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SUNDAY EDITION □ April 23. 1995 0 3 Regional News Finally to the top After the receding ice pack rnmmmmmiHmmmipmmmmmmmm '.rushed out our river-iroughed folleys, the proud Iroquois dis- tiayedayed a survivalvival forbearancence • pt a sur forbeara based on a spiritual deste to con tend with and be a part o f this beautiful land. We should follow their lead. We should go outside for sport and spirit and be among their ghosts. Dr. G«Hge Sheelian, bless his soul, used to say that eiKoon- tfflfing hffls, when yoirte out joking, (Bov^ that fhene is evil in die world. G«irge was a canliolo^t. W idi. Ins many popular % o ^ he became dte tmofficid philosopher of the mnimig tnovement that began in the early 1970s. Whenever I’m on my bik& and the ahe^ begins to slam upwai^ two thoughts nevrn: &il to come m mind. Chm Is die Sheehan dioy abom hills as evil obs^lcs. Ihe odim’ is abffii! a fdlow who’s name, hmewith. n i change to Freddy. Fied^ canhe into my shop fmir or five years ago. He had an easy maim^ and we imd a convm^iion that has pemstentiy fined ii^lf in my mind. He seemed to need to talk about some big chmicnges he was facing. His am hod just been sent to the Persian Gulf Wm. He was in the middle of a painful divorce. And he was kind of down on him^If. He felt too fat. While wc tallmd. Freddy tepi glancing at a new, blue and ydlow fo ^ bike dial I han^g on the watt. Ite mmnumt^ mi its clean lines and he asked about Urn price. I cold him he’d be welcome to try it out He said he'd like to do that, but first he'd lUie to go bat^ to his fnend’s house, who he was visiting, and change clodtes. Well, the nub of the matter is: Freddy bought the hike and that was the lost 1 saw of him for a year. Honesdy, now • one year lamr. when he walked through the door. I im ^nized the bike b^cnc 1 twog- the man. “I want you to meet my new girl* fiiaid.\ Freddy said throu^ a l^iintBg smde. And you could just tdl that this relationship was clicking f « Imth of them. \How’d ymir son make rait, FreddyT \TWO or diree d ^ t s c r ^ . They promorod him and gave him a medal. No wounds.” 4-H offers bird houses COOPERSTOWN - TTw blu^iid is die official bird of New York State. Very few i ^ l e . howevm', ha ve evo* had a chance to watidi this teautiful idid or to listen to its amg. In dm early yem of this cmitury. blmsbirds eommimiy nested on farms, in towns <md even mi the edg^ of smne cities. ^ y are them a> few bluebirds today? erne important diange inak» it diffieuU for bluebirds to iai» Cam* ai«. 'nus® are fewer p l ^ f« them CO build their ness. Blu^nrds are caviw o e s ^ • limy n ^ in holes r stumps. I helping the ____ _________ and helping this state bird of New Y ^ * s pQpulmiffii can build a blue* bird nest tm . of pre*CQt lumber, nails and other materials to build bluebird houses are avaUsble feotn the C ^ e l l Coopemtive Bseeasion o m e , Wke S t, C ^ i s t o w ^ Amon| tlie Iroquois Gliosis inioe HUatns Hawk Mountain Sports “How’d you lose the weight, Fr^idy?” He answer^ by patting the seat of the blue and yellow bicycle and said, “Hills.\ Freddy tost SO pounds in one year and he looked gr^L 1 aslsed if he had changed hm diet, and he said. “Yeah, I had to eat more food for energy.\ Freddy’s story is plain and dle- gant at the same time and. if you are receptive, it «mn edify. It has had that aflfect on me. Whenever I do a bike worlrout. I always include an “evil” hill or two. Freddy told me that had 14 tele- ^one poles along the incline. Hiat first time, FimtUy made it up to fflily the third one. Then t e got off the bike and walked the r ^ t o f the way up the bill But as he walked he said he vowed that on the next day he woidd make it up u> the foonh pole, and the day after that, the ftfd), et cetera. So. 14 telephone poles, one year, SO pounds, and an untold number of self esteem boosters later. Freddy brought his bike back for a tune-up. Little does he know how his s tc^ profoundly “tuned up” my workout attitude, r u mil you more about that next time, r u also ^ into some proven techniques for climbing hills on a bike. And tostly. I’ll tell you about a couple o f gen uinely beautiful ascents right here in the land of the Iroquois ghosts. Stay ttined. Bruce WiUiams is tlu owner of Hawk Momiain Sports in Cherry Valley. His column appears weekly in the Freemeai’s Journal. m m aad employees woark on a transfermer on Honeer Ilie deebridty in many downtown btisin^ses Exhibit to open ONEONTA - All artists in the UiQier Region are eligible to . submit woik fora sp^ial open exhibi tion at the tapper Catsddll Community Council of die Arts’ Richard Kubiak Gallay, 248 Main Si, Otmonta. The show, titled “Wide C^ien H,’’ • will run from April 28 through May : 20 and is d^gnsd as a and ^ diversely representative exhibition: of artwork in all media being created: in tte Upper CatskQI Region. Dale Dtqtkins. creator of the W ide; Open Show, envisioned this to be 0 {»n to all ardscs, with no judges: and no format planned. 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