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4A For The Record The Ithaca Journal Monday, December 7, 1998 Police Watch Obituaries 12-gauge, Savage-Stevens pump 12-gauge and a cell phone had been stolen. The total value is estimated to be $640. A state police investigation is continuing. Woman charged with drunken driving, drugs DRYDEN A woman was charged with DW and criminal possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, late Friday night after a state police officer observed her car swerving on Hanshaw Road. Ellen D.

Kone, 20, of 36 Speed Hill Road in Brooktondale, is scheduled to reappear in the Town of Dry den court on Dec. 14. Shotguns, cell phone stolen from vehicle LANSING A bus driver for Sarthout Coaches discovered at about 2 a m. on Sunday thai two shot- guns and a cellular phone had been stolen from his vehicle, which was parked in the bus garage at 115 Graham Road, according to stale police. The bus driver said he had parked hs vehicle, a CMC Jimmy, in the rear parking lot of the bus garage at 4:30 a m.

on Saturday, Dec. 4. At 10:30 p.m., while he was conducting a bus Uur, he was notified by a co-worker that the rear hatch window of the truck had been broken out. Upon returning to the garage, the driver found that his Remington 1 100 Tompkins County jail census Population figures reflect the census for Friday, Dec. 4 Adult males: 61 Males under 19: 9 Males boarded out to other facilities: IS Adult females: 8 Females under 19: 0 Females boarded out to other facilities: 3 Total bead count in jail: 78 Evening meal planned for tonight: Cheeseburgers, potato salad, cole slaw, chocolate pudding, Kool-Aid corner Ham iv aae ana local ft mfja-ten acme pnaonen rrof tit ooarxa OS ewer, wner fit cay fig peculator) uaom rwun capacay at 2:00 PM on Wednesday December 9.

1998 In the E.c! Wagner Funeral Home of Ithaca, Rev. Carolyn Byrne officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Glen Cemetery. Friends may call from PM at the funeral home. A memorial service will follow at 4:00 PM in the Varna United Methodist Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Varna United Methodist Church. 965 Dryden Ithaca or Woodsedge Residents Fund, co Mr. Joseph Ecker, Woodsedge Apt 115. Lansing, NY 14882.1 Sherrie (Jacquelin) Falardeau of Ottawa. Canada, Jennifer-(Rodney Russell) Vallely of Ithaca and Amy Jo Wilson of Ithaca; grandson.

Roger Vallely of Anchorage. Alaska; great grandchildren, Hugo Falardeau of Ottawa. Canada; Alyssa Clement-Vallely of Anchorage. Alaska; four sisters. Helga Bab-cock of Owego.

Vera Slater of Dryden, Betty Stanley) Nye of Locke and Beverly (William) Durbin of Moravia; sisters In law. Doris Stevens Perkins of Dryden and Rhoda Larson of Danby? and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Local National Guard Award Recipients JESSIE M. STEVENS LANSING Jennie M. Stevens, 78, of Woodsedge Lansing died Saturday, December 5.

1998 in the Cayuga Medical Center. Bom August 20. 1920 in the town of Junius, she was a daughter of the late John and Katherine Wetzel Larson and wife of the late Clyde S. Stevens who died in 1984. She was a member of the Varna United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Stevens is survived by her daughter and son in law. Katherine and James Wilson of Ithaca; three granddaughters. ROBERT W. COX CATO Robert W.

Cox. 78. of Tater died Sunday morning December 6. 1998 at home after a long illness. Born in Newfield, NY on October 6, 1920.

the son of Wager and Asneth Webster Cox. he resided in the Cato area since 1941. He operated a Dairy farm on Tater Rd. and spent 20 years as a logger. He also operated a portable sawmill that served many farmers in the Central New York area.

Mr. Cox was a breeder of Brown Swiss Cattle and Death Notices EARL B. WHITNEY NEWFIELD Earl B. Whitney formerly of Newfield, NY, 76, died Sunday Dec. 6, 1993 at Mercy Hospital in Port Huron, Ml.

Mangements are under the direction of Caywood's Funeral Home Gardens, 1126 Broadway, Southport, NY and are incomplete at this time. Federal Humanitarian Service Medal recipients (for Pittsburgh ice storm) also received state medal) Sgt. Timothy Aldrich Spc. Christopher Allen Sfc. Joseph Bailey Sgt.

Brian Bennett Sfc. Alan Boda Spc. Jason Brown Spc. Meg Ann Buchanan Spc. Carl Bush Spc.

Jason Carman Spc. Henry Chatfield Sgt. Brian Dunn Spc. Scott Fairbanks Ssg. Richard Janowsky Tree Sfc.

Sean Kelly Spc. Benjamin Landowski Spc. Paul Matyas Spc. Caleb McConnell Ssg. Eric McEnroe Spc.

Hubert Merchant Spc. Arthur Minery Spc. Edwin Newhart Spc. Blake Nuckolls Ssg. James Rolfe Sgt.

Robert Romano Spc. Dale Smith Ssg. James Smith Pfc. Nicholas Stoller Sgt. Karl Traynor Spc.

Garrett Weaver was wearing green coveralls and blue rubber gloves to shield himself from red splatter. "If you spray one or 100, you have to go through the same process." The messiness and the fact that it takes a lot of water to wash the mix off the trees is one of the things that keeps people from stealing the trees after they've been sprayed. It doesn't harm the trees at all in fact, Wilt-Pruf helps protect the trees from winter weather and it usually washes off with winter precipitation by the end of January. Sciarra even sprayed the smaller, 3- (Continued from Page 1A) perfect t.ree. Last Wednesday Sciarra prepared about 30 gallons of the concoction, which he stirred in smaller quantities with a wooden rake handle in a big gray plastic trash can.

As he poured the ugfy mix through a funnel fashioned out of a milk jug into a plastic spray tank, he explained that neither he nor Cornell ever pursued getting the mixture patented. And because the lime residue that collects in the bottom of the tank requires that the mixture be constantly agitated, it's not something that can be sold. "And it's so messy," Sciarra, who Local farms offer array of trees tree, O' Christmas tree the National Christmas Tree Association has these suggestions to test a exported them all over the world. He breed and raised Belgian Horses and to this day, still had a team. He was very active in the Lysander Grange, the Ononda-ga-Pomona Grange, the New York State and National Grange as well.

He was a mem-' ber of the Dairyman's League Co-op since 1959 and a member of the Meridian Baptist Church. Surviving is his wife of 57 years, the former Wilma Stock-myer. A Son, Albert Cox and wile Pam of Cato. A daughter, Carol Blake of Hannibal. A GEORGE ALLEN George L.

Allen, 69, of Indian Creek Road, Ithaca, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 1998 at his home. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Vedder and Scott Funeral Home, Odessa, NY and are incomplete at the time. Snyder Hill roads), 273-0949 White and blue spruces, Douglas and white firs All trees $15 Open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

dairy Highland Harbor Farm, 838 Buck Road, Groton (Route 34 north or Route 34B east from South Lansjng) White and Scotch pines, white spruces, Douglas and Balsam firs Firs $22, all other trees $16 Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Kellogg Tree Farm, 287 Enfield Falls Road, Ithaca (south on Route 13, right on Route 327) Firs, spruces and Scotch pines All trees $20, trees over 9 feet $15 Open 8 a.m. to dusk daily Dick King Christmas Trees, 9798 Congress St. Trumansburg (Turn at NAPA, left at fork to stop sign, four houses down on left side after stop) White spruces Prices $10 to $15, depending on height Open daily 9 a.m.

to dusk McFall Tree Farm, 695 Fisher Settlement Road, Spencer (Route 96B to S. Danby Road, right on Fisher Settlement Road), 589-4317 Norway and blue spruces All trees $15 Open 8 a.m. to dusk darly Moore's Christmas Tree Farm' RD 1 575 Auburn Road, Lansing (Route 34 10 minutes north of Ithaca), 533-3670 Scotch and white pines; blue, white and Norway spruces; Douglas, Frasier and Balsam firs Prices range from 10-50 Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pine Hill Farm, 65 Howland Road, Danby (Route 96B south, right on S.

Danby Road, left on Howland Road) 589-6050 Norway, white and blue spruces, Austrian pines All trees $10 Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday Red Barn Farm, 82 Neimi Road, Examine the area around the tree. It's normal to see a few brown needles on the ground, but very few green needles should have fallen. New York State Medal for Humane Service recipients (Syracuse Labor Day storm) Pfc.

Robert Alexander Ssg. James Andolsek Sgt. John Briggman Pfc. Joel Carlin Sgt. Alan Drew Ssg.

Dale Groom Spc. Joseph Merrill Spc. David Nemecek Sfc. John Ohara Pvt. William Rackett Cpt.

Benjamin Richardson 1st Sgt. Ernesto Rivera Spc. Eric Sloughter and 4-foot trees on a slope across from the Plantations' gift shop, noting that many people like the smaller trees for their tabletops. He sprayed the larger-than-Irving-room-size trees earlier that day too, because of pre-ugly mix instances where people had simply lopped off the tops of tall trees. And Sciarra isn't the only one who will be spraying trees with ugh mix this winter.

He said he usually gets about 10-15 calls a year from people all over the country asking for the recipe one that he is more than happy to give out. Once you have selected a tree you should keep it in an unheated area that is out of the sun, such as a garage, until you are ready to place the tree in the stand. White Pine A medium to long (2-to 5-inch), soft-needled pine with a bluish green tint Branches are horizontal and dense. Needles are thin and grow in bundles of five. Needle retention is excellent but not quite as good as that of the Scotch and red pines.

Noble Fir Short, stiff branches are spaced rather far apart, which -makes this species good for displaying tree decorations. Silvery needles are short (1 to 1 -12 inches), crowded and curved upward, similar to miniature hockey sticks. The tree has good needle retention. Gannett News Service is growing MM brother, Herbert Cox of Horse-heads. 3 grandchildren.

Krysta Cox of Syracuse. Slade Cox and his wife Kristin of Union Springs, Willow Cox of Cato. He was predeceased by a grandson, Brian Blake in 1988. Services will be 11:00 am on Wednesday, December 9. at the Jewell Funeral Home, Cato.

Burial will be in Ira Union Cemetery. Calling hours are Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home. 13164 South Cato. Contributions can be made to the Meridian Baptist Memorial Service lois king memorial service A memorial service fa Lois King will be held at the First Unitarian Church, located at the comer of Buffalo and Aurora on Saturday, December 12 at 1 o'clock. Freeville (Route 13, north on Hanshaw Road, right on Neimi) White, Norway and blue spruces, Scotch and white pines, Douglas and Fraser firs All trees $20 Open 10 a.m.

to dusk Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Rightmeyer's Tree Farm, 1691 Slaterville Road, Ithaca (off Route 79 east of Ithaca), 272-8245 Colorado, blue, white and Norway spruces, Scotch pines All trees $10 Open daily 9 a.m. to dusk Roberts Family Tree Farm, 782 Clark St. RD 2, Groton (between Salt and Champlin roads), 756-5956 Pines, white and blue spruces, Douglas, Balsam, Fraser and Concolor firs Pines and spruces $13.25, firs $20.25 Open weekdays by appointment, 1 p.m. to dusk Friday, 9 a.m. to dusk weekends Southview, 630 S.

Danby Road, Spencer (Off Route 96B south), 589-6620 White spruce, Balsam and Douglas firs, Scotch and Austrian pines Pines $12, spruces $17, fin $22 Open 12-5 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends Southwind Tree Farms, 260 Ridge-crest Road, Ithaca (Route 96B to Nelson Road, left on Ridgecrest), 272-8398 Douglas, Balsam and Concolor firs; Scotch and Concolor firs; Scotch, white and Austrian pines; white, Norway and blue spruces All trees $20 Open noon to dusk weekdays, 8 a.m. to dusk weekends White Nurseries, Mecklenburg (across from post office), 387-6370 Douglas and Fraser firs; white, blue and Norway spruces; Austrian, white and Scotch pines Prices range from $10-20 Open 9 a.m.

to dusk daily. tWck; OUtrr derail account- cwwea wv eve day from ihtrdite O' Christmas When it is time to pick out your tree, tree's freshness. Gently grasp a branch between your thumb and forefinger and pull rt gently towards you. very few green needles should come off in your hand. Austrian Pine The Austrian pine has a dark green color and smooth rown branches.

The coarse, stiff neecflea occur in bunches of two and are mecSum to long (3 to 7 inches). Foliage has good density and symmetrical shape. Needle retention is excellent Balsam Fir A dark green tree with flat, short (14-to 1-14 -inch) needles that grow perpendcular to the branches. Branch distribution is dense at the base and thins near the crown. Needte retention is very good almost the equal of fie pines.

Source: The Des Moinet Register Red Pine Also called The neecSes two and inches) popular Color is is spread are slender, and have Gloves are handling Douglas Branches from the yeltowishgreen tree. Needles (34 to 114 toward that branchlet. very good the Norway pine. grow in clusters of are the longest (5 to 7 and sharpest of the Christmas green pines. dark green and foliage and hanging.

Needles somewhat flexible excellent retention. recornmended when this tree. Scotch Pine The most popular Christmas tree throughout the United States. The stiff needles are medium long (1-14 to 3 inches) and twisted in clusters of two. Scotch pines have a blue a grayish green appearance and luxuriant branch growth.

Needle retention is excellent, and the tree holds ornaments well. From Journal Staff Reports Even though ugly mix has prevented people from getting free Christmas trees from Cornell Plantations for more than a decade, there are many places around the county to get a reasonably-priced tree. Most of the U-cut trees for sale in the county are in the $10-20 range, with many places including free greens, pine cones or hot cocoa with the deal. This list of U-cut tree farms was compiled with help from Cornell Cooperative Extension. It may not be complete and any omissions are not intended.

Please call the extension at 272-2292 for information or the individual farms. Applegate Tree Farm, 348 Apple-gate Road, Ithaca (left off Route 79 West from Ithaca), 273-3155 Douglas and Balsam firs, spruces, white pines All trees $20 Open 1 p.m. to dusk weekdays, 9 a.m. to dusk weekends Hogback Farms, 14 Deer Crossing Lane, Trumansburg (on Route 89 2 12 miles north of Taughannock Park), 387-9378 Norway and blue spruces, Scotch pines Spruces $20-24, pines $15 Open dairy during daylight hours Hunt's Tree Farm, 146 Blackman Hill Road, Berkshire (take Route 79 to Caroline, right on Level Green Road, left on Blackman Hill Scotch, white, Austrian and red pines; white, Norway and blue spruces; Douglas firs Douglas firs $20, all other trees $15 Open daily 8 a.m. to dusk Glenwood Heights Tree Farm, 3105 DuBois Road, Ithaca (right off Route 96 from Ithaca) Douglas, Concolor and Fraser firs; blue spruces All trees $18 Open weekdays 3:30 p.m.

to dusk; weekends dawn to dusk Lawrence Hunt, 221 Genung Road, Ithaca (connecting Ellis Hollow and We- Frazier Fir This well-shaped in Dooularirv as a favnrito Pi Fir grow horizontally trunk on this dark to blue-green are flat, short inches) and angle end of the Needle retention is to excellent. Christmas tree. It has excellent needle retention with beautiful, short (45 to 1-12 inch) deep-green needles. The tree has a pleasant "balsam" odor, and the limbs are well-spaced and sturdy. HOW TO CALL THE JOURNAL NEWS: 8 a.m.

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