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Burton Stein of Almond-Arkport reads the Alfred Sunto a male Elephant Seal on “losers beach” in Santa Cruz, CA last month. Stein was cheering up this bull recovering from battle wounds suffered in a losing fight over mating rights to another bull Elephant Seal at Ano Nuevo State Park Beach. Losing bulls flee to losers beach, where Stein, (wearing his MostArts hat), tried to cheer him up with good news about MostArts from the Alfred Sun.

Vol. 135, No. 9 Alfred, Allegany County, New York State, U.S.A. 14802 Thursday, March 5, 2020

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Quicklees coming quickly

BELMONT–The Allegany County Board of Legislators and Allegany County Industrial Development Agency (ACIDA) will formally celebrate the recent construction progress of the new Quicklee’s Travel Center at the Crossroads site at 12 noon Thurs- day, March 12.

Following three years of work to develop the Crossroads site, Allegany County and IDA officials are excited to mark the successful completion of the Crossroads Waterline Project and com- mencement of construction on the Quicklee’s Travel Center, projected to open in the fall of 2020.

After successfully completing the Crossroads Waterline project this past February, an initiative that was roughly 12 years in the making, development at the Crossroads site has taken off with the construction of the new Quicklee’s Travel Center, a project that was first announced back in August 2019.

The Travel Center will include a fueling station, convenience store, and will house a small café (the café is part of a chain operation that has yet to be announced).

The development of the waterline and the Travel Center support the long- term vision for the Crossroads site, which includes adding a hotel and restaurant to the area in the future – with the addition of a brand name hotel

ALMOND–Area residents will have an opportu- nity on Sunday afternoon, March 15 to hear the fas- cinating story of the late Barbara Chapin Williams, a Wellsville resident, described by Author Andrew L. Phelan as “one of the unsung, unrecognized people who contributed greatly to the mid-20th Century cultural renaissance in the United States.”

Co-hosted by the Alfred Hornell AAUW and the Almond Historical Society, Phelan of Norman, OK, will be at the Almond Community Church at 2:30 p.m. for this presentation and will sign his book,

“Barbara and the Cord.”

Growing up in the upscale suburb of Shaker Heights, OH, Barbara was given a yellow Cord con- vertible automobile when she graduated from Hath- away-Brown High School at age 17. Described by Phelan as “A very rare and expensive car,” he ex- plains that “in 1937, when Barbara got her car, most American families were still struggling with the eco- nomic realities of the Great Depression.”

Barbara’s love for the arts and her desire to take the arts to rural America birthed the idea of a travel- ing Carnival Caravan, a festival-type program.

Eventually she became involved with the Artmobile project, which focused on developing a mobile art museum, dedicated to taking art in the form of orig- inal objects, on loan from major museums, to the rural schools and communities.

Phelan’s father, the late Linn L. Phelan, the art teacher at Alfred-Almond Central School and owner of Linnwood Pottery in Almond, became active in the New York State Art Teachers Association and was an enthusiastic supporter of the Artmobile project.

The Cord remained in Barbara’s possession until her passing in 2014, when her ashes made their final journey to the cemetery on its passenger seat. Her beloved projects – that of taking the arts to rural America – were dependent upon motorized trans-

port.

For Barbara, “it must have been a symbol of con- tinuity and of cultural progress that she so deeply believed in and made the focus of her life,” Phelan writes.

The author has previously written or edited eleven books including two that feature his photography. A member of the Class of 1961 at Alfred-Almond Cen- tral School, Phelan graduated from Pratt Institute (BS, MFA) and New York University (PhD). He began his career as a high school art teacher, and re- placed his father when he retired from AACS. He served with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam as a medic where he was awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Following his army service, Phelan was a professor for more than 30 years and served in various administrative positions as an assistant to the president, dean, director or chair of programs in higher education.

A public servant, consultant, and professional artist, his biography has been included in Who’s Who in American Art for more than 25years.

This presentation is free and open to the public.

Refreshments will be served by a committee headed by Mary Jane Lloyd and Louise Schwartz and as- sisted by the AAUW and Almond Historical Society members.

Alfred Sun at Losers Beach

County Legislators, IDA to celebrate progress March 12

Native son to talk about his Barbara Williams book

AT ALMOND COMMUNITY CHURCH MARCH 15

Quicklee’s Travel Center is taking shape at the Crossroads site, located in the Town of Belvidere at the intersection of State Route 19 and Interstate 86 Exit 30. (Alfred Sun Photo)

anticipated as soon as next year. Pro- jected benefits of development at the Crossroads site include adding new jobs and increased revenue from sales tax, bed tax, and property taxes for the county.

“One goal of the Crossroads project has always been to take full advantage of the site’s ideal location at the intersection of Route 19 and Interstate-86

in an effort to attract more tourists and travelers to stop within the borders of Allegany County,” said Craig Clark, Executive Director of the ACIDA.

“The Quicklee’s Travel Center is the first important step in drawing travelers into our county, supporting our three local colleges and industries, and capturing additional sales tax dollars for the county.”

“We are extremely pleased to invite our county legislators, IDA Board Members, local town government officials, state and federal officials, and Quicklee’s Developers, all of whom had a hand in making this vision for development a reality, to share in our excitement on March 12,” concluded Clark.

Almond native Andrew Phelan will sign books.

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OBITUARIES

Puzzles on Page 10

Dale B. Green, 72, Scio grad, pipeline foreman

Robert Jay Baker, 70, Andover CS alum

DALE B. GREEN U.S. Army veteran, Otis Eastern pipeline foreman

WELLSVILLE–Dale B.

Green, 72, of Wellsville, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville.

Born Nov. 28, 1947, in Wellsville, he was the son of Arnold K. and Dorothy A.

Johnson Green. A graduate of Scio Central School and Breeden School of Welding in Genesee, Pennsylvania, he served honorably with the U.S. Army from 1967-1968.

On Sept. 29, 1973, in Hall- sport, he married the former Jo Ann Billings, who sur- vives.

He was employed as a pipeline foreman by Otis Eastern for over 45 years.

Dale was a member of Morri- son B. Hayes American Le- gion Post #702 and Operating Engineers Local #158. In re- tirement, Dale's world re- volved around spending time ROBERT JAY “BOBBY

JAY” BAKER Served in Navy in Vietnam

ANDOVER–Robert Jay Baker (Bobby Jay), age 70, of Andover, born in Wellsville on Feb. 16, 1950, passed away at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester on Sun- day, Feb. 23, 2020.

He was predeceased by his parents, Robert “Moose” and Dolores (Ellis) Baker, and sister Julie Gilmore. He is sur- vived by his wife Cindy (Preston) Baker, son Jay (Adam Parr) Baker, daughter Andrea (Bill) Scott, son Joshua (Kristina) Baker;

grandchildren Liam and Maclyn Scott, and Leila Baker; sister Amy (Rob) Hy- land; mother in-law Norma

with his grandchildren out- doors, in his shop building, and attending their sporting events.

Surviving besides his wife, Joann, are: two sons, Kristo- pher (Allison) Green and Chad (Shannon) Green, both of Wellsville; five grandchildren, Alex, Trenton, Ella, Wyatt, and Liam; a sister, Rossman; sister in-law Brenda (James) Kavanaugh, brothers in-law Doug (Bar- bara Muoio) Preston, Tracy (Cyndi) Preston; and several cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, and uncles.

Bobby and Cindy were together for 53 years, from the ages of 17 and 14, respec- tively. They were married in 1973 in Andover where they have lived since.

During his high school years, Bobby was athletic and played several sports, including baseball and basketball.

A graduate of Andover Cen- tral School Class of 1967, Bob enlisted in the Navy and served as a Hull Technician aboard the USS Joseph Hewes in Vietnam.

He earned degrees in Build- ing Construction and Blue- print Drafting from Alfred State College and worked as a Contracting Specialist and Draftsman at Turbodyne in Wellsville. In 1977 he was di- agnosed with Multiple Scle- rosis, and battled this debilitating disease coura- geously until his passing.

Robert was an avid baseball (Yankees) fan and collector of baseball cards. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, hosting poker games, antiquing, and fre-

quenting local eateries. He was the best husband, father, and friend to those who knew him.Despite his condition, he had a great sense of humor and loved to reminisce about past adventures. Bob took great pride in his childrens’

accomplishments, and loved Andover and his family fiercely. Robert’s family would like to heartfully thank his numerous caregivers, medical teams, everyone who visited, and those who pro- vided opportunities for him to escape his disability to go out and about wherever his heart desired.

Calling hours were held from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 at Baker-Swan Fu- neral Home in Andover. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, followed by burial with full military honors at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery both in Andover. Online condolences may be offered at www.baker-swan.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his memory to the Andover Vol- unteer Ambulance Corps, P.O.

Box 726, Andover, NY 14806 or St. Jude Children’s Hospi- tal (stjude.org).

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A selection of antiquarian books dating from the birth of printing is on display through March in the main reading room of Alfred University’s Herrick Memorial Library.

The vellum-bound volumes are part of a larger collection—

dating from 1502—housed in the school’s archives. Most of the historic texts at Herrick were the gift of the late Charles D. Buchanan, a noted book collector and professor of Ger- man at Alfred, who donated his holdings of more than 100 volumes to the university in 1967. (Alfred Sun Photo) Roseanne Perry of Wellsville;

brother-in-law, Terry (Theresa) Billings of Green- wood; sister-in-law, Gayle (Dennis) Clark of Belmont;

nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, Kenneth A. Green;

and brothers-in-law, Dale Billings and Douglas Billings.

Calling hours were 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at Mulholland-Crowell Funeral Home, Wellsville, where funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 2 with the Rev. Jon Schink officiat- ing. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellsville. Military Rites will be accorded by members of Morrison B.

Hayes American Legion Post

#702. Memorials may be made to the Wellsville Volun- teer Ambulance Corps, P.O.

Box 206, Wellsville, NY 14895. Condolences may be expressed at www.wellsville- funeralhome.com.

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[Editor’s Note: Like most of the recipes she shared with our readers over the past couple of decades, Ellen Shultz’s Sunny Side Up columns are worth repeating. ]

I’m going to stick with some recipes from the Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook for awhile. It’s easy to prepare comforting food for cold days and cut down your labor in the kitchen. Slow cookers have long ago proven to be the efficient friend of those cooks who are gone all day, but want to offer substantial home- cooked food to their households. Slow cookers also prefer cheap cuts of meat. Tell that to your favorite graduate student, or newly independent young adult, or to the parents of a growing brood.

Here’s an easy way to prepare a labor intensive dish - lasagna.

Violette’s Lasagna

8 lasagna noodles, uncooked 1 (4 oz.) can sliced mushrooms 1 lb. ground beef 15 oz. ricotta cheese

1 tsp. Italian seasoning 2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese 28 oz. jar spaghetti sauce 1/3 c. water

Break the noodles in large pieces and place half in the bot- tom of a greased slow cooker. Brown the ground beef in a saucepan. Drain. Stir in Italian seasoning. Spread half over noodles in slow cooker. Layer half of mozzarella cheese over beef. Repeat layers. Cover and cook on low for 5 hours. (If you don’t have mixed Italian seasoning, use garlic, parsley, and oregano to taste.)

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Kelly’s Forecast

By KELLY SNYDER The Alfred Sun Weather Forecaster

“The beauty of Daylight Saving Time is that it just makes every- one feel sunnier”. –Ed Markey

Thursday, March 5 PARTLY CLOUDY (HIGH 45– LOW 32) Chance of precipitation....10%

Friday, March 6 (HIGH 35–LOW 17)SNOW Chance of precipitation....70%

Saturday, March 7 MOSTLY SUNNY (HIGH 30– LOW 18) Chance of precipitation....20%

Sunday, March 8 MOSTLY SUNNY (HIGH 47 – LOW 35) Chance of precipitation...0%

Monday, March 9 PARTLY CLOUDY (HIGH 52 - LOW 36) Chance of precipitation....20%

Tuesday, March 10 SHOWERS (HIGH 47 - LOW 35) Chance of precipitation....40%

Wednesday, March 11 RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS

(HIGH 39- LOW 25) Chance of precipitation....50%

For more up to date weather information add your Alfred Sun

Weatherman Kelly Snyder on Facebook and as always if you

don’t like the weather in Alfred just wait five minutes!

C AMPUS N OTES

Violette’s Lasagna...fix it, forget it

A L F R E D

Weather for the Week

Feb. 25-March 2 Feb. Hi Lo Precip.Snow

25 52 33 Trace 0 26 39 28 .20” 2.0”

27 44 19 .25” 1.5”

28 23 14 .25” 1.0”

29 25 11 .20” 3.5”

Mar1 21 11 .01”Trace

2 42 19 Trace 0

February 2020 Summary:

Avg. high: 35.6°

Avg. low: 18.8°

Highest: 52° (Feb. 25) Lowest: -4° (Feb. 15) Total precipitation: 3.00”

(Normal is 1.76”) Total snowfall: 34.1”

(Normal is 16.7”)

Precipitation fell on 22 out of 29 days in February 2020.

By FION MacCREA Alfred Weather Recorder By MARY HARRIS

Special to the Alfred Sun

In competition throughout the county, results are as follows:

LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION Corning Black 49 - Hornell 38 Corning Gold 73 - Haverling 52

MEDIUM LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION Campbell-Savona 37 - Addison 31

Canisteo-Greenwood 57 - Alfred-Almond 38

MEDIUM SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION Naples 45 - Jasper-Troupsburg 9

Avoca 36 - Arkport 18

SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION Bradford 36 - Prattsburgh 32

Hammondsport 46 - Canaseraga 17

Next Monday evening at 6:30, competitions will be held at Corning HS, Canisteo-Green- wood, Jasper-Troupsburg and Bradford Cen- tral School.

ROCHESTER–The following local residents made the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2019 Fall Semester: Jessie Matteson of Almond, biochemistry;

Abby Fancherof Alfred Station, physician assistant; Parker Bryant-Cartyof Alfred Station, photographic and imaging arts; and Joshua Carstensof Alfred, motion picture science.

Hikes in the Big Bend area of southwest Texas are spectacular. Usually loaded with sun- shine, they cross the Chihuahuan Desert to places the casual traveler would certainly miss.

Recently, we, with Deb and Steve Jakobi, walked the three miles in Big Bend Ranch State Park to the end of Crystal Trail. We passed the ruins of a candelilla wax processing site.

We found a large beetle, impaled on an ocotillo thorn, perhaps by a shrike, "storing" it.

The trail's end revealed another reward - heaps and piles of glittering calcite "gems,"

some large, some small. In the sunshine we could imagine that we were looking at heaps of diamonds. They do not photograph well, it being nearly impossible to catch the glitter.

Instead, here's a photo of seven exuberant guys, who passed us, about a mile out. We saw other bikers, including a group that included grandma, mom, dad, and daughter, rev- eling, as we were, in a cooler day in the desert, complete with a sweet breeze.

Steuben Co. Academic All-Stars results listed

ALMOND–What hap- pened when Albany’s Nuclear Waste Disposal Siting Com- mission decided that the best place for the state’s low-level radioactive trash was in the wilds of western New York, near the headwaters of three watersheds?

Find out or reminisce with retired Allegany County his- torian Craig Braack at the Al- mond 20th Century Club meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at the Library on Main Street. Refreshments will be served.

(Hint: tenacious teachers, articulate artists, fearless farmers, and other Concerned Citizens banded together to Bump the Dump!)

President Ronald Reagan declared March to be Developmen- tal Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987. The deinstitutional- ization movement of the 70s and 80s laid the foundation for social change. Now 33 years later, the month of March high- lights the contributions and needs of the estimated four million Americans living with a developmental disability. Learn how Allegany Arc’s supports and services are advancing the inter- ests of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Allegany County by visiting www.AlleganyArc.org.

Don’t forget to “spring ahead” at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 8 as***

we move to Daylight Savings Time.

The Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance (FLTA) will hold a we-***

binar covering 5 steps to getting more group tours at 10 a.m.

Thursday, March 26. This one-hour webinar is led by successful tourism pro Sally Davis Berry. Upon registering a link will be sent so that one may join the webinar on March 26 from 10 to 11 a.m. from a desktop or smartphone. To register visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/97319750995.

A training session on the Freedom of Information Law***

(FOIL) and Open Meetings Law (OML) will be held at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, March 25 in the BOCES Conference Room, 5718 County Rt. 48, Belmont. Pizza and wings served at 6 p.m., presentation starts at 6:30 p.m. To register, email or call Michelle Denhoff at [email protected] or (585) 268-7153 no later than 4 p.m. Friday, March 20.

Both Alfred University and Alfred State College students***

will be on Spring Break from March 7 through March 15, with classes resuming at both institutions on Monday, March 16.

Craig Braack talk,

‘Bump the Dump’

at library March 10

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Grandpa’s Naptime Prayer Now I lay you down to sleep

And pray the Lord closed eyes you’ll keep, For if you squirm yourself awake

Then MY nap I won’t get to take.

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e are often reminded of what makes Al- fred University such a unique and special place, where the magic of our students’ experiences here trans- late into meaningful change in the world.

Alicia Eggert is a 2009 M.F.A. alumna of ours pro- moting meaningful change through her outdoor art. Ali- cia’s core message is that by seeing past our differences and working together toward a common good, magic can indeed happen.

Through a powerful TED talk in July (Imaginative Sculpture That Explore How We Perceive Reality), Alicia spoke about being a youngster in South Africa, where her parents, missionaries working to establish a multiracial church in Capetown, moved in 1986 when she was five years old. Apartheid, South Africa’s policy of racial sepa- ration, was in place at the time. Through the hard-fought

efforts of the country’s citizens, apartheid ended in 1994.

“The thing that left a long- lasting impression on me was how the people I met in South Africa could envision a better future for themselves and their country. A future they re- ally believed was possible,”

Alicia said. “And then they worked together, relentlessly, for decades, until they achieved that extraordinary historic change.”

Alicia’s TED talk touched on a central theme of Com- mon Ground, our recently es- tablished one-unit course for all new main campus under- graduate students: that despite our differences, we have the ability to collaborate and achieve greatness. Alicia ex- plained how she has used art to demonstrate the power of working together, of finding common ground.

For nearly two centuries, Alfred University has been a place where students have learned that by seeing past

their differences and coming together to pursue shared goals, magic can indeed happen.Fiat Common Ground!

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THE BLUE LOTUS BLOOMING IN THE FIRE

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f you are of a certain age you may remember the CB Radio craze. In the late seventies, long before the advent of smart phones, Citizens Band radio became wildly popular in Amer- ica, not only with truckers and trades- men but also with enthusiasts and hobbyists, who talked back and forth in their cars and trucks, warned each other of road conditions and speed traps, and entertained themselves by tuning into Channel 9, where fires, crimes, and other emergencies were reported and help dispatched.

Such was the pastime of one Alle- gany County resident, who lived alone in the country and spent his idle hours on his CB radio. On one occasion, so the story goes, this gentleman was seated comfortably in his bathroom, taking care of business, when he heard a report of a house fire in progress.

Listening eagerly for details, he learned to his considerable consterna- tion that his own house was on fire.

Fortunately for him, he hastily assem- bled himself and fled the house, es- caping serious injury.

I’ve often recalled and recounted that story, not only for its multiple ironies but also because it bears a di- rect relation to Zen teachings. The metaphor of a “house in flames” oc- cupies a central place in the lore of Zen. It figures prominently in the Lotus Sutra, a foundational text for Zen practitioners, and it has spawned numerous variations in the American Zen community. A Rinzai Zen practice group in Baltimore calls itself the Burning House Zendo. The Zen Cen- ter of New York City, situated in Brooklyn, is also known as the Fire Lotus Temple, an allusion to both the

burning house of Zen teachings and the counter-image of a lotus flower blooming amidst the flames.

In the Lotus Sutra, the image of a

“house in flames” is the core compo- nent of a didactic parable, in which it symbolizes what Buddhism calls sam- sara: the realm of craving, aversion, ignorance, and endless suffering. In this parable, children are at play in their rich father’s house, blithely un- aware that their house is on fire. After repeated attempts to persuade them to leave, their father employs “expedient means” to effect their rescue. He promises to give them jeweled car- riages, laden with gifts and drawn by white oxen, if they will come out. His

stratagem works, and the children sur- vive.

That story is often interpreted as an illustration of upaya, or “expedient means.” The children are preoccupied with playthings, so their father in- dulges their selfish craving and entices them with bigger and better toys. That he is temporarily fueling their greed and their attachment to transitory things is largely irrelevant. What mat- ters is that he is rescuing them from samsara, the burning house of the tem- poral world.

That point is well taken, but another element of the parable is no less important. Like the children at play in their burning house, we fallible mor- tals may be preoccupied with our lat- est toys—our smart phones, for example—and oblivious of those ap- petites, aversions, and habits of mind that are shaping, afflicting, and often determining our lives. We may not realize that we are living in samsara.

In Buddhism, the acknowledgment of that reality is known as the First Noble Truth. Sometimes translated as

“suffering exists,” this simple recog- nition establishes the foundation for the three Noble Truths that follow:

that the causes of conditioned suffering, particularly craving, anger, and delusion, may be investigated and identified; that conditional, self-in- flicted suffering can end; and that there is a concrete path to that out- come. “All my teaching,” the Buddha is reported to have said, “is about suffering and the end of suffering.” But the starting point is the acknowledgment that conditioned suffering exists, within oneself as well as in the exter- nal world. To escape a burning house, you must first acknowledge that you are living in one.

Zen practice is not, as is sometimes supposed, a technique for putting out the fires of samsara. Would it were so easy. What the practice does offer is a way of cultivating what Eihei Dōgen, founder of the Sōto school of Zen, called the blue lotus “blooming in the midst of fire and at the time of flames.” In Zen iconography the blue lotus represents compassionate wis- dom. To become the blue lotus, blooming in the fire, is to realize and demonstrate one’s innate capacity for kindness, equanimity, and understand- ing in the very midst of suffering, one’s own and that of others. That is a fundamental challenge of the practice, and it is also its ultimate reason for being.

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Ben Howard leads the Falling Leaf Sangha, a Zen practice group in Al- fred. The Falling Leaf Sangha wel- comes newcomers to the practice. See www.fallingleafsangha.blogspot.com for more information.

Moonlighter

ALFRED UNIVERSITY

ALFRED–The Cohen Gallery will present a two- person exhibition of prints, books and other digital de- lights featuring work by Al- fred University alumnus Mykola Haleta ’17 and Jamin Kuhn beginning March 5.

The exhibition will be on view at the Gallery, located at 55 N. Main St., Alfred, through April 3, and a public reception for the artists will be held tonight (Thursday, March 5), from 5 to 8pm.

Haleta received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, where he studied graphic design, and an MFA in Elec- tronic Integrated Arts from The New York State College

of Ceramics at Alfred Univer- sity. He is an educator, optical artist, textile designer, graphic designer, and noise/sound artist. His audio compositions and performance projects have been performed and pre- sented nationally and interna- tionally, and he is currently an assistant professor in the Dig- ital Media and Animation De- partment at Alfred State College.

Kuhn received an MFA in Digital Arts and Drawing from Washington State Uni- versity and his BFA from Eastern Washington Univer- sity. He is an educator and artist currently living and working in Alfred, serving as

assistant professor in the Dig- ital Media & Animation De- partment at Alfred State College. His work predomi- nantly explores found objects, spaces, and leftovers, along with the ongoing possibility that these discoveries can re- determine and create new shifts in direction, meaning, and process-orientation.

Using digital imaging and fabrication techniques paired with traditional drawing mediums, he works toward bringing new life to moments and encounters experienced in solitude.

The Cohen Gallery seeks to create opportunities for Alfred University alumni, students,

and faculty to engage in the professional activities of cu- rating and organizing art exhibitions from the ground up,

thus providing valuable experience in the business aspects of art.

The Gallery exhibits the work of alumni, faculty, local and visiting artists and provides Alfred University students with hands-on experience in arts administra- tion, community development, marketing and public relations, design, and man- agement. Students assist in all facets of the exhibitions, from designing the space to prepar- ing promotional materials and acting as docents during the shows.

Gallery hours: Tuesday–

Friday 11am-5pm, Thursday till 7 pm and weekends 12-4.

ALFRED–Alfred University welcomes two visiting writers to campus March 19-21 for the biennial Alfred Literary Festival, sponsored by the Di- vision of English.

Poet and memoirist Tiffany Midge and fiction writer Katey Schultz will read from their work and lead workshops with students, alumni, and community members at several campus events.

Midge will read from her work on Thursday, March 19 at 5:30 p.m. in Scholes Library. Schultz will read from her work on Friday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m., also in Scholes Library. A

reception and book signing will follow both readings.

Tiffany Midge is a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and raised in the Pacific Northwest. A former humor columnist for Indian Country Today, she taught writing and compo- sition for Northwest Indian College.

Her writing has appeared in Mc- Sweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Offing, Waxwing, World Literature Today, Lit Hub, First American Art Magazine, and more. Her books include Bury My Heart at Chuck E.

Cheese’s (memoir and satire) and The Woman Who Married a Bear (poetry,

and winner of the Kenyon Review Earthworks Prize and a Western Her- itage Award). Midge received a 2019 Pushcart Prize, and was awarded a 2019/20 Simons Public Humanities Fellowship from University of Kansas Hall Center for the Humanities. She aspires to be the distinguished writer in residence in Seattle's Space Needle.

Katey Schultz is the author of the novel Still Come Home and the short story collection Flashes of War, which The Daily Beast praised as an “ambi- tious and fearless” collection. Honors for her work include the Linda Flowers Literary Award, Doris Betts Fiction

Prize, IndieFab Book of the Year from Foreword Reviews, a Gold Medal from the Military Writers Society of America, four Pushcart nominations, and writing fellowships in eight states.

She lives in Celo, North Carolina, and is founder of Maximum Impact, a transformative mentoring service for creative writers that has been recog- nized by both CNBC and the What Works Network.

Other Alfred Literary Festival events a literary roundtable discussion at the Powell Campus Center Alumni Lounge at 12:30-2 p.m. on Saturday, March 21.

Two writers visiting campus for Literary Festival

Two-person exhibition opening at art gallery

COHEN GALLERY

Nymphaea caerulea (Blue Lotus); photo by Leandro Avelar

The Blue Lotus Blooming in the Fire

Works of Haleta and Kuhn.

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6 THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, March 5, 2020

Music

BANDS/DJs/RECITALS Alfred University Symphony Orchestrafeaturing Ken Luk performing Vivaldi’s Concerto in D for Lute & Strings, Pianist Lucy Mauro performing J.C.

Bach’s Concerto in G, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19 in Miller Theater, AU campus. Free admission.

Alfred University Recitalfeaturing Tenor JR Fralick, So- prano Luanne Crosby and pianist Kurt Galvan at 3 pm Sunday, April 5 in Susan How- ell Hall.

Alfred University Concert BandSpring Concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1 in Miller Theater, AU campus. Free admission.

Alfred University Jazz Band Concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, Miller Theater. Free admission.

Alfred University Choral Concert.AU Choirs joined by Rochester Oratorio Society in presenting Ernest Bloch’s “Sa- cred Service,” 7 p.m. Sunday, April 26, Miller Theater.

Hornell Area Wind Ensem- ble Rehearsals Tuesday evenings at Hornell High School. New members welcome. For further information, call Nancy Luger at 587-9449 or call 545-8603.

MostArts Festival: Plan to enjoy Summer Music & Art July 12-18, 2020 featuring the 2020 Piano Competition ages 13-18, workshops, pop-up restaurant, music under the stars, Art Walk. visit:

www.MostArts.alfred.edu for more information.

Off the Wagon show sched- ule is as follows: Saturday, March 14 at Hornell AMVETs as part of St. Pat’s, 12 noon-4 pm; Saturday, April 18 at Hor- nell Moose, 9 pm-1 am; Satur- day, May 2 at Hornell AMVETs 8-midnight; Saturday, June 6 at Off Duty Club in Belmont, 9 pm-1 am; Friday, June 12 at Palmer Opera House in Cuba, 7 pm. Follow the band at:

www.facebook.com/pg/Offthe WagonAcoustic

Wellsville Creative Arts Cen- ter offers live music some evenings with performances beginning at 8 p.m., doors opening at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb.

28-Honeysuckle; Friday, March 13-Joe Robinson.

For tickets, visit: www.Wellsvil- leCreativeArtsCenter.com or call 585-593-3000.

CHORAL GROUPS Andover Catholic Choir. Re- hearsals 7 pm Mondays at Blessed Sacrament Church, Andover. New members welcome. Contact Director Marcy Bledsoe at 478-5238.

Genesee Valley Chorus.

The Genesee Valley Chorus meets every Tuesday at 7 P.M. at the Grace United Church, North Main Street, Wellsville (formerly Congrega- tional Church). The chorus is directed by Norma Bartlett.

For further information, call 585-593-3173.

Maple City (Barbershopers) ChorusMeetings 7:00 p.m.

Mondays at United Methodist Church of Hornell, 7528 North Main St Ext., near Webbs Crossing Road, Hornell. New members welcome. Call 607- 698-4690 for info.

Sanctuary Choir. Rehearsals 1st & 3rd Sabbath of Month – 12:30pm; Instrumentalists 4th Sabbath of Month– 9:00am.

The Seventh Day Baptist Church – Alfred Station. New musicians welcome. Call 607- 587-9176.

COFFEEHOUSES

Wellsville Creative Arts Cen- ter offers Coffee Houses TBA.

Open Mic Night every Wednesday 7 to 10 p.m. For more info, visit: www.Wellsvil- leCreativeArtsCenter.com or call 585-593-3000.

CONCERTS/RECITALS Davis Memorial Carillon Recitals, AU campus. There is currently no weekly recital.

Wingate Memorial Carillon Recital Seriesat Davis Me- morial Carillon, AU campus.

Free concerts on Tuesdays during the month of July. The Wingate Memorial Carillon Recital Series honors Dr. Ray Winthrop Wingate, a professor of music at Alfred University for 56 years.

Theater

& Dance

DANCE

International Folk Dancing Tuesday evenings from 8:30- 10:30 p.m. We learn and do a variety of International Dances, many from the Balkans, Israel, Armenia, etc.

Everyone is welcome, no part- ner or experience necessary!

Miller Performing Arts Center, AU campus.

DRAMA GROUPS Wee Playhousemeets monthly. Call Vice-President Martha Lash at 587-8675 for more info.

Alfred Community Theatre (ACT). For more info, call Dave Snyder at 587-8110.

PERFORMANCES Alfred University Spring Production, “Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven” by

Reina Hardy, directed by Eliza Beckwith, CD Smith III The- ater, 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Thurs.- Fri.-Sat. April 15-18.

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INSTRUCTION/GROUPS Allegany Artisans. The Alle- gany Artisans, local artists and craftspeople working together to host an annual studio tour, held annually in October, invite artists to apply. Work is ju- ried. Studio must be in Allegany County. 585-593- 6345 or visit the website:

www.alleganyartisans.com.

Allegany Arts Association, regular board meetings open to public, 10 a.m. 2nd Tues- day monthly, at the David A.

Howe Library, Wellsville.

Angelica Ink LetterpressLo- cated at 20 Allegany Avenue, Angelica, NY. 585.466.7040 Angelica Sweet Shop 44 W.

Main in Angelica’s Park Circle National Historic District.

Open daily 8 am–5 pm For more info: 585-466-7070 or www.angelicasweetshop.com.

Cohen Center for the Arts.

55 N. Main Street, Alfred.

Gallery open Tues, Wed, Fri 11-4 pm; Thursday 11-7; Sat and Sun 1-3

Wellsville Art Association.

For information ...call Karen Dickerson, 585-593-3579.

Steuben Trust Gallery, Steuben Square, Hornell. On- going exhibits of Artist of the Month. M-F 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Sponsored by the Hornell Area Arts Council.

Southern Tier Fiberarts Guild, founded in 1983, meets at Trinity Lutheran Church,

470 N. Main St., Wellsville, on the first Saturday of the month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. except months of July and Sept. The group welcomes spinners (and wannabes), quilters, knit- ters, crocheters, embroider- ers, weavers, dyers, basket makers, hookers (rug hookers, that is) and everyone with a creative mind and an interest in fibers. For more information, call Debbie MacCrea at 607-587-9270, or T.C. Gary at 585-593-4799.

MUSEUMS/EXHIBITS The Andover House, exhibit- ing Alfred connected Ceramic Art and 2 dimensional art.

Historical and contemporary.

Open 11am to 4pm on Satur- days. At 21 North Main Street, Andover. For visits by appointment call 585 593 3947 or 607 478 5014. E-mail:

[email protected].

Fountain Arts Center, 42 Schuyler Street, Belmont. For info or group arrangements, call 585-268-5951 or visit our website at: www.thefoun- tainartscenter.org The Corning Museum of Glasspresents the most com- prehensive glass collection in the world in “35 Centuries of Glassmaking.” For info, call 607-937-5371.

Fosdick-Nelson Galleryat Alfred University. Fosdick-Nel- son Gallery is located in Harder Hall, AU campus.

Open 11-4 Mondays-Fridays.

Info 871-2412.

Glenn H. Curtiss Museum 8419 Route 54, Hammond- sport. Special exhibits, special events. Open daily 10-4. Ad- mission. (607) 569-2160.

Hagadorn House Museum Operated by Almond Historical Society. Genealogical re- search Friday afternoons.

Hinkle Memorial Library Gallery, Alfred State College Campus. Open during library

hours, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon- day-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Satur- days and 3-9 p.m. Sundays.

For more information, call the library at 607-587-4313.

Hornell Erie Depot Museum, 111 Loder St., Hornell is open Wed. & Thurs. from 6-8 pm, Fri. from 4-8 pm and Sat from 12:30-3 pm.

Inamori Kyocera Museum of Fine Ceramics.The newly constructed museum focuses on fine ceramics used in tech- nical and bio-medical applica- tions. Located on the top floor of Binns-Merrill Hall, AU campus, Alfred. Open 10-4 Wed.- Fri. Free admission.

Alfred Ceramic Art Museum.

Located on Northeast corner of Main and Pine Streets, AU campus, Alfred. Hours: Tues.

thru Friday 10-5, Thurs. 10-7, Sat. and Sun. 10-4. $7 Adults,

$5 Seniors, $3 Local Resi- dents, Free for Museum members, 17 and under, AU and A State faculty staff and students. For information call 607-871-2421; or visit the museum website: ceramicsmu- seum.alfred.edu

Alfred Art Walk, A collabora- tive monthly opening by galleries in the Village of Alfred and at Alfred University and Alfred State. For a complete and up to date listing of ven- ues, please visit alfredart- walk.org. To add your event to Alfred Art Walk email: sub- [email protected] The Pioneer Oil Museumin Bolivar will induct Henry Lindquist, Jim Beckwith, Don Miller, and Arthur Yahn, Sr.

into the New York State Oil Producers’Association. Mu- seum will open following Me- morial Day Weekend. For updates, visit: www.pioneeroil- museum.com

C u lt u ra l A rt s C al en d ar

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ith the increasing diets and nutritional protocols, many exotic sweeteners have made their way to the health food sections of our grocery stores and onto the shelves of our pantries. One such sweetener is coconut sugar, which is typically endorsed by the Paleo diet--based off of theo- ries of the ancestral diet. Although coconuts don’t grow locally like our honey, maple syrup, and the stevia in my garden, I want to take some time to examine coconut sugar as one of our sweetener options.

Coconut sugar production has taken place in Indonesia, the Philippines, and other Asian countries for centuries. It is not harvested from the fruit of the coconut plant--which is the ac- tual coconut--but rather the stem of the flower bud. Comparable to the tapping process of maple syrup production, once the flower stem is clipped, the flowing sap is collected and boiled. This allows the water to evaporate and the coconut sugar granules remain. These granules have a moderate glycemic load of 13, and are about 80% sucrose, 10% glucose, 10%

fructose. This means the chemical structure is quite similar to table sugar. However, this product offers a slightly better nutrient profile than sugar.

The nutrients in coconut sugar include a small amount of zinc, potassium, and short chain fatty acids which are necessary for a

healthy colon among other things. However, it’s unique fiber content is what sets it apart from table sugar. Coconut sugar contains a fiber called inulin which has many health benefits. For example, inulin slows down the ab- sorption of glucose, helping to prevent diabetes. It also provides food for beneficial bacteria, acting as a prebiotic, which promotes gut healing and immune health.[1] Inulin can also be found in chicory root, bananas, Jerusalem artichoke, and asparagus.

In conclusion, coconut sugar is definitely a better option than table sugar, however, not es- sential for a balanced diet. It is overshadowed by the varied nutritional content of honey, maple syrup, and stevia. The inulin fiber, is fantastic, but could be obtained from the other options listed above. In addition, since it has to be shipped from tropical regions, I endorse it for those locals and am excited to utilize the sweeteners which my ecology supplies. That being said, in the healthy individual, coconut sugar is a natural sweetener which can certainly be enjoyed in moderation.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23641355 ____________________________________

If you have questions or comments for Nutri- tional Therapy Practitioner, Maria Adam, con- tact her at thrivinghealthNY.com.

ALFRED–Off the Wagon. a local band that includes among its members drummer Kier Dirlam of Almond, has over a dozen shows booked for 2020 already.

This spring the band is going to play shows at the Hornell AMVETs as part of the St. Pat’s festivities from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14.

OTW returns to the Hornell Moose to play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, April 18.

The band will play an evening show at the Hornell AMVETs from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight Saturday, May 2.

Next, the band will be at the Off Duty Club in Belmont, playing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sat- urday, June 6.

Off the Wagon will make its debut on the

big stage at the Palmer Opera House in Cuba with a concert at 7 p.m. Friday, June 12 during Cuba Dairy Days.

Off the Wagon is known for its eclectic mix of music and instruments. Acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, harmonica, mandolin, up- right bass and resonator bass, acoustic and electric drums with five part harmonies playing modern and classic country, classic rock, southern rock, with the occasional irish song get people dancing at our shows.

For more information on upcoming shows, videos and booking information check out the

band’s Facebook page at:

www.facebook.com/pg/OfftheWagonA- coustic.

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