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VOL.X X XVIII / NO. 13 / October 18, 2017 Serving 47,125 readers week ly

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ast Thursday, the six democratic candidates vying for congressional office in New York’s 23rd district testified on topics surrounding national politics and weighed in on their bids to try and vacate Republican incumbent, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed. The Tompkins County League of Women Voters hosted and moderated the forum, where each candidate was allowed a three-minute opening statement, one-minute response to questions pulled from the audience, and two-minute closing statement. The primary is set for June 26th, 2018. The six candidates in attendance included retired Air Force Colonel from Owego, Max Della Pia; Corning teacher and New York State United Teacher’s board member, Rick Gallant; Ithaca entrepreneur, Ian Golden; higher education administrator and cybersecurity expert from Penn Yan, Tracy Mitrano; Jamestown attorney Eddie Sundquist; Presbyterian Minister and social worker from Naples, Karl Warrington; and Geneva economist, Charles Whalen. Here are some of the biggest takeaways from the evening: The W ide Ca n didate Fiel d

New York ’s 23rd District hasn’t seen a democratic primary since 2012, when Leslie Danks Burke, Melissa Dobson and Nate Shinagawa vied for the candidacy that Shinagawa would eventually grab. In 2014 Tompkins County legislator, Martha Robertson, became the presumptive nominee, as did Jamestown Naval commander, John Plumb, in 2016. The first primary contender continued on page 13

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s a city grows into a bustling micro-metropolis by the day, it’s sometimes easy to forget about the land around the city of Ithaca, its people, and the origins of this city rooted in the currency of the land beneath it. In the mid-1800s, more than 90 percent of all the land in Tompkins County was farmland and the traditions and ideals of the region’s rural communities the defining trademark of life in the hills around Cayuga Lake. It’s a legacy still felt today, from the ancient communities that developed on obscure intersections around Tompkins County, its short streets bearing the names of old farm families they used to serve, and a spirit that still lingers in the traditions of the county’s smallest communities. Discussed in an informa l afternoon of short talks and pumpkin pie at the History Center, several presentations were given typical of any discussion of Tompkins County’s history as well as other discussions, from the names on the land to the ways our ancestors made their living. But mentalities, some might think, have changed since then. One woman talked about the degradation of community in

ART S & E N T E RTAINME N T the rural areas, partly due to the way the neighborhood dynamic of small communities like Hayts Corners or Ludlow ville have diminished – a trend to come as farm life has dissipated (there are only about 100 farms left in Tompkins County). Socially, dynamics have changed, not just in where we live, but in how we live: People have begun to work different jobs and change how they get around, in turn creating a widening of class differences that have formed a rift between different pockets of society. But this, History Center Director Rod Howe said, was why it is important to create a more dynamic understanding of our rural heritage, to interpret the state of our present through the lens of how life in our rural communities have evolved over time. Hannah Davis, an Upstate Regional Representative for the NYS Folklore Society who has worked to study the evolutions and aestheticized traditions of rural life across New York, talked about her work studying Tomp-

T a k e ▶ New Roots and Ithaca Reggae Fest are hosting a benefit for Puerto Rico on Sunday, Nov. 26 for an evening of incredible local music to raise funding to help public schools in Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria. Doors open at 4 p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. and the festivities are all ages up until 8 p.m. $10 to $15 suggested donation at the door will get you shows from the Mosaic Foundation, Fall Creek Brass Band, Kevin Kinsella and the New Roots Vocal Ensemble.

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kins County and the traditions celebrated by its residents. Davis said in analyzing our pasts, we should reconsider and be critical of ourselves in what we consider as heritage, to consider not what we’ve lost, but how things have evolved and changed: the idea that while some things may have disappeared, moreso, things are changing. The original settlers here inherited a forest, the economics of the community that grew from it defined by the forest, the gorges and the lake it sat upon. Today, he said, we continue on the shoulders of those before us. “Our heritage,” Eric Gervais, one of the lecturers said, “includes more than words.”

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▶ Y’all like trains? The Sayre Historical Society, located just 38 miles from here in Sayre, Pennsylvania, is hosting Model Train Day on Saturday, November 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring special exhibits and vendors of railroad memorabilia. A fun, free event for the whol family, this unique event presents an unparralleled oportunity to see the museum’s Ho-scale layout modeled by the late Donald (Buckshot) Murray depicting the Sayre station and downtown Sayre. Nice!

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PHOTOGRAPHER Three Years In, Fab Five A Strong Retention Tool

Fielding Ideas For C-Town’s Future

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If you could, what traditional Thanksgiving food would you get rid of? What would you replace it with?

“Switch Cranberry Sauce for Mac & Cheese!” —Brody Schenk

“Get rid of any rice, and give me all the potatoes!” —Silent Thunder

“ Get rid of Cranberry Sauce and give me some Fried Ham!” —Joni Cleveland and Travis Otero

n a city with two rich sources of young professional talent, an effort to foster and maintain a successful business community is crucial, lest that talent flee for the bright lights of New York City or elsewhere. Nominations are now open until December 15 for the third annual Fab5 Awards, started by Tompkins Connect in an effort to identify and celebrate young talent in the area workforce. Winners of Fab5 Awards are announced in late February. From an economic point of view for Ithaca, harboring young professionals during their formative years is great, but the benefits are tempered if those people pick up and leave for a bigger city shortly after college. Building a network that can serve to support young professionals around the area one of the primary goals of Tompkins Connect, and the Fab Five Awards are one of their strategies to continue that mission. Awards are given in Young P rofe s siona l E nt re preneu r, Young Professional Rookie of the Year, Young Professional Not-for-Profit Leader, Young Professiona l Volu nteer a nd Young Professional Business

Last year’s Fab 5 winners. Pictured are Marshall McCormick, John Guttridge, Beverley Stokes, Xavier Rusk and Adam Maher.

Leader categories. Nominees must be between 21-40 years old, a Tompkins County resident, have demonstrated leadership within their profession and have contributed to the region through volunteerism or community activities. Gregory Hartz, executive vice president of Tompkins Financial Corporation, has been one of the main organizers of the Fab5 Awards and Tompkins Financial does sponsor the event. He said the company had wanted to do something to recognize young professionals for a while before the awards were actually founded. “We k new we had a lot of really strong young professionals in the community,” Hartz said of the founding of Tompkins Connect, which led to the establishment of the awards.

“We know there’s a lot of really good, young emerging leaders inside this group and we should find a way to recognize them, and the Fab5 was born.” It’s hard to gauge the amount of success something like the Fab5 Awards has had in its short existence, and Hartz and Abby Peterson, Tompkins Financial’s Marketing Communications Manager, said they have not yet conceived a metric by which to monitor the impact. However, they have been pleasantly surprised by the number of nominations received each year so far, including a “dramatic increase in complete and high-quality” nominations, which could serve as a decent indicator of at least the popularity of the event. continued on page 16

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The Confusing Stalemate Behind Tompkins Police Consolidation “Let’s get rid of brussel sprouts. Let’s switch it with BAKLAVA!” —Dorothy Wilcox

“Ya know, I can go without stuffing. Give me rainbow cotton candy and gummie bears instead.” —Lacey Cowburn and Mackenzie Kanwltown

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f you were to ask public officials what they think, so far, of the possibility of a single, consolidated police force in Tompkins County, the answer you’ll get back is a consistent one: it’s complicated. The ball seems to remain in the city’s court after Thursday night’s meeting of the County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee. At the county level, there doesn’t seem to be much appetite for any significant change just yet. Robertson noted many of the benefits to be expected from a consolidation of the police force would largely fall on the City Of

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Ithaca, while a number of the towns and villages would likely see few significant financial benefits for the reduction in service they may stand to face. Though she noted after the meeting a number of efficiency measures outlined by the firm could be implemented in the future, Robertson made it very clear that, from a countywide standpoint, a solitary police force for the whole county is not a desirable move for most. Currently considering merging its road patrol units between a choice of two places – in a renovated public safety building at the Tompkins County Jail (where the department cur-

rently is) or in a facility shared with the city – Sheriff Kenneth Lansing named his support for a shared facility with quick and easy access to Route 13 in the city’s Northside neighborhood. The city, simultaneously, is in the process of studying the potential construction of a single facility on Green Street to house city administration as well as both the city’s police and fire departments.

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s Ithaca deals with a laneslashing traffic plan in the West End opponents say will increase traffic issues near the famed Octopus, long-term plans are being formulated to address traffic issues on the other side of the city. The city’s Planning Department dropped in on Tuesday’s Col legetow n Neig hborhood Council meeting to gather feedback from area shareholders about the future of College Avenue. The department is looking to revamp the road’s streetscape in the years to come, with an eye to improve some of the infrastructure for biking and walking. (Though this presentation was specifically aimed at the improvement of the 300- and 400- blocks.) Planning Department Director JoAnn Cornish and Senior Planner Lisa Nicholas both fielded questions and suggestions from the assembled attendees, a crowd consisting mostly of business owners and community members from around the Collegetown area. The discussion was focused on long-term issues, as the plans being examined won’t be implemented for several years, most likely around 2020 or 2021. The Planning Department hopes to include a walking tour of College Avenue during future events held to discuss the potential changes. They presented the audience with two initial concepts: one which would retain nearly all the parking spots on College Avenue already, and another which would add a continuous uphill bike lane on the street. The bike lane would come with at least one drawback, and it’s fairly significant: the number of on-street parking spaces would fall from 54 to 19. It would also include slightly wider sidewalks in the 200 block of College Avenue as well as some pedestrian crossing improvements. Interest in the two plans was tepid, but it did seem to provide some with a launching pad for further dialogue on the topic. In the vein of making the street more friendly to those not using automobiles – a city-wide priorcontinued on page 16

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Legal Struggle Over Salt Mine Continues

▶ The Ithaca Bottom Boys just because they played a pretty decent set at The Range on Saturday night. It wasn’t the first time I’ve seen ‘em, but it’s a blast everytime, you guys. From a closeted George Jones fan to another few... Keep on keepin’ on. ▶ Charles Manson, who died this week. Because that guy royally sucks. Way to ruin what was easily the coolest song the Beatles ever wrote. We did hear Mephistopheles was looking for an intern though... he takes two sugars.

to the facility in place Ritchie Patterson, Director of the Cornell Laboratory for AcceleratorBased Sciences and Education said, the facility will “leapfrog” all of those to become the foremost research facility of its kind anywhere. Approximately 1,200 annual users visit the facility representing a number of different industries ranging from construction equipment manufacturers to the pharmaceutical industry, who send their engineering teams to Ithaca in to conduct highly specialized product research. Highly exclusive and in high demand, the facility – one of just two such particle accelerators in the United States – produces high energy x-rays of tentimes used to exa mine materials at the microbial level; an ability used to accomplish tasks from developing stronger

o allow the Cayuga Salt Mine to continue operat ions beneat h C ay uga Lake, the mine is currently under review for a permit renewal that will allow work to continue for the next five years. Some local activists and assembly persons alike have little interest in seeing that happen, citing safety and environmental concerns, which has led to potential lawsuits. Cargill, the company that operates the salt mine, applied to renew the permit a month before the Nov. 1 expiration date. Cargill has continued to mine under the lake without official renewal, which is legal under state law. So long as the company submitted an application, it is legal to continue working in the mines until the permit is officially approved. There is currently no known timeline for when the permit will be accepted or denied; this means Cargill’s workers are mining under an expired permit, working in potentially hazardous conditions, claim activists. A full environmental impact statement (EIS) has not been completed on the mine since 2002, and the mine has expanded significantly since then, said activist John Dennis of Cayuga Lake Environmental Action Now (CLEAN). CLEAN is urging the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to hold renewing the permit until a full EIS has been completed, which will determine whether the mine is still safe under the lake. CLEAN is now proposing two lawsuits against NYSDEC over this. Even though there hasn’t been a detailed look at the mine for 15 years, there’s a possibility calling for an EIS won’t do anything at all, despite the two lawsuits CLEAN plans to file against NYSDEC. “The current permit is already being violated: The pillar technology underneath the mine is without any prior DEC approval, which is not allowed by the current permit,” said Cait Darfler, an

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Here’s How Cornell Expects To Save NY’s Hemlocks

ince 1985, entomologists in the Northeastern United States have been struggling to hedge the population growth of an invasive species known as the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, a tiny, invasive, aphid-like insect that attacks North American hemlocks. In the three decades since the insect was first spotted in New York State (originally from Asia, the adelgid first made landfall in 1924, when it was spotted in the Pacific Northwest), scientists have been without an effective means of controlling the pesky, 1.5 millimeter nuisances; their population booming to infest large swaths of forest in the Finger Lakes, Catskills and Long Island where the hemlock tree – a “keystone” species in New York State’s forested ecosystem – are prominent. After the announcement of a $1.2 million initiative to fight the spread of the insect on Friday

T Cornell School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Kathryn Boor announces the founding of a $1.2 million lab to fight the presence of Hemlock Wooly Adelgids in New York State at a Friday press conference.

afternoon, there is an indication the state is finally investing in a viable solution that may finally bring relief to a decades-long headache among environmentalists. Assisted by a $50 0,0 0 0 grant from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Environmental Protection Fund, Cornell University and entomologist Mark Whitmore – one of the nation’s foremost experts on the insect – have begun an effort to research and experiment with natural,

biological controls to curb the spread of the adelgids right at the source. This money, a small slice of more than $13 million in the governor’s budget committed to fight invasives, will go toward the research and breeding of a number of natural predators to the adelgid that have proven successful in the Pacific Northwest, a strategy to reduce the prevalence of these pests in as natural a way as possible. continued on page 14

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State Grant Will Boost Hi-Tech Manufacturing In Lansing

ne of New York State’s top officials was in town on Wednesday a f ternoon to announce a large-scale economic development initiative in the region that will have its nucleus right here in Ithaca. Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul – on her first of three stops in the Finger Lakes region Wednesday morning – keynoted a press conference at Cornell University’s on-campus synchrotron facility to announce a t he sta r t of a $15 m i l l ion advanced manufacturing initiative to upgrade the nearly 40-year-old particle accelerator, an initiative she estimated could create anywhere between 50 and 100 jobs across the region. According to a news release from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office, the Empire State Development-funded project will support the upgrades and improvements to the facility,

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officially known as the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), leveraging an additional $66 million in funding from The National Science Foundation to continue operating as a national user facility during the upgrade. This additional contribution will include updates to an accelerator key to powering CHESS for x-ray operations; a big deal, considering the accelerator is considered to be a critical resource internationally for particle research as one of only four facilities in the world able to produce x-ray images of superior caliber. As a result of this project, Cornell will create at least 100 new high-paying, hightechnology jobs while retaining 150 jobs at the facility. The upgrades are expected to take place over a 3-4 month period next summer. With the proposed upgrades

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Heard&Seen ▶ There are new additions on the Commons... namely, a Christmas tree near the fountain and a new storefront, for what we’re told is to be a swanky noodle shop. Exciting times to be downtown! ▶ Top stories on Ithaca. com this week are...

1) How a few teens inspired action 2) Unapologetically Southside: How a local institution rediscovered its voice 3) How Cornell plans to save the region’s Hemlock Trees 4) Experts: Borger Station expansion could have health risks 5) Brew 22 Offers Coffee Break on Route 13

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Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Please respond at the Ithaca Times Web site www.ithacatimes.com. L ast Week ’s Q uestion : Thanksgiving is almost here . I s your residence actually large enough to host anybody ?

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very year around holiday time, we at The Ithaca Times decide for one week to cool our jets, kick back our feet and leave the contents of our issue up to you. The Reader’s Wr ite s i s sue , a time-honored tradition for dec ades of t h is paper’s history, is a unique one out of t he 50 -some o d d p a p e r s we put out each year. (Yep, no breaks here.) It’s the one time of the year where everything in the issue – the pictures, the text, the attitude – is submitted by our readers. Though your on ly l i m it here is your creativity (and the barriers created by common decency

and plain good taste), every year, we try and focus on a theme we feel ref lects the times we’re living in, the attitudes of the people around us and our vision for a better world. Last year, a winter capped by the election of easily the meanest jerk to ascend to the presidency since the days of Andrew Jackson, we chose “Aspirations” as our theme. I n c ho o s i n g t h at t heme , we hop e d to urge our readers to look toward the f ut u re w it h hop e and ambition, and to remind ourselves t hat t he world we lived in – as terrible as it seemed at the time – could only s l ip a nd f a lt e r i f we did not dare to strive for something better. One yea r later, we’ve for med ou r contin u ed on page 7

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Bumper Stickers By St e ph e n P. Bu r k e

ypically, Ithacans are opinionated , a nd not ba sh f u l about expressing our politics, thoughts, and values. We go to meetings and rallies, promote events and post picks and pans online, and adorn our cars with bumper stickers. Some people even festoon them. Occasionally you’ll see a car with stickers not just on the bumper, but all over the back. It might be excessive, but sometimes this bumper sticker practice gets me reading, to understand the amalgam of this person’s beliefs and interests, and see if perhaps there are interesting inconsistencies. This kind of person also interests me in t heir daredev il noncha lance towards road safety. The car ahead of you is more a threat to your safety than

YourLetters How Toxic Is The Borger Station?

f a tobacco company issued a study showing smoking was good for you, would you believe it? When an environmental group issues a study, why not ask the same question. Is the data skewed? Are the statistics behind it valid? Does it assume things? How do we know the data is accurate? People who oppose energy development latch on to any study that matches their views and take it as gospel truth. I wonder if the same people buy products because of TV ads saying how good the product is? But then environmentalism in our area is a virtual cult for “saving the planet” all by ourselves. We all breath the same air, drink the same water. Some of us are realistic about our world and about data, some operate from pure emotion. –’ConsultKramer,’ via Ithaca.com Editor’s Note: This letter refers to a story about toxins present in emissions stemming from the Dominion Transmission-owned Borger Compressor station in Ellis Hollow. Data was collected at 25 separate sites and used in a fuller study on the health impacts across New York State, held to a standard utilized to evaluate patients for Medicaid and Medicare. Three separate collection methods were used to collect air samples, and air quality, as the piece in question noted, was evaluated on a daily and monthly basis.

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here are tons of toxic emissions from gas compressor stations. It’s horrific that they are placed

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the one behind you, but if you have to stop short, don’t you want the driver behind you to be watching what you do rather than reading how you feel? A bunch of stickers on back of a car probably hurts its resale value, but generally you don’t see more than one or two stickers – if any – on a new, nice vehicle. They tend to be on hoopties, which is why you will see this practice often in Ithaca, where people tend not to spend more money on cars than they must, and favor those that last a long time. Resale value is not a concern because it is sta ndard at t he junk yard, not affected by adornments or lack of them. contin u ed on page 7

next to homes like this one. Are there any minimum set-backs for compressor stations and pipelines to homes and schools? Blow-downs are a regular event for these facilities... how often are blowdowns happening at this station? Blowdowns release raw gas into the air for minutes and are super noisy and can be a couple of minutes to a half hour or so. In my county in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, we have 50 plus gas compressor stations belching away and blow-downing near our homes! –’Vera Scroggins,’ via Ithaca.com

Hickey’s Turns 125 In a recent issue, we featured a profile on Hickey’s music shop and its 25 years in business. Here’s what a few people said on our Facebook page about the milestone.

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ould much rather buy from local merchants than from Amazon. Best wishes for continuation of your business. –Judi Bristol

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It goes by weight. I have never sported a bumper sticker on a car, not only because I (respectfully) feel they lack grace, but also for the same reason I would never get a tattoo: they provide positive identification for the police. Not that I have any problems with the police, and there is no reason for them to come find me, but if ever there is, if it isn’t impossible, I want it at least it to be difficult. Bumper stickers can be the most distinguishing feature of a car around here, where there are so many look-alike Subarus and Volvos. They can help you save steps when trying to find your car at Wegman’s or GrassRoots. Ithaca is well-known for a particular bumper sticker slogan, “Ithaca Is Gorges,” although you won’t see many of these around town until such occasions when college parents are here, in cars from New Jersey. On a trip out of town, it can be fun to see a car on Route 17, 81, 380, 80, or elsewhere with a bumper sticker only an Ithacan would have or recognize (Alternatives, GreenStar, WRFI, Angry Mom Records, Maxie’s, CTB, Buffalo Street Books, Gimme! Coffee, CTB, et alia). You sit up with a jolt and think, Hey, that car must be from Ithaca, which is exciting

Safety Should Be Key For All In Our Schools

orking as an Alternative Instructor (AI) for a number of school districts presented many challenges. But none like I was to experience prior to and after I was assaulted in December 2016 while tutoring a mentally ill and intellectually disabled student. The bruise that I received from the student initially shocked me but time healed the injury. However, the lack of any support or information from the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) after the assault left me in disbelief and to this day in deep emotional pain that I could be treated with such disdain and abandoned. No one from special education ever sat down with me to discuss the student’s issues, how to meet his needs and what risks to my person were involved with working with this student or any other. It appeared that they were just glad to have him out of the way. As an AI, I worked with students offsite from the school grounds, usually in the public library, or their homes, without safety training. In an assignment such as this one, wouldn’t it have been preferable to be in an environment with peer support from other school staff? Why doesn’t ICSD have a workplace violence, safety and health training curriculum and support resources for teachers and alternative instructors with attention for instructors’ wellbeing? I reached out to district personnel on three occasions prior to the assault regarding the need for direction with my student, under circumstances such as when he ran

until you realize that soon, or eventually, you’ll be back home and see plenty of cars from Ithaca. Bumper stickers make for fairly limited discourse, which seems a minus, but what would be the plus? You don’t actually want someone following you and stopping where you stop in order to start a discussion, do you? Only once have I ever seen a bumper sticker that impressed or intrigued me enough to recall. It was stark black and white, with understated lettering that gave it an oddly unsettling aspect, like a monotone or inexpressive voice. It sa id: “I Do W hatever My R ice Krispies Tell Me To Do.” I didn’t really want to engage such a person, but I sort of wanted to know, whom did they find most compelling or authoritative among Rice Krispies: Snap, Crackle, or Pop? Or were all three equal? Could they in fact be individually discerned, one from the others? But I let it go - literally, on down the road – although I guess, in my mind, not completely. Anything that makes me laugh I’m grateful for, and tends to stick (pun intended) with me.

Stephen P. Burke is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. His column, Ithaca Notes, appears biweekly. away from the library and I had to call police in fear for his safety; when I sought guidance because I was concerned I didn’t receive an appropriate teaching curriculum for his developmental needs; and when I was worried that he was becoming more agitated and we might need a new teaching location if the library asked us to leave, without response. After the assault, the School District left me to figure out the Workers’ Compensation system on my own, didn’t notify the student’s family, or take other appropriate steps. When I finally met with the Deputy Superintendent, who was in charge of AIs, a month after the incident, he still hadn’t received and read my incident report. Likewise, I later met with the School District’s Head of Human Capital to voice my concerns about my own situation and the fact that there are no training or support resources for AIs to ensure they’re equipped for risks like workplace violence – how to prevent it, how to respond to it, and how to be confident that our employer will respond appropriately (as they did not with me). My story may be a personal one, but it’s a result of a systemic problem. As far as I know, the ICSD has never addressed keeping Alternative Instructors safe. Alternative Instructors are not unionized. They have no one to speak up for them. Vulnerable, they sink or swim on their own. Alternative Instructors are an integral part of this district, but are treated as if they don’t exist as evidenced from how I was treated.

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vision of what a better world should be. As hate has exploded throughout the country and terrible deeds long ignored by our society have been uncovered, the world we’ve aspired to – one where everyone is treated equal, one where love and acceptance is rule – is visibly bursting through the canvas and fighting to become reality. We’re rejecting a world where tyranny reigns and humanity falters, longing for a fairer and kinder society. We protest for the sake of our poorest people, have grown tired of the spiral of silence of sexual exploitation and racism and, finally, have begun to find the bravery to look at the worst aspects of our society and say “this is not normal; this is not right.” This year, we want you to write about the work that has yet to be done. That theme is justice. What is justice to us? Justice is the conf lict between the ideas of equity and equality, of deciding between even ground or even standing. (There is a difference – think a 6’5 person on a 6” box back-to-back with a 5’5 person.) Justice is the outcome of equal pay for equal work or the lack thereof, of abandoning the arbitrary factors in the workplace that have led us down a pathway of crippling inequality. Justice is acknowledging the unpopular truth of a person’s legacy, of standing up even if you’d be impacted negatively, of vocally rejecting that which stands to hurt a neighbor even if it fills you with a fear you may never have felt before. When we asked you last year to write on your aspirations, we hoped you would aim high. And, we acknowledge, the portrait of a perfect world is far easier to imagine than it is to paint. But, in the words of the great JFK, we chose to do what was once thought to be impossible – to land on the moon – “not because it is easy, but because it is hard.” As a topic, justice is difficult to contemplate. It requires self reflection and self recognition just as much as it requires an innate sense of the perils faced by our fellow citizens every day. We trust you’ll think hard about this one. The Reader’s Writes issue runs on Dec. 27. To submit content, please email editor@ ithacatimes.com with the subject line, “Reader’s Writes” by midnight on Sunday, Dec. 17. We accept photography, poetry and short stories no longer than 1,600 words. (These, by the way, are our favorite pieces.) Include your name, locale and – if you’d like – a title to refer readers to your other work.

Officer Colin Gets Another Promotion Colin Toland, the youngest member of the Ithaca Police Department (he’s just 10 years old!) was promoted to sergeant on Monday, several days before he was set to return to the hospital on Friday for brain surgery. Toland, who has battled brain cancer for much of his life, was first made an honorary officer last year after former Ithaca Police Chief John Barber met him and learned about his goal of becoming a police officer. New Pop-up Shop Opens In Press Bay Alley Nothing Nowhere, a new pop-up craft shop selling locally made items, recently opened in Press Bay Alley and will be there throughout the holiday season. The quaint, little shop, temporarily located in the Boxy Bikes’ spot, will feature handcrafted items such as pottery and other housewares, highend knitwear, leather wallets, and wool accessories. Most of the items are made locally by the highly skillful members of the Ithaca Generator, the community’s high tech workshop for engineers, artisans, and other creatives. Major Staff Moves Come To City Hall The Planning Department will be filling two vacant high-level spots in the coming months with two familiar faces to those who monitor development in the area. Tom Knipe, a senior planner with Tompkins County, has been hired to take over for the retired Philly DeSarno as the Deputy Director of Economic Development. Meanwhile, Lisa Nicholas, a senior planner in the Planning Department, has been promoted to fill the long-vacant role of Deputy Director of Planning. Both will report to JoAnn Cornish, the city’s Planning Director. Nicholas will take over immediately, while Knipe will start with the department at the end of January. Nicholas has been with the city for 12 years, while Knipe has worked with Tompkins County since 2011, focusing on tourism development.

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ong ago, an Ithaca mayor could walk down the street with the city’s police chief in tow, discussing public safety strategy before stopping off at the Fire Department to monitor any developing situations involving cats in trees on Aurora Street, or dumpsters a-flame on campus. The whole process would take a few steps and a few seconds, the whole while chatting with constituents along the way. If Svante Myrick were to attempt such an act of community mayorship with Ithaca’s fire and police chiefs today, it would take approximately 954 steps and hundreds of seconds to make the same rounds. That could all change if the city chooses to follow a plan that would combine Ithaca’s police and fire departments with its City Hall, forming a central campus of sorts that could serve as the civic center and emergency response.

The plan is still in the research stage, as the city government waits to receive the results from a study request by the City Facilities Master Planning Committee in August 2016 to “determine the feasibility, costs and benefits of consolidation,” according to a resolution passed at the time by Common Council. City Director of Planning JoAnn Cornish said currently, the city is still waiting on a conceptual design proposal to be submitted by local firm Kingsbury Architecture, hired to vet the idea and evaluate possibilities with help from Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects. Such a consolidation, as it is being studied, would include relocating City Hall operations and the Ithaca Police Department’s East Clinton Street headquarters to the Ithaca Fire Department’s Central Station on Green Street, which would become a centralized nexus of local government and emergency response. East Hill Fire Station may be included as well, either by moving it to another locale on East Hill or folding it into the Central Station location. City Court, located in the current public safety building on E. Clinton Street, would not be affected.

There’s a separate but similar study ongoing which is assessing the outcomes of another plan aimed at consolidating government buildings near the Waterfront area, like the Streets and Facilities or Water and Sewer Departments, and moving them elsewhere to facilitate the city’s dreams of lakeside redevelopment. As the study continues and the city remains in a holding pattern, local government has looked for other ways to “modernize and optimize” itself, in the words of Chief of Staff Dan Cogan, such as with a referendum vote earlier this month to reorganize Ithaca’s committee structure to make it easier for the public to voice their opinions. But a full structural relocation and modernized building expansion would be the most significant action taken by the city to date. While melding city services into one place may seem like a novel concept, it actually would harken back to an Ithaca of decades past. Before what was supposed to be a temporary move to the current City Hall location in the 1960s, Ithaca’s city officials and police department worked in a stately, pillared building on the corner of Tioga and East Seneca Streets, where there is now a parking garage. The city’s main fire station was in the adjacent building. The building was eventually knocked

down after it became too constrictive and expensive to maintain. Legend has it a permanent stench caused by the police force’s habit of stalling their horses in the building was also a contributing factor. Though the current City Hall’s walls are free of horse manure (at least, to our knowledge) it seems it will meet a similar fate as its predecessor, short of being turned into another parking garage. Whether or not the move actually happens is a long way off from being determined, though some level of change seems inevitable. The cost of such a large redevelopment of the Central Fire Station to include enough building space, parking and the structural versatility to cater to emergency response and city government has not been publicly stated. It’s also unclear how much the price could be offset by selling the properties the city currently owns that it would be vacating – they are currently going through the appraisal process. Any building’s future design is sure to be critiqued and tweaked many times over, especially because part of the property falls in a historic district and would have to apply for a Certificate of Compliance from the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission before construction. Cornish said the ideal design in her mind would be for the City Hall portion to face State Street, while the emergency response part would face Green Street. Part of the impetus for change is simply the infrastructure of the buildings that much of the city government – and emergency response – currently occupy. Essentially, the city is facing a decision between whether or not the improvements that critically need to be made to the structures short-term are financially justifiable in the long-term. The police de-

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partment, for instance, is in dire need of an HVAC system replacement that would cost in the area of $1.5 million dollars. In City Hall, there are obvious health risks, as black tape covers patches of crumbling asbestos in the floor and the city is only just now installing carbon monoxide detectors in the close to 50-year-old building. There are other problems with the location of the city’s emergency response departments which can put the public and police officers themselves at risk, Cornish said. While Fire Department Chief Tom Parsons declined to comment for this story, IPD’s newly recommended Chief Pete Tyler confirmed city officials’ comments about the department’s building. A quick stroll around the building shows its cramped quarters, lack of adequate locker room space, and storage overflow. IPD has taken to using its second female overnight holding cell for an “Evidence Found” repository. Tyler said officers can be at risk because of some of the spacial issues during intake or jail processing. While Tyler doesn’t necessarily believe it has contributed to the department’s staffing struggles or recruitment overall, the headquarters is not befitting a police force of IPD’s size or needs. “We have truly outgrown this office,” Tyler said. “It is time.” It’s an uncomfortably precarious position for the government, and the cloudiness about its presence in the building 10 or 20 years from now adds another layer of confusion. Whichever path the study proves most viable, either move and build or stay and repair, Cornish said the city is going to end up dedicating significant financial resources to accomplish what needs to be done. Without enough information to choose yet, the city can only

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continue kicking the can down the road. “You just keep hoping that nothing major goes wrong,” Cornish said. “If something goes wrong, we have to fix it. But it’s more of a Band-Aid than a solution [...] Until we decide, and it may be that we decide it makes the most sense to stay there.” Second Ward Alderperson Seph Murtagh also spoke about the intersection the city is now facing. While it’s obviously early in the process, the decisions down the road are going to impact local government for generations. “We’re still at the point where we have to figure out how much this is going to cost, the cost for all of these things is going to be significant,” Murtagh said. “Something needs to happen [...] There’s going to come a point when you ask, do we really want to invest in the costly upgrades to that building, or build a new facility? It would be a worthy investment, but the question is how much can the city afford.” Another contributing factor in the minds of city officials for centralizing the government to a single, more modern campus is it fits into the grander scheme of allowing citizens more access to the departments they need. If City Hall moved just blocks away down Green Street, it would maintain a presence in the central downtown area while shedding issues of accessibility that could hamper citizen ability to interact with local government. Beyond that, modernizing the workspace of city officials is beneficial for all involved parties, Cogan said, as it would naturally increase the efficiency of work done on the taxpayer’s dime. “A private company would invest in better workspaces for its employees because they’re more productive and produce more profit,” Cogan said. “I think in a government setting you would invest in workspaces because people would work productively at less cost, so that’s a benefit that we hope the public would gain.” Beyond theoretically improving city services, the move would represent a larger investment, a gamble perhaps, in the future of the West State Street corridor. The road serves as one of the primary thoroughfares between downtown and the West End, the latter boasting lower land prices and a higher amount of empty space than commonly seen in other parts of the city. City officials have long been saying these attributes make it a prime candidate for future redevelopment. “The West State Street corridor is really

starting to change a little bit, because [the city is] running out of real estate and that is a prime area for development,” Cornish said. “If that began to develop, I think if we did move there City Hall would feel more central to downtown. It would feel a little off as [the neighborhood] stands today, but in 20 years it would probably fit in pretty nicely there.” Those most familiar with the neighborhood think the investment is a smart one. Hank Cesari, who has owned and operated City Health Club for 35 years on the property next to the Central Fire Station (and has been considering potential redevelopment of the site), said he had long heard rumors of a city convergence on the site. Provided any proposal undergoes the same rigorous approval process as other projects in Ithaca, with public input and a measured approach particularly regarding traffic pattern evaluation, Cesari thinks the community could benefit handsomely. “I think it would be a positive,” Cesari said. “I think in the same way as the fire station here, it’s a presence in the neighborhood. From a community service aspect, it would certainly become a real hub.” Murtagh and fellow Second Ward Alderperson Ducson Nguyen think the addition of the building could potentially bolster the city’s vision for the next several decades of that area. With Collegetown and downtown having arguably reached a saturation point of development, the West State Street corridor is as likely the next frontier as any other part of the city, and maybe moreso. Nguyen said he would anticipate some wariness on the part of residents who are already frustrated with the occasional fire-truck interruption, but that shifting the city’s focus could have ripple effects beyond the oftmentioned density development. “It could potentially kick off, or contribute to, the revitalization of the West End that we’re starting to see a little bit,” Nguyen said, noting new establishments like Liquid State Brewing Company, which recently opened in a former industrial laundromat on Green Street. “I’m not saying it would resolve all the issues we’ve seen at places like State and Plain, but by shifting the center of gravity of the city it’s possible that it would start kicking off renewal in the West End.”

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Wi l l G l a d n e y given the seven consecutive losses, and he replied, “No. There was a lot of preparation and the way we were playing in practice, we expected to win.” Any receiver who is making his mark in his school’s record books as a sophomore would be very optimistic, but given the emergence of freshman quarterback (and Liberty League Rookie of the Year) Wahid Nabi, Gladney is excited to start preparing for next year. “He is a very talented quarterback,” Gladney offered, “and I can’t wait to be ballin’ with him for the next two years. We’ll be up here again next summer, hitting the weight room - and we’ll do everything we can to take it to the next level.” (At the Tompkins County Sports Council Football Luncheon last week, Swanstrom took the podium and said “We saw some NFL Red Zone throws last weekend,” conveying how he feels about his quarterback.) Will said that the expectation for a great year started at the top. “Coach Swanstrom approached me prior to the season and he said ‘Are you ready to catch 70 passes this year?’” That number would more than double his total from 2016, but he looked his new coach in the eye and said “Yes I am.” Gladney caught 72 passes this season. I asked Will how things unfolded this year in ways he expected, and he said “Coming in, I knew I’d have the opportunity to make plays for the team, and that our new spread offense would make that possible. I was excited to have a new start in a new system under a new coach.” When asked if he encountered any surprises, Will stated, “I didn’t expect to go over a thousand yards. This was really an awesome year, and I can’t wait for next season.” I also asked Will if he ever picked the brain of his Uncle Dan, who is now the receivers coach at Hartwick. Will laughed and said, “Well, we played them last year, and Dan told me that he could show me some things, but not everything. I understood that, and we were fortunate to beat them.”

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from the other candidates on this issue. “Many people have asked me [sic], I say I do,” Warrington said. “I think a woman’s body is a woman’s body and I think she should have the right to conduct her healthcare needs for her particular needs. No one has the right to take that away from her.” All of the other candidates held similar stances. Golden responded to the question by only saying, “yes, I support a women’s right to choose.”

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announced his candidacy in mid-May, and since then the candidates have been mostly polite and quiet about the looming primary battle, drawn even further into question considering the two independents which have since declared as well. Tracy Mitrano brought up the topic at a similar forum in mid-August, and skirted along the same idea on Thursday. “I think the main thing we need to do is unite all these people here,” Mitrano said at the forum gesturing to the other candidates. “I think it’d be great if we could take the strength of all of our candidates, and the strength of all of our counties, and the strength of all of you here, and the independents, along with maybe five percent of the republicans in this district and we can do it.” The first question in Thursday’s debate touched on just that: “How would you win, where previous candidates against Reed have failed?” Della Pia fumbled over the question at first, but touted his experience working across the aisle as an Air Force liaison in congress. Gallant took a more direct tone stating frankly that he already had the support through his connections with the state teacher’s union, which delivered him an early endorsement in the campaign. Golden touted his ability to “empathize” with Republicans, Democrats, and Independents on both sides of the spectrum. Sundquist said he can mobilize people across the district. Warrington said

his practicing of the “social gospel” gives him a unique view on the district. Whalen called on his professional experience in economics studying and consulting on labor economics and how those skills could translate to bringing jobs to the district. 2n d A mendment Sta nces

Unquestionably, one of the most vitriolic debates over the last several congressional campaigns has been over guns. Given the proximity of this issue to many gun owners across the district, coupled by recent mass shootings, the candidates’ view on the Second Amendment will likely be a strong indicator of their workability as a candidate in the general. “This cannot be normalized, I understand there’s a second amendment and understand the supreme court’s interpretation of it,” Mitrano said. She likened her idea of gun licensing to that of vehicle registration. Gallant said he agrees with a plan like Mitrano’s and that the purpose of gun ownership has

A packed house for the candidates at Thursday’s candidate forum. (Photo: Vaughn Golden)

changed since the constitution was written. Sundquist and Whalen both support background checks. Della Pia said he’s “not so much afraid of a guy out there hunting or defending his home,” and empathizes with gun owners. Golden said he empathizes too, but stopped short of providing any details about potential policy, suggesting a districtwide dialogue on the topic instead. Warrington took the most aggressive approach and said, “It’s deplorable that we’ve got assault weapons, we’ve got bump stocks, guns that can mass shoot and mass kill.” Wa rrington a n d Reproducti v e Rights

When asked if he supports a women’s right-to-choose, including abortion, Warrington said he does. While not a shock, Warrington’s tenure as a Presbyterian ministered clouded the possibility of his dissent

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Whalen’s 30 years of working with economic policy was well-demonstrated Thursday. “I didn’t love economics as a university student,” Whalen said. “I studied it because I knew that it was important to master it to defend working people against those who use trickle down theories to defend bad policies.” Regularly running out of time for his designated answers, Whalen regularly spouted regional economic data paired with legitimate policy suggestions that dove deeper than some of his opponents’ “big picture” responses of the questions on these issues. Some different points of his responses included CHIP statistics in the district, insight on how China is mitigating climate change, and his own experience interpreting retirement policy.

Vaughn Golden is a freelance political journalist. He is not related nor affiliated in any way with the congressional candidate Ian Golden.

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“We’ve tried a lot of things, but we found one of the most effective ways of controlling not only this invasive, but many other invasives is biological control,” said Executive Deputy Commissioner Kenneth Lynch. “It takes a lot of research and a lot of time, trying different insects and a lot of trial and error. But I think we have a productive solution now.” At present, the New York State DEC utilizes several different methods to control the pests: Chemical controls, the application of insecticides that are effective primarily for small quantities of trees, and biological controls, i.e. the introduction of natural predators like the Laricobius nigrinusn (a beetle native to the Pacific Northwest) to thwart the infestation’s spread in a way that does little harm to the environment. After some success in introducing the beetle to ecosystems in the Finger Lakes, the state is now providing Whitmore with the resources to introduce the beetle – and several other natural predators to the adelgid from its native Asia – to the region’s forests on a scale large-enough to have significant impacts on adelgid populations statewide. “When you get a native insect, it has all its predators already there, so its population is regulated naturally,” said Whitmore in an interview following Friday’s announcement. “So what we’re doing is taking the lesson of what we’ve learned in the Pacific Northwest and applying that out here.” There are a number of complications to the plan: with a more than 30-year head start, there is a limit to where Whitmore will be able to immediately introduce thousands of insects he would need to eradicate the pest completely, meaning the location and method with which he applies the predator species need to be researched and planned carefully. Whitmore said he and his team will be focusing firstly on areas where the infestation is newer – such as in the Finger

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Lakes – while saving their resources against locations like in the lower Hudson Valley and the Catskills, where the adelgids have been present longest and tree decline is greatest. “We’re limited in the number of bugs we have, so I don’t want to put them in places where they won’t be effective,” Whitmore said. “I’m not going to put them in an area where they won’t be able to save the trees. I’d rather have them in an area where the populations will build and they’ll have a chance to save the trees. I want this to become so welldeveloped that, by the time the adelgids get to the Adirondacks, we’ll have viable options to deal with the populations there.” There may also be some challenges with the difference in the two biomes that are not yet known yet, the sustainability of a large population of predator insects an unanswered question between the wetter climate of the Pacific Northwest and the upper Appalachian Mountains. “We’ll find out,” Whitmore said. “And the only way to find out is through experimentation.” There’s also the unknown implications of what will happen to the greater ecosystem that may result from the introduction of numerous new species into the food chain; the practice of essentially injecting another invasive species into the ecosystem to fight the presence of another one. To this point, Whitmore urges the public to “trust the process.” “These were carefully researched, and we’re very highly regulated as a profession,” said Whitmore. “We also are very selfregulating. We recognize all the mistakes that have been made in the past and are absolutely certain that these insects will only eat the targeted insects. We’ve done lots of testing, lots of permitting and we’re under a lot of regulations in the field. And I’m glad about that. I’ll be happy to work with the USDA on keeping it that way.” –Nick Reynolds

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compounds to understanding the stresses that occur on a piece of steel after it’s been welded, to name a recent example. “The CHESS upgrade was our number one priority in the Upstate Revitalization Initiative process, and it was identified by the Southern Tier region as worthiest of its support,” said Martha Pollack, Cornell University’s president. “With this award, New York State is recognizing the importance of leveraging federal funds to serve the dual goals of academic research and economic development.” Lansing firm Advanced Design Consulting, a CHESS “spinoff ” business that manufactures devices specifically for particle accelerators like the one at Cornell for clients on several continents, will be among those numerous contractors to benefit from the project. ADC, which through a number of state grants has already added 14 jobs in anticipation of this next contract, will design and assemble the hutches of the upgraded particle accelerator, counting itself one of 28 various vendors throughout the state expected to contribute labor to the facility’s first such upgrade since coming online in 1980. This, Hochul said, was a tangible example of strategic economic development, an example that the governor’s strategy of stoking job growth and retaining talent and industry is, in fact, working. “We’re absolutely unraveling the old ways of delivering economic development dollars in our state, because it didn’t work,” said

Hochul, the chair of the state’s Regional Economic Development Councils. “We’ve had 40 years of decline in Upstate New York, resources were hemorrhaging from upstate and heading down to New York City, and no one seems to care.” Declaring what she called “New York’s Brain Drain” as officially plugged, Hochul named the regional council’s approach to economic development as one of the chief drivers behind the state’s now 4 percent unemployment rate. The strategy in question? to define industries that could cooperate in “clusters,” Hochul said, and incentivize accordingly as a means to stoke spending between companies, create jobs and lift up the entire region. For the Southern Tier, this $15 million dollar bet – part of a larger $400 million economic development fund granted to the region earlier this year – seems to have been hedged on advanced manufacturing, a route officials in attendance estimated could create between 50 and 100 new jobs at firms from Kistner Concrete in Lima, New York to Pacemaker Steel in Utica, who will be put to work on developing the various custom components needed to upgrade the particle accelerator. A number of these firms, Patterson said, will be given the opportunity to develop products they may never have had the opportunity to develop before, therefore expanding their portfolios and opening themselves to new markets and customer bases they may not have had the opportunity to. “What excites me is this results in the retention of 150 jobs in this lab, but also the spin-off jobs that are going to be created,” Hochul told reporters after Wednesday’s

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In a meeting with reporters on Wednesday, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul closed her visit to Cornell University and Ithaca by sending a message to its Republican Congressman, Tom Reed, who is currently acting as a key figure in an attempted rewrite of the federal tax code. Reed, along with fellow Republican Congressman Chris Collins, are the only members of Congress from New York to support the proposals written in their new version of the bill, which a number of critics have labeled as damaging to higher education and the middle class. Her statement is as follows: “We’re very concerned with the debate going on in Washington D.C. as we speak on this so-called tax reform which in the State of New York. And I want to get the word out that we are in an area represented by a congressman – Tom Reed – and people in other areas of the state like Chris Collins, who said they are going to turn their backs on the people of this district and support a tax initiative that will hurt most New Yorkers, because it eliminates the state and local tax deduction, it eliminates the interest on your student debt… here we are at Cornell University; considerable debt for these people when they leave,

but they have a world-class education. No longer will they be able to deduct the cost of that interest. Also, for the graduate students here, they will be taxed on the value of the tuition they receive as if it’s income. That is going to be harmful to institutions like Cornell. There’s a ripple effect, whether you’re an old person or a senior citizen, whether you eliminate the deduction for medical expenses… these are the people in most dire need of healthcare and we’re saying you can no longer deduct it on your taxes? So I’m just here on behalf of the people of the State of New York to sound the alarm, as Governor Cuomo and Senator Schemer have been doing: don’t do this to the people you represent. We are a donor state of $58 billion a year to Washington we don’t see back and it’s unfair for us to have to pay extra to subsidize the rest of the nation. So please, do smart reform that can reduce taxes some more on small businesses, I understand that, but don’t give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires they aren’t even asking for. The economy is on fire right now, and I think this will be targeted toward the middle class and small businesses.” Hochul’s statement joins a cacophony of voices across New York State to oppose the measure. Governor Andrew Cuomo has been vocal about the measure and, in interviews with the New York Times and Associated Press earlier this week, university president Martha Pollack slammed the measure, saying it would cost the university millions of dollars. –Nick Reynolds

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an activist for CLEAN. “Also, they’re mining into anomaly setbacks, which is another violation of the permit. We see there are at least a few calls for an environmental review. Things are changing, the geology is different up here than where you guys have been before, and we need to do a full detailed environmental review.” Since the last EIS was issued, both NYSDEC and Cargill have been conducting environmental reviews of the mine each year — a part of the annual process of operating the mine, said Mine Manager Shawn Wilczynski. He said Cargill hires third-party experts to do

mine reviews and, with NYSDEC requiring three independent reviews annually on mine stability, Wilczynski said the reviewers have still not found cause to believe there would be any potentially negative impacts on the lake should mining continue. But these reviews aren’t in-depth assessments: they’re to assure operations are still legal. Cargill has never released the results of these reviews, and when CLEAN has requested these documents, the group was met with denial — even after the reviews were requested under the Freedom of Information Act. “CLEAN isn’t saying we don’t trust Cargill, we’re just asking Cargill to be less secretive and to show us the data because the lake is so valuable,” Dennis said. “Even the existing mine voids under the lake pose a

significant risk.” An alternative solution to the permit renewal may be to move operations under dry land instead of under the fragile lake. Activist Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting said the safest option is to move the mine under land, a stance New York State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton is also in agreement with. Hang said the annual reviews operate on low standards, fulfilling the minimum legal environmental requirements. He also said these ignore long-term plans and the bigger picture, noting how in the past Cargill was able to expand the mine under the lake without a formal EIS and without any public outcry. “This permit proceeding has been going on for years and years and years, with this

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mine getting bigger and bigger and bigger, almost entirely under Cayuga Lake,” he said. “So no one ever said, ‘Is there environmental concern mining under this lake, given the problem occurred with inadequate [NYSDEC] regulations in other places in New York State?’... So we’re advocating for no more mining under the lake.” Hang also noted a document released by NYSDEC in August, just after Cargill was under fire for proposing the building of an air shaft that would improve the safety of its workers. The document refers to activists requesting NYSDEC rescind its previous Negative Declarations that said the mine was safe under review. It says the Negative Declarations list explicitly why the cause for concern is not “significantly adverse,” and that public comment periods haven’t called attention to any new changes that would warrant redacting the declarations. Lifton and Chair of the New York State Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee Steve Englebright have written two letters — one in mid-July and one in late-October — to Commissioner Basil Seggos urging the mine be moved to dry land. Lifton said Cargill still has eight to 10 years to continue mining under Cayuga Lake without the need to expand, and in that time, she asks negotiations begin to expand the mine to land and away from the water. “I’m simply urging with my colleague, with the chair of the assembly of the environmental conservation committee — we’re not asking them to not issue the permit, we’re simply saying to look at this, we want you to move and permit mining under the land in the future,” she said. Moving to dry land is an option Cargill is aware of and has considered, but Wilczynski said the process of moving to land is much more complex than activists make it out to be. CLEAN has also advocated for a move to dry land as well — still, not without an EIS first. “It’s always a possibility, unfortunately others have made assumptions or just painted it simple to try and relocate an entire mine under the town where we currently don’t have any rights,” he said. “ … To think that it could happen within a 10-year period would be an unfortunate, incorrect assumption on their part. For reference sake, it’s taken us five years to try and put in one shaft with a few buildings, so imagine trying to permit in an entire mine.” In a meeting this past June, Lifton said NYSDEC has been communicating further with Cargill about moving to dry land. While there is still insufficient data on the safety and durability of the current mine without an EIS, moving to land may still be an option. The new permit is still under review, and until said permit is accepted or rejected, miners will continue to work under the lake. –Christie Citranglo

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They also said feedback has been positive from nominees and winners. Hartz said while these people aren’t doing the work they do simply for an award, he thinks even the bit of recognition they would get from a Fab5 nomination or win can be valuable. Adults early in their careers can face an array of challenges that could be disillusioning to their futures, like having to perform menial tasks or just the frustration that can come with often starting at the bottom rung of the workforce latter. “Being a college town, any college town,

runs the risk of bringing people in for four years and then risking them leaving,” Peterson, an Ithaca College alum herself, said. “Ithaca College and Cornell are producing extremely high-quality potential workforce young people, if I do say so myself. So how do we show them that Ithaca is a community that values them and their talents?” Certainly there are a multitude of other factors that determine where someone wants to spend their professional life, and Hartz said he is under no illusions about the overall effect that the awards may have. But there is value in positively impacting the city and county’s business environment to whatever degree. Even just a nomination can have a little impact on someone in the

long run, he said. “It’s like being invited to the party, and even if you can’t go to the party, it’s pretty nice that you got invited,” Hartz said. “I do think there is some of that there. I don’t think there is any single ingredient to the sauce around what it is that makes the community an attractive place. I believe this is one small ingredient, but it’s an important one.” –Matt Butler

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– some suggested moving any new bike lane up to nearby Eddy or Linden Streets to avoid increasing traffic burden on College Avenue, or adding fixtures that would make the street more of a gathering place, like the inclusion of additional benches and tables. Possible enrollment increases at Cornell University was also factored in, with a few suggestions that a natural pedestrian increase along the neighborhood’s narrow sidewalks be considered with more students coming in. One aspect, though it may cause some traffic complications occasionally, seems assured to stay are the loading zones on the street, which several attendees said were crucial to their business operations. However, the plentiful curb bump-outs on the street, theoretically an asset for pedestrians, may be on their way out: most of them simply serve to accumulate trash and recycling than any alleviation of congestion on the walkways. The crowd’s concerns mostly centered on parking, which emerged as the primary topic of conversation fueled by one of the city’s stated intentions that any changes on College Avenue would retain as much of the existing on-street parking as possible. Some business owners complained there is already a shortage of parking to the extent their employees are sometimes unable to find an available spot. Some relief may come in the form of an expansion of the Dryden Road Parking Garage, though Cornish said the feasibility of such a project is still under review: The process including how many additional floors, and subsequently how many spaces, it would be possible to add. One possibility could be the city adding more incentives to developers looking to move into the area who propose projects that would include on-site parking. Alderpeople Graham Kerslick and Donna Fleming both attended as well, along with a few Tompkins County legislators. Fleming said overall, the construction can sometimes negatively impact the pedestrian experience on College Avenue, and in a lucrative neighborhood like Collegetown it’s possible construction won’t see a prolonged stoppage very soon. Fleming also echoed a sentiment that was mentioned several times at the meeting; that filling the Jason Fane-owned Green Cafe site on College Avenue, which has been empty for years (and occasionally proposed to host a massive, mixed-use apartment complex) with only vague explanation, would be very beneficial. Overall, she did seem optimistic about the changes that can be made to improve the streetscape and alleviate some of the traffic issues even within the limitations of the thin College Avenue roadway. “We’re stuck with the narrow road on College Avenue, and Linden, Eddy and Dryden Road,” Fleming said. “So I guess we’ll just keep at trying to limit traffic as best we can and encourage people to walk or ride bikes and take public transportation when they can.” –Matt Butler

A look at women artists in Ithaca who work with wood

etween the Ithaca Farmers Market and the several galleries in and out of town, Ithaca prov ides a w ide variet y of homes for different artists and different types of work. Paintings hang on walls under soft lighting, and sculptures stand proudly, surrounded by observers. Ithaca features hundreds of voices, from young artists, artists of color and women artists. Despite Ithaca’s open attitude toward artists, the representation of women in the art world as a whole hasn’t been kind. Only 3 to 5 percent of major permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe featuring women artists, according to the National Museum of Women Artists. Woodworking has even less representation: the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, as of 2016, women make up 2.1 percent of all carpenters (BLS defines a carpenter as someone who “constructs, repairs and install building frameworks and structures made from wood and other materials.”) The Ithaca Times sought to find some of these local woodworking women. The artists featured have had works on display at exhibitions in the region, have sold their works at local stores and markets or both.

Lisa Narloch of Wood Owl Designs

Above: Lisa holds one of the vases she’s made out of found wood. (Photo: Christie Citranglo) Top: A collection of Lisa’s bowls. (Photo provided)

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strangers who wanted a special tree to live an afterlife. Lisa Narloch of Wood Owl Designs began turning found wood into bowls, boxes and more in 2012. She never uses perfect blanks, and none of her projects are created with store bought wood. Creating a new life for a tree that once held sentimental value either to herself or others is at the core of most of her work. It’s this idea that served as impetus for her project. Narloch fell and hit her head twice, resulting in an aneurysm behind her eye. To treat the aneurysm, she had open brain surgery. During her recovery time, she began turning the wood from her backyard. Just after her surgery, her electric company chopped down a few of her favorite apple trees in her yard — a piece of her home she still misses to this day. Although she hadn’t had much woodworking experience, she took the stump and the roots from the tree and began turning it into art. She wasn’t satisfied with one piece from the one tree, and she couldn’t stop her rush of creative energy. She began turning more wood, finding rotted pieces and creating something she called magical. And now Wood Owls Designs has created dozens of bowls, boxes, vases and other wooden decorations, born out of a creative rush from the tragedy of a dead tree. “Most of the people that connected to my art are connected to it because perhaps they were fractured or had some tragedy in their life,” she said. “So many people were coming to me and talking to me about the tragedies that had happened in their lives.” One of the main goals of her projects is to give back to the local community, and part of the way she does that is through commissions and other personal requests. She said people will come to her with pieces from a tree that were important in their childhood, their friendships or romantic relationships, their times at university — anything that connects them to a part of their life they wish to preserve. Just as she longed to save her apple root, others ask her to save trees that are

important to them. “It’s just so magical in here. I don’t understand how it all happens some of the time, but I just do it,” she said. “My goal is to donate back to the local community. And what better way than to help the groups that are fractured and what better way to do that than this?” Before Wood Owl Designs, Narloch didn’t have much wood turning experience beyond a woodworking class in high school. Even then, she said many of the boys in her class would hog the lathe or be skeptical to let her or any other girls in the class give it a try. “In high school — which now would have been a long time ago — I took one woodworking class, and I don’t even remember what I made but I knew I never got a chance to use the lathe because the boys wouldn’t let anyone use it,” she said. “It’s crazy: probably about 97 percent of the woodturners are men. They’re traditional, too, and there’s very few that will actually work with [my] kind of stuff.” Much of her work resists traditional design: she said she can’t make a perfectly square box or a round bowl without some creative liberty taking over the shape of her design. Since she works with wood that’s rotted, spalted, cracked or a combination of all of those things, her art looks much more funky and charismatic than most woodworkers’ pieces. It’s a signature of her brand she’s not going to change. “So many men tell me I need to let my wood dry longer, or that I can’t use wood that’s spalting or has cracks,” she said. “But I just can’t do that, and they don’t seem to get that I’m not traditional.”

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oodworkers don’t always need a workshop: sometimes a few knives and a spot to sit is all that’s required. Katy Stringer began working with wood during when she was young, and her early background as a primitiveskills camp counselor enriched her skills as a whittler. As a counselor, she began to get comfortable working

with knives and wood. She’d whittle sticks and other wood down so she could create friction fires. Once she began feeling comfortable with holding a knife, carving spoons started coming naturally to her. She picked up carving for a bit growing up, and when she came to Ithaca College to earn her degree in environmental studies, she put the hobby down to focus on her schoolwork. But when her studies incorporated woodcarving into the curriculum, picking up the knife again came naturally. A f ter g raduat i ng i n May, she’s continued to car ve spoons and lad les out of found wood she’d pick up from hikes or from pieces that would catch her eye while driving around town. She’d take the wood, sometimes lay down a plastic sheet in her room other times she’d sit in the back of her car with the trunkdoor open and whittle. “A la rge pa r t of why I’m interested in creating t h i ngs a nd creat i ng my own stuff is that it’s sort of empowering to know that I have a skill that could be useful potentially, and to sort of veer away from the consumerist lifestyle that we’re sort of ingrained in,” she said. “Instead of buying into that — literally — and purchasing my own materials, I try and be as selfsustaining as I can.” She harbors this theme of sustainability by creating her own oil and beeswax to seal her spoons along with using local wood. Both of these acts minimize her carbon footprint since she doesn’t use fuel to transport her materials.

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One of Stringer’s minimalist spoons. She stained the wood by creating a couple chemical reactions between black tea and iron acetate. (Photo provided)

While keeping her footprint small is key in her work, she also said her sustainable methods enhance the experience of woodcarving not only for her but for the final products. She gets creative with her oils and stains, working with natural chemical reactions in the wood. She’s created an ebony stain before by soaking steel wool in vinegar, painting her wood with black tea and activating the tannins (the natural tanning substances in the wood she was using) and watching the chemicals react. A few coats and only a few short minutes later, her spoon turned black literally before her eyes. “Finding your own piece of wood is more of a lifecycle, holistic experience for me,” she said. “Not to say that you can’t purchase wood locally and from good sources, I just haven’t created on such a mass scale to make that viable.” Since she began selling her work in Press Bay Alley at the store Nothing Nowhere, she’s been able to perfect her techniques, working with imperfections in wood nurturing a relationship with her tools. While she said she’s has positive feedback on her work, she also said many people assume her work was created by a man. “A lot of carvers are men, especially elderly white men,” she said. “What I found recently is that there’s actually a growing community — not just of young people — but people from all sorts of backgrounds who have gotten more into carving. ... People are more interested than ever before — at least in recent years — of sort of creating their own work. Bringing back this more artisan lifestyle.” Resisting typical techniques and making her workshop portable, Stringer has been able to make carving accessible to herself, and she encourages others to get involved as well. “People shouldn’t feel intimidated by carving; it’s a very meditative experience Contin u ed on page 2 4

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Jazzy, Rebelious Tunes Moon Hooch to come to The haunt By C hr i s tie Cit rang l o

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Moon Hooch, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, The Haunt.

wo musicians jam out together on the saxophone, and a drummer keeps the rhy thm going and the funky vibes alive. Played like

two hands on a piano, one saxophonist calls, the other responds — sometimes murmuring in the background, sometimes screaming — and they switch, playing off each other. Something else worth mentioning: one of them has a traffic cone shoved inside his sax. Moon Hooch, a funky jazz-alternative band, is made up of members Mike Wi lbu r, Ja mes Musch ler a nd Wenzl McGowen. The three met while they were students at The New School for Jazz, where all three realized they had a similar attitude toward academia. The tedium surrounding the idea of going to university and sitting in an office Monday through Friday bores Wilbur and the other members of Moon Hooch. “We were told we could no longer play and do the things all children want and need for proper human development and instead were forced by law to sit silently and listen to unhappy fools blather on about nothing,” Wilbur said. “Because James and I saw no future in anything other than playing music, we winded up at the same over priced musical prison as Wenzl.” After the three got together, they hit the streets — or rather the subways. They played in New York City subway stations as their career kicked off, eager to earn money to pay off loans from The New School. Moon Hooch released its first album in 2013, after the group started landing proper gigs above ground. Moon Hooch draws on current events

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and environmental stability for some of the inspirations and main drives for creating music. Wilbur said he and everyone in and outside of the U.S. is directly affected by different societal and environ menta l i njust ices, wh ich pushes Moon Hooch to fight back against the system. “Systematic racism, environmental destruction and the living hell which is animal agriculture are just a few things that effect us all, consciously or subconsciously, on a daily basis,” Wilbur said. “We take this energy latent in all of us and transpose it into an audible sound world through our music. … We tap into the collective ocean which our subconscious is swimming in and give it a voice with some house beats and melody/harmony so human minds can comprehend and enjoy it.” Currently on tour and having just left Europe, Moon Hooch will be bringing its charisma and sass at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, at The Haunt. After releasing a live album this year, the group is ready to continue touring and bashing the mediocrity of everyday life. “We spend our lives so concerned with minute, unimportant things while there is great suffering and destruction happening all around us, all the time,” he said. “Much of this death and destruction can be slowed down by the choices we make.” •

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Concert at The Haunt to benefit the free clinic By Mic a h Wil kin s

Amongst the Monks (Photo provided)

awyers, adjunct professors and graduate students, construction workers, retail and food service workers, the homeless, immigrants and refugees, musicians and artists: these are some of the patients that can be found in the waiting room of the Ithaca Free Health Clinic. “Most people don’t go to the doctor unless something’s wrong,” said Kelly White, who has served on the Board of Directors for the Ithaca Health Alliance for four years. “To be in that situation and feel like you can’t afford to go to the doctor, that’s a really tough place to be. [The Ithaca Free Health Clinic] is a caring and compassionate place where you can come and feel better.” The clinic offers a wide range of medical care services free of cost to about 1,000 patients every year. “If it weren’t there, a lot of people would notice,” said IHA supporter Mac Myers. “I think people need to be reminded that it is there.” To raise awareness for the clinic, IHA is hosting a benefit concert this Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Haunt, featuring the music of Queens of the Stone Age to be played by local rock bands Vacuoso, Spazzare, Stranded with a Kiss and Amongst the Monks. The proceeds from the concert will go to the clinic, which is in its 20th year of providing free medical care to those in need. When Myers volunteered to organize the IHA benefit concert for the second year in a row, it was not difficult for him to secure bands that would play for free. “To come out and play on a cold Saturday for free, it’s a hard sell, but not for these guys,” Myers said. “They didn’t think twice. Musicians don’t have a lot of money, so they tend to be the ones who take advantage of 22 T

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the free clinic. It’s one of those resources that’s part of the scene and people rely on it.” The clinic is run almost entirely by volunteers, with over 120 nurses, doctors, therapists and other specialists spending 2 to 4 hours a month to see patients during the walk-in clinics. While the clinic receives funding from grants and the city, almost 40 percent of its revenue comes from donations. In addition to serving patients who are uninsured, the clinic also serves the underinsured, those whose plans don’t cover all of their health care needs. “For people who are trying to deal with their chronic pain, their insurance doesn’t cover massage or herbal medicine,” White said. “It’s not just for people without insurance but also for people who aren’t provided the level of health care they need and deserve through their health insurance.” In addition to massage therapy and herbal medicine, the clinic also offers women’s health and midwifery services, chiropractic care and acupuncture, which patients would not be able to afford otherwise. According to McCloskey, 87 percent of the clinic’s patients are employed, and some even have more than one job, but they still find themselves without health insurance, or, despite earning too much to qualify for Medicaid, are unable to afford the high premiums included in insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act. With the recent threats to the ACA, premiums are increasing at an even higher rate according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Ithaca Free Health Clinic is seeing an increase in patients compared to this time last year. The average number of patients that come in during the walk-in clinics are usually 10 to 15, but lately they’ve been as high as 30 or 35 said McCloskey, and a lot of them are brand new patients. “That’s an indication to us that these folks aren’t able to find health care where they could before,” McCloskey said. With the ACA under threat, and 8,000 Tompkins County residents in danger of losing their health coverage, ensuring that our neighbors continue to have access to adequate health care is becoming increasingly important, McCloskey said. “Everyone of us can suddenly find ourselves in that position, standing out in the cold without health insurance,” McCloskey said. “I wish it would be otherwise. Until it is, we’ll be here to help folks in need.” To purchase tickets for the Ithaca Free Clinic Benefit concert visit thehaunt.com. Tickets are $10 in advance, or $15 at the door. The all-ages show starts at 9 p.m. on Nov. 25. •

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t took a few moment s to f i nd kimchi, its heat further amplified with K-HOUSE K a r aoke L ou nge & sriracha mayo and the whole spicy pile Suites. But there it is, its deceptively moderated by a cheddar cheese sauce, and small windowed visage fronting a cavern- a greening of thinly sliced scallions, all over ous 5000-square-foot maze of Karaoke- a heap of crinkle-cut fries. This sounds like a lot to eat, and it is, but let me be honest: I screen-outfitted party rooms. K-House’s frontage peers up at the Trip- love bulgogi. Bulgogi is Korea’s answer to pulled pork. hammer McDonalds, and is squeezed between a vacant storefront and a row of Neither pulled, nor pork, it is thinly sliced shops hawking Jazzercise, ballet and dog rib beef marinated in soy sauce, sugar, grooming, among others. And after you’ve garlic and hot peppers, and it is positively expended any of that good physical energy, addictive. So even if it’s strewn over French you may as well meet up with your a Bessie fries or lining a crisp taco, to me, its rich Smith blues, a Springsteen anthem, or try flavors are compelling, the next best thing your vocal cords on something more hip to Texas Q. (Perhaps, even better.) I could happily live on it, though probably not for and poetic. Bring your posse and claim your spot in long. In acts of uncharacteristic restraint, I l i m it my i nt a ke. one of the rooms, each But t he bu lgog i at furnished according K-House is as good as to a theme. The centhe stuff I remember terpiece of the Ameribeing delighted with can Room is a portrait years back at my first o f G e o r g e Wa s h introduction to it in ington dressed in a midtown Manhattan, hoodie. Others paid maybe better. homage to the local “Dumpling fries” educational institubrought little fried tions. Or, you might eg g rol l s a nd what screw up your nerve appeared to be cheese and go public with sauce and a bit of kima microphone in the chi, also served over bar area and channel a heap of crinkle-cut your inner Juicy Lucy fries. Having a choice through show tunes, of seafood, chicken, C&W oldies, or K-House’s lobby. (Photo provided) or pork “dumplings,” whatever pleases you we went for the pork. — the house offers songs in 17 languages, and has 150,000 Love those piggies! K-House’s pork dumplings, steamed, selections for your vocalizing pleasure. Or … you can just go to grab a bite, were delicate and delicious, and may have commandeer a table, or watch the fun from been made in-house. They are among the few items on the menu that come without the bar. On a recent visit, in the spirit of the French fries, and I recommend them. And calling out for more bulgogi, we Halloween season, the bar was tricked out in cobwebs and other spooky regalia, and enjoyed crunchy bulgogi tacos, brimming when I arrived on an after-work Tuesday with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and, of evening, a young woman and a pre-teen course, spicy-sweet bulgogi. For dessert, we did our best to demolish were sifting through the show tunes, letting an order of green tea mochi ice cream and loose with lovely voices. Behind the bar, bartender Mel held another of strawberry. Mochi ice cream, if forth, ready to whip up cocktails such as you didn’t know (I didn’t) is a concoction the Seoul Mate and the Watermelon Crawl, made from Japanese pounded sticky rice as well as enormous “fishbowls” of sweet formed around an ice cream filling, accordmixed drinks in half-gallon or gallon sizes ing to that bastion of miscellany, Wikipedia. We found the mochi texture soft and meant, I hope, for sharing. We feasted on a bowl of steaming fleshy, its flavor sweet and mild, its girding edamame bathed in Cajun spices — a lip- providing an insulating layer that pretingling thrill, getting the warm, sweet soy- vented the ice cream from dripping down beans out of their spicy shells. A generous our forearms. The strawberry didn’t taste appetizer, it could have made three or four much like strawberries; the green tea was people very happy for starters. more distinguishable. Both were light and An order of Kimchi cheese fries with cold, and there’s always room for mochi. If bulgogi was sweet and spicy with its sweet- you’re up for a musical/culinary adventure, hot beef topping spiked with tart, crunchy K-HOUSE is your night on the town. •

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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton, directed by Chris Smith, on Netflix. n 1999, Jim Carrey played the legendary comedian and put-on artist Andy Kaufman in a biopic directed by Milos Forman. The film was called Man on the Moon, named for an R.E.M. song that paid tribute to Andy: Now, Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey, baby? Are we losing touch? In order to summon some version of Andy’s spirit, Carrey disappeared for the length of the shoot. When the production was shooting scenes with Andy, Jim was Andy. When they were shooting scenes with Andy’s alter-ego Tony Clifton, Jim was Tony — and just as chaotic a force of nature as Clifton was back in the day. The cast of “Taxi” has been dining out for years on Tony Clifton stories, and it’s clear that Carrey gave them some new stories to tell. It was one of those legendary gonzo behind-the-scenes crazy epics that I had certainly heard about; Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the writers of the screenplay, spent a good portion of their introduction of the published script telling some of the legendary tales that transpired on set. But I never thought I’d get to see any of the madness. Until now. It turns out that Carrey had a particular aversion to the standard press elements concocted to sell movies, and he had the whole shooting process documented, well, pretty much 24/7. That footage has stayed in the Carrey vaults foe the last 18 years, and now he has resurfaced-looking like Kurt Russell’s younger brother in a grey, bushy beard and mustache — for an interview about that project. The result, directed by Chris Smith, is called Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony

Clifton. I remember liking the film when it came out, first because it was the culmination of Alexander and Karaszewski’s string of “Anti-Great Man” biographies (the previous films were Tim Burton’s Ed Wood and Forman’s The People Vs. Larry Flynt) and second, as a comedy fan, I had seen most of Kaufman’s most spell-binding schtick when it happened on “SNL,” “Fridays” and David Letterman’s morning and late night shows. But even I had to admit that it was just about impossible to recreate the eerie frisson that happened when Kaufman’s antics pierced the TV screens of America. People new to Kaufman may have wondered what the big deal was, and fans like me felt like we were seeing overblown, dramatizations of recreations, copies of copies. Many people who survived the Man on the Moon shoot felt, in retrospect, that some of Carrey’s behind-the-scenes shenanigans should somehow been incorporated into the film. Seeing said shenanigans 18 years later, I agree. Maybe they should have. The film certainly establishes a deep psychic connection between Kaufman and Carrey. We see Carrey in film clips from “The Arsenio Hall Show” where he showed up drunk and belligerent. Like all the great comics, Carrey never sounds as thrilled and excited as he does when he thinks he might be taking too much of a risk. You can tell he loves the edge, and that’s where he spent almost of his time on the set of the film. In one scene, Carrey shows up for filming one morning driving a beautiful rag-top convertible, wearing a crumpled paper bag over his head. He plows the car right into a wall. Carrey was not a smoker, but here he’s seen smoking constantly. These days, Carrey sounds like a man who’s done what he set out to do, and has nothing left to prove. I for one won’t be surprised if he takes another crazed risk like he did on this movie. • Recommended: Justice League at Ithaca Stadium 14.

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The Tarps | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, November 26, 17 | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Milkweed | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, November 26, 17 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Folk, Bluegrass, Straight county, Blues) Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, November 26, 17 | Mix Kitchen and Bar, 205 Elmira Road, Ithaca | All jazz and blues instrumentalists and vocalists welcome. Hosted by Dennis Winge Trio.

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Home Alone | 6:00 PM, Saturday, November 25, 17 | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | The Ithaca Times partners with the State Theatre and M&T bank to bring Home Alone. It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But the youngest in the family named Kevin got into a scuffle with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room which is on the third floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the family was in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forgot about Kevin who

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Wednesday, 11/22 , to Tuesday, 11/28. Contact Regal Ithaca for Showtimes Coco | Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to work out the

mystery. | 109 mins PG Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Denzel Washington stars as Roman Israel, a driven, idealistic defense attorney who, through a tumultuous series of events, finds himself in a crisis that leads to extreme action.| 129 mins PG-13 Thor Ragnarok | Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.| 130 mins PG-13 Wonder | Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. | 113 mins PG Daddy’s Home Two | Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.| 100 mins PG-13 Murder on the Orient Express | A lavish train ride unfolds into a stylish & suspenseful mystery. From the novel by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells

Stage Open Mic @ Kilpatricks Publick House | 9:00 PM-11:55 PM, Wednesday, November 22, 17 | Kilpatricks Publick House, 130 E Seneca St, Ithaca, NY 14850, Ithaca | Songwriter, Instrumentalists, Poets, Storytellers, Comedians, Magicians, Creators alike. Come to Kilpatricks Wednesdays this winter and join your host Cozmic Theo in sharing your gift with the world. Every Brilliant Thing | Thursday, November 23, 17 | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | In Every Brilliant Thing, a young boy attempts to ease his mother’s depression by creating a list of everything worth living for. Through adulthood, as the list grows, he learns the deep significance it has on his own life. Every Brilliant Thing is a new play about the lengths we go to for those we love. It is an immersive experience, as members of the audience are called upon to help tell the story. Comedy Night | 7:00 PM, Thursday, November 23, 17 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Improv, Stand up. Hosted by Comedy FLOPs) Drag Show with The House of Merlot | 9:00 PM-, Thursday, November 23, 17 | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | The bi-weekly drag show with The House of Merlot. (Thanksgiving may affect this show’s time. Visit therangeithaca.com for more details.) Black Friday Drag Burlesque Spectacular | 9:00 PM, Friday, November 24, 17 | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | The House of Merlot enchants The Range, this

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of thirteen stranded strangers & one man’s race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. | 114 mins PG-13 Murder on the Orient Express | A lavish train ride unfolds into a stylish & suspenseful mystery. From the novel by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells of thirteen stranded strangers & one man’s race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. | 114 mins PG-13 A Bad Mom’s Christmas | A Bad Moms Christmas follows our three under-appreciated and over-burdened women as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas. | 104 mins R Jigsaw | Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for ten years. | 91 mins R | Only the Brave | Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.| 133 mins PG-13 | Blade Runner 2049 | A young blade runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for 30 years. | 203 mins R Kingsman: The Golden Circle | When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kingsman’s journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US. These two elite secret organizations must band together to defeat a common enemy. | 141 mins R Justice League| Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. | 121 mins PG-13 The Star | A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas. | 86 mins PG

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Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton grew up 150 miles apart and have lived through different decades, but they create music together nonetheless. At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, at The Haunt, the two celebrate the release of their newest album, “ Nowhere in Time.” (Photo provided)

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Dame High School, 1400 Maple Avenue, Elmira | Notre Dame High School is proud to host the 5TH Annual TURKEY DAY 5K on Thanksgiving morning. The 5K, open to both runners and walkers, ages 8 and up, and kicks off at 9:00 a.m. Notre Dame will host a complimentary hospitality reception and awards ceremony in the school cafeteria during and after the event. To register for the race visit: http:// www.lightboxreg.com/notre-dameturkey-day-5k. Thanksgiving Day Buffet | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday, November 23, 17 | Glenora Wine Cellars Inc, 5435 State Route 14, Dundee | Join us at Veraisons for our annual Thanksgiving Day buffet. We invite you and your family to celebrate with us and feast on all the traditional fixings, chef-inspired creations, plus a house made dessert bar. Small Business Saturday | Saturday, November 25, 17 | Downtown Ithaca, Center ithaca, Ithaca | Celebrate and honor small businesses in Ithaca with Small Business Saturday. Miracle on Genesee Street and the Holiday Parade | Saturday, November 25, 17 | Downtown Auburn, , Auburn | Look forward to larger wreaths on main intersection streetlight poles, more white lights in the trees on State Street and clusters of lit Christmas trees in various locations, are all part of the plans in store. We will also again have holiday music piped through outdoor speakers in the heart of downtown. 5th Annual Holiday Vendor & Craft Show | 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, Saturday, November 25, 17 | 5th Annual Holiday Vendor & Craft Show, Ovid Fire House, Brown Street, Ovid | There will be over 40 vendors and craft people for your Holiday Shopping. There will also be a silent auction to benefit a local charity. Food will be available. Wine & Chocolate Festival | 2:00 PM-9:00 PM, Saturday, November 25, 17 | Horticulture Building, , Syracuse | Wineries and wine enthusiasts from across the region will gather on at the Horticulture Building for an unlimited sampling of dozens of fabulous wines of all styles and tastes (plus some distilleries & cideries too). Browse

rows of gourmet treats, fantastic jewelry and products for your home and your body. Candor Holiday Parade | 4:30 PM, Saturday, November 25, 17 | Candor Ball Field, , Candor | Candor Holiday Parade and party afterwards with refreshments and Santa. Parade will leave The parade commences at 5:30 from the village ball field down to Punks Place. Continue down route 96/main Street to end at the Allen Memorial Baptist Church On Foundry Street. Where Santa and the Grinch will be, along with hot dogs, chili, coffee, hot cocoa and cookies. Cider Monday | Monday, November 27, 17 | Downtown Ithaca, Center ithaca, Ithaca | Celebrate Cyber Monday with delicious Cider and local businesses on the Commons.

Books Come Write In | 5:30 PM-8:30 PM, Wednesday, November 22, 17 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Tompkins County Public Library invites aspiring novelists of all ages to Come Write In, and get started during the Library’s annual writing workshops in celebration of National Novel Writing Month.

Learning Freeing Your Voice | 7:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, November 21, 17 | Ahimsa Ashram, 125 West Green St, Ithaca | Engage in exercises that support health, vibrancy and vocal stamina. Explore toning and movement practices that open us to life force energy. Experience the uniting and uplifting nature of simple multicultural songs. Embrace the joy of vocal improvisation over live drumming Girls Who Code | Wednesday, November 22, 17 | Southworth Library, 24 W Main St, Dryden | The 10 week club is designed for girls in grades 6-12. No prior computer skills or experience are necessary. The club is part of a nationwide effort that is designed to address the gender gap in computer science and technology related careers. Several students in the Women in Cornell Computing group will provide leadership and instruction for the club.

Queens of the Stone Age Covers: Vacuoso, Stranded With A Kiss, Spazzare, Amongst the Monks The Haunt, Ithaca Saturday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m.

The Ithaca Free Clinic is hosting a benefit concert, featuring popular names from around town. All proceeds go to Ithaca Health Alliance. (Photo provided)

Finding Flow: Dance and Somatics Class | 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Wednesday, November 22, 17 | Fine Spirit Studio, 201 Dey Street, Ithaca | Delve into the many dimensions of fluid physicality, embody the capacity for dynamic change and heighten your readiness to respond through your reflexes.Â To register please send your $50 deposit: Cynthia Stevens, 226 Valley Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, FFI: info@insitudance.org. Dresden Scrap and Tinsel Ornament Workshop | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Saturday, November 25, 17 | Madison County Historical Society, 435 Main St, Oneida | Participants will be creating their very own Dresden scrap and Tinsel Ornaments using authentic Dresden scrap image, vintage reproductions, lace, ribbon, tinsel, trims and repurposed items to handcraft one or more ornaments. Participants are encouraged to bring any crafting materials they wish to include in their original designs. Beginner Belly Dance | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, November 27, 17 | Finger Lakes Fitness Center Incorporated, 171 E State St Ste 115, Ithaca | Experience the fun and expressive art of belly dance. All are welcome and no experience is necessary. Toastmasters Cayuga Club Meeting | 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday, November 28, 17 | , 205 Riley Robb Hall , Cornell University, Ithaca | Toastmasters clubs help their members gain skill and confidence in public speaking in a mutually supportive, friendly, fun environment with great mentorship. Freeing Your Voice | 7:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, November 28, 17 | Ahimsa Ashram, 125 West Green St, Ithaca | Engage in exercises that support health, vibrancy and vocal stamina. Explore toning and movement practices that open us to life force energy. Experience the uniting and uplifting nature of simple multicultural songs. Embrace the joy of vocal improvisation over live drumming

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Mighty Flow | 3:00 PM, Friday, November 24, 17 | Mighty Yoga, 106 W State St, Ithaca | A yoga class with instructor Zainab.

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Hot Dogs and Gin by Nick Reynolds

o you remember what you were doing when you were nine years old? If your first answer isn’t something along the lines of “playing blistering guitar solos to hundreds of awestruck fans,” then you’re already several degrees less cool than nine-year-old prodigy Eamonn Hubert, the lead guitarist of the band rocking The Range on Thanksgiving Eve this week. Hubert, who’s been playing since just before his sixth birthday, has some serious chops, and has already racked up some serious attention as the guitarist for a band he formed in spring 2016 with his father Doug, called Hot Dogs & Gin. (A tongue in cheek name meant to evoke the contrast between the band’s youngest member and the four adults filling out the lineup.) Based out of Endicott, the two started as an acoustic duo specializing in rock,

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Weekly Meeting | 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Saturday, November 25, 17 | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W. State Street, Ithaca | Twelve-step recovery program for those who can’t control their eating. No dues, fees, or weigh-ins. Long-term help for overeaters, undereaters and bulimics. Mighty Flow | 3:00 PM, Saturday, November 25, 17 | Mighty Yoga, 106 W State St, Ithaca | Mighty Flow with instructor Rachel. Sacred Sunday Community at Yoga Farm | 9:00 AM-11:15 AM, Sunday, November 26, 17 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Sacred Sundays Community at Yoga Farm.Â All are Welcome.Discover Your Self & Awaken Your Kindest HumanityPray. Move. Sit. Connect. Open Meditation | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, November 26, 17 | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | All are welcome to meditate according to their own practice. It begins with 20 minutes

blues and folk before forming the group alongside Steve Shimer (percussion), Mike Whittemore (keys, harp, guitar, vocals) and Gordie Gottlieb (bass), who together play a slew of originals and enthusiastic takes on the likes of Bon Jovi, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and more. An accomplished group of musicians behind him, Doug, a former teacher, is already well-established in the regional musical scene, known for his folksier acoustic covers on artists like Gordon Lightfoot and America, among others. But his son has some rather unique traits that make him a prodigy in every sense of the word. Eamonn has high-functioning autism, which he has discovered allows him to pick up almost any instrument he touches with competence and proficiency almost immediately. In his short career, Eamonn has sat in with the Funky Blu Roots at the 2016 NY State Blues Festival and has played with the likes of Clarence Spady, the Tomahawks, the Soul Shakers, Grace’s Ghost, V.A.P.E., Al Gore Rhythm, the Parlor Cats, and the Gravelding Brothers Band. According to his father, he was even invited by the School of Rock on Broadway’s casting associate to audition in NYC this year for the role of guitar whiz kid Zach Mooneyham, making it to the final round. Oh, and if that (and his proficiency on the dulcimer, bass and even the drums) isn’t enough, he also has perfect pitch, a gift estimated to only hit maybe one out of every 10,000 people on the planet. He also likes Legos, Minecraft

of silent meditation, after which we read and discuss related texts. It ends with 15 or 20 minutes of silent or guided meditation. Beginners are welcome and instruction in basic meditation will be provided. There are chairs and cushions in our meditation room, but you are welcome to bring your own. Sessions are an hour and a half from 10:30 to noon. Mighty Flow | 12:00 PM, Sunday, November 26, 17 | Mighty Yoga, 106 W State St, Ithaca | Mighty Flow yoga class with instructor Jenni.

Art Pedro Huamani: National Native American Heritage Month | Wednesday, November 22, 17 | Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | Pedro Huamani’s exhibition features paintings that examine the mysticism of zoomorphic and anthropomorphic influence in pre-Columbian Peruvian art. New Handwerker Gallery Art

Eamonn Hubert of Hot Dogs and Gin. (Photo provided) and riding his scooter.Though this is the band’s Ithaca debut, they’ve been spotted at a number of larger venues around the region. Needless to say, they’re probably going to appear at quite a few more in the

Exhibits | Thursday, November 23, 17 | Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Another Time, featuring works by Anna Von Mertens exploring the rifts and connections between past and present; Objects & Apparitions, featuring photographs by Christine Elfman exploring the temporal wane of objects, images and memory; and Stay Awhile: A Cabinet of Curiosities from Collections of Ithaca College, featuring objects and specimens from across the college placed in a curiosity cabinet, inviting viewers to pause to appreciate the interplay between Ithaca College and the world that surrounds it. The exhibits open on Nov. 1 and run through Dec. 17 in the Handwerker Gallery. The World Bewitch’d: Visions of Witchcraft from the Cornell Collections | Friday, November 24, 17 | Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca | The exhibition features rare and unique books and documents from 15th-century witch hunting manuals to 20th-century movie posters and it examines themes such

as gendered stereotypes, belief in night flying, shapeshifting, demonic pacts, and the witch epidemics that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands. Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt’s Etchings | Saturday, November 26, 17 | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | More than sixty impressions from across Rembrandt’s oeuvre will show the artist’s process, including how he made changes to his plates and detail his use of a variety of printing supports. Works from the collections of Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Syracuse and Yale Universities, Oberlin and Vassar Colleges, the University of Kansas, the Morgan Library & Museum, and private collections will feature subject matter ranging from portraits and self-portraits to genre scenes, religious narratives, landscapes, study plates and academic nude studies. Marjorie Hoffman | Sunday, November 27, 17 | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | Marjorie Hoffman will be

exhibiting her new mosaic works at Madeline’s on the Commons. The show extends until Nov. 26. Then and Now: A Visual Exploration of Jazz | Sunday, November 28, 17 | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Janet Byer Sherman.This work was inspired by music of the Jesse Bennett Jazz Trio.

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Patrick Jensen, Superintendent, Southern Cayuga Schools, 2384 State Route 34B, Aurora NY 13026. adminassist@ southerncayuga.org SCCS EOE

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approximately 400 students, grades

a collaborative and constructive school

is accepting applications for the following: Employee Health & Safety Coordinator: Currently, there is one vacancy. Min. Quals: Visit website. Salary: $53,211 with subsequent step increases. Exam: Given at a later date. Applications accepted until position is filled. Utilities Systems Location Technician #69-180 Currently, there is one vacancy. Min. Quals: Visit website. Salary: $41,225. Exam: 1/20/18 Application Deadline: 12/7/17 Water Distribution System Supervisor #69184. Currently, there is one vacancy. Min Quals: Visit website. Salary: $22.04/ hr. Exam: 1/20/18. Application Deadline: 12/7/17. Wastewater Collection System Supervisor #69-186: Currently, there is one vacancy. Min. Quals: Visit website. Salary: $22.04/hr. Exam” 1/20/18. Application Deadline: 12/7/17. City of Ithaca HR Dept., 108 E. Green St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607)274-6539 www.cityofithaca. org The City of Ithaca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversifying its workforce.

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Trumansburg Central Schools

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at Hillcrest and Warren Rds. in Lansing. Convenient Storage, no hassles. Call 607-277-6961

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115 The Commons Basement

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lawn maintenance

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spring + fall clean up + gutter cleaning

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snow removal

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email: biz@tompkinscortland.edu

222 Elmira Rd. 254-2432

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visit www.mightyyoga.com, 272-0682

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at Island Health & Fitness

743 Snyder Hill Rd, Ithaca

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The Lansing-Ithaca Rotary fundraiser for the Lansing Food Bank. We are selling raffle tickets for our Annual Grocery Store Run which will take place Sunday, Dec. 17 at 6pm at Lansing Market. Tickets sold at Lansing Market on the weekends. Thurs. thru Sun 4-7pm

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7:30 Sat Dec 16th at the State theatre

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