Catskill-Delaware Magazine Spring 2014

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With a planned two-hour

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8-year-old Bryce and 5-year-

old Bryan had been given a

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congenital heart condition.

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It was a call the Rogersons

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with hypoplastic left heart

syndrome (HLHS) before he

was even born, after a routine

ultrasound at 18 weeks

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was underdeveloped – is one

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if left untreated.

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chances, Nicole underwent

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weeks pregnant to open up a

hole in his heart to allow

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womb. Ten days after he was

born in February 2005, Bryce

underwent his first open

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surgery.

But in 2010 came a devas-

tating diagnosis. Bryce had

developed plastic bronchitis,

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common in cystic fibrosis

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ing in his lungs, making him

struggle to breathe. Although

the issue presents itself in the

lungs, doctors put the blame

on his heart, which pumps

oxygenated blood to the

lungs. By 2011, doctors told the

Rogersons their best choice

would be to put Bryce on the

transplant list – for a heart. A

new heart, they told them,

would take pressure off the

lungs and hopefully allow

them to heal themselves.

On March 25, 2011, Bryce

was added to the transplant

list with what’s known as 1B

status, the second from the

top. At the time, doctors told

the Rogersons that listing

him at 1A – the highest and

most needy status – would

require Bryce to wait in a hos-

pital for a heart to be found.

But with Bryce able to take

his medication at home, the

Rogersons opted to keep him

in Neversink, to allow him to

continue attending school

and be with his family.

They were told it would

take six months to a year to

find him a heart.

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than two years later, his heart

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tus, the top of the transplant

waiting list.

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changed their mind and said

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wait. They told the Rogersons

it would probably be a month

or two until a heart was

found. It was almost seven months

until the call came.

That was January 14, the

night Nicole called a friend to

watch Bryan and packed her

other two kids into the car to

fly over the roads to Morgan

Stanley Children’s Hospital at

Columbia Presbyterian in

New York City. Bryce was cry-

ing, Nicole recalls, but his

biggest worry was “how am I

going to turn in my home-

work?” “I told him your teacher

isn’t going to worry about

your writing assignment.”

Husband Brian had just

arrived in Alabama for his

hunting trip and couldn’t find

a flight north, so he rented a

car in Montgomery and

drove straight through the

night to Atlanta, Georgia, for

the earliest flight to

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hoped would get him there in

time to see his little boy

before he went into surgery.

Brian’s plane left late, but

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Despite being born with a potentially fatal heart condition, Bryce

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Contents

20 Years on the Upper Delaware River - - - - - 10By NYS Licensed Guide Tony Ritter

For two decades Tony Ritter has been offering up good conversation and great fishingfrom his Upper Delaware Driftboat. Join him for a float down the fantastic UpperDelaware as he tells you a few secrets along the way.

Historic D & H Canal lives on in nature - - - - - 30By John Punola

John Punola, noted fisherman and author, has been exploring Catskill-DelawareCountry since 1979. He has visited the area hundreds of times, mainly to fish, but some-times to explore the beauty and history which abounds. Join him on another adventure.

Rino’s has the food you crave - - - - - - - - - - - - 40By Kaitlyn Carney

The galloping gourmet of Catskill-Delaware Country, Kaitlyn Carney has uncoveredanother hidden jewel of epicurean delight. Join her as she gives her review of one of Roscoe’snewest restaurants, Rino’s.

Spotting Bobcats - and other wild cat tales - - - 50By Kathy Daley

Catskill-Delaware only predatory feline is the bobcat, known for his elusive nature andkeen hunting ability. Join Kathy Daley as she tells you all about this beautiful animal inCatskill-Delaware Wildlife.

Protecting these treasured waters - - - - - - - - - - 60By Frank Rizzo

The Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is actually a National Park, managedby the National Park Service. It attracts upwards of a quarter million visitors a year and its73-mile course runs from Hancock to Port Jervis. Join Sullivan County Democrat EditorFrank Rizzo as he explores this wonderful resource.

Spring Fever Events - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70By Sullivan County Visitors Association

What’s happening? Look no further than the calendar of events supplied by the Sullivan

County Visitors Assn. There is plenty to do and see in Catskill-Delaware Country, from St.

Patrick’s Day Parades to Kite Festivals and more. Now you have no excuses for a good time.

SectionsArts/Entertainment . . . . 49Auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Callicoon . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Delaware County . . . . . 72Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Fallsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . 38Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Honesdale/Wayne Cty . . 57

Jeffersonville. . . . . . . . . 78Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Monticello . . . . . . . . . . 64Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 62Rock Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . 56Roscoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Wurtsboro . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Tony Ritter has been making customers smile for twodecades. Here he gives up a few secrets on how to fish one of

Catskill-Delaware’s best fisheries…

What a Great Trip It’s Been!20 Years on the

Upper Delaware River

Welcome aboard anglers! This seasonmarks my twentieth year offering drift-boat fishing charters on the magnifi-

cent Upper Delaware River and what a great tripit’s been! I’m located in the riverfront hamlet ofNarrowsburg, New York only two hours north-west of the New York/ New Jersey metro area.

The Upper Delaware River is one of the few big

“Western type” rivers in the northeast whichholds wild rainbow and brown trout and bigAmerican shad in the spring, feisty smallmouthbass in the summer and monster wall hangingwalleye and trout in the fall.

This majestic river winds its way through a val-ley marked by large stands of hardwoods of oaksand maples as well as pines.

BY ANTHONY RITTER NYS AND NPS LICENSED GUIDE

©2014 LINDA SLOCUM

The Islands. Looking north of Callicoon, NY. The Upper Delaware River braids with many riffles that hold both wild rain-bows as well as brown trout. Shad will also run through these excellent stretches of water in the spring.


There is also more wildlife than you can imag-ine, from numerous nesting bald eagles, deer,turkey, black bear, otter, beaver, hawks, heronsand owls that make this a true sportsman’s andrecreational paradise whether you fish, birdwatch, kayak, canoe or just want to escape thepressure of the city.

If a lawyer’s stock in trade is his time thanmine must be the number of float trips I’vetaken down the Delaware River.

I’ve learned where the productive (and gor-geous) spots along the river are which hold fish,but I’ll also mention a few techniques that willup your angling skills in the Catskills/DelawareCountry along with some photos of beautifulfish, happy anglers and some hand-tied flieswhich are proven winners for success.

THE BIG BROWNS OF THE WILD WEST

I begin taking float trips on the West Branch of

the Upper Delaware River from Deposit, NewYork to Hancock in mid April as we are in spring-time runoff.

This is the time of the year that theCannonsville Reservoir that feeds the WestBranch overflows with thousands of sawbelliesthat are ravenously gobbled up by big wild browntrout waking up from their winter slumber.

Spin anglers, as well as fly fishermen, can havea field day floating the West Branch early in thefishing season throwing artificials that resemblethe natural 3 to 4 inch silver forage in the water –namely alewifes.

A #7 Countdown Rapala and #3 gold or silverBlue Fox spinner will get the nod from savvy spinanglers rigged with four or six pound test line.

The flyguys will have a ball throwing largestreamers like Zonkers, Wooly Buggers andClousers on fast sink tip lines.

Many times the biggest brown trout – upwards

CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

©2014 LINDA SLOCUM

The Basket on the Upper Delaware River looking south of Long Eddy, NY with the Erie railroad tracks on the left.Named by rafters in the late 1800s since the river arcs in a 180 degree bend. A great riff both for wild rainbows andfor shad, especially at the confluence of Basket Brook and the Delaware River.


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We have had many river adventures early inthe season where anglers have caught in excessof thirty wild trout taping out to 25 inches!

Now, that is what I call hot fishing on a coolspring day!

POOR MAN’S SALMON!Another great freshwater sportfish is the

American Shad. The Upper Delaware River is blessed to not

only be the longest free flowing river with nodams in the northeast with a distance of about270 miles, but has a terrific run of these oceanfish that has gotten better in recent years.

Shad return to their native freshwater riversalong the east coast to spawn once a year in thespring. During their long trip upstream to repro-duce, they strike out of aggression and will swiman average of about 5 miles a day to reach theirspawning grounds.

Shad run in schools and follow the deeperareas of river channels. The males, called bucks,


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The kids love smallies! Non-stop action for young angler,Caden Leidich, with a good looking 16 inch river smallie.Caden and his Dad fished with me south of Narrowsburgand the fellows caught in excess of 60 fish! Man, that'sfishing! ©2014 ANTHONY RITTER

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ing homemade dry fliesto fool big wild troutduring an afternoon orevening hatch with agood friend. Thesemoments are truly whatmemories are made ofand why I look forwardto them every season.

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The main stem of theUpper Delaware Riverhas one of the bestsmallmouth fisherieseast of the Mississippiand none other than“Field and Stream” mag-azine named the Big Das one of the top fivesmallie rivers in thenation!

The smallmouth bassreally begin to turn ontheir aggressive feedingactivities when thewater temperaturesclimb above the 68degree mark which isusually June and thefishing for these feistygamefish continuesgreat through Octoberwith average catches onmy boat for full daycharters in the 50 to 75fish range.

The average size ofthese fish have


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Looking south on the UpperDelaware River at the Ten MileRiver confluence.

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increased as well in the last decade with an aver-age fish taping out to a legal 12 inches and manyfish exceeding the trophy 17 inch mark all theway to 21 inches.

Look for any submerged clusters of boulder ingin clear water of 3 to 8 feet and you’ll find bass.As the water warms into the 70s, these fish craveoxygen and they will be found in shallow rifflesalong foam lines.

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We’ll wrap up our voyage down the UpperDelaware River with the walleye. Many folks aresurprised to find out that the Big D. holds anabundant population of walleye. Found in thedeep pools of more than 10 feet, chances are thatthese fish will be the largest gamefish found in theriver save except for the bonus striper or channelcatfish.

Walleyes will average about 18 to 21 inches insize with a legal fish at 18 inches. However, it’s notunusual to catch walleyes over 7 pounds and ourboat’s personal best was a walleye which weighedin at 11 pounds 31 inches!

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I sincerely hope you’llget a chance to visitand enjoy what Catskill– Delaware RiverCountry has to offerthis season. Pleaseremember to take outwhat you bring in sothat the river valley iscleaner than when youfound it. Also remem-ber to practice C-P-Rwhich is: CatchPhotograph Release –for as Lee Wulff oncesaid: “A gamefish is toovaluable to catch justonce”.

Until we see eachother on the river, Iwish you many tightlines, light breezes andgood health in 2014since that is the bestgift we can receive.

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BY JOHN PUNOLA

Recently, while smallmouth bass fishingnear the confluence of the Lackawaxen &Delaware Rivers, I took some time to

explore the historic remains of the D & H Canal.The original canal was constructed and flowedfrom Honesdale, PA to the Delaware River atLackawaxen, PA. The D&H continued from theNew York state side of the Delaware nearly 18miles downstream to the town of Port Jervis, NY.From Port Jervis it flowed northeasterly to apoint near Kingston, NY on the Hudson River.

Very little remains of the original D&H Canal,only about a couple hundred feet along present

Route 97, across the Delaware River fromLackawaxen, PA.

Originally the canal was built to reach theDelaware River, then barges would be transport-ed across the Delaware and placed in the D&Hto continue its journey along the river to PortJervis. This river crossing caused considerableproblems with the log rafts moving down river,and as a result a viaduct was built to cross theriver for the D&H Canal connection, built byJohn Augustus Roebling. Today that originalviaduct serves as a motor crossing and pathway.

Back in the early 1800s, large deposits of coalwere discovered in the area of Scranton, Pa., anda method of transport was needed to move the


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This map of the upper Delaware River region shows the extent of the canal’s reach as well as the two gravity railroadlines which contributed to the movement of products across the two states of Pennsylvania and New York.

Historic Delaware and Hudson Canal lives on in nature

coal to the cities, mainly Philadelphia, Pa. andNew York City, but no mass transportation exist-ed. Once a transportation system could bedevised, it would prove an economic boom tothe coal district as well as the land that layacross the Delaware River in New York State.

Two ambitious brothers, Charles and MauriceWurtz, successful merchants in Philadelphia,Pa. took many trips to the coal region and beganpurchasing large tracts of land at bargain prices.

The Wurtz brothers conceived the construc-tion of a canal that would flow fromPennsylvania to the Hudson River in New York,to connect with boats and rafts moving down-river to a rapidly growing New York City. TheWurtz brothers filed petitions with the states ofPennsylvania and New York for authority tobuild a canal, and in 1823, in quick order, bothstates granted approval to proceed with theproject.

It would take a large amount of money to buildthe D&H Canal which the Wurtz brothers did

not have, so they met with prominent businessleaders in New York City and made a deal withthe interested businessmen to build the canal,and the businessmen said ‘YES’, thus the idea ofa canal was no longer an idea, it would soonbecome a reality. The prospects of a new canalfrom the coal region caused excitement in thePennsylvania and Upper Delaware New Yorkcommunities and it was expected the new D&HCanal would provide an economic boom forother industries in addition to the coal mines.The Erie Railroad had not yet expanded serviceinto the Upper Delaware River, so there was noimmediate competition for the proposed canal.

On July 13, 1825, official work began on theDelaware & Hudson Canal with a work crew of2,500 men, with the projected canal to extendfrom Honesdale, PA to Kingston, NY on theHudson River, a distance of 108 miles. This wasa massive undertaking, and remember the canalwas built by hand power; construction machin-


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The Delaware & Hudson Canal was completedin three years and began moving the first loadsof coal in the middle of 1828. The canal was anamazing feat of construction, it wasn’t just aditch, but was solidly built with stone walls onboth sides of the canal, plus other viaducts hadto be built where needed. The viaducts built onthe Port Jervis to Kingston portion of the canalare well preserved and are still visited bytourists. When I look at the magnitude of theD&H project, if it were built today with modernmachinery, I frankly do not believe it could bebuilt in the same timespan. When the canal was

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When the D&H Canal project was formulatedthere was a task: moving the coal to the originpoint of Honesdale. To solve this logistical chal-lenge, the D&H Canal built a railroad, originallythe D&H Railroad, but later to be known as theGravity Railroad. The Gravity Railroad proved tobe a perfect partner for the canal. Once thecanal operations were functional and the bargesmoved in good order, the Pennsylvania CoalCompany, which owned large coal deposits,built a similar Gravity Railroad that ran fromtheir coal fields to the town of Hawley, PA, wherecoal would be loaded into canal barges. Theaddition of this railroad link added immenselyto the profits of the D&H Canal transportationsystem.

With the large volume of coal moving to dis-tant New York City, other products such as lum-ber added to the canal traffic. This situation didnot go unnoticed by the Erie Railroad, seeing


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The spotted and striped animal resemblingan oversized housecat with long legs andtufted ears played a waiting game in the

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beneath her, she watched and listened for thefaint movement. Was it an enemy, or dinner?Suddenly she sprang, landing on her prey — agray rabbit five feet away — with terrific force.

Our area’s only predatory feline is the bobcat,a tough little creature that can take down a

white-tailed deer many times its size, feedingfor days and then covering the carcass withleaves so as to go back and feed again.

When cornered, she is indeed fierce, as anydog or human trapper can attest. But bobcatsmostly avoid contact with anything other thanthe warm walls of their den and the living bod-ies of hares, squirrels, mice, birds and othersmall game on which they rely for nutrition.

“They are not a species that makes themselvestoo known, so people get excited when they seethem,” said Jamie Myers, wildlife biologist forthe National Park Service based in Milanville,


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It is not uncommon for a bobcat, so-named after its stubby tail, to walk four miles in a day.


Pa. “Bobcats prefer to keep to themselves.”“Bobcats are shy and pretty elusive,” agreed

Kathy Michell, a wildlife biologist and wildliferehabilitator from Narrowsburg. “A bobcat willusually see you long before you see them.”

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property in Tusten, where the mountain laureland trees are thick and where rabbits, voles,moles, shrews and rodents are plenty — all foodfor the cat with the bobbed tail who prefers lifein the woods.

The Rio Reservoir area on the border ofHighland and Lumberland is also a potentialbobcat-spotting area. Once, while driving alonga dirt road at Rio, Michell said, she encountereda mother and two nearly grown kits crossing theroad in front of her.

“I saw another bobcat at Shohola Falls, a bigone that crossed in front of me at night,” Michelladded. “At first you think it’s a deer or a coyote.It’s a tall animal, with long legs that make youthink it’s not a cat.”


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“In the past, people shot everything they saw,”said Michell. “But the bobcat has made a goodcomeback.”

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People often mistake a bobcat for a mountain lion, saidNational Park Service wildlife biologist Jamie Myers.According to wildlife agencies, the Eastern cougar, ormountain lion, is extinct in this region.

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Eventually Glashan lost a number of chickensto the bobcat, who was raising a litter of hungrykits under a rosebush on the farm’s rocky hill-side.

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“The fact that she was here showed us that thehierarchy of predators is balancing itself out – itsaid that rabbits aren’t being (inordinately)devoured by coyotes,” McGlashan reported.“The last thing we wanted to do was eliminatethis beautiful cat.”

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According to the DEC, people often mistake abobcat for a mountain lion, which is much larg-er in stature and weight. The Eastern cougar, ormountain lion, lived in New York at one time buthas been gone since the late 1800s, officiallyconsidered extirpated from New York.

That makes spotting a live bobcat all the more

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Yosemite. Yellowstone. Great SmokyMountains. Acadia. Upper Delaware River.What?

Yes, the great open secret is that the UpperDelaware Scenic and Recreational River is, likethose fabled places, a national park belonging tothe American people.

And just like the others, it is managed by theNational Park Service, a component of the U.S.Department of the Interior.

It is also a part of the National Wild and ScenicRivers system and stretches 73.4 miles along theNew York-Pennsylvania border from Hancock inthe north to Sparrowbush in the south.

It comprises 55,575 acres, of which the federalgovernment possesses a mere 29.76. About 90percent of the park is privately owned.

Those are the basic facts.There is a word that recurs whenever those

who manage it talk about the river – “unique.”Take the part about most of the acreage being

in private hands. This arrangement createsunique public-private cooperative opportuni-ties.

Same with the 15 towns in both states thatborder the river, and who own the rest of theland.

Superintendent Sean McGuinness was incharge of the park for the past four years. Heretired in January and spoke to Catskill-Delaware Magazine about his tenure.

With a love of the outdoors cultivated growingup along the shores of Lake Erie in the Buffaloarea, McGuinness began his NPS career in 1977and has been stationed all over the far-flung sys-tem – including Alaska, Ohio and SouthCarolina.

“I didn’t know about the Upper Delaware,” he

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During boating season (mid-April to October), it is common to see all manner of craft on the river.


readily admitted. His predecessor, Vidal Martinez, told him

about the leadership opportunity andMcGuinness did some unannounced reconnoi-tering and applied for and earned the assign-ment. His previous post was as assistant super-intendent at Fire Island National Seashore onLong Island.

“It’s unique. This place really grabbed me,” hesaid of his first encounter with the area. In thishe was not alone. As he put it, “Visitors comehere and say, ‘This is a national park? Wow!’ ”

McGuinness is aware that the federal pres-ence – begun in 1978, when Congress made theriver part of the park system – has not alwaysbeen welcome. He has seen the “National ParkService Get Out” signs.

“We’ve been trying to change the mentality,”he said. “We want better access, better opportu-nities for hiking trails, more patrols on the riverand better trash pickup. People should want ushere.

“The residents have to say, ‘Hey, National ParkService, how can we help make it better?’ ” headded.

McGuinness feels the NPS has made progressin cooperating with municipalities and organi-zations such as the Upper Delaware Council toimplement the River Management Plan and itsextensive land and water use regulations.

The environmental protection of the park wasforemost for McGuinness. That is why he wassensitive to any development that in his mindthreatened to violate the land use regulations.He pointed to proposed cell towers inDamascus Township (PA) that, he said, “woulddiminish the scenic value of this valley.…Verizon never read the River ManagementPlan!”

Though he represents the federal government,McGuinness, like his predecessors, prefers towork cooperatively rather than impose orders“from above.” This is mandated by the uniquenature of the park he oversees.

“Our first goal is to increase our partnershipand relationship with surrounding communi-ties,” said McGuinness. “We have to ease downon the negatives of who we are and why we arehere. There’s a lot more to do and many issues toaddress.”

McGuinness is bullish on the future of theriver valley.

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McGuinness has the following advice to hissuccessor (who has not been named as of presstime; Malcolm Wilbur is serving on an interimbasis): “Show the value that the National ParkService has. Be humble. Be an ambassador tothose values this place has as a wild and scenicriver. Show respect to the local folks. But be firmabout [enforcing] the River Management Plan.”

In looking back on his time here, McGuinnessis most proud of “being really open with thecommunity. We got them to start talking aboutthe potential value of the National Park Serviceto this valley.”

He concluded, “It’s not just the river we careabout, it’s the community. It’s the Americanpublic’s river, not ours!”

Here’s a rundown of recreational and educa-tional opportunities afforded by the UpperDelaware River. Adapted from the NPS website,http://www.nps.gov/upde.

BOATINGBoating season runs from mid-April to

October. The Upper Delaware is the longest free-flowing river in the Northeast. Its average depthis 4 to 5 feet, but 12- to 18-foot holes are com-mon, and many are even deeper, down to 113

feet at Big Eddy, Narrowsburg.The river can rise rapidly after heavy rains and

after releases from dams on its tributariesThere are numerous public accesses located

on both Pennsylvania and New York shorelines.They range from three to 20 miles apart and arejointly managed by the National Park Serviceand the agencies which own the land.

The water, even in summer, can be coldenough to cause hypothermia. Boaters andanglers should always be prepared for coldwater.

Canoes, kayaks, tubes and rafts – along withriver trips and campgrounds – are available froma number of liveries. These include Cedar Rapids

The small printThe Wild and Scenic Rivers Act "declared to be the policy of

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In 1978, Congress used the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to des-ignate the Upper Delaware River as a unit of national park sys-tem and a component of the national wild and scenic river sys-tem.

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is a partner-ship of individuals; private landowners; and local, state, andfederal governments working to protect the river, its environ-ment, and the communities in the valley.

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The Catskill Art Society presents “Child’s Play” and “WhereverYou Go,” a solo exhibition featuring the photography ofChristopher Vernale at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street,Livingston Manor, through Sunday, April 6. There will be an ArtistTalk at 2 p.m., followed immediately by a free Opening Receptionfrom 3-5 p.m. All are welcome and light refreshments will beserved.

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show will open with a performance by Little Sparrow, and in thetradition of the Woodsongs Coffeehouse, the evening will con-clude with both bands performing a couple of songs together!Admission is $6 and the concert is made possible in part withfunding from a Sullivan County Arts & Heritage Grant funded bythe Sullivan County Legislature and administered by DelawareValley Arts Alliance. For directions or info, call 434-8044, or visitwww.sullivan countyhistory.org/

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WED., MARCH 5Fish Fry Dinner at the Monticello Elks Lodge, from 5 to 7 p.m.Cost is $13 per person, sponsored by Monticello Kiwanis Club.Call 794-7050 for information or tickets.

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A corned beef and cabbage dinner with all the fixings will beheld at Liberty Elks Lodge #1545, from 5 to 7 p.m. Cost is $11 foradults or takeouts, $5 for children ages 5 to 11. Free for childrenunder 5. Public welcome. Call 292-3434 for information.

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SAT., MARCH 15The 43rd annual corned beef and cabbage dinner, sponsored bythe Yulan Fire Department, will be held at the firehouse, from 5 to8 p.m. Cost is $12 for adults, $6 for children under 12. Limit 400dinners. Tickets available at door, or call 557-8431.

Grahamsville United Methodist Church will host a thrift sale,from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the church. The church is located at 356Main Street, in Grahamsville. For info, call 985-2938.

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Fieldhouse. See all the newest equipment and merchandise for:Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Canoeing, Boating, Archery, ATVs,golfing and more… There will be food, raffles, kids entertainmentand demos all day! For more information on vendor space avail-ability, contact Hillary at 845-434-5750, ext. 4377. SUNYSullivan, the Sullivan County Visitors Association, Sullivan CountyChamber, Sullivan County Friends with Firearms & NYSRPA havejoined together on this amazing expo! We want you to have thebest experience and receive the most exposure for you and yourbusiness. As a special addition, this year we are offering sponsor-ship opportunities to those businesses who want to really standout from the rest. The different sponsorship levels afford a specificset of benefits to you and your business up to and during theadvertising and promotion of the expo. For info, call 800-882-2287.

Introduction to Fish Carving, at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center &Museum, in Livingston Manor, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All materialswill be provided by carver, Paul McCain. This basic class will giveall beginners a hands on experience. Lunch will be provided. Costis $125 per person. For info call 439-4810, email [email protected] or visit www.cffcm.net.

Wonderful Waterfowl, at 8 a.m. See an array of migrating birdspecies at the wildlife-rich Basha Kill in the company of JohnHaas, birder extraordinaire. Waterproof boots suggested. Meet atHaven Road, just off Rt. 209 south of Wurtsboro, in the DEC park-ing lot. Call John to register at 888-0240. Sponsored by the BashaKill Area Association, thebashakill.org.

A spaghetti dinner will be held from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the RockHill Firehouse, to benefit Boy Scout Troop 101. Cost is $8 foradults, $5 for ages 5 - 12, children 4 and under eat for free. Forinfo, call Tom at 798-0549 or Joe at 798-0052.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23Claryville Volunteer Fire Department will host a pancake break-fast at the firehouse, from 7 a.m. to noon. Cost is $7 for adults,$4 for children under 12, and under 5 are free.

FRI., APRIL 4Stardust Dance Weekend at Honors Haven Resort & Spa, inEllenville. Cost starts at $385 per person. All inclusive ballroomdance weekend. Overnight accommodations, 7 meals, cham-pagne/wine reception, open bar cocktail party/smorgasbord. Over50 dance workshops, night club entertainment, separate dancefacilities for Latin, Ballroom, Argentine Tango, Hustle/West CoastSwing. Hosts available for single ladies & much more! For info,call 800-537-2797, email [email protected] or visitwww.stardustdance.com.

SAT., APRIL 5Delaware Youth Center offers the NTSI (National Traffic SafetyInstitute) six-hour New York State Driver Safety Course - 9 a.m. –

3:30 p.m. For info, call 887-4120.Star Walk, 8 p.m. See the wonders of the heavens reflected in thepeaceful waters of the Basha Kill and learn some interestingspace facts. Led by Bob Fiore. Call Bob at 498-9001 to check onweather status, as this event is dependent on clear skies.Sponsored by the Basha Kill Area Association, thebashakill.org.

Auditions for "The Masque of the Red Death,” an originalmusic-drama based on Edgar Allen Poe’s infamous story will beheld at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville, from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. Performances in late October, early November in SouthFallsburg and Narrowsburg. For info, call Gladys at 434-3162,email: gladyssmucklermoskowitz @gmail.com, or Sally Gladden434-0209, email: [email protected], or Carol Castel 212-720-5290 or email: [email protected].

SUN., APRIL 6Parksville USA Music Festival, 3 p.m., Dead End Cafe, Parksville.All aboard! Join the Lyric Quartet on a Mediterranean MusicalTour. Spain… France… Greece… Italy. For info, call 747-4247 oremail mistermichele@ owly.com

MON., APRIL 7Green Tourism Conference, organized by the Delaware HighlandsConservancy, at the Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center, inCallicoon. Become a leader in bringing tourism to our region.Enjoy workshops, trainings and certifications. Increase your roomnights while becoming a first-rate green lodging. Conference reg-istration and overnight accommodations starting at $189/person,with discounts for groups. For info, call (570) 226-3164, emailinfo@ delawarehighlands.org or visitwww.delawarehighlands.org.

SAT., APRIL 12The 18th annual women’s conference at Sullivan CountyCommunity College in Loch Sheldrake will be held from 8 a.m. to5 p.m. Women Wit Wisdom – The Celebration of Being a Woman2014. The keynote speaker will be comedian Jane Condon whohas appeared on ABC TV’s “The View”, Lifetime TV’s “Girls NightOut” and Fox TV’s series finale of “24″. For info, call 434-5750,ext. 4472 or visit www.sunysullivan.edu.

SUN., APRIL 13Callicoon Kiwanis Palm Sunday pancake breakfast will at theDelaware Community Center, from 7 a.m. to noon.

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SAT., APRIL 19Grahamsville United Methodist Church will host a thrift sale,from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the church. The church is located at 356Main Street, in Grahamsville. For info, call 985-2938.

SAT., APRIL 2636th Annual Basha Kill Clean-Up, 9:30 a.m. to noon. CelebrateEarth Day, get some fresh air and help to clean up an importantlocal resource by ridding a wetland of debris. Garbage bags areprovided. Wear boots, work gloves and insect repellant. Bring achair to sit in as you enjoy the picnic lunch afterwards, providedby the Basha Kill Area Association. BKAA merchandise will be forsale; plus raffles. Individuals, families and groups are all welcome.Registration between 9:30 and 10 a.m. on Haven Road, just offRoute 209 south of Wurtsboro. For information, call Paula Medley,754-0732. Sponsored by the Basha Kill Area Association, the-bashakill.org.

SAT., MAY 3Spring Migration Warbler Walk, 7:30 a.m. Meet these singingbirds, plus orioles, vireos and more, all in their brightest plumagewith birder John Haas. Rain or shine at the Basha Kill, a majorstopover for migrating birds. Binoculars helpful. Meet at HavenRoad, just off Route 209 south of Wurtsboro. For info, call John at888-0240. Sponsored by the Basha Kill Area Association, the-bashakill.org.


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Neversink youth, 8, gets heart transplant

BY JEANNE SAGER

NEVERSINK — The Tues-

day night when life changed

for the Rogerson family was

just like any other.

With a planned two-hour

delay for the Tri-Valley

School District the next day,

8-year-old Bryce and 5-year-

old Bryan had been given a

pass to stay up late and watch

a movie together. Sixteen-

year-old Emily was doing

what teenagers do on a

school night. Dad Brian was

on a hunting trip in Alabama,

so mom Nicole was snuggling

in bed, watching TV by her-

self. And then the phone rang.

It was a pediatric nurse

familiar with little Bryce’s

congenital heart condition.

After nearly three years on

the transplant list, there was

a heart waiting for Bryce.

“I said ‘Are you kidding

me?’ ” Nicole recalls. “I was

literally skipping up and

down the hallway!”

It was a call the Rogersons

weren’t sure would ever

come. Bryce was diagnosed

with hypoplastic left heart

syndrome (HLHS) before he

was even born, after a routine

ultrasound at 18 weeks

picked up an anomaly.

HLHS – a syndrome in which

the left side of a child's heart

was underdeveloped – is one

of the three most common

heart issues a child can be

born with, but it can be fatal

if left untreated.

To increase the Bryce’s

chances, Nicole underwent

in utero surgery at just 26

weeks pregnant to open up a

hole in his heart to allow

blood to flow properly and

help him develop in the

womb. Ten days after he was

born in February 2005, Bryce

underwent his first open

heart surgery. At 8 months, he

had another, and in October

of 2008, a third open heart

surgery.

But in 2010 came a devas-

tating diagnosis. Bryce had

developed plastic bronchitis,

a condition of the lungs most

common in cystic fibrosis

patients. Rubbery chunks of

mucus had begun develop-

ing in his lungs, making him

struggle to breathe. Although

the issue presents itself in the

lungs, doctors put the blame

on his heart, which pumps

oxygenated blood to the

lungs. By 2011, doctors told the

Rogersons their best choice

would be to put Bryce on the

transplant list – for a heart. A

new heart, they told them,

would take pressure off the

lungs and hopefully allow

them to heal themselves.

On March 25, 2011, Bryce

was added to the transplant

list with what’s known as 1B

status, the second from the

top. At the time, doctors told

the Rogersons that listing

him at 1A – the highest and

most needy status – would

require Bryce to wait in a hos-

pital for a heart to be found.

But with Bryce able to take

his medication at home, the

Rogersons opted to keep him

in Neversink, to allow him to

continue attending school

and be with his family.

They were told it would

take six months to a year to

find him a heart.

On June 25, 2013, more

than two years later, his heart

hadn’t come. The Rogersons

moved their son up to 1A sta-

tus, the top of the transplant

waiting list.

At that time, doctors had

changed their mind and said

Bryce could stay home and

wait. They told the Rogersons

it would probably be a month

or two until a heart was

found. It was almost seven months

until the call came.

That was January 14, the

night Nicole called a friend to

watch Bryan and packed her

other two kids into the car to

fly over the roads to Morgan

Stanley Children’s Hospital at

Columbia Presbyterian in

New York City. Bryce was cry-

ing, Nicole recalls, but his

biggest worry was “how am I

going to turn in my home-

work?” “I told him your teacher

isn’t going to worry about

your writing assignment.”

Husband Brian had just

arrived in Alabama for his

hunting trip and couldn’t find

a flight north, so he rented a

car in Montgomery and

drove straight through the

night to Atlanta, Georgia, for

the earliest flight to

LaGuardia, a 6 a.m. that he

hoped would get him there in

time to see his little boy

before he went into surgery.

Brian’s plane left late, but

the fates aligned – because of

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The Team Bryce logo is of the

local group of support for the

family.

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Despite being born with a potentially fatal heart condition, Bryce

Rogerson has led as normal a childhood as possible. Here, he

proudly shows off a huge trout he caught.

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SAT., MAY 1OFoodstock at Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center inCallicoon, organized by WJFF Radio. WJFF kicks off the summerwith the area’s largest indoor food festival at the Villa Roma inCallicoon, NY. Taste delicious samples of foods from local farms,producers and purveyors. Shop for great grocery and gift items.For info, call 482-4141, email [email protected] or visitwww.wjffradio.org.

Fiber Festival at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. Bethel Woods is proud to partner with RosehavenAlpacas to host this two-day Fiber and Fashion Festival. A show-case of talented craft and fiber vendors will offer a variety ofitems from alpaca, sheep, angora and more. Whether you are afiber artist yourself, a knitter or would love to try these crafts, youwill find everything you need at this event. Bring the family tosee live animals, shearing, sheep herding and spinning demon-strations. Workshops, shopping, great food and fun. May 10 and11. For info, call 887-6801, email info@ rosehavenalpacas.com orvisit www.rosehavenalpacas. com.

SUN., MAY 11The 4th annual Tulip Festival and Mother’s Day Celebration willtake place at Honor’s Haven Resort & Spa, in Ellenville, from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. Celebrate Mother’s Day with an amazing MothersDay lunch, local artisans & crafters, vendors, live entertainmentand a beautiful display of seasonal flowers & tulips. For info, call210-1600 or 877-969-4283, email [email protected] or visitwww.honorshaven.com.

Spring Wildflowers, at 10 a.m. John Kenney shows you thedelightful first blossoms of the season at the Basha Kill, home toa great variety of plant and animal life. Meet at Haven Road, justoff Route 209 south of Wurtsboro. For info, call John at 436-6046.Sponsored by the Basha Kill Area Association, thebashakill.org.

Claryville Volunteer Fire Department will host a pancake break-fast at the firehouse, from 7 a.m. to noon. Cost is $7 for adults,$4 for children under 12, and under 5 are free.

SAT., MAY 17Grahamsville United Methodist Church will host a thrift sale,from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the church. The church is located at 356Main Street, in Grahamsville. For info, call 985-2938.

Relay for Life car wash and bake sale fundraiser at the JeffBank, in Jeffersonville, beginning at noon. For information, con-tact Kelli or Jonathan at 482-4000.

FRI., MAY 23Mysteryland Festival at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts - Theworld’s longest-running electronic music festival, Mysteryland, ismaking its US debut in 2014 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.The move marks an historic moment for organizer ID&T, thebrains behind high-profile festivals such as Sensation,Tomorrowland, TomorrowWorld and Q-dance. Mysteryland’smulti-faceted approach has been a winning formula for no lessthan two decades. The festival offers its guests a creative journey,combining music with theatre, movies, interactive installation art,street performers and spectacular shows at bizarre decoratedstages. To create this amazing spectacle, the festival organizerscollaborate with a wide range of creative people from all over theworld. As a nomad Mysteryland travels across the globe to findinternational artists willing to work with the festival and to makeit an even richer experience. The musical offerings are also allabout discovery. In addition to legends from the internationaldance scene, the festival provides a stage for new and local tal-ents: the next generation. Mysteryland has been a leading pio-neer on the dance festival scene in Europe and the US since 1993and has inspired numerous other organizers and events. Only20,000 tickets will be available. The tickets will be sold in order



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SAT., MAY 24Yardstock - Explore the WJFF listening area on a self-guidedYard Sale Tour! Folks across the region hold yard sales anddonate a portion of their proceeds to WJFF. You get to shop allweekend and support the station! View an interactive tour mapon the WJFF homepage or print one out and take it with you.Continues all weekend. For info, call 482-4141 or visit www.wjf-fradio.org.


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