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Best of the Best 2011
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*According to Forbes.com listing of America’s Best and Worst Banks. And while it’s nice to be recognized by Forbes, we’d really prefer to be liked by you.
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For the third year in a row, we’ve topped the listing of the Best Banks in America by Forbes magazine for
our financial performance. Community Bank was ranked the 4th best bank in the country, and the best bank
on the east coast.* We couldn’t have done it without you, so thank you to our customers and employees for
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Readers’Choice Awards
-THE DAILY STAR11
TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 2012
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Continuingthe Proud
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We sincerely thank you for voting us the“Best of the Best” in 4 categories
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On behalf of our entire staff, volunteers, board of directors, auxiliary, friends and donors, thank you for the honor of being chosen as The 2011 Readers Choice Best Non-Profit Organization. Our success is a true reflection of our wonderful community that supports our mission. A special thank you on behalf of over 300 families we we are privileged to Make Life Easier for each and every day.
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for voting us the Best of the Best in the banking category.
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TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 2012
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 | VOLUME 5 | ISSUE 3
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ALSO INSIDE:
Wine and Dine with Confidence
Holiday Tradition Burns Bright
Diary of a
BeekeeperDiary of a
Beekeeper
For more than 30 years, a unique event at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown has offered an escape from the stress
of crowded shopping centers and overflowing holiday to-do lists. It is a tradition going back to December 1979 and known today as Candlelight Evening. The popular event started out as a stress-
buster with another name — and very little emphasis on candles. Bruce Reinholdt was an associate in the museum’s Education Department at the time, under the direction of Milo Stewart at the New York State Historical Association. “It is an event that evolved over a period of years by a group of us that created it,” said Reinholdt, who now lives in northwestern Connecticut. “We were trying to plan some new special events at both The Farmers’ Museum and what was then called the Fenimore House Museum.”
As Reinholdt remembered it, a concert was held at the Cornwallville Church, and a walkway was lit from the church to Bump Tavern with candles inside baby food jars, which were then placed inside decorative white paper bags. Refreshments were served after the concert in front of the tavern, including wassail from a kettle over an open fire.
“I began thinking on a more grand scale,” Reinholdt said. “This is nice, but what would be nicer is if we could light the whole Farmers’ Museum with some kind of candle or lantern and expand the event.”Grace Kull of Cooperstown was also on the
staff in the Education Department and recalled that the evolution of Candlelight Evening came from an event that was held annually during the 1950s around the holidays, called the Festival of the Nativity and Carol Sing.
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Ulla Kjarval is a NYC-based
photographer, food blogger
and advocate of grass-fed
farming. Her family operates
Spring Lake Farm in Meredith.
Ulla’s blog is titled Goldilocks
Finds Manhattan. She is
looking for local farms to
feature in this column. If you
have a favorite farm or want
to have your farm featured,
please contact her at
Cowbella Dairy Products has
become a recognized local
brand for its prize-winning
churned butter and its delicious
flavored yogurts, which change
with the seasons and are inspired
by local ingredients. And while the
name Cowbella is relatively new,
the farm that created it has been
around for almost 200 years. The
Danforth Jersey Farm in Jefferson
was founded in 1817. At the center
of the farm’s success today is
Shannon Mason, a young farmer
who has bucked the trend of rural
flight, coming back to her family’s
farm to make a living. Her son Gus
and daughter Daisy are the seventh
generation to live on the farm,
and it truly is a family affair, with
Shannon’s parents, uncle Russell
and her husband, Hamilton, all
living on the farm.
In today’s tough economic
climate, dairy farmers have to be
creative in order to make the work
they love profitable enough to be
sustainable. Developing a value-
added product seemed to be the
best option for Shannon and her
mother, Gail, who run the farm’s
yogurt and butter plant, helping
Cowbella capture more for its milk,
and protecting the farm from the
fluctuating nature of milk prices. The
two products complement each other
well, because the butterfat from
the milk is used for the butter, and
the remaining skim milk is made
into yogurt. On a recent visit, I was
struck by the family’s deep sense
of place and how the new plant is
an extension of the family’s love of
farming and community.
Cowbella dairy products are sold
in area specialty shops, grocery