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Tompkins Weekly August 15-21, 2016 Keeping You Connected TOMPKINS WEEKLY Locally Owned & Operated TompkinsWeekly.com Vol. 11, No. 25 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Permaculture information and celebrations set By Pete Angie e ird Annual Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute Tour and Con- vergence will occur the weekend of Aug. 26-28 at regional farms, homes, parks, patios and at Cooperative Ex- Recycling now easier at tension in Montour Falls. is is the rst year the event has expanded to a Stewart Park page 2 full weekend and will include music, dance and the screening of a lm. e event drew 200 and 400 participants in its rst and second years, and the Institute hopes for an even larger turn out this year. e Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (FLPI) was established in 2005 by three individuals with the goal “to provide high quality perma- culture education in the region,” ac- cording to Karryn Olson-Ramanujan, one of the co-founders. At its most basic, permaculture practitioners uti- lize a design practice that seeks to Provided Photo Grant provides instruments incorporate all of the factors than can Hundreds of area residents have participated in the past two Finger Lakes at Belle Sherman page 3 a ect a system, such as a farm. It is or- Permaculture Institute Tours. The third-annual edition will take place at the end of ganized around key principals of care the month and include discussion on how all factors work together in ecosystems. for the earth, care for people, and fair share (or, equitable distribution). “ e design process helps them to has ve basic steps: making goals, as- like soil composition or availability of tease apart their landscape to come sessment of the land and resources, water, but also at human resources, - up with what is best,” said Michael design, implementation, and evalua- nances and even family dynamics. Burns, one of the co-founders and tion of how those goals are being met. Design and implementation are an organizer of the tour. According Assessment can be 80 percent of the Continued on page 12 to Burns, the permaculture process process, and looks not only at things Cass Park renovation plans Community bonding event upcoming launched page 5 By Eric Banford Stu Dean adds football head At a time of paralyzing politi- coach role at Lansing page 5 cal discussions about di erent con- icts, the Ithaca Coalition for Unity and Cooperation in the Middle East (ICUCME) invites the Ithaca com- munity to connect, human-to-human, in an activity that bene ts the entire community. On Sunday, Aug. 21 at 5 p.m., “Building Unity: Cleaning the Hate” will be held at the Cass Park Pavilion. e event will begin with music by Vitamin L, a potluck dinner, a community conversation about what “cleaning the hate” means to each of Grants available for local us, followed by a cleanup of trash in organizations pages 8-9 Cass Park. “ e event is a way for people from di erent viewpoints and communities to join together in public service and demonstrate that coexistence is pos- sible, positive, and within the power of each of us to make happen,” said Linda Glaser, chair of ICUCME. “ is is an opportunity to reach out to the larger community in a way Provided Photo that expresses what our values are Building Unity: Cleaning the Hate is an event that will take place Aug. 21 at the and what we believe the values of the Cass Park Pavilion to bring together people from di­ erent backgrounds to make Ithaca community are. And that is re- a di­ erence in the community ally about coexistence and working together to solve the problems in our New leadership at Ithaca world.” the world, and this will be its rst ob- up an area is a symbolic and mean- Salvation Army page 11 Cleaning the Hate originated with servance in Ithaca. ingful way of showing how you can a joint Palestinian-Israeli peace orga- “ ese events bring people togeth- move beyond the mess we’ve made of nization in Israel called Home whose er from lots of di erent backgrounds the world. Clean it up and move for- goal is “the humanization of the oth- to do something really positive for the ward together. So ‘Cleaning the Hate’ er.” e idea has now spread around community,” Glaser said. “Cleaning Continued on page 12 “I was thrilled with Dr. Winkler and Cayuga Medical Center’s personal service. It’s like you are family.” Learn more about Wound Care at cayugamed.org Public-space recycling bin new to Stewart Park e Tompkins County Solid Waste Division has installed its fourth public space recycling bin in Ithaca’s Stewart Park, along the Cayuga Water- front Trail. It features receptacles for both trash and common single-stream recyclable items like cans, bottles and newspapers. e bins are serviced on a regular basis by Casella Waste Systems, and will be monitored frequently by Solid Waste Division sta. e City removed other garbage receptacles in Stewart Park once the public space bins were installed near the small pavilion and playground. “We’ve found an increasing number of commu- nities are focused on expanding recycling oppor- tunities to public settings such as streetscapes and parks,” said Nancy Webster, an Assistant Recycling Specialist for Tompkins County. “e more success- ful programs are those that provide options for both recycling and trash.” Tompkins County worked closely with the City of Ithaca to site the public space bin in Stew- art Park. “It will provide park visitors and trail us- ers with a better option to recycle materials, rather than sending them to a land ll,” said City Forester Jeanne Grace. In 2015, the County installed public space recy- cling bins next to the Public Library on East Green Street in Ithaca, near the Lansing Town Center on Route 34, and along Main Street in Trumansburg. Provided Photo It has plans to site at least two additional public space bins before the end of 2016. e public space City Forester Jeanne Grace (left) and Tompkins County Assistant Recycling Specialist Nancy Webster show recycling initiative is one of several programs sup- o­ the new public space recycling bin in Ithaca’s Stewart Park. ported by the County’s solid waste annual fee. Cayuga Med honored as Fit-Friendly workplace For the second consecutive year, Cayuga Well- lifestyle programs to our employees that include knowledgeable in their elds and genuinely com- ness Center’s Cayuga Center for Healthy Living, exercise, healthy eating and cooking, weight loss mitted to the concept of helping clients reach their has been awarded an annual national recognition programs, diabetes care, stroke rehab, and smoking personal health goals. Each entity within the Ca- from the American Heart Association (AHA) for cessation. We are grateful that their hard work has yuga Wellness Center works in collaboration to creating a culture of good health in the workplace. been recognized each year by this prestigious na- provide a continuum of care. e award names several of the entities of the tional award,” said John Rudd, president and CEO e award, the Gold Level Fit-Friendly is newly name-enhanced Cayuga Wellness Cen- of Cayuga Medical Center. earned for providing programs for Cayuga Medi- ter. “ese entities contribute to the wellness and is innovative wellness center provides a wide cal Center employees that meet the AHA’s strict healthy living for our employees: Cayuga Center for range of health and wellness services for our com- standards. ese standards include: physical activity, Healthy Living, Island Health & Fitness, Rasa Spa, munity and the surrounding region. It brings to- good nutrition, and a culture within the organiza- along with the hospital’s nutrition and dining team. gether a group of approximately 255 professionals tion that oers and promotes a healthy lifestyle to is team has oered a long varied list of healthy across several specialties — people who are both its employees. HOME OFFICE, BLOOMINGTON IL. Lee Newhart, AGENT 1011 West State St., Ithaca, NY 14850 607-273-6391 [email protected], www.leenewhart.com Providing insurance protection to the community since 1968 Let us solve your Driveway Problems! Paving • Surface Repair New Driveways Hot Crack Patching 3 Year Guarantee • Free Estimates Sealer is 100% applied by hand Fully Insured! 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Cindy Daly to purchase harps, con- Daly also explained that there tributing to multicultural musical en- could be long-reaching bene ts to richment for Belle Sherman Elemen- this project. “We had a harp soloist tary School students. perform with the Boynton Middle Mariachi, Mexican folk music, of- School Orchestra in 2010, and I heard ten features harps as a standard instru- about a harpist possibly performing ment. e opportunity to learn to play with the Ithaca High School Orches- the harp is now o ered to fourth and tra,” she said. “Perhaps from a simple fth-graders at Belle Sherman allow- beginning introduction to harp in the ing them to explore the genre in its Mariachi ensemble, our next harp entirety.
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