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s a bit of a rule, the Ithaca City School District Board of Education attempts to meet with the building leaders of each of its dozen schools each year in order to get the pulse of what is happening within them. This week’s meeting, with the principals of two of its rural elementary schools in Caroline and Enfield, offered quite the update for outsiders on the happenings-on in the district’s smallest school building. Filling the main board room of the district’s administrative offices, the Enfield community showed up in force to demand action be taken after years of questions surrounding school safety and discipline came to a head following the recent dismissal of a teacher there. Both parents of students and former staff at Enfield Elementary spoke for close to one hour on what was described as an undisciplined learning environment at the school, describing a setting that offered little to no recourse or support available to teachers to maintain discipline. Numerous parents spoke to high turnover among the faculty and, for the teachers, many shared stories of students f lipping desks, punching and spitting on teachers, bullying other students (some of which, parents said, was noted as “an act of aggression,” rather than bullying, which is defined differently under the anti-bullying Dignity For All Students Act of 2010) and being generally disruptive to others. And through all this, teachers and support staff were offered few options for discipline: no suspension, no phone calls home, nothing. “I would go home crying,” one former staff member shared. “And the kids who saw this happening would have issues with it too. If you want to have a blind eye to what is happening over there and pretend everything is all hunky dory, it is not. Something needs to happen.” Several former staff members stated that they had experienced physical attacks from children and, under this environment, a number of teachers had been let go as a result of

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The week of March 12 was one where the national debate around gun control was felt profoundly in the City of Ithaca. Highlighted by a student-led walk-out at area schools on Wednesday, local law enforcement this week intervened in an operation in Collegetown the Cornell Daily Sun said “potentially saved lives,” after arresting a former student for posession of an explosive device and a firearm he, unable to purchase himself, had commissioned a friend to purchase for him. Police were eventually tipped off by a Wal-Mart employee who noted the student, 20-year-old Maximillien Reynolds, had purchased a large quantity of ammunition. According to reports, Reynolds suffers from a mental illness and faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. At the national level, another school shooting – this time at a Maryland High School – took place on Tuesday, injuring seven.. (Photo: Casey Martin)

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ome of us may have a hard time feeling warm and welcome surrounded on three sides by f irearms. But Jamie Anderson, owner of BoltWorks Tactical Firearms in Dryden, is as welcoming as they come. With a disarming smile and firm handshake, Anderson has a charm and articulate succinctness that makes it no secret why he’s become an authority on firearms among the local press. Self-made as a businessman, Anderson has become Tompkins County’s equivalent of a muni-

tions guru. He wants people to have a thorough understanding of the firearms he sells – both their utility and their functionality – and is looked to not just as a solid source of information for the public, but for those looking to make a smart purchase in an industry that generates $11 billion in sales each year. They get all sorts here, “from bankers to bikers,” paying with anything from an American Express Black Card to the everyman with $200 saved up over several years to buy a gun of their own.

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“We have people who drive four hours to see us because of the service we provide,” Anderson said. “We have a lifetime warranty with everything we sell that makes people come a long way to do business with us.” In the inventory at any given time: 100 brand new handguns (and 50-75 used ones), 100-125 new long guns (and roughly 100 used ones) not to mention various scopes, sights, knives and ammunition of any caliber you can think of, the purchase of which is facilitated specifically to suit your needs. BoltWorks’ customer service is second-to-none, Anderson said, working to find what your needs are, learning about their continued on page 4

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and I started talking about the ongoing tragedy of what gun violence is doing to our country. With a child in middle school and another in college, I myself feel the constant fear that someone will pick up a gun and enter one of their classrooms and forever change life as I know it. I cannot imagine the agony of losing a child and I grieve for the parents and families who have lost their children to gun

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violence. This recurrence of violence in our schools is not acceptable. The march itself will start at 2 p.m. on Saturday somewhere downtown. (Permitting is still being organized with the city.) If it’s anything like the Women’s March more than one year ago, the crowd shouldn’t be too hard to find out there.

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clients and making suggestions for one’s personal needs – be it sport, hunting, or self-defense. “You can’t buy a sledgehammer to build a birdhouse,” he likes to say, and just like any tool, no one gun is going to be good for every purpose: people want to feel safe, and Anderson says he feels it’s his responsibility to make sure they’re properly and adequately equipped. “Everybody right now, especially in today’s political climate, will tell you there’s no reason to have a firearm in the home or as personal protection, because you always have the police,” he said. “I could call 911 if my kitchen’s on fire, but it definitely helps a lot more to have a fire extinguisher on hand. Running away is not always an option” “A gun in the hand,” he added, “is always gonna be better than a pol ice depa r t ment on t he phone.” Anderson has always had guns in his life. He still remembers his first deer, shot with an old 20 gauge Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight, and ever since he was a teenager, he’s always wanted to build guns and make them better – a better sight, a better grip, a better trigger. In time, (he started building guns at the age of 16) Anderson became more and more skilled and in the circuit at local gun ranges, people would talk. Gradually, he began to gain a following and, on December 5, 2012, BoltWorks officially opened for business. “It wasn’t supposed to be overly big,” Anderson said. “It was mostly going to be nights and weekends, something we did on the side of our jobs.” The year after opening, the SAFE Act was passed by the New York State Legislature. Its restrictions on the weapon

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he specialized in – the AR-15 – Anderson initially thought his business, which was built completely around building that very gun, was threatened. But the free market, it seems, doesn’t slow for anyone. Word began to spread regionally of the shop that could build a SAFE Act compliant AR-15 and, every night when he came home, Anderson would pull in his driveway with three or four cars already in his driveway, waiting for him to open up for the night. It was at that time he left a “very very good” job, working as a highway supervisor for the New York State Department of Transportation and took the plunge to work on guns full-time. And the pay-off, he said, was immediate: today, even with five employees in the shop full-time, BoltWorks can typically have a 15-minute wait before someone gets attended to. For what they offer, it’s no surprise: BoltWorks has a full machine shop both on-premises and in a van as part of their mobile facility that allows them to attend range days and fulfill contracts all across the Northeast, from local police departments to the Rhode Island State Police, which BoltWorks recently won a contract with. They can take someone’s idea for what they want and make it happen – within reason – almost immediately, and make repairs or tweaks to anything you would want based on your needs. (The shop currently has “hundreds” of guns in the shop for repair, he said.) When they were first starting out, the shop even used to offer workshops but, due to their demand in the shop, the shop has left that largely to the local gun ranges who regularly offer gun safety courses, donating them guns to give people something to learn on.

That’s not to say they aren’t a lready busy enoug h. The hands-on work with customers to learn their gear is often intensive at the point-of-sale and, before that point, the paperwork is intensive, particularly now that the business has reached a point where they can sell 30-40 guns on a typical Saturday. Behind the counter, Anderson pulls a tote from a collection an upper shelf, filled to the brim with meticulously filed paperwork – all the background checks the shop had conducted in just two months – and every Monday, Anderson’s staff set to work chipping away at the pile of papers they file through each week to bring the business in compliance with New York State law. There is a disconnect between them and anti-gun advocates, he notes, and overcoming that divide remains a challenge. Anderson has attempted to connect with local politicians and invite them to his shop with mixed-success and his job, consistently, is about educating people on what the guns do as much as it is about selling them. But ultimately, he sees his passion – and livelihood – not just as a legal right, but as a right to be protected in line with any other amendment in the Bill of Rights. Bad people who want guns will get guns, he said, and he maintains the mantra that many gun advocates hold true to: “the only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” “The Constitution isn’t about deer hunting. It’s a living, breathing document,” he said. “This AR-15 is as important to the Second Amendment as that tape recorder is to the Freedom of the Press.” –Nick Reynolds

he Tompkins County Housing Committee recently learned several specifics surrounding the compromise required to achieve affordable housing stock in new development as well as some of the more creative funding ideas that might be needed to get affordable units online in what has been characterized as a fiscal compromise between public and private. The trade-off at hand: The county’s willingness to accept less in taxes in return for developers to reap less profit, even with the assumption the level of demand at the top of the market is high enough that their pricier rooms will be filled, regardless of price. While Tompkins County government is still pursuing clarity on what it legally can – and cannot – do to finance affordable housing projects, IURA director Nels Bohn and Tompkins County Area Development’s Heather McDaniel were on hand to discuss some potential financial solutions that have been suggested to encourage new, larger-scale affordable housing development in the city’s downtown core, including a revamped tax abatement policy. Expected to be introduced in a memo to the city’s Planning and Economic Development Committee next week, the proposal would suggest – as part of the rules for the city’s tax abatement program, known as CIITAP – increasing property tax incentives from 10-years to 20-years to offset the anticipated losses in rent developers would expect to see from reducing rents in 10 percent of their units to affordable levels. Still in the earliest stages, the proposal would define the targeted demographic for these units as those in the 60-65th percentile of the Area’s Median Income of $68,100 (In this case, those at the 60th percentile would earn $40,860 and have their rents set at around $1,020 under this policy). Approximately 66 percent of city residents earn 80 percent or less of Tompkins County’s AMI. In an email, Bohn said the PEDC concept memo recommends housing projects that receive CIITAP incentives must include 10 percent of the rental units at a 75 percent AMI rent level. To offset the forgone rent revenue, the memo recommends a supplemental 10 percent abatement on the increased tax assessment for each year for the 20 year regulatory period. –Nick Reynolds

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aw enforcement is constantly changing: upgrading tact ics, weapons, vehicles, equipment, all in the name of protecting the public. But some parts of law enforcement stay the same, ingrained in the force the same as a badge and a gun. Those are the parts Eric Weaver, a retired Rochester Police Officer, focuses on. His mission is simple: change the culture of law enforcement, especially as it pertains to mental illness. He’s trying to do so through his organization, Overcoming the Darkness. Its purpose is to reduce stigma around mental illness in the field, increase awareness and convey that help and recovery is attainable, “so that individuals and families will no longer need to suffer in silence.” One of the ways Weaver plies his trade is through training sessions, like one recently completed with the Cortland County Police Department attended by numerous agencies around the region, including the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office. During the sessions, he offers officers 40 hours of his own stories, self-examining discussion and specific training

throughout the week from a wide range of community members and human services professionals, either providing feedback to police or teaching them about certain aspects of interacting with individuals in some form of emotional distress. Some examples of classes include learning about medications someone might be using and their side effects (or what to expect if someone goes off certain medications), utilizing new communication skills and understanding trauma’s effect on behavior, among others. The training goes both ways, as well. Along with gaining a better understanding of what someone else might be enduring that could be leading to erratic or problematic behavior during a police encounter, attendees are also encouraged to investigate what they themselves might be experiencing internally. Cortland County Police Lt. David Guerrera said the training has been mostly well-received among police officers there, particularly after the session is over. This is the sixth consecutive year the week-long training sessions have been held in Cortland

County, which are voluntary but encouraged for officers to attend, and funded by grants from the Compass Care Network and the NYS Department of Health. The training is for all officers, though the department does have a dedicated Emotionally Disturbed Persons Response Team (EDPRT) that meets monthly with other police departments and human services agencies from trom elsewhere in Cortland County. The strategies officers learn during these sessions range from the aforementioned awareness of prescription medications in the house of an emotionally disturbed person, in Guerrera’s words, simply talk to someone instead of going with what their

instinct or previous training might be. Empathy and understanding are possibly the most valuable skills his officers walk away from Weaver’s classes with. “The fact that officers would learn to spend time and empathy and learn to talk and take time to problem solve, not just rush in and send the person to the hospital and have the next person deal with it,” Guerrera said of the value of the EDPRT sessions. Guerrera said the police average between 25-28 calls per month to deal with someone who’s “in crisis,” which doesn’t necessarily mean someone’s suffering from a mental illness, but that

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erty owners who pay to belong to it. With the success of the DIA merely blocks away, Collegetown shareholders may be looking to institute a similar organization to assist with their needs. The topic was discussed at last week’s Collegetown Neighborhood Council meeting, with lukewarm reception. DIA Executive Director Gary Ferguson presented the idea, with the intention of educating Collegetown community members about the ins and outs of establishing a BID and what impact it can have. The establishment of the DIA is probably the most significant impact downtown’s BID has had; it performs a variety of functions they call Comprehensive Programs including business recruitment, downtown mar-

keting and promotions, special events, etc., fueled by funding which comes from an additional payment property owners within the district pay to the city. The district members, who all fall within a specific geographic area, pay into that fund with the expectation that their money be used to help downtown thrive. The city then distributes that money to the DIA on a scheduled basis throughout the year. There are a few pitfalls to the BID model. It has been criticized elsewhere for squeezing out small business and property owner voices (both plentiful in Collegetown), those who might not have the bank accounts to swing around, but still have as much at stake, if not more, as the larger entities in the future

of a given neighborhood. In that same vein, the extra costs associated with supporting a BID can be exclusive for some people. But Ferguson said there are some mechanisms in place to help allay those fears, including a state law that mandates at least half of the voting members of a BID’s board of directors must be property owners, since that is where the money f lows through, and the DIA tries to encourage small businesses and property owners to be part of the organization’s governance. Currently, the DIA’s Board of Directors, its governing body, is made up of 20 voting members: 10 property owners, five commercial tenants, one residen-

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ny time a new business pops up i n Press Bay Alley or there’s a festival on the Commons, there’s a high probability the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) was involved in some capacity. Since it was established in 1997, the DIA has left an indelible mark on the city. It’s existence, though, is made possible by the downtown Business Improvement District, a state-regulated fund that works to address issues facing the businesses and prop-

Lieutenant Guerrera, of the Cortland Police Department. (Photo: Matt Butler)

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▶ Having Heavy Weaponry For No Reason I know this goes without saying for most of us, but for the love of god PLEASE STOP KILLING EACH OTHER/PLOTTING TO KILL EACH OTHER/BUILDING BOMBS IN YOUR DORM ROOMS.

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Heard&Seen ▶ “We Need A Homeless Shelter” So said the Continuum of Care’s Director Tierra Labrada to members of the County Legislature on Monday, describing a growing need for the city’s homeless with no supply for housing them adequately available anywhere. At the most recent homeless count, she noted, 49 homeless people remained without shelter and volunteers for alternate services are scarce. ▶ The Top Stories On Ithaca.com This Week Are: 1) Ithaca Police discover cache of weapons in Dryden Road apartment 2) National school walkout represented at IHS 3) WVBR enters alternative era 4) The sustainability of City Centre

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iz Warner of our local Habitat for Humanity is eager to share some news: “Two amazing families are building and planning to purchase 208 and 210 Third Street in the City of Ithaca. One, a single mother, works two full-time jobs (at an elementary school and Franziska Racker Center) to support her two daughters in high school and in college. This, on top of attending classes and working on her future home’s construction! The other family, a couple with two children in elementary school, are also extremely hard-working and motivated to become homeowners. The husband, Mohamed Maataoui has been driving a school bus for the Ithaca City School District for over 10 years, and has been a constant at his future home’s construction site. There for every step of the process and every event, he never fails to express his deep gratitude to the volunteers that he meets and works alongside: Mohamed: “I’ve been chasing my dream of owning a home for a long time. I emigrated from Iraq with my family 14 year ago. I drive a school bus, so my income was not enough to qualify for a mortgage. Finding Habitat for Humanity help to build and buy a house is my prayer being answered.” Since Habitat for Humanity is primarily a

volunteer-driven organization, they rely heavily on the charitable contributions of time, funds and materials by local individuals and businesses. Lowe’s of Ithaca hosts classes in building skills, this year running from February 21-May. (see: tchabitat.com/our-2018-womenbuild-training-clinics-are-here/) Now TCHFH is gearing up for their 7th Annual Women Build Weekend. Held annually on Mother’s Day weekend (this year May 11th and 12th 2018) volunteers will work to finish the Third Street homes, while honoring mothers and women in their lives.” https:// www.givegab.com/campaigns/women-buildweekend-2018 For Liz her path to join Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties (TCHFH) began with her internship at the Human Services Coalition. Liz loved working her senior year in at Cornell alongside local HSC stars (Nancy Burston, Kathleen Schlather, Betty Falcao, and Bev Chin). Liz observed how well-coordinated community agencies could successfully address what all families need: health care and affordable housing at the top of the list. After graduation in 2005 working fulltime with HSC, Liz also began volunteering with Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and contin u ed on page 7

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ife in a small town like ithaca can be uneasy sometimes for people concerned about privacy and the judgments of others. In a place like this you might sometimes get the feeling that more people know you than you know know you, and maybe know more about you than you know they do, or would like. You might walk down the block and someone says hello to you in passing, and you don’t know them, or you sort of recognize them but don’t know from where, and didn’t realize you should greet them on the street. Do they think you’re friends? Did you just insult them? Or maybe you do the initial greeting in the situation and the person passing doesn’t respond. Is the sun in their eyes, are they not wearing their glasses, are they lost in thought, or do they dislike you? Such feelings are natural, but silly, like when squirrels run away from you on the street like you’re scary. If they had any sense, they’d know you mean no harm, with no inclination or energy for it, and no feelings about them at all. You’re just walking down the block. They should relax and not feel the need to run up the other side of a tree so you can’t see them. Social circles in Ithaca are small and intersect often. The overlaps might be peculiar or surprising but probably

don’t represent much threat to the important boundaries of your life. It might be a little jarring when you see a someone from work at the supermarket, then the gas station, then the library. But what does it unveil? That you eat, maintain a car, and can read. In a big city you can leave your job for the day and be pretty sure you won’t see anyone from work until tomorrow. You might work with someone for years and not even know where they live; you might have heard them say something about Park Ridge or Ridgefield Park or someplace else that sounds like it’s in New Jersey. What big city people have is nearanonymity, and it’s true that you don’t have that in Ithaca. But you actually do have privacy, or at least near-privacy. People responding to you in public in ways you don’t expect aren’t figuring something out about you; they’re just reacting to the oddness of seeing you unexpectedly. Yogi Berra’s son told a story about watching a movie on TV starring Steve McQueen, who had recently passed away, and Yogi said, “Hey, Steve McQueen. He must have made this movie before he died.” That was accurate, but not especially revelatory. Being known isn’t always easy, but it can contribute to a calmer commucontin u ed on page 7

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arlier this week, Ithaca City residents as well as his fans and admirers around the country were struck with the tragic news that 10-year-old Colin Toland, the “Youngest officer in the history of the Ithaca Police Department,” had succumbed to a rare form of brain cancer after a valiant, years-long battle with the disease. Growing up with the goal of one day, becoming a police officer, Toland was adopted by the Ithaca Police Department and officially sworn in as a member of the force at a well-attended event on September 12, 2016 at Stewart Park. Over the years, his sizable support group on social media swelled to include people from all over the country and, with his platform, he offered each and every one of us a peerless example of strength, courage and most of all, perseverence in the face of incredible adversity. We’re all proud to have called you a neighbor, Officer Toland. Rest in peace. Calling hours and a community celebration will be held at Ithaca High School from 4:30-8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 23. All are welcome. 6  T

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nity. There are probably a lot more ax murderers in New York City per capita (so to speak) than in Ithaca, because it would be harder to escape attention here. You can’t just jump on a subway and in five minutes be in the midst of a different million people. Less drastically, fewer drivers will cut or f lip you off in Ithaca than in larger places, because you might be driving to the same destination, or know people in common, or even each other, either now or in the near future. Sometimes this fulsome familiarity is not just innocent or benign but pleasant, depending on your attitude. I work in a public job where I see hundreds people a day at close enough range to talk to, at least fleetingly. Most days someone will tell me they read and enjoy this column. Sometimes I know or at least recognize them, but often not. Once I was waiting at a red light on Route 13 and the driver in the next lane yelled over to me about the column, nodding his head and smiling with a jaunty thumbs-up, and I didn’t

know the guy, but he recognized me, even in a station wagon instead of above a byline. Many writers live out the portrayal of working in a garret with barely any recognition, so this acknowledgement is certainly gratifying. On the other hand, if I wanted to, I could worry that people won’t like the next column so much and I’ll lose their approval; or, worse, that they’ll like each one so much that they’ll decide to follow me home and try to live with me. But I don’t want to worry, not even about the 99.9 percent of people I see who don’t say anything to me, who either don’t know this column exists or perhaps think it rots. I’m not like a squirrel climbing trees, and I hope you’re not either, but happily traversing pleasant grounds here among friends, neighbors, and strangers of good will.

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the point during the public comment time that if the property was ‘landmarked,’ there would be no economically feasible way of using the structure. The owners would not be able to sell the property at anywhere near its fair market value, putting economic hardship on them, and leaving Collegetown with another vacant storefront. The most practical way for the city to move forward in the best interest of all parties seems simple to me. It’s already been proposed. My recommendation would be to allow the development of a 5-or-6 story mixed-use building equal to the height of the two buildings on either side of it. In terms of construction, trying to retain any of the existing structure is impractical and economically unfeasible. What could be done is to build a ‘referential facade’ on the ground floor into the development plans. This means replicating the current red brick design and somehow replicating the significant architectural feature of the original 1907 Station #9 firehouse garage doors. Also, in the interest of historic preservation, some type of historical plaque could be mounted on the building, giving a brief history of this very interesting and culturally significant location. I’m sure the architects involved are willing and able to accomplish this, and hopefully a plan and an agreement can be reached with the city. It’s in everyone’s best interest to move forward on this without making it overly complicated. It’s the fairest thing to the owners of The Nines, who deserve a fair return on their investment of giving to the community for 40 years. It’s the most practical use of the lot, and it’s the most economically beneficial plan for the city. . Ken Hallett was the owner of the ABC Cafe in Collegetown from 1987-2009

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March 7 article in the Ithaca Times questioned whether Tracy Mitrano, one of six candidates running in the June 26 Democratic primary for Congress, is progressive on environmental issues. As someone who has consulted with her about environmental policy, I have absolutely no doubt that she is. Her remarks about fracking in a 2017 interview have been misunderstood. People in New York’s 23rd District hold diverse views on fracking, and Tracy was trying to reach out to voters on all sides of the issue by highlighting how fracking is not environmentally safe. She has made the judgment that the long-term risks to human health and the environment outweigh the short-term economic benefits of fracking. Like the other Democrat candidates, Tracy would, if elected, be a voice for policies and programs that aim to benefit both the environment and the economy of New York’s 23rd District.

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attended the City’s March 14 Planning and Economic Development meeting and participated in the discussion on the current location of The Nines property at 311 College Avenue. It was a discussion on the pros and cons of having it developed versus having it historically designated as ‘landmarked.’ As a former Collegetown restaurant owner and a person who has been involved in restoration projects, I made

Stephen P. Burke is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. His column, Ithaca Notes, appears biweekly.

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Cortland Counties (TCHFH). Affordable housing had always been a social issue Liz was passionate eventually she became a Habitat Board member. After five productive years with HSC, Liz in 2011 moved to Better Housing for Tompkins County (now part of Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services) to focus in on affordable housing. In 2011 Shannon MacCarrick, Executive Director of TCHFH, hired Liz as the Family Services Coordinator. With an office on Main Street in Dryden, the small staff at TCHFH help families build and buy their first homes. During the preparatory stages Liz works with applicants, and orients new homebuyer families to the process. Habitat buyers participate in Home Buyer U taught by Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services. During those classes families learn about all aspects of home ownership (such as understanding mortgages, credit, and all aspects of the purchase process). Money Wise, a financial management class, is taught by Alternatives Federal Credit Union. TCHFH also teaches a comprehensive home maintenance course before the family closes on their home, which participants find reassuring as they make the transition from renter to owner. Families working toward homeownership may be the first members of their extended clan to own their own home, and may not have family or friends who can co-sign a loan. Habitat can be essential, so that no family has to go it alone. TCHFH families save for their own closing costs (usually in a matched savings account with the bank or credit union contributing savings to match the homebuyer’s savings for their mortgage).When the Habitat home is ready to be purchased the family takes out an affordable mortgage, with special mortgages subsidizing the remaining house price. Liz can’t help but bring her family in to help other families achieve home ownership. Her husband, Rick, who works as a pipefitter for Kimble Inc., and is current president of the local Plumbers and Steamfitters union (United Association Local 267), has arranged for apprentice groups to work on the Ithaca job sites currently under construction. When Liz heads home she looks forward to an evening with her husband and two small children in their home in Enfield. She feels good that her work with her fellow staff, their board, and their volunteers will help other families have that same pleasure when they arrive home. Marjorie Olds is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. Her column, Community Connections, appears sporadically but typically once per month.

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Week O f 3/11-3/18 B y Vaughn G olden Barbara Lifton- N.Y. State Assembly 125th District

The Assembly and Senate passed their individual budget resolutions last week, drawing the last formal lines in the sand before the two entities engage with Governor Cuomo to duke it out before the deadline of March 31. The Assembly’s budget adds an additional $2 billion in spending to the Governor’s original $168 billion proposal. It allocates more money for the New York City subway and school funding than the Senate plan. The budget will also contain a battle within itself over the state tax code, which lawmakers are scrambling to edit in response to the federal tax overhaul late last year. This week the Assembly also moved on a set of legislation targeted around womens’ health issues. The bills in the package are controversial and will likely face a rocky road in the senate. They include a state codification of Roe v. Wade, expanded access to contraceptives, and a ban on discrimination based on abortion. Another bill, likely to pass in the Senate, calls for a ballot amendment to amend the state constitution to reflect the federal Equal Rights Act which would prohibit the state from discrimination based on sex. Tom O’Mara- N.Y. State Senate 58th District

The state Senate released a much more aggressive response to the Governor’s budget. Its $168 billion resolution includes raised funds to increase security measures for upstate schools and $26 billion for education (compared to the Assembly’s $27 billion). Where the Senate deviates with the Governor most is in response to his tax plan. The Republican led Senate rejected all of Cuomo’s tax proposals including the payroll and charitable funds. The three parties will have to perform their yearly dance, clawing at the middle ground, before the Easter bunny arrives and funding runs out on April 1st. Outside of the budget debate, the Senate approved a bill that targets sexual harassment at all forms of government and government contractors in the state. Senator O’Mara is a cosponsor of the bill which creates a government office to supervise all harassment cases and prohibits parties from signing confidential nondisclosure agreements.

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racing the wind and the middle of winter in New York City, groups of people travel from ballroom to hotel to bar, hats on heads and mittens on hands. Opening the doors to the venues, the sounds of trumpets and bass blare, welcoming the people from the cold into the warmth of lights and jazz music. Hopping venues, Nick Frazier travels from Lower Manhattan to Midtown, listening to different jazz bands in small, intimate venues. Musicians from all over the country play during the festival, developing a community of cold, bundled up appreciators of jazz. Frazier, who lived in Ithaca for most of his life, took in the atmosphere — and sought to bring a version of Winter Jazzfest to Ithaca. Finger Lakes Thaw, co-founded by Frazier and TJ Schaper, kicks off its inaugural festival Friday and Saturday March 23–24 at five different venues in Ithaca. Thaw is a music festival, featuring nearly 40 bands from all over the world performing different genres of music. Ithaca’s local food and culture serve as the backdrop for Thaw — a backdrop known for nurturing musicians and artistic talent. Frazier and Schaper began preparing for Thaw in November 2017, drawing on inspiration from Winter Jazzfest while filling a music-festival void during the winter months. Even though the Finger Lakes region operates in the bitter cold, the opportunities to see live music are scarce compared to the summer months. Staple festivals like GrassRoots dominate the music scene in the summer, but venue-hopping to different national and international shows isn’t possible during the cold — especially with university students out of town during the beginning of January. “We have so many festivals and so much music going on in the summer, that in the winter it’s kind of just dead,” Frazier said. “... I also love the sense of community that came with going out to see something when I went to Winter Jazzfest. There’s something about getting bundled up and going out and seeing people perform when

the weather’s not great: it’s in the service of the music.” Schaper’s perspective as a performer at music festivals helped smooth any wrinkles in the planning process. With Frazier serving as the concert-goer perspective and Schaper as a behind-thescenes planner, Thaw came together over the past several months. “Between Nick and I, we have a lot of different experiences: I play music festivals all over the time all throughout the country and in Europe, Puerto Rico,” Schaper said. “Understanding that from the arts perspective, that helps me facilitate doing other things and trying to make it a good experience for the artists.” Taking place just after the spring equinox, festival-goers will “thaw” out of the winter funk with small, warm, intimate shows. Frazier and Schaper said the musical talents selected for Thaw are primarily new artists to the Finger Lakes region, with some local favorites peppered in. Notably voices Cas Haley, PJ Morton and Revenge of the Cool Nonet will be making their first trips to Ithaca, with tunes that fall outside of Ithaca’s usual folk and indie-rock scene. Frazier noted each performance will be kept to a small and intimate level. Him and Schaper purposefully capped the ticket sales at 900 as to keep each crowd at the shows at a modest level without becoming too overwhelming. Each venue also speaks to a sense of intimacy: Casita Del Polaris, Lot 10, The Range, The Space at GreenStar and Argos Warehouse host shows on small stages with dimly lit lights and concert goers dancing close to one another. Each show will feel more like a livingroom performance rather than a concert — a “high-quality, intimate concert-going experience,” as Frazier describes it. Audience members will have the opportunity to interact more closely with the groups playing. Frazier said this may help to enrich Ithaca’s nurturing community of artists. “We’re excellent for creating an environment where people can create and explore, and I think a testament to that is how many nationally touring bands are out of Ithaca,” Frazier said. “If you look at X Ambassadors that are selling arenas all over the world, Big Mean Sound Machine, The Blind Spots … knowing that we’re such a good place to cultivate talent, I want us to be a destination for artists to come here and experience the

nurturing from the community we’re re- as well as artists that haven’t performed ally lucky to have.” here before. Reggae, big-band jazz and Combining international and local R&B groups immediately came to mind groups in Thaw will likely lead to direct for Frazier, since the market in Ithaca is communication between regional artlacking many of these artists, he said. ists. This may help expand Ithaca’s reach Traveling from Paris, Texas, artist as a musical city, and Frazier anticipates Cas Haley will have his first Ithaca perinviting new talent that will likely return formance — someone Frazier has been to Ithaca in the future. eager to bring to Ithaca for years. Since Many of the performers — Frazier getting his start as the runner-up on said more than 100 individual musiAmerica’s Got Talent in 2007, Haley has cians — are Ithaca College alumni. After created original upbeat, Caribbean-style graduating, these alumni have joined music, contributing his tunes to the regdifferent bands, based locally or othergae community. wise. Notably, every member from Ithaca PJ Morton, hailing from the musical band John Brown’s Body will be persoul of New Orleans, will also be making forming during Thaw. Since the futurean appearance at Thaw. Morton has been reggae group has working with pop-rock taken an indefinite band Maroon 5 as the “We’re excellent hiatus, members keyboardist for years, for creating an have gone to work in but his solo projects lie environment where other bands on difpeople can create and in the realm of R&B — ferent projects — or, with his most-recent explore, and I think in the case of John album, Gumbo, receiva testament to that is Brown’s Body aluming a Grammy nomihow many nationally nus Schaper, have touring bands are out nation for best R&B gone on to co-found Album. of Ithaca.” a music festival. Revenge of the Cool While it wasn’t Nonet, similar to the intentional that John Brown’s Body Big Mean Sound Machine — who will musicians will be performing at Thaw, also be making an appearance — packed it wasn’t a coincidence, either. John up brass and bass instruments from New Brown’s Body speaks to an under-repreYork to perform big-band style jazz in sented genre of music in the area: reggae. Ithaca. Paying homage to the Birth of When Frazier and Schaper were dethe Cool, this group reinvents the classic ciding which musicians to include in sounds of the cool jazz movement. the lineup, they compiled a list of artIn addition to these few talents to ists they wanted to see play in Ithaca, look for, local artists DJ Double Tiger,

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DJ Ha-Meen, Stone Cold Miracle, Big Mean Sound Machine, Tenzin Chopak, Fall Creek Brass Band, Club Rub-a-Dub, Greg Evans Trio and more will grace the five different stages. Finger Lakes Thaw is a music festival — first and foremost — but like any music festival, there are a few other components that diversify Thaw. Local food serves as an integral part of the festival. With a ticket, concert-goers will get discounted food and drinks from different local restaurants including The Watershed, Gorgers Subs, Monks on The Commons and more. Since Thaw invites visitors to the area — local or otherwise — to music and culture, an integral part of immersing outsiders into Ithacan culture is by tasting its food. One final component to come out of Thaw was through the help of Schaper’s music education background. During Thaw’s inaugural festival, Schaper incorporated his passion for music education into a few aspects of the festival. New Roots Rock Band, made up of students from New Roots Charter School, will have the chance to not only perform but to interact with bands playing throughout the festival. Schaper said this gives the students an opportunity to not only interact musically but also socially with the bands: they can pick musicians’ brains about international touring and have a further understanding about what it means to be a full-time musician. Schaper also said a handful of musicians visiting Ithaca for Thaw have volunteered to be guest lectures at Ithaca College and Cornell University. He said others will be giving presentations at Ithaca High Schools about the music industry. “I want there to be a stronger education component to it, be it working with higher ed or other public schools, and other educational platforms,” Schaper said. “I want this to be a thing you can learn from no matter what age, 7 or 70.” Frazier and Schaper look forward to making Finger Lakes Thaw an annual music festival staple. But for now, Thaw will begin with its maiden voyage. “I really liked the idea of bringing this into Ithaca. There are fantastic music venues here,” Frazier said. “I like the idea of sort of unifying the purpose of all of them under on umbrella, and I think we did a good job working with venues that exemplify what we’re going for as far as the musical community here.” • 2 0 1 8

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s the countr y looks itself in the mirror in the wake of the #MeToo movement, long overdue discussions are being had in every environment about rectifying sexual behaviors that should have never started, but managed to stick around long enough to the point they’ve become entrenched in society. One of the main focuses of those discussions has been the workplace, and how to address sexual harassment within it. The topic is riddled with legal and social gray areas, but on Monday, a panel of experts Monday hosted by Cornell’s ILR School

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of their perceived incapability of handling the situation. “Kids don’t need to go to school to be scared,” one commenter said to the board. “This is way more than about inclusion. What we want is more resources. What we want is more support for teachers. They don’t need to be labeled as ‘ineffective’ because they’re asking for help with their kids.” In an interview, Superintendent Luvelle Brown noted that in many cases, the students parents were referring to were oftentimes very young and their actions, as inconsistent as they were, do not meet the district or the state’s criteria for bullying, which entails sustained and consistent acts of aggression. “We’re talking about young people with disabilities here,” he said. “We have to be careful to meet their needs to balance the safety of staff but also to respect the law as well. You have to think about what an appropriate consequence is for a student with an identified disability whose behavior is a manifestation of that.” Tuesday’s meeting marks the culmination of six years of tension between some members of faculty and the school district said Adam Piasecki, the president of the Ithaca Teacher’s Association, which represents ICSD faculty members. A former Enfield school teacher, Piasecki said the tensions began a decade ago when one principal there “destroyed the community” in a sense during their three-year tenure. When a new principal was brought on seven years ago, there was a “breath of

attempted to make sense of it all, introduced by a lecture from United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and a brief Q&A between Gillibrand and Cornell University President Martha Pollack. Gillibrand’s been one of the political voices at the forefront of the #MeToo movement (she has been called the “face” of the movement by CBS News), which began in earnest after a recent tidal wave of sexual misconduct allegations aimed at high-profile figures in the media, politics and numerous other walks of life. Read The Full Story Online At Ithaca.com Right: Kristen Gillibrand & Martha Pollack, At Cornell. (Photo: Casey Martin)

relief,” he said, and optimism that the previous administration’s wounds would be healed. “Unfortunately, what we’ve seen over the last several years didn’t hold,” Piasecki said. “In some cases it did, but the school has progressively gotten worse.” Throughout the meeting on Tuesday, many parents expressed sentiments of purposeful hiding of bad behavior in the school and a lack of sufficient reporting, which has Piasecki said has resulted in a slow response to mediate change. Statistically, Piasecki reports more than 88 students are currently enrolled out of Enfield Elementary to other schools in the district, and turnover over the past several years has been substantial: by his count, in the past seven years at Enfield Elementary there have been seven retirements, eight transfers out of the building, seven resignations and five dismissals, not to mention extremely high turnover in special education (four different staffers during that time), art (four different staffers) and music (three staff changes) during this time. Brown said that this turnover is not unlike that experienced throughout the district: based on a parent’s place of work, many will enroll their students out to another school and, Brown notes, the district will typically hire between 60 and 100 people each year – a staff turnover of about 10 percent annually. The nature of this turnover, Piasecki said, has had a sort of vicious circle effect: teachers are afraid of their students and leave, creating a direct impact on teachers’ ability to help reform children who might be experiencing problems in the long-term. While members of the board stressed that

while changes could be looked at, any changes need to come from a place of consciousness. School Board President Robert Ainslie, a lifelong resident of Enfield, spoke to a certain stigma around being the “farm kid” from Enfield, saying he’s worked to fight against a perception of lower expectations of students in Enfield. Nicole LaFave, another board member, said that while certain areas, like providing support staff for teachers, could be examined, she emphasized that any decisions made by the board need to be made with the good of all students in mind. She said that “if we allow ourselves to get to a place where people fall through the cracks because they don’t look like us, or aren’t from the same walks of life,” the board would not be operating in the long-term best interests of students who have not yet had the opportunity to change. Lisa Rieger, principal of Enfield Elementary seven years now, first addressed the board by acknowledging all that was said but also, highlighted the progress the school had already made in the past several years. Over the summer, Rieger said she met with her faculty members to discuss their feelings on their own personal success, coming up with a list of what, precisely, success looks like. Using that benchmark, every so often she would take a student they had worked to turn around and – using their principles of success – ask them to identify what they thought contributed to that student’s improvement. Over the rest of her presentation, she spoke extensively of the various efforts the school’s staff have taken on their own volition to improve student success and build this concept of community, and named

numerous innovative courses the school has incorporated into its curriculum. However, she acknowledged that things have changed in the recent years, and the root causes of that are still uncertain. “We know there are kids coming to school with more drama and more toxic stress,” Rieger said. “I was asked at the PTA meeting recently, ‘what is it that has changed? Is it the leadership? Is it the teachers? And one of my answers was that I think our kids are changing, our population is changing… and that matters. We have a lot to learn about a kid’s brain, and there’s a lot of science behind why they’re not operating at a level that’s getting them ready to learn. And I think it’s time to think and do some re-strategizing with our learning environments and our approach to students.” Rieger did not respond to an email or voice message requesting comment, however she outlined a number of tangible efforts in the works to combat some of the behavioral issues. Currently, the school is looking into incorporating an on-site mental health clinic on the premises for families with limited access to transportation and have been trying to work collaboratively with parents to improve on the resources in the school that already exist. But beyond that, asked Ainslie, what does Enfield need? “Sometimes people mistakenly think that more support means more bodies,” said Rieger. “I’m not sure we always agree with that in classrooms. It’s not always more hands – it’s more hearts and heads working together.” –Nick Reynolds

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recently saw a television promo for the upcoming Masters, and it made me flash back to 2014, when Ithaca golfer Troy Whittemore passed on a week after fulfilling his dream of attending the Holy Grail of golf tournaments at Augusta. Troy was 23 years old. I learned a lot about Troy and his courageous battle with cancer from Justin Andrews, a fellow Ithaca High grad and lifelong friend of Troy’s. When I looked at the TC3 golf roster, and I saw that Trevar Whittemore was on the team, I reached out to Justin, who confirmed that Trevar was indeed Troy’s younger brother. I called Trevar and asked him if he and Troy played a lot of golf growing up, and he laughed and replied, “No, in fact I hated golf when I was younger. I wanted nothing to do with it… when my brother and dad were watching it on television, I would leave the room.” That changed. ‘When Troy was diagnosed, he took me to the Trumansburg course and we played together,” Trevar offered. “That’s what drives me now. I’m not as good as Troy was – heck, I’m not a quarter as good as he was – but I give it my all whenever I am playing or even practicing.” Trevar says he uses the multi-purpose room at TC3 whenever possible, and he said “When I’m playing, my goal is just to play well and not get too worked up if things don’t go smoothly.” I asked the Liberal Arts major if he feels his brother’s presence when he plays golf, and he stated, “I do… sometimes it feels like he is watching over me.” Justin Andrews told me, “I think it’s great that Trevar has stayed with the game, and I wish I had a chance to play with the two of them. I had moved to Albany after college, so I didn’t get to see Troy as much as I wanted to.” Justin added, “People talk about their ‘fantasy foursome’ on the golf course, and they mention Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus. My fantasy foursome would be Troy, Trevar and my dad.” Yes, Justin, Jim Andrews shows up in a lot of people’s fantasies... The 2018 TC3 golf season tees off on April 13 at the Cayuga Invitational. The Panther Invite has moved up in the schedule and will now be part of the opening weekend on April 15 at Elm Tree Golf Course in Cortland. *** Some updates on athletes featured in recent columns… Congratu lations to Ithaca’s Mike McCoy on the Binghamton Bulldogs’ ABA division championship by knocking off the Jersey Express, the defending ABA champs, by a score of 111-102. McCoy has enjoyed a personal resurgence of sorts, having put his basketball career on hold a decade ago to care for a relative. He stormed back onto the basketball scene as a Bulldog, and many observers were very

surprised to learn that he had not been on the hardwood in several years. The Bulldogs will travel to Texas in early April to play in the ABA Elite 8 playoffs. *** And of course, congrats to Cornell wrestler Yianni Diakomihalis , who took what is possibly the most difficult path to win the Division 1 national championship at 141 pounds. The Rochester native (who won four New York State titles in high school) and Big Red freshman went into the NCAA tournament seeded #3, and he – in dramatic fashion -used a four-point cradle as the clock wound down to become Cornell’s second freshman NCAA champion. The comefrom-behind win shocked #1 seed Bryce Meredith of Wyoming, and the 7-4 win

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Trevor Whittemore golfing at the Tompkins Cortland Invitational during the 2017 season. (Photo: Darl Zehr)

allowed Yianni to joins Kyle Dake as the only Big Red wrestlers ever to win NCAA titles as freshmen. The huge win in the final came on the heels of Diakomihalis dramatic win in the semis, in which he avenged his only collegiate loss with a takedown of Jayden Eierman of Missouri in the semifinals, 6-4

in overtime. The win gave Cornell its 20th individual national championship, with Diakomihalis becoming the 14th wrestler to win the title.. The Big Red has now celebrated at least one NCAA champion in nine of the last 11 seasons.

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tenant, three City of Ithaca representatives and a Tompkins County Legislature representative. There are also non-voting members representing the three local higher education institutions and the Chamber of Commerce. Ferguson said equality of voices is something that can be handled on the front-end, in the formulation of the BID. “You can encourage property owners who own small buildings to have a presence on the board for example, you can set up your plan of work in such a way that you’re going to focus on items like that,” Ferguson said. “There are different ways you can respond and put together programs that would be important to, and valuable to, different levels [...] If you’re only doing something for a handful of people, you’re going to get a lot of pushback. So you have to make sure what you’re doing is satisfying people at several levels.” Collegetown property owner and real estate manager Josh Lauer said there’s at least some desire for a BID in the neighborhood, but the idea would gain much more momentum among business and property owners if there was another way to pay for it instead of simply additional taxes. New York State Law caps the additional taxes at 20 percent of a city’s property tax rate, and Ferguson said the specific figure for the downtown BID is determined and adjusted annually. Collegetown businesses already bear a higher property tax burden than anywhere else in the city, a symptom of occupying such highly sought commercial and rental property with a naturally massive customer base in the form of the Cornell student body, and haven’t enjoyed the same proliferation of development tax abatements that has been seen downtown. So the thought of adding to that burden comes with a fair amount of apprehension attached, Lauer said, with property owners trepidatious that passing on their costs to tenants could hurt businesses, both commercial and rental.

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an emotional point where they need police assistance. All say that Weaver’s involvement is the crucial ingredient. Weaver has been with the program all six years, and was brought in by Cortland County Mental Health after police officers had reached out asking for further training regarding encounters with people experiencing mental health issues. The retired police officer comes from a long background in law enforcement and is able to relate to the officers on a more personal level. More important than that, though, is that Weaver has been diagnosed with a severe mental illness, which manifested itself with several stints of hospitalization in mental facilities for suicidal thoughts in the middle of his career, only keeping his job because of two compassionate superiors with the Rochester Police Department who refused to tell his secret. He openly shares these stories with his trainees, trying to break the stigma wall against talking about such struggles. “We do have a tremendous job to do, it’s a difficult job and it requires understanding

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“What happens is, the expenses get passed down,” Lauer said. “Higher rents for apartments, higher rents for commercial spaces. So the fear for some is the cost of that would end up being passed on to the tenants in the form of higher rents. So if there’s a way to form a BID and have it funded, without adding cost to the business, that’s what they want.” A solution Lauer has floated, though he admits it hasn’t exactly caught on with others, is for a parking benefit district. This would establish a geographic area, probably enveloping at least a good portion of Collegetown, which would change parking rules within the district. Currently, those rules are identical to those across the city: parking at night and on the weekends is free of charge. In Lauer’s mind, this is a crucial inhibitor of turnover, since there’s no incentive for anyone to move their car; additionally, it discourages customers from around the city from driving into

Collegetown for a night out or some weekend shopping, since prime parking locations are usually occupied for hours or days at a time. “You want that space to have as many different people in it as possible,” Lauer said. “The businesses then have more customers coming in. The spaces are all full on weekends, and that is to the benefit of no-one, except for the one person with their car in that spot. If it was priced, you’d have more turnover, more people coming into the district, more business.” In Lauer’s system, a fee would be attached to parking at all times. A portion of that additional parking revenue would go to funding the BID, which Lauer theorizes would offset any need for tax-based payments and potentially sweeten the deal enough for Collegetown businesses to support the district idea. If a Collegetown BID was to be formed, it’s unclear what its first priority would be. That’s

and respect,” Weaver said of the burden of a career policing, and its intersection with mental health. “Our culture needs to change, to be able to get help and to help others. We struggle with that so much.” While the effects may not be immediate, Weaver’s efforts to make law enforcement better equipped to handle mental illness through EDPRT training and otherwise bring ancillary benefits to the communities he visits. From the perspective of county mental health professionals, it’s an additional comfort knowing that, when a patient they might be familiar with from prior dealings is having a breakdown or an episode of some kind, the police force can be trusted to responsibly handle it. It’s part of a growing cooperation between mental health and the police department, something picking up momentum nationwide. “It reduces that fear of people in the community, because they might think ‘I don’t want to call the police because I don’t want them to throw down to the ground my husband, my son, my parent,” Alex HuntingtonOfner, the Single Point of Access Coordinator with Cortland County Mental Health. “That goes a long way.”

The impacts of these efforts are being felt, and implemented. Suicidal ideation screening has been instituted into the intake protocol for the Cortland County police in the last two years. Furthering the relationship between the two sides is the newly introduced Mobile Crisis team, which entails a case manager and therapist who are available during certain hours to respond to emotionally disturbed individuals whose problems can be handled without using the police. The same program is being launched in all the contiguous counties to Onondaga County (Cortland, Cayuga, Oswego and Madison Counties). Part of the attraction of such a team is to reduce Medicaid costs as well; less costly trips to the emergency room and subsequent hospitalizations; and it saves police resources too, who can avoid lengthy waits with patients until they see a doctor. “They’re not accessing expensive services as much because they’re getting the community supports that they need to get them healthier,” Susan Williams, Project Manager with Seven Valleys Health Coalition, which is also involved in the training, said. Additionally, Williams said calmer interactions spurred by the EDPRT training can

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one thing Ferguson has tried to make sure he, or the DIA in general, does not influence. An essential part of getting businesses to buy into a bid is that it is basically self-determining, free of undue sway from outside parties. Ferguson said if someone had come into the city from elsewhere 20 years ago, he doubts the BID would have gotten off the ground. “We shouldn’t do that, the city shouldn’t do that, that group needs to sit down and say “All right, let’s figure this out,’” Ferguson said. “There are some BIDs that all they do is hire out security firms. Or event planning, or they want planter boxes and hanging baskets throughout their district. That’s the beauty of it, it lets you be really creative in terms of what you want to do.” –Matt Butler

cut down on officer or subject injuries. Even when someone is being referred to the hospital, Guerrera said, they’re customarily in a fairly frazzled state and may not want to go, often resulting in an altercation. The training, he said, teaches officers more ways to talk to emotionally disturbed people and hopefully convince them to go to the hospital, resulting in a drop of “use of force” cases in the last six years (statistics that are reviewed every month) and consequently less injuries to both parties. As for the culture of law enforcement, Weaver can only do so much. But by all accounts his story resonates with the officers, as he builds the trust that he believes is so integral to the change he desires to see. Weaver knows there’s still a long way to go. “Think about it as a profession, where do you go?” he said. “‘History shows us that oftentimes, officers get punished for sharing and talking about their mentality. That’s been an issue for the last couple hundred years. Officers will be punished in one way or another for exposing their weakness [...] There’s a fear that anybody’s going to know.” –Matt Butler

he legacy of comics looms large over American life. Take Superman, for example. Superheros like him, Wonder Woman, Batman, and Spiderman have been such a source of inspiration and creativity since their inception that their story has become inextricable from ours. What child has not thrilled inwardly at the sight of these titans locked in battle with evil incarnate, a story so simple that it can be understood by the mere sight of a single brilliantly rendered cover? He is the standard bearer not for some vague, indistinct concept of goodness, but for “Truth, Justice, and the American Way.” Yet he is not an American, but an alien. A foreign born immigrant, adopted without prejudice by those who found him. Superman represents not the America that is but the very best of what America is supposed to be: kind, generous, strong, responsible, unyielding in the face of evil. Superman never hides, Superman never shrinks away, Superman is humble even though he possess the power to rule Earth as a God. A power so great that he often considers leaving Earth in order to protect it from himself, because there is nothing that can stop Superman but Superman. There was nothing, I should say, until 1992, the year Superman died. The story of his death and eventual resurrection was an event so preposterous, so earth shattering to the comic universe, that it was translated from comic into book form, where I found it by chance at a garage sale at the age of nine. I didn’t know much about superheros or America or anything at all but I knew enough to recognize a damn good story when I came across it. I read and reread that young adult novelization until the spine practically fell apart. As I read I dreamed of creating such stories myself. Now life had some other ideas in store for me, and for now my relationship with comics remains that of a fan for life. But deep in my heart I still harbor this secret desire, along with a burning curiosity about the work

and passion which goes into the creation of these modern legends. You can count these among the many reasons I will be among the legions of fans of all ages streaming into Ithaca College’s gorgeous Emerson Suites this weekend. Why are we heading up the hill? Because Ithacon is here! Ithacon 43, to be exact. You might be wondering, what is Ithacon? Why haven’t I — a Cornellian and newcomer to towniedom — heard of this Ithacon? I’m just as mystified as you are: Ithacon, to put it quite simply, is one of the biggest, longest running fan organized comic conventions in the country, which is an incredible achievement, considering they don’t charge admission. Not only has this incredible convention been introducing fans to the creators of the art they love since 1976, but in recent years they have been expanding to have an even wider range of panels, workshops, cosplay events, and activities for kids alongside the traditional parade of professional comic artists throughout the two days. So, you are a huge Star Trek nerd dying to meet J.G. Hertzler’s legendary General Martok in the f lesh? He’ll be on a special Star Trek panel from two to three on Sunday. You’re a good artist but have been struggling to bring depth to your characters? Alan Tupper, Carrie Tupper and Havana Nguyen, co-creators of award winning webcomic Kamikaze will all be hosting a workshop on character design from twelve to one the same day. Are you a wicked smart cosplayer deserving of recognition of your skills? There will be a cosplay runway on Saturday at one. Are you a small child really hoping to take down a couple zombies while squeezing in some Quidditch practice? Check and check. Maybe like me, you’re just a fan like me hoping to meet and get inside the creative mind of such local luminaries as Steve Ellis and David Gallaher, who will be hosting a keynote panel discussion at two on Saturday. If you think that sounds like a lot of activities, please know that in the interest of time, I have

By James Frichner omitted the vast majority of the weekend’s activities. The full details on guests and events can be found at www.comicbookclub.org. If you run into me this weekend I’ll probably be hanging around Roger Stern’s booth. He is known to most as a writer of characters like Spiderman for Marvel and DC, but to me he is known as one of the people who killed Superman. I’m going to find him, and confront him about that creative choice, and also get him to sign my old tattered copy of The Death of Superman. Then I’m going to take that book and donate it to the Used Comic Drive in exchange for a winning raffle ticket. I hear that among the prizes are gift certificates to Buffalo Street Books and Comics for Collectors, two local businesses on the Commons which are legendary in their own right. The more you donate, the more chances to win. It doesn’t get any better than that. I’ll leave you with the wisdom given me by Katherine Kittridge, one of the organizers of the event, who provided me with the perfect description of why Ithacon has continued to resonate with the Ithaca community. “For so many years the thing that kept Ithacon growing was the deep passion the Comic Book Club has for their work. They are so welcoming and positive. They’ve collected an incredible array of artists and writers who come to this con even though we can’t compensate them. Thanks to Ithaca College we feed them, we give them a great space, but we have people who go to cons and expect to get paid, and paid well. They come to Ithacon because it’s a lovely experience. We’re trying to make it a place that’s welcoming to the community, making a space for families with children, making it very clear that fandom should be for people of all ages.” •

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The Burns Sisters have been a local Finger Lakes staple for years. (Photo provided)

or the past four years, Ithaca’s Annie and Marie Burns have journeyed to Ireland with their good folk singer friend Bobby Sweet from the Berkshires and some other travelers each fall to meet up with vocalist Kate Purcell, a native of County Clare. The Burns Sisters, a singing songwriting staple in the Finger Lakes (as well as on the national and international folk music scene) for decades, take to the road with Sweet and Purcell, friends in tow. They call themselves the Songbirds. By day they tour ancient ruins, castles, picturesque fishing villages and the Aran Islands, giving the Burns girls an opportunity to connect with their Irish roots. Purcell, one of Ireland’s great performers, knows the hidden gems along the way that makes their explorations unique. In the evenings, everywhere from small country pubs to larger urban venues, they sing. Taking advantage of Purcell’s presence in the U.S. as part of a six-week tour with

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Cherish the Ladies, described as a Celtic supergroup, the Burns Sisters invited her to join with them, Sweet and folk duo the Rapid River Boys this weekend at New Park Retreat and Event Center. They will come together for a Songbirds conference, four days of musical and culinary celebrations of folk with an Irish twist. Events beg i n Ma rch 22 for t hose attending as VIPS. The format is such that visitors may attend the entire weekend, complete with accommodations at New Park or come and go for various workshops, meals and entertainment. Local day-trippers are welcome and transportation will be available for those staying nearby at other hotels and inns. “Kate’s been here before with us, but never for something as extensive as this,” Annie Burns said about the event, set for Thursday through Sunday. “We love this space at New Park; it is so beautiful and elegant and we wanted to do a kind of musical retreat here, but open it to the public to attend.”

Burns said they wanted to do the event at New Park, a bed a nd brea k fast w it h five cottages and expansive grounds, to help out Vicki Taylor Brous, who has leased the property for the next two years. Burns describes it as a magical place, with beautiful landscaping with walking paths and other amenities. Dinner and a concert on Friday or Saturday nights cost $65, w it h t hose just coming for the concert paying $20. Sunday brunch and performance is $35. The five workshops Friday and Saturday are $20 each. There a re day passes a nd ot her options for the available on New Park’s website https:// www.newparkretreat.com/ songbirds-weekend. The workshops include voca l exercises a nd techniques, writers in the round where artists play their own compositions and explain them and singing techniques lead various presenters. Purcell ‘s final show with Cherish the Ladies for the recent tour was March 18 in Rhode Island. She is also a featured guest singer on the group’s just-released album Heart of the Home. It incorporates 63 minutes and 14 tracks of traditional Irish music. “I am so looking forward to the Songbird event and joining the Burns Sisters and Bobby Sweet again,” Purcell wrote in an email shortly before the R hode Island show. “I’ve been to Ithaca once before and have such great memories, especially of New Park, which is such a special place.” She said this weekend “promises to be an amazing event with vocal and harmony workshops, songwriting workshops and yoga thrown in to relax us all! and finished by concerts each evening. When we start singing together it always give us that lovely ‘comfort’ feeling of being together and making more fabulous memories. I can’t think of a better way to end my trip to the USA than to visit Ithaca and sing once again with these fabulous singers.” • New Park Retreat and Events Center is located at 1500 Taughannock Blvd. (State Route 89) about 10 miles north of Ithaca. Call (607) 387-7275 for more information.

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Progressive Rock in a Box The Musical Box comes to the State Theatre By Br yan VanC ampe n

The Musical Box performing live. (Photo provided)

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ne day I mentioned the term “prog rock” to a good friend of mine, referring to the progressive rock movement that developed in the U.S. and

U.K. in the mid to late 60’s. I guess my friend had never heard the term ‘prog rock” because I was then asked, “Why did it start in Prague?”

In the Ithacon Spirit

A look at Zak Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ By Br yan VanC ampe n

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t can’t be some cosmic coincidence that a really fine rendering of Wonder Woman by Uruguayan artist Eduardo Barreto graces the program for this year’s Ithacon. Last year, William Moulton Marston’s proto-feminist comic book creation

finally got her due; Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman was a particularly fine example of the genre, that, like this year’s Black Panther, left everyone gobsmacked and wondering, “What took so long?” It just occurred to me that I never reviewed Zack Snyder’s Justice League when it was in theaters last year, just a brief post that it was a “big improvement”

The Musical Box are a French-Canadian Genesis tribute band that specializes in the art rock beginnings of the band, particularly the Peter Gabriel-Steve Hackett years. They will make their Ithaca debut on Friday, March 23 at the State Theatre with a show using Genesis’ 1973 album “Selling England By The Pound” as its inspiration. The Ithaca Times spoke to the band’s visual stylist, Serge Morissette, about their unprecedented access to Genesis and the upcoming show. Ithaca Times: How long have you been with the group? Serge Morissette: 25 years. I’ve been doing all the visuals since the beginning. I’ve been doing the reconstruction of the sets, the light show, choreography. I’ve also been doing all the work to have all the authorization to use some material from the band. Basically background work for what you would see onstage. IT: I can’t think of another tribute band I’ve talked to that has that kind of access. SM: Yeah, we’ve been lucky in the way that the guys [in Genesis] are very kind, even though they keep a certain distance. With any kind of band doing Genesis music, they were really open to it all, to what we have done and let us use their material and give us many [pieces] of information and much help. So really, they have been very kind and we are lucky. All of them – Phil, Tony, Mike, Steve – they’re all very kind people, so it helps [laughs]. IT: When you’re here, you’ll be playing Genesis’ “Selling England By the Pound” (1973, Charisma Records).

SM: Exactly. When we say “Selling England By the Pound”, we mean the tour of that album. What we’re doing is exactly what they were doing in 1974 when they were promoting that album. So, we play the exact same songs in the show that they were doing at the time. So it’s not necessarily the complete album; it’s some songs from the album. We’ll be playing songs from previous albums, too. IT: What was the first music by Genesis that you remember hearing? SM: It was back in the ‘70s. I’m not a young guy anymore. [laughs] IT: Neither am I. [laughs] SM: In fact, I think the first thing I heard was “Foxtrot” (1972, Charisma Records) in ’73. They were playing it at the student radio [station] where I was going to school. The guys there were very – they were a little bit older, at the time it made a big difference. They were playing very progressive music. It was a little town about two and a half hours away from Montreal, so it was not easy for us to see the show. We were very young and my parents would never have let me go to Montreal to see a show at that time. And at that time, Genesis were only doing big cities – Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, New York, Boston. When you’re 13, 14, and you want to go to the big city to see a show, it’s not easy. So I heard them, but I never saw them until 1987. Even though I loved the music at the time, I could not go and see them. •

over Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Again, I think Wonder Woman was the tipping point: I’m just picturing the creative team looking at Jenkins’ film and thinking, “Let’s do more like that.” Joss Whedon was brought in to cowrite the script and help with post-production re-shoots, so Justice League plays a lot like DC’s version of The Avengers, only half of this team of super friends – Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg – didn’t get their own stand-alone movies, so most of the shoe leather gets used up establishing those characters and tying them into Batman, Wonder Woman and some guy from Krypton. (What, you thought Superman was going to stay dead? No way. These three are the Kirk-Spock-McCoy of the DCU.) Zack Snyder isn’t known for being particularly slapdash or funny, but the edict has clearly been passed down on Justice League: Lighten up, effective immediately. For the first time in a Zack Snyder movie, being a superhero actually looks like it might be fun. And for the first time in a movie involving the Man of Steel, Justice League proves that you can plot a Superman story that doesn’t involve Lex Luthor and a real estate scam. Then again, I think Snyder ruins a couple of really good pithy superhero exchanges due to poorly-timed edits. Since there are six members in this current incarnation of the JL, I’ll rate them according to their billing. Ben Affleck as Batman: I would have to say that Batfleck’s third outing as the Dark

Knight is the cheeriest incarnation of the character since George Clooney in Batman & Robin. I actually thought Affleck’s casting was one of B v S’s few successes, and as much as a character like this can have fun, Affleck seems resigned to it. Henry Cavill as Superman: This is the first time that the wink and a smile version of Supes finally informs Cavill’s performance. Previous to this, Cavill came off as a glowering psychopath. Finally, he’s not as muted as his costume. Still not feeling the romance thing with Lois Lane (Amy Adams), though. Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman: Jenkin’s movie was no fluke. Simply put, Gadot is the glue that binds this team of heroes. Without her, Justice League would just be another caped sausage party. Jason Momoa as Aquaman: Momoa is so macho it should kill all the homophobic gags on shows like “Entourage” and “The Big Bang Theory”. Also, I really liked his opening reveal with Bruce Wayne in a remote fishing village. Ezra Miller as The Flash: The most obvious comic relief on the team, and Miller’s good at it. I really liked Flash’s rueful apology to Jim Gordon (J.K. Simmons) when the crew just vanishes, as they are wont to do. Ray Fisher as Cyborg: This character is a brooder, and the one that made the least impression on me. In a series that seems determined to have more fun, he needs to have some. •

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Wynton Marsalis talks jazz with the Ithaca Times By G.M . Bur n s

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azz music is reflective, inventive and universal. Its inf luences come from gospel, folk, country, Afro-Cuban, African music and the blues. According to jazz legend Wynton Marsalis, “Jazz has a certain type of humor and optimism.” The softspoken master-trumpeter, composer, bandleader, teacher, and currently the managing and artistic director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center, is tireless when it comes to promoting jazz the world over. Marsalis is also the A.D. White professor-at-large in music at Cornell University. In a lengthy conversation, the nine-time Grammy Award winner shares his passion for jazz and its ever changing-form. On March 28, Marsalis will perform his newly revised Blues Symphony with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra at Cornell’s Bailey Hall. Ithaca Times: Jazz is about possibilities, but talk about what jazz is and what it can do for culture and people? Wynton Marsalis: First it’s an art form that has certain fundamentals. However the one thing is it’s a hybrid, it’s about the hybridization of concepts that may have seem to be disparate, things that maybe you think you could not put together, jazz

showed you that you could put it together. Wynton Marsalis (Photo provided)

It’s integration. It’s like the offspring of a union — the more diverse the gene pool generally, the heather the offspring. And it has three fundamentals and the fundamentals all deal with basic issues that we have in life, like the first is improvisation. Which is our personal creativity we all have. The ability to create things — it can be a hairstyle, a way of speaking, it can be food, the way we dress, it can be a poem, a book — we are so creative in so many ways, and that jazz gives you the confidence to project your individuality and believe in it. Then

the second concept is the one that is the opposite of that which is called swinging. And swing is a rhythmic attitude and it’s social, it’s rhythmic, it’s a dance, it is a way of finding coordination with other people who are also creative. And it takes you out of the posture of ‘I’ and puts you into the posture of ‘We’. So those two things exist in the same equal levels of importance. The third is the blues, and what the blues teachers you is that sometimes things just don’t work out. So you have to have an attitude that is of optimism that is not naïve. The blues is about resilience, like no matter what you do, sometimes it’s just what happens. And it teaches you to have a very adult view of the world – when it encourages you to have that. IT: In the past you’ve said that the power of individual expression is necessary to play jazz, but it also needs to have a swing element to it. Why do you feel this when jazz seems to take many forms? WM: Because that is the fundamental. There are many forms of integration in music – we integration with one another all the time. Like a jazz musician will play with a Brazilian musician. Musicians like to play with each other. The one thing is that you found across the world is that the rhythm sections tend to play in sections that they are comfortable with – like if you go to Brazil, the rhythm sections tend to play Brazilian music — so their playing baiao, samba, and choro -- they play their forms. And those forms have a character that make them themselves. The characteristics rhythm of jazz is swing. So when you hear swing you know that is jazz. There is a habit of putting a back beat on every rhythm and

calling it jazz. The backbeat is another form of music. IT: Jazz music is about change. What do you feel you are still learning about jazz? WM: Well one component of jazz is change. Jazz is about group improvisation and it’s always different, but things change everyday and they stay the same everyday. Like if I told you you had to do something totally different everyday than the day before you would have very little measure of comfort. So that glass of coffee you like to drink – you can’t drink that, your friend you like to call – you cannot call them. And at a certain point it becomes like a punishment. So jazz is a music that welcomes a certain type of change, but it also is a very traditional music and that’s why in the early years every time there was a big concert, they would do a history of jazz. Like Benny Goodman would do it on his Carnegie Hall concert. Duke Ellington would do it on concerts. But it’s a tradition we stopped, and so you would have some of the most innovative musicians also at the same time that they created things you never heard, recognizing things that existed before them. So I feel jazz is music that gives you the opportunity to do both things. And that’s what I have tried to do – I try not to separate myself from the mother ship, because I am out in space. It’s not ether or – you don’t have to disavow your family to be an individual. It’s kind of a joke I always tell we don’t have to kill the GreatGrandmother because we had a baby. • Read more at ithaca.com.

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Don’t Think, Just Laugh Comedian Mike Birbiglia visits Ithaca By Br yan VanC ampe n

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i ke Birbig lia is a comed ia n, actor and filmmaker that you may have seen in his films Sleepwalk With Meand Don’t Think Twice, and on Netflix in “Orange is the New Black” and his comedy specials “My Girlfriends Boyfriend” and “Thank God for Jokes”. Birbiglia brings his latest show “The New One” to the State Theatre on March 30. Birbiglia spoke to the Ithaca Times about why knowing less is better, the production of his “improv” comedy Don’t Think Twice, and why he’ll always love live performing. Ithaca Times: What is your new show like? Mike Birbiglia: Funny you should ask that because I’m going out of my way not to tell people. I realized recently that I don’t like knowing anything about what I’m about to see. The less I know the better. My favorite movies last year were Lady Bird, The Big Sick, Get Out, and the greatest gift i could give people was telling them to see those movies without watching a trailer or reading a review. I feel that way about theater, movies, and this show. I will say this: go on Netf lix and watch Don’t Think Twice, My Girlfriends Boyfriend, or Thank God for Jokes, and if you like those then come see the show. If you don’t like those, it might not be for you. IT: Since I spoke to you about Sleepwalk With Me, you made Don’t Think Twice; looking back, how was the experience? MB: It was much better because I knew how to make a movie. When I made Sleepwalk With Me, I didn’t know how to make a movie, which is special in its own way, but it’s also much, much harder. With Don’t Think Twice, I was able to enjoy it more. Particularly with the cast. I

invited everyone to come to New York two weeks before we started shooting and we did live improv shows together. Real improv shows. We all went bowling and got to know each other and became close friends. I didn’t have the confidence on the first movie to insist upon that. On the second movie I realized this is what i need to do to make the movie what it needs to be. IT: Are you still as interested in performing as you are in making films? MB: I was a performer long before I was a filmmaker. I worked the door at the Washington DC Improv comedy club when I was in college, so I got a taste of it when I was really young and I immediately fell in love with it. As the years have gone by and I’ve done other things, I’ve come to understand that movies and TV are really special, but there’s no substitute for live performance. There’s literally no substitute for human beings standing in front of a group of human beings and attempting to connect with them and relay their most vulnerable sides. It’s an age-old art form that can’t go away. It literally can’t go away because it’s sort of the simplest form of art: just one person speaking to a group of people. That’s why I think it’s so special. IT: Are you working on any projects you can talk about? MB: I’m working like a lunatic on “The New One” show. I don’t think I’ve announced this anywhere, but it’s going to be Off-Broadway in August. I’m currently writing two screenplays and sort of letting them compete with each other for my passion. Usually I try to make what I’m most passion about, because if you’re not passionate working 14 hours in a day on that movie it just doesn’t work and you run out of gas. •

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Music 3/21 Wednesday Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | (Hot Club Jazz, Blues, Swing) Jesse Collins Quartet | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Monks on the Commons, 120 S Aurora St, Ithaca | (Jazz) Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Varying Locations, , | Refer to Damodar Das Kirtan on Facebook for location schedule. Folk ‘n’ Kava | 7:30 PM-10:30 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | (Nate Marshall and Friends play Traditional and Original Folk, Jazz and Gospel Music) Too Many Zooz | 8:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Wednesday Live Music | 8:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | (Local bands, Soloists) The Crucial Reggae Social Club | 9:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Reggae)

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Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen Concert | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | La Tourelle Resort & Spa, 1150 Danby Rd, Ithaca | The Vollmers | 7:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Ransom Steele Tavern, 552 Main St, Apalachin | (Folk)

3/23 Friday

L. Wiles and T. McClure Jazz Duo | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Ithaca Bakery, 400 N Meadow St, Ithaca | Free Music Happy Hour | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Check thedockithaca.com for band schedule) Brian Spencer Blues Project | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 State Route 414, Burdett | (Blues rock) Tink Bennett and Tailor Made | 7:00 PM-11:59 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Hot Dogs and Gin | 8:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Ransom Steele Tavern, 522 Main St., Apalachin | (Blues, Rock) Michael Francis McCarthy | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Delta blues, Bluegrass, Bolivian indigenous music, ‘70s jam) Erin + The Backwoods Blues Project | 9:00 PM-11:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Atlas Bowl, 61 West Main St, Trumansburg | (Blues, Delta Blues) Sam & Mandy | 9:00 PM-11:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | (Singer/songwriter) Dead Night | 9:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Grateful Dead covers)

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Mama Rabwa | 5:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Funk, Blues) Josh Markley | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 NY-414, Burdett | (Singer/ songwriter) Wild Child, Wild Reeds | 8:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Wonder Monday | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | (Alternative Rock) Beard of Bees and The Kitchen Sink Band | 8:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Ransom Steele Tavern, 522 Main St., Apalachin | (Rock ‘n’ roll) IU: Gaston, Reskp (Senegal) and DJ sets by Otodojo | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | (Hip-hop) PA Line | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Alternative folk) Root Shock with The Analogue Sons | 9:00 PM-, Saturday, March 24, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Mighty Jet Band | 9:00 PM-11:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | (Blues)

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Rob Irvin | 12:00 PM-2:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | (Rock, Pop) Jet Puff | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Mix Kitchen and Bar, 205 Elmira Road, Ithaca

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3/26 Monday

Travis Knapp vocal trio w/Desmond Bratton | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca |

3/27 Tuesday

Tuesday Bluesday with Dan Paolangeli & Friends | 6:00 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Blues, Rock, Every Tuesday) Irish Session with members of Traonach | 7:00 PM-9:30 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 18 | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | (Irish, Traditional) Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 18 | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | (Jazz) I-Town Jazz Jam | 9:00 PM-11:59 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Local jazz jams, improv) concerts

3/21 Wednesday

Rain: Beatles Tribute | 7:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Clemens Center, 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira | Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Julian Eng | 8:00 PM-11:59 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca |

Phiroze Mehta, piano | 12:30 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Lincoln Hall B20, Lincoln Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Phiroze Mehta, piano, performs Scarlatti, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Granados. Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen | 7:30 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | La Tourelle Resort and August Moon Spa, 1150 Danby Rd, Ithaca | (Bluegrass, Folk, Jams)

3/24 Saturday

Symphoria Masterworks Series: Mendelssohn & Mahler | 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Crouse Hinds Theater, 411 Montgomery Street, Syracuse | Symphoria celebrates Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday with his Three Dance Episodes from On the Town before violinist Chee Yun performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Common Time | 7:30 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Clemens Center, 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira | Celebrating the chorus’ 100th concert. Peter Mack | 8:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn |

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Frahling Posaunen | 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Ithaca College, Ford Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Trombone choirs from Ithaca College School of Music, Eastman School of Music, and Penn State. (Fruhling Posaunen is German for Spring Trombones). The Squirrel Nut Zippers | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Center of the Arts , 72 S. Main Street, Homer | (Modern Rock)

3/26 Monday

After Dinner Mint: A Faculty Showcase | 7:00 PM-, Monday, March 26, 18 | Ithaca College Hockett Family Recital Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca |

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Christian Tetzlaff, violin | 1:00 PM-, Tuesday, March 27, 18 | Ithaca College

Hockett Family Recital Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Part of the Louis K. Thaler Concert series.

Film Streets Alive! Annual Film Festival | 7:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Fun and inspiring bike themed short films from around the world. Presented by Bike Walk Tompkins. Cornell Cinema Decodings | 7:15 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | The program includes work by venerable Canyon Cinema figures Will Windle and Lawrence Jordan, as well as filmmakers Naomi Uman, Jodie Mack, Cauleen Smith, Tom Palazzolo, and JoAnn Elam. More at canyoncinema50.org. Machines | 7:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Marrying stunning visuals with social advocacy, this award-winning documentary takes audiences into the labyrinthine passages of an enormous textile factory in Gujarat, India. In the Fade | 9:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Germany’s 2017 Oscar submission stars Diane Kruger as a woman who loses her family to a terrorist attack. Also showing March 24 and 25 at 7 p.m. Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 6:30 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | 50 years after George Lucas introduced the world to Star Wars, the franchise’s latest installment - The Last Jedi - proves that it is still as thrilling as ever. Also showing March 23 at 9:40 and March 24 at 9:20. Paddington 2 | 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Everyone’s favorite marmalade-loving Peruvian bear returns for another series of misadventures, this time in search of the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s hundredth birthday. Also showing March 25 at 4:30. The Power of Emotion | 7:00 PM-, Monday, March 26, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | One of Kluge’s

a farmer’s vegetable garden. | 95 mins PG Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game. | 119 mins PG-13

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most philosophically probing films, this moving and evocative examination of the fleeting and immaterial nature of emotions is composed as a collage of stories, documentary footage and narrated film essays, detailing, among other intriguing topics, the justice system, the history of opera and the industrial revolution. Cinemapolis

Friday, 3/23 to Thursday, 3/29. Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes and for Fantastik Film Screening times Oh Lucy! |A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class where she discovers her alter ego, Lucy. | 95 mins The Party |Janet hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive it becomes clear that not everything is going to go down as smoothly as the red wine. | 77 mins R The Young Karl Marx |The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London. | 118 mins 7 Days in Entebbe | Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring

rescue mission ever attempted. | 106 mins PG-13 A Fantastic Woman | Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend. | 104 mins R Thoroughbreds | Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost. | 92 mins R The Shape of Water | In a 1960s research facility, Elisa, a mute janitor, forms a relationship with a mysterious aquatic creature. | 123 mins R Regal Ithaca

Wednesday, 3/21 , to Tuesday, 3/27. Contact Regal Ithaca for Showtimes I Can Only Imagine | The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe’s beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness. | 110 mins PG Gringo | A dark comedy mixed with

white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) when he finds himself crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal. | 111 mins R Hurricane Heist | Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities. | 103 mins PG-13 The Strangers: Prey at Night | A family staying in a secluded mobile home park for the night are visited by three masked psychopaths, to test their every limit. | 85 mins R Love, Simon | Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity. |109 mins PG-13 Tomb Raider | Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. |118 mins PG-13 A Wrinkle in Time | After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her

brother, and her friend to space in order to find him. | 109 mins R Death Wish | Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice. | 107 mins R Annihilation | A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply. | 115 mins R Game Night | A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery. | 100 mins R Red Sparrow | Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School,’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations. | 139 mins R Black Panther | T’Challa, the King of Wakanda, rises to the throne in the isolated, technologically advanced African nation, but his claim is challenged by a vengeful outsider who was a childhood victim of T’Challa’s father’s mistake. | 134 mins PG-13 Peter Rabbit | Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into

Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Kilpatrick’s Publick House, 130 E Seneca St, Ithaca | Host: Carole W, RSVP: cw27@cornell.edu Men’s Group | 6:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | The LGBTQ Center, 73 Main Street, Cortland | Men’s Group is a group for gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and straight ally men to get together to support one another. This group meets the third Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. Heermans-McCalmon Competition Reading & Screening | 4:30 PM-6:30 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | A staged reading of the winning play and a screening of an excerpt from the winning screenplay will be presented by undergraduate students. Following the presentations will be a panel discussion with industry experts. Winter Farmers Market | Saturday, March 24, 18 | Ithaca Farmers Market, 545 3rd Street, Ithaca | The Ithaca Farmers Market, indoors during the winter months. Chicken for Charities | 12:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Eagles Club, 161 Cecil Malone Dr, Ithaca | The Eagles Club of Ithaca will host a chicken BBQ to benefit Catholic Charities’ work in Tompkins County. Dinner includes half BBQ chicken; salt potatoes; baked beans; roll and dessert. Eat in or take out. March for Our Lives Ithaca Rally | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Bernie Milton Pavilion, The Commons, Ithaca | Community Seed Swap | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Bring your extra seeds (home-saved or purchased) to share with others and go home with lots of seeds for your spring and summer planting. Learn about seed saving Knitters and Crocheters | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Varna United Methodist Church, 965 Dryden Rd, Ithaca | Come meet other fiber artists and share skills with one another. Sunday Night Alive! | 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | McGrawville Church, , McGraw | Come sing with the SNA praise band and hear an encouraging word. March 25th is the Palm Sunday service. More details on

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Taking place at Casita Del Polaris, The Range, The Space at GreenStar, Argos Warehouse and Lot 10, Finger Lakes Thaw welcomes around 40 artists regionally and internationally to perform. Taking place March 23–24, Thaw kicks off its first annual festival this weekend. (Photo: Casey Martin)

Featuring bike-themed shorts from around the world, this is a free film festival by Bike Walk Tompkins. Partly picked from Portland’s Filmed By Bike Festival, the films shown feature local and international films. (Photo provided)

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Thomas Mott Osborne - Unmasked | Thursday, March 22, 18 | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | This one man play tells the story of Thomas Mott Osborne: an Auburnian who made major waves in national and local history. He also founded Auburn’s very own newspaper, The Citizen! Comedy Night | 7:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Improv, Stand up. Hosted by Comedy FLOPs) Drag Show with House of Merlot | 9:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Friday, March 23, 18 | Watkins Glen High School, 301 12th Street, Watkins Glen | Through March 25. Presented by The Watkins Glen High School Class of 2018. The Musical Box: 50 Years of Genesis | 8:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | The State Theatre of Ithaca, 105 W State St, Ithaca | The Musical Box, known for its historical re-enactment of early Genesis’ works, will perform Selling England By The Pound, the 1973 show that made Genesis and Peter Gabriel attain rock star status. Mike Birbiglia: The New One | 8:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Mike Birbigliais a comedian and storyteller who has performed in front of audiences worldwide, from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall. Pinocchio | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | In this interactive tale, a little wooden marionette is lovingly created by a master craftsman, but what a bad little puppet he turns out to be. Sense and Sensibility | Tuesday, March 27, 18 | Ithaca College Clark Theatre, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | This theatrical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility was written by Ithaca College alumna Kate Hamill. Kinky Boots | 7:30 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 18 | Clemens Center, 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira |

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he Olive Branch Film Series: Ithaca explores Palestine through films, continues this upcoming week with two screenings beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Cinemapolis. The films screened will be Looted & Hidden and a short feature called The Parrot. This is the second installment of the series, with two more screenings taking place Wednesday, April 25, and Tuesday, May 15. The Olive Branch Film Series showcases Palestinian-themed and Palestinian-made films in the local area, as a way to educate Ithaca on the realities Palestine faces and has faced through history. Following the Israeli military attacks on Gaza in 2014, a few concerned Ithacans, including co-founder Sophie Zapala, were concerned about the Gaza strip and the scarce mainstream media coverage following the attacks. After seven weeks of airstrikes, thousands were killed, and many Americans were in the dark about these attacks.

Come 2015, The Olive Branch Film Series began to showcase films in Ithaca about Palestine. With a few screenings every year, the series helps Ithacans explore and understand Palestine through a universal medium: film. Many of the movies are not easily accessible to the American public, let alone Ithaca. Another goal of the series is to help Ithacans have access to these historical films when they would otherwise not be able to see them. Each film was picked by a small panel, and the movies have likely not been screened in Ithaca before. This Wednesday, the series will screen two different films. Looted & Hidden is an Israeli produced documentary that looks into the history of Palestine, incorporating never-before-seen footage and images from Palestine’s history. This information comes from the research of the filmmaker, Dr. Rona Sela, is an Israeli researcher and lecturer at Tel Aviv University. For years, it was thought the Israeli army “looted” these archives from Beirut, but now they are available for viewing in this documentary; pre-Israel Palestinian materials are often treated like military secrets. Looted & Hidden then captures the theme of “Palestine, a land without a people for a people without a land.” The Parrot, the other film to be

The poster for the film ‘TheParrot.’ (Photo provided) screened March 28, is directed by Jordanians Darin J. Sallam and Amjad Al Rasheed. This movie tells the story of a MIzrahi Jewish family from Tunisia as they struggle to settle into a new life in

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Special Events Supermarket Sweepstakes Shopping Cart Dash | 6:30 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Trumansburg Shur-save, 2085 State Route 96, Trumansburg | The possessor of the winning ticket, or his or her fleeter-offoot designee, will have three minutes to tear through the shopper-free aisles of the Trumansburg ShurSave Supermarket. 28th Annual Educational Technology Day | Thursday, March 22, 18 | Ithaca College, 140 Phillips Hall, Ithaca | Educational Technology Day is a free regional technology event that attracts over 1,600 people annually from upstate New York. Mac and Cheese Fest | 5:30 PM-8:30 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Holiday Inn, , Binghamton | Who can create the BEST and most CREATIVE mac and cheese? This will be a competition among favorite restaurants in the area. Finger Lakes Thaw | Friday, March

23, 18 | Downtown Ithaca, Center ithaca, Ithaca | Taking place at Casita Del Polaris, The Range, The Space at GreenStar, Argos Warehouse and Lot 10, Finger Lakes Thaw welcomes around 40 artists regionally and internationally to perform. Taking place March 23–24, Thaw kicks off its first annual festival this weekend. LACS Disaster Relief: The Great Gatsby Gala | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | La Tourelle Resort & Spa, 1150 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Explore the lifestyle of the 1920s at our elegant gala to benefit survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Murder Mystery Dinner Party and Fundraiser | 6:00 PM-9:30 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Coltivare, 235 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Relax and enjoy the fun of watching others question the suspects, or don your sleuthing hat and take a stab at solving the mystery. The Songbirds: The Burns Sisters, Kate Purcell, Bobby Sweet and The Rapid River Boys | Saturday, March 24, 18 | New Park Retreat &

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Rod Serling and Carl Sagan seamlessly bridged imagination and science and helped us to cultivate a sense of wonder. Panelists Anne Serling and Nick Sagan will incorporate the personal sides of their respective fathers and be joined by Andrew Polak, President of the Rod Serling Memorial foundation. (Photo provided)

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talented Travis Knapp plays music, both buttermilk and gluten free pancakes topped with local maple syrup will be served along with scrambled eggs, pork sausage, hash browns, fresh fruit, coffee, tea and mini pastries.

Books Library Young Adult Book Club to Read Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein | 4:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Each participant in February’s group will also receive a copy of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee, which will be discussed at the Young Adult Book Club meeting in April. For more information, contact Teen Services Librarian Regina DeMauro at rdemauro@tcpl.org. Reading by poet Roger Reeves | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Ithaca College, Clark Lounge in Campus Center, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca

| Distinguished Visiting Writers Series reading by poet Roger Reeves, winner of a 2015 Whiting Award. Local Voices: Paul Mitura | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Mitura will give a brief presentation and read stories from his book, The Best Worst Tank and The Ship That Wasn’t. An Army officer with over 30 years of service, Mitura will present a brief overview of his military career, to be followed by select stories from his book. Cynthia Robinson, Birds of Wonder | 4:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Come down to the store as we host local author Cynthia Robinson with a dramatized reading from her new book Birds of Wonder.

Health Inspire the Fire Yoga | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Yoga

28th Annual Educational Technology Day, Emerson Suites, Ithaca College Thursday, March 22

Educational Technology Day is a free regional technology event that attracts over 1,600 people annually from upstate New York. It features local and national vendors such as AT&T, Apple, Brocade, Dell, Epson, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft and many others. (Photo provided)

Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Generate some heat and feel your empowered body flow in this invigorating one-hour yoga session. Tai Chi for Arthritis | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street, Candor | Basic class (falling prevention course) Monday & Wednesday 1-2 pm at Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street. Contact 607-659-3022 or sueheaven@gmail.com Saturday Sweat Yoga | 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Start your weekend off with our intermediate vinyasa flow yoga class, bringing together vinyasa flow yoga and energizing breathing to generate and sustain energy, clarity, and radiance. Sacred Sunday Community at Yoga Farm | 9:00 AM-11:15 AM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Sacred Sundays Community at Yoga Farm. All are Welcome.Discover Your Self & Awaken Your Kindest HumanityPray. Move. Sit. Connect. Open Meditation | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | All are welcome to meditate according to their own practice. 24 Forms Tai Chi (Yang style) | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 18 | Monday & Wednesday 2-3 pm at Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street. Contact 607-659-3022 or sueheaven@gmail.com Overeaters Anonymous 12-Step meeting | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 18 | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | Open “Big Book” OA 12-Step meeting. Contact Leigh 379-4858. Chair Yoga | 11:45 AM-12:45 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 18 | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | Join us for our popular chair yoga class on Tuesdays before the library opens. No experience necessary!

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Ithaca Fishing and Conservation Day | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Boynton Middle School, 1601 N Cayuga Street, Ithaca | The entire community is invited to come and experience a day of fun and education focusing on fishing and cold-water environmental conservation. Open Days Program Garden Tour |

11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Garden of Hitch Lyman, 3441 Krums Corners Road, Trumansburg | Explore the private garden of Hitch Lyman in Trumansburg, open for self-guided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy. Discovery Sundays | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Learn about exoskeletons, butterflies, skin and skulls, whooping cranes and much more. Visit www.cayuganature-

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Learning Writing Through Rough Spots | Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Writing can help to create clarity about challenging situations. Registration for spring classes/more info: www. WritingRoomWorkshops. Classes offered at various times and locations. Pollinator Response to Native Plant Habitat Gardens | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | As urban areas expand and dominate the landscape, the resources wildlife have come to depend on, through diverse native vegetation, are becoming scarce. Course Correction - Forging a New American Grand Strategy | 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Uris Hall G08, Cornell, Ithaca | Speaker: Chris Gibson, Stanley Kaplan Distinguished Visiting Professor at Williams College, and author of Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream. David Lehman, Next Line Please | 5:30 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | In this book, David Lehman, the longtime series editor of the Best American Poetry, offers a masterclass in writing in form and collaborative composition. American Sign Language Class | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Finger Lakes Independence Center, 215 Fifth St, Ithaca | Meet the instructors, find out about course content, get tips from staff who have taken the class. ASL I class starts Thurs Mar 1, 6-8 pm, at FLIC. Confronting our Four Evils | 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Unitarian Church Annex, 208 E Buffalo St, Ithaca | Confronting the Four Evils: A workshop on the intersection of

Gaston L’officièl will perform during an Ithaca Underground show from 8–11 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Sacred Root Kava Lounge and Tea Bar. (Photo provided)

systemic racism, poverty, militarism, and ecological devastation. Learn more about the Four Evils through story-telling from those that are directly impacted by systemic racism, poverty, militarism, and ecological devastation. Spring Worm Composting Class | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Learn how worms can make fast, rich compost for your garden while disposing of your food scraps. Space is limited. Register and pay online at ccetompkins.org/events. Contact Adam Michaelides at acm1@cornell.edu or 607-272-2292 with questions. Common Medicinal Plants of the Northeast | 3:30 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | This class is a slideshow presentation covering many of the local medicinal plants of the Northeast. Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli | 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Ithaca College, Textor Hall, Room 102, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | A lively and entertaining talk on the Jewish deli and its role in American Jewish life by author and scholar Ted Merwin, one of the foremost authorities on Judaism in America. Lecture and Workshop with Artist and Activist Rhodessa Jones | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Award-winning activist, artist, director,

and scholar Rhodessa Jones brings her techniques of Creative Survival to Cornell’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts on March 20 and 22 for a public lecture and master class, respectively. Professional Directions Speaker Series: Playwright & Novelist Kia Corthron | 12:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Kia Corthron’s plays have premiered in New York, regionally and internationally. Rod Serling and Carl Sagan: Bridging Imagination and Science | 2:00 PM-, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Panelists Anne Serling and Nick Sagan will incorporate the personal sides of their respective fathers and be joined by Andrew Polak, President of the Rod Serling Memorial foundation. A Conversation with Broadway Director Sam Gold | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Gold (Class of 2000) is the 2015 Tony Award-winning Best Director for the musical Fun Home. He won a 2010 Village Voice Obie Award for Best Director for his work on the Off-Broadway plays Circle Mirror Transformation at Playwrights Horizons and The Aliens at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. What’s Jewish about Social Justice? | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 18 | Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, 232 East Ave.,

Maker’s March | Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Inns of Aurora, 391 Main Street, Aurora | Aurora is filled with and surrounded by passionate and talented makers herbalists, potters, painters, book artists, cocktail crafters and more. 29th Annual Juried Photography Show | Thursday, March 22, 18 | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | On exhibit are 76 photographs by photographers from NYC, Long Island, Rochester and the Ithaca area. New Wings and Shy Dinosaurs | Thursday, March 22, 18 | Franklin Street Art Gallery, 209 North Franklin Street, Watkins Glen | From scientific illustrations to socially conscious, poetic, surreal and/or conceptual renderings, celebrate the habitats, as well as the birds, bees, and insects of the forests, lakes, streams, and marshes of the Finger Lakes Region and beyond. Landscape Paintings by Annemiek Haralson | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E. Main Street, Trumansburg | Ms. Haralson draws inspiration from local hikes, and hopes to convey her love of nature and the beauty around us in her paintings. The Veil of Veronica: Craig Calderwood, Nicki Green, Jordan Reznick | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College | MOTHA presents The Veil of Veronica by Craig Calderwood, Nicki Green, Jordan Reznick. This will be the opening night for the reception. Spotlight Exhibit | Friday, March 23, 18 | West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning | Featuring five artists working in a variety of mediums; clay, watercolor, and oil. Figuratively Painting | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 18 | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | The paintings in this exhibit present Brian Keeler’s passion for capturing the character of his subjects in the studio and often in plein air studies from life. Fantastical Beasts and Wondrous Worlds Artist’s Reception | Saturday, March 24, 18 | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | This exhibit, Fantastical Beasts and Wondrous Worlds, features a mix of book arts, ceramics, paintings, relief prints, and paintings by Mariann Loveland, Jenny Pope, Lin Price, Margaret Reed, Sylvia Taylor, and Teresa Yatsko. Exhibit on view March 6 - 31..

The Songbirds: The Burns Sisters, Kate Purcell, Bobby Sweet and The Rapid River Boys,

Emerson Suites, Ithaca College March 24–25 The Comic Book Club of Ithaca’s annual comic book convention, back for the 43rd year! Hours will be Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 11-4. Bring out your inner nerd at this convention: come in cosplay, bring your Magic cards and comic books — and so much more. Plenty of events for children as well — so feel free to bring the family of nerds. (Photo provided)

New Park Retreat & Event Center, Ithaca March 22–25

A four-day musical and culinary celebration of folk music and the Emerald Isle. Join local favorites the Burns Sisters, folk legend Bobby Sweet, the Voice of Ireland, Kate Purcell, and organic folk duo, the Rapid River Boys, in singing and songwriting workshops, performances, food and beverage events and fireside jams. (Photo provided)

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Sciencenter Science Together | 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Engage with your toddlers and preschoolers as you investigate how to use tools, through self-guided, hands-on activities. Learn a different science process each week and discover ways to keep the science fun going at home. Lego Literacy | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 18 | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | Older children read for younger children, modeling success for their peers. Build a fun project out of one of our 1,000-piece kits while you have a snack. Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Friday, March 23, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Caregivers and babies up to 24 months old are invited to Baby Storytime. Join us for books, music, movement and rhyming, along with early literacy tips for babies and their caregivers. Sciencenter Showtime! | 2:00 PM-2:30 PM, Saturday, March 24, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Take part in a lively presentation about different science concepts each week with local scientists, educators, and students. Topics range from chemistry to rockets and more. Goodnight Moon & The Runaway Bunny | 1:00 PM, Sunday, March 25, 18 | The State Theatre of Ithaca, 105 W State St, Ithaca | Goodnight Moon is a celebration of familiar nighttime rituals, while The Runaway Bunny’s pretend tale of leaving home evokes reassuring responses from his loving mum. Monday Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Monday, March 26, 18 | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | Early literacy education thru reading, writing, talking, singing and playing, combined with a healthy snack and a quick hello to our resident turtle Ted, prepare your child for success in school.

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Atlas Farm LLC

Deerfield, MA needs 3 temporary workers 4/1/2018 to 12/31/2018,work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at Franklin/Hampshire Career Center, One Arch Place, Greenfield, MA 01301 (413-774-4361) or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10150260. Growing vegetables crops including planting, weeding, harvesting and packing. Applicants must be able to lift 50 lb. boxes for extended periods of time and work while crouching or kneeling on the ground for extended periods of time. One month experience required in duties listed. Raises and/or bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker employee pursuant to this job order, at the company’s sole discretion, based on individual factors including work performance,skill and tenure

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Sharon, MA needs 4 temporary workers 4/1/2018 to 10/31/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply a Employment & Training Resources 275 Prospect s/t. Norwood, MA 781-769-4120 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10143394. Work may include, but not limited to: Plant, cultivate and harvest various crops such as, vegetables, fruits,horticultural specialties and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, hoes, pruning shears, knives, and ladders tilling the soil, applying fertilizer,transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning, applying pesticides,picking, cutting,cleaning sorting,packing,processing, and handling harvested products. May se up operate and repair farm machinery, repair fences and farm buildings, also may participate in irrigation activities. Work is usually performed outdoors,sometimes under hot or cold and/or wet conditions. Work requires workers to bend, stoop, lift and carry up to 50 lbs on a frequent basis. Working off the ground at heights up to 20 ft using ladders or climbing. Requires 30 days experience in fruit and vegetable duties listed.

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Peabody, MAneeds 5 temporary workers 4/1/2018 to 12/15/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at North Shore Career Center of Salem, 70 Washinghton St.,Salem, MA 01970, 978-825-7200, or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. job order #10143426. May perform any combination of tasks related to the planting, cultivating, and processing of apple,fruit and vegetable crops, Including, but not limited to driving, operating,adjusting and maintaining farm machines, preparing soil, planting,pruning, weeding, thinning,spraying, irrigating,mowing, harvesting,grading and packing. May use hand tools such as shovel,pruning saw, hoe. 1 month experience in duties listed required.

Carver Hill Orchards

Stow, MAneeds 2 temporary workers 4/7/2018 to 11/25/2018, work tools supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at North Central Career Center, 978-5341481, or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order# 0161614. May perform any combination of tasks related to the planting,cultivating, and processing for fruit and vegetables crops including,but not limited to, driving, operating, adjusts and maintains farm machines, preparing soil,planting, pruning, weeding,thinning, spraying, irrigating, mowing, harvesting,grading, packing. May use hand tools such as shovel,pruning saw, and hoe. 1 months experience in duties listed required. Engineer: BorgWarner Ithaca LLC seeks a Senior Engineer 1 in Ithaca, NY, responsible developing materials and processes for automotive engine and transmission chain application, among other duties. Master’s degree in materials science or materials engineering; or metallurgy or metallurgical engineering and five years of experience in the job described or related occupation of research engineer or research associate required. Any applicant who is interested in this position may apply to: Ms. Tiffany Wood, Resume Process/JO#15926100, BorgWarner Ithaca LLC, 800 Warren Road, Ithaca, NY 14850

Patersham, MA needs 1 temporary workers 4/3/2018 to 8/3/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at North Central Career Center 978-632-050 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10150402. Work is predominantly, but not limited to,log inoculation for mushroom cultivation outdoors. Worker must be strong and physically fit as there is frequent lifting and moving of logs weighing up to 50 pounds. Heavier logs are moved by more than one person. Logs are handled for most of working hours. Worker may stand for long periods while drilling holes in logs with high speed drill ad filling with mycelium culture and sealing with hot wax. Work can be repetitive. After processing logs, they must be moved by tractor and stacked on farm property for the growing season. Property may need to be cleared of spent logs and underbrush to make room for newly inoculated logs. Other miscellaneous chores may include: operate simple irrigation system and make any repairs needed, harvest mushrooms from logs, plant other cultivated produce types, keep work site clean and organized.

Meadowbrook Orchards

Sterling JCT, MAneeds 2 temporary workers 4/1/2018 to 10/31/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. Applicants apply at North Central Career Center, 100 Erdman Way, Leominster MA 01453, 978-534-1481 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10155874. Work may include but not limited to: plant, cultivate, and harvest various crops such as apples, pumpkins,and blueberries. Use hand tools such as shovels, hoes, rakes, pruning shears, saws and ladders. Duties may include tilling soil, applying fertilizer, transplanting, weeding, hand thinning, pruning, Applying general use pesticides under supervision of a licensed applicator. Picking, cleaning sorting, packing, processing and handling harvested products. May set up,operate, repair and maintain farm equipment, machinery and buildings. May also participate in set-up and operation of irrigation equipment Work is mostly outdoors and often under hot and cold weather conditions. Work requires bending,stooping, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis. One month experience required on work listed.

Employment Nourse Farms

S. Deerfield, MA needs 5 temporary workers 4/1/2018 to 12/1/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days o 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at Franklin/Hampshire Career Center, One Arch Place, Greenfield, MA 01301, 413-774-4361 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10150299. Plant, cultivate and harvest fruit and plants of raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus, horseradish, currants and blueberries. Workers will till soil, plant stock, set plant runners, weeds, blossoms and fruit from plants and dig plants using tools such as shovels, hoes, tampers, spading forks, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, knives, transplanter and plant digger. Apply and remove straw mulch and plastic mulch or sheeting on cops and soil. Install and remove trellis and netting for shade, crop support and bird control. Fertilize plants, spray plants and soil. Install and remove irrigation pipe and water valves to irrigate fields. May se up, operate and repair farm machinery. work is usually performed outdoors, sometimes under hot or cold or wet conditions. Work is physically demanding requiring workers to bend, stoop,lift and carry. Duties may require working off the ground at heights up to 20 feet using ladders or climbing. One month’s experience in duties listed for this position. Certain percentage of work will involve labor tasks in buffer zone areas of pesticide applications. While conducting such duties, the workers will be required to wear required personal protective equipment (for their own safety) provided by the employer.

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PLUMBER/ STEAMFITTER

F/T Building Maintenance Worker Plumber/Steamfitter position available with T-S-T BOCES Facilities division as of 04/09/18. Detailed posting on the BOCES website: www.tstboces.org and Careerbuilder.com. Apply online by 3/23/18 at www.tompkinscountyny.gov/ personnel TST BOCES, 555 Warren Rd., Ithaca, NY, 14850, (607)257-1551, Fax: (607)697-8273, Email: hr@tstboces.org

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Employment Rota-Spring Farm

Sterling, MA needs 3 temporary worker 4/1/2018-12/10/2018 work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to the worker who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the work days during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. Applicants apply at, North Central Career Center, 100 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA. 01453, 978-534-1481 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10161572 Plant, cultivate, and harvest various crops such as, but not limited to vegetables, fruit, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools such as but not limited to, shovels, hoes, pruning shears, knives and ladders. duties may include but are not limited to, tilling the soil, applying fertilizer, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning, applying pesticides under the direct supervision of a certified applicator, picking and cutting, cleaning, sorting, packing, processing, and handling harvested products. May set up operate and repair farm machinery, repair fences and farm buildings, also may participate in irrigation activities, requiring workers to bend, stoop, lift and carry up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis. Duties may require working off the ground at heights up to 20 ft. using ladders or climbing. 1 month vegetable experience required.

Special Education Summer School

OCM BOCES has the need for the following summer school staff from 7/6/18 to 8/17/18: * Special Education Teachers, * Teachers of the Deaf * Speech Therapists, * Teaching Assistant/Interpreters, * Teaching Assistants, * Physical Therapists, * Occupational Therapists, * Occupational Therapy Assistants, * Physical Therapy Assistants, * School Nurses. Sites are at various locations through Onondaga and Cortland County. Interested applicants apply online by 4/1/18 at: www.olasjobs.org/central. For more information regarding this Summer School posting,please visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org. EOE

Stillman Greenhouse & Farm Stand

New Braintree, MA needs 3 temporary workers 4/1/2018 to 11/15/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work Contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at, North Central Career Center, Gardener, MA 01440 (978)632-5050 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10150330. Diversified fruit and vegetable farm. General duties include: seeding, transplanting, writing labels for transplants,weeding, cultivating, and pruning, planting harvesting, picking and packing by hand various crops such as legumes, squash,corn, berries, apples, root crops and potatoes. Other duties include weeding, cutting,and arranging cut-flowers, use of hand tools, setting up, operating and/or repairing farm machinery and fencing, Ability to withstand prolonged exposure to variable weather conditions; also required to bend,stoop or stand for extended periods and lift and carry 50 pounds on a frequent basis. 1 month experience required in work listed.

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