Jeff

Jeff retired in March 2003 from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. He worked out of the Albany office as a watershed forestry specialist his last three years. He has lived in Northville since 1969, having moved here as a newly graduated forester from Michigan State University.
•Born in Minneapolis, he lived in Minnesota, South Dakota (Crow Creek Indian Reservation, Stephan, S.D.), and Michigan (Mt. Clemens), before moving to New York.
•Hobbies are woodworking, stained glass, intarsia, cooking, boating (pontoon boat is his style!), hunting, golf and travelling (to name just the most important few). The summer following his retirement, he constructed a new 28' x 28' workshop with a wood shop, finishing room, stained glass studio, garden garage and upstairs storage area. He also enjoys doing consulting forestry when he can fit it into his busy schedule.

These are some of his favorite woodworking links.

The Woodworking Catalog

Lots of good stuff, references, links, info.

Sal Marino's Woodworking Page

Great information on finishing. This page is not actively updated any more, but still contains valuable information.

Creative Woodworks & Crafts Magazine Online

Nice gallery of woodworking products and information source

Intarsia Net

An on-line instruction book on intarsia and lots of links.

•Jeff has taught stained glass for the adult education program at Northville Central School. The classes were very enthusiastic and created some great stained glass art.

Click Here to see his portfolio. Jeff's Stained Glass Creations.

Jeff has developed a new mix of art media he calls intarsia/glass. He believes that he is the first person to combine the two media in this manner. It is a combination of wood intarsia and stained glass. He hopes to develop a small retirement business around wood and stained glass. He sells many pieces and makes custom pieces on request. Drop him a line if you would like more information.

He has placed some of his work for sale at the Adirondack Country Store in Northville.

The Adirondack Country Store

Great Adirondack items made by local craftspersons can be found here.
Give them a visit and stop by to see the whole inventory!

JANET

Janet retired from the position of High School Principal at Northville Central School in June 2000. She was principal there since 1984. She moved here from Bloomfield Central School where she taught English for 17 years. She has supervised student teachers for SUNY Potsdam since her retirement. She has also recently retired from that avocation. In 2003 she worked at Hadley-Luzerne Central School as an English Languae Arts Coordinator.
•Hobbies include swimming, rug hooking, boating (same boat, of course!), and travelling when she can fit any of these into her busy retirement schedule.
•Born in Naples, New York, Janet has been a lifelong New Yorker. She spent her childhood on the Lake Road Dairy owned by her father in Naples. She attended SUC Geneseo where she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in education. She has attended SUNY Brockport to earn her permanent certification in secondary school administration and her superintendent's certification.
•Janet is also a retiree's representative for Region 6 of the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS). She is also active in various special projects for SAANYS. This association is the leading professional organization for school administrators throughout the state. SAANYS

CHILDREN

Jason - a graduate of SUNY Geneseo with a Master's in Regional Planning from UNC Charlotte, is currently working as a Regional Planner for the Council of Government in Charlotte, N.C. Jason married Melanie Griggs on June 29, 2002. Mel is a judicial assistant for the North Carolina court system. They are new parents of a beautiful baby boy, Gabriel Justin Wager, born on 10/16/03
•Lennie - is living in Helmville, MT. She is a business manager for the Meyer Ranch in Helmville, a 60,000 acre Red Angus beef ranch. She received her bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Montana in Missoula.
•Kevin - Also a SUNY Geneseo graduate, earned his Master's Degree at SUNY Albany. He is currently pursuing his PhD in curriculum development and instructional technology at the University of Maryland. His wife, Jamie, is employed by the General Accounting Office in Washington. Kevin & Jamie moved to Rockville, Maryland and recently purchased their first home.
•Karin - Graduated summa cum laude from Geneseo in May 2003 with a Bachelor's degree in math and and a secondary education minor. She is currently teaching math at Gananda Central School in the Rochester NY area.