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SCHOOLS

ICSD to expand COVID testing to all students

he Ithaca City School District will start offering optional COVID-19 screening testing for students within the next couple of weeks. The program will allow the district to test every student who consents each week. The district is working with a company called Affinity Empowering that will allow students to get their testing results within 24 hours. According to a letter sent to families in the school district, the state required schools to increase screening testing capacity to weekly for every student with caregiver consent. Last year, the district tested 10% of in-person students each week. Affinity Empowering is part of Operation Expanded Testing, a program supported and funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to “provide COVID-19 testing to K-12 schools, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other select community organizations such as congregate living settings,” according to its website. The testing comes at no cost to the school district. Guardians of any students under the age of 18 will have to register their student ahead of

time for the testing. However, if students are symptomatic there are immediate tests they can take through the nurse’s office and in partnership with Cayuga Health Systems, BOCES and the Tompkins County Health Department. “There will be several of us throughout the district who will have access to the positive results so we can respond immediately,” Deputy Superintendent Lily Talcott said at the Sept. 28 Board of Education meeting. Talcott also clarified that right now unvaccinated staff are responsible for securing their own weekly tests and submitting the results, however once the program with Affinity Empowering is up and running smoothly with students, staff

will have access to it as well. Right now the plan is to offer testing earlier in the morning before school and during lunch periods to minimize the interruption of learning time for students. Talcott said it’s estimated that about 3,000 students will be consented for testing each week. With much talk of the nursing and staff shortages in the district, there was some concern about who would be in charge of running the testing program. Talcott said they’re advertising the positions now, but have a few people who are ready to go already. “We have some retired nurses, retired administrators and some other folks who will be engaging,” she said. She added that at first many of the

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▶ Vaccine clinics - The Tompkins County Health Department announced three upcoming clinics for booster dosing of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. TCHD is encouraging eligible older adults to get a booster dose when they are able, and alerting additional populations of their eligibility. Individuals with underlying

central office employees will be there to help too. According to the district, Tompkins County Health Department is the only entity that can quarantine or isolate individuals, so the school district will provide information to them regarding close contacts of anyone who tests positive. Student and staff privacy laws do not allow the district to share the identities of COVID-19 positive individuals to others. Talcott said Affinity Empowering is currently working on getting all the testing supplies ready and hopes to have the program up and running within two weeks. -Ta n n e r H a r d i n g

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conditions and those who are at increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 due to workplace or institutional settings may receive a booster dose at least 6 months after their original Pfizer COVID-19 series. All upcoming local clinics will take place at the Cayuga Health Vaccination Site at the Old Sears Building at the Mall (40 Catherwood

Road, Ithaca). Register for an appointment using the links below or call 211 (1-877-211-8667) during business hours, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. for assistance registering and for transportation options. Clinics are scheduled for Oct. 7, Oct. 8 and Oct. 9. For more information and to register, visit tompkinscountyny.gov/health.

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INQUIRING

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PHOTOGRAPHER By C a se y Mar tin

HEY APPLE FEST FOLKS WAITING IN THE DONUT LINE…IS IT REALLY WORTH IT?

“Well, we’ve got nothing better to do right now!” -David B & Malcom M.

“It’s my first time, and she’s treating me!” -Margo B. & Sofia R.

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“They are moist in the middle and crispy on the outside. They melt in your mouth! Yes worth it!” - Kendall L. & Aisha D

“It’s just something YOU HAVE TO DO at Applefest!

Planning Board likes early look at new Farmers Market building

Building Environments Structural preliminary design forSystem the new Overview “The hope is to repurpose building. it for flooring and/or stalls,” We developed a variety of vendor stall sizes and sell- TheDuring Schematic Design, we tested steel vs. heav main entry in the Hoang said. of the building has been planning is system. still in its We sele ing areas, flexible gathering / seating / event spaces centertimber for the primaryThe structural widened to 45 feet to provide early stages, but so far the in the indoor and outdoor ofkeep thesome market. steel theafollowing basis:likes what it sees. he new Ithaca Farmersportions the place to of the direct ed visibility to on the pier, board largely Market inches toward funkiness that we all enjoy, but section• has Less been designed to “I really, reallyto likeerect the expensive and easier reality after meeting with also have a functional parking be winterized, there are two project,” board member EmLess deep which The outdoor retains the of natural the Planningportion and Development area,”quality Kate Chesebrough, an stories•for overflow vendors,members, ily Petrina said. “It’sgreatly a more reduce to go over preliminary associate at Whitham additional bathrooms and seat- pipes sophisticated version ofrequirement what the sprinkler and heads light Board and ventilation. Clerestory openings arePlanning not building and parking designs. & Design said. ing that overlooks the lower we have. It’s a difficult job of • Ability to span 30 - 48ft over the sewer ea glazed encourage movement) but do The(to ultimate goal is to air provide Chesebrough saidinclude havlevel. Hoang said the design pleasing everyone who likes an updated, partially weather-from ing (mostly) team kept inment mind the public impacting this building and coming up without head height a deeper eaves (increased 18” to perpendicular 48”), which ized facility that maintains the parking rows will allow for and vendors’ desires to keep with something new.” Galvanized steel expensive thanof painted ste solves forofthe thumb’ sightlines 45 degree spirit the ‘rule currentofbuilding, to theangle buildingof and the openness and natural lightis lessThere are still plenty and rehabbing the parking lot makes finding the market more in the building. To do that and meetings ahead, but the Plan- For fur and is thus shown as the basis for pricing. incoming rain. to be a little less confusing and intuitive for first-time visitors still provide better protecning Board is looking at Feb. detail, seeeaves thewere Structural Design a lot less dusty. especially. tion from rain, the 22, 2022Basis for theof potential firstsection a The designs presented to the Designing the building extended from 18 inches to 48 phase of final approval. The the end of this document.

Planning Board at the Sept. 28 comes with complications due meeting had a fairly significant to its location near the water “Jake R, Sean Y, Emily I & Noella N. change to the parking plan. and Cayuga Waterfront Trail Ithaca Farmers Market Currently, the parking rows and various easements. For 18 100%run SDparallel Basistoof 09.10.21 theDesign: length of the instance, there’s a 20-foot setbuilding. In the latest design, back required from the water, a all rows would run perpen15-foot setback required from dicular to the building instead, the center of the trail to the aside from one long row that building and manhole strucruns parallel closest to the tures and NYSEG easements building. It will have vendor that have to be avoided. Howparking and some designated ever, Mimi Hoang, co-founder spots for electric vehicles. of Brooklyn-based nARCHI“It’s the only thing we come here for!” “After reflection we thought TECTS which is designing it was more in the spirit of the building, presented a - Janna D. Ryan P 4 T

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inches. Additionally, vendors will have the option to face both outward and indoors. To maintain the feel of the current building, Hoang said for materials they’re thinking of a galvanized steel frame, a galvalume roof and waney edge cladding, which is a liveedge wooden siding. Additionally, there are hopes to reuse the wood from the current building depending on how the contractor is able to remove it and the condition of it.

next meeting is the public hearing, and is scheduled for Oct. 26. Construction on the parking lot isn’t expected to start for another year or two, and building construciton will start the year after that. -Ta n n e r H a r d i n g

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BUDGET

Mayor proposes $10M for roads, sidewalks and more

udget season is upon us, and Mayor Svante Myrick presented the capital projects the city’s Capital Project Review Committee recommends to the Common Council at the Sept. 29 meeting. Normally, the city spends about $4 million on capital projects as that’s about what it pays down in debt every year. However, the city of Ithaca was awarded $17 million from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, which led to Myrick and the committee deciding to recommend a little over $10 million in capital projects this year instead.

Economic Development

There were quite a few recommended projects related to economic development — eight in total — to continue to support local businesses’ recovery from the pandemic. This includes a mini grant program from the Downtown Ithaca Alliance for $200,000, which will go toward supporting any local business, a $125,000 workforce re-entry program to support employers in their efforts to attract and retain employees, $50,000 for a grassroots crowdfunding initiative to support businesses owned by women and people of color, $125,000 to provide character-based loans to fiscally underserved micro-mid-sized businesses, $100,000 to develop and implement an action plan to support the growth of smallscale manufacturing, $50,000 for Route 13 gateway signage such as installing district informational signs, directional signage to city parking, pedestrian wayfinding signage to down and more. Additionally, $150,000 would go to Ithaca Area Economic Development to support implementation of its Tompkins County Economic Recovery Strategy. A large chunk of money, about $800,000, would also go to improvements on Route 13 at 5th Street and Buffalo Street. This supports traffic at the in-

progress Cayuga Park development which is anticipated to create jobs, housing and business opportunities that will result in an increase in traffic volume. The $800,000 would go toward things like widening Route 13, sidewalks, a refuge island, landscaping and a traffic signal for 5th Street crossing, as well as modifications to turning movements at Buffalo and Meadow/Fulton, signal modifications, signage, bicycle and pedestrian improvements and converting West Buffalo St to one-way.

Engineering

In the engineering sector, $460,000 is proposed to go toward Cass Park Rink renovations, including enclosing the rink, adding dehumidification and HVAC systems, putting in bleacher seating and installing a fire suppression system. Another $795,000 would go to new sidewalk installations on Oak Avenue and Fall Creek Drive, $750,000 is proposed for Dryden Road Parking Garage repairs and $50,000 is proposed for the bridge maintenance program.

Fire, Police, Community

Two large projects totaling $450,000 are proposed for the Fire Department; $150,000 would go toward refurbishing the East Hill Fire Station to extend its useful life for at least another 30 years, while another $300,000 would go toward renovating the Central, South Hill and West Hill fire stations

to provide repairs and upkeep. A $300,000 project is proposed for GIAC, which would provide the organization with a new gym that will allow them to accommodate 30-40 additional children off the waitlist. Another $495,000 is proposed to go to the Ithaca Youth Bureau to replace the Cass Park pool. The committee is recommending spending $150,000 to make some upgrades to the Human Resources Department, namely putting $100,000 toward automation programs. This will allow the automation of repetitive HR tasks such as onboarding and offboarding processes, time and attendance record keeping, leave requests, performance management system and self-service automation for benefit selection and training registration. The other $50,000 would go toward a compensation study for all city employees. Myrick said there hasn’t been one done since at least 2011. “We have to make sure our compensation is competitive to attract and retain people,” he said. The committee recommends putting $100,000 toward the Community Housing Trust as Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services works to develop six new units of affordable for-sale housing. Another $10,000 is recommended as part of the Continuum of Care plan which sees the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency partner with the county to develop a strategic action plan to prevent and address homelessness. A proposal of $50,000 would go toward Vision Zero Safety Project which examines safety improvements on roads throughout the city using things like enhanced signage at intersections and traffic coming, or larger changes that will slow speeds or make pedestrian crossings more visible. Another $50,000 is proposed for creek bank stabilization and repair. The money

would go toward shoring up creek banks and studying where else might need repair. The Planning Department is proposed to receive $200,000 for design and construction drawings to improve the 400 block of College Avenue. Another $40,000 will go to upgrading the department’s out-dated office furniture, which Myrick called a “risk to our employees’ long-term health.” For the Police Department, the committee recommends spending $275,000 to replace a handful of old and aging police vehicles that are beyond their service life. A few different technology upgrades in the Public Information and Technology Department would cost about $650,000 and would include things like moving to cloudbased email, computer replacements, enhanced security licensing and cyber security training. With a director of sustainability in place for the first time for budget season, there are a few recommendations that will go toward accomplishing tasks that are part of the Green New Deal. About $160,000 will go toward a city electrification feasibility assessment, $100,000 will go toward hiring a community choice aggregation consultant and $40,000 will go toward the installation of four public electric vehicle charging stations with two charging points each.

Ups Cornell Cinema is now officially open to the public again! To enter you’ll need to provide proof of full vaccination or proof of a negative PCR test within the past 72 hours. Downs People braved it, but the last day of Apple Fest was a gloomy and rainy one. We know, we know, three days in a row of sunshine in Ithaca is asking for a lot.

HEARD&SEEN Heard TCAT’s Dryden-Freeville service Monday-Friday is now running fare-free for the entire month of October. Take advantage! Seen The line for cider donuts at Apple Fest ran the length of Harolds Square and down Home Dairy Alley — we respect the commitment.

IF YOU CARE TO RESPOND to something in this column, or suggest your own grievances or praise, write news@ithacatimes.com, with a subject head “U&D.”

Water and Sewer

Unsurprisingly, Water and Sewer have quite a few expensive projects that need to be completed. The committee is recommending the following: $600,000 for a Meadow Street water and sewer design contract; a combined $875,000 for watermain replacements on West Avenue and Oak Avenue; $500,000 to repair the Public Works building on First Street; $100,000 for improvements to the Public Works building on Franklin Street; $500,000 to begin improvement on the 60foot dam; $280,000 to replace three water and sewer vehicles; $75,000 for installation of line stops and additional valves on the gravity main; and $55,000 for a security fence at the Cornell Street tank site to prevent vandalism. -Ta n n e r H a r d i n g O c to b e r

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Public requests planning board’s input on Dryden Rail Trail bridge

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everal residents approached the Town of Dryden Planning Board at its recent meeting and asked the board to help address their concerns with the routing of the Dryden Rail Trail through an industrial zone near Pinckney Road. Those that spoke said there are major safety risks of trail goers with having the trail run across Pinckney Road and nearby Hanson Aggregates, a mix concrete supplier, such as: visibility issues for commercial trucks exiting the site; commercial truck traffic overall along the road; youth veering off the trail and trespassing onto Hanson Aggregates property; ingestion of diesel exhaust emissions; and liability issues for the company if an accident were to occur. The residents did not think mitigations like signage and plant trimming would be sufficient and that it would be best to have that portion of the trail rerouted away from the industrial zone. They also felt they were not receiving answers to those concerns from the Rail Trail Task Force and thus came to the planning board for assistance in hopefully obtaining that information. Alice Green, a planning board alternate as well as a member of the Rail Trail Task

he comedian Steven Wright has the line that it’s a small world, but he wouldn’t want to paint it. And Ithaca may be a small town, but how well do you know it? The Ithaca Times helps you know the town better every week, and every autumn presents an extravaganza of information in its “Best of Ithaca” readers poll. This year’s poll appeared last week. The poll is among the paper’s most anticipated and popular features. Everybody loves a contest, and it’s like having Election Day every year. In the old days fame might have been fairly fleeting. The poll was on newsstands one week and gone the next. Now it’s always available online. To the actual results we would like to add some post-election scrutiny here, which seems warranted by the fullness of the information, and the fun. This year’s poll comprised 47 listings in five strata of local life: Entertainment, Essentials, Food and Drink, People, and Places. Two Entertainment winners this year reflected history. “Best Book by a Local Author” was “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White, who graduated from Cornell in 1921. Memory lingers long among Ithacans, it seems: concerning music, too, as “Reggae Explosions” was voted “Best Local Radio Show,” indicating an abiding love for the venerable genre here. The program began on WICB at Ithaca College in 1979. Length of service was honored in the Essentials category, where the Greater Ithaca Activities Center was named “Best Non-Profit.” Centered in a building on W. Court Street, with its Alex Haley Pool across the street, for over four decades GIAC has provided local youth with recreation and instruction in a wide range of areas: sports, arts, business and entrepreneurship, classroom tutoring, computer skills, and more. There are also programs for seniors. Longevity triumphed yet again in Food and Drink, where Shortstop Deli was cited for “Best Sandwich.” The deli/ grocery has been downtown since 1978. It has the sleek look of a franchise, but is independently owned: perhaps another factor, besides location and duration, in the loyalty from locals. One relative newcomer was a repeat Food and Drink winner: Franco’s Pizzeria, voted “Best Pizza” for the fourth year in a row. A half-dozen slice joints have been downtown longer, so they all must be doing something right, and as a Brooklyn native I feel Ithaca is blessed to have them all (I have been to two this week), but Franco’s is the most Brooklynlike in style and quality, so what are you

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Force, mentioned that John Lampman, a Dryden resident with 30 years of experience as a highway traffic engineer, spoke at the last task force meeting and shared his thoughts on the safety risks of that area. “He explained the results of his site visit at the intersection of Pinckney Road and made some recommendations for mitigations, some of which were already included in the [easement] agreement that was made with Hanson Aggregates,” Green said. “A barrier that would help make … clear the pathways of the rail trail versus the driveway. Cutting some vegetation in certain places. Adding stop signs, adding flashing lights. In his professional opinion, a local resident who knows it very well, it was not a particularly dangerous … intersection with the mitigations that he is making a professional recommendation for.” That being said, she did recommend that the board visit the site to examine it itself, and other board members agreed to the suggestion. “There’s a precedent for that. We’ve gone out together to places where there’s some questions on,” she said. “I think it’s

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gonna do, forget about it. (Pardon the city vernacular, but we’re talking pizza over here.) A significant citing, in the time of pandemic, was “Best Closed Business We’ll Miss”: Just A Taste restaurant, a past (and multiple, if memory serves) winner for “Best Downtown Dining.” It is a sad loss of what was perhaps the best “date” restaurant in town, with an innovative but unfussy menu and snug, urbane vibrancy. The category of People cited Dr. Nia Nunn as “Best Social Justice Activist.” In a town blessed with more than most, perhaps, Dr. Nunn is perhaps the ultimate: born and raised in Ithaca, a learned and energetic presence both academically, as an associate professor at Ithaca College, and civically, as Board of Directors President of the Southside Community Center. Dr. Nunn’s notice in the poll results describes her as “an educatorperformer-scholar-artist-mother” whose “research, teaching, and service focus on a Black feminist approach to anti-racist curricula.” The fifth and final category of Places has maybe the most contentious (or worthy of contention) subject: “Best Hike.” This year’s winner was Treman State Park, noted for its centerpiece, the Enfield Glen gorge, and “winding trails that follow the gorge past 12 waterfalls, including the 115-foot Lucifer Falls.” The contention might arise in consideration of Taughannock Falls State Park, which has a higher waterfall: the highest east of the Rockies, in fact, including Niagara (for sheer height, not breadth or volume). Taughannock won in a separate category, “Best Gorge/Waterfall,” so maybe all is well, but it has a hiking path that is long enough to provide exertion yet is flat, so probably more accessible to more people. Adding to the possible contention is the Cascadilla Gorge trail, right downtown, thus most reachable of all, while also adding steepness that true hikers might desire. My own opinion is that the “Best Hike” is one you actually take. But that’s my opinion, i.e. one opinion. The beauty of the Ithaca Times poll is that it’s your, my, and everyone’s opinion, across the board, on the record, every year.

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important to actually look at the entire 66-foot corridor that Hanson provided an easement for, and then look at the mitigations that our highway professional has recommended, and I would really welcome recommendations to make it safer.” Board member Craig Anderson said this is something that the board should definitely look further into. “You look at the concrete plant, now that’s dangerous there,” Anderson said. “Up until now, I haven’t heard anybody on the rail trail [task force] say, ‘Oh yeah, this is a problem.’” Board alternate Simon St. Laurent, though, said he was not in favor of the board looking into the situation and described the public’s concerns as selective. “I’ve lived for 21 years in the zone where the concrete trucks are most dangerous,” St. Laurent said. “I live on [Route] 366 where they’re roaring by in speed, often too much speed. And no one really seems to care about that. I’ve seen concrete trucks on Pinckney, and yeah, they’re battling the hill, but they aren’t moving fast. They really can’t. There’s a stop sign at [Route] 13 anyway, and while they’re supposed to stop there, they usually do.” “I’m extra, extra puzzled that people don’t think a sign will keep people away from a concrete plant, which is kind of an obviously dangerous zone,” he said. “But at

the same time they think a sign will keep people from taking a massive shortcut across Route 13.” Board member Tony Salerno said there is a reason why the planning board has not been involved with the rail trail project. “The town board made that decision to put that in the hands of the rail trail committee, and in fact some members of the planning board have been on the rail trail committee for various times during the past,” Salerno said. Even so, Salerno would be open to reviewing the situation. “As a planning board member, I’m happy to take a look at all of this,” he said. “If the planning board decides that we should [offer] some recommendations to the town board, I’d be happy to move all of that.” The board eventually took a tally of whether or not its members were in favor of continuing this discussion at its next meeting and having a representative of the rail trail task force come to share the safety mitigation effort that has been discussed with Hanson Aggregate. Green and Salerno said they were neutral on the subject, while St. Laurent and Chairperson John Kiefer said they were not in favor, Kiefer citing the fact that the board is busy revising the town’s comprehensive plan. Anderson, Joe Wilson and Dan Bussmann said they were in favor, and so the board will plan on extending the conversation at its Oct. 28 meeting. - A n d r e w S u l l i va n

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he Best of Ithaca highlights the diversity of interests and contributions to our community. To be the best of also recognizes that there are many people from whom to choose in these categories . We are a community of talented and concerned citizens who make this a special place to live. Thank you so much for naming me the best keeper of local knowledge. I greatly appreciate the recognition and am honored to be named. I am one, however, of many people researching and preserving our local traditions that we can all know and enjoy the history of this place. To name them all would go way over your word limit: and that is what is special about living here. -Carol Kammen, Best Keeper of Local Knowledge, Ithaca, NY

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o many years after McCall’s death and the writing of this article, I am not sure anyone will even read my com-

ments, but McCall had a wonderful impact on me, and I feel called on here to recognize that. These memories were prompted by finding an old term paper on James Agee and “Let Us Not Praise Famous Men,” on which McCall gave me an A and simply wrote, “You get it. Come see me. I could give you some tips on your writing.” I didn’t, and reading his comments 40 years later, I regretted it, and do today. I was 19 at the time transferred from Stanford to Pomona, where McCall was teaching a course on 20th Century American lit, and turned on by his lectures. The dutiful Pomona kids around me took down every word of what he said, even the lecture when he went off on a fake inquiry into the writer’s private life to test whether they would question him. It was a sardonic detour. I enjoyed his lectures greatly, they got me interested in great writers, and for a number of years thereafter his voice, age 36 when he was teaching this class, stayed in my head. Why do I write now? Because people like that are rare, and while they have human faults, they stay with us and affect our lives. That was a hard time for me, and he was a light and exceptional person who both got me out of myself and allowed me to dig into who I was by exploring others’ stories. We don’t give literature enough credit for somethng McCall talked about over and over againstories. He loved them, and he was one himself. -Rod Stevens, via Ithaca.com

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MAYOR 2.0

Common Council breaks down what the city manager and mayor positions could look like in a government restructure. By Ta n n e r H a r di ng

ommon Council members got what they’ve been asking for when they were presented with a chart outlining the current powers of the mayor and who would have each power under council-manager government. Current mayor Svante Myrick asked a committee to look into overhauling the current government structure at the beginning of this year, which led to a committee within the City Administration committee recommending a shift to the council-manager style government; the city is currently a mayor-council government. Throughout discussions, council members made it obvious that the mayoral position was not compensated for the amount of work that person is responsible for. The charter currently lists the mayor’s primary duties as: lead the development of policy, appoint boards and committees, preside over Common Council meetings, serve as chief executive officer of the city, supervise department heads, negotiate with labor unions, develop and present annual budget, chair the capital budget committee, represent the city to other levels of government, make an annual “State of the City” address and serve as ceremonial leader of the city by attending ribbon cuttings, addressing the public in times of crisis and representing the city in celebrations. The salary for the mayor’s position is currently $58,000. “It’s too much work for one person, which is why the chief of staff position was created a few years ago,” Alderperson Donna Fleming said. However, the chief of staff position has issues of its own, namely that the chief of staff is hired by and reports to the mayor, which means any authority that the chief of staff has is delegated by the mayor, which committee members said creates confusion 8 T

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about who has true authority to make decisions. So to relieve future mayors of some duties, the committee is advocating switching to a city manager who is hired by Common Council. The manager would be politically neutral and would be responsible for ensuring that the policies created by Common Council and the mayor are implemented. A benefit to this, according to the committee, is that there will be consistency

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in the city’s operations independent of the election cycle; the city manager can remain the same even if there’s a new mayor every four years. There has been some concern about change weakening the power of voters, however the committee argues that it will actually strengthen the power of voters because Common Council will have direct oversight over (and the power to dismiss)

the city manager, whereas a mayor is only held accountable every four years. It’s not entirely clear at this point what the additional cost would be to the taxpayers, or if there would be one at all. According to the committee, the mayor, the mayor’s executive assistant and the chief of staff cost the city approximately $213,000 in the city budget. The future city manager would earn a bit more than the current chief of staff salary (last reported at $120,000), and the mayor would likely earn slightly less than now. The city manager would have a full-time executive assistant, and the committee reasons that the combination of those changes would result in a cost much the same. However, the committee also notes that there will be a designated deputy to serve as city manager during vacations, incapacitation, or in the event of the manager’s termination or resignation. A FAQ sheet by the committee reads: “For an organization the size of the City of Ithaca, it is reasonable to have a deputy city manager, appointed by the city manager with the approval of Common Council, to assist in managing the city.” Presumably, the addition of a deputy manager would be an additional cost. One question that still hasn’t been answered directly, and may not be, is whether the mayor will be part-time or full-time. The following is the proposed breakdown of responsibilities for the mayor and city manager: With the day-to-day responsibilities of the mayor greatly diminished, there’s still some murkiness over the amount of working hours that are expected from whoever is in that position. Alderperson Cynthia Brock reiterated her concern from past meetings that making the mayoral position part-time might not be realistic. She said that Council positions are theoretically 20-hour per week positions too,

and they’re expected to be part of various boards, committees and working groups. Brock said with those commitments in addition to things like ribbon cuttings, dinners, annual meetings and other responsibilities of the mayor could push working hours over 20. “I fully understand we imagine these part-time positions to be part-time, but the expectation we put on Council members to be involved and active in all these groups, and the requirement on mayors to be at all these other things, is it realistic to expect someone to be able to do that in 20 hours?” Brock’s other concern is that the perhaps unpredictable schedule of a part-time mayor position would make it difficult for the mayor to obtain another 20-hour a week job or a full-time job and still be able to meet the demands of the position. “If the intent is that the mayor is a parttime position and Council is part-time then we should have a realignment of expectations,” Brock said. “The consensus seems to be to keep the mayor part-time, so I would just ask during this process if we can dial back that expectation and make sure that part-time position is 20 hours a week.” Another problem with a part-time mayor position is that it could prove to be exclusionary, particularly if an unpredictable schedule might require attendance of ribbon cuttings and public ceremonies during the day and meetings in the evenings. This could lead to only people with the means, whether that be because they’re retired or they’re wealthy, running for mayor. City Attorney Ari Lavine noted that the proposed legislation does not lock whether the mayor is part-time or full-time one way or another. He said it’s left to be addressed through other elements, such as expectations and compensation. Deb Mohlenhoff, who has been leading the committee, said they’re leaving it openended intentionally. “I don’t think we’re looking for a definitive statement of hours or full-time or part-time,” she said. “We’re trying to professionalize some of the tasks that are currently on the mayor’s plate. People have vastly different capacities of what they can do in these roles. Being a public official makes you available to peoples’ needs, but I don’t know how you quantify that. We’re counting the mayor on the side of someone who is elected and does what’s needed and not codifying it.” Alderperson Seph Murtagh agreed and said that how much time is committed to the position will be up to whoever holds it.

Duties

Mayor

City Manager

Serve as chief executive officer of the city Appoint, evaluate, terminate dept. heads Appoint city attorney Serve as presiding officer of Common Council

Serve as presiding officer of Board of Public Works

Appoint members of boards and commissions and ad hoc or advisory committees

Monitor the effectiveness and performance of city departments Make recommendations to Common Council about changes in departments to decrease costs or improve service when Council’s authorization is required Prepare an annual budget and when adopted monitor compliance with its provisions Submit procurement policies to Common Council for approval; implement and monitor those policies Negotiate labor contracts and make recommendations to Common Council regarding personnel matters Developer and administer salary plan for city employees, periodically recommend amendments to Council to eliminate inequities, recruiting difficulties or turnover Determine what officer or employee shall exercise powers or perform duties not otherwise assigned by charter, local law or ordinances of Common Council Represent the city to agencies of the federal, state and county governments and regional authorities for the purpose of obtaining funds or services beneficial to the city

Both

Represent the city or arrange representation in dealing with private agencies, educational institutions and other bodies which provide funds, services or advice to the city

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Initiate and direct such activities as well improve the economy of the city and its tax base and cooperate with groups outside the city government having the same purposes

Both

Serve as chairperson of the interdepartmental Capital Program Committee Address the Common Council annually at its first regular meeting in January and at such other times as they deem appropriate with respect to the needs and resources of the city

Execute on behalf of the city, when authorized by Common Council, all deeds, contracts and other documents to be executed as acts of the city except as otherwise provided by law Declare the existence of an emergency When authorized by the Common Council of Board of Public Works, execute all deeds, contracts and other papers as the acts of the city, except as otherwise provided by local finance law Administer oaths and take affidavits and acknowledgements

Appoint members of the IURA and be a member of the IURA

“I think even if we were to establish the position as part-time you’re still going to have people who are willing to devote fulltime to it — retired people or people who have the means,” he said. “And I think that’s a really tough thing to govern because of that. It’s up to the individual and how much they’re willing to devote to this […] I think it’s really important to establish a norm that these are positions someone can do while balancing other responsibilities. I think

that’s more inclusive and we’ll find more people willing to run for those positions.” Council member George McGonigal agreed with Murtagh and Mohlenhoff, and said he thinks it’s better to leave it open. “To be the representative of the city will take more than 20 hours a week,” he said. “And some weeks will take more than others. I think we should leave that open and try not to limit it to 20 hours a week. That’s not very much at all.” O c to b e r

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Another area that needs to be finalized is who will chair X the Board of Public Works. CurX rently, that role belongs to the mayor who has voting powers, X and then there is a Council liaison on the board who is not a voting member. Brock asked Myrick if he had an opinion, because she felt that it was still important that an elected official X has a voting roll on the board. “In its current iteration I X think it’s very important for the mayor to chair and vote,” Myrick X said. “I can imagine different iterations of the board where it X would be less important that the mayor chair, but as it’s currently X structured I think it’s important for an elected official to be voting because it’s about one-third X of the budget.” There was a brief discussion from Council members about X if they wanted to change the makeup of the Board of Public Works, but Lavine said that would be a topic separate to the one at hand about who would chair the board. Council members agreed to leave the mayor as the chair and voting member of the Board of Public Works, and consider different legislation regarding the board another time. X In a similar vein, the Council also confirmed that the new government structure would see the mayor become a voting member of Common Council. X Currently, the mayor only votes if a tie needs to be broken. X The next step for this process is having City Administration X vote on final legislation before moving it to the full Common Council, who then must also approve it. When that happens, it will be placed on the November 2022 ballot for residents to vote on. A public information campaign will begin to address the public’s questions and concerns once it’s placed on the ballot. While there’s not necessarily a time crunch to get this done as there’s a full year before the 2022 election, some members of Council who are not re-running for their seats next month are hoping to get it approved by the end of the year when their terms are up.

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4TH WAR D

Selection committee chooses fourth ward replacement

Patrick Mehler

seat on the common council is up for grabs after fourth ward alderperson Steven Smith resigned to move to New York City at the end of the summer. The fourth ward mainly comprises Collegetown. Mayor Svante Myrick, along with the other fourth ward representative Graham Kerslick, and second ward representative Ducson Nguyen, composed the selection

committee to decide who should be recommended to join the Common Council. On Sept. 22 the committee conducted interviews with Patrick Mehler and Katie Sims, the two candidates running for the position. All three members of the selection committee, Myrick, Kerslick, and Nguyen voted for Mehler to be recommended for Common Council. Despite Nguyen leaning in favor of Sims, he wanted the committee to be in full support of the candidate. On Sept. 28, the committee voted on their recommendation and will present it to Council on Oct. 6 for a final vote. Mehler is currently a student at Cornell University and expects to graduate in 2023 and said he wants to run to connect constituents with the city government “I really want to rekindle that fire and rebuild that bridge between the city and the community,” he said. Mehler also stated that he wants to build a better connection between the students in the fourth ward and the local government and community. By doing so, Mehler hopes that young voices in the area will be heard and can have an impact on the community. Sims is a Cornell University alumnus who graduated last year. “I think local government is the key political unit,” Sims said. “You can understand most of the general feelings of people in a city… In the [broader] United States, there will always be a larger compromise. In a local community, equity and things that are really specific and benefi-

cial.” Both Mehler and Sims have experience in leadership and organizing roles. Mehler was a founder of Cornell Votes, where he organized a voter registration day on campus to help increase voter turnout. According to Mehler, his strategy resulted in a 33%voter increase. Mehler also worked in the New York State Senate, giving him insight into how government runs and functions, and where he learned how legislation is made. He placed an emphasis on representing the needs of constituents and not his own. “It’s not my job to say, ‘this is what I think.’ It’s my job to say ‘this is what the community thinks,’” said Mehler. Sims has served on the board of directors and the editorial board for The Cornell Daily Sun. She recalled that her time on the editorial board allowed her to see what people in the community are concerned about, and she was able to take criticism from readers and learn from it. Concerning challenges and opportunities in Ithaca, both Mehler and Sims discussed the lack of affordable housing. Mehler noted that both students and permanent residents in the area are facing this issue. “What I absolutely wouldn’t want to see happen is folks being pushed out of their homes that their families have known for generations,” Mehler said. After graduating college last year, Sims chose to live in Ithaca afterward for her love of the city where she caught a glimpse of the housing issues herself Sims realizes that while the city is growing and the economy is expanding, it makes the issue of finding housing more difficult. “The challenge,” Sims said, “is finding out how to allow this expansion and create these economic benefits for the city while still making sure that people still have a

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place to live.” Another challenge that Mehler pointed out was communication between the residents in the fourth ward and the Common Council. Sims recalled different challenges in the city, such as infrastructure and sustainability. Both Sims and Mehler, though, had similar views in why they love the fourth ward, and it’s because of the people. “’Asgard is not a place, it’s a people,’” Mehler recalled from Thor: Ragnorak. “It was the first thing I thought about when I thought about the fourth ward… the people are who make up the fourth ward,” Mehler said. Sims felt a similar way. “I feel so lucky to live in a place with so many people that I went to school with, worked with…I think living in a place this social, I’m really grateful for it,” she said. After the interviews were conducted, the selection committee, along with the city clerk and attorney, met again on Sep. 28 to discuss and decide on who to recommend to the common council. Myrick, along with Kerslick and Nguyen, all agreed that both Mehler and Sims were great candidates and they both had skills that would be contributed to the council and community. They admired how Sims chose to stay in Ithaca after graduating and for her pursuit of serving in local government. Her passion for combating the issues of sustainability and infrastructure in Ithaca also resonated with Nguyen and Myrick. The selection committee, however, also admired and valued Mehler’s experience in government and his ability to organize. “Putting your name in the hat for something like this takes a lot of thought,” Kerslick said. “And both of them have thought about this to a significant extent.” Myrick noted how he was thinking about ways both candidates could serve the city, rather than just have one serve. Both Nguyen and Kerslick agreed that both Sims and Mehler can be assets to Ithaca. Kerslick leaned more towards Mehler, given his experience and connections. He believes that Mehler has a better grasp of what can be achieved in the short length of the term, which runs through the end of 2022. Myrick agreed. “You really need someone who’s focused on organizing and bringing more people to the table.” Nguyen’s leaning was more toward Sims. She mentioned plans regarding infrastructure which resonated with Nguyen and aligned with what former fourth ward representative Smith felt. However, Nguyen agreed with the points made for Mehler. “I wouldn’t be upset serving along Patrick,” he said. “I think we should note to Council that this was a close call,” Myrick said. All three members in the meeting noted that they would also like to discuss with Sims the possibility of her serving the city on a different committee or board. -Andrés R endon

Wilmer Abreu

Swanstrom is building this program to see long-term success. He is winning the big games (3-0 in Cortaca Jug match-ups) creating the big opportunities (the Bombers played the Jug game at Metlife Stadium in 2019 and will play in Yankee Stadium in 2022) and making Ithaca College an increasingly inviting place for high-quality football players. In running their all-time record against Hobart on their home field to 17-0, the Bombers provided plenty of drama. The hosts put up the first 14 points, but Hobart breathed some life into their hopes with a touchdown as the first half wound down. The Statesmen carried that momentum into the third quarter, scoring 14 straight to take a 21-14 lead, but the Bombers tied it up later in the third and scored the winning TD in the fourth. Quarterback A.J. Wingfield put up some very efficient numbers for the Bombers, completing 17-of-21 pass attempts for 221 yards and a touchdown. He also had an impressive 27-yard run to open the scoring. The Bombers travel to Rochester on Saturday for a 12 p.m. kickoff. Sports

Proactive and Positive By Steve Lawrence

I lik e thi s g uy’s at titu d e .

ilmer Abreu is relatively new to Ithaca (18 months), and as the father of three kids, it pained him to see his children move to a new city in the middle of a pandemic and become so isolated. Some are inclined to complain about a less than desirable situation, others are inclined to do something about it. On Oct. 16, SelectionT (one of the branches of Abreu’s “umbrella”) will be hosting a 3-Point basketball shooting competition at GIAC. “We have 11 or 12 people signed up so far,” Wilmer told me with palpable enthusiasm, “and we hope to get a lot more.” Competitors will be split into age groups (12-14, 15-17 and 18+), but there are no gender separations. “It’s all shooting, so it’s completely different from an actual game,” Abreu stated. “When it comes to shooting, whether a person is male or female doesn’t really make any difference. It’s fast-paced — one shooter out, the next one in. It’s very entertaining to watch.” A year-and-a-half ago, Wilmer was living in NYC with his wife and three chil-

for the agency, and they have been very supportive and I am happy to have them lead the way. They are a great community resource.” The 3-Point contest starts at 2 p.m. on Oct. 16, spectators are more than welcome and there will be food vendors at the event. There will also be prize money. For more information, contact Wilmer Abreu at www.ithaca.selectiont.com. ● ● ●

dren, working on some web development projects with some big companies (like Marriott and Macy’s) and when the opportunity arose for his wife to move back to her hometown of Ithaca, the family made the move. “I can do my web development from anywhere, Abreu said, “and we had purchased a home we planned on flipping, but a year-and-a-half later, we’re still here.” In Wilmer’s words, “Given the pandemic was happening, my children didn’t really have an opportunity to make friends, so I have been looking for proactive and positive ways for them to gather. That’s what this 3-Point contest is — another opportunity to bring a bunch of kids together to make friends and create nice memories.” As a seasoned collaborator (who also plans to expand opportunities for competitive gaming and music production under his umbrella), Abreu was very pleased to plug into a well-established community agency like GIAC. He said, “I reached out to County Legislator Leslyn McBean, and she put me in touch with Robert Mack (Rahmel) at GIAC. He is like a gatekeeper

Congratulations to Kyle Dake on winning his third World Wrestling Championship. He won twice previously at the non-Olympic weight of 79-kilograms, and this year’s tournament — held in Oslo, Norway — was Dake’s first competition at 74K (the same weight at which he won a Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year). As he often does, Dake outscored his opponents by a large margin (32-4) over the course of the tournament, He reached the final after defeating Vasile Diacon (11-0), Fazli Eryilmaz (5-0) and Azamat Nurykau (9-1). In winning his third World title, Dake improved his senior level record to 110-18 overall and 56-2 over the last four years of competition. ● ● ●

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mong the cognoscenti of contemporary fine art printmaking, Dan Welden is a legendary name. Active since the ‘70s, the Long Island-based artist is widely sought out for his technical expertise and commitment to innovation in an often traditionalist field. Inventor of the non-toxic Solarplate method — which allows the practitioner to develop a print using sunlight (or a UV lightbox) and water — Welden is also a master collaborator. As the founder and head of Hampton Edi-

tions, Ltd., he has worked with such famous art world figures as Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Dan Flavin and Eric Fischl. Welden is also a distinguished painterprintmaker in his own right. This month, Ithaca’s Ink Shop Printmaking Center is showing “Dan Welden: Aesop’s Fables (Color Sequel),” featuring work from a recent series of experimental intaglio prints. The show (which runs through Oct. 24) includes black-andwhite pieces as well as unique hand-colored prints. They have an unusual origin story. Scavenging an abandoned art colony several years ago, Welden came upon a group of 50-year-old zinc etching plates that had been exposed to salt air and extremes of weather. Subject to corrosion and oxidation, the plates had been sandwiched together — creating ghostly twinned surfaces unsuitable for conventional printmaking but attractive to the intuitive, process-driven artist. Taking 11 plate pairs and reworking them with drypoint lines and spit bite etching, he has created a series

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he conceives of as a collaboration between himself and nature. Welden is hardly a conceptually or narrative-driven artist: he prefers to work from imperatives that are intuitive and bodily rather than verbal. His allusion to the Greek slave storyteller — developed in the titles of his paired pieces — suggests duality and connection rather than the moralism common to so much contemporary art. An initial glancing around the gallery may suggest much of the same. Eventually, Welden’s black-and-white prints capture our close attention with their evocative accumulations of detail: dark shadows, veils and smears of mid-tone, microscopic mottling, buzzing lines going this way and that. Most — like “Playful Grasshopper” and “Industrious Ant” or “Goat Plateau” and “Clever Fox” — are paired images hung side-by-side. Like framed specimens of winged insects, we see the symmetry in their shape and arrangement. But a sort of chaotic graphic weather prevents any two images from being the same — adding an energizing unpredictability. The black-and-white work is undeniably lovely and evocative; still, it’s hard not to see the six colored prints here as the culmination of Welden’s project. These unique, “hybrid” works incorporate such drawing and painting materials as crayon, acrylic, and watercolor — layered over the original prints in a manner that suggests a tension between simple hand“coloring” and entirely new creation. A luminous green mass balances precariously against the blacks in “Humble Lion,” accented with scrawls and smears of white, dark gray, and crimson. A foggier, densely worked-over green and white engulfs “Aesop’s Birth,” obscuring most of the original, printed areas. In contrast, the saturated red and thin beige vertical stripes that cross “Wolf Ears” leave much of the original black-and-white untouched. The hot red-orange patches scattered about “Watchful Frog” suggest smoldering lava while soft beige of “Braying Donkey” evoke a more placid earthscape. “Crane’s Beak,” perhaps the most lyrical color piece here, blends pale and yellowish greens for a more nuanced, atmospheric effect. This is the Ink Shop’s first exhibit of non-local work since the beginning of the pandemic. The cooperative studio and gallery remains an anchor of Ithaca’s art scene with its curatorial intelligence and its ongoing commitment to making the full diversity of contemporary print art accessible to a local audience. Welden is also the juror for the Shop’s upcoming “21st Mini Print International Exhibit,” which opens in November and runs through next January. The show, which typically includes tiny prints by a large number of contributors, is an Ink Shop staple. The artist is concurrently (from September to December) showing work from the “Aesop” series at the New Arts Program in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

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ack in the mid-2000s, ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro was playing gigs in Japan and his native Hawaii when someone uploaded one of his performances to a new website called YouTube. Shimabukuro’s playing made him an internet superstar, leading to lots of gigs around the world and several CDs and DVDs. On his latest album, “Jake and Friends,” Shimabukuro finds himself dueting with the likes of Willie Nelson and other famous musicians. He’ll be at the Hangar Theatre for a show on Oct. 12. He spoke to the Ithaca Times about his influences, the importance of amplification and his upcoming show with bassist Jackson Waldhoff. IT: You’ve got serious chops. What were you listening to when you were a kid?

JS: Oh, gosh, everything. I was born and raised in Hawaii, so I grew up listening to a lot of traditional Hawaiian music. But my parents also listened to a lot of contemporary music, and they had this pretty extensive vinyl collection, everything from Charlie Byrd to Vicki Carr, Eydie Gormé, Frank Sinatra. So when I was a kid, they would be playing all these records. I didn’t know who was who, and what type of music or style or anything like that, I just listened to all this cool stuff. I tell this story sometimes: there was this Charlie Byrd record that we would listen to all the time, and I was only 5 or 6 years old at the time, but Charlie Byrd did a record of cover songs, and on this particular record, he covered a lot of Beatles songs. So, when I was a kid, I just thought “Man, Charlie Byrd writes some great music.” I

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didn’t know who the Beatles were until a few years later. But yeah, I was introduced to a lot of music early on. That’s what inspired me to keep playing, and I still enjoy it today. IT: The ukulele is such a strummy instrument, but it’s like you heard some Van Halen and said, “I think there’s more you can do with this.” JS: Yeah, I had a lot of different influences later on in my life when I started listening to guitar players. In particular, like, you know, messing around with effects and amplifiers. There were times when I would play with an ensemble. As a ukulele player, you can’t really compete with the electric guitar or drums, or even a trumpet. IT: I think you can. JS: [laughs] That’s what drew me into amplifying the instrument. Because before, when I would do that, you’d get a lot of feedback. There would be these weird, unwanted frequencies, so it was kind of a struggle in the beginning. But I always loved amplification, because not only would it allow me to be heard, but it also allowed me to play softer, so I wouldn’t have to strum so loud, or pick so loud, to be heard. I could have a more gentle tone on the ukulele.

IT: I think you’re the first YouTube superstar I’ve ever interviewed. JS: Aww, thank you. That was a very fortunate surprise. YouTube was just starting out, and to be honest, I didn’t even know what YouTube was. But someone had taken a clip of a TV show I had done in New York, and put it up on YouTube. That really opened up a lot of doors for me, because before that I was playing a lot in Hawaii and in Japan. IT: Can you talk about where you’re at and what you’ll be bringing to Ithaca? JS: I’m traveling with a bass player named Jackson Waldhoff and what we do is a dual show. The first half, I kinda do more solo ukulele arrangements. [Waldhoff] will come out in the second half and then we’ll do some bass and ukulele stuff. It’s a good combination of covers and original songs. There’ll be some Beatles and Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody” and some other fun stuff.

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There’s a funny running gag reminiscent of “Time Bandits” (1982), where a man trying to propose to his girlfriend at various famous American landmarks is repeatedly foiled by Addams insanity. And wouldn’t you know, Lurch (Conrad Vernon) gets another musical number in a scene set in a biker bar, perhaps a nod to the “Tequila” scene in “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” (1985).

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was always more of a Munsters kid than an Addams Family kid, but Charles Addams’ creepy 1938 comic creation is the frightful favorite these days (snap, snap): four TV series, a stage musical, a DTV movie, Barry Levinson’s “The Addams Family” (1991) and “Addams Family Values” (1993) — the rare sequel that’s better than its predecessor — and now “The Addams Family 2,” the sequel to the 2019 animated reboot. I missed it back in 2019, but I’m all caught up now. The 2019 reboot is straight from the Tim Burton playbook, with the Addams clan living on the outskirts of a pastelhued town full of “normal” people that are heavily into conformity. It’s a few notches above Adam Sandler’s lazy “Hotel Transylvania” franchise, worth seeing just to hear Lurch’s version of REM’s “Everybody Hurts.” In another inspired sequence, Wednesday Addams (Chloë

Grace Moretz) turns a biology class frog dissection into a hilarious homage to the Universal Frankenstein movies. Wednesday’s arch, alien personality is the centerpiece for “The Addams Family 2” (MGM-Bron, 2021, 93 min.). Talk about conformity: she takes it hard when everyone wins first prize in the school science fair, and a strange man and a hulking henchman snoop around, suggesting that Wednesday was switched at birth, and therefore not really an Addams. So the family decides to take a road trip as a distraction, and we get “The Addams Family Visits…” vignettes scattered all across the country: Niagara Falls, Sleepy Hollow, Miami, San Antonio. Meanwhile, thanks to Wednesday’s science project, Uncle Fester (Nick Kroll) is gradually transforming into an octopus, and the question of her lineage forms the chase element of the film.

In the comic book genre, the “Venom” movies are in the Jekyll and Hyde subgenre, or if you prefer, “The Odd Couple.” In any other movie, Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock would be the Oscar, but now that he’s absorbed an Id monster like the alien symbiote Venom, Brock is clearly the Felix in this bonkers, adrenalized series. (Hardy also voices Venom, who sounds like a psychotic Cookie Monster.) Venom just wants to devour the world, and Brock just wants peace and quiet. In “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (Sony-Columbia, 2021, 87 min.), Brock tries to re-start his journalism career by interviewing the demented serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson, picking up where “Natural Born Killers” left off). When the two men scuffle, Venom appears and wounds Kasady, leaving a splash of blood on Kasady’s face. He slurps it up, and transforms into Carnage.

Andy Serkis, Gollum himself, directs this crazed pulp with his pedal to the metal, cramming a lot of backstory into its 97 minutes, including parallel love stories: Brock (and Venom) are still in love with his ex-fiancée Anne Weying (Michelle Williams), who has a new man in her life, and Kasady has his own starcrossed romance with Naomi Harris, playing the mutant Shriek, AKA Frances Barrison. There’s a lot of comedy here, but Serkis is in such a rush that he sometimes undercuts any comedic timing by speeding to the next scene or shot. Still, I prefer this version of Brock and Venom to the one put forth in Sam Raimi’s overstuffed “Spider-Man 3” (2007), and for the first time in the “Venom” series, we get a Spidey credit cookie. If Tom Holland shows up for part three, I’m there. Recommended: Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead” 10/7/21 @ 7:30pm @ Regal Cinemas “Attack of the Hollywood Cliches” on Netflix RIP Tommy Kirk (“Old Yeller,” “The Shaggy Dog,” “The Absent-Minded Professor,” “Son of Flubber,” “Swiss Family Robinson,” “The Misadventures of Merlin Jones”) “The Addams Family 2” and “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” are playing at the Regal Cinemas at the Shops at Ithaca Mall.

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10/8 Friday Friday Night Music - Tru Bleu | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd

10/9 Saturday Jerry Martin | 12:30 p.m. | Buttonwood Grove Winery, 5986 State Route 89

10/10 Sunday Sandra Esparza | 12:30 p.m. | Buttonwood Grove Winery, 5986 State Route 89 Concerts/Recitals

10/6 Wednesday Wind Symphony and Concert Band at Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center

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10/9 Saturday Senior Recital: Isabel Vigliotti, soprano at Ford Hall | 1 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center Junior Recital: Myah Frank, flute at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 2 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center Elective Recital: Laura Van Voris, cello at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 4 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center Elective Recital: Harris Andersen, violin at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 4 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center A Tribute Concert | 7:30 p.m. | Park Church, 208 West Gray Street | $10.00 - $45.00 Choral Concert at Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center

10/10 Sunday Senior Recital: Adrianna Anzalone, mezzo-soprano at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 3 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center Symphony Orchestra at Ford Hall | 4 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center Elective Recital: Isaac Schneider and Jack Goodenough, euphonium at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 7 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center

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10/13 Wednesday Cornell Concert Series: Stefon Harris | 7 p.m. | Virtual, N/A | Free

10/15 Friday CONCERT: Walter Trout | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St Robyn Hitchcock | 8 p.m. | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd.

10/16 Saturday CONCERT: Leo Kottke | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

10/17 Sunday Cayuga Vocal Ensemble in Concert | 4 p.m. | St. Luke Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Avenue Concert: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St Willie Watson | 8 p.m. | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. Patty Griffin & Gregory Alan Isakov | 8 p.m. | State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 West State St | $35.00 - $55.00

10/18 Monday Trumpet Studio of Chris Coletti at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 7 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center CONCERT: Eric Gales | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

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Jazz Ensemble at Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center

10/19 Tuesday Senior Recital: Christopher Louis Bavaro, voice at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 7 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center

10/20 Wednesday Tenor Lawrence Brownlee’s Masterclass for the Manley and Doriseve Thaler Vocal Concert Series at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 7 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center

Stage House of Desires Performance | 8 p.m., 10/7 Thursday | Dillingham Center, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Road | This 17th-century romantic farce is a wild tale of confusion and mistaken identities complete with wily servants and groping suitors. | $10.00 - $18.00 In Case You Forgot | 7 p.m., 10/10 Sunday | State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 West State St | World premiere of Clockmaker Arts Folk Pop Musical. The haunted and broken down Old Bennett Inn echoes secrets from the past as two restoration architects with a penchant for the occult, ritual, and transformation embark on a journey of healing personal trauma, addiction, and racial inequity. The Green Knight | 9:50 p.m., 10/14 Thursday | Cornell University, 144 East Ave | After performing an act of cruelty and violence in an attempt to impress the court of his uncle, King Arthur, Sir Gawain (Dev Patel) is given an ultimatum: The Green Knight, a tester of men with The Velvet Underground | 7 p.m., 10/15 Friday | Cornell University, 144 East Ave | Visionary filmmaker Todd Haynes’ “first documentary is just

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Art Dan Welden | Aesop’s Fables (Color Sequel) at The Ink Shop | 5 p.m., 10/6 Wednesday | The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, 330 East State, 2nd floor CSMA bldg. | Dan Welden | Aesop’s Fables (Color Sequel) exhibit at The Ink Shop | Free Book Marks: An Artist’s Journey with Books | 6 p.m., 10/6 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Local artist Barbara Page will discuss the creation of her book Book Marks: An Artist’s Card Catalog, which features 434 richly illustrated works created on old library checkout cards. Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIOS and Virtual Events | 11 a.m., 10/7 Thursday | Artist studios and virtual events, Many locations in Tompkins County | Visit or zoom with artists on the 23rd annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail! | Free Virtual Curator Talk with Carla Rae Johnson | 6:30 p.m., 10/7 Thursday | Virtual | “Arc-ivist,” Carla Rae Johnson will introduce attendees to the two notebook projects currently on display at TCPL . The exhibit includes 89 notebooks which document recent historic moments and respond to the question: Does the “arc of the moral universe” bend towards justice? The Gallery at South Hill, Jessica Warner, The Color of Distance | 5 p.m., 10/8 Friday | The Gallery at South Hill, 950 Danby Road | The Gallery at

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Film Daisies | 7 p.m., 10/6 Wednesday | Cornell Cinema, 136 Ho Plaza | “This radically mischievous work was the second feature of the Czech New Wave’s sole female director, Vera Chytilova. In her visually arresting, capricious film two dangerously bored young women have anarchic fun in a series of loosely connected episodes.” (NY Times) Farrebique, or the Four Seasons | 8:45 p.m., 10/6 Wednesday | Cornell Cinema, 136 Ho Plaza | A portrait of the Rouquier family, cousins of the director, who lived in the farming community of Aveyron in Southcentral France. Biquefarre w/virtual introduction by producer William Gilcher | 7 p.m., 10/7 Thursday | Cornell Cinema, 136 Ho Plaza | Thirty-seven years after Farrebique, Georges Rouquier returned to the farming community in South-central France to pick up the story of the Rouquier family who had been featured in his earlier film (showing on October 4 & 6). The Rider | 9:15 p.m., 10/7 Thursday | Cornell Cinema, 136 Ho Plaza | After a riding accident leaves him unable to compete on the rodeo circuit, a young cowboy searches for a new purpose in Academy Award-winning director Chloe Zhao’s sophomore feature, a must on the big screen. Ranked #11 on indiewire’s recent list of the all-time greatest films directed by women The Alpinist | 10/7 Thursday | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green Street. | MarcAndré Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. On remote alpine faces, the free-spirited 23-year-old Canadian makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. Veteran filmmaker Peter Mortimer sets out to make a film about Leclerc but struggles to keep up with his elusive subject. Titane | 10/7 Thursday | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green Street. | Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years. Titane : A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys. I’m Your Man | 10/8 Friday | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green Street. | Alma is a scientist coerced into participating

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Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | The Hangar has a loaded schedule of performances this month, beginning this evening with a national treasure. Bask in the glow of Collins’s iconic 50-album body of work, and heed inspiration from her spiritual discipline to thrive in the music industry for half a century. (Photo: Facebook)

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Where is the Friend’s House? | 7 p.m., 10/13 Wednesday | Cornell University, 144 East Ave | A sensitive and beautiful film depicting the remarkable reasoning of a young boy surrounded by unhelpful adults in a small Iranian village. Close-Up | 8:35 p.m., 10/13 Wednesday | Cornell University, 144 East Ave | One day, while riding a bus, a young man tells a woman that he’s the famous Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

Special Events Bike Commuting 101: Community Forum and Q&A | 12 p.m., 10/6 Wednesday | Online (Zoom), 315 N Aurora St | Bike Walk Tompkins and Way2Go are hosting an online forum and Q&A focused on bike commuting throughout Tompkins County on Wednesday, October 6th at 12pm. Register online through the provided url. | Free Women’s Volleyball at SUNY Cortland | 7 p.m., 10/6 Wednesday | Women’s Volleyball at SUNY Cortland https://athletics.misericordia.edu/ calendar.aspx?id=15567 Hops and Swaps at Greek Peak Mountain Resort | 1 p.m., 10/8

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Friday | Greek Peak Mountain Resort, 2000 Rt. 392 | Join Greek Peak Mountain Resort for their annual Hops and Swaps Festival on October 9th. The event kicks off at 1 p.m. with beer and wine tastings, craft vendors, food stations and much more! Friday Night Roller Skates | 5:30 p.m., 10/8 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. Chiller Haunted House | 7 p.m., 10/8 Friday | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St | Your Halloween season can now officially begin as the Chiller Haunted House creeps from the basement and into the front yard of the Center for the Arts of Homer! | $3.00 Night Sky Cruise at Allen Treman State Park | 8:30 p.m., 10/8 Friday | Allan H. Treman Marina, 1000 Marina Drive | Hop on board the MV Teal to see the stars over the lake! Night Sky Cruises are every Friday through September 9-10:30pm. Reserve at discovercayugalake.org | $35.00 $40.00

Fall Craft Show | 5:30 a.m., 10/10 Sunday | Horseheads Americian Legion Post 442, 71 Old Ithaca Rd | Fall Craft Show October 16, 2021 from 10am2pm. at the Horseheads Americian Legion Post 442 on the Old Ithaca Rd. Lots of great vendors-Food-50/50Chinese Auction.

Books Fall Book Sale | 10 a.m., 10/7 Thursday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, Main St. | Join us under the tent for three days in October for a twist on our community tradition! This Fall’s book sale will see the return of our outdoor layout. Sales will be pay what you can/donation based. Cash, check, credit card, and PayPal are all accepted. We ask that you bring your own bags. Friends of the Library BOOK SALE | 10 a.m., 10/9 Saturday | Book Sale Building, 509 Esty St | Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library Book Sale at 509 Esty St, Ithaca. Starts Saturday, Oct 9 & continues over 3 long weekends: Oct 9-11, 16-18, 23-26. Open 10am-8pm each day. Face masks required regardless of vaccination status. For more info, visit www. booksale.org.

Notices Bike Commuting 101: Community Forum and Q&A | 12 p.m., 10/6 Wednesday | Online (Zoom), 315 N Aurora St | Bike Walk Tompkins and Way2Go are hosting an online forum and Q&A focused on bike commuting throughout Tompkins County on Wednesday, October 6th at 12pm. Register online through the provided url. | Free Ithaca Restorative Justice Meetings | 6:30 p.m., 10/6 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | The discussions will be led by Ithaca Restorative Justice, and anyone who is interested in restorative justice is welcome to attend. The meetings will take place in-person in the Schwarz Jacobson room, but will also be available via Zoom. Questions? Contact Sophia McKissick at smickissick@tcpl.org.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 FROM 9-5 AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10 FROM 10-3

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Dwyer Memorial Park, 6799 Little York Lake Road, Preble | After a year off, Cortland Repertory Theatre is delighted to welcome back their 9th Annual Little York Fall Fiber Arts Festival. This popular event features numerous vendors from New York and neighboring states offering a wide variety of fiber products for sale. (Photo: Provided)

509 Esty St., Ithaca | It’s a big weekend for book sales! The fall sale begins this weekend in Ithaca with all sorts of books and assorted media to suit every type of interest. Up north, the Ulysses Philomathic Library in Trumansburg will also be hosting their book sale, where all items are “pay what you can.” (Photo: Facebook)

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Toddler Story Time - Moovin’ & Groovin’ | 11:30 a.m., 10/6 Wednesday | Phillips Free Library, 37 South Main Street | Toddler story time is for birth to preschool age children and their parent/guardian. This weekly program includes stories, songs, fingerplays and more all around the theme for that week. Virtual Live Chinese Storytime | 11:30 a.m., 10/7 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Tween Board Game Club - Meets Outside! | 3:45 p.m., 10/7 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Baby Storytime Meets Outside! | 10:30 a.m., 10/8 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Tyke Tales Story Time | 6 p.m., 10/8 Friday | Please join us for stories read aloud on Zoom from the Lodi Whittier Library on Friday evenings at 6pm. Moore Family Farm Fall Festival at Moore Family Farm | 10 a.m., 10/9 Saturday | Moore Family Farm is your new favorite fall destination!! Animal Ambassador Encounters | 12 p.m., 10/10 Sunday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd | Come enjoy a wild meet and greet with some of the Animal Ambassadors of the Cayuga Nature Center every Sunday this October. | Free

Community Sunset Cruise | 7:30 p.m., 10/6 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 Trumansburg Farmers Market | 10/6 Wednesday | Trumansburg Farmers market, Corner of Route 227 & 96 | 10.6-Brookton Bridge; 10.13-Better Weather String Band | Free Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIOS and Virtual Events | 11 a.m., 10/7 Thursday | Artist studios and virtual events, Many locations in Tompkins County | Visit or zoom with artists on the 23rd annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail! | Free ZOOM: Thriving With Your Spirited Child | 6 p.m., 10/7 Thursday | Virtual | http://ccetompkins.org/events/ Learn about your child’s temperament (and yours), how to develop effective strategies for dealing with temper tantrums, power struggles and other challenging behaviors in this FREE 7-week class series for parents and caregivers. | Free Clothing Giveaway | 9 a.m., 10/8 Friday | Varna United Methodist Church, 965 Dryden Road | Our basement is still loaded with donations from generous folks who’ve cleaned out their closets. We have just about everything - especially men’s clothing. So, bring your shopping bags and MASKS ARE REQUIRED. ComedyFLOPs’ Virtual Improv Show - To Benefit The Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts | 7 p.m., 10/8 Friday | Virtual, Virtual Event | ComedyFLOPs presents a virtual improv show in support of the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts. | Free Ithaca Farmers Market | 9 a.m., 10/9 Saturday | Saturdays are the star, but Sundays are no slouch. Our pavilion gets full during peak season and there are some vendors that you won’t find on Saturdays. Farmer’s Market Cruises on weekends! at Ithaca Farmers Market | 12:30 p.m., 10/9 Saturday | Enjoy a ONE Hour cruise from the dock at Ithaca’s iconic Farmer’s Market! Reservations are NOT necessary. Pay on board with cash or credit card. Senior Recital: Isabel Vigliotti, soprano at Ford Hall | 1 p.m., 10/9 Saturday | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center | Saturday, 10/9/2021 1:00pm

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Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. The United Presbyterian Church of Cortland is seeking a person to coordinate the congregation’s programs. Part-time. 15-20 hours a week. Experience in working with youth and young adults will be an asset. Candidates should be of the Christian faith. Job description available upon request. Contact the United Presbyterian Church of Cortland, 25 Church Street, Cortland, NY 13045 or email info@unitedpresbyterian.net and put Coordinator in the subject line.

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OCM BOCES Stellata program has the need for a 96% Teaching Assistant at the Cortlandville Campus, Cortland. Successful candidate will provide support and individual programming to K-12th grade students in our center-based programs with a variety of special needs. NYS certification as a Teaching Assistant required. Applications accepted online only. Register and apply at: www.olasjobs.org/central. For information please visit our website at: www.ocmboces. org EOE

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Virtual Academy (7-12)

OCM BOCES is looking for experienced Secondary (7-12) Teachers and Staff certified in the following areas for remote teaching positions at OCM BOCES Virtual Academy: · Math 7 & 8 · Algebra I · Algebra II · Geometry Teachers should have experience in teaching in a remote setting, with a demonstrated record of student achievement, as well as be comfortable leveraging technology and a variety of tools to engage students. Interested applicants apply online at: www.olasjobs.org/ central. For more information regarding this posting, please contact Kathryn Daughton at 315-431-8419 or visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org EOE

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OCM BOCES is looking for experienced Secondary (7-12) Teachers and Staff certified in the following areas for remote teaching positions at OCM BOCES Virtual Academy:

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