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Permit #24
Spring 2015
Bike Ride and Mother’s Day Brunch
Amber Road
Marietta, NY 13110
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On Sunday May 10th, 2015
Amberations will offer our annual
Bike Ride and Open House as
well as a Mother’s Day brunch.
Not only will participants in our
Bike Ride continue to receive
their complimentary breakfast,
in addition we will offer a gala
extravaganza of food for all to
enjoy. Early plans include quiches, French toast, potatoes, sweet
treats, fruits, yogurts, oatmeal and
more.
Amberations is always a delight when it comes to our unique
menu offerings and we are planning equally fantastic musical
guests to complement the meal.
The Perennials - with Bob Elfenbein, Jacqui McCarthy and Harvey Nusbaum - play the folkier
side of folk rock as well as some
traditional songs on fiddle, bass,
guitar, banjo and mandolin.
Our animals will be at the barn
waiting to greet guests and guides
will be available to lead you on
excursions through our grounds.
The Treasure Chest will be
freshly stocked and the duck race
will be held at 1:00PM.
Keeping with tradition we will
offer an array of prizes for participants in our Bike Ride including
awards for first, middle, and last
place as well as most colorful and
youngest.
Entry fee for the scenic 17 mile
ride around Otisco Lake is $20.00
per person and $40.00 per family
(brunch included).
Brunch and music - $12.00
for adults and $6.00 for children
under 12.
All proceeds from this event
go to support the upkeep of our
grounds and the feeding and care
of our animals.
Please plan on joining us May
10th for this delightful, family
friendly event.
2345 Amber Road, Marietta, NY 13110 315.636.7166
www.amberations.org
House Update
Fingerlakes
CHIROPRACTIC
of SKANEATELES
Dr. Christopher Stahl
1416 E. Genesee St.
Skaneateles, NY 13152
(315) 685-1422
1 Mile East of the village
The formerly pink house, now
known as the yellow house, successfully weathered its first winter as
Amberations caretakers’ quarters.
Chris and Mackenzie Russell,
along with their newborn Theodore,
helped to make sure our animals
were well cared for during our coldest days.
Visits to the yellow house revealed
a warm and cozy interior nicely
maintained by the Russells. We
would like to thank Chris and Mackenzie for all the support they have
contributed to Amberations.
Life is taking them in a different
direction and we will be looking for
new tenants/caretakers for the yellow house. The Russells plan to be
with us on Mother’s Day and hope to
be leading some of our guided walks.
If you see them please be sure to say:
Thank you Chris and Mackenzie!
A number of volunteer hours
went into renovations on the yellow
house.
Special thanks to Rob Rogers for
helping us get a start on landscaping.
Thanks to Jim Smith & Mike
Wheeler for mowing.
Diana, Barb, Mary Kate, Becky
and Johnna – thank you for painting
and cleaning.
Rick Frost – thank you for your
donation of trash removal.
Sue and Rick thank you for your
countless hours of support.
Richard Hole – thank you for putting up with all the questions.
Steve Hewitt – thank you for consulting and all the help you’re about
to give us.
Last but certainly not least, John
Wiley – thank you for doing a little
bit of everything and a lot of some
things.
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OPTICAL
Dr. Karen A. Winters
Optometrist
Marshall Square Mall
(315) 425-0373 1-800-548-2640
Healing Energies
Balanced Energy/Better Health
Lisa A. Jeske, RN.BSN,BS
Certified NAET Practitioner
Finger Lakes Chiropractic of Skaneateles
1416 E. Genesee St.
Skaneateles, NY 13152
315-440-4816
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R.J. Frost Hauling, LLC
TREE • BRUSH • JUNK REMOVAL
We Haul Everything!
Attics • Basements
Building Demolition • Excavation
Dumpster Removal
2388 Otisco Valley Rd.
Marietta, NY 13110
315-636-8925
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37 South Street
Marcellus, NY 13108
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Animal Update
The Rummage Barn
Clean Outs and Buy Outs
Sue Harrington
1166 Otisco Valley Road
Preble, New York 13141
(315)636-7267
Our cats Happy and Shadow
stayed warm and cozy in the hay
this winter. Their winter fur is a
mess but little by little we are getting the clumps out.
Open House
Duck Race
Animals
Live Music
Fun for All!
May 10th
10:00-1:00
Our hens are starting to lay eggs
and we are adding two roosters to
our flock any day. Katy, our only
sheep now, is a giant fluff of contentment.
The animals fared well in spite of
the cold this winter. Our eight guinea
fowl are definitely the most vocal
of the bunch. Watching them consecutively fly to the upper rafters like
clockwork each night can be quite entertaining. Listening to them squawk
at intruders can be quite annoying.
Big Joe our donkey is enjoying a bit
of freedom as the weather gets nicer.
Thursday feeding volunteers Becky
and Diana usually let the animals out
for a romp and Joe does love kicking
up his heels. He usually will perform
a rollover in the dirt, although he is
not always making it all the way over.
Our old goat Billy/Lilly just loves
standing in the sun and soaking in
the rays. He also loves eating all the
chicken food.
Last but not least Boo. Our cute
little adorable goat continues to butt
Billy and Katy for no reason other
than that she can. As bratty as she
is, she continues to be the crowd
favorite.
Visitors are always welcome to
bring carrots, apples and pears for
the animals.
As always, dogs are welcome
to run in our upper field area but
please keep them leashed, for their
own protection, around the barn
Otisco Lake Community Center, 2223 Amber Road, Marietta.
Take Mom to Brunch!
Let us do the cooking and relax with Mom
while enjoying a tasty, homemade brunch.
Visit the animals next door and afterwards,
take a guided tour of our many trails.
Come early and participate in the annual
Otisco Bike Ride and eat for free!
Menu
Quiches
French Toast
Potatoes
Sweet Treats
Fruit
Yogurts
Oatmeal
and more.
$12.00 adults & $6.00
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All proceeds go to support Amberations, a non-profit organization
devoted to bringing people of all abilities and nature together
Making a Difference
Spreading the Message
by Becky Hudson
If you enjoy the outdoors,
working with animals, carpentry
and general grounds maintenance; please consider helping
us with our Mother’s Day event
or at your convenience any time
throughout the year.
Amberations has
hosted youth
groups,
church
groups,
group
homes,
senior
citizens
and more
recently Onondaga
Community
College (OCC)
students. Last Fall
we were fortunate to have
students from OCC come to help
us with Fall Festival decorating, set up and activities. These
students were very helpful and
we all had fun working together.
Later in October a group of OCC
students came for Fall Service
Day. They were an incredibly
motivated and hard-working
group. They helped us with
grounds work, everything from
taking down Fall Festival barn
decorations to laying down shin-
gles to extend paths around the
gazebo in the upper fields. They
did garden work and trail raking
as well. I was so impressed with
their work ethic. Whenever they
completed a task, they would
ask “what next?”
General
tasks we
need help
with
range in
scope
from
small
to very
large
including:
raking, weeding, garden work,
trail & grounds maintenance, feeding our barn animals, making donation boxes,
improving drainage and even
building a pond.
Nothing is more exciting than
to see kids enjoying nature and
animals. Many kids today do not
have that opportunity.
Amberations exists as a place
for them to feel free-spirited and
creative, to connect with the animals and to explore paths, trees,
ravines and expanses of sky.
You can help us spread this message by supporting us with regular
Pledges or Donations.
Yes, I would like to support Amberations
name _____________________________________________
address ___________________________________________
phone number ____________________________________
email _____________________________________________
Adopt an Animal
I would like to adopt ______________________________
(minimum - $120/yr or $10/mo)
If you are interested in joining
our small group of volunteers on
a regular basis or for a specific
activity or event, please contact
our volunteer coordinator Becky
Hudson via email: rebah@
twcny.rr.com
Pledge
Pledge Amount_______ How often? ___ yearly ___ monthly
Business Card Size Advertisement $50
General Donation $20
Other_______________
Richard Wiley
We are sad to report that this winter
Amberations lost one of our most
loyal supporters - Richard Wiley. Father and father-in-law of our founders
– John and Gloria Wiley –he passed
away suddenly and unexpectedly this
winter.
Mother’s Day Brunch
Open House
Duck Race
Animals
Fun for All!
Dick was always trying to assist with making Amberations more
successful in its quest to serve more
people. He also tried to ease all the
demands he saw placed on our few
volunteers.
OTISCO LAKE
Many friends and family made
donations to Amberations on Dick’s
behalf. Future plans include a small
garden for introspection in his honor.
Thank you everyone for your kindness at this sad time and thank you
Dick for always being there for us.
Reagan and Dailey
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
18 East Main St.
PO Box 196
Marcellus, NY 13108
315.673.4864
registration at 8:00
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Ride around Otisco Lake at your own pace or race to
win. Prizes will be awarded. Free breakfast for riders.
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All proceeds go to support Amberations, a non-profit organization
devoted to bringing people of all abilities and nature together.
entry fee
Register at amberations.org
or Call 315.636.7166
$40/family
Supported by Wegmans
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
Register at
www.amberations.org
or call 315.636.7166
A world famous research scientist
Dick would often humor Gloria by
speculating on the possibilities of
building a warming container for the
animals’ drinking water that would be
manure fueled. Lugging five gallon
jugs of water to the barn during the
winter months is quite a chore, as
Dick witnessed firsthand. As farfetched as this sounds Dick would
have successfully designed such a
contraption right down to the BTU
per inch had he just a bit more time.
May 10th
2015
Patrick J. O’Connor
“Your Dream, Our Team”
60 East Main St.
Marcellus, NY 13108
315-673-2051
Broker/Owner
2100 East Genesee Street
Syracuse, New York 13210
O 315-422-0511 C 315-430-1887
patrick@cnyhomes - cnyhomes.com
Central New York’s leading home search site
NOJAIM
BROS.
Come Get to
Know Us
27 East Main St.
Marcellus, NY
Sundays in July
Say hello to Boo
Boo is our cute, very innocent
looking, Nigerian Dwarf goat at
Amberations. She has been at
Amberations for about a year.
Boo used to be our family’s goat.
She was going to take the place of
Gertrude, our goat that unexpectedly
died. Our other Nigerian Dwarf,
Daisy, needed a buddy. We were
told Boo was unable to have babies
but was very “motherly” and took
care of all the other goat babies.
We decided she would be a great
friend for Daisy. From the minute
we brought Boo home, she was very
bossy. She would corner Daisy,
steal Daisy’s food and butt Daisy
until she would move out of the way.
When people were near, she would
completely change her character
and seem to be the friendliest goat
around. But when we would leave,
we knew she was telling Daisy who
was boss.
This summer we are trying something new. Sundays in July we plan to
offer a series of wellness workshops.
We are working with local experts to
bring informal information sessions on
a variety of alternative health supporting techniques.
Chris Stahl will talk about chiropractic and ways to maintain a healthy
body through a properly functioning
nervous system.
Local Reiki Master Johnna Wiley
will lead a presentation on this stress
reduction and relaxation technique.
Lisa Jeske will offer her vast
knowledge and experiences with the
interesting and controversial Nambrudipad Allergy Elimination Technique
(NAET).
A fragrant demonstration of essential oils will be presented by Vanessa
Smydra. In addition, we are working
on an acoustical music lineup to accompany our presentations.
Plans are for presentations at 6 pm
in our gazebo in the upper field with
music to follow. Follow us on Facebook or check our web page
for updates.
That’s when we decided to call
Amberations, to see if they wanted
a new buddy for Big Joe. They were
happy to take Boo and see if she
would fit in with the family.
We found out quickly, Joe was all
Boo needed to calm her down. Her
first day at Amberations, Joe told
Boo who was boss. Clearly Boo had
come to Amberations thinking she
was going to head up the farm. Joe
pushed her around a bit and quickly
told her differently.
From that day forward Boo has fit
in quite nicely at Amberations. She
is many of our visitor’s favorite and
loves a small treat of apple or carrot.
Boo is usually (other than Joe!) the
first face that will greet you when
you pull into the barn’s driveway.
Stop by and meet Boo anytime,
she would love to see you!
-Ashley (Vice President of Amberations)