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Cayuga Sound Fest Returns
Photo by Dana Pacifico Are you ready to rock? The X Ambassadors will return again this weekend for year two of their own music festival, Cayuga Sound Festival. The band originated here in Ithaca and wanted to give back to the community that helped turn them into the international sensation that they are now. Above, Casey Harris, left, and his brother Sam Harris, enthrall the audience at the first-ever Cayuga Sound Festival in Stewart Park last year.
By Jamie Swinnerton last time. We’re working with a last year’s inaugural Cayuga Sound here. Tompkins Weekly lot of the same companies and Fest was packed with nearly 5,000 “If we can just keep that going organizations that we did last time people, and this year looks to be the and keep on bringing really cool but we’re just sort of trying to expand same, if not more. Getting bands artists to our hometown each year, fter a successful first year, rock each time that we do it. This is the to play at a new event can be tricky. that would be amazing,” Harris said. group the X Ambassadors are second time Without a “That’s really, to me, the end all and returning home once again and, hopefully, proven track be all.” to host the Cayuga Sound Festival it will be the record, artists Among the local performers forA the second year. The local band second of many “We’re just might be hesitant who are new to the festival stage has found national fame and want to times. We’re just to join a new this year is the eclectic group Lady use their platform to give back to the always trying to event, but Harris D and the Shadow Spirits, fronted community that helped create them expand and take always trying said the reaction by Alyssa Duerksen. As a local and to showcase local talent that they it to the next from many of artist, Duerksen has been working love too. This year’s festival will take level.” to expand and the artists they with local promotion company Dan place from Friday, Sept. 21 through The reached out to Smalls Presents (DSP) for a while Saturday, Sept. 22 at Stewart Park lineup, Harris was enthusiasm. and reached out to Smalls to talk and will feature such musical acts as said, is generally take it to the Unfortunately, about growing locally and playing Young The Giant, Matt and Kim, made up of they were not bigger shows. DSP was an integral Sofi Tukker, Talib Kweli, Towkio, and bands that the next level.” able to book as player last year to creating the first Hannah Wicklund and The Steppin X Ambassadors many local acts festival and has been heavily involved Stones. From the local scene, you will are fans of. this year as last year, possibly in part this year with booking local acts. also find taking the stage KNEW, “It’s really amazing to me that due to the number of other events After sitting down to talk about No Comply, and Lady D and the now we’re in a position in our career happening around the same time. working in the local music scene Shadow Spirits. where we can just reach out to these The idea behind the festival, from two different angles, Smalls “We’ve got a whole different artists and they’ll actually take us Harris said, was to bring music that invited Duerksen to play the Cayuga lineup now,” said X Ambassador’s seriously,” Harris said. “I feel very, the band liked to their hometown of Sound Festival. keyboardist Casey Harris. “Hopefully very lucky.” Ithaca, showcasing artists they would Continued on page 4 more people and even bigger than Being a relatively new festival, have liked to see as kids growing up Also in this Issue Safe Spot program comes to Trumansburg...... page 3 The Cherry Art Space turns one...... page 7
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2 TOMPKINS WEEKLY September 17 - 23, 2018 Trumansburg Sponsored by Safe Spot program comes to Trumansburg s the conversations around senior housing developments within imagine what types of scenarios assistance when in a time of need. youth and mental health, Village limits, as well as just a high business owners and their employees Perhaps the most notable location bullying, drug abuse, and overall amount of foot traffic in will face, and it is important to would be the Byrne Dairy, which is sexualA abuse escalate, it is realized our walkable community – to have organizers to ensure participants are Trumansburg’s only business open there may be a need for a place for designated areas for people to go if prepared to help in various scenarios 24-hours a day. 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Festival Photos provided Continued from page 1 Top: Alyssa Duerksen of Lady D and the Shadow Spirits will take the stage Friday, Sept. 21. Middle: Ithaca College student and local musician KNEW will “I think it’s going to be be performing Saturday, Sept. 22 at really fun,” Duerksen said. “As a Cayuga Sound Festival. Bottom: Two musician I take on many different out of the three members of No Com- incarnations of projects and so I ply will be performing at Cayuga Sound might go play solo somewhere or on Saturday, Sept. 22. Local members leave town and play as a duo, so Charles Chapman, left, and David to be able to actually have a large Cabuenas, center, will be taking the stage for my band is really cool, stage, while third member Matt Valdez, right, will be in New York City. because it means that we actually get to take up a lot more space.” Playing in a small venue or try?’” she said. “So, it is actually really to a sparse crowd can feel a little ironic that I got to go from being at awkward to be big in a small space, the burrito stand and then looking at she said. That’s not a concern when the stage and thinking ‘Cool, I really playing to a few thousand people like what’s going on here.’” on a big stage in Stewart Park. For those looking forward to “I’m excited for the band seeing the trio No Comply, you’re because we get to just be big,” two-thirds in luck. Member Matt she continued. “On a big stage Valdez will be stuck in New York with really good production value, City the weekend of Cayuga Sound and really good sound, and for a Festival due to prior commitments, musician that is pretty exciting but David Cabuenas and Charles actually.” Chapman will be taking the stage Lady D and the Shadow on Saturday playing new music that Spirits have a new album coming they’ve been working on for several out in October, but festival-goers months. will get to hear a lot of the new “This is the loudest, and the stuff at the show. largest scale, that I think we’ll ever But it’s not just playing the be played at, so to me that’s exciting, festival that Duerksen is excited just to be at that physical level,” said about. There are several acts that Cabuenas. she can’t wait to catch including This will be the largest venue local artists KNEW and No that the group has played at so far, Comply, as well as several of the and since it’s outdoors there are vendors that she is looking forward aspects of the performance that No to seeing. At last year’s Cayuga Comply might need to alter as their Sound Festival Duerksen was performances sometimes include working the Solaz burrito truck, projections along with the music. which will be returning this year, Along with Lady D and the before committing herself full- Shadow Spirits and No Comply, this time to her musical projects. Even year’s local lineup includes Ava Knew, back then, she knew she wanted to also known as KNEW, an Ithaca commit herself to her real passion, College student from Brooklyn. Find music. more information about this year’s “In my brain, I was looking lineup and ticket options at at that stage and thinking ‘Okay, cayugasoundfestival.com. well that’s a possibility. Why not
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4 TOMPKINS WEEKLY September 17 - 23, 2018 Dryden Dryden welcomes Reverend Virginia Coakley he season of new beginnings Minister Information Form that was juggled working, going to school the reader to consider their spiritual is all around us. This past approved in February 2017. By that and parenting as the dream slowly gifts, their heart’s desires, their ability, week hosted the beginning of November, the group had looked at unfolded. Her career led throughout personality, and life experience. As theT new school year. This week, Rosh the Minister Information Forms of the caring professions, providing she processed these parts of her Hashanah, the holiday of the Jewish over 150 candidates. After reviewing post-release support to prisoners, life, she says, “I heard God say, ‘I New Year. and interviewing a small group of supporting teen parents, and working could get more use from you with selected candidates, the nominating in assisted living facilities. Still, the a Master’s of Divinity’.” These clear committee heard each of them preach dream of that degree, the Masters in words didn’t seem to fit the dream, Faces of Dryden at a neutral site before inviting them Social Work, stayed with her. or the reality, Virginia recalls. Being By Cathy Wakeman to speak to the congregation here in When school became a reality, an introvert, going to school full- Dryden. This process was among the she was impacted by some private time, working part-time and being least of Coakley’s hurdles. reading. The Purpose Driven Life by Continued on page 9 Meeting at the Dryden Rick Warren, Virginia explained, asks As Faces of Dryden began, it has Community Café over tea on a provided the opportunity to interview summer morning, Virginia, as she and get to know the people, the faces, asked to be called, shared about that make Dryden the unique place her calling to Dryden and the that it is. The first interview for this groundbreaking role that she will column took place back in July before play. Not only is Virginia the first ¢ the first Faces of Dryden appeared in new pastor at Dryden Presbyterian in 6 print. It has waited until this season 32 years, she is the first female pastor of new beginnings, where it belongs. in the church’s 200-year history. Reverend Virginia Coakley Virginia expressed “sitting with the was installed as a member of the weight of that responsibility”. Presbytery and Pastor of the First But she is familiar with sitting Presbyterian Church of Dryden on with the weight of dreams. She May 20, 2018. Rev. Coakley’s path recalled dreaming in Mrs. Begley’s to pastoring and to Dryden has had fifth-grade class about being a many twists and turns. Each of these social worker. In high school, she growing experiences has led her volunteered in a nursing home in closer to her mission and her position Brighton, Massachusetts. Here she here. discovered the patience to listen to In the Presbyterian tradition, the residents share their life stories the path to a pastorate begins with over and over again. Her dream to a Pastor Nominating Committee, get her degree in social work stayed which was commissioned in with her, leading her to work in October 2016. They created a the prison system for 20 years. She Quench Your Thirst with Endless Variety
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September 17 - 23, 2018 TOMPKINS WEEKLY 5 Sponsored by LLANSINGansing A fourth generation farmer acob Palladino wanted to be a with a skid-steer loader. all other domestic animals. I am farmer, and then he didn’t, and “I remember picking rocks embarrassed how hard I had to then he did. out in the fields – that’s quite a study.” JAnd now he is. fun job. It builds character. They Once over that hurdle, the have machines that do it now, but “dairy kids” at Cornell study dairy they don’t work nearly as well as a science and principles, nutrition, Lansing at Large 14-year-old kid’s hands.” herd management, herd health, farm By Matt Montague When he was young, the business management, financial herdsmen would ask if he was going accounting, human resources – to grow up and take over the farm, everything you need to know to and Palladino would always say yes. operate a dairy business. But by the time he was 16, he was In their junior year, the students “My dad’s grandfather was a looking in another direction. begin the Dairy Fellows Program. farmer, my grandfather owned a “I saw my dad all stressed out “You go to lectures on the dairy tractor dealership but grew up on a when he came home, and I was business, world markets, and the farm, and my dad is a farmer – so I learning how hard farming was, and future of the industry. Then, you guess I am at least fourth generation.” I was doing all the tough jobs.” go to a farm and split into groups Palladino grew up in Lansing Palladino worked summers – business, herd health, nutrition, around the Walnut Ridge Dairy at Camp Casowasco. He loved heifers. Each group evaluates their when it was the Hardie Farms. working with the kids and thought part of the farm, the financials, “My earliest memory is going to he might want to work at a camp data, and protocols.” Proposals are the farm and playing with my four every summer. presented to the farmer and, a year sisters on the big sawdust pile in the “But I knew the way I was Photo by Ellen Palladino later, the students return to see how commodities shed,” Palladino said. raised, and I knew that I wouldn’t After a bit of uncertainty, Jacob Palladino their ideas worked out. “Climbing to the top of the pile and have wanted to be raised any other decided to become a farmer like his father, “It was an amazing, interactive sliding down was the highlight.” way, and I knew that I wanted to and his grandfather, and his great-grandfa- way to learn.” Palladino would walk with his raise a family on a farm, so I went ther. Then, the “dairy kids” step into father Steve while he took care of to do it at Cornell.” the real world. the animals and ride on his dad’s lap His first semester at the college, I started understanding why.” “I am at Noblehurst Farms while he drove the tractor. He learned College of Agriculture and Life Animal science majors are now,” Palladino said. “Noblehurst is to mix milk replacer and feed the Sciences at Cornell University challenged early by “domestic animal the dairy and they are also involved calves. cemented his decision to farm. biology.” in a bunch of different things like a “It was by far the hardest class I When he was 12 years old, he “I was in awe of how much Continued on page 10 started getting paid to mow the lawns science there is on a dairy farm and have ever taken. It’s all the anatomy and, at 14, he was up early before it made me think of how everything and physiology of cows, and of school, and working on weekends and you do on a farm has a reason. In all summer to clean the heifer barns high school, I just did things and, in History of Tompkins County
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6 TOMPKINS WEEKLY September 17 - 23, 2018 Arts and Entertainment The Cherry Arts Space turns one Jamie Swinnerton stabilizing and very helpful, so it’s them things they’ve never heard of thought there was a gap here and it Tompkins Weekly been a pretty fast growth to a point, or never envisioned in the space. turned out it filled up pretty fast.’ It hopefully, of sustainability, in terms Some of these new ideas have already turns out that was a true suspicion,” ne year ago, as of Sept. of us not burning out, and economic found success at the Cherry. Lilypad Buggeln said of the near-instant 13, a group of artists tried stability,” Buggeln said. “It’s always Puppets, a local puppet theater popularity of the space. “We weren’t something. They opened a tricky in the arts. But then we’ve company, brought to the space basing it (the space) on anything space for art of all kinds that was also had wonderful supporters come something called a “crankie.” In a except the idea of ‘It seems like there O forward who really believe in the crankie, the story is told, at least in would be space for something like designed to be malleable, never staying the same for long. The mission, not only of the work that we part, through a scroll that is cranked this if it worked this way.’ We were experiment paid off. The Cherry Arts make but also of the mission to just to roll along. Thus was born the kind of making it up, so we were Space has been running full provide a space for all sorts of things, Crankie Cabaret, which was a wild hoping for the best.” speed ahead for an entire Some of the original year now, hosting everything ideas about the space have from the performances of been let go. At first, Buggeln the theater company that imagined a part of the space started it, to dance parties, could be roped off to act as puppet cabarets, sculpture a lobby of sorts, but it hasn’t installations, and so much worked out that way so far. more. They were told, as a flexible “In terms of the theater, that they were going response of the community to find the one way they like to – the artists of the the theater set up and they community to the space- would end up leaving it that was so great,” said the way indefinitely. It makes Cherry’s Artistic Director sense, to deconstruct and put Samuel Buggeln. “It’s away all of the platforms, unbelievable how many chairs, and lights is a lot of events happened here, we work. Then you just have to were just this little skeleton set it all back up again for crew. Someone said we were the next show. But despite driving the train while we the hard work, Buggeln were laying the tracks.” said the response to the Buggeln was ready constantly changing theater for a much-needed vacation has been so positive that the by the time the company hard work has been worth it. finished production of The Looking to the future, Snow Queen last year. The Photo by Jamie Swinnerton the Cherry has enough on overwhelming business of Laura Miller, left, was hired as the Cherry Art Space’s first full-time employee earlier this year to its plate that expanding or those first few months took help manage the numerous events and shows that the Space puts on throughout the year. Cherry’s growing in size just isn’t the him a bit by surprise. Artistic Director Samuel Buggeln, right, said he knows the Cherry is filling a niche because it’s been goal right now. By April of this a busy first year. “This is going to sound year, the Cherry needed weird, but right now I’m to take on a full-time employee to not dreaming of spectacular, help manage everything that was for installations and for concerts and success. Then there’s Pop’d, a dance new things,” Buggeln said. “I feel like, happening at the space and hired for small operas from Opera Ithaca, party put on by a DJ collective that in a sense, to build the building was Laura Miller as the general manager. and puppetry, for all of the different wanted to have an event in a space the spectacular thing, and now we’re So far Miller is the company’s only things.” that wasn’t just trying to sell the aiming to live up to its potential if full-time employee and things are The vision for the Cherry Arts patrons alcohol. The Cherry gave a that makes sense. To have it be stable, likely to stay that way for now. Space is open-ended. Buggeln said home to both. and constantly full of great things, “That, of course, was very the company wants people to bring “So, that was like ‘Ok, good. We and diverse things.”
September 17 - 23, 2018 TOMPKINS WEEKLY 7 Sponsored by BUSINESS Heather McDaniel named President of TCAD By Jamie Swinnerton percent in about five years, targeting Tompkins Weekly small and early-stage companies. After that she worked on managing the business retention and expansion eather McDaniel is a program, meeting with local California girl who loves businesses to figure out what they the outdoors, coffee, roller need to grow and stay local. coasters, her two daughters, sunshine, “I really love that I feel like H I’m making a big difference in our and helping local businesses grow and find stability in the area. Now, community,” she said. “I think that she’s the new President of Tompkins jobs really are the backbone of the County Area Development community. If people can’t find (TCAD), a 501(c)(6) nonprofit quality, long-term employment organization founded in 1964 opportunities, they’re forced to that acts as Tompkins County’s look elsewhere and that’s not good for Tompkins County and the economic development organization. Photo by Jamie Swinnerton surrounding community.” Before taking the role of President Heather McDaniel’s new office is still pretty sparse since she only moved in about McDaniel served as the Vice a week ago. McDaniel was named President of TCAD on Sept. 4. Great jobs, she said, gives President and Director of Economic people the ability to start or support Development Services to outgoing their families, buy homes, and drive She was hooked. When her on affordable housing and some President Michael Stamm. the need for the quality of life aspects partner was accepted into a Masters environmental work. The story of how McDaniel that make a community vibrant and program at Cornell he asked her to “They handed me some old ended up in Tompkins County will interesting. She used to think that move to Ithaca and she did. Now economic development loan projects be a familiar one to many residents. housing was the key to a strong, she said she has found the best of and I started working with businesses Back in 2001, she was ready to head flourishing local economy. But after both worlds in Ithaca: close to major as a small part of what I was doing in back to California after having living in around 15 different places metropolitan areas, beautiful and the planning department and I found completed her Masters in Urban before ending up in Tompkins accessible nature to explore, and a city that I really enjoyed it,” she said. and Regional Planning at New York County she realized there was more full of life and culture. Eleven years ago she started University, but her partner wanted to the puzzle. Her undergraduate degree is her work at TCAD as the Empire to come back to Ithaca and get his “I always thought that the in sociology from the University of Zone Coordinator, making the jump Masters at Cornell University. The housing, if you had housing you California at Berkley. She studied full-time to economic development beauty of the area pulled her in. could have community, and I lived public administration which she from planning. She put a lot of time “I was on my way back to in housing cooperatives and just then turned into her urban planning and energy into her own professional California and he was really smart, thought that was the be-all and end- degree, and her initial background development in this area due in large he brought me up here in the fall,” all, but at some point, I realized the is in cooperative affordable housing. part, she said, to the encouragement McDaniel said. “We did the B&B, jobs piece is so important,” she said. When she moved to Ithaca she used from her predecessor. Eventually, she we did the leaf peeping and the One of the biggest this experience to get a job in the started managing the TCAD loan wineries.” county planning department working program, growing it by about 75 Continued on page 10
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8 TOMPKINS WEEKLY September 17 - 23, 2018 Dryden treet Dryden S Continued from page 5 Her biggest task at the beginning is building relationships. As she has eat TheB word on the street a single parent did not met with parishioners, seem to be the pathway to community members, and from around Tompkins County an MDiv. The ordination local area pastors, she has By Jamie Swinnerton exams at the end of the gained an appreciation for the MDiv program alone were town. “People here are hard uestion: What is one thing a daunting hurdle. There are working. They have a love of you always pack when the land, a strong work ethic five separate exams, and no traveling? one is expected to pass the and a strong commitment to Q first time through, Virginia Photo provided getting the job done.” explained. Reverand Virginia Coakley joins the First Presbyterian Michelle Brackin, a And then came a huge Church of Dryden as the church’s first female pastor. member of the nominating life hurdle, what Virginia committee, shares “Rev. refers to as the summer Virginia’s warmth and Virginia explained that in the energy made her a stand out from of death. In the span of a few short Presbyterian tradition, responsibilities years, she lost her best friend, father, the rest. Her experience as head of are shared. “There is shared mission, Protestant Ministries at Holy Cross mother, grandmother, and supervisor shared power, shared leadership. at work. She recalls, “Just keeping my University, along with shepherding a There are no big ‘I’s or little ‘U’s. large church in the Boston area, gave head above water was enough work.” Everyone has a vote. The pastor is the On the other side of this process her the skills and passion Dryden moderator.” Within this structure, Presbyterian Church was looking was a 10-year position as campus Virginia’s goal is to “work with the minister and a year in temporary for.” church to be true to their vision Welcome, Pastor Virginia. Thank pastorate. in the ways that make the most This is the road that led Virginia you for allowing Dryden to be part “My phone.” sense and to share the gospel of of your dream. The best of success to to Dryden, to her new beginning — Bert, Candor Jesus Christ with as many people as you in your new beginning here. here. What does the dream look like possible.” now?
“A toothbrush and my camera.” — Matt Cooper, West Danby
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September 17 - 23, 2018 TOMPKINS WEEKLY 9 Lansing / Business Lansing Continued from page 6 to wrap working with kids into a as I can.” local families battling cancer and better future for farming. He paused. provides scholarships to graduating “One percent of the population “But a boy would always like to Lansing High School Students. For feeds the other 99 percent, and three- work with his father.” more information, call Jenn Suwara digester and a food waste business quarters of that one percent are over at 592-6705 or Melinda Sweazey at where we process food waste from the age of 50. We are going to need Lisa’s Run 592-7822. grocery stores and restaurants into more farmers, and those farmers are Lisa’s Run, a 5K race/walk in energy.” going to have to be more innovative honor of Lisa Sweazey Topoleski, It’s Your Funeral! Palladino is the herd manager for to feed a growing population.” will be held Sept. 29 in Myers Park. Donna Scott, local president of the Livingston County dairy farm. “If we get kids involved, we will On-site registration will be from 7:30 The Funeral Consumers Alliance, “It’s my job to make sure that the have consumers that are educated to 8:45 a.m. at Pavilion B and the will hold an information session cows are happy, and that the people about what we do and why we do it, race will begin at 9 a.m. Registration on funerals Wednesday at 7 p.m. at who work with the cows are happy.” and we can get kids involved in the forms are available at Lansing the Lansing Community Library. To that end, Palladino works ag industry as a farmer, or as someone Recreation Department, online at Scott will discuss how to plan ahead with the nutritionist, the veterinarian, who can help make farms more lansingrec.com, or by request at The and control the costs of a memorial and the herdsmen 12 hours a day, 12 efficient.” Last Foundation. service. days out of every 14. As far as his future goes, “there is The LAST Foundation is a not To register, call 533-4939 or “It’s what I love to do so it no set plan. Right now, I basically do for profit organization created in email [email protected]; doesn’t really feel like work to me.” whatever I can to help the farm get the memory of Lisa Ann Sweazey this session is free and open to the When he has the time, he’d like better, and to learn and grow as much Topoleski which financially assists public. to support youth farming programs McDaniel Continued from page 8 hard to run a business in this state of the abatements, as well as the development in the area, finding and that’s something that I think is kinds of projects the incentives can out where the disconnect is between really important, that needs to be part be given to. McDaniel said it would what employers are looking for and of the discussion.” be more accurate to describe the the skills that locals looking for jobs misconceptions about her job, One of the misconceptions abatements as a phasing in of new have and bridging the gap. She wants and TCAD in general, McDaniel about economic development in taxes for a business that expands, this process to be transparent and said, was the idea that economic general, McDaniel said, is the tax which alleviates some of the financial public but she’s not sure yet what that development is the same as corporate abatement process that the Tompkins burdens an expanding company faces could look like. As for the housing welfare. She said she looks at a County Industrial Development as it grows. aspect, details around what TCAD business the same way she looks at Agency (TCIDA), a public authority Looking to the future, could do there are also unclear at a family trying to manage income managed by TCAD, oversees. It’s McDaniel wants to build on the the moment. But, in all fairness, she and their expenses. She works with state regulations that the IDA work that TCAD already does but hasn’t even fully moved into her new companies trying to do great things must adhere to when granting tax would like to see more growth in the office. Creating a workforce housing within an expensive state. abatements, and McDaniel said the development of workforce housing project or initiative is going to take “New York State has a very Tompkins County IDA has actually and the workforce in general. Next longer than the two weeks she’s been high cost of doing business,” she said. been rather conservative in the year the organization is hoping President. “There’s lots of taxes. Property taxes abatements it has given out, when it to hire another staff member are high, business taxes are high. It’s comes to the terms and the amounts focused specifically on workforce
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September 17 - 23, 2018 TOMPKINS WEEKLY 11 Opinion Signs of Sustainability Electronic waste – a growing challenge By Michael Troutman, Robin Elliott making them dangerous to put in do this because of the potential for manufacturers of the equipment. landfills. Finally, electronics are a recovering materials like precious These options are growing, such as he US produces more growing sector of consumer products metals, worth more than what they the cell phone-accepting stations at electronic waste, or “e-waste,” with an ever-shrinking product paid for the device after extraction. malls or other public shopping sites. than any other country: 9.4 lifecycle. This has created a surge in What responsible options exist Many electronics can be taken to millionT tons annually and only 12.5 production of potentially hazardous for recycling or legally disposing of Tompkins County’s Recycling and percent is recycled. E-waste makes waste that is challenging to manage used electronics? Solid Waste Center’s Electronics Plus up two percent of the waste stream, Can you throw away electronics A pre-existing law, the New area for recycling or legal disposal, but 70 percent of the hazardous in New York State? York State Wireless Recycling Act, sometimes for an associated fee. waste in landfills. Increased access to The 2010-enacted NYS E-Waste requires wireless service providers like What are the best options for affordable electronics has changed Recycling & Reuse Act made it Verizon and AT&T who sell phones used electronics? our way of life, some may say for the illegal to trash computers, televisions, within the state to collect and then The best possible option for an better. The question remains: how video players, and various related take steps to ensure each phone is unwanted electronic is to keep it in do we safely and responsibly handle peripherals. The DEC clarifies the “recycled, reused or disposed of in use. these items once we’re done with law’s “computers” e-waste category to an environmentally sound manner.” Is it better to recycle or reuse? them? include tablets and e-readers as well So citizens may bring or mail back Recycling is extremely energy- While many electronic products as traditional desktops and laptops. their cell phones to providers but cell intensive and is not the green are affordable to the average For those concerned about these phones, smart or otherwise, aren’t alternative it may seem. There is consumer, they are costly to extract environmental impacts, there are covered equipment under the e-waste currently very little domestic e-waste from mines and produce. If not options. Many e-waste collection law. recycling - often, downstream reused or recycled, these limited sites and recyclers will also accept cell Private companies may also e-waste recyclers send materials resources can be lost for good. phones. If a phone can’t be reused register with the state to help overseas for the actual extractive Toxic substances such as lead, and resold, it can likely be passed into divert e-waste into reuse or recycling processes, with energy mercury, cadmium, and chromium a recycling stream where someone recycling streams. Sometimes this expended and waste generated are common in modern electronics, will pay for the device. A buyer will is in partnership with the very through transportation and processing, and some percentage of the remaining components are likely trashed after processing. Sometimes manufacturers and wireless providers have added barriers to reuse; Apple devices, for instance, remain locked to a former owner’s HOME OF 2085 Route 96 ROSIE iCloud account. This locks control of ONLINE SHURFINE TrumansbWaterurg Added , NY Sanderson Farms the device to that owner and without QUALITY PHONE 387-3701Sugardale Prime Young N Tender SHOPPING Bone In ¢ Roasting ¢ SEE STORE FOR MORE DETAILS! FOODS & OPEN: 7-DAYS A WEEK lb. lb. Ham Portions Chickens We gladly accept Debit Cards and the following: Continued on page 15 PRODUCTS 7am to 10pm 98 98 $ 68 www.tburgshursave.com Red Grapes 1 lb.
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By Kathy Russell for the environment. The current first 10 years after release, methane pre-existing health conditions like owners of the Cayuga Power Plant, is 100 times more powerful than is asthma. s stewards of the Heorot Power Holdings LLC, carbon dioxide in trapping heat. Closer to home we have seen environment, Governor have now applied to the DEC for If our society does not quickly increased flooding, especially in the Cuomo and the Department permission to convert the plant from switch to energy from the sun, water, Sheldrake and Lodi area. Can you ofA Environmental Conservation burning coal to burning gas. One and wind, we must ask ourselves what imagine the terror of the woman (DEC) are morally responsible for might suppose that would solve the sort of conditions for health and swept from her trailer who waited at a public trust - the beauty, stability, environmental problem. Not so! safety we are asking others to face? dawn in the waters of Seneca Lake to and integrity of our air, water, land, Their plan is to use compressed, The World Health Organization be rescued? wildlife and the health of all people. fracked natural gas that would come Estimates that between 2030 and Thus we should ask, whose This trust will be violated if they from Pennsylvania in trucks, running 2050, climate change is expected interest does Heorot’s owners’ plan allow Cayuga Power Plant to run on back and forth through residential to cause approximately 250,000 really serve? natural gas. neighborhoods, past schools and additional deaths per year. According Heorot Power is a subsidiary My spouse and I are sailors and day-care facilities - up to 120 trips to the National Climate Assessment of the Blackstone Group L.P., an spend a lot of time on the lake. We each day! These trucks are top-heavy and the EPA, higher temperatures in American multinational company, worry about contaminants in the and are loaded with an amount the Northeast are likely to increase the largest “alternative” investment air and are outraged to think of the of compressed gas that carries the heat-related deaths and decrease air firm in the world specializing in pollution leaching into the water of potential of devastating explosions. quality. People at greatest risk include private equity, credit and hedge our precious lake from the coal ash The DEC must not allow the young children, the elderly, low- landfill. In his “Waterfront” blog, plant to be repowered without an income communities, and those with Continued on page 15 Peter Mantius writes, “Cayuga’s Environmental Impact Statement coal ash landfill has polluted local that includes the entire lifecycle ACROSS groundwater and Cayuga Lake impact of natural gas - one that is 1. A greeting for decades. Millions of gallons of calculated with up-to-date data on 5. A type of hall 9. Planes need one leachate and landfill runoff flow into methane. 11. Wealth the lake each year. According to the We must understand how 13. The act of excit- website ashtracker, groundwater methane - the main ingredient ing samples collected at the site between of natural gas - is implicated in 15. A movement 2010 and 2015 contained unsafe the climate crisis. At the point downward levels of boron, arsenic, selenium, of ignition, methane does release 16. Type of storage nickel, lead, cobalt, cadmium, nitrate, less carbon dioxide than coal, but 17. A funny and sad mercury and other dangerous methane, itself a powerful greenhouse play substances.” gas, leaks throughout the chain of 19. After cinco Clearly, present and past owners its production, transport, and use. 21. Dry white Italian wine of the plant have shown little respect Current research shows that in the 22. Where golfers begin 23. Witnesses 25. Relaxing places 26. Of she 27. Discontinued compact car 29. Resulted 31. Large Irish castle 33. Offer for a price DOWN 20. Member of U.S. Navy 34. One type is Irish 1. Progressive decay of a bone 24. A sulk 36. Free-swimming inverte- or tooth 26. Greetings brate 2. Deliberately contrary 28. Craftsmen 38. A type of tale events 30. Mongolian city __ Bator 39. The middle of the month 3. Unit of mass 32. Did again 41. Christmas 4. Kiln 34. Sunrooms 43. '__ death do us part 5. Soybean paste 35. Start over 44. Goes with Gomorrah 6. Electronic counter-coun- 37. Georgians love them 46. Ethnic group of Thailand termeasures 38. Women 48. "Grown Ups" funnyman 7. Made the bed 40. "Snake Tales" cartoonist 52. A type of index 8. One who mails 42. Pariahs 53. A mass of rocks 9. Bar bills 43. Caps 54. Splashed 10. Automotive vehicles 45. Gradually become less 56. Kids' playground neces- 11. Breaks solid sities 12. Swelling of the eyelid 47. Goats 57. Sears and London are two 14. Asian country 49. French city Le __ 58. Strip of cloth 15. Couches 50. Exhale 59. Church 18. Stare with mouth wide 51. Homes have at least one open 55. Type of power cable
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September 17 - 23, 2018 TOMPKINS WEEKLY 13 Sports Sound Bites Interview with Little Red Girls Soccer Coach Maureen Whitehead By Tim Donnelly are buying in, and they bought in. some key personnel that are a part of ESPN Ithaca Sound Bites So, they came into preseason pretty our attacking strategy changing their By Tim Donnelly fit and willing to work for each other individual role within the game to ecently on ESPN Ithaca’s regardless of where they fit in the adjust for what the teams are giving Between the Lines, host lineup, where they fit on the roster. us. We had some very close games Tim Donnelly spoke with Everybody is embracing their role with Horseheads and Corning. I love Ithaca High School Girls Soccer every game so far this season? and because of that, we’re probably those kind of games where you go in R Maureen Whitehead: You know, stronger than I anticipated. and you don’t know if you are going Head Coach Maureen Whitehead. Whitehead’s team opened their it all started actually in preseason, to win or lose and if you play as hard season with six consecutive victories. in fact, probably before preseason. TD: As a coach, what is your ideal as you can and you lose those games, Here is a snippet of that conversation; The girls have known each other style? What are you trying to get these it’s still going to make you a better to hear the full interview, visit ESPN for a long time and, even I’d say last players to play like? team and better players. Ithaca’s on-demand PodCenter at year, there wasn’t this chemistry of MW: Unpredictable. What we ESPNIthaca.com. working for each other. It was almost are trying to do is be unpredictable, – – – working for themselves as opposed and we have, in our six games, we’ve Tim Donnelly: Let’s start with this to the team and we spent some time had to make significant adjustments Between the Lines with Tim early season hot streak. You start your before the season started, before at halftime in three of those games. Donnelly can be heard weekdays 4-6 season 6-0, how has your team been preseason started, and we talked Significant as in our attacking p.m. on ESPN Ithaca (1160 AM/107.1 able to get the better of your opponent in about that and talked about what it strategy. Significant adjustment as FM) and at ESPNIthaca.com. means to be part of a team and they in changing the formation. We have TC3 Continued from page 20 team,” Davis said. Certainly, the storied success of the Panthers program and the continued well as make the jump academically valuing of an abundance of before graduating with an associate’s local players has paid off for degree or attending a four year Tompkins Cortland. school.” While Davis is tasked Parkes has witnessed a former with using the talent he brings member of his 2017 Class C state to Tompkins Cortland to championship squad, John Rodgers, produce wins on the field, continue his playing career for he understands the reach the Panthers. “John Rogers had a that local players have to fantastic soccer career at Lansing so connect the community it’s nice to be able to watch him have with the college. “I think success at the next level,” said Parkes. having good local talent also With mindsets similar to keeps the local community Engel’s and Parkes’ in the area, the engaged on what is going Panthers understand the importance on up here at Tompkins of bringing in talent that is easily Cortland Community College accessible. “We strive, every year, to athletically,” said Davis. bring in the best local talent to mix in Engel seems to believe with players we recruit from outside that that connection between the area as well as internationally,” the Tompkins Cortland and said Tompkins Cortland Head Coach the local programs boosts Andy Davis. the competitiveness and the The opportunity to provide relationships of the local boy’s outside recruits a chance to play players. “The players come with the best of the local area allows back, on their days off, to our Photo by Darl Zehr Photography the local plays to use their bonds games and mingle in with Before becoming a Tompkins Cortland Community College Panther, goalkeeper Sean to generate a team unity with non- our players, said Engel, “They McDaniel was a Dryden Lion. The local community college has built a strong base of lo- natives. Beyond being the local see them in their Tompkins cal players who are already familiar with the area, and many are familiar with the school’s facilities as well. balance to the team, the local talent Cortland jackets and it is gives a significant boost to the play motivating for them.” of the Panthers. “It is always a good While soccer is a Dryden situation having some very good local cornerstone of Tompkins County, the Continued from page 20 of,” said Wood, “We’re not going to players that we can recruit to play local game continues to grow thanks make excuses for it.” for us and be big contributors on our to the next level being so close by. With the team and the coaching staff carrying on as if nothing has right at home and came away with a changed, the only remaining concern three-score win over Southern Hills. was about the attendance of Dryden As almost every athlete knows, supporters. While Cortland is a short there are pregame rituals that take drive, the coaches and administrators place just before the start of each at Dryden High School wanted to contest. Wood believes that the make sure that the Lion faithful location doesn’t change the rituals were in attendance for games. “We and the preparation of his players. For are putting events out there for each the coaching staff, the preparations game,” said Wood, “We’re putting are altered dramatically. “When you our own money into trying to get have a home game, you can get things people there because it is important set up easier,” said Wood. that people know where we’re In the modern game of high playing.” The hard work has paid off school football, end zone cameras, as a significant crowd was on hand extra jerseys, and communication to witness the first “home” game at devices are all relatively simple Cortland High School. preparations for a home team. An As the season progresses, Wood added level of responsibility is is optimistic about the opportunity to placed on the coaching staff to make play a late-season game on the Lions’ sure that a road game is set up and true, home field. No matter where running as smooth as a true home Dryden will play their games, the game. “It’s a little more stress on the Lions look to be ready to make any coaches to get that stuff taken care home a home of their own.
14 TOMPKINS WEEKLY September 17 - 23, 2018 Opinion Editorial Continued from page 13 not our gorgeous Cayuga Lake fuel economy is a financial dead nofrackedgascayuga.com Watershed? end. It is also morally irresponsible, From an ethical point of view, harming too many across the world. we ought to have a forward-looking Reducing emissions of greenhouse fund investment strategies. It’s run energy plan that benefits a greater gases through better transport, by Steven Schwarzman, one of number of people. Since we cannot food and energy-use choices can President Donald Trump’s advisors, rely on the federal government, we result in improved health and safety, and it employs William J. Mulrow, must act locally. Transitioning faster particularly through reduced air managing director of Governor to renewable energy sources will pollution. Visit us online at Cuomo’s 2018 re-election campaign. help offset potential unemployment. Instead, let’s use the old power www.TompkinsWeekly.com Why should the economic In January 2017, Fortune magazine plant site as a hub of sustainable development of our region be reported that the solar and wind green development using solar power Facebook.com/TompkinsWeekly @TompkinsWeekly controlled by these companies industries are each creating jobs at a and large-scale electric storage who simply want to make a profit, rate 12 times faster than that of the facilities. I agree with No Fracked benefiting only a few wealthy rest of the U.S. economy. Gas Cayuga’s campaign: No coal. No investors and the political elite, Continuing to rely on a fossil gas. No biomass. No Waste. Join us! Signs Continued from page 12 to employment and other basic needs. This is the latest installment Troutman is the former eCenter Processing electronic devices to of the Signs of Sustainability series Coordinator, and Robin Elliott is the be reused is less energy-intensive and produced by Sustainable Tompkins. Philanthropy Coordinator, for Finger more labor-intensive than traditional For more information about the Lakes ReUse. the owner releasing it; not even recycling, and is a great way to organization, visit their website at Apple can bypass the lock. So please gain valuable tech skills. Finger SustainableTompkins.org. Michael note, if you donate your device for Lakes ReUse has a job-training reuse, find out how to unlock it first! program called ReSET (ReUse Solutions to Puzzles Founded in 2010, Finger Lakes Skills & Employment Training), ReUse’s eCenter computer repair and offering free job skills training in refurbishment program accepts many technology. Participants learn about kinds of used electronics and offers electronics and computers while confidential wiping services to make helping to process the volumes of sure your data isn’t passed on to the computers and peripherals donated next user. As a licensed Microsoft to the Ithaca ReUse Center and refurbisher, the eCenter will sanitize Triphammer ReUse Center daily. data from laptop and desktop Have questions about Finger computers, install a new operating Lakes ReUse’s eCenter policies system, and sell systems at affordable or offerings? Find out more at prices back to the community. This ithacareuse.org/ecenter or email serves to increase access to electronics eCenter Program Coordinator that are increasingly becoming Lonnie Hinkle at lonnie@ required for all citizens to have access fingerlakesreuse.org.
September 17 - 23, 2018 TOMPKINS WEEKLY 15 Groton Sponsored by Groton alumnus motors his childhood dream to reality or as long as he can remember, from Alfred State College in the according to Groton High field of collision repair and paint School alumnus, Logan basics, where he graduated at FWannall `10, owning his own auto the top of his class, to where he body shop has been his dream. Just is today. a few short months ago, Wannall While in high school, realized the fruition of that dream as Wannall also competed in he opened the doors to Epiq Auto; a the Skills USA competition, full collision and general maintenance placing first in the state, and later fourth in the nation, and Groton was named the 2010 T-S-T BOCES Career and Technical on the Inside Education Student of the Year. By Linda Competillo All that experience gleaned him continuous employment at local body shops ever since. He was shop, located at 458 Champlin Rd. also able to purchase his own Photo by Linda Competillo It will be hard to miss the new Epic Auto shop in Groton. Just look for the 1935 V-8 Ford Wannall’s success is clearly the home at the ripe young age of grain truck, pictured here, that owner and operator Logan Wannall placed outside with all result of hard work and belief in his 22! his business information. It has always been Wannall’s dream to own his own auto body dream, coupled with the many ups As the keynote speaker shop. and downs he experienced getting at the 2018 CTE awards from graduation from Groton, ceremony, Wannall told the yourselves. And are you going to fail You are your greatest tool and it is up earning his completer certificate in audience, “Nobody can sit here and at some point? More than likely, but to you to keep that tool as sharp as it the Auto Body program from the figure your life out for you. That’s that’s not a reason to be afraid of it can possibly be at all times.” Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of something you need to put your or not to try. Follow your heart and If all of this were not enough, Cooperative Services and his AAS own head down and figure out for everything else will fall into place. Wannall also gives his time to the Groton Fire Department as a volunteer firefighter, which he has also been involved with since his high school days. In 2015, he received SPONSORED BY the prestigious “Firefighter of the Year” award. Then fire chief, Jamie Babcock, outlined the contributing factors to Wannall’s being chosen for that honor. Babcock said Wannall not only completed his Continued on page 17
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September 17 - 23, 2018 TOMPKINS WEEKLY 17 aircraft industry arose in Ithaca, just state-wide perspectives in terms of 1966 Trumansburg Rd before and during the First World development goals and strategies. DATE: Saturday, September 22 September 17 War, and how that new industry Doors open at 6:30 p.m. TIME: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Trumansburg Community Chorus came to produce the 'Tommy', an MORE INFO: The event will host Rehearsals advanced trainer used by the U.S. an outdoor vendor village with WHERE: Jacksonville Methodist Army to train U.S. pilots bound for many local and regional vendors Church, 1869 Trumansburg Rd, France. The talk will be given by Jim and practitioners sharing their heal- Jacksonville Rundle, Board member of Ithaca ing knowledge, skills and products. DATE: Monday, September 17 Aviation Heritage Foundation. There will be educational and move- TIME: 7 to 9 p.m. ment workshops and live music MORE INFO: Do you like to happening throughout the day, out- sing? Come join the Trumansburg September 19 doors under a tent and in a pavilion, Community Chorus! Directed by Cover Crops for the Home Garden as well as inside the Lakshmi studio. Alice Ploss, rehearsals for the fall WHERE: Cornell Cooperative Workshop & music schedules for session will begin on Sept. 17. They Extension of Tompkins County, 615 Saving, Investing and Planning for the day will be available in early will meet each Monday from 7 to Willow Ave, Ithaca Retirement September. Lunch will be available 9 p.m. at the Jacksonville Meth- DATE: Wednesday, September 19 WHERE: Southworth Library, 24 for purchase at the event. odist Church, 1869 Trumansburg TIME: 6 to 8 p.m. W Main St, Dryden Rd, Jacksonville, NY. New mem- MORE INFO: Reduce your car- DATE: Thursday, September 20 Fabulous Fifteenth Birthday Party bers who like to sing are welcome, bon footprint and enhance your soil TIME: 6:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Paleontological Research regardless of formal experience. all at once! Planting cover crops in MORE INFO: Jeremy will con- Institution and its Museum of the The fee is $40 for adults and $25 your garden is a cost effective form sider the following topics: Creating Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd for students. An optional extra $20 of nutrition and organic matter and Your Personal Retirement Plan, DATE: Saturday, September 22 would help to purchase music. For keeps your soil, water, and nutrients Retirement Accounts and Income TIME: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. more information, see tburgchorus. from running off. Come learn which Sources, Investments, Managing MORE INFO: A fifteenth birthday com. cover crops do well in our area Risk, and Asset Allocation, Intro- party of Jurassic proportions fea- and which ones work best for your duction to Estate Planning. turing fifteen fabulous features of garden situation. We'll cap off the the Museum of the Earth! Female evening with a hand-on cover crop Paleontologists, Fossils, Fins, Flip- planting demonstration in the CCE September 21 pers, Feathers, Ferns, Femurs and garden. Comedian DeAnne Smith lots of Fun! Fill your frontal lobes WHERE: Hangar Theater, 801 with fascinating facts, enjoy free Join Groton Cub Scout Pack 10 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca admission, partake in fun activities WHERE: Groton Elementary DATE: Friday, September 21 for the whole family, and try a fork- School TIME: 8 to 10 p.m. ful of Cecil’s favorite food- birth- DATE:Wednesday, September 19 MORE INFO: DeAnne Smith, day cake! TIME: 5:30 to 7 p.m. with a Netflix Special coming out MORE INFO: All boys and girls in in January 2019 and a Canadian Mystery Art Class grades Kindergarten to 5th grade Comedy Award winner, has per- September 23 WHERE: Newfield Public Library, can join the Groton Cub Scout formed at Just for Laughs, JFL42, Ithaca Porchfest 2018 198 Main St, Newfield Pack 10 on September 19th at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, WHERE: Fall Creek and Northside DATE: Monday, September 17 5:30pm at the Groton Elemen- Melbourne International Comedy neighborhoods of Ithaca TIME: 6 to 8 p.m. tary School Cafeteria. Cost is $15 Festival, the New Zealand Interna- DATE: Sunday, September 23 MORE INFO: Come to the Li- for 4 months of registration and tional Comedy Festival, Edinburgh TIME: 12 to 6 p.m. brary to find out what materials and Boys Life Magazine. Fundraising & Fringe Festival, and the Iceland MORE INFO: Porchfest is a free techniques that will be featured in financial assistance is available. 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Visioning Alternative Futures of Watch Fire bands to make it happen in Sep- WHERE: The History Center in the Community WHERE: Lansing Myers Park tember of that year. The number Tompkins County WHERE: Tompkins County Public DATE: Friday, September 21 of bands has increased every year DATE: Tuesday, September 18 Library TIME: 7 p.m. since then, with 185 in 2016. TIME: 7 to 8:20 p.m. DATE: Thursday, September 20 MORE INFO: A symbolic fire will MORE INFO: From Thomas TIME: 7 to 8:30 p.m. be at Meyers Park in the Town of Brothers Aeroplane Company to MORE INFO: Two panels will re- Lansing, New York, in the hopes Thomas-Morse S-4 Scout, 1910- view at how local government, non- that those who are still listed as 18: The Origins of Ithaca's Aircraft profits and businesses make plans Missing in Action from our many Industry" talk by James Rundle. that shape the future. One panel wars will fine their way home. On Sept. 29 an original 'Tommy' will address history of change and S-4B Scout, built in Ithaca in 1918 a second panel will briefly highlight and recently restored by local vol- new local comprehensive plans. September 22 unteers, is scheduled to fly at the Paul Beyer, Director of Smart Finger Lakes Health Fair Tompkins County Regional Airport. Growth New York State, will share WHERE: Lakshmi Living Arts, This talk tells the story of how an Submitting calendar events Non-profits, churches, schools and organizations are welcome to submit calendar listings to [email protected]
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Mark Shelley With three more scheduled “home” Tompkins Weekly games slated to be played at SUNY Cortland’s facility, Head Coach Justin or many teams, road games Wood instructed his players to go provide a tough challenge. A about business as usual. “It doesn’t new locker room, a new field, matter where we play, we have to and the travel can cause confusion treat every field like it’s our home F field,” Wood told his team, “We have and disorientation for some. The relief of returning to the comfort of to treat every game like it’s a game one’s home facilities is a staple of any we have to win and not be worried sport, especially football. In the case about where we are.” of the 2018 Dryden Lions, there is no While there are many differences comfort. There are no “home” games. between Dryden’s facility and a With the renovations taking college stadium, Wood and his place at Dryden High School to staff are making the most of nearby improve facilities, the decision was location. “We’re keeping things made to move any home games as close to a home game as we for the 2018 football season to can, being only 15 minutes from other area locations. After careful Cortland,” Wood said. considerations, Dryden decided to Because of the short commute play their home games in the nearby to the game field, the Lions are able city of Cortland. This decision came to use their own lockers at Dryden amidst delays in renovations that High School before taking the bus to would force the Lions to relocate Cortland. “Things in life aren’t going their first home game. To avoid to go your way…you have to embrace any changes in the progress of the it and control what you can,” said renovations and to keep the season Wood. as fluid as possible, the athletic Wood’s lesson certainly has not administration decided to relocate all fallen on deaf ears, as his team has scheduled home games. Photo by Alex LeMay controlled what they can, so far. In Cody Senecal, left, Garet Marsh, middle (partially obscured), and Brandon their first “home” game, the Lions felt With a “home” game already in Mailler, right, enter Cortland High School where they played their first “home” the books, the Lions have already game. While the Dryden High School football field is under construction the played at one of their homes away team will be playing their home games 15 minutes away in Cortland. Continued on page 14 from home, Cortland High School. A local program fueled by local talent
Mark Shelley program certainly has Tompkins Weekly paid off. The Panther 2018 roster slots four or a large number of former Lions; Sean high school athletes, McDaniel, Liam the idea of playing Moneypenny Hall, Jake beyond graduation is simply Lewis, and Marcus F Gonzalez. Engel a dream, with many never having that opportunity. believes that beyond For many local boy’s soccer the familiar feel to players, that dream becomes Tompkins Cortland, a reality on the Tompkins he believes that some Cortland Community go to the junior college College Men’s Soccer team. to work on figuring For years, the local out what academic and area has been a hotbed for athletic endeavors they competitive and successful wish to pursue before high school soccer for both they commit to four- boys and girls. With two year institutions. Tompkins County high Benji Parkes, the schools ranked among coach of the Lansing the elite in the New York Bobcats, also feels that State Sportswriters Poll the location and the on the boy’s side and a facilities bring about an state championship to the Photo by Darl Zehr Photography interest in Tompkins Lansing Bobcats in 2017, John Rogers, a graduate of Lansing High School, is one of several local soccer players who has found success Cortland. “I think it’s boy’s soccer has become at the college level at Tompkins Cortland Community College. close to home for a a staple of life in the area. lot of kids and they While the high school game sports scene. In all, seven of the and the soccer program because of a have great facilities on is excelling, the question arises: What Men’s Soccer players that suit up for familiarity with the facilities. “I think campus so it makes it an easy choice happens to these talented athletes the Panthers are graduates of local the facility is one of the top facilities to try out the next phase of their upon graduation? Tompkins County schools, including in the area,” Engel said, “We usually life after high school,” said Parkes, As of the start of the 2018 Dryden, Lansing, and Ithaca. play at least a game up there a year so “Tompkins Cortland has always been Men’s Soccer season, The Tompkins While the thought of a local they get a picture of what it looks like a great program for players to get Cortland Community College college setting may be appetizing to and feels like to be up there ahead of introduced to the college game as Panthers bolstered a roster with some, Dryden Boy’s Soccer Coach time.” many names that would ring familiar Laszlo Engel believes that his players This formula for developing Continued on page 14 with anyone following the local have some extra pull to the school a fondness for the school and the 20 TOMPKINS WEEKLY September 17 - 23, 2018