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Your source for local news & events Volume 8, No. 16 • February 17-23, 2014 FREE ALSO IN THIS ISSUE… County Mulls Jail Alternatives By Nick Babel Public Safety Committee reducing the number of public, with one session chairman Brian Robison individuals incarcerated at devoted exclusively to The Tompkins County Legi- says. the county jail. Based on accepting public input, and slature’s Public Safety Com- Under the committee’s the ideas presented, the at least half of the meetings mittee has requested an in- charge, the task force will task force will review the will occur in the evening. depth review, spanning up engage the public, criminal options “with the greatest “There will be a compre- to six months, of additional justice professionals, coun- possibility of safely and hensive look at all existing measures that could be ty department and agency prudently reducing the jail ATI programs, as well as employed to reduce the pop- heads and other individuals population.” All task force new and innovative ideas. Comfort Camp comes to ulation of the county jail. to solicit ideas for further meetings are open to the ATI is a relatively new con- the rescue of local mer- The committee met on cept within the criminal chant ...... page 2 Feb. 10, approving a motion justice system. With time authorizng the county’s Winter Frolic and experience programs Criminal Justice/Alterna- should be evaluated in tives to Incarceration Board order to gauge their effec- Airport to receive securi- (CJATI) to form a task force tiveness in terms of results ...... page 3 (including at least two and cost,” Robison says. “It ty technology members who are not coun- is conceivable that a new ty employees or criminal idea or program used else- justice professionals) “that where has been found to be TC3 introduces culinary will consider and may rec- even more effective than an ommend county initiatives, existing program or maybe ...... page 3 program in addition to the array of not. We are interested in programs already in place, receiving a report from this that may safely and pru- committee detailing their dently reduce the popula- analysis of the ATI pro- tion of the Tompkins grams and also recommen- County Jail.” dations on how to improve “Public comments receiv- those efforts.” ed during our recent jail Task force leaders Suzi renovation discussions and Cook, CJATI chairwoman, votes have questioned and Opportunities, Alterna- whether county residents tives and Resources (OAR) Reporters to screen drill- would be better served to of Tompkins County direc- ing documentary ...... page 4 review and/or expand our tor Deborah Dietrich will alternative to incarceration Photo bybe Kathy Mor ris assisted by county admi- efforts. It’s a valid question, Children of all ages squirmed, wriggled and tunneled their way into nistration and other county and although those in the snow forts, as well as roasted marshmallows, drank hot chocolate staff as needed. Drone protestors sen- ATI community believe cooked in a kettle over a fire, made colored ice sculptures and gener- The review will include tenced to jail ...... page 5 Tompkins County is a ally embraced winter at the Ithaca Children's Garden’s Festival of Fire consideration of the cost of leader in the state in these and Ice on Feb 8. (Note: go to www.facebook.com/ithacachildrensgar- the initiative, the extent to efforts, a new look seems den for information about lost hats, mittens and other items that can which the initiative is with prudent at this time,” be picked up at Cooperative Extension on Willow Avenue in Ithaca.) Please turn to page 16 ...... page 6 Letters, opinion Advocate Speaks for the Children By Sue Henninger my future,” Jones explained. “Ghetto watch over us,” Jones hypothesizes. Life 101” is striking for both its The importance of mentorship can’t Today LeAlan Jones is an award-win- unsparingly honest look at the boys’ be emphasized enough, he says when ning journalist, author, political can- physical and emotional environments speaking at high schools, college cam- didate (Green Party) and activist. and their ability to retain hope and a puses and community centers. However, as a 13-year-old African sense of humor against long odds. Dynamic, articulate, serious and American boy growing up in the When Jones and Newman asked humorous by turn, Jones is passion- Chicago ghetto, surrounded by pover- their teacher if it’s hard teaching in ate about his topic. Asking who was Film series focuses on ty, violence and substance abuse, his their neighborhood, she said, “It’s dif- currently mentoring Ithaca’s young coping with grief ...... page 8 prospects didn’t look quite as bright. ficult because of the publicity that people, Jones didn’t appear surprised Temptations were everywhere and surrounds this area. And it’s difficult when only about 10 percent of the it would have been easy to succumb to because you all don’t believe you’re audience members attending his talk them, Jones recalled during a lecture smart.” raised their hands. This needs to before a full-house audience at the To escape their neighborhood, the change, he said, noting, “If we’re not Ithaca Youth Bureau on Feb. 6. boys often rode the bus to the end of investing in young people, we’re “You develop a rage. You can’t the line to “take a break from life in investing in our own demise.” establish a sense of self because of all the ghetto, sit back, relax and look out He believes that the worst thing you of the misery around you. This makes the window.” can do is to try to help somebody you do things you might not do other- One of the most highly acclaimed based on your sympathy for them. wise,” he said. In retrospect, he pieces of audio work in the history of That’s your agenda, not theirs, he con- believes that it wasn’t poverty so NPR, “Ghetto Life 101” won numerous tends. A labor of love from Star much as an inability to adjust to awards in American broadcasting and The Chicago advocate for youth Trek fans...... page 9 tragedy that defined his family. has been translated into a dozen lan- puts his money where his mouth is, “Everyone in this room has had to guages and heard worldwide. Jones volunteering as a football coach. deal with tragedy, he said. “Some of and Newman made a second docu- Jones says he has success by starting us do it better than others.” mentary in 1994, “The 14 Stories of with something children are interest- Drawings provide a clos- Things changed for Jones when he Eric Morse,” about a five-year-old boy ed in enough to make a commitment. er look at nature ...... page 9 and his friend Lloyd Newman were who was thrown out of a 14-story win- “I put the ‘regiment’ around what approached by David Isay, who was dow by teenagers at the Ida B. Wells they want to do,” he says, claiming producing a documentary on poverty projects. The two tapings were tran- that the skills he teaches through for Chicago Public Radio. Asking the scribed and condensed into a book, sports are transferable to every situa- boys to be “reporters,” Isay had them “Our America: Life and Death on the tion in the teens’ lives and will help record their daily lives growing up in, Southside of Chicago.” his mentees achieve success. and near, the Ida B. Wells housing The documentary explores the They come full circle, Jones says; project. question of why a ghetto destroys the only difference is their starting “I did it because I wanted to try to some young people while others point. Recalling that the only times he understand my life, the context of it, refuse to give up hope. “Maybe it’s wasn’t successful were when adults before I started making choices about because we have one strong person to Please turn to page 16

Comfort Camp Comes to the Rescue By Clara MacCarald Jackson describes the idea behind responding to the burglary During a cash mob, people descend with a cash mob as “mostly born by on a business to spend money. “It’s irritation.” She says that she decid- meant to raise awareness,” ed, “Let’s make a point to make explains Christine Edwards, a sure it doesn’t go unnoticed.” mother who belongs to the local Planning was done online and in support group Mama’s Comfort person. Local singer/songwriter Camp. “Everyone can come out and Angie Beeler came to serenade kids show support.” playing in the play space. Members Edwards was among the organiz- of Mama’s Comfort Camp brought ers of the cash mob and playdate on in food for the event. “It was sort of Saturday, Feb. 8, to support the their gift to us to put it together,” downtown children’s store Bloom says Jones-Rounds. after a recent burglary. Twenty- Marty Hiller, who was shopping three people bought things during with her daughter during the cash the day, more than a normal mob, says she has been in Bloom Saturday,and the daily revenue was before but had not bought anything noticeably higher. from them. Her daughter was too Two local mothers opened Bloom old for many of the toys sold by the about a year ago on the Ithaca store, so they were looking at Commons. They specialize in local- clothes and considering a shower Photo by Clara MacCarald ly made, ethically produced and McKenzie Jones-Rounds, left, rings up a purchase by Della Trent during the cash mob to gift for a pregnant neighbor. sustainable merchandise for chil- support the local business Bloom after a recent burglary. Hiller says she heard about the dren and mothers. They also offer cash mob at an event of the an indoor play space with toys, Neither the cash nor the broken wants to organize an event can,” Sustainable Enterprise and crafts and an indoor climbing door was covered by Bloom’s insur- says Saar. Entrepreneur Network (SEEN) and structure for a small admission fee. ance. “Our insurance policy was The membership comprises on the Sustainable Tompkins list- The break-in occurred one night not written very accurately, and more than 1,000 mothers from serv. She says SEEN was interested last month during a big snowstorm. that was something we as new store around the world, about half of in organizing an event, but Mama’s Co-owner Draya Koschmann dis- owners couldn’t know,” says Jones- which are from the Ithaca area. A Comfort Camp got to it first. She covered the bad news on the morn- Rounds. They are also increasing small group from the local contin- was annoyed by the burglary. “I ing of Jan. 3 after Bloom had been their security to avoid future inci- gent meets for a weekly playdate at kind of wish people who need closed for a few days. “She came in dents. Fortunately, she says, “The Bloom. News of the burglary first money had a little more taste about to open at nine or 10 in the morn- amount we lost wasn’t an amount spread through social media. where they got it from,” she says. ing, and she noticed the door was that put us under.” She feels that “We’re friends with McKenzie on The night after the cash mob, broken and there was smashed one positive outcome has been the Facebook and that’s where we Mama’s Comfort Camp organized a glass everywhere,” says co-owner support offered by the community. heard about it,” says Edwards. Mamas in Pajamas Party featuring McKenzie Jones-Rounds. Mama’s Comfort Camp is a group Both Edwards and Aryeal food, music and presentations on The burglar(s) left the store’s of moms who organize events Jackson, another organizer of the self-kindness, with the proceeds merchandise and computer alone through a private Facebook group. cash mob and playdate, spend a lot donated to the store. Bloom and but did take a large amount of cash. Yael Saar began the group two of time at the store. They especially Mama’s Comfort Camp are looking The Ithaca Police Department was years ago as a way for mothers to appreciate Bloom’s indoor play to do more collaborative events in unable to comment on the crime support each other through the space during the winter. Edwards the future. since the case is ongoing, but they challenges and joys of parenting, says, “We can be adults and have “We’ve been able to move forward. were able to confirm that no arrests but leadership is shared among conversations and be close to where It still feels like a safe, comfy place have been made as of Feb. 12. group members. “Anyone who the children are playing.” for everybody,” Jones-Rounds says.

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Airport to Receive New Security System By Ann Krajewski was sent out from London and while I was in Dublin the IRA start- Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport ed sending postal bombs to 10 and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer Downing Street, the office of joined the Air Service Board (ASB) Britain's prime minister. They were in announcing recently that the air- intercepted by the postal service port will deploy its first baggage and none actually got to 10 screening system, called an Downing Street, but what it did was Explosive Detection System (EDS), to start the first instances of pas- to replace the current manual bag sengers having their baggage check routine. The Transportation searched. That had never happened Security Administration (TSA) is before and there was an absolute expected to install the EDS in the uproar about it. People were very coming weeks. angry about this and many refused “It’s clear that Ithaca airport had to fly. Those that did fly were been stuck in a holding pattern extremely upset because their per- with manual baggage screening as sonal belongings were being rifled it waited for the TSA to provide an through.” Explosive Detection System, which In those days it was only hand is why I went to bat for the airport searches and airport officials didn’t to get one of these automated yet employ wands. “And the manual Photo by Ann Krajewski screening devices as soon as the system we have today is slow and Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport will receive the new Explosive Detection System (EDS) TSA received new funding in the when we’ve got a holiday rush on in the coming weeks. recent appropriations bill,” there are many people with Schume said in a statement. checked baggage and this causes “As soon as I saw that in the bill After that, it was just a matter of Airport director Bob Nicholas delays,” says Nicholas. I immediately sent an email to the before the senator could arrange a notes, “What we have now is the He couldn’t provide an exact cost Tompkins County Administrator visit to Tompkins County to make manual system which is time con- of the EDS is, but estimated the saying that this money is new and the official announcement, which suming. It means every bag has to machine costs about a million dol- we need to jump on this quickly and he did in late January in the air- be opened and everything taken lars. “That’s actually not expensive push our case,” Nicholas says. port’s terminal. out. It really annoys the passen- by the standards of this kind of “We’d been complaining about this Since the formal announcement, gers, makes a mess of your belong- advanced technology.” manual system for at least two the airport has had correspondence ings and it’s also invasive. It’s a per- The airport currently has a wand years and we’d been pushing the from the TSA asking for measure- sonal affront to many travelers.” that detects explosives, but the EDS TSA to do something about it.” ments, diagrams of the terminal About eight feet long and resem- is capable of processing 226 bags of The federal security director in and other details. “They’re on it bling a CT scanner with a conveyor luggage per hour. Syracuse doesn’t have a lot of clout already, so I think we are in fact belt setup, the new EDS is one of “It’s a huge increase in produc- in Washington, says Nicholas, so he going to have this within six asked for Schumer’s help. “In my the smallest that’s currently pro- tivity with less manpower. The bag weeks,” says Nicholas. goes through the machine and opinion he's been quite active in duced. It has a roller system on New construction increasing the each end, and as the luggage is detects if there are explosives with- doing things for the airport and I size of the terminal by about 8,000 pushed through, it screens the bag out the bag needing to be opened. think this request happened to hit square feet is now in the works for and runs a test to determine if Initially we’ll have it in a section of his desk at the right time.” the permanent home of the EDS. there are explosives present. the terminal lobby because we’re Plus, Nicholas had spoken with Nicholas is not new to airport not set up for its permanent spot Schumer in the past about the local Each airline will have a moving security. “I was in the wrong place yet,” says Nicholas. need for an EDS. “I think within a baggage belt that goes to a central at the wrong time when I first start- When the 2014 federal Omnibus day of us sending him the email we point then goes out the back of the ed working for British Airways in Spending Bill was announced in received a call from his office say- terminal where the EDS is located 1966,” he recalls. “I was in Dublin, January it included FAA funding ing that we were getting our own and the TSA staff will be able to Ireland, on a temporary assign- that paid for control tower workers EDS. That’s what having influence further inspect baggage that the ment because the Irish duty officer and allocated some $370 million for does and I’m grateful we've got machine indicates has explosives. had broken his leg and they needed the EDS machines. That sum also someone that powerful in New York The construction is expected to someone to go and cover him so I covers installation. State to help us,” Nicholas says. take place in 2015 TC3 Launches Farm to Bistro Program By Patricia Brhel the Tompkins County Public Library. Students will grow vegetables in the open Students will study how food gets from the ground as well as produce vegetables using hoop Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) first seed planted to an appealing presentation houses. Their crops will be offered in the TC3 president Carl Haynes calls it unprecedented. on a customer’s plate. Grape growing and wine dining hall and to a small number of CSA cus- Kelly Wessell, professor of Biology and chair of tasting and serving are included as well. tomers, as well as to Coltivare. the school’s environmental studies and sustain- Coltivare will ultimately be the type of restau- Culinary arts program chairman Susan able farming programs, calls it visionary. rant that appeals to a broad range of people and Stafford, an instructor with 40 years in the hos- Whatever adjective you use to describe it, the the place for locals and tourists alike to experi- pitality industry, notes, “Everyone needs to eat Farm to Bistro Project created by TC3’s culi- ence the best of Finger Lakes cuisine and wine, and everyone needs to sleep” when discussing nary arts and sustainable farming and food sys- created with the freshest of ingredients. the importance of the culinary arts and hospi- tems areas is not what one would expect from a Much of the food for Coltivare will be grown tality program at TC3. She’s enthusiastic about community college. on the TC3 campus, using organic farming tech- opening a restaurant as part of the Farm to The most public part of the collaboration is niques, under the watchful eye of farm manager Bistro Project, which is part of two new degree Coltivare, a restaurant planned for South Todd McLane. The farm itself will be powered programs. Cayuga Street in Ithaca on the ground floor of by geothermal and wind energy and power from “The students in our culinary arts and hospi- the parking garage and just down the street from TC3s new solar farm. Please turn to page 4

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Documentary Focuses on Drilling Impacts

By Sue Smith-Heavenrich ty history of the state and estab- lishes a new pre-existing condition Investigative journalists Joshua that industry can use to avoid lia- Pribanic and Melissa Troutman are bility in future cases, he explains. coming to Ithaca on Thursday, Feb. Another issue of concern is aban- 27, to screen their new film “Triple doned gas wells. Currently, gas Divide.” The feature-length docu- drillers don’t have to locate aban- mentary focuses on the environ- doned wells prior to drilling a new mental and health impacts from gas well. It’s a fact that abandoned shale gas extraction in Pennsyl- wells in Pennsylvania act as path- vania over the past six years. ways for methane, says Pribanic. Pribanic and Troutman began There are hundreds of thousands of the project in the summer of 2011. abandoned wells with cracked cas- At the same time, they established ings and cracked cement, where flu- Public Herald, a nonprofit organi- ids can escape before reaching the zation dedicated to investigative surface. And when gases from near- journalism in the public interest. by fracked wells communicate with abandoned wells, the gases can be

Prior to working on the film, ovided Pribanic reported on superfund released into other strata or the sites, arts and culture in Erie atmosphere. County, Ohio. Troutman was a staff Pribanic cites two cases in which reporter for the Potter Leader- Photo pr families with clear pre-drill water Enterprise in Potter County, Pa. Gas drillers flaring a well in Pennsylvania. tests and contaminated post-drilling Both wanted to dig deeper into the no baseline water-quality data, so drilling water tests may not list water were denied compensation from the gas companies. The prob- issues surrounding gas drilling. individual landowners must have every chemical that might show up lem was an abandoned well nearby “Unconventional drilling is the their water tested, say Pribanic and in a contaminated well. That’s that may have aided in allowing gas biggest environmental issue of our Troutman. While drillers do their because drillers don’t list every and chemicals from the fracked gas time,” Pribanic says, adding that in own tests, many landowners plunk chemical they use, so water-quality well into their water. The industry 2011 it was the most under-reported down hundreds of dollars to get a labs have come up with a list of the convinced the state to toss out their issue. There were occasional arti- set of pre-drilling water tests done usual things that might indicate claims because the abandoned well cles in mainstream newspapers, he by a certified lab. contamination due to drilling. But presented a “pre-existing” condi- says, but there was so much more Pre-drilling data should stand up if something else shows up, the tion. that demanded coverage. Pribanic in court when homeowners make state can claim that those contami- Even the new proposed regula- saw a need for stories on pre- complaints about water contamina- nants may have been there prior to tions don’t solve this problem. They drilling issues and waste manage- tion. That’s the way it’s supposed to drilling. will require gas operators to identi- ment—“It was exciting to think work, says Pribanic. In reality, the The documentary “Triple Di- fy abandoned wells within 1,000 feet that a journalist could make an Pennsylvania Department of vide” covers two such cases. In one of the new well. But the rules as pro- impact.” Environmental Protection (DEP) case, a pre-drill test was dismissed posed won’t require the driller to From her perspective, Troutman doesn’t have to hold the drilling because it was a “one-time” test plug the abandoned well—only to saw the media in the northern tier company liable for water contami- rather than a series of tests. At a keep an eye on it. of Pennsylvania ignoring the nation if the complaint isn’t filed cost of anywhere from $500 to “The problem,” says Troutman, issues. “They would report on gov- within six months or so of drilling. $1,000 for a single test, it would be “is that the industry has the upper ernment meetings and positive That becomes a problem when con- prohibitive for landowners to get hand. They have more money than impacts from drilling,” she says, tamination takes longer to show up. pre-drilling tests done every sea- individual landowners, and they “but no one was actually going to So when the state reports “only 161 son. Another pre-drill test failed to have more money than the state.” the drill sites and reporting on the cases of water contamination,” protect a water-supply owner Pribanic and Troutman will lead violations.” Pribanic says, they’re counting because her complaint came six a discussion and answer questions What Troutman and Pribanic only those cases that fall within months after the gas well was after the Feb. 27 screening. found most alarming was how fre- that time frame. Homeowners drilled. Admission is free, and the event quently pre-drilling water-quality whose wells showed contamination “It’s more about law and politics begins at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian test results were dismissed during beyond that limit often have no than about science,” says Pribanic. Church in Ithaca, 306 N. Aurora St. water-contamination investiga- recourse. Each time a pre-drill test is dis- For trailers and more information, tions by the state. Currently there’s Another problem is that pre- missed, it changes the water-quali- go to http://tripledividefilm.org.

who can handle situations where you don’t tality venues and we offer a trip to Italy to study TC3 know how many people are going to show up for the way they think about food, about regional dinner or what they’ll order, but manage to get menus and their use of fresh, local foods,” Continued from page 3 the food out, looking tempting to eat, anyhow.” Stafford says. Stafford explains that instructors stress pro- Wessel adds, “This is an intensive and broad- tality programs are preparing for jobs that start fessional behavior, professional dress and pro- based program and we realize that students out at about $40,000 per year, and we have people fessional presentation. “This program is as won’t graduate knowing everything about both lining up to hire them because the employers, much about giving back to the community as the farming and culinary aspects. However we stores, major hotels, hospitals, institutions and anything. We’ve had tremendous support from will be graduating students who have not only restaurants have helped us design the programs, the local community and we expect that this training and a clear career path, whether it’s letting us know what they need in an employee. restaurant and the students we turn out will farming, culinary art or management but who This allows us to send someone who is familiar enhance Ithaca, the Finger Lakes and enhance have a broader understanding of food and jus- with the techniques and even the computer pro- the appeal of our area to tourists,” she says. tice issues from the farming, culinary,corporate grams they need to know to do a job,” she says. The instructors and demonstrators are drawn and policy perspectives.” Restaurant and hospitality work isn’t for from local businesses including Wegmans, the Coltivare will be ready for students this fall everyone, says Stafford. “It takes someone who Boatyard Grill and Cayuga Medical Center, to and they hope to be open to the public in understands that they’re in a service industry, name a few. “We make sure that students have November. The total cost of the project is $6.5 who can smile when dealing with customers and been to a wide variety of food service and hospi- Please turn to page 16

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Drone Protestors Are Sentenced to Jail By Eric Banford all nations to expose the war crime of her or his government,” as well In the story of the Battle of Jericho, as Article Six of the U.S. the walls did not come down in a Constitution, “specifying that day. And the tortoise did not beat treaties the U.S. government enters the hare with his blazing speed. In into become the highest law of the all good struggles, persistence wins land. Such law governs the judici- in the end. Hopefully. ary at all levels—national, state and And so goes the story of the local.” Upstate New York Coalition to Kinane also referenced an Ground the Drones & End the Wars. “Order of Protection for the On Feb. 7, DeWitt Town Justice Afghan People” that was co- David Gideon sentenced 12 mem- authored by former U.S. Attorney d bers of the coalition to jail and General Ramsey Clark. “That docu- ordered them to stay away from the ment, entered into evidence here, Hancock Air Base after he found specified the layers of law we them guilty of disorderly conduct sought to uphold on that October during a protest in October 2012. He 25th. On that date we were not defy- acquitted the protestors of tres- ing law, we were seeking to uphold passing charges. “I have to send a law,” he contends. Photo by Eric Banfor resounding message to stop,” Ellen Grady of Ithaca has been Mark Scibilia-Carver of Trumansburg speaks at a press conference before being sen- Gideon said before sentencing the present at the protests and trials, tenced to 15 days in jail for disorderly conduct charges stemming from an October defendants to 15 days in the and had previously been arrested. protest against drones. Jamesville Penitentiary. She was released because the judge The protestors went to Hancock in her trial felt the prosecutor had doing,” she says. “He’s still in that “We could always use more peo- Air National Guard Base near failed to prove criminal intent. mode of ‘trust me, it’s legal.’ But ple to join us locally. It would be Syracuse to bring a Citizens' War Grady feels that public aware- it’s not legal, and the Pakistanis are great to have some more energy,” Crimes Indictment to the base, call- ness has been constantly on the rise being very clear about it.” says Grady. The coalition has been ing for an end to drone warfare. The since she began protesting the Grady noted Gideon’s statement: occupied with trials, leaving little 174th Attack Wing of the New York drones four years ago. The early “This has got to stop. This commu- time to do community outreach. Air National Guard, located at the conference calls she participated in nity has been inconvenienced by all “But people came up to the trial base, has been remotely flying MQ- had only eight people on them, but of you. Somebody’s going to get from Ithaca who have never come 9 Reaper drones over Afghanistan those numbers quickly grew. “The hurt at some point, and I don’t want before. To feel that kind of support since late 2009. The unmanned sur- movement of resistance is growing to see that happen. So I’m sending a growing has been really great,” veillance aircraft is armed with nationally,” she says. “I was just at very clear message with this sen- she says. Hellfire missiles and laser-guided a conference in Washington, D.C., tence.” Plans are under way for a drone- in November, sponsored by CODE- bombs. The irony of the judge’s words related gathering in April, with Defendant Ed Kinane was pres- PINK, and there were hundreds of was not lost on Grady. “There’s a possible support from activist ent at the 2003 bombardment of people from all over the country big part of me that wants to send a Cornel West, who Grady met in Baghdad, Iraq, which the Pentagon who had come to do networking message to him and to the court. I’d New York City. “He really wants to termed “shock and awe” warfare. around resistance to the drones.” like to bring photos of the children In Kinane’s closing statement at the Grady also notes that in recent that have been killed by these come and really wants to support trial, he says, “I speak from analo- weeks, two other trials were taking drones and say, ‘Judge Gideon, this this effort, which is really excit- gous firsthand experience when I place nationally, one for drone has got to stop. People are not going ing,” says Grady. say that airborne killing and protests in April 2012 at the Beale to stop protesting until this stops. More information on the coali- destruction typified by the Air Force Base near Sacramento, Who needs an order of protection tion can be found at http://upstate- weaponized drone—whether in Calif.; the other for a December here? Who’s getting killed?’” droneaction.org. Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan or 2012 drone protest at CIA headquar- Afghanistan—are terrifying. And I ters in Langley, Va. Gerontology Institute Hosts Speaker speak firsthand when I say that the “Things have really changed as The Ithaca College Gerontology Institute Distinguished Speaker Series trespass and disordered conduct of far as the consciousness of what is welcomes Lucia McBee to campus on Monday, Feb. 24, to present those drones are not a defense happening, and we’re seeing that “Mindfulness-Based Elder Care: A Model for Health Care Workers and against terrorism but, rather, the Obama administration is hav- Caregivers.” Free and open to the public, McBee’s talk will begin at 7 p.m. embody terrorism and may well ing to answer people’s questions in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall. generate retaliatory terrorism—an about what is going on in Pakistan. In addition to her talk, McBee will give a free special training held endless cycle of violence.” We saw his speech last summer as a Tuesday, Feb. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Kendal at Ithaca Kinane cited legal reasons for his response not just to our action but Auditorium, 2230 North Triphammer Road. actions at Hancock, including “the to this growing movement that For more information and to register, go to www.ithaca.edu/gerontol- Nuremberg mandate for citizens of questions the legality of what he is ogy/flgec/mcbeetraining/.

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Costs Keep Rising for Local Governments By Herb Engman In addition, New York State long ago took all the 54G insurance Property taxes are generally high Opinion monies instead of continuing to in the state of New York. That distribute them to local govern- seems to be a factual and widely home rule law. fire protection there must be creat- ments. A form of unfunded man- accepted statement. But why are Here are some of the New York ed volunteer (usually) fire compa- date is the state-imposed exemption local property taxes high? State unfunded mandates and their nies that have their own property from property tax of non-profit The answer is very different from fiscal effect on the Town of Ithaca: taxing authority or the town must institutions including major land what has been proclaimed by New Courts: Town courts in 2013 cost contract with a city or village or and property holders like Cornell York State officials and trumpeted $363,000 and received $287,000 in existing fire company. The Town of University and Ithaca College. With in the media. Property taxes are income from fines, fees, etc. Ithaca contracts with the Village of 49 percent of the Town of Ithaca high because New York State gov- However, the state took $179,800 and Cayuga Heights, which has a pri- total assessed valuation tax- ernment dramatically reduced the the county $33,900 leaving the town marily volunteer department, and exempt, about half the holders of state income tax decades ago and only $73,100 with the rest— the City of Ithaca, which has a pri- property wealth pay 100 percent of then systematically shifted the tax $289,900—to be charged to Town of marily paid department. In effect, the property tax. While teasing out burden from income tax to the Ithaca taxpayers. the state forces the town to spend the state-mandated costs of these property tax. Code inspections: The town re- much more than necessary for fire elements is difficult, they easily In the 1970s the top personal ceives no reimbursement from the protection because it severely amount to millions more dollars income tax rate was 15.375 percent. state for enforcement international reduces options that are available per year. It is now 6.85 percent and was tem- building codes with New York State to other municipalities. The town’s If New York State paid for its porarily raised to 8.9 percent for revisions. This amounts to approxi- fire protection budget for 2014 is unfunded mandate to localities via 2009 through 2011. Investment mately $200,000 per year in addi- $3,435,000 which is over 40 percent the income tax rather than proper- income showed a similar dramatic tional costs to taxpayers via the of the total property tax raised by ty tax, local property taxes could be decrease. How did the state get by property tax. the town. reduced dramatically—at least 25 with such a substantial decrease in MS4 storm water control inspec- Other ubnfunded mandates: percent—and the cost would be income? It shifted responsibili- tion and enforcement: This rela- These include dog control, fire- borne by those most able to pay. ties—and costs—to local govern- tively new requirement costs local works regulation, abandoned ceme- Another benefit would be that the ment and thus to the property tax. taxpayers approximately $46,000 in teries, administration of the Free- state could be held accountable for How can the state do that? Because property tax. dom of Information Law (FOIL), its own budget-busting costs which all local governments are units of Fire protection: While state law handicapped permits, State En- are now simply passed along to the state government and thus are authorizes cities and villages to vironmental Quality Review local property taxpayers. under the direction of the state run fire departments, towns are (SEQR) and Workers Compensa- Herb Engman is the Town of except for specific rights under prohibited from doing so. Thus, for tion. Ithaca Supervisor.

City Needs Collegetown Board made up of district residents and supported by city staff could Design Review Board Letters function as the BZA currently func- tions. Like the BZA, a Collegetown I’ve lived in Ithaca long enough to established owner-occupied neigh- residents, and seniors.” Design Review Board would be know that what happens on East borhood adjacent to Collegetown to “'m anxious to see housing aff- authorized to override zoning Hill will very shortly happen on create a plan that would control ordability and housing diversity requirements standing in the way South Hill. That is why I am follow- this dramatic demographic shift. built back into the proposed of progressive projects. ing the Collegetown Area Form That plan, over time, has morphed Collegetown plan because in 2009 The idea of a Collegetown Design District discussion with great into the current Collegetown Area Common Council adopted these Review Board made up of district interest. Form District proposal. goals in the Collegetown Urban residents seems reasonable given Collegetown has radically This is the “development poli- Plan & Conceptual Design the current discussions swirling changed over the last 50 years. Most tics” in Collegetown and I totally Guidelines, which in many ways around the Collegetown plan. Is of the residents that raised families understand the dynamic. The mirrors Seattle’s U District Frame- anyone able to judge the benefits of in Collegetown have long since dis- Collegetown proposal is a focused work. proposed projects in the document. One of its main purpos- Furthermore, the proposed appeared and their properties have Collegetown districts better than been sold to landlords. Landlords in es is to contain the encroachment Collegetown plan allows beneficial the residents who live there? A response have repurposed these of student housing into Bryant or innovative projects to be rejected Collegetown Design Review Board single-family homes into multi-unit Park which has been undermining out-of-hand. Such desirable proj- appointed by the mayor and students rentals. In the past 30 its quality of life. ects might include on-site renew- Common Council would not only years some landlords have consoli- The City of Seattle, facing a sim- able energy, outstanding architec- minimize the development politics, dated properties in Collegetown, ilar future shock, created the U tural design, roof gardens, or other torn down existing structures and District Design Framework. One of innovative components or site uses it would place the ultimate control built very large student apartment its housing goals is to, “Meet the that would benefit the residents liv- in the hands of the residents that complexes. needs and affordability levels of ing in the Collegetown districts. would be most effected by develop- For too many years the City of demographic groups including stu- When a developer or an architect ment in Collegetown. Ithaca has been silent on this large dents, young adults, families with for a property owner approaches The City of Seattle has a well demographic shift, that is until children, empty nesters, and sen- city planning with an innovative established form-based design future shock (too much, too fast) set iors. Balance homeownership Collegetown project and is turned review program that has been in in. The rapid growth in student opportunities with rental unit sup- down because it does not conform existence for many years. I think density has had many negative con- ply.” to the strict Collegetown design South Hill residents will want a sequences. I can attest to that fact It goes on to say, “Many people requirements, the developer or similar neighborhood design because I live in another repur- want to expand the mix of housing architect (under the proposed review board when form-based posed student neighborhood on to serve a wider range of residents, Collegetown plan) would have no comes to South Hill. South Hill. The City of Ithaca was including options for families, stu- way to appeal the decision. John Graves rightfully pressured by a well- dents, professionals, low income A Collegetown Design Review City of Ithaca

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CSI Investigates Local Water Quality SThet wordre one thet street B frome aroundat By Becky Sims to the CSI lab. Tompkins County. All samples have chain-of-cus- By Kathy Morris This is the latest installment in our tody documentation to ensure sam- Signs of Sustainability series, ple integrity. At the lab they are Question: What do you hope to accomplish organized by Sustainable tested for locally relevant parame- Tompkins. Visit them online at ters in-cluding phosphorus, in 2014? www.sustainabletompkins.org. nitrates, turbidity, hardness, chlo- If you’ve had your water tested, ride and E. coli bacteria. you might have come to the In recent years, CSI has added a “To single-hand my sailboat.” Community Science Institute (CSI). few parameters related to fracking, Tucked away on the second floor of such as barium, strontium and - Deborah Trumbull, Lansing Langmuir Lab by the Ithaca air- radioactivity, to establish baseline port, CSI does much more than res- data. Watersheds are typically sam- idential water testing. pled four to six times per year when Founded in 2002, the CSI is a non- funding is adequate. CSI aims to profit organization that operates a collect samples under both normal certified water-testing lab and part- flow and storm-water conditions. ners with groups of volunteers to By monitoring on a regular basis monitor and protect local water over the years, CSI is able to identi- quality. Certified labs are regulated fy trends and problems. by the New York State Department One such problem identified of Health, and test results can be through the Synoptic Sampling pro- used for legal purposes, such as gram is high levels of E. coli bacte- selling a home or maintaining a ria in Trumansburg Creek, down- kitchen for food production. stream from the aging wastewater CSI volunteers gather water sam- treatment plant in Trumansburg. ples from hundreds of locations in Repeated samples from upstream “Stability.” the Cayuga Lake watershed and and downstream of the wastewater - Jayme Peck, Ithaca New York’s Southern Tier to collect treatment plant indicated that bac- data about urban development, teria levels exceeded the plant’s wastewater treatment and frack- permit levels and made for unsafe ing. swimming further downstream at CSI has three types of volunteer Camp Barton. programs, each with a slightly dif- The plant is now required to test ferent focus, to help provide an its effluent and water from understanding of the water Trumansburg Creek once a week resources in our region. All of the and is working with the DEC to data produced from these volunteer assess and repair the plant. “I hope to officially move programs is publicly available While the Synoptic Sampling from Ithaca and live on my online for free at www.community- program gives a snapshot of water own.” science.org/database. While some quality on a given day, CSI’s people might assume that this Biological Monitoring program - Emily Dowd, Ithaca important task is taken care of by allows us to look at water quality the DEC, EPA or another govern- over the long term. ment entity, the scope and frequen- Biological Monitoring involves cy of water-monitoring events con- collecting samples of benthic ducted by CSI volunteers is unpar- macroinvertebrates (BMIs), which alleled. Water-monitoring studies are aquatic organisms that are visi- by government agencies often have ble to the naked eye. Volunteers fol- a wide focus, are done every five or low a sampling protocol used by the six years, or occur in response to an DEC to collect these stream- existing problem. dwellers in a net and preserve them The Synoptic Sampling program for later identification. is CSI’s longest-running volunteer Volunteers use microscopes to partnership. Teams of volunteers identify and count organisms. “My goal is the same as visit a set of locations in a water- Since pollution tolerance varies every year: I want to be a shed, like Six Mile Creek, on the among these aquatic organisms better person than I was last same day at roughly the same time. that live in the stream year-round, year.” They record visual observations, the makeup of the community can measure water temperature, collect reveal a lot about water quality - Brandon Weigand, Danby water samples and transport them Please turn to page 16

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Film Series Addresses Coping with Grief By Anne Marie Cummings group. Stearns suggested that Hospicare hold a film series about Over a year ago, Carrie Stearns of grief. Both women agreed on the Ithaca was a client at Hospicare idea, and four months later Stearns when her partner Sarah was dying purchased and donated three docu- of leukemia. After her partner’s mentaries to Hospicare’s library. death, she sought out books and “It is very important to us at films about how others experienced Hospicare that people share the grief. She felt driven to read as grief journey with others. We serve much as she could, even exploring over 400 bereaved family members the subjects of near-death experi- a year, and we respond to communi- ences and life after death. ty members who may have had a One day she came across the loss,” George says. “Grief is a trailer for the poetic film process, not an event. It’s really “Griefwalker,” which focuses on important to be able to respond to the work of palliative-care special- the feelings and emotions that one ist Stephen Jenkinson, who experiences after loss. You can’t explores spiritual aspects of life, talk about grief unless you begin to death and grief. identify that death is part of your “After watching the trailer, I own life; being able to identify mor- knew that I had to see the film,” tality is the first step to understand-

Stearns says. She was so moved by ing grief.” Photo by Anne Marie Cummings the film that she began to invite All three films, open to the pub- Donna George and Carrie Stearns at Hospicare in Ithaca. friends and family members to her lic, portray messages that are con- home so that she could share it with sistent with Hospicare’s mission exploring the positive ways that According to George, Hospicare them. “When you can’t pretend you and vision. They also present vari- people cope with tragic loss. “The supports those who are grieving by have a long time to be here, your ous types of death and the bereave- Gifts of Grief” addresses how we offering individual grief counsel- days and interactions seem very ment and grief process that one transform loss into a life-altering ing, support groups, social gather- different; they become more alive. may experience in relation to that experience that deepens and ings such as a breakfast group, edu- When we can be intimate and not death. The films will be shown in enriches our lives. In this film, peo- cational workshops such as a Grief afraid of that, we can be met by this Hospicare’s large conference room ple who have experienced great loss 101 series, and a lending library enormous preciousness that is which seats up to 60 people. are interviewed, and viewers are with books specific to loss due to always available to us. You can’t Following each film, guests will be invited to reflect on the possibility death. All services are open to the skip the pain. You have to grieve to divided into small groups, and of true gifts emerging from their community at large. discover this,” she says. trained facilitators from Hospicare, own losses. “Our culture tries to push the After eight private viewings and including Stearns, will lead small George explains that the team at subject of grief away. Businesses discussions about the film in her discussion groups. Hospicare is interdisciplinary and give people three days off from a home, Stearns turned to Donna “Griefwalker” will be screened they view death in a holistic man- job and that’s it. The message is George, manager of bereavement on Wednesday, Feb. 26, ner. “This means making someone ‘move on and keep going.’ We’re services and a licensed social work- “Transforming Loss” will be comfortable and working with the missing something,” says Stearns. er at Hospicare for the past 22 screened on Wednesday, March 26, family as well as the patient. After a She adds that some of the ways she years. George, who has additional and “The Gifts of Grief” will be death has happened, we offer serv- expresses her grief is by writing accreditation through the shown on Wednesday, April 30. ices for family members and loved and sitting in meditation with can- Association for Death Education Each show runs from 7 to 9 p.m. ones as they transition from the dles, focused specifically toward and Counseling, was also Stearns’ “Transforming Loss” is an inspi- physical presence of their loved Sarah. “It’s a daily practice of con- teacher through Hospicare’s young- rational film that follows six fami- ones to living without their physi- tinuing to commune in a way to see widows’ bereavement support lies through the grief process, cal presence.” Please turn to page 11

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A Labor of Love By Nicholas Nicastro show was cancelled after its third season. An entire fan literature # # # Star Trek Continues. was inspired by wondering, “What Executive p roducers V ic happened in the last two years?” Mignogna, Michael B ednar, STC aims to answer that question. John B roughton a nd S teven The point of all this isn’t (just) Dengler. Available for streaming pop idolatry. As Star Trek original- on YouTube. ists, STC’s creators plausibly demonstrate that the heart of fran- Everybody knows the original Star chise never lay in spectacle, but in Trek went off the air sometime dur- putting compelling characters in ing the first Nixon Administration. service of grand humanistic Or did it? themes. In the first full episode, You’d be excused for pondering Pilgrim of Eternity, an old adver- this if you’ve gotten a look at Star sary returns to show the appeal ovided Trek Continues (STC), a fan-pro- and pitfalls of religious belief. In duced reincarnation of fundamen- Lolani, the Enterprise crew faces a tal Trek to end all fan-produced “Dred Scott” dilemma as a seduc- series. Initially funded via a Photo pr tive alien slave (Fiona Vroom) takes Kickstarter campaign (or, more Vic Mignogna goes where others have gone before in Star Trek Continues. refuge aboard the ship. Number aptly, a “Kirkstarter” campaign), three is still in production, but will wholly missing from Chris Pine’s No doubt, it takes affection for and licensed strictly on a “not for no doubt treat similarly broad big-screen version. (Mignoga is 51, the original show to see any virtue profit” basis, STC makes no preten- themes. Pine is 33). As Spock, Todd in STC. Labors of love—like love sion to update the show for the ben- As a fan-made show, STC might Haberkorn is less compelling than itself—can entail blind devotion. efit of modern tastes. Unlike a cer- be excused for the uneven quality Zachary Quinto, but thankfully But at least this love is true. tain other big-budget revival, of its writing and acting. But the lacks Quinto’s unaccountable, there’s no Baz Luhmann-style shortcomings are not as short as apparently permanent pissed-off Movie Ratings hypercutting, no Marvel-inspired you might expect. The humor often sneer. Larry Nemecek’s McCoy just action, no conspicuous lens flare. comes up as corny—but so did reads as “crotchety older dude,” # # # # # Classic Instead, executive producer and many of the yuks in the original but STC scored a coup in casting # # # # Excellent star Vic Mignogna and crew have Good show. As Kirk, Mignogna channels Chris Doohan, the son of original # # # lovingly recreated the look of the # # Fair his inner Shatner, while giving the Scotty James Doohan, in his original show, right down to the # Poor character a degree of gravitas father’s iconic role. details of lighting, camera angles and fight choreography. They resurrect the original inci- dental music and insert “commer- cial breaks” in all the places you’d Family Medicine Associates expect in 1966. Insofar as modern conveniences (such as computer- generated effects) are used, it’s only of Ithaca LLP to return to basics, to tell human- scaled stories as efficiently as pos- sible. Watching it, it’s as if no time Welcomes Mike Choi, MD has passed since Trek’s early years as a low-budget stepchild of a begrudging network. Words like uncanny and spooky come to mind. The original show was supposed to take place during a five-year mis- sion of pure exploration. Unlike in the J.J. Abrams movies, Kirk, Spock and Co. never returned to earth in their own time. The goal was far out, but unfulfilled, as the Library Foundation Exceeds Goal Tompkins County Public Library Foundation Executive Director Suzanne Smith Jablonski has announced that 2013 foundation fundraising efforts exceeded their goal by nearly $30,000. The Library Foundation, a pri- vately funded organization commit- ted to providing support for library programs, collections and services, generated more than $229,000 in 2013. Smith Jablonski attributed the Robert Neil Alan Lloyd Wallace Sharon results to public recognition of the Breiman M.D. Shallish M.D. Midura M.D. Darlow M.D. Baker M.D. Ziegler M.D. important role the library plays in our community and the dedicated Nurse Practitioners: Tina Hilsdorf, RN, NP-C; Debra LaVigne, RN, NP-C; Judy Scherer, RN, FNP service of foundation board mem- Liz Gebhart, RN, NP-C; Sandra Brown FNP-C WHNP-BC bers. 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Artist Draws on Skilled Observation By Amanda K. Jaros makes plenty of mistakes. “I just have to accept them,” he says. For the next few weeks, when visi- “Sometimes I feel we do our best tors come to the bottom of the ramp work when we lose control a bit, and move into the heart of the when something we're not aware of Museum of the Earth, they will takes over. These instances keep find a warm hallway inviting them our efforts very human.” to explore the intricacies of nature. In addition to “In Nature’s The newest temporary exhibit at Wake,” the Museum of the Earth the museum is “In Nature’s Wake: has a second temporary exhibit Documentations of Detail” by local called “Then & Now: The Changing artist Tim Angell. Arctic Landscape.” This show Angell greets visitors into the offers photographs of Alaskan exhibit with this statement: “These landscapes within the Arctic Circle. drawings are for those who get on os It pairs historical black-and-white the ground to see little things, for images taken in the early 1900s anyone who can’t take a walk with- with recent images from the same out stopping to look or finding vantage point. beauty in a bent and curled piece of The results are surprising and grass.” Museum patrons will find eye opening. In each set of photos, two dozen natural-science illustra- visitors can examine the details of tions in pencil, depicting items the land, noting how glaciers have ranging from a cicada to an ear of receded and plant life has grown in, corn to a sunflower stem. Photo by Amanda K. Jar as well as how the profiles of moun- Each drawing appears quite real- Tim Angell’s detailed drawings are on display at the Museum of the Earth. tains or the placement of particu- istic due to the incredible detail and lar rocks remains in the exactly the care put into each stroke of the pen- He received a BFA in painting from inspire visitors to learn more about same . cil. Some images are actual-size the Cleveland Institute of Art. He science. Stricker chose this exhibit, in depictions, while others take a tiny then earned an MFA in sculpture As for Angell’s inspiration, he part, to accompany the museum’s item like a milkweed seed and from the Cranbrook Academy of says it “changes some from day to new permanent exhibit on glaciers, enlarge it so every angle can be Art. “But really, like a lot of kids, day. The right subject is always which has been open for less than a examined. growing up I just drew all the time,” inspiring.” The subjects Angell year. “Then & Now” and “In “Tim’s work is beautiful and fur- he says. Angell has participated in focuses on are small, and he misses Nature’s Wake” are different takes thers our mission,” says Elizabeth various group exhibitions at muse- nothing—from the hairs on a car- on the same idea. Stricker, the director of exhibitions ums including the Cleveland penter bee’s legs to the veins on a “At first glance, these two for the Paleontological Research Museum of Art and the New York one-inch hydrangea petal. About [exhibits] might not seem related, Institute (PRI). In planning for the State Museum. He received an the intricacies of the work, Angell but both are visual perspectives on temporary exhibits, Stricker organ- Award for Excellence in Botanical says he’s “just very careful. I spend the fragility of our planet,” says izes years in advance. “I am always Art from the American Society of more time looking than drawing.” Stricker. “The photos take a broad on the lookout for nature- or sci- Botanical Artists in 2000. This attention to detail is the ence- themed art, especially pieces The Museum of the Earth offers blending of art and science that view of how delicate Earth can be, created by local artists,” she says. a variety of science exhibits, but intrigues Stricker. “That kind of and Tim’s illustrations show the When she came upon one of Stricker says she is “enthusiastic skilled observation is also part of same but on a smaller scale.” Angell’s local shows at Gimme! about the relationship between art being a scientist, and from a histor- Angell says, “There is always Coffee on State Street in 2011, she and science and how one can sup- ical perspective, many great scien- some degree of both success and thought his art would fit perfectly port the other.” The crossover tists of the past were also talented failure in any piece.” But with “In into the museum and showcase the between science, art, history and illustrators,” she says. Nature’s Wake,” the mixing of sci- high caliber of artwork available in other studies can expand how peo- Angell uses various drawing ence and art results in warm and Upstate New York. ple look at the world, an aim that media, such as sepia pencil over delicate illustrations that offer a Angell is from Lodi and has had PRI values. Stricker hopes that an watercolor, black pencil and color cohesive and successful collection. various art shows in the local area. art exhibit like Angell’s might pencil over ink. He admits he Grant to Fund City Transportation Project Among the $67 million in federal funding award- Street, West Seneca Street, Brindley Street and Ward. “This new redesigned corridor will be a ed to 63 transporaation projects in New York Pete’s Grocery Store driveway intersection. tremendous asset to the area because of the State last month is $600,000 the City of Ithaca “We’re committed to improving our infra- bridge's central location between large residen- received for a $750,000 project to enhance pedes- structure and keeping our tax rate as low as pos- tial neighborhoods, and our schools, parks, trian and bicycling conditions and to improve sible. This award will allow us to accomplish stores and restaurants. This project will go a safety along West Martin Luther King Jr. Street both goals. This $600,000 award will make the long way in enhancing the quality of life of West (West State Street) between Floral Avenue and city more accessible for all modes of transporta- End residents, and improving the area’s recre- Taughannock Boulevard, including the intersec- tion—and it will particularly benefit residents ational and economic vitality.” tion at Brindley Street. and businesses in the West End,” Ithaca Mayor The money comes from the Federal Highway This project was recommended by the Board Svante Myrick said in a statement. Administration’s Transportation Enhancement of Public Works and approved by Common “This grant gives us the much-needed oppor- Program and is administered by the New York Council in August. Key goals of this project tunity to redesign the West MLK Jr. (State) State Department of Transportation. The funds include establishing a safe and convenient Street corridor between Floral Avenue and cover 80 percent of the cost of each project, with pedestrian crossing across West MLK Jr. (State) Taughannock Boulevard in a way that will make the remaining 20 percent coming from the proj- Street, enhancing walking and bicycling condi- it safer for our residents and students to get to ect sponsor. tions through the corridor and improving traffic and from work and school,” said Cynthia Brock, Final engineering is scheduled for 2015 and safety in the vicinity of the West MLK Jr. (State) a Common Council representatives for the First construction is scheduled for 2016.

10 Tompkins Weekly February 17

Doughty Brings ‘Question Jar’ to Ithaca By Stephen Kimball Drugs.” After Soul Coughing broke ing up an album.” up, Doughty did not play any of his In the current world of the music Mike Doughty has been a pretty vis- former band’s songs. industry, longevity is far from cer- itor to Ithaca in recent years, hav- In 2013, after years of avoiding tain. So for a musician to be able to ing played both small acoustic and playing Soul Coughing songs, keep releasing new music and tour- full band concerts. He’s making a Doughty launched a crowd-funding ing for as many years as Doughty return visit to town on Friday, Feb. project and re-recorded the tunes in has is impressive. 21 for one of his “Question Jar” the way he always felt they should “It’s all about realism. It’s all shows at The Haunt. be presented. about keeping your expenses down. Doughty is a singer/songwriter When asked why he felt it was And you have to realize that you're with a love of hip-hop and this, time to revisit the material, he says, in it so that you can think about especially the rhythms, has a “I wanted to connect with the songs music every day. There’s always strong influence on his music— as I remember writing them. I somebody more successful than whether armed solo with an wanted to get back some sense of you! I mean, my friend and co-

acoustic guitar or backed by a full ownership—spiritual ownership.” writer and producer Dan Wilson nigan band. He named the record after the has two Grammys, and on the other He explains the essence of his songs on it, but it has become hand I have friends who aren’t mak- ex_Jer “Question Jar” concerts: “I had this known by the more concise title ing a living solely playing music. whole other life as a blogger, tweet- “Circles, Super Bon Bon.” So, I could envy Dan, they could er, quipper of quips, and it seemed To recreate these songs they way envy me, but why? Let’s just live for like there needed to be a bridge to he wanted, Doughty teamed up art,” he says. that in the live shows. Also, I want- with the hip-hop producer Good Another element that has made Photo by T ed there to be a kind of dangerous Goose. “It hinged on my collabora- Doughty’s career a success is his Mike Doughty revisits some of the songs spontaneity. Thirdly, I wanted the tor, a producer in Bed-Stuy—very willingness to experiment, from he recorded with Soul Coughing. audience to be able to pierce the young dude. I played them for him DJing to his recent release of a col- these days, I’m trying to figure out veil and get onto the stage.” on acoustic guitar, and asked him laboration he had started years ago what I haven't written songs about He’s playing this show with his not to listen to the old recorded ver- with the much beloved Elliott before, and try and tackle those. It’s longtime collaborator, Andrew sions—approach them as complete- Smith. funny, I have a pretty joyous life, “Scrap” Livingston on cello. ly new songs. I wanted to proceed “The project was long-dormant. but my work has stayed dark. I’m Livingston is also a vital compo- without prejudices.” Then, I stumbled on the cassette trying to figure out how to describe nent to the “Question Jar” experi- Doughty did a short tour present- while I was moving my studio. My happiness, and not be corny; it’s ence—as an active participant in ing these new versions and he now archives are a mess, and it was just actually kind of daunting.” not only the music, but the sur- integrates them into his live sets. laying there in a box of tapes. I Another great show coming to rounding interrogatory vibe as As for using crowd funding as a think it was meant to be finished, town is Cowboy Junkies at the well. way to release music, he says he and, if you believe in serendipity, Hangar Theatre on Feb. 26. The For the uninitiated, Doughty has was initially unsure whether it clearly the universe wanted this to band will play its landmark album been a professional working musi- would be successful. “I really had happen right now,” he says. “The Trinity Sessions” in its entire- cian since his former band, Soul my doubts about it; I was totally Related to this is the approach to ty. This is a rare opportunity to see Coughing, gained popularity in the overwhelmed by the success. I writing music that Mike Doughty this band in an intimate setting. It’s 1990s. Doughty left the band in 2000 mean, I thought it would be suc- has taken over the years. “Right nice to see the theater being used to start his solo career. The history cessful, but it was so fast! I think now, I’m trying to write songs by for more concerts. of the band and how Doughty fans wanted to join the team— beginning with a topic. For years, For more information on both of struggled with it is well chronicled something more meaningful, and I’ve just taken words and tried to these shows visit dansmallspre- in his memoir “The Book of bonded to the music, than just pick- figure out the song around it, but, sents.com. Cinemapolis Hosts Oscars Party skill of being able to love life … Hollywood’s big night is just around the corner, and the public is invited Film Series until your ability to see that a to spend it with cinema-loving friends at Ithaca’s non-profit independent flower is rooted in the fact that it movie theater. Reserve your spot at Cinemapolis’ annual gala event, "And Continued from page 8 won’t always be there and neither the Winner Is..." On Sunday, March 2, from 7 p.m. until best picture is will you—how much of the flower cian since his former band, Soul announced during the annual Adademy Awards show. Patrons can enjoy do you see?” Coughing, gained popularity in the food, drinks and the big awards on the big screen. Register for one or all of the films 1990s. Doughty left the band in All proceeds benefit Cinemapolis’ mission to serve as a community by contacting Donna George at 272- 2what’s there. I feel the experience center where the art of film used to enrich people’s lives, grapple with 0212 or dgeorge@hospicare .org. of really entering grief is extreme- and illuminate contemporary issues, and, of course, to entertain. Find ly difficult but very powerful.” more details and get tickets at Cinemapolis.org. As Jenkinson says in “Grief- walker”: “Grief is a skill, and the twin of grief, as a skill of life, is the

Tompkins Weekly February 17 11

Tompkins County Community Calendar... at 6:30 to register or on line at http://ithacacommuni- and a lively discussion of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Common Council meeting, 6:00 pm in Common tychoruses.org/g-voices. Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. Book are available Council Chambers, City Hall, 108 E. Green Street. 17 Monday Western Square Dance Classes, Monday at the library. Cornell Cinema, Willard Straight Theatre. As Above, So Abovoagogo Art Camp, 409 West Seneca St., evenings, 7-8:30pm, Temple Beth-El social hall (corner Karate, 5:30-6:30, Kwon's Champion School, 123 Below with filmmaker Sarah Christman, 7pm; Willard Ithaca, February 17-21st, Space is limited to only 10 of Tioga and Court streets in Ithaca). This activity can Ithaca Commons, Martial arts classes for all ages, chil- Straight Theatre. Oscar Shorts: Animation! (2013). students. 10% sibling discount for each child, Sign up be enjoyed by people of all ages. No special dancing dren and adults, Never too old or too young. Info., 9:15pm; Info at cinema.cornell.edu or 255-3522. for other Abovo Breaks dates to secure your spot skills are required. We’ll have fun learning dance steps [email protected]. Evening Bereavement Support Group, 5:30-7pm, and receive a 10% discount Cell phone: (607) 262- that are used worldwide. See also the flyer posted in the L'etoile, Feb 18th, 2014 - Feb 23rd, 2014, Dillingham Nina K. Miller Hospicare Center, 172 East King Road, 6562 or visit https://abovoagogo.com/sign-up. hall at Tikkun v’Or. Interested? Please contact Richard Center, Ithaca College 953 Danby Rd. Ithaca, Info., 607- Ithaca. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, Free Adventure Day Camp, Lime Hollow Nature Center, Rosenfield at 607-257-1638 or [email protected]. 274-3224, http://www.ithaca.edu/tour/dillingham/. and open to adults who have experienced the loss of a February 17-21st, If your children/grandchildren Winter Break Camp, Monday, February 17 – 21, Lifelong Schedule, 9–12PM, Morning Watercolor loved one. For information, contact 272-0212 or dge- enjoyed our Summer Camp they are sure to like our 9am-4pm, Cayuga Nature Center, Ithaca. Spend the Studio; 9–12PM, Open Computer Lab/Discussion; [email protected] or visit www.hospicare.org/grief-sup- Adventure Day Camps. This camp provides an oppor- week celebrating winter by exploring trails, playing 10–12PM, The American Economy; 10:15–11:15AM, port-groups. tunity for children to explore Lime Hollow and have fun games, and learning how local plants and animals Senior Seated Stretch and Tone, Trumansburg Library; Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 7-8:30pm, in the great outdoors during the school year for grades adapt to the cold to survive. Themes include: Winter 11:30–12:30PM, Tai Chi, Lansing Community Library, The First Congregational Church, 309 Highland Rd., K-8th, Info., [email protected]. Signs, Mammals, Birds, Nature Art, and Maple Magic. Auburn Road; 1–3:30PM, Afternoon Art Studio; Ithaca, Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a Baby Storytime, 10:30-11am, Tompkins Co. Public Register online to reserve your camper’s spot or call 607- 1:30–3:30PM, Change Your Mind, Change Your Brain; free Twelve Step recovery program for anyone suffering Library, Caregivers and newborns up to 15 months old 273-6260 ext. 223. Member $225 | Non-member $250. 2–4PM, Getting to Know the Microbes in Your Life; from food obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulim- are invited to join us each Monday in the Thaler/Howell 4:30–5:30PM, Kundalini Yoga; Info., 273-1511 or ia. Info., 607-351-9504 or www. foodaddicts.org. Programming Room for stories, songs, and together- www.tclifelong.org. Free GED classes, Tompkins Workforce NY, ness. For more info, 272-4557 ext. 275. Little Voices Music & Motion, 10am, Ithaca Youth 5:30pm-8:30pm; GIAC, 9am-12noon; Call 257-1561 Big Book Study, 7-8pm, Henry St. John Building, 301 18 Tuesday Bureau, Ithaca. or 4pm, Lansing Town Hall. Our music to register. South Geneva St., Basement Rm 103, (enter playground After Suicide Support Group, Monthly, first & third classes provide a wide variety of high quality music in GIAC Open Lounge, 3:30-6pm, 301 West Court side, ramp door), Info., (607) 592-5574. Open to all. Tuesdays, 5:30pm, SPCS Conference Room, 124 E. a variety of tonalities, rhythms and styles. We sing, we Street, Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym Big Library Read, through March 5th, Tompkins Court Street, Ithaca, The After Suicide Support Group dance, we play instruments and with movement props. & Field Trips. County Public Library, Ithaca. Library patrons can of Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service helps those left Info., 227-7902 or www.littlevoicesmusic.com. Gourd Crafting Classes, Make a Gourd Purse, 9- download a copy of “Keys to the Kitchen” onto a per- behind after a suicide to grieve and cope. To attend, Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 5:30pm, St. 12:30pm, $50; Make a Gourd Nightlight, 1:30-4pm, sonal computer, eReader, smartphone or other call Sheila McCue, LCSW at 607-272-1505 ext 17. John's Church, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no lim- $40; 207 Rachel Carson Way, Ithaca. The classes are Android device by visiting http://flls.lib.overdrive.com Amnesty International Group 73, Kahin Center, itations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org. intended for adults; power tools will be used. Children and selecting their desired borrowing time of one, two Cornell University, 640 Stewart Ave., 3rd Tuesday of Marketing & Advertising Workshop, 8:30-10am, age 14 and older will be permitted if accompanied by or three weeks. Unlimited copies are available, and each month. Info 273-3009. Downtown Visitors Center inside Center Ithaca (171 E. an adult. Registration is required; register early as the book will expire at the end of the selected borrow- Baby and Toddler Playtime, 11:30-12:30pm, State St/MLK Jr. Blvd). You can reserve your seating class size is limited. Cost includes all materials. ing period, eliminating the worry of late fees. “Keys to Thaler/Howell Programming Room, Tompkins County by emailing Vicki Taylor Brous at Contact Graham Ottoson at 277-0589, or the Kitchen” is an all-purpose guide to becoming a Public Library, Ithaca. Playtime features a gorgeous [email protected]. Workshops are presented by [email protected] the Earth more adventurous cook and is appropriate for chefs of fairytale-themed mural designed to encourage a love a panel of specialists in each area. The program is Works Video Series, Each Wednesday beginning all ability levels. “The Big Library Read” has been of books and imagination. For information, contact made possible by the Tompkins County Tourism February 19th thru June 11th, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM, made possible through a partnership between the Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 Program. Parking vouchers will be provided. For more Lansing Community Library, 27 Auburn Road, Lansing, OverDrive, the leading supplier of eBooks and more to extension 275. information, email or call 607-277-8679. Fee is $60 for all 12 sessions, scholarships are avail- libraries, and Chronicle Books. It runs through March Board & Card Game Night, 6-9pm, Unwind Cafe, Ithaca Meditation at Rasa Spa. 7:30-8:30pm, Tranquility able. Register with Lifelong at 273-1522 or the library 5. For information or help downloading a copy of the Mall, next to Best Buy. We'll bring games on a rotating Room, Shamatha, or “calm abiding”, meditation. $5 at 533-4939. book, contact Thomas Fredette at (607) 272-4557 basis or bring your own favorite to play! Enjoy the great donation. Info., 273-1740, visit www.rasaspa.com. Ithaca Rotary Club Luncheon, 12:15pm, The extension 271 or [email protected]. food, drinks & friendly atmosphere of the cafe. Open to Pre-school Storytime, 10am, Groton Public Library, Country Club, 189 Pleasant Grove Rd., Ithaca. Breastfeeding for the Health of It!, 10am-12pm, the public. September-May, Stories, crafts, songs, special Speaker: Allison Corsi: Choosing a healthy path; The Cooperative Extension Education Center, 615 Willow Boy Scouts Troop 55, Ellis Hollow Community Center, guests, games, free. Info., 898-5055. public is welcome to attend, cost is $13. Info., at Avenue, Ithaca. Info., (607) 272-2292 or email Pack meets 7:15pm, every Tuesday, Contact Liam Preschool Story Time, 1PM-2PM, Lansing www.ithacarotary.com. [email protected] to sign up. Murphy at 272-4526 or [email protected] Community Library, 27 Auburn Road, Lansing, Join us Ithaca Sociable Singles Dinner, 6pm, Rogue’s "Breastfeeding: Plan for Success", For new and for more information. for stories, songs, and fun! Different theme each Harbor Inn, 2079 E. Shore Dr., Lansing, Info., 607- experienced moms and their partners. Fee is $15 per Candor Library Story Hour, 10:15am, Candor Free week. Free and open to the public. 898-3832, [email protected]. family. For information, and to register please call The Library, Bank and Main St., Info. ,659-7258. Preschool Story Time & Activity: Animal Time, Lansing Writers' Group, 7PM, Lansing Community Maternal-Child Health Division at Cayuga Medical Cayuga Chimes A Capella Chorus Meeting, 10:30am, Toddlers and preschoolers are invited to Library, 27 Auburn Road, Lansing, Meetings are open Center at (607) 274-4408. 6:45pm, Every Tuesday, Boynton Middle School, Music hear the story “Tracks in the Snow” by Wong Herbert to adults (18 years old and up) who strive to improve Drawing through Time, 2pm, Museum of the Earth, Room, Women of all ages are invited. No auditions Yee and then use paint and stamps to record their own their writing skills and learn from each other. All gen- Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca. Cool down with drawing required. Come join the fun. Info:(607)273-2324 or handprints and “tracks.” Sciencenter, 601 1st St, res, skill levels, and writing types are welcome. through times ice age series. Info., www.museu- cayugachimes.org. Ithaca, www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600. Additional information available at moftheearth.org. Cayuga Club Toastmasters, 6-7pm, meets every “Sit, Stay, Read”, 3-4pm, Thaler/Howell www.groups.yahoo.com/group/lansingwritersgroup. Emergency Food Pantry, 1-3:30pm, Tompkins Tuesday, 6th floor of Rhodes Hall, Conference Room Programming Room, Tompkins County Library. Free and open to the public. Community Action, 701 Spencer Rd., Ithaca. Provides #655, Cornell University, Ithaca. Info., “Step Afrika!”, 8pm, Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall, “Let’s take a walk” 8-9am, A low key walk for men and individuals and families with 2-3 days worth of nutri- http://cayuga.freetoasthost.us. Ithaca College. Based in Washington, DC, Step Afrika women with any type of cancer; enjoy a weekly walk and tious food and personal care items. Info. 273-8816. Comic Book Club of Ithaca, 7pm, Tompkins County is the first professional company in the world dedicat- good conversation. Meets inside entrance to Border’s, Free GED classes, Tompkins Workforce NY, 5:30pm- Public Library, Club meetings are the 1st and 3rd ed to the tradition of stepping — a percussive dance The Shops at Ithaca Mall. Info, Cancer Resource Center 8:30pm; Call 257-1561 to register. Tuesday of the month. Info., www.comicbookclub.org. that uses kicks, stomps, claps and chants — all linked of the Finger Lakes. 612 W State St. 277-0960. GIAC Open Lounge, 3:30-6pm, 301 West Court Community HU Song, 7-7:30pm, Tompkins County to African and modern dance traditions. This event is Lifelong Schedule, 8:30–9:30AM, Enhance Your Street, Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym Public Library, 101 E. Green St., Ithaca. Borg Warner free, but tickets are required. Tickets can be picked up Fitness - Lifelong,119 W. Court St, Ithaca; 9–10AM, & Field Trips. Room. from the OSEMA office on campus, or reserved by e- Enhance Fitness® - Juniper Manor; 10:15–11:15AM, Harmony Falls Women's A Cappella Chorus, Crown City Toastmasters Club, meets on the 1st mailing [email protected]. Enhance Your Fitness, Dryden Veterans Memorial rehearsals 7- 9pm every Monday at TBurg Seneca Rd and 3rd Tuesdays from 6:30-7:45pm, Caring Hospice T'ai Chi Classes at Lansing Library, 11:30AM- Home; 10:15–12:15PM, How the Earth Works, Baptist Church. Women of all ages and singing ability Center of Cortland, 11 Kennedy Parkway. Info., 12:30PM, Lansing Community Library, 27 Auburn Lansing Library; 10–12PM, How to Keep a Visual invited to their special Summer Sing program. http://crowncity.toastmastersclubs.org. Road, Lansing. T'ai Chi promotes balance, flexibility, Journal; 1–2:30PM, German Class; 1–3:30PM, www.HarmonyFallsChorus.com. Cub Scouts Pack 55, Ellis Hollow Community coordination and can reduce pain. T'ai Chi is also been Crafting Circle-Needlework and Quilting; 1-4PM, ICG Winter Sprouts at Mama Goose, 10:30- Center, Pack meets 5pm, every Tuesday, Contact shown to lower the risk of falls, increase energy levels, Hitchcock: Master of Suspense, Part II (Luke Colavito, 11:30am, join us for stories about nature, gardens, Dawn Thornton at 277-1051 or [email protected] enhance sleep, and reduce stress and anxiety. Wayne; 2–3PM, Enhance Fitness®- McGraw House and the seasons followed by hands-on activities for for more information. 5/class (Scholarships and reduced monthly payment Annex, 211 S. Geneva St.; 2–4PM, Current children ages 2-5 with a caregiver. FREE but donations Eating Disorders Family & Friends Support options available through Lifelong - 607-273-1511 - Events/World Affairs; 2–4PM, Kitchen Theater are welcomed. No need to pre-register. Contact Leigh Network, 6:30-8:30pm, Cooperative Ext., 615 Willow www.tclifelong.org and the Lansing Library). Presents: Cock; 5–7PM, Man to Man Prostate Support MacDonald-Rizzo at 272-2292 x186 for more informa- Ave., Ithaca, every 3rd Tuesday, interactive videoconfer- Tompkins Connect Lunch & Learn with Mack Group, Cancer Resource Center; Info., 273-1511 or tion or visit www.ithacachildrensgarden.org. ence with local connections. Info., 272-2292. Travis, 12-12:45PM, Center Ithaca Upper Atrium www.tclifelong.org. Lifelong Schedule, 9–10AM, Enhance Fitness®, Emergency Food Pantry, 11:30am-2pm, Tompkins (behind Sangam), Join us for some free pizza and an Little Voices Music & Motion, 10am, Ithaca Youth Juniper Manor; 10–11AM, Tai Chi, Titus Towers Apt., Community Action, 701 Spencer Rd., Ithaca. Provides informal presentation/Q&A with local notable Mack Bureau, Ithaca. Our music classes provide a wide vari- 800 S. Plain St., Ithaca; 10:15–11:15AM, Enhance individuals and families with 2-3 days worth of nutri- Travis. Mr. Travis will speak about his 40-year career ety of high quality music in a variety of tonalities, Your Fitness - Dryden Veterans Memorial Home; tious food and personal care items. Info. 273-8816. as a successful real estate developer (Center Ithaca, rhythms and styles. We sing, we dance, we play instru- 2–3PM, Enhance Fitness®, McGraw House Annex, For a complete listing of daily pantries, see: Clinton House) and philanthropist (State Theatre, ments and with movement props. Info., 227-7902 or 211 S. Geneva St.; 2272 Dryden Rd., Dryden; Info., www.211tompkins.org. Downtown Ithaca Alliance) and will offer some advice www.littlevoicesmusic.com. 273-1511 or www.tclifelong.org. Exploring Glaciers at the Museum, 11am, Tuesday, for aspiring entrepreneurs and community leaders. Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12Noon, St. Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12Noon, St. February 18 and Thursday, February 20, Museum of Tot Spot, 9:30-11:30am, Ithaca Youth Bureau, John's Church, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no limi- John's Church, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no lim- the Earth, Ithaca. What is a glacier? How do they October 22 thru Late April. Indoor stay and play for tations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org. itations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org. move? What kinds of creatures live near glaciers? children 5 months to 5 years & grown-ups of any age. Milkweeds by Anurag Agrawal, Unitarian Church Muffin Mondays, 8am 'til gone! Dryden Community Discover how glaciers have shaped the local land- Children ages 5 months to 1 year: $2; Children ages 1 Annex, 208 E. Buffalo St., Ithaca. Info., 60722-3471. Center Cafe, 1 W. Main St. Dryden. Different home- scape, and learn about the amazing properties of gla- year to 5 years: $4; Adults always FREE! Frequent Visit Mindfulness Practice, 7:30-9pm, Hospicare, 172 E. made, from scratch, muffins every week. Muffin ciers through fun, hands-on activities. Discount Passes Available for Recreation Partnership King Rd., Ithaca, In times of stress, the present Monday special $3.25 for a muffin & a 12oz. coffee. Fairy Tale Faces, 2-3:30pm, Southworth Library, Residents, Info., 273-8364. moment can seem anything but wonderful. The group Info., 844-1500. Dryden. Face painting & fantastic fairytales. Tuesday Lunch Club, 12noon, Royal Court meets each Wednesday to practice mindfulness as Open Family Swim, 6pm-9pm, Tompkins Cortland Free GED classes, GIAC- 9:00am-12pm; TC3- 10am- Restaurant, 529 S. Meadow St., An informal lunch get- taught by Vietnamese Zen monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. This Community College, Dryden, Fee, 844-8222. 1pm; Candor HS, 5-8pm; Call 257-1561 to register. together on the 2nd Tuesday of the month for group is open to everyone, regardless of experience or Overeaters Anonymous Meeting, or 7-8pm, Free Karate for Adults and Children, bereaved adults. Participants pay for their own food spiritual affiliation. For more information, contact Cortland Memorial Nursing Facility, 134 Homer Ave., Emphasizing natural focus, discipline, personal and beverage. Info email [email protected] or Pamela Goddard at 607-273-8678 or Dr. Nancy Basement Conference Rm B, Info., (631) 804-8237. enrichment and performance. Instruction classes 272-0212. Stewart at 607-277-0260. Overeaters Anonymous Meeting, 7pm-8pm, Just for students, as young as, 3.5 years old. Official Tuesday Morning Art Classes for Children, 9:15- Music&Motion, 5pm, Jillian's Drawers, 171 The Because Bldg., 1013 W. State St., Ithaca, email: itha- Seishi Honbu Karate, 15 Catherwood Road, Ithaca, 11:30am, Dryden Community Cafe, Main St., Dryden, Commons, Ithaca. Homegrown music classes for the [email protected], phone: 607-387-8253 (607) 277-1047 www.seihijuku.com. Please come by to sign up, or email Leslie at robert- young and young at heart! For kids up to age 5 (loose- Paws to Read, 2-4pm, Southworth Library, Dryden. Gentle Yoga, Meets every Tuesday 9:30-11:00am at [email protected], or leave a note at the Cafe. ly) with parent. Puppets, instruments, parachutes! Read with a trained Cornell Companion. Island Health & Fitness. A blend of stretching, relaxation, Winter Recess Public Programs at the Cayuga Participation encouraged! CD of original Kids Music “Planes,” 2pm, Tompkins County Library, healing visualization & meditation in a supportive group Nature Center, 1pm, Come for this off-trail hike on included! Visit www.mumotion.com or contact Miss Thaler/Howell Programming Room. Free, Families are environment. The class is offered free of charge to those the Nature Center’s 100 acres and learn about our Angie at [email protected] (607) 319-4736. invited to enjoy popcorn and drinks while watching Gru, with cancer. For more information contact instructor Nick local wildlife by tracking them. We will see what ani- "New to Cancer" Support Group, 10:30-11:30am, his adorable girls and the mischievous minions in this- Boyar 607-272-2062 or [email protected]. mals are wintering on the property and also look for Cancer Resource Room (In Cayuga Medical Center's fun-filled sequel. Getting Started with Vegetable Gardening, 6:30- shed antlers. Medical Office Building, immediately adjacent to the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Meeting, PTSD 8:30pm, CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Winter Recess Workshops For Middle School infusion suite of Drs. Garbo and Bael. This is a drop-in Ithaca is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder support Avenue, Ithaca, Learn where to site your garden, how Students, group - come as often as is helpful. Ask questions, find group for individuals in and around Ithaca, NY who have to prepare the soil, how to start seeds, how to plant, February 18th, 19th and 20th from 1-4pm, New Roots resources, and make connections. For information, been diagnosed with (or think they may have) Post when to mulch, which easy veggies to try first, and so Charter School 116 N. Cayuga Street, Offering work- 277-0960. Traumatic Stress Disorder. Meetings are every on. Patricia Curran, Horticulture Educator, will also shops in: Tie Dye, Theatre, Dance, Basketball, Studio OA Literature Study, Non-food meeting, 5:15-6:15PM, Monday at 6:30 p.m. Please call 607-279-0772 for discuss favorite varieties, container gardening, and har- Art, Videography, Science: Make a Pin Hole Camera; 314 Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, 548 College more information. vesting tips. Please call to pre-register so we can make Cost: $10/student/day, (Scholarships Available by Ave., (third floor), Info., 607-280-5721, Primitive Pursuits Winter Camp, Feb 17-21st, sufficient handouts. Call (607) 272-2292 to sign up. Request), To Register Call: 882-9220 or email: rcut- [email protected], Open to all. 8:30AM-4:30PM, 4-H Acres, 418 Lower Creek Road, GIAC Open Lounge, 3:30-6pm, 301 West Court [email protected], Please specify your stu- Open Family Swim Tompkins Cortland Community Ithaca, Youth aged 6 to 14 are invited to spend winter Street, Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym dent's name, contact information, the days they will College, Dryden. 6pm-9pm. Fee. 844-8222. break at this outdoor camp. Learn about shelter, prac- & Field Trips. attend and the workshops they are most interested in. Play Mah Jongg!, 1PM-4PM, Lansing Community tice fire skills, make wild tea, track animals, cook food Head Over Heals Gymnastics Unstructured Play- Women Singin', 5:30-7pm, Hospicare, Ithaca, Every Library, 27 Auburn Road, Lansing, Play American Mah over beds of red hot coals and so much more! Early Time, 10:30-11:30am, Sept.-June, 215 Commercial 1st Tuesday of the month; A singing circle of a cappel- Jongg in an informal, relaxed setting. Free and open drop-off at 8:30am. Late pick-up until 4:30pm - pre- Avenue, Ithaca, Ages 6mo-5yrs, Cost: 6 Mths - 1 Year la songs from different traditions, including harmo- to all. registration required. Info., 272-2292. - $3. 1 Year - 5 Years Old - $5 for current members, nizing, rounds, etc. For all women who like to sing. Primitive Pursuits Winter Camp, 8:30-4:30pm, 4-H Sciencenter Holiday Hours, The Sciencenter will be $7 for non-members; Info., 273-5187, www.flga.net. For more information, contact Hospicare at 607- Acres, 418 Lower Creek Road, Ithaca, Youth aged 6 to OPEN Presidents Day, Monday, February 17. Healthy Tuesdays, 6pm, Groton Public Library, Free fresh 272-0212. 14 are invited to spend winter break at this outdoor Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca, NY. www.sciencen- produce, Info., Ruth, http://www.wholeshare.com. Women's Barbershop Chorus, 6:45-9:15PM, prac- camp. Learn about shelter, practice fire skills, make ter.org or 607-272-0600. Ice Skating & Movie, Dryden Recration offers trans- tices Tuesday evenings at Boynton Middle School, New wild tea, track animals, cook food over beds of red hot Tai-Chi, Increase your balance, sense of body aware- portation from Dryden Town Hall at 11am and returns voices welcome. coals and so much more! Early drop-off at 8:30am. ness and well-being. Mondays 3:30-4:30pm. at 5:15 approx. Open to kids in grades 4-5, $20per Zumba Class, 6-7pm, Newfield Fire Station, First Late pick-up until 4:30pm - pre-registration required. Registration required. Info., www.ithacaymca.com. child includes transportation, admission to rink & the- class is 1/2 off, $8 drop in or $55 for 9 classes good Cost: Monday & Tuesday, $130-$190; Wednesday Tot Spot, 9:30-11:30pm, Ithaca Youth Bureau, atre and ice skate rental. Does not include lunch or for 2 months from date of sale. through Friday, $180-$270; all week is $260-$360 October 21 thru Late April. Indoor stay and play for movie concessions. Maximum of 10 can attend. Info., (self-determined sliding scale tuition). For more infor- children 5 months to 5 years & grown-ups of any age. 844-8888. mation or to register, call Primitive Pursuits at Cornell Children ages 5 months to 1 year: $2; Children ages 1 Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry, 1- 19 Wednesday Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (607) 272- year to 5 years: $4; Adults always FREE! Frequent Visit 1:45pm, Seneca near Geneva St., Ithaca, Free, fresh 2292 or email [email protected]. Discount Passes Available for Recreation Partnership produce, breads, desserts, dairy and deli. For low to Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Read Baby Read, 10am, Southworth Library, Residents, Info., 273-8364. moderate incomes, limit 1 pantry per week. Families Group, ACA Meets every Wednesday 7-8pm at Main St., Dryden. Infant and toddler storytime with VOICES Multicultural Chorus Rehearsal, 7-9pm, www.friendshipdonations.org. The Ithaca Community Recovery Bldg. 2nd floor of 518 rhymes, songs, stories and fingerplays to delight Ithaca Unitarian Church Annex, 2nd floor, 208 E. Ithaca Planning Board Meeting, 7pm, 215 N. Tioga W. Seneca St Ithaca, Info: www.adultchildren.org. our youngest library patrons. Buffalo St., Ithaca, VOICES is a NO AUDITION choral St., Ithaca. Babies, Books, and Bounce Time, 11:30-12noon, Speaking Truth to Power - Policy Advocacy for project of the Ithaca Community Choruses singing Jennie’s Book Club, 9:30am, Southworth Library, October-April, Tompkins County Library, Thaler/Howell Climate Justice, 7-8:30pm, First Presbyterian songs from diverse & ethnic choral traditions. Come Dryden. All are welcome to join us for coffee, snacks Room. Church, Ithaca. 12 Tompkins Weekly February 17

Teen Read, 4:45-5:45pm, Thaler/Howell limitations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org. individual / group instruction and parties. Seishi Trumansburg, 2-4pm. Genealogical research. Info., Programming Room, TCP Library, Ithaca. A monthly Maple Sugar, 1pm, Cayuga Nature Center, Ithaca. Honbu, World Seishi Karate Headquarters,, 15 387-6666. book discussion group for middle and high school stu- See how maple syrup is made! We will walk our sugar Catherwood Rd. Ithaca, Information call: (607)277- Women’s Noon Group, Meets every Friday 12-1:30 dents. This program is free. Refreshments will be pro- bush trail and discuss the history and the future of 1047 or www.seishijuku.com. pm. Cancer Resource Center, 612 W. State St., For vided. For information, contact Teen Services Maple production in the Northeast. We will have a fire Cornell Cinema, Willard Straight Theatre. Oscar women with any type of cancer, at any stage of treat- Librarian Regina DeMauro at [email protected] or to stay warm while we do some taste testing. Shorts: Live Action! (2013). 7:00pm; Willard Straight ment or recovery. Light refreshments provided. Info., (607) 272-4557 extension 274. Mercy Killers - a play written and performed by Theatre. Oscar Shorts: Animation! (2013). 9:45pm; 277-0960. Teen Tech Club, 3:30-5pm, Newfield Public Library, Michael Milligan, Lehman Alternative High School, Info at cinema.cornell.edu or 255-3522. Main St., Newfield. Teens, drop in after school to 111 Chestnut St.(West Hill) Ithaca, 8pm, followed by Cornell Games Club Weekly Meeting, 7-11pm, explore our new tablets and e-readers, and to share Talkback, Suggested donation - $10, Contact: Barbara Goldwin Smith Hall, 232 East Ave., Central Campus, 22 Saturday your favorite tips and apps. Harrison, Info., 607-279-6429, Email: Cornell. They play board games, card games, minia- Waffle Wednesdays, 9-11am, Dryden Community [email protected], This play poignantly por- tures games, and role-playing games (RPGs). Al-Anon, 9am & 10:30am, 518 W. Seneca St., Ithaca, Center Cafe, 1 W. Main St., Dryden. Serving hot fresh trays the destructive personal impact of our health care Attendance is free and open to anyone. Rules are Meeting open to anyone affected by another person’s waffles from scratch, served with either real New York system by making public the private stories of many taught for most games. Info., 607-255-5980, drinking. Info., 387-5701. maple syrup or fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Americans, and shows an urgent need for change. http://www.rso.cornell.edu/gamesclub. An afternoon of Horticulture, 11am, ansing Town Info., 844-1500. Midday Music at Lincoln, Miri Yampolsky, piano, Feed Your Head, 7:30pm, Trumansburg Hall, 29 Auburn Rd and then Lansing Community guest Ariadne Daskalakis, violin. 12:30 PM, B20 Conservatory of Fine Arts, A film series of great Library, 27 Auburn Rd., Lansing. Inspiration and Art - Lincoln Hall, Features Karol Szymanowski's Myths, Sixties movies and recommended for grownups and a viewing of the film "A Man Named Pearl." Free and 20 Thursday three poems for violin and piano from 1915. older teens., Info., www.tburgconservatory.org. open to the public. Reservations recommended for the Music&Motion, 10am & 1pm, Jillian's Drawers, 171 FREE Silver Service Lecture at Kendal at Ithaca, reception. Call 607-533-4939 or email Abovoagogo Classes, Abovoagogo Art Studio, 409 The Commons, Ithaca. Homegrown music classes for 2-3pm, "Is this a Heart Attack? - Signs and Symptoms You lansinglibrary.org. W. Seneca St., Ithaca, Imagine That!, 2:30-4pm; Art the young and young at heart! For kids up to age 5 Should Know." Presentation given by a Cayuga Heart Animal Feeding, Cayuga Nature Center, 12Noon, Agogo, 4:30-6pm; Info., 262-6562 or visit abovoa- (loosely) with parent. Puppets, instruments, para- Institute Cardiologist at Kendal at Ithaca, Friday 2/21 at Feel free to visit CNC as our animal volunteers feed our gogo.com. chutes! Participation encouraged! CD of original Kids 2pm. Plenty of free parking and light refreshments. many animals, then hike one of our trails or visit the Asperger's Support Group Meeting, 7pm, 3rd Music included! Visit www.mumotion.com or contact Friday Market Day, 9am-1pm, Triphammer Marketplace, tree house. Free for members, low cost to visitors. Thursday, Main floor lounge, St. Luke Lutheran Church Miss Angie at [email protected] (607) 319-4736. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca. Every Friday local farmers and Info www.cayuganaturecenter.org. at 109 Oak Avenue, Ithaca. in Collegetown. If you have Networking at Noon, 12noon-1:30pm, Simeon’s on artists display their wares for your shopping enjoyment. Band of Horses, 8pm, State Theatre, Ithaca. All questions, Info, Douglas at [email protected] or the Commons, 224 E. State St., Ithaca. $21. Limited Info., www.triphammermarketplace.com. Ages, Tickets: $35.00, $30.00, $25.00; Online: (607) 592 0510. to Chamber members. Space is limited; only 2 repre- Frugal Friday, The Gemm Shop, Main St., Trumansburg. dansmallspresents.com, stateofithaca.com Cancer Resource Center Yoga Class, 9:30am- sentatives from each business or organization, please. Every Friday all items with a yellow price tag are 1/2 price, By Phone: 888.512.SHOW or 607-277-8283, In 11am, Island Health and Fitness, The classes are free Out of Bounds Radio Show with Tish Pearlman, Call 387-5678 for more information. Person: State Theatre Box Office, 105 West State to anyone with a cancer diagnosis, but registration is will feature Voice and performance professor CAROL GIAC Open Lounge, 3:30-6pm, 301 West Court Street in Ithaca. required. To do so, call the Cancer Resource Center at McAMIS. 7pm: WEOS-FM ( 90.3 & 89.7 Geneva Street, Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym Bingo, Every 1st and 3rd Saturday. Doors open at 277-0960 or contact [email protected]. region), Live Stream: WEOS.org. & Field Trips. Noon. Play the Early Bird Bonanza at 12:45. Food & Coriolanus, 6:30, Cinemapolis, Green St., Ithaca. Overeaters Anonymous, 7-8am, Unitarian Church Gourd Crafting Class, Make a Gourd Bank, 9- Beverage available. All paper, smoke free. Admission Info., cinemapolis.org. Annex, 208 E Buffalo St., Rm 201, (enter through 12:30pm, $50; Make a Gourd Basket, 1:30-4:30pm, $3. Location: Waterman Conservation Education Cornell Cinema, Willard Straight Theatre. Downhill. glass door, go to 2nd floor then through large room to $40; 207 Rachel Carson Way, Ithaca. The classes are Center, 403 Hilton Road, Apalachin. 7:00pm. Admission: $12 general/$9 students; Willard last room on left.) , email: [email protected] or intended for adults; power tools will be used. Children Black History Month Storytime, 11am, Barnes & Straight Theatre. Oscar Shorts: Live Action! (2013). phone: 607-387-8253. age 14 and older will be permitted if accompanied by Noble, Ithaca. A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who 9:15pm; Info at cinema.cornell.edu or 255-3522. Pat’s Group, Living with Cancer as Chronic an adult. Registration is required; register early as mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Cupcake Decorating Class for Teens, 2-4pm, Disease, Meets the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month class size is limited. Cost includes all materials. Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award- Thaler/Howell Programming Room, Tompkins County 12-1:30 pm, Cancer Resource Center, 612 W. State Contact Graham Ottoson at 277-0589, or winning artist. Library, Ithaca. Participants should bring six to eight St., Ithaca. Lunch provided. For people with more [email protected] Caring for Collections: To the Galleries and unfrosted cupcakes, a container to transport them in advanced cancers; caregivers welcome. Head Over Heals Gymnastics Unstructured Play- Beyond at the Johnson Museum, 1:00-3:30 p.m., and an apron or old tee shirt. All other supplies will be Preschool Storytime. Tompkins County Public Time, 10:30-11:30am, Sept.-June, 215 Commercial Get an inside look at the passive conservation of muse- provided. The class is free and open to students in Library, 3-3:30pm, Thaler/Howell Programming Room. Avenue, Ithaca, Ages 6mo-5yrs, Cost: 6 Mths - 1 Year um collections with the Johnson's registrar, Matt grades six through twelve; however, advance registra- Pre-school-aged children (3-5years) are invited to join - $3. 1 Year - 5 Years Old - $5 for current members, Conway, including “dos and don'ts” for protecting your tion is required. To register, contact Teen Services us for stories, songs, activities and fun, Info., 272- $7 for non-members; Info., 273-5187, www.flga.net. own important works on paper, textiles, and other per- Librarian Regina DeMauro at [email protected] or 4557 ext. 275. IC Events, Music: “Africa to America,” the annual sonal collections. Free for Johnson Museum Members (607) 272-4557 extension 274. Public Seminar, 7:30pm, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Black History Month concert, featuring the African and students/$5 nonmembers. Please call (607) 255- Danby Food Pantry, 3-6pm, 3rd Thursday of the 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca. Speaker: Joseph Drumming and Dance Ensemble, Dorothy Cotton 6464 to reserve your space by 12:00 noon on month, Danby Federated Church, 1859 Danby Road, Tobias, Oxford University, Title: Species Interactions in Jubilee Singers and Ithaca Children’s Chorus Thursday, February 20. Danby residents only. Birds: From Microevolution to Macroecology. Info., Choraliers; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall, Whalen Center; Coriolanus, 1:30, Cinemapolis, Green St., Ithaca. Depression Support Group, 5:30-7pm, Finger Lakes (800) 843-2473, [email protected]. Free Theatre: Ithaca College Theatre performance of the Info., cinemapolis.org. Independence Center, 215 Fifth Street, Ithaca. Every Rice and Beans Dinner for Habitat of El Salvador, opéra bouffe “L’etoile,” in which love triumphs over Cornell Cinema, Willard Straight Theatre. An Elegant Thurs. The group is free, confidential and organized by 5:30pm, Quaker Meeting House on the Corner of adversity; 8 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, Dillingham Center Winter Party and Benefit for Cornell Cinema featuring a people who have personal experience with depres- Madison and 3rd Streets in Ithaca. RSVP or direct ques- (admission charged). screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s silent film Champagne. sion. Info., 272-2433. tions to Kristen Brennan [email protected]. Improv Comedy Happy Hour, 6pm, Lot 10 Lounge, 7:15pm; Info at cinema.cornell.edu or 255-3522. Diabetes Prevention Program, 4:30-5:30pm, Senior Dollar Day at Ithaca YMCA, YMCA of Ithaca, Ithaca. Cornell Contra Dance, 7:30-11pm, 7:30 Beginner Human Services Coalition at Center Ithaca. Info., 607- Graham Road West, On Thursdays Senior non-mem- Lifelong Schedule, 8:30–9:30AM, Enhance Your Workshop, 8-11pm Dance; Memorial Room, Willard 273-8686. bers (60+) are welcome use the facilities for a $1. Fitness, Lifelong,119 W. Court St, Ithaca; 9–10AM, Tai Straight Hall, on the Cornell campus; Admission: "Eldercare and Mindfulness", 6:30pm, Lifelong, Info., www.ithacaymca.com. Chi, Kendal; 9–10AM, Enhance Fitness®, Juniper Students $2, General Public $5. Music: Atlantic 119 W. Court St., Ithaca. The meeting is open to any- Separated and Divorced Men's Group, 7pm, facili- Manor; 9–10:30AM, Knitting Circle; All Levels Crossing (Viveka Fox, Peter Macfarlane, Tristan one caring for an elderly spouse, parent, other relative tated by Dr. Jerry Feist, Info., 277-4131. Welcome; 9-12PM, Duplicate Bridge Class, Beginner Henderson, and Rick Klein) with caller Casey Carr. or friend. The group meets every week. For more infor- Teen Thing, 3pm, Groton Public Library, Every and Intermediate Lessons and Practice Play, Seats Family Storytime, 1pm, Southworth Library, Main mation on the group, please contact Robert Levine at Thursday for 6th, 7th, & 8th graders – parental permis- Available; 9–12PM, RSVP Tax Clinics; 9:30–10:30AM, St., Dryden. Every 3rd saturday of the month. Info., the Office for the Aging at (607) 274-5482 or at sion required. Info., 607-898-5055. Strength Training @ St. Catherine of Siena Parish Hall, 844-4782. [email protected] or view a flyer about the The Bike Rack in Collegetown will have Free bicycle Room 3; 10:15–11:15AM, Enhance Your Fitness, Free Karate for Adults and Children, group on the Office for the Aging website: www.tomp- repair classes the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. Dryden Veterans Memorial Home, 2272; 11:30–1PM, Emphasizing natural focus, discipline, personal kins-co.org/cofa. The classes will be at the store from 6-7PM, It is not Tai Chi Class with Strength Training; 1–2PM, Hip Hop enrichment and performance. Instruction classes Free GED classes, GIAC, 9:00am-12pm; TC3- 10am- necessary to sign up. The clinics will be led by our for Seniors; 1–3PM, Mahjong; 2-3PM, Enhance for students, as young as, 3.5 years old. Official 1pm; Call 257-1561 to register. head mechanic, Leland O'Connor. The Bike Rack, 409 Fitness® - McGraw House Annex, 211 S Geneva St.; Seishi Honbu Karate, 15 Catherwood Road, Ithaca, Free Karate for Adults and Children, College Ave., Ithaca, (telephone) 607-272-1010, (fax) 2–4PM, English as a Second Language, (607) 277-1047 www.seihijuku.com. Emphasizing natural focus, discipline, personal 607-272-3062, (email) [email protected], www.the- Beginner/Intermediate FREE; 2–4PM, Square, Line, Polka Guest Duo: Jill Dreeben, flute, Peter Clemente, enrichment and performance. Instruction classes bikerackonline.com. Dancing; 302 St. Catherine Circle, Ithaca; Dryden Rd., guitar, 8PM, Barnes Hall, Cornell. Features music for students, as young as, 3.5 years old. Official The Crucible, Feb 20-22nd, 8 pm, Dowd Fine Arts Dryden; Info., 273-1511 or www.tclifelong.org. for flute and guitar by Bach, Hoover, and Kusiak, as Seishi Honbu Karate, 15 Catherwood Road, Ithaca, LAB Theatre, SUNY Cortland. $8 general admission, Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12Noon, well as Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango. (607) 277-1047 www.seihijuku.com. tickets may be purchased at theatre box office. For Loaves and Fishes, 210 N. Cayuga St., Open to all, no Hermann J. Wiemer Wine Dinner, 6:30pm, The Games at the Library, 2-4pm, Southworth Library, more information call SUNY Cortland Performing Arts limitations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org. Aurora Inn, 391 Main Street, Aurora, Join this famed Dryden. Join Pete for board games, card games, lego Department at (607) 753-2811, or visit www2.cort- Lucey’s Hooch, 7-9pm, Dryden Community Cafe, winery for a five paired course dinner, $100/person, games and more. land.edu/departments/performing-arts/. Dryden. Classic rock covers from the 60s, 70s, 80s. Info., 315-364-8888. Game Time, 3-5pm, Thaler/Howell Programming Thursday Night Spaghetti Special, 5-7pm, Dryden Info., 844-1500. IC Events, Theatre: Ithaca College Theatre perform- Room, TCP Library, Ithaca. Enjoy an afternoon of Community Center Cafe, 1 W. Main St. Dryden. Our all Mercy Killers - a play written and performed by ance of the opéra bouffe “L’etoile,” in which love tri- board games at the library. Ages 6-12. -you-can-eat spaghetti dinner comes with a side salad Michael Milligan, Lehman Alternative High School, umphs over adversity; 8 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, GIAC Open Lounge, 3:30-6pm, 301 West Court & Italian bread for just $5.55, with meatballs just a lit- 111 Chestnut St.(West Hill) Ithaca, 8pm, followed by Dillingham Center (admission charged). Street, Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym tle bit extra. Entertainment with Alicia Alexander; Call Talkback, Suggested donation - $10, Contact: Barbara Ithaca Farmer's Market, 11am-2pm, Greenstar, The & Field Trips. for info., 844-1500. Harrison, Info., 607-279-6429, Email: Space, Ithaca. Info., www.ithacamarket.com. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, 8pm, The Haunt, Toddler & Pre-School Storytime, 10:30-11AM [email protected], This play poignantly portrays Ithaca Fixers Collective, 3-5pm, ReUse Center in the Ithaca. Info., www.thehaunt.com or 607-275-3447. every Thursday, Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St, the destructive personal impact of our health care system Triphammer Marketplace, 2255 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca. Gourd Crafting Class, Make a Gourd Hanging Cortland, Info., 753-1042. by making public the private stories of many Americans, Jazz Dance Class, 11am, Finger Lakes Fitness Basket, 1:30-4:30pm, $40; 207 Rachel Carson Way, Toddler Story Hour, 10:30AM, Lansing Community and shows an urgent need for change. Center, 171 E. State St., Center Ithaca, lower level, Ithaca. The classes are intended for adults; power Library, 27 Auburn Road, Lansing, Join us for stories, Music at Cornell, Andrew Zhou, piano, 8PM, Barnes Beginners. Non-members & drop-ins welcome. Info., tools will be used. Children age 14 and older will be songs, and fun! Different theme each week. Free Hall, Features a movement from Ives's "Concord" 256-3532. permitted if accompanied by an adult. Registration is Tompkins County Coalition for Families, 8:15- Sonata, Beethoven's Six Bagatelles (op. 126), and J-Ville Jazzy Jumble Thrift Shop, Jacksonville required; register early as class size is limited. Cost 9:30am, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Tompkins John Zorn's do what thou wilt, as well as Christopher Community United Methodist Church starting Saturday includes all materials. Contact Graham Ottoson at 277- County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca, Join with parents, Stark's Two-Handed Storytelling (named the best origi- June 30th till end of Nov. Our Hours: Tuesdays: 0589, or [email protected] volunteers and agency staff members to strengthen nal work performed by Zhou in the first round of the "La 4:30PM-7:30PM, Saturdays:10AM-1PM. Good quality Halsey Valley Pantry, 4–4:45pm, GAR building, our community for children, youth and families! Monthly 10eme Concours International de Piano d'Orleans" in used clean clothes, Good used clean gift items. Hamilton Rd, Halsey Valley, No pantry on the 3rd meetings focus on creating family-centered services, 2012), and the premiere of Niccolo Athens's Third Karate, 9-10am & 10-11am, Kwon's Champion Thursday; Free, fresh produce, breads, desserts, dairy enhancing collaboration, and exploring policy issues. Piano Sonata. School, 123 Ithaca Commons, Martial arts classes for and deli. For low to moderate incomes, limit 1 pantry All are welcome Info., 607-272-2292. New England Contra and Square Dance, 8-11pm, all ages, children and adults, Never too old or too per week, Info., www.friendshipdonations.org. Tot Spot, 9:30-11:30am, Ithaca Youth Bureau, Bethel Grove Community Center, NYS Rt. 79, about 4 young. Info., [email protected]. IC Events, Lecture: “Your Margins, Your Rivers, Your October 21 thru Late April. Indoor stay and play for miles east of Ithaca. For more information: Ted Crane, Legos in the Library, 2-3pm, Thaler/Howell Diminutive Villages,” a talk by artist Patte Loper, whose children 5 months to 5 years & grown-ups of any age. 607-273-8678 or visit www.tedcrane.com/TCCD. Programming Room, Tompkins County Library, Ithaca. work is currently being shown at the Handwerker; 6 Children ages 5 months to 1 year: $2; Children ages 1 NOOK Knowledge Night, 5-7pm, Every Friday, “Legos in the Library” encourages children to use their p.m., Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center; School of year to 5 years: $4; Adults always FREE! Frequent Visit Barnes and Noble, 614 South Meadow, Ithaca, Curious imaginations or Lego books from the TCPL collection Business guest speaker Norm Jordan ’82, senior busi- Discount Passes Available for Recreation Partnership about NOOK? Interested in new technology but don't to create their own Lego art. The Library will provide ness intermediary at Gottesman Company; 6 p.m., Residents, Info., 273-8364. know where to begin? Join us and let us show you how the Legos, and pieces created will be displayed at the room 111, Park Center for Business and Sustainable Vintage Winterfest, 12-3pm, Pensabene's Casa NOOK can work for you. We'll cover all the basics and Library for one week. For information, contact the Enterprise; Theatre: Ithaca College Theatre perform- Grande, 135 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse. Winterfest even demonstrate exciting extras like using NOOK with Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 exten- ance of the opéra bouffe “L’etoile,” in which love tri- invites senior citizens (but everyone is welcome) to join your library card; Info., 607-273-6784. sion 275. umphs over adversity; 8 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, us for lunch and a fun afternoon with Irish singer and Open Family Swim Tompkins Cortland Community Linderman Creek Pantry, 201 Cypress Court, Ithaca Dillingham Center (admission charged). storyteller Donal O’Shaughnessy. College, Dryden. 6pm-9pm. Fee. 844-8222. Community Room, 12-12:30pm, 3rd saturday of the Ice Skating & Movie, Dryden Recration offers trans- Workforce NY Workshop, Tompkins Workforce NY, Pay What You Can Yoga Classes, 5-6pm, Fine Spirit month. portation from Dryden Town Hall at 11am and returns 171 E. State Street, Center Ithaca Building, Room 241, Studio, Dey, St., above Hickey’s Music, All welcome, Life and Legacy of Nelson Mandela, 2pm, Borg at 5:15 approx. Open to kids in grades 6-7, $20per Ithaca, Meet the Employer Session with Stafkings: Bring a mat or rent one for $1. Recommended to bring a Warner Room, Tompkins County Public Library. This child includes transportation, admission to rink & the- Thursday, February 20th, 9:00-10:00; Info., (607) 272- bottle of water and a small towel. More info about class program is free and open to the public. For more infor- atre and ice skate rental. Does not include lunch or 7570 ext. 126, Email: [email protected]. and teacher: http://vidayoga.org/schedule. mation, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) movie concessions. Maximum of 10 can attend. Info., Zumba Class, 6-7pm, Newfield Fire Station, First Preschool Story Time & Activity: Animal Time, 272-4557 extension 248 or [email protected]. To 844-8888. class is 1/2 off, $8 drop in or $55 for 9 classes good 10:30am, Toddlers and preschoolers are invited to learn more about the life and work of Mandela, visit Ithaca Fixers Collective, 6-8pm, ReUse Center in the for 2 months from date of sale. hear the story “Tracks in the Snow” by Wong Herbert http://guides.library.cornell.edu/mandela. Triphammer Marketplace, 2255 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca. Yee and then use paint and stamps to record their own Little Voices Music & Motion, 10am and 11am, Karate, 5:30-6:30, Kwon's Champion School, 123 handprints and “tracks.” Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Jillian’s Drawers, Ithaca Commons. Our music classes Ithaca Commons, Martial arts classes for all ages, chil- Ithaca, www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600. provide a wide variety of high quality music in a variety dren and adults, Never too old or too young. Info., 21 Friday Six Mile Creek Winter Music Series, 5:30-7pm, Six of tonalities, rhythms and styles. We sing, we dance, [email protected]. “Africa to America”, 8:15pm, Ford Hall, Whalen Mile Creek, 1551 Slaterville Rd (Route 79 East), Ithaca, we play instruments and with movement props. Info., Lifelong Schedule, 9–3:30PM, RSVP Tax Clinic; Center, Ithaca College. The annual Black History Entertainment by: Iron Wood. Info., 607-272-9643 or 227-7902 or www.littlevoicesmusic.com. 10:15–11:15AM, Senior Seated Stretch and Tone, Month Concert, presented by the School of Music, will email [email protected]. Matuto, 9pm, The Haunt, Ithaca. Trumansburg Library; 10–11:30AM, Asking the Right feature performances by the African Drumming and Take a Tour of the Museum, 11:30am, Museum of the Music&Motion, Henry St. John's, suite 103, 301 S. Questions; 10–12PM, The Artist Caravaggio; Dance Ensemble, Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers and Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd., The Museum of the Earth geneva street, Ithaca. Homegrown music classes for 12:30–1:30PM, Strength Training; 2–3PM, Lifelong Ithaca Children’s Chorus Choraliers. is pleased to offer exhibit tours included with admission. the young and young at heart! For kids up to age 5 Senior Theater Troupe; 2–4PM, Getting to Know the Art Exhibit “Renacimiento”, 5:30-7:30pm, Damiani The tour is of the Museum’s permanent exhibition hall, A (loosely) with parent. Puppets, instruments, para- Microbes in Your Life; 2–3PM, Internet Safety; Wine Cellars, 4704 State Route 414 | Burdett. Free. Journey through Time, share the story of the Earth and its chutes! Participation encouraged! CD of original Kids 3:15–4:15PM, Exercise for People with Parkinson’s; Baby and Toddler Playtime, 11:30-12:30pm, life. Info., 273-6623. Music included! Visit www.mumotion.com or contact 6–7PM, Beginner Line Dance Lessons; 6:45–8:30PM, Thaler/Howell Programming Room, Tompkins County Tales for Tots Storytime, 11am, Barnes & Noble, Miss Angie at [email protected] (607) 319-4736. Line Dance Lessons; 12:30–1:30PM, Strength Public Library, Ithaca. Playtime features a gorgeous we read fantastic and imaginative stories for young Newfield Library February Remainders Book Training; Info., 273-1511 or www.tclifelong.org. fairytale-themed mural designed to encourage a love readers. Info., 273-6784 or www.BN.com. Sale, 10am-2pm, Newfield Library, Main Street. Fill a Little Voices Music & Motion, 11am, Dryden Town of books and imagination. For information, (607) 272- “The Abolitionists”, 12noon, Women’s Rights plastic grocery bag for 50 cents. Hard Cover Adult Hall, Dryden and 5pm, Cornell Child Care Center (for 4557 extension 275. National Historical Park Visitor Center, located at 136 Fiction and Hard and Soft Cover Non-Fiction Only; sorry CCC enrolled families ONLY), Our music classes pro- Baby Story Time, 10:30AM, Groton Public Library, Fall Street in Seneca Falls. All film showings are free no Children’s Books. vide a wide variety of high quality music in a variety of Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the Month, Songs, of charge. The Winter Film Festival films are intended OA 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, Henry St. John tonalities, rhythms and styles. We sing, we dance, we Rhymes, Finger plays, Gross Motor Activities, for a general audience. Visitors are encouraged to call Building, 301 South Geneva St., Basement Rm 103, play instruments and with movement props. Info., Playtime. Come join us as we embark on this new if they are interested in a particular showing as film (enter playground side, ramp door), Info., (607) 257- 227-7902 or www.littlevoicesmusic.com. adventure, For children up to 36 months. lengths vary. For information, please visit our website 5181, Open to all. Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 5:30pm, Climbing Wall "Kaylee's Climb", Friday- 4+5+6PM. at www.nps.gov/wori or call (315) 568-0024. OA 12 Steps & 12 Traditions Study, 8-9am, Loaves & Fishes, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no Sat 9:30AM.-12:30PM; Beginner Climbing Fun, indoor Ulysses Historical Society Museum, 39 South St., Cortland Memorial Nursing Facility, 134 Homer Ave., Tompkins Weekly February 17 13

Basement Conference Room B, Info., (607) 591-7218; Winter Wildlife Tracking Walk, 9am, Roy H. Park use these deformations to weigh Earth’s ice sheets. Cornell Lab of Ornithology auditorium through April. Open Family Swim Tompkins Cortland Community Preserve, North Parking Lot. Strap on your snowshoes Dr. Willis has been to Antarctica twelve times and to Admission: Free; Contact: 800-843-2473, cornell- College, Dryden. 11am-1pm. Fee. 844-8222. (or hiking boots) and join naturalist and tracker Linda the Arctic twice. After almost 20 years of exploring ice [email protected]. “Our Brothers, Our Sisters’ Table” hot cooked Spielman to discover what animals have been visiting and snow, he still gets a grin on his face when he sees Baby Storytime, 10:30-11am, Tompkins Co. Public community meal, 12noon, served at the Salvation the Roy H. Park Preserve this winter. The walk will be the first snowflakes falling from the sky in the light of a Library, Caregivers and newborns up to 15 months old Army, 150 N. Albany St. Ithaca. All welcome, No held with or without snow, so come prepared for the street lamp. are invited to join us each Monday in the Thaler/Howell income guidelines. weather. Please dress warmly and wear proper Guest Artist: Paul O'Dette, lute, 3PM, Barnes Hall, Programming Room for stories, songs, and together- Pork Loin Dinner, 5-7PM, Newfield Fire Hall, 77 Main footwear; there will be some stopping and standing Cornell. Features music by J. S. Bach and Sylvius ness. For more info, 272-4557 ext. 275. Street, Serving: Pork loin, potatoes, veggies, rolls, along the way to observe the tracks. Leopold Weiss performed on the lute; Admission: $25 Big Book Study, 7-8pm, Henry St. John Building, 301 beverages & home made desserts, Cost: Adults $8, general; $20 senior; $10 student at http://nys- South Geneva St., Basement Rm 103, (enter play- Sr. Citizens $7, kids 5 and under FREE. baroque.com/tickets-Ithaca. Admission will be charged ground side, ramp door), Info., (607) 592-5574. Preferred Pairings Event, The Finger Lakes Cheese 23 Sunday for this special event: $25 general, $20 senior, $10 “Black and Latino Greeks: History, Relevance & Trail has partnered with the Seneca Lake Wine Trail for Al-Anon, 9am, 518 W. Seneca St., Ithaca, Meeting student, available at http://nysbaroque.com/tickets- Responsibility”, 7pm, Klingenstein Lounge, Phillips a second year to host a series of intimate wine and open to anyone affected by another person’s drinking. Ithaca, 607/301-0604, and at the door. Students in Hall, Ithaca College. Panel discussion on the role and cheese pairing events this winter. Preferred Pairings is Info., 387-5701. grades 3-12 will be admitted free. relevance of historically African-American and Latino a series of three monthly events where the creameries Art History in a Nutshell: Ancient Art at the Healing Meditation, 7-8pm, Ahimsa Yoga Center, fraternities and sororities. of the Cheese Trail pair with different members of the Johnson Museum, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Join Museum Dewitt Mall, Ithaca, $5 suggested donation, Info., Dryden Senior Citizens Lunch, Dryden Fire Hall. Wine Trail to offer select pairings of reserve wines and educator Carol Hockett for an art-history survey high- www.ithacayoga.org. Lunch is served at 12:15pm with announcements artisanal cheeses to their audience. The second in this lighting ancient art objects in our newly reinstalled sec- Music&Motion, 9:30AM, Hasbrouck Community starting at 11:45am. Please bring your own table serv- series is Febraury 22, from 10:00am-5:00pm, and ond-floor galleries. Save the dates for Medieval and Center, 121 Pleasant Grove, for CORNELL GRAD STU- ice. The meal cost for members is $7 and $8 for non- pairs 11 east side wineries with 8 creameries. Tickets Renaissance Art on March 23, and Baroque Art on April DENTS ONLY, Homegrown music classes for the young members. The menu will be macaroni and cheese, apple- to each event are in the series are limited to approximate- 27. Free. For more information, please call (607) 255- and young at heart! For kids up to age 5 (loosely) with sauce, tossed salad, beets, (vinegar on the side), and pie. ly 200 per event, or 20 per winery, and are only $20 per 6464 or visit museum.cornell.edu. parent. Puppets, instruments, parachutes! Our speaker will be from the History House of Dryden. person in advance. Info., www.flcheesetrail.com. Bound For Glory Show, 8-11, Anabel Taylor Hall, Participation encouraged! CD of original Kids Music ICG Winter Sprouts at Mama Goose, 10:30- Saving Wright: Book Talk with Jeff Chusid, 1:30- Cornell, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30, and 10:30. included! Visit www.mumotion.com or contact Miss 11:30am, oin us for stories about nature, gardens, 3pm, Argos Inn, 308 E. State St., Ithaca. 6 for Friends Guests: Anne Hills and David Roth; All three sets are Angie at [email protected] (607) 319-4736. and the seasons followed by hands-on activities for of Historic Ithaca, $8 for the general public. Info: different. Kids are always welcome. Refreshments One Heart Community Drumming Circle, 3pm, children ages 2-5 with a caregiver. FREE but donations Alphonse Pieper, executive director, Historic Ithaca, are available. For information, call Phil Shapiro at Foundation of Light, Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca. All drums are welcomed. No need to pre-register. Contact Leigh 607-273-6633. 844-4535, or e-mail [email protected] or visit are provided, Info., www.oneheartcommunitydrum- MacDonald-Rizzo at 272-2292 x186 for more informa- Sciencenter Showtime! Engineering – Robots & www.wvbr.com. ming.org. tion or visit www.ithacachildrensgarden.org. Tornados, 2pm, Learn to play games and solve prob- Chemsations!, 2pm, Local high school students Open Family Swim Tompkins Cortland Community Ithaca Town Board Meeting, 4:30pm, Ithaca. lems by programming a robot. Build a take-home tor- demonstrate a variety of awe-inspiring chemistry reac- College, Dryden. 1pm-4pm, Fee, 844-8222. League of Women Voters of Tompkins County nado-in-a-bottle. Join Cornell’s Science Engineering tions, including disappearing ink, floating bubbles, dry “Our Brothers, Our Sisters’ Table” hot cooked Meeting, 7-8:30pm, Tompkins County Public Library, Educational Development (SEED) for fun, hands-on ice and more! Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca, NY. community meal, 3pm, served at the Salvation Borg Warner Room, 101 East Green St. activities. Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca, www.scien- www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600. Army, 150 N. Albany St. Ithaca. All welcome, No Ithaca. Info., Flo Smith flosmith [email protected] 273-6147. center.org or 607-272-0600. Cornell Cinema, Willard Straight Theatre. Oscar income guidelines. “Mindfulness-Based Elder Care: A Model for So Percussion, 4PM, B20 Lincoln Hall, Cornell. Shorts: Documentary! (2013). 4:00pm. Admission: Out of Bounds Radio Show with Tish Pearlman, will Health Care Workers and Caregivers”, Free and Features a public reading of new compositions by doc- $5/all; Willard Straight Theatre. Oscar Shorts: feature Voice and performance professor CAROL McAMIS. open to the public, McBee’s talk will begin at 7pm, toral composers Corey Keating, Tonia Ko, and Loren Animation! (2013). 7:15pm. Info at cinema.cornell.edu 11:30am: WSKG-FM 89.3 Binghamton, 90.9 Ithaca 91.7 Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall, Ithaca College. For more Loiacono, sponsored by the Cornell Council for the or 255-3522. Cooperstown/Oneonta, 91.1 Corning/Elmira, 88.7 information, contact the Gerontology Institute at 607- Arts, Cornell Concert Series, and Cornell Crossing the Bridge to Health: A Creative and Hornell/Alfred) Live Stream: Wskg.org. 274-1607 or [email protected]. Contemporary Chamber Players. Symbolic Journey, 3-4:30pm, Buffalo Street Books, Overeaters Anonymous, 7-8pm, Cortland Memorial Workforce NY Workshop, Social Security Spaghetti Dinner, 4-7pm, Mecklenburg Fire House, 215 N. Cayuga St. Ithaca, Participants will have the Nursing Facility, 134 Homer Ave., Basement Conference Workshop, Monday, February 24th, 10:30-12:30 Adults $8, children $5. Meatballs & Sausage, Salad , opportunity to envision 'crossing their own bridge to Rm B, Info., (631) 804-8237. WORKSHOP TO BE held at Borg Warner Rm.-Tompkins Garlic bread & Dessert. health' through a relaxation and guided imagery expe- Western Square Dance Classes, Sunday evenings, County Library; Info., (607) 272-7570 ext. 126, Email: Sunburst Beauty Pageant, 5:30pm, Shops at Ithaca rience designed to assist individuals in thinking posi- 7-8:30pm, Temple Beth-El social hall (corner of Tioga [email protected]. Mall, Ithaca. tively and setting goals when facing different health and Court streets in Ithaca). This activity can be “The Abolitionists”, 12noon, Women’s Rights challenges in their life physically, mentally, emotionally, enjoyed by people of all ages. No special dancing skills National Historical Park Visitor Center, located at 136 and behaviorally. Presented by Penny H Baron, PhD, a are required. We’ll have fun learning dance steps that Fall Street in Seneca Falls. All film showings are free Licensed Creative Arts Therapist in New York State. are used worldwide, Free for all, Information, Richard of charge. The Winter Film Festival films are intended This program is free and open to the public. For more Rosenfield at 607-257-1638 or Submit Your for a general audience. Visitors are encouraged to call information: Call 844-3884, or Email info@pennyh- [email protected]. if they are interested in a particular showing as film baron.com. lengths vary. For information, please visit our website Dryden Community Garden 2nd Annual Mid- Calendar Listing: at www.nps.gov/wori or call (315) 568-0024. Winter Warm-Up Fundraiser, 4-7pm, Dryden 24 Monday • Tot Spot, 9:30-11:30am, Ithaca Youth Bureau, Community Cafe, Dryden. Contact Kerra Mahoney at visit tompkinsweekly.com October 21 thru Late April. Indoor stay and play for 216-5850 or Jean Simmons at 280-4784 for further Al-Anon, 6:30pm, 518 W. Seneca St., Ithaca, Meeting children 5 months to 5 years & grown-ups of any age. information. open to anyone affected by another person’s drinking. and click on submissions Children ages 5 months to 1 year: $2; Children ages 1 Food Addicts in Recovery, 4-5:30 pm, The 1st Info., 387-5701. • year to 5 years: $4; Adults always FREE! Frequent Visit Congregational Church, 309 Highland Rd., Ithaca. Are All Saints Bingo, 6pm, All Saints Church, 347 Ridge deadline for submissions is Discount Passes Available for Recreation Partnership you having trouble controlling the way you eat? Food Rd., Lansing, 533-7344. Residents, Info., 273-8364. Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a free Twelve Art Exhibit Opening & Presentation, 7:30pm, Vintage Book Sale, 10am–2pm, Southworth Library, Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Wednesday at 1pm Dryden. In the historic wing of the library. Check for obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulimia. For info. Road, Ithaca. Artist and RIT Professor Denis • details at southworthlibrarybooksale.blogspot.com/ 607-351-9504 Visit our website at www.foodaddicts.org. Defibaugh is interested in the aesthetics and taxonomy email: [email protected] Waffle Saturdays, 9-11am, Dryden Community Glacier Lecture Series, 2pm, Museum of the Earth, of these specimens and feels they combine aspects of • Center Cafe, 1 W. Main St., Dryden. Serving hot fresh Ithaca. Dr. Mike Willis, Dept. of Geological Sciences, both art and science. Defibaugh uses film that is obso- fax 607-347-4302 waffles from scratch, served with either real New York University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill. Dr. Willis’ lete, allowing it to oxidize and eventually become a maple syrup or fresh strawberries and whipped cream. research focuses on determining how the current and black sheet of film. His photographs of specimens are • : Tompkins Weekly Info., 844-1500. future contributions of land-based ice affect changing made during the deterioration process, creating mov- write Wedding Expo, 10am-5pm, Shops at Ithaca Mall, sea level. His lecture will discuss how the Earth ing images of preservation and decay—what he calls a Ithaca. deforms due to changing ice loads, and how we can "fading memory." This exhibit will be on display in the PO Box 6404, Ithaca, NY 14851

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Classifieds ReUse Antiques Home Improvements ReUse Center: Affordable furniture, housewares, building materials, comput- ers, electronics, more. Open daily Ithaca Antique ScottÕs Painting & Chimney Sweep Triphammer Marketplace. www.finger- lakesreuse.org (607)257-9699. Donations Center 15+ Years experience ¥ Free Estimates ¥ Fully Insured welcome. Nonprofit organization _ Over 100 Stellar References this year alone Antiques We Pay NO COMMISSIONED EMPLOYEES! Owner is on site CA$H!!! from start to finish to ensure quality and standards. Jewelry, Furniture & Coins *Interior and Exterior Painting/Pressure washing *Deck staining www.ithacaantiquecenter.com *Hanging and finishing drywall 1607 Trumansburg Rd • 607-272-3611 *Chimney Sweeping, relining, rebuilding, repairing. Wanted *Gutter restoration, replacement and cleaning. Call Scott Pepson, Owner - 315-759-0036 Better Housing for Volunteers Wanted Interactive Caregivers needed part Tompkins County, Inc. Volunteers Needed: Contact time and full time Immediate openings is Seeking Minority and Southworth Library, W. Main St., $150 sign on bonus. Stop by 9a-3p Monday - Friday to Comfort Keepers, Women-Owned Dryden. Call 844-4782 for info. Merchandise 2359 North Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Contracting Companies. Announcements PONZI'S Better Housing for Tompkins Dryden Community Cafe 1 West 18th & 19th Century County, Inc., 950 Danby Rd., Main St., Dryden. drydencafe.org Country & Formal Ithaca, NY is seeking qualified Volunteers wanted for a variety of Furniture & Accessories shifts and positions at the community- Minority and Women-Owned center/cafe. Stop in for an application. RESTORATION Businesses to bid on moderate Women’s Opportunity Center offers AVAILABLE housing rehabilitation work for employments services and computer training to low-income women of • Refinishings single-family homes through- • Repair Work Tompkins County. Contact us at 315 N. out Tompkins County. Tioga St., Ithaca, 607-272-1520 and • New & Old Contracting firms must be EPA www.womensopportunity.org to see if you qualify. __ Paul and Connie Polce Lead Certified and have 9838 Congress St., Ext. Workers' Comp and Liability Food & Drink Salon Trumansburg, NY 14886 Insurance. Firms must also be 607-387-5248 Open Daily 9-5 Shortstop Deli Open 24/7 at 204 W. www.ponzisantiques.com certified with NY State as Seneca St., Ithaca 273-1030 Heavenly Transformation Minority or Women-Owned www.shortstopdeli.com. Businesses (or be willing to Two Locations to Serve You Best Salon GreenStar 701 W. Buffalo St. 273- become certified). For more 9392 & 215 N. Cayuga St 273-8210 information, please call 607- Lunch Delivery - Free Lunch Delivery 273-2187 ext. 210 or email from the Ithaca Bakery M-F 11am- 2pm. Call 27-BAGEL. [email protected]. Employment Gifts 326 Halseyville Rd. Problems at work? Know Your BEVERLY GRIFFEN 607-387-6986 CNY Photo Gifts, Give the Gift that Rights! 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by the committee. Legislator Leslyn Consortium of Tompkins County County McBean-Clairborne, who proposed Advocate and the Ithaca Youth Bureau. the measure, said it would be a Continued from page 1 “good faith effort” to put a hold on Continued from page 1 TC3 the capital project until the study of in the county’s control and can be tried to dictate what he should do implemented by the county, an further alternatives-to-incarcera- Continued from page 4 tion is completed. She said she instead of asking him how they assessment of the impact of initia- could help, he tells kids: “I work for would bring forward the proposal million, funded through Empire tives on the safety of the communi- you. What do you need from me?” again as a member-filed resolution State development grants, Market ty and the well-being of individuals This approach changes the whole before the full legislature. N.Y. and corporate and private in the system, and the expected dynamic of the relationship by Robison opposes such a measure donations as well as local banks. $2 impact on the number of individu- shifting the power balance, opening and says a delay could be costly, million of the project comes from als housed at the jail, as well as doors that might have stayed closed “The proposal for a modest renova- local businessman and philanthro- other considerations identified by otherwise. tion of our jail has been discussed pist Arther Kuckes. the task force. The task force will Jones suggests that he’s a prime extensively by the Public Safety There is limited space in the pro- report monthly to the Public Safety example of engagement preceding Committee for approximately 18 gram and calls inquiring about it Committee, and report its findings crisis. “I was empowered to become months, and plans with cost esti- are frequent. The college expects to and recommendations within six who I am,” he says. “Who is going mates have been reviewed by the create over 40 jobs, with 26 of those months to CJATI, which will then to leave here and find a kid to men- Legislature of the whole and being part time and available to stu- transmit the report to the commit- tor, someone who is waiting for approved unanimously by resolu- dents. The first classes, which tee. somebody to believe in them?” tion. The business case for the proj- won’t start until next semester have The committee last week also Communities like Ithaca’s will ect has been well chronicled where- a cap of 45 students and TC3 endorsed acceptance of the first define America in the coming by the reduction of inmate board expects to have a maximum of 60 to year of state grant funding to sup- years, Jones says. He maintains out costs will pay for the project in 100 students in both the 1st and 2nd port a new alternatives-to-incarcer- that Ithaca can be a trendsetter, an estimated four years, thereafter year classes.over the course of a ation program, a defender-based ahead of the curve, not behind it. sentencing advocacy initiative for resulting in cost savings to the season. County of approximately $250,000 a Speaking from experience, he defendants facing criminal charges warns the audience about being in Tompkins County.The New York year. variances. The Commission of Corrections has given approval for seduced by the rhetoric of institu- CSI State Office of Indigent Legal tions that try to effect change glob- Services has awarded the assigned this renovation project, and any Continued from page 7 delay (or moratorium) may be ally but can’t seem to fix things in counsel program about $100,000, their own neighborhoods. Trying to viewed as a reluctance on the part Recent BMI samples taken down- spread over three years, to support impose your intellectualism on peo- of the County to complete the proj- stream of the Trumansburg theservice provided by the Center ple that have thoughts of their own ect. This could have devastating sewage-treatment plant showed the for Community Alternatives (CCA), doesn’t work, he states. Action is results for Tompkins County,” he stream to be slightly impacted, a Syracuse-based non-profit organi- what makes a difference, and it's says. while most other local streams zation. important not to let what hasn’t Those wishing to serve on the show no impact. Assigned Counsel Director Julia happened inhibit what could hap- Jail Alternatives Task Force may CSI’s Red Flag monitoring pro- Hughes told the committee that pen. complete and submit an application gram has its focus outside CCA, as part of a team effort, will Would Jones define himself as available for download at Tompkins County and aims to col- “humanize” the client in the sen- someone who’s making black histo- www.tompkinscountyny.gov/files/l lect baseline data related to tencing process, providing local ry in the 21st century? For him, it’s egislature/advisoryboard/applica- hydrofracking. defense attorney training; consul- not about color or a specific month. tion%20form.pdf It may also be To learn more visit www.commu- tation, investigation, and report “I’m making American history,” he obtained from the legislature office, nityscience.org; and mark your cal- preparation support for identified says. 274-5434 or legislature@tompkins- endar for April 3, CSI’s 10th annual cases; and referral information for The address by Jones was spon- co.org. The office is located on sec- volunteer symposium at 6:30 p.m. at relevant support services. sored by the Greater Ithaca ond floor of the Governor Daniel D. the Tompkins County Public A proposal to authorize a one- Activities Center, the Multicultural year moratorium on the jail renova- Tompkins Building, 121 E. Court Library. Street, Ithaca. Applications must be Resource Center, the Village at Becky Sims is the director of out- tion project, requested by some Ithaca, the Greater Bethlehem community members, was rejected received by Feb. 24. reach at the Community Science Tabernacle Church, the Diversity Institute.

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