Brick is better

PORT BYRON - Keith Taylor has taught himself to be a lot of things during his life: farmer, woodworker, photographer. Over the summer, he has added a new skill in hopes to refine another.

Taylor, 85, is currently working on the final touches for a brick oven on his Port Byron farm. When he is finished, he will be able to cook just about anything he wants - pizza, cake, pies and, his favorite, fresh bread.

Taylor never did much brick or stone work before starting the oven. But he got fed up that the oven in his kitchen didn't cook bread the right way, so he found some plans and read a few books.