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Policing Reimagined? ��8 The City of Ithaca’s Reimagining Public Safety task force has proposed a revamped Department of Community Safety.

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owntown Ithaca’s 24th Annual Chili Cook-Off attendees and judges have spoken. The Chili CookOff winners along with the second- and third-place runners up of this year’s highly competitive cook-off are as follows: People’s Choice Winner: Covered Bridge Market (based in Newfield) Best Presentation Winner: Luna Inspired Street Food Best Meat (voted by judges) Winner: Seabring Inn (based in Newfield) 2nd place: Lansing Deli 3rd place: Ithaca Ale House Best Vegetarian Winner: Kilpatrick’s Publick House 2nd place: Lucky Hare/Babes Burgers 3rd place: Zocalo Best Vegan Winner: Youth Entrepreneurship Market/Southside Community Center 2nd place: Gorgers 3rd place: Viva Taqueria & Cantina Best Chili-Inspired Item Winner: Gorgers Subs 2nd place: Loaves & Fishes 3rd place: Mojos Hot Sauce Best Beverage Winner: Monks on the Commons 2nd place: Ithaca Ale House 3rd place: New York Cider Company “We thank our participants for creating some of the best-tasting and most innovative chilis and chili-inspired items ever,” Scott Rougeau, special events director for the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, said. “We also thank everyone who came out to sample the impressive selection of chilis and chili-inspired items. Plus, we’re grateful to our sponsors Maguire Hyundai Subaru Genesis and Tioga State Bank for making this event possible. We hope to see everyone again next year.”

So serendipitous �� 11 Elizabeth Holloway finds the perfect space on Aurora Street for her resale shop.

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1Swimmers bravely run into the lake at a previous polar plunge

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Benefit from cold water swimming at the Special Olympics polar plunge

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he last thing people think about during the winter is outdoor swimming, but every year, the Special Olympics holds polar plunges across the world to fundraise money for special needs athletes to achieve their goals. Plunging into the wintry waters is not only beneficial because you are helping raise money for a good cause, but it can be beneficial to your physical body as well. Ithaca hosts the Ithaca Polar Plunge this year on March 26, and people are excited to plunge after last year’s event was virtual due to COVID-19. Michaela Darbyshire began interning with Special Olympics in January 2019 and started working with the Ithaca Polar

Plunge during her internship. Darbyshire is now the associate director of development for Special Olympics and said she enjoys working with the organization, especially when the polar plunge comes around the corner. “It’s not everyday that you can say you got to jump into a lake in the middle of the winter and the benefit of it, though not physical or mental, is that it supports our athletes,” she said. Darbyshire has not done the plunge herself just yet, but Kevin McCord is on the Special Olympics committee and he has participated in the Ithaca Polar Plunge several times. McCord said his favorite

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▶ Taking the LEAD Travis Brooks, deputy director of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), announced the official launch of the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) initiative in Ithaca. LEAD is an evidencebased systems approach that began in Seattle, Washington in 2011. It allows LEAD officers

thing about the plunge is raising money for the Special Olympics, but he also enjoys the feeling the plunge gives him. “[It] is just the adrenaline and stuff about jumping into this cold water,” he said. McCord said that he feels his physical body gets immediate benefits from this kind of cold-water immersion. “It does give you a natural high,” he said. “Once you get into that water, and the first thing that happens when you enter that water is your feet freeze, boom, done. And then you venture more and once your feet freeze and you feel that cold water, it’s like your adrenaline just goes skyrocketing.” McCord said when he does the plunge he goes up until his neck and stays in for 30 seconds to one minute. “There’s so many things

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to redirect individuals engaged in misdemeanor crimes to community-based services instead of prosecution and incarceration. “Ithaca is not without remarkable social service and criminal justice programs. In fact, Ithaca is known for its progressive forward-thinking and innovative systems of care” says Brooks. “Unlike current models,

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the goal of LEAD is to improve public health and public safety by reducing future harm and criminal behavior caused by individuals engaged in crimes related to unmet behavioral health needs.” The Ithaca LEAD Program follows the proven and successful LEAD model with exceptions to meet the specific needs of the Ithaca community.

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