflavor that could makeeven players who werewhite ethnics feel uncom-fortable. A contingent ofRobinson’s own team-mates wanted to boycotthim, and so did rivalplayers. He couldn’t stayin some of the team’s ho-tels. He got death threats.During all of this, he

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A legendary image —memorialized in a bronzestatue outside the ball-park of the minor-leagueBrooklyn Cyclones — isof Kentucky-bornDodgers shortstop PeeWee Reese draping hisarm around Robinson onthe field, in a gesture ofsupport and in a rebuketo hostile fans. It may ormay not have happenedthat way. But it’s hard tomake a statue to theessence of Robinson’s ac-complishment, to thelonely resolve one at-batand one inning at a time.

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I was chopping vegeta-bles for dinner recentlywhen my 14-year-old

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imparts a beautiful im-age.

Kristen Sutcliffe ofOberlin, Ohio, came tolove stamping whileteaching preschool inJapan, where it’s popu-lar, she says.

Her favorite food tool?Okra.

“It’s so pretty,” Sut-cliffe says. “It looks like alittle flower.”

Heads of bok choy andcelery stamp pretty ros-es. Pull off a stalk of ei-ther to stamp U shapes.

Peppers, sliced in halfand deseeded, stampwavy rounds for makingflowers.

Garlic is the favoredstamp of Sarah Raven,

program director for agroup with the acronymGARLIC (Green ArtRecreating Life in Com-munities) that encour-ages low-income resi-dents of New Haven, CT,to make art from recy-cled items. Garlic, too,can create a delicateflower image.

The discovery was partof the thrill, Raven says.

“I tried to ink the en-tire garlic and that didn’twork,” she says. Thenshe pulled a single clove

out of the bulb and real-ized it looked like a fin-ger and a flower petal.

She also has triedcarved potatoes and starfruit cut in half. The lat-

ter is a little unwieldyand stinky, she says.

Terri Ouellette ofPhoenix has a tip forthat: Cut and air-dry cit-rus and other wateryfruits and vegetables,sometimes overnight, be-fore working with them,she says. Be watchfulbecause they dry outquickly.

What works, she says:apples, oranges andpears. What doesn’t:grapes, broccoli and let-tuce.

Besides celery, Ouel-lette likes using mush-rooms, cauliflower andpotatoes.

Potatoes “can be cutup into anything andturned into a greatstamp,” she says. “Youjust have to carve in re-verse.”

As with other stamp-ing, use a stamp pad oracrylic paint for stamp-ing on paper. Use fabric-specific acrylic paint forprinting on textiles.

Sutcliffe recommends

soaking a sponge withtempera (poster) paint orpouring a thin layer ofthe paint on a plate andusing either as an inkpad.

Once your prints aredry, add embellish-ments, such as stems orleaves, with coloredmarkers or fabric mark-ers, says Ouellette. Shehas stamped aprons,placemats and tote bagswith food. McGoldrickhas stamped note cardsand gift wrap.

Sutcliffe, whose bookfor kids, “Fabric, Paper,Thread,” will be pub-lished in June by C&TPublishing, prints most-ly on paper gift tags andnote cards, and smallswatches of fabric.Sometimes her 6-year-old daughter joins her.

While it’s a great proj-ect for kids, food stamp-ing also can provide at-tractive artwork for thehome.

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by Amy Davidson,Expanded Food andNutrition EducationProgram Coordinator,University of VermontExtension

May is National Physi-cal Fitness and SportsMonth, so designatedwith the goal of encourag-ing individuals, familiesand communities to de-velop or maintain rou-tines of regular physicalactivity and practicesound nutritional habits.

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merous health issues, in-cluding heart disease,type 2 diabetes and hy-pertension. This trendcan be prevented by in-creasing the amount oftime engaged in physicalactivities, reducing theamount of time spent insedentary activities andeating a balanced diet, in-cluding lean sources ofprotein, whole grains, re-duced fat dairy productsand plenty of fruit andvegetables.

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Grill’s drippings stainpatio bricks

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A: With porous surfaceslike brick and concrete, oilstains can set in and betough to get out. Your in-stinct to avoid usingbleach or another type ofacid to clean up the stains(like lemon juice) is righton. These can just makethings worse and can dis-color some types of paving.

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First, fill an old coffeemug with warm water, acouple of tablespoons ofdish soap and a teaspoonof salt. Grab a clean syn-thetic scrubber brush(like a dishwashingbrush). Scrub the stainwith the soapy water andrinse with warm water,repeating a few times andletting the bricks dry out

to see the results in be-tween each try.

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NASHVILLE, IN (AP) —That broom sitting in thecloset might not seemlike a work of art.

Most people don’tthink about the care andwork that went intomaking it — how thebristles were folded,twisted and turned, orhow the wire attachingthe handle was kept un-der intense pressure toremain tight.

But Brian Newton hasspent years studying,perfecting and practicingthe craft.

For more than 200years, Americans havebeen making theirbrooms out of a type ofgrass called broomcorn.Even as synthetic fibershave entered the market,certain artisans still ad-here to the age-old tech-niques that broom-mak-ers have used for cen-turies.

Newton is one of theholdouts. In his work-shop, called BroomcornJohnny’s in downtownNashville, he fashionssturdy, simple brooms

that exemplify the sensi-bilities of the pioneers.He uses tools from thelate 19th and early 20thcenturies to preserve adown-home art form thathas all but been forgot-ten.

“There’s somethingunique about the oldarts and crafts that aredying off. It’s importantto keep them around,important that peoplesee them. There’s a her-itage there,” he told theDaily Journal(http://bit.ly/14P27vT ).

Newton’s broom-mak-ing will be showcased atthis year’s JohnsonCounty Garden Celebra-tion.

“What he does is inter-esting, and he’s using afarm product, so that fitsin with what we’reabout,” said PhilomenaRoss, president of theJohnson County GardenClub. “A lot of peopledon’t even know thatbrooms are made byhand, so we’re excited tosee him here.”

Broomcorn is a type ofsorghum grass that isparticularly durable andstiff, making it perfect

for sweeping. The mate-rial has been used inbroom-making since thelate 18th century.

Newton grows his own11/2 acres of the crop.He harvests it by hand,waiting until the perfecttime when the stalk isstrong yet bending butbefore seeds come in.

“It’s very labor inten-sive. You have to do it inpatches, because it nev-er grows at the samerate,” he said. “If youtried to do it all at once,you’d waste it all.”

In Newton’s shop,sheathes of broomcornsits piled on shelves.Some are the naturalstraw-like color that thevegetation normallydries out to. Others have

been dyed in rich teal,magenta, crimson andother colors.

Visitors can browsethrough dozens ofbrooms that Newtoncrafted. They can sit on abench and watch himpainstakingly turn thebroomcorn into a work-ing tool.

His equipment wassalvaged from a barn inCamden. The wood-and-iron machine, called afoot treadle, holds thebroom handle in place sothat Newton can bindthe strands with silverwire.

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corn. But it never oc-curred to him to learnhow to do it himself.

As an adult, Newtonworked as a mechanicaldesigner until a heartproblem forced him toreconsider his careerpath. His health forcedhim to think of low-stress, low-impact workhe could do.

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brooms and went search-ing for the right equip-ment. By chance, some-one knew of old equip-ment in a nearby barn.

“Broom-making foundme. It made the choicefor me,” Newton said.

The knowledge used tomake these Shaker-stylebrooms had all but dis-appeared. The painstak-ing method of hangingand drying the broom-

corn, wiring the bristlesand stitching had beenpassed down by only afew craftsmen, includingWayne Thompson.

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the craft.“After about 300 of

them, you get the hangof it,” Newton said.“There’s a lot of littlethings that you pick upeach time.”

Being in the heart ofNashville’s art and craftdistrict, Newton gets awide variety of people in-terested in seeing hiswork. His reputation hasspread to fairs and com-petitions throughout thecounty, and often craftenthusiasts make ap-

pointments to sit in on abroom-making session.

He also takes part incontests and fairsthroughout the Midwest.Newton was a second-place winner at the Arco-la National Craft BroomCompetition last year,where his elegant broombeat out a dozen otherartisans.

“There are about 100of these broom-makersaround the U.S., andthey make these beauti-ful brooms. We wantedto get back to the broom

tradition,” said Pat Mon-ahan, who organized thebroom-making contest.“We wanted to honorthem and let people real-ize that you can get areal functional broomthat’s a work of art.”

For Newton, that’s thereason he’s stayed com-mitted to broom-making.

“In my opinion, theynever got any better.There’s all differentkinds of ways you can goto make a broom, butthis is still the best,” hesaid.

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Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. —Carol Burnett

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by David Falkenham, UNHCooperative ExtensionGrafton County Forester

Spring has sprung, thebirds are singing, geeseare honking, grouse aredrumming, turkeys aregobbling and woodcockare doing whatever it isthey do. When you arewalking in the woods toenjoy the turkey huntingseason or to simply enjoythe land we live on it isimportant to rememberthe life of one of the mostinfluential people in thehistory of wildlife andland management, AldoLeopold.

Aldo Leopold was bornin Iowa in 1882 and likeso many conservationistsbefore and after him hespent much of his child-hood outside, hunting,fishing, observing andtaking notes. Aldo attend-ed Yale University and re-ceived a master’s degreein forestry in 1909. Aftergraduating he moved tothe southwest as an em-ployee of the newlyformed U.S. Forest Ser-vice and by 1919 Leopoldhad ascended to the posi-tion of Chief of Opera-tions of the Forest Servicein the southwest. Duringthis time with the ForestService Leopold became astrong political activistand laid the foundationfor the creation for someof the nation’s firstwilderness areas. Leopoldtactfully mustered thesupport of local hunting

organizations towards hisradical new policies of us-

ing restricted hunting asa tool for wildlife manage-

ment.From 1924–1928

Leopold worked for theForest Products Labora-tory in Madison, WI. Thisjob allowed him liberaltime for writing and ac-tivism. He began to ques-tion in writing the gov-ernment’s policies onpredator control andwildfire suppression andcontinued to be a strongadvocate for the conser-vation of wilderness areasthroughout the country.

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A Walk in the Woods - April 2013

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The Boundary Waters Ca-noe Area in Minnesota forexample owes its exis-tence to the work of AldoLeopold.

Leopold worked for theSporting Arms and Am-munition ManufacturersInstitute (SAAMI) from1928–1932. During his

time at SAAMI Leopoldworked on the nation’sfirst systematic effort tobring scientific principlesto the study of wild game.

His work emphasized thepublic ownership ofwildlife and the demo-cratic basis for Americanwildlife management.Leopold actively ques-tioned the status quo ofland management poli-cies and he broughtabout changes that wereradical at the time, butare common wildlifemanagement practicesnow.

In 1933 Leopold be-came the country’s firstProfessor of Game Man-agement at the Universityof Wisconsin. Over timeLeopold realized thatgame management wasnot sustainable withoutconsidering the entirefunctioning ecosystem;that game animals couldnot exist without the in-tricate relationship thatoccurs between all plants

and animals which in-cludes the important roleof predators. While work-ing for the universityLeopold served on FDR’sCommittee on WildlifeRestoration and playedan important role in thefoundation of both theWildlife and the Wilder-ness Societies. Duringthis time Leopold alsowrote his most endearingliterary work, “A SandCounty Almanac”. AldoLeopold died of an appar-ent heart attack whilefighting a brush fire inApril 1948, five days after“A Sand County Al-manac”, went to press.

All of his life, Leopoldwas an avid hunter andbelieved that regulatedhunting was an intricatecomponent of his wildlifemanagement policies. Hehunted large and small

game with his wife andsons using bows and ar-rows that he made him-self and he championedsome of the nation’s firstarchery-only deer sea-sons. Allegedly, Leopoldwas an accomplishedshot gunner and espe-cially loved hunting up-land birds and waterfowlwith his dogs and family(possibly in that order).Upland bird hunting wassomething that AldoLeopold did through thelast year of his life; wecan all only hope to be solucky!

Reference: Thomas E.D. (2010); How SportsmenSaved the World. The Un-sung Conservation Effortsof Hunters and Anglers.Globe Pequot Press

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CHECK YOUR AD - ADVER-TISERS should check theirads on the first week ofinsertion. Lee Publications,Inc. shall not be liable fortypographical, or errors inpublication except to theextent of the cost of the firstweeks insertion of the ad,and shall also not be liablefor damages due to failure topublish an ad. Adjustmentfor errors is limited to thecost of that portion of the adwherein the error occurred.Report any errors to 518-673-3011

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Antiques

ANTIQUE Barber Chair, 1948,excellent condition. Moved toFlorida, must sell, $800. 518-221-7707

FOR SALE: Antiques, Col-lectibles, Shabby Chic,Amish Baskets, Primitives,Jewelry, Country, Re-pur-pose, Handcrafted Items,Adirondack Décor, UniqueGifts and Much More! “New-port Marketplace” 7583Main St, Newport “Gift Cer-tificates now available”

ThermoPride High Boy oil fur-nace, model#OH3-7275kBTU. Serious inquiry only,$500. Joe 315-894-5204Frankfort

ATV

ATV TRAILERS byBosski Industries first auto-matic “Dump Assist” trailersGVWR 800lbs.+ 1600lbs.models available. Comecheck them out at NorthCreek Auto 315-866-3698

Books

LOOKING FOR An editionfrom the 1700’s-1800’s, TheHistory of Herkimer County.315-894-0955

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INSULATION: All Types. New/Existing Buildings. Free Estimates. Fully Insured. CallUpstate Spray Foam Insulation 315-822-5238.www.upstatesprayfoam.com

Cars, Trucks, Trailers

1968 ELCAMINO SS 396, 4-speed, all original, very, verynice, serious only, $18,000/OBO. 315-429-3253

1969 BUICK SKYLARK, 4 dr.HT, 25,000 original miles,cheap, first $5,000.00. Call315-429-3253

1993 CORVETTE convertible,triple black, 6 speed, leather,both seats electric, CD & cas-sette player, no rain w/cover,36,000 miles, $15,000. 315-271-3602

SUBARU FORESTER: 2001,fully equipped Pennsylvaniacar, all wheel drive, four door,excellent $5,675 or best; mit-subishi Galant 2002, air, fullyequipped, sun roof, automatic,4 cylinder, 4 door, great car,$3,675. 315-794-5863, 315-797-3313

Collectibles

WANTED - CA$H PAID: forold jewelry, books. Dolls toys,even if broken, 1970s older.1960s & older: Clothing. Oldframes, Christmas, Halloweenitems. Interested in almostanything old. Shirley 315-894-9032.

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COLOR GLOSSY PHOTOCALENDARS: Only $12.00includes tax. Send us yourdigital prints and we willmake a beautiful keepsakecalendar for you. You mayalso bring in your photoson a disc or thumb drive.If you would like us to mailit is a $5.00 extra fee.Only 3 day turnaroundt i m e . B e t h S n y d e r [email protected] Lee Publications 518-673-0101

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HEMLOCK LUMBER, SidingBoards, Framing Lumber,Beams. Miller’s, 6027Cty.Hwy.18, WestEdmeston. 6milessouth ofU.S.Rt.20

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EVANS, REMO DRUM-HEADS, drumsticks by Pro-Mark, Zilojian, On Stage.Imagineering Drum & GuitarShop. 27 West Main St. LittleFalls. 315-823-1500

GREG BENNETT Guitars.Authorized dealer. Imagi-neering Drum & Guitar shop.27 West Main St. Little Falls.315-823-1500

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FOR SALE: 2000 LS SuzukiSavage, 11,000 miles,leather saddle bags, colorgreen, excellent condition.518-573-7468, 518-573-2969. Or trade for 4 wheeleror snowmobile.

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10 ACRES. Bridgewater,NY.Outstanding Views. Electric.$32,000.00. 845-783-8408F o r S a l e B y O w n e r . c o m#23928210

TEN ACRES West CanadaSchools, wooded, pond, elec-tric at road, eight miles toUtica, broker/ owner financingwith 20% down. $32,900. 315-796-4425

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BLUE-OX TOW BAR Aventa-11, Cover, Cables, $200.00;bike rake for ladder, $20.00.315-269-8582

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FOR SALE: 2 11R22.5 tube-less radial truck tires, like new,$200; 6 lowboy trailer tires,750-15, 12-14 ply, mountedon 6 hole rims for a tiltbedMiller trailer, $275.00. 315-429-8010 leave message.

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NEW YORK — A NewJersey woman hasthanked a Florida doctorwho saved her fromdrowning nearly 49years ago in New York.

Newsday says EdithRothstein of FranklinLakes, NJ recently con-tacted Dr. Larry Brick-

man. He moved fromLong Island in 2005 toteach surgery at FloridaAtlantic University inBoca Raton.

Rothstein left a voice-mail, asking if Brickmanwas the man who savedher life on Long Island’sLido Beach in September1964.

He was, indeed.

Brickman had a sum-mer lifeguard job therewhile attending Michi-gan State. He vividly re-members giving 5-year-old Edie mouth-to-mouth. Brickman sayslifeguards of that erawere not trained in thetechnique. He says heacted mostly on intu-ition.

Newsday wrote aboutthe rescue the next day.Rothstein decided toreach out after looking atan old scrapbook. Herson used Google to findBrickman.

The doctor told herthey both “got lucky thatday.”

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New Jersey woman finds and thanks rescuer —49 years later

NEW YORK (AP) — ANew York City teenagerwho once donated bonemarrow for her cancer-stricken sister has startedan ambitious campaign toraise funds for cancer re-search.

The Daily News reports(http://nydn.us/ZedG6w) that 15-year-old LisetteWatters of Queens has as-sembled a team of volun-teers to help organizeevents, sell T-shirts andrecruit corporate spon-sors.

Lisette was just 4 whenshe donated bone marrowfor her younger sister Car-oline. Caroline was bat-tling acute myelomaleukemia. She is a healthyseventh-grader now.

Lisette is now hoping tobe named Woman of theYear by the regional chap-ter of the Leukemia andLymphoma Society.

Seventeen men andwomen from the New YorkCity area are competingfor the honor.

Similar fundraisingcompetitions are beingheld around the country.

NYC teenraises fundsfor bloodcancerresearch

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