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Words cannot describe my euphoric reminiscence of Lake "Skinny Atlas" as having it as a part of my life since before conception. I believe the Lord showed me the lake as part of my destiny on earth before I arrived on Christmas Day 1950. I was in the lake my very first spring/summer and have continued to love swimming ever since. My grandfather was a true visionary and purchased property just off of
East Lake Road which is now in the Shady Bend development as a summer retreat for his family. My grandmother kept the property after my grandfather's untimely death two months before I was born. My father and three uncles built the first summer camp when I was very young. They poured their hearts into it and I'm sure that's why it is so extra special. They did a beautiful job and oh how we loved being there. During my childhood, my grandmother would have us come and stay during summer vacation. My extended family has continued to enjoy the "camp" all these years and my sweet aunt has made it truly a home after having it completely winterized and updated with some beautiful additions back in the 80's. I have visited her there several times over the past 25 years and always long to be back at the lake. In all my travels from coast to coast, there has never really been a place like it for me and my fondest memories are being there with my parents, sister, brother, grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends enjoying their company and friendship. It truly is a little bit of heaven on earth.
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These are duplicates from the "Finger Lakes" thread, but I thought I'd post them here as well. The colors may look saturated if you're viewing them with a CRT monitor.
My daughter loves your town, and speaks of it often..........
She talks about a B&B there,and hopes to visit it.
Great pictures..........I just did a huge puzzle of the finger lakes.......I love them.
The Factory Farms are all over the Finger Lakes. This is a "reported spill". Many go unreported. Do your homework before moving to the Finger Lakes region. The water is polluted and the factory farms are expanding due to record high milk prices and increased government subsidy payments. SIX MILLION GALLON manure lagoon near this lovely town. You've been warned.
Liquid manure spills in Skaneateles Thursday, July 12, 2007 By Delen Goldberg Staff writer
A burst pipe at a Skaneateles farm caused 25,000 gallons of liquid manure to leak into a small creek, killing about 100 fish..
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The Factory Farms are all over the Finger Lakes. This is a "reported spill". Many go unreported. Do your homework before moving to the Finger Lakes region. The water is polluted and the factory farms are expanding due to record high milk prices and increased government subsidy payments. SIX MILLION GALLON manure lagoon near this lovely town. You've been warned.
Liquid manure spills in Skaneateles Thursday, July 12, 2007 By Delen Goldberg Staff writer
A burst pipe at a Skaneateles farm caused 25,000 gallons of liquid manure to leak into a small creek, killing about 100 fish, state Department of Environmental Conservation officials said Wednesday. The manure collected in a pond on a nearby golf course before it could flow into Dutch Hollow Brook, a tributary of Owasco Lake. Owasco Lake supplies drinking water to about 44,000 people in Cayuga County, including residents in Auburn and several smaller municipalities. Cayuga County health officials said the leaking manure posed no threat to the drinking water. "It's certainly not a good thing that this happened, but it can always be worse," said Jeff Carmichael, executive director of the Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District. The spill happened Monday night at Twin Birch Dairy Farm, 1001 Lacy Road, near the Cayuga County border. Ken Lynch, the DEC's regional director in Syracuse, said an underground pipe pumping manure from a storage tank to a lagoon burst. A 20-foot section of pipe became fractured, farm owner Dirk Young said. The manure had already passed through a methane digester, so many pathogens and contaminants had been filtered out. The waste flowed from a drainage ditch into a small, unnamed tributary of Dutch Hollow Brook, where it killed about 100 minnows and chubs. Young said the manure seeped into about 200 or 300 yards of the creek. The manure then accumulated in a sediment pond at the Dutch Hollow Country Club. In 1998, Young's family built a 6-million-gallon lagoon to store manure. They use the liquid waste to fertilize crops..............
Thanks! Another reason to leave farms for the rural areas and let the suburbs develop. Sad to see that so many people in the Finger Lakes feel the need to keep everything farmland and stop new residents from moving in.
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Skaneateles Manure Spill From Factory Farm
Another reason to leave farms for the rural areas and let the suburbs develop. Sad to see that so many people in the Finger Lakes feel the need to keep everything farmland and stop new residents from moving in.
