by Emily Engerhe first time I learned that myhusband built boats, I hadn’t

yet met him. I was in high schooland had just finished reading a fan-tastic novel. In my curiosity to learn

more about the author — I was anaspiring writer myself — I dug upsome old interviews where thisauthor chatted with a reporter abouthis life in rural Minnesota and hiscurrent acitivites — including build-ing a rowboat with his youngest son,

John. Like the sentimental female Iam, I gave a brief “Awww, so sweet.That’s adorable!” But that was theend of it. I certainly never imaginedthat in a couple years I’d meet thisboy in a packed college classroomnor did I anticipate the romanticpaddle he’d take me on in that verybrown-and-cream boat along LakeSuperior in Bayfield, WI.

Today, my husband and I live inAmsterdam, NY. Apartment living inthe midst of a city 1500 miles fromwhere we grew up instilled in John arestlessness that back in Minnesotahad been much more tempered.

John has wanted to do morebuilding for years. The plans for hisdream boat traveled with us to NewYork, snug safely in his “man box”— a location I bequeathed him afterhe fussed every time I tried to throwaway odds, ends and other pieces ofjunk that apparently held senti-mental — or “cool” — value.

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The kayak is made from Red Oak. It is 17 feet long by 21 inches wide.Shortly after this step, John stretched 12 oz nylon over the skeleton,adding several light coats of varnish to create the skin.

The window is two feet wide.The kayak 21inches wide. Exit strategy may have beena close gamble, but it was successful!

by Kelly GatesAlanna Wall is only

12 years old, but shehas already made a bigimpact in this world.Alanna is the founderand CEO of PolishedGirlz, a Dayton, Ohio-based nonprofit organi-zation that boaststeams throughout theUnited States andbeyond. According tothe young philanthro-pist, she first had theidea to serve otherswhen she was eight.But it took some tweak-ing to come up withjust the right concept.

“I originally wanted tomake head scarves foryoung girls who havecancer, with glitter andrhinestones and allsorts of cute decora-tions on them, but mymother is a nurse and

she was worried thatthe pieces could comeoff and be hazardous tothe kids,” she recount-ed. “Then, when I was10, my Nana sent me abunch of nail polishand I immediately cameup with the idea forPolished Girlz.”

With mom and dad byher side, Alanna pur-chased all the neces-sary supplies to pre-pare for her first polishparty.

When she wasstocked and ready, shemade her first trip to alocal Down’s SyndromeAssociation. Then, shevisited a rehabilitationservice. Both placeswere ecstatic when thePolished Girlz girl wasfinished and offeredopen invitations for herto come back anytime.

Soon, Alanna’sfriends joined in andformed the firstPolished Girlz team,traveling to patient

treatment centers andhospitals throughoutthe Dayton area. Then,as word spread of thegirl’s generosity, the

small service blos-somed into a full-fledged charitable oper-ation.

Never too young to give back

Organizations like Mended Little Hearts benefit from the attention thePolished Girlz can give.

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by Lexi JonesIn the heart of wine country, about

five miles up the road from theMackenzie-Childs’ home near Aurora,NY, lies a hiking spot that is a greatplace to visit in the spring, summer,and especially fall. I have even attempt-ed a visit in the winter, but could nottrudge through the few feet of snow.

Five minutes outside of the Village ofUnion Springs is the entrance to whatwe like to call “Great Gully.” This gullyis about a mile hike with a beautifulwater fall at each end. The entrance isa dirt path surrounded by a grass clear-ing which is a great place to park beforeyou start your hike. Here you can walkdown the dirt path through a woodedarea, and you will see the first waterfall.It’s quite powerful, but not very big. Itsfall ends in a very large, deep pool,which is a great swimming spot. WhenI have visited early in the day, I haveseen families here picnicking and swim-ming with their children. Later in theday you can find groups of teenagersdoing cannonballs into the water.

Most of the year you can stay relative-ly dry hiking to the other end of the

gully, with ankle high water being thedeepest you will find after the firstwaterfall. This hike up the gully is usu-ally refreshing and relaxing. There arevery few people, if any, and a lot ofbeautiful wildlife to see along the bank.During the fall is probably my personalfavorite time to take this hike, with allof the colorful fallen leaves. There’ssomething almost magical about it.

The end waterfall, although not aspowerful as the one at the beginning ofthe hike, is much prettier. About 20 feethigh, with only a small stream of waterflowing from the top of it, you can easi-ly walk behind it and look down thegully through the flow of the water. Thisend of the gully is a great place to hangout for a while before you make the hikeback, especially when with a loved one.You can find initials carved into a treenearby from past lovers who have takenthis hike, and you can often find rem-nants of campers, but it is very rare toactually see other people around.

There are many beautiful places tohike around Central New York: FilmoreGlen, The Montezuma Wildlife Refuge,but the secluded “Great Gully” of UnionSprings is probably my favorite. If you

are ever passing through I recommendstopping for a hike!

Lexi Jones of Auburn, NY currentlyattends SUNY Oswego.

Enjoy hiking? Know of a great hikingspot? Share your story and we’ll payyou $25 plus $5 per photo for everystory we print. Send stories and photosto jkarkwren@leepub.com

Takee aa hike

This end of the gully is a great place to hang out for a while before youmake the hike back.

Photo by Lexi Jones

The boat is a Nordic Faring, a hugerowing shell that would allow John totap into the bad boy spirit of ourViking ancestors. A fun goal, perhaps,but we have no land, no shed, notruck, no supplies and only a few ofhis tools here in our new home. Thus,boat building was one of the items onour growing list of “things to do whenwe move back to Minnesota.”

But then something changed. In asudden burst of weekend boredomafter an inspirational visit from hisfamily at Christmastime, his innova-tive spirit flipped on with the suddendecisiveness I had come to recognize.That same decisiveness once woredown my stubborn resistance to datehim. Even had I wanted to, I knew bet-ter than to crush his dreams withpracticality; there are certain argu-ments I just don’t get to win.

My husband is an innovative man.

That quality is, in fact, his personaldefinition of masculinity: if you cancreate something out of nothing,you’re a “real” man. As he began plansto build, he met each challenge with anonchalant adjustibility that belied hisstubborn determination. No shed —John converted our small corner of thebuilding’s basement into a mini shop.The Nordic Faring couldn’t fit there —John decided to build a different boat.The only exit from the basement was awinding stairwell — John decided touse the lone window as his exit planinstead. What is short enough to bebuilt in our storage area and narrowenough to fit through a basement win-dow? A kayak.

I am infamous for not finishing proj-ects, so watching his patient fingersform slats of wood into a sleek water-proof vessel was very impressive. Andhis innovation continued. When he

didn’t have a clamp, he pegged withtoothpicks. Though now covered andout of sight, they are still imbedded inthe structure of the kayak. He alsosnuck one of my bobby pins to use asa needle when stitching the cross-beams in place. Eventually, I becameconvinced that this creativity was justhim showing off. We are not so hard upthat we couldn’t have afforded to buy aneedle!

Had John not confessed, I wouldnever have known he stole my hairpins; that robbery he could have got-ten away with. There were other incon-veniences, however, that were morenoticeable — usually revealed when Iwas in the middle of cooking. Mybroom disappeared, our entire con-tainer of toothpicks disappeared, mykitchen shears disappeared, and acouple dishtowels came back com-pletely ruined. He was starting toresemble a sneaky son building a fort!

The sacrifices were small, though.

Especially considering John’s furtherconfession: he originally wanted tobuild his boat in our large, open livingroom, which had access to a wide frontdoor. Thankfully, he stopped short ofasking me. I try to be a supportivewife, but I really would have drawn theline at sitting on a sawdust-coveredsofa! As it was, I just started buyinghim everything he was stealing fromme. He now has a shop broom, clampsand a large industrial-size garbagecan!

Someday, we intend to move back toour beloved Land of 10,000 Lakes. Weare still puzzled about how we aregoing to transport whatever he makesalong with all our other possessions —the U-haul wasn’t exactly roomy onthe way here! But letting the practicalget in our way isn’t something webelieve in doing. If he can innovate, socan I. I suppose, if nothing else, we’lljust ditch all our belongings and pad-dle back home!

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A very happy explorer!

The maiden voyage took place April 20. The narrow kayak had to be care-fully balanced, but it sprung no leak and did not list to either side.

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“People started emailing and calling, asking if theycould be part of Polished Girlz too,” said Alanna. “Wecreated a web site and put up a volunteer applica-tion that people could fill out if they had at least fiveother girls in their area who wanted to serve withthem. Today, we have teams here in Ohio, inChicago, California, New York, Rhode Island,Washington and we’re starting up in other countrieslike Australia and Africa too.”

Each new team receives a free Kaboodle kit filledwith nail polish, remover, glitter, stickers, cottonballs, hand sanitizer and t-shirts for the entiregroup. The volunteers are also sent instructions on

how to approach local hospitals and groups wherethey wish to polish, plus detailed information aboutwhat to do and what not to do upon arrival.

As long as each Polished Girlz volunteer followsthe guidelines, she is open to design and polish how-ever she likes — the more creative, the better, saidAlanna.

The CEO frequently turns her board of directorsfor help managing the organization. The board ismade up of Alanna, her parents and grandmother, afemale scientist from Dove, a public relations execu-tive, a professional hand model and several otherinterested parties.

“I have a lot of fun with Polished Girlz,” said

Alanna. “I want it to be everywhere, with a team inevery city, every state, every country. I also want toset up Polished Girlz houses, mini spas for kids whoare sick or have special needs, so if we don’t have ateam near them or aren’t there when they arearound, they still have a place to go and get pam-pered for free.”

With a global presence and ongoing financial sup-port from both individuals and large organizations —for instance, Alanna recently received a $10,000donation from Cover Girl — Polished Girlz is poisedfor expansion and prepared to serve for many yearsto come.

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Founder and CEO of Polished Girlz, Alanna Wall works on a patient.Photos courtesy of Polished Girlz Polished nails equal big smiles.

by Jan P. CaseRecently, I brought carrot cake cup-

cakes to work. Getting rid of bakedgoods on my floor is not usually aproblem but some of the key eaterswere out of the office that day so Ifound myself offering them to folks onthe other floors. I offered one to myfriend Missy, who said “I have neverheard of such a thing.” I was surprisedthat a nice Polish girl like her hadnever had carrot cake before. She said,“No, we had a lot of golumpkis but mygrandma never made carrot cake.” Iknew Missy was a Gabryszwski, but Icould not remember who her grand-mother was. She said she was Felicia.A flood of memories hit me.

I grew up behind the counter of afarm and feed store. Every week FeliciaGabryszwski would come in for hersupplies and she always had her sonEddie in tow. Eddie was at least sixfoot, Felicia was four at the most, andthey were quite the duo. Her list ofneeds was always pretty much thesame: soybean meal, calf milk replac-er, rubber inflations, mastitis treat-ment. She was always so friendly andEddie liked to give the awkwardteenage girl behind the counter a hardtime, but it only took one well-placedlook from his less than four foot tallmom to make him stop. I found myselfthinking about Felicia and Eddy forthe rest of the day, regretting that I

never had the foresight to journalsome of my memories of the customersI grew up with at the feed store andregretting the lost memories of thepeople with whom I spent my child-hood. Every now and then somethingtriggers another memory and I am nowquick to write them down. Anothergreat memory from the feed mill cameflooding back the other day while visit-ing a sugar shack with another co-worker.

On our return trip from the shack,Richard asked me if I knew a familynamed Camarra that had once owneda local grocery store. We had justpassed a new country grocery storecalled Mee Maw’s that prompted hisquestion. I told him no, but I did knowa family named Camarra that livednear Fiery Hill Road and they werefrom Portugal. He was a captive audi-ence so I then proceeded to tell himabout Maria Camarra and one of myfondest feed store memories.

The Camarras I knew were first gen-eration immigrants from Portugal, whocame to New York by way of NewBedford, MA. If you ever find yourselfin New Bedford be sure to pick upsome sweet Portuguese bread. Sorry —I am a foodie!

The farm and feed store I grew up inwas an independently owned Agwaystore, being part of Agway Cooperative.We always took some farmers to theannual meeting held in Syracuse, NY

and one year we took Jose and MariaCamarra. Maria had just recoveredfrom a broken leg, so she and I weresitting on a bench taking a break fromwandering around the exhibits at thetrade show. I had on a blazer and Ireached into my inside pocket andpulled out some chocolate and offeredsome to Maria. She immediately start-ed to cry. I was surprised and askedher if her leg hurt and she said that,no, she was crying happy tears. Shethen proceeded to tell me about grow-ing up in Portugal and every week herfather would travel into the nearest vil-lage. It was an all day trip for him andthe children never got to go. But everyweek when her father returned, theywould run to greet him and he wouldreach into his inside jacket pocket andretrieve the sweet that he had pickedout for them. She said that watchingme retrieve the chocolate, just the sim-ple movement of my arm, took herback to Portugal and to a treasuredmemory of her father. So of course bythe time she was done telling me thisstory we both were sitting on a benchin the middle of the Agway annualmeeting in Syracuse crying like littlegirls. I do not have that memory everytime I eat chocolate, because thatwould be way too often, but I amalways happy when something orsomeone does trigger that memory.

I regret that I did not write it down orjournal it sooner. I have left out some

details, such as how he traveled to thenearest village. I could pick up thephone and try to find Maria and askher; perhaps I will and that will be oneless memory now faded that I will nolonger regret.

Carrot cake cupcakes bring regrets…no it is not what you are thinking!

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April 24, 2013Hello Again,Every day is a new one in which we can find a chuckle or words of wisdom; some-

thing to make life more meaningful, interesting, or funable. Today’s chuckle was actu-ally found in the June 9, 2012 Original Valley Pennysaver. A quote from TheodoreRoosevelt: “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly, I can.’ Thenget busy and find out how to do it.”

Do you think that Mrs. Pelosi and President Obama, along with his political policyadvisors, took Teddy’s advice, passed the not-thought-out health bill, and dreamedthey maybe would get busy someday and find out how to do it? It sure seems to methat is actually the way they handled the national health bill. They no longer are alonein trying to find out how to do it. It appears that no one anywhere has the foggiest ideawhat it truly means — or in Teddy Roosevelt’s words — “how to do it.”

On a national basis, thousands — if not millions — of employers are deeply con-cerned that this new health act will seriously hurt their businesses, possibly destroy-ing everything. Why? Because absolutely no one can explain what it will mean to theircompanies. Why? Because no one, including Obama’s staff members know what itmeans — all thirteen thousand pages of it.

It appears to all employers of 50 or more employees that this health bill is likenedunto a major fire with the head of the fire department pouring gas on it just to see whatwill happen.

So what are we all doing? Some are sitting with blinders on not knowing what to do.Go ahead and hire — prepare for future growth or cut back the size of companies.Some already have closed their doors.

What is Lee Newspapers doing? We just introduced a new 26,000 circulation week-ly newspaper titled “The Country Editor.” With the largest weekly circulation of anypublication in the history of Herkimer County, actually delivered by the U.S. PostalService.

Our faith is first in the Lord and in our country. The United States of America andthe good Lord have never let us down. On several occasions, our nation has foughtagainst powerful adversaries and with Heaven sent help, we have always won. Ourwish, prayer, and belief is that our elected officials will open up their eyes before it istoo late, and set aside this so-called Obama health program until a proper answer canbe found. Yes, U.S. citizens need proper health care but not at the expense of losingtheir jobs. A paycheck on Friday is still a nice thing to have, don’t you agree?

It appears that we quite often chat about serious matters so let’s change gears andfinish with a little bit of nonsense.

We country folk have to take our own fun wherever we find it — even at the expenseof our city friends. It seems that a city gal dreamed of moving up to the country. Whilevisiting a mink farm, she thought raising mink might be the way she could supporther move to the country. She asked the mink farmer, “How many skins or pelts do youget from each mink?” “Well m’am,” he said, “the mink would get real nasty if you triedto get more than one.”

I’m not sure if the following happened at J.R.’s Auction in Fort Plain but it couldhave. One of the village ladies, after spirited bidding, won the bid and bought a biggreen parrot.

“Tell me,” she asked, “Can this beautiful parrot even talk?” After the auction staffstopped laughing, the auction clerk asked, “Who do you think was bidding againstyou?”

Tell me — did this happen at your house? At three o’clock in the morning, the phonewas ringing off the wall. When it was answered, a woman’s irate voice said, “If you don’tstop your dog from barking I’m either going to shoot him or call the cops.” Three o’clockthe next morning the caller’s phone kept on ringing until she answered it. A man’svoice said, “I’m your neighbor and I don’t have a dog.”

Some of the first three “chatters” might be considered a little bit of Irish blarney.However, this one is true. My mother who grew up in Ireland would often entertain uswith some Irish humor such as this poem. Patrick McGinn, anIrishmen of note, fell into a fortune and bought himself a goat —“Goat’s milk,” said Paddy, “and now I will have myfill,” but when he got his nanny home, he found itwas a bill.

Sitting here at my writing table, I can see the beau-tiful spring sunshine. I believe I can hear my red SpyderCan Am motorcycle calling, “Hey, where are you? Let’s gofor a ride.”

As much as I enjoy chatting with you my friends, I have little willpower and lots of won’t power. I won’t stay here continuing to chatand I will go home and crank up the red three-wheeler. If you seeus glide by wave — two hands — I will only wave with one handback. May God continue to bless you, your family and friends.

Please remember to visit and thank the advertisers in thispaper. They make the paper possible.

Fred Lee and Family

Farriers, horse owners andequine enthusiasts may befamiliar with this tool.

The horse hoof gaugemeasures the angles of ahorse’s hoof so farriers canlevel each hoof evenly. Theshoe-shaped section is linedagainst the horse’s hoof afterthe center ruler has beentipped back, forming a pock-et to slip the hoof into. Theruler is then adjusted to fullymeasure the junction of thefoot’s surface and hoof wall.

Ideal angle measurementfor a horse’s hoof variesbetween individual horsesand also between front andback hooves.

The horse hoof gauge pic-tured is made of iron, but thetool also comes in aluminumand brass. It has been usedby farriers and blacksmithsfor centuries.

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by Doug McMurdo,Kingman Daily Miner

KINGMAN, AZ (AP) —Gregg Arnold doesn’t takeoffense when people tellhim he has a big head.

That’s because he’s gotone. A really, really bigone. It’s called GiganticusHeadicus, and anyonewhose seen it while driv-ing down Route 66 about18 miles north ofInterstate 40 in Kingmanhas undoubtedly done adouble-take.

Giganticus Headicus isgreen, stands 14 feet talland is essentially a replicaof the ancient stonemonoliths known as Maoithat surround EasterIsland in the SouthPacific.

A certified welder bytrade, Arnold said “TheAndy Warhol Diaries,”which were publishedafter the artist’s death in1987, inspired him.

“The creativity just flewthere,” said Arnold. “Ialways wanted a place likethat and I thought, “Whatbetter place than Route66?’

“I want this for artists,painters, poets, whatevertheir outlet is.”

For about nine years,Giganticus Headicus hasstood sentinel along Route66 and it has become oneof the more popular stopsalong one of America’smost famous roads.

Joining Giganticus atwhat was once the KozyKorner trailer park aregiant robotic ants that“crawl” on the outsidewalls and a windmill-typecreation that uses a chairand table from the 1950s

for blades.And somewhere on the

property is a drum thatwarns visitors there arebaby rattlers inside. Theysoon overcome their aver-sion to the reptiles whenthey see the rattlers arefor babies, not baby rat-tlesnakes.

Arnold is in the middleof remodeling the A-framebuilding that once houseda bar and restaurant.

His goal has two prongs:One is to give motorists areason to stop and hope-fully buy a bite to eat anda souvenir or two, includ-ing miniature replicas ofGiganticus Headicus.

The second prong is toattract artists to the sitewho could channel theirmuse’s inspiration in oneof the back rooms.

In addition to Arnold’sartwork — he’s a painteras well as a sculptor —visitors can take in someof nature’s beauty as well.

In the distance standscenic vistas of the GrandWash Cliffs and PeacockMountains.

“There’s a great energyhere,” he said. “I neverdrew a picture. I never didsculpting until I camehere.”

He picked a doozy forhis initial foray intosculpting.

Giganticus Headicus ismade of metal and wood,chicken wire, Styrofoamand cement. The entirestructure is spiked intothe ground.

Since its creation,Arnold said GiganticusHeadicus has been fea-tured in several televisioncommercials and was

named one of the 60 mostinteresting places to visitalong the whole of Route66.

Arnold is one of manywho believe Route 66 andthe nostalgic Americana itrepresents are due for arebirth after 40 years ofdecline.

Ironically, it isn’tAmericans so much whowill lead the renaissance,but tourists from Europewho love the famous high-way almost as much asthey love the Wild West.

He doesn’t have a time-line to make all theimprovements, but hedoes have a plan. Sort of.

“I just do as much as Ican in a day,” he said witha chuckle. “I want toenhance the Route 66experience and put bloodback into the heart ofRoute 66.”

Giganticus’ sculpture helpsRoute 66 renaissance

Gregg Arnold stands in frontof his biggest artisticaccomplishment, GiganticusHeadicus.

Photo by Doug McMurdo,Kingman Daily Miner

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• On May 1, 1926, FordMotor Company becomesone of the first companiesin America to adopt afive-day, 40-hour week.In early 1914, Ford hadannounced it would payworkers a minimum wageof $5 per eight-hour day,upped from a previousrate of $2.34 for ninehours.

• OnA p r i l3 0 ,

1 9 3 9 ,the NewYork World’s

Fair opens in New YorkCity on a 1,200-acre siteat Flushing Meadow Parkin Queens. Among thenew technology exhibitedwas FM radio, robotics,fluorescent lighting and acrude fax machine.

• On May 3, 1946, inTokyo, the InternationalMilitary Tribunals beginshearing the case against28 Japanese military andgovernment officials ac-cused of committing warcrimes during World WarII. The trial ended with

25 of 28 Japanese de-fendants being

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three otherdefendants,

two had died during thetrial, and one was de-clared insane.

• On May 5, 1955, theFederal Republic of Ger-many (West Germany) be-comes a sovereign statewhen the United States,France and Great Britainend their military occu-pation, which had begunin 1945. With this action,West Germany was giventhe right to rearm and be-come a full-fledged mem-ber of the western al-liance against the SovietUnion.

• On May 2, 1964, anexplosion of a charge as-sumed to have beenplaced by Viet Cong ter-rorists sinks the USNSCard at its dock inSaigon. No one was in-jured and the ship waseventually raised and re-paired. The Card had ar-rived in Saigon two daysearlier.

• On May 4, 1970, at

Kent State University inOhio, students protestingthe Vietnam War torchthe ROTC building oncampus, and Ohio Gover-nor James Rhodes calledin the National Guard torestore order. TheGuardsmen fired into the

crowd, killing four andwounding 11. They werelater brought to trial forthe shootings, but foundnot guilty.

• On April 29, 1986, ina game against the Seat-tle Mariners at FenwayPark, Roger Clemens of

the Boston Red Sox be-comes the first pitcher inMajor League Baseball tostrike out 20 batters in anine-inning game. Tenyears later, Clemens re-peated the feat.

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by Conni PartridgeThe words fell heavily

on my tomboy ears whenI asked my father to letme work on the farm.

“Gene gets to work onthe farm,” I said, “whycan’t I?”

Daddy said, “BecauseGene’s a boy and he’solder.”

Daddy was a wholesaleflorist in Lake Placid,Florida during the 1930sto early 1950s. We livedin neighboring Sebring,which was about 25miles north. DuringWorld War II, he made afortune selling white cal-adiums, which replacedthe more expensive whiteroses, to make funeralwreaths for the war dead.Also, during the war, hewas required to growfood on a certain per-centage of his 40 acres.My brother carried hun-dred-pound gunny sacksof potatoes to deliver tolocal restaurants. Daddyalso grew beans, whichwere harvested by

youngsters from the localhigh schools.

I was an energetic, self-directed, adventurousyoung girl who, approach-ing adolescence, broughtchaos to the family. “Can’tyou make a lady out ofher?” Daddy roared at mymother one day.

Mama became my con-stant companion — mygirlfriend, my mentor.She bought me my firsthigh heels, lipstick andbeautiful clothes fromNew York. She taught mehow to walk like a ladyand how not to standlike a fishwife. She lec-tured me on the wilesand wooly ways of boysand men. Then, on mywedding day, she drewme aside and stronglyadvised me not to learnhow to milk a cow whenI visited my new hus-band’s farm.

So, two marriages later,I bore two children,raised them then, in mid-dle-age, I broke from mysubservient role. I literal-

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Over recent years, myindependent spirit hasbrought many adven-tures, one for which I amprofoundly grateful. Myfriend Sam is a farmer.He talked me into climb-ing into the seat of his1949 Farmall tractor!

It was the fourth ofJuly, 2004. Only a fewdays ago. Sam calledand asked me to bringhim lunch. As most hayfarmers well know, youdon’t go home for lunchwhen the sun threatensto hide behind a cloud.You hay until the firstraindrops fall!

We sat under a shadetree with pastrami sand-wiches and iced tea. “Ifyou were wearing pantsand regular shoes, I’dput you on that tractor,”he said.

So, in my rubber thongshoes and long gypsyskirt, with Sam’s help, Iclimbed into the seat. Iimmediately found the

clutch. He explained theleft and right brakes,showed me the lever forthe throttle, the gears,then reached under theseat and showed me howto lift and lower the rake.

I drove the six milesback home, replenishedthe iced tea thermos, andslipped into pants andlittle leather tie shoes.

When I returned to thefarm, Sam was busy bal-ing. So I walked about ina beautiful nearby woodswhile I waited for my firstreal tractor ride. Littledid I know I was going toactually work that three-acre field. It had alreadybeen baled, producingnine big rolls.

While we sipped freshtea, Sam said, “Do youthink it’s worth it to tryand scavenge that field?There seem to be a lot ofscraps still out there.”

He waited until I hadmounted the seat. Then helet down the rake. “I’d rathertry it without the rake,” Isaid apprehensively.

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around, circling the field,ever tightening your cir-cle until you work all theleftover hay into the cen-ter of the field.”

So, off I went, bounc-ing along on this big,loose tractor seat, glanc-ing at the huge tires atmy elbows and using theonly power-steering forvintage tractors — myarms and hands!

As I progressed aroundthat field, I realized mycorners were turninginto semicircles, givingthe otherwise squareborder a jigsaw puzzleappearance.

It didn’t seem logical toquit my just-for-fun vir-gin voyage around a hayfield so I continued untilthe border had comewithin inches of itself atthe middle.

The most engagingpart of the experiencewas the tranquility I feltas the antique tractor’squiet engine talked to meand tiny, point-tailedbirds flitted about thefield, catching bugs I hadstirred up.

A great composermight have written a fa-mous symphony, in-spired by the rhythmicsound of the hay rake.Its intricate clicknick,

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Sam rolled two moregiant bales of hay fromthat gleaning and I wenthome with two sorehands and a bodywracked with pain.

But I will do it all overagain. As soon as thesun comes back, andSam is baling, I’ll beright out there raking!

Mama and Daddy, ify’all could only see thislady now!

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Looking for some helpin the garden? Many ofnature’s most useful crit-ters lie literally at ourfeet, underappreciatedand ignored despite theirability to eliminate in-sects, condition soils andpollinate plants.

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Add to the earthwormsalready in your plantbeds with commerciallyavailable red worms.

“Build a worm bin or aplace where they can’t getout,” Lovejoy said. “Useall of your leftovers —your kitchen compost.

Worms can process up to6 pounds of garbage in aweek.”

“Grow an assortment ofnative plants, which willdraw a great many birdspecies,” Lovejoy said.“Add plant hosts as foodfor butterfly and mothlarvae.”

That list would includemilkweed (monarch but-

terflies), borage (greenlacewings), sunflowers(ladybugs) and yarrow

(hoverflies). Many insectsin the larval stage are vo-racious predators. Greenlacewings as juveniles areaptly named “aphid lions”because of their appetitefor the sap-sucking pests.

“I would certainly placespiders near the top of

underappreciated life inthe garden,” said WhitneyCranshaw, an extensionentomologist with Col-orado State University.“Although sometimes Ithink it is less that theyare not appreciated butrather people don’t wantto think of them.”

Spiders are credited foras much as 80 percent ofall predator control in thegarden. Jumping spiders,wolf spiders, lynx spidersand crab spiders are thestandouts, Cranshawsaid.

Also great gardenhelpers are:

• Toads. “Harmful in-sects make up 62 percentof a toad’s daily food sup-ply,” said Lovejoy, whostacks rocks and wood insecluded spots to sheltertoads, frogs, turtles, sala-manders and lizards.

• Dragonflies that cancapture over 400 mosqui-toes a day.

• Moles. “They eat theirbody weight in insects,slugs and grubs whileaerating the soil,” Lovejoysaid.

• Sphinx wasps thatcan pollinate 200 flowersin less than seven min-utes, Lovejoy said.

• Snakes. “Most snakes

— about 99 percent ofthose found in gardens —are harmless helpers,and eat rodents and in-sect pests,” Lovejoy said.Garter and gophersnakes top her “benefi-cial” list.

• Box turtles that feaston slugs, snails, insects,larvae and grubs.“They’re slow but sure,”Lovejoy said.

• Bats. These nocturnalaerialists pollinate flow-ers, spread seeds and de-vour upwards of 600mosquitoes an hour.

Most predatory insectsaren’t selective, though,feeding on anything thatcomes within reach.“Praying mantises aregeneralists,” said JamesDill, a pest managementspecialist with Universityof Maine Extension. “Soare many spiders. They’revery efficient but don’tdiscriminate in what theyeat. They’d just as soongrab a honeybee if it hap-pens by.”

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“I’m telling you, Hon-ey…” she said, thenlooked up and saw usand smiled. “Morning,guys!”

“Emily, Dewey,” Docsaid. “How goes it?”

“Just fine, Doc,” Deweysaid. “Emily has someideas on how to help myfertilizer business.”

Doc looked serious.“Dewey… would theseideas have anything to dowith sharp objects or ma-chinery?”

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The more I am quotedthe more I am believed.

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NEW YORK (AP) —Girls whose families werewiped out by SuperstormSandy can still party instyle, thanks to a NewYork City charity thathas collected more than1,000 prom dresses forthe storm’s victims.

The nonprofit groupWhere to Turn held a freedress expo at a Staten Is-land high school Satur-day for teenagers whosefamilies lost homes andcars in the massivestorm. People from allover the country, as wellas a Hollywood market-ing firm and a promdress company in NewEngland, contributedgowns to the event, heldin a neighborhood devas-tated by flooding.

The group has held

smaller dress giveawaysin recent years to helpkids from down-and-outfamilies afford promnight, but this year’s

event took on new signif-icance after the stormdamaged or destroyedtens of thousands ofhomes in New York, New

Jersey and Connecticut.“Right now, people are

rebuilding and they don’thave enough money totake care of the normal

day-to-day things...things that, you know,kids really shouldn’tmiss out on,” said Whereto Turn executive direc-tor Dennis McKeon.

Among the roughly 125teenagers who camethrough the expo wasKatie Zukhovich, 15,whose home on the Stat-en Island waterfrontfilled with 7 feet of waterduring the storm. Shepicked out a black dresswith a low slit in theback.

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FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AP) —Shaping hammer clangsagainst anvil.

Hot iron against hoofsmells of burnt hair.

It’s an April morning atC.R. Mules in Doney Park.Sun shines in blue skyand warms his brow tosweat with hard work.Tyler Parker is a Flagstaff-based farrier who ownsEasyStride Horseshoeing.He shoes horses andmules for a living.

Welcome to a day in hislife.

“I (will have) been doingthis 11 years in May,” hesays, striking red-hot,glowing metal with hishammer. “My father —he’s been shoeing horsesfor 50 years.”

As a kid growing up, hewould help his father, butit wasn’t until he was 28before he went to aneight-week shoeing school

in Phoenix to make hisway in the trade.

“Where they show youenough to do some dam-age,” he says. He usestongs to pull hot metal outof a portable forge perchedon the back of his worktruck. He followed up theschooling with two yearsas an apprentice.

The truck is packedwith premade horse-shoes, called “cake,” barstock slivers of metal forhim to craft his ownhorseshoes, files, tongs,horseshoeing nails andmore. It took him a cou-ple of years to get his gear

set up.“You accumulate,” he

says, adding that a farrierstarts off with not enoughand ends up having todownsize down the road.

Parker is clad in chaps,jeans and a wicked senseof humor to offset that ofRod LaRa, owner of C.R.Mules.

“He’s been shoeing for a

long time,” LaRa says. Hewatches Parker shoe oneof his horses. Most ofParker’s work for LaRa isshoeing mules, and LaRahas him out for work atleast a couple of times amonth.

“He’s a perfectionist,”LaRa says. “He’s consci-entious, scheduled, andhe comes when he sayshe will.”

Parker goads the horseto deliver feet one at atime and places the shoesby driving nails throughthe hoof and cutting offthe ends that protrudethe top.

Most of his customerscall him.

“In this business, refer-

ral is huge,” he says, dip-ping a hot shoe in abucket of water hangingoff the back of the truck.He adds that there are asmany as a dozen, maybemore, farriers in town,and he tries to be com-petitive not by his speed,but by the quality of hiswork.

At the shoeing schoolhe attended, Parker saysthe general statistic isthat 90 percent of thestudents drop out of theschool. But, he adds, hisback is still good. Hisdad?

“He walks semi-up-right,” Parker says,laughing.

To keep from burning

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His territory stretchesthrough Winslow, GrandCanyon and Williams.And the work can be iso-lating.

Hazards of the job?“You burn yourself all

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Another hazard?“Horses are a hazard,”

he says. The nearbyhorse appears not to takeoffense. “The whole jobcan be a hazard. That’swhy I don’t like workingon the naughty ones(horses).”

He prefers mules. Halfhorse and half donkey,they’re a lot smarter thanplain horses, LaRa adds.

Although the work istough, Parker isn’t plan-ning any changes any-time soon.

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by Wilson Casey1. Is the book of Titus

in the Old or New Testa-ment or neither?

2. From Isaiah 45,whom did God ask, “Shallthe clay say to him that

fashioneth it”? Gideon,Peter, Cyrus, Elijah

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how many times was Pe-ter delivered from prisonby an angel? 2, 5, 12, 70

5. Which Psalm is aPrayer of Moses, the manof God? 23, 90, 117, 150

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by Seth Borenstein,AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) —NASA’s planet-huntingtelescope has discoveredtwo planets that seemlike ideal places for somesort of life to flourish.They are just the rightsize and in just the rightplace near their star.

The distant duo are thebest candidates for habit-able planets that as-tronomers have found sofar, said William Borucki,the chief scientist forNASA’s Kepler telescope.

The discoveries, pub-lished online in the jour-nal Science, mark a mile-stone in the search forplanets where life couldexist.

In the past when as-tronomers found exo-planets — planets outsideour solar system — theyhave not fit all the criteriathat would make themright for life. Many plan-ets are not in the habit-able zone — where it’s nottoo hot and not too coldfor liquid water. And untilnow, the handful of plan-ets astronomers found inthat ideal zone, were justtoo big. Those are likelyto be gas balls like Nep-tune and that’s not suit-able for life.

Similarly, the Earth-size planets that hadbeen found weren’t in theright place near theirstars, Borucki said.

In the Goldilocks gameof looking for other plan-

ets like ours, the new dis-coveries, called Kepler-62-e and Kepler-62-f arejust right. And they arefraternal twins. They cir-cle the same star, an or-ange dwarf, and are nextto each other — closer to-gether than Earth and itsneighbor Mars.

The planets are slightlywider than Earth, but nottoo big. Kepler-62-e is abit warm, like a Hawaiianworld and Kepler-62-f isa bit chilly, moreAlaskan, Borucki said.

“This is the first onewhere I’m thinking “Huh,Kepler-62-f really mighthave life on it’,” saidstudy co-author DavidCharbonneau of Harvard.“This is a very importantbarrier that’s been

crossed. Why wouldn’t ithave life?”

Both planets are tanta-lizing. The dozens of re-searchers who co-au-thored the study disagreeon which one is bettersuited to life. LisaKaltenegger of the MaxPlanck Institute of As-tronomy in Germanylikes Kepler-62-3 morebecause it’s closer to thestar and is warmer. Shesaid it is probably “likeWashington in May.”

Pennsylvania StateUniversity professorJames Kasting, who was-n’t part of the research,called the findings “a bigdiscovery.”

The planets are 1,200light years away. A lightyear is almost 6 trillion

miles (nearly 10 trillionkilometers).

The planets circle astar that is 7 billion yearsold — about 2.5 billion

years older than our sun.“If there’s life at all on

those planets, it must bevery advanced,” saidBorucki.

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PUTNAM TOWNSHIP,MI — With one foot afterthe other, an 80-year-oldPinckney-area runnerstill has the fire.

Harrison Hensley hadalready completed 17 5K(3.1-mile) races this yearbefore the end of March,and he hopes to run 100in 2013 — maybe more.

“I’ll do it until I can’t,because then I’ll sit herein my bed and I’ll die,” hetold the LivingstonCounty Daily Press & Ar-gus. “It’s the end whenyou stop doing some-thing.”

Hensley strives to fin-ish anything he starts.

The Putnam Townshipman worked at Ford Mo-tor Co. for 35 years as amillwright skilled trades-man. He was married tohis wife, Dolores, for 56years.

“We went everywheretogether,” Hensley said.“We were a good team.”

While a doctor’s advi-sory prevented his wifefrom running, she wasan avid race volunteer.The two would deliverfliers promoting otherraces and free copies ofMichigan Runner maga-zine to the events.

The Run Thru Hell onHalloween was hosted inhonor of Dolores in2011, the year she diedfollowing a stroke. Hens-ley co-founded a similarrace, Run Thru Hell, 32years ago.

When Hensley wasyoung, he’d run to thestore and to school.

“I walked so slow, I’drather run,” he said.

But he didn’t startrunning competitivelyuntil 1978, at age 45.

To date, he has runraces in 41 states, com-pleting about 2,150races.

Hensley arrives to eachrace two hours early,and leaves two hours af-ter he completes it.

“It’s my social time,”he said. “This is a lonelyplace by myself, so that’sthe way it goes.

“It’s better than sittinghere, it’s better thanthat.”

Hensley planned torun 100 5K (3.1-mile)races in 2012, but a tripto the Grand Canyon puthim off. Instead of wear-

ing hiking gear as heventured down the steepslope, he wore his Nikerunning shoes.

He ended up losing toenails, and toes becameinfected, restricting hisrunning. He was only

able to complete 89races.

The man hopes to hikedown the canyon againthis year.

Hensley runs for hisphysical well-being.Plus, “it keeps the cob-

webs out of your nog-gin,” he said.

“I’ve still got the fire,

but my head says go andmy body says, are youkidding me,” he said.

“Things don’t come aseasy now as they did.”

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by Paul G. Donohue, M.D.Age no barrier to heart

valve repairDear Dr. Donohue: I

had an echocardiogram.The findings are consis-tent with “moderate to se-vere aortic stenosis withtrace mitral and tricuspidregurgitation and mildpulmonic insufficiency,with left atrial enlarge-ment and left ventriculardiastolic dysfunction. Theejection fraction is greaterthan 65 percent.” My doc-tor referred me to a cardi-

ologist, who told me Ineed surgery. I am 86years old and do not feel itwould be safe. Will youexplain in plain Englishwhat I have, and if sur-gery would lengthen mylife span? — M.I.

Answer: Forget aboutthe mitral, tricuspid andpulmonic heart valves.These three valves havean insignificant leak. Youraortic valve, however, isyour main problem. Theaortic valve closes afterthe heart pumps blood

out to the rest of the body.Your valve is so narrow(stenosis) that it createsan obstacle to emptyingthe heart of blood. Thathas given rise to “diastolicdysfunction.” Your heartcan’t fill with blood nor-mally, as it should be-tween heartbeats (dias-tole). It is less stretchable.The aortic valve troublehas caused it to thicken.

Early on in aortic steno-sis, all goes well. Whenthe valve narrows to acritical size, about 1

square centimeter, symp-toms arise, and heartdamage progresses morerapidly. The three mostimportant symptoms andsigns of aortic stenosisare shortness of breathwhen up and about, chestpain with activity andfainting spells. Oncethese symptoms appear, adownhill course in hearthealth is to be expected.

Even though you’re 86,age is not a contraindica-tion to surgery. If yourhealth is otherwise good,you could be a candidatefor it. Discuss with thedoctor the surgery he has

in mind. Ask if you mightbe able to receive a newvalve inserted into theheart through a surfaceblood vessel by way of acatheter. No extensive in-cisions are made. It’s aless-traumatic procedure.Replacement of yourheart valve will increaseyour life span and will doaway with the severesymptoms that come froma narrowed aortic valve.

Dear Dr. Donohue:What elevates a person’swhite blood cell count?What can a person doabout it? Mine has beenhigh for a while. — B.L.

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Infections, inflamma-tion, trauma, some non-infectious illnesses,leukemia and stress (in-cluding emotional stress)raise the count. So do de-hydration and cortisonemedicines.

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Dear Clark: Helping apet lose weight can be dif-ficult. Like us humans, it’sthe lifestyle as well as dietthat make it easier to packon the pounds. So, beyondjust feeding Beaver less,

his daily activities have tochange significantly too.

For the next two weeks,carry a notepad aroundwith you. When you feedBeaver, jot down what andhow much he ate. Whenyou walk him, note howfar or for how long thewalk was, whether he wasenergetic or not, and

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LOS ANGELES (AP) —Starving sea lion pupsare washing up on South-ern California beaches ata rate more than fivetimes higher than usual,and scientists are scram-bling to figure out why,officials said recently.

Since the beginning ofthe year, 1,293 emaciatedsea lions found strandedon beaches from SanDiego to Santa Barbarahave been treated at sev-en facilities in the state,Sarah Wilkin of the Na-tional Oceanic and At-mospheric Administra-tion said during a confer-ence call with reporters.

Last month, the agencydeclared an “unusualmortality event” that al-lowed more scientists tohelp search for the cause.

A leading hypothesis islack of available food. Re-searchers were also doing

tests to see if pollution,disease outbreak or algaebloom are to blame.

Most of the pups beingtreated weighed between20 and 30 pounds (9 and14 kilograms) when theywere found, with some assmall as 18 pounds (8kilograms). The animalsshould weigh about 65pounds (30 kilograms) bynow, she said.

As many as 25 percentof the seals have died af-ter being brought in fortreatment.

The surviving seals areslowly brought up to anormal body weight andmonitored to make surethey can find prey ontheir own and competewith other animals intanks.

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At least two releasedseals outfitted with moni-toring tags have beentracked diving and forag-ing normally in their reg-ular habitat.

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Auctioneers:: Benuel Fisher Auctions,, Elam Kauffman, Sam Swarey, Marcus Beiler, DavidStoltzfus, Ed Leaman, Wilmer Fisher, Elmer Stoltzfus

Breakfast ready by 7:00AM Saturday • Homemade Food Available 4:00 to 8:30PM Friday.All Announcements day of sale will take precedence over printed materials.

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Starving sea lion pups fill U.S. rescue centers

Since the beginning of the year, 1,293 emaciated sea lions found stranded on beach-es from San Diego to Santa Barbara have been treated at seven facilities in the state.

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Number / Classification20 Air Compressors25 Air Tools35 Announcements45 Antiques55 Appraisal Services75 ATV80 Auctions82 Auto Body

110 Bedding Plants120 Bees-Beekeeping130 Bird Control155 Building Materials/ Supplies157 Building Repair160 Buildings For Sale161 Bulk Foods / Spices165 Business Opportunities170 Butchering Supplies173 Carpentry175 Cars, Trucks, Trailers180 Catalogs182 Catering190 Chain Saws195 Cheesemaking Supplies205 Christmas210 Christmas Trees214 Clocks & Repair215 Collectibles216 Clothing235 Computers253 Consignment265 Construction Equipment For Rent270 Construction Equipment For Sale275 Construction Machinery Wanted277 Construction Services280 Construction Supplies312 Crafts325 Custom Butchering330 Custom Services360 Deer-Butchering & Hides370 Dogs410 Electrical415 Employment Wanted440 Farm Machinery For Sale445 Farm Machinery Wanted447 Farm Market Items460 Fencing470 Financial Services480 Fish483 Flooring490 For Rent or Lease500 For Sale510 Fresh Produce, Nursery525 Fruits & Berries527 Furniture530 Garden Supplies535 Generators537 Gifts575 Greenhouse Supplies585 Guns587 Hair Styling589 Hardware600 Health Care/Products605 Heating610 Help Wanted653 Hotel / Motel683 Jewelers700 Lawn & Garden711 Lessons760 Lumber & Wood Products790 Maple Syrup Supplies805 Miscellaneous810 Mobile Homes811 Monuments812 Multi Media813 Music815 Motorcycles817 Nails820 Nurseries910 Plants950 Real Estate For Sale955 Real Estate Wanted960 RVs & Motor Homes975 Rentals980 Restaurant Supplies

1040 Services Offered1075 Snowblowers1080 Snowmobiles1109 Thrift1140 Trailers1147 Trains1148 Travel1155 Tree Moving Services1165 Trees1170 Truck Parts & Equipment1180 Trucks1187 Vacuum1190 Vegetable1200 Veterinary1205 Wanted

Auctions Auctions

ESTATE SALE238 Kyser Lake Rd., Dolgeville, NY

FRI., APRIL 26TH - 10AM-6PMSAT., APRIL 27TH - 10AM-3PM

Oak bookcase, oak chest of drawers, nice old drop frontdesk, several interesting books including local history, 3nice (like new) twin beds complete, maple stands,dressers, lamps, records, prints, kitchen items, trunks,bedding, box lots, loads of bric-brac.

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John F. DudaPh. & Fax (315) 733-4715 dudawood@roadrunner.com

734 Lafayette StreetUtica, NY 13502

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WANTED: 1953 Cooper-stown High School year-book. 518-568-5115

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

FREE: Cat needs a goodhome. Gray & White tiger,female. Nice cat, litter trainedand friendly. 315-867-0208 or315-219-2939

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Antiques

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”

ATV

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

BuildingMaterials/Supplies

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

BusinessOpportunities

Fastrack Distributors Want-ed for the #1 equine * Probi-otic for diary, swine, horses,cattle. Call (315)985-5951

Minneapolis based Companyexpanding across the nation.We need Sales Reps withexcellent opportunity to moveup into sales management.Excellent commissions. Wetrain. Ag or construction expe-rience a plus. 315-985-5951

Cars, Trucks, Trailers

2008 CHEVY Uplander Van,low mileage, 53,000 miles,new tires, excellent, $9,500.315-737-7901

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

RECORDS WANTED: We’llbuy your old records from1930- 1970. 45’s, 78’s,Albums, Rock-N-Roll, Blues,R&B, Country, etc. Call Pete518-673-2384.

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.

Custom Services

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 bsnyder@leepub.com Lee Publications 518-673-0101

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STUDIO EFFICIENCY apart-ment for rent. Newly renovat-ed, nice location near storesin Herkimer. A small sittingarea in back yard. Water, elec-tric, heat & garbage disposalincluded. Washer available touse. No pets. $600.00/month.Need one month’s deposit +one month’s rent. Text mes-sage or call 315-868-8053

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PORTABLE Carry-On BOATair conditioner & cover,$800.00. 315-376-6639 leavea message.

Furniture

BIG Dupa’s breaking yourchairs? Call Duda Wood-working & Chair Hospital.734 Layfayette St., Utica.315-733-4715. CustomFormica Counter tops too!

CUSTOM FORMICA Coun-tertops. Cash & Carry orInstalled. Duda Woodwork-ing & Chair Hospital, 734Lafayette St., Utica 315-733-4715 “Quality Work for Over33 Years!”

Hay - Straw For Sale

HORSE HAY: Round bales$40.00 per bale. MohawkValley Produce Auction.518-568-2257

Heating

CHARCOAL GRILL: KAMA-DO JOE Ready to cook in15 minutes. Free Acces-sories worth $113.00 includ-ed in the introductory price.HERKIMER HOME &LEISURE 247 Oberle Rd,Herkimer NY 315-866-5557

Heating

FIREPLACE XTRAORDI-NAIRE GAS INSERTS ONSALE, OVER $1000 dis-count. Limited supplyHERKIMER HOME &LEISURE 247 Oberle Rd,Herkimer NY 315-866-5557

H A R M A N P E L L E TSTOVES: SAVE UP TO$300 NOW THRU 9/16/12HERKIMER HOME &LEISURE 247 Oberle Rd,Herkimer NY 315-866-5557

LOPI WOOD INSERT-SAVE UP TO $500 ON IN-STOCK UNITS HERKIMERHOME & LEISURE 247Oberle Rd, Herkimer NY315-866-5557

PELLETS SALE: $229/ton.HERKIMER HOME &LEISURE 247 Oberle Rd,Herkimer NY 315-866-5557

REMODELING SALE:STOVES, GAS INSERTS &FIREPLACES, Save over$1000 on Major BrandsHERKIMER HOME &LEISURE 247 Oberle Rd,Herkimer NY 315-866-5557

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Lawn & Garden

AFFORDABLE LAWN CAREand landscaping. MichaelYacobucci 315-982-1931 Springcleanup Driveway sealing.affordablelawncare315@hotmail.com

Lessons

ERNIE BALL, D’ADDARIO,Dean Markley GHS guitarstrings (lessons available).Imagineering Drum & GuitarShop. 27 West Main St. LittleFalls. 315-823-1500

Lumber &Wood Products

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

Magnets

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Rt. 80 BowlVanHornesville

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Roast Beef,Ham, Pork

$12.00 Adults • $6.00 Children

Music

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

Motorcycles

2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON1200 XL Custom Vance &Hines Pipes, Vance & HinesFuel Pak, Stage 1 EFI Kit,Black, 8,500 Miles, $7,500.Exce l len t Condi t ion!518-378-3279FOR 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.

Real Estate For Sale

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

Services Offered

TED’S Painting and HomeRepairs: Book now throughApril 30th get FREE powerwash w/deck staining, goodfor April, May, June only. Call315-429-3253

Services Offered

WHEELER’S PAINTING:(Exterior). Free estimates.Senior discount. Fully insured.315-219-1702

Tires &Tire Repair Service

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.

USED TIRE SALE: HugeInventory, mounting & balanc-ing FREE. No appointmentnecessary! Save money callAuto World, 534 North PerryStreet, Johnstown 12095 518-762-7555

Tractors

MASSEY FERGUSON 65tractor/ backhoe with frontend loader and extra rims,$4,000 or best offer. Dan518-706-0249

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by Tom Turpin, Professorof Entomology, PurdueUniversity

Did you ever wonderwhy butterflies are calledbutterflies? For onething, they fly, and thatexplains the last part ofthe name. That is thesame reason that manyother insects such asdragonflies, fireflies,lanternflies and dobson-flies have ‘fly’ in theirnames.

Even though these in-sects are called flies theyare not really flies, ac-cording to scientists. Realflies are the insects thatare classified in the orderDiptera. There are hun-dreds of species of realflies in the world. Houseflies, deer flies, blackflies, blow flies and mos-quitoes are all real flies.

So why do butterflieshave the word butter intheir name? It apparentlywas partially associatedwith the time that thefirst of these scale-wingedcreatures appeared eachyear. At least in the tem-perate regions of theworld, that time is theearly spring.

Early spring was his-torically known in Eng-lish-speaking parts of theworld as the butter sea-son. That is because newplant growth providedforage for grazing mam-mals such as cows, goatsand sheep. Humans usedmilk from these animalsto drink and make butter,so increasing milk sup-plies during the springresulted in the time peri-od being called the butterseason. Hence, these in-sects were called flies ofthe butter season — orbutterflies. The Germanword for butterfly showsa similar connection tomilk. That word —Schmetterling — is based

on the word for cream.Some people have sug-

gested that the yellow col-or of one of the first but-terfly species to appear inspring might have con-tributed to the name aswell. These yellow butter-

flies are generally knownas alfalfa butterflies, be-cause their caterpillarsfeed on legumes, includ-ing alfalfa. They are pestinsects, but the butter-

flies are still pretty. Theircolor could have beensuggestive of homemadebutter.

The name butterfly hasnot been an entirely ade-quate term for the onetype of insect that most

people admire. To provethis point, more than onecartoonist has produceda drawing of a stick ofbutter with wings to rep-resent a butterfly.

Butterflies, with theirlarge wings and beautifulcolors, flutter throughoutart, design, poetry andeven music. So it is notsurprising that a numberof terms have surfaced todescribe this genre of in-

sects as something otherthan a product of achurn.

Leave it to the word-smiths to come up withsomething better than

butterfly for this type ofinsect. Because of thecolor of both butterfliesand flowers, a compari-son seems the thing todo. French lyric poet P. D.E. Lebrun wrote, “Thebutterfly is a flyingflower.” In like manner,science-fiction writer R.H. Heinlein opined, “But-terflies are self-propelledflowers.” In his poem,“The Butterfly,” J. B.Tabb described these in-sects as, “Leafless, stem-less, floating flower.”Robert Frost, in his poem“Blue-butterfly Day,” re-ferred to butterflies as“sky flakes” and “flowersthat fly.” Frost also con-nected butterflies andflowers in his poem, “MyButterfly,” with thesewords: “thy emulous fondflowers.”

It has been suggestedthat one of the early com-mon names for butterfliesmight have actually beenflutter-by. Such a term isdescriptive of the waybutterflies fly, or at leastthe way they fly whenthey are not in a hurry.Two unknown poets in-corporated the flutter-byidea in the followinglines, “Butterflies go flut-tering by” and “Flutter

by, butterfly, floatingflower in the sky.”

Butterflies have alsobeen called flappers. Tomost of us the word flap-per is associated with theRoaring ‘20s when theterm was used to de-scribe young women ofthe time. These humanflappers wore short skirtsand bobbed their hair,mostly as a sign of rejec-tion of the social stan-dards.

Flapper as a name forwomen apparently is notrelated to use of the wordto describe butterflies.However, there is oneiconic image of that timeperiod that incorporatesboth the human and in-sect flappers. This was apainting, “The Flapper,”by F. X. Leyendecker. Theimage adorned a Lifemagazine cover in 1922and featured a flapperwoman sporting anten-nae and swallowtail but-terfly wings.

I don’t know about you,but I kind of like thename butterfly. It surebeats something likescale-winged, day-flyinglepidopteran withknobbed antennae — theway that scientists de-scribe butterflies!

Tis the butter (fly) season

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44th Annual Mohawk Valley Machinery Consignment Auction

Sat., April 27, 2013 9:30 AMat the corner of State Highway 163 and Clinton Rd, Sprout Brook, NY

Consignments include New and Used Farm Equipment, Household Items, Shop Tools - Something For Everyone

SELLING: Fiat Allison track loader w/cab, Ford 2N, Glenco 9 shank chisel, fert wagon w/auger, JD 11hole grain drill on wooden wheels, JD 112 3 beater chuck wagon, hay wagons, mowers, NH 258 rake,NH 276 baler w/kicker, NH 273 baler, 15 horse vacuum pump, Int 56 corn planter, 3pt hitch sicklebarmower, new tires - 11Lx15 8 ply imp, 10x16.5 skid steer, 18.4x34 tractor, pallet jacks, 1936 roadgrader, Honda CR85 dirt bike, hoof trimming table, mixer wagon, discs, Meyer 3 beater wagon, JD 2 rowcorn planter, JD 7000 6 row planter and much, much more.

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