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Winter 2015 - Issue #25 Free! Please take one A Glimmer Of Progress On House Calls As Property Tax Reform The Future, Not Also in this issue ... by Gioia Shebar The Past Wallkill Riverkeeper sweep, pg. 2 Most of us don’t hate paying for and The Omnibus Consortium by Barbara Sides the services we use, but most are working to fully assess the Much to the chagrin of her pro- News from Town Hall, pg. 3 of us do hate property tax as plan. Initial response to the fessors, Dr. Maggie Carpenter the means of funding because announced relief package is chose Family Practice as her Artist Annie O’Neill, pg. 4 it feels extortionate and out of that the plan is a much better specialty in medical school. It control. And it is. Until recently, Circuit Breaker than hitherto Just A Bite, pg. 6 carries neither the cachet nor contrary to sound tax policy, offered, but may fall short of the financial rewards of the New Village Market & Eatery, pg. 7 this tax had no upper limit or the measures proposed by other specialties, but, “It just relationship to income. Gover- Tax Nightmare. Salamander time, pg. 8 made so much sense to have nor Cuomo’s dramatic January a family doctor who could take announcement that he will fund This is how it will work. When STAR Tax Exemptions, pg. 10 care of everything,” Maggie our Omnibus Consortium Cir- your total property taxes (e.g explains. And Maggie makes HV Seed Library, pg. 11 cuit Breaker—a relief package school, county, local) exceed house calls. Yes, you read aimed at shifting funding for 6% of your income, the state that correctly. Thai T.V. Host, pg. 12 services from the property tax will give you back part of the back to the state coffers—has overage. The rebate depends STS Gardiner, pg. 13 Maggie and her family make changed that to some degree. on your income with the cut their home in Gardiner. A An Enduring Outhouse, pg. 16
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A Red Barn Continues Her Watch On History by Bill Harvey
There are a lot of beautiful red barns in Gar- diner, many falling to ruin, but the barn with the success story is the one at 471 Guilford Road, owned by Cliff Appeldorn, an archi- tectural designer. You can see how pretty she looks in the photograph, but she wasn’t so pretty when Cliff bought the property in 1986. Back then she was falling down, had big holes in the roof where shingles had flown off; even her enormous nearly 40 foot 200 pound beams were coming down. She was clearly not long for this world.
Cliff didn’t have the money to renovate her, so it looked as if she’d have to come down. But something got into him and Cliff put off doing that. Maybe it was feeling for the The red barn on Guilford Road, built over 200 years ago next door to the Guilford Dutch Reformed Church, later the Agor farm, eventually saved from demolition and lovingly restored by Cliff Appeldorn. Photo: Bill Harvey. Visit our facebook page for more. Red Barn, continued page 9 The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015
out the Wallkill to identify ar- Wallkill River eas in need of cleanup. To Be Included Does it help to clean part of In Riverkeeper a river when more waste will flow from upstream? Accord- Sweep This May ing to Dana Gulley, River- by Carol O’Biso keeper’s Manager of Strate- gic Partnerships, Outreach On Saturday, May 9th, in its fourth and Volunteer Programs, the annual “Sweep,” New York’s clean answer is an emphatic, Yes. water advocate Riverkeeper will, “Solid waste is a threat to the no doubt, remove thousands of river and its creatures and pounds of debris from the Hudson should be removed, even if Above: Wallkill Sweep leader Arthur Cemelli. Photo courtesy Arthur Ce- River and some of its tributaries; it gets replaced,” she says. melli. Below left: a participant in a previous year’s cleanup of Wapping- last year 1,900 volunteers work- And the Sweep seems to be ers Creek. Photo courtesy Riverkeeper. ing in 82 locations gathered 31 working: last year’s sweep in- water, and get permissions unteers; if you know of a section tons of debris. Due to the efforts volved 36% more volunteers from land owners where pri- of the Wallkill that needs attention, of local man Arthur Cemelli, the and 14% more locations than vate property is involved. “We would like to volunteer to help, or Wallkill River will be added to the the previous year, but pro- also want to make common live on the Wallkill and can offer a list of locations this year. duced 18% less trash. cause with other community drop point for trash, put Saturday, partners who have already May 9th on your calendar and get There are also indirect bene- done Wallkill clean-ups in the in touch with Arthur Cemelli (ACe- fits. “People are less likely to past,” Dana Gulley says. [email protected] or 845 590- pollute if they don’t see trash 7349). To learn more about the already there,” Gulley says, Local businesses donate the Riverkeeper Sweep, contact Dana “and 1,900 local people de- supplies, but what Cemelli Gulley at [email protected] voting part of their day to take needs now is input, and vol- or 914-478-4501 x222. back their waterways starts Back Comment to change the culture of the river community.” The original idea of the sweep was to have the biggest possible impact in one day and Arthur Cemelli, who enjoys working with peo- ple and “thinking on his feet,” Last fall, Cemelli, an electrical en- says, “I am excited by the idea gineer who lives a stone’s throw of getting people involved and from the Gardiner border in the having a bigger effect than I town of Shawangunk, joined a could by myself.” He will work Riverkeeper meeting as part of closely with Riverkeeper to the kayaking meet-up group New- identify public access points, burgh Area Kayakers. There, the coordinate with kayaking plan to include the Wallkill was groups to handle segments hatched. This spring he will scout that must be cleaned from the
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News From be used to extend the side- would be a great place to serve walks to the ball field, includ- the community of Gardiner. Town Hall ing twenty five additional by Laurie Willow parking spaces. Ah Yes, the Cell Tower Co- meth: Well, the foundation is in, Applying for Grants: At a Town Applying for grants takes work the tower is up, the fence around Board meeting in January a pre- and persistence. What ap- it is being built. The permits are sentation was made by Glenn pears to be needed to secure all in place. Wireless Edge, the Gidaly, a Gardiner resident and more similarly useful grants Wright Farm folks and many professional grant writer. Gidaly is a dedicated paid person or Gardinerites are waiting for word covered the basics of how the a volunteer person or a com- from AT&T, who is the first ten- Town of Gardiner could apply for mittee to focus on grants. It ant on the new tower. grants and low cost loans. Photo: Anne A. Smith There is always some town in- Nadine Lemmon when she Thank You Generous Donors! frastructure that needs financ- was a town council mem- Your response to our request ing, like the Clove Road bridge ber. There were two federal for on-going financial sup- which currently needs rebuilding. grants for phase 1 & 2. Na- port was immediate, and Mr. Gidaly emphasized that ap- dine applied for and won the very greatly appreciated. Our plication for a grant should start first grant in 2006 (though she deepest thanks. Your gifts a year ahead of the deadline. had applied for one in 2005 will help make the Gardiner Most grants require that the town that was denied). The grants Gazette a slightly less stress- match funds. That means that if won were from the Transpor- ful ride! we applied for and won $50,000 tation Enhancements Pro- to fix the bridge, the town board gram: $353,026, (some town Meanwhile, Gracie, the would vote to provide $50,000 in match) and the ARRA grant check-eating Gardiner Ga- matching funds. (stimulus): $1,057,490 (no zette dog says, “I’m a big girl match). Since then Supervi- now and I know better. Please The last major grant that the sor Zatz secured a $50,000 keep sending checks and I town won financed our new grant offered by NYS Sena- promise not to eat them.” sidewalks. This was secured by tor John Bonacic, which will Back Comment
Issue #25, page The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 Annie O’Neill: A Local Artist Turns To The Functional by Laurie Willow
was from Seaholm’s to Shaft Road, then down to Bruyns- wick and then doing the loop back to North Mountain. It was about five miles and the kids who did it were so proud be- cause we were about eleven and we did it without adults.”
It would be many years be- Above, one of Annie O’Neill’s ceramic plates (photo courtesy Annie O’Neill) fore Annie moved to Gardin- and left, Annie (photo courtesy Hudson Valley History Project) er full time. Meanwhile, after graduation from college, she tography, to steel sculpture, in spring and fall (The GOST Art- Annie O’Neill has been creative in opened a Mexican art gallery and currently to functional clay ists Of Gardiner by Marilyn Perry, art most of her life. The only vari- in New York City and spent a pieces. Annie creates hand Gardiner Gazette, Summer able that has changed over the fair amount of time in Mexico painted bowls, platters, and 2014). GOST is the public’s op- years is the medium. As a child, researching and buying Mex- plates. Her pieces are whimsi- portunity to visit Gardiner artists it was crafts. Annie lived with her ican Folk Art. There she met cal and serious, and beautiful in their studios. Visit their web- family in Manhattan, but starting at Bill Truesdale with his family, (I own a wonderful bowl with a site, www.gostartists.org, or see age five, she and her younger sis- including his son, noted Gar- horse dancing in it). more of Annie’s work and reviews ter, Nina, came to summer camp diner photographer Hardie just by googling “Annie O’Neill in Gardiner every year. When they Truesdale, who was about 12 Annie has been a moving ceramics.” Annie can be reached came to visit, her parents stayed at the time. In 1971, Annie’s force and participant in at her studio on North Mountain at a nearby boarding house called parents bought the Seaholm GOST, the Gardiner Open Road at 845 255-5508. property. For Annie, it was Seaholm’s, on North Mountain Studio Tour, which happens Back Comment Road. Beginning in those early the base she always came years, Annie fell in love with the back to until she moved here Shawangunk Ridge. permanently.
“I loved following the streams to- Annie’s art has progressed ward the Ridge. My first long walk from crafts as a child, to pho-
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Issue #25, page The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 Just A Bite ... Coffee and Dessert at Tuthillhouse At the Mill
by Carol O’Biso
If I can get past the (extraordi- ding with bourbon whipped nary) steaks, which is very hard cream and was pleasantly to do, I’ve discovered that Tuthill- surprised to find it was house Restaurant is that illusive not dripping in mountains place that will not give you a dirty of caramel. It was dense look if you show up and just want and firm, as bread pudding coffee and dessert. The world has should be, and drizzled with a great shortage of such places; a nice amount of caramel. you’ve eaten at home, but you do My friend ordered Chocolate need just a little indulgence! Rice Pudding with espresso whipped cream, which was Banana Bread Pudding and Chocolate Rice Pudding. Photo: Carol O’Biso Tuthillhouse At the Mill, sold to an unusual combination of cials, like Banana Tart, Peanut middle of the room. “Our goal,” Tuthilltown Spirits by previous flavors (that worked very Butter Bomb, and a new ver- Audra says, “was to become a owners Toby and Joe Gabri- well together) in an unusual sion of Flourless Chocolate more multi-faceted operation, ac- ello last November, has been presentation (a mason jar). Cake, and offer house-made commodate more people, focus under the management of CIA ice cream in warmer months. on cocktail creations and offer graduate Audra Norris since last Other standard offerings from All standard desserts are more dining options—like a drink July. When asked if she would new chef Jared Krom, (also a $6.00, while prices for special and quick bite at the bar.” bristle at the “coffee and des- CIA graduate) are Chocolate desserts fluctuate. sert only” request Audra looked Bomb (chocolate mousse So, if tables are full, chances are astonished and said, “Of course and chocolate ganache on There has also been a re- you could have that sweet indul- not. As long as we have a table a cookie), or seasonal Fruit configuration of the main gence and coffee at the bar. Now, available we’d be happy to ac- Crisp. (That night it was cran- floor—the small, original bar if I can just stop myself from order- commodate you.” That night I berry crumble.) They also oc- has been replaced by a very ing the rib eye for dessert ... ordered Caramel Bread Pud- casionally have dessert spe- large wrap-around bar in the Back Comment Find out why thousands of customers choose US to prepare their taxes!
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Issue #25, page The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 New Owner, New Name: The Village Market and Eatery by Laurie Willow
Dating back to 1894, the small, since Zatz took over last family-owned grocery store at summer. The menu is new, 125 Main Street in Gardiner was delicious and interesting, home to families like the Mckin- with daily specials. As I write stry’s, the Schiros, and the Ognos. this, a quick check on the The second floor was their home. Market’s Facebook page It was the quintessential “Mom shows “Seafood Pot Pies and Pop” business, a mainstay of today: The cook just grilled the fabric of rural American life at and browned our shrimp, the turn of the century. then sliced them up and tossed them into our pot pie The building has gone through filling of clams, potatoes, at least six major changes since celery, a whiff of Worcester- then, its newest incarnation is, shire, and a whole array of once again, a family owned and spices. Delicious! Our pot run deli and eatery. The new pies now come with a small owner, Town Supervisor and se- side of mixed greens just like rial entrepreneur Carl Zatz, envi- our sandwiches.” sions a venue where folks can go to the counter, order quality food There is also live music and sit down at a comfortable most Saturday evenings. table with friends and family, or a A recent weekend featured Above: Chris Jackson performing at one of the Village Market & Eatery’s Saturday newspaper. He swapped Bakery funk, blues, and R&B. Zatz evening live music events. Photo: Laszlo Andacs (www.laszloimage.com). Inset: for Eatery in its original name and also subtly redecorated and Carl Zatz in the newly decorated Village Market Photo: Laurie Willow calls it the Village Market and added large paintings by lo- Eatery. cal artist Ryan Cronin.
Zatz wants a casual commu- The Village Market and Eat- nity restaurant where neighbors ery is a wonderful gift to Main and tourists feast from an ever- Street Gardiner, which seri- changing menu of interesting and ously needed some livening delicious dishes. Zatz’ daughter, up after 5:00 PM. For a look Ruby, and even his ex, Diane, at the menu, go to www.vil- can often be seen working there. lagemarketandeatery.com, Zatz credits his staff for the Mar- look at the Facebook Page ket’s early success. for events and specials, or call (845) 255-1234. There have been some changes Back Comment
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Issue #25, page The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 It’s Almost Salamander Time by Anne Allbright Smith
It’s raining hard at nine P.M. home in your sodden cloth- and the temperature is around ing to await the next big rain 40 degrees. It’s March, and the and another opportunity. ice has barely melted along the gravel road. You pull on your Spotted salamanders, com- boots and heavy rain gear. mon in the northeast but You do? Yes! It might be the rarely seen because they night of the Spotted Salaman- are active at night, are der! (Ambystoma maculatum) glossy black and about nine inches long, with two rows A spotted salamander. Photo: National Geographic. Visit our facebook page Every spring these salaman- of bright yellow spots down for more. ders migrate from their un- their backs and tails. They derground forest homes to spend most of their lives roads at crossings during inside if you look along the edge wetland ponds (“vernal pools”) under rocks or logs in the vulnerable times. The sala- of one of these pools. (Wood to breed. There they perform forest, but once a year dur- manders return to the same frog egg masses and other sala- their “love dance,” a rather ing the mating season they breeding pool every year, mander masses look similar.) frenzied mass of squirming crawl up to half a mile to and can live to be as old as The adults leave the pool after a bodies. their breeding pools, often 20 years or more. few days; the larvae hatch in a running the risk of crossing month or two and become sala- The challenge is figuring out roads and nighttime traffic. The female lays one or more manders in two to four months. when will be The Big Night. In some places volunteers egg masses about 4” wide The vernal pools are ideal Many say it’s the first night station themselves to help covered with a clear, milky, homes since they contain no fish of heavy rain after a winter the salamanders cross, stop- jelly-like substance, which which would eat the eggs and thaw. Others say that it coin- ping traffic on lightly traveled stick to submerged branches larvae. The pools then dry up. cides with the return of the first surfaces. and other vegetation. Each phoebe. You take the chance mass contains 100 to 200 And those who missed the sala- of seeing nothing, returning Some state parks close their eggs. You can see these manders will have to wait anoth- masses with little black dots er year! Back Comment GLENN’S SHEDS
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The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 Red Barn, from page 1 only person allowed to hunt raccoons and bats that called on the 68 acres Cliff Appel- her home. Maybe it was the dorn and his partner, Barry old note he found in the barn, Berman, bought out of the carved into a piece of wood and full 168 acres that had been dated 1908, that said, “Putting the Agor Farm. hay away. Hot as hell.” But whatever it was, it caused him Cliff and Barry almost didn’t to do something that few of us get the property. They were would ever have given a sec- all set to buy it but couldn’t ond thought. He renovated her afford the estimated cost to all by himself. renovate it. Barry’s wife had her heart set on building a You’d probably have to take a house in the field in back of shot of her from the air to get the barn, with its deer and A 1986 watercolor by local artist Lillian Manning, who apparently used her imag- a real idea of how big she is, terrific view of the ridge, so ination to depict the barn in its prime. Photo: courtesy Cliff Appeldorn. even today, and she was much they made it work by par- The barn had also once been There had been two farms on bigger then. In the renovation celing the land, taking two used to store hay, as the Guilford Road, and just a few Cliff took off a third of the front of the pieces and selling a note on the wooden board months ago the other farm section, and lowered the roof third. It made the econom- attests. A pulley system with knocked down an even larger by 15 feet. ics work out. pull-ropes was used to lift hay/dairy barn and silo, so I and move the hay around in- have to imagine that the red The barn was built over two Cliff saved the barn and side. Today, the barn is used barn feels a special gratitude to centuries ago, dominating the gave it its current look in as storage space by an an- the human, Cliff Appeldorn, who scene in spite of its neighbor, 1992-1993, entirely by him- tiques dealer, and for high- gave her a facelift and a whole the Guilford Dutch Reformed self. This entailed using a end mahogany wood for new lease on life; perhaps she’ll Church, which was then one of “ratchet come-along and ca- furniture making by Andrew get another century or more, the gathering centers of Gar- ble and rope system” so that Hunter. with luck. diner and had been right next he could pull on the rope to Back Comment door since 1833. Very close get one end of the huge roof by was the old covered bridge trusses up a couple of feet at over the Wallkill (washed away a time, then the other side, in 1957) which made it possible and the ratchet would not let for Gardiner residents living the truss down. He had to on the other side to get to the build a couple of scaffolding church easily. towers to stand on, because there was no safe spot to The sexton of the church, stand on the barn structure Alonzo Lockwood, lived where itself until Cliff had strength- Cliff lives now, in the house by ened it. the barn. Unfortunately, one morning in November 1908 One day, he was sliding the Alonzo went to make a fire to open silo roof into place, warm up the church, came when something came fly- back to the house to make tea, ing out and brushed its huge looked out the window and saw claws over his arm. It was a the church burning down. He giant barn owl, realizing that was too late to save it. unless it flew now it was nev- er going to be able to get out In its next incarnation, the barn of the silo again. Entrapment and its silo became the cen- did not worry the barnswal- ter of the Agor Farm. Local lows; they stayed until later, resident Harold Agor grew up when Cliff fixed the windows. there. 50 cows lived in the barn, (Most of the windows he and a thousand chickens lived used in renovating the barn in a three-story chicken coop were the original windows of that is no longer there. Harold, the also-renovated house.) who is a game warden, is the
Issue #25, page The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 Real Property Tax Exemptions: Gardiner Day Committee Calendar of Events for 2015 Don’t Miss The Deadline by Ray Smith March 21st - “Fling into Spring” Wine Tasting at the Ribibero Winery, music by the Mustangs plus a silent auction.
Maureen Gallagher, Gardiner if you served during the pe- April 4th - Plant Sale at the Firehouse 9am - 2pm Tax Assessor, explained, “Many riod 1945 to 1991 and you
Gardiner home owners are eli- receive no other veteran’s April 24th - Women Helping Women Dance Fundraiser at gible for exemptions on a por- exemption. the New Paltz VFW, music by the Mustangs. All proceeds go to tion of the real property taxes on the local battered women’s shelter their primary residence if they Those residents who qualify meet the following requirements for an Enhanced STAR ex- Gardiner Day will be on Saturday, September 12th, 11am- and file for exemptions on or be- emption may sign up for the 4:30pm. fore March 1, 2015.” state’s Income Verification Program (IVP). Each year, Basic STAR: If your adjusted New York State will deter- We have more events in the planning stages, so stay tuned for gross income for 2013 was be- mine whether or not prop- updates and additions to this list. low $500,000. erty owners in this program are still income-qualified for Enhanced STAR: If your 65th Enhanced STAR and advise birthday is in 2015 and your our Assessor without divulg- FREE 2013 adjusted gross income, ing residents’ actual income. TOURS & TASTINGS less the amount on line 15B, This saves a qualifying hom- FOR GARDINER was $83,300 or less. eowner from having to reap- AND NEWPALTZ RESIDENTS If you have been receiving En- ply each year. If, however, your income drops to a level hanced STAR and your income AWARD WINNING LOCAL has been reduced, you may qualifying you for the Senior FARM DISTILLERY also qualify for: Exemption, you will have to notify our Assessor and bring CALL 845.255.1527 FOR DETAILS & SCHEDULING Senior Exemption: If you are in confirming tax information. 14 GRISTMILL LN, GARDINER, NY TUTHILLTOWN.COM 65+ and all income including Social Security for 2013 was Maureen emphasized, “The $37,399 or less. This exemption rules are fairly complicated is based on a sliding scale rang- so I urge anyone with a con- cern or question to call the D & A Concrete Contractor, Inc. ing from 5 to 50% depending on Poured Concrete Foundations & ICF Structures your income. Assessor’s office at 255- 9675, Extension 104 or 105. 1246 Albany Post Road Veterans: Available if you or Forms for filing are available Gardiner, NY 12525 your spouse served during a at both www.tax.ny.gov and Dan Albach, President 845 590-4117 war time period. at the Assessor’s office but must be filed on or before Cold War Veterans: Available [email protected] March 1, 2015.” www.daconcreteinc.com Back Comment
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Issue #25, page 10 The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 Hudson Valley Seed Library: From Humble Beginnings in Gardiner To The the Bronx Botanical Garden
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Issue #25, page 11 The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 Once Gardiner Resident, Now Children’s Show Star in Thailand by Ray Smith
Greg Raymond grew up in Gar- perience the real diner under the looming rock face countryside of of the Gunks and, as he puts it, “I Thailand, outside never yearned for a life beyond the tourist traps or the beauty of my own home in in the cities,” Greg Gardiner surrounded by woods commented. and steeped with mountains.” Above: Greg Raymond and Co-Host on Thai T.V. Photo: courtesy Greg Raymond Soon Ann and He graduated from SUNY New Greg were engaged, and show, “Good Morning,” on English workshops or enjoying Paltz in 2010 with a degree in with her help, he got a job Thai PBS television. Its aim the sights, sounds, and smells of history and anthropology, know- teaching English in Kalasin. is to teach young children Thailand.” When not on the road, ing that he would become a They were married there in the fundamentals of English Greg and his wife live mainly in teacher. To that end, Greg went traditional Buddhist fashion spelling and pronunciation in Bangkok, or relax at home in Ka- to Costa Rica to teach English —a morning ceremony and a low key, cheerful, spelling lasin. Videos of some of Greg’s and to get his degree in teaching an evening reception. The bee atmosphere. For each activities may be seen at www. English as a second language. festivities included payment correctly spelled word, the facebook.com/krugreg He returned home to finish get- of the “bride price,” which, program makes a contribu- ting his state teacher’s license. however, was returned to tion to a charity that helps Greg summed up his time in the groom and his family the children without a home or Thailand; “Every moment has While Greg was still an under- same day. Greg confessed, a school of their own. The been a learning experience in graduate, a young Thai, known “My Thai was pretty weak show had been on the air for the culture and language of as Ann to her friends, spent a few at that point so I really had about a year when the previ- Thailand. It’s a wonderful coun- months doing hotel work in Ohio. no idea what was going on, ous co-host went back to the try and I invite everyone back She wanted to come back to the though the ceremony itself is States. Greg was on the spot, home to come see it with their States, and on her return home quite beautiful and magical.” had already been teaching own eyes and feel it with their in 2010, applied to Au Pair in young children English, au- own heart.” America. Au Pair found her and In Bangkok, Greg and Ann ditioned by filming a couple another young lady from Bang- also started a tutorial school of takes and was on the air Editor’s Note: Greg is the neph- kok jobs caring for three young for young children inter- the following week. ew of Town Clerk Michelle Mosh- boys in Stone Ridge. Greg spot- ested in English. Demand er and still has other family in ted Ann across the dance floor at increased so they rented a “Aside from my TV show and Gardiner and the immediate a local watering hole and togeth- townhouse for the school. a few stints in other shows, area. How long he and his wife er, they went to her home town, As an outgrowth, Greg be- my wife and I enjoy traveling stay in Thailand is an open ques- Kalasin, in remote northeastern came known as “Teacher around the country giving tion. Thailand. “I was fortunate to ex- Greg,” co-host of a weekly Back Comment
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cated to training; each em- STS Tire & Auto Center: ployee is encouraged to pur- New At Ireland Corners sue learning cost-free and obtain certification on equip- by Fred Mayo ment and automotive prin- Gardiner is lucky to have a wide ciples and repair practices. range of businesses, some lo- Mechanics are classified into cally owned and operated, oth- three categories and pro- ers locally managed. One of the moted as they learn more. newest in Gardiner occupies The company also invests in what many people have fondly state of the art equipment for called Garage Mahal (with apolo- its employees. gies to the monument in India) at Employees report that they Ireland Corners. STS has taken Bernie Obry of STS. Photo: Fred Mayo over the facility and, with a new rized.” Bernie and the STS like working for STS in Gar- diner since everyone takes staff and manager, it is showing staff in Gardiner are commit- has provided charitable organi- pride in the work, commits what a garage that cares about ted to that promise. zations in the town of Gardiner— to quality, and works like it is its customers can do. such as the Reformed Church, St their own company—which The Gardiner business draws Charles Borromeo, and the Gar- it is—STS provides every STS in Gardiner is run by an As- customers from New Paltz, diner Fire Department—with gift employee with stock owner- sistant Manager and (since last Modena, Clintondale, Wallkill, certificates for automotive ser- ship, the amount based on June) a new Manager, Bernie Plattekill, Town of Newburgh, vice. In addition, it stands ready each person’s position and Obry, a lifelong Gardiner resident Pine Bush and Gardiner. to provide any organization in the length of service with the who is delighted to be providing Many of the customers are town of Gardiner with something company. The company’s quality service for his neighbors full-time residents, and a fair for a charity auction, raffle, or support for continuing edu- and people he has known for number have primary resi- other fund raising activity. years. He wants the place to be dences in New York City and cation, and stock ownership, increases employee com- known as a hometown garage other locations. Once you ar- STS is open six days from 7 to 6 mitment to quality customer with the consistency and qual- rive in the lobby-like waiting Monday through Friday and 7 to 5 service. STS in Gardiner is ity of service associated with a room of STS, you can see on Saturday. Starting this spring, also committed to commu- large company. As the STS web- why people feel comfortable it will also open on Sundays. site promises, “Your vehicle is waiting for their cars. It feels nity outreach and support. It ready when promised; Our work welcoming, with large couch- Back Comment is done right the first time and; es, a fire10/09/14 place, a complete You pay only for work you autho- beverageGomen-Kudasai set up and a child’s BIALECKI ARCHITECTS play area.2”H x 3.75”W architecture • historic restoration • interiors COLOR Two-thirds of STS’s business involves mechanical repair and regular maintenance and one-third involves sales, installation and repair of tires. A facility of 13,000 square feet is a challenge to run ef- ficiently, but an advantage of the space is the ability to 845 255-6131 • [email protected] • bialeckiarchitects.com store over 1,200 tires and to house a huge parts depart- ment, including its own brand name lines of parts, Bosch, Quaker State, and others. Serving The local garage is also sup- Lunch & Dinner ported by STS’s huge New Jersey warehouse, which 91 Main St. New Paltz, NY contains a supply of 650,000 845-255-6161 s pandgs.com tires and more parts.
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Tax, from page 1 homeowners, small busi- tate value makes no sense. less you would have paid more). nesses, and renters. Among Changes in the funding of off being $250,000. Income the sources are individual, education and Medicaid will Still, we have, by dint of intense probably means all household corporate, and business tax- also have to occur in order citizen advocacy, achieved a income, no exemptions or de- es, user fees, and penalties to facilitate property tax re- breakthrough; the Governor’s ductions, but that isn’t spelled (the latest surplus comes form. We’re are still working proposed Circuit Breaker is near out yet. This will be phased in from a bank misconduct res- on that. enough to our Omnibus version over four years. olution). that Taxnightmare.org will support What’s more, tax exempt its enactment by the legislature. When phased in, the rebates will So, the Circuit Breaker now properties in NYS are val- look like this: seems to be in hand, but ued at about 860 billion and This is not the end of our struggle. climbing. Corporations and The Circuit Breaker is only a patch voting blocs routinely lobby, on a very bad tax. Eight years get tax reductions, and rarely ago, six Gardinerites sat around a deliver on the promises they kitchen table looking for a name made to get themselves de- for our new citizen’s organization clared tax exempt in the first and Mike Calderone said, “I don’t place, and other unfunded know, but my tax is a nightmare.” The Omnibus Consortium, co- there are still a number of corporate or religious ex- So the story began. The night- ordinated by Ron Deutsch, is a things wrong with the prop- emptions or lowered assess- mare is not over yet. But the Cir- partnership of pro bono tax re- erty tax structure. For one, ments are picked up by other cuit Breaker just means the state formers like Taxnighmare and the taxing entity must stay taxpayers (had DeNiro paid is starting to wake up. progressive good government within the State imposed Back Comment groups like the Fiscal Policy In- CAP amount for this whole stitute. For some time we have Circuit Breaker thing to op- been lobbying for the two-part erate. For example, if your Omnibus Tax Solution written school district decides to ex- for us by Frank Mauro. The two ceed the CAP—something parts are the circuit breaker, and they can do through certain changes in funding of education legal measures—you get and Medicaid for reform of the nothing. And we all know that tax. the more money or political clout you have the more you First, let me dispel the idea “it can lawyer up and tailor your doesn’t matter which pocket assessment or tax exemp- pays for public services.” It tions to suit yourself. That Casual Fine Dining Overlooking does. State coffers have broad- part hasn’t changed, nor has Picturesque Orange Lake er, more equitable, more elastic the fact that basing a tax sources of income than ordinary on guesstimates of real es- Lunch - Dinner Chef-Owner James A. Carter offers eclectic MARILYN PERRY ART cuisine featuring duck, seafood, steaks and pasta. Join us for St. Patrick’s Day and for special \ PAINTINGS \ dining offers in the spring. PDULO\QSHUU\DUW#JPDLOFRPZZZPDULO\QSHUU\DUW marilynperryart.com • [email protected] • (917) 834-4507 Specializing in Private Parties for all occasions.
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MICHELLE RHODES LCSW-R ATR-BC DEEP [email protected] • 845-255-8039 CLAY STUDIO BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY “DREAMFIGURES” WOMEN’S ART AND THERAPY ART THERAPY GROUP Issue #25, page 14 The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015 Seeds, from page 11 and Ken traded information ment him on the lovely flowers, and tips about running a but what were they? The eyes seed library for the Gardiner would widen when he told them Library. the flowers were lettuce or spin- ach or radish going to seed. It was Another chance encounter, always about the seeds. with Sarah Snow and her company, Treeo Design, set Soon he played around with up what ultimately became the idea of a seed library where Ken’s Art Packs, the lovely and seeds would be available to who- novel seed packages that have ever wanted them, as long as they become famous. Each year, saved some and returned them to Ken and Doug invite artists to the library after harvest. It started submit examples of their work. modestly, using seeds Ken had 20 or so designs are chosen. saved from the tiny garden in front Each artist is assigned a veg- of the library. (Oh yeah, there was etable, a flower, or an herb se- also the raised bed in the back lected for the next year’s seeds yard, with more vegetables going and the artist renders a design for the pack in any medium the
Ken Green’s former garden in front of the old Library. Photo: seedlibrary.org
to seed.) About this time Sascha chosen artist works in. There Dubrul showed up. He was intern- are always many more artists ing at a local CSA but had experi- vying to do an Art Pack than ence with a seed exchange in the are chosen. Each year the San Francisco area called BASIL, competition gets stiffer. Bay Area Seed Interchange Li- brary, which had been formed by When all the art work is done Sascha and a few others. BASIL and accepted for the year, the was probably the first seed library seed library has a grand open- in the country, but not housed in ing for the next year’s packs. a library. The first year the opening was at the new Gardiner Library; The Hudson Valley Seed Library the 2015 art pack opening in was the first seed library in a pub- November 2014 was held at lic library in the country. There are the Bronx Botanical Garden. now more than 300 seed libraries The Hudson Valley Seed Li- in more than 40 states. Sascha brary has come of age. Back Comment Issue #25, page 15 The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015
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An Enduring Outhouse by Ray Smith
About 1890, one of two Dusin- and Cathy Gordon, current own- berre brothers built a home at ers of the property, told me they 22 Dusinberre Road, complete had found corn cobs inside but with a small carriage house thought they might have been and, next to that, an outhouse. put there for effect rather than utility. They did not find any All are still standing, seen in Sears Roebuck catalogs. the picture at right, though a large red pine seems ready to Joe reckons the outhouse was in nudge the outhouse towards use until the early part of the the carriage house . . . if the twentieth century. Until then, wa- red pine shoot moth doesn’t ter off the roof had been collected do in the tree first. The build- in a cellar cistern. From there, a er’s intent was obviously to hand pump in the kitchen pro- make things last; he put the vided water for the house. In the outhouse on a poured cement early 1900s, electricity came to foundation (in all probability, Gardiner, mechanical pumps Rosendale cement). made modern faucets, and an inside flush, practical, and the The outhouse is a compan- old outhouse became a relic. ionable two-holer, and Joseph Back Comment
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