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CONTENTS
Page layout for magazine . . . page 4Mountain Home
Used InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
Product pages . . . page 23
Electrical Contractor
Used QuarkEXpress and Photoshop
Newspaper layout . . . page 25
The Lynchburg Va., News & Advance
Used QuarkEXpress and Photoshop
E-book . . . page 27
Buffalo Niagara: Where Industry Creates Energy
Used InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
Page MOUNTAIN HOME MArcH 200 MArcH 200 MOUNTAIN HOME Page
Twenty minutes after arriving in
Wellsboro for the rst time, David
Davies phoned his wife back home inConnecticut.
Do you remember Bedford Falls inIts A Wonderful Life?, he asked. Well, Im standing in
the middle of it.An avid admirer of all things Americana, Davies
could attribute his discovery of Wellsboros enchantingsmall-town charm to divine diner destiny.
A few days before his initial trek to Wellsboro,Davies had watched a PBS special on diners that
featured The Wellsboro Diner. He was intrigued.Coincidentally, a day later, his copy of Roadside(a
journal dedicated to the appreciation and preservationof a truly unique American institutionthe diner)
arrived in the mail. The issue featured A WalkThrough Wellsboro on its cover. Davies was
enthralled.I took off for Wellsboro that next weekend, he
recalls. I came here and fell in love with the place.In addition to The Wellsboro Diner, the towns gas-
lit boulevard, the Penn Wells Hotel, Arcadia Theatre,Victorian homes, and townsfolk captivated Davies.
All the people I met were friendly and open. Peoplewould actually stop and say Hello!, Davies relates.
I went into a barber shop and sat and talked for twohours.
He soon returned with wife Barbara, who becameequally enchanted with Wellsboro, and the couple
began a twelve-year love affair with the community,culminating in a move to town one year ago, after
retiring from their jobs in Connecticut.During their many trips to town, the couple toured
several homes for sale and eventually purchased aninconspicuous, all-white home on Waln Street. But,
EstatE
UNREaLDavid
Davies
Built His
Dream
House in
Miniature
Originally frOm cOnnecticut, DaviDDavies anD his wife, BarBara,BecameenamOreD with wellsBOrO thirteen
years agO. that lOve affair leD themtOBuy a hOme here, after retiring a
year agO. they planneD tO remODel
their hOmeOn waln street anDDiDsO after DaviDBuilt amODel Of theprOject (see OppOsite page). the
finisheD prOject is at left.
. . . Then Made This Dream Come True
Story and Photographs ByCindy davis Meixel
pge 16 MOUNTaiN HOME april 2008
hesatatthecaftable,acollageofcolor:bright-purplehoodie,boldlypat-
ternedbluescarf,and thepinkcheeksthatthe TwinTierschillyspringair
requireseveryoneto wearin lateMarch.The warmexpressionin herkindbrowneyes beliedthecold andwelcomedme toher table.Singer/songwriterJanaLoseyprovedtobe asengagingface-to-faceas sheisinher soulfulmusic,asshe shedlighton herupcomingprojects,includinga newalbum,her ownreality/variety
show,and anew performanceseriesheld byherrecordcompany,PoseyTunes.
Havinggrownup inLawrenceville,Pennsylvania,Loseyunderstandswhatit isto bea small-townpersonwithbigdreams. Shestartedexploringhermusicaltalentswhenshewas eightyearsold andcontinuedto
studyseriouslyatIthaca College.LeavingcollegeearlytojoinSquokOpera,an avant-gardetroupe,Loseyspent
veyearstouringand ultimatelywenttoBroadway.Burnedoutand needingtimeforherself,she tooka
sabbaticalfrommusicand movedtoCaliforniato work
inwardrobeat theLa JollaPlayhouseandlater becamealicensedmasseusewith herownpractice.Duringthistime,Loseyrecoveredsomeof herdriveto createandmusicstartedcreepback in. Shejoineda coverbandandstarted writingagainwith bandmate,MelaniePe-ters.Nowher businessand lifepartner,Petersplayedan
integralrolein helpingLoseyrediscoverher voice.Thatreallyrestartedmy joyin music,says Losey.
SlowlyMelanieandI startedsavingsomeof thesongswewrotefor ourselveswith theidea thatwe mightsellthemto otherartists.Fatehad otherplans,however,
andsoonher rstalbum, Bittersweet,was givenlife.Peters
usedsomefortyhoursof studiotimedowedto hertorecordtheirsongs.Soonwe werewritinga songa weekandthengoingintorecordit,saysLoseywitha hintofawein hervoice.Westill thinkofBittersweetasab i to f amiracle;a kindof reallywonderfulmistake.
Fromthere,Loseydecidedto becomeafull-timemusician,touringthecountryand gettingairtimeforsomeof her songs,includingLondonHoliday,whichwasa localfavoriteonradio stationsacrosstheTwinTiersin2006. Theymovedto Loseyschildhoodhome,
aLawrencevillefarm,and startedtouring,rst witha
bandandthenasa duo.Rightnow,itsbasicallymeandMelanietouringina littlehybridcarand doingacousticsets,explainedLosey.
Thisisone of themany thingsLoseyspeaksonwhen
shevisitsarea highschoolinhopesof raisingawarenessof herupcomingalbum, Blocks,her reality/varietyshow,
TheSongYouHeard,andherdesiretogetkidsinvolved
andcondentabout theirtalents.Beingfroma smallarea,Ithinksomeof thekidsherehaveagenerallack
of condencethat theycando whatevertheywantinlife,saidLosey.Citykids mighthavemoreexposuretotheaterandmusic butitsso importantforkidshere to
knowthattheresno reasonwhytheycantdo itjustbecausetheyrefromhere.I wantto doeverythingI cantohelpthem understandthat.
Onewayshehopestogetthatthroughtokidsis
throughTheSongYouHeard,whichrstairedinMarchonBig FoxstationsfromWellsborotoRochester.EachmonthlyepisodefeaturesLoseystravelsand theartistsshemeetsalongthewayincitiesbigorsmall.Theepi-sodeswillthen runweeklyuntila newoneairs.
Itscoolfor peopletoseefamiliar placesandpeopleonTV,saidLosey.It mightmakeperformingseemmoreaccessibletokids if theyseetheir hometownorsomeonefromiton arealTVshow.Shealsoseesthisopportunityas away tobring moreattentiontosome ofthelesser-knownartistsshe encountersalongthe way.
Eachshowwillshow thehighsand lowsof touring,but willalsoshowcaseinterviewsof andperformancesbydifferentartists,aswell aslivemusic byLosey.
Partof oneof theupcomingepisodeswillbeshotatLoseysApril4 concerts/album-releasepartiesatElmirasClemensCenter.At theschoolsshehas visited,
Loseymadesure toofferall studentshalf-priceticketstothe shows,acknowledgingtheimportanceof get-tingteensinvolvedwithmusic,as wellasher show.Itshouldbea nicetie-in,saidLosey.Thisepisodeof
showwillincludepart of theconcert,backstageshots,andsomeof themusicfrom ournewCD, Blocks.
Morestructuredand thought-outthan Bittersweet,
Blockswasa veryfulllingalbumto make,withLosey
andPeterstakingthe opportunityto setout tomake awholealbum,whilepayingattentionto themoodsofeachsongas theypertainedto thewhole.Tome, thewholealbumis muchmoreimportantthan makingafewhitsingles,explainedLosey.Ifeel likepeopleare
gettingtiredof thewholehitscultureand areready,asasociety,togobacktomoreof agrassrootsapproachandreallylisten toeachsong.
Inthat samevein,Loseyhopesto invigoratetheregionsinterestin newtalentsthrougha concertseriesshewillhost atCorningsRadissonHotel.FromMay
throughOctober,2008,LoseyandPetersrecordcom-pany,PoseyTunes,will bringa newact tothe Radissoneachmonth,featuringartistsfrom alloverthe country,
includingthosefromNewYork,Buffaloand California.Wewantto bringinartistswhoareonthecusp
of greatsuccess,and introducethemtothe region,
inhopesof gainingthemattentionand bringingnewsoundstothe region,said Losey.She isalso hopingtobringa fewteenageartists fromotherareas tobothper-formand visittheschoolswithher tofurtherreinforceherpointthatyoudonthavetobefromabigcitytobea greatartist.
ByDara Riegel
Have You HeardJANAsSmall-town PA GirlGets Big TV Break
DaraRiegel is afrequent contributorto MountainHome magazine.
JANA LOSEY
BigFOXTV:Checklocallistingsfor TheSongYouHeard
ClemensCenterperformances: 7and9 p.m. April4;tickets$20 (half pricewithstudent
ID;must callahead)Information:www.janalosey.comor(570 )504-5589.SearchMTVsWeb sitetovote forLoseysmusicvideo
songs?S
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John Fulmer
WORK HISTORY
East Mill Street Studio, Belcamp, MarylandFreelance writing, editing and design. Specializing in trade magazines, business writing and production-oriented graphic
design with expertise in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, FrameMaker and QuarkXPress. September 2005 to present.
Mountain Home, Wellsboro, PennsylvaniaManaging editor for regional magazine. As freelance contract employee, managed freelance staff, planned editorial content,
wrote everything from 5,000-word cover stories to 300-word blurbs, took photographs, and copyedited and laid out 48-page
book with InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. March 2007 to April 2008.
Electrical Contractor, Security + Life Safety Systems, Bethesda, MarylandEditor of trade magazines from July 2004 to September 2005. Supervised four-person staff, developed editorial calendar and
writers budget, and gave 20-plus freelancers assignments and story direction. Contributing writer from February 2003 to July
2004. Associate editor and Products editor from June 2002 to February 2003. Did layout with QuarkXPress and Photoshop.
The News & Advance, Lynchburg, VirginiaNewspaper copy editor from January 2000 to August 2001. Edited copy and designed pages with Quark and Photoshop.
The Sun Herald, Biloxi, MississippiEntertainment coordinator for daily newspaper from December 1997 to May 1999. General assignment reporter from March
1988 to July 1989. Freelance writer from 1995 to 1997.
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MississippiGraduate assistant and adjunct faculty member. Taught composition, technical writing, creative writing and literature. January
1994 to October 1998.
Georgetown ReviewEditor of nationally distributed literary magazine. Coordinated promotions, subscriptions and business operations, and did
layout with PageMaker. August 1996 to December 1997.
The Mississippi Press, Pascagoula, Mississippi
General assignment reporter for daily newspaper. May 1987 to March 1988.
EDUCATION
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Masters degree in English. Creative writing emphasis. Transatlantic Prize winner for ction.
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. English minor.
1220 Independence Square
Belcamp, Md. 21017
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Page 8 MOUNTAIN HOME NOVEMBER 2007
BIGmystery
cat
doesthe
cougar
stilllive
here?
ByJohn
Fulmer
Morris,Pennsylvania, a
blip on the map
in southern
Tioga County,
is well knownregionally for
its rattlesnake
roundup. What
most people
dont know is
that Morris has
its own CSI unit.
As in, Cougar
Sighting
Investigation.
photos
courtesy
of
eastern
cougar
foundation
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The Foundation
Morris resident Kerry Geykis, a forester and
former Tioga County planner, is part of the
Eastern Cougar Foundation, a nonprot based
in Harman, West Virginia. Geykis donates a
great deal of his time sleuthing into the hun-
dreds of reported cougar sightings east of the
Mississippi River.
He is especially interested in Pennsylvania
sightings, and though his true believers insist the
cougar lives in the commonwealths mountains
and forests, Geykis and the ECF have yet to
verify the big cats existence here. His interest
was piqued after spending years working in the
woods and as a hunter and trapper. Hed never
seen a mountain lion but kept hearing reports all
of the time.
People were adamant and they werent lying
to me, Geykis said. I mean, most of them
werent lyingweve caught a couple liarsbut,
in the East, most of them really thought they
had seen a cougar. And I thought, Well, they
cant all be wrong. In fact, I gured quite a few
of them had to be right.
So, for a period of time in my life, I was re-ally looking for cougars, Geykis said. I would
sit in a tree somewhere and try to lure them in.
And I got deer, weasels, dogs, coyotes. Never a
cougar. But all those years, I kept looking until I
nally said, Hey, I need some help here. Theres
something wrong here. Im in the woods more
than all of these other people put together and I
havent seen a cougar.
Eastward Ho?
Like most o those who claim to have seen a
cougar, Geykis ervently wants to believe this in-dicator species and apex predator has returnedto the win iers. Te ew cougars ound recentlyin the Eastern woods have either been released orhave escaped rom private zoos, which are legalin some states i the animals have proper permits.
John C. Gallant shot a wild cougar in 1967 whilesquirrel hunting in Craword County, Pennsylva-nia, but its characteristics matched those o CostaRican cougars. South American cats have cometo be an important source o pets or olks withprivate menageries.
Tere is some evidence, however, that wildcougars may be reproducing in the East. On the
ECF Web site under the heading KY Kitten, itsays in June 1997 a pickup truck hit an eight-pound emale cougar kitten on Highway 850in western Floyd County, Kentucky, which isin Appalachia near the borders o Virginia and
West Virginia. Te driver also noticed a largerand a smaller shape, probably the mother and a
sibling, because the kitten was too young to bealone. Te driver took the body to the KentuckyDepartment o Fish and Wildlie Resources,
where it was rozen and later analyzed.Te kitten lacked most captive-cat signifers.
She had not been declawed nor had she beentattooed, which is oten the case or pet cougars.She was not wearing a tag or collar. However, thesite says, DNA analysis indicated that the kittensmaternal ancestry included genes rom South
America, pointing to the pet trade . . . but pater-nal ancestry was shown to be North American.
Tis kitten is important or several reasons: shewas a highway atality, and biologists claim that icougars were present in any numbers some wouldget hit by cars; she indicates that reproduction isgoing on in the wild; and she exemplifes the mix-ing o cougars rom various origins that is prob-ably occurring in the Eastern woods.
Cougar History
An indicator species helps defne an environ-ments characteristics; its presence means a morenatural ecosystem is in place. An apex predator,
as the name indicates, is a hunter at the head othe ood chain, and the eastern cougars extirpa-tion (a ancy word or wiped out) was the re-sult o several actors related to its high ranking.
It is the largest cat in North America (ourth-largest in the world) and had the greatestdistribution o any mammal in the continent
until man usurped its top spot. But when theColonists arrived in the New World, the cougarwas a mystery. According to the ECF Web site,the Colonists were amiliar with wolves but hadno knowledge o cougars, because cougars live
Kerry Geykis, above, poses with his dog, Turq. Geykis, of
Morris, Pennsylvania, volunteers with the Eastern Cougar
Foundation, a network of mountain-lion researchers. Right:
KY Kitten was killed by a truck in Kentucky near the
border of Virginia and West Virginia, and it provides some
of the best evidence that cougars may be reproducing in the
wild in the eastern United States.
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Humans are oten curious animals. Tey moveto the woods or camp in the wild to be closerto nature but many are then disconcerted whennaturein the orm o oraging bears, deer thatchew up gardens and owers, or timber rattlersthat cross their pathintrude on their islands ocivilization. Tey oten say they want naturebut it oten means a Disneyed world where
animals are anthropomorphic, where wolves aremean and Bambi is cute.
Speaking o wolves, in June 2006, Te Chris-tian Science Monitorreported on the ramica-tions o their successul reintroduction intoIdaho. Successul in the sense that the wolves,brought in rom Canada, blossomed in their
new habitat. Conservationists were pleased butopposition groups, such as the Idaho Anti-WolCoalition, pushed or a voter initiative that
would mandate the removal o more than 500
wolves in the states backcountry by whatevermeans necessary.A joint state and ederal plan was drawn up as
a compromise. In it, the state proposed killingas many as 51 wolves in north-central Idaho inorder to increase the elk herds avored by hunt-ers, the newspaper reported.
Coalition head Ron Gillett o Stanley, Idaho,was not impressed. He told theMonitorreporter:Teres only one way to manage Canadian
wolves in Idaho. Get rid o them.
The Cat Map
Geykis gures hes spent more than twentyyears looking into cougar sightings and hisPowerPoint show is a smorgasbord o ludicrouslypoor documentation, outright raud, photos thattook a good while to disprove, and a lot o stuin the middle. But beore he gets to the sight-ings, he lays the groundwork.
Te cougar is also native to much o Centraland South America, and though eradicated inmost o the eastern United States, a small pocketo Florida panthers live in and around theEverglades, all o which once again points to thelions adaptability.
Tat population in Florida, they say, is be-tween eighty and 100, Geykis said. I suspectits probably more. It was down to in the thirtiesmaybe teen or twenty years ago; it was go-ing in the tubes. Tey were becoming inbred,
smaller, kinky animals.Ten emales rom Western states, which have
thriving populations, were brought in under theguidance o David Maehr, a biologist on ECFsboard o directors. Tey now have a regeneratingpopulation in Florida. But its always difcult tomaintain, Geykis said, because o roadkill andhabitat loss. Also, adult male cougars will killimmature cougars without compunction, seeingthem as a threat to their dominance and accessto emales.
Nobody can be in their territory except theemale, he said. And i theres a ght overood, they may kill the emale.
Which brings Geykiss presentation to a mapo current cougar habitat rom another organi-zation, Cougar Network, which describes itselas nonpartisan: Tey dont advocate reco lo-nization in the East but also dont oppose it.Geykis also described Cougar Network asmore conservative. For them, conrmedcats in the East need pure North Americancougar DNA.
Cougar Networks map shows a bright greenarea that begins at the ar edge o the highplains rom exas north to Montana and goesall the way to the Pacic Ocean. wo smallergreen patches cover South Dakotas Badlands
and Floridas Everglades. A concentration oblue and pink dots covers much o the GreatPlains. Teres a smattering o dots in the East.Te blues represent what Cougar Networkdenes as Class 1 Conrmations: a dead orcaptured cougar; photographs and video; andDNA evidence such as hair or scat. Te pinksare Class 2 Conrmations: tracks or other tan-gible, physical evidence, such as prey carcasses,microscopic hair recognition and thin-layerchromatography o scat, veried by a qualiedproessional.
Geykis, pointing to the map, drew atten-tion to one big scraggly line going out o LakeSuperior and all o the way down to Louisiana.
Tats the Mississippi River, he explained, thebiggest obstacle to the Western cougars moveeastward.
I you look at that really closely, he said, itshows one blue on Michigans upper peninsula
Above: Eastern Cougar Foundation researcher Kerry
Geykis uses a map from another organization, the Cougar
Network, to show how mountain lions from western statesmay be moving east. The green areas indicate the cougars
current habitat, including a small section of Florida that is
home to the Florida panther. The blue dots represent what
Cougar Network defnes as Class 1 Confrmations: a dead
or captured cougar; photographs and video; and DNA
evidence such as hair or scat. The pink dots are Class 2
Confrmations: tracks or other tangible, physical evidence.
Right: The Eastern Cougar: Historic Accounts; ScientifcInvestigations; New Evidence is just part of the extensive
literature about the eastern cat.
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COUGARS . . .
Were native throughout most of North andSouth America when Europeans arrived. Except
for tundra, which offers no cover from which to
ambush prey, cougars lived in every type of habitat
from coastal swamps to high mountains.
Have a range that depends on abundance of prey
and type of ambush cover. Can be thirty square
miles in parts of Nevada or 400 in Florida where
swamps dont support many deer. Males larger
range may overlap the smaller ranges of several
females.
As adults weigh 140 pounds on average and are
seven feet from nose to tip of a tail thats almost as
long as the body. Brown to gray in color above and
whitish below. Black cougars have been reported in
South America. Cubs spots fade during rst year.
Have binocular vision for excellent depth per-
ception and judging distances. Vision enables night
hunting. Can detect ultrasonic frequencies and cup-
shaped, rounded ears move together or indepen-
dently in direction of sound.
Communicate through scent in urine and feces
deposited in scratched-up areas called scrapes
that help maintain a social network based on mutual
avoidance.
Cant roar but make a variety of sounds: chirps,
peeps, purrs, growls, moans, whistles, and bloodcur-
dling screams.
Prefer deer and other ungulates but will eat birds,
reptiles and amphibians, and occasionally insects.
Drag prey out of sight and cover it with leaves, grass,
or twigs. Dont like carrion, which saved them from
Western poisoned-bait campaigns that killed other
predators such as bears and eagles.
Have thirty teeth. They include large canines that
deliver a lethal bite, preferably at the back of the neck.
Other specialized teeth slice and shear esh.
Are solitary hunters that ambush rather than pur-
sue. Keep low to the ground and use available cover.
When close enough to prey, they explode in a sprint
of up to thirty-ve miles an hour.
Mate at two years and remain together only fora few days to a week. Three-month gestation after
which mother raises litter of two to four cubs alone.
Young stay with their mother until they are seventeen
to twenty-three months old. Females often stay close
to their mothers home range, but males usually travel
farther away, sometimes hundreds of miles. Young
males are at serious risk of fatal attack from all adult
males, including their father.
Live up to twelve years and up to twenty in captivity.
Can jump fteen feet high and forty feet wide,
climb trees and swim rivers. Four toes on the hind
foot. Fifth toe on larger front foot is a dewclaw or
thumb that doesnt touch ground but can graspprey. Three lobes on heel pad. Claws are kept re-
tracted, which helps keep the points sharp, enables
quiet stalking, and prevents them from registering
on tracks.
From the Eastern Cougar FoundationPhoto courtesy Washington Department of Fishand Wildlife
that was hit years ago, but all we have is hairthere. Cougar Net only takes evidence that theycan substantiate through game commissions.
And most o them dont want it; they dont wantto deal with it.
I you look at Illinois, there are two on theeast side o the Mississippi. Tose are the onlytwo were aware o that have been killed on theeast side o the Mississippi. Tere are probably
more but not a hell o a lot.As the cougar population grows in the West,
young cougars will naturally look or land inwhich to hunt. Tats pushing the big cats east-ward and into Canada.
A South Dakota cougar population hasgown so large, Geykis said, that hunting catsis now legal there.
Teyre too numerous. And a lot o the onescoming east through the North Country are
coming rom South Dakota. One o theirs, witha GPS collar on it made it to Oklahoma, about700 miles away and was killed there. One othem went into Manitoba, Canada, and theylost the circuit.
Te Mississippi River has slowed down east-ward migration, Geykis said, but thats not thesole actor. Most o the animals killed are young,sexually immature males that emales wontcome near.
Teyre hungry; theyre stupid with testos-
terone, Geykis said, adding that looking atthe reports o their roadkill is like looking at apolice report o a DUI.
It hasnt happened in the East, but theyrealready in the Midwest. You cant really say thereis a population, but they are defnitely there.Teyre in the cornfelds in Iowa and thosepeople havent had them or 100 years. So theyare really there. Teyve got roadkill, and that isprobably your best indicator.
Tracks, Scat, and
Photographs
Te presentation shits to hard evidence andhow to document a sighting. Geykis can tellpretty quickly whether a track belongs to a cou-gar and scat can be processed or DNA, especially i the sample is preserved careully. But mucho the cougar-sighting evidence comes to Geykis
and ECF volunteers as photographs. And the eycan play tricks. Not to mention a trickster armed
with Photoshop or another type o photo-ma-nipulation sotware.
Distance is one o the problems cougaridentifcation and bobcats play a big part in thatproblem. Pennsylvanias bobcat population ishuge, said Geykis, but most people have neverseen one. Tey are much smallera typicalmale bobcat is three eet long and weighs about
Female cougars have litters of two to four cubs.
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twenty-ve pounds while male cou-gars are twice that length and weighabout 140 pounds on averagebutthey look similar to cougars anddistance increases the margin oerror or the inexperienced cougarspotter.
Geykis fipped the switch andshowed a large cat prowling in thewoods at twilight or dawn. Tatjust came in several days ago, hesaid. Came in as a picture o a cou-gar. Its pretty obviously a bobcat.Teres no question in my mind.But,again, people say, Ive seen bobcatsall my lie. Chances are they havent.Tey havent seen a lot o them.Tats pretty darn obvious.
He hit the switch again and thescreen showed another large catwith its back to the camera sittingin the woods on a bright, sunnyday. Te on-screen captions read:Tere are many hundreds, even
thousands o sightings in PA, theEast and Sightings. What isReal?
Tat came rom Wellsboro,Pennsylvania. Now were gettinglocal. I heard about it and I wentto see it. Quite a cougar. Geykissmiled. But thats a good shot o abobcat. Its denitely not a cougar.Tat ones a airly tough one. Youcant see the tail. You cant really seebody. You have to look really closelyto see the points on the ears.
Its interesting but its a PA
bobcat. And a lot o people tell methats a cougar even though I cansee spots rom here. I can tell bythe conguration o musculature;its not just about the tail. Peoplesend in photos o house cats andits hard or me to believe that theymistake it or a cougar. But theydo.
Twin Tiers
PotentialGeykis begins winding down the
presentation by showing a map opossible cougar habitat in the East.Pennsylvania is represented by twolarge swaths, one o which roughlyollows the Appalachian rail; theother is more or less Te Penn-sylvania Wilds area designated bythe commonwealth. Part o that
bumps up into New York near Alle-gany State Park north o Bradord,Pennsylvania. Another spot in NewYork is in the Adirondacks with theLake Placid-Saranac Lake area as itscenter.
Geykis said hes hopeul thatrecolonization will take place herebut hes aware o the obstacles andopposition that will crop up icougars appear in the area. Cougarattacks are inrequent and deathsrom attacks rarer still. But statisticspoint to an increase o attacks andatalities as suburbs and exurbs en-croach on the cougars habitat. Andbecause o conservation measuresits illegal, or instance, to huntcougars now in Caliorniatheirpopulation has grown. Coexistencewill be a delicate dance. Wikipe-dia tells us there have been 108conrmed attacks on humans withtwenty atalities in North America
since 1890, ty o the incidentshaving occurred since 1991. Cali-ornia has seen a dozen attacks since1986 (ater just three rom 1890 to1985), including three atalities.
Geykis can tell horror stories.Such as a young man killed by acougar in Colorado as he ran inthe woods behind a school. Whenthey ound him, the cougar was stillguarding the kill.
Humans, used to cuddly, domes-ticated house cats, might shudderat that horror, but the cougars be-
havior is dictated by nature, whichis not cruel but concerned strictlywith survival. It normally sees us assomething to avoid. It would ratheravoid us than attack us because weare pretty big as mammals go andnot its natural prey. As Geykis said,a cougar is not really built to killhumans, though obviously it can.It does not see us as beneactorsand cant show appreciation, whichis something humans desire asbeneactors.
But this is the story, Geykissaid. Te people in Colorado reallywanted the cougars to come in.And they still do. But theyve wisedup a little bit about inviting themin your yard. Its like a bear. Whenyou eed it, youve created a situa-tion where youre going to kill thebear when you eed it. And theyloved to see the cougars coming in.But then the cougars started hunt-ing them.
John Gallant has the last ofcial recorded mountain lion killing in Pennsylvania. That
mountain-lion killing, which occurred in Crawford County in 1967, doesnt prove whether th
cat was native to the East since it could have escaped from a private zoo.
People were adamant and they werent
lying to me. I mean, most of them
werent lyingweve caught a couple
liarsbut, in the East, most of them
really thought they had seen a cougar.
Kerry GeykisEastern Cougar Foundation
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ByJohn Fulmer
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Ed ClutE plays a tunE on his mason-hamlin grand piano at his
watkins glEns homE. ClutE will hEadlinE thE mountain homE wintEr
Jazz fEst on marCh 1 at thE pEnn wEllshotEl.
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Ed ClutE slips an Edison diamond disC on his Edison maChinE.
a prECursor to thE modErn phonograph, it is onE of his prizE
possEssions. thE first Edisons wEnt on salE in 1912.
he ten-inch wide records used on the machines
are one-quarter-inch thick. The eighty-rpm discs,
a transitional technology from the earlier cylinder-
recording method and the thirty-three-rpm vinyl lp,
are heavy as serving platters and made of an ungodly
chemical mixture of phenol, formaldehyde, wood-
our and solvent. As the needle slips into the records
groove, a slightly scratchy ragtime stomp bleats out
from the horn, or speaker, hidden behind a grille.
Except for record collectors and amateur archivistslike Clute, the song, which regales the listener to the
joys and wonders of Wisconsin, has been long forgot-
ten. Clute himself cant think of its title or the name
of the band off the top of his head.
But thats understandable. Clute, who, along with his
Dixie Five Plus One, will headline the rstMountain
HomeWinter Jazz Fest on March 1, is a professional mu-
sician, a classically trained pianist, and a lover of ragtime
and early jazz. His studio, in which the Edison machine
sits, is a minor museum, stuffed with sound stuff. There
are three pianos in the center of the room: two Mason-
Hamlin grands, one of which is also a player piano, and
a Foster upright foot-pump player.
It would take an assistant or two to catalog the
records, tapes, CDs, and piano rolls stacked in the
shelves that cover the studios walls. And since Clute isblind, they all had to be coded with a braille writer and
elaborately organized.
But instead of worrying too much about whether
he can identify a band or its nearly 100-year-old ditty,
Clute sways in front of his prize machine with a
childlike look of delight on his face, blissed out by a
song to which Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald might have
danced The Charleston. Obedience to minutia, the
curse of too many collectors, doesnt seem to be his
problem.
Clute also keeps an archive in his head. Ask him
to play a ragtime-era song or one of the standards
from the Great American Songbook, and he doesnt
hesitate. Nor does he say much, except perhaps, Oh,
thats agreatsong. He just plays it. And awlessly. But
this talent took years of practice.
lute, who is sixty-four, was born and, for the
rst six years of his life, lived in the house next
to the studio. High on a hill in Watkins Glen, New
York, it offers a stunning view of Seneca Lake. Clute
said his mother encouraged his interest in music.
My mother says I was playing the piano at the age
of three Clute said. I went to the Batavia School
for the Blind when I was seven and studied all the
subjectsmath, English, historybut with a big
emphasis on music.
After graduating from Batavia in 1964, he headed to
the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he
spent four wonderful years. During the summer, he
attended the Amherst Summer Music Center in Maine,which is no longer in existence, but Clute described it
as a very good music school.
After graduating from the conservatory, he met
up with Jean Casadesus, a French classic pianist and
the son of Robert and Gaby Casadesus. Jean Casa-
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UNREaLDavid
Davies
Built His
Dream
House inMiniature
Originally frOm cOnnecticut, DaviD
Davies anD his wife, BarBara, Became
enamOreD with wellsBOrO thirteen
years agO. that lOve affair leD them
tO Buy a hOme here, after retiring a
year agO. they planneD tO remODel
their hOme On waln street anD DiDsO after DaviD Built a mODel Of the
prOject (see OppOsite page). the
finisheD prOject is at left.
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T
wenty minutes after arriving in
Wellsboro for the rst time, David
Davies phoned his wife back home in
Connecticut.Do you remember Bedford Falls in
Its A Wonderful Life?, he asked. Well, Im standing in
the middle of it.
An avid admirer of all things Americana, Davies
could attribute his discovery of Wellsboros enchanting
small-town charm to divine diner destiny.
A few days before his initial trek to Wellsboro,
Davies had watched a PBS special on diners that
featured The Wellsboro Diner. He was intrigued.
Coincidentally, a day later, his copy of Roadside(a
journal dedicated to the appreciation and preservation
of a truly unique American institutionthe diner)arrived in the mail. The issue featured A Walk
Through Wellsboro on its cover. Davies was
enthralled.
I took off for Wellsboro that next weekend, he
recalls. I came here and fell in love with the place.
In addition to The Wellsboro Diner, the towns gas-
lit boulevard, the Penn Wells Hotel, Arcadia Theatre,
Victorian homes, and townsfolk captivated Davies.
All the people I met were friendly and open. People
would actually stop and say Hello!, Davies relates.
I went into a barber shop and sat and talked for two
hours.He soon returned with wife Barbara, who became
equally enchanted with Wellsboro, and the couple
began a twelve-year love affair with the community,
culminating in a move to town one year ago, after
retiring from their jobs in Connecticut.
During their many trips to town, the couple toured
several homes for sale and eventually purchased an
inconspicuous, all-white home on Waln Street. But,
EstatE
. . . Then Made This Dream Come True
Story and Photographs ByCindy davis Meixel
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before even buying the house, David,
who is a model hobbyist in addition
to being an architecture acionado,created a miniature model of the home
so he could conceive a redesign of the
buildings rooine. He devised a varietyof options to add some air to thehouse, nally settling on the additionof a cupola the idea that sold him on
attaining the property.
David also used the model home to
play around with various exterior colors,
only to nd out later, during renovationof the actual house, that all of the
colors he chose were once used on the
homes exterior.With the exterior renovation
complete, he has turned his talents on
the interior.Every room is a work in progress,
he declares delightedly.Two rooms that are complete are his
studioa workshop brimming with
his miniature creations, dollhouses,
and dioramasand his ofcea
library lled with architecture books,vintage radios, black-and-whitephotographs of his favorite actors
from classic media (radio, television,
and lm), and national awards forold-time radio programs preservation.The issue of Roadsidemagazine
that led him to Wellsboro is placed
prominently on a table.In addition to being a passionate
preservationist, Davies is also a dreamer
and a doer. One of his favorite pastimesis driving around the countryside,
photographing old homes and unique
structures.I love to go off for a day on
photographic expeditions, he says.Photographs of his nds overow
albums and boxes in his studio. Many
of these serve as inspirations for newmodel designs. Some of his creationsare pure fantasy pieces, combining
elements from various structures, while
others are replications of actual existing
buildings. Victorian-era architectureholds a particular appeal.
Its hard to nd the perfect Victorianwith all of the exact parts that you want,
so this way I can build them to my
liking, in miniatures, since I cant afford
The Allure of the Diner & U.S. 6
the red rose diner was built in new rochelle , new york, by patrick. j. tierney sons in 1927 and moved to towanda, pennsylvania in 2003. its complex
legacy is explained in detail on the red rose web site at: www.redrosediner.com.
Dream ontinued fom page 9
Please See Dineron page 15
Way back when, Bobby Troup wrote an ode to thehighway thats the best, and told everybody theycould get their kicks on Route 66.
But folks in the Southern Tier, such as model-home builderDavid Davies, can be excused for thinking their own Route 6
is Number One and that a trip on this venerable U.S. Highwaycan be a major gas. You can get your kicks there, too, especiallyif they include a love of old dinersof which Davies has in
spades. Now retired in Wellsboro, he was drawn here by itsdiner, which sits at the corner of Main Street (U.S. 6) and EastAvenue, a 1938 Sterling Number 388 model thats as warm andcomfy as a annel bathrobe on a cold morning. The WellsboroDiner, and others like her, is a peculiar slice of Americana pie,
the pre-Micky Ds/Wendys/Taco Bell pit stop for a people whohave always been in motion, on the move, in a just-gotta-get-
there mode, and want a good meal lickety-split.In its heyday, U.S. 6 had more than its fair share of diners,hundreds of them, since it is a cross-country highway that
begins on Cape Cods ngertip and ends in California. Itcrosses the Hudson River at Bear Mountain, and, in On theRoad, Kerouacs alter ego, Sal Paradise, thumb out, is caught ina rainstorm there and cant catch a ride. His hopes dashed, he
ByJohn Fulmer
left: the Davies hOme
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to buy all of them in real life, he offers.Among the true-to-life treasures in his workshop are
models of houses, hotels, diners, and train and gas stations
from a variety of states including Connecticut, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.Other plans are to recreate Spokane, Washingtonslegendary Davenport Hotel, the historic Rosson House, inPhoenix, and the gardens at the Vanderbilt Mansion, nearHyde Park, New York.
For the latter, Davies already has pieces of foam board
stacked in his studio. Like a sculptor who envisions thenished work inside a hunk of stone, Davies jokes, This
isnt foam boardits the gardens at Vanderbilt! He adds,I never look at anything as it is; I look at what it can be.
One work-in-progress that offers a study of his detail-oriented sensibilities is his replication of the historic
Hillforest, an Italian Renaissance museum house inAurora, Indiana. In addition to making an exact replicaof the building, Davies is recreating the facilitys site,
including landscaping and stone stairs, precisely to the
number of steps.A dominant structure in the studio is a circa-1930s
fantasy city. One of its whimsical features pays homage toDavies love of classic detectives and one of his favorite
actors, Humphrey Bogart. In a San Francisco-style ofcebuilding, he recreated an ofce for Spade and Archertheprivate eyes from The Maltese Falconand even placed a tiny
copy of the Dashiell Hammett book on the ofce desk.Davies humor can also be seen in another odd andwhimsical piecea tribute to Alfred Hitchcocks lmPsycho. Featuring the Bates Motel and a tattered mansion,Davies created the small set in black, white and gray and
nished it off with clear, high gloss spray paint to give aneerie, wet appearance.
Another imaginative piece on his workshop shelves is
Davids Corner Diner, a model kit named after him,
courtesy of friends who own a model-kit company. Davieshad given his friends the design for the diner free of charge.
A reality-based project closer to home that has caught
Davies eye is a Victorian home in Wyalusing, which he hasphotographed twice. I never saw a house with that muchdetail, he says. It has the most beautiful gingerbreadfeatures that were just rotting away.
On his last trip to visit the house, he was greeted witha wonderful surprise. I wanted to go back again to getmore photos before it started falling apart too much and I
discovered the house is being restored. What a joy!His travels have also taken him to Seneca Falls, New
York, the town considered to be the inspiration for theholiday classic, Its A Wonderful Life. Still, he and Barbarabelieve Wellsboro is the embodiment of a wonderful
life setting.Since settling in town, they have immersed themselves
in all things Wellsboro, including the communitys culture,
history, and architecture. David is also serving on the townsHistoric Architectural Review Board. Barbara has enjoyedtracing the history of their house.
Their homes foyer features an empty ornate oval picture
frame awaiting a photograph of the propertys original
owner, Major George Washington Merrick, who bought thesite in 1869 for $200.
For David and his beloved Barbara, life is a satisfying
balance of honoring the past, participating passionately
in the present, and planning future projects with purpose
the dynamic design for their own wonderful life.
I
magine putting into place 1,550 miniature walnut and
pine hardwood pieces to create inlaid ooring, laying
over 2,000 tiny asphalt roof shingles, and constructingreplaces with more than 4,500 miniature bricks. ForLeonard and Joan Kulish, who spent nine months buildinga dollhouse, the project was certainly a labor of love.
The Kulishes, of Hills Creek Lake on Wellsborosoutskirts, created the six-foot-long house thirty years ago
with another couple when they lived in Bucks County.(Years of family camping trips to the lake led the Kulishesto retire there twelve years ago.)
They poured more than $4,000 in materials into thehouse, which earned appraisals of upwards of $20,000.This well-researched, fteen-room Southern-style Colonialhas double-hung windows, clapboard siding, and sliding
pocket doors. The foyers grand staircase has more than120 spindles. A ve-transformer power supply, in the attic,
supports the electrical system.The Kulishes are considering selling the dollhouse dueto health issues and a desire to downsize. The house istaking up space needed for other pursuits. Joan, a formerlicensed baker, is busy baking for loved ones. Leonardhas traded in his woodworking tools for knitting needles,
eagerly knitting chemo caps for fellow cancer patients.
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Cindy Davis Meixel is a frequent contributor to Mountain Home magazine.
by Cindy Davis Meixel
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The beat was slow,slow, quick, quick. Orprobably better describedas slush, slush, slop, slop.The time was four beats
to the measure. The songwas The Lady is a Tramp,a fox-trot standard.
D
ance
LIFEof
It was also the rst morning of antlered deer season in a very low-
grade, basically dark environment: a swamp, in a misty rain. I wassneaking to a spot on a hillside with a view and it was a long hike.My oldest son Keto was in front and completely unaware of myantics. That was probably a good thing. Times like this are kind ofdangerous for me as I tend to think about a lot of things and I alsoknow Ive got to remain focused on one thing. So I try to do both,a Gyekis tradition. Whether hunting or working as a forester onsomeones land, Ive always hummed songsand written storiesasI go. Now, after this past year of ballroom dancing, I had foundmyself guring the beat and sneak/walking to that darn beat. In fact,I couldnt forget it. Aarg! Okay. That part was ne, but I had to nda way not to click my heels at the end of the quick, quick part. Notgood in deer country.
I switched to the song Caminito, a tango. The change wasimmediate. First a left step and then a right, each taking two beats, then
the left again and a hold on that and point the left foot a bit as I steppedto the right with my right, another two beats. Finally I slid the left footover to the right on seven and held on eight. I repeated it again andagain and then the crossover with the right foot and a promenade to theleft at a log and nally a corte to prevent a limb from severing my headfrom my body. I was now more alert. Interesting.
Quite frankly, the whole ballroom thing has been a new world forme. It is something I never thought I would be doing even thoughI grew up near Pittsburgh and had a father who played drums
Terry and Maureen Babb cut a rug during a local ballroom dancing session. The Babbs are part of The
Endless Mountain Dance Club, which meets to dance and improve its members health, both physical
and mental. At top: an illustration of dance steps from How to Improve Your Social Dancing, which was
published in 1956. Other illustrations from the book are in the article.
ByKerry GyeKis and Terry V. BaBB
Fox-trot
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Dancing can be magical and
transforming. It can breathe new life
into a tired soul; make a spirit soar;
unleash locked-away creativity; unite
generations and cultures; inspire
new romances or rekindle old ones;
trigger long-forgotten memories; and
turn sadness into joy, if only during
the dance.
On a more physical level, dancing
can give you a great mind-body work
out. Researchers are learning that
regular physical activity in general can
help keep your body, including your
brain, healthy as you age. Exercise
increases the level of brain chemicals
that encourage nerve cells to grow.
And dancing that requires you to
remember dance steps and sequences
boosts brain power by improving
memory skills.
There has been some promising
research in this area.
According to Rita Beckford, M.D.,
a family doctor and spokesperson for
the American Council on Exercise. For
instance, a 2003 study published in
The New England Journal of Medicine
found that ballroom dancing at least
twice a week made people less likely
to develop dementia.
Research also has shown that some
people with Alzheimers disease are
able to recall forgotten memories when
they dance to music they used to know.Like other moderate, low-impact,
weight bearing activities, such as
brisk walking, cycling or aerobics,
dancing can help:
strengthen bones and muscles
without hurting your joints
tone your entire body
improve your posture and balance,
which can prevent falls
increase your stamina and
exibility
reduce stress and tension
build condence
provide opportunities to meet people ward off illnesses like diabetes,
high blood pressure, heart disease,
osteoporosis, and depression
So if youre tired of the treadmill
and looking for a fun way to stay t
and healthy, it might be time to kick up
your heels!
Why You Should Be DancingFrom the AARP article Lets Dance to Health
professionally in a big band. I carriedhis drums into hotels as a kid but neverdanced. It was just about the farthestthing from my mind.
Look, Im a guy who has spent mostof his juvenile and adult life in forests,rst as a kid trapping and hunting,then as a Peace Corps forester in theAsian jungles, and nally as a private,consultant forester. I even live in one.If that is not enough, add about thirty
years of karate and working withdelinquent kids. Ballroom dance? Hah!Not me. At least, that is what I thought.
Blloom Bgnn
On the other hand, my wife Janetand I ended up at a Hamilton-Gibsondinner dance in Wellsboro several yearsago and enjoyed the dancing very much.Many times that evening we watched acouple that owed across the oor. Itmade an impression. We both agreedthat we would love to do that. What?Was I crazy? What was I getting myselfinto? Well, guess what? Things had
changed. I was losing my inhibitions,it seems. That was a biggie. My otherhalf loves to dance. Even after a hardday, she comes alive on the dance oor.That is good. So I would do it for thatreason alone. Also, there would be nomore ghting in karate. All those yearsof violent punching and kicking hadtaken their toll. What was I going to doto maintain mental and physical focus?Karate had supplied that for manyyears. Lose focus and get a broken nosevery quickly . . . a good reason to stayfocused. What now?
In the late summer of 2006 we saw
an article in theWellsboro Gazette
abouta ballroom class beginning in a fewweeks. We showed up. So did aboutsixty others. Most were couples but
several singles were there also.A middle-aged, handsome gent from
Williamsport, self-named Good olTony swaggered out onto the oor
and introduced himself as the leadinstructor. He then asked for a show ofhands from the men concerning howmany had been threatened with death ifthey did not come that evening. At rstthere was dead silence. Then the handsbegan to go up as the laughter began. Itdid not stop until the end of the classfteen weeks later. Im still chuckling.
During that rst evening ofinstruction I did a lot of lookingaround. At rst I was struck by the agediversity of the group. There were kidsin their late teens and early twentieswhom I knew from a forestry 4-Hclass I had taught for years. I learnedthat some of these young people weregetting married in the near future andwanted to dance well at their own
weddings. A few even took privateclasses during that time period andcame back later to demonstrate to all ofus what they had learned. I saw more
than a few tears shed among otherdancers during those demos.
There were single men and women,young married couples, and then therewas the large group of forty-to-sixty-something couples. That I expected.
Probably the most amazing group
were those couples in their 70s andeven 80s. As I came to know someof these people, I found they hadjust come out of hospitals with organ
transplants, bypass operations, ongoingchemo, and just about everything elseimaginable. One was a World War IIVet! There they were dancing and Ithought we would need respirators. We
Please See Dance on page 10
Members of The Endless Mountain Dance Club practice in Wellsboro.
Photo
bytinatolins
PhotobyWilliam
Gottlieb/RedfeRns
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For those skeptics who dont believe in the power of the
mind in health and medicine, Ive listed the physical proof
rst. Millions of people every year are enjoying the many
benets that these forms of dance provide. From physical,
mental and social standpoints, our favorite recreation is
one of the best overall forms of low impact/high aerobic
workouts available. Its fun, it can be free, and best of all
its always done with someone else. Here are just a few of
the many benets Ballroom offers:
ThePhysical
BenefiTs
Cardiovascular: Ballroom and Latin dancing (henceforth
called B&L) can raise the heart rate anywhere from eighty
to 120 beats per minute, the equivalent of any strength
training or aerobic program I have heard of. Sustained in
two-minute bursts over a forty-ve-minute period will build
not only your hearts strength, but its endurance, too.
Muscle Tone: B&L dancing, when danced at an
intermediate to advanced level of technique, uses the
perfect blend of isometric and isotonic resistance (the two
key ingredients to muscle building and toning). The blend
and use of the muscles is perfect for building beautiful tone
in the muscles without building a lot of muscle mass.
Joints: According to the American Journal of Medicine,
the best way to avoid arthritis, early arthritis and to remedy
current joint discomfort is to continue to use the joints in
a controlled manner. The beautiful rise and fall of waltz
demonstrates this beautifully.
The Spinal Column: Before B&L, I had a chronic back
problem and looked like I had curvature of the spine.
When I stand as I used to, compared to what my natural
posture now looks like thanks to ballroom, I look at least 3
inches taller. The frame or posture maintained places the
spine in a natural and correct position, even more correct
than when standing or sitting naturally! Plus that puts all
your organs in alignment, which is now thought by many
doctors and chiropractors to ght sickness, disease,
fatigue and more.
Respiratory: Many track greats know that a strong set of
lungs gets plenty of oxygen, which makes the heart workeasier, which in turns allows us to dance and have fun
longer! Thats why sprinters run a lot of wind bursts. Brief
bursts to up the heart-rate quickly, then bringing it down
and doing this repeatedly. This is similar to dancing at a
party, club or ballroom.
MenTal and eMoTional BenefiTs
Hug Theory: The dance position used in Ballroom and
Latin Dancing is very similar to a hug. It is believed that
this is part of the attraction of B&L dancing; you get the
security of a hug without the need for intimacy. Hugs are
truly therapeutic and the ballroom circle does a lot of
hugging as well as their dance positions, thats a whole
lotta hugging going on.Self-Esteem: The rst time I took my wife in an underarm
turn, she almost broke my hand she squeezed so tight, and
Someone might notice me was her explanation.
She went on to a national championship, and then
became a teacher then a performer. My wife and I,
and almost everyone I know who does B&L, have
found a deeper self-worth and hold a greater value in
themselves.
Confdence:Many ballroom dancers have experienced
the thrill (rush) of dancing in front of people. This is one of
Americans Top Ten fears. Overcoming this fear increases
condence in dance, in ones self and in life. Since I started
more than eleven years ago, I approach every challenge in
my life with a solid (but realistic) condence. Most of the
ballroom dancers I know are the same.
Social Ease: There is documentation supporting the
theory that comfort and ease in social situations is
one of the four primary needs in all individuals (almost
every philosophy, psychology and self-help book has
the list). From weekly exposure (and a bit of trial and
error), people become much more at ease in a social
situation.
They learn to engage in conversation, proper social
etiquette (one of the biggest social phobias.) to ask
someone to dance (a big rst step for many people). It even
helps people deal with crowds. All in all the ultimate source
for social edication and eventually comfort.
Posture, Appearance and Balance: B&L gives better
posture, which in turn gives one a much more attractiveappearance. If your ego from looking so good doesnt
throw you off, the improved posture improves balance as
well. This in turn will help one to move more gracefully,
which is explained in the next benet.
Grace and Poise: Through improved balance and self
esteem, one tends to stand and move in a much more
polished and pleasant manner. Clumsiness is overcome,
which also increases confidence and social ease.
Psychological Escape: No matter what you do in life,
youve got to take a break sometime! Ballroom provides
a temporary escape from the cares of the world and
its pressures and for a few hours a week gives people
freedom and enjoyment, invigorating them for the normal
responsibilities.
Emotional Lifeline: For many people, there is emptiness,
loneliness, something missing in their life. Ballroom offers
something wonderful to ll that void.
The Power of Dance
did not. What was driving this?Something else struck me.
There were people in the group Iknew who were lawyers, janitors,doctors, secretaries, teachers, artists,
construction workers, and retiredwhatevers. This group crossed justabout every social and economicboundary in our local society. So thisballroom phenomenon was not a classthing. Hmmm.
Dancing for Health
I also came to realize as time went onthat it was not about Dancing with the
Stars. It was about social dancing with
an emphasis on community healthboth mental and physicalfocus, andfun! And it was happening all over our
region of north central Pennsylvaniaand New Yorks Finger Lake country.
People from all walks of life aredoing this for a bunch of reasons.To give you an idea of the breadthof those reasons, Ill introduce youto some folks in the Twin Tiers. Therst is a couple that has been involved
Theresno doubtabout it, ballroom
and Latin dancing
is changing the
way people feelabout exercise,
and themselves!
While not a proven scientic fact, ballroom
dancing has been shown to induce a
phenomenon known as spontaneous smiling.
Dance continued fom page 9
Please See Dance on page 11
Waltz
From the Ballroom Dance Passion Web site:http://ballroom-dance-resource.com/betterhealth.htm
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Icant jog without turning an alarming shade ofred while gasping for air. My inability to follow
direction when it comes to my body, and general lack ofcoordination, inhibits me from feeling anything but hatredfor choreographed aerobics classes. But, man, can I dance.
On the dance oor, I shed my inhibitions like high
heels at the prom and go at it like nobodys business.Breathless jitterbugs, disco moves, unabashedshimmying . . . I love it all. So why do I torture myselfwith empty promises of getting in shape at the gym?
I found myself asking that question a few weeksago as I pondered over the fact that despite mydedication to getting my ve-foot-nine frame down to
a healthy weight, I hadnt been to the gym in quite awhile. So I decided to take charge. Stop pussyfootingaround and waiting for something fun to grab myattention and dispel my extra 100 pounds.
I want to dance it away. Not the type of dance thatrequires me to follow the instructions of a pert andperky ve-and-a-half-pound human dance machine, but
the all-out ailing around, singing out loud, making-a-
ruckus-type that I love. Enter 171 Cedar Arts Center.
As a well-respected center for the arts in Corning,New York, 171 is a community-based not-for-prot
multi-arts center that upholds its mission to provide
the community with a warm, friendly home in whichto explore the arts by offering a variety of art and
dance classes. One minute spent within the walls of thecampus lets you know that they have succeeded. Withopen gallery spaces for artists to display their works,well-kept art and dance studios for classes and rentals,
and an impressive list of offerings, the center presents awelcoming face to anyone interested in the arts.
The lovely programmers there listened thoughtfully asI excitedly explained my plan to host weekly open dancesfor the public, and offered to let me rent their ballroomfor an extremely reasonable rate for the experience.
So, every Wednesday evening starting January 9, Iwill be dancing my heart out in their beautiful ballroomand I invite you to join me. Whether youre looking fora fun way to lose weight like me, or you just want toget out of the house and move for a little while, youremore than welcome to drop by and see whats what. Noobligations, no instructors, and no structurejust usand a boom box full of danceable mix tapes.
Well play all sorts of pop music, from 1950s swing,to disco, to rock-and-roll. If you have some great
(appropriate) dance music you want to share, bring it
along. Well dance to all of it. Want to dress up and twirl?Don some ratty jeans and break dance? Jump around inyour sweats? Great, well be doing all of the above.
Dont think you can dance? Well, Ill tell you asecret.no one can. We all look completely ridiculouswhen it comes right down to it. The trick is notcaring, and letting go enough to get swept up in thefun of it. I look like a convulsing jackrabbit half thetime when I dance, but I couldnt care less because Iam loving every minute of it, and that joy translatesinto condence and inspires others to let loose as well.
I recently attended a wedding and got a slew ofcomplements on my dancingnot because of myundiluted grace (hey, I only fell once), or killer moves(thankfully I didnt hit my uncle in the head too hard),but because I got into the spirit of it and draggedothers along with me until they enjoyed themselves aswell. Thats my goal with this open dance endeavorto get people involved, and active, and having fun.And if we happen to fulll our New Years resolutions
to get in shape in the process all the better.
Heres to a happy, healthy, and fun-lled New Year!
Corning InvitationalWhat: Open dance
When:Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., starting January 9Where: 171 Cedar Arts Center, 171 Cedar
Street, Corning, New York
Cost: $3 per person
ContaCt: Dara Riegel at [email protected] or (607) 936.3159
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since Day One. The gal went through adouble organ transplant some years agoand, just recently, was found to havebreast cancer. She is in chemo now. Herrecently retired partner enjoys bringingher to classes, dances, and practices.Their stated reason for dancing? It givesthem a way of constantly exercising.As well, the lessons always provide
something new, and they love themental and physical feeling after a nightof dance. They are still dancing andenjoying it. Right through the chemo!
Another couple, far and away the
best dancers Ive seen in this group, isjust as amazing. The husband is a heart-
attack and cancer survivor, and they arethe smoothest thing going on the dance
oor. They ow. I asked them oncewhy they bother with the lessons. Bothchimed in with something like: We can
always learn something new and it givesus a chance to dance and meet people.
Wow! Talk about humble.
Yes, most of us are not as amazing asthese two couples, but we are there for
a multitude of reasons including stressrelief, physical tness, condence-
building, focus, ego-killing, and attitude
adjustment to name a few. Many statethat it is a great date night and eveningout. We would second that.
Several other couples we know offersimilar comments and claim commonbenets. One states that: My upper
body is getting a work out as a resultof the frame position, and deliberatefootwork, especially in the waltz thattones the lower body as well. I knowthat, in the beginning, my neck andshoulders really hurt from keeping myarms up during the whole practice.
Im not sure that there is anything
aerobic going on he says, and added
slyly, That happens when you get home.Another gal basically says that she
sleeps better, and nally, to top them
all, one guy states that since hes beendancing it makes him more regular.
Now that is honesty.Another lady sums it up well:
Finally, an activity has come to
our area that promotes fellowship,tness, and fun. Ballroom dancing has
enhanced our relationship as a couple,provided us with a fun way to exercise,and empowered us to expand our circleof friends.
Its For All Ages
One nal note on this. As I
mentioned earlier, people who aredoing this are all ages. It really hit homeone evening as Janet and I visited theLaurels in Wellsboro where my momlives. We had just begun lessons ashort time before that. The Laurels isan assisted care place with folks fromtheir late sixties to 100-plus years old.
I forget what the party was about, butthere was a lady who lived there playingthe piano and many of the residentswere just sitting around listening. Janetand I both approached ladies and askedthem to dance. I danced with a 100-
Dance continued fom page 10
Author Dara Riegel (left) shakes a tail feather.
Jitterbug
Please See Dance on page 12
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Its fall and the sounds of love will once again ll theair in Elk Alley.By that we mean screaming and bugling. Grunting
and bellowing. Hufng and pufng from aggressively
ared nostrils. The loud clack of antler-on-antler
contact. Yes, its mating season for Pennsylvanias wild
elk herd, when the big fellows with an overabundance
of chest hair look for the girl of their dreams. But its
never easy. Faint heart never won fair cow.
This is the time of year it gears up, said Lisa Bainey,
park manager at Cameron Countys Sinnemahonig State
Park, which has a program of guided elk watches thatlasts until October 20. The bulls are vying for domi-
nance over the herd. It goes on until the second week
of October, but usually by the rst week in October, the
big bulls, the dominant bulls are pretty worn out. Theres
a lot of ghting going on. Its interesting to watch be-
cause if theres a cow in heat, they are just ravenous.
During the rut, as its called, big, older bulls have
to bugle like crazy all the time, hardly have a minute
to eat, and must ght off lesser bulls to control their
harems, which normally contain fteen to twenty cows,
though Bainey said some harems can reach twenty-
ve females. The rut is crucial to the bulls legacy, but
its rigorous demandsit can cause a twenty-percent
body-weight lossmight spell his doom during the
long, cold Pennsylvania winter.
The rut is the best time of year for elk viewing
in the Alley, ofcially designated by the state as Elk
Scenic Drive, a 127-mile loop made up of Interstate 80
between Exit 120 and Exit 111 and ve state highways.
Route 555 from Weedville, in Elk County, to Drift-
wood, in Cameron County and part of State Route 872to Sinnemahonig State Park is where most of the ac-
tion takes place. The elk range covers about 850 square
miles and also includes parts of Cleareld, Clinton,
and Potter counties. However, the town of Benezette,
in Elk County, is Elk Central, and there are several
public viewing areas nearby. Also, a string of hotels,
restaurants, and gift shops along Route 555 cater to the
tourists who ock here in the autumn.
In the fall, a bulls antlers will have reached their im-
pressive peak, which can mean forty pounds of bone
thats four feet high. Theyre a pretty effective weapon,
and part of mating seasons fascination and funor
horror, for the squeamishis watching these massive
creatures lock hornsor antler wrestleas they
battle over cows. This can be extremely violent and
sometimes fatal, though Bainey said rutting deaths are
a rare occurrence. Theres also comic relief, provided
by adolescent bulls still perplexed by the proceedings.
The yearlings are fun to watch, said Bainey, who
studied wildlife management at Penn State. Theyre
totally confused because the hormones are kicking inand yet they want to be by mammas side.
A full-grown bull elk can weigh up to 1,000
poundscows are more petite and usually maintain
a svelte 500- to 600- pound gureand a normal set
of antlers has six tines per side. The twelve points give
him the designation of royal bull while an impe-
rial bull has fourteen points. The ruts time can vary,
ByJohn Fulmer
This bull elk wears a garland of vegetation. During mating season or rut, excited bulls thrash around in the underbrush with their antlers, and theseheaddresses are common. The fall rut is one of the best time to view elk in the several Pennsylvania counties that are home to the herd.
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but late September and early October mark
the height of mating season. One thing that
doesnt change is the bull elks bugling,
which is a signal that the rut is in full swing.
The elks distinctive mating call has been
described as a low bellow that continues as
a squealing or whistle followed by several
grunts.
Several elk-viewing areas, equipped with
blinds and staffed by volunteers from The
Bugle Corps, have been set up along the
drive. An estimated 75,000 people visit Elk
Alley in the fall, and the herd is now 800
strong, the largest one east of the Mississippi.
Hunted to extinction in the Appalachians
around the time of the Civil War, the elks
reintroduction and survival here is a tale bet-
ting a proud creature.
Todays herd is descended from 177 elk
sent in by train from Wyoming and South
Dakota and set loose in ten Pennsylvania
counties from 1913 to 1926; but only those
twenty-four released in Cameron County and
the ten reintroduced in Elk County thrived
and developed a breeding base. Habitat loss
and elk hunting, legal from 1923 to 1931,
helped spell their decline in the other eight
counties. The commonwealth put themunder protection in 1932 and elk hunting
was not made legal again until 2001. It is,
however, a lottery-type hunt and only forty
elk tags will be issued in 2007, with the $10
license fee going to farmers crop damage.
In last twenty-ve years, Bainey has
worked with the herd as part of several
commonwealth commissions, and she said it
was endangered recently until state agencies
and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
stepped in. I can even remember when we
almost didnt have herd, she said. This was
back in the 1970s and early 80s. The numbers
were very low, probably 100 elk.
Several factors were in play. The brain-
worm parasite, which attacks an ungulatesspinal cord and brain, thinned the herd,
and without an effective fencing program
to keep them from feeding on crops, elk
were the target of angry farmers. Poaching was
another concern.
Plus there were not a lot of habitat-enhancement
programs at that time, Bainey said. The foundation
entered and helped with land acquisitions. Elk are
grazing animals, like cows, and the Benezette area has
a lot of reclaimed strip mines. Its grassland and its a
magnet to the elk. Plus it was remote.
Tourism really became a factor in the 90s, Bainey
said. Before that, you could come to elk country and
you had to look hard to nd one.
More tourists may have guaranteed the elks survival,
but the inux of visitors required a delicate balancing
act. With the increased number of tourists, locals need-
ed relief from the pressure the herd and herd watchers
made on their lives. The infrastructure couldnt handle
it, Bainey said, and the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources, the Game Commission, Bureau
of State Parks, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Founda-
tion formed a partnership to address the concerns of
Elk Alley locals.
There needed to be some way to disperse the num-
ber of tourists, Bainey said. So the partnership helped
design the Elk Scenic Highway. It guides the visitor
along in an organized way, instead of the helter-skelter
viewing that was occurring.
A system of elk etiquette was instituted with the
help of Bugle Corps volunteers trained through the
DCNR. Responsible elk watching, Bainey said, is a com-
bination of respect for the animal and local property
owners, and recognizing that you, the observer, are very
close to a wild, huge, unpredictable beast.
What happens is you see an elk for the rst time, and
theyre so big and magnicent and incredible, people
just immediately drawn like a magnet to the animal and
start taking pictures, Bainey said. The viewing areas,
with their hedgerows and blinds, provide protection and
a good look at an animal in the throes of sexual ecstasy.
Not an easy feat.
Its for their own safety because a 1,000-pound bull
elk in full rut has only one thing racing through his
mind, she said. And hes not thinking about the park
visitor whos trying to get close to take photographs.
Though shes been close to the herd for a quarter
century, like the arrival of fall foliage, the elk-mating
season always seems like a surprise to Bainey.
Im always amazed. Its a cyclical thing, and you
look forward to it just like the leaves changing color
every year, said Bainey.
Watching the elk mate can have an immediate,
elemental effect, she said.
Theres nothing that compares to sitting out in
a blind on a moonlit night and you hear that squeal
of a bull elk and the responding bugle from another
dominant bull, Bainey said. You can smell them. You
can smell the musk. They come clashing together and
you can hear the grunting and groaning and the sound
of the antlers clashing.
I think, if anything, it reconnects you with the
natural world when you listen to those wild sounds. To
me, its right up there with the howl of the wolf and
that of the coyote.
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Guided elk Watches
where: Sinnemahoning State Park. Route 872, eight
miles north of Route 120 junction, Cameron County
when: Through October 20. Starts at 4:30 p.m.
cost: $30 for families; $15 for individuals. Weeks notice
required
information: [email protected] or
Jackie Flynn or Janet Colwell at (814) 647-8401
description: After a short discussion on elk-watching
tips, youll be driven into the range to observe the rut.
A limited number of spaces is available and registra-
tion is required. Park Manager Lisa Bainey said its a
long program, so set aside some time. One of the
woman lives right in the heart of elk country and has
a good pulse as to where they are, Bainey said.
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he sat at the caf table, a collage of
color: bright-purple hoodie, boldly pat-terned blue scarf, and the pink cheeksthat the Twin Tiers chilly spring air
requires everyone to wear in late March. The warmexpression in her kind brown eyes belied the cold andwelcomed me to her table. Singer/songwriter JanaLosey proved to be as engaging face-to-face as she isin her soulful music, as she shed light on her upcomingprojects, including a new album, her own reality/varietyshow, and a new performance series held by her recordcompany, Posey Tunes.
Having grown up in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania,Losey understands what it is to be a small-town personwith big dreams. She started exploring her musicaltalents when she was eight years old and continued tostudy seriously at Ithaca College. Leaving college early to
join Squok Opera, an avant-garde troupe, Losey spentve years touring and ultimately went to Broadway.
Burned out and needing time for herself, she took asabbatical from music and moved to California to workin wardrobe at the La Jolla Playhouse and later becamea licensed masseuse with her own practice. During thistime, Losey recovered some of her drive to create andmusic started creep back in. She joined a cover bandand started writing again with band mate, Melanie Pe-ters. Now her business and life partner, Peters played anintegral role in helping Losey rediscover her voice.
That really restarted my joy in music, says Losey.Slowly Melanie and I started saving some of the songswe wrote for ourselves with the idea that we might sellthem to other artists. Fate had other plans, however,
and soon her rst album, Bittersweet, was given life. Petersused some forty hours of studio timed owed to her torecord their songs. Soon we were writing a song a weekand then going in to record it, says Losey with a hint ofawe in her voice. We still think of Bittersweetas a bit ofa miracle; a kind of really wonderful mistake.
From there, Losey decided to become a full-timemusician, touring the country and getting airtime forsome of her songs, including London Holiday, whichwas a local favorite on radio stations across the TwinTiers in 2006. They moved to Loseys childhood home,a Lawrenceville farm, and started touring, rst with a
band and then as a duo. Right now, its basically me andMelanie touring in a little hybrid car and doing acousticsets, explained Losey.
This is one of the many things Losey speaks on when
she visits area high school in hopes of raising awarenessof her upcoming album, Blocks, her reality/variety show,The Song You Heard, and her desire to get kids involvedand condent about their talents. Being from a small
area, I think some of the kids here have a general lackof condence that they can do whatever they want in
life, said Losey. City kids might have more exposure totheater and music but its so important for kids here to
know that theres no reason why they cant do it just
because theyre from here. I want to do everything I canto help them understand that.One way she hopes to get that through to kids is
through The Song You Heard, which rst aired in Marchon Big Fox stations from Wellsboro to Rochester. Eachmonthly episode features Loseys travels and the artistsshe meets along the way in cities big or small. The epi-sodes will then run weekly until a new one airs.
Its cool for people to see familiar places and peopleon TV, said Losey. It might make performing seemmore accessible to kids if they see their hometown orsomeone from it on a real TV show. She also sees thisopportunity as a way to bring more attention to some ofthe lesser-known artists she encounters along the way.Each show will show the highs and lows of touring, butwill also showcase interviews of and performances by
different artists, as well as live music by Losey.Part of one of the upcoming episodes will be shot
at Loseys April 4 concerts/album-release parties atElmiras Clemens Center. At the schools she has visited,Losey made sure to offer all students half-price ticketsto the shows, acknowledging the importance of get-ting teens involved with music, as well as her show. Itshould be a nice tie-in, said Losey. This episode of
show will include part of the concert, backstage shots,and some of the music from our new CD, Blocks.
More structured and thought-out than Bittersweet,Blockswas a very fullling album to make, with Losey
and Peters taking the opportunity to set out to make a
whole album, while paying attention to the moods ofeach song as they pertained to the whole. To me, thewhole album is much more important than making afew hit singles, explained Losey. I feel like people aregetting tired of the whole hits culture and are ready, asa society, to go back to more of a grass roots approachand really listen to each song.
In that same vein, Losey hopes to invigorate theregions interest in new talents through a concert seriesshe will host at Cornings Radisson Hotel. From Maythrough October, 2008, Losey and Peters record com-pany, Posey Tunes, will bring a new act to the Radissoneach month, featuring artists from all over the country,including those from New York, Buffalo and California.
We want to bring in artists who are on the cuspof great success, and introduce them to the region,
in hopes of gaining them attention and bringing newsounds to the region, said Losey. She is also hoping tobring a few teenage artists from other areas to both per-form and visit the schools with her to further reinforceher point that you dont have to be from a big city tobe a great artist.
ByDara Riegel
Have You HeardJANAsSmall-town PA GirlGets Big TV Break
Dara Riegel is a frequent contributor to Mountain Home magazine.
JANA LOSEY
Big FOX TV: Check local listings for The SongYou Heard
Clemens Center performances: 7 and 9 p.m.April 4; tickets $20 (half price with studentID; must call ahead)Information:www.janalosey.com or (570 )504-5589. Search MTVs Web site to vote forLoseys music video
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