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hickpea plants are putting their roots down in Central New York, and successful harvests would pack not only a nutritional, but also an economic punch in the Ithaca area and beyond.

A partnership between Schuyler County, Cornell, Ithaca Hummus, and other groups launched the chickpeagrowing initiative last year.

Before actually placing chickpeas in the local New York soil, the seeds of the ongoing partnership were planted to help Antithesis Foods — the Ithaca-based maker of Grabanzos — simplify its supply chain and cut costs.

The Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development, a collaboration between private and public sectors to support clusters of businesses in the county, organizes and manages the chickpea-growing project for Antithesis Foods.

Jon Beckman, chairman of the Partnership for Economic Development, met Jason Goodman and Ashton Yoon, co-founders of Antithesis Foods, at the Grow-NY event, an annual competition for food production startup companies in Central New York that awards millions of dollars of prizes.

Beckman, joined by Ithaca Hummus chief investment offi-

cer Frank Cavallaro, discussed Antithesis Food’s supply chain with Goodman and Yoon while at the conference. From the conversation, he learned both companies source their chickpeas from out west, primarily from Arizona and Washington.

Beckman put Goodman and Yoon into contact with Judy Cherry, executive director of the Schuyler County Partnership For Economic Development. After reviewing the company’s “fractured” supply chain, Cherry asked why Antithesis Foods didn’t source the chickpeas locally.

The answer: New York state simply did not grow chickpeas.

Cherry wanted to see if she could change that.

According to Cherry, being co-located with a supply chain helps a business wield better control over its costs. Considering the benefits of sourcing

their main commodity locally, Goodman and Yoon were on board with the chickpea-growing experiment.

“A lot of costs get tagged on to freight costs,” Yoon said. “...

If you can grow the chickpeas and then process them into your end product in the same place, you’re saving money and it’s a lot more sustainable.”

Carl Taber, a seasoned farmer and the chair of the Schuyler County Industrial Development Agency, joined the team to plant the first batch of seeds on his farm in Trumansburg. For the first attempt last year, Taber planted three varieties of chickpeas across three acres of land. Despite a few “hiccups,” the experiment indeed found some promising success.

“We were able to use them on a very small scale, but the chickpeas that we harvested made a crunchy thing with our method,’’ Goodman said.

“So we just need to make a lot more of them and harvest them.”

The chickpea growing endeavor will continue, and this year, the team is attempting to

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scale the crop into a productive supply. Taking what they learned from last year’s experimental batch of chickpeas, the team has already seen greater success for the 2021 growing season.

“We didn’t even get the chickpeas delivered until mid June in 2020, but this year we had them in the ground in May, so that we were way ahead of the curve there,” Beckman said. “With the chickpeas in the ground early enough, they’ll form their own protective canopy to keep weed growth to a minimum. So it’s headed in the right direction.”

As the original beneficiary of the Schuyler County initiative, Antithesis Foods harbors especially high hopes for securing a local chickpea supply, especially as they extend their product line and make an ingredient portfolio based on chickpeas beyond their popular chocolate covered product.

“If it winds up working, we have no qualms of changing our chickpea supply to do it,” Goodman said. “Maybe the whole world will be eating chocolate covered chickpeas and chickpea-based pizza from chickpeas grown in Trumansburg.”

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PHOTOGRAPHER Dryden public split on Rail Trail bridge

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IF YOU HAD TO COMPETE AGAINST YOUR FAMILY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS, WHICH EVENT WOULD YOU WIN?

“Definitely Skateboarding.”

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Justice Center lists posts; Reimagining moves forward

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he Community Justice Center continues to progress, as the two director and data analyst positions are officially being advertised. The positions are posted for 30 days, ending Aug. 14.

According to Deanna Carrithers, the county’s chief equity and diversity officer, the county will use a redacted screening process to make it as unbiased as possible.

“We’ll have no idea who applies,” Carrithers said. “It’s strictly based on qualifications for the position.”

She said they’re also considering a slight delay in filling the data analyst position, just to give whoever fills the new project director role a chance to have a say in the person they’ll be managing.

Legislator Henry Granison asked if there’s been a selection committee created for the hiring process, and Carrithers said they’re still trying to slim down the list of the many people who have shown interest.

“We literally have 75 names

“If Beatles Karaoke was an event, I’d win the gold.”

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of community members,” Carrithers said. “So we’ve gone to our partners and said, ‘here’s the list of folks, how do we pare this down?’”

She said as far as the hiring process would go, it will include screening for basic criteria on the redacted application, and then remaining candidates would be interviewed by an interview committee. And from there, Carrithers said they’re still working on the remainder of the process.

“We’re trying to incorporate department heads and community heads and make sure we’ve managed the process so we’re not asking all 16 candidates to do a presentation,” she said. “I talked to 35 people when I interviewed for this position, so there will be a paring down of the process each level of the way.”

Carrithers said the county is also working on sequencing the recommendations so that they can move forward in the most efficient manner. She’s been meeting with the Sheriff ’s Office as well as the Public

bridge across Route 13 to connect portions of the Dryden Rail Trail.

The entire project is expected to cost $2.9 million. The town has raised roughly $2.4 million of that total through grants and is planning to commit $250,000 to $300,000 from the annual budget to the project.

Multiple residents spoke in support of the bridge project, highlighting the importance of providing a safe way for trail goers to cross Route 13.

“We all would have loved to have found a simple and cheap way to cross … Route 13, but we knew enough not to settle for a solution that didn’t meet our goals for a safe crossing for both recreational users and for commuters,” Alice Green, a member of the Dryden Rail Trail Task Force, said.

Tompkins County Legislator Martha Robertson emphasized the prioritization of the safety of the trail’s users.

“I can’t even think about the

possibility of somebody losing their life because they try to go across this big, big highway, and it will happen,” Robertson said. “It will happen.”

Nonetheless, there are a faction of Dryden residents that think routing the trail alongside Route 13 to Fall Creek is a more reasonable option. Bruno Schickel, who is a former member of the Rail Trail task force, outlined his opposition to the bridge project.

“I am opposed to this bridge — pedestrian bridge — for the simple fact that there’s a wonderful alternative at about one percent of the cost, and I just do not understand why the town would not take that option,” Schickel said.

Town Supervisor Jason Leifer reiterated the dangers of Route 13 and the need to find the safest solution possible.

“We’re not at any point where this is a done deal yet for a bridge … but all of the

and Mental Health Departments to better understand all the aspects of the alternative response model.

Funding for the Community Justice Center and the Reimagining Public Safety process is also in the works, as Carrithers and Public Safety Committee Chair Rich John have worked with Acting County Administrator Lisa Holmes in the budget meetings.

“We’ve been aligning Reimagining requests and making sure the [over target requests] that need to be submitted are part of that process too,” Carrithers said.

The county and city are also working on creating a framework for the Community Justice Center’s advisory board.

Carrithers said there are some givens for the board, such as that it will include representatives from the District Attorney’s office, the Sheriff ’s Office, County Legislature and Common Council. Right now, Carrithers said they want to establish a short-term working committee that would, ideally by the end of this year, come up with the framework for the advisory board.

“It’s a combination of city-county staff and elected officials coming together and looking at the charter and the bylaws,” she said. “But we

also want to have community input.”

She said the working committee would determine how many advisory board members are needed and figure out whether they’re appointed or if they apply for the position, as well as figure out the relationship between the board and the legislative bodies, and determine how often the board should report back to Council and Legislature.

“We would need to complete the work by the end of the year if possible and then launch the advisory board from there,” Carrithers said.

John added that depending on how the process goes and what framework is built, it’s possible that some folks who prove to be particularly valuable on the working committee could shift over to the advisory board.

Carrithers said the working group would likely begin in August to give the full Legislature and Council an opportunity to talk about it and make recommendations for who is in the group.

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HOUSELESS

‘Jungle’ needs evolve, outreach lessens as summer months wear on

Richard Rivera (Photo: Casey Martin)

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ach summer, extreme heat and weather present Ithaca’s unhoused population with a host of challenges. As outreach organizations transition back to more normal operations this summer amid improving pandemic conditions, new obstacles have reared themselves — for both the organizations and those they serve.

Many unhoused Ithacans live in the area colloquially termed “The Jungle,” an encampment which stretches from behind Lowe’s to behind Burger King on South Meadow Street. With the summer bringing the end of the Code Blue policy — which guarantees shelter for individuals when temperatures reach below freezing — the population in the homeless encampment grows each year in mid-April and through the summer.

A collection of outreach organizations in Tompkins County such as Second Wind Cottages, Salvation Army and Opportunities, Alternatives & Resources (OAR) of Tompkins County — among tens of others — provide materials and services to these individuals throughout the year.

As expected, the changing seasons come with changes in materials needed in the encampment. While food, water, healthcare, and housing services remain constant through-

out the year, the summer heat requires a more vigorous focus on sanitation and hygiene services.

“During the summer, the bugs are terrible, so there’s a lot of bug spray,” Carmen Guidi, Founder and Acting Director of Second Wind Cottages said.

“There’s also a lot of environment control because in the summer we have to deal with rats and control other stuff like that.”

Staying dry during the summer months is a major problem for Jungle residents.

The wet conditions, generated by the onslaught of rain and constant humidity, exacerbates health problems and disease in the encampment.

The copious amount of rainfall this summer has caused flooding in many parts of the encampment, only worsening the wet conditions.

According to Richard Rivera, who works with OAR and Ultimate Reentry Opportunity, individuals are in great need of tarps, tents, dry clothes, socks and underwear.

“These areas have become flooded over the last couple of weeks because of the rains, so we see an uptick in foot rot and other diseases that can be prevented with dry clothes and just basic hygiene,” he said. “...

They need tents because they break because of the rain — the wind is strong, branches

fall on them and break them.”

Even before the warm weather hit, however, there has been an increased focus on sanitation services due to COVID. When the pandemic hit, many of the agencies invested resources into infrastructure to help with hygiene.

For example, Second Wind Cottages brought Port-a-Johns and handwashing stations to the encampment, which have remained in place.

“There was a lot of money different agencies put into different things, especially some for sanitary reasons,” Guidi said. “COVID really amplified the outreach in a lot of those areas and there’s still those items that are in place.”

To accommodate public health restrictions and guidelines, many organizations adapted their outreach approach during the earlier months of the pandemic.

Rather than having individuals come to them for services, the Salvation Army, like others, expanded its delivery model to encourage people to shelter in place and adhere to social distancing recommendations.

While the organization continues its outreach efforts, it has started to transition back to its normal operations, which puts more of an “onus on people to take initiative.”

“During the pandemic we shifted to a model of more outreach—going out and encouraging people to shelter in place, bringing food and services to them,” Lyle said. “We still do outreach but what we are trying to do is get people to come do those things themselves. We are trying to encourage people to come back on site, and move back to a model where people can feel comfortable but also take the initiative to do some of the things that they can do now that are kind of shifting back to what was closer to prepandemic.”

According to Lyle, having the individuals come on site facilitates many of the services the organization offers. When helping individuals search for housing and fill out forms, for example, it is “much easier” to sit down in front of a computer with an individual rather than looking at the small screen of a phone.

Another reason organizations are pushing for the return to on-site services is because

it offers a sense of community and provides a space for interpersonal interactions.

“I want to encourage people to experience community at Salvation Army, Loaves and Fishes, and really all of the other places,” Lyle said. “So getting people interacting with other people and not just being kind of cloistered in your own setting in the Jungle. It’s also very good for somebody, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, to come into a situation where there’s other people around.”

Despite these benefits, Rivera cites many downfalls to a return to this pre-pandemic model.

“As institutions begin to open up, they are demanding that the individual assumes responsibility and go there, which is really problematic,” he said. “The reason why this population exists is because the individuals that formed this population are individuals who, in general, have trouble accessing places — they’ll get lost just walking out of the Jungle.”

The transition back to this pre-pandemic model of outreach — with its emphasis on on-site services rather than scheduled deliveries — has proven difficult for the outreach organizations, as well.

“After a full year of doing things one way, trying to transition back is a challenge,” Lyle said. We almost have to retrain or reprogram people again to do the things that they can do for themselves, and come on out and meet us.”

Amid these challenges, the organizations in the area remain committed to serving the unhoused populations and solving not only the recurring “complex issues” that face these individuals, but also that have been born from this state of transition back to normalcy.

“There’s a collaboration of agencies working together for the same cause, which is great because you can call on different people for different things at different times,” Guidi said.

“It’s really encouraging to see that.”

By Fa i t h Fish e r

Ups After getting rained out the first week, the Summer Concert Series at the Bernie Milton Pavilion kicked off last Thursday. Head to the Commons every week for a live show!

Downs A man was injured in an attempted robbery in the 300 block of West State Street on July 17 around 2:30 a.m. Anyone with information should reach out to the Ithaca Police Department.

HEARD&SEEN Heard GrassRoots Festival has been going strong each weekend in Trumansburg. Check out https:// www.grassrootsfest.org/ for tickets and more information about acts.

Seen A group gathered at Bernie Milton Pavilion last Wednesday to celebrate the launch of the 1000 Conversations initiative. Learn more at www.1000conversations.org.

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13.6% Playing cards.

59.1% Solving puzzles 9.1% Scrolling through TikTok 18.2% Pumping out basement.

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The Cliff Street Retreat proposal is a bad fit for West Hill A

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s a long-time Cliff Street resident, and as an urban planner with over three decades of experience, domestic and international, I once again find my neighborhood under assault from Ithaca’s City Hall. Surprisingly, the assault is being led by none other than our West Hill alderwoman, Cynthia Brock, with the hearty support of alderman George McGonigal. The so-called “Cliff Street Retreat” development being proposed for the Incodema property at 407 Cliff Street has already passed Brock’s Planning and Economic Development Committee, and has received Conceptual Approval, with their votes, from Common Council.

Although described by Cynthia Brock and the developer as an “innovative” mixed-use residential and commercial project, the rezoning will in fact introduce large-scale residential development into the middle of the Cliff Street neighborhood: a 23,300 square foot commercial development the size of the building housing Chipotle and Firehouse Subs on Meadow Street.

Contrary to what the developers and

Cynthia Brock want us to believe, there is no “residential” component to this development. It is a commercial Airbnb-type operation as is evident in the applicant’s project description, a “…short term rental akin to an Inn, and…retail and lounge/ restaurant/coffee shop…” The notes on the proposed building plans submitted by the developer also utilize terms such as “hotel corridor,” and “hotel room.” This type of Airbnb operation is not “residential;” it is a HOTEL as defined in the Ithaca Zoning Code.

These types of commercial Airbnb operations — businesses where absentee investors buy up residential properties in established neighborhoods and rent them out for weekend or weekly rentals — have been disrupting neighborhoods in many lakefront communities in the Finger Lakes region, including my professional clients. The unregulated operations attract large groups of vacationers renting one unit, that overload local streets with excessive parking demand, and generate continued on page 7

By C h a r l ey G i t h l e r Shaking hands A gentleman on the street never touches elbows with a lady without first rolling his right sleeve up. But at the opera, or at a ball, or if he is usher at a wedding, he keeps his sleeve down.

Conversation Be careful not to let amiable discussion turn into contradiction and argument.

The tactful person keeps his or her prejudices to himself, and even when involved in a discussion says quietly “No. I don’t Tips for proper conversation: Never Say:

Correct Form:

In our residence we retire early.

It’s past my bedtime. Go home.

I desire to purchase an assault weapon.

I should like to buy an assault weapon.

TikTok is nonsensical.

TikTok is stupid.

Pardon me! Have you put on weight?

I beg your pardon. Have you put on weight?

ere is something unpleasTh ant about Jared Kushner.

Jared Kushner creeps me out.

Lake Powell is certainly diminishing most rapidly.

I’m most gratified I don’t live out West.

Are you certain you wish to purchase this item?

You look way too poor to buy that.

Charmed! or Pleased to meet you!

‘Sup?

I’m unvaccinated.

I’m a dumbass.

In the elevator A gentleman takes out his mask and puts it on when a lady enters the elevator in which he is a passenger, but he takes it off again in the corridor. A public corridor is like the street, but an elevator is suggestive of a room, and a gentleman does not keep his mask off in the presence of ladies in a house.

At the Opera In walking about in the foyer of the opera house, a gentleman leaves his coat in the box — or in his orchestra chair — but he always wears his MAGA hat. A gentleman must always be in full dress, tailcoat, white waistcoat, white tie and white gloves whether he is seated in the orchestra or a box. He wears white gloves nowhere else except when at a ball, when ushering at a wedding, or when wearing blackface at All Hallows’ Eve. A cautionary tale A certain rich donor, whose appointment to a foreign post of importance was about to be confirmed, came into the corridor of a Washington hotel and stopped to converse with a lady for a few moments. During the whole conversation, he kept his hat on his head and a cigar in the corner of his mouth, and called her 6 T

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think I agree with you”, or “It seems to me Donald Trump is a world-class dunce.”

One who is well-bred never says “You are wrong, douchebag”. If he or she finds another’s opinion utterly opposed to his or her own, he or she switches to another subject for a more pleasant channel of conversation.

It is considered unseemly to mention to anyone in California that we have been having a particularly rainy summer.

“kiddo” even though she had a doctorate and two master’s degrees. It happened that the lady was the wife of a prominent politician, and she lost no time in reporting the incident to her husband, who in turn brought the matter to the attention of certain of his colleagues with the result that the appointment did not go through.

Clothing Brighty colored socks and cravats are quite appropriate with flannels or golf tweeds at country estates. At funerals and in court, gentlemen are advised to appear in shirts that have sleeves. When wearing a baseball-style cap while dining in a fine restaurant, the proper orientation is brimforward, not backward like a zoo animal.

The main thing is to dress appropriately.

If you are going to play golf, wear golf clothes; if tennis, wear flannels. It makes a good impression to have cleanly-pressed klan robes when storming government buildings. Do not wear a yachting cap ashore unless you are living on a yacht.

At the table Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating, unless one is checking one’s phone. To sit with the left elbow propped continued on page 7

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loud parties and littering in neighborhoods. “Cliff Street Retreat” will be a sorority and fraternity dream come true: short-term rental party palaces far from the eyes of CU and IC officials.

The proposed new zoning would have significant adverse impacts to the Cliff Street neighborhood, which is already under significant stress due to the 15,000 or so cars and trucks (almost 600 trucks per day according to New York State data) that severely disrupt quality of life for residents. “Cliff Street Retreat” has the potential to generate 500 to 1,000 new automobile trips per day on the narrow two-lane street and create a huge traffic bottleneck from cars turning left to enter or exit the site.

Think of all those Town of Ithaca and Town of Ulysses commuters stopping for that latte and muffin on their way to work, or takeout out on the way home in the evening at that “…retail space and maybe a small cafe, which is sorely missing from the West Hill community currently…” but which is not accessible to anybody on West Hill except for Town of Ulysses and Town of Ithaca residents.

The introduction of commercial zoning into a residential neighborhood such as the Cliff Street neighborhood is one of the most destabilizing land use actions a city can take. This type of re-zoning historically has been a successful form of “redlining:” the race- and class-based land use policies cities have utilized to destroy lower income and BIPOC communities

throughout the USA. I’ve worked in many such communities, including- post-Katrina Lower 9th Ward and Treme in New Orleans, in postKatrina Vietnamese East Biloxi, MS; in the Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky; in Baltimore’s Milton-Montford neighborhood. I’ve also worked in Roma communities in Italy and urban villages in China that have been subject to similar policies.

Rezoning the parcel at 407 Cliff Street for large-scale commercial use sends the signal that the City of Ithaca, officially, does not view Cliff Street as a legitimate residential neighborhood worthy of zoning protection.

To conclude, the “innovative,” proposed “Cliff Street Retreat” development will result in long-term significant adverse impacts to the Cliff Street neighborhood, and generate even further deterioration of the quality of life for residents of Cliff Street. It may well be what ultimately sends the neighborhood into the spiral of decline suffered by similarly situated neighborhoods across New York, and across the USA. The proposed development will not further the health and welfare of the Ithaca community. It is not in conformance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2015. Nor will it result in any long term significant community benefit for Ithaca.

So, why are our two Common Council representatives, Cynthia Brock and George McGonigal, supporting this proposal?

Intelligent, inquiring constituents are asking.

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on the table while texting with the right hand, sends a clear message to other diners that you are busy and not to be disturbed. It is axiomatic that texts, Instagram posts and actually all social media communications require an immediate response.

Driving When driving in the autocar, it is considered to be a welcome form of sharing to allow fellow travelers and bystanders to participate in the experience of listening to music. A refreshing Cardi B song, perhaps on the subject of the administration

of fellatio or the condition of her genitalia, is always welcome. Mind that the volume is sufficient for all to hear.

Using a cellular telephone There is no conversation, no matter how important, long, or complicated, that is not better conducted via text as opposed to conversing. Actual talking, while appropriate for Alexander Graham Bell, has for some time been unsuitable for all but the elderly.

Thank-you notes Not really a thing any more.

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intersections around 13 are a safety disaster whether you’re driving or walking or biking,” Leifer said. “We’re looking to do something for the public good, and we’re going to have to have a safe process so no one dies. Period.”

Another worry from the public is the possibility of the use of “eminent domain”— the right of a government or its agent to take possession of private property for public use — to obtain the remaining pieces of land needed to construct the

bridge. The town believes it’s justifiable in this situation “because a bridge is the only viable option for completing the Dryden Rail Trail” based on safety studies conducted.

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reat, thoughtful, informative article. I would be curious to know how much of the violence is gang related. I know we don’t want to believe it’s here in tinytown, but it is. Until society can come up with a system that affords a path to “inclusion”, gangs will continue to offer a seductive lure.

Also, I fail to understand why the death of one Black person by a cop can produce such justifiable outrage and yet all the violence by Black on Black is ok within the Black community. When does it stop?

-Linda Silber, via Ithaca.com

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iolent criminal activity is up by double digits and the Ithaca police need reform? That’s insanity. No doubt Ithacans will continue to vote the same even as they move up the slopes away from the real problem.

-Eddie Coyle, via Ithaca.com

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o one’s fault. If we ever get back to making people responsible for their decisions and actions a lot will change for the better.

-John Butler, via Ithaca.com

ops complaining about and reporting violence via the media happened around the time they got the SWAT truck. Perhaps they are hoping for more militarization of the police? Ithaca doesn’t need more cops or more militarization. Ithaca needs a cessation to cops abusing black and brown people, needs a cessation of overpolicing Black and brown neighborhoods.

Hmm, I wonder what the statistics are for white on white crime... Oh, wait, that’s not a thing. “Black on Black” crime is just a canard white people use to derail thoughtful conversations on white supremacy.

-Liza Cobb, via Ithaca.com

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hat’s right Linda, when tiny town made a relaxed environment for heroin use it opened up a ripe market for the gang’s to waltz right in and set up shop thus bringing the violent crime with them. Actions have consequences.

-George Little, via Ithaca.com

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he writer cites three similar minded individuals who all who espouse the view that the perpetrators are not to blame. Crime is up. Where are the opinions from those who might think individual life choices might come into play, or maybe they live outside of ten square miles?

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I agree with the comments from John Butler, George Little, William Shang and Eddie Coyle. I attribute the rise in violent crime in Ithaca to our massive welfare state (local+state funded), which attracts the wrong kind of people from all over the nation to Ithaca who come primarily to take advantage of all the “free” government services, handouts, and subsidies.

Also, the Covid “relief” checks incentivize people not to work. Anytime the government pays folks not to work, some of them will have more time and energy to engage in criminal activity. Criminal activity can lead to violence.

-Richard Ballantyne, via Ithaca.com

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rime is not just a source for research papers, but a real cause for anxiety, self isolation and yes, even racial disharmony. Real guns are not the popguns you portray in your headline banner.

Guns are used by criminals to threaten and assault our neighbors. The distinctive sound of gunfire at night will awaken you from your sleep, and you will lie awake considering the source, its distance, the victim and your odds of being next.

The increase in crime in Ithaca is not the result of police incompetence, or systemic racism. It is primarily the result of substance abuse, the abusers themselves and those who would take advantage of them. The policies of government which sympathize with drug and alcohol abuse ignore its consequences on the abusers, and their community neighbors. Domestic violence, street violence, larceny, and organized criminal activity grow from these roots. When the government discourages the enforcement of laws to control drug trafficking, they encourage its activity. The cause of crime is not some nebulous ‘ism’; it’s the direct result of bad decisions, bad actions and bad actors.

Citizens have a right and reasonable expectation to be safe in their homes and in their person. A caring community does not encourage self-destructive behavior.

Public safety is not just the result of uniformed officers doing a difficult job in dangerous places, but the combined efforts of everyone who has an expectation of a safe and just civil society; and although it is the responsibility of each of us, we cannot do it when the police are hamstrung by inappropriate guidelines and political posturing.

For, we all work together for good.

-Tom Corey, Dryden, NY

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EVOLVING WORSHIP

Religious institutions seek normalcy as COVID restrictions relax Te r r a n c e K i n g o f S t. J a m e s A f r i c a n M e t h o d i s t E p i s c o pa l Z i o n C h u r c h

By Ta n n e r H a r di ng

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hen the pandemic hit, everyone in every industry was forced to do a 180.

Schools moved to remote classrooms, business meetings switched to Zoom and government business was streamed via YouTube. While a huge change for everyone, there’s no doubt that one particular group was a little less prepared to move online than others.

Religious institutions — churches, synagogues, mosques, etc. — are not necessarily known for their strong online presence.

Worship is something that is traditionally done in person and together, regardless of denomination or belief system. How did some local religious organizations handle the (hopefully) worst of the pandemic, and what are things looking like now?

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

“Like with everyone, it was a tremendous change and upheaval,” Pastor Rob Foote of Trinity Lutheran Church said.

At Trinity Lutheran Church, they hosted outdoor worship a few times last summer and then moved to fully masked worship inside last fall. The singing was limited to the vocalists in the balcony each week.

They moved online to livestream their services, as well as uploaded each recording to Vimeo for folks to watch later. Foote said

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the church invested a lot of money into improving online technology.

One of the biggest hurdles, according to Foote, was the reimagining of the preschool and afterschool programs.

“Preschool kids and virtual don’t really go so great,” he said.

Ultimately, Trinity decided to limit preschool to one day a week and then give families activities to do in their homes together to share with the group after. They also did a virtual field trip with one family who lives on a game farm. This new perspective into the families’ lives was a “surprise blessing,” Foote said.

“We never would have had an opportunity to see what was going on with kids and their families without the COVID experience,” he said.

However, while Foote can find the upside to the pandemic, there’s no doubt it was hard on the church financially. Trinity did not charge families for preschool during the shutdown, but continued to pay the teachers. He said they did receive some money from the Paycheck Protection Plan and other relief programs, but said it only covered about 20% of losses.

“And then came the fall, and we had families that were reluctant to enroll their children in schools,” he said.

They did incorporate some hybrid learning, but still had a smaller enrollment in both preschool and afterschool programs.

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“We’re at about 50% enrollment,” Foote said. “It’s been financially challenging and strange for the kids not having as many other kids around.”

The church has also had to cancel two years of vacation bible school, which usually enrolls about 150 kids.

And in addition to programmatic and financial loss, there was also human loss.

Foote said two church members passed away from COVID. “It was a very felt loss,” he said. “One person was a long-term engaged member and was approaching 90, so they had a long, full life. But it was still really tough to handle.”

He mentioned that their funerals were delayed for months because of safety regulations.

However, things are beginning to bounce back for Trinity Lutheran Church.

“I think because Ithaca tends to be a very safe community and there’s a high rate of vaccination, we’ve had pretty good attendance coming back,” Foote said. “We’re probably back at about 70% of what we were.”

He said every week it seems like there’s someone else coming back, and that he’s noticed people are starting to feel more comfortable. Though he did say the older church members have been the most careful and hesitant about coming back, though most are vaccinated.

“I don’t know if there’s an exception,” he said. “Everyone took it very seriously and we’ve had no incidences of COVID being contracted in our preschool, after school or congregation.”

He added that the church has stayed on the conservative side of relaxing restrictions, and that the mask requirement for service has only just been lifted.

“The rule is if you’re vaccinated, you can come without a mask,” Foote said.

They’ve also added more singing, which was restricted to limit the amount of aerosols put into the air.

“We slowly reintroduced singing,” Foote said. “It was all soloists or family units that would sing in the balcony, and that went on for months and months. I think our first congregational singing was right after the CDC said some of this could be done, and we started to do one hymn at the very end of the service so people could then leave the area.”

Bible study is also expected to start up again in person in the fall, which Foote said he’s looking forward to.

“People are less inclined to share when they’re on screen,” he said. “So that was just a weird time, and I certainly hope people will come back to bible class in a more normal setting.”

As for COVID-era adjustments that the church might continue, Foote said they’re going to continue with the livestreaming of services and the improvement with their

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online presence. They’re also going to keep up the dividers in Sunday school.

“We still have those up and preschool teachers are thinking about keeping those up. It makes snack time with 3- and 4-yearolds a little more manageable,” he laughed.

Stay up to date with Trinity Lutheran Church at https://trinityithaca.org/.

ST. PAUL’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

At St. Paul’s, Rev. Beckie Sweet said they’re doing a hybrid approach for worship — they’re livestreaming their services on Facebook and on their website, as well as offering in-person worship.

“We just, at the beginning of July, changed our COVID protocol and relaxed those a little bit so folks who are fully vaccinated don’t have to wear masks indoors or out,” Sweet said. “Folks who are not vaccinated or who want to wear masks are still encouraged to wear masks […] We’re letting people act according to their comfort.”

Much like at Trinity, singing protocols have also evolved. Sweet said worshippers are now singing softly, not with the full voice, so that they can continue to be cautious about aerosol.

“We will be singing more softly for a while, but folks are really eager to return to singing more boisterously,” she said.

In-person worship began in April, but with much stricter guidelines. However as restrictions have relaxed and more people have gotten vaccinated, Sweet said more people have begun showing up to service.

“Attendance just about doubled in June and July,” she said. “Our in-person attendance is hovering between 40-50 people.”

Sweet added that the church is also gearing up to start a lot of their programmatic ministries back up in September, such as choirs and programs for children.

As for how the church has made its way through the pandemic, Sweet said she’s thankful for the technology that has enabled them to continue to reach out to folks who can’t or don’t feel comfortable coming in person.

“We’ll continue livestreaming indefinitely,” she said. “Folks really appreciate that.”

She added that many of the people who have used that technology the most have been people who might have struggled to come to church regardless of the pandemic due to mobility issues or other health problems.

“We’ve found there’s a couple in Florida that have started watching our services too,” Sweet said. “So it’s nice for folks who are traveling as well.”

She said that’s where the church sits currently, but that they’re working on the plan-

ning process for education services and are starting to gear up to that. Stay up to date with St. Paul’s by visiting their website at https://stpaulsithaca.org/.

ST. JAMES AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH

Rev. Terrance King took over at St. James in the middle of the pandemic.

“I’m officially about a year and a couple months in as the new pastor of St. James,” he said.

When he arrived in 2020, the previous pastor had just reopened the church to in-person services, so King said he hasn’t known anything different.

“We haven’t had any doors closed,” he said. “The entire church hasn’t seen a door closed yet on a Sunday morning.”

Because of this, King said attendance has been fairly steady throughout the pandemic, but he said with fewer safety guidelines he has noticed more people are coming to service. He said he had his “faithful few” of about 15 who were at service every Sunday, and he said they’ve increased to about 25.

“Summertime is that lull anywhere where people are traveling to see family and friends, so attendance hasn’t increased dramatically. But it will in the fall when everyone is back to normal,” he said.

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He mentioned that the historic church’s congregation tends to be on the older side, so the mandatory changes in technology as they’ve begun livestreaming to reach more people has been both a blessing and a curse.

“They’re not acclimated to navigating technology,” he said. “We want to increase the way we reach out with our service. I’ve got family and friends and people who don’t live in Ithaca who want to experience the service and church.”

To meet those needs, St. James has started using Zoom, Facebook livestream and YouTube, as well as increasing website capabilities to make it more user friendly.

However, despite his outreach to out-oftowners and people who aren’t comfortable attending service in person, King said he’s most looking forward to getting to know his new city in a post-pandemic world, whenever that time comes.

“I’m looking forward to getting to see people in Ithaca, the makeup, the culture, the neighborhoods and just really putting faces to names,” he said. “My first year I didn’t see much of Ithaca, but I’m excited to get out there, make connections, shake hands and see what I can add as a new Ithacan.”

Stay up-to-date with St. James via their website at https://st-jamesamezionithaca. org/.

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Sports

Cool Connections

By Steve Lawrence

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fter sharing photos on social media after her eight-day, 363-mile Buffalo-to- Albany bicycle trip wrapped up last week, Beth Orenstein was a bit puzzled when people kept calling her “amazing.”

Beth and I spoke at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, and I remarked that many retirees would not be up and around at such an hour. Beth laughed and said, “A couple of days ago, I would already have 20 miles on my bike after someone made me breakfast!”

Beth — a retired firefighter for the City of Ithaca — joined a few hundred other riders to ride the length of the Erie Canal. Elaborating on her discomfort at being called “amazing,” the 62 year-old said, “There were cyclists of all abilities, and a lot of older people. Many were in their 70s, and one woman — who was 88 — was riding with her daughter. Another rider was a guy from Israel, riding with his grandson. Another guy — who was 77 — said, ‘I’m going to ride in all 50 states!’ I made so many odd and cool connections.

It was incredible that so many people traveled so far to be a part of it. I felt far from ‘amazing.’”

The tour is organized annually by the Parks and Trails of NY, and while last year’s event was cancelled, 350 riders showed up this year. While some are able to just Beth Orenstein at the end of Erica Canal Ride (Photo: Provided) focus on riding, others are part of the army of volunteers needed to pull off such an undertakwas her second time doing so, as she first ing. In Beth’s words, “The volunteers run completed the double-duty five years ago. the show. They operate the shower trucks, When Beth said, “The volunteers that also transport the gear, run the entertainment ride burn a lot more energy,” I believed (like presentations by local historians), her. unload the gear, pack up the sites and proThe experience has changed some in vide the snacks.” She described one glitch that five-year span. According to Beth, that really tested the volunteers, saying, “Five years ago, there was a lot of gravel “The riders usually stay at a fort in Rome, along the canal — you know, like the Black NY, and this year they decided they didn’t Diamond Trail — but this year it was want that many people packed in together about 85% [paved].” She added, “There so they bused the riders elsewhere and the was a bike mechanic at every rest stop,” volunteers had to move 400 bikes into the and she laughed when she said, “I only fort.” had one flat tire on the entire ride, and my What Beth could have said was that buddy had six in one day!”

“We” had to move the bikes, as she also Orenstein shared how “super fascinatserved as one of the volunteers in addition ing” she found the presentations by the to cranking out the 50 miles per day. It historians. She said, “When it was built,

the Erie Canal changed everything, in terms of commerce. Now, having the canal trail open is revitalizing a lot of the local economies along the way. It’s changing everything again.”

I asked Beth how the crazy weather we are having this summer impacted her experience, and she offered, “I was riding along one day, and I was soaked. I thought about how fortunate I am to be able to do this, and I thought to myself, ‘You’re soaked! So what?’ It was great.” ● ● ●

I am grateful to Beth for giving me such a fun story to write, because last weekend might have been the worst sports viewing period of my entire life...

On Friday, I drove two hours to watch my daughter play in a softball tournament, watched one game that evening, then saw both of Saturday’s games get washed out. I returned home, looking forward to at least getting to watch Tim Locastro play for the Yankees that evening.

Backing up... I showed a friend some Locastro YouTube offerings, and my friend said — after watching Tim crash into the wall after making a great catch — “He won’t have a long career if he does that very often.”

Well, as most baseball fans know, Locastro went into the wall in the first inning, made another great catch, and tore his ACL. Done for the season. Damn. He’ll be back.

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Family Matters

Summer learning Local museums return mostly to normal

By Faith Fi she r

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ven though school is out, fun activities and learning opportunities for kids abound during the summer months in Ithaca.

The Sciencenter, the Museum of the Earth, and the Cayuga Nature Center are among some of the local institutions that offer both educational and interactive programming during the summer to children.

Although some COVID-induced modifications still linger, with summer in full swing and easing pandemic restrictions, these centers have seen both increased visitation and enthusiasm in the past few weeks.

Here’s what you can expect from a visit this summer.

Sciencenter With the exception of a mask requirement and a few exhibits that remain closed, the Sciencenter is operating normally for summer 2021.

To compensate for some exhibits closed during the pandemic, the center added

new installations like a pop-up animal room. While reopening almost all of its regular exhibits, the center has also retained many of the modifications it made during the worst months of the pandemic.

In addition to general visits, the center offers a free community science program every Saturday. The program takes place outside, welcoming special guest scientists and other members of the community to participate in science-in-action activities.

The 18-hole mini golf course remains open for the summer. Visitors can explore science-themed obstacles such as watching the ball erupt out of a volcano and witness the power of centripetal force at the loopthe-loop obstacle.

The Sciencenter continues to innovate during the summer with the construction and development of a new exhibit, “Life on the Edge,” in the old amphitheater. It is slated to be open in the fall, but visitors can still come try the prototype exhibits

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Cayuga Nature Center Although the indoor lodge at the Cayuga Nature Center remains closed to the public for the summer, the center has an abundance of outdoor trails, exhibits and programs open to the public. Visitors can go to the Pollinator Garden to see monarchs and swallowtails, experience views of the forest from the six-story treehouse, hike on five miles of trails, or view live animals in the outdoor exhibits.

The summer season has brought the return of popular programs at the center such as Eco-Explorers, which have rotating themes. Themes include “Meet our Vegetable Garden” during which participants will visit the vegetable garden and learn about the gardening process, and “Stream Stroll” which will teach participants about the creatures living in the stream.

According to Maya Rodgers, the center’s Integrated Marketing Manager, in person activities are both more enriching and engaging, especially for activities like meet-and-greets with the animal ambassadors, which teaches participants about the animals and their habitats.

“Kids being able to ask questions in person has been super helpful and overall just interacting with educators has been really beneficial to them,” she said.

Museum of the Earth Almost all of the Museum of the Earth exhibits are open to the public. This sum-

mer, visitors can learn more about climate change in “Changing Climate: Our Future, Our Choice” and can dive into the history of women working in paleontology in “Daring to Dig: Women in American Paleontology.”

Most of the programming available this summer focuses on the latter exhibit.

Every Friday, social studies teachers come to the museum and present demonstrations related to fossils and women in paleontology. Individuals ages 12 and over can participate in Illustration Club, where they’ll learn about a new fossil and illustration technique each week. Children 11 and under can come to look at the fossils and engage in free-drawing activities.

The museum also houses permanent exhibitions such as “Rock of Ages, Sands of Time,” a mural installation that takes viewers 540 million years back in time.

During “Journey Through Time” tours, which are open to the public every Friday until the end of the summer, visitors can traverse the history, life, climate and other features of the earth.

Normally, the museum is open seven days a week, but this summer it is only open four days a week — Friday through Monday.

Faith Fisher is a reporter from The Cornell Daily Sun working on The Sun’s inaugural summer fellowship at The Ithaca Times.

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She added that ideally the school serves about 50 students, but last year they were down to 12 because of the pandemic.

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“I have a lot of respect for Jenna Kendall (Photo: Casey Martin) what [Ithaca High School] and other high schools are doing, but it’s not everyone’s cup of tea,” Kendp on East Hill, about a block-andall said. “There are kids who want to get a-half from Cornell University, ahead or kids who, for whatever reason, sits Cascadilla School. A brick aren’t comfortable in a classroom size of 30 building draped in ivy, the school serves students, or just aren’t getting the personstudents in grades 6-12, generally enrolling about 50 students in total. Classes usu- alized attention that they could be getting.”

She said with an average class size of ally function at about a 4:1 student:faculty four, “you really get the full service.” ratio.

“You can’t not have your homework The curriculum is traditional, followdone, you can’t hide in the back of the ing the New York State Regents system, classroom,” Kendall said. “You’ll get the but students and teachers have a bit more most out of it that you can, and teachers flexibility when it comes to the timing of will give you their 100%.” classes they take. For instance, if a student There are a few different reasons excels in math class, they can take it on a international students come to Cascadilla semester schedule. This way, they can take School. Kendall said the parents of their one course in the fall, take the January Chinese students often want their children Regents exam, and then move to the next to learn English and get into a reputable course in the spring and take the June American college. There are also students exam, rather than spend an entire year on from Honduras who are looking for a safer the same class.

This flexibility also benefits students place than their home country to get an education, Kendall said. This past year who might be struggling in a subject. there were also students from Angola and “We can offer students what they need as they progress through their high school France.

“We have a really fun international career,” teacher Chris Jensen said. “Some population,” Kendall said. “We try to do may need some more time or some may a good job of bridging the gap so there’s want to go faster, so we make the curriculum work for the students’ needs and I not a division in the school between local students and international students who think it works very well.” live in the dorm.”

The school also offers electives in a vaAnother part of the Cascadilla curriety of subjects. Jenna Kendall, director of riculum is college preparation. Because the student services, said last year the school class sizes are so small, Kendall said they did a science fiction course for some students in English. They’ll also do history can really work with students on the application process including going over applicourses that focus on one specific topic cations, preparing supplements and having such as civil rights or Native American essays reviewed by English teachers. literature, and extra science courses like Admissions are rolling, meaning stupsychology or anatomy and physiology. dents can register for Cascadilla School Cascadilla School is a mix between loanytime, though Kendall said by Aug. 15 cal students, non-local American students would be ideal for the 2021-22 school year. and international students. Because of “But we’re not going to turn someone the COVID-19 pandemic, numbers at the away who wants to be here.” school have dropped significantly.

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The Rook makes its limited menu count with perfectly seasoned, wellcooked meals

By Henry Star k Do you like fried chicken? How about BBQ pork ribs? Well then, if you haven’t discovered The Rook, located near the West End of downtown Ithaca on State Street, you’re in for a treat. With their limited menu, these two entrées constitute 50% of their total main course offerings — and both are really excellent.

First, their most popular entrée, fried chicken. After it’s delivered to the restaurant, the cooks dress it with herbs and spices and then vacuum package it. When a customer orders fried chicken, a light breading is applied and it is briefly deep fried in duck fat for a rich, crispy, robust texture and flavor. It’s cooked to the point of being juicy without being fatty and offered in four-piece ($11) and eight-piece ($19) servings. It comes with a dipping sauce which is way too hot for me, however the chicken is juicy enough that I don’t feel the need for a sauce.

The chicken isn’t accompanied by a side dish so I usually order collard greens ($7) which I really enjoy. Collard greens need a bit of cooking to soften and these are cooked just enough to be the right texture without being mushy. They’re cooked in some of the homemade broth gleaned from cooking the chicken.

During the cooking process some ham hocks (an authentic southern touch) and a bit of vinegar are added. Another side I’ve tried is their homemade coleslaw ($7) and I prefer their vinaigrette base to the gloppy mayonnaise served in many establishments. The addition of some flavorful seasonings, including poppy seeds, adds a welcome accent.

The BBQ pork ribs ($13 for a half rack $23 for a full rack), are “meaty” without being fatty and are seasoned with just a bit of spices without being overpowering. I was happy to discover that it’s easy to cut the meat off the bones with the plastic knife that’s offered.

I don’t usually order a dessert with dinner but at The Rook I alternate between the only two on offer. They make their own doughnuts and they’re delicious. For lack of a better word, I think of them as “cakey” and moist. Most recently I ordered the blueberry glaze, crumble doughnuts. Yes, that’s plural. You must commit to three doughnuts ($7) and all three are the same variety which is changed frequently.

The other dessert is a pudding, served in a small parfait dish. Recently it was banana foster vanilla pudding which I ordered and

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enjoyed. Bananas were sliced and layered with the pudding and topped with whipped cream and crumbled corn flakes. It had a slight flavor of rum and was a great ending to an excellent dinner.

This type of cuisine is not particularly conducive to fine wine accompaniments, which is appropriate as only a total of four wines are on offer, all for $7/glass: a red, a white, a rose and a sparkling. Names of country of origin, wineries, and vintages are not supplied. In addition, there’s a limited selection of esoteric beers on tap, in cans and in bottles.

You might have figured, by the type of food on offer, that The Rook is not a place to go for fine dining. Rather, it’s more like going to an indoor picnic — dishes are all paper, cutlery is entirely plastic, beverages, including draft beer, wine by the glass, and water come in plastic cups, and there are no table coverings.

The main courses and sides are brought to the table in cardboard dishes.

The restaurant is small — long and narrow — however there is room outside for people who enjoy al fresco dining. And every time I’ve been there I’ve noticed a steady stream of apparent regulars who pick up dinners they’ve ordered in advance.

If a restaurant only offers a small selection, e.g., the four entrées at The Rook, I think we have a right to expect really fine quality because the cooks can concentrate on the purchasing, seasonings, preparation, and cooking time and method of their limited selections.

If you don’t mind the extensive use of paper, cardboard, and plastic, I think you’ll be very happy with the generous portions, friendly, attentive service, and the excellent quality of the food at The Rook.

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Cornell lectuerer’s colorful abstract sculptures

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ocated in the garage of their West Hill home, Handwerker Gallery director Mara Baldwin and experimental composer-percussionist Sarah Hennies’ Neighbors is Ithaca’s chief “alternative space” gallery. Leveraging academic and grassroots connections, the pair have curated music and visual art, promoting a genuine alternative to Ithaca’s mainstream gallery scene.

For its third exhibition of the year, “Pop Rocks,” Neighbors is showing colorful abstract wall sculptures by Cornell art department lecturer Gail Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald shows infrequently in town and this is a welcome, if modest, chance to investigate a locally lesser-known genre.

Her work is brash. The presentation here, in contrast, is almost desperately austere: seven modestly-sized pieces, widely spaced on well-lit, clean white walls.

Fitzgerald has installed before on colored, patterned walls, and used more varied hanging. Those things are not easy to pull

off but they would have likely enhanced the experience here.

The artist comes to sculpture through a background in ceramics and what has been described as “painting in the expanded field.” The goal of her work is to sculpt with color, to make hue and tone palpable.

Her combination of “make do” craftsmanship and unapologetically garish color calls to mind low budget theatre production. Fitzgerald uses pre-stretched canvases — the kind used by beginning painting students — as a way of anchoring her work to the wall. She builds up her rumpled, semi-stiff forms using wire mesh and plaster wrap, coloring these in carefulcasual layers of acrylic and spray paint.

Fitzgerald’s “rocks” are very much in the tradition of soft sculpture, slyly mocking traditions of gallery art with a studied casualism.

The artist plays tricks with color. “Krystal Roks” (the kitschy-playful titles here

are apposite) is colored with a bright pinkpurple highlighting a darker blue. Like several of the other pieces here, the piece toys with light and shadow, distorting our perception of these objects’ actual dimensionality. Others, like the lime green and mint “Quisp,” juxtapose colors of similar tonal value, forcing the viewer to work their brain a little harder to figure out what is actually going on. The results suggest a parody of academic color theory and its allied branch of abstract painting.

I enjoy Fitzgerald’s work — it is exuberant, clever and fun. I also think it’s worth distinguishing the aims (or apparent aims) behind her pop abstraction and the kind of inwardness and nuance sought by more traditional practitioners of the genre. And I think it’s worth asking why work of that latter sort has, at best, a marginal place in what might be called the academichipster art world — of which Neighbors is probably the leading independent local outpost.

The history of abstract and modernist art is full of lofty, seemingly pretentious claims being made on behalf of artworks that may appear to some to be emptied of worldly significance. Fitzgerald comes out of a post-Pop generation of artists, coming to maturity in the’80s, often bent on deflating or deconstructing these types of presumptions. Some would regard this sort of approach as emblematic of what up-to-the-moment abstraction remains about.

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The problem is accentuated by the sparse hanging. For a classical abstractionist like Kandinsky or Rothko — or for their contemporary followers of much more humble accomplishment — an individual painting or sculpture can be a tunnel into another world. Fitzgerald’s works here don’t do that — and as far as I can tell, they don’t seek to. This formal, sacralizing presentation is not called for and feels like a distraction from what is genuinely interesting and valuable here.

Neighbors is also a participant in the local nexus between contemporary art and experimental music. This Saturday, starting at 8 p.m,, Hennies will be performing, in her own words, “a semi-improvised piece for vibraphone that I taped at the gallery last fall for a festival in the UK called TUSK that had to go online because of COVID.” Also on the bill will be local experimental/electronic acts VauxFlores and The Concept Horse. Go look and listen.

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ust when I start getting weary of the well-worn structure of the American Hollywood script rules — the inciting incident happens on page 10, make the hero more likeable, all these narrative procedures — French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux comes out with some wacky film that reminds me that you don’t have to tell stories the same way. I can recall three times when a Dupieux joint was a muchneeded breath of fresh air in the wake of too many hack American movies. You just don’t see flicks like “Rubber” (sentient automobile tire turns evil), “Wrong” (the title is self-explanatory) and “Deerskin” (a leather coat turns evil) every day.

“Mandibles!” (Magnet-Magnolia Pictures-Chi-Fou-Mi Productions) is another bit of weirdo fun from Dupieux, opening Friday at Cinemapolis. It’s like a French post-modern comedy team vehicle, Abbott and Costello for the croissant crowd.

Manu (Grégoire Ludig), a half-wit homeless guy, gets an offer to transport a suitcase by car for a pile of cash. He enlists his doofus pal Jean Gab (David Marsais) to help with the job, but when Manu carjacks a vehicle to make the trip, he and Jean Gab discover a fly in the trunk that’s as big as a pit bull. If this were an American horror movie, they’d spend the whole movie trying to kill the fly, but in Dupieux’s world, they fall in love with it and resolve to train it in order to earn big bucks. If you’re wondering why a big-ass fly would be a source of great wealth, that’s Dupieux at work.

Dupieux writes, directs, shoots and edits all of his films; you can see his person-

Mandibles starring a Giant Fly from director Quentin Dupieux.

ality in every frame of “Mandibles!” The fly itself seems to be a practical puppet, but there are lots of visual effects artists listed in the credits, so it might also be CG. Everything about the story is shot and presented in a completely minimalist, realistic fashion. Like Spike Jonze’s approach to “Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation” and “Where the Wild Things Are,” everything about “Mandibles!” feels convincing and genuine, which makes the absurdity stand out.

“Mandibles!” just happens to end when it starts to cook, leaving you maybe wanting some more, but then again, brevity is the soul of wit, and there’s a lot to be said for keeping things short.Visit cinemapolis. org for screening times and to purchase tickets.

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Bartnick Road | This summer, the Rev Theatre Company will tour The Golden Goose! | Free Sweeney Todd at Hangar Theatre | 7/23 Friday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street July 22 - August 7 Book by Hugh Wheeler.

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Directed by Sanaz Ghajar.

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7/22 Thursday 90 Proof | 6 p.m. | Lucas Vineyards, 3862 County Road 150 Tommy Tornado | 7 p.m. | Cortland Beer Company, 16 Court Street

7/23 Friday The Ripcords | 5:30 p.m. | Buttonwood Grove Winery, 5986 State Route 89 | Free The Incidentals w/Diana Leigh | 6 p.m. | Brews & Brats, 9632 State Rte 96 | Free Garden Concert: Tribal Revival | 6 p.m. | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Rd | $5.00 Groton Summer Concerts: StrayCat Willie & The Strays | 6:30 p.m. | Groton American Legion, 307 Main Street | Free Friday Night Farm Jams: Austin Macrae | 6:30 p.m. | Finger Lakes Cider House, 4017 Hickok Road

7/24 Saturday Scott Tremolo | 12:30 p.m. | Buttonwood Grove Winery, 5986 State Route 89

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Music & Mimosas | 1 p.m. | Hosmer Estate Winery, 7020 Rt 89 | Free Concerts/Recitals

7/22 Thursday Music In The Square: Pat Kane & West o’Clare | 6 p.m.

2021 CFCU Downtown Ithaca Summer Concert Series Presents City Limits | 6 p.m. | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Center Commons Music in the Park: The Destination Band. | 6:30 p.m. | Myers Park, Myers Road

7/23 Friday Donna The Buffalo’s GrassRoots Festival Weekend | 9 a.m. | Trumansburg Fairgrounds, 2150 Trumansburg Rd

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7/24 Saturday The Adam Lee Decker Trio | 2 p.m. | Little York Lake Pavilion & Theater, 6799 Little York Lake Road | $25.00 - $36.00 Concerts in Eldridge Park: Diana & the Crew | 5 p.m. | Eldridge Park, Eldridge Park Road Music Out of Doors | 7 p.m. | Triphammer Arts, 2622 Triphammer Rd Endless Mountain Music Festival: An Evening of Virtuosity | | Corning Museum of Glass, 1 Museum Way

Hopshire Farm & Brewery, Freeville | The Grateful Dead tribute band, longtime, local favorites, visits Hopshire for the first time this Friday. Food will be provided by the Naan Ya’ Business food truck. Quite a combo that you don’t want to miss. (photo: Facebook)

7/25 Sunday Endless Mountain Music Festival: Duo featuring Eun-joo Kwak & Ilya Kaler | 7 p.m. | Clemens Center, 207 Clemens Center Parkway

7/28 Wednesday Newfield Music Series at Mill Park: Kitestring | 6 p.m. | Mill Park, 222 Main St. | Free

Sunday Brunch: Sydney Irving | 1 p.m. | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Rd | Free

Stage Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 7:30 p.m., 7/22 Thursday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | 7/22-8/7. The macabre tale of a wronged barber in 19th-century London who returns from exile with his blade, and a vengeance. He opens up a barbershop, conveniently located above a carnivorous meat-pie shop, and finds a memorable way to enact revenge.

The Golden Goose | 11 a.m., 7/23 Friday | Genoa Town Hall, 1000

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Crochet a Sampler Stitch Burping Blanket | 5:30 p.m., 7/22 Thursday | 15 Steps, 171 East State Street | In this 5 week class students will learn a variety of crochet stitches and create a 9 square burping blanket. This class is for both beginners and experienced yarn crafters. Beginners will progress at their own pace and employ as many different stitches as they feel confident completing.

Journey Through Time Tour | 11 a.m., 7/23 Friday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road | Journey Through Time Tours are occurring every Friday between July 2nd and August 27th!

The Gallery at South Hill exhibit of Michael Sampson paintings | 5 p.m., 7/23 Friday | The Gallery at South Hill, 950 Danby Road | Michael Sampson paintings abstracted from the figure. The Gallery at South Hill located at 950 Danby Road, back entrance to South Hill Business Center.

Open Fridays 5-8 PM, Saturdays 2-5, and Sunday from 12-4. | Free Norma Luther’s Painting ClassChick Spice Rack | 11 a.m., 7/24 Saturday | Registration for this class will open Tuesday, July 13th.

Cayuga Arts Collective Annual Spring Show “Pop!” | 12 p.m., 7/25 Sunday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, 5 McLallen St | Announcing the fifth annual Cayuga Arts Collective Spring Show celebrating Pop Art and its enduring influence. Show runs Fridays & Sundays through 8/7/21.

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Summer Learning Ice Cream and Registration Party | 3 p.m., 7/23 Friday | Montour Falls Library, 406 W Main St | Friday Night Roller Skates | 5:30 p.m., 7/23 Friday | Cass Park, 701 Taughannock Blvd | Sessions will be limited to 60 public skaters. Skaters are encouraged to use online registration to pre-purchase your session admission and your skate rental, if desired. There will ONLY be walk up spots available if pre-registration has not reached capacity prior to the start of each session.

Night Sky Cruise at Allen Treman State Park | 9:30 p.m., 7/23 Friday | The late evening is a beautiful time to be on the lake. On a clear night, the stars and moon shine brightly above and are reflected in the lake’s surface.

Outdoor CRAFT FAIR | 9 a.m., 7/24 Saturday | Harmony UMC & Harford Town Field, 726 Route 221 | CRAFT FAIR with food, children games, drawings with prizes, bake sale, and SHOP at our vendors/merchants.

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Books The Joy of Color: Introduction to Acrylic Painting | 5 p.m., 7/21 Wednesday | 15 Steps, 171 East State Street | This 1 1/2 hour class meets on 4 consecutive weeks. Each weekly lesson will build on the skills learned from the previous week. All students will receive a set of .75 oz Liquitex acrylic paints, a pallette knife, and a set of paint brushes. Paper will be provided for all in-class activities.

Community Sunset Cruise | 7:30 p.m., 7/21 Wednesday | Allan H. Treman Marina, 1000 Allen H. Treman Park Road | Engaging Conversations and Activities about our watershed aboard the MV Teal with rotating

community members serving as hosts. | Free July 2021 Networking @ Noon Education and Childcare Industry Insights | 12 p.m., 7/22 Thursday | RaNic Golf Club, 189 Pleasant Grove Rd | On Thursday, July 22nd from noon-1:30 pm, we’ll host our return to *IN PERSON* monthly networking industry events, with a focus on Education and Childcare Industry Insights! | $25.00 Crochet a Sampler Stitch Burping Blanket | 5:30 p.m., 7/22 Thursday | 15 Steps, 171 East State Street | In this 5 week class students will learn a variety of crochet stitches and create a 9 square burping blanket. This class is for both beginners and experienced yarn crafters. Beginners will progress at their own pace and employ as many different stitches as they feel confident completing.

Stencil Workshop-@Madison County Historical Society | 9 a.m., 7/24 Saturday, N.Y. (Robert Trent Jones GC) | Cold Process Soap Making | 2 p.m., 7/24 Saturday | 15 Steps, 171 East State Street | Learn how to make 100% natural cold process bar soap using an all vegetable base. Have fun creating your own special blend, using essential oils, herbs, oatmeal, and beautiful pigments. Participants will leave with 2 lbs. of custom-crafted

soap, a soap mold, and their own safety glasses.

High School Summer Book Club | 5:30 a.m., 7/27 Tuesday | Phillips Free Library, 37 South Main Street | The time is TBD, this meeting will be held on zoom. Teens entering 9th-12th grade in the fall of 2021 are invited to join us for Summer Book Clubs. We will meet 2 times in the summer.

4th & 5th grade Summer Book Club | 5:30 a.m., 7/27 Tuesday | Phillips Free Library, 37 South Main Street | The time is TBD, this meeting will be held on zoom. Students entering 4th or 5th grade in the fall of 2021 are invited to join us for Summer Book Clubs. We will meet 2 times in the summer.

Webinar: Who’s Singing? How to Use Merlin Bird ID to Identify Bird Calls | 12 p.m., 7/27 Tuesday | Virtual | Have you ever been mystified when hearing a bird you can’t see? Our Merlin Bird ID app now features amazing Sound ID-join our experts to discover how to use this powerful new tool.

ZOOM CLASS: Summer Planting for an Autumn Harvest | 6 p.m., 7/27 Tuesday | Virtual | Many garden vegetables can be planted in late summer for fall harvest, including peas, broccoli, herbs, carrots, beets, summer squash, kale, spinach, and salad greens. | $0.00 - $40.00 Tuesday Yoga in the Shire With Dawn | 6 p.m., 7/27 Tuesday | 6:00-

Kids Eco-Explorers Series: Stream Stroll | 6 p.m., 7/21 Wednesday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd. | Join us for a splash in our creek! We’ll hunt for all of the small creatures living in our stream, and discover why they’re so important! | Free Games on the Green | 6 p.m., 7/21 Wednesday | Phillips Free Library, 37 South Main Street | Join us for yard games (provided) on The Green (across from the library), bring your own picnic dinner, stay for The Concert on the Green with Travis Rocco at 7 pm.

2021 CFCU Downtown Ithaca Summer Concert Series Presents City Limits | 6 p.m., 7/22 Thursday | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Center Commons | Join us for LIVE music on the Commons, our Summer Concert Series is FREE and fun for the entire family!

The Golden Goose | 11 a.m., 7/23 Friday | Genoa Town Hall, 1000 Bartnick Road | This summer, the Rev Theatre Company will tour The Golden Goose! | Free Summer Learning Ice Cream and Registration Party | 3 p.m., 7/23 Friday | Montour Falls Library, 406 W Main St | Tyke Tales Story Time | 6 p.m., 7/23 Friday | Please join us for stories read aloud on Zoom from the Lodi Whittier Library on Friday evenings at 6pm.

Free Community Science: Explore the Waterfront | 10:30 a.m., 7/24 Saturday | Sciencecenter, 601 1st Street | Saturday, July 24, 10:30 am Conley Park (behind the Sciencenter) Join the Sciencenter for a free activity in Conley Park (behind the Sciencenter). | Free

Notices Trumansburg Farmers Market | 4 p.m., 7/21 Wednesday | Trumansburg Farmers market, Corner of Route 227 & 96 | 7/14-The Yardvarks; 7/21 The Inner Crazy | Free

Candor Farmers Market | 3:30 p.m., 7/22 Thursday | Candor Town Hall Pavilion, 101 Owego Road | 25 local vendors with a great assortment fresh produce, baked goods, cheese, maple products, crafts, soaps, baskets, pottery, brooms, kettle korn and a food truck! | Free Check It Out Shoppe | 9 a.m., 7/23 Friday | Mecklenburg United Methodist Church, 6069 Turnpike Rd | Every Fri and Sat. High-quality used items at reasonable prices. Sponsored by the Mecklenburg United Methodist Church.

Ithaca Farmers Market | 9 a.m., 7/24 Saturday | Visit the farmers market every Saturday, rain or shine, at the pavilion.

Farmers Market in Brooktondale | 10 a.m., 7/24 Saturday | Brooktondale Community Center, 524 Valley Rd | Farmers Market with local flavor, easy parking, playground for the children, BBQ each week. Besides the usual produce, eggs, cheese, and meat, the market features a variety of fiber vendors, native plants, hanging flower baskets and homestead products.

The Landlords Association of Tompkins County | 7/26 Monday | Virtual | Meetings are for members only. Rental property owners interested in these meetings are invited to join. For more information go to https://landlordsassociation.com/, email LATC@LandlordsAssociation. com , or call 607- 257-2382.

Dewitt Park Ithaca Farmers Market at Dewitt Park | 9 a.m., 7/27 Tuesday | This market is perfect for grabbing prepared food or groceries.

Vendors set up around the perimeter of the park (across from Greenstar Oasis) with tents and tables.

ZOOM CLASS: Summer Planting for an Autumn Harvest | 6 p.m., 7/27 Tuesday | Virtual | Many garden vegetables can be planted in late summer for fall harvest, including peas, broccoli, herbs, carrots, beets, summer squash, kale, spinach, and salad greens. | $0.00 - $40.00 Library Board Meeting | 6:30 p.m., 7/27 Tuesday, 8484 S. Main St | Monthly Library Board of Trustee Meeting. The Public is welcome. For more information please contact Beth at director@lodilibrary.net CAP Health Care Navigator: Carrie Smalser | 2:30 p.m., 7/28 Wednesday | 315-664-4531 csmalser@caphelps.or g csmalser@caphelps.org

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Hangar Theatre Outdoor Stage, 801 Taughannock Blvd in Cass Park, Ithaca | This award-winning musical tackles societal issues of power and class with dark humor and wit, and features one of the most stunning scores ever written for the stage. Director Sanaz Ghajar interprets the story of Sweeney Todd as relevant to the modern call for racial justice and equity. (photo: Rachel Philipson)

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Apply online by 07/30/21 at: www.tompkinscountyny.gov/personnel TST BOCES, 555 Warren Rd., Ithaca, N.Y. 14850, (607) 257-1551, Email: hr@ tstboces.org

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Call 866-535-9689 (AAN CAN)

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Your donation helps fund the search for missing children. Accepting Trucks, Motorcycles & RV’s , too! Fast Free Pickup – Running or Not - 24 Hour Response - Maximum Tax Donation – Call 877-266-0681 (AAN CAN)

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We pay CA$H for cylinders and cans.

R12 R500 R11 R113 R114. Convenient.

Certified Professionals. Call 312-2919169 or visit RefrigerantFinders.com (NYSCAN)

The District is currently accepting applications from dedicated educators for consideration for 2021/22 teaching assignments: • High School Band Teacher • Marching Band Director • Middle School Band Teacher.

All applicants are required to apply online: https://bville.recruitfront.com/

BATH & SHOWER UPDATES

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Lifetime warranty & professional installs.

Senior and Military Discounts available.

Call: 1877-649-5043 (AAN CAN)

Coaches 2021/22 school year

Coaches - - Southern Cayuga Central School seeks coaches for the 2021/22 school year. Varsity and JV Volleyball.

Candidates should send resume and cover letter, as well as evidence of NYS coaching certification, current first aid and CPR, to Caitlin Wasielewski, by July 23, at wasielewskic@southerncayuga. org. SCCS EOE

Delivery Driver

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Call 607 277-7000 x 1214.

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F/T Temporary CLERK Opportunities

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Up to 3 F/T, Temporary Clerk positions assisting with School Tax Collection at T-S-T BOCES. Positions work 38.75 hours weekly. Position dates between 08/23/21 – 11/09/21 with staggered start and end dates depending on need.

Detailed job posting & requirements on the County or BOCES website: www. tstboces.org

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P/T, 50% Temporary 1-Year Occupational Therapist position needed to cover a L.O.A. from 9/7/21 – 6/30/22 in the Exceptional Education Department at T-S-T BOCES, Smith School. NYS O.T. Certification is required. Detailed job posting & requirements on the County or BOCES website: www.tstboces.org Apply online by 07/30/21 at: www.tompkinscountyny.gov/personnel TST BOCES, 555 Warren Rd., Ithaca, N.Y. 14850, (607) 257-1551, Email: hr@ tstboces.org

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