tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12472927648576281352024-03-20T02:48:53.467-07:00Professor Snappy McTurtleRusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-14701711170173823542013-03-29T04:57:00.000-07:002013-03-29T04:57:13.774-07:00SHANDAKEN SHAKEUP REPORT ON WIOX MARCH 1, 2013
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WITZ END SHANDAKEN REPORT</div>
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3/1/13</div>
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(January) LAWSUIT AGAINST TOWN OF SHANDAKEN CONCERNING NEW
PHOENICIA LIBRARY</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>MORNE
IMPORTS Marietta Hofmeister</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>PHOENICIA DELICATESSEN
Wilfred Nolte</div>
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WALDON LAWFIRM (Jacobowitz and Gubitz) TO DEFEND TOWN</div>
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PLANS CALL FOR NEW BUILDING WITH FOOTPRINT LARGER THAN
PREVIOUS BUILDING</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>CLOSER TO
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AT REAR FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>OPEN
READING ROOM</div>
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5 ZONING VARIANCES:</div>
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SIDE SETBACKS <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AND LOT COVERAGE VARIANCES)
CLOSER <span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>TO
NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ON SIDES</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>TOTAL
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>PARKING
FACILITIES VARIANCE</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>TWO FEET
FROM DELI</div>
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MORNE PROPERTY LINE</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>OVERRODE
ULSTER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDED MORE <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>INFO</div>
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HEARING AT SZB ON WED MARCH 13</div>
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POINTS OF CONTENTION:</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>LOCATION ON
MAIN STREET</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>REBUILDING
IN THE FLOODPLAIN</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>NEED FOR
NEW &<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LARGER BUILDING</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>ELEVATOR</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>FUNDING FOR
NEW LIBRARY</div>
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TWO LIBRARIES IN TOWN OF SHANDAKEN:</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>MORTON
LIBRARY IN PINE HILL<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(OPEN 20 HOURS/WEEK)</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>PHOENICIA
LIBRARY (BURNED MAR 19, 2011)</div>
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2. ULSTER COUNTY LEGISLATURE RESOLUTION ON<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NYS “SAFE ACT” GUN LAWS</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(14 to 8)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ulster county perf arts center upac</div>
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COUNTY ON 27<sup>TH</sup></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>GOV CUOMO
USED“MESSAGE OF NECESSITY” TO CIRCUMVENTEED <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>NORMAL
3 DAY WAITING PERIOD ON JAN 15</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>22
COUNTIES<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AGAINST GUN LAW</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>ALBANY
RALLY YESTERDAY 5000 PEOPLE</div>
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65 TO 30 IN FAVOR OF SAFE ACT</div>
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PROCEEDINGS</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>ONLY ONE
BID ON ASSETS OF COMPANY, FROM SELF<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>ALDEN
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>225
MILLION LIABILITIES<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>122 MILLION ASSETS</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>CONVERSION
TO DIGITAL/DECLINE IN AD REVENUE</div>
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Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-19041024822036128292013-03-29T04:45:00.000-07:002013-03-29T04:45:18.783-07:00SHANDAKEN SHAKEUP REPORT MARCH 29, 2013
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WIOXRADIO.ORG WIOX 91.3 ROXBURY NY </div>
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SHANDAKEN SHAKEUP SEGMENT 7:15AM-7:45AM</div>
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RUSTY MAE MOORE</div>
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WITZ END</div>
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PHYLLIS HOROWITZ</div>
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3/29/13</div>
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1.</div>
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TOM DINAPOLI (STATE CONTROLLER) AUDITS ORDA</div>
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ORDA BUDGET AND ORDA AUDIT</div>
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Olympic Regional Development Authority</div>
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Whiteface Mountain, Gore, Lake Placid Olympic Facilities</div>
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Steady Losses at Adirondacks Mountains DATA</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3 TIMES IN
BLACK 2003 TO 2012 </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>LOSSES
EVERY YEAR SINCE 2009</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>operating
loss $13million to 18million 2006-2012 ORDA</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>OPERATING
LOSS 16.9 MILL IN 2012</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>TOTAL
REVENUE $51 MILLION PEAK IN 2007 TO 40,000,000 IN 2012</div>
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FINANCIAL SOURCES are OPER REV, STATE GOV, LOCAL GOV, ESDC</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(80% OF TOT= Empire State Development
Corporation in 2007)</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>ESDC
BORROWING SUPPORTS ORDA</div>
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HOW CAN PRIVATE COMPETITORS SURVIVE WITHUT SUBSIDY?</div>
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Belleayre now in the mix too </div>
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Bad numbers for Belleayre too DATA</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>+++ALSO+++</div>
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$1,000,000 in ORDA??? budget earmarked for Belleayre</div>
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by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>politico
Assemblyman KEVIN CAHILL, Democrat Ulster & Dutchess Counties</div>
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[ORDA ONLY GOT 4.7 million from state 2012 down from 8
million yrs ago] </div>
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Skating Rink, Lodges</div>
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2.</div>
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RAIL TRAILS CONTROVERSY IN SHANDAKEN</div>
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CE Mike Hein, Democrat sell rails for scrap, build Rail
Trail connect</div>
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“Walkway Over The Hudson” Connect to Shokan Reservoir, $2mil
in Cuomo’s budget</div>
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SHANDAKEN DEMOCRATS SUGGEST A RAIL <u>AND</u> TRAIL SOLUTION</div>
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TOM RINALDI<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>runs
music program in Phoenicia RR Depot </div>
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Many people don’t want to see the RR destroyed </div>
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On SHANDAKEN DEMOCRATS Facebook page</div>
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WANT RAIL <u>AND</u> TRAIL</div>
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EAST VS WEST CONFLICT IN ULSTER CO</div>
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CMRR Chairman Harry Jameson</div>
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3. SHANDAKEN PLANNING BOARD HOLDS UP PHOENICIA LIBRARY</div>
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ALREADY PASSED ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS</div>
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MORE INFO NEEDED ON FIRE AND FLOOD SAFETY</div>
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ERIC HOFMEISTER supt highway SON MARIETTA HOFMEISTER [MORNE
IMP]</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Suggests
wrong to cut down space between buildings</div>
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Traditional Flood relief channel vs flaps under building on
new design</div>
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INDIVIDUAL AID</div>
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SBA Loans</div>
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HURRY</div>
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SUICIDE IN SHOKAN MAR 26 RTE 28</div>
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Suicidal man burns himself in truck and barn</div>
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Electricity out for 126 homes in area</div>
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Cut power for safety of firemen and other first responders</div>
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“Shots” were exploding ammo</div>
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NEXT TB MEETING MON APRIL 1</div>
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Yet Public</div>
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<u>PENULTIMATE</u></div>
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OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES</div>
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2013 CATSKILLS OUTDOOR GUIDE</div>
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WATERSHED POST</div>
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NEEDS $15,000 TO PUBLISH, HAS $5400 COMMITTED</div>
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Reach 10,000 people est 2013; 7000 last year</div>
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Must have $9600 more before April 5</div>
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Published before May 30</div>
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Editor Julia Reischel at wp.com</div>
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<u>ULTIMATE</u></div>
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GREASE AUDITIONS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>April 2 TUESDAY</div>
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SHANDAKEN THEATRICAL SOCIETY</div>
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PHOENICIA THEATER</div>
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7PM tues<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[OFF
MAIN ACROSS FROM MAMA’S BOY]</div>
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STS FACEBOOK PAGE</div>
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DIRECTOR Laurie Sepe-Marder<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>35 musicals at Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center</div>
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Sing-dance-act at auditons</div>
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Michael Koegel, Director</div>
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Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-47919567600471661232013-01-11T06:17:00.001-08:002013-01-11T06:17:18.273-08:00COMMETARY ON WITZ END JANUARY11, 2013
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Shandaken Town Board Meetings<o:p></o:p></div>
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Joyce Grant (Town Clerk and Tax Collector) (KUDOS FOR)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>NOW
You Tubes of Town Meetings<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Posting
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Freeman<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ricciardella (Cassandra)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-766791900782419422012-11-16T12:23:00.002-08:002012-11-16T12:23:28.386-08:00THANKS TO THE STEAMPUNK FESTIVAL CREWNow that I have recuperated a bit from the peak energy output of putting on the steampunk festival I want to thank all the people and organizations who had a hand in pulling it off.<br />
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First of all there is my partner Chelsea Goodwin who first thought of the idea of holding a steampunk festival in Pine Hill two or three years ago. She helped me learn about steampunk community, and convinced me that we should vend our books at regional festivals such as Lunacon (Westchester), Steampunk World's Fair (Piscatawy, NJ), and Macabre Faire Grim Fest (Long Island) in particular. Chelsea stressed music on her "In Goth We Trust" radio show from steampunk performers such as Abney Park, Emily Autumn, Frenchy and the Punk, Jonah Knight, Baron Misuraca, and Amor Obscure, and we interviewed a lot of these people on the show.<br />
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Chelsea usually made the first contact with artists we were trying to convince to come to the Pine Hill Festival. Then I would work with them on logistical details and payment. In many ways Chelsea was the artistic inspiration for the festival.<br />
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Ann Epner is the second person who was absolutely irreplaceable in the process of creating the festival. Without Anne's enthusiasm, support with the Pine Hill Community Center, ideas, contacts, and wise advice we could not have done the festival.<br />
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The entire Board of the Pine Hill Community Center listened to the presentation of our plans at a meeting about six months ago and gave us whole-hearted support along with many helpful suggestions. Jim Nevin, Chairman of the Board, gave us especially enthusiastic support which was very heartening to us in the early stages.<br />
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Polly Vos and Florence Hamling, pillars of the Community Center, gave us a big surprise and vote of confidence two days before the festival when they proudly unveiled their freshly made sign "Welcome To The Pine Hill Steampunk Fest." The sign was on the stage at the center of the vending room for the festival, and will be used again as a traditon in future festivals.<br />
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Poly and Florence and the rest of the Community Center crew also added a friendly touch by greeting newcomers to the festival, and offering coffee and the pastries made by Polly for the festival.<br />
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Peg Ellsworth of the MARK Project encouraged our festival project when we first mentioned it in a meeting of "The Catskills Artist Group" at a meeting in the Community Center in June 2012. She told me at that time that we could probably borrow the Victorian costumes in the collection of the Town of Roxbury for use in Pine Hill. Sure enough, Roxbury was glad to lend us the costumes, and we were able to have our "Wardobe Department" at the festival where people could "check out" elements for their costumes. People used derby hats, vests, frock coats, skirts, slips, and other items to perfect their steampunk look. Carina, who takes care of the clothing collection for Roxbury, was a big help to us in selecting the items we borrowed.<br />
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The Pine Hill Main Street Committee was an early supporter of the festival. This committee is committed to assisting in the revival of Pine Hill's Main Street, including the businesses on Main Street. The Steampunk Festival was seen as an event which would draw in many people to the community, helping all of the businesses in the town in the process. We thought that the festival would also help to put Pine Hill back on the map. Key members of the Main Street Committee are Jan Jaffe, Maureen Nagy, Shelley Smith, and Tony Janetti. The people on the committee helped with ideas as well as sending out emails with links to the festival events, attended the festival, and took out-of-town festival goers on tours of the town.<br />
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Great thanks are due Tony Janetti for the work he did on the new hamlet website for Pine Hill (<a href="http://www.pinehill-in-the-catskills.com/index.html">www.pine hill in-the-catskills.com</a>) which included information on the steampunk festival, and showed festival goers where the inns and restaurants are located. Tony also offered the use of his extra room to our featured performer, Jonah Knight, and even cooked a special breakfast for him on Sunday. We are hoping the Jonah will come back again next year, and certainly Tony's warm welcome will be a positive factor.<br />
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Rob Stanley, Supervisor of the Town of Shandaken (which includes the hamlet of Pine Hill) was an enthusiastic supporter of the festival from the beginning, making sure that we were aware of any town regulations and permits we would need in order to put on the event.<br />
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Joyce Grant, the Shandaken Town Clerk, was very helpful in putting up the links and descritpion of the festival on the Town website (www.shandaken.us).<br />
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Promotion of the festival was a major concern for the festival organizers. With no promotional budget to work with we were almost totally dependent on free listings. We created a facebook events page (Pine Hill Steampunk) which reached more than 500 members by the time of the festival. We also created a "Pine Hill Steampunk Festival" Events Page on Facebook, and invited hundreds of "friends and friends of friends" to the event. We eventually got responses from 40 people who said they were attending.<br />
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We put a large explanation of "steampunk" with links on the Pine Hill Books Business News Blog on the Watershed Post (www.watershedpost.com). This posting drew almost 2,000 page views, by far the most this blog ever got for a single post. The event was also included in the WP "Calender of Events."<br />
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Julia Reischel and Lissa Harris, the founders and editors of the Watershed Post were enthusiastic about the even from the beginning, and donated a front page ad to us for the three weeks before the festival. Julia told me after the festival that we got a very large number of clicks on the ad "because of the great graphic" we had on the poster used. She said that we had created "a great brand" in the "Pine Hill Steampunk Festival."<br />
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We got a free listing in the events section of the "Woodstock Times", and "Woodstock Times" reporter Violet Snow wrote a two column story on the festival which came out the day before the festival.<br />
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Carol O'Bierne of the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce put out a poster on the festival, as well as a listing on the calender, related to the Pine Hill Books membership in the chamber.<br />
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Festival posters were distributed in Woodstock, Phoenicia, Margaretville, Arkville, and Roxbury through bulletin board and telephone pole postings by Chelsea and me in our free time. These were all printed at the Pine Hill Bookstore on the office copier.<br />
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WIOX FM 91.3, Roxbury, (www.wioxradio.org) was a great help in our promotion. Chelsea interviewed several steampunk artists such as Frenchy and the Punk and Jonah Knight on the "In Goth We Trust Show," and there was always some discussion of the Pine Hill event. Many listeners to this program live in the downstate area and the capitol region. I was interviewed by Phyllis Horowitz several times about the festival on the Friday morning drive-time show "Witz End," and other program presenters on WIOX also mentioned the event.<br />
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The final promotional effort was a single ad placed in the "Catskill Mountain News" in the edition of the week of the festival. Doris Warner, Advertising Representative of the Catskill Mountain News, did a great steampunk ad for the event on very short notice.<br />
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There were three posters designs used for the festival. We were surprised three months before the festival when Tony Janetti told us that he had already seen a poster. It turned out that John Smyko, a Woodstock graphic artist, had made an image for the festival on his own. He gave it to us because he thought it was such a great idea.<br />
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Ann Epner introduced us to Susan Griffin, a graphic artist from Margaretville, who sent us a rough design of a poster. I did a mashup of this design with specific information about the festival events as we planned them at the time, which became one of our most used posters.<br />
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Damon Francisco III, of Pine Hill, was the "sound man" for the festival. He set up the sound systems in the "Vending Room" and the "Back Room" of the Community Center, using the excellent equipment provided to us by the Center. He also set up the sound system in the Firehouse, our second performance venue. This equipment was lent to us by Pine Hill neighbor Z.Z. Thom. We could not have put on the festival without Damon's technical expertise.<br />
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Old steampunk friends Cynthia Brian-Kate and John Schindler came up to Pine Hill from the east end of Long Island to help us do all the things needed in the week before the festival for the show to go on. Their main help was in personing the Wardrobe Department and creating the scenario for the improvisational play to be performed on the Delaware and Ulster train to Roxbury. This play was performed in truncated form as a part of the Victorian Tea in the Firehouse because of the cancellation of the train ride due to lack of passengers. Cynthis and John were trapped in Pine Hill in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and could not get back home until Thursday of the week following the festival.<br />
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Matty Groves, another friend from Brooklyn, also came up to help us early and stayed until Saturday of the following week. Matty effectively took over the Firehouse venue, arranging and rearranging furniture, putting on the Victorian High Tea, keeping the food buffet in order, and cleaning the Firehouse kitchen and meeting room after the festival. The Pine Hill Fire Company relayed the message after the festival that they would be glad to rent space too us again, in part because of Matty's hard work.<br />
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Matt Strank of Pine Hill, the Assistant Chief of the Fire Company, acted as liason between the Fire Company and the festival. He made sure that there was no problem in the rental relationship. It was very important to have a second performance venue in addition to the Pine Hill Community Center. It was an important aspect of the festival that people should walk through the town between the two performance venues to get a feeling for the still evident Victorian Main Street.<br />
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An important objective of the festival was to integrate all the businesses in the town into the festival in some way. We were aware through talking with people attending the festival, out of town performers, and crew members that this objective was realized. People stayed at the Colonial, ate many meals at the Pine Hill Arms, bought a few books at the bookstore, purchased some lace from Elena, and bought all manner of things at the Belleayre Plaza. Out of town visitors were especially taken with the serendipitous yet complete offerings of merchandise and snacks at the Plaza.<br />
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The Shandaken Town Museum was open both Saturday and Sunday for the general public as well as festivalgoers. The downstairs tools, costumes, and uniforms displays were open for the first time after the complete cleaning and rearranging of these exhibits over the past months by the "Work Committee" which gathers there every Thursday 10-3 under the direction of Museum Trustees Nancy Smith, June LaMarca, and Bob Kalb. This museum is has an important educational role in teaching about the past of the Town of Shandaken, the hamlets, and the whole Catskill region. It was an important aspect of our planning for the steampunk festival.<br />
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We were all surprised when Dave Channon called a few days before the festival saying that he had created a steampunk sculpture for the festival. We were delighted, had a discussion as to where it should go, and agreed that right in the middle of the vending space in the main room of the community center would be ideal. We put the piece in this spot, and it was a great success as a steampunk symbol as well as a nice place where people visiting the festival could sit and have their picture taken. Several pictures of the work appear on my previsous two blog posts which include festival pictures.<br />
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After the festival we agreed that a good place to put the sculpture would be in the garden plot in front of the community center. It now rests in this place, and has a very organic feel in the context of the fallowing garden which awaits the spring planting next year.<br />
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The consensus of people who attended the festival, performers, and crew seems to be that we should put the festival on again next year. There are lots of ideas which people have suggested, ranging from more and better promotion, a full program ready more in advance of the festival, adding food vendors to the program, and more workshops on steampunk subjects. The mystery train ride on the Delaware and Ulster Railroad was a fun idea, but we eventually had to cancel it at the last minute because no one wanted to pay the extra cost of a train ride. Thanks to Dave Riordan of the railroad for letting us cancel. I still hope to integrate the railroad into the program next year.<br />
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Jonah Knight, our featured musician who came all the way from Frederick, Maryland, was very enthusiastic about the prospects for our festival. He liked our approach of having the entire hamlet with its "Late Victorian Resort Community" setting integrated into the festival. He commented that he knew of only one other Steampunk festival which has tried this approach, and he strongly encouraged us to keep at it. He said "it takes until the fourth year until a festival reaches its full potential."<br />
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More and more people are becoming familiar with the steampunk genre, which should help us next year. We already have a lot more volunteers who want to participate next year, and we will also have a better idea of what we need to focus on and where we need people to help out. It was a lot of fun to see some bustle and life on Main Street, and to see a lot of our neighbors and friends at the various events. Thanks again to everyone.<br />
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<br />Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-91501139456781514642012-11-02T16:32:00.003-07:002012-11-17T09:43:23.654-08:00MORE PICTURES OF THE FIRST PINE HILL STEAMPUNK FESTIVALI LIKED SO MANY OF THESE SHOTS SO WELL THAT I WANTED TO MAKE A SECOND POST ON THE PINE HILL STEAMPUNK FESTIVAL TO SHARE THEM.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the "Three Sisters Storytellers" taking to a friend from Fleischmanns through the steampunk mists.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-R Jonah Knight talking with Cynthia Brian-Kate and friend in front of the firehouse kitchen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cynthia Brian Kate at the Brian Foley magic show, Polly Vos is partially obscured by Cynthia.</td></tr>
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<br />Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-83821530207718578392012-11-01T15:11:00.002-07:002012-11-01T15:11:37.261-07:00THE FIRST PINE HILL STEAMPUNK FESTIVAL<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Maureen Nagy, Pine Hill resident and member of the Main Street Committee took festival participants on guided tours of the Pine Hill Historic District (on the National and State Registers of Historic Places as a "Victorian Resort Community." ) She is seated on "Steampunk Tricycle" created by Dave Channon, a sculptor based in Phoenicia, New York, to commemorate the "First Pine Hill Steampunk Festival."</b></td></tr>
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The First Pine Hill Steampunk Festival took place from the evening of October 26 to the mid-afternoon of October 28, 2012. Everyone agreed that the festival was a great success and a memorable experience. Attendance was reduced because of growing apprehension over the approach of Hurricane Sandy, but the group at the festival still included people from as far as Maryland, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Long Island, Oneonta, Cooperstown, and Delaware/Ulster/Green Counties. Local participants came from Woodstock, Phoenicia, Olive, Fleischmanns, Arkville, Roxbury, Kingston, Shandaken, and Andes, as well as Pine Hill.<br />
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The festival started on Friday afternoon, with the arrival of the people from the Pakatakan Art Company to set up their booth, and Dave Channon, sculptor from Phoenicia, to set up his Steampunk work created especially for the Pine Hill festival.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Chelsea "In Goth We Trust" Goodwin does a brief welcome, explanation of "Steampunk" as an art movement. and introduction of the belly dancers of the Badra Bahiya Dance Troupe."</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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The first scheduled event on Friday was supposed to be a bonfire and drum circle. Unfortunately we learned on Friday morning from the Pine Hill Fire Department that the bonfire could not take place. We substituted a movie in the firehouse for the bonfire. Most people arriving for the festival stopped in first at the Pine Hill Bookstore to get a badge, map of the town, and schedule of events for the festival. They then walked over to the Community Center to see the vendors and hang out until the Badra Bahiya Belly Dance Troupe (based in Oneonta) performance at 8:30pm in the "Back Room" of the Pine Hill Community Center.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Badra Bahiya say "Namaste" to the audience at the beginning of their performance.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Jan Jaffe, (with white tag) Pine Hill resident and member of the Main Street Committee at the Badra Bahiya performance on Friday evening.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The feet of "Badra Bahiya" on the dancing surface of the "Back Room" of the Pine Hill Community Center</b></td></tr>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption">T<b>he audience in the "Back Room" at the Pine Hill Community Center on the first night of the festival, watching the Badra Bahiya Dance performance. This was the first major performance of the festival, and was very well received. People in the audience commented that the dancers used non-traditional belly dance music and routines which were delightful to watch.</b></td></tr>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Scott Nobody performed as "Nobody's Ghost" in the Firehouse at the end of Friday evening. Scott, a former member of the group "Psychic TV", came in from New Mexico to perform at the festival on Friday and Saturday. (The film "Time Bandits" played behind Nobody as a part of the performance.)</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><b>A view of the vendors room, through which everyone going to performances in the "Back Room" of the Community Center had to pass. The vendors participating in the festival sold steampunk jewelry, corsets, Native American jewelry, vintage clothing, crystals and wands, handmade metal bound journals and bookmarks, science-fiction books and vintage comics, original paintings, artesanal bread, items appropriate for re-purposing in steampunk art, and pottery. Wacky Wendy, in the foreground, presented an arts and crafts performance "Making Crazy Hats Very Quickly," which was a huge success with everyone at the festival. Wendy stayed on the see Dave Foley "The Amazing Great" perform his card and rope tricks with witty repartee act. She Stayed on for the evening music program.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Brian Foley "The Amazing Great" magician is shown above discussing a card trick with festival goer Gina Sommers.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Allison O'Brian was one of the earliest members of the Festival Committee, who contributed ideas on the "Wardrobe Department"(located in the Firehouse, which lent steampunk costume elements to festival participants). The costumes were made available to the festival from the Victorian Clothing Collection of the Town of Roxbury. Alli is wearing some pieces from the "Wardrobe Department" and some of her own in the fine costume pictured above.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><b>The "Three Sisters Dancers, Storytellers, and Drummers" presented a delightful show in the "Back Room" at the Community Center on Saturday afternoon. The sisters sang the "Mosquito Song" among others, and maintained a humorous trialogue of sisterly banter. They are based in Kingston, New York.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><b>The finale of the "Three Sisters" performance was an animated telling of the "Story of the Beaver and the Turtle" as they circled around the sculpture in the middle of the Vendors Room. As usual, the turtle outwitted the beaver in the end.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Jonah Knight was the featured performer at the Pine Hill Steampunk Festival. His original compositions in a low key folky style were very well received by the audience. Knight wrote two original songs just for the festival, one of which was the "Saga of Steve Jobs."</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Jack O'Lantern smiled eerily at all of the performers in the "Back Room" at the Pine Hill Community Center.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><b>The local (Woodstock /Pine Hill) band "Play, Mars, and Francisco" followed the Jonah Knight set on Saturday night with its own all-original set. While Knight's performance focuses on well structured stories of fantasy, the Play Mars and Francisco performance is more in the mode of Gypsy Cabaret, with up tempo songs such as <br />"UFO, UFO" and "The Story of My Life is All in Chapter Eleven," both by Damon Francisco.</b></td></tr>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Scott Nobody performing as "Nobody's Ghost" in the Firehouse late at night on Saturday.</b></td></tr>
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The late Friday evening "Nobody's Ghost" set ended at midnight n the Firehouse. The festival resumed at 10am on Sunday morning. The "hurricane panic" was strong on Sunday, and festival attendance was limited to very committed steampunkers.<br />
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The venders packed up at the end of the day Saturday to get back to their homes in Queens, Saugerties, Woodstock, Arkville, Andes, Roxbury and Pine Hill. <br />
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The Sunday program took place in the Pine Hill Firehouse. A breakfast of coffee, cider, scones,<br />
pumpkin pie, pumpkin squares, brie, cheddar, and New York apples, was available on the serving window of the firehouse kitchen. The main element in the program was the "Master Class in Songwriting" conducted by Jonah Knight. The class turned into an excellent multiparty discussion on songwriting, musical styles, steampunk culture, and the weather.<br />
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By noon Jonah Knight felt he had to get started back to his home in Frederick, Maryland. Chelsea led Captain Maximillian Drake and several others on a tour of the cemetery, the railroad, the lake, and ultimately to our home for the afterparty.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Jonah Knight talks with Chelsea Goodwin and Cynthia Brian-Kate at the Sunday morning song writing master class.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><b>John Schindler and Matty Grove from the festival crew laid out the free breakfast on the serving window of the firehouse kitchen Sunday morning. The pumpkin pies, pumpkin squares, apple cider donuts, blueberry and cinnamon scones, local bread, cider , and coffee or tea. The pastries were made by Mama's Boy Restaurant in Phoenicia.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Jonah Knight listens to Chelsea talking about musical styles.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Jonah Knight played and sang to make his points in the song writing Master Class in the Pine Hill Firehouse.</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td></tr>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Captain Maximillian Drake was an active participant in the Jonah Knight class. He suggested that there should be a LARP component in the Second Pine Hill Steampunk Festival next year.</b></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Several participants in the festival asked to visit the historic cemetery in Pine Hill. This picture shows the view across the mountains from the higher end of the cemetery.</b></td></tr>
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Festival Co-Organizer Chelsea Goodwin taking crew member Matty Grove on a walking tour through the cemetery, up to the Ulster and Delaware tracks., down the tracks to Pine Hill Lake, and then back up Main Street to the bookstore. Here they are looking at the gravestone of a person who lived in the 19th Century.</b></td></tr>
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<br />Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-86446469845368771952012-09-06T16:11:00.001-07:002012-09-06T16:11:58.534-07:00TONY LANZA HONORED AT SHANDAKEN DAY IN PINE HILLLast Saturday (AUGUST 25) was Shandaken Day, which is always special to my partner Chelsea and me because the 2008 Shandaken Day in Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Tremper was the first time we sold books at an event. We have participated as vendors each year since as the "host" hamlet rotated through the hamlets of Shandaken. Last year it was in Phoenicia. We had to close down quickly as the first rainfall of Irene started at about 3:00pm. We were lucky to get all our books packed in the van by the time the rain began in earnest.<br />
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Our home hamlet of Pine Hill was the host this year. We kept the bookstore open, had carts on the sidewalk in front of the store, and also had three tables in a vendor's tent across the street. The day turned out to be very hectic, running back and forth between the booth and the store, but we had a great day. It was fun to see the Main Street of Pine Hill filled with people. It reminded me of the old photos of Pine Hill in the 1890's with the street full of carriages, or the curvaceous cars of the 1940's and 50's.<br />
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I was also running back and forth to the Pine Hill Main Street Committee table in front of the Community Center. We were raffling off some special T shirts we had made which celebrated the recognition by the State of the Pine Hill Historic District.<br />
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Our seven year old grandson was with us last week, and at different times both Chelsea and I were making sure he was occupied and having a good time. For kids there was a scavenger hunt through the Historic District, relay races, and a watermelon eating contest.<br />
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The crowd was very mellow, and it was a good time to catch up with friends and neighbors. To me the day exemplified the joy of living in a rural area. Seeing people in the community and saying hello. The sunny but not so hot weather made the trees shine and the mountain streams running through town sparkle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old friends sit in front of Elena's lace and fine sewing shop on Main Street. The sign in the window of the Pine Hill Bookstore is visible on the right side of the picture. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pine Hill Community Center was at the center of Shandaken Day activities. Zumba demonstrations were a popular attraction all day at the center. Children's activities were in another room of the Center. The handicraft tables in the Craft Shop at the front of the Center were very popular. Catskill potter Michael Boyer also had a table of antiques and near antiques at the from of the Center, in addition to his work on sale in the Craft Shop. Michael teaches occasional courses on potting at the Center which are in great demand.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tug of war competition between the fire companies and other first responders in the various hamlets has become a Shandaken Day tradition. The competition took place this year on the front lawn of the Colonial Inn, at the upper end of Main Street. It soon became apparent that the team on the lower end of the "field" had an advantage due to the gradual slope of the ground. The picture above shows the Big Indian Fire Company team digging in as they struggled with the Shandaken Ambulance Corp Team. The ambulance Corp Team was the eventual overall winner of the contest, but even they had difficult moments when they tried to pull from the uphill side, as the picture below illustrates.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Shandaken Ambulance Corp is recognized as one of the best in New York State, but their Tug of War team sometimes ends up on the ground just like the others. The spectators really got in to cheering the men on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is another hose company pulling as hard as they can. Notice how the members of this team are barehanded. The winning Shandaken Ambulance Corp team came equipped with gloves and sturdy shoes.<br />
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The sign for the "Grand Buffet" every Saturday at the Colonial appears in the background. This buffet is one of the most popular traditions of people in the Central Catskills. The Colonial has been in operation since the late 1700's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concentration shows on the face of Rich Muellerlele, Captain of the Shandaken Ambulance Corp, and evident leader of the tug of war team. </td></tr>
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Town Supervisor Rob Stanley referees the Tug of War while his father Robert Stanley Sr. cheers one of the Tug of War teams (father and son in pink Shandaken Day 2012 T shirts). The trophy for the winner of the Tug of War contest stands in front of the suit of armor, while several spectators take advantage of the good view from the front steps of the Colonial.</td></tr>
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MAIN STREET COMMITTEE <br />
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Pine Hill has an active Main Street Committee which is focused on the revitalization of the Main Street of the hamlet. ( <a href="http://pinehillcommunitycenter.org/events/pine-hill-main-street-program/">http://pinehillcommunitycenter.org/events/pine-hill-main-street-program/</a> )This committee was behind the effort to have the Pine Hill HIstoric District recognized by the state this year, and hopefully, by the Federal Government eventually. The Main Street Committee has also created a new, updated, and expanded web site for Pine Hill (<a href="http://www.pinhill-in-the-catskills.com/">www.pinhill-in-the-catskills.com</a>). A third project has been the development of walking, hiking, and bicycle tours which are recommended to visitors to the town. One of the unique aspects of Pine Hill is that the hamlet is very pleasant for walking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Main Street Committee T-Shirt raffle table was "manned" most of the day by Maureen Nagy and her brother Bill, visiting from Cleveland, Ohio. The T-Shirt has a four colored image of the Zephyr Building on Main Street, and turned out to be very popular with festival goers. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrance to the Pine Hill Community Center is located in the former Griffin's Garage, built in the 1920's. This building is the home of many community activities for all ages, such as Zumba classes, pottery classes, Scrabble Tournaments, Catskill Slow Jam sessions, the Saturday Children's Program, Tai Chi Classes, the Native American Group, and the Storytellers Group. This year the children were led by well-known Roxbury Farmer Madelayne Warren in planting a vegetabe garden, seen at the right of the picture. The culmination of the garden project will be the preparation of a ratatouille feast at the end of the harvest season, with all the veggies coming from this garden. The quarterly Catskill Cabaradio Show is probably the best known event based at the Community Center. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This view from the back of the Pine Hill Books booth looks across Main Street at a tableau created on one side of the Zephyr Building. The sign says "Pine Hill Has It All", a slogan which does contain a bit of hamlet puffery, but it is true that life certainly can be pleasant in Pine Hill.<br />
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SUPERVISOR STANLEY LEADS RELAY RACES<br />
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Pine Hill resident and Shandaken Town Supervisor Rob Stanley did a great job as coordinator of the relay races and other games for children. Stanley and the kids obviously had a good time while parents and grandparents watched from under a shade tree behind the Pine Hill Arms. Kids from 6-14 competed in the events. There was a relay race involving teams of two and large inner tubes, a "carry an egg on a spoon" race, and a "throw and catch the water balloon" contest. The winners in these events received medals at the awards ceremony.<br />
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Earlier there had been a scavenger hunt through the town as kids tried to identify the buildings, places, and things which had to be identified in the hunt. The first person to correctly identify all the things listed on the hunt answer sheet was the winner. This was a great way to familiarize the kids with Pine Hill, a safe town for children to play in as long as a bear doesn't get them and they down drown in a creek.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oliver and Caleb with the medals won in the children's relay races.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rob Stanley awards a (plastic) gold medal to (my grandon) Caleb Soria.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supervisor Stanley directs traffic while the competitors concentrate on the eggs they are carrying. If you dropped you egg you had to go back to the beginning and start over.<br />
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SHANDAKEN DECLARES TONY LANZA A "HAMLET HERO"<br />
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The afternoon of Shandaken Day 2011 was the start of the Hurricane Irene in the Catskills. Tony Lanza was the head of the Belleayre Ski Resort at that time, and came to play a critical role in helping Shandaken and Middletown cope with the flood crisis in the aftermath of Irene. Bellayre took in homeless people, was a distribution point for food, was a landing spot for helicopters flying in supplies and taking seriously injured people out to Albany or Kingston, and was a center of communications. Lanza already was well known and liked in areas around Belleayre for his successful leadership of the ski area over many years.<br />
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In the year after Irene the decision was made by New York State which owns Belleayre decided to shift the responsibility of the facility from the Department of Environmental Conservation to the Olympic Regional Development Asociation (ORDA) which supervises Adirondack ski areas at Whiteface and Gore Mountains and Lake Placid. Lanza was dismissed in the management change. In addition he is under investigation by the State for as yet un-named matters. The Watershed Post has examined the issue of free passes which Lanza issued to VIP's and local police officials, but no charges have been made.<br />
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Many people and leaders in the Town of Shandaken like Lanza, and wanted to express their appreciation for his role during Irene, and for the many services he has rendered to the people and regional economy around the Belleayre Mountain Ski Area. <br />
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Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-35082127884938505702012-08-15T08:19:00.002-07:002012-08-16T06:10:30.848-07:00DAVID AND COLIN'S ENGAGEMENT PARTY<br />
My son and his partner David had a big engagement party at David's
parents house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on August 3rd and 4th, 2012. It was a great party Friday
evening, Saturday evening, and the Sunday morning parting. Here are some
pictures and a You-tube taken during the party.<br />
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David and Colin have been together for about 5 years. They currently live in Los Angeles, where David is studying at Cal Arts, and Colin is looking for work after taking time off for the summer break in Lancaster.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colin is on the left facing the camera, David is on the right, profile to the camera. The party was in the backyard of David's folks in Lancaster, under a tent on the large patio next to the pool.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like this picture because it shows a moment of an affectionate touch between two people who are completely comfortable with being together. Facing the camera is David's Grandmother Doris (on his dad's side of the family) who is a wonderfully articulate person, and a great fan of David's.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the entrance to the tent off the driveway, where people arrived for the party.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the few posed pictures from the party. L-R Rahmin, Aurora, three friends whose names escape me, Colin, and Craig.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David's mother, Linda, is in the blue dress, while David's older brother is facing Linda.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David's dad, brother, and sister-in-law.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backs to the camera, L-R, Aurora, Paige, and Gabe. In the distance, Deezer (David's father) and friends at the salad buffet table.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of people hanging out at the pool party.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chelsea, my partner, relaxing for a moment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the background, the prefoessional photographer at the party is taking a picture of Caleb with book, while in the foreground David's sister-in-law and Rahmin chat while Chelsea looks on.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My younger daughter Amanda poses for the camera, at the table with old friend Amber from high school days at Stuyvesant and ever since then.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My older daughter Jonica (on left in picture) takes a break with two other women in little black dresses.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jonica talks with Colin, while Paige's younger daughter looks on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paige's older daughter (face to camera) talks with a friend. The flower arrangements on the tables were all created by Jonica.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-R Paige (who came from South Carolina for the party, an old friend of Colin's from the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC), Jonica, Colin, and Paige's younger daughter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A group around the salad buffet table. The food was wonderful. Great salads, and some pig based dishes that were excellent for the meat eaters.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.you%20tube.com/">Rusty's Speech At Colin and David's Engagement Party </a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7o3G_9p3aY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7o3G_9p3aY</a></div>
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I gave a toast to David and Colin, with some tips on marriage from someone who has been already divorced two times, but has made it 20 years and counting on the third try.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a motor home annex at the party for people who needed a period in air conditioned comfort from time to time. Paige and her daughters slept here. L-R Colin, Craig, Amber.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People standing around after the party was over. There was a sad feeling that "the party's over, its time to call it a day" as everyone prepared to travel home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miss Chelsea reclining in the Motor Home, listening to conversation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An already married couple: Amber and Rahmin, in the motor home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jonica's flower arrangements all set up on the bar on the day after when the party was almost over, with people leaving for Los Angeles, New York, South Caroline, and other points in Pennsylvania. In the background Colin and Craig fold table clothes and take down the tables. Chelsea sits on the steps to the hot tub whirlpool with a pensive look on her face.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the tables done, Colin, David, and Amanda chat on the patio.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caleb was not feeling well after to days submerged in the pool. Mother Amanda and Amber try to cheer him up, while Chelsea observes and thinks.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me, smiling at how wonderful the get together turned out to be, and wishing everyone good luck as we parted. Thank you Deezer and Linda for having us all at your home on an occasion we will never forget.<br />
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Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-64455238621296110552012-08-14T05:25:00.001-07:002012-08-14T05:25:08.052-07:002012 ROSENDALE MUSIC FESTIVAL, PART I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 34th Annual Rosendale Music Festival and Street Fest took place on July 21st and 22nd.<br />
More than 25,000 people attended the festival over two days. Rosendale has gone through a considerable metamorphosis during the time of the festival. There is much evidence of vitality on Main Street, which is the long axis from bridge to bridge of the festival activities. There are five stages distributed off Main Street with 5 different bands playing every hour from 11:00AM-7:00PM Saturday and Sunday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This row ofvendors on Main Street included (R-L) Green T-Shirts and Bags, Pine Hill Books, and Freshly Made Paella.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The building housing the Guitar Store, across from the Pine Hill Books Booth in front of 391 Main Street is a good example of how painting the Edwardian Era buildings to bring out their details has dressed up the Rosendale Main Street to make it more festive and inviting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Festival goers browsing at the Pine Hill Books booth appreciated the mix of Steampunk, science fiction, fantasy, horror, localhistory, and childrens books. The comics and vinyl records were also popular.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pine Hill Books booth crew included Caleb, Marilyn, and Chelsea.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Green T-Shirt and Bag people had attractive merchandise. They came to the festival from Manhattan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rosendale THeater has been taken over by a group of people from the town and is run cooperatively. A film festival was offered as a part of the Music Festival. Home made ice cream was sold throughout the festival from a vendor cart in front of the cheese store.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An intense band of two plays their country rock music at one of the smaller festival stages at the upper bridge in Rosendale.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunshine, good music, and friendly sunflowers made this venue featuring country and folk music attractive to many at the festival.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hula hoop dancers in front of the musicians were a fun aspect of the festival.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little old house nestled on Main Street is a pleasing part of the street.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Interactive Drum Area in front of one of the stores was a great idea, and one of the best ideas at the Festival. People of all ages would stop by as the walked up Main Street and join the impromptu groups playing the percussion instruments. Sometimes the rhythms were enchanting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you look through the front counter of the paella stand you can see the home made "Catskill Mountain Rickshaw" carrying a festival goer down Main Street.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The booth of the Roller Derby "Team Misfits" from Kingston attracted a lot of attention. They are joing a local Roller Derby league.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The listing of the bands playing at the "Firehouse Stage" on Saturday. Big Bowl of Soul was at 1:00PM. They were excellent!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In my opinion, this was the best band at the festival: Big Bowl of Soul."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lead singer for Big Bowl of Soul.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trombone and sax players from Big Bowl of Soul.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The weird special mirror in the mirror booth along Main Street. A passerby has taken their picture in the mirror as it rotates.</td></tr>
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<br />Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-23458205132102711392012-08-10T07:07:00.001-07:002012-08-10T07:07:26.930-07:00SHANDAKEN TOWN BOARD MEETING, AUGUST 6, 2012<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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August 6, 2012 Shandaken Town Board Meeting discussing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the designation of land use on the Belleayre
Ridge.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heather Roberts makes
her Parks and Recreation report, which included a recommendation of Gilmour
Consulting as consultant to advise on the creation of a recreation plan for the
town, and discussion <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or possibilities concerning
the use designation of the 1200 acre Belleayre Ridge parcel.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gary<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bales, representing Dean Gitter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>commenting on the use designation or the 1200
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Walter Crump, a landowner
from Lexington and Shandaken who recommended the abolishing of the “Forever
Wild” policy.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Man who recommended
the outlawing of transport of fracking brine<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>on Shandaken roads</b></div>
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SHANDAKEN TOWN BOARD SEEKS YET ANOTHER MUSEUM DIRECTOR</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Board
Member Jack Jordan reported at the Town Hall meeting Monday that the newly
appointed Shandaken Town Museum Director Earl Hatleburg of Chichester has
resigned. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hatleberg was just introduced
at the July Town Board meeting, and served for less than a month. No reasons
were given for his resignation at the town meeting, but later discussion with a
Board member suggested that a disagreement as to pay and hours was the issue.. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jordan said that a search for a new Museum
Director will be conducted.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Town
Museum, located on Academy Street in Pine Hill, is housed in a nationally
landmarked former school house built in the 1920’s.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The museum
was founded in the 1980’s by Nancy Smith, who is currently the Shandaken Town
Historian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smith resides in Big Indian.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In recent
weeks Nancy Smith has been leading a band of volunteers in the task of
refurbishing the exhibits in the ground floor of the museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each Thursday at 10:00AM several energetic
senior citizens appear at the museum to wipe down with Clorox towelettes the
exhibits of the tools of everyday life for families in the rural 1900’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are sets of carpentry tools, cobblers
tools, printers tool, seamstresses tools, cooking implements, farming and
gardening<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>implements among others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a handsome 19<sup>th</sup> Century
piano, and a display of period military uniforms worn by sons of Shandaken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the most interesting displays is a
treadmill to be powered by a goat or dog which provided power for washing
machines or fanning mills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a
light fixture from the Phoenicia Bridge of the early 20<sup>th</sup> Century.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
upstairs level of the museum has a series of alcoves focused on each of the 7
hamlets which make up the Town of Shandaken: Mt. Tremper, Mt. Pleasant,
Phoenicia, Shandaken, Big Indian,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
Pine Hill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A new feature of the display
is several mannequins dressed in late 19<sup>th</sup> and early 20<sup>th</sup>
Century apparel.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It is
fervently hoped that a new Museum Director will be found soon so that the
museum can reopen on a regular basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There have been four Museum Directors since the summer of 2009, with the
Museum remaining closed for months at a time between directors.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
Shandaken Town Museum is important to both the economic and cultural
development of the town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Residents will
be able to learn about the history of their community, and visitors will be
given a better sense of the people and families which have evolved into the
population of the town today.</div>
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USE OF BELLEAYRE RIDGE PARCEL</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
DEC<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>purchased a parcel of 1200 acres
lying between the ski area and the Belleayre Lake at Pine Hill from Dean Gitter
in 2009.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This land lies in Shandaken,
and it has been up to the town to recommend to the DEC the use classification of
the land: “wilderness”, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several
members of the public in attendance raised different points of view on the best
use for the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was eventually
decided by the Board that the 1200 acre parcel should have the same use rating
as the Belleayre ski area and the Pine Hill lake, which will facilitate the
interchange of recreationists using both areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This land is part of the “Forever Wild” program.</div>
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The Parks and Recs Board recommended the “intensive use”
classification for the Bellayre Ridge.</div>
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Kathy Nolan, a former Democratic candidate for Town
Supervisor, proposed a designation of the use for the “Belleayre Ridge” as
“Wilderness”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nolan remarked that
“wilderness areas bring millions of dollars.”</div>
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Gary Bales, a regular attendee at Town Board meetings who is
associated with Dean Gitter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>said to the
Town Board “Your vote tonight must be based on what is best for the town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The is property adjacent to Belleayre .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Orda is about to take it over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should be looking to maximize the
potential for recreational activity” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bales advised the Town Board.</div>
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He said the use classification should give maximum
opportunity for the use of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Shandaken Town Board decision is important, but “the DEC will make their
decisions.”</div>
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Town Board member Jack Jordan said ”The best use [for the
Bellayre Ridge] is definitely something that would contribute to our economic
advancement.”</div>
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“If Bellayre expands it would create the possibility of
economic development” Jordan continued.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Town
Board voted 4-0 (Member Bernstein was absent) in favor of classifying the
“Belleayre Ridge” parcel for “intensive use”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As stated in Resolution #123-12<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“this conforms to the classification assigned to Belleayre Ski Center
and the Belleayre Beach, and is appropriate because the land is, in fact, and
extension of Belleayre Mountain.” The parcel remains in the “Forever Wild”
distinction in the Catskill Forest Preserve.</div>
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Board passed a resolution prohibiting the use of used fracking brine as a
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fracking fluid also be prohibited, but the Board did not make a formal resolution
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OFFSETTING DEFAULTS</b></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Supervisor
Rob Stanley explained in his remarks that the Town Board considered that
the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DEC is indefaulty for not providing
funds for an “approvable” sewer project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Environmental Faciities Corporation considers the town to be in
default for not approving a sewer plant with the funds which were available in
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was originally planned has been cancelled due to complications related to the
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></b>Work on stream stabilization
will get underway in coming weeks, to be completed before September 30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Funding comes from the Natural Resources
Conservation Service coordinated through the Ulster County Soil and Water
Conservation District.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bid
specifications are available, and contract awards will be made on August 20.</div>
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<br /><br />Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-2432859453042428712012-07-03T07:36:00.001-07:002012-07-03T07:50:48.085-07:00NOTES ON THE SHANDAKEN TOWN MEETING OF 7/2/12[Report by Rusty Mae Moore, Pine Hill]<br />
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<b>Shandaken Museum Director Appointed</b><br />
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The official Shandaken Museum (in Pine Hill) has been closed most of the time in the past two years. The head of the Library Board announced at the meeting that Earl Hatleberg, who resides in Chichester, has been appointed Museum Director.<br />
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Hatleberg said that a business plan is being created for the museum, along with a budget and the establishment of priorities for moving forward. He commented that the museum is “nicely done,” and lauded the creative work of Nancy Smith (the Town of Shandaken Historian) in setting up the museum.<br />
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The Museum will be soon open on Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00PM to 4:00PM.
The Museum Director will be paid $10.00 per hour.<br />
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[I am so glad that a Museum Director will now be available to run the Museum, which is an important attraction for both Shandaken and Pine Hill. Studies presented to the Pine Hill Main street Committee suggested that about 25 percent of leisure travelers are motivated by interest in history. Our local businesses depend on drawing in spending customers from both local and non-local categories. RMM]<br />
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SHANDAKEN TOWN MUSEUM, PINE HILL<br />
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<b>Log Jammed Streams Imperil Bridges In Shandaken</b><br />
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Rick Ricciardella, who is the water system Supervisor in Phoenicia as well as a Realtor, again stressed the risk of flooding and bridge washouts if logjams are not removed from streams in Shandaken. Supervisor Stanley pointed to an intergovernmental relations issue between the Town, Ulster County, and FEMA in dealing with the logjam problem. Many of the bridges are maintained by Ulster County. FEMA will eventually provide funding, but money has not yet been released. Stanley also said that “many of the jams are on private land and people do not have the money to have the work done.”<br />
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BRIDGE DOWN ALONG STONY CLOVE, 9/11<br />
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<b>Two Large Public Events Given Permits for August</b><br />
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The Town Board has the responsibility to issue “Public Assembly” permits for public events likely to have 500 or more people in attendance.<br />
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Resolutions were passed to approve permits for the Ulster County Firemen’s Convention to be held in Phoenician on Saturday July 12, and for the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, also in Phoenicia from August 2 through August 5.<br />
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The resolutions stated that the Town of Shandaken is “in receipt of documentation illustrating compliance under the law providing the necessary insurance, permits, security, parking, lighting, sanitation, emergency and evacuation requirements” for both events.<br />
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A member of the public raised issues as to whether all fire codes had been met by the organizers of the event. He did not say who he was, and left as soon as the Town Board voted on the assembly permits.<br />
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Supervisor Stanley questioned both James McGrath, Officer-in-Charge of the Shandaken Police Department, and Shandaken Ambulance Captain/Administrator Richard Muellerleile about their evaluations of the documentation supporting the safety measures planned. Both officials stated that the safety plans were appropriate in their opinions.<br />
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Town Board Member Jack Jordan commented that “I’m certainly satisfied,” with the safety plans for the Firemen’s Convention and the Festival of the Voice.
The Town Board passed the resolutions approving Public Assembly Permits for the two events unanimously.<br />
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<b> Shandaken Has One of Best Ambulance Units in the State</b><br />
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Ulster County EMS Coordinator Richard Parish attended the meeting to present award plaques to the Shandaken Ambulance Service and to its Captain Richard Muellerleile. He pointed out that the Ambulance service has won designation as the Ulster County and regional “EMS Agency of the Year” and is now in the running for the “Best In NY State.”<br />
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<b> Surface Calm on the (Sewer) Waters of Phoenicia</b><br />
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Supervisor Stanley reported that letters have been received from the CWC and the DEP confirming the cancellation of the Phoenicia sewer project and the funding for the project.<br />
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He said that “we have had several discussions with representatives of both agencies and they are adamant that there will be no further progress on the issue.”
“The inadequate details concerning the proposed build of the proposed [sewer] area and costs to residents” were the largest issue to the Town Board. Stanley reiterated “the Town Board felt that these details must be made available to the public.” He said, “no one in the entire Town is against sewers.”<br />
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[I cannot help but believe that negotiations are still going on between Shandaken and the DEP and CWC. There will more developments on this issue in coming months.RMM]<br />
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<b>Shandaken Day August 25</b><br />
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The 2012 “Shandaken Day” celebration will be held this year in Pine Hill until 5:00PM, and then will move to Highmount (at the Belleayre Upper Lodge). Vendors, public booths, and games will be set up along Main Street in Pine Hill during the day, with the vendors invited to move up to Belleayre in the parking lot outside the concert hall at the upper lodge for the evening activities.<br />
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There will be public recognition of the individuals and organizations that were especially important in the devastating storms of last August and September at the Belleayre festivities, with a “short fireworks display after the Belleayre Concert.”<br />
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Information on the advertising pricing for the Shandaken Day insert in the Daily-Freeman will soon be posed on the town website (h<a href="ttp://www.shandaken.us">ttp://www.shandaken.us</a>).<br />
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<b> Phoenicia Library Fund Raising</b><br />
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There will be a fundraiser for the Phoenicia Library on the Parish Hall field in Phoenicia on July 14. There will be a silent auction for attractive items and services, which can even be accessed through EBay. Information can be had by calling the Phoenicia Library.<br />
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<b> How Should Land Adjoining Big Indian Park Best Be Used</b><br />
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Town Board Member Jack Jordan commented that the town owns a 1200 acre parcel of forestland adjoining the Big Indian Park. He mentioned several possible public uses for the land for recreational development. His view is that “we can’t afford to take any more areas out of our town and turn them into wilderness with no economic benefit.”<br />
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<b> The Phoenicia Water System Needs a New Backup Pump, Pumping Station Repair</b><br />
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Alfred Peavy, the Chairman of the Phoenicia Water Board, exchanged views with Supervisor Rob Stanley and Rick Ricciardella (in charge of maintenance for the Phoenicia Water System) concerning the need for repairs and renovations in the water system. Money is needed to buy a 3rd pump as a backup for the main pumping station in case one of the present pumps fails. Money is being sought for investment in the system.<br />
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<b> Scenic Byway</b><br />
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Jack Jordan commented that he had recently attended a meeting of the Scenic Byway Committee, and that there was “nothing different” to report. He said that he had been “disconcerted that Peter Manning had not addressed some of the things” that had been concerns of the Town in past meetings.<br />
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<b>Shandaken Summer Recreation</b><br />
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The Town Board appointed camp counselors for the Town summer camp. There will be daily use of the Belleayre Lake in Pine Hill, and two-day trips (one to the “Zoom Flume”), as a part of the summer camp activities. Information is on the Town website.<br />
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A Request for Quote for a planning consultant to help the Town prepare its “Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Master Plan” was approved. The RFQ is available from the Town Clerk’s Office. Bids are due by 3:00PM Monday, July 30. This plan is being funded under a grant from the Hudson River Valley Greenway.<br />
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<b> Recycling of Electronic Waste</b><br />
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The Town recycling center behind the city hall in Allaben will soon be accepting “e-waste” (old electronics including computers and TV’s) under an agreement with
We Recycle, LLC, of Mount Vernon, New York. We Recycle is also in a contractual relationship for e-waste with the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency.Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-19429129290629727602012-07-03T04:52:00.001-07:002012-07-03T04:52:40.015-07:00ROXBURY SIDEWALK FESTIVAL 6/30/12SELECTED LOCAL VENDORS AT ROXBURY STREET FESTIVAL
6/30/12
Photos by Rusty Mae Moore
The Annual Roxbury Street Festival was held on Saturday, June 30, this year. The booths for the street festival are set up on the lawns along the Main Street (Route 30). Jenn Schuman, who has been a key organizer of the event in recent years told me that there were “more booths than last year” we we arrived to set up our Pine Hill Books booth. In spite of this, it felt as if attendance of people at the festival was about half that of recent years.
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The Roxbury Volunteer Fire Company cooked the burgers and hot dogs for people browsing through the festival.
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The Senior Citizens Club had a large and active booth, as well as one of the most attractive signs.
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Ice Cream from the Roxbury Rotary Club was one of the hot items selling at the food booths.
The scoops were gigantic. A one scoop cone of Chocolate, Vanilla, or Butter Pecan could be had for $2.00,
a welcome respite on a blazing Catskill summer day.
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Spirits were buoyed by the appealing “old time music” of the festival played by the
Shoe String Band.
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Booths sold products ranging from household decorative items and antiques to jewelry.
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For those wanting to create a low maintenance barnyard scene on their lawn there were the whimsical “Handmade in America” animals of the Morgan Metal Works.
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The residents of the Kirkside Home in Roxbury had a large garage sale style booth,
Selling things ranging from canes and walkers, to well used books, and even classical movie posters.
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Many family venders were selling used ceramic items, while the Loving Earth Studio had an
attractive offering of new handmade pottery.
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Jay Gould, the infamous Robber Baron, was a presence
at the Roxbury Street Festival through the town’s dominant architectural
feature, a Christian church which memorializes him.
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The Locust Grove Soap Company represented its “Made in the Catskills” products.
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WIOX Radio had an active informational booth, reaching out to visitors to the festival. The all volunteer
Staff of WIOX is putting Roxbury on the map as it broadcasts on-line to a worldwide audience.
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Greatwoods Farm, which was recently a featured Catskill business in the “Watershed Post”
Had an active booth selling grains and heritage tomato plants.
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Families with children often took a “reading interval” at the Pine Hill Books booth, which feature books on local history, magic, horror, and the occult along with the children’s boks.Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-83581042084853481022012-01-27T10:02:00.000-08:002012-01-27T10:15:50.832-08:00Vaudeville Comes To Pine Hill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9tTt0nlZNPepRzoxEU-gTkNTEFQWMIwYMws6oLxQe9jfBOOAcMa0GMwHi0PS8B7V0_9ccSjmiyQPQ21ZD2cECUJvpnZiz2aNwQ3OwwC4glviHaOfN72slH3RC4Eo6kma8B4e8Cr4oEsT/s1600/IMG_4847+Rusty+Mae+Moore+helping+to+set+up+the+room+for+Vaudeville+Comes+to+Pine+Hill..jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9tTt0nlZNPepRzoxEU-gTkNTEFQWMIwYMws6oLxQe9jfBOOAcMa0GMwHi0PS8B7V0_9ccSjmiyQPQ21ZD2cECUJvpnZiz2aNwQ3OwwC4glviHaOfN72slH3RC4Eo6kma8B4e8Cr4oEsT/s320/IMG_4847+Rusty+Mae+Moore+helping+to+set+up+the+room+for+Vaudeville+Comes+to+Pine+Hill..jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702377124752323330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZZYPZK0D8Og98yPJx5XV3QLpAVNbd0CdQyrQPcX9JH4RMDswkVgG8t7_ncBhfC4K32ECmTRt8tX_dSm_QM0V-hy7-d35eMLMyzAXE1StfpCC6RJdRL6FPpbgpuR4qZ-HGRW4G8jGNZtE/s1600/IMG_4840+Steam+Punk+tableau+created+by+Mary+Herrmann.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfNlghv7Q39JGsbkhea5LcfOw9NAaVw1VCwb5XW18g2ZYBxG4_0zz6gygNhb_KboZh7X1fCCf_KsqyKB_gFisz07l1qums2rx5dwNWi3_dvbRRhXGf7A979fkO4rquWTBupJmnfF6iHZs/s320/IMG_4839+Dave+Channon+Coordinator+of+Shandaken+Pan+Arts+Festival.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702374783028631042" /></a><br />We put on a variety show we called “Vaudeville Comes to Pine Hill” last night in the back room at the Pine Hill Community Center. We had about 30 seats out and two couches, but we only had an audience of about 20 people. We had a great time. The crew of Chelsea Goodwin, Damon Francisco, Richard Treitner, and your truly, aided, abetted, and sometimes directed by Ann Epner, Director of the Pine Hill Community Center. The back room is flexible as to set-up, so we actualy ended up with an intimate arts experience in which everyone participated.<br /><br /> Dave Channon, sculptor and arts empresario extraordinaire from the direction of Phoenicia, has been the Director of the Shandaken Pan Arts Festival which started January 7, and ends Tuesday January 17. He joined the vaudeville show to spur everyone else on to greater expression.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Dave Channon, Coordinator of the Shandaken Pan Arts Festival, plays the kazoo at the feet of the Steam Punk altar, as Mary Herrmann looks on.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Chelsea Goodwin, MC of the “Vaudeville Comes to Pine Hill” show relaxes for a few minutes before the audience arrived.<br /><br /> <br /> Chelsea Goodwin, my life partner for the past 20 years, was the MC for the night, and turned in her typical stellar performance. She also played some selections and accompanied several acts on the keyboard, and read from her novel in progress entitled “Pine Hell.” The plot of this Steampunk Novel is set “in an alternative reality two degrees removed from the one we experience day to day” says Chelsea. Many people from Pine Hill have avatars in Pine Hell, in my opinion anyway.<br /> <br />Poet Richard Treitner talking with Dave Channon at the Microphone.<br /><br /><br />Richard distributed instruments and asks every to provide background <br />music for his poems. His poems have a pleasing cadence for musicians<br />and audience. Treitner performed in front of a low table with a dealt deck <br />of Tarot cards and candles. He provides a focus of performance magic which inspires the performers and the audience.<br /><br />The climax of the show was the final poem chanted by Richard, accompanied by Damon on the guitar and Kitty on the keyboard.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />MC Chelsea playing keyboards at “Vaudeville Comes to Pine Hill.”<br /><br /> On several selections played by Chelsea I whistled along with her, <br />Often improvising on the themes of the music she played. This is just what we do all the time around the bookstore and around the house.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Artist Richard Treitner reading his poetry. His painting and photography is<br />on exhibit at Pine Hill Books, 300 Main Street.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Magician Artie Martello performing in the Vaudeville<br /> show. He also hosts the Folksong Show in the morning weekdays <br />on WIOX 91.3 FM (www.wioxradio.org)<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />The magician peers into his magic box of possible illusion.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Guitarist Damon Francisco signing and playing an original composition at <br />Vaudeville Comes to Pine Hill.<br /><br /><br />Damon is a good friend who lives in Pine Hill, and often helps out part time in the book store. He plays in bands around the Catskills. Damon supplied much of the audio equipment used in the show, and coordinated the set up of the stage area. His four number set in the show was a high point.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Ukelelist Kat Larios performing as Kitty Cannibal sings one of her compositions at Vaudeville Comes to Pine Hill.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Kitty Cannibal playing guitar and singing.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Steampunk tableau created by Pine Hill artist and craftsperson Mary Herrmann on display at Vaudeville Comes to Pine Hill. The mobile sculpture was created by Herrmann’s son, the costuming of the dolls by Mary Herrmann.<br /><br /><br /> The more I look at the Steampunk Tableau created for for display at the show in a Steampunk/Goth theme the more I am impressed by the costumes of the dolls, the colors and fabrics, and the “stage set” of the tableau.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Rusty Mae Moore help create the Vaudeville Comes to Pine Hill show, and played /sang/whistled<br />her traditional rendition of “Up Against the Wall Red Neck Mothers” and the Goodwin’/Moores original “Its Time to Tip a Cow” in the show.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Mary Herrmann enjoys the show.<br /> <br /><br />Ann Epner, Director of the Pine Hill Community Center, enjoys the <br />Vaudeville Comes to Pine Hill Show. Epner ‘s enthusiastic support<br />for the show was a tremendous boost.<br /><br /><br />The show was such fun that we are going to do them again. The next one is Saturday, February 18th, and we are calling it “Cabaret Gothique.” It will feature Kat Larios (Kitty Cannibal) and Isis Vermouth (a well known drag performer in Kingston. It should be fun, and even better than the first show.Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-12366454890263987272011-08-03T09:29:00.000-07:002011-08-03T09:41:35.344-07:00Pictures and Comments Related to the August 1 Shandaken Town Meeting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6Z2-T8c_SgmGTlvoMCZRiXrUg-52Trt0G_kYNdDsK5MqTuuvpLxI8XiHn9fzzM4BqMjU25K0xIVswzp3-rMilCnf-7RsE53BhIHCDiOFG7X_bz6T7GCuyk9jeLXMjcSCr8oT3Bh-aSX5/s1600/IMG_3980+Shandaken+Museum+historial+marker+crop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6Z2-T8c_SgmGTlvoMCZRiXrUg-52Trt0G_kYNdDsK5MqTuuvpLxI8XiHn9fzzM4BqMjU25K0xIVswzp3-rMilCnf-7RsE53BhIHCDiOFG7X_bz6T7GCuyk9jeLXMjcSCr8oT3Bh-aSX5/s320/IMG_3980+Shandaken+Museum+historial+marker+crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636670050540263586" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/mktrmm/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>461</o:Words> <o:characters>2633</o:Characters> <o:company>Hofstra University</o:Company> <o:lines>21</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>5</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>3233</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">I took some pictures of people who presented at the Shandaken Town Board meeting last Monday that<span style=""> </span>were not published in my Watershed Post article so I thought I would publish here.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">It was very interesting to hear the enthusiasm in the voices of Maria Todaro and Louis Otey (world famous singers and two of the founders of Voicefest ) as they discussed plans for the Phoenicia Voicefest this week.<span style=""> </span>The Voicefest is a wonderful addition to the summer events in the Catskills, and it is gratifying to see that it is receiving national and international recognition.<span style=""> </span>Chelsea and I are looking forward to attending "Don Giovanni" at the fest this Saturday.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">People who live in the Catskills can sense the gradual economic decline of the region, judging by the stories of friends who are having a hard time finding a decent job, and the number of "for sale" signs on businesses and houses.<span style=""> </span>A fellow used book dealer said to me the other day "we are in a depression plain and simple, even though no one wants to say it."<span style=""> </span>Two summer visitor walked into our bookstore last Sunday and commented on how every summer in the past four years when they have summered in the Catskills the economic decline of the region has been evident.<span style=""> </span>I remarked to them that there is an economic death and rebirth process going on.<span style=""> </span>People are starting new ventures such as WIOX radio in Roxbury, the book village in Hobart, and various food producing/direct food marketing ventures springing up in Delaware County.<span style=""> </span>The Voicefest is clearly one of the most positive of these new developments not only from and artistic but also from an economic standpoint.<span style=""> </span>The Watershed Post article on Voicefest this week mentions several interviews with businesspeople in Phoenicia that point out how the event has a strong economic impact on the town and region.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">One report at the town meeting that did not make the editing cut was on the Town of Shandaken Ambulance Service.<span style=""> </span>This is one of the most vital services provided to residents of the area.<span style=""> </span>Here is a picture of Richard Muellerleile, Captain/Administrator of the Town of Shandaken Ambulance Service, as he presented his report last Monday.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The Shandaken Town Museum is another reviving venture that can have a good social as well as economic benefit for the area.<span style=""> </span>The museum has been closed much of the time in recent years, and at best is has been open on a part time basis.<span style=""> </span>It is good that the town is now putting resources into staffing the museum, increasing hours, and improving the exhibitions.<span style=""> </span>I know first hand that there is great interest in the museum from the visitors who pass through the Catskills.<span style=""> </span>We have a constant flow of people coming into our book store in Pine Hill asking where the museum is located, and when it is open. <span style=""> </span>They are disappointed that the museum has such limited hours.<span style=""> </span>People are fascinated with the history and culture of the Catskills, and looking for places they can go to learn more.<span style=""> </span>Studies have shown that learning about the history of the region is a strong motivation for at least 20 percent of the people coming to the Hudson Valley and the Catskills.<span style=""> </span>I know that I find the regional history to be fascinating.</p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ></span><!--EndFragment--> Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-34721516516838551192011-07-25T18:31:00.000-07:002011-07-25T19:15:56.490-07:00The Pow Wow at Big Indian<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1W9roqIK4VBJ0u6nJyafGSsYFmlPV4iCvZj_6zWeNS3zhyAkUmErhYOYFL7GXrLRAYWRG6nH5h-zZ7bF2TfODwUU2OyFpnBMZy1jUpJ8ZlahN0_x3HmvfnA5MU3BCBgUtNZIkK92m855/s1600/IMG_3904+Barbara+Little+Fox+Eyes+w+Drum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1W9roqIK4VBJ0u6nJyafGSsYFmlPV4iCvZj_6zWeNS3zhyAkUmErhYOYFL7GXrLRAYWRG6nH5h-zZ7bF2TfODwUU2OyFpnBMZy1jUpJ8ZlahN0_x3HmvfnA5MU3BCBgUtNZIkK92m855/s320/IMG_3904+Barbara+Little+Fox+Eyes+w+Drum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633470219097481954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggy29-zsv8-QpKcCIeA9ZZsM0bIxLbSTHP21ws-76bcFeKvZ0MA_1IJ1sQhybW0yRWVpMQTEzdwPVlhlHF_pH6gG20Hq71SNGyP9GGS2Q8ZnKmQEZE4SAiI8XtJwG4Ht4adK4BEfwaasgj/s1600/IMG_3937+Gina+and+Barbara+PowWow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggy29-zsv8-QpKcCIeA9ZZsM0bIxLbSTHP21ws-76bcFeKvZ0MA_1IJ1sQhybW0yRWVpMQTEzdwPVlhlHF_pH6gG20Hq71SNGyP9GGS2Q8ZnKmQEZE4SAiI8XtJwG4Ht4adK4BEfwaasgj/s320/IMG_3937+Gina+and+Barbara+PowWow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633470222602809746" border="0" /></a><br />One of my room mates is a card carrying member of the Cree Tribe. Her name is Gina Sommers, but because she feels a special affinity with rabbits, she has assumed the name of Dancing Rabbit. She has a special connection with animals. A hummingbird came into our bookstore last summer and was trapped. We could not figure out how to get it free, but Gina just help out her hand and the hummingbird flew to it. She gently carried the bird back to freedom.<br /><br />Gina's mother is Barbara, who lives in Kingston. They were both vendors at the Pow Wow in Big Indian on the 16th and 17th of July. Gina makes beautiful indian flutes out of wood and metal and leather. Her silver aluminum flute with a black ebony mouthpiece is striking. Barbara makes bracelets and earrings, and also dances at tribal events in the Hudson Valley and Catskills.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyA-_ejMP6OsDhLtsd0FNgC47NylNJ85bmfEKBuY-L2whBfqq4rx0cE9KNNht_VCyZfnsa63Vz14RRVLGso70tyNKO8CcI_5Mm5mpkS5LMOvpe7OjqNzQyAMLusw7uL1aw1FzBiwpE02l/s1600/IMG_3939+Vendore+Big+Indian+Status+US+Flag+Mountains.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyA-_ejMP6OsDhLtsd0FNgC47NylNJ85bmfEKBuY-L2whBfqq4rx0cE9KNNht_VCyZfnsa63Vz14RRVLGso70tyNKO8CcI_5Mm5mpkS5LMOvpe7OjqNzQyAMLusw7uL1aw1FzBiwpE02l/s320/IMG_3939+Vendore+Big+Indian+Status+US+Flag+Mountains.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633475117400468418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The pow wow was organized by the Big Indian Native Cultural Society, a 501.c3 corporation founded by Mary Lou and Frank Stapleton. Mary Lou appears below with her grandson, who was helping out at the family food stand selling fry bread and buffalo burgers. It seems to me that this cultural society is a sort of 21st Century super tribe which includes smaller groups from different tribes.<br /><br />There were a lot of events in the rope enclosed dancing ring around the fire. One group came all the way from Mexico to dance at the pow wow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx56-3qVdkNGVZ2RNPa3rGjua_Xt9vwZyDSDj8-tvUhDSRNmdXa-gaBs8txnObsSd-vhurhPaQEM4iVJHpZhiNGP8enYzinoO55x6JKhOpoqmpmMw1PcZXyTDACRNe6uR7O_GAZmzMEvas/s1600/IMG_3932+MaryLouStapleton+and+Grandson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx56-3qVdkNGVZ2RNPa3rGjua_Xt9vwZyDSDj8-tvUhDSRNmdXa-gaBs8txnObsSd-vhurhPaQEM4iVJHpZhiNGP8enYzinoO55x6JKhOpoqmpmMw1PcZXyTDACRNe6uR7O_GAZmzMEvas/s320/IMG_3932+MaryLouStapleton+and+Grandson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633473466980642850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCRRsUd71ObjFu3puYp2VG-tYIEMatmFE-6iAMaVnXONYAn-Ep0GK8AX7FaTwAMFV12XaPkwtgtVbyIoKEwslJj4baWcjv6bujGcZnDCgjfavsdO7xEC5b6dSV5UVJjrtqwAk002KLR0I/s1600/IMG_3951+Events+of+the+PowWow+Sign.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCRRsUd71ObjFu3puYp2VG-tYIEMatmFE-6iAMaVnXONYAn-Ep0GK8AX7FaTwAMFV12XaPkwtgtVbyIoKEwslJj4baWcjv6bujGcZnDCgjfavsdO7xEC5b6dSV5UVJjrtqwAk002KLR0I/s320/IMG_3951+Events+of+the+PowWow+Sign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633473468556529778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Sint Sink Drummers, led by Bill Dibennedetto and George Michaud taught some of the children to sing a song and accompany themselves on the big drum. The Sint Sink is a river near Albany.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlSi79JP7BA3s_YnjtDTFZmewl1Pdsqm5j1TW3-tLsgTfgb8rMXRgXoT1KAkRiQvKbtRLeNNMFpClI_MuNLDWp48JeDgBMjc5Uj1zAlqH5t_qZ19VDhQx4mDkJoxoTKV_q7vp9YeE3Ckf/s1600/IMG_3936+Bill+Dibenedeto+and+George+Michaud+drummers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlSi79JP7BA3s_YnjtDTFZmewl1Pdsqm5j1TW3-tLsgTfgb8rMXRgXoT1KAkRiQvKbtRLeNNMFpClI_MuNLDWp48JeDgBMjc5Uj1zAlqH5t_qZ19VDhQx4mDkJoxoTKV_q7vp9YeE3Ckf/s320/IMG_3936+Bill+Dibenedeto+and+George+Michaud+drummers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633477127018748514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gz4FlEpsGcO2c8swVWc_q1qU5STcIyIF48UpzQ9wAfjMpoH2ZY-0_g6GsHjoMInpmS8lymLCvuYP33o4uBhD7kpEBSRm197MbIZ9gdBCHCufk7mk040euijYEE2oU9684d8KVrzz88Az/s1600/IMG_3954+Mission+Statement.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gz4FlEpsGcO2c8swVWc_q1qU5STcIyIF48UpzQ9wAfjMpoH2ZY-0_g6GsHjoMInpmS8lymLCvuYP33o4uBhD7kpEBSRm197MbIZ9gdBCHCufk7mk040euijYEE2oU9684d8KVrzz88Az/s320/IMG_3954+Mission+Statement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633477131043412578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The statement of principles of the pow wow makes a lot of sense. There was a feeling of good will, peace, and sociability at the pow wow. I certainly felt a good spirit among the people at the pow wow.Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-28534422649659770582011-07-24T16:16:00.000-07:002011-07-24T16:32:59.130-07:00Heinrich Boll's Books on Germany at the end of World War IIOne of the nicest aspects of working in a bookstore is that you frequently run across and read authors which are new to you. Heinrich Boll, a German who won the Nobel Prize For Literature in 1972 has been a great find for me. I first read "Billiards at Half Past Nine" almost be chance, picking up a copy in the bookstore. I find it interesting to read about Germany's experience in wartime and post WWII Germany. Next I read "The Clown". I have just finished reading two novellas which appeared between 1947 and 1951, entitled "Adam," and "The Train". We in America often view WWII from the perspective of Western Europe and the Pacific. Boll evokes the reality of the war from the German side of the Eastern Front (Great Patriotic War to the Russians). I looked up the Eastern Front on Wikipedia, and found that the "Eastern Front" was the greatest war ever fought by many measures such as "loss of life." The stupidity of the German military strategy under Hitler's personal direction was loyally carried out to the best of the ability of millions of ordinary people caught up in something they could not avoid.<br /><br />My mother's side of my family is heavily oriented by a consciousness of great great grandparents who immigrated from Germany in the 1885-90's. They settled in Louisville and prospered by running a hardware store and lumber yard.Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-48592955723711442502011-07-23T13:35:00.000-07:002011-07-23T13:41:03.104-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVZq8aOy21xlU6cGpWu3bMEuw83nl3XLexXYpSO2cI3KRBypSc-WUI0wxB4wLIQmL2ChlqRo9z5w46xPNHcFG6JAydPOnVRjARvx61TCtXWhCrlrZEoCwgc_S0mUz9J3QteNMpkjeoP7u/s1600/Rusty+Mae+Moore+by+Caleb+in+morning++++++++++7+15+11.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVZq8aOy21xlU6cGpWu3bMEuw83nl3XLexXYpSO2cI3KRBypSc-WUI0wxB4wLIQmL2ChlqRo9z5w46xPNHcFG6JAydPOnVRjARvx61TCtXWhCrlrZEoCwgc_S0mUz9J3QteNMpkjeoP7u/s320/Rusty+Mae+Moore+by+Caleb+in+morning++++++++++7+15+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632650281377893762" border="0" /></a>Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-80776392908933386152011-07-23T11:32:00.001-07:002011-07-23T11:32:28.199-07:00Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247292764857628135.post-30086480525670006902011-07-23T11:03:00.000-07:002011-07-23T11:31:27.996-07:00My New BlogSince mega corporation Google has made it impossible for me to access "The Green Frog Cafe", my blog of many years because of its many acquisitions, I have been forced to start a new blog. The name "Professor Snappy McTurtle" was suggested by Chelsea Goodwin, my partner since 1992 through thick and thin. For some reason Chelsea likes to think of me as a turtle. I go along with this because turtles do seem to be favorably viewed by many, and they have proven to be one of the most durable species up to the present.<br /><br />I like to use my blogs as a personal journal. It always came as a surprise to me that many friends and family later told me that they enjoyed reading my posts on the Green Frog Cafe. I will continue here in the same vein, and I hope to pick up 5 or 10 followers as I continue along. There are many times when I compose blog entries in my mind about things like what it is like to be treated like an old person, or the growing sense of alienation from younger people which I sometimes feel at present.<br /><br />Right now there is a lot of stress in my life. My work as a professor of international business has seemingly ended at Hofstra, by my choice. I may teach elsewhere again, or even at Hofstra, but after 33 years within the Hofstra curriculum and culture I am glad to have a break. Perhaps more importantly, I am reevaluating many assumptions about international economic relations which I originally picked up at Northwestern and Fletcher in the late 50's and 60's which may no longer be valid. On the other hand, I have been enjoying the opportunity to teach a few courses in LGBTQ Studies, particularly because this area is centrally important to my direct life experience, and also because the students are intently interested in the field at this time.<br /><br />Apart from the academic side of things, my plate is full of practical matters such as renovating our 1890 era house in Pine Hill, NY, "freshening" and renting out our two apartment town house in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Another big concern is the management of our book store in Pine Hill. I also am interested in doing more writing, whether it be of a journalistic, academic, or fictional nature.<br /><br />Aspects of all of these endeavors will be discussed in this blog, as well as commentary on contemporary socioeconomic and political trends.Rusty Mae Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579143947967792860noreply@blogger.com5