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thaca College’s president Shirley Collado announced Monday that the school would be re-opening for students and in-person classes on Oct. 5, 2020. Collado shared the news in a campus-wide email Monday morning as well. Collado noted that though the schedule is moved back, it will be a full academic year starting on Oct. 5. The school had closed its campus to students in midMarch, shortly after Cornell University had done the same, a reaction to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Colleges nationwide have been closed for weeks, with Ithaca College and Cornell pivoting to online classes. “This is a major decision for our IC family, one that aligns with our ongoing, deliberate, and methodical decision-making process throughout this public health crisis,” Collado wrote. “We are continuing to prioritize the health and safety of our college and local communities while being nimble and responsive. In coming to the decision to open the fall semester on October 5, the senior leadership team and I listened to and collaborated with a variety of stakeholders and leaders, on campus and off. We’ve also clearly heard the voices of our students and their families.”

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Collado noted the announcement last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that New York would transition into a “Moving Forward” phased re-opening, the plans for which she said would provide guidance and clarity as the school moves forward. Additionally, Collado said the school would be forming a Return to Campus Task Force, which would be “composed of members of the senior leadership team and our campus community.” The task force, Collado wrote, would be charged with “ensuring that the appropriate health and safety guidelines are incorporated into all aspects of our college operations as we move ahead.” There was no information about how the announcement of a re-opening date would impact the school financially or a timetable for employees who were recently furloughed to be brought back. IC was one of several local institutions that had to cut employees during the last few weeks. Illustrating the impact the virus has had on academia, Cornell announced in late April that they were projecting losses around $200 million even if students were back for a full fall semester. “The Return to Campus Task Force mentioned in the message from President

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Collado will be doing the hard work over the coming weeks of making plans and determining their impacts,” said IC spokesperson David Maley. There will also be an all-staff gathering and all faculty gathering this week, along with virtual student gatherings which will focus on the move-out process and the new academic year’s plans. Acknowledging that some institutions, perhaps even signaling Cornell, may announce that they will be re-opening sooner than Oct. 5, Collado said Ithaca College is “putting a stake in the ground” in order to give the school necessary time to properly formulate the best re-opening plan they can. “Ithaca College has weathered many storms since we began as a small music conservatory in 1892, and survival in the face of significant challenge is in the DNA of this place,” Collado concluded. “Throughout this particular storm, our community has continued to demonstrate creativity, grit, and solidarity as we’ve pushed forward and continued to serve our students. It’s this type of innovative, student-centered approach that makes us so distinctive as an academic institution. I thank all of you for being a part of the IC family, and I am proud to walk alongside you during this critical time as we build the future of Ithaca College.” Certainly, the next several weeks will be teeming with announcements from schools regarding the fall semester and in what manner it will be administered. While Ithaca College has now set a date to return, the University of South Carolina announced Monday the unorthodox approach of announcing that all classes after Thanksgiving in the fall semester would be held online, in anticipation of the “second wave” of the coronavirus that has been anticipated for autumn.

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HOW MUCH LASAGNA IS TOO MUCH?

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Meet the Candidates: Lisa Hoeschele, Family and Children’s CEO and Executive Director

fter years of adjusting and handling the ripple effects of decisions made far away in Albany, Lisa

“The Limit Does Not Exist!” -Liz F.

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Lisa Hoeschele, CEO of Family and Children’s Counseling Services in Cortland. (Photo provided)

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Hoeschele decided it was time to address what seems, to her, to be a long-term difference in expectations of “well-meaning” legislators and the tangible ways their votes are carried “…the amount I had last night.”

out. Hoeschele works as the CEO of Family and Children’s Counseling Services in Cortland, and has been on the receiving end of plenty of those votes, both good and bad. She’s running on a platform that includes support for universal healthcare, the Green New Deal and student loan forgiveness, among plenty of other topics, though outside of policy positions Hoeschele said her run is motivated by a desire to serve as a connection between state government and those who have to deal with the fallout of policy action. “I see this huge disconnect between policy in Albany and what’s rolled out on the ground,” Hoeschele said. “We have a very large Medicaid population, and folks with really terrible health insurance. We’re highly regulated, but those regulations don’t often make a lot of sense. I see this epidemic of despair, that was occurring even before the pandemic, that really shows a large

Election 2020

Meet the Candidates: Jordan Lesser, General Counsel for Barbara Lifton

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hough he’s spent most of his career to this point working in law and politics in the Ithaca area, Jordan Lesser isn’t a household name like some of his opponents for the Democratic nomination for the New York State Assembly’s 125th District seat. That, however, has not quashed his confidence in his experience and how it would translate to a term in Albany. Lesser announced his intention to seek office in midFebruary, just after Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, for whom Lesser served as general counsel, announced that she would not seek a 10th term. He is now part of a group of

segment of our population have not benefitted from any type of economic upturn that we, among the middle class, each think is occurring.” Hoeschele said those people are the engine behind her inspiration to run for office originally, though the scope has now expanded because of the pandemic. Pragmatism and practicality are Hoeschele’s guiding mantras, vastly different than what’s currently produced by the state government, she contended. Hoeschele pointed out healthcare, mental health and addiction treatment, and education as the main examples of that sentiment -- troublingly, those policy areas are often necessary to access for society’s most vulnerable people. “All of the areas that touch those who are most in need, we’re making policies that are not practical in terms of providing solutions to their problems,” Hoeschele said. “And I want to change that.” Hoeschele, part of a crowded field of seven Democrats seeking to claim the party nomination in the June 23 primary, continued to make the case that a candidate’s prior experience in politics is not as important as having a tested approach that allows someone to gauge real-life impact and feasibility of policy decisions.

“Being able to think quickly on my feet, having connections in Albany that allow for policy implementation on a fast-track, being able to understand every aspect of policy,” Hoeschele said of herself. “I have a lot of connections in Albany that would allow me to specifically implement policy after fully vetting through the people on the ground that will be impacted by that policy.” The campaign can be a time for evolution for any candidate, particularly as they engage both with voters and with opposing candidates. Hoeschele said she had shifted on some topics, though most of her process had involved researching topics that were brought up in forums or debates to make sure she was comfortable with her answers and feelings in all situations, not just being swayed by the conversation. “I’ve had to really think through my feelings on vaccinations, and I firmly believe that we need to have a safe environment in schools for our kids, but I really had to dig deep into vaccination science to make sure that when I speak about that, I’m not trying to please the person in front of me, but that I have an honest answer that I feel comfortable with,” Hoeschele said. She does still support a vaccination

seven Democratic candidates competing for the nomination; the primary election is being held June 23. Lesser, an Ithaca native, said he thinks his campaign thus far has been hurt by a lack of name recognition locally, largely because he has done much of his work in a behindthe-scenes capacity instead of already holding public office, unlike several of the other candidates have. Regardless, Lesser said his background in law and particularly his experience in Lifton’s office position him as the best candidate for the assembly seat. “I care about reforming the structural inequalities of our society at every turn,” Lesser said, pointing to his experience as a park ranger in Louisiana, providing aid to people when Hurricane Katrina hit. “As we clearly witness during this pandemic, certain communities are suffering more

because of racial disparities in the health system. We all know that structural inequalities are prevalent in our daily lives ranging from funding gaps for schools, the gender wage gap and the wealth gap.” That focus on larger topics, he said, is exemplified by what he’s been successful at pushing while with Lifton’s office, including the banning of waste incinerators and public transportation access. If elected, Lesser said he’d prioritize the climate change fight saying that the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis represent only a fraction of the long-term threat of a warmer globe. Beyond that, he focused on the pandemic for his other two main priorities if elected: first that it has exposed the need for universal healthcare, meaning he would push and vote for the NY Health Act to pass, which would effec-

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Health Department intervenes in Big Red Barbershop re-opening

he Big Red Barbershop in Collegetown staged a short-lived comeback attempt on Monday, May 11, opening its doors to customers despite New York State’s executive order stating that nonessential businesses remain closed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Later that day, at the request of the Tompkins County Health Department, the barbershop closed. It’s the first publicly known case of a business trying an earlier reopening in Tompkins County. According to Facebook posts from Lisa and Randi Cary (Lisa is the store’s owner and lone barber), the store opened at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 11, with rules in place that would have limited the store to a one customer capacity, with face coverings and disinfecting the store between each customer. According to the Carys, by 3 p.m. they had received a call from the Health Department about the opening and had decided to cease operations again. The Carys are now preparing a lawsuit against the state seeking an injunction, which aims to push for some sort of economic re-opening or help for small businesses, and damages. In an interview Thursday, Lisa and Randi Cary both said they didn’t necessarily want to open the store, but felt backed into a corner by New York State: though sole proprietors, like Lisa, are now able to file for unemployment

payments, it’s been weeks since Lisa has heard back from the state about whether or not she’s been approved, and in the meantime she hasn’t received the $600 per week that was promised. They said they know of several other small businesses that haven’t been receiving their pandemic benefits, only one owner they know is receiving it. With rent and bills still due, matched with basically a complete loss of income, the couple said they felt boxed in. Considering the precautions they were taking, and the small size of the store (which has just one chair for customers), both of the Carys said they were not worried about catching the virus themselves and had instituted those extra protections to reassure any customers who did come in. “It comes to a point where you say, do you risk losing everything you have or do you risk opening up?,” Randi said. “You just have to go with your instincts.” “We were being very safe about it,” Lisa said. “I’m just a one-chair shop anyway [...] I’ve owned this shop for 17 years. It would break my heart, there’s no way I’m going to let my shop go.” Lisa, who owns the Collegetown store on Dryden Road, said she closed for the day Monday shortly after the health department called the store, intimating that the business could be fined by the state

for opening, and Lisa additionally feared losing her barber’s license, which is also issued by the state. The store drew about 30 customers during the six hours it was open, Lisa said. When asked for comment,

The single-chair barbershop opened out of desperation. (Photo by Casey Martin)

the health department neither confirmed or denied the situation at the barbershop or that they intervened. The department offered the following statement, via spokesperson Samantha Hillson: “Tompkins County is actively reviewing guidance from New York State regarding a phased re-opening. NYS on PAUSE states that non-essential businesses will remain closed until May 15, at which point a phased re-opening will take place. All non-essential businesses need to follow the industry descriptions on the NY Forward website. We are working closely with local businesses and the economic development agencies.” Ithaca Police Department chief Dennis Nayor said that they didn’t respond to the shop’s location at any point Monday, though confirmed that they were in contact with the health department just in case there was an escalation of some sort. “We were in contact with the Tompkins County Health Department regarding the situation, however, our presence was not needed at the scene,” Nayor said in an email. “The Health department spoke with the business owner who subsequently closed the shop in response.” Subsequently, the Carys started a GoFundMe page to

support what they say will be their legal costs from filing a lawsuit against New York State. They have posted it several times and it has picked up plenty of traction on social media. The fundraiser has accumulated over $1,000 in one day from 14 donors since it was created, with a final goal of $20,000. “We’re good people, we don’t want to do this, but we feel somebody needs to do this to try open up other people’s eyes, Albany’s eyes, just do what you say you’re going to do,” Randi said. “If you shut businesses down, and you say you’re going to pay them pandemic insurance until the shops are able to legally reopen, then you’ve got to follow through on that. You can’t make an empty promise on that and expect people not to revolt against it.” The Carys said they are using Buffalo-based attorney James Ostroski to represent them in the lawsuit. Later on Monday, Gov. Cuomo announced that the Southern Tier region could begin a Phase 1 reopening on May 15, though that won’t include barbershops or salons. The Carys said they wouldn’t try opening again due to the risk of potentially losing their license, and will instead hope that the re-opening allows them to start business again at the end of the month. In the meantime, Lisa is selling gift cards for people to support her business, as many others have done during the outbreak. “People should feel encouraged that as a County and as a Region we’ve met the criteria set forth by the Governor; we have worked hard and thank the community,” said Public Health Director Frank Kruppa in the health department’s statement. “But, we do not want to be complacent, and we must continue following social distancing, mask-wearing, and handwashing guidance. As we begin phase one, the steps we take every day will impact our ability to move into future phases.” Tompkins County has launched a new Moving Forward web page that will be updated as more information on reopening becomes available.

Coronavirus Round-Up - Here’s some other stories we covered this week that you can read more about online. You can see all of our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak at our special page ithaca.com/news/ coronavirus. Cornell’s CHESS will start COVID -19 research in June - The Cornell High Energy Synchotron Source (CHESS) will restart some of its operations in early June to investigate potential COVID-19 treatments as the outbreak continues to make its way across the United States. City reinstitutes trash tag requirements - Starting Monday, May 18, the city’s trash tag policy went back into effect, several weeks after fees were suspended. “In light of the severe loss of revenue the City has experienced, necessitating the furloughing of over 85 employees, the Mayor has determined that it is time to conclude the temporary policy that allowed trash to be picked up without trash tags,” a statement from the city said. Sampling center sets new one -day testing record of over 450 - On Thursday, May 14, a new one-day record was set by Cayuga Health’s testing facility, with over 450 people tested. “Despite a sometimes hour and 45 minutes to two hour wait, everyone has been gracious and very grateful to have this sampling center, right here,” the hospital said in a statement.

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Let’s Keep Democracy Strong During this Primary Election Season

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By A n na K e l l e s , Tom pk i n s C ou n t y L e gisl at or a n d c a ndi dat e for N Y Stat e A s se m bly 1 2 5t h D ist r ict his week, New Yorkers are waiting Judy Vale, only two of New York’s 62 for a ruling from the Second Circuit counties (Franklin & Washington) will Court of Appeals to not hold elections if the determine whether or not we presidential primary will have the right to vote in the is canceled. Most, like June 23 presidential primary Tompkins County, will election. On April 27, 2020, the still hold important Democratic Commissioners of elections for down ballot the NY State Board of Elections races like District Attorcanceled the presidential priney and State Assembly mary. A federal judge reinstated on June 23. In fact, New the presidential primary on May York is the only state to 5, 2020, describing the State have made the decision Board’s decision as “an authorito take away the right to tarian and illegal action that vote in the presidential creates a horrible precedent for primary. By contrast, 15 our democracy.” A decision on other states responded Anna Kelles, Tompkins the appeal is expected this week, to the Covid-19 crisis by County Legislator as the deadline is approaching postponing their primafor local election boards to place ries or shifting to mail-in orders for ballots. ballots. Rather than cancel the presidenThe NY State Board’s case hinges on tial primary, the NY State Board could the argument that canceling the presiden- have joined forces with organizations like tial primary will keep poll workers safe. According to the State Board’s counsel,

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By C h a r l ey G i t h l e r t was a late-May afternoon in Ithaca, a city with a reputation for well-heeled undergrads and Tibetan COVID masks. Down on the Commons, a tumbleweed of police tape bounced past the shuttered paraphernalia stores while tucked high above street level, in a forgotten fourthfloor corner of the Old Cigar Factory, was a door labelled “Sam Spade– Discreet Investigation.” This being Day 71 of isolating with his good friend Mr. James Beam, Spade was in his office, studying dust motes as they swirled aimlessly in the shaft of sunlight that struggled through a window that last tasted Windex during the first Bush administration. The door swung open with a bang, jerking him out of his reverie and revealing a woman with a pan that could fracture Marcellus shale. Spade’s heart commenced a jig on his rib cage, but this was also Day 71 since the phone had rung, and she looked like she had a case. “You’ll have to make an appointment, Dollface, I don’t take walk-ins,” Spade declared, straightening up in his seat. It never pays to seem eager. The woman slowly took in the office, which looked like it had been violently tipped on its side and then righted. She swept the debris off a chair and sat down, lighting a cigarette in one fluid motion. She tossed the pack on his desk. “The name’s Wonderly, in case you were wondering, and I’ve got a mystery for you, gumshoe,” she purred through a cloud of smoke. “Then I guess you’re in luck, Baby. No better detective in the city,” said Spade, pushing his battered fedora back on his head. He nonchalantly withdrew a cigarette from the pack, inserting the tobacco end in his mouth and lighting the filter. Ms. Wonderly blinked twice. “You sure you’re up to this, Sherlock? It’s big. Could land us both in a world of hot water, poking our noses where noses ought not to be poked.” “I’m in,” he sputtered, through paroxysms of coughing, “lay it on me.” Wonderly pulled her chair in close to the desk and leaned forward. “OK, tough guy, I’ll give it to you straight. I need someone on the outside, and there’s nobody more outside than you.” She waved a dismissive hand at his indignant cluck. “Do you think it’s a coincidence that Bill Gates invested 650 million in a

5G stock precisely when this so-called pandemic started?” A coughing Spade shrugged, still struggling for breath. “The answer’s ‘no,’ genius.” He looked at her with watery eyes. “You have to hand it to them,” she continued. “The whole thing’s been planned down to the last cell tower.” “But doesn’t 5G just mean faster internet?” said Spade, who was regaining control of his breathing and some of his composure. “Don’t be a sap, Spade,” she said. “That’s how they’re spreading the virus. Cell towers. And they’re all in on it. Oh, yes. Gates, Soros, the Clintons and the rest of them. I tell you, it’s huge. Big Pharma! China!” “But, Dr. Fauci...” Spade protested. “A patsy. Or maybe worse,” she cut him off. “This vaccination is how Gates is going to microchip us all. The mainstream media’s in on the whole thing, too. Goes right back to Obamagate.” “Wow. Yeah, um, pretend you’re reminding me what that is.” “You know damn well I can’t tell you that,” she said. “I’m not immediately seeing a motive here, Toots.” Spade was getting some of his vim back. “I mean people are actually getting sick and dying.” “It’s an election year, Einstein,” she explained. “Who stands to benefit if the president looks bad?” “How could they have known Trump would screw the pooch so badly?” Wonderly, taking a protracted drag on her cigarette, raised an eyebrow. “The man’s a freakin’ idiot, Spade. It was the only fool-proof part of the whole scheme.” She exhaled a billowing cloud of smoke. “Problem is, there’s not a shred of proof. Oh, they’re good. They’re real good. And that’s where you come in.” Spade glanced down at two months of unpaid rent notices in the detritus on his desk. “It’s two hundred bucks a day plus expenses,” he said, hastily adding, “and I need a grand up front to start.” Wonderly surveyed the post-Armageddon décor. “We’ll pay half that, in bitcoin, of course. Untraceable.” Spade started to reach across the desk to seal the deal with a handshake, but thought better of it. Instead he smiled and nodded. Quarantine’s no time to turn down a job this juicy.

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By Pat L e a ry, Tow n of It h ac a B oa r d M e m be r e still have a lot to learn about this gers, it’s easily 30 feet. Something to keep virus.” in mind next time you’re out for a healthful Andrew Cuomo, May 9, 2020 stroll. The governor’s comment was a perfect Which brings us back to masks. “I wear summary of our experience since the a mask for you, you wear a mask for me” is SARS-CoV2 virus and its associated disonly half right. Masks prevent an infected person’s droplets from spewing into the air. ease was first identified in December 2019. But they also protect the healthy wearer Nothing about this disease has remained from those droplets, should an infected certain, as new information challenging what we thought we knew is learned nearly person not be wearing a mask. The droplets and aerosol land on your mask, not in your every day. nose. Think about it: health care workers Cuomo was referring to the emergence wear masks to protect themselves from of a strange new manifestation of covid infected patients, not to protect the patients in a population once thought essentially from them. In fact, as Cuomo noted in a immune: children. Not only was the target recent briefing, doctors and nurses treating group unexpected, so was the new target covid patients have had a lower infection organ system: coronary arteries and other rate than the general public. Why? Masks. blood vessels. The virus has also attacked To be sure, cloth masks are not as effecyoung and middle-aged adults, causing sudden, often fatal, strokes. And in additive as N95s or surgical masks, but they provide enough of a barrier to stop viraltion to severe respiratory distress, kidney laden droplets from reaching your respirafailure is also often a separate outcome. The novel coronavirus may enter the body tory tract. through the eyes, nose, or mouth, but The Surgeon General’s early exhortaonce inside, it could do damage seemingly tion, “Stop buying masks, people!” was anywhere. motivated out of his awareness of the As New York takes its first measured nation’s limited supply of N95 and surgical steps toward reopening, we must all be masks, not from any factual basis that they mindful of how best to accomplish that don’t work to prevent infection. As a subgoal without provoking a resurgence stitute for masks, the federal government in infection and deaths. Cuomo wisely heavily promoted social distancing. The mandated the use of masks soon after CDC had to reverse course after the death the CDC’s belated advice that the general count exploded, but the damage was done: public wear face coverings. And masks it was hard to erase in the public mind the will be key in making our way forward, as initial implication that masks were useless. interactions resume and social distancing So the messaging on masks was wrong becomes more difficult. from the outset. Wrong on the facts – if Like so much else in this pandemic, they help prevent medical workers from the early thinking on how the virus is contracting the virus, they help prevent transmitted was wrong. The World Health infection for anyone wearing them – and, Organization initially recommended importantly, wrong on the psychology. keeping a distance of three feet, believing First, it depends on altruism, which is an that unlike other respiratory pathogens, unreliable motivator in a society as divided the novel coronavirus traveled only in as ours. With GenZ/millennials floutlarger droplets and fell quickly to surfaces. ing distancing guidelines at spring break, Hence the emphasis on handwashing as the calling covid the “boomer remover”; with primary means of prevention. It was advice the cultural, economic, racial, and political that propagated through public health divisions made even more pronounced by systems and in the public consciousness all this crisis, “We’re all in this together” is a over the world. dangerous fantasy. Then new information revealed that But the most problematic aspect of the the coronavirus is, in fact, airborne. The current advice about masks is denial. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control doubled message that you wear a mask to prevent the distancing standard to “at least” six others from catching your deadly disease feet, probably the most it felt it could requires a willingness to admit that you recommend and still obtain reasonable might, in fact, have a deadly disease – an compliance. The reality is that the virus almost insurmountable mental hurdle. is transmitted in aerosolized sprays much So the mask message needs a serious farther than six feet, light enough to be rethink, but it can be done. It must be suspended in the air for at least 30 mindone, if we are to get within business disutes. A sneeze was shown in simulations to tance of each other and resume life without travel as far as 26 feet, but it does not even risking dying, until there is an effective take a sneeze to expel virus far into the air: drug treatment or vaccine. Testing is not singing, talking, even breathing alone will prevention, and relentless surface disinfecdo it. Especially the forceful breathing by tion will not remove virus from the air. joggers; aerodynamics studies have shown Wearing a mask whenever you’re around that even people walking leave a wake of other people is one of the few things you “breathcloud” 15 feet behind them; for jog- can do to control your own safety in this

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the League of Women Voters and local democratic committees to help spread the word about how to vote in what has become a very confusing election season. Whether overturned by the appeals court or not, the State Board’s decision to cancel the presidential primary is a serious blow for our democracy. It has already caused disengagement among voters and will likely suppress voter turnout. Now, more than ever, we must do everything in our power to protect our democracy and encourage our neighbors to remain engaged in the democratic process. Voters’ voices should be heard. To encourage engagement in the June elections here are some important details and clarifications. Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order on April 24, 2020 expanded the right to vote by mail via an absentee ballot in the June 23 election to every eligible New York voter. The Board of Elections is in the process of mailing ballot applications to all individuals registered to vote in the June 23rd primary. The application is a self-mailer and includes a return postage that has already been paid. Individuals can also download an application directly from www.votetompkins.com to apply early or get a replacement. When residents receive the absentee ballot application, they should 1) check the box indicating they want a ballot for the “June 23, 2020 Primary Election” and 2) check the box that says “Temporary Illness or Disability” as the reason for requesting an absentee ballot. After filling out the application in its entirety, individuals will need to sign and date it, and submit it by mail to the Tompkins County Board of Elections, 128 E. Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY 14850, by email to elections@tompkins-co.org; or by fax to (607) 274-5533. Voters who have submitted an absentee ballot application will receive their ballots in the mail on or around May 22, 2020. The last date to postmark an absentee ballot application is June 16th, however an individual can bring an application directly to the BOE as late as June 22nd, trade it in for a ballot, and vote at a booth very uncertain environment. Yes, a mask is uncomfortable, but it is less uncomfortable than a tube down your throat. There are encouraging signs that masks are becoming socially normalized, popularized like any other accessory, with fashion-forward companies already producing them to match their bags. But adoption is still not where it needs to be, I believe, because the message has not been made clearly enough that you wear a mask for your own good. The virus is still out there, more infectious and devastating than any we’ve experienced, and the life you save may be your own. Ask not for whom you wear the mask; you wear it for thee.

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on site (the BOE will be regulating how many people are in the building to ensure social distancing protocols). If the presidential primary continues, everyone will get two separate ballots, one for the presidential and one for local elections. Both ballots can be sent in together in the same oath envelope and then in the return envelope. If there are multiple household members voting absentee, each member must send their packet of ballots separately. If an individual has moved and wants to vote by absentee, they must send in an absentee ballot application with the new address by June 3rd, before the electronic poll books are put together for early voting. After this date requires voting by affidavit ballot, which can be requested during early voting or on election day. Voting by mail with an absentee ballot will keep our poll workers safe, as fewer voters will need to vote in person on June 23. If you do not fill out a mail-in ballot, then you can still vote at the polls on or before June 23. Voters now have nine extra days to vote prior to the Primary Election, at special Early Voting locations: Town of Ithaca Town Hall, 215 N Tioga St, or Crash Fire Rescue (CFR), 72 Brown Rd. Everyone who is registered to vote in New York State, a resident of Tompkins County, and enrolled in a party holding a primary, is eligible to vote at one of our two Early Voting sites. For more details and hours of operation for early voting, visit https://tompkinscountyny.gov/boe. Finally, the last day for first time voters to register either in person or by mail is May 29th. We are living in unprecedented times. It is critical for everyone to have a voice as we work to recover from this crisis. We must minimize confusion and barriers while maximizing choice and safety. Let’s all keep democracy alive this primary season by voting. Anna Kelles is a Tompkins County Legislator and a Candidate for the NY State Assembly 125th

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he buzz of excitement anticipated by the re-opening of businesses in the Southern Tier region on May 15 resulted in a small but visible increase in Commons activity in downtown Ithaca. That’s just how local officials and business leaders want it: a measured approach, free of fervent crowds but gradually building back up. But all are hopeful and cautious about what happens next. The tepid response on the Commons during Phase 1’s inaugural weekend points to the balance between optimism and anxiety that will likely see-saw over the next several weeks as the state’s phased re-open8 T

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sion of retail services, real estate, professional services and more. Sunny Days owner Deirdre Kurzweil said that their business, which is family owned and only has three employees in Deirdre, her husband and son, will be taking things “slow and steady,” prioritizing proceeding at a speed they are comfortable with while considering state guidance. “We want to wait and watch what happens as each Phase begins,” she said. “Even when Phase 2 begins, we will likely be starting with outside sales first. While we are eager to invite customers back into the store, we will be erring on the side of being extra cautious.”

Some of the adjustments Sunny Days, located on the Commons, has made are indicative of steps other local small business retailers may also take. Kurzweil said in terms of online service, they have been adding products to their web store so customers can possibly order something either for delivery or no contact pick-up. In front of their store, they’ve constructed a plexiglass barrier at the front door and set up a television with a series of images of products inside, a tweak that Kurzweil calls “an enhanced version of window shopping.” Mayor Svante Myrick has been warning of the pandemic’s specific effects on Ithaca essentially since March 15, the day Cornell University sent a shock-wave through the

area by announcing that it would be sending students home in reaction to the coronavirus outbreak, evaporating the most important revenue stream for Ithaca businesses. “What I’m afraid of is we’re going to re-open and nobody is going to show up,” Myrick said. “And that that will create more problems then it solves. There’s nothing to do about that except develop a national testing and tracing and vaccine policy at the federal level. [...] The local government’s doing its job, and the regional control room is doing their work, and the state government is doing their work.” Myrick’s fears aren’t unfounded. The overarching theme of this early stage of re-opening is caution: the health department couches each re-opening update with warnings that people should still adhere to social distancing, wear facial coverings, and generally stay inside, as they have been, in a way that the term “re-opening” doesn’t quite portray. So even as the news is encouraging, the official advisement continues to be, in so many words: “Keep doing what you were doing.” Tompkins County Public Health Director Frank Kruppa said last week that the “quarantine rules are still the same.” Some data, while raw, shows that despite the reopenings many people are still remaining inside, even in places where public rules are rolling back quicker than New York. Restaurant reservation app OpenTable has been publishing data to show the impact of the shutdown on the restaurant industry in dozens of major cities around the world, and even those that are in regions or states which have initiated reopenings are seeing precipitous decline in patronage. In New York State, reservations and walk-in usage across OpenTable’s network of registered restaurants was down 99.98

feel comfortable percent year-oversending their kid year compared to across the coun2019, and through try, we’ll open all Monday night that of our stores and had only risen to then look around 99.23 percent beand see the stores low last year. Even close again for in states that are lack of business, well on their way not because the to a full re-opengovernment told ing, numbers are them to close to still down between flatten the curve. 70-90 percent. That’s what I’m How successworried about.” ful a short-term One way to economic recovmitigate those ery can be may potential pitadditionally hinge falls would be for on the return of Congress to pass the traditionala more comprely spend-friendly hensive stimustudent populaA b ov e : G u i d e l i n e s p o s t e d lus plan, Myrick tion in fall. Ithaat e n t r a n c e t o It h ac a said, something ca College anfa r m e r s m a r k e t : B e l ow: that would extend nounced this Tr i p h a m m e r M a r k e t p l ac e benefits both to week that they are (p h o t o s : C a s e y M a r t i n) employees and to aiming for an Oct. 5 restart of fall semester classes, in-person; small businesses directly. He said he wasn’t President Shirley Collado said the school sure if the City of Ithaca and its partners was “planting a stake in the ground,” us- would be able to replenish the newly-esing the date as a safe postponement from tablished Small Business Resilience Fund, a the normal schedule, which would have $390,000 forgivable loan program for small started Aug. 24. Cornell University and businesses struggling from the COVID-19 Tompkins Cortland Community College outbreak. The application load for the fund have both not announced their own plans was so immense that the city had to close for re-opening. In a CNBC appearance on the period after just 48 hours, and ended up Monday morning, Myrick said an autumn awarding 96 local businesses some amount without students would be “cataclysmic” of funding. Desperation has started to take hold for Ithaca’s economy. In an interview last week, Myrick ex- among some businesses that are stuck in limbo, having applied for pandemic help plored that possibility in greater detail. “We can crush the virus locally, which from New York State but yet to receive any we’ve done a pretty good job of,” Myrick financial help. The Big Red Barbershop, said. “But if parents from California don’t in Collegetown, opened for several hours

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last week in violation of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order closing non-essential businesses, telling the Ithaca Times that they felt cornered because not only had they lost their income, but no state benefits had come in to help bridge the gap. Subsequently, they filed a lawsuit against New York State demanding they executive order be lifted and businesses be allowed to reopen if they choose. “We need to continue to take smart, strategic, and slow approach to reopening,” Tompkins County Adminsitrator Jason Molino said in response to a question last week about making sure businesses that aren’t allowed to open stay closed while watching others around them take customers. “Slow and steady is going to win the race. The worst thing we can do is jump into this too fast and then have to pause or regress to get a resurgence of the disease under control.” Molino, who is serving on the regional control room with Myrick and several other county leaders from the Southern Tier, said the weeks of patience it will take to re-open properly will be worth it to avoid a setback to square one if there’s an uptick in numbers that crosses the acceptable threshold of the state’s re-opening rules, though those haven’t been very clear so far. His comments Yet still, he acknowledged the challenges that some small businesses have faced over the last several weeks. “I know everyone’s eager to open, but the slow and steady approach to this is what’s going to make sure we have a prolonged, successful re-opening,” Molino said. Asked last week how people can guarantee their personal safety in public while the re-opening process takes place, Molino offered a stark but honest assessment. “You can’t,” Molino said, simply. “So you have to be vigilant.”

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LOVELY ROCKS Painting rocks with images and messages is a hobby that has followers nationwide. It’s a fun pastime for seniors because it involves art, walking, socialization, and spreading kindness and joy. The movement has many names, including Kindness Rocks and The Traveling Rock Project. Simply paint a rock with acrylic paints and seal it. The image can be simple like a smiley face with the message “Have a nice day,” or something more complex. On the back of the rock, the words “Keep or Re-hide” are written so people know what they can do with the rock. Sometimes there is a Facebook link on the back for those who are part of a group and want to know who found it.

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he Ithaca sports community lost one its most remarkable individuals last week. When people heard that Dan Wood had passed, they might have asked, Dan Wood, the golfer? Dan Wood, the soccer player? Dan Wood, the college and professional coach? Dan Wood, the four-sport letterman at Tufts University? Yes, yes, yes, yes and then some…. One of the benefits of writing this column for so long is the fact that I can usually find real insiders. In this case, I called Tom Cleary, knowing that Tom is a wellconnected guy, he is a respected golfer, and he was approximately Dan’s vintage. When Tom told me, “Dan and I were neighborhood pals since we were 7 years old,” I knew I had made the right call. Cleary went on to say, “Dan was a couple of years behind me in school (Dan was Ithaca High, class of ’61) and he was teammates with Ricky Wells and the Reynolds brothers on one of the best basketball teams Ithaca High ever had.” Tom added, “In high school, Dan made it to Forest Hills as a tennis player, and he lettered in four sports as an undergrad at Tufts.” Wait… four different sports while carrying a full-time academic schedule in college? “He lettered in baseball, soccer, and basketball,” Cleary said, “and he kicked for the football team while being recognized as an NCAA Scholar, which was the equivalent of being a Rhodes Scholar at that time.” Sounding empathetic, Tom added, “Dan was not only the best athlete in the room, he was also the smartest person in the room, and believe it or not, that could be a burden.” After graduating from Tufts, Dan returned to his hometown and enrolled in a PhD. Program at Cornell. It was stated in his obituary, “As an NCAA post-graduate scholar-athlete fellow at Cornell, he earned

a Ph. D in the sociology of education, his dissertation aptly entitled “Educating in Sport.”) At the age of 24, he took over at the helm of the struggling Big Red soccer team, and something strange happened… In Cleary’s words, “Dan took over a winless soccer team with no budget, and they had an amazing 5-year run, during which they won the program’s first Ivy League title and made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.” Along the way, Wood mentored players like Bruce Arena, who is considered to be one of the most successful coaches in North American soccer history, having won five College Cup titles and five MLS Cup titles and served as the head coach of the U.S. National Team) and Dave Sarachan (who has seen great success as a pro player and elite level coach). Wood went on to coach soccer at the highest levels (he coached in the North American Soccer League) and was, according to Cleary, “a good amateur golfer.” That would change in 1997, when Dan joined the PGA Senior Tour as a rookie after winning tournaments on several pro mini-tours and immediately made his presence known. Remarkably, in 1998, Wood tied for seventh place at the U.S. Senior Open, and carded two additional top10 finishes. According to Cleary, “It was one of those stories where no one knew about him, and he came out of nowhere and made an impact.” His golf game was helped, one would assume, by the fact that he purchased and operated a golf course in Orlando. The final chapter in Dan Wood’s stellar coaching career came at Ithaca College, where his father, Carlton “Carp” Wood left a very large footprint. (Carp was a member of Ithaca College’s Class of ’39, he coached the baseball, basketball and soccer teams to NCAA tournament appearances and Carp Wood Field is named in his honor.) Dan and his wife, Sandi, founded and co-coached Ithaca College’s women’s golf team, and over the course of 7 years (from 2008- 2015) the Woods guided the Bombers to three top-ten finishes in GolfStat’s season-ending national poll. The team reached #1 in New York State’s NCAA DIII for 4 consecutive years, and tied for 5th in the 2014 NCAA DIII championship. Of his lifelong friend, Cleary said, “Dan was a really good athlete who became a very good golfer. In any sport he played, he had really great instincts, and he was always the smartest guy out there. He might have a 3-inch vertical jump, but when the basketball came off the rim, it came to him. He was always in the right place at the right time.”

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administered through local institutions like BOCES, SUNY Cortland or Tompkins Cortland Community College. Perhaps the most notable effort of his career with Lifton was helping lead the charge against fracking, writing the amicus brief in support of the Town of Dryden’s fracking ban, which Lesser points to as an example of his climate change bona fides. The ban, which then went into effect statewide by an executive order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was codified into permanent law by this year’s state budget. “It was my expertise that informed every pushback against the oil and gas industry, especially in drafting legislation and letters of support for banning fracking, and my three legal briefs written to uphold zoning law for the Town of Dryden to ban gas drilling at the local level,” Lesser said. “No one else in this race comes close to my track record and can immediately accomplish our progressive goals in Albany.” M att Butler

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ith the world on lockdown, what are we all watching? This week, I spoke to Ithaca Times columnist Charley Githler (of “Surrounded by Reality” column fame). IT: How are you holding up? CG: Oh, not bad, really. You know, I’m a high school teacher, so we’re working from home, and I have a certain amount of job security. And I like being alone, so all in all, not bad. IT: It’s been fun finding out what people are watching at home under quarantine. CG: Well, you know, I love movies. I just generally tend to watch stuff from the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. That’s why I kept the cable, because I like Turner Classic Movies. It’s a lot of what we’ve been watching. I’ve got two kids - one’s 11, one’s 15, and I’ve got an older daughter, too. I’m trying to sort of educate them a little bit in movies. So, for example, my daughter and I are going to watch “Harvey” (1950) tonight. [James Stewart stars as a man whose best friend is a pooka named Harvey, in the form of a six-foot 3.5-inch-tall invisible rabbit. Josephine Hull won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.] I love that movie. I’ve shown her “Auntie Mame,” the 1958 version. And we’ve watched some stuff that [TCM] threw on there. They were running a bunch of Jimmy Durante movies last month, and we watched some. Kinda forgettable stuff there. But it’s basically cinema graphic comfort food for me. IT: I have a lot of movies on the shelf that I’ve never seen, so I try to watch at least one “new” movie a day. CG: That’s probably smart. I just have been going to my go-to movies, under the guise of showing my daughter, like “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) [A classic John Huston western adventure drama starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by Huston.] With her, it either grabs her or it doesn’t, but we’re watching scene by scene and I’m saying, “Wait till the next scene. You gotta watch the next scene.” It keeps me engaged in what I’m watching. It’s mostly stuff I’ve seen before. I’m not really venturing out into new territory during quarantine. IT: What is it about those vintage movies that really gets you?

CG: I’m a history teacher. Part of it is anthropological. Like there was this Jimmy Durante movie that was a Tarzan spoof, I think it was called “Schnarzan” or something. [It’s actually called “Hollywood Party” (1934)] It’s the stupidest movie, but it was such a snapshot of 1934, you know? Because they were trying to work in all kinds of celebrities, and it was very topical. The humor didn’t necessarily age well. But it was just fascinating to watch. And that’s probably true overall for those decades. While I’m watching it, it’s not just about the story, it’s about seeing what life was like and what peoples’ take on things were back then. IT: TCM shows some pretty wild stuff late at night. CG: Well, that’s why I keep it, because if I just had streaming stuff, I would be getting peoples’ recommendations, but they throw some stuff in there that nobody remembers, nobody’s heard of. And I would never otherwise see, no one would ever recommend it to me, and I love that. Just obscure s*** that’s like two stars [rating] but somehow, it’s really interesting. IT: I don’t like the star rating system. Roger Ebert gave all the early Tim Burton movies two stars, and they’re some of his most enduring pictures. CG: I’m interested in knowing what they gave it, but it doesn’t dictate to me whether I watch a movie or not. Sometimes I wildly disagree with what the star assignment is. I’m just interested in what they gave it anyway. I can’t take my eyes away when I’m looking at the details, you know? What year was it made? I always like to see how many stars they give it. IT: I’ve been on a Don Knotts kick. I just saw “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” [A 1964 live action-animated film in which Don Knotts is transformed into a fish that fights in WWII.] CG: Love Don Knotts. I saw that when it came out, this was back in the old days when your parents would drop you off at a movie theater and drive away. And the theater was full of kids, unsupervised. It was chaos. But I remember the movie. There was a great deal of kind of benign neglect of kids in thiose days.

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may have in-classroom. The students were given a package with the six books, audio of Simon and Walker performing the audio books and associated songs, lyric books and a poster. Even students who are trying to learn English as a second language have benefitted from the books, presenting them with a different, more fun way to learn the language. Overall, for students, it’s good to have something cheery and simple to experience now, particularly if their home situations are stressful as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and its ripple effects. “I’m certain that the books going home to families has been the most important and impactful thing that we did for the kids,” said ICSD pre-kindergarten teacher Kelly Craft. “Even more than staying connected with them. Because once the books are in the hands of the children, they have total control over them. They don’t have to have a wifi or hotspot connection. They don’t have to worry about being safe. The books are just there for them, and in a way that nothing else can be right now.” The impact on the students so far, Craft said, has been tangible, and she’s been able to see both how the songs calm the children and

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