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This week's newsletter features updates from local businesses and tons of local events with art, music, food and wine. There are also life and wellness articles: "Walking After Eating a Meal", "Putting Your Garden to Bed" and "Sweet Potatoes".
Plus, we have a $100 gift certificate giveaway from Warfield's Restaurant, Bakery & Lounge.
Make sure you visit our sponsors below and let them know you saw them on Finger Lakes Connected.
As a reminder, contact us if you'd like to advertise your business or event.
Cheers,
Don
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Stroke Support Group Meets Via Zoom on Oct. 7
The regional Stroke Support Group hosted by UR Medicine Thompson Health will meet on Thursday, Oct. 7. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m., via Zoom, and will feature Heather Coles, MA, CCC-SLP. Coles is manager of the Brain Injury Clinic, a component of the Wellness & Rehabilitation Institute at Nazareth College. Her presentation is called “Stroke and Cognition.”
Thompson’s monthly support group is open to individuals who have experienced a stroke, as well as their loved ones and caregivers. To sign up for the Oct. 7 meeting, email StrokeSupportGroup@urmc.rochester.edu.
Ferris Hills, Clark Meadows Residents to Perform at Smith
The combined American Sign Language classes from Ferris Hills at West Lake and Clark Meadows are participating in the Senior Follies at the Smith Opera House in Geneva, on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m.
They will be signing two songs: “What a Wonderful World” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
Others performing during the event – sponsored by the Foster Grandparent Program of the Wayne County Action Program – include two a cappella groups and the Finger Lakes Chorus.
Tickets for the talent show are $12 apiece and can be purchased at www.thesmith.org, where the theater’s masking/vaccine policy is outlined.
For information about Ferris Hills and Clark Meadows, visit www.ThompsonSeniorLiving.com.
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Find Wood Library at 134 N Main St, Canandaigua. Visit woodlibrary.org and look for us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Sign up for our eNewsletter.
Read a Banned Book - September 26-October 2
Banned Books Week highlights the value of free and open access to information. The event brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. Check out our display of banned books in the library lobby.
Canandaigua Writers Group - Fri, Oct 1 I 11:00AM-1:00PM
Share original stories, poems, memoirs, and more in a supportive, learning community of fellow writers. Contact Librarian Alexis Lawrence for Zoom link.
Children's Book Festival - Sat, Oct 2 I 10:00AM-2:00PM
Finger Lakes Community College
Family event. Meet ten local authors and explore their books. Storytime, book signing, crafts, and photo opportunities with book characters and authors. Sponsored by the Community Reading Partnership.
Meet the Artists - Sat, Oct 2 I 3:00-4:00PM
Meet the artists behind the Who We Are exhibit that will be featured in the library lobby in October. This project was funded by a Finger Lakes Community Arts Grant.
Knitting Konnection - Mon, Oct 4 I 7:00-8:30PM
A social gathering of fiber crafters. All skill levels welcome! Contact Librarian Alexis Lawrence for more information.
Open Tech Hours - Wednesdays I 3:00-5:00PM
Bring your devices and your questions! First come, first served!
Calligraphy Basics - Thurs, Oct 7 I 5:30PM
Learn basic skills calligraphy skills using various pens, inks, and watercolor. Create a bookmark. Registration required. Supply fee is $10.00 per student.
Fall Book Sale - October 9-16
Book lovers will find many discounted treasures at Wood Library’s semi-annual book sale held at Wood Library October 9-16 during regular business hours. Books, audio-books, movies in all formats, music, and more. Masks are required. The library is not accepting book donations at this time.
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New Giveaway from Warfields!
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Win a gift certificate to Warfields in Clifton Springs, NY. Enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner at one of the town’s most impressive landmarks, The Warfield block, which houses the aesthetically stunning Warfield’s restaurant, lounge and bakery. Enter here.
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 Written by Brittany Gibson, Executive Director, Seneca Lake Wine Trail
The Seneca Lake Winery Association, aka the Seneca Lake Wine Trail, was founded in 1986, by wineries who knew that they could go further together than they would apart. Over the past 35 years many things have changed, but one thing remains the same and that is the belief in collaboration and cooperation over competition.
In the beginning, a few wineries came together to make maps and pass them out of the trunks of their cars. They distributed them to area lodging facilities, in hopes of bringing visitors to their tasting rooms. Over time, the organization evolved from a few member wineries doing the work as volunteers at their kitchen tables, spending late nights and early mornings dedicated to moving the organization and its activities forward, to where we are today – with two full-time staff members, a finely-tuned, highly efficient, marketing organization.
Partnerships with organizations like the New York Wine and Grape Foundation, Wine America, Finger Lakes Wine Country, and others, are central to what we do. Just as we believe working together will take our individual wineries further, we know that working together with industry partners will take our association to the next level. We are better together.
To generate revenues to support the Trail operations and marketing initiatives, the Trail hosts wine and food pairing events, a tremendously successful model that has been expanded over the years. Revenues from these events were carefully stewarded by the leaders of the organization, with long-term financial independence being a top priority. The understanding was that if carefully invested and mindfully spent, these monies would help the organization weather any future storms and ensure its existence in perpetuity. Who knew what storm would be coming…
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Miles Wine Cellars has Room at the Inn!
There is some availability in the Inn for November & December, if you’re thinking of staying, book now. |
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Walking After Eating a Meal
Most doctors will tell you that walking is one of the best forms of exercise around. Not only that, but it is inexpensive. You don’t need a gym membership or fancy equipment. Just a good pair of walking shoes and a safe area to travel. Benefits include cardiac health, weight loss, blood pressure and blood sugar maintenance. Read more.
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Putting Your Garden to Bed
Although it seems obvious, first harvest any of your winter vegetables. After a light frost, dig up sweet potatoes and let them cure for a couple of weeks. When ripe, pick your pumpkins and winter squash. Read More.
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Sweet Potatoes
The names sweet potatoes and yams are used interchangeably, but they are actually different vegetables. Yams are more starchy and have a rough, brown skin while sweet potatoes’ skins are softer, more reddish and the inside is darker and creamier than a yam’s. As part of the same family that gives us morning glories and bindweed, they are filled with nutrition. Sweet potatoes are extremely high in Vitamin A and about the same as white potatoes in calories, protein and carbohydrates. Read More.
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