CRACKER BOX PALACE - NEWSLETTER A Not For Profit Organization Helping Farm Animals In Need

Vol 13 – Issue 3

Sept 2013

New Animals in From Cruelty Case

HAY! HAY!! HAY!!!

July 3rd, we had just finished up chores and were planning a campout weekend for the volunteers when we received a call from the Animal Cruelty Officer, “You’re not gonna like this phone call” is how the conversation started. There were 60 animals abandoned at a small farm in Wolcott. Wayne County Humane Society had already been called for the 5 dogs left in kennels and we were asked to help with the 10 goats, 5 sheep and one dead lamb on the scene, 3 piglets, 2 geese, 1 turkey, 3 ducks and 31 chickens. These animals were left during the heat wave we had this past June and July. The LART team was notified immediately and the available volunteers here getting ready to camp out changed directions and loaded up the cars and trailers. With a storm bearing down on us, we rounded up all the animals we could, but would have to return for most of the birds as one baby goat was down and a lamb dropped in front of us while we were loading up the animals. Dr. David Scoville was called and asked to meet us at the farm. Sadly, we did lose both little ‘Peanut’ the goat and ‘Neon’ the lamb due to their parasite load, being so dehydrated, and under nourished. They didn’t survive as was the case with the little lamb found dead on scene.

Last year we started writing grants and raising money to purchase our own hay equipment. We received over $20,000 to purchase a baler, tedder, rake, small tractor and build another kicker wagon thanks to the generosity of the Gonsenhauser , ASPCA, Davenport-Hatch and Wyman-Potter Foundations.

With frustration setting in, both, Dr. Scoville of Paradise Vet Clinic and Dr. Heidi Weaver, of Lakeview Vet Clinic, D.V.M.s, were called in almost every other day for the following weeks to try and save the remaining animals. (Story continued on page 5)

Even with the crazy weather, we are happy to report that we have over 200 round bales and over 3000 square bales put up for the winter! And that’s just first cutting! The kids from Farm Camp loved the big round bales (pictured above) and so did passer-byers who found our field an excellent photo op! We will be continuing to dodge rain drops and shoot for a second cutting next! We were also able to help a neighboring farm, that had a tragic family crisis, and assist them with getting their hay in too with our equipment. This is what we had hoped for with the hay equipment. It is our goal to be able to put up enough hay to not only feed our animals but to have some on hand to sell at a reasonable rate and still be able to assist other farms in need this winter. Thank Ewe to the foundations, volunteers and our ever sweating hay crew that helps us get the bales in all the barns here at Cracker Box Palace. Also, thank you Pine Creek Feed Store for the help with round baling the fields this year and planting the fields last year! We would also like to thank the people that have donated fields to us over the past years and of course those that donate hay and straw bales all year long on top of what we can get in off our fields. Every piece of hay matters here at the shelter!

Outstanding in our Fields! This page is dedicated to introduce the amazing volunteers and businesses that help support the animals and keep the farm running on a daily basis! Erin Anthony and her mom Colleen Anthony have been volunteering at our Cow Barn for over a year now. When asked this year where Erin wanted to enjoy her birthday, she said the farm! Connie Ross, Cow Barn Manager, couldn’t believe her ears! She even brought farm animal cup cakes that were absolutely delicious!!! Erin has volunteered not only to take care of the critters of the Cow Barn, but has also volunteered in the kazoo band at Derby Day, registration booths, and this year she’s assisted Maryanne Whyte with herding the kids at Farm Camp! She even won a gift certificate at one of our events from Empire Saddlery and used it to buy ‘presents’ for the horses here at the shelter! An amazing young lady with a million dollar smile! Thank you Erin for all you do here at CBP!

Lea Joy started volunteering with us years ago, left and now has returned to take over the hearts of the animals here at Cracker Box Palace! She is pictured to the right with Amp, a big loveable thoroughbred sporting his new halter Lea bought him. Lea mucks stalls, wrestles pigs to get their shots done, hugs rabbits, helps build fences, finds homes for kittens and cats that are dropped here at the farm and she also has collected over $1400 worth of raffle prizes for Moosic Fest. She also had her mother, Tracy Joy, work on prizes and flyers for Moosic Fest and talked her father, Bob Joy into having his band, 5 Men Gone Mad, play at the event and now has even headed up Volunteer Orientation! The skies the limit with this lady! Perhaps, the successor for farm manager at CBP??? I wouldn’t doubt her! Thank you Lea for all the love you bring to our critters here at CBP and the laughs you bring to the volunteers here too! Mr. Cheese (aka Burt Madison) appreciates his new title!

Sodus Feeds and Needs 5428 Rt. 14 (next to Village Auction) Sodus, NY 315-483-1900 We would like to thank Jim Hoyt, owner of Sodus Feeds and Needs, for his continued support and donations to Cracker Box Palace. Jim and his family have been long time supporters from the very beginnings of CBP and have helped us with advertising, sponsoring events, donating feed and equipment, loaning us panels in a pinch, even providing port-a-potties and tents for our events! Jim helped us find hay last winter when hay was at its scarsist. Thank you for that help! Jim recently introduced us to the Purina Feeds and has helped us arrange discount coupons for feeds through them. Always a smile and great service at the store when we go! Thank you Jim and everyone at the storel!

In Loving memory… This past summer has proven to be one of the hardest ones to deal with losing friends and family. Our deepest prayers and sympathies to everyone concerned with these tragic losses. With time our hearts should mend, but the memories will never be forgotten. Terri and Stacey Moulton - God bless you and keep you. Please send your strength to their family and our small community of Alton to help us survive the loss of these two kind and gentle souls. May we all heal in time and find forgiveness for the evil being that took you both from us all. A bench and two apple trees have been donated by “For the Love of Cruz” internet group in their memory. This will be installed overlooking a horse pasture per Chuck Moulton’s request in their honor and memory. Thank you all that sent donations to Cracker Box Palace in memory of Terri and Stacey.

Theodore “Ted” Roloson Cheri’s ‘Uncle Ted’ was taken from us unexpectedly this summer. An obvious animal lover his life was filled with horses and dogs throughout his life. Perhaps that’s where Cheri gets her traits for supporting farm animals. His faithful horse ‘Indy’ has come to the farm to stay. He always supported his ‘crazy niece’ in her venture to open a farm animal shelter. Thank you Uncle Ted for all your support and caring. A Special Thank You to Beverly Animal Shelter in Waterloo, NY for helping the family catch all the cats that he cared for that were randomly dropped off at his farm and he cared for.

Animals lost to the shelter this summer…. Shadow – A special thanks to Tim and Gloria Mclemints for their donation of Shadow’s stone for the Memorial Garden and Thank you to Hank & Karen Ester for the donation made in Shadow’s name. He will be missed.

Lydia – our little sassy appaloosa mare Bummer – the sweetest sheep we ever knew. Shiftless – Connie’s favorite little red hen. Red the Rooster & George the duck The Story of Rainbow Bridge Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart. Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown.

“Sweetie”

New Admissions To The Shelter

(pictured left) A 4 month old lamb who lives up to her name, missing her front leg below the knee. We are searching for assistance to help Sweetie with a prosthetic limb. If you can help, please call the farm..

“Indy” Cheri’s uncle’s horse

“Lea”a Lionhead Bun and “Ohio” a beautiful brown Dutch rabbit

Also new to the farm (not pictured) “Blue” the goose “Red” and “Yellow” the mascovey ducks. “Max” a mallard duck “Douglas” a peking duck “Roscoe” a black & white fancy rooster “Dexter” a rhode island red rooster

“Peter” and “Jennifer”

“Potato” & “Chili” 2 very friendly silky roosters

ADOPT! DON’T SHOP!!!

The story of “Houdini” – Back in June, we received an email from the Wren family of Sodus. They were worried about an easter present that had lost its luster and turned loose in the yard by a neighboring tenant. This family owned Springer Spaniels that would delight at the very thought of chasing a young rabbit and would be crossing the road to do so. So they asked our advice on how to catch the bun and if we would take it. Not only did this family for a week or two, chase a rabbit in the neighbor’s yard, but also delivered him and left a donation for his care! Thank you to the Wren family for helping Houdini to safety! 4

Cruelty case story continued from the cover page…. We’ve tried everything we can to clear the sheep and goats of the parasites they’re carrying. Thank you to our vets for working so diligently along with our volunteers to make these guys better! The birds were all thin, thin, thin! But thanks to Connie’s team at the Cow Barn they are dusted for lice, wormed and looking better now too! The piglets were in pretty good shape (all things considered) and Blow is scheduled to visit Cayuga Vet Clinic in Auburn for his castration surgery coming up at the beginning of September. Thank you everyone that helped us bring these animals to the farm and made them well again! It will be a big relief when we can finally turn out the goats and sheep to graze!

Huff, Puff and Blow! The 3 Little pigs from the case

Barbie

Franklin

Hancock

Libby (Liberty)

Uncle Sam (Sammy)

Sergeant

Harriett

The Muscovey ducks

55 animals in all came to the farm from this case! The survivors seem to be doing well. We’ll keep you posted on the outcome of this case and the animal’s progress in future newsletters! Thank you to Wayne County Sheriffs Deputies, Wayne County Animal Cruelty Investigators, Wayne County Humane Society, CBP’s Large Animal Response Team, our District Attorney, Rick Healy, and our vets for allowing us to help these animals in need. 5

Our First Golf Tournament Raises Over $6,000 For Cracker Box Palace! On June 10, 2013, a group of intrepid golfers took to the links at the Sodus Bay Heights Golf Course, in what could only be described as damp conditions, and golfed through the afternoon in support of Cracker Box Palace. Asa and Isabel the goats visited to wish them good luck. Our golfers returned to the Clubhouse, wet and cold, but cheerful, and were joined by Cheri, Elaine, Connie, and nongolfing supporters for raffles, silent auction, dinner and prizes. Our Master of Ceremonies was Jack Garner, renowned film critic, one of whose duties was to award the prizes. We are grateful to our golfers, to Jack, and to so many other individuals and organizations that helped to make the Golf Tournament such a successful event and to raise more than $6,000 for the Farm. Best Score, Women: Linda Ensign, Kathy Cantaben, Donna Krehling, and Nan VanEe. Best Score, Men: Jeff Hough, Dave Henion, Craig Welch, and Mike Whyte. Best Score, Mixed: Gail May, Jim Quinn, Dick Baxter, and Hank Stuart. Closest to the Pin, Women: Maureen Netti. Closest to the Pin, Men: Craig Welch. Longest Drive, Women: Jane Peachey. Longest Drive, Men: Dick Baxter. The prizes were photos of some of our animals. Tournament Sponsor - Price, Raffel & Browne Incorporated, Golf Cart Sponsor – Kay Pope, Dinner Sponsor – The Brown Group, Merrill Lynch, Beverage Sponsor – Fisher/Lattime. Golf Sponsors: Forte Capital LLC Wealth Management , Cobblestone Capital Advisors, LLC ., Barton and Loguidice, P.C. Tee Sponsors: Tompkins Financial Advisors, Ed and Gabriel Saphar in celebration of the Genesee Land Trust/Crackerbox Palace Partnership at Alasa Farms, Harris Beach PLLC., Kay and Charles Hallagan, Lois Oliver In Memory of Reg Oliver, Bay Street Restaurant, Landmaster Outdoor Services, Parsons-McIntosh Family, First Niagara Bank, Paton’s Market Place, Lacy Katzen LLP., Upstate National Bank, James Hoffman, Chairman, Wayne County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff Barry Virts.

Happy 50th Birthday NYS Forest Owner’s Association and thank you for including our forests in your State Wide Walk May 18th! Thank you also Jim Miller for being our Walk Host!

Donors: Paige Equipment, Jessica Murray and Robert Nassau, Diane Resch, Linda Rubens, Christine and John Zirbel, Lori and James Lytle. Auction, Raffle, and In Kind Donors: Wright-Wisner Distributing Co., Heluva Good Cheese, Toshiba Business Solutions, Little Theater, Susan B. Anthony House, The Coop Deck, Mary Fisher, Sodus Bay Heights Golf Course, Sharon Lilla, Rocky Greco, Angel Flint, Joe Chesbro, John Wildhack, Captain Jacks GoodTime Tavern, Rochester Red Wings, Cate Mills, Marlene Caroselli. And we are grateful to the wonderful Committee who did everything from graphic design, to photography, to encouraging golfers and sponsors, to donating raffle and auction items and displaying them, to keeping track of registrations and organizing teams, to welcoming golfers and diners, to playing golf through the rain, and on and on: Cindy Cerquone, Barbara DeRoo, Mary Fisher, Alan Lattime, Deborah Lattime, Sharon Lilla, Gail May, Eileen Mueller, Mary Novick, Kay Pope, Cheri Roloson, Judy Watt, Ellen Wheeler Winter, Sabra Wood. And special thanks to the Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club for being such great hosts and to Mary Fisher for heading up such a wonderful, wet Golf Tournament! Mark your calendars for next year’s Golf Tournament – Monday, June 9, 2014.

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Thank you Russell-Phillips, LLC of Fairport, for your wonderful work day here at the farm! In a day, this fun group of corporate volunteers painted the back of the horse barn and the pony shed, fenced the pony pasture, cleared trails, help build the new poultry pen and coop at the Grainery, and trimmed up the yards. Bee stings excluded… it was a GREAT day! Thank EWE again for your fabulous work! Another grand group of volunteers came to us from The Week of Hope missionaries! The kids and their Youth Pastors came out for 5 days and helped do chores, played with animals, painted the goat’s play house and the other outside buildings for the horses, finished the goat’s fence, worked on yard work, and played with the animals some more! Thank you all so much for visiting and volunteering at Cracker Box Palace! Bless you all! *It should be noted here that once again Butters, the goat, again helped all groups with their projects! Derek Poole and Ted the Rooster read farm animal stories to the kids in July too with Storybook Tours! Arranged by Our Community Reads – Safe Schools, Healthy Students Grant. 7

Lessord’s Car Rally For The Critters

Starting: Cracker Box Palace

6450 Shaker Rd, Alton, NY

Who: The Car Rally is open to 50 street legal vehicles

Entry: $60 before Sept 1st

$65 the day of event

Cracker Box Palace hosts Competitive Trail-Horse Ride Saturday, Sept 7 & Sunday, Sept 8th The American Competitive Trail Horse Association, a not for profit organization promotes the sport of trail riding while also providing a professional and nationally recognized venue to bring horse lovers together with local animal serving agencies. Sat, Sept 7th Noon till 4pm – ACTHA Obstacle Challenge This event will take place in the north field at CBP and will contain 8 obstacles horse and rider teams must navigate competitively. Sun, Sept 8th 8am till 2pm – ACTHA Trail Challenge Will take horse and riders on a 6-8 mile ride throughout the 600 acres of land surrounding Cracker Box Palace while successfully navigating obstacles commonly found ‘on the trail’. Enter at www.actha.us/events, filter for NY and register on-line! Pick your division: Open, Scout, Junior, Pleasure and Buddy. Special class for rescue horses! Food available by CBP’s LART team. Prizes and Cash Jackpot! For more info email: [email protected]

Time: Registration at 10:30am Rally starts 11am sharp Course: Approx 75 miles thru Wayne County lasting about 3 hours.

Finish: At Captain Jack’s Good Time Tavern,

Greig St, Sodus Point, NY

To Register early, please mail the registration form to:

Debbie McIlhagga 255 Princeton Rd.,

Webster, NY 14580 or Email: [email protected] Questions: Call 585-224-5389

U-Pick Apple 2013 Season Starts

September 14 – October 13th

Along with the Gift Shop Open Daily 10am – 4pm

Many Extras this season including Maple Syrup from Schoolyard Sugarbush, New Hope, NY! Soon to be produced by Cracker Box Palace in our own sugarbush at Emerald Point to help support the farm and shelter!

Remember the alpacas last winter? All 10 of them were adopted by the Lessord family and as a Thank Ewe they are holding a wool basket raffle! See details below…

WIN THIS WOOL BASKET!

Farm Frenzy Walk-a-thon Oct 5, 2013 We’re hiking our new 6 miles of trails this year right here on the farm! Watch our web site for pledge sheets and info at www.crackerboxpalace.org. Let us know if your business would like to sponsor or donate prizes to the walk! Trick or Treat the Farm! Ghouls and goodies at the haunted buildings! Oct 31, 5pm – 8pm. 9

Farm News and Updates! As the little engine that could, chugged up the mountain chanting “I think I can, I think I can”, so does Cracker Box Palace. As we look back on our 13 plus years of all the work and how far the little farm animal haven has come, it boggles the mind! And as we look ahead to our future, it’s just as mind boggling! But with our many supporters and volunteers we go forward with hope in our hearts and hungry animals to feed! While our number one priority is to care for the animals and grow our animal services, we also continue to work from our business plan. Our plan includes increasing our agricultural projects and using the farm land, working with the new forester and Genesee Land Trust to make our forests healthy and available for trails, maple syrup production, preserve the wildlife and endangered species habitats, using sustainable logging to allow new growth and avoid invasive species that choke out the forest. CBP continues to study and design projects to preserve the historic buildings located at the farm. A tall order for sure! But the shelter chugs on! This year, as we noted on the front cover of the newsletter, we have taken in our very own first hay crop using our own equipment! We still have donated fields too to harvest hay and have had even more calls this year offering more fields. But currently we’re doing all we can to compete with Mother Nature to harvest the fields we already have. As we get more efficient at bringing in the hay, and save money for future additions to the hay equipment, we will welcome more fields to expand our hay production and feed bank services.

Another project we have explored and researched is setting up our north/west corner of the farm known as Emerald Point as a commercially operated sugar bush. You may see the work beginning this fall as you travel Route 14 and Red Mill Roads. Our forester, Art Brooks and Dan Weed of Schoolyard Sugarbush will be out there too working to get the woods ready and install the equipment to tap our first trees this coming January. Installing the Sugar bush should clean out the forests of unwanted invasive species, stock the forest with healthy trees, protect the young trees that are coming up under the canopy of older trees and bring an income to the farm by way of maple syrup products. It is our mission to offer forestry and sugar bush operating informational seminars and clinics to the community too once we survive our first syrup season coming this January. The goats may even be employed to help clean up the woods too! We also hope to offer tours and hands on projects to the public complete with a pancake breakfast or two! Another product our volunteers have been experimenting with is wool production. Every year we shear our sheep, llama and alpaca and every year we usually just give it away. But this year we are learning how to wash, card and spin our wool to produce yarn our volunteers who have offered to knit and crochet into wonderful wool products for our Gift Shop too! This year we will be featuring alpaca wool products from Katie Acres Alpaca Farm at the Gift Shop and hopefully next year you can buy a pair of ‘Red the llama’ socks, ‘Dakota the alpaca’ mittens or “Irish the sheep” scarves. As our peacocks offer their features up every moulting season and they are offered at the Gift Shop, so will our wool!

Every year we will continue to offer our U-Pick Apple during apple season, but we’re also hoping to offer pumpkins, grapes and berries this year too. Volunteers have offered to take some of our produce to the area markets.

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All these farm projects completed will go to helping us manage our operating costs. One of our biggest challenges is to create employment opportunities from many of our now volunteer jobs. Creating a payroll and increasing our staffing so all areas of the farm are well maintained. Our immediate need for staffing is always in the barns. Trained staff to handle our ever challenging calls for animals is a tough job to handle and there is a lot to learn with all the different kinds of animals we provide services for. Working in the barns and on the farm is physically, emotionally and financially challenging. The work is not easy, volunteers go home with aching backs and feet. To make the barns a fun place to work at again and even get time to get back in the saddle again and time to play with a goat, sheep or rabbit would be a welcome addition to the farm with enough staff and volunteers to do it. I’m always amazed at how much work gets done with our lack of staff now, and can’t imagine how much could get done if we had the right number of people to do it! An office manager would also be a welcome addition to the farm. Someone to answer the phones, keep up with the bookkeeping and correspondence would make a much lighter load for the farm staff. Our callers would be thrilled to get a live voice when they call! The trails are also another project we’ve planned on since the beginning of the farm purchase negotiations with our partners at Genesee Land Trust. We’re working to protect them in accordance with GLT’s conservation easement in order to make our woods healthy and protected for the future to enjoy. The forest in its healthy condition will also provide support to the farm with maple syrup, sustainable logging, and the trails. They will be available for hikers, horseback riding, snow shoeing, cross country skiing, forest and wildlife enthusiasts and to enjoy the woods for all seasons. Trail upkeep is an ongoing challenge and getting our trails back in the shape for safe travel has been a big job for us this year. Thank you all that have pitched in to make them ready for our first trail competition and for Farm Frenzy this fall!

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And we continue to work on the buildings and fences. Our Historic committee has been in contact with New York State OPRHP regarding the historic preservation on a regular basis and continue to try and finish the historic studies report which should help us finish the buildings as they were when they were built (with modern safety precautions and updates). This year we hope to finish up the final touches on the Bunk house and make plans to update our tenant houses to provide housing for our full time staff that care for the animals and farm. Work is also being considered for the West Barn’s basement and foundation and construction has already started to put in a bigger parking lot in front of the barn for easy access to the Gift Shop and U-Pick apple orchard, allowing the water runoff from big storms and thaws from finding its way to the barn’s basement. We have also spent a majority of our summer on fixing fences! With the miles of fences we have, this has been no easy task! Thank you to all the volunteers that have dug holes, pounded posts, hung fence and installed gates! Our board of directors are growing too! We would like to thank and welcome our newest board members, Mary Fisher and Doug Clapp. Mary’s pictured to the left directing her golf tournament this past June. She’s also hiked for Farm Frenzy last year for her birthday! Thank you Mary for everything you’ve done and added to our farm over the past years! Doug has most recently joined and has helped give pot belly pigs their shots and found out how sore one can get creating trails! You don’t find such energetic board members at most organizations like you see with ours! Thank you to all our board members for all you do for the shelter and farm! We’d like to thank everyone that has been so patient with our ‘growing pains’ and are looking forward to finishing up projects this year and starting our plans for the future next!

Thank you for supporting Cracker Box Palace in our efforts to build the shelter and farm for future generations to enjoy.

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Thank Ewe! Thank Ewe! Thank Ewe! Wishing Mr.& Mrs. Shaun & Kristina Fennessy a wonderful marriage and thank you for your wedding reception table cards and donations! And thank you Hank & Karen Esters for your bedding and treat donations. The horses love your weekly visits! Thank you Ed Eaton for the truckload of shavings!

Thank you Mary Moss-Sprague for the straw donation!

Thank you Heritage Christian Center and Landmark Stables for the donation of tack and ‘horse-wear’! Thank you for the wonderful hay donations – Paul and Jean Norton, Dave & Sam VanAker, Jim Hoyt & Sodus Feeds & Needs, Diane Osborn and the Glick family of Marion! Thank you everyone that contributed and shopped at our Porch Sale. Thank you to the Sodus Point Neighborhood Association for including us in the Sale Around The Point event! The Porch Sale raised over $500! Thank you to the Joy family for the donation of the boat, the help writing to and collecting such wonderful raffle prizes for Moosic Fest and for inviting 5 Gone Mad to play! Thank you to all the volunteers that worked for the weekend so all the managers could have a much needed weekend off to rest! Thank you Bob and Margaret Hyman for the donation of pallets to put up our round bales. Thank you to the Wayne County Sheriffs Deputies, Wayne County Animal Cruelty Investigators, Wayne County District Attorney and Wayne County Humane Society for the help on scene with the Wolcott case. Also thank you to the CBP Large Animal Response Team. And a big thank you to Dr. David Scoville and Dr. Heidi Weaver for your constant help and guidance to help save the animals from the case. Thank you to our Trail Club, Donna Johnson, Sue Epstein, Kelly and Rob Davison, Barb Deroo, Elaine Roets, Doug Clapp for coordinating our first ever ACTHA ride! Fantastic job! Thanks to everyone that helped get the trails ready! Thank you Leo Ticconi for the new lift station in the Cow Barn. Also thank you for the help with the hay and trails. A big thank you to Marlene Ferguson for the Web Site Classes and for continuing to guide us with our web site management! You are a saint with such patience! Thank you Alton Fire Department and the Church in Alton for the invite to the parade and Alton Community Days. Thank you Tricia from The Purple Painted Lady for picking Cracker Box Palace as the Charity for the Barn and Junk Sale! Thank you Art Brooks, Forester and Dan Weed of Schoolyard Sugarbush for the help with planning and setting up our new Sugarbush here at the farm. Thank you Dan Wolf, Shearer, for the wonderful new doos for Irish, Red and Dakota! Thank you Dr. Annie Madison for coming up and helping with Sampson, Merribelle and Dannie’s shots, physicals and feet! We always enjoy your visits! Thank you Chris Oaks and the Pal-Mac Swim Team for your day of volunteerism here at the farm! Thank you everyone that helped put together Moosic Fest! Special thanks to our coordinators, Jeremy Stevens, Mimi Worth and Sue Fox and Jeff Gulino. Thank you Landmasters Outdoor Services for the stage and for sponsoring the festival again this year. And a special thanks to the bands that donate their talents for the day! Thank you Debbie McIlhagga for all the help with keeping up with the medical this summer. Especially with the Wolcott case. That was a tough one! Also thank you and your brother for the help putting together the Car Rally!

GRANTS We Received…… We received a $1000 grant from the Rochester Area Community Foundation through the Rainbow Fund towards our Seed Money Campaign to help get our programs and projects up and running to create a sustainable farm! Thank you! Cracker Box Palace also received a grant from Petfinder.com in the Barnyard Animals category to help us with three of our pig’s medical surgeries totaling $1000! Thank You! Thank you to the Stuart Foundation for the $3000 grant to continue our Historic Study Report for the buildings!

Farm Camp 2013 – Fun on the Farm and Learning too!

And a special thanks to Maryanne Whyte and her Farm Camp Staff! This year our camp was NYS certified and all three weeks were fun for all! The kids had fun while learning team building skills, about farm crops such as hay and corn, enjoying Second Creek while learning about the things that live and depend on the creek, and of course all about the animals, including their care and mucking a stall!

Bucky the pony helps this little girl learn how to brush a pony correctly! Thank you all that participated, contributed and made the kid’s time here at the farm a memorable one! Great job Maryanne!

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Barry here! Your Goat with the know here at the farm. And I have a complaint! NBC the peacock said they overheard one of the staff people talking with a

fence salesman about putting up the correct goat fence. The salesman said ‘to put up the right fence for goats, you have to put up your fence, get a bucket of water and throw it at the fence. Where ever the water gets out, that’s where your goats will get out’. Then they sent in groups of volunteers this summer who fixed the fence to our pasture. Now we can’t get out!!! We have to wait for the volunteers to open the gate to let us out in the horse’s pastures to weed now! Butters can’t get out to help volunteers with construction projects unless he’s invited, Kenny the Criminal Goat can’t get out to wander down the street and be brought home in a cop car again and we can’t go test the

horse’s grain after the volunteers feed them! This is an outrage! Oh sure, the volunteers also fixed

From Over The Fence With Barry the Goat

our playhouse and painted it really nice, put in new spools for us to play with and sun our buns on, they even cleaned our basement and fixed the windows, THAT was really nice of them, but this fence! What the heck? I guess we’ll have to learn to live with it and we’ll forgive the volunteers and staff ……with enough treats…. eventually. Consider my complaint lodged! Thanks volunteers!

Your Angry Friend,

Barry

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The makers of our beautiful sign In front of the farm….

South Paw Designs Owner: Bob Cuzillo 585-266-7060 Andrea Schinsing Instructor / Trainer / Owner

Hawk Meadow Farm Dressage Horses Williamson, NY 14589 Ph: 585-216-7940

Dan Wolf Shearing Services [email protected] Ph 315-594-1213 / Cell 315-398-9325

Sodus Feeds & Needs Now open at Village Auction location! 5428 Rt. 14 Sodus, NY 14551

Phone: 315-483-1900

Brad Whittaker Horseshoeing 315-331-5210

Captain

Jack’s

Finch’s Great Escapes Landscaping

Greig Street Sodus Point

Good Time Tavern 315-483-9570

“Sodus Point’s Favorite Waterfront Restaurant”

Hosts Tom & Brenda Frank Daily Specials – Giant Fish Fries Steak & Seafood Combos New Banquet Room Book Your Parties Now!

Trachtenberg Veterinary Associates Equine Veterinary Care David Trachtenberg, DVM Thais McCoy, DVM Amy Ortez, DVM STE 3B 481 Penbrooke Drive Penfield, NY 14526

1825 Storms Rd., Lyons 315-946-6061

PATON’S MARKET PLACE

E.A. EATON TRUCKING

Locally owned and operated 109 W. Main Street, Sodus 315-483-4127

Edward Eaton

315-946-4583 905 Leach Rd., Lyons

Abe’s Waterfront BOAT HOUSE

SIMPSON LAWN CARE

Banquets-Parties-Entertainment-Fundraisers Sodus Bay’s Largest Out Side Deck & Upper Deck! See our NEW MENU on our website www.abeswaterfront.com 8527 Greig St, Sodus Point 315-483-4444/585-259-2993

315-483-9896

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST DELIVERED

Ph: 585-749-9572

Bar & Grill

Specializing in landscape installation and maintenance, stonework, pavers, retaining walls and water features

GLEN SIMPSON, JR

315-879-7332 Please leave a message if no answer

Lawn Mowing-Hedge Trimming Small Tree Removal Spring & Fall Cleanup Scrap Metal Removal 15

Thank you for your daily donation of fruit, vegetables and treats for the critters and your donations in support of our events!

Cracker Box Palace – Large Animal Shelter at Alasa Farms A not for profit organization helping animals in need PO Box 174 6450 Shaker Rd., Alton, NY 14413 www.crackerboxpalace.org

Non Profit Organization US Postage Paid Mailed From Wolcott, NY 14590 Permit No. 8

Visit the Farm! Mail to our Valued Member at: Fall Shelter Hours – Mon -Sat 10am till 4pm U-Pick booth – 10am till 4pm daily Sept 14 – Oct 19 Self guide tour maps at the barns or the gift shop For adoptions, admissions or guided tours email for an appointment at [email protected] or call 315-483-2493. Please leave a message. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can!

If you have an animal emergency, call 911 or your Veterinarian!

Newsletter published quarterly by Cracker Box Palace, est. 2000. NYS Tax ID#223956 EIN 16-1600471 NYS Charities Reg 40-91-90 Lucy & Andromeda

Newsletter

Volume 13 – Issue 3

Sept 2013

Sneak Preview of Upcoming Events 2013 – Keep Checking Our Web Site or Facebook page For Details & Updates! www.crackerboxpalace.org

August 24 noon till Sept 7 & 8 Sept 14-Oct 19 Sept 21 10am – 5pm Sept 28 10:30am Oct 5 9am – 3pm Oct 31 5pm-8pm

Moooooo-sic Fest ACTHA (American Competitive Trail Horse Assoc) Competition U-Pick Apple & Gift Shop Open! CBP is the featured Charity at The Purple Painted Lady Show in Palmyra! Car Rally for the Critters! Farm Frenzy Walk-A-Thon Trick or Treat the Buildings of CBP!

Pie Bakers Needed In October to bake pies for Church Food Boxes! Contact Cheri for more info [email protected]

Still to be announced…. Story Book Tours tentatively scheduled for Oct 19 The Blue Donkey Dinner & Auction 2013 Looking Forward To Many New Exciting Changes and Challenges!

Sophie